IN AUSTRALIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 17 December 1914, Page 5

IN AUSTRALIA

THE ZAMBESI CASE

SYDNEY, Dec. 16. , In the y Zambesi case counsel for the Commonwealth argued * 'that, the Phos; phate Company, and the captain of 1-he Zambesi should have insisted, oh. lcnow-. ing exactly the nature of the despatched, they were carrying before they allowed the vessel to be chartered. Counsel for. tile charterers submitted; that there was nothing to suggest complicity between their agents and the German Government. Counsel for the owners of the Zambesi contended that the case was unique. It ■would be' an astounding thing to hold, that a British vessel"chartered at a time when the agent and the captain had no knowledge of the existence of war could be condemned. . A meeting of master bakex*s protested that the increase in the price of bread was not commensurate with the increased price of flour and cost of production. The Maloja's passengers include two officers and ten •m'eii of the Australian and New Zealand contingents who left . the troopships owing to various sicknesses.

"FULL SPEED RIGHT.THROUGH."

(Received 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. ■ In the Senate, during a debate on Australia's part in the war. .Senator Milieu stated that 39,000 men had already enlisted. The estimate provided for £42, 000 during this, financial year. Australia, should go at full speed right through and assist recruiting..: oyi advertising. In the Federal House Mr Cook, Leader of the Opposition, maintained that Australia was not doing enough compared with Canada.

Mr Fisher said that Australia had. done more'ashore, than any other Dominion.

RECRUITS FOR THE ISLANDS. <(Received''9.'3d a.m,) . • •' SYDNE-Y,-This- Day.. Reinforcements for, the Etfpeditionary Fprce at.New Guinea and the Pacific Islands are recruiting, and numbers arcoltoring. " ■•' ' , ~