AUSTRALIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 8 May 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

"HOLY WAR."

SYDNEY, May 7. . & at a service" in memory "'the late' Colonel MacLsjurm, th© Rev. tfohn Ferguson, referring;,to the •if • .the - Ji'uistraliatis' at the Dardanelles, hv?;,,he hoped. ; tlio young: men ,of 'Afl* -tratiavWould mpy<* as never • bMO#;..-io-, win the groat campaign for.. lrberty' ■ ;na . honour. ■ ,Thev- ehoiild themselves dedicated to Christ's service in. ~this holy w,ar. ; RABAUL, COURt MARTIALALLEGED SALE OF RED'CROSS GIFTS. s (Rec. 10.5 a.m.) .; MELBOURNE, Thie Day, In the Federal House it was stated that, the meaj courtmariialled at RabauL had bren released. Senator Millen,suggested Jin inquiry into the alleged sale pf Red Gross eifta. Senator Pearce replied, that Mr Holmes had,' contradicted a, < report which ,w« : circulated by a private, who afterwards: withdrew th statements. All the artcues presented for the troops had been properly'dealt with. V REGISTERING FOR SERVICE. : : i. ,\ (Rec. 10.5 a.m.V MELBOURNE, This Day. Referring to Mr Masey'a Auckland speech, sugestin* that 'men should ter sister for service when required, >Mr:

Pearce replying to a question thought there was no occasion to establish a similar register here, as New Zealand's attitude regarding more men was precisely onr attitude since the (beginning.