AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

i OUTFITS FOR NURSES. ALLEGATIONS DISPROVED. r (Received September 24, 8,30 p.m.) •";;•'"' Sydney, September 24. The official inquiry has resulted in the exoneration of well-known Sydney and Melbourne firms, who were alleged to have made overcharges on the outfits which they supplied for nurses on active service. DEATHS AT DARDANELLES. NEW ZEALAND NAMES. ... " V. Sydney, September 24. Captain A. Verge, well known in ; Rugby Union circles as " Johnny Verge," has been killed at the Dardanelles. Trooper W. T. B. Gardiner, who died of wounds, was educated in New Zealand. Privates F. W. Ewington and B. Behn, both killed in action, were New Zealanders. AGAINST CONSCRIPTION. FORMATION OF A LEAGUE. > Sydney, September 24. ... At a meeting of delegates fr.m many trades unions and Socialistic societies » resolution was carried protesting, against conscription in every form. The meeting formed itself into an Anti-conscription League, and a committee was formed to start an anti-conscriptionist propaganda. RACING AND FIGHTING. PROTEST OF BAPTISTS. Sydney, September 24. The Baptist Union has adopted a resolution expressing deep indignation at the fact that the authorities are permitting the continuance of prize fighting, horse racing, and all other similar untimely and unseemly sports in the present awful crisis of the world's affairs. RIFLE CLUB MEMBERSHIP. Sydney, September 24. ™ T , he T£ be^P of the New South Wales Rifle Clubs .totals 36,460 as compared with 14,500 last year. ' HERMAN ESCAPEE. Melbourne, September 24 V The German prisoner of war, who Waped on September 13 while : ; ;bcving transferred from Adelaide to a concentration camp at Liverpool is still missing. '