AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13790, 16 September 1915, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

-t SYDNEY, .Sept. 15. All vessels arriving and departing from and to America are now strictly searched, and visitors and the men working cargo are not allowed on board without a pass. '

Red Cross Commissioners m Jvgypt have cabled to the Executive with reference to the alleged sale of Red Cross goods there, stating that they can find no evidence of sale. The charges arose from confusion between the Red Cross and the canteen!

Cecil Healey, the well known swim mer, has enlisted.

A naturalised German named Berhmanii was sentenced to three months' for having 160 rounds of ball ammunition of military pattern m his possession. Accused Tefused to give evidence as to how he obtained it.

Mr Pearce (Minister for Defence) announced that the British Army Council has accepted the Commonwealth's offer of a thousand miners, and steps are being taken to organise the unit: The first instalment of the War loan closed with a total of £13,380,000. New South Wales subscribed £5,250,000. The Deputy-Chief Censor, defending the censorship, says : '"The suppression or holding of .news from the seat of war is reduced m practice to a' minimum, and practically the whole of the information regarding our, own troops m Gallipoli, so far, has been made available m Australia, and is ih' the hands of the press. No military reason is known to me it should not be." The New South Wales Australia Day fund totals £6^0,000, including £46,000 subscribed by school children.

The secretary of the Australasian State Coal Employees' Federation states that the miners' associations throughout Australia and Tasmania, excepting a,t Lithgpw, have given a fortnight's notice from September 13th of the termination of the present agreement. He adds: "There is no, likelihood of a stoppage of woi - k resulting." , ((Received September 16, 9,35 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 16. The Government is a heavy loser on it* fodder importation scheme. Many thousands of tons of American chaff, imported. a.t a <jost of nearly £14 per ton, aro iiow selling at about £4. MELBOURNE!, Sept. 16. A novel militaiy unit of the Australian army, a massage reserve corps, Is being .formed. -■ »•..-.• (Received September' 16, 9.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Sept.' 16. Mr Hughes has notified the press that the Government will not permit the circulation of newspapers inserting" advertisement of enemy goods, v The authorities have decided to reduce the pay of military officers called up for administrative . ox' instructional duties. Colonels are reduced from £830 to £675, ! others accordingly. The field allowances remain the same.

A proclamation has been issued statin <r that the Commonwealth has entered into an agreement with the Imperial dovernment for a period of- twelve months to acquire on its behalf all molyArdemte, scheelite,, and wolfram' produced. Messrs Dalgety and Co. have been appointed agents for the transactions. Arrangements' have been made to seize all stocks withheld.

BRISBANE, Sept. 16. Arrangements arc being made for the ♦he formation of a War Council similar to that m the other iStates. Queensland will be- asked to supply 2200 recruits monthly, ••■..■•