COMMONWEALTH NEWS
* .SYMPATHY FOR IRELAND. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copy right.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association,./ SYDNEY, Scpteml>er 5. A crowded meeting, the Lord Mayor presiding, carried a motion appealing for funds to alleviate the acute distress in Ireland as a result of the rebellion and calling on the Imperial Government to put Home Rule into immediate operation. THE REFERENDUM. SYDNEY, September 5. Mr Hughes conferred with the Political Labour League on the referendum, but refused to make a statement. WAR PENSIONS. MELBOURNE, September K. To date 11,542 war pensions have beengranted, the annual liability being £495,326.
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Southland Times, Issue 17830, 6 September 1916, Page 5
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