A RUSSIAN VICTORY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 568, 4 December 1915, Page 9

A RUSSIAN VICTORY.

GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. PETROGRAD, December 3. An official communique says: "We drove the enemy back towards the south-west of Khaisk on the left bank of the Styr."

PRISONERS IN GERMANY TREATMENT NOT SATISFACTORY; "Times" end "Sydney Sun" Services. ,-,« (Received December 4, 8 a.m.) LONDON, December 3. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said that the consensusof opinion in regard to the condition of prisoners in Germany was that it was better, but far from satisfactory* IN THE COMMONWEALTH. LABOUR AND CONSCRIPTION. MONEY BEFORE MEN. (Received December 4, 8.40 a.m.) PERTH, December 4. The Labour Federation in its halfyearly report states the opinion that the workers are foolish to accept conscription on the grounds that the .- principle is repugnant, and that at least they should insist on no con- ' scription of human life until after, the conscription of money. LIQUOR IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, HOTEL ADJUSTMENT BILL. (Received December 4, 8.40 a.m.) ADELAIDE, December 4. The Assembly, in dealing with the Hotel Adjustment Bill, has fixed the penalty for a second offence of sly grog-selling at a year's imprisonment without the option of a fine. ; An amendment prohibiting the % \ supplying of liquor to minors was ' adopted. A proposal for a post-war referendum oirthe basis of 9.30 o'clock clos- , j ing and compensation for'licensees „ -;-, was- rejected. LEAVE FOR SOLDIERS. MUST PLAY THE GAME. SYDNEY, December 3. There is a probability that the re«*. - cent restiveness of the soldiers will -\ s disappear. The' commandant of the ; ~ Liverpool Camp announced that he '*/%• proposed to give the men regular - : week-end leave if they would give their word that they would play the game and return to camp on Sunday night. The reply of the men was a * thunderous "Yes." . , v