AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
HOME DEFENCE CAMPS. A TIDY LITTLE BILL. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. MELBOURNE, November 24. Senator Pearce estimates that the recent calling up for training in the camps, not including the taking of the referendum, cost £G00,0()0. A BIG FIRE. IN JOINERY FACTORY. (Received November 25. 12.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 25. A fire destroyed the Hughes joinery works at Glebe. The damage is not ascertainable. A RAILWAY UNIT. TO GO TO FRANCE. MELBOURNE, November 25. Senator Pearce( Minister of Defence) announced that in response to an appeal by the British Army Council, the Commonwealth was organising a military unit to be used in operating and constructing railways in France.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 2
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