AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
RECRUITING BOOM. By Cable. — Press Association. — Cnvvrigbt. SYDNEY, May IG. The recruiting boom continues. A great rally and military parade will be held to-morrow, when an attempt will be made to enlist 500 recruits during the day. A deferred battalion is being formed for those not quite up to the standard. The men will be gradually developed until they arc fit to draft into the force. TANK ARRIVING. » MELBOURNE, _May IG. The lank presented to Australia by the Imperial Government for exhibition purposes is due shortly. CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION. (lire. May 17, 10.10) SYDNEY, May 17. The Co-operative Companies' Conference has formed- a company known as the Australian Producers' Wholesale Co-operative Federation. LABOUR AND THE WAR. (Ucc. May 17, 10.10) SYDNEY, May 17. The Labour Council, after heatedly debating whether to endorse the Governor-General's Recruiting Conference's resolutions, adjourned.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1329, 17 May 1918, Page 8
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