AUSTRALIA
TOTAL CASUALTIES. Sydney, August 1?. . 1 he total casualties are as follows:-* . !lUOi winded, 111,323; missing, 88;!; sick, -2.(170; prisoners, 94; unspeok (led casualties, 293. } AUCII-ENEMY OK CIVILISATION CONDEMNED. Sydney, August I? The committee ot the Union of Fran, eais oF New South Wales appeal to the Whole world to condemn the. action of the arch-enemy of civilisation and virtue in abducting .thousands of French women and jtirl and consigning them ' unspeakable shame and horror. AN AXTI-CON'SCBIPTION MEETING .Sydney.' August 13. The country is still anxiously waiting for Mr. Hughes to break his yilenco o.ri tho conscription question. In, view o£ triis, and of the hostility displayed all previous demonstrations, the announce* niont of a Political Labor League aoti - * conscription meeting drew a crowd ofl about 100,000 to the 'Domain. A'stronfl police force was in attendance. , Despite being frequently counted out, the speakers persisted, ant. the crowds becoming restive, the police had increas* ing difficulty in stemming the pressure! towards the platform. The proceedings were rather hurriedly terminated* ' ' r- . i
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1916, Page 5
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