CONSCRIPTION ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 297, 17 December 1941, Page 6

CONSCRIPTION ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA

BITTER DEBATE LIKELY

A.R.P. WORK IN THE STATES

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Recd. 5.5 p.m.» Sydney, Dec. 16. A bitter light over conscuption foi overseas service is certain to develop among members of the Federal Parliament this week, says the Daily Telegraph's Canberra correspondent.

Opposition members in the Senate will decide to-day whether the Bill to remove the restriction on conscription for overseas will be introduced. The Army Minister, Mr. F. M. Forde, says the Government has no intention of sending the militia outside- Australia or its territories. There in a substantial reservoir of A.I.R. recruits in the Middle East and Austra-

The introduction of daylight saving has been strongly urged in many quarters throughout Australia recently. This will also probably be a matter for consideration at the forthcoming session of the Federal Parliament. Grants to States. The Prime Minister Mr. J. Curtin, announced that the Federal Cabinet had arranged to make special grants Ito States lor A.R.P. The Minister of Home Security, Mi. H. P. Lazzarin. has called tor tenders for the supply of fire-lighting equipment, including trailer pumps. An arrangement would be made to acquire between 750,0(k» and 1,000,000 stirrup pumps. Mr. Heffron has ordered municipal councils to dump sane on footpaths and in parks. It may be carried away by residents for use in lighting tires caused by incendiary bombs. He said that a quarter of the metropolitan air-raid wardens were on duty every night. State transport authorities have cancelled all special tram, omnibus, and steam train services to sporting meetings and all special Sunday holiday services to beaches. Similar instructions were issued in Victoria. National security regulations providing for compensation and pensions to cover death or incapacitation of civil defence volunteer. 1 ' have been gazetted in Canberra. It is officially announced that within a few days other regulations will be gazetted providing for pensions to cover death [or injury of civilians as a result of civilians as a result of enemy action.