AUSTRALIA AND COMPULSION
A PITIFUL COMPROMISE. MELBOURNE, August 31. During nis conscription statement Mr Hughes said that under the present system the stream of recruits, had fallen to less than a third of what was necessary. A secret session of both Houses will be held to-day to discuss private war communications from the Imperial Government. Great disappointment is expressed in Liberal circles at Mr Hughes' announcement, Senator Millen, ex-Minis-ter for Defence, denouncing it as a pitiful compromise. The Sydney Daily Telegraph, commenting on Mr Hughes' statement, says that it represents a painfully apparent attempt by Mr Hughes to act up to his speeches in England, while keeping the Government, as far as possible, under the heel of the Political Labour League. GIFT OF AIR SQUADRON. AUSTRALIA'S OFFER ACCEPTED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) MELBOURNE, August 31. The Imperial authorities have accepted the Commonwealth's offer of additional flying squadrons. The cable news/in this issue accredited to the Times < has appeared in that journal, but only where expressely stated is such news the editorial opinion of the Times. '
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13274, 1 September 1916, Page 5
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