Australian Cables.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 February 1914, Page 3

Australian Cables.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT, [PEE PItESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LETTER TELEGRAM. Sydney, This Day. A new system of letter telegram has been introduced by the Postal Department. The minimum charge is one shilling for forty words, with a half-penny for every additional word sent during the night. At the office of destination the message will be delivered as an ordinary letter. FURTHER DATA ' WANTED.

Sir Maurice Pitzmaurice, after examining Cockburn Sound, and the harbour equipments at Premantle and the Swan .River, ami between Preinantle and Perth, says that a complete report upon these naval bases cannot be submitted until further data nas been obtained. (Received This Day, 8.45 a.m.) AUSTRALIA WO'CLD NOT TOLERATE IT. The Herald, commenting on the South ■ African deportations, says that as far as the circumstances have any bearing on the Australian conditions, it can only be said that public opinion would not for one hour tolerate a simil;ir action in this country. Bui there is a vast difference between South Africa and the other Anglo-Saxon Slides of the Empire. Whilst Canada, Australia and New Zealand have not an alien population, in South Africa there is one million whites among four million blacks. DEMAND POP COAL.

At Newcastle the demand for coal during- Ihe past lew weeks has been exceptionally .strong', especially lor New Zealand. The holidays and insufficient appliances for handling' the coal are causing congestion ami some vessels have been delayed for six days.