CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

I [naOTBIO nMMRAFB —OOVTBMUR.] ! [raa ram JtaaooijLTiojr.l (Received This Day 10 a.m.) DEALING IN STAMPS. | Sydney, This Day. A oourfc martial has tried iSecond Lieutenant George William Moore, charged on two counts with disobeying hi* superior officer's orders. Moore was appointed postmaster at Raubaul and Colonel Holmes ordered that no person was to be allowed to purchase over ten shillings worth of each denomination of surcharged German New Guinea stamps which became of high philatelic value. Moore was charged with selling Captain Ravenscroft over ten shillings worth of stamps, and further, witli similarly purchasing thom himself. The Customs' officers discovered a package in Moore's baggage, which Moore admitted contained stamps of a face value of £100. Moore's defenoe was that at no time were administrative orders issued restricting the sale of stamps, though I there were was a war order restricting their sale to collector* and dealers. < He considered the order only applied in the case of persons other thaa j than troopa. > {n ero«-examination he admitted making a sale of stamps worth 13s 5d in Rabaul for £30, and with telling a dealer to "get" because administrative orders were issued against the sale of stamps to dealers. Tlie court-martial did not annunce its decision. A NEW BISHOP. Dr. Radford, warden of St. Paul's College, has been elected Bishop of Goulbfcra. AUSTRALIA'S RIFLE FACTORY. Melbourne, This Day. Senator Pearce has announced that Mr Wright, manager of the Commonwealth Small Arms Factory, has resigned, and accepted an offer to take charge of rifle works for an ally of Britain, with whom an enormous order has been placed. He is making arrangements to appoint a successor. CRIME IN P.fPUA. Judge Murray denies that capital crime among the natives in Papua is increasing. He points that ihero were seven murders of whites in the five years prior to Commonwealth control, while there were only four in the last eight years. The punishment of the native murderer of a European is invariably death. The pacification of the territory is proceeding satisfactory. (Received This Day f0.35 a.m.) EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS. Sydney, This Day. The City Council decided to obtain a ■report regarding iGermans aud Austrians in its employ. Its continued employment of certain employees has been adversely criticised. The Coal Lumpers' Union will hold a stop-work meeting to consider whether in view of recent happenings, its members will continue working alongside Germans, Ausrians and Turks. A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY Melbourne, This Day. A mysterious triple tragedy has taken place near Geelong. The house of Thomas Morrison, who was absent in the hospital, was discovered to be on fire. The doors were fastened, and Morrison's son, aged 12, was found dead, sitting in a eliair in the the kitchen with a gunshot wound in the head. The charred remains of Mrs Morrison, and also the corpse of hor brother, Daniel Mcintosh, were in ail adjoining bedroom. There was a gun on the fioor, but there was no clue or attributed cause. HOTEL HOUH&. In the Assembly thifc Premier gave notice of the introduction ot a bill making hottel hours from nine o'clock in the morning to half past nine at night, during the war period, instead of from six to half-past eleven o'clock as at present. In reply to a question the Premier said that the Government did not inteftd to submit the question of early closing to a referendum. PORTUGAL'S NEW CABINET. Lisbon, May 18. All the Republican parties are supporting the new Cabinet.