AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[I!Y TELEUHAI-Il —I’KH l-ltll.SS ASSOCIATION.]

.MELBOURNE POLICE. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. (Received this day at 10.25 a.in.) MELBOURNE. Nov. I!). (Jiving evidence before the Royal (,'omiuis-ion which is enquiring into the circumstances of the police strike, tin- Chief Commi-.-iouer of Police. Mr Nicholson", gave si long reasons for instituting supervisors. lie said that he saw men idling about the streets, leaning against lamp fxisls, gossiping, and actually smoking in uniform in broad daylight. At night he saw them drunk, lie repeatedly travelled in .Melbourne districts and suburbs without seeing a sign of a constable. There were many burglaries, house and shop breaking, hut only rarely did the police know anything about them till tinowners reported the oll'cnces the next morning. Even when till- front doors ill the main streets were broken in the police never found them. Commissioner Nicholson also gave details of serious offences committed by the police while on duty. SYDNEY. Nov. I!!. During the year ended .‘loth. .I innlast BolS vessels of a gross tonnage of 15.-185.082 entered Sydney Harbour, this being an increase of I II vessels as compared with the previous year and only 1.1 per cent, below the year ended .T.'tli. .Jane 1911, which was the ports' record year. The net revenue collected last year was £897.1150. and the working expenditure was £1117.090.

No had after-effects with Wade’s W orm Pigs. Wonderful worm worriers.—Advt.