AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 323, 12 July 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FIXED RENTS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, July 11. Darling Harbor Labor League has asked the Government to. institute a court for fixing rents. PRURIENT LITERATURE. Melbourne, July 10. The Customs Department has stopped the admission of cheap editions of the works of Paul de Koch, De Maupassant, and others, the reason being that certain passages in these authors are regarded as prurient. Library editions will still be allowed entry. SPORT AND POLITICS. Adelaide, July 11. At <i luncheon at ■ Parliament House. Lord Denham, replying to the toast of his health, referred to the fact that he used to follow steeplechasing, and his horses won when he rode them himself. He had spent many pleasant days on the racecourses in England and many also in Australia, and hoped to be able to continue his pursuit of that engrossing sport in Australia. Referring to his experience in the House of Lords, he said he thought that politics was one of the finest professions, but it had never been so difficult as it was to-day.