Australia

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 29 January 1915, Page 5

Australia

CARGO ON ENEMY STEAMERS. WORLD-WIDE ACTIVITIES. Received 28, 9.15 p.m. • I Sydney, January 28. The Chamber of Commerce has received a cable from the London Chambers, desiring the co-operation of Australasian Chambers to urge the Imperial Government to pass urgently a Legislation Bill, interlacing jurisdictions, and also the British Prize Courts, so that | vessels may proceed to their destina- | tions with cargoes intact without furj ther delay. The Australasian cargoes . chiefly concerned are those of the LuneI burg, Stolberg, Lubeck, Wismar, and |Roon. The Australian Chambers are , complying with the request. I INEFFICIENT CENSORSHIP. I ALLEGATIONS OF INCOMPETENCY ■ { j Received 29, 12.5 a.m. ; Melbourne, January 28. The Argus, discussing the failure of the censor's prosecution of a Perth newspaper, declares that one or two of the principal censors carry out toeir duties with tact and courtesy, but, i generally speaking, the censorship is j conducted in Australia by a woefully scratch crew, with little or no knowledge of the world or of public opinion, and quite unversed in newspaper work. These persons have been altogether unable to make an intelligent application t of the regulations provided for their guidance. The paper adds: "The Perth case shows what abuses must inevitably arise from employing men not comj petent to do the highly paid work they • have undertaken."