DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1917, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

POST OFFICE CEXSOJRSBIP INQUIRY. By Telegraph. —Preaa Association. Auckland, Aug. 17. The postal inquiry was resumed tlii* ' morain#. Mr. Ostler, in opening the rase for the Bov. ilr. Klliott, skH ho wo.ild prove thai letters addressed to Box 012 v. ere tampered with in the interests of the Roman Catholic Church. | He commented that there was no similar censorship over the ftiilet joins •.through the post, though that paper had contained statements which lis regarded ; 115 almost seditious. There was no statute or order stating th.it the Imperial Government had established censorship over correspondence! .in Now Zealand, so that the censorship must be under the | control of the Minister of Defence. Ha | coutanded that, though the Kmpiro was ! at war, we are still under constitutional government, fl.ud the censors had no to interfere with correspondence that did | uot interfere with military matters. Henry Billy, secretary of tho Protestant Political Association, gave evidence that he posted on Friday, July (J, at a suburban post office circulars to a num- . her of clergymen. ,The post ofiice was cleared up to 11.20 p.m. He sv«s i|ntive none.of the envelopes were empty. In all there 'were posted at the same &üburl>an office 2500 letters. He had received complaints that a number of the envelopes had been delivered empty. Cross-examined he said he would not he surprised to hear that some of the letters were returned by the lettercarriers endorsed "not known." Eric Key wortH gave corroborative-evi-dence. Three clergymen gave evidence that tho envelopes in question were not delivered to them till Tuesday. John Lowe stated he received by the post an empty envelopo and wade inquiries at the Devunport Post Offie#, iind was shown a number of similar envelopes, all of 'which were full. LABOR AND THE WAR LOAN. Duacdin, A tig. 17. The Otago Labor Council resolved tq endorse tire action of the National Exeautivo of the Federation of Labor jn sending to the Prime Minister a letter of protest regarding the war loan, and the conditions attached thereto. I The Council also resolved to urge tho (Federation fixauutiv# for direct immedi|«bte concerted actios throughout tbe lTotoiniois against tho methods of the Government in connection with tbo war loan, and to endeavor to .frays the Government before the people.