AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

_ «» EXPORT OP WHEAT. By Telegraph.—Press A«n.—Copyright. Melbourne, August 15. It is announced that the overseas wheat sales since the inception of the Wheat Board total seven million tons, CENSORSHIP ABOLISHED. . Melbourne, Aug. lii. The final abolition of the censorship iiv the Commonwealth is N.Z.' Cable Assoc. .. ; ELIMINATING' BOLSHBVIKS. Perth, Aug. 15. A foreigner deported from by returned soldiers has been arrejsted under the Alien Restriction Act. Itte is believed to be a Bolshevik agent' who was inciting the Italians to create jj, disturbance.—rAus. N.Z. Cable Assoc,/ PREMIER AND PRESS./' Sydney, Aug. 10. The article complained of by Mir. Ryan, in the case against the Melbourne Argus stated: "Almost any outbreak may be expected from the Ryan Ministry. It is almost, incredible that it should have descended so low as to have entered into a paltry contemptible conspiracy with Germans and other disloyalists against the authority of the Defence Department."—Aus. N.Z. Cable Asspc. I WATERSIDE' WORKERS' DEMANDS. Received August 15, 7.5S p.m. Melbourne, Aiigust 15. Giving evidence in the /Arbitration Court in connection with th» Waterside Workers' Federation in a case for higher wages, th;> president of the Sydney branch stated that the claipa included treble rates on Sundays, certain holidays. With a minimum engagemfent of four hours. This might mean tnat the men would have to be paid 30s eafbh for shifting passengers' luggage, or JB3 each for. shifting explosives, though flthey actually worked only half an hopr.-rAus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. f