AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1921, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AERIAL MAIL SERVICE. By Telegraph.-Press Assn —Copyright. Received Fob. 3, 10.10 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 3. After meeting the Air Council, Senator Pearce stated that the Government will shortly be starting an experimental aerial mail service.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. CHECKING BOLSHEVISM. Received Feb. 3, 10.10 p.m. • Melbourne, Feb. 3. A Federal proclamation prohibits the importation of literature advocating the overthrow of the Commonwealth by violence or force of law. or the abolition of the Government, or the teaching of the unlawful destruction of property. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. PILFERING INCREASING. Received Feb. 3. 7.20 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 3. The operations of wharf pilferers have recently become so serious that twelve | extra police have been appointed to pa!trol the wharves. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable 1 Assn. THE SUPPLY OF WHEAT. Received Feb. 3, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 3. A member of the Wheat Board states that bleached wheat is arriving far in excess of original anticipations. The position is more acute than it had been hoped would be the case, and the whole question of allowances to farmers would need reconsideration. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. CHECKING PROFITEERING. Received Feb. 3, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 3. The anti-profiteering campaign under the recently passed Bill is being actively pushed, and a number of traders are being prosecuted for over-charging. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. A CRITIC OF AUSTRALIA. Received Feb. 3, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in a final interview, said that, while generally appreciative of things Australian, he thought the postal service bad, and the telegraphic service shocking. The Post-master-General, in reply, admits that the postal business is unsatisfactory, while the telegraphic business between Svdney and Melbourne has outgrown the existing facilities, but the new line is being constructed, and other remedial measures are being taken. Aus. and. N.Z. Cable Assn.