AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TRADE REPRESENTATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright May 9, 11.10 p.m. Sydney, May 9The New South Wales Trade Connmw* sioner at Tokio has been recalled, the Government stating that trade representation in foreign countries is the business of the Federal Government. ANOMER CASE GF PLAGUH, Received May 9, 11.10 p.m. Sydney, May 9. There Is another case of plague, Redfern. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. Sydney, May 9Inspector Fowler, a witness in tha Ponsonby (Auckland) murder trial, has been appointed officer in charge of ths criminal investigation department, in succession to Superintendent Banmn, who has retired. PRISON REFORMS. Sydney, May 9. Mr. Ley is inaugurating prison re* forms. He desires to make gaols selfsupporting, and his idea is to mako prison more of a reformatory than n place of confinement or punishment. Prisoners last year earned £52,500 ill various forms of employment, and thn cost of the upkeep of prisons wag £113,382.

COMMUNIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS, Sydney, May 9. Mr. Garden, secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, denies Mr. Ley’s charges against the teachings of the Communist Sunday schools in this country, and there is no catechism, either in the schools or text hooka concerning the Boy Scouts, the Union Jack, 05 God. Mr. Ley, replying to Mr. Garden, saya the latter denies that Communist teaching is imparted, but will he refuse to endorse the sentiments if the Communist children are taught to believe in God and be loyal to the Empire? He asks why they should not attend Sunday schools belonging to their respective denominations. SEAMEN’S UNION GRIEVANCE. Sydney, May 9. The Seamen’s Union has issued a statement in which fears are expressed that the increasing number of oil ships will reduce the number of seamen required. The Union States Bay steamers, through burning oil. require only eighteen men in the stokehold instead of 50 or 60. Our watchword must be “Down with capitalism,” and our aim is to secure the workers* control of industry for production, not for profit.