STRIKE ECHO.
Improper Practices By Police Alleged. JOHNSON'S TRIAL. (Received 1.80 p.m.) CANBERRA, this day. Late last night Mr. Theodore, the Labour leader, caused a sensation in the House of Representatives by stating that statutory declarations had lieen placed recently before tlie AttorneyGeneral alleging improper practices l>y Commonwealth officers and witnesses in connection with the recent trial of Jacob Johnson, who was sentenced to six months' gaol' in connection with the Marine Cook.s' Union trouble. One affidavit was sworn by Andresen, a member of the Seamen's Union at Wellington, Xew Zealand, to the effecr that he took the notes of a meeting of the seamen and communicated what ha.l happened to Mr. Dillon, representative of the Shipowners'. Federation. Subsequently, through Mr. Dillon, Andresen alleges that he met Mr. Longmore, a Commonwealth police officer, who induced him to obtain other witnesses for the prosecution and that Longmore supplied money for this purpose. Mr. Theodore demanded a searching inquiry into these allegations. COUNTRY SUBMERGED. AFTERMATH OF CLOUDBURST. (Received 11..'30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A Tamworth message states that i,be cloudburst at Duri yesterday submerged the country to a depth of several feet, levelling fences and scouring the railway line so that many rails are suspended in mid air. Wheat stacks were severely damaged, the two bottom layers being under water. The trains arc still held up.
NEW LINER. FOR NEW ZEALAND RUN. (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Itect-ivecl 11..T0 a.m.) LONDON, February 14. The New Zealand Shipping Company pavo a lunch to Sir James Parr aboard the new motor liner Rangitiki. Sir James commented on the excellence of the accommodation, which would help to increase the tourist traffic. The .Rangitiki. sails on Friday with 77 immigrant*. ARMY IN NEW ZEALAND. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Major H. Eady, Liaison Officer attached to the British War Office, who is making a tour of inspection of the military establishments of the Commonwealth and New Zealand, sails for New Zealand from Sydney on February
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 39, 15 February 1929, Page 7
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