AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16007, 27 August 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CRITIC OF THE POST OFFICE, CIRCUMLOCUTORY METHODS. »' By T(>;ratrh—Pre?.» Asaxiatioa-C^^ Melbourne, August 26. Mr:. Robert McAnderson has presented j report, arising out of his inquiry into i Postmaster-General's Department,, .'/Hjfll severely criticises some of the melkxJi : ' He says the most, circumlocutory met V.;' - is the one that seems to be usually employed, and the cost is enormous. Bi -' instances officers in adjoining rooms vnt- 1 in; long letters to one another. Eta ! then they do not hold communicati® IS direct, but through a deputy. A psi." ■ master'? file, relative to a dispute betwaj telephonists, passed through the iscorij ; 203 limes. It comprised 559 pages, "T'S i matter regarding repairs to a telenhSfe : line went to 488 pages, and passd through the records 55 times. Mr. Jfe. Anderson says that ail that seems •kjoe* with the Postal Department is want of j what is known as business management/?' He suggests, amongst many other mall ing remedies, the appointment of a gemilj manager with wide powers. To make tip j the deficiency he advocates increased tele-1 graph and telephone rates, tie redtrctam | of commission on the sale of stamps, red an increase in the postage on newspapers! in bulk. "" ~« - --'--"1

TELEPHONE OPEEATOES TO STEHi - ■ Sottst, AagustSß.: | At a mass meeting of the New Ssrih Wales Telephonists' Union it was deckedj to go on strike as the result of the Ktt of Mr. Spence, Postmaster-General- to =•": crease wages and compensate mm fortufsi work. The carrying out- of toaSfisr;. was left in the hands of- the rasa executive. -_ TRAGEDY US THEBUSE... SrasESy, At^s*£26>j_ ' A shooting tragedy is reported '&» Gosford. Two brothers, Frederick c: Bert Ruff, went' out wallaby ifcafeg They separated, and Bert saw idsi h thought to be a wallaby moving in/" thick underbrush. He fired, sad *--* horrified to discover that.he had sir--'-* brother' dead. ,■"_..;_' : re|»"

PROFITABLE BRICK WjDSC ■ Sydxsy, AteasiSi-' The New South Wales Bride Woris show a profit for the year of £75!fSi ■' SIX - O'CLOCK cLOsnre. .'. Adelaide* AogiE* 38. | S In the Assembly a Bffi'gi^^M the six o'clock closing of hotels was ffii a second time, - - ;„ THE READJUSTMENT Of PBOB* Sxiisey, ixjgffi* 26. " A Government proclamation --,"- adjusted the price of bran fe '&*rj£"'i pollard to £6 10s a too. 'Batter, «*s quality, wholesale, is fixed ,155= oa &-. other grades proportionately. -.. ; - - BOXER AS LITIBAST. Sxbsx:, ***&}' Jeff Smith is suing the the Stadium for £464 as fight with Darcv on May 25. Sm*JJ . tains that he did not foul Dare?, »*■ - by the referee. -"-