THE COMMONWEALTH

Southland Times, Issue 17468, 24 March 1915, Page 2

THE COMMONWEALTH

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) PERTH, March 23. Tlie AHnister of Lands states that the Government has arranged for a supply of overseas wiieat to enable Hie flour supply to meet normal requirements. CENSOR AND PRESS MELBOURNE. March 2.3. Tlie High Court has rescinded Hie special leave to appeal granted to the Commonwealth Government in connection witli Hie case wherein tlie Censer unsuccessfully proceeded against Hie Perth Daily News for publish ing certain news relating lo the de.fencc of the Suez Canal. The Chief Justice said that the only point at issue was whether, in the police magistrate's opinion, the case was against Hie weiglit of evidence, and the Higher Court never granted special leave to appeal on the ground that (ho opinion of Hie Court below was against tlie weiglit of evidence. Tlie other judges concurred. QUEENSLAND POLITICS. BRISBANE, March 23. The Hon. D. F. Denham (Premier of Queensland), in a policy speech referring to the revelations of capital and labour, said that lie did _ not like to profess friendship with the wage-earners while they acocted to regard the capitalist as their deadly enemy. Ho did not wish to aid them in abolishing or harassing Hie capitalist, and lie would impel Hie capitalist to larger undertakings by his employing m«re hands under better conditions. He would endeavour to secure for Labour the largest share of the product, compatible with fairness. Sweating, underpay, excessive toil and insanitary conditions would be uprooted like deadly plagues. Encouragement of production would be the Government’? first care. HERMANN’S SENTENCE. SYDNEY, Alaroii 23. Eario Hermann was found guilty on three charges’of uttering and was sentenced to three years’ imprlsomhent on each, the sentences to be concurrent. The Judge, in passing sentence, said that Hie evidence was so strong regarding the forgery charge that lie failed to see why Hie jury returned the verdict they did on that. count. That Hermann was. at Hie same time committing these offences, lie had no doubt. The yiileptie fits were Hie result of anxiety oven tlie magnitude of Hie offences which lie had committed.