COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 35, 3 May 1919, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

DARING MAIL ROBBERY. Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, May 2. Mail ro!>l>eries arc again in evidence. A daring case occurred on the South Coast lino. Two men, by means of a. faked telephone message, induced the handing over of tin- in J! bays, containing cheques ami other valuables worth a considerable amount.

FLOUR FROM TAINTED WHEAT. I i ! Press Association —Copyright. i Sydney, May 2. The Sun newspaper charges trie Now South Wales Government with attempting to coerce miller s to make Hour from tainted wheat. This wheat, the paper states, was part of the 1916-17 crop, which the British Government rejected. Pt was damaged by the weather and contaminated by dead mice and other vermin, was unfit for human consumption, and might cause the disease known as "rope plague." The Sun adds that soiiio millers refused thi s wheat, demanding clean grain, of which <i plentiful supply was available.