THE COMMONWEALTH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12720, 15 August 1919, Page 5

THE COMMONWEALTH.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Anstjfihsn and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received August 15, 11 a.mA CASE AGAINST NEWSPAPER. mi i- -i SYDNEY, August 10. Ihe article complained of by the Hon J-. -J. Ryan, I render of Queensland, in a case against the Melbourne '* Argus ” stated that “ almost any outbreak may be expected from the Ryan Ministry. It is almost incredible that it should nave descended so low as to have entered _ into a paltry and contemptible conspiracy with the Germans and other disloyalists against the authority of the Detenco Department.”

ALLEGED BOLSHEVIK AGENT. PERTH, August 15. A foreigner deported from Kalgoorlie I .Li rCt, lu led iu o cll^ 9 llas hecn arrested nnder the Alien Restriction Act, and is believed to be a Bolshevik agent inciting Italians to create a disturbance. ABOLITION OF CENSORvSHIP. • MELBOURNE, August 15. . feal abolition of the censorship ted™ 0 Commomvealth has been gazetFEDERAL WHEAT SALES. ww%:r ounced , that th ° wheat sales since the inception of tho Wheat Board total 7,000.000 tons. THE SEAMEN’S STRIKE. pp® . H ; )n E - *> Milieu, Minister of Repatriation, has announced that lie received a communication from the Sydney seamen which he could not at present make public, but it would not help matters, as a stipulation for a round-table conference conflicts with the Government’s demand for the recognition of the Arbitration Court.