AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8073, 31 March 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

| COMMONWEALTH CADETS. • SYDxar, March 30. 1 A scheme for bringing the cadets ol the Commonwealth into uniformity lias been completed. The strength at pre* sent is about ten thousand) die new schomc will bring the number up to 22,000. Small boys will be armed with the Froncotte rifle, the more ad* vanced with the Westley Riohards, and the bigger boys with 303 Martini. Enfield. The Government has placed orders for the rifles. An educational officer will be appointed in each of the various States to assist the eadet officers.

TASMANIA* POLITICS.

Hobakx, March 30. The elections provided several surprisca. So many members were elect, ed on the local option question that it is difficult to arrive at the state of parlies. The Ministry, however, has been weakened, the Attorney-Oenoul-being defeated. Labor gamihxHHl((cr. ably. Mr Nicholls, Leadorof tho Op. position, beat Sir Elliot Lewis, The women's volo was east heavily for local option. Tho returns show: Min. isterialists 17, Opposition fi, Independent 2, Labour 7.

AUSTRALIAN LABOK.

Adklaim, March 30. Mr Deakin, Federal Premier, said that,' unfortunately, the Labour Party had not made protection part of its platform. The method* adopted by tho Labour Party are tho same methods as those adopted by other partios, but if the Labour Party-is to rise to the height of its opportunities, and shoulder its share of the responsibility it will need to revise its method to meot tho requirements of the present. Disciplinary methods may hare been good in the early days, when, the party was forcing its way to the font ranks, but those days were now iast. If the fiscal question is not disfwed of labor will be divided, and |tta, Liberal Labor members will be fight. ing each other at the polls once more.