AUSTRALIAN NEWS
FEDERAL CAWXET RECONSTRUCTION. Received 24th, 12.32 a.m. Melbourne, January 23. Mr Ewing has been appointed in tae Defence Portfolio in the Federal tinvernment. Jlr Keating becomes Min Lter of Home Allah's." NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY JLUJLUISSIOXERS. Received 24th, 12.32 a.m. Sydney, January 23. The Chief Commissioner of Railways has been selected in England. His name as well as those of the assistant Commissioners is at present withheld.
AX AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Melbourne, January 23. Mr Mangar, Federal .Minister, has circularised shipbuilding linns of the Commonwealth to learn- their vietws about building coastal destroyers and a torpedo boat for Australia. ALARMIXG PLAGUE OUTBREAK. Brisbane, January 23. A telegram from Port Douglas reports an alarming outbreak of plague in the Moseinan district. There are 28 cases now in the hospital, and it is believed ten more will be brought in to-day. Five camps are affected. The majority of the victims arc white. There has been one fatal case. The disease is in a mild form. AUSTRALIAN* DEFENCE FORCES. Sydney, January 23. . Statement's arc being made with re gard to the thoroughly unsatisfactory condition of the Australian defence forces. The field artillery weapons aile so obsolete as to be suicidal if used against up-'to date gunS. The light horse suffers from poor equipment, while the militia rifles are largely useless. Volunteer officers consider that the force is in a worse position than it was ten years ago. The standard of officers is not high, and political influence is rampant.
PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Sydney, January 23. The City Council passed a reso'ai tion submitted by Mr Taylor, ex-Lord Mayor, affirming 'the desirableness of holding an international exhibition in Sydney in 1910. POETICAL LABOUR LEAGUE. Sydney, January 23. Among new proposals to be submitted to the annual conference of Ihe Political Labour League is one giving the executive control of the supervision of all selections v>f Labour candidates in the metropolitan electorates.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 3
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