AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 6 July 1910, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EARTHQUAKES IN QUEENSLAND. fij Cable.—Press Association,—Copyright Brisbane, July a. A pronounced earth tremor was experienced in the MacLeay district, and cracks opened in the earth at West ■Kempsey. A steamer at sea felt the shock. Crockery tumbled from shelves. COPPER COINAGE. , Melbourne, July 5. Owing to the scarcity of copper coinage, the Federal Treasury has cauledj f«r 1,920,000 pennies and 900,000 halfpennies. GUNS FOR AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, July 5. The Minister for Defence stated that I tenders for naval gun mountings would be confined to Australia, but if English firms erected plants in the Commonwealth there would be no objection to their tendering.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Melbourne, July 5. The Federal Government has adopted the recommendation of the radio-tele-graphic conference, and it is expected that during the week the location of > the wireless stations at Sydney and Fre-' mantle will be settled. ' 1 SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE. Brisbane, duly 3. A new curriculum for State Schools is being prepared. It contains teaching of scientific temperance. A DIAMOND DISCOVERED. Adelaide, July 5. A diamond has been discovered at Pine Creek Goldfields. TASMANIAN APPLES. Hobart, July 5. A movement is afloat to exploit Japan as an apple market. I A NEW RAILWAY. Sydney, July 5. | The Cowra to Canowindra railway j has been opened. Its length is twenty-1 four miles. It has been constructed, •by day labor at a cost of £IOO,OOO. I