AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 233, 7 February 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FLAX CULTIVATION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, February 6. Eighty farmers have applied for the Federal bonus of 10 per cent, on locally grown flax. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. Sydney, February 6. Cardinal Moran laid the foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Armidule. PENNY POSTAGE. Melbourne, February 6. The British postal authorities have agreed to accept penny letters from Australia. It is hoped that in a few months similar arrangements will be completed with foreign countries. THE EASTERN REFLOATED. Brisbane, February 6. During a gale the Eastern bumped badly, and was eventually driven right across the Salamander Bank. Thence she was tugged into a deep channel, and her cargo is being discharged prior to surveying the hull. The cost of salvage is estimated at from ten to fifteen thousand pounds. THE BRADDON CLAUSE. 'Z'+i '.' \.■ ■ Sydney, February 6. ' Mr; McGowon, Premier of New South Wales, has written to Mr. Fisher, the, Federal Prime Minister, formally demanding payment of interest at the rate of 3% per cent, from the date of the creation of the Bruddon clause, on £4,042,000, the value of State properties transferred to the Commonwealth.