AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 239, 14 February 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CHINA'S AWAKENING. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 13. Sir Francis May, the new Governor of Fiji, has arrived from Hongkong. Interviewed, he said that China was slowly but surely awakening, and progressing towards representative government. CARDINAL MORAX OX' PATRIOTISM. Sydney, February 13. Cardinal Moran, referring to charges of lack of patriotism against Roman Catholics, said that he trusted true patriotism would always be the heritage of Australia. RAINFALL FROM THE PULPIT. ■Sydney, February 1.1. The Rev. Dr. Roseby, in a sermon, quoted authorities to contradict Mr. Wragge's prediction, which lessened rainfall for six years. Australia, he said, was not yet on the crest of the rainfall curve. SYDXEY HARBOR. Sydney, February 13. Mr. Lane, one of the Harbor Trust Commissioners, estimates that in five years Sydney will double her deep-sea wharf accommodation. lie greatly praised, the recently adopted day labor system. THE STEAM.ER EASTERN.

J Sydney, February 13. | The Eastern has arrived for docking. A STEAMER ASHORE. Launccston, February 13. The steamer Amy is ashore on St. Helen's bar. There are hopes of saving her. A TRAIN DERAILED. Adelaide, February 13. A train of empty trucks left the line near Gawler, and capsized over an embankment. The guard leaped clear of the wreckage; the engine remained on the line.