AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 4, 29 June 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ADVICE TO CADETS. By Cable—Press Aiuiocifttion—Copyright. Sydney, June 28. Lord Dudley told the cadets at Dunstroon College that the discipline .w«uld to* severe. They were not there to play, tout to work. They had to establish a standard for the area officers of Australia and New Zealand. The College would be known as the Royal Military College. COMMONWEALTH POPULATION. Melbourne, June 2s. The preliminary count of the census is completed. The population of the Commonwealth is 4,449,493, compared with 3,773,801 ten years ago. The percentage increases were: Westralia 52, New South Wales 22, Queensland 21, South Australia 13, Tasmania 105, and Victoria 9.5. "NE TEMERE" DECREE. i Melbourne, June 28. i The Anglican Church has drawn up a pastoral letter dealing with the ''ne temere" decree, winch will be read in all Anglican churches on Sunday. In protesting against the decree it states j that it is contrary to public policy, and I , that it will tend to encourage wife desertion and even bigamy. CONTROLLING BARBERS' SHOPS. . Sydney, June 28. The Broken Hill Borough Council has adopted ordinances for the control of barbers' shops and to provide for the . sterilising of all instruments after each time they are used. PENNY POSTAGE. Melbourne, June 28. The postal revenue shows that no loss occurred through the introduction of the penny postage. The revenue from June 8 to June 21 was £151,000, compared with £141,000 for the same period last year. WRECKAGE OP A YACHT. Brisbane, June 28. The wreckage of a yacht which was found on Howick Island is supposed to be a portion of the Seestern, which has been missing for two years. ' CONTEMPT OP COURT. Melbonrne, June 28. A barrister has been fined five pounds for contempt of court for being absent when his client was arraigned on a charge of murder. SYDNEY IMPROVEMENTS. Sydney, June 28. The Lord Mayor has received the approval of the Works Committee of the Council for extensive alterations and resumptions ■ with a view to widening thoroughfares, abolishing slums, and remedying awkward corners. Large sums of money are involved.