AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 62, 4 September 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE TYPHOON IN JAPAN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, September 2. The late typhoon in Japan was the worst on record for loss of life. Those were chiefly caused by a tidal wave driven before the gale. CHINESE UNREST. Sydney, September 2. Chinese, returning from the East, predict a great upheaval. In Canton there is much unrest apparent, and a strong feeling against foreigners. Thousands of Chinese arc fleeing from the city. j POSTAL REVENUE. I Melbourne, September 2. Ajjainst a total increase of £212,000 in the Customs revenue, the Postal Department shows an increase of .£04,000. MARINE ENQUIRY. Sydlncy, Septeniil>er 2. The Marine Court exonerated both captains in connection with the collision of the steamers Warrimoo and Archer in Newcastle harbor on June 22. QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS. Brisbane, September 22. The Government has taken over the unfinished' portion of the third section of the North Coast railway from the contractors, who hnve secured Iwrgc railway contracts in Wcstralia. The Government will finish the line by day | labor. OLD AGE PENSIONS. Mellyourne, September 2. The Council of the Trades Hall adopted a resolution in favor of an increase in the amount of old age pensions, owing to the increased cost of living.

"THREE ROTTEN' STICKS." Perth, September >. The Minister of Mines and the Colonial Secretary have instituted proceedings against the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper, against which a Cabinet Minister, Air. McKenzie, was recently awarded a verdict of £IOOO for an alleged libel contained in an article referring to thf Ministers, headed 'Three Rotten Sticks." PITCAIRN ISLANDERS. Brisbane. September 2. Representatives of the Seventh Day Adventist? are negotiating with the Government, with a view to the removal of the residents of Pitcairn Island, who number 150. It is proposed, to remove them from the Island, the intention being to form a group settlement in Queensland. CASE OF SMALLPOX. Sydney. September 2. The Dutch liner Van Lin-ciiotcn, from Java, has been quarantined with a case of smallpox aboard. She called' at Brisbane Ave days after the patient was taken ill, and apparently the case was not discovered there. DOCTORS AXD CADETS. Melbourne, September 2. The examination of junior cadets is at a standstill owing to the doctors demandimr half-a-erown a head for the work. The Department considers this excessive.