AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 67, 6 August 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

USEFUL IMMIGRANTS. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. Sydney, August 5. The Zealandia brings forty fanners from Canada and the United States, who will settle in 'the; irrigation areas at Rochester. Victoria,. CANADIAN CADETS. Melbourne, August 5. Sixty-four Canadian cadets am; passengers - fey 'tihe Zealand ia oil an educational tour. The itinerary jncJudcs New Zealand. THE EMPIRE ENHIBITIOX. Melbourne, August 5. j New South Wales has intimated that it will not co-operate in the Empire Exhibition, proposed hv - Victoria, and other States. The State had previously 'declined, and -probably the proposal will Ibe allowed to lapse for the present. THE CADET QUESTION. Sydney, August 5. i Owing tn the outcry against the (rigorous application of the law to defaulting cadets, Mr. Hughes, Attorney-'Gen-eral, announced that instrjK'tions have been given to extend the time of payment of fines. The whole question is being considered with a view to the more appropriate treatment -of tl»e v-ouths. A DAMAGING CLOUD-BURST. Melbourne, August 5. During a cloud-burst half-a-mile from Ttbriff station, five, inches of rain fell in five minutes. An extensive washout on the railway wa« discovered slhortly before the arrival of 'the Mildura train.