AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 71, 10 August 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA. By Cablo—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, August 9. The Department of External Affairs has been informed by its commercial agent at Capetown that there are, chances of developing a ifcrade between Australia and South Africa, particularly in tinned corned beef, other meats, tinned fruit, and condensed milk. The representative of a Hamburg firm informed the agent that there are good prospects of a large trade in Australian tinned meats with German South-West Africa-. IMMIGRATION" STATISTICS. Melbourne, August 9. For the six months ended June 30 84,252 persons arrived in Australia, against 05,243 for the same period in 1911. The, departures numbered 40,467 against 44,802. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE. Adelaide, August 9. ' The State revenue for the year was £4,450,739, giving a .surplus of £175,739. ■■ ! ' BOAT ACCOMMODATION. ' Sydney, August 9. The new P. and O. steamer Medina has arrived. She carries 24 lifeboats, sufficient to seat all aboard. COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. Melbourne, August 9. Pending the appeal in the first case, the hearing of the charges against the 1 other directors of 'the Colonial Sugar Company lias been postponed. BACKWARD CADETS. Melbourne, August 9. The Inspector-General of the Military Forces, in the course of his annual report, says that there are instances of senior cadets being passed who by no human possibility win develop sufficiently in time to be available to pass for the citizen forces.