AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.— By Teiegrapb.-rCopyright.)* SYDNEY, 1 January iB. - An earth tremor ~^as felt af : Pambula and Cbomba, oii-ihe south' coast, Houses' shook and furniture rattled. Archbishop Kelly again attacked the present system of public instrjiction as incomplete and unsound, arid challenged the -press arid Parliament to show any true principle of education that required the elimination or\ curtailment of religion. He said he would' give £100 to : any charitable institution if he was shown that such was the case. (Received January 19, 8.5 a.m.) SYDNEY/ Jan, 19. A meeting of business men strongly protested against the new, income . tax. It was decided to take steps t<j> secure a radical- amendment ,'of the 'jribra dtasitic provisions^ y •!""•? ■ >;, ■ The Council of the. Prohibition Party resolved that in ;view of the recent New Zealand appeal all temperance,organisations should ©nte).' upon an s a<jtiye agination to secure a Stated vote on £he question of liquor or no-liquor by a simple majority. The Council congratulated the 1 Victorian Allian.ce on 'its adoption of this policy. . i . (Received January 19, 10.40 a.m.) An earth :tremor was widely felt throughout the southern districts yesterday morning. It was .preceded by a heavy rumbling noise, and .a peculiar feature was the Rapidity of the waves with no preliminary wave. No damage has been done. MELBOURNE, Jan. 19. t A number of leading artists and writers have memoralised , the Federal Government to amend tjte. Copyright Ac^> placing a duty of JBS on imported picture^ a duty of at least 33 1-3 per centum on foreign -magazines andi sixpenny no'Vels, with a; view^ to having t'his class of literature printed' in Australia. As the result of the recent expert report, the 'Federal Government has ordered the commencement of the work ©f ligftting Bass Straits.