AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 18 July 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ASIATICS OUSTING WHITES. By Oabl«—Press Associatioi—Copyright. Sydney, July 17. An Australian who has just returned from Canada declares that Asiatics are ousting whites, and predicts a big exodus from the country. SEARCH FOR THE YONGALA. Sydney, July 10. Dr. Sarsficld Cassidy intends to carry out aa exhaustive search for the Yorigala in a private yaoht, considering that it u too early to give the search up. NEW WIRELESS REGULATIONS. Melbourne, July 17. The Postmaster-General has drawn regulations to provide for controlling powers and licensing fees im connection : with wireless telegraphy on ships. Un-1 der the new wireless regulations the I Minister may, in case of emergency, pro- j hibit foreign vessels utilising the installations in Australian waters. A HUGE EXPENDITURE. Sydney, July 17. The total cost of works in hand, or authorised and immediately contemplated, in the Public Works Department, is five and a half millions. i

NEW SOUTH WALES SETTLEMENT. Sydney, July 17. The Utal area taken up in New South Wales in original and additional holdings for the six months totalled 653,701 acres, compared with 885,357 for the corresponding period last year. SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNION. Sydney, July 17. The proposal to form a school teachers' union affiliated to the Trades Hall did not meet with general support, its opponents holding that such action was not necessary. The meeting was adjourned. MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT. Sydney, July 17. The Government intends at an early date to introduce an amendment to the Marriage Act making it compulsory, before marriage, to produce a registrar's certificate, to obtain which it is necessary to make a declaration regarding age, and if under age to satisfy the registrar regarding parental permission. The object is to relieve clergymen of responsibility.