GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 19 December 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyri&M. ACCIDENT TO THE W AIM ATE. (Eee. Dec. 19, 0.15 a.m.) ■Sydney, December 19. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waimate, which sailed for Auckland on Friday evening, returned to port.yestorday as a steam pipe, had burst.' Repairs were effected, and the vessel sailed again to-day.

A MINISTERIAL VISITOR, • Sydney, December 18. Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour, intends to visit New Zealand by next Saturday's steamer to investigate tho Dominion's methods of dealing with the Labour problem. RETAINING -WALL COLLAPSES. London,' December 16. : A high retaining wall at tho Wellington pit, at Whitehaven, collapsed, burying two cottages.- Three of tho eight inmates of the cottages were killed. A MODEL MINE. New York, December 16. The United Stp.tes Bureau of Mines is about to establish and operate a model mine at Pittsburg. COLORADO MINE DISASTER, New York, December 16. Rescuers are fighting to reach the ten entombed men in the Leydon Coal Company's mine, near Denver, Colorado. CHINESE FINANCE. Neva York, December 16. The offer of tho United States to provide a financial expert to advise the Chinese Government regarding a railway loan lias been rejected by the Peking authorities. MORE FIGHTING IN MEXICO. Mexico City, December 18. Fighting is taking place between the insurrectionists and the Federal troops at Peidernales. The result is not announced.

BIG EARTHQUAKE RECORDED. Mow York, December 18. . An earthquake lasting an hour lias been recorded at- Santa Clara Observatory, California. CAPTURED BY BANDITS. ' New Yorkj December 18. Eurigne Connors, tho son of a wealthy Mexican, and an American friend of his named Wohlim have been captured by bandits across the Texan border. A ransom of ££000 lias been demanded.