CABLE NEWS TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1912, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD.

j g—j iiectiivcd Ibis Day, 11.30 a.m.) " IJbLiilUltAiru—l ox iitiiiiUT.J i A'Kit FiwKisS AJoSUaiAXION.J 9 ] IHE ENGLISH COAL Kl ld iv i'i--3 LONDON, February 27. 3 Hopes ox a settlement prevailed 3 during tiie morning among the union - delegates, but up to tho present i these iiopci have not been .realised, ) and the Premier, in tho House oi' j Commons at i'our o'clock, said he J was unable to make any statement. > There .have been many conferences > with the Premier, iirst by one side ■ and thou the other. A conference between ministers, owners and miners is still sitting. Tlie Miners' federation Conference, representing every district in the United Kingdom, has opened. Besides two thousand who struck yesterday, an additional twonty-two thousand miners in Derbyshire, several thousands in South Yorkshire, and eight thousand in Nottinghamshire, have struck after refusing the Federation's request not to striko until Thursday. Tie men argue that with such enormous stocks of coal there is sure to bo short time worked after any settlement is re-ached; so they may as well "play for time" on strike pay. Ten thousand men in Warwickshire, where the minimum wage already prevails, are balloting whether they will obey the order to strike. THE SCENE IN THE HOUSE. The man Henry, who fired a revolver in the House of Commons yesterday, has been remanded for inquiry as to his mental condition. Fl'A UD ULEN T CO U N CILLOR. GENEVA, February 27. State Councillor Eugene Beriiehas been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for frauds involving £110,000, by which many persons were ruined and two went mad. STEADIER FO UNDERS. BRUSSELS, February 27. The steamer Deliverance founderod in Kemango river. Thirty-two persons were drowned. THE WAli. IiOME, February 27. A steamer convoying 250 tons of Turkish munitions was captured in Sicilian waters. PERSIAN" SITUATION. TEHERAN ,February 27. Salared Douleh's forces re-captur- 1 ed Kermanshah.