Second Edition. AUSTRALIAN CABLEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1912, Page 3

Second Edition. AUSTRALIAN CABLEGRAMS.

« -.ivT JCLKOjuUU T'.iLfcOuAi'ii-COrXHIOBX.j iPSB. IKSSS ASSOCIATION. J (.Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) CitICKET. SYDNEY, Tiiis Day. It is hue for cricket. LITHUOW fcJTBIIvES. SIDNEY, linjs Day. The Cabinet has declined to recommond the release of Hayes, Scully and Williams, imprisoned in connection with the Lithgow riots. BOWLS. SYDNEY, This Day. The team of ±\ew South Wales bowlers leaves on March 27t!h to tour England. BROKEN HILL STRIKE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENES. SYDNEY, This Day. Tho proceeding,', at Broken Hill in connection witli tho strike are exciting. Batches of strikers paraded the streets and marched to different hotels and made hostile demonstrations. They raided tho Commercial'hotel, wrecked tho dining room, invaded the kitchen, ate a quantity of food, and threw the remainder on the floor. A crowd of ovor ia thousand took possession of the main street. The women leaders were intoxicated with excitement and behaved in an extraordinary manner. The police with difficulty prevented an actual riot. A conference is proceeding.