British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 January 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign

. ♦ TB? KLBCTUIO TELEGRAPH—COPS BIGHT] 'Ipfltt PUES'j ASSOCIATION.] (.Received Tl>'« 13ajr. 10.20 a.m WIRELESS TRUST. LONDON, January 1. At the Marconi inquiry Archer Shoe testified that tho agreement was calculated to enable Mr Marconi to create a great wireless trust. He advised the building of Government stations for any system. TAXI STRIKE. LONDON, January I. Four thousand taxi workers have struck as there are many horsedrawn cabs on the streets. THREATENED STRIKE OF STAGE WORK ICRS. LONDON, January L Two thousand five hundred sceneshifters and stage hands in London threaten bo strike demanding a. minimum of half-a-crown for a three hours' performance and additional for longer. ALBANIA. VIENNA, January 1. Fugitive Albanians at Sarajevo hiave memorialised M. Berthold, asking him that Albania be placed under a protectorate of the House of Hapsburg. WAKATAH WRECK RECALLED. LONDON, Dec. 31. In the House of Commons Mr Farroll gave notice of his intention to ask a question of the Right. Hon. S. Buxton (Board of Trade) whether the Naming, during the recent storm in the Indian Ocean on her last homeward voyage, heeled over at an angle of fifty foiw degrees and was in such danger that the officers were on the point of lowering the boats: whether the Warn tab, a sistor ship of tho Naming, capsized through top heaviness owing to bad construction ; and whether the Board of Trade Intend to allow the Narrung to continue to carry passengers on long voyages. UNITED IRISH LEAGUE MANIFESTO. LONDON, January 1. In the House of Commons, during discussion of tho Home Rule Bill, a motion by the Prime Minister, Right Hon. H. 11. Asrjirith, allotting seven days to the report stage, in addition to yesterday's sitting, was carried. A new clause determining the treatment of Irish universities was added. Mr James Hope moved to provide for the suspension of the Irish Executive in war-time, or in a time of national emergency. The debate was •adjourned. Tin? Belfast division of the United Irish League, in a manifesto, repudiates the 'right of Trish Unionist members of Parliament to speak for the people of Ulster. Tho manifesto declares ttat the exclusion of Ulster from the Rill would be disastrous to the trade of Ulster. DAMAGE £30,000. ' SYDNEY, January 1. The damage to the Crystal Palace Theatre is about £30,000. Much . valuable film stock was destroyed.