TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 January 1913, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

£BT KLBCriUO TELKOKAPH- COPYltlOm] Epbh press association ] (Received This Day. 11 0 a.m.) GREAT BRITAIN'S BLIZZARD. LONDON, Jan. 13.

The blizzard continues. The t>.s. Mauritania was delayed at > Liverpool for twenty-eight hours. Tho Celtic, from Quecnstown, report* mountainous seas. She reduced speed on her trip across, and poured oil on the waters. High Peak railway was blocked for three days. Thousands of workmen in the Peak stone-quarries are idle.

The Leicester express collided —while going fifty miles an hour— with a Wnlsall train at Bromfonl Lane. Both trains were wrecked, and a woman and child injured The ac\dent is attributed to tho snow affecting the signals.

Snow broke an electric wire at Sheffield. It fell on a tramway which received a high charge of electricity. As a result, two horses were killed, and two drivers received a shock and were unable to escape. Two workmen took off their coats and stood on one while they threw the other to the stricken men, who were then hauled out of danger. FIRE ON A STEAMER. A cargo of 1500 bales of cotton on board the s.s. Alexandria, is on fire. Damage is estimated <tt £50,000. 1 N'Dl A N NATI ON A LISTS DEFEATED. CALCUTTA, Jan. 13. At Bengal, the council elections resulted in a flushing defeat being inflicted on the Nationalists. Only Surendranath Banneirjoe was elected. The Moderates previously wen almost unknown in public life. BRITISH BATTI/hISIIIPS. LONDON, Jan. 12. It is reported that the four battle ships in the current building programme of the British Government will carry eight sixteen point and twenty-five point guns, instead, of ten thirteen-point-five guns. A POST OFFICE DISPUTE. In the caso of the National Telephone Company against the British Post Office, the judges ascertained the cost of construction and plant, then deducted the depreciation. Tho Telephone Company's stock fell to £109, a drop of £30. AIRSHIPS. The flying corps is establishing a base at Moiitrose, whence seven aeroplanes are to travel to Aldershot. WIKELES MATTERS. The Marconi Committee invited Mr Samuels' (Postmaster-General) opinion of the draft interim report, recommending the immediate purchase of sites for wireless stations for an Imperial chain, and suggesting that a Government Department execute the woik; also recommending the immediate appointment of a highly qualified technical committee to advise as to the merits of various systems, and any changes necessary in the future. Mr Samuels has re- ' plied that he would gladly act on the first recommendation, and that an agreement wa« contemplated in which the contracting companies would bear the whole risk. No payment would he made unless tho stations were in full working order Tho technical committee propose! ought to report within a Timitc'l time, to prevent delays.