AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1913, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

_I!V ELECTRIC TEI.EGUAMi -CVVXUHiUXJ [PBll PKKHH UWOCIATiON ] (Received This D.-ij, 10.95 a.m.) I''ILVNC'()-Ci<:i!MAN AKKAHiS. PAins. March 12. Mineral iiew.spa[H'iv are liisajipoiuted and .sin-prised at the lion. Mr As([iiitli's declaration regarding I , 'ranee and (iei'iiiany. M. llappel says he '/la;l the ((iie.Ntion i.sseillfd. Anytiiing is preier.ribie in ihicei taiuly. I,'Kolair isays .it is m>! bad that France shonl<l Ije (old ,-be must eouiit solely on herself. Other papers cull siiler that Knidand uill treat each separate case on it- merits, uliich (list iniiui.-ln s the I'liUMile cordialv from the Alliance. «YI)N'KV. TI.K Day. I'.'astern advices state ti ;i \> hile charjjiinjr the Mon-' pii.siiinn at" i.ii/ I'liillipines. Capt.ain Patiici; M. "Nally, of the Pliillipine Schu-,. jukl six Filipinos were killed. Tiivee lieutenants uid niiiel- en men «•(■,;■,. woillided. The Mun,- had repeaiedly a.ttni'kcd the American (■■amp. an r the Tu'dtbi l)tsj:-il;-h {.'(iliiimi w:p pursuing a policy :>i disaruiiiireiit o ! the Mcros at St. .folos. uhi.-b is ikmv in [irogres.s. MKLROru.VK. This |)av. Benjamin FToare and .John Norton have each issued a writ against 111 other, elainiinu; CoOftO damai'-es fo> libel. .U)I-]|.AIDI'; This Day. The schooner Black Albatross, with ii carrgo of .superphosphates, si ruck the Eclipse reef. The captain and crew were rescued with dillieuliy. .SYfINEr. This Dav.

The ons Kinjjloyees' Council" has accepted the companies' offer made mi llfh Mmrcli. •METHODISTS KVKXLY DIVIDKO The New South Wales .Methodic Conference lias rejected a mutioii ot grave and <«mpliatic disapproval of the compulsory clauses of the Defence. Act, as availing i| l( . r (Jllll . dation of character, violating person »l liberty, invading the sphere, u ! parental rights and responsibilities. and inflicting serious injury on nati("ial life and character. The voting was forty three each, and i , .... president gave a casting vote agaius; the nuition. BRISBAXK, This Day. I" the Ladies' Suimniiix' Ch'iiupioiwliips of Australia, results weio as follows :— 220yards.-Kanny ])urack 1. ili 11:l «?-lio 2,y\ ;} : time 3i»in 2spc\ This is a world's record IVmfivsli water. 100 ynr<ls.-\VyJi t . J Venning 9. Alexander 3: time lmiu - ; S 4-ysec; nho a world's record Diirnck did not compote. TiAUOirH AFFAIRS The Full (Wt npTi, ? ],l tl,e appral <•!• sSiiMlli v. The Amalgan.ated SotH>t.v ol Kngineers. l>]aini,ff. ~„ '•HKineiM: in charge of a tranvway cninpnny's powor house, was oxclud-r-'l 'i.v the society because he dis"'•l'.ved an order of the district committee to cease work durinrr the st'-iko of 1919. Defendants Intend tn appeal to the High Court.