Australian Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 August 1913, Page 3

Australian Cables

■ XJiLnbltAril .. .•I'HlOHlj , 1 «.*• • *****"•>*.*-* k nJN X (Received This Day, U.-J0 a.m.) Sydney, This Day. It is confidently expected that Sir Samuel .Griffiths will be offered the position of Law Lord under the British Appellate Jurisdiction Act. It is thought that he is not likely to accept the position' He is at present in England. The warship Torch has arrived from Noumea. Her future movements are uncertain. One report is that her crew will bo paid off and she will drop out of active service. Arrived, midnight Maheno. Brisbane, This Day. Shailer, of New South Wales, beat Kidston, of Queensland, for the amateur billiards championship of Australia. (Received This Day, 9.-10 a.m.) Hobart, This Day. McVilly, the T asnianian sculler. reporting mi the Diamond Sculls incident, said that although very tired at the finish he was quite comfortable, and not fully extended. He won by over a length, and without a thought of having won other than fairly; he was totally unconscious that Pink got any of his wash. To say he was thunderstruck at his reception was putting it mildly. The new Appellate Jurisdiction Act, which received the Hoyal assent to-day, ensures a supreme tribunal for the Empire, adquafely constituted to meet the growing requirements of India and the dominions. The police of Londonderry have been instructed to shoot if rioting recurs and warnings are ignored. Three hundred troops are uuartcred in the in addition to large bodies of drafted from the neighbouring towns. The executive of the Miners' I'Yileration has repudiated Mr Kenyon, who is the loyal miners' official, and who is strongly supported bv district lodges. Mr Ramsay'Macdonald, M.l\, describes Mr Kenzon as more Liberal than the Labour candidate. Tokio, August 15. Chinese refugees re flocking into Kobe. Sun Tat Sen and Huang Sing have disappeared.