CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 January 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

(.liLECxnic riiLECUAVU —corKIUUHT.j |_I'KK I'UEBS ABBOCIAI lON.j (Received This Day 10.02 a.m.)

THE COALMINES TROUBLE TN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, This Day. In connection with the afternoon shift the Minors' Executive is approaching the proprietors with a view to a further Conference. It appears that another deadlock is approaching as the men are determined to abolish the afternoon shift and the proprietors are unanimous regarding its continuance. The western mines are suffering lroin lack of orders and iniany men are being dismissed. The South Coast miners' delegates on the "board is considering the position in regard tq the South Coast mines. It is stated that no definite terms of settlement have been offered to date. The conferene ein regard ft> the surface hands has been fixed for January 22nd. The conference will not meet if any of the mines are idle owing to industrial troubles and it has been decided that all grievances must be placed in the hands of the excutive before drastic action is taken. (Received This Day 11.50 a.m.) Rome, Jan. 15. Half of Mag lino Di -Madsi was destroyed and 1300 are deadThree parts of Piscena are destroyed and 1000 dead. Three thousand at San Benedetto are ouried in the ruins. Ail the houses at Cappadoeia are uitiniiabitable and the people are camping in the snow. Nothing remains of Albaf ucensis, and it is believed that the wiiole population perished. Of 1)00 at Lapoflo only 30 aro alive. The King has gone to Sora where there is Tittle hope of rescuing the burled.

THE EMBARGO ON COAL.

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce ia petitioning the Minister of Customs lur the removal of tho embargo on the exportation of coal to foreign ports, failing 'this a definite announcement regarding the markets U> which coal may be sent. It is pointed out that present uncertainty is causing much Uelay and injury.

WANTED —BRITISH FAIR PLAY.

Adelaide, This Day Tiie Hon. Mr Homburg, AttorneyGeneral, speaking at the Liberal Un 1011, and referring to the adverse coin nient-s un himself and Mr i'pflaum, both naturalised British subjects, said that ho had taken 110 notice of the insults in anonymous letters, and had not asued I'or pity, but he did ask for British faiMfTTay.

I TASMANIAN WOOL SALES.

Hobai t, This Day At tho Launceston annual wool sales 5281) bales Hero offered. Competition was spirited and prices generally 5 per cent better. At th© Hobart sales, medium erossbreds wore Id dearer and Linoolns and ljd to 2d dearer.

AUSTRALIAX PRODUCE MARKET.

Melbourne, Jan "15. Wheat, 7s; flour, £11 10s; barley, English 5s 9d to 6s, Cape Is 3d to Is Gd. oats, 4s -id to 4s 6d; maize 5s OJd to 5s Id; bran, £9 15s; pollard £10 ss; potatoes, £3 15s to £4 16s; onions £10 10s.

AT POMPEII.

London, Jan. 16. Excavations at Pompeii disclosed a magnificent house with perTect frescoes and vaulting. A painting depicted a light between Acliilles and Hercules. There were Mosiac floors picturing sccnes in the Trojan war.

THE GIiEAT EARTHQUAKE. I

Rome, Jan. 14. Buildings in Pot-enza were seriously damaged, but there were tow victims. The greatest havoc was wrought in tlio villages surrounding the extinct volcano of Monte Vulture. Cclanoi and Pescina were destroyed and there are many dead under the ruins. Due survivor at Avezzano states that lie was in the street when it was shaken to pices.

FURTHER DETAILS.

Rome, Jan. 15. The stricken area is greater than was first believed. Eighteen small towns in the neighbourhood of Lake I'ucino which was the centre of the disturbance were iiazed and twenty were damaged. It is estimated that 20,000 persons were killed iu this region and 40,000 injured The faulty system of house construction by dry building was the chief eauae of the death roll. The only house standing at Avezzano is on concrete foundations.

JSoildiers aro feverishly working to rescue the 140 schoolgirls whose crTSs had ceased, but it is hoped that many are yet alive. The King Is supervising the work. The town presents a frightful appearance. Great blocks of stone are piled one upon another and rescue is difficult. Two hundred dead and 160 injured have been extricated. The Pope visited the injured lii Santa Maria hospital. The shock was more violent than that at Messina Tho great marble cross oi the Basilica of St. Peter's was thrown into the roadway and tlio glass roof fell in the Chamber of Deputies, burying Ministers' tables under piles of wreckage. Many prosperous towns and holiday

1 resorts were damaged'. ■ » A train travelling was derailed by the shock and a number of passengers were injured. An eye-witness relates that where there had been towns he saw enormous whirlwinds of smoke. Two-thirds of Sora are in ruins. The Rossi Palace collapsed and buried twenty. Many local authorities and notables t wore among the victims. g There have been 450 bodies recovered. There were many rescues.

8 A MOUNTAIN SPLITS. -

B AND CRASHES INTO A VALLEY. = A section of a mountain near Salerno 3000 feet long and 500 feet wide 1 split off and crashed into a valley de- ' stroying everything it is path. There were many casualties. 1 Every hotel in Fieuggi, near Rome, 1 collapsed oir was damaged. As the season was past the casualties were few. (Received This Day 9.5 a.m.)

OBITUARY.

London, Jan 15. Admiral Sir G. S. Naves.

RIVERS RUN BACK.

Rivers in the vicinity ran hack for two hours after the shock.

MOUNT BLANC SHAKEN.

Geneva, Jan. 15. There were severe earthquake shocks in Mont Blanc range and many avalanches came down, several villages being isolated. There were also slight shocks in the Tyrol. (Received This Day 12.30 p.m.)

CARRANZA'S CONFISCATION OF BRITISH INTERESTS IN MEXICO.

Washington, Jan. T>. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice emphatically protested to the State Department aganis't Carranza's decree confiscating the British oil interests in Mexico. .Sir Cecil Spring-Rice urged the United States to take more drastic action, and induce Curranza to revoke li'is lecree. It is understood that 'the Department will give every assistance.