CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

LtLiiLilUO 'ihLKUllAl'll —Usl'XUUill'l'.J H'liU i-UliDO Ato»-»tiAHOiN.J Uievoived Ih'is Day a.m.) ALbiKALiAis .NEWia. lUeioouine, ilne -bay. Ine xiuJi. *Ur Jeuweu nab inslru-jleu ij j> solicitor to issue a writ agalust liie jjauiicesion Examiner, claiming uanuigca lor adegctl iiuei contained jn an eUitoriai accusing linn of Onuiug a Queensland baker. Senator Tearce stak j t> that the lm penal Government has cabled asking Australia to form a second division. Hits Government iiufc agreen and infantry lor three brigades of the division already are in Egypt. Senator l'earco states thai evidence obtained as to the treatment ol the sick and wounded recently returueu M> Australia on the steamer liyarra revealed such a serious (State ot affairs that he ordered the suspension ol two officer*). An immediate inyuiry Aviil be held.

Mr Casey, chairman ol the Electrolytic Smelting Company, replying to the Hon. Mr Hughes s statements regarding German domination ol the metal trade, says tlio allegation •& wholly inaccurate. As a mat'ter of fact the price for electrolytic copper i i England k £90, whereas in Germany it is £180 per ton.' MistouVone of the linns mentioned by Air Hugheti—are accredited agents of the British Government. A cablegram just received from the London chairman of the Mount Morgan Ooinpany says: — "Mi.ston& are contractors to tile War Office, the Admiralty and.the Indian offices; also to the English, .French and lluesian Governmente, constantly (supplying them with large quantities of copper." Mr Casey pointed out that Mr Hughes (in November) sane tioued the sale of 1000 ions of Mount Morgan copper to Mistons