CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 September 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

1 EIKOTUIC TKLKGLUI'H—COPXBIQHI. 1 [I'BU I'll tKS, ASSOCIATION. ] (Received This Day, 5.53 a.m.) LOST EXPLORER FOUND. Ottawa, Sept. 17. Vilsjalmiir Stefanssou, the explorer, has been found in the Arctic regious, safe. Ho lias been missing since '911 mhon his vessel the Karluk 'was wrecked. It was believed that titefanssou was lost. He sailed from Victoria. British Columbia, in June, 1914. (Received This Day 8.10 a.m.) AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, This Day. The strike at tlio Small Arms Factory is not likely to delay the output as it is confined to tlio barrel department wliich is woll ahead with the work. A further recruiting campaign opens on 9th Ootober. Yesterday was the worst day on record since the opening of the war; only thirty-one enlisted. The " Political Labour' League carried a liiMti urging the executive to disassociatcwne labour movement from the Universal Service League. Melbourne, This Day. Senator Pearce, in a statnient regarding recruiting emphasised the fact that lie wanted all the men he could get, and would not bo content with fixed quotas from each State. Perth. This Day. A sportsmen's Hat tali on is heing organized. The official estimates of tlio area wilder wheat in South Australia is 3,192,380,, an increase of .3-53,361; and oats 313,910 acres, an increase of 36,429 compared with the previous year.