CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 September 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

I KLECXIUc IELKGUAI'H—COFYUIUHT.J iT'KU I'UEBS ASSOCIATION. ] (Received This JUay 0.0 a.111.) DISASTROUS I'IRJi [A AMERICA. iScw iork, Sept. '28. At Ardmure, Oklahoma, a spark from a workman's haiiuuer, ignited a tank ot gasoline, resulting in ail explosiuu. Two city blocks were razed by tJie lire and thirty-five bodies have been recovered from the ruins. Fifty {H'rao/irs are believed to have ueeu crushed mi deatli under the lull ot walls. A

.search is proceeding in a large departmental store, where it is feared are tho bodies uf many girls, women shoppers and employees of the store. The fires were caused by the flaming gasoline which was thrown lor blocks. _ Martial law was declared. j.n the panic that followed the explosion every building on either side of the main street was demolished. .Rescue parties worn iliiickJy formed. All communication with the outside 'world was cut off for live hours. Two hundred injured are in the hospital. (Received' This Day S.o a.m.) AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, This Day. There lias been considerable improvement in recruiting during tfle past tew days. A committee of employers lias been formed to assist the Government m uuding work for returned soldiers. Fremantle, Hiis Day. The steamer has returned from a fruitless search lor tho steamer Y'eddj, reported last week to Do disabled with a broken tail shaft, 200 miles soutli-ea.il of Albany. The leddo was bound J'ol Texas to Fremantle with an oil cargo. Sydney, This Day In the Assembly a two month's Supply Bill, totalling £3,'2 ( J7,530 was passed. A .Royal Commission to enquire into the administration 01 the Patriotic .Funds has been afiked for. Melbourne, This Day. The Peacock .Ministry has rejected the Liberal members' proposals for the resignation of the Cabinet and lias resolved to remain in office. The Premier's v*mierence carried a motion requesting the State Governments to formulate plans for the .issue of a foan and the management of State debts by a single authority. As a result of the Government's decision to curtail racing uuring the whi John Wren has agreed to cut unregistered fixtures by 25 per cent. Brisbane, This Day.

At u compulsory conference between employers and employees in the iron trades, it was agreed that wages lo increased slightly, and mat forty-four hours constitute a week's work.