CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 December 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

o ISLUCTHiC TlUeUAl'B— Jl'Kft rtlU ABMOIATION.j (Received This Day y.20 a.ni.) * TRAGEDY AT REDFERN. Sydney, This Jfol'y. ~ A tragedy, inis mken pjuce at llodI l'eiu.' ii woman liamett Alicia Wilkin- . i>i>u H<io walking in tiio street when a r soldier (Uamea Henry .liujwsoii seized j ner, saying: "Why uicl you tlirow jne . overr Ai'ent you going to say goodbyor" J The girl said that .ali-eady siie s had done so. Lawson ttien drew a 1 revolver and .pointed it at the girl who - struck it aside iia it was ured.and £hen - leli with frigiit. Lawson again fired at her, the bullet grazing her oheek. Ho then ran away pursued by an on i looker. Presently he stopped, auu turning the revolver to his temple ! committed suicide. RECRUITING FORMS. There has been some doubt in tho public mind as to whether tho filling in of the recruiting cards was compulsory. The Hon. \\ . AL. Hughes now states that it is compulsory, and that the position is similar to the filling in of the census returns. 11EA11NGTON TYPEWRITER. COiMKfcNY. in the Cabinet the Jlon. W. M. mighes announced that it has bee.i decided to place the Remington Typewriter Company on the enemy list. PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORISED,

Sydney, This Daj. The public works authorised in tun rccent session of the State i'aiTia nient approximates £12,000,000. A JUDGE'S COALMEN!'. Justice Ferguson, iu sentencing tw soiclioiis, -commented on the number of drunken soldiers in the city. tunatoiy it 'was a vory small prp.portioi: 'o f the moil in camp. It was surprising that the soldiers did not take steps tu protect their good name and prevent reflections on the King's uniform. LAUOUIi AND 11EOKU1T1NG Perth, This Day. Th& Metropolitan Council of the Lai' our federation carried) a motion calling on the council to urge the Defenco Department to take" action against the instigator of the resolution passed by the .Melbourne Trades Hall Gounoi regarding recruiting. THE LOSS ON WHEAT. Hobarfc, This Day. In the Assembly the Treasurer stated that tlie Government's Joss 011 imported wheat was £34,9-1(3, chiefly owing to the desire to keep down the price of bread. TASMANIAN BOKROWIN(•'. Apart from the £3-10,01)0 from the Commonwealth Bank Tasmania is borrowing a sum from the commonwealth which will " be sufficient to meet al' immediate dumaoids. (Received Tliis Day, y.-lu a.m.) SENSATIONAL LIBEL SUIT. London, Dec. 17. A sensational libel suit came before Mr Justice Peterson in the Chancery Division. Mrs Asyuith sought to retrain the Globe newspaper l'rom publishing libels accusing her of lack ol loyalty, association with German,-pris-[>ners 'at Donnington Hall, and describing her as a traitor and a disgrace to her sex. There was much [) ibiic interest. Mrs Astjuith is the laughter of the present diuke. Plaintiff's counsel stated tlmfc the >ystomatic persecution only was 6uspenled alter tlio issue of the writ. It

began in the spring in a certain newspaper which had publicly apologised, and on plaintiff's insistence agreed to pay £100 to the fted Cross Fund. The people disseminating" libels through the Globe had sent plaintiff sheaves of anonymous letters, and moreover, made attacks upon her in society. The matter now had come to «i head in a form 'wherein the Globe could bo brought to account for a libel as gross as ever made against a i Englishwoman. It was calculated to shako public confidence if persisted in. Mr Nelson, counsel for the Globe, contended that the jury must decide •whether the imputation referred to

the plaintiff* or the duke, and whether the said libels mentioned the wife of a Cabinet Minister. He had: overwhelming evidence that plaintiff was not designated, moreover there waeTtlio confession of one of the parties making that clear. The case was adjourned, defendants undertaking not to publish further articles. SUCCOURING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. A telegram from America instructed the Ambassador at Rome to charter nil steamers available in order to send assistance to th*e food!ess •women andi children in Albania and bring them t-j Italy at America's expense. PRIVY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. The King's Bench gave judgment for Sir E. Cassell and Sir E. Speycr in tho oase in which they wero called upon to prove that they were entitled t membership of theTPrivy Council.