CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, 29 December 1904, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

. - » CROPS DESTROYED BY FIRE. SYDNEY, Dec. 27. Fires swept an area of wheat country, twelve miles by three, near Corowa, New South Wales, and destroyed a large quantity of wheat. V BRITAIN AND HER I COLONIES. > The Australian Council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has arranged to invite Barnes, the well-known English labour leader, to visit Australia and deliver addresses on labour questions. LONDON, Dec. 27. Barnes, secretary of the Amal- | gamated Engineers, states that there , is no special reason for him to ! undertake propaganda work in Aus- ■ tralia, though possibly something i could be said in favour of presenting ' the labour views on Freetrade. 1 INCREASED PAUPERISM. ( The Times says that outdoor pauperism has enormously increased : the poor law expenditure in London, which is £1,750,009 higher than in 1881. A SUBSIDIARY BASE. Owing to the re-arrangement of the* fleet, Rosyth becomes a subsidiary base, with a floating dock sufficing for repairs. A BANKRUPT MERCHANT. I J. B. Eilers, produce merchant, of KWaterlane, has failed. Bis liabilities are expected to reach £33,769, He attributes his failure partly to the diminished trade in Dutch butter, owing to,the public’s preference for the colonial article. LARGE WOOL STORE BURNED. A large wool store at Buenos Ayres was burnt, causing heavy losses. Six persons, who are suspected of being incendiaries have been arrested; iAN'UNRULY CREW. FREEMANTLE, Dec. 28. The cjratwttl the Norwegian barque Msndura, at Banbury, being refused certain provisions, proceeded to attack the officers, hurling empty bottles. Thereupon the second mate fired his revolver, wounding ona man, who has been taken to the hospital.