VARIOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 267, 15 November 1904, Page 2

VARIOUS CABLES.

BRITISH BYE-ELECTION. LONDON, Nov, 13.

Lord Tumour (Conservative and Tarill Reformer) was elected for Horsham Division of Sussex, replacing Mr J. H. Johnstone (Conservative), deceased. Lord Tumour polled 4388 and Mr Erskine (Liberal) 3604. Mr Chamberlain and the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour (Prime Ministor) telegraphed congratolations. (At the last general election, tho late Mr Johnstono was returned unopposed.)

A CANDID CRITIC. LONDON, Nov. 13. The Chairman of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, commenting on the working of tho Arbitration Court in Sydney, said tho endeavour of Socilaistic legislation to regulate tho affairs of all colonial trade by Acts of Parliament, and say what wages should be paid, was attempting an impossibility, and bring r ing confusion of all the relations of masters and men, greatly to the detriment of every industry. Shareholders must be content without dividends until an unexpected change for the better came. BRITISH NAVAL MAINTENANCE. (Received Nov. 14, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 14. Dritish warships are commissioning for two instead of three years. They will return to headquarters oftcner and bo tept in constant readiness, not allowing repairs to accumulate. CHECK TO SOCIALISTS. (Received Nov. 14, 10.45 p.m.) ROME, Nov. 14. Clericals, and even priests, voted at the second ballots throughout Italy, thus contributing to further defeats of the Socialists.

GERMAN ARMY RAGGING. (Received. Nov. 15, 10 a.m.)... BERLIN, Nov. 14. Sergeants Klusmarer and Albona, of the 29th Infantry Regiment, were sentenced to twelve and four and a half month*' Imprisonment respectively at Berlin on, one hundred cases of maltreatment. Klusauarer is stated to have knocked men's heads ■against iron bedsteads and knocked a soldier's face against another's stomach. Another man received a tremendous blow on the face with a scabbard. FATAL RIOTING AT WARSAW. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 14. A bomb at Kliurko damaged the poet Pushkiu's monument. Troops were summoned to suppress disturbances at Warsaw yesterday, and ton persons, including two policemen, were kilkd and tliiirty-c-ne injured. CVCUNG, (Received Nov. 15, 1.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 14. The Sydney Wheel Race resulted— McMahon 1, Lesberg 2, Rattray 3. I All are l o cal men. Time, ltnin SUsoc. BAKERS IN CONFERENCE, I SYDNEY, Nov. 14, Tho Master Bafcers' Conference is sitUujr, delegates being present from all parts of the Commonwealth and New Ztealand. A committee was appointed to consider the broad acts of each Stato, with a view tc. making a report as to uniform legislation. It was agreed to memorialise the Federal House protesting against the principle of compulsory arbitration. INTER-STATE CRICKET. ADELAIDE, Nov. 14. In the match Victoria v. South Australia the latter in tlieir first innings scored 247-Hill (not out). 111, and Ulaxton 43, being the chief scorers. Victoria k.d six wickets down for liou-Lav,.,. (not out) 106, McLeod 05. '