YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10156, 4 February 1911, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Sir W. Hall-Jones announces that New Zealand is prepared to contribute £IOOO for a triumphal a roll at the Coronation. The Evening Standard advocates similar arches from Australia and the other Dominions, showing their products and resources.

The National Zeitung states that the Kaiser refused to ratify the clnvaliership of the Order of Merit conferred on Herr Rodin, the sculptor.

Cray's break included a record 1239, by consecutive losing hazards off the red ball.

Four thieves at Gillmgham (Kent) entered the Post Office through the; roof, prized open the safe, and stole £555 in sovereigns. ; There have been three arrests made. £3OO was stolen similarlv a few months ago. Alleging silencing and summary banishment, Dr Peter -Eraser (the popular Methodist medical missionary of Khasi, in Assam) declining to sign an agreement to consult Major Cole, the civil agent of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and to abide by his decision relating to the coun.try districts which he proposes to visit, led to a petition to the King on the question, also that it will be .referred to Parliament. The Daily Express remarks that Canada, is not the only granary. The world • enlarges on the prospect of Australia's automatically succeeding to Canada's position, if it should be vacated.

Seventy-five. Eevolutionists and twelve Federals were killed, in a battle near San Lorenzo.

The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle learns from Salonika that 600,000 reserves, in addition to the standing army of 400,000, are being summoned. The alleged reason is to prevent complications. Oil waste caused a fire near the oil wells in Washington County (Oklahoma). There were two miles of flame's on the oil-covered river, and a hundred fire-fighters work-

ing. The second Quebec Provincial Legislature will erect a statue to King, Edward VII. dn the historic plain of Abraham. At the trial of Dr Patchenko, Petropavlovsky, a lodger.in Madame iMouravieff's bouse, overheard ' through thin walls Dr Patchenko and his piistress (Mouravieff).discussing the infection, of germs. He notified the police. Dr Patchenko confessed, for the purpose of shielding the woman Mouravieff. There have been 4378 deaths from plague at Haiibin. All the* white's north of Mukden, also the Japanese and Chinese police, ar£ -wearing j shroudlike garments, Avith hdles- for ] the eyes. The soldiery have md/de a cordon round' Fuchiaten, where the inmates of houses surreptiously cast dead l bodies into the 'streets,fearing their own removal to isolation camps, which are regarded as | certain death. The authorities are 1 flinging the bodies into deep wells, ( and saturating them with petroleum/ then to them. A famine is threatening. Dr, Ashland, of the. British' Mission, says the plague's .virulence exceeds anything . imagin-' able. In many cases death resulted in three hours after infection. A blizzard is raging in the Rocky Mountains and the prairies. In Canada the railways are at a standstill. . Two.-trains- are'-station-ary at the summit of Crow's Nest Pass, and snow-ploughs are working, to release them. Continued heavy weather is interfering with attempts to float the Eastern,'ashore near Brisbane, and salvt? the cargo!-. Four tugs, assisted by the- Eastern's own engines, tugged for four hours, but failed to move her. Her position is now serious.; Roma, A venal and Charleville report rivers in high flood, portions of town invaded, and~ coach traffic suspended. v \ Owing to the failure of the compulsory conference, at Melbourne/ •convened by the Federal Arbitration Court to deal with the builders',, labourers, troubles, serious develops monts are feared, involving the building trades. : The bxilk of the_ men on both sides are very determined. ..:'"'

In a. unique maintenance case, at Sydney, the, Court awarded--the'Lu's-band £2 monthly against* r 'tTie *?Sfe, under an agreement drawn~up when they separated. •. The. wife tried to break the agreement, on the ground that her husband had failed to keep his promise not to annoy her.