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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10174, 25 February 1911, Page 5

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(Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.) THE WARATAH INQUIRY. LONDON, February 24. The Shipping Gazette, commenting upon the finding in regard to the Waratah, states that while the Court apparently believed tTiat the owners' evidence was less complete than it might have been, it must be remembered that owners, in .such cases, were facing a position of considerable difficulty. There was always the question of legal responsibility to be considered. This was, perhaps, an inevitable result. It was impossible to suppose, however inconclusive the verdict, that the moral of the case would be altogether lost upon naval architects, shipbuilders, and ship-owners.

DISARMAMENT. PARIS, February 24. The Chamber of Deputies, by 352 votes to 189, rejected a motion in-, yifting"" the i Government to initiate negotiations with, a view to disarmament. STRANGE FATALITY. BERLIN, February 24. A miniature Zeppelin airship collapsed at a costume ball in the RoyaJ Operetta House, killing one and ( injuring six dancers. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. JOHANNESBURG, February 24 Two whites and five natives were killed in a dynamite explosion in a Modderfontein factory. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. (Received Last Night, 11.15 o'clock) BERLIN, February 24. The Prussian Minister of War, m justifying the Army Bill in the Reichstag said the cost of the; Army was 16-i per cent, of ..tit total expenditure of national Three milliards of marks had been •spent on defence. This represented an insurance premium of only 1.64 per thousand: Qnly £75,000 of this, amount had/ been spent abroad. ' ■ ";' ■'■ COLD AND DIAMOND RUSH. GEORGETOWN, Fe!b. 24.; r The gold and diamond • rush 'in the Menamu district, on the Venezuelan border, has been marked with extreme lawlessness. Armed miners have been jumping claims, including, those of Drinklage, < the pioneer of the district. Received This Morning,■ 12.50 o'clock SCHOOLS OF EMPIRE MATCH. /';■■■ MELBOURNE; February 24,: The' Continuation, School ; at .-Melbourne topped score for Australia in .the Schools: Of . Empire Match. Their score was 507, Scotcli College, Melbourne, was second with ■ASB, ,• Wesley .•' "Melbourne, third l w4th;49Lv ; , .