CONDENSED CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10215, 18 April 1911, Page 6

CONDENSED CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. The St. Petersburg Pres* considers that the divergence of the Council from the Russian Government amounts to an impasse, and a dissolution of the Council and the Duma is foreshadowed. Riza Bey has heavily defeated Yemen rebels. Three of their leaders were killed, and a thousand men were killed or wounded. The Turkish casualties were slight, and the main army has entered Sanaa. "Manufacturers' week" commences in Sydney to-day. Over one thousand City shops have arranged to make a display of purely Australian goods in their windows.

Lord Methuen, addressing the Boy Scouts at Johannesburg, advocated a compulsory cadet system. Ho welcomed Mr Stcyn's speech at Vrode, emphasising the need of a burgher [force. A misprint in a popular medical book caused the death of a man in Paris. His widow has recovered damages from the author who, with the chemist who propounded the prescription, has been sentenced to three and one month's imprisonment respectively. The perusal of accounts of remarkable duels led two lads in Rome, aged 'ten and eleven years, to fight each other with canes tipped with sharpened umbrella ribs. The. elder lad Avas 'killed, his brain being penetrated. A meeting of taxi-cab drivers in London protested against the proprietors seeking, by way of an increase in fares, to pass on the petrol tax to the drivers. The latter, threaten to strike if action is taken before the Government investigation is completed. They also demand daily wages in lieu of a percentage on their takings. Sears, the captain of the Iroquois. which was wrecked near Victoria (8.C.), last week, 18 lives being lost, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Evidence at the inquest showed that the captain did not take precautions for the passengers' safety. jThe Sydney Morning Herald says that Lady Medallist ran a great race, and the owner is to be complimented on sending across the mare to tackle such formidable opponents as Comedy King and Trafalgar. The steamer Mooltan was quarantined on her arrival at Adelaide. She has a case of small-pox aboard, the victim being a Kecond-class Australian passenger, who joined the ship at India. '■ There was further rain in Sydney on Sunday night, and it is still threatening and showery. The heavy falls have broken the dry spells in the coastal districts. The debate on the Reciprocity Treaty has commenced' in the U.S.A. Senate. The Democrats are s-trougly supporting the measure, urging that it is merely the first .stop towards the revision of the tariffs, to which the party is already pledged.