CONDENSED CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10217, 19 April 1911, Page 3

CONDENSED CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

The steamer Coblentz, which has arrived 'at Brisbane", has brought one hundred and; two Chinese! labourers for Tahiti.

An epidemic of hydrophobia is raging in the provinces of Pontevedra and'Corunna (Spain). There have been several deaths.

The Sydney Telegraph says that Moorilla's victory was the most genuine surprise associated with the lengthy history of the turf in New South Wales.

Another rich find of gold has been made in the Long Tunnel mine at Gundaga. A half dish of dirt yielded 27 ounces.

The production of butter in' the Commonwealth last year, as compared with the former year, was:— 1910-11, 190,000,0001bs; 1909-10, 160,000,0001b5.

A fire occurred in a building at Flyden, Victoria, in which two men, Fitzgerald and Angland, were sleeping: Fitzgerald was burned to death, and Angland was severely injured.

Mr Hughes/ Acting-Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, declares that money is being poured forth with lavish hands by the great trusts throughout Australia for the purpose of fighting against the referenda proposals.

The British, German, and American bankers at Peking have been participating in a ten million five per cent loan for the purpose of establishing currency reform and the development of Manchuria. The loan was issued at 95.

Notwithstanding heavy rftins. tlio military camps in New South Wales have been well-attended, and good work was done under actual service conditions. Wireless telegraphy _is being successfully used in connection with the manoeuvres.

; .The South African Government prot,p(^sto.amend tne Phthisis Bill autliforiiihg' eriiplosrers to/deduct a contribution from miners' wages towards compensation. The Miners' Association demands the maintenance of the original form of the Bill.

A tribe hitherto devoted to the Sultan has joined the rebels, who are now attacking Fez. There is an incipient revolution among the defenders of Fez, and provisions are short. Colonel Mangin's artillery is bombarding the enemy's camps.