GENERAL CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10257, 8 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE AUSTRALIAN PREMIER

A PRACTICAL PLATFORM

(Received Jim© 7, 9 a.m.)

LONDON, June 6

The Labour Leader has published an interview with Mr Fisher, Prima Minister of the Commonwealth, who declined to specify what monopolies the Government had in mind to nationalise if the referendum had oeen successful. He said he wanted Parliament to have power to nationalise monopolies that were dangerous to the general v *ii being of the country. Asked whether Collectivism was the ideal of his party, Mr Fisher ;a 11 their platform did not go further .h m the nationalising of monopolies. Tiio Government, he added, attacked orietical problems, and were not concern-I ed with Utopian ideas. j Mr Fisher incidentally remaned [that one check to the Labour mcve- ; ment in Great Britain was the o[ posi ■ | tion shown to the granting oi the. franchise.to women. He farlei to! understand how advanced ihrdrorsl could justly refuse women a vote. | RAILWAY TRAGEDY. Received June 7, 9 a.m.) [ LONDON, June 3. A commercial traveller, named Coclsburn, who was starting oit his honeymoon, attempted to board a moving I train at Kingston (Ireland.)' I The stationmaster grappled with. torn. In doing so, he feP under the train and was killed. Cockburn was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He spent his wedding night in a cell. •

YOUTHFUL MURDERERS. (Received June 7, 9a.m.) BERLIN, June G. Two seventeen-year-old lads, .'it "Cuxhaven, stole a fishing boat, unl ; made for the open sea after killing rh'e owner of the boat, who pur.med I in a motor boat. A flotilla of fishing vessels shared the youths, who held their pursuers at hay until an armed police boat forced their surrender. LOCAL OPTION POLL. LEAVE TO APPEAL REFUSf.D. (Received June 7, 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 7. The High Court has refused leave to appeal against the recent decision of the New South Wales Full Court in connection with the Local Optjjn poll. The Chief Justice said the law | vnvided for special Licensing Boards, whose decisions should be final and conclusive. Tho licenses in question had been sentenced to come to an end by a certain date, and they could not be revived. CHAMPAGNE RIOTS, (Received June. 7, 10.30 a.m ) . ~~PARIS, June 6, The Government's decision in th»* champagne trouble has caused rioting at Bar-sur-Aube. The vine-dressers marched to the Town Hall, sweeping aside the gendarmes and dragoons.. Bar is in a state of siege, and martial law has been proclaimed. There have been many arrests.

The troops have dispersed the rioters, but excitement in the district continues.

UNION JACK OUTRAGED

(Received June 7, 8.40 a.m.)

LONDON, June 6

Amongst the flags decorating the streets for the musical festival at Neuross, County Wexford, was the Union Jack, which some youths tore do»'V. and burned at the foot of the monument to the heroes of '9B, atm.lsi. shouting and cheering.