VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10261, 13 June 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

INTER 'VARSITY BOAT RACE,

WON BY MELBOURNE

(Received Last Night, 10.58 o'clock.)

ADELAIDE, June 12. The inter-University boat race resulted as follows — Melbourne .....;.,.. 1; - , • : •'• : "Sydney'^H^^'.V..*.. -24 ' ■'■'*? ■■'■ Adelaide 3 Melbourne won by three quarters of a length. ,

• the-'natjtvbs^v()k;ei^:; ; :,;,;. alleged enslavement. (Received Jime 12, 10 a.m.) SYiDiNEY, June 12. The secretary of the Labour Council ha® received a letter from a resident of Fiji, seeking to enlist the council's, sympathy against what he terms ' the enslavement of natives. He alleges that natives are compelled, in spite of protests, to keep the roads in order without payment of any kind. ELECTRIC STORMS. JLOSS OF LIFE. A BREWERY SET ON FIRE. (Received' June 12, 9" a.m.) OTTAWA, June 11. , There have been serious electric storms in Western Ontario. A sawmill was struck by lightning at Owen Sound and several of the employees killed. A brewery was set on fire. LEAGUE FOOTBALL. NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM AT THE TOP OF ITS FORM. (Received June 12. 10 ? m.) SYDNEY, June 12. The New South Wales-Queensland Rugby League matches have demonsi re ted that, the New Soutu Wales team is at the top of its form, an outstanding feature being the all-round combination.