VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 23 June 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

I United Press Association —By Electric J Telegraph—Copyright. I commisskmTon trade. (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. The Royal Commission on trade relations between the Motherland and the- Dominions will consist of twelve member?,. All the Dominions will be represented proportionately. The Commission will start on its visit to the Dominions this year. J PEACE AND WAR. SPEECH BY SIRJOSEPH WARD. (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. Sir Joseph Ward, speaking at the National Liberal Club, said ho welcomed the movement towards peace which would follow the proposed treaty with the United States. All the world would like to see war abolished, but it was very necessary that they should be prepared to defend themselves in case of necessity. The present Imperial Conference had done a great deal more than all previousconferences to pull together, and the secret information given to the Overseas representatives regarding foreign affairs would greatly help them on their return to the Dominions. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. ' MR FISHER'S VIEWS'. (Received June 22, 8.30 a.m.) • LONDON, June 21. The Imperial Conference has closed. Mr Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, interviewed regarding the results of the Imperial Conference, said that they j were excellent; He would return to the Commonwealth feeling that much had been accomplished, and that more was possible in the future by building on the foundations so successfully laid. ; Mr Asquith and the Overseas Premiers were photographed in a group after the Conference had ended. BILLIARDS. LINDRUM CHALLENGES GRAY. (Received June 22, 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 22. Lindrum is going to England to / challenge Gray. AUSTRALIAN NAVY. " . (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. Mr Fisher and Senator Pearce are conferring with the Admiralty in order to fix a working basis for the cooperation of the Commonwealth navy with the Imperial navy, and also for, the appointment of the waters of the Australian station. NATIONAL BANK. | THE ANNUAL REPORT. (Received June 22, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 1. '• The annual report of the National Bank shows a profit of £124,005. A dividend of 12 per cent and a bonus of 1 per cent are declared. The suft of £20,000 is added to the reserve, £3OOO to the Officers' Pension Fund, and j £20,000 is carried forward. SEAMEN'S STRIKE. TROUBLE AT HULL. (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. As the steamer Ladybrook was leav- i ing Hull, the crew, after a heated j argument with the strikers' pickets, ! fired six shots intd the crowd. I The injuries sustained by the picket, it is feared, will result fatally. Efforts are being made to stop the Ladybrook before she leaves the Hiim,ber. / FLOODS IN VICTORIA. HEAVY LOSS REPORTED. (Received June 22, .9,55 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 21. A heavy gale blew in the city yesterday morning-, accompanied by sleet and occasional falls of snow. Tshe rain since January is the highest on record for months. Thousands of acres are flooded in the Nathalia district, and much of the crop has been descroyed by sea water. Round Kotupua residents were compelled to leave their lodgings. Many farmers are ruined. Bats have been'sent to Shepparton to assist settlers. « The waters are still spreading. The floods at Waroiirton are the most disastrous on record. | | THE MEAT TRUST. (Received June 22, 9.25 a.m.), SYDNEY, June 21. Business men interested in the meat trade again scout the report that the American Meat Trust has acquired a footing or has any idea of doing so. They declare that the population of Australia is too small to induce the American Trust to operate there. LABOUR UNREST. MINERS' RESOLUTION. (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m..) . . PERTH, June 21. A ballot of the Boulder and Kalgoorlie branches of the Miners' -Union decided that Unionists would work

with non-unionists. No decisive action has yet been taken. THE VETO BILL. CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES. (Received June 22, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. ' The Unionist leaders in both houses hain decided that the Unionists Lords shall insist on the amendments excluding from the operation of the Parliament Bill proposals involving Home Rule or other constitutional changes. After these amendments have been rejected in the House of Commons 'they will be revoted in the House of Lords. The responsibility of dealing with the deadlock thus created will be thrown upon the Government. CRIME IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, June 21. A youthful Brahmin accompanying Mr Ashe's murderer has been arrested. The crime was the outcome of p carefully-planned conspiracy. CUTTER FOUNDERS. PERTH, June 21. The pearling cutter "Thistle" foundered in Shark's Bay. Two Malays, members of the crew, were drowned. UNITED STATES WOOL TARIFF. WASHINGTON, June 21. The House of Representatives, by 221 to 100 votes, passed the Wool Tariff Revision Bill, practically without amendment. Mr Gray (Indiana) offered an amendment placing wool on the free list instead of making it subject to a 20 per cent ad valorem duty as the Bill provides. i The amendment was rejected. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN, SYDNEY, June 21 The New South Wales Government has arranged to borrow another £1,000,000 from the Commonwealth currency for twelve months at three per cent. The money now loaned by the Commonwealth to the States totals nearly £4,000,000. A PROFESSORSHIP. MELBOURNE, June*2Tr The University Senate has decide*, to establish a professorship of culture. CYCLING. SYDNEY, June 21. J. D. Williams, who, with the League of Wheelmen, is promoting a six-days' cycling carnival, proposes a similar carnival in Melbourne a month later, with similar prize money.