VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

FLOODS IN VICTORIA. (Received June 23, 10.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 22. The latest reports from the flooded districts indicate that the rivers are falling. Big areas are still under water, and widespread damage is reported. ! A POWDER TRUST. i (Received June 23, 9.5 a.m.) ) WASHINGTON, June 22. ! The Circuit Court of Delaware has decided that the Powder Trust under the leadership of the Denomours Company, is a combination in restraint of trade. Dissolution is ordered. I AVIATION IN WAR. I (Received June 23, 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE. June 22. ! No practical result lias "flowed from the Federal Government's offer of £SOOO for the successful application of I aviation to defence purposes, and the j j vote will lapse. J The Defence Department intends to ( . ask for a larger vote next year, with a view to helping anyone who has practical ideas on the subject. WESTRALIANTRAGEriY. t MAN KILLS TWO" COMPANIONS. ] (Received June 23, 10.10 a.m.) ■ | PERTH, June 22.. . ■ A tragedy occurred at Übiha, near Coolgardie. An Itab'an timber worker, named Moffatti, was found wandering in the bush in a demented condition. He stated that, he had killed two com- i nanipns, a fellow-countryman named I Vanni and a German whose name is not known. A visit to the camp discovered Vanni and the German with terrible wounds, apparently made with an axe. Moffatti v as very violent when arrested. PEACE OF EUROPE. ,! ENSURED BY GERMANY. (Received June 23, 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, June 22. | The Kaiser, in a speech at Hamburg, referring to the development of German shipping and commerce under \ the Empire restored in 1871, compared j the German nation to a block «f steel ' forged by the hammer of G«d. He ' said that development was possible only because behind it stood the Empire's forces, and. an especially well-. respected navy. His hopes haU l>een fulfilled. Progress had only been pos-' sible owing to a long peace. The Kaiser added that after the restoration of the Empire, peace was assured, and with God's will peace would remain assured.