VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10273, 28 June 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

United Press Association —By Electric ] Telegraph—Copyright. MOROCCAN AFFAIRS. (Received June 27 8.5 am.) FEZ, June 26. The French troop? are retiring outside the walls. The formation and drilling of the, Moorish regiments is proceeding under J French and British instructors. j Skeletal, towers for wireless telegraphy are being erected. ; SHORTAGE OF LABOUR. {Received June 27, 8.5 a.m.) ■-,!■■ SYDNEY, June 27. The Royal Commission on the shortage of labour has commenced its sittings, and is taking evidence. Manufacturers, giving evidence before the Commission, stated that they had been compelled to decline orders owing to their inability to obtain artisans. Several witnesses blamed the decline in the apprenticeship system for the shortage. CORONATION FESTIVITIES. ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICE. (Received June 27, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 2s. At the Coronation Mass in the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster, the Roman Catholic envoys, peers,; peeresses, Members of. the House of Commons and also a number of officers of the oversea contingents were .present. 1 ~"'■>'. V."'BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT. (Received June 27, 12.40 pan.) LONDON, June 26. Brilliant entertainments were give:; in London on Sunday night. At the foreign embassies banquets were given in honour of the Royal i {guests and envoys, particularly from 1 the United States, France and Ger- [ many.