VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10274, 29 June 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

j United Press Association—By Elec- ; trie Telegraph—Copyright. MILITARY COLLEGE. OPENED BY LORD DUDLEY. (Received June 28, at 12.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 28. Lord Dudley, Governor-General of Australia, opened the Military College, situated at Duntroon homestead, within the Federal Capital area. His Excellency declared that the adoption of compulsory service in Australia and New Zealand was a great testimony to the determination of the inhabitants of the Commonwealth and the Dominion to place themselves in a position of effective defence. 'ln welcoming the New Zealand cadets, his Lordship said they were all glad the Dominion had joined Australia in this undertaking. He hoped that Australian and New Zealand cadets would form a firm friendship, which would lead to a closer bond between the two countries which stood as the sentinels of the Empire in the Southern seas. Lord Dudley added that they wanted Australia and New Zealand to cooperate in all affairs appertaining to these seas. IMPORTANCEOF DISCIPLINE. (Received June 28, at 9.15 a.m.) ' } SYDNEY, June 28. Lord Dudley told the cadets that the Duntroon College discipline must be severe. They were not there to play, but to work, and they had to establish a standard for the area officers of Australia and New Zealand. Tho College will be known as the Royal Military College. DECLARATION OF LONDON. A VIGOROUS PROTEST. i (Received June 28, at 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 27. j Fifty-three Chambers of Commerce have signed and forwarded to Mr AJsquith and Sir Edward Grey a protest against the Declaration of London. SPEECH BY MR BALFOUR, (Received June 28, at 9 a.m.) ' LONDON, June 27. ,■ Mr Balfour, addressing a non-party city meeting of members of the Stock i Exchange, merchants, and shippers, , emphasised the fact that the Declara- , tion of London was a step backward, and was ambiguous regarding the vital question of food being contraband of war. It was also studiedly ambiguous regarding the conversion of merchantmen into cruisers.

ARBITRATION ACT. QUESTION OF REGISTRATION. (Received June 28, 9.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 28. Mr Mitchell, general secretary of the Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association, referring to the High Court judgment regarding registration under the Commonwealth Arbitration Act, asks the Federal Government to amend the Act, in order to overcome the difficulty created, and to clearly define the meaning of "industry." ' The judgment renders invalid a large number of industrial agreements, and if they are interfered with trouble will ensue. Although he is opposed, to strikes, Mr Mitchell says they will be the. only method if the workers are deprived of the right' of arbitration. : Mr Mitchell pointed out that it is possible for the Governor-General to proclaim such an Association as his an prganisatidn.under, the, Act. Jf that were done, the trouble would be averted. Referring to the different Courts, Mr Mitchell stated that it cost £IOO less to obtain an award of the Federal Court, covering the whole of Australia, than to get one from a State Court for one State only.

GALA PERFORMANCE. j AT COVENT GARDEN. (Received June 28, at 9.35 a.m.) , LONDON, June 27. j : Their Majesties' Royal guests, and I the foreign envoys, attended a /gala's performance at Covent Garden. ' ''• Melbk sang selectidns from Romeo, and Madame Tetrazini /also ■ sang;' .. , '' Sir' Wilfrid aLaurier, <Mr Botha, Sir Joseph''Ward, Bart., and Mr ■ A.Fisher occupied a box. » There was a wonderful display of jewels, uniforms, and dresses. A hundred thousand roses were used on a trellis of green, giving the house an appearance of ah old fashioned garden, whereof the boxes were deeply recessed. . The balcony was inscribed with the names of Australia, New Zealand and' other Dominions, made in pink roses. The Royal guests and Sir J. G. Ward, Bart., afterwards attended the Duchess of Westminster's ball. SHIPPING STRIKE. A CRITICAL SITUATION. (Received June. 28, at. 8. 5 a.m. ) LONDON, June 27. Confusion prevails as a result of the shipping strike, owing t& the ship-ow-ners in each, port negotiating with the i seamen independently of those at the] other porta. I Many owners are urging the Ship- ' ping Fedeiation to abandon its policy ■ of non-intervention, and to formulate < a fixed scale of wages. If this suggestion is not accepted by the Federation, the Shipowners will : lay up their ships. STRIKE SPREADING. ATTITUDE OF OWNERS. (Received June 28, at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. June 27. The crews of three Peninsular boats at Tilbury have struck. The carters and dockers at Liverpool have joined the strikers. The Pacific Line has conceded the seamen's rnd.firemen's demand for increase of wajgei. Tha dockers at Manchester and on the Tyne have struck, and the fleet colliers on the Tyne have been rendered idle. Shipping at Sunderland is paralysed; A. thousand, dockers at Glasgow have struck. J Representatives of forty-one coasting and shipowning firms met at Newcastle and rejected the demand for an !; increase m wages.