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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10452, 18 October 1911, Page 6

against the importation of skilled workers.

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. (Received October 17, 1 p.m.) LONDON, October 16. Holland's "Life of the Duke of Devonshire" is reviewed as a notable contribution to history and the story of a scrupulously honest statesman. There is a remarkable chapter on tho crisis of 1903. Mr Joseph Chamberlain's letters declare that he would have delayed and perhaps abandoned his advocacy of tariff reform had he known of the Duke's opposition before committing himself. \ CHINESE REBELLION. PROSPECT OF SEVERE FIGHTING (Received October 17, 10.10 a.m.) PEKIN, October 16. In view of the possible severe fighting, the consul has ordered British missionaries to leave Wuchang, Hankow, Hangyang, and Kiyangtsi. Owing to the scarcity of dollars and continuous runs "on th« native banks at Pokin, the .Minister of Finance is issuing a million taels to relieve the financial stringency. The pru>» of rise has risen 20 per cent. HARBOURS COMMISSION. (Receved October 17, 11.10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, October 16. The Harbours Commission, in an interim report, recommends the reparation of the harbour and railway finances by means of uniform wharfage rates, irrespective of the destination of goods. It advises tliat the rate shall be 2 per cent, .ad valorem, and a shilling a ton on imports, and i per cent, and sixpence a ton on exports. i The report also recommends the construction of a graving dock at I Durban. STEAMER WRECKED. (Received October 17, 11.50 a.m.) OTTAWA, October 16. The steamer Princess Beatrice went ashore at Noble Island. Aid was summoned by wireless telegraphy and the steamer Venture came to her assistance, taking off three hundred passengers. The Princess Beatrice is a total loss. TRAINS IN COLLISION. (Received. October 17, 11.3 5a.m.) NEW YORK, October 17. Severn persons were killed at Omaha through a collision between the Missouri-Pacific passenger and freight trains. Governor Gilchrist of Florida had a narrow escape. CHOLERA RIOTS. . (Received October 17, 11.25 a.m.) ROME, .October 16. There have been serious cholera riots at Segni (a town in Italy), the mob believing that the officials' action to combat the cholera outbreak was the outcome of a'design to slaughter innocent people. They besieged the Town Hall, overcame the small force of carbineers,, and sacked thebuilding. Then they invaded the hospital, and carried away the patients, some of whom were on the point of death, to their homes. ■■•■•.•■■■■: : . • ,; Military .reinforcements quelled-the i riot. '' ■ ■. '■ , ; ' ■' ' ' i