VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10454, 20 October 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

CABLE NEWS

United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.

CYCLE ROAD RACE. COLLINS. DISQUALIFIED. CRfecc.ivedLa.st Night, 9.50 o'clock.) MELBOURNE, October 19. The stewards have- upheld the protest of Lessing that he was interfered with by Collins in tho final spurt of the Molbourne-Warrnambool road race, and have disqualified Collins. The result is that Tebbs is placed first, Les,sing second, and Hughes third. Collins has notified his intention of appealing. ENCIRCLING THE EMPIRE. ■WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. (Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.) LONDON, October 19. The Right Hon. L. Harcourt's ne-. .gotiations with the Marconi/Company to encircle tho Empire with wireless telegraphy are almost completed. It is expected that the system will bo in operation within twelve months. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS; A GERMAN DENIAL. (Receive'! Las Night,, 8.30 o'clock.) ' ■ BERLIN, October 19. An inspired statement in theKotnisohe Zeitung contradicts the" Daily Chronicle's statement regarding the limitation of armaments negotiations. DUBLIN BAKERS. A. STRIKE ENDED. ■ (Received Last Night, 10.50 o'clock.) LONDON, October 19. The bakers' .strike at Dublin has ceased. • Many resumed on the employers' terms. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. • TWENTY-SIX MEN KILLED. (Received Last Night, 10.50 o'clock.) / PARIS, Octobey 19. An explosion caused by firedamp, at the St. Etienne colliery, killed twentysix men. THE LIBERTE DISASTER. SFONTANEOuS"oQMBUSTTON. Last Night, 10.50 o'clock.) s PARIS, October 19: > During the discussion on, the naval estimates, a reporter informed the Budget Committee that the Liberte disaster was due to spontaneous combustion, of powder, wliich was older than the marks on the cases indicated.