VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10468, 4 November 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

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DECLARATION OF LONDON,

APPEAL TO THE KING

(Received Last Niglht, 9.5 o'clock)

I LONDON, Nb-viamlber 3. The Imperial Miariitiime League is sending a petition to His Majesty t'he Kn'ng, signed by over a hundred and Ohamlbers-of Comimeroe, Companies; and dhipjpt'ing firms', one hundred and five Mayors l , one hundred Peers, and seventy King's Obunsels, pitying His Miaje&ty no.t to assent to thie ratification of the Declaration. of London, pending consideration' by a Select Cbmanittiee or a Royal mission.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

LABOUR AGAIN SUCCESSFUL.

(Received Last Night, 11.15 o'clock)

PERTH, November 3.

The Labour Party wton both seats in tlie Legislative Council for the metropolitan area.

CANADIAN PREMIER.

-SOME OF ms PROPOSALS'.

(Received La.stt Nighit, 11.35 o'clock)

OTTAWA, November 3. •Mr Btoirdieii, the new Premier, in a speechat Halifax, announced! tth&t We would l introduce a scheme for fchi© encouragement of agriculture, the development of /the highhviays, and l the regulation of the tariff on. purely business principles, a permanent Tariff Conumdssiion. Sb far as reciprocity was coiLoeraied, hi© believed t<rue recaprocafy w!a® to he found within the bsrdters of the British Empire,

AMERICA'S NAVY.

PRESIDENT TAFT'S INTEfT- > TIONB.

({Received 1 Last

NEiW YORK, November 3.

Mr Taft hae announced that he wall urge the Congress to build two super Dreadnought® eacihi year, vuv tdl thie Panama QanaJi was> opened. He then hoped to reduce the build-, ing to one yearly.

Aviation.

(Received Last Night, 11.30 o'clock)

NEW YORK, November 3. An aviator named Rodgetrs has reached) Yuma, in Arizona. He crossed the mountain's at aax altitude of 3000 feet.

/ MARTIAL LAW.

PROCLAIMED AT ALEXAN- . DMA.

Received This Morning, 12.45 o'clock

. CAIRO, November 3, Martial law has been proclaimed in Alexandria. Hhe cruiser Lancaster bias landed 200 mien.

FRANCE AND CERMAjNY.

SIGNING OF AGRREEMENTS.

(Received Lais-t Night, 9.5" o'clock)

. BERLIN, Novemibea - 3. Heljr Von Kiderlin Waehfter, Minister of Foreign Affaia'9, and M* Oaanboi:, hav© initiated the Congo agreement. fHhe< whole of .the Faiaiico-Getrmaa agreement wi'lli be signedi this week.

THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

COST NEARLY £3,000,000

(Received. Last Night, l ll.ls o'clock)

MiEtLBOUBiNE, November. 3.

In the Federal House, while dfiseusSsong the vote in aonaieotion witii the Federal capital wwrke," Mir King O'MalMey declared thai the capital wtould' cost nearly £3,000,000.