VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10479, 16 November 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

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HOW TO FEDERATE TH E EMPIRE, (Received November 15, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. Sir Donald MacKenzie Wallace, speaking at the Authors- Gluby and: dealing with Imperial obligations, said the antiquated idea of a great 'Empire governed by a group of clerks I in Downing Street was out of the .! question. But what was to be the i new nexus holding together, the sporadic units? v It was unreasonable to expect til© present powerful sentimental tie- of brotherhood of itself to- resist for all time the centrifugal forces of local interests. It must be supported and' , strengthened by prosaic material advantages. He could only imagine two types of * Imperial federation —one resembling, the old German Zollverein or d freetrade union, strong enough to com- , pete with the rest of the world. Better types might be discovered, but the 1 solution of the problem would eOnst-iv-tute the triumph of statemanship.. MINISTERS INSULTED. (Received November 15, 9.45 a.m.) 1 ADELAIDE, November 14. The Minister of Industry refused tolisten to Councillor Lunlie, one of the speakers of -a deputation, and left theroom, alleging that Lundie had grossly insulted him on a previous occasion. The deputation declined to place itsviews before the Minister and retired'. CANADIAN MILITIA. (Received November 15, 11.30,a.m.)i OTTAWA, November 14. Mr Hughes, the Minister of Militia,, is oont-emplating the raising of regiments of foreigners in Canada. Regiments of Hindus will probably be raised at Vancouver, and will be officered by Canadians. THE GERMAN SOCIALISTS. - (Received November 15, 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, November 14. In the Reichstag, Breitenback, , Chief of the Department of Imperial Railways, answering the Socialists' interpellations in regard to the dismissal of railway men on the ground' , of trade union activity, stated that J the unions of railway men were not to be tolerated. They furthered the Socialist propaganda and regarded a strike as a legitimate means of attaining economic or other aims; CLERGYMAN .MURDERED. i (Reoeived November 15, 9.40 a.m.) LORENZO MARGUES, Nov. 14. The Governor of Nyassaland reports that Bishop Trower, of Nyassaland, j the Rev. A. Douglas, and three ladies, , landed at Kanjo, and Portuguese j official there, after an - altercation, shot tlie Rev. Mr Douglas dead. BANK OF BURMAH. J (Received November 15, 11.10 a.m. j \ RANGOON, 14. s TJxe Bank of Burmah has suspended payment. - A "REVIVAL." (Received November 15, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. Remarkable success is attending a revivalist movement conducted by Dr. Dixon on similar lines to that conducted by the Kev. Mr Spurgeon. The scenes in the Tabernacle are similar to those . witnessed in Spurgeon's days. RECENT CRIMES. ' I (Received November 15, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. Kramer, .the German who murdered Mrs Weir and her daughter and servant, in Staffordshire, has been adjudged insane. AN EXHIBITION. (Received November 15, 10.45 a.m.) . MELBOURNE, November 15. The Assembly agreed to a motion that the time has arrived to consider the holding of a great international exhibition in .Sydney. BREAKING OF A TRUST. (Received November 15, 11.35 la.m.) NEW YORK, November 14. At Jefferson City, Missouri, the Supreme Court- of Missouri fined the International Harvester Company £IOOO, and also granted a writ of ouster under the' anti-trust laws. LEOPOLD'S ESTATE. (Received November 15; 11.10 a.m.) BRUSSELS, November 14. Judgment in the action brought by Princess Louise to enforce a. claim against the late King's estate declares I that the Niederfull Bash foundation is non-existent, and that tshe late King , Leopold's donation of £60,000 thereto j forms part of his estate. . . J The Government was ordered to surrender it. Plaintiff's claim to the remainder of the estate Was rejected. _ THE WHEAT CROP. (Received November 15, 11.10 a.m.) OTTAW'A, November 14. It is repoi*ted from Regina that the wheat crop is suffering from the prevailing snowstorms.

Thousands of acres have not yet been harvested.