VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10484, 22 November 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

A STRIKE SETTLED. HOURS AjND WAGES ALTEHIpt). (Received Last (Night, 9.50 o'cl'o ;iv.) LONDON, November 21. (The BSmingham Small Arms Factory strike has been- settled on the basis of, a re-arrangement' of hcuiv and' various wage conoesi<ions. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. TWO BOYS SUFFOCATED. Received 1 This Morning, 12.15 o'clock PEIRITH, November 21. An extraordinary accident occurredi ait Menridiu. x riTvo hoys, .uesiie Patterson' and Hhos. Neil'son, werte playing in an empty railway truck. They climbed in l a powder magazine and shut the lid, which closed with a spring catch. They were •' ot found til n'exft day. Both had died of t>uffoc% tion.

TAX ON BACHELORS. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) , BERLIN, November 21. The Diet at Mecolenburg hasi imposed on bachelors not liable to provide for relatives taxes of 25 per cent above husbands. BANK OF EGYPT. SETTLING WITH CREDITORS. (Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.) LONDON, November 21. The Bank of Egypt is paying 20s 'in the pound to svfl creditors except creditors, for acceptance, with whom a speck! arrangement has been made.

EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARIES. (Received Last Night, 12.55 o'clock.) SYDNEY, November 21. There is a serious epidemic of suburban/ burglaries at. present* Laut night a pawnbroker's shop at Annandale was broken into and over £IOO worth of jewellery was stolen. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. AN ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION. (Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.) LONDON, November 21. The Royal Geographical Society has promised an additional £IOOO towards Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition. A VALUABLE PICTURE. STOLEN FROM A CONVENT. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) ROME. November 21. Angclico's "Madonna DellasteUa." ■has been stolen from the Convent of San M-arko, in Florence.

OIL-WELL STRIKERS. MOTS AT HULL. (.Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, November 21. The oil-well strikers at Hull over-, turned trollies laden with oilcake and stoned the police, several of whom were injured. Tlio strikers were dispersed by a charge of mounted police. KING AND QUEEN. WELCOMED AT PORT SAID. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) PORT SAID, November 20. Lord Kitchener, Major-General Sir John Maxwell, and the Ministry boarded tlio Medina, and greeted their Majesties. Previously the IChedivo aboard the yacht Mahroussa saluted, the band plfiyitig the National Anthem. There were enormous crowds on shore, and much enthusiasm amongst the chiefs.