VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10484, 22 November 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES

United Press As,social n—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY. CINGALESE DETAINED. (Received November 21, 10 a.in.) BRISBANE, November 21. Tho police liave detained the Cingalese working at Calling's farm in connection with the Alligator Creek tragedy. ' Residents in tho vicinity are in a state of terror. DROUGHT. WATER BECOMING SCARCE. (Received November 21, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 21. Owing to the continued, dry weather, water is becoming scarce in many country towns. In. Sydney the householders have have been asked to restrict the watering od' their gardens. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRE. SHEEP AND HORSES PERISH. (Received November 21, 10 a.m.) BRISBANE, November 21.A number of sheep and horses perished in a destructive bush fire in tfliQ Hughendon and Wiwton districts. RUSSIA AND PERSIA. A RUPTURE. (Received November 21, 8.5 a.m.) TEHERAN, November 20. Russia has ruptured diplomatic relations with Persia. The latter has appealed for King George's mediation, hoping for tho suspension of Russian measures until a Cabinet has been formed. STRANGE DISCOVERIES.

ON FANNING ISLAND. (Received November 21. 8.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 21. Mr Humphrey Berkeley, owner of Fanning Island (in the North Pacific) states that recent excavations disclosed that the island was once inhabited by skilled races. They unearthed the remains of a large building 200 ft by 50ft. No mortar was used, the stones being mortised together. Near tihe building a tomb was discovered containing a human skeleton, a necklace and the teeth of a cachalob whale and other articles, including the skull of an apoi-eating dog. Mr Berkeley concludes that the island was one of Ithe resting places of the Polynesians on their numerous migrations in the olden days. THE ANTARCTIC. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S EXPEDITION. (Received November 21, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 20. The Times, Standard ana Morning Post, apart from patriotic reasons, bespeak a Giearty response to the appeal to enable Captain Scottfc to carry to a successful issue his Antarctic expedition, which is described as betterequipped for scientific work than any of its. predecessors. ..

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. EXPRESS OFFICE HELD DP. A BIG HAUL. (Received November 21, 10.54 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 20. An armed party at Grand Rapid®, Michigan, robed ithe Adams Express Co.'s office, and iheld up the route agent. Thousands of dollars are missing. The thieves escaped.

DEADLY MUSHROOMS. TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS POISONED. (Received November 21, 8.5 a.m.) PARIS, November 20. Twenty-seven persons were poisoned through eating mn&hrooms at Trevoux. Seven aro dead, and thirteen are in' a critical condition. ATHLETIC EVENTS. NEW ZEALANDER'S SUCCESS, (Received November 21, 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 20.. In the cycling events in connection with the Sydney Hospital Centenary Celebration, Summers, of New Zealand, and Coleman, of New South Wales, won the Tandem Handicap. Porteous, off 11yds, won the 120 yds sprint in 12secs, Taylor (sor) being third.

THE MAIL ROBBERY. MORE DETAILS. (Received November 21, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, November 20. The thieves who stole the Indian mail bags at Macon probably boarded the train at Dijon. The sacks in the four rear vans were' rifled, while all the so rters were working in the four front vans. Tho English mails despatched on Friday travelled by a subsequent train, but on the other hand the Oale-donins-LoTidon mail despatched before Friday was ransacked.