VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10498, 8 December 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United Press Association —lit/ Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) THE TOTALJSATOR. (Recoivcd December 7, 9.3<J a.m.) SYDNEY, December 7. Lu'tlie Assembly j Air jVloGowen- announced' tlia.t tllio G'ovorumeiit had decided to itturli the Totalisator Select 1 Connnittec imto n -Royal Commission, which would tour the Commonwealth and New Zealand and ebllledt tile fullest and latest iinfcu-mation.

SYDNEY WHARF LABOURERS. (ftecedvod December 7, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 7. Before the Wiiarf Labourers' Board, the .secretary of the "Wharf Labourers'' Unitwi expressed the opiinioin itlv'at working on tilie deep sea and inter-State vessels was now on. a par. Another witness contended that tflu 11 work on tJie coastal ves sells was harder than 1 on the better-paid deep sea vessels.

NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. JAPAN'S PIKKJILVMME. (Received December 7, 8.5 a.m.) TOKIO, December 6. A conipromi.se has- been arrived nt with, tlio milli'tawst economists' v.lliea'e•by itlie CaMi'iiet has consented to tho expenditure of 92--,500,000 yeai spread ai'iievcnTy over six years for the construction of a., bjuttl&sliip and three super Dreadnought crusisers. it is hoped .by economies' to cover tdite expenditure by 1912.

ROWDY ASSEMBLY. (Received December l. } 9.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 7. Another rowdy scene occurred' in t(he Assembly.' Mr Pi-ice persisted iln moving an amendment iin connection' with : tfhe> Arbitration Bull, -aaid Mr WiillEs (the Speaker) ordered liis removal. As soon a.s tllie Sergeant returned, the Speaker ordered him to remove Mr Fit/,patrick, wthio had previously been several' times warned for interjecting. When the Speaker was 'lea.ving tire ■ehaiir, Jue was* 'greeted with Oppoyik ttioiv cries of "We hope you will iicveacome back!" Ma- Willlis made a statement justifying •hlbe previous day's suspensions, and' quoting English; anthoritije-s ini support of his acrtiiion.

THE LIQUOR POLL. (Received December 7, 9.30 sum.) SYDNEY", December 7. Tlie Herald says ifch&t' ith«re ds vea-y 'keen interest in ' Australia, iin Now Zealand''® ,answer-,on the question of •National Plrohi'bitkm. ivever before an' tihe 33r.itisfh Empda*e Jras si ciommrumty lidd an opportunl- - to vote on Piroliiibdth'on. •The paper expresses' ithe opinion that itibere as ailo very great protepecst of 60 per- event, of (tihe voters 1 . declaring for sudh. a sweeping iinntova.taon:

LAWN TENNIS. DAYJS OIJP TEAM, (llewived Dcemibei' 7, 9.30 a.m.) v . F&EMANTLK, Dec. 7. Dun]op, a member .of the Australaskdi Davis Cup team, was a- passenger by itlhe Moolltaai, aaid proceeds direct to Xeav Zeal'and. He is l very hopeful' regarding the ooiiitest. He tbiiri'k.s Brobkesi will beat Larned. Since Larned defeated Brookes six years ago, the latter lias improved oirt of* siglit. ,

SPAIN, NOT PORTUGAL. KtX<j' ALFONSO'S REELY. (Received December 7, 10.-15 a.m.) PARIS, December 6. The journal RepuMiqu© Fa-aneaise, alleges- that M. BailCJaux Bemi-offici-aJily conveyed to* Kiimg Alfonso. a. message stating ithat lit would l)e damgeri ous to l the Spanish dynasty if tihe | Madrid Cabinet did not display a I con dilatory spirit towards Fraaice. j King Alfonso rep'llied that' Spain was not Portugal.

MAYORALTY ELECTION. AT LOS ANIGIELES. (Received Declemiber 7, 11.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. CJireat interest.' di» bering taken in: tlie Mayoralty efllectionj at Lo» Anfeeles. Women, are voting for titae first itimie. Mil- Alexander Good, tdio Governnieantf ■candidate, secured a. miivjoriity of 50,000 over Ma- Haniimaiii, Sociialisft. Ma* was the Attorneyrejpresentiaig the JYlcNamaraiS in the Los Angeles outrage case. A drastic prohibition ordinance \ras> defeated hy a majority of two to one.

NEGROES BURNED TO DEATH. (Received December 7, 12.1.0 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. A.t l in Teaimeissee, a moib of wjiite ]hnd tenant# "wayMd' two negjfoes 1 and one n egress on tilieitr way to tihe market. Tlioy tied t'hletm to their cotton waggon and burnt them (Continued on page 7.)