VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10512, 29 December 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United Press Association —Ity 7i.ectric Teltgra vk—Cowright.) GRAVE APPREHENSIONS. OF A MAS&ACRE OF CHRISTIANS. (Received December 28, 8.5 a.m.) CYPRUS, December 27. Advices from Asia- Minor show that there as grave apprehension of a mas-' sacre of Christians art Messina. Tli© Armenians at Adana are panic stricken and tare proceeding to the coast. Hie Turkish authorities are apathetic.

LOCK-OUT. NOTICES OF CLOSING. (Received December 28, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Notices have 'been posted in all tlhe mills in North and North-oast Lancashire ifluait they will close to-night. The Spinners' Federation has deaided to curtail tlhe production by three day® weekly. Tlhe Daily News questions the wisdom of unions in calling on capitalists to practically enforce union discipline, instead of trusting to esprit de corps. Other Liberal newspapers discourage the unions' extreme action.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. PINNED DOWN FOR SIX DAYS. (Received December, 28, 9.55 aim.) V HOBAJ&T, December 28. William Whiles, a miner, -had a terrible experience. !He wa® wiorking in a race alone, when a big stone fell, pinning him by .the legs. He was not discovered for six days, water passing over the lower portion of liis body tlhe whole time. It is expected itihiat he will recover.

THEATRE PANIC.

TWO CHILDREN KILLED

(Received December 28, 9.50 a.m.)

BERLIN, December 27,

During an entertainment in t!he East End of Berlin a cinematograph ignited and the operator's hands were burnt -and this cries of pain caused a planic among the audience, who rushed to the exits. .Two dhildiren were killed and many seriously injured.

PAUPERS POISONED

FIFTEEN DEAD

(Received December 28, 9.50 a.m.)

BERLIN, December 27. A party of paupers at the 'municipal slhelter have been poisoned. Already fifteen are dead. The cause is unknown.

FIRE ON A STEAMER.

TIMBER DAMAGED. (Received December 28, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 28. The fire on the Union Company's steamer Bareora, lying in tlhe, harbour, was extinguished by the; crew. • .. Y'--,.-- • : v . A quantity of timber in the lamp locker was d&maged. •

y PERSIA AND RUSSIA, v f AUTHORS OF THE OUTBREAK. - (Received December 28, 8.5 a.m.) TEHERAN, December 27. The Director of tßie Persian Department of the. Foreign Office, interviewed, declared that Russia is convinced that the Persian Government was not associated with the anti-Rus-sian outbreaks lat Tabriz and • else-" where. Tlhe authors of the Caucasian outbreaks were principally Armenians and criminals, posting as political tagitlators. Tli© Director adds that 3500 Russian troops are going to Tabriz.

FRESH ATTACK. December 28, 8.5 a.m.) TEHERAN, December 27, In a fresh attack on the Indian sowars at Kiazenin, two were killed. • REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ELECTING. A PRESIDENT. (Received December 28, 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, December 28. The local brandh of the Young China League has been invited to send a representative to the Shanghai Conference for (the purpose of electing a President of tlhe Republic of China. COMMAND OF HANKOW. (Received December 28, 9.50 a.m.) TOKIO,* December 27. General Shdba will essmne command

at Hankow. BR'UTAL MURDER. MAN AND WIFE KILLED. (Received December 28, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Millst-em and liis wife, restaurant keepers. have l>ecii found stabbed and battered with a poker, in Hanbury Street, Spitialfields. It is believed that the house was used for faro gambling. Tlhe murderers put a feaitiher bed, Saturated with paraffin, above the bodies, and fired the house.

THE LATEST DEGREE. A RE-ASSURANCE. (Received December 27, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. A Rome correspondent states that tlhe decree mentioned yesterday applies exclusively to tile few countries wihere clerical privileges lia-vc not fallen into desuetude. Presumably Ireland is not included among the latter.