VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10513, 30 December 1911, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United Press Association — Tiy Ji.eO" trie Ttlegravb. — Ccziuright.J CHILDREN BURNED. A PITIFUL AFFAIR. (Received December 29, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. Three children who were injuivd during a fire in a picture ipabace ' at Chesterfield succumbed. Twenty others were removed to the hospital. The first child ablazo rushed about the room igniting others. One was seriously burned in endeavouring to extinguish the flames.

PAUPERS POISONED. FIFTY VICTIMS. (Received December 29, 11.55 a.m.) BERLIN, December 28. Fifty of tih-o paupers wlho were poisoned at the municipal shelter Inavo died. A number have fallen dead in the streets. A post mortem examination reveai.3 bacterial poisoning. | _ I WET DECEMBER. I A RECORD.

(Received December 29, 8.5 -a.m.) PARIS, December 28. The present month has established a record as being tJhe wettest December for a Ihundred years. The Siene is flooded, and is steadily rising, >but there is no immediate danger of inundations.

FALSE PRETENCES. EMIGRATION AGENT ABRESTED. (Received December 29, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. G. H. Brown, emigration agent, has been (arrested at Nelson, in Lancashire, on a, charge of obtaining money by faJso pretenses in ooneotion with forged tesitdmonials from ia farm Jiabourer emigrating to Western Australia. The Agents-General are co-opera-tdng in .the prosecution.

BIG BANKRUPTCY. £220,700 INVOLVED. (Received Decemlber 29,-9.50 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. John Horatio Bottomley, M.P., editor land 'proprietor of "John Bull" land "Mrs Bull," has filed. The liabilities are stated to be £170,000, and proofs of claims have been lodged for £220,700.

THE WORLD'S BEEF. GREAT SYNDICATE FORMED. (Received December. 29, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. An American-Canadian syndicate, of which Mr McKenzie is president, will establish at Sao Paulo, in Brazil, the Jargest beef-producing project in the world. - . Nine miUion acres of land have been acquired with the intention ,of exporting chilled beef to Europe. The syndicate will lhave its own steamship line. j The syndicate hopes ultimately . to open the British and German niarkebs to live cattle. It is purchasing at the outset Uhe best strains of.Hereford's- and Durhams to improve the South American... stock. .' " ' '

THE NEW HEBRIDES. A SOURCE OF TROUBLE. (Received December 29, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 29. The Herald. states there seems little dmibit that there ds something afoot in regard to the New Hebrides. "Whether tlhe final solution of this difficulty will take the form of a partition of the group between- Britain and .France, or annexation and an oxchange of territory elsewhere, is exercising the minds of those interested. Had Australia annexed tlie Islands a, few years ago When all tlhe European residents were [British, there would (have been no foreign opposition; out. this was one of the ■ many opportunities Australia Iliad let slip. Under present conditions the New Hebrides would always 'be a source of trouble.

LABOUR RAMPANT. . HOULDER SHIPS HELD UP. (Received December 29,'8.5 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. The- union leaders at Newport are powerless to secure the recognition of the agreement in connection with tho loading of the HoUldev line of boats. The unionists refuse to allow the Boulder men to join the union. Police protection lias 'been demanded for the loading of the steamer Canadian.

A DASTARDLY ACT. VITRIOL THROWN ON A SINGER. (Received December 29, 11.55 a.m.) BUCHAREST, Decemibfer 28. ' In aftfcof Jealousy, BodnaTOscoul, n cavalry officer, tthrev vitriol ovor

Gkiarina Giacomo, a prima doana, 'burning her face and neck. The police pursued the officer, who killed a policeman and two pedestrians. He then comimitted suicide,

« . i , . i .1 DAMAGE BY FIRE. THE dNARRABRI OUTBREAK. (Received December 29, 9.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 29,. The Narrabri fire spread with great rapidity. Most of the buildings were weatherboarded. No fire-fighting apparatus was available, and the water supply was poor. Residents were compelled to stand practically idle and wtatdh the blaze. The whole of the chief business block was destroyed. Many occupants ]pst everything but their nighfc attire. Twenty thousand pounds is a low jstimate of the damage. QUANTITY OF WOOL DAMAGED (Received December 20, 9.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 29. A midnight fire at Elliott and Co.'s, wool-scourers, Botany, destroyed the wasMiouse, engine-shed, and wool lof'u A Jarge quantity of wool was damaged. The damage is estimated at about £15,000, which is covered by insurance.

BUSH FIRES RAGING. EXPERIENCED. (Received December 29, 9.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 29. Bush fires are raging in the Glen Innes district. Big sawmills and also a residence in on adoining town have been destroyed. BRISBANE, December 29. The worst; bush fires ever experienced in tihe Crow's Nest district are raging. The damage to iftlone is estimated at over £1000.^% A number of huts and sheds were also burned.