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VARIOUS CABLES.

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ttiSTl'UHl.Ni; Kl'-iiOPK. : FRANCIS .MUST CHOOKK. | (Koroiced .latitiary 'S, Sl."' a.m.) ; l ST. t'KTKKSIU'KO, .Inn. 2. Tho m'uspaprr Ni>vuo Vivniya, nnumouunf, on iho nutuuir thai M. Caillaux lias avv-nnnt to tho issuo ul' tho ; Austro-Hungarian loan in Paris, do- > elm v.-. t'iuu Kramv must ohooso ho- j iwoon an luiarmod discontent ami a i ootn hi nation ouriouod l»v I'Vowh ciml artnod u> t !io tooth by I'Yonoli I I Tho journal adds: "A loan to Austria-Hungry is i<ia;:uuouu; to a ' dN'ttli htitoo of I'ho Kuropoan o<|uilibriiun. j li(V.\»l-: iU'I.K. | I FORTY .MKKTINGS ARRANGED. I (Hoooivod January 3, S.I"" a.m.) ; LONDON*. January 2. i Forty meetings a.gainst Homo Rule have boon 'arranged t.o bo. hold in. Lancashire on January 22nd and 23rd, ; tho speakers including Mr Cham per- • lain. Sir.Robert Kindlav. Sir E. H. Car- I son, Mr A. H. Smith, Hon. Walter j Long, and Sir James '.Doughty. I THE DELHI. i j SPECIE AND PARCELS BE- I COVERED. I (Received January 3, 9 a.m.) I TANGIER, January 2. | The Delhi's bullion, specie and j parcel post have been entirely recovered. ' SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. : \ NEW SOUTH WALES TRAGEDY, j (Received January 3, 10.30 a.m.) i SYDNEY, January 3. j Mrs Perkins .and a ten-year-old 'boy ' were found shot dead in their 'home j at Casino. | i The husband left a loaded gun near j | tihe door during his temporary ahI sence, 'and on returning found both ) his wife and child dead. , Tho affair is shrouded in mystery. ~ i LABOUR CONFERENCE. I SEVERAL PROPOSALS. j (Received January 3, 8.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 3. Amongst the proposals to come up for discussion at t'ho forthcoming Lab- . our League confrenee, one favours a ■ complimentary pension to any woman j forty-five years of age or over who is a mother of six living children. ! Others advocate a six hours day and the nationalisation of tihe drink traffic. MINERS' STRIKES. MR BROWN'S STATEMENTS. (Received January 3, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 3. The leaders of the Newcastle miners deny Mr Brown's statements regard- . ing the delegates. 1 Mr Watson, president of the Colliery ) Employees Federation, declares that the fact is tlliat the leaders of the Federation very often staved off disasters in tihe district and restrained I the miners from-taking action which. ' had been fully justified. He added that an imderstanding j between the proprietors was almost completed for the appointment of a joint committee to settle disputes as they arise and endeavouring by | peaceful negotiations to secure hap- 1 pier relations than had existed for j many years past. j '" He was hopeful that this year would j see (the end of the hostility between the proprietors and the men, and a happy and peaceful relationship established. SOCIAL REFORM. REIGN OF A NEW KING. (Received January 3, 9 a.m.) LONDON, January 2. Dr. Clifford, in his New Year address, said the Government was being regenerated, and was experiencing a new birth under democratic inI Huences. ''Think what it was in the days of * George 111., and then look at the [ days of anotiher King— Lloyd-George . I. His insurance scheme is the greafc- : \ est social reform in British history." J . POST OFFICE ROBBED. 5 WOMAN STANDS GUARD. ) (Received January 3, 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 2. At St. Louis, Mrs Callahan, armed ' with a revolver, stood guard outside - the post office while two male accom-