VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10522, 10 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United /Vf.ss ,\ ssociatwn —By T'l:':- \ trie Tclnji ri (hi —Copl)r\[jid. i j C()I,D WAVE. I I SEVEXTKEX DEATHS. ■ | (Received January 9, 11.20 a.m.) j NEW YORK, January 8. • Tho doa th roll from t!iie effects of cold numbers seventeen. •, The cold wave extends across continent. ,' ] The Pacific coast is snow-covered ! , and the wires are down in all direc- | tions. . 1 < Tlho trains are stationary in the Rockies, and there is a general dislocation, of traffic in all cities north of , tho fortieth parallel. j FIRE ON A WARSHIi'. BEATEN OUT WIH i: I)I KF.I('U.Vj': V. ! (Received January S), -1.0.'10 a.m.) I LONDON, January 8. 1 A fire, caused by a leaky oil-fuel | < tank, occurred on tlie battleship Cae- ! sar at Devon port. j > .Desparato efforts wero made to prevent t'Jio flames reaching the rnag.i- ! zinc. J I Burning oil clung to everything, and I was beaten out with great difficulty. | | A party stood in readiness to flood magazines. I GASOMETliates COLLAPSE, -I GIRL DROWNED. 1 (Rec'eived January 9, 10.40 a.ir;.) ® LONDON, January 8. A water tank in tho gasometer t .t Ilkestone, Derby, burst, causing tho gasometer to collapse and partially demolished a row of cottages. | One girl was drowned ami otlhers. j were injured. ' J The gas ignited iii t/he second gaso-,1 j meter, wfhidh also collapsed, doing | FAMINE IN CHINA. j 8 MILLIONS DESTITUTE. , " (Received January 9, 8.34 a.m.)' J SHANGHAI, January 8. j The famine relief committee is ap- [ l pealing for funds to employ the ) sufferers on flood prevention works. I . Three million seven hundred and j fifty persons are destitute in the noiftliern Kiangsu, Anhus, . Southern Shantung, and Hananwuihu regions'. THE JAM INDUSTRY. j UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUGAR. (Received January 9, 9.45 a.m.) HOBART, January 9. i The jam industry in Tasmania is 1 threatened owing to tlhe inability- to obtain sufficient supplies of sugar, through tlhe refusal of the Sydney wft-arf labourers to work overtime. Several. vessels have sailed, leaving quantities of sugar on the wharf. The proprietors of the biggest factory . have threatened to close tlheir works. FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI. ARABS REPULSED. (Received January 8, 5.25 a.m.) ROME, January S.. A strong force of Arabs* attacked two Italian battalions which, wero constructiirg a detached redoubt at Horns, and were repulsed with heavy i losses. | Twenty-one Italians were wounded. i i•■ ■ i ' LABOUR CONFERENCE. | A FETTERED PRESS. (Received January 9, 10.40 a.m.) ' ' , HOBART, January 9. At the Labour Conference only pressmen representing the labour papers were admitted, and they had to ; promise not to publish damaging statements by extremists. A motion,, to amend the federal ob~ 1 jective by providing an / additional clause for settling international dis- [ putes by a council of civilised nations i was rejected, as also was a clause for 1 the security of full results of industry ! to all wealth producers by collective 1 ownership of all means'of production, \

which had been proposed to replace j a clause providing for a similar result by collective ownership of monopolies. \ The motion for the unification of. ! States was under discussion when the conference adjourned. ; _ The Hon. A. Fislher, Prime Minister of the Commoniweaitii, though not favouring straigMout unification, declared that the Federal Government should ha,ve greater powers. . THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. ' - GOVERNMENT'S AIM. (Received January 9, 8.25 a.m.) BERLIN, January 8. An official manifesto published in the North German Gazette states that the Government seeks ta exclude Socialism the noxt Reichstag, and thus clear the way for increased naval and military legislation. The manifesto concluded: "No man solititous for the Fatherland's futuro can vote for a Socialist." CHINESE REBELLION. t MONGOLIA'S~INDEPENI>ENCE, (Received January 9, 10.40 a.m.) PEKIN, January 8. Tho New York Herald' s correspondent states that Russia has demanded that Oliina shall recognise t!he independence of Mongolia, and announces

that she is sending troops into the province. DICKENS CENTENARY. A GALA PERFORMANCE. (Received January 9, 10.45 a.m. ) LONDON, January 8. A Dickens Centenary gala performance took place on Sunday at the Coliseum, in wfliioh Sir J. Hare, Mr E. S. "VVilliard and three hundred leading actors and actresses appeared in Dickens characters. The performance produced £2ouo ror the benefit of five grandchildren who are the daughters of Mr Charles Dickens, junr. The Daily Telegraph collected an additional £3882.

A PLUCKY LADY.

SEVERELY HANDLES A ROBBER. (Received January 9, 11.20 - - ' NEW YORK, January 8. X robber at Chioago attacked Miss O'Rorke, an athletic young woman, and attempted to snatch her handbag. The woman knocked the man down, jumped upon him, and tore the coat off his back. The man fled before the police arrived.