VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10532, 19 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

I (United I'rcss Association—By .-,7a-* I trie Telegraj)h—Copyri<iht. ■ BALLET GIRLS. STRJKK FOR HIGHER -VA:-, . (Received January 18, 8." a.m.) PARIS, January 17. A striko of the ballo.t in tho .mkMio of a performance at the Opera House necessitated the dispersal of the audience. Tho ballot girls demanded that their wiifjes be raised from £125 per year to £l5O. ATTACKED BY MOORS. A FRENCH COLUMN. » (Received January IS, 11.30 a.m.) FEZ, January 17. Rebels attacked Dalbeiz's French column, bill woro repulsed by CwlmieJ Bormond's Mnrr.Ti:) troops, leaving iirtnv dfid. The rebels uero pursued and routed. 'lino Franco-Moorish casualties ivci'e slight. PREFERENCE. AUSTRALIA AND CANADA. (Received January 18, 8.5 a.m.) : LONDON. January 17. Tho Morning Post applauds Canada's proposals. Mr Ai.tkcn, a member of the Hou.sa of Conimons. interviewed, dec.iarel f'b:it t'lio proposals mark a step in tho direction of .Imperial ice. wlhicth would bo most beneficial to Canada, Australia, and Ncvv'Zealand. Dr Parkin, author and lecturer on fmnerial Fix! era! ion, stttes that hitherto it has been assumed to to usoij-ij to enter into a. preferential arraigenitur wiherein Bntiin w.is "ofc ta! :ro n part. Tlio pre.jC.nt arr.'iT foment Av-ns the outcome of the ivbuft' tho Dominions mot in trying to negotiate a similar scheme for the united Empire.

"PACIFIC INTENTIONS." A NEW GOVERNMENT. (Received January IS, 8.5 a.m.) PARIS, January 17. The chamber of Deputies by 540 to six votes, expressed confidence in the new Government. M. Poiiirares, the' Premier, an a declaration, states that his Government intends to remain faithful to «ll alliances and friendships and to maintain sincerely a pacific spirit and relations of courtesy and frankness with Germany. PROTECTION SOUGHT. AGAINST IMPUDENT STRIKERS. (Received January 18, 9.40 a an.) MELBOURNE, January 18. The Hairdressers' Association 'has asked the Premier to take action against strikers' pickets who are preventing customers entering the shops where the employers have struck. .THE TOBACCO HABIT. A NEW SOUTH WALES REGULATION. (Received January 18, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY,. January 18. A regulation, has -been gazetted under the Pure Foods Act that "no person shall spit, smoke or chew tobacco while engaged in the manufacture, packing or storing of any food intended for sale."

MARRIES A HOUSEMAID. THEN CLAIMS CEREMONY IS ILLEGAL. (Received January 18, 1.30 .p.m.) LONDON, January 17. Mr Justice Kenny, at Dublin, held that.tho Ushor marriage was invalid m the eyes of -the Roman Catholic Church, yet mas capable of being validated; but was already absolutely valid according to the marriage laws of Ireland. The petition was for the nullity of ■the marriage on tlhe grounds that Usher, tlhe petitioner, being ,a member of the Roman Catholic Church, in his bedroom in Ihis ihoiiso at 10 p.m., went through a ceremony of marriage, with Mary Caulfteld, employed as ' a housemaid. The petitioner further stated that the marriage was null and "void as only one witness was present and that the ceremony was not carried out <><> cording to t'ho rites, ceremonies and regulations of the Roman Catholic Church. The petition was dismissed wirh costs. .

CRIME RAMPANT. (Received January 18, 12.15 p.m.) Vancouver, jmuai-y 17. "Hold-ups" and robberies are so numerous in Vancouver that the Mayor has sworn in special constables and additional detectives. Prompt efforts are to be made to exterminate the criminal element. Most of the.. criminals arrive from the United States.

SERIOUS LOSS. GREAT FIRE IN AMERICA. (Received January 18, 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 17. A fire swept a seven storey warehouse of the .Terminal Warehouse Company near North River. _ Several firemen were seriously mT!he loss is estimated at £250,000.