VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10533, 20 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

J (United i'ress Association — By /•.'/<•:•. ' trie Telegraph Cupyrujht. j CRICKET METHODS. SHOULD RF.SLN BK USED:(Received January 19, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 19. Willi reference to tOio cablegram that during tho Adelaide Test match, Douglas had questioned the propriety of Kelleway and Hordern living resin on ilOieir fingers when bowling, considering it unfair to employ n-iitiilici'ul aid, it is pointed out that the wicketkeepers i."-;;> a sticky preparation on : their gloves. Reference to tho rules of wicket, threw no light on the subjoc : which was discussed without any .feeling. UNIFORM GAUGE. FOR AUSTJMUI'X RAiLWAYS. (Received January 1!), S./SO a.m.) .\> »•:!.({< January 18. 'Hie Premiers' Conference revoked in favour of t.lie appointment -of a ec.mmiUeo of it .'.din;',' railway engineers to report on the question of a. cities; and also on the on.st of conversio.ii. New South Wales and Westralia voted against t'he motion, on the ground Mint such a report was unlikely, in view of the dili'erent claims of Lne variei-.s Stales of the Commonwealth, to bring nearer a solution of the question of securing uniformity. IMMIGRATION. AN AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL. (Received January 19, 8.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, January 19. At tlio Premiers' Conference, the question of giving assistance to immigrants was referred to the heads of the. State Immigration Departments. It was further resolved to ask tho Commonwealth Government to provide twenty-five thousand assisted passages for immigrants yearly, paying the cost of trancsp'ortatioai on & uniform basis. .the States .to select and place the immigrants, and to retain tho right to Vupplement the number of assisted passengers allotted to them.

JAPANESE STEAMERS. MAY COME TO NEW ZEALAND. (Received January 19, 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 19. The annual report of the Japanese mail line indicates- a possible extension to New Zealand. The president ' foreshadowed ' the constniction of seven new vessels, to cost a million pounds, including t-vo for the Australian trade. ■ He added that one Jiner would suffice for the Australian lime, hut in the event of the line being extended to Ncav Zealand one more must be added.

TRAM STRIKE.. A COMPROMISE UNLIKELY." (Received January 19, 9.35 a.m) ' BRISBANE, January 19. Both sides are determined in. the train trouble.. The men. on the trams not wearing the Union badges are hooted and jeered at. . . The Company stopped the running of all tiiranis alter business hours yesterday evening, ami it will not attempt to run till a latter hour than usual this morningA large meeting of employees condemned the refusal of permission to wear badges, and speeches urged the making of a stand for freedom'; Developments are expected to-day.

HOME RULE WAR. ULSTER DETERMINED. '(Received January 19, 9.35 a.m.) • LONDON, January 18. The mutation at Belfast in connection with Mr Winston Churchill's visit is <lue to tlie proposal to use the "Ulster Hall. " Little- fearing would have been evoked if ho had proposed to utilise St. Mary's Hall, where the Nationalists are in the habit of assembling. Captain Craig, M.P., states that Ulster is datenmned that Mr Churchill's meeting shall not take place, and every ingenuity will be. displayed, to prevent "a rebel crew dishonourbig the historic Ulster Hall." Mr Stead, writing in the Pall Mall Gazette, and instancing a recent magisterial decision binding over a man to keep the peace because his proposed utterances were calculated to provoke a -breach, states that the decision leaves Mr Birrcll no other course than to legality prohibit Mr Churchill from speaking at Belfast.