VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10540, 24 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

j (United Press Association B<j hjcc.I trie Telegraph —Copyright.: KKXSITITES BUSY. A STATUTE STOLEN. PHOT EST AGAINST RITUALISM. (Received January 23, 9.5.) a.m.) LONDON., January 22. A number of Kensititos entered St. Matthew's. Church at Sheffield aJid carried off a life sized statue of the Virgin. , , They then t-ook train lor lork, where they delivered the statue at the Archbishop's palace, demanding him to stop ritualism. KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. (Received, January 23, 9.55 a.in.) BERLIN, January 23. A labourer employed in the construction of the Weiikman-Dillenburu railway struck wii-h his' pickaxe a. dynamite cartridge which had been accidentally left iu a tunnel. Four workmen were killed by the explosion. ; RESULT OF DISOBEDIENCE. (Received January 23, 9.55 a.m.) BERLIN, January 22. Four miners used a coal lift in a mine at Gelsenkirehen. contrary to •regulations. The rope broke and the miners were killed. BEET SUGAR. (Received January 23, 9 a.m.) • LONDON, January 22. Professor Liclit estimates that tube production of beet sugar has decreased by 1,576,000 tons, but the total for the season will be unaltered . TRAIN COLLISION. (Received January 2«'S, 11.45 p.n.) NEW YORK, January 22. Mr James Hanf&haii). ex-president of the Rock Island Company, and Mr J. Pierce, general solicitor of - the IRiock Island Company, and other officials were killed by the collision' of two Illinois oentral trains. Hie engine of one train ploughed its way through the private car containing the officials. i'he cause of the collision was the extra delay d.ue rto one train failing to take water at the ordinary' stopping, places. ; ■No ordinary pasengers were killed.

DRY WEATHER. . | IX NEW SOUTH WALES. : . (•Received January 23., 9.5 a.m..) SYDNEY,.. January 23. The long spell of hot, dry weather ilia's Ibeein. seriously felt .throughout tlie State, and rain is 'badly needed. i There are b.usih' fires in many districts. . " , . ■ SHORTAGE OF HORSES. (Received January 23, 9.10 a.m:) VIENNA, January 22. There is a shortage of horses in Austria-Hungary, • 200,000 having •been exported since 1908. . . IRISH TROUBLES. THE LAND QUESTION.; j (Received January 23, 9.00 a.m.) I LONDON, Jinuary 22. j One hundred police su.rronn.ded the f platform at Moygfess,'- in -.Tipperary; and refused -to - • Mfessrs Golidon, O'Shea and Ha clvett ?j members of Parliamanit, to speak,ion\, the. land problem, fearing disorder. The Unionist newspapers suggest j _ that Dublin Castle should- deal siini- . larly with Mr Winston Churchill's! Belfast meeting. ' • SEVERE WINTER. IN GERMANY. (Received January 23, 9.10 a.mr) BERLIN, January 22. j There is intense cold in Eastern.. | Germany, and sixteen fatalities have been reported. THE TRIPOLI WAR. NATIONAL HONOUR. (Received January 23, 9.10 a.m.) PARIS, January 22. Though the newspapers are- unanimous that France Jias right on. hex side, and her national honour is in.- | volved, they consider that the captures of French steamers by tilie Italians have arisen owning to a misunderstanding, nnd that the Franco-Italian i friendship is strong enough' to ensure a settlement. AN ITALIAN PROPOSAL. (Received January 23, 9.55 a.m.) PARIS, January 22. Italy proposes that the case dealing witih the seizure of French steamers ibe submitted to arbitration iby the Hague Conference. THE BINCARA TRAGEDY. A SERIOUS AFFAIR. (Received January 23, 8.30 a.m.) » SYDNEY, January 23. j t The tragedy at Bingara, where a j

young woman named Ball mot her death, is a most mysterious affair. ■lllio victim's husband recently returned from England, bringing a young wife with liim, and the couple were left in charge of Slack's selection. Mack, returning a lew days hut-er, found the house open and no one about. A search disclosed the remains of a lire in the bush, and renmants of a •woman's clothing, and charred pelvis, leg and skull bones. A mart, supposed to be Ball, visited the hotel on Tuesday night, and cashed Mack's dheq-ue. Next morning he purchased a ticket at a railway station. twenty miles distant. A warrant has 'been issued for Ball's I arrest on a charge of murder. SEVERE WINTER. IN RUiSSIA. (Received January 2-3, 9.55 a.m.) ST. RBTEIRSBURG, January 22. There have beea .cyclonic biizzards: and snowstorms in central and South "\\ estem .Russia. One hundred and fifty thousand peas! Hits aire employed clearing, the railways. A hundred villages are isolated, and many highways are imipussaMe. It is feared that. there has been great loss of life. THE COTTON STRIKE. WORK BESUMED. • - : (Received January 23, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, January 22. The resumption of work by the cotton operatives was generally peaceful. • After hiding for three weeks, ihe Rileys, .who were . the cause of the strike, returned to Accririgton, but their fellow workers greeted them j with booing aftd refused to work while they remained at the mill. The 'Rileys then and the others re-started. 1 LABOUR UNREST. THE "DAILY NEWS." (Received January 23, 9.56 a.m.) , PERTH, January 23. Hie Daily News Propriefarv have intimated"that they are willing to engage memJbers of the Journalists' Association under, tlie terms bf the agreement; but are compelled to dismiss the sub-editor, leader writer, .and .senior, reporter. •v' -A- meeting of- the' Association resolved that every memiber of •the staff involved in the strike fflusi: be reinstated, and . the' present- of the staff fjrffserved during twelve 'months!. ' > r lhey rejected the proprietors' offer. \ TTiepiper is being-issued at a much reduced size.