VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10541, 25 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

[ (United Press Associativa —By l'Jler.~ ; <nc TeleQraplt—Uopyrt'iitt. ■ THE DELHI WRECK. BRAVER Y AWAE DjS. [ BY THE KING. (Received January 24, S.IU a.m.) LONDON, January 23. Tli© King }uus conferred tho Honorary Commanders hip of the Yio torian Order on Oa.pftiin Laguerre, the Membership of the Order on Lieutenant Drajon, of the French cruiser : Friant, and awarded the gold life-sav-ing medal to lieutenant Drujon and the memiberis of the boats crew, inl eluding those who were drowned, for the assistance rendered in connection > with the wreck of the steamer Delhi. Tiio Government lias presented a service of gold plate to the officers of the Friant and £SO to the family of each, of the sailors who were drowned. AFFAIRS IN CHINA, PEKIN EXCITED. TO FIGHT FOR THE THRONE. (Received January 24, 1.1.3 p.m.) PEKIN, January 23. Prince Kung, leader of the Mongol movement against General Yuan Shih Kai lias promised 50,000 troops to assist in maintaining the throne. Tlieir pay will be raised by selling the gold and treasure in the Imperial Palace at Mukden the capital of Manchuria. Pekin is excited at the prospect of j resistance, to the Republicans. J DR. SUN YAT SEN. 1 - BREACH OF FAITH. j (Received {January 24, 9.55 a.m.) j PEKIN, January 23. ! The Republican peace representatives are now attempting to neutralise the effect of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's message to General Yuan Sliih Kai, which the Ibest men consider to be a. breach of faith in view of the previous promising outlook.

THE TRIPOLITAN WAR. MATT, BOATS PROTECTED. AEROPLANE ORDERS SUSPENDED. (Received January 24, 9.55 a.m.) PARIS, January 23. Warships will escort the mailboate between Tunis and Algeria. The Government has also requested builders to suspend Italian? orders for aeroplanes and airships. TURKISH CABLE, (Received January 24, 9.55 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, January 23. The Turkish cable between Siuikim fiivd Hodeida.il is interrupted,' and it is suspected tlbat the Italians have cut it.

MILLERS FINED. BREAKING AGREEMENT. (Received January 24, 9.55 a.m.) NEWCASTLE, January 24. The Bench awarded £3 damages against each of fifty-six millers for J breaking the -agreement not to "strike without giving twenty-eight days' , notice. "... v DAILY NEWS STRIKE. - : -TERMS ACCEPTED. (Received January-'24, 9.50 a.m.) The Daily News strike has been settled. Tli© proprietors accepted the Journalists' Association's terms, and the whole staff has been reinstated. ' TRAMWAY STRIKE , FINANCIAL SUPPORT. S~Ti»l (Received January 24, 9.50 SYDNEY, January 24. ( The Tramway Employees' Association lias decided that each member, contribute Is 6d weekly to support the' IfFitsbaJie strikers. INDtJgMAL DISPUTES. IRONWORKS STRIKE. UNSETTLED, (Received January 24, 8.10 a,m.) SYDNEY, January 24, Tihe mediator in the Lithgow ironworks strike foiled to secure a settlemeat. Mr Hoskins offered to discharge all the hands employed since the-strike began, but the strike committee dema ndedp the discharge of all except the necessary staff to carry on the works, and neither side will give way any further. i iillral The mediator in a letter to Mr Flosskins, declared that the men's demand was unfair and unreasonable, and that they wero badly advised.

He offers to resume mediation if the men reconsider their decision.

GOAL STRIKE. THE MINIMUM WAGE. DEMANDS RESISTED. (Received January 24, 8.10 a.m.) LONDON, January 23. The Midland coal owners have resolved to resist the demand for a minimum wage. ABERMAIN COLLIERY. . 500 IDLE. . (Received January 24, 8.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 24. 'Hie men in the Abermain colliery have struck, demanding improved conditions. Over five hundred are idle. The delegate to the board endorsed the stoppage. \ COMMERCIAL. • BANK SHARES. ' (Received January 24, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, January 23. Bank shares are quoted as follows: —Australasia, £ll3 to £lls ; Union,

£59 to £6O; N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, £99. THE WOOL MARKET. PRICES MAINTAINED. AMERICANS COMPETE. (Received January 24, 11.5 a.in.) LONDON, .January 23. At the wool sales, good and best merinos, and all crosslbreds, firmly maintained the average. Favdties were weaker. Messrs AjhraJiain and Williams, Ltd., have received tliis cablegram : London market firm; medium crossbreds s'iow upward tendency, which is due to Amerioan competition; other classes unchanged. HOME RULE, iULSTER UNIONISTS. (Received January 24, 8.10 a.m.) LONDON, January 23. Right Hon. Herbert L. Samuel, speaking at Redcar, said that- -had Ulster's intolerance prevailed in England no Empire would have existed, as no colony, dependency or protectorate would have tolerated a rule so I oppressive and arrogant.

KHE LIBERAL CONFERENCE. GOVERNMENT EXTRAVAGANCE. (Received January 24, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 24. Mr C. G. Wade, Loader of the Onposition, addressing the Liberal Conference, said lie had no fear of a general election. The Liberals' prospects were brighter than a year ago. He condemned the Government luxation proposals, and said the country had embarked on an era of unprecedented extravagance. ..So long as the Government was in power it was a danger and a .menace to the prosperity of the State.

THE BINGARA TRAGEDY. AUREST OF ACCUSED. (Received January 24, 8.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 24. Ball Iras been arrested on a. charge of murdering his wife. He was aboard the steamer Star of Scotland lying in the harbour, haying secured a billet as trimmer on the steamer, which departs for London today. Ball worked- his passage to .Australia a short time ago, and utilised the discharge.iiten obtained in securing a position, - ; WEST AFRICA. . SLAVE-DEALING. (Received January 24, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, January 23. Mr Crawford, who for twenty-three years was missionary, gives harrowing details of the slave trade a.t Angola, a Portuguese possession in West Africa. Mr Crawford was for several years the prisoner of Mushidi, nicknamed ' 'The Coloured Napoleon.'' Musbidi had. 500 wives, including one whit© woman; ■ He conquered many tribes, And-there were executions daily of batches of men, women .and children. Th«e Belgians finally shot Mushidi.