VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10543, 27 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

: (United I'icss Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) MB WINSTON CHURCHILL. VISIT TO BELFAST. RIOTS PREDICTS). (ltcccivo<l January 26, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, January 25. Mr Wins-ton Churchill i persists in his determination to A-isit Belfast, and will bo accompanied by the Master of Elibank. Many newspapers forecast -bloodshed and riot. UNIONISTS SENT TO BELFAST. TORItI'jViATSPEEOrI. (Received January 26, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 25. Many Unionist Clubs in Ireland ire arranging to sand members to Belfast to prevent Mi' Churchill's spech. Th Belfast Harbour Commissioners, replying to Mr Churchill's .suggestion to inspect the Iharhour and docks, replied that the 9th was not n coiwenient day. ME CHURCHILL DETERMINED. TOLL FOREGO ULSTER. HALL. (Received January 26, 12.35 a.m.) LONDON, January 25. Mr Churchill has written to Lord ' Londonderry inforaiing him that, .while ho is determined to speak at Belfact, he will forgo tiho use of Ulster Hall rather than arouse the Orangemen's feelings.

TRAMWAY STRIKE. SERIOUS ATTITUDE. EXPLOSIVES FOUND ON DINE. (Received January 26, 9.20 a.m.) BRISBANE, January 26. The tram strike is assuming a more serious phase and threatens to spread. A quantity of explosives was found on tllio line at Bulimba, and a largo stone was jammed in tlhe 'points at another place. The commissioner of police has received threatening letters from sympathisers with the strikers. The'wharf labourers ceased work temporarily and paraded the streets. They carried a resolution that the waterside workers, are prepared to assist in a general strike if necessary to force the tramway company to recognise the men's demands. A deputation from the Parliamentary Labour Party waited on the Home 'Secretary and Minister of Railways and asked him to enforce the section of the Tramways Act providing for an efficient service. The Ministers stated that they were officially unaware' of the trouble and promised to consider if action were possible.

AFFAIRS IN PARAGUAY. A SERIOUS SITUATION. J (Received Janruary 26, 9.40 a.m.) ] BUENOS AYRES, January 25 Owing to Paraguay's unsatisfactory attitude regarding compensation for the outrages on Argentine ships and property, the Government is sending warships and destroyers to Paraguay. LABOUR NEWSPAPER TO BE ESTABLISHED. (Received January 26, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, January 25 At tfie- Birmingham conference, Mr Ramsay Mac Donald announced that a company wa!s formed, with a capital of £150,000, to establish a daily newspaper.* Trade unions andothers have promised £60,000. CARTERS' STRIKE. OWING TO COMRADE'S DISMISSAL. (Received January 26, 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 25.. Three-fourths of the carters employed by the Great Northern Railway Company, London, have struck owing to the dismissal of a comrade for refusing to do porters' work.

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. RECIPROCAL PROPOSALS. OLD AGE PENSIONS. (Received January 26, 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, January 26. Tlie Hon. A. Fisher, Federal Prime Minister, in an interview with Mr E. D. Hoben, of Palmerston North, pointed out tHiat reciprocity would build up a .great shipping trade and cause constant interchange of people and intermarriage of two peoples having so much in common. The late Mr Se'ldon's reciprocal agreement did not go far enough. To show his bona fides Mr Fisher was prepared to take the first practical step by entering into a reciprocal arrangement witlh' regard to old age pensions. There were many ex-Austra 1ians in New Zealand who were technically barred through the residence conditions, and there were New Zealand-

ersin Australia who wero similarly disqualified. Ho was willing to reciprocate in removing such disabilities so that tlio pension .schemes of the two countries .mfgjht medt all legitimate Australasian cases. He Mould begin just as soon as the necessity legislation could be passed iby either side. .Ho hoped such a would lead to reciprocity on other matters to the material advantage oF both countries. ENGLISH TENANT FARMERS. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. RECOMMENDED. (Received Ja mi airy 26, 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 25. The Agricultural Department com mit-tee's report on the position of tenant farmers, recommends the establishment of a land bank to make advances to enable tenants to. purchase their holdings and a scheme whereby tihe State would purchase the estates as a measure of protection against *'«» tenants' dispossession.

The report also demands extend-xl notices being sent to tenants in the event of a sale.

WOOL SALES. (Received January 2G, S a.m.) LONDON, January 35. . At the wool sales "tihe, following prices were realised: —Rakaitai Lop, IOJd ; average, lOd ; Teviotdale, I 3? 4 d to 13|d. (Received January 26, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, January 95. The woo! sales have again been postponed on account of fog.

DESPERATE LITIGANT. SHOOTS TWO LAWYERS. ' ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. (Received January 26. 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 26 Veran, a wine merchant, after losing a case before the Marseilles tribunal, exclaimed, "I am ruined," and fatally sfoot,' with a revolver, a rival lawyer. The attendants sprang on Veran, who wrenched himself free and shot another rival lawyer, and then attempted to commit suicide. The litigants and lawyers fled amid a panic. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. MANY LIVES LOST. (Received January 26, 11.30 a.m.) PEKIN, January 25. Biindre&s of houses were destroy;*! [and many, persons killed.or injured by Ms explosion <if a powder store at olet Siudun, near Kulja, in Eastern Mongolia.