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(United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) HILL GROVE 'HUGELY. EVIDENCE AT.INQUEST. (Received January 30, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 30. Tlio evidence at the inquest on Watson, tlio victim of the Hill Grove tragedy, showed that, bad blood existed between; the deceased and Skinner, tlio man under arrest, owing to the latter paying attention to Watson's daughter against the parents' wishes. The two men had frequent, quarrels and Skinner threatened Watson. The inquest has been adjourned. DROUGHT. STILL CONTINUES. SERIOUS SCARCITY OF WATER. (Received January 30, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 30. The drought has not yet broken, and many districts are suffering severely from the scarcity of water.
The Thiirlemere Consumptives Sanatorium has been dosed for a similar reason.
I The outlook for farmers is getting serious. HURRICANE IN SOUTH SEAS, HEAVY DAMAGB. WIRELESS INTERRUPTED. (Received January 30, 12 noon.) . SUVA, January 29. Labasa reports by wireless that a hurricane and flood were experienced on Sunday. The glass fell to 28.28. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. The Rewa river is flooded. The damage to crops is reported at 20 per cent. ; .Wireless with the Tavinui is interrupted. BRISBANE TRAMWAYS. ACUTE POSITION. WORK TO CEASE, (Received January 30, 9 a.m.) BRISBANE, January 30. Tlie Employers Federation' gives an unqualified denial to the statement that it is backing the manager of the Tramway Company. The secretary of the combined unions last night issued an ' ultimatum that as.no attempt has been made by the Tramway Company to settle the dispute all members of unions must cease work at six to-night. The indications poin,t strongly to a general strike.
NEW TRIBES DISCOVERED. IN SOLOMON ISLANDS. REMNANTS OF REAL ABORIGINES. Received January 30, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 30. - Doctor Fazzi, a German scientist, has arrived from a twelve months ex?ploration of the German Solomon Islands. " In. the island of Bougainville he discovered two tribes that thad never seen a White man. They lived in the mountains and were remnants of the real aboriginal population. In the German Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago and German. Guinea, large tracts awaited scientific exploration. - -. */••-.. There are numerous trdbes who never come into contact with Europeans. i
PREMATURE SUICJDE. FINANCIAL TROUBLES. (Received January 30,11.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 29. At T&ooma, a bookkeeper named H. M. Forbes committed suicide, owing to financial troubles, the day before news arrived that a fortune .had been left him by a rich aunt in Massachusetts. SEVERE WEATHER. IN ENGLAND. FROSTS AND FLOODS. ',; January 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON, January 29. Twenty degrees of frost have been recorded in many parts of England. The floods are abating. HAIRDRESSERS' UNION. INCREASE IN PRICES. (Received, January.3o, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 30. The hairdressers have increased the price of a shavo to Id and a hair cat to 9d from February sth, 'with corresponding concessions to. employees.
TURKEY AND ITALY. PEACE TO BE ARRANGED. BY GERMAN MINISTER. (Received January 30, 9.5 a.m.) PARIS, January 29. The Journal de Debats considers Herr von Kiderlin-Waechter's (German Minister for Foreign Affairs) visit to Rome is intended to prepare a coup and to arrange for a TuxcoItalian peace on the basis of Turkey's accession to the Triple Alliance, which is due for renewal in 1913. HEROIC RESCUE. BRAVERY OF POLICEMEN. (Received January 30, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Januaiy 29. Two policemen and a fireman 'were removed to the hospital, being inijured in heroically rescuing three children from fire and dense smoke' iir a .'house in Mile End-road. Neighbours rescued two other children.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10546, 31 January 1912, Page 3
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