VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10552, 7 February 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.,' BRIDGE BREAKS. THREE PERSONS DROWNED. OTHERS NARROWLY ESCAPE. (Received February 6, noon.) OTTAWA, February 5. The Niagara Fails ice bridge broke in mdld weather. Mr and Mrs Stanton, of Toronto, and a lad of seventeen were earned down the stream and drowned. Four others escaped to the shore in the nick of time. Had the accident happened Later a hundred peoplo would have been imperilled, as the crowd was arriving for the purpose of venturing out on the ice bridge. THE HEAT WAVE. 1 RECORD FIRES. j THRILLING EXPERIENCES. (Received February 6, 10.30 a..m.) ADELAIDE, February 6. The fire in the hills is still burning fiercely, and is easily the biggest on, record. ' The damage amounts to £150,000. Many homesteads have been destroyed, and settlers are having thrilling experiences. MR CLEMENT WRAGGE. PREDICTS DROUGHt. (Received February 6, 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 6. Mr Clement Wragge has repeated his prediction that the rainfall will be below the average until 1916, although the drought will be less severe than previous ones. ESPIONAGE. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. SENTENCE UNJUSTIFIABLE. (Received February 6, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 5. The Times states that no Englishman can accept Stewart's sentence as , justifiable. .... TKe Standard declare that tihe ver- ~ s diet ; is ; > No doubt the agent of the provocateur; - f

WILL A NEW TRIAIeBE S "OUTRAGEOUS AND VINDICTIVE SENTENCE." (Received February 6, 11 a.m.) LONDON, February 5. Mr Arkwriglit writes to the papers stating that Captain Stewart, who was convicted of espionage at Leipzic, is a man of the highest integrity, and was beloved by his contemporaries at Eton and honoured by his professional colleagues. The writer says the Government must demand a new trial. The Globe describes the sentence as outrageous and vindictive. The newspapers are generally astonished at the weight the judges gave to the unsupported testimony of an escaped convict. •

_ THEIR MAJESTIES. I .RETURN TO LONDON. J ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. i (Received February 6, 11 a.m.) !' LONDON, lTebraary 5. | Dowager Q,ueen AJejcajvdra, the | Prince of Wales and Princess Victoria I boarded tlie; :Meditija at j and accompanied their majesties to 'London. I The party was accorded an enthusiastic welcome at Victoria station, where they were met by Cabinet Ministers and Ambassadors. "STARVATION DOCTOR" CASE. GUILTY OF MURDER, RELEASED ON BAIL. (Received February 6, noon. NEW YORK, February 5. i Mrs Hazzard, the "starvation, doctor," was found guilty of the murder j of the girl Claire Williamson. She ha.s l>een released on bail of £2OOO pending <an appeal to the Supremo Court.