VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10558, 13 February 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

j (United Press Association —By 1:1 ! trie Telegraph—Copyright BRISBANE STRIKE. probabllTcollapse. INTEREST CENTERED IN CONFERENCE. (Received February 12, 9.35 a.m.) BRISBANE, February 12. Appearances (point to the probability of itlio strike collapsing. (Mr 'Coyne, president of tho Tramwaymen's Union, addressing a, mass mooting, admitted that .some of the strikers had broken away from the unions and lie appealed to tho others to remain firm, promising victory within a week. Tlie aimouncement was received without entllvusiasm. Interest now centres in the compulsory conference to be held in Melbourne. LORD HALDANE. VISIT TO GERMANY. PRESENT FROM KAISER, (Received February I'2, 8.-15 a.m.) BERLIN, February 11. The Kaiser sent Lord HaUla-rao a bronze bust of •liiniselt as a token -of the interest taken by Lord Haldaiic in .the Anglo-German rapproachinent. FLOODS IN SPAIN. 15,000 PEOPLE IDLE. j TORRENTIAL RAINS. (Received Febmatry 12, MADRID, February 11. King Alfonso received an ovation wlnlo touring in the Hooded districts in Andalusia, ! The floods at Seville have rendered 15,000 workers idle, iaiul mndi merchandise has ibeen destroyed. At Huclva torrential rains continue. 1 Eighteen hundred square miles be- ' fcween Cordova and the sea is Hooded, j

THE BINGHARA TRAGEDY. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. HUSBAND'S VERSION. (Received February 12, 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 12. At the inquest on Mrs Ball, whose cbarrcd remains were found in the bush,"Ball, in giving evidence, declared that 'ho shot his wife after .she had taken poiseii. He immediately placed the body in a wheelbarrow, and took it to a paddock, where it was burnt, in the hope of avoiding discovery. The only reason ho had for shooting his wife wa? that she was in: great '"' - v enrM ie, Ho pain through .. ■ ... never quarrelled -w-itH his wife, ai.v. . attributed the reason of her poisoning to the fact that she had long been suf. fering from rheumatism.

RIOTS AT BRUSSELS. SOLDIERS PUT, TO FLIGHT. WOUNDED ON BOTH SIDES. (Received February 12, 8.35 a.m.) BRUSSELS, February 11. A mob of coal miners at Mens attempted to liberate two .strikers, who : bad been, arrested flor lootiivg. ■' Tho gendarmes fired their rifles in I the air, and the moib dispersed, after several soldiers had been injured by stones. In another part of tho town five hundred men pillaged a cart and a detachment of chasseurs charged the mob with bayonets. The enraged crowd attacked thean, forcing the soldiers to fly. Tlie troops subsequently rallied, and j several rioters were wounded. i MR CHURCHILL'S SPEECH. | PRESS OPINIONS. STRONG, FIRM NOTE. , i (Received February 12, 8.5 a.m.) 1 LONDON, February 11. The Times says Mr -Churchill's« speech has struck a strong, firm note, though the word "luxury," describing Germany's fleet, was unwisely chosen. The Germans .must protect their seaborne commerce. AN INOPPORTUNE SPEECH. (Received February 12, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, February 1. The Daily News says the speech of Mr Churchill is inopportune, when Lord Haldane is cultivating the good feelings of Germany. Speeches like Mr Olnirchiil's and uVIr Lloyd-George's, affecting international relations, ought to be reserved to the Premier and' Sir E. Grey. CANDOUR ENDORSED. (Received February 12, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, February 11. The Morning Leader endorses Mr Churchill's candour on tho eve of the efforts beirug made to come to an understanding with Germany. HOME RULE. NON-CONFORIMSTS UNDERSTAND. POPULATION LIKELY TO SHIFT. (Recoived February 12, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON. February 11. Rev. R. F. Horton, formerly chair--1 man of tho Congregational Union of England and Wales, writing to Tho Times, says that tho Non-conformists in England and Wales understand

Ulster's dread of Rome. Non-conformists fool compelled by political principles to support Home Rule. If Ulster's fears were realised, that a shifting population would take place, lie personally hoped the largo Irish population in the English cities would drift back to Ireland, and the Protestants in Ireland would return to England and Scotland. FRANCE AND GIiRMANY. TREATY APPROVED . M. CLEMENCEAU NOT IN FAVOUR. (Received February 12, 8.45 a.m.) PARIS, February 11. By 212 votes to 42, tho Senate approved of tho Franco-Gorman treaty. M. Clemenceati said that sinco .1870 Germany had five times threatened war without provocation. He condemned the cession of Congo, and repudiated tho idea of rapprochement. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. A CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS. (Received February 12, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 11. Ex-Governor Joseph Falk lias withdrawn his candidature for tho Democratic nomination for the Presidency. MR ROOSEVELT TO BE AP- | PROACHED. I A DRAMATIC"ATTEMPT. j (Received February 12. 8.5 a.m.) I .iSHINGTON, February 11. A dramatic attempt is being anado in Chicago to persuade Mr Roosevelt to staoid for the Presidency. , Eight Governors and a number of delegates, representing twenty-eight States, met formally laoid appointed a committee to approach the ex-Presi-dent aaid ask him to .become a, candidate. LABOUR AFFAIRS. SUGGESTED PENALTY. NOT PRACTICABLE. (Received February 12, 8.50 .m.) LONDON, February 11. Ma* D. Thomas, on the South Wales Conciliation Boaxd, suggested that ini future agreements each party should be pledged to, pay £IOO,OOO intho "event 1 of the •' being /broken^ The Miners' leaders thatthe suggestion is impracticable. BOY SOOUTO. MOVEMENT SPREADING. BADEN POWELL COMPLIMENTARY. (Received February 12, 8.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 11. General Baden-Powell reviewed two thousand Boy Scouts at New York, and complimented them on their good work. Ho said ho was pleasfed at tho spread of tho Scout movement in the United States.