VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10566, 23 February 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

. (United Press Association — By trie Telegraph — Copyrujia.,> SCULLING. ARNST'S ARRANGEMENTS. LEAVES FOR ENGLAND IN MARCH. (Received February 22, 9.15 a.m) SYDNEY, February 22. Dick Arnsfc lias authorised James Field, of London, to sign articles with Barry as soon as the latter's money is available. He has booked a passage on the Ot- \\..!\. sailing on March 13th. MISSING AVIATOR. ATTEMPTED FLIGHT. ACROSS LAKE ERIE. (Received February 22, 8.25 a.m.) OTTAWA, February 21. An aviator named Sandt attempted a flight across the frozen Lake Erie, and die is now missing. CHINESE REPUBLIC. I FURTHER FIGHTING. ! (Received February 22, 8.25 a.m.) PEKTN, February 21. j Advices from Ununtsi .state that the ! Imperialists heavily defeated the revolutionaries at the river Hi. Many prisoners were taken, including an officer, who was executed. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. FINAL RESULTS. i LIBERALS LEAD, j (Recpiv..;4'February 22, 10 a.m.) j ■VDKLAIDE, February 22. The final iigures for the South Aus- j tiuiian election are:— . Assembly. , Liberals 24. Labour 16 Council. Liberals 12 Labour 6 ITALIAN LANDING. / OFFICIALLY DENIED, I , I i (Received February 22, 9.10 a.m.) ROME, February 21. J It is officially denied that the Ital- I .inns landed at Faasan Island. j HELPING SUFFERERS. j POPE'S GENEROUS DONATION'. ' (Received February 22, 9.40 a.m.) ROME, February 21, The Pope has sent £IOOO for the 'relief of the sufferers from the flood in Andalusia.

ARBITRATION COURT. UNION BADGE CASE. SUGGESTED SETTLEMENT. (Received February 22, 9.40 a.tv..) MELBOURNE, February 22. In the Arbitration case , witnesses from tho. Adelaide and Melbourne tramway services testified- tlu>t they had been subjected to abuse because they had not ' worn Union badges. The President of the Court stated that he thought he saw a way of ar'rviig at a settlement. A conference was arranged, and the Court adjourned. THE WHEAT MARKET. AN AMERICAN VISITOR. NO DESIGNS ON MARKET. (Received February 22, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 22. Mr H. Patten., a brother of Mr Jas. Patten, the erstwhile American wheat king, has arrived from America. He declares that he has no intention of cornering the wheat market or doing business in Australia. America. is quite a big enough field. MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS. SIXTEEN YEARS' BUILDING. (Received February 22, 9.40 a.m.) BERNE, February 21. After sixteen years' building, the railway lias reached the Juiigfrau

saddle, in the Bernese Alps, 2000 feet below tho top. BULGARIAN TRAGEDY. AN AVENGING CHIEF. ELEVEN PERSONS MURDERED. (Received February 22, 9.40 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Fob. 21. The Bulgarian chief, Donjo, incensed by the refusal of the Bulgarian inmates of a mill at Petrich to support his revolutionary propaganda, raided the mill and eleven unarmed inmates were killed. LEAVE TO APPEAL. NOT GRANTED. IN NEW ZEALAND OASES. (Received February 22, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, February 21. Special leave to appeal under forma pauperis lias been refused by the Appeal Court in the New Zealand cases j of All On v. the Attorney-General, and , Jones v. Lefroy. "A COMEDY OF ERRORS." (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, Last Night. All On, who, according to a cable ha* been refused leave to appeal forma pauperis, was convicted of keeping a common gambling house and fined £2O. Messrs Dolan and Ferguson brought ( the case before, the Appellate Court at Wellington, when the Crief Justice referred to it as a "comedy of errors," but refused to quash the conviction. Mr Jelliooe then appealed in forma pauperis, with the result stated.