VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

(United Presi Associatwn — By Elwtric Telegraph — Oopitriyht.,' LABOUR UNREST. • Tin: co^TTHiio nm AGREEMENT EXPECTED. (Received Fehnm ty 2- 1 , 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, February 27. I Th/>. miners and coal owners con- I ferret! with tho Premier and it is \ officially stated that an agreement is ! ■ expected this afternoon. HOPES OF SETTLEMENT. NOT REALISED. MANY THOUSANDS "GO OUT." 1 (Received February 28, 10.55 a.m.) ; . LONI>ON, Feioruary 27'. Hopes of a. settlement of the coal , dispute prevailed during the morning ainoiiig the delegates, but up to the present these hopes have- not been re- j alised. I The' Premier, in. the House of Com- ) mons at 4 o'clock, said he was unable j to make a. statement. There have 'been 'many conferences with the Premier, first by one. side and then by tho other. The conference (between Ministers, owners and miners is still sitting. . The Miners' Federation Conference, j representing every district in the j United Kingdom, has opened. • i Besides the 2000 who struck, yesterday, an additional 22,000 nu'ftfi/s in j Derbyshire and .several thousaaida : in South Yorkshire and 'eight thousand in.'-Notthighamstiire have; struck, : a£ter refusing'the Federation's request not . to strike.until Thursday.- •. • - The men.' lairgue that with such enor'mbus stocks of coal there is sure to be a short*time after the settlement,,-so I they' may as well play for time, on 'strike ipa.y. ; . . . - Ten thousand men in Warwiclisliire, where the minimum wage already prevails, balloting whether they will obey tho order to strike. . , j'

CONFERENCE ADJOURNED. (Received. Feburary 28, 8.50 avm.) " .- LONDON, February 27., } The conference between the .miners, mine owners, and Cabinet Ministers lias adjourned until to-morrow morning.- i .' r ■ ■ ■ .. ■'■ ' ■ y , BRISBANE STRIKE. MEN RETURN TO WORK. '.-■ TERMS OF "RESUMPTION. J - (Received February 28, 10.15 «.in.) i February 28. ' Meetings of the bricklayers', boot operatives', Intilders' labourers' and plasterers' iHlions decided by a secret balot to return'so jvwk immediately. A deputation, from the plumbers and carpenters waited on Mr. Barnes, Minister for -Public Works, .and asked to bo reinstated. Mr Barnes said that they would be taken back on the distinct understanding that their first duty wouß be to "the Government arid not to any oiitsido organisation. TRIPOLITAN WAR. TURKISH: STEAMER;<MPTUR|D;j Wiffl MUNITIONSvOF WAR) (Received February 28, 9.30,a,m.) ..'-.'. ROME, February 27.: A steamer conveying 250 tons ■ of j Turkish, munitions was captured in Sicilian waters. casualties at bfjrut. ' russianslnoluded. (Received February 28, 10.5 a.m.) . CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 27. , Those killed at Beirut included two officers and twenty of the crews of tha warships and thirty-six inhabitants^ Fifty-six were wounded,, including some Russians. . , DUAL MURDER, j SHOCKING DETAILS. j MURDERER CONFESSES TO THE 1 , GRIME. I (Received Feibrvaiy 28, 8.5 a.m.) .■■;'■ NFW YORK,- February 27. Mrs Brown and John . Aldern were found oh" the roadside ait Tacoma/ap'-; parentlv battered to death with a ■club. ••■.* ■' •..:■!■ The husband of Mrs Brcnvn confess-,

Ed to murder in the second degree. Ho stated that lie quarrelled with his wife, and lay in wait for her and ATdcm and struck them down. His wife rose, but ho pursued her, killing her with a blow on tho head. THIRD NAVAL POWER. AMERICA'S POSITION. CREATION OF WIRELESS STATIONS. (Received February 28, 8.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 27. Testifying before the Naval Affairs Committee, Mr Meyer, Secretary for tho Navy, declared that if the United States did not build two battleships yearly, Japan, by 1916, would have wrested from her the position of tho tbird naval Power. I Mr Meyer demanded a. million, dollars for the creation of -wireless stations to keep tho American warships in touch with Washington, similar to the plan followed iby the British Admiralty. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MR ROOSEVELDT'S CANDIDATURE. CAUSES NO SURPRISE. (Received February 28, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 27. Stock exchange circles profess no surprise at Mr Roosevelt's determination to re-enter politics and contest the Presidential election. Stocks were .reactionary because of the threatened English coal strike, but were hardly affected by Mr Roosevelt's attitude. A STORY DISCUSSED. OFFER OF CAVALRY REGIMENT. (Received February 2S, 8.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 27. Political circles are discussing a > story to the effect that Mr Roosevelt during the late Mexican.-; rebellion, offered to send a regiment of cavalry if an ""invasion was deckled upon. It is believed that President Taft did not receive the offer cordially. THE-MEXICAN REBELLION. A TOWN THREATENED. ';;';..'' " : (Receiyed > 'FeT^'rua.rJ^•2B,' , B:s ; a\iri;) ; '!;^ T.'..':. vMEXICoSrYi February 27. /• •,The-town; of Juarez, is threatened by the rebels under Campa; tho-re-volutionary leader, who is advancing. i He declares that if ho is opposed he [ will take the lives of foreigners. ! Much alarm prevails. STEAMER FOUNDERED. . THIRTY-TWO PERSONS DROWNED. (Received, February 28, 9.50 a.m.) BRUSSELS, February 27. The steamer' Deliverance foundered in, the Kemange river and thirty-two persons were drowned. ROWING. THE CAMBRIDGE CREW. (Received February 28, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, February 27. The personnel of the Cambridge crew has been settled, and D. C. Collins, the New Zealander, will row number two.