VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10661, 17 June 1912, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

A WiIN FOR SUNBURNT,

(Received Last .Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, June 16. At the Canterbury Park meeting, yesterday, the Flying Handicap wa;s won. iby Smmouirnt, with George Gunn second and Yiaiiir'uui third. There were fourteen! staii'tens. Sunburnt won by a neck, in lmin. Asi£secis. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, June 16. In the Professional Golf Champ iornship" of New South Wales, Soutar beat Lefevre, seven up and .five to go- . ; ; In tho AmaiteiirGhamrokmsn-ip, Apperley boat Reading,, six up and five ■to go. • - ;',.'■. BILLIARDS. (Received' La&t'Night,, 5.5 o'clock.) '■ ",.: '. v ASYTSiNW;'Jim* 16. '■■' Lindtuim' na's scored 16,000, including a break of 448. Wil.lia.nfs;' score is ~1,}„56j6, #p, highest break | being, '268"" ' ' \ , ... MELBOURNE, June 16. has scored 9000 and Diggle 5370.

ATHLETICS. CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. "(Received' Last Night, 5.5 o Jock.) , SYDNEY,"June-16. The Five-mile- Cvoss-coiitatry Oliam-. pionship was toil hf Frazer, of South Sydney, ins SSmiiris. 22-Jseas. A WHEAT RECORD. IMMENSE YIELD IN CANADA. (Received Last Night/5.5 o'clock.) OTTAWA:, June 15. '■■ The greatest sfpnag wheat crops in' the history of Canada are predicted, ■' The estimke'd yield is 250,000,000 bushels. A TRAIN SMASH. '■'■ : THREE : LOST. I (Received-■■' Last Night/ 5: : 5 o'clock.) OTTAWA, June 15. Hii a train wreck at Moose Jaw, "two two firemen., and two brakesmen, were killed, while a dozen passengers were injured. The,cars fell down a gulch. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. , CANADA'S SHAME. (Received Las.t Night, 5.5 o'clock.) • LONiDON, J-nme 15. The' Slight Hon. R. L. Bdrden, Prime ,MimistGr of Canada., 3ias arriv«?d. He will remain for three weeks. Ke is the fifiih Canadian Minuter in England.. The' chief object of the visit is to discuss the question/ of Canada's share in <t'he Imperial defence sclieme. It.is Intended to proffer immediate arid effective aid.

COLONIAL AFFAIRS. THE KING INTERESTED. •' (Received Last Niight,, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, June 15. '. After ItJiei'i* Buckingham! Palace reception! to .tlhe delegates ,to the Chamber, of Commerce Congnass, their Majesties the King .and Queen! had pro-

longed conversations with, Messrs Phijp afcd il ; !ax)ccni, of - Australia-, on colonial affairs-. ALASKAN VOLCANOES. TERROR-STRICKEN INDIANS. FLOCKING- TO THE COAST. (Received Last Night,, 5.-5 o'clock.) . OTTAWA, June 15, Tewoisstricken Indians are flocking to the- coast ifroui the volcanic regions of Alaska. : Thiey report that there is a consid-erable'death-rol'l. . :, •-■■ •:• Some of the villages are a foot deep in ashes. Gaminerics have been compelled to stop .through the wafer being clogged with ashes. ( , .• AN AERIAL CONTEST; ABANDONED IN AUSTRALIA. (Received La/if; r . SYDNEY, April \&\ , About 60,0d0 people' aroemhled -cti the Ascot 'racecourse, and a 'big crowd at Pfanramaifata, to witness the firsft aeiial contest bc'Ueen Hart (an Australian,) and Stone! (ani American) 'from .Ascot to Parramatit'a and back. iAftiar .circling the grounds, the fliers •decided that the .weather was unfavtouralrjle, ; and /abandoned the contest.

A STONEWALL OF AUSTRIAN DEFENCE BILL. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) VIENNA, June 15. The Ruithevian I'cpvitdcs, profiting fty tftie Govei:r.ar.c-n,t's anxiety to .pays l;he Deifence BDI, ailed! nho ♦/measure in an atteiript to foice the icreation of a. Lemhorg University. One De'puty spoA« ,iui*nterruptedlj Ifor thirteen ■■hours,. f.md was removed in an unconscious condition. A IVHt'R€HANT'S BEQUEST. TO HIS EMPLOYEES. fßeceived. Last Night, 5.5 o' clock-.) v ST. PETERSBURGy Junei #&.';" a ; Germain merchant, ait Moscow, has bequeathed his buisii-'' ■n«e, with a for'tune of htffl a million, ; to hiis employees. ' MURDER AND SUICIDE. THROUGH FINANCIAL WORRIES (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) VIENNA, June 1.5. 'RftshendorfeSr; (a' ' scthodlmaster), with his wife and eldest to, poisoned' three younger •memibers of the fam. ily with cyanide of pot aseium, and 'them.' conumitted ©uioide. Financial worries are supposed to have been 'the cause.

STEAMER DETAINED. BY BELGIAN .AUTHORITIES. (Received Last Night), 5.5 o'clock.) BRUSSELS, Jaime 15. ) . The autorities at Zeasruggi detained the GMiasgow ,st earner Edith, feaispecting that she was about to emibark ISO Portuguese Royalists a<nd 50,000 cases' 'of ammunition.

A MEDICAL CASE. DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. (Received June, 15, 1 p.im.) LONDON, June 14. Dr Robent Bell, the exponent of the system of. treating cancel' by dieting, without li av.i'n g ."recourse ito an operation, lias been awarded! £2OOO damages, with coats, for libel against the Bi'iitksh Medical Association, 'and Dr E. F. Bashford, Principal of .ttie Imperial dancer Research 'lnstitute, for alleging in itli&—British |Mied"ical Jouirjial tliat Dr Bell was a quack. Many leading dioctcuis gave evidence. They mostly disagreed with <th!e Belli system, but said it was worthy Of 'consideration. HISTORIC GUN. (Received June 15, 1 p.m.) ■ .-'Jnn* u -. The (proposal'to .retnjlrni' to'the Americans a liae'torie -gito •caiptmral -"by the British at Bunkeu' Hill during the American War : of Independence lias aroused ifierc© opposition. , The proposal was made in. conjuinoI tion wftli "Tlie Hundred 'Years' "Peace I CeM> ration."