VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 15 July 1912, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

LABOURERS' STRIKE.

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association—By ~ffl&r> trie Tdegraph— Copyright.)

FOR HIGHER WAGES,

(Received July 13, 11.12 a'.m.)

OTTAWA, July 12,

A thousand labourers employed b$ * the mai'nicipsiity have struck , foil " Mgjher wages. They- paraded the streets, in tian hi/dating other employees.; The .police interfered, and disfordcrly; 3 '.scenes followed. ; Several arrests have been made. ; EXPLOSION OF FLOUR DUST* FOUR KILLED, TEX INJURED, (Received July 13, 8.55 a.m.) BERLIN, July 12. An explosion cf* flour dust wrecked a mill at Madgeburg. Four ctf the .workmen' were killed •and ten injured. SYMPATHETIC STRIKES. FRENCH PROPOSAL BEFORE CONGRESS. (Received July 13, 8.55 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 12. The Interna,-flio'jial Mineirs' Cbngrevss', without declaring i,n favour of the French proposal that when raiii■ers iai o'ni3 country ietrike those of other nations ishouM Strike in sympathy, has (referred the 1 subject to the> Interaialfcional Committee for report at the next Qongresls. "CRIFFO" ARRESTED. ! BEGGING IN' NEW YORK STREETS. (Received July 13, 8.55 a.m.) • NEW YORK, July 12. Albert Griffith, better known as "Griffo," the ex-liglit-wteight champion iboxer of Australia, has been arrested on a. dharge of begging. He ©fated he was fctarvtng. He had won.' a fortune in the prize ring, and had. Squandered it. STRIKE IN FRANCE. A GRAVE SITUATION.(Received July 13, 10 a.m.) PARIS, July 12. The situation at Dunkirk is grave. Dockedte, iseamen, ooal heavens, car-"* •men, and lightermen are all idle. The journal Echo d,e Paris* .states that the lack k>f properly trained' icrewis on vessels sailing to Algiers is 'a sea'ious danger. The officers are doing .most of 'the 'work. In; some cases ftflie .crew were made up .of unemployed waiters, chauffeurs, inusio ■hall art-fete, and watchmakers. . V BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. GREAT ORANGE DEMONSTRATION. (Received Jufiy 13, 9.20 a,.m.) LONDON, July 12. At the <an!nivensary -of the Battle of (the Boyne in Bdfladt, notwithstanding a don'n.pciuir of rain, 55,000 Orangemen m&rched tlntough the princi!pa:l streets. , A'n attempt by women' Catholics to deabroy aji Orange- arch led to i&ftone'Ulirowing. The (police used their batons on the mob. A windiow wae 'sm!aeili'ed, and some of the. (policemen liad to ibe taken to the hospital. There were (also diisitunbaiiilces in; other districts. The Right Bon. Frederick Smith" (Unionist member for liverpoo>l) was the principal speaker. He .saaid Home ißmle <was the iblrazencst. paradox in. modern politics. If <he was an Ulster Protestant he would rattier be Iru3ed by the Sultan from Oottwtantinopile than Joseph Devlin).

LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY. (Received July 13, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 13. The Liberal Aissoeiation; Conference rejected the mbtioii! tl ? a refbrendtuii slhould be takeai at next General Elections regarding the introduction of the totalisatc-r. The conference approved a motiontlfat the Liberal party diould introduce legislation pibv'idfiinig for advaaivcfcsi of money at a iow rate of interest on a.pfpi'oved free'hoM, security to people, enabling them to liuild their owrf Homes in any part of /the State. AVIATOR KILLED. AEROPLANE CAUGHT BY WIND. Received This tMcnniing, -12.30 o'clock. NEW YORK, July 14. Victor Smith, ani amateur \aviator, was billed in the Paloalto district, where his aeroplane was caught by a g-uslb taf wind a'nd dal'.'hed to the earth. Kimiitih lield the world's amateur ariat'on speed record. • DEFECTIVE CORNED BEEF. TRADER SENT TO GAOL. Received July 13, 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 13. David Weir, ifhidiing a© the East London Produce Company, hay been sentenced to four months-' iirptis-O!?-ment for purchasing defective timieth corned 'beef (and .re-selling it for lui-, mat* cofnteumpifcion. Sixty tins wore discovered ,to 'be .bad.