CABLE BRIEFS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 1 October 1912, Page 5

CABLE BRIEFS

CABLE_NEWS (United Frasa Association — IBs 2<l*ctme Takgfaph — Copyright.)

THE BINGHAM MJISK3

{Received September 30, 1.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, September. 29. The situation at the Bingham mines, Utah, continues serious.. . Further bloodshed is feared. FIRE AT CALAIS. .(JRiecrciT'cd September 30, 1.15 p.m.) PARIS, September 29. The Chamber of Commerce warehouses at Calais were burnt. The damage exceeds half a million francs (£20,800). MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. {Received September 30, 1.10 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Sept-ember 29. A magazine at Fancheng, northwest. -®f Wuchang, exploded, one hundred persons were killed. STRANGE FATALITY. (Received September 30., 9,30 a.m.) VIENNA, September 29.

A mishap compelled M. Iliner, an aviator, .-to suddenly descend at Aussig, Bohemia. In avoiding a crowd ho alighted in a field, and the propcllor of his machine killed a farmer's wife, and grievously.injured her husband. LORD ROBERTS' BIRTHDAY. (Received September 30, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 29. In celebration of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts' eightieth birthday, thousands of workers inarched to Firth Park, Sheffield, where they passed resolutions in favour of universal military training. . Thei National Service League, with a membership of one hundred thousand, is i arranging similar meetings in Manchester, Plymouth, nnct many other towns.

CABLE SPINNERS. (Received September 30, 8.36 , LONDON, September 29. ! The Operative Spinners' Amalgamation is discussing the Brooklands agreement. They ask for an advance of from 5 per cent to 10 per cent if a fair test shows that frequent warping and breaking are due. to inferior cotton. ■:

WAR INEVITABLE: (Received. Scsitemjier. 30. 0.-10. a.m.) •.<SYDNEY.,-'September 30. VrofeKsbr Anderson Stuart lias returned 'from" a visit to Europe. Hesays' be is convinced; .thfli an .outbreak of war is inevitable. It is impossible to say : 'whether "it will v be to-moi'i!ftw or. be staved off far a few years. Tlie state of apprehension'existing is quite extraordinary.

HEAVY DEATH DUTIES. '(Rocuievd L'-st Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON. September 30. An additional £917,000 in death' duties has lieou sccwivd 'iff- -the reswearing i f three large estates, including that of the laic Mr H. O. Wills, of the well-known tobacco iinn. MINING TROUBLE. (Recoievd List Night., 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON. September 30. Tlio anthracite district of Soutli Wales Miners' Federation, with a nembership of 18,Q00, decided to break away from the Federation, and to conduct their own affairs as a protest against the Federation's adoption of centralisation by the abolition'districts. PLAGUE. (Roceievd List Night, 10JS o'clock.) LONDON, September 30.. A sailor on a Hamburg steamer died from pl.igue.

AN ACTOR'S DEATH. (Receievd La-st Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, September 30. Francis Dudley, a music hall performer, was shot thrice and killed in a taxi-cab, in Fenchuroh Street. His companion, Edward Hopwood, believed to be a professional man, was ar-res-tr;] while attempting suicide. ADMIRAL RICHARDS. (Received This Morning, 12.10 o'clock.) LONDON, September 30. The- death is announced of Admiral Richards, who served on the Australian station in the early 'fifties. Admiral Sir Fredrick. William Richards was born in 1883, and entered the Royal Navy in 18-18. He became commander in 1800, rear-admiral in 1882. and admiral in 1893. He commanded at different times the South African, East Indian and China stations, and was admiral of the fleet from 1898-1903. He- was also Senior Lord Af the Admiralty from 18931899.