CABLE BRIEFS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10715, 7 October 1912, Page 5

CABLE BRIEFS

AS /.'.TRESS'S DEATH

(Received! Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.) LONDON, October 5. The. man Hopwocd, who J:as been arrested in connection with the death of an actress named Dudley, whu-fi occurred in a cab, has been arrested. Ho pleaded that Dudley was accidentally killed while striving to prevent him from committing suicide. PROFESSIOXL GOLF. (.Received Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.) . LONDON, October 5. Harry Vardon defeated Ray in the professional golf tournament by putt 0.. the last green. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. LONDON, October 5. Tho Bight Hon.. Reginald McKenna, sneaking at Blaenaron, Wales, stated th.it the -Go", eminent would ! stand or fall by the Welsh Disestab- | li.-ument Bill NICARAGUA. (R:(ri.•<,-:'• last Night, 5.5. o'clock.') WASHINGTON, October 5. I The State Department has been informed that tho Nicaraguan Governnrjiir force have recaptured Uasaya. A CHINESE LOAN. (Received Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.) LONDON, October 5. The Chinese Legatiou siys that the Belgian Railway .Syndicate loan is a revival of an old-standing agreement, and will not bo issued until next year. THE TITANIC FUND. (Received Last Night. 5.5. o'clock. 1) | LONDONy October 5. In connection with '.he Mansicr ! House fund in aid of tho sufferers by tho wreck of the Titanic, it h proposed to fix benefits ranging from 12s to 40s weekly where there are bo children, and from 19s to T7> weekly where there are families. A BrG DRY DOCK. (Received Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.) LISBON, October 5. The Government is constructing a dry dock at Lorenzo Marquoz to cost £250,000, and to accommodate 16,000 ton vessels. AN "ULSTER CONVINCED." (Received Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.) LONDON, October 5. Sir Rufu.s Isaacs, Attorney-Gene-ral, speaking at Edinburgh, said the Government was still ready to treat the minority generously. The solution that was sought was an "Ulster convinced," and not an •"Ulster coc••cod." FIVE PERSON'S INJURED. (\pop.o 0-o 'v\"\S. v 'l SALONIKA. Of :ol <r 5. A bomb wrecked the Market Place at S-.-res. Five persons were injured. The Mnhommedans murdered a Greek, mistakenly supposing him to be the perpetrator of the outrage. CAMPAIGN FUNDS. MR ROOSEVELT TESTIFIES. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) WASHINGTON, October 5. Mr Roosevelt, testifying before the Senate Committee regarding campaign contributions for the last Presidential election, denied the authorisation of receipt of any donations from trust magnates, and demanded the expulsion of Mr Penrose from the Senate, on the ground that Mr Penrose was an enemy to his country's good. WOOL SALES. LONDON". Octob?r 5. The following prices 'have been realised for the fleece portions of the. clips named:—"Murchison." top 23d. averacr,-. ,20-Jd ; "Hastings." 15.kl nm'l 113 d: "Thistle," 12Jd and lljd. MELBA OYATIONED. (Received This Morning 12.15 o'clock) LONDON. October 6. Madame Alelba received an ovation at the Albert Hall. She was presented with a life-sized kangaroo of red ch-vsanthoinums. THE AMERICA CUP. (■Received This Morning 12.45 o'clock) Sir Thomas Linton has sailed for New York. He hopes to get the rules of the America Cup modified. He will then issue n challenge. AVIATOR KILLED. (Received October 5. 8.55 a.m.} NEW YORK, October I. Mr Charles Walsh, an aviator, fell and was killed at Trenton, in the presence of 50.000 spectators. MEXICAN WAR LOAN. nU'.-eivod October 5, 10.32 a.m.'i MEXICO CITY. Ootdbcr I. The Government is floating a war loan of twenty million pesos. 'A peso varies in value from 3s 1 }d to Is'2d.) LORD KITCHENER, (Received October 5, .9.40 a.m.) CAIRO, October -I. Lord. Kitchener. British Agent in Egypt, who has returned from a visit, to England, whore he went for health reasons, received a welcome here. STRIKE AT ROSYTH. (Received October 5. 0.45 a.m.'i LONDON, October 4. The strike at the Rosyth naval base woTks is approaching a settlement. Hundreds of the navvies have returned to work under the old conditions*