CABLE BRIEFS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 9 October 1912, Page 5

CABLE BRIEFS

1 •:■ Mil MAUCCNI CONTRACT. : (iv:.v! ived Lait -Night, 10.5 o'clock) LONDON, October 8. j The Government has referred the Marconi contract to a Select Committee of the House. THE INSURANCE ACT. (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) " LONDON, October 8. The newspapers state that Cabinet has agreed to grant a further sum of £1,000,000 for medical benefits under the insurance Act. giving the doctor;-, 7s Gd per patient. A LABOUR, PAPER. (Eeceived Last -Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 8. A Labour morning daily, called the Daily Citizen, has been published. Mr Ramsay Macdonald is at the head of the Board of Directors, and 11-10 trade union and Labour Party branches are. among the shareholders. BARRY AND DURNAN. (.Received Last Night. 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 8. Barry and Durnan have completed their deposits for the sculling match for the championship of the world. Beth are lit and well. Daman is finding the whole of his own stake, 1 while Barry Is finding £350. Durnan, in ,an address to London oarsmen, stated that it was impossible for a northern sender to be successful in Australia, owing to the climate. HON T. MACKENZIE. (.Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 8. The Hon T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, is due to arrive at Plymouth to-day. LORD DENIMAN'S EVICTION. (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 8. The Telegraph states that the cir- j eumstances attending Lord Denman's J expulsion from Sydney are scarcely creditable to the New South Wales Ministry. SHORTAGE IN SUGAR CROP. (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) BUENOS AYRES, October 8. There is a shortage of 90,000 tons in the sugar crop. The President of the i Republic has lowered the duty by 2 ) cents, and is inviting tenders for the [ supply of the shortage. AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. (Received Last Night. 10.5 o'clock.) WASHINGTON, October 8. 'Die.Australian cricketers won their match by 303 runs against .118. They' have begun an match against Philadelphia, colts. The latter, in their first innings, scored 188. The Australians have three wickets down for If) rur.s. - i