NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wairarapa Age, 14 February 1927, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

At Twickenham, in dull and foggy weather, before an attendance of forty thousand, England beat Ireland at Rugby by eight points to six. At Wrexham, in dull weather, fifteen thousand people saw England draw with Wales at Soccer, three all. A man named J. Thomas, wanted by the Perth (West Australia) police in connection with the murder of Mrs. Martin and her son, reported, on Tuesday last, was found dead in the scrub near a river south of Perth. He had apparently shot himself. A battalion of women formed and led by a twenty-year-old girl, assisted the Nicaraguan Conservative forces recently to recapture the town of Chinandego from the Liberal troops. Sixteen women were wounded while passing ammunition to soldiers in the trenches. The leader of the women’s battalion, Natalie Garcia, was shot in tho breast and is in a serious condition. A message from Calixico (California) by way of New York, states that several Imperial Valley towns were shaken by severe earthquakes on Saturday morning. The chief damage reported is the crashing in the streets of building cornices weakened by the New Year’s Day tremors. A phenomenal snowstorm has paralysed the island of Corsica, burying thirteen woodcutters in a hut, and two trains near Vizzavona. Ski-shod troops are provisioning tho villages. A Melbourne message states that during the second race at Caulfield on Saturday, fire broke out in the Guinea Stand. The occupants refused to leave the stand until the race was finished. They then came down with a rush and watched the structure burn to the ground. The damage is estimated at £50,000. Tho racing was not interfered with. There was no water ''available for fire fighting. Owing to the coal strike, it is reported from Melbourne, three colliers arc already laid up, and the crews have been paid off. Unless fihe trouble ends soon, the number will be largely increased.

Bush fires continue to rage in many parts of Victoria. In the van of one big party of fire-fighters in the Yarna Valley are Lord Somers. Governor of the State and his personal staff. Many appeals for help have been received. The responses are gratifying ,but the danger is not yet past. There have been many thrilling rescues. In the Camperdown district, a sheep farmer named L. Speed, and his two sons aged two and four respectively, were burned to death.