WEDNESDAY'S CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12649, 10 November 1905, Page 7

WEDNESDAY'S CABLES.

United Frees Association.—Copyright. Received November 8, 8.11 a.m. LONDON, .November 7. Reuter'e .Agency, officially contradicting the statement originating in Auktnalia, denies that 'Mi* Lytteuon's <te«patoh re the Asiatic clauses in tihe West Australian .Factories Act is peremptory •in tone. ST. JOHN'S, November 7. The Newfoundland Government maintains tihat the Americans infringe the treaty of 1818 in hiring Newfoundlanders outside the tihree-mil© limit, or in Canadian ports, to help catch herrings ■in Newfoundland 'waters. The concession re fishery privileges is confined to inhabitants of the United States. .MELBOURNE, November 7. A punb -which capsized in the Saltwater River, near Flemington Racecourse, had on board 24 persons, several oi whom were intoxicated. It 16 believed five lives) 'have been lost." The bodies of a boy named l>ciusett and a 'man named McOa'be have been recdvered. The Federal Cfoyernment is considering the question of purchasing some obsolete warships at 'auction in England. SYDNEY, November B.^ Eight of the best business places in Ooraki have been destroyed fl>y fire. The insurances amount to £300, but the damage is considerably 'above that. Last night's fog over the harbour was the heaviest on record. There "were one or two small casualties bet/ween harbour steamers. Travellers by the ferries were outside in the (harbour the greater part of the night, but met with no accidents.