CABLEGRAMS

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 181, 30 July 1912, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS

. , Cable. -Tress Association.— BOYS' FATAL JEST. VICTIM BURNED TO DEATH. jUTRDER CHARGE FOLLOWS. (Received 11.35 a.m.) VANCOUVER. July 20. \ youth named Mitchell Cabinet, aged 19 and a boy named Clarence Shaw. 10, ' have confessed to the murder of Robert 1 IL Ellisl„e hoys poured whisky and gasolene 1 on Ellis while he was sleeping in Forest < park, and applied a match. c They intended to throw Ellis into ._ pond, but he died before the blaze could * i>e extinguished. < 1 COLLISION IN A FOG. 1 COLLIER CUT IN TWO. < 1 EMPRESS I__N___t DAMAGED. 1 OTTAWA. July 20. 1 A collision occurred off Cape Breton ' between the Canadian-Pacific Railway ' Company's steamer Empress of Britain and the British collier Ifelretia. < The Helvetia sank, but all her crew < were saved by the Empress of Britain. J There were 1000 passengers on the ' Empress of Britain, which was on her ] tray to Liverpool. She returned! to port, 1 The collision occurred in a fog. ; The Helvetia was cut in two and sank ] immediately. I 1 The Empress of Britain was badly j 1 damaged in the bows. Some of her fore I ■ compartments were stove in, and filled : with water. < _ number of the passengers and some of the mails were transferred from the 1 Empress of Britain to a steamer that i was standing by. | : The Empress of Britain was docked at ] 10 o'clock this morning. , The Empress of Britain is a steel twin- . screw steamer of 14.150 tons register, 1 owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. She was built by the Fairfield' Co.. Ltd.. of Glasgow, in 1900. She is i 54Sft long, with engines of 316S horse- : poiv-er. ' f ... . 1 LEON BERON'S MURDER. , t BLUEJACKET'S CONFESSION. I (Received 9-45 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Though the police are dubious of the naval deserter's confession in connection with the Clapham Common murder, they have cabled the story to Scotland Yard. It is proposed to send the man to England. DAVIS CUP PROSPECTS. NO AMERICAN TEAM. (Received 11.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association has received from the president of the United States Association a cable stating that the prospects of sending a team to play for the Davis Cup are very discouraging. DANGER OF THE STRIKE. LABOUR M.P.'S WARNING. LONDON, July 29. Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., in his speech yesterday, warned the workers of ! the danger of the "down tools'' policy proving ineffective. Wherever the workers had properly used the opportunity of meeting the employers, he said, they had done more than ever gained by a strike. BUSINESS AND MORALS. HONOUR IN THE "WHEAT PIT. (Received 9.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A bankrupt giving evidence before the Court declared that there was no honour amongst produce merchants in Sussex Street, If a man started with £1,000 and • expected a straight deal, he would go broke in six months.. ANGLO-GERMAN AMITY. SPECIAL AGREEMENTS. BERLIN. July 20. In 1 Herring to Mr. Asquith's speech in tho House of Lords in which he declared that the relations between Britain and Germany were marked by amity and j goodwill! the '-North German Gazette" says that it welcomes the speech as n | proof that both countries have given in. j and that in special cases they will seek ! and bo able to find an agreement, not-! withstanding the mutually recognised ' right to arrange their naval construction ! according to tho respective countries' re- i quirements, and the security of their defence. FRENCH CASINO TAX- j Received 11.10 a.m.) PARIS. -Inly 29. The 15 per cent charily tax on small public gambling casinos at the wateringOlaces yielded £290,000 in 1911. REGULATING THE TRUSTS. NEW YORK. duly 20. Three Republican iticnbrs of the Sled Trust Investigation Committee have recommended that the big industrial concern.- be placed under legislative regulation instead of being dissolved. A minority report favours an interstate commission clothed with extensive powers of regulatk— •'"• fi--. reasonable ntices and output.