Spatial Telegraphic.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2280, 15 January 1912, Page 4

Spatial Telegraphic.

DUNEDIN, THIS DAY. la Dunedin club cricket on Saturday Carisbrook B won against Albion. M'Faclane, for the winners, to>k five wickets with five consecutive balls. Grange won on the first innings from Carisbrook A. Opoho defeated Dunedin by seven wickets. In the third test match at Adelaida the Australians were all out for 133 runs. The English team have scored 327 for four wickets ; Hobbs 187. James Russell, against whom a charge of manslaughter was dismissed by the Justices at Amberley, Canterbury, was agiin arrested on Saturday and remanded. The prosecution is at the instance of David Shaw, father of the deceased. The Maoris who have returned from touring England had a hostile recep-. cion at Whakarewarewa. In trying to protect Maggie Papakura from a blow one member had his arm broken in three places, while old Weta had ins head cut open by a blow from a stick. A general melee followed, but there were no farther casualties. The death is announced of Dr Stockwell, well-known in Southland and Otago. CABLE NEWS. London, Jan, 12. Several of the leaders of the miners favor a conference and peaceful solacion with the employers. Hundreds of men are working day and night constructing a coal depot at Chatham, capable of holding thirty thonsani tons. An Italian cruiser, a destroyer, and a steamer intercepted and destroyed seven Turkish gunboats, and captured an armed yacht. A vigorous resistance was offered, but there were no Italian casualties. In Portland, Oregon, three armed men held up two pedestrians and compelled an hotel-owner to hand over the contents of the till. Two policemen were fired upon and seriously injured. Thomas Stephens, a barrister, 78 years of age, was charged with libelling his son. When called at Old Bailey, a messenger rushed into the court stating -that Stephens had cut hia throat and was dead. The natives in Northern Angola have revolted and burnt alive several Portugese, having previously cut off their lips and gouged out their eyes. A British merchant was attacked at Lunda and his servants murdered. At Caen, France, Baron Decouvrigny’s son, Robert, was sentenced to twenty years for killing his father at the instigation of his mother. The Baron stopped -the credit of the drunken Baroness and the murder was then planned in the presence of the maid servant. After a futile effort at poisoning an ambush was resorted to. The Baroness afterwards tried to incriminate a respectable farmer. The mother and son have confessed. The Emperor of China is to abdicate and retire. In the billard match George Gray defeated Stevenson, reaching 18,000 while Stevenson scored 1 7,229. The Board of Trade inquiry revealed a systematic practice of overinsuring shipping. Sydney, Jan. 13. At the Barrier mine. West Wyalong, four men have lost their lives by being overcome by foul air. All were married men. Hobart, Jan. 13. At a Labour Party conference white Australia was placed first in the fighting platform. It was resolved that no one* enrolled under the Defence Act shall be compelled to bear arms against the workers when engaged in industrial disputes.