CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2197, 17 October 1913, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. Times —Sydney Sun Special Cables. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. HOME RULE WOBBLERS. London., October 16. The Times, in a leader on the Home Rule position, states that the Ministers are beginning to realise Jthe problem confronting them. It is true they are credited with an intention to push forward Home Rule, but there are abundant signs of general determination which are not inconsistent with a readiness even at the eleventh hour to alter its provision. ■ PIERPONT MORGAN'S ENGLISH ESTATE. (Received October 17, 8.0 a.m.) London, October 16. The late Mr Pierpont Morgan's English estate has been sworn at.£1,179,_ 831. MEAT. TRADE CONFERENCE. Hamburg, October 16. The meat trade conference was attended by leading cold storage importers and sanitarians, Mr Cherry Henoch representing Australia. Carcases were prepared by leading German sanitarians with a view to demonstrating the best means of facilitai>ing inspecting. It was decided that Mr Henoch approach the Bundes. rat (Federal Council) with a view to obtaining permission for defrosting the organs only instead of the carcases also, and to send carcases prepared three different ways for distribution by the Commonwealth Government each State to obtain the opinion of exporters. It was stated that re.cent competition had led to lower prices, and increased importations are expected by 1914, provided the Bundesrat will agree to the represen. tations made. PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa,. October 16. Liberals are seeking to unseat the Conservative for the Chateaughty seat on the ground of alleged corruption, j LABOUR CO-OPERATION. (Received Oct. 17, 9.30 a.m.) London, October 16. A movement is on foot to form a standing committee representing the railwaymen's and transport workers' unions and the miners' federation, to ensure co-operative action in labour disputes. THE LIVERPOOL TRAGEDY. A verdict of murder and felodese was returned at the inquest on McDonald and hie three victims at Liverpool. [McDonald was the young Socialist who killed Miss Crompton, Gaze, and Roberts, and then himself.] SIEVIER v. BONO AND DEY. In the libel case Robert Sievier v Percy Bono, a solicitor, and Thomas' Dey, a bookmaker, for circulating a typewritten sheet alleging that Siever had blackmailed Dey for £1000 in connection with an advertisement published in Sievier's paper, the Winning Post, a bank clerk gave evidence xhat Dey cashed a cheque for £700 in sovereigns. This cheque, and one for £300 in favour of the 'Winning Post, were consecutive. [Sievier, in his examination, denied the statement that Dey gave him £700 which he (Dey) had specially ■fetched from the bank in gold and handed over, in the presence of Edward Sievier, a cousin of Robert's, who died in January last.] (Received October-17, 10.50 a.m.) SPINNERS' STRIKE' SETTLED. London, Oct. 16. The Bqlton Spinners'. Council met the Beehive striekrs and the dispute was settled in conference. Work will be resumed on Monday. DIVORCE AND TENNIS. Major Lever has obtained a divorce from his wife, Gordon Lowe, the tennis player, being the co-respondent. (Received October 17, 11.20 a.m.) . THE MONEY MARKET. London, October 16. The newspaper Globe states that as a result of the New Zealand loan, the leading underwriters have signed an informal agreement not to underwrite new issues for some time. The Globe adds thati a few months will enable the market to recuperate. The Pall Mall Gazette declares the public prefer to await a fiasco and pick up stock at reduced prices. Continued failures have had an unpleasahti effect on investment markets, and it is certainly time a halt was i cried." . ■ , LEIPSIG CENTENARY. j Vienna, October 16. The centenary of the Battle of Leipsig was celebrated with a military display on the Schwarzenbhrg Flats. The Emperor Francis Joseph was present. * . SULZER FOUND GUILTY. (Received October 17, 12.25 p.m. New York, October 16. The High Court at Albany decided that William Sulzer, Governor of New York, was guilty of misusing campaign funds. STEAMER ON FIRE. The Royal Dutch-West Indies steamer Jan Van Nassau caught fire during the outward trip from Amsterdam. The ceal bunkers were ignited and the vessel was considerably damaged. She reached Saint Michael's, where the outbreak was controlled. MEXICAN RIOTS. Mexico City, October 16. Students' riots against Americans have assumed . serious proportions. The police suppressed the riot before ' much" harm was done, but public feeling is highly inflamed, and there is a likelihood of further riots.