SECOND EDITION. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 14 February 1916, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

- ♦ THE CHINESE REBELLION. <;<>VKKN.\iKNT TROOPS DKSKHT. i',v r.iii-icrjMn tki,k<;n avii ~ . 'joi'-yituiUT. •UK UNITRH I'HK.fH Af*Si>i:lV!'lON. Received I'Yhniarv I I. 1 I.LM) ii.m. •|('li\H), I'd.. I.i. Il is reputed llnl I lie re'icis have cap! nr<',| ( in;:. The (lovcriiinciit irnop,, desert i <l< lo I lie i 11« inv.

('hnim-l< in;j; is a cilv (il'("liin:i ill iho province of ( V,t ehiien,. a| I'ic c )i:l|rc::cc n| the Km-liie; \y>; 111 the Y K'jiiiiz. It is open to fore eoiiiinei cc. The popnlal inn is estimated :it. .'iOO.OUO. THE CANCER SCOURGE. Received I'Ylii'ir.irv I I. I>. lo •!.m. i.onikjn, VvU. \;<,. Thi' iiniiiinl report of I lie Soce y lor tlir I'rcvein ion of Cancer suit's lhat radium has hecil hopelessly <ilscl'< d I- (I as ii r;ur er cure aiul that M-icniific research has not progressed towards n solin ion. SHORTAGE OF TONNAG£. COAL TRADM AKKK(TKI). Hecoived K. hruarv 11, U.'2U a.m. SYh.NKY. I'YW. M. Thi' of tonna.o is mtousv allecliiiij; tiic \ewcisile coal trad.'. So;;.i' ol Iho iiii:!fs arc wi t imi' and m hers arc idle ROUGH WEATHER jN AUSTRALIA. CAI'SI/K OK A LA I'M'II.

|{cccivod Kebmarv 11. !>.'->() ;i.m. SVi)\KV. Fob. 11. Heavy coastal weatlor is <h lii.v i';/. slr.pninjr. A launch eap-i/.0l at Cun.len M:iv. u liar. I luce persons boine; drowned. N.S. WALES BY-ELECTION. SVDNKV, Keb. I.'l I /.) lull's liiu ell'ort 1(1 r;i|illiro lilt' I'arramal la hy-olcctinn was una vailing, ami .Mi- Briinttell (1 eiiiporaueo mlvoea to) regains his scat in 1111.- House by a heavy majority. Tile (.'ovenillieiir's aliunde <m I lie |if|in>r question was a prominent issue. BROKEN HILL MINERS. lIIK STItIKK KKSIMKI). - SVDNKV. I'Vb. I-J. The Hmken Mill settlement was short-lived. Alter a mas- nieeliliLC the men ilcei<|r<l to declare llic strike mi :i'.:.'in owille to :illc!je<l v Irl i m i-a linn by the dismissal (,(' shift liiwscs ai the central mine. I'ielsci iie.; was resumed. Senator IVaren iMinisler ior l)e fence, has I n ;ulvisecl ol the position. MTUIKK DKCKAKKD OKI-'. Hce:\ei| Kehruarv 11, S..V> a.m. .MKI.HOrRXK. Keh. 11. SriKUnr Peareo in Ic v ie\v ( (I Ihe liroken Hill shift I.osm-s win. w : ll lie reinstated. The commit to' 1 has declared the sirik" <>fl' an:! the pick is have ln-en wit In|;- t\\ n. LABOR SECRETARY'S DEATH. ADKIiAIDK. Keh. K<. Lawrence Cohen, secretary of t IkVi ■terian Trades and Labor Council, uas found, drei-.sed only in his singlet, hen'eaih llio window of his hot el, a drc.p <f ISl't. He succumbed from h's injuries. M(> arriv<d front Hrokeu Mill the previous nbjdit, where he was negotiating for a sett lenient o| tin* strike. SFNORITA UNDAMAGED. mki.hoi'Rm;, i-vi.. i:i. The Sciiorita w a> i<>uo,| 111 praclically uinlam;!e;ed.