CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9743, 7 March 1914, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) iPm Pbkhh Association.) BIG UNEMPLOYED ARMY. Received March 7, 8.15 a.m. NEW YORK, March 6. Fifteen hundred unemployed are encampel near San Francisco collecting food preparatory to a march to Washington and thence across the continent. LIBELLING THE CROWN PRINCE. BERLIN, March 6. One member of the staff of the Weltam Montag has been sentenced to six months' and the other acquitted for libelling the Crown Prince by calling him "William the Last." ALBANIA AND EPIRUS. VIENNA, March 6. It is reported that Zographos' leader of the Spirotes. who are revolting against Albania), is negotiating for guarantees in regard to Greek schools and the enlistment of Greeks in the Albanian gendarmerie. If these are conceded he is prepared to recognise the Albanian sovereign. BELGIAN CONSUL FOR AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, March 6. M. Maurice Watteeinv, Consul representing Belgium in New South Wales, Queensland, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, has arrived. The new appointment is regarded as a recognition of the importance of Australia. as well as the desire of the Belgian Government to foster trade relations. CENTENARY OF AUSTRALIAN METHODISM. MELBOURNE, March 6. A meeting of Methodists in connection with the conference inaugurated a thanks giving fund to mark the centenary of Methodism in Australia. Over £7OOO was promised in the room. It is stated that there were now 995 ministers and 621.374 attendants in Methodist churches in Australia and the Pacific Islands. RESULT OF DENTAL INJECTION. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received March 7, 7.9 a.m. LONDON, March 6. Correspondents of the Times report that curious physical conditions have been caused by injections of novocaine in dental operations. Patients complain of severe spasms in the chest and heart failure.

N.S.W. LOCAL OPTION VOTE. Received March 7, 9.10 a m SYDNEY, March 7. At the annual mooting of the Licensed "Victuallers' Association the report stated that tho local option vote totalled 673.462, being 64.8 per cent, of the total voters on the rolls. For Continuance the votes numbered 382.223, an increase of 57,362 and for No-license 246,43.5 an increase of 23.912. PAN AM A EX HIBITION. Received March 7, 9.10 a m LONDON, March 6. The newspapers of various parties are supporting the Commoners' Panama Exhibition memorial. Several urge Britain's obligation to resjjond to the spirit shown by President Wilson regarding the tolls and consider that the present moment is opportune to reconsider the decision. AMIABILITY BARBED WITH THREATS. PARIS, March 6. M. Clemenceau, commenting on the German newspapers' attacks on Russia, declares that the Triple Entente will not be broken up despite the amiability barbed with, threats wherewith the Kaiser amuses himself in pricking us. Germany's power is held check by the Entente's equivalent force which* stops her 011 the threshold of formidable undertakings. DR. MAWSON'S SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. Received March 7. 9.35 a.m. ADELAIDE. March 7. Dr. Mavson makes the first- public announcement of the expedition's scientific discoveries at a meeting of the Briisli Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held in Australia in August. PLAGUE IN HONG KONG. Received March 7, 8.15 a.m HONK-KONG, March 6. Seven deaths from plague are reported.

CANADA'S IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. OTTAWA, March 6. Tho Labour Commission of British Columbia recommends the total exclusion of Asiatics because Canada should not admit a race which cannot be fully absorbed. REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL. Received March 7, 9 a.m. (Times and Sydney Srx Services.) RIO DE J ANIERO, March 6. Ihe proclamation of martial law in Rio de Janiero is attributed to trouble in the Military Club, which is the outcome of the revolutionary movement. Ihe Ministry :,s taking stejis to ensure the security of Portaleza. It is considered unlikely that the troubles in the State of Cera will seriously affect the fortunes of the whole country. NEW HEBRIDES AND AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE. March 7. Hon. Joseph Cook, in reply to a question, said it would certainly be satisfactory to Australia il she could undertake the purchase of the French rights of the New Hebrides. A CENTENARIAN. ADELAIDE, .March 7. Dr. Hinton has celebrated his 101st birthd ay. He has been unable to walk for two years owing to a fracture of his thigh. His mental faculties are keen. He liavS lived under six reigns.