MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1861, 10 July 1920, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Owing to food riots in Karlsruhe (Germany) a woman was Killed, and several persons seriously injured. Questioned ill the llou.se of Commons, whether the Australiun and Canadian example would bo followed in raising politicians' salaries, with a free railway pass, Mr Donor Law- said that, the Government would not adopt the suggestion. The Cardiff City Council has decided lo nogoti'ato for the purchase of CardiA* Castle with a view to offering it to the Prince of Wales as his Welsh home. Budapest reports .-late that 210 men were killed by a dynamite explosion in a coalmine. The shaft collapsed and nearly all below were buried alive. The Rallarat by-election which resulted in the unseating of Major Kirby (Nationalist), who defeated 1). C. McGrath at, tlio ordinary election, takes place to-day. Artilleryman has been withdrawn from all spring engagements, as a veterinary surgeon states that he needs a year's vest, Under the auspice:? of the Aero Club, rwo aeroplanes commenced flights to Brisbane and Melbourne respectively yesterday. Mr Justice Gordon refused an application by a. friend of Father Jerger, for a writ of habeas corpus for t'e.e release of Father Jerger, stating that he should personally mako the application. At fho sheep sales at Sydney Mr Ross (New Zealand) paid 70 guineas for a merino ram. South African purchases included 2(100 guineas for the mm Dinkum, grand champion winner in the strong wool section ut the late show, also two at 400 and 205 guineas respectively. As a result of the recent rains the prospects for the next season's wheal crop in Australia are reported lo be bright.