LATE CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11612, 20 April 1912, Page 4

LATE CABLES.

J[Bt Electric Telegraph:—Copyright.] : - rPF,W PrT!SS AsSOfITATTOM I REBELLION AT FEZ. Received April 20; at 10.20 a.in. Tangier, April 19. 'file troops at Fez mutinied because they •objected..'to-the regulations which pro'.vkle for the part payment of wages !n fowl. They shot all the French officers land, instructors and.attacked, the wire'less station, killing four operators. ;Tlien they 'looted; the French bank and 'the French' quarter generally. ? - French reinforcements are guarding -the consulates. JINTREPID EXPLORER AS TRADER. i ;.'■-'..■■ Ottawa, April' 19. { The Government has suspended. Capstain Bernier, the Arctic explorer, and <has appointed jv commission to inquire. "4hto the allegation that- lie traded with nibrtheni natives for personal gain at > Government expense. ■.-<■.■ • ;i "-SCULLING. \ ■■■■:: ■--, : Sydney, April 20. X Mr Mark Foy has presented to Arrist -a new boat for the race against Barry. .. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. .-Melbourne, April 20. The Federal Government turned down fthe" late Premiers' Conference suggestion that- the Commonwealth should annually arrange' 250,000 berths for immigrants, on the that- it is inadvisable to introduce divided control 'of: the work of immigration, now solely "controlled, by tlie : States. \ NO REPRIEVE FOR MURDERER. } .• ; .■,-'•' : Melbourne, April 20. :i The Executive refused, to reprieve fJoseph-'Pfeffer. arid he will be executed idn- April 29; \ This will be the first case :.of . penalty in Victoria for Imany' years. ' ? : CLOSER: UNION OF WORKERS. ''■''-■■'':'; ":',-'' '\ Sydney, April 20. I After listening to : an address by M jiSemple, organiser of the New Zealand •Federation;of Labor,.the Hlawarra, Col f'liery Empfloyees' Association.', resol vedi to :-recommend the lodge to'affiliate with • New Zealand workers. I, PETROLEUM' IN PAPUA. ? ' Tlie Defence Department has received a proposal from Papua to establish a national petroleum .refinery. Mr Pcarce 'states that he has received optimistic 'reports,"and is hopeful that a. rich find ilias been made. >