CABLE NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 5

CABLE NEWS

lElec. .TeVCdpyrigtit^Unlted Preiis aW_.) . (AOfctrallan arid' N.Z. Cable Association.! 1 (Received January 12f; 11.35 a.m.. ' ' ■'■- NEW YORK, January/ 11. ' ' h Harry Thaw, wahte-1 i by 'the police ', for noggi^g a youth,- ciit his' throat with, a raz^r in an apartment houfe at Philadelphia. '* : He [ was J to; hospital. His^^ cohdiliiQri'i's-noi'kiiown.' * " 'V ""' j r V . : January^ 11. ' 7 The Premiers' Conference decided iu favor' 'of : uiiif orhi taction . •ind an. electoral" roll,, lot. tlie /<*&ramomvealtV ancl 'States.- "-'••** .*■ '".'-''• : '-7'-' _.;:■, ,v '' ' ■! (Received January Ja;-.' 9i35 %.vd.\ . ; • - : ; vm&ps^s >ri^y'ik;' ' Official' details oF.th<s' aniend,ed financial agreement, -shbw "that ' New South Wales standing 1 out provides £9,732,000 instead pf* the former '£11,782,000. It is proposed^ raise £5,400,000 in London and -£4,33-f,doo lbcally.;. Half a. million Tpbuiids has been allotted for the relief of floods 1 in Queensland a_ld Tasniapia, ■'."'"'.■'■ » ■ ' Y- " V . 2ERTH, January 12. ■ ■■An exciting meeting.;, of the Goldiields Coiincil ' of the* Labor' Federation was h^ld at Kalcoorlie Tj,-ade . Ball. Senator Lynch, E-Meraf' Minister for' Works, had beeii iityited' to ..attefiid' and explain tlio alleged • p.state^'i.its ',to*^er£in7 .. ha '■■: '■■■ called anti-coiif^rijitionists , -^ngi-els/., ' prb-Ger-' riiahs, ; aiid Huns.Y -Mr 'Lynch admitted th? . latter,", but; dented "the .use ot"mongrels."; .;; An .uproar ensued, culminating in a fight.; between, Lynch aaid oim of Ithe dl_legao; 'Blood was ' drawn. While the (Combatants; were being separated the lights ' -VyJ-ere'. extingjiu'sha and the / proceedings .Closed' in general disord'sr.' -. - y'.'. V >' •<'■>'.;•;. .''.■■-■ ,-.■-;• 1 (Received Jaiiuary 12, 9.15 am.) ■ : *■■ :' ' , SYDNEY, January. 12.* •..Uiyomsts' . generally disfavor "daylight saving! ' _ :•" • , < " "".-■' ■■ '.•''"■" •■ " t '■ \ Tha price 61 '\*/heat fpr flour and export to New Ze&iahd 'during. January and F^bniaa'y has been .increased to .5s 6d per' bushel on. trucks. '''■■■■■■ BRISBANE, January 12. -- yThe northern- railway services, dislocated-, through -floods; ?' have been restored. It v is stated .ifc wsl .take two years Ko i-estpre the , 'Peak 'Downs district; to 'the former . state.';'" "One stationalone load' 1600 stiidVlambs. Y" --'"■" ; , '' , HOBART, Jjimiary 12. The labor confgrejic^^sugjgp^ts a new plank, no consenption of life ' without conscription of yearly' incomes exceeding £300. ■*'-' ■/-■■■- -v.r- '*.;•;..;■•;., .7. .