Second Edition LATEST MESSAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 62, 27 October 1911, Page 6

Second Edition LATEST MESSAGES.

HOME AND FOREIGN. INDUSTRIAL UNREST. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. (Received 27, 9.35 a.m.) London, October 26. A Strike lasting 22 weeks, affecting 1200 Wigan miners working in abnormal places, has been settled, and a joint committee formed to settle future matters. As a resiilt of the late strike at Cardiff, seamen’s wages were increased 30s monthly. Shipowners have now tendered notice of a 10s reduction.-. . Mr.- Thorne and some other Labour loaders urge the railway men to give the. Commission’s recommendations a fair trial. .' Mr, Buxton presided at the first meeting of the industrial Council. PRINCE OF WALES. London, October 26. The Prince of Wales goes to Oxford University. The captain of the Hindustan said everyone would he sorry to lose so good a comrade. FRENCH AMMUNITION. Paris, October 26. . M. Louppo, cx-managcr of the Pont do Puis Ammunition Factory, declares' that he manufactured in accordance with regulations. There was no bad Wprk in his time. THE PAPANUT’S IMMIGRANTS. Loudon, October 26. Miss Jane Adam, matron in charge of /the Papanui’s emigrants, reports all well, and acknowledges generous help from all the inhabitants of St. Helena and the tduelling sclf-secrifico Of the poorest inhabitants. MR. HAVELOCK WILSON. London, October 26. Mr. Havelock Wilson will journey by the Osterlez to Australia. CHINESE CIVIL WAR. (Received 27, 10.30 a.m.) , > Pekin, October 26. has succeeded Chong-kupg-pao as Minister of Communications. The Court is prepared for flight. It is reported that the revolutionaries have captured Tsinanfu, Chenchan, Nanchang, Kuilin, and Sakau. Yinchang, the Imperial General, has’-left Siaokan for the south. ITALY AND~TURKEY. , • Rome, October 26. Italy has notified the Powers that Italian sovereignty has been established from the Egyptian to the - Tunisian frontiers, and inland to the British and French sphere, v ’ Constantinople, October 26. A delegation of six members of Parliament starts on Saturday to visit European capitals in support of a settlement of the war With Italy by arbitration, FRANCE AND GERMANY. Berlin, October 26. Some newspapers are discussing the possibility of the Minister for'Foreign Affairs’ resignation after the Morocco dispute is settled, because he is no longer in agreement with the Kaiser. Several‘papers, however, consider his resignation would assume the proportions of a scandal. TAXING BACHELORS AND V SPINSTERS. .—IBerlin, October 26. The Diet of the Principality of Reuss has imposed on bachelors and spinsters over thirty a surtax beyond the income tax amounting'to 5 per cent, on' incomes between £l5O and £3OO, and 10 per cent, on those above those amounts. NEW MEXICAN REBELLION. (Received 27, 11.30 a.m.) Mexico, O'cijOoi- 26. A new rebellion is starting in Mexico. A large force is reported to be menacing the capital. The situation is described- as of equal gravity as the , anti-Diaz rising. The Federal troops are engaged in the sun horn provinces,- where, there is much disorder. News of a battle is expected Momentarily. Other reports indicate that a battle has already begun with a loss of 80 lives to the rebels, who sacked Milta Alta: AUSTRALIAN. '* r, • . IRON AND STEEL MANUFACf TURE. f (Received 27, 10.55.a.m.) ■ ‘ • . Sydney, October 27. .The report of the local Commissionappointed to enquire as to the suitability of New South Wales ores for iron and steel manufacture, ■ the cost of production, and if the Government’s arrangement with Mr. Hoskins wore beneficial to the Government, finds that in a number of instances. serious irregularities wore cpinmiDtod in carrying out contracts.. The Commissioner condemns the laxity of Government officials and the present arrangement with Mr. Hoskins, suggesting its non-renewal. Pis is statisfied that given modern equipment pig-iron could be produced in Australia for fifty-four shillings per ton.. He recommends that blast furnaces be constructed near the seaboard. He considers Mr. Hoskins was undertaking an impracticable task in attempting, to manufacture steel rails under the existing agreement with the New South Wales Government. He estimates that it would cost a million and a half to establish suitable iron and steel works. As a result of the report Mr. Burrow is appointed Government testing officer and the Hoskins works are suspended. MADAME MELBA. (Received 27, 11.10 a.m.) - Sydney, October 27. There was a remarkable scone of enthusiasm at the • sond-off of Madame Melba’s company to Melbourne. THE WHARF STRIKE. Sydney, October 27. The effects of the strike arc gradually widening and becoming more serious. The inter-Stato . coastal companies’ wharves present a deserted appearance. Several companies’ gates and premises are wholly or partially closed, The strike is being conducted quietly on both sides. !•'The"Companies state their intention to keep the existing staffs of wharf hands employed, but they will engage no' ofitsidp labour. The Poolana finished loading and sailed for Newcastle. She was timed

to leave for Hobart on Wednesday, but it is expected that she will not get away before Monday. The Mooraki, after visiting Newcastle for coal, returned to Sydney with the whole of her cargo. still aboard, excepting horses and a quantity of pafisnablcs unloaded on arrival. The balance of her cargo is being unloaded by her ow-n crow, assisted by Her officers and the crew of the Wakatipu. It is doubtful it she will bo able to leave for New Zealand tomorrow. No cargo is being taken in. In Sussex Street merchants’ salesmen are unloading the Kakapo’s cargo of Tasmanian potatoes. Other comI panics are doing the host possible with the available hands to handle perishable charges. There is a probability of a number of vessels engaged in ine bullion trade being laid up unless there is a speedy settlement. Mr. Hughes and the president and secretary of the Wharf Labourers’ Union arrive from Melbourne to-day. Hobart, October 27. A wharf labourers’ meeting decided that the Sydney men had broken their and that therefore the local union would not. support them.