CABLES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 5703, 22 April 1911, Page 3

CABLES.

Small Holdings. (Doited Press Association) Electric Telegraph— Copyright] (Received 'J6 a.m, To day] LONDON, April 21 Edward Stra.du-y, at Cruwkorne, “ ere was a Rawing fooling that rtbo Boaril of Agriculture nor the y Council* were doing as much as 3 Js^ l ro 8 lr( Li-g the working of tho oluioge Act. Tho time has ar°r moro activity in acquiring land. declares that the 0 r ‘ c ulturo is hopolese and *? oVer h»uling A now broom is to rtplaco Earl Carrington. British Politics. dUcutoii II 5 e rrr, To-d«y.) LONDON. April 21 Lmooiit pipers „ a y tbit Mr “" *1 «l to . luytlriDg e icope of tho \ oto Bill stamps • one Chamber man and blows etsDcoswuh which Lord Haldano . . Wtri * (,r °y Bulved their oou“ow cooiciences. Libeul pip.r, o ,. raniuu( j Mr jri'/ 011 * •Miludu tu secure fair 1 Liberil loßielitiou. darling Sales. (R,c “'«d ».IS i.m, To-dey) , SYDNEY, This day w *J ,lr |‘ D K B, ‘* eß the following * - Loyal Artilleryol, anil gmuea , . Milator—An Agreement. ***** To diy] SYDNEY, This d»y COVMit!* s ', tleßot “ tionB ' an “BfOO'•*11 hi*. K p .° d °. f fo,lr * ud » in h'.ii ~D Si l! [| od between the lot, ,™k C ? orpor * tio “., corn Mine,,' a" ° f lh " le * dill ß raini >’. le ' ltl « eiiiUdV 10 ”’ th " 8 ' < " tlin K " ud for e eouiiderible

Wheat. [Received 9 15 a.m, To-day] SYDNEY, This day 1 Io the course of a speech, Professor Watt, Agricultural Expert of Sydney i University, on the growth of wheat, he ; said that to a large extent it would de pend on the predominance of the white race, whose staple food it was. As the re* ult of scientific investigations, be was perfectly certain that New South Wales’ 2,000,000 acre* of wheat area oould be increased to 20,000,000 acres, and better varieties and better farming would increase the average yield. He added that Sir William Orook, in predicting that all the lands of the world capable of grow ing wheat would be required by 193 L to supply the needs of the white population, had not allowed for the f sot that science oould make it possible for Australia to grow wheat on areas wheio the rainfall was below twenty inches per annum A Denial. (Received 8 65 a.m, To-day) MELBOURNE, This day The general manager of the Message lies Meritimei Go. emphatically denies the rumour that the company contemplates wiihdrawing from the Australian trade. The present contract expires in July, 1912. Negotiations between the company and the French Government for a renewal of the contract are not completed. No one is yet able to say what the new agreements will be. Billiards. (Received 10 25 a.m, To-day) LONDON, April 21 George Gray’s solicitor states that Gray never engaged to play Diggle, and Gray repudiates any engagements purporting to have been made on his behalf by Roberts. The Coronation. [Received 10.25 a.m, To-day] LONDON, April 21 All parts of the Empire will be symbol ißed on the King's Coronation stole India by a lotus, Canada by a maple leaf, Australia by the Southern Cross, New Zealand by a group of stars and South Africa by the wattle Returned Unopposed. [Received 10.25 a.m, To-day] LONDON, April 21 Captain Guest, who had to seek re election owing to his appointment as Juuior Lord of the Treasury, will bo unopposed. A Fire. [Received 10.25 a.m, To-day] PARIS, April 21 A fire seriously damaged goods lauded at Dunkirk from the Clan Farquhar and other steamers. An Airship. (Received 10.25 a.m To-day.) BERLIN, April 21 The Parseval airship, with ten passengers, started from Amsterdam, but dropped aud huug on a tree near Hanover. It was blown from the troe into a marsh, but nobody was injured. Sanguinary Conflicts. (Received 10 25 a.m, To-day) VIENNA, April 21 A telegram from Scutari reports sanguinary conflic's between the Albanians and the Turkish regulars, in the Kast ratti district. Unconfirmed reports state that 1500 were killed and 600 wounded, but do not state who got the advantage. Religious Laws. (Received 10 25 a.m, To-day) LISBON, April 21 A Bill, disestablishing the Catholio religion, abolishes taxes paid for the maintenance of parish priests Legacies for church services arc forbidden. A third of the present receipts of clerical societies will be applied to public chari ties. All religious services will be under the supervision of State officials. Only Portuguese will be ordained as clergy and will conduct services Papal Bulls may not be published without the Government's permission. Gunners Arrested. (Reoeived 10 25 a.m, To-day) ST. PETERSBURG, April 21 Forty gunners have been arrested at Smolensk, owing to the disappearance from the artillery headquarters of a box containing the Czar’s communications and secret papers.