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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8344, 29 January 1907, Page 5

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NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. Received January 28, 11.56 p.m. SYDNEY, January 28. Victoria, in their first innings, made 194 (Armstrong 111). Cotter was the most successful bowler, taking three wickets for 37. The heavy rain yesterday gave the bowlers an advantage. The visitors, in their second innings, collapsed miserably, and were disposed of for 31. Carroll was top-scorer with 8. Noble took six wickets for 21 and Macartney four wickets for 6. At one stage the latter had taken four wickets for nil. New South Wales thus won by an innings and 226 runs.

JAPAN AND CHINA. AjVISITOR'S VIEWS. Received January 28, 11.36 p.m. BRISBANE, January 28. Mr McGlew, the representative of. a firm in China, and who has resided at Kobe for twenty-five years, has arrived here on a visit. He declares that the Japanese intend to exploit Korea and Manchuria, and that a large number of the worst class of people are making (.their, way thither. The consequence was that the Chinese were beginning to regard the nation generally with disfavour. The Japanese had already got as far north in Manchuria as Harbin and were still working up. In Korea they were in bad odour with the natives, whom they were treating most unjustly, taking their lands and making inadequate compensation. At the present time there was no possibility of Australia doing anything in the meat trade, as the Japanese preferred the native article. • They would not even look at mutton. The general belief in Japan appeared to be that the country would, before many years, be again at war with Russia, and preparations . are jbeing made accordingly. •An enormous military depot, covering 250 acres, was in course of construction at Nagvya, between Kobe and Yokohama, and every arsenal in the country was working at high pressure turning out arms and ammunition. Indeed, so great were the preparations that a stranger would imagine that the country was actually engaged in active war. Reverting to Manchurian affairs, Mr McGlew said that the higher class of Japanese regretted the influx into Manchuria'of undesirable classes and hoped they would very soon be checked by the Government

IMPERIAL NAVIGATION CONFERENCE. Received January 29, 1.7 a.m. ,SYDNEY, January 28. Leading officials of the Seamen's Union protest against the composition of the Australian delegation to the Imperial Navigation Conference, not one of whom have the least idea of the present conditions of seamen or changes needed except what they may have read. - One official said that Mr Watson, one of the delegates, simply knew nothing of the sea, and that Mr Hughes, another delegate, did not know much more. Although both were Labour leaders it would have been much better to have men, who were against labour, but who were fair and honest, and who knew something about the subject. The Labour Political Conference passed a resolution to-night protesting against the appointments.

DEATH OF A MISSIONARY. : Received January 28, 11.36 p.m. MELBOURNE, January 28. The death is announced of Dr. Paton, a veteran New Hebrides missionary.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Received January 28, 11.36 p.m. SYDNEY, January 28. At the wool sales, to-day, greasy brought 14Jd, and scoured up to 19Jd.