VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8376, 9 March 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

RHODESIAN MINING LOSSES. Received March 8, 8.12 a.m. LONDON, March 7. The Rhodesian Goldfields Corporation has lost half a million capital. BURDETT-COUTTS ESTATE. Received March 8, 8.12 a.,m. LONDON, March 7. The personality of the late Baro- ; ness Burdett-Coutts has been sworn at £63,000. AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN. Received March 8, 8.18 a.m. CALCUTTA, March 7. The Ameer of Afghanistan, when leaving Peshawur (near the IndoAfghanistan border) declared that he was now convinced that the Indian, Government were his real friends, and not friends on paper. ANOTHER TRUST. Received March 8, 7.39 a.m. NEW YORK, March 7. Mr E. R. Morse, of the New York Stock Exchange, has purchased the New York-Porto Rico steamship line. This purchase completes the Atlantic coasting steamer combine, representing a capitalisation of eighty Million dollars. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Received March 8, 8.18 a.m. LONDON, March 7. An explosion in the Genwem (?) colliery entombed four men. Fire damp killed two who went to the rescue. NEW TREASURY LORD. Received March 8, 8.18 a.m. LONDON, March 7. Mr John Henry Whitley has been appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury, in succession to Mr W. Runciman. Mr Whitley has been re-elected unopposed for Halifax. DOWAGER EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Received March 8, 11.31 p.m. LONDON, March 8. The Dowager Empress of Russia received a popular ovation on her arrival in England. PURCHASE OF SHARES. Received March 8, 11.31 p.m. LONDON, March 8. The Constantinople correspondent of The Times reports that an AngloFrench syndicate, consisting of the Bank of England and the Ottoman Bank and its group, have bought the majority of the Constantinople Quays Company's shares. The company was heretofore exclusively French, being organised under the aegis of Britain and. France. The Daily Mail correspondent interviewed the Sultan of Turkey, who declared that he sincerely desires the strengthening of the old bonds of friendship between Britain and Turkey.

JAPAN AND AMERICA

Received March 8, 8.18 a.m. TOKIO, March 7. Whilst deeply resenting California's land legislation, Japanese newspapers advise tha nation to remain calm.