VARIOUS CABLES.
WEARY OF GERMANY'S INFLUENCE. Received April 1, 9.55 p.m. MOROCCO, April 1. The Sultan of Morocco has commissioned Kaid Sir Harry Maclean to arrange to recall Elmehedi Elemenefchi, the Anglophile Minister of War who was disgraced in 1904. This is interpreted to mean that the Sultan is weary of Germany's influence. LABOUR AND SOCIALISM. Received April 1, 9.17 a.m. . LONDON, March 31. Mr Ernest Lowthian, chairman of the Social Democratic Federation, speaking at Carlisle, attacked the Liberal leaders for not fulfilling their election pledges He described Mr John Burns as the most callous reactionary President of the Local Government Board for generations.
BILLIARD RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN. Received April 1, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 31. Dawson, conceding 2,500, beat Lovejoy by 8,000 to 8,152. Dawson made a break of 6,245 unfinished, including 3,110 cradle cannons. Reece beat Weiss, 7,000 to 1,433. Reece made a break of 6,138 unfinished, including 2,992 cannons. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. Received April 1, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 31. Dr. Jameson, Premier, the Hon. T. W. Smartt, Commissioner of Public Works, Cape Colony, and the Hon. F. R. Moor, Premier of Natal, have arrived to attend the Imperial Conference. RAYNER GIVEN RESPITE. Received April 1, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 31. Mr Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, has granted a respite to Rayner, sentenced to death for the murder of Mr William Whiteley, with a view to altering his sentence to imprisonment for life.
FINE ENGLISH EASTER. Received April 1, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 31. There is wonderful Easter weather in,' England—the warmest in March for 50 years. BRITISH TOURISTS IN PARIS. Received April 1, 9.5 a.m. PARIS, March 31. British tourists to the number of twenty thousand are visiting Paris. Many slept in the streets. CAT AND DOG WORSHIP. Received April 1. 9.17 a.m. LONDON, March 31. Father Vaughan, preaching at Liverpool, read ladies' letters protesting against his denunciation of cat and dog worship. (Father Vaughan some time ago instituted a propaganda against, the ; fashion freaks of the "smart set," one of which is the extending to dumb animal pets of several privileges. For instance, parties are held at which all the guests bring their lapdogs. to table, and so on). j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8390, 2 April 1907, Page 5
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369VARIOUS CABLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8390, 2 April 1907, Page 5
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