VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 10 April 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

GERMAN DREADNOUGHTS. Received April 9, 8.18 a.m. LONDON, April 8. The Daily Mail states that Germany has now ordered, or has in process of building, four Dreadnoughts, namely, two of 19,000 tons and two of 18,000 tons. One of the former is being built at Kiel, the other three at Stettin.

"MECHANICAL TOYS."

Received April 9, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, April 8,

Numerous cases labelled "nails" and "paint," containing cartridges and dynamite respectively, have been discovered at Newcastle. They were imported from Germany, like the explosives found at Sunderland, under the guise of "mechanical toys," and were apparently intended for the Russian revolutionists.

LIBELLOUS CARICATURE.

Received April 9, 8.50 a.m. BERLIN, April 8

The editor of the German comic paper Simplicissimus has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for publishing' a picture libelline the Woermann Steamship line. THE VATICAN. Received April 9, 8.50 a.m. ROME, April 8. It is stated in Rome that the Italian Government has handed to the Pope nine million lire, in restitution for property seized upon the sequestration of certain religious houses in 1870. CARGO SERVICE WITH NEW YORK. Received April 9, 8.50 a.m. NEW YORK, April B.' The latest indications are that a freight war in connection with the American-Australian service is improbable. CRONJE'S SON. Received April 9, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, April 8. A son of Cronje has obtained a Rhodes Scholarship.