VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8399, 13 April 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

V THE KING AND QUEEN. Received April 12, 10.45 &.m. MADRID, April U. King. Edward and Queen Atexandra ■proceeded to the Balearic Islands, situated in the Mediterranean, -off the coast of Spain. King Alfonso £i and party.have returned to Madrid. .Received April 12, 11.15 pjji. LONDON, April 12. .King Edward and Queen Alexandra .will/visit Minorca. ACCIDENT AT A RIFLE RANGE, ...MAN SHOT DEAD. ..Received April 12, 11.15 p.m. LONDON, April 12, ; A,shot from the Ash Rifle Range ■at. Aldershot killed a man named :Spens, son of a member of the! Stock. Exchange, who, with a hunt-; ■■ ing.oPAEty, had strayed within Jthe ■clang,er zone in a mist. .A,COLLIERY FIRE. : KR&fteiyed April 12, 9 a.m. LONDON, April 11. ! ; iA."gfeat: fire occurred at the pitiOf.,the Dodworth colliery, Barns | ley (, (Yorkshire). <i}yi.means. of an unused shaft 160; jr.inersv-werQ rescued with difficulty. THE ;HAGUE CONFERENCE. I .Received April 12, 9 a.m. I LONDON, April 11. No,v,vthat jTurkey has ratified the ! Acts ef .the.liirst Hague Conference, an in.wtation .to Turkey to attend the coming .conference at The Hague is no longer, delayed. GOVERNORSHIPS. IOMfaVNT'iTRANSFERS. Reaeiw.e67.s7 a.m. LONDON, April 11. It is officially announced ; that Colonel Sir Hewy M'Callum, Governor of Natal, succeeds Sir Henry Arthur Blake as Governor of Ceylon. Sir Matthew Mftthan, • Governor of Hongkong, bee&jpes Governor of Natal. Sir Frederick Lugard, formerly High Corarwisflioner of Northern Nigeria, succeeds Sir Matthew | Nathan as Hongkong. A COAL COMBINE. Received April 12, a.m. LONDON,, April 11. A coal combine of a million and a quarter is being formed :by the principal collieries of the East Midlothians.

Mr A. F. Pease, representing the Cleveland (Yorkshire) Ironmasters' Association, testified to the Miners' Eight Hours' Commission that if the Cleveland district was placed wnder regarding the ,coal supply it would be wiped out ofjfortfiign markets. Such restrictions would raise the price, and smild Kiake the industry impossible.

PRINCELY ARTISTS. Kecsived April 12, 8.20 a.m. ROME, April 11. The censor has prohibited the appearance of the Prince and Princess de Brogjie in the music halls of Rome. Hostile demonstrations rendered their appearance unsafe. (The Prince and Princess have appeared in various music halls on the Continent). A STRIKE ENDED. Received April 12, 8.20 a.m. PORT SAID, April 11. The strike of coal lumpers at Port 1 Said has ended.

THE BANK RATE. Received April 12, 9 a.m. LONDON, April 11. At a meeting of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England held this day, the official minimum discount rate was reduced from sto 4A per cent.