VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8446, 22 May 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

. MQNOtRAILWAY. J&aceived.May 21,' 10.17 pm. LONDON, MajiEl. Ajfitesr ithe leading Indian engineers reported favourably on Brennan's new type,of mono-rcailway, the Indian Council woted him £5,000 to continue has .experiments. The Indian Government are willing io construct WO miles of lanes directly Brennan is ready to carry out the work. The War Office faas already \voted £2,000 towards the experiments, besides giving Brennan the use of the Brennan torpedo factory and all stores required for gyroscopic .experiments. The system has boeui patented throughout the wodd.

THE EPSOM DERBY. Received May 21, if). 17 p.m. . LONDON, May 21, The betting on I;he Derby is as follows:—Eleven to 10 on Slieve and Medallion, 7 'to 1 against Bezonian, 25 to 1 St. Petersburg, \ . BRITISH FRUIT CROP. Received May 21, 8.32 a.m. • LONDON, May 20. Cold weather and night frosts are seriously affecting British fruit crops. AMERICAN TINNED MEAT. Received May 21, 8.32 a.m. NEW YORK, M*ay 20. The loss in exports of American canned beef for the fiscal year is valued at a million sterling. DISTRESS IN FRENCH WINE DISTRICTS. RIOTING AT BEZIERS. Received May 21; 8.32 a.m. PARIS, May 20. Over-planting of vineyards in the South of France, and adulteration in other centres, have caused much local distress. . » . Some rioting took place, and the town hall of Beziers was burnt because the Mayor obstructed a demonstration. (Beziers is a town, in the South of France near the coast, fifteen miles north-east of Narbonne, and has a population of about 45,000. Beziers has wool spinneries and manufactures of chemical products and an ancietrt • cathedral,) JAPAN AND AMERICA. Received May 21, 9.51 a.m. NEW YORK, May 20. General Kuroki has been warmly feted in New York. A movement is prog-essing to invite Prince Fushimi to visit America.

MOTORING TO THE SOUTH POLE.

Received May 21, 9.51 a.m. NEW YORK, May 20. Dr Frederick Cook, of New York, is preparing an expedition to the South Pole in the summer of 1908. He is constructing special motors able to travel over land and sea and ice.