VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8448, 25 May 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

CONSPIRATORS AT BAY. Received May 24, 8.22 a.m. GUATEMALA, May 23. Four men who attempted to assassinate the President of Guatemala, took refuge in an empty house. When troops surrounded the house the conspirators fired, killing or wounding three officers of high rank. The conspirators then committed suicide.

KNIGHTED. Received May 24, 8.22 a.m. LONDON, May 23. Knighthood has been conferred on Mr John Kirk, who for 40 years has filled the position of secretary to the Ragged School Union. WOOLWICH ARSENAL REDUCTIONS. Received May 24, 8.2 a.m. LONDON, May 23. German agents are trying to persuade the discharged Woolwich arsenal workmen to emigrate to Germany. The officials have warned the workmen that they must preserve arsenal secrets. The discharges continue. MR MORGAN'S ART PURCHASES. Received May 24, 8.22 a.m. NEW YORK, May 23. Mr Pierpont Morgan has purchased at Paris £200.000 worth of Hoentschel's collection of carvings, statuary and furniture, one of the finest collections in the world. He will present the Renaissance portion of his purchase to the New York Metropolitan Museum. RISE IN WAGES. Received May 24, 11.58 p.m. LONDON. May 24. Mr Kenny, Secretary of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union, announces that a movement is on foot in various ports to demand an all-round rise in wages of ten shillings monthly on all foreign-going ships and 2s 6d to 3s on coasting vessels. IN HONOUR OF SIR HECTOR M'DONALD. Received May 24, 11.58 p.m. LONDON, May 24. A national memorial tower, at Dingwall, in honour of the late General Sir Hector M'Donald, was inaugurated in the p/esence of thousands of people.

CAN DIAN-AUSTRALIAN RECIPROCITY. Received May 24, 9.47 a.m. LONDON. May 23. Mr W. S. Fielding, Canadian Minister for Finance, pending whose arrival the negotiations for CanadianAustralian reciprocity had bten deferred, has met Sir William Lyne, Commonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs, and they discussed the proposed treaty.