VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8451, 31 May 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS. Received May 30, 7.37 a.m. LONDON, May 29. General Sir Neville Lyttelton has been appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. He is succeeded as Chief of the General Staff by General Nicholson. General Lord Methuen has been appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa.

TRANSVAAL AND ORANGIA.

Received May 30, 7.37 a.m. LONDON, May 29

Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presiding at a dinner given by South Africans in London, stated that the constitution of the Orange River Colony was practically settled, and would soon be announced officially. AN ARMENIAN ASSASSINATION. Received May 30, 8.36 a.m. LONDON, May 29. Armenian revolutionaries at Hoboken beat to death a wandering friar named Haran, crushed the body into a trunk, and forwarded it to New York. The assassins have disappeared. The police have been informed that the victim was considered to be a spy in the pay of the Turkish Government.

(There is a Hoboken in New Jersey, United States, a leading seaport of that State.) PENSIONS FOR POOR CLERGY. Received May 30, 8.36 a.m. LONDON, May 29. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are devoting a quarter of a million sterling for pensions for poor clergymen. FATAL ACCIDENT. Received May 30, 8.36 a.m. LONDON, May 29. The widow of Mr Richard Cadbury, chocolate manufacturer, was killed by falling downstairs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's"liner Empress of India, on the voyage from Yokohama to Vancouver.

ACCIDENT TO ROYALTY. Received May 30, 10.59 p.m. LONDON, May 30. Reuter states that while crossing a little bridge on the grounds at Petit Treanon, Versailles, the horses attached to the Queen of Norway's and Madam Fallieres' carriage became frightened. One of the horses caught its leg in a paling of the bridge, and swerving, fell into the lake, carrying with it the postillion. The horse broke its leg, and was shot. The man was unhurt. The Chronicle and Daily Mail state that three horses fell into the lake, nearly dragging the carriage with them. General Michael, who was in the carriage, lifted the ladies out, carrying them out of danger. King Haakon and President Fallieres, who had crossed the bridge first, hastened back to the scene of the accident. MR J. CHAMBERLAIN. Received May 33, 9.22 p.m. LONDON, May 30. Mr J. Chamberlain, who has been seriously ill, in a cheerful letter to Viscount Turnour, gave an excellent account of his health, and hoped, to be back in Parliament at the beginning of next session. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND. Received May 30, 9.22 p.m. LONDON, May 30. Mr A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking in the House of Commons, admitted that Judge Ross had stated that widespread, audacious conspiracy wcs rampant in the West of Ireland. Mr Birrell said that cattle had been driven off farms in a number of individual cases, but the Government had no evidence of a widespread conspiracy, though there was cause for considerable anxiety in certain limited areas. TOUR OF BRITISH EDITORS. Received May hi, 1.8 a.m. BERLIN, May 30. The British editors continue to receivel exuberant hospitality in Germany. At a great banquet at Berlin Herr Muehlberg, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, warmly welcomed the visitors, and reiterated that the German navy was only intended to protect the German coasts and sea trade. Sir F. Lascelles, British Ambassador at Berlin, said that the editors would help to remove the misunderstandings between the two nations and promote friendly relations. IN A STATE OF DISRUPTION. Received May 31, 1.8 a.m. LONDON, May 30. At the opening of the King's County (Ireland) Quarter Sessions, Judge Curron said that although officially reported to be a peaceable County, it had never been in a worse state of disruption than now.