VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8453, 1 June 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

ACCIDENT TO WAR BAULOON. OCCUPANTS MISSING. Received May 31, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, May 31. A war balloon, ;containing Lieutenants Caulfield and Leak, of the Royal Engineers, who are both skilled aeronauts, ascended at Aldershot on Tuesday, and had been missing until Thursday, when the balloon was pieked up, empty, by a fishing smack near Exmouth.

SUCCESS OF A COLONIAL ACTRESS, Received May 31. 10.15 a.m, LONDON, May 30. Miss Marie Lohr, who comes from Sydney, a daughter of the well-known actress, Kate Bishop, made a hit as leading lady in "My Wife," at Haymarket. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS AT HOME. Received May 31, 10.15..am. LONDON, May 30. MuswiU Hill bowlers defeated the New Zealand bowlers by 45 points to 36. The Lord Mayor entertained the New Zealand team at the Mansion House. COST OF THE CONFERENCE. Received May 31, 10.15 a.m. LONDON, May 30. Mr Churchill, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons that the Imperial Conference vote, £6,000, had been somewhat exceeded. ■' ' r WOOLWICH ARSENAL REDUCTIONS. Received May 31, 9.4 a.m. LONDON, May 30. The Daily Chronicle states that only eighty of the* men discharged from Woolwich Arsenal went to Germany. They were decoyed there on promise of employment as sewing machinists. THE HAMBURG STRIKE. Received May 31, 9.4 a.m. LONDON, May SC. The "blacklegs" have nearly all returned to England. INTER-IMPERIAL MAIL SERVICE. Received May 31, 9.4 a.m. LONDON, May 30. Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman states that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr Lloyd-George), with Board of Trade experts, is examining the All-Red route scheme. Until the investigation has been further advanced, it is impossible to say if the appointment of a committee, is necessary.