VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8463, 13 June 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

"THE MIKADO." Received June'l2, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, June 11. Mr Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, is almost daily pressedfto secure the withdrawal of the ban on the opera "The Mikado." Yesterday, the band of the Japanese flagship; Tsukuba, at Chatham, was found playing many airs of "The Mikado," which was part of their repertoire. (Licenses to perform "The Mikado" were recently withdrawn by. the Lord Chamberlain, presumably out of regard for the feelings of Prince Fushima, the Japanese-En-voy.) I BOX OP SOVEREIGNS LOST.""" 7 Received June 12, 11.34 a.m. SUVA, June 12. A box of sovereigns was dropped from the steamer /iona, and was lost in Suva Harbour. barque;abandoned.. Received June 12, 11.34 a.m. SUVA, June 12. The barque Albania, in a sinking state, was abandoned on the 17th ult., in latitude 35 south, longitude 174 west. i The captain, his wfe.and the crew; arrived at Tonga on the 26th ult., and are proceeding to Sydney in the steamer Atua. CUSTOMS VALUATIONS. .Received June 12, 8.7 a.m. LONDON, June 11. The British Government is authorising the Chambers of Commerce to grant certificates as to the value of exports. (This step is no doubt taken in order to comply with the new Customs regulations in America, which simplify administrative difficulties by accepting certificates of value from Cambers of Commerce, if they arebacked by their Governments.)

. BIG FIRM INVOLVED. Received June 12, 8.7 a.m. NEW YORK, Juna 11. The creditors of Milliken Brothers, steel bridge builders, of New York, have applied for the appointment cf a receiver. Milliken Bros.' lawyer c'ates that the liabilities are £1,300,000, and the assets £1,800,000. CRICKET. Received June 12, 8.7 a.m. LONDON, June 11. (Playing against Middlesex, Schwarz took six wickets for 27 runs. (R, O. Schwarz is tha bowler of the fcSouth African team who took ten wickets for 40 runs against Northampton.) NORTHAMPTON DISMISSED FOR TWELVE RUNS.. DENNILT TAKE 3 EIGHT WICKETS Fo- NINE RUNS. Received June 13, 12.26 a.m. LONDON, June 12. Gloucester dismissed Northampton for twelve runs. Dennet took eight wickets for nine iuis. CZAR AND KAISER. Received June 12, 8.26 a.m. PARIS. June 11. Le Matin states that the Czar and the Kaiser will meet at the end of June aboard the Russian Imperial yacht in the North Sea. '(■' - ,' ; A STRANGE AFFAIR. Received June J2, 8.26 a.m. [ NEW YORK, June 11. Mrs May Pepper, a celebrated New York spiritualist has married Mr Edward Ward Vanderbilt, whose family is applying for a sequestration order against his estates, on the ground that Mrs Pepper influenced him through a sprightly spirit known in New York society as "Little Bright Eyes." TREATIES WITH JAPAN, Received June 12, 8.7 a.m. PARIS, June 11. The Franco-Japanese treaty has been signed here. It guarantees the status quo in Eastern Asia, and China's independence and integrity.^ The Russo-Japanese agreement is ready. Four Powers thus guarantee, the status quo.

UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. Received June 13, 12.26 a.m. WASHINGTON, June 12. The Hon. VV. H. Taf t, Minister of War, interviewed, exclaimed: "War with Japan! Don't you believe it. Rest assured we will have no war with Japan." THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS. Received June 12, 8.7 a.m. LONDON, Juno 11. Banbury beat the New Zealand bov/lers by 47 to 36.