VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8464, 14 June 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

HEAVY DAMAGES. Received Juno 13, 8.33 a.m. LONDON, June 12. The"newspaper Footwear has been mulcted by the King's Bench in £3,000 damages for libeling Mr Soper, a bootseller of Peckham, in connection wth his campaign against boots partially made of cardboard, and in favour of a standard mark on those made of solid leather. ARMY RE-ORGANISATION. Received June 13, 8.40 a.m. LONDON, June 12. The Times states that there is good reason to believe that, in pursuance of the recent suggestion of Mr Balfour, Leader of the Opposition, the militia will be preserved and will form part of the third or fourth battalions at present allotted to the special contingent | (The special contingent is a body from which drafts are to be made to meet "wastage" in the ranks during war time. Mr Balfour's suggestion, as cabled, was that the militia should "supply drafts and serve as units of the army." DISCONTENT IN SOUTH OF FRANCE. Received June 13, 8.49 a.m. PARIS, June 12. M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, during the discussion on the Wine Bill, advised winegrowers to combine to establish a regular output, to abolish wines of inferior quality ? and to as&ist in the suppression of adulteration. He offered to forego the land tax for five years in the case of vineyards placed under other crops. Twenty-five municipal bodies have resigned. CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. Received June 13, 9.35 p.m. LONDON, June 12. ' Robert Simpson* 1 and William" MacDougall were sentenced to five years' penal servitude at Edinburgh for conspiracy to defraud Glasgow newspapers by inducing them to publish bogus telegrams describing Simpson's arrest for murder. They then proceeded to claim damages after the puDlication of the telegrams. "MOONLIGHTING." Received June 13, 10.31 p.m. BLOEMFONTEIN, June 12. Two Dutchmen were tried for "moonlighting" and blowing up a dam of a Scottish settler named Adams. The jury disagreed and the accused were discharged.