VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8484, 11 July 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

THE CAPTURE OF KAID MACLEAN. Reeaivad July 10, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, July 9. Mr W. Runcirnan, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, stated in the House of Commons that the Moorish Minister for War had no anxiety as to yir Harry Maclean's personal safety. Britain, said Mr Runcirnan, was urging Morocco to secure Sir Harry's release without imperilling his safety. 1 Received July 10, 9.43 p.m. MOROCCO. July 10. j Raisuli severely reproached ICaid Maclean for bombarding his home and hounding him out of the district. Jiaid Maclean is kept completely isolated. NEW TORPEDO FACTORY. Received Jrly 10. 9.45 a.m. LONDON, July 9. The Government is constructing a large torpedo factory on the Clyde. CANADIAN GOLD RUSH. " Received July 10. 9.45 a.m. OTTAWA, July 9. A great rush has set in to the new Canadian goldfiek! at Lake Larder. A SURREY CRICKETER. Received July 10, 9.45 a.m. LONDON. July 9. Playing frr the Players in a match against th 3 Gentlemen, Hayward, the Surrey cricketer, scored 146 not out. He carried his bat throughout an innings of 278. BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. Received July 10, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, July 9. The Australian team are having satisfactory practices at Bisley, though the weather has prevented consistent shooting. SWIMMING COMPETITION. Received July 10, 9.45 a.m. LONDON. July 9. vdffßk In the Life Saving Society's 100 yards invitation swimming race at the Bath Club. Derbyshire beat Tarkaover, of Sydney by a touch. R. L. Baker, of Sydney, also competed, but was unplaced. SLAVERY IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA. Received July 10, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, July 9. Mr Winston Churchill, UnderSecretary for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons that the legal status of slavery would be abolished in Mombasa and the East African Protectorate in October. Parliament, Mr Churchill added, would be asked to pass a vote for compensation.