VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8494, 25 July 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

BRUGES SHIP CANAL. Receive:! July 24, 9.46 a.m. BRUSSELS, July 23. King Leopold opened the new port of Zeebrugge, the terminus of the Bruges Ship Canal. DAVIS TENNIS CUP. Received July 24, S.ll a.m. LONDON, July 23. In the international games Gore and Barrett (England) beat Brookes and Wilding (Australia) —3—6, 4—6, 7—5, 6-2, 13—11. In the tenth game of the third set Brookes and Wilding were within a stroke of winning. CUP WON BY THE AUSTRALIANS. '

Received July 24, 10.14 p.m. LONDON, July 24. The Australians won the Davis Cup by three events to two. Gore beat Wilding, 3—6, 6-3, 7—5, 6—2, and Brookes beat Barrett 6—2, 6—o, 6—B.

THE SINKING OF THE COLUMBIA. THE CASUALTIES. Received July 24, 8.17 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. Further particular's in connection with the sinking of the steamship Columbia, after a collision with the San Pedro, show that one hundred and forty-four of the Columbia's survivors have arrived at Eureka. The casualties are now estimated at 69. MURDERED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Received July 24, 10.39 p.m. NEW YORK, July 24. A blackmailer in broad daylight murdered M. Tavshajian, the wealthiest Armenian in the United States, in Union Square, New York. When arrested the murderer justified his crime on the ground that the deceased refused to subscribe to assist his countrymen in patriotic struggles.

BAND OF SERVIANS EXTERMINATED. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24. Albanian peasants, assisted by Turkish troops, exterminated a band of 65 Servians near Salonica. GERMAN STEERABLE BALLOON. Received July 24, 10.14 p.m. BERLIN, July 24. A German cigar-shaped steeraole military balloon travelled against the wind from Berlin to Spandau and performed a number of interesting evolutions. The balloon answered the helm readily.