VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8498, 30 July 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

KILLED WHILE MOTORING. Received July 29, 8.21 a.m. NEW YORK, July 28. Mr Erbacer, a young American millionaire, was killed in New Jersey while motoring. A BARONET BANKRUPT. Received July 29, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, July 28. Sir Humphrey De TrafTord is a bankrupt. He expended half a million sterling in eighteen years in racing and horse breeding. DESTROYERS COLLIDE. Received July 29, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, July 28. When assembling for the impending review of the Home Fleet, the destroyers Waveney and Rother collided off Beachy Head. The Rother was somewhat seriously damaged. PEKIN TO PARIS MOTOR RACE. Received July 29, 9,0 a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, July 29. Prince Borghese, a competitor in the Pekin to Paris motor race, has reached Moscow. (The cars and drivers taking part are as follow: — De Dion Bouton, Coroier; Spyker, Godard; Itala, Prince Scipio Borghese; De Dion Bouton, Caiognan; Cantal, Pons. The Itala was built with an eye to stability rather than to speed.) THE SOAP TRUST. Received July 29, 10.17 p.m. LONDON, July 29. The action for libel brought by Messrs Joseph Watson and Sons, soap manufacturers, against the Daily News and allied papers, arising out of comments on the Soap Trust, has been settled privately. Mr Watson announces that the c 7 amr eras agreed upon exce?d those recently paid to Messrs Lever Bros, by the Daily Mail and Evening News. The latter papers have now withdrawn their aspersions and apologised. RUSSO-JAPANESE AGREEMENTS. Received July 29, 10.17 p.m. PARIS, July 29. The Paris correspondent of the London Times states that the Russo-Japanese agreements provide, inter alia, for the maintenance of the status quo in the Far East. Russia undertaking to accept the latest developments in Korea.

SAN FRANCISCO AND THE

"GRAFTERS."

Received July 29, 11.30 p.m. NEW YORK, July 29,

Dr. Taylor, now Mayer of San Francisco, has appointed sixteen supervisors of high standing, including merchants and bankers, to succeed the"grafters." His invitation to the Labour Union leaders to serve on the Board was not accepted.