FAST STEAMING.
Received July 30, 7.58 a.m. LONDON, July 30. The new Cunard liner Lusitania, in a steam trial, made 25 3 5 knots. SCOTTISH CHURCHES DISPUTE. Received July 31, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, July 30. The Elgin Commiosion, appointed into enquire respecting the Scottish churches dispute, estimates the United Free Church funds at £1,354,720, and allotted £310,000 to the "Wee Frees," besides what was awarded before. It is estimated that the United Frees lost altogether half a million. The opinion is expressed in Scotland that the Commissioners have been lavishly generous to the Wee Frees. THE BELFAST POLICE. Received July 31, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, July 30. The discontented police have temporarily resumed, though the leaders threaten to call out ninety-five per cent, unless the men's grievances are redi'essed. MORE TROUBLE WITH JAPANESE. Received July 31, 10.20 p.m. VANCOUVER, July 31. Friction has arisen between the Japanese Consul and the authorities at Vancouver regarding the landing of a large number of Japanese from Honolulu. THE UNREST IN INDIA. Received July 31, 10.2 p.Yn. BOMBAY, July 31. Six of those implicated in the recent seditious riot at Lahore have been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Two Hindu editors have been sentenced to five years' imprisonment each for publishing an appeal to the native army to mutiny. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Received August 1, 12.18 a.m. LONDON, July 31. Two shocks of earthquake were experienced at Dochgarroch, in Invernessshire. A SHIP ASHORE. Received August 1, 12.18 a.m. SYDNEY, July 31. Advice has been received here that the Russian ship Orient, bound from Geelong to South Africa, with a cargo of wheat, is ashore in a bad position on the South African coast, near East London. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Received August 1, 1.10 a.m. LONDON, July 31. The steam yacht Nimrod has been refitted as Lieutenant Shackleton's Antarctic ship and will sail on Tues day. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. Received July 31, 5.27 a.m. TOKIO, July 30. Viscount Hayashi declines to consider a new treaty with the United States based on the exclusion of JapI anese labourers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8500, 1 August 1907, Page 5
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349FAST STEAMING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8500, 1 August 1907, Page 5
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