VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8504, 9 August 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

RAISERS' YACHT HAS A WIN. Received August 8, 7.38 a.m. LONDON, August 7. The Emperor of Germany's yacht Meteor won the King Edward's Cup at .Cowes. WARSHIPS' GUNS. Received August 8, 7.38 a.m. LONDON, August 7. The Government will order a number of 13.5 guns for the new Dreadnoughts. SALVATION ARMY SETTLEMENT. Received August 8, 7.38 a.m. OTTAWA, August 7. The Salvation Army will buy ten townships in Ontario for colonisation purposes, subject to the approval of the land by joint commissioners of the Army and Canada. KING EDWARD HOSPITAL. Received August 8, 7.42 a.m. LONDON, August 7. Mr Andrew Carnegie has presented £IOO,OOO to the King Edward Hospital Fund for London. While the gift is unconditional, it is hoped it Will be used in the promotion of strenuous reforms. SERVICE OF A WRIT. Received August 8, 8.28 a.m. LONDON, August 7. On the advice of Messrs Buckley and Jellicoe, Mr Joshua Jones has served a writ upon the late Wickham Flowers' executors, barring the sale of the Mokau Estato, New Zealand. ALLEGED UNFAIR TREATMENT. Received August 8, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, Augusts. Replying to Sir M. Levy, in the House of Commons, Mr W. Churchill stated that it was intended to again call the Commonwealth's attention to the alleged unfair treatment of certain British imports. v LADY GODIVA PROCESSION. Received August 8, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, August 7. A hundred and fifty thousand visitors witnessed the Lady Godiva procession at Coventry. La Milt>, who took the part of Lady Godiva, was greeted with enthusiasm over the six mile route. SPA EXHIBITION. Received August 8, 10.45 p.m. BRUSSELS, August 8. The New South Wales Government obtained the Grand Prix at the Spa (Belgium) Exhibition for dairy and agricultural produce. A DESTROYER RAMMED. Received August 8, 10.54 p.m. LONDON, August 8. j During the night manoeuvres off Swanage, the scout Attentive rammed the destroyer Quail, cutting off forty feet of her bow. The Quail was towed into Portsmouth. The crew had an amazing escape.

ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Received August 8, 7.37 a.m. LONDON, August 7. A gathering of 2,000 will farewell the Antarctic vessel Nimrod. NEW MILITARY COMMAND. Received August 8, 7.37 a.m. LONDON, August 7. The Duke of Connaught has accepted a new command known as the Eastern Mediterranean, with headquarters at Malta.