VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8509, 10 August 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

THE DISCONTENT AT BELFAST. Received August 9, 9 a.m. LONDON, August 8. Military measures in Belfast are ensuring unimpeded cartage, and have led to resumption of work in some of the engineering works. Hundreds of strikers are anxious to resume work. Received August 9, 9.47 p.in. LONDON, August 9. The Labour members in the House of Commons protested that the presence of the military at Belfast prevented peaceful picketing and strengthened the employers. Mr A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, replied that the troops were there at the request of the civil authorities. HOME RULE. Received August 9, 8 a.m. LONDON, August 8. Sir Thomas Esmonde, ex-M.P., speaking at Wexford, said the Parliamentary Party's game was up. Some changed plans were required in the interest of the Empire's integ- 1 rity. Home Rule was as far off as in 1885; the national cause had very seriously retrogressed. A RICH FIND. Received August 9, 9 33 p.m. OTTAWA, August 9. A nickel deposit has been discovered at Worthington, Ontario. The vein is 100 feet wide, and is almost pure metal. NEW NAVAL SCHEME. Received August 9, 8.24 a.m. LONDON, August 8. Lord Charles Beresford, Command-er-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, is inaugurating a new scheme. Pie takes to sea for a month's training 200 Liverpool Naval Volunteers. THE KAISER'S CUP. Received August 9, 8.24 a.m. LONDON, August 8. Lord Dunraven's yacht Kariad won the Kaiser's Cup at Cowes. (Last year the Kaiser's Cup was won by Sir Maurice Fitzgerald's yawl Satanita.)

ATTACKS ON UNITED'STATES CORPORATIONS. Received August 9, 5.21 a.m. NEW YORK, August 8. A renewal of the hostile sentiment towards corporations, combined with furious "bear" attacks, caused sensational declines in many stocks on Wall Street. THE ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM. Received August 9, 8.24 a.m. LONDON, August 8. The Marylebone Cricket Club have invited Fielder, Rhodes and Barnes to join the team. Fielder has accepted. CHINESE ON THE RaND. Received August 9, 9.33 p.m. PRETORIA, August 9. The Completion of Chinese Coolie Contracts Bill passed the Assembly. RAISULI AND KAID MACLEAN. Received August 9, 10 p.m. LONDON, August 9. The Times' Tangier correspondent says that the chiefs of the Khamas tribe demanded that Kaid Sir Harry Maclean should be surrendered to them. Raisuli has complied with the request, and it is expected that this will lead to Sir Harry Maclean's release. ANOTHER COLLISION.

Received August 9, 9.47 p.m. LONDON, August 9. The destroyers Kestrel and Teviot collided in the Channel. The Kestrel was nearly cut in two, and was towed to Portsmouth. Eight destroyers have been damaged off Portsmouth in a fortnight.