VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8546, 30 September 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

PRINCESS LOUISE'S MARRIAGE. VIENNA, September 27. The marriage of the Countess of Montiguoso (otherwise Princess Louise) is not recognised as valid in Austria, Germany and Italy. - (Princess Louise, who was formerly the wife of the King (then Crown Prince) of Saxony, was divorced in 1903. A few days ago she was married to Signor Enrico Tosselli, a professor of languages, at a London registry office).

PATRIOTIC PERSIANS. TEHERAN/ September 27. Princes, Governors, and high officials at Teheran, the Persian capital, raised £400,000 to maintain a force sufficient to expel Turkish troops from Persian territory. AERIALNAVIGATION. BERNE, September 27. The Zeppelin airship circled around Lake Constance, German Switzerland. It manoeuvred perfectly against the wind. THE LUSITANIA. LONDON, September 27. The Cunard liner Lusitania on the homeward voyage averaged 22.60 (?) knots. The captain is confident that the vessel can do 26| knots. A NEW STEAMER. TO BE LARGER THAN THE LUSITANIA. LONDON, September 27. ■ Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, are to build a Hamburg-American liner larger than the Lusitania. Messrs John Brown and Co., of the Clydebank Works, will supply the engines.

A LOCKOUT AVERTED. Received September 29, 4.35 p.m. LONDON, September 28. As the result of the boilermakers' ballot the lockout will be averted. THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. LONDON, September 27. The Hon. D. P. Denham, of Queensland, represented New Zealand at the centenary celebrations of the Geological Society, London. Sir Archibald Geikie, in his presidential address, paid a high tribute to miners as pioneers of geology.

THE PHILIPPINES. NEW YORK, September 27. The New York Herald, which last month started an agitation in favour of the sale of the Philippines to Japan or any other Power, states that out of 128 Congressmen and Senators consulted, only 27 favoured retaining the Philippine?.

THE ASTURIAS LAUNCHED. LONDON, September 27. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Asturias, of 12,500 tons, was launched at Messis Harland and Wolff's yards, Belfast. She will sail for Australia on the 24th of January.