GENERAL CABLES.
, , . /LONDON, March 27. Major - General Babington, who commanded the New Zealand forces from 1901 to 1906, has been appointed to the command of the Lowland Mounted Brigade of the territorial force. 1
The release of the Balleine's sailors
captured by Moors near Cape Jubi, was due to Lord who the leading tribesmen aboard bis yacht, detaining them until the crew was liberated. (The Balleine, a trawler, wa3 wrecked, and twenty of the crew fell into the hando of Moors.) ST.. PETERSBURG, March 27. The Naval Prize Court>at Libau rajected claims of £150,000 and £BO,OOO for indemnities for the British steamers Princess May and St. Kilda, sunk by a Russian cruiser for carrying alleged contraband of war. The case will now go to the Supreme Court at St. Petersburg. TOKIO, March 27. Owing to the failure of her nationalisation scheme, Japan proposes to lease her railways to a foreign syndicate, which will extend and improve them.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9052, 30 March 1908, Page 7
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157GENERAL CABLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9052, 30 March 1908, Page 7
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