MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 14 July 1908, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

(Received July 14, 7.58 a.m.)

OTTAWA, July 13.

The wheat area of three provinces of Canada shows an increase of 468,000 acres.

NEW YORK, July 13.

The threatened rise in railway rates east of the Mississippi, North Potomac and Ohio rivers, is gravely disturbing the manufacturing interests of America. Mr W. C. Brown, senior VicePresident of the New York Central Lines, declared that a rise in rates was the only alternative to a decrease in wages, which is out of the question. > BERLIN, July 13. The German Government has notified China that Turkish subjects in China will in future be under German protection. France, which has exercised this protectorate for 170 years, was unaware that a change was being proposed. LONDON, July 13. Mr W. T. Stead, in an article in the Daily Chronicle,' states that the French Government has entered into exhaustive experiments with a new composition armor, and practically upholds the inventor' 8 claims, namely, that its .resistance is fourfold more than that' of chilled steel^is invulnerable to rifle bullets, is no heavier than the existing cuirass, and costs one-half of chilled steel, and is expeditiouslr repaired. LISBON, July 13. ' 'The deputies at' Lisbon approved a clause in the Civil List granting King Manuel £200 daily. LISBON, July 13. Queen Amelie refunds to the nation £32,400 improperly advanced to her.