OLYMPIC GAMES.
Received May 2, 10 a.m. ATHENS, May 2,
Id the final for the 400 metres, at the Olympic Games, Pilgrim (America) vvaß drat ; Halawell (Scotland) aeconi; and Barker (New South Wale?) third. The time was 53 l-sseo.
SUCCESS OP A CANADIAN.
Reoeived May 2, 9.22 p.m. ATHENS, May 2,
Herring, a Canadian, won the 26 miles Marathon Race, in 2hrs 51rnin 23seo. Forty-eight oompeted, including one Australian.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
NIGERIAN FRONTIER,
Received May 2, 8.41 a.m. LONDON, May 1
Britain and France have agreed to deflect the Northern Nigerian frontier southwards, giving France territory belonging to Zinder on the Niger immediately below the rapids.
LABOUR DAY CELEBRATIONS.
Received May 2, 11.26 p.m. LONDON, May 2.
Labour Day was celebrated in most of the large uities on the Continent without any serious disturbances occurring, owing gto the authorities taking precautionary measures wherever the demonstrators were likely to prove disorderly.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8130, 3 May 1906, Page 5
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