VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8462, 12 June 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

SWEPT AWAY IN ;A GALE. Received June 11, 9.4 a.m. LONDON, June 10. The steel barque Serena, 1,639 tons gro3s, bound from Melbourne to Queenstown, during a gale on March 18th had four of her crew swept overboard and drowned. The captain, at the risk of his life, was chiefly instrumental in rescuing two others who were holding on to a rope in icy water at the ship's side. MOTOR RACE. Received June 11, 8.50 a.m. PARIS, Juns 10. Three French motors, one Dutch, and one Italian have started in a race from Pekin to Paris. WOOLWICH ARSENAL. Received June 11, 10.57 p.m. LONDON, June 11. A fresh ballot taken at the Woolwich arsenal favoured a discontinuance of the five days per week system. The men prefer to be discharged rather than their comrades should make further sacrifices. MR T. BENT ENTERTAINED. Received June 11, 10.57 p.m. LONDON, June 11. At the Victorian banquet to Mr t T. Bent, the, latter, in replying to the toast of his health, said that investors need not be afraid of investment in Australia, where the security was as good as in England. Socialism in England was far worse than in Australia. There was no need to fear the Australian Labour Party. Nowhere in the world have working men so many houses of their own. HET VLOK CONGRESS. Received June 11, 8.50 a.m. CAPETOWN, June 10. The Het ,Vlok Congress has petitioned the Government to abolish all municipalities except Pretoria and Johannesburg, and to re-establish the old town regulations. CUSTOMS VALUATIONS. . Received June 11, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, June 10. The Daily Chronicle states that Mr Root, Secretary of State, has revised the regulations, and accepts certificates as to invoices of shipments given by the British Chambers of Commerci on the same conditions as certificates by German Chambers of Commerce.