BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 12167, 11 April 1904, Page 1

BREVITIES.

Nothing more has been heard of Mr J. C. Andrew, the missing Wellington solidtor, lost in the bush near while deer-stalking, though search parties axe out in all directions. A number of Victoria (8.C.) merchants have been committed for trial for “blacklisting” unionists, A gritsome tragedy is reported from Viina (Russia), where a millionaire, his /ow servants were murdered, £25,000 stolen, and the house fired by robbers. 1 he president of the Royal Georgraphical Society is enthusiastic over Captain Scott’s work. The Cape Parliament is taking an active P art m to secure the pardon of LieuWitton, of Carbineer notoriety. The Japanese losses during the attacks ?? i ore officially set down at 14 killed in action, 9 since died of their wounds, and 91 wounded, of whom 40 have recovered. A barbed wire protected moat, four miles long, has been constructed two miles to the northward of Port Arthur. The Anglo-French Convention is hailed with the liveliest satisfaction in both countries, and it is regarded as a diplomatic triumph, m which the King and President Loubet played no mean part Newfoundland’s paramountcy in her fisheries is acknowledged at last. Canada disallows the British Columbian Ordinance aimed at the exclusion of Chinese miners. The Russian first line of defence is at 1 engwhangcheng, but they mean to hold Antung and Shabotze as long as they can. . f dm f a / Unu ™ll not reply to the protests of the commanders of the Varyag and Ivonrtz, alleging that the fight with those vessels took place outside the limits of Chemulpo Harbor. J^ ps Wa , “gaffed the services of 200 Candian members ot medical and bearer Co s > if’ p awr service j n South Afrie^ ihe Eastern question is closed for the present. The Tnrco-Bulgarian Agreement provides for a free pardon to al» rebels, with the exception of those concerned in dynamite outrages. Bulgaria, on her part, undertakes to preformation of revolutionary bands and the smuggling of ammunition across the border. ' A new watsr route from the Atlantic to, Lake Ichad has been discovered, obviating the use of the Congo route, rho raising of the submarine A 1 establishes that no explosion occurred, as the bodies were uninjured, j The Anglo-French Agreement is a bitter pm to the Spanish and Russian Press, j A mud hole is very active within the pre- ■ dnets of the Sanatorium at- Rotorua. Captain Chatfield, late of the Moeraki received a presentation from- the members of the Hobart Marins Board last week.