A Summary of News
Generals Botha anil Delarey are 01 their way back to South Africa.
Sir E. Barton lias been feeling the bitter edge of Mr G. 11. Reid’s tongue over the hatter’s dispute. The Montreal Chamber of Commerce is inviting other Canadian Chambers to unite in petitioning the King to appoint Lord Strathcona next Governor-General. Further complications have arisen in connection with the licensing polls in Awarua and Mat aura, which threaten to nullify the recounts. The Countess of Dudley shows steady improvement in health. — , The loyalists’ fund has now reached £lO,OOO. The German Tariff Bill has at last passed the third reading and Von Bulow has been decorated in recognition of his success.
It is reported that suggestions have been unofficially made in Britain and Germany thpt President Roosevelt should act as mediator in the Venezuelan difficulty. Castro’s appetite for war has evidently been subdued by the appearance of the Towers’ formidable line of battle and he has sent a deputation to visit 11.M.5. Charybdis. For an act of pillage the Allies bombarded the fortress and Custom house and have captured the entire Venezuelan fleet. Italy has now presented a claim for 60,000 dollars, which Castro admits.
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Southland Times, Issue 18020, 16 December 1902, Page 2
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200A Summary of News Southland Times, Issue 18020, 16 December 1902, Page 2
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