TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4715, 5 August 1893, Page 5

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

ibt bleotrio tbibqbapb—qof* sight.! [Spboial to Pbbss Association.] WASHINGTON, August 4. Charitable Aid. The citizens of Denver Oity, fear, ing riots in consequence of the closing of the mines, are organising charitable aid for the men thrown out of wurk. "**\ . . MADEID, Auausi 4. The Solomon Islands. The Spanish Government has agreed to offer no opposition to the ocoupation of the Solomon Islands by Great Britain. BERLIN, August 4. A Military Port. The German Government intends to construct a military port at the mouth of the Elbe to protect the canal connecting the Baltic with the North Sea. The cost is estimated at three and a half millions. ST PETERSBTJKG, August 4. The War of Tariffs. The Eussian Press fears that the war of tariffs will excite both Germany and Russia to d&ngerous antagonism. The tariff war between Enseiaand Germany is increasing in bitterness, and the tension haß become so acute as to threaten a disturbance of political relations. The Bussian Government is sending envoys to Berlin to treat for a settlement upon a workable Basis. LONDON, August 4. A Damaged Vessel— The Alastor. The barque Alastor, from Lyttelton to London, has put in to Valparaiso to repair damage received in a gale. [The Alastor is a barque oE 824 tons burden, commanded by Captain Glazebrook. She left Lyttelton on June 22, and was loaded by the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association. Her cargo consisted of '7148 saoks beans, 3249 sacks oats, 898 saoks wheat, 346 sacks seeds, 340 sacks PJBB3, and 27 bales w001.3 The English Parliament. The Daily News says that despite statements to the contrary, an autumn Bession will begin about the middle of Oqtober. ■ SYDNEY, August 6. An Attack on Labour Members. The leader of the Opposition, in his speeoh last night, said he was prepared to support the abolition of payment of members. The experiment of having a Labour party in the Houbo had ended disastrously for labour. He hoped that labour would always be represented, but he also hoped there would never again be a labour party in that Assembly. The time had come when land, and other property, and men with large incomes must pay something more to the State. Fregtrada would be impossible without direot taxation.