CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5862, 3 May 1897, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

; . ■' - I—."'1 — ."' ' • [BF Ef.RCTKHJ TKLKQHAPH— OnPT»IQET.\ [Per Press Association.] THE QUEEN. LONDON, April 30. The Queen lias left Cherbourg on her return to England. CHIEi 1 JUSTICE WAF. Chief Justice. Way has been summoned to attend at ~W indsor on Tuesday, for thepurpoße of being sworn in as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF FIJI. MAT 1. Sir George O'Brien, successor to the late Sir John Thurston as governor of Fiji, will leave Vancouver for Fiji by the Aorangi. AN OFFENDED ENVOY. May 2. A Chinese special envoy to the Diamond celebrations ia enraged in consequence of his having been placed in quarantine a,t Victoria, British Columbia. RINDERPEST. CAPE TOWN, April 30. The Cape Budget shows a surplus for the year of half a million, which will be devoted to stamping out rinderpest. " NO CONFIDENCE. CAPETOWN, May 2. In the Assembly, Mr Merriman, exMinister, moved a vote of no-con-fidence in the Government. On a division the voting was equal, and the motion was defeated by the casting vote of the Speaker. LIEUTENANT ELOFF. PRETORIA, May 2. Lieutenant Eloff has been appointed chief lieutenant of the Pretoria police. SENTENCED TO DEATH. MADRID, May 2. Another batch of twenty-six Anarchists have been sentenced to death at Barcelona. A MASSACRE. ROME, May 2. News has been received that a band of. Ethiopians massacred Captain Bottego, the leader, and several members of the Italian East African Exploring party. The rest of the party were captured by the natives.