CITY EDITION, BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5961, 28 August 1897, Page 5

CITY EDITION, BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

m {bz jb-.botbio tjilbssaph— oof_rhioht.3 [Per Press Association.] AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT. LONDON, August 26. Four old Etonians attempted to row across the English Channel, accompanied by a tug. A heavy swell caufced the boat to sink. The occupants were rescued with great difficulty. OBITUARY. The Eight Hon Sir George MidornMorgan, M.P. for Denbigh East, ia dead. Deceased was Secretary for the Colonies in 1886. THE COLONIAL PREMIEES. August 27. It is stated that the Colonial Premiers have with them copies of Mr Chamberlain's opening speech at the conference and the resolutions passed at that gathering. . MOUNTAINEERING QTTAWA, August 26. The Due d'Abruezzi, a membei of the Italian Eoyal House, ascended . Mount St Elias, one of the highest - peaks in the North-west Territory ol i Canada. The party reached an altitude of eighteen thousand one hundred feet, and were fifty-one days in the midst of ice and snow. PRESIDENT BOEDA'S ASSASSIN. BUENOS AYRES, August 27. Arredondo, President Borda'e ■ assassin, was an army officer. The \ deed is due to personal hatred. There ! were no accomplices. The crowd at i the cathedral door threatened the murderer with violence, and the military were compelled to charge , them with fixed bayonets. Several were killed and many wounded.