The Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1898. IN A NUTSHELL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6290, 22 September 1898, Page 2

The Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898. IN A NUTSHELL.

Barometer rising slowly. Sir Walter Scott died Sept. 22, 1832. Canterbury Jockey Club entries will be due to-morrow. Two more tourists have been killed in the Swiss Alps. The Right Rev Dr Jenner, formerly Bishop of Dunedin, is dead. The attempts at train-wrecking in England aie becoming alarming. ° The funeral of the late Dr Hacon will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. 'The Floral Fete Committee will meet at 8 o'clock to-morrow night, in the City Council Chamber.The London Chronicle" urges that Sir George Grey should be buried in St Paul's Cathedral. . The Horticultural Society's Spring Show opens at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, in the Art Gallery. • . . . , . , : ■. By a fire in a Toledo grain elevator, eight persona were burned, to "death; and nine were fatally injured. '• ■ :■■; ■•-'■■■■ .'. ; Annual meeting of the East -Christchurcb. Swimming Club to-morrow night, at the Gloucester Street School. The Queen, through Mr Chamberlain, has expressed to Sir Georee Grey's relatives her great regret at his death. A Spanish prisoner made nn unsuccessful attempt to poison Aguinaldo, the leader of the insurgents in the Philippine Islands. The representatives of Russia, France, Belguim. Spain and Holland have tendered their condolence to Li Hung Chang on his downfall. , , The Russian Press declares that the visit of the Emperor William of Germany to Palestine will be . detrimental to Russia's influence in the East.