YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7417, 31 May 1902, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

■ - — "♦- rA SUMMARY. .

The following is a summary of news which did not, appear in yesterday's "Star":-- ' '■•■■ JAn assassin attempted to shoot Prince Ohlenski, Governor of KJharkoff. The "Morning Post " states that several other colonial loans are imminent. -'■.-' • * The Christchurch City Council's Rubbish Destructor was formally opened yesterday. A rumour got about in Christchurch yes. terday afternoon that. peace had been declared. ' . ■- . . . • • . ■•'■■■• .*• -.•■.■■ Trooper J. A. Cameron, of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles^ died from enteric at Vryburg. ' ' : ■ .#•.■• The London City Corporation has contributed £5000 as a birthday gift to the King's Hospital Fund. Mr Smart, Minister of Works in C&pe Colony, has resigned in connection with the suspension of the Constitution. v • ■ • ■ ■ Yesterday afternoon "Delee," one of the oldest and best known residences in the Papandi \yillage, was destroyed! by fire. A meeting of members of the proposed Native Rifles' Fife and 1 Drum Band was held last evening, at the Corps-' orderlyroom. Twenty-one members were enrolled. • .*. In reply to Mr Deakin's inquiries, the Premie? of New South Wales strongly ad- ! vocated the suspension at once of the gTain j and fodder duties, in order to save starving stock. I At the annual meeting of the • Northern j Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the! advisableness of making the annual show more attractive to the general public was discussed. • • ■ ♦ At a meeting of the Finance Committee set up in connection with the Coronation celebrations in Christchurch, held yesterday afternoon, the-Hon C Louisson was appointed chairman. * %" • ' • An Havana tobacco company has been formed at New Jersey, with a capital of 35,000,000d01,, enabling the American To- ! bacco Trust to t control 85 per cent of the Cuban tobacco production. The "Daily Mail" spates that the British Government has been informed that the Boer irreconcilables have accepted the preliminaries of peace, and that only a few minor details remain unsettled. • ♦ ■ ♦ Mr Be-hnet Burleigh states that it is not anticipated that the Vereeniging Conference's final decision, will be taken, before Monday, which explains Mr Balfour's statement. • There is a shadow of doubt if Mr Balfour will be able to make an announcement on Monday. . • At a public meeting held in the Colo.; nists' Hall, Lyttelton, last night, the Mayor (Mr J. Grubb) presiding, it was decided to ask the Borough Council to vote £200 towards the Coronation celebrations, and that a permanent memorial of the event should be erected in Lyttelton. ••* . i ' A lad named John Kenny, an inmate of the Burnham Industrial School, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital last week suffering from a knife wound, said to have been inflicted during a struggle with another inmate. As the patient showed serious symptoms, his depositions were taken yesterday. • A meeting of .the Sumner-Christchurch Canal Conference was held last night, but owing to^he fact that the Tramways Conference was sitting, there was only a small attendance. After adding the name of the Chairman (Dr Russell) to the committee, and passing a resolution, giving the committee power to add to its number, the meeting adjourned until the Chairman and Secretary should deem it advisable to call another meeting. , ■■"• ..V v A meeting of delegates from^Christchurch local bodies to the Tramways Conference was. held in the City Council Chambers last evening, to discuss the position of af-; fairs with Mr P. M. Hansen, the Australasian representative of the British Electric. Traction Company. A motion was carried that the meeting should be adjourned till Friday evening, and that in the meantime a report should be drawn up in re-, gard to having an Act passed -during the coming session to constitute a tramways district. : < : " The North Otago Jockey Club's Winter Meeting was continued yesterday. The following are the results : — Belfield Hurdle Race, Dartmoor (dividend £21 17s) ; Stewards' Welter Handicap, Lapidary (dividend £7 life) ; Telegraph Handicap, Narcissus (dividend' £1 9s) ; Henderson "Memorial Handicap, Ardnarff (dividend £7 10s) ; Tradesmen's Handicap, Ayr dale (dividend £2 6s) ;'Brookstea<l Trot, Hanjlin (dividend £1 13s) ; Waitald Handicap, Goldspur (dividend £1 18s). ■'