SATURDAY'S NEWS. A SUMMARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7435, 23 June 1902, Page 1

SATURDAY'S NEWS. A SUMMARY.

The following is a summary of news .vrhich did not appear in Saturday's '••Star":—--' ./; • '■'> ' The Bong «nd Queen arrived at Bucking-' bun Palace yesterday. -..-< , •• : ■ ■• •■• • v. '■ ■■•• . The !Ameer (bas deposed . flhe Mad Mullah owing to «*taeme age. . . . ; Loid (HeiSraen has refused a public welcome On his return to Wiltshire. . ■'.-.'. •••.■..' ' - Tha Au*traliaufl won the cricket m*tc3i against Derbyshire by dgto wickets. r '■■'■'■ •..'■■■■■ ■*** ' / Loud Kibohener will .leave on Ma journey from Boat>h Africa .to England to-day. Ttra <Skrvemor of the State has despatched faoops *to Patereon, New Jersey, to quell the {Ska riots. - .. Mesara ■Purness, Wiliby and Ob., of West P«rtiepodl, have purchased liUxe Gulf Sine of >*wu3inr> all) 'gxeepock. f i&^eral 3ath~a has instructed the (Boers, id Hoiiwrtk and deliver ell arm* and ammunition, »nd 00-opei&te :-mtia Whe 'British. «. ' Several of ' the (rivers of Martinique are ilowing ■with Ixxiliiig -water. The Basse Poin'te firfsmm haa. rieen. to lihrice itd usual ■heig'ht. ' Fifty deaths from oht&era are reported daily «a *he Chinese town tub Shanghad, while dlheie Jiave beeni 40 oases in -t!he. foreign settlements. Mr Boot, "United Siartes Secretary of War, •taites tlhat tlhe ooart.of the war in the Philipt>inea to date is thirty-four millians sterling. m ■•■ ' • : -'•■• .■'•'. ' • ' The Britten Ooujrt will observe ilhree weeks' ftourndng far ihe Kiog x>f Saxony, but it will ©a suspended during- the -Coronation iestivi- """• " ■"■"■'■■•.• '•' ': ■■■ : ; '■ In the coarse of * debate in <&« House of Commons xrn 'the. Navy Estimates, Lord Oh«rle3 Beresford Characterised *he Admiralty eystem of adnriniettra'tiipajj as. rotten. • ■''„.' :' ***" =■ The weather In New Soutih Wales is bitterly «old, and is playing havoc -wi'th itihe -starving, stock. Tempestuous weatner is doing muc(h damage in "tme northern part of Tasmania. -■'.-.■ . *** -■ ■• ; '■'■■■' iWr Seddon, who dined with Mr Chamber- : lain, was ndi) paresent ut -Kh© Soutfli African Awocifttion's "dinner in JLondotni on Friday x evening. Mr (Barton responded to the toast trf "Our. Guests." ' . *** - '■■■'. ; ' The continuous ram is causing great discomfort to tiie Inflian 'troops camped at Hamp-. ion -6ourt, and ithe Mlalteae, Pypriotes, -Malays, Chinese; Sikhs, Cingalese^ (Migeriaa ; and Rbodesisn detaonments camped ait Alexandra Park. • < " . "■"•' . .■'..-.■■ ■;.':;. l •■;"■•■ ■ ' *•*■ ' . ■•;■' . ' fStnkors «fc Williaanstowny Virginia, ordered ' hrenty-five miners to quit work. On receiv-ing-'a vebißtQi they fthiew dynamite down "fhe Swft, killing five of the workers. When the Burvivora emerged &g strikers fired, injuring »»,.-. . .■ :. ;■■■ v ■■ ; ; •Mr Barton, rin an interview, 'said. 'Uiat Ixnd Hopeltoun had auttiorised him to give ? categorical denial to the. sta*emeß)b eft Times'.' of May 16 {bat deplorabje differMioes luave «xiflen 'between Lord 'Kopetoun and &.e Federal Oabiacft, and *ha* Jfiniaters bad broken faa&.witlj ieim:, -