YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 6

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. The following ie a summary of news which did not appear in yesterday's "Star":— \ The Boer" Generals were quietly welcomed at Amsterdam. ••* The Standard Oil Truat is building twelve large steamers to -transport oil to Australia. *** Tbe United States has sent a- strong naval reinforcement to Panama to keep, the railway open. *•* Genera.l Ds 1* Hey states that tihe Boers require help to reconstruct their farms, not horAage or fetes. • • During the German manoeuvres at Frankfurt, Ihe ; Kaiser led. a oharge for a. mile, of 8000 cavalry. It w«« a magnificent spectacle. • * m American opinion, ib amazed ; at the Boer Generals' disregard' of the peace settlement, "and- spplaiid* Mr Chamberlain's admirably calm reply. -. , : • ■■•..- r«_» ' , The Colonial Offioe does -nob ashtioipate tw\y conflict) between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Earl Minto, since Sir Wilfrid' favours the efficient defence of the Dominion. *** The balance-sheet of the Northern Investment Company of Xew Zealand shows a. profit of £7952. A dividend' of 6 per oen.t has been declared, and a sum of £2309 carried forward. » • » . The French and German papers reluctantly admit that Mr Chamberlain was compelled to refuse many of the Boer Generals' proposals, but consider tha* greater generosity Kaamld be the better .policy. • •Mi»s Nellie Stewart's tour of- New Zealand h-ifs bewi abandoned in coneeoueuce of fhe death of her fatbeT and the critical illness of her mother. Mr Musgrave will send a nttr comic opera company instead, reaching Auckland on Oct. 6. .- V* .. Tho jury found that fhe deaths at Mount Kembl*. were due to carbon mon-oxide, pro*duced by an. explosion, of fire-damp,^ ignited by the naked! lights used in- the mine, and that -tbey were accelerated by a. series of explosions of coal xlust. •.♦ At the instance of the British National Free Ohureh Council, an influential body, the Noneowfermists are organising to refuse paymeni of the education rate tinder the new Bill. There is a disposition io make the movement a test question at the municipal elections. General De Wet says that ihe Boers intend to remain faithful and submissive subjects now snd in the future. They intend to defend their rights by word aj>d pen. If Bri- • •tain is generous the Boers will prove the most faithful subjects in the whole Empire. They want money for schools with which to safeguard their nationality. # ♦ The action brought against the Federal Postmaster io recover damages sustained through tho falling of an electric light wire ended in the plaintiff being nonsuited, owing to tbe Judge holding that the Federal High Court only had 1 - jurisdiction. He *aid that it was remarkahle -that a> High Court had not been established, the result being that there was no legal remedy again?t the Commonwealthy .