YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7583, 23 December 1902, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

.: • •; . ; », ;. . . ;■■ . ■• ' » ' ■ .' " .The. following i» a summary of newa / which- did not \. appear" in yeeterdayV *St«":— . ; ■•: ■ '-■ ■■■' , ; .'. .'. \. •' Germany and Britain: ibave Tiegun ihe evaeu«tggn<. of. Shanghai. . ■ h . ' \, ■■ : ■I Ifce Archbishop -of Csateifcury is sinking tflibwly «uid' painlessly.^ •■' i *' jife indMrs Chamberlain: have returned, to *nd resumed their voyage. ' ■V Brilirfb warships captured, ; ■under, the blockp^e,..:'iire« Venezuekn schooners leaving Ia -•■ : .Guayxa. '■.■■' ' ; • • - jv>-. ■;. ■■ .■ ' -v•■ ■■ ■ •**■■ ..-.-..'■■, VtxT&er ih«Jwy rain has follem in the bou% • . miibot QueenSJland. Th& Biver is in: high flood. .; • ',| )■^ Germany. s»« «gree| to -waive demanft ' !|«««olo^e8, *nd 4£ee«:to «U the essential '.'•:' jK>infe jof the dsmadds iritib Britain. i *ito"««fflan l -iiruisef^^ •Mi«iK«ilio • VeriMueltm sphooner, -vta, «rtear wStmg out her.'m«Bt, # iaUm'donedi:ii«r. • \ ji&nbea iiom, Caiacas state that th« L^^i^t- President Boosevelt »ibi-. ; Sitß^U transmittedite Ouaoas and President Cteteo accepted It. t The GovenorrGeneral of Oanadla sent from «we Breton, to Corrmsß a-inrekys messag^ ; ioKiiig Edw*rdv Signor M.axconi_«ljEO sent ■fc King; of. Italy. \ The British, filoop-of-wkr Fantoin© ;is tard JmJl£ ?S. BarSacae, bneof^ mouth* fgX Orinoco. It is -feared rthat^hejiU Ixemmin -aground for ecrme fame, as tne river » -galling: -. m^ •■■ ■■ /■' _, Britain Wockades more tW (half '*» J***BLuekn coaat, including I* Guayra and *P ■eastward. The antiouncement of the caTisod a i^aftc. in;- CaTacas, «wt large failures are aimninent. < treaty iricl-udes King engagement not to allow lie conBferactioit of aiiy -work «cioss th« B.ue JSaie, Jjmke T»ana, or th« Sobat River, whicib would sirest -tSio flow pi waters into "tine Mle. ' The New York correspondent of the "Times" »tai» that Great Britaiia initiated the proJSUI ih*t President: Booseve.t ehould aibiteite, and Germany *nd Italy adopted it. It Dhat if the allies waive tihe question of guarantees President Roosevelt c acceptance is ' certain. A cylinder on the Haml>urg-Am«ri<»tt line* jyovdaiUntid exploded l vfhtn- lie vessel was E«irin« ifee Sci"T Islands, wrecking the ster*boaxd engine and Shaking fhe steamer vio- : len*!y The Deutschland arrived 1 at P.ymoutih, tut cohtitraed.lher voyage to Hamfc^rg. The work, of repairs will- occupy three thoiri&s. ■'•''■• _ M . I ■ ■ -'■ -•■ ••» •■ • : ' ' Sir J. W. Pease, member of tte House of Commons for the Barnard. Castle division of IfcaJiam, and ihead of the private bfi'irkmg . eno' of P«aee and* Partners, of Darlington, |ias T eieeuied a deed of assignment lor the benefit, of ibis creditors. There are a quarter of a million of uncoyered liabihtiea, diie. to difficulty in realising certain -holdings. Friends of the family will "assist with, funds. is thiealenedin connection wrtihiibe remaining inter-Sibate cricket matdhes, owing, 46 members, of the Australian, Eleven refusing ' td play either with or againHt Worrall. The reason, given is that, wien tihe Australians iwert in England, "WoTrall -wrote to the lianpiTe, . Phillips, urging him, if he wished' to make c o*me for himself, to no-ball Noble and Saund«rs, on the ground, that their deliveries- were •unfair. The New South Wales and Victorian Associations «re coasideririg the . position. ' • '< ♦•••■- ;■ Reports from Shanghai state that Tung-fuh-tffthg is mobilising in Kan-su ten thousand well-equipped -troops, including the disbanded garrison, numbering four -thousand, ' "with, the intention, of eztenmnating the foreigners in 4h« Shen-BJ end the Kan-su provinces end jßeizlng Haian-fu. Prince Tuan is co-oper-'ftting. It ia addled that the Government ithough willing, is unable to control tihe leaders of the movement. Chang'-cni-tung is disgust-: ,ed at the state of effairs, and has aeked to he ;allow«d to retire. "^ "'~* ' Th« Durban' correspondent of tihe "Dail^ iSxp^ess ". states that Mr . Ghaon'berlain, oit«t l«iamining the iminen-Bity of the work accoranlithed, will shortly inform the* nation tihat Lord Milner is I entitled to arelief, and that there will fee. « ilfhjrd change of adfmiaitftra : tion appiicable to th« beginning ql tb« new. era. Lord Mimer will go to Eng : and rest for a iew months, and -then , fee offered the Governor-Generai-ship of Ans tialia. Mr Chamberlain's dhief concern is tc unify South Africa, tindler an- elastic igjpstituwith large autonomous powers.