YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7589, 24 December 1902, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

y■" • •• ',-.- ". *.' ♦ — : — > A SUMMARY. ; The following is . a ' summary of news trhidi did not appear in yesterday's >Star' , ;_ -: The Archbislhop of Canterbury is dead. . .-: %*:■-.- ) - A.*Jate of wa* in -Venezuela -has been- proelaimed at-^Pert of Spain. ■■'■-■' '.'■'.. *. „ "•" I In; the . erkifce'fcymate-h', New .Soutfl* Wales- v. South AustrsJia, -thia former won by 210 runs. V « ....:... '• • •••: ■ ■ • j Sunday next has befen- (proclaimed in Sydney » day of special grayer -and thanksgiving- -for. the recent" rains'.' ■ !••'■" ~AJ-jW v aA t The JEmperor of -China "in an autograph. Setter, grants- the King of Belgium & large / concession " of territory near Kiamchan. !•:-.■ '.: ■:•' J.yy y •:■-.•'' . • - '. 35be_ Allies Kave agTeed that tiheir present jtction- against Venezuela ehall be limited' to a .blockade, unless any unexpected emergency . .•ri.-es. ■ '„*•'.'.. V '■-A petition is 'being largely signed in *fatfour^pfyflhe ' reprieve of Emma Byron, who : ,- oturdered a . member -of the - London Stock lExeht&ge. V .-•■ The Dean of Winchester ia_ dead. His illjnese' d*ted . sbwm. -his ; attending the -recent Mayora^. ij»nqu«t. He was oneof the victims of eating poisoned oysters. . -'VAt Rameay'e Buah, * secluded epot near . 'Sydney, si little girl, aged) ten, w*s found! murdeied, ber . .' head .being battered am withu ' a atone. A Queensland iblack Qxaa confessed to Uhe crime. V . .Mr Cartwright, Acting Canadian • Premier, In a, wireless message; published in the f - Times," 'congratulated Britain.- on Marooni'a »to<m»l>l__J-_^ent. He described it as the f gre*teet feat of modern science. ■ . A. - V» ' Tbe Humberts pose *e the honourable vic--tfins of ' private, vengeance and l political pasHions. Tniy inveigh against Jewish, money-lat-dsm said the Governnment in the hope of in-H^-n^c -ibe -Nationalists. V ,*. Sari Dunraven has 3been elected c-hairma-n (Of the Dublin -Conference of landlords end M-UMtts. Tbe meiriberft include Mr John Redmond, Earl Mayo, Mr William' O'Brien, Ite T. Harrington; and Mr T. W. Russell. J* Mr Justdpe Darling, in sentencing tihe reB_a*ftrlsg prisoners ini the Bank of England fbqnijr cstos.regnarked that it was high time <13_M. US-eat Britain stopped unc^iestioningly ■affording its asylum to disreputah.e foreigners. fi While ■tflie Earl and Countess of Carnarvon "Wte returning to London from a visit to, Egypt, a oase of geans, valued 1 at five thoujsaad pounds, was abstracted l\-a tiheir registered lufgage, it is suspected between) Paris .*sd Calais. ' V ' ; V . .Sine Edward replied *o the Earl of Minto's .jpeetwig by wireless telegraphy •&&. ihe was much interested in* the message, and delighted in the success of a great invention, 'bringing {Britain and .Canada atill closer. He confgmtulated Signor Marconi on his success. i ;a :■•- v *• • Grant vou Bulow, in an interview, stated that Germany places in the forefront of her claims against Veneznela those arising ont of •4be lest insurrections, including forced loans, ••eir^ire of and pillage of, German (houses and estates. ■ -..'■■ • a\ *. The. Nery Yitirk ".. correspondent of the* ?' Times'' «ay» that there is growing iheeitation on the pari of the American Government to undertake V arbitration in Venezuela, fearfag unknown embarrassments arising in the 'future." The Kaiser suggested that President Roosevelt -Should arbitrate, believing that Veneiueli wis likely to obey his award before Jh*t of; toy other. ■..*» «. ■ • .The, Crown Princess, Louise of Saxony, degj^Jgher father's advice to forgive her -husP^dsfetrigue witih am actress at the Dresden • P^^^mieatie, leiii ar letter at Salzburg, statins thai) she would never xetuTn. to her 'hus- ***** or her parents' home, and fled to Geneva. Court -functions for the season rf«L "S « ount «"nanded. An official' version Ji ! 3?-*t ff,Ur ' I,tat6s , *** * h <> Princess is suffering from a morbid etate of mental-- excite- '— —^— — — — — m^— . ' - — — — — — —■■^ __-_-. __________ ___________ — ■ a~ ■' ■ y