YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7606, 16 January 1903, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A, SUMMARY.

'The folloWirig is a' summary of news which- did not : appeary Lin yesterday's : f --^' U " • ■:■■■< - : -vy' ■ ■■ -■ ; Jlr. Balfour's condition is fiatisfactory. ' • .-'■"■' ■■■ • "%r : y.^ ■' ...". The Czar waarmly tiianked| _«_. de Witle for kia ten yeais' financial eervicea. * * The Russdari newspaper ' "Novoaki" wai-. «om_s the opening of the D«Tdianelles te iall ' ■waiehips. -i •"'■ ■%•■ .- Colonel Morl-and, Commandant of -vorthern "Nigeria, ia concentrating 1050 seasoned troops, wiwi 87 British officers, a. Zark, five days' jnsrcii from Kano. « . ■ 'A large number of cheep w-sire remold from the pil-ins to 'a tableland near Kosciusko (New South' Wales)., Ndne feousajid periahedJin the snow in one night. , ' • „ Preiherr von Rheimbaben, Minister oi i *R___ncei _ipeaking in the Prussian Diet, described American competition aa a dark cloud L.ao_i^Germany's economic hbriioh.- ■' i- .. : '/jy.. ,•»•":' " ■ . /- A Reiit^r-Si .teleg^'ain siaks that many '/• Rebels «xc xemidrcdng the; Sultan of Morcoco, and prospects have much improved. The statement tihat Meriebbi was 'killed is un-fcrua. ■•'■■-■-'* '"*** . ii ' Tihe"'- Sportsman " itflaies that "Qfaclaren has csHed tihat it -would . be wiser to. -defer .the I next English, team's visit to Australia until 1904, when fche men will be thoroughly rested. _L . -• :•-.-•'■- '-' ■-'--■ ■'....■■..»■'■. ' -.., .. ■ L j i^Thm'; Joh^Trt^'uri^S'SJfkiufe'*' r men-— protest rf 'igjt^isty Chinese^i^&jnifgtation. They have . Jsaued placards declaring .that the thirty ' ■■' jmfllioha contribution to the waa: cost is tihe price' of the " yellow agony." vKing Alexande-r of Servia, in a speech at . * banqut't at Belgrade, urged the Servians - to'be prepared for a decisive moment. The vrhole world' '-must . know that no one would •obtain a foot's breadth of the Balkans withiioiit Servia getting her share: *•*■ ' At a masting of the New --South Walea Cabi-. tttiet, it was decided .to curtail the public works policy.- The Government, wi'hcut interfering •with ' the minimum pay, intends to ccc that at gets full value for the wages paid. The principla has been subject' to some abuse ifctherto. •"...'■.' _••••■ General Penaeusa, a distinguiehed VeneSTuelah, reflecting fche Anews of most of his countrymen except President Castro's st_p- - 3>orters, has "addressed c ' letteir to the Pre-6-deiit "urging him to -resign,, since. B-ritieh. and Genma-i hostility was simply directed against himself. At- the Hwrnebush (Sydney) ©ale*, there were , large -supp.ies, and values were lower. Crossbred wethers, best, 15s 6d, extra 17s, good 18_ 6d to lis 6d, _nedium 10s;. ewes, otst ' lie, extra 18s 3d, gcod 1S& 6d to 13s 6d, jnpdium 9s 6d. Cattle— Bullocks, 'best JEI2 15«, «ttfa i"l 3 12.. Gd, gcod £11 3s, medium £ 7 10a; cows, best __) Bs, gcod £7 ss; -best beef 30s to. Bas per 1001 b. . j ■.'■ V. f The : QhtfJrman' of "ihe Judiciary Ccmmittee of the American House o_f Representatives pro- .. posed that' if investigation shows tfcat Cc_ikkbs has the power, • -it ohouid in-u.'odu-e -a .y Bill for the State to take possession of all ! ' ope-l-beds and mean® cf coal transport.' Congress ha.3 *lmos"t unanimously ,pa-ssed the Re"bate of •Cc.a-l Duty Bill, Mr Cham'borlain visited two of the Robinson' mines, descending the deepest c. them. Subsequently, a.drcsj.ling tiie Chamber of Minea, he dwelt ca the limited supply of Uganda, labour, and the . danger of importing the f.'keping e-ckne3B. Accepting Ghiht'se labour as a possible altema- ; "tive/ttw questioned whether thero was a euffi- '■ cient supply °f Chinese, inasmuch as "th-eio waß 'always a shortage at nort3 under European control, which wore the; Bole. source ;©'f . Wfpply. - - ■', -yy : ';;