YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7721, 2 June 1903, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. . . ► Tbm following £» a r summwry of new» *4iic!h did z»b «*>P«« < » yesterday a . 'SUi!':- • • ... : Professor Lowell attributes the Mare pro- , : jection to.-* cloud traveUing northward and po'w dissipating. # . : The King «md Queen will spend six days in Inland in the third week of July, and' ihence . toilceed i& Cowes. , ' ' * 'Prominent Unionists affirm that the die.solution of Parliament at the. earliest will be in |he autumn of 1904 or 1905. ■•■ "■ ' . v ***• ', ' A number of Buenos Ayrea sheep we>e land- ' ed <at Deptford. Some wera found io be in- ; fedted witti disease, and were slaughtered and taoinerated', • ' | ' The " Economist " says thait it is inevitable diat Mr hamberlftin's scheme should be either ■ 'impofrsLb.e or mischievous. The "Spectator ■sayathat -tie scheme will shatter tho Unionist jaiter to fragments. ,i ; A semi-offioial statement published in Berlin «howa that ovung'to Mr- Balfour's and Mr •Chamberlain's speeches Germany refrains from « further surtax on Canadian goods, emphasisTmr =the fermoniaiion in England, and' the ex- . toting^^ «imiK*Jy pother- nation^, with. coolnesß and) vigilance. - .' ' - •*•*■ . ' ■ ) Vk Bibby, chajrman of the Pacific Steam Navigation. Company, speaking at Liverpool, said! lihaJt, instead of trying. to dictate to shipowners in connection with the employment of Lascars, Australia ought to recognise that sh« had been better treated by ship-owners than \ any »a-rt of -the-' globe. The Pacific Company would not undertake a. great outlay in future In regard to Australian tradte unless assured of «, faS return, which it had hardly obtained in the past. At the Homebusb. sales, Sydney, prices improved. The catalogue inoluded 280 New Zealand cross-breda, mostly ewes. They were only f adrly good, and made from 15s Gd to 193 lOct for ewes, 18s 2d for wethers. Local supplies realised:—B est wethers 16s 6d, good 14s, ewes, Sest 15s 6d, good 13a. Cattle— Competition was spirited, amdl values advanced. Best bullocks £18 15s to £14, good £11 15s, best cows £9 10s. good £8 ss. Best beef realised 82s to 83a 6d Vr 1001 b. ■ ■ # # Owing to Moorisih brigandage on. the fron- • tier, M. Jounart, Grovernor of Algeria, made a tour, accompanied by a number of civilians and officers flanked toy Spaiis. M. Jounart accepted (the Amel of Piguig"s invitation to vwii Figuig. Returning -to Dienniuddar with the Amel's party ho was attacked' by six hun-: dred Figuig inhabitants concealed in inequalities in the ground! on both sides of a. narrow pass. Volleying continued 1 for -a considerable distance. Seventeen Spafois were wounded. Tne Moorish loss was seven, some bayoneted. The Amel is indignant at the outrage, end expTessed Morocco's eagerness .to second the effort of France to maintain order. M. Jounart replied that Morocco was powerless tp restrain the tribes, adding thai France would now patrol the frontier. It was announced? later in Paris that a punitive detachment is leaving Algeria to surround t"Ee Figuig brigands.