YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

- ■ ■■.•;■ ' — ;■♦" '-. • I ' X SUMMARY. r Tit l<*llowiniß » • «unm»iy of news which Aid BOt *jpi««ir in yslnfaf* " Star " :— f King EdwßidiiM appointed' the King of Portu«sil a British Admiral, v . 2Tewa 3mw been received ih*t tie Ooago Free State" -i* fortifjtog &ct Tiaiey 1 claims 4i»t aii« has pacified ike - Eo^ona «n4 Balomika districU. " i ■ ■ThetTniou C&mxwuiy'B new sieamer Manuka kas been' ftsuiioisa afa. tihe COyde. -• , - • < '-' ',■■"■".'■' ' ' "«•'■■ ■■ ■■■.. ' ; " ' The Porte has ordered »U European, news- ~ pwpeti6arre»F«i4^atß ,:-iio J«ave M«Cedonja-, acousing them of ciioii3«ti»g . falsehoods; •Bwjor^i 'publiahad in Vienna declare tiat 600 wit of 1800' Servian officers -are implicated «a Hie alleged oonspiajacy to kill ihe regicioes. Tte Hygieajic .Congress at Brussels resojyed in favour -of internatioreai legislation to ;m---pove the condition of workers employment. . . - # # Axs outbreak wf «m*li-pox h*s occurred iv South E*ii»£. England.. Black flags ere Jiung out .to warn peiaons of risks. -me ■pblioe have Tjeenrevacoinated." t v ■ • "■ • '♦_ .■" . • Four thousand Algerian brigands attacked the French convoy aD-TtagHt, the .fert voli«y Jrilliuff ell tfaa officera. Though suffenins from ihiwtr «i« soldiers made a. heroic >. defence, inflicting enoimwis losses* on. the bandits. The Kaiser hva directed a xigid censcrehip r>f .*he Sodi*ii3!t; Bress, with the object ex -6m^Wcbfi^^!^^^- the recent nrtest of; &epr L«idv «3itor .of 't^orwaeitz," ha^ been; cropped; V' ' mm ' Sir Edmund; Barton, on Tuesday week, *ill move in"favoUT of a conference jot tte JU Houses to. d-iscus? the «to fertile ±«cd*ra'A^tal.^ The deciKon-,. which must ba .that fi P^*teolu*e majority o£:U» conference, ;n to.be eanbodded mi a Bill. ...'■■;. s :' *•* ." •It, the QuW-il«iad feouse, Mr Philp am--. md that 'he kad lecomanerided thao Mr goUe fiiould be for Mi Brpwii^ stored fbrt (he. frad undertake Jh© task, and waa given until TueadAy^.to form, a Mmutoy. EußsJa. and Austria; ihave invited the Powers to -unitediy nrgo BxxlgaTia. to OT a.SI confection . Hihe . Macedon-uin comniittees at Khe same s tim* wamiofc-htT that ehe will not be helped in tihe ewtft of ™r Tu^ v -. Britain stipulates tluat there -etafll be unammity axrwng tlia Bowe^ . v The Commpn-weai-ai 'has dsop- ■ »cd ihe^rbiteatioin Bill, and will proceed - S *Ke iWncial 'Debate wad Ohe E»fcm«tw f and to reat of Hue session, wilt be eonfintEd 10 finwhins toe Eaectowl Divisions, Defence, ; Tfcaatern rEjctetmon ■■•Qwnip»Tij t 8 . Agreement, •■.'C*pitftl ; Sites, 'Patients and NaturalisationBill* <; % . ". S-pealriiig at fhe Hsyoral luncheon. iniSydney^iolfew Soutti W*les Premier «ta.tad tbat-te -was-in a. posi+ion to anncunce_that at the end of the financial year the State ■would not only have a surplus, but wonM ibe able to T«y off to; £400,000 of old 3aa;bSlities. He fo3»i«h«doTred' a cuifcailment of Rxpenditure in every possible way. Td Maxell last, liC-rd PcnrKyn- obtained a • verdict for dia-riiages aca'in-st ilx Parry, fcrinerly secretery of th« BeUiefida- Quarrymtai -■> J tTnion. in' conaiectio.n miih a. chaigo ttfat l«orrt Peirrhyn .bribed tiaitora,; who returned to work «t Jus quawies- The inmtter h»s now t»en •piettfed by 3fo fairry paying JE2qOO nrd . damagea, which, amount the. -public liave subBoribed. » • Tteutex'a spent at' Sofia report? that ihe Macedonian leaders assert -that there are « Siundr'ed and fifty thousand women. <shildren »nd o'd men tiding in lt!h-e forests and mcurvlains, and slowly dviilg from hunger, avd tha-t the Turks «re burnins ' the forests «w! killing ''%.«;itive«s. . I* » estimatsd .ihnt ..fiffv thoti^aiid have been massacred in the Monas.vr Vilayet. : » « * t : '"■ ■ ..'•'• -.i '" ' ' '■■ - Tshe Mohamm^Tis wt Beimh on S^Dtembsr 6 aitt«c&ed -the Christians' quaiter, kii'ling.tan. including one ..A-m«<r?«»n'.. and wonting ten finrwdr The British ConrnT at- Besmt ihas .ihTe^tened to ask «h«- American squadron t« Band -jriirines in tie evmfc of * remewal of the disturbances. • -Bewut. is «■ town on- the. co*at of Syria, with 'a njopuUtion ■of abou J00.000.v A'"fpw dr vs.. ago it ws reported tha Bit attempt 'had been, •mad© to murder the lAnrt'Tican. Consul; •