YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7892, 23 December 1903, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. The following is a summary of news which ftid not appear in yesterday W Star": — It is thought in aome quarters that Japan 83 only tawaiiang the freezing of Vladivostcck harbour in -January. The German spinners, having sufficient orders until summer, decline the Lancashire overture to restrict production. Owing to rumours of the assembling of gnilifeury transports at Hiroshima, it sharp fall has occurred <at Tckio in Japanese stocks. •\* • ■ • It is reported in London that the Japanese dean&ad promspt recognition of the treaty provisions with regard to Korea and Manchuria. - • • The " Daily " Shanghai correspenddent states fcbalD the cruiser Siriua, which inordered during tihe past two rnonfihs, -all to Weifaeiwai. *•• ;- ■ • Baron JutaTO^Komura, the Japanese Foreign Minster, 'has handed to the Russian Mirms'.er a reply, requesting reconsideration of certain essential points. \ •» _ «^« Sergeant Like, of the 'German Army^ has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment wbA degpade£for seventeen cases of cruelty to soldiers. .• . . T>he iot«iga- market in London is depressed. J&painwe mid Ritssian bonds 'are one-half to Ij per o«nt Jowex. The rate for war risks on fluee mon-fihs' policy et Lloyd's is 4flgs per cent Sixty Japanese military engineers (have been BeCt to Korea to Teplace tie oivil experts along the Japanese telegraph lines. It is officially deolued that the movement has no military significance. • Fearing Qti& S«wstor •Gorman, would indiice ihe Democrits not to ratify the Panama treaty, tii« United States "Government deferred the voting in t(h'e Senate ufflial *t£h« Ghristxaas Jrclidaya ere over. The ißusßiains «t Port Arthur sorely feel &c k abssnoa of doclca. Warslhipa in "the vicinity eoion foul their. bottoms, impedingr tieir arpeed, : and -would be -unablte., in the event of war, to ▼en rare 'far #ram their bade. *•* Busna's norma.l eomsnmption of Welsh rbeam coal -and patent fuel ie 70,000 tons. Ninety thoiwiand addltioßal toms ina-ve been ordered during tne -ot«1 two .months, «il J o ho shipped by tihe •end of December. In Uie Wew South Vales ArbHrntwn Cmvri tiie Northern Miners' Federation eppHed foi an injunction to restrain -the Ncgrtlhern Colliery Proprietors' Aesoci*t«m from reducing Hhe IjewW t»U an Shwavxr 1, pending a decision hr -the Ooaffc <m ihe <H»tmte with the Dudley C/ompany over tn* hewing rate. The OonTt refused -Hie application.^ « Sentenoev 4»ve been passed ai Kiehineff «n the authors of the disrtrarbamcea cvumng nta«>•aores. Gxetudhin and -Moroerfuk, vifoo -were mdioted for murder, received seven und five ▼ears 'rwpeertively. Twenty-two <ytfcer» were «entenood -to termw ranging 1 from cix maaVM to two years, -and twelve were acquitted. Those found guilty were ordered to pay cosfca • Th« AdmfawHy is prepared for every eventup*ity* A orajsex equadroa has presumatuj

gone to the "West Indies, but -will be found in j the right plaoe if required. No British waT- j ship is en rout© for ithe Par "East, buy it is underartood i'hat the ocmmandexs of the Ghana. and East; Indian stations, and -possibly the commander o<nt t(he Australian station; are m possession oi secret ordwa. ••" At tine annual meeting of t&e National Mutual 1/tfe A-3oociaticwi the report aiw.l balance-slheet "were unanimously adopted. The chairman refenred to the great increase of new business, the in-amse <fi funds and the saving in expsnsea, the high rale of interest earned on invested iunde and the small amount of outstanding interest. He also referred to tie 'high pla.ee occupied 'by tine Association' compared -with Bri'tiah offices. ••• A annas meeting at Cap* Town adopted s resolution by an overwhelming majority opposing the introduction of Chinese labour into the Transvaal. M)r Schreiner, ex-Premier, suggested *n appeal to th« Imperial Government not to sanction legista-timi on the su'bjsct prior to tlie granting of eei-f government. He asked how could the TTansvaßl import Asiatics <wihen « conference <cf *h« South African colonies decided iv favour of uniform legislation regarding undesirable «'Uens. The biggest eejsure of contraband goods ever made by the Sydney Customs was made yesterday. It consisted of forty thousand cigars, a keg of sherry, a few eases of whisky,* gin, Florida water, tobacco «nd a quantity of other arhioles. A ruumber of men-of-warsimen are implicated. It is alleged that they have be&n in the habit ot obtaining goods from bond by making a ialsa declaration as to their destination. As a result of developments, euspicrcn was fixed on <a city firm doing business w*ih the worships, and the seizure vro3 effected.