YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8030, 7 June 1904, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. The following is a summary of news which did not appear in yesterday's "Star": — ±wo Spanish battleships, accompanied by I miisers, have gone to Tangier. ■ j The co'iton acreage in. ihse United States ; shows an increase of 10 (per cent. When a train was iappro&c&ing Salonika, an iTtfcmal machine ■vyrecked tihie conductor's ear. I One person -was killed and two -were injured. I v I It is sta-ted »t .Buda Pesth that the Canard | line 'has allowed Hungary "to -withdraw her | guaxaniee of ilhdrty thousand steerage ©mi- | -gxante for America, ■annually, i .' Jfc Reuter's. Agency at St Petersburg reports that ißussia, in. the course of cotneepondeince, | received bom Britain satisfactory assurances | regarding iibe scope of British .action in. Tibet. TOie "Times" says that ilhe 'Cohden, cel«fyrations ■wera toraai v sfo | rnied inte a great party i Semonstration. Tlhe staaidipoint was weak hej cause it was devoid of ''pracidcal measures for tdie futture. : I ••• ■ At the Hcmebufih ©ales (Sydney) prices for dieep were undiang'ed, B«3t "jirethers 20s, . extra 22s 6d, gcod 18s to 18s 6d. : Bwes wero ! ;oarce. Fadr cold at 16s 6d. Best bullocks j £10 10s to £11 ss. good 6s, beSt cows £7 10s I!o .-68 10s, good £7. Beef sold at 24s per 1001 b. • A masted sund armed mwri stuck 'up lihe Mil- . parinka TQQiI coooh near "Wlirtecliffß, end seU cured the mail Trags, yrhioli were s3ubseque«tly I, found rifled in an aband'oiied sh»ft, five males I from fhe scene of flae robbery. A loaded gun I, also -was fonnd. Two srres'ts Irave bsea made. | Details are meagre. L' ' i