YESTERDAY'S NEWS.
A SUMMARY. Th. following.^ a ««»«?. |{ *f,^ ich did not appear in Saturday s btar . King Edward has condoled with the Bismarck family. # , Colonel Younghusband will leave Lhassa on September 23. # Th. Amban, * the* Em K^ggJ *£ i-asued a proclamation that lashi bine tsq » sue"eeda to P the spiritual digaitiM of tKe Dalai Lama. „, The "Daily Mail"%tates that Nftvil Verdon, a MelboUrnian, and MM .Leans tttfeta_y, fell from a terrace while flying fir* balloons, and Was killed. At ihe Homefaush *sal«. Sydney, values wen unchanged. Wethers were scarce and Sup to la Id, ew*B 18s 9d. Cattl. w«e lower. Best bullocks £9 Bs, good ■ «. Jest cows £7 10s, good JEB 10s. Best beef sold at 22b per lOplb. # Italian soldiers, drilling on the ground adjoining the Legation at Pekin, beat two un- , armed Chinese soldiers who were watching the operations, and who declined to leave A eerious fracas followed. The incident is likely to be satisfactorily arranged. V The Jaws' at Sosnowioe, B*"^ Poland, while praying on the b-wka of thi > mer Piulsa, according to their annual oMtom, were stoned by a crowd. A Jew who was struck threw a stone back, and a cry waa raised that a Gentile girl had been murdered. The populace stabbed a woman named Goleuzar thirty times. Her husband and four young 'children were tortured. Other Jews j were felled and mutilated. Tho Jewish quarter wa& laid in ruins. | *•* ' Pretoria news states that Mr Perry, Superintendent of Chinese Labour, reports on the prospect of shipping 8000 coolies monthly. Ho says that southern officials in China, after opposing, suddenly turned in favour of eitiigrittion. The Viceroy professes to desire to ameliorate the condition of the peoplo of Kwarig-i. Mr Perry , urges caution, as • KwangSi is the scene of a rebollion, and the changed attitude of the Viceroy may indicate a desire to find an outlet for prisoners and undesirables. * » _ The Pasteur Institute at Sydney has agreed, for the purpose t>f a practical demonstration, to furnish scientific men and the laboratory equipment necessary to supply virus for tho destruction of rabbits, on payment of £5000 stewing. A meeting of pastoralists discussed the matter. A suggestion was made that the Stock Boards should furnish half the amount and the Government the balance. A deputation will shorty interview the Government on the subject. It is also hoped to enlist the co-operation of other States in the experiment. _________«___-_-_-.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8120, 20 September 1904, Page 2
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