YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8162, 9 November 1904, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. did »( a F p«« in yesterday's ' Star :— The United States Budget will 4%™**™ Estimates totalling twenty million sterling. Fifty thousand immigrants entered the Argentine during the last three month*. It is expected that the Argentine ««*» **JL be 86 per cent better than^ ihoee of last year. Mr Asquith. speaking at Souikwnpton, ded£U that fli'acS none .f th 6 autoom colonies would concede level terms to British manufacturers the Fiscal Conference would be a sham and imposture. Mr Grainger, Agent-General of South Australia, pressed Miss Florence Nightingale with the South Australian Royal Nursing Association's illuminated address, commemorating her jubilee of nursing. Mr Justice Darling, in sentenoing the prisoners in the Slater's Agency case, declared that the Agency ought to be stamped out. The jury disagreed regarding Osborne. Henry was sentenced to a year's imprisonment Pavie and Smith to six months ea«h, and Bray to three months' imprisonment. Captain Scott lectured on the Antarctic at the Albert Hall, London. Sir Clements Markham presented him with th« K°yal Geographical Society's special gold medal, and the other officers and men who took part in the Expedition with eiljer medals. Mr Cho*t«, the American AmUbssador, presented Captain Scott with the Philadelphia Geographical Society's gold medal. Sir Clements Markham presented Captain Colbeck with a piece of plate. Representations have been made to the Federal Government with regard to the German restrictions in the Marshal! Islands. On behalf of the Germans, it is explained that there are two scales of licence fees, one for the vessels 1 domiciled within the group, the other for foreign trading vessels, and no discrimination is shown against British. The 'fee against all outside traders, including German, was doubled some time ago. The reason for the action was that formerly there were three trading firms in the group, and their keen competition cau«d a lot of trouble in the administration of the colony, ) apart from the financial losses of the firms, fwhich retarded the progress of the islands. Eventually the three companies were absorbed by the Jaluit Company.