Yesterday's News.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8523, 16 January 1906, Page 2

Yesterday's News.

A SUMMARY. The follawinj* i« «• summary of ntwo which did not appear in yesterday's "Star": 5 -* The agents of tlae Japanese mail iina have been advised that tho service with. Australia will be resumed next month. V Nigel Barker will represent New South Wales at the Olympic games at Athens. It is proposed to send Wheatley to represent Victoria. V Ifou mean advices state that though the plagua is decreasing there are still some cases. There have been several deaths, including two or three Europeans. *** An Armenian anarchist, named Chiragi, has been arrested at Constantinople. It is supposed that he intended to complete Joris's recent attempt on the life of the Sultan. V The Chief Electoral Officer states that Xew South Wales, on a population basis, is entitled to an increase of ons member in the House of Representatives, Victoria consequently losing- one. *»* It is feared that the Scott foundered in a heavy typhoon, whioh was raging just before she was duo at Ocean Island. Tho s.s. Scott is a vessel of 90S lons register, commanded by Captain Stratford. V M. Durel, a French architect at Geneva, was murdered in a train .dn a tunnel neai Virien Ls Grand, and robbed of £14,000 sterling in securities. Two youths named Marzo and Georgea have been arrested on suspicion. The " Daiiy Chronicle's " Rome correspondent reports that the Pope censured a section of the French episcopacy for omitting a liturgical prayer for the republic. He described the omission as an exhibition of unchristian vindictivenes-s. ••* The secretary ef the New South Wales Wharf Labourers' Union advised the grain handlers to accept the new agreement. They declined. The secretary thereupon told tho stevedores tha>t they were free to engage other unionists, and, failing them, non-unionists. ' ••• A party of drunken Kanakas took possession of a shop on Thursday Island, and attacked with bottles two constables end two soldiers attempting to arrest them. A constable procured a rifle ar.d fired several shots into the shopj, wounding six Kanakas, two seriously. •»• At a banquet to two hundred guests at Ba> lin, to promote, an Anglo-Grermaji rapprochement. Sir P. C. Lascelles>, the British Ambassador, paid a hdgh tribute to the Kaiser, p.nd expressed gratitude for the confidence the Kaiser had always shown him. King Edward's health was drunk with acclamation. Mr Parsons, Japanese Consul at Adelaide, is visiting Sydney. He complains bitterly that owing to the new liquor Act he was unable to receive friends at his hotel on, Sunday, and had to entertain them walking in the streets and in the park. In the latter a constable debarred them from smoking. Another constable compelled their ca-b to walk because it was passing a church. Such Pharisaism would not mak« for the development of a robust nation. Under the circurastanoesj, he was not sorry to depart from the qtisen city. Other visitors made similar complaints. The Rev Dr Fitchetii, interviewed regardinghis v'sit to Britain, said that h<» hid been struck by the ppneral prosperity. With regard fo preference, England, apart from the politicians?, waa waitintr for the colonies to movo. He does not fhink the peon'e of Errant? will Tunics' up their mind in favour of Mr Chnmhsrlain's scheme till Ih<* oolnniefi fny thai they wail* ■oreference. "^pelar.cl -xiruid accent .if her chi'tlren across the ness declared in its favour. There wa* no toljingr when ih& flay would come or what form it wouifl. take. Thera was grrnwinfr interest in Australia, as a