BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9193, 24 March 1908, Page 1

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

iOarWd Pr-as Asaooiation— By Electrio S Telegraph—Copyright. THE RAND MINES. LONDON, March 22. _!e Rand mines are not to be pertfjitted to recruit further natives in British Central Africa./ OPIUMPEKING, March 23. The announcement is made in Peking jfchat Britain has agreed to the experimental decrease of the importation of opium over a period of three years, to *cc whether the cultivation of the poppy and the number of opiumSmokers can be lessened, and the importation in that case decreased annually, A decree issued in 1 Peking br__rs ; further measures to deal with the evil. NATAL'S COMPLAINT. DURBAN, March 23. The Rigjit IJori F. R. Moor, Premier jbf Natal, speaking at Winton, com- . plained of certain members of the House of Commons' putting questions fend otherwise seeking to discredit and Bishonour Natal's institutions. Natal had acted, within its chartered rights, »nd was bearing the white man's burden, which was not made lighter hy their damnable interference. He hoped that better, counsels would prevail, and that Natal would be given an opportunity of proving the justice of her jfosition. A GREEK PROPOSAL, ATHENS, March 23. Greece haa submitted to the Porte proposals to establish a junction between the Piraelis-Larissa and Sa-lohika-Monastir railways, providing the shortest route from Britain to the Far East. THE TATSU MARU. ' CANTON, March 23. In connection with the release of the -teamer Tatsu Mara, 60,000 people demonstrated in Canton, and burned their Japanese garments. They recomfciended a boycott of Japanese goods *nd also the impeachment of Yuan-Shi-Kai. Many buildings are draped in jnourning.