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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
6
Fire destroyed the residence of Mr Kindersley at Eton College. Rescue efforts saved many scholars but two boys died of suffocation. A boy struggled to free himself from a barred window before losing consciousness. A scaffold in front helped others descend to safety. Mr Kindersley and several scholars were injured.
London July 1 20 p.m. The King and Queen were much distressed when news of the fear at Eton College reached them.
The Cape Colony House of Assembly unanimously records high appreciation of Mr. Chamberlain's South Africa visit. In London the Todesian gold mines test Indian labour as Dourers with potential Chinese workers if needed.
Lord Brassey formerly governor of Victoria said Australia and Canada would not provide direct returns for preference or trade increases. He argued that further British trade expansion will occur mainly within intra colonial or intra commonwealth links rather than with distant markets.
London opinion pieces warn that Chamberlain’s preferential trade plan with colonies is likely unworkable or damaging. The Economist argues it is inevitable to fail or cause harm, while the Spectator suggests it could fracture the Unionist party and split the Union.
London dispatch says U S hostility to Chamberlain plan stems from trade concerns. Smalley notes Republicans fear surpluses from exports will shift to U S markets, reflecting free traders and exporters anxieties over future trade flows.
A semiofficial Berlin agent states Germany will refrain from further surtax on Canadian goods due to speeches by Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain. The Berlin note downplays intensifying agitation in England and urges calm and prudence, aligning with similar restraint toward other nations.
The Balkans dispatch from London states Hilm Pasha exiled 10 percent to Tripoli and Yemen, including a schoolmaster and wealthy traders, without trial, as dangerous insurgent ringleaders. Hussein Him Pasha proposed trials for the worst prisoners and sending all suspected to Anatolia, with others watched. Tripoli is described as the Ottoman North African province between Tunis and Egypt, near the Red Sea.
London reports a Sofia telegram says Macedonian revolutionary readers possess quantities of plague baleilli and turearen unless the Powers guarantee within a week the Berlin Treaty provisions to infest Constantinople Salvaiks and Berlin. The Daily News doubts the statement. The piece notes Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure is advertised as “unequalled and invincible” for colds.
London June 1 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman the Opposition leader announced he would move on the second reading of a pinagee bill to maintain free trade and imperial welfare and to avoid further disclosures of the government’s fiscal plan. He has relinquished his amendment.
Australian trade sources report that Pacific Steam Navigation Company and Ghent Steam Navigation Company plan talks at Liverpool. Sir William Bibby argues Australia should not dictate shipowner employments of Lascars and should seek fair returns rather than outlays for new routes.
London June 1 The Algerian frontier convoked a patrol by M Jonnart governor general of Algeria after Moors attacked a party including the Amel of Vigmig near Figuig. Seventeen Spaniards wounded. attackers concealed by ground. France to patrol frontier. detachment to surround Figuig brigands. Figuig oasis 165 miles east of Fez trades with Wex Tailet and Touat.
London dispatch reports Jamaica sugar crop 40 percent below Tar. Planters’ losses estimated at £60,000 with 972 acres under sugar in 1902. Earlier export total reached £21,680 cwt. Infected blankets shipment from War Office to Capetown and Argentine sheep found infected at Deptford market. slaughter and burning followed.
Germany's new tariff law provides that after 1910 the surplus from higher duties on necessaries shall be applied toward relief of widows and orphans. The messages report a Mars projection attributed to a cloud traveling northward. The royal visit to Ireland plans a six day stay in the third week, then to Cowes.
Tebacca carefully selected and rolled, state express cigarettes claimed harmless to the thrust.
London observers say prominent Unionists believe Parliament may be dissolved by autumn 1904 or 1905 at the earliest. The date remains uncertain as party leaders weigh political strategy and timing.
London reports a pan gold field found at Minatae in German East Africa with a rush to the area from Mombassa. The region borders British East Africa to the north and the Congo Free State to the west, with other minerals including iron, lead, copper, mica, salt and gem stones. A railway concession for the East African Central line from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro and beyond is planned toward Tabora and Mwansa near Lake Victoria.
London dispatch reports June 1 that a flood in North Topeka Kansas killed about 200 people. Fires were put out by rain while many victims were Russian and Salian workers in local factories. The disaster devastates Kansas packing houses and leaves Armourdale largely wrecked.
London reports anti Austrian demonstrations across Italian towns linked to a revival of Trent Trieste Istria and Dalmatia agitation. The Fremdenblatt warns of a dangerous reaction if the irredenta outcry is not suppressed, noting historical Italian irredentist activity and reactions from Crispi and Austria.
Mails close at the U P O Sydney tomorrow for Biden per the Boga to Byron Bay and Auckland with various departure times. W Williams chemist advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at 1s 6d claiming guaranteed relief and customer satisfaction praised as sold widely.
The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian claims an electric tremor treatment may aid cancer. Reports cite cautious expert work in London with varying currents, noting partial tumor reductions in a few cases. A London surgeon reportedly plans a weekly pronouncement on results. For Brothial Cough take Wool's Great Peppermint Cure.
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