Special Telegraphic.

Cromwell Argus, 13 March 1905, Page 4

Special Telegraphic.

Dunedin, March 13. Thfl Australians scoie'J 533 ai;ainH New Zealand, Hill making 118, an: Armstrong 126. New Zealand have ! ;st five wickets for 102. At the Amateur Ath etc Spo't Duffey, the American champion I eat he world's record on a g>a-8 t;ack tor 50yd:-, doini» it in 5 2-5-ecs, equil to the ciuder track recotd. He was uea en iu the lOOyiis by not getting off well, tid did nut matt iu the 120 yd . Widmer and 'he Aus i>■!— s ma, were disappoint H. Bur* t'om scratch, won tba Half Mile in t he ecord time, of jl ruin 58 wi hj Patrick, 25j>ds, second, and scratch, thiid. This took so much ou ■if Bm k that he had to retire in fcli Mile, and did not «tart in he Thre Miles. Whea ley ata" retired from th mild and did not 8 art for the thre« milep. Homann won 'h' 120 yd j McCracken, 15ydI*, 1 *, the 220 yds ; Mac the Mile Flat; u'Kane iha 120 yd Hardies; Hoare, 4iyds, the 100 yds; Smith, 15yds, the 440 yds ; Murray, 140 yds, the Three Milee. The Fire Brigades' concluded on Saturday, St. Kilda wianing the Consolation. For aei/rog-'t'-H Dunedin wins the Shand-Masou aud High Pressure Shields. Hawea takes the Manual Shield. NeLon secured with 13 men at the pu'ze firing, the Champion Belt Teams Challenge Shield and two cups; not one of the men taking away less than £5. At Ashburton the police raided the premises of the Royal Hotel, in which a grocery business is now carried od. News has been received of the deab in Maaterton of ex-District Judge H. W. Robinaen, formerly Warden in Otago. He was brought ftom Vicoria in 1861 to sub-edit the ' Daily Times ' hen just staited. At the Championship Regatta the Champion Fours was won bv the Stat Wellington, the Double Sculls by Union, Wanganui, the Sculls by Whelch, Akaroa. No Otago men competed. Mr George Fi?ber, M.H.R. is in the Wellington Hospital in a critical condition, suffering from dropsy. m —••■

Intercolonial. Melbourne, March 11. At the Viciorian Races Pester won the Steeplechase ; Dividend the Champion. Stakes with Marmont second and Emir thiid.

CABLE NEWS. London, March 12.

Kuropatkin'a last message to the Czar said ' I am surrounded.' The news that Mukden has been captured is confirmed, but the disaster has been allowed to leak partially in Russia. The news was received with rejoicing at Warsaw. The Japanese have capH tured many large and some field guns, ammunition, stores, etc. Fight ing is still going on in places North of Mukden, the Russians defending obstinately. In other places the Rus. sian retirement was converted into a retreat by the Japanese attacks. Colliers report that the Russian Baltic Fleet are covered with seaweed rendeiing it impossible for them to proceed. In a collision with the troops five miners at Bakhmut were killed and 15 wounded. Agrarian disturbances ard apprehended in Central Russia, where it is reported 40,000 peasants Bre armed. Trades Disputes Bill, protecting Union funds against damages for actions of members was read a second time in the House of Commons. In the Cambrian Colliery, Wales, an explosion occurred by which from 20 to 30 lost their lives, It is reported at Momhassa that 9,000, Somalis attacked Merka and completely annihilated the inhabitants.