LATE TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2678, 11 August 1913, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAMS.

(From our own correspondent.) Dunedin, August nth. FOOTBALL. The Christchurch premier team (Old Boys) deteated Dunedin’s premier team (Zingari) by 18 points to hj. University defeated Pirates by 20 points to ii. Wellington defeated Southland in representative hockey at Wellington on Saturday by four goals to nil. The New Zealand cross country championship was decided over five and a half miles at Wingatui on Saturday afternoon, the result being a handsome win for the Otago team, five members of which filled the first five places. J. Beatson (29mm ssecs) was first.

On Saturday evening one of the auxiliary firemen named Robt. Duncan was standing near the fire brigade station when a young man approached him and used some insulting remarks. He seemed to have followed this up by striking Duncan a violent blow in the face, which necessitated his removal to the hospital where he was found to be suffering from the fracture of the base of the skull. The attack was apparently quite unprovoked by Duncan. The opinion is universal that this session of Parliament will be one of the longest on record. It is agreed on all sides that Parliament will be engaged until December. The ferry steamer Wahine which arrived at Wellington at S. 15 yesterday morning established a new record for the run from the Lyttelton wharf to Wellington wharf by covering the distance (173 miles) iu 9 hours 10 mins. The vessel was not working at full power, two of her boilers not being In use, Sydney. In the contest for the international lightweight championship Natt Wells (England) defeated Hughie Mehegan at the Stadium 011 points. The Englishman’s science which asserted itself early served him well throughout and in spile of the Auslralian’s gameness and hard hitting he kept the issue be-

yond doubt. Melbourne, August 10. The following is the result of the Australian Steeplechase : —Bullawarra j2.ii, i ; Vanguard 11.1, 2, Lean Kleshna 12,1, 3 London, August <S. The ‘Times’correspondent in Peking reports that a characteristic delay is being shown in finishing the southern rebellion. It is believed that serious opposition io the Government is over and that the new Cabinet will shortly be nominated and composed wholly of Yuan Shi Kai’s ofhcials. Bucharest, Aug. 10. The Conference has concluded and the treaty was signed at q o’clock this morning. Greece and Servia reserve the right to submit the question ol indemnity to the Hague Convention. In the event of a dispute in regard to the fixing of the Bulgarian-Roumanian Fpontier, Belgium, Holland or Switzerland will be asked to arbitrate