TELEGRAPHIC

Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 22 January 1903, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC

(per press association.) Dunedin, January 21. Afc Palmerston t«-cUy, before Major Keddell, S M, J .mes Hogan, of Flag Swamp was committed for trial on a | charge uiider.-sectioi 512 of the E set ral Act of having on the 25th i November applied for a voting paper in the name of Rot crt Hogan, juur. Accused, who was under the influence of liquor, enters « tta tooih ab Dunbauk, and when the name of Robert Hogan, juur, of Hawk sbury, farmer, was read out said " That's me," whereupon he was handed vot.ng veiing papers. Not much interest was taken in the poll far the election of three members of the Drainage Board. Dc Coughtrey, J A Hancock and James Hazloit were elected. Wellington, January 21. A deputation waited on the Premier tosnight to again complain of a matter ia which th« Defence Force Rifle Association's programme for the annual sheeting contest has betn drawn up, and also of -he quality of the weapons supplied. The deputation represented ihe rifle dubs of the district. I& was pointed out that the members of the rifle clubs were debarred from competing in many events on the programme. Out of a prize list of L 992 tb/ sum of L 779 was reserved lor volunteers). Mr Seddon in repiy deprecated the belief that the Defence Df parcmeat wished to discourage rifle clubs, ©n the contrary, they dec de<i to giva them eve y reasonable eneouragem nt. At the same time the Government regard the volunteer movement as of paratnoun& impottance. The sole reason for the Government taking over the Rifle Association meetings was to encourage volunteering. He promised to consider certain details of ihe programme for the forthcoming meeting. The following are toe winners of the Queen's Schoolarships at Victoria College:— A Sandel (Naper), 1,674 marks ; Jas Ru*sel (OrmoPdville), 1,587 : Eric Lyon ("Wellington) 1559, N Fohelberg (Mouut, Cook, Welling* ton) 1536, Helen Hunt (Mount Covk, Wellington) 1,489, All red Paddick (Mount Cook, Welli gton,) 1,477. Stratford, January 21. The district health officer, to-day interviewed the county council in eiid.eav.rmsi to arrange with the c -uucil to join the other Taranaki local bodies and appoiut a sanitary inapecior fur the district. Th» council declined t« contribute the quota of L 57 per annum. All the other bodies favored the proposal. Th« loan of LSOOO for ab-tttoirs |was rejected by the ra epayare. It will be raised by the city council. Wai hi, January 21. Today an employe - at thw Waihi Gold Mining Co's battery bad three fingers severed from one haud. Five minutes later a companion engaged in similar work met with a precisely similar accident.