TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7847, 26 May 1904, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Presa Association)

At *l q DUNTEDrN, toy 25. At the Supreme Court 10-day the hearing of the first charge of sheep stealing against Donald McKsn/ie farmer, Clinton, was commenced' but not concluded. '

The annual report of the Ae2limatisation Society states that >he revenue was £1652, showing a debit balance- on the year of £19]. The extra expenditure "is due ?o the erection of fishermen's huts' on some of the best fishing streams. The fry distributed during the season was 654,000 brown trout, 132,000 Loch Leven, 35,000 American brook, and 87,000 Scotch burii. Larger pends on the Clinton property are suggested to keep up the supply. No less than 1538 fishing licenses were issued during the year.

WAIROA, May 26. The; steamer Tuatu, which went ashore on the north spit of the Mohaka river, has been floated off. She has not sustained any damage. A strong current was the • cause of the mishap. GISBORNE, May 26, Word has been received from Syd,ney that the steamer Balmain, trading from Newcastle to Gisborne and Wanganui for some years, has been condemned and will lay up. WELLINGTON, May 26. Max Rustenbeck, a fireman <on the Warrimoo, was fined £2 10s to-day for smuggling . wearing apparel i brought from Sydney to a friend in Wellington.

The Board appointed to select a scholar for the Rhodes' scholarship allotted to New Zealand meets in Wellington on Juno 7th. The Board will be constituted as follows I— The Governor, Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor of the University aufd Chief Justice), Professor Talbot Tubbs (representing' the .. Auckland College Professorial BoarH), Professor MacLauren (representing the Victoria College Professorial Boarcl), Professor Evans, (representing the Canterbury College Professorial Beard), and Professor Benh'am (,of the Otajro Professorial Board). MASTERTON, May 26. At fjie District Court this morning A. McDonald claimed £50 from W. Benton for alleged slander. The defendant, who had a contract to paint buildings from plaintiff, missed some paint and wrote a letter to plaintiff and his architect imputing that he (plaintiff) had stolen the paint. ■ Judgment was gjrven for plaintiff for £20 and costs £9.

INVERCARGTLL, May 26. Taking advantage of clause 9 of the Preferential Trade Act, a' local firm has imported tea in packets weighing an ounce over the stipulated v pound, so escaping the duty. The Customs Department lias detained the shipment «£id is awaiting official instructions.