TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 8491, 26 May 1904, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. May 26. The Board appointed to select a scholar for the Rhodes Scholarship allotted to New Zealand will meet in Wellington on Juno 7th. The Board will bo constituted as follows :—The Governor, Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor of the University and Chief Justice), Professor Talbot Tubbs (representing the Auckland College Professorial Board), Professor M'Laurin (representing the Victoria College Professorial Board), Professor Evans (representing the Canterbury College Professorial Board), and Professor Benhain (representing tho Otago Professorial Board). ■Max Rustenbeck, a fireman on tho Warrimoo, was fined £2 10s to-day for smuggling apparel brought from Sydney to a friend in Wellington. AUCKLAND. May 26. Several cases of suburban residents having been assaulted at night and robbed have been recently reported. The most serious happened last night in the Rocky Nook district, when a respectable young man named Harry Smith was attacked outside his mother's house and seriously injured. As he was unconscious to-day little is known of how tho affair happened, but nasty gashes on his forehead and the back of his head show that Smith was the victim of a murderous attack. Probably tho assault was made by several men, for when he was heard to fall outside the door, his mother, who rushed out, heard him say, "The beggars have knocked me down." Smith is suffering from concussion of the brain, and is in a critical condition. The Grey statue is expected to be shipped from London at the end of June. The pedestal will be fashioned on the lines of Goldsmith's statue at Dublin. The stone, however, lias not yet been chosen. The site of the statue is fixed at a commanding position—tho junction of Queen and Grey streets—in the public reserve. The sum of £250 is still required to cover the total cost of the statue. In the libel case -Miss Crosher is still under cross-examination, and adheres to the evidence previously given. The statement in yesterday's wire tliat plaintiff and defendant were engaged was incorrect. Plaintiff said he was engaged to another lady. Arrived ,at 1 o'clock—Monowai, from Gisborne. ■ WAIROA. •May 25. The Tuata, owned' by Ca,ptain Davidson, which loft Napier this morning with a cargo for Mohaka, is ashore on. the north spit of tho river. Yhere is no immediate danger. Tho Tongaroa leaves at midnight to render assistance. May 26. The steamer fuata, which went ashore on the north spit at the Mohaka River, has been re-floated. The vessel has not sustained any damage. A strong current was the cause of the mishap. NAPIER. May 26. Winter, Cleary, and Dennett were found guilty at the Supreme Court of theft, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, on condition tfiat during tho next two years they do not enter an hotel or obtain drink. The C.C. and D. Company have received th» following cable from their London office : —Frozen meat market—Canterbury mutton, 4Jd ; Napier, Wellington., and North Island, 4d. Lamb—'First quality, s§d; second, s|d. Beef—Hindquarters, 3Jd; forequarters, 2\i. INVERCARGILL. May 26. Taking advantage of clause 9 of the Preferential Trade Act, a local firm imported tea in, packets weighing half a.n ounce over the stipulated pound, so escaping the duty. The Customs Department lias detained tho shipment, awaiting official instructions. GISBORNE, May 26. Word lias been received that the steamer Balmain, trading from Newcastle to Gisborne and Wanganui for some years, has been condemned and will lay up.