TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 8491, 26 May 1904, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(I'eii l'ltuss Association.) WELLINGTON. May 25 At the Now Zealand 1 Rugby Union m ing to-ni'.fht applications were recoi from Ot'ij.o, Canterbury, and Manawatu matches against tlie English team. Oi asked specially for tlio Kngland v. j Zealand match. Manawatu aecompai its request for an ordinary match b; guarantee of £SOO. Consideration of' request was postponed until Saturday. ' following three lixture« for provili games against t'lio English team w made:— English team v. Olago, Wodj day, August lOtli; v. Canterbury, Sat day, August 15th; v. Auckland, Sot day, August 20th. Other dates will settled at next meeting. Mr Qalbrn will go round with the Kuglish ton. Messrs Harris, Fa<'ho, Murray, and Ev. were appointed selectors.

DUNEDIN. May 25. At the Supreme Court to-day tlio lie ing of the tirst charge of sheep stoali against Donald M'Kenzic, farmer, Cfinti was commenced, but was not concluded. The annual report of tlio Aceliuutiwiti: Society states that t lio revenue was £l4t showing a. debit, balance on tlio year £l9l. The extra expenditure is duo the erection of fishermen's lints on somo the best fishing streams. The fry dist buted during the season was 6-18,000 bro' trout, 132,000 l.oeli Lcven, 55,000 Amo can brook, and 87,000 Scotch burn. T larger ponds oil the Clinton property i expected to keep up the supply. No li than, 1538 fishing licenses wen- issued di ing the year. Deer .stalkers are on ti increa.se, and birds have done fairly well. CHIUSTcmJKCII. May 25. Captain Scott, of the Discovery, has ) ceived the following cable message fr( the King:—".Have read with interest copy of your report, which Sir Clemei Markham sent, mo, and congratulate yj and your gallant crew on the. splenc achievements. 1 wish tlio Discovery i safe journey home, and 1 hope to see y on your return to England.—Edward R. AUCKLAND. ; May 25., A serious accident occurred at a w building being erected ill Wakefield str. Two men (Harry Hmitli and Richard DnV| were carrying a. planlc across ncw]y-l<, rafters on the top storey, 30 feet from t' basement, when Davies, instead of st( ping on a rafter, walked clean over t, timber and fell through, dragging Wij him his companion. They wero in a i rious state when picked up. Dr Fro: who was summoned, found that ono hj, sustained a fracture of tlio baso of t skull, and the otlTer an injury to the spit Both were taken to tlio hospital. NAPIER, i May 25. At the Supreme Court- 10-<!ay .T. , Dover pleaded guilty to breaking and ( tering and theft, and was sentenced to months' on each cliargo, tlio sentences to concurrent. A. E. Dennett, J. Wintoi and J. H. Cleary, charged with stoaling ] set of harness and some water moloi were found guilty of the latter offence oil) with a recommendation to mercy on t grounds that the theft was the outcor of a drunken spree. Sentence was <i ferrcd. AVANG-ANUI. ! ■May 25. . There is a. very heavy flood in the rive which is running bank high, and is lik« to equal the great flood of 1891. Tauy Quay is under water, a.nd boats are fit pr sent being rowed up and down in front ] tlio Chronicle office. No serious damai has yet been done. HASTINGS. May 25. James Thorpe, surveyor, of Wan gam aired 60, took ill when passing throuf Hastings on a pleasure tour on the 16t and died last evening. He is a brotTior < Archdeacon Thorpe, of Ohrislchurch. GISBORNE. ■May 25. A. private cablegram from Melbourne stoti that Mr A. h. Bellerby lias been foiufc He was wandering about the country in demented state. INVERCARGILL. May 25. Some time ago the Borough Council si afoot a proposal to erect a town luill an theatre, and submitted the n.alter to poll 1 of ratepayers, who approved. J afterwards was found t>h«vt' the ftcceyvtc design could not be realised for £IS,OCX also tlinfc the money could not bo pot e per cent, tho balance of £20,000 r< quired coming from the accrued rente c tli© market reserve, which h:u< not bee put to its dedicated u«e. Although it wn a holiday, and people were at liberty, onl 885 votes were cast out of 1596 on th roll. The proposal was carried by ama jority of 89. At two of the three boot!) the vote was against the proposal. Tt ha been pointed out tliat the Council did 7)0 act up to instructions to the competin architects, havinti stipulated for a buildin to cost not more, than fifteen thousand and then accepted a. design (local) thn could not'be built for the money. Th question lias been hotlv debated in the lo cal Press for weeks. " The result, of til poll was received without enthusiusm.