TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5351, 22 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PEE PRESS AGENCY.) Lawebnoe, Tuesday. An assault case, Duncan v. Buchanan, came before the Resident Magistrate yesterday afternoon. The damages were laid at £SO. The case excited great attention, as the complainant hadbeen severely beaten with a longliandled shovel. .Judgment was given for the complainant tor £3, together with ,00313 amounting to £7. The Hospital Committee have received five applications for the position of surgeon to the hospital. The committee have deferred the consideration of applications for another week, An effort will be made to get Professor Ulrich to visit Weatherston tor the purpose of expressing an opinion regarding the cement there. Christchurch, Tuesday. The reports of the examination on the University junior scholarship papers have been received. The following are the successful candidates :—Margaret Eagar, Auckland ; B. M. Connal and O. O. Hilton, Christchurch ; A. Purdie and A. Montgomery, Dunedin. There were thirty candidates. Dunedin, Tuesday. The plaintiff’s solicitor in the action Haughton v. Reed and another authorises a contradiction of the report that the said action will not come into Court. He says it will be tried at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Dunedin. Ahouse, the property of Mr. J. W. Jago, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. It was insured in the Victoria Office for £450, and the furniture in the same office for £l5O. Mr. Macaudrew, under date 16th April, writes to the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce assuring that body of his desire to see the Northern trunk railway completed, and adds that the Government needs no spur to induce it to do its duty in the matter. A discussion has arisen between the Education’ Board and n Dunedin school committee. The latter passed a resolution to-day maintaining that the Board only has a right to recommend teachers for appointment in city schools. GisnpnNE, Tuesday. The first-class rural lands at Patutahi sale, Turanganui Survey ’ District, realised an average of £9 per acre. The Tapotoho portion of the Patutahi realised an average of about £7 per acre. A small part of the second and third class rural land was sold at the upset price. In all the other oases nearly double the upset price was obtained. Auckland, Tuesday. Mr. G. S. Graham, Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, under the English Constitution, was entertained at a banquet by the brethren, before leaving for Wellington to take the management of the Colonial Insurance Company. John Jack and Miss Firmiu last night produced “ Our Boys.” The piece was a great success. Ministers have declined to accept tenders for the extension of the Waikato Railway, owing to scarcity of funds.