DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 72, 21 March 1912, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) Gisborne, March 20. Last evening John McCormick entered a billiard-room at Rukuroa with a case containing jewellery, valued at Ul 50, wiiieli he laid on a seat. During the course of an argument the case disappeared. This morning Detective .Vlileneli and Constable Doyle arrested a man and recovered on his person half the stolen property. The remainder was found buried in a tin m tne bash. Accused will be brought before tne Magistrate at Gisborne tomorrow.

Wanganui, March 20. The municipal by-election held today resulted m the return of J. W. Atherton by a big majority. There were four other candidates. Wellington, March 20. Sir Joseph Ward stated yesterday, in reply to a question as to why Mr. Harold Beauchamp, chairman of the xmaid of Directors of the Bank of New Zealand, was not reappointed to the directorate, that Mr. Beauchamp had officially intimated that, on account of the state, of his health, he did not intend to seek reappointment. “I have received a letter from Mr. Beauchamp, written from London, to that eifeev. There is, therefore,” said the Prime Minister, “no reflection on Mr. Beauchamp, who nas carried out his responsible duties in a tnoroughly satisfactory manner.” It is understood that Mr. Martin Kennedy will succeed Mr. Beauchamp in tne position of president. Nelson, March 20. The eighteen months’ old child of ■j . Boddmgton, of Wakapuaka, was drowned at- the pa there this morning. He- was playing with another cm Id near the creek, and crawled liirougn a gate, falling into the water. Dunedin, March 20. A farmer named Alex, llobertson, who sustained a fracture of the leg when leading a horse at Circle Hill. Mil-burn, last week, and who waf brought to the Dunedin Hospital, died at the institution this morning. Death was due to heart failure, the result of the accident. Deceased was /•3 years of age. At a meeting of the committee in connection with the forthcoming band contest, it was decided to recommend the South Island Bands’ Association to appoint Lieut, W. 0. Bentley as judge. It was reported that tuere was a probability of at least t ivo bauds coming from Australia to the contest, and that several of the best North Island -bands would' be competitors. The following prizes very allotted:—Grade A contest, two test selections, first £2OO, second £75, third £SO, fourth £25. Grade B test selection and own choice: First £75, second £3O, third £ls, fourth £lO.

Christchurch, March . 21. , Obituary; Frederick de C. Malet, a former chairman of the Bqnk of New Zealand, and managing director of the “Lyttelton Times.”