YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8182, 15 August 1906, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Dunedin, August 14. The Hon. J. A. Millar arrived from 1 tho North [ H °n. li.--are Nab, the latter gotag oiivZ ; to Gore by the second express. Both , Ministers were interviewed and cemgratulated on the way down, and also , on reaching Dunedin, but were veryj i reticent on political mattors, and it I is believed they will retain itho same 1 reticence at the banquets to-morrow ' evening, and little will bo known of ( the Government policy until it ia . disclosed in the Governor's Speech, . Dannovirke, August 14, ', The Hon. J. McGowan will open ' tho new Courthouse this afternoon ; and be entertained at a banquet this l evening, ; • Invercargill, August 14. , Tho Cash Athletic Association has"* , decided to send a representative to, , compete for tho s £soo Sheffield Handii cup at Melbourne in November., The i representative will bo 6olectcd by. a . test race. l'alniorston North August 14. At the I'olice Court this morning John Whelan, charged on remand with' grievously assaulting Patrick Ashe ut AwaJniri on August sth, was ' further rem a nded on iihe application of ; the police until the 12nd inst. It was stated that tho unfortunate viotim of the assault, an old man of 73, is quite unable to attend Court. Ho is still in the Hospital and his condition is serious. Christehurch, August 14. Jas, Goodman, law clerk to Bruges, solicitor, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Bruges applied for a new trial and was released, substam tial bail being given. Wellington, August 14, Binder the ''Swamp and Crown Land Serrlement Act, 1903," a selector who takes up swamp land, has his rent remitted for a period of years, provided; that if at any time during th» first., five years of his tenancy, he disposes of his interest in the laid, tho tmt M '\ conceded shall be paid in full, anil t/hflA Board may grant the original concessit ion to his successor. The Chief 'Justice was .asked this morning to decide a case in which - ' a selector was entitled to fhreo years' concession of rent if he held tho la'nicl for five years. He held it for only one year. 'Wias he compelled to pay only, the one year's rent, or -the ihrea years, the. reading of the Act being nnvhiguoug T Sir Robert Stout held thai a reasonable interpretation was that he should pay only for the period of tenancy, one year, and that the as. signee pays the balance, unless the Land Board sees fit to remit.

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