GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Fer Press Association. m)I'KSS()UIAL CI IAN(• KS. Wellington, Mai'ch 'l2. r l'he of La.w at lb; 1 Victoria College, vacant by the resignation of Professor Salmond, has been oll'ered by the Council of the College to Professor MacLaurin, who has notified his acceptance. Professor MacLaurin resigned his present professorship of mathematics, but will be appointed Professor of Astronomy, ami will hold that ol'iic;\ together with that of head of Hie Lacully of L-iw, assuming'his new duties at: the coiueiucemenf of the second term of the present year.

POLO TOI'uNMLNT. "ipicr, .March 22. The New Zealand polo tournament was continued to-ihiy. hi tin 1 seiui-tiiial of the Seville flip, Rangitikci A beat llawkes liny I! by 111 goals to 2.11 l the Handicap Cup, Wellington P> (15) beat Wangaiiiii (Hi) by II lo nil. Wellington i 10) be:tl limigitikei It (!l) by 111 goals to i). (U) I'\TM FlaU (IN).

INl'ili.'TlOl'S DiSKASKS HOSPITAL. lhiiiediii. March '22. The representatives of the various local authorities in the Health District <'f having '-tiled to a.u'ree as to the apportionment of the cord o!' providing and maintaining a hospital at Dun-'diu for the reception ot' cases of infectious disease, appeared, together with the District Health Officer. before .Mr. Widdowron. S.M., to-i!ay. upc-n whom the power of apporiionin''- '!: • cost devolved. Kvidetice was given fcr and auain-4 Ihe propo>als of thy ileal'li (Mluvr. Many of the representatives from the country districts eonteiulinv; thai the hospital could not possibh he of benefit outside th.e city and suburbs. For the oth>r side it was linked Ihut the hospital would pruvc-nt liie spread of infection from the city to the counlry in times of epidemic, nud would be of etjiial value to the whole community. The magistrate reserved his decesiou.

NJIMUSJS. Oamaru, Jlareh 22. Donald -McDonald, with several aliases, wanted by the Invercargill police since 190;> on a charge of forgery nud uttering at Nightcaps, was arrested here to-day. McDonald had liecn nias(Hicvadiiig as a sheep buyer at. J'almerston, Timniu and Temuka. lie veeenlly purchased 11 merry-go-round for :C(iOO, and was negotiating for a farm at W'aiinate to cost C 1 :i.IIIUI.