GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 15 May 1913, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

ESCAPED PRISONERS BEFORE THE COURT, By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, May 14. Patrick Donovan and Thomas' JoKn Lewis, who escaped from the Terrace Gaol last week, were to-day sentenced to an additional six months' imprisonment. Both pleaded not guilty to I lie charge of breaking, entering and sti nling clothes, and were committed for trial. THE SOLAR OBSERVATORY. Wellington, May 1 (. In connection with the proposed Solar Physics Observatory, Miss Proctor, the astronomer who has just returned from Nelson, informed 'a Post reporter that Mr. Cawthron would be prepared to give fl.ymo for the Solar Observatory. This would be sufficient for its establishment and the maintenance of the staff, and it was posiible stellar work could he undertaken. The fringe of Nelson commended itself t< i her as a suitable site, but the site would be determined by an expert from England. Nelson people. .Miss Proctor added, had generously offered sites, all of which would receive attention. AGGREGATION OF LAND. Wellington, Wednesday. The Premier has decided to refer'the report on aggregation of land, which he obtained from the Lands Department recently, to the House of Representatives, with power to call for papers and persons.