N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10147, 25 January 1911, Page 5

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. A RACING CASE. U AN APPEAL DISMISSED. 1 '■' ' "' WELLINTONY Last Night. The Racing Conference judges' (Sir G. Clifford arid Messrs Friedlander and Pyne) sat this morning to deal with the Vi-Mendip case, and delivered the following judgment:—"ln the matter of the appeal by .the Dannevirke 'Racing Club against the decision of the Hawke's Bay Metropolitan .Committee, reversing.the decision of that Club in awarding the stakes for the Dannevirke Handicap, run-on the 16th November, to the mare Vi, the judges are of opinion that there were no extraordinary circumstances, under in weighing in short of weight, and therefore dismiss the appeal, and order the deposit to be refunded." . The stake therefore goes to Meiidip. A DARING ROBBERY. PALMERSTON N., Last Night. Between 2.30 p-m* arid 10.40 p.m.' on .Monday a ,dariiig robbery ; ..was : committed- at the, Albion : Hotels. Shannon.- The licensee /(Mrs Hbnpr; ■ Calligan), left a small ; SQfeJjHnlbclsed . ; the;;b)b^l^/T|ie \^asde^^hrjihes >lock: : The ; thieves enured' from the passage .arid extracted the' money. The police have the matter in hand;, ' ' ■.;:'. ■/* RATING OF CONJENT^, Last Night: In connection with the question of the rating of Convents, the authori- l ties of St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston North-, have claimed a refund of the; fates paid last year;to the Boroiigh Council, amounting to £4O, and have also deoHned to pay similar rates, this .year.v' The ground of the refusal i 3 the recent, decision of the Appeal Caurt in a Christohurch case that Convents are immune from rating under the Act. .' , v 1 JUNIOR NATIONAL SCHOLARS s t :Night l :" : - At the, Taranaki Education Board meeting -to-night, Inspector Whetter reported; thatj wishing to the position in which;vTaranaki;: : stood' with regard to Junior National Scholarships, he had made an analysis of those who qualified- for these ! scho-' larships in the Dominion. He had based his calpulations on the attendarice returns of 1909, lowing to the; 1910 returns not yet being available.;; Taranaki had 45 schools, with;s793 scholars. In the; percentage ].oi : scholarships ; ,per i thousand, : tTarariaki headed the list ; - 7:7 per:'thous r and; Marlborough was nexc with 7.6 per cent; Wellington' 6:9-^ Otagov 6.4; Hawke's Bay 5.6 r ;- ; ; Aucklan(|: 9,iyAn/inquest : -'was,'.:held. "to-day| ; pn!' ibody; ( Of' '.Samjuei;.;.Mini^es;-' haim, [ ing on the Marine' Parade beach on Monday afternoon., ; , The dence to the effect '%ixat''tn'Jß| : .pri-"-. mafy waa.heart failure, owing to- the shock deceased received when /finding himself in _ trbu-i, ' the watei-,, as he had riot-been in the water long enough,to drown:'. >A verdict was^returried; that- death' 'resulted from heart