WELLINGTON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 713, 8 January 1903, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

CANDIDATES’ EXPENSES, [By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wellington, last night. Five returns of candidates' exponses at the Genoral Election have boon filed. Thoy are : Aitken, £7l 10s 3d ; Duthio, £B7 9s 8d ; Atkinson, £47 19s 8d ; Godber, £lls Os 3d ; McLaren, £3O 11s 6d. RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. The regulations which govern the award of scholarships allotted New Zealand under tho will of the lato Cecil Rhodes have not yet boon proparod. They were to be drawn up by ollicors of the Education Dopartmont, but the work has boen delayed by lack of explicitness as to conditions in later communications from the trustees. Dr. Parkin, of the Montreal University, organising secretary of the fund, who is at present conferring with the authorities at Oxford, visits Australia and probably Now Zealand in connection with these scholarships. ELECTRICAL TRAMS. Tho tender of James Trevor, at £20,119, has been accepted by tho City Council for the construction of a power house for the Wellington electrioal tramway system. HALF-HOLIDAY. At a special meeting of the City Council the proposal to havo the weekly halfnolulay changed to Saturday from Wednesday wa« lost. OFFICER RETIRING. It is understood that Major Reid, at Auckland, is retiring from the Defence Department. RIGHT OF TENANTS.

It having been a burning question for some time past with the Crown tenants as to whether they have tho right to dispose of milling timber upon their holdings without obtaining permission from the Laud Board, and also whether tho Land Board could compel such tenants to pay the amount received by them for the sale of such timber to the receiver of land revonuo as so much rent in advance, the Government decided to submit the question to the law officer of the Crown for his decision, which is that tenants have power to sell and remove marketable timbor from their land, and also that it is not necessary that they should obtain the consent of the Land Board before so doing, and further that the Crown cannot impose as one of tho conditions that the money received from the sale of timber should be paid to the receiver of land revenue as rentin advance. ACCIDENTS ON CORINTHIC.

Last Friday morning, whilst the Corinthic was at Hobart, W. Hardwick, boatswain, was killed. Whilst unshipping one of the derricks the boom suddenly slipped and crushed his head against the mast.

Frank Noton, who served in one of the New Zealand Contingents and went from South Africa to London, worked his passage out on the Corinthic. On the morning of December 15, whilst bringing up stores from the ship’s hold, he was knocked down a distance of thirty feet by being struck with the hoisting gear. Noton’s skull was fractured, and one of his legs fractured. On the arrival of ihe vessel to-day he was transferred to the district hospital. RESUMED ESTATE.

The Kenton Estate, an area of 550 acres, near Dunedin, is being taken over by Government for settlement.