The Rhodes selection co.nnittee have selected Mr. Barton, son of the -x-Promior, to be the recipient of the first Rhodes scholarship from New South Wales. The Victorian selection committee are now considering the applications from this state, The first Rhodes scholarship for New Zealand has been awarded to James Allen Phomson, B. Se., of Otago University, son of Mr. G. M. Thomson, F IS., who will be remembereil by visitors to the recent science congress in Dunedin as secretary of the local committee of the Australasian Association for the Advancement, of Science.
Advices have been received from Thursday Island stating that Mr. Robinson, the acting administrator of New Guinea, has committed suicide. Mr.
inson was on board the Merrie England when the attack by natives on the steamer took plice at Goaribari. Ho was shortly to have left to give evidence ut the inquiry. Mr. Robinson has left a document purporting to give his version of the affair.
An exceptional, and most extraordinary occurrence, of special interest to. ship masters, is thus reported by a West: port paper:—" While the s.s. Kotuku was receiving bunker supplies, the mon were surprised, on removing the bottom from a coal hopper, that the fuel would not rua as usual; but an examination revealed six cases of gelignite, wrapped in a tarpaulin, and jammed inthe outlet. Further inquiry disclosed that the explosives had been overlooked when consigned to another vessel, and had been accidentally ran under the coal shoot, where the cases had been quickly covered. There was enough gelignite in the six cases not only to blow up the ship, but half the town."
During the visit of the flagship Euryalus invitation to inspect the vessel was extended to a band of naval veterans resident in Melbourne. These, to the number of taventy, included some whose service dated back to 1848, and amonget them were sixteen who had taken part in the Crimean war. Past and present members of the service spent a pleasant day, the present members taking great delight in showing the veterans the details of up-to-date gunnery and torpedo warfare. Commanders Hyde Parker and Napier provided the visitors with refreshments, and the old-timers thoroughly appreciated their Australasian " prints the following personal Miss Bailey, matron of the Women's Hospital 7 Shanghai, she as. Empire, sod who cemented to be was a passenger from Hongkong by the
isolate! on board with a Indy passenger who suffered from an attack of smallpox, has received a letter from her fellow-passengers, on their release from quarantine at Sydney, expressing their warm appreciation of and hearty thanks for her self-denying services. Miss Bailey hag
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