AUSTRALIAN. FURTHER EXHIBITION AWARDS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 56, 9 March 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN . FURTHER EXHIBITION AWARDS.

SENTENCE OP DEATH. RESULT OP THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET MATCH. IREDTERS TELEdItAMS.'I Melbourne, Bth March. First order of merit— Professor Yon Haast, Christchurch, for ethnological collection ; Dr. Hector, for geological specimens ; Bank of New Zealand, gold specimens ; Brunner Coal Company, Coal Pit Heath Coal Company, Greytnouth, Kaitangata Coal Company, and Westport Colliery, for coal ; Wilson, for sulphur. Second order of merit— Bay of Islands Coal Company, for coal ; Waddell, M'Leod, and Weir, Wellington, for halldoors. 'Ihird order of merit — T. R. Hackett, Nelson, for chrome ores ; Ingram and White, Oxford We3t, Canterbury, tor chalk ; Johnston Brothers.- Nelson, for ores ; L». MacFarlane, Jackson's Bay, for copper ore ; George Fleming, Nelson, for tables and boies, inlaid, of New Zealand woods. Fourth order of merit — W. Wilkinson, Thames, for printing; Carl Peter, Wellington, for table of New Zealand woods ; J. A. M'llraith, Homebush, Malvern Hills, Canterbury, for fire-clay ; Roding River Copper Company, Nelson, for copper and chrome ores ; Colonial Museum, Wellington, for ores ; Alexander Simpson. Waikiwi, Southland, for bagpipes of native material ; F. W. Irvine, Maungatapu, Nelson, for chrome iron ore. Fifth order ot merit— Thomas Condliffe, Malvern Hills, Canterbury, for terr*cotta work ; Edwards and Green, Wellington, for printing. This Dat. Tho following further Exhibition awards to New Zealand have been returned :—: — Second order of merit — Mosgiel Woollen Factory, for tweeds ; William Harris, Christchnrch, for boots and shoes ; Lightband, Allan and Co., Christchnrch, for boots and shoes ; W. Nichola and Bon, Christchurch, for boots and shoes ; Alexander Dnnbar, Christchurch, for saddles. Third order of merit— John D. Enyß, F.G.S., Canterbury, for catalogue of New Zealand butterflies ; Proprietors Times, Christchurch, for specimens of lithography ; J. A. Packer, Nelson, for artificial leg; James Robin and Co., Dunedin, for landau. Honorable mention — W. Moor and Sons, Christchurch, for brougham. Stdwbt, Bth March. The Executive have decided tfcat the sentence of death passed upon William Brown, a farmer in the Manning District, for criminal 7 assaulting bis daughter, 12 years of age, shall be carried out. The cricket match between the Australian Eleven and the combined team of New South Wales and Victoria, was resumed {to-day. The Australians were all disposed of for 85 runs in their second innings, Murdoch, not out, 31, and M'Donnell, caueht, 18, being top scorers Ihe combined team thus won the match by 216 runs. A severe hailstorm fell daring the adjournment for luncheon, and rendered the ground very dead. Sailed — Hero, for Auckland. j Nearly 100 men of the Permanent Artillery force here have volunteered to proceed for service against tho Boers.