Cricket.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 155, 30 December 1887, Page 3

Cricket.

♦ BT BI.ECTRIC TBLEORAFH— COPYRIGHT. [rkutke's telegrams. J Adelaide, 20th December. Tho match, Mr. Vernon'H Team v. Eleven of Adelaide, was resumed to-day. The Home team had lost nine wicketa for 489 runs, playing one man short. This closed tho innings. The Englishmen then oommenced their second innings, and had put together 52 runs without the \at% of a wicket when play was stopped, owing to the visitors being unable to continue tho match, they having to leavo for Melbourne in ordor to commence the match against Combined Australia on Saturday. The local match was declared drawn. The Senior Cup matches will be resumed on the Basin Reserve to-morrow week, when the Midland and Poneke Clubs will play. The Wellington-Phoenix heat will follow the abovo match. The annual fixtnro between Canterbury and Wellington will take place in Christchurch about tho 21st instant. A mixed toam of tho Midland Clnb will play a team from the Rival Club on tho Reserve to-morrow. Midland team — Aitken, Eastern (2), M. Kennedy, Smith, Kelling, Fizsimmons, Bond, Sorwall, Richardson ; emergencies, Danks and Russell. Rival team— Colo, Parsons (2), Lafforty, Prince, K. Rose, Bishop, Binns, Oswin, Ramsay, Fishor ; emergencies, Taiaroa and Halse. Tho Palmerston and Poneko Clubs will play a match at Pulmerston on Monday next. Tho Ponoko toam, which will leave by the 5.30 p.m. train to-morrow, is as follows : — Dawgon, Kirker, Stinson, Moorhouge, Mur> ray, Nicholls, Richardson, Alpe, Wren, Pownall, Knapp.

The police collected quite a harvest of " waifs and strays " last evening. Between the afternoon and a late hour last ni<?ht some five youngsters of tender years had beon picked up in the streets or the oity, having wandered away from their homes. All wore, however, claimed by thoir parents during the evening, the last ohilcl being taken away about 11 o'clook, A fire ooourrod at the residence of Mr. Dnnstan, in King-street, between 8 and 9 o'clock last evening. 'I'lu-ro were only two children in tho home at tlio time, tho parents being absent in tho city. Ono of the children observed tho outbreak and ran to a neighbour's named Morris, who, on investigating, found that a newspaper whioh had been resting on the mantleshelf had t^kon flro. Tho conflagration was speedily extinguished, though not a moment too soon. Another firo ocourred on the promises of Mr. Chas. Brown, residing in the Eamo street, at 9 o'clock thiß morning. It originated in an outhouse, and was discovered by Mrs. Brown. Luokily tho fire was extinguished beforo any sorious damage resulted. Tho building is insurod in the National office for -£12. r >, and tho furniture for 4335 in the same offloo. Tho quarterly meeting of the Rangitoto Lodge of Druids was hold last evening, Bro. T. Boon, A.D., iv tho chair. A large numbor of nominations wore received for the various offices, and a quantity of other business was transacted. The election takes place on Monday week. The keel of the new steamer to be built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff for the Oceanic Steamship Company (Wfiito Star) is about to bo laid. Tho length of the new steamer is to bo 565 ft, and her beam is to bo 52ft. She is to ha7e twin screws, and her engines (which aro to be built light) are to have 15.000 horsftpower. Her plans have been altered several times, in accordances with each new development in marine architecture and engineering which has been disclosed in the construction of large steamers for other companies. It is said that the intention of tho > directors is to name the vessel the Majestic. It came out in a Sydney suburban Court that some fashionable local dressmakers are in the habit of lending their fair customers reasonable sums of cash at 7 per cent, per month, and charging the same as " dress materials " in the husband's bills. Not long ago a certain well-known Sydney dress? maker happoned to become aware that a prominent lawyer had paid a pretty long millinery bill on behalf of a lady who was not his wife. Thus having the husband in her power, she turned the information to excellent trade account by so manipulating his wife that the hitter, a most oxtravagant woman, ran up a bill for .£I3OO, which the lawyer dared not refuse to pay. And now that an open row has come, tho domestic affairs of that husband and wife are to be vontila,ted in the Divorce Conr^, thanks chiefly to the agency of the'dressmakor. A determined attempt at suicide was made at the Kaniori on the 21st instant (says tho West Coast Times) by a man named George Hillman, a shoemaker. It appears that Constable Quirk, stationed at Kanieri, was called to Hillman's house by a boy, who stated that Hillman had cut his throat. On proceeding to the spot, Hillman was discovered sitting down, with a shoemaker's knifo covered with blood in his hand, and a deep gash in his throat. On being arrested, he expressed great regret at not having completed the work. DkunSbn Stdff.— How many children and women are slowly and surely dying, or rather being killed, by excessive doctoring, or the daily use of some drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of, who can oasily be cured and saved by American Co.'s Hop Bitters, whioh is so pure, simple, and harmless that the most frail woman, weakest invalid, or smallest child can trust in it ! Seo.

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