FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 87, 9 October 1889, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

The following fixture is drawn for Third Class Cup fer Saturday next, 12th inst. :— Melrose third v. St. Patrick Bccond, on Melroso ground. Tbo above match will finish tho heat'i for third-cloaa contests.

During tho present Parliament tbreo members of the House of Representatives and seven members of the Legislative Counoil havo joined the majority. Robert Bullon'a case in the Supreme Court this afternoon ib, we believe, the first oaso on record in whioh any accused person has elected to testify in his own deienoe under the Criminal Evidence Act paised in the recent Bcssion of Parliament. A man named Jacob Johanaon, arrested at Oxford, Canterbury, on a charge of wife desertion in Wellington, was brought up from Lyttelton by the Takapuna this afternoon. We havo boon informed that tho Dunedin Tramway Company have purchased Mr. W. A. Young's (Cobb & Co.'b) 'busses. Messrs. George Thomas and Co. have received instructions to Bell the barque Willio M'Laren and her cargo of coal in two lots, but the date of the sale has not been fixed. We learn from the Signal Station this afternoon that the vessel is still lyin^ in the same position. Some of her hatches were picked up on tho beach in Woraor Bay this morning, but it is not believed that her hull has been damaged by the heavy weather of the last few days. Tho Committeo of tho Caledonian Sooioty have presented Mrs. Bobert Dnnlop with a valuable gold clasping bracelet, set with pearls, in recognition of her aervioes as accompanist at all tho musical gatherings held by tho sooiety since its inauguration, i The acknowledgment is ono that all members and adherents of the aociety will admit to havo been more than doaorved, for Mrs. Dunlop has been untiring in her labours in connection with all the numerous ooncerts Whioh tho society has yot held. Further consideration was given to-day by the directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company to tho applications for tho position of assistant-engineor, but no decision was come to. , At 10 o'clock thiß morning a sale of valuablo Crown lands in the Makuri-Puketoi Block was ooinmonced at tho Crown Lands ojn.ee, and will continue until half-past 4 o'clock this afternoon. An area of between 2000 and 3000 acres is offered for selection, and purchasers have tho option of taking tho lands either for c.nh or on deferred paymont or perpetual lease systems. At the i time of goins to pre-ra, abont 250 persons had applied for sections, whioh will be billottcd for at 11 o'clock to-morrow. At ' noon to-day four sections wore sold by auction, but there was no competition, and the land was sold at the upset price fixed upon it by the La«d Board. The details of the sections named, with tho purchasers, aro as follow -.—Section 32, block 2, Puketoi, com- ■ prising 320 acres, E. Donald, JBI 10s per : aore ; section 33, same block and distriot and ' arej, D. Donald, £1 10 a per acre ; soction 34, same hlook and distriot, 223 aore-s, D. Donald, iil 10s ; section 30, blook 13, Makuri, 296 acres, A. M'Lean, £1 53 por aore. Tho usual weekly mooting of the Star of Newtown Lodge, No. 24, 1.0. G.T., was held at tho Temperance Hall, Adelaido-road, last evening, and was fairly well attended ( considering the very inclement weather. ■ Ono gentlomta was proposed for memberahip, and a committeo appointed to see him. A very animated discussion took plaoo duriDg the evening relative to the good of the order, in which most present took part. Tho Chief Templar, Bro. A. Thompson, drow tho attention of tho3o present to the item on the programme for next lodge night, viz., pound night and fraternal visit from the Pride of Newtown Juvenile Temple, and trusted that the members would attend and give_ them a hearty weloomo. The business having been disposed of, tho lodge olosed with the usual formalities at 9.80, Buyers of household requisite* -will note that the furniture to l>e bow on Friday next by Messrs. T. Kpnnec^ Slocdonald & Co., at the residence of Mr. James Barber, Cuba-street, will be on view tomorrow afternoon. Attention Is directed to the fact that the sale commences at 1 o'clock. Noble Campbell & Co. will Mil to-morrow, fruit, &c. i Qeoruc Thomas & Co. will sell to-morrow, i fn-it. &c. For continuation ot reading matter see fourth ' <oaat.