EXTRA EDITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1908, Page 8

EXTRA EDITION.

THE TEST MATCH. ♦ TORRENTIAL BAIN— OUTLOOK GLOOMY. (Beceived February 26, 9.39 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. There has been torrential rain since four o'clock this morning, and heavy showers continue. The outlook for the match is gloomy. LATER REPORT— WEATHER FINE. (Received February 26, 12.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day, The weather is fine. MATCH RESUMED IN FINE WEATHER. (Received February 2C, 2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Owing to heavy rain last night and early this morning, the match was not resumed till 1 o'clock. The weather is beautifully linn. Barnes is unable to play owing to an injured knee. Fielder is fielding Tor him. Later. The Australians have lost eight wickets for 387 runs. VICTORIAN TURF NOTES. TARTAN'S LAMENESS. By Telegraph.— Press Association. — Copyright. (Received February 26, 12.4 p.m.) FLEMINGTON, This Day. Akimfoo ran three furlongs in 41sao, Grenadier half a milo in 50sec, North Head six furlongs in lmin 22sec, Collarit half a mile in 52sec, Medaglia the same, Apologue half a mile in 53sec, Dusky Morn half a mile in 52jsec. Tartan's lameness is serious. COURT CASES. SLY GROG-SELLING. The reserved judgment of Mr. Riddel), S.M., was given this aft-ernoon in fhe case of alleged sly grog-selling against John Turner, restaurant keeper. MolesY?orth-sti«eet. His Worship impose a fine of £10, with 7s costs on the first/ information, and ordered defendant to pay 7s court costs on the second. Security of appeal was fixed at £10 10s on the application of Mr. Wilford. Edward M'Kenna was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on a charge of forging the name of Alex. Young to an order for £17 103 for wages alleged to be due, and uttering it to Win. Nidd. TATA ISLAND. •»■ — On the Hinemoa, which leaves on her trip to the lighthouses on the Broth^TS rock and elsewhere early to-morrow morn- ' ing, vrill be parties representing the Gov- i ernment nnd the present owners of Tata. Island, which the Government is taking j over from the Marlborough Cement, Lime, and Coal Company, norr in liquidation. The island, which is said to contain valuable* limestone and other mineral deposits, will be carefully inspected, and its value ascertained for the purpose of the compensation case, whi^h will probably take place in March. The island is to be used for supplying material to the Government for harbour works and other purposes. FLOWER SHOW. « The Karori and Makara flower show, which has been organised in aid of St Mary's Church, Karori, was opened this afternoon. The exhibits are numerous, comprising hot-house plants, fruits, flowers, and vegetables. The show will continue open until 10 o'clock this evening. SALVATION ARMY. <. COMMISSIONER M'KIE'S VISIT. Commissioner M'Kie, head of the Salvation Army in Australasia, and Mrs. M'Kie, arrived in Wellington from the South this morning. They are paying a farewell visit to the Dominion, being under orders from headquarters in London to proceed to some other part of the world, but precisely where is not yet known. The commissioner and Mrs M'Kie are not enjoying good health, and ths work entailed by" the many meetings held iv connection with his tour has been very trying. They cani6 to Australia from Germany, where they werestationed for fonr years. Before soiling service in the Fatherland, Commissioner M'Kie was General Booth's tra veiling representative. He has already seen twenty-five years of active work in the Army, and has travelled in every part of the world wherb the Army operates. Local officers will be addressed by tht commissioner to-morrow and Friday, and and inspection of all the. Army institutions will be made- Councils of officers will be held all day on Friday. The public portion of the proceedings j begins on Saturday, when a young people's demonstration will be held. Services will be conducted in the Opera House on Sunday, and on Monday a l memorial service to departed officers ! will take place at the Town Hall In his recent message to the members of the Army in New Zealand the commissioner stated that his association with the Salvation Army officers and soldiers of Australasia and tho countless outside friends and supporters had bound his heart, and that of Mrs. M'Kie with ten thousand tender ties, which neither time, nor space, nor life, not death would sever. Tho Wellington officers and soldiers are sparing no time or trouble to make the visit of Commissioner M'Kie successful, and the elaborate programme of meotings prepared for him to aadress indicates that they intend to profit as much as possible by his presence among them. The commissioner is due in Auckland on 6th March.

To-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock Messrs J. H. Bethune and Co. will hold a sale of furniture at the residence, No. 69, Coromandel-street. Cataloguos of the 215 lots will be supplied on application and the furniture will bo on view during the morning. On Friday, 28tli inst., at two o'clock, the firm will sell the furniture in No. 14, Aitlcen-streefc, the contents of a Bevon-roomed house, including piano. On Wednesday, 11th Mnrch, at their auction room?, Feathersvcn-st, in the estate of the lato H. K. Bethuno, the firm will fell the residence, No. 161, Wellington-terrace, containing eleven rooms with basement room, situated on half an acre of land having frontages to both Wellington-ter-race and Clifton-terrace. The grounds are well laid out. After which will bo sold seven leasehold sections fronting Jcrvoiso,uay, Cable-street, and' TaranakLMrcpi Extension, near to the Town Hall, Tara-naJci-street wharf, and beside the railway line ; also No. 15, Mpcdonald-crceent, a residence of nine rooms on land 50ft x 76ft. Mrs Georgia Gladys C'ooley will lecture, deliver messages and road cnarncler.i ni the New Cent my Hall thib evening ut 8 o'clock