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Grey River Argus, 4 December 1924, Page 3

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ENGLAND v. GRIQUALAND. CAPETOWN. December 3. The Englishmen, playing Griqualand, in their second innings, ‘■cored 3<»2 runs, Russell making and Tyldes ley 171. Dickons took I for 6ii and I’arrelly 3 for 50. Griqualand, in the second innings, lost eight for 246. McKay made 111 (not out) and Ling 75. Genre took 4 for 57. The English bowling lacked sting. The match was drawn. WEEK-END GAMES. The following player;-. will represent the VAatcrsiders in their innnh against Cobden on Sunday, December 7 nr 1.30 sharp:—R. Comerford. T. Wilson. 3. Jackson, E. Clough. R. Clough, W. Curie, P. Stewart, G. Dixon, Lawrence. Bresnahan. Watson. Tibbles and J. O ’Brien. The Waterside Juniors to play Brun nor at Ornoto at 1.30 sharp on Sun day are:—Sigley. G. .Mason .1. Ma> on. Alexander. Brown. Carse. Hill Kent, Smith Jacobs (Tighten Robert son Sheehan. Williams M.-Kcndry and Blew man. Nnt Jl lot) miles from Wanganui (says the Chronicle) a married railway clerk has solved ih r housing pivblem. Al present lie and Ifis wile are living in a. one-roomed hut 12ft x fit •adjacent to the railway line in a rail way yard. Iho other morning, w bile the wife was busy washing up the breakfast dishes, her nerves were very much shaken by a large crane, which had been working on a bridge in the vicinity of the yards, ft was in the act of turning, w hen it < aui c in contact with the hut, raising it about three feet from its foundations. The only damage sustained was a b token and wrenched window. Needless lo say there was a. great commotion inside the hut. An old gentleman who has lived m the one. house lor 36 years deflated (says the Auckland Star; that present generation was ‘ •degeneraiing'' into a race of nomads. “When I was a young man," he said, “people used to take great pride in living for a long period in one locality, and they aimed at dying Ln the sarnie house as \ they were born in if it were pos.-iplc. In thosp days tliey were con-, tented and restful. Now it seems as if nothing will satisfy people but to always be on the movie. I hex get tired of being in oitp place tor a few months even. First they try the sea, then the hills, tijn something else. The house is not good enougu and they get a belief Then they find fault with that amd look lor another. It they canT sell their house they exchange il for anol her elsewhere, tho ownei' of which is just as eager fcr U change of locality as tlney arc. They’ll find it very hard to rest, in their graves, these people. All I can say is tha4, they are nomad . and that such a state of affaifs is not good for the country, for it creates a general jest le.ssness, and H is inimical lo family welfare and the bringing up of children.” Having said this, tho old gentleman departed, observing that hje was going home to a, real old-fash-ioned house that was good enough for him and would be until tho day he died.