INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 18, 19 January 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

INTERPBOVINCI AL CRICKET MATCH. Dunedin, Wednesday. • The twe'fth annual interprovncial cri k t matc'i Otago v. C inter i>ury commenced at tw<lve ! o'olo k t-i^y. The we.it"er was plo'i us, with a strong N.E. bre ze blowing. The ground wis in epl n lid or er, • ut owing to v it being mail day the attendance at 'he cota men emeu t of the game wa* anything but good, but as the dav wore on ihe number of persons on the ground increased, among them bei^g a goo.i sprinkling of the fair sex. Cantor ury won the toss and elei ted to go to the wickets. H, E Gori by was elected captain of ttie Otago team. A.M'Ollivier »nd Corfe went first to the wickets and f *oed the bowling of Paramour. OUivier opened the ball with a cut lor two. Lathburk took the bow ing a the o her end. Corfe slipped the second in the over for a single, ami then both m n fje ti g confi lence .Commenced scoring rare'u ly. a fter eightem overs Go(ii>y wbb pent on to re'ieve Parum >ur, and .tried glower bowsing but the effict <>f this was no improvement for both m n sent the bal all over the field for twos and three?, and «t a quarter pa t one h ilf a century was on the telegraph bo. rd Afler 64 runs had been ecored. Corfo tipped nne of Goiby's b'owb into the wicket k* eper'a hands, which was carefully helH, O rfc plwyed well for 26. One wick' t down lor 64. Nei eon took Gorfe's p'aca at the wickt-t, and Downes sopplied Godby's r>la >c at the bowling AtttT three overs NeiUon r< tired with a duck's egg from one of Downes's round arms. Two wickets for 66 ice followed, an \ commenced operation 8 by a neat cut for two. tie theu follow d with two singl* s and a couple, which fet ughfc the score up to 83, when lunchron wus called at two o'clock. The betting is 2 to 1 on Canterbury. , ...-;>•: Wellington, Tuesday. The following is datud •' On board Luna, Woreer's Bay, Monday nfgfit " :— Although there was a very strong tide* with a heavy swell and coo'i stiff meez«*, the gr pnel whs thrown over about nine thin moniiug. The . firs!; c»ft was not succesoful, sufikii-nt allowance not having been rmde for the force of the tide. Ttie second ca«t was also unsuccessful, and the grapnel, when haded in, showed that it bad been drapging over racks, one prong being- broken and the other more or less injured. A third cast was made, and after some dragging the cahle was caught and every, one watche I anxtou-ly the tautened chain. The strain ateadly increas d, »nd the full power of wi idin/ seeaie'd to have be: n rea hed. At last there was a je k and a quiver, and all thought ihe cable was lost, however, after hau ing in some slack the sain ■ ain was again apparent, a d though much less so thm belore, it t .me i out that the cable had br ken when the eiraiu whb so trenjei<iou-», and thanow the brok.u pie c was teing ha /I din. A length ot 1267 lathoms was lir ug'lit ort board The appearance <>f the cable show d f'hat it had been «ra ing on very roc^y botfc >m ixx **& tn fc ifc was oo y a. p'iunacL- ■■ f foelc here, an* the itrea er P ortio " «,f the cabV appear. <i tv be as 'J"" 0 as when first aid. Parts ot itw,re mo e., r iess os^ ised an < the cable w 8 cove ed with an'enu"*'"* variety of a imm md vege «l,le lifv. The winding took two hour-< and as evening «as ne.r an : th sea rising the Lum cam to the B r ylbi the nigbt. , The work will, if the weaiher permits, be re 'ommenDed t -morrow. .' /; Tues ay. The 'eturn^ to the presout tiuae, ir .fu »htBiy of Isla di, give London, H5; I Wiliiim s - -166. Two r tin us arc yvt t > come in The po ling at «vt>kurangi mid alt the station- ixcept Pu»i '» and Wninui give Moai ( aiiK.jiiritj o seven over bheehau. ;V "'■- • ; •• . ' - .Lflter • ■:'-The Boiincy complete returns give Sheehan ,:airpßJj>tity.bf;eght en. vWi'll^ra i bucklanil, lato member for "Fraaklyniis-dcai. tAlajor >:eily, ii M , his sent In his claim to retire on a 'pwjrtoa io MarcU nest, He km

been tw^nt^ years in the Government service and n much respected. .Heavy rains continue, and the low lying lamia are under water, causing serious loss and damage. 7 pm. The Franklyn returns by pigeon express gives the following results:— Haralin, 522; l.usk. 306; (these two are Greyites); May, I*6; Goodfe'low, 230; (these are Centralists); Woodward (independent), 178. There are thrto other returns to come in, but they are not likely to affect ths present results. Wellington, Monday. The Avalanche, a ship of 1 100 tons, was successfully launched from the patent slip to-csay. She has und argons a thorough overnau 1 . Taurajnga, Monday. At the official declaration of the poll for the E>»?t Coast election, at noon to-day, Mr Rri 1 was declared duly elected. A protest enured by Mr Morris against his return, was not accepted by the returning officer. Dunedin, Tuesday. Dv Latour has been returned for Mount Ida by a majority of 255. He is a Provincialist. ,