MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 23 July 1907, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

LONDON, Monday. In tennis, in the contest for the Davis Cup, Brokes beat Gore 7 5, 6 — l, 7 — 5 ; Wilding defeated Roper Barrett I—6, I—s, 6-3, 7—5. Ella McKay, the Scottish champion, easily defeated Beatrice Kerr, the Victorian, in the quarter mile swimming race at Blackpool. Sir Geo. Sydenham Clarke, formerly Governor of Victoria, has been appointed Governor of Bombay. The Countess of Roslyn has secured a divorce in Scotland on the grounds of the Earl's misconduct ... OTTAWA, Monday. Sir Wilfrid Laurier received an ovation on his arrival at Quebec and Montreal. He declared that he did not be-

lieve that the All -Red route was abandoned, and said if a check occurred^ he would be spurred to greater exertion, since he was certain the scheme would be event-uallv accomplished. "MELBOURNE, Monday. The Federal Arbitration Court has awarded an advance in rates to shearers from 22s to 24s a 100, according to locality. Arrived : Drayton Grange, from Liverpool. r SYDNEY, Monday. The Council of the Rugby Union tonight agreed, in the event of Australia losin--* the second test match against the New°Zealanders, that a third test be abandoned, and a match against NewSouth Wales substituted. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. In view of the recent Police prosecutions against comnetitors in the cycle road races, the Dunlo- Tyre Company li„vc decided t-o abandon i-l-ei-* -tlinnai Timaru to Christchurch race. DUNEDIN, Monday. At the inquest on Eileen Barton, aged seven weeks the medical evidence was to the effecet that the child had been overlain by the mother in some way and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. The Coroner remarked on the very dangerous practice of mothers taking babies into their own beds. DUNEDIN, Monday. Obituary: Mr H. B. Smith, of the firm of Smith and Smith, painters, and a well-known baritone singer. The deceased's brother, the senior member of the firm, died in London after an operation a couple of weeks ago. PALMERSTON N., Monday. At a representative meeting of bowlers it was resolved that the time had arrived when there should be only one bowling association in the Colony; that a conference should be held on an early date to give effect to the proposal, and to draft rules ; that the annual tournament should be held alternately in tho North and South Islands.