CRICKET.-WAKEFIELD v. NELSON.
A match between the Wakefield Club and eleven players from Nelson came off at Wakefield on Friday last, in which our townsmen were disgracefully beaten in ono innings — Nelson, 89 ; Wakefield, 97. The folly of accepting a match without qualifying themselves by practice to make a good fight, even if unable to win, was never more forcibly shewn, and it would be fay better to refuse a challenge than to accept it and take no measures to give a chance of success. The following are the scores :—: —
Eifle Match between Nelson and Wellington Volunteers.— We append the scores of the Wellington men in the lato match against Nelson, in which the latter won by 45 points. As a return match is spoken of we hope our men will keep up their practice, for we may be sure their opponents will endeavour to improve on their lato shooting before they send a second challenge :—: — Colour-Sergeant Stevens, 45 ; Corporal O'Connor, 43; Private Tuckey, 42 ; Musketry Instructor Gillon ; 36 ; Ensign Barron, 34 ; Sergeant Wilson, 33 ; Corporal Moeller, 32 ; Lieutenant Elliott, 27 ; Private Bellairs, 25 ; Private Wilkinson, 25. Total, 242. Rifle Match. Gheyjiouth v. Hokitika. — A rifle match between the Greymouth Eifle Volunteer Company, and the Ist Company of the Hokitika Volunteers took place on Saturday, the 16th instant, which seems to have been very easily won by the Hokitika Company. The Grey River Argus says :—: — " A number of tho Volunteers at Greymouth were hastily collected, and had to fire without any preparation, and tins must be takeu as the reason why the score of our Volunteers was so small — far below the average of their ordinary shooting. Another mistake seems to have been made with regard to the rangos and number of shots. Our Volunteers fired strictly in accordance with Captain Bonar's instructions, which were ten Bhots at 200 yards only ; whereas the Hokitika Company appear to have fired at two ranges, ten shots at each. In consequence of this mistake the mutch ought to be shot over again, as the result at one range only is no criterion of the average shooting of a Company. The scores were — Hokitika : 200 yards (ten rounds), 249 ; 250 yards (ten rounds), 2*29 j total, 478. Greymouth: 200 yards, 195." Canterbury Races and Nelson Sportsmen. — The Eangatira, on Sunday last, brought back from Canterbury, Mr. Eedvvood's and Mr. Stafford's horses, and we are glad to say they were all landed Bafely. When in Wellington, where they were detained four duys waiting for a steamer to bring them on, Mr. Redwood was greatly afraid he would have lost Blackboy, from an attack of inflammation in the stomach, but the old horse by careful attention was brought round. From inquiry we find that Peeress' non-success arose from her having got cast in her ; stable only two nights before the meeting, when she I got her legs through the boards and knocked herself so much about that she was quite stiff for several days both in her legs and back. As far as could be judged of by a previous trial, the filly would have run well hut for this accident. The performance of Manuka astonished everyone in Christchurch, and by common consent he was voted the finest colt ever foaled in New Zealand. As a proof of the speed at which tho race for the Cup was run, Magenta was never in the race, and was completely out-paced. The time was most carefully taken by several persons with first-rate instruments, so there can be no doubt of its correctness. There was not much betting on tho Cup, for which Knottingly was a strong favourite ; but for the Jockey Club Plate, on the third day, in which Manuka had a penalty of seven pounds, the Canterbury men laid their money freely on Knottingly, and lost accordingly. Sale of Blood Stock at Canterbury. — The Times, of the 18th, says : —Mr Barnard held his annual sale of thoroughbred horses at the Eepository on Saturday, but not with a vory satisfactory result. The lots offered were, Magenta, Lady Florence, Lacenfeed, Atalanta, Presto, Mnuve, Libel, Lyndon, The Lawyer, Exeter, and Trojan. There was a larger attendance than we have previously noticed at these sales ; but the bidding was very spiritless, and few lots changed hands. £120 were bid for Lady Florence, and £185 for Magenta, but neither was sold. The horses which changed hands by public sale or private treaty since Ihe races are as follows; — Slander for Auckland, £200 ; Backbiter for Westland, £150 ; Lyndon, £55 ; Exeter, £25 ; Conquest, £20 ; and tho broodmare Wetsail to Mr. Redwood for £150. Burgundy has also been disposed off for Timaru, but for what amount wo have not heard, and the first and second horses in the Hack Eace were purchased for Westland for £55 and £26 each. Knottingly we are informed is to be put to the stud, and will not again appear in puplic. Death from Eating Tutu Berries. — A sad occurrence took place at the Moutere, a few days ago, where two little girls, daughters of Mr. Wells, a farmer, ate a quantity of tutu berries, by which they both became seriously ill. The assistance of Dr. Bond, from Motueka, was secured, but the younger child, a girl of seven years of age, had died when our informant left the district, and the elder sister, although still alive, was in a very precarious state. Election in Marlborough. — Mr. J. Paul, formerly of Nelson, has been elected a member of the Marlborough Provincial Council. His opponent was Mr. Collie, bookseller, of Blenheim, over whom he had a majority of one ; the numbers polled being — Paul, 12 ; Collie, 11. The Gold Robbery at Addison's Flat.— Stephen M'lntyre, recently apprehended in Nelson on suspicion of robbing his mates at Addison's Flat of about 300 ounces of gold, and who was remanded to Westport, has been committed to take his trial for tho offence at the District Court at Westport, on the 9th of February.
Death of a Daughter op Colonel Gore Browne. — We regret to observe by the Melbourne papers that, while Colonel and Mrs. Gore Browne were in Melbourne, preparatory to taking their departure for England, they lost their youngest daughter. Bailed up by a Bull. — Two men named Carrick and Inch, who had been out en a prospecting tour from. New Plymouth among the ranges, in returning home through the bush wore bailed up by a wild bull, which they succeeded in killing, although they had no other weapon of defence than a spade and a knife. Inch kept, the beast at bay from behind a tree, whilst Ciimek succeeded in ham-string-ing the animal. Legal.— The Dunedin telegraphic correspondent of the Independent, of Tuesday last, states that Mr. Smythies, solicitor, has been suspended from practice, pending an appeal. Wellington Anniversary.— The twenty-ninth anniversary of the arrival of the first settlers in Wellington was celebrated on the 22nd instant. The weather was remarkably fine, and although favourable for rowing, there was too little wind for sailing matches, the sports of the day being chiefly of an aquatic character. Mail Service via Suez. — At a meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce held on Friday last, it was unanimously resolved that any contract which did not provide for the delivery and collection of mails at Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and the Bluff, and which did not make the Bluff the first port of arrival at and the last port of departure from the colony, would not meet the requirements of the threo provinces named, inasmuch as the proposed plan would require a lesser subsidy, and the Chamber firmly protested against the advertised scheme. A resolution was also adopted asking the General Government to send the Tararua direct from Wellington to Melbourne, to catch the P. and O. boat ; also one for the co-operation of the three provinces, to send the steamer buck from Lyttolton if the Government would not offer a suitable subsidy. Mining Accidents.— The Charleston Herald, of the 19th instant, records two mining accidents : — " A miner named Moran, one of Kane and party, of Emerald Terrace, was brought into the Hospital on Friday last, with a simple compound fracture of the leg, caused by a full of a heap of cement while he was working in a tunnel. The sufferer is doing well. The same day a miner named Fairburn was buried by a fall of cement, and was dug out by parties close by, not his own matee, as he was working as wages-man for a hatter. He escaped with a few bruises on the back and a sprained ankle." Price of Gold at Hokitika. — The Ilokitika Daily News says : — " Wo are given to understand that the price of gold has been raised, the increase in its monetary A'aluo ranging from 9d. to Is. 6d. per ounce." Dis rased Eecruits. — Tl'o Wanganui Chronicle states that the doctors have been making a raid among the newly enrolled men of the force— men chiefly from Melbourne and the West Coast — and that about fifty of them have been discharged on account of permanent and organic disease of one kind or another. The Bank Agencies at Brighton. — The Banks of New Zealand and New South Wales have decided upon closing their ngenc'es at Brighton. In noticing the circumstance the Charleston Herald remarks— "It is with much regret iind no little surprise we find that these banks have decided to withdraw their agencies from Brighton. We regret that the district after maintaining its celebrity as a rich and prosperous dippings should have at' last exhibited symptoms, we trust but temporary, of decay ; and are surprised that although probably the business transacted at present would not justify two branch banks being kept open, that neither should have elected to remain." TnE Killed at Ngatipa. — The Haw7ce's Bay Herald, of the 9th instant, says : — " A report having been circulated to the effect that the Hau-haus killed were chiefly women, and that the fighting men and chiefs had escaped, we can state that it is utterly false. Every principal chief except Te Kooti and To Warn were killed, and the* only women who lost their lives were about four killed in the pah by shell, and ono shot while running away among the men. Te Warn is supposed not to have been in the pah." Eecovebing the Remains of Yon Teotsky. — The Wanganni Times gives the following particulars of the recovery of the remains of the brave Yon Tempsky : — " About a fortnight ago, Colonel M'Donnell visited the two Hau-hau prisoners brought in some time ago from Woodall's redoubt, and now incarcerated in the Wanganui gaol. It appears that one anxious object of his inquiry was as to what had become of the mortal remains of his old friend Major Yon Tempsky. They said that the bodies of the other men killed at the lnst attack upon Tengutuotemanu were partly eaten and the remains burnt, or partly so, in one heap. That of Major Yon Tempsky was partly burnt a short distance from the rest, at a spot indicated by those men, and well known to Colonel M'Donnell. Having received this and other information on the subject, he started from hero to Patea with his brother, Edward M'Donnell, the chiefs Kemp, Wirihana, and Hori Grey, and eighty or ninety natives forming what we now call the Maori Ca- | valry. On Friday last they proceeded to Waihi, and thence on foot started for Tengutuotemanu. Colonel M'Donnell went -direct to the spot indicated by his informants, and found exactly as they had stated, the remains of the men in one heap and those of tho brave Yon Tempsky alone at a short distance from the others. Having carefully secured the object of his search, M'Donnell and his men commenced the work of destruction. The whai'es and buildings of every description were burnt down, and such cultivations as were found in the neighbourhood of the place destroyed. Thence the party proceeded to other villages which they burnt, and destroyed the growing crops. From the neighbourhood of Tengutuotemanu they brought away sixteen horses and some trifling articles from the place itself. On Tuesday last the party returned to Patea with what remained of the mortal remains of Yon Tempsky. Colonel M'Donnell remained at Patea, and will, most likely, have poor Yon Tempsky's remains deposited in a coffin and brought down here by steamer. The remains of the other men were buried on the spot." Foot Eace at Grey jrouTn.— The Argus, of the 21st instant, says :—": — " On Tuesday afternoon a footrace, for £5 a-sidc, took place at Mawhera Quay, between R. Eowe, of Hokitika, and W. Wright, of Greymouth. The distance, 150 yards, was marked out in front of Kilgour's hotel. There was great interest taken in the event, and a large amount of money staked upon it, as in town Wright was the favourite, and a number of the backers of Howe came from Ilokitika to be present on the occasion. Tho first start was a false one, and llowo ran over the ground, but had to return. A good start was then effected, and a fine race was the result, Howe winning by about two yards." Serious Loss. — Tho Grey River Argus says :—: — "As a storekeeper was proc *eding up the river recently on the Cobden side, he had the misfortune to drop from his saddle-bag a bundle of notes amounting to £700. A reward of £100 is offered for the recovery of the money, and it is stated that tho numbers of tho notes are known." Moonlight Eeefs, Greymoutii. — The Grey River Argus, of January 21, snys : — " We lately mentioned that an effort was about to be made to form a company to work one of the reefa at Moonlighr, and as a preliminary to its formation a ton of stone, taken from the solid reef, was to be sent to Melbourne to be thoroughly tested. That quantity arrived in town yesterday, and it is intended to ship it by the s.s. Omeo for Melbourne on her present trip. The stone looks very rich and promising, gold being plainly discernible throughout it with the naked eye." The Late Fire at Wanganui. — The insurance agents at Wanganui offer a reward of £100 to the person who will give such information as will lead to the conviction of tho person or persons who are supposed to have caused the fire in Ridgway-street, on the 35th of December last-
War Scraps from East Coast. — Previously to Colonel Whitmore leaving Poverty Bay, the chief Ropata publicly expressed his readiness to come to the West Coast with his men, if he (Colonel Whitmore) required him. Major St. John, Captains Newland, Tiike, Sheppard, and Gascoigne, and 120 Armed Constabulary, are left at Poverty Bay. The chief Ropata brought in to Poverty Bay twenty men and forty women prisoners. There was a report current at Napier a few days ago, that twenty suspiciouslooking natives had passed through Pahnerston (Manawntu) on their way to Wairarapa. Tho only foundation for this appears to be, that seven Maoris arrived the day before yesterday at Ngairo's place, having come by the seventy-mile bush track, said to be from Taupo and Waikato with letters enjoining peace. Testimony to Colonel Whitmore. — A gentleman has sent us (Haicke's Bay Times), tho following extract from a private letter written just pre- [ viously to the fall of Ngatapa : — " Whitmoro will have the pah, and we hope the gnrrison, but of the | hitter we cannot be confident. lie is really good in I the field, and considerate in manner, never sparing himself night or day. He has got on well with the friendly natives, and deserves great credit for energy and courage, be tho result what it may." So much from an eye witness is worth any amount of articles written by the prophets away from the scene of I action. The officers and men fresh from the fight I whoso testimony may well be accepted, speak with the greatest enthusiasm of the gallant Colonel, and such praise to a soldier makes amends in a great measure for any abuse heaped upon him by vindictive and unscrupulous enemies. The ITon. Me. Richmond.— The Independent, of the 21st, says : — " Mr. Richmond has again gone officially, in the p.s. Sturfc, to the East Coast, and is expected to be absent about ten days. There is no truth in the report reprinted from the Haivices Bay Herald, under the head of native intelligence, of further murders having been committed by the Hauhaus on tho borders of that province." Colonial Force between Wanganui and Patea. — Tho "Evening Herald, of January 11, contains the following : — '' Colonel Lyon, in addressing the men a few days since at Westmere, said, ' There are as many of you as could eat Tito Kowaru and his whole force.' If it is safe to infer anything, in the midst of so many startling events, the inference might bo drawn from those words that an attack would soon be made on Tito Kowaru, in his stronghold. Colonel Lyon's intention is, we believe, to move to Nukumaru in a few days, when fighting will commence in earnest. The forces between here and Patca might be estimated as follows : — Armed Constabulary, European Contingent, and Carlyle Rides, 750 ; Veteran Volunteers on pay, 50 ; Wanganui Cavalry, SO ; Kai Iwi Cavalry, 40 ; Maori Mounted Corps, GO ; Grand total of forces ready for active operations, 980. The men who arrived lately at Westmere are receiving three and a-half hours of drill daily, and are progressing so fast that another week will see them sufficiently advanced to be moved to the Front. May we not expect something great from tho materials we have already got ?" TnE Gain DEittrnn frox the Panama Mail Service by New South Wales. — The Umpire, of January 8, in an article on the Panama mail service, shows that the colony of New South Wales had contributed to it in subsidies the sum of £138,000, reduced to £129,000 by postal charges against other colonies. On the other side, the freight paid by tho company to colliers had been £13,000, for coal £85,000, for salaries and wages £122,000, labour £39,000, and a large sum for stores, amounting altogether to not less than £450,000, or more than three times the sum the colony contributed. Sale ot? Tea. — Mr. Edward Owen, of Wellington, sold by auction on Tuesday, the 19th instant, the cargo of new season's teas recently imported by Messrs. Turnbull, Reeves, and Co., ex Mary, from Foochowfoo. There was a numerous attendance of buyers, and the prices realized in bond ranged from Is. s£d. to 2s. per Ib. The teas were in excellent condition. Petition for Divorce. — A petition for a divorce was heard the other day at Dunedin, before his Honour Mr. Justice Ward, when Mr. Smythies presented a petition for a dissolution of marriage between Patrick and Julia Clare. The petition stated that the petitioner was married to Julia Clare at Bivllarat, Victoria, in June, 185 i, and that they came to reside at Dunedin in the mouth of February, 18G3, where he carried on business as a baker. In ISfiS lie went to reside at Hokitika, and left his wife at Dunedin, with three children, in possession of a furnished house, of funds sufficient for the maintenance of herself and children, and also sent her other supplies from time to time. On returning to Dunedin. in March, 1867, the petitioner found that his wife had left his house, and was living by prostitution, and subsequently discovered that his children were residing at the Asylum for the Destitute Poor. The petition was granted. What TnE Provincial System has brought Wellington to. — The. following appeal appears in the Wairarapa Mercury of the loth instant : — " The attention of the public has again been drawn to the situation of the Provincial Government of Wellington. The leading journal of the province has in temperate language expressed its opinion — and we believe the general opinion of the public — that it is high time for the Provincial system to cease, unless it can be carried on more efficiently. It is not a new subject, and the present is not the first time we have drawn attention to the manner in which the district of Wairarapa is suffering because the Provincial Government is incapable of performing its duties. There is not one single mile of the main road in the valley, not one bridge of the few that etill remain in the district, that, does not require repairs. We ran point out half-a-dozen instances where £25 or £30 expended judiciously now, would save the loss of many hundreds hereafter. We can show roads and bridges made and built at great expense going to ruin and decay through the Government being unable or neglecting to employ the necessary labour thereon. On one part of the main road, fifteen miles in length, one solitary individual is left to work. On the main road between Masterton and the Hutt, so few are the labourers employed, that we are loath to mention the number owing to the incredulity that would be expressed thereat. And we ask how long is this system to continue ? It is only some two months ago that we noticed the land revenue obtained from the Wairarapa alone, in one month, amounted to about £800. Where has this money been expended? Has one-tenth — we might almost ask as one hundredth part of this amount been expended on public works in the valley ? Has it not all gone in defraying the salaries and expenses of the public officials — salaries and expenses, that instead of decreasing, have almost increased with a lessened revenue ? We ask again how long is this system to continue ? How long are we to go on waiting for new public works to be commenced, for the old ones to be preserved from decay ? Why is not the Council called together at once, and a plain statement of the affairs of the province laid before the members ? We are far from advocating the total abolition of the present form of Provincial Government, but we do advocate a modification of the present system in which it is carried on, and we procst most emphatically against seeing the revenues of this district wasted in supporting a departmental expenditure that can be reduced so materially." The Salmon and Trout in Tasmania.— The Tasmanian Times, of January 2, records the programme observed on the departure of Colonel Gore Browne from the Government of Tasmania : — " Amongst other things a banquet wa3 given to his Excellency by the Club. The most interesting feature, however, of that eominon-place event waa the presence of two brace of English trout, re- j spectively six and four-pound fish. These are said to be the first yet cooked in Tasmania. The Times states that there was a considerable difference in the firmness and flavour of the brace of fish taken by the rod from the River Plenty, and the brace netted in the ponds, the former being decidedly superior. In connection with this interesting subject, it is stated that both salmon and trout are now considered so thoroughly established in the Dcrwent and Plenty, that all fishing restrictions will at onco bo withdrawn."
Nelson Eleven. — First Innings. P. Gill, b Sellon, 3, 1, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3 . . 18 E. Gill, b J. Baigent 0 EL Barnett, b J". Baigent, 1, 2, 1, 1 . .5 D. Bavnett, b Sellon, 1, 1, 3, 2 . . . 7 D. Chittenden, hit wicket, 3, 1, 2, 1 . .7 A. Barnett, bJ. Tunnicliffe . 0 r. W. Taylor, bJ. Tminicliffe . 0 3. J. Hill, not out 0 i. E. Smart, b Sellon 0 L M'lntorii, b Sellon, 1 . . . . 1 B. Finney, eC. Knapp, bJ. Tunnicliffe . 0 Byes, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 18 Leg-bye, 11 Total . . . .57 Second Innings. E. Gill, bJ. Baigent, 1, 1 . . . .2 D. Chittenden, run out . . . . 0 11. Barnett, bJ. Baigent . 0 D. Gil), b Sellon, 2, 1, 2, 2 . . . .7 D. J. Hill, c Sellon, bJ. Baigent, 1, 1 . .2 D. Barnett, b J. Baigent, 1, 2, 1 . . .4 I. W. Taylor, c Wix, b Sellon, 1, 2, 1 .4 A.. Barnett, c Chamberlain . . . 0 &.. M'lntosli, bJ. Baigent . 0 E. Finney , not out, 1,1 . . . .2 A.. E. Smart, bJ. Baigent, 2, 1 . . .3 Byes, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 . . . .8 Total . . .32 Wakefield Eleven. D. Knapp, b A. Barnett, 1, 1, 1, 1 . .4 LI. Knapp, c IT. Barnett, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, )9 , 1,1,1,3,2, 1,3 . -. . . J-* I. Price, b A Barnett. 2, 2, 3, 3 . . .10 — Wix, stumped by Chittenden, 2, 1, 3, 1 . 7 r. Tunnicliffe, b. A. Barnett . . 0 [I. Sellon, cD. Barnett, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, } 9*9 * 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 . . . $"' — Fowler, cE. Finney .... 1 3. Bailment, run out, 2 .... 2 — Chamberlain, bC. Gill, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 .10 i. Baigent, run out . . . . . 0 F. Baigent, not out, 1, 2 . . . .3 Byes, 3, 1,1, 2 7 Leg-bye, 1,1 2 Total . . . .97
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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 8, 27 January 1869, Page 3
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