AQUATICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1897, 12 June 1890, Page 29

AQUATICS.

Mr Searle, father of the late sculling champion, has been served with a writ for £200, the amount of Dr Lovell's expenses while attending the ohampion in his last illness in Melbourne. Mr Seirle thought the bill had been paid by his son's friends, and the writ was the first intimation he received that it was outstanding. London, June 5. Rogers, a Canadian, offers to make a match between O'Connor and Hanlan for lOOOdol a side. A SCULLING MATCH. (Per Press Association.) Sydney, June 6. The sculling match between Bubear and Brown for £100 a side to-day was won by the latter on a foul. The men rowed on even terms for some distance, and Bubear then began to forge ahead. At the mile post he was leading by a length and a quarter, giving Brown his wash. The latter spurted, caught his opponent near Putney, and claimed a foul, upon which Bubear stopped. Up to that point the distance covered had been rowed in 9min Gsec.

At Wellington, on the 4th W. E. Schwasa, who for the second time was tried for sheepstealing, was aquittod.

The following lodges in the Auckland province are now working under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand :— Ara, St. Audrews, Qnited Service, Albion, Wairoa, Star, In the Far South, Franklin, Beta, Te Aroha, Coromandel, Whitiangi, Sir Walter Scott, land Manukau. Several other 3 are expected to join.

Sunlight Soap, Gold Medal Paris Exhibition 1889.— [Advt.]