SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10328, 8 June 1895, Page 2

SPORTING.

TURF ITEMS. Thd number of horses nominated for the Melbourne Cup this year is 149, and for the Caulfield Gup 154. The Stratford Trotting Club came oui ■with a profit of £30 over their last meoting, and this in face of adverse weather.

The -monthly meeting of the Harbor Boaid will bo held on Tuesday next, .when tenders for quarrying and putting rubble over the sido of the mole will be dealt with.

Mr R. E, Fair, the petroleum expert, left for Auckland by, tho Gairloch last (Friday) night, and Mr Samuel left by the Takapuna to-day (Saturday). . Both gentlemen leave Auckland for "Sydney on Monday in connection with, tbe affairs of the Petroleum Company. T

The,Revv-W;S. Potter cwll preach the third ~Berin6n " of The" Voyage of Life Series to-mprjpyf, (Sunday^ the •übject being " 'Sijl'^ard BdUn'd:" — Advt Chimneys are "now being pjaced in the" back wards of the local hospital - Mr G. Criff is the^ntrictor^. : Mr A. E. Hobbsy .wlk> is making*' cycling -to*nr- through the colony* -was in.' New Plymduth'bniFriday, having ridden, throngh from_Naj>ier, .via. Pabnerston North. -He states that he" noticed with regret thab fwildblackberrjesare'obtaining a hold on the roadsides in thia-distriot. and mentions districts north o,f Auckland now_ overrun with this- worst of all noxious weeds, which a few years ago were free from it. Mr Hobbs left again for Opunake and the South.

Tho contract for metalling about four and a half miles of the Carrington Road, for which a special loan of £1500 was obtained under "The Loans to Local Bodies Act," is nearing completion. Tho contractors, Messrs A. George and A. Bayly, have been somewhat delayed by the wet weather. This work is being carried out- for the. Carrington Road Board, and when completed will bo agreat boon to tho settlers in the locality. Mr T. K. Skinner is the engineer for the Board. ' "'" ' ' The wheel tax, which was imposed by the Taranaki County Council on January Ist of this year, was estimated to produce between £750 and £800, but the amount so far' QolFecte'd is considerably belpw the estimate. From information received by the Council there are several vehicles plying on the county roads which are not yet licensed, and it is the intention of the Council to take immediate action against the owners of them. Lists of those who have not not licensed their vehicles are being prepared by the County Clerk, Mr C. T. Mills.

Several of the ladies who graced the terraces at the football match in the Recreation Grounds, on Thursday, displayrd a good knowledge of the game, one in particular not only being able to distinguish the majority of the players, but appeared to thoroughly understand the game, being able to tell a mark from a penalty kick, an off-side breach, a throw forward, etc. During the progress of tho game the lady kept up a brisk conversation on the merits of the teams with a gentleman who sat next to her, and who evidently could not see the Star play in the same favorable light as she did. The climax was, however, reached when the Star scored th& first aud only try of the day; for in her excitement the lady caught the gentleman a poke, in the ribs which fairly took his breath away, following up- the reminder with — " There; I told you'so." •- ■' -

The erection, of, an- isolation, ward at the Hawera Hospital is now Ifeing proceedejtwitb, MrMcAneny hejng the" con-, tractor. The building "will be completed' in the course of a few /weeks. . ,■ The first triennial assessment of pro peaty in the Taranaki County under the new Act has been completed, and copies of the valuation' lists are now ready for distribution among the Road Boards. '

An item not on the programme was introduced during the progress of the Star IL-Tukapa football match played in the Rpcreation Grounds on Thursday. A Star player picked tho ball up when " offside,". "&nd was promptly dumped down by an v opponent. As the referee's whistle had just sounded for a breach of the rnlei he was thrown the Star player resented the fall, and on regaining Yak' feat made' an aggressive mbvement towards the other player. This somewhat ne'.tled a heavy-weighfc forward in the Tukapa team, who at once adopted a threatening attitude towards the Star player, and for a minute or so matters got a little exciting, the other players of both teams crowding round to prevent a display of the noble art. The referee also came to tho rescue, and restored order, insisting on tho would-bo belligerents shaking hands, which wish was observed, and the game was then proceeded with.

Wo have been requested to state that owing to Mr Young being ill, he will not bo able to take the morning service at the Honui to-morrow ; and the Yen Archdeacon Govett will take tho service at St. Mary's in tho evening.

A telegram from Wanganui state that a stockman named John Lawrence Young, employed by Messrs Frooman R. Jackson -and Co., died suddenly this morning of heart disease.

A womnn in the State of Minnesota, and who is not yet 30 years of age, is the mother of 27 children.

Mr J. H. Schooling haa an article in iho Strand Magazine, entitled ' A Vision of Gold,' in which ho sets forth the immense accumulative faculty of compound interost. If one penny had been invested at tho commencement of the present era at five per cent, per annum, it would to-day have amounted to fifty nine sextillions of pounds sterling. If this unthinkable quantity were converted into gold, a torrent equal to that which pours over a hundred million Niagaras would have to be kept going for thirty thousand million years m order to get rid of tho of the molten metal. If the gold were cooled down it would require twenty thousand million worlds of solid gold, each equal to the present earth to use \i up.

Messra White and Carter are now opening up first arrival of new nutumn and winter drapery from both the Home and Colonial markets. The newest styles in Dress Goods, Mantles, Golf (Japes Jackets, and Millinery will be on show at both tho Courtonay-street and DevonBtreot establishments on and f rum Friday 22nd instant, Inspect) inTiotsd. q— Advt