BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7066, 19 January 1891, Page 1

BOWLING.

Nothing could be pleasanter for the bowler than the weather on Saturday afternoon, and the consequence was that there was a good attendance at both greens. At the Chriatehurch Club's green some friendly competitions were entered into between the chosen teams from the Canterbury and Christchurch Clubs, and on the Cashel street green a match was played between Canterbury and Sydenham, which resulted in a win for the Canterbury Club by three points. The gamea were a3 follow: — Mo. 1 Eink. Cavteeburt. Stdehham. J -scot- J Stewart W tey H Brin-ro-n J Alexander J Marsden J L 'lait (skip) 30 J Bal.iwin (skip) 9 Mo. 2 Eink. W Prndhoe W H Meikloham (J D Lightband T H Boare E Gr»v C AllißOu A E Kirk (skip) 19 rl Throp (skip) 21 No. 3 Eink. J Mercer A H Weekes WTC Mills W Wille \V Harnott W Skelton F W Penfold (skip) 10 AY B Bishop (skip) 26 Totals 59 56 The competition for the Vice-President's prize was also concluded on Saturday, when bhe draw for the second tie was made. The following is the result : — H Toomer (senior) meets A Urquhart, A Loughrey meets L Berg, A R Kirk meets A Beverley, J Delbridge meets J Mercer, J Alexander meets B Hale, J L Tait meets W Savage, E Gray meets V Parsons, D Christie meets J G Harris. Statutory Declaration.— l,' Franz Eaabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, in the Colony of Victoria, Australia, do solenwly and sincerely deolare that on the 25th June, 1877, my s*_ Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt w.th an axe on the knee. I at once took all pains to secure medical assistance. Howover. in spite of all efforts, on the 27th Auenst, 1877, the opinion waa given by Dr Macgillivray that ___ amputation of the injured limb had become I imperative, in order to save life. At his iuncture I coiled on Messrs Bander nnd Sons, procurincsome of their Extract of too Eucalyptus Globulus, and by Ike application of the same I bad the satisfaction of seeing* my son within a. fortnight out of all danger, and to-day he ia recovered. I may just add that it waa when the erisia had been reached that tho Extraot referred to was flrstanplied. And I make this solemn declaration, Ac— Franz Eaabe. Deolared at Sandhnrst, In the Colony of Victoria, Außtraiia, this seventeenth day of Ootober, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, before me, Mdritz Cobn, J.P.— fADVT. The Government of India have abolished the burning alive of widows, the poisoning of babeß, the drowning of the aged, the trampling of imbeciles and fanatic?, all of which practices flourished so much in the name of religion, and most of which had a firmer hold on the minds of the people even than infant marriage or enforced widowhood.