TURAKINA.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 9571, 14 December 1881, Page 3

TURAKINA.

. 4OM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Tuiukina, Dec. 12. i election passed off here very r, one hundml and sixty three ing their votes. Of course n good if disappointment was felt by Sir x's supporters, and a good many things are laid to the charge of other" side. The election will both sides a lesson, and organizaif tho party will not in future, I lie left to one side alone. Sir m had not even a central coinmitiul the voters were left to come or away, without any effort being put to see thai they voted. ;at. joy was felt here when it was :ly heralded that " Watt had beaten ice," for it was felt that the country iscaped an infliction, and that Mr ns had lost his leader, so that his r would lie pretty niuch of his own iug. Mr Stevens imported Mince largely into his speech and 8, and they were all the old "Bal- " committeenien who worked so for Mr Stevens. cricket club has been doing well c. Last Saturday week, Dec. 3rd, journeyed to Simdon, the result, rectifying scores twice to suit in scorer, a tie, otherwise a win. day last the Fordell C. C. came cuptained by Mr King. Mr Parkes the local captain. Scores under ng Tnrakina ahead by 28 runs. Cameron, H. Cameron, Parkes, '. Knox made good scores for Turannd tho brothers Morse for the 11. TuRAKINA. — IST INNINGS. »v, bE. Morse ... ... 1 uu out ... ... ... 4 8, bE. Morso ... ... 0 i c and b King ... ... 3 iiigton, b King ... ... 1 neron, b Morse ... ... 0 meron, not out ... ... 3 eson, c and b King ... ... 2 ridge, run out ... ... 2 ox, b King... ... ... 1 Ize, c Morse ... ... 1 xtras ... ... ... C otal ... ... ... 24 2XI) INNINGS. m, c Morse, b King... ... 2 iKing 2 8, o Morse, b King ... ... 15 ,b Morse 0 iugton, b King ... ... 2 rneron. hit wicket ... ... 27 meron , b Morso ... ... 12 leson, run out ... ... 1 ridge, not out ... ... 4 ox, b Morse ... ... 12 ze, c Stitt, b Morse ... ... 3 xtras ... ... ... 9 otal 89 Grand total, 113. Fordell — Ist Innings. atman, b Parkes ... ... 7 irse, b Davis ... ... 7 ivling, b Davis ... ... 1 t, b Davis... ... ... S cues, not out ... ... C irse, b Parkes ... ... 11 ig, b Parkes ... ... 2 rdson, b Parkes ... ... C Kay, b Parkes ... ... C om, b Parkes ... ... 5 ir, b Pavkes ... ... ( xtras ... ... ... H tttal 41 ' 2nd Innings. Itmau, b Parkes ... ... 1 irse, b Parkes ... ... ( ding, b Parkes ... ... I it, b Parkes ... ... ( enes, b Parkes ... ... i irse, b Parkes ... .. 1 Big, b Parkes '.. •• ' Btdson, b Davis .- .. I ■Kay, b Parkes ... ... '■ ■pm, not out ... ... i Kr,b Parkes ... ... I B Grand total, 86. ■HE MURIMOTU BOAD. B io THE EDITOE. BL— My confidence in Mr Field' Ktion not being "damned to a. Btty,"is rewarded by hearing jm Bfrom a gentleman who is on hi H> fcown from Murimotu by way c ■ xoad> ti&t &* ba& is W

through to tho plains, and that it is in overy particular a good line. Mr Field will himself be in town in a day or two ; meanwhile I may say that there are seven miles of flat on this side of the Wangaehu, that the line crosses the dividing range at a very low level, that the whole distance is only about sixty miles (Hales's line being eighty- three), and that there are no engineering difficulties. In 1870, I wrote to you in defence of Mr Field's line, when it was attacked by prejudiced persons. It affords me sincere pleasure, after this interval of elevfin years, to be the first to announce pubpcly the completion of the exploration. It may be well to say that I have had no communication with Mr Field since be left town. In conclusion, I repeat what I wrote in 1870, " Mr Field deserves our thanks for the dogged determination with which he pushed through, without fee or reward, and I am sorry to see his work so undervalued," as it has been, but I trust no longer will be. — I am., &c, G. F. Allen. Mangawbero, December 13.