AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Melbourne, February 2. Pedestrian r«ooa for £500 and the championship of tho world between H. Hutchens, Champion of England, and W. Olarlc, Champion of Australia, concluded on Monday at the Flemington running grounds. Ihe contests oomprieod three distances :— 6oyds, lOOyda, aud 13Qyds. Oiark wai successful m i ha first two, thus winning the championBhip, Tho Melbourne Chamber of Commerce has undo l' consideration tho question of adopting tho Californian comal sack for grain. Ifc ia generally admitted that the oon>sacks m übb m these colonies are inordinately ?arge, and that a reduotion m oisja ia deairablo m order to facilitate handling Tho mat^or will be further considered by the Ohambor. Tho Vegetable Products Oommieelon now silting reporta the acclimatteation m Viotorirt of many Eastern plants. Tho Commission hid a oup of tea prepared from a plant grown In the colony, which iv?,B unanimously pronounced excellent. Sydnby, February 2. The fact of Percy McDonnell being i>iven out leg before widest. In the recant ma tub. with the Englishmen, and thereby virtually losing tho game for tho Austraiiano, cursed v great deal of unpleasantness and the Umpire's roling has been freely oanvaaaud. The diflSoulty culminated on Monday m a fracas, during which iiarnea, while endeavouring fcj annihilate Huddleston, dislocated a finger mid will ba unable to play for three" weekß. Heavy wagering took place on the game and this Intensified tho biUerneßa. The affair ia re^arde^ m oricketing citolea generally as scaadalqus. 'JL'liq Joo»o3 of the farmers iv the Gr>-.fton and Olarenoe distrioto are eitlmated at a hundred thousand pounds. Tho mafga orops are entirely deatroyetj,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1478, 9 February 1887, Page 2
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266AUSTRALIAN NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1478, 9 February 1887, Page 2
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