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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 9

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OTAGO v. HAWKE'S BAY. VERY ONE-SIDED GAME. : (BY TELEaitAI'U—t'KESS ASSOCIATION.) . ■ • . Napier, January 5. Tho-third match of the.Otago representatives 1 : tour has commenced on.tho Recreation Ground against the Hawke's Bay eleven today on. a splendid, wicket, and in lino, but , .'v yery. hoitj,-:weather, the. thermometer-register-, ing 80 in tho shade. Tho attendance ol spectators was only moderate. : Otago won tho toss and decided to bat, ilson and Ayles opening off Redgrave, and . Lusk.•: Tho two'batsmen were at once aggres-sive,--and. treated frequent changes of bowling with scant hiercy, running the score" up to-.lßo,'when'Ayles was given out leg beforeto Redgrave after a patient innings for 47. Hopkins came: in, and, with Wilson, brought the total up 200 for two and a quarter hour's play. Hopkins played Redgrave on when-'tho .score : was 216 for two wickets. Siedeborg was next man, and; remained at the' ' irickefc till the''.'score'- had mounted to 279, when Wilson had to retire) being caught by. Redgrave, after a Bplendidly-played innings for 188." Tho other double-figure men wore Beal 29, Wordsworth 19, and Seideberg, .who . seemed to have little rospeot for-the bowling. The innings closed with the substantial total of 340 I Hawke's Bay's first essay was almost a procession up till the time of drawing stuiqps, when thov had eight wickets down for 95 runs. The batsmen wore unable to make ; anything like a stand against the'bowling of Torrance and Wordsworth. The detailed scores were as folow :— OTAGO. First Innings. O. G. Wilson,-c.- Redgravo, b. Fenton ... 188 F. Ayles, l.b'.w., b. Redgrave ... ... 47 , C. Hopkins, b.. Redgrave ... " ... ... 10 : H. Siedeberg, c. Bailey, b.'O'Brien ... 18 . M. Rutherford/c. Ashcroft, b. Fenton ...: 0 F.: Williams, b.*: Fenton ... . ... • ■... 1 R. Torrance, c'.Hindmarsh,' b. O'Brien ... 2 J. P. TBurt, b. Fenton " "... - ... ... 2 C. Wordsworth,.c. Hawko, b. Fenton ... 19 C. BeaL not out ... • •... 1 ... ... 29 C.'A. Martin, l.b.w.', b. Fenton ... 5 ■ ■ Extras 1 =... ■ ; .'v. '... ■ ... 19 ' Total ... ' ! 340 , ' Bowling Analysis. • Redgrave; >25-overs,f-107 runs, 2 wickets; Cotterill, 12 overs,- 38: runs; Lusk; 10 overs, 48 runs; O'Brien,-18 overs, 44 runs, 2 wickets; Fulton, 4 overs, 30 runs;"Macassey,4 overs, 13 runs; Fenton, 23 overs, 41 runs, HAWKE'S BAY. First Innings. x G. Howkej c.Williams, b. Torrance ... 14 J. Hindmarsb, 1.b.w., b. Torrance 1 W. P.-Redgrave, b. Wordsworth ... 24 . J.: E. -Macassey, b. Torrance ... ... 13 H. B. Lusk/ b. Torrance 7 ... ... ... 6 B. Bailey, b. Wordsworth ... ' ... 0 A. Fenton, b. Torrance ... ... * o . . . B.; W. Cotterill, e. Beal, b. Torrance ... 16 Extras •,... .;... 6 ■ • . Total, for 8 wickets ... ... 95 ' Bowling Analysis. ■U Wordsworth, 15 . overs, 46 runs, 2 wickets; Torrance, 19 runs, 6 wickets; Siedeberg, 2 ; overs,, 5, runs; Rutherford, 2 overs, 14 runs. .' ~ . "'/■ '. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP -FIXTURES. The -. following - are. tho drawings and i. grounds-;for/thatsixth round of, the junior ; . . :.under. ; J the.;. Wellington-■ Cricket : Association, January l 9> and 16 .v-Waiwetu v. . , Wellington College; Old-jßoys,./at; Waiw.etu; ; Petone v. Phoenix, No. 2, >Petone Ground; ! Wadestown-,v. Y.M.C.A,, at College Ground ;.- Wellington B. v..Johnsonville,-Ivo.. 4,' Basin ! Reserve; Wellington A v. Y.M.C.A. B, No. Reserve; Midland,>v.. -Victoria College A, No. 1, Athletic Park; Newtown v. Gas Company- B, NoV 2,' Athletic Park: Gas Company A v-.' St'.: Nok-'3,'it Atilotip . Park;iYictoria"College B;;aibye.'n ' . .■ ■>'.;i 1 :■<!';!!b : . The, /o]lojving-wiU-irepresent .-the jßivals -v. Unionjiyom/thD- Basinjißeserve!atil2:3o.this : af- t ternoon.: —M!Kay, ; George; Dr.*' : Pigeon, A. ■ George,:. Dr: ..Anaersony ;'L. " M'Eenzie, . C. Wyatt,-rR. i.Wood;: O:' Pyrrell, P: Church, C. •. Spiers, , and G. Gwilliam.. • The,i match, ■ Oriental ' v.- Pakeha, will not • be played.. 3>r..Oriental,: however,i will .play, - Dairymen on Nfl.',3 Basin Reserves and will . be represented: by.fthe.-following -players . Hull, M'Kenzio,. Donohue, Davis,, J. Wil- : liamson, Duncan; Huddlestone, Asher, Gay- . ford, Coburn; and.-sHinds. •. . . ■■: : --.-.-.Tlie.:-,foUowing:_will represent Y.M.C.A. in . their match against, Artillery on No.: 2 ~wic- t kot, Basin- IlesotsTj;. 'to-day :-—Gibson, Dv- 1 ' ' son, Sclater, Osborne, Plant, Baillie,. Rich- i ardson, Gini, -Glapsihaw,: Shipton, Holmes. v Emergencies: Greenwood, Mullins, and Fer- c kins. , v',: .-■ : t

OUR SERVICE.

SAN FRANCISCO VIA : TAHITI.

- The; new 7 service between-AVellington and Tahiti via- Rarotonga has, .up' i»;the merely.-:been ■' as r :an' extra--facility for bringing ;Island fruit' to : Wellington and .the soUMeTn-'ports, ; thus':straightening:'the round-about track .via :-'Aucklandy«''with.: its: slow, "and painfultranshipping."; ", ! <But"' other; possibilities; of'the 'riew- route now 'loom up.' It may""'turn;out."that- the' business, about:which there'has:been so much bother in^tboKriortlv: be' a (minor thin*,cand-'that the l ' servicoj inaugurated last; Sunday, imay 'develop 'ihto""-a""reduced copy of'the 'old San Francisco service, lamentedby sail..; Here is aserviee"tliatalready brings Wellington within,Jhreo weeks', steam of San Francisco, and that with over a third of the journey■ bjing 1 covered,, by,,the old Mariapouri (which is- ; hardly| ( 6iie :/ 6f' ; the- latest,":of~.the Union Cbmpanyisi fleet);; and: the rest ..by such; oldrtimdrs rasi 'the;" Alameda > and Mariposa. •;>lf::soi>'good'. a '.service can •be ta'ined by;this?classfdf.steamer;:it might not, take,much inducement, to .replace the "old warriors" by-steaniefs-a knot or-two bet-' terj and so ■ re-establish p, service, the loss of which has ever since it ceased..' Thati therer-is a future in this service from the: postal: point of. view, is borno out byf'the fact. : "that the Manapouri, leaving here- on ,"Sunday.' 'last,- 'carried' forward 15u bags of mail matter, of which 66 bags were for; the United States, and 21 for the United Kingdom (collected between -the 'time the Sydney boat .lett on Thursday afternoon and Sunday;),knd ; 4£:bags for.the United.States' from Tho remaining ibag3: were from,'Ato.rj&a;.;and.New. Zealand for : the ■"":-' '■■'•.'::.■ : ""'

.'■; The aeting-secretaryfor the Post and Telc(Mr: yf; R.. Morris) states that -tho; of conveying a. mail agent on the , 'jj&jv l skvice has hot been considered; and, it.^Mtpot'Jikcly to bs considered as hefexpfected-that,'the new service would bo fiddle to tho All-Red. route for some .time to oome. • ■ As is due back from the Islands on o January' 24, and is not timed to. leave Wellington again for Rarotonga, she will haW 5 ; ample time to deliver her own cargo'at J.'yttelton and Port Chalmers; go to Westpdrt'for coal; and take in cargo for the Islands at a oouplo of ports if neoos•'«ary.''.',r?'.

, :'A-q itaportant announcement. concerning tho sale, by public ..auction, of , a valuable freehold block of 9820 acres (land transfer) in the Thermal Springs district, carrying over 25 million feet of 'mixed' timber, and affording gcod grazing. for - cattle, appears ' in . our. advertising columns to-day. The auctioneers; Messrs. R Arthur; and Co., ?wiU offer , the foregoing auction'in : the Chamber of Commerce,. Swan-, eon Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, January 27, at 2 p.m. ■. / . Miss Alice Hollis, of Port Huron; Michigan, who liad been blind for thirty-six years, has had her sight restored by Dr. I'agonstecher, of Wiesbaden. "I am'no happier' now," she declared, "for I never allowed my •blindness to make ffle.unhappy." There's a pill that will never go wrong, 'Tis sung of in Limerick song; "Laxo-ionic," its name,. • Like a bripht 'star its fame. Its career will be brilliant and long. LAXO-TOSIC PIUS, IOJd.. and Is. 6d.' .11