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Dunstan Times, Issue 1074, 24 November 1882, Page 3

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| Fdward Leeds. deserter from H. NT. Ship ! Nelson, remanded firm week to we< k for nearly three months, was attain brought up at Anekhinl < n November 18 and commit- ■ ted to gaol until he can he handed over to I the Hrst H. M. ship which shall come into i Auckland wa'ers. The poor fellow seemed { astonished hut resigned. | The mission sclmoni r Southern C oss has I had a four months’ ciune among llm Nor- ■ folk. New Ib-hi ides, and Solomon Islands i Tie news brought to Auckland by the ves- ; gel is of little importance, everything being i ve y ipiet at the vaii ms places visited. I Bishop Selvyn remains at the Solomon Islands for six months. The robbery ease at, Auckland in connection with the steamer Wellington is assuming a set ions asoeet. Another man. Geo. Hean. oelonging to the vess-l, was ar'ested this morning, and makes the sixth charged with having he'n concerned in the di»ap-pe-vance of the jewellery, which is valued at £2OO A stabbing affair occurred during the night of tie 19 hj inst. on the North road, near Waikiwi Cretk, Invercargill, The injured man. Manp’ce Gorman, says ho wis ' akin; »T, M, Gilchrist. ho , q j-o his residence, being ac piaintod through both being natives of tbe same locality ; n Ii eland Near the creek Gilchrist sai 1 he, was deceiving him. ami lay down and would go no farther Go-man went to the creek, filled his hat wi hj water, and threw over Gilchrist on the, assumption that he was drunk. Hilchris’ then stabbed him in Mm gr -in, saying Gorman “ would remember him as long as he I’Vcd ” He then left the wounded man, who made his wav to Mr Bauds In,use. The police were, apmised. and Gorman brought to the Hospital. The wound is not essentially dangerous, except from a r ter consequences Gilchrist, was arrested at the Jimction Hotel. His version is that Gorman and others attempted to rob him, and in support of this he shows a knife cut Miron hj coat, vest, and giiernsev. He is a constable lately from ’he Lobe distrio', sent, here to do clerical work, but has been on 'be. sick list since bis arrival, and in the Hospital. The men had been drinking to. g-tlmr, and had a bottle of whisky with them. Another of the ruffians whomnke aprnctiee of maltreating inoffensive people at night has come to grief at Christchurch Thrqe fellows linked arm in arm, last night swept along the footpath in Oxford terrace, where there was a large crowd caused by people coming out of Church and attracted by the fire hell. At last they humped against a young follow who was walking with his sister, knocking the girl off the footpath. Tine brother promptly knocked the nearest man down, who, as it happened was one of a gang who had been up not long ago for rowdy conduct in the streets. A detective close by arrested them both, and Chamberlain, the defendant, was dried ffj, , nr one month, the magistrate remarking that the next time he would not have the option of a fine. INTERCOLONIAL. The Melbourne Argui of November 2Vin sn ertic'o referring to the report that Sir William Jerveis will succeed Sir Arthur | Gordon, strongly urges the expediency of i (pvminiing «ir William to Victoria instead of to New Z ’aland. I HOME ANDFORFIG N. A renoH is enr out i i London that the e.-r n -.f feg rnn'trvi nersteamer Mamin, "hj eh b’ff finned n mi 2 ’nd 8, p’ernher Inst, W'-. | ■ ti o’-e 1 nesr -T.-ivfi on* - ci ’o the refri-fit-Ti'.iuj machinery having broken down.

... ” i.: Melbourne, November 17. ENGLISH FLEVKK V. VICTORIAN ELEVEN. The Hon. Ivo Bligh’s English Eleven commenced the match to-day against an Eleven of Victoria. The weather was very fine, and favourable for the match. A large nuoilier of spectators visited the ground during the day, great interest being taken in the contest. The Englishmen, went first to the wickets, and remained in till lato in the afternoon, when the last wicket fell for a total of 273. 0. F. H. Leslie, not out, was highest seo.er with 57 to his ere lit On the second day the Victorian team resumed their first innings, which closed for 104. The weather war splendi I and there was again a very large ccoucoursa of spectators. E. Turner, bowled, 25, highest scorer. Being 169 behind their opponents the Australians followed on their innings, and at the close of the day’s play had lost seven wickets for 121 runs. On the third day of the match the weather was somewhat unfavourable for cricket, owing to frequent, showers of rain, and the match was not resumed until Monday afternoon. The Victorian team continued their second innings with three wickets to fall. The Australian total for their first and second innings being exactly equal to the scores of the Englishmen in their first innin 'B. the latter won the match by ten wickets. The top scorer in'the second innings was Biuce, caught, 4T