SPORTING.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 13 August 1901, Page 3

SPORTING.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Grand National Meeting. Christchurch, This Day. There is splendid weather and a large attendance at the Grand National Meeting. The going is in first-class order. Divs are paid on the first and second horses. The following are the results ; hunters’ hurdles. Larboard Watch 1 Jester 2 Mangatera 3 All started. Won comfortably after leading all the way. Divs £l4 18s and 11s fid. MAIDEN HURDLES. Huku 1 The Hempie 2 Dartmoor 3 Derringcotte was scratched leaving only four in and the div was only paid on first horse. Won by a length and a half. Div £6 13s. WINTER CUP. Ostiak... 1 Mars 2 Battleaxe ... 3 All started. Won easily, Time, 1 44 3-5. Div., £6 5s fid and £8 5s fid. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE, Gobo 1 Guard 2 Straybird 3 Social Pest was scratched. Time, 7 16 l-sth. Div., Gobo £3 10s and Guard £o 15s fid. TALLY-HO STEEPLECHASE. K. Jam 1 Dugald 2

What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck the Melbourne to Sydney express was made on the line between Wodonga and Ghiltern an July 20. According to reports from the authorities a number of fish plates were found on the rails some time before the express was timed to reach that locality. Happily, the exprass was preceded by a slow goods train, the driver of which noticed the obstructions on the line.

In one of the rooms of Cecil Rhodes’s* house at Copetown stands a model of the public baths which he is having built, and which, when completed, he intends to present to the people of Kimberley in commemoration of the siege. They are to be of Roman design, and will be constructed of white marble, with avenues of trees guarding each approach. The estimated cost is £40,000, but it is expected that the actual cost will far exceed that amount.

The question of employing shorthand writers in the Courts of Law was spoken of at the Banco sitting in Dunedin recently, Mr Frasor asked that a date bo fixed for a case that had been standing over —a case that, under ordinary circumstances, would probably spin out for three days, but could be got over in one day if a shorthand writer were engaged. Mr Justice Williams said that he was anxiously looking forward to the time when there would be shorthand reporters in the Courts.