NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1465, 26 October 1878, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press agency J

Dunedin, October 25

At a meeting of the Cricket Association, held last night, it was decided to invite the Gentlemen Players who are expected in Australia, to visit Dunedin, while it was agreed that the Canterbury Association should be requested to fix the date of the Interprovincial match. Oamabu, October 25.

Mr Osborne having refunded the amount of the stakes won by Silverstream on the Maiden Steeplechase, the dispute between him and the Steeplechase Club has been settled. The complaint against Hawkins, for offering to hush matter up if given half the stakes, will be investigated at a future meeting. Invercargill, October 25.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day judgment was given in the case Bands, of Dunedin, v Osborne, a claim for the proceeds of sale of property. It was decided that there was a good equitable assignment of the proceeds of the sale to Mr Eldridge for salary as clerk to plaintit, and that defendant, an auctioneer, being directed to so apply the proceeds plaintiff could not recover.

[from the correspondents of the press.] Auckland, October 25.

The Sisters of Mercy in the Auckland diocese have formed a St Mary’s Ladies’ Charitable Society for the support and education of orphan and neglected children. It is stated that McGee intends to move the Supreme Court for a new trial in the Falcon case, on the ground that the finding of the jury was iu the nature of a special verdict against the evidence, and that his Honor misdirected the jury when he told them that a communication in the “ Herald ” was privileged. Miss Amy Shorwiu made her debut last night at the Choral Hall. The concert was well received. The Press notices are highly laudatory of her performance. Timabu, October 25. The barque Auazi, shortly expected from London, via Bluff, will load wool direct for Home. The elections for the n n w Geral dne County Council are likely to cause a good deal of interest. as the opinion is rapidly gaining ground that the Counties Act should be brought into force, and nearly all present members are against doing so. Dunedin, October 25. The Cricket Association have not yet made any communication re Gentlemen team. They have decided to u>k the Christchurch Association if a match with the eleven can be arranged on their return from Australia. There is a strong opinion here that the arrangement re Interprovincial Match should be oiverged from with the view of playing two matches each season. The “ Tablet” publishes a list of the names of those who voted against Mr Curtis’ Bill, and urges Catholic voters to bear them in mind on polling day.