The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3068, 2 September 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1886.

The final heat in the great sculling sweepstakes on the River Thames was rowed yesterday afternoon—or, we should perhaps say this morning, as the time of starting from Putney, 3.27 p.m. September 1, corresponds to 2.57 a.m. September 2, New Zealand time. The match was between Beach and Teenier, who had each beaten two opponents, on Monday and Tuesday respectively. This, the final event in the contest, was rowed over the full championship course from Putney Bridge to the Ship at Mortlake, this course being 4j miles long, while the courses for the heats of the previous days pulling were only 2k miles long. The following are the complete results of the various events : FIRST ROUND. Neil Matterson beat Walllace Ross. J. Teenier ~ George Perkins. W. Beach „ G. W. Lee. SECOND ROUND. W. Beach beat G. Bubear. J. Teenier ~ Neil Matterson. FINAL ROUND. Wm. Beach beat J. Teenier. The prizes, therefore, will be received as under stated : William Beach, first ... £I2OO J. Teenier, second ... 400 Neil Matterson 150 George Bubear 150 Fresh tenders for forming and metaling the Borough Boundary Road close this evening at 8 o'clock, and will be dealt with at the meeting of the Borough Council, which will take place at the Town Hall this evening. Commander Edwin wired yesterday at 4.35 p.m.—"Bad weather is expected within 12 hours from now between north and east and south-east, and heavy rain ; glass further fall." We acknowledge receipt of Hansard No. 25, and the Union Company's Pocket Guide for September. The Premier received by the San Francisco mail the following letter from the Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in reply to his covering the resolution of the fifty members of the General Assembly, cabled to the right lion, gentleman immediately after the defeat of his Home Rule Bill : "JO Downing street, Whitehall, London, June 18th, 1886. Sir—l am desired by Mr Gladstone to express his best thanks for the gratifying message which he had the honour to receive by telegraph from fifty members of the General Assembly of New Zealand.—l am, &c, G. W. Spencer Lyttelton." A chess match by telegraph took place on TYuhiy :i:g!\( hut, six players of Duuediu, selected by Mr D. I\. L[ay, a.ul die same number of Clyde and Cr >m-well-cho3eu by Mr J. E. Stevens. TlunHi so mo of the games aro said by the Evenin;; Herald to have boon stubbornly contested, the match resulted in the Dunodin p'ayen; winning five ent of the six games, ■'me of the country men securing a draw. This is worse than when six players of Iv.imarn, r.eron or eight years ago, "went •I<> i-i to Croymouth to play a like, number .' t'-.'■. to •. ■;., ,u ,\',ivl.. oui ai-'>.-K iVii'a.'j. •vv,n 7-.. f •vyh-.n■'■.]. 1, A ivi.o'n was to have been played, but it never came to oa^,..

A singular death has occurred at Tapanui, Otago. A boy, while going through a paddock, fell down dead. The medical examination showed that his neck was dislocated and fractured. The boy, whose name was Thomas Haugh, was with some companions at the time, and they were being threatened by the owner of the land at the time of the occurrence. Truth says:—"Spofforth's mantle seems to have fallen upon Giffen. Never has the South Australian bowled so well as recently : in fact, it is doubtful whether, for a series of matches, his figures have often been surpassed. Australians claim Giffen to be the best all round man in the world; and while we cannot, so long as W. G. Grace and A. G. Steel are still to the fore, admit the claim, it must be owned that the skilful colonial has at preent few equals."