THE JEFFERIES-FITZSIMMONS FIGHT.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 114, 16 September 1902, Page 3

THE JEFFERIES-FITZSIMMONS FIGHT.

A telegram from Sa n Fraueisco states that the Jefferies Fitzsimmons fight .vas fought under Queensberry rules, the winner taking sixty per cent of the receipts, and the loser forty per cent of the* purse. After fighting a battle of eight ionnds fraught with brilliant and courageous work, Fitzsimmons was knocked to the floor bv Jefferies and out-counted after he* had so badly punched Jefferies that it was the concltsion of the spectators that Fitzsimmons must win.

Jefferies was bleeding from a number of gashes in the Tace, and was apparently the weaker, and clearly unable to cope with Fitzsimmons’ superior skill. Jefferies delivered two lucky punches as Fitzsimmons paused in the fighting to speak to him, thus turning the tide. Throughout Fitzsimmons fought furiously yet coolly and deliberately, chopping the champion to the recess with the terrific rights aud lefts for which he is famous.

At the opening of the. first lound Fitzsimmons assumed an air of absolute confidence, and fought with the debbpTHtion of a general. So eaily as tie secind round he lad Jefferies bleeding profusely at the mouth and n »e aim again and again he landed on his bulky opponent, getting away so cleverly'that .the crowd cheered. It seemed that Jefferies would scarcely weather the gale in the eighth round. After a series of hot exchanges, Fitzsimmons paused with his guard down aud spoke to Jefferies. The latter’s reply consisted of two terrific blow’s—a left hook in the stomach and a left on the jaw, knocking down Fitzsimmons, who was c ninted out.

Ten thousand people witnessed the fight. Fitzsimmons is said to have weighed 160 and Jefferies 215 pounds.

The number of men employed on the railway’s of the colony on the Ist of April. 1902, was 8126. “When Naaman went to be healed of his leprosy he took as a thanksoffering ten talents ‘of silver and six thousand pieces of gold and ten changes of raiment. When the majority of Christians come to-day to plead God’s pardon for their sins (of which leprosy' was but a type) they' bring one piece of silver—and, that the smallest coined.” The Rev. W. E ire in a sermon on Gratitude at Masterton. The Palmerston North correspondent of the N.Z. Times says that lambing in that district will be exceptionally' good this season. The spring has been favorable —light showers, and not too cold—and there will consequently be very little loss ; in all the districts, in fact, the lambs are looking remarkably well. South Africa is on the eve of the biggest business boom it has ever known, and altogether apart from booms >f slumps the prosperity of the country' will soon he established on a stable and permanent basis. Everywhere there is abundant scope for capital, brains, and enterprise, and before very long the whole of South Africa from Angulhas to the shores of Tanganyika will be given over to industry, to effort, and to substantial achievement.—Times of Natal, Durban.

One reason wny factory milk is often delivered in poor condition is that farmers do hot take good care of thencans. They sometimes wash them out with dirty water, then put on the covers without thoroughly rinsing and do not let in the air. The only wav to remedy' this is to wash the cans thoroughly' and allow' them to drain and stand in the snn as much as possible.