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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 132, 4 June 1881, Page 4

A new American game of billiards, called •♦ Red, White, and Blue," ii thur deioribed :— The game consists of three pin-pool pioe painted red, white, and blue, two of which are placed on the spoti at each end of the billiardtable, end the third one directly in the centre. Three billiard-balls are used in the game, which are also red, white, and blue. The red and blue balls are placed against the lower end cushion, uirectly at the point where the'' naiU" nearest the cornen are, and the player shoots with the white bail from inside the itring. The privilege of the first ohot is determined by throwing out small balls wjih numbers on them, the smallest number shooting .first, and so oq in rotation, always shooting with . the white balls. The game consists in knocking down the blue pin with the blue ball, the red pio.witb tbe red ball, and the white pin with the white ball ; but it makes do difference which is knocked down first. If a player knocks down a pin with a ball cf different color than the pin he is " burated," and bas to begin anew, no matter if he had the other two properly downed. Five cents is charged for each man entered, and also for eaoh " burst." The game is quite exciting, and is rapidly growing into favor. Thd advent of burglars in the colony is thus accounted for in an Otago paper in connection with a housabrejking exploit there: About dunk on Thursday evening last the of Mr G. A Chalmers, Q;een-!treet t Dunedin, was entered by b thief or thieves, and seven diamood rings of the total value of £146 stolen from a dressing table in one of the bedrooms. The evening was rather oppressive, and th 9 window bad been left open* Jo air the room thus afforded easy access to the kouse. It U coDJeciured that the robbery may have been tbe work of professionals from Home The Melbourne Exhibition bas been the means of attracting a large number of professional ladies and gentlemen from London and other large oentres,, skilled in the use of pick and centre-bit, who, having made a voyage to the Antipodes to see the lions of Melbourne and Sydney, are now combining, business with, pleasure and picking up any little uoconsidered trifles that may fall in their way and help to pay their 'expenses en route. Of course, .New Zaaland being,, comparetivelyi speaking, so. ojose toj Australia, it it hardly likely that the aforaeaid ladies and gentlemen will pass us altogether b Jft*Bd ( he: Exhibition baring now cL fled, we may aspect to be favoured niih .their vitits at any time. Householders! should, therefore, be very careful in looking after . their premieee, and also in locking up the spbons.