THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 710, 19 July 1878, Page 2

THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

j Mi, ',]><• oriiit'ii-ioii of the business before Coriii'-iih r '-iii'h; s:.=i! it had just been intimated to hirn that •!:;:" w;i- tlio 1.-st ordinary meeting which would lie hehl of the present Council. Me did. n.'t think it would be right for them to ■ eparato without placing on record some expression of the Council's appreciation of the courtesy and kindness which Cotnicillors had received from his Worship the Mayor during his term of office. He would therefore more, " That the thanks of this Council bo tendered to his Worship the Mayor for the able and conciliatory inauncr in which he has conducted the affairs of the Corporation during his term of office ; and the Council further derives to specially record its high appreciation of his untiring exertions to advance all the interests of the town during that period." Councillor Faniiltoii : T will second that. Councillor Liddle suggested that the mover should go a little further, and propose that the resolution .should be engrossed and presented to the Mayor, The' motion was then put by Councillor Mainland., who had been voted to the chair, ami carried unanimously, it bein.r understood that the resolution would be engrossed at the expense of Councillors and be then presented to his Worship. The Mayor said it gave him great pleasure to learn that his conduct had met with the approval of the citizens with whom he had worked during tha past year. Jfo could say I truthfully that during the year there had not "neon a single instance of any unpleasantness having taken place, betwo n any Councdlor and hints If. - The utmost courtesy had been shown to him by Councillors, who had shown every desire to render him all the assistance in their power. For this ha desired to express to bvory Councillor his warmest thanks. He had intended doing so even if the resolution just passed had not been proposed. It was necessary that the municipality should have a Council composed of sensible and earnest men, willing to work hard together for the benefit of the town ; and he had no. hesitation in saying that the town had possessed such a Council during '. the past year. He concluded by thanking the Council for the courtesy with which he ■ had boon treated during the time- ho had filled the chair, remarking that the duties ; they had to perform together had been ren- I clered easy and pleasant by the friendly spirit which had been shown towards each , other. 1

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. The A'istr:.:.. ■-. - v- immeuced the first mate'. :v ■■■::'-"■■ on the 20th May. They lost the .natch by one innings and 6 runs. Their next match was at Lords on the 24th with the Marylebone Club. This match, which created an immense sensation, was the most extraordinary event seen. The Australians had shown, in their contest with Notts when quite out of practice, and on a wicket most unfavorable to their style of playing, that they were justified in coming to England, and that they would do themno discredit as representatives of cricket at the Antipodes ; still no one anticipated that they would defeat such a powerful team as that brought against them by nine wickets. From first to last, they took full advantage of their good fortune, and allowed no chance to slip by. Special praise was also bestowed on the excellent fielding of the Australians, which was quick, active, and really very smart. In the return match, the Marylebone players, ill thensecond inniugs, cut a deplorable figure. Mr. (Irace was perhaps a little unlucky in the first innings ; but in the second, he had only two bails,~iieithpr of which did lie touch, and the last took his bails. Mr. Hornby alone, in the first innings, seemed to have an idea of how to play to the bowling of .Messrs Boyle and SpofForth ; the rest went in and out one after tlio other, as il there was something too tumble in tiie bowling to face. In thy. bpcoiul innings, on a good, though dead wicket, nine out of ten of the Marylebone side were clean bowled, and they* got together only 1!) runs to add to tin almost equally insignificant score of S'6 which they had previously obtained; six men contributed nothing at their firsi effort, and seven followed suit the second time. Spofl'orth, whose action and change of pace seemed to puzzle the batsmen, bowled in all 40 balls for 20 runs and 10 wickets; Boyle, 93 balls for 17 runs and 0 wickets ; the form' r getting 6 wickets for 4 ri;.. ; in the first, and the latter 6 wickets for ;j runs in the second. As to the Australian batting, Midwinter showed good form in both innings, and Murdoch and Horau likewise did better than any of the English side except Hornby and blowers. The game began at 12 noon, and notwithstanding the interval for lunch,|ended a little aftu' 5 p.m. At a subsequent match, on the o'Jch May, with a Yorkshire country team of Eleven, the Australians won by C wickets. They were next victorious in the great match with the Sr.n-ev Eleven at Kensington Oval, which ", v Von by 5 wickets. This contest, .. mg to the interest excited by the extraordinary success of the Australians, brought the lamest crowd to Kensington Oval ever seen on a cricket-lield. The victory was welcomed with overwhelming enthusiasm.