TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 17 January 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

(per united press association.) This Day. ENGLISH CRICKET at OAMARU. Oarnaru, 16th.—The cricket match, 22 of Oamaru against the All England 11, commenced to-day. The weather was fine. The play of the local team was bad, with one exception, and the match looks as if it would result altogether in favor of the visiting team. The following are the scores OAMARU TWENTY-TWO. Rice, b Midwinter 2 Snow, b Midwinter 2 Lawry, b Peate 2 Walls, c and b Peate 0 Nicolls, c Scotton, b Midwinter ... 0 J. Millington, b Midwinter ... 0 Sumpter, b Peate ... .ft ... 0 De Lautour, c and b Peate 1 Cooke, b Millington 2 Millington, c Shrewsbury, b Peate 9 Denton, c Barlow, b Midwinter ... 0 D. Moore, run out ... 4 Balmer, b Peate 0 Holtes, b Midwinter.. 8 Coates, hit wicket, b Midwinter ... 0 Fie watt, b Midwinter ... ... 20 Cox, b Midwinter ... ... ... 1 Church, c Emmett, b Peate ... ... 2 H. Moore, not out 0 A. E. Hardy, b Midwinter 0 Darley, b Peate 1 Extras 5 Total ... 60 ENGLISH ELEVEN. Ulyett, c Walls, b Cooke 3 Barlow, not out ... 9 Selby, c Lowry, b Holmes ... ... 2 Bates, not out ... 17 The match will be continued to-morrow. Good Templar Officers. New Plymouth.—The Grand Lodge of Good Templars has been closed. The officers for the ensuing year are : Past Chief Templar, Sir William Fox, Bangitikei; Chief Templar, Jenkins, Auckland ; Counsellor, Tichborn, Timaru; Vice-Templar, Miller, Wanganui; Secretary, Price, Wellington; Treasurer, Johnson, Wellington ; Chaplain, Neill, Wanganui; Marshall, Collis, New Plymouth. Superintendent Juvenile Templars, Sister Plowie, Thames; Deputy-Marshall, Bennett, Taranaki ; Guard, Hay, Lyttelton; Sentinel, Horn, Thames; Messenger, Rendle, Hawke’s Bay ; Electoral Deputy, Robb, Onehnnga; Assistant Secretary, Brandt, Wellington. The visiting delegates express pleasure at their visit. RECEIVING THE MAORI KING.

Auckland, 16th.—Tawhiao and Major Mair, with fifty followers, including the King’s three sons, wife, and sister, and the leading chiefs Manubiri, Wahanui, and Honana, arrived at Ellerslie station at 4 o’clock this afternoon. They were received by the Mayor, W. Swanson, M.H.R., and a number of leading citizens, and were presented with a bouquet of flowers, and driven over to the chief Paul’s at Orakei, and welcomed by a musketry salute. Two chiefs spoke on Paul’s side, and were replied to by two Kingite chiefs. At the tangi, Tawhiao went out between the two praties and wept. He will stay at Orakei till the public reception at Auckland on Thursday. A number of northern chiefs arrived to welcome Tawhiao.

Suicide and Drink. Dunedin.—Thomas Price, bootmaker, Princes Street, committed suicide early this morning by shooting himself. He put a shot-gun to his mouth. The deceased had been drinking heavily since Christmas,

WELLINGTON RACE MEETING. The following entries are received for the Wellington Autumn Races, to be run on 2nd and 3rd February : Maiden Plate. —Salvage and Magnolia.

Flying Stakes Handicap.— Grip, On Dit, Mischief, Mavis, Hilda, Sir Modred, Somnus, Fleur-de-Lys, Hinemoa, Grand Duchess, Slander filly, Luna, Magnolia, and Speculation, Hutt Park Stakes,— On Dit, Mischief, Mavis, The Poet, King Quail, Sir Modred, Somnus, Fleur-de-Lys, Lady Emma, Libeller, Hinemoa, Slander filly, Grand Duchess, Luna, and Magnolia, Hurdle Handicap. —Totara, Agent, Clarence, General, and Scrutineer. Racing Club. Handicap.— Salvage, Grip, On Dit, Mischief, The Poet, King Quail, Hilda, Sir Modred, Somnus, Lady

Emma, Fleur-de-Lys, Libeller, Louis d’Or, Hinetnoa, Piscatorius, Slander filly, and Sir George. Additional nominations are expected by post.

( Argus Specials. ) Napoleon’s Tomb—A Plot.

Considerable sensation has been caused by the circulation of a report to the effect that the Imperial tomb at Chiselhurst had been rifled, and the remains of the late Emperor Napoleon the 111. stolen. The report, which proved to be unfounded, had for its origin the fact that warning had been received from Paris that such an outrage was contemplated. Wesleyans and the Pope. The Wesleyan conference has adopted a memorial against a proposal which is under consideration for sending a British agent to the Vatican, Parnell and his Friends. It is intended to apply to the courts for a mandamus to prevent the corporation of the City of Dublin from carrying out a resolution to grant the freedom of the city to Parnell. Guarantee for the Pope. The appeal which Prince Bismarck recently made to the Great Powers to define the position occupied by the Pope, has resulted in a congress being summoned. Bismarck has declared the object to be the guarantee of the Pope’s independence.

The Agent-General is negotiating in England for a direct steam service to this colony. If Truth is to be credited, the Queen has cherished her grief for tbe ; late Prince Consort to a morbid degree. At Balmoral, the Prince’s hat, gloves, and other daily necessaries, are all arranged ready for use in his dressing-room, and an effigy of His Royal Highness lies upon a bed in an adjoining room ! The ex-Empress of the French is fixing up a relic-room at her residence at Parnborough, for the reception of articles belonging to the Prince Imperial.