TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1028, 26 January 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondents). Christchurch, Jan. 24. The cricket match was resumed to-day. The Englishmen continued their innings which closed for 230 runs. Canterbury then went in and were all disposed of for 100 runs. The Englishmen then put the Canterbury team in again, but a very poor show was made. The Englishmen left the port at 7.30 p.m., by the s.s. Penguin. They were heartily cheered. Auckland, January 25. Alex. Wilkie, mate of the brigantine Eliza Mary, was drowned last night, lie was escorting a drunken seaman aboard when both slipped from the plank connecting the vessel and wharf. The seaman was picked up at once, but Wilkie was nowhere to be seen. The body has not yet been recovered.

The quarantined pansengora by the Zealand,* will be admitted to pratique to -morrow. A passenger, supposed to be suffering from a mild form of smallpox, has quite recovered. Dunedin, Jan. 25. The charge of perjury against Constable O’Shea, who was principal witness in the case against the constable convicted at the last Supreme Court sittings for stealing fowls, has been dismissed by the Resident Magistrate. A fire occurred at Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, on Monday afternoon, and destroyed some 7 or 8 business places ; the total loss is said to be £3OOO. Half was covered by insurance in Union, Victoria and National Offices. The storekeeper in whose premises the fire originated, had gone to Invercargill early in the morning, leaving the place locked up. The general opinion is that the fire is the act of an incendiarv. P. Wildman, baker, in whose place the Queenstown fire broke out was arrested by tho police here and remanded to appear at Queenstown on Monday next. The surrounding circumstances are exceedingly suspicious. In a private unoccupied house belonging to Wildman a quantity of inflammable material was found and his wife came to Dunedin last week bringing a quantity of household goods with her. q Wellington, Jan. 25. The English Cricketing Team arrived at 11 o’clock this morning, and the match commenced at one o’olock. The weather at present' is fine but threatening. Wellington is playing with a strong team. The appeal case of Sir William Fitzherbert and others, who were convicted under th® Gaming and Lotteries Act for taking part in M sweeps ” on Hutt Racecourse was heard yesterday. The conviction was affirmed, and the appeal dismissed with costs.