LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1146, 13 September 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Football Match—Napier v. Wairoa. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WAIROA, This Day. A football match took place yesterday between a Napier team, C. Kennedy captain and a Wairoa team under E. C. W. Porter. The latter won by 1 goal aud 3 tries to Napier’s 1 goal. ’ (per united press association). OAMARU, This day. An invention has been patented by Messrs Harper and Rock, of this town, for driving tram cars by gas motors. The gas is stored in chambers under the seats of the cars. The invention will probably be brought into use on the proposed tramway here. INVERCARGILL, This Day. The mystery surrounding the discovery of the remams of an infant buried in the bush has been satisfactorily dispelled. The child was stillborn and the offspring of a married woman desertedjby her husband. Being in poverty she had ouried the child in the bush thinking no harm would ensue ; fortunately Dr. Galbrai;h, who deriveredthe woman and is now bouse surgeon at the Hospital, on being cabled onto make a “postmortem” examination identified the child by malformation. No inquest will be held. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A prisoner named O’Connor, undergoing a sentence of four years’ penal servitude in Lyttelton Gaol, became very insubordinate yesterday morning, aud assaulted the Chief Warder and another officer. Some other prisoners also fell out of the ranks, evidently intent upon creating a disturbance ; but the whole of the warders being on the spot, having just paraded, the disturbance was at once quelled. The Visiting Justices were summoned to attend, and held an inquiry, and O’Connor has been sentenced to receive twenty lashes to-day, besides a term of confinement. Other would-be rioters were also, punished. The machinery for the Canterbury Refrigerating Company arrived by the ship Thome on Monday last. W. J. Burst v. Bls Excelloney Sir Arthur Gordon. WELLINGTON, Thia day. In Chambers this morning before Judge Richmond, the issues (34 in number) were settled in the pending suit of Mr W. J. Hurst v. His Excellency Sir A. Gordon. On an application to change the venue to Christchurch it was refused. The counsel for the defendant applied to have the evidence of Sir Arthur Gordon, and one witness, taken in London, by commission. His Honor took time to consider this point. The ease will be heard before Judge Richmond, at the Civil Sittings in January, and is expected to extend over a week. Mr E. Shaw has been retained for Mr Hurst, aud Messrs Bell, Connolly, and Harper for Sir Arthur Gordon.

Football.— Welling ton v. Sydney. The following team will represent Wellington in the Football Match against Sydney : —Messrs Beard, Campbell, Cooper, Harvey, Hirschbing. Heenan, Morrison, McMaster, MoCardell, Peat, Ronaldson, Roberts, Somerville, Thompson, and Udy. The New South Wales team will arrive here from Auckland by the Hawea on Thursday night, or Friday morning, and the match will be played on Saturday next. The programme of the New Zealand Rifle Association has been issued. The first three matches are open to all-comers, the remaining four are confined to Volunteers only. The former count for either Rifle or Carbine Belt; of the latter two count for the Carbine Championship, and two for the Rifle. The

first match is 300 and 500 yards, 49 prizes, comprising £ll9, and the Nelson Citizens’ Cup. The 2nd and 3rd 200 yards each, 36 prizes £l2O. 4th match, for Carbine Belt, 200, 300, and 500 yards, 36 prizes £lOO. sth, for Rifle Belt, 500 and 600 yards, 36 prizes £lOO. 6th, for Carbine Belt, 300 and 500 yards, 36 prizes, £llO 10s. The 20 highest aggregate scorers for rifles and the same for carbines will then fire a 2nd stage match at 500 and 600 yards respectively ties for places in 20th. To fire shot for shot, the highest aggregate scorers in all matches being champions. Ties for championship to be decided shot for shot fire. Grand aggregate prizes in oach case varying from £5O to £5. Civilian Match at 200 and 500 yards. The Rifle, Carbine, and Trophy Matches to be the same as previous year. The Carbine and Rifle Teain Matches to be same as last year, but the prizes increased to £4O, £2O, £lO, and £5, in each. Otago Match (Rifle Association) the Ladies’ Challenge Shield will also be fired for, but is restricted to certain Otago corps. Firing will commence on Friday, the 3rd November, and will be completed by Wednesday the Bth. The Government have authorised the issue of free railway passes to volunteer members of the Association under certain conditions. Entries are to be made on or before Saturday, the 28th October.

DUNEDIN, This Day. At the City Court, Albert Edward Morgan was remanded for a week, for criminally assaulting a child aged 6 years. Bail was refused. Edwin Marlow, a defaulting clerk in the Union Steamship Company’s service, was arrested at Port Chalmers late yesterday, concealed in the house of a friend. It is believed he contemplated leaving by the barque Woodville for Chili to-day. He was brought up at Court this morning, and formally charged with embezzling £BO, and remanded, pending the getting ready of other charges to be preferred. Bail was allowed ; himself £5OO, and two sureties of £250 each. AUCKLAND, This Day. The comet was distinctly visible at four in the morning. The nucleus is small and the tail well denned. It is estimated that £20,000 has been spent during the past few months by the Auckland publicans to meet requirements of the Licensing Committees. The adjourned inquest on the body of Sarah Cleaver was held yesterday. James Alexander Pond, analytical chemist, was examined, he said he had analysed a portion of deceased 0 * stomach and contents, but wa* quite unable to detect any traces of arsenic. The evidence of Sergeant-Maior Pardy, Detective Stratheam and Dr Cushney, of Waikato, who had attended the girl after her confinement, was also taken. The Coroner (Dr. Goldabro’) summed up strongly against the evidence of Drs. Richardson and Walker, and in favor of the view taken by Mr Pond. The Jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.