LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1214, 1 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

EXITED TKESB llrtlclATlOir]. TIMaRU, Nov. 29. I’liß MilqH dHiilmenced hero at I.IA on the Clhb tjbduad, two miles from town. The w’dflthW la splendid. Robinson won the toss iild sent Timaru in. Shepherd and Smith faced the bowling of Buckland and Ami*fl; A bye was run off the second ovit,, find Shepherd clean bowled by Buckland, I, 0, 1. The score rose ta Ip l>y successive singles, and sqon Aftdtwdrds.Smith, who was batting prettily, Hit the wicket, 2,1, 10. Raymond (hid Kmg kept things going for a couple of Mi’iiigs, when the latter was run out by O'Neil when attempting a short one, H, 1, 12. Raymond brought the score up to 20 )iy good hard hitting, and Barton rfheved Arniel as bowler. HMgh« Was caught at long off by Gat'd lief on the second ball, 4,1, SI. ijoilgr.; tw Hext man, was punishing the (yeA-fer, when he was ran out; 5,8, 82, Sr'dlt Went in, and Lankham repfneed Bucklaud, and took Raymond's wicket in the seeondjover, fl, 18, 83. EUhbaum, the next man, put together B, when he Was bowled by Lankham, 7, 5, 40, Jones, the next man, managed to get two singles before Lankham took his wicket, 0,2. Nesstnau managed one when bowled by Lankham; The Innings then closed for 54 rtps. The Auckland fielding showed great improvement; Timaru, first innings Shepherd, b . Buckland, 0 ; Scott, Mt Wicket, b BhcaiaHll; 1 ; Raymond, b Lafigham, 18) Xing, tun ont, 1; Hughes, c Gardner, b Barton, 1 ; Lough, fitn out, 8; Scott, b Lankham, 11 i Elehbaum, b Lankham, 2 ; Mckemde, ndt out, 6; Jones, b Lankham, 3) Ness, b Lankham, 1 ; Byes, 4 ; leg byes 1 ; Wide, 1. Total, 81. Bowling Analysis: Lankham, 33 balls, 0 runs, 6 maidens, 5 wickets ; Barton, i(l, it, 2,1; Buckland, 45, 7,4, 2 ; Atneil, 3, 14, 1, 0. Barton bowled «ne wide.

TIMARU, This Day. A poll of the burgesses was taken to-day on the proposal to borrow £15,000 for 4eW‘ age works for the borough, resulted as follows -—-Fur the proposal, 73 ; against, 125. Auckland won the cricket match by six wickets. The cricket match Was resumed to day at ! Timaru, with eight wickets to fall, and fit I mns Jto save a one innings defeat. Timaru ' continued their innings at two o'clock, with ' the score at four. Hughes was bowled by ; Lankham, ; Eichbaum, the next man, scored ' rapidly, and punished both, bowlert. 20 : toon appeared oti the telegraph-board. Thu score nob- stood at 28 for the loss of three wicket* taken bv Aitcbaum. Aichbaum bowled RobihSott, after getting 19. Thu score now stood at 29, with wiekuta to fall. v - WELLINGTON, This Day, The election for the Mayoralty resulted as follows I—Either, 812 | Young, 190. Wellington Spring Meeting—Railway Stakes : Diosma, 1 ; Poet 2; Kakapo, 3. Handicap Hurdles : Canard 1 , Whltau 2, Liability, 3. Hutt Park Stakes i Poet, 1 t Hippodamia, 2 ; Diosma, 8, DUNEDIN, This Day, The Union Shipping Company have received a cable message Informing them of the launch pf the Waihola at Glasgow, She Sails on the 13th Jaanuary. The Mayoral election yesterday resulted as follows :—Thompson, 927 1 Roas, 405, The Caledonian Society purpose entertaining Mr Archibald Forbes at a dinner next Tuesday evening. Mr J. Shannon’s Hundon Kaiatk yras sold by auction to Messrs. Boyd Bro?., for <3O per acre. The s.s. Sorrento has almost completed her loading, and will leave for England on December 6th. The shipment of frown moat preparedd by the New Zealand Refrigerating Company I for the s.s. Sorrento consists of 7,2 fld tcarcases, but 1,428 of these have,been unavoidably shut out, and will be shipped per the Duner’in, which leaves in about three weeks. The total weight of the shipment is a little ■ J ove-. 237 tons, or an average of 78lbs per i sheep. I Mr Stout will contest the election for the ' Peninsula. A bush fire at Walkala In the interior Ik said to be still burning. One homestead has been burned. A heavy bush fire is reported from the head of Lake WakatlpU, in which neighborhood the most intense heat prevails, and the wheat crop is said to be despaired of. A fire was reported yesterday as having broken out in Stafford-street, destroying Cobb's stables. It spread to the Irattlingstores of Messrs. Hangan and Co,, which business has been recently taken over by Messrs. Esther and Low, who state there was £4,0000 worth of stock on the premises, I of which a considerable quantity was damI aged. The buildings belonged to the Hon, IW. H. Reynolds. The insurances are—On I Hangan’s stock : South British, £l,OOO (<gk I which £250 was re-insured with the Fire AsI surance Association, and £2OO with Phrrnix) I Scottish Imperial, £5OO on stock ; Union, I £420, On the building—United, £359 ; LonI don and Lancashire, £l5O ; Norwich, £lOO. I Total insurances, £2,420. I A melancholy and fatal accident occurred at I the Maori haka yesterday, by which one of I the passengers of the steamer Plucky, which I had gone there on an excursion trip, was I killed. His name was Salmon, and he was I manager of a brushware factory in CumberI land-street. He was sitting at the bottom of I a steep incline, when a horse on the top dislodged a stone, which, rolling down, struck him on the bock of the neck, killing him instantaneously. At a meeting of the West Coast railway I League last night, it was resolved to request the Government to issue a Special Commission for enquiring into the proposed line of railway to the West Coast.

INVERCARGILL, Thia Day. I The mayoral election resulted in the return lof John Kingland. The numbers were :— I Kingsland, 249; L. McDonald, 93. J. L. McDonald, 93. Considerable excitement prevailed towards the close of the poll, as only about two thirds of the electors Mr J. M. Gilchrist, a constable, was committed for trial for stabbing Maurice Gorman. He holds to his statement that he was attacked by three men. LYTTELTON, This Dav. Mr R. Webb, was elected Mayor of Lyt- 1 telton, by 195, against B. Weyburn's, 13. AUCKLAND, This ady. A disastrous fire cccurued at Onehunga this morning about three o'clock, which destroyed Cofilin's hay-store, KelsaH's bakery and dwelling ; KelsaH's cottage, Bradley's store and dwelling, Spalding's store and dwelling; and Grough's cottage. Inaifoance —in New Zealand, Spalding, £4OO ; Bradley £500; KelsaH's bakers and store, £780; ditto, cottage, £150; Codlin’s store, £75 in Colonial; Grough’s cottage, £2OO. Bradleylost £2OO worth of post and rsils. The fire started in Codlin’s, but there is no clue at present as to its origin.

I CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. I Robert Ewing, residing at Knigfitstown, ■ was arrested last night for attempted arson I while in a state of intoxication. He quar--1 relied with his wife, and then collecting the furniture in a heap set fire to it. nately the neighbors extinguished the befere much damage was done to the builuw >"«• I