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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2678, 19 October 1881, Page 2

The team of English professional orisketers now on their way to Australia have already played two matches in the States. In their match at Philadelphia little interest was taken, and the Englishmen had an easy victory. A day or two afterwards they played a match against a New York eighteen, whom they beat in one innings.

Mr M, Fruhauf of Timara applied to the Bench at Ashburton, on Tuesday, for a pawnbroker’s license for that district. A

petition signed by 74 residents was presented against the application. Mr Fruhauf said he intended to keep on his Timaru business, and the Bench thinking it would be inadvisable to grant him a license as he could not be in both places at once, refused ■ the application.

A general meeting of the Timaru Athletic Club will be held at the Secretary’s rooms at 8 to-night. An extra event has been added to the sports programme : a horizontal bar competition for amateurs. The total entries received up to last night for the T.A. and P. A; Show were:—Sheep> 303 ; cattle, 73; draught horses, 64; other horses, 110; pigs, 18; poultry, 24; dogs, 12; implements, 48; extra implements, ,29 ; dairy produce, 83 ; agricultural produce, 27 ; beer, 1; total, 792, A number more were received by mail and telegraph

to-day. Most persons, says the Sydney " Herald ” of Sept._ 27, who have paid attention to our shipping reports must have noticed the large number of passengers that arrive by almost every vessel from Hew Zealand. Not only do they come by steamers, but by sailing vessels also as opportunity offers. For instance, by the barque G. M. Tucker, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from New Zealand, there were forty passengers, all of whom have no doubt been induced by the prospects which New South Wales offers as a home, to become permanent settlers here. The. steamship Hero, which arrived on Sunday, brought 45 steerage passengers ; and the Wakatipu (s.s,), which _ arrived on Friday morning, brought, in addition to her usual complement of saloon passengers, 90 in the steerage.