TENT DESTROYED

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 240, 30 December 1927, Page 9

TENT DESTROYED

PRIMUS STOVE EXPLOSION Press Association . TAUMARUNUI, To-day. An explosion occurred in a primus stove in a tent occupied by a man named Clark, of Hamilton, at the Whakapapa Huts, National Park, yesterday. The tent and gear, valued in all at £ls, were destroyed.

NO VISITJO N.Z. ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM AUSTRALIAN ITINERARY By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 11.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day. TpHE Board of Control for Inter- -*■ national Cricket gave attention to correspondence from the Marylebone Cricket Club and the New Zealand Cricket Council, regarding a proposal that the English team should play two matches in New Zealand at the end of the 1928-29 tour. The board decided that it could not consider any suggestions that would involve a curtailment of the Australian programme. No provision is made for a visit to New Zealand in the itinerary, which shows that th© team will commence the tour with a match against the West Australian colts at Perth on October 13. It will visit all the States, and conclude the tour at Perth on March 28. The board adhered to its decision to play a test at Brisbane, taking one away from Sydney, despite New South Wales’s strong protest. In test matches, six-ball overs will be reverted to, but in other matches the overs will consist of eight balls. MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA The dates of the principal events of the English cricket team’s tour of Australia are: October 17 to 20.—v. West Australia, at Perth. October 26 to SO.—v. South Australia, at Adelaide. November 2 to 6.—v. Victoria, at Melbourne. November 9 to 13.—v. New South Wales, at Sydney. November 16 to 20.—v. Australian Eleven, at Sydney. November 24 to 2S.—v. Queensland, at Brisbane. November 30 to December 6. —First test, at Brisbane. December 14 to 20. —Second test, at Sydney. December 29 to January 4.—Third test, eft Melbourne. January 12 to 15.—v. Tasmania, at Launceston. January 17 to 19.—v. Tasmania, at Hobart. January 25 to 29.—v. South Australia, at Adelaide. February 1 to 7.—Fourth test, at Adelaide. February 15 to 19.—v. New South Wales, at Sydney. March Ito s.—v. Victoria, at Melbourne. March 8 to 14.—Fifth test, at Melbourne. March 21 to 23.—V. combined team, selected from West Australia, South Australia and Victoria. The board adopted a resolution preventing players and managers of representative Australian teams from writing for the Press.—A. and N.Z. AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND V. RICHARDSON, CAPTAIN By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. noon. MELBOURNE, To-day. The Board of Cricket Control decided that the Australian team’s tour of New Zealand should commence immediately after the match between Victoria and Queensland, which is timed to end not later than February 8.

V. Richardson has been selected to captain the team to tour New Zealand.—A. and N.Z.