CRICKET TROPHIES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 383, 10 July 1889, Page 6

CRICKET TROPHIES.

Suggested at a", Smoke Concert, June 21st, 1889.

A stormy night ! and all without is drear, The rain in torrents floods each lonesomo street ; But all is bright to those assembled hore, Within theso rooms that form a snug retreat From wintry tempests— and as mirth and song In pleasing harmony unite to- cheer, See how the victors in the gladsome throng Kecoivo the well- won trophies otthe year. Each heart is flushed with meritorious pride ; Defeat itself is free from jealousy ; The rival teams are honoured side by side, Each vies with each in manly courtesy, And all antioipato in proniise sealed The ennobling honours of tho cricket-field ! ' - - A. W. Hurry, Auckland, 1889,

Some oj? the Dangers of Irrigation. — Ib is said that the cold water from the Himalayan snows is freighted with barren sand, and has a bad effect on the land which it irrigates. The effect of pure cold water in irrigation is held ' to be perfectly useful only when the land is sufficiently manured, and it is said to become positively harmful if applied year after year to untnanured land. A distinction is made in favour of soft well water, if it can be economically applied, but the use of alkali well water is harmful. Too much water is almost as bad for the soil as too little, producing oversaturation, an undrained subsoil, and water near the surface. This brings the saline, deposits in the soil to the* surface, much the same as irrigation, brings" alkali to the surfade' on parts of ' the American prairies, This mischief is in progress in large areas on the Punjab, and under the western Jumna canal over 3,000 acres of once productive soil have been ruined. It is also held that the canals increase theintensityof malaria and make it more prevalent.' * It is pointed out that subsoil drainage should be provided for under-irrigafjion.