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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 222, 26 February 1915, Page 8

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STRATFORD D.H.S. v. NEW PLYMOUTH TECHNICAL COLLEGE. ! Those teams met on the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, yesterday. The I visitors batted lirst and opened badly, losing the first three, wickets for five runs. Cress.vcll carried the score to 3S for the loss of the seventh wicket, and a fine stand by Eimis, who carried his bat, was miii.../ responsible for the I last wicket adding 19. Oliver was the I princpnl wicket-taker. Tecihnical College | compiled.74 (Fuller IS, Dull' 15, and Jeffrey 19). McDonald was the best-visit-ring bowler. With the exception ol Stephenson (14), Stratford' could ,\3 nothing against the bowling of Fuller, who came out with the fine average of eight for 13. and the innings ended for 27 New Plymouth required 22 to win, and got 'these runs for three wickets, thanks to a fine score of 23 by Griffin, including a sixer. This lad also kept wickets I well. Duff 27 (not out) was mainly responsible for the innings reading 74. I Detailed scores:— I STRATFORD DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL First Innings. Stephenson, run out 3 Mail, b Oliver 4 Coutts, h Oliver « Wright, hit wicket, b Oliver » McDonald, c and b Oliver 11 Creswell, b Oliver W Knnis, not out ■ 12 Stoddart, b Oliver H j Tatton, p Griffin, b Oliver 0 Young, c Dabb, b Oliver ft Nicholls, b Bullot 0 Extras > 4, Total SS: Bowling Averages: Oliver, -sight! wickets for 20 runs; Bullot, one for 4; Cartwright, none for 9; Badlcy, none for 11. Second Innings. Stephenson, b Fuller 14 Mail, run out - McDonald, c Squires, b Fuller .... 0 Coutts, b Fuller 0 Wright, b Fuller >1 Funis, b Fuller 0 Crcswell, c Bullot, b Fuller 4 Stoddart, e Cartwright, b Fuller .. 1 Nicholls, not out 0 Tatton. c and b Oliver ..'...' 4 Young, b Oliver 2 Total 11 Bowling averages: Fuller eight for 13; Oliver, two for 14. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. First Tunings. Oliver, c Coutts, b Stephenson .. .. 3 Griffin, c Mail, b Stephenson ■''> Fuller, c Ennis. b Stephenson .... 18 Cartwright. b McDonald ". » Dull', b McDonald 1". Jeffrey, c and b Coutts If) Badlev, c Tatton, b McDonald .... 0 Bailev, b McDonald fl Paul," b McDonald 4 Squires, not out • ■ 1 Bullot, e Tatton, b McDonald .... 2 Extras 2 __ Total .. .. , v ... .. .. - ;^v^' Bowling averages: Mail, four for 30; 29; Steuhenson, tliree for 38; Coutts, one for six.

Second Tunings. Oliver, e. Emiis, 1) Tatton 3 Fuller, run out - Criliin. e Funis, b McDonald ''3 Jell'rey, b Mail 0 Cartwrijdit, e and b Tatlon 1 Dull", not out 27 liadlev. bMail 1 Bailey, e McDonald, b Mail -I Paul, run out Bullot, c Creswrll, b Mail 2 Squire, c Wright, I) McDonald .... 0 Total 74 Bowling Analysis: Mail, four for 3d; McDonald, two for 2(1; Tatton, two for 211; Stephenson, none for one.

Taumai'unui Seat continued from Pago ,'>.- League. After speaking at Taumarunui lie told Young thiit "I did not want liim to have anything to do with nu election. 1 learned, that lie was as--sochitMl with license work, and did not want him associated with me. laU wrote to Mr Howarth about my wishes. Ihc official organiser of the Liberal Leo. giv had advertised in the. Chronicle dis claiming any connection with the lique. tiade. He had no knowledge that Youu;. was doing anything for witness.llc denivd 'the statement of Schramm regarding Young's connection with his candidature. Schramm's statement that witness went several times into the room while the scrutiny was proceeding was incorrect. Witness.explained that !::• had arranged to have Mr 'Buchanan, of Waitara, to act a,s lus scrutineer. Buchanan came overhind from New Plymouth. Witness met him at Paemako. twenty miles out, with a motor-car, and wired Schramm to delay the scrutiny for one hour. Walsh "as temporarily appointed, but could not stay mere than, half ada v. He interviewed Schramm in his (-(lice respecting Buchanan acting, but lip, (Schramm) refused unless he had authority from Wellington., Witness asked to sec Walsh, and Schramm brought witness to the. room where the scrutiny was proceeding. He was only in th ( . room once. Li reference to being in the booths mi polling-day, Mr Jennings said that lie was once inside the door of the Courthouse booth asking for Schramm and twice inside the Municipal Hull bo'othonce when voting and once accompanied by a man to take his declaration as a J.P., in order to vote

Cross-examined by Mr Johnstone as to residence, witness 'said his Kchoim's in regard, to employment had not materialised, except as to literary work for newspapers. He had had no settled home within tlie electorate. Witness was sppointed a member of the Waitam, Ha'-l'mr Board when a resident of N-w Plymouth He was first appointed 'n 1903, attended a meeting in 1903. He had restored his c/aim under th:> one-month nullification, wishing to bo certain rf h>ivi»-r '., n unbroken month in the electorate •"" if,, stated that he had no committ?-, but advertised disbanding committees in ca.v any had been formed. Young had not at any time been acting for witness A witness who was on duty at the polling-booth nt the Courthouse said ie saw Mr Jennings once at the door of the booth on election day John F. Walsh, scrutineer for Mr Jennings, said that Jennings came once to the room where the scrutiny was proceeding, to see witness. Aanybody who s-i-1 '"V,™ 1110 three or five "times told a deliberate untruth. Witness was a member of Mr Jenning's committee' at le Kuiti. Jennings never attended the meetings, and a committee was form 'd without Jennings' knowledge Alfred y. Sladden, scrutineer, corroborated Walsh's evidence as to Jennin«< coming only once to the room while the scrutiny was proceeding. The scrutiny was stopped during the few minutes tliat Jennings was present. Thomas De Vore Hunt, deputy returning officer at Mahlrakau booth said before nine o'clock. He was satisfied that the secrecy of the ballot jiad been maintained, though he admitted betL Vf a , ngem 7 tS mi * ht have - been better Nobody could see how the papers I were being marked unless they debber ately tried to. y ULl,Der

Ernest 'Wert, deputy at the licensing poll, corroborated this evidence, as did Mahi™ka r u e,,Umborrfm( ' nWhoVoted^

. Charles Jns. Johnson, deputy returnng officer a t Otorohanga, gaveevidence that there was no over-crowding on th.. stage of the hall where the poll was taken. In the afternoon the body of +he hall was somewhat crowded owing to nvin. If the hall had been cleared a number of voters would have gone, away without voting. ' It has been arranged to have argument taken respecting the time in which tic pet.t.on should have been lodged at the Full Bench of Judges next month at the same time as,the Appeal Court, when other points also-applying to the Nani. petition will be heard.