AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1551, 10 February 1887, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, Feb. 3.

Pedestrian races for £SOO. and the championship of the world between M. Hutchens, Oharapion of England, and W. Clark, Champlonjof Australia, concluded on Monday at the Fiemington running grounds. The contests comprised three distances :—soyds, 100yds, and 130yds. Clark was successful in the first two, thus winning the championship. The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce bad under consideration the question of adopting the Californian central sack for grain. It is generally admitted that the cornsacks in use in these colonies are inaccordingly large, and that a reduction in sias is desirable in order to facilitate handling. The matter will, be furtner considered by the Chamber. Great regret is felt in Melbourne at the sudden death of Mrs Robert Waller, wife of the well-known writer “2fcles,” of the Australasian. The deceased lady partook of a glass of iced water, which gave rise to internal inflammation, caused death in a short time. The Vegetable Products Commission now silting reports the acclimatisation in Victoria of many Eastern Plants. Tho Commission bad a cup of tea prepared from a plant grown in the colony, which was unanimously pronounced excellent. Sydney, February 2. The fact of Percy McDonnell being given out leg before wicket, in the recent match with ihe Englishmen, and thereby virtually losing the game for the Aus* tralians, caused a great deal of,unpleasant* ness and the empire’s ruling haa been freely canvassed. The difficulty culminated on Monday in a fracas, during which Barnes, while endeavouring tp annihilate Huddleston, dislocated a finger and will be unable to play for three weeks. Heavy wagering took place on the game and this intensified the bitterness. The affair is regarded in cricketing circles generally as scandalous.