QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2361, 26 May 1892, Page 2

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.

T E M U K A. ' Last Tuesday, being the Queen’s Birthday, was observed as a close holiday in Terauka. The Volunteers turned out in full force, under Lieuts. Findlay and White, and at 9 a.m. fired a feu de-joie as a royal salute. At 1.0 o’clock they marched to the rifie range, where the prize-firing was held. The day, though cold in the earlier part of the it, turned out beautiful during the afternoon, but the light and the wind were not favorable, and the firing was not equal to previous occasions. Private Sim won the Challenge Cup, of the value of £lO, for the second time in succession, and it, therefore, became his property. This cup has been fired for for the last nine years, the conditions being that the winner should get his name engraved on it, and if he won it two years running it should become his own property. Private Sim, being the first to win it two years in succession, thus secured it. Sergeant Levens came second, and narrowly escaped securing the cup. At 4 p.m., the firing being all * over, the Volunteers returned to the drillshed, and were dismissed. In the evening a social was held, at which there was a very large attendance, and everything proved very satisfactory. The hall was crowded, the music by Messrs Levens (piano) and Oliver (violin) was good, and dancing was kept up spiritedly until between 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning.-—" Songs were given by Messrs G. Barrett, J. McCaskill, and A. Clinch, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. At about midnight the prizes were given out by Miss Young. Major Young made a few remarks, and expressed regret that some one of the wives of the officers was not present to distribute the prizes. He had been asked to do so, but felt that they would be more acceptable from the hands of a lady, and so had asked his daughter to give them. (Applause.) The prizes were then presented, and three cheers given for the donors, for Miss Young, and for Lieut. Whitehead. The scores and list of prizes were as follows : Private Sim, 200yds 15, 400yds 14, 500yds 11, total 40—Cup, biscuit barrel, Mr Deßenzy’s fat sheep. Sergeant Levens, 15,11, 12, 38—Bronze clock, Mr Brogden’s oats. Private Austin, 12, 11, 14, 37 —Cruet, Mr Mason’s whip. Private Rutland, 11,13,10,34 —Butter cooler, ink stand. Lieutenant Findlay, 13, 6, 14, 33—■ Mr Hamilton’s book, Public Speaker; range prize, 500yds, pipe. Private Nicholas, 10,12,11,33 —Clock, Mr Mundell’s prize. Private J. Collins, 14, 11, 8, 33 Messrs Aspinall & Co.’s flour, Mr Mogridge’s picture. Lieutenant Whitehead, 11, 7, 13, 31— Teapot, Mr Talbot’s prize. Sergeant Mason, 10,14, 7,31- —Aneroid, Mr H. Lee’s prize; range prize, 400yds, trees ; most bull’s eyes, studs. Sergeant Clinch, 14,11,6,31 —Flower stand, Mrs Young’s tomato sauce. Private Radburnd, 15, 10, 6, 31 -Big clock, Mr Miles’s hat. I Private O’Grady, 10, 9, 11, 30—Revolver, brush and comb. Private Henry, 16, 11, 3, 30—Mr R. Thomas’s pig, wall paper; range prize, 200yds, Mr Gaze’s hat. Private C. Clinch, 14, 7,8, 29—Mr Daim’s prize, oatmeal. Private G. Collins, 8, 14, 7, 29 Temuka Leader, Mrs Ackroyd’s pair ducks. Private Smith, 12, 7,9, 28 Sergt. Coira’s prize, Mr D. McCallum’s prize. Sergeant Hoobs, 11,11, 6,28 —51 b Tea, bow and candlestick. Private Lavery, 12, 8, 7,27 —Sergt. Levens’ prize, leg mutton. Corporal Watt, 12, 9,4, 25—Ink stand, 2 bags potatoes. Private Geo. Phillips, 12, 10, 3, 25 Mr Beri’s lamp. Private Egan, 9, 5,10, 24—Carvers. Private Scott, 12, 2, 10, 24 —Mr McCaskill’s pictures. Private Oliver, 8, 5,10, 23—Mr Mabiu’s sheep. Corporal Carr, 13,5,4, 22—Mr Austiu’s sheep. Private A. Clinch, 6, 12, 3, 21—Mr Taylor’s lamp. Private W. Collins, 9,2, 8, 19—MM, Blyth’s coals. Private Bruce!, 5, 12, 2, 19—Set jugs. Private Parke, 5,9, 4, 18—Mr Parke’s fat sheep. Private Beri, 13, 3,0, 16 — : Ml' Woodley’s wheat. Private Webb, 13, 3,0, 16 Mr McMillan’s fat sheep. Private Metson, 4,0, 5, 9—Mr Clync’s wheat. Private Tauguey, 0,5, 4, 9 Miss Douoghue’s tin of biscuits. Private Hobbs, 0,0, 0, 9—Spoons. Private Sheen, 0,2, 0, 2—Mr Owers’s tea, Mr Scannell’s stout. Private Kay—Pair vases. Private Phillips—Silk handkerchief. Bugler A. Bryan—Tea caddy.

< ILK ALDUS h.

Tuesday was observed as a close holiday at Geraldine, and the only thing which caused any excitement was the gif’llual firing by the local volunteers |g Ipmuur of Bur'Majesty Queen Victoria. Tlje Geraldine ki lies' mustered at tfyq Drill fahod’ at nine o’clock iu the morning fourty-four strong, and under the, direction of Major Moore fired a feu-de-\ join, the Geraldine Brass Band, under the ’ leadership of Bandmaster T. Sherratt, lilliim up I,he iute-vvals between the firings with a few bars of <l God Wave tiie Queen.” Aftor tiixSj liOtidoclliy tlxo the company marched to the range, >y|{erg a splendid day’s firing was indulged ill; Major Moore and Capt. fl. H. Pearpoint both 1 >(4ng preset it. Firing was commenced at the aOOytls range at If) a.m., and tfiy ranges 200, 300, and 400'were gdt throng!}, comfortably before dusk. Half an hour’s spell was made about noon, when the men tgrngd tfieir attention to an excellent spread of eatables provided by tfie Gap: tain. There was a good deal’of interest in the shooting manifested by the men, and fun made out of the fact that the spectacles would full to the lot of koine unfortunate one. At the 300yds range-/* Sergt. Fietiehl was leading by p good ' many poinls, haying ‘put 'on 1C 'out ot a possible 20 at that range, but when he came to the 400yds range ho had the misfortune to be firing against a strong wind, and here he “ fell ofi',” only scoring 2. Corporal Bethune at the 400ydsrange

fired very steadily and scored 15, which brought him off the winner of the Company’s Cup, and £1 money prize, besides first prize amongst those collected from tradesmen. Corp. Irvine takes a 10s money prize, Corp. R. Stonehouseand Sergt. Fiefield 7s 6 1 between them, and each of these obtain one of the prizes collected. Corp. Fiefield takes a special prize for the highest score at the 300yds. Every man who fired will got a prize cf some description, and these prizes will be allotted according to the number of points obtained, and will be given out at the next parade. Tire following are the scores: — 200 300 400 yds. yds. yds. IT. Corporal Betbune ... 13 10 15 38 Corporal irvatu ••• 14 i 12 33 Corporal R. Stouoliouse 11 11 10 32 Col.-Sergt. Stonehouse 11 0 11—31 Sergeant Fiefield ... 13 16 2 31 Private Fleming ... 14 12 4 30 Private Stringer ... 14 15 0 29 Bandsman Kraus ... 8 7 14 29 Private R. Rae ... 15 0 0—24 Private Ward... ••• 7 11 5 23 Bandsman Wincfield... 11 10 2 23 Private Ferguson ... 12 2 8—22 Bandsman Logan ... 12 8 2 22 Bandsman Sherratt ... 15 5 o—2o0 —20 Sergeant Brown ... 6 11 3 20 Private Turner ... 14 5 0 19 Private B. Fleatioy ... 12 5 2—19 Private H. Scott ... 4 10 4—lß Bandsman L. Heatley 14 4 0 18 Corporal Colbert ... 10 0 7 1( Private Pizzey ••• 0 5 2 16 Private Thomas ... 10 5 0 15 Private J. Irvine ... 0 4 0 13 Bugler Burridge ... 8 2 3 13 Private W. Wood ... 0 22 13 Private Berkley ... 7 2 211 Private Bryant ... 6 4 0 10 Private C. Scott ... 5 0 5 10 Private Post ... ... 0 8 0 8 Private Lawlor ... 22 4 8 Private Evans 8 0 0 8 Private Cornish ... 5 2 0 7 Private Homes ... 4 0 3 7 Private A. Scott ... 6 0 0 6 Private McKenzie ... 2 0 0 2 Private Metcalf ... 0 0 22 Several promotions have recently been made in the Geraldine Corps. Messrs Fiefield and Coles have been promoted from the rank of Corporal to that of Sergeant; Messrs Irvine, Bethune, and Colbert, from Privates to Corporals, and Private Stonehouse to Lance-Corporal. At the last parade Bugler Burridge was presented with the Company’s medal recently won by him, and a marksman s badge (3 stars and rifle) was given to Corporal Irvine, and badges with two (2 stars and rifle) to Col.-Sergt. Stonehouse and Sergt, Fleming. The Company is now in a more flourishing state than it has been in for some time past, being now 50 strong, all told, and with the new Government uniforms, which have arrived, they should make a very fair appearance in future. The uniforms are of a grey material with marone facings, the officers being further adorned with silver braiding. They are the work of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, and for material, fit, and appearance are a credit to any firm, and speak well for New Zealand s industry.

PLEASANT POINT INSTITUTE SPORTS.

The success which attended their last birthday gathering encouraged the members of the .Pleasant Point Institute to hold a similar affair this year, and they accordingly arranged a mixed programme of foot and horse races, etc., which was successfully gone through on Tuesday. Mr T Medlicott kindly placed a large paddock at the disposal of the promoters, and although this was rather far out of the township yet a very fair number of visitors, probably two hundred, put in an appearance. The arrangements were necessarily of a primitive description, but the officials worked very zealously, and got the different events through in good time. Mr McAlister had a refreshment booth, and apparently did a good business, but spirituous liquors were tabooed. Mr T. Medlicott made a good judge, Mr 0 Wright acted as clerk of the course, and Mr P. Stewart clerk of the_ scales. Mr W Anderson was starter in the horse races, and Mr Andrews in the foot races. Rayner Bros, handicapped the somewhat mixed lot of hacks and trotters that entered for the different events, and Mr E. Smith was successful in bringing £he pedestrians pretty "vyoU together. Mr Jus. Stewart had an easy time as lion, treasurer, while the onerous of secretary were canned out by Mr Geo. Morris, whose courtesy to our representative we have pleasure in acknowledging. The following are the events in the order in which they were run 100 Yards Maiden Race, prizes, 10s and ss—Botherway 1, Lilburn 2. Niue started. Three-quarter Milo Flutter (bweepstake) —Mr R. Anderson’s Waitohi Lass 1. Dodja and Trump Card also started. The winner, with A. Tozer in the saddle, had no difficulty in securing this event. : iOQ Yards Handicap ; prizes, 20s and 7a ‘ 'Cd—WV Cartwright (2jrds) 1, E. Stewart (oyds) 2. ' Ten competed. ' Two Maiden Trot—Mr Rogers’ Maggie 1, Mr Stratford’s Glancer 2. Nine started. The winner ivas esteemed a rank qqtsider, but showed very good quality. Lib-ary Member's race, '22oyds—G. Bothorvvay, 10yds, 1; E, Stewart, lOyils, • b. Pour others started- . Library Members, Horse Race, 1 mile, Mr Wilson’s Chump, (10st) 1; Mr Anderson’s Waitohi Lass, (list) 2. Three others started. Chump got away wion a goou. Aoau. -out came back after travelling half the distance. On entering the straight l;e came away again and won by about 0 lengths. ’ 440 Yards Handicap—E. Cartwright, 00yds, 1; G. Botherway, 40yds, 2 ; W. Cartwright, scr., 3. Four started. IvAple Handicap Trot—Mr Batchelor’s Maud, 1; Mv R- Gould’s Zuleika, 2. Eight started’. Maud, with a Unlit stqrt, was never caught and won easily, hey only d.an</eroqs opponent being Maiden Westling, OuuiW style _ ior this nve stripped and some very decent play was shown. C. Wright eventually won with J. Hullen second. 1-Mile Flat, Handicap—Mr Wilson’s )r piuimp, 1 5 Mr Anderson’s Waitohi lass a. ‘ These were the only starters. 880 Yards Handicap,—W- Cartwright, scr,, 1; G. Botherway, 70yds, 2. T. Anderaon also ran, Schoolboys Race; sa, 2a Gd and la; R. Cartwright 1 ; H, Dunnott 2 ; W. Hassell 3. Quite a crowd started.

A Tug-of-War attracted three teams of five men each. Colonials, Footballers and New Chums. The Colonials, with T. Dossett as skipper, won with comparative ease. This concluded the programme. In the evening, after the settling up, a dance was held in Mrs Murphy’s, Assembly Rooms, when there was a very good attendance. As the result of the gathering, the Institute funds have been considerably augmented, and the promoters are to be congratulated upon hitting upon such a happy expedient for the purpose.

S.O. CALEDONIAN SPORTS.

The South Canterbury Caledonian Society held an athletic sports meeting at Timaru on Tuesday last. The weather was fine, and the attendance very good. Results: — 100 Yards Maiden Race; prizes, £llos, 15s, and 10s —W. J. Bell, 1; «L Peattie, 2; W. Fenton, 3. H. Wilson also started. . One Mile Bicycle Race; trophies, £2 and £l—A. Donn, 50yds, 1; A. Grave (Oamaru), 90yds, 2. F. Truman, scr., J. Morton, 130yds, and G. Burford, 150 yards, also rode. Throwing 161 b Hammer (standing) ; prizes, £2 and £1 —S. Thornley (93ft), 1 ; W. Lindsay (84ft lOin), 2. F. Hall also competed. t 150 Yards Handicap; prizes, £2, £l, and 10s—W. J. Bell, 1; W. Fenton, 2 ; J. W. Radford, 3. Brosnahan also ran. From a good stait Bell was never collared, and won by two yards; a good third. Time, ISsecs. This event was run in three heats. Putting 161 b Stone ; prizes, £1 and 10s —S. Thornley (34ft 7in), 1; W. Lindsay (34ft Sin), 2. Three others competed. One Mile Walk; prizes, £2, £l, and 10»-0. Wilson, 60yds, 1; H. Archer, scr., 2; W. Russell scr., 3. H. Wilson, 90yds, also started. Time, 7min ssec. Running High Jump; prizes, £1 10s, 15s, and 10s—H. Bryan (sft 4in), 1; N. Austin (sft 3in), 2; R. Chute (sft Sin), 3. . One Mile Handicap; prizes, £2 10s, £l, and 10s —B. T. Evans, 65yds, 1; J. O’Brien, 60yds, 2; G. King, scr., 3. W. Russell, 80yds, also ran. Time, 4min 50sec. 120 Yards Hurdles; prizes, £2, £l, andlOs—W. J. Bell, 1; H. Bryan, 2; J. H. Gardner, 3. A good finish. Time, IGjsec. This event was run in three heats, J. Peattie, W. J. Dawe, R. McLeod, and J. Patterson also competing. Two Mile Bicycle Race; trophies, £2 and £l—A. Donn, 90yds, 1; J. Forbes, 20vds, 2. A. Burford, 130yds, A. Grave, 100yds, and G. Burford, 280yda, also rode. Time, 7min 15scc. 150 Yards Boys’ Race; prizes, 10s, ss, and 2s 6d—Boys, 1; Watts, 2 ; Healey, 3. Quarter Mile Flat Race; prizes, £2, £l, and 10s—T. E. Brosnahan, 18yds, 1; A. Opie, sen, 2; J. Peattie, 26yds, 3. B. Batten, scr., G. King, 10yds, W. F. Dawe, 14yds, J. Brien, 14yds, B. Evans, 18yds, W. J. Bell, 201-yds, also ran. The first 200 yards saw the men well together, and the leaders fought out a good finish, Opie just being beaten on the tape. Time, 54sec. t Vaulting with Pole; prizes £2, £l, and 10s—W. Lindsay (Bft 9Uu), 1; W. Stevens (Bft 9in), 2 ; N. Austin and W. Dawe (Bft Gin), equal, 3. Boys’ Half-Mile Bicycle Race; trophies 15s, 10s, and ss—A. Fiimie, 1; W. Hall, 2 ; A. Rissell, 3. Won easily. 11 Stone Wrestling (Cumberland) : prizes, £3, £2, and £1 —J- Kane, 1; McLeod, 2 : Simpson, 3. Three Mile Bicycle Race; trophies, £2 10s, £l, and 10s—G. Burford, 450yds, 1; J. Forbes, 30yds, 2; A. Donn, 130yds, 3. A. Burford, 200yds, A. Grave, 250yds, J. Morton, 400yds, also rode. Half Mile Handicap ; prizes, £2, £l, and 10s—A. Opie,' 30yds, 1; J. G’Bneii, 30yds, 2; J. Patterson, 50yds, 3. G. King, scr., W. F. Dawe, 30yds, B. Evans, 40yds, and B. Betten, 40yds, also ran. Manual Engine for Five Men (dry) ; prizes, £2 and £1 Timaru A team (42Asec), 1; Ashburton (571 sec), 2; Timaru B (58Jsec), 3. Bagpipe Music (Marches, Pibrochs, &c.); prizes, £5, £3, and £l—D. Campbell (13 points), 1: J. Fraser (11 points), 2 ; A. McKay (3 points), 3. Mabm also played. Highland Dancing (Reels, Flings, Sword Dance, &c.) ; prizes, £o, £3, and £ I_A. McKay, 1; A. McKenzie, 2 ; J Frftssr 3» Running Hop, Step, and Juinp > prizes, £1 nvd 10s—H. Bryan (39ft 7in), 1; N. Austin (38ft pin), 2. Sailors’ Hornpipe ; prizes, £J and lUs— J. Ryan, 1; E. Sullivan, 2. ( Irish Hornpipe; prizes, £1 and 10s— M. Angland, 1 ; W. Fitzgerald, 2, Irish Jig ; prizes, £1 and 10s—W. Fitzgerald, 1; M. Angland, 2. Senior Football Tournament; trophy, £s—First Round : Union B beat Excelsior ; Waihi beat Union A. Final : Union B beat Waihi. Junior Football Tournament; trophy, £4 First RoUnd V Teinuka beat Union A;' Colonials, a bye. Final Colonials beat Temnka.

DUNEDIN BIRTHDAY MEETING

Doneiixjt, May 24. The Dunedin Jockey Club were favored ■ftith beautiful weather for the Birthday Meeting. The attendance was good and racing interesting. Mr Powell, as starter, gave universal satisfaction. Tl'V sum of £0420 wen* ta’rough the machines. xiesults : ... . Hurdles, of 100 soys; 9 miles Mr Allen’s Tittle Arthur, lOst 61b (Hobbs), T; Mr Rutherford’s Erin - go - bragh, 10st 31b, 2 ; Mr Poole’s Waitangi, 9st 31b, 3. May Boy 11. also started. Time, 4min lOsec. Dividend, £2 Gs. Maiden Plate, of GO. soys; miles— Mr Smith’s Cactus \T, Jackson).!;, Mr Adams’ Victim, 2 ; Mr Aleman C M § JJgau I »•*»'*. '&***<«* mi Vtctio.iak, l rm , Wuurf-- ; fiue by a sllor , Jlo se. Time, 2min 241 sec. Dividend I £lO 12s. Birthday Handicap, of 350 sovs ; second 40 sovs ; third 20 sovs; U miles—Mr i Loughlin’s Don Pedro, Gs 91b Mr Stephenson’s Hippomenos, Sst 41b, 2; Mr Bunn’s Merrie England, Bst 111 b, o. Prime Warden, Sst L2lb, and Liberator, 7st 11b also ran. Dividends, £7 9s and £7 Is. Time, 2min 47sec. Throe Mile Trot, of 100 sovs—Mr Eriedlander’s Miss Hilda, 21 sec, 1. V on bv 150 yards, with Mr Coulan s Bond vi ne, lOsec, second, and Mr Reburn’s btella,

4sec, third. Thirteen others started, £2 Is. Time, Bmin 37sec. Selling Race, of GO sovs; 1 mile and a distance —Mr Begg’s Leinster, 1; Mr Loughlin’s Enfield, 2; Mr Fuller’s Tassy, 3. Three others ran. Won by a length. Time, 2min 7£scc. Dividend, 417 13s. Tradesmen’s Handicap, of 150 sovs; second, 20 sovs ; third, 10 sovs ; 1 mile— Messrs Hobbs’s Lady Zetland, Bst 21b (Derrett) 1; Mr Hungerford’s Heatherboll, 7st 101 b, 2; Hon. G. McLean’s Pique, Oat 121 b, 3. Mariner Bst, Galtee sst 12lb, Young Cheviot 7st 121 b, Tempest 7st 101 b, Miss <st 101 b, Conjuror 7s 71b, and Assyrian King 7st 31b, also ran. Time, Imin 15£sec. dividends, £2 13s and £2 15s. Post Stakes, of 20 sovs; 6 furlongs— Glenlora, 1; Collingvvood, 2 ; Loiter, o. Won easily. Dividend, £1 Us. The races were continued yesterday with the following result: — Selling Hurdles —Iroquis, 1; May Boy 11, 2; Waitangi 3. Clyde and Captain Abram also started. Won easily. Time, 3min. Msec. Dividends, £l4 9s and £43 4s.

Provincial Handicap—Kulnine (Marks) 1; Prime Warden 2 ; Derby 3. Hippomeues was a strong favorite, but was never prominent. Won by a length. Time, 2min. 21sec. Dividends, £4 9s and £4 4s. Novel Race —Lady Sockburn 1 ; Langley 2 ; Glencairn 3. Won easily. Dividends, £9 3s and £9 ss. Two Mile Trot—Major, 1; Jane, 2; Tommy, 3. All but lost on the post through McCallan pulling his mount up. St. Clair Welter Don Pedro, 1; Cocksfoot, 2; Erin-go-bragh, 3. Dividends, £46 and £3O Bs.

At Timaru the Volunteers fired the usual salute in honor of the day. The principal event was the Caledonian Sports (reported elsewhere), which were moat successful. In the evening the Fire Brigade made a grand display of fireworks, the Volunteers’ tug-of-war was commenced, one or two church gatherings were held, and a party of Ashburton amateurs played the comedy “Caste” in the Theatre Royal. All were well attended. At Auckland the holiday was spoiled by heavy rain. A sham fight in which 200 volunteers took part was the principal event.

At Wellington a large sham fight took place at Island Bay, Captain Fox being present. The attacking party had tne best of the fight, making prisoners of three or four of the Permanent Artillerymen, and capturing some of the battery’s guns. The troops were afterwards reviewed by the Commandant of the Forces, Lieutenant-Colonel Fox. Sir James Prendergast (the acting Governor) and suite, Mr Seddon, and the commanding officer of the district were also present. In addressing the men Colonel Fox said that as a rule the movements of the attacking party were well executed. A serious accident happened during the fight to Gunner Martin, of B Battery, by the gun which he was driving falling over a hill and taking the driver with it. He was seriously injured and was conveyed to the hospital. At Christchurch the day was very fine for the holiday. The Volunteers mustered 435 strong, and had a sham fight on the Port Hills, the force under Major Richards attacking Lyttelton from Sumner. Owing to the train being late part of the defending force did not arrive in time, and the attack was pronounced successful. In the afternoon the foundation stone of the new Salvation Army headquarters in Lichfield street, to cost, including land, £3UUO, was laid by Colonel Bailey. At Ashburton the Rifle Company held their annual prize-firing. At the Coursing Club’s Meeting the All-Aged Stakes was won by Mr McCann’s Blackwood, and the Puppy Stakes by Mr Lee’s Yorkshire Lad.

At Dunedin, the races (reported elsewhere) and the Volunteer Review were the principal attraction. Both were well attended.

DYNAMITE OUTRAGE

A terrible dynamite outrage was perpetrated at Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, at an early hour on the 3rd inst. by a woman named Mrs M. A. Ryckman. Mrs Ryqkman, who is a widow, is advanced in years, and earned her living by dressmaking. Prom all appearances (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph of the 4th) she has been the butt of hexneighbours, who worried Her almost to death, and on several occasions she has had to call in the police to protect her., Next door to Afrs Ryckman lives Mr hUi Mrs Chatfield, and between the two women a fierce enmity appears to have existed, Last week they met in the street and according to Mrs Ryckman’s story Mrs Chatfield called her some insulting names and she slapped her face. Mrs , Chatfield immediately took out a summons for unlawful assault, and the case was to have beep Heard to-morrow. The yp M eipt of the summons further enraged Mrs Ryckman, and she resolved upon a terrible revenge. For this purposp .‘dip ax-xped herself with a box of lithofracteur, and between 1 and it o’clock in ' the morning she entered 1 Chatfield’s house and dashing the explosive iix the open dopr of the bedroom hmpriqdiy retreated, Thq dynamite wont oßvyith a terrific explosion, and the cottage was blown to atoms. An imnxense crowd soon collected, and Chatfield was found among the debris, his body being terribly mutilated. His legs anti arms were frightfully smashed und torn, and blood \yas pouring from numerous wounds about the body. He was alive, and was immediately sent oil to the hospital Seniox - - con stable Jackson and Constable Jolly suspecting Mrs Ryckman repaired to her cottage. Constable Jolly waf stationed at the b,aqk dp,or, and Oonstabh Jackso.n entered by the front do*- ' H , foot inside Hi man a second explosion occurrec Jackson was thrown violently to tlx , floor and the whole back portion c the house was blown away. Jolly escape iniurv. Jackson soon recovered from tli shock, and Mrs Ryckman was socurei ! She was found covered with blood, an her left hand was blown off above tf wrist. She was immediately despatch! to Melbourne Hospital, where she sti remains. Mrs Ryckman has a son elevf years old, and Mr and Mrs Chatfield haan adopted boy. The ill-feelitig sprang i between the Chut fields and Mrs Ryckm; in consequence of quarrels between tl boys. Mrs Ryckman tlien tried to so, her cottage in order to get rid of, as she

said, her bad neighbours. Failing this she got Mr Barbour to take her boy away to prevent disputes. Her loneliness appears to have preyed on her mind and during the past week she has been putting her affairs in order. She told the‘police at the hospital that she had only meant to frighten Mrs Chat field, but had determined to take her own life. Chatfield, the injured man, denied that , his wife quarrelled with Mrs Ryckman, and said that the latter always seemed to think they were trying to injure her. His wife was afraid of Mrs Ryckman, and refused to live near her. She had gone to her mother’s, at South Yarra. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 24, Wheat, 4s lOd to 4s lid. Flour, stone made, £11; roller made, £ll 15s. In oats stocks have been further augmented, by consignments from New Zealand. Feed is quoted at 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; seed, 2s Gd to 2s Bd, Maize, best dry, 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Bran is easier, at Is 2d to Is 3d ; pollard Is Id to Is 2d. Potatoes, New Zealand, £2 5s to £2 10s ; Circular Heads, £3 7s to £3 10s. The onion market is quiet, at £3 10s to £4 per ton. Butter is in good supply. Dairy-made, Is to Is Id ; factory made, Is 2d to Is 3d. Cheese is also in good supply, 4d to sd. Bacon, machine cured, 5d to 6d; hand cured, (Ud to 7d ; special make?, 7id. Hams, colonial, Gd to 8d ; New Zealand, lid to Is ; English, Is id. Adelaide, May 24, j Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d, for outports ; j 4s 5d at Port Adelaide. Flour, stone makes, £9 4s to £9 12s 9d; roller-made, £9 15s to £lO ss. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Barley, Cape, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; English malting, 4s sd. Bran, lid; pollard, Is 3d. Melbourne, May 24. The wheat market is quiet. Sales in small lots are reported at 4s 3d. The flour market is in fair demand for exportj; stone-made, £8 15s to £9 ; roller-made, j £9 10s. Oats, firm, 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Six Chinese were gambling in a store at North Lismore, New South Wales, when one of them accused another of cheating. The accused man quietly left off playing, went outside, and returned , with a tomohawk and cleaver, and dealt j his accuser severe blows on the back of j the head and across the face, inflinting two nasty wounds. He then took a razor from his pocket and cut his throat. Both men are in a precarious condition. “ Oriel ”in the Argus relates a very amusing incident that happened in a little town not very far from Melbourne a week or so ago. The attendance was rather large and the committee felt that at the show dinner the funds would not permit of champagne to every guest. So half the table was set with champagne at 17 s Gd per bottle, and the other half with vigorine at 4s 6d per dozen. By careful arrangement the invited notabilities were placed at the champagne end and the vigorine was left for the sturdy agriculturists, whom the committee thought would not know the difterence. They did not, and one stalwart farmer having put away one whole bottle of vigorine to his own cheek, called the waiter, and privily tipping him half-a-crown, desired him to “ bring us another bottle of that champagne, will you I”