SATISFACTORY DIVIDEND.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10073, 20 June 1910, Page 5

SATISFACTORY DIVIDEND.

Received June 19, .6.14 p.m. LONDON, June 19. Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 71 per cent.

FOOTBALL,

NEW ZEALAND v. QUEENSLAND. \ : A CLOSE GAME. ' Receivad June 19, 5.5 p.m. BRISBANE, June 19. There was ,'a large attendance at the New Zealand-Que?tisl nd match played yesterday, ths game going in New Zealand's favour by 19 points to. 14. In the first half the visitors had thirds all their own way, and lost s:veral tries through overeagfrnesa. At half time the score was 14 to nil in favour of N w Zealand, but Queensland raliied splend dip. in the second half and : added 14 points to the visitors's. For New Zealand tries were pcored by Francis 2, Mitchell and Fuller, two of,which O'Lear- rchverted. O'Leary also kicked a penalty goal.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TOUR

THEIR FIRST MATCH. V Received June 18, 7.30 p;-m. "■ . SYDNEY, June 18. As a. prelude to the Maori match the American University team played tbeir first match with Australia againsi Sydney University. The visitors displayed a fine knowledge of the game, their kicking in the first spell being very good, and they led by six points to nil, but in the second half the Sydney lads form stood by them, and they scored rapidlv. Th-2 Americans fai'ing to score a?ain, the game resulted in New South Wales' favour by seventeen points to six.

MAORIS,v. NEW SOUTH WALES.

WIN FOR HOME TEAM. Received June 18, 8.30 p.m. SYuNEY.JunelB.s There were fully fifteen thousand people, including Lord Chelmsford, present when the Maoris played their second game with New, South Wales. Jtwa3 a remarkabla game the matter of fcrm, and it was difficult to realise that the Maoris were the same team in the second half as that which played so dismally in the first spell. The whole of the first spell was practically spant in the . Maori territory, and they were sluggish to a degree. Their back division could not get the ball at all. It must be admitted that the brilliant passirg of the Jocals completely bßat the Maoris, aud score after score cime with almost wearying freqnem-y. The score at half ti.re. was: New South Wales 24, Maoris nil. The Maorii played very well in the second half. Takorangi playing particularly well. The final scores South Wales 27, Maoris 13.^%

WELLINGTON SENIOR RESULTS

By Telegraph—Press Association. , WELLINGTON, June 18. The senior football results to-day v?ere;— Petone 8, bekt Athletic tL ■■,. Poneke 14. beat Wellington nil. Old Boys 6, beat Melrose 0. St. James 16, beat Victoria College. 0. "'■. ... r : . ,The match \was postponrd."''' ' ■';''

NORTHERN UNION GAME.

ANOTHER WIN FOR ENGLAND Received June 18, 7.30 p,m,; SYDNEY, June 18. The attendance at the game New South Wales v. England, played under Northern Union rules, was estimated at 40,000. The game was very even, and ended in England's favour by 27 points to 24.