PUGILISM IN AUSTRALIA

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 110, 17 March 1879, Page 2

PUGILISM IN AUSTRALIA

[ Blackguardism, in its most offensively active form, is steadily gaining ground; and that disreputable institution of ths " prize ring" is taking root in this hemisphere. Under the above heading, tho Sydney Town and Country informs readers that" the preliminnry deposit oi L2OO out of LIOOO aside, to be fought foil in Victoria, by Foley and Hicken, has® been put up. Ths principal backer of Foley is understood to be a fellow colonist, who telegraphed the amount required, Jem Mace has the Sydney man in train- / ing, and is confident of pulling it off. Tho f Thompson family say they will put theiy bottom dollar on him. The hereditary foe of their house is sponsor for the Vio-i torian, and ia also confident of victory, It is not for a moment apposed that the police will prevent the fight. Mace's visit to Melbourne has caused quite a pugilistip revival, and fights for stakes are of daily occurrence.

A Vienna despatch says a party of insurgent Arabs attacked caravan near Hodjaz, and killed GOO persons. A private telegram states that the Portugese have lost 300 men, including 50 Europeans and two officers, on the Guinea coast. The Government there has been superseded. A corvette and 300 men have been despatched from Lisbon. Mr F, B. Clialterton, the lessee of the Drury Lane Theatre, has become bankrupt. Hia liabilities are set down at £40,000.