NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2301, 21 May 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

BY BLKCIB',O TKLEOKAPII—COPYRIGHT) Ueutkr's Telegrams.

» London, May 19. ' The Cricket- match Australia v Nottingham; was continued at Nottino. ; ham to-day; The rain which had pre- ! vailed for some days past cleared off , and the weather, was v.fine. During the match the attendance was verv i good. The wicket had recovered from the effects of the wet and there was fairly lively bowling. The Australian team was much admired being hh a rule dead oh the wicket hi/ they seemed hardly to work to-gether yet. Their fielding was rather weak and several good chances' were missed. ■ The Australians who the previous evening had one wicket do™ for fifty nms, .resumed their innings and put together 108 before they were disposed of. The principal scorers were Bonner howled, 20; Scott, howled, 23; Garrett, run out 3,0. The Home team then went to the wickets and made 104, the most prominent run getters bein° Selby, caught, 22: Shaddock, bowled" 14; Shew, not. out, 15; Sherwin, bowled, 14. The Australians then went in for their second innings, and time was called when they had scored 12 for one innings. As the first day was lost on account of the rain the match could not be plaved out, and a draw was.therefore declared. Sydney, May 20. The Mararoa sailed for San FranCisco via Auckland this afternoon. Details of the Budget proposals of the Government arestill under discus. sion in Committee in the Legislative Assembly. The imposition of a 5 per cent, advalorom duty on a number of ' articles hitherto admitted free, and an mcrease on the present duty of others ] is meeting with vigorous opposition ' from Sir Henry Parkes and followers | Kir Henry states that if the proposals i are insisted upon,.he will do his utmost to force a dissolution. Sir John Robertson also expresses himself opposed to the proposals brought down by Sir Patrick Jennings,