Inquest.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3049, 8 November 1888, Page 2

Inquest.

Napier, Thursday, An inquest on tlio body of the man found drowned at. Jfgaruroro .river. showed that J deceased lost his 1 life'' about three,weeks ago, There is nothing on m's clothes or in his swag ■, to identify him. No one is reported missing, and. though tho body is much decomposed, froiii its gcneial appearance it is believed to, be the 1 body of a young man. J ' ! J b . A Baronet in Trouble. r Auckland, Thursday. SirChas, avenorablc and dilapidated appearanco, was charged attho feistratos Court this mormng'/'wiprTStcaling flowers from Albort Pirk, tenccd to fourteen days hard IfIHRP He Ought to be made Ipßpector of Prisons,' , _.CiiKisiouuKcn,Thursday.';.'llonie Mario, Maori, osoaped'again from Addingtoii' Gaol. ' He got *A : through tho skylight. '■■'";. The Humors of Cricket. '■'{ When tho Prince of Walos first caino to reside at daudringhain in the .character of a couulryigentlpman' erick'ot was a great iiisti'tuiion :ui tho' county of Norfolk, and tho local magnates of th'c.gamo conceived the idea that with' a Kttlo management and humouring they might make a encketer,,,or,at Joust aorieket enthusiast; 'of 'the- Trinc'ei'although hitherto, ho had shown no inclination in,,that.direcUon,JrhovSubject4ya», ;; afhtpi pHvMtuiliiou andlprl^^ i^^jp^^u^ilHt^'.; :■. ■ : , '..■> -■ the, opposing a riian '•, ol the:■■ £' inoat im'posiu g dig ui ty an d; :

ot'manner, wont round privately to all his men,-find put' before each individual in the most impressive ami serious manlier, the necessity for m lotting thePrhioe have a chance, and V helping him to nm up a nice little score, whioh might comlucotothat 'self-Hfttisftiotion so'essential to enthusiasm in any pursuit. All went well tilt the Prince came to tako his innings, when Mr Wright, being the bowler, after all his elaborate cautions to others, either forgett- 1 ing his role, or unable to resist the temptation to add to his fame, incontinently bowled him out the first ball, and so ended for ever the hopes of royal patronage for the cricketing fraternity, for tho Priiico could never i bo" prowled upon to play again. *\ Mr Wright, when chaffed on the circumstance iu; after years, would shake his massive'head in a melancholy and deprecatory manner, but neyer*9fer a word of explanation as to his nfion in the matter, The report of the affair in' tho local paper was a masterpiece in its way: "The |fr Princo took a position at the wicket. Mr Wright delivored a ball. Tho Princo retired to the pavilion."