FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3474, 1 April 1890, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

The annual 1140 1140 To Ore oro Football (Jhi!> was held at Te Ore Ore on! Saturday, Maroh22nd, when Ibe following officers were elected;— President, Manihera; VicePresidents, J, Cameron, JR. Cainerdu, W. lorns, Eatina, Augußt, S. Karaitiana; Captain, G.,Karaitiana; Viceoaptajn, Bangi Sam ;i Secretary and Tiwpure;,iL!igiisti ' Cflinnijttefl,-* Maiiihera', B'atim£ Pp, Eajjgi Sam, 4flgas jia'toiOe'in'riiHtee', Mapiuiir'a, fiatinia, Si; J{araitiaD&, August; Delegates to Union, Manihera, A; Chambers, August; The following new. members w'ero elected :~T. Bannister, R.NgttuerejNini.lSioioiie, S, Siiiclair,= Kauatia,! Monday, J. ,'Karaitiana, Maki, Tuke,R, Tho'mpscn, Eeri, Eaiiua.iD, Karai, tiana', Hunter. . \ .:.,,

f- Tlie-Masterton Football Club, 1 in vieV^f^lie/Mhte^tolaate'rMo'nIff |Mphft nf'le Mjnmtu District'tilliibid Practice W- Fi'idaj, 'and; Biitjir'dttyafteraooDS aewbew we requested .tg t?oU ■'::■.■.

Customs Betas, f Wellington, Tuesday, The Customs returns for March amounted to £128,587, as against £148,030 forMraury, nod £132,888 for March last year. The amounts collected at tho • principal porta were: Auckland, £25.585, Wellington Ohristchm-ch £21,691, Dunodin. MlfiM, total (or the finap v cial year ; being £1,500,027. Beer iM for 'March • wis £s3s3—Auckland ■£1047," "Wellington--£522,- Christohurch £9BB, Dunedin £1386, total for finanoial year £55,962, Tho Colonial Treasurer's estimate for Customs returns [was and for beer duty £fiO,OOV

• Shooting Murder near Orewe. Early on Sunday morning a making murder was perpetrated on<ue highway between Orewe and a village known as the Hough, wbioh is some three miles from the town, the viotim j being Mr Bichard Davis.a tailor.oged *'; 51. ? Tlie deceased, who was the */< proprietor of an extensive 'tailor and , draper's establishment irt Victoria | Streot, aud was possessed ofconaider able property in Crewe, had lived with his family at Hough, and invariably w drove home on. Saturday evenings. 9 The murdered man and his eon 9 George, aged 16, who is employed in ™ his father's shop, left Crewe soon t after eleven o'clook on Baturdllifo their pony trap. After passingthrdugh Gresby the roads'may be described as winding 'country lanes. Just before enteriugthevillage; while they were > " passing a Very lonely piacein the road -' " two men jumped put from|the hedge,' one on either side. The night was so darkthattheiriigures couldnotbeseen. They laid hold of the pony's head and stoppedit. Theboy Georgetriedto urge the animal forward by striking it with a stick, biit;being unsuccessful ho got out of the' trap; f No sooner bud lie: done this" than one of tlie inen rushed at Mr Davies and struck him a terrible blow; on the dragged him out of the trap infcjßie road. Seeing the attack upon his father, the boy, pursuedfor a distance by the second man, made his escape.. to his home, where he got an elder brother and several villagers to go baok with him. They found Mr Davies lying dead at. the side of the road, his head being battered out of all recognition. From the state of the road it was evident that litre I had been a very severe struggle. *w addition to the wounds on the head the murdered man had his right thumb cut off, and two fingers on the same hand broken. His body was found several yards from the spot where the. attack was first made, \ while thepony was discovered grazing * about iafty yards nearer the village. The attack was of a most daring character, far there are houses within 200 yards, while the murdered man's . - home is not more than 600 yards away. It was ascertained that two market gardeners trom Orewe drove by the same spot 10 minutes previously, and they saw no one in • the road; while the people living, in the nearest houses state that they did not hear any cries for help. Tho. escape of the boy was renihrtyble, there being little doubt thcttrfhe hadbeen caught he would have the fate of his father. The motive for the crime was apparent robbery. The deceased had about 110 upon Mm, when.he left Qrewe. mm found only sixpence remained, ™js Jk pocket .knife unopened in it, Thsmurderennffil ' . ' not take his watch and chain, although the watch had been taken out of his pocket. Some of tho villagers ascribe the deed to revenge. The deceased, however, was a quiet - man, and it is not known that he had a quarrel with anyone. It is a singular circumstance that about three ' years ago Mr Davies and another son when returning along the same road were attacked as nearly as possible at the same spot. They, however, managed to beat of .their assailants with a milk stool. The boy George • described the man who followed him aswearing dark clothes and a stiff hat. He states that ho could not : identify, thj features; of either' of the - assailant's;' 'Medical men Btate that the injuries on the head must have been inflicted by some sharp instrument. It js believed that the murderers used a hatchet or harAer. Tho polioe discovered near thcMca a heavy pail, which was'coveredWh hair and blood, This had ovidently been used to batter in deceased's skull, - A Shocking Story. A shocking story ofaufferingsafc sea is reported from Plymouth, where the Pacific Steam Navigation Com. pany's .steamer Oruba, Captain Masseyj: arrived on Tuesday, having on board William E. Oliver, sailmaker, one of the survivors of the ship Arothusa, of Liverpool, which .was abandoned at sea. TheAretbusa was: bound from the Tyne to Valparaiso, with a pargo of coajs, s,nd on, September 2[| the cargo took fire, it js presumed, from spontaneous com, bustion, Every effort, was made to extinguish the fire, without success, • and on October 2 the crew.of 28 took to the hvp boats, one being in charge ot the captain, : and the other in charge • of the mate, At that time they wore ' only 2G miles from the Fnlkknd j Islands, which they expected "" >< » • on the following day. The weather, however, became very dirty, and during the night the boats parted [company. Seven days later the bM ■ • with the captain and 10 men amy*' a{ J?ort Haiiely, tho crew being €§ pitiable condition from long and exposure.?, Paptain-vHamiltdJ t'.\ V' f bite and exposure, whilst an apprentice \ 1 named Jtigby bad to have his foet V amputated, the result of having been frost-bitten, The men, jn. tho other boat met with, owipg, it being out of order, which prlyented"'"" ' them from reachmg tho Ff,(kland •■■■ Islands, aHd for ten days they drifted 1 about at the mercy o'f the waves. . Thoy had plenty of provisions in the boat, but only three bucketsof water, which wero consumed in the first five days, and then they fared badly. The cold was intense, and the 12 men J jp tjie boat were pore, or less frostbitfen, Tq assuage tljeir thirtf thoy mixed a pan of paraffin oil wilflsuY w water, gnd on tho eighth day ''Jibes « ■Moody, tho cook, and John Clements i.tko mate, became delirious, and the latter had to be lashed down.- The 1 barque Lady Octavia picked iip the boat about two hundred miksfftu the Falkland Islands, ten davs after The cook was lying dead at the bottom of the boat, and the mate and a boy were in a dyfo* condition. 'They were taken ouboajp.., ; the Lady Octavia. The mate dieT te l J° W w U ' tight, 1 and'tlie boy, 9 lameiflo'nsby.ijyodayslatei!, ThW '■ 'we're jan'ded at Yn'iparais'oon the dpi]), , I and five of the crew were in the hog. '■

bad to, have both his feet amputated, and another bad his ton cut off. It is stated, thai' two small doy, which wore in ono of the boats, were killed and eatoa raw. Those who assuaged their thirst with tho dogs' blood suffoved even more horribly than the rest. ' 7 ~.