NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XL, Issue 3532, 10 June 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

London, June 7. Mr H, M. Stanley openly accuses Emin Pasha of treachery. • The Agents-General liavo- waited on the Chancellor of tho Exchequer with regard to the cable reductions, and urge that the Imperial Government should bear half the subsidy and one quarter of„the guarantee. Mr Goschen promised to give due consideration to the matter.

In the House of Commons, S r James Fergusson stated that England w«Bnot indisposed to arbitrate on the Newfoundland difficulty if a basis of reference is possible. In tlie House Sir J. Fergusson said it was impossible to make a further statement regarding Newfoundland ponding the intorview with the Premier. Meanwhile tho Fiench and English naval officers were combining to minimise the local excite ment.

Sir G Campbell in the House of Commons suggested the New Hebrides should be ceded to Fiance in exchange for tlie Newfoundland.fisheries.. Sir J Fergusson expressed a doubt whether tlie.Austrulian colonies would be agree able to such a course,.. ■ Tho.Admiialty Court has awarded I £BOOO to the salvors of'the Oity of Paris, in recognition ot their services in connection with the recent accident to that vessel. '.'. Juno 8, A public demonstration was made to-day against-the provision in the new Licensing Bill, introduced by the Government, to grant compensation to publicans whoso licenses were' refused, and several thousand persons marched in procession from the Embankment to Hyde Park, where speeches were made protesting against the proposals, Several slight conflicts took place between the police and the processionists.

POKEIP: WAsniNoios, June 7. Tho House of Representatives has passed the Republican Caucus Silver Bill bya majority of IG. ■ Athens, June 7. A band of Albanian Arnauts surrounded three hundred Servians in Macedonia, massacred forty pf fheir number, and look the rest pripers, AUSTRALIAN. .Melbourne;" This day. ■ ;J|r Gillies does not nttaoh any credit to the press cable.'message received a few days ago stating that it was probable that the, proportion of recldivistes sent to Naw Caledonia •would be considerably increased.- Sir Graham Berry liussppcial instructions to cable any contemplated.action on •!nu-;:*rl-°f--fww With regard to New Caledonia .that it is announced, but |)p (M- Gilijcs) had not received any official ipft'fmation on the su'bie.'i I .'.' " ."'■'■•

V THEfOOTBALL TOUR.; -, w ';(BYPoBAki.)' ; ;; : '' :; ; •'VAs'-fpobball receives a largo rraount of support'from your probably; be pleased with a lough sketch of the trip of the Master on Football Club team, which vißied Wdodville, Palmerslon, Fielding, and Marion, playing in each township' and retiirhiug by way of W>llingtou,'where

they.mot the Ponekes, heinf; easily defeated as will be shown further on. Wo left Masterton at 11.50 p.m. on Fiiduy, 30th May. The names of the players were as follow; 0 Bannister, Chennells, Day, Eton, E'Gwy, Holm-; wood, Joe Peiry, H Perry, F Perry, Rockel, Ruii'gi, li Thompson, T Thompson, G Welch, and W Welch, C Perry joining tho company at Woodville on Saturday night, being a total of 16 players, Messrs AW Cave and Juo Hessey also travelled with ns, and every member personally feels indebted to these gentlemen for the interest they took in each individual during his absence oh tour, The Government

railway officials had'been good enough to make certain concessions which added to the pleasure and lessened tho expense of the trip,and we have to tbiiuk them, Tho same, however, cannot.be said of tho Manawatu Railway Com • puny, who are reported generally to lie so liboral to the travelling public, but we got on all right without their favor. On arrival at Eketahuntt wo lunched at Parson's Hotel, and wheu finished Mr Macara had two couches in readiucss'to take us on to Wdodville; where we found .ourselves at a quarter to six. Weputupnt the (J)nb Hotel, kept by a gentleman named Murphy, a person whom the writer had heard a ot of but had never heforo scun, Mr Murphy fixed us up in a fow minutes and we were all at home very soon. We uiu>t, cortniniy say the gentleman has .been libelled, tor we 'all got on first tale with him, He is a clean potato and calls a spade a ppade, We turned out utG.SO for a run and practice and returned to. a good breakfast. The team elected, unnnini-

ouslyto.be skippered by Joo Perry who had an easy task to keep his boys together. Tho match a* Woodvillo was played in pouring rain, which had rather a bad effect on the ground, making it one sheet of water, Play commenced at 3, two spells of half an hour each without intermissioh,fiXcept to change sides, being agreed to. After the kick off Joe Perry soon 'scored first blood, which was not converted, and fast loose play was indulged in, wheu Rorty Gray si-ored for Masterton. Thp most noticeable feature of this match was that only two scrums were formed tho whole time. Woodvillo men played a rattling uphill game, -but had to sivewa? to Day, Gray, Holmwniid and Joe Perry, who oacli scored tries, two of which were converted into goals, making a total score of 9 points to nil, two tries being disallowed. The game was' played without any disputes, and was very enjoyable considering that it poured with rain the whole time,with thunder and lightning for the sake of variety. Although the weather was bad the people turned nut in ?ood force, and We noticed Mr G. Beeiham on the

ground.appurently enjoying the gume, For Wooilville Boivden and Pilnwr and another man whose numo I forgot played a splendid forward gurao, whilst Ilawken was the pick of the backs, Mnstertoo men one and all played i good game throughout. Iu the evening wo were invited to dinner by tho Woodville team, at which the usual toasts were proposed, the company breaking up about 11 o'clock p.m. after a raost enjoyable evening, On Sunday morning at 10 we gave three cheers for Woodville and ono for Mr Murphy, and left for Palmerston, being driven over by Mr Peters, arriving there safe,sound and hungry at a quarter to oue, I need 1 say nothing of the Gorge scenery,

1 which in bo well known, Wa were ' met by a crowd of the Palmerston men and put up at the Chiron on Hotel, .where wo received ev ry attention and all possiblo comfort from Mrs Howe,tlie proprietress, who was hacked up by her son, Jack Hall and ibe other attendants. The boys soon found friends and wore out quickly after lunch to sec the city of , Palmerston, which has the appearance of a wcll.to-do town, though I conI aider the square a waste of useful ■ ground, being at present neither of use or ornament. Howoror, I must [ not talk ill of tho town where a'd I wero so well treated. Wesawseveal . old friends and niudetheacquaintance . of a lot of genuine sportsmen, The match at Palmerston was advertised i to comimnoe at 2,89, and the boys [ were not longafter that teforo arriving on the ground, Play commenced ; a few minutes after tbree, two spells being arranged, After seven minutes 0. Perry potted the , neatest goal I hnvo seen, the only other score being a try by Bob , Thompson, who made a brilliant run in. This player was cheered repeatedly by tho public, who evidently wero well pleased with

Ilia exhibition, ■ Palmerston men played a splendid game, ind only reqniro practice together, -with a Kttlo 1-sj talk from oiw man (who, alth'ougli he had a lot to say, did good service for his side) to make a Brut chißsteam, and I expeot when they vihit us next year, as tbpy intend, the game-will he moro closely contested. Sime splendid, play was witnessed in this game, and men like. .Jewell, Stallartl,Jackson, Hylund, and Hanna (the tajking man) deserve a place in any first-class team. There are othei a who played'almost as good a game, but J don't veuwmher their names, I fibouid he neglecting my duty if I omi'ted to mention the names of Mr Pratt (referee), and Mr Bandel (umpire), These gentlemen in ray opinion ■ acted most fairly in their respective dec'stons, In this game F. Perry, being unwell, umpired for us, and as we had no other men to spare the rest played. Tho public were well pleased with the game, as was evidenced by their cheers when pur hacks made a run, Joe Perry and Hm'ry worked hard, and were closely watched by the Palmerston. men, and therefore got no shows for good runs. On the line out, George and Walter Welch and Day wero most formidable, our opponents thinking the former ■man a wonder; they were also struck with 0 Bijnnister'B fast' play fop a heavy map. The attendance was ahpiit ijQD,' inciting Jwjk apd the same was played in splendia weather, In the evening tioffeli; were given ut for ft dance, which sofe'i'iil of our boys attended, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves ; the' rest being tired, went tQ bed fi r elsewhere. We' left nest morning for feildiDg, where we were met by Whisker, Straohan, ;'and seveval other players. Part of our team wero put iip at Mrs 011iver'« and the rest went to Mrs Haatie's. We inspected the town during the afternoon, after attending ainatinec given by the Vivian Diipaiio troupe On the ilay of the match the Peilding boys drgvo i|B round the ppuntry, wilioVffjoae an4;.«ll' , tbo , rogghiy

appreciated.; The uiatph >m'drrariged for a tew niinutes after three, and iwjis witnessed by ifar the; largest cvoWd ol'.Hny match;yet■ jilayeJ,: it being estimated by; f a Feildicg, player Ihiit fully 50U people were present, including about 200 ladies. The Fcilding men were very confident of victory,' in which thty were not disappointed, Shannon ond, Johnston each Blowing a try, neither of whichwas converted, Tlie groHiid wus Blippery, owmg to rain beforeand during the miitcb,which hada.disistrons effect on oilr players, it being wellknown that Bob Thompson and 0, Perry play an indifferent name ou a greasy ground or during

rain, Joe and Harry Perry played a plucky' uphill game; but neither played as I have Been them at other times; in fact though our' forwards worked hard and played spendidly our backs were all to pieces, which I put down to greasy ground and raid. Of course the Feilding people were jubilant, but I honestly telieye that bad the weather been lino and ground dry the score would have been very different, and; don't be too hard on me in favor of-Maßlerton. However, there's nothing like a lost game to make interest in 'football, Bo I hope it will make our boys wire in harder than ever, Feilding ■ men all roand played, a great game, E,' and J,| Whisker, and Gregory especially for forwards, whilst Dyer (late of Masterton) :Strachan, Harmer and Shaunon played with great judgment. the latter man'being fit for any rep team in the colony. Mr Say well did his- beat 'as' referee,, whilst-Messrs Fo.vler and Chennells acted as umpires, the latter man having received', a-kick'in the Palmersion match, laming.him temporarily. We wcie entertained during the evening at a'smoke concert, the chair being taken 'by Mr Lethbiidge, Mayor of Feilding, and toasts' were proposed' and reponded to ad lib. Wo one and all I enjoyed ourselves immensely and can I scarely find words to express our ; tliHuks to the Feilding people, especially Messrs Whisker, Strachan,

Fowler and Lothhrldgo, for the < ouner in which they tried.witb great ' success, to make our visit a pleasant ' one. Wo thank Mrs Httslie and Mrs ' Oliver also for their kindness during ( our stay in their hotel. We take ' our licking with the best grace possible, ' but lookout whenleil'dingvisits us.' again, was one thing I noticed ' when in Feilding rogarding football, ' and that waathelmge number of members belonging to their club. It is ! estimated that 800 males wore on : the ground, und of this number at o shilling a bead 68 and t boy paid for admission, thus leaving 282 members. This for a country town is simply wonderful, and should be an example to our boys, We left Feilding with regret on Thursday to play Martin, arriving there at 1.80 p.m., play being commenced about 3 o'clock. The' game resulted in a win fonts' by spoints to 1 H. ferry, G. Welch, and Joe Perry each securing a try, one of which was converted, Shannon (captain") scoring for Marion. This man played agaiust

us at Fielding,and required watching, being dangerous. Tho game was a good one, «d G, Welch played a brilliant forward game; being ably backed up by Bannister,.. Day, Gray, and F. Perry. Our trouble was that we had to leave the satrie.ovetiin<» for Palmerston to catch the morning train for Wellington, and the. Marton boys did their best by giving us a diunor, and making us comfortable during out short stay there.- Jim Patterson, lata of Master-ton, played a splendid game against us We arrived in Palmerston about 9 o'clock on Thursday evening, and were met by a large number of the local tram, who give us iv smoke concert. We left Palmerston at 6.80 a.m. for Wellington next day, arriving- 1 there at 12.45 p.m., being met at, the Eailway Station by Mr J.fieich, Secretary to the Poneke Club, who had a coach and four in readiness to land «S at the Albert Hotel, whore we again received good treatment, On Saturday we had a l ' reinforcement from Masterton of, Wallace, Hirschberg, Mowat, and fen, to make a stand against the Ponekes but, it is too much to ask men to play five matches in ,a week;j and although these others were fresh, those men who had played on thelbur werestalo and knocked out of "time. Notwithstanding, they atiiot'tp it pluckily. The result, which was U points to 8, was therefore not unexpected, The total number of points scored by the team was 21 for, 17 against. Taken nil round, the trip was most enjoyable, and I have again to thank alf those ladies and gentlemen who, hi tho places we visited, did' their best to make the visit of the Masterton team SHoh a happy one.