TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 725, 8 February 1877, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

■SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. i Auckland last night. The Eden ■Council doputationized Mr Whitaker. Be said the Blaughter-house _ should be banded over, and t be reserves also be given to the County, on terms agreed t> by the Government. He said, . if the Act was not brought into operation, Provincial roads would be kept by the General Government, out of subtidies coming to the County, and that, the balance would be handed over to foe Council for destribution among the roid boards. * The returns of rates from highway boards have not been tent m. : A seaman was drowned f r om the Hertha. Tbere was a ball on board last night, and deceased got worse of liquor. John Thomas Dyson, charged with at- , tempting to defraud Mr Lindsay, of Epsom, by giving him a valueless ohpquo for a farm near Mercer, was discharged, the Justices holding that the receipt given by prosecutor was not a valuable security. The same prisoner was. centenoed to six month 9 fur stealing Quick's saddle. . The Working Mens' Horticultural Show was a great success. Dunedin, last ngbt. {Heavy floods, caused a landslip, on the Port Chalmers line, of four thousand tons of .eartb. It crushed a house. Wellington, Monday. THE ALL ENGLAJXD -ELEVEN . Tbe Wellington match whs commenced to-day under ' most unfavourable conditions, It rained harder yesterday and this m< rning than it has done. for three months past, and lhe<e was every prospect of a fuither delay. . About 10, however, the rain cea«ed, but the state of the ground compelled a delay of aoroe bou*J to allow of the water draining off. In tbe interval, the Englishmen were driven round the town, and then had lm oh on tin g»ound. Comparatively few people were present, not above 800 pay it-g to a great maoy preferring to stand on the slopes outside, and look over the fence. The arrangements were good; — much better. than at Aoc'tland. The wicket itself, when the game was fully •commenced, was sodden, and though no water remained on the surface, the turf itself was like a sponge. In consequence it was evident thit tbe side wbich.went m first would fare badly, and Lilywhite, winning the tos.°, electfd to take the fie'd. The game itself beggars description". Shaw bears the r< putation of being unplayable on a dead wicket, and his performance so far amply proves that it is not without foundation Not only did he obtain 10 wickets at the cost of eight runs, but he actually got four of them m one over, a performance which he himself says he has never done but once or twice m his whole career. Soutbe ton bowled excellently as well, : and the fielding of j the Englishmen was perfection. The local men made an astonishingly poor show, even consider-; ing the state of the ground, 15 wickets for 24 runs being a miserable display for the picked men of the province. Maj- r Campbelland Mr Bennett werej the umpires. Durog the day the Governor, accompanied by Judge Johnston, visited the ground, but the rain stopped tha game almost as soon as they had arrived. The actual play only- lasted about two hours. The following is the scoie : — . TWENTY-IWO OF WELLINGTON. FIRST INNINGS Kussell,<s Emmet, b S mtherton ... 0 W J Salmon, b, Southerton ... 0 Kennedy, b Shaw ... ... 5 1 J Salmon, o Emmet, b &haw ... 5 Kay, c tJly-ett, b Southerton „ 0 iPaisngion/bSoutherton ... .. 0 Cross, b Shaw ... ... „. 2 Knapp. c Soutb«rton, b Shaw ... 2 Anson, b Shaw ... 1 Edmunds, b Shaw ...i .... ... 0 Uarwood, b Shaw ... ... ... 0 Blacklock, lbw, b Shaw 0 J A Silraon, c aod b Shaw ... ... 2 Armatage, b Show ... ... 2 Mace c Emmet, b Souih^rton ... o Bar wood, not out ... 0 Extras ... 5 * Toatl ... 24

There are still six men to go m, but none of them are good bats, and the innings is pretty sure to; end' for a |miser< ably small total The disadvantage of a dea-i wicket will probably be nullified when the eleven go m by their great ho tin» powers, as it will be obild'a play for thr-m f o send ba'l after; ball out of the ground; which is very eninll. certainly not mrre than 100 yards across, if bo much. Wellington, last tiiglifc. The Cricket Match did not ermmpnee till lute this afternoon, owl' g to a steidy rainfall ail morning. yesterday the Wellington team finished their first iDnings, bringing the score up to 31. The Eleven had scored 46, wiib. one wicktt ■ilown.