SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 734, 1 March 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, laisfc night. The Inquest on Thomas Brown of Parnel, who poisoned himself by strychnine shewed, that whan drinking deceased frequently thrextensd to take poison. The Thames Gas Co, declared adividend at the rate of six per cent. Alderton, the publisher of the " WangareiOomeb" was horsewhipped on Whangarei wharf by McMurdo, Schoolmaster. Something m the paper is alleged as the gronnds of offence. .... , The Railway Comraisssioners are con ducting inquiries at Riverhead to-day. Wellington, Wednesday. A MODEL BANKRUPX At a meeting of creditors of . an auctioneer named Hart, it wa«» fchown that the liabilities were 13,000, and assets nil. The creditors are very wild and one of them rushed at Mr Harb, and a fight ensued. The other creditors interfered, and then Hart offered to fight them all, one after another. The creditors cannot understand' how Hart, having only been m business three months, can be so muoh m debt. ;Christohuroh, Tuesday. The England Eleven are out for 70. The bowling of Firth and Sweeb, and the general fielding of the Canterbury 18 were splendid. The Canterbury men are now m; ; 4 wickets having gone down for 27 runs. ' '" '" ' ' Ciibistcht/ech, last night. ALL ENGLAND MATCH. Play was resumed to day— weather fine— Shaw having hurt his leg the previous day was unable to play, and Frith fielded' for him. Leech arid Corfe represented Canterbury at wicket. [Jlyett commenced bowling to Leech, and delivered a maiden. Emmett took. the ball at tha other end. By run off the first ball, Leech nicked w» .fourth for one, In Emmett's next overr'Oorfe made a magu^* 11 * cut{o ? four. Runs came fast, cuts for two and three by Leech, and a splendid leg hit by Corfe, for four, elicited loud cheers. At 1.20, twenty ft ent up, amidst loud cheers. Corfe got two more singles, but then a splendid break back from Emmett scattered his bails 22.1.11. Watson filled the vacancy, and commenced scoring at once, making no singles, and cut for four. Hill relieved Olj'ett m Emmett 1 !? next oyer. Watson lost leg stumps 28.2.6. istevens appeared, and played the rest of over down. Hill then clean bowled Leech 28.38.1. W Moore joined Stevens, There waa slow scoring for a time 33.4 2. Samps >n appeared, and Emmett bowled a maiden. The first ball of next over put Sampson out 3450. The adjournment for lunch then took place. Wednesday. The following are the scores of the first innings of the Canterbury team : — EIGHHTBEN OF CATERBURY.

A]^L-ENaLAND ELE7EN".

Steye&s, 181$ULU. o Shay, b TJlyotfe... 10 Godby, 1, b hLi ■:5 1 -.. "'■ I Secretan, 3, b Shaw \. * Alpe, c Emn^etfc, b Shaw ... 0 H yf.tf.oore,. l, o Shaw ... . ... 1 Sweete, b Shaw .. f ... \' r 0 Neilsoh, 1111, b Ulyetb „ „\ Q Ashby. bUlyett ... ... . %. T R Moore, 112, b Uljett ... ... 4 Sfttnpsou, 3g321 1, b Shaw ... ... 12 Fowler, bShaw.,. ... , 6 Fuller, 12, run out; ■ . , 3 Demden, not out ... ... ... ] Frith, b Ulyetc ... ..." ... ... 0 Leg byes, 2111 ', Byes, 11 ... 2 Total 65

EIRST IStfJNd-S". '' '

SEOOND IN^jriN^.

Cbarlwood, 31, run out ./, 4 Hill, 112421122, b Aahby ... ." 16 Selby, 12, cAlpe b Frith ... ... 3 Jiipp, 11113,. c Fuller b Frith 6 Armitoge, b Ashyy „, (| . (ti 0 Gj-reenwood, 11U1111214 b Asliby 15 Shaw, 34111131131112, 0 Moore bSweet %2 Bmmett, 3211 1424, run out by Oorfe... 18 Ulyett, c Alps b Sweeps 0 Lillywhito, 112112211111, nob out ... 15 Southerton, 1, b Frith „, 1 Byes 1 Lpg-hjej 1 Total Mf „, ... 102