FIXTURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.
JULY. 12— Sheffield, Australians v. Yorkshire 19— I*ord\ Australians v. England. 22— Hudderafield, Australian^ v. Yorkshire. 26— Stoke, Australians v, an English Eleven. 29 — Kennington Oval, Australians w Sutrey.
Thr following is told of a well-known diner-out whose Jove of oysters is notorious". At a dinnor-party one evening oysters were duly served to him; hut, when he got th» fourth, he sent his plate away. The hostess, by whom he sat, obner\ ing this, expreßsed her concern, adding, "Ta-sme you they are natives !" "I don't doubt it," he replied ; but.that last one 1 ate was a settler!" The criminal statistics of France for the year 1884 .have made their appearance. Thorp were 17 parricides,. 234 assassination, 170 cases of infanticide, 101 minders, r>o fraudulent bankruptcies, and 1,0L7 aggravated felonies during 12 months. Of minor offences there were 15.1,000, being an iucrease of .5,000 on those of ISS3° and of 12,00 on those of 1882; as to roeidivistes, there were no less than 80,000 in 1824, which is an increase of 23 per cent in four years, serving to show that the number of habitual and inveterate criminal* ib steadily augmenting.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2186, 13 July 1886, Page 2
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195FIXTURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2186, 13 July 1886, Page 2
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