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CHBONICLE.

[AUG.

3. The South Australian House of Assembly, on the motion of the Premier, unanimously agreed to an address to the Queen praying for the adoption of the Australian Commonwealth Bill as an Imperial Act of Parliament.

4. The Duke of Albany confirmed at St. George's Chapel, Windsor the Bishop of Winchester officiating.

— A statue of Schulze-Delitzsch, the originator of co-operation in Germany, unveiled at Berlin, sixteen years after his death — a delay caused by the opposition of the Government.

— The annual match played at Lord's between Marlborough and Rugby Schools resulted in the victory of the former. Scores : —

MARLBOROUGH.

First Innings. Mr. R. H. Spooner (capt.), st. Henderson,

b. Hutchison .... Mr. E. S. Phillips, b. Johnson. Mr. H. 0. B. Gibson, b. Grylls. Mr. M. R. Dickson, b. Grylls. Mr. B. Thompson, c. Hutchison, b. Grylls Mr. E. J. Mann, b. Grylls. Mr. A. J. Graham, l.-b.-w., b. Hutchison Mr. H. Greener, b. Hannay Mr. R. 0. Ross, c. Henderson, b. Hutchi

son

Mr. H. A. Hildebrand, b. Hutchison Mr. G. G. Napier, not out.

Byes, 8 ; l.-b., 4 ; w., 1.

1

56

18

9

5

18

5

5

8

18

Second Innings.

c. Grylls, b. Parton b. Grylls.

b. Dillon.

c. Henderson, b. Parton b. Parton

b. Hutchison.

b. Hutchison.

c. Grylls, b. Hutchison

not out. not out.

Total

. . 197
 * Innings declared closed.

Byes, 14; l.-b., 10 Total.

RUGBY. First Innings. Mr. E. W. Dillon (capt.), c. Greener, b.

Gibson

Mr. P. M. Morris-Davies, l.-b.-w., b. Napier Mr. H. B. Grylls, b. Napier Mr. A. L. F. Smith, run out Mr. H. 0. Grenside, b. Napier. Mr. A. M. Robertson, b. Hildebrand. Mr. 0. J. Parton, c. Napier, b. Dickson Mr. E. J. Johnson, b. Napier. Mr. A. E. Hannay, not out Mr. G. B. Henderson, c. Greener, b. Napier Mr. R. O. Hutohison, b. Spooner Byes, 8 ; l.-b., 8 ; w., 1

Second Innings.

Total

27

5

2

14

10

22

15

29

8

7

184

st. Greener, b. Spooner

b. Spooner

c. and b. Spooner. b. Hildebrand.

b. Gibson

b. Hildebrand.

c. and b. Hildebrand c. and b. Hildebrand b. Gibson

not out.

o. Napier, b. Dixon.

Byes, 2; l.-b., 1; w., 8

198

1

20

12

15

9

3

32 4

24

•818

10

5

8

20

43

7

24

15

18

6

Total.

. 156

5. A terrible accident occurred on the Orleans Railway at Juvisy, on the outskirts of Paris. The second portion of an express train ran into the hinder carriages of the first portion. Seventeen persons were killed and upwards of forty others seriously injured.

— The Belgian Cabinet reconstituted under the premiership of M. de Smet de Naeyer, on the basis of the settlement of the electoral question on the principle of proportional representation.

— H.M. despatch-ship Surprise, while rounding St. Al ban's Head in a dense fog, ran into a steam collier, which immediately sank, but all on board were saved.