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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 264, 1 December 1874, Page 7

A cynic<l old bachelor says:—" Tclesa are like beards—men only pet them when they are grown up, and women never havo any." A rather amusing affair (says the GouU burn Ghronie\ New South Wales) occurred during the performance of the Ara* Wan box mystery on Wednesday nisjht last. It is usual, in preparing this trick, to hand the kjy of this wonderful box (after it is used in locking Mdle. Mira up) to one of the spectators for safe keeping until warded again.' This was done on the evening mentioned ; but on the manager repeatedly asking for the person who had received the key, he was informed by one of the audience that he hud suddenly " gone home," carrying; the key with him. Mr Bromley here still more loudly c died for the key-holder, and, receiving no satisfaction, applied his face to the ventilatiug holes in the mysterious box and informed the imprisoned lady of how makers stood. The evening being warm, Mdle. Mira exhibited some uneasiness *t the prospect of being kept longer than was necessary in this wooden cell; and thinking the joke had been carried far enough—the manager's and lady's feelings had by this time reached blooc'-'ieat point—J,hc gentleman with the keystippftd forward and unlocked the box, niujh to the pleasure of the performers and to the amu&etieut of the audience. The beautiful simplicity ad charming inexpensivenessof the law, as administered in this cobny, was well illustrated by the recent Wellington libel case% in which Messrs Steele and Keogh reoovtred from Mr Hutchinson, proprietor of the Tribune newspaper, £2O each as solatium for the. laceration ol Mleir feelings, and iijury to their theatrical business, caused hy a rather harsh criticism which appeared some mouths since in th-t journal. The we learn, amounted to the sum of 4592, the whole of which has, of course, to be paid by the defendant, On this the JW ganui Herald remarks :—"Theimpress. ( .n .gathers strength that a great portion of im law exists for the sole behefrt of the laxu yers,,and that ithe jury.system appears tb b? a " machine "for" ''erir jchim* gentlemen who are make trie most thay can out of jipfoi'tu.uute litigmts." "* '"" : *•'"' ••• •v> I*' 1 *'