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Dunstan Times, Issue 240, 30 November 1866, Page 2

In the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Saturday last, Joseph Hastio was summoned for a breach of the Bakers' Ordinance, by the Police. 1 he complaint was short weight of a 'oaf of bread. Fined 40s and 6a costs. George Edward Shearston appeared to answer a similar charge, npon whom the same fino together with expenses was inflicted. We draw tho attention of our sporting readers to an error that has existed in the Dunstan Race Advertisement. The race for the I adies 1 use is not to l.e Po.-1 Entry, but the Mitries to be made on t! e 26th. leer. a J Air Smitham's Sydmy Hot-1. J J The Gove ument Gazette notifies the undermentio .ed change. The Clyde C.w - pany, Otago Uifle Volunteers, to be tho Dunstan District Rifle Volunteers. A correspondent imorms us that the Criterion ( ompany, Arrow River, cleaned up on Saturday week, and obtained 75ors for about three weeks' work ; the stuff put through was principally mullock; tho Company expect to be crushing good stone from the deep level this week. The " Who'd ha' thought it" Co. had a trial crushing at the Criterion machine on the 13th inst., the result being two ounces minus one pennyweight from two tons of stone. The Cornish Co. are down 40 feet in the permanent shaft, and have carried payable gold all the way down : the stone is much wider, and is considered now sufficiently developed to warrant the erectioa of machinery.—Evening f-tar. The Canterbury papers give the namea of the three horses entered in their province to contend for the great prize of £IOOO in January next, and they consist only of two of Mr Harris' 3 and one of Mr Walker's. From Nelson, Mr Redwood has entered two, and Mr Stafford one. Unless there are entries from other provinces, the whole of the horses entered will be furnished by three stables—the Canterbury horses bejng all trained by Webb. The horses entered are —LadyBird, Stormbird, Belle of the Isle, Queen, of the South, and Ake Ake.—Evening Star. We observe that it is proposed to hold a Champion Race Meeting in Nelson in March next. The principle prize, i 3 to be a sum of £SOO, to be run for on the first day of the Meeting; and a handicap stakes of 200 sovs. will be contended for on the second or third day of the races. Mr B. L. Fargeon, the author of "Shadows on the Snow," announces another Christmas book to be entitled "Grif;" a story of Colonial Life. Mr Fargeon's first essay as a novelist, was certainly most successful, and we may infer that his second will be none the less bo. It will be seen by our advertising columns that an Athletic Sports' Committee has been ushered into existence at Cromwell. The Sports are to come off on Boxing Day, the 26th December next Races at Drybread are announced to take place on Monday the 31st December tiext, and two following days. The prrgramme is a liberal one and speaks well tor the prosperity of the district. The < nristchurok " Evening Mail" says:— " We learn that Mr Michael Casaius has been returned for Hokitika by a majority nf forty one over Mr Shaw. There is, however a probability that the validity of this election will be tested o± the ground that Mr Casalus, who is a

foreigner, has not been naturalised in New Zealand. It is stated, however that Mr Cassius became a naturalised subject of ner Majesty in Australia, and the points to be decided are, whether the naturalisation of a foreigner in any particular' oh my holds good out of that Colony; and if it doe 3 so hold good, then whether there is anything in the laws of New Zealand which would present a foreigner, natural ised elsewhere, from taking his seat iu the Legislature, unless he was specially naturalised in New Zealand. These points, we presume, will have to be decided by the Provincial Council upon petition. Mr Cassius is, we hear a gentleman of considerable commercial experience and standing and is, should he take his seat, likely to prove a valuable addition to the Westland members. " IV following from an editorial Brutus, appears in the Auckland penny journal : Hear us for our debts, and get ready, that you may pay ; trust us, we have need, as you have long been trusted ; acknowledge your indebtedness, and dive into your pockets that you may promptly fork out. If there be any among you—one single patron—that don't owe us something, then to him, we say, step aside, consider yourself a gentleman. If the rest wish to know why we dun them, this is our answer : not that we care about ourselves, but our creditors do. Would you rather that we went to jail, and you go free, than you pay your debts, and keep us moving ? As we agreed, we have worked for you ; as we contracted, we have furnished the Paper to you ; but as you don't pay us we dun you. Here are agreements for job work, contracts for subscriptions, promises for long credit, and duns for deferred payment. Who is there so ignorant that he don't take a paper 1 1f any, he need not speak, for we don't mean him. Who is there so green, that he don't advertise 1 If any, let him slide, he ain't the chap either. Who is there so mean that he ■don't pay the printers Mf any, lot him speak, for he's the man we're after.