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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2131, 5 March 1870, Page 2

■*" Medical Practitioners. According to the New Zealand Gazette, there are K59 registered medical practitioners in the Colony. >■ Sporting. —The match between Mr Gourlay’s Tomboy and Mr Macdoual s Who’d -have-thougiit-it, for L2O aside, to-day, was won by the former.

Mayor’s Court. The only business transacted at the Mayor’s Court this morning was the discharge of two prisoneis remanded from last Saturday, charged with drunkenness, and a trifling ease dismissed. His Worship the Mayor and Dr Buchanan were on the Bench. *

Thatcher’s Concerts. —There, was the usual largo attendance last night at the Masonic Hall. Mr Small, in his burlesque “ Hamlet” is inimitable; while Mr Daniels’s line voice is fully brought out iu his song “The Sexton.” Mr Thatcher’s local songs were well received. Mrs Charles Thatcher will make her first appearance on Monday evening. \Vc understand there will be some entirely new locals to-night, which alone should be sufficient to draw a crowded house.

Cricket. — A match between .sides chosen by the Secretary and Treasurer of the Citizens’ Club was played to-day. _The former made 5 runs, and the latter 50. the return match between tbemiriied mid single members of the .Dunedin Or. Act. Cru b uas also olayed. At half-past four, six of tno married wickets had fallen for 123 runs, of which burton made 53.

Theatrical. A Miss Dolly' Green, accompanied by Mens. Fleury, left town yesterday,-for -aHour through the province. She will appear at the chief centres of populatian in her the “Seven Ages of "Woman,” and on her return to Dunedin will give it at the Masonic Hall.—From Hokitika, we learn that Messrs Howard and Joyce’s company have taken the Theatre, and commence a season on the 21st inst.

Wesleyan' Bazaar. —The Wesleyan Bazaar continues to oiler attractions to buyers, who find their account in purchasing the cheap goods offered to them. The total receipts up to this morning were L 475, and it is estimated that L3OO worth of goods remain to be disposed of. This evening, two or three art unions are to he drawn; hut even when the goods included in them aie withdrawn there will he plenty left. We understand the prices are somewhat reduced. X Population of Melbourne. —A correspondent asks the present population of Melbourne. This is somewhat difficult to ascertain, as we hardly know what municipalities are considered “Melbourne;’’ nor have we returns at hand later than for 1866. In that year there were in Brunswick 3,000 ; Collingwood, 10,300 ; Emerald Hill, 12,000; Fitzroy, 12.000 ; Hawthorne, 2,490 ; Hotham, 9,916; Kew, 1,600; Melbourne, 47,000 ; ITahrau, 11,000 ; Biehmond, 11,000; and St. Kilda, 8,500. Total, 137,806. A census is, we believe, to be taken this year. The statistics of "V ictoria arc classed as above.

Accident. To-day ajiout noon, a man named William Hough was driving a light cart down Princes struct'for the purpose of purchasing some fruit 'at Mr Armstrong’s shop. On beginning to descend the hill in the Cutting, the breeching broke, and the cart pressing upon his haunches the horse began to kick and bolted. In the cart with Hough were two children, a hoy and a girl, and the cart coming in contact with a cab at the corner by the Bank of New Zealand, one wheel came off, all three occupants were thrown out, and the cart passed over Hough, who was sadly bruised. The children were only slightly hurt. Hough was taken into Mr Armstrong’s shop where he was kindly attended to, and although evidently in much pain, he was able after a while to got into a car and go home. The horse seemed to have escaped without serious injury, although he bad contrived to smash the footboard of the cart, besides doing other injury to it. Timaru Races. —The annual race meeting was held on February 25. In the number of entries the races were inferior to the meetings of past years, aud the general attendance of the public was comparatively small; in fact, the Timaru races of fouryears since attracted a considerably larger number of spectators than the meeting of yesterday. This certainly cahnot be accounted fqr by, a diminished {population in the district, because tire* population has largely increased in that period. The reason of suclp a small attendance can be accounted for that the races take place at the busiest sbftson of the year, when farmer's and a good me pnholders aro occupied with their dsn doubt the fact that' the Tim'aru races are not so attractive in prizes as they were wont to be Formerly the district could afford to give handsome stakes, but time's are now changeA'atiflUwe are compelled to cut down our amusements to suit • our * purses. Taking these several drawbacks into consideration, we must say that the meeting yesterday was a successful one, arid the races, though with few competitors, were on the whole good. The arrangements of the course was similar to last year. The course was in very fair order, #Jittle hard perhaps, but Very much improved to what it was expected to he hy the rain which fell iu the early part of the week. The ffffet eveut of the meeting, the Maiden Plate, brought to the post three horses, viz y Hector, Wideawake, aud Mddoi-a. The race was really a capital one, and was hard Avon by Mr Garrow’s Wide-awade. Wide-awake was the first of Caledon’s stock that has appeared on a racecourse, awl hia performance, was most creditable. The Timaru Cup . alsb; brought three horses forward. It was a good race,

and was won by Mr Webb’s Tantrum. The Hurdle Race was a pretty one, but it was felt that the Star was too fleet for the little mare, if no mistake were made and such proved to be the case. The jumping of Jenny was really good. The South Canterbury' Handicap was simply agiftro Mr Webb through the bolting of Burgundy, who was very badly handled by his jockey. The Tradesman’s Plate was perhaps the most open race of the meeting, and in consequence there was little or no betting on it. A Waimate horse was victorious, much to the gratification of local admirers. The mare was splendidly ridden by Gay. Mr Garrow was unfortunate with Wide-awake in this race, as he was well np at the straight run and had a good chance, but swerved off the course. — Herald.

X We are glad to see the Provincial Hotel has been opened by the proprietor, Mr Sibbald ; and that the monotony of the lower part of Stafford street has been broken through. We hear that the Princess Theatre is likely shortly to re-open under favorable auspices. The seventh fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building and Mutual Investment Society, is announced to be held at the offices, Princes street, on Monday evening, 7th inst., from 6 to 8 o’clock. Mr Elder, the Society’s agent at Port Chalmers, will also receive subscriptions, &c., for that district, on Monday evening, between 6 and S o’clock. It has been well said there is nothing but the want of prudence, self-denial, and good management to prevent many artisans from living in their own houses, digging iu their own gardens, and doing that which Charles 11. said was the best preservative of health, viz., taking exercise every morning on their own land. A reference to our advertising columns will show that freehold building land within easy distance of town may be obtained on easy terms ; and the numerous building societies suggest the way iu which the means may be raised by weekly instalments for erecting buildings : so that by a little economy and good management every working man may become his own landlord.