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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2185, 9 May 1870, Page 2

Resident Magistrate’s Court.— There were forty-three cases set down for hearing in the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, of which thirty-five were either paid or withdrawn, or judgment (by confession) entered, previous to tne sitting of the Court. Masonic Hall. —The Christy's Minstrels continue to attract good audiences by their sweet music and funny jokes. We recommend their performances to all who wish for a really [enjoyable evening’s entertainment. Princess Theatre. Miss Dolly Green, as we expected, was well received and supported on Saturday evening. She has undertaken an arduous task in entertaining an audience for three consecutive hours, but she has succeeded. In the course of the entertainment she appears in a variety of characters illustrative of the chief epochs of woman’s life. She appears first as Sarah

Gamp, the nurse, whose duties she illustrates ; next as the girl Miss .Simpkins ; then follow Mrs Fitz-Smytlie, Smyth, Miss Tabitha Tatler, the old maid ; Mrs Waddle, the widow ; and Mrs Grey, the old grandmamma. As will be surmised, each of these characters requires peculiar treatment, and it says much for Miss Green’s talent, that she succeeds in each. She takes her benefit to-morrow, win u we have no doubt her claims on public patronage will he acknowledged, especially as she adds to the attraction of her own performance that of Mr Collins, from the Christy Minstrels, who will give an original song and dance, and she has secured the aid of several amateuis. Martin's Bay.—A correspondent of the Dun stem Times furnishes that journal with a few items regarding Martin’s Bay. He left Queenstown for the West Coast about three weeks ago, and found that the overland journey may be made in favorable weather from the head of Lake Wakatip to Lake M‘Kcrrow in three or four days, hut with the least rain the crossings of the Hollyford are so dangerous and that river has to be crossed so many times that great delays occur, and there is no help fox' it until the track is cut. The journey is by no means a difficult one, (the ascents and descents being very easy and gradual. The worst part is from the head <4 Lake M‘Kerrow to the township, and this twelve miles has to made by climbing precipices and following the beaches of the lake. Water carriage will always be wanted here, as the expense of making this part of the route will be very heavy. He cannot say much of the 'new settlement, having only arrived there on April IGth, but from what he saw the country is admirably fitted for settlement. The soil is all that could be desired for the growth of cereal crops, and is equally so between Lake M'Kerrow and Milford Sound. The lots at the township are being taken up as fast as surveyed ; all those fr nting the Lake (are already gone, while a number of sections from fifty acres ami upwards are occupied. Provisions are very dear at the B ly, and the writer thinks a store would do a good trade there. Several parties of diggers are working along the coast, and are making good wages. These miners say that if ''provisions were cheap, there would be a pretty considerable population located there. The writer concludes by advising peorde who intend going to Martin’s Bay to take their provisions with them. The Kaikorai Mutual Improvement Association intend holding their first anniversary soiree to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at G. 30, when addresses arc expected from several gentlemen, with recitations, music, &c. The inspection of the City Guards, which was to have taken place to-day, is, we notice by advertisement, postponed to Menday next, the IGth. The Bruce Eifles will he inspected on Tuesday, the 17th. The fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society, is announced to be held in. the hall below the old A thenanun to-morrow evening. Subject—- “ Was Mahomet an Impostor.”