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Evening Star, Issue 2908, 14 June 1872, Page 2

The Citizen’s llotx.—AVe again call attention to the fact that to-morrow (Saturday) is the last day allosved for persons in arrear with their rates to pay them in time to ha ve their names placed on the citizen’s roll. Lasi year persons experienced considerable annoyance when they discovered that through non-payment in time of their rates they had been deprived of the city franchise. Ample notice has now been given and those who fail to comply with the requirements of the law will therefore have only themselves to blame. A Dear Stamp.—That the india-rub-ber stamp has ics disadvantages as well as its advantages, the following story told by the Dunedin correspondent of the Daily Times bears witness In the Da I y Times of a recent date there appeared a long description of a really tine building recently'erected by one of the principal firms of hardware merchants in Dunedin, together with eulogies on the extent, variety, and valuable nature of their immens ■ stock. The San Francisco mail steamer being just about to depart with the English mails, of course a large number of copies of the issue containing the article in quest on were procured for the purpose of sending Home to principals, relations, and friends. They were duly addressed and Stamped to the number of something like 100, and of course the inevitable india-rubber was brought into operation, and they also received its uulucky impress, and were posted. Judge of the surprise of, well say A. B. C,, upon shortly afterwards receiving a note from the Postmaster to the eflcct that, in consequence of the newspapers having the stamps of the firm upon them they would eich be treated as a book packet, and requiring the additional postage to be paid. The Postmaster was waited upon and remonstrated with, but he was inexorable, and the cash had to be paid. The india-rubber stamp is handy, but it proved rather toe much so in this instance. . _ -I 1

Telegraphic. —Communication with Auckland was resumed this afternoon.

Pnincess Theatre. —There was a fair attendance last evening, when the dramoof “ Worth a struggle” was reprated. To-night “ Dearer than life” will be produced, to he followed by the farce of “ Dreadfully alarming.”

Football. We are requested to state that the Football match, which was to be played between a team from iho University against an equal number of the Dunediu Football Club on the Itecrcahion Ground to-morrow is postponed until next Saturday, on account of the inclement state of the weather.

An emergency convocation of the Royal Arch Chapter of Otago, No. 844 E. C., will be held this evening, in the Masonic Hall, at 7.30.