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Evening Star, Issue 2971, 27 August 1872, Page 4

Death from Suffocation. —At Naseby last week, a child named Sotting was found dead in its mother’s srras, having been accidentally overlaid. Sunday Recreation in Victoria.— In Ballarat there has been organised a Liberty Protection Association, which has adopted the following programme :—Strenuous opposition to the Permissive Bill. Establishment of excise supervision over all licensed houses. To advocate Sunday travelling on railways—namely, one up and one down train between Ballarat, Sand, hurst, and Melbourne, and vice versa. To advocate the opening of telegraphic communication on Sundays, at certain hour.®. To advocate the opening of public libraiies and museums on Sundays, at certain hours. An Epicurean Prisoner.—A fmir. soner in the Reefton lockup has addressed to the Visiting Justice, Mr Broad, the following letter “Dear sir, please send me 1 gallon of the best rum, 31b of white sugar, 31bs of ootmeal, 21bs of mustard for potestas, 1 pint of milk per day, 2 fresh eggs per day so soop, as I receive this, 1 always will pray for your worship and be allways your umble servant and siuciar frend. James Bowles a prisoner a Reefton and i promise to do any thing for you after i have Done my time to his Excellency the right Honorable sir Charles Broad Knight,” Which is Correct?— The Daily Times has its “own correspondent” at Auckland, who, being an ardent Provincialist and strong Staffordite, neglects no opportunity of abusing the Fox Government, and is always endeavoring to show that public opinion there runs counter to iRe present Ministry. His telegrams respecting the recent meetings in Auckland on Provincialism may be instanced as a proof pf this bias. Ibp other day he telegraphed that the Financial Statement fell Hat there. Another telegram says:—“ The Financial Statement is everywhere favorabty commented upon as unexpectedly satisfactory.” We repeat—Which is correct ? Post Office Savings Banks.— From the annual account of the business transacted at the Post Oliice Savings Banks of the Colony during 1871, it appears that there are twenty-two banks open in this Province. The amount of deppsits made was L7L313, being LIO,OOO more than Canterbury, the second on the list, and L 19,000 more than Auckland, the next highest ; while the withdrawals amounted to L 61.361, against L 50.253 in Canterbury, and L 52,777 in Auckland. 4 here remains to the credit of Otago depositors L 81,737, against L 77,638 in Canterbury, and L 35.798 in Auckland. We notice that since the commencement of the Post Office Savings Bank system in the Colony in 1867, the total sum deposited amounted to LI, 108,473 2s, Circulation of Newspapers.—ln 1871, 1,871,150 newspapers were circulated within and without the Colony; the number the year previous being 1,622.72<? ? 215,411 were sent to the United Kingdom against 245,062 in 1870 ; 87,770 to Australia against 87,562 in 1870 ; and 21,099 to other places against 17,113. Within the Colony the number was 1,545,970, against 1,272,991 in 1871. In Otago the newspapers despatched showed an increase last year of 247 530; Auckland, a decrease of 40,000; "Westland, an increase of 40,000 ; Canterbury, of 11,000 ; Kelson and Hawke’s Bay, 10,000 ; while Taranaki and Wellington remain about the same. The newspapers posted in Otago during the year was 833,137 Auckland is next highes on the list, with 227,121.