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Evening Star, Issue 3016, 18 October 1872, Page 2

Commission of the Peace.— Mr H. 8. Fish, jun., has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Colony. Princess Theatre. The eyci*popular “ Lady of Lyons” drew a capital house last evening, and the play was received with even more applause than tended its two previous productions. Tonight, ,; The Hunchback” will be played. Tokomairiro. His Honor Mr Justice Ward will bold a session of the District Court to-morrow (Saturday). There is only one prisoner for trial, named Joseph Baxter, shoemaker, an old offender, charged on two indictments with obtaining goods under false pretences at Tokomairiro. Sporting.—Tho following are tho dates of tho race meetings on tho Northern Goldtields during tho coming season . Mount Ida, 12 hj and 13th December; Cromwell, 26th and 27th December; Lake District, 16th and 17th January ; and Dunstan, 6th and 7tb February. A Long Court Day.— At Hyde, the other day, wo learn from the Mount Ida, Chronicle, Mr Warden Robinson adjourned his Court, with a number of Applications still unheard, at three o’clock in the morning, the Court having sat almost uninterruptedly from eleven a.ra. the previous day. A Decided Change.—The Timam Herald is an out-and-out supporter of Mr Stafford ; yet for once in a way, buries its prejudices, and says : — u For the sake of the Colony, which just now requires a staple and firm Government, the present Ministry has our beat wishes. ”

Mataura Railway. Although Messrs Brogden are to receive a mueli larger sum for construction of the Mataura railway than Mr Brunton’s estimate, the formation, bridges, &c , on the Woodlands section, have been let umLr that gentleman’s calculations. The various sub-contractors are pushing on their works, b it some of them experience a difficnl y in obtaiirng a sufficient number of men. Investigating Society.—The gentleman who undertook the duty of lecturing before this Society last evening was absent, and consequently the proceedings were not quite so interesting as they might have been. It appears from the proceeding’ that the Auckland Spiritualists contemplate the establishment of a Co-operative Land av.d Labor Association, and have invited the cooperation of their friends in Melbourne and Dunedin.

Cricket.—A cricket match will be played to-morrow (weather permitting) between the second eleven of the D.C.C. and the new members of tho same club. The following is a li-t of the players :—Second Eleven : Aris, Beg*, Brown, Eva, A.II ; Greenfield, Morrison, J. ; Muir, F. J. ; Muston, C. N. H.; Ogilvie, Thomson, J. C.; and Ward. New members: Blackstone, Buckingham, Clarke, Atkyns, Hay, E.S.; Lambert, Macdonald, J. J., Nicholson, Stuart, W.; Tait, Vickerman, and Bcssac. At North Dunedin, a match will he played between the Benedicts and Bachelors of the Albion Club. The following are the sides;— Married: Peters, Muir, Sherwin, Little, Goudie, Hutchinson, T,; Hutchinson, Wm,; Payton, T.; Cohen, Groves, Thomson, M. Single: Thomson, Sutcliffe Wells, Buchanan, Fairgrarea, Payton. J.; Brewer, Jago, Kirk, Logan, Smith, Millar. Effects or the Public Works Policy in Canterbury.— Thanks to the policy conceived by the Fox-Vogel Government, the Provincial coffers are overflowing, and the question mil soon arise—What are wo to do with all this money? Without professing to be in possession of exact or official information on the subject, we have reason to believe that the Provincial Treasury is in credit to the extent of L 130,001), more or less, the probability being that the sum is more rather than less. The receipts from laud sales during the month of September amounted to over L 22,000, ami there seems to be no reason to expect a material diminution in the purchases.— Lylldkm Times. The Press and the Telegraph.— It will be seen from our Parliamentary telegrams that Mr Vogel has suggested a reduction of the rates charged for Press telegrams. How necessary such a reduction is may be understood from a comparison between the Press rates of New Zealand and those of Great Britain, In England Press telegrams are charged at the rate fid per 100 words when sent to one paper only, but 2d per 100 for every additional paper after the first. In New Zealand, where the Press Association supplies nearly all the papers in the Colony, the same message is frequently sent to fifteen papers, and yet it is charged at the rate of 3s fid per 100 words, the same as if transmitted specially to one journal. Duiiag til© sitting of Parliament telegraph charges become really heavy expenses to newspapers, as may be judged from the fact that a column of matter contains gome JfiOO

words, and the heavy coat prevents journals from supplying the news so full as they would do at lower rates of telegraph charges. This is a matter of considerable importance to the public, as in order to maintain a healthy "public opinion, in Colonial affairs it is necessary that events as they occur should be made known in detail throughout the Colony. —Southern Crons, October 3.