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Evening Star, Issue 3414, 30 January 1874, Page 2

The Canterbury Provincial Government have stopped the _ issue of their recently-published hand-book of the Province.

, Mj- U- Clapcott, travelling sub-commissioner for the Government Life Assurance and Annuities, ha?,receivted a permanent appointment in the same department for the North Island. The first of the cricket matches for the challenge cup offered by the D. C. o. Press v. Civil Service—will be played on the oval tomo,rrow;, Each side brings forward a strong team, so-that a close game may be anticipated. 0 Mr Justice Chapman sat in banco , this morning, to hear Mr Barton in White v. M’Kellar. Counsel applied for a cross rule nisi, principally to correct errors in the rule applied for by Mr Macas'sey yesterday. Both rules were granted.

The New Zealand Loan referred to in a London telegram is for L 500,000 (half-a-million) at 4£ per cent. On January 10 it was put on to the market at, 97, and it is satisfactory to n <>te that by January 18—only eight days later —L370,000 worth of stock had been taken up'at that figure. .

It may be mentioned, in proof of the popularity of cricket iu Victoria, that the promoters of the match tpok nearly 5,000 soys, at the gates of tne Melbourne cricket ground. This would show that, at 2s fid,per head, 40,000 persons paid for admission at the'gates. The Ballarat match was also pecuniarily a great success, over LBOO being taken for admission.

Rev. B. Backhouse, the representative of the parent Society, will address an united juvenile gathering, at Knox Church, on Sunday afternoon, at three o’clock. The subject of his lecture will be “ The Bible in India and China,” accompanied with colored illustrations. In the evening he will communicate interesting details of the operations of the Society at Trinity (Wesleyan) Church. The Resident Magistrate’s Court was almost entirely cleared of its occupants this morning. On a charge of trespass being called on, Mr Harris asked that all witnesses might be ordered out of Court, which was done, from twenty-five to thirty persons rising and walking out. His Worship, on seeing this, said, “Surely those are not all witnesses,” and on being assured that such was the case, remarked that he hardly thought. it possible. The first witness stepped into the box at noon, and the case only concluded at about 4 p.m. “Fettered” was repeated at the Princess’s last evening to a moderate attendance. Mr Simmons, in the absence of Mr South, appeared as the detective, but he was unable to properly represent the country yokel. Miss Follande’s first benefit in this City takes place this evening, when an attractive programme will u o i-i ß V. bmit n d ‘ firßfc P ieco will be the Colleen Bawn,” m which Mr Burford fvho has volunteered his services) will appear as Danny Mann. The afterpiece is the farce of “ The Quiet Family.”

A stationery revolution sounds like a misnomer and a paradox, but Paris—which is a centre of both paradox and revolution—professes to have made a discovery which, we are told, may revolutionize the stationery trade. - It is stated that a, patent has been taken out in Pans for the invention of a “paper that will bear washing. A trade journal refers to the subject thus; “Should this invention gam ground, it is alarming to thing of the fate of. the stationers, for already we have Lett’s Perpetual Inkstand, the happy possessor of which is able to snap his fingers at the inkmaker; and now, if this new fabric comes into vogue, the man of business, after reading through his morning’s letters, will be able to turn out those that are unimportant andhand them toaclerk, whose duty it will be to wash them and .dry the sheets at the office fire, so that thdy may be ready , to receive the evening s ccgresjtodddnde.” ’ put if this jpto

vogue, much more important results may follow. Wbat will be the value of statements committed to writing established in black or white if they may be thus easily wiped out ? f e w hen the same boys who distribute the morning journals, will receive back a host of those of the previous dry to be washed and reprinted with new matter, which again would be subjected to washing and reproducing operations. During the sitting of the Resident Magistrate s Court this morning, Mr Strode made some rather unexpected remarks with re f erence to the seats provided for the gentlemen of the long robe, saying that he thought it right for mm to intimate that the seats at the table were exclusively for the members of the legal protession, but he saw private parties sitting there while two legal gentlemen had to stand, as there was no room for them. Of course, if the profession was not strongly represented, clients might be allowed to sit next ‘to their counsel, i hese remarks brought Mr Stout to his feet, and he informed his Wo. ship that one of the strangers referred to was a lawyer fro-n one of the Northern Provinces. His Worship said he did not refer to that gentleman, but to two others, whom, after naming, he politely requested to withdraw, which they did.

The telegram to the Tuapeka paper about the Governor passing through Cromwell without stopping was exaggerated, in so, far that it said that the Mayor and Councillors were in waiting to receive,his Excellency, and were greatly disappointed that he did not stop.” The fact was that when the Municipal Council was called together to consider the desirability of giving his Excellency a formal reception, the Mayor (Mr Dawkins) intimated in the plainest possible language that upon no account whatever would he consent to take any part -in the reception, giving as his reason the fact of the Government having refused to grant him the usual honor which is conferred on Mayors. Mr Dawkins was evidently of opinion that, if unfit for the honor of a J.P.-ship. he was hardly a fit and proper person to meet his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. The Councillors considered the patter, and on the wliole were of the same opinion as their chairman, and so it came to pass that no attempt was made to in any special way welcome the Governor, and he was allowed tonass through without, any ill-bred interference. The ‘Argus’ remarks “To free the Governor from any charge of discourtesy t0 i I C gO , n cifc y of the interior,’ as the ‘ Tuapeka Times in a somewhat highfalutin style describes the township of Cromwell, it is only necessary to remark that his Excellency, not having been asked to alight at Cromwell, could not possibly slight its inhabitants by passing through without stopping. He did not even have the opportunity of snubbing the .dignitaries of the place, as at Shotover bridge, for none of the dignitaries took the trouble to, go an d him. His Excellency and. his party would have been glad to have had an excuse for stopping ; they looked as if they would; at any rate. The next time Sir James Fergusson travels through Otago—which we hope will be at an early date—we trust he will do one of two things: either travel as the G ov ernor of New Zealand, or as plain Sir James Fergusson; To do the latter, and to escape any demonstrations of any kind, it will only be necessary for him to leaye his mounted escort behind in Dunedin, and to give particular injunctions to his Honor the Superintendent to avoid giving announcements of his movements to Mayors and Councillors, He will not be molested,on his journey throughout the Province. It is impossible for any man to enjoy the honor and dignity of being a Governor, and at the same time the privacy of a private gentleman.”

The attention of the members of the City Guards is directed to the Company’s orders in another column.

The fourth monthly meeting of the National .Building Society will be held in the offices, Jrnnces street, on Monday evening, February 2, from six to eight o’clock. . ■

We would remind our readers that Mr Towsey’s benefit takes place at the Queen’s Theatre this evening. We are glad to learn, from the number of tickets sold, that there will be a bumper house.

" ot , lc ? by advertisement in our columns that the balance of the sections in the townships of South Dunedin, Porbury, and Kew are to be sold by auction by Driver, Stewart, and Go., at their rooms, Custom House square, at two o clock to-morrow ; and from the number for'plans, &c., we are sure there will be keen competition for the remaining unsold lots.