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Evening Star, Issue 3853, 30 June 1875, Page 3

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Hokitika, June 30. The Melbourne * Age ’ of the2oth test.,says; ** is stated on good authority tbat Sir Julius-Vogel has resigned his position for something more stable than politics, and that he has accepted an offer from the Messrs Eothschild to net as one of their financial agents. mi. 4 Wanganui, June 30. ihe Aromoho Steeplechase was a-successful meet. There was a good deal of betting. For the great event of 100 sovs, Talesman was the favonte, Butoher Boy second, Gazelle third, and Warrengate fourth. Batcher Boy won by about a neck, after a fine contest with Gazelle. Talesman had a good chance for the race, but fell at a jump near home. Several started for the Maiden Steeplechase, which Flora won by several lengths, Barbara being second. The General Government paid the Provincial Government to-day the capitation money previously withheld here and at Auckland on account of the interest on constructed railways and to recover which the two Provincial Governments purposed to apply for a mandamus of the Supreme Court.

: Christchurch, June 30. Letters appear in both the ‘Times’ and Fress this morning, stigmatising the resolution passed by the Auckland cricketers,-and telegraphed throughout the Colony to the effect the match, Australia' v.' New. Zealand, should be played at Auckland as absurd, because the Auckland cricketers ;have no right to decide such an important matter amongst themsolves, and because it would not be fair to the cricketers of the' other Provinces to play such a match either in Auckland or Dunedin. The writeniof the tetters suggest thal a delegate should be appointed by each Province to meet at some central place, and decide where the : great match shall be played, and how manyplayers each Province shall contribute towards th* New Zealand team. The Criterion Hstel had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last night. A gentleman sleeping in the hotel saw a glare in the adjoining room, and on going there found the window and drapery in a blaze. After some Art!- . ® uccee - leci “1 extinguishing the fire. As this is the second occurrence of the kind in a week it is believed it was the work of an incendiary, and Mr Baylee, the landlord, has placed the matter m the hands of the police A lunch was given on board the Union bteamship Company’s new steamer Hawea. at Lyttelton yesterday. A hundred gentlemen were invited; seventy five sat down to it. Special carnages were attached to the train from Christchurch, and the guests were conveyed direct alongside the steamer at the Gladstone wharf. After examining the saloons, engine-room, &c., the company sat down to lunch, the chair being occupied by Mr James flhUs, managing director of the company, and the vicc-ohair by Captain Malcolm. On the right of JJji th l] w Bat Jl l ® Hon °r the Superintendent and the Hon. Mr Peacock, and on his left tho companys agent. The toast of “Success to tb* Union Steam Shipping Company of New Zealand was proposed by the Superintendent, and in responding the chairman stated that the new company, which was being registered under the Limited Liability Act. staited with a paid-up capital of L 90.000. They would take over the Harbor Company’s steamers on the Ist of July, and in addition to the Hawea and laupo, would add still further to their fleet as trade demanded it. They had no desire to injure steam companies already in existence, but would feel themselves bound to see that the interests of the travelling public received attention. 6 * (Front our ovm Correspondents.) ■Mr. nn __ Auckland, Juno 29. mmlisi Resident Magistrate, Lad committed a bad character to gaol for twelve months. Going out she said, flippantly, “Oh, pafltd , not in 3* magistrate thereupon called her back and added six months to the sentence. Auckland cricketers are unanimous in their opinion that the Colonial match ought to be played in Auckland, and on level terms, for the following reasons :-Tbat Auckland at present holds ihe championship of the Colony, won on ‘tho Southern cricketers’ own grounds j that

it would best suit the order of the tour by commencing south and making Auckland the final Sort of departure; and that the Intercolonial latch should be a grand wind up after the Provincial matches are all over. Jehn Hunter, who was charged with attempting to commit suicide, was brought into Court to-day. He had not quite recovered from delirium tremens, and was remanded,. The doctor deposed that a mere scratch across the throat was all that he had been able to notice The magistrate thought that Hunter, like Hamlet, had shown method in his madness. Wellington, June 29. _Mr and Mrs Geo. Darrell opened here last tight in “ As You Like it,” and were welcomed by a house crowded from floor to ceiling. Roxburgh, June 30. The ease of Oargill v. Mervyn, for trespass of rams, was clearly proved, but waived on the fifteenth clause of the Goldfields Act. The Bench only awarded 10a per head damage, although it was proved to have been hundreds of pounds. The decision was appealed against. Lawrence, June 30. Information received here from Switzers states that Mr John M‘Lean’s Waikaia Hotel has been burnt down, and that a man named Jas. Bussell, a drayman, had had his arm broken there yesterday. Great preparations are being made for the ball here to-morrow, to celebrate the opening of the Town Hall. Several Dunedin visitors are expected. Heavy rain has been falling for the last eighteen hours, and is likely to continue.