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Evening Star, Issue 4249, 9 October 1876, Page 2

The return match between the Tokomairiro and Balclutha Football Clubs was played at Milton on Saturday, and resulted in an easy victory for the latter. The Peninsular and Ocean Beach railway was inspected this afternoon by the District Engineer accompanied by the officials connected with the Company. The proceedings took place too late for us to give the result. Some splendid samples of heavy gold have been obtained lately at the Kyeburn Diggings, it being stated by the ‘ Chronicle’ that last week the agent for the Bank of New Zealand purchased a lot, in which was a number of good-sized nuggets the heaviest weighing over eighteen pennyweights.

Some who have visited the Kumara are not much impressed with its prospects, as for instance the two men who recently arrived in Hampden from the Kumara diggings, and now tell the ‘Palmerston Herald ’ that when they arrived at that attractive part of the Colony, the place was so crowded w itb persons as to make their return to Hamrdon an enforced one.

The Citizens’ Cricket Club opened the season on Saturday with a match between its married and single members, but the former included the strength of the club, with some valuable assistants who have done good service for the premier club in past seasons. The married men’s total was 101 ; Wells with 10. Haskell with 21, and M’jVJillau with 13 being those who got into double figures. The bachelors only mioceeded in putting together 2&

WS observe that the Question, of the construction of the proposed Railway is riot to be allowed to rest without something being done. Mt C; R. Chapman to-day received a couimuiiidfttiori from Mr A. J. Burns, M. H.R., stating that the petition sent up some time ago had been reported upon by the Public Petitions Committee to the effect that the matter was one f.»r the local authorities to deal with. Since the above report, Mr Burns has placed the following motion upon the Order Paper “That the Government be requested to make a flying survey of a line of railway from the south end of the Look-Out Point, tunnel on the Dunedin and Clutha Railway, up the Kaikorai Valley } to arrange with the lauded proprietors and occupiers of the land for permission to construct the line; and lay full particulars as to cost of construction, plans, &c., before the House at an early date next session.”

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, Mr T, A. Mansford delivered judgment in the cases brought by Cotter and Meilley v. Gibb, for assaults. His Worship said that, although masters of ships possessed considerable power over seamen on the high seas, yet those powers must not be arbitrarily used ; discretion and forbearance should bo exercised. He considered the conduct of the captain, particularly in the case of Mailley, to have been cruel and inhuman, and for it h.e could not inflict an adequate punishment without indeed committing him for trial, which would necessarily detain bis officers and crew and possibly the ship till the next sitting of the Supreme Court. He would therefore treat both cases as common assaults. In Cotter’s case he would fine the defendant L 5 and costs or fourteen days’ imprisanment; and in the case of Meiley L 7 and costs or twenty-one days’ imprisonment with hard labor.

The Caversham Teetotal Society held tfceir weekly meeting in the Schoolhouse, Caveshacn, on Saturday evening last.