BY ELECTRO TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4255, 16 October 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRO TELEGRAPH.

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RrvERTON, October 16. At a meeting of the cricket-club on Saturday about thirty members were enrolled and more are expected. Mr L. E. Reade, one of old "rcracks," was elected captain. The club commence hardprWtice ; this week, and intend to 1 challenge Invercargill shortly, and probably one of the j Dunedin clubs during the season. "'"•'-" Muchgratificafion isfeltat the Riverton Harbor Bill passing the JjQw.erHouse despite the efforts of the two Dunedin. morning papers to intimidate the House into'rejecting it, by designating it a political bait held out by the Ministry during the last election. The Western District is not quite satisfied with Waimatuku as the eastern boundary of the Wallace County, as they wanted the Oreti ;-hat. they prefer it to bemg included in the Southland' County, with Invercargill as the chief town. •'.• ■ o

//U>:;.AucKLfin>, At a meeting of the. 'Daily Southern Cross' Company, to-day, r it was stated that the debts of the Company amounted t0L6,200. Mr A. G. HorWs offer ?wras accepted, which discharges all liabilities and gives 10s per share to' the to a shilling in the pound. When the property was taken over fiponv Sir J., Vogel, ; L 4,000 was left en the shoulders ef the Company. ' The * Star,' to-night, strongly urges cooperation among the: »r«6kLg journals to secure justice in the Preea telegraphic rates It quotes irom the petitions- of, its,proprietors last session, showing that for sevea days' telegrams received during the month before the petition was signed the ' Star' paid thirty-one pounds thirteen shilHnga for telegrams which to the morning journals cost only ten pounds one shilling.