The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4107, 26 April 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1876.

“ The Broken Heart,” with Mrs Hill as Lucille, was played for tihe first time this season at the Queen’s Theatre last evening. For this evening “St. Patrick’s Eve” is announced.

Intelligence reached Port Chalmers last night that a little girl, daughter ot a native, named Koraka Karentai, bar L been burnt to death at the Maori Kaik. "i’his morning, at five o’clock. Sergeant Mor'kane despatched Constable Mitchell to the B t aik in order that he might obtain full partfa u lars of the eccurreuce.

A coroner s jury that enquired into the origin ’of the fire at Shag Valley on the 9th met., when afthousand bushels of oats were destroyed, returned a verdict of incendiarism against some person or parsons unknown, and added as a ridel' a recommendation to the Government io Oder a reward for the conviction of the offenders.

The accident to the up-Oamaru coach on Friday was trivial. When near Blueskin one of the supports in the rear part of the vehicle gave way; and till the town was reached the roof was supported by several rifles that happened to be among the freight. The obtaining of another coach from town and the transference to it of the passengers, &c. occasioned, a delay of several hours, Palmerston being reached at 6 p.m, A curious and very unusual incident is reported by the ‘ JNbrth Otago Times ’ to have occurred in the police court at Oamaru on Monday. A prisoner named Buchanan, charged on the information of a young Woman, with attempted rape, was discharged, on the evidence of prosecutrix herself, who swore in her evidence in chief that she had given prisoner leave to take liberties with her.

“ The fact is,” remarks the * Palmerston Times,’ “as Sir Julius says, that the majority of the electors do not know what the change in form of Government really means; most of them, probably, have not read the Abolition Bill, and have a very faint conception of its provisions. What ideas they hold on the subject are those which the Provincial advocates and their coadjutors of the Press disseminate, and are, of cour e, cooked ’ to suit their purposes, There can be but little doubt that the Bill, if fairly carried out, does as the Premier shows, in reality bestow far more administrative powers on local bodies than they have hitherto held; uov does there seem to bo any reason for supposing that the poorer Provincial districts will have any inci'cascd facilities for expending more than their revenues, unless by that process of political log-rolling which has dready sufficiently distinguished our present form of Government. There can be no doubt that the provisions of the Act are fair enough, and it will be the time for us to take up the cudgels when we find that they are unfairly carried out.”

The Dunedin Volunteer Artillery Class 1 iring is postponed from (hursday to - aturday morning on account of the weather.

A special general meeting of the Chamber of C- nimerce will be held >’n the Exchange, tomorrow (Thursday, at 3.30 p.rn.