The Evening Star THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4180, 20 July 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1876.

Mr Whitaker has given notice to move that “all revenues arising from the waste lands of the Crown are part of Her Majesty’s consolidated revenue of the Colony. All sums of money and expenditure hefato 1 fore charged on revenue arising from the waste lands of the Crown are hereby charged on and made payable out of Her Majesty’s consolidated revenue i. all Resets' aha liabilities of the several Provinces are assets and liabilities of the Colony, provided that the cash m hand on the 29th day of September, 1875, received from Waste lands of the Crown shall be expended iti the Provinces m which it h.R S been received on such public works (not otherwise provided for) as th ixn Assembl y shall determine*” 'Vyen it was pointed out before the last election that this was part of the Opposition platform, this Journal was ptonbußded blind, and members were elected expected by their supporters to vote against the Government, although last rear they took a determined stand in Support of the Compact °*u • • c hicf reason for opposing the Abolition measures was that our land fund was in danger, and ho persistently was this set forth by the candidates and our Contemporaries that reason was utterly useless to expose the hollowness of an election cry. The mask is now off. Sir • ■korsb Girev, the idol of last fiwwtoa, is Renounced the incapable of this—small compliment to the brains of those who accepted him Inst year as » leader. Mr Wim'AKfek, the proposer ot the land-swallowing resolution, succeeds mm. Party feelings out of the question, how can our Otago representatives vote with mm ? If the present Ministry is ousted, he must become a leading member of a new administration. Supposing he succeeds to olheo on the question of financial separation —the new move on the part of our Superintendent and Otago members—they are to assist a man into office whose leading object is to rob the Province. We do not think a Ministry couid bo formed under his leadership that would last a month ; but should he succeed m forming a Government he cannot, i me to himself, throw over the principle he has so Brominor,tly asserted. Notdhstaiidmg ail tLe coquetting of the 111 o - mon ’, is difficult to form an Opposition plat^ orm ou w hich they can gree.

not desire ; Auckland will help Otago to ont its own throat, and thus far no plan has been shown likely to work more satisfactorily than that proposed by the Ministry. Ihey do not commit themselves at present to any measures that may not be altered by the House. The great battle of the session will most probably be on finance. On that subject there are plenty of quacks and few that understand it. We doubt if even on that subj'ect men superior to the present Ministry are available.

At the Gardeners’ Society weekly meeting last evening Mr West initiated a series of discussions on “The Rose/’which will be continued at the ensuing sittings. A deputation from the Town Council of Halclutha waited upon the Deputy-Superin-tendent yesterday morning, but as its members failed to give us notice of the interview we are unable to report the proceedings. The Hiberalcon troupe appeared at the Temperance Hall yesterday evening with then- accustomed success. They perform at Port Chahners to-night, the Temperance Hall being engaged for an election meeting. It will be seen by a referefice to our com mercial column, that the report of the New Zealand Shipping Company shows a net profit since January, 1876, of L 43.177. A dividend of eight per cent, for the half-year is declared. The report of the Colonial Bank, to be submitted at the general meeting on Wednesday, shows the net profits for the past ha!f-year to have been L 6,434 3s 4d. No t being [proposed to add this sum to the reserve fund. ~

Queen’s Theatre last evening a repetition of “Hamlet” was given, Mr laibot appearing as the Prince of Denmark for the second time during his present engagement. This evening ‘ * Rob Roy” will be played, and this will give Mr Talbot the opportunity of appearing in one of his best characters.

Whence does the ‘ Otago Daily Times’ acquire its information ? On Tuesday, in its leading columns,'appears the following sentence “Mr Stout has withdrawn his Local Option Bill, and proposes to bring in another. Having a doubt on the matter we have inquired of Mr Stout if it is true. His reply is very short but very decisive—- , nOl - - likel 7 *to be. Discussion tonight.”

On Tuesday as a farmer named Daniel Brown, residing at Wickliffe Bay, Portobelio, was crossing a bridge, a bull ran at him, and with one of his horns tossed him in the air, causing him to fall into a creek below. Brown was conveyed to the Dunedin Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a severe wound in the right thigh. On inquiry to-day we hear that he is’progressing favorably. °

At the Princess’s Theatre last night the still successful comedy “ Out Boys ” was preceded by “Sweethearts,” a charming two-act comedy, which exhibits two members of the company—Mrs Lingard and Mr H. N. Douglas— at their best. The plot was Sven in our issue of last evening. “Our oys,” of esurse, went splendidly, and there are are no signs of a diminution in its popularity , crowded houses being the rule every evening. J

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr T. A. Mansford, R.M., Matthew Edwards, for drunkenness, was ordered to pay a fine of ss, with the usual alternative. Accused was further charged with wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the Crescent Hotel, the property ef Henry Dench, for which he was ordered to pay a penalty of 5s and costs, and 15s, the amount of damage ; in default, four days’ imprisonment with hard labor.

Our Port Chalmers readers will perceive by an advertisement in another column that arrangements have been made for a special night train on Saturday, which will enable them to visit the performance at the Princess’s Theatre of “Our Boys,” which is now creating quite a furore . We can assure them that they will enjoy a genuine evening’s amusement. The train will leave Port Chalmers in time for the commencement of the performance, and will return at 11.30 p.m.

Mr J. T. Roberts will offer himself as a representative of South Ward in the Citv Council. J

Membeie of the F oyal Orange Institution are requested to attend a meeting at Hardie’a JN orth Dunedin Hotel this evening, at 7 3). A special meeting of Mr Walter’s committee and those favorable to his leturn will be held in the central committee rooms this evening, at 8 o’clock. 6

We have been requested to state that Mr Alex. Rennie, who was a candidate for the vacant seat at the board of the Colonial Bank, has retired from the contest. *