The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1660, 25 April 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.

Thk Naval Brigade had a big gun drill IMb night and practice, and firing for prize this afternoon. To-morrow the monthly church parade takes place at the usual hour. Ws learn that the Bar. John Davis, late of Albertland, will commence his* ministerial labors at the Shortland Baptist Church tomorrow, having succeeded the Her. William Jones. A Qumnsiand squatter and a magistrate was recently charged with being mixed up in • street row with other persons and brutally ill-treating a constable. For the credit of the commission it may be mentioned that the charge of assault was not proved, but it was •not denied that the accused was present at the row. AITOTEXB instance of how young girls are deooyed into the sooiety of Chinamen was shown recently. A. respeokable citizen of BallaritSaif compUined to the police that his daughter had beea induced to leave her home, and ha was unable to fin* her whereabouts. On prooseding to an opium shop in the Main road the constable, accompanied by the father of the missing girl, found the erring one Miltd up on a stretcher in one of the back rooms, smoking opium, and half. stupified. The girl was at .once removed to the home •hehrf lately left. , Wi notice that amongst the necessary works undertaken by the Mayor at the request of the Borough Council, the holes and pitfalls on the beach near the XJwaka bridge have not been overlooked. A. number of loads of olay and mullock from the mines have been carted down and tipped into the holes, and the place can now be traversed with some degree of safety. The broken bottles have .been covered up, and a dangerous nuisance removed. Residents in the locality •nd others having occasion to travel that portion Of the 'beach will be able to appreciate the improvement. Thy following from Thursday's Coromandel News will decidedly be news to Grahainstown , people :—From an Auckland correspondent we learn that 'he criminal in* formation against the Evening Star news* pape* is likely to be gone into in the course of a few days. A large and influential committee has been appointed at Grahamitown, and under their aid and advice the prosecution is certain. It is time something wae done to put a check upon the reckless writing which has for such a long period been the prevailing custom of the paper in question and its offshoot. Ik a telegram from a correspondent at Coromandel yesterday, the Tokatea gold ii printed 986 ounces 2dwts. We believe this to be an error, but the figures in the manuscript of the telegram are so illegible that the printer may be excused for having read them as printed. It is a pity that persons sending telegrama cannot put their figures into words, and the telegraphic operators might exorcise a little more care to ensure accuracy. In the figures referred to there has been an erasure and the correct figure written over the one expunged. A very little more trouble would tfcave obviated what must have appeared to •very .«ne a palpable error. ' AH'inquest was held in Auckland yesterday' as to the origin of the fire which occurred kit Saturday night when, after hearing the evidence of Mr King, chemist, in whoso shop the fire broke out, Mr King's son, and hi* apprentice, the jury returned the following verdict:—"The said premises were acciden- * /tally-atod casually set fire to and burned 1 ilufpuglt&ie ignition of spirits of turpentine ",!f Wifche'lolsfortune of the said James Folybank J-zKbigrJM'the 18th April, 1874, and that the -Origin of the said fira and the damage done *, thereby was accidental, find that the same were not caused by any wilful or unlawful act of toy one." <„ Omb of the moat remarkable escapes I ever I heard of occurred last week (writes our Elaine • correspondent) to a child, of Mr Andrew, Morris, miner, of Stieglitz. The child, who is only three years old, was playing near the parents' house when it fell down a shaft, 250 feet deep. As soon a? it was discovered Borne person went down, expecting to find the lifeless remains of the child, when to their astonishment they found the child alive, and although its arm was broken the injuries it had received were only those that were remediable. They ut once took the child down to the Creelong Hospital, and I have every reason io believe it will recover.—Bailarai Miner. ; • ''■■■: '- - " ■■■■•: ;'./_ ' With reference to the release of thej Dorette from quarantine, the Auckland Stary says:—Beports were received from Motuihi this morning by the Immigration Commissioner stating that all the instructions given for the complete disinfecting of the ship had been carried out, and that the health of the immigrants baa continued good. Mr. Ellis . and the Health Officer (Dr. Philson) presented these reports to the' Superintendent this morning, and ,the latter recommended that the sbipDbrett* be admitted to pratique, and the immigrants released from quarantine. His Honor has been pleased upon this recommendation to. proclaim the quarantine at an end. The ship will now come up to the wharf s'*s- soon as possible, and we are.given to understand that the p.s. Takapuna has been engaged to bring up the immigrants tomorrow. Hr.Burgen, the pilot, was released ynterfry, and came up to town.