The Evening Star. WEDNESDA Y, JUNE 29, 1870.
It will give no small gratification to a large number in this city to learn that the Carandini family with Messrs Sherwin and Small have arrived to-day by the Bangatira. The Police Court to-day was singularly bereft of occupation ; the jovial brotherhood being represented by a solitary tipple-, "to show that still they live." A mitigated penalty of a shilling fine was imposed for neglect of a back yard ; • and a charge of ;neglecting to turn the drippings of the eaves from off.the footpath, was adjourned till to-morrow, arrangements for its settlement being pending. In connection with this matter we are informed that the City Board have ordered a survey of the entire city, and are determined to bring up every offender in this respect. At the request of counsel for the Board, we give the law on the subject. In the Auckland Municipal Police Act, 1866, it is provided that a penalty to the amount of £10 as a maximum, be inflicted for an offence agai_st the Act which in its 10th section describes as such "allowing the drippings of the eaves of any house or of any verandah, to fall upon any public footway." We advise our citizens to look out; the Board means mischief.
Thebe was a.very large 'attendance in the City Hall last night to witness the closing exhibition of-the Diorama of Paradise. Lost*. The lecturing of Mr. Carey received the very warmest and deserved recognition, and Mr. Logan's feats of legerdemain were really perplexingly curious. To-night that gentleman takes his benefit, and as he intends to exhibit; his entire repertoire of diablerie, we recommend aU.admirers of the " black; art", to accept the treat. Mr. Logan is -really clever in his tricks, aud doubtless to-night he will be braced up for the occasion ; and as Mr. Barry O'Neil has kindly lent Hs side-splitting abilities, and Mr. Carey will give Shakespearian readings, arid M!r. Wright his violin solos, and Mr. NorthcOte his operatic selections, and Mr. Be*?SOn his performances on the apticleide, Wje have no doubt there will be a bumper house on this, the closing night of tb/e City If all. ..... ..*-. - , ■ . .'-.■"-'.
Manhood Suffrage.—The following notice of motion by Mr. Haughton if down for Tuesday, and may be considered a sequel to vote by hallpt:;(-!.) That the representation of. the,colonyljis not on a proper basis, the qualification, fdpr electoral registration being arbitrary, inconsistent, and practically excluding froho political rights a large proportion of tho^e who contribute to the revenue. (21)
That, in view of the approaching dissolution of this Parliament, a bill should be forthwith, introduced* extenfling Athe fr_inr , chise to all males above', the age of 21 .years, under the following qualifications and restrictions :— (a.) That they be British subjects. (!>.). That they be registered in their electoral districts, (c.) That they be not inmates of gaols, hospitals and lunatic asylums, or of any elee-tt-osyna'ry institution. — Wellington Indedeficient, June 25,
As will be seen from another column, Brobdignagian dinners at Lilliputian prices have be,en,imported*.into Auckland, and Mr. Taylor, of the Wharf Dining Booms, undertakes to give full satisfaction to the epigastric regions at the small price of sixpence. Known well enough in old communities, the system of cheap dinners is a novelty in Auckland. We wish Mr. Taylor success for his pluck. Soup, meat, vegetables, pudding, all for sixpence! Who would be hungry ? Theee was a capital attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre last evening, when the Dead Heart was produced, and went off in every way successfully. The burlesque of Macbeth concluded the performance, and caused much amusement. To-night the successful drama of the Dead Heart will be produced for the last time. It is. really ever worth seeing, and we hope to see a good house to-night. Gold feom the Thames. —'The p.s. Williams brought up from the Thames last evening 1,532 ozs. of gold for the Union Bank of Australia.
Mb. G. B. Owen, and other gentlemen, some time since contributed a sum of money to supplement the funds of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, the balance of which has just been handed over ; and the ladies desire to tender their thanks for the pecuniary aid so timeously furnished.
The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1870.
Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 147, 29 June 1870, Page 2
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