The Evening Star. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1870.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 233, 7 October 1870, Page 2

The Evening Star. FRIDA Y, OCTOBER 7, 1870.

His Excellency the Governor and his Honor the Superintendent returned from their trip to Waiuku on Wednesday evening. Loyal addresses were presented to the Q-overnor, and a requisition to Mr. Gillies, asking him to stand for the representation of the district in Parliament at the next election. We sincerely trust that the City of Aucklrnd will secure Mr. Gillies in preference to his representing an outlying district.

The very sensible suggestion of Mr. Grillies, that the Auckland Institute and Mechanics' Institute should combine their interests and efforts, is deserving of consideration from the managers of both institutions. The idea has been entertained on both sides for some time, and we hope it may be developed into action. The report about the so-called " Polytechnic Society" being a party in the union was a

canard.

The City Hall last night was crowned to its utmost capacity, a large number having turned away unable to obtain admittance. The attraction was the debut of the Misses Isabella and Lizzie Carandini and the farewell concert given by that most popular family before departure by the Wonga Wonga. The concert was one of the most delightful of the series, and the pleasant evenings spent in listening to the charming music of the Carandinis will long be remembered in Auckland. Madame and the Misses Carandini, Mr. Sherwin, and Mr. Small have left to-day for San Francisco, per the Wonga Wonga.

We learn that a return match between the Brighton and Grafton Roai Cricket Clubs will be played in the Domain to-morrow afternoon, at 1.30 p.m. Play to commence sharp to the hour.

We are informed that the well-known jeweller and tobacconist of Queen street is about retiring from the tobbaco trade, and has made up his mind to pay his whole attention to the manufacture of colonial jewellery. The whole of his extensive stock of tabaccoes, cigars, &c, will be sold by Mr. B. Tonks on the 19th instant. We refer our readers to the advertisement which appears in another column. The Rodgers troupe, en route to California, had a gaod reception at the Theatre Royal last night. There was a good house, and the performances of Mr. Braham and Miss Hodman especially, gave much satisfaction. The charges of breash of the: Customs Regulations, brought by the Collector of Customs against E. Nolan, of the Peri, will be heard in the Police Court to-morrow. We learn that Motley, the new comic journal, rising phcenix-like from the ashes of the Tomahawk, will appear on to-morrow week. The rlimate is not healthy for fun, but we hope for the Motley a longer lease of life than has fallen to his predecessors.

The Hon. Mr. Gisborne has been gazetted as Acting Minister of Public Works.

It will interest many to learn that Dr. Moran, the popular Roman Catholic. Bishop of South Africa, is appointed to New Zealand.

The deputation to the Superintendent on the main sewer nuisance received a reply yesterday. His Honor promise* the co-operation of the Provincial Government with the City Board in obviating the evils complained of; and will move the Provincial Council on the subject in the ensuing session.

Mr. W. L. Rees lectures to-night, at the Young-Men's Christian Association Rooms, on " A few Elements of Greatness."

We understand it is the intention of the owners of the p.s. William and Duke of Edinburgh to have a daily fixed time of leaving Auckland and the Thames from Tararu, one boat leaving each end at the same time.

A Pennsylvania farmer states that he cured his daughter of the Grecian bend by pouring water on her,, and holding her out in the sun until she warped back again.

DEPARTURE OF THb_ WONGA. The departure of the trans Pacific mail seems tj have lost none of its interest in the city, if we judee from the number of people that attended to witness the departure of the Wonga Wonga from the wharf to-day, nor do°s the interest in the new route on the part of travellers begin to wane, judging from the crowd of passengers that continue to select it when " homeward bound," while the immense pile of letter bags committed this afternoon to the care of the " carrier pigeon" evinces at once the confidence the line has already won for itself among our fellow-colonists in the South, and the strong ties by which we are still bound to the lands of our birth. We have every reason to sincerely rejoice at the success, in every way, that has hitherto attended the trans-Pacific mail route.