The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1872.

Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 821, 4 September 1872, Page 2

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future In the distance, And the good that we can do.

■An will be seen from another column Mr "King, one of the candidates for election to tie City Council,has taken the very sehsitle course of informing electors as to his vievs on the various questioks of city interest Unless-some "such course is taken-jbr all the .candidates, or a public meeting is called, the electors will be simply vtting in the dark. And we venture to gay that if any one or two "candidates follp* thetexample of Mr King, even though then views may not be acceptable in all respectv.people will say " Better the devU^eknowtban the devil we don't." We believe M» King's creed will be received with favtur.

We have received the following letter. wilth refjerenceri&o attacks .made o#,.'our run boys:—" I sho*ldirfeel much obliged if you could .find s.pacc for a. line or two of caution in your paper to,, four lads who wore assembled*last;night t.t the junction of Wellington and Hepburn streets, and ■began pelting iby boys, and when they were selling the, paper, was hit with a. piece of scoriay and bad to run into one of his customers for protection,; when they! took totheir heels, promising, to give the' runners another dose to-night. They must; have remained on the spot for a quarter of! an hour, as the,runners passed by at dif-; Went times; the names of two of the lads a^ James Aggers and George Leslie, who * hvenot f ar from the spot. The other two the boys could not recognized' We have so ofttn spoken on this subject that we feel we must take, effective steps, and we dwtinetly declare that the first case of 1

assault ou our runners which we -find can | ■be proved will be pressed to the extreme . /limit of the law. We shall employ counsel, and instead of saying, as is too common in , the case of boy offences," we don't wish ■; to press the charge," we shall use every effort to have the offenders sent to Mount Eden for as long a period as the law will allow. The assessment roll of tho Elarangahape Highway district may be seen at the Newton Post-office, and at MrStevenson's, Newton road. The office of the Cure Gold Mining Company has been removed to Queen street, and Mr Robert Home appointed secretary. A public notification appears signed by his Worship the Mayor that the eight candidates whose names have been already published have been duly nominated, and that a poll will be taken for the election of three councillors on Thursday, the 12th instant. Tho Scottish Company met yesterday for their weekly drill in tho drill-shed. There was a good muster. The next committee meeting of the Colonists' Protection League will be hold on Saturday, at two o'clock, at Sceats' British hotel. . • . The Victoria Company of Volunteers and Cadets will parade to-morrow evening. We have just been informed that Dr Goldsboro' has been appointed medical officer, on the Government railway works. His district will extend from Auckland to Papakura bridge, and from Auckland to Onehunga, with consulting rooms at Otahuhu and Onehunga, as well as in Auckland. At the Supreme Court sittings in banco this morning his Honor was to have delivered judgment in the case of Manners v. the Caledonian Goldmimng Company. His: Honor, however, further reserved his decision, There was no other business. If any man has money in his pocket lie need not pine for the comforts of domestic life in Auckland. A gentleman advertised in yesterday's Star for partial board and residence. We are already the holders of thirty-eight letters in reply to this advertisement. Giles and Sairoy will appear on tho stage again to-morrow. The ManeJtesler Courier says that Mr Robertson Gladstone's experiment for the reduction of drunkenness in Liverpool by the publication of the names of the apprehended tipplers has failed. The number of excessive drinkers has not been reduced, but 'if. anything has been increased. •' • '■

The special attention of hotel-keepers atid others is called to the extensivesalo of wines and spirits to-morrow by Messrs E. and H. Isaacs.

Tho Customs' return for the port of Auckland for the month of August have been £15.788 Gs., being a decrease of £424 13s Is from the previous month.

The monthly crushing returns at the Thames show a decroasc from the month of 13 tons 1 cwt. 55 lb. stone crushed, and a deficiency of 26 ozs. 3 dwt. 7 grs. of gold. The crushing has been 8008 tons 12 cwt. 22 lb., giving a yield of 12,147 ozs, '1 dwt. 13 grs. The following dividends have been declared during the past month : Caledonian, £'2 per share ; Moanatairi, 7s Gd per share; Thames, 7s Gd per share ; and Bright Smile, 5s per share. Total amount paid in dividends £147082 10s.

The Health Officer having finished his inspection of passengers on board the City of Auckland yesterday evening, and finding no sickness, he gave her a clean bill of health. Sho therefore weighed anchor and came up harbour, and again anchored off the Queen street Wharf, awaiting a berth alongside. The following births occurred on board during the voyage .— 9th June, Mrs Sarah Jane Wcod of a boy; 4th June, Mrs Sarah Ann Pearcc of a girl; Bth August, Mrs Mary Brooking of a boy; 28th August, Mrs Tamazine Dorwiek of a boy. Tho City of Auckland spoke with tho following vessels on her voyage out .—l3th. June, lat. 30.9 ° N 7, long. 20.45 ° W.; exchanged signals with the ship John Duthie, of Aberdeen, bound from London "to Sydney, 14 days out. June 23, lat. 8.20 © N„ lon. 24 22 ° W. Put letters on board the ship Carnarvonshire, bound from Kangoon to Cork, 107 days out.

"We have on oiic or two occasions given insertion to extracts from the San Prancisco « Chronicle relating to tho " Mohongo " steamship in which she has been described as a crazy old tub, built of " green timber," and condemned long ago. We are informed by several of the officers of the Nevada who know the vessel well that she. is an iron steamer and not built of green timber, and her only faults aro that she is too small for tho trade and not a good sea boat,

An application for a transfer of license of the Carpenters' Arms from James Hoibrow, to Malcolm Clow has has been made to the Justices of the Peace. J.

' Who has not heard of the India-Rubber Man—the.man of limber legs and pliant spine, who ties himself into a double bowknot, ahd excited our admiration as; children, at the circus, by his wonderful contortions and marvellous doublings up ? This remarkable exhibition is now outdone; and thrown entirely into shade by the marvellous India-Rubber Woman—made to order, for sale in-the shops, warranted to fit, bosom inflated with perfumed breath, blown up to any given dimensions1 of plumpness, soft and tender to the, touch, white and fair to look upon, pal-, pitating with emotion, heaving with sighs responsive to sentiment, the calves and thighs of shapely form, tempting to view,; and,passingly attractive as.the dimity is! raised in stepping over straws at the streot-crds sings ; agonizingly 'suggestive! when entering the street cars ; splendidly; attractive upon the stage as the ballet; dancer whirls in the mazy waltz ;!then7thei plumpers in the cheek, giving fair round; outline; .to 7 the*, damask peach bldom so | daintly laid on with brush and pencil.: TJneomb the dong/ and silken tresses and, from -the Becret hiding places rats and' mice come .peeping forth, and under the skilful handling of the dressing maid are restored to give volume to the chignon, breadth and compass and fair outline to \ the head, well poised on neck of fairest j alabaster, made of the invaluable gum. j Beautiful craft, sailing under full spread

of canvas, broad of beam, deep of bottom, lithe of form —all glorious without, all India - rubber within. With elastic, springy step, India-rubber gives age the : the buoyancy of youth. The Spanish navigator did not find the spring of eternal ' youth in Florida, but he found the spring of eternal youth to women in the IndiaI rubber tree of South America, making her ! sightly to behold, beautiful to contemplate, | and good for everything in this life, except you can't chew her. —San Francisco News Letter. A steam launch has lately been built, to be used as a tug boat by the Eaihu Flax Mill Company. After her trial trips she has been proved to work satisfactorily, and was this morning shipped on board the schooner Amaranthe for conveyance to Eaipara. Major Greig, the chief constable of Liverpool, gave evidence before the select committee for inquiring into the best mode of treating habitual drunkards. He said that for twonty years lie had given much attention to the subject of drunkenness, but he was not able account for the changes shown in the police reports of drunken cases for the past ton years. His remedy was cumulative fine or imprisonment with hard labour. At present the Saturday half-holiday was very much abused, being given up to drinking; Tho j diminution of the number of public-housss had not proved sufficient to diminish drunkenness. The following are the " pairs " already arranged for the division on Mr Stafford\s motion, in addition to those of Maori members :—For the Government —Messrs Macandrew. Pearce, and Steward. Fo the resolutions —Messrs E. Eichardson Bradshaw, and Curtis. Saturday's Post says : —'"The Luna returned to port to-day after an ineffectual attempt to stem the southerly gnle in quest of a vote for the Ministry. Captain Fairchild's skill and intrepidity are too well known to admit of a doubt that he persevered as far as he considered compatible with prudenqe, but 'the gods are mindful of right and wrong.' When the present Opposition get into power they will be able to adopt the motto inscribed upon the medal struck to commemorate! tho defeat of the Armada, ' He blew with his wind, and they were scattered.' "

The Wellington Post says : —" Fire brigade appliances, suitable for use with the high-pressur3 water supply for this city, have been ordered from Great Britain, the Insurance Company's Agents having commissioned the City Surveyor to order, on their behalf, in connection with the waterworks plant, fire brigade necessaries to the amount of £GOO. This liberality on the part of the insurance agents is well timed, and deserving of every praise." When will our insurance agents attempt to replace the second-hand parish squirts now in use in Auckland.

Enquiries having been made (says tho Independent), respecting a person named Robert Watt, thirty years of age, who arrived in Auckland about eight years ago in companj'- with Mr Pierce, a draper, and who served in the Waikato Militia, and was last heard of at Taranaki about two years since,—any person that cart give information respecting him is requested to communicate with the Colonial Secretary's office.

Mr George Staines has been summoned for exposing goods for sale on his own platform in front of his shop in Upper Queen street. The case will be heard to-morrow, and we understand that the Eatepaysta' Association will instruct counsel to defend him. 7 «

"We are requested to call attention to the meeting to take place to-night at the Mechanics' Institute to consider the best means of protecting the graves of thoie who were killed in tho Waikato war.

Wo observe that the contractor for the wall along the beach at Onehunga has begun work, and a considerable quantity of stone has been placed on the ground. From the number of hands employed it ought to be finished in less time than allowed by the contract.

Wo extract the following from a correspondent's letter just received from Wellington .:—••' This is an abominable place. Can't stand it. Only meant for a penal settlement. , Whenever an opportunity presents itself shall steer for Auckland. I had the good fortune of being in the Strangers' Gallery when Header Wood made such a grand display. All who heard him on that occasion say it was the speech of the session. To-night the ' Mystery-man ' kept the House in awe for several hours, giving the great schemers some, nasty smacks. This is-a great place for ball assemblies ; there is one on to-night—tho Governor's to the M.H.R's. At the present moment it is thought there will be a tie when the division takes place on the want of confidence motion. Willie Swanson every time he gets up takes the house by storm. Anthony has attended the house nightly since his arrival. The theatre in course of construction will bo the finest building in the "Empire." Unfortunately it will not be ready this season for Hoskins, as the shareholders (atleastthe majority of them) do not appear anxious to met the current calls thereupon. Wellingtonians aro nervously anxious concerning the scat of government question, No wonder—its removal elsewhere means sponging out Wellington. There is some talk of another morning journal about to be issued here. The Advertiser, plant is open to any one on favorable terms. Indeed Johnny Martin would gladly sell it if he could. The Evening Post, like the Auckland Star, is the people's favorite; Ui ■-!.;■ , .-,■;-.