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Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3195, 12 June 1880, Page 2

It will be seen by advertisement iv another column, that the usual fortnightly meeting of the members of Court Eureka, A.0.f., will be held in the Court-room, Alexandra-street, on Monday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock. As business of importance will be forthcoming, the attendance of every member is requested.

One of the principal attractions iv Paris now is an intrepid young acrobat who appears every night at the Hippodrome—a Miss Robertson. The individual in question is exciting the greatest curiosity, for, apart from being a most able athlste, nobody knows whether Miss Robertson is a woman or a boy I Large sums have been betted, but so far no satisfactory solution of the question has been arrived at, and the Paris papers are full of the matter. Nothing will induce the comrades of Miss Robertson to divulge the secrets of the boudoir, and in the meanwhile the young gommeux hardly know whether to continue to send the fair enigma bracelets and flowers or not. Boy or girl, however, Miss Robertson takes care to accept all presents, but sternly refuses invitations to suppor and frowns down any hint at a rendezvous. This certainly does not look natural, does it?