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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1118, 14 January 1870, Page 3

The Flying Squadbqn.— lmperial expenditure seems to be a cry which yet awakens a sympathetic thrill in Auckland, calling to mind the vanished days when regiments and ships of war brought her such a comfortable income. The Southern Cross is jubilant over the expected visit of the Flying Squadron, and speculates on the best use to be made of the ships during their stay ; one proposed advantage is to cow the Maoris by affording them the opportunity of witnessing " powerful ordnance, perfect discipline, and warlike preparation ;" but we are afraid the noble savages have already seen too much of the pomp and circumstance of war to be greatly affected by the ships which they know as well as we do are merely birds of passage. Bufc the most characteristic mode of utilising her Majesty's officers is proposed in the following sentence : " We hope also that the officers of the fleet will have an opportunity of visiting the Thames gold field. Indeed, remembering the lucky investments made by some officers of the Galatea, there is just a possibility thafc a little life may be infused into the share market during the visit; of the squadron." JSTo doubt the spare cash of the fleet would be very desirable, but it is just possible that the naval men may not be so easily fleeced as our contemporary imagines, especially having come from Australia, where something is known of Thames share speculations. — Evening Post, Decomber 25. A .Romantic Elopement. — The Sydney Evening News gives the following account of the elopement of Miss Carey, lately an actress in Sydney : — "Last week a romance in drainatio professional life occurred of a very sensational character,- which fairly equals anything of the sorb thafc has been described in the thousand and one novels thafc have lately been so much the popular taste in the literature of the day. Ifc appears thafc Mr. Walter Montgomery, who arrived in Sydney lasfc Friday week, engaged the professional services of a very charming member of the corps draraatiqne at the Prince of Wales Opera House, foi tho Theatre Koyal, Auckland. Ho left on the following Tuesdaj r for JS r ew Zealand, having made arrangements for tho voyage of his fair employee, an actress hitherto sans reproehe, who, in charge of her mother, was to follow him in tho Hero. On Wednesday evening the young lady played as usual her part in the sensational play of ' Formosa,' and likewise appeared in the farce ; after which she most ceremoniously bade adieu to her brothers and sisters in tho profession upon the stage ; who, however, little thought, as they wished her good night, they were to see her no more amongst them. Her mother, who was waiting i'ov her tit home, waited in vain. Hour after hour passed, and the old lady, becoming almost distracted, wenl forth to look for her daughter, bufc nowhere could she be found. The morninc arrived— still came not the missing one At length by posfc a small note arrived which informed the thundor-stricker parent that her daughter had left her foi ever, having gone off with one ' she hac loved for two yeais, as she had no idea o being sold to Mr. Montgomery.' Tin denouement may be imagined. Th( young Jady, not more than seventeen year; of age, possessed of considerable persona attraction and greafc talents, had eloped and she had uofc since been heard of although a rigid search has been made A largo circle of friends sympathise witl the agod mother in her poignant distress she having lost the prop and stay of he: existence. '