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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 79, 9 April 1870, Page 2

Preparations have already been commenced to alter the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, by making it larger, and otherwise improving the outside of the building. Messes. Montague Bros, are exhibiting in their window, Queen-street, the portraits of the Harvard and Oxford crews. They are very good photographs, and are mounted in a neat frame of about eighteen inches square. A splendid view of Auckland is now to be seen in the window of Messrs. Upton Brothers, Quoen-streot. The view has been taken from the top of Barrack Hill, and, altogether, the scene is a most imposing one. The third series of lectures on " The Early Christian Church," will be delivered at the Albert-street Congregational Chapel to-morrow evening (Sunday), by the Rev. Warlow Davies, M.A,; subject—"The Rising Storm." In the Police Court to-day, the charges against Mr. Lazard for passing, as. alleged, through the Customs, glassware aud Parian ware as earthenware, and thereby attempting to defraud Her Majesty's Customs, is still dragging its slow length along. On yesterday, after we had gone to press, the examination and cross-examination and re-examination of the Collector of Customs continued till nearly four o'clock, this gentlemen having been subjected to three hours' of witnessbearing. As this is only one witness out of six, in one case out of eight, the conclusion of this Customs' enquiry may be regarded as somewhat remote. We observe several notices at the back of Isaac's store, and near the edge of that genuine Auckland nuisance, the intake, warning people " not to shovel rubbish there" under pain of heavy penalties. It seems to us that, if instead of this, the notices requested rubbish to be shot there a far more useful purpose would be served ; for the intake would very shortly be filled up and removed from sight, at the same time land being formed that would be at once available as building sites. But it seems we have yet to learn the true way to utilise public property in this city. A meeting of the creditors of Eobert Dudley Eyre will be held at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the 20th instant, at noon. A meeting of the creditors of Edmund George Steers will be held at the same time and place.

Dr. Wallis will preach to-morrow, morning and evening, at the Newton Presbyterian Church, corner of Vincent and Pitt-streets.

A meeting of the members of the Devonport Literary Society will be held in the schoolroom, at half-past 7 o'clock on Thursday next, for the purpose of electing office-bearers. The next concert of the Chorar Society will take place at the Music Hall, on Tuesday evening next.

The annual public meeting of the Auckland Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, at seven o'clock on Thursday evening next. The Right Rev. Bishop Cowie will preside.

Tee following persons have been adjudged bankrupts : —Henry James Lee, of Shortland ; Henry Abbot AT air, of Auckland ; George Valentine Burko, of Grahamstown.

The annual meeting in connection with the Congregational Home Mission, will be held at the Albert Chapel, on Wednesday evening next, at half past seven o'clock. W. C. Daldy, Ksq., will occupy the chair.

In connection with the departure of the Rev. 1). Bruce, for Kurope, a soiree will be held in the Symonds street Music Hall, on Thurday evening next, at half past six o'clock. Archibald Clark, Esq., will occupy the chair. Addresses will be delivered by several clergymen and gentlemen and Air. Joseph Brown will conduct the musical portion of the entertaiument.

A' special general muster of the Auckland Naval Volunteers will be held at Fort Britomart, at five o'clock this evening.

We learn that his Honor Sir Gr. A. Arney, intends proceeding by the Tauranga, this evening, to Russell for the purpose of spending the holidays at the Bay of Islands. We have been informed as a result of the late census of City. Arabs taken by police as a basis for the future operations of the Ragged School Association, the names of fifty-five children have been collected as specially claiming the action of the Association. They are the progeny of thieves, drunkards, and gaol-birds of high or low degree, and resort to the most irregular means of .procuring the necessaries of life. The Association have evidently begun at the foundation, and if equal wisdom characterise their proceedings throughout, they will be indeed benefactors.

In the angle formed by the junction of Cook and Grey-streets there is situated another very interesting rising industry. We are not aware of the enterprising proprietor, but understand that the main branch of his business consists of the highly important duties of cleaning tripes. With this is combined the useful occupation of boiling down fat and making tallow candles. The perfume that arises from this compound manufactory in the centre of the city, pervading the crowded homes around, and floating pleasantly up the surrounding hills, with their crowds of women and little children, is very powerful indeed; but we have come to the conclusion that so affected have the olfactory nerves of our Inspector of Nuisances become by the superior influences of the Queen-street sewage as to be insensible to the aroma of minor stenches.