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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 109, 16 May 1870, Page 2

We would remind our readers that Mrs. W. H. [Newton is to receive a benefit at the Prince of Wales Theatre to-morrow evening. While other actresses come and go, and, from the newness of their faces, draw houses for a few nights and then disappear —" come like shadows, so depart"—this lady, however familiar her face to theatre-goers, has steadily maintained popularity, so that her absence from any piece in the Prince of Wales is really missed. As a reliable and useful actress, creditably sustaining the leading character, or cheerfully taking any part allotted to her ; correct in conception of the spirit of her part, invariably well prepared, of singular versatility, specially capable of giving expression to deep tenderness and pathos, and never exhibiting flatness or indifference, but uniformly throwing her whole spirit into the part she is sustaining, Mrs. JSewton deserves well at the hands of those who enjoy the drama; while there is a propriety in her demeanour, whether her partis characterised by elan or abandon, that pleases and wins. We know that Mrs. INewton is greatly liked in Auckland, and now, after the severe trial and expenses incident to domestic affliction, is the time for friends to show their friendship.