The Evening Star. SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1870.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 126, 4 June 1870, Page 2

The Evening Star. SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1870.

Auckland is at last awake. The apathy that seemed to have overcome our leading citizens, required but their coming together for the interchange of thought, to put it wholly to flight; and after the public meeting of yesterday the city has reason to be proud of her citizens. The tone of the meeting; the ability and pointedness of the speakers ; the avoidance of narrow and selfish aspects; the treating the question of the Port of Tall as one of New Zealand, of inter-colonial, of: world-wide interest; and the advocacy of the pretensions of Auckland, only in so far as they best conduce to the general interest beyond the advantages presented by all other ports, not only reflected credit on the speakers, but will give a weight to the utterances of Auckland that will tell powerfully elsewhere. There was a consciousness in the city that Auckland had many and powerful claims to the possession of the Port of Call; but we question if there were many in Auckland fully aware of the powerful — aye, irresistible case we can present, before merchants, lawyers, and mariners, had presented their special and separate views on the one question. That Auckland should declare in enthusiastic assembly that Auckland ought to be the port of call is nothing ; but that the irresistible logic of facts and figures—of commerce and navigation—of geography and meteorology —should force conviction to the same conclusion, cannot be lost on the commercial and political world. It novr remains to give embodiment to the spirit of yesterday's meeting—to gather up the scattered thoughts and arguments in portable form ; and by forwarding them to the Chambers of Commerce in America and Australia, by placing them in the hands of our representatives in the General Assembly, and of a deputation promptly sent to Sydney, to give to yesterday's public meeting the practical result which it demands.' i