The Evening Star. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 392, 13 April 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1871.

■■< We have been waiting, but we. seemY'ifigly waitin vain, for any acknowledgment of- idle speaking from our contemporary the Evening ISews. So positive and. so circumstantial have been_ his-previous assertions that tho Sail Irancisco Mail Service had utterly . .come to nought, that in all fairness he

should make the amende honorable to the public for having befooled them, and to his contemporaries lor having slandered them. So bold have been bis assertions, that with him alone were knowledge and,wisdom relative to the proceedings ill tho matter of the contract, and that Ins contemporaries were lying prophets that he should not now shuffle out of the responsibility for Ins assertions. At tlie time he asserted that the contract was nullified a copy of that document, as completed, signed, sealed, and delivered, was in this city. With"" fin assurance that is amazing, he made assertions which, as wo stated at the time, have been copied into all the* Austral Liv papers. We have traced this false report through the journals of New Suuth Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, with the name of the Evening News appended, and it is made the theme of general congratulations throughout the colonies as the "burst up" of the " JN Tew Zealand scheme." Our contemporary, by his avidity to swallow everything that betokened misfortune to the city of Auckland, and confusion to Mr." Vogel, has obtained a distinction to which the Evening ffewshnd been previously a stranger. But, really, our contemporary, who pledged his credit to the truth of his assertions, should at least acknowledge his error in a manly way, instead of inserting leaders under the guise of correspondence, endeavouring to throw discredit ou the contract. Our contemporary cannot bring himself to acknowledge the" magnificent success that- has been achieved for Auckland. Ho durst not now deny it, but he can throw a stone at it and ask, "Is it a sham?" We ask our contemporary to act in a, manly way, and stand confessed —either a dupe or .

The prizes won at the Easter sports were presented last evening, at the Occidental Hotel.

If any of our citizens have opened up commercial relations with San Francisco, we would draw their attention to the following ex jjict from the San Francisco correspondence of n Melbourne journal. The invention deicv-' -1 is such that we only wonder it has no!. L .

submitted to tho public long bcll'v. The injury which often results to the health from the use of the ordinary sewing machine, irrespective of the trouble and inconvenience, would make the importation of such n machine as the following be hailed as a b on: — " A very clever invention has lately been patented here for the- purpose of working sewing-machines by ma hiuery. A strong Spiral spring on an upright shaft is wound up, and, communicating with simple clockwork, performs all tho work that is now done by the foot. A break regulates the speed or stops the machine instanter. It is very simple, and avoids the injurious action necessary to work the.treddle."

Somebody wants a coat, likewise a hat. A person of irregular habits has fallen into the hands of tho police. He wqs possessed of certain superfluous articles of clothing, to wit the foregoing. The coat is tweed, in color grey, and faced with silk; the hat is felt, in color'brown, With much disregard for his feelings, but in the observance of a custom in the detective force, the man of irregular principles was informed that he hacl stolen them, He pleaded guilty to the soft'impeachment, but with a perversity of disposition he persists, in declining to gratify the obtrusive curiosity' of tho police ns to the place where he attached himself to the goods in question. He merely states that within a hall—but where, he snith not-his eye rested on the goods, so did his hand. He left the hall again, but not the apparel. They are now at the Policeoffice ;so is he. Who wants a coat ? likewise a hat, ? The Telt-oraph to Nkw Plt-uouth.— The last surveyor's peg of the new line between Stoney River and New Plymouth was driven into the ground near the Post Office on Monday last. The line between Patca and Hawera, we understand, is completed, the poles having been erected and the wires stretched on them. The telegraph staff are 'now; engaged fixing the poles between the latter place and Oeo. It will, therefore, not be long at this rate, before we arc connected by the telegraph with other parts of the colony.: We are also glad to hear that the Pariaka natives have consented to allow tlie telegraph to cross their land, so now there will be no difficulty hi conneding the line right through.— Taranaki Herald, April 12.