SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Snmpon, p.s., l'J5 tons, G. Mundle, fi-om Bay of*2slands.

Tauranga, s.s., 67 tons, Bolger, from Tau ranga. Lulu, schooner, 49 tons, R. McLeod, from New Hebrides.

DEPARTURES.

Samso.), p.s., 125 tons, Mundle, for VVanga rai.

The cargo of the Ismay is being landed in very good condition. The s.s. Taranuki from Southern ports is expected to arrive in harbour to-morrow. The s.s. Storm Bird is expected in the MamVkuu to-morrow.

The barque Kate will no doubt make her appearance to-morrow. Rita. —The brig Rita sailed from Tanna on the Bth April, in search of labour. She had been two months out and secured only sight natives.

Taukanga.—The s.s Tauranga, Captain Bolger. arrived from Tauranga at noon to-day, after al6 hours' passage. She brings 3 tons gum for Mr. Wrigley, and the following pas sengers : —Messrs. Wrigley, Gib bons, and 7 others. Reports the schooner Tauranga and two cutters at Tauranga. Samsok. —The p.s. Samson left the Bay of Islands at 4 p.m. on Thui'sday, and arrived in harbour at 8 a.m. today, with 8 passengers. Cargo—2 tons gum, 20 cases apples, and a few pkgc sundries. The Samson left the harbour again at noon, for Wangarei, with several passengers.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Friday afternoon.

The remaining term of lease of four houses in Queen-street was sold this morning by Mr.C. Davis, for £110.

The sale of fancy goods, &c, advertised for to-day, by Messrs. 0. Arthur and Son was postponed till "Wednesday next. Mr. GK W. Binney sold this morning, at the Exchange Sale Rooms, ex Keera, from Wan ganui:—2l kegs butter, at lOd to lid ; bacon, lOd ; butter (all faults), 4d; cheese, Bd.

Mr. S. Jones had a large attendance at his sale of groceries and oilmen's stores this morning, and quotes the following prices : — tea, half-chest, Is 4d; Belmonfc Price's candles, ll^d; Pott's superior malt vinegar, 9s; salad oil, half pints, 7s 8d ; ditto, pints, 12s; jams, 7s ; Morton's jar salt, 4s 9d ; McAvoy's tobacco, tens, B£d; fine salt, £4. At 12 o'clock the same auctioneer held a tale of spirits, &c, and obtained the following prices : —Hennessy's pale brandy, 7s 9d; Dun ville's Irish whiskey, Ss; geneva, J.D.K.Z., 18s 9d ; pale sherry, 7s; ditto ditto, L. C. and Co., 10s 3d; Cozens ditto, 10s 6d ; Young's stout, 7s 9d; Jeffrey's ale, 7s 6d.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

SHOBTLAND-3TBEET.

■will close as under : —

.nines, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to , .~rrow the 21st inst., at 8 a.m., 9 a.m.-, J*4 5.30 p.m. poverty Bay, per Tawera, this day, at Ho p.m. . Jorfolk Island, per Southern Cross, this ~ay, at 4.30 p.m. Aussell and Kawakawa, per s.s. Tauranga, to-morrow, 21st inst., at 4.30 p.m.

r Coromandel, per p.s. Lalla Rookh, on Monday, the 23rd inst., at 11.30 a.m.

Mails which are usually made up at this office on Tuesdays at 7 a.m., will next week close on Monday evening at 5 o'clock. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota of attendance of magistrates at the Police Court:— Saturday, May 21—Messrs. D. B. Thornton, H. H. Turton. J. Cunningham,

Clerk of Court,

DEATH.

Pagan.—On the 18th May, at her residence, Durham-street, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Fagan, aged 55 years, fi Tho funeral will take place this dny, at 3 o'clock.

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1870.

A glance at the subjects that came under the consideration of the Auck land Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon cannot, fail to impress with the value of such institutions. To a city situated like Auckland, its com merce is its life-blood, and on its healthy flow depends the wellbeing of the whole people. Questions affecting the commerce of a country are always claiming attention, or appearing in chambers of legislation, where com merce is not at all times fairly represented, and unless these questions receive due deliberation in the meeting of men specially skilled in the details of commerce, crude legislation is sure to result. The Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne is an acknowledged power in the State; for years it has placed its prin cipal merchants in the Assembly to look after the interests of commerce, has supported them by a sound public feeling, and has made the legisla tion of Victoria more commercial in its bearing than that of any

other colony. It is mainly to the firm and wakeful attitude which "its metropolitan Chamber of Com merce has maintained, that in every thing relating to intercolonial relations Victoria is the autocrat of the Aus tralias. Apathy has certainly cha racterised Auckland in the past, but if her Chamber of Commerce continue to give the same intelligent consideration to the great questions affecting com merce which it is now doing, and take action on such delibera tion, the influence of that Chamber will be yet felt on legislation. The general question of intercolonial free trade is surrounded by so many difficulties, in the case of some of the colonies, that we may abandon the hope of it for many years, unless we determine on realising the Utopian theory of direct taxation. But as affecting a reciprocal tariff, though it is true, as stated in the petition of the Chamber, that the " Imperial Q-overn " ment has imposed certain restrictions " on Colonial legislation in the matter " of differential duties," we have no hesitation in saying that those restric tions, being only to the extent of reservingbillsfor her Majesty's consent, would, in the present temper of the Imperial Colonial Office, be practically inoperative, so far as reciprocity be tween the colonies. The intention of the Imperial Government in imposing any such restrictions as to differential duties, was to prevent the complica tions likely to arise to England's com mercial treaties with foreign nations, from the semi-independent action of colonial legislatures. Intercolonial special arrangements as to tariffs are, in the highest degree, desir able, and though the difficulties in the way are not so great as seem shadowed forth in the intended peti tion, we believe the action taken by our Chamber will tend to effect the desired object.

The p.s. Duke of Edinburgh will not be taken off the Thames trade on Tuesday next (Queen's Birthday), and passengers may rely upon her running as advertised.

To-night Mr. and Mrs. Glover take their farewell benefit at the Prince of Wales Theatre, when the Bride of Lam mermoor and the Bonnie Fishwife will be produced. Mrs. orlover is a very pains taking and rising young actress, and we hope to see her rewarded by a bumper house. The programme is a good one, there being a capital interlude.

Notwitb standing- the inclemency of the weather last evening the City Hall was again well filled by an audience who seem to thoroughly enjoy the beautiful pictures of the .Apocalypse. To-night is set apart as a fashionable one, when a gold watch will be given away to the lucky holder of the winning ticket.

We understand that the Volunteer Eiflemen who marched out yesterday evening through the slash and mire are in a great state of disgust at the defec tion of the band. It was understood that they would be cheered on their way by the strains of music evoked under the superintendence of Mr. McComish, the bandmaster; but we are told that the absence of one instrument made such a gap in the arrangement of the parts, that the musicians did not like to rasp the ears of the public with a series of dis cordant sounds. In consequence there was no music, but such as proceeded from the men's own lungs. Some of the riflemen tel ns, however, that this kind of defection is by no means of unusual occurrence, and that although the mom bers of the band are supplied with instruments, and are allowed the use of a room to practise in, and other advan tages, they frequently fail in performing their parts. As an efficient band is one of the most important adjuncts of a Volunteer regiment, we hope that some steps may be taken to conciliate these tetchy members. In the Police-court to-day there were but two drunkards. The remainder of the time of the Court was taken up with a thrilling case regarding a cat. From the depositions it would appear that this cat, or her kitten—certainly the kit ten, doubtfully the cat, psssibly both— were or was wrongfully enticed away and detained by plaintiff, to whom coming the owner of the cat, with great swelling words, spake wrathfully, saying that he would " worry" her—the plaintiff, not the cut. Interesting episodes in the interdomiciliiiry relations of the par ties were introduced —ns the story of a certain gash inflicted on the horse of plaintiff, but whether by plaintiff herself or defendant did not appear. There is a beauty in our li'ng lish jurisprudence in that it assumes a person charged as being capable of per jury, while the oath of the prosecutor is, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion ; as, a consequence, in circumstances which have occurred in the pi'esence of two parties alone, the defendant is rattier at a disadvantage. The person first in the Police Court may have threatened to re move the head from Mr. William Blank by the instrumentality of a large sharp instru ment or presented firearms at small boys, or killed habitually the domestic fowls of a neighbour, or been a general terror to a district, or even gashed a poor dumb brute's neck, to give force to an accusa tion, or formed an imaginary scene relating to a cat ; yet the dumb object at the bar is a poor match for the volubi lity, wreathed in smiles, in the witness box. Anything else would be un-English, and therefore bad. i

Kxcubsion. —The favourite steamer Williams is advertised to make an ex cursion trip, on. the Queen's Birthday, to one of the favorite resorts, selected with regard to weather.

Launch.—A. very fine schooner has jnsfc been launched at Mahurangi, named the Letitia, and is expected here in a few r';iys. This vessel has been built for our old friend, Captain G. Trayte, formerly of the Tauranga, and will be employed in tLe South ?ea Island trade.

Mb. Samuel Cochrane has been in structed to sell, on Monday next, a number of buildings now standing in Port Britomart, on behalf of ihe General Go vernment.

It is notified that the following persons have become insolvent : —John Moore Perrier, David Verdon Hunter, and Henry Powning Stark. Messrs. Hydes, Herbert, Howe, and Eoberts, bankrupts, will apply for their discharge next sitting day, A meeting of the Auckland Garrick Club took place last evening at the Perth and Dundee Hotel, when a large number of members were present. The parts for the next performance were given to the several members, and we believe the next effort of this young club will be, in every way, successful. The proceeds of the performance "will be devoted to the Home for Women, Parnell, and we are glad the committee have decided on hand ing over the amount to this institution, as none is more deserving of assistance as this home for those of our poor outcast and unfortunate sisters.

An opportunity will be afforded on the Queen's Birthday—a day kept as a general holiday—for pleasure-seekers to visit the beautiful neighbourhood of the Lake. The Koyal Alfred will leave the wharf on that day three times, namely— at the hours of 10, 12, and I.3o—making the last return trip at 5 p.m. Sports will be provided, and any quantity of refreshments, by Mr. Hayles. Fares there and back will be half-a-crown.

Industbial School, —The committee appointed at the public meeting held some time ago to consider the city Arab ques tion metyesterday afternoon. The Bishop of Auckland presided. A report was brought up by a sub-committee, stating that the Superintendent had placed a house at Parnell, near the Domain, at the disposal of the committee. It was decided to accept the offer of the Superintendent, and to commence operations first with girls, by establishing an industrial school under the Ci'irninal and Destitute Child ren's Act. The public will be asked for subscriptions for the support of the insti tution, as also the Provincial Government. By putting the Act into operation, com pulsion can be used in the removal of the Arabs in question, and nothing short of this will deal effectually with the evil. There are plenty of openings for the children, if they can be gathered fiom the town, and trained and educated, and taught to work. Of course, the present is only a preliminary step. Essay and Discussion Class, V.M.C. A. —The above class met last evening in the Rooms, Wellesley-street—Mr. Boardman in the chair—when a debate took place on the following question :—" Is it desirable to substitute Vote by Ballot for Open Voting in Political Elections?" Mr. G. M. Main opened the debate in the affir mative, and Mr. K. Carr in the negative. The first named held that the ballot sys tem would promote public order—eive protection against intimidation of what soever character — reduce bribery and treating to the smallest appreciable limits —and induce such a train of circumstances as would fully indicate the true expres sion of the public will. He referred to the revelations made before the commis sioners at home recently, touching electioneering malpractices, as evidences that the system of open voting in the mother-country was rotten to the core, and rapidly becoming so in some of her dependencies. Mr. Carr held, on the other hand, that the evils lay in the cor ruptness of human nature, rather than in the political systems, and that bribery and intimidation would be rampant in any case until public morals were im proved. The ballot presented one evil, which, to his mind, counterbalanced many of its virtues—the continuous course of hypocrisy and deception in speech and action, which would be neces sary in order to completely protect the voter. Moreover, the vote was to some extent a trust, and that trust should be openly fulfilled, for the benefit of those whose interests were bound up with its exercise. The dis6ussion was continued with great spirit by Messrs. Sieveright, Thome, Shalders, lewis, Douglas, Boardman (affirmative) ; and Mr. Fleming (negative). One of the speak ers (Mr. G. Thorne) described the bullot system in Victoria, as he had per sonally witnessed its operation, and the vast improvement it effected over the old mode of open voting. There was a strong muster of members, but the advanced hour to which the debate had already extended, precluded a greater number taking part in it. The business for next night of meeting is a paper by Mr. F. JS. Ewington on " The Advantages of Literary Institutions."

The Hight Eeverend the Lord Bishop of Auckland will officiate in All Saints' Church on :-unday morning next (in the absence of the Rev. E. .N. Bree). We are informed that the services of many of the best singers from the choirs of the sister churches have been secured for the occa sion.

Young- Men's Chbistun Association. —The second lecture of the annual course will be delivered this evening, in the Booms, Wellesley-slreet, by the iiev. Dr. Maunsell ; subject* " Genesis and Geology." The chair will be taken at half-past 7 o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of Lodge St. Andrew, 418, S.C., will be held at the Star Hotel, at 7.30 next Monday evening.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. "TAURANGA"

SUKR.ENDBR OF TWENTT-MYE

HAUHAUS

Intelligence has been received by the Agent of the General Government from Opotiki, by way of Tauranga, to the effect that twenty-five of the natives who have lately been in arms have surrendered. Of this number, six belong to the JSfgatiporou tribe, of Mataura, a settlement this side of Tauranga, from which Te ELooti has been receiving considerable sympathy, and support in the shape of percussion caps and ammunition. Two of those who have surrendered are Poverty Bay natives, and the rest belong to the Wha katohea, of Opotiki and its vicinity. Several more are exprcted to surrender, as they consider the fastnesses of the Uriwera country are no longer invulner able.

In addition to the men, thirty-one women and children have also came in.

Hera te Popo. a chief of considerable influence, whose wife was taken prisoner by Topia's party, and who has been occu pying a strong position up the Waioeka Gorge, expresses himself anxious to sur render if his life is spared, and his wife is restored to him.

ARRIVAL OF THE LULU FROM NEW HEBRIDES.

THE BOAT'S CREW ATTACKED.

The clipper schooner Lulu, the property of Captain Cadell, arrived in harbour this morn ing from a cruiso among the New Hebrides. She is last from Aneiteum, having left Port

Eesolution on" the 3rd inst. She experienced very severe weather throughout the passage, and called at Mongonui and Bay of Islands for orders. The Lulu brings a quantity of cocoanuts, &c, on account of Captain MoLeod. She has also on board 27 passengers. Captain McLeod reports, on March 26th spoke the schooner Donald McLean, bound to the North Island, for labour. May 2nd, the schooner Coquette anchored off Port Eesolu tion, and on the 3rd inst. the schooner Zephyr arrived. On the 27th April, -while the vessel was lying off Penteco3t Island, the natives on shore made signs for those on board to land. A boat's crew, containing the supercargo,

accordingly put off from the ship, but no sooner had one of the meu landed than he was shot at by the natives with arrows. The boat immediately put off again, and the crew were fortunate to roach the ship without being hurt.

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

(Before J. O'Neill, Esq., andT. Ritchie, Esq., J.P.s) DBITNKBNNESS. Carl Williams and William Laverty, charged with this offence, were each fined ss. and costs, or to be imprisoned for 24 hours with hard labour., THREATENING LANGUAGE. Benjamin Arch was charged by Gertrude Granger, with using towards her, on the 16th May, threatening language, to wit, that he would worry her life out and never leave her alone. Mr. Wilson for complainant; Mr. Joy for defence. Gertrude Granger, deposed : I am afraid defendant will do me some great bodily harm. To Mr. Joy : Defendant has been living near me for five years; he is very abusive. Never laid an information against him before; he came to the gate enquiring about a cat, I ran into my house ; told him I had no cat of his. He came again on same subject; he said there is no use in your running, I "will worry your live out and never leave you alone ; I ran away out by the back of the house to escape ; we have not been visiting ; he used oaths to me and called me bad names ; never brought oat pistols to shoot at children ; never threatened to kill Billy Blank with an axe. Told the defendant I would throw dirty water over him. Re-examined by Mr. Wilson: Saw the defendant coming out of my stable. Pound a large wound in the horse's neck, about six inches long. To the Bench : He called me a ——, and swore violently. For the defence, Mary Ann Webster de posed : I know the complainant, and reside in her neighbourhood. Have known her for three or four years ; she is a very violent woman, and is always pelting the fowls and animals of her neighbours. The defendant has the very best of characters ; never know of his being out of temper. I knew that the cat and kitten were at complainant's place, and I told defendant's wife so ; so also did Mrs. Grainger.

Defendant was ordered to give security in his personal bond of £25, to keep the peace for six months. Defendant to pay also costs of Court.

The Court then rose.

A lady describing an ill-tempered man, said " He sever smiles but he seems ashamed of it. "

Young women should set good examples for the young men arc always following tliein. The New York papers are great in getting up long accounts of ordinary events. The fol lowing, cut from an. account of a suicide shows how they do it : - "The horror of this tale, will for a brief moment, light np :n men's eyes the vast expanse of social disease and disquiet, and iujuslice, and seething dim rage which heaves around and beneath our splendid modern civilisation, even as a lightning flash reveals, in the blackness of midnight,the great, wastes of some storm shaken sea."

Mobhonism. —A correspondent thus describes a Mormon missionary meeting held in Karori on Friday evening last,at which he was present:—" In a room nine or ten feet square, iv a private house, were squeezed as many bodies as could be jammed in inconveniently. The congrega tion was of both sexes, but all adults. MaDy of the women, and some of the males, seemed to be of the impressionable order that are easily moved by every fresh vagary in faith, and they hung with atten tion on the words of the speaker. The " Saint" himself is a plain middle-aged man, has nothing of the enthusiast about him, is not remarkable for intellect, but seems a serious self-possessed man of sufficient mental calibre to be able to hold his own with his rude interlocutors. But the grand thing of the evening was the incense that was offered up to the new prophet. I could not stand in it and live for ten minutes —whether from want of faith or not I cannot say—but Elder Beauchamp and some of his hearers seemed rather to enjoy the balmy air. I have heard of the New York reporter who counted 177 separate and distinct smells, but verily, all put together would not equal the aggregation of nastiness that permeated the atmosphere of that meet ing house. To remain inside was certain death by suffocation, asphyxia, or some other equally horrible and unpronounce able death ; and to venture outside was to run the gauntlet of a fusillade of ovarous stinkpots that splashed and squashed in irregular volleys on the outside of the house. However, T did not take much time to consider whether to risk the blockade of rotten eggs or take certain death at the feet of the prophet. Of course I preferred the former, and escaped with out a spatter, but I lost the discourse." Wellington Independent. A New Panacea.—The Daily News re marks that Sir Frederick Pollock appears to have discovered a new remedy for some of the infirmities of old age. The facts have beea forwarded to the practitioner by the President of the College of Physic ians. Sir Frederick is now 86 years of age, and to the great wonder and joy of his friends, his strength scarcely in any way fails him. Still, some years ago he suffered from the indefinable nervous malaise which is incident to old age, and which sometimes makes itself known in painful spasms more or less connected with the digestive system. He tried the best rectified ether, which he inhaled from an ordinary bottle applied to one nostril. The {safety of the experiment to some extent depends on the inhalation through only one nostril. A few whiffs taken in this way removed spasm and pain, and induced a general tranquility of the nervous system. Sir Frederick goes on with the inhalations every day, and enjoys in consequence magnificent health. The quantity of ether which he uses ia variable ; sometimes it amounts to several ounces a day ; but how much of it escapes and how much of it is absorbed into the system it would be difficult to estimate.

Fob the following announcement, a recently-established London weekly paper (called Latest ISews) is responsible :— " Those of our readers who are not ia the secrets of the palace will certainly be startled to hear that the cause of frequent Tisits of the Prince of Augustenburg- Sonderburg to Windsor, will in a few weeks be explained to her Majesty's loyal subjects, in a manner calculated to cause them th« highest gratification, and to withdraw our gracious Queen from the privacy in which she has spent her widowhood." The story certainly re quires much corroboration to make it the east credible.

The following letter, signed by a number of residents at Levuka, Fiji, was sent to a Mr. Leefe at Nananu, and by him sent to the Fiji Times, from which we extract:—" Sir,—We beg to inform you a statement is current in this port to the effect that Findlay and John M'Liver, master and supercargo respectively of the British vessel William and Julia, did, some days ago, while at one of your plantations, sell two women, brought by them from the Gilbert Archipelago; it was reported also the men named had on board her at. Levuka t^o other women whom they kept secreted in the hold. Yesterday, the British Consul, attended by several gentlemen, boarded the vessel and wished to interrogate the master. M'Liver refused ia a most insolent man ner to produce any paper, and further stated he did not know his own nation ality, and he did not sail under any flag. Two women were found ia the hold, and it was ascertained beyond doubt that two more had been disposed of at your place. We are, therefore, determined to support consular authority in this matter, and pre serre our own interests in the country, by putting an end to any nefarious practices, such as those of which McLiver iJrothers are now charged, and which by their con duct here appear to bo well founded. On the part of, and in the name of the Euro pean residents in Fiji, we call upon you, as the proprietor of the plantation where this act is said to liave occurred, to fur nish those explanations the subject de mands. T4mt no delay may ensue, we have sent the boat Tyro, and we would impress upon you the necessity of for warding to this port the women and the person who is said to have received them, where they can be questioned by her Majesty's Consul."

The Sydney Morning Herald says, io reference to Madame Anna Bishop:— " This talented songstress was married to Mr. Schultz. an American, of quiet gen tlemanly address. It is well known that they lived on the best terms here, and it can therefore scarcely be credited that there is the least foundation for the fol lowing paragraph, which appears in the San tt-ancisco Bulletin of January 15: — " Madame Anna Bishop, charging her husband with infidelity, has asked the New York Courts-fora divorce.'"

3?HB EVENING STAK, MAY 20, 1870.



WANTED— An UNFURNISKED ROOM, with use of Kitchen/by , respectable Married Couple. —Apply to &. J£ Evening Stab Office. "' NOTICE. MESSRS. MUST & CO., of Queen-street Auckland, and Grahamatown, Thames' are AGENTS for the sale of K. BALE'S CABIN BISCUIT. May 5, 1870. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO CIATION, Welebsi/ey-stbeet. a NNUAL COURSE OF LECTURES. THIS (FRIDAY) EVENIN&, May 20- Rev. Dr. Mafnseli : "Genesis and Geology." June 10— T. B. Gillies, Esq., M.G.A., Su perintendent: "Public Spirit." « i7_Dr. Hector : " Some Branches of Geological Science, illustrated with diagrams. July B—Rev. D. Jones : (To be advertised) " 15—W. L. Rees, Esq.: "A few Ele ments of Greatness." Aug. 12—Rev. E.N.Beee, M.A.: "Popvuw Education, Religious and Secu lar." Sept. 9—Rev. J. Bullee : " Our Youn» Men." Oct. 7 —H. H. Litse:, Esq.: " Ancient Co. lonization." The tickets for the course (price 35.,) to admit bearer and lady, may be obtained from Messrs. J. Wayte, J. and H. Upton, R. B. Shalders, Queen-street; at the Rooms of the Association, or from the Members of the Committee. Lectures to commence at 7.30 p.m. SINGLE LECTURE, 6d. NEW CITY HALL, Queen-street. • ■ % • -, GRAND FASHIONABLE NIGHT. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. CEOWDED HOUSES. rnHIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, X May 20, AND DURING THE WEEK, The most sublime and startling production of the age —the Grand Moving Tableaux of THE APOCALYPSE, the largest and finest Diorama ever exhibited in New Zealand, painted on 20,000 feet of can vas, pourtraying with immense power the Visions of St. John, as by him described in the Book of Revelations, commencing with the Vision of the Seven Golden Candlesticks, and ending with the Vision of THE NEW JERUSALEM, the most magnificent scene ever exhibited in the world. A Free Distribution of Elegant and Costly Gifts will be made amongst the patrons of the entertainment at the close of the Exhibition, amongst which This Evening will be a mag nificent GOLD WATCH, valued at £7; together with about 40 other presents. MILLION PRICES: Reserved seats, 3s; second do., 2s; back, Is. Seats can be secured at the Hall. Doors open at half-past 7 s to commence at 8 o'clock. Carriages may be ordered at half-past 10. R. G. Bacheldeb Proprietor ,( A. J.Logan .... Treasurer t W. G. Carey ... ... Lecturer R. C. Jeffery ... Musical Director. H. EASTWOOD, Manager. vZvGHTpu * ■ ■ , TARARTT TRAMWAY. TENDERS WANTED FOR EXTENSION AND WORKING. Superintendent's Office, Auckland, 17th May, 1870. /( IT is hereby notified that TENDERS in writing will be received at this office un til one o'clock p.m. of MONDAY, the 30th nstant, from persons desirous to execute the EXTENSION of the TARARU TRAM WAY up Tinker's Gully, receiving in return a Lease of the present Lines on Tararu Creek and Tinker's Gully. , . Tenders to state the number of years lease required, and the maximum rates of carriage proposed to be charged. Tenders also to state the terms on which the present wooden rails would be replaced withy light iron ones. ■ - -I: i Tenders to be sealed and endorsed " Ten. 1 ders for the Extension of Tararu Tramway. ) THOMAS B. GILLIES, •% Superintendent. . ; I AUCKLAND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. A DIVIDEND of TEN SHILLINGS per share in the abovenamed Company will be payable on and after TUESDAY next, at noon, on application to the undersigned. CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Treasurer.