The Evening Star.

Vol. I.—No. 124,]

AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1870.

[Price One Penny.



STEAM BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND THE THAMES. ;TK^_ rpHE Steamer I|||||2_> ' WILLIAMS' Will t,eave Q-„en-stbeet Whabe punctu- ALXT AT THE A-VERTISED.HOUJB: Friday, 3rd June, 3 o'clock p.nn Saturday, 4th June, 8 o'clock a.m. Monday, 6th June, 9 o'clock a.m. Wilt, xeave Gbahamstown : Thursday, 2nd June, 6.30 o'clock p.m. Friday, 3rd June, 7 o'clock.p.m. Saturday, 4th June, 12.30 o'clock p.m. Monday, 6th June, 1.30 o'clock p.m. Retdrn Tickets issued for one week at Reduced Rates. The steamer 'Clyde' will Tender the ' Wil liams ' at Grahamstown. H. M. JERVIS, Agent. STEAM TO THE THAMES, -ii <-pOYAL ALFRED;' M-ispS^from AUCKLAND toSHORT .I, _______■ LAND TIME TABLE. FbOM AUCKLAND : Thursday, 2nd June, 1 o'clock afternoon Fbom Gbahamstown : Thursday, 2nd June, 5.45 o'clock afternoon Return Tickets issued for One week at Reduced Fares, and available for the 'Duke of Edinburgh.' I S. HAGUE SMITH. STEAM TO THE THAMES, -iv * TT\ UKE OF EDIN- Leave Auckland : Thursday, 2nd June, 4.30 o'clock afternoon Friday, 3rd June, at 5 o'clock afternoon Saturday, 4th June, at 5 o'clock afternoon Fbom Gbahamstown: Friday, 3rd June, at 10 o'clock morning Saturday, 4th June, at 10 o'clock morning Return Tickets issued for One week at Reduced Fares, and available for the ' Royal Alfred.' S. HAGUE SMITH. FOR GRAHAMSTOWN , AND SHORT LAND., nr[ ■;, . is||ifN-^> ' LADY BQWEN,' Captain Adams, will receive cargo for both places, and sail as under: — Fbom Aucklas d : Thursday, June 2nd, at 11 o'clock p.m. Sunday, June sth, at 3 o'clock p.m. Fbom Gbahamstown : Friday, June 3rd, at 10.30 o'clock a.m. For freight or passage apply to , J. CASEY, Red Office, Wharf. FOR THE THAMES. ]||||||!^> "'ENTERPRISE No.. :',' Captain Scon, will sail on , ,*. ... Friday, 3rd June, 11 o'clock night HOLMES BROS. FOR LEVUKA, 7FIJI. ,=__r2>-i rpHE Schooner Will sail forffZ-aaboYe port? on or about the 6th June. L i]he is now ready to receive cargo. ~,_ ■ - ; For fi* • _ Oi' passage' apply to ' J.,8. MACFARLANE & CO. FOR TAHITI DIRECT. 7., • TTIHE naw Clipper Schooner J|Hw_- 'L^ETITIA,' ;■ Captain O.H. Tba.te, will sail for above port on FRIDAY, the 3rd June. For freight or passage apply to L. D. NATHAN & CO.



STEAM TO TH_3 HAY OF ISLANDS I~V-v_i- riIHE swift and commodious I'll ilWli 'TAURANGA' will (weather permitting) leave Queen-street Wharf for the above every SATURDAY EVENING-, at 5 o'clock sharp, returning from Russell for Auckland every TUESDAY, it. 4 p.m. W. J.- HURST & CO., Agents, Auckland; A. VILCOQ, Agent, Russell. • * # * Shippers are particularly requested to send their goods down one hour before the advertised time of leaving, to prevent delay. Bonded goods cannot be received alter 2 o'clock. EOR HOBART TOWN DIRECT. '=:-%^%. npHE Clipper Barque ;ffi^ «BELLA MARY,' Captain R. Copping, will .ail for the above Port, oil FRIDAY, the 3rd June. For freight or passage, apply to H. S. MEYERS, , Queen-street. AUSTRALASIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S LINE OF STEAMERS. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, TSANBHIPPIN- TO ANY POBT IN THK AUSTBALASIAN COLONIES. -tii mHE A. S. N. Company's ©Uj^Sjl^. JL Steamship iSb ' AUCKLAND,' 850 tons, 150 horse power, B. Paddle, Commander, will be despatched about SA* TURDAY, the 4th June. For Freight or Passage apply to H. M. JERVIS, Aeenfc. REGULAR MONTHLY STEAM COMMU NICATION BETWEEN AUCKLAND, SYDNEY, AND MELBOURNE. -lx mHE s.s. Captain Logan", is expected here about the 4th June, arid will leave again for Sydney and Melb-urne five days after her arrival. For freight or passage apply te CRUICKSHANK, SMART, & CO., Agents, Auckland; Or to, LEDGER & FRANCIS, Agents, Grahumstown, Thames. Queen street, Auckland, May 4,1870 OVERLAND ROUTE TO ENGLAND VIA SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK. STEAM TO SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIAN, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL LINE OF STEAM PACKETS. -a_jl mHE Splendid Steam Packet 5j_S&S-_-_r' ' Wonga Wonga,' T. S. JJeale, Esq., Commander, will leave Auckland, carrying the English Mail, on MONDAY, 6th June, at 2 p.m. For full particulars of the through route %pply to CRUICKSHANK, SMART & CO., Agents. Queen-street, Auckland, May 10, 1870. FOR LONDON. .~?"_&tj, mHE Magnificent Iron Clipper vJSlil: * inflexible; ■Al at Lloyd's, Wir. Lyall, Esq., Commander. This fine vessel, now on her first voyage, has the highest/ obtainable class at Libyds. All except two of her Saloon Berths are engaged ; she has most excellent accommodation for a limited number of Second Cabin passengers, and will take eight more single men as Third class passengers at £20 each. | .As a large part of her cargo is engaged, she ■will have quick despatch. . I BRQWN, CAMPBELL & CO., ; ■ . Agentst . May 19, 1870. '



FOR LONDON DIRECT. ,___-,*_k-* rpHE Splendid Clipper Barque •^|__g' 'ISMAY>' Captain Sherwin, 422 tons register. This vessel, having the greater part of her cargo engaged, will leave for the above port during the ensuing month. For Freight apply to OWEN & GRAHAM. 'MARY SHEPHERD,' @ LONDON. ,=~%A mHE above vessel having been '/s^£/_^V -*- RePorted at the Customs, <iA?O ifflV^" Consignees are requested to Pass -^Vttafx^ Entries, Pay Freight, and take Delivery in terms of Bills of Lading. BILLS of LADING to order must be pre sented for endorsement at the Office of the undersigned previous to the delivery of cargo. L. D NATHAN & CO., Agents. A. & K. TEUTENBERG, ENGRAVERS, CARVERS, AND GUN MAKERS, ARE prepared to execute STAMPS for Goldmining Companies, DIES, with PRESSES, Etc., at the shortest notice, and in superior style. WELLESLEY-STREET EAST, Five Doors from Queen-street. FOR A FEW WEEKS LONGER. SELLING OFF ! ■ SELLING OFF ! THE GREATEST BARGAINS IN JEWELLERY that can be got in Auck land for many years to come. JFir-EEN PebCent. Retubned! • Come and Judge _ob Yourselves. Business Hours : From 9 to 3. T. A. HICKS, JEWELLER, ETC., Vulcan-lane. N.B.—The whole stock o( Jewellery, Fittings, and Business/to be SOLD CHEAP No reasonable refused, as the business mußt be closed. A. G. BARTLETT, CHRONOMETER, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, AND JEWELLER, 82, QUEEN-STREET. mO arrive per ' Kate Waters,' from London, J_ a very Superior STRIKING TURRET CLOCK, Manufactured expressly to order, with all the Modern Improvements used in Clocks for the Public Buildings in London, to strike on a Bell of 3 cwt., Compensation Pendulum Rod, Dead Beat Escapement, best Gun Metal Wheels, Angular Wheel-work, Racks, Pulleys, Patent Iron Wire Lines, 6 feet- 6 inches Iron Skeleton Dial, glazed with Opal Glass, and Plato Glass Centre for Illuminating at night: the whole arranged and perfected with every Modern Improvement to ensure a First-class Public Striking Clock. A.G.B. has in stock a Splendid Assortment of London-made Gold and Silver Lever Watches, Gold and Silver Geneva Watches, Gold Chains, Jewellery, &c., &c. Repairs of every kind carefully performed. Chromometors rated by Transit Observation. <____ 3fcS^£i_i=* THEATRE ROYAL, AUCKLAND. TO BE LET FOR A TERM. "This Theatre, having undergone very eEtensivo internal and external alterations, is now one of the most elegant and comfortable places of amusement in the Colony.''—Vide Press. —- — THE Stage has been temporarily widened, and the ventilation and provision for lighting are of the most ample description. The exterior has been entirely renovated, and the interior elaborately decorated. The building will accommodate between 600 and 700 persons. The Proprietor is open to treat with any first-class Dramatic or other Company, per sonally or by letter. ■ J. W. KNIGHT, Queen-street, ■. . <■ i . - Proprietor. Auckland May, 16, 1870.



IN consequence of the Proprietors having decided not to make any alterations in the Premi.es occupied by Messrs. G. NASH & Co., they beg to infenr, their Friends and the Public that they have now ready their First Shipment of Fashionable WINTER GOODS. According to the latest ~ "*"" " ' Silk Velvet Jackets at 395., Parisian Fashions, Velvets which is very little more are everywhere la mode. In MESSRS. than the prices that are order to meet the demand . V being paid for Cotton or for this, the Richest of all Q NASH & C 0., Yelvc+eeu -Tickets. In ad- Materials, G. NASH & ' difciontothe stock of Jackets Co. have imported, direct, 23Q qtjeeN-STREET, antl Malltles on hand ' any Velvets that will enable ' ' J ' style will be made upon the them to "defy comnelition ~- -_t ,-. *- tt Premises, and Ladies can mem ro.uuj -ompeuuun. -pr EXT Tnlß KW Q ITy Mt'SIC Halt,. As n proof, they respectfully j select the quality ol invite inspection of their ■ ■ .;■ : '_ jVelvt they may prefer. New Millinery, New Dresses, New Clothing, New General Drapery. An early; call is respectfully invited by Messrs. G. NASH & Co., 230, Q.ueen street, next the City Hall. NEIL CAMPBELL, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER, QOEEN STREET, OPPOSITE THE MA RRKT KE.SE EV E . T>EGS to return thanks for past favor.-, and also to intimate to his friends aud the public that he has added a large assortment of Winter Goods to his Stock, and can execute all orders entrusted to him at prices that will defy competition. . A. SAL E : OF DRAPERY & CLOTHING TTTJLL TAKE . PLACE UN THiC PRE^ES OF ' ' ''' J. COSGRAVE & GO* (LATE I). GRAHAM & CO. s ) : ' THIS DAY, THURSDAY, THE' _.np INSTANT- r'!77\



UNITED SERVICE WHOLESALE & RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT STORE. QUEEN- STREET, TWO DOORS KROM -~-! WEL LESLEY-STREET. A MONTILLADO SHERRY, first Quality OLD TAWNY POrl_, Vintage 1861: BOOTH'S LONDON UNSWEETENED^ GIN JAMIESON'S PURE MALT DUBLIN WHISKY , , . DUNVILLE'S BELFAST;WHISK V ' '' ■ ,7 GREENLESS & CALDWELL'S CAMP BELTON WHISKY POMERANZEN GERMAN BITTERS. A large and most varied Stock of WINES and SPIRITS of the Beßt Brand?. Bass' Burton Ale always on draught. CITY CLUB HOTEL, SHORTLAND-CRESCENT. Pboprietor— Roland Campion. rpHE proprietor of this establishment begs to notify to his many patrons and the publid generally, that having removed from his late premises, he has NO LONGER ANY CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE HOTEL. vHg has fitted up, at very, great expense, a splendid upstairs COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT,,, which has been acknowledged by one and^aU^. who have seen it, ;: ,J ( UNRIVALLED FOR TASTE AND ELEGANCE. ' '' ;•'" His brands of Wines and Spirits £e<sd7no comment. 7,-,'' ''7M;7-''' 0 H 1 NA, GLAS: S. EARTHENWARE. STAFFORDSHIRE WAREHOUSE, Lower Queen-street, Auckland. j, JU ST RECEI YE D, ni CASKS CUT GLASSWARE, assorted. ■ . . 31 casks Prest Glassware, assorted ~ -2 ■ :M £ 65 crates Earthenware, do. p4 1 ** p 9 hhds. China, " do. 5 Impored direct from the. original manufac turcrd to suit the' New Zealand trade, and will be sold _t a moderate advance on home invoice; also, 'the/largest display, in New. Zealand of the above goods, in every designs, style, and pattern, rjgf Licensed Kerosene Vendor and : ' ' • -.. Depot.. ...:.. -..-,■ >>< DAVID WEIR, STAFFORDSHIRE WAREHOUSE, .» Lower Queen-street. \. ' ::'V'SE,_J>E;TIAN' BLIND'S _ ;v CAN BE HAD AT THE AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY, Shortland-street, Of any. dimensions, iv any number from one * ,c' "%% hundred, within a.given \; , ""<;.-^..Jtune, of the' ~' ~,: Best- QuALi-i^AJ«> Reasonable Prices, And sent to'all parts of New Zealand. ■\,f H, BUSBY, lSole Proprietor, practical iVfi • Blind Maker,:and Wire Worker,-many years established at City Road, London, manu facturer of every description df Window Blinds, and ornamental Wire Work. • Old blinds cleaned, allered. repaired and. . painted.; ;' VENE TI A N H O'USB ' 7 Shortland-street, ..-.„;, . ~ ■:... Auckland,