The Evening Star.

Vol. lI—No. 344.]

AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1871.

[Price One Penny.



NORTH SH ORE FEERY. TIME TAB LJE OF THE P.S. 'LALLA ROOKH.' Trom From North Shore, From Auckland. North Shore, Old Wharf. New Wharf. 7.0 a.m. 7.30 a.m. j Tor Auckland 8.30 „ 9.0 ' „ I 9.20 a.m. 930 „ 10.0 ~ I 11.30 „ 10.30 „ 11.0 „ 4.50 p.m. 11.40 „ 12.0 noon. 6.0 „ 12.40 p.m. i 1.0 p.m. 1.30 „ I 2.0 „ 2.30 „ 3.0 „ From Auckland 3.30 „ 4.10 ~ | 11.0 a.m. 5.0 „ ! 5.30 „ 410 p.m. 6.0 „ j 6.30 „ | 5.30 „ At low sprint; tides the Old Wharf only. On Sunday, the first boat from North Shore is at 9.30 a.m. j from Auckland, at 10 a.m. HOLMES, BROS. THE UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALASIAN STEAM PACKET LINE. THE "NORTH PACIFIC TRANSPOR TATION COMPANY of San Francisco having entered into a contract vil.li the Honorable the> Posfcrnnsfer-General of New Zealand for the conveyance of Mail.* between San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Obtiliners, and vice versa, the dates of sailing will be from Port Chalmers on tlte Ist and from Auckland on the 7th of every month', to com mence from Port Chalmers on the Ist of April next. The Service will be performe I l-y the Powerful Side-wheel Steamers the 'NEBRA S/.K A/ - 2143 Toes Register, <N E V A D A, J 2143 Tons Register, < DA X O T A,' of 2153 Tons Register, all built in 1865, under official supervision, and classed extra Al at American Lloyds. For Passenger accommodation these vessels are unsurpassed by any afloat. Perfect ar rangements have been made to connect with the Pacific Railway, and with the magnificent lines of steamers running between New York and England. Passengers wili be booked right through. First-class fare, from all ports in New Zealand to England, including the use of the celebrated Silver Palace Cars over the American Continent, will not exceed £85. Second and third-class passengers will be taken at proportionately low rates. Return tickets at a reduced rate will be issued, and passengers will be allowed to remain over at any and all ports and stations called at. The contract time between San Francisco and Auckland, and vice vqrsa, is 24 daye. Passen gers who may desire lo proceed right through will reach England within 40 days from Auck land. Every exertion will be made to make thia the popular passenger route. Arrangements will''be made to connect in New..Zealand with.the intercolonial steamers, so that Australasian passengers may be con- T?yed right through at a slight increase upon New Zealand rates. : Fuller particulars will be given in a future advertisement. ' * ■■■'-' --; i ORUICKSHANK, SMART & Co.,f ', Agents-in-Chief for New Zealand at Auck land, for the United States, New Zea land and Australasian Steam Packet Line; DRIVER, STEWART & CO., Agents for Otago., j JOHNSTON & CO., Agents for Wellington ; :..._ miles &co., Agents for Lyttelfcon. November 26, 1870. aM * — — j CfTEAM TO THE THAMES, THE p.s. 'ROYAL ALFRED. TIME TABLE. BfiOM ATJCBXAND TO OBAITAMSTOWN : i Wednesday, February 15, 7.30 o'clock afto'r m, no°n . ! February 16, 8.30 o'clock evening';. «nday, February 14, 9 o'clock night 1 f, IfiOM bRAHAIISTOWN l 6 j^TjCKIiAND : S r, i^ttsday, Feb. 16, 12.30 o'clock afternoon |.., ntta y> February 14, 1 o'clock afternoon | S." HAGUE SMITH.



FOR GRAHAMSTOWN AND TARARU. mHE p.s. 1 'GOLDEN CEOWN' will leave the Queen-street Wharf, Auckland, EVERY MORNING-, at 10.30 o'clock sharp (Sundays excepted), and will leave the Thames at 4 o'clock, AFTERNOON, for Auckland. Fares : —Cabin, 7s. Gd. ; Steerage, 4s. Return tickets (Cabin), 12s. J. S. MACFARLANE, Agent. mHE S.S. 'STAR OF THE SOUTH' J will sail for NAPIER on or about FRIDAY, the I7lh insfc. For Freight or Pnssage, apply to J. S. MACFARLANE. STEAM TO BAY OF ISLANDS. THE s.s. 'GO-AHEAD' Will leave the Queen-street Wharf, THIS DAY (Wednesday)., the loth instant, at 4 o'clock. For Freight or Passage, apply to S. H. SMITH. PATRONISE LOCAL INDUSTRY. OVEKS! OVENS 1 OVENS! BEBBEET H. SMITH'S ]3ATENT PORTABLE SMOKE-CON SUMING OVENS are acknowledged by all to be the best and cheapest in the colony. Prices from 30s upwards. Ij^ Note the Address-HIGH-STREET, opposite Rout's Store, and back of J. C. Morrin's, Grocer, Queen-street. Parties visiting the manufactory can inspect every article. N.B.—All kinds of Ovens made and re paired, Gasfitting and Spouting fixed, and machinery repaired. 10th February, 1871. j CHEAP TIMBEE. THE Union Sash and Door Company is the cheapest place to obtain building mate rials of all kinds. They have now special facilities for cutting Boat Boards, &c, for price and quality far surpassing anything yet attempted in this market. i-inch Lining, full cut and evenly sawn, at ss. Second-class 6xl matched flooring, at Bs. And other descriptions at proportionately lowrates. \ • NEW LINE OF 'BUSES. F. PHIPPB HAS made arragements for Running a 'Bus DAILY between the WHAU and ADCKLAND—leaving the Whau at 8 a.m., and from Union Bank Auckland, at 5 p.m. Parcels earned. Mr. F. Phipps has been appointed Agent for the Sale of the Evening! Stab at the Whau. ' November 4, 1870. NOTICE. MR. W. M. CHAPPELL is authorised to CANVAS for ADVERTISEMENTS for the Eveming Star. REED & BRETT, Proprietors. ■ NO.TES OH DIPTHERIA, By F. A. Kabtmann, M.D., LATE Physician to the Norfolk and Nor r -^icU jHplm,lß^gatluc/;Hosj>ital>nd. JPiapen paryj. ..Mfjipribei- Qi i fcjie G Bci.ti?l\,v / SAPWopa^hic 89fiie£j» &P.'. n^<3;ikp < had ; ali.r«4o 80pd^,,87, ,QL*aeasti;ejaJ;, «%n4 P.< Wt! iSanderft MptQoeen- Btieet, Homoeopathic Chfem^.t9,capi:d Q-* Ghap man, Queen-street.



CHUISTMAS PRESENTS ! SPECIAL NOTICE. HEINRICH KOIIN JMVELLEIi, &c, QTJBEIT-STBEBT, T)EGS to draw Lhe attention of Lbc public to a quantify of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! (received ex mail), specially selected for this season of the- year. These Goods will be found unsurpassed in beauty, design, and workmanship. . ! To meet the times, and to place it within the reach of everyone desirous of making presents, H.K. has determined to dispose of these goods at the smallest possible margin for profit. . ! . i ■ NOTE THE ADDJJESS— HEINRICH KOHN, :■:■•-... > QUEEX-STKEET. .. . ■ .. .!': '■ ■■'\" r; : O.r i i V TO BE LET, ON LEASE, THA.T FIRST-CLASS HOUSE, in Napier, Hawke's Bay, known as the " EMPIKE HOTEL;" splendid Billiard Room, Sample Kooms, and every convenience for carrying on a first-rate Hotel business. The present Pro prietor is retiring from the business. The Hotel does the largest business in the Province. For particulars, apply to the Proprietor, G. H. SWAN, Napier; or, to E. & H. ISAACS, Fort-street.



Q;N SAL E. QACWT.' SPLIT PEAS O\J. 100 half-chests Tea, extra choice season 1870-71, ex 'Eliza.'Firth ' li cwt. Brown & Poison's Corn Flour 5 cases Candied TaA] 10 cases Peacock's Jams 80 cases V\ rLiLc and Blue Starch 15 cases Morton's Salmon 11 cases Morton's Pickles . IS cases Morton's Salad Oil 5 eases Fay and Martin's Paste Blacking 6 cases light and dark Blue 15 kegs Carbonate fc'oda 2 cases Tarlaric Acid 10 cases Bottled Fruits 10 cases Vestas 5 cases Cocoa (Taylor's) 20 cases Chicory 6 cases L." & P. Sluice 50 boxes Candles 5 tons Company's Sugar 12 tierces Prime Mess Dcef Otngo Oatmeal, Pearl Barley, Paper, Win!/, Grey, nr./t Brown Paper Bags Groats Stockholm 'far Bed Lead Soft Soap. Oil, Cclza, N cats foot, Castor and Linseed Cotton Waste Tin Plates Flooring Brads Unbleached Ginger Giugerbeer Bottles Lemonade Bottles .' ' ' ' '. "' . . ":. ' \ Lemonade Corks Cochineal Ess. Lemon, Tin Foil Bottling "Wire &o', &c, &c. TO AEEIYE PEE ' QUEEJN 7 BEE,' Marmalade Jams and Jellies " Price's Candles Oakum j Muntz Metal, 14, 16, 18 ozs. Sheathing Nails, and f ths H. B. MORTON, CUSTOM HOUSE-STEEET. December 21,1870.



UNITED SERVICE WHOLESALE & RETAIL "WINE AND SPIRIT STORE, OUEEN«B T II E E T , TWO IJuuTia FltOM WF.LLESL B V-STREET. SPIRITS BOTTLED ON" THE PRrE MISEB:—London and Plymouth Un sweetened Q-in, Booth's Old Tom, Old Jamaica Ruin, Jamieson's Pure Malt Dublin Whiskey, Buiwille'e Okl Irish Whiskey, Grecnless & Caldwell's Cumpbellton Whiskey, Martell's Pale or Dark Brandy. The above at 4a per boUie, or 42a per dozen, assorted ; half-botLlcs, 2*. ■ Martell's or Hennessey's case "y . Brandy ". 5 6|J Dunville's case Whiskey 4 6! -g Bernard's case Old Tom 4 6 f ffl Gin, JDKZ 5 0 53 Ditto (small) 3 Oj * WIKES— Per bottle. Per dozen. b. d. s. d. Amontillado Sbew-y ... 5 0 ... 60 O Okl Tawny Port Vintage 1861 5 0 ... CO 0 2nd quality, Port & Sherry 4 0 ... 42 0 Pint bottles, 2nd quality, Port and Sherry ... 2 0 No. 2 Champagne 6 0 No. 2 Champagne (small) 3 0 C'}- h ..... 4 0 case 36 0 ... ~;• Wine ... ..; 3 0 All Cord!..::< .... ... 1 0 Townsend's Sarsaparilla .it. 6 0 Blood &Da wson's Stout ...1,8 ... 14 0 Tennant's & .Bass's Ale ... 13 .. 14 0 Jeffrey's EdiuburghAle,patsl 0 ... 11 0 BASS'S ALE ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT. NEW CALEDONIA WHOLESALE & RETAIL Wli\ TE & SPIRIT STOBE, CO UN Ell OF STMOND-STKEET AND KAEANG-AITAPE ROAD. PIHVATE ENTRANCE : SYMOND STEEET. " i. ' . LIST OF PRICES. Srntrr.3 and Wines Bottled on tije Pbemises. MARTELL & irENNESSEY'jJ PALE BRANDY, 4s. per bottle; small h,ottle, 2s-. Mnrtell and Hennessey's Dark Brandy, 4s. per bottle ; small bottle, 2s. Greenless and Calduell's Caiupbelton Whiskey, 4s. and 4s. 6d. per bottle; small bottle, 2s. Dunville's Whiskey, 4s. jxt bottle j small bottle, 2s. Jameson's Dublin Whiskey, 4s; and 4s. 6d. per bottle; small bottle, 3d. Rum, 3s. per.bottle ; smnlLbottleSj Is. 6d. Old Jamaica Rum, 4s. per bottle.,. . | Aruoiitillado Sherry, ss. per bottle ;' 60s. per dozen. • ;.' ■ ' Sherry Wiiie (very superior), 4s. per bpt tlo ; 44s.'per dozen; small bottles, 2s. Old Tawny Port, ss. per bottle j-.58s dozen. Port Wine (very superior),' 4s. per bot tle ; 445. per dozen1; small bottles, 2s. Port and Shen-y Wine, 3s. per bottle ; 345. per dozen. In Case—Genuine Bbands. Hennessey's, Martell's, and Hirie & Oo.'s ss. Od. per bottle. Threo Dagger Associated Vineyard Brandy, ss. per bottle. Geneva, J.D.K.Z., 4s. Gd. per bottle. Geneva, J.D.K.Z. (small), 3s.per bottle. Old Tom, 4s. Od. per bottle. Dunville's Whiskey, 4s. Od. per bottle.; Champagne (No. 2), 6s. per bottle. Champagne (No. 2, small) 3s. per bottle. Claret, 4s. per bottle ; 365. per dozen. English Ginper Wine, 3s. per bottle 30s. per dozen. Townsend's Sarsuparilla, ss. per bottle.j Austrulian Wine, 3s. Gd. and 4s. per bottle (8 different brands). ;•:!,• Ale and Porter, London ( , and ',I)ri ) blin* i bottled, Is. 3d. per bqtilo ;" I'isV. sty\ dozen. Teioxs : —Stbictiy CAsn.^—No ExefeTioi»' , SA M U-E L EY^ I- $i® O In 1 ! PROPRIETOR.



CRITERION HOTEL, COBNEE OP HOT3SON AND COOK-STEEETS. DANIEL PAGE (Late op the N.Z.S.N. Company,) HAS much pleasure in announcing to hi friends and the public of Auckland that he has taken the above favorite Hotel. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS. PKIYATE APARTMENTS FOS FAMI LIES. N.B. —The Bottling Department in con nection with the above establishment is now open. BRANDS—AI. NOTTCE. THE BLUE POSr DINING-ROOMS, VICTORIA-STREET EAST. A LL MEALS AT ONE SHILLING, Late Steward of the Groverlaor Browne" Hotel. FEUIT! FETJITJ! FBti£QU f ! nnHE Undersigned has ioi\Sale., ex,' James 8 Paterson,' from^ Sydney, . ... * 95 CASES CHOICE .APPLES & PEARS Also, Firrt-class POTATOES on hand, at the lowest market prices. N.B. —All Goods delivered free of charge. Teems : Cash. H. CANH AM, HIGH-STEEET. MTJNN'S MAIZENA, rriHE finest preparation of CORN FLOUR manufactured. Far superior to any English make, which it has entirely superseded in Australia, Fresh Shipments just landed. B. TONES & CO., % Sole Wholesale Agents. THE RAT-KILLEE! ! THE EAT KILLEE ! ! THE only sure REMEDY r for destroying 'RAT'S'in Auckland is'WHITLAW'S AMERICAN RAT DESTROYER. This Paste is Poison to Rats and Mice without paii. One trial will satisfy anyone who is troubled with such vermin. To be had ONLY at my Establishment, Pitt-street. The Poisons imported from Home, are,use less on account of the sea voyage. My RAT DESTROYER does NOT contain anyPHOS PHOROpS. Manufactured at my Laboratory,, Pitt-stbeet, AVCKLASX). g^" Note the Address— THE EED GLOBE LI<3"ST. Sold in loxe3 at Gd., Is., Is. Wi 2s;;6a. .Sold wholesale at the above prices jless 25 per cent, for casli. WATSON'S BOOT & &&QE FACTORY (TOP 01" &nOBTLAND-STEEET). i T7l VERY description of Ladies' and Gent's V 4 Boots. *"': '': ' ' : ■ Kepnirs promptly executed . ."B ,Tii. T. R. GILMAN,' Clieinist, One *k. I_ JL . . .- r S ■ ■ ■'- I" ,■ I hiMxen, has been aiipointed AGHENT | for' the Sale of this Paper. -: ; ■;,'+,,. ,i. ■ a 1 '_<■] Ncrember'S, 18/0.