SHIPPING.

POUT OP AUCKLAND. ARRIVAL?. C'rmio>\in v li "! , '•'?. tons, IIolui;-.;, from E.iy of Is land i. The p.s. Comerang, Capfc. Holmes, arrived in harbor this morning from Bay of Islands, with 90 Inns coal, 5 tons gum, 26 boxes fruit, 3 bales wool, 1 ton sundries, and several passengers. The following vessels have sailed from En3Sell for Auckland :—January 15— Grazelle, Ruby nnd Woodstock; for Thames—lsabella, Mariner, Mary Thomson ; for Manukau— Onehunga ; for Poverty Bay—Opotiki. TLe barque Bella Mary sailed from Hobart Town, for this port, on the 3rd instant. The schooner Spray, 50 tons, Captain Clarkson, sailed from Lyttelton, for this port, on tbeßth instant, with 30 sacks pollard, 183 ditto wheat, 257 ditto barley, and 299 ditto flour.

The schooner Industry stranded whilst; entering the Waitara river. The cargo was taken out and it was expested she would float in a few days.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to morrow, at 10.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Tauvanga, via Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and tomorrow, at 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, Driving Creek, fand Tiki, per Challenger, to-morrow, 19th instant, at 9.30 a.m. For Fiji, per s.s. Wninni, to-morrow, 11.30 a.m. For Kussell and Kawakawa, per Comerang, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Eor Wangarei, &c, per Samson, Jo-morrow, 20th inst., at 3.30 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places per s.s. James Paterson, will dose at this office on Friday, 20th inst., as under : - India, China, Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports, and Con tinent of Europe, at 9 a.m. Sydne/ and the Australian Colonies, at 10 a.m. United Kingdom via Suez and Southern Ports, (for letters specially so addressed), at 10 a.m. United Kingdom via Marseilles and Brin disi, at 10.30 a.m. Money orders, regis tered letters and newspapers, at 9.30 a.m. Late letters for Sydney, Melbourne, and United Kingdom via Southampton, bearing 3d and (3d in addition to the postage, will be received t ill 10.30 a.mr Note.—Closed mail-J for letters nnd telegrams will be made lip at. this office daily for Tau ranga, overland via Thames. Hours will be notified. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, January 21, 1871: — Thursday, January 19 : Messrs. J. Naugh-

ton and L. J). Nathan. Friday, January 20 : Messrs'. J. O'Neill and &. B. Owen. Saturday, January 21: Messrs. Qe. P. Pierce and R. F. Porter.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1871.

In the treatment of tho liquor traffic question in the Provincial Council, last night and this morning, honorable members meant business. There was a refreshing heartiness in the way in which they went about it that was a relief after the hundruin styla of usual debates. It was evident from the first that nearly every one's mind was made up on the subject, and speech after speech was but " piling up the agony." Each seemed to try to eclipse his predecessor in unfolding pictures in the history of drunken ness, and in adding suggestions for making the measure more effectively sweeping. We have no hesitation

in saying that the debate of last night has reflected credit on the Council. The measure proposed was one for reform in an abuse that is the crying shame of the colonies, and the cause, of more desolation than any other vice with which humanity is afflicted. Only one or two members in Council op posed the measure, and, considering the consequences of the clauseaccepted, we are free to admit that their oppo sition may have been no excess of caution. With these exceptions, vested interests, and all other interests of the liquor traffic, had short shrift; and now that the debate is practically over, and the care of the publicans entrusted to the U.K.A, we say, Vce Victis! The annual licensing meeting is ap proaching. In the beginning of April the hotel-keepers who have been acua tomed to making their annual bow to the Bench, must look to it that they are in the good graces of the teetotal lers, and we have not a doubt that there will be satisfaction taken on some ' taverns for past abuses. Sin cerely as we believe in the good re sults that may be made to flow from the measure, we would counsel cau tion. If a swoop is made on all the established hotels, an an tagonism will be raised that may reverse the victory. The tee totallers have won a great victory, and through their efforts Auckland has taken a proud pre-eminence, as leader in the reform of liquor traffic of in these colonies. But let the victory be tempered with prudence. The complete results of the provision will be felt in time. But let a line be drawn between the worthy and unworthy. Under the loose regime of the past, a large number of hotel-keepers in this city have kept their establish ments respectable, not from compul sion but from choice. Let this be re membered now. There are again hotels in this city, the constant haunts of prostitutes, and from which the sound of drunken orgies and dis gusting obscenity issues every night. And we call on the friends of temperance and purity, spare them not! There is no difficulty in draw ing the line. Any one passing through our main streets at 10 o'clock at night has the pest-houses obtruded on his notice. And now that the power is in the hands of the people, aye of the wives and sisters and daughters of Auckland, we trust that vice will disappear from our bars, or the bars disappear from our city.

As for the application of the per missive principle to the wholesale licenses, where the Council has done so much good, we can par don a little folly. Of coarse in so characterising the action of the Council in this respect, we shall be regarded as speaking in fear of what were called the " big houses in Queen street," and the Bank of New Zealand. We regret to see that the Council was evidently influenced by this charge, and perpetrated folly in show ing its independence. A local veto on a wholesale license is, as it was in tended to be, a reductio ad absurdum. And the pi'opoaers of it confessedly acted on the principle sad to be practised by the Devil, who, when he cannot upset the coach, will mount to the coachbox and drive. We think the Council will, on reflection, see the effect of the ruse, and will annul what it has done in this respect. The vaguries and irregularities of trade, in making Wangarei or Russell, or, perhaps, Wellington, the seat of the wholesale stores for this province, and our merchant's ag( nts, are so palpable, that honorable members will waive the assertion of independence of " big merchants," and show themselves amenable to common sense.

We have just received numbers of the new Sydney journal—the Mercantile Advertiser, which commenced publication with the begin u>g of the year. There is something iinique about its get-up, and the difficulty in pleasing advertisers in the choice of places is got over by making each of its four pages a. fac simile of the others, so that the paper seems to have neither beginning nor end. The news also is interspersed among the advertisements, and is of a very readable kind. From the first appearance, and what we learn of its pros pects, we believe that tho new journal, which depends on advertising, and is given away gratis, will make a footing in Sydney, and ultimately become a very prosperous concern.

We are informed that Mr. Bartlett is not the only one that has been honored with the patronage of His Royal Highness, Mr. Charles dutton, of Eden Crescent having been ap pointed manufacturer of aerated waters, and Mr. John Leech, carver and gilder to tho Duke of Edinburgh.

St. John Branigan, Commissioner of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, has been authorised to convene cour.s-martial fen- the trial of any offences committed by the forces under his command.

The scarcity of wires for young men which prevails in the Province of Hawko's Bay hav ing been brought under the notice of Govern ment, arrangements are reported to be making lor the arrival quarterly at Napier of a small number of female immigrants.

Mews has been received at Batliurst, Aus tralia, of three murders having been commit ted at Kane s Paddock, Forest Eeefa. A man named Patrick Martin went to the Orange

police station yesterday, and reported that: on his arriving at his place at Forest Beefs on the previous night ho found his wife, and her father and mother had been muvicrcd, and that his niece, a p:irl of fix years old, had been seriously wounded. A constable, accompanied by T)r. 'Warren and the man Martin, at once went to the scene of the murders., and found the bodies of the three persons, who had been killed by gunshot wounds ; the little girl had been shot through the ear, but was not in a dangerous state; upon being questioned, she said Martin had done it, but afterwards could not be induced to repeat the statement or give any further information. Martin was at once arrested on suspicion.

Mr. Thomson, of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, is, it would appear, about to have opposition. The Government intend to keep a lecturer as well, having, as a Southern contemporary tells us, appointed Mr. Biss, of the Dunedin Post Office, _ Sub Commissioner, and Captain Baldwin, Assistant Sub-Commissioner, under the Government Assurance and Annuities Act. The depart mental duties will be performed by Mr. Biss, while Captain Baldwin will travel through the Province for the purpose of explaining the provisions of the Act.

Special Notice.—R. Hobbs considers it necessary to inform the public of hi 3 reasons for withdrawing his advertisements from the daily papers. He is so thoroughly disgusted with the lengths some parties have gone to in the advertisement line, that he does not intend to advertise after this notice, until an altera tion takes place. As to the sy-tem of adver tising goods at " catching," or very low prices, R. H. would simply remark, that it is no test of valtie, as the quality must be seen to test the value. Should 11. H. at any time advertise any .special line, of which he may have bought a large quantity, the public may rely that the quality is good; and he will not be ashamed to forward patterns to any part of the pro vince, post free ; and buyers may depend on getting the goods according to pattern. R. H. has yet to find that any man in Auckland can buy or sell cheaper than he can, notwith standing all the absurd and very question able pretensions of some houses. —R. Hobbs, Wholesale and Retail Draper, Queen and Wakefield-streets. —[Advt.]

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

In the Provincial Council yesterday ques tions were asked with reference to aid to Ifcond Boards, the Armed Constabulary, tlie Hawkers' Licensing Bill, libraries in counti'y districts, confiscated land, South Koad. and pleuro-pneutnonia, and a motion was carried for an educational reserve at Matakohe. The Licensing Bill' was then taken up in committee, and the 22nd, or permissive clause, was debated from shortly after the opening of Council until 230 a.m. this morning. Various amend ments were proposed, and at length the clause, as amended, was passed. Various other clauses were briefly considered and passed. The bill was reported, and re coniitted for the amendment of certain clauses, and the tenth clause, that referring to wholesale licenses, was submitted to the operation of the permissive principle. According to the bill in its present form, and which, apparently, will not be mate rially modifii'd, application for all licenses, whether wholesale or retaii, must be made through the local licensing bench. And if, on a census being taken for the purpose, of all adult males and females, resident in the ward, town, or highway district iv which the hotel or store is situated, it appear that two-thirds of the people object to the renewing or granting of a license, the magistrates shall refuse the certificate necessary for the granting of such license or renewal. Further amendments on the measure will be con sidered to-day, but chiefly witu the object of bringing the clauses into harmony with the permissive principle already accepted. The Council adjourned at ten minutes to three this morning till one p.m. to-day.

THIS DAY,

Amonp the business for to to-day there is a motion of Mr. Dyer, for an address asking for the advance of £4,000 from the Harbour Trust Fund to fill in the market reserve, various motions on minor matters, and all the bills now pending in Council are on the notice paper for to-day.

WHALERS' REPORTS.—THE SECOND MATE OF THE ELIZA KILLED.

By the return of the Oomeraug wo learn of the following whalers at the Bay of Islands :—

January 3. James Arnold, Biiggs, from whale fisheries, with 300 barrels sperm all told ; Sea Ranger, Allen, from whale fisheries, with 290 barrels sperm since May last. 16th.— Milton, Wilson, from whale fisheries, with 199 barrels sperm since May last. Captain "Wilson reports the Eliza, Captain Dimmond, as hav ing 900 barrels all told. The second mate of the Eliza was killed during the time they were outting-in a whale, by a portion of the car cass falling on him. The Coral was spoken during December, having taken nothing since leaving here on the 24th October last.

POST OFFICE ITEMS.

Duking the quarter ended 31st December, 1870, the following transactions have taken place in the Post Office, Money Order, and Savings Bank departments in this province :— 1259 money orders have been issued, for £5351 4s. 2d. ; the commission on these orders amounted to £105 25.; 1071 money orders have been paid, amounting to £4745 18s. sd. During the same period 881 Savings Bank deposits, amouniing to £10,602 14s. have been received, including 181 new accounts opened ; 788 withdrawals were made, amounting to £9867 14s. 7d. ; and £81 12s. 3d. was paid aa interest on closed accounts.

A, telegram from Washington states that the English Mission was offered to General Schenck on 11th December. He has not yofc signified his acceptance, but the best auihority states that he has determined to do so within a few days.

Asher Cassrels and Philip Bennett give notice that they have dissolved partnership.

SHOCKING NEGLECT OF A WOMAN.

AN inquest was held at the Oxford Hotel, Kins-street, Sydney, on the 10th instant, on the bady of n woman named Mary Barlow. Ih appeared that she died on Monday morn ing, about 5 o'clock. Robert Barlow, husband of the deceased, is a blacksmith by trade. He deposed that the deceased was his wife ; that she was about thirty-four years of .ige, and a native of Eng land. Was'married in England about sixteen years ago. She was about two or three year 3 younger than him. They had one child, a boy about fifteen, who has not been home for upwards of a week. She has been in the Infirmary two or three times, and has not had good health this five or sis years. Two doctors saw her in Provident Lane. He does not know their names, but one of them asked for 7s. 6d. but did not get it, one of the doctors gave him a prescription. He had it made up^ but she would not take it. About two weeks ago he procured an order for the Infirmary, but does not know who from. Did not leave anybody to attend his wife while he was at work, nor did he ast any of the neighbours to look in, although she was unable to get out of bed, as the dysentery continued all the time. He could not afford to pay for a person to attend her, but used to get her a glass of port wine from a public-house daily as nourishment, aLo some rice and water and barley and milk and water. He had been told not to give her anything besides milk. She was unable to help herself, but still he believed he was doing his duty. The neighbom's may have gone in to see her. Was present when senior con stable Pirie came and removed her. At that time she was lying upon a bed on the floor. It was not in a filthy condition. She waa sensible, and some brandy was sent for, which appeared to put her in good tomper. She was in a dying stato then. He thought she was so a week before.

Louisa Padbury, on oath, said that de ceased had resided three doors from her. Two or three dys after the Barlows came to reside in the lane she heard groans. She opened the door and found deceased lying on au old filthy mattrass on the floor. She was covered with flies. She was quite exposed * There was no pillow. Upon asking her her name, could only get a reply which she understood to be " Lovev" ; there was some chops, stesik, bread, and rot ten pears lying in the filch by her side ; there was some on a shelf also ; brought her some ten, but as her mouth was closed, apparently glued together, she had to give it to her with a teaspoon ; spoke to Barlow, who only abused her for interfering ; upon her offering to wash and clean her, he said, " Oh, sho is right enough," and for me to mind my own busi ness ; a Mrs. Johnson and myself, upon the doctor's arrival, turned tho woman over, and upon doing so found a large quantity of mag gots crawling about her body; Barlow told her he would strike her after the doctor left, for interfering ; deceased was unable to feed herself.

Caroline Hancock stated that she took de ceased a cup of ton ; that she was in a dread fully filthy state, so much so that she had to go to the door to sjDeak to her; tuok her some beef tea, which ahetook ravenously, and stated it was the best thing she had hud for some time; 9he had only an under garment on and au old jacket thrown over her; saw no nourishing food at any time by her side, but always found her in the same filthy condition; she stated that she was starving, and that her husband was continually drunk; on Sunday, when I called to see her, she was in a more filthy condition than I had pre viously seen her, the smell was so bad that she (witness) had to run out; her (deceased) husband was drunk on Saturnay, also on Sun day week. The coroner instructed Dr. Mackay to make a post mortem examination in the meantime.

The man Barlow was taken into custody by the police, and will be prought up again this morning, when it will remain with the coro ner's jury whether they discharge him by their verdict, or otherwise there is no doubt he will be committed either for manslaughter or murder.

STOPPAGE OF THE TAURANGA MAILMAN BY NATIVES.

[From to-day's Thames Advertiser .] Tne word has cone forth, and the mail to Tanranga, winch formed the means by. which Auckland mid the Thames were brought within a low hours' telegraphic communica tion with the Southern provinces ia stopped On Monday, the mailman who carries the let ters and telegrams between Ob.inei.uuriand Ka tikati, was stopped beyond the Paeroa by na tives of Te Hira's party, who commanded him at once to turn back in the King's name. The man, conscious of guilt, attempted to sophis ticate, and after some earnest pleading he was allowed to pass, with the promise that it would bo for the last time, and that ho would sont intimation to the contractor, Mr. WarbricU, who must forthwith appear before Te Hira, to answer for contravening the King's laws with reference to mails. 11, was no use sending the same man from Ohinemuri with yesterday's mail, and Mr. Thorpe, who has charge of the transit at Ohinemuri, sent it, surreptitiously by a native. This, however, can only be a temporary ex pedient which the natives will soon get up to. What is to be done ? Shall we call Hour and sugar to the rescue ? Don't let us pre tend to be too dignified to do such a thing. Bigger crimes than stopping a rrail have been met by a donation of these useful articles We were pretty certain from the first that the natives would oppose tho passage of a mail by this route. They would not offer any objection to travellers going, and these travellers might convey letters without ques tion. But the name of a mail the natives will not away with. We doubt whether flour and sugar, unless administered in very large quan t.tieß, will do any good in this easo, for it is, be it observed, one of principle, and not ot mere detail.

MINING.

(l?BOM TO-DAY'S " THAMES ADVERTISER.")

The ShotcJveb.—We ure glad to have to record another find of much promise in this fine old mine. On Monday an excellent lot of specimens wore taken out of the workings in the large face, where another rich vein was uncovered. The crushing tliis month at all the batteries employed for the Shotover Com pany is showing up for an improvement in the last month's return.

POLICE COURT.— Wednesday.

(Before 11. D. Rlorpeth and J. Newman, lisqs., Justices-) DETTJTERKNESS.—O. J. Barnes was fined 53 and costs, or to bo imprisoned 2-i hours with hard labor. S. J. Falshaw forfeited bail. Suspicion of Stjjaltng.—Benjamin i linn scv was charged with having seven bushels of wheat in his possession, without being able to account for it.—Mr. Wynn for the defence.— On the application of Mr. Broharn the case was remanded till Saturday. Bail allowed, himself in £10 and one surety in £5. Libei..—Richard Carter was charged with having on or about the 31st December, falsely and maliciously published a defamatory state ment regarding Edward Kichards, to wit, " ou two separate occasions he has gone to the Police Court and sworn to a deliberate falsehood, and boasted of it." The alleged libel being contained in a letter to the Superintendent, and some difficulty having arisen as to its production in Court, Mr. Wynn, who appeared for the complainant, applied for an adjournment, in order to have the letter produced under subpoena. Mr. McKechnie (for Mr. MacCormick, counsel for the defence) consenting,.the case was adjourned till Friday.

ARRIVAL OF THE JAMES PATERSON.'

SYDNEY,

January 11.—All the members of the Martin-cum-Bobertson Ministry have been re elected, and Parliament is to reassemble on the 24th instant. —Mr. Lucas has been returned for Canterbury, and Mr. John Stewart for Kiama.—The works in connexion with the harbour defence are being energeti cally proceeded with, and the G-overnment are determined to make the port secure against any ordinary attack. A. special meeting of the Executive was held on the 3rd, after which they went down the harbour to inspect the site of the proposed fortifications. —The firßt-class match of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club was won by Pomona, Australian being a good second. —A. letter from Careoar states that the recent rains and cold have killed 30,000 sheep in that district. —The Govern ment have called for lenders for the construc tion of 100 torpedo cases, and Lieutenant- Colonel Kichardson (the commander of the Volunteer Force) invites persons willing to enlist in a colonial military force to register their names at the Brigade Office. —The .Rev. W. F. X. Bailey ha 3 been committed for trial for marrying a girl of sixteen years'^ of age to a man called Turner, with out the consent of the girl's mother. — On the 9th, Sir James Martin and a por tion of the Defence Commission marked out the positions of the pits and traverses for the two sixty-tight-pounders to be placed on Shark Point; and for the redan at Bradley's Head. This completes the batteries-comprised in the outer lino of defence. We understand that the manufacture of the booms is being pro ceeded with simultaneously with the excavation of the pits and traverses, together with the making of the roads connecting the batteries on the northern side 'of the harbour, 'iho tenders of Mr. J. it. Bubb and of Messrs. Vale and Lacey have been accepted for the construction of fifty torpedo cases, and the G-overnuient are in treaty for the manufacture of a like number by other firms.

MELBOURNE.

January 2.—To-day was observed as a general holiday, except by the mercantile ■ houses and banks; there were numerous ex cursions. January 3.—A hay and corn store, in ] Elizabeth-street, -was burned down last night; ■ the store was insured in the National for f £150.—A cottage, at Collingwood, was also i destroyed by fire ; it was insured in the Queen Office "for £100.—The Geelong (s.) has taken 123,000 ounces of gold, aud 20,000 sovereigns. —Saunders and Schotfc, tea dealers, were arrested and remanded on a charge of arson. Their premises were discovered on fire this morning, and matters look suspicious. The fire was extinguished befoi-e much damnge | was done. January &. — Longbottom's safety blast ing composition was tried successfully yesterday.—The body of Mr. Willis was found in the Yarra. —Mr. Wardill, and Mr. Young, the conlractor, have been invited by the Sydney Government to a consii tation with reference to the defences. —The auction eers are selling grain by the cental. January 5. —The cental system works awk wardly ; at the auction sales buyers were unable to calculate rapidly, and the auc tioneers reverted to the bushel again.— National Bank shares sold at £5 Is.—There was a great muster at the sale of Petty's yearlings ; six horses realised a total of 3390 guineas; one brought 900 guineas.—The railway revenue for the year shows a decrease of £50,000. — Heywood, collector of the Fitzroy borough, lias been committed for trial for embezzlement. —A nugget, weighing 140 pounds, jind worth nearly £7000, was found at Berlin diggings by a Chinaman. January 6. —The Roman Catholic clergy have issued circulars containing questions to bo put to candidates for seats in the As sembly, on the Education Bill.—Dyer, charged with a murder in 1357, has been committed for trial at Castlemaiiie. —The Vauodia bring 3 later dates from Mauritius. The sugar market there is rising, and prices hero immediately hardened, followed by some large speculative purchases.—Messrs. Fink, grocers, have cnlled a meeting of their creditors—liabilities £7000. —Mr. Goldsbrough reports that he sold, during the week, 4000 bales wool at satisfactory prices. January 7. —Emil Schmell, a broker, has been fined £100 lor counterfeiting Hennessy's label.—The Argus, in a leudor, condemns the practice of allowing bookmakers to run horses. —The Hero lias been overhauled, and resumes her trips next. week.—Dr. Corrigan, head mas ter of the Wesley College, died to-day of rheumatic fever, aged 48. January 9. A baker named Brown, resid ing at St. Kilda, ay.'is willi his son thrown from a cart to-day : the boy was killed instantly, and Brown was severely injured. —A fire oc curred yesterday in the Age office ; the sub editor's and reporters' rooms, with file* of newspapers, was destroyed before tho fire was extinguished.

THK EVENING STAB, JANUARY 18, 1871.



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The p.s. Eoyal Alfred will leave the wharf for the Thames to-morrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.



_ ' -"-"-■ -- l ,s^^^ WANTED— Twenty Experienced Miuera for the Collingwood (Nelson)' Colliery, —Apply to the Manager, at tho Aline. WANTED— A HOI TSEMAID.-A PDlv at tho Royal Mail Hotel, Victoria street. WANTED— A comfortable well situated Seven-roomed HOUSE.—Apply Xy Z., (Stab Office. ' . WANTED— The public to know that PRINTING- of every description ig executed at the Evening Stab Office, with neatness and despatch. T>LEACHED "SHEETING-, 2 yards wide _L> lid- per yard. J. COSG-EAYE & CO.'S. " INSPECTION INVITED, Comparison challenged, Competition defied, at J. COSGRAVE &CO. 1 OA A YARDy of GOOD STOUT LONG 1/gUU CLOTH, nearly a yard wide, at 3id. a yard. '~ . J. COSGRAVE & CO. e Q PIECES of BROWN HOLLAND,^ 00 4|d. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. rrvrv PIECES of DRESS STUFF, 6|d, j OUU per yard, worth Is. 6d. J. CCSGRAVE & 00. -aa G-ENTS STRAW and CHEAP HATS, t)\)\) fromls. fid. each. J. COSQ-RAVE & CO. 1 1 £A YARDS of CRIMEAN FLAN. 110 V NEL, 10id. per yard. J. COSG-RAVE & CO.1 . QAA PIECES of WELCH FLANNEL, ' 4j\J\J at 9M. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & 00.?! rAA MEN'S BLACK SAC COATS, OUU Perfectly New, 13s. 6d. J. COSG-RAVE & CO. rA A PIECES of PRINT, warranted to, OUU wash, at s£d. per yard. J. CO3G-RAVE & CO. _. r, 0 Q A PIECES of MAGNIFICENT DRESS OO\) STUFF, to be sold at 5-J-d. per yard, worth Is. J. COSGRAVE & CO. HORROCK'S LONG- CLOTH, at sd. per ] yard. Q J. COSGRAVE & CO. SHORTLAND HOUSE BOARDING AND DAY-SCHOOL FOR YOUNG- LADIES, SHORTLAND-STREET, AUCKLAND. MBS. LEWIS will resume the Pupils^'. Studies, Monday, 23rd instant. MARTIN H. BURKE TL, North Shore, will give instruction to Masters of desirous of learning NAVIGATION, Terms, £5 ss. for the course of study. N.B.—A free passage . will be given in the.; p. a. ' Devonport.' A -— -V NO. 3 COMPANY. The First Annual PBIZE-FIRING of above Goin-j \"■ ?any take place on TUESDAY, 24th inst., at the" | Butts, near Low & Motion's Mill, commencing at9a.ni.;, In addition to the Company Champion Cup, the 'ollowing Money Prizes, subscribed by the officers of-- ; ;he Company, will be competed for :— -' First Class, Ist Prize .. ...£3 0 OS(S || „ 2nd Prize.. .. 2.0 0 |j Second Class, Ist Prize .. 2 0 0 ..;"-, . „ 2nd Prize .. 10 0 W . Third Class, Ist Prize.. ;. 115. o.n „ 2nd Prize .. 0 15 0 £10 10 0 The Champion Cup will be held for the year by the ■■ ~., liighcst scorer, irrespective of class, and will become the property of the member who wins it for two suc cessive years, exclusive of the competition nownotifled. Ranges: 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. 200 yards, standing; 300 yards, kneeling; other ranges, any posi- i Omnibuses will leave Parnell and Newmarket at 8 o'clock, and from the Windmill at a quarter-past 8 a.m. t JOHN S. LEPINE, H M Hon. Sec '* mENDERS POR CARTING X STON E, ROAD METAL, SCORIA ASH, Aft,, City Board of Commissioners' Office, Auckland, 16th January, 1871. • Tenders are required and will be received bytjj» Commissioners for the above service in terms ofae» , , flcations to be seen at this ofhee, until MOHJW^ NEXT, 23rd iustant, at twelve o'clock noon. j Each tenderer will require to deposit the sn«A -£2O (in cash) along with his tender, and to ton^^ f names of two good and substantial partiesi who* , wilUng to become security in the sum of £100 eaf , ;ii , Tenders to be endorsed " Tender for Carting. By order of the Board. pA . PHILIPSj .,, , Chairman- . . NOTICE TO MARINERS. MASTERS of VESSELS trading up.jj Thames and Piako Rivers are her Jj requested to lower their topmasts w, / passing under the Telegraph Wires, m oi« ' to prevent accidents to tho Telegraph - Height of wires about 58 feet at high*at« r' ALFRED SHEATH,! District InspeW- Telegraph Office, IQ »i\v Auckland, 16th January, 187/mr, milE "THAMES ADVERTISE May be obtained at the OFFICE OF THE " EVENING- STAB, Queen-street, (Next to SIBBINS' Corner), ; Immediately on the arrival of. live Steam from the Thames. Reed & njum.lJSa for Auckland.