The Evening Star.

Vol. lI.—No. 371.]

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871.

[Price One Penny.



-! > ''k NOETH SHORE EERRY. TIME TABLE OF THE P.S. 'ENTERPRISE No. I.' From *~ '** From North Shore, From Auckland. North Shore, Old Wharf. Now Wharf. 7.0 a.m. 7.30 a.m. For Auckland 8.30 „ 9.0 „ 9.20 a.m. 9.30 „ 10.0 „ 11-30 „ 10.30 „ 11.0 „ 4.50 p.m. 11.40 „ 12.0 noon 6.0 „ 12.40 p.m. 1.0 p.m. 1.30 „ 2.0 „ 2.30 „ 3.0 „ From Auckland 3.30 „ 4.10 ~ 11.0 a.m. 5.0 „ 5.30 „ 4.10 p.m. G.O „ 0.30 „ 5.30 „ At low spring 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. V AAysyjy THE UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALASIAN STEAM PACKET LINE. rriHE NORTH PACIFIC TRANSPOR JL TATION COMPANY of San Francisco having entered into a contract with the Honorable the Postmaster-General of New Zealand for the conveyance of Mails between San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, and vice versa, tho dates of sailing will be " " ""—•- Chalmers on the Ist and from CLOT H "r-*\,to com ot ;he FURNISHING, CARPET HABERDASHERY, AND GENERAL DRAPERY,! in- IN THIS PROVINCE. els AY. R.s friends also know that when he adfj" but ~ .7 >~-i-x.:n nn rierson, no matter I.t, lines oi steamers running abwni™-. pm and England. Passengers will be booked right through. First-class fare, from allpirts in New Zealand to England, including thetase 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 versa, is 24 days. Passen gers who may desire (o proceed right through will reach England within 40 days from Auck land. Every exertion will be made to make this the popular passenger route. Arrangements will be made to connect in New Zealand with the intercolonial steamers, so that Australasian passengers may be con veyed right through at a slight increase upon New Zealand rates. Fuller particulars will be given in a future advertisement. CRUICKSHANK, SMART & Co., Agents-in-Chief for New Zealand at Auck land, for tho United States, New Zea land and Australasian Steam Packet Line; DRIVER, STEWART & CO., Agents for Otago., JOHNSTON & CO., Agents for Wellington; MILES & CO., Agents for Lyttelton. November 26, 1870. TT.OR LONDON DIRECT. The New Composite Clipper SLijj ' CITY OF AUCKLAND,' Al 1G years at Lloyd's, Captain Wm. Asiiby, will leave Auckland lor London on THURS DAY, 30th March. For Freight or Passago apply to Captain A.hby, or board ; or, to CRUICKSHANK, SMART & CO., Agents. Auckland, February 27, 1871.



POSITIVELY FIRST SHIP FOR LONDON. The Al 13 years Clipper Ship 'QUEEN BEE,' Captain E. G. Dent, is now receiving Cargo, and will sail on WEDNESDAY, 29th March. Has first-rate accommodation for twenty passengers in the saloon and| sixteen in the steerage. Early application is necessary to scenre passages. Apply to BROWN, CAMPBELL, & CO., Agents; Or to Captain E. G. DENT, On board. March 14, 1871. *S.l __£ _L *svL,'L:.v HTEAM TO THE THAMES. THE p.s. 'ROYAL ALFRED.j TIME TABLE. E3OM AUCKLAND TO GRAUAMSTOAYN : Saturday, March 18, 4.30 o'clock afternoon Monday, March 20, 4 o'clock afternoon Tuesday, March 21, 4 o'clock afternoon PROM TARASU TO AUCKLAND : Monday, March 20, 10.30 o'clock morning Tuesday, March 21, 13.30 o'clock morning S. H^GUE SMITH. j. :;,-i-'-L -'j'^-Z'" s" v~- , '-.-' J''' *SS_fs_fcS!&£B&# EEGULAR STEAM COMMUNICA TION WITH FIJI. SYDNEY, AUCKLAND, & FIJI, Transhipping to any Port in the Australian Colonies by the A.S.N. Co.'s steamers. The s.s. * JAMES PATERSON' F. MooRE, Commander, will leave Auckland fnr Fiji on or about Bth April. For Freight or Passage apply to H. M. JERVIS, Agent. -OOR SYDNEY. The Favorite Regular Trader 'KATE,' will sail for the above port on TUESDAY, the 21st inst. For freight or passage apply to HENDERSON & MACFARLANE. DR. C. F. FISCHER'S HOMCEOPATHIC INSTITUTE. MR. CHARLES W. SANDERS, HAVING succeeded Dr. C. F. Fischer in his Practice, is at home for Consultation —Morning, from 9 till 1; Evening, 6 till £.J 215, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. DAVIS & BROOKING, Sharebrokers Legal Managers, Commission and General Agents, Rent and Debt Collectors, 6,Wyndham-street, Auckland. VENETIAN HOUSE, SHORTLAND-STREET. "YTENETIAN, WIRE GAUZE, and PER FORATED ZINC BLINDS made of any dimensions, in any number, and Wire Work in all its branches. Sent to any part of New Zealand. OLD BLINDS RENOVATED. M. lIORTON BUSBY, Manufacturer. IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER xYOTICE. THE undersigned can supply SETS ol STRIPES (silver). JAS. CAM1 J, Junction of Queen and <"•'-,-■■ -. A.



QUEEN-STREET ' WHAEE. R, MOOR E, WINE, SPIRIT, AND BEER MERCHANT,;. AND IMPOBTER-. THE PUBLIC AND SHIPPING SUP PLIED WITH WINES AND SPIRITS OF FIRST QUALITY. MART ELL'S PALE AND BROWN BRANDY Campbellton's Scotch Whiskey Fine Old Irish Whiskey Browning's Cole bra led Old Tom Geneva Gin Fine Old Rum, 30 o.p. CurnQoa Maraschino Cherry Cordial Cherry Brandy Orange Bitters Orange Boven Gorman Bitters Strong Vinegar, for Pickling Walker's English Ginger Wine Sparkling Hock Champagne, pints and quarts Australian White and Red Wine BURTON ALE, lis per dozen PORTER, 4s per gallon ; in botttle, 9s Gd per dozen Tl.o Tiacio supplied with hhds. and qr.-caslis. R. M. has on sale a small quantity of OLD PORT, of the finest quality that can bo had in Loudon. CROWN DISTILLERY! COLONIAL INDLSTM !! Cawkwell's AUCKLAND DISTILLERY. mllE following are SOLD ONLY IN • BOTTLE :— WHISKEY 3s. per -bottle BRANDY 3s. Gd. „ ENGLISH ALE Is. ENGLISH PORTER... Is. g^° Every article guaranteed genuine at the PRINCE ARTHUR HOTEL, HOBSON-STEEET. WALTER DUDLEY, PROPRIETOR. AUCKLAND CEMETERY AND GENE RAL STONE WORKS. JAMES H. BUCHANAN, having resumed the trade, is prepared to execute orders for every kind of STONE WORK. Designs and prices forwarded to the country and ad joining provinces on application. Address :— AUCKLAND STONE WORKS, Corner of Victoria and Barrack-streets. TO BE LET, ON LEASE, THAT FIEST-CLASS HOUSE, in Napier, Hawke's Bay, known as the " EMPIRE HOTEL j" splendid Billiard Room, Sample Rooms, and every convenience for carrying on a first-rate Hotel business. The present Pro prietor is retiring from the business. Tbe Hotel docs the largest business in the Province. For particulai s, apply to the Proprietor, '. . G. H. SWAN, Napier; or, to E. & H. ISAACS, Fort-street. FOR SALE! THE STOCK and FIXTURES of my Tobacconist Shop. F. H. LEWISSON. Auckland, March 8, 1871.



ALL WHO DESIRE riENEISALL OROCEIfIES Of the best quality, at the lowest price, should call at THE JUNCTION STORE, 252, QUEENSTP.EET, AUCKLAND. In consequence of the present depkkssion, the proprietors of the People's Tea AYarehouse, l-.uve re solved to supply as under, for cash :— Best Oatmeal, 3d. lb. Soap, from 7d. per Bar Best Rice, 3JI lb. Salad Oil, Od. per bottle Sugar, from sd. lb. Matches, 9d. per dozen Mould Candles, 5-J-d. lb. Blue, Is. per lb. Starch, Gd. lb. Sperm, F. W„ Is. per lb. Tobacco, 4d. per c;rke, or 3s. lOd. ptr lb., and other articles too numerous to mention. COFFEE GROUND ON THE PREMISES, and packed in air-tight canisters, from 1 lb. upwards at Is. 4d. lb. TEAS FOR THE MILLION. Good Useful Tea, Is. Gd- No. 3 Rich Pekoe, full lb. flavoured, 3s. lb. No. 1 Congou Tea, 2s: lb. No. 4, finest Quality, 3s. No. 2 Fine Tea, 2s 6a. lb. Gd. lb. F. and Co. never had a better selection of first-class Teas, imported expressly for their retail trade, which will give satisfaction in price and quality to all who favour them with their orders. 2d. per lb. discount on the 6 lbs. of No. 2 Tea, and 3d. per lb. on the 61bs. of Nos. 3 and 4 Teas. Flouh and Bran at Mill Prices. Quality of all articles guaranteed. Orders promptly executed. Goods delivered. Remember t!:e Address— FRENCH & CO., FAMILY GROCERS, THE PEOPLE'S TEA AVAREIIOUSE, ..^ 2.** o«it..-»» " —- - -' ** — -^" **- ** ■"*"" AVakufielp-stiieet. ESTABEI lIED ISOO. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS ROYAL HIOUNES3 THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND HIS EXCELLENCY SIR G. F. BOWEN. T) H. B A R T L E T T, PHOTOGRAPHER, CORNER OF QUEEN AND WELLES LEY-STREETS, Auckland. » —= PATRONISE LOCAL INDUSTRY. OVENS! OVENS! OVENS! EEHBEET 11. SMITH'S 13ATENT PORTABLE SMOKE-CON- J_ SUMING OVENS are acknowledged by all to be the best and cheapest in the colony. Prices from 30s upwards. t^T Note the Address—HlGH-STREET, opposite Rout's Store, and back of J. C. Morrin's, Grocer, Q.uecn-strect. Parties visiting the manufactory can inspect every article. N.B.—All kinds of Ovens made and re paired, GasfJtting and Spouting fixed, and machinery repaired. 10th February, 1871. N. B.—For sale, cheap, a Colebrook Dane Range. GROWN DISTILLERY, FORT BRITOMART. PURE WHISKEY, at 12s. per gallon, duty paid. Also FINE PALE BRANDY, at 15s. per proof gallon, duty paid. Can be obtained, in quantities of two gal lons and upwards, at the Store, High-street. Terms—Cash on delivery. Kegs charged for until returned. W. J. CAWKWELL, Vulcan Lane. N O T I C E. MR. W. M. CHAPPELL is authorised to CANVAS for ADVERTISEMENTS for the Evening Star. REED & Li-l.'iT, Proprietors.



THE LITTLER USTPAiI. NOTICE. SELLING OPE ! SELLING OFF! . GIVING UP BUSINESS. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, HOTEL PROPRIETORS, PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND PEOPLE ABOUT TO FURNISH. I HENRY PROBERT Begs most respectfully to in form t]je inhabitants of Auckland and its vicinity that he has decided upon giving up business, and go into the Country for the purpose of Farming: therefore, he submits tho whole of his Large and Well-selected Stock of CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE, AT He does this, believing that it will be better for parties to select the goods they may require at And ion Prices, without the incon venience of at lending an Auction Sale. H. P. takes this opportunity of again thanking his numerous friends and the public generally for the very liberal support received during the nine years he has been in business in Auckland. Tun Premises to Let, or for Sale. Auckland, February 10, 1871. >teil CAMPBELL Tailor and Clothier, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET RESERVE. ir>EGS to return thanks for past favors, and also to intimate to his friends and the public that he ha 3 received a large assort ment of SUMMER GOODS, and can execute all orders entrusted to him at prices that will defy competition. ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED, -| r TONS NO. 1 FINE SYDNEY BONE -10 DUST 100 cases Johnson Bros.' Jar Jams 2 tons Prime Port Cooper Cheese • 100 cases Lea and Perrins' Worcester Sauce 20 cases Morton's Pints Pickles 10 eases Taylor's Homoeopathic Cocoa 1 ease Brewer's Isinglass 2 cases Nelson's Gelatine, assorted sizes 10 cases Harper Twelvetrees' Soap Powders &c, &c, &c. JOHN ROBERTON & CO., Durham-street. ICE! ICE! ICE! G. GLEDHILL, MINERAL WATER MANUFACTORY, Wellesley-street, BEGS to inform the public that he he has added the manufacture of ICE to the business he has hitherto been carrying on, and is prepared to supply hotels and private families with this delicious drinking cooler, either wholesale or retail. Customers dea ing with G. G. for all the articles ho manufactures will find themselves liberally dealt with. ICE ! ICE ! ICE l NOTICE. NIGHTMAN. A. FLETCHER BEGS to inform the Public that he i prepared, on the shortest notice, to Empty Cesspools at the most reasonable prices. Orders left at Mr. Sceats, British Hotel, Queen-street ; Mr. Everson, Cale donian Hotel, Symonds-street^



UNITED SERVICE WHOLESALE & RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT STORE, QUEEN- STREET, TWO DOORS FROM WELLESLEY-STREET. SPIRITS BOTTLED ON THE PRE MISES :--London and Plymouth Un sweetened Gin, Booth's Old Tom, Old Jamaica Ruin, Jamieson's Pure Malt Dublin Whiskey, Dunville's Old Irish Whiskey, Greenless & Caldwell's Campbellton Whiskey, Martell's Pale or Dark Brandy. The above at 4s per bottle, or 42s per-dozen, assorted; half-bottles, 2s. Martell's or Hennessey's case . Brandy 5 6N§ Dunville's case Whiskey ... ... 4 6'o Bernard's case Old Tom ... .. 4 6f W Gin, JDKZ ... 5 0 I - Ditto (small) 3 0J * Wines — Per bottle. Per dozen, s. d. s. d. Amontillado Sherry ... 5 0 ... GO 0 Old Tawny Port Vintage 1861 5 0 ... 60 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 Champacn^y *~ 4 0 caße Q Ginger Wine ... ... 3 0 A All Cordials 1 0 Townsend's Sarsaparilla ... 5 0 Blood & Dawson s Stout ... 1 3 ... 14 0 Tennant's & Bass's Ale ... 13 .. 14 ' Jeffrey's EdinburghAle,pntsl 0 ... 11 0 BASS'S ALE ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT. NOTICE. THE BLUE POST mNING-KOOMS, VICTORIA-STREET EAST. A LL MEALS AT ONE SHILLING C. DUNNINGHAM, Late Steward of the Governor Browne Hotel. ERUIT! ERUITII ERUIT!!! THE Undersigned has for Sale, ex Late Arrivals from Sydney, 95 CASES CHOICE APPLES & PEARS Also, First-class POTATOES on hand, at the lowest market prices. N.B. —All Goods delivered free of charge Terms : Cash. H. CANH AM, High-street. THE RAT-KILLER! ! THE RAT KILLER ! ! THE only sure REMEDY for destroying RATS in Auckland is WHITLAW'S AMERICAN RAT DESTROYER. This Paste is Poison to Rats and Mice without fail. One trial will satisfy anyone who is troubled with such vermin. To be had ONLY at my Establishment, Pitt-street. The Poisons imported from Homo arte tire less on account of the sea voyage. My RAT DESTROYER does NOT cohtain any PHOS PHOROUS. Manufactured at my Laboratory, Pitt-steekt Auckland. 7 ggjr Note the Address— THE RED GLOBE LIGHT. Sold in boxes at 6d., Is., Is. 6*. 2s 6d. Sold wholesale at the above prices less 215 per cent, for cash. ~\ MR. T. R. GILMAN, Chemist, One Hunga, has been appointed AGENT for the Sale of this Paper. November 5,1870,