THE EVENING STAB, IfISBRUARY 16, 1871.



■ /NITY OF AUCKLAND ASSESS (J MBNT. GENERAL AND SEWERAGE RATES. City Board c i Commissioners' Office, Auckland, February 0, 18/1: Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners, unaei the Oitv Board Act, 1863, the City Board Act. ISW» Amendment Act, and the City Board Act^eni^M Act, 1565, have this day made a EIGHTPENCE per Pound and a;SEWERAGW^ of ONE PENNY per Pound on the net annual j of the property assessable under the sad « «w period from Ist December, 1870, to gf»_£si w]l^ which is now due and payable, «»d all Pn ™ (1 of By order ol ilie »»rd. p A PHILIPS, Chairman. TUXTENSION OF SEWEE IN VI ALBEBT-STKEET, AND BRANCH SEWER IN DURHAM-STREET. City Board of Commissioners' Office, Auckland, 13th February, 1«71. TENDERS are invited for the above works, and will be received until noon on MONDAY, the 20th epi"n and specifications may be seen at the office of will require to deposit the sum of ; £3O (in cash) as a guarantee for the fulfilment of his "I'lie lowest tender not necessarily accepted. By order of the Board. pHnJpS) Chairman. mo BUILDEE S.j TENDERS will be received up to 4 o'clock p.m., on THURSDAY, the 23rd instant, for ERECTING the NEW" MUSIC HALL, in Symonds-street. Plans &c , at my Office, Stichbury's Buildings. EDWARD 3UAHONEY, Architect. •nIiOVINCIAL GBAND LODGE ! OF NEW ZEALAND, IRISH CONSTITU- T I O N. A MEETING of this Lodge will be held in the Lodge Room, Masonic Hotel, TO-NIGHT, at half past seven o'clock. Master Masons may attend. By order of the P.G.M. J JAMES C. DOULL, Very Worshipful Pro G. Secretary. A UCKLAND ALLIANCE FOE J\_ THE SUPPRESSION OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. A SOIREE Will be held in the Mechanics' Institute, on FRIDAY KVENINO, the 17th instant, to celebrate the passing of the Permissive Clause in the new Licensing Act, Several members of the Provincial Council and other Gentlemen wiil address the meeting. J. R. Nicholson, M.I.C, in the chair. Tea on the table at half-past six o'clock. Single tickets, Is. 6d. : double tickets, 2s. Od. each ; may be had of Messrs. Hemus, J. Coupland, and J. Swinnerton. E. NICHOLAS. ' TTIOH SALE—A PLEASURE-BOAT, -with Jj sails, oars, and everything complete.— Apply to W. H. Skinner, Vulcan Lane. T)OARD and RESIDENCE for a gentle* J J man in a private family, in Upper Queen street. —For address, apply at the Star Office. WANTED— A few Small Lots of Young American Geld Mining Company Shares, 'for cash.—Martin Shoix, .Share broker, Queen-street. WANTED TO PURCHASE—A Good SEWING MACHlNE.—Address 8., Star Office. WANTED— APPRENTICES at C. De L'eatj's Shirt Manufactory, Mount street. WANTED— By a Young man, a SITUA TION in a Store.-Apply, " W. W.," Star Office. TYTANTED —By a New Arrival, a Situa- W lion as BOOK KEEPER.—Address, ' QtrstEN Bee," Star Office. WANTED— A Young GIRL, to nurse, and make herself useful.—Apply at Mrs. Touixns', Onehunga. WANTED— A Situation as HOUSE MAID in a gentleman's family.—Ap ply at the Star Office. WANTED— An Engagement as GOVER NESS, by a young lady.—Address, "J. M.," Stab Office. WANTED— The public to know that PRINTING of every description is executed at the Evening- Star Office, with neatness and despatch. WANTED, rpWO or three BOYS to run the Evening X Star. Good boys can earn from 15s to 25s a week. TO LET. A HOUSE in Cook-street, west side, con taining Seven Rooms and Babh Room.— Enquire at No. 71. ONE OR TWO GENTLEMEN can be accommodated with PRIVATE BOARD Jnd RESIDENCE, near the Edinburgh Jpftstle Hotel, Newton Road. Terms moder ate. —Address A. 8., Evening- Star Office. ft/TARTIN H. BURRELL, North Sliore, LVX will give instruction to Masters of Vessels desirous of learning NAVIGATION. Terms, £5 ss. for the course of study. N.B.—A free passage will bo given in the p.*. ' Devon port.' WATSON'S BOOT & SHOE FACTORY (top of shortland-street). ITIVERY description of Ladies' and Gent's -Cj Boots. Repairs promptly executed.



CROWN DISTILLERY! COLONIAL INDUSTRY!! CawkwelPs AUOKL \ NP DISTILLERY. mHE following are SOLD ONLY IN BOTTLES WHISKEY 3s. per bottle I BRANDY 3s. 6d. „ j ENGLISH ALB Is. „ ENGLISH PORTER... Is. „ ggig*' Every article guaranteed genuine afe the PRINCE ARTHUR HOTEL, HOBSON-STREET. WALTER DUDLEY, . PROPRIETOR, THE LITTLE DUSTPAN,! NOTICE. SELLING OFF ! SELLING OFF! GIVING UP BUSINESS. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, HOTEL PROPRIETORS, PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND PEOPLE ABOUT TO FURNISH. HENRY PROBEET Begs most respectfully to inform the inhabitants of Auckland and its vicinity that ho ha 9 decided upon giving up business, and go into the Country for the purpose of Farming : therefore, lie submits the whole of his Large and Well-selected Stock of CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE, AT COS'S? FXUEO3EI. He does this, believing that it will be better for parties to select the goods they may require at Auction Prices, without the incon venience of attending an Auction Sale. H. P. takes this opportunity of again thanking hi 3 numerous friends and the public generally for the very liberal support received during the nine years he has been iv business in Auckland. The Premises to Let, or tor Sat/e. Auckland, February 10, 1871. NOTICE. T, DALTON'S OMNIBUS. FARES, Is.; RETURN TICKETS, Is. to. fJIHE first and only legitimate opposition JL 'Bus on the Onehunga Road ; the first to lower the fares and keep them low for eigh teen months. All that is required is a little more patron age. J. Dalton trusts to give the public the benefit of riding cheap on the most enjoyable road in the country for a long time to come. N. B. —I think it has been pretty well proved that I am not to be run off with impunity, thanks to the Onehunga ladies and gentlemen. Leaves Onehunga at 9 a.m. and half-past 2 p.m. Leaves Auckland Hotel, Queen-street, at half-past 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. No connection with any other 'bus. No extra charge when steamers are going away. CHEAP TIMBER. fT^HE 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 low rates. NEW LINE OF 'BUSES. F. PHIPPS HAS made arragements for Running a 'Bus DAILY between the WHAU and a UCKLAND—leaving the Whau ut 8 a.m., and from Union Bank Auckland, at 5 p.m. Parcels carried. Mr. F. Phipps ha 3 been appointed Agent for the Sale of the Evening Stab at the Whau. November 4, 1870.



CHARLES BUTTON, SO D A-W.A. TE S- f 1 Sit ONA. P E LJ AK3> OORT>TAL MANUFAOTVR-R H, Eden Owisxns. Ginger Wine Quinine Wine Townsend's and Buch&n's Sarsapaifilla, ON SALE. LOCAL INDUSTRY INSTITUTION. VENETIAN HOUSE, SHORTLAND-STREET. CCA VENETIAN BLINDS, 340 Gauze 00U Wire Blinds, 270 Perforated Zinc Blinds, for which orders are wanted imme diately. Wire Work also made when the MEN are UNEMPLOYED. Apply to the MANAGER, M". HOETON BUSBY. NEIL CAMPBELL TAILOE & CLOTHIER, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET RESERVE. BEGS to return thanks for past favors, and also \o intimate to his friends and the public that he has received a large amort* raent of SUMMER GOODS, and can execute all orders entrusted to him at prices that will defy competition. NOTrOB OF REMOVAL. THE undersigned begs to inform his friends and the public of Auckland, that he has THIS DAY REMOVED from 91, to 180, QUEEN-STREET (Opposite Thistle Hotel), where ho will carry on the business as here tofore. NOTE THE ADDRESS— EDWARDS, HAT AND CAP MANUFACTDEEE, 180, QUEEN-STREET. January 24, 1871. N.B. —Hats of all kinds Cleaned, Blocked, and Renovated. ICE! ICE_! ICE! G. GLEDHILL, MINERAL WATER MN"U FACTORY, 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 dealing with G. G. for all the articles he manufactures will find themselves liberally dealt with. ICE ! ICE ! ICE ! JOHN GEEY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFEC TIONER, Qtteen-Stebet. LARGE Assortment of English and Co lonial Confectionery always on hand. Storekeepers and the trade supplied on liberal terms. Note the address :— JOHN GREY, Tkree doors [below the United Service Hotel, Queen-street.



OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, VULCAN LANE. CAFE open from nine o'clock a.m. until twelve o'clock p.m. First-class Billiard Saloon, with v new Alcock & Co.'s Table. EDvY AR D PERKINS, Proprietor. ORIKNTAL HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET, JO H E V H TRIMV. XT< L, PROPRIETOR. Wince and Spirits, first-class brands. G-ood Stabling. BILLIARDS. A N C H O Ii HO T E L, QUEEN-STREET. mHE NEW BILLIARD SALOON attached X to the above Hotel, is NOW OPEN. Gentlemen desirous of a quiet game, will find this room suitable in every respect. Private Entrance. J. ABBOTT, i^i R O C E R, &c, Corner of Hobson and Victoria-streets. CHARLES GEEY, CONFECTIONER, & C., Sfobtland-street. Balls, Picnics, and Pleasure Parties supplied at the shortest notice. DR. C. F. FISCHER'S HOMOEOPATHIC 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 8. 215, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. E. G. T E N N AN T, SURGEON, CHURCH-STREET, ONEHUNGA. EG. T. will attend at Mr. GIiXMAN's, . Chemist, daily betweenjlO and 11 a.m. and give advice gratuitously. STEVENS & CO., TI/T USIC WARE HO U SE, Queen Street,; (Next to the Daily Southern Cross). H. CUCKSEY, TIT USIC WAREHOUSE, CITY HALL, Queen-street. JAMES CA M P ;- mAILOR, & c, Junction ov Grey and Queen Street. J. DAVE V, TAILOR, &c, Late of Albert-street, HAS REMOVED TO 61, QUEEN-ST., Next Bank of New Zealand. J. LEVY, mAILOR, WELLESLEY - STREET. JL (FIVE DOORS PROM QTTEEN-STREET). Gentlemen waited upon at their own re sidences. MRS. M. JOHN STONE, MILLINER, DRESSMAKER, AND BRAIDER, Shortland-stkeet, Auckland, Next Door to Winks & Hall's. IMPOETANT NOTICE TO MAEINEES. ROLL UP, and see your old friend JAMES, at No. 2 West Queen-street, who has commenced business as FAMILY BUTCHER. Families and shipping supplied on the most reasonable terms by J. JAMES, late Harbour- Master at Kaipara. Give your old friend a trial. Note the address :— JOHN JAMES,' Lower Queen-street. CROWN 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.



MRS. BEEVES, "TjRESSMAK E R Newton Road, Syuonds-stbeet, Clf Next door to the Newton Stores. N. B. —Ladies waited on at their own resi dences by the day. C. MA JOB, "ITT HOLES ALE AND RET AII V\ GROCER, Corker ov WeleesliEY and Chaphl-sthekts NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JOHN HOWELL, BOOTMAKER, FOOT OF WAKEFIELD-STREET. Opposite Mr. Hobbs', Draper. FRENCH DRESS SHIRT MANU FACTORY. CD E L' E A TJ, Mount-street, . 7 doors from the Globe Hotel, Corner of Mount and Wakefield-streete. TO BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS, STORE KEEPERS, AND OTHERS. JW. HOARE begs to inform the above , that he receives shipments by every steamer of MELBOWRNE-MADE BOOTS and SHOES, MANUFACTURED UPPERS LEATHER, GRINDERY, &o. Melbourne Agency, 12, High-street, Auckland. QUEEN-STREET HOUSE. CLEARING- OUT SALE or SUMMER DRAPERY. R, B. SHALDERS & GO. Have determined to CLEAR OUT their STOCK of SUMMER DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, AT GREAT REDUCTIONS. No Sham ! No Puff !! REAL BARGAINS TO BE HAD. A Quantity oj? READY-MADE CLOTHING adapted to the Season, MUST BE CLEARED OFF. An Early Call is Invited. Country Orders ruioMPxr.y attended to. Observe the Address — R. B. SHALDERS & CO., 200 & 202, QUEEN-STREET. PATRONISE LOCAL INDUSTRY. OVENS! OVENS! OVENS! HERBERT H. SMITH'S 1-)ATENT PORTABLE SMOKE-CON SUMING OVENS are acknowledged by all to be the best and cheapest in the colony. Prices from 30s upwards. (jgT Note the Address—HlGH-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. THAMES GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). THE TRANSFER BOOKS will bo closed from 10 a.m. This Day till Friday at noon, when a DIVIDEND of 15s. v"v Pjiare will be payable at the Company's C .'..-... ROBT. SOM MERViLLE, Secretary. Shortland-street, Auckland, 16th February, 1871.



Auction Sales FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, WRITING TABLE, &C -J &8., &C. The subscribers will sell, at their Rooms, Fort-street on Friday, 17th test-., at II e'eiock, ' qUPERIOE OFFICE TABLE, K_) Six Oliairs, Rase African Parrot and Bras-. • Cage, Couches (stuffed), Cane Chairs, Tables, Oil _ Cloth, Fender and Hrfi Irons, Matting, Glassware, Dessert Service, Crockery, Hearthrug, Plated Spirit Stand, Plated Tea and Coffee Service, Forks, Spoons. Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Palliasses, Tables, etc.; Tinware, viz., Nests Billies, Basins, Baking Dishes, , Jelly Moulds, Tea Pots. Also, At Half-past 10 o'clock, at the Watermen's Steps, Whale Boat, 32 feet long, sails, &c, complete ; Ship's Boat, in good condition Waterman's Skiff, Sails, Oars. &c, complete All nowlyinfiat the .Wynyard Pier. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON. .Auctioneers. I -.., ■ -'■=<= civ; <>r.vi}(?;i), &wJ w^tt..^****1 Jflfk '' V ..; fj a.9, "G O-A ii .X A •*■>' " THURSDAY, MARCH 2. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEE IN THE ESTATE OF EDWARD MARSH WILLIAMS. The subscribers have received instructions from thfi Trustee in the Estate of Edward Marsh Williams, to sell at the Land Mart, Povt-stveet, on Thursday, March 2nd, at 12 o'clock, 1/jiQ ACRES OE LAND X,4rJLO in the County of Hokiauga, situate at 7 the confluence of Manaia Creek with the Wai tangi Kiver, Bay of Islands, with the Dwelling house and Outbuildings thereon, subject to a mortgage of £700. Also, 5 Acres of LAXD, situated at Waitangi, Bay of Islands. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers' THURSDAY, MARCH 2. PROPERTIES AT RAGKLAN AND TITIRANGI. The subscribers have been instructed by the Trustee in John White's Estate, deceased, to sell at their Land Mart, Port-street, on Thursday, 2nd Maroh, at 12 o'clock, A LLOTMEJS TTS 1 and 2, of Section X^_ No. 10, of the Township of Raglan, corner of West and Creek-streets. Three Fine Allotments, Township of East Whau, Parish of Titirangi. SAMUEL cdcHRAWE & SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, MARCH 2. BY ORDER OF THE MORTG-AG-EE. 60 ALLOTMENTS AT TAEARU. The Subscribers have received instructions from the Mortgagee, to sell at,'the Land Mart, Fort-street, on Thursday, March 2nd, at 12 o'clock, in one lot, />A ALLOTMENTS IN TBE 01/ Township of Tararu, at the Thames, con taining 5 acres and 15 perches, and situated near the Tararu Hotel. Terms: One-half cash, balance by approved promissory note at four months, bearing interest. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. BATH FREESTONE, TK7O ' PTOIsE, from its durability, tho'lniß dfni's.i.sldns "of Mockft'Viitaiiiable (the rock J>siiig very toui-id)., and the modurate cost at yrhteh i- '■ B>i be vrorked, is now boiiig largely risedin Ana \al.a. New Zealand, and oiliw .BvKir.li Colo: !e.u. IT HAS ALSO ESiiiN ADOPIEI) at Kio ilo Janeiro, for Public Br.iiding.s, Bridges, and (wiu-r works connected with thollio iniproveinor.ls ; r.:-:o for tlie Governmoui: Oifloes at Auck]a:;d, Sew Zealand. , THE COST 0.1? LAEOB ?i» i.- in l«?-;?» j* ;.'/ nr.der: Per foot super., sawing, }i a-• )'-;m' V."J' • 3d.; wlain circular, i[d. ; stvuig-lii" moii.dci.l, wj : okoular moulded, Is.; P.lain tunk, Od. j eircu hir sunk, Bfl. ; sU-flighj mouklcd sunk, Is. ; circnitir moulded funk, !;•. Jil. . . THE TaOT>iKA'i B COST »•■ ii o;iu •• swnplied^ its (i'.-iii'.'ii'io ccicr. r< grv.lar i-|i--a!vy. fineness o" texture, r.i d tlia small to.! t:^e -..i- ■~•..»■ =; it is worked, rertier it :iu ofleotive ana reonciu:C'ii Building material. _ TESTIMOSTiAIri; relativo tp the cjuaii:y pi 11. ---3 tone, from themoeS eminent Are Wee: s. u;uluers aud Contractors, mid the prices at wlueb it cim '-is delivered alongside at any I'oift, will bo.ftJrnisliCd on application t» Messrs. RAN DELL & SAUNDERS } STONE. QUAKE IE tf, BATH,