THE EVENING STAR, FEBRITABY 9, 1871.



pXOUBSION TOJfANUKAU HEADS. THE S.S. ' AIREDALE,' •I * in KENNEDT. will convey Excursionists Set 4 Wharf, Onehunga, TO SORROW (Friday), 10th instant, leaving at WvOvo: Five Shillings Return. HENDERSON & MACFARLANE,^ Omnibus from Bazaar Ya^cls^aUO^ni^^ •^OK TARANAKI, NELSON, KOTO* • H WELLINGTON, OTAGO, hxx±au -TON, AKD BLUFF. CIRCULAR SAW LINE. The s.s. ' AIREDALE/ ■Will leave Ohehunga SIX. HOURS after the Sall of the Mail Steamer from Honolulu. For Freight or Passage apply to HENDERSON & MACFARLANE, Queen-street, Auckland ; or, to LEDGER & FRANCIS, Gniharastown, Thames. y gTEAM TO WANQAREI & MANGAPAI ID THE s.s. ( GO-AHEAD/ S Will leave the Wharf, Auckland, for the above places TO-MORROW (Friday), the 10th instant, at 5 o'clock. S. HAGUE SMITH. -r-iOR TAURANGA. The Cutter ' MARY ELIZA,' D. Semars, Master, will sail TO-MORROW (Friday), at noon. M. NICCOL, Agent. /I- TjlOR TAURANGA DIRECT. The regular trader 'TAURANGA/ C Moliek, Master, will leave as above TO-MORROW AFTERNOON. For freight or passage apply on board. LODGE UNITED SERVICE, NO. 421 I.C. AN Emergency Meeting of tke above Lod»o will be held in the Lodge Room, Masonic Hotel, TO-MORROW (Friday), at 7.90 sharp. Visiting Brethren are invited to attend. By order of the W.M. mENDEES FOB KEMOVTNG- J_ OLD BREAKWATER. Superintendent's Office, Auckland, 7th February, 1871. TENDERS will be received at this office, until XOON of WEDNESDAY, the 15th instant, from persons willing to contract for TAKING UP, and REMOVING the RESIDUE of STONES of the OLD BREAKWATER, west of the Breakwater Road. . Specification and form of Tender may be seen, and further particulars obtained at the Public Works Office, Emily Place, Auckland. Tenders to be endorsed, " Tender for Removing Old Breakwater." HUGH H. LXTSK, Provincial Secretary. fiITY OF AUCKLAND ASSESS \J MENT. " . GENERAL AND SEWERAGE RATES. City Board of Commissioners' Office, Auckland, February 6, 1871. Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners, under the City Board Act, 18G3, the City Board Act, 18G3, Amendment Act, and the City Board Act Amendment Act, 18G5, have this day made a GENERAL RATE of EIGHTPENC'E per Pound, and a SEWERAGE RATE of ONE PENNY per Pound on the net annual value of the property assessable under the said Acts, for the Period from Ist December, 1870, to 31st May, 1871, which is now due and payable, and all parties who may consider themselves aggrieved, on the ground of irregularity, unfairness, or incorrectness in the valua tion, or in the amount assessed thereon, are hereby required, within fourteen days from the date hereof, to give notice to the Clerk of the Board of such their ob jections, and to state explicitly the grounds thereof. r>y order of the Board. / P. A. PHILIPS, A | Chairman. "i&ARTIN H. BURRELL, North Shore, lA-L 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 be given in the p.a. ' Devonporfc.' JHE FIJI TIMES. The Undersigned have been appointed Agents for A,aleo. fthe " Fin Times" in Auckland. Advertisements received and forwarded by the earliest opportunity. REED AND BRETT, "EVENING STAB" OFIFCE, QUESN-STKEKT.



CROWN DISTILLERY! COLONIAL MDIMI ! I CawkwelFs AUCKLAND DISTILLERY. rpHE following are SOLD ONLY IN BOTTLE:— WHISKEY 3s. per bottle BRANDY 3s. 6d. „ ENGLISH ALE Is. ENGLISH PORTER... Is. igCg" Every article guaranteed genuine at the PRINCE ARTHUR HOTEL, HOBSON-STREET. WALTER DUDLEY, PROPRIETOR. NOTICE. T, DALTON'S OMNIBUS. \ FARES, Is.; RETURN TICKETS, Is. 6d. ! THE first and only legitimate opposition '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. Daxton 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 Onehuuga ladies and gentlemen. Leaves Onehunga at 0 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 witli any other 'bus. No extra charge when steamers are going away. £300 REWARD. WHEREAS, on the morning of the 24th of January, a FIRE broke out on board the ship ' City of Auckland,' lying alongside the Queen-street Wharf, under circumstances which suggest the suspicion of incendiarism : Notice is hereby given that the above RE WARD of THREE HUNDRED POUNDS will bs paid upon conviction of the person or persons concerned in setting the vessel on lire. For the ship • City of Auckland,' WILLIAM ASHBY, Master. For the New Zealand Insurance Company, G. P. PIERCE. For the Victorian Insurance Company, A. G. MILLAR. T> LEACHED SHEETING, 2 yards wide _L) lid. per yard. ■ J. COSGRAVE & CO.'S. TNSPECTION INVITED, Comparison I challenged, Competition defied, at J. COSGRAVE & CO. 1 OA A YARDW of GOOD STOUT LONG 1/OUU CLOTH, nearly a yard wide, at 3|d.a yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO, r Q PIECES of BROWN HOLLAND, at f)O 44a. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. rA A PIECES of DRESS STUFF, 6&d. OUU per yard, worth Is. 6d. J. COSGRAVE & CO. t~ A A GENTS STRAW and CHEAP HATS, OUU from la. 6d. each. J. COSGRAVE & CO. 1 1 ft A YARDS of CRIMEAN FLAN -1 IOU NEL, 10£ d. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. OAA PIECES of WELCH FLANNEL, ZUU at 9/, d. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. rAA MEN'S BLACK SAC COATS, OUU Perfectly New, 13s. 6d. J. COSGRAVE & CO. rA A PIECES of PRINT, warranted to DUU wash, at sid. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. HORROCK'S LONG CLOTH, at sd. per yard. __ J. COSGRAVE & CO. 3Q A PIECES of MAGNIFICENT DRESS O\J STUFF, to be sold at s|d. per yard, worth Is. J. COSGRAVE & CO. NOTES ON DIPTHERIA, By F. A. Kabtmann, M.D., LA T.E Physician to the Norfolk and Nor wich Homoeopathic Hospital and Dispen sary, Member ol the British Homoeopathic Society, &c. To be had at J. A. Pond's, 87, Queenstreet, and C. W. Sanders, 215, Queen stieet, Homoeopathic Chpmists, and G. Chap man, Queea-streel,



CHARLES SUTTON, SODA-WATER, T EMONADB Aj AND CORDIAL MANUFACTURER, Eden Cbesestt. Giuger Wine Quinine Wine Towiisend's and Buehan's Sarsaparilla, ON SALE. LOCAL INDUSTRY INSTITUTION. VENETXAJN HOUSE, SHORTLAND-STREET. rrA VENETIAN BLINDS, 340 Gauze OD\J Wire_ Blinds, 270 Perforated Zinc Blinds, for which orders are wanted imme diately. Wire Work also made when tbe MEN are UNEMPLOYED. Apply to the MANAGER, M. HOBION BUSBY. NEIL CAMPBELL TAILOR & CLOTHIER, I QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET RESERVE. TIEGS to return thanks for past favors, and also to intimate to his friends and the public that he has received a large assort ment of SUMMER GOODS, and can execute all orders entrusted to him at prices that will defy competition. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. THE undersigned begs to inform his friends and the public of Auckland, that he lias THIS DAY REMOVED from 9-1, to 180, QUEEN-STREET (Opp site Thistle Hotel), where he will carry on the business as here ■ tofore. NOTE THE ADDRESS— EDWARD S, HAT AND CAP MANUFACTURER, 180, QUEEN-STREET. January 24, 1871. N.B.—Hats of all kinds Cleaned, Blocked, and Renovated. ICE! ICE_! TCE! G. GLEDIIILL, MINERAL WATER M NUFACTORY, Welleslcy- s 1 reel, I)EGS to inform the mibHc 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 ! J O II N G RE V, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFEC TIONER, Queen-Street. T ARGE Assortment of English and Co- JLj lonial Confectionery always on hand. Storekeepers and the trade supplied on liberal terms. Note the address : — JOHN GREY, Three doors 'below the United Service Hotel, Queen-street. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JOHN HOWELL, BOOTMAKER, FOOT OF WAKEFIELD-STJiEET. Opposite Me. Hobbs', Draper. TO BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS, STORE KEEPERS, AND OTHERS. TW. HOARE begs to inform the above , that he receives shipments by every steamer of MELBOURNE-MADE BOOTS and SHOES, MANUFACTURED UPPERS, LEATHER, GRINDERY, &c. Melbourne Agency, 12, High-street, Auckland.



OCCIDENTAL.HOTEL VULCAN LANE.. /"^AFE open from nine o'clock a.m. until \_J twelve o'clock p.m. First-class Billiard Saloon, with a now Alcock & Oo.'s Table. EDWARD PERKINS, Proprietor. ORIENTAL HOTEL, QUEEN-STBEET, JOSEPH TRIMBELL, Proprietor. Wines and Spirits, first-class brands. Good Stabling. BILLIARDS. ANOHOE HOTEL, Q.UEEJV-STBEET. fpHE NEW BILLIARD SALOON attached J_ to the above Hotel, is NOW OPEN. Gentlemen desirous of a quiet game, will-find this room suitable in every respect. Private Entbance. J. ABBOTT, /-^ BO C E R, & c, Corner of Hobson and Victoria-streets. CHAfiIiES GREY, CONFECTIONER, &C ~ SIIORTLAND-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 HAII. E. G-. T E N N AN T, SURGEON, CHURCH-STHEET, ONEHUNGA. EG. T. will attend at Mr. Oilman's, , Chemist, daily between 10 and 11 a.m. and give advice gratuitously. . STEVENS & CO., Tl/T USIC WAREHOUSE, Queen Street, 1 (Next to the Daily Southern Cross). H. CUCTvSEY, fi/T USIC WAREHOUSE, CITY HALL, Queen-street. .TAME S C AMP, m A I L O R, & 0., Junction of Grey and Q.ueen Street. J. DAVE V, m a i l or, & 0., X Late of Albert-street, HAS REMOVED TO 61, QUEEN-ST., Next Bank of New Zealand. J. LEVY, mAILOE, WELLESLEY - STREET. J_ (five doors from queen-street). Gentlemen waited upon at their own re sidences. MES. M. JOHN STONE, MILLINER, DRESSMAKER, AND BRAIDER, Shortlaxd-street, Auckland, Next Door to Winks & Hall's. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MARINERS. 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. CKOWN DISTILLEEY, 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 aud upwards, at the Store, High-street. ' Terms —Cash on delivery. Kegs charged for until returned. W. J. CAWKWELL, Vulcan Lane.



J. COSGRAVE & CO. "R^ 0" to inform tlio inhabitants of Auck land that, prior to Iheii- Stock-taking, they will hold a cheap s^i*:hs OF THEIR SUM M E R MAPEBY & CLOTHING, FOR FOURTEEN DAYS, when every article will be SOLD LESS THAN ENGLISH COST. They adopt this course in preference to keeping Summer Goods over until next season, as they are determined, no matter at what sacrifice, to CLEAR OUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS STOCK. The La/lies of Auckland are requested to inspect our GRENADINES and FRENCH MUSLINS, And to secure some of the GREAT BARGAINS Wo are offering in all our DRESS MATERIALS, as we are confident no House in the Trade can offer the same inducements. THE SALE COMMENCES THIS DAY. r CHEAP TIMBEE. THE Union Sash qpd Door Company is tho 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. GUINNESS'S XX DUBLIN STOUT. TEN Hogsheads of the abov<\ .just received direct from their celebrated Brewery, I now offer for sale at 4s per gallon (in quantities of two gallons or more), or 9s per dozen, by JAMES OLDHAM, Wine and Spirit Merchant, High-street, Auckland. £500 *±jr-mv- Wliereas tlie Kerosene Store, In Mechanics' Hay, was destroyed by Fire on tlie morning of THURSDAY, tlm 2t;tli Jan nary, instant; and whereas the Mnslq I Vail, in Symonds-street, was destroyed by Kiro, on the morning of FRIDAY, the 27tli January, instant ; both Fires having occurred under circumstances which suggest the suspicion of incendiarism : NOTICE is hereby given that the above reward of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paid upon conviction of the person ay persons concerned in the destruction of either building. For the City Board of Commissioners. P. A. PHILIPS, Chairman. For the Insurance Companies, GEO. P. PIERCE. ivr o t ice. General Government Office, Auckland, 27th January, 1871. With reference to the above reward of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a Free Pardon to any accomplice concerned in the destruction of the Kerosene Store, or Music Hall alluded to in the above Notice of Reward, not being a principal offender, who will give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the principal offender, or offenders, or any of them, if more than one. i By Command. T. W. LEWIS. A UCKLAND DISTRICT LAND J3_ REGISTRY. Until FURTHER NOTICE the off"" ■" IV ->bove Department will be at the liy^.i.-.. *■.+ wF DEEDS OFFICE, High-street, Auckland. GEO. B. DAVY. February 7,1871.



Auction Sales •■» TO-MORROW. BAY OF ISLAND PEARS, EX • COMERANG-.' B. TONES & CO., .Vill sell, To-morrow, at half-past 11 o'clock prompt, QA C^SES TEARS O\) 15 ditto ditto. In prime condition. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. BUILDINGS IN THE ALBERT BARRACKS. The subscribers have been favored with instructions from Major Tissdall, to sell, at the Albert Barracks, on Tuesday, 14th inst., at U o'clock, T7IOURTEEN BUILDINGS, Jj situate in the Albert Barracks, as follows :— ' S Wooden Huts, each 20 x3G 1 Galvanised Iron Store (2 stories), 21 x 01 1 Gun Shed (iron roof), 200 feet long 1 Galvanised Iron Store, 10 x 30 1 AVooclen House, 16 x 40 1 Wooden Cottage, 26 x 19 .1 Wooden Building, 23 x 50. 4 EXCELLENT GALVANISED IRON BUILDINGS, erected in the maga zine, Albert Barracks, all floored, lined, and ceiled, copper nails, brass hinges, etc., each 22 x 9J, 32 x 10, 63 x 14, and 75 x 10J-. Terms-"Cash on tlio fall of the hammer SAMUEL COOHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. ■ .■■.it■>.'■> ?'.;•.;\-s/l\"i'. :"|f. ■■!,«■ I ,: .... , --■. f '' ■'"'" •■■■■•-■'--■'*,•■ • .-.:. ■. , . ~.;., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. PRELIMINARY. HOTICE. The subscribers have received instructions to sell, at the Land Mart, Fort-street, on Thursday, 16th instant, at twelve o clock, 9 VALUABLE Improved FA.EMS /£l near Malmrangi, withHoase, Outbuildings, etc., containing 490 acres and 183 acres, respectively. Further particulars in future advertisement. i SAMU Eii COOERANE & SON, Auctioneers. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. BY ORDER OF THE CURATOR OF INTESTATE ESTATES. IN THE ESTATE OF — FLETCHER, OF MONG-ONUI. The subscribers have received instructions from John Williamson, Esq., Curator of In testate Estates, to ssll, at the Mart, Fort street, Auckland, on Wednesday, 22nd instant, at 10 o'clock, in the Estate of —» Fletcher, of Mongonui, deceased, IOA AAA FEET JUNK TIMBER IoU.UUU squared, and now lying aome at Mongonui and some at Orewita. Also, A number of Jacks, Wheels, Blocks, and Tackle &c, &c-» &c- SAMUEL COCHRANE AND SON, Auctioneers.