SHIPPING.

POET OP AUCKLAND

ARRIVALS.

Helen, cutter, from Merciiry Bay. Julia, schooner, 14 tons, McKay, from Kawau. Nautilus, cutter, £0 tons, Hooper, from Mercury Bay.! Heather Bell, 24 tons, Dam, from Mahurangi. Kate, barque, 547 tons, McKinnon, from Sydney. Merlin, schooner, 40 tons, Yates, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

=fta drill, b. igantine, 122 tons, Jones, for Levuka •'

CLEARED.

Wellington, s.s., 260 tons, Kennedy, for Southern Ports. Hero, cutter, 30 tons, Moller, for Taiiranj?a. Bessj", cutter, 25 tons, Seymour, for Walkaway.

EXPORTS.

Per e.s. Wellington, for Southern ports : Shipped for Napier—l case grindery, B. Q-ittos. Shipped for Wellington—so cases beer, Bucbolz and Co. ; 1 case pictures, Holland ; 13 brace pheasants, Partridge; 3 cases drapery, 2 trusses, 1 trunk drapery, Sargood, Son, aid Co. Shipped for Lyttel ton —1 case, H. Busby ; 1 qunrter-cask sherry, 2 ense* -wine, 1 case brandy, 1 ease ale, 1 ca3e porter. Brown, Campbell, and Co. ; 1 case beer, Hooper, Oliffe, and Co. Shipped for Otnro-1 parcel, H. M. Jerria.—Combes and Palely, agents. The brigantiue Sea Q-ull sailed this morning for Levuka. The cutter Fautilus, from Mercury Bay, bringß 4 tona gtrm-, aud 18 000 feet timber. There was no appearance of the s.s. Hero from Sydney and Melbourne up to the time of our going to press. The ship Wild Duck will haul alongside the wharf to-morrow, to discharge her cargo- of grain. The schooner Merlin sails for Levuka to morrow. The cutter Hero, for Tauranga, leaves to night, with passengers and a, full cargo. The schooner Julia, from Kawau, brings a cargo of 50 tons firewood. The fine s.s. Wellington, Captain A. Kennedy, takes her departure for Southern ports this afternoon. The following is a list of her passengers : Mr. and Mrs. Carleton, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. S. Heath, Mis3es Heath (2), and Mr. J. Marianne. The regular trader Kate arrived in harbour last evening, in command of Capt. McKinnon. part owner of the vessel. The Kate has made a fair pnssnge of thirteen days, and brings a full cargo of general merchandise. Captain McKinuon reports leaving Sydney on the Bth instant, aud experienced fine weather till making the Three Kings. Here she encoun •tered a Bevere gale from the S.E., and the ship was hove-to under bare poles. During the gale, both topsails were blown away, and a heavy Bea swept the decki of a quantity of cargo, and carried-away the quarter life-b. at.- Since then had moderate weather to the Barrier,. where another gale was met with ; strong S.W. winds since till arrival in port. T - -Messrs^ A. T?»llmnr,<, J. Buyne, B. Kingsley, J. Fleming, Irvin, Webb, Pearce Simpson, and Kowse. — '■ —~ —

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. and 4.30 p.m. For Wangarei Heads, etc., per Clyde, this day, at 5 p.m. For New Caledonia, per Helen, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Fiji, per Merlin, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Newcastle, N.S.W., per Janet Dalgleish, on Saturday, at 9 a.m. Fov Tauranga, Napier, and the Southern Provinces, per Lord Ashley, immediately after arrival of the Nebraska from Hono lulu. For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per Nebraska, 10 hours after her arrival from Honolulu. S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the weei ending Saturday, May 27, 1871:— Eriday, May 26 : Messrs. L. D. Nathan and

J, Newman. Saturday,' May 27 : Messrs. Q-. P, Pierce and B. P. Porter.

BIRTHS.

Provo.—On the 24th May, at her residence, South street, Newton, the wife of B. Provo of a daughter. Bocx.—On May 22, at her residence, Kokeby street, the wife of Benjamin Buck of a daughter. _ Woodward.—On May 23, at Parawai, Thames, Mrs. P. Woodward of a daughter.

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1871.

Although it must be admitted that there is a good deal of unhealthiness in the preaent.feverish excitement in the scrip market, there is one feature f th? Present position of the gold in ll I t^ c Province to which we cannot close our eyes. The simul taneous discovery of unusually heavy deposits of gold at points so distant trbm one another, lias more of

substantial grounds of promise than anything else that the pre sent jjoid returns 'can show. The Caledonian may be the richest mine in the world, but very large de posits, and of a very local character, are far from being unusual, and have not necessarily in themselves the cer tainty of continuance, nor yet of the extension of discovery in the district. The more vigorous working of adjoin ing claims and the consequent increase of returns, and, less still, the fictitious inflation of the value of shares in such neighbouring claims, do not in them selves indicate any very sound im provement in our gold interests. But when we hear of extraordinary finds at points so remote from the great centre of attraction, as is the Alburnia from the Caledonian, we have tangible grounds for believing that the deposits of gold yet buried in the hills at the Thames are of the most exten sive kind. It is indeed singular that all this state of things should have come about simultaneously, and that patient, weary waiting, should have been so magnificeutly rewarded. The province has had a long night of trial. iVe may hope that its lessons will not have been given in vain, and that the wealth which is now so abundantly given will be utilised to the permanent settlement and advance of the province.

As will be seen from another column, there will be a meeting to-night of .the intending shareholders of the Hauraki Investment Com pany, at the Army and Navy Hotel, when arrangements will be made for giving a legal standing to the society, and otherwise starting operations. We are glad to hear that the proposal has been favourably received by the public, and that the new association is likely to be successful. The annual meeting of the Congregational Home Mission Society will be held this even ing, at the Albert-3trect chapel. A meeting of intending shareholders of the Hauraki Investment Company is called for this evening, at the Army and Nary Hotel. The "Union Literary Society meet tliis evening, at the Rooms, Wellesley 3treet, at half-past seven o'clock. A debate will take place on the question:— "Does Education diminish Crime ?" to be opened, in the ne gative by Mr. H. Cornford. The following is from " Talk on 'Change," in the Australasian : —At the sign of the " Red Cow," in the town of Paramatta—an ancient inn, in which successive fortunes have been made - a lady from Melbourne was, a fortnight ago, sitting in the verandah, awaiting the preparation of luncheoa. Just then three hearty-looking country girls rod* •" Ll\" s<* LC> and dismounfpfl wiiu.a» xnaJe assistance, tUo rj^wi 03 nosress ot the establishment, one of them asked if they could have " three glasses of brandy." These yonn^ women saw no impropriety in drinking brandy in broad daylight, nor did they beTray any shyness in asking for it, being tired with a long ride and needing a stimulant. I don't suppore these unsophisticated young persons ever laid the eau-de-colonge flask under contribution, or drank chlorodyne, because they felt nervous or hysterical. A. new musical instrument is now being exhibited. It is a keyed instrument of six octaves, resembling a harmonium in general form, but very different in mechanism. The sound^ are produced by the friction of wooden hammers against a revoking cylinder of wood, set m motion by the feet. The tones produced are said to be very sweet, and moSt wonder fully varied. One can sometimes hardly believe they are not those of a wind instru ment. The Melbourne papers recently noticed a new invention patented in Victoria, and called the " Patent Syruping Pump and Gravi tating Bottle Stopper for JErated Waters." The pump supplies the required quantity of syrup into each bottle at the same time that the bottle is filled with terated water. The stopper is the principal part of the invention ; it is self-acting from within the bottle, closes the bottle when it is full by pressure of the gaseous liquid from within, and is opened by giving it .a tap on the top, when, being made of heavy wood, it sinks to the bottom of the bottle ; it never wears out, and does away with cork, wire, string, &c. The right ofusin^it m Sew Zealand has been purchased by Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Dunedin and Oamaru. A glass of whisky is manufactured from a dozen grains of corn, the value of which is too small to be estimated. A glass of this mixture sells for a dime, and, if of a good brand, is considered well worth the money. It is drunk in a minute or two. It firea the brain, sharpens the appetite, deranges and weakens the phy sical system. On the same sideboard on which the deleterious beverage is served lies a newspaper. It is covered with half a million of types ; it brings intelligence from the four quarters of the globe. The newspaper costs less than a glass of grog, the juico of a few grains of corn, but it is no less true there is a large number of people who think corn juice cheap and newspapers dear.—Scottish American Journal.

TOOKEY S [TARES IN THE MEL BOUEiVE MAKKET. We have received late Melbourne papers by the barque Kate. Tookey's shares (New Zealand) were quoted at £7 5s to £7 10s.

INQUEST.—THIS DAY.

An inquest was held this afternoon at the Mechanics' House of Call on the body of a child named Harriett Lombard. A jury hav ing been sworn in, of which Mr. J. C. Stott was chosen chairman, EHen Lombard, the child's mother, deposed : I reside in a lane off Chancery street; the deceased was 12 months o} d ? n last; I had several glasses of ale during the afternoon, and went to lay down and fell asleep. I was sober. The child wa9 with me, on my left arm. She wns quite healthy and had not been weaned. At about 10 minutes to 7 I nwoko. The child was then quite cold but not dead. I ran to a neigh bour, and sent for Dr. Kendordine.—Mrs. Hart and Dr. Kenderdine are being examined as we go to press.

ARRIVAL.

OF THE

BARQUE 'KATE.'

ATJSTEALIA.

Br the arrival of the Kate, from Sydney, we are 'placed in possession of files to the 6th instant, from which we extract markets and shipping intelligence, as well as the following additional telegraniß to those received via the South, and published by us on Monday last : MELBOURNE. May 2.—At a meeting of the shareholders of the Bank, the report wa9 adopted. Messrs. Lorimer, Goodman, Dill and Rolfe have been elected directors ; the ballot was as follows : Lorimer, 1449 ; Dill, 1414; Goodman, 1207; Rolfe, 1144; Smith, 667; Macnamara, 350 ; Watt, 169. —In the Assembly, the Eight Hours Bill was read a first time. The debate on the Address has been resumed.—The will of Scott, who is connected with the Baillie .murder mystery at Fiji, has been found. He bequeaths a con siderable quantity of his Melbourne property to Miss Baillie. May 3.—Tiie Assembly adopted the Ad dress in reply without a division. A bill for amending the criminal law lias been intro duced and read a first time; it contains a clause for the use of the lash in cases of of fences agninst females. The Permissive Liquor Bill has been read a first time. Some discus sion took place on the land question and rail way extension, and the House adjourned.—A street preacher, named Jansen, has been in a trance for a week in Ballarat Hospital.— Scott's will conveys only his personal effects to Miss Baillie ; his real property is conveyed to Miss Colville.—Samuel Endis, a passenger by the Derwent, has been arrested on a charge of larceny ; 170 sovereigns were found in his possession.—The Governor is suffering from sciatica. May 4.—At auction, New Zealand wheat has been sold at 6s. 4£d.; Adelaide flour, bear ing country brands, £15 10s.; maize 4s. 2\d. — The Mining Criminal Laws Amendment Bill, and the Eight Hour Labour Bill, are before the House ; the latter has passed the second read ing.—The Hunt Club meeting has been post poned for a fortnight; the entries will be re ceived on the 13th instant.:—lt is rumoured here that the members of the Naval Brigade refuse to servo under Lieutenant Pantar, of the Cerberus, monitor.—Louis Armstrong, an incarcerated insolvent, applied for his release ; the Judge ordered him to find sureties to the amount of £200 that he would not leave the colony. He arrived here on a visit from Fiji. —The Ballarat Foundry has obtained the con tract for the pumps for the 'I ookey claim, at the Thames, New Zealand, although a Sydney firm contracted at a lower rate, but required longer time.—The Governor- is recovering from an attack- of sciatica.— Flour is quoted at £15 10s ; and wheat at 7s Id ; the high quotations for the latter have stopped sales. Hennessv's brnndy is quoted at 29s ; sugars are active.

ADELAIDE.

May s.—Evidence tak.;n before the Corpo ration Committee doe 3 not confirm the state ments recently made as to poisoning through diseased mutton.—The income from land sales for April was £21,000.—The Chamber of Commerce are moving the Government to obtain greater security ,n the matter of bonded certificates.—Wheat is in largo de mand, ut 5s 9£d to os lOd, and very firm; country tijur is quoted at £13 10s ; kerosene is selling at 2s 72d ; currants are in great de mand at an advance.

SYDNEY.

May !).—There was recently a heavy fall of rain throughout Iho colony, lasting, with lii.tle or no intermission, from the 27th April until the following Tuesday, when there was a favourable change. The Chief Justice, at the sittings of the Court, at Maitiand, has ex pressed his concern at the prevalence of gro-s perjury.—Tho Future Governor's Salary Reduction JBill has been thrown out in the Upper House. —In the Legislative Assembly there was a sharp debate on Mr. William Forster's amendment relativo to going into supply.—Last Wednesday afternoon, a° man named W. F. Kennedy assaulted Mr. David Buchanan, in King-street, and has since been committed to take his trial for the offence.— The project for an Academy of Art, in New South Wales, has been favorably entertained by the public and by the Press.—Mr. Qwist, of Hunter-street, lias just manufactured the Sydney Gold Cap for the forthcoming races. The form of thi 3 work of art is in that of a Grecian vase, chastely engraved and orna mented with Australian Mora in high relief. —Mr. W. Forster's Religious Opinions Bill was rejected by 37 to s.—The St. Leger was won by Lady Clifden.

HOB ART TOWN.

May I.—Messrs. Gregory's premises have been destroyed by fire ; the damage is esti mated at £1000. The premises are insured.— Arrived : Lone Star, from Auckland-.

May 2.—Mr. Henry Parkes has arrived, and had an interview with the Government relative to flail's line of Galifornian steamers. —His proposals were not favorably received. —Mr. Richard" Farrington Jeffrey was wounded while out shooting, and is in a pre carious state.—The quarter's revenue has in creased by £4000.

NEW CALEDONIA.

We are in receipt of newspapers from Noumea from the 12th of April to the 26th of that month. The Monitcur de la JV.C, of the 12th ultimo, published a report on the situation of the goldmines at Mouendine, sent in 16 the Go vernor of the colony on the 2nd of April, by M. Tonriot, lieutenant in the navy, and officer in command of the district of Oubatch. Amongst the passengers out from Europe by the Kauce was M. Hippolite Auguste G-irard, Commissaire de la Marine,' appointed by a decree (dated the Gb)i of August", 1870) Commandant of the French settlements in Oceanic, and Commissary of the Tahitian Group. M. G-irard, during his short stay at Noumea, was the guest of Monsieur and Madame de la Richerie, at Government- House. • A fire burst out at the police station, near the Orphanage, at Noumea, during the night of the 11th of March last. The loss of pro perty is estimated at about eight thousand francs.

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

[Before Thomas Eeckhani, Esq., R.M.]

Dbfnkenness. —T\ro persons were punished for this offence. «f"

LAECENt". — James Heatoh, a very ■'old offender, was charged by J. Curfcin with having stolen from his place a vest, value 10s., a knife, and a box of collars.—Margaret Corrie deposed to having seen prisoner leave the premises, and same evening missed the articles.—J. Curtin identified the articles as stolen from him.— Prisoner, who had been previously convicted fifteen times, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Steaung peom Pbehises.—P. Owen was charged with having stolen from the premises of John Henderson, on the 19th instant, a quantity of gold leaf, silver dust, brushes, &c, value, £3. —Defendant admitted he had taken the articles, but without feloivous intent.— John Henderson, painter, Victoria-street, deposed that in consequence of receiving an anonymous letter, he had searched and found the articles named missing, and now identified. —George Rowley deposed that at the end of last week defendant had left a brush at his place till he should pay for drink. —John Kane gave evidence to the same effect respecting gold leaf left with him ; and Mr. Montgomery deposed that defendant had offered similar articles to him for sale.— Detective Jeffery deposed that on his arrest prisoner had acknowledged the theft, and promised to return the articles so soon as he could redeem them.—Prisoner stated that lie was the author of the anonymous letter, and that he had written it to secure the restoration of the articles.—Sentenced to two months' im prisonment with hard labour. Breach of Licensing Act. —Alexander Barr, of the Globe Hotel, Wakefield-street, was charged with having allowed intoxicating liquors to be sold at his licensed house on Sunday, the 7th inst.—Mr. Broham con ducted the oate, and Mr. Wynn defended. — , Sergeant Purdy deposed that on the 7th, about noon, he visited the house in company with Sergeant Walker. Hearing a noise within, he could not get admission by the front door, but on going to the back door defendant rushed in; following to a small room, he found a number of men drinking out of pewter pots. Defendant tried to get some of them out of the front. None' of ' them lived in the hotel. There was a small quantity of beer in each measure.—Sergeant Walker gave corroborative evidence.—F. Outridge also gave evidence, but denied having seen liquor served. Witness and two others were in the room for half an hour, with two others. Defendant threw a quantity of beer on the floor. John Welsh'and Robert Wells were examined but gave no evidence to show the serving of drinks. —Mr. Wynn addressed the Court, showing that there was no proof of the giving of drink.—The case was dismissed, with a strong caution. —Another similar charge against the same defendant was with drawn. —Michasl Corcoran, of the Greyhound Hotel, was charged with having, on tbe night of the Glh instant, permitted drink to be sold in his house alter nours, .u>., n.ee P m .. the licence giving permission to remain open only till 11 o'clock on Saturday night.—Mr. Wynn for the defence.—Constable Furlong was ex amined by Mr. Broham, when a difficulty was raised by Mr. Wynn as to the proving possession of a licence.—Sergeant Jeffery, however, proved that he had seen the licence held for the house, and is sued in 1870. —The evidence of Con stable Furlong was continued. Deposed : That when standing opposite the side door he saw drinks served in the bar to six persons ; saw them drink and then leave. It was 55 minutes past eleven. This witness was cross examined at some length by Mr. Wynn.— Constable Wadham coiroborated this evi dence ; which was also corroborated by Jobn Smith, who admitted having been one of those to whom the drinks were served.—This closed the case for the prosecution.—Mr. Wynn, in reply, submitted the licence which gave authority to sell liquor till 12 o'clock at night. (The Act prohibiting sale after 11 o'clock on Saturday night.) He also argued that the alleged offence being one under a licence given under the old Act; the informa tion should have been laid under that Act. — His Worship said that considering the terms of the licence, he would not convict for the offence, and asked Mr. Broham to draw the attention of the officers of the Provincial Government to the error in the issuing of the .licences.

THE OPENING OF THE OHIINE MURI.

EEPORTED ARRIVAL OF THE WAI KATOS AT WAIRAKAU.

A TALK OF A FIGHT. [FROM OtTR SPECIAL COMMISSIONEB.] Te Hira's, Ohinemuri, May 22,1871. A. ek»obt was current here ou Friday and Saturday that the Ngatihaua had arrived at Wairakau, the camp of the Ngatimaru and Ngatitainatera at Wairakau, to take possession of the land, and, if necessary, fight for its possession. To ascertain how far this report was true, Mr. Mackay, left here on horseback on Saturday evening late ; I write this at noon on Monday, but he has not since returned. I believe the whole thiag is a piece of bosh; the Maoris have no stomach for fighting; both sides will talk and bounce; if the Govern ment will feed them they will be fed ; and they will laugh at the beards of the pakeha. There is so much moonshine going on that I am really 'a?hamecl to write it. If I were to attempt to til you even half the truth, you would most likely have a small half-dozen actions for libel; and I should probably bo an involuntary guest of Captain Eyre. There is now an aukati line on the road towards Tauranga. Jhe mail is not to pass. Te Hira was told tliafc the mail had been sent through. His answer was: " Well, the Government may send it through ; but that is a shabby way. If they want to get it through, let them send it openly." I feel as if L.fchought something like the old nmu. To be afraid to serve a warrant for cattle stealing, or to .punish jobbery nnd murder, and still to do such small work as the police and native agents and native assessors have been engaged in of late, is hardly the way for a Government to earn llie respect of the governed. If there should be any further news before the boat goes I will send it., In the mean time rest assured thoro will be no fighting.— "Herald." b

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THtS DAY.

THE LATEST.

SALE OF CALEDONIAN

TAILINGS.

G-OLDEN LION SPECIMENS.

[FBOir OUR OWN COBEESPONDENT.I 2.55 p.m. The Caledonian tailings were sold this morning by Mr. D. J. O'Keeffe. 800 tons brought £1650. The G-oldeu Lion, on the Waiotahi, have taken out some specimens this morning. The Alburnia i 3 looking splendid. Extraordinary rich, specimens are be ing taken out. 3 p.m. The Candlelight have crushed 50 tons, with a yield of 62 ounces. The Baas Hock are taking out good specimen stone. The case of breach of Arms Act is undergoing investigation.

THE ALBURNIA —SPECIMENS

EQUAL TO THE CALEDONIAN

THE NONPAREIL — RICH

SPECIMENS.

THE INVERNESS.

IMPERIAL CROTVN—LARGE

EEEF STRUCK

[fhom a co-respondent.]

Gbahamstown, 12.50 p.m. The .reports just received from the Alburnia this morning have produced intense excitement. The specimens being taken out are said to be equal to the famous Caledonian. The crushing is looking magnificent. Every share in the market has been withdrawn. The Imperial Crown have struck a large reef this morning, supposed to be the G-olden Crown. The Nonpareil continue to bring up very rich specimens, and the mine is looking well. The Inverness have gone up amazingly, but, I believe, without cause, beyond the fact that a few good specimens have' been taken out near the All Nations boundary. There hate been a steady demand for North Devon and Whauthis morning, in consequence of the rich find in tho Alburnia. The North Devon have crushed a lot of rubbish from the top of the reef, which was formerly thrown away, aud obtained, an ounce* to the ton. They are now driving for the Alburnia reef. '" ' r

SHARE MARKET.

f^fn JV Nw man« eP°rfcs Moanatairi afc Messrs Clark B^os. reports having sold Thames,£39; Inverness, 40s; 425, 1? Mr. Garlick reports Laving so ld._ Mr. Saunders reports :—lnverness in fn maU Ai hSOld- afc£3 lOs 5 All Nations is 10s; Alburnia, *13 10s; Imperial CnJj m demand, sold at £6; Nonpareil, £8 t fe S- jickers reports :-Thanie S , £39 to £40 ; Alburnia, £15 ; AH Nations pk tin, i 5 15s ; Inverness, 45s to 50s ; Cure «5\ 5 ?n d % ueen ' 15s; Waitemata, 17s 6d to 20s; Bass Eock, 10s. Mr. Martin Sholl reports as follows •- No sales of Caledonian or Thames- Alburnia eagerly bought from £11 to £13 10s; Tokatea, from £5 10s to £5; W ?n% ai £ tl9; Moanataiari, bought at && 7s 6d ; Inverness, from £2 to £2 10s large parcels offered at the latter price-' at £o 2s 6d; and Ballarat and Bising Sun at Bs. Sellers of Caledonian at £195 . lhames, £39; Moanatairi, £5 12s 6d- Central Italy, £2 17s 6d; Ballarat and Rising hun, 10s; Vulcan, £14; North Devon, £3 ; Alburnia, £15 ; Cure, 32s 6d- Belfast, £8 10s; Kelly, £6 ss; Poverty and Charleston, £7 10s. •

WESLEYAN SABBATH SCHOOL. GRAFTON ROAD.

Ihe fifth annual tea meeting in connection with this school was held yesterday iv the church, Q-rafton Road. There was a very large attendance of members of the church, parents, and friends of the children, and the children themselves. Mr. Shera occupied the chair. After tea, the annual report was read, from which we gather the following facts: There are fourteen clashes in the school, eight of girls and s;x of boys. The number of chil dren on the books 94, (52 girlg and 42 bojs,) female teachers 8, male teachers 9. The aver age attendance of children in the morning is 41 (25 girls and 16 boys), of teachers, females 5, males 5. The number of children entered during the year 68, left 58. The lavgeat at tendance on one afternoon was 82. Teachers' meetings are held monthly, and are well at tended, and a prayer meeting, also well attended, on the second Sunday of every mouth. The gum of £2 16s 2d has been col lected for missions, exclusive of juve nile offerings, which' amounted to £5 2s sd. Periodical,- The British Work man, Sand of Hope, Early Days, and Juvenile Offering, are distributed on the first Sunday of each nonth. Thanks were given to Mr. Shera for prizes, and to Mr. Wayte for a valuable gift of ten volumes of the Tract Ma gazine. The library contains 290 books, the average weekly circulation being 29. Up wards of 62 volumes have been added during the year. The receipts amounted to £2i 12s 4d. The Chairman addressed the meeting, showing that the ten Jency in countries where education was supported by the State was to secularize the teaching, and this made the Sunday School almost a necessity for religious culture. He exhorted the teachers and scholars to re newed exertions in carrying on the work.— Air. Me Masters, the superintendent, ad; dressed the meeting. He described the con dition of the school as exceedingly satisfac tory.—Addresses were delivered according to' a programme previously arranged: By Air. Rigg, on " Worldly Conformity" ; by Dr; Wallis, on "Domestic Tyrannies"; by Mr; Lewis, on " Sabbath School Experiences"; and by Mr. Merry, on " Home v. School." All these addresses contained a great deal of interesting and not a small amount of humorous material. They were loudly ap plauded. Several hymns, the words being to popular tunes, were sung at intervals. The National Anthem closed the proceedings, and the Benediction was pronounced by the Bef. Mr. Bigg, after which the meeting; separated.

iBE ETENINQ- STAR, MAY 25, 1871.



T B. HI L L Has for sale, Houses, Building .Allotment!!, and Es tates in all parts of the City, the Suburbs and Pro vince, and Shares in all the leading Claims on the Ooldfields. Also, money to lend on good freehold security, and various properties to be exchanged for mining shares. -THOE PEIVATE SALE.—An in-' SL JwS i w l 0^ mt nt ln Hobson-street, upset .&f ß °LiK U Ctt3h ' at 8 Per ce»t--APPI? to



WANTED —A Eespectable HOUSE KEEPER.—AppIy at the EtbninO Stab office. - - ; WANTED -A~Beßpectable GURL about I 15 years of age.—Apply to Mrs. WK. f. Branston, G-'raTboiTKoaa: _ I WANTED— A First-class Moulder. I Reference required.—Address "f1.A.0.,". I Herald Office. »• " I WANTED-A SMART ACTIVE WD 1 used to wait in a Hotel.—Botah i Mail Hotel, Victoria-street, j WANTED— A good GENERAL Sfiß- I VANT.—Apply Office of this paper. WANTED — A Situation as HOUSE- I KEEPER • can ba well recommended.. U —Apply at the Evening Stab office. | WANTED— A first-class MACHINIST; I also, a good TAILOR at once.- Jas. Camp, Tailor, Queen-street;. « WANTED— A First-class WAITfB.-: I Apply to John Menzies, Vittoria | Hotel, between the hours of 8 and 10 oP I morning. References required. jf^ I BOARD AND EESIDENCE.. T WANTED KNOWN, that comforfcjfW' i BOA D AND RESIDENCE can be procured at Mrs. Eilison's, Prospect Hoi«e» Hobson-street, wilhin two doors of ■ Matthew's Church. Terms moderate. lIAURAKI INVESTMENT 00.^?^?'" A MEETING- of intending :J3harehoU«lJ will be held at the Array a»<* T £?fl- Hotel . THIS (rHURSDAY) <#VEBW\ ■ May 25, at 8 o'clock. PTCHARD WILLIAMS, - . '. Secretary i>/v «•»