The Evening Star.

Vol. lI.—No. 342. ]

AUCKLAND, MONUA.Y, FEBRUARY 13, 1871.

[Price One Penny.



tfOKTH SHOEE FEEEY. TIME TABLE OF THE P.S. 'LALhA EOOKH. 1 From From North Shore, From Auckland. North Shore, Old Wharf. New Wharf. 7.0 a.m. 730 a.m. For Auckland 8.30 „ 9.0 „ 9.20 a.m. 930 „ 10.0 „ 1130 „ 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 „ 410 p.m. 6.0 „ 6.30 „ 5.30 „ At low spring tides the Old Wharf only. On Sunday, the first boat, from North Shore is at 9.30 a.m. ; from Auckland, at 10 a.m. HOLMES, BEOS. THE UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND AND ATJSTEALASIAN STEAM PACKET LINE. THE NOETH PACIFIC TEANSPOE TATION COMPANY of San Francisco haring entered into a contract with the Honorable the Postmaster- G-eneral of New Zealand for the conveyance of Mails between San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, and vice versa, the dates of sailing will be from Port Chalmers on the Ist and from Auckland on the 7th of every month, to com mence from Port Chalmers on the Ist of April next. The Service will be performed by the Powerful Side-wheel Steamers the 'NEBRASKA,' 2143 Tons Eegister, 'NEVADA,' 2143 Tons Eegister, 'DAKOTA,' of 2153 Tons Eegister, all built in 1865, under official supervision, and classed extra Al at American Lloyds. For Passenger accommodation these vessels are unsurpassed by any afloat. Perfect ar rangements have been made to connect with the Pacific Eailway, and with the magnificent lines of steamers running between New York and England. Passengers will be booked right through. Firsc-class fare, from all ports in New Zealand to England, including the use 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 lo 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 J^ew Zealand with the intercolonial steamers, 8° 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 JN'ew Zealand at Auck land, for the United States, New Zea land and Australasian Steam Packet Line; DEIYEE, STEWAET & CO., Agents for Otago., JOHNSTON & CO., Agents for Wellington ; MILES & CO., w Agents for Lyttelton. November 26, 1870. F 0 R FIJI. Australasian steam nayiga- SaiSrs. company>s line of v The s.B. ' JAMES PATEESON' 'leave Auckland for Fiji on WEDNES ai > the 15th inst., at noon. or freight or Passage, apply to H. M. JEEYIS, Agent.



FOE G-RAHAMSTOWN AND TAKARU. ______ s FilHEp.s. I 'GOLDEN CEOWN' will leave the Queen-street "Wharf, Auckland, EVERY MORNING-, at 10.30 o'clock sharp (Sundays excepted), and will leave the Thames at 4 o'clock, AFTERNOON, for Auckland. Fares :—Cabin, 7a. 6d. ; Steerage, 4s. Return tickets (Cabin), 12s. J. 9. MACFARLANE, Agent. HTEAM TO THE THAMES. THE p.s. 'ROYAL ALFRED. TIME TABLE. TBOSI AUCKLAND TO aEAHAMSTOWN : Monday, February 13, 5.30 o'clock afternoon Tuesday, February 14, 6.30 o'clock afternoon Wednesday, February 15, 7.30 o'clock after noon TEOM GBAHAMSTOWN TO AUCKLAND : Tuesday, February 14, 11.30 o'clock morning Wednesday, February 15,12 o'clock noon S. HAGUE SMITH. FOR G-RAHAMSTOWN AND SHORT LAND. THE p.s. ' LADY BOWEN,' Captain Adajis, will receive Cargo for both the above places, and sail as under : Tuesday, February 14, 6.30 o'clock evening Thursday, February 16, 7.30 o'clock evening For Freight or Passage, apply to J. CASEY. PATRONISE LOCAL INDUSTRY. OVENS! OVENS! OVENS! HEEBEET H. SMITH'S ])ATENT PORTABLE SMOKE-CON SUMING OVENS are acknowledged by all to be the best and cheapest in the colony. Prices from 30s upwards. Note the Address-HIG-H-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, G aafitting and Spouting fixed, and machinery repaired. 10th February, 1871. CHEAP TIMBEE. fTIHE 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 anythiug 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 rate*. NEW LINE OF 'BUSES. F. PHIPPS HAS made arragements for Running a 'Bus DAILY between the WHAU and AUCKLAND —leaving the Whau at 8 a.m., and from Union Bank Auckland, at 5 p.m. Parcels carried. Mr. F. Phipps has been appointed Agent for the Sale of the Evening Stab at the Whau. November 4, 1870. NOTICE. ME. W. M. CHAPPELL is authorised to CANVAS for ADVERTISEMENTS Proprietors.



CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! SPECL4.T., NOTICE. HEIKRICH KOHN JEWEILMfc, &c, QTJEEU-STBBET, T>EGS to draw the attention of the public to a quantity of CHEISTMAS PEESENTS! (received ex mail), specially selected for this season of the year. These Goods will bo found unsurpassed ia beauty, design, and workmanship. To meet the times, and to place it within the reach of everyone desh'ous of making presents, U.K. has determined to dispose of these goods at the smallest possible margin for profit. NOTE THE ADDRESS— HEINRICH KOHN, QUEEN-STREET. TO BE LET, ON LEASE, nnHAT FIRST-CLASS HOUSE, in Napier, J_ Hawke's Bay, known as the " EMPIRE HOTEL;" 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. The Hotel does the largest business in the Province. For particulars, apply to the Proprietor, Gh H. SWAN, Napier; or, to E. & H. ISAACS, Fort-street,



ON SALE. OACWT. SPLIT PEAS 100 half-chests Tea, extra choice season 1870-71, ex ' Eliza Firth ' 14 cwt. Brown & Poison's Corn Flour 5 cases Candied Peel 10 cases Peacock's Jams 80 cases White and Blue Starch 15 cases Morton's Salmon 11 cases Morton's Pickles 15 cases Morton's Salad Oil 5 cases Pay and Martin's Paste Blacking 6 cases light and dark Blue 15 kegs Carbonate Soda 2 cases Tartaric Acid 10 cases Bottled Fruits 10 cases Vestas 5 cases Cocoa (Taylor's) 20 cases Chicory 6 cases L. & P. Sauce 50 boxes Candles 5 tons Company's Sugar 12 tierces Prime Mess Beef Otago Oatmeal, Pearl Barley, Paper, "White, Grey, and Brown Paper Bags Groats Stockholm Tar Bed Lead Soft Soap Oil, Colza, Neatsfoot, Castor and Linseed Cotton Waste Tin Plates Flooring Brads Unbleached Ginger Gingerbeer Bottles Lemonade Bottles Lemonade Corks Cochineal Ess. Lemon, Tin Foil Bottling Wire <&c, &c, <fee. TO AEEIVE PEE • QUEEN BEE,' Marmalade Jams and Jellies Price's Candles Oakum Muntz Metal, 14, 16,18 ozs. Sheathing Nails, and fths H. B. MORTON, CUSTOM HOUSE-STREET. December 21,1870.



UNITED SERVICE WHOLESALE & RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT STORE, OUEEN.STREET, TWO DOOBS PEOM 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, Punville's Old Irish Whiskey, G-reenless & 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 6L§ Dunville s case Whiskey ... ... 4 6i"g Bernard's case Old Tom 4 6f W Gin, JDKZ 5 OS Ditto (small) 3 0J Wines— Per bottle. Per dozen. s. d. s. d. Amontillado Sherry ... 5 0 ... 60 -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 Champagne (small) 3 0 Claret 4 0 case 36 0 Ginger Wine 3 0 All Cordials 1 0 Townsend's Sareaparilla ... 5 0 Blood &Dawson's Stout ... 1 3 ... 14 0 Tennant's & Bass's Ale ... 1 3 .. 14 0 Jeffrey's EdinburghAle,pntsl 0 ... 11 0 BASS'S ALE ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT. NEW CALEDONIA WHOLESALE & RETAIL WINE & SPIRIT STOGIE, CORNER OF SYMOND-STREET AND KARANGAHAPE ROAD, PEIYATE ENTRANCE : SYMOND STEEET. LIST OF PRICES. Spibits and Wines Bottied on the Peemises. MARTELL & HENNESSEY'S PALE BRANDY, 4s. per bottle j small bottle, 2s. Martell and Hennessey's Dark Brandy, 4s. per bottle ; small bottle, 2s. Greenless and Calduell's Campbelton Whiskey, 4s. and 4s. 6d. per bottle; small bottle, 2s. Dunville's Whiskey, 4s. per bottle ; small bottle, 2s. Jameson's Dublin Whiskey, 4b. and 4s. 6d. per bottle; small bottle, 2s. Rum, 3s. per bottle ; small bottles, Is. 6d. Old Jamaica Rum, 4s. per bottle. Amontillado Sherry, ss. per bottle ; 60s. per dozen. Sherry Wine (very superior), 4s. per bot tle ; 445. per dozen; small bottles, 2s. Old Tawny Port, sa. per bottle ; 58s per dozen. Port Wine (^ery superior), 4s. per bot tle j 445. per dozen ; small bottles, 2s. Port and Sherry Wine, 3s. per bottle j 345. per dozen. In Case—Genuinh Bbands. Hennessey's, Martell's, and Hine & Co.'a ss. Od. per bottle. Three Dagger Associated Vineyard Brandy, 5». per bottle* Geaeva, J.D.K.Z., 4s. 6d. per bottle. Geneva, J.D.K.Z. (small), 3s per bottle. Old Tom, 4s. Od. per bottle. Dunville's Whiskey, 4s. Od. per bottle. Champagne (No. 2), 6s. per bottle. Champagne (No. 2, small) 3s. per bottle. Claret, 4s. per bottle ; 365. per dozen. English Ginger Wine, 3s. per bottle 30s. per dozen. Townsend's Sarsaparilla, Ss. per bottle. Australian Wine, 3s. 6d. and 4s. per bottle (8 different brands). Ale and Porter, London and Dublin bottled, Is. 3d. per bot^ •; '. !.-. per dozen. lEEM3: —StEIOTIT CASH.—No EXCEPTION SAM UEL EVINSON PROPRLSTOR.



CRITERION HOTEL, COBNEB OV HOBSON AND COOK-STREETS. DANIEL PAGE (Late of the N.Z.S.N. Company,) TTAS much pleasure in announcing to lii friends and the public of Auckland that ha has taken the above favorite Hotel. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION" FOB BOARDERS. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOB FAMI LIES. N.B.—The Bottling Department in con nection with the above establishment is now open. BRANDS—AI. NOTTCE. THE BLUE POST DINING -KOOMS, VICTORIA-STREET EAST. A LL MEALS AT ONE SHILLING. C. DUNNINGHAM, Late Steward of the Q-overnor Browne Hotel. FEUIT! ZRTTITL! FEUIT!!! THE Undersigned has for Sale, ex ' James Paterson,' from Sydney, 95 CASES CHOICE APPLES & PEARS Also, First-class POTATOES on hand, at th« lowest market prices. N.B.—All Groods delivered free of charge. Teems : Cash/ h. clFhai, HiaH-STEEBT. MUNN'S MAIZENA, mHE finest preparation of CORN" FLOUR manufactured. Far superior to any English make, which it has entirely superseded in Australia. Fresh Shipments just landed. B. TONES & CO., Sole Wholesale Agents. THE EAT-KILLEE! ! THE EAT KILLEE ! ! 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 ONLST at my Establishment, Pitt-street. The Poisons imported from Home are use* less on account of the sea voyage. My RAT DESTROYER does NOT contain any PHOS PHOROUS. Manufactured at my Laboratory, Pitt-Stbeet, Auckland. {JS^* Note the Address— THE EED GLOBE LIG»¥T. Sold in boxes at 6d., Is., Is. 64, 2s 6d. Sold wholesale at the above prices less 25 per cent, for cash. WATSON'S BOOT & SHOE FACTORY (top of bhobtland-steeet). T7l VERY description of Ladies' and Q-ent's Fl Boots. Repairs promptly executed. ~\ /TR. T. R. OILMAN, Chemist, One hunga, has been appointed AGENT for the Sale of this Paper. , . November 6, 1870.