SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 4.44. HIGH WATER: Tills afternoon, 12.12.

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Puke of Edinburgh, fi o'clock Enterprise No 2, 5 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Isabella, ketch, from Russell Phrube, s.s., AVorsp, from Southern ports Golden Isle, schooner, from Melbourne

DEPARTURES.

Nebraska, rnai' steamer, Harding, for Honolulu Stir of the .South, 5.3., Holmes, for Napier Dauntless, schooner, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern port 3 : Taranaki, early ; Phrfcbe, on arriv,-',! of Nevada. For Ahipara and Hoklanga: Tauranga, schooner, to-day. , ~ ~ For Sydney and Melbourne '. City of Melbourne, s.s , on arrival of Nevada ; Hero, early. For London : Tyrol, barque, early ForLevuka: Sea dull, schooner, 17th inst. : Pnrna Donna, schooner, IStli inst. For ttav of rslaridn : Comerang, p.s., to-morrow _ For Napier and Southern ports : Nevada, 18th inst. For Wangarei, &c. : Clyde, schooner, this evening

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, h.h., from Sydney Nevada, mail steamer (due June 17) Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton Alpha, schooner, from Newcastle Coronilla. ship, from London. Sailed March 22 Frowning Beauty, barque, from Newcastle Briton, barque, from Newcastle P.C.K., barque, from Newcastle Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2

The ketch Isabella arrived in harbour this morning from the Jsay of Islands with a full cargo of coals. The schooner Pakeha has cleared outwards for Ihinedin, via Whangapoa. She will load at the latter place 100,000 feet timber for her port of destina tion. She has hauled away from the wharf this morning. The schooner Ivanhoe entered at the Customs this morning for Mongonui with 3 tons flax, 5 tons gum, 21 head cattle, 2 ke(,'3 nails, 1 barrel oil, and Mr. .Jarvis pfissenger. .She has hauled alongside the wharf, and is discharging her cargo. The Tauranga is still lying at anchor off the break water, waiting for the weather to moderate, when she will take her departure for Hokianga. The schooner Sea Gull is announced to leave for T.evuka on Monday■ next, £.nd the Prima lJonna on the following day.

The schooner Golden Jale arrived last night from Melbourne with 04 tons potatoes. She has not yet hauled alongside. The .slip Helenslee i.s turning out her cargo on the wha; f more or less damaged by sea water. The barque Ayr has hauled alongside the hulk moored at the wharf.

The Nebraska took her departure at midniglv yesterday with 180 passengers, the largest number ye carried by this route.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. Tho following are the current calk and dividends payable in the companies named below :—

MEETINGS TO OOJtK

Specimen, Waverley Hotel, Auckland, 3 p.m.

June 15 Whakaroa, 2f.th inst. Lucky Digger, Darby's hotel, Shortland street, Auckland, 2 p.m. June 20 Cure, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m. June 27 Messenger's, Grahamstown, July 1 United Pumping Co., Kapanga, July 8 American Eagle, Cirahamstown, July 3 Queen of May, Grahamstown, Juno 17 Golrtfields Investment Company, Mr. Browne's office

Wyndham street, 4 p.m. June 17 Carnatic, Coroniandel, June 18 Cnristchnrch, Grahamstown, June 18 Harbour View, Coromandel, June 20 Abraham Lincoln, Grahamstown, June 21 Coromandel Mint, Company's office, 40, Queen street Auckland, 8 p.m. June 28 * Golden Pali, at Mackay's office, at 4 o'clock June 20 Wood's Point, Coromandel, June 21 Golconda, Insurance Buildings, June 28 Wealth of Coromandel, Company's office, Queen street;

Auckland, June 21 Loyalty, Graliamstown, June 28 Nebraska, Grahamstown, June 28 Mary Ann, Grahamstown, June 25 Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2p.m

June 27 Last Resort, 44, Queen street, Auckland, i p.m June 28

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Matls will Close as Undkk For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow. at 9..'!0 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, per Golden Crown, to-morrow, at

9.30 a.m. For Taranaki, Wanganui, &c, per Go-ahead, to

morrow, at 8 a.m. For Malvurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, &c, per Comerang, to-

morrow, at 3 p.m. For Australian Colonies, per City of Melbourne, im mediately after arrival of p. 8. Nevada from Plono- For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Phoebe, im mediately after arrival of p.s. Nevada. For Napier and Southern Provinces, per Nevada, six hours after her arrival.

( S. B. Bias. Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

liEXXOX —SCOTT.— on .June 12, at the residence of the bride's f.-ither, by the Itev. John Law, Judim Marshall Lennox, of Auckland, estate agvnt and sharebroker, to Jane Isabella, elrt««l ('laughter of William Scott, of Paterangi, W&ikato.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For tho wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The Bcv. Samuel "Keller Las been for nume time lying 'perdu during the agitation on the Licensing question. It was understood that" he was in a pet because he could not have his own wa}'. But the temptation to attack a clergy man has been too much for him, and under cover of a defence of the petition to the Licensing Bench, with which we believe he did not agree, he takes a fling at the Rev. Mr Eigg through the Southern Cross to-day. It appears from Mr Edgcr's showing that Mr liigg signed a memorial in favor of a license being granted to a particular hotel. We are not in a position to say whether the charge is true or untrue, but if true we fail to see the force of the insinuation sneeringly put that in doing so Mr liigg has been guilty of a dereliction of duty. Such a charge is based on the assumption that a hotel is essentially sinful, and that so utterly bad is the institution that no difference can exist between an honorable and conscientious hotel-keeper and a simple retailer of drunkenness. 13ut as this assumption is only an assumption of those who can look at only one question, and only on one side of it, and through the blurred spectacles of their own prejudices, the fling at Mr Rigg will have no effect what ever on sensible people. Common sense tells us that so long as public houses are recognised by law, and exist in our midst, there will be good and bad, deserving and undeserving publicans, and if there is any one that has shown himself animated by proper feelings in the conduct of his hotel unquestionably he deservo3 the commendation of all good men. And if a clergyman or any other man sees a conscientious man con scientiously trying to avoid the evils so often chargeable against his peculiar calling, he is warranted in giving practical expression to his commendation. Pro bably Mr Edger believes a publican has no conscience—nothing but a gizzard— but it is impossible for any one going about with his eyes open to be unaware of the existence of as honourable and conscientious conduct in hotel keepers as in any other traders in the city. Their trade is full of temptations, and all the more proper is it that they should be commended when they deserve it. We do not know what hotel has received the commendation of Mr Eigg, or if the whole insinuation may not be a malicious fib. But every one of right feeling, and not blinded by narrow prejudice, will incomparably prefer the spirited act at tributed to that gentleman to the diabolical spirit that is ever on the watch to poison the minds of the people against the legitimate and recognized ministers of religion in the city.

We yesterday inserted an advertise ment headed " Lost a Purse." No reward was offered, nor was there any way of tracing the £25 coin current of the realm therein contained. A few hours after the issue of the Star a man called and left the purse and its contents at our office. The owner gave the finder a couple of pounds, which, were reluctantly accepted, and which the man stated he would not have accepted but that he was absolutely without a penny. Of course the man did only what he ought tohave done,but how many in the circumstances would have done so ? We do not hesitate to say that there is an honest man. We understand that he is at present doing odd jobs as ho can get

them, able and willing to work hard, and we would add, honestly, if he can only get employment. If there is a man in our community that feels the impulse to reward honesty, and at the same time to secure the services of one that has so proved his character, we shall be very happy to introduce him to a man that will, we think, conscientiously discharge any duties which he may undertake.

We have just inspected at Messrs.L. D. Nathan & Co.'s store a novel invention of clothes-horse, imported in the East Lothian barque from Isew York. The simplicity of the invention and its economy of space is its chief characteristic, and it fairly comes under the heading of "Ameri can notions." We understand that the parcel comprises all sizes, and we can only say that when once they are seen they are sure to command a ready sale.

We have in our office a purse for which we seek an owner, who must be a person of peculiar tastes. Besides cash, it contains memoranda showing most peculiar subjects of study on the part of the owner. They tell that such a one was charged with such an offence, and punished in such a way, and such another in such another way, and there is a considerable list of names of very doubtful characters known in the city. If tiie owner does not appear we shall hand over the money to some charit able institution, and the memoranda to the police, as they evidently refer to persons on whom the police should have their eye.

A correspondent signing himself " Fair Play" writes to us enquiring " if there is no redress for the false imprisonment of the two boys Hughes, kidnapped for the Baglan flax mills. They have now been a fortnight in gaol and are to be brought up again to-morrow before the magistrates. Is there no help for them as there would be for an adult if treated in the same way. They have been deprived of their earnings, fed on bread and water* Uhd made sleep on the hard boards, and been Biadc familiar with what it is to bt; in gaol; and all for nothing. What idea are tiiey likely to form of the value of honesty and industry when the}' think that this is law." In reply to our correspondent, we believe that the public feeling on the subject will permit no evil to befal the boys. We 'earn that Mr Joy has been retained, and will appear to-morrow for the lads, and we have no doubt he will sec that the case proceeds strictly according to law.

We are pleased 15 observe from the report of the Harbour Board's special meeting in another column Mr. Lowe has been the successful candidate for the office of secretary to the Board.

While the country flax-mills are hard up for bays We would direct the attention of the police to the knots of boys that congregate at particular places of the city, and insult, and even at times assault passers by. A few evenings' ago a young lady who had been attending Mr. Plunket's music classes at the Carlton Academy, in Hobson street, when pro ceeding home was rno3t grossly insulted by one of such a gang ; and, on her remonstrating, was struck violently on the nock by a stone, In the neighbourhood of the Catholic Church, in Wyndham street, and especially when the worship' pers are engaged in religious services, is another spot where young flax-cutters might be recruited with great advantage. A few evening's since when one of these gangs of city arabs was kicking up an infernal row, one of the congregation remonstrated, when he was treated to such epithets as "You grey-haded old villain," and threats and demonstrations of violence. On an office-bearer of the church proceeding to quell (he row he was informed that if he did not go in again his " head would be punched." If the streets were swept of these hobble-de-hoys whose exuberant animal spirits so com monly take the direction of practical joking of the most offensive kind, and of rude and violent behaviour iv the streets and by-ways of the city, the very greatest benefit would bo conferred on the city as well as on the manufacture of phormium tenax.

Tho marionette entertainment was given last night at the Parnell Hall. Signor Fusconi has added several lively lilliputians to his troupe. Another per formance will be given on Saturday under the patronage of the officers of H.M.S. liosario.

The action in the case of Graham v. Cruickshank was determined last night at 6 o'clock. The jury gave judgment for. the plaintiff, and awarded £25 damages.

The second lecture of tho winter series at the Young Men's Christian Associa tion rooms will be delivered to-night by H. H. Lusk, Esq. The subject is an interesting and instructive one, namely, " How to read History."

Wo are requested to contradict a state ment that Mr. Hcsketh opposed the granting of a licence to Mr. Alfred Houghton to his restaurant in Queen street en behalf of the hotel-keepers of Queen street. We are informed that the opposition emanated from one publican only.

We understand that Mr. J. A. South has taken the billiard table at tho Occi dental hotel. This table has been pro nounced as one of the best in tho colony.

The only business at the Police Court this morning consisted of the punishment of seven drunkards.

The Simonsen troupe of minstrels took their departure last night by the Nebraska for San Francisco.

Brillat-Savarin tells a story of an old toper whose neighbour, while ho sat at dinner, having called his attention to a fine dish of grapes, turned away from them with the remark that "it had never been his habit to take his wine in the form of pills."

IRE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE.

The protests sent in to the committee of the Auckland Eifle Association have been considered and declared in favor of the protests, which were for certain Volunteers not appearing in full uniform at the late matches. The winners are therefore declared as follows ; —Mr Mills, Victoria Company, 2nd prize ; Mr Soall, 3rd prize. Mr Provo will take the range prize instead of Mr Boardman.

The prizes won at the late meeting of tho Rifle Association will be presented to-night in the Drill-shed,

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The great succes3 of the sparkling burlesque of tbe " Three Bears" ha? induced the isanagement to continue its production, and it will again be performed to-night. The most prominent characters in this piece are Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Keogh, ami Mrs. B. N. Jones, who by sparkling wit and song sustain the interest of the play. The remaining characters are also ably rendered. The finale is a most amusing representation, and is provocative of roars of laughter at the sight of the three bears perched on thoir respective poles. The scenery is considerably above the average. This evening a thrilling drama entitled " Jenny Foster, the Sailor's Child," will be produced for the first time in addition to the burlesque.

CITY HALL.

TnE panorama of a tour through America wa3 again exhibited by Mr Batehelder to a large audience. Home of the scenes :u-o most exquisitely painted, and reflect great credit on tho artist. The pantaaeope 13 well worth seeing. The wonderful slack rope vaulter causes great amusement and excitement. This evening i 3 announced as a grand fashion able night. To-morrow there will be two performances ; mimeiy, one in the afternoon at 2.30, and again in the evening.

THE THAMES GOLDFIELD.

(from: otjb own comiespondent.)

If you will send another man down here to correspond for you I shall feel obliged. I am not fond of grumbling as a rule, but the last three days in this place have been too much, for me. The natives (I do not allude to the Maories) get along very well, but that as no reason why a civilized man should be expected to do so. The houses are all built of boarJs, with such especial conveniences in the way of ventilation jhafc in my bedroom I haye known Lhree different gusts of air find their way in, and then spend an hour trying to get out again, during; which they favored mo with a tornado ii\ miniature-. Cut this is nothing &s compared with the mud ; if the streets were a)1 footpaths it would ba very Well, but unfortunately, as there aro necessities for crossing every now and thbn, it is far from well, and the atalc one's boots gets into is enough to drive one to despair. The Waiotahl Highway Board aro making an insane attempt to construct a Dressing from the Bunk of New Zealand W tb'y Exchange corner. The, crossing Is to be of hewn stone:!, and the workmen put the stones down one day and search for them next amidst an ocean of muck in order to replace them. Under the circumstances it would bj rash to pred ct when the crossing is likely to be finished. As I consider it my duty until you send down that other man to write all the corres pondence I can for you, I have counselled my literary brethren here as to what is the best course for me to pursue in order to get some thing to write about. Their reply was reassuring) ere.h if it smacked somewhat of carelessness. They all said that as soon as the .weat her became too bad to go about much they full back upon " Mining." I enquired of them how they could do this since the weather being bad it would be almost impossible for them to visit tho mines. Their explanation was most satisfactory. Thoy said that having agreed upon the uuturo of the mining infor ina' ion th^y intended to give the public no one would hitve the hardihood to contradict them, because if ho did they'd ruako it too hot for him. They have been kind enough to let me go in with them in the matter, and conse quently, with somewhat of a justifiable pride i present you with a little mining intelligence. Cat/edONIAX. —There has been a slight but marked rise in the price of this company's scrip. This is owing 1 think to tho fact tliut not a aoul really knows what the exact pros p,'cts of tho mine are, a fact which must be most gratifying to the fortunate shareholders. Despite the many contradictory rumors which have at one time or another been propagated concerning this miiio I am of opinion that if they ever get upon the old lead of gold again shares will rise in price in the most unprece dented manner.

Moanataiei. —Having visited and closely inspected the different workings in this mine I can Bay with the utmost confidence that I wish to goodness I had about 500 scrip in it, and if I had I'd sell out us fast as I could at present ratc3. Cuke.—The manner in which this mine is at present being worked reflects infinite credit upon the worthy, estimable, andjaccomplished (accomplished is a new word of praise for a manager, which I have invented myself) manager. Grold can plainly bo scon in the stopos and the main drive, and there is little doubt but that the mine will soon tako a fore most rank on the field.

The Ta Kin.—lf there bo upon the gold fiolda a claim that promises yet to astonish tho world it is this. The trivial fact that the directors have kindly presented me with a few scrip in it does not, I assure my readers, in tho slightest degree influence me in writing about it. Tho trial erushings from tho upp?r levels hnvo, it is true, turned out on an average but 20 tons of quartz to 1 dwt of gold. This, however, but proves the fact, as a large share holder remarked tbe other day, " That you have but to go deep enough to meet your reward." A foolish man, to whom tho afore said sbai-oholder had sold a few scrip, did remark that the shareholder would only meet his reward when ho had got very far below tho surface of the earth, to a place where they supplied their own caloric. But as to tho ultimate richness of the Ta Kin Company's ground I have no doubt whatever, and (this is betweon ourselves) if you can only put in a "local "or two in tho matter, and get tho scrip saleable at any prico, why, I'll " whack " tho profit; with you.

Tho weather being cleaned up a bit you need not be in too great a hurry to send the other man down to do your correspondence. I have found out that as soon as the fact of your being a member of tho Press becomes fully rocognised here you are considered to bo on tho free list in tho way of drinks. This being so it would bo useless for mo to tell you that inclemency of weather and I will know each other no longer. The Political Club, of which I made mention in my last letter, is about to get up a move ment for putting out the G-ovcrnmenfc and effecting and equal division of property every Saturday night in Auckland, so that the capitalist shall no longer tyrannize over the working man. They also contemplate, amongst other improvements, making it peual for any man to refuse to discount a bill or to loan five shillings. I need scarcely say that, as one who has but recently left the old country, I thoroughly admire their principles.

Touching that " find" by the way, I sup pose as I am not going to leave you will not want it for a time yet. The fact of its re quiring the telling of an untruth on my part, however, need not prevent your obtaining it at any time ; but, nevertheless, I think as things go at present you will be quite as well without |fc. As it will have to be made some vvhei'e, however, just write and let me know what claim you would like it to bo in—l should adviso Tookey's myself. I think a good profit ooulcl he worked out of tho thing.

In Queen Anne's time the hair-dresser was rudely spoken of &3 the '' tonsor," and subsequently as the " barber." These terras of themselves will sufficiently explain the nature of ( our city hair dresser's busine-iS) which, is to itehdiire and barh ; »;£.•, fc& 'cut ahd perfume the hair and shave the face. Our city hair dresser is a genteel, quiet, peace-loving man ; quite opposite in taste and tempera ment to many df the home barbers, who are generally newsmongers, intense gossips, turfsters, and violent politicians, ife appears to be a man who pursues the " even tenor of his way." cut* the people's hair, doei what he 'can in forcing the slightly promising beard of the precocious youth ; takes the orthodox, eu3tomiry coin, and without unnecessary parley i:ivcß you a most barberly bow and bids you " good morning." As barbarous people and barbarous, habits are passing from this province, it is well that the nicer term hair-dresser should be univer sally adopted. To say " I have had my head dressed " is preferable to saying " I have been barbered," which would seem to imply that, yott hM been barbarously treated. We arc glad to observe in our Auckland hairdresser's repository window that he possesses taste and some reverence for art, which is duly illustrated in a dressing and shaving scene upon glass in his happy aromatic doorway. He need not be ashamed of his unbarbarous en deavours to elevate the artistic taste of the settlers, nor. of his lightsome, \h)airy call ing, for be it remembered the ingenious Arkwright and the acute Sugden have re flected honour upoa our professor's clip ping establishment. We once knew a phrenological barber who foolishly thought of adding to his trade income by feeling and explaining gratuitously his customers' bumps, but this did not answer, and consequently his business declined. Every sensible person admires the tradesman's love of art winch gives a halo of beauty to his ordinary work. Every true worker, in fact, is to a certain extent an artist. The hair-dresser of Paris is a spicy fellow, who takes a lively imprying interest in the heads of the people, and ever approaches the home of intellect with due feelings with the laudable view of vindicating his claims nnd talents as a public hair-dresser. Paris is the great city of fashion, and its in fluence vibrates through tli3 heat of civi lization. The barber of Paris, and the hair-dresser of Auckland, are right in their artistic views. Work, in which no pride is taken, which calls forth no in genuity, excites no emulation, and affords no satisfaction is of all things the most irksome and intolerable. The Auckland hair-dresser and his establishment are on a 2 )ai' with the more respectable of the profession in the leading London thorough fares ; but they bear no relationship to the common half-penny shaver of the shadowy purlieus. The chatty, low-priced barber feels it to be a part of his duty as a public man to furnish his customers with all the news of the week, from the accidents of the Lord Mayor's show down to the particulars of the last real tragedy in Seven Dials ; and yet there is a kind of careless geniality about the poor barber, although at the close of the Crimean war, when men, with Mr Muntz of Birmingham as their beardy leader, censed to shave ; the barbers never com plained ; they littered no growl against the prevailing beard movement, as the Auckland milkmen lately did against the unpropitious weather, but passively exclaimed, " Let it be so if it be in ac cordance with the laws of nature." A new chum, previous to sailing for Auckland, went into a barber's shop in the neighbor hood of the London docks, and there he procured information, a shave, had his hair cut, a paper collar, and the straight tip, whish means something mysterious about horse-racing, and all for fourpence, or what is vulgarly called a/o<?y,iu memory of Joseph Hume. Our new friend's hair having naturally extended during his voyage he, upou landing in this city, paid an early visit to our hairdresser; had his hair appropriately thinned, his chin softly shaven, his head washed, and sprinkled with Hem cle Cologne, for which to his surprise he was charged a silver florin. "What," said our new chum, "and I nearly bald." " Yes, " said our facetious barber, " this is our orthodox charge." The new chum has since taken the scissors into his own hands, and does the polling business himself from Paterfamilias down to little Benjamin. He intends very shortly to issue a neat hand-book, to be entitled " Every Man his own Barber," "which appears to be an endeavour to reduce matters to the groat level. Be sides we have a profound respect for our city hairdresser if not a talkative he is a very amiable man ; unassuming, 3'et dignified in his style; his saloon is clean iind neat, and free from scandal ; he does not encourage a lazy corner for the worthless loafer ; his small window is a model for all hai.rdros.sors, ypith its

I coloured varieties of scents, perfumed ! soaps, wigs, genuine curls, chignon-pads, ! combs and brushes. If he expresses an ! opinion it is expressed liberally, and with a dignity and force worthy his profession, whether it relates to any of the City ! Boards, the Mechanics' Institute, the | patriotic Scottish Volunteers, or the ■ benevolent labours for the good of the ' people of the high-souled Auckland I lawyers, he is ever polite, communica tive, and deferential, and as such he unquestionably merits the peculiar head and beard favours of the inhabitants of i this lofty and beautiful city. i "' Sketches.

TELEGRAPHIC.

(fbo:»i our owy gobbespokdent.)

Nonpariel —280 Ounces.

Albert Battery Withdrawn. Presentation to Mr. Bortli= wick. G BAfIAMSTOWN, 2 p.m. The Nonpariel has cleaned up after ste days. One hundred and thirty-six ounces have been taken from the plates, making a total for the fortnight of 280 ounces:

The Ba'ilarat and Eising Star have had a ton trial crushing, which yielded eight ounces,

, The Albert B^itefy Was. offered .to; day for sale by. auction. It was with drawn, the highest bid was £400.

~ Mr. Borthwiclt tlie nianager of the Ifonpariei claim, is to be presented to night with a gold watch on his retire ment from the management.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY

Before P. A. Philips, Esq., RM, DRUNKENNESS.

Four persons were fined five shillings each for drunk«nness ; two women wore sent to gaol foil- seven day's k, and one than for having been drunk and disorderly wa3 ordered to pay 203 andco3ts or 48 hours' imprisonment. This was all the business.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY

Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M

The weekly sitting of the E.M. Court was held this morning, when the following business was called on :—

JONATHAN BBOH'N V. ■WHIKIWSIRt TE

feAK&E

tii this case—adjourned from a previous sitting—Mr Kissling said the E.M. at Taurauga had not returned the summons, and a further adjournment would be requisite. Adjourned for a fortnight. GEORGE GILES V. HENRY TRIMMER. Claim £5 Os 3d, goods.

Mr Bcveridge for plaintiff elected to take a nonsuit owing to a mistake in reference to date. MAUBICE FOLEY V. THOMAS G. A. BELL. Claim £8 los 3d, judgment summons. Defendant promised to pay by instal ments, the first of £2 to be paid by the loth of July. JOHN MOORE T. M. H. FEOST. Claim, £11 17s 4d ; goods. Mr J. B. Eussell for plaintiff. > The debt was proved) and judgment passed accordingly; S. G-. COLLINS V. J. L. NEWBUJiY. Claim £1 18s, 1.0. U. Mr J.B. Eussell produced the necessary evidence, and judgment was given for plaintiff. JOSEPH KEATS V. STMEON FULL. Claim 16s, judgment summons. An otder was made for the money claimed.

HUNTEK AND NOLAN V. JOHN WALLIS. Claim £5, horse sold. Mr J. B. Eussell for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff for the amount owing. ISAAC PHILLIPS V. E. EDMONDS. Claim £2 16s ; goods. Mr Meyers for plaintff; judgment was confessed. SAME V. E. WHITLOCK. Claim £1 16s 9d ; goods. Mr Meyer for plaintiff; the claim was admitted, and it was ordered that 5s per week be paid. AUCKLAND ETHIOPIAN TEOUPE V. JOHN CALDEE. Claim £19 6s, services. Mr Kissling for plaintiffs ; Mr Joy de fended and explained the natureof the case. He confessed judgment on condition that execution be held over for a fortnight. His client was unable to fulfil his engage ment, owing to a third party not giving possession of the City Hall. HIBEENIA SMITH V. WILLIAM PRICE. Claim £2 6s, goods. £1 13s 6d had been paid in but not accepted. Mr Joy for plaintiff; Mr Bennett for defendant.

It was, after some discussion at the table, agreed to adjourn the case for a week, defendant to pay expense of ad journment. NEIL M'CULSKY V. WILLIAM WESTWOOD. Claim £9, goods. £7 9s paid in. Mr Joy for plaintiff ; Mr Hesketh for defendant.

The dispute between the parties was as to the cost of the funeral of defendant's wife.

The case haviug been heard in full, judgment was given for the amount paid into Court only.

[Left sitting.]

DEVONPORT HALL, NORTH SHORE.

The "Dovonporfc Weatern Minstrels" made their debut in the above place last evening, before a large and fashionable audience. Every seat was occupied, while at the doors and along the sides of the hall there was quite a crush. The entertainment consisted in the first part of comic and sentimental songs, intermingled with jokes and conandruvns, which caused much laughter, and elicited immense applause. After the interlude a song and danco (Alabama Sara) was very success fully given by Mr R,. Wynyard, who was oßtl)Ußia.Btioally encored j this wa.3 followed, by

a comic song composed and sung by llr H Niecol, junr., who was highly applauded. The very laughable farce of "Tom and Jerry" was next rendered, causing much amusement. The whole concluded with the side-gplittincr farce entitled " The Kival Servants." -which broacht a very pleasant and successful even ing's entertainment to a close.

CORRESPONDENCE.

£ST"VVe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE BURGESS ROLL.

To the Editor of the Evsiukg Stab, Sic, —Our Council notifies that all persons who have Dot paid their city rales by the 20th of this month will be disqualified /»-«jy?.£*ing for councillors. Are we to apptJoodX^feJectoJ: or the Council to apprize us o>.e obfcaiaeS^y ?— I am, &c , Ikquisitob. ' 'aiaeagr

DENIAL.

——— "^s To the Editor of the ETEKIN& Stab* Sic, —Aiiow me through your columns to deny the. charge made against me by the L.V.A. I did not sign a petition twice. I signed for the Permissive Bill for the House of "Representative^ and another against the increase of public house 3in this city, and above six months elapsed between the two periods, and I doubt nob all the rest were similar. I have not one feeling of enmity against the publicans, but the excessive drinking habits of the people are a great curse to society.—t am, &c.j R. B. SHiDDEBS.

THE SHARE MARKET.

ant j. HE^cay's bepobt,

Bank of New Zealand, £19 103 ; Auckland Gas Comoany, M 9 10a ;_ Caledonian, £17 10s to £1? 15a ;"Dixons: £6; Excelsior^ 83 fid ; "Ruby, 8s 6d ; Nonpareil, £2 12s 6d ; El Dorado, 9s ; Thames, £5 12s 64 ; Moanatairi; £5, £5 2d 6d ; Central Italy. Soei

HARBOUR BOARD.

A special meeting of the members of the Harbour Board was held this afternoon for the purpose of electing a secretary to the Board. There was a full attendance of members.

Captain Daldy occupied the chair. Present : W. C. Daldy, Esq. (chair man), B. Tonks, J. S. MeKellar, G. M. Yon der Heyde, J. M. Dargaville, E. feather; H. Isaacs; J. Casey,. Niecol. J. Cruickshank, S. Jones, Macre'adyj P. A. Philips, Boylan. The various applications were read by the Chairman, amounting IrL all to four teen.

The election was then proceeded with by ballot, and Mr Low and Air Brighton were declared tohavethe two highest votes, and Mr Low was finally declared to have a majority of votes. It was therefore decided that he had the appointment upon a majority of thirteen to two votea.

COROMANDEL EXCELSIOR GOLD MINING COMPANY.

TnE half-yearly meeting of the share holders of the above company was held at noon to-day in the Mechanics' Institute. There was a fair attendance of share holders present. R. Cooley, Esq., was voted (o the chair. The report and balance sheet were adopted. The re,portwas of the most favorable character. It stated that a favourable change in the position of the mine had taken place, and that it was hopedsoonto see the company in a position topayadividend. The balance sheetshowed there was £160 9s lOd in hand to carry on the wovks; The expenditure for the. half year had been £355 17s gd.. The following gentlemen were appointed directors :—Messrs. Beetham, J. F. Clark, H. Whelan, George Williamson, E. Cooley, James Burtt, and E. Waters. It was proposed by Mr Eitchie, seconded by Mr Whitaker, " That all shares for feited in the Company be refunded on payment by the end of the present month, of all calls and expenses on same/ A vote of thanks was accorded to the Mining Manager for the energy he has displayed since he has had charge of the mine.

MARRIED WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

An Englishman named Thomas Cooper, ■who disguised as a Chinaman has recently travelled in Thibet, is publishing a work thereon, and among his anecdotes is the following :—" He was just halting for breakfast after leaving the Thibetan town of Lathang, when a group of young girls gaily dressed and decked with garlands of flowers came out of a grove and surrounded him, some of them hold ing his mule, while others assisted him to alight. He was then led into a grove, where he found a feast being prepared, and after he had eaten and smoked his pipe the girls came up to bim again, ' pulling along in their midst a pretty girl of sixteen, attired in a silk dress, and adorned with garlands of flowers.' ' I had already noticed,1 continues Mr Cooper, 'this girl sitting apart from the others during the meal, and was very much astonished when she was reluctautly dragged up to me, and made to seat herself by my side; and my as tonishment was considerably heightened when the rest of the girls began to dance round us in a circle, singing and throwing their garlands of flowers over myself and my companion,' The meaning of this per formance was, however, soon made clear to Mr. Cooper, He had been married without knowing it. At first he tried to escape the liability entailed upon him, but such an outcry was made by all the people around that he was forced to carry off his bride. He managed to get rid of her before very long by transferring her to one ot her relations, but even that was not treated as a dissolution of the marriage; on his way back he was joined one day by a Thibetan dame, about thirty years old, who announced herself as his wite s mother, and said she had come, with the consent of her husband, to supply ncr daughter's place. We can well inwgme Mr. Cooper's surprise at meeting witn this novel proposal onjhe ja^t ot n» mother-in-law." \^C

A gentleman seeing an Irishman removing an embankment from a dwelling, inquired, •' .Patrick, what are you doing r }> v j opening the cellar window to be sure. Aim what are yon doing that ior ?. please yer honour/ ?aid Patrick, to let p^fi the dark.

PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE.

V. — OUE CITY BARBEE. The business or profession of the barber, or in modern effeminate phraseology, the hairdresser, is a calling of ancient date. Even Absalom, the Icing's son, was ac customed periodically to lose his beauti ful locks, and undergo the barbarous ordeal of polling ; hence the fashionable Auckland hairdresser, who glories in antiquity, need not be ashamed of the pole which lifts its dumb-painted finger in silent significance above the living portraits of the people. Whilst thinking of Absaiom, the comely Jewish renegade who talked so loudly and winningly of equality and justice, and of what he would do were he the king of Israel, we are reminded of a rhyming barber who lived some years ago in the compact little town of Lewes, in the south of England. This musing barbel' was not only a small poet, but somewhat of an artist. The story of Absalom interested him so much that he painted a homely picture of the princely scapegrace hanging from an oak while his mule apparently scampered away in the blue distance. The picture was provoking, and in an evil, barberless horn.', this Child of the soap and brush found himself the enviable author of the following lines explanatory of the painting :—

" Oh, Absalom ! thou silly prig, Kad'st thou but wisely worn a wig i Matt thy locks polled, been closely snave^, Tliy precious life would have been saved ; Thou might'st have rode erect and ire". Instead of dangling from a tree . So ye »I'o reiia my barb rous rhyme Walk in,—be cropp'd and shorn in time. '

THE ETENIHG STAR, FRIDAY, JCNE 14, 1891



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QLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE The immense success attending the introduction of this new local industry will alone testify to the high estimation in which it is held. During the last year the proprietor was scarcely able to supply the large demand, and has in consequence made extensive alterations and additions to his Factory, so as to be enabled to keep the (-market well supplied. No one who values health and appetite should be without a supply of this really health-restoring and agreeable condiment. ■ Sold everywhere in Bottles with the name of H. OtiSON on wrapper and stamped on bottle and paper. Auckland, 10th February. 1872. TjIINAL NOTICE EELINQUISHING- BUSINESS. R. HOBBS Has ill on hand between SIX and SEVEN THOU SAND POUNDS' WORTH of the VERY PICK of the STOCK, consisting of FLANNELS, BLANKETS, FRENCH MERINOES, WINCEYS, Calicoes and Sheeting, Dimity and Toilet Quilts, Woollen Hosiery, Waterproof Jackets and Mantles for Ladies, Girls, and Children ; and other new Winter Goods, in great Tariety, which are now being CLEARED O CJT AT VERY LOW PRICES. Ladies' and Children's] New Black 'Straw Hats at about Half Value. The Stock MUST and WILL BE SOLD as R.H. has no intention whatever of remaining in the trade Country customers, wholesale buyers, and small dealers, and buyers of job lots liberally dealt with. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING of the newest description, and Belts, Braces, Collars, Shirts, and Under Flannels, and all kind of Hosiery and Felt Hats, and Men's and Boys' Caps at a great reduction from regular prices. N. B.— THE SALE WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW WEEKS LONGER ONLY. E. HOBBS, JUNCTION DRAPERY WARE i :house, iJ^..' fUvttaZQojxs and Wakeujld bxkeetb.



T CATET2 (lato Oombie's) EOYAL I f) o Vim', A TIT PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Oueen street,, Auckland, ha« much pleasure in inform ing hi* friend.i and Urn public generally that he has purchased l.he Photographic Knsineaa so Ion? carried on by Mr Crombie; and having secured the services of Mr. C.'s late Manager he feels warranted in stating that they will receive every civility and attention, a.s veil ns first-class and artistic, portraits at b.13 hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion J<; begs to announce that Ms arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete. I T 0-MOEEO 1, Ax 11 o'Clock. AT THE CORSTIR MAB T. X BOXES PICTON BLOATERS 20 Cases Southern Apples 40 Cases Orange?, sound, unreserved 10 sides Finest Bacon, in cloth 20 prime Wairoa Cheese 10 tons Be^t Otchuhu Potatoes 10 tons Warrtiaii.bool Potatoes 120 ba?i3 Superior Oats Balance of Fiji Mats and Coooanuts Tea, Sugar, Sauces, Port Wine. I Goods must be laken array tefore 2 o'clock. G-EOEG-E SIBBIN. T^TE AEE NOW LANDING SE VEX TV ■ SIX PA (! X A.G ES (if DEAPEEY AND CLOTHING, PEFv HELEN3LEE. They are all SEASONABLE fJOODS, and were purchased by our Home Buyer previous to the un precedented advance in AVollen and Cotton Goods, and will be disposed of at UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. J. COSGEA.VE & CO.