POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.)

DEUNKENNESS

Three persons were fined 10s each or 48 hours imprisonment, and another sent to gaol for seven days for drunkenness. A man was also fined 20s, or 48 hours, for having beendrunk and disorderly. A charge of assault preferred againt one of these prisoners was dismissed, the prosecutor not putting in an appearance;

The green Harp Case.

The clj^^£jjsgainst the eight defendants was again "£i-oceeded with, and Charles Longbottom, a wood-turner, residing in Symons-streer, deposed that he owned a number of carrier pigeons, some of which were employed in bringing up messages for various people, among which was one of the defendants about the Green Harp, and Mr Joseph Bennett in refer ence to Bismarcks. Mr Stannus Jones and Mr Morrin have had messages, and Mr Wilson, of the Herald. The witness had a message for himself and others, and Mr Hunt made use of it and gave them a percentage on his profits. This was about the John Bulls. The message was to sell, and was about the time that Mr Hunt's name appeared in the papers threatening to expose some trickery in reference to the John Bulls. The price for a message varies according to the im portance (not the weight) of the message. Ten pound was paid for the message relative to the Green Harp. Five pound is the. lowest price charged, but witness was not particular how high the price ran.

William Chapman deposed to last witness handing him the message on 26th June, which he gave to O'Reilly, and received £10. He had in consequence of Walsh and Cummins' representations purchased shares in the Green Harp for £9 and £7 each.

In cross-examination the witness could not charge his memory sufficiently to answer Mr Joy's questions. (Left sitting)

WARD'S MINSTRELS.

The concert given last evening at the Catholic Institute by Ward's Minstrels was a great success. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather the hall was not crowded; nevertheless, there was a fair attendance, and the hall had the appearance of being full. The first part of the programme was well given, the song "Ellen Bayne," by Mr C Hill, being exceedingly well rendered, and encored twice over, Mr Doran's " Annie of the Vale" was also a capital song. Mr. Norman was compelled to submit to an encore in a comic song " Shual Agrah," and Mr. Aubrey also won great applau9ein "Kingdom Coming." The choruses by the whole com pany were extremely good. Nor must we omit to mention the corner men—Messrs. Aubrey and Norman, who by their drolleries kept the house in a constant roar. Part 11. was equally good, Mr E Ward appearing in character and song a serio-comic song written for the occasion, which went down immensely with the audience. The chorus being some thing about " old George Staine3, Macready, and the Man about Town" meetingat Trimble's ball. This was a source of groat amusement. In the encore demanded Mr Ward substituted a song equally amusing. The ballad set down to Mr Willis, " I see her still in my dream«," we did not hear, but the sketch consisting of the challenge dance wag laughable in the extreme. " More Trouble" nearly set the audience into con vulsions, and the wind up of the " Rival Servants " sent them home in perfect good humour. The plaudits during the evening were frequent and enthusiastic, and the Ward's Minstrels seem to be increasing in popular favour.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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GOLDFIELDS' EXPENDITURE.

To the Editor of the Evexing- Stab. Sic, —May I ask you to do me the favour to insert in your next issue the accompanying letter which I sent to the Editor of the Daily Southern Cress. I would not have asked you to do this -were it not that in place of inserting my letter the Editor of that paper has this day given a sort of summary of its contents, leaving out altogether the chief point in it, and at the same time expressing his disbelief of the accuracy of my figures, though he mast ■urely have been aware, knowing as he did on ■what authority they were made, that he could have had full explanations and proof of their accuracy had he chosen to communicate with —Yours &c, One Who Knows. 31st July, 1872. To the Editor of the Daily Southern Cross. Sib, —I find by your remarks appended to my letter in your i»sue of this day that I had failed to catch the point of the remarks to whush that letter referred, and that these remarks were only intended to apply to the appropriations by the Provincial Council for 1871 and 1872. Now that this is understood I trust you will enable me to show that even ai respects that period you were imperfectly informed. In the- first place as to the year 1871. When the Appropriation Act wai passed for that year the goldfield was in a very depressed state, and the utmost revenue that was expected from the goldfield for 1871 (see estimates) was gold duty £14,000, arid goldfield revenue £3,500, in all £17,500, and of course the appropriation for the goldfields expenditure was made with reference to this amount. When, however, the large amount of gold produced from the Caledonian Com pany's ground caused a large increase of gold duty the Superintendent specially authorised, on hi A|wn responsibility, additional expendi turj~^|F|?)at the total goldfields' expenditure foo£ggigir amounted to £27,500, while the diK;,i^»betwf;en that amount and the r»venHCTWfeived from gold duty and goldfields revenue (about £13,800) was not "appro priated to general provincial purposes" as you suppose, but was reserved for appropriation for the present year. Secondly, as to the present year. The appropriation for the " development and .good government" of our goldfields amounted to about £33,250, and the amount expended during the first six months of the year waa £18,232, while the gold duty for the same period only amounted to about £7,500, of which upwards of £4,000 was im pounded by the General Governments. I cannot see, therefore, that there is any ground for the itatement that the policy of the Provincial 0-overnment towards the goldfields is,or has ever been, that of "getting out of them all it can, and returning them as little as possible."—Yours &c, OKE WffQ E#OWB, July 30th, 1872. i

PARNELL RUTS.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab.

Sic,—-I take the liberty of asking you for space in your valuable paper to say a few words regarding our Road Boards. The way our money is spent by incompetent men is so notoriously disgraceful that it would be almost useless to mention the fact again if it were not for the vain hope that still exists of some useful suggestion being taken up by the Great Unfit who fill the offices of Koad Board. I would suggest that the boards in and around Auckland get a properly qualified man who knows how to make and maintain roads, give him a good salary, make him, as road inspector, responsible to the several boards; you must of a necesity then have the highways and thoroughfares •in good condition, and at a much less expense than at present. One labourer with a barrow to fill up small holes as they occur in the road from heaps of metal deposited on the side at intervals for this purpose would save many pounds spent otherwise. It is really painful to witness how money is spent which we have to pay in tolls and high way rates, whilst the roads are almost impassable. Witness Parnell from the Windsor Castle up to St. Mary's ; those who have charge of that road ought to be made pay damages for broken springs through their neglect. lam only one of a number who have had their vehicles seriously damaged by the ruts and channels in this road. Trusting, sir, that you will give a little of the influence of your own pen in this grievance, as is your wont in other public abuses, —I am, &C, " A StTKFEEEB."

THE SHAREBROKERS' ACT.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab.

Sic, —Faint hopes were raised the other day by telegram from Wellington in timating notice of motion to amend this Act; but like everything emanating from the present ministry, it turned out to be only a sJiam or " sop for Cerberus," putting about a thousand pounds into the Auckland Provincial revenue box. The disclosures at the Police Court on the 26th will show how brokers respect the Act, and well might an advocate exclaim that tho " con spiracy disclosed by the evidence assumed a different complexion," and, with the I presiding magistrate, I venture to express a wish that the Government may get the fines and fees due to them from the Green Harp, which, as Mr Rees pointedly put it, would amount to more than the value of the mine. But if such things happen in Jerusalem, what may we expect in the streets of Askelon ? The Green Harp swindle, as it is called, is a mere flea-bite compared with the Caledonian, Tookey's, andother mining companies at the Thames. In fact poor Coromandel is jumped upon because it has no backers, and the gods of Auckland withhold their patronage because any movement in that direction withdraws speculation from the Thames. Even our leading organ {sic) the Cross hesitates not to disparage all Coromandel ventures in no measured terms, although another portion of its columns proves that the average yield from Coromandel quartz during the last twelve months is double that of the Thames—Caledonian and all included. But I am drifting from my subject, the Sharebrokers'Act, to which I return only to conclude by expressing my conviction "that it is regarded at the present moment as an utter nullity by every broker in Auckland ; in fact, instead of being re garded, it is systematically, methodically, periodically, and continuously disregarded. Originally it was an abortion ; hat existence only in the province of Auckland, and the sooner wiped out of the statute book of New Zealand the better for all parties. Constructed by a clique in Auckland to conserve their own profits, not the public safety, it has proved a most lamentable failure, and like all class legislation it destroys its own object, and the Auckland clique now find themselves " foist with their own petard." They need not be alarmed, however, it is not easy to put a camel through the eye of a needle: but it is a simple although no doubt a cruel operation to puncture the optical organ of a camel (or any other animal) with, a metallic perforator, and it is just as easy and less cruel to evade the Brokers' Act in every manner possible. July 25, Abgus,

To the Editor of tho Evening Stae. Sib, —The circumstances attending the Bad death of a man named Fotheringham sometime in 1871, and the interest called forth on behalf of the bereaved widow and her orphans, was generously responded to by contributions amounting to a consider ble sum. A gentleman of Caledonian wealth offered his assistance in managing this fund. As the gentleman speedily leaves this colony, will you, as your tell ing motto with trumpet-tongue proclaims, For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, And the good that you oan do

Permit me to put the following queries : —Did this gentleman purchase " a Cale donian" for widow P Did this gentleman pay " a Caledonian" dividend to widow ? Did this gentleman lodge the balance of collection in the Savings' Bank for widow P Many of those by whom the aid for the widow and children was raised are not satisfied at the way it has been disposed of : not thinking that paying so much per month from the principal a prudent or business like system of securing a little independence for the family. Mr Editor, you will pardon this intrusion on your space from one who reads and values your publication. —I am, &c, Aliqots,

THE EVENING STAB, WEDNESDAY, JTTLY 31, 1871

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Late Advertisements. NEWTON HOTEL, NEWTON. ME. J. H. JONNING-, who has had the management of the United Service Hotel under the late Mr Norman for the pastfiye years, wishes to draw the attention of the Public to the fact that he has now opened the Newton Hotel, Newton, lately occupied by Mr Lawless , The Hotel accommodation is first-class, and to m. troduce into this neighbourhood the best brands o f Wines and Spirits will be Mr Joining's constant aim. WHITSON'S CELEBRATED SPABKLrNG ALES AND STOUT IN BULK AND BOTTLE. J, U. J~O~N KING, Proprietor. i



OISE or two Young Men can be accommodated with Board and Residence in a private family.—Top of Wellington street, second door from Lyle's, Baker. JAMES' TEMPEEANCE HOTEL, EDEN CRESCENT, (Late Royal Club flouse,) Auckland. T7"ISITOES to Auckland, Commer » cial Men, and others, will find all the comfort of a private residence in this Hotel combined with the well-known Quality, Cleanliness, and Economy, in which the proprietor's original Q..C.E. (established in 1859) for many years held so universal a reputation. A Table d'Hote at One o'clock precisely. For the accommodation of passengers arriving by late steamers or coaches a Night Porter is always in attendance. Good Livery and Bait Stabling. The proprietor, in soliciting a continuance of public patronage, pledges himself to spare neither trouble nor expense to promote the comfort of his patrons. JLYLE, Practical Bread and Biscuit • Baker, Wellington street, wishes to inform his Customers and the Public generally that during the past seven years he has been in business he has never acted on the white-slave system of night work. His time of starting work is 5 o'clock a.m. The quality of his Bread is well-known as being first-class and regularly good. Delivered at current rates. Glasgow-bakery, Wellington street. AUCKLAND BOATING CLUB. AN ADJOURNED MEETING-'of the Members of tlie above Club -will be held at the Thames Hotel, on Thursday, August 1, at 7.30 p.m. Business —Election of Officers, &c. GEORGE H. FLETCHER, Hon. Sec. pro. tem.jt? -jlv^, QTEAM TO "SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. A.S.N. Co.'s Splendid Steamship City of Adelaide, 383 tons register, D. Walker, Commander, now ex" pected from Sydney, will return to Sydney and Melbourne fourth day after arrival. Passengers and Cargo booked through to all Austra lian ports. For freight and passage apply to H. M. JKRVIS, Agent. BAY OF ISLANDS GOAL COMPANY (LIMITED). Prices at the Loading Ground : Unscreened Coal .. .. .. 12s per ton Slack Coal 10s per ton By order. J. A. GILFILLAN, 29th July, 1872. Secretary. H. "WATTS HAS FOE SALE-30 dozen of Smoked Mullet, 4d each, 3s 3d per dozen ; Lamp" trimming Scissors, Is per pair ; Hand-barrows, Is each ; Chambers, Is 9cl each ; Box -"Locks, 2s per do.sen ; Young's Paraffin Candles, Is Id per 111» packets; Pickled Pork, 4M per lb ; Mixed Spice, Is 2d per Ih ; Curry Powder, 9d per bottle ; Violet Powders, Gd per dozen packets, 4s (id per. gross ; Steel Key-rings, Cd per dozen, 3s 6d per gross ; Carpenters' Pencils, Is 3d per dozen ; Cayenne Pepper, Cd per bottle, 5s per dozen ; Large Tins Blacking, Is Gd; Williams' Fire Lighters, 3d per dozen, 2s 6d per gross ; Military Shirts, 2s; Half-lb Packets Extract of Soap, 3d; Small Tins French Pomade, Is per dozen ; Raisins, 5d per lb. Wanted. WANTED.— TO SADDLEES.— WANTED, a good General Hand for Wellington ; must be steady and sober.—Apply to H. Brittain, Chemist, 65, Victoria street. ANTED, to Purchase, a Seconcf hand Harmonium.—Apply to H. 8., Star office. WANTED TO EENT, a five or six-roomed House, within 15 minutes' walk of Queen street Wharf.—Apply at H. S. Meyeii's, Queen street. WANTED, a Servant as Cook and Laundry Maid : two in family.—For address apply to Mr Coolky, Ironmonger, Shortland street. Ci/T ANTED, a three or four-roomed V V Cottage, within ten minutes' wrlk of Queen street wharf.—Address H, Star Office. WANTED, a Lad, accustomed to the Shoe Trade.—Apply at the office of this paper. WANTED, a small portable Office ; also, a scoria screen,—Apply to Mr Thom son, Grocer, Victoria street. WANTED, a Housemaid.—Apply to Porter's Dining-rooms. WOEK DONE for the Trade by F. H. Levvisson, Jeweller, High street. WANTED, a General Servant.— Apply, for address, to E. Waters, Confec tioner, Queen street. Bricks, Lime, Sand, Shells, and Tiles. WANTED, Purchasers for the above. Sold and delivered at the lowest ates from the yard at the Firewood Wharf. Con tractors liberally dealt with. 100,000 Bricks guaran teed to be alwayg on hand. All orders to be addressed to W. Kirby, jxinction of Queen and Grey streets. Sole agent for the Whau brickmakers. WEDDING EINGS and Keepers made to order in six hours. Eighteen-carat Gold warranted. Fifteen Shillings each. Sent tlv-oush post free.—F. H. Lewisson, Working-Jeweller, High street. ___ WANTED the following important fact communicated to the Ladies:- It. ,W Dyson, 220, Queen street, has just received another and very Choice Assortment of Ladies' Under-clothing, Corsets, Nightcaps, and Baby Wares, including Hoods, Hats, Robes, Frocks, and every requisite for Infants, which he is selling at cost price, on account of his premises being let, and therefore necessitating his clearing out for the new tenant. K& E. W. Dyson, opposite the United Service Hotel WANTED, Purchasers of the IV Newest Style Black Silk Velvet Jackets, Waterproof Cloaks, and Millinery, at Cost Price, at R. W. Dyson's, 220, Queen street, who must clear out to njfike room for the new tenant. B3T Opposite the United Service Hotel. WANTED the Parents of Auckland to know that Mr Bbabazon is the only Ist Class Certificated Teacher in town, and that his pupils are the only ones taujht to work Practice, Interest, and Fractions, by seven or eight different methods. Time will prove. Address:—Union street. AN~TED~~KNOWN, that W. Roland is a Cash Purchaser of every des cription of Furniture, Bedding, Wearing Apparel, Cooking Utensils, Tools of all sorts, Metal, and Lumber, etc. Orders promptly attended to, and goods removed free of expense to the seller.—Apply, Market Reserve, Queen street, opposite Thistle Hotel," beside Messenger's new shop. . WANTED KNOWN, that th - cheapest and best made Stamps of every de" scriptiori, Presses; etc;, are to be had from A. Teu TKNBKRd, Engraver, Wellesley street East, round, Dyson's corner. ' ■"', " ANTED TO SELL, a Three roomed House, with four and a-half acres of land, suitable for a market garden : price £95.—Apply to J. McCoLi/, East street, Newton. WANTED KNOWN, that Hold ship & Co., Wholesale and Retail Timber Merchants and Manufacturers, execute orders with despatch, and at the lowest possible prices, from any of their establishments. . ' Head Office : Saw Mill and Timber Yards, Custom house street, Auckland Sash, Door, and Moulding Factory, Newton Saw Mill and Timber Yard, Beaoh, Grahamstown Timber Yard. Coromandel > "!' Saw Mill, Whangaroa Harbour, convenient for all portsjfcep and water for loading.



Wanted, &c. WANTED KNOWN, that D. GOLDIE is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and other Building Materials, including Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Broad Timber, Houseblocks, Posts, Rails, Hardwood Felloes, Shafts, Iron Bark, and Blue Gum Laths, Shingles, &c, &c, at the lowest market prices, at his Yards, Custom-house street. W~ANTED TO SELL, a good four roomed Cottage and freehold allotment in the city ; five minutes' walk from the wharf. Price, £80 cash. —For address apply to Star office. WANTED, known that.a Splendid Shipment of New and Choice Millinery and Francy Goods is just to hand at R. W. Dyson's, who is Clearing them Out at Cost Price to make room for the new tenant of the premises. i!3T No. 220, Queen street, corner of Wellesley street "ANTED, Visitors from the Coun". try to call at R. W. Dyson's, 220, Queen street, and secure some of the Unheard-of Bargains in Drapery, Clothing, Hats, Caps, etc., etc., which must be cleared in a few weeks as the premises are let to another tenant. Observe: R. W. Dyson, 220, Queen street, corner of Wellesley street, opposite United Service Hotel. Education. HIG-H SCHOOL, SYMONDS STREET, - (Next St. Androw's Church), J. Mi Phaser, Certificated Master. '<. Third Quartet.. Terms: Ist Division (sen.) .. 203 per qr, or Is 8d per week >.2ncl r~ „ (mcd) .. 15s per qr, or Is 3rt per week , 3rd ~ (inn) .. 12s per qr, or Is Od per week Latin Classes no extra charge. Vacancy for one pupil boarder. Terms, £40 per annum. OTICE. — MRS. G-INGELL'S Evening Class, held at. St. Matthew's Girls' chool-room. Hours—From 7to 9. Mining. "\TOTICE is hereby given that; MR ;1* I. PHILLIPS, 10, Insurance Buildings, is our agent to receive transfers and take calls for the un dermentioned claims. KENNON & O'BRIEN. Coromandel, May 10,1872. Ladyßowen Clunes >i Wood's Point Ararat Honeycomb Aitkin Golden Pah Gold Mining Company^ (Registered) A CALL (the seventh) of one Shilling per Share on the capital of the Com pany (old and new issue) has this day been made by the Boa^d of Directors, payable to the Manager, at the Company's Oflice, Coromandel, on and after this date. W. HORNE, Kapanga Chambers, July 20,1872. Manager. Windsor Castle Goldmining Company (Limited). A CALL of Ninepence per Scrip *^- Share in the above Company has been made payable at the oflice of the Company, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, on or before the 15th August, 1572. By order of the Directors. WM. PERCIVAL, Secretary. Auckland, July 30, 1572. PUBLIC NOTICE. I HEREBY give notice to the in habitants of the City and Province of Auckland that I have appo'ntcd Mr WILLIAM LORENZO ROLAND, General Gealer, Market Reserve, opposite the Thistle Hotel, Queen steret, my Sole A^ent for the oale of the undermentioned never-failing Kenie dies; Cure for Warts, Corns and Bunions; Tooth Powder, which is a never-failing cure for toothache ; a safe and speedy cure for weak or inflamed eyes ; Balsam or HoreVound, which is a safe and'eertain cure for colds, coughs, sore t ll oats ; revar failing Cure for Rheumatism, etc. ; and various other safe and certain remedies. DR. J. F. FITZHERBERT. FOR SALE, a Sailing Boat, 14 ft., one Outriggw Skiff, and one Open Skiff ;'also, several Ships' Boats.—Apply to J. Clare, Boat Builder, Custom-house street. CIRCULAR HEAD POTATOES. THE undersigned is offering a Cargo of the above, just arrived per African Maid, in lots to suit purchasers. Delivery alongside the vessel during the next four 'a>S- JAMES COUPLAND, Grain and Produce Dea^r, Queen street. A POSITIVE FACT. —A Five pound Note laid out at Samuel Coombes' Clothing Mart, No 80, Queen street, is equal to Six Pounds spent in any other Clothing house in Auck land. Clothing Manufactory in High street. NEW ZEALAND has made rapid strides in civilization. Twelve months ago a Tailor required a week to make a pair of Trousers. S.vmuel, Coombes will now guarantee to deliver any Garment within twenty four hours from receiving it. Clothing Manufactory in High street. AILORS are proverbial for making promises and breaking them. Samuel Coombes' promises may be relied on ; an article promised for a given day or hour will be ready without fail. 80, Queen street, and Clothing Manufactory High T mlTst important XJL FEATURE. —As a rule Tailors make many bad debts, and aro obliged to add at least 15 per cent to their legitimate profit to cover losses by defaulters. Samuel Coombes avoids losses by rejecting all doubt'ul orders, and the consequence is a clear saving of 15 per cent to his customers. 'i ■ , .;>' 80, Queen street. Clothing Manufactory in High street BOOTS ! BOOTS ! ! BOOTS ! ; ! ! WANTED KNOWN, that Wm. Brownhill (late foreman to Mr Cater) is prepared to supply the Public of Auckland, as well as the Country Districts, with the Best Colonial-made Boots in the Province. Every description of Boots made on the Premises. —N.B.—Mill Owners and Country Store keepers supplied at reasonable rates. English goods kept in stock. £sfNote the Address :—• No. 35, WYNDHAM STREET, Auckland; COMFORT! CLEANLINESS! I <' AND ECONOMY. Look up your Old Spoons Look up your Old Forks Look up your Old Cruets, Etc., Etc., Etc. And take them to be Re-plated and Beautified. i a'trifling cost; at the Electro-Plating And Gilding Establishment, Cavendish * House, Queen street." HPHE undersigned bega to announce JL to hotel-keepers, restaurant proprietors, jewellers, private families, and others that fie is prepared' to Electro-silver every description of Electro-plated Ware, at reasonable rates ; guaranteed to stand the. test of wear: Jewellery Cleaned and Re-gilt, equal to new, at the shortest notice. Special reductions made upon quantities, and all orders (country or otherwise) punctually attended to. N-B.—All kinds of Itod, Steel, Brass, Copper, Lead, Pewter, or Zinc work, Gilt or Plated. jfSTAddress :— ;i • ■■ ; E. H. FEAT ON, ELECTRO-PLATER & OILDBK, (At J. 'Harris's' Cavendish 'Housed 'Queen street/ * ,-....•••.'•■ x-tluiU Auckland). <■■-.> io '■••', *'■?



I Entertainments. PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE. Lessee .. • ■ Signor Pietro Vragnizan. GrRAND OPENING- NIGHT, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST Ist, 1872. The admired comedy of LIBERTY ! EQUALITY ! AND FRATERNITY ! MDLE. THERESE AND lONS. SCHMIDT, The Celebrated Trench Dancers. Reappearance of those old favourites, MR AND MRS RYAN. MILLION PRICES. DEVONPORT HALL, NORTH 'SHOEE. MISS AITKBN Will appear at the above hall TO-MORROW (Thursday) EVENING, August 1,1872 Prices of admission—Front Seats, 3s ; Beck Se.vts, 2s. Doors open at 7.30 ; commence at 8 p.m. TV/TADA.MB WINTER, R.A., Pro- JXI- f essor of Music and Singing. MR. WINTRR, Professor of Music, Singing, and Elocution.—For lessons and engagements address Melbourne House, Karanga hape Road. A DRAMATIC ENTERTAIN MENT will be given by the Garrlck Club To morrow (Wednesday) Evening, in the Parnell Hall, for the Benefit of a Destitute Family. A Dance will terminate the entertainment. Admission :—Reserved seats, 2s; back seats, Is. Doors open at half-past seven ; to commence at ei^ht o'clock sharp. Meetings- Lodge United Service, 421, 10. THE Regular Monthly Meeting of this Lodge will boiieldtfn the Masonic Hotel This (Wednesday) Evening, 31st instant. Hour of meeting : 7.30 o'clock. Visiting Brethren arc invited to attend. ByorderoftheW.M.^^ q doull> RM-> Secretary. Artillery Volunteers. A SPECIAL General Meeting of the Battery (Band included) will be held at the Provincial Holal, Princess street on Tina (Wednesday) EVENING, Slst inst., at eight o clock. A I Business": To adopt Rules, &c, ALFRED E. ISAACS, Lieut., Hon. Sec. Newmarket Highway District. "RATEPAYERS are requested to JLV give their support to the men who, by their energy and enteTpiise in the establishment and development of local industries, afford employment to a Hrge number of colonists. Samuel Coombss, GO, Queen street; and Clothing Manufactory, High street. Dsdwood Highway District. T> ATEPAYERS are respectfully in- JQj formed that whereas a rate of One Pe.my in the Pound has been struck for the current year, they may save sufficient to pay the rate on the pur chase of One Suit of Clothes by giving the pre ference to Samuel Coombes, of 80, Queen street. Clothing Manufactory in High street. Newton Highway District. ~O ATBPAYERS who are desirous of X\j effecting a large saving in the* annual ex penditure are reoommended to buy all their clothing at the City Clothing Mart, 80, Queen street. Samuel Cjcmbes, Proprietor. Clothing Manufactory in High street. Grafton Roal Highway District. T> ATEP AVERS are reminded that -LV in a country where taxes are so heavy it behoves the nto study economy in all their arrangements. By buying clothing of Samuel Coo~nbes, 80, Queen street, a saving of at lea=t 15 per cent., r-ay be effected. Clothing Manufactory in High street. To Let. To Sharebrokers and Others. TO LET, two Officer and a large Room up stairs, at a low rate, opposite the Insurance Building. - Apply to F. L. Prime, House and Land Age HMO LET.—Office in Fort street.— JL Apply to Samuel Cociirane & Son. TO BE DISPOSED OP, With Immediate Possession, A Butche-'s Business, with home and Shop at tached, situated in Shakespeare Road, Napier. For particulars apply to MESoRS LODDER & PALMER, Aucklannd; Or, MR LODDEK, S.S. Star of the South ; Or to F. NEWBOLD, Napier. Napier, July 18, 1572. Watchmakers, &c. T. BAKE R, TTT A T C H M A X E R AND GOLDSMITH, VICTORIA STREET, OPPOSITE ROYAL Jl A 11, HOTEL Board and Residence. BOARD AND RESIDENCE.— Two or three Gentlemen can be accommodated with Board and Residence or partial Board in a healthy part of the city. Terms moderate.—Apply to Mrs Ellison, Prospect House, Hobson street, two doors beyond St. Matthew's Church. pOMEORTABLE Board and Resi- V^ dence, for one or two Gentlemen, in a convenient and healthy locality. Terms moderate. For refer nee and address apply at office of this paper.



Drapery, DAMAGED BLANKETS, EX HELENSLEE, AT LOW PRICES. H. ATKINS HAS PURCHASED CHEAP A Large Quantity of Good Quality BLANKETS! VERY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, And is offering them at his well-known DAMAGED PEIOES. TS Al/** L OEFEEING- THE 25 Balance^ ]i e."MVENTER GOODS at a Con- H-t H siderable REDUCTION IN PRICE, it being "^ _J H. A.'s intention to commence every season with entirely NEW GOODS. Balance of Dress Materials - il ■ at Reduced Prices- Balance of Waterproof Tweed Mantles at Reduced Prices. Balance of Cloth Jackets at Reduced Prices. Balance of Velveteen Jackets at Cost Prices. Cheap Black Silks. Balance of Furs at Cost Prices. Balance of Winter Goods, of all descriptions! at Reduced Prices. Balance of Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Waterproof Coats, and Heavy Clothing, at Reduced Prices* Heavy Stock of Horrock's Longcloths 51 per yard. H. ATKINS - (Latb^Hatt & Hokemia»).



Prospectus. PROSPECTUS OF THE NEW ZEALAND PEARL FISHERY COMPANY (LIMITED) AUCKLAND. To be Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies . Act. Capital £0000. In COO Shares of £10 each; £2 to be paid on applica tion, £3 on allotment. Provisional Directors: Mr Thomas Williams Mr Joseph Williams Capt. Hugh Anderson Capt. H. Elliott Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. Solicitors : Messrs Whitaker and Russell. Secretary (pro tern): M. T. Clayton. This Company is being formed for the purpose of purchasing and fitting out two or more vessels to en gage in 3 the Pearl Fishery and collecting other articles in Torres' Straits and elsewhere, This Fishery has within the last few months become exceedingly lucra tive, and several gentlemen in Australia have made large sums of money by sending small vessels to the North Coast of Australia to procure the Mother-of- Pearl Shell, which has been sold in Sydney at £200 per ton. If. however, even £00 per ton be realised for the Shell, and the Pearls collected from the Shell be sold separately, it will pay exceedingly welL The vessels and outfit will be insured, to project the Company against any unforseen accident, and the promoters have every hope of a successful voyage. The crew will work on lays, as on the whaling vessels, to secure the utmost exertion on their part to produce success. The expedition will be in charge of a trust worthy Master Mariner connected with this port, and a well-known gentleman acquainted with the language of the natives and the coast will accompany the expedition, and act as supercargo to take charge of all goods for the purpose of trading, and also will take a strict account of everything collected during the VQV&o'G Applications for shares to be made at the office of the Secretary, 32, Insurance Buildings. M. T. CLAYTON, Secretary pro tern. | Money. MONEY TO LEND on Land, Housei, and G-ood Personal Secarifcy. Bills discounted. —Stevjens and Son, Queen Btreet ALL Eepairs in Jewellery guaran teed done within twenty-four hours.—F. H. Lewisson, Queen street; Work-shop, High street. DIGGERS' RINGS, any pattern or any weight, made to order for 255, including engraving of name.—F. H. Lkwisson, High street. Sales by Auction, ON SALE. QOO PACKAGES well-selected TEA, O\J \J superior quality. Will be sold at 10 to 15 pec cent, less than invoice prices. GEORGE SIBBIN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. TO DRAPERS, COUNTRY STORE KEEPERS, AND THE TRADE. W. G. HAEEISON & CO. HAVE received instructions to sell by auction at their Warehouse, 7, Wyndham street, on FRIDAY, August 2, afe 11 o'clock. Retail Stock Comprising— G-eneral Drapery Clothing Boots and Shoes Terms Cash: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. AT 11 O'CLOCK. rTIHE Subscriber has received instructions JL from Mr. J. Moore, who is removing to Queen street, to sell at his Shop and Stores, No. 41, Victoria street, corner of Albert street, The Whole of the Stock, consisting of— Congou and Orange Pekoe Teas Castor and Salad Oil, Pickles, Black Lead Vinegar, Confectionery, Mustard Corn Flour, Lobster*, Salmon, Currants Clothes Pegs, Red Herrings, Capers Blacking, Currie Powder, Raisins Sardines, halves and quarters, Jams in jars Soda, Paper Bags and Wrapping Paper Table Salt, Epsom Salts, Sauces. Two Weighing Machines and Truck Tobacco Empty Bags Cutting Machine, cost £8 10s. Terms at Sale. GEORG-E SIBBIN", Auctioneer. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. PRIME BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, JAMS. G. W. BIENEY WILL sell by public auotion, To-morrow (Thursday), at 11 o'clock, 20 kegs Prime Wanganui Butter 7 kegs Prime Waaganui Batter 8 cwt. Prime Wanganui Roll Bacon 20 cases Cheese 5 tons Nelson Potatoes 100 bags Oats 10 Dried Apples 12 cases Bulk Jams 30 cases Peacock's Jams, tins 30 cases Peacock's Jams, jars 80 cases Peak's Jams, jars 40 cao-s Hawkins' Jams, tins 80 cases ifawkins' Tart Fruit 5 tons Oatmoal 200 bags Canterbury Flour, in lOOlbs. 6 cases half-pint Salad Oils 3 barrels Pork 10 tierces Beef 2 kegs Beef 40 bags Sugar, white crystals. Terms at Sale. §g| FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. HOUSEHOLD FURNITUREi THE Subscribers will sell at the Rooms Fort street, on FRIDAY next, 2nd inst., at 11 o'clock, The Household Furnituro of a gentleman leaving the province, consisting of Tables, Couches, Carpets, Cheflxmiers, . Easy and other Chairs, Fenders and Irons, Bedsteads, very superior Miliary Chest of Drawers, with escretoir, Bedding, Mirrors, Parlour Furniture, Glass, Cooking Utensils, and a lot of sundries. Also Screw Augers, Spades, Picks, Billhooks, Adzes, etc. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, r : Auctioneers.