unfit to form an opinion on the public works administration. Four profes sional members were unanimous in extolling its administration. Mr Brogden was not improperly poistecl on the country. Mr. Vogel had authority under the Public Works Act to enter into tli3 only agreement to be made without the House's endorsement. Mr Brogden's presence in New Zealand had been a great boon, and he had not "been favoured by the Government. He said the Rangitieki line would have been commenced, had Bryce and Johnston assisted him in stead of turning him out of office. It would he commenced shortly. Al though the Webb line was a failure another would soon take its place. The money spent was not all lost, as most of it was saved from the Suez route. He said the G-overnment was entitled to the credit of having introduced the Torrens' Act, the Public Trust Act and the Insurance scheme. He' regretted the difficulties in the way of the Education Act, which was not likely to be passed for a few years. The provinces must fight it out. He said the telegraph case showed the reckless way in which men assailed his Government. The verdict of the committee was a proof of the falseness of the accusations. He referred to the action of the " Independent members," and said they were mischievous and conceited men who ought to have minds and take their stand on one side or the other, instead of sitting on the rail till the division bell was about to ring. He referred to Mr Stafford's defeat, and to the Waterhouse fiasco. He said if the policy of the Government were carried out a great future was before the colony. Peace was the watchword of true progress, andjMr McLean was the man to main tain it.

A unanimous vote of confidence in the speaker was returned with accla mation.

POET CHALMERS.

This day. The s.s. Wellington has sailed for Lyttelton. There is a ship at the Heads bound North. The East Lothian will sail for Auck land with the first fair wind.

NELSON.

This day. Mr J. C. Richmond was a passenger per Albion, en route for England.

NEW PLYMOUTH.

This day

The Carandines have been very suc cessful. They leave for Auckland by the' Ladybird.

DUNEDIN.

Yesterday.

The trial of Ryan, for shooting Earrell, has concluded. The jury, after two hours' deliberation, acquitted him.

AUCKLAND IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Com missioners was held this aftrnoon. Present : P. A. Philips, Esq. (Mayor), in the chair ; Messrs Fenton, Macready, Lusk, and S. Jones. CONTRACT. The report of the committee appointed to open the tenders for the formation of Bowen street, Coburg-street, and a portion of Victoria Quadrant was read. It stated that Mr William Blewden's tender for £5,929 had been accepted. SURVEY. The Chairman stated that the surrey was now being made for the continuation of Princes-street through a portion of Govern ment House grounds. LEASEHOLDS DISPOSED OE. The Secretary informed the meeting that the instructions in reference to the Symond street allotments had been carried out, and the result of the sale yesterday had been satisfactory. An annual income of £227 had been realised. NOTICE TO QUIT. The chairman intimated that agreeable to a resolution passed at a former meeting notice to quit had been given to both the Provincial Government and the City Council in respect to the workshops held respectively by them in Lome street. CONTINUATION OF RUTLAND-STREET. The chairman stated that the title, to the property purchased in Lome-street, having been completed the houses had been disposed of by auction, and had realized £80 10s. As soon as removed the formation of the new street would be proceeded with. GRAMMAR SCHOOL RESERVE. A letter from Mr F. J. Moss, Secretary of the Board of Education, stating that the Board would give their earliest and car eful consideration to the letter of the Commis sioners in reference to the Grammar School. SEWERAGE WORKS. A letter from the Town Clerk was read in iorming the Commissioners that the City ' Council had resolved to carry out the works requested by the Improvement Commis sioners. STREET TRAMWAYS. A letter from Messrs O'Neill, Thomas and Co. was read, requesting the permission of the Commissioners to lay street tramways within the lands under their charge in terms similar to those proposed by the writers in an application to the City Council. The copy of the application to the City Council accom panied their letter. It stated that the ad vantages of street tramways having been sufficiently proved both in America and Europe, it had been suggested to them that . similar advantages could be obtained for the city of Auckland by the proper introduction of a system of street tramways, and assuming that the street traffic of Auckland may be sufficient to guarantee a fair and reasonable return for capital, they would be prepared to undertake the construction of tramways in terms of the General Tramways Act 1872. The only pri vilege they require in consideration of the capital, time and labour ex pended will be the exclusive right to run on the rails a particular car with flanged wheels ; all other ordinary vehicles, carriages, cabs, carts, omnibuses, may use the raijs at all times, with the simple cpn

dition that they shall move off when the rail car apjiroaches so as to allow it to pass without obstruction or delay. The applicants are convinced that this style of locomotion will greatly facilitate traffic through the streets, will effect an important saving in city rates, and will in fact prove a boon of infinite value to the city of Auckland and the public generally. They further state that in the event of their carrying out the proposed works they will be prepared to give to the city ten per cent, of the net profits which may arise from the undertaking after thecompanyhaverea]ised7v[per cent, on their capital. They propose to commence opera tions within twelve months (the rails re quiring to be imported) from the date of the City Council granting the authority to con struct, and they will proceed with the operations without any delay and complete the tramway from Queen street, at the wharf, by Fort Britomart, Mechanics' Bay, Parnell to Newonarket, and afterwards to extend the tramway along other streets, and roads whereon they may appear necessary and capable of yielding a reasonable return.

It was agreed on the motion of Mr Mac ready, and seconded by Mr Fenton, that the Board take the matter into consideration.

NOTHING TO WEAR.

! Well, having thus wood Mils M'Flimsey and gained her With the silks, crinolines, and hoops that contained her, I had, as I thought, a contingent rema'nder At least ia the property, and the best right To appear as its escort by day and by night: And it being the week of the Stuckup's grand ball— Their cards had been out a fortnight or „o, And set all the Avenue on the tiptoe— I consider'd it only my duty to call, And seb if Miss Flora intended to go. I found her—as ladies are apt to be found, When the time intervening between the first sound Of the bell and the visitor's entry is shorter Than usual—l found her ; 1 won't say, 1 caught her— Intent on the pier-g'ass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned as 1 entered—"Why Many, you sinner, I thought that you went to the Flashers' to dinner !' " So 1 did," I replied, " but the dinner is swallowed, And digested, 1 trust, for 'tis now nine and more : So being relieved from that duty, 1 followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to jour door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just to inform me if you intend Your duty and grace and presence to lend (All which, when I own, I hope no one will bouow) To the Stuckup's, whose party, you know, is to morrow ?" The fair Flora looked up with a pitiful air, And answer'd quite promptly, "Why, Harry, mon cli.er, I should like above all things to go with you there ; But really and traly-I've nothing to wear I" " Nothing to wear ! Go just as you are ; Wear the dress you have on, and you'll be by far, I engage, the most bright and particular star On the Stuckup horizon." 1 stopped, for her eye, Notwithstanding this delicate onslaught of flattery, Open'd on me at once a most terrible battery Of scorn and amazement. She made no reply, But gave a slight turn to the end of her nose (That pure Grecian feature), as much as to say " How absurd that any sane man should suppose That a lady would go to the ball in the clothes, No matter how fine, that she wears every day !" So I ventured again—" Wear your crimson brocade " (Second turn up of nose) "That'stoodarkbyaahade." "Your blue silk "—"That's too heavy. " Your pink"— " That's too light." " Wear tulle over satin"—" I can't endure white." "Your rose-coloured, then, the best of the batch" — " I haven't a thread of point-lace to match." "Your brown moire antique"—"Yes, and look like a Quaker. "The pearl-coloured" —"I would, but that plaguy dressmaker Has had it a week." " Then that exquisite lilac, In which you would melt the heart of a Shy lock " (tie:e fhe nose took again the same elevation) — "I wouldn't wear that for the whole of creation." "Why not? Its my fancy, there's nothing could strike it A.s more comme ilfitut ." Yes, but, dear me! that lean Sophronia Stuckup has got one just l'ke it, And I wou't appear dress'd like a chit of sixteen." "Then that gpieadid purple, that sweet mazarine ; Than superb point d'aiguille, that imperial green, That zephyr-like tarlatan, that rich grenadine " — " Not ene of »)l which is lit to be seen," Said the lady, becoming excited and flushed. "Then wenr," 1 exclaimed, in a tone which quite crush'd Opposition, " thatgorgeous toilette which you sported In i'aris last spring, at the grand presentation, When you quite turn'd the head of the head of the nation ; And by all the grand court were so very much courted." The end of the nose was portentously tipped up And both the bright eyes shot forth indignation, As she burst upon me with the tierce exclamation, " 1 have worn it three times at the least calculation. And that and the most of my dresses are ripped up !" Here I ripp'd out something, perhaps rather rash, Quite innocent, though ; but to use an expression More striking than classic, it " settled my hash," And proved very soon the last act of our session. " Fiddlesticks, is it, sir ? I wonder the ceiling Doesn't fall down and crash you. Oh, you men have no feeling ! You selfish, unnatural, illiberal creatures 1 Who set yourselves up at patterns and preachers. You silly pretend—why, what a mere guess it is! Pray, what do you know of a woman's necessities? I have told you and shown you I've nothing to wear, And 'tie perfectly plain you not only don't care, But you do not believe me" (here the nose went sti'l higher). " I suppose if you dared you would cVI me alar. Our engagement is ended, sir—yes, on the spot; You're a brute, and a monster, and-1 don t know

what." I mildly suggested the words Hottentot, Pickpocket and cannibal, Tartar and thief, As gentle expletives which might give relief. But this only proved as a sp..rk to the powder, And the storm I had raided curie fastr: and louder ; It blew and it rained, thunder'd, ligntn'd, and hail d Interjections, verbs, pro-nouns, til language quite

fail'd To express the abusive ; and then its a' ..ears Were brought up all at once by a torrent of tears ; And my last faint, despairing attempt at an obs- Ervation was lost in a tempest of sobs. —Selection.

THE HOUSE POPE.

Every one must have seen at. times homes and families which one young maiden rules in her quality of house pope. They are not always the most commendable, nor is she the most charming specimen of her sex to be found There is a certain air of topsy-turvy about the family, a sense of unfitness that makes itself felt through all the life ; while the house pope herself has a tone at once so dictatorial and so self-satisfied that the most diligent searching cannot find a trace of the swett modesty, the maiden diffidence, the tender art of learning, which belong to her age and state. She is the pope of the domestic circle ; what then, has she to learn ? The universality of knowledge and its in fallible application with which she is credited there satisfy her cravings and her conscience at once ; and she has not sense enough to question herself truly as to whether her character is fairly earned or gratuitously given, and whether she is the house pope by virtue of her own deserving, or by the ignorant partiality, the indolent per mission of others. It is only after a course of severe snubbing from outsiders and the merciless cutting of crests that takes place when we are undergoing that process called finding our own level in the world, that she is ever mellowed into an endurable matron or a "wiselike woman of any denomi nation." The family that allows their youngest to be house pope in her youth _ ought to remember the sorrow they are inevitably heaping up for her as time goes on and her earlLt subjects drop off, To^ have the good first and the bad last is not the happiest division of circumstances. ~,_._ . The house pope as the eldest brother is sometimes just as absurd as his sister. He goes off into the world on his own account, End the paternal nest sees him no more tx i an enduring inmate. Henceforth he comes down solely as any other man might; for a visit of shorter or longer duration, but only visit. But he comes down with histiara, m his hat box, and the instant he is within the well-known gates he puts it on. His sisters and the old folks manage somehow to get along without him pretty well in thow intervals when be iB absent on.his own WW*>

They don't do anything very outrageous, and the neighbours treat them with respect and keep their good name unsoiled by slander. Yet the house pope of old thinks it incum bent on him to be the Luther and Cromwell of the family, and on the very day of his arrival sets to work to reform and to govern. " You ought not to know that fellow," he says of a young man whom he sees for the first time, whom the family knows well, and whom Maggie loves dearly. He has no reason to give when asked, beyond the vague assertion —" I know what men are." " How can you be intimate with such people as the Smiths ?" he cries in fine disdain. " The Smiths, sir !" to his father, " surely they are not the people for my sisters to visit!" Yet the Smiths are persons of unblemished integrity ; the girls are well educated and lady-like, the boys fol low suit ; old Smith has one hundred thousand pounds at his back ; but he began life as a small dyer in little Pedlington, and our young house pope cannot forget and forgive the blue hands of thirty years ago. "Why don't you make this room the drawing-room ? he says with his architectural air. '' Nothing so easy; heighten the ceiling, throw out a bay window, enlarge the area by knocking down these two outer walls, _ and there you are|! Far better than giving it up tosmoke and slippers !" " How I wish you would consent to have a man in the house !" if the family eats it meals at the hands of tidy Phyllis only; or "How I wish you would discharge that stupid old Harris, and have a good-looking parlourmaid. !" if the plates are handed about by a masculine medium. Anything serves him for an ukase; and the worst of the matter is that he so often sees it obeyed. The father and mother were so used to attend to his wishes in the bygone times when he lived at home that it comes quite like second nature to attend to themnow again ; and the consequence is that the ad vent of the elder brother, who should be all in all to his sisters, gets to be looked on with dismay, as the signal for a general disruption of existing relations, and a general overset ting of existing conditions ; an advent which the sisters learn to fear and forget to love. People who have house popes, and obey them, ought at least to take care that they live at home, and are thus integral to the family life. An intermittant pope is a nuisance ; and frequently a disaster. He comes like a whirl wind, and like a whirlwind uproots and des troys ; but he substitues nothing better, and husbands no harvest. He is simply an Iconoclast in his absolutism, and his reign is a reign of terror. Let him be resisted ; for the sooner he is deposed the better.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

The following are tho quotations of the Auck land Stock and Skarebrokers' Association for April 23. National Bank—Buyers, 22s Gd Caledonians—£l7 10s, £17 Lis, £17 7s Cures—lss, 15s 3d, los ; sellers, 15s Gd Thames Goldmining Company—Buyers, 77s Gd ; sellers, SOs. Buffalo- Is 9d, ls lOd, 2s Alburnia—GOs D. B. Orchard, Secretary.

THE REASON WHY.

(From the Sheffield and Rotherham Indepen dent, January 14, 1873.)

It has recently been stated that the high price of ivoryisowing to a " ring " formed by the Jewish firms, by whom the article is mostly imported. In this way, it has been said, the price is put up ; and the stocks kept back to give an appearance of scarcity that may account for what is really an arbitrary rise. An examination of the ofiicial figures shows these assertions to be quite inaccurate. The stock of ivory in the country unsold in January, 1872, was 01 tons 10 cwt.; in January, 1873, it was 31 tons 16 cwt. It appears from the circular of Messrs. Lewis and Peat, of London, dated the Sth instant, that of the 580 tons of ivory imported into the country last year 118 tons were to Liver pool, exclusive of the quantity from that port sent to London for sale ; and of the stock of 32 tons in importers' hands scarcely any is at Liverpool. The impoits of 1872 show a falling oil' of some 00 tons compared with those of 1871, the result of diminished receipts from Egypt; for those from Zanzibar and Bombay, aud the Cape, are almost identical with those of 1871, and those from the West Coast actually show an excess of 14 tons. The deliveries of the year ware very large, both from the docks and from the stores of dealers. Stocks are now very low, and certainly cannot accumulate. The stock of ivory in all hands in the Dock Warehouses of London on the 31st December of each year was as follows: —1872, 102 tons ; 1871, 242 tons ; 1870, 258 tons ; ISG9, 174 tons. The deliveries from the Dock Ware houses in London in each of the above years were as follows :—ln 1872, 510 tons ; 1871, 549 ; 1870, 457 ; 1809, 441. The past year was an eventful on c for ivory. The consump - tive demand outran supply to so great an ex tent, and in so conspicuous a manner as to occasion an increase in value beyond all pre cedent. We had as usual four sales (in January, April, July, and November). The first showed improvement; in the second the rise in price was enormous; in the third again general and considerable ; and in the fourth and last, material in all descriptions, and quite astonishing in some. The advance in rates for the year is soigreat for so short a time as to be without any parallel in the ivory trade.

•PBH avwtKft m&% Wednesday, april syiwa.



It is no wonder that newspaper advertise ments are populor with the people and are read by them. There is a frankness and in dependence about an advertisement which pleases. It seems to say, ■' Read mo, or let me alone, just as you like." — American Paper. W. Marshall, fruiterer, Queen-street, has just received, per Nebraska, a shipment of new season American Pea Nuts, the nutritive and stimulating properties of which are now universally acknowledged. When fresh roasted these nuts act as an excellent tonic, and can be indulged in with impunity. —[Advt.] Coffee. —Brown, Barrett and Cos. Standard Coffee is both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett and Co.'s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. Note the brands. Sold at almost every grocery establishment in town and province.—[Advt.] Dr. Bright's Phosphodyne. —Multitudes of People are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Complaints. Depression of Spirits, Delusions Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c, whose cases admit of a permanent cure by the new remedy Phosphodyne (Oxonic Oxygen), which at ouce allays all irrication and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers throughout the Colonies, from whom Pamphlets containing testimonials may be obtained jt3" Caution.—Be particular to ask for Dr. Bright's Phosphodyne as imitations are abroad; and'avoid purchasings single bottles, the genuine article being sold in case only.



A YOUNG- MAN, with a small capital, wishes to take an active patt with anether in a paying business.—Address "Pernor, Star office,



Special Advertisements. , _—.., , — i TUST OPENED, NEW WINTER MILLINERY, NEW WINTER DRESSES, NEW FANCY WOOL GOODS. All-wool Flannels, from ls 3d per yard Stout Wet-wool Cplicoes, 5Jd per yard. S. & J. R. VAILE, • NATIONAL MART, Corner of Queen and Wyndham streets. piTT HALL. THE CARANDINI OPERATIC AND BALLAD CONCERTS AVill Commence on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, APRIL 25. GC)KCI TO LEND on first-class OW JmJZJ\J security.—J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent, 42, Queen street. COMFORTABLE Board and Resi dence for two Gentlemen at Mrs Da\y's Symonds street, second house from Scotch Church. LOST, a Timber Waste Book, on the way to Onehunga. —A reward will be given on de l:ve./ at Roe's oilice, Custom-house street. PARNELL COMMON SCHOOL. THE above School will be OPEN on MONDAY next, 28th inst., at 9 a.m., in the Church of England School-room. W. H. KISSLING, Chairman. April 23, 1873. Wanted. WANTED, a Boy accustomed to Bootmaking.—Apply oillco of thfs paper. WANTED, a smart Boy to clean knives and boots and make himself generally meful.- Apply at the Army and Navy Hotel. WANTED, immediately, a respect able Nurse Girl.—Apply to Mrs A. M. Williams, 215, Queen street. WANTED, a Situation as Morning Governess by a lady of superior education.— Address, P.D.A., Star oflice. WANTED, a Cottage of four to six rooms, in a healthy locality.— Address " Cottage," oflice of this p-per. WANTED to Lease, for a term of years, with purchasing clause, a Nine or Ten-roomed Hou.e, with good garden, and within half-an-hour's walk of Queen street.—Apply 1.F., at this oilice. WANTED, a smart Lad about IS, for Ship Chandlers' Store.—Apply to J. & D- Oxley, Ship Chandlers, Wharf. WANTED, a Partner (either active or sleeping) in an old-established business. Capital required from £1000 to £2000.—Address X.Y.Z., Star oilice. WANT ED, by a gentleman, a Bed room and Sitting-room, with partial board, within ten minutes' walk of the Whaif. —Address H.H., Star offlce. WANTED, a General Servant; one used to plain cooking preferred.—Apply Anchor notel, Queen street. WANTED, a General Servant.— Apply to the Queen'sferry Hotel, Vulcan ane. WAITED, a General Servant J must be a good Cook and Laundress. — Apnly be; ween the hours of 10 and 1 to Mrs F. A. Quick, Ponsonlyßoad. WANTED to Pent, a good five or six-roomed Cottage, in the vicinity of Wyn yard-street, with garden. Rent reasonable. - Apply to G., offlce of this paper. WANTED KNOWN, that Gentle men's Clothes are Cleaned, Dyed, and Re paired, at the shortest notice, at MARK SIMPSON'S Tailoring Establishment, Wyndham-street, almost opposite the Evening Star offlce. WANTED KNOWN.—The under signed have always on hand a large supply of Newcastle and Bay of Islands Coals ; also, best Cut and Uncut Wood. Yards: Between Fort and Custom-house-street, next Isaacs' Bonded Store.- AY. & G. Winstone. WANTED KNOWN, that the un dersigned has always on Hand and for Sale, a large Stock of First and Timber in lots to suit buyers, or for shipment either at the Yard, Custom-house street, or Government Wharf, One llUnga" JAMES W. WALLER, Tiniber Merchant WANTED TO SELL, Sewing Machines, new and second-hand. Agent for the Britannia and Little Wanzer, the best Machines f their class. Purchasers will find it to their ad vantage to buy from me ; being a Practical Engineer every Machine is thoroughly overhauled and guaranteed. Needles, Oil and Extras. Repairs.— The Fitting Shop, "Vulcan Lane. TXT ANTED KNOWN, that Hold- W 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, Beach, Grahamstown Timber Yard, Coromandel Saw Mill, Whangaroa Harbour, convenient for all ports, and deep water for loading. TfT ANTED KNOWN that VV D GOLDIE is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and other Building Materials, including Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Broad Timber, Houseblocks, Posts, Rails, Havdwood Felloes, Shafts, Iron Bark, and Blue Gum Laths, Shingles, &c, &c, at the lowes market prices, at his Yards, Custom-house street. WANTED KNOWN, that Eurs are Cleaned, Repaired, Altered to any shape, and Re-lined, at D. -COHEN'S Oil-Coat Factory, Wyndham street, almost opposite the Evening Star oflice. XJCT ANTED to Sell, Cheap, Iron V V Ploughs, 6, 7, and 8 feet sheets ; Galvanized Corrugated Iron, Pumps, Paints, &c . &c, at Alfred Smart's, next Blue Post, Victoria-.-; ,n ». \%J ANTED KN O W N.— VV Prices Reduced. Singer's New Family Noiseless Lock-stitch Sewing Machines-M. A. Aldrich, Agent, Shortland street, Auckland. To meet the requirements of customers who And a diffi culty in paying the full amount at once Mrs Aldrioh l)i»8 adopted a motbod of time payment t<? Bu.j> tnem



Drapery. ; ! NOW SHEWING. NEW AUTUMN GOODS. i TT ATKINS Invites attention to his Stock of NEW AUTUMN GOODS, Consisting of NEW DRESS MATERIALS NEW FRENCH MERINOES NEW FRENCH SERGES NEW FRENCH CREPE CLOTHS NEW FRENCH SATTEEN CLOTHS NEW WINSEYS NEW CLOTH JACKETS NEW SILK VELVET JACKETS NEJW WATERPROOF TWJEED MANTLETS NEW PAISLEY SHAWLS NEW SKIRTINGS, ETC., ETC., ETC. H. A T X I t N S Also invites attention to his Large Stock fof MANCHESTER GOODS, Consisting of SHEETINGS, BLANKETS, QUILTS, CALICOES. FLANNELS, LONG CURTAINS, TABLE LINENS, STICKS, HOLLANDS, Etc, Etc, Etc SPECIAL LINES: FINLAY'S TWILLED AND PLAIN SHEETINGS (all widths), EXTRA LARGE TOILET QUILTS, 19s. 6d, Worth 20s (Splendid Quality), 9-4 BLANKETS, 10s Gd Per Pair, Worth 21s, 150 PAIRS OF LARGE SIZE EXTRA SUPER BLANKETS, at 30s and 32s Per Pair, Cannot bo bought at the present time for 20 per cent advance on these prices. WHITE FLANNEL AT LAST YEAR'S PRICES. C|BIME'AN SHIRTINGS, At ls'Gd per|yard, "worth 2s Gd. NOTE! The Stock of Blankets and White Flannels were purchased at a discount several months ago, so there is no advance on these Goods, notwithstanding the great advance in the Home prices. THE I/ARGEST STJOCK, And at the LOWEST PRICES, Of the very best makes in LANCASHIRE, ABERDEEN, LEWDSONS, DOUBLE WARPS, WET WOVE, FINLAY'S, AND HORROCK'S CALICOES. . A BALE OF DOUBLE-WIDTH GREY CALICO, For Papering puiposes, Just Opened, 68 inches wide, lid per yard by the piece, Nett Cash. NEW GOODS OPENED IN THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. A Large Stock of Boys' and Youths' Tweed Suits. Men's Galatea, Paget and Sac Coats, Trousers and Vests, Trousers, &c, &c. A Heavy Stock of Tweeds in Scotch, Nelson, Geelong West of England, &c, Also, Tweeds at Low Prices, for Boys' wear. H. ATKIN S, LATE HA*Y AND BONEYIJ;AN|



Miscellaneous. COMFORTABLE Board and Resi» dence in a pleasantly situated part of Pame'', For adr ess apply to "8.,' Star office. T\ISTRICT ORDERS ►Militia and Volunteer Office % Auckland, 23rd Ap;\l, 1873. The Inspector of Militia and Volunteers having arrived he has directed that his Annual Inspection of the following Corps will be made on the dates mentioned:— Auckland Troop Royal Cavalry Volunte-rs on MONDAY, 28th instant, at 3 p.m., in the Domain. Auckland Artillery Volunteers, on MONDAY, 28th inst., at 7.30 p.m.. Drill-shed. No. 1 Company Auckland Rifle Volunteers, Vic toria Company, and Victoria Cadets, on TUESDAY, 29th inst., 7.30 p.m., Drill-shed. The Inspections of the remaining Corps will take place as previously ordered. WM. GORDON, Major, Com. Auckland District. TO MR.^EDWARD BARKER. T HEREBY apologise for and fully JL retract the words (reflecting on your character) which I made use of towards you at Mr Soppett's Mill, and also in other publ'c places, in respect of which words a complaint is now pending against me in the Police Court, inasmuch as I made use of them in passionate excitement of the moment, and I hereby agree to pay any costs you may have incurred in this matter, and give you full power to publish this letter in the Auckland newspapers. Witness my hand this 22nd day of April, 1873. WILLIAM GLEDHILL. Present: Edward Smith, High street, Auckland, Gentleman. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. /^\N and after this date the business of the Telegraph Department will be carried on in the New Offices, at the corner of Queen street and Shortland street. Office Hours as usual. ALF. SHEATH, District Inspector. Auckland, 21st April, 1873. MRS. SANDERSON will be happy to receive Pupils for Tuition in Music, French and Italian, at her residence, Karangahape road (two doors from Dr Nicholson). MONEY TO LEND on first-class freehold security, at low rates of interest. - R O. Dyer, Shortland streetj MONEY LENT on"Personal Secu rity, or on Premissory Notes ; also, on Free holds. Mortgages exchanged at lower rates of interest. Bills discounted. —F. W. Stevens, West Queen street. TO LET, for a term of years, a Farm of forty acres and Homestead at Epsom. For particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Fort-street. TO LET, a large Hotel.—Enquire at the office of this paper. TO BE LET, that convenient Work shop in Lome-street, lately occupied by Mr W. Hanson.—For particulars apply to Mr W. X Jones, Pianoforte Tuner, Queen-street, opposite City Hall. TO LET, FOR A TERMS OF YEARS, the Allotment situated in Hobson street, adjoin ing the Roman Catholic property, corner of Wyndham and Hobson streets. For particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Lind Agents, Fort street. FOR SALE, a G-as-inaking Apparatus, complete; well adapted for a country Hotel.- For particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Fort street. NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE! TO THE PUBLIC OF AUCKLAND. THE Proprietor of the US., N.Z., and A. FRUIT DEPOT, opposite the Bank of New Zealand, having received Six Days' Notice to quit the premises, begs to thank the public _of Auckland and surrounding districts for their kind support during the short time he has been in business, and hopes to receive a continuance oi the same should he be able to find suitable premises to Re-open again. The Genuine American Drinks can be had atthe FIJIAJN HOUSE, the Only House in Auckland. The Best and most Choicest of Fruits will always be kept on hand. £3TDon't forget tho Address :— EIJIAN HOUSE. WHANGAPAROA COAL MINES. [Copy.] [Stamped February 27, 1873; Registered April 5.] MEMORANDUM of Agreement for a Lease, made this Twenty-sixth day of February, 1573, between CnARLES Nerin Marshall, of Whangaparoa, in the Province of Auckland, New Zealand, hereinafter called the Lessor, of the one part, and Francis Warrell Stevens, Joseph Edwin Appleby, James Hinkley, and Moritz j Samuel Leers, of the City of Auckland, Mining I Agents, hereinafter called the Lessees, of tho second I part. The said Lessor agrees to let, and the said Lessees agree to take, all that Piece or Parcel of Land called i Curriehill, Whangaparoa, being lot 6, containing Nine | Hundred and Seventy-seven Acres, more or less, for the purposes of Mining only; to mine, dig, sink, ' drive, and delve for Coal or other Mineral Earths, i Clay, or Ores, in or under or about the said Land for i the term of Fifty Yesrs, to begin from the date hereof, I yielding and paying therefor during the said term a ; yearly rent of One Shilling per annum. Now the Lessor agrees to allow 50 Acres of the said I Land to be chosen by the Lessees for the erection of Works, and said Lessees shall be at liberty to purchase said 50 Acres at Ten Pounds per Acre any time during the Lease. The Lessees.shall have the right to make roads to and from the Mine or Mines, and to have at all times free ingress and egress to and from said Land, and cut and use all such Timber as may be re quired for Mining purposes only. The Lessees agree to pay to the Lessor, his Heirs, Executors, or Assigns, a Royalty of Sixpence per ton for each ton of Coal taken from the ground, and a similar Royalty for other Minerals. The said Lessor shall have a right to inspect the Mine and the Books, and to enter the offices at aU reasonable hours. The Lessees agree to work the said Mine and sink for Coal within twelve months, failing which the Lease to cease and be at an end. Possession to be given on signing this agreement. (Signed) CHARLES N. MARSHALL. F. W. STEVENS. J. E. APPLEBY. M. S. LEERS. J. HINKLEY Witness: Joseph Highley. The above parties are open to treat with Capitalists to work the Loal Mines or to form a Company. A sample of the Coal may be seen at the office of Mr Stevens, West Queen street. NOTICE.—Any person or persons found trespassing or removing Coal from the above property after this notice wUI be prosecuted. NOTICE. TAKE NOTICE that we, G-eorge Gledhill and James Hinkley, have acquired the exclusive right to Mine for Coal and other Minerals over a Block of Land at Whangaparoa known as Curriehill, Wangaparoa; and warn all persons against trespassing on the said Block, or carrying on any prospecting or mining operations thereon what sover, otherwise such persons w.'ll be proceeded awg'nst summarily at law. • w -'"" J f GEORGE GLEDHT 1 J^^w»W



Miscellaneous. FOE SALE or TO LET, the com fortable Six-roomed Cottage vii three ■Allot ments on St. Mary's Road, as now occupied by Mr James Morton. Apply to _, ~ SAMUEL COCHRANE * bO>, Land Agents, JWt street. TD" S T Aaii IV ED, ox Wonga O Wonga, and "or Sale by the uudersigned :— Tree Onions, Lawn Grass, Couch Grass, Lucerne, &c. H. LIPSCOMBE, ISO, Queen street. AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. THE Second Quarter will Commence on FRIDAY, the 25th inst. FREDERICK J. MOSS, Secretary. ROOMS TO LET. A WIDOW LADY, in Karanga hape road, has three or four spacious and com fortable Rooms to LFT ; suitable for a manned couple. No objection to a sma'l family, but must bo respectable. The position is healthy, and the term 3 vs../ Moderate. —Apply to MRS ROUNTREE, MP'ineiy and Straw-working Establishment, Karanga hape Road (almost opposite Madame mter * Ac demy). • LOST/la Bunch of Trinkets, on a split ring.-The finder will be rewarded on leaT lag the same at the Fancy Bazaar, Pr.nces street. E AUCKLAND RIFLE ASSo"ciATION.H AUTUMN PRIZE MEETING. ALL persons desirous of f in the above must forward Self fill acs and subscriptions to the undersigned 1 eIOW Noon ot SATUKDAY next, the 20th instant, xiie terms or subscriptions are : Volunteers, 10s 6d; Non-volun teers 21s By'order of the Committee. „„„„,_. ' WM. THORNE, Hon. Secretary. 21st April, 1873. . OOMEOBTABLE Residence and Board for one or two Gentlemen.—Reference at this office. FOR SALF, two new light Pagnal Carts and one Second-hand Wagonette.— Apply to Mackie & Basten,uDurham street. BOARD and RESIDENCE for two - - or three Gentlemen, or a Lady and Gentleman, in a private family. -Apply to Mrs W. Arthur, Upper Queen street. Auctions- TO-MORROW, Noon. CLASS CASES, COUNTERS, IRON SAFE, CHESTS DRAWERS, ETC., AT MbO. SMALLFIELD'S, queen-street. B. ARTHUR HAS been favoured with instructions from Mr O. Smallfield, who is retiring from business, to sell by aiiction, at his premises, Queen street, To-morrow (Thursday), at 12 o clock noon. Several Superior Glass Cases, many of them suitable for Book-cases or Wardrobes ; Counters some with glass fronts; Shelving, a large number of Glass-top Boxes, Chests of Drawers, Ladders, Chairs, Iron Safe, Clock, &c, &c., &c. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. Noon. MARKET-DAY AUCTION SALE, AT ARTHUR'S MART. POULTRY— Eowls, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Pigeons, 4 superior Silver Brahma Pootra Cocks (from Prize Stock) PRODUCE—4 tons first-class Flour, 2 tons Stale ■ Flour, Potatoes, Onions, 10 kegs good Butter, Bacon, Oatmeal, Rice GROCERIES (Assorted)— Tobacco, Jams, <sc. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS, &c. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, DINING TABLE, CHEST DRAWERS, &c THE Subscribers will sell at the Mart, on Friday next, at il o'clock, HOUSEHOLD. FURNITURE, comprising Cedar Dining Table (2 extra leaves). Folding Arm Chair, Chairs, Mantle Mirror, Photographs, Cane Arm Chairs, Book-shelves, Oilcloth, Perambulator, Cheffonnier. Chest Drawm, Washstands and Ware, Dressing Tables, Bed steads, Mattresses. Pallia ses, Commode, Cook ing Utensils, American Chain Pumps, complete with 40 feet Piping, &c, &c. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, APRIL 24. AUCTION SALE AT THE STORES OF JOHN ROBERTON & CO., DURHAM STREET. B. TONKS & CO. HAVE received instructions to sell, at the above Stores, on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock, THE FOLLOWING GOODS, EX LATE ARRIVALS:— ON ACCOUNr OF WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. • MORE OR LESS DAMAGED : 8 boxes Belmont Sperm Candles 8 cases Durham Mustard, 71b. 3 cases Superior Mustard, 71b. 2 cases Colman's Starch. SOUND: 300 boxes Brandon Candles 70 boxes De Roubaix Candles (5-medal) 150 boxes Belmonts 50 half-chests Tea, ex Hannah Nicholson, §35 and 42 60 half-chests Tea, ex Plato, §5;) and 44 30 half-chests Tea, Esmeralda, §80 100 half-chests Tea, James Wilson, 14-30, 46-56 46 boxes Tea, ex Rene 28 boxes Tea, Jane Woodburn 40 boxes Tea, Hannah Nicholson 200 bags Rice, 561b. 40 barrels American Pork 100 cases Bristol Sarsaparilla 10 cases Whybrow's Pickles (assorted) 10 cases Whybrow's Pickles, warranted 4 cases Whybrow's Salad Oil, pints 10 cases Whybrow's Salad Oil, half-pints 15 cases Whybrow's Herrings 5 cases Mortons Salad Oil, half-pints 10 cases .Crosse and BlackweU's Pickles 20 cases Brown and Poison's Corn Flour 10 cases Day and Martin's Paste Blacking 10 cases Taylor's Maravilla Cocoa 4 cases Fry's Homoeopathic Cocoa 50 cases Lea and Perrin's Sauce 2 cases Nelson's Patent Gelatine 8 cases Ehrensperger Laundry Blue 130 boxes Leopold Stiebel's Thumb Blue 10 cases Washing Powders 10 kegs Carbonate Soda 4 cases Tartaric Acid, 101b. jars 30 cases Durham Mustard. 7ib. 15 cases Superior Mustard, 71b. 6 cases Durham Mustard, lib. 4 cases Superior Mustard, lib. 3 cases Tobacco, Venus 4 cases Tobacco, Opal 1 case Tobacco, Grape Leaf . 3 cases Tobacco, Waterlily ./ . 5 cases Tobacco, Pembroke 5 cases Tobacco, Two Seas , -3 bales Paper Bags, 2 to 7)*^ 1 bale Paper, RoyalJP">*"\ , 1 bale Paper, Dqi>w Imperial 1 bale Paper.-JSmy ; 1 bale Eauawater Corks 1 9 b^'Fresh Mu"et, lib. tins Am Fresh Wapuka, lib. tins [ s- ' 2 ca£s KeiUer's bcotch Mixtures \ 5 cases Assorted Peel.