these matters, let young women take care, if they are treated honourably j let them .act honourably, and not carry on a course of lying and deceit, which, in the end may prove ruinous to both. Hoping you will give these few lines space in your journal, and oblige yours, &c, H.T., Parnell.

[We fear our correspondent, has been iilted Lut hun take heart; there are as good fish in the water a* ever capie ov t of it.-Ep. E.S.] aier as

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM THE THAMES.

(FROM OUR OWN COMRESPONDENTJ

CRUSHING RETURNS

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH

GRAHAMSTOWN,

This day,

The month's return of gold published in the Advertiser to-day shows that 7,206 tons of stone had been crushed with a yield of 8955 ounces of gold, showing an increase of 5571 ounces. Four dividends have been declared dining the month, amounting in the aggregate to £6257.

William Prior, foreman of the Hauraki sawmill yesterday dropped dead suddenly. It is believed he was suffering from disease of the heart. An inquest is being held to-day.

Sons of Freedom.—The reef was inter sectedjin. the main adit at a distance of 900 feet. The lode looks promising, but shows no gold. The point of intersection is 40 feet from the Rons of Freedom boundary, in the Lincoln Castle ground. At the District Court to-day winding-up orders were granted against the Abraham Lincoln and Scandinavian Companies. The certificate of Thomas Ilawdon, bankrupt, was suspended for six months.

At the Police Court Robert Hagan, charged with stealing from Mr Stephen Fuller 200 dollar pieces, was remanded until Thursday. New Caledonian.—A crushing of 801bs. picked stone yielded 21oz. 4dwt. gold. Ashley Tribute.—A crushing of 32 tons of stone has yielded 14oz. ladwt. of gold.

WANGANUI.

This day. The s,s. Wanganui will leave this port for the M»nuka\i on Thursday next,

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

WELLINGTON COAL COMPANY.

TRAMWAYS FOR STREETS

(PER ANQW-AVSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH

COMPANY.)

WELLINGTON

This day,

At a meeting of the coal company, held yesterday, there was again a full at tendance. The Superintendent occupied the chair. It was announced that 1,400 share g had been taken up. The following provisional directors were appointed :—Messrs Drans field, C. O'Neill, G. Henderson, Bannatyne, Turnbull, W. W. Johnston, Dr. Johnson, Mills, and George. Mr Seed, Secretary of Customs, gave an account of his visit to the Ngakawau mine. He said a railway to Westport would be necessary, and read the reports from the harbour-masters of Grey mouth and Westport. He thought the Bulle r was better adapted for Ja large coal trade. He believed the supply of coal obtainable from the Brumner mine was only limited by the extent of the operations. The Superin tendent said that if the company went into mining as well as carrying coal, a larger capital than £50,000 would be required. The provisional directory will consider the matter. Mr C. O'Neill offers to lay down street tramways, giving the City Council one tenth of the profit over seven-and-a-half per cent. Similar proposals have been made to other principal towns. The ship Jessie Bead man sails for London to-day with 4318 pkgs. wool, 1000 sacks of wheat, 100 sacks flour, and a quantity of shells, tallow, &c, valued at £80,000. The General Government refuses to enter tain the proposals of the Provincial Govern ment for alterations on the Hutt railway on the ground that it would involve an ad ditional expenditure of £2,200. A quantity of the Governor's furniture and effects have been shipped to Melbourne, per Kangitoto.

BLUFF.

This day,

The s.s. Albion arrived at 10 a.m. this morning, bringing 38 saloon and 25 steerage passengers, and 350 tons of cargo for all ports. She leaves for Dunedin at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Albion left Melbourne at six p.m. on February 13, and experienced light winds and fine weather thro ughout the passa jjjj.

LYTTELTON.

This day.

Arrived : Glen Moss, from Mauritius, with ■ugars partly for Nelson.

TARANAKI.

This day. The hon. D. McLean held a native meet ing on Saturday. He spoke decidedly. One tribe said that they wanted all the land back. Mr McLean said they had no land. The tribe had rebelled and Europeans took their land. The friendlies are pleased at Mr McLean's firni stand. Mr McLean is now talking with the Hauhaus A deputation of settlers from Bell Block has waited on Mr McLean regarding the leasing of land from the natives with pur chasing clauses. There are no eigns of the Go-Ahead. The contractors have arrived to commenoe the bank building.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

[Prr .Java Cable.]

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

QUEEN'S SPEECH

FOREIGN RELATIONS SATISFACTOY.

EXPECTED DEFEAT OF THE GLAD-

STONE MINISTRY

fSPECIAL TO THE STAfl.j

LONDON.

February 12

The Imperial Parliament in its fifth session wps 'opened to-day by Commission. The Queen's speech deals fully with the foreign policy, and declares that England's relations with foreign powers are of a most amicable character. A perfect understanding exists between Britain and Paissia relative to the.Central Asian question. The country is congratulated upon the Geneva arbitrators having formed a decision which satisfies American public opinion without im posing upon England humiliating conditions Appropriation of revenue will be made fo r the settlement of the American claims. A bill is to be introduced with reference to University education in Ireland. Papers relat" ingtothe Russian question are to be produced, and the Queen acknowledges the services rendered by the Emperor of Germany in arbitrating upon the San Juan dispute The island is to be evacuated. A treaty has been made with Belgium for the extradition of criminals. The speech con gratulates Parliament on the successful efforts to repress slavery in the South Seas. The country is prosperous, commercially and industrially, and the revenue satisfactory. There will be no reduction of taxation this year. Mr Disraeli and Mr Horseman attacked the foreign policy, particularly the American claims. Mr Gladstone made an able defenoe. The address in reply was carried without amendment. The ministerial programme as shadowed in the speech is weak, and their defeat is expected early in the session, when there will be a dissolution.

The prospects of the approaching wool sales are good.

The Edwin Fox, bound for Canterbury, has put back to Plymouth damaged. The Bonapar lists are intriguing actively in France. The great colliery strike in Wales continues. Coals are rising fast. Hartley coal is now selling at 335. a ton. Mr Duffy was knighted on January 10. The owner of the ship North Fleet is suing the owners of the steamer Marillo for £14,000 damages for running down that vessel. Block tin is quoted at 144 ; copper, 92. Arrived : J. M. Joshua and Patriarch.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS

THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE OVER

VESSELS LOADING RAPIDLY

CABLE TO NEW ZEALAND

MELBOURNE

February 13

The banks have again raised the rates of discount to four, five, and six per cent, on trade bills; sixty-five days, three per cent. The Prince of Wales Theatre has been purchased by a company for £24,000. Mr Lyster has been appointed manager. Mr Bright, the Governor's son-in-law, will probably relieve Sir James McCuliough temporarily of the duties of Agent-General, for the prospect of receiving knighthood. A public street arab school is contemplated under the new Act.

The will of Walter Montgomery has been proved in Melbourne under £2,500. The whole new loan has been wholly taken up. At the wool sales prices were firm in the face of recent London telegrams. A farewell banquet to Earl Canterbury will take place on February 24. Active efforts are being made to discover coal.

Mr March, the Fijian Consul, denies that he has been re-called.

A tender of £37,000 for the railway from Ballarat to Maryborough has been accepted. The acceptances of the Melbourne Cup are Quack, Ace, Warrior, Nimble Foot, Early Morn, Contessa, Misty Morn, Leo, King- Ring, Valentine, Satellite, Blue Peter, Hercules, Praetor, Commodore, Tom King, Garonde, and Etecell.

SYDNEY.

February 13.

The Inter-Colonial Conference will rise this week. It is believed the Conference has agreed to subsidise the Java cable and telegraph line and overland telegraph, and also°th.e basis of terms for the construction Of a cable to jMew Zealand. The colliery strike at Newcastle is over, and vessels are loading rapidly. Freights from Newcastle to New Zealand are 22s°per ton the single trip. The wool sales are easy. The Polynaise has been wrecked. She had a cargo of sixty thousand bales of wool. Two thousand tons of Adelaide wheat were shipped for London last week. Mr Parkes, through pique, absented him self from the banquet to the delegates. Very little regarding the proceedings of the Con ference was permitted to transpire.

ADELAIDE.

February 13. The top price of wheat is 4s 6d per bushel. H.M.S. Clio is in harbour. Alluvial gold has been discovered at Port Darwin.

UNPUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

SYDNEY. February 13, evening. The Woolongong colliers have struck work this morning because masters decline to con tinue the temporary advance of wages. A loan of one million thirty-one thousand pounds is proposed for the construction of a railway from Goulbourne to Wagga Wagga. The total railway loan is over two millions.

I Not much interest is manifested' in the National Bank of New Zealand shares here. There was only one offer. Sugars are firm, and advancing. There is a fair prospect of the formation of a coal company, with a capital of £100,000. It is rumoured that Mr Francis will obtain the honour of Knighthood.

MELBOURNE.

February 13

Mr Low sold nine tons of flax, per Albion, at £9 per ton. The flax ex Albion and Hero is all being shipped home. Forty cases of Bavarian hops were sold to day at Is lOd to Is 10|d j tin plates, ex Essex, 1.C., 55s ; iron firm at extreme rates ; wire nails, ditto ; tallow, mutton, £33 10s to £34; beef, £32 to £32 10.

ADELAIDE.

February 13, evening, The wheat market is hardening.

The South Australian Register advocates an alteration in the constitution of the Legislative Council as being at present very cumbersome and not sufficiently amenable to public opinion.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING. REPORT.

The following are to-day's quotations : — New Zealand Insurance- buyers,j£sl. South British'lnsurance —buyers, 275. Caledonian, £13, £13 ss, £13 7s 6d, £13 10s ; buyers, £13 ss. ■ Cure, 12s 3d to 13s (kl. Watchman —buyers, 10s Gel. Central Italy—buyers, 4s Cd. Inverness, 2s 3d. Red Queen —sellers, Is Gd. Moanatairi—buyers, 40s, City of London—sellers, 11s. Thames G.M. Co., 80s. D. B. Orchard, Secretary.

The pedestrian world was astounded some months ago by the splendid time marie by Hewitt, in Christchurch, when he ran half a mile on a road in Imm 53isecs, or one second and a-half under the best time on record for this distance. Hewitt having heard that many people in Melbourne have expressed doubts as to the correctness of the time and distance, advertises that he is prepared to run in the same time over the same distance of ground if a sufficent sum of money be subscribed to make it worth his while to go into training, and if he fails to accomplish the feat he is wil ling to forfeit all. The offer is regarded as a fair one, and it is said there will be no difficulty in raising sufficient money by subscription to put Hewitt to the test whether he can do the fastest half-mile on record. The conditions spoken of are that Hewitt must have five weeks' training, and he must select the day on which to perform, so that he may not be compelled to run in the teeth of a strong wind or adverse weather.

ffiß JmSKiM V$A% TOMD&t, FEBRTTAIIY lSjm



Special Advertisements. CHEAP LINES OP DEESS MATERIAL, Specially adapted for wear during the warm months of February and March. Fancy Stripe Grenadines, from 7.Jd White Mareella, from S.Jd per yard Printed Muslins, fast colors, Grl per yard Superior Batistes, lO.kl per yard White Ground Alpaca Lustres, Is per yard Fancy Mohairs, Od per yard Plain Alpacas, oid per yard. S. & J. R. VAILE, NATIONAL MART, Corner of Queen and Wyndham streets. NOKTH SHORE.—To Let, a splen did Family Kes-'denee of Ten Rooms.—Oliver Mays. BEACH ROAD, North Shore.— Handsome CofcUge To Let.—Oliver Mays. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. PARTIES insured in this office can obt..in our Almanac for 1873 on application at the office, Vaile's Buildings. J..8. GRAHAM, A^ent. HAT. —Two Ricks Prime Hay, close to town, for S;le.-- Domain Yards, Abercvombie street. SHEEP. —First class Grazing on the Ellerslie Race-course. —C. Cook, Lessee, Aber crombie street. T COSGEAVE & C O.'S SALE OF DRAPERY & CLOTHING COMMENCED ON SATURDAY, FEB. 1. The Public are requested to inspect the Goods as the Reductions are Genuine. TO BE LET, for a term of years, an Island within ten miles of Auckland, 400 acres good soil and Residence. Apply to JOHN EOBKKTON & CO., Durham street. BOARD ANT) RESIDENCE Belle View House, Vincent-street. Entrance also from Hobson-street, a few doors'past the Criterion Hotel ' OTAGO GOLD MINING COMPANY (Limited. ) A CALL (the thirteenth) of One Shilling (Is) per Share has this day been made by the Directo-s, payable to Mr J. S. McKellar, Manager of the Company, at the office of the Com pany, No. 10, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day March, 1873. J. S. McKELLAR, Feb. 14, 1873. Legal Manager. pHOTOG-RAPHY. G. REDEERN, ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER, 193, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, Rooms over Me. Kiho's Chemist. Cartes-de-viaite taken the best style at 12s Gd per dozen; ] 7s 6d per half-dozen j i Portraits Painted in Oil and Water Colours in a style unsurpassed in the colonies. BOARD & RESIDENCE for one or two Gentlemen in a quiet family.—Apply, fOl Address, office of this paper.



Wanted. WANTED, a good Hand for the Wholesale Drapery ; references required. — Post-office, Box 11 7. WANTED, a Girl, about 14, to nurse a baby and make herself useful.—For address apply at the oiflice of this paper. WANTED, a respectable Girl in a small family ; none other need apply.—Mrs J, Stevenson, Wellington-street. WANTED, a few good Kivetters.— - Apply Black & Co., Aberdeen Boot Factory, j W'ellesley-street. WANTED, Fifty Muck Navvies.— Apply at the Occidental Hotel, Vulcan Lane, between ten and eleven o'clock to-iao Tro\v (Wednes day). WANTED, five £ood Fencers.— Apply at the Foresters' Arms. WANTED, a Man for a few days who thoroughly understands Gardening,— Apply at the Auckland Hotel. \ WANTED, a respectable Girl to Nurse a Baby.-Apply to Mrs Montague, Fancy Bazaar, Queen-street. WANTED, a respectable Girl, about 15 years of age.—Apply to^Mrs Cleal, Karangahape road, near the Windmill. References required. TXT ANTED TO BE KNOWN, that V V the London Dining Rooms will be OPENED on SATURDAY NEXT.-Fred. Marter <fc Son. Pro. rietors. Meals, 6d. WANTED, a Young: Man, at the Domain Dairy, Abercrombie street. WANTED, a Ni^ht Porter.- Apply at tho Greyhound Hotel. TKTANTED. a Shepherd, to proceed VV tn San Francisco in oharsre of Sheep. Profit able emplovmpiit given on arrival there.—Apply to Henderson & Macfarlano. WANTED, Board and Residence in a private family.—Address, stating terms, " Alpha," office of this paper. "\T7ANTED, a General Servant.— V T Apply to Madame Winter, Karangahape road. TITILLTAM CROCOMBE, native V * of Plan, Portland, Dorsetshire, -England : arrived in Auckland seven years ago.—Your Mother any'ons to hear of you. WANTED, an intelligent Lad, about L 5 years of age, to serve in a Tobacconist's Shop.-Apply to Mr Hyman, Queen street. WANTED TO SELL, Sewing Machines, new and second-hand. Agent for the Britannia and Little Warmer, the best Machines of 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. WANTED KNOWN that D. GOLDTE is prepared to supply all kind of Timbe and other Building Materials, including Sashes Doors, Mouldings, Broad Timber. Houseblocks, Posts, Rails, Hardwood Felloe*, Shafts, Iron Bark, and Blue Gum Laths, Shingles, &c, &c, at the lowest market prices, ah Yards. Custom-house street. WANTED KISOWN, that the un dersicrncd has always on Hand and for Sale, a large Stock of First and Second-class Timber in lots to suit buyers, or for shipment either at the Yard, Custom-house street, or Government Wharf, One hunga. JAMES W. WALLER, Timber Merchant. WANTED, immediately, a good General Servant in a family residing within five miles of Auckland ; references required and good wages given.—Apply at the oliice of Mr H. H. Lusk, Shortland-street, Auckland. WANTED to Sell, Cheap, Patent Iron Ploughs, Circular Saw Benches, Pumps, &c, &c, at Alfred Smait's, next, Blue Post, Victoria street. TX7ANTED KNOWN, that Hold- VV 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. FOE SALE, one Whaleboat, 30ft —Apply to J. Cl.ahe, Boat Builder, Custom house street. Miscellaneous. IVT McCULSKY, FU NER A L UNDER,T AXE E. Hearse and Mourning Coaches Furnished. Grave Enclosures on Hand or Made to Order. TOP OF HOBS ON STREET. NOTICE.— City Band of Hope will NOT meet TO-NIGHT. JAMES GEO. CARR, Sec. £X EEWAKD will be paid to any tj per&on on conviction, not the actual per petrator, who cut the throat of, and otherwise seriously mutilated a Filly running in the Domain on the 18th inst. — C. Cookk," Lessee, Abercrombic-strcet. NOTICE. ARCH. CLAEK & SON hereby give notice that Mb Archibald Clark, Jun., was admitted a Partner in their firm on Ist January, 1873. The business will be conducted as heretofore under the name and style of ARCH. CLARK AND SONS. Shortland street, Auckland, 17th February, 1873. TO LET, a comfortable four-roomed House in Union street, nearly opposite the Methodist Chapel. PRIVATE BOAED AND EESI DENCE for two Gentlemen.—Apply to Mrs W. Arthur, Upper Queen street. ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. A MEETING of the Members will take place after parade THIS EVENING, on business of importance. Every member is re quested to attend. By order. SYDNEY P. STEVENS, Hon. Sec. pro tern, BAY OF ISLANDS COAL COMPANY Limited). NOTICE. ON and after this date the Price of Coal at the Company's Loading Ground will SIXTEEN SHILLINGS PER TON. By order of the Directors. J, A, GILPILLAN, Auckland, Feb. .12,1873, Beoretary.



Drapery. j JUST OPENED, A HEAVY STOCK ; OF I i SHEETINGS j i BLANKETS QUILTS CALICOES LONG CURTAINS j ! FLANNELS \ ! AND MANCHESTER GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Which will be sold (notwithstanding tho great advance on Woollen and G'otton;,Goods) at LESS THAN THE^OLD PRICES. H. ATKINS. rjIIIE BALANCE OP DRESS MATERIALS, SILK JACKETS, LACE SHAAVLS AND JACKETS, COLORED SILKS, BLACK SILKS, A3n tD ALL SUMMER GOODS, NOW OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES. H. ATKINS. TN THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT SPECIAL CHEAP LINES. A JFEW CASES OF HATS STILL ON SALE Al THE JOB PEICES, H. ATKINS, LATE HAY AND HONEYMA.N



Drapery. T COS GRAVE & CO., * CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, In view of Extensive Alterations and Large Additions now making to tho present premises, and to make voom for the largely increased Winter Importations now purchased in the Home markets, will, from and after SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, offer the Whole of their elegant and well-assorted Stock of DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, AT AN IMMENSE REDUCTION, In order to Clear. THE STOCK CONSISTS OP Black and Colored Silks, Fancy Summer Silks, Japanese Silks and Poplins, Paris Printed Grena dines, Paris Organdies and Jaconets, Travelling Dress Materials, Printed Cambrics, Calicoe Carpets, Mattings, Marseilles and Toilet Quilts, All-wool Damasks, Blankets and Flannels, Gloves and Hosiery, Ladies' Underclothing and Baby Linen, and a Magnificent Assortment of Millinery, Shawls, Mantles, and fancy goods. THE GENTLEMEN'S MERCERY AND OUT FITTING DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF All' the Novelties in Shirts, Collars, Ties, Hand kerchiefs, Silk, Merino, and Cotton Hosiery, Gloves, Umbrellas, Dressing Gowns, Coats, Trousers, and Vests, Bags and Portmanteaux, Black Silk, Drab Shell, Felt, and Straw Hats. N.B.—Purchasers are respectfully requested to inspect these Goods, as the reductions will be found on examination to be genuine, THE SALE WILL CONTINUE ONLY FOURTEEN DAYS. NOTICE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. NORTHERN DISTRICT. Between Rapana Maunganoa, Plaintiff and Robert Graham, Defendant. \\7"HEREAS, by virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias issued in tliis action, and directed to me, ordering me that of the real and personal property of the above-named Rapana Maunqakoa I should cause to be made the sum of Thirty Pounds One Shilling i and Sixpence, together with interest on the said sum at the rate of Eight Pounds per centum per annum from the Ist day of Febiaary, 1873, together with £2 12a 6d for the said Writ, besides Sheriff's poundage, Officers' fees, &c. : No I do hereby give notice that I shall cause to be sola by Public Auction, by Richard Arthur, at his Auction Mart, Queen street, Auck land, on the 22nd day of May, 1873, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon, unless the said debt of £31 Is 6d and interest be sooner paid, together with the said sum of £212s 6d besides Sheriff's poundage, Officers' fees, &c. : A.", the Estate, Eight, Title, and Interest of the said Rapana Maunganoa, of, in, and to all that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland, at Grahamstown, containing by admeasurement one acre one rood thirteen perches, and being called or known as Lot 15, Kaueranga, district of Hauraki, Queen's County, bounded towards the north-east by lot number fourteen, four hundred and sixty links ; towards the south-east by lot number fourteen, four hundred and ninety-seven links ; again towards the norJi-east by lot number fourteen, forty-eight Jinks ; again towards the south-east by lot number thirteen, one hundred and eight links ; towards the south-west by lot number sixteen, three hundred and twenty-sis links, two hundred and twenty-three links, and thh teen links and towards the northwest by lo number fourteen, one hundred and two links and one hundred and twenty-five links. And I further give notice that the Estate and Interest of the said Rapana Maunganoa consists of his equity of redemption or other equitable estate in the said land, and that the same has has been taken by me in execution at the suit of the said Robert Graham, the execution creditor. Dated February 12,1873. H. 0, BALNEA VIS, Sheriff. Saotsjj Jacssoh, of Fort stvoot, in the City of Auckland, Solicitor for th» laid Kofttft ) Graham,



Miscellaneous. ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES. The Board of Education have appointed a Meeting of the Eesident Householders of the Educational District described below, to be held at the time and place specified hereunder, for the purpose of electing a School Committee: DEDWOOD EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT.—Com prising all those lands situate within the boundaries of the Dedwood Highway District, as proclaimed in the Provincial Government Gazette, No. 43, date the 24th August, IS6B. Meeting for the Election of District School Com mittee, to be Jield at the Spring Villa School-house (Mr Adpy's), Ponsonby Road, on TUESDAY, the 18th February, 1ST;!, at half-past seven p in, rjTEE EEV. THOMA.S BUDDLE Will, by request, Re-deliver his Lecture on « COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE," AT THE LECTURE ROOM OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, At half-past seven o'clock. Admission 6d. NOTICE. ALL Accounts due to the late firm of Dits. Stratford and Wright not settled by the 2Sth Februaiy. 1873, will be placed in a Solicitor's hands to enforce immediate payment. E. BARKER, Parnell, February 17. Collector. PRIDE OF TOKATEA GOLD MINING COMPANY (Registered). A N Extraordinary Meeting of Share- Q. holders is hereby convened to be held in the Large Room of the New Zealand Insurance Company s buildings, Queen-street, Auckland, on MONDAY, 3rd March, 1873, at 12.30 p.m. . Business: To authorise the disposal of forfeited Shares, and to amend, alter, or revoke, if necessary, the whole or any of the existing Rules for the Manage ment of the Company, and to pass new Rules in lieu tlienX)L ROBERT HORNE. Legal Manager. Bth February, 1873. ... ■ -ia TO CONTRACTORS. I rpENDEKS will te received on or X before 4 p.m. of FRIDAY, the 21st February, for Works to be performed for the Grafton Road District Board: Excavating and Metalling Regent Stl' eetl JAMES BABER, O.E._ Auctions. TO-MORROW, FEBRUARY 19. THE Subscriber has received instruc tions to sell, at the Corner Mart, at 11 o'clock, Goods remaining from a Country Store, consisting of—Sardines, Tea, Sugar, Jams, Mustard, Pepper, Paper Bags, Salt, Sauces, Biccmt, Vinegar, Rice, Candles, Butter, Beef, Salad Oil, Tartaric Acid, Truck, Mole Trousers, Alpaca, Srarlet Merino, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Children's Socks, Hose, Stays, Ties, Braces, Dungaree, ChUd's Boots, Hats, Caps, Fishing Net (80 yards long), Books, Valentines, Stove, Valuable Table Lamps, Oil Pictures, Globes, Pole and Rings, Filter, &c, lot damaged Oats and Maize. GEORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. FURNITURE SALE AT PROSPECT HOUSE, HOBSON STREET. B. TONKS&CO. HAVE been instructed to sell on Monday next, at 11 o'clock, THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE- Consisting of-Drawing and Dining-room Fur niture, Bedsteads, Bedding, Kitchen Utensila &c, &c. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD CITY PROPERTIES. CORNER OF QUEEN AND WAKEFIELD STREETS. CORNER OF WELLINGTON AND UNION STREETS. CORNER OF NAPIER AND UNION STREETS. COENEE OP DRAKE iND UNION STREETS. CORNER OF UNION AND SALE STREETS. HOBSON STREET. UNION" STREET. COTTAGE AND ALLOTMENT, MOUNT ST. MARY. THE Subscribers have received in structions from Mr Thomas Campbell to sell at the Land Mart, Fort-street, on AVednesday, 19tli inst., at 12 o'clock, I THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE CITY PROPER TIES, Viz:— QUEEN AND WAKEFIELD STREETS.—Allot ment No. 1 of Section No. 36, City of Auckland, situated at the corner of these two streets ard adjoining the business premises of Mr Richard Hobbs, having frontages of 131 links to Queen street and 120 links to Wakefield street. As a Business Site this is s without exception, the most eligible that can be obtained in Queen street, being situated in the most central and rapidly improving part of the city, and in close proximity to the New Market-I:.ouse. For an Hotel the position cannot be surpassed. HOBSON STREET.—Allotment No. 23 of Section No. 25, City of Auckland, situated in Hobson street (immediately opposite West Queen street); 50 links frontage by 300 links depth from the street to the Harbour. "Now leased for an un expired term of about six years. On the property are erected several Cottages. -WELLINGTON AND UN^ON STREETS.—The corner Allotment, situated opposite the Cf.tholio Literary Institute, in Wellington street; being portion of Allotment No 1 of Section No 44 City of Auckland having frontages of 141 feet to Wellington street, and 137 feet to Union street UNION STREET.-Allotment No. 9, Section No. 44, City of Auckland; 70 links frontage to Union street, and 110 links to Napier street. A good site for a family residence. NAPIER AND UNION STREETS. -Come-? Allot ment opposite the Robert Burns Hoiel, being portion of Allotment No. 31 of Section No. 43, City of Auckland; 194 feet frontage to Union street, and 206 feet to Napier street. DRAKE AND UNION STREETS.—Allotment No 14, Section 41, City of Auckland; 115 feet frontage to Drake street, and 60 feet to Union street. UNION AND SALE STREETS.—Portion of Albt ment No. 12, Section No. 41, City of Auckland : 106 feet frontage to Union street, and 52 feet to Sale street. The Auctioneers would beg to call the attention ef Capitalists and others to the above Properties, liaviug been specially selected by the late Mr John Campbell as the most commanding positions in the various parts of the city in which they are situated.



And immediately alter the sale of the above A comfortable five-roomed HOUSE, situated in Dublin-street, Mount St. Mary's, erected on Lot 80 of the Subdivision of Allotments 14 and SAMUEL COCHEANE & SON, Auctioneers.