TELEGRAPHIC.

From onr Own Correspondent.^

RICH FIND IN THE GOLDEN CALF.

MONTHLY CRUSHING RETURNS,

GRAHAMSTOWN

( This day. We have received the following telegram from Mr W. S. Aickin : The Golden Calf has taken put two pounds nine ounces of stone like retorted gold, almost solid. Magnificent specimens have been taken from the 200 ft level in the Golden Calf, mine The stone is somewhat similar to retorted gold. One parcel of three pounds is on view at the Bank oif New Zealand. It is. es timated to contain 30 ozs. of gold. Eight ounces of similar stuff were obtained just now, .and there is more gold in sight. The reef is mullocky. The gold return for the month is G,9180z. 14dwt. from 4,910 tons stone. : A meeting was held last night relative to applying for a Government subsidy towards the Pumping Association. It was decided '.that it mas desirable to test the low'level by sinking the Pumping Association and Bright Smile shafts 650 feet, and putting in cross-cuts to. drain all the. mines in the .vicinity of the flat. A committee was ap pointed to go into the question of costs and drainage contributions. The mines interested i areI,prepared to go on if the Government grant £50,000, the interest to be secured by drainage contributions. .

LATEST FROM COROMANDEL.

COROMANDEL.

. ; This day. Plutus. —Specimens broken outyesterdav from atopes.on specimen leader. General stuff looking well. ■ Royal Oak. —100 tons stone put through Whakaroa battery. Yield likely to be better than last crushing. About 1201bs specimens to be crushed. 88 tons more will finish the parcel of stone. ,- City of Auckland. —A few pounds of specimens were obtained yesterday. General stone showing up wtll as it is broken down. - ■ '■ '-■■■ '■■ I l-.ii '.-. '

TRAirwAY.-r-Many of the sharp points along the line from the Tokatea claim to the Peep-o'-Day and other parts are being cut away to make the tramway straighter. , The Rev..l). Bruce arrived last night in the Enterprise, to induct the Rev. Mr. Stewart: ■■'■■■/ ■ ■■' ■■ >■ ■ ■ -. '■■• ■■ ■. ■

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

[Per Anglo-Australian-Telegram Company.]

SULLIVAN THE MURDERER,

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER. MONGOL.

THE,VESSEL PLACED IN QU/ARAN ' ' TINE." '■ ° '■■■ A' (i

SIXTEEN- DEARTHS.

>V POUT CHALMERS. %, < > < This day

Arrived : Mongol, s.s., 494 days from land {to land. v She is in quarantine.,., Sixteen ' deaths occurred on thei voyage. ; There were ',167,'' s^? 4n4, deaths,from measles ;, 21 ceases arid^s deaths from scarlet. fever •'8 cases and 5 deaths of bronchitis ; 1 death from diarrhoea; 1 from inanition ;I'from sunstroke ; 1 from ulcer. All the cases of measles have now ceased. The diseases have heeii confined to one compartment amongst the married peopl». They broke out shortly after leaving England. The single, men and women were quite free of disease. She brings a,'mail for Wellington only, which has been, taken out and fumigated. There ,ar§_qnly 12/ passengers for Duhedin. The rest are ~for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. I

WELLINGTON.

, .. This day. j The Premier was a passenger by the Mikado for Auckland yesterday.

There was no meeting of Parliament yester day, j Flour, Qamitu,! £13 103 to £14 ; Canter-j bury, £12 to £13; Dunedin, £13 to £14 ; oats,old, 4s9d tp.ss j new, 43 to 4s 6d ■ oatmeal, £22 'IDs 'to '£24 • bran, "Is per bushel; pollard, Is- Id ; maize, 6s ; eggs,j Is 6d; butter, lOd ; cheese, 8d ; potatoes,] 6S'; f6wls,'4s'6d per pair ; geese, 4s each, i

DUNEDIN.

This day. |

At a meeting pf r the subscribers to the -Athenaeum,"after 1 a long; discussion, it was rejaply^d by 252,t024.2t0 open the reading room 'four^ hours' on 'Sundayafternoon;; The' whole matter,will now be left to the com mittee. 1 in'the face'ofsuch'asmall majority it is.npt thought they will give effect to the resolution. •. s , ,'J V A deputation waited on the Superinten dent to ask him to undertake on behalf of the Provincial Government the cost of appeal to the Supreme Court from; the .decision of the Licensing Bench in Richmond's case. ; His Honor, expressed i surprised at .the action taken in the matter, the Provincial ordinance being still in force not having been repealed. The Government have,no power to entertain the application- " ' '-! v; ' ■' : . Sullivan, the Nelson murderer, who turned Queen's evidence," is on board the*' Mikado. He is pardoned by the Government, and is to be landed in- CiJif ornia. ;-,.-./ /1, ;. The schooner Excelsior sailed for Auckland on Wednesday. Cargo,:—lo2 hhds. beer, and 100 tons grain, flour, and provisions.

LATEST ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

[PER S.S. PHOSBE.]

ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED KING-

DOM.

vFebruary 4,

The undermentioned members of the Ministry have been1 ' elected :—The Right Hon. ,W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer' and' !Premier ■; the1 'Right I Hon. E. Cardwell, Secrecary for War ; the Right Hon. James Stansfeld, President of the local Government Board ; the Right Hon. Robt. Lo#d,' :i Home Secretary ;.; the ;Right. Hon. H. C. E. Childers, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; and Mr Vernon Harcourt, SolicitorrGeneral.

The ' 'Marquis x' '''■ of ' -Hartingtofi' I Chief Secretary for Ireland, was defeated at New

The members elected up to the present! date are 103 Liberals, and 136 Conservatives. The Conservative party have so far gained a majority' ,<if 30 byjthe general electioni

THE ASHANTEE WAR.

London, February 5. A despatch has" been received from Sir Garnet. Wolseley, dated 25th January, in which it-is:sta'te"d that the King-of Ashantee . has accepted terms and is willing to pay an B-'ademnity" of £200,000:; The troops will r j*< 3t.±o-inorrow thirty miles from Coomassie.

ASHANTEE WAR.

■■'^■-•"/ ■■' -■'■■' r.XiONri!ON,-. ; ;iiebraary,' r ',4i An official report from Cape Coasts Gastl© M& t^at m% W* tiwwf tfee Atom

te.e i ,X / .i ( nS sent a German missionary to treat! with General Wolseley for peace. Eleven hundred seamen and marines, with : a detachment of white troops, are now' within a day's march of Coomaasie. The 23rd Regiment have not yet dis-: embarked, the delay bein<? attributable to ' the native carriers having deserted.

SAILING OF THE MACGREGOR.

San Francisco, February 3: : The Australian and American Steamship' Company's steamer Macgregor, Captain Grainger, has left for Sydney, with the Eng lish and American mails. to

GERMANY AND THE ULTRAMON TANES.

, London, February 2. The struggle between Prince Bismarck' and the Ultramontanes in increasing in bit terness. Germany has warned France and Belgium that it is their international duty' to repress the attacks of the Ultramontanes, whether through the Press or by the clergy.

FRANCE.

... London, February 5. President MacMahon has made a spe"ech to the Tribunal of Commerce in which he urged confidence in the stability of the Govern ment, and stated that he was resolved to make the Presidential power respected under all circumstances.

THE SUEZ MAIL.

Adelaide, Febuary 6. The mail steamship Bangalore arrived at Gleneleg Pier at 8 o'clock this morning. She left Bombay on the 10th January, and arrived at Galle on the loth. She took her departure on the 17th. and arrived at King George's Sound en the Ist inst., and left on the following day, having experienced a:'fine passage throughout.

GENERAL SUMMAEY.

London, December 16. i i The new session of the Royal Colonial Institute opened with a dinner on December 15. The Duke of Manchester presided. Several Australians were present, and all supported the sentiments enunciated in favour of a united Empire on a Federative basis.

Meat preserved by a new process ;in Bnenos Ayres has been. tested, and found exceedingly good. ','■ . Captain Glover, who occupies a con spicuous place in ■ connection with- the Athantee war, is the son of the Rev. Mr. I Glover, who lost two sons in the New i Zealand war.

Mr Dutton, Agent-General for Adelaide, has received the Grand Cross of the Order ,of Francis, Joseph. ~ '

M..Chevalier has just completed a water colour sketch of the interior of I St. Paul's1 during, the National Thanksgiving. ' ; .;M: ; Chevalier now proceeds'to St. Peters-1 bury en suite to execute a work of Art for H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. '; The Chief Justice of Western Australia has .been knighted. The hon. Saul Samuel was,a guest at the Fishmongers' Hall: banquet..: < tnw>!wi

The Eclipse, screw sloop, Captain Erskine, sailed on the 16th for the Australian station. London, December 25.

The Morning Post of December 23rd gives a summary of news from Australia and New Zealand, occupying two columns. Sailed—Woodlark, with 260 emigrants, for Wellington; the Mongol, forl Otago, with 250 ' emigrants ; the Scimitar, 'for Otago, with 350 emigrants. ~- ' \* ■ Mr Falloon recently read a paper before the Society of Arts on the " Wine Trade of Australia, and'a committee has been formed to agitate for the introduction of Australian wines: at. the Is duty.

The London Chartered Bank has declared a4 per cent dividend for the half-year.' ' An Aiistralian Mines Investment Cpni 'pany is registered with a' [capital of fifty thousand pounds. A life Bishop Patteson has just been p'ub blished.

A monument to the memory of the officers killed in the New Zealand war is rapidly progressing towards completion. It will be erected in Greenwich Hospital grounds. The Challenger-left for Melbourne, where it is expected she will reach about the end of February. ..,;>, .. ••;■. .-, ■..,((■„•.■■ :;/rhe.. Christmas, number i of'the Graphic 1 contains a story by Anthony Trollope, erititled,; "Harry Heathcote'of GangoilJ" jdescriptiye of bush'life in Austratia.'' !;'''.'.'.:,. vox ■,!.,?._ .; ~ ~ London, December 27.y ",' Letters are appearing;every '■ day- in the IJFijnes' concerning the rice famine at Bengal. ■Among .them isan epistle, Jfrom SifjCharles 'Wingfield,- in which^ihe 1 the stpppajsje!. of ' exportatiph;: and - recommends that fhisshou'l!d; be done' either by prohibi tion or by large purchases.

Bazaine has entered the prison in the lie de Margarite, •Lj •,.. ~.' -;..,. -; :; Correspondence from : the Cape Coast re presents that the spirit of the Ashantees is still unbroken, and that!they1 continue to offer a determined resistance to Colonel Wolseley; i>M;^'- •-• < Dr Hayman announces his intention to take legal proceedings against the Governors of Rugby School. -London, December 30. ; The Times has an article stating that it apprehends that the effects of; the scarcity :of rice in Bengal are underestimated, i■• ; The Government has engaged another steamer for the conveyance of stores to the Cape Coast. This is the fourth vessel which is now employed in this service. ' The French Government has sent a circu lar to the Romish Bishops concerning their pastorals; The French 'Minister of War j(M. Maghe), asks for a grant of one hundred /and seventy-three millions of francs for the restoration or the war material of the nation.

A treaty between Russia and Bokhara has "been published in St. Petersburg, The par ticles of this treaty are mostly of reciprocal character. The right bank of the Amii Daria, which was ceded 'by Shiva, is, annexed to Bokhara, and all the caravan roads are to ; pass exclusively through Russian and Bokharan territories, i Russian merchants have a right to; establish factories and . agents throughout Bokhara, and the Bokharees have the same privilege in Turkistari. It is also provided that Russia "may construct harbours oil the banks of the ■ Amondaria. Cl A' Bokharis. agent has been established at Taskhend, and a Russian agent; at Bokhara." , ,', jjy li'j '!• :. ;.. :.:,-.;■•■■; a>-j,\ ]\ The Dutch attacked the Sedian forts,- and; have taken Several villages which they :have f burnt.'. 400'liiarines ascended the/nver andj .fairly successful, and., the .'.boats have The squadron left for Acheen on privates were killed, : and eight wounded, including one officer. ..■. .:> v. :. lv ; '.-.-■■- London, January 2. j 1 The Hon. E. Cardwell, when speaking at :Oxford, on the subject of the Ashantee war, made spdcial reference to the reinforcements. He said that the Government wanted to act in entire concurrence with Sir Garnet Wol seley, :and that they were consulting the highest medical and'military authorities m regard to the preservation, of the health ol the troops,, and other; matters which, were necessary to maker the 'expedition a success. vHjThe : Chi^h'f Missibiiary ; Society ;has opened a fund for the. relief-of sufferers, by, tp famine ia ßengal, vi.-v>-- '-•■ -: •

,i . London, January G. Marshall Serrano has suspended the con stitutional guarantees and is disarming the Republican Volunteers. Some berious fighting occurred at Saragossa, when the Volunteers were disarmed. General Mori ones, being unable to advance on Bilboa, has re-embarked at Santona.

January 8. British exports for December amounted "to nineteen millions and one eighth, showing a decrease of one and three-eighth millions ; imports for the same period amounted to thirty-three and one-eighth millions, being an increase of three and three-quarter mil lions.

I Teheran, January 9. . Baron Eeuter's engineers have surveyed, upwards of eighty miles between Itosht and: Teheran ; the earth works are being con tinued towards Rustamabad. Sleepers are being laid part of the distance, and a site for! a terminus has been fixed at Guzelli, near Resht, Constantinople, A Viceregal letter' requests the Khedive to give orders that the Suez Canal Company shall execute, within three months, the resolution respecting the international tonnage adopted by the com missioners ; in default the company must revert to the original toll of ten francs1 per! ton on net tonnage.

Londok, January 10. The Cortes have been dissolved and will not reassemble until order is secured. Major Festing has been promoted to a Colonelcy.

January 13.

Carthagena has surrended. ■' The Numancia, with the insurgent Junta' and the liberated convicts on board, has left the harbour and is now fighting the Spanish i squadron." ■ ' j Latterly the besiegers of Carthagena have ■ captured an important post. The Insur gents [proposed that a joint commission should consider the terms of surrender; the besiegers replied, demanding uncondi tional surrender, and giving till noon yester- j' day—pardoning all surrendering immediately except the leader.

THE EAST.

Pknang, December 30.

... The Dntch report a severe encounter be tween a portion of their forces,.-while recon noitering, and a sarge body of the Achinese. The object of the reconnoisance was attained. The sDutch loss was moderate. The Achin ese suffered heavily. ;

The Rajah of Jedir is reinforcing his .troops at the Kraton, and the Dutch are erecting heavy batteries before the town. Information from an independent source from Acheeu asserts that the Dutch troops are within range of the Kraton,. and were intending to commence bombarding on the 3rd instant', unless the Achinese surrender. '>,It is-reported that cholera and the disease .of beribery are prevalent in the Dutch camp, and. that the mortality is great, chiefly among the troops.

Penang, January .11

Independent and reliable information' statesthat the Dutch have taken the Mosque, and are shelling the Kraton with twelve large guns and four mortars. The Kraton is expected to fall shortly. The health of the troops is improving. , . . j

Pekang, January 12. i

Information from an independent source states that the Dutch, whilst endeavouring. to capture the Mosque, were twice repulfced,; and lost 240 killed and wounded, including' twelve officers killed. The Achinese are fighting demoniacally.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

■ "■'■'' '. February 7. ' : The English eleven won the match against Bathurst easily. i '..,. i '->■ ■ Stephens, Editor of the Wagga. Advertiser} has been horsewhipped by Mr Willan, soli-! ~citbr, for scurrilous articles. .-. The Assembly has not yet passed the! second reading' of the Electoral Bill, though' they have'debated five nights. • The English cricketers have not created a) very favourable impression, particularly the gentlemen portion. The floods are subsiding. There has been! immense damage to crops and loss of live! .-stock.', rr rp p -.7 r•■ / v ;. -, i The Californian mail steamer Tartar has arrived after a surprisingly fast passage from! EtqngKqng; : > ;:;' /: ' rOj! j Governor Weld left for Melbourne onj Thursday evening. ] The first session of the third Synod of the Church of England within the diocese of Sydney has been holding its sittings during; the week. The Bishop of Sydney delivered; the opening address on Tuesday afternoon, i Thomas Breen has been committed for trial by the Mudgee bench of magistrates on1 a charge of having murdered three men at Piambong.

Inquests were held during the week on, the following : —Thomas Randolph, one of the three young men drowned'by the up-! setting of a boat on Anniversary Day; Joseph; Paterson, killedby being thrown out of his cart at St. Leonards; Denis Howard, who died at Botany from disease brought oh' by intemperate 'habits; Alexander Greaves, who died from serous apoplexy, induced by intemperance ; Jackson, who died from in juries by falling down stairs in a lodging house in Clarence-street. ■ -'■■■

QUEENSLAND.

February 6. News from the northward shows immense losses by the late hurricane.

' Andrew Hume, who was was dispatched by the Sydney Government in '72 to search for the tracks of Leichhardt, and to recover some relics of his last expedition, arrived at Brisbane per Boomerang (s ) this morning. I He reports that he found Classan, Leich- X ha'dt's second in command, with the blacks -at. the head of the waters of Stewart's Creek | He says that Classan is getting very decrepid, j and that he is anxious to leave the blacks t and return to civilised life. He states that he attempeed to bring him away, but was prevented, by the blacks. He reports that he remained with Classan for some. time, during which he (Classen) wrote an account in German of the fate of the Leichhardt's expedition. ! m i ■•■ ■■

Hume says Clasaan told him that Leich hardt's party mutinied, and that after a strugglejwith their leader they left him when pushing on to the north west coast. Classan at that time was away searching for water, and when he returned he found Leichhardt insensible. The camp was broken up, arid most of*.-' the horses and equipments were carried off after the mutiny. Leichhardt, he says, died five days after the mutiny. Classan alleges that he can point out where Leichhardt's remains are. The blacks say that Leichhardt's men made for the settled districts of South Australia, and that they were killed on their way by the natives. Hume alleges that he has in his possession Leichhardt's quadrant and watch, and about seventy-five pages of Leichhardt's records.

MELBOURNE.

February 6:j- The Church Assembly propose to inereass the Bisbtip's:salary to £2,000. v.-; #edd, tfce Übiqs Ba»k,. stefaviHeiy ■&r4

paramour, have been convicted of embezzle ment. The former' was sentenced to four years. A verdict of £.10 damages was given against Archdeacon Stutterly, of Geelong, for assault. The Government intend to reduce railway fares b3 r 20 per cent. A telegram has been|reeeived™stating that gold has been discovered on the Edward Kiver. The will of the late Mr Clarke has been proved ; it shows that he had property in this colony worth one million and a-half and it is likely that it will be shown to be more when the valuation is completed. There was a fatal coach accident at Gee long yesterday. Ellen Johnstone was killed, and others were injured. D. S. Campbell and Co., wine merchants, have called a meeting of their creditors. Their liabilities are ten thousand pounds, and their assets show a nominal surplus of five hundred pounds. Wheat is firm ; 900 hundred bags cleared Gs, Id: Central Vineyard's brandy, quarters, 6s 6d ; Associated Vineyard's, hogsheads, 6s lO^d. Large sales of Java sugars at full rates. Teas, ex Tartar, 1800 packages, Is 3d to Is 9d. Maize, 6s ; market bare.

LAUCESTON.

(Via Melbourne.) February 2. A determined opposition is being made to the railway rate, but in twenty-eight sum monses there was no appearance. The Evandale Municipal Council has declined to allow their officers to execute process.

ADELAIDE.

February 6. ■ The Wesleyan Conference has carried a resolution to the effect that it is desirable that the Conference shall be composed of an equal number of ministers and laymen. At a Ministerial Banquet, at Port Pirie, the Attorney-General stated that law reform: and education would be the two chief subjects dealt with next session. Wheat, (Js. Market quiet but firm. Buyers offer Gs. Sellers unwilling to accept. Flour is easy at £13 18s to £14 ss.

BRISBANE.

February 3. A telegram from llockhampton on Satur day states that; information was received from the Peak Downs yesterday, and also from Toorilla to-day. The effect of the gale ex tended to those localities and Springsure, c&using considerable damage to the build ings, some of which are are levelled to the ground. At two stations, Oakey Creek and \ Talgai, the wind was specially violent ; buildings were blown down and the trees uprooted and denuded of their leaves. The rainfall at Clermont during the storm was 3£ inches. At Stanage Bay, head station, all the houses for miles round were; levelled, and the inhabitants had to throw; themselves down, and were deluged with? water. So far as the particulars are yeti known it is thought that the greatest force of the storm was expended there. The ketch Florence was wrecked in sight* of Marble Island. The Hibernian was driven s. long way ashore—North-west ] Island ; 200 bales wool, A.S.N. Company's; store, St. Lawrence, destroyed by the wet. ] The Balclutha (s.) arrived at Maryborough; on the,2nd inst. She spoke the Boomerangs (s.) at tHe wreck of the James Paterson'. ThH- Lord Ashley (s.) is lying in, Cleveland Bay; dismasted/ ' Her bulwarks, horses," and deck; cargo are all washed away. The sailors arei in custody for refusing to proceed in the; skip. ' They Say she is not seaworthy. Noj lives have been lost. '. At the Toowoomba Circuit Court Garbutt' was found guilty of murdering Conroy ; near) j Taroom, and sentenced to be hanged at; Brisbane. The trial lasted three days. Mri Blake defended the prisoner. Arrived—H.M.S. Basilisk. . ~; j" .

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

February 6.^1 The s.s. Bangalore arrived yesterday, and! left again with the English mail for Mel bourne.

THE EVENING STAB, FRlOAtf, FBBattAilY 13, 18?4.



WANTED, for a private house at; Remuera, a first-class General .Servant. — Apply on Friday next at Mrs Thorpes, corner of Rokeby, and Upper Queen-street, Auckland, between 2 and 4 e'clock. ~,,." WA N T E D, a Cook.—: Apply at the Aurora Hotel. • ■ : ; : __. , i fTTTANTED, a good Boot Machinist.; . -iti. —Apply at office of Evening Slar. WANTED, an active young Man; used to the Butchering Business. - Apply' R. and W. Hellaby, ■';., . ',][ I WANTED, a Situation as General! Servant by a respectable, young person; whore there are no children preferred.—Fer address.' apply at the Star office.' •' WAN TBD, a General Female ■ ■ Servant for a private house : a good Laun dress preferred.—Apply Auckland, Now Caledoiria hotel, Symond-street. , '. ' ; ' ■ , WANIED, a General Servant where Nursemaid'is kept.—Apply to Mrs Johnstone, Alten Road, WANTED, a General Servant.— Apply to Mra H. E. "Williams, Carlton Gore Eoad. XX7ANTED to SELL, Crab Winches. * * double and single purchase.—Apply Eagle Foundry, High-street. —T. Kelly. WANTED, a Boy.—Apply to Mr Eeevea, Butcher, Hobson-street. WANTED KNOWN that~H. "WATTS has for sale 60 cases of Apples at 7s per case, slbs for Is ; 40 cases of Eating Pears, 71bs for Is ; 30 cases of Plums, 6d per lb ; Grapes, 9d per lb ; Cocoanuts. Ss 6d per 100.-Apply H. WATTS, Pitt-street. ... WANTED, "half-a ton of Vegetable Charcoal; roust be as fine as Flour,—Apply O Burton, Parnell Bakery. WANTED, Tenders for Drainage ■ for; the Newmarket Highway Board, —Apply to J. McNeil], Baker, N ewmarket. WANTED, a Female' Servant where the washing is given out.—Apply Mrs G. lewis, Jermyn-street. WAFTED,-' a respectable Girl , iabout 16 to .assist a Lady in [housework at Parnell. A comfortable home to a, suitable pplicant.—Apply for address to H. 8., Star office.' WANTED, a respectable Nurse Girl.—Apply to Mrs Yandle. Grey-street Junction. ■'- < '■">• '-' '''■■'■ lj p; ••' ' '?Mti)i ■ .■>. ,-.•■. WANTED, a Bookkeeper and Collector.—Apply E."W"., Box 90, Post-office. WAITED, a respectable Girl between 14 and 15 years of age. —Apply; to Mrs H. H. Smith, North Share : or to the Auckland Iron, Works, .Qurham-street W^t,,, , ... .. , WAITED, a respectable Boy as an Apprentice.—Apply to Qeorge ienhy, Elp ferge, West Queon-streelij.



WANT RT>, a Boy used to Closing also a strong Lad about 15 years of age.— Apply to (}. litmus, Excelsior Boot Factory. WAN * ED- to Sell, a thoroughly well-finished Seven-roomed House, water laid on, and every convenience, good kitchen, garden, and fowl yard, within one minute's walk of the Partell Kailway Stition, commanding a magnificent view of the Domain, &c—For further particulars apply to Mr F. L. Prime, Insurance Buildings. WANTED, a General Servant and a Nurse Girl.—Apply to Mrs G. S. Jaldns, Anglesea-«treet, Ponsonby Road. ANTED to SELL, Boot Uppers- Black, White, and Yellow Machine Silk- Brown Linen Diill. &c—Young Bros. High-street._ W "ANTED, by a respectable Man, a Situation as Farm Bailiff ; thoroughly competent.—Apply A.R., Star office. WANTED, a General Servant. — Apply Mrs Kenderdine.Eden Crescent. WANTED, two active "and smart Lads.—Apply at C. Hawkeswood's Stafford- '.i shire Iron Works, Hobson-street. WANTED immediately, a Handy Man for kitchen, and to do' general work.— Apply at Q.C.E., Shortland-street. WANTED, a Lad with references. —T. B. Heath, Bootmaker, New North Road. WANTED KNOWN.—The undei signed have always on hand a large supply of i Newcastle and Bay of Islands Coal; also,best Cvt1 and Uncut Wood. Yards: Between Fort and Custom house street, next Isaacs' Bonded Store. W. & G. WINSTONE. WANTED KNOWN, that D Got, die is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and other Building materials, including Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Broad Timber, House Blocks, Posts, Hails, Hardwood Felloes, Phafts, Iron bark and Blue Gum Laths, Shingles, &c, &c, at the lowest market price, at his Yards, Custom-house j street ANTED KNOWN—Highest Price given for all Old Metals. On Sale (cheap), Ploughs ; 0, 7, and 8 feet sheets Galvanised: Corrugated Iron ; also, Pumps, Paints, &c, &c, at^ Alfred Smart's, next Blue Post, Victoria street. \Ar^riraTEI3~KWOWN, that J. » t WATT is prepared to supply Wood and Coal at following prices for Cash :—Ti-tree Wood, Uncut,' 12s per ton ; do do, Cut, 14s per ton ; Newcastle Coal, 50s per ton. Delivered to any part within one mile from Yard. Posts, Bails, and Palings always on hand. Fencing and Carting done at low rates. —Stanley street Mechanics' Bay. A MEETING of Shipwrights will be held on SATURDAY, the 14th instant, at 7.30 p.m ,at the Eagle Inn, Albert-street. A full meeting is requested, as business of importance to the trade will be discussed. UNITED STATES DINING ROOMS", QUEEN-STKEET. ME BENJAMIN HALES having purchased the abeve establishment underbill of sale gives notice that the business will be carried on as heretofore under the management of Mr Frederick Howard, Providore of the ps Enterprise No 2 and Challenger. The premises have been put into thorough repair and tvery accommodation can now be affoided to customers. Good Beds. A Night Porter k6Pt' BENJAMIN HALES. IST 0 T '' I C' E. THE United States Dining Eooms having been seized and sold under Bill of Sale, the Partnership between Frederick Howard and James Dyer, alias Brown, cease to exist. FREDERICK HOWARD. In consequence1 of the* above I will not be respon, sible for any Debts contracted by the said James Dyer,, alias Brown. . . ~ ' " '• ' ;' •"' ••'''•■ F.HOWARD. EXCELLENT Situations in Gentlemen's Families, Hotels, and others (town and country), are open for Housemaids, Cooks, General Female Servants, Nurse Girls, Men able to milk and plough, and a middle-aged: Woman for town.—Hannaford's Registry, High-street. ON SALE, a fine lot of fresh Mul'.et, Shrimps, and Oysters, at Mrs Murray's Oyster Saloon, Wyndham-street. TO LET, a two-roomed House in Nelson-street; rent, -4s per week,—Apply G. Bollersori, Nelson-street. El S HEE'S Music "and Oyster Saloon. •-• Fresh Oysters at all hours. Music always on the premises. Cigars, Lemonade, &c— 3, West Queen-street. ■■ new zealand kailways. ''sleepers. Public Work's Office, February 12, 1874. TENDERS will be received at the Public Works Office, Auckland, until Noon on FRIDAY, 6th March, next, for the Supply and, Delivery at Mercer or- Meremere and Rangiriri of 10,000 RAILWAY SLEEPERS for the Waikato Extension Railway. The Tenders must be addressed to the Resident ■JEngineer/and marked,:'' Tender for Sleepers." Specifications, General Conditions, and form of Tender may be now'seen at the Public Works Offices at Newcastle and Auckland. No Tender, to be for less than 5,000 Sleepers, and 'the lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. By commadd. JAMES STEWART, , rf ... ~, ~t ~ Resident Engineer. ■3*K^k T^OR WAIUKU. 4iil*!i SfeKte' The steamer Tarn o' Shanter Will leave tbfe Government Wharf, - Onehunga^ at 7 a m., MONDAY, the 10th instant, returning same day. — For freight or passage apply JAMES W. WALLEjk, Government Wharf, Onehunga; Or Custom House-street, Auckland. -. fETOR. HOB ART TOWN •J&jilfcx -*- DIRECT. The Clipper Barque PRINCE ALFRED will sail for the above port on SATURDAY, the 14th instant. For freight or passage apply to H. S. MEYERS & CO., (Jueen-street. . rr^ TVT O T I CSBE AA*^v __>} * ■ W^_H^' BARQUE LAUDERDALE. I Captain TRUE will not be RESPONSIBLE for any .DEBTS contracted by any of, his Crew without his written authority ' ■ • ' i U j . COLIBAN GOLDMINING COMPANY, (Limited). A CALL of 6d per Share has this day been made payable into Company's office, Albert-street, Grahamstown, on or before the 24th February, 1874. By order of the Directors. D. G. MacDONNELI, Secretary, Grahamstown, February 11,1874. STRAYED from Onehunga, a spotted red and white Cow, branded/ on off ribs.—Ten ohilUngs reward will bo piild to any person returning the Cow to John flavriN, Onahußßiv Beach) i J#k flOfln, JftttttrtYy 8(1,



GREAT CLEARING SALE OF SUMMERPEESS MATERIALS. 6.537 YARDS OF SUMMER DRESS: MATERIALS PURCHASED IN ONE | LINE AT A NOMINAL PRICE. H. ATKINS XT AS Purchased, during the. past; • week, from a well-known Wholesale House, '< THEIR WHOLE STOCK OF SUMMED.' DRESS MATERIALS, Containing Six Thousand Five Hundred :and Thirty •■ seven Yards AT A TREMENDOUS DISCOUNT. ' ' ■■■■■..» I The Stock consists of Every Description of Summer' Goods, and will be offered at little more than Half-price. ■; H. ATKINS Will Sell BEAUTIFUL GRENADINES" At 11} per yard, worth from Is 6d to 2s. j DRESS MATERIALS, OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS At lljd per yard, worth Is 4d to Is 9d. SPLENDID FIGURED LUSTRES At lljd per yard. STL'.ENDID CHENE MOHAIRS; At Hid, worth Is 6d. SEE GOODS IN THE WINDOW ! ' : ] : > At 11 Jd per yard, worth Is 6d to 2s. HATKIN S • 1 "Will also SELL the BALANCE OF HIS SUMMER STOCK OF DRESS MATERIALS In the Fixtures, at Reduced Prices.1 '.., Specia Inducements to Buyers of i ■ ■>~ DRAPERY & FURNISHING; . During the Christmas Holidays. Cheap Silk Jackets, Lace Shawls, Parachutes, Ladies' Silk Umbrellas, Black Silks, &c, FOE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THE CHEAPEST CLOTHING ! In Town during the Christmas Holidays. i ,' Special CHEAP LINES in aU .Departments, 'more especially THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT During the Christmas Holidays. Oliea Trousers Trousers and Vests, Tweed Suits, Black and Blue Paget and Galatea Coats, Alpuua Coats, Dust Coats, Etc, '; , Etc., Etc. for'the christmas holidays. , .;-... -:;, . jttst, opened; i ; . 1 BAIE HEAP CAPERING CALICO. I iL ■■'■■■: 1 ■■: . \ Late Hay and ,spnKyMAy, 1J , ~ ■ ,h Tv:A ): :_>';; ;■ \a in SA JD -(.: ;, .! .. 'j ;l o«j M,I ", ~. :■ •■' f . '■• '■' > .siijKiajyOto X lit : :•.':■- f.ii'i [X.iUTUl'i ::.:' •ii 0 0 .;. -3 ■: , '■. Kill :'..iUTaii^



■p-KINCB OF WALES THEATRE.! FAREWELL NIGHT or .V> MR HOSKINS : AND ;' MISS FLORENCE COLVILLE. jl TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING, FEB. 14, i ; A HAPPY PAIR. ■" Mr Honeyton .. .. Mr Hoskins > Mrs Honeyton .. .. Hiss Florence Colvillo M '4ji To be followed by Scenes from Sheridan Knowles' 1 -, .. :;.j ' j Comedy of !! THE HUNCHBACK. 1 m Cousin Helen .. .. Miss Florence Colville % Cousin Modus .. .. Mr Hoskins ' > I ~ With a Dissertation on Ovid's Art of Love. To conclude with a Comic Drama, entitled A CONJUGAL LESSON. Letitia Lulllaby .. .. Miss Florence Colville Simon Lullaby .. .. Mr Hoskins Concludingjwith I A GREAT MORAL LESSON. ■/j f Doors open at half-past seven ;to commence at I eight o'clock. ! ;? : i '.'. V\ ■. V "Vi \ Seats may be secured at Messrs Upton & Co.'s. Admission -Dress Circle, 4s ; Stalls, 2s 6d ; Pit. Is. I Mr DeLias will perform with a full Orchestra.! . LICENSING ACT. | , JJ"OTIC E is hereby given that it is my intention to apply at the next sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court, for the District of Tau- ': ranga, for a TRANSFER of the LICENSE of the ] Masonic Hotel, Tauranga, from my own name to \ that of James Campny, of Tauranga. R. MCDONALD. Tauranga, January 3. EPPING & LONDON HOUSE QUEEN-STREET. (Opposite Saving's Bank). Great Saving of Tisik and Labour; , THE GREATEST WANT SUPPLIED BiMisaJ! W. :MES.S;ENGER :-: ■*'''* Begs to inform his'numerous friends that they can be supplied (fresh daily), with the following numerous Goods :—Cooked Bam. Corned, Round, and Brisket Beef, Genuine Brawn, Genuine Pork Pies, Prime German Sausages (the only-genuine), Prime Pork Sausages (real Epping). Prime Bologne Sausages Hot Saveloys, Black and-White Puddings. Spiced Beef and Pork (as supplied to Mr C. Canning), and every thing in the trade too numerous to particularise. P.S. —Wholesale buyers liberally treated with. OTAHUHU DISTRICT SCHOOL.^ j$ A, EEMALE Assistant Teacher is ■£*- required for the above School.- Apply by letter, including testimonials, to the Chairman of the School Committee, Otahuhu, up to WEDNES DAY, 18th February next. . ; ' ROBERT ROBERTSON, Chairman. OBT, last; % night, between Eden . Crescent and York-street. Parnell, a Lace Handkerchief—The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at Mrs Owen Jones, York-street, Parnell. PARNELL HIGHWAY DISTRICT. ; T^EGAL proceedings will be adopted J-^ for the recovery of all rates NOT PAID to J. a. btrange, Collector, Parnell, on or before the Ist of March next. W. H. KISSLING, „ . „„ '„•■•" : v Chairman. . February 10,1874. . Archill highway district. ;' HPENDEBS Wanted " till Wednesl J- day, the 18th proximo, for Cutting, Channelling Forming, and Metalling in above District. Plans and specifications to be seen at the residence of JOHN GRAHAM, Chairman Great NorthHoad. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14. ' s <u , EXtPHCEBEFROM SYDNEY. ;:;ii;::w.:'EATON,'-,::.: : *Lw£. WILL ? sell by auction at his, Mart To-morrow (Saturday), at half-past ten o clock, ~ H .>.. ■-! ■iT ' 11; cases Oranges i ■■ -■'-' '.n ?. • .!i 'i 11.,, Grapes: ■ •:.-■> •::■:;/. a-- «..: : .3 „ Passian Fruit ;-■. 2 .-„ Lemons .Pl.Tfißl'C '„■' Pears ■ '"iIUO : '■ ■■■■ '' ■ : i .27 ~ Apples • .ta i;r.?: ,i .:-7--,v Plums, v !■ •■ TO-MORROW, • 12 o'Clook Noow. G R A P E S. - ._EX S.S. PHCBBE, FROM SYDNEY. i , R. ARTHUR TT7"ILL sell by auction To-morrow, » * 12 o'clock noon, at his Mart, Queen-street, 30 CASES GRAPES. MONDAY, FEEEITARY 16. •, OAK VALLEY, PARNELL. DESIRABLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. I^HE Subscribers have received in structions from Mr John Copland who is leaving for Tauranga, to sell at the Land Mart Fort street, on Monday, ]6th instant, at 12 o'clock Bis valuable Freehold Suburban Property, situated at Parnell, adjoining the Churchof England Grammar School and the residence of I, W. Hprrop V Esq known as OAK VALLEY. On the property is erected anew, comfortable, most substantially built, and well finished ■' FAMILY RESIDENCE, containing Drawing-room .(with itwo bay windows} Sitting-room (connecting with.Drawing-room by fold ing doors), Dining-room, three Bed-rooms, Bath-room with bath and shower built in and water laid on. Kitchen. Pantry, &c In a detached building is the «£S^lT*&° VV*?^- in)' Servantsßed room, &c-1 The out-buildings comprise Stable, Coach house, Hay-loft, and Man's room." THE GROUNDS contain about 6 Acres of Land, the whole of which is substantially Fenced with a Post and Rail Pence and pKnted round with quicks. A portion of the ground S&tev" an w Or^ rd and Planted an assort, ment of choice Fruit trees. The remainder has been utilised as Flower and Kitchen Gardens, and the whole, is now in splendid condition • "'j y{ ■ jf There is, on the property, a well from which an uri imited supply of water is always obtainable.: . I "Terms Easy.: Cards to view can bo obtainert at tho offlceof : ' ' ; ::! SAMUEIj 000HBAKE &: SON,' -