The Evening Star.

Vol. V,—No. 1 5 256 j

AUCKLAND, N.Z. BATVB.BAT, EEBRUARI 14, 1874

"Price: ONE PENNY.



Shipping. ,\* " OVERLAND ROUTE %SMi, V-/ TO ENGLAND, via SAN ' M|A FEANC-SCO AND NEW YORK. $'^omi&- THE AUSTRALASIAN AND AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY Undeb Contbact with .Hs New South Wales and New Zealand Governments fob the CONVEVA-JOE OF HUB Ma JESTS's MAILS). The splendid Steamship Mikado. SHOO tons, will be despatched from AUCKLAND on MONDAY, 16th February, at noon for SAN FBANCI3CO (calling at KANDAVU and HONO LTJLU). For freight, passage, and all particulars, apply to • HENDERSON & Ma CFA RLANE, 25. Queen Street. tTSTBALASIAJN STEAM NAVIGATION fsß§& f^ G0 s Elrst-Class Steamerr. 87DNEY & MELBOURNE TRANSHIPPING TO BRISBANE & ALL OTHER QUEENSLAND PORTS, ADELAIDE, and KING GEOBGE'S SOUND, by the A.S.N. Compan^ Steamships, *" *" The splendid new steamship Victoria 650 tons, J, Derholl, Commander, expected about 2nd proximo, and will leave, as above three days after arrival. ' Fo* particulars of freight or passage app_y to H. M. JERVI'S. Agent. j^l ■ POE LONDON |2gJjP^ -*- DIRECT. The New Zealand Shipping Com- SagSß^aaK. -> pany's Al Iron Ship Hindostan, 533 tons register, R. Peek, Commander, now along side the Queen-street Wharf, and having a large portion of her cargo engaged, will sail about 10t:i February. Superior Accommodation for Saloon Passeneere Eor freight or passage, apply to JOHN BATGER, . Agent N.Z. Shipping Company (Limited). 4*Hl F° r wa i v e^:- Tarn o'Shanter Will leave the Government Wharf, Onehunga at 7 - am., MONDAY the 16th instant, returning sam 4 day.-For freight or passage apply JAMES W. WALLER, Government Wharf, Onehunga; 0r Custom HoUse-street, Auckland. i4Nk TTOK LONDON K®*af_Ns. — DIRECT. 3___^^__mm The Favorite Iron Clipper Ship Chile, kST taU h6r Carg° engaged ' wm sail on the 12th Saloon Passengers are requested to pay balance of passage money on or before noon of SATURDAY the 7th instant. - tr.-^At For freight or passage apply to OWEN & GRAHAM, • Agents. QTEAM TO ElVEK ■■■<alWß.-S*flßaeC» The twin ss. T . Gemini Leaves Auckland daily at 11 o'clock morning. , wyes Riverherhead at 3 o'clock afternoon, arriving Auckland at 6 o'clock. *i! c'ni( _,P_ iI, ties landed at food's Island on the up £ge 0n the down trip wl*!"^* extra Ewes: Return Tickets, same day 3s _^ J. CASEY. Am. TT EN X T ELLIOTT _tmK&S J-L MARINE SURVEYOR, v LICENSED RECEIVER. & FOR WARDING AGENT. tesee of Bonded Store "C." for Goods Warehoused f«r^? shlpment or for Examination, tended yoma and shiPPinS Business promptly at- Agent to the N.Z. Parcels Conveyance of London. f! Oince: Queen street Wharf. For Sale. TfQE SALE by the undersigned— N^wraftloV i- Cart Shafts > Coals (?»y oi Islands and Newcastle), Firewood, Chwcoal, &c. J. CRAIG, ■ — ; ' Fort street. SAWN KAURI TIMBER. P O R i A L E, In Auckland, ';•.'■ • - '*' 300,000 FEET KAURI TIMBER. . - : . L , _ C. A. HARRIS. ~ August, 1873. Yards: Custom-house street and Breakwater Road. Vessels Loaded at the Mill/ Wangapoua, with despatch. "pOE SALE, Cheap, one 24-feet t / -,pleaa.u**e:_-oat, several Ships' Boats andDingies. —J. Olare. Boatbuilder, Custom-house-street East. . ' WATER! WATER ! WATER ! PEOM the celebrated Spring of -*- J. Grey and Co., late C. Sutton. On sale;by J. CRAIG, ■ -Fort-street. _~ ""._'_' .'. ' ::' To Let. TpO LET, a comfortable .Residence ♦A v c T ontai. mng seven rooms, in Altenßoad.—Apply 10 Jf. L. Prime^usurance Buildings. THO LET, a comfortable five-roomed ■*■ "House in Franklin Road, opposite S. Jones, ■Ksq.-Apply on the premises. TO LET. HpHE -Shop and Dwelling situated Tw«., 1- D. SA lortland"street' lately occupied by the fJSV?.^ Gov, erJ*ment, containing 6 rooms, shop 3f l. n : also. outhouses, yard, and a fine well of SandsteeeT ' 3 aPply t0 Samuei Brown ' 'PO LET, those desirable premises! stSirf_ ai oU-4*ts* at rthe, corner of Victoria and Albert streets, suitable for almost any business ; at present la. the occupation of Mr F. Marter. - Apply to Mr *. h. Prune, Insurance Buildings. rr,o LET, a two-stall Stable and TW,-_ C^? 1J cd ' yith a Bood yard.—Apply to George Davis, Bncklaner's Arms Hotel. Chapel-street. ■ TO L E.T, ".'■ '". TTOUSE and SHOP, Brick Euild iSert^ers 5. 11"51166*' lW° do°rS from Blair and *VO OLD FRIENDS OE TWENTY ■*= YEARS' STANDING. J. RUSSELL'S PEIVATE BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT I PORTLAND HOUSE, ' j f|f -.. Hoßsoisr Street. ab&| te^ M°VEl?~^^ Coburg-street to* "th^ BedTroom,^J a -?. r-emis-S 3'- With Wft*' and well-aired prenwe^tn „„Slttmg7arlollrs for families, is now Bed-room them. Terms for Single - ABewaua, January o, 1874.



Business Cards. JS, 0 O UR C V „- •„ CARVER & GILDF-R ' GLASS & PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURER, 01, Wakefield street, Auckland. WAR NOCK BEOTHEEB, CHAPEL STREET, AUCKLAND. J CAR g- 0 X r,f - House and Land Agent, Rent Mid Ts„sJ CoUector, Stichbury*s Building*, tea street JAM. E 8 B^uTolTYr^ j., carter, Contractor. 3_c. Goods f>Wr«-. <.«.. jssss from ships °n Q- J O S & E To R S V-* FREEMAN'S BAY SOAP & CANLDE WORKS. - Cash Buyers of Tallow. A LOVETT, Tailor, &c._ KaraDgV- S^«^ d ' co ™»<«>ced business at the pahonage P 7 SOlicits a share of PubUc M^S^S N ~O~E M A N, -LTJL. xr TEACHER OF MUSIC, Waterloo Qitadr an Tj - _]?A ye Doors from Pririees^treet. fij A M tJ £ ti " ' W ELLS -o H°use __.Land, and Commission Agent, Collector of Rents, Debts, Highway Rates, &c. Loans arranged. Office: 129 Queen street (three doors below the Union Bank.) T H S M I T IT JL. GINGERBEER, CYDER, FRUIT SYRTTP and CORDIAL MANUFACTURER .-Z*™' _ KARANGAHAPE RoAD, W__S_- E»_>. Fruit Syrup and Raspberry Vinegar in pints, for the convenience of Picnic Parties and Schools. T b7 cam c r on, CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT, Daviss B y b lif as, Qt. c c n-street _.„ » (Adjoining National Bank), Willbeprepaied to Supply Plans and Correct Esti mates for all descriptions of Buildings on the Shortest Notice with or without superintendence. A I 8 A A 0 SJ' ■CSa.* PLUMBER, GASFITTER, AND TINSMITH, High street, Near "Vuloaw Lawe. Maker of jhe Pat-Bat Ehamelled Gas. Reflector. J^ODERN LANGUAGES. Mr B. M. O. THEORELL, Member of the Uni versity of Upsala, teacher of French at the Auck land Grammar School University Classes, gives in struction in the French and German languages.— Applications may be made at the Mechanics' Institute Library. BU I L D B R, CARPENTER, & JOINER. W. H. SKINNER, VULCAN LANE. Shop Fronts, Office Fittings, and all branches of the building trade executed. VV X I R B Yf " '■ " • ■> CORNER OF QUEEN AND "WAKEFIELD STREETS. NEWCASTLE COAL j (Wholesale and Retail), AT THE LOWEST RATES. BRICKS, LIME, SAND, SHELLS, TILES, ' ', IRON-BARK SHAFTS, SPOKES, AND RED-GUM' FELLOES, Etc., Etc, ;Always on and. . _~, j WH. B U T L E R,; house, sign, and decorative PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, &0.. &o. Oil, Colours, Glass, Putty, Canvas, Turpentine, White Lead, &c. Always on Hand. No. 25, GREY-STREET. QII BAP BED DIN o,\ UPHOLSTERY AND UNDERTAKING: Double Flax Mattresses, from 15s each Single Flax Mattresses, from 7s " Ship's Cushions, per square foot, from Is 9d Adults' Funerals furnished for L 6, including Hearse, Grave and attendance. Chairs and Couches Re-stuffed and Repaired. Mattresses Re-made. . Note the address :—'■ HENRY P. HAYWARD, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, . (Adjoining Lamb's Firewood Yabd.) ■ . Established 1860. OBSERVE! Dressmaking in all its branches economically and expeditiously executed in the newest designs at Mrs Marler's, next to Mr Ji Kenden, • Bootmaker, Wellington-street, Auckland. ; N.B.—Sole Agent for the renowned' England's Queen 'and Princess of Wales Sewing Machines. For sale on easy terms to suit purchasers. Lessons given at any time, and proficiency guaran teed. . Tfl STABLIBHED 1859. PIANOS! PIANOS ! THE LARGEST STOCK OF INSTRUMENTS . •/,' ■"■ To be seen at ~::• HOFFMAN'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC, i Shortland street. Pianos and Harmoniums for Sale or Hire and on the deferred payment system from Llito L 25. Every instrument guaranteed, and kept in tune one yea after purchase, free of charge. Instruments of every description Tuned and Re paired, Bought, Sold, and taken in exchange. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HERBERT H. SMITH, OVEN & RANGE MANUFACTURER, ** ' Owing to the large increase of business, has been com pelled to remove to those more extensive premises situated in Durham-street West, next Hunter and Nolan's, and opposite Buckland's Sale Yards. , PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS. 7 /'.' The next Shipment .from MESSRS. HOPKINSON, CHAPPELL, & ALISON &CO., Willarrive per Norham Castle, expected immediately. ! Further Shipments from BROADWOOD, BORD. & ZEIGLER, • And other eminent makers to follow. PIANOFORTES, HARMONIUMS, MORGANS, Tuned and thoroughly Repaired by t experienced workmen. Instruments Taken in Exchange. ■ . . BROWNE & S ON, SYMONDS STREET. , . ■SaRtInOTON'S BISCUITS. •;' REDUCED PRICES: Cabin Biscuits.. .. *.'. 18s per 100tt.3. All kinds Fancy ditto -ii °d per Vs. . U STONE BROTHERS, Agents. T 0 FARMERS, SETTLERS, BUTCHERS AND OTHERS, THE Undersigned are Gash Pur chasers of Hides,, Sheepskins, Tallow, Wool*" J_c, ,&c., at highest markets rates..; . j■ .■■'..■■ 1 L. D. NATHAN & CO., SHORTLAND BTBEET



Business Cards. tpREDERIOK^r^OLLOS -I- MANUFACTURING JEAVELLER, QUEEN STREET (Next the Bank of New Zealand.) . EVery description of Jewellery Made and Repaired tjuartz and Greenstone Mounted to order Pipes Mounted, Old Gold and Silver bought, Worked up to order, or takbn in exchange. THOMAS JENKINS -*• LICENSED CUSTOM-HOUSE AGENT. o_ hbane's Buildings, Fobt. stbeet N.B.—Goods and Parcels forwarded to all parts of Great Britain .and the Continent of Europe by OVerlarid Mail Route or by Clipper Ships. WPHILLIPPS & SOJS, • OIL, COLOR, and GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Paperhangings, Scrim, Paints, Oils. Turpentine, Colors. Varnishes, French Polish, Gold Leaf, Artists' Colors and. Brushes, Plate, Sheet Crown, OrnabienW.. and PhotiJgraphie Glass, Picture -Fraffie and Tapestry Mouldings, Clock and Compass Glasses, Glazed Sashes, Doors, &c. Glass cut to size, and carefully packed. . 12, Wyndham street. pIANOR! PIANOS! T. H. WEBB begs to call .the attention of ptirchasSrs lb his superior and elegant Zeigler Piano fortes ; also to a very fine Debain Piano, and other English Instruments. Harmoniums from twelve guineas. A capital second-hand Piano, price only 28 guineas, in rosewood, by Cocks. Pianofortes and .Harmoniums tuned and repaired in town and «"\ n, ry at the shortest notice. Music Saloon, Wellesley-slreet, three doors from Hobson-street. 1$ I S H E R & CO. -f~ Wholesale, Shipping, aud.Family Butcher Queen street, corner of Durham street, Auck land. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Prime Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Bee on sale in large quantities. N.B.—Dealers 1 amo. Live Pheasants forwarded to all parts of onies upon receipt of order. Families waited on in town or suburbs. TVO BERT a ALL A0 H E.R, PLUMBER AND GASFITTER, Wyndhaml-stbeet, Auckland (next the New Zealand ' l Herald Office. Every description of work in connection with the above business executed with cheapness and despatch jy E N T I S T R Y. MR. T. TRAFF OR D, SURGEON DENTIST, WAKEFI:E LD STREET. Artificial Teeth, from One to a Full Set, in Gold or Vulcanite. GEORGE BLACK & CO, WHOLESALE BOOT & SHOE MANUFATURER.S, LOWEB QUEEN-STIU-ET. A Stock of Sown, Pegged, and Rivetted Goods Always in Stock. October 10,1873. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED PORK BUTCHER IN AUCKLAND. T. BARNETT, HAM AND B \ C O N, C U R E R QUEEN-STREET, ' Next Doob but One to'the City Hall. Fresh PORK SAUSAGES every morning at 7o'clock. All kinds of Small Goods- constantlj on hand. NO NEED TO PUFF! The articles being too well known. HYDRAULIC LIME. . np H E undersigned can supply -*■- Dealers or Contractors at LOWEST PRICES. Further particulars can be obtained from R. C. Dyer, Shortland-steeet, or by letter addressed toN. Wilson, at the Works, Mahurangi. N.B. —This Lime was used in the Railway Tunnel in the Domain. NATHANIEL WILSON. .■tttftpv ISE YOU IN /*i/^\ WANT 0F MONEY Y^W'^LONDON LOAN OFFICE,' NEXT CITY HALL. MONEY Advanced on Jewellery, Diamonds, Plate, Wearing Apparel, and every description of available security. > • . The strictest Secrecy observed in every transaction. Fire-proof Safes on tho premises for the better se curity of Valuables. MORRIS MARKS, PROPRIETOR. ■pURNITURE! EURNITURE! I T. &H~COOKE, CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, AND GENERAL FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, 148, .QUEEN STREET, (C'OBNEB OV ■ VICTOBIA STBEET), auckland, Have on Sale at Very Low Prices A LARGE and varied STOCK of -HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Including— Dining-room Suites, from £12 . Drawing-room Suites, from £12 12s Bed-room Furniture, Mattresses, Palliasses Feather Beds, Bolsters, and Pillows, • ■ ' Of the best Quality. . Iron Bedsteads, Marble-top Washstands ' Office Tables,'. Hall Furniture, Matting ~., .•; Door Mats, Floorcloths, Venetian Blinds Cane-seated Chairs in great variety, from 40s the ■ ; '*! half-dozen Folding and Rocking Chairs . ■.". :>. Children's Cots, in iron and wood Toilet Glasses, all sizes and prices: - Toiletware, &c:, &c. ' y. Country Orders Carefully Packed. . BONES! BONES I BONESI T3OUG-FT in any quantities for -*-*, Cash at the Freeman's Bay Bone Mills. "jV/TONEY to Lend, in large or small J_f__L sums, at a very low rate of interest.—Apply to Mr Laishley.Solicitor, High street. 11/rONEY TO LEND on-first-class -*-'-*- freehold security, at low rates of interest.— R. C. Dyer, Shortland street. MONEY to LEND on Promissory Notes, Mortgages, &c. Bills Discounted.— George Dunnet, 25, Queen-street. !:'.".,. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO t.... d , ADVERTISERS., , : ., . T: H•E' y attention o£ Advertisers ■ interested in Coromandel, or desirous of makingitheirbusiness announcements public through out that, {district, is 1 drawn to the medium afforded , by^the "./. < ' .','-' ; "l-A''COROMdNI>FL MAIL;' :' *™ ' ]the'first'arid only'journal on the Goldfield, which circulates widely over the field. Advertisements and Subscriptions for the Mg_.il will g feceiye.} _W the Bvsk im Star office,



Mercnandise. JOSEPH POTTER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC., DURHAM STREET, HAS O jet SALE Ex Wave Quebn, fiiom London : 200 barrels Cement 30 bottles Quicksilver 5 cases Tartaric Acid, 141b Jafs 23 kegs Bicarbonate Soda 20 ~ Cream Tartar 12 barrels Sulphur 10 kegs Saltpetre 10 cases Muntz Metal, Moz and 16oz 10 kegs Sheathing Kails Also, Barcelona Nuts, Almonds Adelaide and Dunedin Flour Sugar, Tea, Tobacco, Soap Candles, Blue, Biscuits, Oatmeal Lea and Perrin's Sauce, Corks i Sarsaparilla, Confectionery, &c ---&3T CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CON SIGNMENTS OF COLONIAL PRODUCE. QNS A L E AND TO ARRIVE OATS CANTERBURY CHEESE BACON & HAMS OATMEAL PEARL BARLEY, FLOUR, DtJNiiDiN, and OAMARU, of BEST QUALITIES. T. H. HALL & CO. Q.RASS SEED. PERENNIAL RYE GRASS, ON SALE BY T. H. H A L L .& CO. 'm W E E D S. NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN TWEEDS ON SALE BY T. H. HALL & CO., 7, WYNDHAM STREET. T^A L T YER . E W E N (Late Newman & Ewen) Has the pleasure to inform his friends and the public of Auckland and country settlements that he has RE-OPENED IN HIS OLD BUSINESS On FRIDAY, 30th instant, with a Choice Assortment of NEW GOODS Personally selected from some of the first English ! . makers, consisting of FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, ELECTRO PLATE, CUTLERY, GLASS AND CHINAWARE GOODS, &c, &c, &c. TEMPORARY PREMISES— No. 74, QUEEN- SRE E T Corner of Vulcan Lane, (Nearly opposite the Bank of New Zealand). O BAKEBS, STOREKEEPERS AND OTHERS. \ ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED, Ex Fannie Hare, Flirt, Amateur, and Freetrader, J. K. Anderson & Co's Oamaru Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 501b bags * f • J.&T. Meek's Oamaru Flour, in. sacks, 1001b and . • 501b bags ,'Grove & Mcintosh's Oamaru Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 601b bags Kakanui MiUs Oamaru Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 601b bags Anderson & Mowat's Dunedin Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 501b bags T. Anderson & Co.'s Hawksbury Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 501b bags. GEO. W. BINNEY. Q N. S A L E By the Undersigned, Candles, Price's Belmont Castor and Salad Oil Jar Salt Table Vinegar ■-.-■' Pickles, Whybrow's and Morton's Vestas Starch, Column's ; Blue, Colman's Sardines, quarters and halves Raisins, Eleme and Sultanas Figs, Almonds Confectionery Jams, lib tins and Jars m '. ' . Tart Fruits ' ~ ~_ Hops, Tasmanian and East Kent Malt, English and Colonial Scrim, 72 and 45 inch Corn Sacks, Flour Bags Maize, Oats Wheat, Grass Seed Oatmeal Pearl Barley Pollard . ■■',"'* Sausage Skins Preserved Meats. GEO. W. BINNEY. pAPEEHAN GINGS, ETC. 50,000 Rolls Paperhangings, in every quality and variety of design 15 bales Hessian and Scrim ' ■' ■ •' ' 5 cases Tin'd Tacks Varnishes—Coach and House Painters, and Cabinet-makers Gilt and Stained Frame and Room Mould ings Brushes-Kent's, Hamilton's, and other makers ». ' Gold Leaf, Bronzes, Artists' requisites, and - Trade Ironmongery : 600 cases Sheet Glass Polished; Plate, Rough Plate, Photo Class Stained, Fluted, Obscured, and Ornamental Ditto 1 J Embossed Borders and Rosettes i 20 tons White Lead, in wood and iron ' Zinc (white), Staining Colours,.. Oxide of Iron, and Carson's Anticorrosive Paint ( • 40hhris. and'barrels Boiled and Raw Linseed ■ !; '. . OU.: t/ ': a " \ ; t 100 cases and drums Turpentine. • I -"" W. PHILLIPPS & SON, QIL, COLOR, & GLASS MERCHANTS, 12. Wyndham street.



Drapery. QONSTERNATION ' AMONG THE CLOTHIERS j IN CONSEQUENCE OF SAMUEL COOMBES Having disposed of HIS BRANCH PREMISES, No. 180, QUEEN STREET, Opposite Darby's Thistle Hotel. The immense increase and unqualified success in the TAILORING DEPARTMENT, In conjunction with my regular Business, has deter mined me upon giving it my whole and individual attention. In order the more effectively to do so I have deemed it necessary to CLOSE the " BRANCH BUSINESS, No. 180, QUEEN STREET. HAVING DISPOSED OF THE PREMISES I havo decided, instead of MOVING THE STOCK, | To give the Public the benefit of the LARGEST, and, I have no hesitation in saying, THE MOST GENUINE CLEARING SALE OF MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, HOSIERY, Etc., Etc., Etc., EVER OFFERED IN AUCKLAND. THE SALE WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY MORNING; 7th INST., AND WILL BE CONTINUED FOR FOURTEEN DAYS ONLY! ";ts^°. EEMEMBEK Jg> NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED, As the STOCK must be Cleared and possession given on the 25th instant. To give the Public an idea of the PRICES at which the STOCK WILL BE SOLD, READ THE FOLLOWING LINES:— ; s. d. 300 Men's Black Cloth Coats, from .. ~ 14 6 600 „ Tweed „ , 10 6 500 „ „ Trowsers ~ .. 511 300 „ „ Trowsers and Vests .. 15 6 500 „ Mole „ .. i, 5 9 1000 Crimean Shirts .. .. .. ..3 11 500 White „ .. .. .... 211 600 Venetian „ .. .. .. ..1 11 150 Boys' Knickerbocker Suits ... .. .. 911 1000 Men's and Boy's Hats .. .. .. 2 6 And the WHOLE of the STOCK at correspondingly LOW PRICES. «3_. Note the Address "W* 180" QEEEN STREET, OPPOSITE DARBY'S THISTLE HOTEL, FOR FOURTEEN DAYS ONLY! . SAMUEL COOMBJSS," IWBJETQ&



Education. HIGH BCHO OL, SYMONDS STREET. Session 1874. First Quarter will Commence on MONDAY, 2nd February. J. M. FRASER, AUCKLAND « OLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. UPPER SCHOOL: CLASSICAL MASTER-John Anderson MATHEMATICAL MASTEE-The Headmaster ASSISTANT MATHEMATICAL AND FRENCH MASTER-J. F. Sloman, B.A. ENGLISH MASTER —John Curnow, 8.A., late English Master of the Scotch College Melbourne. LOWER SCHOOL . FIRST MASTER-F. D. Kent, 8.A., late Assistant- Master in Camden College, Sydney SECOND MASTER-W. Tomlinson, late Assist ant-Master in Nelson College JUNIOR MASTER-C. A. Robertson, late Head master of the Thames School. The Quarter Days are—3rd February, 24th April, 13th July, and Ist October. FARQUHAR MACRAE, Headmaster. OTAHUHU DISTRICT SCHOOL, i AEEMALE 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. Notices. SADDLERY AND HARNESS. THE Undersigned has received, ex Glenhuntley, Ferndale, City of Auckland, and late arrivals. Splendid Shipments of the above, com prising— Best English Brass and Silver Mounted Buggy, Gig, and Spring-cart Harness. Riding Saddles (for Butchers' use) with Brass Head and Cantle Plates, Ladies' and Gents' Hunting Crops, Saddle, Harness, and Polishing Compos, RoU Fetlock Boots, Krsvn Caps, Brushes,, and:E____iMAN's Royal Embrooa; cation for Horses and Cattle. Saddles, Bridles (Ladies' and Gents') Hunting, Buggy, Gig, 4-Horse, and Cart Whips Spurs, Ladies' and Gents' Fancy Bits and Stirrups Curry, Mane, and Clipping Combs Dandy, Spoke, Water, Body, Compo, Shoe Clothes Brushes Thongs, Leggings, Pole Chains, and IMPROVED SHIFTING DRAUGHT CART HAMES, AU of which will be sold at the Lowest Cash Prices. Second-hand Harness for Sale. Pack Saddles, and every Variety of English Colonial-made Harness always on Hand or Made to Order. TO ARRIVE PER WAVE QUEEN, Harness, Whips, Horse-hair, Nosebags, *_.* " Favourite " and Clark's Improved Clipping Machines, &c. W. S. JONES, SADDLER, HARNESS-MAKER, & IM1ORT_»» 15 4, QUEENSTREET RMY AND NAVY HOTEL, UPPER QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. C. M. HICKLING & CO., ' Proprietors. this first-class hotel possesses every accommodation required by resi dents in the City, or by gentlemen visiting Auckland en route for the Australian Colonies, America, Eng land, and the Continent. Arrangements have been made with express and cab proprietors to meet every steamer on arjival at the wharf. The Proprietors are determined that the AKMY AND NAVY HOTEL shall bo second to none in the Southern Seas. None but the Best Brands of English and Colonial 1 Ales, or Vintages of Colonial Wines and Spirits will be vended. A shipment of Australian Wines will arrive by the s.s. Wentworth. An Experienced Chef de Cuisine, who was for many years tlie PUPIL of the GREAT SO YER, supplies the requirements of the Table. SPLENDID BATHS (BOT OR COLD). , SHOWER BATHS. A Night Watchman always in attendance. C. M. HICKLING & CO. ' ■; Flay : Thou art a Cobbler, art thou? 2 Citizen : I am indeed, sir, a Surgeon to old soles j when they are in great danger. I re-cover them. As>l proper men as ever trod upon neates leather have - gone upon my handiwork.—Shakespeare. S5 TAR COLONIAL BOOT DEPOT, *J TOP OF QUEEN-STREET. S. H E M U S Begs to intimate to his riends and the public that he ! still continues to supply the genuine article in the shape of BOOTS AND SEOES, and for those who regard old Shoes as old friends he will be " a Surgeon to old Shoes." Men's Strong Water tights, - Bluchers, Lace Boots, •; ~,!,;, j Balmorals, .. ■ - Elastic Sides, Canvas Shoes, &of 'f Women's Leather Elastic Sides, '"' Lace Boots, and ' ' Balmorals, Also, Children's Lace and Elastic School Boots. A Choice Selection of English Goods, in Kid, Cashmere, Prunella, &c." SSF Note the Address:— S. HEM US, i! STAR' COLONIAL BOOT DEPOT. ON S A L E^ s d [ 600 Women's Spanish Leather Boots .. ..-36 , 500 Women's House Boots.. .. .. ~4 6 300 Women's Superior Cashmere.. .. .. 411 ' 600 Gent's Oxford Shoes .. .. .. ..6 6 ( Trunks of Men's Bluchors .. .. ..4 6*66 Girls'MemeLKid .. 2 6&S 6 k Children-; Patents, all sizes. r Slippers in Great Variety. j J. it OU T, ( High street. \f\lL, COLOR, GLASS \\J. 4.ND PAPERHANGINGS. j - ■ -HOUSE, SIGN, AND GENERAL, DECORATING ; _ 57, QUEEN STREET, ': Next to Bank or New Zeal ■■■'". j J. HENDERSON, alii "hut : Importer of and dealer in Oil, White Lead, Turps, ; Zinc, White, House Painters', Coach and Cabinet makers/ Varnishes. Calico Sanm_ Clock srjfl CoffiPftSl Ukases, Biusljor «c M &**-. *■'*- ■



Groceries. FRENCH & CO. PEOPLE'S TEA WAREHOUSE. OUR MOTTO BEING "SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS," NONE CAN UNDERSELL US. OUR TEAS are selected with great care, and are the finest combination of tho rarest Black Teas. The quality gives entire satisfac tion. TEAS FOR THE MILLION ! s. d. No 1 Fine Strong Tea, per lb 2 0 No 2 Superior Tea, per lb 2 0 No 3 Rich Pekoe Flavoured, per lb .. ..3 0 No 4 finest quality, per lb 3 6 HAMS, BACOS*. CHEESE, FLOUR, and GENERAL GROCERIES of every descrfption sold by us are of the best quality, and at the LOWEST PRICE. s. d. Fine New Currants, per lb.. .. .. .. 05^ Finest Eleme Raisins, per lb .. .. ..07 Raisins, Sultanas, per lb 0 10 Muscatels, fine quality, per lb .. .... 1 0 Table Rice, per lb .. ...0 3 Sugars, from 0 4& Salad Oil, per bottle.. ..' 0 8 E RE N C H & CO., FAMILY GROCERS, THE PEOPLE'S TEA WAREHOUSE; MARKFT STORE, 252, Queen-street, Auckland, and BRANCH STORE IN THE MARKET. TO THE INHABITANTS OF WELLINGTON STRETIT AND ITS VICINITY. COLLI N S B R OS. Wish to call particular attention to their NEW SEASON TEAS! . JUST OPENED OUT. That at 2s 6d per lb will be found of a First-class Quality. r < And the 3s Tea unsurpassed for purity and excellence of flavour. Sydney Co.'s No 1 Sugar .. i.. .. 6Jd per lb A very Superior Light Brown ditto .. sd. „ Hobart Town Jams 8d per tin ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT ,!; OF OILMAN'S STORES, Comprising— .iM_nr< n Pickles, in great variety '...,..;... Sauces, including the genuine Reading Sauce Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce •■ Lea and.P&kitfa Worcestershire Sauce, &c. - 1. FTesWKihiKmSEd.bster, Herrings, and Sardines Orassie-Biftl BlsEkWall's first-class Flavouring Essences, SKi'ad Oil/fee. .: •:, A.ii.i/icareßippms, at Is 6d, Scrubbing Brushes ■ llandSJ&ujjhfifi, American Buckets, Tubs, . , . 7 ZiriccsntTWoSden Washboards, ail equally cheap. A -constant supply of Fresli Butter from the Best Dairies. McConnell's Bacon, Hams, Cheese, &c., «S_c., always in Stock.;, Families waited on for Orders. Goods delivered. jJ3T Please Note the Address:— ..■ COLLINS BROS., . FAMILY GROGEBS Y.& BrOVIsHON DEALERS, ; ' ' '. WeLLINGTON-STREET ...... Near Hepburn-street), ." V x\ Ay A U C KLA N D Wtn;K;S ; .;- &.■ ha i;l CABINET-MAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS . -AND —-. ' GENERAL1 HOUSE FURNISHERS,- , HAVE NOW ON HAND THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED A STOCK OP"Jf EURNITURE, CARPETS, EL OOR CLOTHS, BILLIARD CLOTH, AND GENERAL EURNISHINGS IN NEW ZEALAND, Which are all marked at exceedingly LOW PRICES. | THE TRADE & SHIPPERS SUPPLIED WHOLESALE. I W. &-H. having large and convenient workshops j manufacture every description of Furniture on the I SHORTEST NOTICE. :_;ir.sl j FLOOR OLOTH& ALL WIDTHS, CUT l TO ANY PLAN. j CARPETS MADE UP AND LAID. Agents for the GROVER & BAKES i DOUBLE - LOCK AND ELASTIC - STITGH- I CI X ' ■>! j SEWING MACHINES, j long acknowledged as THE BEST, are now also ■ THE CHEAPEST. The New HAND MACHINE is a marvel of simplicity and efficiency, at £5 6s. '■''' *! : \ A CI -A Every Machine Guaranteed. Instructions Gratis Hlustrated Prospectus and Samples of work sen Post free, m.1' ■:■...;:'! y/yyy.'i hti.