The Evening Star.

Vol. V.— No. 1,257. j

Auckland, N.Z. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1874.

rPBiCE: ONE PENNY.



SMpping. "^TTa ■ OTSTiB ALABIAS ■' ; „ J3l. SSSAM NAVIGATION • vl. f.^f CO 'B Hrst-Claaa Steamerr. i^M-'. — - SYDNEY & MELBOURNE, . TRANSHIPPING TO. BRISBANE & ALL OTHER QUEENSLAND PORTS, ADELAIDE, and KING GEORGE'S SOUND, !by the A. SIN. Company's Btsamships. •' i•• : • ' ■• ■ ■ ■ ■■■■ ■• Thesplendid newsteamship ■! .. . : , ~,,'; ii: ( Victoria 650 tons, J. DawEOLL, Commander, expected about 2nd proximo, and will leave, as above, three 'dm after arrival. V ■'VY''" " [ ■ •■<■ jr O i particulars of freight or passage app.y to - ] ,'. : i.;,; H. M. JERVIB, Agent. p O EL 0 HD ON ',■%§£§&'■&* ,/■''■■'. ! DIRECT. ' : : • Mjßpyg The New Zealand Shipping Con» -t&Be%i&B&SP paiiy i Al Iron Ship | '. Hindbstan, »; ■333 tons register, R.- Peek, Commander, now along side the Queen-street Wharf, and having a larte portion of her cargo engaged, will sail about 10t> February.^ '<..;■<:>'■■•; ■ . ■, Superior Afjootomodation for Saloon Passengers For freigM or passage, apply to • ■ . " ; .;';:,, .'.."■ .];'■'.,,,. JOHN BATGER, ' "\ Agent NZ Shipping Company (Limited). ijJL CJTBAM^ TOT^ORO" ?JK§£f^IP- : ,;-.. MANDEL. ''"^'.."L^tlf^^ppkll, ;,.;., - ■ ~ , Fbo^!A3J{Jkland:; "Wednesday, 18th February, at 1 p.m. Fridaj, 20th February,'at' I.p'm. . FROM:C6If6MANDKI/: ''' Tuesday, 17th February, at 1 p.m. Thursday, 19th February, at 1p m. '. '',' Saturday, ' 21st JTebr nary, at 12 noon. (Weather and other circumstances permitting). Not responsible for accidents in shipping, carrying or discharging stock. HOLMES BROTHERS, • • ' Agents, Wharf. JjV 0R w A I TJ-% U. The Steamer ' '[ ' . Tarn o'Shanter-'^'^.j^.,. Will leave the Government Wharf, Onehunga at 7 am.,MONDAY, the 10th instant; returning.same day.—For freight or passage apply ' ' .;.'.■■•'.£ :. ;. ,i JAMES W. WALLEk; ad !o ... .: . Government Wharf, Onthunga i ... Or \ .Custom House-stieet, Auckland. ~~ T7i O E, L O JST D O N KEvJX -*-'' DIRECT. 4Bj6^H>" ■ favorite Iron Clipper Ship Chile, ~ having all her cargo engaged, will sailon the 12th inslant. , .•::!:-•'. tiic.vi I :- '.y.t'.j i i.- : Saloon Passengers are requested to pay balance of passage money on or before noon, of SATURDAY the 7th'instant. ° ■'~•■ ■ ■ . ■ • . . ■ ■ > For .freight or passage apply to .;■■•■■ ■ ■ ST'IS °WEN & GRAHAM,';/;: / ■ "' ;..''. ,'*/ '■'■'• Agents. ) jS^';gTjßAM^o TO* RIVER 1' xiie twin ss! T ;~~ Gemini Waves AncHand daily at-11 o'clock morning. sass^** ■****afternoon ' l^* ch^ e > $5* °?.0^ J 6ll?^™ trip without extra. #"«[: HfltnrnTickets; same day ~3s J;<a'a "^r;' JZj?j* u£?; ■>; J^-UJ- -;-J.-GASEY.';/ ---•: j^i^nbpfj :E N, R jT-.-. --ELMOTT •J*J^r>,^-4J-r MARINE I SURVEYOR; bat. ?**aAV LICENSED EECJEIVEE..- & FOll TTTOMn V " WAKDII?'G-. AGENT. , ; ... iesSee;of ponded Store .'.'C," f6r Gbods^arehouse^' ff.^.MPftent^or, for Examination.. '. [•««« j'..:j Shipping Business.promptly &t- Agenfctoth&N.Z^Parcels Conveyance of London. ' ' VS^ftueen^treet Wiarf.-; .. ,' <: ■. ,; ~v ~ ■ ' •';:' rt/;-o^^' ; Por i Sale.^' | ':;- ; :;•;;;;;, V; of i«s*1* * vA gnaieirf guv^jjuoil ..;; Fo rt'street. v' .■~, ~, r^^ In Auckland,, - : . \ -~, ~. ; gj 'soo.dop-FEET'xi^^ViiißMß: ;' ' i;: '-Augusvi^u-;; ; V Vei,;^'%|°^c Road.-; \ Vessplsl.paifed.a^the.Mili, Wafigapoua; wj&hki jp9|f •' SKE^Oheap^^nen^feet —J "ciilS^RJtK o*^ *svei'»l Ships' Boats andDingies.; Jll!Jg^j^^^9P«^frgMaftree]t East., , PS iS?-"^rWd- JS6ring vof. ilufeSl oriT .v/oit '«y.,4 Cl^AiGr',. ;i o /.:;■:, .J'.;'!, :,;;m q;!j ca ~r ..ijj, .. Fort-strcef. 1 1.j . i' n;" j! I)n« Imtli JO ■•■J/ET^da 'eomfGrt^le';eesideiice to J'LsJ? BfT^ *oritos-in: Alten Roa'di-^Apply" wJ^ ! i j i;;: ■.. a,r rlaveomfGr.taka!fi.vb~!ro6med' -5; <S- T: tKD^• -©weUingi-.«iluatßd d:^ e 'eti J*tely..ofiP»piedby. the Md Stch en ,Sme^ 6.,r00m5, shop: .waA-ft 6»»5«d, and afinewell of BhottU w a g tS,^ a / p?1^116: Saiafiel-Brow, rt«et B "uifahl a f thßi 00merJtif! r ia'a!nd"Albeft-^ la thi^cSl^^^sVanyibusineasi;.,,^ present! d^^^ef^^r^^^ 13^'^ 11,. 10"??«»a well'-aireS' £ eP«e<» P, Ml?WB Tf6i'/f amiliea; iaSo^' . *«4*oo«, aufS^sf»*J.ajf""-' ' Terms for hj»gle, *«na) January c, 1874.J



. Business Cards. .T';: :: B..:!-; ir-O': ;O. IT It ■ O VVV.J ■^r? on :° AIKTS-E & GILDER GLASS ft:PICTURE FRAME MaSufWreß, ,57, VVAKKFIELD. tETBKftr, AtJCKLAND. "Waujsrock beoiisis ;'T;A M E B'' EXJTC HE E ■ GI^oIk; G E^A X E~i7s~ >A freeman;s bay soap •& canlde .WORKS; , . _____■_ ' Cash Buyers of Taiinw ' A Y-K rT, Tiillbiy Ac.-, Karanga -•^t*V A^f^ (^ r the tOP of uPPer Q«Sen street), Auckland, having commenced business at the patrZa-e e3peCtfQUy Solicits a-^ of public •llf I 8 S ■N^F'M^A7^, -LTJL • TEACBER OP MUSIC/ ; ■■ - W. A Uei o o Qttadkakt, n _-i__^ T?ive Doors.from Princes-street. •^::=A; M"~V::-E Jj V^Jfi LL «i Honse^Land, and Commission Agent, Collector .of Rents, . Debts, Highway Rates, &c; Loans arranged.. . . :.'-'. Office: 129, Queen street (three doora below thei Union Bank.) • ■: ■. ,rrv^~iH.v, .....g...-..,: M ,,, ; i: ~.T , — w - A : .- GrNGfeiIBEETR, CYDPR, FRUIT SYRUP and CORDIAL MANUFACTURER. / KABANGAnAPK JRoAD, WEST END Fruit Syrup and Raspberry Vinegar iri pints for the convenience of Picnic Parties and Schools'. ;, rjT7 r~B7~T^o7loi Ec tTITi CIVIL. ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT-.. DA"V IS S B V B WG9, QUE £1 N-STRE IT Ttrsn't. ' (Adjoining National Bank), * Will be prepared to.Supply Plans and Correct Esti mates for all descriptions of Buildings on the Shortest ■^£ti£e_with_or without superintendence. A I 8 A A a'v-SV tt.* PLUMBER, GASFITTER _ AND TINSMITH, j - High street, Near Vulcan Lane. I Milller of the Patent Enamelled Gas Reflector. *■ JJ^'UDERN. LAJSGDAG-ES. : Mr B. M. O. THEORELL, Member of the Uni versity of Upsala, teacher'of French at the Auck land Grammar School Uriivorsity Classes, gives in struction in the French and German languages (Applications may be' made at the Mechanios' jlnatitute Librftry. EH I L D E E, CARPENTER, & JOINER: - : W. H. S X 1 N N E R, ; ".7 ;; VULCAN. LA_NE. ,|; 7 ,'.„', Shop Pront3, Office, Fittings, and aU branches of • the buildinK trade executed. • \\Kf 'f X I E B Y~^ 1 T ?! •'. I '''•• CORNER OF' ' • | 3 QUEEN AND WAKEFIELD STREETSi ' i ; ; , ( _ jjj . • . . : . N E W 0 A S T L E fJOAL . XWhoi,esaxj: am) Retail), , , ~ ! AT THE LOWEST RATES. BRTOKS, LIME, SAKD, SHELLS, TILES, IRONrBARK SHAFTS, SPOKES, AND RED-GUM ; ~ .„-., ~ • FELLOES, , : Etc., Etc., M .' ' * ■■■' ! . ' . Always on. and. ...,.,.. . , WH. BU T Ii E '■■% HOUSE, SIGN, AND DECORATIVE | ~PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, &0..&0. ; Oil, Colours, Glass, Putty,. Canvas, Turpentine, ..-. ,Wn^e Lead, &c. ~,,.,, . .„ ] -'".' HaNU,, '.. ;i " ST-P-' 25. GREY r STREET,; ;^J- H:^ jA' P ;.;B:;E 'T>\ VPHGLSTERY A^fD UNDERTAKING. ■ ' Double Flax Mattresses, from 15s each ' iSingle.Flax Mattresses v from 7s ' ";' ■ ■ ' j . Ship's Cushions, peri square foot, from Is 9d ; . : • I Adults' Funerals furnished for LC, including . ' •■ Hearse,. Grave and attendance!' . I . Chairs, and • Couches Re-stuffed and: Repaired.: i , Mattresses Rermade. '~. ' .. i ;• j-.-j '; iNote the,Address ':■—.• '~ . ..r.. ... ~ i,,.,., 0 . H .,. ; i , s. enry p: ,hayward,rr,..;■. ■•i \ fl ',';"•' ' !J UPPER QTTEEN'-STREET, ' '" \ f'■ " !: I '(Adjoining Lamb's Fibwood Yard.)' . f , . ~E8TABpISHBI); 1860... ;■_'■ \ ' . :pffessinakiri&.in: 'ill. ; its rr<-/~~' brariciies ecbnoniically and expeditiously j executed iri'ttie-newest'de'signs at' Mrs Marler's, .next \6, Mr,. J. K6nden,..Bootmaker, Wellington.street, .'Auckland.; 1 ~,•.■, stPOV ■■ >■) "j.* -J; , i >.j r ■■•■ '-' -N.B.—Sole Agent for the renowned England's jQueen1 andiPrincess of jWalfes Sewing Machines.1 '; '" i, iFor sale on easy termstb suit purchaser's; i '■' '' Lessons, given at any Itime, ; and proficiency guaran- ■ ■teed.* ' [| [j.j , ri . , ''lei S T A BL-tS-H ED- -1 8 5 9. PIANOS! PIANOS ! : ' ' \ ' ' " ■ THE LARGEST STOGE';OF: INSTRUMENTS To be seen at *» HOFFM-A-N'S ':! 1 A.C A »fM!Y • O JF M XJ'S'l G, — r '■ > j iijiv/ I ■• ■SHbRTIi^VjrD STREET.' '• '" f™' '•'■''• Pianos and Harmoniums: for-Sale or Hire and on the deferred payment system from Ll4 to L 26. Every' ,ihstrument .guaranteed, and kept in tune one yea;, after purchase,' free' of charge.* '" Instruments of every description Tuned and Ee . paired. Bought, Sold, and'taken in exchange: ■■■■■'■■•• NOT^CB OF REMOVAL. .; !TTE;E BE E T H. SM I; XX OVEN & RANGE MANUPACTU.RER,,^ Owings to'fee large increase of business; hasjbeen com tieiled'to remove!'to those more extensivb pitfmißerfi isituated in jPurhamrstreet: West, next Hunter and , an 3 opposite Auckland's, Sale .Yardgf,,-, . X> I AJOJ'O'R T:E'S;'!:_i^N-. DV X '*""' HARMONIUMS. : ' ■■ , , rr 10a l ■■• '" .-• The next Shipment from MESSRS. HOPKINSON. CHAPPELL, & ALISON ■ si* iui • &co., 'Willarrive per Norham Castle, expected immediately. ■d.v sil3 I• >''F ur .ther Shipments from'■ ■ J'\ & ZEIGLBR, lUb £ ind/other eminent makers to follow. . ''•' iJ u 9ua in a\.- ■•' __•; ". ■"■; Jlu-piAkOP6RTES, HAEMONIUMS, 'ftIORO-ANS, *" ": Tuiied and thoroughly Repairecl by | '•'-•'I-; experienced workmen. ilitni 'in-: ,t »i -ir/tr. i"! ; ' ' i; '■' ''' . j '":' '■' ' aftiiH •; Imstkxjmbnts Takkk in Exchangkj . in ' con .';.:!'!a r,o' WiN ci '■& ft Q ,01 ■..; 1 i •■ • SYMONDSI STREET.^, ~1 > ~., i;, t': \ H A,jB«T JciNhGS^SS 'BISCUITS. : Cabin Biscuits :.' .. ..' 18s per lOOfts. -- AU kinds o^E;?RbT^E^>^gen t ß . c hah h: r>b'!»f»ol o :■■-■ ':- ';- ' "'■ '■' ; ! « SETTLER^ iBUTOfIERS t inos J ; ,■,: * AND; OTHERS-.-r; ■-■'• • ' f"!; "f HpHiE "PiiafersigMed are- Cash Par- S -Ii cliaßeM^it Hides/ SUeepsklilß, TiOloW, Woor 1 J J}o, } l&c., at highest markets rates. 5J •] 1 kD. NATHAN & CO., SHORTLAND STBKBT Opp«iit« Poit-oflice), Auckland.



1 j ■ • Business Clards. , ■ fi E O H G- E■ ~F O 6 T v-^ ■ • ENGRAVFit & CHASER, '•"'■ i' No llj Second Iflobr Vaile's Buildings Wynbuasi strisbt: ■ ',.J TTREDERTOK W. COLLINS -&-. Manufacturing jeweller, ' queen street . (Next the Bank of New Zealand.) • ' Every description of Jewellery Made and Repaired Quartz and Greenstone Mounted to order Pipes Mounted, Old Gold and Silver bought, worked up to order, or taken in exchange. > THO MAS J E N X I .sfs LICENSED CUSTOM-HOUSE AGENT. OOHRAITE'a BtJILfiISOS, I'oftl' BTREKT N.B.—Goods and Parcels forwarded to all parts of Great.Britain and the Continent of Europe by Overland Mail Route. or by Clipper Ships. W r PHI LL 1 F-JP 8 & SON, • OIL, COLOR, and GLASS MERCHANTS Importers of Paperhangings, Scrim, Paints, Oils! Turpentine, Colors Varnishes, French Polish, Gold Loaf, Artists' Colors and Brushes, Plate, Sheet, Crown, Ornamental, and Photographic Glass, Picture irame and Tapestry Mouldings, Clock and Compass Glasses,.Glazed. Sashes, Doors, &c. ' ' Glass cut to size, and carefully packed 1 '12, Wyndham street. :p;il:NO S' ; ! '. Pi A. N-0 'S !: T. IT. WEBB begs to call the attention of purchasers to his superior and elegant Zeigler Piano fortes ; also to a very Tine Tebain Piano, and other Jinglish Instrumeuts. Harmoniums , from twelve guineas. A capital second-hand Pinno, price only 28^guineas, in rosewood, by Cocks. Pianofortes andvHarmorriums tuned and repaired in town and cP r u,n ry at the shortest notice. Music Saloon .Wellesley-street, three doors from Hobson-street., ■tf;; I S He R i ~q o.: -*~ Wholesale, Shipping, and Family Butcher Queen stTeet, corner of Durham street, Auck land. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Prime Smoked Tongues, Hoine-curud Bacon. Corned Bee on sale in large quantities. N.B.—Dealers i ame Live Pheasants forwarded to all parts of onies upon receipt of order. Faniiliod waitod on In town or suburbs. POBERT GALLAGHIEE, ■■' PLUMBER AND GASFITTER, Wyndham-stheet, Auckland (next the New Zealand Herald Office. 1 Every description of work in connection with the above business executed with cheapness and despatch \jy E IS" T I S T E Y. !M R. T. TIIA FF O RD, ; SURGEON DENTIST, jW AKEIT IM L D STRB BT. j Artificial Teeth, from One to a Pull Set, In Gold .: or Vulcanite !(?< BOEGE BLACK & CO." |VJ . WHOLESALE BOOT & SHOK MA N U P A T U R E R S,. ;•: ■;' [;.! 'LOWKR QUKEN-STKBKT. I A Stock' of Sewn, Pegged, and Rivetted Goods Always in Stock. . . i . j October 10, 1873. ' : " THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED ,j. PORK BUTCHER IN AUCKLAND. 1 ■'.';,". :'-'t. barnett, HAMANDBAC O N, C U R E R J * :'; 1 ;.., qxjeenistreet Next Dqoit but Onk to thk Hall. Fresh POIIK SA USA GE3 every morning at 7 o'clock. All kinds of Small Goods constantlj on hand. NO NEED TO PUFF ! The articles being j ..I-.'. • ••.' ; too well known. .;;; , ;hydraulic lime. THE undersigned can : supply . Dealers or Contractors at LOWEST PRICES. Further particulars can be obtained fromß. C. Dyer, Shortland-steeet; or by letter addressed to N. Wihson, at the Works,-Mahuiangi. . ; ' . ■ Niß..^-This Lime was used in the Railway Tunnel m the Domain. ~ ~■' >, •< :.■ ii v, .. , ; ; '. ', •■.-..-. NATHANIEL WILSON. AMfate E Y0 U I N '^^f dr^%i'-'-' :WA'^rT 0F ,M : ONEX> !• .'.\VV^ LONDON LOAN OFFICE, '! I ;l!Br ;....., ' '.IIEX ; T CITY..H-ALL.- i : • !MO_NEY Advanced on Jewellery, Diamonds, Plate, Wearing Apparel, and every description of available .security;);:; 11 (-.:• Im,-; ■■.-.■■ . ,> ■•■: ml The strictest^^ Secrecy, observed in every transaction. 'Mrerproof Safes on the premises for the better se curity of Valuables; ''■'" : nr,;-*i| M'OEEIS'^AEKS, kI ! OiiJ 1 mi PKOPRIKTOE. ' ■■ Y_J -'■ "' J^ENITIJEE-! ; ;;; ! 1 GENERAL FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, ■'; ,in m..;i 14S, QUEEN-STREET/::, niiu" -.! ' ,: . (Cornmb of Victoria street); ■ ...••; ' "' auckland, ~ . . ' Have on Sale at Vert Low Prick's • -, AL A RGE an d varied STOCK of •■ / ' HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Including—..- Dihing-rpom Suites, from £12 . ~ . ..'.;.' . - , Drawing-room Soites, froni £12 12s Bed-tfooni iFurniture; Mattresses, Palliasses feather Beds, Bolsters, and Pillows,: \\\\'< ■ ■'' Of the best Quality....', ,\, ,;, Iron Bedsteads, Marble-top Washstand's ' . Office Tables, Hall Furniture, Matting .:■.., ; ~: Door r Mats, Floorcloths, Venetian Blinds .. - , Cane-seatdd Chairs in groat variety, from 40s the "' ... '• half-dozen ■ ' ■ • ■ -.I Folding and Rocking-Chairsl Children's Cots, in iron, and wood j f Toilet Glasses, all sizes and prices Toiletware, &c, &c. i Country Orders Carefully Packed. BONES! BONES I BONES I BOUGHT in any quantities for Cash at the Freeman's Bay Bone Mills. MONEY to Lefcd, in large or smair sums, at d very low rate of interest:—Apply to Mr Laiahley, Solicitor, High street.; .■ ■ MONEY TO LEND on first-class freehold' security, at low rate's of interest.— R. C. Dyer. Shorttorid street. •• : r MONEY to, LEN'P ":qn- Promissory '('Notes, Mortgages; &c.; "Bills George Dunnet, 25, Queen-street. I , IMPORTANT ■NOTICE "TO » •. i i-mujv advertisers: 3 ■■■•■ •-•■•^■-' • j ztuAmmv H< : iaoojo-jojs odd i< i -fis T' ;H E^^tetotipn^'^^^ertisers; 1 interestebi, in", Corqmandel,''or desirous of making their business announcements public through out that district; is; drawn to i the medium afforded by tho,^; iti -, ■~.,{._ ■ ,!' :■■■-,; -d i.l . . ; ~; , !( ; conomANi^EXj^MAJL, ~',,<■■;,, itho flfst and only Journal on tho Gpldfleld, ■whioh circulates widely over tho field Advertisements and Subscriptions for too Mail will d received at the Evknino Stak offlco.



Mercnandise. JOS EP H POT TE R, COMMISSION Ad-'ENT, ETC., DURHAM STREET, ■ .j H AS O N S A L E Ex Wave Queen, pkom London : 200 barrels Cement I'1 . 30 bottles Quicksilver 5 cases Tartaric Acid, 141b Jars " ' ' 23 kegs Bicarbonate Soda 20 ~ Cream Tartar 12 barrels Sulphur . ; 10 kegs Saltpetre 10 cases Muntz Metal, 1-loz and 16oz 10 kegs Sheathing Nails Also, Barcelona Nuts, Almonds Adelaide and Dunedin Flour Sugar, Tea, Tobacco, Soap Candles, Blue, Biscuits, Oatmeal Lea and Perrin'S Sauce, Corks Sarsaparilla, Confectionery, &c ---££• CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CON SIGNMENTS OF COLON I AT/ PRODUCE. Q N S A L ,E atW , ■ TO ARRIVE ;.'.! '.•.;., oats canterbury cheese . bacon & hams OATMEAL PEARL BARLEY, FLOUR, DUNEDIN, and OAMARU, of BEST QUALITIES. T. H. HALL & CO. ri K. A. S S SEED. PERENNIAL RYE GRASS, ON SALE BY T. 11. HALL & CO. T* WEED S. NEW ZEALAND AND TWEEDS . ON SALE BY T. H. HALL & CO., 7, WYNDHAM STREET. T\7"A LTER EWEN (Late Newman & Ewkn) Has. the pleasure to inform his friends and the public of Auckland and country settlements that ho has RE-OPENED IN HIS OLD BUSINESS On FRIDAY, 30th instant, with a Choice Assortment Of NEW GOODS Personally selected from some of tho first English makers, consisting of FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, ELECTRO PLATE, CUTLERY, GLASS AND cniNAWARE GOODS, .i - :&c. &c., &o. •. i, ■ ■ ;■;,'.." .. TEMPORARY PREMISES— No. 7 4',J' QU E E N - S R E E T ; ' Coßmtitor Vulcan Lanb, • ■ ■ • .''' (Nearly opposite the Bank of New Zealand):' A" TO BAKERS, STOREEEEFEBS AND OTHERS. - - ;i: : ... \ I . ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED, Ex Fannie Hare, Flirt, Amateur, and , j 1-'■•■•'•■ • Freetrader; J. K. Anderson & Co's Oam'aru Flour, in sacks: ! 1001b and 501b bags I J. & T. Meek's Oamaru Flour, in sacks, 1001b and 1 : 601bbags, ; .'. :;, Grove & Mclntosh's Oamaru Flour, in sacks, 1001b ' i and st)^b bags 'V ■ Kakanui'Mills Oamaru Flour,'in sacks, 1001b and i: . 601b bags .;'■;. . ■ .: ,:i ;. l> ioi Anderson & Mowat's Dunedin Flour, in sacks,' 1001b 1 j and 501b bags '" T. Anderson & Co;'s'Hawksbury Flour, in sacks. ,| ! 1001b and 501b bags. ' ■: .; :■ - . ! ~'. ..-,; i-.7fj.-f: :G-EO. -W.;BINNEY. . | " .'■' :' """.-' ■'• . , : :'."-'. : ' '■' ■■'i:. r\ . ■■■■•■N: ■;-. : 8" -^ A'■ -L -''E i j ;Bt •T H E.. U.N DIIViSI ONX D, ; ..;Candles, Price'sßelmpnt. ; ...- , i,. ' Castor and Salad Oil' ' I Jar Salt '" "' ■- ' ■'," 1'1 ■■"■ : ! Table-.Vinegar '.. ■!•;.'! < ir.o :.. : I Pickles, Why brow's and Morton's ■, : ! Vestas ■■. '. ,:, ' , , I ! 'StarchyCblman's ' .'", Blue, Colman's •' ' ' ■ Sardines, quarters and halves i. ;■ •;• I Raisins, Eleme and Sultanas , .; Figs, Almonds ' Confectionery ■ ■Jams, lib tins and Jars ■ ■: « i , Tart Fruits . /. 1 Hop's, Tasmanian and East Kent i Malt, English and Colonial, ~ i Scrim, 72 and 45 inch >■ : Oem Sacks,. Flour Bags . ; j Maize, Oats | Wheat, Grass Seed ■',•'.',".'":'.'. "■"■■' : Oatmeal ' ■ Ul' ! Pearl Barley - i : \ Pollard. : . ~., ; ,-,, ,;■i, . j Sausage Skins Preserved Meats. '•:. ■■■•'•■ GEO. W. BINNEY. T)i APEE.H.AM Gt INGS, ETC. ~ 6(i,000 Rolls Paperh anginas',.in ey«ry quality and I variety of design'-. ■ '•' "1 •; !.. j ,15 bales Hessian and Scrim :i.i[, ,j ,( ... ,■ ~. .- < 6 cases Tiry'd Tacks' , ; ..,,,., ~« I Varnishe3~doach and House Painters, and Cabinet-makers1 "■■ ' .' ■■•■ i t ,, Gilt and Staiued :Frame and Room Mould ": ~ ings,..-, t~, ~ : .- . ~,,,, -~,i , r; ., ~ ~, Brushes—Kent's^ Hamilton's, : and other | ' ' "iflakers IJI s) '''•;'' "; ' ' ' '' ill Gold lieaf-,• Bronzes/.Artists' requisites, and . ...tTrade Ironmongery [»$.}J ■■ ■■ • ! 600 cases Sheet 'Glass "., • * .. ' i v >'■•' Polished; Plate, Rough. Plate, Photo Class i Stained, Fluted, Obscured; and Ornamental , '.Ditto,.-i ii . -j..i ...-.■ i,;it.. till (.. L-J ■■01 ■'■' '■■ I " Embossed. Borders and Rosettes • • ■ . ■ j 20 t6ns White Lead) in wood and iron ■ ;• i Zinc (white), Staining Colours, Oxide of I , Jron, and Carson's Anticorrosive Paint. i ■' i '40'hhds. and barrels Boiled arid Raw Linseed ,-;, ;' j Ortl 'Oil- ! ■ ifl ' ; ~.; , 100 :cases and drums Turpentine. W, PHIL LIPP S & S ON, OIL* COLOR, & GLASB' MKROHANtB, 12, Wyndham strbet*



Drapery. QONBTEK N A T I ON : • AMONG THE CLOTHIERS IN CONSEQUENCE OF SAMUEL COOMBES Having disposed of HIS BRANCH PREMISES, No. ISO, 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 have 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 OP 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 BAYS ONLY! i j^° RfiMEMBEJI _^i 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 1 which the STOCK WILL BE SOLD, RBAD THE FOLLOWING LINES:— j . . ». 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 „ ..6 9 1000 Crimean Shirts .. -.■ , : .. i. .. .. 311 500 White „ .. 2 11 500 Venetian,, .. .. .... 11l 50 CBoys' Knickerbocker Suits 9 11 1000 Men's and Boy's Hats .. .. .. M 6 And the WHOLE of the STOCK at correspondingly LOW PRICES. . | s@__ Note thb Address "®r . . j 18C" QEEEN STREBT, OPPOSITE DARBY'S THISTLE HOTEL, ... I, .'. • FOR r,I ; u ° ■ ■■ iEOURTEEN DAYS ONLY ! ''i. , • ■ ■ ■ i .■....'■. i i'qp[\ ■' .-'' • ,k-:-;----- : - !SAMirEiL dOOMB^S, 3?iioi TiuEloii,



Education. AUCKLAND WESTERN ACADEMYV^ AN Evening Class.—Terms, &c, on application. HIGH SCHOOL, SYMONDS STREET. Session 1574. First Quarter will Commence on MONDAY, 2nd February. J. M. PRASER. AUCKLAND ( OLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. UPPEE, SCHOOL: CLA.SSICA.L MASTER—John Anderson MA.TBTi;MATICAL MASTBR-The Headmaster ASSISTANT MATHEMA.TICAL AND FRENCH MA.STER-J. F. Sloman, B.A. ENGLTSH MASTER —John Curnow, 8.A.; late English Master of the Scotch College Melbourne. LOWER SCHOOL i FIRST MA.STER-F. D. Kent, 8.A., late Assistant- Master in Camden College, Sydney SECOND MASTER—W. Tomlinson, late Aasist 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. FAIiQUHAR MACRAE, Headmaster. N-otices. > SAI>£)LEEY AND HARJSESS. 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, Roll Fetlock Boots, Kirn Caps, Brushes,, and Elliman's Royat, Embroua. cation for Horses and Cattle. Saddles, Bridles (Ladies' and Gents') Hunting, Buggy, Gig, 4-Horse, and Cart Whips Spurs, Ladies' and Gents' Fancy JSits and Stirrups Curry, Mane, and Clipping Combs Dandy, Spoke, Water, Body, Compo, Shoo Clothes Brushes Thongs, Leggings, Pole Chains, and IMPROVED SHIFTING DRAUGHT CART HAMES, All of which will be sold at tho Lowest Cash Pricks. 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, T " Favourite" and Clark's Improved Clipping Machine;;, &c. W. S. JONES, SADDLER. HARNESS-MAKER, & IMIOteTu 15 4, QUEEN S T 11 E ET A RMT AND NAVY HOTEL, UPPER QUEEN STEEET, AUCKLAND. C. M. HICKLING & CO., Pkoprietoes. 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 beon made with express and cab proprietors to meet every steamer on arrival at the wharf. The Proprietors are determined that the ARMY AND NAVT HOTEL shall be second to none in the Southern Seas. None but the Best Brands of English and Colonial 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 the PUPIL of the GREAT SOYER, supplies the requirements of the.Table. SPLENDID BATHS (BOT OR COLD). SHOWER BATHS. A Night Watchman always in attendance. C. M. HICKLING jfc CO. . Flay : Thou art a Cobbler, art thou? 2 Citizen : I am indeed, sir, a Surgeon to old soles when they are in great danger. I re-cover them. As proper men as ever trod upon neates leather have gone upon my handiwork.—Shakespeare. STAR COLONIAL BOOT DEPOT, TOP OF QdEEN-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 SHOES, and for those who regard old Shoes ad old friends he will be " a Surgeon to old Snoes." Men's Strong Waterfrights, Bluchers, Lace Boots, Balmorals, Elastic Sides, Canvas Shoes, &c 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. .;•, tSF Note the Addkess :— ~ S. HEM US, | I STAR COLONIAL BOOT DEPOT. Ol N ~S A L E— s d 600 Women s Spanish Leather Boots .. .. 8 6 600 Women's House Boots.. .. .. ~ 4, 6 1 300, Women's Superior Cashmere 4 11 a 500 Gent's Oxford Shoes 6 6 • Trunks of Men's Bluchors 4 6*6 0 Girls' Memel Kid 26&36 Children'^ Patents, all sizes. I Slippers in Great Variety. J. 11 O U T, ■ HI&H STREET. OIL, COLOR, GLA S 8 VND P'APERHANGINGS. HdUSE, SIGN, AND GENERAL, DECORATING* 57, QUEEN STREET, s'Niu^ 10 Bank ov Nbw Zkal !l J. HENDERSON, Importer of and dealer in Oil, White Leadi Tarpi, > Ziae, Whito, House Painters', Coach oad Qabiset* wakorg' Vanishes. Calico Scrim, Clock and Cbmttul * Glasses Brashes *c., *c.



Groceries. FRENCH & CO. PEOPLE'S TEA WAREHOUSE. OUR MOTTO BEING "SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS," NONE CAN UNDERSELL" US. OUR TEAS are_select'ed with great care, and arc the finest combination of tho rarest Black Teas. The quality gives entire satisfac tion. ; i: ■ TEAS FOE THE MILLION ! ■ • ••">■- s. d. No 1 Fine Strong Tea, per lb 2' C No 2 Superior Tea, per lb 2 6 No 3 Rich Pekoe Flavoured, per lb .. ..30 No' 4 finest quality, per lb 3 6 , HAMS, BA.COV, CHEESE, PLOTJE, and GENERAL GROCERIES of every description 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 .. .. ..0 7 Raisins, Sultanas, per lb ..0 10 Muscatels, fine quality, per lb .. .. ..10 Table Rice, per lb .0 3 Sugars, from .. 0 4J Salad Oil, p!.T Urottle" 0 8 F B E N C H & C 0., FAMILY GROCERS, ■ THE PEOPLE'S TEA WAREHOUSE, MARKFT STORE, 252, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, AND BRANCH STORE IN THE MARKET. TO THE INHABITANTS OF WELLINGTON STEEIIT AND ITS VICINITY. OO L LI N S B R O S. 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. And the 8s Tea unsurpassed for purity, and excellence of flavour. J Sydney Co.'s No 1 Sugar .. .J •'..• SJdperlb A very Superior Light Brown ditto J. 5d „ Hobart Town Jams .. .. .. '■:.. 8d per tin ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OILMAN'S STORES, Comprising— Pickles, in great variety Sauces, including the genuine Reading Sauce Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce Leo and Pel rin's Worcestershire Sauce, &c. Fresh>S:i!i)i< n Lobster, Herrings, and Sardines C' o-sf end blftckwall's first-class Flavouring Essences; Salad ( II; Ac. .A mo ic*a Brooms, at Is 6d, Scrubbing Brushes H ii'uU' U^ushesl American Buckets, Tubs, Zmc and Wooden Washboards, all equally cheap. A constant supply of Fresh .Butter from the Best . • ' Dairies. ! McConnell's Bacon, Hams, Cheese, &c, Ac, always in Stock.. Families waited on for Orders. Goods delivered. SST Please Note'the Address:— , ' ,'.. '~ COLLINS BROS:; IJ FAMILY GROCERS & PROVISION DEALERS, W ELLINGTON-STREET' ~,• ' New Hepburn-street), - ; AUCK.LA N D . , , ' ■ ' ■■ ' ■- ■ : i' — ~ . . _ . ; r .. , ,■■'.'.' ■[ ■ »,I; i-.-nH '■■ '■< ■;-,. :: ■ :j * . ;■ .... ;,- •..-,*] '"■'-•■ srl r ,M ;.i ■ I. !■ " i. it nil i- I! : '■ • ■■'■;I WINKS. &■H A. L :L-' . . . ■■; ■ i ■ ijJit CABINET-MAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS ' AND ..' ■;■ ;';' ..,; , > GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHERS, ■ . ' :01/\ .i." ' - ■■■•' • ■■> I'^'t nao'ffs .:-fr.iiji!>:..O' ■.::.:; ■ : ''■'■ "• tO ,"'"•' ■~,. ~»„'HAVE;.NOW ON HAND ]o (i^iiviovj.r. THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED ...L'.l '. '■■.:■'■' STOCK OF FUBNITTJBE, CAEPETS, EL OOE OLOTHS, BILLIAED CLOTH, AND aENEEALFUENISHINGS^ IN NEW ZEALAND," i / > ' ■ v -' ' ' • ' . > ■ ( V ! ) Which are all marked at exceedingly LOW PRICES. ' I THE TRADE & SHIPPERS SUPPLIED i WHOLESALE. -J ' W. & H. having large and convenient workshops manufacture every description of Furniture on the SHORTEST NOTICE. F^OOR OLOTHS ALL WIDTHS, CUT TO ANY PLAN. ' - if ' | .._ ! ■ ■ CARPETS MADS UP AND LAID. Agents for , the ~, os - s GRO, VER & BAKER DOfJBLE - LOOK AND ELASTIC - STITCH { SEWIN& MACHINES, long acknowledged as THE BEST, are now alao 1 THE CHEAPEST. The New HAND MACHINE is a marvel ol slmpUclty and efficiency, at £5 ss. Every Machine Guaranteed. Instructions Gratis lUustrated Prospectus and Samples of' ■vfor^ 'sen Pout free.