Coromandel. —First Innings.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

CRUSHING RETURNS.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day. Moanatairi.—The fortnight's yield is 134 ounces from 250 tons stone.

The Kuranui has 130 ounces for the fort night's crushing with lo head.

Golden Crown—Bl tons stone yielded 78 ozs 18 dwts gold.

The Golden Calf, obtained 20 lbs of speci mens from No. 4. stope, back towards the shaft.

The Old Whau has obtained'more picked stuff to-day.

ACCEPTANCES FOR THE WELLING TON CUP.

THE WILLIAM TAPSCOTT.

WELLINGTON.

This day. The weights.'and acceptances for the Wel lington Cup are—Watt's Hatred, 6 years, 9 st; Campbell's Castaway, 3 years, 8 st • Watt's Batter, 3 years, 6st 7 lb ; Campbell's Azucena, 3 years, 6st 7 lb ; Brown's Loch invar, 5 years, sstlo lb ; Calumny, Song ster, and Deadshot pay the forfeit. The ship William Tapscott arrived at Queenstown, Cork, after a passage of 9S days.

REEFTON.

0 ,'■..-•, This day. bplended stone was struck yesterday after noon in the Fiery Cross when driving to wards the Alexandra. It exceeds anything yet obtained in the mine.

LATER ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Resignation of the Gladstone Ministry.

Destructive Fii"b in London.

Mr DisraeAi Forms the New

Cabinet

HOKITIKA,

„ < This daj. , .arrived, 4 p.m. yesterday, Claud Hamil ton, Bowden, from Melbourne. She left Port Philip at 6.30 on the 21st, and brings 24 saloon and 50 steerage passengers, and 300 tons of cargo for all ports, and one race horse for Wellington. She was tendered here 9 p m., aud sailed North at 9.30 p.m.

LONDON.

February 12th. Six hundred and four elections have taken "place. The Conservatives gained ninety-two and the Liberals thirty-two seats. Two Conservative candidates were returned for Middlesex, the former Liberal member, Viscount Enfield being defeated. The Press urges the speedy resignation of the Ministry. , The Kaffir outbreak at Natal terminated m the rebellious chiefs surrendering. About two hundred new members haye ceen returned, and forty-four home rulers. The Conservatives re-action is universal, especially in Scotland, Lancashire, Middlesex ana Sussex.

The Right Hon. Geo. Young, Lord Advo cate of Scotland, was defeated at Wegton. -i-he Queen is at Windsor. A meeting of the Cabinet will be held to uay to decide the resignation of the Ministry. A most disastrous fire has occurred at pantechnicon, . Motcomb-street, Belgrave square, at an establishment for the sale of carnages and warehousing property. Pic tures valued at £250,000 and an immense quantity of valuable furniture were de stroyed.

tt,„ t ii ■ February 14. ihe following members of the Government were defeated :—Chichester Fortescue, presi- Trk T-rtlle Board of Trade, rejected st Lmth; Hon. A. Greville, jun., lord of the £ca sur y at West Meath; Lord Otho Comptroller of the Queen's household at Kildare; Mr Ayreton, Judge Advocate General at Tower Hamlets ; Mr Under Secretary of the Home De partment at Oldham ; and Viscount Enfield, at M'ddi eCretary °f tKe P°reign De P artment

Ti- 0 , ~ February 16. TV lections are now virtually concluded, and S* ft OVrB the retuin of three hundred hundr^ y ? re? Conservatives, and two aundred and ninety-nine Liberals. the TtaJ: U . e f h? 3 acceP<-e<l the patronage of Tft? miQe fund- LondL nP^^ f Russia is expected to visit London on the first of May. »tat e rtw.t n! wsto the 26th of Jailuary CoZuS th(L troo Ps ar* expected to enter Ke °U c 29& of January. •ffiarssass. war iaaotici Pated

i Gth?to^ g°x? S t0 Windfor Uto ydly to The £. r si 8nati°n of Ms Ministry. 8 that the stronger e all„a^ SeCf i*ies are Wheat tSSS? 8 t° I lar I ge exbe°ted arrivals. The totaSSr 1 Sal6S oP^dthisevening. itadredandll^ amounted to upwards of a ; >ettanir bo? Bandbales- Upwards &>, was We tL v„5? me and foreiSn **. great spiS ibe biddings commenced »»» as l aßt SSL. pnCe ranged the Ihe Quean i,_. February 19. Ween has woepted Mr Gladßtone's

resignation, and Mr Disraelli has engaged the formation of the new ministry g Ihe elections have concluded, and the re turns show 357 Conservatives and 302 i-iberals.

Cardvvell Chichester Fortescue, and JEW d WIU bG raised t0 th« +J.. * . iS *.. incl. ioati°n of the revival of £££?3 §&££■ g dlscusaed in the wichlSs King Lunalill °> of Sand-

The mails for Australia, via Brindisi and fcan Francisco, were delivered in London yesterday.

VIENNA.

m, „ __ Febrnary 19. Joseph proeceds to

ST. PETERSBURGH.

The Emperor Francis Joseph, o^Austria was most cordially received. The Czar in drinking tho health of his guest, said'the SdISSP °/ AU I S, tl' ia ' P^ia' Germany! worW S d SSCUre fche Peace of the

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

,•« T v 6 kJk^jnS amongst recent arrivals were m time for th* Wool sales :-Lady Bowen, Patriarch, Ramsay, Glengairn, Benmore Duk, of Sutherland, Superb,' Thomson Ronee, Agamemnon, Macduff, Miltiadse Mermerus Hampshire, Jerusalem, Gartside Lafra, Outalpa, Darra, Adelaide, Crai* endavor, Halcyone, and Countess of Kin i/Oie.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

THE MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL CASE.

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS VICTORIOUS.

LEICHARDT DISCOVERIES A HUM BUG.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN EXPLORE TION.

[Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Company.]

MELBOURNE. __~ Saturday, February _.l, lhe question of dissolution is to be decided on Monday. A number of candidates are announcing thtiir various constituencies A testimonial is being raised to Bishop Rerry on his departue for Europe after 28 years administration cf the Episcopate. The inquest on Reynolds was again ad 3ourned. The detectives believe they have some clue as to who sent the box ooncaining the explosive compound. ° The Buckley Will case concluded for Brown Witnesses concerned. The Attorney- General undertook to show that the Will was a forgery and that the claimant Maher forged it. The evidence goes a great Way towardssupporting this supposition. The Nelson is to be docked on Friday next. She is the first vessel taken in. The Stock Exchange has been dissolved. It is stated that Judge Williams of the Supreme Couit Bench goes home in June. Negotiations are still proceeding between the Victorian and South Australian Govern ments for the reduction of the price of cable messages. Mr Todd suggests ten words for £3, and 5s for every additional word. The will of the late William Roberstson, squatter, has been proved under £294,000. A meeting has been held for settlement in New Guinea.

Several cases of drowning have occurred, and two attempted suicides.

The tide of fortune has turned in favour of the English cricketeers, who now have victory on their side after every match. True their opponents are mostly local players as at Sandhu* st and Castlemaine. The match just now coucluding on the Melbourne ground against a scratch team of fifteen will give another victory to the eleven. The fifteen in their first innings only scored 110, while the eleven made 188. Amongst the scores were : W. G. Grrce, S ; G. F. Grace, 40 ; Humphries, 29 ; Mclntyre, 27 ; and Jupps, 17. In the second innings the wickets of the fifteen fell fast; several of the best players making but small scores, but the team did even better than was expected as they only got together at the last moment.

SHIPPING.

MELBOURNE,

' Arrived lGth—Lady Jocelyn, from Port Chalmers. Sailed 20th—TheDallam Tower, for Dunedin.

COMMERCIAL. Business is rather dull. Wheat, a liltle offering 6s Id to Gs 3d. Oats, -New Zealand prime, 5s 6d. ,■■' ■ : The agents of Tennet's bottled ale announce a reduction, and considerable sales have been made. There have been lar^e sales of Hennessy's brandy in case. Sugars are in good demand. Latest cable dates to the 6th from the Mauritius states that the crop is finished. Holders are firm. Finest whites, o dollars 60 cents ; finest yellow, 7 dollars 15 cents.

SYDNEY.

The Hume swindle has exploded. The presumed relicts of Leichardt are all sham, and he has, in reality, nothing^ The whole affair was a barefaced imposture. The gold returns show a falling off. The Government have decided to improve Circular Quay on Selfe's plan, not Moriarty's, as considered the best. The population of Palmer River is 2000 ; provisions very scarce and the rivers flooded and impassable. Mr Jeeley, member of the Upper House, is dead. Sailed 18th —W. C. Wentworth, for Auckland.

NEWCASTLE.

Arrived 13th—Princess Alice, from Lyt telton ; Duke of Edinburgh, from Dunedin. 14th—Joliba and Mendoga, from Lyttelton ; Ann and Jane, from Wellington. 18th— Caller On and William Ackers, from Dunedin. Sailed 14th—Moa, for Timaru. 17th —Kohinoor, for Dunedin.

TASMANIA.

The boiler of the river steamer Little NeU exploded, and eight lives were lost and three others aboard seriously injured. The steamer was running between Launceston and Georgetown. The barque Wynyard, loaded for London, became a total wreck on the 16th, half a mile from Eddystone Point. The crew were saved, but the cargo, mostly uninsured, was aU lost.

ADELAIDE.

Major Warburton and party have reached Western Australia safely, having travelled overland from South Australia, and passed over 900 miles of unexplored country. They arrived without provisions, and had eaten all the camels but three. No further par ■ tioulara are to hand,

SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS.

DEPUTATION TO MR VOGEL,

At half-past ten this morning a deputation from the different religious bodies of Auck land waited upon the Hon. Julius Vogel, at the General Government Offices in Princes street, to urge upon the Prfeh.iei', as repre senting the Government, the abolition of Sunday excursion trains,* and the reduction of the ordinary Sunday traffic on railways to the_ smallest possible limits. The cleputa.ton consisted of the Rev. Dr. Maunsell and tbe' Rev. C. M. Nelson (Anglican Church), the Rev. R, F. Macnicol (Presbyterian), the Rev. W. C. Oliver (Wesleyan), and Mr. J. C. Firth (Indepen dent). Mr Firth acted as the spokesman, and introduced the subject of the deputation to Mr. Vogel. He Said that the gentlemen Who were with him, and he himself, had been deputed by the members of their several Churches to wait upon the hono r . able gentleman to obtain the co-oper a _ tion of the Government in their endeavo ura to put down the present desecrati on of the Sabbath by the tunning r-f excii.l*sj o ii trains. Mr Firth} in furtherance of the object of his appeal, used various argumen! s, all of which have been urged with more or less effect in the recent nevvspapei discussion of the subject. He suggested that the Government should restrict the number of Sunday trains to one to One hunga and back in the morning and one in the evening. Mr Vogel, in reply, said he noticed that the Bishop of Auckland was not present. He could not help thinking that this was significant of the fact that Ills Lordship had no sympathy with their movement. In con nection with bishops it was singular that in Canterbury and Otago tbe two bkbops of Christchurch and Dunedin were almost the , first persons who took tickets by the first Sunday trains which ran in their respective dioceses. He did not think the anti-Stlliday traffic movement had the approbation of a majority ot the community, or of the whole of the clergy. He thought it would not do to say that any particular number of trains should run on Sundays. In Christchurch they had four ; but that was because there Was not demand for more. In tbe same way here it would be necessary to have regard to the publio requirements. It might happen that only one train would be required ; but it might also happen that the present number would not prove excessive. Railways Were constructed for the benefit of the public and miiSt be preserved as such. The large num ber of persons, he believed upwards of 1200, who travelled over the Onehunga line on a Sunday shewed that at any ratethepiiuciplo of Sunday trains had a large number of ad herents. AAA Mr Firth said that the 1200 who went out against the 12,000 who stayed at home was a very small proportion. Mr Vogel continued : He himself was in clined to the belief that a person who went into the country on a Sunday could worship God as worthily as one who stayed at home. Dr Maunsell said there" was the Domain, where jieople who were so disposed could walk on a Sunday. Mr Vogel thought perhaps they had r got tired of the Domain. Although he could not coincide with the lengths gone to by the deputation, he had always done jhis best to minimise Sunday labour. With this object he had abolished the Sunday work in the Post Office, and had refused to restore the old system, notwithstanding that the employes in the office had petitioned to that effoct. He would promise the deputation that when the Government had control of the line they would not encourage Sunday travelling in any way. The fares should be the same as on week days, and the number of the trains should be limited to the actual demand. The deputation having thanked Mr Vogel for his courteous reception of them, retired.

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Cadman b Bayie ... 0 Gatland c Atkin, b Rees 0 Goldino; c Burgess, b Dacre 1 Miller b Rees ••- 1 Crump c Burgess b Rees... 13 Lacon, run out ... ... 12 Mcintosh c Wynyard, b Rees 5 B&sson, not out - - 0 JBscker c J. Wynyard, b Rees 0 Wilson b Rees 0 Boeb Rees 2 Extras ..• 3 Total ••• % 37 The teams then adjourned for lunch at .Glover's Hotel. Coromandel—Second Innings. Beeson, c Nolan 2 Cadman, b Wynyard ... 0 Gatland, hit wicket 0 Golding, c Baker, b Mills, b Dacre ... 3 Crump, hit wicket 4 Lacon, c Rees 1 Mcintosh, bRees 10 Becker, not out 7 ■Wilson,!) Wynyard 3 Roe, c Nolan ... 3 Byes 2

Total 41 The North Shore thus winning in one innings. Thrye cheers were given for the Auckla'nders. Rees' bowling was splendid.



On account of the large increase of business Herbert 11. Smith has been compelled to move to those extensive and convenient prtmises situated in Durham-street, West, next to Hunter and Nolan's and opposite Buckland's Sale Yards. H.H.S. wishes to inform the public of Auckland that he has over 800 of his first prize Improved Patent Portable Ovt ns now in use, some of which have been in use nearly four years, and all of which have given entire satisfaction. Prices from 35s ; also, first prize Colonial uveus ; first prize Wrought Iron llanges, either Portable or Setting in ; also in hand, Second-hand Ranges, Stoves, Boileis.&c , for sale cheap.anrt all kinds of Iron Work done at the Auckland Iron Works.—(Advt). Coffee.—Brown, Barrett, & Co.'s Standard Coffee is oth delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett, & Co's Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. .Note he brands. Sold at almost every grocery establish ment in town and province. - fAdvt.]



WANTED, a respectable Girl about 15 or 1G years of age, as general Servant.-Apply Mrs Clei.l, Karaugahape Road, near thoWindmill ; reference required. WANTED, a good General S ervan t for Bay of Island ; good situation. — Apply Victoria Hotel at once. WANTED, a Cook for the Bush ; a „\7, . Saw-mill Engineer ; aho, a Stoker.—Apply Holdship & Co, Custom House-street. WANTED, a General Servant— Apply Wesleyan Parsonage, Grafton Road. "WANTED. Bushmen for the ▼ ~ Kopuru Saw Mill, Northern Wairoa.—Apply to Walter Grahame, Agent, Fort-street. WANTED, ten good Carpenters ; highest wages given.—Apply Albert Hotel, A. R. Watson. WANTED, a six-roomed House, within 20 minutes' walk of Queen-street, at a moderate rent.—Apply to Cartwright and Son, Land Agents, 26. Shortland-street. WANTED, a Nurse Girl.—Apply MrsEasdown, Queen-street. WANTED, a Boy to Milk, and to make himself generally useful.—Apply J. Lendrum, Livery Stables. WANTED, Boys at the Union Sash and Door Factory, Mechanics' Bay.-- Apply at the office. WANTED, a smart Furnace Man _ and good Carpenter.—Masefleld & Co. WANTED, a stout smart Lad as Apprentice at Cranwell and Co.'s l'urniture Factory, Shortland-street. WAN 'BED, a steady Woman as Cook and Laundress.—Apply Junction Hotel, Epsom. WANTED, a first-class Eema fc . Cook for Gisborne; wages no obiec, Passage paid.-Apply W. Lodder,* A.S.P. Company Wharf. WANTED, a Shoemaker for New Plymouth ; none but a good hand need apply. One with some knowledge of using the Closing Machine preferred,—Apply to C. Madden, Hobson-street, Auckland WANTED, in or about a fortnight hence, a comfortable four- or five-roomed House, detached preferred, 10 or 15 minutes' walk from Queen-street.—Apply by letter with particulars, L.0.C., Stak office. WANTED, a Cook and Laundress J also, a Housemaid for a small Family in the Country.—ipply between 10 and J2 o'clock Prince of "Wales Hotel, Hobson-street,



WAITED, a General Servant.— -Apply to Rev John Hobbs, Beresford street. . AAA, WANTED, a Lad, 15 or 16, to " " wait at table and make himself generally* useful.— Apply to Mrs Williamson, next door to the Manukau Hotel, Onehunga. W~ 7a:ITTED KNOWN~fchaTT WATT is prepared to supply Wood and Coal at following prices for Cash :—Ti-trce Wood, Uncut, 12s per ton ; do do, Cut, 14s per ton ; Newcastle Coal, 60s per ton. Delivered to any part within one mile from Yard. Posts, Rails, and Palings always on hand. Fencing and Carting done at low rates.—Stanley street Mechanics' Bay. WANTED, a General Servant where another is kept. References required. ! —Apply at the Star office. WANTED KNOWN—Higbelt Price given for all Old Metals. On Sale (cheap), Ploughs ; 6, 7, and 8 feet sheets Galvanised Corrugated Iron ; also, Pumps, Paints, &c., &c, at Alfred Smart's, next Blue Post. Victoria street. WANTED KNOWN, that D. V ? Goldik. is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and oilier Building materials, including Sashes, 1 oors, Mouldings, Brohd Timber, House Blocks. Posts, Hails, Hardwood Felloes, Shafts, Iron bark and Blue Gum Laths, bhinglcs, &c, ko., at the iowest market piice, at his lards, Custom-house street. I .— . i TO-ANTED KNOWN ! WANTED ' " KNOWN! and WANTED KNOWN II I have 800lbs of New Zealand Dried Salt Kisll for sale, | and they must be sold quick to please James ' Lavender. 1 have been obliged to take them out of I , my Window and put them in the back of my Store to I please this said Lavender of that respectable and I Well-behaved Pltt-sWeet, and I have Lavender in my Window. To please Lavender, Salt Fish tflbs for Is, as it must be sold to please this axid Lavender, for he does not like tho smell of Local industry, j Lavender, Is bottle: 2-.00 Book Marks to be sold cheap, 3d, Gd, 9d each ; Apples, Slbs for Is. I have only 8 cases of Salt Fish, and I will take 10s per case to please James Lavender, as I must be all Lavender to live in Pitt-street.. Wanted Known, that some body owes me a Bone in Pitt-street.— H. WATTS, C4enei£ll Dealer, Pitt-strtet, that respectable and weli-bchavod Street, pIIRISTIANS' MEETING \J HOUSE, Cook street- —L ord'sDay : Morning.a 11 o'clock, to attend to " The Apostles' Doctrine, th Fellowship, Breaking of tlie Bread, and Prayer. Evening, at half-past G o'clock, to preach the " Gospel of the Grace of God.-' TTNITED METHODIST EREE KJ CHURCH.—Sunday Services at tho Pitt-street Church T ORNE-STREET HALL Sunday JLJ Services (unsectarian), conducted by Samuel Edger, B.A. March 1: Morning—Christ Preaching O the Spirits in Prison. E*/ening—University term on by Dean Stanley on Wrestling for Truth. BAPTIST CHURCH, Wellesley street. Subjects of Discourse March 1. Morning—Christ's Exercise of the Pastorate. Even ing— Kntiek ! and It shall be Opened. P. 11. Cornford, Pastor. Services at 11 a in. and 0.30 pm. El PI PH ANY CHAPEL, West ' Newton. Divine Service To-morrow. 3.30 p.m., B. T. Dudley. 0.30 p.m., Key F. T. Baker. A LBKRT-STRER.T CONGRBGA CJL TIONAL CHUilCrt.—Minister : Warlow Davies, M.A. To-morrow, March 1. Morning—The Lord's Supper Administered. Kvoning topic—The Colonies Viewed from the Christian Standpoint. EDUCATIONAL RESERVES. HpBE Board of Education invito JL Tenders to be sent in on or before Noon of the 31st March next from Persons wishing to Lease any of the Rural or Suburban Educational Reserves in the Province. Tho Board do not bind themselves to accept any, or the highest tender. Tenders to state, fn addition to the rent, the period for which a lea:.c is desired. Period not to exceed 21 years. Schedu'es 'of the Reserves and further particulars can be ob tained on application at the odious of the Board. Tenders to be marked on the enveljpe as "Tenders for Reserves," in order that they may remain un opened till 31st March. FREDERICK J. MOSS, Secretary. ONE HUN GA PERPETUAL LAND, BUILDING, AND INVEST MENT SOCIETY. The First Meeting of Members will be held at eight o'clock, on MONDAY Evening, 2nd March, in the Choral Hall Business—To pass Rules, elect Officers, and arrange for commencing Business. J. D. JACKSON. ___A%jk > QTEAM TO WAIUKU jg^^T^^ k3 and awitu. Tarn o' Shanter Will leavo the Government Wharf, Onehunga, at 5 p.m. MONDAY. March 2. JAMES W. WALLEK, Auckland and Onehunga. BOARD AND RESIDENCE for one or two respectable Single Men in a quiet family ; situation healthy and respectable,—For address apply at the Star office. POBB & CO.'S TELEGRAPHIC' V^ LINE OF MAIL COACHES. TIME TABLE. Leave Auckland every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6 a.m., for— s. d. s. d Otahuhu.. .. 2 6 Point Russell ~ Ift 0 Papatoetoe .. 4 0 Ngaruawuhia .. 30 0 Papakura .. 6 6 Hamilton .. 35 0 Drury .. .. 7 6 Cambridge .. 40 0 Leave Hamilton every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 a.m., for — Ngaruawahia .. 5 0 Papatoetoe .. 30 6 Point Russell .. 20 0 Otahuhu .. .. 32 6 Drury .. .. 27 6 Auckland .. 35 0 Papakura .. 28 6 Leaves Hamilton, at 8 a.m., for Alexandra every Tuesday and Saturday ; leaves Alexandra at 12 noon for Hamilton, to meet the Coach for Auckland, every Monday and Friday. Parcels forwarded to all parts of the Waikato, and must be paid for before leaving the office. We do not hold ourselves responsible for any parcels value over £5. DAILY TIME TABLE. Leave Auckland every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at G a.m., and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 8 a.m., for Otahuhu Papatoetoe Papakura Drury. Leaves Drury every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, i-at 2 pm, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 4 o'clock p.m., for Papakura, Papatoetoe Otahuhu and Auckland. Leave Auckland at 3 p.m. for Otahuhu Papatoetoe Papakura Drury Leave Drury at 7.30 a.m. for Papakura Papatoetoe Otahuhu Auckland Coach leaves Riverhead for Helensville every Mon day and Wednesday, at 1. p.m. ; and leaves Helen ville for Riverhead every Tuesday and Thursday, at 9 a.m. AMERICAN COACH FACTORY. All description of Conveyances built to order, and repairs neatly executed. ■ Horses shod by experienced workmen. Carriages, Buggies, or ?Saddle Horses can be hired for all parts of the province. Booking Office :—Elliott-street. C G. QUICK, Proprietor. H. MOFFLIN, Manager DEVONPORT HIGHWAY DISTRICT. rpENDERS are required by 4 p.m. -L on MONDAY, the 2nd March, for the following works:— 1 Forming Road from Masonic Hotel .to Old School-house 2 Metalling Road from Sheep Mount to Rosebank and Vauxhall Gardens 3 Extension of Beach Road to Oaliope Point 4 For Carting at per day. Tenders to be addressed to the Chairman. Specifications may be seen on application to OLIVER MAYS, i Hon. See Devonport District Board,



THE CHEAP HARDWARE; HOUSE. J. & J. DICKEY olicit the attention of parties Furnishing to tlieir LARGE STOCK OE TABLE CUTLEET, ELECTRO-PLATED AND NICKEL SILVER SPOONS, FORKS, ETC., ETC., ETC. JOSEPH ROGERS & SONS' IVORY HANDLED TABLE & DESSERT KNIVES LOCKWOOD BROTHERS' IVOEY HANDLED TABLE & DESSERT KNIVES ( JOHN WIGFALL & CO.'S BONE, HORN, AND STAG HANDLED KNIVES AND FORKS. LOCKWOOD & HARRISON'S POCKET KNIVES, In great variety. CHRISTOPHER. JOHNSON'S CELEBRATED SCISSORS. HEIFFOR'S & ROGERS' RAZORS. SALT & SONS' IVORY HANDLED BUTCHERS STEELS. THE BEST ASSORTMENT IN THE CITY Two tons of Knives, &c to choose from. DOWNER'S KEROSINE. (The only safe Brand) JUST ARRIVED, PER niNDOSTAN,' I Star Kitchen Ranges and Register Stores, TO BUILDERS. TENDERS will be received up to 2 p m on THURSDAY, the sth of March, for Re-building the Thistle Hotel. Queen-street. Plans, &c. at my office, Qneon-street. EDVVAKD MAHONEY, Architect. TO BUILDERS. TENDERS will be received until noon of the sth March for the Erection of a SMRLTING HOT.T3K. &c, at Grahamstown, for the In ational Bank of New Zealand. Plans, &c. , at my oliice. RICHARD KEALS, Architect. TENDERS. TENDERS will be received until February 28 for the Erection of a Stone Wall at Penrose Junction, Plans may be seen at this office. Each tender to be accompanied with a deposit of £.5. The lowest or any tender not necessarilly accepted. JNO. BROGDEN & SONS. I Albert Barracks, February 24,1574. HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION BALL. A GRAND BALL under tbe auspices of the Auckland Branch of the above, will be held in the Lome-street Hall on Tuesday evening, the 17th March, 1874 Tickets. 10s 6d. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock p.m. Ladies by invitation circular only. T. J. FLAHERTY, Secretary. Q N E H TJ N G A^ For the convenience of Shareholders resident at Onehunga, the Committee of the AUCKLAND PERMANENT CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY has arranged to Open an Office at the Corner of Queen-street and Church street. Onehunga. The Society's Secretary will attend there to receive subscriptions and transact other busi ness every alternate Wednesday, commencing on Wednesday, the 18th February. Office hours from 8.30 till 10 o'clock a.m. JOHN BATGER, Secretary, A.P.C.B and I. Society. WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL ATTENTION TO OUR NEW STOCK OI" PAPERH ANGINGS Ex HINDOSTAN, Which for variety and beauty of design cannot be equalled in Auckland. We have also Large Stocks of Linseed Oil and White Lead (in wood and iron), Scrim, Brushes, Window Glass, Varnishes, Artists' Materials, and in fact eveiy Painting Requisite. . '■ To country orders prompt attention will be given, and to those settlers living beyond the reach of tradesmen, every information with reference to the using of material will oe gratuitously given. HOLLAND & BUTLER, 28 & 30. VICTORIA STREET, AUCKLAND, OIL, COLOR, AND GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Gilt and Stained PICTURE FRAME AND ROOM MOULDINGS, Glass Shades, &c. PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER Agents for the Nelson Hematite Paint Company, Q*eo, Boyd's 'Prize Field, Drain, aud Socket Pipes, &c.



HpHE DEPARTURE OE THE -S- YACHT WINONA. To the Editor of the Daily Southern Cross. In respect of your report of 20th irstant I yester day went to the North Shore to enquire. I find the report is simply a LIE. No trial of sailing took place—the Yacht and Pilot-boat were miles apart, and none of the Pilot-boat Crew knew of any attempt being made at trying the relative sailing properties of the two vessels. J. WAYMOUTH, SEN. j February 28, 1874. : pRINCE OE WALES THEATRE. ! FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY ! CHARLES' GREAT DIORAMAS OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, ALSO THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE NILE. • POSITIVELY FOR. SIX NIGHTS ONLY ! COMMENCING ON TUESDAY. MARCH 3. W. B. WISEMAN, Manager. pRINCE OE WALES THEATRE. ' THE VIVIAN ROYAL COMIQUE COMPANY. THIS EVENING, POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT. PROGRAMME. Overture —Orchestra After Me, aad Where's My Dolly—Mr Arthur Vivian Good Night Darling—Miss Nellie Melville Merry Moke— Mr Ned Mason Brown the Tragedian, and Eacketty Jack—Mi- Arthur Vivian Ballad—Miss Harrington COUR TI N G IN THE RAIN, MR. VIVIAN and MISS MELVILLE. Interval of Five Minutes. THE COMEDIETTA, WHO SPEAKS FIRST? Mr Militant .. .. ' .. Mr F. Milburn Mrs Militant Miss Nellie Melville Captain Charles .. .. Mr Ajrthur Vivian Interval of Five Minutes. Maori Song and Dance—Mr Ned Mason Soda and B , and I Know My Way About— Mr Vivian Popsy Wopsy—Miss Nellie Melville Bathing —Mr Milburn Dobbs in Paris, and Hapi>y'-go-Bill—Mr Arthur Vivian Josephus— Ned Mason I'M FROM THE COUNTR V— Arthur Vivian and Ned Mason. TNVESTMENT.—For Sale, a well- J- situated properly in the city, having an annual rental of £89 ; price £600.— Samuel Cochrane <*- Son. ZI T?OR HOKIANGA. Jal^MsAQx ie re Su'ar trader Will sail on M ONDAY next, March 2. M. NICCOL, Agent. Custom House-street. TN THE EBSTATE OE JAMES -L OLDHAM, DECEASED. Creditors in the above Estate will receive their dividends at the cilice of the undersigned on and after THURSDAY, March 3. GRANT & MORTON. CENSUS NOTICE. HOUSEHOLDERS are reminded that the Census Schedules should be filled up on the morning of MONDAY, March 2. Should any House, either from mistake or other wise, have been left without a Schedule, the occupier is requested to report the same by letter, directed, to the undersigned, which will be transmitted free of postage. T. M. HAULTAIN, Census Enumerator. 'VO LET.—A Six-roomed House -fi- (new), in St Mary's Road, Dedwood-—Apply to J. & T. Mason, Hairdressers, IS6, Queen street. fTV O PAINTERS Tenders are invited by noon of WEDNESDAY next for Painting Buildings in Mechanics' Bay and Stanley street. —For particulars apply to FRASER & TINNE, Phcenix Foundry. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. AUCKLAND AND NORTH SHORE STEAM FEKRY COMPANY (LIMITED). The p.s. steamer Devonport will resume running the AVoadside Service, commencing TO-MORROW (Sunday), the Ist March, 1874. H. W. HEATH, Manager. HpHE MARCH NUMBER JL , OF THE RRFSABYTERIAN CHURCH NAEWS IS WOW PUBLISHED. P RI C E — TURK EPENCE. UPTON & CO., Queen street. BROWN & BARRETT V. W E N D E L. ■_As my name does not usually figure in Courts, and I have scrupulously endeavoured to satisfy Jevery just claim, I wish to explain to the public how I came to be sued for a paltry, sum of 13s s^d by Brown, Barrett &'Co yesterday. This amount was alleged to be balance due on an account of £3_lls9jd, the remainder having been paid. Against that I had a contra account of 235, which I shewed in Court. The judgment for the amount claimed by Brown and Barrett leaves me no alternative but to pay Ihe amount of 13s sd, with £1 14s 6d costs added, and either to sue for my 235, or forgo the claim. This is a very haid case, and if it constitutes English law, tho less I know of it the better for me I therefore present Messrs Brown and Barrett with the 235, beliaving that if all their Customers are served the samo as me, they must do an excellent business. J. WEN DEL. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. TH E attention of Advertisers . interested in Coromandel, or desirous of making their business announcements public through out that district, is drawn to the medium afforded by the COROMANDEL MAIL, the first and only Journal on the Goldfield, which circulates widely over the field. Advertisements and Subscriptions for the Mail will ereceived at the Evkning STA.it office. TENDERS will be received by the undersigne! nntil noon of TUESDAY, tho 3rd | March next, for the Supply and Delivery, within the Parnell Highway District, of Scoria Ash and Hand broken Metal, during the period ending 30th June, 1874. I W, H. .KISSLING, I Chairman Parnell District Board. 1 Parnell, February 27,18Y4.



COROMANDEL MAIL. MR. YON STURM BR is no longer connected with the above newspaper. All Auckland advertisements should in future be left at ihe Star office, or addressed to the Proprietors, when they will receive prompt attention. Coromandel, February "2, 187-t. JTTKNRT ELLIOTT !.. JUL MARINE SURVEYOR, tS\ LICENSED RECEIVER. & FOR 3?]&g WARDING AGENT. Lessee ofßonded Store "C." for Goods Warehoused r Transhipment or for Examination. All Customs and Shipping Business promptly at tended to. Agent to the N.Z. Parcels Conveyance of London. Office : Queen street Wharf. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. SLEEPERS. Public Work's Office, February 12, 1874. TENDERS will be received at the Public Works Office, Auckland, until Noon on FRIDAY, Gth 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 Engineer, and marked " Tender for Sleeper 3." 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, Resident Engineer. p O U L TR V EEE D. 140 sacks Malt, at from 3s per pushel 125 sacks Maize, at from 4s Gd per bushel] At COUPLAND'S Produce Stores, Qaeen-street. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, EAST TAMAKI. A CONCERT In Aid of the Repairs of the above Church will be held in the OTARA SCHOOL - ROOM, NEAR OTAHUHU. (KINDLT ISNT FOB THE OCCASION). ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3. Doors open at seven o'clock. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED. Tickets, 2s 6d each. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Parishioners of St Mary's, Parnell, will be held in the School-room on MONDAY next, March 2, at 7.30 p m. Business—To take steps for raising funds to repair the Church, and to consider the financial position of the parish. ■ H-D lS LmG}Q^ehwarden 8 . . PRELIMINARY NOTICE. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AT WAKEFIELD STREET. THE Subscribers have been instruc ted by Mr S. Lipstine," who is leaving the Colony, to sell at his residence, Wakefield-street, The WHOLE of His HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE, &c, &c. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. mondayTmarch 2. Ex Tien Tsin, fbom Hobart Town. LEVI W. EATON WILL sell by auction at his Mart on Monday, March 2, at 12 o'clock, 150 cases Apples, assorted qualities, in prime condition. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. FURNITURE, CARPETS, LOOKING-GLASS AND FLOOR CLOTHS. E. & H. ISAACS ARE instructed by the Importer to sell by auction at their Stores, Fort-street, on Wednesday next, the 4th March, at 11 o'clock prompt, 57 cases and bales of English-made Goods, as under—Bales Curled Hair and Tapestry, and Brussels Oamets, wide width Floor Cloth and Door Mats, Walnut and Rosewood Chiffonniers, (Glass Backs), Walnut and Mahogany Suites, (covered with Fancy Rep), Damasks and Morocco Cloth, Dining, Loo, Card, 'Joffee, and other Tables, Night Commodes, Patent Wash Stands, Towd Horses, Music Stools, Salivarium Hassocks, Work Tables, Inlaid Tables, Dolly Varden Easy Chairs, Fancy Cane, Willow Seat and other Chairs, Whatnots, Cabinet Hat Stands, a very good and large assortment of Dressing Glasses, (patent and others), and many other Goods suitable for Cabinet-makers and Furniture Dealers. The above Goods are well and oarefullf selected, aud just landed in splendid order, ex Wave Queen, from London. 150 Feather Pillows and Bolsters. For Sale, at 11 sharp, a Quantity of Large Empty Packing Cases. Terms at Sale. THURSDAY, MAllCEgi2; ' BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OFEDUCA TION. — BUILDING ALLOTMENTS AT DEVONPORT.—TO BE LEASED FOR A TERM OF 21 V SARS. HPHE Subscribers have received in -A. structions to Lease b* public auction, on Thursday, March 12, at 12 o'c'.. k, for a term of 21 years, THE FOLLOWING GB MMAR-SCHOOL ENDOWMENTS.. VIZ. :— Allotment No. 29, Section Vo 2 Parish of Taka puna, subdivided in 'J large Building Allot ments, having frontag- of from 80 to 100 feet to the Victoria and Bu.ii-.h Roads, by depths ranging from 154 to 27(3 feet. The Board of Education have decided to Lease the above Allotment without a_.y conditions whatever beyond due payment of the re at. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. MONDAY, MARCH 23. LEASE OF HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT, SYMOMDS-STREET, AUCKLAND. rpHE undersigned have been in -*-_ structed by the Superintendent to offer for sale by Public Auction, at their Mart, Queen-street at 12 o cloci. noon, of the above date, the Lease of'the | undermentioned property for a term of Tweny-one ■■ years, from Ist April, 1874. ... ", j Lots r and 8 of section 9. City of Auckland. having frontage to Synionds-street and Haveloek^ . street. Conditions at time of Sale. R, TONES & CO, Auctioneers, Auckland, February 18 1874