SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Eiati WATSB : ?b\M evening, 11-61; to-iaom» taonitag, 12 SUN-SET : tPhls evanlmt, 6.0 ; BTO-BDW! To morrow atoming;, 5 38 JW.OON'S AGS: Last QoMter, 3rd in5t.,"1.17 a.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Golden Isle, schooner, from Russell JBJngleoder, Revenue cutter, Gray, from a cruise In the Manukau : . ■ Phcebe, s,s., Worsp, from the South

DEPARTURES.

Isabella, brig, Murdoch, for Newcastle

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Phoebe, from the South :—lO half chests tea, order; 2 boxes, order; 2 bales, Holland and Butler; 6 cases, Solomon and Margetts; 3 cases, Onyon; 2 cases, 1 cask, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. ; 1 case, Holland and Butler ; 1 case,; Waller; 6 cases. Ellinghain; 1 case, 1 hhd,, Binney j 1 box, 1 parcel, Bank of New .Zealand.

EXPORTS.

Per Bella Mary, for Fobarfe Town? J. 500 bags, 12,500 palings, original cargo ; 8 bales pbovmiurn, Stone Bros, (agents.) ' Prr Flirl; for Timarii : 60,000 feet sawn timber, 10,000 feet mouldings, 3000 feet skirting, 20 packages window sashes, 5000. architraves.

The s. s. Phcebe arrived off the Manukau ! Heads early this morning from the South. Owing to the break on the bar she could not cross till noon. She came alongside the wharf at Onehunga between two and three o'clock, with the foilowing passengers :—Mrs and Miss Biss, Mrs Mcßfea, Messrs Eeynolds, Seed., Copland, Montague, Funeral, Watts, Spencer, Brissenden, 2 natives, 4 steerage. The bartjuentine Falcon was towed up this morning by the ps. Takapuna from her anchorage off. Orakei Bay, and she is now alongside the Woodwharf. The barque Loch Urr has cleared in ballast for San Francisco, and will sail about Monday morning. We i understand that Captain Murdoch offered to convey the greater part of the cargo of the ship Condoren to San Francisco at the rate of 12s 6d per ton, but the offer was not accepted by Captain Neiglick. The brigantine Flirt cleared out to-day for Timaru with a cargo of timber. She is lying in the stream ready to sail.- : The weather accounts received lately re port fearful gales all round the coast, but so far no disaster has been heard of. On the west coast yesterday the Manukau bar was breaking heavily, and further south we hear of the s.s. Waitara and Go-a head having had to put into Wanganui through stress of weather. On the east coast still worse ac counts are to hand. The s.s. Pretty Jane lias had a terrible time of it, having been ten days getting from Gi&boriie to Tauranga, where she has been compelled to remain owing to having no coal left for the engines, or food for the passengers and crew. At the Great' Barrier Captain Gray, of the Ring leader, reports, the, ketch Maid of the Mill lying in Trypfiena Bay without her mizen mast,/which had been; carried-away in the gale. The report of "Captain Ohlaon, of the schooner Belle Brandon,, shows that the westerly gales which have been so continuous here, have hot extended any distance to the eastward. During his run from Taviuni he . tad, none but light easterly winds and fine weather till within a few miles of Tiritiri.

Thci. barque Bella. Mary has taken in her ballast, and-is now ready to sail for Hobarfc Town. ■ .' -'

The barque Bella Mary has cleared out for Hpbxnt Town ,witb small cargo and ballast and the following passengers-:; Mrs Blake and two children, Mr and Mrs Esk and two children. ■ • '

Captain Sopwitk is to take command of the barquentine Prince Alfred, now loading at the , Thames for Lyttelton. Captain Bennett has resigned through ill-health.

The schooner' Golden Isle arrived from the Bay of Islands last nis;ht with 110 tons of coal-for the AS. P. Co!

The ship Zealandia is now 85 days out faom. Lotidon. Being a fine powerful ship of 1100 tons she is expected to make a fast run, and may therefore already be looked for. The barque Glimpse lias been chartered by Mr H. P./ Barber on behalf of Messrs. Rolph and Co; We were in error: in stating that Messrs. Arnold, Hines and Co. were the charterers, though that firm will supply a large portion of.her cargo of gum for New York.

The Government steamer.-Luna left Wel lington yesterday morning at ten o'clock with the Suez mail transhipped from the Albion. She may be expected early to morrow morning. Tho s.s. Star of the South arrived..at Lyttelton on Wednesday. A heavy south vest gale was blowing at the time.] • • The schooner Fortune has been lying at Tauranga since the 23rd (ultimo.' The whaling barque Haunter arrived at the Bay of Islands, on Thursday last with 200 barrels of oil on board.' i •'• ■': '■'■•'■

The s.s. Phcebe arrived in the Manukau early this morning. ■- i I ; i: The barque Moss Glen is loading timber at Te Kdpuru for Shanghae. She was nearly full when last --heard of, and was to take her departure early. She is j being loaded by Mr Dargaville.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Nelsok, this day. The s.s. Ladbbird arrived this morning early from the Manukau.;

Tauranga, this day. The Pretty Jane left if or Auckland, at a quarter-past nine this morning. The Southern Cross, Sellars, left for Auck landat the same time. 1 ! . :.. ■■■' :

this day. VThels.s. Albion leffcfir a.m. to-day. *~Ot

Manukau Bejlds, this day. WindS.W. Cloudy. * Bar breaking.

COMMERCIAL.

BUriIII a si err t "H00 !?2 EB Mb Alfred Btjcklahd's Weekly Report. ~—Th"e demand for fodder has very much lessened.,. At f;he Jlaymarket on Friday last • -about one--fourth («i the^usual quantity only was brought forward, and this realised lower prices than for some time. Trussed meadow hay brought from 3s 6d ito Sa'pd; pressed lucerne.hayj'Tajfidvthe cwjt;;spring part, £17; waggonnette, £35 ; draught horses, £35, to £3B 10s ; light harness horses; £16 to £21 ; riding horses, &Qm,£B an<i upwards t ; ponies; from £5. ■ The f&nden&y jof the auction-was . ;to loweripripes, but since j that time private sales have fully maintained previous values. ..Draught horses have realised from £50 to £70, and the imported draught entire Campsie£3so. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy ; cpw.s.were in less numbers than-, usual. Store cattle also'in short Supply, but without .alteration iv value. | Fat cattle in average numbers, of indifferent quality I and-: at; lower '-values :< 128 head pen ;';?? d; ;"■£"■ A few pens pf store'• .wethers in their wool, and ewes with lambs at side, ..met.with a good enquiry.; Fat sheep in usual' supply, of good quality, jand at low rates. ,J?at lambs; : were abundant, and- 16«rer; in prices. Pigs in short supply, and dear. prices given were :—Dairy cows £6 15s. to *i£; eight to ten-months-old v calves, 25s tp ' ***n\ l a?ll? g310 ci Bhteen-ni<)n.th:s-6ld, 50s to fcf ' three-year-olds, £4 10s to £6 17s 6d: •^^H 1-®'37a 6d to 504 the 100 lbs" fat sKKr&{Jftl2r*' «-s with lambs

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows :-- Kor Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Waipu, per Sunbeam, this day, at 4 80 p ni For Mahurangi, Matakana; Manfeawai, Wfclp'd,! &c. per L»dy Bowen. to-morrow, at 10 « m. For Samoa and Tonga, per Pacific, ,-to - morrow, at 11 a.m. For tan Francisco, per Loch Urr, Ito-morrow, at 11 a.m. Fo,L3 hltiai):,i., 1-airuft, Opotiki. and Napier y}a lar_.uga, per Ssuthern " Cross, to - JSSrEow, at 1 p.m. . „ For Wellington. Canterbury, and Otago, per Luna, tc-niGrrow, at 1 p.m. For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colo-ies, per Phoebe, on Monday next, at 10 a.m. For Russell, WangarOa, and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. . .. .■ Mails for Australian jCplpn.ies, via Melbourne, will close at Hokitikj.,to-in:drrbw, at 10 a.m. NOTICE. -■ The future telegraph malls leave Optinaki for New Plymouth at 9 am. and 3 p.m. daily, instead of at noon as heretofore. , . S. B. Bias, Chief Postmsstor.

DEATH.

RICHMOND—This morarng. at Shore Bead, Devon ? p->rt, Jeanie Bayie, daughter of James Richmond ; aged two years and three months. ,

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1874.

Tor the cause that lacks Assistance, ' For the wrong that nceda resistance. For the future in the distance. Ami tb« g*od that we can do.

Attention lias been repeatedly drawn during the past few months to the steady riße in the price of the necessaries of life, especially of meat, which is becoming a serious matter. The influx of immigrants has also given an impulse to the demand for house accommoda tion, and landlords have not been slow to make thi3 felt in higher rentals. In fact it might easily be shewn that the cost of living in Auckland has been enhanced from these causes at least 20 per cent during the last twelve months, while there has been no pro portionate increase in the current rate o^ wages. The same difficulties are experienced ia other provinces, and an effort has been made in Wellington to rectify the evil by establishing a co-operative bakery and a cattle importation and butchery company. So long as legitimate trade competi tion keeps prices to a reasonable rate we hold that the principle of " live and let live " should prevail to tbe exclusion of any cheese-paring economy calculated to deprive a tradesman of his legitimate profits, but when prices of food are maintained by trade combination, as is now the case with meat, we consider that similar combinations on the part of consumers for their own protection are not only justifiable but are called for. If Jhe price of' cattle has advanced to the same extent as the retail charge for meat has done, it most have been solely through the action of the butchers themselves, who ought rather to combine against the cattle dealers for their own and their customers' protection, than band together against that section of the community from whom they obtain their support. There can be no doubt on this point. The price of cattle is regulated almost wholly by the amount of competition among +he butchers at the weekly sales, and hence the remedy against excessive charges for stock lies in their own hands. We cannot doubt that the consumption of meat has materially diminished under the almost prohibitive rates now current, and we veryjnuch question whether the gross. profits of tradesmen from the higher prices but smaller quantity are so much larger as on first consideration the public mi&ht be led to suppose. But the question whether the butchers are enriching themselves at the expense of their customers or. not is not one which consumers are called upon to consider. It is sufficient for them to know that with a very much lartjer amount of stock in the colony than ever be fore, and with better communication through the country, they are called upon to pay a vastly higher price for their meat than has ruled for years. If the butchers desire to main tain the confidence of the public and be en trusted with the business of supplying city wants, they must exert themselves in order to merit what they claim. We see no reason whyour leading meatsalesmenshouldnot form a Cattle Importation Company on their own account, and employ suitajble steamers for the trade. We would' rather that they should take the initiative-in-moving for the reduction of the excessive price of nieat than that action should be forced upon consumers, but, come from whom ft may, the tiiie has arrived when come some movement must for giving cheap food to • the people. Trade go mpetition has so far failed in effecting this end and even seems disinclined to make reason able effort in the desired direction, and un less some fair disposition is manifested by the meat salesmen of the city; to cope with the evil we must have co-operation.

In a seaport like Auckland, where people of . all classes are continually coming and going, it is very necessaiy for the protection of strangers that good lodging-houses should be available. But, from Mr Goldie's report, read at the meeting of the City1 Council yesterday, it has been pretty .clearly shown that the lodging-houses in- the centre of the city, not excepting one of such pretensions as would lead the public to expect better things, are conducted in a most disgraceful way. We cannot but think thai; the Coun cil; is to blame for having permitted some'of these houses to enjoy licenses for so long a ■ time without instituting any inquiry into their condition. A license is taken by the casual lodger as a guarantee of the respectability of the establishment, and those who have found to their sorrow the character of the places at which they have been induced to stay may reasonably complain that the Corpora tion has aided in the deception. Prom the description given by the Inspector of some of the houses in West .Queen-street we cannot conceive .in what way the premises have been permitted to enjoy licenses. We take as a case in point house No. 2, of which Mr Goldie says:—"Second" house, kept by Mrs Bates, West Queen-street.' "Licensed," I Found.seven men sleeping in one room, three men in another ; one woman

and two meft in antftnefc. T^s house tit literally filthy, overcrowded, and bad ventila tion. Frequented by men of dirty habits, women of, bad repute, loafers sleeping in rags dirt, and^yermin. iSHusband in gaol for keep a disreputably horXse. License now expired. The only occasion1, for congratulation which the revelations made by Mr Gbldies midnight ranible afford is prospective, for we certainly dannot look back with any degreee of complacency upon the amount of mischief which these reeking dens of filth, misery, and infamy iriay have wrought,. We may, however, reasonably hope that thiß ligrlt now let in iipon tftem will be productive of a i moire wholesome state affairs.

We don't know whether the fact that Wednesday next is the 105 th anniversary of Captain Cook's arrival, 4n New Zealand, or that ; circumstance in connection with the holding of the Spring race meeting, is suffi cient pretext for proclaiming a public holiday, but it seems to us that one excuse is much about as good as another, and without, excuse at all a day of relaxation and amusement in Honour of the advent of spring, with its pretty pink peach blossoms, new potatoes, and young onions will be acceptable to most of us. His Honor the Superintendent is evidently of the same opinion, and henov the invitation to the public, published through the medium of our advertising columns, to unite in celebrating next Wednesday as the. first holiday of the season. Ifthere is one class above another which should maintain the good old institu tion of holidays if js our drapers and cloth iers, for we know* of no greater stimulus to the investment of spare cash in holiday attire than the prospect of being able to air it on an approaching gala day, nor are We speaking outside the strict letter off veracity in contending that one good holiday is more calculated to take the gloss of a hew suit of clothes or spoil the shape of a new spring bonnet, than three months wear at the Sun day meeting-house. For these cogent rea sons we hope to see a universal shutting-up in Queen-street on Wednesday, and em ployers and employes blessing the hearts of their wives and bairns by giving them a trip along the railway line, to the North Shore, dr to some other rural retreat. We may expect to receive our English correspondence via Suefc early to-morrow, as the Government steamer Luna, which left yesterday with the mails received per Albion at the Biuff, will probably arrive during to night or early in the morning. We are requested to call attention to Messrs Holland and Butler's advertisement which appears in another column. Large shipments ot new patterns just arrived for 1874 and 1875. The goods are worthy of an inspection. Messrs Arthur T. Nation, and Thomas Cotter, were today admitted to the bar of New Zealand. The admission took place at the Supreme Court, the oaths being taken before his Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Chief Justice. Mr T. 13. Gillies applied for Mr Cotter's admission, and Mr MacCormick made the application on behalf of Mr Nation. , His" Honor in ordering their admittal said he was very pleased to say that both gentleman had passed eminently satisfactory examina tions. 1 The first half-yearly meeting of the One ; hunga Land Society was held in the Choral Hall, Onehunga, on Thursday evening, Mr. , Barstow, E.M., in the chair. Mr .T. D.»' Jackson, the secretary, read the report and 1 financial statement. The report congratu -1 lated tbe members on the success that had attended the society for the half-year. It . showed that 487 investing shares were held by G2 member J, and 119 borrowing shares by LlO members, but very considerable additions had been made to its numbers just after the s half-year had closed. Altogether the report j waamo3tsatfsfactory; itwasreadandadopted. The receipts amounted to £1,777 4s 3d. ; 1 and £1,720 have been lent on mortgage ; and ' £920 have been arranged for, and the whole 1 will be paid ai soon as the deeds are signed. A vote of thauks to the committee, &c, and • the chairman, closed the proceedings. 1 A petition is being carried round Onehunga , praying his Honor the Superintendent to ; get the Onehunga wharf lengthened, to have 1 the railway run along the wharf, and to ! increase the facility of loading and unloading 1 truckti, &c. In 1855 the foreign commence of Great l Britain, France, United States, Belgium Germany, Austria, Russia in Europe, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and Sweden, was esti ' mated at £848,340,000. In seventeen years i it more than doubled itself, being in 1872, t valued at £1,855,200,000. Great Britain stauds at the top of the list with £208,400, 000, in 1855, and £G09,(;00,000 in 1872; J France comes next with £150,300,000 5 and £285,800,000; the United States i third, with £107, 340,000 and £232, r 800,000, or a little over double, whereas ' during the period mentioned its poDulation 3 increased Irom 27,000,000 to 41,000,000, i while that of France only increased from r 35,000,000. to 3G, 000,000, and that of England f from 37,000,000 to 32,000,000. The total increase in commerce during the seventeen years was 118.5 per cent. 1 The managing committee of the Young 1 Men's Christian Association have been re i duced to the alternative of either making . strenuous efforts to reduce the debt of £1500 on the building by subscriptions to the amount of £500f or offer it for sale. They ' find the income insufficient to meet necessary ■ expenses and defray the heavy charge for t interest. They have, therefore, determined to endeavour between the present date and 1 March next to raise the necessary amount, 1 and failing that will ask the consent of mem bers at the next annual meeting to the sale of the whole property. We. are sure the dissolution of the institution, which has 1 carried on such an eminently useful work in the city, would be an actual calamity and > would be a sad reflection on the Christian t young men of Auckland. We trust there fore that the necessary amount will, be 1 forthcoming. The following gentlemen will { receive subscriptions :—-Archdeacon Maun sell, Messrs W. C. Daldy, J. Newman, P. Herepath, H. Barton, IG. M. Main, J ...• Coupland,, J. Longmorej J. Gittos, F. ~C*', Ewington, ,and Hon. Secretary. In the event lof the sale being determined on all subscrip tions will be returned, i A remarkable instance of the brevity of animal life was exemplified this morning in Hobson-street. A fine dog belonging to a maiden lady was trotting leisurely across from the shop of Mr Fpley to that of Mr Abbot; but When in the! middle of the road the dog suddenly fell on ihis side, gave one kick, and all was over. A number of per sons ran. to assist, but the poor dog was dead. The-verdict of the bystanders was i" heart-disease, or doggyoplexy." Spiritualism is reported to be spreading rapidly in owing chiefly to the won derful manifestations of j psychic force dis played by a native youth. While he can I perform the ordinary feats in the .matter of causing articles of furniture to skip about, this youth goes further. jThe Times of India relates that he had actually caused a cork screw to leap to the iceiling by merely looking at it. This exploit, it is added, has converted many sceptics, which is not surprising. It might be;worth the iwhile of some enterprising publican to ascertain whether this youth can cause the cork-screw by looking at it, to draw corks, as in case he should be found to possess that power he' would be invaluable as a barman. On: the other hand this combination of, ideas —of spirits and a cork-screw—may stand in the way of some being converted to the "new and beautiful faith," or the gospel of;the corkscrew, as it may now be termed. '.''. Mr Perkins notifies that sweeps on the Melbourne Cup will take place this' eveninc at eight o'clock. * {

Wet and windy wia the evening, but the weather did not prevent a lar^e number of persons from visiting the Deronport Hall concert in aid of the Holy Trinity Church. A considerable company of tiibrrj-Hearted ladies and gentlemen passed over the water from Auckland, and the occasional bright: ness between the clouds discovered several happy couples in various parts of the fefceamer. The hall was subsequently well and oom-y fortably filled. The little ban 1 opened the proceedings with a selection wax *at-a -ttella." A beautiful part sßus «*«* next giVßnby the choir of voices, '• in mercy, tear us," in a highly creditable manner, ledbyMrHesketh, Among the balladm troduced, and which were given with truth fulness of tone and feeling, wo may mention "Good bye at the, door'" by Miss &f\W} £n& ''Spring, spring, beautiful spring, by m7s S Le Paf. Vs P V- "*<***£ Tan successful with this seasonable ly.lo than with any others. Mr Hill sang "Let me like a soldier fall," which is * very pretty song, but false fo sentiment; bfeoausfe.no person, except a madman, desire, toL beshot; Master Hill was very pleasing in Down by the deep, sad sea ;" and in " An Angel form. Mr Harding rendered the " Arab's Farewell" with considerable power. Mr Hankin s comic songs were telling. There is no doubt but that Mr Hankin possesses a keen comic taste, but his songs -are not always .well chosen. If he will take the trouble to study the writings of such men as Thomas Mood he will discover exactly what we mean. Jie will find excellent lyrics in Hood and else where which will Bhew him that a song may be exceedingly funny with a vein of pure gold running through the composi tion. We hope this young gentleman Will take this hint, and thus sus tain his character as a popular comic songster. We were especially pleased with the flute-duet "Hear me, Norma," by Messrs Hill and Hunter, which was ably executed. Mr T. L. White attracted much attention by his admirable reading of "Sam Wellers Valentine," which is notthebestselectionthat could have been made from "Pickwiok. Several glees were given, and the whole con cluded with the National Anthem. The pro moters of the concert, Messrs Worthington and Hesketh, are to be credited for the excellent arrangement} also Miss Woodham for presiding at the piano, and Mr Davey for bis efiusions. The actual labour of the concert, however, devolved upon Messrs Bartley and Hill, who did their utmost to ensure a successful issue. At the meeting of the Good Samaritan Lodge on Monday evening last nine new members were initiated into the Order of Good Templarism, six of whom were of the crew of the barque Bella Mary, of Hobart Town. That vessel is now noted for having its chief and second officers and five able seamen total abstainers and members of the 1.0.G:T. There are also in this lodge many other seafaring men who rigidly practice the principles of temperance both on shore and afloat. Some of these members are masters of coasting vessels, and in a few instances the whole of their crews are total abstainers. It has been found that temperance amongst our local mariners has of late been making much progress, and it is to be hoped that it will still further increase, both for the sake of the sailors themselves, and also for the passengers and property committed to their care. A special general meeting of the members of the Auckland Cricket Clnb is to be held this afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock. Import ant business is to be transacted, and it is to be'hoped there will be a good attendance. It is quite evident that gunpowder and letters do not harmonise from tbe neglect shewn last evening by the great body of Volnnteeiß towards Lieutenant Soal, who had taken great pain 3to prepare an essay on " Practical Musketry." Only a small num ber attended, consequently the essay was not read. It was thought that the wind prevented the gathering together of the members, but this could not have been the reason for non-attendance with men of heroic mould who are ever ready for fire. The author announced his intention of pro ducing hia paper at the next monthly parade. The Licensed Victuallers met yesterday for the purpose of arranging for thoir third annual ball. After some discussion it was decided to hold the ball on Thursday even ing, the 22nd instant, in the Choral Hall. The drawirjg-room entertainment last even ing at the Prince of Wales Theatre was honored with a number of patrons, who evinced their approval of the character songs, and the wonderful " Mystery Box" in a pleasant manner. This evening the '' Golden Fleece" will be produced, Miss Stoneham taking the leading character. "Mr Pinkey's Perplexities," a laughter provoking comedy, will also be given. The business of alluvial mining in Ofcago cannot be said to be in a.very flourishing condition so far as the employment of numbers is concerned. There may ba con siderable activity in some few districts, but, taking this branch of geldmining as a whole, its value as a producing industry has become greatly lessened. As we upon a former occasion said, the easily-wrought deposits of gold are gone.— Otago Times. Mr F. H. Lewissoh's art union was drawn for yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of subscribers. The prizes were of an aggregate value of £250, divided among forty winners. The proceedings gave general satisfaction to those present. The list of winning numbers was published in this morning's journals for the benefit of those interested. ' 3 : .. The death of a tiger 'from sunstroke is a rather unusual occurrence, yet it is reported to have taken place about the middle of July at the Paris Garden; of Acclimatization. The deceased animal was; pretty old, and had passed thirteen ye*rfe of ;his life out of the tropics, which may account for his demise. By a curious paradox it seems that the African and Asiatic animals in.the garden all suffered from the heat, while the Polar bear seenMto enjoy it. -Thjere must be some thing .i% the Parisian ! atmosphere which makes animals, as well as men unlike their kind elsewhere. A magnificent assortment of expensive gold and silver English levers,: from T Kussell and bon s factory,, London, has beea imported by our enterprising citizen, IF. H. Lewjsson. Ine watches seem to be of the best descrip tion ever imported into New Zealand if the prices are criterion to go by. Each watch is accompanied by a certificate from the makers, with a description. There is one, a calendar watch, which-gives the day of the month m addition to the correct time. This watch is jewelled in 10. hjoles^ and priced at ±00. Another of the t rb«st three-quarter plate independent centre-secoHd keyless watch jewelled inlß holes, chronometer balance, is priced at £60. This is guaranteed by the makers,.andis the only watch in New Zealand of the kind, and is worth looking at. Besides these there are, ladies', and gentlemen's gold keyless;^watches1,. gekitjefren's .gold centre second stop watches, mi a variety of other kinds.of watches, clocks, and jewellrv— From the Evening Star j>f 306h Sept., 1874. The death1 ia announced of Dr Bhau Daii probably the most learned native in Bombay andia mknuLof inde^r character and lareel heartedness. He was ; the first native student who gave attention to Indian botany' and Hindoo medicine, bu^ it is chiefly with thecureof leprosy that ihis name isidenti- W * i?i£ aS S-fe§M*f blamed at one. time for holding back a secret which it would have been so much for the benefit of suffer - successful medical practitioner, possesses S pipe! °r *m be f^S§SfS

Ideal wives, according an Irish wrrter, are of low stature and extremely fair. They are soft and gentle in manner an* slow m motion. They lav* blue eyes, golden hair, rich mszSo-soprario voices and wear moder ate dress-improvers. - Their hair and lttf W and they fear strong men, But like to look at rom™^ a't balconies, carriages and other places of secSy. They are a trifle unhappy, and I°™L been Carried in t^J^S They camiot sew over-well, but they have a positively maddening way of .leaning over the backs of chair* while they are asking ther husbands if they jJjall ~we«, blpe.or. pink ribbons. They have no mother living. They oare little forgoing into society. Lney never desire td obtain the good wishes ot other men: save., when their, hiisband s inter est is to tlat effect They at* not painfully clev.r musicians, but they know soecuj sweet simple airs, and sing thoseat evening by the open window. They are liable to be -de frauded by the servants, and rare, imposed upon by tfade^pe&plS. They regard their husbandsassupremearbitrators mall matters. They would stay as they are or fly to .New, Zealand with him if he desired. ; ~,.......-; Circumstantial evidence is, not always to be relied upon it wotild appear. A late instance in which an innocent person was wrongfully accused and made a narrow eTapt is noticed by a Newark conten^po rarv which says r—" The last Jersey City 3e? as i/has been, called, makes a romantic story. The body of a,man, named James McCann, was oa A the^^t two bullet holes in the head. The police arrested one Frank Wagher on suspicion of being the murderer. The circumstantial evidence again..t him was strong. He had been on tht road at the time the pistol shote were heai?d. He bore a bad character. He betrayed signs of fear : when arrested. He denied having been out, which was proved^at once to be an untruth. He had that night exhibited a pistol at a salodn close by the spot where McCann's body. was. found. Finally, the bullet taken from McGann s head fitted the chambers of the revolver dis covered in Wagner's room. What stronger case could be made out ..against a ? But suddenly & man comes forward, aliarm less and innocent flsfc dpaler, Thomas Brooks byname, who tells%ow McCann met hia death. Brooks was driving into New York with a load of fish, when McCann jumped into his waggon and attacked him. -Brooks fired at him twice and passed on, i^orant that he had hit him, and thinking that"helnad. lumped from He waggon.: The mystery^s Bolved ; but if Brooks had nottold the truth; would Wagner have, escaped hanging^?" , Considerable very appropriate indignation is being poured out at ithe disgraceful con duct of the Twenty-eigfaih';Battalipi^-of Brooklyn, N.Y., at: Creedmoor, July 19fch, on the occasion of a rifle-shoot. Many ot the men got so drunk as to £ c unable to are at the 500 yards> range at.alt y 'one man-had delirium tremettsVa'nd a marker was seriously wounded, while the interval of. -waiting, for the train was filled up with drinking and promiscuous fighting, in which; it: is said, the lieuteaant-colonel was conspicuous. On the way home rifles were repeatedly dis charged out of the " car-windows, weapons were broken, and accoutrements scattered about, and the office** lost all control over their men. , :r ' A very ludicrous story of Maori innocence is told by a native", correspondent of the Waka Maori. He sa^s,:i" In the old days^ from the wreck of a vessel cast on shore at Taranaki, the Maoris picked up a box of soap. Thinking it was some kind^of food, they essayed to eat it; but in. masticating it their mouths became full of foam and lather. Some of them thought it must be raw, and that if cooked it woufii be pleasant eating; so they prepaied a " hangi, ■■ or native oyefc,' and put the ffikp into! it. ...After leavijig it to cook for a long time, they uncovered the oven and found it to contain nothing but a mass of froth, which they all commen ced to lick up, men, women, and_ children ; but finding it nauseous and offensive to the palate, they abandoned it. So also with flour; thinking it a kind of ashes, they cast it away upon the ground," . A very remarkable living curiosity, the flying fox, may now be seen in. the Auckland Hotel. The little creature is caged, but perfectly tame and harmless, and Will take nuts and slices of apple from the hands of strangers. It possesses keen bright eyes, and has long claws, by which it hangs from the oross-wood of the cage and swings about. It is perpetually active, and sleeps suspended by its hind claws in the same manner., This marvel of nature was caught by a traveller in one of those beautiful.valleys which abound in New Caledonia, the island which was discovered by Captain Cook in 1774, and first possessed by the' French in 1554, eighty years after its discovery by the great English, circumnavigator. The man who brought this active animal to Auckland found it iv one of those picturesque valleys about twenty miles from Port St. Vincent, which are full of cocoanut, Tine, banana, mango, and other nutritious fruit-trees. To persons who. take an interest in the wonders of the animal world the flying fox,' now on view at the Auckland Hotel, will afford very consider able pleasure. i A public meeting was held last night in the Princes-street school-room for the pur pose of explaining . the principles of the Rechabite Friendly Society. Mr Neal, of Epsom, in the chair. Mr LeEoy, of Auck land, an I others held forth on the subject; but the number present was limited, and there was no one apparently desirous of joining. , The area of the British Empire comprises one-third of the surface of the globe, and is divided into thirty-eight colonies, or groups" of colonies, for administrative purposes— three in Europe, eleven in America, ten in Africa, seven in Asia, and seven in Australia. George Odger, ,the iotoribus Lambeth costermonger, has|been for some time,passing through the Bankruptcy Court, and 'an arrangement has at length been effected whereby his creditors will receive a first and final dividend of one shilling in the pound. This is the same fellow who used, in almost so many words, to accuse the Royal Family of loafing on the nation and robbing the " poof man" of his bread. Perhaps, how ever, Odger's creditors are not poor men, and his five per cent, dividend is, therefore, an act of patriotism in bleeding the "blood' suckers." Odger is. pretty sure to, be heard of again if he can find any one simple enough to lend him money. \ He; loves his country men, especially the ** flats',', among' them;, and for their sakes he Would, no doubt;/; wil lingly suffer again the pain of paying even so much as a twentieth part;of his just debts.

RESIDENTS MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— This Day.

--(Before Thomas Beckh'am, Esq., E.M.) GEORGE GILES V. JAIVIES WOODWABB. Claim £10. < Mr Brock for. plaintifF. i ... , , . .X ° -thM.OMB plaintiff, a butcher,' 'claimed ot aetendant, a farmer' ;at the Whau, dam ?hf K^- O£lS Of, seven Pbsand otEer losses through disappointment in not being able to supply his weekly customjers with pork, the particulars of which wereiduly recorded last week. I His Worship said that; having taken the' evidence into consideration the Court was ot opinion that the case -just escaped' the statute^ of frauds, and plaintiff cqttld. not claim for absolute loss. irudgmferit there fore must be for defendant ;k costs £3 2s 6dv . JAMES. PEACHEY V, J. TRIMMER, r • Claim £20. ■-■'■ '"!■ . Mr Kissling for plaintiff and Mr.Hesketb.; for defendant.^ — T . f ':■s&?. Wsl a,<4aim-for non-^teiivery oi gwksf adjo-arned from a former Court-day, the de fendant being in Gisborne.

It was arranged that th e^^ over until next week, andiT^^liti not prepared thento defendtiZ^ must go by default, the SS^ Claim £815^^% Mr James Russell having f still due and owing judgmgßj plaintms. , r^ . ... ~ • * ™»s fa£ WM." iftATHBoW V. W fw»- * Claim£2lss. ' --Coi»»Obj^.1 This was a claim for brioV defendaatrbat^hi* had Si^i dofding to promise. .■ ■"^ Judgment for plaintiff ME3BBS. CRUJECKSHABK V. CH il>T Claim, £1118.-* This was a,cliwn Jor goods«,« t Judgmeftt'for^laiotifi: *■ Claim,£2 7slod. M> Defendant in thif cas6 atm^ , feased judgment, ,„ • ; Claim, £9 15s. ' *'^s, Mr Jr B.'EussettJter pUintiff : Judgment for fla^ijaff. 1 '''" "■'

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before His Woriihi^the Msvn, * James McCarthy, Brice flotfc. Knox alias Cunnlng|iam anf^?1 Donald pleaded ga% to'tSaS) '>weje Jf i>unished,in,j;b.e orffinaryw^l BKEAOH/ifr BT-UWg i Johft Slater pleaded gm%V: of allowing one horge to deaatitttr closed land in Union-street, onfi* ancf vras,: fined 10s and costs, "' CTT^ BATES. James Dervan wag*1 summohea fan*. ment of city rates. -The defendS? appear and judgment went by deter1 Eliza Symonfewatf-icfallednpoa fei| to a charge of ii&ML thiekfeniag CJ towards Margaret L'iftle on S9 Defendant did not appear, and ij. was ordered to be iastied for ha ,«^ sion; :.'; .<• -'-/- £ '-'' -';.>^6BRJmptAHD^ Patrick Robb was -^afgwlwiilnjy absenting himsetlf :tfr9b the ««ti^( employer on the 18th September M Defendant lo&i. beetf reiniodedt,,slW the'nratter bfcingsettl|d betweeat^ - Mr Alexander nowistated flii^]S the employer, was satisfied vi^ been done, and now wished the dusk :witiidr^wn. *&J!&t Then- /^rships;"c9»sented feflfl m being adopted,- and deftadantms fafa, ' This was all the tnflSnesg. , ... . .; -...■: - -. - - r.r. n T " '.- ' ..'' "f "■

TELEGRAPHIC.

(From our own Coms])^) I

HAMILTON.

- •*■**■*■& ' ■ **»B ■Major Jackson addressed hit cwii at the Oliapo hote|A|Bßterday, Ate settlers were" p resent/ A. Cox, v eta He (Major Jackson) said he met timi if they were satisfied* witfc ':& «fe n abolition qf - the p^©j«nces, He *ott go there> a& delegate* if his"coarfites not satisfied. He wonld retire k\ other man, and .would even Ukeas minority. ■J^jfisdltatioris wire sotTf own. He was <Somjpei|y[ to bring tlau "session by v 43" m^ngi h»vu^ IMI him promising him Support Mr Eoachmovedjthe followi^raofc —" Having heard theladdreathtffl expresses entire'app^realflf his uf^'i late session of Parjtiapnt." Hi rd W&9 carried unanimously. A dinner was afterwards gtTen bl Jaoksoja by thft sutlers. MrCoimi man, and Mr Runciman rice. pA. - report fro% r <Jn|^specul r^fffe appear onMonday-iF" U"f ■ ■'' ift. *"• t ' '". . -~!,,.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

GRAHAMSTOWS. ~; } Uisl gThe Imperial Ci^^t 60 Ite. (if |j speciinebs.- this moiling,, n*^.' during the last two days. The reef I ing ■■' splendid, gdld shewing" 'and the lode 4 feet tM6t, andiilisj . The Point tribute ■ 22 ozs. 7 dwts.- mel*M^old%n2i!i Tne Neck or Notfifflg taMcnalßW 1 bz. 18 dwts. 12 grains. A miner's hut was buraed don Waiotahi Creek last night.** (Daniel rEHrin} stared to cook ja and' fell asleep..l&e "Wm by jthej flames, and by door barred, and t w6nt m window. He had las h»ir wig^ and .faoe; injured; jgHe ■"^.-." the Hospital. AmoDgsttheck»«*Vj the hut was foundr» jdrtion of»W containing 12-nbWIsnd «or«(flj notes were all : eharwji. Wlf*, seven" Bank of >New K^-jftJ rated them chemK^jy, anj charred portion' inj' M -'Po^,'! right 3 and other•• dcfcomentt p 1 covered in charred p6rttoM..-- ;; jv •SalesV Whan; buyers, Crown Prince, 14s»v»T™. ( [A typographical error ocow» turn of the Manakau mdfjjj day. It. should have.read ip f,, gbW-l~ •'" . aw . -

LATEST FROM COROMANDEL.

r ..;. . ccromaw^B L t V.I , '• ■ ' The Union Beach.obtsuied^jß fromHhe 3 A^w*™ from the black reef.ai»tc^M A fracas occurred iast even™ Mr Hanney and McCarten«to£M fowls trespassing on W' ■ received a cut on.the hew. ■

TAURANGA.

Sailed at nine this W^^M Pretty Jane, wifch-onff^l^^ Poverty Bay. Southern tWJ ■ following passengers :-i»f,i«| Crapp, Whit 9, Vercoe, IJ'« Hallet, Mrs Cardno, cumbe, Miss Denniaon, ana -^m ■ The weather is settled aw,... m

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Capture of I^e*jl • GOOD TEMPLA^ OSF H A letter was pubS&^« at Browning Ff 8 wWJB Smyth »y/.|^d«^Ml great pace and Jf^L fort "J M He followed, and *, tW to his inexpresßiW|T i(!^;»^' large birds, '^^%MM the fight, he rftn *ffil«g« After F^^jfrmilm, ] under -.the,. pt^J^iiird thirst pas^Mj|^^:»«.. birch free *3W£«*Sfiß remSed Bqnietly b? jt< B

fHE IVBNIM STAB, EMBAY, OCTOSEfe 2, ISVi



There was aatareity of poultry today at Mr Arthur^ Matt; some fine fowls sold at 2s to 28 lld ; brahmas, 3s lOd to 4s ; and a few turkeys at 4s to 4s 6d ; geese and ducks nil. The sale of furniture fetched fair prices. .



-VT O T I C E. I have this day sold the Whatipu Saw-mills, Manu kau, to Mr J. W. Waller, and kave to request that all accounts (if any) owing by me in respect of the said Mill may be presented f orthwitn to Mr Waller, who will pay the same. ROBERT P. GIBBONS, Auckland, September 30,1874. "RACES ! BACES ! EACES! PUBLIC HOLTDAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ?-. I UNCTIO.N I>IIAPERY WAREHOUE, NOW OPENING, OUR NEW STOCK OP SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Composing— Choice NEW DRESS GOODS, in great variety Tussore Cloths, New Pattern Prints, Printed Muslins, Check and Satin Stripe Muslins Grenadines, New Summer Skirtings, Hollands, &c. BLA.CK SILKS, wide with, unusually good value Ladies' Silk TJmbrelle<<, Fancy Colton Sunshade Children"b an>l Ladies' White Straw and Leghorn HATS, In immense variety and price. Coloured Ribbons, New Flowers, Feathers, Rusches, &c, Ac. ALWAYS ON HAND, A Large Stock of White and Grey Calicoes, Sheet ings, Shirtings, &c. , of best make; And a complete Stock of FURNISHING A"ND GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS Of Evert Discription. BOYS', YOUTH'S, AND MEN'S CLOTHING. In Great Variety. White~Shirts. Fancy Scwfi and Ties, Cricketing Belts, Braces, Collvrs, &c, A Large Stock c f little Biys' Suits in Printed Drill Serge, &c , suitille for Summer wear. Boy's and Men's Lrghoru and Straw Hats, Felt Hats and Caps. TO ARRIVE, EX ZEALVNDIA, 24 CASES AND B xLES GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS, SUMMER CLOTHING, &o. importing, our Goods principally from the best Home Honses we are in a position to supply our Customers at price* ■which will comparo favourably with any ether House la the trade. Country Orders carefully and promptly executed. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, (LATE R. HOBB3.) \Vholksalr and Retail Drapers, Clothiers. JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOtMB, ..(OppositeJhe Army and Navy Hotal.) Upper Queek - street, Auckland. SEED & BRETT'S AUCKLAND ALMANAC and I>RO"VIIvrCI^I J HA.ISTIDBOOK, 18 75. The Publishers have great pleasure In announcing the third issue of this annual. The nnorecedented success which has attended this Publication is a •gratifying testimony to the Publishers that they have really met a clamant want of the Province, and encourages them to fmlher effort to make their Hand bonk for its sphere unequalled in the Si uthern hemisphere. It is unnecessary to repeat that it never wa« in their intentions lo make pecuniary proat by the work, the obje-t being to present a complete digest of as much valuable Information as could be afforded within prescribed space respecting the capabilities and resources of our fine Province, so that net only should residents have usefnl knowlege of the several districts of the Province, but that persons at a distance might learn from the most reliable authority the Datiare of the Province as a field for irnmigratioH. It is unnecessary to say that each years experience finable* the Publishers to improve the character of the work, and to repair any short comings in the previous issue. A lengthened series of questions has been forwarded to the Chairman of every Highway District Jn the Province; to supple ment the labours of our Special Commissioner, and from the copious and exhaustive descriptions already received the Publishers calculate that they will be enabled to supply in the coming issue a much fuller and more valuable compendium of information than that of previous issues Every portion of the workwillbe re-writteu, and the information in every case obtained from the authority most competent and reliable. In order to carry out to the fullest extent the original intentions of the Publishers arrangements are ma'do whereby one thousand copies wDlbe transmitted to Britainjfor distribut'on among the various agencies of emigration to New Zealand. As the issues for 1875 will be between four and five thousand it is unnecessary to say that as an advertis ng medium i ■...•■• i. The Auckland Almanac and Provincial Handbook Will be unsurpassed, while several features to be subsequently described will make this annual for the coming- year far more attractiv« and usefnl and popular than its predecessors,: Very cordially thank ing advertisers and the public generally for the sub stantial support hithe;io afforded, the Publishers respectfully solicit a continuance of favours.' SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISING: Advertisements will be charged at the following rates:— 6 One page .. .. .. ~. .. 110 0 ; Half.page r;.; ~v ..; .. ..100 Quarterpage ! „ .. 015 0 3ard ; : ..:Vl .. 010 0 One page on coloured paperjbefoie reading matter Os; half-page, 263. ■•• ■ ■ REED & BRETT, r ~: ,y Publishers.



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