ting powder, and in 4e morning lie took a dose of arsenic. Along came his inevitable relations as usual, and they begf>,n to pump him, but at the first down stroke the concern exploded and. "blew Coffin into vulgar fractions. Tne story teaches important lesions to the young, it teaches that the secret of success is persistent effort. No stomach pump can baffle a man with a resolute will and plenty of poison.

A LIGHT AND AIRY COSTUME.

Moncure I). Conway, writing from Berck, a still primitive watering-place near Boulogne, says in the Ohteinnati "Commercial :" Ladies may come, and do come with the smallest amount of luggage. Clothes are not wanted. The •fishwomen set the fashion and the wealthiest visitors easily follow it. A single thin garment falling from the neck to a little below the knee and a pair of gayly worked slippers constitute the entire costume at Berck. Stock ings are unknown; or at least if any lady appears with stockings she is recog nized as a new-comer. It may require twenty-iour hours for her prudery to clear off; at the end of that time' she will appear in as scanty a dress as the rest About half of them, indeed, dis pense even with the slippers, and from the window beside which I write I can see several groups playing croquet, the gentlemen clad in snowy linen and wearing red or blue caps, and the ladies in hats and short, brigh'-coloured shirts, hut neither encumbered by shoes or stockings. Oftentimes, however, the wind blows the dry sand for miles over the beach, and to prevent this from getting into eyes, glasses, or spectacles with wire gauze frames are worn, which on young and fair faces have a droll effect. One would think, also, that the same sand would sting the lily-white ankles and calves which are so freely exposed, but if so, the effect is not severe enough to induce their owners to don the stockings. To these they have an ineradicable antipathy, and one likely to remain.so long as the village has to be reached only by seven kilo metres of staging away from the nearest railway station.

ROOTING AROUND IN A MAR BLE YARD.

When Washington studied medicine, a great deal of difficulty was expe rienced in procuring dead bodies for dissection, and the students at his college used to make forays upon the eemetries at night for the purpose of maintaining the supply. One day they heard of the interment of a person who died of a mysterious malady, and they determined to resurrect the remains. That night Washington and his friends started out without a lantern, but with plenty of spades and shovels. When they came to the place, and saw the white marble tombstones, they climbed over the fence, and after a while found a spot where the earth was apparently fresh. Then they began to dig. They dug for two hours, and went down about 24ft. After they had excavated a big enough hole to make a couple of cellars and a rifle pit, they concluded that they must have been at the wrong spot. They picked out another place where the ground had just been up turned, and after nearly bursting a blood-vessel a-piece, and getting out a few hundred tons of dirt, they knocked off, and as they sat down on the edge of the hole to rest and wipe off the perspiration, they expressed their astonishment at the scarcity of bodies at that particular burial-ground. It was getting on for morning then, but they determined to try once more. Just as they removed the first shovelful of earth, Washington, who had been wandering around the place mean while, suddenly said, in a mournful voice :—' Boys, I think we had better go home now.' ' Why 1 What for V they asked. ' Well, I think, anyhow, we'd better knock off now on account of various things.' 'What d'you mean ? What d'you want to go home for T asked the crowd. ' Well,' said Washington, cI think it would be judicious for several reasons, but prin eipallo because we've been rootin' around here all the night in a marble yard !' They did go home. They had gotten over the wrong fence, the ceme tery being a few steps further down the road.

AN ARKANSAS EDITOR.

Colonel Orzo J. Dodds, late member of Congress from the Eirst District of Ohio, tells a good story about a call he recently received at his office from a man who claimed to be an editor from Arkansas. He was a very seedy-look ing chap, and appeared though he had but recently come off from about a six weeks' spree. Bowing profoundly, then striking an attitude, with one hand on his heart and the other ex tending a badly-used plug hat, he ex claimed with dramatic air,—" Have I the honour of addressing the Hon Orzo J. Dodds?" "Dodds," but I am no longer an honorable," said the colonel. "Not an honorable? Dodds not an honorable? Now. by St Paul, when I can see that honest face, on which all the gods do seem to set their seal [' Green seal,' murmured Dodds to him self]— I read nothing dishonourable." "That's right," said Dodds; "never read anything dishonourable. But to business." "Yes, as you say, to business. lam a printer—l might i say, with no unbecoming blush, an

editor. I am from the noble State of Ar kansas, the only State by the way, able and willing to support two govern ment at the same time. Much have I been tossed through the ire of cruel Juno, and—" "Juno, how it is your self," broke in the colonel. "Buffeted by the world's rude storms, you see me a stranded wreck. Scarce three months past I left my office in charge of my worthy foreman, and sought the peace ful vale and calm retreats of the Mus kingum valley, where my childhood sported. Returning, I stopped in Cin cinnati. I fell into evil company, and — but why dwell on details ? Enough that I am disheartened ruined, broke ! A mark for scorn to point her .slow, unerring finger at. As I was about to give up in despair, having given up everything else I had, I thought of you. Mr, I am here. You have not sent for me, but I have come ! Your name, sir, is known and honoured from one end of this great Republic to the other, It

" Glows in the stars, Refreshes in the breeze, Warms in the sun, And blossoms on the trees." When the National Treasury was threatened by a horde of greedy Con gressmen, you stood like a wall of atlatraant between the people and those infamous salary grubbers. Lend me a dollar!'' "My dear sir," the colonel hastened to explain, "you mistake the case entirely, . I was one of the grab bers." " You were V (Grasping the colonels hand warmly.) "So much the better. Let me congraUdate you that a parsimonious public could not frighten you out of what was fair re muneration for your invaluable ser vices. lam glad that your pecuniary circumstances are so much better than I supposed. Make it two dollars!' And the colonel did. It was the only clean thing for him to do.

THE DEAD ACTOR.

A.W. DIED OF CONSUMPTION IN TUB HOSPITAL AT N . A room, ill-furnished, mean ami ecant aDd bare ! In the corner a stretcher fo' a bed ! fr-onie half-toiiohod food, a t.ible and a chnir, A few old books, and there the Mleut dead ! Tread soft, and draw the curtain from the panes, And Itt Heaven's sunlighb play upon his form. Sr,eak low! ah! this is all that now re mains ! A wreck moat noble stranded by the storm. 'Tis sad ! A new launch'd ship, her sails uufurlM, i Cast to dtstruction, on the cruel shore : While worthless others circle ofs the world, And sink, thiough age, in seas they voyage o'er. How calm hia face! He surely do3S but slcjp ; Perchcncft is dreaming of some triumph won. Ah, no, 'tis Death ! nay, prithee, do not, weep— His cares are o'er that were but just begun. His kindly eoul its temple soon forsook, Eie thirty brightening summers o'er him passed, De3th rudely gave' the mandate, closed the book, And tow, in Heaven, his part is cast, He was not great; a stranger he to Fame ; Ambition never scorched his generous breast Honest and true, his actions free from blame : The faults he had were few, so let them rest. The cm-tain's down, lights out,'shut are the doors : The wearied actor his last home has sought. Gone is the footlights' glare—^one the applause — Vain, hollow, praise which with his life was bought. Come, let us go : 'tis painful thus to say. In peace he rests, far from all woidly wrongs. Remorseless earth claims his poor mould'ring clay : To his God his immortal soul belongs. Lancelot Booth.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Why is a grain of sand in the eye like a school-master's cane ? —Because it hurts the pupil. " Where whs Bishop La timer burned to death," asked a teacher in a com manding voice. " Joshua knows," said a little girl at the bottom of the class. " Well," said the teacher, '' if Joshua knows, he may tell." "In the fire," replied Joshua, looking very grave and wise. An enterprising superintendent of the Sunday schools at St. A]bans, Vt. ; was engaged one Sunday in catechising the scholars, varying the usual form by beginning at the end of the catechism. After asking what were the prerequi sites of the holy communion and con firmation, and receiving satisfactory replies, he asked, " And now, boys, tell me what must precede baptism ?" Whereupon a lively urchin shouted out, " A baby, sir." "What's the matter with my pet ?" " Oh, aunty ! I just went to touch a little chickey, and the old hen growled -et me and bit me with her nose." There is a good boy in Lisbon, if we may believe the Lewisson Journal, who, when he found his aged mother's Bible was of too small print for her failing eye sight, sold the book and bought a base-ball and four sticks of chewing-candy. . , i A Jenkins describes a belle at the' late Congress Hall (Saratoga) ball: When she stood up for dancing, Her step 3 were so complete, The music nealy killed itself To listen tor her feeb. The sweetest thing in hats—Young ladies'heads. By one decisive argument Tom gained his lovely Kate's consent To fix the bridal day. "Why in such haste, dear Tom to wed ? 1 shall not change my mind," she said. ''.Put then," says he, " I may."

A Davenport boy lias swallowed a knife. He is awfully ci.it about it. A Sudden Wrench for all we Love. — A gormandising Pennsylvnnian passed away while yet in the midst of his fortieth quart of peanuts. Karrow Escape.—" Fortunately for the victim," says a Kentucky paper, " the bullet struck him in the centre of the forehead, and glanced off The Louisvillian pulls his shirt on the same as he does his trousers. He can't get it on over his ears. —Milwaukee Sentinel. A coloured Mrs. Partington, of New Orleans, observed the other day that her husband held the " stiuguished position of stupidnumerary on the nietropelicun police." Lord Braxfield, a Scotch .judge, once said to an eleganc culprit at the bar, " Ye're a vera clever chiel, mon, but I'm thinking ye wad be non the waur o' a hanging. " Dear me, how flu idly he talks !" said Mrs Partington, recently, at a temperance meeting. "I am always rejoiced when he mounts the nostril, for his eloquence warms every cartridge in my body." A' Great Man.—Washington Irving once alluded to a man of superior pom posity, as a " great man. and, in his own estimation, a man of great weight. When lie goes to the West, he thinks the East tips up." Social Tact.—When one is in the act of tipping his hut to a lady whom he supposes is an acquaintance, it requires ! some tact to make believe he is only scratching his head as he discovers the lady is a stranger. That Editor again.—A man who was seen coming out of a Texas newspaper office with a split nose, with one eye and with one ear, explained to a police man that he entered the office simply to inquire if the editor was in. " And he was in," the victim added, mourn fully. A Heavy Scholar.—A mischievous scholar poured a bucketful of w.ater into the hydrometograph one night when there had been a slight shower, and the class was arapzed to hear the professor announce next morning that the country had been visited by the heaviest rainfall of the century. A rich but parsimonious old gentle man,, on being taken to task for his uncharitableness, said, "True, I don't give much, but if you only knew how it hurts when I give anything, you would'nt wonder." A young Leander swam across the Ohio from a Kentucky town the other night, to interview his lovely Hero on the Indiana side ; but the old man stood on the bank with a revolver in his hand, and Leander swam back again. There was a party given in Dallas, Kansas, and this is the way a reporter of that place goes into the toilet busi ness : " Miss X wore a red bomba zine dress ruched with point alpaca, and an over-skirt of rose gingham with j a border of parsley blossoms. Her tournure was particularly noticeable, from the fact that her hair was so deliciously scrambled in front. She also were No. 9 lilac double-button gloves. No 0 store shoes, slashed at the heels, and Pompadour socks." A lady asked a very silly Scotch nobleman how it happened that the Scotch who came out of their own. country were, generally speaking, mon of more abilities than these who stayed at home. " Oh, madam," said he, " the reason is obvious. At every outlet there are persons stationed to examine all who pass, that, for the honor of the country, no one be permitted to leave it who is not a man of understanding." " Then," said she, " I suppose your lordship was smuggled." The Lowell " Courier" calls a total abstinence address a watex'-spout. Thex-e Is nothing half so sweet iix life as love's young dream, excepting the luscious watermelon. Every day a student is detailed to watch by the side of the tomb of Genei-al Lee, at the Washington and Lee University. A wagon was x-ecently sold at Zeig lei'sville, Berks county, Pa., that had been standing long enough in one place to permit a walnut-tree about five inches in diameter to grow up thx-ough the bed of the wagon. A Western farmer complains that a hook and ladder company has been organised in his neighbourhood. He states that the ladder is used after night for climbing into his chicken-house, after which the booking is done. To our minds babies x-esemble wheat in many respects. Neither are good for much till they arrive at maturity. Both are *' bread" in the house, and " flower " in, the family. Both have to be " cradled," and are generally well " thrashed " before they are done with.

STJ^PtteMßlftf TO THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB

Printed-ead^ublished by the proprietors, Q**L MoCr;M,AGH-E*M). of St George's Bay. **aJ%* M Brktt, of ParneU, at their Gener& 1 Steam rnwjy Office, Wyndham-streeViir^rTJity oT-AUCIM^i New Zealand, Satubbajt, DicxMßEa 5, 1874. I



A UCKLATSD SAVINGS' BANK. Established in 1847. president : • HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. Vick-Prbsident : W. C. WILSON, Esq. The BANK 1b OPEN for RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS Monday •• From 12 to 2 o'clock Tuesday ... „ „ ■ Wednesday „ ~ Thursday „ » Friday „ „ And to receive Money only on Saturday aveningi from 7 to 9 o'clock. Any sum from Is and upwards received, for which s P ,r s entinterest 1 S allowed. cAmekoNj Accountant,



AT the Pa NTH BO* yO u can get a good lwoedSaU made to oder and w*na~itecl hrunV, *t 403.—Ford, Puttrr, andUx, Ths Pan that n, <4ueen-street. TpH X LATi£ S T N OV* LTIES HATS ANif BONNETS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, MIILINEIIY MATERIALS, Just Opened, ex Mail and WaiUngi, and to be sold OKPjItoEDKMLY OHJSAP, at E. W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALI. TAUKANGA. bt"h o t c l. WINE AND SPIRIT STORE. QUEEN 8 T X X E T AUCKLAND. JAMES STEWART, Proprietor. PRICE LIST. Bottled on the Premises. Per b&t. s. d. Brandy—Hennessy's Pale 4 0 Martch's Pale 4 0 Martalb's Liak 4 ° Snnll bottles fiom >■ (i "Whisky-Uruenli-cs and Uulwlle's .. ..4 0 Jumiesou's.. .. • • • • ..40 Duuville's *0 Soi all isottles from I 0 Wine—Sherry, Cozeu'a 3 '' Skttiry. Amontillado •» ° Port, Hum's 3 ° Port. Hunt's three diamond .. ..50 Cawarru, Undoman's Pints .. ~ J8 (J Rum—Old Jamaica 3 0 Half riottle* 1 l> Imported in Case and Guaranteed Uenuine. Brandy—Heunes.<y's 5 R Martell's ° <•» Hints' 5 G Fine Champagne Cognac .. ..5 0 Klasks f. lsCd&3 0 Geneva— J.D.K.Z., Urge 4 G J.JD.KZ, small 3 0 Schnapps—Wolfe's Urge 5 0 Wolf v's small 2 0 Whisky—Danville's 4 tticwart's Kirkliston i> 6 Old Tom—Harriott's und iioo h's 4 0 Ginger Wine—Uernura's .. .. •• ..3 0 Champagne Clode aud Baker's C C hints 3 0 Clareta in varieiy from SO B .txuvu Atit and Stout. Colonial Ale Quarts .. .. .. •• 010 Ale—Pints 0 C Stout—Quarts 0 10 Stout—Huts 0 0 Whitbreadß-Pints 0 9 (.'uinness' liubim Stout .. .. •• ..0 0 liyasii'a Itondon .. .. •• •• ~18 Whitbroad's 1 » Jefleiy's Edinburgh 13 A considerable reduction made on large quantities. •AbtioiiTJcD Caseh MAim DP to Obdeb. COLONIAL ALKS AND STOUTS. Pints, Us perdoaeH. PUT BY IUX GALLON J A It. OKDEKS PROMPTLY DKLIVEKBD. Q.REYHOUND HOTEL, CORNER OF (iUEEN AND PIIOPETETOTt : MIC HA. EL CO RCO'I AN. In reluming thanks to his numerous visitors MICHaKEj (;OIICOKaN bogs to say that very larga additions have lj t en lately made to the Hotel, which will tend greatly to the convenience of those who favour him with their patronage. BLDEOOMS. Additions have been madd to their numbor. and all have boea Jurnished in a supeib manner, everytbiog being new, and got up iv lha latest style. , „ i B A T H S. Both Hot and Cold Baths are always ready, and every couvenience will be fouud in them for the coniiorc of Travellers. COMMERCIAL BOOM. A commodious room has been opened, having its entrance from Victoria-street, for tho comfort of those who do not care to use the Bar or Bar-room, and this has been fitted up in a style to ensure the comfort of visitors. BILLIARD ROOM. The Billiard Room is the best in the Province, and is fitted witU one of the best Billiard Tables ever constructed. MICHAEL CORCOB AN hopes th»t the good name his house lias ever held, and »he splendid accommoda tion afforded in it, will induce visitors to Auckland o give it their patronage, ON SALE by the Undersigned, now landing ex Merlin, ro«n New Plymouth .— £00 bags Maize 100 bigs Sharps 2 tons Bacon. GrEO. W. BINNET. JTEW PRINTS, NEW MUSLINS, NEW DRESS GOODS | JUST RECEIVED, And to bk Sold Remarkably Cheap at E. W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. W ANTED KNOWN, THAT EOULLION'S JOSEPHINE KID GLOVES ?AT 3s 6d PER PAIR, Akx to bk Obtained at DYSON'S TEMPORABY PREMISES, Opposite the City Hall. UOKLAND AND ONBHUNGA. COACHES. The Ooaohei as above will leave Onehunga at 8 a.m . and 12 noon, and from Auckland at 10 a.m.. and ' p.m. ■ R. GILHAM. NEHUN&A AND AUCKLAND ROY AX MAIL COACHES. 1 THE BOY AL ML. TL COACHES TIME TABLE. Leave Onehunga— 9 a.m., 2 p.m. Leave Auck land —12 noon, 5 p.m. Night Coaches on Saturdays— 6.30 p.m., 11.30 p.m. Booking Office:—Lendrum'i Stables, late Meant', QuoQa-rtreet, Auckland. W. WBJTE^ Propriitor.



<niTY CLOTHING MART iHOOMBES' \J Galatea Suits. /^OOMBES' \J Paget Suits. nOOMBES' O Sac Suits. f~IOOMBES' O Youths' Suits. /-IOOMBES' V^/ Boys' Suits. /HOOMBES' \J /HOOMBES' \^/ Zouave Suits. /HOOMBES' <U SilkDasb Coat PiOOMBES' \J Silk Galatea. /HOOMBES' (A m 3 H m S eh Black and Blue West of England g o Kancy Texture PAGJCT COA.T and O g VaST, to mutch, in single and ej double breasted. SC. would iJ pj call the special a.tten(ion of o gentleman to tlm line us they 2 fc< are very choice Goods. •"5 p -d S3 -pOOMBES' V^ 35s Suits. ptOOMBES' v^ 4;j3 Bannockburn Suits. /"IOOMBES' O 27d Gd Black Paget Coats. PI9OMBES' \J a* j g q >'ew Texlr,re In PACrET ft MOEX t_i H IN<J Oi/A.'CS, made equal to »ny g o garment to order in New Zealand, O 2 from 303 to 50*. This j s , a Epecialline w 5 which tf.C. would call tlie aUon tJ 2 '^on ofßentlemen to ''hey are Wo thoroughly shrunk, und aie made Q '-m Ui a much superior style to any -2 » thini? Eer erally to bo procured aj reiuly made. a /^OOMBES' \J Boy« and Youths* Suits, from 18i Cd /^IOOLIBES' Tweed Trousers and Vest, hor oujjlily shrunk, our owa make,, from 228 Gd Z^IOOMBES' Oalat«a Jack really a splendid garmuut /TIOOiVIBES' Boys' ClotWng, an Immense choice riOO-VIBES'"" \J Boys' X nicker Suit 3 are worth Inspection i^OOMBTTS' ~~ Sydney Tweed nt 2s lid per yard is worth looking at. A small lot of the lino i^OOMBES' \J Sydney Tweed at 3s lid is the be&t value to be had in Auckland /"TOOMBES' Stock of Geeiong Tweed 1% the largest and most vaiied in the market i~IOOMBES ~~ Fas the best assorted stock of Gentlemen's Hosiery in New Zea land Has the best selected stock of Boys' and Youths' Hosiery, Sox, Under shirts, Ac , in New Zealand /HOOMBES ~ Has the most varied stock and the best value in Men's, Youths', and Bojb" Underclothing in Auckland. fiOOMBES' yj siik Sox. 'U Shirts. piOOMBES' ™~ \J Silk and Merino Undershirts. Gauze Undershirts and Pants. ©AMUEL COOMBES Off en to Tailors an advantage they cannot get elsewhere, namely, short lengths of Tweed at wholesale prices. , /COOMBES' ~~ Stock of White Shirts is the best and largest in this city. OAMUEL COOMBES Would call the attention of Gentle men to the New|ZeaUnd Flax? jhirt, " Phormiam tenax," ?,'made for all sizes- A beautiful article in gentlemen's wear, in three qualities. SAMUEL COOMBES, CITY CLOTHING MAET 92, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND



By Appointment to j ETIS EXCELLENCY Slfi JAMES FEEGUSBON, -or ci w eFoh koh n, * JEWEL LEE, QUIKK STEEH, ATTOKLAND, Begs to diaw th« attention of the public to hli Designs A large portion of the abova consists of Quartz and Greenstone Jewellery, Manufactured on the premlueu. H K. begs sp oC ially"urdr7w the attention of the GBKAT VARIETY O^g?LVEB AND PLATED Which are the bo»t £S-n maaufa turers of the home market. Nota the address:— HE'WEIGH KOH^, JEWELLER ' QXTEF/Nr-3TiIEET. T> A. R r> INS ijt SILKS, STAYS,. .ETC. M. & C, MILNE Have Jcxr Eecexv£d S A. X.AKQS ASSORTMENT OP VERY RICH FRENCH EROOHE SILKS, > In all the new and fashionable shades, which they offer to the public ; TOR 5s Gel; USUAL PRICE, 7s 9d. Ako. a CASK of TRENCH CORSETS. i A DECIDED BARGAIN. A LARGE STOCK * op NEW AND CHOICE DRESS MATERIALS, Including — Plain and Figured Lus-tn s, filiUilins, Gren.diues. Prints JJC-ges, Bl<clc Silks Plain and Figured Coloured Silks, Japanese Silks, Tussore feiiks, , Ac, &c, &c ( THE MTUJNERY AND MANTLE f DEPARTMENT Will hi found replete with all the latest fashions. OUTFITTINO OF ALL KINDS, s Tb eluding— Boy's and Men's White Shirts Jioy's and Men's Coloured Shirts Undennirts, Drawers Collars, lies, Scarfs, &c, &c. r HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, TWEEDS, SHIRTINGS. HOUSEHOLD LINENS of all kinds. > ' M. & C. MILNE, CHEAPSIDE HOUSE, 282 AND 224, QUEBN.STREET. ; QEOEGE W. OWEN HAS ON SALE, , EX STANLEY CASTLE, WAITANGI, HYBASPBS, HEEO, &0., &C, &c. 40 casks Soda Crystals 3 „ Carraway Seed 6 cases lilquorice | 5 „ Anchovy Sance 15 „ Capers and Catsup 20 „ Carrie Powder 30 „ Bottled Fruits 20 „ Bot Jed Salt 100 „ Lobsters and Salt Salmon ; 40 „ Sal*d Oil 30 „ Warranted Pickles 25 „ Bottled Vinegar 30 „ Bell and Black's Vestas 15 „ Fresh Herrings 22 ~ Nelson's G.latiae 25 „ Colman's Ll'.utard 400 „ Belmont aud Brandon's Candles I 40 boxes Nixey's Black Lead 17 cases Paste and Bottled Blacking ) 85 „ Sardines, halve and quarter 45 „ Keiller's Confectionery and Marma lade 5 „ Candied Peel 2 bales Clothes Lines, 16 and 22az 3 cases Brushware, assorted 10 ~ Whybrow'sEed Herrings 18 bales Paper and Paper Bags 14 cases Potted Meats 3 ~ Assorted Twine 40 „ TU Pipes 40 „ Bath Bricks 10 „ Tapioca, Sago, and Arrowroot 11 tons IW, 2W, No 1, and O Sugar i 10 „ Mauritius and China Sagara 200 half-chest Tea 100 boxes Tea 20 cases Tobacco, assorted Currants, Muscatels, Figs <Sc, &c-. &c. S~ .8 ~A L E By the Undevsigned: Crushed Oats Barley . Wheat, prime milling and fowls Maize Bran • ■ ■ Pollard Barley Dust. GBO, W. BINNEY.



T M. L B JS W 0 V «J « ESTATE AGENT, VALTJATOE, EEQ, [Bhtablished 1864. i\ ■ RENTS ANT) TNTKKKSTS COLLECTED^'" 7 MONEY INVESTED FOB OAPIXaLIJ»>'JS / LOANS ON MOKTWAfiHJ fiFFECTFr^|fHB- V ARBITRATIONS UNDEIiTAKJSJJ^* 11 ™ • EXCELLENT FREEHOLD PROPEKTTEa FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. SYMOND3-STRKH1I—For1 —For fale, a good famiw Besifteno.e in this choice locality. The residence con'ain* eight rooms, and is bnilt upon a ireehnl* allotment 58 x 120. — Price, LCSO ul* OIIEHUN'W-For Immediate Sale, the followlne eh ice properties in Onehunga. A comfortable dwe'ling-bouse with one acre of freehold at the corner of Church-street. Price, Ll5O. Also large Bundle,. Allotment ne"r the Beach, cloee to Gibbon's Timber Wharf Price, L 4 per f'-ot Also, four Allotments in th« centre of Queen-street, near the Scotch Church rect :',ii xi) 0. Price. L2S e»ch. Also, three AUoU merits near the Grancre. Price, L2O e-.ch TO FARMERS— For Immediate Sale, a compact little Farm at Papatoitoi. _ There ore 48 acres in the farm, 20 of Which are laid down gond gsass. ,T ne ■whole farm is fenced, well watered throughout, and has a comfortaule residence erected upon it. Price L 350 ' FOR IMMEDIATE 3ALE—An unimproved Farm of 113 acres of really good land in the Bombay Settle, merit —Price, SO.' per acre for Sale, a comfcrtab'e six-roomed House fn Piurfelt The House it&nds upon a freehold allot merit 00x100, and ha' a gond well of-water. »; Allotment is all planted with nuit and ornc- . ps and commands a beautiful view. ,-«» TO FAttM HKS AND IN TUN DING »W For Kale, one ..f the choicest Fp- aETTLInw 0 distrhtof AVaihato. This be . sin the rfcL 850 acres of tine fertile L»- ...atiful estate corS' fenced, and a large _d, 650 acres of which •» pasture. There 1' portion laid down in jjjv sTjdall ncc^'Ki- „ a comfortable family resident property a r' ./ outbuildings uuen tha farm %, ship?, -joins one of tLe leading Waikato torn a d>- -nd offers in consequence, inriiunembla to a ,?enlleman with a family. jiT I , ropoEtfl railway will piss within a few yard's of tta 1 re.stder.ee: the fairh is really go-d land, well i watered throughout, and affords an excellent i opportunity to a bona fide settler.—Price, L61O« 1 per sere. J> : Farm of 852 acres at the North Cspe, good imj 1 with larjre water frontage ana small island. Pri a f " ILU4M-STBEET (CITY)-A really comforUM, 1 our-rootced Jlouse, repair, with exceUent IS ■well of \\Mter »nd fret-hoid allotment. Price liwl 1 10 PAIIMEKS AM) O'iHEhS-For Imru'ediaU I Sa'.fl—V lit.r^ain—a r.hiice Farm of 300 acres in the 1 rising district <.f Te Hori, rear Alexandra, Waitato f Thfie are 260 acreß of the Farm ft need, arid jnn m acres subdivided and laid r>< wn in gocd gTas3. jw 1 is a comfortable five-roomed residence upon thn 1 Farm ; f.ko, a Stockyard, Ac — Price, H2CO i WEtLI]VGTOy-STKEET _ A good six-romned i House, w<th freehold allotment. Price. L 250 if TJJS TION-3TKh;...T—A fine allotment, 37 x I§B wia 1 good well.-- Price, L 75 ' i KARAKGAHAPJS ROAD-AP-AEGAIN-Alaws I freehold allotment 60 x 100, with all the bnildlna I erected vhei-eon.—Price, L 2, 0 6 I Allotment corner r f Kelson an-5 T^eHesley-street E PAPAKUKa VALLEY-A good Farm O f 155 I acres, 75 acres of which are in grass. The Farm fa 1 all fenced, and has a comfortable and commodiou I res'-l^op "rect-fld unnn it. Price, L 540 I MOUITT ALBERT—An excellent Suburban Pro f perty containing 12J- atres of rich volcanic land. I There Is a four-roomed erecttd upon the property — newly buiit and wtll finished. Prim £60J f PUKrKOHß—fa'm of 170 acres, sdjoinrog the late Farm of Mr Burtt. There is a small bulldicg upon the Karm, and a beautiful stream rußniiff through it.—lo2d- WaIKA'XO- Farm of ICO acrrs at PateranA S miles from Alexandra, -with small House and every convenience. Price, £4 10s an acre. *** For FAEMS, HOUSES, and ALLOTMENTS mp .T M. LxNKox'a onf Monthly List in ITaiiv Herald ABEEJ3EEN POLISHED OBANITS MOUMESTS, Free on board ship for any part df New Zealand INSCRIPTIONS ACCURATE AND BEAUTIFUL. Plans and Prices Free from JOHN L E G 6 E, SnTT IPTnH, A'BHRBK'Sff, vSoOTLAITD GRATEFUL— CO MFOBTIEG, E Pi P S'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural aw which govern the operation of disgestion and nutri tion, and by a careful application of the fine pro perties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Kpps has provided onr breakfast table.? with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills."— Civil Set vice Gazette. Manufacture or Cocoa.- "We will now gira an account of the process adopted by Messrs Jama Kpps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic article*, in their works in the iUiston-road, London."—Sf» rticle in Cassrtl s Household Guide. Made simply with boilinsf water or milk- Sold r-nly In packets, labf iled thus :— JAMES EP P S & CO., . homoeopathic chemists, •48, Thkeadxeedle-stbeet, anb 170, Piccadilly ; " Works Diana Placa, Eustcn Koad, London. p~~E O 8 P E C T U S OF THE CO-OPERATIVE MEAT SUPPLY COMPANY. The object of the Company is the supply of wholesome Meat to shareholders and'eomumers MIMS ihaa can be done by private establishments, FOX CASH, or guaranteed short accounts. The nomical capital of the Con pany is £4000, in 4000 shares of £1 each. 10s of which will only M called up. "_u.u Arrangements will be made to secure .imtaWO business premise* and an efficient manager. Credit will only be given to Shareholder* m only to the extent of the value of shares held, Vm providing against the possibility of bad debts. _ . The saving thus effected will, it i* estimated, M sufficiently Urge to pay 10 per cent interest oncapiw invested, and a binui« of 10 per cent to consumers, and good wholesome Meat at a less price than cv w done on the credit system. " ..'•* o shareholder will be allowed to hold more Vaa 100 shares. ~ ■ ... Above 1200 shares have already been disposedoi. As soon as 2000 shares shall have been mbsenw* for, a meeting of shareholders will be ntsia, w" directors chosen. . ... if arly application necessary, as business wui ."* comme: ced with the new year. , . a he 10s will be called up in monthy instslmenu » 2s Cd tach. , _ 'm, A list of shareholders can be seen at A. rorawuii office, Queen street, from whom all further particnlW may he obt&tned ; also, the proposed rules oi «» Society. Extract of a lotter received from the.Co-openttW Society, Whangaiei :—" With reference to w progress of the Society T may state that it n^.r^ exceeded our most sanguine expectations. "* n been desirous to see tbe system inauguratej» ■ Auckland, where a sort of head central store suuw be established."—(Signed) J. T. Bkybtjbn. . The Secretary of the Mahurangi Co-openw* Society writes with regard to that Company •- ■>*. at present and has been doing welL It has Dro»t down prices 20 per cent, and the most belf t M,Z. J former stor«keepers has reduced his pronw <*, siderably. but has done more business, in*"" 88 A S°Chareholder writes :-" I fully beKeve in &» system and feel confident where properly .» economicaUy managed there can be no doubt pi >» aUCCeSS." ,Tr,lH«irtoa A gentleman connected with the W^S Co-operative Butchering and Cattle DMtaS.""^ writes:—"lt will prove a great success, and suuj campanies will eventually be estabUshed »?*"„_ large provincial towns Tee Secretary ol*nejT ai & p*ny some time ago started a Co-operative J***" M { Biscuit business on the above system, whicnnaa only been the mean* of reducing the price oiorw" but also of making many of our old establish w retire from business, ___^ —— "* qn ho mps ois 's GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS, 3s 114 AND __- A LAE»E VARIETY OF OTHER MAX** EQUALLY CBEAP. CHOICE UNDEECLOTBING AND BABY'WAM AT R. W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CIT? HALL.