Mntedand published by the proprietors, Geomß McOullagh Eeed, of St. George's Bay, analusNK* BeiSTT, of Pnrnell, at their General Steam Pnntiag Office, "Wyndham-staeet, in the City of Aucsianu, New Zealand: — Tuesday, March 2, 1875



Groceries. •'••'• ' ■'/^ •OENTON'S CENTRAL STORES J? AUCKLAND MARKET. IMPORTANT AND~GLORIOUS NEWS FOR THE PUBLIC. p. FEN TO N Being desirous that the public may have and enjoy a JoVand havr-y Christmas i«^s every oae to inspect his Wpgnificens Stock of NEW FKUii^ »«« other taxatie* suitable for th« coming f«st™s. Onr prices 9 s usii 1 will be the lowest in Auck'and. Terms:- Csh New Valentino Rwsins, 6d lb^ new Kleme R a isir,s 6<llb i sto^ 1 d esi lb S. ultX E-aisins, 6id Ib, Hut ;d Kaisins, !»* lb^, nw Currants, 5.1 to 6d >b ; Flour, 2d lb ; Candiea ±-cci, Is 6d lb ; French I'lunw, In glass ]««. »^ P-iiVde Loll'es Is 3d ll> ; So\ia saiimi sGco eh ..'!wn, Sto : M-SaISE 9d tin s Kp s lUi Cot dials : terse )ligs of Aromatto >obacoo, 6d each ; lU^d&a CiIZJ, 2d each ; splendid Tea 2s 10 ; real IJocha Coffee, la 6n lb ; rich Jamaica bugar 4d lb ; Cocoa and all makers, 5d packet; Patna Kice, 8d lb; Pickles, 7d bottle. A la>ge supply of Canter bury Haras, is lb. Our supply of Oanterbury Bacon. Cheese, Butter, and Eggs wtll be sold at very low prices. Uo]m9n'sStwcb,4dlb; Blue, 6d lb ; Hard Soap 6d bsr; Sardines. 6d tin ; Salad Oil, 6i<l bottle; Castor Oil, 6id bottle; Tomato Sauce, large, 4d bottle ; Soap Powders, 6d dozen ; Condensed Milk, 6dtin; Arrowroot, 6d lb: Patent Knife Boards, 6d each ; Safety Matches, 4£d dozen ; Corn Flour, 8d lb; Fancy Biscuits, 8d lb ; Treacle, 4d lb. TO DAIRY FARMERS AND JOTHISRS.-F.F. is cssh purchaser of any quantity of first-class Bacon, ams, Cheese, Butter,"Lard, Kggs, &c, &c. 150 Empty Butter Fitkins FOR SALE. fjHEO MO-LITHOGRAPHS, ETC. yj W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 12, \VYjNDHAM-STREET. W.P. and Son have just opened ex Assaye, A Xargs Assortmbnt of CHEOM O-L ITHOGRAPHS, Embracing every variety of subjects after the most eminent Artists Al*n. s rite beantifnl specimens of COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS AND LITH'.)GKAPHB, Including Don Juan and llaidee, O.H.M.S, &c, &C, tnd Laving a large and varied Stock of GILT MOULDINGS To Select from, Any of the above can be framed to order, PAPEHHANGINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Of QUA LIT? AND DESIGN Scrim, Hessian, &c Plate and NJtieet Glass White Lead, UiL. Paints, Brushes. &c. Patent r.ilicate Paint, Oxide of Iron Anticorixsive Paint, and all Painter's Sandries. W. PHILLIPPS & SON., OI!L, COLO UK, & CLASS MERCHANTS 12, V/ycdham-street, above the Herald office. A UOKLiND SAVISGhS' Jt$ANJ£ EsTABLISaED IN 1874. PKESIDfKT : HIS ESC2LLEf-.U^ THE GOYIRS OR. Vice-Pkssident : W. C. WILSON, EsQ The BAITK is OPEN for RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS Monday .. From 12 to 2 o'clock Tuesday » » Wednesday •> >> Thursday ~ ,■ » Friday . .. .. .. .. „ „ And to receive Money only on Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. Any sum from Is and upwards,'received, for which Bpar cent interest is allowed. R. CAMERON, Accountant. QHEAPSIDE HOUSE M. .A C. MILNE Beg to call attention to their NEW AND LARGE STOCK SUMMER DRAPERY, Including— Black Glace- Silks/ Black Gro3grain Silks, Wain Orloured Silks, Figured Coloured Silks, i-lain Japanese Silks, Figured Japanese Silks, Tussore Silks. FRENCH BROCHE SILKS. A decided bargain, now selling at 6s 6d usual price, 7s 9d Plain Coloured Lustres, from 7Jd Figured Coloured Lustres Black Lustres Black Striped Lustres Printed Lustres • Carmelites BSges Homespuns Mohaiw Fren h Merinos Persian Cords Crape Cloths Winceys, &c, &c. Prirts Muslins Grenadines Plain and Coloured Batistes. M. & C. MILNE Have also in Show, A LARGE VARIETY OF COSTUMES, AL r j MICEStIH AND ST YLJSB, Which they are now selling at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, ir ( fro m 10s 6d upwards. .ALWAYS IN HAND, A LARGE STOCK OF Skirts, Ciinolines, Shawls, '\ . Mantles, Jackets, &c. '_ | THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Will be found replete with all the latest fashions. WEDDING AND MOURNING ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Child's, Girl's, and Ladies' TJnderclothJftg |n all its brai ches. HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, WffIEEHB, SHIRTINGS, &C, &C. OUTFITTING OF ALL KINDS, Including— Boy's>nd Men's White Shirts Boy's and Men's Coloured Shirts Underßhirt?, Drawers Collars, Ties, Scar/s, &c , Ac. HOUSEHOLD LINENS of all kinds. J6®" Country Orber rAiTHFULLY Executed. _gggr M. & C. MILNE, CHEAP SID BJ HOUSE, AND 24, QUEEN-STREET.



JUST OPENED UP AT A. LINABUEY & CO.'S, 224, QUEEN-STREET, 5,000 PAIRS CORSETS, TO BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE. EH H w S *' B ? g H X* Q £ eg f-l o P O «2 s S B R DOUBLE BUSK. EVERYBODY'S CORSET, DEFIES COMPETITION. H H CO ° 2 ri ° I ■ i ? I H fH S £5 fi © 1 g 1 fi PQ gj .. ■ '"■-'■ »



Drapery ]^"EW GOODS. S. & J. E. VAILE ARE NOW SHOWING A SHIPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SEASON GOODS, MARKED AT EXTEEMELY LOW PRICES ! FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. BLACK SILKS, IN ALL THE APPROVED MAKES. PLATN AND FANCY SILKS, JAPANESE AND TUSSORE SILKS HANDSOME SASH RIBBONS, SILK NECK AND HAT SCARVES. BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF EMBROIDERY WORK. SUNSHADES, large stock, very cheap. NOVELTIES IPT LINEN AND MUSLIN SETS, RUFFLES, AND TIES. MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF INFANT'S ROBES, CLOAKS, HATS, HOODS, BRAIDED PELLISE, &«., &c. &c. S. and J. R. V. beg ti draw particular attention to their VERY SUPERIOR STOCK LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING. 130, AND 132, QUEEN-STREET rpHE PANTHEON, QUEEN-STREET, (OPPOSITE CITY HALL). PREPARATORY TO REMOVAL TO THOaE MORE CENTRAL PREMISES, LATELY OCCUPIED BY ME. BECK, 189, QUEEN-STREET (NEXT MR. EDSON, CHEMIST). GENUINE SALE or CLOTHING AND OUTFITTING NOW ON. FORD, POTTEB & CO. ■i' p~ll EA P BED DIN 9. UPHOLSTERY AND UNDERTAKING. Double flax Mattresses, from 15a each Single Flax Mattresses, irorn 7a " Ship's Cushions, p^rsqn^e foot, from Is9d Adults' Funeral furnished for £6, including Hearse, Grave and attendance, hairs and Couches Ke-stufled »ad Repaired Mattresses Ke-made. - ■ Note the address:— HENRY P. HAY WARD TTPPFB QUEEN-STEKET, ▲oronrnra Lamb's Fibrwood Yabb. , , , ; Bit»bUfllifldlS6o. ,



Drapery. "PXTRAORDINAEY BARGAINS AT K. W. DYSON'S TEMPORARY PREMISES, Opposite the City Hall, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY ! MUSLIN DRESSES (White and Coloured), THE NEW FLAX AND OTHER DRESSES, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, SHEETINGS, A>D GENERAL DRAPERY, MILLINERY AND CLOTHING. The following GOODS, JUST OPENED, Will be included in this CHEAP SALE! ladies^ underclothing, new pad 3, plaits, oom:b3, coils, stems, &c. yak lacks, hosiery, haberdashery, ItUFFLKS, AND FANCY GOOD 3 LAJ&IE STOCK OF BABYWAREB. aa- SPACE BEING SO LIMITED, THE STOCK MUST BE CLEARED. -®9 NEXT BROWN & SON'S MUSIC SHOP. TTOLLOWAY AND GARLICK, CITY HALL. CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE. g g 13 53 mo & o W pi 8 S s i § *is £ § 5 g 2 II « " ri • < tn y m g .B w FLOOR CLOTHS, ALL WIDTHS. LINOLEUM, EspeciaUy adapted for Offices and Public Rooms. COIR AND CHINA MATTING 9 I 3 ggn « g wSo 5 8 S 5 rf * br 8 . S m* * \ | -" a 8 § I• | < < % ** g fl b » rf BLANKETS, QUILTS, SHEETING, COTTON AND LINEN TICKS. DEFYING COMPETITION. \ HOLLO WAY AND GARLICK, '. ~ 01 TV HALL, 330, Qcr&sH-froxxr, Avoklakd,



Irsnmonftsiy. • T & J. D I 0 X E V, *J • 23 0, QUEE N-S TEEET, HAVE FOR SALE:— RODGER'S IVORY HANDLED TABLE SAWS, CHISELS, AUGERS, PLANES KNIVES, ETC. Squares, Bevels, Spokeshaves, Turnscrewa Lockwood's Pocket and Gum Knives Gouges, Gimblets, Braces, etc. Table Knives and Forks, Carvers, and American Bits, Hammers, and Hatchets Steels Axes, Tomahawks, Shingle Hammers Nickel Silver Spoons and Forks Adjusting Levels, Metallic Tapes. Brittania Metal Teapots Carpenters' Patent Eim Locks, sin. to lOin. Trays, Charcoal, Irons, Knife Boards Real Patent Rim Locks, Latches, etc. Boilers, Saucepans, and Kettles , Mortice, Dead, and Drawback Locks Buckets, Frying Pans, and Camp Ovens Ewbank's Nails and Flooring Brads Milk Pans, Tin Baisins, and Dishes French Wire Nails, fin. to 4in. Brooms, Shoe and Scrubbing Brushes. American Finishing Nails, gin. to 2sin. Butt, Parliament, and T Hinges Axle Pullies, Sash Fasteners DOWNER'S KEROSENE! FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT allowed to Cash Purchasers on all Goods amounting to Twenty Shilling, and upwards. E. PORTER * 00,. QTJEEN-STBEET, AUCKLAND. y jj -JJ nsU^=^ *%m\ g ® pq p< E. P. 4 CO. having just landed, ex " GLENLORA," "WARWICK," and "ANAZI, a large assortment of GENERAL BUILDERS' AND FURNISHING IRON MONGERY, GAS FITTINGS, ETC. wish particularly to draw the attention of the public to the following articles, which have been carefully selected from the best makers, and. the whole of which will be found ot first-class quality, and will be offered at the lowest paying prices : — Venetian Bronze Gasaliers, 2 to 5 light Parian and Bronze Gasaliers, 3 to 5 light Lacquered and Bronzed Gasaliers, 2 to 5 Crystal Glass Gasalierß, 3 to 5 iight Patent Hall Lights Mantel Brackets, to match the Gasaliers Pendants, Brackets, and Small Fittings all kinds Gas Stoves, for Boiling, Broiling, Baking and Heating, &c. Marble Chimney Pieces, and Register Gra ;es, Fenders and Firelrona Coal Vases, in great variety Patent Mangles and Wringing Machines Bronzed Umbrella an< Hat and Umbrella Stands and Tables Jas Dixon & Sous' Ej ctroplate and Nickel Silver Goods Lockwood's Table ana Pocket Cutlery Perry & Sons' Coal Vases, Tea Trays, Baths, Lanterns. &o. Crowden & Garrod's Brushware of all kinds Door Mats, Scrapers, Iron and Wood Tubs, &c. Leamington Ranges, Smith and Wellstood's Stoves &c, &c, &c. QinTE~N O~F SCOT S. & ~ ~;' y, '/ SILENT AND TRUE! O QUEEN OF SCOTS (with Silver-plated WHEELER AND WILSON'S extras) SI>GER'S HOME SHUTTE NEWTON, WILSON & CO.'S PRINCE LITTLE WANZER OF WALES LITTLE STRANGER TABLES 'AND STANDSgFOR ALL THOMAS HAND MACHINES. PRINCESS OF WALES LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO TBE TRADE. REPAIRS DONE FOR ALL MACHINES. Having purchased Mr Montague's extensive and entire stock of SEWING MACHINES—who has relin quished the Sewing Machine business to me, —the public of Auckland and vicinity have now the opportunity of selecting from the Finest and Largest Stock ever exhibited in the colony. Drapery, Hosiery, Ladies' and Gent's Underlined Millinery, Dressmaking. A Fit Guaranteed. w. o. de'nnes Albert Buildings, Queen-street, Opposite Auckland Savings Bank. rpHB UNDERSIGNED B* appointment ao HAVE ON SALE- .^^^^^. PORT—Superior Old Red, in wood and bottle 'C»J*OTs3r» SHERRY—Superior qualities and brands, bottled and „__ , Tr . ni?l ,™ „,- ~V M __„„_ „ in butts, hhds, qr.-casks, and octaves HIS EXCELLENCY SIR JAMES FEKGTJSSO BRANDY—Hennessy's and Martell's, in wood and ■ W.ITuM-30o. P .,inhhd S and q ,-ca a ks |J EINB IC H KOHN, WHlSKY—DunviUe's, Greenless and Colville'a, (' JfcJß" T _, Jameson's Islay, in bulk, and Dunville's and i « & VV JBj Xj Li Jjj ±v, Stewart'* in cases ! OLD TOM—Browning's, in bulk 'QTJJSBN STREET, ATJOKLAND Boord's, Booth's, Burnett's, and Bernard s, in case ) * BCH^tr pa~AdolplieWolfe andco>Siquartsand \ Begi*°tow tteattenti°n °i *he ***** *°"• GENVA-Anchor.NectardePrince,, andExhibltion m^ riTTirawß Vrvu- 5n nr o ft «k« MANUFACTURED JEWELLERY, cSRSMe2/^"e ! au,Mar g eau X) StJulien,*c. S Pecially selpc ed« of the Newest Btylw and OHAMPAGNE-CUquot's, Penier, Jouet's Moet's, premiae*. Collin's Moselle, quarts and pints Lindeman's Cawarra Hock and Claret, Ist growth a..X. begs specially to draw the attention of the AMERICAN LIGHT WINE (Muscatellel public to his BOTTLED ALE-Bass'a Deventian Tennet'a and LARGE AND SUPERIOR STOCK OF GOLD & ALE^riuLK-Bass'a ho 8, Bass'a Pale and SILVER BOTTL^S> Pot^Ma ri Sj Bya S ß'B, Blood's |and G*EAT VATRETY goSJ™ AND PLATBD 111?^ 6,^ « rB nTiT .j. a i Which are tne best known 'manufacturers of the LIME JUICE CORDIAL, pints and quarts hnmn market GROCERIES comprising Belmont, Stearine, Ozo- .... kor.U, Field's and Parann Candles, Crushed •«. -.. .. ... Loaf Sugar, Bennetts, Saltpetre, Blacking, Blue, t^^ Note the Address : teasSlugars HEINEICH KOHN, KENT HOPS T m _. T T _ „ VlNEGAß—Champion's No 24, In bulk and case <i W E L L E R, CIGARS— No 2 H.S., in 500 boxes, La Caobas, Al. OTrv w qT-RTPT beume, Aquila de Oro, and Alonzo Carech^ UUJ!' «-»i*-«'*-1- TOBACCO—Eagland Twist, Hendrich H.adson, Belle Brandon, CMldrey, Prairie' Blower, Bicycle, &c. PAlNTS—Carson's Anticorrosion, and Vod stone -——— color, genuine -r jund, and Nosland % White tt^T A TVrktf A Rnm?a mx> r\ \,t non Load Red Lead, White Zinc, Mid Brunswick IJIAJN O* OKI Jib h X, O M £20. Groaa, and Yellow Paints. Patent Driers JL ■- OILS—Raw and Boiled Linseed and Colza, in drums, HARMONIUMS, FROM £10. Downer's ICeruosene. ■ ___ NOBLE and HOARE'B VARNISHE3- . -rT~^' T j- 13 , C! Oak Varnish, in cases containing 16 1-gallon tins - 1- -H- WJi±sis b COB^ GafeHa rX'o£ ma'-and Bolt KOPOI SpUn" Music Saloon» Wellesley-street. All Long Flax, Canvas, Woolpacks,iß<alm i Muntz Metals 16 to 220z - The Cheapest P7ace in Auckland for Pianofortes Compo*ition Nftils for ditto - •' and Harmoniums new and second-hand, by the Hoop Iron, |in, 18 W.G. -. •"'" best makers';,;'also, let on hire. N.B.—Full price "■BesJ'Owrt Steel, Hematite Iron. . given for second-hand ( Pianofortes, or taken in ysßnW|> * exchange.. Harmcniums, Pianofortes, and Organs ! beown;campbell;& co. Xn mi repalred **™™^w™ ■'■-'■■« : '■■* -•■"". ...' ' ' ■ '*° ■. ". '•-



Boots and Bionsr^""""" ■'s JjT O M 088 FlJ^ f^ ■ V~r ■ V "While thanking his friends for the libp^W" V '■§ .' *■ bestowed upon him during the past eigit^jJiV. ■ 0. BROOKES I Begs to inform the public generally thathei, ' I taken one of those wn», j HANDSOME SHOJ^ Opposite the Cily Hall, ' G * And has OPENED with an ENTIRE^NEWSTocir I of I ENGLISH AND COLONIAL BOOT^ I AND SHOES . I KVJSRY DESCRIPTION. 1 A« It is well known that 0. BROOKE s»n i cheaper than any Housa in Auckland, it ia nniiM I sary to ?ive a Hit cf pri ion »"«w<b g C. BROOKES, I TEE NOTED BLUE BOOT I QUEEN STRke- I Next to Hyson's, opposite City HalL i aewi fa- mac ?iy g I Those in want of a re*l!y good Sewing Mart*,, I shonld BUY- TAYLOR'S PATENT MACHINE I hand or treadle. . • i AGENT, | T. PEACOCK 1 OPTICIAN, § SHOITUSD STBEET. THjS aUUKL&JSD VEJNETIB I iL BX.TND MANUFACTORY. 1 M. HO ETON BUSBY, i B INDMAKE B *> W IRK WOK X 8 * WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, = i \ VENETIAN HOUSE, I Has now KEMOVED to those Larce, New, and M C'>mn;od ons Premises, situated P-t the corner p Que«>n and Cook-str.;ets, where he will conttnne B business as heretofore. p JJ MuJ uLsl V I FUNERAL U'NDEETiOS, I TOP OF BOBhON-STlsliiT. _ QEWIWG M 4CHIHES' ' No Family without a Sewing Machine should I longer delay the purchase of one cf TAYLGB'S !:| PATENT MACHINES. | AGENT, I T. PEACOCK,- ' 1 OPTICIAN, I JHOSTLANB &TRKBT. || VI 0 T O R I - A I ISSUE INCE COMPANY.,' • I FIRE AND MAS IJS E. I FIBM RISKS a' copied at Lowest Current Bates of I Pfemium. | MA.RIKE RISKS oi Cargoes and Hulls of Vessels | taken on favoijtble terms. || "WOOL Insured, with average on each bales. I. LOt^E^ promptly ana liberally settled, eitherln 1 Great Britain orm i he Colonies. - 1 HENDERSON & MAOFAELAEE, 1 AORNTS, 2ri, Q.UH.FN-STBBH. |j OJi L L J3 Ljj I.^D£MNir\ I Against Loss by Fire secured to Policy-holders \i in the | NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPAN I NEW ZEALAND, I Representing ONE MILLION STERLING of Capital |f ; with Unlimited Liability of its Shareholders.; | |: r '; ■>' . - H LIBERAL TERMS,, 7: ; | AND ! i PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES Characteristic features of the Company. ~ ANDREW G. MILLAR, Manager. Offices-25, Queen-street npHB C^ T DEESIGNBP SAS FOR SALE AND TO ARRIVE: Muntz Metal, Nos 14 to 200Z3 Coppering Nails and Felt _■ , "W^ire Kopc, beat quality, lj to 3iin ■ Chain Cables |to ljin, Admiralty tested . Anchors, frcm4cwtto lCjtwt, /dmiralty tes Baxter Brother's Royal Navy Canvas Gourock Canvas, extra qualit7 Christie's Double^crown Royal Navy Canvas Gordon's Royal Is avy Canvas 0 .-Iz.'i Oil, in casks and drums Kaint Oil, raw and boiled, in cask and drums _j Stockholm Pitch and Tar, best quality Resin, Oakum, Sail Twine Paints—Wnite, green, and black, &c D. H. McKENZIE, Custom H ottse-street. OIL, COLOR, GLASS, AND PaPERHAKGINGS HOUSE, SIGN, AND GENERAL ECORATING 57, QUEEN-STREET, Next to B>'nk or New Zealanp. J. HENDERSON, Impo-ter of and Dealer in Oil, "White Lead, Turps, Zinc, White, House Painters', Coach and Cabinet Makers Varnishes, Calico, Scrim, Clock and Compass Brush bs, &c, &c. THE undersigned are Cash Prß chaotrs of HIDES, SHEEPSKINS, WOl L TALLOW, &c, &c, at highest mark t rates, ln^oy uant-ty Consignors direct will have prompt and immedlat* ash remittances returned at satisfactory rates. IRELAND BROS fAWNBR , LSA.THKBM:ANUFAC3?USBBB Auckland i i *"1 i ? s "fP'^ SHORTLAND STREET, Nbarlt Oppositb thb Post-owicw. j !f SPRING-STUFF KD SU TT js S,, - £12, £13, £18, £25, £27 (warranted). .'