TURANGAI-TUKU AND TU.

According to Maori tradition, the forests of this country were once peopled by a race of female Dryads, ■who used to catch youDg men and women, and by the aid of magic change them into birds, keeping them ag captives.

A young chief, named To, who was out snaring kakas, was captured by one of these Dryads, whose name was Karangai-Tuku. Knowing his fate he feigned illness, when Karangai confined him in her whare, and he asked her to go to a distant hill, on which grew certain medicinal herbs. Now, the whare was full of birds, some caged, others fastened to perches, and kurangai, having agreed to go for the herbs, released a wren, warning it to fly and tell her if he attempted to. escape.

As soon as Kurangai was a long distance off, Tv suddenly opened the door and took to his heels. The wren at once fled to Kurangai, and, alighting on her shoulder, cried out, "Engai ka riro ta tana taonga, riro, riro!" "Oh, Kurangai, our property is lost, lost, lost I".

Kurangai on hearing this at once went in pursuit of Tv; but he, as she drew nigh, recollected a charm taught him by his grand mother, and repeated twice the cabalistic words, "Matiti, Matata !" and causing the earth to open under his feet, was carried along swiftly by enchantment, till compelled to emerge for breath.

When Kurangai came too close he repeated the charm and disappeared as before. This occurred several times, and he finally emerged on an island in one of the Hoturua lakes, and Kurangai, in trying to swim after him, was drowned, owing to her fatigue. Finding a canoe, which had drifted among the reeds which grew around the island, he chopped out a rough paddle with his toma hawk, and paddled back to the mainland; and, after some days travelling, arrived at the scene of his late captivity. By using a charm he released all the birds from their enchantment,-and finding the wren had* be come a lovely woman, he asked her to be his wife, to which she consented, and he invited all the late captives to his village, ■where he related his adventures, and after »great feast, which lasted several days— during which his nuptials were celebrated—■ dismissed them loaded with presents, when they-returned to their own dwellings, carry ing with them the tale of Tu'a wonderful escape, and their subsequent liberation by him. After a short residence at his own village, Tv, taking his wife and some of his friends and relations, went to the island and settled on it.

The wren, in memory of the exclamation by which she acquainted Kurangai-Tuku with her loss, is called " Eiro-riro," to the present day. V'-'. ■ '-" ■„.-■■' MataKit«. :

FOR THE LADIES.

Thbottghout the whole wide Orient, the Mussulman idea of the proper province of woman, and the immodesty of offering her

unveiled'face'to the stare of the stranger is

carried 'out, even among the Greek Chris tians subject to the Forte. In fact with them exclusion of the women from all public

places, and their' strict separation from all male society abroad or at home, are almost as absolute as with the Mussulman. So that most attractive feature of the European garden is lacking at Smyrna. But passing from the cafes into the streets and looking

through windows jealously barred with iron gratings, we may descry any quantity of Greek or Levantine women, either squatted en the floor or lazily swinging backward and forward in American rocking-chairs, which have become quite an article of importation in consequence of their adaptability to ; the

indolent habits of the female population. The rocking-chair exactly suits the fair MSmyrniote, combining gentle exercises with little or no exertion, and giving movement 'without fatigue.. Laziness put into action . peculiarly fits their constitution and habits ; and hence the rocking-chair is the great " "American institution-" moat cordially ap proved and pronized in "Giaour Ismir."— Temple Bar,

We sometimes congratulated ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled . dream • it may be bo the moment after death.—- Hawthorne.

An ignorant old lady, was asked by a minister visiting her if she had religion. She replied : " I haye slight touches of it oc casionally." '_

A correspondent writes from a Swiss town: " I was much amused on looking over a visitor's book at the inn to find that under the head of * Occupation,' two German girla had written, ' Looking for a husband.' "

ti A clergyman says: "I once married a handsome young couple, and as I took the bride by the hand, at the close of the cere T moay, and gave h«r my warmest congratu lations, she tossed her pretty head, and, pointing to the bridegroom, replied: "I think he m the one to bo congratulated." That was» beautiful thought of the poet that "Woman clings to man-like the ivy." put is it always true? How many bald; headed men can testify that no woman ever eta^tTSem like the ivy, but what she let goWP » e^FP 11'^ ixon.-^JBrookh/n Argus. X*3?*™'B BftTS: ttAn Ohio won! gujfel**l •* odd timeß for nine yearS to Jjjfeed quilt containing «tw bo many

pieces, and then her husband seized it to blanket his mule, and said that it saved him

paying out six shillings for an army blanket. A minister was once preaching about

heaven, and to show the absurdity of Swedenborg's ideas, drew a graphic picture of the Swedenborgiari heaven, with its beautiful fields, fine horses, cows and pretty women, when, in the midst of his glowing description, one of the sisters went into raptures, and exclaimed, "glory, glory!"

This so disconcerted the preacher that he paused, when an elder called out to the shouter, "Hold there, sister! you are shouting over the wrong heaven !"

A new seaeide sensation is the "kissing game," in which .a blindfolded gentleman is to be kissed by a lady, whose name he is to guess. The kissing, however, is done by a beardless gentleman, and when various ladies are named by the blinded victim as the authors of hia felicity, the merriment grows intense. The controversial literature of the tobacco question has been contributed to by the Chicago Tribune, which published an argu ment the other day in favor of ladies adopt ing the practice of smoking, by way of curing men of it. Husbands and lovers, says the Tribune, who infect their breath with the fumes of [tobacco and bring them selves into the presence of wives and sweet hearts would be gravely distuibed if they found their example followed by the other sex. Smoking ia no more masculine, per se. than drinking. If women and men together sip sherry and claret, why should they not

together smoke cigars and cigarettes ? We get most of our fashions from Europe ? Why uot import one from Spain ?

BITS OF FUN.

Why is one rooster on a fence like a penny ? Head on one side, tail on the other. How is that guna kick when they have no legs ? They kick with their breeches.

Incredible as it may seem, many of the richest planters in Jamaica live on coffee grounds. Why is a newsboy like a cucumber? Because the older he grows the more of a yeller he'll be.

Why is a young lady dependent on the letter y ? Because without it she would be a young lad.

Mahammedanism has been . defined as " that blessed religion which makes people wash themselves."

It is considered a safe plan for a young man never to trifle with the affections of a woman who whistle.

An Ohio man has been converted to temperance nine-eight times, and says he'll go up to a hundred or die.

"If twere done when 'tis dun, then 'twere well 'twere dun quickly," as the go aded youth remarked to his tailor. " She died fer me,"-said the young hus-. band when he beheld her dark locks gradually returning to their original red. A foreign journal refers to the story of a great speculator who floated a company for working a salt mine of inexhaustible extent, which turned out to be the sea.

The discovery has just been, made that Orpheus was left-handed. They have dug up at Pompeii a life-size statue of the god, which represents him playing a nine-stringed lyre with the left hand.

A justice of the peace in Cincinnatti had become so imbued with the routine of his office that, in concluding a marriage cere mony the other evening, he substituted for the usual formula : "You will now stand committed until fine and costs are paid." "Will you.please insert this obituary notice?" asked an old gentleman of an editor.. "I make bold to ask it because the deceased had a great many friends around here who'd be glad to hear of his death." ...

" Some enterprising autumn wasps started a nest over night in the trousers of a boarder in an hotel, and when the gentlemen thrust his leg through next morning, the whole town wasn't large enough to hold him. ......

"What are you going to do about it ?' asked Da vie of a friend who had been B ma»hed up in a railroad disaster and much injured. "Well," gasped the hopeful sufferer, ''firstly, I shall go in for repairs; secondly, I shall g» in for damages." QA sensation novelist speaks of "a wife of three years standing." It is replied that a man who keeps his wife standing three years must be a brute. But she used to keep him dancing attendance on her for ever so long. ■ • , . _~- .. - ~ ■

THE NEW SCRIPTURES.

According to Tyndall, HtrxtEY, Spencer, •.' akd Darwijc.

[From the "Cincinnati Commercial."]

GENESIS— CHAPTER I.

1. Primarily the ITnkaowable moved upon cosmos' and' evolved protoplasm .' 2. And protoplasm wan inorganic and un. differentiated, containing all'things in poten tial inwgy ; and a spirit of evolution moved upon the fluid mass. 3. And the Unknowable said, Let atoms attract; and their contact begat light, heat, and electricity. 4. And the Unconditioned differentiated

the atoms, each after its kind; and their combinations begat rock, air, and water. 5. And there went ont a spirit of evolu tion from the Unconditioned, and working in protoplasm, by accretion and absorption produced the organic cell.

6. And the cell by nutrition evolved primordial germ, and germ developed proto gene; and protogene begat eozoon, and eozoon begat monad, and monad begat ani malcule, 7. And Animalculse begat ephemera; then began creeping thinga to multiply on the face of the earth.

8. And earthy atom in vegetable pro toplasm begat the- molecule, and thence came all grass and every herb in the earth. 9. And animalcule in the water evolved fins, tans, claws, and scales ; and in the air wings and beaks; and on the land they sprouted such, organs as were necessary as played upon by the environment. 10. And by accretion and absorption came the radiata and mullusca, and mollusea begat articulata, and articulata begat vertebrata. 11. Now these are the generation of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknownable evoluted the bipedal mammalia. 12. And every man of the eattb, while he was yet a monkey, and the horse while he was a hipparion, and the hipparion before he was an oredon.

13; Out of the ascenian came the am phibian and begat penradactyle ; and the penradactyle by inheritance and selection produced the hylobate, from which are the simiadse in all their tribes.

14. And out of the simiadse the lemur prevailed above his fellows and produced the platyrhine monkey. 15. And the plathrhine begat .the catar rhine, and the catarrhine monkey begat the anthropoid ape, and the ape begat the long- Imanous orang, and the orang begat the chimpanzee, and the chimpanzee evoluted the what-is-it.

16. And the what-it-is-it went into the land of Nod and took him a wife of the 101 101 gimaneous gibbons.

17. And in process of the cosmic period were born unto them and their children the anthropomorphic primoraial types. 18. The nomunculus, the prognathus, the trodlodyte, the autochthon, the terragen —these are the generations of primeval man. 19. And primeval man was naked and not ashamed, but livid in quadrumanous in necence, and struggled mightily to harmouise with the ety monument, 20. And by inheritancy and natural selec tion did he progress from the stable and homogeneous to the complex and hetero geneous—for the weakest died and the strongest grew and multiplied. 21. And man grew a thumb for that he had need of it, and developed capacities for prey.

22. For, behold, the swiftest men caught the most animals, and the swiftest animals got away from the most men ; wherefore the slow animals were eaten and the slow men starred to death.

23. And as apes were differentiated the weaker type continually disappeared.

24. And the earth was filled with violence, for man strove with man, and tribe with tribe, whereby they billed off the weak and foolish and secured the survival of the fittest.

ROBIN'S GRAVE.

[By John BlackmanJ

What scenes we witness, year by year, What incidents we daily meet! The leaves that round the flowers appear, Soon form their silent winding sheet. The friends we cherish pass away, And all the joys that fortune gave; The kindly face we greet to-day, To-morrow 'a hidden in the grave. Poor Kobin's gone, who loved the dawn, • And pruned the plants with timely care, Whose footsteps marked the dewy lawn, Who breathed the freshening morning air. The various flowers he loved so well, The pansy, pink,, and Ayreshire rose, Possessed for him that secret spell The plodding gardener only knows. Where those fair flowers so sweetly grew,. Bank weeds are springing up apace; But he no more those weeds will view, And no one fills poor Eobin's place. Those double daisies growing wild, Among the grass half-buried wave, The gardener loved them as a child, And one shall deck his lonely grave. Beneath the cypress Eobin sleeps, Hell train the favorite flowers no more; His unmarked grave calm, nature keeps, And strews her golden mosses o'er. Go, fetch the spade and bring the hoe, Nor mourn because the gardener's gone; Dig, sow the seed, or weeds will grow— The work of life must still go on.

IN A CHURCHYARD.

By William Winter.

The lonesome wind of Autumn grieves ; The northern lights are teen ; October sheds her changing learei Upon the churchyard green, "Where, sitting peniive in the gun, While fading grasses wave, I watch the crickets leap and run Upoa a stranger's grave. There is no sigh of flattering leaf, No «ob »f rustling giasg ; The breezes o'er tliti plane of grief In breathless whisper* pas* ; Yet, like a murmur in a dream, Furls om that insect voice— Tkat vacant tone which does not ;,oem To mourn or to rejoice. - '* ' A tone tkat hath ne seothing grace A tone that mothtng faith, ' A tone that's like this selexm place Of memery, tears and At svth— It darkens hope, it deepens gloom. Slack fear, and doubt profound: Tuning the silence of the tomb To more mysterious sound. There's night upon the face of fame; . There night on beauty's eyes; No pure renown nor glorious shame . From cut their ashes rise. In vain; the shrines of prayer are trod Nor sound nor silence breathe - The thought that flowers upon the sod, The secret bid beneath. Ah, strangely ltd, forlorn and drear This nameless stranger's sleep— O'er which the slowly dying year Is all that seen* to weep 1 God kelp him in the bitter day- Uls heart, his reason Bare t . Who hears the ctlcket'i chirp,'at play Upon bi« darlings grave I

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ALBEBT HOTEL WI3STE AND SPIBIT STOKE. QUEEN STREET Auckland. JAMES STEWART, Peopkietor. PRICE LIBT. Bottled on the Premises. Per bet. s. d. Brandy—Hennessy's Pale ..4 0 Martell's Pale 4 0 Martells's Dak 4 Small bottles from 1 Whisky—Greenlees and Colville's .. ..4 0 Jamieson's 4 0 Dunville's 3 0 Small Bottles from 16 Wine—Sherry, Cozens 3 6 Sherry, Amontillado .. ' .. ..50 Port, Hunt's .. ....... 8 .6 Port, Hunt's three diamond .. ..50 Cawarra, Lindeman's Pints .. ..2 0 Bum—Old Jamaica .. ..3 6 Half Bottles ..16 Imp orted in Case and Guaranteed Genuine. Brandy—Hennessy's 6 0 Martell's 5 0 Hines' 5 6 fine Champagne Cognac .. ..6 6 Flasks la6d&3 6 Geneva—J.D.K.Z., large 4 6 J.D.EZ, small 3 0 Schnapps—Wolfe's .large 6 0 Wolfe's small 2 0 Whisky—Dunville's 4 6 Stewart's Kirkliston .. .. .. 3 6 Old Tom—Burnett's and Booth's 4 0 Ginger Wine—Bernard's 3 0 Champagne- Ciode and Baker's .. ~ ..6 6 Fints 3 6 Clarets in variety from 3 0 Bottled Ai/e and Stout. Colonial Ale-Quarts .. .. .. .. 010 Ale—Pints .. ..0 6 Stout—Quarts 0 10 . Stout—Pints_ .. 0 C Whitbread's—Pints .. .. „ 0 9 Guinness' Dublin Scout 0 0 By ass's Lot don 1 ':■; Whitbread's 13 Jeffery's Edinburgh 13 A considerable reduction made on huge quantities. Assoetetj Cases made up to Obdxb. COLONIAL ALES AND STOUTS. Pints, s;i per dozen. PUT BY HB GALLON J ORDERS PROMPTLY DELIVERED. Tg ATTERIES FOR SALE Early in March next, the Two Batteries and Plant, lately the property of the New Zealand Quartz Crushing trd GtldreiEirg CcrcpsDy, situated Coromandel, will be offered for sale by public auction, if not privately disposed of. Full particulars can be obtained from the late manager, Mr Arthur Pittar, Coromandel, who has thority to sell, or from BRIGHT & BAIT, Liquidators, 8, 'Winchester Buildings. London. •MEW ZEALAND EEBJSS HANDSOMKLY-BOTJND BOOKS OF FEHNS Collected and Mounted by T. CRANWELL, PARNELL. Extract trom Letter rkcsxvtbd by T. Cban will. —"Tbe collection of ferns shewed me were correctly named and beautifully preserved."—/. D. Hooker, F.R.S.L.S.; Royal Gardens, Kew, London. •' The book is exactly the kind of thing to choose for a present."— Kew Zealand Herald, " For a drawing-room table no more tasteful orna ment could be found." — Southern Cross. All Ferns mounted by T. Crahwkljl bear bis name and address. May be obtained of Champtaloup and Cooper, Upton and Co., Wayte, Oianwell and Co ; or of T. Crsnwell, ParnelL A GENTS FOR THE "STAR.' The Stab can be obtained from the following Agents at any time after 6 o'clock p.m. ;— Dedwood— Mr Brown, Dedwood Store Poksonby Boac—Mr McKtnatry, Ponsonby Store Kakakqahapb Koai>—Mr Y. Warren, Sydechtm Store ; Mr Nicholas, Grocery Store Newmarket—Mr Withuford, Ironmongery Store Kybeb Pass—Mr Burns, Grocery store ;Mr T»ylor, Grocery Store ; * Onemtoga—Mr Gilman, Chemist; Mr Watts, Store keeper Otahuhu- Mr J. Hall, Post-office Par* ell—Mls« By an. Grocery store ; Mr K. Brown, Grocery Store ; Mr Augur, Grocery Store Kobth Shor«—Mr O. M*ys, Grocery Store ; Mr Duder, Grocery Stora ; Mr Bain, Grocery Store W«lxington-strbet—Mr Todd, Grocery Store ;Mr Higgins, Wellington Hotel. mHE NAT ONAL BANK OT NEW (ZEALAND), Limited. CAPITAL .. ... ... £2,000,000 SUBSCRIBED ... ... £1,000,000 RATES OF INTEREST ON DEPOSIT On Deposits fixed for 30 days', 5 % * annnm On Deposits fixed for 3 months', * 1 % $ annum On Deposits fixed for 6 months', 6 % V annum DAVID HEAN, Manager. Auckland, 17th December, 1874. HIGH SCHOOL, Symonds-street, HEAR ST.' ARDBKW'B OHTJBCH. . The High School, Symonds-street, lately conducted . by Mr Frasxr, will be opened as a HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, On MONDAY, 25th January, 1875, by MBS SHAYLW GEORGE. Thl« Institution will be devoted t« the thorough education of Girls, and to the preparatory training of Boys up to the age of ten years. The Health* and central position of the High School; the large, lofty, and well-ventilated.Class-rooms, which will be fitted with every requisite for the most im proved and tuccessful methods of instruction, under duly qualified Teacbers ; and the«pacious and seques tered - Playground, are advantages such as, it is believed, are now for the first time made available for Female Education in Auckland. The Fe»s payable for each Boy will be One Guinea per quarterly term. For Girls, the amount for each will range from One to Five Guineas, according to the departments entered. The prize lists for 1874 will not be declared, nor the prizes distributed, until Eute? week (as customary),. In order to aw*it the resultfcof th« Deosuber examina tlons by the Board>of|Edacatioo. A t*pU.X«whtf_reauir«l.



piTT CLOTHING MART, OOOMBES' „ f .•' „., Galatea Suits. CIOOMBES' ' ._ ~ ) Faget Smts. Sac Suits. CIOOMBES' ■•■_ ~ , „ .. J Youths' Suits |^y Boys' Suita. T^OOMBES' — C OOOMBES' ■■ \ / Zouave Suits QOOMBES-— " gilkDustCoat 1 3 Black and Blue "West of England § Fancy Texture PAGET COAT and § S VKST, to match, in single and S g double breasted. BO would j § call the special attention of W S gentleman to th.a line as they P jj are very cheice Goods. M g 453 Bannookburn Smts. QQ^ MBES> 27a 6 d BiackPagetCoats, /19QMBES' v tf & NewTexItJreInPAGET&MORN- S cS ING COATS, made equal to any » garment to order In Kew Zealand, 2 g Ssosto6os.Thisisaspecialline ,8 S w^haO would t CaU the atten j § tion of gentlemen to. They are £ I • thoroughly shrunk, and are made B < i" much superior style to >»jr- S B tin generally to be procured ■£ 5 ready made. i^OOMBE^S Boys' and Youths' Suite, from ISs 6d /^iOOMBES' Tweed Trousers and Vest, hpr oughly thrunk, our own make, from 22a 6d ' m , /Combes' . Galatea Jack really a splendlde garment /OOOMBES' Boys' Clothing, an immense caoice /^OOMBES 5 Boys' If nicker Suits are worth inspection /^OOMBTf'S' Sydney Tweed at 2s lid per yard in worth looking at. A small lot of the line A^OOMBES' Sydney Tweed »t 3s lid is the be»t value to be had in Auckland S'IOOMBES' • Stock of Geelong Tweed ia the largest and' most varied in the market riOOMBES Has the best assorted stock_ of / Gentlemen's Hosiery in New Zea land ___________ pOOMBES Has the best selected stock of Boys* and Youths' Hosiery, Box, Under shirts, &c, in New Zealand /OOOMBES ; Has the mostvariad stock and the best value in Men's, Youths', and Boys' Underclothing in Auckland. OOOMBES' Silk Sox. GIOOMBES' -<^ ) Shirts. OOOMBES' ... \J Silk and Merino Underßhirts. ptOOMBES' Gauze Undershirts and Pants. QAMUEL COOMBES Offers to TiUprs an advantage they cannot get elsewhere, namely, short lengths of Tweed at wholesale prices. pIOOMBES' — ~ Stock of. White Shirts is U»e best and largest in this city. OAMUEL COOMBES Would call the attention of Gentle men to the New Zealand FlaxSjhirt, " Phorminm tenax," 2 made for all sizes- A. beautiful article in gentlemen's wear, in three qualities. SAMUEL COOMBES, 92,. QTJEEN-STJR,EET, ATJGKI.AND



T>ARO A I N S IS SILKS, STAYS, ETC. M. & 0. MILNE Have Just Bioeited A - LAB OIE ASSOBTM IB or VEBY RICH FRENCH BROCHE SILKS, In aU the new and fashionable shades, which they offer to the public FOR 5s 6d; USUAL PRICE, 7s 9d. Also, a OASE-'of FRENCH CORSET S. A DECIDED BARGAIN. A LAB d E STOCK OF NEW AND CHOICE DRESS MATERIALS, Including— Plain and Figured Lustres, Muslins, Grenadines, Prints BSges, Black Silks Plain and Figured Coloured Silks, Japanese Bilks, Tussore Silks, 4c, &c, &c THE MILLINERY AND MANTLE DEPARTMENT be found replete with all the latest fashions. OUTFITTING OF ALL KINDS, Including— Boy's and Men's White Shirts Boy's and Men's Coloured Shirts * Undershirts, Drawers Collars, Ties, Scarfs, &c, 4c. HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, TWEEDS, SHIRTINGS. HOUSEHOLD LINENS of all kinds. M. & C. MILNE, OHEAP SI D E HO USE, AND 224, QUEBN-STBEET. S J^ COSGBAVI ft CO. to. inform the inhabitants of Auckland that they have taken the Store at present .;. , . in the occupation, of MBSSBS. OKITICKSHANK * HIGH STREET, For the purpose of carrying on their • WJHOLES ALE B U SIN ESS, But will be unable to take possession unti ■ .. the Messrs. C&ttiokshakk & Co. REMOVE TO THEIR NEW PREMISES QUEEN-STJBEET Now in of completion, MESSRS. COSGRAVE & CO. Are therefore compelled to offer THE WHOLE OF THEIR LARGE SUMMER SHIPMENTS or --, DBAPBEY A MEN'S CLOTHING AT PBICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OF Iff '" •; KBW ZEALAND ef The „ SALE commenced on BATUBDAY, the 10th of October, and will continue unti they take possesklon of their Wholesale Warehouse gW ■'



AND JJAL L Are now opening up their NEW STOCK OF FURNITURE. CAEPETS, IXOOR-CLOTHS, SILK AND WORSTED DAMASKS, REPS, TAPESTRIES AND BROCATELLES, Lace, Muslin, and Net W INDOW CURTAIN BRASS WINDOW CORNICES AND POLES, TABLE-COVERS, BILLIARD CLOTHS, BLANKETS, I GILT CHIMNEY and TOILET GLASSES. j Always on bond, a large stock of well-seasoned - I CEDAR, RIMU, AND KAURI I US'" Agekts fob the Celebrated W GROVER AND BAKER SEWING MACHISNE. » Q-KEYHOUND HOTEi§| corner of queen and victoria-streets. •; Propbietob: ICHAEL CORCORAN., In returning thinks to his numerous visttori ■ MICHAEL CORCORAN begs to say that very tegr I additions have been lately made to the Hotel, which ■ will tend greatly to the convenience of those wko I favour him with their patronage. ■ BEDROOMS. I Additions have been made to their number, andfth I have been furnished in auuperb manner, everything R being new, and got up in the latest atjle. g| BATHS. I Both Hot and Cold Baths are always ready, and ■ every convenience will be found in them for U» ■ comfort of Travellers. ■ COMMERCIAL BOOM. I A commodious room has been opened, havingi** M entrance from Victoria-street, for the comfort of thoit ■ who do not care to use the Bar or Bar-room, acd ttdf ■ has been fitted up in a style to ensure the comfort of ■ visitors. . ■ BILLIARD ROOM. I The Billiard Boom is the best in the Province, and B is] fitted with one of the best Billiard 'Xahlucnr ■ constructed. •" * • X MICHAEL CORCORAN hopes that the good n«a» ■ his house has ever held, and the splendid accommod*- ft tion afforded in it, will induce visitors to A.ucH»4 ■ o give it their patronage.. *-' - ' m • -'..-' ..-'■. '.■ " v';'■ :v '-)■•■•■'-' 0. JN" S. A LB I '"(WHOLES AXE ONLY), M B X HYDAS PE S, kWi I Snltabas, 100 boxes R Soda Crystals, 20 casks Wi Paraffin Candles, 50 boxes M Carbonate Soda and Cream of Tartar X Bryant and <S?ay"a Safety Matches X Whiting, Morton's Salmon H ■ Colza Oil, Turps ■ White Lead. Rosin X Corks, for ale or sodawater X Bottling Wire X Brewers' Isinglass B Hops, prime Tasmanian 1874 W Hops, English crop 1873 M ' Scrim and U essian & ■ ' J' {- 'm Muntz Metal, and Nails for ditto. ■ ROBE R T LUS X, «,' I QUEEN-STRISET. S i i..... i... i. .i.i'r .■: H| O, /N. S A L < I by the Undersigned :— , B Anderson and Mowat'« Flour, in sacks, 100 *nf, I : Kakanui Flour, in sacks, 100 and 504b bagi B J. K. Anderson's Flour, in sacks and 50-lb bafl ■ Kay and Burr's Flour, in 100 and 60-lb bags t :^\ B Hassell's Flour, in sacks ' i : B X. Anderson and Co/s Flour, in sacks i « ; J. and T. Meek's Flour, in sacks and 60-lb bag*. B GEO. W. BINNET. I