came back for food, and -were lost for two a days, during which the others were without *v food. H At the Police Court, Mackaytown, James ~^g»,rs waß convicted of assaulting James Is>it, and waa sentenced to seven days' impnsonment. The Advertiser's Ohinemuri correspondent "interviewed" Coleman, and he asserts most positively that the stone shewn by him to Mackay was taken out of the prospector's; reserve, and was not planted. From the Waitekauri there is little of interest to report. Several parties returned from there yesterday, and I was shown several prospects of good coarse gold, but these were obtained from the creeks, not from the reefs.

Lpaby's party are still driving for the reef, bo also are parites in adjoining claims, but up to the present time nothing definite has been decided, except upon one subject, and that is gum.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT PAPAKURA.—Monday.

(Before R. Baistow, Esq., R.M. and H. C. Martelli Esq., J.P.) NEGLIGENT DRIVING. Thomas Shaw was brought up for neglient driving. Fined 5a and costs. Samuel Walker, for using offensive lan guage in a public place, was fined 20a and costs.

Lewis Culbert for contempt of Conrfc waa fined £5 or seven days imprisonment.

LICENSING COURT.

An application was made for a transfer of the license of the Point Russell Hotel, Mercer, from E. R. Campion to John Higgins ; also, of the Railway Hotel, from A. K. Bolland to James Riddler, which were granted.

CRICKET MATCH.

Amongst the amusements set down for to morrow (St. Patrick's Day) will be a cricket match in the Domain between the " Law and the Outlaws," to be commenced at 10 a.m. 'We understand that there will be a sufficiently strong muster of the Brigands to Set the gentlemen of the long robe cogitating and scheming as to how they will bring an " action of ejectment " against their wild opponents, or—cricketingly ex pressed—" put them out." The teams will l)e chosen from those present, who may be members of any cricket club. It is to be hoped, however, that the gentlemen who have given in their names will not fail to be punctual in their attendance so as to ensure a full day's play, in which ease the match should prove one of the most interesting of the season.

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Gold Returns. The gold returns for the last three weeks amount to about 8500 ozs. The Fatal Accident. Robert Fox, who suffered such a severe accident in the Queen of Beauty on Satur day afternoon, died last night about ten o'clock. An inquest will be held this afternoon on miner Fox, killed through a fall of earth in the Queen of Beauty claim. Remarkable Arson Case. A house in the Waiotahi Crt ek, with all it contained, was set fire to and burned yes terday, and the incendiary, named William Wilkinson, is now in custody on a charge of arson. For some years the house has been occu pied by Wilkinson and a woman named Mrs. Roome. The latter maintained the former, who, in return, frequently thrashed her. i Yesterday the woman ran from one of these beatings to a neighbour'sj house ; and Wilkinson gathering all the combustibles he could get, set fire to, the .house where they had been living, and it was burned down in a few minutes. Only an old bed ticking was dragged out. The furniture all belonged to Mrs Roome, who was so afraid of Wilkinson that she did not come out of the house in which she had taken refuge, while her house and furniture was being consumed.

Wilkinson came down to Grahamstown, where he was taken into custody by Detec tive Brennan. He was brought up at the Police Court this morning, and committed for trial.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own correspondent.) This day.

A good haul, of specimens was obtained from the Royal Oak yesterday. There is a splendid show in the face, and more is ex pected to-morrow. The City of Auckland has 2501bs of specimens. The claim is looking well. The Plutus battery started on Main's claim stuff yesterday. There is a fair show on the plates. The Harbour View crush eight tons at the Nil battery to-morrow. The Who'd have Thought It crush eight tons next week of good stuff. The Plutus claim is putting up> new hopper. The Kapanga start sinking in a few days. Mrs. O'Toole's Funeral- Mrs O'Toole's funeral was largely attended yesterday. She was much respected. The Native Chief Mohi.

The native chief Mohi arrived from Auck land on Friday, and was carried across the peninsula on Sunday by the Kennedy Bay natives to Whangapoua. He is dying of consumption. There was a large gathering of natives.

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

DTJNEDIK (From ©u v own Correspondent.) This day. Effect of tlie Oospatrick on Erffigra tion. The Home Agent advises that owing to the Cospatrick catastrophe he had to des patch the Timaru 144 short of the guaranteed number of emigrants. Dr Featherston decided that the passages must be charged against the province on account of the salmon ova shipped on boarJ, whereupon the owners of the Timaru voluntarily wiped off £300 pounds in the form of a subscription towards the company procuring the ova. The Timaru left Glasgow on December 31, bat she was detained in the North Channel nine days by contrary weather.

Gambling on a Racecourse. A peculiar decision was given by Mr Parker, R.M., at Oamaru. Four men were charged with gambling on the racecourse. Mr Parker dismissed them because they had had licenses from the local Turf Club. Exile Sold. Exile has changed hands for £140. Hurdle Race. The three-,mile hurdle race at Oamaru between Banjo, Ivanhoe, and Mistletoe, for £70, was won easily by Banjo. Government Management of Railways. i ""he Forbury railway would have been n for traffic for this race meeting if the I. aeral Government had been disposed to Meist. Arrangements were made with the Government for the purchase of the required three mile 3 rails, bat at the last moment the Company received notice that the sale had not Imm completed, and thre»t»n«d thta

with an injunction if they attempted to fur ther prosecute the work. New Building-Eociety. Another Building-Society, under the Joint Stock Company's Act, with a capital of a quarter of a million, is projected.

CHRISTCHURCH.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Inter-professional Boat Race. The Bankers' crew again won the inter professional gig race, beating the Civil Service crew.

PORT CHALMERS.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. The first stone of the Port Chalmers water works reservoir was laid at Sawyers Bay yesterday afternoon, by the Mayor and Mr McKinnon, in the presence of the Superin tendent, the Mayor of Dunedin, and a large assemblage of spectators. A silver trowel, silver-mounted mallet and level, were pre sented to the Mayor by the engineer and contractor for works.

CHRISTCHURCH.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Monday. Yesterday morning a house belonging to John Newsbury, waa destroyed by fire j damage, £650 ; uninsured. Origin un known.

WESTPORT.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. The Jockey Club has decided to hold a a meeting here on the Bth April, following the Hokitika event. The chief money is seventy soys.

DUNEDIN.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. New Zealand Shipping Company. At a meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Messrs Q. F. Reid, J. Scanlan, and W. J. M. Larnach, were appointed local directors. The chair man and others complained that the Pro vincial Government neglected to support the Company, which was a Co'onial undertaking, and got out their goods by ships belonging to opposing companies.

WELLINGTON.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. Diggets for Ohinemuri.

The Welllington sails loday about 2 p.m with forty diggers for Ohinemuri.

Sir G. A- Arney.

Sir George A. Arney is now in Welling ton, en route for Auckland.

The Hon. Robert Campbell, of Otago, is a passenger by the Wellington en route for England via San Francisco.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(PROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) BISHOP SELWYN ON CREMATION. The Bishop of Lichfield has been preaching on the subject of cremation, the occasion being the consecration of a new cemetery. He preached from .Romans VI., 4 :—"There fore we are buried with him." His Lordship proceeded to rake up all j the passages in the New Testament where the words buried and its kindred forms occur and then wound up somewhat after this illogical manner : —So completely did the desire to bury one's dead in the earth take possession of the whole mind of man, even before the coming of our blessed Lord, that it was deemed the gravest censure upon a man—similar to their present system, of excommunication—when his body was not allowed to be gathered to his fathers. To be gathered to their fathers was the hope of men who lived for that hope—lived holy acd good lives, just as they themselves ought to live holy for that, amongst hundreds of other reasons, that their bodies might lie in the consecrated ground, there to rest until Christ came to wake them to the resurrection of the just." Touch ing the usage of the burning of the dead, Bishop Pearson, in his article on the Burial of the Dead, said—"Before and at our Saviour,s time, the Greeks did much, and the Romans more, use the burning of the bodies of the dead, and reserved only their ashes in their urns ; but when Christianity began to increase, the funeral flames did cease, and after a few Emperors had received baptism there was not a body burnt in all the Roman Empire—for the first Christians wholly abstained from consuming of the dead bodies with fire." "Surely," continued his lordship, " for the best possible reason—be cause earth, since the time of the Fall,.had been the favorite resting-place for the body ; and fire, since Christianity was revealed, was the appointed emblem of the regenerate soul. John the Baptist, referring to the same subject, said, ' I indeed baptise you with water unto repentance ; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I. whose shoes lam not worthy to bear; He shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.' Fire, then, was the emblem of the re generate soul; earth was the emblem of the body. To them the earth was the emblem of those dead bodies which were laid in the grave in sure and certain hope of a joyful resurrec tion, when the Lord Himself should receive into His own light, and everlasting life, those souls which had been baptised with,fire. To mingle those types together, to confound them as the heathens did, was to go back into centnries of barbarism. Christians, they met together that day to keep up that primeval tradition —to follow up the very words of God Himself—to lay out a ground in which their friends might be buried, to lie there in peaceful graves, their bodies pre served from all indignity, till the Lord came to sound His trumpet over their graves, and to take them to Himself." ANOTHER LADY CREMATED. There has been another trial of crema tion at Dresden. The subjeot of it was a young married lady, who, like Lady Dilke, had expressed a wish not to be consigned to a damp and grubby hole. A number of medical men and others were present and as no parson had the charity to come and read a prayer (what a stiff-necked lot of Philistines these gentry are), Mr. Siemen officiated. A funeral chamber had been arranged ornamented with flewers and in the midst was the coffin. The betdy was pushed into the oven and a current of in tensely heated air was introduced. The de scription tells us that the body was at once enveloped with waves of fire vibrating slowly and burning with a crimson light. There was no smoke or vapour and no swelling of the body. The process was as gentle as it was rapid, producing evaporation of the chemically combined water, and a reduction of the body first to a red hot form then white hot and finally a crumbling little heap of dust. There was no smell or sound. As soon as possible the dust was collected and placed in a cinerary urn.

A FEARFUL SUICIDAL LEAP.

On Monday afternoon a girl named Lncy Durrent, 20 years of age, in service at Elgin Park, Clifton, and belong to Stowmarket, Suffolk, after some unpleasantness about a love affair, jumped orer Clifton Suspension Bridge. She fell a distance; of nearly three hundred feet, and was picked up dead in the mud of the river. On Tuesday a ver dict of felo de se was returned. The girl appeared to have prepared for death in a most deliberate way. H« miitreiw font

her on an errand, and, noticing, her peculiar manner, warned her against making an at tempt on her life. Shortly afterward she found a letter in the girl's bedroom, in which were the words : "Dear Mrs Baker : Please pay what I owe out of my wages and my boots, Lucy. Good-bye for ever ! JTia his fault." The strangest part of the story is the way in which the girt jumped over. She went upon the bridge, and the. toll-taker, noticing her loitering about, ordered Uer off to the Leigh side, whe.re she said she in tended to wait for a friend Then she went down the hill to Rowhain Ferry, crossed it, climbed the zig-zag on the Clifton side, just beneath the bridge, and again pre sented herself at the Clifton end of the bridge, She smiled at the toll-taker, ten dered a penny* and passed out, but the gate keeper, who had been warned of her inten tion by his mate on the Leigh side, suspected her and gave chaae. The girl had about 100 yards start of her pursuer, and raD, as the man says, like a deer, past the pier and along the bridge itself. When she had gone about a quarter of the way she looked back and again smiled, but did not stop. The man turned around for a moment, and while he did so the girl mounted the trellis-work of the bridge, clambered down the rail at the other side and hung from the footpath only by her hands, her body swinging in the air. The gatekeeper was two or three yards distant when she did so, and he rushed forward and attempted to seize her. '• Directly I touched her hands," said the man in his evidence, "she looked in my face and smiled, and then she dropped." This is the tenth suicide which has taken place from the bridge, and the jury suggested that some method of preventing people from climbing the railing should be adopted.— Liverpool Albion.

" OTHELLO."

This marvellous production, one of the most subtle of the many dramas of Shakespeare, did not attract so Jarpe an audience last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre as we had anticipated ; still there was a very good house. The performance generally was ex cellent, and better than we expected in a colonial city, where actors are (in several respects) at a disadvantage. Mr Hoskins as lago was perfect, and gave a distinctive life to that mischievous character which has rarely been excelled by any other performer. Mr Darrell also deserved great praise for his skilful rendering of the Moor, who fancied that he loved "not wisely, but ton well." Miss Colville won the applause of the house by her clever and life-like imitation of Emilia ; while Miss Clara Stephenson was eminently succesful in the interesting char acter of the slandered and wronged Desde mona. Tfie other characters were well sustained, and as a whole, the wonderful tragedy of Othello was presented to the admiring audience in a most satisfactory manner. This evening, by special request, " Our-American Cousin" will be repeated, and the "Handsome Husband."

ttl JJWEffIHWI Sf AE, TtTESBAt, MABCH 16, isp.



COFFEE !— Brown, Barrett, and Co.'s Standard Coffees both delieioun and strong, B<-own, Bairett, and Co.'s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any Coffee on account of purity and diftictneas of flavour. Note the brand. Sold at almost every grocery es tablish m ant <n town and province.—Atwt. \KT ANTED, for Kaueranga School, a Teacher, capable also of conducting the Superior School in connection with it. Present salary, £200, and proportion of fees from Stiperior School. Also, a Junior Assistant for Onehunga Girls' School. Also, a Teacher for the Omaha School. —Apply at the office of tho Board for further particulars. FREDERICK J. MOSS, Secretary. WANTED, a smart Lad.—Apply "VV. S. Collins, Grocer, Parnell. ANTED, a Housemaid ; also, a smart Youth, accustomed to wait at table. —Apply Albert Hotel, Queen-street. WANTED, a strong Lad, accus tomed to the Butchering business; also a good Lad.—Apply to George Giles, Butcher, -Queen street. ___ YttTAtSTtiD, a Partner to assist in »*^ the'management of an established Cabinet and General Furniture Warehouse; spacious pre mises ; doing a good steady money trade ; capital not so much an object as business capacity.—W. L Roth, Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer, Queen-street. WANTED, a respectable Boy.— Isidor Alexander, Jeweller. WANTED, an owner for two Geese and a Gander, now straying on my premises. College Road. Can be obtained by paying cost of this advertisement. Must be claimed before Friday.— Mrs Anderson, College Road. WANTED, a strong active Boy to run errands.—Apply to Mr Hatswell, Grocer, Princes-street. ANTKD, a~ General Servant; must be a good Cook and Laundress. —Apply between the hours of two and five to Mrs W. T. J. Bell, Rutland-street, Parnell. WANTED, a General Servant- Apply to Mrs Cater, Cook-street. ANTED, an Engineer for a Bush Saw-mill; also, a Circular and Breaking down hand.—Apply to Holdship and Co., Custom house-street. ANTED, by an active Youth, aged 14, a situation in a store or office.— Apply \feli, Stab office. WA NTE D, a first-class General Ser vant. —Apply to Mrs Richmond, Grey-street. ANTED to Let, a large furnished Parlour and Bedroom, with use of Kitchen if required.—For address, apply Stab office. ANTED, a strong Youth, one.. accustomed to riding preferred.—Apply to Geo. Raynes, Butcher, Parnell Rise. ANTED, a first-class Shoeing Smith.—Apply at once to J. Andrews, Epsom. _J WANTED, a Girl to assist in morn ing work, and make herself generally useful. Apply to Mrs Holt, St. Stephen's Road, Parnell. ANTED, to dispose of the Tools, Fittings, Fixtures, &c, of a House Painter, &c.; rent low. —Apply Stab office. VI^ATER ! WATER ! WATER ! ON SALE by J. Craig, Fort-street. ANTED, a General Servant.— Mrs Alfred Buckland, Newmarket. ANTED, a Smith.—Apply to Cousins and AtMn. ANTED, an expert Off-bearer.— Apply at Hoffman's Patent Brick Kilns, Mechanics' Bay. . ANTED, by a new arrival, with excellent testimonials, a situaltion as good , plain . Cook; a sober, steady man.—Hannaford's ' Registry, High-street. WANTED immediately, a respect able Housemaid.—Apply Flagstaff Hotel, North Shore. W" ANTED, a young Girl to assist in housework.—Apply, during forenoon, to Mrs Ruck, Parnell. • WANTED to SELL, an Eight roomed House, nearly new, pleasantly situated in the neighbourhood of Ponsonby. Price, £350. —For address, applyitt Stab office. ANTED, an .owner for a stray Greyhound Pup, about six months old, brindle, with white tip on tail. Can be obtained by paying expenses of advertisement and keep; if not claimed, will be sold, W ANTED to SELL, the Business of a Tinsmith, established upwards of ten years, with stock, machinery, tools, fixtures, &c. — Apply Wm. Beal, Wellesley-street East, Auckland. O BAKERS.— Wanted a Second Hand for the country j good wages and con ■twrtt employment. None but * steady man need •pply to V. PtBoM, Qtahuhu Bakery, Otahuhu.



WANTED, a General Servant. — Apply office of this paper. _ ANTED, "by a young Lady, a Situation as Visiting Governess; good re ferences.—S.C., Star office. ANTED, a General Servant; re ferences required. —Apply to Mrs G. S. Jalrins, Ponsonby Road. ANTED, a competent Assistant for the Manchester Department.—Apply to Lewis Eros. JgP) VTkT^NT'iI) ail parties going to Ohine- W'muri tocall at Ally's, opposite the Faeroa Landing. Good aecommGO^ 011- WHO would go to Wakefield-strebJ, to have Framing and Gilding done in all ; their branches ? Sensible people only, and they will get full satisfaction from J. R. DE COuR'CY. 3- WANTED, 500 tons of Old Brass, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Pewter, Lead, Muntz Metal, Waste Paper, Canvas, Bagging, Kope, i and Eags ; also, Bottles, Cast-off Clothing,, &c, at BATTYE & CO.'S London Marine Store, OW Market, Queen-street. Auckland.—B. Moss, Manager ANTED JELWOWJM, that D Goldie is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and other Building materials, including Sashes Doora, Mouldings, Broadi Timber, House Blocks. Postß, Rails, Hardwood Felloes, Shafts, Iron bark and Bine Gum Laths, Shingles, &c.,&c, at the lowest market price, at his "Sard , Custom-house «treet. _ ANTED KNOWtf, that J. MORRISON is prepared to execute all kinds of ASP (HALTING at reasonable prices.—Address Star Office. ANT E D KNO W N that GABRETT BROS, have now REMOVED to their Sew Brick Building, in Wakefield-street, where they will supply their customers as usual. Storekeepers and Merchants Supplied.—GAßßETT BROTHERS, Dublin Houee, Wnhefield-Btreet. ANTEIKKNO WJSf, that Edgar and Co.'s Dying and Cleaning Establish ment h*s been REMOVED from Shortland-street to Welle: lay-street East, opposite the Golden Crowo Brewery Ladies and gentlemen waited upon for orders by leaving their address by post, or at the fflce, Welles!ey-street Jb ast, opposite Golden Ciown Brewery. W~AJNTED KNOWN, that H. L. PO^SENNEShIE, Tailor, *C, HAS ■RtMOVID to these Premises lately occupied by the Post-office, ShorUand-stuet, where he hopes to receive that hbml patronage hitherto accorded. AJNT E D to fELL (cheap), White Lead, Galvanised Tubs ; also, Pumps Paints Ploupls, &c. N.B - Highest price given for all kinds of old Metal.—ALWtKD a HART, next to Blue Post. Victoria-street. WAMJID, the general public to know that W. KIKBY, corner of Queen and Waken eld-streets, has On sale :—.Newcastle Coal wholesale and retail), at the lowest rates. Bricks, Lime, Sand, Shells, Tiles, Iron-r-irk Shafts, Spobea, and Red-gum Felloes, Ac.. <**c., always on hand. A arge supply of the best PewcastleCoko nowon hand WAJNA.EJJ, JDverybouy to know that W. 8. JONES, Saddler, Queen-street, Is appointed Sole Agent for Elliman's Celebrated Royal Embrocation for Horses, Cattle and Bheep. A certain cure for Lameness, Swellings, Bruises, Strains, Cuts, and Sores of every kind. Second consignment oar Jubilee just opened. COME ye weary fmger'd ones, tired and sore, Forget all your sorrows, and suffer no more ; Come all who are poor, and desire honest toil, Be sure that your wishes I never shall foil; My terms arc bo easy, they fairly surprise, And W. C. Dennes will no offer despise. pKICKET MATCH.—A Match will \J be played To-morrow (St. Patrick's Day), in the Domain ground between "Law and the Outlaws " Wickets to be pitched at 10 o'clock a.m. O LET—Four-roomed Cottage in Brighton Boad — W. Flood, 7 Exchange. "PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE. Farewell Performances of thoso Popular Artistes, MR. AND MRS. HUSKINS (MISS FLORENCE COLVILLE), Appearing, by special desire, with ',^^ZZ2 Mil. GJs.OH.GE JDARIIELL. THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, Two Comedies, OUR AMEKIOAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard Mr Iloskins Lord Dundreary Mr G. Darrell Florence Trenchard Miss Florence Colvillo Concluding with THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. To-morrow (St. Patrick's Night), Grand Holiday Bill. THE COLLEEN BAWN.—Songs and Dances. PBICES :—Circle, 45.; Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Ib. UST A II R I V E D— THE WONDERFUL LEOPARD BOY, Who created so much excitement in America a few years ago, and the SMALLEST LADY IN THE WORLD, Together with many other AMUSING AND INTERESTING THINGS, Will be on EXHIBITION FOR A FEW EVENINGS, At the i OLD MARKET LAWN. i ■ Open from 7 till 10 p.m. ADMISSION—ONE SHILLING. rpHEATRE WELLINGTON. Lessees Messrs Bates and Howard. GREAT ATTRACTIONS. IN FACT A NEW THEATRE. DEE 8S CIRCLE LOWERED. SIX PRIVATE BOXES. PIT ENLARGED, AND STAGE COMPLETE. The above Theatre will be opened about the Ist of April (Easter week), -with a full and effloient Com pany. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Profession disengaged wishing engagements for a period of three months, or six, will make applicatiom to F. M. Bates, Empire Hotel, Wellington. BATES AND HOWARD. _ __ _ _ . AUCKLAND BRANCH, No 81. THE ANNUAL BALL Of the above Branch will be held in the CHORAL HALL, on WEDNESDAY, 17 th MARCH, (St. Patrick's Day). Dancing to commence at 9 p. m. Ladies by Invitation Circular only. Tickets, 10s 6d each, may be obtained at Clarke Bros, Queen-street ; Mr J. Galluan's Bootmaker, Queen-street; Mr J. Flynn's, stationer, Wellesley street; Mr J. Dempsey's, Coachmaker's Arms Hotel, Albert-street ; Mr B. flacket's Market Hotel, Grey street ; Mr M. Derv»n's .Nevada Hotel, Queen-street; or of any Members of the Committee, and the Secretary. B. HAMILL, Secretary, TT A. C. B. S. AUCKLAND BRANCH, No 81. ** The Members of the above Branch will assemble at St. Patrick's Hall on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, the 17th March, at 7 30 o'clock sharp. Full Regalia and White Gloves. By order. JAMES CLARKE, ■ - ■■■ \ Pw»ia>nt.



OT: PATRICK'S DAY SPOETS. ELLERSLIE GARDENS. WEDNESDAY, 17th MARCH. Under the Patronage and in the Presence of the Officers and Members of the H.A.C.B.S. Committee : Bro D, Fallon, P P. Bro J. Clarke, B P. Bro J. Little, V.P. Bro B Hamill, B S. Bro J. Sullivan, P. V.P. Bro J. Dempsey, P.T. Bro W. G, Cunnolly Bro M. Gallagher Bro P. Maddigan Bro J. Gallagher Bro J. P. Lot ergan Bro S, Fairweather 2J.CO J. O'Donnell Bro 11. Brennan PROGRAMME. Ist 2nd prize prize Boys' Race, ll o'clocfi > JJJf j>{| Hop, Step, and Jump .. •'_,•• us os 100 yards Handicap Ifoot Race. Prize, £2, presented by H A C.B.S. Vaulting with the Pole .. .. •• 20s 6s 150-yards Race, open to Members of the Hibernian Societies only—First prize: Splendid Sash, presented by Mrs R. (tH.atten; 2nd prize: An article worth 30s, presented by Lyons Brothers Throwing the Hammer (winners to be handicapped) .. .. •• •• 20s 440-yards Race (handicap) "0s lus Wheelbarrow Race ™ ~ 150-yards Race (handicap) 40s lus Three-legged Race 10s 5s 300-yards Race (handicap), First prize: Silver Cup, value £10 10s ; 2nd prize : 30s. Open only to members of Friendly Societies, presented by Members of the Hibernian Society Football Match, Married against Single (Hibernians) 100-yards Foot Race, Married Men H.iC.B 8. Valuable prize presented by Bro J. P. Louer^an Sack Race 10s 5s Hurdle Race 40s 10s Irish Jig 20a 10s One-mile Bacc (handicap) Ms lus One-mile Walking Match 40s 10a /CAPTAIN TACK, \J AS O AFRICAN CYNOCEPHALUS, Will go through a TIGHT ROPE PERFORMANCE, A LA BLONDIN, In the open air. There will also be exhibited on the ground the greatest Living Wonder of the day, the LEOPARD BOY, Captured in a wild state in the Wilds of Africa. ALSO, THE FAIRY QUEEtf, 19 Years ov Age, The Smallest Woman in the World, will sing diiring the Levee several choice songs. Competitors for the Hibernian Cup and Sash must be at least three months members of any Friendly " Entrances for the 150-yards Race, 300-yards race. 440yardB Race, Hurdle Race, One-mile Running Race, and Walking M atch, 2s Gd each. To close on the lbth March, at 9pm • Other sports, entrance fees on the ground. Entrance Fees with Colours, to be Bent in to Mr Ghkenwood, Market-house. O LET, a sto all Office in a Central Posi tion in the City.—Robert Home, fchort lanrt-sftreet. pAENELL ti IGHWAY DISTRICT. NOTICE is hereby given that all rates not paid in at the Board's Office by WEDNESDAY, the 31st March instant, will be handed over to a Solicitor for recovery. H. BRETT, Chairman. A UCKLAND H ORTICULTURAL xl society. The Autumn ExhibitioL will be held in the City Hall on Wednesday, the IV th instant (St. Patrick's Day), when upwards of 170 prizes will be open for public competition. Schedule of Prizes can be obtained from the undersigned, at the Museum Buildings, Princes-street. T. F. CHEESEMAN, Hon. Secretary. FOR SALE —The unexpired Lease of 17 years of a large allotment, situate at the highest part of Grafton Road. There is erected on the property a well built House of seven rooms, with every convenience, and commanding a magnificent view of the harbour and surrounding country. The Garden is well stocked with trees, shrubs, and flowers. —Apply to HENRY E.- WILLIAMS, No. 2, Insurance Buildings ORA L E Tvo pair of French Burr Mill Stones, with the necessary michineryi or a complete mill if required, to be sold cheap. C. F. PARTINGTON. FOR SALE, at Mount Albert, 18 acres very good land (no stones), all fenced, and good House. Price, i! 450. To be Let, with a purchasing clause, at Remuera, a comfortable Gentleman's Residence, with out buildings, and every convenience, together with nine acres of choice land, well drained and securely fenced. Rent, £52 per annum ; term to commence from Ist April, 1875.— R. O. Greenwood, Land and Commission Agent, Market House. To Working Men, Speculators, &c—To be had for £95 cash, Two Three-roomed Cottages in Wakefield street. newly painted, and in good repair, -with well of first-class water, and large yard suitable for a coal yard or another house, both let to good tenants for 9s per week each. The property is leasehold, with 18 years to run. About 100 acres good Land, near the Station, Papakura Valley, will be sold cheap. New Potatoes, Onions, Farm Produce, &c, *c, at Lowest Prices. Also, several good Hack and Harness Horses. R. C. GREENWOOD, General Oummissi n Agent, Market House. A GENTS FOR THE " STAR" The Star can be obtained from the following Agents at any time after 5 o'clock p.m.:— Dedwood— Mr BrowD, Dedwood Store Ponsonby Boad—Mr McKtnstry, Ponsonby Store Karangahafe Road—Mr Y. Warren, Sydenhsm Store ; Mr Nicholas, Grocery Store Newmarket—Mr Witheford, Ironmongery Store Kyber Pass— Iflr Burns, Grocery Store ; Mr Taylor, Grocery Store Onehunga.—Mr Oilman, Chemist; Mr Watts, Store keener Otahtthu—Mr J. Hall, Post-office Park ell —Miss By an. Grocery tore; Mr R. Brown, Grocery Store ; Mr Augur, Bootmaker North Shore—Mr O. M*ys, Grocer? Store ; Mr Duder, Grocery Store ; Mr Bass, Grocery Store Wellington-street—Mr Todd, Grocery Store ;M. Hipgins, Wellington Hotel. Cornkr or Wellingtom-street — Mr McCrea Grocer. Freeman's Bat Hotbl, Freeman's Bat—Mr Stow. Alma Place and Neighborhood—Mr West Alma Store Gbeat North Road—Mr McGibbon, Glasgow Store Eden Vine Hotel, New ■ North Road—Mr Popleton Rosits Hothx, Ptmoxbs-street—Mr Rose Newton-Mr Mclndoe's S oro. Newton New North Road—Mr Collins, Bootmaker Newton Road—Mr Walsh r\ ATEFUL—C OMFORTI NG. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAK; AST. "By a thorough knowle of the natural aws which govern the operation c 1 disgestion and nutri tion, and by a careful app ication ot the fine pro perties of well-selected'cocoa Mr Bppg tiaa provided our breakfast tables with delicately flavoured beverage which may save many heavy doctors bills."— Civil Service Oaeette Maxttjacttjre of Cocoa.- I'We will now give an account of the process adopted by Messrs James Bpps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, in their works in the Euston-road, London." —See rticle in Cassells Household Guide. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled thus :— JAM ES EPPS & CO., homo3opathic chemists, 48, Threadkeedle-strbet, and 170, Piccadilly; Works TMana Place. Kuston Koad. London. FOUND, on Saturday, in Hobson street a small sum of Money.—The owner can get it by paying coßt of this advertisement, to B. Kane, on the wharf. , A "VACANCY occurs for one or two Single Gentlemen as Boarders.—Mrs Rich mond, Grey-street. -TVEVONPORT, NORIH SHOjiE. The Handsome Marine Villa at present ocoupied by the Eev. Joaepb Bates, TO LET on the 81it init. J OLIVER MA.YB.%



J^ GENUINE SALE DEAPEEY & CLOTHING A.T GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ! THE WHOLE STOCK TO BE CLEARED OUT. H. ATKINS Begs to inform his numerous customers and the public that hejhas.commenced a GENUINE CLEARING-OUT SALE OT HIS WHOLE STOCK OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING Which has been RE-MARKED, and HEAVY REDUCTIONS made on every article. H. ATKINS Begs to say that it Is'more partic »!a*ly h CLEAR OUT A HEA.V URPLUS STOCK of DRESS MATERIALS, BLACK & COLOURED SILKS. AKD CLOTHING, But that he feels that he cannot advertise a CHEAP SALE Without including Manchester and other plain Goods : he has therefore REDUCED the prices of the whole Stock. Purchasers | have now an opportunity of buying Household Goods, such SHEETINGS, QUILTS, BLANKETS, TABLE LINEN, &c« [AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AMD DRESS MATERIALS, BLACK & COLOURED SILKS, CLOTHING, *c, &C., AT CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN WHOLE SALE PRICES. The f wing REDUCTIONS on the Prices nave been made, and are genuine :— Dress Materials, 20 to 25 per cent reduction Black and Coloured Silks, 15 to 25 per cent redaction Japanese Silks, 15 to 25 per cent reduction Sheetings, Quilts, Blankets, Long Curtains, Table Linen, Crimean Shirtings, Flannels, Drills, *a, 12J to 15 per cent redaction Ladies' Silk Umbrellas, 15 to 20 cent reduction Black Alpaccas, Cob. rga, French Merinoes, and all plain Goods, 12} per cent reduotion Silk Jackets, Lace Jackets, &c, 6 to 40 per cent redaction. -' IN THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Tweed Suits, Coats, Trowsers, Trowers and Vests, and Youth'a Clothing, 4c, 15 to 25 per cent reduction Tweeds, White Shirts, Crimean Shirts, Hats, Scarfs, Ties, Collars, Hosiery, #c, 15 to 25 per cent reduction. Seal Macintosh Coats, 33s 6d, all sizes ; usual price, 45s to 558. GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE SAME RATIO. NOTE. tW THIS IS THE FIRST ICLIABING-OUT SALB?H.A. HAS ADVERTISED, AMD IS A GENUINE ONJt w£B H. ATKINS, LATH HAY AND HONEYMAN.



MOUST EBFN SUNDAY-SCHOOL. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES. SERMONS wUI be preached on SUNDAY next, 14th instant, in the morning, at 11 o'clock, by Bey. \V, Tinsley.and in the evening, at half-past aix, by Mr Henry Barton. In the afternoon an address to scholars and friends will be delivered by Itr J. Ellyett, Vice-President of the Auckland Sunday School Union, commencing at 8 o'clock. Collections in aid of sohool funds. YOUiSG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. A Public Meeting -will beheld on Tuesday, the 16th instant, at the rooms, to receive a report from the Committee, and consider the advisability of winding up the affairs of the Association; to commence at ; 7.30 p.m. j THOS. BUDDLE, Hon. See. gIJSGER'S SEW3NG MACHINES IMPORTANT NOTICE. I have now Eeduced the Price of the Genuine Singer's Family and Manufacturing Sewing Machines to Melbourne Prices. GEORGE HESLOP, Agekt, The Fitting Shop, Vulcan Lane. ONEHUNGA AND AUCKLAND ... LINE OF COACHES. TIME TABLE. Leave Onehunga— Leave A uckland— 8 a.m. 10 a.m. 9 a.m. 12 noon 10.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Saturday nights. 6.30 p.m. 11.30 p.m. , QUAY AT WAIWKU. Superintendent's Office, _~ v ~-j Auckland, March 5, 1875. Tender* will be received at this office umil noon of Monday, the 22nd instant, for the Erection of a Quay at Waiufen. Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained at the Public Works Office, Short land-stceet, and at the office of the Waluku District Board, G. MA.URICE O'KOBKE, Deputy Superintendent. ," ~ E R q A> THE ALLOTMENTS REMAINING UNSOLD IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PAEROA, OHINEMURI, ABE FOR PRIVATE SALE By SAMUEL COCHRANE& SON, ' Fort-street, Auckland. ON S A L E . By the Undersigned :— Ex Otago, rk. o m Mklbouenb SUGAR From the Yarraville Rfflnery. • >. GOLDEN SYR U P From the Yarraville Refinery. GEO. W. BINNEY. TO-MORROW. FRESH BUTTER, Ex ' Taeanaki,' teem Nelson, B. TONKS & CO. WILL sell To-morrow at 11 o'clock, 12^kegs NELSON FRESH BUTTER. TO-MORROW. rpHE subscriber has received in- I structions to sell, under Bill of Sale, at the Cash Store, Karangahape Eoad, a few doors beyond -- { the Naval Hotel, at 11 o'clock sharp, The whole of the Stock-in-Trade - Also, The Furniture Sewing Machine Horse, Spring Cart, and Harness Large Boiler, &c. , GEORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. CITY MART. IMPORTANT TO DRAPERS, COUNTRY BUYERS, AND THE TRADE. ' GRANT & MORTON HAVE received instructions to sell by auction, at the City Mart, on Wednesday, 17th March, at 11 o'clock, GENERAL DRAPERY, CLOTHING, &c, &C, to close up various consignments. . Also, 1 case French Merinos 2 bales Flannels 2 bales 72in, Guys 2 bales 36jn. Guys 2 cases Winseys 2 cases Dress Materials. Terms liberal at Sale. FRIDAY, MARCH 1&. VALUABLE DRAWIiSG-ROOM SUITE. WALNUT PIANOFORTE, WALNUT CENTRE TABLE, DINING TABLE. Removed to the Mart for Convenience of Sale. rpHE subscribers have been instructed _L by a gentlemen who is leaving the Province, to seU at the Mart, Fort-street, on Friday next, at II ; o'olock, ELEGANT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE in Walnut; upholstered in Crimson Rep ; excellent.Walnut Pianoforte by Kelly, h»ads°me al£ u* °e*£® Table, walnut Whatnot and Chesei Table, pair Handlpainted Vases and Centra Stand (very • elegant and chaste), Spring-seated Couchand Arm Chair (covered with green damask), Rimu TelescoTDe Dining Table, handsome Dinner SerSoVerlOOpieces), Dessert Service (greea andeoldrcarpets Fenders and Fireirons, two DouWe Iron Bedsteads and Spring »«*£«««£ lator, Refrigerator, Stone Jars, Ciockery, Cooking Utensils, &c, &c. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, MARCH 25. TO MACHINISTS, SAW - MILL PRO PRIETORS, DEALERS, AND OTHERS. GEO. W. BIH'SEI HAS received instructions from/ Messrs Oombea and Daldy to sell, by publlo auotion, at their Stores, on Thursday, March 25, at . 11 o'clock sharp, - . r. • The foUowingMA-OHINEBY, coniisUug of -1 Cut-off Saw 1 Bench „ 1 glitter „ t, : 1 Catting-np Machine ls 4 Lathes ■*■ ,'■■*-'■ 1 l ouble Blotter and Wttfngs ._,,,.,___ ' 6 Mosses' Patent Drill PranM and FltUnpi . 6 KeUames* P*t«nt Fire Benders NOW ON VIEW AT aHE STORES OF ME6SBS, COMBES & DALDY. •