The Evening Star.

Vol. Vl.—-No. 1,817.]

Auckland, N.Z., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1875

[Price : ONE PENNY



VIA KANDAYU AND HON( A LULU The Al Iron Screw Steamship CYPHEENES, Carrying H.8.81.'s Mails, will leave the Queen-stret Wharf on SUNDAY, 19th December, 1875, takin Passengers and Freight for the United States, Grea Britain, and Europe, For further particulars apply to OWEN & GRAHAM, Agents. ~«*%^. T> EGULARMOWHLI *|^^C^V -»-*' STEAM COMMUNIO(VTTO> ■ySSfflßj!!£if2&s BETWEEN AUCKLAND, SYDNEY _BR«ffi2S2a> AND MELBOUENE. The fast and favourite s.b. HERO, Captain Logan, may be expected here again aboul the 31st instant. ; • She will leave for Sydney and Melbourne three days after arrival. For freight or passage apply to CRUICKSHANK & CO., Agents. 16, Quepn-street, Auckland, December 2,1875. "__J!__a__. 170R TARANAKI, B^K^pSlX J- NELSON, riCTON. WET- S^^-^V' 6; 101^' LYTTELTON, AND [Booking through to Melbourne, Greymouth, and Hokitika.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. The Union Steam Shipping Company's magnificent new Steamer HA WE A, Captain Wheeler, will leave the Manukau on "WEDNESDAY, the 15th December, at 11 a.m. |^ Latest train for passengers, 9.25 a.m. For freight or passage apply to HENDERSON & MaCFARLANE, 25. Queen-street. T72CFESION TRIPS~TO Hi SOUTHERN PORTS. Return Tickets at Single Fares. The Union Steamship Company will issue during December and January, Return Tickets at Single , Fares, available till end of February, by either of Hieir magnificent new Steamers HAWEA and TAUPO. For particulars apply to HEKDERaON & MACFARLANE. ■ ' Odk M EW ZEALAND _SSfafS!*V -*° • STEAM SHIPPING COM- M^[jJ\^t>» PANY (LIMITJSD.) NEIiSON, PICTON, WEtLmO ton, Ltttelton, and Osago; transhipping at Wellington for Wanoanxji, Napier, and Poverot Bax; and at Nelson for Westpobt, Greymodxh, and Hokitika. [Pass-kqebs Booked Through _ Milbouene,] __es.s. LADYBIRD Will leave the Onehunga Wharf on TUESDAY next, the 14th instant, at 10 a.m. Lates train for Passengers leaves Auckland at 9.25 a.m. Return Tickets issued at Single Rates to all ports. Jfor freight or passage apply to W. F. WHEELER, Auckland. Or, A. BARNES, Onehunga. , Offices: Hobson's Buildings, Shortland-street. S^kflk "MEW ZEALAND fPgl% JL^I STEAM SHIPPING COM- J»«wjypi> PANY (LIMITED). Special Notice. Return Tickets at single rates will be issued at all the Company's offices from the Ist December to the 31st January, 1876. These tickets will be avail »We until the 28th February, after which date they will not be recognised. R. S. LEDGER, Manager. Wellington, November 25,1875. •h **k Q T E A M ffJUli-T L COMMUNICATION '•yiS^^^VV. WITH THE THAMES AND COROMANDEL. TIME-TABLE. : ENTERPRISE—Thames. Frida}', 7 p.m. MANAI A— COROMANDEL. Saturday, 11 a.m. Saturday, 4.30 p.m. • /Weather and other circumstances permitting. Not responsible for accidents in shipping, carrying, or discharging live stock. Not responsible for any cargo or parcels put on board without a shipping note. J. EDWARDS, Manager. *A^ ¥EW ZEALAND «BK_»V--^ SHIPPING COMPANY'S FOR LONDON DIRECT (TO FOLLOW THE FLECHERO). The Al Barque v COLUMBUS, • 744 tons register, Thomas Atkin, Commander, will ■aU as above in December. Por freight or passage apply to JOHN BATGER, Agent N.Z. Shipping Co (Limited). 1 Ajb^ "I? 0R LONDON DIRECT. 'MMJgS^' TO FOLLOW THE COLUMBUS. . Ihe well-known and favourite clipper ship f CITY OF AUCKLAND, Captain G. Ralls. - ' . freight or passage apply to ■ • , CRUICK.BHANK & CO., Agents. 18, Qaern-street, Auckland, October 18,1875. _ "Tt-^>v rpHE HOLIDAYS. T LALLA ROOKH ft open for engagement for Excursions or Private Swies during the Holiday Week. j J. EDWARDS. JOONLIGHT (TEIP. <<9E^^^^^^ Takapuna leave the Queen-street Wharf THIS EVENING jssturday), the 11th inst., atßp.m. (weather permit ™Wi on a Moonlight Excursion. Is. FABES: is. BAND IN ~A~TTENDANCE. :. Refreshments to be had on board. »^^ JOE KAIPARA. JgMjJQ& Forwarding Goods to all Stations. The: , v WILD DUCK, ' Sit 1 ¥**6 Onehunga Wharf as above on TUESDAY, ■Gainst, ' *« freight; &c;, apply to J. HOWARD, ___ 1^ 3, Queens-treet. VVak, rpAM O' SHANTER 3m&]^^' WilL'-'ave the Government Wharf, •■SBBfef V^V^ga, for Waiuku as follows: ---jia&^turday, 9 a jn. t x%my other information, apply to : A. CUNNINGHAM, fi. . Onehunga, or Newmarket; M y*t to W. J. HURST & CO., Queen-street, Auckland.



BIUAIIASK OftffflS. ),JCA R S O B )- ggiggVStachbuvy'a, Buildings, Queen-street. Q E O R o E A X E R g «5r>AT. A ICEMAN'S BAY SOAP AND CANDLE WORKS. ■—. B^" Cash Buyer of Tallow. W~ A PvN°CK BROTHERS « ™ SOAP & CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, __ Kiohmond, Cox's Creek. it ■=-— : —yEse_ri.D2*.l«n-»tTOet l Auckland. _ M I S S ']»■■" O~R~M~A~N -nr TEACHER OF MUSIC, lt Waterloo Quadrant, Opposite Government House. STANDARD FIRE AND MARLNI INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. J W Agent for Auckland— r HENRY GILFILLAN, J 7, Queen-street. » f^, IA OARD.J ~~ WELL 6 n fT?3oU^°; f and' and Commission Agent, Collectoi of Rents, Debts, Highway Rates, &c. Loans arranged. t uSra CBa"nk 2?' Queen-Street (tnree doorS below the I p C L A R X, -*- • SHIPPING, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING AGENT, Wharf, Onehunga. On Sale—Grey River and Bay Coal. , 2Jt»jßis» S BUNEw] BOKfeil ; B ought in any quantities for CAsn at the Freeman's Bay Bone Mills, and at No. 101, Lowor Queen-street, _ J. & J. SOPPET. Tl/f R. MACLEAN, -t-*-S- DENTIST, PRINCES-STREET, AUCKLAND. * Professional Hours: 9 to 1 a.m., and 2 to 6p.m. . Late hour by appointment. J" AM E S H~~E~i> LEY, MOUNT EDEN Junction Gbocfry Store. N ew and Superior Groceries sold at the lowest Town prices. Families waited upon for orders. Goods delivered in any part of the country. J^ SECCO MB E & SON, MALTSTFRB, BREWERS, AND BOTTLEEB, GREAT NORTHERN BREWERY, AUCKLAND. ¥. W~E~B S T E~R ; • WHOLESALE AND RKTAXL SADDLER A»D HARNESS MAKER, 133, Q,TTr.BK-BTRKET, A TTOKLAND, (Next the Union Bank). "p b^ wood ha m. lowth¥rTbazaar, 25 8, Qtteen-street, Opposite the Market, TOYS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, ETO. •^9Bj;s-noeno 's.trujoH *g \L 'ioasa aass aNVT:2onv MiMffgg saa^g gnoA Ana BE VIT T p QtTHi-MAKm 244, QUEEN-STREET. Always In Stock—Best brands Gunpowder, &c. Blasting Powder, and Fuze, Shooting and Fishing Tackle. rj IX B tr R^ X % WHOLESALE BELLOWS MAKER, Wakefield-street, Auckland. 83^" Blacksmith's Bellows made and repaired. T3 OGERS BROTHERS, -Oj OAEINETJLA.KER9 AND UPHOLSTERERS, Victoria-etkeet, Opposite the Empire Hotel. Every description of work in connection with the above trade executed with economy and despatch. Suites supplied at various prices. A AND W. CRAIG. • HOUSE AND SHIP PLUMBERS, Have Removed their Place of Business from Lower Queen-street, to NEXT DOOR TO NEW ZEALAND HERALD OFFICE, WYNPHAM-STREET. FISHER AN D C 0., Wholesale, Shipping, and Family Butcher, Queen-street, corner of Durham-street, Auckland. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Prime Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Beef on sale in large quantities. N.B.—Dealers in Game. live Pheasants forwarded to all parts of the Colony upon receipt of order. Families waited on in town or suburbs. Tl/r ESSRS. FRA TE R BROS.. MINING AGENTS, COBOMANDEL. JAMES iTu TCH ER, tl CARTEB, CONTRACTOR, &C. Goods Cleared and Delivered from Ships' side on SHORTEST NOTICE^ BALLAST SUPPLIED. Newcastle and Bat or Island Coals. Also. Fibewood. cut or uncut, at SEASONABLE RATES. x OSBORNE & CO., f) • WOOL STAPLERS & BROKERS, Fort-street, Auckland. Are Wool and Skin Buyers. They are also prepared to make liberal advances on Wool consigned to them, and which they will ware house and ship on the most favourable terms to their customers. All Wools classified if .required. ■ *** Reference : National Bank of New Zealand. JfUSICAJ. BOXES. Just unpacked, 20 MUSICAL BOXES, 4, 6, 8,10, and 12 Tunes.. LEWISSON , Jeweller, Queen-street. PH OTOGRAPHY. SPECIAL NOTICE. _ ~: : Messrs. HEMUS & HANNA Have much pleasure in informing their friends and th« public that their Portrait Studio is now OPEN. Their Establishment has been carefully fitted up with every convenience for producing a superior Clpho°t fog?aphf Artistically finished in [oils, water colours, or crayons, at reasonable rates. ABuFerteq©aTsr Corner of Wellesley-street West, Over Messrs. Hewin's. Pricke~t7ng season. Page's and Cobbett's BATS at home prices, at G. Waller's, Tobacconist, Queen-street. CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS ! F. FENTON wishing his friends and patrons "A best, 71bs for is ; Raisins, best, 6d lb; Currants, s^d make early purchases in con-equence of the enormous pressure of business on previous occasions. FRANCIS FENTON, Market Corner, next to Hemus's Boot Shop, Queen-street. ONEY TO LE II) on first-class freehold security, low;rates of interest.— R. O. Dyer. Shortland-ntree MOHMY TO _iiNP in large or 3 Bmall sums, at' very lowTrate of interest.— i Apply t toMr.LaiflUey,LSolicitor,Hi_h<treet.ji J |



_ i Cards. • '[Established IB6o] bt (J.EORGE DICKSON, Jun. VJt BEEAD AND BISCUIT BAKER, >, i " TOP OS1 HOBSON-STREET. Wea<*ing and Christening Cakes made to order AJI kinds of Fancy Goods always on band. - Families waited on Daily. ), I *g SElPpino STTPP LIED. W" ILL IA M BT RC H BOOTMAKER, OTAHUHTJ, - (Next to the Ciuterioh Hotel). Every description of Boots and Shoes made to order English and Colonial Goods always on hand. All Repairs promptly executed. 5.1 . 0 O 6 X V • PARNELL PORK BUTCHERY Poultry always on hand. Highest price given for home dairy-fed Port. Smoked Tongnes ana Home-cured Bacon at lowest j reasonable price. " ! O F~ITE MOV AL. : ELWIN B. DICKSON, LICENSED LAND BROKER, Under the Land Transfer (Torrens1) Act, 1870, ) DRAUGHTSMAN, .ILLUMINATOR, HERALD PAINTER, ETC. Agent for Mutual Lifr Association of Australasia. 7, SOMKBVELT/B BUILUIHrGS, ATJOKIANP. CHARLES GOODWILL, WHEELWRIGHT, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MAKER, Otahuhu, Spring Carts, Wagons, &c, made and repaired on the premises. Goods forwarded per Train ) to tho Waikato. EESING BROTHERS, PLUMBERS, ZINC AND TINPLATE WORKERS Pumps, Tanks, Steam and Water Pipes Fitted. General Jobbing Work executed on the Shortest Notice. ADJOINING RAILWAY T MART, Qaeen-street, Onehunga. BAY OF ISLANDS"COAL YARD, BREAKWATER ROAD. i BAY OF ISLANDS AND NEWCASTLE COAL ON SALE. Office: 7, Queen-street. HENRY GILFILLAN, Agent HHRANSITION CHAMPTALOUP & COOPER, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, Have Removed to New and more commodious Promises, 80, QUEEN-STREET, Three doors above Vulcan Lane. A BERDEEN BOOT~FACTORY, xjL albert-street. Every description of Men's, Women's, and Children's Colonial made Boots and Shoes kept in stock. The only Manufactory in the Province where hand closed and hand made Boots are to be had. A supply of Seamless Watertights always on on hand. BLACK & CO. WH. SKINNER, • BUILDER, CARPENTER AND JOINER, VULCAN LANE. All Branches of the Building Trade executed by Experienced Workmen. Shop Fronts, Office Fittings, &c, &c. p H 0 TO GRAPHIC NOTICE. The undersigned having purchased the NEGATIVES | taken at .the establish^ ent of Mr R. H. Baktliett, Jate Photograper, Queen-street, Auckland, beg to intimate that COPLV.S of the same may be obtained on application to them at their Kooins, 224, Queen street, Auckland. It is requested that orders from a distance be accompanied by a remittance. «®»THE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY I -©a Per JOHN BTcGIAKBIGLE, Man/g&r. cDERMOTT'S photographic establishment, 194, Queen-street, Auckland, Between Mr. Edson's, Chemist, and the Auckland Savings Bank, and opposite the Albert Hotel. T&JSO P P E T, FREEMAN'S BAY STEAM MILLS, AND No. 101, Lower Queen-street, Wharf, : Auckland. ;jg"OTICE OF REMOVAL. PAPERHANGING, OIL, COLOUR, AND GLASS WAREHOUSE, No. 53, Corner of Queen and West Queen-Btroetfl. J. HENDERSON Has much pleasure in announcing to his Friends and the Public generally, that he has removed to above address, where he hopes to merit a continuance of their liberal support. No. 53, Queen-street. ME. T. TRAFFO JTI), surgfon dentist, Wakefield-strjeet, Teetli. extracted without Pain by Dr Clover's Patent Oxide Gas. Artifical Teeth (from One to a Full Set). CLARKE B^R OTHERS, (LATJE CROMBIE'S) ROYAL PINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERIES, (Opposite Union Bank), ( QUEEN-STREET, Auckland. First-claes Portraits, from C.D.V. to Life Size, at Moderate Prices. Children's Portraits taken instantaneously. COO K'S 'BUSSES • leave Coombes' quarter to and a quarter-past every hour for J*ewmarket Bpsom—B quarter to 11, 2, and 5. Graf ton Boad-Every hour. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, HANSOMS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HIRE. GILHAM'S 'Busses will leave • Onehunga at a quarter to 8 a.m. and quarter to 12 every day; Auckland fat a quarter to 10 a.m. and quarter to 4p m. If required, a Special Coach Will be run to suit convenience of evening partiesm [Established 11 Years.] WB E A L, NEW and SECOND-HAND Clothier and General Dealer, Wellesley-street East Clothing bought, sold, and exchanged. N.B —Arrangement can be made for the Purchase of Clothing, Books, etc., at private houses. SF A TJ L S 0 • is prepared to make up Gentlemen's Clothing to measure from £.1 14s 6d a Tweed Fashionable Suit, warran ted well shrunk ; also, Tweed Trousers form 10s 6d. —S. FAULBO, Tailor, three doors from Royal Mail Hotel. Victoria-street—Cleaning, Repairing, &c AO L D E N BO O T. WILLIAM MILLEB, MAKtTPACTtrBKB OF SEA BOOTS AND EVBfe* OTHER Description of Boots and Shoes, Next to Oxleys' Blockmakers), Queen-street Wharf. \:'!, .'.'/.. BepnlraSiiertly executed.] .



Miscellaneous- LETI W. EAT 0 ] llas on Sale— 25 -tons Canterbury Floury.Wood's best brands 20 „ „ „ Wilson's „ (In sacks, hundreds, and fifties) 250 bags Feed Oats Maize, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal Potatoes, Butter, Cheese, etc., etc. Auckland, November 16,1875. ' BAPERHANGING.S NEW DESIGNS ! IMMENSE VARIETY! - HOLLANEnfe BUTLEI > ARE NOW OPENING, EX FORFARSHIRB— PAPERHANGINGS For the Entranoe Hall PAPERHANGINGS For the Drawing-room t PAPERHANGINGS For the' Dining-room 1 APERHANGINGS Fov Bedrooma i-iJ^RHANGLNGS For Ceilinga PAPERHANGINGS ! To Suit All Classes PAPERHANGINGS Of the Latest Designs PAPERHAFGINGS For the Present Season PAPERHANGINGS Lower than ever PAPERHANGINGS For Landlords and Builders at a Liberal Discount. GILT MOULDINGS ) For Picture Framing an STAINED MOULDINGS j Room Decorations. HOLLAND & BUTLER. OIL, COLOUR, AND GLASS MERCHANTS IMPOKTKRS OF GLASS PHADES, MATERIALS FOR WAX FLOWERS, PAINTERS' AND ARTIB £ MATERIALS ETC., 28 & 80. VICTOKIA-E'XIIEET, ATJCBIAN [Established 18640 ' ~ Byappointment^^^^^^^^v> Excellency the TB A R N E T T, PORK BUTCHER, HAM AND BACON CURER, Next Citt Hall, Opposite the Thistle Hotel, akd at Paenell T. Barnett In thanking the public for their long and steady support, and having purchased Mr. Morey's business, ns carried on in tiie premises opposite Mr. Darby's Thistle Hotel, beg to announce that he is now prepared to supply every requisite of the trade. A ll Goods stamped ko as to defy imitation. N. B —Arrangements are now complete for the supply of shipping orderc, which will meet with prompt delivery, and with T.B.s personal attention. QRAND A E TUN fol (by permission). MR. SEUFFERT Has on view, at Mr. Sharland's, Chemist, Shortland street, and to be disposed of on the the Art Union principle, the following articles :— Value. Large Oval Drawingroom Table £100 0 0 Card Table 10 0 0 Pocket Handkerchief Box 5 0 0 Pocket Handkerchief Box 5 0 0 Glove Box 3 o 0 123 MEMBERS AT ONE GUINEA EACH. Intending Subscribers would do well to secure tickets without delay, as the list is being rapidly tilled up Tickets may be had from J. C. Bharland, Chemist. Bhortland-street; C. Westpfahl. Queen-street; and A. Senffert. Elliott-street, at the Market entrance. ASZAKD AND ANDKEWS, OPPOSITE Catholic Chapel, Wyndham-street, i (And at Bombay), Beg to acquaint their friends and the public that they have opened a BRANCH STORE in Buchanan's Buildings, Wyndham-strcet, opposite the Chapel, as a PROVISION and GENERAL GROCERY STORE. Having a large Country connection, they, with confidence, recommend their Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Bacon, &c, to the public. Please call and judge for yourselves. By keeping Prime Articles, and Selling for Cash at the lowest possible remunerative prices, they hope t merit a share of publio patronage. TJ S T OPENED AT OTJB NE"W OIL, COLOUR, & GLASS WAREHOUSE, 95 AND 97, QUEEN-STREET. EX OTTNHDIN, SHOOTING STAR, AND EMUiY MCLAREN, — 500 PACKAGES OF PAPERHANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, OILS, COLOURS, VARNISHES, AND SUNDRIES, PLATE, SHEET, AND ORNAMENTAL WINDOW GLASS, GLASS SHADES, SCRIM, HESSIAN, CALICO, & TACKS, GILT MOULDINGS, ENGRAVINGS, CHROMOS, AND OLEOGRAPHS W. PHILLIPPS & SON. ASEUF F E R T, CABINETMAKER, (BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKJS OF EDINBURGH), ELLIOTT-STREET, Opposite Market Entrance. A.S. having devoted special attention to the manu facture of rare articles of Inlaid Cabinet work, is, by the aid of the "beautiful variety of New Zealand woods, able to make to order any description of work for presentation, or for gifts to distant friends, com bining great elegance with usefulness. Families supplied with Ornamental Furniture at moderate charges. gPECIAL NOTICE. H. L. POSSENNISKIE T)EGB to return his sincere thanks for the very -*-* liberal support he has hi'herto received, and takes this opportuniiy of informing his numerous customers and the p iblic generally that he has just received, by he last English ships, a very Superior ASSORTMENT OP SUMMER GOODS, -CONSISTING OF- West of England, Scotch, & Bannock burn Tweeds ; Also, some Silk and Fancy Vestings (new patterns), Superfine Black and Blue Broad Cloth. Ex Hero, and late arrivals— Geelong, Sydney, and Mosgiel Tweeds. The above Goods having just arrived, H. L. P. is enabled to offer Garments at the following prices :— Trousers £12 6 Trousers and Vests 1 IS 0 Tweed Suit 8 15 0 All orders strictly Hand-made and well Shrunk, and aGoOD FIT GXTARADTKKD. The above prices are for CASH, my motto being SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS. H. L. POSSENNISKIE, TAILOJR AND HABIT MAKER, New Zealand House, SHORTLAND-STJREfiT, AUCKLAND,



Business Cards. np DALTON & C~oT Jl • 44, Queenstreet, opposite Exchange ' Buildings, BOOTMAKERS. Boots made to McC sure in five hours' notice. Nc slop goods. Best materials only used. The Latest French Fashions. — American Stub Toes. J" HP URK 1S H BAT HS, X UPPER QUEEN-STREET. Open Daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Charges, ss; j Saturdays, 3s Cd, open till 9 p.m. \i Tickets at a reduced rate can be had from from Mr. . Aicken and Mr. Pond, chemists, Qupen-street. Open for Ladies (only) on Thursdays. Two ladies in attendance. For tpecial ongagpments address to Sirs. Sykes. JOHN SO P PET HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, No. 8, Queen-street. Agent for Mr. C. G. Quick's Waikato Parcels Delivery and Passenger Booking. August 5,1875. jq" ~o t^ i v E~] T. B. "CAME PON, Architect aid Engineer, Corner of High-street and Vulcan Lane, Is prepared to supply Plans, Specifications, and correct Estimates for all description of Buildings on shortest notice. "W J- W A T TS, PHOTOGRAPHER, QrfBEN-STREET, On EH UNO A. T^T A. PATTERSON, FAMILY GROCER AND CORN DEALER, ! PBINOKS-STBHET, ONEHfc'NGA. Has on Balk— Chaff, £C fJ ton ; 7/ '& cwt. Hay and Straw' i Firewood (cut and uncut) Shingles. Q N S A i; E. Portland Cement (now landing)—3oo casks White's and otbor brands And all kinds of Builder's Materials. KEANE & JENKINSON, ; Victoria- strbkt East. EE. G A T L A N~D'S » TOY BAZAAR FANCY REPOSITORY, Karangaliape Road, Newton. By a small outlay at the above, a great amount of domestic peace may be secured. Cheap, amusing, and instructive Toys in endless variety. MONS. F. PELT ZE R, of the College Henry IV., Paris. Private Lessons and Evening Classes in the Fitwccn Language and Litkhatijrk— Crncroft-strpct, Parnell, Auckland. EDWARD HUDG S~67N", wholesale and rktail firewood" merchant, Breakwater and at Mechanics' Bay. N.B.—The cutter 'Tay' leaves Mechanics' Bay Wharf, carrying cargo to Waiheke, at lowest rates. Boat loads of Jfirewood delivered to any part of Auck and. PBILLIPPS AND SON, • OIL, COLOUR, and GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Papprhangings, Scrim, Paints, Oils, Turpentine, Colours, Varnishes, French Polish, Gold Leaf, Artists' Colours and Brushes, Plate, Sheet, Crown, Ornamental, and Photographic Glass, Picture Frame and Tapestry Mouldings, Clock and Compass Glasses, Glazed Sashes, Doors, &c. Glass cut to size, and carefully packed. 95 and 97, Queen-street. R. FAULDER, Sole Contractor to the City Council for the Emr t/ing of Earth Closets, Privy Boxes, Cesspits, etc., is prepared to attend punctually to all requests regiiraing the above. Persons desiring to have the said places attended to, either weekly, fortnightly, or otherwise, can have the same done by leaving a notice, either verbal or written, with the Inspector of Nuisances, City Council Office, Queen-street HHHE Undersigned are Cash Pur X chasers of HIDES, SHEEPBKINS, WOOL, TALLOW, &c, &c., at highest market rates, in any quantity- Consignors direct will have prompt and immediate cash remittances returned at satisfactory rates. IRELAND BROS., Tanners and Leather Manufacturers, AnoKt,A*m W^ W O O N, • Native Lands and General Commission Agent, Licensed Interpreter, Under the "Native Lands Act, 1873." The advertiser is in a position to devote the whole of his time to the transaction and completion of any business with the natives with which he may be entrusted. Address : High-street, next to Commeroial Hotel. EVERY kind of MEN'S and WOMEN'S STRAW HATS well cleaned and made into any required shape, at C. PLUMMER'S. Wellesley-street East, fourth shop from Queen-Btreet. Merchandise. r\ AT M E A L BEST QUALITY FRESH OTAGO OATMEAL. T. H. HALL & CO. EX THE <MARY MELVILLE' AND 'HELENA'— 70 TONS BAKER'S FINEST OTAGO FLOUR, in sacks. 10 TONS BAKER'S FINEST OTAGO FLOUR, in bags. 1 TON PEARL BARLEY. T. H. HALL & CO^ yiCTORIAN WINES. T. H. HALL & CO., Wyndham-street, AGENTS FOR 'MESSRS.. CAUGHEY, WINE PRODUCERS, Are prepared to receive orders from the Trade for these favourite WINES, and guarantee them elivered in good condition in Bottle or Bulk by return of every steamer from Melbourne. FOR IMMEDIATE SALE, three Eligible Building Allotments, Brighton Road. Price Low, Terms easy. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. "CIIREWOOD BUSH. For Sale. Firewood Bush, Maiaitai, good water .frontage, about 500 tons ti-tree, and 2000 to"s;hard ; ; there are 60 tons now ready for shipment. SAMUEL COCHKAJSE & SON. OR IMMEDIATE SALE—A Very compact and well cultivated Farm of 81 acres first quality land, securely fenced and divided into ' paddocks, a large portion of wliich is both drained and under crops, together with Dwelling-house, &c, ' at Bombay, fronting on to the Great South Road. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No 8, Queen-street. AAMAKU BtTILDIJNG STQNifi. The undersigned is now prepared to take orders in any quantities for; this celebrated stone. Samples on view, and full particulars can be obtainedlpn appli cation to George Uiuney, Corn Exchange..



Electoral j HPO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOW] ± OF ONEHUNGA. j """ Gehtlemen,—The strenuous efforts that were mad during the recent session of Parliament by the Gc . vernment and a majority of members of an expirin ( House of Representatives to overturn abruptly primary part of the Constitution under which we liv , having failed, a a opportunity will shortly be affordei you of expressing at the hustings your opinion upoi the attempt to strip the people of important privilege, i without consulting them and obtaining their con sent. The dissolution of Parliament presents you witl that opportunity; and I now appeal to you to justify me, and to resent the affront that was offered ir striving to keep the people muzzled while the Con stitution was being torn to pieces. As your Representative, I felt it to be my duty tc co-operate with those who determined to have re course to all the means which Parliamentary forme afford, of preventing the Abolition of Provinces Bil] becoming law and taking effect until the people of the colony should be heard on the matter. The attempt to filch from this Province the rem nant of Local Government and legislative functions still left to us has been generally condemned, and it should be the duty of the newly-elected members to combine and device means for elevating the Province from its embarrassment and depression. No lover of the Province of Auckland can be con t tent with the present posture of its affairs; and every friend of freedom and independence within its bounds ought to shi ink from allowing its destiny to be con trolled by the hands of men either ignorant of or hostile to its aspirations. Through the insidious and encroaching legislation of the General Assembly, we have been si ripped of a due share of the revenues raised within the Province; we have been despoiled of possessing the capital of the Colony. We have in deed been humiliated, so far as this could be effected by adverse influences. To redress our wrongs through the medium of the General Assembly's legislation is hopeless. And of the plans that have been propounded for accomplish ing this redress, my own predilection is in favour of erecting the Province of Auckland into a separate Colony, so that all matters affecting the interests of the P/ovlnce thall be legislated upon within the Pro vince, and under the eyes of the people of the Pro vince. Should, however, the current of political thought set unmistakably in favour of the separation of the two Island?, I would accept that scheme, rather than louger put up with the prostration of our Provincial Government, or bow to the Abolition project, which tears from ns the last shreds of independence. Better live U' der a Tussian despotism, if impartial, than the nrminfeism prepared to supplant our elective Super intendent ar.d Provincial Council. I purpose, if you think fit again to elect me your representative, to support, in no nfggard spirit, the scheme of policy shadowed forth by our Superin tendent. Pir George Grey, which I have bri.fly de scribed ; snd I i-hall never consent to exchange the Superinter.dent whom the people of this Province delight to henor, for any member of the Ministry, or any subservient tool they may elect to set over us. I am not deterred from espousing the cause of Separation—be it that of Auckland from the rest of the colony, or that of the two Islands—by factitious difficulties about Colonial indebtedness. Such diffi culties did not stand in. the way of the dismember ment of the Provinces of Wellington, Otago, and Canterbury, when the policy of sapping and under mining Provincial Administration was commenced by the Centralists of those days. In M ca?es of Fe deral Separation, the condition precedent is an adjustment J of existing burdens, an equitable calculation of assets, and a consideration of losses snstained throngh com pacts that may have worked unfairly. As regards the smaller Provinces of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland, there i 3. the strange spectacle presented to us of the authorities of those Provinces clamouring for the abo lition of the offices they were elected to fill, and at the same time clinging tenaciously to the emoluments attached to those offices. ' I believe it would tend to arouse f-ose portions of New Zealand from their torpor, if the reins of power with regard to Taranaki and Eawke's Bay were to pass into the hands of the Superintendent of Wellington, and as regards Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland into the hands of the Superintendent of Canterbury. Any savings arising from such annexation should be dedicated as " sub stantial endowments" for the districts annexed. I do not profess to be swayed by any maudlin sen timentality about a united Colony, nor am I capti vated with such fumes of fern eyas that New Zealand is to shoot up at once into a miphty power dominat ing these seas. My pretensions are of a different .colour. I desire to promote the happiness of the greatest number ; not by inculcating Qnixotic ideas, but by endeavouring to ameliorate the condition of the masses, by increasing the facilities for the acqui sition of the soil, and by reducing taxation on articles of daily we, as wa* proposed last session with regard to tea, flour, and sugar. If I should, on this occasion, be again honored with your confidence, I shall in the future, as I have en deavoured to do heretofore, hold that it is my first duty to watch over your interests; my next, to consult for the welfare of the Province, which is endeared to us by so many ties. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,' Your obedient servant, G. MAURICE OTtORKE. Onehunga, 2nd December, 1875. ■ mO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON Gentlemen,—Having reason to believe that 1 fairly represented your opinions in Parliament, and knowing that I did my best to do so, I offer myself as a Candidate for re election. There is nothing I can say that will enable you tc know more of me than you do now, as I am and have been personally known for many years to nearlj all of you. As to what is to be done now, I say let us, as far at possible, manage our own affairs. Surely, we whe know and are interested, can do so better than thos< who neither know nor care, and whose interests ar< often opposed to ours. If you see fit to elect me, my conduct will be th< same in the future as it has been in the past—at endeavour, as far as possible, to get unity of actior among our Members; to rt-dnce wasteful expenditure to put power, into the bands of the people, not t< deprive them of it; and that all great question: should be submitted to them, WM. SWANSON. piTY EAST ELECTION I beg to give definite aid distinct notice to a] Electors of City East that I am a Cat didate for tha constituency, to which position I have- bee pledged ever since Mr Vogel's. meeting.at tb Choral Hall. As soon as the present Assembly j dissolved I shall formally, address the Electors. W. L. BEES. 4tft2DecemJ>er f 1875.; . ,-... , > ;



Electoral. mO THE ELECTORS OF WAITEMATA. Gentlemen,—l beg to announce myself as a Can didate to represent your interests in the forthcoming le Parliament. I will take an early opportunity of ex )- pressing my views on the important questions now g occupying public attention. a Your obedient servant, c W. J. HURST. a Auckland, 9th December, 1575. tl ; fc s TO THE ELECTORS OF THE DIS TRICT OF WAITEMATA. i t i Gintlimen, —I have the honour to announce that - at the forthcoming General Election for the Parlia ment of New Zealand it Is my intention to offer ) myself as a Candidate, to represent your interests - in the Housb of Representatives. * I have the honor to be, gentlemen, I Your obedient servant, J.S. MACFARLANE. Auckland, December 3,1875. i , ■ mO THE ELECTORS OF THE DIS TRICT OF WAITEMATA. Gentlimun,—At the request of many of my old i friends, I do myself the honor of again soliciting your ■ suffrages at the forthcoming election. My long connection with your district, the identity of interests which exists between us, and your know i led 4 e of my past career, both politically and other i wise, render in unnecessary that in making this an nouncement I should enter into any further particu lars. At an early occasion I shall have the pleasure of meeting you in the principal parts of the district, and i then explain more fully my views and opinions as to ' the present position of the colony and the main , questions which are likely to come under the con sideration of the new Parliament. I have the honour to be, Gentleman, Yours faithfully, THOMAS HENDERSON. Auckland, December S, 1875. mOTHE ELECTORS OF FRANKLIN. Gektlemen,—According to promise, I again beg to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages at the forthcoming general election. Should you honor me with your confidence, I shall faithfully adhere; to the political traditions of our great cons ituency by whomsoever administered. I shall maintain the unity of New Zealand by supporting real local telf government as represented by Municipalities and Eoad Boards, providing the Government Bill includes these well-proved systems. For the more efficient and'ex reditious working of the above, I shall urge the im mediate completion of the main trunk line of railway from, say, the Bluff to either Nelson or Picton in the South Island, and from_ Wellington to Russell (Hay of Islands) in the North, of course, taking care to, in no way, violate the territory of objecting natives in this island. I shall support an immediate re-distribution of seats, based upon the population as shewn by a special census, and subject to the present liberal qualifica tions. A Royal Commission of non-politicians to fix the future boundaries of each electoral district, and Mr Gladstone's ingenious scheme of 1866 might be taken as a permanent standard for an equitable re adjustment. To further develop the somewhat backward condi tion of the North Island through unavoidable causes in the " wretched past," I shall urge the granting of free farms to bond fide country settlers under the iol lowing conditions :—To settlers resident for fifteen years and upwards in one province, 400 acres; and to those of ten years and upwards, 300 acres in that province only." Buildings costing at least £50 to be erected within six months from date of possession; a legal fence to enclose the property within eighteen months, and the whole to be cleared, and under crop or|graßß, at the end of five years, when a Crown Grant . would be issued subject to the official report of the district surveyor. X o lien or mortgage over farm to be legal within the five years Insurance of build ings, stock, and crops to be allowed. Grantees to be married, and to reside on their farms, and to defray, with the others, the expense of surveying their block. Applicants to ballot for the respective farms in each block, and the land to be of the best quality dis posable. The recent deplorable loss of the ships Cospatrick and Strathmore,—the former conclusively proved to be by fire—demands, I consider, special legislation. As the population of the Australasian Group now numbers nearly two millions and a quarter, I propose establishing a central factory for all kinds.of gun powder, and perhaps other explosives, similar to the Mints in Sydney and Melbourne; «11 foreign ship ments to be, then prohibited, and special craft en ; gaged solely for carrying these articles between the different colonies, as required. The proposed codification or consolidation of the 1 various Provincial Education, Land, and other Acts ' will receive my earnest attention. A moderate sub sidy, to connect Fiji with New Zealand, by telegraph ; also the further reduction of Press telegrams and ' railway fares, will be supported. ' The construction of the Thames Valley Railway, either by Government or private enterprise, will still; be kept in view. '■■ I shall urge also the completion of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum, the Supreme Court-house, and the Post-office. I am, Gentleman, Your obedient Servant, [ F. H. TROUR [ YHJTLEIt AND McTNNES, HOUSE, SIGN, AND DECORATIVE > PAINTERS AND PA PERHAJS GERS, I „. Foot of Wakefield-Btreet. ' Oil, Colour, Glass, White Lead, Scrim, Brushes, Varnishes, Glue, Paperhangings of all descriptions. 1 t*~ All orders entrusted to their care will receive > prompt attention. !|F. a ot to | i 35 Has much pleasure to inform his 2 fH ■•■....:'.. H I co friends, and the public in general, that he &■ '' § HAS NOWOPENED >=l BM."' J " . 3 J . ■-.. O < GREENGROCER, FRUITERER, g - 3 AND. GROCERY: STOrU/• •': £ " . 4 : ~. -■■~■• . ry»> fe M OOENER OF _• Om 3 .:■ -.7 -:... „•■;■ KI.TJJ £ °aISIO\ II o -Victoria and Albert- streets. it £ __■ ' . g n ej, .., %■■ ; • •; • ;!£• ie O F- c- Otto in inviting lis Mends "and]the' H Is pj public In general to come and patronise £§ H him, promises to sell first-class Goods at fcrj S ■'ihe lowest possible cash prices, and giy« p every order prompt attention.