The Evening Star.

Vol. VI.—No. 1,758.j

Auckland, N.Z.> SATCTRDAr, OCTOBEB 2, 1875

LPeice : ONE PENNY.



Shipping. «L*k&v T>EGULAK MONTHLY 3SaasEEsa&^ and Melbourne. The fast and favourite s.s HERO, SKtant"*' may be expected here again ab™«he thSfCfaSVSff f°r Syte6y an* Mel *>^c JFor freight or passage apply to CRUICKSHANK & CO., 16, Queen-street, Auckland Agents. October 1, 1875. ' :For New Plymottth, Nelson, Pioton Wftttoh md h!£&s£2 f°r WESTE0 «^ GBimiouiH, [PASSENQEBB BOQKmJto^QH XO M H LBOtTB NE< ] The s.s. LADYBIRD wss^ssksss MONDAY next 'the 11^n, Sm, train Pwsen^™ ]cave« Auckland at OCOTBTSR TIME TABLE. 10th -s.s. PHCEBE ~v 16th—s.s. TAR A I 22nd—s.s. LADYBIRD fas above 2Sth—s.s. PnCEBE ) STor freight or passage apply to "W. F. WHEELER, Auckland. _™ „ Or» A. BARivES, Onehunga Ofhces: Hobeon's Buildings, Shortland-street JTOTTIRANAKi; flpMipk4- NELSON, PICTON. -WEL «^SC OTAGO ON' LYTTELTOI*> AND [Booking through to Melbourne, Greymouth and Hokitika.] SATUBDAY, OCTOBER 9. Tlie TTnlon Steam Shipping Company's magnificent new Steamer HAWEA, Sat^SZ"^ n^'-^! 1 leave the Onehtinga Wharf on SATURDAY 9th instant. 16th October—TAUPO •) 25th „ -HAWEA las above Ist November TAUPO ) For freight or passage apply to HENDERSON & MACFARLANE, 25, Queen-street. jtM If 0R FREIGHT OH &P®U X CHARTER. HBKwaafflßr The brigantine MARY WEBSTER, 92 lons register. COMBES & DALDY, September 29,1875. A gentS> £«^^ IVT E W ZEALAND -BlSfr*Ehu SHIPPNG COMPANY. mWMR%LM FOR LONDON DIRECT. The Al barque ROBINA DUNLOP, 493 tons register, Captain A. Jack, having a large portion of her cargo engaged, is expected to sail as above about the middle of September For freight apply to JOHN BATGER, Agent New Zealand Shipping Co. (Limited) Merchandise. Q N S A^ L E, 1500 SACKS HEAVY FEED AND OTHER OATS. 5 TONS ANDERSON AND MO WATS' KAKANUI OATMEAL. 8 TONS DUNCAN'S OTAGO OAT MEAL. 70 TONS BAKER'S FINEST FLOUR, in sacks. ,s „ in 50's & 100's 11 TONS PEARL BARLEY 200 SACKS BRAN 200 SACKS MALT BARLEY 40 KEGS CANTERBURY, NELSON, AND SYDNEY BUTTER 32 CASES CANTERBURY CHEESE 15 CASES CANTERBURY AND SYD NEY BACON, SIDES, HAMS, AND ROLLS I 15 BALES NELSON HOPS. T. H. HALL & CO. TEA, IN BALF-CHESTS AND BOXES BOOTS, SHOES, AND LEATHER SHEATHING AND ROOFING FELT NON-CONDUCTING HAIR FELT. T. H. HALL & CO Wyndham-steeet. ■RYAN,~BELL AND CO., GENERAL MERCHANTS, COMMISST (T N AGENTS, Vulcan Lane, Auckland. B I L L I A B D~T A B L E S, To arrive per Shooting Star and Emily McLaren, • Consignments of First-class Tables, complete, with ftll|the moßt recent improvements. Full particulars on application to the undersigned. Also, to arrive ex Emily McLaren, 200 boxes Brandon's Candles. Ex Dunedin, 200 boxes i)e Roubaix Candles 100 boxes Belmont's Candles 200 cases 10 qrs. Hennessy's Brandy, Geneva Rum, Me. J^OTICE OF REMOVAL. % EDWABD KINLOCH, VETERINARY SURGEON, At W. H. Dawson's, Chemist and Dbuggist, Corner of Wellesley and Elliott-streets. _ t^" Attendance night and day. O____ _ _ Ex John Rennie and late arrivals— 50 tons Nos. 1 to 3 Clyde Pig Iron 6 cases Copper Sheathing—l4,l6, and 18 oz. coils (200 fathoms each) 3% to 4^ Inch Wire Rope. TO ARRIVE, Ter City of Auckland and Columbus- Admiralty Tested Chain Cables, % to l^inch Admiralty Tested Anchors, 1 to 12 cwt. D.£H. McKENZIE. Custom-hous -street, Augus 31, 3875. J^AEKET HOUSE, AUCKLAND. For Sale, a well finished five-roomed Cottage, with good water and every convenience, situated in Eden Terrace, nice garden, &c. Terms easy For Sale, at Mount Albert, a thoroughly well fur nished Family Residence, containing 7 lofty rooms, with bathroom and every convenience, together with two acres of rich volcanic land, all cleared and laid out in garden, orchard, and paddock, never failing supply of water, and within half-a-minnte's walk of the 'Bus four times a day. For Sale, in the Karangahape Road, a goodnve irp»T£ d,FOUI^ On allolmeDt 33x160, good well, &c., leasehold, with ten years to run. Price, £45 The nouse can be removed at the end of term PTiP°« r K Sale ' U0 ™J eß of fair land at Mangawai. m aLder fern. aCre- 2° °f e°°& KaUri hu*h > re" For Sale. Land In the Waikato, £1 an acre ih «° r l le> 8^ eral flrßt-class Farms near town, in • th orough working order, from £5 to £25 an acre a idSJfe aSr,* * from P"ZeFowls 'lOs OTLavd and Property Sale by Auction Monthly. M A » X B T H O XT S B.



Bmsinass feds. rT n * • Bouse at>a Land Agent, Kent and Debt collector, Stichbury's Buildings, Queen-street. (-} E O I< G JU A X ifl ±t S, FREEMAN* BAY SOAP A*D CANDLE WOBKS. . g^~ Cash Buyer of Tallow. WARNOCK BROTHERS, SOAP & CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, Richmond, Oux'h Crkkk. Office — Durham-sheet. Auckland. MISS ~N~6 R MAN, TEACHER OF MUSIC, Waterloo Qbadbaki, Opposite Government House. (CHARLES LUCAS, V 7 BOOTMAKER (Sewn ok Pegged), QUEEN-STREET, , Onehunqa. ITWUXS, BOOTMAKER, OPPOSITE CHCRAL HALL, O N E H U N G A. J~& he nwo o r>, BUTCHER, Onehunga. J{, 0E C COMBE & SON, MALTSTERS, BREWERS, ANP BOTTLERS great northern brewery, AUCKLAND. ~Q F. WBBST ER, : -*-*'* Weolfsai.k and Emtail SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, 133, QCTfAN-STRKET. AUCKLAND, JJVext the Union Bank) (J O L D'JS'N .BOOT. WILLIAM MILLER, Manufacturer op Pea Boots and Every other Description of Boots and Siioks, (Next to Oxleys', Bloekmakers), Queen-street Wharf. Repairs neatly executed. BIA card J AMUEL WELLS House. Land, and Commission Agent, Collector of Rents, Debts, Highway Rates, &c. Loans arranged. Office :-129, Queen-street (three doors below the Union Bank.)) T C R A ! G, W • Forwarding Agent, Wholesale and Retail Coal and Firewood Merchant, &c. On Sale-Newcastle and Wangarci Coal, Ti-tree Firewood (cut and uncul), Tanks. Charcoal, Ballast, Hobart Town Palinps. Sacks for sale. . Fort-street, Auckland. I'^Jsio ! ±jt.jJS tio i BuJWlsia ! Bought in any quantities for Cash at the Freeman's Bay Boue Mills, and at No. 101, Lower Out en-street, by J. & J. SOPPET. J" AMES H E D LE V, mount eden Junction Gbockky Stork. N ew and Superior Groceries sold at the lowest Town prices. Families waited upon for orders. Goods delivered in any part of the country. "P B. WOOD 'H AM. LOWTHER BAZAAR, 25 8, Qtjeen-street, Opposite the Market, TOYS. STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, ETO. ";39j;8-ud9no 'B.njjjojtt -g i? •£ o^rsoddo 'loaaa aaas aNViaonv s.KriMaraa saasrs gnoA aiio. T\ BVITT, GUi^-MAK£li 244, QUEEN-STREET. . Always in Stock—Best brands Gunpowder, 4c. Blasting Powder, and Fuze, Shooting and Fishing Tackle. "PROFESSIONAL NOTICE.' Mr T. TRAFFORD, Surgeon Dentist, desires to in form his patients thnt having received Dr Clover's Apparatus, he is now enabled to extract Teeth with out any pains whatever by means of the Oxide Gas, Dr Clover's Patent. OGERS BROTHERS, CABINETMAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS, Victoria-street, Opposite the Empire Hotel. Every description of work in connection with the above trade executed with economy and despatch. Suites supplied at various prices. ~X~ 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, WYMDHAM-hTREET. I S H E R AN D C 0., Wholesale, Shipping, and Family Butcher, Queen-street, corner of Durham-street, Auckland. Poultry of all kind s dressed to order. Prime Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Beef on sale in large qxiantities. 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. Tames buto he r, tl CARTER, CO> TRACTOR, &c. Goods Cleared and Delivered from Ships' Bide on BHORTKST NOTICE. BALLAST SUPPLIED. Newcastle and Bat of Island Coals. Also. Firewood, cut or tment. at REASONABLE RATES. N~ S ALE. Portland Cement (now landing)—3oo casks White's and other brands And all kinds of Builder's Materials. KEANE & JENKINSON, Victoria-street East. 1 OSBO RN E & CO., V • WOOL STAPLERS & BROKERS, FOKT-STREET, Auckland. Are Wool ana 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. rp je wana na a. ' Messrs. Reed & Brett have been appointed agents for the above Maori newspaper, published at Napier, which has a large circulation through all native dis tricts. Copies may be procured at the Evening Star office, where also advertisements will be received. HEN ARE IOMOANA, Proprietor. ■pAKfIELL BRUSH MANUFACTORY. JOHN LITTEN Bees to inform the public of Auckland that he is about to commence a Wholesale Brush Manufactory in those conmodious premises, formerly used for sailmaking purposes opposite the Union Steam Sash and Door Co.'s Mill. Mechanic's Bay. jj-_B. Farmers Drill Brushes will be refilled. T & J SOPPET, FREEMAN'S BAY STEAM MILLS, • AND No. 101, Lower Queen-street, Wharf, A U 0 X LAND. ONEHUNGA AND AUCKLAND LINE OF COACHES. TIME TABLE. Leave Onehunga— Leave, Auckland— 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 p.m. • 11.30 p.m. MONSY TO JLE CD on first-class freehold security, low rates of interest.— R. C. Dyer, tihortland-atree , ■ ONJisY TO L±Nl» in large or t-mal] mm«, •t|very low rate of Interest— Ap uii- to hit Lhiobleir, Stiletto*, Hlgh-ibcet, 'Si -



Bosinoss Cards. [Established 1860 ] GEORGE DICKSON, Jun., BREAD AND BISCUIT BAKER, TOP OF HOBSON-STREET. Wedding and Christening Cakes made to order. All kinds of Fancy Goods always on band. Families waited on Daily. ■^ Ship i> isg Supplied. W" ILL IA M B~Tr CH, BOOTMAKER, OTAHUHU, (Next to the Omtkkion Hotkl). Every description of Boots and Shoes made to order. English and Colonial Goods always on hand. All Repairs promptly executed Q 6 r-g ---*£ . PARNELL PORK BUTCHERY Poultry always on hand. Highest price given for home dairy-fed Pork. Smoked Tongues and Home-cured Bacon at lowest reasonable price L WIN 8~. DICKSON, LICENSED LAND BROKER, Under the Land Transfer (Tori-ens') Act, 1870, DRAUGHTSMAN, ILLUMINATOR, HERALD PAINTER, ETC. Loans negotiated on approved security. General Agency Business transacted for Country Settlers. Agent for Mutual Life Association of Australia. 43, Insurance Bmr/r>iNGS, Auckland. HAELES GOODWILL, WHEELWRIGHT, AND AGRJCULTtmAL IMPLEMENT MAKER, Otahuuu. Spring Carts, Wagonp, ko . made and repaired on ■ the premises. G. odß forwarded per Train __^ to the Waikato. EESING BROTHERS, PLUMBERS, ZINC AND TINPLATE WORKERS Pumps, Tanks, Steam and Water Pipes Fitted. General Jobbing Work executed on the Shortest Jvotice. ADJOINING RAILWAY T MART, Queen-street, Onehunga. DWARD HODGSON, wh.oles.sle and retail firewood merchant, Breakwater and at Mechanics' Bay. N.B.—The cutter ' Tay' leaves Mechanics' Bay Wharf, carrying passengers and cargo to Waiheke, at lowest rates Boat loads of Firewood delivered to any part of Auckland. COO K'S 'BUSSES • leave Coombes' quarter to and a quarter-past every hour for JVewmarket Kpuom—B. onarter to 11. 2, and 5. Grafton Road—Every hour. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, HANSOMS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HIRE RGILHAM'S 'Pusses will leave • Onobungi! at a quarter to 8 a.m. and quarter to VI everyday; Auckland at a quarter to 10 a.m. and quarter to 4 p in. If required, a Special Coach will be run to stilt convenience f>f evening jmrlies^ J BAY OF ISLANDS UOaT^YZIID, BREAKWATKR ROAD. BAY OF ISLANDS AND NEWCASTLE COAL ON SALE. Office: 7, r ■ -u-street. HL lIV GILFILLAN, Agent. HOM A & J OHNSTON, SADDLER ATO HARNESS MAKER, Wholkbal/E am) Retail, Oiahuhu. N.B.—"Waikato settlers can send orders by Post or Telegraph, the same will be carefully executed, and the goods forwarded by the first fc-ain^ ABERDEEN BOOT~FACTORY, ALBERT-STREET. Every description of Men's, Women's, and Children's Colonial made Boots and Shoes kept in stock. The only Manufactory In Die Province where hand closed and hand made Boots nre to bo had. A supply of Seamless Watertights always on on hand. BLACK & CO. YKT IL. SKINNER, BUILDER, CARPENTER AND JOINER, VULCAN LANE. All Branches of the Building Trade executed by Experienced Workmen. Shop Fronts, Office Fittings, &c, &c. MR. FATJLDER, Sole Contractor to the City Council for the Emptying of Earth Closets, Privy Boxes, Cesspits, etc., is prepared to attend punctually to all requests regarding the above. Persons desii ing 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 Offloe, Queen-street. ' HPHE Undersigned are Cash Pttr- X chaseks of HIDES, SHEEPSKINS, WOOL, TALLOW, &c, &c, at highest market rates, in any quantity. Consignors direct will have prompt and immediate cash remittances returned at satisfactory ratea. IRELAND BROS., Tanners and Leather Manufacturers, AtTOKI/ANTt OMCEOIATHIC DISPENSAEY 44, BHORTLAND-STREET, A few doors abp.ve the Post Office (same Bide). ! MR. GARRICK. HOMCEOPATHIC AND GALVANIC TREATMENT. Hor/ns op Consultation :—From 10 o'clock in the forenoon till 2 o'clock; From 5 till Bin the evening. Homoeopathic Medicines' and Magneto Electric Machinery. ILLIAM HODGSON, COAL & FIEEWOOD MERCHANT, ' Pabnell. W Firewood Yard : Mechanics' Bay Wharf, of* A large stock always on hand. Posts and Rails supplied to order. Carting done at moderate charges CMTY BAKERY AND STEAM BISCUIT MANUFACTORY, • HOBSON-STREET. *»* Iceins and Ground Sugak always on Hand. *** W. R. WADDELL. "M'OTICE OF REMOVAL. paperhangingToil, colour, and GLASS WAREHOUSE, No. 53, Corner of Queen and West Queen-streets. 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. BIRMINGHAM PORK PIE ESTABLISHMENT. C. MECKIFF & CO., PORK BUTCHERS, Above Mr. Watts, Chemist, Symonds-street In order to supply the long felt want of a Good Pork Shop in this District, C. M.. & Co. have commenced business, and will offer to the public fresh supplies daily of the choicest delicacies in the above line. \* Orders by Coach or Carrier will meet with prompt attention. TV E N T. I S~~f R Y. MR. T. -T RAF FORD, j SUEGBON DENTIST, \ Wakefield-strbbt. Artificial Teeth, from Ore to [a Full Set, in Gold or Vulcanite.



Business Cards. PARCEL DiS PATCH TO ENGLAND, &c. &c. • ■ Merchandise and Parcels regularly despatched by mail or other steamers, or by Soiling vessels, to al jarts of Great Bi it-sin and* the (.-eminent of Europe, and to the principal ports of India, China, and Australia, at low rates. T. JENKINS, Jun., Custom House and Forwarding Agent, Fort-street. By Appointment to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh His Exckllkncy <fßj-«#■*£?£■ v TIIR E* I<l' op IR ciSv ' ' Vj'/at Pkmurokk, G. F. BO WEN, SllSi^^a^^Sf&C., &C, &C. EH. B A R T L E T T'S • photographic studio, Queen-street, , Auckland. E. H. BARTLETT has to return his sincere thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of Auckland who have patronised him for upwards of ten years, and begs to inform them tli^t,. having had his Gallery thoroughly miovaScV and decorated in a style not to be surpassed an the Australian colonies, he is now prepared to take Pbofograj bs from the smallest to lit- size. He is in ri-ct-ipt of the most modern appliances fiom America, amongst which are iuxtvu ments for taking the "Promenade" and Albert Pictures. Dressing and Sitting Rooms for the convenience of :) Ladies. T ÜBK:ISH B ATHS FOR iHE MILLION ! Upper Queen-street. OPEN DAILY from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Charges, ss. Wednesday, 7s. Cd. Open for Ladiefi1 only on Thursdays, to commence on the 16th September. T (TTn so p pc t, W HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, NO. 8, QuKKN-STREET. Agent for Mr. C. G. Quick's Waikato Parcels Delivery August 5, 1875. JSJ O. Tt I C E. T. B. CAMERON, Architect aid Engineer, Corner of High-street and Vulcan Lane, Is prepared to Bupply Plaus, Specificationb, and correct Estimates for all description of Buildings on shortest notice. NEWxMARKET APOTHECARIES . HALL. JAMES TAITE, Chkmibt, L.P.S., Great Britain. Attendance day and night Painless Dentistry. Teeth carefully extracted. Country ordors will meet with immediate attention and be forwarded per train or carrier. :W W A T T S, photographer, Qttekn-street. Onehunoa. TX^ A] PATTERSON, FAMTLY GROCER AND CORN DEALER, I'ItINCEB-t|rBKET, ONKHUNGA. ltM| ON SALE— Chaff, £G Vtoa r 7/ IP owt. Hay and Straw Firewood (cut and uncut) Shingles. E. G A T L A N ITS • TOY BAZAAR AND FANCY REPOSITORY, Karangahape 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. ■piVAKS & McDERMOTT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT, 194, QtTEEN-STKEKT, Auckland, Between Mr. Edson's, Chemist, and the Auckland Savings Bank, and opposite the Albert Hotel. [ESTABLISHED 11 TEABB.] WB E A L, • NEW and SECOND-HAND LOTHIER aND GENERAL DEALER, WELLESLEY-STREET BAST. Clothing bought, sold, and exchanged. N. B. —Arrangement can be made for the Purchase of Clothing at private houses PHILLIPPS AND SON, • OIL, COLOUR, and GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Paperhangings, 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 Compasß Glasses, Glazed cashes, Doors, &c. Glass cut to size, and carefully packed. 95 and. 97, Queen-street PUEE~INDIAN AND~CHINA TEAS. Season 1875-1876. Oriental Mixture 2a $ Ib. Emperor's Choice .. . 2s 6d „ Assaul's Yield 3s „ Manderin's Selection.. .. 3s 6d ~ These Teas are noted for their peculiar haut gout and immensity of strength. ALEXANDER McCULSKY, Tea Dealer, &c, Top of Hobson-Btreet. FALLWELL'S CARMINATIVE SYRUP.—An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for Wind, Pains in the Bowels, &c, to which Infants and Young Children are liable in early Infancy, and while Teething.— Bottles at Is 6d, 2s 6d, and is 6d each by S. FALL WELL, Chemist, Otahuhu and Papakora. FALLWELL'S. WORM POWDERS.— A Medicine of singular and undoubted efficiency when employed for the Removal of Worms either in Children or Adults.— Packets at Is 6d, 2s 6d, and is 6d each. Agents : Hamilton Bkos., Queen-street. T. Clayton, Victoria-street CLARKE BROTHERS, (LATE CROMBIE'S) ROYAL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERIES, (Opposite Union Bank), QUEEN-STREET, Auckland. First-class Portraits-, from C.D.V. to Life Size, at Moderate Prices. Children's Portraits taken instantaneously. MRS. o.' S ADVICE. Mrs. Smith by her neat fireside was sitting, One Saturday, quite agitated ; And, if I remember it right, was knitting, And thus to herself cogitattd. There's Johnny's boots, see how they're worn, And Polly's want a patch ; Young Billy tells me his are torn, And mine are no:great catch. I wish some one would tell me where To go, good boots to get, Bad ones of all things I can't bear That won't keep out the wet. Just then a neighbour came to see How things were getting on, So Mrs. S told Mrs. C. How children's boot 3 were gone SaiS Mrs. C. to HEMTJS go, For that's where I got these; In Queen-street, atthe top you know, He'll make you boots to please. So Mrs. S. took her advice, At HEMUS' did call," And found they were so" very nice,; That now she gets them all I AT lIEMUS'iVSTARV BOOT MART, >' Top of Queen-street.



Kerosene. OLEOPHENE BRILLIANT OIL Is now universally recognized as the best Burning Oil which can be made. Recommended by the Klre Insurance companies for Safety, and by all con sumers lor the Brilliancy f its-Light. In purchas ing this Oil the buyer insures himself and hia pro periy against all chance of a Kerosene accident. Ask for OLEOPHKNE JMtILLIAK X OiL.and take no other. DIPLOMA of MBitIT received from the Vienna Exposition for Cans of various Tops and Oils. OLBOPHENfi BRILLIANT OIL in invaluable to thoae who read or sew in the evening, as it gives a stronger light than gas, while much leas fatiguing to the eyes. SUPERIOR TO DEVOE'S, AS IT STANDS A HIGHER TEST. ■ i To GROCERS & DEALERS. °* £ i o * M 0 p°H go £ 3 ° -s i Q OS S « a » S B fe. g » SH go § p. o. 2 H w & a I H « -!! ° g S *«M 5 Q £ h jj- w ° Ih a * o o r> Chief Harbour Master's Office, Auckland, May 20,1875. TO MESSRS. ARNOLD, HINES & CO., Importers, &c, Auckland: Gentlemen, —A supply of your Kerosene Oil (Oleo phine Brand) having been lately obtained for the use of the Bean Bock and Sandspit Lighthouses, I have much pleasure in stating that this Oil is superior to any hitherto supplied. It burns with a clear, steady light, is free from any obnoxious vapour, and leaves the lamps comparatively clean after twelve hours' burning. I remain, Gentlemen, •jours truly, T. J. BURGESS, Chief Hsrbonr'M>Btet, Province of Auoklrad, "VTOTTOB TO AGENTS AND THE J_M PUBLIC GENERALLY. DR. COFFIN'S COMPOSITION POWDER (For Colds and Chills of the system). A large supply of the above famous remedy having been received per Delmira, orders can now be executed in, any quantity at the BOTANIC PHARMACY, Victoria-street. pAPERHANGINGS. NEW DESIGNS! IMMENSE VARIETY! HOLLAND~& BUTLER AXE NOW OPENING, EX FOB.FARBHIRE— PAPERHANGINGS For the Entrance Hall PAPERHANGINGS For the Drawing-room PAPERHANGINGS For the Dining-room APERHANGINGS For Bedrooma jr.*.* 3RHANGUGS For Ceilings PAPERHANGINGS To Suit All Classes PAPERHANGINGS Of the Latest Designs PAPERHANGINGS 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 | Room Decorations. HOLLAND & "BUTLER. ... l OIL, COLOUR, AND GLASS MERCHANTS IMPORTERS OF.GLASS SHADES, MATERIALS FOR VAX FLOWERS, PAINTERS' AND ARTIS S MATERIALS ETC., 28 ft SO, VICTORIA-STREET, AUCKLAN



Miscellaneous. QADDLEKY! HARNESS! STABLE RFQTTTSTTES OF EVERY KIND. The Undersigned since his .Removal into his New Brick Premises (opposite Lewisson's, Jeweller, has Greatly Ktdueed the price of every article of the above. By impoiting his own Goods direct from the best Knglish Manufacturers he is enabled to charge much lower prices for everything (whether English or own make), than any other Ho'ise in the trade. Kiding -addles (Gent's and Boy's), veiy sr-ro»g, wich best bar plated ttecs, complete. 70s; Spring Cart Harness (my own make, Strong and durable), from £3 153; Spring Cart Harness (E2,'lish make), strong and durable from £6 10s : Kuggy Harness, best English -ilver on German Silver Mounted with Silver p'ated all over Hames, £10 10s; Bnpgry Haniea?., my own ncake, Pilvor on German Silver Mounted, from £10 10s ; Pair TTorso Harness best English Silver on German Silver, mounted, from ills ; Dray Harness, gtrm g and durable from £b, I'js ; Bpring Cwt Collars, from 15s ; Spurs, complete with straps, from 3s 6d per pair ; Bridles ss; Girths 3s pair ; Dand) Brush-s, from Is ed ; Leggings, 3s f?d ; Htock Thongs, 12ft, 9a Gil ; Whips at wholesale prices; Thongs, from 9d. Kvery description of Harness, Pack Saddles, Collars, &c , made on ths premises by experienced workn en on tho shortest notice. Riipaira executed promptly and at reasonable rates t-ole agent for Eiliraan's Celebrated Royal Embroca tion for Horses, tattle, Shoep. Dogs, &c. The TradcliDerally dealt with, W. S. JONES, WHOLES4.LTC AXvD KKTAin Si.DDLTSR, HAR NESS MAKER, & IMPORTER, 129, Queen-street, opposite Lewisson, Jeweller. TUST OPENED el AT OUB NEW OIL, COLOUR, & GLASS WAREHOUSE, 95 and 97, QUEEN-STREET. EX DUNBDIN, SHOOTING STAB, AND EMILY MCLAREN. — 500 PACKAGES OF PAPERHANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, OILS, COLOURS, VARNISH liS, AND SUNDRIES, PLATE, SHEKT, AND ORNAMENTAL WINDOW GLASS, GLASS SHADES, SCRIM, HESSIA^, CALICO, & TACKS, GILT MOULDINGS, ENGRAVINGS, CHROMO3, AND OLEOGRAPHS W. PHILLTPPS & SON. ' jLj v R SALE, at Parnell, a new and 8 well-built 4-roomed Verandah Cottage with good well and freehold allotment, from which there is a good view.—Apply to JOHN SOPPETT, No 8, Queen-street. FOE- Immediate Sale, cheap, a five roomed Cottage in Stanus-street. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No 8, Queen-street. FOR SALE, a six-roomed Cottage wi hill ten minutes walk of the Union Bank ; gas laid on in every room. ;■ toves, tanks, and wash house. Pricp £200.—»pply at the office of this paper. F~ OR SALE, at Matakana, a really good Farm, with large frontage to the river 301 no-ui, 254 acres of -wlilclj are in g-ood- grass, fenueQ and divided into paddor-ks; a good 8-roomed House and all necessary outbuildings.—Apply 10 JOHN SOPPET, ' No. 8 Queen-street. FOR SALE, at Matakana, with frontage to the river, a really choice piece of Land, 220 acres, 40 acres of it in good grass, with part timber on the remainder.—Apply to JOHN SOPPET, ( No. 8, Queen-street. F('R SALE, on very easy terms, a really good House of 7 rooms, with slated roof, water laid on, and every convenience for a family, together with freehold allotment, 10 lett frontage to Upper Queen-street by 185 feet deep.—Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No. 8, Queen-street. FOR SaLF, 43 acres of good Land, partly fenced and improved, fronting the har bour, between the Flagstaff and Mr. A. O'NeiFs pro perty.—Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No. 8, Queen-street. FOR SALE, Cheap, a very substan tial ard well-finished Ten-roomed House, with every convenience for a family; large Garden planted »ith choicest fruit and ornamental trees; only half an-hour's walk from Union Bank. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No. 8, Queen-street. FOR SALE, a Bargain, 200 acres of good Land, with abundance of totara suitable for piles, also part kauri; about 8 acres in grass; a comfortable little Cottage, with good garden, and plenty of water, only 4 miles from Henderson's Mill, by a good road. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, J No. 8, Queen-street, j FOR SALE, at a very low price, 24 acres of good Land, part of which is in grass, the balance nearly fenced and ready for ploughing with new and well finished 4-roomod Verandah Cottage, and Garden planted with choicest Fruit Trees, only 9 miles from town. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, No. 8, Queen-street. OR SALE, a Comfortab c and well built Cottage in Drake-street, containing seven rooms, good outbuildings, a well with never-failing supply of water, and freehold allotment. Apply to JOHN SOPPET, Ko. 8, Queen-street. TO BE LET, on Grafton Road, a large and convenient Family Residence, con tain ing ten rooms, always well supplied by pump' and running stream of water, commodious yards and out-buildings, together with about two acres of land, the greater portion of which is an Orchard in full bearing Also, at Ellerslie, within five minutes walk of the Railway Station, a well-built compact Family Home, of six rooms, out-buildings, with large concrete well, including six and a-half acres of best volcanic land,! all in good pasture, securely fenced and sub-divided ■by substantialistone walls. Apply to H. ASHTON & SONS, Vo. 81 Np-w Zealand Insurance Buildings. A SE a UEFERT, CABINETMAKER, (BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKK OF EDINBrrKGH). ELLIOTT-STREET, Opposite Market Entrance. A.S. having devoted special attention to the manu facture of rare articles ot Inlaid Cabinet work, is. by the aid of the beuutiiul variety of New Zealand woods, able to make to order'any descrip'ion of work for presentation, or for gifts to distant friends, com bining «reat elegance with usefulness. Families supplied with Ornamental Furniture at moderate charges. T^T O T I C E. TO BUILDERS, CONTEACTOR3. & OTHERS. TIMBER! BRICKS! TIMBER! The undersigned »* a Routs for W£IKAW*TT PAWMILL TA.IRUA SiWMIIL HAKKER'S Pa TEAT BisICK KILN, MB CH^NiC'S B*Y are prepared to receive and execute orders in con ection with above. COMBES & DALDY, *27, QuEiev-STmegT GEORGE SI B B IN, AUCTIONEER, jESTABLIBHED 1861.] Is naw prepared to efficiently-conduct OUTDOOR SALES OF MERCHANDISE Of all kinds, at from 30 to 50 per cent, less than pbeseni bates, Payments prompt. CORN E R MAR T, AND WYNDHAM-STRBETS.



Miscellaneous UNITED gERVICE WINE AND SPIKIT STORE, Cob nek. of Queen and Wellesley-streets, Auckland, JOHN" HANCOCK, Pboprietor. IMPORTER OF- WINES, SPIRITS, &c. J.H. would respectfully call the attentim of tie public to the ursurpassed stock of Win-s and Spirits now on hand, including the following :— BRANDY— MOSELLE— Hennessy's Deinhard's Sparkling Martell's HOCK— De Laage Fills **** Deinhard's Still Hemiessy's .*. CHAMPAGNE—. Bisquit De Bouche and De Lossy De Laage flasks. Eoderers WHISKY— Moets and Cbandoi-'d Kinahan's LL Cliquot Dunville's Seckbach's Imperia', Scotch of the best brands &c., &c. and blends. BURGUNDY—Nuits RUM— C. Polack Red Heart SAUTERNES, very choice White Jamaica F. Desbonne Lowndes' Vermouth — Noilly Prat .Pine Apple and Co. Rum and Shrub. Absinthe GIN— CYDER and PFRRY, is Henke's stone and white bottle and wo< d. Heal glass Devonshire, in parted by London Unsweetened J. H. Wolfe's Schnapps. LIQUEURS WINES— Curagoa Old Tawny Port, vintage Aya Pana 1852, specially recom- La Malad'tta mended to invalids by Fleur de Alps medical gentlemen. Kuminel Amontillado Sherry, &c. Maraschino. Australian, all kinds. CL«RET— BITTER—INDIEN Margaux Chateau Pomys BRANDY— Tod Heatleys Orange St. Emilion Ctierry St. Ju.ien, &c. Ginger Poket Flasks—Brandy, Whisky, &C, &c, Is and Is. 6d. ALE and PORTER of the best brands. ENGLISH ALE always on draught. Country orders, accompanied with P.O. ord punctually attended to. Terms .-—Cash. o a c* J. H. GRATTAN Provides the following1 articles at the undermentioned rates :— Stewing and Boiling Beef, 3d to~4d Legs of Mut+on, 5d Haunches of Mutton, 4J£d Hmd-auartp.rs.Mnttnn, Ad : -. Loins of Mutton, 3}£d Fore-quarters Mutton, 3d Roast Ribs of Beef, 6d Roast Sirloins Beef, 7d Mutton Chops, 5d Sausages, 5d Rump Steak, 7d. . l Particular attention paid to Sausages (both Beef and Pork). Fine Fat Lamb, Pork, and Veal, at lowest prices for cash. Good weight guaranteed. "Jtf O T I 0 E. POSTPONEMENT . OP SALE OF CAPTAIN BURTON'S PROPERTY. In consequence of the Pakuranga Club Spring Meeting taking place on the Gth October, the above sale is Postponed till Wednesday, the 13th October, at the same hour as previously announced. G. W. BINKEY, " Auctioneer. p R INCE ARTH UR. ' ' ' ~ /HTBb*. This First-class Clydes iTj igStamrfSSJ^wf dale Kntire will stand this fwMj He 's a handsome heavy draught horse, dark 1 ay, TV, r -(e\ t 9!Wi m with black points, bred by For terms and particulars see cards. FRANK ANDREW, Otara. NOTICE.— The price of Horse Shoeing from this date will be, for cash, OI?E SHILLING per set less than previously ch*rge< ; also all kinds* of Smith's Work done at low katks, at K. M. BEIG-HTON'S, London Shoeing Forge, Pitt str^et top of Grev-street-31.it July, 1875. AT C. T. SAXTOI'S, NEWMARKET, Opposite the Remuera Road, can be had all kinds of Ironmongery, Building and Furnishing Timber of all kinds . - lime, Sand, Cement, Bricks, Drain Pipes, and all kind of Jomtrs' work at Town Prices. y Note the Address. ALL Goods for Waikato must he pre paid. The responsibility of the Railway only extends as far as Mercer, where delivery must be taken from the Wagons twelve working hours after arrival. By order. A. V. MACDONALD, Gen-tal Manager. BOKLEY, BOOTMAKER", • Opposite Mr Barr, Butcher, Uewmarket J. B. begs to inform the public that he has now, opened his new premises with a line assorted Stock of Boots and Shoes. A quantity of Goods bought Cheap from a bankrupt Etock will be cleared out at Low Prices. N B.- Every description oi Boots and .Shoes made to order as formerly. C-^KATi^JS'S STAK HOTEL, J NEWTON. The Beßt Hollands Gin, 4d per glass Best Jamaica Rum 2c 6d per bottle Schnapps. 2s 6d per bottle Henn< ssy's Pale Brandy, 4s pi»r bottle Bedell and Watson's Sparkling -,1.-, 2s rer gallon. J. H. GRATT iN, • ■ Proprietor NOTICE.— All Parties travelling by Rail to Onehunga and the Waihato to cull at the Thames Hotel for Grattan's Pocket Pistols, from Is to 8s pARMELL "M URSEtiIES. MASON BROS. /PAKE this i pportunity of thanking their patrons -»■ . for the kin i support hitherto afforded them, and respectfully beg to inform them, that the Planting Season is now on, and solicits an inspection of- their MAGiSIFICENT COLLECTIO :> - OF NURSERY STOCK, Which is Unequalled in the Colonies, consisting of Fruit, Shelter, and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Roses, Thorns, Quicks, and every re quisite appertaining to Horticulture, Descriptive Catalogues of which can be had on application at the Nurseries, or at v v. i,. • jj MR. ROBT. BREWIN'S SEED STORES, Q .11 B B N - S T R B B T, Town Aeent . w ~O L E^ T. OFFICE TO LET, in Fort-street, cloie to Queen itroet.—Apply to SAMUEL COCHRANTE & SON, " Auctioneers