Late Telegram.

NAPIER.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day, Scheme of Waterworks.

The Corporation have agreed to adopt the waterwoiks scheme on the plan of the Engineer, somewhat modified,: to sink two artesiap. wells on the. fiat, and, have a res rsroir to f contain 150.000 gallons'to supply the IoWSt" ltiyet'"6fr"tße.'t6'wn,:",the' whole to cost about £7000, capable of exten- Bon to the Spit if required. The Mayor said he did not .think the chance a good one or likely to be permanent; but as all the Council but himself were in.favor of it, he wonlcldo all he could to assist them in carrying it out; but he did not think they could borrow' money for such a scheme. He was in favor of a gravitation scheme estimated to cost L 30,000:" and-oth'ers said that if the Corporation could not find money for it, private enterprise would. The motion was agreed to for the adoption of the earth-closet system. 0., , . ■'-.

J Immigrants.. g Councillor Swan brought forward a motion to bring under the JJnotice of the General Government the manner in-which immi grants are landed directly they arrive," and sent up the country . to;". 'spread disease amongst ths,settlers f amijieSj and advocates sending immigrants to the quarantine for,a week to wash their* clothes &c. •• The motion

was agreed to. ':' ''"' '"'" ...~f ~',Z 'f'Z ,'nu Routledge, Kennedy and Co. _sold yester day at the Shamrock, cattle ; two-year?old heifers fetched";£4 14s to £Affi; r 16 months old steers, L 4 12s 6d ; 18 months old steers^ L 5 10s to Ls.:lss';'" two-year'old steers; L 7 15s ; cows, LlO : 1 very well-bred'cow, Lls 10s.

Accident on the Railway.

As the Mercer train was shunting np th carriages ready to leave this -afternoon at four o'clock twp carriages and a guard's van were driven QYpr the end of the line n^xt Custom-hojßsersfereet. f spme d.istanpe. into the road. No material damage was done. Under tbe directibn of Messrs Macdonald andLlo^d the carriage^ ,7;e^e soon, got on the line again..

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The ketch Pearl entered outwards for Aitutaki this morning. ■'- The cutter Wangaree cleared out 'for Wangaree thli'1 mdrningwith a fcargo'of stores. She'skils-thjs afternoon. < ....'_ . ; The schooner Ony^dias cleared in ballast for Russell. "'A:-!'. ■. Z .. . The cutter South Carolina is to leave for Russell in ballast at once. / : 'A ''"'* The cutter Fawn brings 42 tons, pdal from RusselL > i... The cutter Maud brings 49' tons coal from Russell. v-.i-.iVr-. :A..,: The whaleboat to which we alluded some days ago aa being buiLJby.C-Bailey.fQr .the Russell pilot ser, vice "w>s placed on t)oard the r.s. Tona and dispatched to its destination lastnient.. It,,is..aj : fine"stopA little craft, and his met w^h.tfte'^proval of the 'authori ties. '" ' -**«^ .^v...— By a t9legram received this morning, the Nightin gale was to leave Melbourne for this port on the 20th' ! instant with a full^ianeral cargo. She comas con signed to Mr John "Bftid. The s s. St Kildi-left WangAnm for the Manukau yesterday. After tet*ing -ontside she encountered such severe weathernhat- the Captain deemed it ex pedient to put back. Messrs Oxley's new cutter has received the name of the " Leo.'' She was brongtit alongside the Queen street wharf this morning --- , Tho s.s, Phoebe is to sail for the' South to-mcrtrc/w ' at twelve o'clock noon The latest train-for passengers leaves at 11.10 (subject however.to detention). ■'••''

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs E. and H Isaacs, at their sale of be'qis .antf shoes to-day,'report that a greater',portion 'ot the,, goods being unsaleable, there was very little cbmppti- ' tion ; but the winter per tion. realized up. to jaxpectft? tion. ■,-.--.....-

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

•>:-■■ ■ -' "'-■ i iv i i' jou nru Maim irai Gfcpss^iAS. FOixo'NtfSi.T- as. >na .r-v For Thames, tQjmprroWyHt 5 3Q,,,ani, and'9.;3opm For Coromandel;;on.F^y nesfcraill 30 a n) t ~ tj«. For W»iwera an^ Wfcrkworth, per Lidy Bowenf, %p? morr&w, at 9 a m For Australian Colonies, per Mikado, six hours after P arrival

For Phoebe, tori»orrow,ias,unde^:,-T7- , ,-, „,,,,,...,.. ..„_, . For iLdia,' China, Mediterranean Ports, and Con tinent of Europe, at 9 a m For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and United ..■JCingdom.wia.Suez, and Southampton, at,lo am '•" ForUDited Kingdom, Tria Brindisi. at 10.15 a m For Money Orders and KegijStei^dEetterSjthis day, at 5 p m Should a later opportunity offer, Supplementary Mails will.be .forwarded,' ~-_ , v , ~_, '-I For AAtutaki and Barotonga, per Pearl, to-morrow; at-ljl am ~,..'... ~, ,-_ t . -, ; - For Napier, Gisborne,-and Southern-provinces, per ■!;;rStar of ,the SjeptljrtQ-PXO'.rQ^t at Ipm,, • !..;■;■, ,n,n For London, (direct)rp«r J .W..iW;j!f3mlthi/ tp-niprroWr.. ''---at4 &-pimj :s jik;- ora or.a. :::.-. r aiy j. nj. ; .Mails for.Otahuhu, jPapafcnra-. .-SHOT,^uktffcohe,, THakau, Pdkfii»,: and z Mercer,;, will, ; until, father notice, be made up at 6am daily. Return mail swill, "reach town at 7 pm. The steamer Omeo is expected to leave the Bluff at 11 a.m., ontThursday, the; £7*h-instn: -Telegrams -for the Australian Colonies 'or Europe via Java Cable, will be "received for transmission to the Bluff up till 9 a.m of ;the 27th inst. 8E.J.7.T: -"i'.wX'i -. (Signed) : J.-ErCosurr, Acting Chief Postmaster.- --•!

BIRTH.

WILK,INB-On the 23rd, May, at her residence, Sprigg-street, the wile of Joseph H. Wilkins* jtfn.; of a daughter.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1875

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrone lint neuda resisauiea, w^r the future Jn thevdjstaace-i - . . Ani tb* good that we can Ai*.

As^ the "Bankruptcy of the province of Aucklaind " is now a recognised and estab lished expression, it is interesting to note tho ""'Causes of insolvency," and the causes why other provinces are not included in the same favorite expression. These are very pointedly put in a calculation made by the Grey River Argus of the 17th of May. " The total land repeipts of the^lpay fo? the year .187.S.".says onr contemporary, amounted to. £1,100,840, which divided among a population estimated 295,946 would represent about £3 14s 4d per head. Now let hs "see'how this proportion was absented. • 'Tift "follb^ing table shows the anp.punt .received by each province from land revenue, including gold field's revenue, gold duty, &c, for the year .1873, and the proportion ertjoyed per head in each case :— J: -, Land . .. Ratepnr Revenue .. head £ r' "' £ s d ••' Auckland .. .. 17,500 — 019 G "* Wellington .. .. 49,724- — 113 5 Taranaki .. .. 293 — 0 1 2 " Hawke'sßay .. G1.068 — 716 9 Nelson m:KiOQ2 ~•?> :i ti 2 8 Marlborough .. 5 991 — 110 Canterbury r; ..-548.C95 ■—''9 18 6 '' Westland .. .. 32,477 — 2 2 3 Otago.. .. .. 358,634 — 4 6 4"

Could any thing more forcibly show the causes of the difference in the financial positions of the various provinces ? The flippancy of the remark that some of the ' provinces are unable "to exercise the functions of Government, and should consequently be abolished as effete, should we think, from such a comparison^ ;be manifest to the meanest capacity. If, as asserted by Sir George Grey—the negotiator -in the transaction—the South Island lands were bought as the nucleus.of a landed estate to be, en joyed equally by: all the people, those land revenues are as common property as are the Customs 7 "receipts, and yet ty this iniquitous arrangement, based pn tho so-called '" Cdmpact,". theiy are enjoyed by a section of colonists, while the Customs revenue is burthened with all expenses of Government and" with all the liabilities of the colony. But the exceeding'injustice is inqre apparent when we compare the amount of revenue paid, per head, through the -Customs'by each of the provinces, with^the share per head which each ehjoys from the proceeds of landreveiihe. '- The'comparisPn is thus stated by our-W^stladd contemporary, the differences in Customs -payments being owing to the ppfsence of a ; natiye -population in some of the province^, andftdi^he fact "of some of the ports paying -duties on goods largely exnoT^h^6l'6t^elr;^Xd^e^^ ZAAa" ContriMtibhff''" iffed"' to Customs receipts ; , ' r--" ****£; jfefhead:'-1-^ -pfei?head. ttfttttnt if., >„.^. >unn .aaofQpt; .'.nil ~ Auckland ..^.**« f'W i..''."TO"? '.' Taranaki 1-filt" 0 12 Wellington f lA_t^3__lkAl. ....'.HAS 5 Hawk* s Bay 4 4 U„.. 1 16 „9 Marlborough ...J..«?.... F U A" Cl'... }V ' 1 0' Nelson 3 3„&.,„.. 12 3 Westland 312 7 .... 2 2 3 Canterbury 211 2 .... 918 6 Otago ...........~........ 317 8 .... 4 6 4

From .t&ls it'wifibe seen^'tfiat

jjand pays t'thrpugTi the Custofli House for the-: Government and" liabilities oi the colony^r:. only the merest mite of wbidh is returned for provincial' pufpokes-r^E3,Os 6dper headper^ annum, she receives^.the' muhiHceht sum of., 19a 6k[d frppb,,,'the land /funds " of the colony. While Canterbury, which contributes'at-theT^te of £2 lis 2cTper.head through Jthft jpustom uHouse; -enjoys £9 r - ■ 18s 4d» iper head of her.population>from...the revenue - -derived fr,om'l^ttds ; and ptago;

.which Ipays £3 : 17s 8d per- head through- Customs,.enjoys £4 6s4dior.eachman',^o&afc and phild..within ier .boundaries,' from the revenue ;dWvM .from, larida. Ii is.easy: ins, deed fdrtheae 't'woTpfbvindss WphrlAH'bbiiffA selves on the great success of Provincial institutions in the South, and it is pleasant to see people so often attribute it to the character of their administrators and energy of their colonists. While poor unhappy Auckland, plundered of her Customs revenue, and having next t j no share in the rich and over-flowing land revenue, is spoken of as the "sick man" of New Zealand. It is only another illustration of the respect and reverence paid to wealth,' no matter whence or how derived. The man who is wealthy is virtuous, and talented, and honor able, and great, his every utterance istheutter ance of ■Wfisdom; while tlie man in rags, whether the rags have come of being robbed or of mis fortuneis not of ten credited even with the few virtues o^i(ieH'.'he"piiy! :li^~pa^esseAi d Alt1 honor to the southern provinces for making

'chay while the sun shines, but the tr'u^^aSft, of the case should stop the flippsi&By $F ,'B^jjng^that the robbed provinces haveaabuo|i gated their right to exist, simply becagffffi j;^g£ ,are poor. ' . ■ 2° f v.

L^ST.night the question of the control of the. railway came up in Council, and if the j Treasurer's statement is a true picture,' we • :do not' wonder that the Provincial Govern*, ment should feel a hesitancy in touching the railway even with a long pole. Mr Wood | • stated that for a time, as he understood, the __ _ i ' ■ - ' General Government had been arawn.on for gye per cent, of the eest of management, and ■recently for fifty par cent. ;../this,, per centage representing the' loss • - snebaflwed 1 ;ffif forking the lines by "the Sge'E&S: "_o% Me.. General Government. W'e hope—;anc| -we half incline to tfee belief—that;,-this"is.an exaggerated picture, but that thY present'! system of conducting the railway 'would lead to a great loss we bft've. predicted, aid . from results We haye asserted the confirmation oi our predictions...; A. man agement which has allowed coaches and busses to divert the traffic from" comfort-

ably-cushioned railway carriage Requires no further argumentation tfo Bhow'its incom petency, and go one needs be told that in competency in management leads^not merely to,men being cut to pieces by an engine running without head lights but-toloseeß in returns growing in the coui se of a feW mOnths from five to fifty per cent. Whith the Brog dens conducted the Ottehunga branch, they realised ahaadtfOme profit and the competing coaches were nowhere. When Passmore got it in hand, it became a drain on the gene raj revenue. The Brogdens offered to pay a handsome profit on tho working of a section of the Mercer line I that between Auckland and Otahuhu. Dog-in-the.-mapger like, the Greneral Government would neither work the line nor let them work it. Now, Mr Pass more brings his "Vast eng'ine'eribjj and managerial talents to bear, a,nd" the whole affair— teste Mr Woodl—becomes' a current loss of fifty per cent, on cost of 'working. This, we admit, is a reason to induce caution in asking to have the control taken OjVer by the province. Bat does any one suppose that this loss would continue, if the line were worked as lines, in similar cir cumstances elsewhere are always worked, and as the Onehunga line was worked by the Messrs. Brogden ? And are we to suppose that tho present loss of five or fifty per cent is of no concern to us as a province?' Does any one think that this loss, owing we believe entirely to the nepotism and incompetence resulting from the General Government' patronage, will be a charge against the colony, and be paid for by our Southern fellow-colonists ?. Is there, anything in the past that leads us to think' so, or that our experience will be different from what it has been in relation ••to Ohinemuri goldfield's works, or all other . ; » !<■ ■ . 1.1 tA I. ••' f. things charged arbitrarily against the pro vince ? Mr Reader Wood m&y shrug his eloquent shoulders, and express thereby reluctance to undergo the risk of charges in taking over the control of the Tailway, but he knows as well as everyone else knows that the costs of mismanagement by incom petent hands, in General Government livery, will come on our shoulders, all the same, . though in different form. Under the control of the Provincial Govern ment, the railway management would probably be such as would meet the requirements of settlers and customers generally, and in being so would make, traffid As at present conducted, the rail ways are merely worked |sof 'ktf to'province as favourable a statement as possible, for presentation at the immediately coming session of Parliament. * However, as we have said jefore, it is a long lane that has -no i turni ig, and the day is not now far distant j when our province will again lift up its head.

Th i state of the road round Britomart Poinl to the railway-station is positively disgriceful, and from present appearances we i lay expect to see it worse before the wint ir is over. Some radical alteration will have to be made or the .road. \Will* be„ simply impa isable. The scoria footpath under the cliff has been under water in parts during the list few days, and foot-passenger's have their choice of swipjaqhig„ JjJjrpugh it, or of wading through about eight inches of mud in th c road. As we said the other day, the onlyjway to effept % peripanentinjprpvement is to j raise the level of the, road and footway aboujt eighteen incheV^_With„ ordinary drainage the water fhen run" away. What a nice first impression ©t-Auckland our visitors from the South-who-arrive by the train must receive on _ entering' the dity by this route. ._ ,--. ,\--r,-■> ■ .-■,-.

Neither of the boat parties alludfcd Ho, in our last night's issue had returned up to the time of our going to press ; a fact-which is not surprising considering "the continuance of the westerly gale. ~ ■ •-■-*-■

It may not be generally ..known .that H.M. Dido now in port" has a Capital "troupe of Ethiopian strangers aboard, who bring with them all the latest songs from Dixie. They have among their number, 'so . report says, the original Mr Johnson, of South gfejrolina, and Brudder Bones, of Kentucky. ■These sable visitors^ have determined to "shew the quidnuncr' A>i - Auckland something they have not seen in these parts and will give one of their inimitable enter tainments in "the City Hall on "Saturday evening ne^:t T _A? nothing can be truly good without having as its foundation a meritorious object, it has been determined to offer Mr D. Cope a benefit, who is undoubtedly one of the best violinists "and playera v6f'thd Ehglfeh con&fe'tt'itiai&itijM in Auckland will take a leading part in the evening's programme. Mr Cope i^'so^-well ,k»owfl.,here ij»„popftestipia,;w!t)i. music that •we need not say a word to secure for him a 'bumper house, even were the entertainment _ip._, prospect one much inferior to..that offered by the " Dido Minstrels."

"-^The popular tonic sol-fa* $Stem of singing 'hasbeenaptiy .termed the "home system." As Mr. F. G. Ewington's advertisement puts it, " vocal music in every house" has been made possible without the neighbours suffering the annoyance at present endured through the well-intentioned although misdi rected efforts of vocal enthusiasts occupying semi-attached wooden cottages, i. The fifth' elementary class for instruction in this sys tem will be commenced by Mr. C. Bloom field, in the Edwardes-street school-room, to-morrow evening. The terms, as per advertisement, are very moderate.

Accounts of the ravages by diptheria in Victoria are sometimes of a very distressing kind. We read of the deaths of six children, the entire family of Mr P. Murphy, of Wins low. The children's ages ranged from thir teen to a baby at the breast, and they all died of diptheria. In the Tullarook district no less than four.children in one family fell Victims to the - irivages of this fell disease in one week.,,, iMsfjpOßtello, a widow lady, was the person afllioted by auch visitation^^^

ftsJß Mit shell's grand musical concert will take,.place ;o-morrow evening in the Choral Hally and fill be under the special patronage of S|r Geo-go Grey, X.C.8., the officers of liei^'Maje^ty's ship Dido, the Miyor, and leading citizens of Auckland. TMrs Mitchell will be assisted by that eminent singer, "Miss Christian, by the ..principal members -of the Auckland Choral and Ponsonby jMo&cal kocietiefey the CityißinS," abfl a number of (Mief musical friends. The •programme is-pl^ic^-and- premised-bafiada rbf a pleasmg character by- our a best local melodists.. Miss Christian will sing -'-'-Will . he Come ?" and "Auld Robin Gray >" the fine old Scotch ballad which this lady sings with ! so much appropriate rbfeliba and power. Mrs Mitchell Witt givfc the "Spirit of Spring,"; and will take part in several duets. Madame Molleri will repeat the favorite ditty " Sing on ye little birds." Messrs.lmp'ey md Turrell [will give fa clarionette isolo, Mrs Wooley a .pianoforte solo,, and several gentlemen will 'aid by their Voices in interesting the com pany, ' Messrs Brown and Mitchell will act as conductors on the occasion, and the whole will olose with the National Anthem. Should the weather "hot interfere too much, we trtist tbat .'the pujbtic will shew thigh" practical respect for thd tajusibal talents of Mrs Mitchell, and whose presence is never wanting when her I services can be of avail in the furtherance of of any good or charitable cause.

The distribution of the Society of Artist's prizes among the pupils' attending 'tbe- Technical' Classed" in 'connection' with' the Mechanics' Institute took place last evening. Mr Eastwood occupied the chair, and delivered an appropriate address. The following were the successful pupils :— Mechanical Class : S. McCroskie, Ist prize ; T. Baker, 2nd prize ; —. Irvine, 3rd prize ; T. Hanna, 4th prize ; C. Finley, sth prize. Architectural: Ist prize, Walter Bartley; 2nd prize, John Thompson ; 3rd prize, Charles Rawlingson. Shading : Ist prize, George Burns ; 2nd prize, George Sturtevant; 3rd prize, William Seuffert (outline) ; 4th prize, George Seabrook. In the • Arithmetic (Jlass: David Talbot, Ist prize; Thomas Thompson, 2nd prize; John I eech, 3rd prize ; William Seuffert, 4th prize; John Quigley, sch prize. The prizes consisted of handsome volume 3 upon technical subjects. On the motion of Mr Sturtevant, seconded by Mr Humphreys, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Society o| .Artists. Mr Hum phrey^ said- the classes were progressing most satisfactorily.

" A Great Sufferer" writes from New market :— " I received a letter on the 19th R^ay from England, of great importance to me, but if I had got, it as I ought to have done, the next day or the day after, it would have been of still greater value, for I then could have made arrangements for going home by tne vessel "that leaves on Wednesday next, instead of„which I did not receive my letter until the 19th of May, although I bad called at Post-offices of Newton and Auckland every week." He urges the importance of a postal delivery in Newmarket. 3

An American editor makes a, suggestion for the settlement of the Spanish difficulty,he says : —" If Spain does not jJromptly redress our grievances it might, perhaps, be a good idea to seek satisfaction by introducing the American potato-bug mponr ; her soil. This vpoiild probably be an ingenious and effective method of securing retributien ; but if it did not produce wholly satisfactory results we might follow it by tbe introduction of a .ship-load of Rocky Mountain grasshoppers. The proud Castilian whose haughty spirit would not bend before" the incursive potato bug would' assuredly succumb to the on slaught of the predatory and omnivorous grasshopper." r- The destruction of man-eaters, tigers and leopards by means o"f strychnine, says the Bombay Gazette, proved so effective in the Coimbatore district that the loss of human life has been reduced to nil during the present year, and the number of cattle killed has been much less than usual. Fifty-three tigers and thirty-two cattle-killing leopards have beeu destroyed within the twelve months, the ma jority of them by means of poisoned baits prepared by order of the village magistrate, and the others by shooting and trapping. Although the wild beasts thus disposed of were most of them only cattle-killers, it is stated that by their destruction there is a much less chance of man-eaters being de veloped.

According to the Iron Age, a wedge or platejof iron has been found imbedded in the masonry of the great Pyrhmid, the indi cations being that it must have been wrought in the ' age of Cheops, placed by some authorities as far backs as 5.400 years ago. This Jmakes the use of iron 2,soo*years more anciept than it is supposed,to be, and affords opportunity for explaining the cutting of the sharp and well-defined hieroglyphics on porphyry, granite, and other hard atones employed in the construction of Egyptian pyramids, temples, and tombs. How these could have been cut before the age of iron has jbeen a puzzling question to many Further investigation ma^ show iron to have been in use 6,000 years ago. The "Streets of New York" was repro ducer last evening at the Prince of Wales Theape, and,^ttra||ed nearly a full house. The J various tihaijijjgters and scenes were received wife''eStffi«fasm by the delighted spectators, who te¥mced their approval by frequent applause. The character of Bat ger was played by Mr Darrell with foirce and ability, and was a masterpiece of acting. Mr Holloway represented the Fairweathers, father and son, and in this-two-fold character he was eminently good. Mr Poole and Miss Patty Holt as Mr and Mrs Puffy, kept the housp in a high state of ferment and spirits. The [peculiar. bursts of humour associated with! Puffy, and thei Mngomeaclih^of Miss Patty, greatly aided in giving life and. fer tility to this drama. The " Streets of New York " is full of interest, and in accordance with the expressed wish of a number-of j the auditory, will be. performed again' this even ing.

Mr Smith, an enthusiast lover of the turf, rode no less than 110 miles to be! present at .the Auckland Jockey Club's Autumn Meet ing He occupies a farm on the West Coast, beyond Awit^u, and had arranged with some other settlers to come in for the meeting. Being detained, however, beyond the time fixed for the party to leave by steamer, he determined to go overland, and set out after midnight on Sunday. The road was in very bad condition, so much so that one bridge gave- way under the weight of horse and' rider, and left them floundering in the mud. Nothing 'daiuhted, however, Mr Smith pushed on and reached the Ellerslie course at two o'clock on Monday. It was bad enough to have had to go through so much to see so little of the first day's meeting, but the postponement of the second day's races till Saturday was a still'more unkind cut, for Mr Smith found it impossible to remain in town over that day and returns to his homestead a disappointed man. A large number of other visitors in town from the Thames, Coromandel and various country districts have been disap pointed by the postponement. The com mittee, however, had no alternative, and we hope they will continue to postpone until an enjoyable day's sport can be obtained. The prospect for Saturday is not at present very cheering.

The distribution of prizes to successful members of the Auckland Rifle Association will take place this evening at the Young Men's Christian Association. All members are specially invited to attend.

"The members of the Ponsonby Dramatic Society announce their grand opening night in the Ponsonby Hall on Friday next, the 28th inst, when the fine burletta of "Fra Diavolo" will be produced, with a good oroheatra and new and appropriate scenery.

At eleven o'clock this morning a body of gentlemen were- to be-seen emerging from the Slaughter-house. "They drossed by the Newmarket Railway station, and olattlbered over the fences to get into the adjoining field. Pheasants haVe been Very numerous in the locality this year, and it was at first con jectured that the said gents were a shooting pSßy', n' r&''Za Pidtfwiclr; "but ak ho ghh" do'iild be "iaen,-and a* solemn silence did prevail, the surmise" "Was evidently incorrect. After the last imember.of ..the.party ..had„drawn his spectral figure through the , fepce ..imd-.-loined the group, it was. evident, by the professional . glances cast about, that they were .the pommittee appointed to sit! on the ' slaughter - house site. This idea was confirmed by the. fact of their standing on "the centre of the-site, which is known asMeurants': After- viewing the same briefly, (like a jury:wbdld;'adeM' body),' they Bdt off at a quiqk nw.eh from,, the spot, upon seeing which* trades.man.i^rest.ed/in the question, was convinced .thatat was all up with the Newmarket site, and pffered to bet glasses of whisky It would go to St. Ann's Bridge. Another bet of the same magnitude was made that Onehunga would be chosen. Betting remained even on Onehunga and St. Ann'B Bridge, but Newmarket had no backers. .;

The sett'era of Waiuku have held a met* ing to take Boeps for the retention of their doctor, who, owing to the healthfnlness of the district, cannot find sufficient-.patients to induce him to remain without a subsidy. ' The doctor having expressed his willingness to remain for a.grant.of £20 for Ithe year, it was resolved to guarantee -that-sum, and a committee was appointed to collect it:

In returning'^ their- -verdict last evening,-, touching the death of William Shields, the jury recommended that the railway should be fenced in, and gates erected-at-each cross ing. The death of tffifl'in'a^Was fcndotfbtedly' the result of a long career of drunkenness and dissipation, and furbishes another melancholy example of the fatal effects of excessive drjpking.' -We do Hot' see the< necessity for incurring the expense suggested for gate£ .and gate-keepers on a line which is. not now paying. People must be taught here, as in America,' that they have no business on the line, and if they go there they do so at their own risk; At "the same time, on holidays, when there is large traffic and much drinking,. a couple of . railway officials should be told off to see that rib drunken stragglers are wandering on the track. ~..,•'. ...

The effort to create a fund for the erection of a new place of worship in Sheridan-street is being continued by the Primitive Methodist Connection, which has recently been strengthened by the services of the Rev. Mr Harris, and we believe the committee will soon be in a position to accomplish their laudable undertaking. A novel and ad mirable expedient has been resorted to for the purpose of adding to the fund, and we would commend it as a great improvement upon bazaars, where modes of quitting goods are resorted to, which are only permissable on the questionable theory that " the end justifies the means." The Sheridan-street congregation hold sewing meetings re gularly, but their" course of proceedure differs widely from that customary in pre paring for •a • bazaar. At • one >ot the Church meetings, it is announced that on a day named, a sewing-party' wilT be held in the house of a. member of the congregation mentioned. Thither the willing bane's resort to spend 'the afternoon - and evening.- -Meanwhile work isjprocured. frp m various shops, to be paid for at current-rates^ and this is executed by the party, the work sent in, account rendered, and .proceeds added to the.fund in cash. But another source of revenue arising from these meetings is derived from the tea. The gatherings are held in Totaftibn at the houses' of various

members of the congregation, who express their willingness to entertain the sewing party. Tea is provided by the hostess,' but a charge of sixpence each is levied upon those who partake of it, and this money also goes to the building fund. Hsre is an example of unostentatious effort in a good cause.

On the controversy provoked by Mr. Glad stone's pamphlet on " "Vatican Decrees," the antagonism of the Roman Catholic Church to the English Universities was discussed. Bearing npon this subject and impoitant correspondence between Archbishop Manning and the father of an Oxford undergraduate was published. It seems that the young man after two years in college, was converted to Rome, and that he wished to complete his studies where be had begun them, but Man ning, to whom he referred the matter person ally, in the strictest terms forbade his further tuition at Oxford "I was much surprised," writes, they oungmjn to his father, "to hear that the holy see has expressly con demned the English universities as dangerous to faithr'and-morals.'' As I have, submitted my judgment- to .that pf. the church,, the only course -for me is to acquiesce in his opinion.W'^T-be ;father .wrote to Manning, expressing his surprise "that1 a church pro fessing to encourage learning should object to a young man of 21 completing his education at a university from which all sectarian teaching is excluded;" t6"whibh" Manning} simply replied that he entertainp,d, a ''_e_ne§ of the trial you have, .at: this time itojbear," which could nevertheless only be''regarded by the fatheras &'*' benediction "° "for his son.

Thje loss suffered by the city of New York through the wholesale robbery of Tweed and his associates was no less a sum than £6,000,000 sterling. - Mr Charles O'Connor,' a legal gentleman of standing.' has come to the conclusion that New\ jYoirk can never recover any. part. o£ this amounts. Laws have been given such a twist-and-turn that they are practically .inoperative- .against*• official peculatpra,',' fie -refers '^to the' great difficulty ' experjenped'. in, pppqurjng , the conviction ; of Tweed, and despairs of the power of "the ■ law -to. ddvmpre _ than !is beinfg done at present. Hp r is ,fdsp, qf;-,thp opinion that smaller. Tweedy-wilLgo oh. In .the beaten track and help themselves to a darge portion of the city's rßvefiufed n'r ' "''' '"'

The anniversary of the Wesleyan Sunday school was celebrated (by; a social gathering around the tea table last eyeriiug!. " Mesdames Griffiths, McMaster, Hunter, White,' Stone and Mears, and Misses Laury and Stone dis pensed hospitalities. After tea the meeting was presided over by Captain Daldy, who gave some interesting reminiscences of Sunday-schools fifty years ago. He thought parents should assist more zealously in Sun day-school work. Mr. C. A. Ewen read the annual report, which shewed 19 teachers and 163 scholars' on 'the roll ; and-^ an* average attendance—mornings i 51; afternoon, 114. £23 15s 4^d had been - subscribed towards the missionary fund, and £7 r^aised. by ,a ser vice of song towards a" gallery for the Church- The library cpp.ta.ip 9 '■■ 400 books, and has 85 subscribers. The balance-sheet shewed total receipts L36 2s lid,-expenditure L39,1.5s 4d. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the i Revs. Messrs Watkina, and. Williams, and! Messrs Joseph<>.Newmi£h and J. Bycroft. Several hymns were rendered during the evening very effectively, and the vote of thanks passed to Miss Hunter and Mr Gat land for training the little children was well merited.

The celebration of the anniversary of Newton Hall congregation, last evening, was attended by a large assemblage, and Mesdames Piper, Devonport, Longmore, Webster, Graham and. Misses Graham and Shalders, who had under taken the onerous duties of hostesses were kept actively employed distributing the good things of this life to the many applicants. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs Holdship, Shalders, Smith, and other gentlemen, whose speeches were interspersed with musical selections, Mr. Fairs presiding at the harmonium. The entertainment was designed to attract those who do not usually aftetjd places of"worship, and its character was An keeping with this important object. Many of the tickets had been distributed

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.- Yesterday.

Petitions were presented frbm Mr Wiseman of Onehunga from j^ssrs^tas,; ,;Mctjennan, and other hotelkeepers in Papakura and Papatoetoe, praying for a remission of license fees, and from the inhabitants of Pukekohe for 'increased road , accommodation.,, J.n answer to Mr Wilson, the Treasurer' stated that the sum of £1800 had been placed on the estimates for maintaining steam subsidies -on their present footing.—Mr Reed-asked, Whether it is the intention *of His Honor the Superintendent .td take steps, towards obtain ing control of the complete! railways of the province, Mr Wood replied that a telegram bad been received from;the General' Gover nment stating that it would be .inconvenient give over the control"of the'MirC^t.^lwaiy. till'the whole of-&e line was completed. Under the circumstances,'* the "Provincial Government Would hot press" for the transfer i.unless the GounciL desired it. t He added that from information he had received, not official; he believed the'line^did^nJQ* pa.jr working expehkes^ahcl that;',last u ,ga9ntfl, the treasury at Wellington had to.be drawn on ft 'the extent ofr 59 percent • -With this fact in view_ he thought it would be just as well tb Jeave the "control of the line in the^ hands of the General Government—The Education Reserve Bill .and the Hospital Site Exchange Bill were read a , second time, passed through' Committee* read La,third time and passed. The Council then went into committee on the i Appropriation -Bill. The sum of £1200 for Executive reduced to £1050, Mr Wood | stating that the offices of' Secretary and Treasurer would be amalgamated at a salary of £300,1 and that £100 extra would be, re quired for legal assistance. In answer to Mr Dargaville, the Treasurer stated that Mr Rees had' been offered compensation for drafting : bills, bufcv had r refused it. (-Hear, hear.) — Tire Miscellaneous Estimates were then, .pjisßok■'' M„ ,'foH^^:— In spection of Weights ImA Measures, £150 ..(this item was postponed); inspection of slaughter-houseses, £50; ihspbetidn of sheep, £500, less £69 10a; .Government ■A-fmryst,- £150; maintenance'of Laboratory, £50; rent and insurance, £175; Auckland Dispensary, £100; .ferries, £250}. steam; services, £1800 jaiexpenaesn-nndeß* Rubha. Health Act, £200 -"repaid of. public build? ings, £300; printing, advertising and sta tionery, £500 ; general cbritihgencies, £750 ; special -orders, 1874-75, £3.801 17s 7d; erection of new slaughterhouse, £2500; interest on purchase rof ~ site for slaughterhouse, « £115 - 10s;., BncklandJs road at Opaheke,-£65 ; compensation- for surrender of timber right, "Okahu Jjloch, £25 ; purchase of. land for Charles' James, £250; repairs of Tamaki bridge, £160; ex penses of Native Land Purchases Committee of provincial Council. £200.; widow of late Superintendent, £1000. Mr Swanson divided the Houße on postponing the last item, but was defeated by 14 against 11. JTM^oWow ing items were also passed i—Outstanding liabilities Public Works, £7,500 ; Ohinemuri, £1,800. The tolls collected thereon were voted to the Great South and Onehunga Roads, the Great North Road, the Mount Eden Road, and Manukau harbour. The Public Buildings Bill for enabling the Superintendent to raise £60,000 upon the endowments for the new hospital, for Lunatic Asylum and school buildings, was, after some debate, adjourned till Thursday., h Amotion by Mr Reader Wqpd, that the House, at its rising, adjourn till Thursday, to enable committees to make up arrears of work, was withdrawn., Mr. Bees' 'motion for the imposition" of an "income-tax on all incomes of £300 and upwards for pur poses of education, was then discussed. .A#er. a resolution by way of an amendment by Mr. Carleton, that all taxes of the kind should be levied on the whole colony, the Council divided, and Mr. Rees' motion was lost by 12 to 13. Mr. Biickland having carried a motion, referring to the -petition from Pukekohe, and Mr. Peacocke having done the same with regard to an alteration in the royalty charged for quarrying at Pigeon Mountain, Mr. Lloyd obtained a. salary in crease of £12 103. for the Clerk of the Thames Resident Magistrate's Court, and the Council adjourned at eleven 0'c10ck.....

THE UNITED SERVICE HOTEL.

Me John Hancock,, well and honorably known amongst the licensed victuallers of the province as a highly respectable hotel keeper of the city of Auckland, opened to day his-new-United Service Hotel on the site of its forerunner, which was destroyed by fire some months, ago. The new hotel is one )of the most substantial of city buildings, especially of places 'of public resort, and it has been erected and. furnished at, great ex pense, indped the building alone has.absorbed 1 a fortune, - .Its outwaTd appearance indicates 'td the stranger'thb convenience and comfort; which he will naturally expect to' •find within. - - and in- - which -he will not. be disappointed. ' The entrances tp.'ijh 3 bar and bottle departments are unique and ornamental in design and finish, and 'displiy consummate taSte in workmanship. The >ar is 32 x 25ft., and has three elegant centi e-pieces and chandeliers of the most beau iful description, manufactured in Eng land especially for- Mr- t Handook^ • The carved woodwork of the Counter, facing the custc mer, is chaste in design and substantial in character ; the panels, are highly polished, and uhe cover of the counter is "composed of -pewter' and TdlOfck-tin. There are eight 'h&er and sixteen spirit taps; the beer engiUes are of the best type, also the veryj -beautiful gas - apparatus,- which will jbe found-: exceedingly^ useful for: jthe purposes of heating water and supplying mulled port in the briefest possible space of time; The "double tapis' also- form' "aridtber useful feature of this magnificent bar, hence byaimplest means,, watgr can be momentarily supplied from'the upper part of the house in , any quantity, and in its course, it passes through a filtering machine, which renders it strictly pure and palatable. -The bottle department is approached by a j separate entrance, the door^jriphj jn.^fesign^ are finished with equal care, while the inner circle lis'lf itted Ju'p in '"accordance "%ith the' necessary requirements: '' This^department is fitted with'all kinds bf wines, spirits, and ales from Mr. Hancock's.mewly imported stock. The commercial \ropm,-on--the same flopr ? corresponds ih^beatity, furriituri and* design, 3 with every other part of the hotel. The stands are "of "bronze, arid■', Others of' turned" s.wood, and the decorations are of the choicest character. •-The: wainscoting, oak-carved, is three feet six inches in height. There is also a fine centre-piece, a noble ■ mirror,. upd ,a marble fireplack, imported from Modeia,1 iU .Italy, especially for the United Service Hotel. On the.flopr,above a^e a series of L handsome bedrooms, which are reached by a.winding staircase, and where will be* fouu^_every.. convenience for washing and dressing, with shower and other bathß. The bath-room is perfect in its way, and contains one of Mang han's patent geysers^ which by' means of a gas appliance will produce about fifty gallons of boiling water in a quarter of an hour. On this floor also are a comfort ble sitting room of a cosy character, and eight bedrooms. The spirit room is nearly in the centre, in which eight large stock casks are placed and two large filters fixed. The lower portion of the house is in no way inferior to the other parts of the hotel. There is a capacious yard, a large kitchen, with a patent Leamington range and circular border, a neat pantry, and spacious cellars lighted with gas. There are several force pumps for sending liquors into the bar and water to any part of the house, also a crane for hoisting into the cellar casks and cases of wine, beer and cider, on the newest and most approved principles. The United Service Hotel in regard to its architecture, beautyj olijdesign, .ipner forms and fittings, and for" general convenience, is second to none

serves iwell of the public for the ifcv^gfe in VhiChfhe has sought to stimulate t; _XvA add somewhat to the improvements« yft aa\. TtiAA We may mention that the a. 8 jtect 'who deeigned the hotel was Mr. Mi&\ hey, the contractors Messrs Jones and PoVjjrd; the gentlemen who supplied the carpetting and floor-clotb, Messrs Holloway and Garlicky. -and'Mbssrs Winks and Ball;-the plasterer, " Mr. Gough, : :the gas-fittings, MtimJ? Branston and Torster

THE STORM.

The westerly gale which set in on :( Mpnsav f,f^'_. has continued with slight intermissions ever ' since. Blinding showers of rain and hail 'HaVe descended at frequent intervals/ Some- .* .^ of the sqlialls have been very severe. The 'iW violence of the '#Md" 'b&lhriihatea^l&st'' «}ghfe; ft »tf 'When it blew great guns in harbour, and the gale threatened damage to the, shippiijg. -- ~^ 'At present, however, we, £ear.,of little injury' being done, most of the craftshaving seeuredu-w^ themselves in snug berths to the eastward tfj, 1 £'«£.' the wharf. Several of the veßsels..anchoret 1' *"« ia-the stream found themselves nearer to the North Head this morning than they were ye&terday; owjng ft fhek .anchors "dragging,^ . but being -all' -mooted" well clear of one,. N .;. anotberno collisions are reported. The.',;., cutter Lea, lying'against Winstone's aHbtf;*3i ment, started her covering aboard, in ...the, "";';■' night, but the damage.is.. slight. We learn that the Manaiacstarted from^ the Thames on Monday afternoon, but the oaptain finding that the boat made little headway against - - . the gale, thought it prudent-to turn back. She reached Gr"ahatiigtbwn 'at 7,' dnd';laadefc»,i her passengers. She left again at 4p m. yesT- 'gjSg terday, with promising weather,, and got on all right till within -about four miles of the light house, when the wind increased and hlevr with terrific violence with thunder, lightning and rain.' There 1, was a fearfr^ sea on, but. ~: eventually Captain Hargreaves succeededffl* '" | teaching the ,pa.ssage, \yhere he, anchored af--—}, 10 p.m. It Was found th&t the'port wheel had suffered considerably, the bla^s, foeijpg/j, damaged and the key broken. About mid-. night she made another-start, the wind having lulled',1 -but' she-Was compelled to> ,> anchor four times, making only about fite • . miles the rest of the mgM This, m morning the*weather moderated, and the;' -V vessel got under "Wfeigh at 9 o'clock and arrived at 12.30. ~, The passengers -.speSk very highly'bf the'management.of-th«i. „....' boat bf Captain Bargreaves,- and the.! judgment he ' 'displaced >* m guarding against the' probability of accident, while/. using : every effort to press on to Auck-_~. --« land as speedily as possible^ The steamer Enterprise, ; No-2,i had a very, trying Jam** M of it coming from, the,-Thames yesterday. She started'soon after ten in the morning, v and occupied eleven hours in the passage.-;-- cr The captain reports a tremendous Ac& too?. ._ ning in the Gulfi" After dark the hghtnmg was very vivid; and the thunder for some time very frequent and loud. We have not heard of any material damage on shore. The foot, path in front of the Clarence hotel, Official f Bay, sank under the front of the house,' but ..'.'. m the foundation of the building was nofdis : . ~a turbed.' The Parnell embankment seems to a~, have stood the trying test well.' We-leam *« that the telegraph wires have been blown,., down in several places-up North, and con\,■ iM munication thereby interrupted. 'In ■ *m South the gale does not seem to have been 8 so violent. No wires are down, but the communication is very imperfect, probably ,t owing to the electricity in the atmosphere.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before C. O'Neill and G. "&. Grahanii -: Esqs , Justices ) -'','•-;" wet. - . .;.'-..

Thomas "Ryan,.; William 7 John Morrison, and Mary .Brown, were^charged -w:r> -withdruntenness, and fined'ss. each. ." _ 'jm -' il ...a'.'] - A 'ASSiViA. i.11.2.'A.11i1. _.: :<_• Charles Hill wasrcharged with assaulting ■•*/ a man namfed Oliffe, at Papatturaf but aft '; (f i tbe prosecutor could hot be" found, the . ;:f prisoner was discharged. ' ~-i THE.BOY HOBSE-STEAXER. f John.Ryan, a native boy of twelve years,.,, .„ was charged with" stealing, a ;horse,,the [■, ,<& j property of DonaldjMcLeod,,pf Waipu, on the 13th May. .'-■,-:-.-■-■.•-..)-: . -: -i.,c,t^X; si»H -:.J| The prosecutor . not. being disposed to »| prosecute the child, the Bench, upon the recommendation of Mr Broham, ordered him to the Industrial School for two years,.; to be y- | broughtxip in the faith of the Church of '. f|i England. ' / ,; - ].A2- S AILORS. ASHORE. ..,.' it 1 " 'W John Gallagher was charged with dis obedience, of orders.on board, of-the brig |f!"- Jane ; also, with assaultihg-the captain on - , '|, the'22nd.Wst...onthebigb.&ea».!- ,./f -A. I'A -, I ' Mr Joy-appeared for theiprojs^antion..-.. ■*: Bichard" Philips '""was > also > changed with " . Msaultihg totkhew"^^?^ ,;„; j Matthew King deposedf that he was first "| I mate of the 'brig. J^e^ and Gallagher was an |9 ordinary seaman: There was; only one log ',?jn book kept; by^ coasters, in accordance with M the port regulations of Hobarfcon t off t , : 1 the Little Barrier Gallagher and Phillips &Xi created a disturbance,' p&Saiilted "him, and j used discreditable' language. He made an : ' : ." I entry of the sam&within twenty-four hours I after the event... ..-The masster Bpoke to [ Gallagher;-'and'told him if he, did not behave jj| hifoself he would1 be punished,, when'thff boy 31 struck the captain Sft^er,al tim pji. . : 'Z, l : Phillips crosarquestiphed,tbe mate at some .jj 1| length. A-''' '''rl Z" ' , . 1 Wm. CHftmberiain;' mfesteY of the brig I Jane, §oF§oborated the 'ifcqspisfi evidence hs,; j I relation to ..the , conduct of) . the. prisons^ , t | which was calculated ;to pU ce::tbe vessel in • danger. - The"entry in the lo|; is correct. • M { v Phiffi^r'SSi^-he^hrfd,"^'itire9seßr bufihey. ""-- J were not here. jHft wouldi ci -mply state, that ya | he interfered for the purpose:. of quieting the boy Gallagher^- Me 'hadbjtao intention of 1 striking alny one. • - '-'• <*A 1 The^^c^s^thatthepvwp9er,(P^u^p!|) .„ | had no: donbtTobstructedihe. mateinthepfir- - ■ : formance of bis -duty,-- wbM i -wasar-seriouß ~ -'" matter on board ship, and n Inch could not be allow^.,!-H^Tn^ust therefore suffer four- . ;'■ teen days imprisonment with >. hard labour, rrf > 'lGallaghei^dia j;h# wa* ne>t guilty of the | g charges Ts!ft'"asuh&t him. 1 Captain Chamberlain stata & that prisoner was an apprentice, and on Saturday morning struck him several -times wi ih his clenched . fist. The boy was generally; aT6adboy,and | almost incorrigible. He was; of a thoroughly If;. -pugilistic turn of mind, al ways ready for ' l fighting. •"'■-•"-."..:■:A.-.;.--\ lA~ «'*y '- " nMatthew; .King; pfctfobpratt ;d." Th^,. T prispn^\,'wished JB.jp! lard ;Phillips to ...i give evidence, and the Beniah said,i£coul<*,_..-»)' have no' Objection. >v ''' • --'••' '-" :jj Mr Joy said, as he wastt^jlaioner, he must.^,' be brought up by a writ of -Habeas Corpus" After a long discussion in the question, the prisoner Phillipß was brought.-in, »ni-.A "proved nothing: >--• _y -> The j Beriehy' having" cons! ulted together, ; • /|; said that pyhnener -^hadr-done | 'wrong in stri- % king the'cft^tain, as in so doin; g he might have created a mutiny. Six weeks' imprisonment wi ith hard labour. , THE WASHING T; ÜB. • George Smith, a fair youtib i with a curly 1 head, was charged with steij ding a quantity -.-.n of clothes, value £3 18s, ai.nd a washing tub, value £1 10s, the proper!; sy of Mr Thoß. i I ; Cotter. . * / \ Ay The prisoner pleaded guilt j'. Mr Broham described the ci ise ; the young-t y man had been employed in theatrical pnr- j^^j suits j but on going past the j; residence of Mr V Cotter, he observed the cloth*; >s in a washing \;L tub, felt suddenly tempted,] lifted r the tub I, and its contents to his head, and walked off /j ; with the: same. He was s« en taking the things away and.subsequently arrested. The Bench remarked upon the iniquity of prisoner's conduct, and hopped that as this was his first, it would be his It »st offeuee. Three months' inaprisona ent witk n»>* __Wk

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JJ" EJW Q. 0- i.QIB S EX SHOOTING STAR AND DUNEDIN, To OPEN in a FEW,DAYS-'. -yy hite ANii!g aXMIe tpLANNELfe! ALL WOOL SgffiKWGft, „,.•,..„,„ : ., La UNION SHIRTINGS, BLUE SERGE, „,, .'.''......!-'. CALICOES, --" • '-- ■•< •* .- f: j ..CORSETS, '' ' -"" 'Z,!- '■ ['A"- HABERDASHERY, -HOSEEJRYj •" 1 v"' Pi 'i. '-'-* 2.r-, I -. v HATS AND CAPS, ...-,- CLOTHING, &c,,&C. "..- BARGAINS IN GIRLS'AND WOMENS WATERPROOF TWEED MANTLES."' """• ""f a ''" lot to be cleared out at Job Prices,;4;rpm;gs„lld. A upwards. New Goons. *.-rztAc. inspection inryiTT.p. A.:i : c bus S'fjß d o S,;,!&; D:aM a^, junction drapery, '.w^Matf&Ef; Opposite the Army and N*vy Hotel; - A' '.'" UPPEU.v.QPBEKrSI3ffiEEI! > ~.'.^T~"> '~"7 - -. — Atk?klant>. - ••- -:'^' : - r T rjOSQ-HAYE AND rvS. to infonpHthe ilnhabitants: of ( :■ Auckland that, owiag to excessive shipments to--, hand, and ;*xpeoted, •■• • ■- ■•• ■/( t.-.;a I", i.. ~..'.-.^t they find it necessary-io call a-Sale of their DRAPERY and MEN'S '"rf>" CLOTHING, both ; "Wholesale and tUu'A..^. isiciisi- &£i£_ a ; lie -vll.-i 'A;-hj Retail. The entire Stock, valued'at- -. to*i'"j-# has been Re-markedjT an* .will be _ offered to theTubHc at COSJP^ t -;- :_._-. ~.:•,.» t tt»"i oTheicSALETjiCbkiin^eES.''.'!'.'.''' "' THIS DAXi<s3Ul)AY) i "the,7toMay, ," ; -r. -un ' i~'S±i i ,'■ >j;-j ;""■•'. _>-. ....•'.". i. st our Retail Premises, Queen-street. OHO Wv^.-'Xfc"b O M s now compeetb; JUS 'A"*" " AT' THE - -' ANOTHER SHIP&Eifa OFBOlifNE^S'l^b HATS, I Cheapest in th& BboVinoe. Black Velvet-tritwned, at4sl6£L. - *"-. ~, ~-- Black Straw, tdniiteefl, from" ■ » * «" *-•» a Waterproofs, from 8s 6d. Ladies' Jackets, from 4s lid. Mantles, Shawls, Clouds, Skirts, and U clothing. JUST TO HAND— A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OP CARPETS, FLOOR CLOTHS, DOOR AND SHEEPSKIN MATS, &c, &o. HOIiLOWAY~~& GAB LICK, CITY .HALL, 230, Queen-street, ifZAZAi i . Auckland. /" .; ■-. . TIiTEUHANICS' INSTITUTE. - TECHNICAL CLASSES. The Winter Quarter will commence on TUESDAY. EVENING next, 25th inst, ~.r £ ■ ■.■ '



The Hinges of the Body.—The joints are -the hinges of the body. Rheumatism renders them stiff and unmanageable. A cdld' is more apt to settle in the joints than anywhere else except the head. The use of the adulterated-liquors of com merce is very apt to develop the earthy,' ch&lky secretion -which, in gout, is deposited upon them. The best substitute for such fiery potions, as well as a remedy for all rheumatic and gouty affections, is Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Ahomatio Schnapps.