yftfome powerful drag had been administered. &$£ On referring the question to Mr Hawkins, he 1 remembered that the bottle of whisky (par ■■',i takes by them contained a medicine which he had been in the habit of taking, but which , having failed to act upon him, he had con cluded to be generally ineffective, and had forgotten. His perfect willingnes to hold himself personally responsible to each of the parties, his genuine concern at the disastrous '; effect of the mistake, mingled with his own & alarm at the Btate of his system, which—er—

* failed te—er—respond to the peculiar qual :J, ities of the medicine, was most becoming to f'^i him as a man of honor and a gentleman ! %* After an hour's delay, both principals being completely exhausted, and abandoned by the surgeon, who was unreasonably alarmed at

R own condition, Mr Hawkins and I agreed remove our men to Markleville. There, era further cousultation with Mr Haw j-'kins, and amicable adjustment of all diffi cultieß,. honorable to both parties, and gov- J erneel by profound secrecy, was arranged. I T': Relieve," added the colonel, looking around i: ; and setting down his glass, "no gentleman If has yet expressed himself other than satis [%H fled with the result."

■ Perhaps it waS the colonel's manner, but if whatever was She opinion of Five Forks re v:garding the intellectual display of Mr Haw ■ kins in this affair, there was very little out spoken criticism ■;■ at the moment. In a few weeks the whole thing i was forgotten, except as part of the neces fpiairy record of Eawkin's blunders, which was : already a pretty full one. Again, some later follies conspired to obliterate the past, until, '<'. a year later, a valuable laad was discovered in the " Blazing Star" tunnel, in the hill f^tere he lived; and a large sum was offered himfor a portion of his land on .the hill-top f Accastomed as Five Forks had become to r ; the exhibition of his folly, it was withaston -1 ishment that they learned that he resolutely :. and decidedly refused the offer. The reason 1 that he gave was still more astounding. He ;i ■■~was about to build! ■''■'* To baild a house upon property available • for mining purposes was preposterous; to J build at all with a roo! already covering him was an act of extravagance; to build a house o" the styl« he proposed-was simply mad- I Yet here were facts. The plans were ifnide, and the lumber for the new building ]P»||ralready on the ground, while the shaft :*o& the "Blazing Star" was being sunk be llow.- The site was, in reality, a very pictur ngaue one—the building itself of a style and quality hitherto unknown in Five Forks. *fiie citizeßß,fat first sceptical, during thei r iwbraents of recreation'and idleness, gathered "dij'ftyngly about the locality. Day by day, irijfeiatclimate of rapid growths, the build' iif^ pleasantly known'in the slang of Five Forts as the Asylum," rose beside Ihejjgreen 'oaks and clustering firs of Hawkins ' hiHj'as if it wef c part^of the natural pheno mena; At last it was completed. Then Mr Hawkina proceeded to furnish it with an ex gtaatMiveaoss and extravagance of outlay quite in keeping with his former idiocy. Carpets, sofas, mirrors, and finally a piano—the only one known in the county, and brought at 'great expense from Sacramento*—kept curi osity at fever heat. More than that, there were articles and ornaments, which a few married experts declared only fit for women. When the furnishing of the house was com plete—it had occupied two months of the speculative and curious attention of the camp—Mr Hawkins locked the front door, put? the key* in his po<cket, and quietly re • tired to Miwcae humble roof, lower on the lull-side. I have not deemed it necessary to indicate to the inteUigent reader all of the theories which obtained in Five Forks during the ?• erection of -thef builcUng. Some of them • may be readily imagined. That "the Hag" had, by artful coyness and systematic reti cence,at laafc completely subjugated the J?ool, and that the new house was intended for tne nuptial, bower of the (predestined) unhappy pair, "was of the prevailing opinion. But when, after a reasonable time had elapsed, and the h^use still remained un tenantea, ;the more -exasperating conviction forced itself upontheSgeneral mind that the Fool Bad been fot the third time imposed upon. When two months had elapsed, and there seemed no prospect of a mistress for the new house, I think public indignation be" - came so strong that, bid '' the Hag " arrived, the marriage would have been publicly pre vented. But no one that seemed to answer to this idea of an available tenant, arid all inquiry of Mr Hawkins as to his in tiiitiori in building a house and not renting it, or occupying It, failed to elicit any further information. The reasons that he gave were felt to be vague, evasive, and unsatisfactory. He was in no hurry to move he said; when he was ready it surely was not strange that «i should like to have! his house all ready to ceive him. He was often seen upon the irandah of a summer evening smoking a gat. It is ai reported that one night the • house "was reported to be brilliantly lighted from garret to basement; that a neighbour, observing this, crept toward the open parlour window, and—looking In—espied the Fool acjsuratily dressed ■'■'ixt,°; evening cbsrjmme, lotinging upon a sofa in the dfcawing-iiooa, ' -with th©7eaay air of socially .ent^rfcaiaing-i-. largo party. Notwithstanding this, thehouae -was n'nsiistakeably vacant thafc>vening, save for the presence of the owner, as the witness ._' afterwardn testified, ■ When•' this -story 'was'

first related, a few practical men suggested the theory that Mr Hawkins was simply drilling himself in the elaborate duties of hospitality against a probable event in his history. A few ventured the belief that the house was haunted ; the imaginative editor of the Five Forks Eecord evolved from the depths of his professional consciousness a afcory that Hawkins's sweetheart had died, and that he regularly her entertained her spirit in this beautifully-furnished mausoleom. The occasional spectacle of Hawkins's tall figure pacing the verandah on moonlight nights lent some credence to this theory, until an unlooked-for incident diverted all speculation into another channel.

It was about this time that a certain wild, rude vally, in the neighbourhood of Five Forks, had become famous as a picturesque resort. Travellers had visited it, and de clared that therb were more cubic yards of rough stone cliff, and a waterfall of greate r height than any they had visited. Corres pondents had written it up with extravagant rhectoric and inordinate poetical quotations ; men and women who had never enjoyed a sunset, a tree, or a flower—who had never appreciated the graciousness or meaning of the yellow sunlight that flecked their homely doorways, or the tendernes3 of a mid-sum mer's night, to whose moonlight they bared their shirt-sleeves or their txille .dresses— came from thousands of miles away to cal culate the height of this rock, to observe the depth of this chasm, to remark upon the enormous size of this unsightly tree, and to believe with ineffable self-complacency that they really admired nature. And so it came to pass that, in accordance with the tastes or weaknesses of the individual, the more , prominent and salient points of the valley were ohristened, and there was a " Lace Handkerchief Fall," and the "Tears of Sympathy Cataract," and one distinguished orator's "Peak," and several "Mounts"of various noted people, living or dead, and an " Exclamation Point," and a"A Valley of Silent Adoration," and in course of time empty soda-water bottles were found at the base of the cataract, and greasy news papers and fragments of ham sandwiches lay at the dusty roots of giant trees. With this were frequent irruptions of closely-shaven and tightly-cravatod men, and delicate, flower-faced women in the one long street of Fire Forks, and a scampering of mules, and an occasional procession of dusty brown-linen cavalry. A year after "Hawkin's Idiot Asylum" was completed, one day there drifted into the valley a riotous cavalcade of "school marms," teachers of the San Francisco public schools, out for a holiday. Not several spectacled Minervas and chastely-armed and mailed Pallases, but, I fear for the security of Five Forks, very human, charming, and mischievous young women. At least, bo the men thought, working in the ditches and tunneling on the hill-side ; and when, in the interests of Science and the mental advance ment of Juvenile Posterity, it was finally settled that they should stay in Five Forks two or three days for the sake of visiting the various mines, and particularly the "Blazing Star" tunnel, there was some flutter of masculine anxiety. There was a consider able inquiry for " store clothes," a hopeless overhauling of old and disused raiment, and a general demand for "boiled shirts" and the barber. Meanwhile, with that supreme audacity and impudent hardihood of the sex when gregarious, the school-marms rode through the town, admiring openly the handsome faces and manly figures that looked up from the ditches or rose behind the cars of ore at the mouths of tunnels. Indeed, it is alleged that Jenny Forester, backed and supported by seven other equally shameless young women, had openly and publicly waved her handkerchief to the florid Hercules of Five Forks—one Tom Flynn, formerly a Virginia —leaving that good-natured but not over bright giant pnlling his blonde mustaches in bashful amazement. / [To be concluded in our next.]

BITS OF FUN.

A Pachogue. man compares his wife's sur viving eye to a can of kerosine—it is so full of warning. How's this, Mesdames Dress Reformers ? The corset-factory at West Brookfield, Mass., began running the other day. There ara eight metals—indium, vanadium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, uranium, osmium and iridum—more valuable than gold. And Indiana judge has decided that if a woman will shorten in pie-crust with butter at 38 cents per pound, her husband has good grounds for divorce. ' The Woman's Journal should mention the names of those well-to-do husbands whose wives black their husbands' boots. Such men deserve showing up. Parties, say the cynic of the Vie Parisienne are like women ; they appreciate our fidelity ito them, but they rejoice over our infidelities to another in their favor. They gave a Massachusetts woman a nar cobic, aMshe did not wake until after the ; time iii whioh her dream had told her she ; would die h^d passed. Though she is now . ■»fe and thankful there is away down in her heart of hearts just a speck of disappoint ment that the dream was not fulfilled; it weald have created such a stir among the

In 1576 London was a town of 60,000 in habitants. A few of it large edifiices were built of stone, or of moulded brick, which has come into use near the beginning of the cen tury ; but the greater number of the houses were constructed of wood, and, with their gable roofs, oriel windows, and gilt vanes, and mammoth chimnies, gave the streets a quaint and picturesque look. Ex-President John Quincy Adams, in al luding to the Prince Regent (George IV.), says in his memoirs:— '■ The character of this person is a composition of obtundity (sic)' and frivolity. Ec is a Falsstaff with out the wit, and a Prince Henry without the compunction. His only talent is that of mimicry, which he exercises without regard to dignity or decorum, to the fitness of his own character, or the feelings of others. His supreme delight is to expose persons depend, ant on him, to ridicule and enjoy their mor tification. Various stories have been told about the solidity of the negro skull, but the summit of these tales seems to have been reached by the Summit (Miss.) "Sentinel," which says : —" We're astonished, as well we might be, yesterday morning by the hearing of and seeing a little negro boy, about 11 years of age, who had been run over the head by a wagon with five bales of cotton on it. His head was almost toja jelly, but he did not seem to care much about it." If this is not a hard story it certainly wao a hard head. The Police of Philadelphia hear such words as these: " Come, Henry, it's time to build the fire." " Shan't do it." " Come, Henry." " Lemme lone." At the end of another moment the sounds of a struggle are heard, and a voice yells: "Let go my hair, Mary. I crave 1" No man can read about all these burglaries without a determination to have his wife sleep on the front side ©f the bed. A man who rises at night to look for baby's nursing bottle arid can't hit his nose on the edge of the open door is a small pattern of a man. "I'll put a head on you!" said a little ten year of a gamin to his companion, as the two were perambulat-ing through the street the other day. You try it," was the ready res ponse, "and your mother's monkey will be a cherub in less than ten minutes!" The ris ing generation is very "for'ard. A grocer in Detroit keeps "a little brown jug " near his cider barrel, and when he wants to do the fair thing by a customer he mingles some of the contents of the aforesaid jug with the cider. He made a mingle for an old farmer, got in a great deal of whiiky and very little cider About an hoar after drinking, the farmer was observed leauatmg against a feace, and was heard to soliloquise: " It,s too late for sun-strokes and too early to freeze to death, and I guess it's a touch of the shakin, ager." A gentleman said to his gardener: "George, the time will come when a man will be able to carry the manure of an acre of land in one of his waistcoat pockets." To which the gar dener replied: " I believe it sir; but he will be able to carry all the crop in the other pocket." Twin sisters living at South Bethlehem, Ba., each gave birth to twins, several nights ago, within a few hours of each other. These sisters were married on the same day; their first children were born in the same month, their second in the same week, and their third in the same hour. A story is told of Sheridan that he once found a man lying drunk in the gutter, whereupon the wit, who was himself some what "incapable/ called out, "Am not able to lift you up, but I will lie down be side you." To avoid mortifying her lover's family, who are very poor a Montreal actress was married the other day in a plain Swiss muslin, costing $20, while her under clothing was valued at $5,000. A female barber has been forced by the married ladies of Dubuque to leave the city, where she was doing a grand busi ness, shaving many of the men twice a day. An American young man of five years old had been visiting at the house of a re lative, where he took some primary lessons in the history of the American .Kevolutiou and how the Americans whipped the Bri tishers. The lad returned home full of his new subject, and at the tea-table said to his rfather —" Pa, are you a Bri tisher P" " Yes,- my son : I was born in England'" "Well, we whipped you, re torted the youth. Whoever heard of the "mysterious disappearance of an ugly and unprepos sessing girl ? Yet such is the desig nation that heads a New York advertise ment. Bnt why not let her disappear? Eh P New Yorker. "May Heaven keep me humble and poor !'' said a minister during his dis course. One of the elders nudged an other and whispered, " If he will but keep humble we'll do the rest." " Oh, Tommy, that was abominable in you to eat all your sister's share of the cake." "Why," said Tommy," did'nt you tell me, ma, that I was always to take her part?" A young lady longs for fingers like the 'prongs of a pitch-fork with diamond rings enough to fill them to the ends. j A boot-black's father says he never enjoys himself more than when he sees the "son shine." A divorce case has been instituted by a Chicago wife who complains that her husband insists upon drinking cheap whisky and eating raw onions just be fore bed-time ■

THE GOLDEN GRAVE.

The following is a version of an old Irish ballad, which (the version) was written m 1830, by LE L. (Miss Landan), It was lately discovered and printed in England, as one of Miss Landons choicest productions : — He sleeps within his lonely grave Upon the lonely hill. There sweeps the wind—there swells the wave, All other sounds were still. And strauge and mournfully souna.tney ; Each seems a funeral cry O'er life that long has passed away, O'er ages long gone by. Ona winged minstrel' 3 left to sing—• O'er him who lies beneath — The humming bee, that seeks in Spring Its honey from the heath. It is the sole familiar sound That over rises there; For silen*; j g the haunted ground, i And silent is the air. There never comes the merrier bird- There never bounds the derr ; But during night strange sounds are heard, The day may never hear; For there the shrouded Banshee stands, ficsree seen amid the the gloom, And wrings her dim and shidowy hand?, And chants her song of doom. Seven pillars, gray with time and moss, On dark Sleive Monard meet ; They stand to tell a nation's less — A king is at their feet. A lofty mount denotes the place Where sleep*, in slumber cold, The mighty of a mighty race— Thagiant kiegs of old. There Gollah sleeps—the golden band About his head is bound ; His javelin in his red right hand, His fact upon his hound And twics three golden rings are placed Upon that hand of few: ; ' The smallest would go rouad the waist Of any inaid«n here. The plates of gold are on his breast, And gold doth bind him round ; A bing, he takoth kingly rest Beneath that royal mound. But we.vlth no more the mountains fills, As in the days of yore. Gone are those days ; the wave distills Its liquid gold no more. The da?s of yore—still let my harp Their memories repeat— Thf d*yj! when every sword was sharp, And every aong was sweet. The warrior slumbers on the hill; The stranger rules the plain ; Glory and gold are grone ; but still They live in soog again.

SENSIBLE SOLILOQUY.

Here is the sensible soliloquy of a six year old boy :—"I wonder what makes papa tell such nice stories to his visitors aboiit his hiding the master's rattan when he went to school, and about his running away from the school-mistress, when she was going to whip him, and then shut me up all day in a dark room, because I tried just once to be as smart as he has been ? Wonder what made papa say that wicked word, when Betsey upset the ink all over his papers, and then slapped my ears when I said the same thing when my kite-string broke ? Wonder why mamma told Bridget, the other day, to say Bho was uot at home when Tommy Day's mother called, and then puts me to bed without my supper every time I tell a lie ? O dear ! there are lots of things I want to know. How I wish I was a man !"

BLOWING SEPOYS FROM A CANNON'S MOUTH.

Pkof. Sbelye, in a recent lecture, gives a different explanation of this famous mode of punishment from that which is often enter tained. He Bays: —"It is well for us to understand, when we see the papers, a3 they occasionally do, taking up the subject of English barbarity, what is the meaning of this ' barbarity.' I have found persons who supposed the punishment of firing Sepoys from a cannon's mouth meant that Sspoys were actually put inside of the cannon and fired out. In reality the victim was put about six foot in front of the cannon, which was heavily loaded with powder alone; and I was told that no person unfamiliar with artillery would have any idea of the minute* ness of the fragments into which the body was scattered. This was a great punish ment, not on accouut of the death, or of the manner of death, but because the body was scattered and denied the rites of burial. This is a terrible thipg for a Hindoo, and the English report and believe that a rebel lion was stopped there just by the sturdy statement of an English officer who said that if there were any signs of mutiny he would subject all mutineers to this punishment, and it cannot be doubted that this punish ment was the most salutary one, so far as affected the guccess of England."

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The House stands upon a freehold allot ment, 66 x 100, and has a good well of water. The Allotment is all planted with fruit and ornamental trees, and commands a beautiful view. Price, L4OO Farm of 852 acres at the North Cape, good land with larere water frontage and small island. Price, L 220 K.ARANGAHAPE ROJ* D—A BARGAIN—A large freehold allotment 66 x 100, with all the buildings erocted thereon.—Price, L2fiO PUKBKOHE—'arm of 170 acres, adjoiniug the late Farm of Mr Burtt. There is a small building upon the Farm, and a beautiful stream running through it.—lo2d. WAIKATO- Farm of 100 acres at Paterangi, 3 miles from Alexandra, with small House and every convenience. Price, £410s an acre. V For FARMS, HOUSES, and ALLOTMENTS see J M. Lennox's onf Monthly List in Weekly Etrald TH H E CNDEBSIGNBD HAS FOR SALE AND TO ARRIVE: Muntz Metal, Nos 14 to 20ozs Coppering Nails and Felt Wire Rope, best quality, 1J to 3£in Chain Cables. J to l|in, Admiralty tested Anchors, from 4cwt to lOjcwt, A dmiralty let Baxter Brother's Royal Navy Canvas Gourock Canvas, extra quality Christie's Double-crown Royal Navy Canvas Gordon's Royal Navy Canvas Colza Oil, in casks and drums Faint Oil, raw and boiled, in cask and drums Stockholm Pitch and Tar, best quality Resin, Oakum, Sail Twine Paints—wnite, green, and black, 4c D, H. McKENZIE, Custom Ho tjse-street. SOUTH BEITISB FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OT NEW ZEALAND. . CAPITAL .. .. .. .. „ £750,000^ UNLIMITED LIABILITY. The large and steady Increase of the business of the Company, a« shewa by its reports, affords the best proof ef the confidence of the public in the institu- Uon, and of its popularity among insurers. j It is conducted on sound principles, and is widely known for liberality nd promptness in the settle ment of claims. Losses can be paid at any Agency, at option ol Insured. A.BOARDMAN,



piTT CLOTHING MART CIOOMBES' o .. y •' Suits. /^f OOMBES' "^ '' 1^ Sac Suits. 0" OOMBES' : , o Youths' Suits _______ Boys' Suits. OOMBES' ~ ~~~ Kmckerl Suits. (^OOMBES' j Zouave Suits. /^OOMBES' . Dust Coat CIOOMBES' - , ; Silk Galatea. /^OOMBES 5 _ 02 § £9 A Black and Blue West of England S « Fancy Texture PAGET COAT and O * VEST, to match, in single and O S double breasted. SO. would j p call the special attention of B! o gentleman to this line as they I 3 are very choice Goods. S p as C^IOOMBES'~~ oc _ .. / 35s Suits. /^OOMBES' ■ ~ \_/, Bannockburn 45s Suits. „ x U 27s 6d Black Paget Coats. /^9OMBE3' W _ M h IKG COATS, made equal to any S garment to order in New Zealand, § § from 30s to 50s. This is a special line S « which B.C. would call the atten j fc> tion of gentlemen to. They are W S thoroughly shrunk, and are made b 2j i»> much superior style to o.ny !S S thing generally to be procured Jj ready made. piOOMBE'S Boys' and Youths' Suits, from 18s 6d . /^OOMBES 5 Tweed Trousers »nd Vest, tho roughly ehrunk, our own make, from 22s 6d OOMBES' Galatea Jackets really % splendid garment /^OOMBES' \J Boys' Clothing, an immense choice f*\ OOMBES' Boys' F nicker Suits are worth inspection A^OOMB^S' Sydney Tweed at '2s lid per yard is worth looking at. A small lot of the line /-IOOMBES' Sydney Tweed at 3s lid is the best value to be had in Auckland /S OOMBES' Stock of Geelong Tweed is the largest and most varied in the market /^OOMBES . Has the best assorted stock of Gentlemen's Hosiery in New Zea land d OOMBES Has the best selected stock of Boys' and Youths' Hosiery, Sox, Under shirts, *c, in New Zealand /~*IOOMBES Has the most varied stock and the best value in Men's, Youths', and Boys' Un erclothing in Auckland. /^OOMBES' KJ Silk Sox. /^OOMBES' KJ Shirts. f^tQOMBES' \J Silk and Merino Undershirts. /^OOMBES' v Gauze Undershirts and Pants. O >MUEL COOMBES Offers to Tailors an advantage they cannot get elsewhere, namely, short lengths of Tweed at wholesale prices. . _p\OOMBES' KJ Stoc of White Shirts is the best and largest in tins city. OAMUEL COOMBES ; Would call the attention of Gentle men to the New.Zealand Flaxß hirt, • • "Phorminm tenax," made for all sizes. A beautiful article in gentlemen's wear, in three qualities. SAMUEL COOMBES, 92, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND



Q.KEYHOUND Hoi@ GOBNER OF QUEEN AND VICTOfiIA-SIEEEBra PROPBIETOE : MICHAEL CORCORAN. In returning thanks to bi3 numcrm™ j'J MICHAEL COKCOBANbe*. to STh°t veSfr additions have been lately made to the Hotel «,!& will tend greatly to the convenience of tK< favour him with their patronage. w *k BIDEOOMS. Additions have been made to their number mm, have been furnished in a superb manner, evewtMl being new, and got up in the latest style. BATH& Both Hot and Cold Baths are always m.*. every convenience will be found in them fc comfort of Travellers. m lor tti COMMERCIAL BOOM; A commodious room has been opened hatfn.u entrance from Victoria-atreet. for the comforf^"1 who do not care to use th. Bar or Bar-room «_!_? Stors 11 UP &!style t0 enSUre the«fij billtard~room. . The Billiard Eoom is the best in the Proving ', MICHAEL COECOEANhopes thatthegood n IBU his house has ever held, and *he splendid aSw* tion afforded in it, will induce visitors tn^M^ o give it their patronage. Vlsuors to Anctlaaj JHIS T.L E ~H~o~T~iT. P. DARBY, Wholesale and Retail WINE AND SPIRIT STOP* QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND KE Begs leave to retarn many thanks to the doMIp / past? 17 ' BUPP°rfc aCCOraed Mm Kny yeS Having erected splendid Premises on the M*\, the old Home which was destroyed by foe h.f now prepared to execute all orders entrusted^,him rom town or countty, with the m CHOICEST SELECTION OF '■« WINES AND SPIRITS Comprising— ' Sandiman'slFour Diamond Old Port Wine Duff, Gordon's Sherry Champagne—Cliqnot's Champagne—Fender; Jouet's Che-mpagne—Moselle, pinJs and quarts Claret-Chateau, Larose Claret—lafltte Claret—Leoville Claret—St Julian's Beal Old Jamaica Bum Hencessy's Three Star Brandy And other choice brands. ASSOETED CASES MADE UP TO OBD2E DIFFERENT BKANBS. BASS'S ENGLISH ALE ON DRATOHT. liberal Allowances made to wholesale, pmchuea TERMS : STRICTLY CASE Spirit! Overproof, the same as from onde Store sold'in any quantity.' „ v ' 0g QUEE N-STEEET. A LEXANDER'S~ I ■*-*- GOLD and SILVER WATCHES By the best English and Continental Bilkers, Are worthy*of inspection. A LEXANDER'S ■*-*- GOLD CHAINS are of M Newest pattern and guaranteed ALEXANDERS , LADIES SUITS are trap ___ ' Latest and choicest derigaa LEXANDER'S LOCKETS and NECKIiBTS Are the best ever impcrtei ALEXANDER'S GENTS'and LADIES'BDfGS Are very choiw, I ALEXANDER'S I GBNTS'SUITS and'STUDS : I Are in great ranetj, ALEXANDER Guarantees every article pmclwsed at his Shop, opposite Wyndham-rtww A LEXANDER -*J- Warrants every ■WATCH purchased : . "from himfortyoyw A LEXANDER -LA- Invites inspection of his recent imv-, portations of !L«CTRO/IIOT, and CWDJi* IHE NEWEST THIM is - ... .r1 v: HAIR PADS, COMBS, BAGGBE And the now celebrated ■: SIX STKAND COILS, FOB^HJ Jtf| Aa worn by- the Duchess of JEdtogbnrgh, Eeceired ex WaitangW »t DYSOM'S, Opposite • the, i^__ : __ : ______- OEVENTY PIANOS anWOg O HARMONIUMS, to be sold .*S™™^ prices FOB CASH, in consequenw^o t™"*^ stocked and large shipments cm tt| way instruments are the handsomest, besi,.*" to be sold in New Zealand. -^ pitf(M Harmoniums, from L 9 10s to uv. L 36 to LISO. L. a flg os HIES *» Or Harmoniums and Plaf os <^ # OPTION OF PUBOHASE attte enflo^ nine, twelve, ei«J teen or twen^oM » hire deducted f X price of tostrumeni. -: HOFFMAN t SON'SI : A CADEMY 01 «V Shobtl and-stbukt. B ,tn,mento of aUtogtu^eljg^!^ PBLIABLB INDEMN^ NATIONAL INSTANCE CO^* Eepresenting ONE M?^°^ n f itsffl*!*^ 6* ' with Unlimited LJabiMtfOt iw o— _■ LIBEB^TERMSr ?gfflpT SETTLEMBN^OF^ai Characteristic «B^& "^ftJl rnw«^«_ ok Onftan-street ~<i—ltM''