~ :. The letter contained an order for 400,000 _~.' herrings for the army, to be delivered.within v n ; a month. ;.: "William," cried the old man, " I have a : capital thought. You would marry Van V Elburg's daughter and have a handsome ' "dowry with her?" " Yes, father, I would ; but—" "Well leave the matter to me," inter rupted the old man. "But see that there Jj: are two horse? ready for us to-morrow morn ing early." - The next morning, at sunrise, father and • son were on the high road from Amsterdam to Broeck, which they reached about midday. They repaired immediately to the residence of Van Elburg, who, when he saw them enter, cried out. " Ab, good morning, Meister Woerdon. Have you fled from the Parlevous ? In any case you are welcome." ; "No, I flee from nobody. You know I have nothing to do with politics. I come to propose a good speculation to you." ' "Yes? What is it?" " I have an order from the government for 400,000 herrings, to be delivered within a month. Can you furnish me with that number/ in say, three weeks ?" "At what price ?" '; "Ten florins a thousand." " Ten floiins ! Yes, I will furnish them." ■:V "Very well, and now to dinner; I am half famished. At table we will walk of another matter." Woerden introduced the subject of the marriage, but Van Elburg could not be per suaded to increase the dowry he had offered to give his daughter to the amount of a single stiver; They nevertheless decided that the wedding should take place that day -: week. The following day Woerden and his son returned home. Hardly had they left Brock when the young man asked : "Then, father, you have changed your mind?" "How so?" J "Have you not decided to accept the dowry offered by Meistor Van Elburg ?" " "Let me manage the matter in my own way, my son, and ask no questions." ' When the wedding-day came Woerden and his son returned to Brock. Van Elburg received them kindly, but he was flurried and nervous in that William feared he had some bad news for them. His father, how ever, had no such misgivings; the old fox knew too well the cause of his colleague's : disturbed manner. " What is the matter, Meister Van Elberg ?" he asked, with a sardonic smile. " You seem to be worried about something." "Ah, my friend, I am greatly em birrassed. I must speak with you." - , " What is it ? Have you changed your mind with regard to the . marriage ? Speak frankly; it is not yet too late." / "No, no; it is another matter entirely." " Well, then, let us first proceed with the wedding ceremony. Afterward I shall be quite »t your service." The company, therefore, repaired to a neighbouring church, and in a few minutes the young . people were huaband and wife. When they returned to the house, Van Elburg asked • Woerden to go with him into his private room. "My friend, "began Van Elburg, when he had carefully closed the door, "in accord ance with our agreement, I should, within two weeks from now, deliver to you 400,000 herrings. Thus far, however, I have not been able to procure a single one. There are none in the market; they have all been bought up." ''Certainly they have; I bought them up myself," replied Woerden, smiling. "But—but—how about my contract? " *tammered Van Elburg. "You will fulfil it. Listen, friend Van v Elburg. You will some day leave your daughter a handsome fortune; I shall leave my son at least as much; it is, therefore, unnecessary to discuss their future. This, however, is not true of the present. I shall soon give my entire business to my son, while you give your daughter only 4,000 ducats. I could not oppose the wishes of the young people; but when I consented to their union I determined to compel you to do . jeur duty {toward them. With this object in view I contracted with you for 400,000 herrings, at ten florins a thousand, although I then had all the herrings in the market. " Now, in order to comply with the terms of the agreement, you must buy from me, >:therefore, only pay over to me the sum of . 16,000 florins and we shall be square." While Meister Woerden was arriving at his mercantile deduction-Van Elburg re gained his wonted equanimity. - Al See, I see," said he, " you are a clever tradesman. I am fairly caught, and most i abide the consequences." The conference ended, and the two old : merchants rejoined the wedding company as though nothing unusual had occurred be tween them. A week later Van Elburg went to Amster dam, ostensibly to see his daughter. Now . the tables were turned.. . "Ab, Meister," cried Weerden, on seeing his colleague from Brock, "I'm in a terrible dilemma. The time, is approaching when I must deliver the 400,000 herrings, and not a cask can I find to put them in !" *' That does not surprise me," answered Van Biburg, wmling :: " you bought up ail herrings, and I bought up all your casks.— AppUtom Journal. ■ -"

I MUSED LAST NIGHT IN PENSIVE MOOD.

I mused last night in pensive mood — Albeit not often sentimental— My heart was heavy and my frame Was racked with aches—both head and dental. I say, as once I've said before, • My mood was somewhat sad and pensive, I cast upon the past a glance, Fond, lingering, and comprehensive. I saw once more that mossy bank, By which the river ripples slowly, O'ershadowed by the silvery vail Of willow branches drooping lowly, Bestrewn with wild Spring fiow'reta dyed In every color of the prism :. Where oft we sat, May Brown and I— Nor ever dreamed of rheumatism. We loved. Ah, yes! some might have loved Before us, in their humdrum fashion ; But never yet the world had known So Wild, so deep, so pure a passion ! We recked not of-the heartless crowd, |ft>r heeded cruel parent's frowning ; But lived in one long blissful dream, And spouted Tennyson and Browning. And when the cruel fates decreed That for a season I must leave her, It wrung my very heart to see How much our parting seamed to grieve her. One happy moment, too, her head Keposed, so lightly, on my, shoulder ! In dreams I live that scene again, And in my arms again enfold her. • She gave me one long auburn curl, She wore my picture in a locket, Her letters, with blue ribbon tied, I carried in my left coat pocket. (Those notes, rose-scented and pink-hupd, Displayed more sentiment than knowledge,) I wrote about four times a week That year I was away at college. But, oh, at length a "change came o'er The spirit of my dream ! " One morning I got a chilly line from May In which, without the slightest warning, She said she shortly meant to wed Tom Barnes (a parson, fat and jolly); She sent my notes and ruby ring, And hoped I would "forget my folly." I sent her all her letters back, And called her false and fickle-hearted, And swore I hailed with joy the hour That saw me free. And so we parted. I quoted Byron by the page, 1 smoked Havanas by the dozens, And then I went out West, and fell In love with all my pretty cousins.

A BALLOON WEDDING.

If that eminently veracious historian, Mr Jules Verne, had been in the city of Cincin nati, Ohio, at five o'clock en the afternoon of October 19, 1874, he might have obtained materials for a new and thrilling romance. He would have fouad himself in a throng of fifty thousand persons, each of whom was inteatly gazing Bkyward at a receding bal loon, which bore within its basket a bride" groom and bride, who proposed to be wedded above the clouds. These eccentric people had doubtless ranged in imagination over all the fields of queer and unusual wedding trips. They had pro bably heard of the strange couple who scaled the Eaghi, there to seal their vows of affec tion, and of that adventurous pair who dauntlessly ascended the mightiest of the pyramids, and there, with heaven knows how many centuries looking down, and with my riads of Arabs looking up, and howling for " backshish," bound themselves in holy bonds. It is also probable that they were familiar with the history of that amiable bride who was united to her lord at sunrise on the roof of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and who, while saluting the dawn with cham pagne, fell over the parapet to the pavement, and was of course quite dead when picked up. Perhaps too the balloon-witched bride had heard the horrible tale of the Frenchman who, having lured his wife into a balloon car under the pretext of accompanying her on a brief ascension, suddenly cut the ropes, and let her soar into the clouds, while he fell upon his knees to pray that she might never come down. Nothing would, however, stay this balloon loving bride. Up weat the merry couple, < with the parson making his opening address as they darted into the clouds. Ten minutes after the balloon had ascended a mile from the earth, and a parachute was thrown out. It indicated that the ring had been put on, that the twain were made one flesh, and that the first balloon wedding on record was an accomplished fact. These courageous voyagers in the realm of ail were no high-born children of fashion, no haughty aristocrats who disdained the dull ness and dirt of our humble planet, and therefore must wed " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth." But they are artists in the circus line. The bride has sometimes flashed like a me teor before the eyes of admiring audiences at the Hippodrome, on a milk-white steed, and the bridegroom is not unfamiliar with the smell of sawdust and the garish gaslights beneath the canvass dome. But the bride wore a lovely pearl-coloured silk, with bais folds, and heavy trimmings of fringe and pufning in the back, and her hat was a graceful 'Brigand,' with a rakish white feather. Happy, happy circus man ! Had he been classical he might have imagined as he decended to earth with the shouts of the fifty thousand people below drifting up to meet him, that he had been to Olymns to take a goddess to wife, and was bringing her down to rule, over the nations, and to found anew race of hero-demigods. But may we not imagine that, when once the feet of bride and bridegroom were again set upon the solid ground there was a revul sion of feeling, and consequently—might we venture to suggest—just a suspicion of dis appointment ! Perhaps not, yet it is fair to suppose that the pearl-coloured dress will never again appear quite fair in the eyes of the bride, because she cannot forget how the gleam of the sunshine played upon it when she was above the clouds. Alas !so many young married people have begun life in that same region—that remote and mystical cloud land—and have at last come down to the work-day world of duty and grimy toil only to be unhappy. Sometimes the revulsion has soured them for life, and they have been henceforth but crabbed and unlovely speci mens of the fruit of the matrimonial tree. The trouble and misery which balloon wed dingg, metaphorically speaking, have entailed upon the futures of the couples who have indulged in them are incalculable. Many unreasonable brides, who have for a time been elevated high above the turmoil of earth and the hard work of existence, have never forgiven their husbands for being compelled to descend. The bridegrooms too have so

longed for the sunshine of the upper regions, . after they have once enjoyed it, thai; they have become unfit for struggle in the sphere where they belong. Perhaps it would have been better for both had they never momen tarily left their humble station.

BITS OF FUN.

Matchless maid—The kitchen-girl out of lucifers. A Cannibal's epitaph—" Write me as one vho loves his fellow-man." Some one was remonstrating with Clarke, the actor, about his profanity, and quoted the scriptural injunction, " Swear not at all." " I don't," said Clarke, " I only swear at those who offsnd me." A witch, being at the stake to be burned, saw her son there, and desired him to give her some drink. "No, mother," said he, " if; would do you wrong, for the drier you are the better you will burn." " Paddy, my boy," said a gentleman to an Irishman, whom he observed fishing away at a deep pool, " that must be a favorite stream for trout." " Faith, and sure it must be, for I have been standing here these three hours and not one win come out of it." An Iribhinan recently stopped at an hotel in Dcs Moines, lowa, where pretty high bills were charged. In the morning the landlord made out the amount of damages, and pre sented it to Pat. After he had glanced over it the latter looked the landlord in the face, and exclaimed —"Ye put me in moind iv a snipe." '' Why," asked the landlord. '' Be kase ye're very noigh all bill." Fashionable milliner : " You'll have the flower on the left side of the bonnet of course, madame?" Fashionable lady: "Weller no. The fact is there's a pillow on the left side of my pew in church, so that only the right side of my head is seen by the congre gation. Of course I could change my pew." Fashionable lady's husband: "Ya'as, or even the church, you know, if necessary." Fashionable milliner considers the point. Necessity is the mother of invention, but the patent right is the father and protector. '' Did you ever Bee the Catskill Mountains?'' " No, sah, but I hab seen urn kill mice." If a man has but one idea what need has he of a Webster's dictionary containing twenty thousand words ? Men who travel barefooted around a newly carpeted bedroom often find themselves on the wrong tack. In the early days of the Old Colony a man who refused to serve as Governor was fined- We don't often find such men now. " I want to know," said a creditor fiercely, "when you are going to pay me what you owe me." " I give it up," replied the credi tor, "ask me something easy." A burglar in Vicksburgh recently went through eleven houses, and didn't raise even a silver thimble. He says there is no en couragement under a corrupt administration for industry and enterprise. Mrs Kingsley, wife of the Canon, was con sidered in her prime the most beautiful wo man in England. She was a Miss Greville, the daughter of the Duke of Leeds, and, mar ried Mr Kingsley when he was curate. An English pamphleteer suggests as a means of filling empty churches that great choirs, numbering say a thousand voices, be organised to visit localities where the pop ulace need stirring up to attendance on worship. Rev. J. T. Todd, of Sioux city, played a rather neat little joke on his wife the other day. While she was unsuspectingly engaged in half-Boleing his winter trousers he quietly slipt out at the back gate, and eloped with a milliner. The little cards that the exhibitors at the Exposition hand you are not particularly in teresting, but we were touched to observe yesterday on the card of a coffin manufac turer, "If you try our coffins once you will never use any others." \- Max Adeler, says the Morning Argus, down at our place is scrupulously careful of the honour of journalism. When it makes an assertion it never takes back under any circumstances. The other day it announced that a certain Mr Stebbins had been eaten in the woods by Squire Hoover's pigs. The next day Stebbins called at the office to say that the whole story was false; such a thing had never occurred, and he wanted a contra diction published. The reporter assumed a solemn look, and assured Stebbins that when the Argus said a thing that thing was so; and beside, that he had been over to see the pigs, and they looked as if they had eaten a man named Stebbins around there, so he must have been eaten, and all the circum stantial evidence was so strong that not an other line upon the subject would be pub lished. Then Stebbins threatened violence and subsequently the reporter agreed to put in a paragraph to the effect that persons who had any objection to eating any member of the Stebbins family need not on that account decline to buy a sausage of Hoover, and that was as far as he could conscientiously go. It is perfectly clear that if men are to be per mitted to stultify a free press with their foolery pur liberties are in danger.

StTPiPLEMENTiffiO THE AtTCK^AND EVENING STAR.

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rBR NEW ES T THING HAIR TADS, COMBS, DAGGER PINS And the now celebrated , SIX STRAND COILS, ?OR PLAITS, Aa worn.by the Duchess of Kdlngburgh, Jnst I Seceired ex Wftltangl, X - ~ v------ f-is :.;-■•; DYSOJS'S, ! *H skrMo.ltt Opposite thb Gixy Hall.



QHEAPSIDE HOUSE- M. & C. MIL N E Beg to call[attention to their NEW AND LARGE STOCK OF SUMMER DRAPERY, Including— Black Glace Silks, Bluck Grosgrain Silks, Plain Coloured Silks, Figured Coloured Silks, ;:.;; • Plain Japanese Silks, Figured Japanese Silks, Tussore Silks, FRENCH BROCHE SILKS. A decided bargain, now selling at 5s 6d; usual price, 7s 9d Plain Coloured Lustres, from 7*d Figured Coloured Lustres Black Lustres Black Striped Lustres Printed Lustres Carmelites Bfiges Homespuns Mohairs Jfren'h Merinos Persian Cm ds Crape Clotbs. Winceys, &c, &c Prints Muslins Grenadines Plain and Coloured Batistes. M. & C. M ILNE Have also in Show, ALARGE VARIETY OP COSTUMES, IN ALL MATERIALS AND STYLES, Which they are now selling at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, Ranging from 10s 6d upwards. ALWAYS IN HAND, A LARGE STOCK OF Skirts, Crinolines, tjhawls, Mantles. Jackets, &c. THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Will be found replete with all the latest fashions. WEDDING AND MOURNING ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Ohlld's, Girl's, and Ladies' Underclothing in all its branches. HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, TWEEDS, -SHIRTINGS, &c., &c. OUTFITTING OF ALL KINDS, Including— Boy's and Men's White Shirts Boy's and Men's Coloured Shirts Undershirts, Drawers ■ Collars. Ties, Scarfs, &c, *c; HOUSEHOLD LINENS of all kinds. jeffi" Country Order faithfully Executed. jDSf i m. & cTmilnb, CHEAPSIDE HOUSE, 222, AND 224. QTJEEN-STREET. r OOSGBAVS A CO. to inform the inhabitants of Auckland that [ they have taken the Store at present in the occupation of mbssrs.'.c.rtjickshank: * IN HIGH STREET, For the purpose of carrying on their WHOLESALE BUSINESS, But will be.unable to take possession untl the Messrs. Cjruiokbhank & Co. REMOVE TO THEIR NEW PREMISES IN QUEEN-STREET Now in of completion. MESSRS. COSGRAVE & CO. Are therefore compelled to offer THE WHOLE, OF THEIR LARGE SUMMER SHIPMENTS OF ; DBAPBBY A MEN'S CLOTHING AX PRICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OF IN NEW ZEALAND t& The SALE commenced on SATURDAY, the 10th of October, and will continue unti they take possession of thelJ Wholesale Warehouse. «T !/ rnHOMP S O N ' S GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS, 3s lid, j LAROE VARIETY OF OTHER MAKERa V~T EQUALLY CHEAP. ; CHOICE UNDERCLOTHING AND BABY-WABB R. 7W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. WAS TE D K.N OW N " /■ [ j THAT ( , R.W. DYSON'S Tava TEMP ORARY P RBMISE B , Ax* ppositk thk City Hail, Where he hopes to see his old friends, the public, .' ..iv.i ' assuring them of the ._: . . ■ LATEST FAS BIOMB IN DRAEERY, CLOTHING; MILLINERY A.KD FANCY GOODS, . At considerably under the P' tJ cBS. iUlua"7,^ e4 fP r ~ goods in toe Auckland warehouses : --; ;;:-^^^!RV:W.;DYSONi •-■ ■'■ «*' ' ToPEOSIMTHB CITY BAU.



NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital, paid up and invested £240,000. ■283hffs£JM3§reS£ Bailing vessels. Bisks on Specie subject to. special arrangements. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. GEORGE P. PIERCE, Manager. EOYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. PIBB DEPARTMENT. Bisks on all description of property aootoesd as h7S^l^ S^^ttn^ny dealt with, and paid promptly. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Tn oonseauence of the restrictions imposed by the Colon'iafSTaturStois branch of tbe business has been ™»v™. G %]^^foW^ Agent. Office : Hobson's Buildings, Shortland-street. July 10, 1874. pEATEFUL-OOMTOBTINa EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural aws which govern the operation of dpgestion and nutri tion, and by a,careful application of the fine pro pert es of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has P™™» d our breakfast tables with a delicatelyfl*™«°d beverage which may save us many heavy doctors bills."— Civil Service Gazette. MANUFACTURE OF COCOA. - "We will «OW give an account of the process adopted by Messrs James Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, m their works in the Euston-road, London. —See rticle in Cassell s Household Guide. Made simply with boiling water or mils. Sold only in packets, labelled thus:— JAMEB EPPS & CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMISTS, 48, Threadneedle-strket, and 170, Piccadilly; Works Diana Place, Euston Road, London. rrHB LATJi 8 T NOYf LTIES HATS AND* BONNETS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, MILLINERY MATERIALS, Just Opened, ex Mail and Waitangi, and to be sold UNPKiiGEDKNTLY CHEAP, at R. W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALT. "t 57 • L E N JS O X, tl.» ESTATE AGENT, VALITATOE, ETC, [ESTABLISHED 1864. RENTS ANT> INTERESTS COLLECTED. MONEY INVESTED FOR CAPITALISTS. LOANS ON MORTGAGE EFFECTED IxCELLEN^^K^EHOLD PROPERTIES FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. FARM of 50 acres, four miles from Hamllto Waiaato. Price, L 3 per acre HOTEL FuRaSALH1 — For Immediate Sale, one o thefaert Hcfels in the using district of Waikato The Hotel contains IB Bedrooms, together with iarga Commercial Room. Billiard Boom, Dining Room Coffee Room, and detached Kitchen., and Stabling for 30 horses. This fine Hotel is situated in the leading Waikato Township, is built upon a large freehold allotment, and is fJoing a most extensive business. Possession canbe Riven in a few months VICTORIA QUADRANT Two Houses with large freehold allotment. 9S x9O -Price LSOO KYBER PASS ROAD—A really comfortable four roomed. House, with freehold allotment, 33 x 90 Pr ForLSale four Allotmects off Liverpool-street City, each 60 x 70.-Price,LlOOan For Sale, in Bymmids street, a fine Allotment 120 xBO This Allotment is situated in the choicest part of Symondß-straet, and will be sold cheaap.- PrONEUXJNa 6I-For Immediate Sale, the following choice properties ia Onehunga A comfortable dwelling-house with one acre oi freehold at the corner of Church-street. Price, LIBO. Also large Building Allotment near the Beach, clone to Gibbon's Timber Wharf Pice, L 4 per foot. Also, four Allotments -For Immediate Sale, a beautiful Suburban^ Residence containing six rooms, together with wash house, bath room and every convenience There is about an acre of freshold all tastefully laid out, and planted with the choicest trees, shrubs, and flowers Also, 1 a stable, fowl house, gig house, etc. This residence is situated within about tea minutes walk of Quean street, and is a most desirable residence for a bUFOR IMMEDIATE S ALE-An unimproved Farm of 113 acres of really good land in the Bombay Settle mTOFAß^EßlPAN CD OOTHEaS-ForlmmedUto Sale-A Bargain-A choice Farm of 300 acres to the rising district of Te Rori, near Alexandra Waikato. There are 260 acres of the Farm fenced, and 160 acres subdivided and laid down in good grass. There s a comfortable five-roomed residence upon the Farm ; also, a Stockyard, &c.-.Pnce, LI2CO For Sale, a comfortable aix-roomed House fn Parnell 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 tries and commands a beautiful view. Price L4OO Farm of 853 acres at the North Cape goodl land with large water frontage and small island. Price, L2K°ARANGAHAPE ROAD—A BARGAIN—A large fre^hoW Emett 66 xIOO, with all the buildings erected thereon — Price, L 230 .... ~ PUKSKOHK—Farm of 170 acres, sdjoiniug the late Farm of Mr Burtt. There is a small budctag upon the Farm, and a beautiful stream running of 100 acres at Paterangi, 3 miles from Alexandra, with small House and every ALLOTMENTS see J M. Lssnnox's onf Monthly List in Weekly Herald J^EW PRINTS, NEW MUSLINS, NEW DRESS GOODS JUST RECEIVED, And to be Sold Remarkably Cheap ax. R. W. DYSON'S, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. A TJCKLAND SAVINGS' BANK Established in 1847. Pkesidhnt : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR. . Vios-Pbbsidiint : W. 0. WILSON, Esq. Th. BANK ta -OWMr s BEOEIMS«d ; Monday ...... •• From 12 to 2 o'clock Tuesday ..' •• •• •* »• : »» Wednesday .. •• «• »» »• Thursday .... •• ■«. » »• Friday .. .. •• " » " to receive Money only on Saturday 6701111111 from 7 to 9 o'clock. ■ - ... Any sum from Is and upward! received, for which 6per cent interest i. aUowg. CAMERONj Accountant. rirr c HA YE OP Bw E D < ' Pk» Ship HydaSpes: MIEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING, PANAMA HATS, FELT DO, in Men's and Youth'sysi«#t, J. 6oSQ"EATiB * CO., v ' - IMPOBTEES.



fTji X T E-N.S I V E SALE ] , lEONMONGEBY. ■: •■ ' '■ ~ ";"" c JLiIi^SMAK-T & CO. ; INTEND j c " -'SELLING OEiT || .THEIR l SPLENDID STOOE V J3F U lEONMONGE E.Y.js All Goods will be offered at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, FOR CASH, FOR ONE MONTE OSLY, The Stock being almost new, pncl oarcfnllj selerrtect j compi'ises— I .;•■ A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of | ' HOUSEHOLD FUJ^TISHINGS, AND GENERAL ERONMOKGEItY, FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, j Comprises all requisites of a household in most j modern. &283%n£. CARPENTEKS' AND BUJL'DKRfS' mONMOIMEEY. \ TOOLS—MATHIESON'H AKO SOBBX'B. BRASSWARE, SHEET Alxß P^Ji'OEATED ZESTO ; AMERICAS G 0:0 B S,, A LARGE ASSORTSOEfT. FARMING- nfPLEMi&NITS, comprlnms- _ j SWING AND DOFISEB "SUBIiOV/1 -PIjOUGItCS.; MUB BAY'S "ABD HGENSBY'R »j|i cost pc Io e ( (I To eirkfc aclearance. FENCING WIRE, go; 5 ; 6, 7. 6, feiosk "Veiy Largfcj L wi-'l b ":■:.■.<:• rt .''i'jv/i-ijrtro, j . J.S. & Co. wcUlifraili i^ianj i>n to cfo fcljcn-ejMe, ! which.ls Genotao, s-ao1 a* '<* Sc>oclaMl/:STiJEBpIJ>J no Reasonable Co; ".ii oe refna&L - E . ....—-—~ ;'-220. QT^ESBT-STREET, AUOKLiJ:TiS. ) __,_ i f AM EB!€AS SEWING ' -..■■ ''.'■ r ; ■■■•";:■ THE "HOME" SHUTTLE-LOCK STITCH. THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. SIMPLE. COMPACT, - EFFICIENT, 'DV'RASIM I ' "■ ' ■ It sews with the least possible amount of labour, aiid a'girl of twelve years can run it without fatigue. It is a Triumph of Mechanical Genius. THE "HOMB" SHUTTLE is the only practical Low-price, Lock-stit-sh g-evapg j ~ .Machine ever invented. ■ This Unequalled Machine ? uses a straight needle, makes the "Lcak--st.iicli r> j (alike on, both side=s). has a self~adjnstir ! .;;~;t>\'.sioa. J aud is adapted to every variety of .-sewing iJ"; f^.'-'X j wear, from the lightest muslins to the heaviest civ..- ;, j AM will even Sew Leather. \ It wiihein, fell, bind, cord, braid,'seain, tack. rnMej $ hemstitch, and gather. This machine Trill sew on. j % and gather at ths same time, and will worl- ea;aaliy i well on Silk, Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Goods, vnxh Sillc, Linen, or Cotton Thread. . f is not necessary for ms to endeavoa? to dstraet ' from the merits of any other rnacMne. We claim, to sell - The Best Family. Sewing Machine In the MarkeW , ; ! ' ;, WITHOUT BEC+AED KO I'SICE, ; And we feel confident that wheuovov persons wishing to buy Sewing Machinaa give the " Home" Shuttle Sewing Machine '■• a fair trial, in competition wita otkei: macttiiies, it wiilhaTe the preference. With the Machine is furnished—Ecmmer, Braider/ ■ Shuttle Bobbins, OU Can, Oil, Screwdriver, Five Needleß, Guage, Table Clanip. and au-acsions foB use. , All securely packed in strong vase ■with hinges. ■ PEI CB:- CompJete in box £& 10 . ; # With Table and Treadle .-... -to i 5 With Table and Treadle, Half-Cabinet, with Cover, Lock and Key «E8 0 Some thousands of these macliines have now been • sold in New Zealand; and" they have given the -utmost possible satisfaction, as testified to m nttmerous tasti monials, which we forward on epprVa'.ioa. _,_. : , - In proof of their superiority over all eshermschMe^, ■ we guarantee them for five yeaxa. - On Sal 3 bx--" -...': , W. 0. Denhks, Queen-street, J. v. BBEDi. Snoxtlaiid-street. And at all-Sewing: Machine Depots. : '" _ _ SOJ-E Qi("•OUTERS: L. D. KA.TH AN & 00., ' ' '■'■.'- ■ ' I U V EBO XI T T'S Andlisee that each baU is wrapped in paper be&jcing the h&x&q of 'I 1 As its splendid quality aaa ca'aaeti- a host of fofesict .iaiitatioES. Sold by all "respeotabla Grocers and StoMKfceepaiS. " 'p.ATTE.EIES EOR..: BALE Karly in March next; the Two Batteries and-Plant, " lately the property ef the Jfew Zealand Quartz Crushing and Goldmsßißg Ccsaapany, situated Coromandel, will be offered for sale by public auction, if not privately disposed of. . ~ ' Full particulars can,be obtained from the late manager, Mr Arthur Pittar, Coromandel, who has ~, thority to sell, or from V: % „ BitiGHT : *3AiT, '■■."••;y :: [ \ .:. S '■-'>■■. Liquidators, . | , sill&s ::•-■>: g, /Winchester Buildings, I.ondon^ :



mfiAMB S HO T% AtJCKLAKD, COBiniß OB1 QxrißEN-STSWEi- /.SB IM Wauj pjaopaosiOiS "R. G?.A.TTF (Su.cces3O3r to J. Coplsafi). ""'bfj veU-ki^o-CTi Hotel posenses aaeojai advaata-OR !•:■ Si.^-rcr- visions Atic'iiP-Ec"; t^j -central posltioii in tht buria«s3 part cJ the ti facing the H«bour, ai:d 1b close prodmlty y SMppins, j;id liaihrcy. It contains a fina r^J Bed-rooms, v?ith every convenience. ~r BATHS—Hot, Cold, and Shower. The OB,DTKAJtiy daily from one to two lX equalled in the Colony fcr ita selection'-oji cboiccsi delicacies ol tho ssason, as tfea patrons^ the oh.U'f East'ca.SiisJiO zrA business ts.en. of"i Cits fcestify; I Ir, the BEST KUIii I-v, en tho grc-Tuii^j, 2LUALB caa be obtaiiiad at ail ho«H3 of Ujfcijr TlTo CHOICEST OF WIMBS andthe"*. Brar-di of SPI&LTiS and CIGARS we ft and Colonial ALES STOUT 6a flj|il rgT HJ3 TL B H O T~}f;! P. DARBY, Wholesale and Ketail WT3JJB *UD SPIEIT STOII ■;.-:-•'.i-.vrKEET, AUCKLAND, ~ ' Tices fears io retrvn many tiiankstothsphUitd i-ic'rery I:".';"' r.l "f.j in or t accorded hire formaßyjjl Having eiectcd s-plendid Premises on thetlVr i'hc old " Goni3 r/mch was dcstiojed by fire,ij!| ■i«w prepared to o::ccute all orders emrusted tarn eoßi t<v«?n o? cootiiy. Ttthihe- -ii^fl OH.O'CESX SJBIECTIOIf, ■'.■f "i ■•■- ■. i?°d s pin its, , Comprising— : Xv:Ay,oi.\~'r,v: r}!-:c Diftoiond Cldr&ifWiu'Aa 3>a(f. Gcillce/e iiherry Ohfiai oa^as—ol;..iuot's : " >.-n"-.-•';-i.rjr.-j— X'"-;.-riei', Jouet'a - ... ~/J ea«3oCps,ane-»X^.^ssila, piais aid quirts" i-ij "- 0a " -■ irose ■ ... fe Eni.' O'ri .ra'^s:-::?: .Sum "^n--eH7V*-3iec •Star Brandy ~.'■■; Akd oSi'ir choice brands. '.'' A£SOmtKS> G.A.^-. sa MADE UP .TO OBMB'i BitANDS. ■ ;•- 3';l|| ~/is:?;'^ *Kfii,3SH ALB ON DEArGHT. "•".'ib^Jff 1 i-EovTijß.ceg mad.o to wholesale jmrcjma ■>3AEMB : STKICTLT CASE'-.:' " . ,; :[' OysiTJi oof, lud 3sHae ss from. onde.Sto sold in s£.y RTjantity. f%~is QBG- E W. O"WE| U' - : -!^; HAS OK SALE, EIS iS-P,fe.KJ.EY CASTLE, WATTANGI, ETDASPfi HESO, &c , > *°-" r'**l E 40 casks'sofla Crystals - . | S „ Catraway Sesa |: fj 0-2CE Liquorice .-■ ■' -, 5 ~ Anchovy Sauce 15 „ Capers aad Catsup - 20 -, Carrie Powdsr :'. 30 ' BstrUd l?mit.-; - ]^f§, 20 ' , BotJedialt -;;S1 100 ' ! (.ij.is?* a-jaS3it Salmon - '■ Baled Oil g;i „ Warranted Pickles - -if 25 „ 801-tlodVinegar :t-^ 30 „ Esn aiid Black's Tesiias /. . -15 ~ Fresh iierrags 22 Nowon's G^atine . . 25 I, Geiaian'is Mustard • '"I* 400 ','■ >?&i:;i:jnt aad Braadon a Candles ' ~40 bo;;.-K mz?y's Black ie-ad 17 ciso-s .?j,ste and Bottled Bladang 3o , Sardi-ies, ftalva and quarter p 45 „ Keiilers -jnnf&ctioaary ana HB 5' ;, Candied Peel 2 bales Clothes Lines, 18 and 220z 3 cases Brushware, assorted -x ' 10 ~ VShybiow'sKedHemiigs . IS bale 3 Paper and Paper Bags 11 cases Potted Meats ■._■ .' .:.;jsSft 3 „ Assorted TffisG 40 ,", TD Pipes " Bath Bricks in- Tp.oioca. Sa?o, &Ed A Trtrsrooi iC "siaturititizaailOfcisaSasata ' 200 liiM-oaesfc Sea 100 boxes Too ■ £0 cases Tabseco, asaorteo. Carrants, Sluseatols, Figs v^| Ac, ' &«-» *"" ' £k.~ "■GOLD andSILVSB WATCHER. |i 3y tha boat English and ContinetitalM^H ±Ss. ' GOLD CHAINS aie of the ■ Sreweatpattemanafntt^ fL LOCKETS and NECKLETS Tlexander's : a I A. GENTS" aad LADIES' 81?^ O<\:^;;:7pSSX^ A' LE-XANBEH '• Invites insP^^^-SStMW^I portetioas of BLSCT^^a jprrow p TJ-B-L-i sHi:| AUCKLAND ;A^M||| CONTAINING FOUR 0117 '' | Proounble at aaLeadtasStaßoM»»W^ | ■A spurious Sauce/POT IN BOJ^S "LBA& PBRBINS;' i«M^ %M jpq of Lea and Perrins ¥<« e»%^&&mm locaUy manufactured »ndsow^ BaM g»w^ ■ Parchasera of lea and ru»"" ■ P cautioned respecting same, *.CO.. ftin J