Printed and,publlshed by MoOullaoh Rebd, ot.BiU?3%e'*\Bay, »»dH*s*i Bbktx, of Parnell, at their Genera\Stem Pro""* Office, Wyndham-Btreet,JiD the Clty^pl Anc»»- New e»lsnd:— ... . . "> raai "■: . Thursday, Febauary 10,1876 U» . ■■ :■■■■■■■•'• i'm

THE EVENING STAE/mcTSSbAY, 10, 18?6



Miscellaneous. PAPER BAGS ! pAPER BAGS JL Grey Sugar Bags Brown and Purple Baga Biscuit Bags IPlour Bags Confectionery Bags Millinery Bags. WRAPPING PAPERS- Brown and Blue Paper Small Hand and Cap Paper » Tin'oil Tea i'aper White Tea Paper, PP~ Printed if required Price Lists on application R. BAIRD, Victoria-street, Sole Agent for lUtssrs Smith, Anderson, and Co. Paper and Bag Manufacturers. Scotland. AN ESTABLISHED FACT JOHN~~ikITH IS ON TUB ; RIGHT SID.K-NOT THE WRONG!! I beg to announce to my numerous patrons I hav< JUST OPENED 29 OASES OF DJMPE&Y & CLOTHING, Which will ba SOLD at the name astonishing LOW PEICES as all the Goods which have been purchased from me since I opened my New Drapery and Clothing Establishment. The following are the contents ot' the above oase3 ' ta addition to my very Large and Variea stoc]j of upwards of e£SO 9 OOO. 4 cases Prints, all at C^d, worth 9#d 2 Brown Hollands, from 6>£d „ Dress Materials, from 6>sd „ Horrock's Longcloth, from s^o. 3 „ Aberdeen Winceys ~ Josephine Kid Gloves, 2s 6(1. CLOTHING. 2 cases Nelson Galatea Coatp, 26s Gd. 2 Nelson Tweed Suits, from 52s 6o 1 Nelson Tweed Trousers and vests, 26s 6d 1 , Nelson Tweed Trousers, at IC3 Gd 1 West of England Tweed Tronserß, at 10s Gd 1 „ , Boys' and Youths' Tweed 3mt9 1 Boys' Knickerbocker Suits 2 , Two-Anchor Moles, from 7s 9<i 1 ', Oxford Flax Shirts from Cs 9c5 1 ,', Crimean Shirts, 7s Crt 2 „ Trousers aud Vesta, 193 Gil 1 „ ■ Trousers and Veste, 22s Cd. J. S. does not particularly request the public to purchase Ms Clothing, orany other Goods, hutmerely invites ?n inspection, which will be suffielent to con vince the most economical purchaser that all Goods sold at his Establishment are fully 30 per cent lower than any other house in Auckland, as he buys for Cash (and sells for Cash only), which enables him to defy competition. I beg to tiie she opportunity of returning my sin cers thanKs to my very numerous old customers for their continued patronage, also to the public in general for the very HbeiW support accorded me since jny return from England to AucMand. JOHN SMITH, QUEEN-STEEET (Next to United Service Hotel), AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES. THE "HOME" SHUTTLE-LOCK STITCH. THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. SIMPLE, COMPACT, EFFICIENT, DUEABLE, AND COMPLETE I Bews with the least possible amount of labour, and a girl of twelve years can run it wltbont fangne. It is a Triumph of Mechanical Genius. "THE HOME" SHUTTLE la the only practical Low-price Lock-stitch SewiE Machine ever invented. This Unequalled Machine TJB6B & straight needle, makes he "Loci-stitch, (alike on both sides), has a self-adjusting tension md is adapted to every variety of sewing for famLlj wear, from the lightest muslins to the heaviest clotns And will even Sew Leather. It will hem, fell, bind, cord, braid, seam, tuck, ruffle hemstitch, and gather. This machine will sew or and gather at the same time, and will work equaUj well on Silk, Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Goods, witl - Silk, Linen, or Cotton Thread. It IB not necessary for us to endeavour to detrao from the merits of any other machine. ' We claim to sell , The Best Family Sewing Machine in the Market,. ■WITHOUT BEOABD TO PBIOB, And we feel confident that whenever persona wishinf to buy Sewing Machines give the , "Home" Shuttle Sewing Machine fair trial, in competition with other machines, will have the preference. With the Machine is furnished—Hemmer, Braider Shuttle Bobbins, Oil Can, Oil, Screwdriver, Fiv« Needles, Guage, Table Clamp, and directions for use All securely packed in strong case with, hinges; P E I C E:— Complete in box ** ■}£ With Table and Treadle *t> 16 With Table and Treadle, Half-Cabinet, with Cover, Lock and Key *8 Some thousands of these machines have now beei sold in New Zealand, and they have given the utanos possible satisfaction, as testified to in numerous testi monials, which we forward on application. fc In proof of their superiority over all other machine we guarantee them^rflveyea™^ SEWING MACHINE DEPOTS, And of all Storekeepers Throughout the Colon: SOLELMPOBTEBS:, L. D. NATHAN & 00. AUCKLAND. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital, paid up ana inve5ted.............. £240,000 Insurance against LOSS BY EIBE of every dcs oription of Property may be effected with this Com PaHuils Snsured for the Voyage or Time. Merchai disc. Go< ds, and Freight Insured, by steamers an Bailing yessels Bisks on Specie subject to sped! B rrangeraents^ ossEa PROMPTLY PAID. GEO. P. PIERCE. Manager W. HARD WI CX • FAMILY GBOOER AND GENERAL PROVISION MERCHANT, BHOBTIiAND CbKSCENI, Auckland. OWH. in returning thanks toJiiS numerot friends and the public generally for Their kind sui Ertdutag the past, is glad to inform them that 1 ta still in a position to carry out with promptness an despatch any orders.that may be entrusted ton Mone but first-ciassjßoods guaranteed. BAY'OI1 ISLANDS COAL YAR] BREAKWATER EOAD. BAY OF ISLANDS AND NEWCASTL: v COAL ON SALE. Office: 7, Queen-street. fiEfIRY GILFILLAN, r « V , ,' Agent. MONJSY.TO'LEID on -first-claE i freehold ecurlty, low,'rates of Interest.- B. O. Dyer, flhortland-streo , ONKY TO L&nv in large c ,';' small kmH, 'at Very low rate of interest.- At.^v to" Mr. Uisfaley, Solicitor, High-street -i. "OKnA AND SMALLER BUM i £oUv> LEND on Freehold Seourit; I ti6wi'tfißecnrity>st-class.-ApplytoßlUo [. Jieyer, Solicitor, 28,8hbrtland-«teeet.; J*j '•■ '■'-■Ji-- 4



Drapery. Oh H m Ow v m mjg, IJU •« o■ 2 « I- hi I 3 Z dfc . L) ■ J s ■ L£J hi > ID So ji| U No*' team warn r\ L^ iJ| H <fj ft- Z H ° ! [Q GQ H — b; X A MersnandlßQ. XT TJ M~M E R & 00. HAVtf ON SALE, TO AE VJB . Ey GLENLOBA,— 60 cases White's celeb .rated Bed Heart Rum 20 ewes Stieglitzs ifine Champagne (quarts) 20 rises " (pints) 5 ca.es French Prune* at'd other Preserves 8 casks Counter Scales, " Thos Lees's," Birming ham, from 71b to 841b 18 cases 18 frames " Thoa Leess Platform Weighing Machines, 4, S, and 7cwt EX CAENATIC -25 cases, each 1 dozen > Gautler Frores 100 cases, each 24 flasks j- favourite Brandy 25 cases, each 48 J-flasks ; EX BENENUE, BKODICK. CASTLE, &0.~ 100 cases Fine French Clarets, well assorted 100 cases Hennessy's Brandy 10 qunrter-cisks do do 10 oases Real French Sardines (quarters) 15'ci-es ,i >» (halves) 1 60 drums Prices Celebrated Ea-ngoon Oil 12 tons Hest Annealed Drawn iind Oilad Fencing wire, in lewt bundles, Jio 6, 7, and 8, Nettlefolds and Co. -. i ______-. ON HAND, EX LITE AREIVALS - 90 cases and •} boxes Fiesh. Tob-cco«, consisting of V enus, Bemittta. Victory, Santec, Swan > Bright, and Black Diamond, all fully 12 to J thelb. * -nil 10 tons No X Company's White Sugar, Lighi Yellows, &c. .. , , 165 half-chests Fine Congou Teas (assorted), also ' SPIRITS° XAND WINES, both in case and i bulk, consisting of Hermes sy's, Giutier s, De Laaee's Brandy, 1 doz. flasks ana nai flasks; JDKZ Geneva, Whiskey, Old Tom, Port, Sherry, Claret, Champagne, Burgundy, and Liqueurs t ALE AND POETEE, in quarts and pints, belt brands LIMB Jf ICE, in quarter-casks i OILMEN'S &TOREB of all kinds, fresh ship . meots-Salmon, Eeal French Sard net (halves1 and quarters), Pickles {various ■.■"{'{ brands), Salad and Castor Oils Canvass, Scrim, and Hessian ■ • OILS, Linseed iboiled and raw), Rangoon, I Castor (in cas«« of 17 gallons) White Laad. Varnish, and all sorts Of Faintl and liryers. KUMMER & CO., COENEE OF FOET AND COMMERCE-STEEETS Auckland, January i, 1876. . ■PAPERHA N G I N G S. NEW DESIGNS! IMMENSE VARIETY! HOLLAND^ BUTLEK c ARE NOW OPENING, EX FOEFARSHIRB— •, » PAPERHANGINGS For the Entrau Hall PAPERHANGINGS For the Drawing-room i] PAPERHANGINGS For theLDining-room APERHANGINGS For Bedrooms x^SRHANGMGS For Ceilings • PAPERHANGINGS f" To Suit All Classes "• PAPERHANGINGS ~ Of the Latest Designs d PAPERHANGINGS il For the Present Season PAPERHANGINGS Lower than ever PAPERHANGINGS - • - .'■•■••■•■ For Landlord and Builders ' at a Liberal Discount. GILT MOULDINGS } For Picture Framing an STAINED MOULDINGS/ Eoom Decorations. HOLLAND & ~BUTLER. lB OIL, COLOUE, AND GLASS MERCHANTS J" IMPORTERS OT GLASS SHADES, !fl MATERIALS FOR WAX FLOWERS, PAINTERS' AND ARTIB I .-„ MATERIALS ETC., 28 & 80," VICTOEIA-BTREET. AUOKLANI E TRADE Ig^kj^ MARK, T> OUYEft, GTJILLET & CIOGNAa [ESTABLISHED IN 1801.] - MESSRS. LJEWIS BROTHERg - " Auckland, S Have secured the AGENCY for this • Celebrated v BEANDY, Bo Justly considered the finest made. tt They always have on hand Hhas. .Qnarter-caekß; v Oaseß, andlm'perial.flaskß. J ""' ;•;'' : :u- ['' .;': '[' '\ '



R. Baird and Co. mhe «q iM Ps on. I THE VERY BEST CHRISTMAS OK NEW YEAR PRESENT IS A ...... " SIMPSON " ; IJB AMILY OEWING JM-ACHINE,, Price, ',£7 10a., With Stand, Polished Table, and Extras. THIS IS THE CHEAPEST, AS IT IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST MACHINE IN' THE MARKET. THE "CANADIAN" LOOK-STITCH SHUTTLE MACHINE, On Elegant Marble Slab, with full Set of Extras Only £4. By ottr ONE YEAR'S SYSTEM of HIRE Every Fan A may now Procure, a Genuine Guaranteed Sewing Machine. PT" Scud for our Time Payment Circular, mo GLAZIERS AND OTHERS. "00 boxes WINDOW GLASS, t-x 'Ocean Mail 2% 9, U x 10, 10 x 12, 20 xU. Only GO feet in case; very liandy for the country. Coloured, Stained, and Enamelled Glass in great variety. Tor prices, which are low, apply BAIRD & COMPANY, QUJBEN-STBEKT. t WAVERLEY, PICKWICK, OWL, IT NILB, PHAETON, HINDO, Nos. 1, 2, » ana 3, Broad Arrow, 18. per box (English price). Post free to any part of New Zealand, I A Liberal Discount on Quantities over One Dozen , Boxes. 1 BAIRD?& COMPANY, QUEEN-STREET. I ' """ ] ' 3 SEWING MACHINE COTTON. CLARK'S very best Extra Quality.—2oo yard Keels, Black, White, and Coloured, 2a. per doz. Handsome Boxes for Christmas Presents. I ' mo PAINTERS AND OTHERS. ORR'S PATENT WHITE ENAMEL PAINT is rapidly superseding the best White Lead; is no poisonous, covers well, last longer, and is a beautlfu W Price (to the Trade), £38 per ton; small quantities, 4Jd $ ft. BAIRD AND COMPANY, : Sole Agents. MACHINE O I L. The' Purest Winter-pressed Sperm, Is. and 18. 6d. par bottle. . . Liberal Discount to the Trade. Springs, Screws, Shuttles, Needles, eta, etc. THE SIMPSON SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, BAIRD & COMPANY, Sole Agentß, 3 QUEEN-STREET. ) : ■ ' ;_..■; ■;, ..-.' v. :. .■,.. «T?LEOTRICITY IS PE.' Jjj N PULVERMACHEK'S IMPEOVED PATENT. SELF-APPLICABLE ELECTEIO CHAIN BANDS, , | BELTS, AND BATTEEIES, I so simple that anyone can use them ; wonderful in results, and yet so gentle in action that they may be applied to mere infants. . Pamphlets giving. full particulars, and detailed Price Lists, can be had on application, or will bo 5 forwarded by, post. ■■.■., May bo had of all Chemists. .. 1 v I-?/- BAIED.& CO., •'■.■;. ' ' SOLE AGENTS FOR. ITOW, ZEALAND., ~, '~.



Hotels. PACOI.C HO T E L, QOEEN-STREKT, AUCKI.AND. JOHN DAUBY, Pb:6pkisxob. John Dauby bcgß to inform his irienda and the public that he ha* Removed from the Commercial Hotel, Shortlund-street to the Pacific Hotel, Queen reet, and in ruturnicg his best thanks for past patronage, hopes that by keeping brands of Wines, Spirits, Ales, etc., as heretofore, combined with first cla3S accommodation for travellers, he will merit a continuance uf their support OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, VDLCAN LA.SE, Three Star Brandy. choice wines and spirits. Billiards. EEEEMAN'S HOTEL, FREEMAN'S BAY. MR. ROBT. STQW (the Proprietor) bogs to inform his numorous customers, friends, and the public, that he still supplies Wines, Spirits, &c of the best brands, at town prices. The Bottle Department has special attention. There is a Bagatelle Table on the premises second to none in Auckland, which, with a comfort able room, first-class attendance and civility, will insure an evening's enjoyment. The best and most refreshing Colonial Ales always on draught. Bell's Life in London Mod. MO YLE'B WHARF HOTE L, LOWER QUEEN-STREET. Champagne Seckbaek, Imperial half-pints, 18s per doz., expressly for Invalids, for oale at MOYLE'S Soup, Fish, Meat, Pastry, and Tea, Is., at MOYLE'S. All Meals, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., Is., at... MOYLE'S. Beds, Is. and Is. 6d., at MOYLE'S. Wines, Spirits, Ales, and Porter, best quality, at MOYLE'S. Civility, Cleanliness, and Comfort, at MOYLE'S. Uhip's Cicws contracted for in harbour, at MOYLE'S. __¥°Z LE>S _WHARF HOTEL WARNER'S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH. Mr. F. W. WARNER bogs to inform intending Visitors to Canterbury that the Improvement*! that he has recently made render the Commercial Hotel second to none in New Zealand A considerable portion of the ground floor of the New Building is devoted solely to SAMPLE ROOMS ; thus affordiiitf unusual udvuntagesi to Commercial Gentlemen. Families visiting Christchurch will, the proprietor is assured, find no fault with the Suites of Apartments provided for their accommodation. The Bath-rooms are fitted up with every requisite. The Cuißine is under the superviPion of an eminent Chef, and the proprietor hopes that his own long ex perience in the trado is a sufficient guarantee an to the quality of his Cellar. The new Billiard-room is acknowledged by con noisseurs to be the finest in the Colony. 'Bnsses pass the door to and from every hour daily. Prompt attention paid to all communications addressed to MR. W. P. WARNER, Commercial Hotel, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, STAR HOTEL, ALBERT-STREET, PATRICK: GORMAN (Late of the Alexandra Hotel, Parnell), Having taken the above Rplendld Hotel, begs to announce that no attention on his part shall be wanting to render it what its size ani accommoda tion entitle it to be, the leading Hotel in Auckland. To through Travellers by the mail steamers, and to settlers from tho country, the Star Hotel may bo specially recommended. Its bedrooms and private apartments are second to none, and its proximity to the Wharves, Markets, and Public Buildings, con stitute another gieat recommendation. None but tho best brands of Spirits and Cigars. Tho Billiard Saloon is lofty and well ventilated. Tho Tablo is one of Alcock's best, and tho cues and other accessories are unit-class. RED LION HOTEL, DRAKE-STREET, (Near Freeman's Ba ). DON AT D MCGREGOR has much •pioisuro In in forming' the public that he has taken c above hotel, and having made extensive addition*, and im provements, his friends and thepnblic willjfind overy comfort and convenience. Wines and Spirits cf tho best brands. "0 1 NITED SERVICE wine and spirit store, Corner ofjQueen and Wellesley-strebts^ Auckland. JOHN HANCOCK, Proprietor. IMPORTER* OP WINES, SPIBITS, &0. J.H. would respectfully call the attention of th» public to the ursurpassod stock of Wines and Spirits now on hand, including the following :— BRANDY— MOSELLE— Hennessy'a Deinhard's Sparkling MarteU'B HOCK— De Laage Fills **•* Deinhard's Still Hennessy's/, CHAMPAGNE— Bisquit De Bouche and De Lossy De Laago flasks. Roderers WHISKY— Moots and Chandon's Kinahon's LL Cliquot Dunville's Seekbach'S Imperial, Scotch of the best brands &c., &o. and blends. BURGUNDY—Nuits UM— 0. Polack Red Heart SAUTERNES, very ohoioe White Jamaica F. Desbonne Lowndes' Vermouth — Noilly Prat Pine Apple and Co. Rum and Shrub. Absinthe GIN— i CYDER and PEERS', In Henke's stone and white jottle and wood. Real glass Devonshire, imported,by London Unsweetened J.H. "Wolfe's Schnapps; LIQUEURS WINES- Curagoa Old Tawny Port, vintage Aya Pana 1862, specially recom- La Maladetta mended to invalids by Flour de Alps medical gentlemen. Kummel Amontillado Sherry, &c. Maraschino. Australian, all kinds. CLARET— BITTER—INDIEN Margaux , Chateau Pomys BRANDY— TodHeatleys Orange ~ St. Emilion Cherry St. Julien, &o. Ginger Pocket Flasks—Brandy, Whisky, &o. l "&a,'at 1b and Is. fid. . * ■ ALE and PORTER of the best brands. ENGLISH ALE always on draught. Country orders, accompanied with P.O. orfl punctually attended to. ...'•,' Terms:—Cash. Tlexandra family hotel, J\. PAR NELL. J. W. MELTON begs to inform his numerous friends and tho public that this favorite Hotel 1b now entirely renovated and open for the reception of families and visitors'; The Parlors and Bedrooms are well furnished, and command magnificent views. , The Billiard Room is fitted with flrst-clasß Table nd every requisite. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths.l. The best procurable stook "8 Star Battle-axe." ■ Meals at all hours. English and Australianf papers, ~; Billiard Fitfaitnw always on sale. __^



Miscellaneous. . _i W. C. DENNES, IMPOKTEB QOE KH OF SCOTS -^^^^B,^^^ """'" " (with Silver-plated ~ " ' ' "^' 1 '^ Extraß> j| / ' ' I■' r WHEELER AND LITTLE STRANGER L-f^^ 4^\' '' jh 1 </' \ ,''' CABLES & STANDS VEEY LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO TEE TRADE. REPAIRS DONE FOR ALL MACHINES. DRAPERY, HOSIEBY, LADIES' AND GENTS' UNDERLINED MILLINERY, DREBSMAKING.-A FIT GUARANTEED. W. C. DENNES, being the largest Importer of all Sewing Machines of modern improvement and simplicity, can offer the best advantages to purchasers. Weekly, Monthly, or Cash Pay ments tuken. Needles, Cottons, Thread, Oil, and all requisites for the above Machines supplied. Agent for Accouchement Belts. w. o. imsTisrasre s Albert Buildings, Queen-street, qpfosite Auckland Savings Bank.



QPEOIAL NOTICE. H. L. POSSENNISKIE DKGS to return hie sincere thinkis for thfl very ■** l<boral support ha hus M'lierlo received, and takes this opportunity of informing his numerous customers and tha public generally he has just received, by he last English shipp, -Supwior ASSORTMENT OF BUMMEK GOODS, -CONSISTING 0F- West of England, Scotch, & Bannock- EDKN T\VKED3 ; Also, some 811k and Pancr Vestings (new patterns), Superfine Black and Blue Broad Cloth. Xx Hero, and late arrivals— Geklong, Sydney, and Mokg el Tweeds. The above Goods having just arrived, H. L. P. ii enabled to offer Garmonts al the following prices :— Trousers £12 6 Trousers and Vests 1 18 0 Tweed Suit .. .. ~. .. 316 0 All orders strictly Hand-made and well Shrunk, and a Good Fit Guarantied. Tho above prices are for CASH, my mntto being SMALL. PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS.1 j —. H. L. POSSENNISKIE. TAILOR AND HABIT MAKJEIR, New Zealand House, SHORTLANn-STfIEKT. AUCKLAND HHHEIS YOU LL KEMriMBJSB ME. When other Boots and other Shoes, Have not been wearing well, And, by the language that you use, 'Tls plain there's been a sell, There may perhaps in such a scene, Some recollection be . Of Boots, which have much better been, Tlum you'll remember me. When Soles grow thin, and Uppers light,| Of Shoes you once did prize, And understandings are a sight, Unsightly to the eyes; "When broken Boots shall wear ajmask— A patch—you'll grieve to see, In such a moment I but ask, That you'll remember me — HEMUS1 V STAK V BOOT DEPOT, Top of Queen-street, Auckland OUR LAST is a Ladies' Kid Boot, with fashionable and plated heel, at 10s. Gd. $ pair! How can this be done ? By Co-operation. Remember ours is the largest and oldest Factory in the province. "We only require tho co-operation of tho public, and we will keep the money In the colony.,, This quality can not bo imported to Bell at the price. OST -OFFICE HOTEL, OREY-STREET, WELLINGTON. Travellers to tho South will find firet-class accom modation at tho above Hotel. Suites of apartments for Families. Airy, pleasantly-situated rooms always available. Good dry Sample-rooms, THOMAS URWIN, Proprietor. 7tf O T~ ICE. TO BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, & OTHERS. TIMBER I BRICKS I TIMBER 1 Tho undersigned as A Rents for WAIKAWAU SAWMILL TAIRUA SAWMILL BARKER'S PATENT BBICK KILN, ME CHANIO'S BAY are prepared to receive and executo orders In con ection with above. COMBES & DALDY, 17, QPEKN-STKIRT 1 0 oi. 0 0 0 ROLLS OF . PAPERHANGINGS. W. PHILLIPPS AND SON 95 AUD 97, QUKBN-STREBT, Have Juat Opened, ex late arrivals, 80 Packages New Patterns of PAPER HANGINGS, And to make room for Shipments to arrive per ' Carnatfc' and 'Glenlora,' offer special inducements to purchasers. Cheap Hessian and Scrim Gilt Mouldings, a large assortment, new designs Artists' Colours, in oil and water; Canvas, Paper, Mounts, and Sundries Engravings, Oleographs, Photographs, and Scraps Balance of stock of Ohroino Lithographs, below Publisher's price. Silvered Plate Glass, from 136 x 72 Polished and Rough Plate, Bheet, Ornamental, and Photographic Glass GLASS SHADES, Paints, Oils, Colours, Varnishes Brushes, Patent Silicate, Oxide of Iron Anticorrosive and Nelson Hematite Paint, and all kinds of Painters' and Decorators' Sundries Portland Cement. t3T~ Wholesale and Retail, . PHILLIPPS & SON. * 95 & 97, Queen-street. T sTTTTYITt, CABINETMAKER, (by appointment to his royal highness the dukk of edinburgh), blliott- st re b t, Opposite Market Entrance. A.S. having devoted speoial attention to the manu facture of rare artioles of Inlaid Cabinet work, is, by the aid of the beautiful variety of New Zealand woods, able to make to order any description of work for presentation, or for gifts to distant friends, com bining great elegance with usefulness. Families supplied with Ornamental Furniture at moderate charges. ■ : , ■ MB. ALEX. H. SHIPLEY is our Sole Agent in New Zealand from this date. ARNOLD, HINES & CO. New York, U.S.A. January .16,1876. .. ORWICH UNION FlfctE INSURANCE SOCIETY. [Established a.d. 1797.] The security afforded by this old-established office is unquestionable; it is most favourably known thrbughout' the world for its promptness in settle ments ; its regulations are liberal; its rates of Pre miums are based at the lowest compatible with the safety of the Assured; and its receipts are all retained n the Colony for investment, affording the advantages of a Local Institution, combined with the guarantee of a Wealthy English Proprietory. Rents may be insured by special agreement for 12 months. Every information can be obtained at the Society's Offices, Bank Buildings, Queen-street, on application to y : JAS. B. GRAHAM, , i ••'/■ ; '■ . -' ■;;,,;;•■; ;;:.;;/\: ';vvAgeaV \.



WHISTLE HOTEL i "'" P. DARBY, Wholesale ant) Ektajt WINIC AND SPIRIT STOKE , QUEEN-STREET AUCKLAND, I Begs leave to return many thanks to the public, for I their liberal support accorded him for many yean . past. j Having erected splendid' Premises on the site o '. the old House which was destroyed by fire, he Is ' now prepared to execute all orders entrusted to him ' from town or countiy, with the ! CHOICES! HELECTION WINES AN°D SPIRITS, Comprising— Sandiman's Four Diamond Old Port Wino Duff. Gordon's Sherry Champagne—CJiquot's Champagne—Perrier, Jouet's j Champagne- Moselle, pints and quarts j Claret-Chateau, Larose Claret—Lafitte ] Claret-Leoville i Claret—St Julian's Real Old Jamaica Bum Hennery's Three Star Brandy And otbei choice biands. ASSOETED CASKS MADE TJP TO OEDEE DIFFERENT BBANDS. BASS'S ENGLISH ALE ON DRAUGHT. Liberal Al owances? made to wholesale purchasers. TERMS : S? BICTLY CASH. Spirits Ovorproof, th same as from bonded Store, told in any quantity. J) H 0 T 0 tt R A PHY SPECIAL NOTICE. Messrs. HEMUS & HANNA Have much pleasure in informing their blends and the public that their Portrait Studio is now O?EN. Their Establishment has been carefully fitted up with everj' convenience for producing1 a superior clans of Portraiture. j Photographs artistically finished in oils, [water c olours, or crayons, at reasonable rates. A superior quality of work guaranteed. QUEEN-STREET, Corner of Wellesley-street West,! Over Messrs. Hewin's. TWTEW LOCA^L INDUSTRY G.SR. BURGESS, pure! Ultramarine Blue^Manu facturer, has the pleasure to inform the Grocers, General Dealers, and the public of Auckland.'in particular, that he has begun the manufacture of his celebrated' Blue. He has taken convenient premises in Parnell, where he can produce an articles of superior quality to meet the demands of the people. He |has confidence in the undertaking, having a thorough practical knowledge of the manufacture; being for many years, in connection with Harper's Twelvetrees, the renowned Manufacturers. Also, that he can produce an article of a pure genuine quality, »t at least Id per lb cheaper,'gives him con fidence of general suppoft. A trial is solicited. His Auckland agents are—Messrs.. G.^ W. , wen, H. B. Morton, and Warwick Bros. HHHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE OF SALE PORT—Superior Old Eed. in wood and bottle SHEREY—Superior qualities and brands, bottled and in butts, hhds, qr.-casks, and octaves BRANDY—Hennessy's and Martell's, in wood and case. Also, fine old Vintages for private families and Bisquit dv Bouche's and De Laage Fills, in flasks and half-flasks W.T. RTJM—3O 0.p., In hhds and qi.-casks WHlSKY—Dunville's, Greenless and Colville's Sherriff's Islay, John Fraser's Brackla, and Jame son's in bulk, and Lome's Highland, Dunville's, 'and Stewart's in cases OUD TOM—Browning's, In bulk :Booths', Burnett's, and Bernard's, in case SCHNAPPS—AdoIpho Wolfe and Co.'s, quarts and 'pints GENEVA—John de Kuyper and Son's Anchor Brand, iln red and green cases ; J. H. Henke's Hollands, in stone jars aud glass bottles, and Cologne Gin GINGER WINE, in qr-casks and cases OIJARjfiT— Medoc, Chateau, Margeaux, St Julien,<S>c, MARASCHINO—Noyeau, Cutagoa, orange and white, and Sarsaparilla BlTTKßS—Seiner's, Angostura, Orange, and Pomor^, anzen CHAMPAGNE—CIiquot's, Perrier Jouet's, Moet's ;Collin's, and Tie bossy g SPAEKLING MOSELLE-Dienhard's quarts and jints LINDEMAN'S CAWAifRA HOCK AND CLARET Ist growth - AMERICAN LIGHT WINK (Muscatelle) BOTTLED ALK—Bass's, Devenish, Tennant's, and Allsopp'a BOTTLED STOUT—Byass's, Blood's, Gulnhess's arid Watkin's, bottled by Byass LIME JUICE CORDIAL—GUIon and Co's plntsand quarts, Gillon and Co's Sherbet :; , GEOCERIBS, comprising—Belmont, Ozakerit, and Field's Candles, Crushed Loaf Sugar, Rennetts, Saltpetro, Blacking, Blacklead, and Sardines ' Reckett and Son's FRENCH BLUE TEAS and SDGABS . , PALE ENGLISH MALT VINEGAR— Champion's No Hi, in half-hhds. ■-'■> CIGARS—No2H.S.,in 600 boxes, La Caobas, Al bcurne, Iquilla de Oro, Alonzo Careche, Sir Robert Peel, Flor de Solor, La Perla dei Tabaco.gand Verguero TOBACCO—Various brand 3 PAlNTS—Carson's AHticorrosion, red and stone colour; Blundell, Spence and Co's Genuine Ground and Nos 1 and 2 White Lead, Sed Lead, White Zinc, Mid Brunswick Green, and Yellow Paints, Patent Driers, &c. Hodson and Co's White Zinc and White Lead, in 281b drums OILS—Raw and Boiled Linseed in drums and barrels'; Colza in drums, and Downer's Kerosene NOBLE'S AND HO ARE'S VARNISHES OAK VAENlSH—Blundell, Spence and Co's, in cases, containing 16 1-gallon tins CORD A.GB—Europe, Manilla, Bolt Kope, and C4al , ■ vanized Wire Eope * Composition Nails for Hunts Metal . To arrive, per 'Glenlora,'— ' 400 half-barrels BLASTING POWDEE. B. 0. & Co. have now adopted the method followed by the large London Houses of VATTING their WINES and SPIBITS, this having been found to secure the delivery of a higher standard of quality than otherwise obtainable. Original packages delivered from Bond as heretofore when required. Indents executed for all kinds of goods. BROWN. CAMPBELL & CO. HjIHE UNDERSIGNED'HAVEON SALE JL AND TO ARRIVE: Gourock Canvas, Al Extra Baxter .BroVs Royal Navy Canvas Christie's Double Crown Canvas ; ■' ; Christie's Royal Navy Canvas Gordon's Royal Navy Red Stripe * Gordon's Imperial Blue Stripe Leith Companies' Canvas Wilson and Cuniunghain's Canvas Also, 60 cases Muntz Metal Cflcases Copper Sheathing And a largestock of Anchors and Chains and General Ship Chandlery. ' ; Mta*l>. H. MoKENZIB. Anok tana, November 6 l 1875 i • •



t. Dickinson""" JUN"'RAL Mvtk- trNDERT AKEa [Established MmSm. 1859.]', flPfif 1 . I g| rill f'-^'l ;? P, "?* gfSSSKS gggg ':t S I 1 _2 : i_l__JL_ T7 E N E TTXiN" B L INITs; WIRE GAUZE BLINDS AND PERFORATED ZINC BUNDS, : . MAY BK HAD AT THE AUCKLAND VENETIAN" BLIND MANUFACTORY, Cobnkb ok Cook and Grit-streets, ';f Of any dimensions, in any number from One to !i Hundred, within a given timo, of the best quality '* \ and reasonable prices, and sent to all parts of Naw< " Zealand. Terms cask. Estimates returned By post, i M. H. BUSSY, "-^ Local Manufacturer and Importer of the Material, . ; Practical Blind Maker and Wire Worker, (many ;„-,■... years established at City Eoart, London), Manure. ! turerof every description of Window Blinds, Piuln , and Ornamental Wire "Work. Old Blinds cleaned,- ": altered, repaired, und? painted.— YE N ET lAN HOUSE, corner of Cook and Grey-street, Auckland , ;, T^E GE EA. EST WONDER OF , MODERN TIMES. Long experience has proved these tamo romedle . to be most effectual in curing either the dangerous ' \ maladies or the slighter complaints which are more particularly incidental to the life of a miner, or to : those living in the bush. Occasional doses of these PiJls vril' guara tlia system against those evils which so ofte beset the , human race, viz.:—Coughs, colds, and a < disorders; . of the liver and stomach—th^ frequent ft rerunnera ■; ; of fever, dysentery, '^^rrhoaa, and cholera 1 i-^ . ' ■ ■ I ■: ;i Is the most effectual remedy for old sores, wounds ulcers, rheumatism, and all skin diseases; in fact, when used according to the printed directions, it never fails to cure alike, deep ard superficial ail ments. These Medicines may be obtained from all respect able Druggists and Storekeepers throughout the civilised world, with directions i'or use in almost v ; 1 every language. They are prepared only by the Proprietor, ThottM ■. * ir' i Holloway, 633, Oxford-street, London.. i V Beware of Opunterfeite that may emanate, ftom th c ited states i * BISQUIT, DUBOUCHB & COr . ■ . [Established 1819.] . ——— *$$$' ? SfIIPPEKS OF BEANDY COGNAC. M IN ,:Hr>S., QB.-CASKS, CASES, AKDfILiSK AGENTB IN AtJCKLAKD—. —' X' V. NATHAN & CO., "DATAVIA SEA AND FIRE i-> INSURANCE COMPANY ■ ■ ' ABE . ■ " ■. ■ PEEPAEED TO ACCEPT PIEEOE MARINE RISKS at LOWEST RATES. Losses paid either in this Colony or at any of the Company's Branches. All information may be obtained by applying to H. W. HEATH, ' General Agent, Bank Buildings. Auckland, February 3, 1875. N'1-' ' :M: c CXTL S X ;Y;; #i!i FUNERALI LNDERTAKEE, TOP op HOBISON-BTB B'E"T.- ;.;"'^'S| ■ off a ■^™s^^a^^^^^^^sb«j|^S^t?™ iM /ALEXANDER! U\ ■ /r~/ § ' mmmmimmminm\ \o\ , .i?/7ti/NE« GOODSpI yA ■ ;. -I #5/freshdesicnsW\ Rl \^oJ EVERY MAILNI^/ AiL G;O^ODS? OxUAfRA^NfTEED ■'.'.'{ ]■ '. AXDV.___ ■ ■ • Evert/ description of JtiWELLERY Manu factured on the yre%ises. . r ;