SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Mr-iT lviqiFp f This Afternoon, 9.10 HIGH WATER-- (; To . morrO w Morning, 9.31 BUN SET.—This Evening. 6.18. SUN RISE.— To-morrow Morning, 5.10. MOON'S AGE.—First Quarter, 25th, 7.34 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

lon a, s.s., from the North. Belle Brandon, schooner, from Napier

DEPARTURES.

Rowena, s.s., Sellers, for Tauranga,

EXPORTS.

Per Comet for Tahiti: 8 cases cotton, 1 case hosiery, 2 do. merchandize, 50 cases brandy, 20 cases wine, 30 cases Genera, 30 cases bottled beer, 1 case drapery, 8 caseg machinery, 150 tons btecuits, 5 tierces beef, 60 boxes soap. 3 empty Da? rels.—Owen & Graham, Agents and Shippers. 6 cases blue.—E. Porter & Co. CAUTION* TO MARINERS. The following has been received from Hokia nga:—" The sj. Lionel lost a raft of foxirteen heavy logs three nnlea S. W. of Hokianga Heads. Please caution masters of vessels to keep a sharp look out.

The mail sieamer Australia left Wellington at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The s.s. Rowena left for Mercury Bay and -Tauranga yesterday afternoon. She carried her usual compliment of passengers and cargo. By latest advices from the Kaipara the Prince Alfred, Ro3annah Rose, and Ephemy were loading at Aratapu for the South, and the Argosy, Mary Campbell, Ada Wlswell, and Marmioo, were loading at Te Kopuru, and the Harriet Armitage (for China) at Kaihu. The schooner Belle Brandon arrived from Napier this morning, with 15 casks beef, 3 tons bones, 3 cases drapery. Calm and head winds were experienced on the way up. The schooner Ruby brings CO tons lime stone from Wangarei. The brig Amy, the three masted schooner Frank Guy, and the brigantine Cleopatra were at Napier when the 80110 Brandon left. The steam laanoh, Eclipse, has received her acw engine at the hands of Mr. Hawkeswood, ■vrho turned, it out to the design of Mr. Bach. A trial trip is.expected to run next week. The Mission vessel is to leave for Norfolk Is lands on the 2nd Nov., to return the boys brought up from there. She will return thenco at once. The cutt«r Mana, which arrived from Tairua •with timber this morning, reports the cutter, Dream, as having left Tairua on Wednoyday evening. The captain believes she ran in to Mercury Bay, through stress of weather, as a heavy sea was running.

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

The following are the Customs receipts for the past week: — £ s. d. Duties 3,109 5 0 Light due 334 9 3 Merchant shipping fees 6 12 0 Arms fees 5 5 0 Other receipts 26 15 3 Total £2,182 6 6

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Uxdeb:—

For Thames, on Monday next, at 2 p.m. and

5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Argylo, on Monday next,

at 11.30 a.m. For Tryphena, per Three Brothers, this day,

at 4 p.m. Per s.s. Australia, on Monday, 23rd instant, as

under:— For Kankavu, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Colum bia, Central and South America, and British

and Foreign West Indies, at 11 a.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 a.m. Late letters, bearing an extra fee of 6d. in addition to the postage, will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. For Russell. Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per

lona, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Aus tralian Colonies, per s.s. Hawea, on Tuesday next, at 11.15 a.m.

Late letters will be received till 11.30 a.m. For Gisborne and Napier, per Go-ahead, on Wednesday next at 3 p.m. •

(Signed) S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

A Genuine Source of Health.—Thousands of invalids seek in vain year after year for some real source of health. They try one remedy after another until they begin to despair of finding the much wished for object. Oh that some beacon could light these unfortunates groping in the dark to that genuine source of health, Udol pho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schxapps, an unequalled specific for diseases of thestomach. bowels, and kidneys, and a matchless tonic and nervine. - The Medical Profession' have declared Steaxe's Superlative Aromatic Toxic "W in'B to be a necessity to all in search of health, ana especially to tho3C suffering cither from Incipient or Chronic Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the dis orders arising therefrom. This Tonic is also particularly recommended to all who are m a measure compelled from the nature of their occupation to take stimulants, and at the same time are desirous of studying health by taking that which will act most beneficially on the system. Mr. Wm. Johnson, Government Analy tical Chemist, report: — " I have examined Steane's Superlaiive Aromatic Tonic \\ me, and find it to be remarkably pleasant in flavour, con taining about 16 per cent, of a very P"rc alcohol, and holding in solution a clear wholesome, Vegetable Bitter, combined with a fruity spicy aroma. I consider this Bitter a very superior article."—Sold by all Storekeepers and Hotel ltccT)crs Mark Twain- ox Bad Musicians. — The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Wcston's Wizard Oil and Magic- Pills without carefully examining the outside wrapper—and be sure that the words None Genuine without the Signature of the Proprietor. Fraxk Westox, Sydney, N.b*. W.," are engraven thereon. Any other so-called preparations ot mine, are unauthorized by me, and calculated to mislead the public—Signed. Frank Weston. Sole Agents: Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.— Price, HaLE-a-crown.

BIRTH.

RICKERBY—On the 20th October, at Clarc mont-street, Kyber Pass. Mrs. E. Rickerby, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

NGATARA-KURU-On tho 12th October, at the Registrar's Office, Shortlanrl. Hone Nga tara, to Mere Kura, niece of Te Hira and Mere Kuru, both of Oliinemuri.

DEATH.

DAVIES—On the 20th October, Mr.s. Catherine Ann Davles, aged 5G years. The funeral will leave her late residence. Morton-street, near Cook-street, Freeman 3 Bay, to-morrow (Sunday), at 3 p.m. Friends please accept this invitation. SP-VULDING—On the 19th October, at Princes street, Onehunga. Nelson ripaulding. aged ;>o years.—Maine, C.S.A.. papers please copy. The funeral will leave his late residence on Sunday, at i p.m. Friends are respectfully invited.

The Auckland Railways.

KAIPARA RAILWAYS TO BE PUSHED ON.

We publish in our Wellington telegrams to-day the amounts which the Government propose to appropriate under the Public Works Bill for " works in the province of Auckland.'.' It will be seen that the pro posed vote for the Kaipara-Puniu line has been increased on the first estimate given m the Public Works Statement by £29,000, the extra sum being required for the com pletion of the railway from Riverhead to Auckland, the wharf railway, and central station in the city. The precise condition of the proposed line to connect Riverhead and Auckland is that the preliminary alter nate survey has been finished, and the Go vernment engineers are now comparing the cost of the work, the amount of compensa tion to land-owners, and tho general facili ties for traffic. The engineers do not anticipate any difficulty in either of the lines, except in two or three places. ■ The general vote for the Kaipara-Punui railway includes the cost of connecting the railway from Helensville, and as far in the direction of the Punui as any surplus re mainingt over he cost of the line to Te Awamutu, will be available for. The estimate makes provision for a perma nent station at Ouehunga wharf. The exact state of the railway between Mercer and Newcastle is that the plate-lay ing has been taken, and the Waikato railway bridge is practically finished. Between Newcastle and Ohaupo, a distant of about twenty miles, the whole of the bridges and earthworks are finished, aud about two weeks at the culverts will render the line lit for plate-laying. From Ohaupo and Awamutu the country has been survey ed, and is ready for staking for the contract.

PARLIAMENTARY.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

WELLINGTON, this day. PRESS TELEGRAMS. The House met at 2.30 yesterday, when the report of the Select Committee on Press Telegrams was brought up and read. Tlie report recommends that the evening papers privilege of receiving five hundred words at evening 'rates be extended for three months by way of experiment, leaving it to tlie discretion of Government whether the privilege be continued or not. Sir George Grey asked that the extension be till next session, which was negatived,and the report agreed to. 'I understand there was hot work m the Committee. A few of the mem bers who had no particular sympathy with the public press, were con vinced by Dr. Lemon's argument, and were for allowing things to remain as they were before the session began. The press was, fiowever, well represented on the com mittee, though some of them have at pre sent no connection with any paper, as Messrs. Joyce and Barff, and they were particularly dogged in holding out for some further concession to evening papers. Dr. Lemon maintained that there would be a loss, but the majority of the committee were of opinion that at any rate the 500 words at evening rates should be tried three months longer, and the proposal was agreed to. Mr. Reynolds, who at one time .was Minister for Telegraphs, took Dr. Lemon's view, and got very warm over it, .so much so indeed, that Mr. Joyce and he waxed wroth, and an impartial observer at the keyhole would have apprehended an appeal to the arm of flesh. SATURDAY SITTINGS. The House is determined to get through business, the Canterbury and Hawkes' Bay members being anxious to get home to their runs. A motion was agreed to yes terday in favor of sitting on Saturdays, for Government business only. PUBLIC WORKS BILL. Mr Richardson moved the second reading of the Public Works Bill, which contains a clause very much like the postscript to a lady's letter, repealing 42 Acts of the General Assembly, and 64 Provincial Acts. The measure consolidates a mass of legislation, and contains a clause providing for drainage, There is a schedule to the Bill providing for the expenditure of £205,000 for immi gration, £17,000 for public works, £1,300,000 for railways, and other items chiefly for roads and goldfields in the Middle Island ; of £125,000 for land purchase, £72,000 is put down for Auckland, and of £147,000 for waterworks on goldliclds; the Thames is to receive £l(>,000. The sum of £1,800 is put down for prospectin" and developing.Goal Mines. The Public Works Estimates make an increase of several salaries in the bead office, but a great many of the officers of the department are dis pensed with. PUBLIC WORKS IN AUCKLAND. For the Kawakawa railway the sum of £20,000 is set down, and £190,000 for the extension of the railway from Riverhead to Kaipara from the temporary station at Hel ensville, and for theexte'ision of the Waikato railway to Puniu. The resident engineer's salary in the Waikato railway is to be £400. The salary of the District Engineer, Auckland, is set down at £700. The sum of £1000 is set down for repairs on the tele graph line from Auckland to Mercer, and £4000 for the line from Wangaroa to Man gonui. Several small items are to be appro priated for officers at the Thames and Tau ranga. The salary of the Immigration Officer is reduced from £300 to £7,"), and the messenger is dispensed with. THE PERMISSIVE ABOLITION BILL. This bill has been postponed for a week, but it is probable that it will not come on at all, as there is talk of winding up the session on Thursday next. I hear that Ministers hope to prorogue about the end of next Aveek. THE LUNATIC INSPECTOR. Correspondence laid on the table shows that Dr. Skae, the new Inspector of Lunatics, is already on bis way to the colony, and that the Agent-General has entered into bonds on behalf of the colony. Whether the Government will bring down the salary again in the supplementary esti mates, or will propose to give a lump sum to Dr. Skac by way of compensation re mains, to be seen.

LAST NIGHT.

(PRESS TELEGRAM AGEKCY.)

Another Ministerial Mistake.

On resuming Public, Works Bill, Sir George Grey raised a point of order, that the Bill was a money bill, and should have been introduced in that House by a message from the Governor. The clauses be took exception to, were held by the Speaker not H<4-be appropriation clauses. Mr. Itces, however, again raised the point, and commented at length on the Bill, to show it was bristling with clauses that dealt with revenue, and levied charges upon the people. In support of his conclu sion lie quoted from May's Parliamentary Practice, and the Journals of the House of Commons. On the motion of the Premier, the debate was adjourned to allow the Speaker to decide whether the privileges of the House have been infringed. IBOLITION FINANCIAL ARRANGE MENTS BILL. The House then went into committee on the Abolition Financial Arrangements Bill, when a very keen debate took place upon a number of clauses; and progress was very slow. ,

Roads North of Auckland-. A longdiscusaion took place as to making roads north of Auckland. Mr Stafford only supported the arguments adduced by Sir Kobert Douglas, to show that"the Government should provide mam

would have been only too delighted to do so, but the means of the Go vernment were limited and it became absoltely necessary to cut their coat accord ing to cloth, «_-_s The Superintendonts Salaries A discussion also ensued on clause for giving of Superintendents salary for their their term of taking office. The clause was struck out by 26 against " When clause 34 was reached progress was reported. Sir George Grey Bteht Agaia. Before rising, the speaker ruled that after careful consideration of the Public Works Bill he was of opinion it was incon sistent with the privileges! of the House to a O further with the Bill in its present shape. J.i It will be re-introduced to-day. The House adjourned at 3.35.

THE PRETTY JANE.

The Manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company yesterday afternoon received the folio-win" talegram from Mr. David Gouk, who arrived at Gisbonie by the Southern Cross

" GISBORXE, 20th Oct. Have inspected Pretty Jane. Find her immersed to deck at low water. Vessel apparently not strained. Good prospect ot rrettin" hep off. Will be ready to try to-

marrow." Another telegram received this morning describes her position more accurately, er at least more particularly, than any received yet It is from Capt. Chrisp to Capt. Burgess, and says: "At low watet the vessel has her stern in 6ft. water, while her bow slid fore part are on the rock. It w expected that she will float off next tide. Capt. Helander has done all he could. Another telegram says briefly ;—" The vessel is lying on the rocks from her mam nia«t foreard." The question of whether the boat "will be "■ot afloat again, is largely depend&nt on the weather. If it .should blow from the south ward, there is little douht .she would go to pieces. At present the elements are favor able. It is intended to pass chains under her, attached to huge floating beams. These will be buoyed with casks, and then at each low tide tile chains will be shortened and the vessel slowly floated in to .shallow water.

Perhaps after this accidenfthe Govern ment will see, what ha.s been impressed upon them a hundred times, that something ought to be done towards improving the navigation of this part of Gisborne.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., R.M.) ELIZA TIIE FAIR. Vow stood Eliza on the dock-robed height. O'er Chancery Lane, spectatress of the night. —Adapted from Darwin. Eliza Kelly, an old toperess, with a small baby in her arms, bursting into a stream of tears pleaded guilty, but hoped His Wor ship would take the weather into considera tion. Tin's being her second offence she was lined 10s and costs or 4£ hours. NEGLECTED AND LOKX. His father had bolted, his mother waa wild. And left to the world was their wandering child. —Altered from Kirke "White. John Kelly, a little boy, son of the pre ceding, was charged with being a neglected child within the meaning of the Act. The boy was five years old. Sub-Inspector Pardy said the father of the boy was away in the bush, and the mother was leading a wretched life, getting money from charitable people, and taking it to the public house. Detective Jeffrey also gave evidence in a similar strain. His Worship ordered the boy to the In dustrial School for seven years, to be brought up in the faith of the Church of England. VAGRAXCV. Poor Johnny a vaCTttnt, a vagrant was he. Who had spent seven years of his life on the sea. -—Imitation of rtouthey. John Pal Hand, a boy of eleven years, was charged under the Vagrant Act with having no visible lawful means of living. The boy presented a miserable appearance in Court, having neither shoes nor cap, and only half clad. His parents had abandoned ) the'boy, and he had been lying about Free- j man's' Bay for some time past entirely neglected. Sub-Inspector Pardy suggested that his Worship should make an order for the boy to be sent to the Naval Training School. The boy said lie objected to go. His Worship : Why do you object '! Have you any means of getting bread? Boy : Xo, your Worship. His Worship : How old are you ? Boy : Don't know. His Worship '• When is your birthday ? Boy : Don't know. His Worship '• Where are your friends ? Boy: Don't know. His Worship ordered the boy to be sent to the Naval •Training School for three years. OX THE SHORE. 3fy features arc brown, and broad is my back. Yet who cares a groat for tbe fate of poor Jack ? —" Marryat's Sea Squalls." William Cuthbert, a powerful seaman, was charged with a breach of the Merchants Shipping Act, by wilful and continued dis obedience of orders on board ship. Mr. Alexander appeared for defendant, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. B. Russell appeared for the prose cution. Captain John S. Hodgson, of the " Tower Hill, sailing from Hokianga to Auckland, deposed that Cuthbert engaged himself as an able seaman on board his vessel, and duly signed articles. Four days after he went on board, he positively refused to work ; and rather than work he would go to prison ; he was continually getting drunk ; he duly entered the facts in the log book.

To Mr, Alexander : He gave no reason for objecting to work; he did not tell him he did not want him; prisoner went on shore. When he saw him, lie still refused to work, but afterwards got a strange boat and pulled himself to the vessel: he was then very drunk. A sailor can pull a boat pretty well when he is drunk. He did not saythathe was unable to work ; he saw him daily knock ing about on the deck; he saw no indica tions of sickness. Robert Mnwkinney, second officer, knew the prisoner, who signed articles. The next morning whdh the man was sober he asked hian to turn to, when he refused, say ing he must see the skipper. He heard him say that he had a bad cold ; he supplied him with some medicine, believing his story. To Mr Alexander : When he came on board, lie was beastly drunk. He then had his dinner, then blackgarded the sailors and went to sleep. Mr Alexander : Pretty well for one hour what is your definition of drunkenness ? Witness : When a man has drunk so much that he is incapable of doing his duty, or attempts to light his pipe at the pump. Francis K. Baker, the steward, gave similar evidence. Prisoner did not appear to be ill.' He could smoke, and sing, and swear.

Mr Alexander said that he was instructed that the captain would not receive him on board, and told him to go to h— ; and rather than go there, he took a boat and went on board, lie then worked for five

abour.

days, iiuitilj he^was seized with bronchitis, which disabled htm. "William Douglas, a seaman, who had worked with prisoner, deposed that prisoner had a cold, out he did not think it was very bad. He slept well in his bunk, au*i generally appeared lively. Ho belie^Y grisoner took several ounces of salts. f was not particularly observant. His Worship said that the man signed" articles, and then, almost immediately re fused to work. The prisoner might have done what he could under the circumstances, but he positively refused to do anything. He must find him guilty of the charge. . One month's imprisonment with liard

CABLEGRAMS.

[PRESS TELEGRAM AGENCY],

SYP2SEY, this day DEPARTURE OF THE MAl£

STEAMER

The steamer City of New V ork sailed at three o'clock with thirty four passengers, CONFERLNCE TO CONSIDER THE

CABLE.

The Victorian Government intend to propose a conference _ to consider the duplicate cable proposition.

My Weekly Dose.

(By the Doctor)

" And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Ti3 that I may not weep."

I have received a letter from my old friend Sir Julius Yogel, announcing his intention to visit Auckland on his way to the Agent-Generalship. I shewed my letter to several old and enthusias tic friends of Julius, and suggested the idea of a public banquet and a purse of soys. To my astonishment, there was no enthusiasm. In fact they wouldn't " enthuise worth a cent," and my suggestion was treated as an in3ult. When I went to a late shareholder in the D.S.C., expecting to meet a man and a brother, I encountered, like Goldie, a fellow who was '"more like a demon than a man." Seeing, therefore, that noooewifi •' do the polite" by him. it has occurred to me to set a noble example, which I do in the following ADDRESS TO SIR JULIUS TOGEL. Dear Julius,—As Ido not wish that you should ' go down to your Agent-Generalship unwept, un honoured, and unsung, I have produced the following prose. (Here folioweth the prose) :- From the first moment I beheld you in the Classic land of Dunnolly. vending Hollo-way's pills to the miners. I foresaw your future genius. The manner in -which you wrapped up the antibillious prescriptions, was in itself an index ■ n your future career. , """' V.'hen you proposed your Divuung-rod G.M.Co. Limited r ;«rceived the germs of those other grander aiid larger conceptions which hare made your name a household word. I cannot but admire the straijjiiliorwarJ man ner in which you hoisted yourself into Parlia ment as a Provincialist and a friend of the squatters, and after receiving several purses ef sovereigns and got about as much as you cotrid, turned round and invented the Abolition scheme and a property tax. -^ siS* Therein oldman.you exhibited a just appreoij tion of the human character, and a proper degree of consistency. When you launched your. JEnal Railway to the Moon Company. I waa induced to believe that you were on the right track; when your scheme for the colonization of Saturn's Rings was printed in the news papers, it began to dawn upon ray mind rhat my predictions would be verified: when you did* me the honor to enclose me a copy of your "Pacificand Australian sub-marine-Pneu matic - Tube - Mail - and- Parcels - Delivery Company: your " Proposals for Paying Off the National Debts of the World :" your •' Universal- Unlimited - Borrowing - Company - Limited, etcetery. etcetery. I was filled with admiration, but it was not, niy dear old dodger, until I re ceivedyourinterestinglittlebox)kentituledfplease Mr Printer, don't use the vulgar and unparlia mentary phrase " entitled 1 '.'The way to play your Cards, How to start from Pill-broking and to reach Eminence. Knighthood. Baden-Baden, and the Devil," that I understood the awfal im port of your massive intellect. ~.,.. I know that you deepise flattery, hut m the words of an old Scotch song. I may say that there are many here who have '" loo'd ye weel, and will be prepared to loo' ye again. I met some of thdm up at the Club, and they were as tonished and delighted to learn that you had received £000 as a. testimonial. It may be a solace to your feelings to learn that the same solf-sncrificing souls are prepared to subscribe a slight testimonial of their esteem and regard to be presented to you on the ereor your departure, in the shape of some little acknowledgements of yours,which you scribbled off in the intervals of 100 and champagne. ■■* I hear that you have telegraphed to your old follower and "henchman, \V. B. Langbridge, to prepare rooms for you at the " Cottage of Con tent," where you may be interviewed by your numerous Auckland friends. If you should feel disposed to hold a soiree, or a pleasant re : union of. the late, shareholders of the D.b.C. in the "Cotfcige," you will lind me there or there: abouts. . - t- So believe me ■ • . . ~ . Your sincere friend and adnurer,~,> Tiie Doctor. I was an unexpected witness of a remarkable scene in Queen-street the other day. Two of our local celebrities, the one a disappointed 1 politician and a most intense lover of Sir George Grey, and the other a retired auctioneer, were exchanging the compliments of. the season On the footpath. The retired, auctioneer, said : " I knew you when you were a policeman in Melbourne," but the ex bobby retorted cruelly, "Ah, but I knew yon when you were selling utensils.* The last lsaw of these two distinguished men. they were lust round the corner shaking hands, and mutually swearing not to tell anybody anything at all about it. ~ _ There are such things as tricks upon travellers, and even the Waiknto settlers are not exempt. The other day one of them waa on the roatt down with a pair of horses for Bucklands Sale Yards, when on the road he met a.iaolffiß grabber, who said he didn't see " anythingatau remarkable about them horses," and offered to bet him £5 that he could produce their Betters &i Bucklands Sale Yards at ten o'clock next morn ing. The money was staked, and the hour, the man, and the horses were on the spot. Butig when the Waikato man came to look at flis opponents horses he discovered that they were a team which had been borrowed for the occa sion from a well known farmer at Epsom. ■«* friend immediately went for the £5, intending~~~ present the money to a charitable institutional Cambridge, but the matter has been referred to arbitration. The moral of this, my dear brethren, is that betting, even for charitable purposes,, m> a sin, and is bound to bring its own punishment. Indeed people are getting so severely monu now-a-davs that you mustn't throw dice for ». piano, though you may d« a square game ol cvi throat euchre for a church organ, with any quantity of subsidiary raffles in aid ot thefunfia toThere wasa fearful sell perpetrated upon an ancient bucolic friend of mine the otliercwj. The old man once stood for the Provincial torn oil, and was defeated by two votes. To tnw circumstance he owes his intense passion for politics. On Thursday he strolled into roe" ; the haunts of the gay and festive to heartne latest political gossip, when he was.f*flf fl eof hearing a grave looking man on thcothcrfcicieoi the counter say, "A tax of a shilling a headon fowls ! The thing is perfectly monstrous ._ w friend, whose real name is Giles. saltl' -. hactis that, muster V The grave sttanger-ij plied in a tone of surprise. " The new 1™??^ of Animals Act. WnV. havn't vouseeattin w START " Dong my buttons, said Giles. c~ ovl go right home and Til scraw the neck.on n iv'ry chuck on 'cm." And so departed G^a. The noble savage is rapidly adapting' to the manners and customs of tho age. l"c" " » day I received a copy of the " Maori P°"«K. announcing the marriage ol Epaniana h»a. of tho Ngangapikitairangi tribe, to u^ lovely and dusky Mariane rfemana Hemeu. which. I believe, is the Maori tor 31ary^ g Jane Smith,-1 and in the same announcement t was stated that Mary Ann was . da«fWCT the celebrated Etamapupa Pumikma. wno eaten by Tamati Tc Kooti, grandson °r S^. car Tatoo, and gyeat-grand-daughter ot 11^ pitnunili tialo&i. The last thing in t his hne is^ marriage of th* lovely daughter ot Mete % the olcftlau H*m lady who used to pull {&J& surveyors pegs at Ohinemuri.andwhoembia Baron Dc Thierry so affedtionatly on one^ sion when he went to protect the surv^ore.^ believe Mere said afterwards, on mature rw tion.that embraoing the baron was rather»» difficult business than she had calculatcu when she undertook the job. . rrhe Marbles are out, and billiards are,m, d other day I came upon a sucking Kooerw Weston playing a game of one thousai iau v t a side walk in ParneU with alleys and bticw. . from the Domain. nioTliame* There was to have been a baU at tb° V^de the other day. and great preparations cvi for the event. Several ladies sent to .^ Teutenberg for dresses in the latebt >^ stle3 , the grandest pull-backs and trains, and^ geX and all the new fangled things that uio delights in, but at the last moment thoM; i mittee decided to have ataojmtj M There have been a few matrimonial mu\ J domeaticc circles since then, and piul-bacsv./ at a discount. ~..,, t i, o other A friend of mine was made a Mason M»u He day at the earnest request, at hi=■ «" ; thought she wanted to find out *]f. - < "? a > dis of ftio red-hot poker business «u\ ° only covered it the other day when M» "My love, when is the next MasonubaU^____^

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening News," "The Morning News," and "The Echo."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1876.

1"..r tVie cause that lacks assistance, I-orlfie ivrenCf tli.it necils resistance, Fi'i Hie mtiire in ilic distance. Ami tin; I,'o'ml that we can do.

The new Public Works Appropriation Bill, summarized in our telegraphic intelligence, differs in some points from that brought down a few weeks ago. The amendments are in favour of Auckland, attributable, no doubt, to the influence exercised by Mr. Whitaker. The appropriation under the head Kaipara-Puniu railway, £190,000, is £29,000 more than on the last estimates. The lumping of the vote for the completion of the Waikato line to Tc Awanmtu, or beyond to the Puuiu river, with the appro priation for the Kaipara railway, is due to the determination of the Government to connect the Kaipara with the main line south of Auckland. This may, possibly, involve the abandonment of the short ex tension beyond Helensville. We trust that an immediate commencement of the Kaipara railway forms part of the Government pro posals' In the present dullness of trade, and with the prospect of a scarcity of labouring work wlien the waterworks and other contracts are completed, the commence ment of the Kaipara line would be specially opportune. A vote of £10,000 is proposed m aid of works at the Thames. The importance of this appropriation no one will dispute, the only danger is, that the bulk of the money may find its way into the hands of the Mayor and Highway Chairmen of the Lower Thames, who have been lobby ing at Wellington, instead of being spent at Ohinemuri, where a magnificent district is locked up for want of roads. A further sum of £6,000 to complete the Thames water race, 'places the goldfields, enjoying the local expenditure of all its own revenue, in a "ood position. The country districts are not so liberally dealt with. Although Mr Sheehan .succeeded in carrying a motion for a larger grant than the proposed sum of £10,000 in aid of roads North of Auckland, the estimate comes down in the old form. We have no doubt an effort will be made to increase this sum. Wangaroa and Miuigunni settlers arc to enjoy the advantage of the telegraph already conferred upon the adjoining settlements. The Kawakawn mi way will be pushed on to deep water,

at a cost of £20,000, and an appropriation of £72,000, is to be made for land purchases in the province. lnese are the main features of the proposals relating to Auckland, and they are as satis faetorv as could be anticipated. If fairly administered, without red tape and oostruc tiveness such a-* that we have experienced for several years past in connection with the Kaipara railway, the province will reap some substantial advantage from an nn looked for, and melancholy event in London, to wit the demise of the late Dr. Feather stone, from whose decease so many events fraught with weal or woe to New Zealand have sprung.

THE New Zealand Lords have one tender spot in their anatomy, and there is no difficulty in discovering where it is. Pos sessed of large estates, they guard like watch-dogs anything approaching taxation on property—magnanimously displaying, however, a willingness, beautiful to be hold, that the people should tax themselves to make railways for the improvement of the acres which "for an old song," these grandees have become possessed,—providing always that such taxation shall be levied on food and clothing and other articles which the poor man of large appetite and numerous progeny consumes to an equal extent with one' whose flocks aud herds graze over many miles of country. But the Upper House "possesses men of sterling sense and worth, who, accepting self preservation as the cardinal point of their policy, say "if the people through their representatives chose to do these things, that is their own affair; we must depend on our own vigflence to keep the taxing machinery right, and make those who have clamoured for the whistle pay for it." In exercising this watchfulness, the Council lias unquestionably at times done «'ood. They slaughtered the Vogelian little pigs, which in the height of the borrowing mania, threatened to re-introduce the system of indiscriminate money-raising at ruinous rates. Their ardour is now excited over similar proposals in the Counties Bill, and the borrowing powers under the Act have been ruthlessly pared down, leaving only the power of anticipating the revenue by one year. This really means the destruc tion of'the Bill. The revenue dorived from rates in any County would be utterly inadequate "to do more than .keep the roads in repair, but the Government design to throw the whole cost of public works upon those bodies, and make them «reat taxing machines to give the final squeeze to "the orange after the General Government has reached the limit of its power in that direction. Every shilling of the consolidated revenue is now required to pay interest on loan, and the cost of depart ments. Upon the Counties and Road Hoards, supported by local taxation, there fore, must depend the practical work of the country. The action of the Council has brought the Lower House face to face with this fact in all its ugliness, but necessity holds no law, and the series of conferences between the two brunches of the legislature that may be expected will probably result in the Council receding a little from their lirst position.

THE new Appropriation JJill sets down £205,000 for immigration. If this vote indicates an intention to re-establish the system of free immigration, it will, we ljulieve, be generally condemned. From all part.s of the colony come complaints of a supenibiindance of labour, with an in sufficiency of capital to give it _ employ ment. The labour market requires rest. There is every indication of a serious commercial depression, and at the present moment hundreds of able-bodied men in various parts of the colony cannot obtain employment. It would be expedient under these circumstances to suspend free immigration. By keeping the advantages of New Zealand prominently before the English public, a moderate influx of im migrants of the right sort might be expected, paying their own passages— as many as the colony is capable of absorb ing during the next year or two.

A TAURAXCiA telegram announces some tiddlcy-winking by the Native Department with the natives of that district, who were a short time ago favourable to the pros pecting of the Kaimai ranges. We are apparently to have the experience of Ulnne muri repeated on the East Coast. The settlers who have, perhaps, had more ex perience of native humbug than those of any other district in the colony, an-goaded on to an indignation meeting, at which, no doubt, a few plain truths will be spoken. Perhaps, a valedictory address, wishing Sir Donald a speedy voyage to Greenland's iev mountains, might prove ellicacious. Humours are current that the Native- Minister contemplates resigning, at the end of the session, and the Taiiranga settlers might avail themselves of the opportunity alforded by the approaching meeting, to express a lio|>e that he will not be beguiled into any deviation from that very commend able resolve. A man with £'20,000 a year is throwing himself away in doling out Hour and sugar.

The new Lunatic Inspector has given early indication that his surroundings have not exercised any detrimental influence on his own faculties. He had secured a three years' engagement at .£7OO a-year from the Acting Agent-General. With that document ill his pocket, he may approach New Zealand's bold romantic shore JH cheerful mood, and laugh the economical legislators who docked his screw, to scorn. Tile colony will not come out of this busi ness under £2,000.

In the Diocesan Synod of Hawkc's Bay, the following remarks were made by Mr St Hill, in moving that an address be pre sented to the Right Rev. Bishop William* : "I am aware that tlio disbeliever m the missionary, the sceptic in the bencht of missionary efforts, believes that civilization should precede Christianity. Mr President —Let me ask this psenclo critic what did mere civilization do for intellectual Greece, for conquering Rome? What, coupled with i Christianity—Christianity of 1800 years standing—has it done for the nations of the present day, setting aside scientific discoveries? "As a rule, over a wide historic experience, civilization may oe said rather to have changed the develope ment of vices, than to have destroyed their vitality ; and there is no doubt that the substitution of the vices of fraud for those of force, has been the effect of civilization. Right or wrong,! am of those who held that since the invention of writing 345 years ago, no pen has done more for the benefit and instruction of the human race, than the pen of those whose untiring zeal and unwearying industry have increased the versions of the Bible to the large num ber of 200. Generation after genera tion of men will perish, dynasties will rise and fall, nations will run their course, and all will be of the past, but the written word of Clod will ever be of the present, for it is the beacou of and the guide to righteousness which is eternal; it may slumber, but will never die."

The s.s. Australia left Napier at eleven o'clock this morning. • Calculating her passage at 32 hours, she should, arrive m Auckland harbour at about 7 o clock to morrow evening. Sir Julius Aogel and family are on board, en route for England. Mr. Stewart, District Engineer, returned this morning from the Bay of Islands where he has been inspecting the Kawakawa rail way.' The contractor is now engaged in forming,' ballasting, and placing sleepers on the Company's old line. Captain Bongard, of the Mission vessel ! Southern Cross, was sending ashore this morning a truck-load of shells and curios from the Solomon and other Milanesian Islands. Some of the articles were very curious. The basket work on the shields and the fishing-nets were quite as neat and substantial as if the products of European industry. Other articles such as necklaces, bracelets, ladies' dresses (of a very' scanty nature), and cocoanut fibre mats, and weapons, were admired on account of their clever as well as curious workmanship.

A Band of Hope soiree will take place on Tuesday evening, in the Public Hall.Ota huhu, tea on table at half-past six o clock. The entertainment to follow will be of a musical and literary character, in which a number of elocutioiusts and melodist* will appear. An entertainment of a very interesting character will be given in the Newmarket Hall, on Tuesday evening next,.the pro ceeds to be divided between the Hall and the Primitive Methodist Chapel of the district. The programme is choice, includ ing ballads, recitations, and music, forming a treat for the Newmarket people.

We are glad to notice that Mr Harry Gordon, who was here with the Carandinis, has won the bronze medal of the Royal Academy of Music. Mr Gordon had a very rich bass Toice, and he weut to England with the object of studying music in the best schools. His admirers will be glad to hear of his success.

A sale of unredeemed pledges, by orde: of Mr Neumegnn, will be held on Monday at the Brunswick Mart, when, no doubt the usual bargains will be available.

MINISTERS have an unfortunate knack of making mistakes. From our parliamentary telegrams to-day it will be seen that the Government were compelled to withdraw their Public Works BUI on a question of privilege raised by Sir George Grey and sustained by the Speaker. These blunders are very destructive of the prestige of a Government. The vigilcnee with which every step is watched by the Opposition will,' no doubt, induce a wholesome caution in the Administration, which we have not lately been accustomed to

All and sundry who may have forgotten to make payment of their city rates, are reminded that the defaulters list, made up on the Ist proximo, must contain the names of all who liave failed to pay. Yesterday afternoon an accident happened to one of the crew of the ketch Speedwell. The man, whose name is Frank Silva, was en-wed in painting the side of the vessel wlfeiThe fell off the plank on which he was sitting, and thepjank falling too, struck him on the side breaking one of his ribs. On being rescued from the water lie was at once taken to tlie hospital where he is reported to be doing welL A Sydney cablegram .states that the heathen Chinee is getting into trouble at Trinity Bay in Queensland. A number of them who attempted to land, were met by an infuriated mob of diggers and forced back into the water. A reinforcement of police is to be ordered to th« spot. A widow bending beneath the weight of seventy summers,and who has lived for more than twenty years in the immediate neigh bourhood of' Barrack Hill,has,. hiring the past week, mourned over her goose, winch had been her favorite companion for twenty years—the age of the goose. The ceremony of burying the goose, as though it had been a member of the human family, wns quite affecting; the simple grave was made, the goose lowered with the tender ejaculation, "Good bye, Goosey, good bye," the dirt was shovelled in upon the body, and care fully covered over with a selected bit of sward in which were several single white daisies, the flowers which Montgomery has pathetically poetized. The following is goosey's epitaph : —

Sleep .silently, dear Goosey, my friend of twenty "While o'er thy wave thy mistress dropsa widow's dewy tears. . . The larrikins with his.se.s tliou will frighten never more. 0 never wilt thou waddle neer again around my door. The down-pouring shower, however con genial to nmn and nature—to man in imparting animation to his snirit, and to the vegetable world, in expanding cabbage, and developing new potatoes and green j )( ., ls is not favorable to popular entertain ments ; hence, the n-ally entertaining mam moth diorama at Lome-street Hall, was but sparingly patronised hist evening. The paucity of attendance however, i* not <>n account of a lack of variety, and instructive talk in connection with the scenes and incidents which the diorama illustrates, but entire • on account of the- unfavorable wcath The pictures are excellent in point n execution, and the descriptions by Mr. So <-le most satisfactory. The drifts also, are of a genuine character, and a niajoritv of those in the hall last night carried "off prizes. The orchestra, under Mr. I). Cope, professor af music, is all that can be desired. The diorama will be shewn this evening.

The anniversary soiree of the Excelsior Lod-e of Good Templars at the Wliau was commenced last evening, but owing to the inclement weather, the entertainment will be continued, or repeated, on Monday even iiv next. Apart of the programme was "•one through, and the young people exer cised themselves by dancing until ten o'clock. The arrangements for Monday evening are very attractive. The subjects of Sunday services at the various denominational churches of Auck land, are announced on our third page. The anniversary services of the Beresford strcet Congregational church will lie held to-morrow, when sermons will be preached by Rev. Warlow Davies, and Rev. W. Tinsley, and an afternoon address delivered by Mr. Fergusson of America. The ser vices are for the benefit ot the Sunday schools. The children of the school, and those of the Newton Congregational school, will sing a number of Moody and Sankey's hymns. The Sunday evening Theatre ser vices for the people, will be resumed to morrow evening in the lecture-room of the Young Men's Christian Association.

Woman's wit is equal to any emergency. The " Maryborough Chronicle" says that a man was at Dalby, anil anxious to return to the bosom of his family at Maryborough, but he was without funds and puzzled how to compass his end. His wife charged him with desertion, and caused a warrant to be issued for bis arrest. In due time lie arrived at Maryborough in company with a constable,and bis wife refusing to prosecute, he was discharged.

Sir George (key has been invited to vis: Wairarapa before returning to Auckland.

Mr Sims Reeves says lie has found from long experience that alcoholic and malt liquors do not benefit the vorce. The entries for the BirthdaySHaudicap close to-night, at the Occidental HohJL A telegram reports that His Excellent the Governor, after the effort of the Bom bardment Despatches, has had to succumb to an attack of influenza, Avhich is very prevalent in the Empire City just now. At an amalgamated meeting or the Pon sonbv Dancing and Skating Clubs, held last evening at the Ponsonby Hall, it was resolv ed to wind i)]) the season by giving a Fancy Dress Dancing and Skating party on Nov ember 3rd. The following Committee were elected to carry out the arrangements : Messrs. Gudgeon, Taylor, Boylan, Jakms, and Western. Mr Morgan, of Newmarket, has lately turned out some unusually handsome head-gears for entire horses, the same being silver-plated and of best material and workmanship. The las two sets were made to the orders of Mr. So well and of Mr. W. Paul, the latter gentleman having bought the imported Clydesdale entire Cham pion," sold by Mr. Bucklaml a tew weeks ago.

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1876.



T ' rtOSGRAVE & QO. HAVE PUKCHASED THE STOCK OF B. W. DYSON. (importer), AT A LARGE DISCOUNT FOR CASH!! The Goods consist of— __!. BBUSSSELS. TAPESTRY, AND FELT CARPETS, M A T T I N G, OILCLOTHS, RUGS, &C. The GOODS are now REMOVED to the Premises of J. COSGRAYE & CO., AND WILL BE SOLD AT A LARGE DISCOUNT OFF THE IMPORTED COST ! THE SALE COMMENCES ON SATUR DAY, THE 7TH OCTOBER. V b —There will be xo credit given during this Sale, as the Goods will be Sold at Ridiculously Low Prices.



TjIURNITURE! FURNITURE! Ladies and Gentlemen about to Furnish are respect fully requested to inspect the Large Stack of DBA WING- - ROOM, DINING -ROOM BEDROOM, AND GENERAL KOUSEROLD FURNITURE, In our New and Spacions Showrooms. T. & IL~COOKE 3 67, QUEEN-STREET, Adjoining Bank of New Zealand.}



npHORNTON, SMITH AND FIRTH'S JL PRICES CURRENT (Wholesale) :— Sacks. lOOlbs. 501bs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Crown Brand Flour, per ton 16 10 0 17 0 0 17 10 0 T. S. F. Canterbury Flour, ditto - - - 15 0 0 15 10 0 16 0 0 Seconds ditto ditto - 13 0 0 Sharps, ditto - - - 810 0 Bran, ditto - - - - 7 0 0 Fowl Wheat, per bushel, ss. to ss. 6d. . The above prices include sacks and bags. Sacks and bags not returnable. Terms—Cash. Auckland, 21st October, 1876. "KJ" O T I C E. In- addition to their NEW SEASON'S STO CX of SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY GOODS, the undersigned are now offering a number of SPECIAL LINES, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES :— Strong White Calico, at 3 10 per doz. Grey Calico, /3.J- per yard Crewlson's Best White Calicos, an overstock, offering Cheap, to reduce Splendid Value in Winceys, from /i per yard Superior 30 in. wide ditto. /!H yard, worth 1/2 Good. Blue Dungaree, /$ per yard 36 in. Dcrry. brown and grey, /9J, best quality New Japanese Silk. 1' and 1/6 per yard Plain Blue Cloth, 60 in. wide, 1/6 per yard, half price Blue Diagonal Cloth, double width, 5/peryum, half-price Melton Cloth, double width, 3/6 per yard Waterproof Tweed, double width, 3/0 per yard Strong Tweed for Boys' Clothing, 1/11 yard White Blankets, 13/ per pair Blue Blankets, 13/ „ Grey Blankets, 9/6 White Turkish Towels, /ll Job lot Children's Brown and Grey Cotton Socks, from /3 per pair. Other Goods equally Cheap. .*. Inspection* Invited. RUSH BROOK & BRIT) GM AN, (Late R. Hobbs), JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite Army and Navy Hotel), Upper Queen-street, Auckland. Tjl URNI TU R E j^RCADE. ARCADE * FURNITURE^ CITY HALL ARCADE ! f BEDDIFOtt! THF 6i PEOPLE L { «3T FLOOR CLOTHS ! FOR THE PEOPLE! CITY HALL ARCADE ! US' DRESS GOODS ! FOR THE, PEOPLE ! iARCADB . £T MILLINERY ! FORTHEPEpPI fL ! ARcADE aS" MEN'S CLOTHING ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE ! KB" BOYS' CLOTHING ! ROR THE PEOPLE ! W CITY HALL ARCADE ! Grandest Display ok Goods, and Greatest Wi Variety, at the t g-CITY HALLIS DRAPERY AND FURNITURE ARCADE. HOLLOWAY~&~GARLICK, CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS' ■ JJRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &c. R. Cranwell, Manager of Furniture Department. HPECIAL £JHEAP J^INES. AT 130 & 132, QUEEN-STREET. HEAVY BLANKETS, 12/6 per pair. GOOD WHITE SHEETING, from 1/3 per yard A Special Line in LONGCLOTH, /oh per yard. STOUT DRESSES, from /9 per yard. SUPERIOR BLACK VELVETEEN, 2/9 per yard. STOUT WINCEYS, /5J per yard. S. & J. B, V A I L E, 130 & 132, QUEEN-STHBKT.



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