A TELEPHONIC TRIUMPH.

THE FIRST NEWSPAPER DISPATCHSENT BY A HUMAN VOICE OVER THE WIRES-A LECTURE AUDIENCE IN SALEM LISTENS TO A MAN'S SPEECH DELIVERED IN BOSTON, EIGHTEEN MIL iilS AWAY. The following special dispatch was sent by telephone to the Boston " Globe" : Salem, February 12th—10.55 p.m.—Professor A. Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, lectured .- > his invention at Lyceum Hall this evening. The lecture was one of a course of the Essex tnstitute,and about five hundred persons were present. Professor BeU briefly explained the construction of the instrument, and sketched his studies of the system of transmitting sounds. An interniittant current, Avas first sent from Boston by Thomas A. Watson, Professor Bell's associate. This caused a noise very similar to a horn, from the telephone. The Morse telegraph alphabet was then sent by musical sounds, and could be heard throughout the hall. The audi ence burst into loud applause at this experiment, A telephonic organ was then put into operation in Boston, "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot," and " Yankee Doodle," Avere readily h card throughout the hall and heartily recognised Professor 8%11 askod Mr Watson for a song, and "Auld Lang Syne" camo from the mouthpiece of the instrument almost before his words were ended. Mr W ratson was then asked to make a speech to the audience. He expressed himself us having more confidence eighteen miles away than if he were present. His speech was as follows: " Ladies and gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to address you this evening, although I am in Boston, and you are in Salem." This could bo heard thirty-five feet distant—that is, all over the hall—and brought down the house with applause. A system of questioning was then carried on, and Mr Watson Avas asked if he heard the applause. The answer Avas, "lam. not listening; try again." The applause was given, and its receipt at onco acknowledged in Boston. Cowghing and singing were then heard, and a variety of questions Avere then asked frgni the Salem end, and among them: " What news from the Electoral Commission?" folloAved by the distinct ansAvcr of " I don't know of any.' But the news camo fleeting along that the en gineers of the Boston and Maine Railroad had struck. General Cogswell asked if the trains were running: the answer was clear and dis tinct, that they were not at 5.30 o'clock. Pro fessor 801 l introduced the Rev. E. C. Bowles, w__o said, "I shake hands with you cordially in imagination, twenty miles aAvay." The Rev. E. S. Atwood asked, "Does it rain?" "It does not in Boston," was Mr Watson's answer. Pro fessor Gage, tho electrician, then spoke through the telephone, endeavouring to have his voice recognised. This could not be clone, as Mr Watson was not familiar with The voice. Mr Shale Zsawa was recognised, Mr Watson being perfectly familiar with his tones. One of the assistants in Boston then said that " Hold the Fort" would be sung in Boston, and the tune which f olloAved was readily recognised. Among those present were Dr H. Wheatland, Pres. of Essex Institute ; Rev. E. C. Bolles, Ph. D. ; Prof. D. B. Hagar, of the State Normal School; Gen. "Win. Cogswell, Rev. E. S. Atwood, Prof. John Robinson, Dr Amos, H. Johnson. Ex-Mayor Williams, Dr George B. Loring, A. C. Goodell. iun., and many others who are identified or par ticularly interested in scientific pursuits. This special by telephone to the '"Globe" has been transmittedin the presence of about twenty per sons Avhohave thus been Avitnesses to a feat never before attempted—that is, the sending of a newspaper dispatch over the space of eighteen miles by the human voice—and all this >yonder being accomplished in a time not much longer than would be consumed in an ordinary con versation between two people in the same room.

THE SCENE AT THE BOSTEN END. The instrument which transmitted the wonder ful voice-message to the listening ears in this city says " The Globe," was placed in a little room in Exeter place Avhere were assembled Prof. VVatson, Benjamin Bridden the electrician, Prof. E. B. Warman, and Mr A. B. Fletcher, representative of " The Globe." The experiment was certainly a great success. The conversa tion with tho friends eighteen miles away, was carried on in ordinary tones of voi'-e. ' The Globe" representaiiA-e in Boston very easily rec ognized the voice of the transmitter of the dispatch in Salem ; and very distinctly heard the applause Avhich was given in the Essex Institute hall.

RUSSIAN CRUISERS.

The " Navy" says that " six Russian war vessels —corvettes or gunbsats—are moored at San Francisco. Five more are expected to arrrive. ' -In the event of war being declared between England and Russia, this fleet of eleven Avar vessels would assuredly paralyse the grain trade of this country, and disorganise our food supply. To oppose these eleven Russian war-vessels England has but seven ships in the Pacilic, carrying but 56 guns, viz., the Repulse, 12; Amethyst, 14; Opal, 11; Fantome, 4; Albatross, 4; Daring, 4 ; Rocket, 4. The four gunboats are only 100 tons larger than the Goshawk, and since the* Admirality have alloAved it to be publicly stated that the latter is unfit for ocean cruising, it is to be inferred that the four gunboats. Fantome, Albatross, Daring, and Rocket, are only just able to keep the sea with, safety. It remains, therefore, that the Russians, if they care to soar above capturing our grain ships, can oppose eleven ships to our seven. Deducting four of their craft to keep our tortoise gunboats quiet, they can bring seven men-of-war to attack the Repulse, 12 (worn out), the Amethyst, 11 (unsteady), and Opal, 14 (unrehable). Our fleet is outnumbered even to a greatc extent than this in the China and Japan Seas. And to keep the ships on the North American Station em ployed, the Grand Duke Alexis has taken his fleet to Charleston, a port in the United States oelebrated for "blockade-runners" during the war of secession.

PROSECUTION OF A "MEDIUM."

At the Middlesex Sessions William Lawrence was charged A\_th having, on the loth of October, 1876. unlavrfully and falsely pretended to James Hulbert thot he had power to communicate with the spirit* of deceased and other persons, although such persons were not present in the place where he, Lawrence was; and, also, that he had power to produce and summon to be present in the place where he Avas such spirits in a material ised and other form 3, and also that musical instruinonts—that is to say, tambourines, ban joes, and bells—by the sole means of spirits summoned by Lawrence, produced musical sounds ; and AA'ith having thereby obtained one shilling. He Avas also charged Avith having at tempted to obtain a further sum of Is by the same false pretences on the 20th Oct. James Hulbert took in a paper called the " Medium," in which he saAv the folio wing advertisement.:—'' 7 Northy- SLreet, Church-row, Commercial-road, E. (back of Limehouse Church). Messrs W. Lawrence and Chandler, with other mediums, hold stances for physical phenomena and materialisation, on Sunday. Developing circle for trance test and phsychologieal manifestations on Tuesday; ad mission , Is. Friday for physical phenomena and materialisation; admission, Is. He accordingly attended, Avhere he saw Lawrence. He then expressed a desire to vdsit a seance, and LaAV rence then said he hoped he was a believer. Lawrence .further stated that they had trance mediumship, physical phenomena, and that then be sat for materialisation. Hulbert promised to be present at a seance. He Avent with his brother to Lawrence's house. They were asked by Mrs Lawrence into a room dimly lighted by a small spirit lamp, where many people were present, sitting round a table. Lawrence then Avcnt into contortions, closed his eyes, and kept his head raised toAvards the ceiling, while he de livered a long oration on the benefits of Spiritual ism. Having concluded speaking, he appeared to recover consciousness. Lawrence said he had been unconscious of everything. Then another person, called Chandler, went through the same performance, at the end of which Lawrence wont into contortions again. Con tinuing, apparently, in a state of stupor, he said, " Put the light out, Mr Newman," and this ha\dng been done, he invited the company to sing to him, and they accordingly sang some or Moody and Sankey's hymns, among others, " Safe in the arms of Jesus," and "Hold the fort." When ever Lawrence spoke, w/hile in his trances, ho used a negro minstrel's dialect. No phenomena appearing, after a short time the lamp Avas again lighted. The positions of the audience Avcre again changed, and the light again put out. Phosphorescent sparks Avere then seen floating about the room and on the table, a banjo which was lying on the table was twanged, bells Avere runs:, and a tambourine passed round the room. Before the fight had beep put out, a clean piece of paper, pen-and-ink, and some Avater-colours, were placed on the table; and Avhen it was ignited again it was found that the paper had a draAving upon it. All the persons present then formed in a circle facing a bow-windoAV, across which was a curtain, making what the Avitnesses called a " cabinet" between the glass and the curtain. Lawrence then, still in his trance, said that he was afraid there were sceptical influences iv the room, and that consequents he could not produce the materialisation. He then Avent into the so-called cabinet behind the curtain, and Hulbert. assuming fear, receded to the other end of the room. Soon groaning and the sounds of struggling Avere heard proceeding from behind the curtain, and the head of a Turk, draped in white, with a turban on his head, Avith his face covered with some white material, which hid the features, appeared above the top of the cur tain, and afterwards shoAved itself at the side. The name of this spirit Avas supposed to be "Tonto." With this manifestation the meeting broke up, and Hulbert paid a shilling for the purpose, as he said, of being alloAved to witness the performance at another time, aud he made an appointment to pay another visit. It having been unsuccessfully contended by the counsel for the defence that there AA-as no evidence to go to the jury in sup port of the charges, and the Assistant-Judge haviugdecided.that there was evidence upon which the jury might find Lawrence guilty of attempting to obtain money by false pretences on October 15, Lhoiugh none of the actual obtain ing by those means, the learned counsel, Mr. J. Williams, addressed the jury on behalf of Lawrence, and called as witnesses two persons, who were also visitors at the seances on the days mentioned, and who deposed that they did not believe there was any i gm qt them J\«4» fepwayf>r, pe§«. I

viously expressed an opinion in a letter that there had been an imposture, and the other Avas Chandler, who appeared in the advertisements as Lawrence's partner. The trial v. as concluded the next day, when the jury, after some delibera tion, returned a verdict of " Guilty, and the Assistant-Judge, in passing sent-nce. said: lne jury haA'e done their duty in convicting you upon this indictment. It is clear that you have been getting money for some time past by these im pudent and ridiculous pretences. It almost surpasses belief that any person of fair under standing could be deceived by such palpable and preposterous delusions as those which you are shown to haA-e practised; but it is well-known that the profession of supernatural power has a peculiar attraction for many people. There may be little sympathy for the dupe, but the law punishes the fraudulent impostor. There is no poAver to impose hard labour upon you. You will bo imprisoned in the common gaol as a second-class misdemeanant for three months.

ST. THOMAS'S MISSION CHURCH.

The usually quiet neighbourhood of Union street, Freeman's Bay. Avas all alive last even ing, in consequence of the croAvded gathering in the canvas tent and church of St. Thomas. The tea Avas supplied by the ladies to more than 300 persons. The lady caterers were:—Mesdamea Williams, Hassard, Fisher. Payne, Irwin, Whitinsr, Woolley, Tickers. Barnes, and Cad man, who were most indefatigable in their attentions. The public meeting Avas held in the church, at which Ili3 Lordship the Bishop of Auckland presided. The proceedings opened Avith the 20th hymn (Mission hymns), by the St. Matthew's choir, after which Bishop Cowio gaA-e an interesting account of the Medical Mission to Cashmere, in the North of India, a country lying in the midst of a fruitful and beautiful country, immortalised by the poet, Thomas Moore, in his fine poem, " Lalla Rookh." His Lordship then gave a description of Cashmere, its geographical position, its climate, physical capabilities, with the habits and superstitions of the people. He said he had met with many cultivated Mahommedans m the valley, but the majority of the people were grossly ignorant, although the present ruler of Cashmere Avas a man of culture, and exceedingly generous to strangers, and especially so to Englishmen. The missionary found it extremely difficult to approach the people as teachers and expounders of Christi anity, and AvhenDr Elmslie, avlio had since died of overwork, went amwngst them, he set up as a medical man, and attended upon the people at his residence Avithout fee, but on the condition that every patient was to listen to a page out of his book '(the Bible), and which he guaranteed should not olfend them. The people had a prejudice against Englishmen, who ate roast beef and drank, and observed no set days to their God. The Bishop went on to describe the progress which Dr Elmslie made in diffusing the principles of Christianity among the inhabitants, and remarked that the coin was stamped AVith a cross, and the letters HIS, and he had since been informed that the coin -vas thus stamped through the influence of Sir Henry Lawrence. Rev Alfred Penny followed in an admirable address on " Parochial Missions," Avhich he divided into three parts: (1). Preparation for the Mission ; (2). The nature of the Mission ; and (3) The probable future of such Missions, Mr Penny, who is a forcible speaker, elaborated his subiects with clearness and force, and compli mented Mr Hassard on his parochial activities. He informed the meeting that Mr Hassard had projected a temperance field, not simply for tot>vl abstinence from intoxicating beA-erages so much as for the inculcation of temperance in all things, in thought, word, and action. He, further, contemplated mother's meetings, on the well-knoAvn principle of working together, and listening at the same time to pleasant instruction from a reader in their midst. Right R»v J. R. Selwyn, Bishop of Melanesia, next addressed the meeting, and Avas received with loud cheering. The Bishop looked wan and wile from the continued drag upon him since be had been in Auckland, and said he felt hardly equal to the pressing demands upon him, A great deal of his time bad also been taken up with invoices and bills of lading, which tended to bring the thought down from the standard of spirituality which he desired most earnestly to reach. It Avas not for him, how ever, to pick and choose, but to pnrform the duty that Avas at hand. Bishop Selwyn then gave a mo..t interesting account of the Avork and progress of the nv'ssion in Avhich he Avas engaged, and: referred specially to the character, labours, and death of his predecessor, Bishop Pattcson, in Avhose path he desired to walk. He said that the good bishop's death Avas more effectual in the spread of Christianity among the natives than his life and labours could possibly have been. The blood of such men as Bishop Pattcson, Com modore Goodenough, -Rev. Joseph Atkin, and the native teacher, had not been vainly shed, and he hooed that commerce would be conducted on right' principles, anil Heaven's blessing would follow. The Bishop strongly repro bated the importation of the fire water, and other evil things among the natives, tending to impede the Avork of the Christian missionary. The Bishop's address Avas full of thought and incident, and concluded with an expressed desire that ho might, under the blessing of God, be enabled to prosecute the Avork which his father had so Avell began, and Avhich he was not ashamed to say, was of the highest and noblest character. (Cheers). The Rev. R. S. Hassard spoke at some length on the position and prospects of their Mission Church, and stated his reasons for building a church in that district, which were these : the district Avas thickly populated, and the inhabitants seemed to loiter on Sundays by the water, and render homage to the genius of the Bay, instead of going to a place of worship. The church Avas not free from debt, there Avas a mortgage of £100 on the land. Some ladies had handsomely subscribed, and the Society for Promoting Christian knowledge had promised £50, as soon as Bishop CoAvie could certify that £110 had been raised by the Auckland people. He would guarantee them a minister, and pay him a salary of £150, on condition that he was paid back in £3 weekly instalments.—"Venerable Archdeacon Maunsell. in an interesting speech, proposed a vote of thanks to Wie chairman and speakers, Avhich A%-as seconded by Rev. Mr Dudley, and carried by acclamation. During the evening, the choir sang several anthems, and Mrs Morrin and Mrs "Woolev gave several pleasing songs. Mr Brown conducted the musical department. The Avhole closed with the benediction, pronounced by Bishop Cowie.

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AUCKLAND STEAM CONFECTION FACTORY, ALBERT-SI REET. E. WATERS, CONFECTIONER, . Be^s to inform the public that the following goods, manufactured at his factory, are guaran i teed of superior quality to any contectioneiy imported into Auckland. They contain no in gredient or colouring matter deleterious to health:-^ GooDg Dry G ooDS-Continued Conversation Lozenges Plain Pipe Conversations Rings Imperial Drops Thick Peppermints Good Words Thin Peppermints Cinnamon Comfits Fruit Lozenges Chocolate Creams Fancy Lozenges London Mixtures Scotch Mixtures Iceing Sugar Sugar Almonds Persian Sherbert Marbles Boiled Goods. Burnt Almonds Birds' Eggs Mixed Lollies Carraway Comfits Sticks (assorted) CarraAvay do. (small) Barley Sugar Ginger Lozenges Barley Sugar Balls Extra Strong Pepper- Cushions mints Acid Drops Super. Extra Strong Best Acid Drops Peppermints . Rose Acid Drops Rose Lozenges Black Balls Aniseed Balls Indian Corn Cayenne Lozenges Black Almond Tofly Musk ' ozenges Sweet Kisses Paregoric Cough Lo- Red Coeoanut Ice zenges Red and White Cocoa- Bathpipe nut Ice Coalsfoot Rock Honey Toffy Gelatine Lozenges Matrimonial Toffy Juiubes Everton Toffy Liquorice Star and Love Rock Pink and White Sugar Imitation Strawberries Candy Imitation Almonds Brown Candy Imitation Raspberries. Horehound Candy Cough Drops Nonpariel Comfits Turkish Rock Regent Pipe Tom Thumbs Medicated Lozenges of every descriptionSalways on hand. Waters' Chocolate, 20s. per dozen. One shilling Avill be allowed for every ,"tin re turned in good order. WEDDING CAKE ORNAMENTS,BONBONS, Somebody's Lugc.agk, &c, Sec, Sec Testimonial. Provincial Laboratory, Auckland, October 26, 1875.—MR. E. WATERS: Sir—l have much pleasure in infjrming you, that after having made a very careful analysis of various samples of sweetmeats manufactured by you, I find that they are free from all adulteration, and that the colouring matters are quite innocuous. With regard to the Chocolate, I find that it is quite equal to the best English or French prepara tions ; and, being entirely free from husk, it will form an excellent article of diet for invalids, especially those suffering from an impaired digestion.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, James M. Tunny, Provincial Analyst. TTNITED 'SERVICE HOTEL \J CORNER OP QUEEN & WELLESLEY-STREETS. JOHN HANCOCK, Piiopkietoh. IMPORTER OF FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS. AU C KLA ND, N. Z. THE Undersigned are CASH Ptllt ciiaseus ottf HIDES, SHEEPSKINS, WOOL. TALLOW, &c, &0., at highest market rates, in ony quantity. . Consignors direct Avill have prompt and im mediate cash remittances returned at satisfac tory rates. IRELAND BROS., Tanners and Leather Manufacturers. Auckland. ■WEW LOCAL INDUSTRY. G. It. BURGESS, Pure Ultramarine Blue Manufacturer. Proprietor many years in tbe employ of Harper Twelvetrees, the renoAvned manufacturers. A trial solicited. Ask for it and judge for yourselves. Auckland Agent: Mr G. W. Owen. Manufactory i York-street. Pamell. AL O V E T T, o TAILOR AND W rOOLLEN DRAPER, Opposite United Service Hotel, Welleslwy-street. A.L.. while thanking the public for the liberal patronage bestowed on him since recommencing business, bogs to inform them that he has ahvavs on hand a Well-sole.ted Stock of Black I and Blue Sunerline Cloths and Doeskins ; also, West of Kngfand, Mosgiel, and other 'lVeeds. A good fit guaranteed. Prices moderate. Tavcc'l thoroughly shrunk before making up. The Trade supplied at a very small advance on cost for cash. WA. WATERMAN begs to inform • las friends and the public of Auckland that he has taken over those old established DINING ROOMS, knoAvn as Porter's, nearly opposite the Theatre Royal, Queen-street, Auck land, Avherc he hopes by strict attention to business to otftaiu a fair share of patronage. Special carb has been bestowed upon the Bed rooms, and settlers and country visitors to Auckland Avill And every comfort. Meals at all hours. miMBER TIMBER! TIMBER! THE UNION SASH AND DOOR COMPANY MECHANICS' BAY, HAVE ON HAND :— A very Large Stock of all kinds of TIMBER for BUILDINGS, at lowest rates; and a good lot of SECOND-CLASS STUFF (clearing out below Cost Price. ess" Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Tongued and Grooved and Wide Boards also very cheap. Wood Turning in all its Branches. ARNER'S COMMERCIAL HOTEL CHRISTCHURCH. Mr F. W. WARNER begs to inform intend ing Visitors to Canterbury that the ImproA^e ments 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 entirely to SAMPLE ROOMS; thus offering unusual ad vantages to Commercial Gentlemen. Families visiting Christchurch will, the pro prietor is assured, find no fault with the Suites of Apartments provided for their accommoda tion. The Bath-rooms are fitted up with every requisite. _ ... The Cuisine is under the supervision of an eminent Chef, and the proprietor hopes that his OAvn long experience in the trade is a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of his Cellar. The new Bilhard-room is acknowledged by connoisseurs to be the finest in the Colony. 'Busses pass the door to and from every hour daily. . _ . ~ ... Prompt attention paid to all communications addressed to MR. W. F. WARNER, Commercial Hotel, Cathedral Square, Christohureh. JJ ■ N C 0 R■ jl JJ N C 0■ X J1 EN° ° B E



8, WYNDHAM-STREET, _ HOUSE, SHIP, ® AND " w GENERAL DECORATIVE PAINTER. H Pn S. Ed Estimates furnished, and experienced Workmen sent to all parts of the _, ProArince. «_. ".'''__ J H. requests attention of Builders and H ' others to his New Glazing Tariff. M W ' . O J. HENDERSON. _2i 8, WYNDHAM-STREET. WISHER. AND CO. T> Wholesale, Shipping & Family ■*• BUTCHER,. Queen-street, next Bank or New Zealand, Auckland. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Prime Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Beef on Sale in large quantities. N.B.—Dealers in.Game. Live Pheasants far warded to all parts of the colony upon receipt of order Families waited on in town or suburbs. XyLOirS"PATENT SEWING MACHINES The HAND MACHINE is perfection for faSTAND MACHINES for Dressmakers, seven guineas and eight guineas. Recommended nj hundreds in our midst who possess them as un equalled. , Sewing Machines of every kind repaired. Authorised Agent -. T. PEACOCK, OPTICIA N, SHORTLAND-STREET Opposite the Post-office. Auckland. til /jMi i '■'to''te>^-'' '■-•-i""-'" " v_l__.-ji--^i HUSBANDS of Industrious Wives, Remember this day to do your duty by BUYING a PATENT ROYAL WASHING MACHINE. Every Avife who does her OAvn Washing deserves one. FATHERS, MOTHERS, BROTHERS, AND LOVERS, call and select one of those useful Oompanions and Helpmates, called S_t.WI.NG MACHINES, from the following immense stock and variety:—Princess of Wales, Little Stranger, Jenny Lino, Mermaid, Thomas, also Taylor's New Patent, Singer, W iie3;__er and Wilson, Howe, Grover and Baker, and other good makes. _t_r Weekly Payments Taken. "©& W. C. DENNES, McARTHUR Se CO.'S NEW BUILDINGS. Queen-street. riALVAnTzED IRON ,WORKS. "A S. PARKER, MANUFACTURER ok GALVANIZED IRON, RIDGING, SPOUTING, PIPING, And all kinds of Sheet Iron and Zinc Work. CORRUGATED IRON TANKS on Hand, or Made to Order, at, the Works, Wei legloy-street. Plumbing Work in every Branch of the Trade. Gasfitting of every style done at shortest notice. Experienced Workmen sent to any part of the Country. S. PARKER has erected first-class machinery, and having completed all his arrangements for manufacturing, is in a position promptly to execute all orders. List of Prices forwarded upon application. Orders per coach, train, carrier, or coasting vessel, receiv-e immediate attention. S. PARKER, Licensed Plumber for Auckland Waterworks, wkllesley-strket. Arrf!TCr,A*rt>. QPECIAL NOTICE. TIME! TIME! TIME! ON SALE AT B. KEANE'S, CUSTOM-HOUSE-STREET. To Builders.—B. KEANE haAring finished his New Lime Works at Wangaroi. is now pre pared to supply WANGARKI STONE LIME in any quantity. ■ • To Farmers and Others.—For the use of Land or Sanitary Purposes, liberal terms are offered. Likewise, MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC STONE LIME is well adapted for Concrete Work. Will set hard under water, as the foun . dations belonging to Messrs. Combes Se Daldy, Fort-street, wfll amply testify. SHEI £_ LIME in any Quantity. B. KEANE. 9 ' Wrfj' ;"_^tu o&4*z« sS*"*^ f7fO^_^^Wf^^KWW^l ! *&&*M'^:^M^^^_M^^^^d THE GREATEST WONDER OF MODERN TIMES. Long experience has proved these famous remedies to be most effectual in curing either the dangerous maladies or the slighter com- Pi «?. S i-fhlcli are more Particularly incidental bush a mlne^• or those hyins in the Occasional do«es of these Pills will guard the system against those evils which so often he _\ft the human race, viz. :-Coughs, colds, and djt orders of the liver and stomach-the frequent JhoTerr 618 °f f6Ver ' d^sentery. diarrhoea? aid wa2_dq m?SL^ ffe<_ tual r?. mody f°r old sores vvounds, uloers, rheumatism, and all skin SSStfSV IJJ. tact.. when used aocording to the printed directions, it never fails to euro s_l_k« deep and superficial ailments. aUk6 ' lnese Medicines may be obtained from B n respeotaTa c Druggists andSto?Sera&u_riS Sfti&L?l^? 8*? world" wioh directionVVoimß» in almost every language. mar mx wwaasss



AJENETIAT gllS.j i_ga_iii fiaSo l=-f==|g- f WIRE GAUZE BLINDS, and PERFORAT im " ZINC BLINDS, MAY BE HAD ' :• AT THE : . AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND MANUFACTORY, i CORNER OF COOK AND GREY-STREET*. Of any dimensions, in any number from One t© a Hundred, within a given time, of the best quality, and reasonable prices and sent to all parts of NewZea- ' i.riui land. Terms cash. Estimates '" ' returned by Post. M. H. BUSBY, Local Manufacturer and Im porter of the Material, Practical Blind Maker and Wire Worker (many years established at City Road, London), Manufacturer of every description of Window Blinds, Plain and Orna mental Wire Work. Old Blii.du cleaned, altered" repaired, and painted.—VENETIAN HOUSE corner of Cook and Grey-streets, Auckland. ' "Thillipps and sons Toil « COLOUR, & GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Paperhangings, Scrim, Paints, Oils Turpentine, Colours, varnishes, French Polish' Gold Leaf, Artists' Colours and Brushes, Plat©' Sheet, Crown, Ornamental, and Photographic Glass, Picture Frame and Tapestry Mouldines Clock and Compass Glasses, Glazed Sashes'- Doors, &c. Glass cut to size, and carefuUv packed.—9s & 97, QUEEN-STREET, n ~ T^ y D WA R D BAI. T L IT' BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. '■; Established 1865.] : ') AllUkinds of House and Ship Joinery, Shop Fronts, Shop and Office Fittings, &c. &c, prepared at the shortest notice, with' thoroughly Seasoned Timber. ■ '' ' -: Designs and Estimates Furnished, in every Branch. EDWARD BARTLEY, ,: ALBERT-STREET,' ■■''"' Near Market. ■- • ■ PURE, WHOLESOME, & DELICIOUS. MANUFACTURED BY BEETHAM « CO., AUCKLAND, AND SOLD BY ALL GROCERS AND THE TRADE. Orders addressed by post to the Manufacturers will receive immediate attention.;..,■•; ; ii. ;. i TW" O T I C E. WALTER GRAHAM, (Late of the City Mart), i ; "' WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCER Has opened those Premises, corner of Pitt AND to txREY-STREETS, with a complete and WELL-ASSORTED STOCK ;* '' of ' NEW" GROCERIES, PROVISIONS/ ,»( AND i.-j ' ' • . .- ■:> OILMEN'S STORES, of the best quality, and offers the same to his : numerous Patrons, Friends, and the Public ! generally at'the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES !! ""■'-'•'': N.B.—Families waited on for Orders, and Goods delivered in all parts of the City and Suburbs. ——— —. ... i a .-'">■ .: ,{ f ■for I 7y^^t^^Mti ' [established 1812.] WJ A MI E■ S ON, • UNDERTAKER, &c, is prepared to "; execute Funerals, either in first-class style'or plain, at strictly moderate charges. WELLESLEY-STREET EAST,. Tav© doors from Queen-street. - T7IUNERALS CONDUCTED JO respectably, at moderate charges, by N. McC uLSKY, West End Funeral Estab fishment, top of Hobson-street. . ', The charges includes all Cemetery and 1 I Minister's Fees, so that customers have no further trouble beyond giving the order. , j Coffins always,on hand. Graves fenced, and Tombstones supplied. Designs, by J. Brown, may be seen, and prices obtained. on application to N. McCulsky. \_ B TWT.'OTI.CE. 0 F R E M 0 V AL. — .:.,-( ;.l £ Messrs. HOFFMANN & SONS Have REMOVED their PIANOS and HAR MONIUMS, and BUSINESS, from Shori land street to QUEEN-STREET, next Bank bt New Zealand. , ..:"i,,v ; ~ . "Vi!'/ GLADIOLUS. • I ~-..,,!, (.{» Mr, Palmer's Magnificent Collection • ■ ;0 of over 50 varieties. Also, HYACINTHS, CROCUS, TULIPS, NARCISSI, &c., &c., &c, " R. BAIRD, ' VICTORIA SEED STORES, Victoria-street. mo SHIPPERS, CONTRACTORS- ' *■, JL AND BUILDERS. KAURI TIMBER. The undersigned is selling at . ' •' tsa- GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. C. A. HARRIS, BRIT OM ART ROiD, \_ And at the Spit. Nanier. , ; M. McLAC Hla N» • 218, QUEEN-STREE"- i Has just bought the following Gc o( \^ a t a Large Discoimt off Cost Price, and ' mv _tesLadies l_Ui to inspect them before ma v _j n „ their pur chases elsewherG. P*> ' c terns WiU be given on appb\ cation " for comp? rison . A line of Self-colore'j. R ea i Alpaccas at Is. 6d.; : worth 2s. 3d. A line of Fashior iat)le checks at Is.; worth Is. 9d. A line of Self Grey Camerhte for the present season, la< . wor th Is. 9d. A fine of r3eJ_f Colour Satin Check Lustres beautiful shades, Is. 2d.: worth Is. lOd. A nne_ r j£ .«Caschemore do Soie," a soft corded -fiack Silk, warranted to wear by the makers, at a reduction of Is. fid. per yard. This is Avithout doubt tho best and cheap est Silk in Auckland.' It is of the same quality as that Avhich gave such satisfac tion last season. Simpson SeAA _ng Machines at half-price. All the Novelties for the Season at a lower price' than usual 5 cases New Goods, ex Abernv te to open in & few days. Others to follow by »«_£ vessels. JN O. C. C~L~0~U~G""H / mechanist. Masefield's Buildings, Albert-street, Auckland. - . Sewing, Knitting, Washing, and every othef description of domestic and general Lighv Machinery made and repaired. Model Engines, Inventors' Models, and Optical and .Sdentifltf Apparatus made and repaired. Metal Turnmtf and Rorincr, Sotpav and Whnel Cutting, ftc. *o.