SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

_, 4"£ R (This Afternoon,9.^l SUN SET.^This Evening. 4.49 SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 7.19 MOON'S AGE.—Last Quarter, lth, 8.40 a.m. ■;

ARRIVALS.

Lombardiaa, barque. Chapman, from London lona. S?s.,*Earfluhar, from the North' Taupo, s.s., Carey, fijpin the Sou|h

DEPARTURES.

Haurafci, p.'s,, for Waitara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Kaipara—Seagull, brigantine if or London—Electra. ship, eai-ly: Ann 6am blesj barque, early; Spirit of the Dawn, barque, early For the South— Taupot July 2nd For Wangarei— Argyle, every Tuesday '•» For Batavia— Alastor, barque, early For the Islands—Coronet and Edith schooners early For Kaipara—Freetrade, 3-mastcd schooner early. £ , For Levuka—Mazeppa, schooner, Wednesday 4th July For Tonga and Samoa—Samoa, schooner; Motiday For New Caledonia—Ebenezer, schooner, early For Wellington—Sappho, H.M.S., early For Sydney—Rotorua, s.s., Tuesday, 3rd July For San Francisco—Australia, R.M.s., Wednes day, 4th July VESSELS EXPECTED. Rotorua, s.s., from the South Hero, s.s., from Sydney, about July 16th Yosemite, ship <H.W.V.L.), from London, sailed 13th April G. Broughton, ship, (NiK.V.Q.), from London, sailed 11th April. Columbus, barque, from London; sailed 4th 8 May Fairli«, schooner, from Lyttelton, early Galatea, barque, from London; sailed 10th June City of Auckland, ship, from London Elsinore, barque, from New York, early Belle Brandon, schooner, from the Islands, early Shannon, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Pearl, ketch, from the Islands.early Vision«,,brig, from Sydney, early Ryno, brigantine, from the Islands, early Oatharina, brigantine, from Oamaru, early. Camiil, brigantine, from Dunedin; sailed 29th June

IMPORTS.

n Per barque Lombardian from London: 2142 oases 67S casks, 52i kegs, 86 drums; 10 qr casks. 30? barrels, 30 tanks, 27 trunks. 8 crates, 1976 boxes, SO bundles, 41 bales, 119 packages, 336 ba«3, 6 hhds. 1 butt' 2 parcels, 2012 rails, 28 pairs wheels, 1 chest, 100 grindstones, 9 pans. 3000 ioint*, 1 window frame, 12 s«ts bars, 60 springs, aOO baga salt. 1 tierce, 50 tons coal. 20 bales.—H. Brett.

20 bales.—Wilson and Horton. :? cases, and 2 casks.—lreland Bros. 2 crates.—R. Arthur. 72 cases, 600 bags salt.—Owen & Graham. V 6 casks and cases grindery, 2 hhds. lasts.—B. Gittos&Sons. 109 kegs nails, SS grindstones, 3o kegs floor brads, 19 bundles tubes, 12 casks chain, 11 bundles spades, 4 hhds. holloware, 3 casks "■lobes, 6 casks bolts and nuts, 11 cases scythe stones 5 kcg3 nails, 10 cases cooking ranges, 4 do. stationery, 6 do. hardware, 18 casks hard ware.—E. Porter & Co. 97 cases, 18 packages, 6 bales, 20 barrels, 25 boxes, 152 kegs.—E. &H. Isa.acs. 300 cases.—Henderson & Macfarlane. 3 cases, 5 trunks.—Stone Bros. 60 casks.—Barnett & Levy. 10 cases.—H. S. Meyers & Co. Per TautSo from Dunedin: lo kegs nails.— h,. Porter & Co.

EXPORTS.

Per Lo?et Peacock for Sydney:" 34,000 ft baulk timber, 102,000 ft sawn do.—Master agent. The 3-masted schooner.Freetrade Bas cleared for Kaipara in ballasts. She is to load there for Melbourne on account of John Reid and Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE LOMBARDIAN.

RThe long-looked-for barque Lombardian ar rived from England last night, after a passage of 108 days £coau_£ortsmouth. She brings one passenger, |\lr Lurid} and a large general cargo, including ffireHllUnared tons of iron, which has /no doubt contributed to lengthen her passage. The Lombardian is a fin6,uron barque, in build very similar to the Emily Chaplin, which was constructed in the same yard and by the same builders, Messrs Aiisten and Co., of Sund«rland. She islander charter to the New Zealand Ship ping Co. Captain Chapman reports leaving London on the 23rd January last, and being towed to the Downs. Bore away; and set sail from there, but when off the Isle of Wight a S.E. gale arose, in which the ship behaved very * badly. Owing to defective stowage, she refused to ride to the seas at all, but stood as stiff as a rock, receiving each one right over her, and at times making fearful rolls, Findine: it impos sible to go to sea in this condition, the captain squared away for Portsmouth, where repairs were effected, and a portion of the cargo re-stowed; though not enough of it to satisfy the captain or the crew, many of whom deserted rather than go to sea in her. Fortunately she hafe enjoyed an exceptionally fine passage; as it was ,the masts had to be secured by means of •• hawsers. The Lombardian made the harbour and dropped anchor in the stream at 8 p.m., yesterday.-

■ :i;j '"■HVfcSD"' ■The schooner Ebenezer cleared to-day for Norfolk Island and New Caledonia, with a full general cargo and two passengers. The schooner Lovet Peacocke cleared to-day for Sydney with a cargo of tipiber. She will * sail at once. ** The barque W. C. Wentworth has cleared for Kaipara in ballast. The s.s.Taupo arrived from the South at noon • to-day. Passengers :Mr and Mrs Horsey and two children. Dr and Mrs 'Carr and child, Rev and Mrs Monro, Mr and Mrs Hallins and child, Misses Leighton, Must. Ward, Messrs Stewart, McClure, and 6 steerage. She leaves again on Monday^at 1 o'clock. The Charybdis, which left on Thursday for Mercury Bay, was yesterday reported., weather bound inside Mahuransi Heads. The s.s. Rotorua is advertised to leave this port on Tuesday for Sydney. . The schooner Laetitia, now ready for sea, is bound for Lyttelton via Mercury Bay.

The ship Electra has started bending her sails, a fact which imports her early departure for London. „ The p.s. Hauraki left Onehur.ga for Waitara yesterday afternoon. She conveyed away the well-bred stock recently purchased by Mr Vava sour, of New Plymouth from Messrs T. "and S. Morrin. The barque Alastor cast off hei* wharf moor ings to-day, and was hauled away into the stream. She will be ready to sail for Batavia on Tuesday next.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Gisborne. this day. The Pretty Jane left for Auckland at 9.30 this morning. Lyttelton, thiß day. The s.s. Ringarooma arrived here from Port Ghalrfters with the Suez mail at 9.15 a.m.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

'"Mails will Close as Under: — Far Thames, this day, at 1.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. ; ' and on Monday next, at 4.30 p.m. For Coromandtel, per Argjjje, on Monday next, at lOOl&jn. For Port 'Fitzroy, per Water liily, this day, at 4 p.m. , * * For T>irua, per Coralie, this day, at 4 p.m. • For Tryphena, per Three Brothers, on Monday next, at 9 a.m. • For Taranaki and Provinces, per ♦ Tanpo, on Monday next at 11 a.m. „ For .money orders, registered letters, and newspapero, at lO.ti.m. • W- J^ate letters will he reccived*till 11.20 a.m. ■ *jsfi» -^or Russel'- Wangaroa, and MoDgonui, per t> * lona,. on Monday next at, 4 p.m. r * EJpr Whitiangi. Tauranga, and Opotiki, pec Bowena. on Monday next at 4 p.m. For Australian Colonies, t per Rotorua, ..on Tnefsday next, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and p* newspapers at 11 a.m. m Late letters for Sydnejpand Melbourne will be received till 1.20 p.m. For Gisborne, per Pretty Jane, on Friday next, , 'at 3 p.m. » Iter Wangarei Heads, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle on Tuesday next at i p.m.& IfcFor Levuka, per Mazeppa, on Monday next, at w atlla^n. *Per s.e. City ot New York, on Wednesday, 4th tu. July, as under: — « For Sandwich Islands. United States of . America, Cana*da, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at H a.m. For United Kingdom -and Continent of' Europe, at 11 a.m. g» For money orders,' registered letters, and newspapers, at 11 a.m. s Late letters bearing an extra fee of 6d in ..fi addition tojthe postage, will be received by ■». tlie Mail Agent on board, up to the iime of sailing. .% B. BISS. Chief Postmaster. *

Swiktdlers are putting up imitations of UDdt, pho Wolfe's Schiedam ahomatiu Schnapps in bottles which formerly contained that staqd ard medicinal beverage, and in many instances labelling their vile compounds with tlie name of the genuine article. This artful imposture is particularly detestable, since it is calculated to rob the sick and debilitated of a genuine source of health and vigor.

Relief from Cough in Tex Mixotes.— Sharland's Cherry Pectoral, a specific for Colds, Coughs, Asthma,- Consumption, Bronchitis, Lung Diseases, &c. It acts like magic. Price, 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. a bottle.

Sharland's Instant Cure for Toothache; Is. a ■bottle.

Shaklaxd's, opposite Post-office. Auckland.

BIRTH.

FENTON.—On the ICth instate, at her residence, Victoria Road, North Shore, Mrs. \Y. H. Fentou of a daughter.

DEATH.

RrORDA*N.~On the 29th *7une, Henry John, infant son of H. J. Riordan, Upper Nelson street, aged 12 months.

The funeral will leave the residence of his parents to-niorrow (Sunday), at 3.30 p.m. ifriende are invited to attend.

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1877.

For the oause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs lesistance. For the future in the distance,

And the j;ood that we can do.

AMONG the most interesting and important topics agitatejig public opinion in England when the last mail left, were the increasing dissensions in the Church of England, and the widening breach between the civil authority and a section of the clergy. The subject occupies a prominence in the press scarcely second to the absorbing topic of Eastern complications. It is wot, perhaps* because the divergence of opinion, within the communion, upon questions of Church ritual and practice, is more pronounced now than ifohas been for many years past, but the operation of Lord Beaconsfield's Act has precipitated a collision, and raised a direct issue between ecclesiastical rule and the State, which threatens a complete rupture of the relations that have existed for the last three centuries. The development of the (.controversy more immediately attracting public attention in April came from a new and unexpected quarter. The unseemly struggles over Church milli nery at Hatcham, and the difficult extraction of the contumacious Tooth, Avere comparatively of small moment, in their bearing on the existence of the Church as a national institution. But a memorial ad dressed to the Archbishops and Bishops, signed by a large number of eminent ec clesiastics, including the Dean of London, Dean of York, and other Church dignitaries, places the causts of the rebellious clergymen onamore elevated platform. The memorial ists set forth that they are grieved to observe the condition of Church affairs : " Osi tire outside \ve.«£e coercive measures resorted t> )'»r ('iiforci-i ; uniformity, such a< li;ivr li-r.ilV !i • -fi tri<'i-.>V:r in j':,j< .; •Alitr.V I", il- I <V" I ' '-.'\i ll'M r;,. V ,i!, ;•• -:: v .- .;.„,;„:,.. I '•'.!' r-' .'" '•>■■' iv-..i ': ■ i ?■* rut-lWi-: iui-iii>- i !'•!'• .ii i- :,-'.'i »i nii •., M |\- .. > .ii-jly. !

ing troubles but "the living voice of the Church, clearly laying down, what tle # law shall Be in the future ;" and they add that "' no peace em be secured in j. the' Church, nor can her existing relations j with the State be long continued, unless J laws for the regulation of Divine Service and i for pther spiritual matters of primary importance, are made by an authority which both clergy and laity would feel to be binding on conscience." . In order to ju'3ge of the validity of the complaint preferred by the memorialists, it is necessary to possess some knowledge of the nature of the jurisdiction sunder which " for conscience sake " Mr Tooth and his confreres are suffering; The Pub lic Worship Regulation Act makes no new addition to the Rubrics which the "persecuted" clergyman .subscribed to when they entered* upon their livings, nor have the privileges of the Church, vested in Convocation, been infringed or treated with disrespect. The Court presided over by Lord Penzance has no functions beyond those necessary for preventing the applica tion of public monies to purposes. Avholly alien an® subversive of the special objects for which the State established a national Church. It is obvious that the " endurance of suffering" is susceptible of very different interpretations than a tender conscience, so long astlie clergy have full freedom to vindicate their convic tions, leavingthe Church, as others equally pious and conscientious have done before them. The memorialists assert that the existing relations between Church and State cannot long be maintained unless the very hinge on which the union has turned —the supremacy of the Queen —is removed, and Parliament absolutely re nounces all right to interfere with a purely ecclesiastical rule. The Church proper ties enjoyed exclusively by the Episcopalian body in England are estimated at eight millions sterling annually, and the memo rialists "'virtually ask that these large revenues shall be made an endowment in perpetuity to their ecclesiastical organisa tion, whatever form of doctrine or Avorslup may afterwards be sustained by resources derived from the public Treasury. If their prognostications are well founded, and it is true that existing' relations with the State cannot long be continued unless these demands are con ceded, the day of disestablishment is not far distant, for on no other terms can parliament comply witli their prayer. The memorialists express anxiety to " retain the relations of Church and State which have so long existed in this country;" and they display the genuineness of their profession by encouraging clergymen in a defiance of laws passed by the authority which alone guarantees the existence of the Episcopal system as a .national Church, The memorial is regarded By all true friends of establish ment xas exceedingly unfortunate and ill-timed at the present juncture. The Church of England, as a bulwark of Protestanism, has drawn towards it the support of \. majority even of those who dissent from its ecclesiastical system, and moderate men lament that internal dissen sions and arrogant claims should imperil relation.", that have been the source of much national usefulness. A good deal of the force of hostile criticism which followed the pub lication of the memorial, lias been softened by the judicious reply of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who declared that the " living voice of the Church " is now and lias always been heard through Convocation. He that the Church already possesses the substance of what the memo rialists ask, and that parliament has not shewn any desire to restrain its privileges and freedom. Here the jnail budget ends, but it is probable that when the newly stimulated exertions of those who are agitating . for disestablishment have died away, the memorial will simply pass into forgetfulness. We have briefly epitomised the course of discussion in the belief that an outline of a topic which is attracting universal attention in England will be perused with interest. Viewing the struggle from an impartial standpoint, unswayed by local interests or partizan prejudices, colonists are in an admirable positiou^for arriving at a correct judgment. And Churchmen will feet none the less so, because they have proved, in a body dis tinguished for its vitality and activity, and owning no allegiance to the State, the practicability of the course towards which the mother Church is now, perhaps, only feeling its way.

A soiree and select ball of ;i very in teresting character was held on Thursday evening', in the hall of Mr MclMicrsoTi, grocer, of Pniunnrc. An excellent spread of good things ivas provided for the occa sion by Messrs Church and the Misses Church. The hall was decorated in pleasing style by Mr MoPhcrson, who did his l>est for the comfort of hi.tf visito|S. Danciim commenced at eight o'clock, Mand wus kept ii}), with but few intermissions, until two o'clock. About twenty couples stood rip, and exercised themselves in the terpsi chorcaji art. The music was supplied by Messrs Turrell, Wallace, and othcr*quali ficd musicians. The brief intervals between the dances, were devoted to music, song, and recitation. Mr Wylie's capital render ing of the " Lass o' Guwrio was much admired, while the original comic recita tion " Two Pounds Reward," by Mr McPherson, won the liberal applause of the company. The proceedings closed Avith " Auld Lang Syne."—(Communicated.) Tlie programme of to-night's Tcniperartce entertainment is full of interesting items. Mr George Warburton will take the chair. There will be songs by Mrs Smith, and other ladies; also, by Messrs McGuiro, Hodgson, Sceats, and .Jamieson ; one aetf : from Shakespeare's JCing John, and a lively farce, bj a popular writer. To be a s;ood musicians is very common, a passable linguist is frequently to be met with, but a real good reader of English is so seldom to be found that when we come across the ram avis we hasten to record the fact. About two jnonths ago Mr Worthington, the head master of City' East School, announced to his pupils of the upper school that on the last Friday of the half-year he would give a prize -a copy of Milton's works—to the pupil who should'" recite in tlie best manner that exquisite poem by Coleridge, "The Hymn before Sunrise in tlie Vale of Chamouni." The competition took place yesterday, when forty out of seventy-six upon the roll entered their names. The judges were Messrs Worthington and Wilson, who,'after .spending upwards of two hours in patiently listening to the recitations of ' the pupils, awarded the prize, without hesitation, to Misss Annie Currie, whose execution was almost faultless. Her con ception of the meaning of the poem was perfect, while the tone and delivery were effected with such ease, fluency and ex pression as to call forth the admiration of all the hearers. The efforts of Miss Maria Walker and Master George Pettit^ also called forth the warm approbation of the judges. It is only right to mention that • Miss Annie Currie was a pupil of Newton (No. 2) school, previous to her joining City East. Competitions such as we have de scribed are of the highest value, as they excite a very healthy emulation among pupils, and when properly conducted are productive of more good than is a.t first apparent. St. Paul's "Parish Magazine" for July contains a. number of notices for tlie coming month, viz.: the calendar, Sundays-school accounts, state of the organ fund, and a short address to yonfcig persons, by* Rev. C. M. Nelson, on the importance of due preparation for tlie ordinance*of confirma tion, which will take place in St. Paul's on the 25th of July. We notice further that the cMlareu's entertainment will bo hell on Monday evening next, in St. Paul's j sclmi'l-ivuhh, wh'jn Bishop Cowie will I'l-csrit tli« prizes gained by t'ue scholars at lii- di'tciSiin examination. Tit > miter I 1'; "f t!i i '":$l i,;m./:;;k:" contains nnidi '

Apropos ofanonymous donors, we are in formed tiiajUpne or two regular contributors who forwara their donations to the STAB, belong to a .comparatively humble-but re spectable family, whose parents have always made- it a practice to send about one-tenth of their earnings anonymously to the best and most deserving charities. In this commendable rule their sons and daughters, who are in Service, follow in the footsteps of the parents, steadily and in an unostentatious manner. All honor to them. If everyone were to "follow this practice, who w(fuld go naked and hungry beyond the dissolute and vicious ?

ERRATUM.—Last evening's STAIt. In stead of counties put countries, in the sentence, " Two Parliamentary Govern ments for the two island countries instead of1 the former ten." The difference is v.cry niaterial. Counties, you know, arc not, cannot, must not be cognised south of the Equator, where there are colonies. —W.E.S.

The " Wellington ,Post" states that a European at the Hutt has actually sold his own daughter—a child only live years old- - to a Maori, for £2.

At the official inquiry into the loss of the Mersey at Nelson, the Court exonerated Captain Hodgson from blame, and returned the certificates.

The Auckland Institute and Museum is to be closed for ten days, ioi cleaning and re-arrangements.

The return football match between Pon sonby and Auckland is being played to-day, on the Metropolitan Ground, as we go to press.

Mr R. Arthur will sell, ex Spirit of the Dawn, on Monday at 12 o'clock, a large assortment of glass and earthenware from the leading English manufacturers. Parti culars of the goods appear in another column. The second annual meeting of subscribers to the Hall takes place on Monday evening in the Public Hall. The present trustees have throughout the past years been very solicitous for the welfare and progress of their institution, the library has been increased—and a sinking fund has been created towards obliterating the £100 —debt remaining, which is the only liability left* on this Valuable property.

A verdict of manslaughter has been re turned by a Coroners' jury at Oamaru, against Daniel McQuarric, as it was shewn that his mother had died from a wound inflicted at the back of her head with a sharp instrument. The accused has becu committed for trial at the Supreme Court. It is reported that the skeleton of a in oil has been found on Mr McTier's farm in the Awitu district, at a depth of four feet from t'no .surface. Mr McTier's men were drain ing a swamp on his farm, when they dis covered what they conceived to be the bones of a bullock, but on their being- in spected by Mr MeTier, he identified them as the bones of a nioa. We understand that Mr MeTier intends sending them I<> the Auckland Museum, where they will natur ally excitejnuch curiosity.

The " Thames Star" strongly denounces the practice of smoking in the pit lit tin1 Academy of Music, Grahamstown. Tin; " Star" says:—" J.t is a- matter of surprise that ladies are able to* sing at all with clouds of tobacco smoke driving down upon them from the pit."

Sixty-three prizes were distributed in the Poii.sonby public sdiool yesterday after noon by the committee of the Auckland Scripture Gift and Prize Association. tYniv weeks since, the children were given a Scripture exercise to execute at their horncs, and to be awarded a prize when finished. The results, in neat writing and retentive memory, yesterday, were highly pleasing and satisfactory to all concerned. The cost of tin's annual gift was throe pounds eight shillings.

There was unusual excitement in the great hall between the Custom House and Post Office tins morning. It, being the last day for ho.telkcepers to pay their license fees, the hall was crowded with jolly look ing faces, waiting for their turn to come forward and change their £40 or £50 for the sheet of paper signed " Thomas Hi!!."" Collector of Customs, which is to author ise their trade for the next twelve months. It is calculated that quite i'3,OOU ha< been paid into the Cutsomw on this ac count alone, to-day. The long time ninny of the Bonifaces were kept waiting, proved trying to some of their feelings, and as a solace, a visit was now and then |>aid !<• Host's Clark's at the City Club, and the result, was as a rule, beneficial in improv ing the temper.

The proposed vVolunteer slram-light, which was to have taken place last evening. was postponed in consequence of tlie rain. Captain Uigby, of If. S. Sappho, had promised to co-openite by covering the laud ing party with his gnus, and lie has in other matters during his stay in harbour ren dered valuable assistance to the Naval Vol unteers, ill the way of instruction, ami haSji fairly won the gratitude and esteem of all classes. The Sappho leaves the harbour on Monday, and the departure. of Capt. Uigby, his officers and fine crew will leave a blank in many social circles.

where they have become popular

Tito rtianagei", matron, and inmate* of the Old Men's and Woman's Refuse desire to express their sincere thanks to Mr. Norton, House Surgeon, Provincial Hospi tal, for his^indness and attention to them during the fast eight years ; aud in parting wimi him, they feel they are losing a sincere friend who had always a kind and cheerful word tor all, and upon every occasion did all that lay in his power fo^Jleviatc suftlring humanity. lii leavinqpfor the Kaipara, they wish >fh iinaclf and las -family all happiness and prosperity, and hope that his professional services, knowledge, and experience, may prove a blessing ,to the Northern Wairoa, when in need of medical aid or assistance. Amongst the passengers per Taupo, are the Itey. Munro and Mrs Munro. The rev gentleman comes up to take pastoral charge of St. Luke's Presbyterian Ghuiv'li, Rcmnera, and will be welcomed at a soiree, to take place on ths 12th July. A sale of forfeited pledges is advertised for Monday, by B. Tanks and Co., under instructions from Mr Xewmegen. On Thursday evening, an Interesting event in the annals of Masonry .jjtook place in the lodge-room of the Masonic Hotel. A new chapter was inaugurated in the Prince Rose Croix degree, under the Grand Orient of Egypt, under the presidency of Brother Malcolm Niccol, M.W.M.P. " Fifteen can didates were obligated, and received the high degree secrets. An excellent spread was provided for the occasion by the host, Thomas Hood. The performance of the band outside the Theatre Iloyal appears ajwajs to be re garded by the people as a treat on Saturday nights— a large crowd generally collects iii the street to listen. This evening the well known Hibernian Band will perfosu. With reference to^the coinplainfmade to the Board ot Education against^City East School, we learn that the letter read yester day referred to a matter tln.t had already been inquired into by the School Committee, who came to the conclusion that the charges preferred were unfounded. The Right Rev. Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland* preached an excellent sermon Jast evening in Ste Paul's Church, from St. John, c. 21, v. 15, " Feed my Lambs." The discourse was addressed to Sunday-school teachers on their work, aud was listened to with marked attention. * The lady and .gentlemen amateurs who take part in the benefit to Mr Austin Power will kindly attend rehearsal at the j Lornc-street Hall, on Monday evening, at half-past seven. We refer our readers to our advertisement page for <Mhj«ats of Sunday sun i«es at, \\f. various di j:i'»mi:t:i?.umal churches of i!i<: city. Tv i S.;!»!>.»th ewiiiiicr-serviyo |'~r t) ;l .

My Weekly Dose.

|BY THE DQCTOR.]

IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.*

Since I wrote my last dose I have been wandering to and fro ill the land ; I have spent my days in .piscatorial pursuits, aud in the study of ichthyology; and I have spent my nights Well, never mind where I have spent my nights. Suffice it to say that there is a water tank on the wharf which affords shelter to the despised

and weary, and that the hole, though not practicable for a well-fed person, oiiersiio obstacles to a wasted wreck of humanity, such as I. Peccavi ! Mea culpa, inca culpa, niea maxima Sea Serpent. Let the sad story of my woes be told as a beacon to future venturous explorers of the mysteries of the deep. It happened thus : —I strolled down the wharf one quiet eve, and met an ancient mariner—

"The mariner whoso eye is bright, Whoso beard with age is hoar"" And him I saluted in nautical phrase with ' • What cheer, my hearty V" And the aged man, turning a quid, in order to facilitate articulation, inquired if 1 had "heard the noos," and 1 said I hadn't; and then, holding me with his glitter ing eye, he related that fearful and wonderful tale of the sea, which inadver tently crept into your columns. iiismillah ! on my head be it. But there were two or three trilling typographical errors, which I hasten to correct. For instance, "feet" should read "inches," and as for the slight errors in regard to the names, that is attributable to the extremely circuitous tway in which I received the story. The fact is, I got a little 'mixed up in the particulars, and the names got into wrong ■places. The serpent did not swallow any one so far as I am aware, but I am credibly informed that not a few people swallowed the .serpeut. But is there nothing to be said ill i favour of the serpent '! My creature was only 185 feetlong. Pontoppidan, in his " Natural History of Norway,"' has a full, true, and [(articular account of one GOO feet, "lying in the water in many folds." , (My serpent did not " lie" in folds, it did not lie beyond 185 feet.) A sea-serpent was seen by Hans Kgcde in 17^4, another off the coast of Norway in 1811), a third in 1822,.a fourth in 1837. Mr.M'Clcan saw a sea-serpent in ISO 9 (but it was only a little one) 70 or 80 feet long. M'Clean was a minister of the gospel in the Hebrides. Have, we any right to say lie was " lying in folds" as well us bis serpent. lint the proofs come thick and fast. 11l 1815 and 1817 sea-serpents were seen disporting themselves near Gloucester; in ISI9, at Nahant, oft* Boston ;

and again in 1883. In 1835 the captain of mi American brig saw another, and he describes the exact latitude and longitude. 1n .1848 the officers and crew of H.M.S. Dto.dulus .saw another, which* Captain M'Quhae described in a report to the Admiralty, Me says, "there was at the very least fiO feet of the animal alJlmrtVeau, no portion of which was, to our ] crccption, used in propelling it through the water." (See "Illustrated' London News," October "28, 184S). Lieutenant Drumirttmd saw

mother about tlie same period, and his

account is on record. J!ut for the crowning proofs see the " Wernerian Society's; Trans actions," for an account of a sea-serpent seen in 1808, "some of the vertebrrc" of which " are preserved in the Museum of the University of Edinburgh." Even •■ Chambers' Encyclopedia," for 1576, from which these particulars arc compiled, says: — "There are in the tropical and sub-tropical seas, from the South ern coast of Asia to the South "Sea Islands, numerous sea-serpents." And again,

•■ There is no reason to doubt the faithful - ness of the statements made in any of these pases." And Chambers goes $p to say:— "It is, however, to be remembered that (here are many fishes which inhabit the depths of the ocean, and seldom visit the shallower waters near the».shores*soine of which are scarcely knowu«fexeept by single specimens ; and the same thing is true as to Cetaeca ; so that it is very far from improbable that many species belonging to the ocean depths are still unknown to us." (See Chambers' Encyclopaedia, vol. viiipage .">.S7-S.) So that you see the evidence in proof of the serpent's exist eneetjome.s down to us in one unbroken chain, ami that, in spite of the calumnies ofjeuvious detractors, heroines up to the surface at regular inter vals to vindicate his character. lam loath to leave this interesting subject, but this much was due from me in justice to my well-known reputation for veracity. Had 1 boefi a minister like Rev. M'Clean, or a captain of a nian-o'-war like M'Quhae, who would, have gainsayed my story '! but when

a man with a gifted imagination tells a story "founded upon facts," and throws, in

a few poetic touches just to relieve the dry ness of tlit! scientific technicalities, lie if? hounded down by prejudiced and ignorant sceptics, "who have never even taken the trouble to rend through Oluahbcrs' Eney clopfcdia. BACHELORS OF HEARTS. All honor to Miss Edger, the sweet girj graduate, who lias drunk dee]) <)f "the I 'ieriim Springs, and set a bright and shining example to her r sex. She is the first lady "'Bachelor of Arts" in the colonies. Now will not the title have to be altered to '• Spinster of Arts ?" Bat, however this may be, she has fairly earned her laurels, and I would ve-nture?to express a fervent hope that it will not be Jlong ere the collegiate records will bear the names of many New Zcalariders,

" Learn'd and fair and good as .she." " OUR HOMES IN THE SPIRIT LA^D."

Mr Payne Collier, in his quaint "His tory of Punch" relates how that ancient puppet asks a musician how many.tunes he can play ? " Any you please to call for," is the reply. "Can you play Bob and •loan?,' "yes," "God save the King?" "yes," "Polly put the kettle on?" "yes," "The Old Hundred?" "yes," "Then play them all together, for I am in a hurry." This reminds me of what took place at one of Walker's recent "Inspira tional lectures." In reply to a question as to " our employments in the Spirit-land," he said " Every aspiration receives its re ward and gratification. There must be har mony, and that is recognised. Poets collect and meet together—musicians, soldiers, and policemeiicolleet together, and so on"—(loud applause.)—of course. Whereat I exclaim with good old Dominie, "Prodigious!" But just fancy hundreds of thousands of poets in long, dishevelled hair, and neglected linen, bawlingout theirstanzas, and rending* the-cerulean air with their cries for oboli ; while in another corner a few million ©1* so of instrumental amateurs are making paradise hideous with harrowing sounds ©f trombones, cymbals, and big drunfs, and above all is heard tiff horrible discord of. billions of Tonic Sol Fa Associations, comic singers, ballad-mongers et hoc f/enus omne ! One could easily tolerate the presence of the policeman under such circumstances, especially if they did their duty in telling the crowd to "move on." Walker says:—" Every "spirit must work in larmony with its nature—and the na ture of a policeman, as all the world know-s, is to kfeep people 'Ijmoving on"—pins court our,hjmse-maids aWt cooks—the^pliilanthro pic iii doing good, the musical in contribut ing .to the general harmony by.singing." ( moresapplause—the asses). * General har mony^ be Glowed! —general agony he means. Just picture to yourself some good saintly man I - -such as many I could name in' Auckland —-who* has taught in Sunday-school, never missed a sermon, ahd after attaining a ripe and honouredoldage, has departed, crowned with virtue; to his long home, in hopes of finding blessed peace—just imagine some poor hen-pecked soul, who has welgomed the visit of the chap with the scythe and hour glass s^tte a. friend, ami hopes to go to a h:-aveif\vh<ire chiding tongues are hushed, i.-nd wiiere tlu few stray locks of a poor," jqaiToriMg, ".i-i.ld-lie.ided, nl.i sinner ni'o skiuldju from tlu lingers of tlia K]>.iil-.;r -■jffi,"-*' yn). :iii'.i ilipi-t \v;.ry and Jmi^-- ( .■^ ..... ... „ji• . ~ . ;i .. A ~;,..,

clashing cymbals, head-splitting [ojn boning, soul - racking dmm-thunung, amateur piano-strumming, caterwa liii« fiddling, tooth-aching—organ-grinding and warbling opera singers, all in .dm -ent keys, singing different tunes, in uift' ent time, and striving to out-Babel each o1 er; overtures, symphonies, variations, fantJ [as, solos, duets, trios, psalms, comic songs en .timental ditties, thrumming, strum fug, ' drumming, whistling, squealing, chipp ing, quavering, shaking, in. one thundang tempest of sound and fury. Just imalne this, I say, and just imagine a>poor pi|—< hunted by detectives, "run in" bypee^-s, lectured "by J.P.s, bullied by gaol-s, half-starved on "skilly," wasted |id worn by geological researches —eluchg all the bolts and bars and- hnjd cufts and leg-irons, only to awake iij a, world peopled by hordes of policenienjhi blue coats, whose normal appetite •fcrxiii ning in the suspected and the vagariots Jas been prcternaturally sharpened by KleUe from the shackles of the mortal eof—lot to mention myriads of detectives digested of the fleshy impediments, and abldto'go through key-holes, see through brick halt, and travel with lightning speed ! B> w» want any more terrors added to deaththau these ': And are there any Lunatic Asjlums up there. I wouder '. And where do thty get a supply of keepers? And, in short, who wouldn't linger in this vale of tears, aid— " Rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not >f V — Unless, after all, the congregation of musicians, and singers, and peelers, aul all the rest of it, be all " Walker!" FADOGKAPHS. I mean little odds and ends mistly written with a pair of shears and a piste pot, and freshened up a bit, like the Sea .Serpent. Here's No 1. Scene : The tcited field. Two noble warriors of the A.C. re counting their wondrous talcs— " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-bread tli/scapes i'the imminent deidly breach." &c. &c. &c. ■

First officer : Oh, yaas ! I "was at jhat aftuiaw at Tc Whakemin Tuakokitata, and N"agara-Mekesasignictoum. Dwedful hot i'lali f Nearly lost the numbali of my mess, ah ! Second officer, " Were you at that little brush at Armageddon ?" First officer, " (leddon? Gweddam ?" " No, Armaged don." "By Jove, aw, now I ■svememljali; that was wheaw we dwove the enemy out of the wine pits, iv\v !" 4

The editor of the " Grey River Argus has been nearly committing suicide. He wrote: "Had we, in the first flush of in dignation, been required," and the composi tor brought it out, " Had we, in the first flush of Indigestion, &c." The " Post" tolls another of those apochryphal stories about the wonderful sagacity of a dog. I knew a dog once - buj| I forget ; it won't do to be original. It ap pears' that the owner of this valuable aiiim|| was locked tip, and the creature— "a young animal, only six months old" — laid in front of < the cell. This is the first oviparous canine I've ever heard of. Why don't they send it to Pro fessor Darwin ? But a truce to this borrowed rubbish. I lay aside the shears again, and trust to the same unlimited re sources which produced the sea-serpent, and am prepared in the shortest notice to trot out a whole aquarium, aviary, and menagerie of serpentine, ornithological, and nondescript animal curiosities, if the reader only appreciate my efforts. A'CHIEI/S AMANG US.

The good .angels deliver us from the clutches of that jounjj lady of whom 1 lately read that, when her evidence was taken as plaintiff in an action for breach of promise, she produced a Lett's Diary for lS7f>, and proceeded to give the precise time of all the affectionate tete-a-tetes, the. moonlight rambles, the spoonings on the stairs, and at the end of the verandah, the embraces, the soft nothings, &c, &C.7«WFfch each particular sigh minutely noted;; and assigned to its proportionate scale* in the catalogue of endearment. " Stop stop, my good woman," said the counsel for the defence, in a tone of easy confidence, "don't go quite so fast, if you please." Now, just let me have a straightforward " yes " or " no " to my miestiori. (in awful tones.) fUFhen did you make those entries you are reading ?" (and he smiled at the Court, in a way which said "L think your Honor, I've iioored that witness, at all events.") Then that young woman reylied in the weak tones of a suffering, broken hearted, blighted bein»; " yer honour's wor ship, i wrote down every blessedjpne ofj'em the very fust minit I. got home, wlik|i I were jilted twice afore your lordship, sad I knowed men are to one thing constant iftver, and as tLis 'ere un, the pris ncr at the^bav, your grace's Afbrship, were a fickle unwind I made up my mind as I wasn't a go'ini fer ter be done again, please your worship, oy a fellow as'd swear that black -was wHite." Counsel for the defence, after a brief Con sultation T^itli his cljent, said 4ic wouldn't take up the time of the Court, but wmld confess judgment for the amount claimed. The fctct was the defcndanH; had laboured under a slight misapprehension, that #"as all. ' * Till: AMENDE HONOURABLE. ,As I am informed and verily believe certain gentlemen whose names, appeared in connection with, that story of the sca-serjent are slightly annoyed at their names bang taken in vain. I'm truly and deeply sd'ry that*this should be* Tim fact is, wherever 1 take* the liberty ot using a name 8 isL generally that of some good-humoued," benevolent sort of personage, who is kntwn to be himself fond of a joke, and whqi to my thinking, is not likely to fly off bejpse he is brought in to point a moral or acran a talq,^ It is not my desire to give offence. I only want to amuse, —there is no us ill my trying to instruct. No one effects to be edified in a contribution of this sort. If thqrc be any in this commjtiity whose sensibilities I have runted, letaem* believe me when I say that I am heartily sorry for it. I cannot afford you tUMJjbn solation of a sight of the sea-serpent Jjjst at present, but if the spectacle of the lector sitting in sack-cloth and ashes on tliffftool of repentance, can carry balm to a wouided soul/ it is yours. .

A GROAN FROM THE DEPTHS of "a wounded soul comes to me in the form of a letter signed " Paterfamilias,"' who says he is deeply concerned*for the morals of his numerous progeny, and is anxiously desirous of knowing once for all whether or not it is the intention of " the Doctor" to fill one or two Columns ("lying Columns" kg. calls them) with "lies every weeC « I hope and , trust not. For the future I intend to reform, and adhere strictly to ifacts, which shall be verified, if necessary, by affidavit. For iiSance, when Miss'Sork' screws, of uncertain, age, matures.-. " B> yoi think this colour becomes ffl%? or, " cfc yot like my hair in this style ?'**l shall tdlthe truth, the whole truth, and nothing bfftiic truth, so heto me Bob; and say "°w*th all duedefereneeto you, miss, you're the Sliest old fright I ever clapt eyes qn "fAncl when Mr CHaifer says " I think tins Article has b«en slightly damaged," I shall aJswer, " Right yga are, niy boy." It's got dafaged oj^ my hands, and I don't rocomnieijp*yoii to take it. I shall loose by it, buttnever mind." Or when my boy Toinmj! asl >s nic some awkward quea|ions in l^turaL history, I shan't fqjfce them, u|e t^ s'"tf* aestioftdsi or suppre.wo*seri, or connefc the matter ,with horticulture ; jura in jhort,- Avhen anybody asks me if I don't thifk Pa torfaniilias is a very nice, dear, moral.ichari able, tolerant, practical, sensible, common sense kind of person, I shajjfcsay tW> I've my opinions on the subject,">utwoalfl ra ther not express them just at present*Vala Paterfamilias !.—Yrtim tT-ulv* Turn Doc- Ton.

Tin firs!, meeting of creditors in |.riej#st<afc of ~r,il!!i Loo;;.!i. ci"V!!-n!i 1 tri'd'r. :i: bank - '•)'. «•- ' '■' ■ "•! tig : i '\- S;;>'c-!:! • (' ■•- "t

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

fforeß^BarfiWEs, R Mv r"# Cosjtopolafl, ifoteTo %£*s * %<JL ~ drinking at the baf of thl\l^ Wan ***? determinedio « sStebS?^ ** commenced with Mother San A?Vw»- vigorous b]o^^•s struck Ti' a f°w out >y tlxe constable fc* V* * persa ed in his battle coXf gSf.^ His \V oi-Hhi^^that such dSurbinp B o must be preveifec7 as f-ir n= "IBU. lu«ances as P^one r,vSt Sown foffpote V wouKlonly ni ¥ se a fine of 20s anH n 1 * or in cWault, ? V days' impSment BfcACttTfe THE UCB&ai ACT • Joh|Porch,.propnetor of the Pv^i Hotel JbW in answer to a SSf^ chargint fern fh committing a hS^i the J.iclising icfei of 1874, sec &ht\ ? fering i gameof chance with dicp to h« ulayed h hisjolel, contrary to tL ° ' Visions it the sddiAk -^ l 0 the pro- Mr Ixlef fEpeared for defending ™a said>ehadn; defence to ofih-tX^ ' lnitiot, but tjere ft-ere extenuating circum staWs. I hJEJ&rietor lu'mself \-as not in town, andfecWanager was not aware of the ict wh^i ms committed by spiral boys who hai gee into the hotel by a entnnce, wjfeouj the knowledge of aiiy 4 onem the hqse. He would ask, therefor/ that the Coi|t wu-ld take these facts S comderation ant impose a merely nominal' penvlty. [ * x

Sib-Inspecor ?ardy said that Ser^eint Cla'ke weiitintqthe hotel, and found siv boys ehgagfl flaying "Yankee grab" wita dice foi silences. The barman was lowing 0^.a1.t4 time, He was sorry to say that gambling was carried on to a great exfent at some totels, and it was necessary that steps shoild be taken to prevent ganbling as nich as possible, as such pnetices neqiieftly led to the ruin of "lads wlh small salaiies. His Worshipiaid he feared he could not inpose a normal penalty in the case Djfendant mu| pay a fine of £5: costs* lfe Gd. '

dONNprAL INFELICITY. j David Elliot!, described as a carpenter, o: ParneU wa?; charged on a summons for Molently assaying Caroline, his wife, yith a blacMnl brush, and otherwise ill-treating hfr, on the 25th inst.

Dcfendintfliiiiot appear. Sergealt^ckson dci>osed to the frequent juarrels 6f%ii^lainant and her husband. Elliott lud {one away to the Tamaki, and it was nob c<rta.n whether he had received She summon, f Mrs Elliot sas very anxious to have Hie protecti|i of the Court, as she Avas in fear.

The case/i-aj adjourned until Saturday,., in order thifc: defendant might be.present.

Serious Accident at Mount Eden.

TWO MN SEVERELY INJURED,

We learnliaj a serious accident occurred at the ne\ig«,vel pit, Mount Eden, a few days agojb; which two men 'sustained severe injuixs. From what we can gather the scoriiiucllenly fell in. breaking one of Mr Luptyu's legs, and almost burying another iai^ The latter was extricated from thcdelris, and was found to have "sustained serious external and internal injuries.,: Hi was promptly attended by aj mcdijal ban, and removed to his. residencj. I

CABLEGRAMS.

' | (PRESS AGENCY). SYDNEY, this^day. Br{ndyj3ls 3d to 31s%Sd; quarters, Ss 9(j to a 3d. ,

A d^laid/J flour and wheat, and New Zea land vvhetfj dull aiid unchanged. The only movement of the latter is the export to Enghndi New Zealand oat ; 3 : none. ]3;,Tretfs twist, 1 4d and Is 4^d; Elack Swai, Ipd to Is Gd. Company's sugar is uncmnap. Best Belmonts, 10|d.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CAITILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED.—PRODUCE TELE GRAM.

LONDON, 29th June. Wo oj—-Market unchanged. The sales closed irmly. The sales comprise about 2G3,00(J bales. 145,000 bales have beeu taken by the Continent. 55,000 bales have been hsld over for future disposal. 5,000 bales have been taken for America. A good ttfiny seceffid-haud parcels have been offerei during the past sales..

CURE GOLD MINING COMPANY.

TiiEllialf-yearly general meeting of the shar|iolders in the Cure Gold Mining Com pany was held at noon to-day in,the Com pany's office, Shortland-street. About 15 shareholders "were present,s Mr George Williamson in the chair. After the

usual preliminary business the Secretary, i% R. Home, read the eleventh report and balance-sheet of the Directors of half-year

ending Ist June, 1877, as follows :—, ' fThe Directors again present to the Share - holders the usual statement of r»«eipts and expenditure, for the half-year just ended. Although the retunis of gold have not come up to expectations, the mine has been well opened upland any day a new discovery mfy be made, which would improve our prospects. Full particulars concerning the piist half-year's operations will be found detailefei the mine manager's report here with. Eight tributes are let at the present tine in parts of the mine which have *b)thexto proved remunerative to the Com jknffatrates varyingfrom sixteen per centto thirty per cent, and these are realizing fair feturns. As will be seen from the balance jhcet, the Directors, under the authority riven to them at last meeting, have dis posed of the 125 shares belonging to the Company by public tender, at a very Satisfactory "price ; they now ask fora, similar authority to dispose of, at their discretion, 133 shares, forfeited* since last meeting for non-payment of calls. In . terms of the Company's rules, Mr George Williamson retires from the Directory by-*, rotation ; but, being eligible, offers himselt for re-election— George Williamson, Chairman." * . , , 1 - The balance-sheet shewed that the total Receipts had been £2,655 16s Id. Beceipts :.. Proceeds of tailings sold, £25 ; proceeds ol ttons quartz crushed during the half-year, >4 13s2d; proceeds of tributes, £1/31«5 ---proceeds of 125 Company's shares sold by tender, at 11s 6d, £71 17s 6d; recevveck balance, fifth call, £44 10s ; received . balance, sixth call, £532 14s Gd ; received amount, seventh call, £400; received,, amomt,-eighth call, £300; cash in hand, r etc., £S3 7s lid: total, £2,655 16s Id. ■ Expenditure » Overdraft from last halt year, £720 3s lid; unpreseuted cheques, ±0/ / Is 8d ; wages and contract labor, £700 /s; sundry, £12,12s ; honorarium, £30 ; pump iug, £68 ; materials, tools., candles, pooler fuse, ironmongery, and blacksmith, £141/ 16s lOd ; miscellaneous, £71 ; timber, w/p Is lOd ; crushing and carting 201 tons, *J£i» 10s Gd ; winding quartz and mullocJc, £o<> 10s 6d; books, stationery, stamps, Prin^ n». advertising, telegrams, and sundries, i.SJ Os« 4d ; audit, £3Ss ; miners' rights. £1 ;■ calls* 125 Company? shares, £37 10s; calls on forfoiicd slmrA. £30 ISs Gd,: total, £2,600. . IBs lil. The dividend acw.nt shewc!— Paid to sh.-übbolders, W-"; 1!11^ bulunce uncSahLi, £23 I7s Gd: The u.vi dcuds declared V> ''-tc, £2:2^,(^1 per sliaro, ; # .-hi oxuit-a to f\7.000. A .Mitiatju^my -re--.- U>r* (■■('<;. }.\- \'\\ \{. f.*VV-••>!"«.: )n,''!}°: i in.: ~■-,, v.-.t.-S ■r/y j^^^^M|g|||MM|*Wi"*j*

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J. COSGRAVE* & CO., Beg to inform the 'inhabitants of Auck land they loill hold a SALE of thel vcmainint/ portion of their WINTER * DRAPER? AND CLOTHING on TO-MORROW (Friday), Voth June. They will Iring forward a darqe quantify of Job Goods, arrived hi Alastor, consisting of Ladies' Costumes 3lanlh>*. SJiawU Purx\ $%nc% Mcri- I, '"'""' lli 'V'V —'«C /'. ICC*, Hi Jj\,,;f lij I CiCiit. L :^^A'" j. • - ■' -J .•■ -.



Q P E.iC I A -L jfly.O T I C E. ■ H. L.N^DBSENNISKIE, , TTTTT A , -f(fini LL. • OO * RRR RR TT \A.'' H-.lff- L O 6 R R TT JcCa IK I. O O R-R-R "TT- /A—A II *E, , O "O R' R TT /A A H? Ii ' O O R R TTT-A - A lin ELLLI3 OO R R *"—*- HABIT-]vfAKER, v S H O R T LA ND-STREET, Auckland. H.L.P. begs to inform his customers and the public generally that he has Just Received a Large Consignment of WINTER TWEEDS and FANCY COATINGS; also, a Special Line of SUPERIOR SILK TESTINGS. N.B.—The Trade supplied at a small advance Invoice Prices , for Cash. T^T O T. I C E. J. W. PEARSE GIVING' UP BUSINESS *$ ■ BQ^ POSITIVE CLEARING-OUT. tßft In order to effect a Speedy Sale, the Whole Stock of DRAPERY, i AND MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING Will be Sold at a Great Sacrifice. the sale is now on. Corner of Queen-street axd Vulcan Lane. « JUST RECEIVE D, EX "HERO":— A SMALL SHIPMENT OF SUPERIOR QUALITY GEELOXG TWEED MELBOURNE-MADE m- clothing, -m To ouk Order, Direct fjrom the Maxukactukers. MATERIAL OF NEW PATTERN'S AND STYLES, AND FIRST-CLASS CUT. Is. in the & allowed on all Cash Purchases of 20s. and upwards. "rUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, Junction Drapeky Warehouse, BUpperJ Qqeen'-strket, AUd.KAND "OARGAINS ! ! W. RATTHAY Is Preparing for STOCK-TAKING, soJic offers a lot of CHOICE DRESS MATERIALS At Cost Price. Remnants of Dress Mrtcrials at and under Cost Price. The Balance of the STOCK of LADIES' COSTUMES, JACKETS, and FURS, At Cost Price. W. RATTRAY, DRAPER AND CLOTIII ER, N*ew Zealand House, 66, QL7EEK-STREET, AITCKXAXD. ANTED, an Editor for a Bi-Week.ly — Apply to J. L. Kii-kbride, " Rangitikei Advocate," Marton.