SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ffIUH WATHJR-{™mo^ nOCm BIS. 9.16 <3UN SET.—This Evening, 1.49 SUN RISE.— To-morrow Mormner, 7.18 MOON'S AOl\.--First Quarter, 7th, 7.50 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

W&naka. s.s.. lilcOuuvray. irom jxussou Pretty Jane. s.s.. from Gisborne. Venus, ketch. King, from Napier Gem schooner, Nicholson, from Russell Ocean, schooner, Rawlings, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

Hauraki, p.s., Holmes, for Waitara Mernury, cutter. Baxter, for Tairua s.s., Stephenson, from Wangarei

IMPORTS.

Per Schiehallionand Dunelm. from London :— 2 hhds 22 !-easks, and 4 octaves wines and snirits 228 cases sundries, 30 kegs, 27 casks, 20 barrels. 50 casks "Griffin" beer.—E. Lewis.

MAIL STEAMER.

The mail steamer Australia, from San v ran cisco and Honolulu, had not shown up when we went to press.

Inwards Coastwisk.— Gem, schooner, from Russell, via Corornandel, with building mate "outwards Coastwise.—Reward, schooner, for Eussoll, in ballast; Golden Me. schooner.for Kussell. in ballast; Queen, schooner, Jones, for Hokianga, with full cargo sundries ; Griffin, schooner, for Whangapoun, in ballast; Wahapu cutter, for the Lake, in ballast. . The s.s. "Wanaka arrived from Russell this morning with 150 tons coal, 65 bags oyster?, and 25 bags sum, anrl the following passengers:— Miss 'Manning. Mrs' Pain, Messrs Graff (2), Clarke, Sutherland, Peacock, Quick, and one in the steerage, and three for the South. The departure of the s.b. Taiaroa from the MamiVau for the South has been postponed, until to-morrow, owing to the mail steamer not having arrived this morning. Neither the Woodville or the Queen of the West sailed to-day. , The s.a. Pretty Jane arrived from Gisborne to-day, after putting into Hick's Bay on account of stress of wenther. She will leave for Gis borne again at 5 p.m. to-morrow. The s.s. Southern Cress will loave for Napier at 5 p.m. on Saturday next. . The s.s. Argyle sailed last evening for Whangarei and Mangapai, with passengers and -The" p.s. Hauraki sailed from the Manukau for Waitara to-day, with a numoer of cat tie. The barque Dunelm washauledinto the berth at the end of the Queen-street Wharf vacated by the Queen of the West yesterday afternoon, and she will commence discharging her cargo at 'We schooner Minnehaha, which left this port for Russell a short time ago, remained at Great Barrier until Monday last. ■ The ketch Venus arrived from Napier to-day.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Tauraiga, this day. The 5.8. Rowena arrived from Auckland at 4.25 p.m. yesterday.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

To-day's Quotations— Bank of New Zealand—Buyers, £23 7s 6d. Colonial Bank—Buyers, 545. New Zealand Insurance—Buyers, 90s South Britibhlnsurance—7os, 6Ss ; buyers, 68s ; sellers, 70s. Union Insurance— Sellers. 16a 6a. Auckland Gas—Buyers, £10 12s 6d. Union Sash & Door Co.—Buyers, £5 7s 6d. New Zealand Lean (new)— Buyers, 67s 6d. Alburnia—sos. Moanatairi—6is; buyers, 62s Cd; sellers, 673. New North Devon—Bs 6d. 9a; buyers, 83 6d. Bendiso United—Buyers, Is. Watchman—Buyers, 5s 6d; sellers, 6s. Thames—Buyers, 32s 6d. Caledonian—Bos. S2a 6d; buyGrs. 80s. Ktmurai Hill—l3g, 13s 3d. Beach—l2s ; sellers, 12s. JOSEPH NEWMAN, Chairman.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close ab Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to-mor row, at 3.b0 p.m., and 5.30 p.m. Fo^ Coromandel, per Durham, to-morrow, st 11.30 a.m. For Australian Colonies, Batavia, Singapore, China, and Japan, via Torres Straits, per Australia, immediately after arrrival from For°Taranaki, and Southern Provinces, per Tarariaki, to-morrow, at 8 a.m. For liawau, per Heather 8011, to-morrow, at 8 For Wt,iwera, Warkworth, Te Arai, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Tainia, per Carolie. to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Rarotonga, per Edith, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Provinces, per Wanaka, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers at 2 p.m. Late letters till 3.20 p.m. For Gisborne, per [Pretty Jane, to-morrow, at For Tauranga and Opotiki, per StaSa, to-mor row, at i p.m. For Wbitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Friday next, at & p.m. N.B.—Postage stamps of the value of 03 and 2s each may now be obtained at the Chief Post- S. B.BISS. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

STUART—GUY.—At Wellington, on 13th June. John David Stuart, engineer, eldest son of Captain David A. Stuart, late s.s. Midge, Auckland, to Fanny, daughter of the late Captain Robert G. A. Pearce, 8.8. Gothen burg, and relict of Frederick G. Guy,M.D., Port Darwin, Northern Territory.

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1878.

Kw lisa UKrr-A (a Era tUKXwM,

We are glad to observe that the proposal for the construction of private -wharves has aroused attention -within the Harbour Board to the alienation of those water rights which the Board acquired a few months ago after considerable litigation, and at a heavy cost. On the 100 feet frontage of Mr Hawkeswood's propertyjwith legal expenses) the Board is now paying in interest upon loan, between £50 and £60 a year. That is the permanent liability, at which some members of the Board con sidered the acquisition of Mr Hawkeswood" title to a mere beach frontage " cheap, 'a The extinguished rights extended no further than high-water mark; they did not give the right to lay a vessel or a log on the adjacent beach, and the Board then considered it was doing a good thing to get the frontage at almost any price, and to borrow money at six per cent, for the purpose. Within six months from the time of the purchase, after re claiming valuable allotments, with access to what will be one of the leading business streets of the city, the Board has actually sold these allotments for 66 years at a price which will never pay the annual interest incurred in making them, and has thrown a hundred feet of beach into the bargain. Two of the allotments only realised £34 a year each. The riparian rights, over the purchase of which there was such a flourish of trumpets, have gone again for an old song, to be bought up perhaps by some future Board at the lessees' own prices ; and the mariner who comes within a hundred feet of the allotments is absolutely trespass ing on private property. Some members of the Board, who appear to have been ignorant of the real state of the case, were perfectly astounded at the egregious folly of the proceeding; and Mr Firth gave ex pression to tte surprise which every sen sible man must feel at such a reckless dissipa tion of a public trust. It is a fact that these allotments have been leased for 66 years, with extraordinary water rights, at no more than is obtained from those on East Custom-house-street from year to year, with the frontage to the sea carefully cut off by a public pathway. We defy the Board to adduce anything approaching a precedent in connection with any one of the many reclamations which have been carried out at every port of consequence Jthroughout the colony.

It is too late, perhaps, to recall the mistakes already made, but we may surely expect that the Board will not multiply its follies, but will preserve sacred to the public the portions of the harbour trust which still remain in its keeping. If the e *rly " istratfrs of ccity affairs had so dealt with the public,property entrusted to their care, what position would the city occupy now Instead of being the inheritors of rich and greatly enhanced endoAvments, the whole benefit of that rapid growth which is the fortune of young cities would have fallen to the lot of sixty-six year leaseholders, at peppercorn ground-rents. We still owe some debt to posterity. The city is but in its infancy. ■ And if the public estate is frittered away now, or encumbered with in extinguishable private rights, many of those who perpetrate the wrong will live to see thefrighfulconsequences of their blundering.

We understand that the Union Sash and Door Company have purchased Mr Darga ville's timber business in the Northern Wairoa district, including all bushes, tram ways, logs in upper and lower bushes, plant, etc., price, £25,000. Mr Darga ville retains 15,000 acres of freehold along the river banks, subject to the Company's timber rights, which he is about to cut up into farms of 100 to 200 acres each, and offer for sale on easy termßtobona fide occupiers. He also re tains the whole of the township properties and the 100 acres adjacent to it; and although he retires from the timber busi ness ho expresses his intention to remain in the district aud apply himself to the de velopment of its other resources besides timber.

Mr Crowther, with his customary enter prise, having determined to lay 'busses to connect with the present railway terminus has recelvod a small subsidy from the Government, and will commence on Mon day. The 'busses will leave the junction of Queen and Grey-streets at stated hours, as per time table, daily, to connect with outgoing and incoming trains, the only exceptions being the 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. out troin" trains. The new arrangement must prove a great convenience to travellers, as it will save them from the weariness and discomfort of trudging through the sea of mud which intervenes between Queen-street and Fort Britomart Btation.

The annual meeting of subscribers to the Newmarket Hall was held on Monday even ing, at 7.30, Mr John Angus in the chair. Tho minutes of last annual meeting were confirmed. Tho treasurer's report for last year showed receipts, £54 0s 6d; balance from last year, £5 16s 9d; total, £59 17s 3d. Expenditure, £53 lls Gd; balauce in hand, £6 5s 9d. There is also in hand towards the special fund for making addition to library and museum, £13 10s, and in savings bank, £5, as a sinking fund to pay off the debt of £100 still owing. The following committee were elected for the current year ;—Messrs John McColl, John Jenkins, William Dinnin, James Taite, and Georgo Bishop. Votes of thanks were carried unanimously to Duncan Mains, Esq., for a donation of £1 towards the proposed addition to library and news room ; also to tho Government for a gift of the old sheds for the same object; not forgetting the 1.0. G.T., Victoria Lodge, for the entertainment got up by them, which is expected to realise about £6 ; to Mr Brett for a copy of the Evening Star ; MrTinne for a copy of "Wonderland of the Antipodes;" also to outgoing com mittee and chairman.

A fatal accident occurred on the 25th ult. to William Nisbet, wko had been for some time employed at the Tairua saw-mill. JSisbet was engaged in wheeling saw-dust from the premises to the edge of the wharf and shooting it over. No person, it appears, saw the accident, of which there could be little doubt, as the body was shortly after wards discovered in the water. Deceased was a Scotchman, sixty years of age, and sub joct to fits. An inquest was considered un necessary. The members of the Star of Freedom Templar Lodge held their usual quarterly meeting last evening in the Cook-street Hall, for the general business of the session. The several reports of the outgoing officers were read and adopted, showing that the cause of Free Templary is progressing. The speeches of Bros. Warburton and Cox were received with cheers. The lodge has now a good library for the use of members, and a dancing class for the due exercise of the intellectual as well as the physical capabilities; the commit tee considering that a sound body is necessary to a sound mind. The annual literary and musical entertainment will take place as soon as arrangements are completed. At the clOße of the preliminary business, the following members were installed to office by Bros. Niddrie aud Davidson, viz. : Brother James Halyday, W.C.T.; Brother A. J. Evans, W.D.T. ; Brother Neil Mackay, W.S.; Brother G. Warburton, W.C. ; Brother J. N. Hans, W.F.S.; Brother Pitkethely, W.M.; Brother Curnow, W.I.G. ; Brother Win. McGregor, W.O.G. ; Brother C. Hannken, W.A.S. ; Sister Poley, W.D.M. ; Sister M. Bush, W.R.H.S. ; Sister J. Donaldson, W.L.H.S.

The following extract from a letter re ceived from the Secretary of the Rangitoto Silver Mining Company may be of interest to shareholders of the company in Auck land :—" You will be pleased to hear that our manager is sinking on a splendid vein of silver ore, which is daily increasing ; in fact it is the best ore ever received from the mine. The Directors are about forwarding a battery for the purpose of crushing and pre- Saring the ore for {shipment at no distant ate. The General Government have like wise acceded to our manager's request, and are sending Professor Ulrich over to report on the Rangitoto district generally, and the mine in particular. The prospects of the en erprise are really good. ' Mrs Steel, who was charged at the Supreme Court, Christchurch, with having murdered her son, waa aoquitted, the medical testi mony being to the effect that she could not have inflicted the wound which caused death. It is believed that the boy fell on some glass in the garden, and received a cut in the head which proved fatal.

In order that no delay shall arise in the construction of the telegraph to Northern Wairoa, Mr Dargaville to-day telegraphed to , Wellington as follows :—"Hon. J. T. Fisher, Commissioner of Telegraphs.— Waiting to sign guarantee re line to Wairoa. If deemed necessary, I will lodge one thousand pounds in Bank in our joint names as collateral security till Parliament meets. Are tenders called for? Please reply to Helensville to-day.—J. M. Dah- GAVILLE."—It is most unreasonable that one private settler should be compelled to enter into such engagements to secure the construction of an important public work authorised by Parliament, and for which a sum of £5,000 was placed on the estimates last session.

The Melbourne Cup weights have been published. First King has top weight, 9st. 31b. ; Chester, 9st. ; Woodlands and Sava naka, each Bst. lib. ; Tom Kirk, 7st. Slbs. ; Bosworth, 7st. 71bs. ; Seville, 7st. 51bs. ; His Lordship, 7st. 41bs. ; Vulcan, 7st. 31bs. ; Warlock, 6st. 71bs. ; Jack o' Lantern, 6st. 51bs. Of Walker's New Zealand pair, Trump Card has Sst., and Le Loup 7st. lOlbs. Acceptances are to be made on the 7th of August. At the first general meeting of the Union Insurance Company, held at Ohristchurch yesterday, the Chairman of Directors pre sided and mored the adoption of the report andbalauce-^heet, and,in doingso, said that the income from the premiums might have been greater, but the directors determined to pursue a conservative policy, being con vinced that large premiums did not always mean large profits. Several risks have been refused which subsequently came to grief. The report and balance-sheet were adopted, and the retiring directors re-elecfed. Professor Henuicke and Madame Stella, the illusionists, are oh thp West Coast. They have been at Westport "lavishly distributing gifts" and doing the box business.

Poverty Bay has ften lately visited by Hene Kumekume, o| of Te Kooti's wives. She escaped from thjjattack made by the Ngatiporou in the liwera country in 1873, and has since lived Jthe Waikato. It has been deternfed to take immediate steps for the erectioijof a new school for the Sisters of Mercy! Te Aro, Wellington. Mr Charles O'Neill P been instructed to prepare plans and cf for tenders for the building. | „. . ~ The "Bay of PlentTimes," in a leading article on the new Ntive Landfill, says : Some of the main f&ures nave been com municated to us fin a private source. Amongst these will £the individualisation of titles to all blocks? land above the mini mum area. The lira; proposed by the Go vernment is 1,000 aci|; but, of course, this will have to be fixed>y the House when the measure shall pa!finto Committee. It is also proposed to p^hibit all sales until after the issue of Croli Grants, thus giving to individuals, and sttll associations m the form of hapus, the |)wcr of disposing of their lands according^ their wishes, instead of being over-ridden £r the mana and.influ ence of dominant chili, who frequently ap propriate to their o\f individual use and heuefit the lion's sharof the proceeds, and defraud the membte of their tribe af their personal shares. This was the case in respect to the aliiation of the Omo koroa Block, and s»e others. It will, therefore, be the objk of the Legislature, in the new Act, to ptect the individual rights of owners, and!) prevent speculators from securing unjustjargains by exerting influence over domin'st chiefs. The Auckland Scriture Gift 'and Prize Association have issul their first annual report, from which weather the fact that 9 city and 13 countr scHbols have had Scripture exercises giw them, and a total of 1,220 prizes have bea awarded. Of.this number 430 have beeffleatly-bound Bibles and Testaments, and p remainder usetul volumes ot moral andreligious literature. The cost of these prizt amounted to jfcG7 6s 9d. The amountof money received from private and publi services in aid ot the association amourud to £120 Is Gd. This society is doingmuch good in im parting a knowledge othe Scriptures, and deserves sufficient patrnage. To the Editor : Sir,-I &cc by a notice to the ratepayers that # John Hay offers himself as a candidate'*r the vacant seat in the City Council. Is lr Hay aware of the harum-scarum projectof lowering Upper Queen-street 20ft., to the gradient that exists atKarangahapo load. Will Mr Hay call a meeting, or addiss the ratepayers through the press uponhis subject? as the locality is well built upo, and the compen sation reauired will be simply enormous. The Vincent-street honeholders are now putting in applications >r compensation, in consequence of an error>eing committed in the lowering of the strec, by two of the offi cers of Mie Council, wb were acting under instructions from the <ity Council. To shew what legal opiuioi thinks upon the matter, I may state tha1 a solicitor is now ottering to undertake aL'claims against this (the Vincent-street matter) free of cost. —I am. &c, Ratepayer.

On Monday next, an omnibus will com mence to run between the Army and Navy Hotel, Upper Queenetreot, and the Kail way Station, according to a regular time table. The fares willbe 6d foronei'oumey, or 2s 6d for a dozen. The time table is to be published to-morrov. The Newton Fire Brgade, having decided to have their helmets made in Auckland rather than import then, obtained a satis factory sample from 3VI W. H. Fenton, and from that pattern ordeed the full number required. These are new nearly all finished, and on inspecting tho» ready for use our opinion is decidedly facurable to the local article, which are maflb after the pattern of the hats used by Mcl)ourne fire brigades. The peaks are not so mtch carved as those of the imported ones nor used by the Auck land brigade, as the latfcr are described as obscuring the vision oj the wearer. Mr Fenton's hats are warrarted to give effective protection to the head a the best ever made outside of Auckland. It is gratifying to see our local tradesm^i animated by so commendable a desire'to vie with home manufacturers, and stil more satisfactory that they have the abiliy to succeed. Mr Fenton has been succesf ul in obtaining a good number of contrijsts for supplying Volunteer and Constalhlary corps in the Southern provinces wi6 shakos, busbys, etc., and it is quite th| correct thing for our brigades to patronfcu a local manu factory. Mr Ebenezer Hamliii of Waiuku has been appointed a Justice of the Peace. The members of the G:>od Intent Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, will celebrate their 28th anniversary on the 15th inst. by a supper and ball hi the Cook-street Hall. We learn that tht entertainment is likely to be specially inteeating and worthy the oldest of the Oddfelbw lodges of the colony. liev. Thomas Buddie, principal of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, will deliver a lecture this evening, in the Pitt street school-room on the "Proceedings of the Recent Australian Coiforence." Chair to be taken at half-past sewn o'clock. Colonel Haultain and Captain Daveny had a perfect field-day yesterday on the occasion of the quarterly payments of pensioners. It may surprise many people to learn that from this officj, which is the head-quarters of the Pension Department for New Zealand, a sum o: 40,000 is dis tributed annually, and ill this comes out of the pockets of British taxpayers. Yearly £5,000 is annually thus paid away by the Imperial Government in Auckland. We learn tliat there are in various parts of the colonj nearly 1,200 Imperial pensioners, who Jhave settled in New Zealand from all parts of the Empire. The number is still increasing, many retired officers and pensioners being attracted from abroad by the geniality of the climate, and the facilities for settling families A young woman was brought before the Lord Mayor of London not long ago for some trifling offence. During the case it came out that thegprisouer was only, 20 and had been married five years. " Where is your husband," demanded the chief Magistrate ? "Please, sir, hejdeser ted me three years ago," replied the poor girl. " X"ou deserve all your troubles for marrying so young," said this just Judge. Unfortunately the story wept the round of the London and provincial papers. ,

We have heard! from well informed quarters, says the Thmnes " Star," that the Natives have ran through the most of their money. This may be true as far as the greater number of them are concerned, but there are a good few who have their pockets well lined yet. Two or three instances which have come under our notice must suffice to provo this. One old chief, with about fifty members ot his tribe,'drank and paid for in the space of three or four hours no less than thirty bottles of brandy, besides soda, lemonade, &c, for making "S. and 8.," "greased lightning cocktails," and similar mixtures. Another native " knocked down " a cheque for some thirty and odd pounds in less than two days, did not seem the least impecunious afterwards, and. was heard to remark he had "plenty more." Another instance and we are done : A ragged old waihina called on a person to whom she owed 18s., and producing a cheque for £20, she said she would pay the debt if she could get " shauge." We learn that a few of the investors in Union Insurance shares are somewhat dissatisfied at not having allotted to them the full number of shares for which they had sent in application; We believe, how ever, that a calm consideration of the circumstances will satisfy these in vestors that the Directors have been Actuated by purely prudential motives with 'the view of distributing the company's shares in the most judicious mauner, and with the object of rendering it a safe and stable concern. Of course it would be im possible in any allotment of shares to satisfy everybody, but in this company there will be a second allotment by which any inequalities or mistakes will doubtless be rectified, and alb cause of dissatisfaction removed.

Mr McMinn, who is a candidate for Waipa, has'informed the electors that .he has the authority of the Premier for string that no lattis on the west bank of the Waipa, sout of Karakariki, below _Wna fca- whata, are ti» be returned to the natives-

Sir Georg; Grey has returned to pel lintrton.

THE WAIPA ELECTION.

MESSRS MCMINN AND -WHITaKEE

AT ALEXANDRA

MESSRS McMKnn and F. A. Whit&ker, candidates iof Waipa, addressed the electors at Alexandra on Saturday. We have given several telegraphic summaries of speeches delivered by tvlr Whitaker, and it is not necessary to repeat his speech at Alex3n«ra which was substantially the same as tue others. • ~ ~ Mr McMinn began by alluding to tiie share he had taken in agitating against wlO late Sir Donald McLean's proposal to return the land on the west bank of the "\faipa to the natives Sir George Gvey had as«urea him (Mr McMinn) that it was not his inten tion to locateMaorie amongst Europeans. He (the spcater) thought the Government had plenty oflaml where no settlers were located whicl would be available fof < tue settlement ofthe Kingites. He recognise" the justness if the principal of giving them land to live dx as a matter of sound policy so as to preserve them from pauperism. ■■ ±le had ascertained from the .Premier that the land, vhich it was now pro posed to gve back to the Kin^tes, would not include Harapipi, -W» would stop at Kakariki, and ho (Mr McMinn) the) announced his intentiaa *° become a candidate for Waipa. He acknowledged the able advocacy of the cause of the settlers which Mr Whitaker had rnaiutaimd in the " Waikato Tinies. He was in favmr of a property and_ income tax, but considered that an increasingpro gressive tax &voured of protection, ana he wap a free-tnder to the back bone, no was opposed tc the acquisition of enormous estates by singe individual!}, but did not approve of my legislative prohibitions which would povent a capitalist inyertine his money in lind or any other article he desired. ' He disapproved of leaving the compulsory daises of the Education Act at the option of tte local committees, and he would, if possiHe, make itapriociple of the common law of the land, that it should be the duty of everf father to educate his chil dren so as to eflciently perform the duties of life. The onlr solution of the denomina tional question "that he could see was facilities for religous education by clergy men at stated tines, and the addition of class-iooms to thoschool buildiiigs for that purpose; but at a general, principle he was opposed so denoteinatjonal edu cation. He objecttd to the triple system of taxation tinder the existingischenie of local government, rid it was qifite evident that there must fc a change; He con demned the proposi to endow focal bodies out of th<- Consoiidttert Fund asa delusion, because it would be simply faking the money out of one ]ocket and patting it in the other; and b; rendering the local bodies dependent ipon grants from the superior power, the' were deprived of their independence. He -nought thejlual system of government migit be ohviited by en larging the area of patriots, anjL increasing the powers of thecxisting PUad Boards. He advocated thria measur* should be prepared aud submitted to a-fairly con stituted coinmitteeof tha Hoise, and that draft copies shoulf be sent to the local bodies, from whora suggestioijs should be invited, aud that jfter all theje had been weighed, a compfcte local (government measure should be submitted tofParlianient. "The greatest good jor the greatest number" would always be hi motto.

[BY TEIEGRAPH] Owing to the iuclrnenoy of the -weather, bo few were at the: meeting on Saturday that iio votes were proposed but that of thanks to the chairnan. Mr McMinn will get almost a block vate here through Sir George Grey's popuhrity.

CABLEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN.

[EEUTER'S TEIBGRAM.]

SYDNEY, July 2

Arrived : Thes.s. Hotoma. The steamer Aconcagua, fromJAdelaidj, has also arrived, with the following pasengers for Aiick land :—Mr Gatterell andwul, Master md Miss Pickering. \ Obituary: Michael Qiinlm, merchint, Brisbane.

Railway Matters.

DEPUTATION TO MR. lAWSON.

A DEPUTATION frou' tin Hirbour Boird, consisting of the Chairrran f. T. Boylan, Esq.) and Messrs. J. C:Firii and Daldy; will wait on Mr Law.oi tomorrow, with reference to the Queen-steet prminus of the railway.

MEETING THE STEAMERS. In future, special tntns Vill meet the steamers from the South at pnehnnga, for the purpose of oonveyinj thepassengeK to Auckland without delay. \

IMPORTANT REDUCTION t>F RiTE?. Arrangements are in fo^ the material reduction of tie cirriag* of-live stock and agricultural brodtce. The rate on coal will also be greatly reduced* as bay be guessed from the fad; th 4 tho probable charge from Huntly 16 Onehuogaiand Auckland, or intermeditte sfetions, will be 6s. per ton, instead of 94 3d. ,as;heretoiore.

NEWCASTLE lUSTEiD 01. MSRCER.

It is also probable tlat Aflcljlaiid goods for the Waipa and W«ikato< dktiicts will iv future be transhipped at; Newcastle instead of Mercer. Althougl tiistwill add forty miles to the raihvay ifreigtit ii. is likely to be the means of great delay, in fact, about a flay \dll be BayS iv the transit, and thus ithe <?n«nercialand agricultural commuufty -will) be • dear gainers, as well as the«consuners, in tkese days when " time is money.! <

STUDENTS' TICKITS

From this time forth tikis will,! on production of certificate, !be issued to students under 16 or 19 yeaß o( age on the tame terms as to apprenices or ptipil teachers, i.e., half the orliniry season ticket rates. Thus, to ordiiary persons, a monthly season ticket bet\«en Auckland and Onehunga would cost £114s, but a student could get it for 17s. f

THE CENTRAL TERJINfS.

We learn that Mr Lawsoi ispf opinion, unofficially, that the GtVerlment are hardly likely to favour the ilea'if a central terminus, though the Queai-stieet station ■will probably be proceeded wilh at once. Moreover, he thinks that l&d the station been originally made at the % bottom of Queen-street, instead of -wlerejit now is, there would have been no folk if a central terminus. The people whoha^e been ad vocating the latter would jotjliave done so, Mr Lawson opines, had tieyunderstood the enormous expense whicl w^uld entail about £70,000. Tile time for|making a station in the centre of the (ityihas, in his opinion, gone by, thoughjsoue day or otlier it may become necessary to nflkelatermiausi on the Ponsonby side of thecity.

ROAD METAL,

Eoad metal is now carrfed at the iate of Id per ton. | j

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN R^TES. I, ' The attention of persons^hajring large consignments of live stock of ofdiniry goods to send up country & diWii to |he difference between the parcfls knd''J2;6|da: rates. For instance, a peffionj-wishing to send 40 turkeys averaging ?12lji>s. each^in weight to an. up-country feta|Lon^ "wo|ld have to pay Is 9d per bird bjlpairceJf rates, whereas it .sent by goods trlia packed i|i a crate, 2Jd per bird ,would be Jthe)chajge (crate included). ; ;

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before A. Beetham Esq., and J. Cossrravr I Esq., Justices of the Peace ) 4H . - BACCHANALIANS 9 Isaac Bryant, Edward Baker anH Ji William Steward were fined 5s and' nnofT ffl® andßobertLeary l Os and costs Tor Sft M drunk Jane Kelly was sent to eaol fof # seven days for a third ofieuce of a similar i nature. r HK/, NOT Guilty Ip." Mary Moonoy pleaded not gmlty to bdnff I drunk She was lymg quietly i/her 3,3 . when the police broke open the door of her! * ' house and carried licr oil'to the lock ~n I M Constable MeGilp, who was fWentTv "' interrupted aud contradicted §J Jif ■ prisoner, stated that the woman had beonVV' drunk for several days and has vnt T ■ " anything Her neighbours were I either of her setting fire to the ho i! f■' lived in or poisomaghewelf with drink m l'^ ' be took her in custody. UK> so \:. - The Bench found the lady gniirv - -» '^ '■•>••' sentenced her to pay the usniffi!!^'« • ' and costs. She lift^ho C our '• 5s K loudly that she had not Been^ drunk! g■ ': FAIR, RUT P RAITj ' ]. Georgiuia Lee 'a «o.od looking m'J '•■"-■' abou1; .iC, was charged witk W a erL ?* and disorderly. She pleaded g§g dniPk ;; Mr Beef ham said if was apityfh^gp . ■ thing was not done for girls of this'efesa * "*'' Mr Pardy stated tliac a situation w once been found for this girl with a'phiw ' ' thropic lady, but she would not ste^u! hor,_ preferring to rctr.ru to the streets, >}■'< Fine 5s and costs, this being a gjgi offence. The Bench requested the Inspector to Jo anything he could to reform the girl '.-. AX OLD OFFENDER. ' ' "C< Eliza Lestrange pleaded guilty to beirn, drunk, and also to usiug obscene language ','" in a public place, to wit, Customhong*. '''■ street. She implored the leniency of fte Bench, promising that the police shonij t"' have no more trouble with her if she wete '"* treated leniently. Mr Beetham reminded the lady that sfc was an old offender. *•■. Fined 10 s and costs for being drunk, ani 20s and costs for the obscene language. '■'■■• AH OI,I> FILE. "" '\- Wm. Moyes, a boy of 15, pleaded guilty "f-\, to the larceny of 6 files, value 9s, the pro. ■• perty of D. Goldie.

perty o ....,.,..... ;i .- The Inspector said the prisoner was veiy :^-;. young, but that this was the fourth case of £' larceny against him. **; Mr Eeetham : Does he drink? "> The Inspector could not account for hig ■■vi conduct in any other manner. :' ''■■ The Bench were sorry to see so young a "r--'r man in such a position. ■',"'■ One 'month's imprisonment with harf ■ f^ labour. ■ ". This was all the business. &£■"

CORRESPONDENCE.

We give another batch of condensed oorrespon- . v - dence from the pile awaiting attention. Sheei jw»sh.—A subscriber writes inquiring V ■'■? the right proportions of ingredients in sulphur '"• and lime sheep wash. We referred the question ■'•'; to Mr Inspector Lewis?, who replies: ""Write / > strongly against the use of lime and sulphur w a,:,: cure ior scab or for the destruction of lice and ••'' -: ticks. The limn, and sulphur cure when nsed "fif. destroys the qualify of the wool, wnaress "'.J. McDougall's patent compound (which is solibjr ,•.*■ Mr A. Bucklanci), not oniy acts effectually on .;■> scab and lice, but repays the exnenditniifby :y" increasing the growth of tho wool." ■ M> Yousg Jlbn'3 Christian Assocutios. ---" Weil-wisher" subsets that in order to fulfil the conditions imposed by several large sub scribers during Dr. Somerville's visit, toHqui- :?. : date the debt on tho above institution, "the I '. committee should make application to the various Kvangelioal Churches in the city for, .. - say, one collection on a given Sunday; make It ' \ an evening one, and notify the same in: the ' • daily papers." :. . University Dkghsks. - We have several •■ ■ lettera endorainK our remarks on the above ~■•*•' Bubject. "PhQ>n'x r says:—"The fuss mide ..;• over the two y oun g m en who received the degree of 8.A., was quita out o£ all proportion to the very moderate triumph attained. If a mere *; paes is worth a public meeting and numerous ._ eulogistic speeches, what is an M.A., or a mas '.'- • who takes honours -worth? The whole afikir ■ was abaurd, besides being a great mistakeyfor what is more likely to turn a youth's Jbea&snd give him a false idea of his own lmportaasa, Ihan proceeding such as took place at the \ij Choral Hall. Cultured, University.men are,no doubt, badly wanted in the colony—in fact it- ./ - is my belief that a few of them might work wonders ;>but unless sonic particularly tempting pecuniaryindueomeutisheldoTittothemtherare ■' not very likely to honour us with their company. The fact of the matter is just this: Thatweare scarcely likely to persuade cultured men to como and live amongst us until we are more ;■:.■ cultured ourselves. How we are to aocom- j. plishchisisa big question, but there are two or ',-'.. three patent evils such as "open drunkenness :: and " nobblerising," which it is certainly in ■ - the power of society to sweep away. "Ideal Bends a chaffing comment upon Attoklands:■■:., . a°pirations after educational excellence, and, concludes: "Happy Auckland!— Thrice happy ■•■ youths bors in this genia! clime!—' In the sweet • ■■- ■• oy-and-bye,' when science and art, philosophy and ethics, will he but parts of one philanthrwo whole, the present will be considered asan epom in the early history of the university, and the rankerous spirit shown deemed conclusive ;• evidence of a barbarous age." ?' . Hasiiltok .I'OTfCE.-"Pro Bono Publioo ■ ■ criticises tho defence made by " Common. ;. ■ Sense " Cof the four constables at Hamilton. ,He fc concludes: -'Were two good members Of the f: force suddenly sent on duty to Hamilton, I am of opinion they would be at a lots to find sum- ; ' cient duty to perform, unless they descended to cunningly-devised schemes in order to find some thing to do. a great deal of slander and scan- . - dalouci gossip would also be avoided. "Common • ■ Sense" assumes a name that does not belong to !- . suggests in connection with the opening of the dock that the Harbour Board should build a furnace on each, side for boiling , ? pitch, and ought to provide a steam box on one side. The steam, he says, could be conveyed to it by a small pipe from the boilers in ttfl, ; • pumpinc-house; He also recommends * ' ' machine for punching copper. For the use X ;,■ steam box and machine a small charge could » made. _, , . ._ ■■■■.'." "A PAHENT"-*aska: "Can you explain Wff ;. : the lessons of muaic and drawiag are straps on ; the curriculum of the Auckland College ana Grammar School 1 I understand iGSSOnijL m.■ _■ drawing are permitted during the dinner tune .: for thoss boys who pay an extra fee oflOsp« quarter. Can you tell by whose authority tMJ . arrangement was made?' ■ a ._„(». "Shipwright aska us to settle a-aißtmw. "Is it right for a person at a meeting who is tne _ mover of a resolution to vote against his ovrn • . .. resolution; and what opinion can one nave 01 ? y... such a person 1" The reply must be affirruauve- It is not at all unusual or improper for tne. proposer of amotion to accept an amendment -. or abandon his own motion, if he is convince. ; after moving it. that the resolution would « inexpedient. What opinion may be formedl ny . others of such apparent vacillation depends entirely upon tho "circumstances. ■:. The Waterloo Veteran.—We have hoa.» r long letter in hand for some time from A • . ,* criticising very caustically what our correßpon- h - dent stigmatises as the uncharitable spirit"m ■ '• R.O.s" letter. He concludes: "As to.tte , Bhirte and blankets, whioh " B.O." Preaicto"? . in the old man's possession, all oankesaKU* that if "R. 0." were able to.' 'predict iM, . would be made away with, be ought not w have issued them. He did so solely on bifl own authority, at the man's asking; and yet K» known that two poor cripples, one of thema ~: sufferer from rheumatism, recently presenwj " B.O." with Dr Hooper's certificate for flan"6l underclothing, but he refused to give itjrit&oni the' authority of the Minister, of Justice. J»: ■ much for " K.O's." discrimination and impwn :.■; ; ality. I have, however, good reason to Deueyo that old Hill has the articles still m his POM*~, sion. The old man denies having been urgw . . by "R. 0." to go into the Home; on the contt&ff he says that whenever he applied he was always told there was no room. • In conclusion, it be hoped the charitably disposed will not aiw^ their good intentions to bn frustrated by_ani , thing that may bo said by such 9tone-nearw« people as •• X.0." to tho injury of a deebtu* friendless, and very inflrm.oldna^--,^ m e m. • Templar Entkrtatnmbnts.—. Jfree ■ • < plaiV'replying t-j an adverse criticism upon of these gatherings, says the perform^ their best, and tho blame should be &&&*. on the right shouiders-those who, PO.i 9f^od. the ability, withhold their aid from the go^ object, He remarks:~" I think most or y« readers will agree that the object of and Good Templars is a benevolent onein^_. : highest sense of the term, and yet bow lam's able a fact it is, that instead of ro^yHKa active support of those who rank tnemsßi^ , . among tho 'upper ten,'the movement^", be left entirely to the middle and w»sfjj-'. c!as^&s, and the'lwat and burden of the ob*. 4 borne by them alono. I have often WOtg,, that the ministers of the various m . denominations in our city do not ldenuiy W 0 { selveß more prominently with those DW»"^. e • Svolliaeaniner citizens, whose noble obieoi.^' {e£ removal from our midot of one of tD?J:^ obstacles in. the path of intellectual antt;» v advancement." i-ir»'loni! : A Dbkam op thtc Bailwat.—A very ' letter andet i c ftbove heading picturesjD» "^ scene and geiaeral improvement to traae n* oll from the construction of a railway bi» central to the city. ' •"■.nwW this-' •"■• Rich versus Poor TEACHEB6.-Unaer d , heading-Scrutator" writes: "YouhaTedoDM^ service in the pnblic interest trequenwyw b] j o UnflinchinK exposure of the misdeeds: «**g fe O t bodies, and which has had a moatsalataryill^ in checking that tendency which » f°fe ie t common of wastingl or expending *-_.

EVENING STAR, WFJWKSDAY, JULY 3, 181?.



mHORNTON SMITH, AND FIRTH'S JL PRICES CURRENT (Wholesale) Subject to alteration without notice. Sacks. 100's. 50*8 Brown Brand Flour, & 8. d. & s. d. £ s. d. perton 16 0 0 16 10 0 17 0 0 T.S.&F. Canterbury Brand 13 0 0 13 10 0 U 0 0 Sharps 8 0 0 Bran 8 0 0 Fowl Wheat .. .. sa. per bushel. The above prices include Backs and bags ; saoks andbags not returnable. Terms: Cash. June Ist, 1878. V N A M I T E~. %3 Arrive, per Quken of the West, now due from London— . TEN TONS DYNAMITE DETONATORS, TtERY, INSULATED COPPER W Etc., Etc. DYNAMITE is the Safest and Most Powerful Explosive in use.



The Safety of Dynamite Dukenu Transport and Storage. Extracts from the Official evidence given before the Houie of Commons Select Committee on Explosive Substances—Parliamentary Ses sion of 1874, London. Bozea filled with dynamite have been thrown from a gntat height, and found to sustain any amount of shock without exploding. They have also been placed upon an open fire, when the dynamite burned slowly away without ex ploding.—Parliamentary report—Blue Book, paae 179. Dynamite haa been in a railway collision, and, though the van and boxes containing it were broken, no explosion took place.—Blue Book, page 182, par. 2979. Maior Maiendie, R.A., H.M'a. Inspector of Gunpowder and Dynamite Factories, states, in his evidence (page 18, par. 100), that the law re lating to dynamite is as much too stringent as the gunpowder law is too lax; and (page 20, par 115) that < the time has come for relieving safe nitro-glycerine preparations from sucb un necessary restrictions as the nitro-glycerine Act mposea upon them. Professor Abel, the Chemist to Her Majesty's War Department, gives hia experience that Nobel's dynamite is one of the safest, moßt powerful, and most convenient explosive asrents applicable to industrial purposes.—Blue Book, pages 56,57, and 59, '



Agents: E. PORTER & CO., QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. mHE COLONIAL* INSURANCE JL COMPANY, FIRE AND MARINE. CAPITAL : TWO MILLIONS STERLING. CHIEF OFFICE: WELLINGTON. Directors : The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, Chairmam. The Hon. G. Randall Johnston, Vice-Chairman. The Hon. Dr. M. S. Grace | Walter j. Nathan, Esq. A De B. Brandon, Esq. ' I E. W. Mills, Esq. Jacob Joseph, Esq. General Manager: G. S. Graham, Esq. Temporary Offices : Panama Chambers, Panama-street The Company is now talcing fire and Marine Risks of every description at the Lowest Current Rates. THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE. This Company being compelled by its Articles of Association to reserve a one hundred thousand shares (half the capital), to be allotted from time to time to actual insurers only in proportion to the amount of premiums paid, offers to the public generally, and particularly to men of small means, the two-fold advantage, which no Fire Insurance Company of New Zealand has hitherto offered, that of security against loss from fire combined with participation in the profits of one of the safest and most lucrative kinds of investment in the world. An insurer with this Company, being1 a shareholder, in effect reduces the rate charged on his own property n proportion to the amount of premium he pays and the influence he exerts to induce others to insure with the Company. Every information may be obtained of THE AGENT AT AUCKLAND. JAS. B. GRAHAM, solicitor, '-»" Hobson's Buildings. '



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XTINCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES! To the People of Auckland ! Messrs. HalleNvSTein Brothers Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH OP THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY .;„. Is Now Open in Queen-street, opposite Theatre Royal.



To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, they have decided to SELL a Single Abticlk at the Wholesale Price. AU Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased and ap proved of, will be exchanged with tho same courtesy with which it was sold, or if desired, the money will be returned. Tho success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Retail Branches in olher towns leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the Public to encourage New Zealand Industries, especially where superior advantages are offered; and your support is solicited on this under standing only. J. B. ROBINSON, Manager Auckland Branch.



SOLE AGENT FOR W E3 R T H Efl M' S ELEBKATED SEWING MACHINES; THE BEST MACHINE IN THE WOKLD fi N lON TiSfcRjitAISCE COMPANY % J OF NKW ZEALAND. C&.PITAL ." 62,000,000 AUCKLAND BRANCH: Q U X HI N - 3 T R X X T, Next he Colonial Bank. 7IRK DEPARTMENT. -Insuranc granted on Dwelling - houses Stores, Shops, Buildings in whioh trade is carried on, Morohandiso, and Gooda of every description. MAIUNK BEPAETMENT. Hullo of Ships or Steamers, Morchandlae of all kinds, Spade and Wool to United Kingdom, at Lowest Current Bates. R. H. STKVENSON Manager. RAWING - ROOM SUITES, in Silk Drawing-room Suites, in Velvet Drawing-room 9uiTES,Rep & Damask



Dining-room Suites, in Leather Dining-room Suites, in Hair Cloth Dining-room Suites, in American Cloth Chimney Glasbe3. in Gilt Frames CirorNKY Glasses, in Walnut Frames Chimney Glasses, in Maple Frames Iron Bedsteads, French and Half Tester Wood Bedsteads, French and Half Tester Ikon and Wood Cots Mattresses and Bedding, all kinds Marble-top Washstands Toilet Tables, with Glasses attached Toilet Glassts, Mnhcgany and Marble Toilet Ware, Single and Double Sets Brussels Carpets Tapestry Carpets Kidderminster Carpets Dutch Carpets Felt Carpets Linoleum Floorcloth- Door Mats and Bath Mats Matting, *sr O N SALE'S* AT T. & E. Oookc's FURNITURE AND CARPET WAREHOUSE, 67, QUKEN-STREKT.



jRvCJSHBROOK AND £>RIDGMAN Respectfully invite attention to their Large Carefully-selected and Entirely New Stock of DRAPERY AND CLOTHING FOR THE WINTER TRADE, Comprising— Blankets, all sizes, and first-class value Flannels, white and scarlet, all makes Crimean Shirtings, All-wool and Union, in great variety of pattern and quality Winceys, plain and fancy. A heavy stock. "Good and Cheap," a good line at 6d per yard Fancy Dress Goods, new shades, in great variety French Merino, Serge, Satin Cloth, and some Special Linoß of Fancy Materials, bought a job, and being sold at very low rates Alloa and Fingering Yarns, all colours Winter Hosiery, Umbrellas, Ribbons, Flowers Waterproof Tweed and Waterproofs A Job Lot of Children's and Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks, to be cleared out at much below regular price. Calicoes, Sheeting, Counterpanes Furnishing and Manchester Goods of every description Boya' and Men's Clothing of every description, Good and Cheap Hosiery, Shirts, Hats. &c. Strong Material for Boys' Wear—Tweeds Mole kin. Corduroy, Serge &c, &c. &c. In order to sustain the well-known character Of the JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE for Cheapness and Quality combined, R. and B procure their Supplies from the BEST MAR KETS ONLY, and spare no pains to Buppl their Customer^ wants at the lowest price com mensurate with legitimate trading. 5 % (1/ in the £) Discount allowed upon all Cash Purchases of 20/ and upwards.



RUSHBROOR AND BRIDGMAN, JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE (Opposite the Army aud Uavji Hotel), DPF.^R QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND.



EXTRA. Important Intelligence. A.. LINABUEY & Co. Have Determined to CLEAR OUT THEIR SURPLUS, STOCK OF • GENERAL DRAPERY, DRESS GOODS, CURTAINS, FANCY GOODS, AND MILLINERY, AT '■■-:;:* greatly reduced prices j FOB A Short Tims Only, previous to Stock taking. DRESS and MANTLE - MAKING on the Premises, at Reduced Prices. SALE NOW ON. A. LINABURY & CO.'S, 204 Sc 206, QUKKN-STRKET, Auckland.



DAILY EXPECTED, Per' Syren' and Borough Belle, - 200 tons Billyard's Bonedust 50 tons Bell's Bonedust 50 toris Superphosphate Also, On Hand, Mexican Guano Peruvian Guano Maiden Island Guano Gypsum Coarse Salt Bock Salt. W. J. HURST & CO., Queen-street. QNEHUNGA AND AUCKLAND; JOHN PLOWMAN Begs to inform the inhabitants of Auckland and Onehunga that his Coach will run as under:— r Leave Auckland: Leave Onehunga: 11 a.m. 8.45 a.m. 3.45 p.m. 1.30 p.m.



Eailway



BOULINIKON. y/S. HOLLOwAY, JV^S. GABLICK, V^V°^V CEANWBLL. IMPORTERS, NEW CLOTH (Very Tough), simuar er»iAi TC Tt e hoprice' M CITY HALL ARCADE.



Now Opknkd, CHEAPEST LOT OF TAPESTRY CARPETS IK AUCKLAND. tar 2/11, 3/6, 3/9, to 4/6. ■©» CARPETS BLANKETS | IMMENSE STOCK. BLANKET! j • • •TO SUIT ALL CLASSES: FURNISH YOUR HOUSE FKOM THE CITY HALL ARCADE. Largest Stock to Select From. ~" ~ FOR — BiA^T^lffl^l^lTUßE SITTING-ROOM FURNITURE KITOHKN FURNITURE DRAPERY and MILLINKRY MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING CURTAINS and CRKTONNKS BLANKETS and SHEKTINGS FANCY GOODS FOR PRESENTS GO TO THE "CTALL A RCADE, Holloway, Garlicls & Cranwell, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland.



tvt o T I C E. WHARF HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. CHAEtiBS Sutherland (Late Manager for his sister. Mrs. Ryrie, of the Metropolitan Hotel opposite) Begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he has taken the above Hotel, and to assure them that he intends to'conducti t on tho same principles as the pld establishment has been noted for during the lust lo years-vta., the Very Best; of English an£ Colonial ALES satisfaction. „ „ ,f, hw , t Old friends, and new ones, will find the beat accommodation to bo found in Auckland. July 3rd, 1878. .s^wfe^ A UCKLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR NAPIER DIRECT. Tho3-9' SOUTHERN CROSS Will leave Queen-Btreot Wharf for tho above port on SATURDAY, 6th July, at sp.m. Saloon Tickets: Single. £4; Return, £7. Freight, landed on wharf, £15spoi'ton. VY, liOl->IJ/T'"t ■ Manager Auckland Steamship Co. m H A N X S Mr. John Hogan. of Otahuhu, begs to return his sineoro thanks to Mr. Barr, Butcher. street, who found his Pocket-book, containing money and other articles, in Queen-atreet, last evening, and returned it to him this morning.



Tho vilest rogues aro those who impose on the Bick. There is a class of impostors now engaged to vending imitations of that nealth-promotfcg beverage, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aro matic Schnapps, put up in tottloß whldhLgr^ Schwartzbach, Devonshire House, Hobson-st H R™ 0 FROM OCou m G H IK TEN MINUTKS.- SHAKLAND'S CHERRY PECTORAL. 2s. 6d. a Bottle-Opposite the Post-office Auckland The sad calamaties that have of late befallen so many thousands of .our fellow-creatureß should dispose our governing P°we™ *« °f c such precautions as may in the future P/ e.™nt their recurrence. No one can prevent the conse quences of uncongenial seasons, but we can all gWd against the results of neglected The great safeguards to health of. the present day are those extraordinary medicines, Ghol lah's Great Indian Cures." They never fail to restore the invalid to health. Get them at the chemists', and read the testimonials.



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