SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

nmn xv atttf! } T^s Evening, o'l9 HIGH WATER] To-morrow Morning, 1.21 BUN SKT.-Thla Evening, 6.19 BUN RISK.—To-Morrow Morning, 5.3S MOON'S AGE.—First Quarter, 18th, 3.25 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Southern Cro'S, 5.8,, Helandcr from Gisborne. Anne Milbank, p.s, Anderson, from Whangarei

TO-DAY. Glenelg. s.s., Farquhar, from Tauranga,

DEPARTURES.

TO-DAY. Kotomahana, s s.. Underwood, for the South. Oaniaru, brigantine, Short, for Newcastle.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Melbourne, via South,—Rotomahana, Thursday London-Fernglen, loading Tauranga—Glenelg, Monday For Now Plymouth and Southern Ports —

Wellington, Wednesday For Russell—lona, Monday • Hawea. Friday For Tauranga and Southern Ports — Hawea, Monday Whangarei—Argyle, Tuesdays and Fridays ; Anne Milbank, Mondays and Thursdays.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bismarck, H.I.G-.M.5., from Samoa Earl Granville, ship, from London; sailed No vember 29 Agate, barque, from New York; sailed Scptem ber-23rd ~ . Elinor Vernon, barque, from New York; sailed 10th November . , ._. ._ Stra:athro. ship, from London; sailed Nov. 2.1 Trevolyan. Bhip (V.N.H.S.), from London ;load-

ing. City of Quebec, barque, from London. Elmiranda, barque, from New York Cmnille, brig, from Now York Mercia barque, from London ; sailed Dec. 61) Agnes Donald, schooner, from Lovuka Btlle Brandon, schooner from Line Islands Island Lily, brigantine, from Chatham Islands Active, brigantine, from Bydney Pirate, schooner, from Tahiti Coronet, schooner, from Marshall Group Kthel, brigantine, from Wellington Energy, schooner, from Levuka Fiery Cross, schooner, from Oamaru Syren, brig, from Sydney; loading Tubal Cain, schooner, from Levuka

IMPORTS.

Por Soui horn Cross, from Napier—l4B sacks barley, 107 sacks grass seed, 1 horeo, 21 hides, 1 tank. From Wellington-13 bars iron. 1 cas3 guns, 71 packages, 5 casss. From Lyttelton—3 cases, 1 trunk.

EXPORTS.

Per Rotomahana for Napier :—2 cases booTrs, 15 packages sundries, 11 gunnies sugar, 20 cases ale. For Wellington: 1 case. For Uunedin: 1 package. , Per Falcon, for Fnnfuti-56 packages returned trade, 45 bags rice, 10 cases, 1 tox and i J-Uoices tobacco, 2 caseii coflee and milk, 3 cases con doDsed milk, 2 cases cocou and milk, i J-chests tea, 2 kegs tea, 10 cases salmon, 10 cases sar dines, 1 oase lobsters, 1 case potted fish, 6 mats sugar, 3 cases jam, 5 cases drapery, i packages and 1 cask hardware, 4 drums oil, 1 bale wool packs, 30 mats sugar, It cases kerosene, i cases Fchnapps, 10 cases ale, 8 cases brandy, 10 cases claret, 1 packago cigars, 2 case 3 cottons, 2,000 feet timber, 24 Dags potatoes. 30 cases meat, 1 horse, 80 tins bisouits, 10 tons flour.

r Inwards Coastwise. — Perseverance for Sandspit, with 350baBheIs sand, Fanny IColly, from Whanßaroa, with 2<J,000 feet t'mber. Outwards Coastwise.—Minnie Hare, tor Gisborne with 30 tous ooal, 6000 shingles, and sundries. Perseverance, for Waiheke.

The 8.8. Argyle will arrive tonight from Whanccarei and Mangapai. She leaves again for the same ports to morrow afternoon.

Tho s.s. Southern Cross arrived nt a late hour last niKbt from Oisborne and Southern ports. Passengers :—Messrs Parfltt, Le Brun, Silkes, Turner, Tylor, and three in tho steerage.

The threo-mastod schooner Falcon, cieare at tho Cmtoms to-day for Funafuti, Eliiee Group. She takos a quantity of oargo, and the following passengers :—Messrs H. vV. Henderson, J. Smith, J. Marshall and, Samuel. Captain Ohlscn has resigned tho command of tho schooner, and tho position ha 3 been conferred upon CaptainUayward.

Tho S.S. Rotomahana left for the South and Melbourne to-day, with tho f ollowi nX passen For Gisborne : M, W. Flemings Mowbray Gray. Major Westtup, T. Cotter. Napier: Messrs Browne, J. Southern, T. Bradloy, W. Bradley. Wellington : Mr and Mrs Dawson, Mrs Robert son. Metoalfe, A. Boardman, P. Lawrence. Blumer, Roskruso, Miss Waterhouse, S. T. St. rialc .Lyttletou :Mr and Mrß J. J. Macky, Mr P. B. Coshrane, Mr Cox, Misa Wilson1 Dnnedin: Mr and Mrs HaJtos, Master Hales, two children, Mrs Miller, Miss Miller (2), Mis* McGowan (3), Messrs Davidpon, Meyer. Cargill. W. Thomip, McUowan, Harrison, A. H. Wfiiffer, Meinrath, Bluff: Messrs Butter and Piggott. Melbourne : Mr and Mrs Macquano, Mis 3 Freer, Messrs Black and fl. Moore,

Tho schooner Edith, is again loading for the Islands. Captain Hughes, formerly of the Mazopps, has been appointed to the command.

The brigantino Oamaru sailed to-day for New castle, in ballast.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, Wednesday.

Arrived: Fairy, Ruby, and two schooners, paintsd white; Kotorua, and lona Sailed : lona, for the norr.h; Rotorua, for Sydney. Passengers —Mrs Drlnkwater and family (4).

"Wellington, yesterdoy. Arrived: Wellington, b.s. from the South. Ddnedin, yesterday.

Arrived : It'ngarooma, from Northern pirts. Sailed : TeAnau for Auckland, via intermediate pons. Paoßengrerß for Auckland:—Mr G. Rutherford Master, and Mr Gilles.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCK LAND.

mails will closb as under :— This Day. For Wangarei Heads and Wangarel, per Anne Milbank, at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Kotomahana, at 5.30 p.m. Friday, 20th instant, for Waiheke and Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 2.30 p.m. For KuaseU and Kawakawa, per Penguin, at 3 p.m. For Whitiangi, Tairna, Tauranga, and Opotikl, nor Glenelg, at i p.m. For Wangarei Heads, ftnd Wangarei, per Ann to Milbank, at 1 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 21st instant. For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Manga wai. Wnlpu, and Mangapai, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 9 a.m. For New Plymouth and Wanganui, via Wal tarn, per Kowona. at 11 a.m. For Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttel ton, per Southern Cross, at 2 p.m. Monday, 23rd instant. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Provinces, per Penguin, at 3 p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, Waugaroa, and Mon gonui, per lona, at i p.m. Tuesday. 2nd March. Per s.B. Australia as follows :—

For Sandwich Islands, United States of Amorlca, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, Japan, and China, including Hongkong, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For money orders, and registered letters, at 11.30 a.m.

Late letters bearing an extra fee of sixpence. In addition to the postage, will bo received by tho Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

GAHRICK.—In tho month of Deoember last, at Vavau, Friendly Islands, Duncan Garrick, late of Auckland; aged 29 years.— Homo papers please oopy.

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1880.

Tor the causa that lacks assistance. Tor the wrong tla cowls resistance, For the future in the distance,

And the good that we can do.

Some complaints havo been mado since the publication of the last annual re port of the Minister of Education, as to the costliness of tho existing State system. The majority of these comp laints have, however, emanated from a quarter whence open hostility to State education is proclaimed, and which blinded by prejudice fails to make allowance for the exceptional circumstances that have rendered the system expensive, or to perceive the advantages which must result from an efficient and well-organised system of public instruction. Tho fact is not sufficiently recognised that the system has only recently been established, and that in a young colony, with many scattered and sparsely settled centres of population, tho cost of erecting school building and of bringing the educational machinery into operation has formed one of the principal items of expenditure. When the existing system was introduced, the Boards of Education were burdened with all the shortcomings and laches of a chaotic, disorganised, and inefficient system, in which the ruling principle was local selfishness. While many districts pos sessed splendid school buildings, and all the requisites of primary and secon dary education, others were languishing for want of the barest necessaries.

It is only when we compare the results of our own system of primary education with those of other countries, that the advantages are apj>arent. In New Zealand with a population of 414,000, there was an average attend ance last year of 50,639, while California with 560,000 only shewed an average of 27,682. New South Wales with a population nearly 300,000 greater than that of this colony, had only an average attendance in the primary schools of about 8,000 more, The average in Victoria, whose educa tional system is admitted to be the most efficient in the Australasian Colonies, was about equal to that of New Zealand, the numbers being, population 887,434 and the average attendance 116,608.

The cost of education in Victoria amounted to £547,931 ; New Zealand, £306,679; and in California, £187,500; while the cost per head was California, £5 4s ; New Zealand, £4 6s 3d ; Vic toria, £2 7s Od. Tho amount expended on teachers' salaries was:— Victoria, £349,661; Now Zealand, £167,821 ; and California, £45,300. Tho teachers of California are the most highly paid, the average salary being £150 a year, while in Victoria and New Zealand the amount isabojit £104. We are unable to lay our hands on the financial statistics of the Now South Wales schools. We find, however, that while in this colony a sum of £90,491 was expended in school buildings in Victoiia the amount was only £2,7G8, and in California it was equally small. This difference is accounted for by the fact that the sparsely settled character of the school districts in New Zealand, necessitates the maintenance of a large number of amall country schools, while in California and the neighbouring colonies tho facilities for communic ation and the geographical character of the country have enabled the Boards to centralize their system.

Fortunately the secular system in this colony has never been marked bj' those scandals which have been dis covered in California, where a traffic has grown up in examination papers, and the sale of teachers' certificates, and the schools have been handed over to a set of ignorant char latans. So glaring had this scandal become that the State Legislature has recently framed a new constitution for the government of the primary schools, by which the examination of candidates for teacher's certificates is vested in Boards of Examiners composed in part

of able and experienced teachers, and in part of citizens not connected, with the business of education. There is also an agitation in California to in crease the salaries ot the teachers in the primary schools, the report for 1878 having shewn that the greater portion of the expenditure is absorbed by 34 teachers in the high schools whose salaries range from £800 to £400, and are rarely lower than £500.

The Nihilists have made another attempt to destroy the Czar and the Imperial family. The cable message in another column, which was pub lished in a Star extra shortly after it came to hand, shows that failure only exasperates the Nihilist leaders, and that each plot increases in secrecy^ scope, and daring. The fact is now generally recognised that the conspir ators are not merely a band of crazy enthusiasts and political vigionaries, but a powerful, widely-spread, and carefully organised society of fanatics, controlled by skilful and daring leaders. Foiled in one attempt their Central Committee, whose ramifications extend throughout the Empire, issued a mani festo, in which they avowed their determination never to rest until they had destroyed '• the executioner of the Russian people. That this was no vapouring threat was proved by the fate that overtook Krapotkine and Mezenzeff in obedience to tho fiat of the secret tribunal. This was fol lowed by anothel* terrible mani festo which was circulated in spite of the strained vigilance of swarms of police and Imperial spies. The mandate declared that " the tyrants of .Russia, however, exalted their station, and even though they dwell in guarded palaces, cannot escape the invisible hand which will surely strike them by day or night." Next came Solovieff's desperate attempt on the Czar's life. The daggar and the pistol have now given place to infernal machines and mines, established under the floors of the Czar's dining-room. The spies of the Central Committee pursue their atrocious designs within tho walls of the palace, and penetrate into tho most private recesses, as is shewn by the following terrible manifesto which tho Emperor found on a dressing-table in his bed-chamber:—

"To Alexander 11., Emperor of all the Kussias. Sire, —For 'he fifth time fate has preserved you from the stroke of justice. There were live decrees dictated by the law of humanity, a law which you no longer rccoguiso. You know our power und determination. Beware of tho sixth decree ! Do you wish to be a great monarch ? Do you wish all the Kusssiun people to acclaim you and recognise you as their father? Do you wish that those who stiike to-day shall become apostles instead of executioners ? If you do, then ceaac to bo a tyrant and becomo a man, and render to your subjects what belongs to man by the law of naturo—namely, liberty. It is not your person that we attack, but your principles. So long as you remain as you are, our iudgiaeut will be always tho same. Saved to-day, you will perish to morrow. Neither death nor persecution will stay our arms. You possess brute force; we possess moral force. Wo have swoin to vanquish, aud wo must carry off the victory iv the end. The first apostles of Christianity perished at tho stake ; their martyrdom was tho cause of the ruin of ltomo. Beware and reflect!"— The Governing Com- MITTKE.

Tho last attempt recorded in our cable despatch shews that this was no empty boast. But for what must bo regarded as nothing short of a Providential accident the whole Imperial family must havo been destroyed in a moment. Tho fact that seven soldiers woro killed and thirty-three wounded sufficiently proves that the plan was skilfully con trived and remorselessly oxocutod. It is hardly possible that the Czar will continue to escape the invisible assussius that surround him, even if this reason and health should survive the horrors of a life of increasing dread. The moral of those repeated attempts at assassination, tyranny and oppres sion, though aided by the whole military power of an Empire, cannot hold a whole nation in bondage, or burke the voice of freedom.

The troubles of the Afghans nre rapidly increasing. A cable despatch.received to day conveys intelligence that an invading column of Turcomans is advancing on Balkh, the chief city of the province of that name iv Northern Afghanistan. The city is built on the site of aucient fiactria, and though called " mother of cities," is only a small collection of rudo hamlets, surrounded by v mud wall. It was twice destroyed by Genghis Khan, and Timur, and as late as 1525 it was plundered by tho povvorful ruler of Kunduz, Mur-Murad-Bei. The neighbourhood is famous for its corn and fruits. The position is valuable for strategical purposes, aud a Turcoman column having possession of Balkh will bo able to seriously harass the rear of Mahommed Jan's forces, holding the line of advance on : crat. What with the pre parations for a vigorous spring compaign by the British, the Persian designs on Herat, and this last move of the Turcomans the position of the Afghans is growing des perate.

The vend system at Newcastle is producing tho natural consequences of arbitrary at tempts to regulate supply and demand. Steamers aro laid up at Newcastle through inability to obtain coal, because the out put prescribed by tho vend has been exceeded. The "Newcastlo Herald" shows that the high price which was put upon the coal, owing to the exorbitant demands of tho workmen, and the greed of tho masters, has caused a great falling off in the expoit, the quantity in 1879 falling short of 1878 by 89,850 tons. Another cause of the decrease of trade is said to bo the great demand for grain-carrying vessel?. At the end of lust month there were unsupplied orders for coal at Newcastle to the extent of between 40,000. and 50,000 tons, which could not be executed for waut of tonnage, the high freights piiid in the grain trade attracting the great bulk of the shipping to that business. Under these circumstances a reduction of 2s. per ton in the selling price is advocated, and the addition of that amount to the freight. The "Newcastle Herald" goes on to say, "Another factor in the depression, is that New Zealand, formerly one ot out best inter national markets, is now, to a very great extent, supplying her own local wants. It is needless for us to hope to compete in her own market. Even if coal were put on board free at Newcastle, tho freight between here and New Zealand ports would leavo a margin in favour of the local producer. What we have to guard against is to pre vent New Zealand from securing any of our foreign markets, and this can only be best accomplished by offering good inducements for vessels to visit our port."

Speakiug of the last New Zealand loan, the London correspondent of tho Adelaide "Observer" writes :—" Keferriug to the New Zealand loau arrangements, whose ex tremely suitable and judicious character has materially helped the success of the issue, I would allude here particularly to tho provi sion of a subsequent optional registration of the original bearer stock. This secure form of holding has been a great want to the investiug public in the class of stocks for many years, anil the inattention to the subject on tho part of tho various Govern ments results not only in inconvenience to their investing customers here, but in a range of values lower by probably quite two per cent. In the present case, the New Zealand Government compounds with our Stamp Office, so as to save all duty to tho private inscriber. The stock once inscribed cannot be recbanged back into bearer bonds, but what is practically the same, tho in scription receipt may be exchanged for a bearer certificate with attached coupons. Indeed all loans might, with very gioat ad vantage, be issued in this way. Where the issuing agents are sufficiently responsible, like the Crown agents or our best Banks, the actual bonds might be entirely dispensed with. For example, this New Zealand loan gives first a bearer scrip, which suits the Stock Exchange, and alter an interval that docmncut is exchangeable for inscribed stock, upon which there is optionally isßii ablc anil reissuable a bearer certificate with coupon?. The latter is to all effect a bond, free of the risk of holding actual bond, and also free of the bond .stamp duty of 2s 6d per cent."

Fiji and Cape news, correspondence, and interesting extract, appear on the fourth pifcge.

The name of Mr J. |M. Dargaville has been added to the list of those from whom tickets for the Irish Distress Kelief Fund performance at the Theatre Royal may be obtained.

" Impromptu " sends us a book which be says : " Dropped into my hands for a few moments to-day. It was lent to a younglady by a young man in a printing establish ment, to read." Our correspondent quotes one disgusting extract which we excise from his letter, not choosing to defile our columns with such filth. He adds : "When such insidious poison is instilled into the mind of our youths, can we wonder at violent assaults on our women and innocent children that have become so frequent of late ; fathers and mothers tremble, and cry " Heaven protect us," and are almost afraid to trust their children to go even a message in some places in broad daylight. Sir, In your praiseworthy efforts in the cause of humanity, and the " good that you can do," would you kindly take notice ot the above." The book is by no means a new one. It has been in circulation for many years; propogated in the name of morality and science, forsooth ! The hog will wallow in his mire, and there are human bogs, for whose prurient imaginations such literature furnishes a relished mental pabulum. They are welcome to their disgusting tastes. But if the young lady to whom the book in question was lent has any father or brothers they are hardly deserving the name of men if they do not lay a horsewhip across the back of the youngblackguard who put such a book in the hands of a virtuous girl.

To the Editor : Sir,—ls it not about time our police possessed one or two blood hounds. Ido not know what the expense would be of keeping them, but it strikes me that in this country they are necessary in such cases as that of Wiuiato, Parker's murderer, and now of this devil of a Fijian. When I advocated the use of dogs for un masking ambushes last Waikato war, I was charged with inhumanity, although I sug gested the dogs might be muzzled. I confess to being inhuman enough to dispense with the muzzle in such cases as the above. —I am, &c, J.C.S.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln your issue of last evening thero is an advertisement, a memo rial asking tho Key Mr Edgcr to lecture on tho late Mr Charles Dickens some Sunday evening. At the urgent request of Mr Coombcs, I signed some paper of that kind last week in Mr Coombcs' shop. The shop being dark, and my eyesight bad, I could not have read correctly the words which preceded the signatures, for if I liadroad them I would not have affixed my signa ture. I am far from being strait-laced in my religious opinions, but 1 altogether dis approve of Mr Edger's persevering and gratuitous attempts to wound the religious sensibilities of Christians who presume to differ from him, and to deprive, gradually and insidiously, the working classes of their Sabbath rest. If he and others succeed in perverting the Sunday into a day of sinking and dancing, and universal amusement, the infinite benefits of tho institution will be lost,—l am, &c, JAMKS WaMjIS.

Mauy stories havo bceu told of the peculiar practice of bush public-houses, anil the following is the latest by " yKgles," tv the Australasian :—The now maid of ull works arrived all right at tbo Shepherds' Arms, at tho crossroad, a place celebrated throughout the countryside for the potency of its beverages. Tho girl was energetic, ami by daylight the next morning she wus polishing the parlour furniture. The land lours daughter looked on with nn approving eye, but at length a dreadful suspicion arose. "Where did you get the bottle of furniture polish ¥' asked iho young Italy. " I got it " replied Bridget, " on the master's mantle piece." "My goodness!' said Miss Vitriol, " why that's what papa puts in the shearers' grog." Need it be added that by sundown there was no veneer left on that parlor fur niture."

We were this morning shown an exceed ingly large tpecimeu of an onion, which was grown on the estate of Mr W. J. Hurst at tho Lake. It weighs 21ba. lOozs,, and wo are assured that out of a ilarge bed there is not a single onion that weighs less than lib. Tho secu waa of the ordinary kind, but Hurst's mixture was used iv the prepara tion of the ground. We have previously referred to instances where this admirable mixture his been used in Waikato and else where in turnip and rnangol beds, with most satisfactory and surprising loaults, but this is the first timoit has been applied to assist the growth of onions, aud the suc cess of the experiment haa been cloarly illustrated.

Tho usual fortnightly meeting of tho Arch Hill Band of Hope was held last evening. The superintendent gave an in teresting address, several members gave recitations mid songs, and Mr S. l'urker gave a tolling address on the "Force of Example." Unfortunately the quiet ot the meeting was wmewhat interrupted by n volley of stones thrown at tho building, and which considerably damaged one oi tho doord. The School Committee havo offered a reward fur information <ib to tho offenders.

CAMBRIDGE.

A CONCERT and dance was held in the Hnutapu school-room on Friday last, which was well attended by settlers from nil round the district. A capital programme wasdravra up, anil every song well rendered. At the conclusiuu of the concert the hall was cleared, and dancing kept up with great spirit until 4 a.m., when the company separated, evidently well pleased with tho pleasant evening they had enjoyed.—Our worthy KM. had an easy day last Friday, thero being no cases for him to adjudicate upon.— On Sunday last our harvest festival was celebrated in St. Andrew' Church. Tho church was prettily decorated with fruit and grain, aud the sermons, morning and even iog, were preached by the liev. 15. Comins, of the Meliiuesian mission. The collection was in aid of the building fund for tho new church. Thero are at least three public buildings Cambridge is very much in want of, viz., a new courthouse, post-office, and chinch. At present thcro is not room to swing a cat in any of the buildings men tioned. Mr Edward Howett, of tho Cri terion Hotel, is having two new houses erected in Duke-street, which arc already let out as offices. On Friday next a concert aud dance is to be given in the Public Hall in aid of the Irish Famine Kelief Fund,— ■ COItRKSrONDKNT. I

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

At a meeting of tho Waste Lands Uord this afternoon, Mr D. A. Tole, Chainan, a letter was read from the Under-Sccr«ary for Crown Lands, in which the attcntiu of the Board wasdirectcd to an Order-iu-Ccincil giving the terms aud conditions upon fhich a block of 15,000 acres had been graned to Mr G. V. Stewart for tbo purposes of a special settlement. The chairman explained v that th< delay in opening up land on {deferred payneut ac Te Aroha was attributable to tueabsenco of the Govcruor.j The chairman also recomrucudedthat the laud at Waikoropuku shall be subdivided iuto small arears, the timber riglts being sold by auction. It was resolved <o sell the timber rights over half the block.

THE WHAU RAPE CASE.

The hcariug of the attempted rape case at Ouehunga yesterday occupied the Court from 10 in the forenoon until 6.30 in the afternoon. Sergeant Green conducted the prosecution, and Mr Thorne, who had been retained for the young man, cross-examined some of the witnesses at some length, with a view to show that tuoro wub a mistake in the identity. In addition to the girl herself, Mrs lioyd, her grand mother, was examined, as well as J. Hayer, Mia Greenwood, A. Austin, It. Onlcy, Con^ stablo Collins, and Sergeant Green. g The evidence for the prosecution having concluded, tuo Bench thought it was rath/ Q ( late, it being then after 7. Be read tjj n depositions over, which were rather volujg^ inous, and adjourned the case till "\V j. j. nesday next, when the witnesses * au( warned to attend, as they would th§ gj 9 required to enter into bonds, as tlv jj ] would be sent for trial. dQ Jo j Mr Thome intimated that ho shou." j an call no wituesses, but reserve the d^jg en j Breeu was to-day admitted to \^ li bee parents having assisted him to pro 0 t necessary bond. ccr(

.... ..a Chi- A Yankee woman recently inaj. ea jj er nese laundryman, and throe d»s ar i) Cr ' s the unhappy Celestial appeared. o fl- gav . shop and ordered his pigtail to t an j-» ing, in explanation, "Too mv/ ' -^ B"Been having your bootf^ho asked Tom. 'Well, yes, ne y> reno t was looking a little seedy : j t 3 half sold as my hat." i ioro ' Tom o clock the next afternoC. -j. understood just what he m^ utm and A doctor went out iora t ho n£U i n - t on coining homo complain^^ge you killed anything. " Thj. c busiuC6s » didn't attend fo your leg

sauj his wife. r, and yet| he Edison is a hard > ° prefers a light occupati'

We understand that Mr Chas. Woolcock, formerly M.H.R. for the Grey "Valley, has been appointed to succeed Mr McMinn as editor of the Kangitikei AdTOcatc. On uit that Mr Woolcock hungers after the seat, m Parliament now occupied by Major Willis. Mr Woolcock, being a staunch teetotaller, will be at home in the neighbourhood of bir William Fox. Major Atkinson, is pronounced by the "South Canterbury Times" "a whisky warrior of the first degree," because ' he has done more to bring whisky and tobacco into thorough disrepute than any statesman of the nineteenth century, and if his name is not perpetuated in temperance hymn books, and drank in bumpers of te» and lemonade at future temperance gatherings, the sin of ingratitude will be at the door 01 a great, a good, and a glorious cause. A United Press Association telegram from Wellington states : The Government have completed the necessary arrangements for bringing into operation the Registra tion of Electors Act, passed last session. The Hon. Mrßryce, Native Minister, has returned to Wellington from the Waimate Plains.

The tcuder of Messrs Kincaid and McQueen, of Dunedin, £4,139, has been accepted for the construction of a dredge for Greyrnouth Harbour, and that of Henderson and Fergus, Dunediu, £4,422, for the Lums den Bridge contract, Invercar^ill, Kingston railway. The "New Zealander," the Greyiteorgan during last session, severely condemns Sir George Grey's speech at Grahamstown. A country journal recently announced that a lady "died without any medical assistance whatever." That was rough on the doctors. Mr Burton, baker and confectioneer, assigned his estate to the trustees appointed by his creditors. Mr Burton, however, will continue to manage the shops pending final arrangements. The creditors in the estate of John Mynott, general dealer and fruiterer, will hold their first general meeting in the Supreme Court buildings on the 24th inst. Mr H. E. Webb, formerly proprietor of "Poverty Bay Standard" is making arrangements for re-establishing the paper, and is supported in the undertaking by many Mends. Some forty years ago the programme of one of the concerts of the Norwich Musical Festival contained the following list of "inorceaux," with the executants. It can hardly be considered overloaded as regards punctuation. "The Messiah" was to be performed, and the numbers ran somewhat in this way : "Comfort ye Mr Hobbs, But who may abide Mr. Balte, Behold a virgin Mr. Youiii,', Behold darkness shall cover Mr. Phillips, Hojoice Igteatly Miss Birch, Ho shall feed Mwa ilawcs, Come unto me M.dume Stocklmusen." We stated in last evening's issue that the Hon. the Attorney-General liad communi cated with his colleagues at Wellington, on the subject of the landing of Commuuista by the Griffin. Au association telegram from Wellington says : -" It is understood that the Government intend taking prompt and decisive action regarding the proceed ings of the French Government, in charter ing a schooner to convoy a batch of French convicts to Auckland, from Mew Caledonia, whose term of poual servitude had expired ' The drawing in Mr De Courcy's A Union, will take placo on Saturday afte uoou, the 28th inst. There are 40 pictur and paintings ; the firat prize being a fi' water-color drawing by Oibbs,of Melbour ne Chancellor of the Exchequer'" Englaud, has decidedly had a stroke of ck in the successive deaths of several rich 9fj within a few months, events which*" 1 cause a wiudfall to the Exchequer oPmc £500,000. The " Post" warns old identities i' Vel lington looking down upon new arrt la \ 11S if tho " old identities lf had a pre>iPtlVo right to all the honors and cmo™6l"B- "We cannot afford to be anchie> says our contemporary, " seeing that t oldest families date back less than for ye-""8- Wo remember when ill Wcllin-" 1 IV low years a«o unearthing a queer 8S1» who boasted that he had never left situated in the suburbs, for ' rty/ car?! and ho was proud of it. We \f ""> old gentleman if he had heard th the Dutch had taken Holland, and the r fellow. w 10 probably could neither re/ llor ,wrlte replied, "I think I heerdy d^ter say something about it, but sh< married and gone away these twenty ye1 * Tho half-yearly Renera" co. tiD6 of the Thamra Gas Company, v«*ko pi ice on the 27th inst, hi Mr F. White s oihee, Shortland-Btreet. To tho Editor : Sir,- ho frequency of outrages upon women, /especially upon youn« children, surge:, th, e necessity of some more cflectuur c* than a present exist.,. I have been ?"?ed that among the Maoris offences o^ k«ndl are dealt with iv bucli a mane as to be thoroughly effective -without tponraumiy being put to the expense ofkken«i n« th° vlle *™tchf for a aeries of years J"h^ o»crnmeut, d° not make some chA ll w"1. be licceßßa v for the respectable"*™ of tho community to form a Vigilan£ommltteo- ™th a™« to tho safety of « lielpless.-Youre, &c, ClcS'of the .ealandia Polka Mazurka' andtb" icrSWaltzea " arc now for sab KcaS Music Warehouse g Turrell, the ««P°*>!> ls a natlve, of laml nnth <ese pieces were playtd Dy K" W hUe^ent PLere, and show cv, donees of 011 training and a cariul constructlvaind. Tho airs are pretty and should ™«»da ready Bal- *YT UC, should lio> » copy, and encourage local talent 7 Turrell is at presont in imdon, where hi* studying the art divine, The Shauglira»n" was succssfully rcDresc ed last evening in tho Theatre nival The Cttßt Wliß tho Bameiß °U ni-eVio' evening, Mr AVallace apcaring in Fi s ch»°ter of "Conn." We otico that In 1 and really clever »sb drama of «. ory O'More " will be por»rmed this cvc wg, and we cau promise, I presented Lit'fidelity t0 the original of Samuel Lo.r, that a great treat may J confidently n,,ci P atod. The drama vra adopted by I "or from his novel of the ""0 titlo for h countryman, Tyrone IVM, and was rb of Lover's moat sueff"! .dramatic forts. Mr Wallace will/^ the part of nc hero, and Mr Ssteelo tb of Shan Dhu rho remaining characters" 1 b° sustained jy members of tho crl»»y. Koiy O'Moro " being the emb<(nient of a fund of Irish wit and humou^ould be a great Bucccss, if lifo, incid* "d mirth are calculated to attract" audience To morrow evening thc^Ject will bo the " Irish Exile," for tb jencfit of *•»• Ir«h llolicf Fund To tho Editor: ?-We as secretaries of the Union (Wht and J «n* Chevalier United Clubs, w d respectfully request you to correct ar rror that "PPoawd in a recent issue of J" paper respecting the return match h<f oa the aforesaid Clubs, and we feel gr^ BUrP. r«ed that anyone could have M?J» v.«™ h a° erroneous re nr.it n-( it is ally lucorrcct. The scores 2nd, 40 f maf a total, cf 60 J and for *»»o UniVorl TO 'hercas tho returns arc aR follows • li u< lst iuniD«8' 20 I 2ud> 6«. for five '^ts ' and Uuited> 72 in their first inni' Tuorc not bciuK sufficient time to t *k° J1111*0!1 * which was a two inuim's f' 1! lt w'll D. c comPleted on Satur day tl)< jt ' itnot boill g a df awn match as renorte' vo"- By inscrtin X the abovo yon w^ catly oblige.—\ours, etc., John X°" ,; Hon. Sec, Union C.C. j John ?Xup. Hon. Sec, United C.C. .J Supremo Court, Wairarapa, Mr j us ,ltichmond said that to adrcit that .laori who laid claim to a piece of .ad any title to it would be to shako , j^ndation of the law of title. A gipsy have just as much right to squat jiipon an English estate and lay claim , as some of the natives who nt tho Jut time laid claim to pieces of land in country. Lt tho rogular quarterly meeting of tho eclsior Lodgo of Good Tomplars, held t evening iv tho Franklin Koad school m, the following members were installed )ificc for tho ensuing quarter :—Bro. Ad ?tou, AV.C.T.; Bro. Carter, W.V.T, ; >. Lipscombo, S. ; Brother Warburton, j.; Bros, Boyl«, Porteous (2), Gleeson, I Moore, Uro. Gibbs, A.S.; tor Hahu, D.M.; Sis Chambers, [IS.; Sis. Moore, L.S. This go which appeared some time back, in a guishiug stato is reviving, and strength ug in numbers. Bro. Gibbs, who had v a useful secretary, has now returned Auckland, and has accepted office. Tho smony- of installation was impressively performed by Bro, David Goldie, of tho Sir Henry Havclock Lodge, assisted by Bros. Booth and Crouch. At the close of the routine business, Bro. Adlington, the W.C.T., said be had a most pleasing duty to perform, viz., to present to bister Cham bers (Mrs John Chambers) an illuminated address, expressive of the esteem felt by the members towards Mrs Chambers, who had always been a consistent member from the first formation of the lodge. Her gratuit ous services were ever at the service of the lodge, whether in visiting members, or in ministering to their comfort at tea and anniversary meetings. Mrs Chambers thanked them for the tangible evidence of their appreciation and sincerity. The teitimonial was most creditable to Bro, Portcous, and worthy the occasion.

CABLE NEWS.

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Attempt to Blow Up tlie Winter Palace.

Seven Soldiers Killed and

Thirty-three "Wounded. LONDON.

February 16.

Ah electrical mine was exploded under the dining-room of the Winter Palace ,with the object of blowing up the Czar and family. Fortunately they were late in assembling for dinner, and so escaped. The dining-hall was destroyed and forty soldiers wounded, seven of whom have died,

The Nihilists.

Attempts to Assassinate the Czar and Imperial Family-

Attempt to Kill Five Soldiers

ST. PETERSBURG.

February 16.

Intense excitement has been occa sioned in the city in consequence of a renewed dastardly attempt to destroy the Czar and the entire Imperial family.

From the particulars which at pre sent have transpired, it appears that at about the timfat which the guests who were invited o a grand dinner at the Winter Palce were assembled, a mine, fired by electricity, was sud denly explded under the guard-room, which is situated immediately beneath ilie grand dining ball. A terifiic explosion took place, causing a large i?it in the flooring of the dining ha' where the Imperial family were suposed to be congregated. Most prcidentially, however, they had not asseib'oJ, and all the members of the fitfily consequently escaped. The {iai 'd room was completely destrojd ; five ot the guards being killed"011 *h° sP ot > aQd no less thantirtv others more or less wounded. Thor is not the slightest doubt enter taini that a deliberate attempt was mac to assassinate the Czar and the Initial family, and the act is be lied to bo connected with a plot to cP'troy the palace which was discovered ,mo time ago.

Chinese Labour in

California,

SAN FRANCISCO,

February 18

In consequence of the demonstration by the unemployed of San Fiancisco, the employers at tho mills are dismiss ing their Chinese workmen. The Turcoman Invasion.

LONDON

February 18,

A column of Turcomans is inarching on Balkh and Cabul.

French Vote for Melbourne

Exhibits, LONDON.

February 18.

The municipality lias voted a sum of 5000 francs to convey tho French ex hibits to Melbourne.

The Melbourne Exhibition,

LONDON.

February 17.

Tho statement in the " London Times" that the English exhibitors have withdrawn their intention of sending exhibits to the Melbourne Exhibition on account of the protective tariff ia incorrect.

liord Salisbury, LONDON.

February 16. Lord Salisbury is still in a critical condition.

The Ohimborazo soiled on tho 16th instant.

Advance in Wool. LONDON.

February 17.

At tho wool auction during the pa6fc week 8031 bales have been catalogued. Australian realised 10 per cent.advance. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers.

REUTERS SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.

"Wool Sales. LONDON.

February 17.

At the wool sales there was a largo attendance and keen competition. 22,000 bales were taken to Yorkshire, mid Conti nental prices show au average advance* of 1J and 2d on scoured and greasy.

The Chimborazo.

LONDON,

February 16. Arrived : Mallsgate from Adelaide Nov. 4th. Sailed: Steamship Chimborazo from Plymouth. A small portion ot her cargo, which was damaged by the recent accident had to be loft behind.

LONDON.

February 17.

Three per cent, cousols, 98.. The Wool Sales

Tho now scries of colonial wool auctions, opened to-day, when 8,000 bales were cat alogued. For the opening sale there was a firm and an active demand ; and, Austra lian wool, at the close of the day, showed an advance of 10 per cent., compared with Last auctions'. There was a large atten dance of home and foreign buyers.

AUSTRALIAN.

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New Zealand Securities. MELBOURNE.

February 18. New Zealand fives are quoted at 07}.

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MELBOURNE,

Thursday, A rrived : A rawata from Now Zealand.

Government Candidate

Mr Black has announced his intention of offeriug himsolf as a candidate for Maldon in tho Government interest in opposition to tho Hon. Jamca Service, leader of the Opposition.

MELBOURNE,

February 18,

Mr Berry states as his belief that the result of his appeal will bo the return ot a smnll but more united Liberal majority. 70,000 bags of flour have been exported from Melbourne to London during the hist fortnight.

New Zealand oats are very heavy, Victorian arc fetching trora 20d to 30d.

Tne Wool Season.

The wool season has closed. 126,000 bales wore sold in Melbourne for £2,500,000 Messrs Goldsborough and Co. estimate tho yield of Australia, Tasmanian, aud New Zealaud to exceed the last year's by 40,000 baled.

Private cablegrams state that February wool sales iv London opened with an ad vance of 124 to 15 per cent. The demand is very active.

Another shipment of about eighty or ninety passengers by the British Empire was brought up from the Quarantine station yesterday afternoon by cne of the North Shore Ferry Company's steamers. There are about 10U [adults and children still on the island.

We are informed tbut Mr F. W. Cullimore baa recently composed a waltz entitled the " Flowers of Autumn," which will be per formed by the orchestra to-night and to morrow night at the Theatre Koyal, and which he intends to publish shortly.

The Parnell Outrage

ARREST OF THE PERPETRATOR.

Some astonishment was caused in town last evening when it became known that the Fijian Simon, alias Joe, who committed the diabolical outrage on a little girl at Parnell on Saturday last, had been arrested on board the schooner Transit, now loading alongside the Queen-street wharf for ianitu It had been the opinion of tho police, and indeed of everyone else, tliat the man was hidden in the swamp at Orakei, bdt it came out after his arrest that ho had been in town nearly the whole of yesterday, and now it appears that he was seen by several people about the wharf during the after noon

THE SEARCH,

In our last evening's issue, we published a telegram from Sergeant^Major Mason, containing the intelligence that the ruffiau was seen on Monday evening in the busn at Orakei. He was again observed by Con stable Dews in the same neighbourhood on Tuesday mornings and subsequently in beatiDg the bush Sergeant Clark discovered one of his hiding places. The man was not there, but a quantity of potatoes and peaches were found which led to the belief that his retreat had been a hasty one. He was traced to the house of a native near Orakei, and the police were there given to understand that he had appropriated the trousers, coat and hat of the owner of the hut, leaving his own trousers behind. This was the last information of him received, by the police, in that vicinity.

HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BUSH,

It is believed that ho made his escape from Orakei on Tuesday night, uuder cover of darkness, or early yesterday morning, and came on town. It is doubtful which route he took, but it is most likely that he came by the beach road, and through Par nell. Some believe, however, that he was assisted by the Orakei natives, and brought a portion of the way by boat. His object, as will be seen from the account of the cap ture, evidently was to make his escape to the islands by one of the traders now load ing here. Being a comparatively new arrival in New Zealand, he would hardly have endeavoured to follow the same course as that adopted by Winiata and escape to Waikato, the nature of the intervening country and the roads being entirely un known to him.

THE CAPTURK.

From what we are now able to ascertain, it appeard that the Fijian was seen on the schooner Trausit about one o'clock yester day afternoon, by the mate. He was taking dinner with tho Kanaka creAV, but it never crossed the officer's mind that he was the ruffian for whom search was being made at Orakei. Subse quent to this, he must have gone up town, for a man whose style of walking was very much like that of the prisoner, was observed by Mr Hendry at a distance from his btore in lower (Jueen-street. The Fijian was formerly in the employ of Messrs Hendry and Dacre, and therefore both gentlemen were "well acquainted with his appearance. A party consisting of Messrs Graham, Hendry, Dacre, and two Fijians, intended to leave for Orakei last evening, in order to hunt the ruffian out of the bush during the night. Late in the afternoon, however, Mr Hendry received information to the effect that he was ou the schooner Transit. Mr Dacre proceeded there at once, while Mr Hendry went to inform the police of the fact. Reaching the vessel, Mr Dacre proceeded into the forecastle, and there found tho Fijiau. He did not attempt to secure him, but engaged him in conversation, awaiting the arrival of the police. The Fijian did not appear to have any apprehension that his capture was the object of Mr Dacre's visit. Mean while, Mr Hendry had proceeded to the police station, where he obtained the services tf Detective Brennan and Sergeants Mai tin and Hogan. They all went in the direction of the wharf, and, preceded by Mr Hendry, they boarded the Transit. Detective Brennan and Sergeant Martin went into the fore castle, and there found Mr Dacre still con versing with the villain. The police officer immediately handcuffed him, and he submitted to tlie operation without any resistance. The handcuffs were fastened behind his back, and he was then passed up to Sergeant Hogan on the wharf, By tbis time a crowd had collected round the vessel, and expression* of satisfaction at the cap ture of the miscreant were heard on all sides. The prisoner, with Detective Brennan on one side and Sergeant Hogan on the other, and with Sergeant Martin acting as the skirmishing detachment, then proceeded up the wharf, escorted by a con siderable number of persons. On the way to the police station, the prisoner, who had previously offered uo resistance, made an attempt to free one of his hands from the " bracelets." He was, however, observed by Kcigeant Hogan, who seized the hand in question, and held it securely until the arrival at the lock-up. On arrival at the police station he was placed in a cell to await his trial.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRISONER,

Simon is a young strongly-built Fijian of twenty-three or twenty-four years of age. He is about five feet eight inches in height, and he is moderately stout. He wears slight whiskers and moustache. He arrived here from Levuka by the Helena about two months ago, having been a stowaway. It is believed that at the time he committed the outrage he had on a pair of trousers which were Btolen by him from that vessel before he left her. tic has, we are informed, been in gaol at Fiji several times on convictions for theft.

GENERAL REMARKS,

The feeling in the public mind that the villain should not be allowed to escape was very strong indeed, and evidence of the willingness of many to assist the police in ln's captuie was afforded by tho fact that a number responded to tho notice by Mr Superintendent Thomson, published in our last even ing's issue. Fortunately, however, their services wore not required. Two of them volunteered to take the police boat down to Orakci to re-call tho search party, and their oiler was, of course, accepted. During tho cour-o of the evening, the police who had boon out searching during the last two or three days, returned to town. They wore heartily glad when the news reached them cf the arrest, and were not by auy means sorry when, tho barracks was again in sight.

One of the search party — Constable Strathearn—received a bite trotn a katipo spider while in the hut from which the Fijian mado his escape on Sunday last. His hand was somewhat swollen, but a poultice had the eifect ot drawing tho venom from the wound.

The police were not by any means un prepared for n,u attempt to escape by one of the Island traders on the part of the pri soner. Ou the contrary, the schooners now on the berth were watched, and the mate of the Transit had previously been requested by Sergeant Martin, and had promised to to keep a look out for the prisoner. As will be seen by our Police Court report to-day, Simon was brought up on tho charge, and remanded till Wednesday next.

Marlborougl Races.

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BLENHEIM, Wednesday. The totalisator attracted a considerable amount of curiosity. It seemed almost to annihilate the trade of the bookmakers who endeavoured to do business.

Hurdle Rack of £30,

Entrance £3. Dis

tance, twice round and distance, R. Mclvor's Grey Monms (Mclvor) Marsh's Whalebone

Notwithstanding rumours in town of lute, considerable interest was shown in this race, caused by Mclvor riding Grey Momur —an event most unexpected—but all anti cipations were sorely disappointed when at the start Robiusou held in Whalebone, and walked up to the saddling yard, Grey Momus having walked over the course. Maiden Plate of 25soys. Entrance 3sovs. Weight for age. Distance, 1J miles. Hero (G. Frith) 1 Marie Stuart (Nichols) 2 Hose (Clifford) ..." 3 On coming up the straight Hero led, and won by two lengths, hands down. Time, lmin. 13sec. Sapling Stakes of £25. Entrance £3 For two-year-olds. Weight: Colts, Sst lOlbs ; fillies, Sst 51bs. Distance, three quarters of a mile. C. Owen's Sir George (R. Redwood) . . 1 A. K. Ward's Heather Bell 2 Time, lmin. 13secs.

Mahlborough Cup Handicap of £100, added to a sweepstakes of £5. Distance, 2 miles. Norseman 1 Magnolia ,", 2 Loch Lomond 3 At the first mile Norseman and Magnolia were ahead, Norseman slightly to the fore ; l.he latter then1 cleared well ahead, his jockey giving him the whip the rest of the way. On coming up thestiaight Magnolia challenged Norseman, andean exciting race ensued, Norseman winning by a neck. Flying Stakes. Talent ,Hero ' 1

San Francisco Mail—Two Days Saved.

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WELLING lON, Wednesday. The Governments of New Zealand aid New South Wales have succeeded in effect ing a very satisfactory re-arrangement of the San francisco mail service, by which the time of transit between England and New Zealand will be shortened by at least two days. Iti consequence of the re-arrange, ment in the] San Francisco mail service, the" March mail will leave San I'rancisco oa Saturday, 13th prox., instead of Monday 15tb, as announced in the time table, and ig arranged for Auckland on Monday, the sth April, instead of Wednesday, the 17th. Theincoming mail, leaving San Francisco on the 16th inst, will ran according to for. nler arrangement.

Irish Famine Relief Fund.

His Worship the Mayor has receive the following cable message from the Lord Mayor of Dublic :—"No fund has yet been received by us from the large Australian remittaace, for the relief of the digressed This committee carries out the admioistra! '• tion of its own funds, and is represented by a central committee, having as, members aU the Irish Archbishops, Catholic and Pro. testant. It works through nearly 600 local representatives, covering the entire country It has distributed £27,000. The demand - for aid is daily increasing. The monifi. ! cence of the Australasians has already saved thousands from perishing.1'

The Mayor has received the following letter accompanying £72 from Tauranga •-. Tauranga, 18tn Feb., 1880.' His Worship the Mayor of Auckland." Sir, —By direction of the Irish Relief Com. mittce I haud you inclosed herewith draft on Bank of New Zealand for the sumjof £72, being Taurauga's first installment You will kindly acknowledge receipt through press or otherwise.—l have the honour to be yours obediently, G. L. Noeris, Treasurer, Irish Relief Committee.

Forwarded to His Worship the Mayor m from Milne & Choyce, £1; Mr Jarn P » Heron, £1 Is; Mr Wm. Tole, £1 lg . Ouehunga, ss. '-

Collected by Wm. P. Cbepmdl, Chair man Waitoa Highway Board : -P. w. Browning, £°.; Dan. McAuliffe, £1; uwen Gayer, £1; J. Wilson, £1; J. Turnlrall 103 ;E. Mirsen, 10s ; Benjamin Young, S S ! j A Friend, ss; Mr Gould's Employee? £2*'" T. Hinton, 10s; J. &C. GouLl, £2- Ju~ Greatlmu, £1; W. C. Wright, 4s; C, McDuiiald, 10s; George Smith, 7s gj! Stranger, ss; S. Tickelpenny, £1; Mrs Wood, 10s; Thomas .Russell, 10s; James" Shaw, ss; K. Given, ss; W. A. Clow, 10s- D. Casey, 10s ; P. Boulton, 10s ; —' Me-> Quin, V)b ; W.P.C., ss. Total, £18 Is (id ■**

Collected by Mr Kisaling :—T. Haultail 49 £1 ; Geo. A. King, 5s ; M. Hamilton, £l- J.D.K.,55; D. J. Waters,£2;Fred. Huehej' £1 ;F. O'Brien,4s ;J. Kiesling,£l, Total! £6145. &m

Collected by Air Foughy, at Helensville • ■= -William Foughy, £2 2s; H. P. Cavanab'r £1 Is; Daniel Stewart, £1; Chas. M. Burton, 2s 6d ; John Hunter. 2s ; F. Staff £1; Win. Hartshorn, 2s 6d; D. Walsh' 2s Gd; T. P. Nelson, 23 6d ; James Wood. 23 6d ; John Byrne, 10s ; Robt. William?) 23; David Dunlop, os; W. Candcll, 10s; Patrick Finigan, ss; Richard Hill, lg. Jno. McNaughtan, 5s;.W. Fail, 2s 6d- J. A. O'Donohor, 6s Gd; J. Cullen, ss' G. Wood, 4s; Annie O'Connel, 2s 6dj! Mary Wilson, 2s 6d; T. Catnie, sa; J, Mcleod, 10s; D. G. Stewart, 5s > T. Pat.'" sons, 2s Gd ; J. M. DoDald, ss; H. M Douglas, ss; W. H. O. Smeaton, ss; J. Buchanan, 53; James Hand, 10s; T, ' Nightingale, ss; James McLeod, ss, Rbbt, McLeod, ss; Michael Naughton, 10a; Mn < E. Walker, 10s ; John Lyons, 4s 6d; Chas, Fitzpatrick, £1; Mrs Kawson, 10s; St*- Binsen, 5s ; James Leech, 2s 6d; C. A, T Wells, 2s 6d ; C. B. Hanky, 403; B. Wai- i; dron, 53; James Sailsbury, ss; Wm. W, • Naughton, 5s : total, £16 15s Gd. Collected for the above object by Messrs J. Darby and W. McKiusty :—Amount previously published, £11 3s; Friend, £1: Friend, 2s Gd ; G. Stallard, 2s; Doctor Young, £1 Is; Mr Kidd, 10s Gd; Gee and Potter, £1; E. Wooding, 2s 6d; A, A, 8,. 2s 6d : total, £15 4s. Collected by Messrs Fleming and Darby: —A. Fleming, £1 Is; Marplct, 2s Cd; A, Wild, 5s ; Mrs Hooper, si; Mrs Leathant, Is ; Mrs Cordes, 2s Gd ; Mrs Macnarma, 2j « Gd; Mrs Wilson, Gs; Mra Pelley, 2s 6dj 1 Mrs Buchai), 2s 61; J. S. Cox, ss; John i Birrell, 10s ; Mrs Alser, 10s ; T. W. Tate.-, ---2s Gd; Mrs Corcoran, £1; Mr Wood, 2s6d; Mr Somervol, £1; Mrs Soniera, ss; M, Hooper, ss; Bena, 2s 6d; A. O. Steele, ■ 10s. Total, £7 3s- Collected by Messrs Garrett and Aley:-"" Garrett Bros., £3; Mrs MeCloughan, £1; Mr Bloomfield, 5s ; Mr Hunt, ss; Mr H.J, j. Syms. ss; Mr Long, ss; Mrs James, £1"}1' Mr Birley, 10s; Charlie, ss; Mr Cammeron,'* ss; MrsS ,3s; Mrs Monroth, ss; Mi Pattisson, ss; Mrs Cammeron, ss; Mr Roth, 5s ;Mr Cotter, 10s 6d; U.S., 10s Si; ' Alfred Bowring, 10s Gd ; Mrs Richards, 35,;,a Mr Keesing, ss; Friend, 2s Gd; Mis Gaf" *5s ; Mr J. Mackay, 5s ; Friend, 2s Wiui Friend, 2s 6d ; I'iiend, 3s ; Mrs L)avenporf, 58 ; Mr Wilson, 2s Gd ; Mr Holland, ss; ; five Little .friends, 5s ; Friend, 10s; Afr- Morley ; 5 ; Friend, 2s6d; MrFlißD.BsjMt., James Dickey, £2 2a; Mr Burke, ss;: Friend, 2s Gd ; J.F., ss; Mr Jones, sa;' J.C., 2s 6d ; Mr George Crute, 10s ; MrC. F. Cooper, ss; Friend, Is ; Mrs Parker, l! ' 6d; Mrs Grant, 2s 6d; Mr G. Foster,1 6sj- . Mrs D. White, 2s ;R. Wood, 2s 6d; Friend, ; 5s ;Mr Moalin, 3s ; Mr G. L. Ridings, 5s j Mr Henderson, 2s 6d ; E. 13. .2s 6d; J. H. ! Robinson, ss; Friend, 2s ; Mr Belcher, 5s ;■«; Mr Tailor, 2s 6d ; Mr Fountain, 2* Cd; Mt P. It. Cart hen, 2s Gd ; Mr Wood, 2s; Mr Stovrcll, 2s Gd ; Mr Roth, 2s Gd ; Mr Henry, I' -2s Gd ; Mr Morrisson, 2s Gd ; Mr O'Brien, i; 2s Gd ; Mr Murphy, 2s Gd ; Mr Mnbberley," 2s Gd ; Mr Culbert, 2s Gd ; Mr Brady, ss; \ Mrs Graham, ss; King's County, ss;Mti Rcdfern, 5s ; Mr Do Courcy, ss; Mr'Hnin^.^ 5s ; Messrs Rushbrook and Bridgman, £1;V; Mrs Triyin, ss; Mr Phillips, 2s6d;Mrafs John Williamson, 10s; Mrs Dobson, ss}^; Major Whithers, 10s; Mrs Eames, ss;;Mt| Kempt, 5s ; Friend, 3s ; Mr Wendell, !SsJ| Mr Alfred Alcy, 10s. Total, £25 16a 6d. *|

WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE greater part of the proceedings *M,j reported in our last edition. The following, business was done after we went to press:— Bridges.—On the motion of the chair-" man, the sum of £37 vms allowed to tfi district Board, of Waitakerei South, for repairing a bridge. In response to a request:' from Whangapou, £10 was granted tor* hand-bridge across a creek. Riverhead Wharf.—Mr Lamb introvs duced the subject of this wharf, which,was i ia a broken and dangerous state, and «W| approach wauted attention. He wonld pro pose that ,£3O be granted for the purpMte* Mr Sinclair seconded, fully agreeing "ffitttj- Mr Lamb's remarks. Mr Bond suppdrlwi :V and the motion was unanimously carrieo. Dev>>nport and Lake Koad.—Mr Allison moved, "That £20 be granted. for wards keeping this road in order, provided the Lake and Devonport Boards contributed an equal] sum. Mr ] Shea said it wmj utterly useless including the Lake distn*'j at present; ho was chairman, and in that; capacity had paid away all the money » command. The motion was lost. ' Accounts.—The ordinary accounts MSB passed, and the meeting adjourned, j

United Friendly Societies' Demonstration.

The Secretary, Mr Thomas Bakewcll, ; writes :-r-" Will you be good enough, for tuß information of the public, to publish tW) annexed balance-sheet in connection wilft the late demouattation on the 29fch ulfc, « ':■; certified by the two auditors appointed at our last meeting. It will be seen that tne_ sum of £42 9a 9d remains to be dinoeo ~■ equally between tho Howe-street Home for Neglected and Destitute Children, at Mary's (Ponsonby), and St. Stephen aim; nell), giving each the sum of £14 3s 3d. « this is in accordance with tke resolutiw^ carried at our last meeting, on the M*;i inst., I shall lose no time in forwarding » cheque for tho above amount to each of m said institutions.-Yours, &c, THOJU"},, Bake-well, Secretary U. F.S.D." .-;. Keceipta : Donations, £25 Us; tropW* ' £14 16s 6d ; gate money, £80 8s lOd; ea^r fees, £110s; booths, £8; cards of sports,**' entrance fees, £9 9s lOd; ball receipts,*w ■ 7s ; discount off bills, £2 4s 6<L »' £188 7s Bd. .„„„.; Expenditure : By music (3 bands), *-»»?!; advertising and printing, £1411 6a; WSJ; Hall, attendance, &c, £S 7s 6d; cricWj ground, £5 ; measuring ground £2; rea meeting places, £2 8s 6d ; caterers mv» ball, £22 11s 6d ; Commission (Andrew : £375; prizes, £17 17 6d ; trophies, *»"J 6d; refreshments, £8 10s 4Jd: tent«w ; cartage, £5 ;1 sundries, flags, &c, f?,,,' V Ehrenfried Bros., £4 10s; J. G. 4s ; balance, £42 9s 9Jd. Total, 1» ft\f. We the undersigned auditors, aPFS, the final meeting of delegates of the Societies Demonstration, certify , have examined the balance sheets dv ~J Vouchers for receipts and expenditaie, "*. •

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I9 t 1880.



OTOCK -TAKING -{ BARGAINS! }- TjyiLLIAM TO ATTRAY, In preparation for Stock-taking, has REDUCED the PRICES of his Large Stock of SUMMER COSTUMES, SILK JACKETS, SUMMER SKIRTS, & PINAFORES, which he is now offering at such prices as must effect a Speedy Clearance. BILE JACKETS. Reducer! from 573 61 to 353 Ditto Reduced from £5 10s to £i 4s Ditto Reduced from £10108 to £7 SUMMER COSTUMES, Reduced from 17s Cd to 10s 63 Ditto Reduced from 27s Gd to 19s 6d Ditto Reduced from 42 i to 30b Ditto Reduced from £5 to £3 7a 6d SUMMER SKIRTS. Reduced f om 7a 6d to 33 Ditto Reduced from 9s Gd to 63 6d Ditto Reduced from 12s 6d to Ss 6d PINAFORES, 'Reduced from 7s 6d to Is 6d W. RATTRAY'S COSTUME, MANTLE, MILLINERY, and General Dhapery Establishment, N.EW ZEALAND HOUSE, 66, Queen Stkeet, Auckland (Opposite the Bank of Now Zealand), -\IT ILNiS & /IHOYCE Have now'on view1 a Complete * ssortment of Etho most beautiful SPRING GOODS of every description, fcom tho best Home mantels. MILLINBRY, in Parig and Enßlish STRAW GOODS, FLOWERS, FKATHERS VISITKS and MANTLES, in Silk and Cash mere JACKETS, in Coloured Summer Cloth OLIVIAS, in Cashmere, Silk, t^r. CHILDRKN'S HOS ■', in Cotton,Li3lo,and Silk LADIKB! bOiE, in Cotton, Lisle, and Sills: PARACHUTES, UMHRKLLAS, RIBBONS KID GLOVE?, lilacJr, White, and Coloured, 1, 2, i, and 6 button UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, 2 and i button. An Immense Stock of DR^SS GOODS,in all the newest and most tashion-iblo styles ami texcures, all marked exceedingly moderate. BABY LINKN, CHIIinRBJN'B AND LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, in great variety. BOYS' [KNICKERBOCKERS, lIOSIKItY, HATS COLLAES, ETC. A Couiplcto Assortment o£ Calicos, Flannels^ Linens, &c. DBESSJAND MANTLE-MAKING ON TIIK PnKMISBS. F ye per Cent, Discount allowod for Cash. MILNE & CII OYC E, CHEAPSinK HOUSE. TmSTABLISHED 185 5, OS CHEAPEST »" BEST . . .. , <! HOUSH! t^ QUALITY o IN MACJHINES THE| P ! TRADE. g w V W TT Q HAKESPEAR&/^O., 246, QUEEN-STREET, ESTABLISHED 18 sa. The following 13 a good specimen of a Yorkshire story :—" Tawkin ahabt bacca reminds me ova chap—we'll call him Jimmy—who wore t' habit o' cadgin a good bit. Ho met a friend, and he sez, "Hey, Jack, lad, liez tn an o wd pipe to spare?' Jaick frit in Jus pookete, nn scz, ' J.li, there's wun here, sit ho.' 'Tbah's happen a bit o' baccn, an all V ' You ; I'll jmt tha a bitiu.'. " Giv us a match or two, wal thah'it agate,' sed greedy Jimmy. ' lii; an then I'll lend thji mi jaws to smoke it,' sez Jack, as he let ' t' pipe an walkt off wi it ia his niahth."



Special -Advertisements. rpURNISH YOUR TTOUSE FROMTIIE OITY^HALL FURNISHING ARCADE. FURNITURE .. 5 per ct. Discount for Cash (JARPKTS .. „ 5 „ Discount „ LINOLEUM .. „ Discount „ OILCLOTHS ..5 „ Discount „ BEDDING .. ..5 „ Discount „ BEDSTEADS ..5 „ Discount „ TOILETWARE _ 5 „ Discount „ TOILET & PIER GLASSES- ..5 ~ Discount „ FENDERS&IRONS 5 ~ Discount „ You ake Invited TO INSPECT GARLICS & CRANWELL'S Carpets | GARLICK & CR AN WELL'S Furniture GABLTCK fc CRANWELL'B Iron Bedsteads. GARLICK & CRA.NWEf.,L'3 Bedding GARLICK fc CRANWELL'S Floorqloths_ GARLICK & CRANWELL'S Toiletware |mm| GA.RLTCK fc CRANWKLL-s Toilet Glasses .. GARLICK &; CR^vyELLg^ggnder^&Jronß GARLICK fc CRANWBLL'SSpringMattresgeg GARLICK & CRANWELL'S Drawing Room Suites GARLICK fc CRANWKLJ^jM3ajioJ3hj»rB : __ Book Catalogues Sent Fbke, DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES GIVEN. riARLICK & riRAKWELL, CITY HALL ARCADE, Auckland. GREAT TJARGAINSI R E A T JL>AR G AI N SI GREAT BARGAINS I GREAT BARGAINS! GREAT BARGAINS! JUST OPENED, A SPLENDID LINE OP fyJEN'S rp W EED JgIJITS, 27 s 6 D' Worth 455. ONE CASE J^EN'S JTLAX gHIRTS, With Collars, AT 4s 6D WORTU C 3 Cd. ONE BALE WHITE gUPER. JJLANKETS, 13 s 6 D- Worth 20a. Inspection specially invited to OUR OWN MAKE OV BOYS' PLAITED TUNIC SUITS, From j|QS. |y notk the Address— J. B. ROBINSON AUCKLAND QLOTHING JpACTORY. NEXT MESSRS TONKS & CO.'S AUCTION MART. A FEW GOOD REASONS FOR MAKING YOUR PURCHASES AT THE NEW rTEALAND pLOTHING piACTORY. The Maleriala aro manufactured In New Zealand. The Garments aro made in New Zealand. The Money is expended in New Zealand. The Stock to gele-t from is the largest in NewZeajandj Tho Cut and Trimmings are equal to beapoke. The Prices, considering the quality and finish, are lower than those of any other house in New Zealand. And notwithstanding the extra tariff just impoaed in New Zealand, there is tar NO ADVANCE IN PRICEBI You can still purchase A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE; PRICE FliOM THE New Zealand Clothing . 1 H ACTORY. Auckland Retail Branch : Q U E !E N - S' T R 'E E T, Opposito Theatre Hot AUK HKEAT OA L B OF MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, AND SHIRTS, CO MM EN CKIS THI.S EVENING. All tho New Shipments recently received will be sold at SALE T>RICES. ALK 1 RICES. J. CO S G RAT E & OC. •p H 1 S L I X U M. 100 DOZEN 2-BUTTON KID GLOVES (Quite sound), Only Is lid per pair. A Large Stock of FANCY GOODS, MILLINERY, COSTUMES, PINAFORES, DRESS GOODS, <Src, &c. To be Sold at Nbtt Cash, for a Short Time only. DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, Costnmes mado in 21 hours' notice. A. LINA BU R V & CO., 201 and 20C, QUEEN-STREET. *



Special .Advertisments. Q N SALE, Keareloy's Combined Reapers and Mower Mangold and Turnip Drills Turnip SHeers Oilcake Breakers Winnowing Machinoa Lawn Mowers. Also, TO ARRIVE, PER 'INGLEWOOD,, 1 Coulter's Corn, Mangold, Turnip, and Manure Drills, combined And Ploughs, double andtsingle Harrows Hollers &C. &C. iXC Tho'above goods are imported directed rom the manufacturers, and will be sold cheap to make room for further shipments. W. J. HURST & CO., 161. Queen-street.



Many of the rostrums and specifics advertised to tone tho nervous systoro, twork moro direot iniurp to it, than the diseases that thomsolves affoot it, Practical experience is after all the beat physician, and this ftroDgly reoommonds gontly stimulating properties of a preparation nown to act upon tho functions with the moat splondidourativo results. ThiitisUdolphoWoifo's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, the sovereign nervine balm of this or any otner ago.



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