Italian lady of noble family an grea personal beauty. Thus ended the unspoken romance of Mabel Langtrey's girlhood. Time, meanwhile, trudged on, and the sand in his glass kept running. The great lawsuit completed its first decade. Herbert Brackenbury, eight years married, was father of two sons, to the elder of whom, now seven years of age, the Grand Onke of Tuscany had stood sponsor ; the younger being an infant of some two or three months old. Mabel Langtrey, still fair but somewhat faded, accepted, at twenty-eight the hand of a certain middle-aged well-connected, snd very worthy gentleman named Philip Savage, who, though possessed of no private fortune, held a lucrative Government ap pointment in Bnrbadoes. So Mabel Lang trey became Mrs Philip Savage, and went with her husband to the West Indies, where after some years ot wedded life, she died, leaving an infant daughter named Wini fred. Little dreaming that he should never see his little girl's face again, Mr Savage sent this poor baby home to England to be reared and educated. Transferred not long after, at an increased salary, from Bnrbadoes to Jamaica, he was swept oil' with hundreds of other Europeans by an epidemic fever, and Winifred was adopted for good and all by her relations at the Grange. Still time trudged on ; and when Mr Savage had been dead about twelve months, and the lawsuit had been dragging its slow length along for between fourteen and fifteen years, Lord Brackenbury also "went over to the majority," and was succeeded by his son Herbert, third Baron Brackenbury of Brackenbury, at this time British Ambas sador at the Court of the Two Sicilies, and resident in Naples. Now the new Lord, heartily hating the lawsuit, and willing, if possible, to be freed from the cares of a business for which he had neither time nor inclination, resolved to make an effort towards reconciliation with Stephen Langtrey. Setting aside, therefore, the formalities customary between defendant and plaintiff, he wrote to the Squire with his own hand; made friendly re ference to tho old time when as boys they bad been playfellows, and as young men friends ; and offered to compromise this un profitable grievance by a payment of £20,000. Even Mr Langtrey's solicitors, who desired nothing less than to see the case at an end, were fain to admit that it was a liberal offer. 1 hey went so far as to makeja show of advising their client to accept it. Herein, however, they played a perfectly safe game. Long waiting and long per sists cc had made Stephen Langtrey only more dogged. "For sixteen years," he said with a big oath, "my motto has been ' All or none '— and ' all' I mean to have, though I fight for it sixteen years longer." Ho did not even answer Lord Bracken bury's letter; but turned it over to Messrs. Fawcett and Clarke, to be dealt with in whatsoever fashion might seem beat to tbem. After this rebuff, Lord Brackenbury left matters to take their own course. A rich man himself, living abroad, and spending little more than his official income, he could afford the coitly duel which impoverished his adversary more and more aa each year of litigation went by. The coal had, in truth, proved a splendid fortune to the Brackenbury family. The late Lord, after an unsuccessful attempt at working it himself, had let his mine to an Irou Company at a royalty which soon pro duced him an income of £12,000 per annum ; andthe Iron Company had notonlybuilthuge premises upon the spot, but had constructed a tramway in connection with the great main line of the neighbouring manufacturing dis tricts ; thereby brinaing tho ore to the coal to be smelted, and conveying it away again in the form of bars and sheet iron for sale. Nothing galled Stephen Langtrey like the glare of the Brackenbury furnaces reddening half the sky by night, and darkening it under a canopy of smoke by day. It was as a sign hung in the heavens to remind him per petually of his loss. In the twcnty-Becond year of the lawsuit, the beautiful Lady Brackenbury died of lung disease at Sorrento, to which place the family was wont to retire for " villegiatura " every" summer. The eldest son, Cuthbert, then nineteen years of age, was at Oxford, the younger, Lancelot, was at a public school in Lausanne. Lord Brackenbury had now been more than twenty-one years in the diplomatic service; and, partly because he had married an Italian lady, partly because he was peculiarly well fitted for the work, had con tinued all this time to hold an Italian appointment. He was, in fact, so accom plished an Italian scholar, so conversant with the tone ot Italian Society, so inti mately acquainted with every " nuance " of Italian politics, that he became identified with English diplomacy in Italy just as Lord Stratford de Kedcliffe became identified with English diplomacy in Turkey. The death ot his wife, however, brought all this to an end. It had been a long exile, and of late years he had oftentimes felt how good and pleasant it would be to live once again in bis own home and among his own people. Also, it was his duty to give his boys English tastes and English habits. Cnthbert, already a young man, had now been nearly four years pursuing his education in England ; but Lancelot had never yet set foot in his native country. While his wife lived —and she was always delicate—Lord Brackenbury put these con considerations on one side. Left a widower, however ; separated from his children ; and alone with his sorrow in a strange land, Italy became intolerable to him. So he made his mind to retire from the diplomatic service ; to reside on his property ; to take his seat in the Upper House ; to interest himself in home politics; and to live tbe quiet, useful, every-day life of an English country gentleman. Such was tbe end of Lord Brackenbury's diplomatic career. He solicited and' obtained permission to resign ; and within a few months after his great loss, came home tor good and all, bringing with him his younger boy from Lausanne.

CHAPTER X.

FATHER AND SONS. It has been said that Lord Brackenbury " came home," that is to say, he came home to England—to Brackenbury court—bnt not to the home of his birth; not to the Brackenbury court of his boyhood; not to the old-fashioned man-ion designed by Sir Christopher Wren, with its double flight of steps, its pilastered and pedimented '• fagade," its balustraded balcc-ies, its stone urns, and sculptured wreaths, and formal surrounding-. That house used to stand at the easternmost extremity of Brackenbury Park, within a quarter of a mile of the memorable piece of waste land, the wealth of which had but lately been discovered when, as the Honourable Herbert Brackenbury, he had accepted his first diplomatic appointment. It occupied a commanding position, looking towards the distant woods of Langtrey Manor. Bat when the Iron Company came to take possession in such close neighbourhood, bringing with them fire and smoke, and the clang of never-ceasing hammers, the fortunate landlord decided to build a new house, aud to give his valuable tenants as wide a berth as possible. So he fixed upon a site at the north-western boundary of bis park, and there erected what is called "an elegant modern mansion," in the Italian style, with a loggia, a cam panile tower, a projecting cornice, and every architectural adornment, best befit ting a warm climate, and least appropriate to a bleak north country side some 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. When this new house was completed, the old place near the colliery was pulled down; and thus it happened that the third lord came home to a home that was not the home of his boyhood. Nor was the new Italian villa, even so, the only Brackenbury court on the estate. Far from the waste of old foundations that marked the site of the former residence, farther still from the new one, in a now unfrequented and isolated spot upon the verge of a steep ridge facing southward, there still stood the ruins of old Bracken bury Court, the earliest, and, onoe upon a time, tho stateliest of all the homes whioh the owners of Brackenbury had made for themselves and their descendants. It dated from the reign of Elizabeth, was enlarged and beautified by a certain Sir Anthony Bracken, bury about the beginning of the reign of Charles the First; and'was finally besieged, sacked, and fired in 1644 by a body of Par liamentary troops under a lieutenant of the Earl of Manchester, It must have been a beautiful old English house of the Hatfield and Haddcn Hall type, when it was in its prime ; and it was beautiful still, as a ruin —so beautiful that seven (generations o$ Brackenburys had left it unmolested wj the midst of a wilderness of ancient p}eas,aunces where the rabbits burrowed, birds built undisturbed, aad «U wilfj growths that climb, and trail and ding from bough to bough, flourished, in unchecked luxuriance. < It stood, ifl the olden time, within the park boundary ; bnt had been cut off long since by a roadway, and left to moulder in soli tude. There were many who marvelled i why the late lord, instead of building anew ' muse, did not restore Old Court and carry J sack the park palling, to their ancient imits; but neither he nor his heir would lave committed go gross a Vandalism, Old

Court with ite fourteen acres of wildernek stood for one of the most picturesque £__ precious page* in their Family Wtory; They loved every stone of it-everv ivy wreath twined about its shattered wmdow -eyery bullet scar upon its battered walls. So the first Brackenbury Court held it grounds a ruin in the midst of ruin- thfe second had its day, was condemned palled down, and superseded; while the third* commemorative of an unforsecn prosperity' rose like Aladdin's Palace in sudden and somewhat inappropriate splendour. " Hither, then, Herbert Lord Brackcnbnrv I returned after twenty-one years ot* official i banishment; hithercameCuthb.rtßracken bury to spend his first Oxford vacation" and here the boy Lancelot received his first impressions of English home-life. I_,l Italian style of the house, with its'terraced gardens and formal flower-beds, its clipped junipers, its fountains and casino, pleased the lade, and reminded them of the Bunny land which they still spoke of as "home " The younger, perhaps because he waß the younger and the more pliant, fell in readily enough with English ways, and took enthn. siastically to English sports and, pastimes Being sent to Eton, he went in for boating" cricketing, and athletic games; hated studv \ voted classics a bore; made numerous friends ; and by the cloße of his first term had become as thoroughly English as any boy in the school. , ' ' The elder brother was of an altogether different type. It would perhaps be mora correct to say that he partook of two yery different types, the one English, the other Italian. On the English side of j hjm he was silent, studious, self-contained j, slow to wrath ; slower still to friendship • ayoung man of tew affections, few words, few strong likings of any kind. On the Italian side he inherited that peculiar subtlety which runs in Italian blood; asnbtletyithat is neither insincerity nor what we undcistand as reserve but rather a kind of intellectual discretion, in itself the most un-English of characteristics. His tastes, directed and devoloped by a highly cultivated'mother were entirely Italian. A devoted student of the literature, poetry, and folk-lore 6f*th land of his birth, liewas almost as indifferent to classical learning as his younger bfother. But there is not much sympathy with" Italian literature at either Eton or Oxford and Cuthbert Brackenbury had to pursue his favourite studies alone; so living in an attitude of mental isolation which;fostered the reticence of his character... For the ordinary pleasures and amusements of school and University life, he cared not at all. He kept a horse at Oxford, but ha never hunted ; a boat, but he never raced, He belonged to a club, yet for.' months.to gether he never entered its door.. Society, with its manifold observances, wearied and irritated him. Politics were his peculii. aversion. For music and the Fine Arts—. especially the Arts of the Italian Renaiss ance—he had that intuitive appreciation which belongs by right of heritage' to all who claim a strain of Italian blood;, but there it stopped short. It was an apprecia tion ; not a gift—not a passion, His one intellectual delight, in short,* was .Italian literature; his one physical recreation, boating. Not boating after the manner of Eton and Oxford; but boating as he had boated in his boyhood on the bright watere of the Bay of Naples, with a Bail to sal before the breeze, a book to read when,'drifting and dreaming with the current, *anil,.bliie above and blue below, and space, and boundless liberty. , i . Z For all this, and for the motner'.wliom while she lived he loved better than,_li _h e world beside, Cuthbert Bracken.uiy mourned in his heart and made no sign. Coming to England before he was sixteen, he bad never ceased to feel that he was an alien in a strange land. Whet' tWe years later, his mother died and Lis home in Naples was broken up, he was still.as fat as ever from that degree of naturalisation which his birth and prospects dem__diß_. Nor did this first great grief tend to/ ibofieh the old ties or knit up tbe new ones, It only caused him to withdraw still further int. his shell. It seemed to him, indeed, * that the world was emptied of beauty and grace and gentle dignity, and all thecharmof womanly culture, when Lady Brackenbury lety it. Thenceforth, for many a year, thej pleasant things ol life lost their sweet savour, . / Thenceforth, while duly conforming to ttie duties and ordiuaces of college life, he shut himself up more than ever in his own pre. judices; and Lord Brackenbury saw .with dismay that, although blessed with the most sober, the most conscientious, the most irreproachable of elder sons yet that.-elder son would never be as other young men of the same age and position. That Cuthbert Brackenbury should fulfil to the letter ail that his pastors and masters required of him "■ —that he should go steadily and creditably through his examination—that he should * never contract a debt, never commit a folly, never even draw to the full amount of his allowance, was not after all of half bo much account in Lord Brackenbury's eyes as|that he should become a man of the .world, and confer distinction upon the family- name. He would have wished his heir to take ..an interest in politics, to go early into Parlia ment, to distinguish himself in the Com* mons until such time as it might please Providence to tali him to his hereditary seat among the Lords. He felt that, for , his own part, he had lived too much abroad; and he was sensitively anxious that bis successor should turn out a more stay-at. home politican than himself. Personally, he could do little to influence the youn_ ( ; man's tastes. The mother's influence had been too early at work for that, and Cuth. Bert Brackenbury's tastes were long since formed and matured. ■■■i-.U yu Next to that mother, Mr Brackenbury loved his brother Lancelot best of all tho ' world, and Lancelot—from the time When he used to be carried up and down the oranee walk on his brother's shoulder to the day when Cuthbert kissed him good-bye and left Naples for Eton—thought his brother the wisest, the noblest, the most god-like of the sons of men. It was Cuth' bert who helped him with his lessons; who interceded for him when he got into mischief; who taught him to ride and to swim; who supplemented his pocket-money with surreptitious " scudi," who took him out boating when the bay was smooth And the winds were asleep. It was Cnthbert who told him wondrous tales of Orlando and his sword Durindana, and of Gan the traitor, and the dolorous routs ofJSKttii" cesvalles ; of Paladin Astoifo and his journey to the moon; of the -iege'lff Jerusalem and the fatal loves of Tabcred and Clorindn ; and of the weird sights seen by Dante and Virgil wher they CrosSed[Itne ! threshold of that dread portal where Hope was left behind. It was CuthbeK who taught him endless " Stornelli" n_tfd "Canti Pop-lan —Eones of (he fishing and the vintage, and the ballad of "CicirinellY'asortof Neapolitan M6tb<3r Hubbard, who sold hot chestnuts--h'tlife Chiaja, and had a wonderful *_bg >-#M> wagged his tail ib ihyme.' ■*' "ft**'"";*' When Cuthbert went to Ktrfif,-'fie -tJII came " home " for his vacation-to Naples at Christmas; "to Castella-riare at Mid summer ; and by and by Lancelot,' _s we have seen, outgrew home-teaching, and was sent to school at Lausanne. ■ 'Theii^a-% have also seen, Lady : Brackenbury died; and Cuthbert went to Oxford; : and/LaH celot was transferred from Lausanne ;to Eton; and Lord Brackenbury gave up diplomacy, and divided his life thenceforth . between Lancashire and London.-. bi*_l * <; What followed has been toid.rj_l_e_dy. We know how, four years, later, i th. 'gteftt lawsuit, alter dragging its ■ slow-deDgtht'for more than a quarter of a century,; ica_» somewhat unexpectedly to an endjonfl-Wr final judgment was given in the famo-S caseof Lftngtrey v. Brackenbury; > vM^i The victor find never doubted' efi'i* victory; yet it came upon him at the' last like a surprise. It was a triumph not: _-- mixed with, bitterness. It-tirredimany'ft long-forgotten memory, and raised tbe ghost of a many a bygone hope. It re minded him that for these five orisix-anfl twenty years of costly strife, not one'of which was of his own seeking, ■he*' hadipiid not only with twenty-two of self-imposed exile, but with the loss of the woman whom first he loved, and whom he still rememOei-d with tenderness. That Mabel Langtrey'a only child should b6 involved in her uncle. ruin, mixed yet another bitter drop with the cup of his success. . -■• ,-> ■■~<-, ,-aM'^ 1 Being a tender-hearted man he was even ; sorry for his ancient opponent: and though he telegraphed the good news to his song* the one abroad, the other at college^-yet, when the ringers met to celebrate1 «lg» victory, he sent down in all' host- to-atop the bells, that he might not 'triMnph-in Stephen langtrey's ears. odwoiMS When the unfortunate Squire siokened and died, leaving his sister and niece com paratively beggareA Lord Brackenbury became more tb*n ever tormented by '*. morseful pity. Despite his better reasbns, he felt «-* though he were in some sense 'tbe assent of their ruin. And then he fell-to whether it might not; for their sakes, be possible to repair the injustices of justice. .■> ■■ iffl-JWJ.'"■'< So, little by little, there grew up *in W* mind a scheme by means of which the hard lines of destiny might be softened in1 favour of this helpless pair. ' ~ "' {To be tontimteu' on Saturday.) '[.. ■ ■ ' ■•■-••:■'•-^ ' — : "—r"T*i

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Auctions. I TO-TVIORROW, AT 11 A.M. [ SALE LV AUCTION. FANCY GOODS, TOYS, BASKETWARE, CUTLERY, JEWELLERY, SILVER AND PLATED GOODS. R. ARTHUR HAS been favoured with instructions from tho Importer to soil by auction, on tho Promises. Wakefleld-strootflato in tho occu pation of Mr C. Bloomlield, Painter, &o.(, on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock a.m., Ai\ CASKS OF SEASONABLE AND __U SAIiEABLK GOODS (JUST LANDED), Now being Opened Uf> at the above Premises, consisting of — FANCY GOODS, TOYS BASKKTWaRK. CUTLERY GLASSWARE, JKWKLI.WKY HWMt AN" PLATE UWARB PIOTUKKS, &c, &c. On Viow on tho Morning of tho Doy of Bali. Terms— Cash. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. GEORGE SIBBIN HAS received instructions from the Auckland Harbour Board to sell, at tho olllecsottlie Hoard, on Thursday, Docoinher 30. 1880, nt 11 o'clock, Loafos of Allotments Nos. 13,10. 20, and 20a, Breakwater Bond, for 2 years Leases of Allotments Nos. 1. 2, 25, 2G, Mechanics' Bay Itoclamation, for -1 ears Lcoie of Allotment near Wynyard Pior, for 5 years Loaso ot Allotment at Breakwater, fori year Conditions nnd draft lease will be on view at tho Harbour Board Office. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. GEORGE SIBBIN HAS received instructions from the Auckland Harbour Board to sell, at tho olllces of tho Board, on Thursday, tho 16th Dccembor, 1880, at 11 o'clook, TUB RIGHT OF COLLECTING TOLLS and Weighbridge Charges upon Queen-street and Railway Wharfs for one (1) year Also, Lenses of Sheds A, B, c, and D, Qaeen street Wharf,forono II) year The Lease of Shed B, Railway Wharf, for one (1) year Conditions nnd Draft Lease will bo on view at the Harbour Board Offices. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. UNRESERVED SALE OF nOUNTIiY IT OTEL AND WUENITURE, G. W. BINNEY HAS received instructions to Sell, by Public Auction, on Wednesday. No vember 21th, at 11 o'olock, without the Slightest Reserve, on tho Promises, the POINT RUSSELL HOTEL, MERCER. Together with tho LICENSE. Tho Hotel contains TWENTY ROOMS, wof and substantially built; a SIX-STALL STA* BLE; and a FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE Tho whole situated on HALF AN ACRE OF LAND, close to the Railway Station. Together with ALL the FURNITURE usually found in a well-providod Country Hotel. • The Auctioneer reminds intending nnrehasers that his instructions aro to soil Positively with out ANY RESERVE WHATSOEVER. Terms at Sale. TO-MOKJKOW. THE REMUERA YARDS. TJIOR SALIS, on Thursday next, at one fi O'clock, SHORT-HORN BULL, two years old, by Kobln Adair 130 Head Well-fatted Cattle GOO Fat Sheep and Lambs Dairy Cows, Storo Cattle Fat and Store Pigs. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. THE HA V M AKKET. FOR SALE, at the Haymarket on Friday next, PUREBRED ENGLISH! SETTER BITCH trained well to tho gun and retrieves, and took first prize at tho lsst Show. ALFRED BUCKLAND. W. S. COCHRANE.J (JAS. DACBE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22. BUILDING SITES AT THE NORTH SHORE. THE Subscribers have received instruc tions from tho Trustees under the will of the late General Wynyard, to sell at their Rooms. Fort-street, on Monday 22nd inst., at a2 o'clock, 12 LARGE BUILDING iSITES, Splendid y Situated, bolng close to the Victoria /1 Wharf, North Shore, and commanding views of the whole harbour. Plans in preparation. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22. WO[OLI WOOL! WOOL! DURHAM YARDS. rPHE Fiist Wool Sale of the Season will I bo held at tho Durham Yards on Monday, Kovomber 22nd, at two o'clock. Vnndnrsnrorcauestedto send in their Wool tor._&_ noTlater than Friday, Novem ber 19. "HUNTER AND NOLAN. B. TONES.] LX- c- CAEH' m R A D E SALE OF GROCERIES OILMENS' STORES CHRISTMAS FRUITS CIGARS, SUGARS, &tt, &C, ON TUESDAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 23. B. TONICS 4 CO., Auctioneer. TO INTENDING SETTLERS. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S ESTATE, at Drury, ia now being subdivided Into Forms of from 10 acres to 100 acres. This property Is well worthy of inspection. Twenty-two miles distant only, by rail; station on property; a largo portion laid down in grass; clear running streams; bush and ornamental planting; many livo fences. Our instructions aro positive to sell. The greater portion of purchase-money may remain on mortgago at a low rate. The surveyors are now on the ground, and wo earnestly invite Industrious men of small capital to inspeot this property, and to avail themselves ot Buch a rare opportunity to obtain homesteads on reasonable terms, and within half an hours rail of the city. So soon as survey is completed, Lithographio Plans will be issued. B. TONES & CO. fpHAMES CATTLE MARKET. BA^KS & CO., STOCK AND COMMISSION AGENTS. Market eaoh THURSDAY, at their yards, Parawal, at 2 p.m., for sale of Stock of all dcs- ' orlpUons, Produce, &c, Consignees of Stock can depend npon every • attention boing given, good Paddock Aocommo dation, and Prompt Account Sales,



Stud. AUCKLAND STUD COMPANY (LIMITED). Tho following Thoroughbred Clydesdale En tires will Stand at tho Company's Farm, Glon Diehard, this season, and will travel in the immediate neighbourhood as at foot. Gcod Paddocks will bo provided for Marcs at two shillings anil sixpenco per weok. Kvory caro will be. taken, but no responsi bility will be incurred. All Mares to bo removed by tho 10th January ' 1881. Tnonouonnußn Imported Stallion M U S X E T, Broil by Lord GlnsKO"' i" ISG7: got by Toxo piilito, his dam by West Australian out of Brown Bess by Camel. Terms:— Thirty guineas for ono or two mares, or twonty-llvo guineas for three or more, tho property of sanio owner, payable by approved promissory notes at thrco months from dato of service. , _ „ Musket is a dark brown horse, standing fully 16 hands 2J iuclies, and shows immense power l and quality. Musket's performances on tho English.Turf Btnmp him as an umloninhlo good horso at all distances aud weights, while bin stock now runuing provo him to bo a very great success at the stud. Vide performances of Kiflo, winner of Grand National Hurdle Race of 1.000 guineas at Sundown; Muscatel; Potronoi, winner of tho 2.000 guineas; Musketry, Carbine, and many others. , . The Company reserves to itsolf tho option of ro.'ueing mares not deemed suitable THOROUGHBRED IMPORTED STALLION CAP-A-PIE, llyMarlbvrnone ontof Miss Magus, by Maeus (imported) ontof Georgian-, byCap-a-pio (Im porti'dlout of Georglnna (imported). Cap-a-pie in a beautiful brown horse, sixyonrs old, standing 15 hands '.I inches, and shows lots of quality and substance. Cup-a-pie's Performances: Won Squatters Stakes, A.J.C. Spring Meeting, 1877; St. Legor A.J.O, Autumn Meeting. Dead heat with Chester for Cumberland Stakes next day, two miles, weight for a.o. Terms :—Six guineas for single mares ; flvo guineas for two or more mares. The Imported Ci.ydksdalk (1 years old) E L G 1 N. Sire, Luck's All—lnto Champion Siro of Scotland. Winner o! tho first prize ut tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, held at Ellorsllo, November 9th, 1870. Will travel this soason as under:— Mondayß—To Panmuro and immediate neigh bourhood Wednesdays—To Otahuhu, and in the afternoon to Mangore, whore by tho kind permission ot Mr W. Paul, ho will reniuln at his farm for tho night. Thursdays—To Onohurj ga, Epsom.and Romuera. Tuosdays, Fridajs, and Saturdays—At Glen Orchard. Torms:-Flvo guineas single marc 3; -IJ guineas for two or more, tho properly of ono owner. N.B.—The Company oiler a First Prize of Fifteen Guineas nnd a Socond Prizo of Five Guineas for the Best Foal got by hlgin, to bo shown and judged at the Aucniand Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show in Novombor, ' 1881. Payment for Cap-a pio and Elgin duo on tho 10th of January, 1831. For further particulars apply to tho Managing i Director, CAPT. WALMSLKY, Glon Orchard; Or to WM. PERCIVAL, Secretary, Auckland. Money. M ° _JL E V- Money to Lend on Mortgage ol Freehold Securities.—Georgo Frasor, Public Accountant, Investing and Estate Agent, W. -. Grahame's Bond, Fort-street, and. No. 6. South British Insurance Bufldings, corner of Queen and Short and-street. MONEY TO LEND on MORTGAGE of First-class Freehold Securities. WM. COLEMAN, Solicitor, Corner of Queen and Shortland-streets. MONEY TO Lt-IND in large or small sums at a moderate rate of intereat.- Jackson and Russell. Solicitors. MONEY TO LEND, in large or sma Bums, at _Bual rates of intorost, CONNELL Se COOPER, Solicitors, Vulcan Lane. MONEY TO LEND, on Mortgage.— F Ring, Agent. 3hortland-str-ot O^EY^IOLEND ON MORTGAGE] in sums of £i 0 and upwards. BEVERIDGE & ALEXANDER, Solicitors. Bank Buildings. Wyndham-jtreet A UCKLAND PERMANENT ___. CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, Office:—93, iJueen-street. LOANS granted upon approved securities o Freehold or Leasehold Properties n sums of £20 to £6,000, principal and interest being re payable in instalments, at the following rates for every £100 borrowed:— Repayments extend-! p.. w « ft ir Totsl amount lag over f el weeK Repayable. 4 years _ .. J 12 6 130 6 0 6years.. ~ -.] 9 2 113 9 3 Byears.. .. -I 7 6 156 7 6 lOyears I 6 3 162 16 3 Interest allowed on Deposits :—Fixed for 12 months, 5 per cent, per annum; withdrawable at 7 days' notice, ,1 per. ;ct, per annum. JOHN BATGER, Secretary. noteiH. mHISTLE XT O T E L AND WINE AND SPIRIT STORE. Above Theatre Royal, j QUEBN-STRKET.AUCKLAND/ M. GALLAGHER [La. k Thames and Cosmopolitan Hotels], PROPRIETOR. FEKRY HOTEL, NORTHCOTE, LATH STOKKB' POINT, J, MAXWELL, Proprietor. ' Accommodation for Travellers. Saddle Horses on Hire J jUEESON'- CTOIEL, CORNER OF CUSTOM-HOUSE AND LOWER HOBS ON STRKETS. Board and Residence. £1 per weok; Single Rooms, £1 ss. Suites of Apartments on application. Marshall ard Conpland's XXX Dunedin Beer in draught or otherwise. Dunedin Beer supplied at Cd per bottle. I THE BALL ALLEY. ' Tno Ball Alley is the first of tho kind established in the province, and is also tho finest in the colony, P. GLEESON, Proprietor. TERMINUS OTEL, NORTH HELENSVILLE. F. Ci/ARK Staff begs to inform Travellers and others that the Now Railway Station is now open for traffic, and that the steamers for Wairoa, Port Albert, and Pabi, now lie at the New Wharf; also that the Poit and Telegraph Offices are situate within fifty yards of the Hotel, Tho Hotel is commodious, and no effort will be spared to conduce to the comfort of its patrens. Good Stabling. Wines and Spirits (the best procurable in the market). F CLARK STAFF. Proprietor. T)ACK FROM THE SOUTH! TXT HARF TTOTEL, Next the Large Mill, Lower Queen-street, MR. FREDERICK ARCHARD (Late BritoiOß. t Hotel, and lastly of Gisbornc) Wishes to inform hfs otd friends that he has taken the above Weil-knojyn Hotel, where Wines and Spirits of the jßesf Quality will be kept. excellent accommodation for travellers. Old Faces Always Welcome. TEAMERS FOR ITHE NORTHERN WAIROA O TAMATEA. Ana all Stations in the Kalpara District, Start from tho Wharf at WALKER'S KAIPARA HOTEL, Railway Station, Helensville. Pas engera for Northern Wairoa or Otamatea, leav f 1 Auckland, per City of Cork, at 3 o'clock Mondays, and for Northern Wairoa or Port Albert, per City of Cork, at 3 o'clock on Wed nesdays, will find first-class accommodation, and every guidance, at the above Hotel. A large and well appointed addition has been made to the Hotel. New and well-ventilated Single and Double Bed-rooms. Private and well-furnished Sittinß-rooms np '. stairs and down. First and second-class Dining-rooms. The Billiard-room is new, and fitted with one j of Hopkins's and Stevens's besti Tables, with I < every requisite for the game. Ales, Wine., Spirits, Waters, and[Cordi_lfl, of | best quality only. j i Saddle Horses. Stabling. t



DamDier's Wonderful Bargains. r A DIES! Remember wo opon now nt 8 and close at G: and on Saturdays wo close at 10.30. Come and sen tho largo nice lot of Wonderful Fresh Bar gains, commencing with Ladies' Auckland Made Kid Hoots, at 8s the pair: Pompadour Ribbon. 3d the yd.: Satin and faille Bevers ahlo Hlbbon. (id ; Largo Lot other Summer Rib bons, lid to la; Vory Wide Sash Ribbon, lid the yd • Leather Table Mats, Is lid the set of li; Knives and Korks.Ort the nair; Hooks and Eyes, 2 cards for Id, or scl tho doz. cards; Glass Ink Bottles, with metal lids, Gd ; iilaok Bracelets, 3d tho pair; tho Fashionable Snako Bracelet, Is tho pair: Silvered Snako Braeolots, lid oaoh; MOO Lot of Tabic Oilcloth, la tho yd. Toll your husbands to look in the Wnkefleld-stroet Window at my Black and Summer Kelt Hats, at 2s each. lam rot aware that Ive had sti"h a cheap lot of Kelt Hats before; Hoj'B do., tho eanio price; Blank Lustre, -d and Is thei yd.: Hoys' Hummer Snlts.l 5s and 7s : Grand Metal Dress Holders. 2d; tho new fashioned Lanes Girdles, Gd; tho Ladies' now fashioned "lhiok Headed Necklaces, 1h (id; now fashioned Brooches (black or coloured), Gil; Kid Gloves, Is tho pair ; splendid lot of ,lcnephino do. (white and coloured), 2s; nico ha of Killing " hip*, Is each; Largo Curds ot Children's Tools. Hi tho card; Haying Cards, ild tho puck; jiandsomo Money Boxes, lid ; WorklinxeH, nicely lllled with Scissors. &c' 2-; Toy Hells, 2.1; Large do., suitable for Tn bin Bolls, Id; Largo _raml China Tea Sets, 2s; Diaper, Is tho yd.: Crochet Atiti mivocasare. Is 3d; Toilet Mats. Is tho set of v; Omuitiuscs, (id each ; Hair Brusheß, Is; Cam bric Handkerchiefs, till: Trumpets, 2d ouch; Punch Clappers, is; Engines,Od: Turkey 1 wlll, Is; Framed Oleograph Pictures. In the pair; Orand Pin Cushions, Sid; Largo Jars luminols Pomndo. lid ; Vloioria Mats, 2d each : largo nico lot of Ladles' cloves. Ed : Superior Finger Rings, fid; Infants' Feeding Bottles, I Inch; Children's I'alent Leather Boots. 2s; Children s Pnmolla do,, size ti to il. 3s ; Liidics E.s. Boots, 5s Gil; Prnnollailo., Gslid: pretty bottles binull ing Salts. 9d; largo cut. glass bottles Scent. Is Gd; 150vd. Heels of Thread, 3d ; 200 yd. Keels ol Cotton.'2d, or Is lOd tho do/..; Crochet Cot lon, 2d and 2.d ; Buttons. 12 doz. for Id; Cloth Vest Buttons." 12 doz. for Id; Ladles and f.irlh Thimbles. 2 for til; Brown Windsor Soap, 7 for Is; Glyoorine Bays, 7d tho bar; a few Blind Tassels 2d each; good sizo Picture Crosses, 2d: massive3-eorneredglass Ink Dotting, Is: L<«|j"-, and Girls' Umbrellas. 2s; nico liOt of Ladies Whlto Straw Hats, Is 3d: Girls' do.. lOd and Is : Men's do.. Is and Is Gd: Sheets of Pins. 2 for Id or Od tho doz.; Ladles' Ilmidsnmo Silk Squares, Is (id: Morley's Knitting Cotton, Nos. (i to 11. Is •Id the lb.: infants' Kneeling Bottles, !>,] eneh; Hook Muslin, oil and .' ; Steel Knitting Pus, I for 2d ; good size Tin Waiters, i ; Pretty Egg Cups !1 for Is; few Ball Dresses, a little soiled, Is • Men's Walking Sticks. Is Gd ; Hoys' do.. Dd ; Electroplated Forks. Is; do.Spoons. Id, Gd. and Dd : Hoys' Wide framed Slates. 2d; 2 Violins, with liows, 20s eaoh. Tell tho Shoomttkers 1 have a Nice Lot of Ludi:>«' Kid Hoot Uppers. 2s the pair, and a Lotof Ladies' Boot Blocks, Is tho pair; nice Lotof Hoot Trunks for anyone. 2s Gd to os ■ Wash Leather., Is each; about 15 doz. Tomahawks left for Is each; Playing Cards, !)d tho pack; nico Lot of Gorman Silver and Steel Spectacles, Is tho pair, worth 2s 6d; Slate Ponclls, Id tho doz. or fid for 100; Hair Nets. Id; another Lot of tho Blaok Velveteen, 2w Gd tho yd.; Lot of Sarconat.l Is tho yd.; Gents' Satin Bows, Gd andtld; Neckties, Id; Ladies' Scarves, fld to Is Cd; Peorless Glos.\ to shino the boots without brushes, fld: nico Lot ot Men's West End Collars, aizo 11, 3d (good quality); Black and White Borlin Wool, 3d tho doz: all the b.au tifulcolours, 4d; Ladies' Stays. Is Cd the pair; Calico, Ud; Towelling, J J d ; Fresh Lot of Whlto Rack Combs, Id and (i i: Mens-hlrts, la 3d to 2s Gd tho highOßt prico ; Hoys do., different sizes cheap; Ladles White Hose, 3Jd; Unbleached do.,Gd; Other colours, (id; Vory Wldo White Window Holland, fld per yd.; "reon Striped do.. Gd; Como Ladies and sco tho Lovoly Lot of Ladies' Summer Gloves I am telling at Gd the pair ; Children's Gauntlet Gloves, Id ; Ruche, difforent colours, 2d tho yd.; Lndios'and Girls Petticoats, 2s: vvhito do.. Is fid; Hoys Dux Collars, size 11J, 3d tho box; Mon's Grand Puggaree«, Dd ; Splendid Lino of Men's Unices. Is-ino .higher prico; Little Boy's do., Gd; Pull Hoxos, with pulls, Od ; Towels, 2d to24d; Largo Honeycomb do., Gd; Turkish do., Is; Navy Blue, Mnjenta M»roon. Greon, Brown, and Lavondor Merino, Is 3d the yd.; Ladlns' Bolts. Gd and fid: Men's do., lc; Boy's do,, '.Id; Hair Pads, 3 for Cd: Satin Tubular Trimming, Id the yd.: Roading Glasses, to hold in too hand, fld each: Nico Lot ot soent, Gd the bottle: Piping Cord 18 knots for 6d; Fingorlng Wool, 3d the hank; Ladies' and Mon's Stand-Up Collars, sizo 15,15., and IG, 2d the box : Embro idered Mats. 9d; Notepapor. 2d quire ; Flannel I.3d.—W. H DAMPIEIt -uccn-stroot I WANTED, my Customers to take par ticular notice of my Christmas Ho*iday_' List of Bargains, comprising a grand Hssorr mont of Fashionablo Millinery Bonnets, and Bomo of tho Cheapest Trimmed Ladies' Hats in Auckland. My house! is celobrated for selling the best and cheapest Kid Gloves iv town. The following list of pricss will bo a sure guarantee that tho articles will insure themselves to tho public, ospooiftlly Bohemian Kid Gloves, an ex cellent quality, in all sizes, prico Is Oil per pair, worth 3a 6d: one lino of Twilled Flax Shirting, at7d peryd., worth Is; Hummer Fancy 2-Button 2s, worth Is per pair; a Good Dark Kid Move, 2-Bnttonod, 2s. worth 3s Gd ; a splendid value in Ostrich Feathers. 5s Gd. worth 10s Cd ; a large stock of Long White Ostrich Koathors equally cheap : 1000 yards of Dress Mohair, for Summer wear. 7d per yard, worth Is Gd ; 30 dozen Silk Scarves, Is each, worth 2s ; 50 dozen Lace Col larots. Is, worth 3s ; a good lino in Black Kid Gloves 2-Hutton.3s. worth 43 Gd por puir; Men'e and Youths' Ventilated Straw Hats at Is, worth 3s: a Bplondid lot of Hoys' Straw Hats. 9d each. This is tho only house in town that has got the new Chlnnollo Frilling for Ball Dresses ; also, a great variety of Gold and Silver Laro; tho Gent.'s Now Tuscan Hats at ss, worth 7s Gd. A lot of heavy Flax Shirting, at 7d per yard, worth Is —WM. EYRE Victoria-streotJ "TV R A P E R Y. Wanted, all to Read this Advertisement, and keep it in their mind's eye, as tho Prices aro extraordinarily Low, and tho articles Good:— Lyon's Katharin, 8d a bottle : 181 yds Maizo and Eoro, Corded ICibbon (all silk), at 5d and 6d yard; 209 Turkey-Bed Handkcrchiofs (daninired) at Cd usual prico, Is each; Tasso Trimming, lid yard ; Men's and Boys' Braces, only Gd a pair; Men's Merino Drawers, 3s lid—usual price, os for same quality: 200 pair Girls' ."tock ings, size 1 and 5,1s ._ per pair: warehouse price was Is 9d, so you can soo what a bargain they are at tho prico. Ladies' Embroidered Chemises, 2s Cd each ; Handfomo Trimmed Night-dresses, 3s 9d each: White Holland. 6d and 7d a yard : it answers all tho purposes of a strong calico; Ladies' Lace Falls, 9d and Is each ; a few pair Ladies' Corsets left, at 2s per pair, size 25 inches ; 300 yds Lustre in Grey and Navy Bine, at lOd and Is, worth Is 3d yard ; Crochet Dollies, 2d each : Holland Pinafores, 9d each : a splendid lino of Ladies' White Petti coatß at 3s 9d, worth fully Is Gd each. J. GREEN, Victoria-street. N,B,~Panama Hats, 2s 3d each, which Is cheaper than thoy have ever been sold before In Auckland. Guru-mitns. DEVITT, Gnmaaker, _-4, Queen • street, Auckland, opposite tho Market house. Established, 1859.—Always in Stock and to arrive by direot importation from England made to advertisers own order,—Chokebore Breech-loading Guns, Double and Single Mnzzle loaders, Bieech-loading Revolvers, Hreech-load ing Rook and Rabbit Rifles, Game Bags, Gun Cases, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, and every article necessary to complete tho outfit of a sportsman. An assortment of every description of Revolver Cartridges, and all the best Brands in Sporting Powders aro imported, direct from the makers by tho the advertiser, who can guarantee thoir good quality. Cartridges for the Knfleld, Snider and Terry Rifles. Metallic Cartridge Cases, Chilled Shot and other speci alities always on hand. Conntry dealers liberally dealt with. Guns Re-stooked, Brow ned, etc., and every other kind of Firearm Repaired at reasonable prices. Notice.—Just to hand, a lot of good serviceable C. F. Chokebore Breech loading Guns cheap. Tho largest stock in Auckland to choose from. Also, in stock, a large assortment of Fireworks of the best auality. Fishing TacUle Portmanteaus PO li T M A" N T E \A_ U S' PORTMANTEAUS! ' W. CHATFIELD, Manufacturer of all kinds of Portmanteaus" SLadies' Travelling Trunks, Bonnet Boxes, Hat and Gun Cases. Travellers' Sample Cases, and Leather Cases of every description, made to size and order. Gentlemon's Portmanteaus always kept in stock \in great variety; manufactured from the Best Colonial Leather and Sold at English Prices. t_T Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 25, Grey-street. Auckland. Venetian Bllnas. AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY, COKrIER OF COOK AND GREY STREETS VENETIAN BLINDS 1 VENETIAN BLINDS! Made of the best Calif ornian Pine, guaranteed not to warp or twist. Our Blinds surpass all Imported Blinds, Wood or Iron. We have a very large stock of well-seasoned Pine Tim ber; also a Largo Stock of VENETIAN BLINDS on hand, assorted sizes. Wire Gauze , llnds made to order, and forward to all parts of the Colony at the shortest notice. A. & A. BUSBY (LATE M. HORTON BOSBY), I VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS AND| WIRE WORKERS, I 30RNER OF COOK AND GREY STREETS



Land aad Estate Agents. "tp ,J. MOSS AND 0 0., LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS, corner of o'connell | and short land streets IHNext abovk bank of Nkw Sooth Walks). Properties ontrustoil to us for Salo will havo the additional advantage of being placed on MOSS, HAINE & CO.'S CENTRAL REGISTRY in Wellington. OO HAA TO LEND, at current rates of In ±/O>UUU tercat, fn sums of -100 and up wards. CITY. SUBURBAN, AND RURAL PRO PKRTY foraale in all parts ot tho Province and tho fullest information to bo obtained by intending Sottlers or Investors. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-stio.t. ■\TEVV ZEALAND AGUICULTUHAL i.l COMPANY. Wo aro Agents for this Company, which has 100,000 ooreH splonriiil Agricultural Land open for selection. In blocks to BUit settlors, and to bo obtained on tho eaßiost terms. Plans to bo Boen and further information obtained on application. F. J. MOSS & CO., Bhortland-atrcet. ■OROPEKTIES FOR SAL E. TOWN AND SUBURBAN. PARK ROAD.—--Roomed House, now, and with tino view. RBMUKRA.-8-Roomed Houso, with ono Aero of Garden and Orchard. 7-Roomod Houso. with 6 Aorcs-gardon, orchard and padilonlc. ONKIIUNGA.—II Aorcs, valuablo for n factory. _l Acres and Large llougn, beautifully tillu atul, and with line (linden, Orchard, and Puddockß. S-roomed Home, with i Aero of Gardon and Orchard. 10-Hoomod House, vvilh flno Gardon, Or eliaid, and large Paddock. 12. Acres linn llullding or Garden Land. PONSONBY.—T-roomod House, with Grounds— 1 Acre. 8-Hoomcd House, with 1 Acre. Si-Roomed House, with _ Acre. fi Itoomcd Houso, with j Acre 10-Roomod House, with - Acres of Orchard and Grass Paddock. WELLESLKY-STItICI-T) Doslrab'o Building HOWK-s'l'KKK'l' r Sootlons in tlicso VIOTORIA-SIREKT ) street- For Salo. KARANGAHAPB ROAD.—7-Roomed Houso and Garden. NEWTON.—G-Boomod Houso and Garden. LAKKTAKAPUNA.—Farms of from 110 to 10 Acres, beautifully situated, and somo in high cultivation, for Hiiloin this favourite district. GRKAT SOUTH ROAD.-A cholco Farm or (ki acres, within (i miles of Auckland. REMUERA.—IS Acres, in whole or iv part. HOUNTTLBKR'F) HS^7^o^acw?n NOR m ROAD ihe.sa "growing NOR 111 ROAD ) aublu .i„. lluitAL Land. WAIKATO N Several Valuablo Proportles, cul- WAIPA tivatod or only partly improved. VVAITOA ]- and ranging from 150 to '2500 HIAKO I acres, fnr sale in thc.o easily WAIHOU ) accessible districts. WAIKATO.-- Valuable Blocks of 0,000 and 5,850 acres. To bo sold la the whole or in part. Also, a valuable and well-drained Farm, re claimed from the llux swamp, and the beat land in tho district. PAPAKUR* \ fA^-mSIE. 01 Farms of varied oxtont ?viii'i' south from liO t OSLO ucroH-in fVPAlVmill I theso well-settled and MAUKU well-known districts. WAIUKU J WAIROA NORTH.—An Kstnto of 1200 acres, very line land, a creator part in cultivation. 800 acres vory rich land, woll gra.sed and cultivate.. 000 acres, with right to graze over 20,000 acres adjoining. AW ITU.—2OO acres vory lino land. KAIPARA.—I2OO acres flno liiuostono country. RAGLAN.—I7OO acres lino limoutono country, close to tho township. ' BAY OF PLENTY.—2OOO acres, nonr Tauranga. POVERTY BAY.-0000 aorcs flno land, well grassed, and a splendid sheep run. : HAWKE'3 BAY.--0.000 acres lino slieop conn i try. ' KAIPARA.—in,OOO acres cattle run, to bo bought i at a low llgure. KAURI FOREST.—Somo flno blocks of kauri tlmbor land, and various othor properties on easy terms to suit purchasers. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-streot, ' Tjl o• R SALE. A faithfully built Steamer of 75 tons, and in comploto order. F. J. MOSS ft CO., ' -hortland-sti-Ot. LAND, INVESTMENT, AND TRUST AGENCY. .UNDER*|THEJjMANAOKJIKNT OF GEORGE FRASBR, INVESTING AND ESTATE AGENT. AND PUBLIC AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT. Offices : - No. C. South British Insurance Buildings, corner Queen and Shortland- Btrccts, and W. *. Grahame's Bond, Fort- Btroet, .Auckland. For the Sat.k of City, Suburban, and Conn try Properties, The Investment of Money in Land, Mort gages of Freeholds, Bank, Insurnnce, and othor .Dividend paying Companies' Stook. Tho Management of Estates for Trustees and others, Money to lend on Mortgage. Several Sums on hand nt Low Rates. Special Facllltieß for Re-payment if dosircd Buyers and Sellers are requested to Note that to those desirous of Acquiring, Exchanging, or Increasing Freehold Interests, and thus placing themselves and their families in the near futuro in a position of independence and above tho Impending struggles of tho mass of a teeming population, this aokncv is in a position ro give Spkciai,Facilities *_<r tbk Purchase of propbrty (of a flust-class character Only) entrusted to it kok balk. FOR SALE—THE FOLLOWING PROPER TIES I- First-olass Farm, Main South Road, about 350 acres very richest volcanic boII, cultivated, fenoed, and subdivided, with a beautiful resi dence and all necesßary oiitbiiil_in_s, with flno orchard and garden. Prico very chean, a ! bargain, and terms easy. Farm, Pukekohe, 350 acres, largo par culti vated, with good houso and line bush. Farm, Pukekohe, 1400 acres, unimproved, but partly fenced, well watered, and near Railway Station. Farm, Wairanga Valley, 150 acres, largo part cultivated with house, orchard, cattlo shed, &c. Farm, Pokono, 320 acres, mostly cultivated, and in graes, all fenced; galvanized Iron sheds and barn, railway convenient and good main road. Farm, Waikato Valley, 303 acres, partly fenced and in grass, good houso, garden, and orchard, railway conveniences. Farm, Waikato Valley, 129 acres closa to Rail way Station, good deon soil, easily cultivated. Farm, Razor Back, 63 acres, first-clnss land, fenced, with, house and necoes_ry outbuildings. Farm, Tuakau, 19 acroi, with excellent bush one mile from railway Btation. Surbnrban Land, Stokes" Point. 80 acres. Farm, Maungaturoto, 380 acres, good land, cheap, rail and wator communication. Farm, Waikato, 200 acrcß, partly in grass fenced, largo rfver frontage. Kstate, Waikato, 6000 acres, first-class land, large river frontage. i;state, Waikato, large Freehold and Lease hold property, with • farm buildings, stock, horses, cattle and sheep. A number of other properties. Fuller desoriptfons wfth Particulars on applf cation to GEORGE FRASER. Investment Land and Trust Agency T>'ROPERTIEH FOR SALE, HY •-'. R. RANDERSON, Broker and commission agent : RttGENT-STREET-Five-rooraod Houso for salo cheap. FIVK-ROOMED HOUSE (new) on allotment 120x00. Chean-£IOO. FOUR-ROOMED "HOUSE, West street, Now ton : £175. 88 ACRES POKENO. Fjno Farm. Tormß ex ceptionally eaasy. Prico £350. 100 ACRES, Wiroa Parish ; 5s an acre. WAIKATO—Lota 51 and 52, Komakarau, 100 acres; £200. 20,000 ACRES, Great Barrier Island, farming and timber land, from 9s per acre: choice elections. SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE, Great N.rth Road; £100. CORRUGATED IRON COTTAGE, Newmar ket; £150. VICTORIA-STREET WEST— Splendid Allot ment ; 51 x 70 ; £8 per foot. 170 ACRKS, Hunui District (cheap); 2os per acre, TWO NEW SHOPS, Wellington-street (overy improvement); £700. EIGHT-ROOMED HOUSE, large freehold, Pon sonby ; £800. TWO ISLANDS, Port Fitzroy, 150 acres; £100. TWO ACRES. Walface-strcot, Ponßonby. sea frontage; £100. FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES, Five-roomed Houses. Bix-roomed Houses, in Nowton, Ponsonby and elsewhere. Numerous other Properties in various parts ol the Provincial District. MANGERH—fine Farm, Choice land; £30 an acre. NINE-ROOMED HOUSE, freehold 100 x 175, Remuera; £175. ELLERSLIE—AIIotment 66 x 111, only £10 IRONMONGERY BUSINESS in Grey-street good opportunity. Stock at valuation. TWO Large Blocks Native Land, Bay of Plenty 53J, Register of Properties can be inspectod at the Office—s, Insurance Buildings. WANTED: To purchase, a Freehold Site or Shop, in or near Queen-street; good prico. Five-roomed Cottage, with freehold, about Hob- Bon-street; must be cheap. Purchasers for Stocks and Shares; also for Farms and other Properties. Good Bills for Discount at Reasonable Rates. Freehold Securities for vari.us sums of money, at Current Rates. , J. R. RANDERSON, , land and estate agent, 5, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, ;



-_-■■■■--■_■-■■■■■_■■»--■_■____■■■__■-■■---■■-- Land and Estate Agents. W 11. M. E •_■ C A L> F E KSTATEB& GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, | No. 21), Insuhan.ic Buildings. Tho advertiser, having had 17 years' ex perience, and beine; intimately acquainted with all properties now in his hands for sale, can advise intending Settlers in their choice ot land. FARMS,from •">(> to 8.001) acres, on hand, lull particulars on application. Several liood In vestments for Capitalist-, Commissions of every description oxocuted forCountrv Bottlers at low rates. *P ,,. TA T E AN U UN V ESTMENT ■*-* A <•', E N C Y. 1). K. E VANS (Lnto of Tannkii & EVANS). Estates Managed and Supervised for Exe cutors and others Salo of House, Land, and other Properties Loans and Mortgages Negotiated Insurances Ktlectedat Current Rates Money Invested In Hank Shares and othor Stock (without chargo to investor) FOR SALE: MOUNT ALBIORT, near tho Station. — A Choice Proporty; good house <G rooms), &o.; stable, buggy-houso, tec; about 1 acres garden and paddock. WOODSTItKIOT, Ponsonby.—Splendid Rosi donrc (S rooms), fc-c.: lilted well; ovory convenience.; magnillcenl view of city nnd har bour ; l_rgo nllnl.mitiit, laid out in fruit and orna mental trees and llowers (very clioiue). rpoi' OF FRANKLIN KOAD. — Handsome JL Villa Kc.sideii-e. and largo garden. I_>ROSI.-CT TEUIUCK. - -Pretty Villa; nioo garden, &c f-\ RACK-HTItICKT, Pcniscmli. .--Pretty Villa VT anil largo nihil meet. Allt 1 V LIC-KTII KKT, 1 'niiMinhy— Now 1 louso (well finished); 'J acres garden mid pad dock. I>UNSONI!Y.— Marine Residence, anil about •_' acres land (cheap) I\E YON PORT.—Splendid Soa-sidoßrßldonoe, J replete, erected on _ acres good land, laid out lis garden, Sco,; mure land available if miuiioil QYMONDS-STREICT. —Commodious House, D 111 mums, ,Vc,: guild position / 11tJCY-.STItKI-l'. linns. 8 rooms, well built, VT good position AT EAR MOUNT UOSKlLL.—llonso, 8 rooms, JS sec . 7 acres volcanic land I >-AItANtIAIIAPH; ROAD.—House, -rooms, IV ~c; iii'iirUpporOiinen-Htrcot HKM UKIt A.—A splendid lit 1 10 Dairy Farm, about It! acres I <DI*BURGH-3TREET, NttWTON. — Now I j Home, 11 looms (cheap) NKWTON.— Cottage, S rooms, &o„ In good position, anil almost new ; allotment _*l by 100. Price, only i'ASO. WOOD-STUNS.'..— Houso, 7 rooms, Bplondid garden. Sen. Only .C.OO. K'AUANGAIIAPE KOaD.—Houso. Oroomß, . etc.; wnll-llnhhcd, wnt.erlaldinto kitchen, etc.; goon position. Only £160. MAUNG AICAItAMI.A. — _7(i acres good mixed Land, -limited botwe-ii Mungupal and tho Wairoa. ltivor. Ouly_!l per acre. i.iUUNi ICDKN.—House, 5 rooms, pantry. ItJL Koullory, out-houses, &o.; and about 1J acres g-ideii. paddock, &c. Only J2__o. Besides HOVoral other Properties, situated In Ponsonby, Newton, Parnell, &0., and choice Farms in vVnikalo and other districts. Full particulars on application to D. F. EVA NS, E3TATE AGENT. 71, Queen-street, Upstair (Opposite Bank of Now Zealand). Painters, Glaziers, _zc. _ .. ________________ AT oun Plate Glass, Coi/iuh, PAPERHANGING, Gilt Moulding, and Pictube Waukuousk, 5 10 PACK AG E S T> AIN T E US' |f ATERI AL S, Including n Choice Collection of Photographs (plain and coloured), Chromo Lithographs, i Oleographs, studies for Artists in Colours and Craj ons, A rl ists'Sundries. Fancy Kramos, Ladies' Desks, Photo. Screens, Pti-to. and Scrap Albums, &c., &c, nnd A NUMBER OF NOVKLTIKS. The Plctnros were selected by ono of our firm while in London, and havo been pronounced by local artists tho boit ever imported; and, having received with them a Splendid Assort ment of NfW, Fancy Mouldings, wo can Frame to suit all tastes, at Very Low Prices. an Inspection Invited. \V. PHILLIP PS & SON, !),-■ Se 97, ''IIHIKN-3TRKET. ~\T X W PAP EKIiAN GIN G S J.l »on 18.SC. Largo and Small Buyors of Paporhanglngs wll do well to call at HOLLAND & BUTLER'S Pajp.-riianoinor, Oil. Colour, fi: glass \YAItttIIOUSE, 28 & 30. VICTORIA-STREET, AUCKLAND, Whore may be inspected ono of the largest, and best-selected Stocks of Paporhanglngs in Now Zealand, From id por pieco to tho most costly. GILT „ STAINED PICTURE - FRAME MOULDING' In Great Vurioty. PJCTCRK-FRAMI.VO Of ALT. IT3 BRANCHES, At lowest possiblo rates. Oils, Colours, Glass. Varnishes, Brush'Haro, Scrim. Glass Shades, Wax Flower Making Materials &c„ &c. HOLLAND & BUTLEK, on, and Class Merchants. -laddlfirw. a _H b o VK hakebTH ONE MONTH ONLY. STRONG DURABLE STOCK SADDLES, Our own make complete with Mounts, from £3 ss. Od. WS. JONES • Having .inst landed ex ' Loch Doon and 'Scottish Lassio' a largo assortment of all kinds of HARNESS MOUNTINGS, ho is now prepared to execute all ordors for Carriage, Buggy, Singlo or Pair Horso, Gig or Dog Cart, Singio or Tandem. Always on hand, a Laroic Stock of CAB, SPRING CAR!', DRAY AND FARM HARNESS W.9..T. has always a large gonoral stook, com prising Racing, Steeplechase and Hunting Saddles nnd Bridles, Sluble Roquisites, Summer and Winter llorecolothing, Valises, Portman teaux, Courier Bags, Waterproof Paste for Baddies and Harness, Compos, Oils, &0. ELLIMANS EMBROCATION, JUST ARRIVED. A large stock of latest improved extra Btron_ PACK _ ADDLES alwoys on hand. From 60s. W. S. JONES, QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. Coltee uaerchan-S "OK OWN, BABEJETT & CO.'S AUCKLAND STEAM COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS, COFFEES. IX IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN THAT GOOD COFFEE Is the best stfmulatlng Beverage both for Winter and Summer. To obtain what you really want, ask for onr Beat Brands, the EXCELSIOR or STANDARD, which have sustained thoir good nameß over Ten Years, and have vory muoh increased in demand—a sure proof o their being consumed and appreciated in all households throughout and even out of our province. sa. Wholesale only at our Mills and Agents _ _ Retail at all Grooery Establishments In Town and Country- £«£ . Oar best Jgo Excels Brand, green label I qualities. ►j So Stannard „ red VEverypkge S^^ Lion „ pink „ ) with onr P°S ' siirnature 5_S |1S g_ £ 0 2 \ Onr lowest gStfAnohor „ pneo „ .f qualities, o2= Crown „ yoilow ~ f wtthout onr __.„ ) Bf gnat ore. §nr PEPPERS and SPICEH wo guarantee of Best Quality, and free of adulteration. BROWN, BARRETT & CO. I EUlott-street, Inly, 13th 1870.



| Waikato Advertisements. THE WAIK AT v HOTEL (Ad-Oinino -iib Hamilton Hall). iftTho abovo fs tho finest Family and Commer cial Hotel in tho Provincial District of Auck land. It has been built with all tho latoßt improvements, regardless of expense, and is being fitted up with every rogard for both com fort and elegance. Tho rooms are spacious and ofty. The view from this Hotel is of thoniOß Inarming characer. From tho upper windows a full view is obtained of tho Waikato Plain, with its magnificent rivers and mountainous background. All Coaches running to Railway-station call In connection with each train, WINE AND SPIRIT DEPARTMENT. Wines and Spirits aro selected by an ox porienccd buyer and only tho Most Choico Kinds kept in Stock. DickonßOn and Burnett's Cki.khratkd PALE ALES, Brewed on ihe Burton principle (on draught or in bottle). Special Terms to Theatrical Troupes Show and Other Companies. Tho Hall adjoining may bo had for Entertain ments at a Moderate Charge. Visitors en route to tho Hot Lakes can be supplied with Guides and Horses. Trapa and Buggies for Hire. First-class Stabling Accommodation. S, W. LUCK. PItOXMUETOK. TTkUKIi OF CAMBRIDGE HOTEL R O B E It T~ kTr X W O O D (Formorly of National Hotel), Having pnrohasod the Duke of Cambridge, will bo glad to »oo bis old friends and the Public. R. K. intends shortly to mako important alterations to this Hotel, and will do his boat to give satisfaction 1' A M E S R T U A R T, a.w having sueccoded Mr Camp in his long cstablishod business, hopes by untiring atten tion, energy, honesty, anil civility, to merit a continuance of the many favours accorded to his predecessor. New Goods being forwarded by every steamer, customers will find some thing now ovory day to ehooso from. Tho loading iteniß are:—stationery (Law, i Commercial, and General); Tobacconists' and Fancy Goods Dunlins' Wares; Now Books in endless variety, and always arriving. MUSIC—Doing bo long connected with this art, practical and theoretical, J.S. hopes his friends will do him the favour of calling to inspect his present und always increasing slock of Slicot and other Music, which Is being sold at Auckland prices. INSTRUMENTS for Salo: Cornets, Clario nets, Fiutcs, Horns, Bares, Trombones, Picoloe, Flageolets, &c., to., &o. Clarionet Roods, Violin Strings, Pegs. Bridges, Sec. Anglo- Gorman and English Concertinas, Flutes, Clarionets, Harmoniums and Pianos Tuned and Repaired on short notice. Cambridgo, Novombor 4th, 1880. rriHE A LPHA tXOTEL, KTHII-IHI, WAIKATO. I_ a A L L I N, Proprietor. Visitors nnd (Travellers will moot with Com fortablo Accommodation. Looso Boxob. Good Stabling. ITj AMILTON RAILWAY NOTICE KDWARDH Bogs to Inform tho publlo that a Coach moots ovorytraln arriving from Auckland. Charges reasonable. Spoolol Carriages provtdod te ordor on instructions being sont por poet or telograpb to B. EDWARDS, Livery and Bait Stables, Hamilton. TAUPIRI COAL MINING COMPANx (LIMITED), The Company aro now SUPPLYING COAL at thoir Mine, Huntly Railway Statfon, at the following prfeca:—• Ilousohold (lumpy) _ 12a per ton Steam (Borecnod) .10s „ Slack 4a „ In Truck-loads of 6 tons. In bulk. Orders for Au.klaed, Nowmarket, and On hunga, will bo received at tho Company'! Ofllce, Fort-Btrcot. Orders for othor Stations, addresses to the Mlno Manaier, Tauplri Coal Minos, Iluntlj and accowpanicd by remittance, will |b< • promptly to, FRANZ SCHERFF. IXJAXIUiNAL HOTEI IS CAMBRIDGE Numerous Improvements and additions having been oomplotod, this Hotel now affords tho boßt accommodation to Visitors and Tourists. Spacious Samplo Rooms havo boon provldof for Commercial Traveller.. First-class Billiard Tablo under tho Superln toudonc. of a careful Marker. /GUIDES FOR "TOURISTS, Arrangements havo boon mado so that Ouldo for Visitors to tho Hot Lakes aro avail-' ablo upon short notice. Instruction by post or telegraph promptly attended to, A U D U S II A V N E 5, Proprietor, 1 Merchandise. G. Wo G WEN & C°" Queen-street Whakf, HAVE ON SALE (EX RECENT ARRIVALS) : A LARGE STOCK OF rpEAS, GUGAHS, Q.KOCEPJES, AND QILMKN'S g TORES, Comprising— FINE TEAS, In half-chosts and boxes Victoria and Sydney Companies* SUGARS Mauritius and Ci ji ditto CANDLKS-Bclmont, Do Roubafx, &c, &0. Starch, Blue, Soap, Hoap Powders, &c Currants, Ffgs. Baroolona Nuts. &o. Elomo, Muscatell, and Sultana RAISINS Jams, Candled Peel. Marmalado, Jellies Brown Se Poison's and Brown's CORNFLOUR CONFECTIONERY. Jujubes. Kesences Van Houten'B, Taylor's, and Fry's COCOA and CHOCOLATE Ncavos Food, Maizina Salad and Castor Oil, Hair Oil, &o. Pickles, Sauces, Curries, Capers, &c. Blacking, Hlncklead, Vestas RICE. SAGO, TAPIOCA, ARROWROOT Salmon, Lobster, Sardines, Cod-llsh, Ling, &c, Butter, Checao HAMS and BACON Washing and Carb. Soda Tartario Acid, Cream of Tartar Paper, Paper Bags, Confectioner's Bags AMERICAN CANNED FRUITS, &o. &c. &c. &c. G. W. OWEN & CO., QUEEN STREET WHARF, HAVE ON SALE: 300 socks Mcek'B Crown Brond FLOUR 500 „ Wilsjn, Harraway _ Co.'s FLOUR 100 „ R. Anderson's FLOUR 500 „ AucXfnnd Ground FLOUR 100 „ Wood's " Star" FLOUK 00 tons „ Make; &c, in Small Bags 800 sacks HEAVY OATS 600 „ TARTARIAN SEED OATS «00 „ BRAN and SHARPS 100 „ FOWLS'WHEAT 800 bags Western and Westell's FINE and COAKSK SALT 200 cases KKKOSINE OIL 35 bales Grey, Blue, Pink, and Brown PAPER andiPAPER BAGS G. W. OWEN & Co., QUEEEN -STKEET WHAKF, HAVE ON SALE : 30 casos Prime CANTERBURY CHEESE 30 cwt. Prime HAMS and BACON 10 tons CANTERBURY POTATOES. Watcnmagers and Jewellers. CLEASING-OUT na_,_, FOR ONE IWEEK. PUN.S, ~~ HARMONIUMS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELLERY. /tarNo Reasonable Offer Refused..©* 25 per crnt.'Discount for„Caßh Buyers.' •)• Jul o w d c n, SHORTLAND-STREET. -\ir R S. T\ O W N UPPER HOBSON-STREET. estahlishkd 1861. Every Description of Stay Corsets, &c. SUROICAL BkI.TS, UPON THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. SHOULDER STRAP 3 MADE TO ORDER. xarCountry Ordors Punctually Attended To



Urapery. <2 P R I N G, 18 80. F, [TOMLINSON IB NOW SHOWING HIS FIRST PARCEL OF SPRING GOODS Suitable for tho Spring Season. comprising all the Newest Textures and Matbkials IN Galatea stripes, Beatrice Stripes Attalea Twills, Dress Twills India Stripes, Dress Sateens Imperial Reps, Gala Stripes Plain Percales, Pompadour Sateens Pompadour Prints Also, Tho Anglrn Cloth, tho Newest Material for tho Season, very stylish, and recommended to wear well These Goods arc marked at Prices to Suit the Times, and to onsure a Speedy Clearanco to mako room for further Goods to arrive. INSPECTION INVITED. F. |T 0 M L I N S 0 N, DRAPER. Warwick House. Paunbll. ;XU S T A XXI YE D BY TUB i ' FERNGLEN,' AND 'LUTTERWORTH i OUR I SPRING AND QUMMER OOTPLY [ OF "OOYS. <rOUTHS*, AND M EN /"ILOTHINr-f . B OYS' AND YOUTHS' ) QLOTHING OF EVERY /COLOUR AND QUALITY. a DHILLI P S' TV/T ART, QUEEN-STREET. B Sewine Machines. I OEWINU jy/jAU HIKES a TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES i ° _« o - _Sr^L-\a r, _ < -B "w WOT BP 3 3* "" ' ""*" 5S fc B_ a -S B Thoso Machines have now been bo long bofor tho public that they huvo established a reputa tion for themselves and oan be confidently recommended by h-indruds who possess them i as superior to all others for domestic use. Tho now Elliptic ohuttle Movement Is acknowledged on all hands as the simplest quietest., and most beautiful motion ever in, vontod for the purpose. The now Patent Shuttle has only one hole to thread, and Is larger than most othnrs. Sole Aqknti T. P_A<')CK, OPTICIAN, S.-riland-streot, ; «-»' SB VINO ---CHINES REFAIBKD. Not for an ago, but for all time I ' DINGER'S OEWING Tl/TACHINES. SALES 1875, t ln Four Years) SALES 1879 249.552 I nkarly I 431,167 MACHINES. ( DOUBLED !! j MACHINES * LARGEST SALE in the WORLD LARGEST MANUFACTORIES IN THE WORLD I PATENT TkUPLE ACTION BALANCE WHEEL, and may have, when required, the New Patent Cocoon Shuttle (in stead of the Bobbin Shuttle). NEW FAMILY MACHINE, on Pol- | ishod Walnut Table, with Drawers, Stand, and Treadle. Price .. _ £5 17 0 ACCESSORIES GIVEN WITH EACH MACHINE. 1 Feller i Ex. Check Spring I Set Hcmmers & Folder 6 Shuttle Bobbins I Tuok-marker „ 1_ Needles I Quilter „ l Screwdriver 1 Braider l Bottle of Oil I Straight Guide 1 Oiler 1 Screw for Straight Gnido 1 Book Instruction I Extra Needle-plate Other Accessories for special classes of work are supplied at a small extra charge. Price Lis sent post free. aSY I J N. G MACHINES for'all classes of work fitted to work by hand, foot, or steam power. The Sowing Machines made by the Singer Manufactnring Company are acknowledged by ojmmon consent to be by far the best Sowing- Machines that mechanical ingenuity has been able tp produce. Although the Sin/er Sewing Maohinos are comparatively late in the Held, yot the extraordinary demand for them dnnng the past few years—as indfeated by the successive annual sales—has obliged this enter prising company to increase their Faotorfes to an extent that seems almost inoredible. The largest of their Faotories is at Elizabeth, New •Jersey. Here, the main building has 1100 feet frontagel; Forging Shops, 700 feet; Foundry,6oo feetby.loofeet; Cabinet Shop,2oofeet; Packing Shops, 200 feet; The main building has four floors; the Cabinet and Packing Shops have , each three floors. : SiEntiro works employs 3,500 men. Tho yard contains 6 miles railroad traoks. There are also Factories at, or near, the City of Glasgow, and the dimensions of these works may be imagined, when we say that 2,500 hand ' here, as at tho American works, find constant 1 employment. The turn-out'of Machines alone ' is 10,000 every week, or, at the rate of 500,000 i (half a million) for the current year. The various parts and new accesßories, needles ou ' &c, &c, required for tho 3.500,000 Sawing i Machines, whioh __c in use all over the world— these demand special attention and much labour. A Staff of Skilled Meohanics and Sew- ( ing Machine (Experts is always employed for I the sole purpose of making every possible 1 Mechanical Improvement on the Maohineß and I accessories. 1 And notwithstanding the Very Great Ke, 1 duction in Pricks, tho Company continues to t give Wonderfully Kosy Terms to Purohaserson , the Hire or Deferred Payment System. ' (To be continued.) { 'BRANCH OFFICE: 1 m FORT STREET, AUCKIAMD, "m *