"I don't doubt it—as tar as she is herself ?onccrncrt ; but I was thinking of old Miss Langtroy. Are you aware that The jrrango is niortgafied, and the mortgage lbout to be foreclosed ?" •'Moitgayed ? By whom ? By Mis3'Lang irey ?" lie !>i)oke quickly. He w«i» evidently itartlcd. "By the late squire. He mortgaged it for live thousand, a month or so before his Jeath." " Do you know the mortgagee ?'' "John Fawcett." " Fawcctt of Singleton ? His own solici tor ';" "Ay; the original mortgagee being Frank Fawcett, hia nephew—now a junior partner. Frank Fawcett, however, transferred the mortgage to his uncle some years ago. But we may be pretty sure that it was the elder Fawcett's money from tbe first, and that it has been lonL' since paid, with the Lord knows how many more thousand?, in the form of costs." "Heavens ! What an infamy 1" Mr Marrables smiled blandly. " Clever practice, my young friend," said he. "Miss Lancjtrey must not loose The Grange I" exclaimed Lord Brackenbury, emphatically. " How do you propose to prevent it f' "By paying oil the mortgage immedia tely. It In what Guthbert would do, if he were bora." " It is what ho would have a right to do— which you have not." " But I will do it for him —with his money." <i stop I —Veither you nor any one else is supposed to know that TheGiange is encum bered. It is a matter that has been kept strictly private. Besides, if Miss Langtrey docs not take you into her conlidence, how can you pcrfoim the part of a " Deus ex niacliiii.l,' descending upon the stage with a money-bag in one hand aud a cancelled deed in the other ?' H"lf|'you' knowof the mortgage, why may not 1 know of it?" "Because I learned it from an engrossing cleik, who would be ruiued if his name leaked out. You cannot acton my infor mation." Mr Erackcnbury half rose from his chair. . "By heavens! Marrables," ho said angrily, " you delight to raise obstacles. If Fawcett forecloics, the place will be put up for sale, and wo can buy it in, Or you might ro to Fiiv cettaii'l Clark, and say that I wish |to, atranee the matter privately. The thing can be managed ; and if well managed, Miss Lanetiey uecd not even be told that lam in it." Mr Marrables listened with provoking calmness. "My dear young friend," he said, •" you theorise with the refreshing impulsivness of youth. The place will not be put up for sale. The mortgagee will take the estate in liquidation of the debt, and an excellent bargain he will get. I should not wonder if old Fawcett means to live at The Grange himself. As for arranging the matter privately in Miss Langtrey's favour, you might as well propose to "arrange privately for the settlement of the National Debt. It is simply a case of Imngtrey versus Shylock, Shylock is a cannibal ; and though you should offer him a dozen beefsteaks in ex change he prefeis his pound of flesh." " But there ' must' be a way out of it I" " Uundoubtedly, there is a way out of it. Prove your brother's will, and pay Miss Winifred Savage's legacy of twelve thousand pounds." Mr Brnckcnbury moved uneavily in his chair, and shaded hk face with his hand. " I must have time," he said presently ; " time to consider." " You have taken four years to con.ider already,"said Mr Marrables. Tea was brought; and after tea, the spirit decanters and cigar boxes. Mr Coch rane laid down his book ; and the little lawyer, dropping his professional manner, chirrupped and chattered away as betore. But {Lancelot Brackenbury went out for a solitary walk on the terrace. When after about half-an-hour's absence he came back, it was with a very grave and a somewhat pale face. " I have made up my mind, Marrables," hfi Raid abruptly. " I will do as you advise." "lam heaitily glad to hear you say so. "I do it against my inclination—against my t judgment. But I yield to circum stances. God forgive me if Ido wrong I" " Believe me, you do only whpt is just. And now—for we must net promptly—you had better meet me in Singleton to-morrow morning, and I'll have the affidavits ready. What o'clock shall we say ? Eleven ?" The young man nodded gloomily. " Very good -eleven. And now I mnst be going home. No, no— dou't ask me. I would stay if 1 could—only too gladly. But I have an appointment at my office to morrow morning at nine, and another at half-past; nnd it will run me pretty sharp to be ready for you by eleven. May I order my trap ? " By all means ; but it's sheer inSMiily to turn out for .a fourteen miles' drive at thia hour. You can't see a yard before you.' " Oh ! that's nothing," said Mr Marrables, putting out his hand to the bell. "The mare knows her way, and sees in the dark like a cat." The solemn butler appeared. " Bid James put the mare in, Church, and bring the trap round." The order was so unusual, that Church looked at his master to see if anything was wrong. " We've cot your room ready, sir," he said hesitatingly. "All the worse for me. Church, that I can t occupy it to-night. Just tell James to be as quick rs he can, will you ?' "Yes, sir." " And look here, Church—my lord will kindly lend me an extra rug till to-mor row." The faintest gleam of intelligence flashed over Church's monumental countenance; but Lancelot Brackenbury looked down and said nothing. Mr Marrables had carried his point. CHAPTER XVI. ART, KATUKE, AND ETHNOLOGY. Horace Cochrane was one of tbe discreet cst of men. He said nothing till questioned, and even then be committed bimsrlf as little as possible. His friend took it for granted that be had heard both sides of the question, aud asked what he thought of it; to which Mr Cochrane replied that, although be had done his best not to listen, he could not help hearing something of the discussion, and that from what little he did hear, it seemed to him that Mr Marrables was right. He did not say how much that little was, nor did Lancelot ask him. Now be had in truth tried, hard net to hear; and although lie was by no means in a reading mood, he did, somehow or another succeed in abstracting his mind from the conversation, till the name of Mies Winifred j Savnge arrested his attention, That name, spoken by Mr Marrables with peculiar emphasis, took his ear by surprise, and for a moment he caught himself' listening to what followed. After this, do what he would, he could not again deafen himself to what was going on. He forced his eyes to follow the printed words along the page, but they couveyed no meaning to his brain. He beard all about the mortgage, and all about the legacy that Lord Brackenburv had leit to his intended bride. There oouU] b? no nonbt that these were exceedingly private matters, and that he had no business to kDpw anything about them ; but it was not his fault that they were discussed in his presence, or that he had involuntarily heard what was said. The two young men rode to Singleton early next moining, where they put up for a couple of hours at" The Three Feathers " —an old-fashioned inn and posting house overlooking the mar^et-nlftce. Mr Coshrane then strolled ont to see the town, while Lancelot Braokenbury—who should now b.e oaUed Lord Brackenbury—tran sacted his business with Mr Marrables. There is not much to interest a stranger in the clean, commonplace, sleepy streets ot this North Country town. Mr Cochrane, however, roused up the sextoness, went over the Abbey Church, tried in vain to decipher the half-effaced legend on the markstioro^s, inspected some fragments of Rom.au wall in a meadow outside the town, and sauntered round the grass-grown bull-ring which local archaeologists fondly believe to be the remains of a, Roman amphitheatie. Having done all this—and it barely consumed an hour of the time he had to wait—he came back to "The Three Feathers,1' took refuge iv a warm corner of the coffee-room, and solaced hitnself with " Burkes Lauded Gentry" aud yesterday's " Manchester Mercury," They were to have luncheon presently, when Lancelot's business was done j and then they wero to rido home by way of Langtrey Manor, so paying that promised visit to tbe ladies of The Grange. If has been seen that Mr Cochrane was somewhat keen upon this visitto the Grange. Betides, that he was a bit of an antiquary inquisitive about old houses, old families genealogies, and the like, he was also curious to sco the young lady whose pros pects had been so strangely blighted a few years ago. Vague rumours of her teautv. of her poverty, aud of the generous motives of the lost lords wooing, had found their way ere while from Lancashire to London • and when herlover'a di^ppearancewaii the

common talk of the town, Miss Savaon' name cams frequently to the Burfaw ' Horace Oochrane had at the time been «' much interested in the affair as cverv n else ; and, like every oneelse, had by m ,]fS grown tired of it. Chancing, however to 1 come acquainted with J.aucelot KiackfT bury a year or two after, cvciy balf-forctt",! circumstance of the notorious "Jirackeiihur : Caae" came back upon him with twofoW vividness. Meanwhile, although tli ' acquaintance ripened to intimacy and led t thiapresent invitation to Old Court, hekne no more of the story than before. JtwJl a buliject upon which Lancelot Brackenburv never opened his lips, and upon which boo,] taste and good feeling lorebado the other to veuturc. This restraint, however W '' the more stimulated his curiosity ' v • longed to ask a hundred questions, alt'hoiifW he dared not ask one. Above all, ho w : impatient to see the heroine of the stor Sitting in the coffee-room of "The Th Feathers," deep as it would seem in ly? local news of the " Manchester Mercury " he could not get last evening's converse;,! out of his head. That the old Grange sS be saved at the last moment by this niff from the dead was a purely dramatic touch ! and one thut pleased him hugely. So di'l the legacy. Twelve thousand pounds is b. fascinating sum. There is a respectah! simplicity about it which is very noothine <n the imagination ; and Mr Cochrane as a man of the world, would have been one o? the first to admit that a heroine with £2 00Q to her fortune is of necessity more interest ing than a baroine with not so many p<. D >»". i From Singleton to Langtrey the way lie, ■'•■', hrough a fat, flat country rich in corn-landa; and apple-oichoids, with glimpses here and ' ' there of a winding river, and now and then a tarmhouse, or a grey church tower " A r pleasant country to ride through, especially ' it one knows it well enough to leave the high road and follow the green lanes thronch" which Lancelot Brackenbury piloted Kg guest this.bright November afternoon! it was, ineeed, more like early October than mid - November. There had of late been a long spell of mild aDd ioeev weather; hut to-day the sky had cleared and there was a pleasant freshness in thn air. The trees were thinned, but not vet stripped of their gold and russet foliage- and the berries were scarlet in the hedW' rows. Yonder to the left, dark with furaa and scrub, and breaking away here and" therein walls of yellow sand-cliff, rose the loDg, sullen ridge of the Brackenburv Moors. From Singleton lying well out in the valley, to Langtrey nestled tcloise under the lee of ihis ridge, the two friends rodeii at a brisk canter. [ .-^ Talking from time to time in a desultoryl "■> way with long spaces of Bilence between i they came by and by to a triangular pateh 1 of grass whereon a three-fingered sign-nost marked (he meeting-place of thred by. roads. The fingers pointed "To Sincle ton," " To Langtrey " and "To Bracken, bury." Cochrane was about to turn his horse's ' head towards Langtrey, but Lancelot took the Brackenbury Road, saying that St Was prettier, and not much out of the way, S It was certainly very pretty—a inira' lane, scarcely more than a cart-track, skirts ing the right bank of a little slder-fringed • stream close finder the foot of the tidfk>i Between the opposite bank and the blobb beyond, there ran a strip of meadow uv which cows were feeding; and | presently ; they came to a point where ;a wooden foot, bridge crossing the stream, and a roofless i cottage standing out in strong light against a background of sandy hill-side lookedwlfi placed on purpose for the sketcher. ; v" U A^r y r. WBu ts " few wcessoriep,^ •bserved Mr Cochrane, critically. tt Hiß companion smiled. ' " Accessories T" he repeated. " Whatsoit of accessaries? The time-honoured white horse, or the inevitable old woman in a red Cloak t" Nonsense—you know what I [mean. It is a nice little subject; but to make a pic. ture, it needs ;a foreground object—say a' tree-trunk yonder, to balance | the com. position ; or an old cart standing half in. and half outfof tbe>ater. Anything simple and picturesque." "A man hanged himself in that cottage about ten years ago—what do yoa say to ! that for a picturesque incident? You might ; by an artistic license, transfer him to a branch of that tree in the foreground. But I confess the scene is simple and picturesque enough for me as it is." Cochrane shook his head. He sketched rather effectively in a conventional style,'! and he wrote occasional criticisms on tha studios for a fashionable paper, HenceW had come to be regarded as an authority •n matters of Art, in Belgravia. "Ah," he said, confidently, "that U' where you and I differ, I don't in the ieaet. smpathise with your ultra-realwtic ecnool, Isn't it Lord Bacon who defines Art as • Nature 'plus' man ?'" " Yes, but not as Nature ' plus' the gtigt*, manager. Your tree-trunk and yonr cart, ure mere 'properties '—not one "jot more' legitimate, to my thinking, than the red cloak or the white horse. But look I hereia a foreground object atter your own heart" I A turn in the road had just brought tbeiij in sight of a sand-carrier limping at the: heels of a very small .andXvery Bh&ggf donkey. The man was long, abd lanl^1! ' aud lame of one foot; the ass,, ladea. with a couple of heavy sacks, teemed U! carry his burden with difficulty. ' S '• In this one of your Saracen-folk ?" asked. Cochrane. "Ay, and if I don't mistake, he's the.spaj of your acquaintance of yesterday. Halloo I my man, mind where your going!" fi The fellow looked round, pulled his ass up to the roadside, and waited for them to pass. He was a sallow, sullen-lookiDg lad of' eighteen or twenty, with matted black locksi haufiing about his ears, and a mangy fur cap on his head. Seeing who approached, .ha pulled this article off, and stood twirling It. ' in his hands. " So it's yon, Seth,"sald Mr Brackenbnrji', reining in his horse. " Where an yon going?" ~l!.i "T( pottery." " What, to Stoke V' The fellow nodded Mr Brackenbury shook his head. ' "Not with that load," he said ''I tell, you what it is ray man— this is a case or.too much sand, and not enough don key,''j',- (1 Seth stared and said nothing. "Come, you know what I mean," said' Mr Brackenbury, sharply. "Unt.ieso»: sacks, aud let out some ot the sand.j J!p you hear ?" fie heard, but stirred not. " T'hummar be strong eno'," he sail; surlily. Mr Brackenbury looked at him, drew.off his right hand glove, turned back his coat?. cuff, and examined the lash of his ridingi ' whip. . . "If you don't immediately follow my. advice, Seth Want," he said, vecy anietly.r, " I shall have ihe pleasure ot givingyouM smart a licking as ever you had in,your, life. Ah 11 thought that argument would' convince you. Now let it run till I bidyon stop." ,-•■ - very uiiwimugly, Mr Seth Plant untied; the mouth first of one sack and then of tha - other, leaviug by the wayside two conic&li sand heaps, like the runnings ot a gisnt , hour glass. He then slowly reloaded JM*. donkey, Intending to scrape up the Band,! and put it back again as soon as tbe genfe men should be out ot sight. But Lancelot Brackenbury was fully awake to: this pos-' sibility, and though it compelled himMK I and his friend to travel at a footpace, na made tho sand-carrier trudge on before. ,!jj||j| " There isn't a bigger scamp on the moot than that long scoundrel," said he, pres ently ; "except his father, In feet,'" .^' would be haid to find two more characte ristic specimens of our 'dark folk' than ls»? 1 pbre' and Seth ' fils*. " ,; "Are they all so swarthy;P aske(j Cochrane. " Pretty nearly. Some of the women Mf red.-ha.lred, though. Do you see anytnißS. peculiar in the type ?" ""'J " I fanoy I do, though I cannot define it ' " Nor any one else ; though »w locU wiseacres have a variety of theories. Bj*™!l it. Some credit them with the heavy-bdawr ,; Oriental eye; others detect scmetniflgj., Semitic in the Bhape of the skull, andsora. But so far as t can see—and. Im no. ethonologist—they're uncommonly Ji» gipsies i a dark-skinned, light-fingered lo>, remarkable for nothing but dirt ana «M« honesty. There's something odd, howeyer» about their dialect. My brother had begatt, to collect and classify their voteADtuW-J f ; for it seems they have a vocabulary wnicn is in some respeots different from our regiiw North country jargon," " That's curious." «-tii' "Very curious ; especially if poor imtn-, berts theory was correct. Did yon notice the name this fellow gave his donkey ]P^i now ? He called it the ' hummar.' Th«s «»j. of their words. My brother declared it W* ■% pure Arabic-identical with 'homar, W9 Arabic for ass. I don't know a «yß*M^ any Kastern language myself; om Mi'Tg a very strong on all those matters, ana M traced lots ot their words-or feD<aS,.*£ traced them-to Arabic original*. • "*"»,, himself, pulled off his >^ and said :— . .■•■ " There's Miss Savage." - ''. (To he Ctntinuedon W «&<**«■•) % ,:

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. NOVEMBER 2 .



Auctions. B.TOBKS] l«- °' CABB ' TUESDAY, NOVEMBBK 30. (~%S account of whom it may concern, a:BM, A under (in diamond), No. C 3— 1 case SEDLIIZ POWDEUS f 8 chests TEA, more or IO3S broken. IS. TONKS Si CO., Auctlonours. R TONKS.J IK- C. CARR. i TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. EXTENSuIVE SALK OF JNEW TEAS. B. TONKS & CO. WILL scli by auction, on Tuesday next, ut ll o'clock, 530 paclcngcßPrinioUongouß.cxpresulyselec ted for thia markot an(i possessing great strength aid flavour 20 casks Champion's Vinogar 10 tons Queensland Whlto augar Samples of Tea for i.inuoriug now ready B. TON X S & C 0., Auctioneers. n. TONKSI [«• O. CARR TUESDAY, KOVEMBEU 30. AT 11 O'ULOdK. Ex ' Inoebuugk, @ New Yomc. /^N ncconnt of whom it may concoru, j*lcA & CO. fin dlimond), A underneath, numbered 0027 C!)">3 ---2 bales, enoh 20 Piocos. BLUK TWILL; all uioio or lesa damaucd. HF&CO, Auckland— 15 cases BAI OLIO, n'l moro or loss dam aged. B. TONKS & C 0., Auctioneers. MONDAY, JNuVEMIiEiJ 29. Under Eistrnint for Kent. TO BLACKSMITHS AND OTHEES. tr. W, BINNEY HAS received instructions to sell by public suction, on Monday, November 29, at II o'clook, on the premises (Walter MoCaul's, jun.), Victoria I.ane, oft' Durham street, BBLLOWS, SHOE 3, HAMMKRS. &0., &c, &c. Term 3 Cash, W. S. COCIIRANK.] [JAMEB DACRE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29. ALLOTMENTS AND BUILDINGS IN ALBKRT-3TRKKT. In the Estate of Patrick Lori pan, deceased. THE subscribers will sell at their Land Mart. Fort-Btreet, on Moudoy, 29th inst., at 12 o'clock, Albert strket-T wo Freehold Allotments, each 43 links frontage by 161 links deep, baiog parts of Lola 1G aud 17, Section 15. ■with the Two Dwelling Houses erected thereon. No Keserve. SAMUEL COCHKANE & SON, Auctioneers /Country cattle sales. Waioko— Saturday, December i PoKEiconK—Monday, Docembor 0 Pokeno—Monday, December 13 Druby—Wodnesday, Deoembor 15 Paimkora—Wednesday, December 29 ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. WOOL! WOOLI WOO II THE HAYMAEKET. mHE SECONDSALE OP THE SEASON Will bo held on Toesdav, November 30, at 12 o'clock. All wool for the Catalogue to bo ia Storo on Saturday, tho 23th instant. ALFKED BUCKLAND. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. THE REMUERA YARDS FOR SALE, on Thursday next, at the Kcmuora Yards, Dniry Cows, Store Cattle 150 Head well-fatted Cattlo.moolam weight 800 Fat Sheep and Lambs Jf'at ami atoro rigj ALFKED BUCKLAND. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4. THE WAIUKU CATTLE SALE. FOR SALB, on Saturday, December 4, with other Stoolc, The Well-bred Dairy of Cows, tho property ' ot Mr Caleb Hosking, consisting of 20 Cows in milk or to calve to a Pedigree Bull -3 yearling Bulls, by a Prize Bull 12 Well-bre'l Xearling Steers 3 Sows, 1 Hog, from Imported Stock ALFKED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, NiVEMBER3O. TO THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE AND OTHERS. IMPORTANT AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF SUPERIOR BOOTS AND SHOES, COMPRISING Ladies' Kid, Mock Kid, Levants, Elastic Sides; Ladies' Kid- and Patent Shoes, Girls' and Maids' (jicm Shoes, Kid Boota (all sizes), Cashmere Boots ; Gents' Kid Boots t - and Shoes; Children's Goods (as sorted), &c, &c., &c GABRIEL LEWIS HAS been favoured with instructions to EOll, at his Mart, on the above date, at 11 o'clock, en TRUNKS OF ABOVK GOODS. Terms at Sa'o. jVEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I. AMERICAN STOVES, GLASSWARE, ETC. G. W. B I N N E V WILL sell by public auction, at his Mart, Queen street, on Wednesday, Dccomber i, at 11 o'clock, 18 Amorioan Stoves (latest Improvements), Lambs, Globes, Polish, &o. And, 1 caso Sheet Metal QooiS, Terms at SaJe. ; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. FURNITURE! FURNITURE 11 FUR NITURE 1! I Fx 'Waikato,' TO THE TRADE, PARTIES FURNISH ING, AND OTHEHS. NOW ON SALE. G. .W. B I N N E V fTTAS received instructions to sell by 0 pnblio auction, at Us Mart. Queen-street (Upstniis Booms), on Thursday, December^ at 11 o'clock, G OABK3 ENGLISH FURNITURE, eon- i nlstlng of—Dining and Drawing-room I 1 Suites, Marble V/ashstands and Dressing • Tables, Card Tables, Occasional Table?, ' Oommodoa, Loo Tables, Dining Tables, J Footstools, Music Stools, Whatnots, < Towel Horses, Cheflbniers, Toilet i Glasses, Bed-room and other Chairs, £ Piano, by Challen and Son, ' &0., &C, &C. g The public are respectf oily Invited to view tho ri above Handsome and Well-selected Shipment. c . :—; _ c FTIHAMES CATTLE MARKET. I BANKS & CO., STOCK AND COMMISSION AGKNTB. J* » —— B Market each THURSDAY, at. their yardo, bt Forawai, at 2 p.m., for sale ot Stock of all dee- " crlptions, Produce, &o, ai Conalgnees of Stock can depend upon every vi * attention being given, gooa Paddock Accommo ° ci Jon,an(lPaOMPt AOOOONT SAHKB, yo



Auctions. THURSDAY, D2CEMBKB 0, ) U X TI A M V A R D P. WOOL SAL E. rHE Second Wool Sale of the Season will bo hold on Tl'ursday, Decembor Oth, 12 o'clock, Intending Vendors will pleaao nond Wool for Cntaloguo not laur lhau Jlonday, Dccombor Oth, HUNTER & NOLAN. TUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. JUNCTION YARDS. FOB SALK, at the Juiictioa Yards, on Tuesday noxt, 15 PRIME FAT CATTLE, from Onotrco 25 Prime, Fat Stcors, from Wniplpi ;ffl I'iimo Fat Stcera, from Waikato 20 Fat (ntt c, from tho neighbourhood K;0 Hat Sheep. Fat Inmlis, Veal Calves Fat and Storo Pifta Also, Dairy Cows, Sloro Cattle, Calves, Year lings, 010. Also, 15 Pholco Dniry Cows X 2 and 3 year-old Hoifors 5 Calves and one Stcof At 1 o'clock. lIUN7EU & NOLAN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBBK 30. JU N C TION YAR PS. I7IOR, SALE, on Tuesday next, nt 1 } o'clock, on account of the expiration of tho vondor'a lease, 15 CHOICE DAHtY COWS 8 2 and 3yoar-old Heifers ii Calves and 1 Steer 1 Well-bred Bull HUNTER & NOLAN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1880. PAPAKUBA MONTHLY SALE. THE usual Monthly Palo will be held on Wednesday next, when a la-go nuniDer of cattle will bo yarded, consisting of DAIRY COWS, STORM CATTLB, YKAU LTNCH, CALVK3, &C. Also, Horses, Shocp, and Pigs Also, 2 Horso-power Thro.hin? Machine At Twelve o'Clock. HUNTER & NOLAN. Monwy. jy| O E j-^l V Monoy to Lend on Mortgage oi Freehold Securities.—George Frasor, Publio Accountant, Invcating and Kstato Agent, W. S. Grahame's Bond, Fort-street, and. No. 6, South British Insurance Buildings, cornor of Queen and Short and-3 treet. __^__ MONEY TO LEND on MOKTCtAGK Of First-class Freehold Securities'. WM. COLKMAN, Solicitor, Corner of Queen and Shortland-atreets. MONEY XO ijanu iv »arge or small sums at a moderate rate of lnteiest,- Jackson and Huaaoll. Holicitora. MONEY TO LEND, in large or sma sums, at -jaual rates of interest, CONNKLL & COOPER, Solicitors, Vulcan Lane. MONEY TO LEND, on Mortgage,— F Ring, Agent. Shortland-atreet _ ONEY TO LEND ON MORTGAGE, in sums of £50 and upwards. BEVKRIDGE & AL iXANDER, Solicltoi Bank Buildings, W tndlunn-atreet Mecucal pURE OF SKIN DISEASES To ho Editor: Sir,—Rtrawlth wi hare tho pleasuro to forward you a letter from New Zea land bearing testimony to tho auccoiaful treat ment of a skin disease of long standing through tho uao of our Knc-alyptus Kxtract for the bone •flt Of those Kionilarly aftllctcd. VV'o hope you will deem tho subject of sulllciont importance ti afford thla letter a gpaco in your valuable paper.—Yours truly, SANDER & SONS. Bridge-street, Sandhurst, July, 1880. iNVERCAROIIX, N.Z., Stll JULY jISSO. Mkssrh. Sander & Sons, Sandhurst. Gentlemkn, —Having sutfored from eozoma (a skin diaeasa which is very prevalent in this colony) for about nine years, i had consultod numerous medical men here and in Australia, and had taken nrsenlc, strychnine, iodldo of potassium, etc., internally, and had used pro- r rations of zinc and leud externally. In fact had tried all tlio remedies known to tho faculty, and what between travelling doctoro' and druggists' bills, hod spent a small fortnno, almoat if not wholly without reaulta, except to injuro my constitution. During a recent visit to Hokltika I was recommended to try your Extract of Kucalyptu3 Globulus by a brother who had experienced great benefit from it in aUoviating a very severe cold, and, no less to my surprise than satisfaction, I found tho ditease which had troubled me so long WO3 conouered, and tho skin resimed ita normal condi'ion. This was effected by iho extornal use of Icsb than two onoounco bo'tles. You arc welcome to mike any uao you plea!o of this letter, and I subscribe myself.—Yours (Signed! JOHN H. KERR, Manager, Union Bank of Australia (Limited Agent for Auckland t GRAVES AIGKIN, Tbb Pwakmaot. Quebn-strebt. |_r I x (j a X N S celebrated Blood Restoreri 13 Trb Greatest Triumpij of Modern Times NO MORE PHYSICAL DEGENERATION If the Laws of Health are observed, ordinary care exeroiaed, and Blood Restorer Freely Taken ! HITCHENS1 Celebrated Jdlood xvestorer ckrta'in cure For the Langour, Lassitude and Disease which attend the Heat and Drought of semi tropical and tropical Climates. Fevers which so quickly fasten on the debili tated system may easily bb kept aw at by the timely use of this tS- MOST WONDERFUL REMEDY I•» In fact, by its usel the Most Malignant of Tropical Fevers have been ejected from the Human System, and by its aid Dying, Fever-stricken Men have beon, as it were, I RAISED FROM THE DEAD | A well-known AucklandTradasman, seriously ill with Sciatica and Lumbago, flys for relief to Mr Ilitchonu. His testimonial is below. Read it I BLOOD RESTORER V.'DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS, Lornc-Btreef, Auckland, 12th April, 1880. Sir,—l have Decn a sufferer from rheumatism for tho.last twenty years in tha old country. Through advice I received from medical men J emigrated to New Zealand as being a warmer cl'mate. and more adapted for the cure of my complaint. For the laßt twelve months I have suffered most frightful agon ea from the pains In a!l my joints. What mado my caEO worse I emu hi. a xovere cold. On the cold subsiding It left an asthma, which brought on dropsy; and suiForiog under these maladies I tried all medical aid, and was iivo months in the District Hospital, Auckland, and neither my wife nor myself ever th ~.tilt I would leave it alive, as I ga'iually got worse, having pains and large swellingsin my knee joints, and arms, shoulders and hands distorted. My w ie hearing of your and seeing your testimonials in the newspapers from parties which live around us, I mado enquiries from several who had been under your treatment, who stated themselves that yoa cured them when their case was supposed to tie hopeless. I determined to see you at all hazards, and was helped to your place by my wifeon sticks. Only five months under your care, and the whole of my complaints hay diaappeared.and am now able to follow my dail avocation. Thanks to a merciful Provldenco that I was brought under the influence of your medicine, ond wishing that you may be long spared to bo abjp to administer your valuable Restorer to cither su/J'prings as you havo done to me.—Yours faithfalV, SAMUEL FIELD. To H. A. H. Hitchene, Keg., Auckland. Auckland,ioOi June, 1879. H.A.H. HITOHBNB.Esij. ' Sir,—l have muoh pleasure in being abla to bear testimony of the groat good to be received by taking your Blood Kestoror. Having a vory bad uttaok of Sciatica and Lumbago, I was for weeks nnablp to attend to by b minces; I was nnder the treatment of a medical man, and tried all kinds of remedies, but received no relief; in fact I wa3 gradually getting worse. A friend recommended mo to try your B/ppd mixture, but you being a stranger to me, and not know- Ing the quality of your mixture, I was sceptic^! ibout it. My fr)end called again, and again recommended me to yop, and from what he mid I was induced to call on your ago: ts, Messrs Hamilton 8r03., and get a botfle of your Restoror, and I am w lad to say that, aftep taking lix bottles, I wasablo to attend to my business, radam now quite well. Should any friends 6£ nine at any timo bo suffering with Kho imatx-'m, Jout, Sciatica, etc., I will most certainly re :ommend them to take your Blood Hestorer.— am, Sir, yours truly, N, McMILLAN, Vnjcan jane. Ormond, Poverty Bay, Sept. Bth, ISSO. Mr H. A. H. Hitchens, Auckland, Sir,—lt affords me great pleasure in testifying > the immense value of your medicine I had een suffering a long time with Rheumatic out, and for some time before taking your lood Restorer I had to bn lifted Jn and out of 3d; but after taking one bottle I felt such tlicf that I win able to assist myself, and before Dishing the fifth bottle I was perfectly cured, id have not had a return of even the symptoms 1 the disease since. Altho' this testimony Is isoliclted, you are at liberty to make what use it you please, bnt I feel it a duty to laoknow dge tho efficacy of your medlolne.—l am, Sir n iutb truly, W. HUNTER, J



Dampier's Wonderful Bargains. r A I) I B S ! Ilomomber wo opnn now at. , anrl o'.nso at R: mid mi Hntiii-dayH we cliwo at 10.30. (Junto mid boh tho largo uico lot of Wonderful Fresh Bar gains, oommonclnn with Liidiea' Auckland Mado Kill Hoots, lit 8< tlio pair; Pompadour Uibbon. 3d tlio yd.; Sntin and Kaillo Hevow iMa KJbbon, Oil; largo Lot otlu-r Hummer Hlb bous, (Id to la; Very Wide fnah Uibhoh, (id tlio yd ■ Leather Table Mat*. Is Cd the set of (i; Knives and Forks.Gd tho pair; Hooka and Kyea, ■i cards for Id, or 6d tho doz. curda : Gluas Ink Hottlca, with metal lids, (id; l!lack Bracelets, 3d tlio pair; tho Foshionublo Snako Uracelet, Is thornir; Silvered Snako Braculots, i)d oaoh; N ioo Lot of Tablo Oilcloth, In tho yd. Toll your husbanda to look In tlio Wukcfleld-stroot Window at my liluek and Summer Kelt Hats, at 2a oach. lami ot awaro that I've had su h aoheuplotof Folt Hatß beforo; Boys'do., tho name price; Blaok Lustre, fd and 18 tho yd.: Hoys' Hummer Suits,' 59 and 7s; Grand Motal Dreaa Holdors, 2d ; tho now fuahlonod Lndiea Girdles, Cd; tho Ladies' now fashioned Thiok Headed Necklaces, Is 64; now fashioned llroooho! (blaok or coloured), Cd ; Kid Gljvob, la i tho pair; splendid lot of Ji-scphlno do. (whlto ' and coloured), 2s; nice lot of Hiding Whips, Is ouch • Lnrito Cards of Children's Tools, lid Iho card; Flaying Cards, fld the puck: Hiindsonio Monoy Boxes, (id; Workboxes, niooly filled with Scissors, &c.,'2a; Toy Hells, il; Lnruo no., aultivblo for Table Bella, Id ; Largo Hrand China Tea Sots, 2a : Dinper, la th» yd.; Croobot Anti macefiaars. Is 3d ; Toilet Mats, Is tho pot of d; Omnlbnscß, (id each ; Hair Hrushsß, Is; Cam biio Handkerchief*, Cd; Trumpets, 2d finch; Punch Clappers, la; Kngines.Od; Turkoy'l w 11, In; Framed Oleograph I'iclurcß, la tho pair; Orand Pin Cushions, !ld; Largo Jara Mnimels Pomndo, C 1 ; Victoria Mats, 2d cacli; nriio nlco lot ot Ladies' Gloves, Cd ; Superior Fiogor l!inK3, Cd; Infants' Feeding Bottles, !ld enoh ; Children's Patent leather Hoots, 2h ; Children h Prunella do., eizo Gto !). 3d ; Lnriica B.«. I'oots, ">aGd; Prunolla do., CaCd; pretty bottles Smell ing Salts, »d; largo out alasf b-ttloa Hcent, la lid ; 150 yd. Ruola of Throad, 3d ; 200 yd. Heels of Cotton. 2d, or U lOd tho doz.; Crochet Cotton, ! 2d and 2Jd; Muttons. U doz. /or id ; Cloth Vest Buttons, 12 doz. /or Id; Lad on" and Girls. Thimb'os, 2 for Id ; Brown Windsor Simp, 7 for 1h- Glycerine Bars, 7d tho bar; v few Mind Tnaacla, 2d : good mze Picluro Crosses, 2d; massive 3 corner oil K liuß Ink Bottliß, la; L'iilU'h , and Girls' Umbrellas. 2s; nico Lot of Ladies Whlto Straw Hats, Is 3d ; GUV do., lOd anil Is ; Men's do., la anil Is lid; ShecU of linn, dm. LndW Ilnr.iUonio Silk Squama, Is (id • Morloy's Knilt'ng Cotton, Noa. II to 11, In !U tho 11).: infants' FViM'lng Hott!o\ I'd u.icli; Hook Muslin. 5d ond Bi ; StO'l Knitting Pi B, ■I for 3d : good sizo Tin Walters, . ; Pretty Kut? Cui.3 0 I'm- Is; row Hull Drosses, a littlo soilo.l. Is • Mon's Wa'klnpr Sliclta. la Cd ; Hoy»' do.. B>l ; Kleotro-pliitod Corks. Is; do.b-poor.s. -Id, (id. and 3d; Boys' Wide framod Slates. 2d ; 2 % lohna, with Bows, 203 each. I and a Lot of Ladioa' Boot Mock?, la tho pair ■ rleo Lot of Hoot Trunk-) for nnyono. 2.10 1 to fu; Wash Leathers, Is each; about in doz. Tomahawks left for Is .oaoh : Claying Cards, 9d tho pack; nioo Lot of Gorman Silver and .sto.l , Speotaclos. Is Iho pair, worth 2a, lii; Slato Pencils, Id tho doz. or Gd for 100; Hmr {set*. Id; unothor Lot of tho Black Volvßtoon, 2< Ud Iho yd ; Lot of Sarcenat, la tho yd.; Gonta Satm Hows, Bd andUd ; Nooktios, 14; Ladles' Soarvea, Od to la 6d; Poerliß3 Glos . to shlno tho boo'a without briuhoe, Bd ; nico Lot »f Mns West Knd Collars, kizo 11. 3d (Rood quality): Blaok aud Whito Borlin Wool, 3d the do/.! all Iho b»nu tifulcolours. Id; Ladios' Stayß. U Gd tho pair; Calico, lid; Towolling, (Jd; Fresh Lot of Whito Kaok Combs, id an* li i: Mens kh'i-ts, 1» 3d to. 2a Gd the highest price ; Boys do., dillerout sizes choap; ladles white Ho«, 3Jd ; Unb.eachcd do.,Cd; Other colours, Gd; V»ry Wine Whlto Window Holland, 9d per yd.; «reon Striped do., Gd : Coma Ludioi and soo tho Lovely Lot of. Lndios' aummor Gloves I am tolling at bd tho pair ; Ohildio»'d Gauntlet (jlovcs. -id; Kuche. different colours,2d tha yd.; Ladles'and o iris Petticoats, 2s; White do., 4s 6d; lloja' Dux Collars, slzo Hi, 3d tho box; Mot'a Grand Puggarees, 9d; Splendid Lino of Men 8 Unices. ls-;rio higher piico; Little Boys do., Gel; Puff Bo'xks, with puffs, 9d ; Towels, 2d to2Jd; Largo Honeycomb do., Gd; Turkish do., Ih ; I^avy Blue, Majenttt M*roon. Grpen, Brown, und Lavenaor Merino, 1« 3d tl»e yd. i Ladies' Bolls, Gdandfld: Jlon's do., lei H»yi d«., Udj Hair Pads, 3for Cd: Satin Tubslar Tiimming, Id tlio yd.; Ro»ding Glassf s, to hold in too hand, 3d eaoh;Nloo Lot of Bctnt, 6d the botvlo; Piping Cord IS knots for Gd ; Fingering Wool, 3d the hank; Ladies' and Moi?» Stand-Up Collars, sizo 15.151, '"id 18, 2.1 the box ; Kinbro idered Mats, 9d; Notopapsr. 2d qulro ; \ lannel U3d.-W. H DAMPiKU Oo«e« street Watcnmaicers and JewelJers CXLEA.KIMG-OUT SAt.a KOU ONE / IWKKK. PUNuS, HARMONIUMS, WATCH HS, CLOCKS, and JKWKLLKin. crNo Reasonablk Offer Kkfdskd.^i 125 per ocnt.DiECOunt forJCaah Buyors. J« EL O W D E N, BHORTLANn-STREBT r Qu*vsmitttSt DEVITT, Gnnmiikcr, Hi, Qnecn n street, Auckia. d, opposite tho Markot hoi:se. Hatablishod, 135 \— Always in Stock and to arrive by diroot importation from Knuland mado to ndvertlsera cwn ordor,—Chokoboro Brecch-loiidlng Guna. Double and Singlo Muzzlo loadera, Itioech-loading Revolvers, Breech-load ing Rook and Rabbit Ri os, Gamo Ba^s, Gnn Casea, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouohis3, and every article necessary to complete tho outfit of a sportsman. An assortment of every description of Revolvor Cartridges, and all tho best Brands in Sporting Powders aro imported direct from the makers by tho the advertiser, who can guarantee their good uallty. Cartridges for the Knfleld, snider and Terry Hides. Jletaluo Cartridge Cost's, Jhllled Shot and other speci alities always on hand. Country dealers liberally dealt /vith . Guns He-stocked, Browned, etc,, and every other kind of Firearm Repaired at reasonable pe'eex. Notice.— Juat to hand, a lot o( good sorv ccablo C. F. Chokeboro Hreech loading Gnns cheap. Tho largest stock in Auckland to oboose from. Also, In stock, a large assortment of Fireworks of the boat quality. Kishing Tacklft Venetian Blinaa. * UCKLA «D VENETIAN BLIND j£\_ FACTORY, COKWKR O COOK AND GREY STREETS VENETIAN BLINDS ! VENETIAN BLINDS I Made of the best CaluornmD Pine, guaranteed not to warp or twint. Our Blinds Rurpass all Imported Blinds, Vlxid or Iron. We have a vory large stock oi well-seasoned Pine Tim ber; alao a Large Stock of VKNKTIAN BLINDS on hand, assorted sizes. Wiro Oauze [ llndu made to order, and forward to all parts of;tho Co) my at the shortest notice. A. & A. BUSBY (Late K. Horton Busby), VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS ANDI WIRH WORKKRS. CORNER OF COOK AND GREY STREETS j^j- ns. jy ow n UPPER HOBSON-STREE.T. Established 1864. Every Description of Stay Cobsbts, &o. bprqioal bklts, upon the latest IJipBOVKMITNTS, Siiouldkr Straps Made to Or< pit. Or icrs Ponctual 1 -Ann fed WANTED, my Customers to take par ticular notice of my Christmas Holidaya" List of Bargains, comprising a grand assort ment of Fashionablo Millinery Bonnets, and come of tho Cheapest Trimmed Ladies' Hats In Auckland. My honselis celebrated for selling the best and cheapest Kid Glovoa iv town. Tho following list of prices will bo a sure guaranteo that the articles will Insure themselves to the public, especially Bohemian Kid Gloves, an ex cellent quality, in all sizes, price Is 3d per pair, worth 3a 6d; one line of Twilled Flax Shirting, at7d peryd., worth Is ; Summer Fancy 2-Button 2s, worth Is per pair; a Good Dark Kid Glove, 2-Buttoned, 2a, worth 3a 6d ; a splendid value in Oatrich Feathos. Os Cd, worth 10s Gd; a large stock of Long White Ostrich Feathers cqua'ly ohuap ; 1000 yard's of Dress Mohair, for Summer wear, yd per yard, Wiuth Is 6d ; 30 dozen SI k Scarves, Is each, worth 23 ; 50 dozen Lace Col larets, Is, worth 3a ; a good line in Black Kid Gloves, 2-Button,3s, worth Is 6d per pair; Men's and Youths' Ventilated Straw Hats at Is, worfh 3s: a s-plendid lot of Boys' Straw Hats. 9J each, Thia ia tho only house in town that has ' got the pew Cijipnello Frilling for Ball Dresses; I also, a great yariety of Gold and Silver Lace; the Gont.'B New Tfioean Haja at Js, worth 7s Gd. A lot of heavy Flax Shirting, sit Yd per rard, worth Is —WM. EYRK Viotoria-streee.' • ' GO TO r« A T H to Rotb'b Fnbllo Hot, Cold, and 3howar Bath*. Victoria-street East. Charge, ONE 3HILLING. Open all woek days from 7 a.m. to ) p.m., and Sunday Mornings from 6 till 10 , i.m. The Bath-rooms are all private, and sup. ailed with every convenience, Turkish towels, l«ah and hair bnuhes, combs, respirators, soap, fee Beleot bath-rooms (private) for Ladies every lay at all hours, with female attendance, One Ihilt.ino. Please note the address i—Victoria- i treet East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and text the Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mb rV lackland



Land ami Estate Agents. j i K\r H. mUT OAI "# X R KSTATKitt GKNTCRAL COMMI3HION AGKN!', No. 20, Insukanric BcmniNOS. ! The ndvertljer, having had 17 years' ex- . periotiee, and being in'lniately acquainted wilh i all propertloH now In his hiiin's for sale, can advise (ntendlng So.ttlors iii rliMroh<iln«! ot lane . j FARMS,f'roui flO to 5.U11.1 notes, in. hand. Full partieularo on application. Several good In vostiuoiitH for CnintHllHta, 1 CominirtHionn uf ovury fiMcriptlon cxecutod , forCountrv Oettlerd nt low rates. I JWi IT ejnn ox i • IyjU Li Estate Agent and Vamtatou, cjukkn-strbkt, auckland. monky lknt out for capitalists on ' FIRST-CLASS SKCUKITIICS, OR IN VKSTKD IN BANK. INSURANCE. OR OTHKR SHARKS. NO CIIAMQK TO LKNBBU Ol{ INVKSTOB. | npo FAUMKI.S.—For sale, a Ftat-olaBS Farm X of'Jo2 acres on the H'nstTiinialei; all in grans, wisll watered. Price,*" per aerc.-.1. JI. Lunnox. Kstato Agent. 1111,. yUHUKIUN RMSIDKNOIC, with D ROrOS or kJ irechold. A raroopportunity, l'riee,&">oo. Or will sell B'.acres and hotino fof <CIOO, Oniy fASO required in cash.—J. W. Lonnox, Kstai.o Agent, AueUlnml. ICiUC. , S'JBI'RIIAN l-U'K of in ncres at Mancaro ; beautiful bltuatlon, flrat-elass land ; ten minutes' walk front Iho MniigiiinUiidgt!. Pricj, 1'::..i).-••I, 11. Lennox, ttstatu A«ent. lll<. L-ÜBIJRHAN KKSI'JKNCIO.—A most bcaull- O ful'Hito of 20 ueres. about 8 inilrM fiiim the city. The view ifl nooil and Iho Innd |h llret claas. This line little proporly Iv woll Miit'iil in i.ny itontlntnan wlslilnK to occupy his lelfcitre hourH prolltiibly. I rice, X 7 :(l. -J. Jl. i.onnox, Katati) ARnnt. Auckl'.nil. lIL. I.iAKM ef:il" acre.', iibunt •J|tnl!e.s fioiu arall -1 waystntton .Thcro BrofiO UOIO) itifclOHj, II llve-romiied dwi'lllng-li' uwv ilairy, etc. l'riee. £550: £276 cash—lalantio oan to iv.lii iji n Hie linipeily —J. v. I onnox, lfstato Agin*. JSU r» KSIDICNCKof a!x I'OOIUS, about ijuil! tcf (if XL an liunr'H wulk fnun tho Union Hank Price, .aJO.-.1. M. l.c.iirox. XIX. I,MVIC-U('OMIfl) COI'TAUM, near thn R» 1 muera tailvvay Btatlon. A I'ie'ty 111110 rail tago, with fiv.liol.t ullotiiionl lMcn. sl-£M — J. M. I.ennov, Kgtiiln A.enr, An, klaiul. Jisic. I>i7,\—A lIAUUAIN,—A Roml little Parm of ■* * v 17 a.-rej, partly linprov.-d. I'rloo, X'o.~ J. M. nooox, itKtmo A guilt. :WL. FOlt SALK, a l''ivo roomod O. ttaRD in Uowo stroer, with large freohold a'lolllicnt, The cott.-igi in in excellent condition, i.ml la well built. Price iiilX —l. M. Lennox, H'atuto Ag.Jlit. 351. HOIWOV-S'l'ill' I 0T —Tpii-rooined lioiro nnd large freohoW allotment, ;w x 200. lMco, £850.-J M. Lenuox. Kstato Agent. ,i! I . i\O KAHMKHS-For sale, v First claBS Farm of I'JO aeroß, 1!) miloa from thn city, with eight-r.mnied house, four stall Btuliiu. «ml every convouli neo. Pric, £ISIO. (.'roil at a valuation. 21,. c , -i r A—A Four-roomed COTTARK in llrowor •t I .)" Htreet, oil" Coi k hhvi't ; freeholil alii t mont;good well. Price, Tcriiia can bo arrang il. Lot for 8s por wuulr.—J. M. Lennox, Kstato Agent, ail,. rpAUUOi'.—Farm of 100 aeros, wilh lUvclling .L house and a Btoro doing a gonl buslncaa— tho latter Is leased for .WSI per year. Trice, £250— J. M- Lennox, Kstato Agent, 151,. /"IKAFTON KOvD-A llargilu.-llctiso of 7 VT rooms, with largo freehold allotment run ning baok tojtho Domain. Frlco.XUO.—J. M. Lonnox. 1513 K. FOX SALK, a Four-roonwd Cottngn in Con nueßt I'lace; a beautiful view (if tho har bour. Freehold allotment, M x «7. Price, £200: £80 canli, b.ilnncu 'it HulUlingSoelety principles, —J. JI- lonnox. Kslatn Agent. ltiL. SIX-lioO oKbCOTT.iOIC, ten mlnut's'walk fiom Queen street; fr^oLold allotment, 20 x HO, Price, £210: terms can bo uiTiin.ol.— J. M. f.ennox, Katiito Agent. 22L. A FIRST-CLASS FAHM of I.VJ acreg, twelve miles from the <. ity by a good ni.:r:i(liiin'acil road. The land Is all fenced, and laid dtiwn iv tho best Hnglish grasses. There is a gco;l houao and uviry cunvmiencc The land i« u'l llrst clusj.—J. M. Lennox, Kstato Jgcnt, B',)K, FOR IMMKIHATK BALIC, a Furtti of 100 ncr.a at Patpvoi'Bl. 5 mllea from thoOhaupo railway station. The land 1^ moatly iv Krass. 'I'lio dwelling-house contains tlvo room*. Prlca £;i"5.—J. M. J.onnoi, Kstato Agint. 12L. rpo FARMKRS-ATlarKain.—A Farm of 107 J. Aero.i In Kast Pukrkoho, atout 50 ncrcs in grass; a 5-rootmd lloitso aid ovory conveni oaco. Price. £190.— Torms can b.! urrnngoil. - J. If. Letncx, Kutato Agent. Auckland, lllilv. rpo FARMKItS la baraatnj,— I'urni of 00 acres J. In tho Kast Tnmakl; 10 acros in grass. Price, £150. —J. M. Lenr.ox, Katato Agpnt. 2f.. rpo KARMKRH-A really Ilrslcluss Firm of L 57'acris, mostly in gmsa or cropi. This is somo of the beat land in tho Waikato, aid I* only two and thrco quarter miles from a railway Btatlon. To a bora.lido settlor this isallrst class opportunity. Prico low: torms easy.—J. M. Lennox. Kstato Agent. IG3K. URAFTON ROAD. — Klghtrooined Honao, with lnrgo freehold allotment. Pric<, £100. -J. M. Lennox, Estate Agiuit 15L. I^UKEICOHK WKHT.-Farm of 200 Acres, adjoining Buoklnnd and Shoi'herd'a; good land. Price. :50s per acre.—J. M. Lennox. U7IC. rpo FAHMKR-!—A Moruajn.-Farm of JoG J. aorep. 150 acros of wiiich aro in grasii. This flrst-olass farm is situated at tho Junction of two roads, ard Is near a railway station. Price £1 10a por aoro.—J. JI. Lor.nox, l£atato Agent. IIIK, i j O FARMKHS nnd Othor'.—Ono of tho J. Choloeat Forms In tho I'rovlnco. There »ro 217 acres within 8 miles of the city of land cannot bo excelled: largo nino-roomod rosldenco.—J. M. Lennox, Kstato Agent. 7:iIC. MT For Houses, Jarms, and Allotmont.s, bco my long advertisoniont in ' Weekly Horald." J M. LENNOX, Estate AacNT. Acokland. nnAs. ay illi a m son HOUSK. LAND AND ESTATK AGKNT. Vuloah Lank, Auckland. RKNTS and INTKRKST Collected. MONKY Invested for Capitalists on flrst-clasß BOOliritiOil, WITHOUT CItAKQK. 3KVKN por COnt, allowed on doimaita until invested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Nogotlatod. SHARKS nought or Sold to order. KSTATKS Managed for Abscntoos. BUILDING ALLOTMKNTS FOR SALE, at PER toot:— Home-street, 20,' William-street, 15/ I!ereaford-3treet, CO/ Duke-street, 2H/ View Ro»d. 30/ Cook-street. £i) Peroival Parado. 35/ Kdwln-etrect, 'ill Hokcby-atreot, JO/ Victoria-street. £10 Wyndham-stroet, £1010'Qrafton Road,tis/ William-street. GO/ Nolson-strcot, 10/ Russell-street, 7/ Vine-street, 10/ Franklin Road, 60/ Shblly Beach Koad, 30/ Symond»-street. £1 Kyber Pa- s, 90/ Hackett-street, 35/ Prospect-street, 15/ Conquest Place, 30/ Norfolk-street. 35/ Wood-s'reo', 15/ Albert-Btreot, 15s Upper Queen-Btreet, 50/ Llverpool-3treet, 10/ Also, in various other streets at low rates. ■P9O(\() To LKND, in Sums of £10 and np; dj£i\J\JKJ wards, on good securities TTPPKR QUKKN-STREKT. - Heven-rcomcd \J Hotiso and threo allotments : two frontages, fine view. Cho-p. Ka-y terms. NEWTON ROAD—Now Houso, five roams,, stable, two allotments, on ta'e, at 153 weekly. No dopos't. 4?i a(\—HUUBK for sale near Mount Eden Sluu Railway Station; also, one at £200. PilOA— Very Comfortable KAtalf/V RESI X,<iii\J DENCK (new) for sale, with wetor frontage: every convenience. QT. OEOItOK'S BAY.- Uovor<l allotments O possessing fine viow» to bo sold on deferred payments, to Buit .purchasers. Money lent to build with. S. IK-ROOMED HOUBK and Six Allotments for -J sale, in Ponnonby, on deferred payment-). J?1 9K—HOUSEforsaleon.MountKdon Road, *I"JU opposite church ; allotment 33 by 100. ALLOTMENTS Bought a..d HOU'SEa liailt on the Weokly Re payment System. J?OQr\--Nowand Wellllnished Seven-roomed 3jOBU HOUSE for sale in Newton; largo corner allotment, detached workshop, vvssn house, fowl honso, excollont garden. = plofio-VILI'A KKSIUKNCK for Sale, .it */lul'v Mount Albert, possessing ono of the finest views in the district. ■P9fin-Now Fivo-roomod HOUSE In Fern *^uu leigh-streft for sale; garden, &c. PI New HOUSE, four rooms, in Kussell *x ° v street, for sale. MOUNT EDKN ROAD.—Now Four-roomed HOUSIt for sale ; al'otment 99 x I9S. £tSO .Con 1— NEW HOUSK forsa c In West-street, """" Nowton, near Karangnhapo road. /IRAFTON KOAD.-91 Acres in grass to let XX (with Hotjso) on lease. Low rental. 1)0M3ONBY-Villa Residence for salo, six rooms, ttablins, out-ofllpes, &o.; 2 acres, prphard, &c,; liirge frontage to two streets; Bpfcudid viow of nyor, i? 4,1 A-"Neiy Six-room-.d Houao for s-'alo, Jn **1U Ponsonby, "Vjlh two ollotmonts. Splondid view of harbour. PANMURK.— liouso end aire of gx-ound for salo ; flnoit position. Hasy terms. Houso, all lliiiHhed, for *ouu sale in Lincoln-street; lurgeallotmai.t. ;f?qi A—New Houso in Brown-strcot for Sale, ~" L v near Ponsonby Road ; two tanks COLLEGE KOAD -Commodious Family Reai- Vy dence for Sale ; Gas and V\ atcr laid oa. MOUNT EDEN-Seveti-roomed Houso and Stable; large allotment. Price, £200. i?IQA-For Sale in Newton, a Four-roomed *iou House and nice garden, level. PUKEKOHE EAS I'.-jfice Farm of 107 acros for Salo, near Railway-station. Comfortable homentoad t little hush • j>4 10s io aero. UEAFIELP ROAD. — Com for? .•iCottJgos O Inew). for Sale, on easy'torms. p O X A—Five-roomed Hou»o an d Workshop, oft •t"»u" College Road, fjrsalo: well finished throughout, quite new; two verandahs. ■PA^iV— Now Houao in Park Roati, nine rooma, X/'HOV f or gale. Splendid view.—Also very oomfortablo Houso of seven rooms; largo gar den ; fine viow. Kasy terms, /n REY-STRBET—Six-rooir.ed Houso (new) for VT sale. I,argo allotment. Also, two Shops, detached workshop &0., on very rasy terms. yHOPS in High-street, Karangahapo Road, O and Ffceman'B Bay, for fule, cheap. r»oi7A—Six roomed HOUSK for sale ia Par ~Zl' " noil ; quite new. Easy terms. MOUNT BDttN—Large New Houso, fitted with every convenience (two acres of land), for sale. Kino view. ■pARMS also For Sale at Hunua, Mount Kdon, J- Wnikojiiti, Richmond, Komokoriki, Man gere, Parereoromo.Ka^t Tamaki.Stokes's Point, Waitakerei, Henderson's Crock, Papatoitol, Ren.turn, (Cambridge, Littlo md Big Omaho, Karioi, Kivcrhead, Morningsido, iMahurangi, Wainni, Omarn, Ararimu, Coromandel, Mer cury Bny, Okaihu, North Shore, Owhiwha. Papakura, &c. Also, see list in New Zealand Herald and Weekly Vewj. OHAS. WILLIAMSON, KOTATS AGENT Vin.OAW JjAKB m. briekls;y's Auckland and JL ONttHUNGA 'BUS. TIME TABLE. Leaves Auckland Loaves Onohunga OppositeGrejhound Ilo^el) (Hardington's Hotel 1 p.m. ' llUsa.ni, 5.30 p.m. 3 30 p.m. Sundays : a,m, 1.30Jp.m,



Land anl! Estate Agents. j] » ii. W JK A3 ii W W OOD, !i.\» AOOIIONKKH, BHOUBR, LAND, and KHTATK IAQKNT C.';jft«;L) v ojp HHoi».Tr.\Ni>-8-ißicicr. Intondlng Purohmora of Knrnia, » V Land, or Hous:*;, to cull it my ollleo for printed linK ,i KIHSIVRATM Biißli Farm, rouflisting of I\. -II') a rros good hind; 100 acros iiuprovod xm\ in graiiß, remalndor kanrl and lolaru. buah; i x-rooine.il lions', Blnpo, btookyurd, uul-huiiscs, ,'iirdun, &o. l'ricn, .CiOO. f.^OK BALE, BOAoroa of Alluvia) Hush Land, a. conialninK purlri and diner valuable tim lier, bordorod liy road and creek, being lot 170, Parish of Hunii'i, anil •ImiiKirliati^ly lieliind Mr noil"B property, four miles from Papakura rail way station. Prloolovv. 17VARM for Sale consistinpr of 200 aore3 of rich laud ; lf>o aeri'3 y,ood bush, SO acres open flat, partly laid down iv good clover and rye gruSßi 1 aora of gardon ; good i.'ottago, Stablo, tic; 20 inileH from Aueklaiul by rail or road (iouth). l'riee, only Cm!).— 2P. 171 OH RALH", at Newmarket, a comfortable Four-roomed House and Allotment, 33 x 99 foot; goorl garden, well, tanks, wushhouso, coal aud wood shod, etc., elc. Price £360. Torms easy. lAARM for Sale—A compact little Farm of 50 acres good land, all fenced and subdivided, fio.; 110 acres under plough, 20 acres in grass ice.; 0 roomod Hotiso, Hheds, So, orchard, gar den, tec; 20 miles frun Auckland by rail. Prloo, £500. —25. FOR KAljlC, 100 Acro3 of good Land in tho Waipa (VVnikato). Price, ill an acre—2l. A GOOD six-roomed Huuse and xllotmont J\. .13 x lOlil'l., within a few minutes walk of (Jnoon-Hh'uot; lot to good tenant for lla a-wook, Price, iOSO.—IO. r,-KOt)M ICI) 1 loueo nnd Allntment 3S x 200 ft. all • J fenced, Kowl-lioiiho, OiiMhiubos, &0., &O.i Bltuotod on tho New North Uoad, about two miles from l,)iieeiK)lrpnt. l'riee, ,C:! 10- »l). IrilVIC ti) 'I UN ACRIOS of i;oo<l Land for nalo Pltuatod In tho Mount Albert District north-oaatotn aspect, Prloo, £12 111.-i an aero. iriOK SALJf, tliruo New Knur-roomed Veran -1 ilah C(ill.H-e:i; thoroughly well finished; lar,>o Fi-chold AHuMm-itM; Kun-i'd, &c.; situated near Ma ou'h gilrdi'lH, PariU'll, nnd cldho to Niiwmni'lo'l. J'rice..CiJ.'i melt. TeniiH e.«B}'. l'^OU HAMC I'oocl Hiiro roomed Hotmo and .1. - Allotment. 3:1 x 172 root: tilumkd hi Now ton-struot i ffnoil giirdon, well, etr,, etc Price vi'.i-y low. iC1.'.0.-'Jll. I,i'.)lt i-Al,ic, two l-ovon-roomod llouhcb and 1 luruo Allotment. 127 feel, fronljgo to VVil liaiitfitn'rl, by inn feet to llonioat:ei:t. Price, ;i;iO(! each. No. U7. I I.iOif. f'Al.lC, aiWliatiiwlritn,about 1,000 Acres Land, brlntt lot-, I'll, \K, lilil, lilli, 700 acres b-ingHpluiulldbimh, th« romalnilur nm<tly lm provert, nboiit 211(1 acrcH bcliiß in grass; two iiomufltoaila Will Im rold In nitliir unu or two loin. Prini, £3 mi iu'l-ii. No. 2!). ¥,U)IlrtAlilO. i.t Nmlliciito, 20 Acres rich Land, V nil iv crass and fenced: now l-roomod House. Stable, ami (ianlen. &0., H«a froutugo rnagniliaent view, well wooded with fuel; prico, fi!loan noro. 'Ihii1. id tlu clieupu^l praimtty hi Slolto..' Point. I/iOK HAIiIC. a good Six-roomod Houoe, bcul leiy, waßh-houae, sto., anil Allotment JBft. fronlagii Io Hilen Tirracu; gus nnil water laid on. Price, £320.--18. 17101! sai.lC, wnllllnlnhndSovon-roomod House in Ilowo-atrrulj ruoms lar^o, l"f(y. and well-llniblicii; good all .linent. Prico, £110.-37. Balou by ntictlon or nousohold Fnrnlcuro, So, See, undortakon by U. C. GREENWOOD, auctionkk"l &a. Omro: Corner Hhortl >•"" "- " eot». Painters, • • c j U f i E D, l> A 1» X I. (| G I H Q, Gilt Moi.m.i ,nu TicriCKE \Va, : rU .SB, 54 0 V A v KAGE pAINTERS' JIITATERIALS. Including a Choico Collection of Photographs (pain and coloured), Chroiuo Lithographs, OleoKi-ii pha, Stitflies for Arti.stH in Colours and t'raj ons, A rtlsls'SundriOj. Fancy Frames, ladles' Dcjkß, Photo. Hereens, Plioto. aod Scrap Albums, »S:c, fee, and A NUMBKR OF NOVHLTIKS. Tho Plctnrnfl wcro Bi'lectod by one or our flrm will 1j In London, and hnvo been pronounced by leeal r.rtistii tho boit ever Importudj and, having received with tlinm a Splendid Aasort montof Ntw, Fancy Mouldings, we can Frame to suit nil tastes, at Very Low Prices. an Inspection Invited. W. I'll I LI, IP PS & SON, & 7, f>UKHN-STIUCKT. \TJSW VAI'EKIIA NGI NG S J.l *OK IBSC, Largo and Small Buyers of Paporhangings wil do well to call at HOLLAND & I'.UTLER'S Papxhhanqinos, Oir,, Cor.ouit, £ Or.igs WAKKIIOUBK, 28 & 30. VICTOHIA-BTHICET, AUCKLAND, Where may bo inspected ono of tho largest and bent-Bolccted atooka of Paperhanirtnitß in Now Zealand, From Id per pitco to tho most costly, GILT & STAINKI) PICTURE-FRAMK MOULDINSI In Oreat Varloty. PICTUHK-Frt.4MI.SG IN ALL IT3 niiANCriKS, At loweßt posalblo rates. Oils, Colour.*, (Uasß. Varnln^es, Brushvaro, Scrim, (ilasa Shades, Wax Flowor Making Materials &c, &o, II OLLA N D & RUTL ER, Oil. AND CIiASS MkRORANTS, iDadOiHrtr. Hf^ makeb^;! WS. JONES • Having just landed ex ' Fornglcn.' Loch Dooti,' and ' Scottish Lassie' a largo assort ment of nil kinds ot HARNESS MOUNTINGS ho is now piopared to oxecnto all ordors for Carriage, Buggy, Single or Pair Horso, Gig or Dog Cart, Singlo or Tandem. STRONG DURABLE STOCK SADDLES, Our own mako, comploto with Mounts, from £3 ss. Od. Always on hand, a Larok Stock of CAB, SPRING CAR!', DRAY AND FARM HA.RNKBB W.°.J. has always a largo gonoral stock, com prising Koclng, bteciileelmso, and Hunting Saddles and Bridles, Stablo Requisites, Sumraor ned Winter Horvccluthinpr. Valises, Portman toauy. Courier Hags, Waterproof Pasto for Saddles and Harness, Compos, Oils, &o. KLLIMANS ICMBROCATION, JUST ARRIVKD. A lßrge stock of latest improved extra strone PACK !: A.DDLKS ulwayd on hand. From 60s. Fivo per ccpt. Discount allowed for Cash. W. S. JONES, QUEKN-STRKKT. .AUCKLAND. Cottee iicerc\ianT;B |-|ROWN, LARBBia & CO.'S AUCKLAND STEAM AND riPICB MILLS. COFFEES. rr IS NOT SUFFICIKNTLY KNOWN THAT GOOD COtfFKK is the best stimulating Beverage both for Winter and Bummer. To obtain what you really want, ask for oar Best Brands, the KXCKLSIOR or STANDARD, which have sustained tholr good nameß over Ten Years, and have very much increased in demand—a sure proof o their being consumed and appreciated in all households throughout and even out of our province. IHS. Wholesale only at our Allllß and Agents tea. Retail at all Grocery Kste.blishments In Town and Country. |"I » Oar best sSo Kxcr'.H Brand, green label I qualities. JjoOStanaard , red >Rvery£kKß g £ "5 Lion „ pink „ I with cur C b ' signature. SB 00-S \ Oui lowes fe~g Anohor „ puoo „ L qnaUtiea, a S~ Crown „ yeUow ~ (without onr «g| ) signature. Our PEPPKRS and SPICBM we guarantee Of Best Quality, and free of adulteration. BROWN, BARRKTT & CO. . BlUott-street, Tulr, I3th. 1878.



Insuranc o. TTNION INSURANCE COMPANY NEW JIEAIiAND. m I OAITTAT. £2,000,000 I AUCKLAND BRANCH, QUKKN-STKKKT, next to tho Colonial Bank FIIIK DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted on Dwelling-houses, stores, Shops, Buildings In which trade ia carried on, Merchandise, and Uoods of every description. MAEINE DEPARTMENT. Hulls Of Ships or Steamers, Merchandise of a kinds, Speoio and Wool to United Kingdom, Lowest Current Rates. K. U. STEVENSON, Maaagor. i I\T!E\V ZEALAND INSITUANCE JL3I COMPANY, Capital £1.000,000 Ueinsuranco and Rosorvo Funds ~ £140,000 Insurance against LO3S BY FIRE of ovory description of I'roporty may bo olloctod with this Company at Lowest Kates. Hulls Insured for the Voyage or Time, Mer chandise. Goods, and Freight Insured, by Stoamors or Sailing Vcssola. Klaka on Woo subject to special arrangement, LOBHK- PUOMITI.Y i'AID, N.Z. INSUKANCK HUTiiOINOS. GKORGK P. I'IKItCK. Manaeor^ mHE LIVEKfUOii ASO LONDON -*- AND GLOISE INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITA! ..£2,000,000. AcauMULATKI) ITUNDS „ £5.812,093. Annual Fiuk Inoomh kxckicdino ..£1,070,01)0. The Company nro proparod to Accopt lUBKS on Buildings and their Contents, whether Mor cantlloor otherwise, in tho City and Suburbs At how Ml CtiutticNT HA'i'ics. JOHN ItUCiIANAN, Agont. Bhortlnna-Bt,rnot, Atigtut SI, 1880. NUUXTT BKITIMIi & M KKCANTILE INHURANOK COMPANY. LONDON AN L) KIJINISURGII. Established ISO 9, Incorpomleil by Royal Charter. Capital £2,000.000 Firo UCHiirvo Kund 1.150,090 Income of tho Kiro Department, Net Promluma and Interest .. .. 070,119 I'UKBIDKNT : Ills Graco tho Dv of itoxburgho, K.T. VickPu«hiiji;nts • His Oraco the Uulco of Sutherland, K.G.: His Uracu 1110 IJulto of Aboroorn, K.O. RXTItAOUIIINAUY DlllKOTORS: Right llun. Limn VVOLVBUTOH Sir Waltich Jamkh. Hart. Sir John Majohiuanks, of Lcos, Bart. Sir Hoimtr Iliv, of IlajHtoun, Hart. Right Hun. tho KARL uk stii.vi iimokh Right Han, the ICahi-ok Aiikhdiskn Right Hon. tho Eakl 01' Amr.iii Right lion, the Haul oir Kimtt GENERAL COURT OP DIHECTOIIS. CIIAIHMAN : Right Hon. Lord Uiwronoo, 0.C.8., G.C.3.1 and P.O. Flro Risks takon on linildingg and Proporty In tho Provincial DUlrict uf Auckland tt OURIIKNT H*'l'icri. Losses promptly and liberally settled, AGENTS: SIIE It A I! U OTHER S, QOEKN-STHHET. AUCKLAND. Suwine MachmoH. aEW IN U ,y| auIII N£ 8 TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES ss h ■'a o5 « h 5? 5 Tlioflo Machines havo now boon so long before tho public that they havo ostabliuhod a rcputa' Uon for themsolvos and can bo confidently recommended by hundreds who possess them Xi suporlor to all others for domostio use, Tho now Klliptlo blmttlo Movement ie aoknowlodgod on all hands as tho simplest qulotost, and most beautiful motion over in, vented for the pnrposo. Tho now Patent Shuttle has only one hole tt thread, and la largor than most otharg. Sole Agent i T. PEACOCK, Optician, Qbortland-etreot. «*■ apwiNo Machines Repaired. w. c7~ dX * N X s Tiik Great SKVVINQ MA^niNK* IMPORTER, BIIAB JUST HKCEIVBD A Lar,c;o Shipment of the Challengi Maciiink of the World, 'the whitrc co.s skwing machinu Tho Moat Silent Tho Cheapest : Tho Moat Rapid Tho Highest Arm Tho Moat Simple Tho Largest Table Tho Most K»sy to Work Tho Best Cover Tho Most Durablo The Simplest Shuttle Tho Most Klegant Tho Neatest Stitch : THE BEST SEWING MACHINES EVER MADi Pbice of Hand Machines, £3 10a. Also, Always on Hand, Genuine Singer Frister & Rossman Wertheim Standard Howe Company's Wheeler & Wilson Grovor and Baker's Jones's ABO Domestic And othor good makes PROM 2s 6d Per Week I 2s 6d Pee Week ALL MACHINES GUARANTKKD. These Machines can he had of my Agents :— Marcrott & Co., Whangarei; Thos. Wells. Cam bridge: Wm. Stevenson, Onehunua; E. Wayte Hamilton; Parncll & Boylan, Oisborno ; Bron nan & Co., Tauranga; and at other places. •mHE /NREAT T^EPOT, ' OUEEN-STREET. Fnnov Goods. /CHARLES l^-KLSax & fW IMPORTERS OF FANCY GOODS, QUEEN STREET. (Noxt to Mr Kohn, Jowollor). THEY liyiPOllT THEIR OWN GOODS DIRECT, THEIR STOCK IS NOW VERY LARGK AND VARIED. THIRTY-FOUR CASES OF NEW GOODS, Consisting of Genorally Assortod FANCYWARE I<ANCYWARE ARK JUST TO HAND. TAWN mENNIS IN SttTS, AND LAWN TENNIS IN SEPARATE PARTS, as Bats, BALtS Nets, Bat Covers. &0., &0., Every variety. " ROLL, BOWL, OR PITCH," Tho New Outdoor Game for Young Peoplo CROQUET, LAWN BOWLS. CRICKS T WAUIf, &c. A Choice Assortment oE China Ornaments, Flower Vnses, Etergr.es. &c. See. SELTZO G E N E S, BesS make in cano and wire. BAGATELLE BOARDS, of bbsTmake, in all sizes, and with reul Ivory Halls Work Hoxes, Dressing Casea, Writing Deaks. CARVED BKKAI> PLATTKKS, &b. Patent Adjustable Chiiirs,fordrawlug-room,&c, Albums in choico designs, hand-painted, &p. Crystal Flower Stands ' ' DOLLS and 'IOY<3 of all kinds CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS. BIRTHDAY Ditto, &c, A Choico Assortmont Jußt Opened Up. Special Terms to parties Buying Quantities of Fanoy Goods for BAZAARS, CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS, &C,



jjrapery. ] «TVT ELLESLJiDf HOUSE. i OIIEAI' DRAPERY AND MILLINEHY ESTABLISHMENT. Now Oponed for tho Spring end Summer trade tho Newest fctylcs in Uress Materials, comprising Galatcu and Beatrice Stripes, Pom padour Prints, Idro tftripes, Attalea Twills, Angira Cloth, Grenadines, Lustres in all the leading shades, &c. Black Silica, from 2s lid to 10s Gj. Our etock of Ladio3' and Children s Hats and Millinery is larger than usual, and every novehv of tho aeason. Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Corsets, Baby Linen, a very nico assortment. Lacu and Muslin Cur tains, from is Gd tho pair; Toilet Covers and Quilts, new makes. Cheap Tweeds, Drills, and Sorgo for Boys' wo'ar. Always on hand, a woll-assorted stock of Hosiery, Haberdashery, Trimmings, and Fancy Goods. All Roods marked at less profit than usual to meet tho Woßhall also continue to allow 5 percent. Discount for Caah at time o£ purchase on parcels of 20s and upwards. Country Orders carefully If nJ. promptly oxe cutod. A. LOVa TT, WKI LICBLBY-STHKKI. AUCKLAND. Hotels. rp he aT a v aot cl, AUCKLAND. j^DAM (JAIRNS Hespncttully Informs his many friends through out tho Colonies, old patrons ot THIC STAR, Uio travelling coiinniuiity, aud general public that lie lias pukciiahci) titb intkukst of Mr It. .1. Davidson in thealjovo well-known Family ANIJ COMMKHCtAL iljTKr.. "T HE STA X," Roploto with EvisiiY Modnrn LuxuitY and Comkout iii ICa<:h. Dki'.mii-micnt, requires no tall lalk, nor"hli(li[uululin" to recommend It; the position it liua loiik liold. as Tiik Leading Hotel in Auckland Is unqnoationod, It) high prcstigo undeniable. The succcßii attending "T]lE STAR" for the past fow yours is mainly duo to the otllciency, tho untiring care aud attontion, of thi> iUunuKor, Mlt W. A. CLARK; and Mr Cairns taken tho earliest opportunity of an nounciriK that us in tho past, so in tho futuro, Mr Clark will (under Mr Cairnn'a Konoralsuper vision) retain ttio position lie haß proved himself so well qualified to hold. "THE STAR" will bo conducted on tho same liberal principle as hitherto, wltli Haverul Old World aDd American SPECIALITIES AND IMPHOVKMENT3, of whicli the present proprietor gained valuable and practical experience during his lato trip to Europo, „ To many roadera of this paper Mr Calms is personally known. To others ho would mention that lie has hud long aud varied oxpoiionca in public catering, lmving hold tho po.ition or Chief Steward of U.M.5.3. Co.'s 'Nebraska,' and sevoral largo lutercolonial Steamer*: and alao HUC3Ui.nifUM.Y condncted ' Iho Wbito Hurt," UhrlHUilmrch; " Koyal Mall," Auckland; " Hoyal Mail," Waikato; and other well-known Hotels. rplIK QT A R TTTOTKL, ALUKUT-BTHKKT, AUCKLAND, ADAM CAIRNS, Pkopriktob. TIIE HOTEL PAR EXCELLENCE IN AUCKLAND!! Old Patrons to tho Star Hotel, and tho Tiavel ling Publio gcnorully, tire rospectfully informed that 11. J. DAVIDSON Has purchasod that magnificent and centrally situated first-class house, rp II E A LIIEUT TT| OTE L, QUKEN-STUHKT, AUCKLAND " Good wine needs no bush," bat on an oocasion like iho present K. J. Davidson trusts ho may bo permitted to statot.h-.tlhe ALBi-KT HOTEL (situate us it is in the heart of tho city), is unquestionably and without any more figure of speech tho BUST AXD MOST COMPLETELY-APPOINTED HOTEL IS TflK AUSTRALIAS, is ropUto with every modern comf'irt and con venienco, und has (litorally) UNEQUALLED ACCOMMODATION for Tourists, Commercial Gentlemen, and the travelling public icnnnrnlly. Aparlmonta on Suite for Ladies and Families. Sample hooms for Travellers. Select Biixtard Room. Hot, Cold, an.l fhower Batbs, &c, &c, &c K. J. DAVII' "IS presents his personal com pliments io liia uil " -tar" customeiß, and respectfully requests their patronago and sup port to his new undertaking. It is, he hopes, with pardonable pride that ho ventures to rofer to tho mannur in which tho "Star" was con ducted under his regime. With more centrally situatad premises, very largely increased ac commodation, later hotel appliances and ap pointments, ho is now in a position to oiler his patrons still moro luxurious and oompleto accommodation. In lino, it will he his ploasur ablo pride to eclipso all his former ciForcs at his now nouso, TUX ALREKT HOTEL, QUEEN-STREfcT, AUCKLAND. T>ACK FROM THE SOUTH! Ty HAUF TTOTKL, Next tho Largo Mill, Lower Queen-street. MR. FREDKRIOK ARCHARD (Lato Britomart Hotel, and Justly of Gisbornc) Wishes to Inform his old friends that lie has takon tho above Well-known Hotel, where Wines and Spirits of tho Best Quality will bo kept. EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR TRAVELLERS. Cm Faces Always Welcomb. YJTTAIWERA (HOT SPRINGS). LAKE HOUSE, ROTORUA. The Beat Place In tho Australian Colonies to Spend your Holidays. Fismxo, Shooting, Boating, Billiards, Lawn Tennis, &c. m H 1 5 1' t B LIOTEL AND Wli\ TE AND SPIRIT STORE. urjVK Theatric Royal,] QUE BN-3TRKET, AU UKIjAND.' M. GALLAGHER [Late Tiiamks and Cosmopolitan Hotels], PROPRIKTOR. FEKRY HOTEL, NORTHCOTE, LATK STOKKS' POINT, J. MAXWELL, Fropbibtok. Accommodation for Travellers. Saddle Horses on Hire /UEESON'S D" O T E L, CORNER OF CUSTOM-HOUSK AND LOWKU HOBSON STREET 3. Board and Residence, £1 per week; Single Rooms, £1 ss. Suites of Apartments on application, Marshall ard Coupland's XXX Dunedin Beer in draught or otherwiss. Dunedin Beer supplied at (id per bottle. THE BALL ALLEY. Tne Ball Alley is the first of tho kind established in tho province, and is also tho flncat in the colony, P. GLEESON, Proprietor. TERMINUS HOTEL, NORTH HELENSVILLK. F. Clahk Staff begs to Inform Travellers ond others that tho New Railway Station is now open for tranic, and that the steamers fo* Wairoa, Port Albert, and Pabi, now lio at tho New Wharf; also that the Pott and Telegraph Olhces are situato within fifty yards of the Hotel. Tho Hotel is commodious, and no effort will bo spared to conduce to tho comfort of its patn ns. Good Stabling. Wines and Spirits (tho best procurablo in tho market). F CLARK STAFF. Proprietor. POKTMJAITE lASU S" PORTMANTEAUS! " W. EHA.TFIKLD, Manufaotnrer of all kinds of Portmanteaus' [Ladies Travelling Trunks, Bonnet Boxes, Hat and Gun Cases. Travellers Sample Cases, and Leuther Cases of every description, mado to size and order. Gentlcmon s Portmanteaus always kept in stock . in great variety; manufactured from tho Best Colonial Leather und Bold at English Prices. tar Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 25, Geeystkeet. Auckland. i