fine road that wound and doubled and zig-

zagged daringly aJong the mom tain side The last snowdrifts wore soon left far above, and the first belt ;of sparse vegeta tion and wind-tormented firs was reached again. The landscape varied with every turn of the road. Vineyards, and chestnut woods, and olive slopes showed green and grey in the valleys 'below ; and where the mists parted, shifting glimpses of blue sea, vow here, now there, were suddenly re vealed, and again as suddenly hidden. Down into the (eeth of the storm the road plunged presently, and they reached the next post-lionse in a whirl of rain and sleet. 'I he horses were taken out, splashed and reeking, and replaced by four.fresh from the stables. The post-boys touched their hats for a liberal gratuity ; the new ones jumped into their saddles ; Sanro Quaranta-Sette lit a fresh cigarette; Mr Prouting followed suit with a cigar, and they were off again. They had now been many hours on the road, and the sun, gleaming through mist as the storm broke and passed, was fast dropping westward. Still winding, still de scending, the road led down through scant chestnut woods, and farm lands, and over another and a lower pass, to a large ram bling village among the hills, where they again ntopped to change horses. The carriage drew up before a clean looking inn ; lamlloid, landlady, .and an elderly waiter in rusty black, waiting at the door to receive them. " Borghottn, mi-lord," said Sandro Quaraut.a-Setto, presenting an obsequiously smiling face at the carriagedoor. "We are at BorghottO.1' Lord Bnickenbury, who was reading, looked up from his book, "Borghetto?" he said. "What o Borghetto? I had hoped it was Spesizia." "Ah, Dio? Sit'nore, we are still twenty five kilomctri from La Spezzia, and we have been travelling since seven this mormnc. At this season, when the days are short, many travellers sleep at Borghetto. Here, at tlie Hotel Euvopa, are good rooms, good beds, and a good cook." Lord Urackenbury shook his head. " No, no," he said. "We must e,o on. " But, Signore, the sun will set in three quarters of an hour or so, and it will be dark before we get in !" "What of that? You havo n good road and fresh horses." Still the vetturino persisted. The land lord of the Europa was his particular friend, and kept in his cellar a certain choice vin tage for which Saudro Quaranlti-Sette en tertained an especial weakness. " But my honoured Sianore,' ho urged, in his most persuasive and deforential tone, " the Hotel is as good—nay, it is better, than the Hotel at La Spezzia ; and . . .' Lord Brackenbury frowned. •'I have told you to go on," he said, authoritatively. '"My arrangements are made. Be good enough to get your horses in as quickly as possible." With this ho pulled up the window, and returned to his book. That his commands should be disputed, though never so defer entially, was something new and unheard of. As for the anxious and disappointed faces at the hotel door, ho did not even see them. Sandro Quaranta-Sette drow back, look ing very blank and disconcerted. He, how ever, shrugged his shoulders, ordered out the relay, and hurried in to drink a bottle of his favourite vintage before starting. " He is a mule, this English milotdo !" he said, shaking himself in his wet coat, like a big dog. -'He must go on to l.a Spezzia, forsooth, day or dark, storm or fuir I 'Tib nothing to him, if we outside are drenched and shivering." And, with the niniable ferocity ot Italian blood, he wishec'., as he poured out a tum blerful of the rich red wine, that the usual vague |"accident" might befall Lord Brackenbury before twenty-four hours should have passed over his head. The horses were soon in, the bottle soon omplicd, and umid much lamentation on the part of the landlady, and much valedic tory shouting on the part of Sandro and his friend the landlord, the yellow caliche set off again in the teeth of a driving rain. It was, however, but the tuil of the storm ; and although a rolling sea of vapour surged overhead and blotted out all but the lower mountain slopes, the rain presently ceased, or nearly ceased, in the valleys. Still descending, the road followed the course of a swollen torrent, and entered a long ravine closed in on either side by terraced vineyards and hanging chestnut woods. The mists brooded so low, the ravine was so tortuous, the dusk was so rapidly drawing on, that there was little to see in any direction; but Lord Bracken bury, tired of reading, opened the window on the torrent side, and watched the scenery with some interest. Presently he put his head out, and bade the post-boys stop. '■ How far are wo now from La Spezzia !" he asked. Sandro Quaranta-Sette .tumbling some what sleepily down from the, box, guessed the distance at between eight and tea kilo metres. " A good road all the way." " As good as here, Signor." " A straight road ?" "Not so very straight, Signor. No straighter than it is here." " 1 mean, are there no cross-roads —no turnings ? l>oes it lead direct to La Spez zia'''

•'Direct, Sign or. We ■go on and on, down and down, always—and at the end we come to La Spczzia." " Good. You may open the door. I will walk the rest of the way." " Walk, Sigaor !So far—at this hour ?" Lord Brackenbury folded down the page he had last been reading, dropped his book into one of the carriage-pockets, and got out. " You can drive on," he said. " I shall arrive soon after you. lam cramped and cold, and shall walk quickly." " Nay, Signor, we had better go at the Signor's pace. It will pour again presently, and . . " Lord Brackenbury interrupted him im patiently. "lam used to all weathers," he eaid ; and I cannot possibly loose my way." Then turning to his valet :— " You will see that there are good fires in all the rooms, Proutine," he said, "and order dinner immediately. You may also enquire at the post-office for letters. Mr Proutiog, who was preparing to follow his master touched his hat, and hesitated. "Hadn't I better walk also my lord?" he asked. " Certainly not. You will go forward, and have all ready by the time I come." 11 But Signor," expostulated the Tetturino, "it is too dark—too late—too solitary !" "Lord Brackenbury turned upon him sharply. " \Vhat do you mean by ' too solitary ?' " he said, " You told me yesterday the roads were safe. Are they safe, or are they not safe V " Certainly, Signor—as sate as the streets ofjGenoa. Yet for all that . . . ." Lord Brackenbury cut him short with a hasty gesture. "Here, Prouting," he said, "You may give me the small revolver, thongh it is quite unnecessary. And now my good fellow, drive on and get to La Spezzia as fast as you can." So saying, he put the pistol in his breast pocket, buttoned his overcoat to the throat, pulled his hat well down over his eyes, and prepared for a brisk walk. Mr Prouting and Sandro Quaranta-Sctte scrambled back into their places, the post boys cracked their whips, and the carriage rattled off as before. •' He walks like a mountaineer, your mi lordo Inglese," said Sandro Quaranta-Sette in the driving seat to Mr Prouting in the rumble. Mr Prouting, comprehending the look though not the words, glanced back, and saw his master following at a rapid pace. Then came a turn in tho road, and pre sently, as Lord Brackenbury again emerged into sight, another turn; and after that they saw him no more. Meanwhile the weather cleared. The mists broke, and a crimson flush flooded the the western sky. Then Sandro Quaranta- Sette wrapped himself iv his rug, and took up his nap at the point where it had been interrupted. Mr Proutinsr, solicitous for his precious lungs, lit another cigar to keep out the damp. And so, to the dull bass of the tonent and the shrill treble of the wind in the tree tops, the yellow calfechc sped on through glowing sunset and fast-gathering twilight, leaving Lord Brackenbury farther behind with every turn of the wheels.

CHA.PTEK VI,

MI-LORD IS LATE,

The arrival of Sandro Quaranta-Sette with his four post-horses aDd his empty carriage created an unwonted excitement at the Hotel Croce di Malta ; the Croce di Malta being at that time the only good hotel in La Spezzia, and La Spezzia but a small town at the head of a very beautiful and solitary bay, where there were neither dockyards, nor arsenals, nor ironclads, nor anything but splendour of sea and sky, and glory of mountains, and the memory of a poet's funeral pyre.

It was not that travellers were few or post-horses rare. It was that Sandro Quaranta-Sette was known to be a patron of tbc rival inn at Borghetto. Wherefore the twin-brothers Marco and Bruno Ber nardo who kept the Croce di Malta, hailed Ins appearance as indicative of a possible change of policy, and wore profuse in their greetings accordingly.

If there was one customer whom they had especially coveted ever since takiDg the hotel, it was Sandro Quaranta-Sette. If there was one turn-out upon the road which ley had admired more than another it wag the yellow caleche. To welcome that calfeche to their atablec, and Snndro to their hearth and cellar, had long been the one drop wanting to the cup of their pros- And now, what happiness! he wag come, bringing with him a mi-lord Inglcse I Their best rooms, their choicest wines everything they possessed, was at Signor Sundro's command. Mi-lord's valet? Mi. lord's luggage? Mi-lord himsplf? Ho\v» Following on foot? Alone? Heaven'si What eccentricity I Ho, there, Ginseppel- Giannino—Pietio ! This way—this way t Upstairs with mi-lord's luggage ! ' Fires in, every room of the first floor. Pile on the log* and the fir-cones—light the candles £ Bid the cook prepare the best dinner he can send to table ! And now Signor Sandro and Signor Mi. lord's valet must come into the office and drink a bottle of the best ! Thus with "is«iml" in prolusion, the twin landlords (hie, burly, black-bearded young fellows both) welcomed Sandro (Jnaranta. Sette and Mr Prouting ; and all four en joyed a pleasant quarter of an hour over their bottle. Then Mr Prouting went to the post-office: brought back a: letter addressed in the well known handwriting of " Mr Lancelot" his master's brother ; attended to the fires; and laid out a change of clothing against his lord's arrival. These duties performed, he went down again and joined the idlers at the doori. those inevitable idlers who hang about the doorway of every Italian country inn, one of whom is sure to be the apothecary and another the barber. Hither also came Sandro Quaranta-Sette, having first seen to the housing and scrnpn lous cleansing of the yellow caleche; and with him two other vettnrini whose travel lers were staying at the hotel. Of their chatter, Mr Fronting understood not one syllable ; but they made way for him politely and looked pleasant; and they were at all events company. " What weather ?" said the barber, pnf> ting his head outside for a moment, and drawing it in again with a jerk. "it hag begun to rain apnin. " What weather 1" echoed Sandro Qiia. rnnta-Sette, with a shrug and a shiver. "He gets a cnld bath gratis to-night, our English Signor." " The English love rain. It is their native clement," said the apothecary, who was tall mid thin and all in black, and wore acrap'e band to his hat, as if in memory of patjenta departed. " They aay it always rains in England re marked one of the vettnrini." The apothecary shook his head. He was the learned man of the place. " Not so," he said sententiouoly. " They divide their year in two seasons—seven months' rain and five months' fog.'; It is very dismal 1" "Oh, very dismal 1" echoed everybody but Mr Prouting. . ' ' '■■'>■ " Then the blessed sun never shines at all over there," exclaimed the barber ! "By Bicchus ! never, The rich Ingjese come here to see it." •' So that accounts for the travellers we get. Well—l never knew that before." '■ ";:

The apothecary smiled loftily. ',-.'" " All phenomeua are simple wheil'.'we know their causes and the laws by Which they are governed," he said, wisely, nien turning to Sandro Quaranta-Sette. 'I'Whera did you leave your mi-lord, Signor SSyttdrb't" he asked. '• «bout half way hetween the old bridge andGrassi'smilL" "How long ago ?" _ . ' , Sandro looked at his watch. << Well—longer than I had supposed. I was going to say an hour ago; bdt it must be quite an hour and a half. We patted company at half-past four 6'clock," The apothecary pulled ont his watch j Mr Proutinc pulled out his ; the two Vetturini pulled out theirs ; the barber, who had no watch, peeped into the office and looked at the clock over the mantlepiece. " Past six," said the apothecary. " It is not more tban nine kilometri froia here to Grassi's mill," said the barber. •', " A man must walk slowly, to be an hour and a half walking niue kilometri," said one of the vetturini. Sandro Quaranta-Sette looked puzzled. • "He walks wrtl," said he. "He walks fast. I should have thought ho wouldbe here before now." Mr Prouting looked from one to another of the speakers. He knew they were talk ing about hia master. " Surely my lord is late ?" he said. To which Sandro replied, with his whola I stock of English :—" All right." " It may be all right, you know, and ,it ! may be all wrong," said Mr Proutinp, I thinking o! the diamonds in Lord Bracken. I bury's travelling belt, " Can my lord have missed his way ?" ... I Sandro called Bruna Bernardo, tie I younger landlord, who had been a conripr and spoke English. ~ He listened, looked grave, and declarifd that to miss one's way, there being neither cross-road nor turning, was impossible. " It is not impossible to miss one's ioojt" ing and fall iuto the torrent," said; $8 apothecary, ominously. , ni " It is an accident that has never happened in my time," replied Bruno ; and 1 have known hundreds of darker evenings thin this," ai nit " A man mußt bo blind to miss his foot ing between the old bridge and La Spezzia." said the vetturino who had spoken. "It is one of the best roads in Italy," '. , " Have you many bad characters in tße^e parts f asked Mr Prouting, his thought* Btill turning to the diamonds. ....-.• •' We have no brigands, if that is what you mean," said Bruno Bernadro.' "But we are alarming ourselves for nothing. Jt was daylight when the Signor got ,out ; to walk, and. it was not yet quite dark -when the carriage stopped at this door. Nothing can possibly have happened. He will ba hero directly. Let us talk of something else." • . They did talk of something else-o£ the FGte at Genoa; of the epidemic at Carrara: of the marriage of a certain Conte Cadp« linghi at Sarzana; but the conversation soon flagged, and was followed by an un easy silence. " It is half-past six," said the barber pra«

senuy. m "Then it is time we took lanterns-ana went to look for him," said Bruno Ber nardo. . ill ;':>.".«,,• Some few minutes were spent in fetching the lanterns and putting in the candles. Meanwhile Sandro Quarauta-Setto looked out a strong rope, which he bound about his body. The others took staves and blup" peons, and the two Bernardos shouldered their fowling pieces. Then, followed by all ■ the men, boys, and stable-helps about tn« place, they set out in the direction ofitbo

pass. ■•" ■"'■; They had the mist and the wind at their backs; but it was so dftik that, despite their lantern?, they could scarcely sea their way for more than a couple of yards ahead. A disagreeable nieht even for those who carried lanterns and were familiar With every inch of the road; but woree for la stranger ignorant of the country, andtravd ing in the opposite direction. i -, " Iliad not thought it was bo dark,"6ua Sandra Quaranta-Sette. ~ ■'.> ■■-%) The elder landlord shook his head/ilm* "We ous>ht to have had the light* out sooner," said the younger. m Their way led for some distance undcrtne walls of a long succession of olive-gardfcns; the olive at La Spczzia, like the orange>t Sorrento, being the staple growth or. tha place. Presently, as the valley narrowed, the rush of the torrent became audible jbul j neither the water below, nor the hei/jhw above, nor anything but the wet road aid the rainpools under their feet were visible in the slimmer of the lanterns. >" j;

At every hundred yards or so they paused —shouted—listened; then went on againj then stopped again and shouted and listened as before. Tramping along thus carrying their lanterns low ; examining every footot the road ; pausing! at every fancied sound; staring into the darkness on either side>: now and then exchanging a hurried word Oi warning or misgiving ; looking, and seeing nothing; listening and Shearing nothing; getting more wet, more muddy moreanxioMi more bewildered the farther they wentano the later it grew, they came at last to. the place called Grasai's mill, about a mile from the old bridge, and half-a-mile from1 toe spot at which Lord Brackenbury alighted. " He must be down yonder," said Sandro QuaraDta-Sette, coming to a halt. " Some thing must have happened—a sprain, or;* slip—and he found his way down to the mil!." ?W Now the mill lay low by tho torrent-Bide, a hundred feet or so below the level of'th* road. There were two ways of getting down to it; tho one a rough cart-track, the] other a steep but more direct footpath. ' . ; MrProutingand the apothecary, notcaring to damage their broadcloth among bushes and briars, went round by the cart-track. Sandro Quaranta-Sette, the brothers Ber< nardo, and the others, took tho shorter way.

[To be continued on Saturday.)

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Auctions. W. S. COCHKANE.J IJAMKS DACKK. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, A BOOKS! BOOKS ! BOOKS! THE subscribers will soil at their liooniß, on Thursday, 11th Instant, at 11 o'clock, ; ' £00 VOLUMKS BOOKS, consisting of History j. of England, Cyclopedia, Miller's Works, Byron's Works, Poetical Works ot Hood, Campbell,Cowpor.and Moore; Spectator, liouay Bible, Tiilmaßo's Works, Lite of Christ, London Heviow, lllußtratod London Nowb, Novi'la, Koran, &c., &c. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. TO INTENDING SETTLERS. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S ESTATE, at Drury, in now boing subdivided into Farms 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 grasß; clear running streams; bush and ornamental planting; many live fences. Our instructions aro positive to soil. The i greater portion of purchaaemonoy may remain j on mortgage at a low rato. The surveyors aro now on tho ground, and wo earnestly invlto industriousmen of Bmall capital to inspect this proporty, and to avail themselves ot such a rare opportunity to obtain homesteads . on reasonable terras, and within half an hours rail of tho city. So soon as survey is completed, 1 jthographlo Plans will bo issued. B. TONKS & CO. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. TRADE SALE, OF NEW SEASON'S TEAS, CHRISTMAS' COSAQUES. BON BONS, &c.» &c, &c. GABRIEL LEWIS HAS received instructions to sell, at his Store, on abovo data, at 11 o'clock, ♦Jf 1A PACKAGES NKWSEASON'S TBA3 «JU*» Half-ohcsta and Boxes. 4 CASKS CHRISTMAS COSAQUES, BON BONS, JUWSL C 4.5E3, AS SORTED CONFECTIONERY. Terms at Sale. THURSDAY1, NOVEMBEK 11. FINE ANT, COARSE SALT, BELMONT SPERM CANDLES. GABRIEL LEWIS WILL sell at his Store, on above date, 11 o'clock, 50 tons Wtaton and Westall's KINK and COARSE SALT, delivered from ships si*e in lots to suit purchases 100 k*res BELMONT SPERM CANDLES. Terms at Sale. nOUNTRY CATTLE SALES. Dbujvt Fair—Wednesday, November 17 Papaxura—Wednesday, November, 24 ALFRED BUCKLAND. BEGULAK a A L E S ov LIVE STOCK AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUDE Are held toy the undersigned as follows :— On each Thursday, at Romuera, the Principal Market for Fat Stock of all descriptions On each Friday, in Auckland. at the Haymarket, for Horses, Carriages, Harness, Hay, Corn, Seeds, Implements, &o. On each Tuesday, at the Haymarket, for Wool Sheopakins, Hides, Tallow, &c, at 12 ocloce At Waiuka, on the Brat Saturday in each month. At Pukekohe, on the first Monday in each month At Drnry, on the third Wednesday in each month At Papakura, on the last Wednesday In each month At Queen's Redoubt, on eaoh Monday before the third Wednesday in the months of Febrn . ary, April, June, August, Ootober, and IJeoembor Cattle Fairs spocially advertised Sheep Fairs specially advertised.' ALFRED BUCKLAND. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. THE REMUEKA YARDS. FOR Sale, on Thursday next, November 12, at the Remucra Yards, 80 Fat Cattle, ship-bornell 60 Fat Cattle, Auckland fatted 600 Fat Sheeps and Lambs Dairy Cows, Store Cattle Fat and Store Pigs ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, JNOVEMBES 16. WOOL! WOOLI the: haymarket. fTIHE First Sale of the Season will be held JL on Tuesday, November 16, for about 300 BALES. All wool to be in store not later than Satur day, the 12th November, for catalogue, ALFRED BUCKLAND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. THE DRURY YAkDS. A CATTLE FAIR will be held on Wednesday, November 17. Bntrles for the Catalogue can be made either with Henry Harding, at the Drnry Yards, or at the Haymarket, previous to Saturday, 13th November. ALFRED BUCKLAND. W. 9, OOOHHANE.I IJAS. DACEK. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22. BUILDING SITES AT THE NORTH SHORE. THE Subscribers have received instruc tions from the Trustees under the will of the late General Wynyard, to sell at their Booms. Fort-street, on Monday 22nd Inst., at U o'clock, 12 LARGK BUILDING [SITES, Splendidly Situated, being close to the Victoria Wharf, North Shore, and commanding viewß of the whole harbour. Plans in preparation. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, , ■■>~; .■■: Auctioneers. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22. W O|O L ! WOOL! WOOL! D■UB HA M YARDS. THE First Wool Sale of the Season will be held at the Durham Yards on Monday, November 22nd, at two o'clock. Vendors are requosted to send in their Wool for Catalogue not later than Friday. Novem ber 19. __ HUNTER AND NOLAN. rlrilrflr THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. GEORGE SIBBIN HAS received instructions from tho Auckland Harbour Board to sell, at the offices of tho Board, on Thursday. December 30, 1880,atllo'olook, Leases of Allotments Nob. 18,19,20, and 20a, ■^Breakwater Koad, for 2 years Leases of Allotments Nos. 1. 2, 25, 26, Mechanics' Bay Beclamation, for 6i years Lease of Allotment near Wynyard Pier, for 5 years Lease of Allotment at Breakwater, tori year CondiUonsan^mf^willbeonviewatthe ; ' .THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. GEORGE SIBBIN HAS received instructions from the Auckland Harbour Board to sell, at the offices ot the Board, on Thursday, the 16th December, 1880, at U o'clock, THE RIGHT OB1 COLLECTING TOLLS and Weighbridge Charges upon Queen-street and Kailway Whaifsior one (1) year AIEO, Leases of Shods A, b, c, and d, Queen street Wharf, for one ID year The Lease of Shed s, Railway W haif, for one (l)year Conditions and D; aft Lease will be on yiew At *~T« Hubooc Board Offices.



Auctions. THURSDAY, NOON. VLLOTMENTS AND COTTAGE, Keppell and Niger Streets, Newton. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, on Thursday next, at Arthur's Mart, at 2 o'clock noon, Kepfeix-stheet : 1 Allotment, No. 101, and Cottage 2 Allotments, Nos. 103 and 10ft Niger-sthkkt : 3 Allotmonts, Nos. 131,135, and 130 (Burns, Newton). r. alTthur, Auctioneer. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16. £1500 VALUB 0F JJNGLISH-MADE pURNITURE. PJANOS, PICTURES, IRON SAFES, MATS, RUGS, VASES, CLOCKS, ANEROIDS, FLOWER POTS, HARMONIUM, HORSEHAIR, MIRRORS, &c, &c, &c. E- & A- loaACS XXAVE rec-; iVC( j instructions to sell by mrr^ri'd auotion Intho Alukrt Hall, on laesap.y, November 16, at 11 o'olook, £1,500 VALUE OP Dining and Drawing-room Suites Bookcases, Saloon Tables Towol Horses Marble Washatands and Dressing Tables, Card Tables, Commodes Occasional Tables Umbrella and Hat Stands Smokers' Tables, Papier Jtacho Tables Reading Tables, Chcflbniers 100 Tables, Dining Tables, Footstools Muaio Stools, Hair Seating, Whatnots Picturoß, "Vases, Clocks, Klowor Pots Toilet Glasses, Mats, Hearthrugs Pianos, Iron Safes. Harmonlom Lawn Tennis, Badminton &(.'. &C. &O. E. & A, ISAA CS, Auctioneers, Tho attention of tho public is particularly oallo to this handsome and well-solectcdshipment. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. VALUABLE FARM NEAR THE PAH. R. ARTHUR HAS received instructions to sell by auction, at bis EsUto, Land, and House Sale Boom, Arthur's Mart, on Thursday next, November 11, at 12 o'clock noon, THAT WJCLL-SITUATED AND VALU ABLE FARM, siiuated near th» Pah > state, being allotmonts 10-33, section 13, of subdivision of allotment No. 8, section 13. Suburbs of Auckland, about 30 scree of land, together with tho Dwelling house, Farm Buildings, and all other Improvements, as now occupied by Mr Josaph Greenwood. Painters; Glaziers, &c U S T OPENED, AT OUR Plate Glass, Colour, PAPERHANGING, Gilt Moulding, and Picture Warehouse, 540 PACKAGES pAINTERS' jyjATERIALS, Including a Choice Collection of Photographs (plain and coloured). Chromo Lithographs Oleographs. Studies for Artists in Colours and Craj ons. Artists' Sundries. Fancy Framos, Ladies' Desks, Photo. 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Clark Staff begs to inform Travellers and others that the New 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. The Hotel is commodious, and no effort will be spared to conduce to the comfort of its patrons. Good Stabling. Wines and Spirits (the best procurable in the market). F CLARK STAFF. Protirletor. /ILEESON'S CTOTEL, CORNER OF OUSTOM-HOUSE AND LOWER HOBSON BTREET3. Board and Residence, £1 per week; Single Rooms, £1 ss. Suites of Apartments on application. Marshall and Coupland'a XXX Dunedln Beer in draught or otherwise. Dunedin Seer supplied at 6d per bottle. THE BALL ALLEY. Tne Ball Alley is the first of the kind established in the province, and is also tho finest in the colony, P. GLEE SO N, Proprietor. TJACK FROM THE SOUTH! WHARF TTOTBL, Next the Large Mill, Lower Quekn-bteeet. MB. FREDERICK ARCHARO (Late Britomsrt Hotel, and lastly of Gisbornc) Wishes to inform his old friends that he has taken the above Well-known Hotel, where Wines and Spirits of the Best Quality will be kept. EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOE TRAVELLERS, Gldß 7ACKO AjWAxa WJitWan.



Dammer's Wonderful Bargains. r A D I E S! Remember wo open now at 8 and olobo at G; . and on Saturday wo close at 10.30. Come and Bee the largo nice lot of WoDderful Fresh Bar gains, commencing with Ladies' Auckland Made Kid Hoots, at 8s the pair: Pompadour Ribbon, 3d tho yd.; Satin and Falllo Revorß able Klbbon, Gd : Largo Lot other Summer .Rib bons, 6d to la; Very Wide Sash Ribbon, 6d tho yd.; Loathor Tablo Mati, Is 6d tho set of 6; Knives and Forkß,6d the pair; Hooks and Kyos. 2 cards for Id, or 6d tho doz. cards: Glass Ink Bottles, with metal lids, Gd; Black Bracelets, 3d tho pair; tho Fashionable Snako Bracelot, Is tho pair; Silvered Snake Bracelets, 9d eaon; Nico Lot of Tablo Oiloloth, 1b tuo yd. Toll your hiißbands to look in tho Wnkofleld-atroat Window at my Black and Summer Kelt Hats, at 23 oach. lam not awaro that I'vo had bu in a cheap lot of Felt Hats before; Boys'do., tho Bamo Drlce; Black Lustre, 8d and Is tho yd.: Hoys' Hummer Suits.l 5s and 7s; Grand Metal Dross Holders, 2d; tho now fashioned Lad es Girdlos. Gd; tho Ladles' now fashlonod'lhlok Beaded Nocklaces, la Grt; now fashionod Uroochoa (black or coloured). Gd ; Kid Glovob, Is tho pair; Bplondtd lot of Josephine do.lwhlto and coloured), 2s; nioo lot of Hiding whips, Is each ; Largo Curds of Children's Toolb. fid tho card; Playing Cards, 9d tho puck: H»«ssomo Money Boxes, Gd; Workboxcs, nicely filled with Scissors. &c..'2s: Toy Bells. 2d; Largo do., suitablo for Tablo Bells. Id; Largo Grand China Tea Sots, 2s ; Diaper, Is th« yd.; Crochet Ajiti maccasarH, Is 3d; Toilet Mats, Is tho sot of 0; Omnibuaea, Cd oach; Hair Brusheß, Is; w"" brio Handkerchiefs, Gd; Trumpet" ■£-, | Punch Clappers, Is; Knginep Tilrlrrv Twill' i Is; Framed Oleogrn- V oi.Vn™ii« tho pair nr,.j PlnP.na>'' -»" PICtUrOB. 18 tno pair, Ponwlo - ...ons.Od; Large Jars Kimmcl's „£"■ . on; Victoria Mots? 2d each; largo " .o lot of Ladloß' Glovoa. 6d: Superior Finger Rings, Gd; Infants' Feeding Bottles, Od oaoh, Children's Patent Leather Boots. 2 ? l_Ci' ll?w,f Prunella do., size 6 to 0. 3a; Ladles' M.S. Boots, 5a Gd ; Prunella do., 6s Od: pretty bottles Siiiell lng Salts, Bd; largo out alas; battles Scent, la Gd; 150 yd. Reels of Throad, 3d ; 200 yd. Keels of Cotton. 2d, or Is lOd tho doe. S Crochet Cotton 2d and 2jd: ButtonH, 12 don. for■ 4d ; Cloth Vest Buttons. 12 doR. for Id; Lades' and Girls Thimbles, 2 for Id; Brown Windßor Soap. 7 for Is; Glycerino Bars, 7d tho bar; a few Blind i Tassels, 2d ouch; aood sizo Pioturo Crosses, 2d; massive 3-cornoredglasß Ink Bottles, Is: Lartleß and Girls' Umbrellas. 2s; nice Lot of Ladios White Straw Hats, Is 3d: Girls* do., lOd mid Is I Men's do.. Is and Is Gd: Shoots of PInB, 2 for Id or 3d tho do*.; Ladies' Handsome Silk Squares, Is Gil; Morlßys Knitting Cotton, Nob. B to 14, Is ltd the lb.: Infants' Feeding Bottloe, fld each; BOOk Muslin, od and 01; Steel Knitting Pi' b, I for 2d ; good sizo Tin Wallers, i ; Pretty Kgg Cups, !1 for Is; few Ball Drosses, a httlo soiled, is ; Men's Walking Sticks, la Gd; Boys do., 3d ; Ktectroplatad Forks. Is; do.^poor.s. 4d. lid. and Oil; Boys' Wido framed Slatoa. 2d; 2 Molina, with Hows, 20a each. Toll tho Shoemakers I have a Nico Lot, of Ladies.' Kid Boot Uppors. 2s tho pair, and a Lot Of Ladles' Boot Blocks, Is tho pair: nice Lot or Hoot Trunks for anyono. 2s Od to 831 Wash Leathers, Is oach; abour. 15 doz. Tomahawks left for Is oaoh ; Playing Cards Bd the pack; nico Lot of Gorman Silvor and fatoel Spectaclos, Is the pair, worth 2a Ort; 31ato Pencils, Id tho doz. or 6d for 100; Hair Note. Id; anothor Lot of tho Black Velveteen, 2* bd tho yd.; Lot of Sarconat.lls tho yd.; Gents Satin Bows, 6d and'Jd; Neoktiea, id; Ladies' Scarves. l)d to Is Gd; Poorless Glos>. to shine tho boots without brushes. Bd: nico Lot of Men a West Knd Collars, sizo 14,3 d (good quality); Blaok and White Borliu Wool, 3d tho doz.) all thobauu tifulcolours, 4d; Ladies' Stays. Is 6d tho pair; Calico, 4}d; Towelling, 4Jd; Fresh Lot of White Hack Comba. 4d and G'l: Mons Shirts. Is 3d to 2s 8d the highest price: Boya do., different sizes ohoap; Ladies Whito Hose,, 3}d ;; Unbleached do., Gd; Other colours, 6d ; Very Wido WhUo vv indow Holland, 9d per yd.; Orcen Striped do., Gd: Como Ladioa and aeo tho Lovoly l.ot of Ladies' Hnmmer Gloves 1 am telling at 6d tho pair ; Children's Gauntlet Gloves, Jd; Ruche oifforont colours, 2d the yd.; L»dies'and Ulrls l Jetticoats, 2s; White do., 4s Gd: Boys' Dux Collars, Bizo HI, 3d the box; Mons Grand Puggareo», 9d ; Mplendid Line of Men s Braces, lsj'nojhigker mice; Little Boy's do., Gd: Pun? Boxes, with puffs. Od ; Towels, 2d to2Jd; Largo Honeycomb do., Od; Turkish do., is; Navy Blue, Majenta Miroon. Greon. Brown, and La vendor Merino, Is 3d the yd.; Ladles Belts, Gd and 9d : Men's do.. If ; Boy's do., 9d; Hair Pads, 3 for Gd: Satin Tubular Trimming, Id tho yd.; Reading Glasses, to hold in tne hand, 9d each; Nice Lot of scent, Gd the bottlo; Piping Cord 18 knots for Gd ; Fingering wool, 3d the hank; Ladios' and Men's Stand-Up Collars, size 15.154, and IG, 2d the box; Kmbro idored Mats. 9d; Notepaper. 2d quire ; Flannel is 3d— W. II DAMPIKXI Ouccn-street WANTED, my Customers to take par ticular noticeof my Christmas HoHdayit' List of Bargains, comprising a grand »ssort ment of Fashionable Millinery Bonnets, and some of the Cbeapnst Trimmod Ladles' Hats in Auckland. My house! is celebrated for selling the best and cheapest Kid Glovcaiu town. Iho following list of prlcsß will bo a sure guarantco that the articles will insure thorasolves to the public, especially Bohemian Kid Glovea, an ex cellent quality and in all sizes, price Is 9d per pair, worth 3s Gd; Summor Fancy 2-Bnttoncd, 2a, worth Is per pair; a Good Dark Kid Glovo, 2-Buttoned, 2s, worth 3s Gd ; a splendid value In Ostrich Feathers. 5s 6d. worth 10s Gd ; a largo stock of Long White Ostrich Feathers equally cheap ; 1000 yards of Dress Mohair, for Summer wear, 7d per yard, worth Is Gd ; 30 dozen Silk Scarves, Is each, worth 2s; 60 dozon Laoe Col larots, Is, worth 3s ; a good lino in Black Kid Gloves, 2-Button,3s, worth 4s 6d per pair; Men s and Youths' Ventilated Straw Hats at Is Od, worth 3s; a splendid lot of Boys' Straw Hats. Is each. This is tho only house in town that has got the now Chinnelle Frilling for Ball Dresses ; also, a great variety of Gold and Silver Lace; tho Gent.'a New Tuscan HaU at ss, worth 7s 6d. —WM. KYRK Viotoria-Btreet. t\ i a p i k V. Wanted, all to Read tbla Advertisement, and keep it in their mind's eye, as tho Pricoß are extraordinarily Low, ana tho artioles Good:— Lyon'a Katharin, 8d a bottlo: 484 yds Maize and K'cro, Corded i'jhbon (all silk), at 5d and Gd yard; 2G9 Turkey-Red Handkerchiefs (damaged) at 6d usual price, Ik each: Tasso Trimming, lid yard; Men's and Boys' Braces, only Gd a pair; Men's Merino Drawers, 3a lid—usual price, Ss for same quality: 200 pair Girls' Stock ings, size i and 5, Is 4d per pah*: warehouse price was la 9d, so yon can see what a bargain they aro at tho price. Ladles' Embroidered Chemises, 2a 6d each ; Handromo Trimmed Night-dresacs. 3a 9d each : White Holland, od and 7d a yard : it answers all the purposes of a strong calico; Ladies' Lace Falls. 9d and Is eaoh ; a few pair Ladios' Corsets loft, at 2s per pair, size 25 inches ; 300 yds Lustre in Grey and Navy Blue, at lOd and Is, worth Is 3d yard; I Crochet Dollios, 2d each : Holland Pinafores, ' 3d each : a splendid lice of Ladies' White Fetti ooats at 3s 9d, worth fully 4s 6d each. J. GREKN, VIOTOKII-STBKKT. N.8.-Panama Hats, 2s 3d each, which is oheapcr than they have ever boon sold before in Auckland. Gmsmittts. DEVITT, Gnnraaker, VA, Queen • street, Auckland, opposite the Market house. Established, 1859.—Always In Stook and to arrive by direot importation from England made to advertisers own order,—Chokebore Breech-loading Guns, Donble and Single Muzzle loaders, Bieech-loading Revolvers, Breech-load ing Rook and Rabbit Rifles, Game Bags, Gnn Cases, Powder Flasks, Shot Ponohes, and every article necessary to complete the outfit of a sportsman. An assortment of every description of Revolver Cartridges, and all the beat Brands in Sporting Powders are imported direct from the makers by the the advertiser, who can guarantee their good quality. Cartridges for the Knfleld, Snider »nd Terry Rifles. Metahlo Cartridge Cases, Chilled Shot and other speci alities always on hand. Country dealers liberally dealt with. Guns Re-stooked, Browned, 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. The largest stock in Auckland to choose from. Also, In stook, a large assortment of Fireworks of the best Quality. Fishing Tackle Portmanteaus PO X T M A N T EJA^U S\ PORTMANTEAUS! W. BHATFIELD, Manufacturer of all kinds of Portmanteaus' Ladibß' Travelling Trunks, Bonnet Boxes, Hat and Gun Cases. Travellers' Sample Cases, and Leather Cases of every description, made to size and order. Gentlemen's Portmanteaus always kept in stook lin great variety; manufactured from the Best Colonial Leather and Sold at English Prices. tST Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 25, Gkey-steeet. Auckland. IyOBEL'S PATENT DYNAMITE. To Contractors, Miners, Quakrymen and Otheks. E. PORTER & CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR THE NORTH ISLAND FOR THB ABOVE DYNAMITE, Beg to call attention to the Reduction in tho Price of Nobel's Best, or No. 1, Dynamite, which is now being sold at TWO SHILLINGS and SIXPENCE per lb., with Liberal Dincount to the Trado and Large Buyers. Also, to its great Btrength, as compared with, other explosives. After repeated trials by the largest contractors in the Australasian Colonies, tho results prove beyond dispute that " NOBBL'S " DYNAMITE is the Most Powerful and KcotfOMiOAL, being fully Fifteen Per Cent, stronger than the Aus tralian-made Dynamite and Lithofracteur. NOBK L' S DV N a. MI T X is unequalled for tho following purposes:— Mining, Qoauryino. Blasting (in hard or soft, wet or dry rockl, Tunnklling, Breaking up on- Wreoks and Sunken Rocks. Splitting Tree Stumps, Boulders, &0., &o. No danger from tamping. Its Safety has been completely demonstrated by the absence of accidents either in transit, in storage, or in any legitimate use. It is insensible to heavy shocks, a per cussion cap being required lo develop its Glint Power. Printed instructions for using issued with every package. Necessary Double Tape Fuse and Caps always in stock. Price reduced. Tkn Tons of tho above Just Lauded, ex John BulL Mr Gorman, tho Company a Instructor, is now n Auckland, and on application will give any iiformatlon regarding tnls explosive. E. PORTER & CO., HARDWARE. MJtRCHAJSItf. AVOSMKB,



Land and Estate Agents. i TOT H. ME. TCALFK B3TATEI& GENERAL COMMISSION AGKNT. NO. 29, INSURANCE BUILDINGS. , Tho advertiser, having had 17 roars' eSc pcrionce, and being intimately acquainted with all properties now in his hands for salo, can advlso fntonding Bottlers in thoir choice ol land. FARMS,froin 50 to 8,000 acres, on hand. Full particular on applicaiion. Several good lu veßtmonts for Capitalists. Commissions of every description executed for Country Settlers nt low rates. Tj"l J. HUS. AND CO., 'land and estate agents., CORNER OF O'CONNKLL AND SHORT LAND-STRTCBTS (Next above Bank of New Sooth Walks). Proportlos entrusted to us for Sale will havo the additional advantage ot being placed z'a MOSS, RAINK & CO.'s CENTRAL RB'Sfgxiiy in Wellington. S™MD PROPERTY, pl_. • ~»eon Auckland and Onohunga, Largo Comfortablo Dwnlling-houso with 25 Aores Kloh Laud, having doublo front ifto and abundanoo of water; the wholo beauti fully situated, sure to increase in valno, and can bo purchased olthor In ono or in soparato lotß. F. J. MOS3 & CO., Shortland-strook. FOR 8A ' L E.- Well-built 8-roomod Houso In Park Road Comfortablo Lari<o Now House in Ho inuera, 10 minutes' walk from Railway ■ Station 7-roomed Houso in Ponaonby; every con venioneo; was and wator; lino Harden, and beautiful view Dwelling-house, with about 1 aero of land; plciisuntly situated b'lno Houtio, near Choral Hall, with 1 acre of Orchard and garden, nicely Id out; gas and water, and ovorything n flrst rato order F. J. MOSS & CO., Hhortland-stroet, -pURAL LANDS 5300 aeros ) Two very lino blocks in tho ■I'M acroa I Wnlkuto District "280 acruv, near I'ukokohn HOOD acres, about 3J miles from AueUlard 401)0 aorea lino Lund, near a Railway Station 0)0 aerOH very lino Improved Land, with Dwollintthousoanil civoiy oonvenlnncu 10,000 iioros iiiuh Land, Wangium! District, very supurlor quality, and takes grass by aurfaun sowing 10,000 acres Hush Land, Wanganui District: to bo sold cheap 612 acres Agricultural Laud, in two blocks, near tho Wairoa Hiver 6,000 acroa. Walk* to; a very choloo and cheap block of land 400 acres vory lino Land, one-half in gra'S, and only :i miles from a railway station 300 acres lino alluvial Land, with river frontago 1200 acres rloli Land, ICalpara distriot JtiO acres, ne»r Warkworth And other doalrablo Properties in various parts of tho province to be sold on catjy terms. Further information on application to F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-stroot. FOR S A L E- Faithfnlly-built Paddle Steamer, 75 tons, and 75 horße-powor, Kvery improvement, and draws ouly 11 feet of wator when loaded. Apply to F. J. MOSS & CO. hliortland-Htroot. o H X E P RUN. 10,000 acres on Host Coast, one-third rlohland, remainder downs. Takes grass by surface Bowing. 6000 acros In grass. This fine property, fenced and with 10,000 Bheep to bo bougbt cheap, and a largo portion of tho purchase money to bo left at Joint dated mort gage. A rare opportunity to obtain a flrsi-roto ran. Apply to F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-Btroet. VTEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. We are Agonts for the above Company which has IIiO.OOO aores Splendid Agricultural Lund open for selection on the easiest terms. Plans and further Information on application F. J. MOSB & CO.. Shortland-Btreot, MONEY TO LKND in sums of £100 upwards, on frochold security at current rates ot interest. .Apply to X J. MOrS & CO.. Shortland-itrcot. WE undertake the purchase of Crown Lands, ot which sovral line blooks are now open, and respecting which full information may be obtained on application to F. J. MOSS & CO.. Land andjKstato Agents, Shortlaml-Btrt-ot. TpKOI'ERTIKii FOR SALE, BY •-. R. RANDERSON, Broker and commission Agent : REGKNT-STREET-Five-roomod ■ Houso for I'" salo cheap. FIVK-ROOIIKD HOWE (now) on allotment 120 x 90. Chcap-£ioo. FOliR-ROOMKD UOUSK, West-street, New ton : £175 88 ACHES POKENO. Ffno Farm. Terms ex ceptionally eaasy. Price £350. 100 ACRK3, Wiroa Parish ; 5a an acre. WAIKATO—Lota 51 and 52. Komakarau, 100 acres; £200. 20,000 ACRES, Great Burrler Island, farming and timber land, from 9s per acre; choice elections. SEVKN-ROOMED HOUSE, Great N&rth Road; £100. CORRUGATWD IRON COTTAGE, Nowmar ket; £150. VICTOR!A-STItKKT WKST—Splendid Allot ment ; 51 x 70 ; £8 por foot. 170 AORKS, Hunul District (cheap); 25s peraore. TWO NEW SHOPS, Wellington-street (overy improvement); £700. EIGHT-ROOM H)D HO USE, largo freehold, Pon sonby; £800. TWO ISLANDS, Port Fitzroy. 150 acres; £100. TWO ACRKS. Wallacc-Btreet, Ponsonby. sea frontage; £100. FOUR-KOOAtKI) HOUSES, Five-roomed Houses, Six-roomed Houses, in Now ton, Ponsonby and olsowhore. Numorous other Properties in various ports of tho Provincial District. MANGKRE— f<ino Farm, choico land; £20 an acre. NINE-ROOMED HOUSE, freehold 100 x 175, Romuera; £175. ELLERSLIE—AIIotment 60 x Ui, only £10 IRONMONGERY BUSINESS in Groy-street good opportunity. Stock at valuation. TWO Large Blocks Nativo Land, Bay ot Plenty V 3, Register of Properties can bo inspected at the Ofllce—s, Insurance Buildings. WAN T E D: To purchase, a Freehold Slto or Shop, in or near Queen-street; good price. Five-roomed Cottage, with frochold, about Hob son-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 various Bums ot money, at Current Rates. J, R. RANDERSON, land and estate agent, 5, Insurance Buildings, Auckland. LAND, INVESTMENT, AND TRUST AGENCY. .UNDERtTHEBMANAGEMENT OF GEORGE FRASER, INVESTING AND ESTATE AGENT. AND PUBLIC AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT. Office* : - No. C, South British Insurance Buildings, corner Queen and Shortland strcetß, and W. f>. Grahame's Bond, Fort street, lAackland. Fob the Sale of City, Suburban, and Country Properties. The Investment of Money In Land, Mort gages of Freeholds, Bank, Insurance, and other Dividend paying Companies' Stock. Tho Manaqbment of Estates for Trußtooe and others. Money to lend on Mortgage. Several Sums on hand at Low Rates. Special Facilities for Re-payment if desired, Bayers and Sellers are requested to Noto that to those desirous of Acquiring, Exchanging, oi Increasing Freehold Interests, and thus placing themselves and their families in tho near future in a position of indapendenco and above the impending struggles of tho mass of a teeming population, this A gency is in a position re otvb Special Facilities por the Pukchasb of pbopbrtv (of a firßt-class charaoteb Only) entrusted to it for Sale. FOR SALE—THE FOLLOWING PROPER TIKS i— First-class Farm, Main South Road, about 350 acres very richest volcanic soil, cultivated, fenced, and subdivided, with a beautiful resi dence and all necessary outbuildings, with fine orobard and garden. Price vory cheap, a bargain, and terms easy. • Farm, Pukekohe, 350 acres, large par culti vated, with good house and fine bunt). Farm, Pukekohe, 1100 acres, unimproved, but Dartly fenced, well watered, and near Kailwaj Station. Farm, Wairanpa Valley, 150 acros, largo part cultivated with house, orchard, cuttle nhod, &c, Farm, Pokeno, 320 acres, mostly cultivated, and in grass, all fenced; galvanized Iron shedE and barn, railway convenient and good mail road. Farm, Waikato Valloy, 303 acres, partlj fenced and in grass, good house, garden, and orchard, railway conveniences. Farm. Waikato Valley, J29 acres close to Rail way Btation, good deep soil, easily cultivated. Farm, Razor Back, 03 acrcfl, first-class land, fenced'with houso and necessary outbuildings. Farm. Tuakau, 49 acres, with excellent bush, one mile from railway station. Surburban Land, Stokes' Hoint. 80 acres. Farm, Maungaturoto, 330 acres, good land, cheap, rail and water communication. Farm. Waikato. 200 aores, partly in grass fenced, large river frontage. Kstate, Waikato, 6000 acres, first-class land, largo river frontage. Kstate, Waikato, large Freehold and Lease hold property, with 4 farm buildings, stock, horses, cattle and sheep. A number of other properties. Fuller descriptions with Particulars on appli cation to GEORGE FRASER. Investment Land, and Trust Agency



Land and Estate Agents. tISTATE AND imVESTMUNT *^ A G X N C Y. D. I<\ EVANS U.ftto of Tanner & Evans). KBtatcg Jlnnnuod and Supervised for Exe cutors and others Sals ot Houbo, Land, and other Properties Loaha and Mortgages Negotiated Insurances Effected at Current Rates Money Invested in Hunk Shares and other Stock (without chargo to iuvoßtor) 1 FOR SALE: MOUNT ALBERT, near the Station. - A Choloo I'roporty; good houso (li rooms), &o.; aUiblo, buggy-house, &c.; about i acres garden and rjadduok. , WOOD-STRISEr, I'onaonby.-Splcndid Resl delire (8 rooms). *.c; lltted well; every convenience,; magnificent view of oity and nar bour; lnrgo allotniont, laid out in fruit and orna mental trees and flowora (very clioico). mOP OF FKANKMN HO AO. — Handsome A Villa Residence and liirgo Rardpn. PROSPECT TKRKACK.-Prolty Villa; nico garden, &o. _... f^ RACE-BTRKKT. Ponßonby—Pretty Villa VT and largo nllotmcnt, ARGYLK-STRKKT, Ponsonby.-Now House (well llniahod); 2 aereß gurdon and pad- P° CON9ONBY.-Marlno Reßldonco, and about 2 aorcs land (cheap) DKVON PORT.—Splendid Soa-sldo Kcßidonco. replotu, orooied on 2 acres good, land, la.it! out as garden, &c.; moro land nvallablo it S" "yMONDS-STRKKT. - Commodious Houso, 10 rooiim, &o.; good position ri UKY-STllKlCr.—House, 8 rooms, voll built, \JT good iiositlon XJ BAR MOUNT ROHKILL.—Houao, 8 roomß, J3i Sec, 7 aorcH volcanic land KAUANUAHAPH! IUJAI).—Houbo, Brooms, &o.; nrar U|ipur Uiiouii-Htreot -|>KMUICHA.-A splendid little Dairy Farm, X» about 12 aoros i.-Ul iBURUII-STKKKT. NKWTON. — Now I 1; ItouMi, (iiooniH(olieup) NKW'I ON.—Cottage, 5 rooms, Sea,, in good posiiion, and aluiost new ; allotment 3D by 100. Prloo, only JJiSO. , WOOD-H'l'KKiii'i'.— Houho, 7 rooms, splendid Karden, &o Only £500. KAItANCIAIIAIMC UOil).—Houro, (i rooms, oto.; well-llnidbrd, wnUirlaldiuto kitchen etc.; koou i>uallio)i. Only £160. , ' MAUNU4KAIIAMK.. - 270 nores ROoa mixed Land, Hliualnd buiwocn MaiiKapul and tlm Wniron Uivcr. Oi.ly £1 P«'r ao«S. MOUNi JCoKN.-lloiico. fi rooms, pantry, scullery, out-honasa. &o.; iin.l about U aeroß K«rdon, pftddoctt, 4:c, Only £380. ltrsidus uovornl other Properties, Hltuatod in Ponaonby, Nrwion, Parncll, &c., and elioico Farms in WalkaU) and ot her districts, Fullparttculars on appliciition to V. V. X VANS, KSTATK AOKNT. 71, Qukkn-sthkrt, Ujistalr (Oppoalto Hank of New Zealand). a ... Jkfl m ONK MONTH ONLY. STRONO IKJRAHLK STOCK SADDLES, Our own make, complete with Mounts, from £3 ss. Od. WS. JONES • ITavinc jnst landed ex ' lx>eli Uoon and 'Scottish l-asnio1 alow assortment of all kinds of HAHNKBS MOUNTINGS, ho is now picpared to oxecnto all orders for UurinKO, BuKKy. SinKlo or Pair Horao, Gig or Dog Cart, SinKlo or Tandem. Always on hand, a Laiiok Stock of CAB, BPHINO CAJil'. DKAY AND FARM HARNESS Al Al W.s.J. bas always a lnrf.o Ronoral Ptook, com prisinir Racing, BtceploahaSO, and Hunting Siiddl.-H and Hridlos, Stable ltoiinlsltcs. Summer find Winter HorHoelothinir. Valiscw, F'ortman to»ux. Courier Rags, Waterproof Pußto for f addles and Harness, Compos, Oilß, &c. KLLIJtANS KMHROOATION, JUST ARRIVED. A large stook of latest improved extra strong PACK SAIJDLKd always on hnnd. From (SOs. \V. S. J O N E S, QUKKN-STHKKT. .*UCKr<ANI). Venetian JUlincus. A UCKLANI> VENETIAN BLIND ±%. FACTORY, COKrißlt OF COOK AND QRKY STREETS VENETIAN BLINDS 1 VENETIAN BLINDS! Made of the best Californian Pino, guaranteed not to warp or uvi»u Our Blinds aurpaas all lmportod Blinds. Wood or Iron. \V*o nave a very largo stock of well-seasoned Pino Tim ber; also a Large Stock of VENETIAN BLINDS on hand, assorted sizes. Wiro Gauze , linds made to order, and forward to all parts of,the CuJ suy at the shortest notice. A. & A. BUSBY (Late \i. Horton BdbbtK VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS AND| WIRE WORKERS, CORNER OF COOK AND GREY STREETS Oottee Merchants THROWN, BAEBKTT & CO.'S AUCKLAND STEAM COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS, COFFEES. If IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN THAI GOOD COFFEE is tho best stimulating Beverage both for Winter and Summer. To obtain what you really want, aßk for oni Best Brands, tho EXCELSIOR or STANDARD which have sustained their good names ovei Ton Years, and have very much increased li demand—a sure proof o their bolng consumoc and appreciated in all households throughou and even out of our province. to. Wholesale only at our Alum and Agents Wl. Retail at all Grocery Establishments ii Town and Conntrjr- S*£ v Oar best ,So Excels Brand, green label | qualities. MoO Standard „ red >-Evorypkg« g^ Lion .. pink „ \ with our ' slunaturo s s ~,..;.,;.■.,■' ..■. . SS* \ Oni lowee g| g Anohor „ puce „ \ qnaUUes, aS3 Crown „ yellow ■■ (without on ||| ) signature. Our PEPPERB and SPICKS we guarantee 0 Best Quality, and froe of adu'teration. BROWN, ;t ARRETT & CO. Blllott-stroet, Tuly, 13th 1879. jy/j- ns. jy ow N, UPPER HOBSON-STREE.T. Established 18C1. Every Dicsouii'tion of Stay Cohskts, &c. UUHGIOAIj IIvLTS, UPON TIIK liATBBT IIII'JtOVKMfNTS. Shoulder Stuaph Madk to Oihjkr. i3"Country Ordoro l'unctually Attended To Hji <4 U ICK'sTI Ml 5 TABLE a. e> rKOM AUCKLAND AND WHAU. eaveH A uckland ■ JUoavoH Whaa I 13 noon B.SO a.m. 6 p.u:. S p.m. Saturday—leaves Auckland, 2 p.mi ana 10.ao p.m. Seturd&y—LosveßWiiau 8.30 ija.fluni f.'.'O m.



Sewine Machines. DEWIKU ryj auHIBES TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES f ■": ■" ■*~ b! These Machines have now been bo long befor tho public that they have established a reputa tion for thomsolves and oan bo confidently recommended by hundreds who possess them as superior to all others for domestic uee. I The now Elliptic bhuttlo Movemont 18 acknowledged on all hands as the simplest quietest, and most beautiful motion ever in. vented for the pnrposo. , , The now Patont Shuttlo haa only one hole to thread, and is larger than most others. Sole Aqenti T. PKACOCK, OPTICIAN, Sbortland-strcot. tgr sjcwino Machines Repaired. Not for an age, bus ror tlmo QINGEB'S QEWJNG jyTACHINES. SALES 1875, fINFouuVKAHBJ SALES 1879 210 552 -I nkaui.y I J31 ,107 MACIUNE3. I DOUBLED I! j MACHINES LARGEST SALE in the WORLD LAIIGEST friANUFACTORLES IN TIIIS WORLD 1 to H PATENT TRtPI.K ACTION BALANG] WUHEIj, and may have, when required, tho Now Patent, Cocoon Shuttle (In- Btoad of tli« Hibliin Shuttlo). NKW FAMILY MACinZk on Pol ishod Wabiut Table, with Drawers, Stand, and TroiidW. Price .. „ £5 17 ( ACCESS ORIK* UIVKN WITH EACH MACHINE. 1 Feller 1 Ex. Check Bpr!n 1 tiotHemmcrs&Folder 0 (Shuttle Bobbim 1 Tuok-murkor „ 1- Needles 1 Qullter „ 1 Screwdriver 1 Hraldor 1 Hottlo of Oil 1 straight Guldo 1 Oilor 1 Screw for Straight Ouldo 1 Book Inatruotlo 1 Extra Ncocllo-pluto Othnr Accessories for special classes of wor aro supplied at a small oxtra charge. Prico Li tout post frcs. SKWING MACHINKS for all classes of wor] lLted to work by hand, foot, or steam powor. Tho Sowing Machines mado by tho Singe Manufacturing Company are acknowledged li common consent to bo by far tho best Sowln Machines that mechanical ingonulty hat bee able to produce. Although tho Silver Sowin Machines are comparatively lato in til Hold, yut thn exir lo.dimuy demand for thoi during tho past few yours—us indicated by til successive minmil sivlcb— has obliged this ente ]irining co'npany to incrouso their Factories I an extent that seems almcet in'Tediblo. I*l largest of their Factories Is at KHzabeth. Ne' Jeraoy. lloro, the main buitdli>K has 1100 fee rrontuKßl: KorKlng rthops, "00 feet; Foundry,til feet by 100 foot; Cubliiut Shop.2oofeet; Paokic Shops, HOO focit; Tho main building has foi iloors; tho Cabinet and Packing Shops ha\ eiuli rhroo floors. Knlire works emp'oys 3,500 men. The yard contains 6 mUos railroad tracks. There are also Factoricß at. or near, tho Cll Of Glasgow, and the dimensions of these wort may bo imagined, when wo say Hint 2,500 ham here, as at tho American work*, find conslai employment. 'I'he turuoufotMachines"alor Is 10,000 every week, or, at tho rate of 500,0 (half a million) for tho current year. Tl varioui par's und new acrcißorios. needlea, o gco., &c. rennirod for tho 3.500,000 Sowil Machines, winch nre In use all over tho world thesu demand special attention and muc labour. A Staff n( Skilled Mechanics and Sc\ ing Miichino iKxpcrtf is always employed f< tho solo purpose of making every possib Mechanic^ Improvement on tho Machines an accessories. Tho Mechanical principle on which Singer Machines are built can hardly ho improved, ar as a proof of this it need only be said that it about tho only Machine imitators have o deavoured to copy, mid only in America, bi also in Ureat Britain and tho Concinont i Europe, The legal proceed ings against Klmba and Morton, Newton Wilson and Co., ar Frister and Hossman. aro well-known. Tl caeo ngttinst Newton Wilson was carriod bofoi the House of Lords. The Singer Co. won. Tho action against Fristor UossmanllaGerms firm), occupied tho fnporlor Courts soventec days last year. The decision was altogether ( favour of'tlie Piiroer Company. Since that, trial no Sewing Machine Manufa turore or Dealers aro pormlttod to übo tho nan " Singer " in ronnoction with the stylo, make i eale of any Machine except those of tho Singi Mannf«cturjng Company's OWN MAKE. As thoro aro either Branches or Agencii in nearly every town in tho civilised world, a who desiro to have tho Best Sowing Maohin and the Cheapest, can easilyobtoinaGKNUlN SINQKH, accompanied with a Written c Printed Guarantee signed by tho authorise Tho Unparalleled Success of this Loviatbj Business can only bo attributed to the unifor excellence of nil tho Company's manufacture as well as to the most approved mechanic principles on which all Singer's Maohlneß a: <Vnd notwithstanding tho "Vkry Great R duction in Pkicks, tho Company oontlnuos give Wonderfully Kasy Terms to Purchasers! uio Hiro or Doferred Payment System. (To be continued.) BRANCH OFFISE: tar FORT STREET, Auckland. "« Medical. ■niKECT TESTIMONY TO MR GRAVES AICKIN. CHEMIST, AUCKLAND. Sir,—T have much pleasure in bearing tesi mony respecting tho benefits I have derived 1 using your Compound Syiup ot Eucalyptus, Llnui and Quinine. I have been agreatsufferi for tho last threo yonrs with chest complain durinir which timo 1 liavo boon frequently undi tho cure ot skilful mndical men, both in No Zoaland and tho neighbouring colonies, b' cannot say I evor experienced any benefici effect from their treatment. Last summer commenced talcing your Lime Mixture, and a happy to inform you that I liavo been steadi improving weekly over since—notwithstan ing two or threo sevcro colds 1 have had tli winter—and am'now almost free from oor plaint, and can safely say, undoubtedly it is t] pest medicine I havoovor taken, and as a soot ing expectorant it i' not to be equalled. I gi' you my name and addross, not for publieatio but as v guarantee that what I state here truthful, and shculd you at any time wish refer any person to mo, I shall bo moat happy inform them of the benefits to be derived from a fair trial of your invaluable mixture.—l at &c. M.F.D. (Tho Original Letter may bo seen on applic Hon.) Man/ others suffering from Bronchial at Lung Complaints liavo borno witness to the v questionable efficiency of in cases (where tlio iwuul remedies lun failed. Tho effect upon thoso aflllctea with thi dreadful disease CONSUMPTION, and 1 kindred clieat aflbctioim, is best dosoribed in tl language of one who experienced bon-iH, i follows :-" After commencing tho medicit tho expectoration cnnie amiy freely, niy coug appeared to be naturally relieved, a»dl ron) then slcop at night, although It was impossib to get qulot sleep previously—my chest secmc to have a weight lifted off it, and I conld take breath with freedom. My appetite is bette and I fool altogether stronger, and in a fair wo to recovory." This is litovally tho language i many who have tried tho Syrup of Eucalypti with Hypophoaphites of Limo and Qutnim This ia a pljurincciilicul preparation of gonuin worth, deserving the cordial acceptance of. tli Faculty and tho Public. SOLD IN BOTTLES AT 3s 6d EACH. MANUFACTURED AT "Tllli PHARMACY QUKKN-STItK T.AUCKLAND. KEJLLIT'S KO'/Alj JvlAlli LINE O COACIIKS to Ohinoimitu, Hot Spring: and Tauranga, leaving Tauranga every Moi day Wednesday, and Friday, at 8 a.m.; an returning overy Tuesday, Thursday, and Satui day. Through to Nupier, Wednesday, at 8 a.rr Fare, &a. Livery and Bait Stables, Spring-streei Tauranga. Buggies, Waggouottes/andVohiole of all kinds for Hire. Booking OHico, Spring street,



Money. M ° •■*■ ~Yi Money to Lend on Mortgage oi Freehold Securities.—George Fraser, Publio Accountant, tnvCsting and Estate Agent, W. S. Grahame'a Bond, Fort-street, nnd. No. 0, South British InsUrance Buildings, corner of Queen and Short' and-street. MONEY TO LEND on MOKXUAGE Of Firsts Solicitor, Corner of Queen and Shortland-atreeta. ONEY 10 LiUNU m .arge of small sums at a moderate rate of inierest.- JackßOn and Rubsoll. aoUoitore. • MONEY TO LEND, in large or sma sums, at usual ratca o£ interest, CONNELL & COOPKK, Solicitors, Vulcan Lane. ONEY TO LEND, on Mortgage.— g Ring, Agent. Shortland-str&st ___ ONEY TO LEND ON MORTGAGE, In sums of £50 ond upwards. BKVKRIDGE & ALEXANDER, Solicitors. Bank Buildings, Wyndham-street WatcnmaKers and Jewellers. TILEAKING-OUT SAi^ii FOB, ONE I; IWKKK. P I A N o S, HARMONIUMS, WATGHKS, CLOCKS, and JEWELLERY IaTNO REASONABLE OFFEB RKFUSED..gJ 25 per cfnt'Discount forJCaah Buyers. J, H 0 W D E N, ah nbtl a n n-s thukt. Merchandise. Queen-street "Whahf, HAVE ON SALE (EX KECKNT ARRIVALS) : A LAR 0 X STOCK OF HPEAS, gUGARS, Q.KOCERIEB, AND OILMEN'S gTORES, Comprising— FINK TEAR, In half-chests and boxes Victoria and Sydney Companies SUu *-KS Mauritius and Fiji ditto OANDLIt'B-fielmont, Do Roubalx, &c, &o. Starch, Bluo. Soap, Soap Kowdori, &c. Currants, Kitfa. Barcelona Nuts. «cc. Klemo, Muscatoll, and Sultana KAISINS Janiß, Candied Pool. Marmalade. J°J}los Jirown & Polßon'H and Brown b CJUNiTbOUK CONFKCTIONKKY, Jujubes, Kescnces Van llouton'B, Taylor1!, aud Fry's COCOA and CHuHOi Vl'it NcavosFood.Mfclzlna Sahul unii Uastor un, iiair Oil, SO. l JicklCß, Sauoes, Currion, Capers, &c Salmon, Lobaier, Sardines, Ood-flsh, Llnu, So. Hutter, Chcoso HAMS and BACON Woßhlng and Carb. Boa* Tartirio Adi. Croam of Tartar Paper, Pap'-r Dags, Confectioner s Bags AMKHICA.N CAhfNKD FRUITS, &o. See. &c. &c. G. W. OWEN & CO., QUKKN BTRKKT WHARF, HAVE ON SALE : 300 Backs Monk's Crown Brand 600 Wilsjn, Harraway a. Co.'s FLOUR 100 I, R. Anderson's FLOUR 500 , Auculand Ground FLOUR 100 „ Wood's " Star" KLOUK 60 tons .. Make, &c, in Small Bags 800 sacks HKAVY OA <■& 500 .. TARTARIAN SKJCn OAT 3 000 „ BtfXNnnd SHARP 3 100 „ FOWLS'WHKAT 800 bags Western nod Wcstail's FINK and COAKHIC SALT , 200 cases KKROSINW OIL 35 balesGrev, Hlii>-, Pink.a.nd Brown PAPKR . andIPAPKR BAGS G. W. OWEN As Co.. r »' QUEKKN STHEET WHARF, > HAVE ON SALE : I 30 cases Prime CANTKRBURY OHKKBK i 30 cwt. Prime HA MS and BACON 3 10 tons CANTERBURY POTATOK3. 3 7 ijraperv. I *%T BLUSLIl 1/ HOUSE. t CHEAP DRAPERYTND MILLINERY I ESTABLISHMENT. Now Opened for the Spring and Summer trade tho Newest Styles in uress Materials, F comprising Oalaton and Beatrice Stripes, Pom s padour Prints, Idro Stripes. Attalea Twills. I Angira Cloth, Grenadines, Lustres in all the t loading shades, &o. Blsck Pilks, from 2s lid to o 10a 6d. Our stock of Ladles and Children's 0 Hats and Millinery is larger than nsual, end 0 every novelty of the season. Ladies and i. Children's Underclothing. Corsets. Baby Linen, g a very nice assortment. Lace and Muslin Cur - tainß, from 4s fid the pair; Toilet Covers and h Quilts, new makes. Cheap T-weedß, Drlllß, and '- Serge for Boys' wear. Always on hand, a >t wollaßsorted stock of Hosiery. Haberdashery, a Trimmings, and Fancy Goods. All goods d marked at less proiit than ÜBual to meet the g we shall also continue to allow 5 por cent d Discount for Cash at time of purchase on s parcols of 20s and upwards. i. Country Orders carefully and promptly exe it cutod. » A. LOVE TT, J Welleslky-sthkbt, Auckland. TTUST \ B RIVED n BY THK ». 'c «FERNGLEN,' AND 'LUTTERWORTH i £ OUR QPJtCING AND 1 QUMMER OUPPLY OF - B ors' r. • «*r°UTHS'' AND M BN, g QLOTHINQ. 3r : .' rV/ ■>-«• .-..,, t, I B OYS> .a \ AND ii VOUTHS> iy * i- riLOTHING is Vy n ic OF KVBRY is /COLOUR AND QUALITY. to Q| a- DHILLIPS' "1%/f" ART, id ■*- ■L*-L QUEEN-STREET. QPRING, 188 0. F. TOMLINSON 18 NOW SHOWINQ HIS FIRST PARCEL OF SPRING GOODS Suitable for the Spring Season, comprising all the Newest Textures and Materials IN Galatea Stripes, Beatrice Strlpos ? Attaloa Twills, Dress Twills rj India Stripes, Dress Hateeim Imperial Reps, Gala Stripes ° Plain Percales, Pompadour Sateens [° Pompadour Prints h Also, d Tho Anglra Cloth, the Newest Material '^ for the Season, very stylish, and "■ recommended to wear well r Thcao Goods aro marked at Prices to Suit the y Times, and to ensure a Bpeedy Clearance to >f mako room for further Goods to arrive. 3. INSPECTION INVITED. :Q ' mmttt 6 F. TOMLINSON, DRAPER. : Warwick House, Pabnell. ! fTI BRIERLKY'S AUCKLAND AND P A. . ONKHUNGA 'BUS. '. TIME TABLE. Leaves Auckland Leaves Onehunga i. Opposite Greyhonnd Hotel) (Hordington's Hotel t, 1 p.m. 10.45 a.m, S . 5.30 p.m. 330 p.m. •. • Sundays: