PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

WELLINGTON, this day,

MR Olivhr, Minister ot Public Works, delivered tho Public Works statement. He began by reviewing the operations of the Public Works Department for the seven months that have elapsed since last Decem ber, NORTH ISLAND RAILWAYS.

Kawakawa Railway. — Beginning with railway constructiou'ln the north of this Island, the work on the Kawakawa coal lino has been continued. The bridge, which is tho most important work except the terminal wharf, is in course of construc tion. Wiiangakki-Kamo Railway.—The works let on the Kamo contract of the Whangarei railway have boeu much de layed by the contractor, and aro not yet finished, although the contract time bus ex pired. Tho delay has seriously interfered with the development of the coal trade of the district, aud with a view of assisting this industry I have sanctioned tho laying of a branch to connect the main line with a hipping place in the borough of Whangarei, tho local authorities having permitted tho üße of the streets for that purpose. An exploratory survey betwen Hellens ville and Whangarei has been made for tho diuposo of ascertaining tho practicability of couß-riictiiigft railway through that country. Another sarvey of a similar character has been made of the district between Whan carol and Kawakawa. Reports on these routes, with explanatory maps, will be Dlaced In the hands of hon. members. KAirAKA • Waikato Railway.—The whart at Hellcnsville, on the Kaipara- Waikato railwa>, has been finished satis factorily, and the station buildiugs are nearly completed. The line between 2fewm»rket junction and Waikomiti has been finished and opened for traffic. The gap, however, between Hellensvillc and Auckland, caused by the non-completiou of the Waitakerei contract, still remaius, and the condition of the work gives no promise that it will be finished in the contract time, which ends in September next. Tho work shop site contract at Newmarket is being pushed energetically. The contractor for tho reclamation in Auckland having failed to carry out his contract, it was taken out of his hands, aud a portion of it has been re-let to another contractor.

The Ohanpo contract has been finished, and the Waikato railway is open as far south as To Awamutu, about two and u-lmlf-miles from the confiscated boundary.

Waikato - Thames Railway.—The Gruhamstown contract of the Waikato- Thames railway is completed, and the Shortland contract -nearly. The Waikato contract, extending twelve aud three quarter miles east from Hamilton, is pro gressing favourably. A survey of this line lias been completed from Hamilton to To Aroha, and up the Thames Valley for thirteen miles from Grahamstown, leaving about nineteen milcH still unsurveyed.

Mr Oliver then stated the'position of the following lines:—Foxton-New Plymouth, Wellington-Woodville, Napier-Woodvillo. i

MIDDLE ISLAND RAILWAYS,

Mr Oliver then recounted tho position of tho works on tho Nelson-Greymouth lino, Picton-Hunmui (with branches).

THE UNEMPLOYED,

The great depression from which nearly nil our industries have suffered lately, has thrown many workmen out of employment, nnd the Government have been called on to alleviate the consequent distress by iinding work for them on the railways and roads which are in course of construction. We havo thought it our duty to comply with these requests, and I am sorry to say that no less than 1,674 of these men are now being |employed at low wages iv various parts of tho colony. Although it is to be deplored that in a new country of such great natural resources as New Zealand this state of things should exist, yet it 19 by no means a new experienco in tho his tory of the colony. At various times during the last twenty years, the authorities have found it necessary to afford similar tem porary employment, but fortunately tho need for the interference of the Government has in every case soon passed away, and has been succeeded by a large demand for labour iv the ordinary industries of- the country, and at the highest rates of wages known in any part of the world. The dis organisation of the labour market is already beginning to work its own remedy by bring ing into existence new industries in the chief centres of population and developing the self-reliant spirit of- our working classes. There is also the most encouraging indica tions of a revival of tho goldliolds industry, which may be of the greatest value to the colony at large. Meantime it is satisfac tory to find that, although many of the men thus employed by ua are engaged in work to which they are unaccustomed, yet, from thoir labour, the colony has obtained a fair equivalent outlay.

GENERAL PROGRESS IV RAILWAY

CONSTRUCTION. The sums voted by Parliament for addi tional rail _. ay works in the last session,' exclusive of preliminary Surveys, for lines not yet authorised, amounted to £2,308,700 on 31st March, £856,550 of this sum had been expended, liabilities incurred amount ing to £910,506, making a total of £1,767,056, and leaving au unexpended balance on last year's votes of £541,644, Recognising tho necessity for spreading' the expenditure of the remaining Pnbllc Works Fund over a period oi at least the next 3 years, and believing * that, as Borne of the railway works bad been adopted iv times I of great- prosperity, Parliament' would' not disapprove in our changed circumstances of having an opportunity afforded of re-con- ] sidering them. I have not been in haste to press on the construction ot new works'; in fact, in the Middle Island only one neW soetion of railway' has been commenced since the end of last session. - ROADS. \ Tbe expenditure of the votes for roads in thisjisland has, for the'most part been en trusted to various local governing.. bodies. The main roads under the charge of the Government have been maintained as usual during the year. These include the Great South Road, Auckland; Tauranga, and the Taapo-Napier Roads. On several other local roads a considerable amount. of work has been done. The road works instituted on the West Coast between the, Waingon goro and Stoney; River crossing Waimate Plains have been carried on satisfactorily, and the two pactions p£ road will.prohahly meet in a few days. The character of the country is very favourable, no. natural obstacles having been met. The crossroad from Stratford to Opunake through the bush is also being pushed on. The amount expended on roada and bridges in the South Island during the past year is small,; and; no new works of importance have been undertaken.

SNAGGING THE THAMES I RIVER.

Althongh not such a public work as is usually referred to in a statement of this kind, I cannot refrain from mentioning the self-reliant and public spirited efforts made by Mr Firth, of Matamata,'to remove the snags from the Biver Thames, at his own cost. In these days, when colonists are too much in the habit of looking to the Govern ment :or almost everything, it is refreshing to see public work so useful to the com munity begun and carried on and finished by a private person, without even an applica tion having been made to the Government for aid from the funds of the colony. ,

WATER RACES. ' ' As will be seen from the [{reports and statements attached, the expenditure upon water-races does not appear to have pro duced the large benefits which might natu rally have been expected from it. Nope of the companies subsidised by the Govern ment have been a success, and in most, the undertakings have been abandoned. The total expenditure and liabilities upon water races on goldfields, up to the 31st of March, amounted to £441,633 ; of this ampunt, £42,329 gives no return ; works which have' cost £86,486 have .been handed over to local bodies, while from these races'which are comparatively successful, viz., the Charles ton, Nelson Creek, Waimea, and Mount Ida races costing £312,819,' the yearly return represents only about 1 perl cent. The number of men to whom these races afford tho' means of remunerative .employ ment is 771, and theif earnings"ber man average £140 a year. THE COAL INDUSTRY. ,7 Almo .t every month brings now dis coveries of coal iv somo part of the colony, and it has becomo apparent that New Zea land is exceptionally rich in this mineral. Our most important lines of steamers are now almost supplied from tbe coal mines of the colony, and tho more extended use of native coals will effect a saving of £8,500 on railways iv the Middle Island for the cprrent year, in addition to an almost equal amount heretofore saved on those iv the Noith Island. WORKING RAILWAYS/ ; , v During the recess tho management of working Railways has been the subject of ! n(W ry by the Royal Commission appointed »y the Governor to report on the Civil Ser wJa. $_\* c°h>ny, and also to some extent Dy the Royal Commissioners on railways. tap reports of these gentlemen are calcu li j t oi Breat service, aud point out many defects in organisation and practise, some of which have already been removed or are iv courae of removal, and the whole

question of the management of railways is under consideration in connection with the reports of the Commissioners. The efforts of tho department were directed to greater economy in the system of railway manage ment by working with a smaller staff of officers and men, and by reducing the number of trains aud the speed at which they were run, A considerable saving has been accomplished, while the convenience of the public has not been materially cur tailed. The trainservicehasbeen reduced by 37,000 miles a year, the staff has been re duced by 265 men, and it is estimated that tliese and other economies which havo up to time been effected will save in one year upwards of £14,000. Serious and constant attention is still being given to economised charges, and I am satisfied that the working expenses will be much further reduced. As these alterations which I have referred to can hardly be said to have com menced until after prorogation of Parlia ment, they had but a small portion of the last financial period wherein to operate, and I am sorry to say for the nine months euding the 31st March the railways only gave us a return equal to slightly under 2£ per cc nt. per annum, while the rate of interest we have to pay is over 5 per cent. The loss on tho cost of lines which stands at £8,629,402 was at the rate of £237,730 par annum, and had to be furnished from taxation. In the prosperousyears through which we have just passed we did not seriously regard the railway deficit, but thought only of the immense advantages of railways iv settling and developing the resources of the country. We pointed to these advantages as justify ing expenditure, and spoke of ot_r railways as remunerative undertakings, whether they contributed interest on their cost or not. Now, if the colonists were a large joint-stock company, with equal shares and an entire community of interests, this view might be correct ; but the benefits of rail ways are very unequally distributed, many districts beiug quite unprovided with them, while all have to contribute to the taxation from which tho loss is made up. This charge on the colonial revenue is groat, so that it is a serious clement in tho expenditure of tho colony, and it becomes questionable whether a desirable outlay in some of the departments of the Government Can becontiuuedifourrailways be not made more self-supporting. The failure to obtain a greater direct return from our railways, such as is looked for iv ordinary commercial enterprises, is no doubt mainly attributable to the sraallness of our population. We are still a small commu nity, and arc scattered over a wide extent of country. Our people are so few that they fail to furnish traffic chough, oither passengers or good-, to make tho lines pay at the ordinary rates hitherto current. We have already many more miles of railway in preparation that either England, Franco, America, Canada, or any of the Australian colonies.- Iv Great Britain there is one mile of railway to about 2,000 inhabitants, while in New Zealand there is one mile to 406. For every mile in Victoria there are 108 per cent, more customers than we have; in the United States they have 43 per cent.; in * Canada, 53 per cent.; in New South Wales, 148 per cent.; in Great Britain, 383 per cent.; and in France, 614 per cent, more people per mile thau in New Zealand. If this contrast with other countries were con fined to the South Island, which contains byi far the largest portion of our railways, it would show the disproportion still more forcibly ; for, instead of having 406 people per mile—which is the average for the colony — the South Island has only 330 people per mile. Our average re ceipts per mile of railway last year were £648, while iv Eoglaud they amount to £3,485 ; yet, even with these comparatively large receipts, the railway dividends de clared in England only average 4_ per cent, per annum. Next in importance, in my opinion, among the reasons for the want of commercial success in railway working is the needlessly low tariff adopted in many districts. Between two places to which my attention has been called, where, before the railway was made, the .freight charged was £3 per ton, our railway rate is 16s lOd, Another instance, the former rate was £6, and is now 17s 2d ; in another it has been reduced from £5 to 22s 2d. No doubt, at the commencement of a railway system in a new country, is ia easy to make mistakes, and by no means easy to make railways pay with only 406 persons to every mjle. Although our chief end iv railway construction is by facilitating travelling, and cheapening tho transit of goods to open the country and develop its resources, we haw"discover that we have gone too far, and find ourselves face to face with a state, of things- as unpleasant as it was unexpected. I hope that I shall not be misunderstood as advocating any illiberality in the manage ment of our railways. The best policy is to:reach the multitude. I adopt the opinion oppressed by Mr Gladstone when, discussing the best means of making the Metropolitan District Railway pay, he said that "as a rule, the State, or individual, or company thrives the best which dives deepest down into the moss of community and adapts its arrangements to the wants of the greatest number." But our population is, as I havo already said, so small and so sparsely settled that rules of this kind just quoted have amongst us only a limited application. The tonnage carried on our lines compares very favourably with tl c neighbouring colonies. Our principal railways are on the East Cdast, and we are restricted in our tariffs by the competition of water carriage. On the inland railways, too, the tariffs are at; present more strictly limited than they wbuld usually be, because of the cheapness of horse food and the competition of ordi- I miry road vehicles. Even if this wero not so', it would not in any case advocate ex cessively high rates. It will take time to develope'tho trua system of tariffs adapted to our circumstances. Our efforts must necessarily be carefully made and constantly watched. Railway rates that are only designed to bring five per cent, on the cost surely cannot be considered high. I believe we shall ultimately retain a good result. We have covered the country with these stimulating acencies. The extent of popu lation and industries will increase, and then oiirrailways will become, if we desire it, aids, to oar revenue instead of sources of temporary embarrassment. . '

SHOULD WE SELL QUR RAILWAYS!

At present, however, there is a feeling of great disappointment at the result ex hibited, by their yearly balance-sheet, and amongst other remedies it has* been pro posed to sell the railways. No doubt if wp could find"'a purchaser for them at edst price they would, seem to present an easy solution of the- difficulty. It is a suggestion that might have been expected, and has at least the merit of exceeding sim plicity.' I fear the proposed solution will not help iis much. It is clear that no com pany would buy out the lines, except at a price-calculated to yield at least the current rate of interest which, at least, at present, may be stated at from 7 to 10 per cent. These are rates given for money advanced on freehold security, subject to little risk, add requiring from the owner scarcely any personal attention, while railway invest ments are exposed to dangers of various kinds, such as floods, heavy payments for accidental injuries, depression of trade, and so on. If, therefore, we seek to sell our railwuys, which are now paying only 2| per cent, interest, we shall have to accept for them a sum representing only a portion of their cost. Probably we should have to face a loss of millions of money, and certainly we j should still be liable for the payment of the whole of the interest as at present, while we should abandon all chance of retrieving our position by improved management, and forfeit for the railway system the advantages of increased population and growing indus tries of. the colony. Were we to sell the railways to a. private firm what would that firm do to ensure profit? It may be answered in general terms that it would manage better.; I admit the management is capahle.of improvement.. Iconcede that ,the Government Will probably never be able to manage as well as a private firm might; but no private firm is likely to engage in such a gigantic undertaking, and gross mis management by largo public companies is a, state ot things which we are not entirely unacquainted with. Of course the railway company'would try to charge higher rates for carriage, but why cannot we ourselves .do that? Why-should we submit to a heavy loss Of capital-td begin with aud then to the payment 'of extra fates as well ? Another and not the least objection to the proposal is that a company occupying such _ position would he a great power in the State, whose influence would probably not always be wielded in the interests of tbe Eeople. I feel quite sure that it will never c necessary to accept this alternative, for I believe that careful and intelligent manage ment, and'the natural growth of traffic, will vet make our railways commercially succes ful. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION, The House will remember that at the end of last session the Government expressed their opinion that the character of the various lines of railway in course of con struction had not been sufficiently examined before their adoption j that in prospect of an insufficiency of funds to complete them, they ought to be re-considered; that we announced our intention of advising the appointment of a Royal Commission to make a fuller and more complete investi gation of the cost and economical value of the works, commenced and proposed, than it would be possible for the Government to complete before next session of Parliament. His Excellency the Governor accordingly ' commissioned five gentlemen from different

parts of the colony to make the inquiry. The Commissioners promptly entered on their duties, and after takiug evidence in nearly every district in which railways are being constructed, or are proposed to be made, they have presented a very valuable report as the result of their labours. Copies of this report have by command been laid before Parliament, and although the con clusions at which the Commissioners have arrived may not be universally approved, yet we feel sure that the colony will recog nise the impartial spirit in which the in quiries have been conducted, and we believe that the gentlemen have well earned the thanks of tho community. In saying this Government would not be understood as adopting implicity the whole of their ; recom mendations, it is perhaps hardly within the bounds of possibility that a report dealing with so many works and prop )sals in all parts of the colony should be accepted in every particular.

PROPOSALS OF CONSTRUCTION

FOR THE FUTURE.

For the present, however, even the res tricted programme recommended by the Commissioners is far beyond our means. The estimated cost beyond the present liabilities of completing the lines of railway, authorised by Parliament, is £66,666,200. That being the case, it becomes sufficiently apparent that we must greatly modify our scheme of railway construction, postponing some important parts of it until population and settlement have largely increased, and until the railways already constructed have become more nearly self-supporting. We j have not the funds necessary to complete I at present, nor will the ordinary revenue hear the increased demand which every ad ditional mile of. railway makes on it for yearly loss in working. We have no alter native, therefore, but to confine our opera tions to the extension of some of the incom plete lines to such nearest points as will bring them iuto use, and as far as possible make the expenditure al ready incurred to some extent reproductive. Of the amount voted last year for public works, no less a sum than £2,356,729 was for actual liabilities, which we found iv existence, aud further expendi ture to a considerable amount was made necessary by these liabilities. Realising the position of the Public Works Fund, we have endeavoured to minimise the expendi ture, and to spread it over as large a space of time as possible. We have stepped many new works, oven after contracts had been prepared by the department, aud tenders received. In his Financial statement, the Colonial Treasurer showed that the total ways and means, on the 31st of March last, was £3,261,410, and that the liabilities of the Public Works Fund, ou the same date, amounted to £1,122,860. Ou the 31st July, the ways and means, including the Treasury and Deficiency Bills (£1,217,000), and Guar anteed Debentures (£800,000), amounted to £2,677,910, and the net amount of liabilities to bo provided for was £1,855,988, leaving £821,923 as the availabh balance for new works and services. The new works and services, tho estimates of which I am about to submit, make a further demand on this balance of £574,238, leaving £247,685 only for future appropriation from the Public Works funds. Bearing in mind the impor tance of spreading the expenditure of the balance of the loan over the next two years, we should havo preferred to ask for the appropriation of a much smaller sum, but wo have not found it possible to do so. The votes for various works which we now propose are designed to provide for expenditure up to the 30th June, 1881 After that date, and until we are again in a position to become borrowers, the only source whence we can draw supplies for these purposes will be a portion of the pro ceeds of land sales, and the saving from estimates for the purchase of native land, a saving which we have reason to believe may be considerable, but which, at present, it is impossible to estimate. WORKS PROPOSED. I will proceed to briefly summarise the works proposed :— AUCKLAND RAILWAYS. The present contract at Kawakawa will be completed. The remaining part of the line, including the small wharf, will be begun. The Kamo line will be finished with a branch to the town wharf, so as to admit of coal traffic being carried on. The line from Ohaupo to Te Awamutu, will be completed fit for traffic. The question of the propriety of constructing the Waikato- Thames railway has been raised by the Railway Commissioners, who have recom mended it should at present be completed only to the junction with the proposed Cambridge line, and that the Cambridge section of eleven miles should be substi tuted. Government intend to have the Bub ject very carefully investigated, with a view to determine which proposal will be most beneficial to the country, and will act ac cordingly. The vote will therefore be pro posed in the alternative. OTHER NORTH ISLAND LINES. The line between Napier and Makatoko will be completed. The Wellington and Opaki lino will be completed as far as Mos terton, and provision made for the unem ployed on the extension to Opaki. The station work at Wellington will also be constructed. The Foxton station and wharf on the Wellington and Foxton line will bo completed. Sundry necessary works on the opened lines between Foxton and Kilwi will^be executed, and the ex tension to Waverley, which is in hand, will be finished. Works in the neighbourhood of Carlyle will be proceeded with, giving work.to the unemployed. Contracts be tween Stratford and Hawera will be pushed on, and the formation to Normanby will probably be completed within the present year. MIDDLE ISLAND RAILWAYS. The extension of the line from Foxhill to Bellgroye.on tho Nelson to Grey mouth line will be completed ; the Still-Water section, now in progress, will be finished, and the Greymouth Harbour Works carried on. The Picton and Blenheim line will be com pleted at the Blenheim end, where jthere arc still some station works unfinished. The section of the main line from Arnberley to Wakere Plains is to be finished, the nine miles through Weka Pass being reserved for the unemployed. A few urgent station works on open lines are provided. Tho Wairaakariri Gorge portion of the Oxford-Sheffield line, which was reserved for the unemployed about a year ago will be carried on as the demand for work may require. The extension of the Opawa Branch towards Fairlie Creek will also be carried out by the same means. The Ellesmere section of tho line and the Little River and Akaroa Branch are to be completed. The only expenditure proposed. on the Otugo mam line for tho completion of station and Other works now in progress. Tho Dun trooh Branch is to be finished acroßS the Waerewhenua River, the bridge over which is already built. The formation on the first section of the Livingstone Branch re cently resumed to give work to tho unem ployed will be finished. Three sections of the Western Railway now in progress will be completed, the Hindon section of the Otago Central Railway, which was opened to the unemployed about a year ago, will be reserved exclusively for them, as it is now almost the only suitable work In Otago on which a large number can be employed. At present there are about 700 men at work there, and although this number will in all probability decrease during the summer months, 1 fear there is little prospect of a complete cessation on the demand which will be made for this kind of employment, and have therefore made provision for sup plying it on this section. Water Races in Middls Island.— The work of improving and extending the various water races now in progress will be carried on.

KOADS IN THE NORTH ISLAND.—The proposed Appropriation Bill will admit of road works in Wwimatc Plains, and other native districts being continued as well as for the maintenance in serviceable state of certain main roads, which it is necessary to keep i open for traffic in addition to the completion of various works in hand. The road from Nelson to Greymouth, and] Westport, is to be improved throughout, so as to render it fitlfor coach traffic, and make an arterial line of communication between the north end of the island and the West Coast. CLOSING REMARKS. In conclusion I would say, that although Government have found it to be their im perative duty to stay the speed at which public works have, until lately, been carried out, we believe the time is not far i distant when the works now temporarily suspended may be resumed, and those now proposed to be curtailed completed. The resources of New Zealand are so great, that for her there can be neither retrogression nor standing still. But it is incumbent on ius to recognise that for a State, as for an individual, steady progress and an assured prosperity can only be maintained by ebedienae to the [dictates of prudence. I have now to express my gratitude for the patient attention with which this House has honoured me. DISCUSSION. Mr MACANDREW, in suggesting that the House now adjourn, referred to the state ment just made. He was disappointed, but not surprised. Had the late Government been allowed to remain in office he believed no interruption would have taken place in the Public Works Policy of 1870. He thought the best thing they could do at present was to adjourn and think the matter ' over.

Mr Hall said the Government were in the hands of tho House as regarded the question of adjournment. He thought, however, they should go on with some work. He hoped that Mr Macandrew would show that it was possible to go on with the Public Works Policy as they had been going two years ago. There was a difference between the present position and that of the preceding two years, They knew the real state of affairs now, whereas two years ago they did not. SUBSIDIES. Mr Barron directed attention to the motion standing in his name re withdrawal of subsidies in local bodies, which had lapsed. Some discussion ensued. Major Atkinson said, had the motion been coupled with a proposal to double the property tax, then it would have been worth while discussing it, but with an empty ex chequer it was impossible to find the where withal to pay the sum of £300,000. He re gretted the necessity for stopping the subsi dies, but did not sympathise with bodies who entered into engagements on the laith of the subsidies. He advised that the motion he withdrawn, as the payment of subsidies meant taxation.

On the motion of Mr Hall, the House ad journed at 9.15 p.m.

SWIMMING IN CHAMPAGNE.

Something for Wine Drinkers to Read, —How Men Appear in the Vats.

[From Flaggs' European Vineyards.]

"The sight near at hand of 'a stern round tower of other days,' admonished me I was entering the domain of Chateau la Toar, one of the three reigning houses of Haut Medoc, by decree of the Bordeaux Chamber ot Commerce, and the suffrages of princely drinkers, tho world over ranking number one in a classification of a select sixty, chosen from among the many thousand vignoblc3 of a district where all is choice and line. Surrounded by a field of little low vines, as insignificant to look at as any of the others, stood a handsome new chateau, with press-house, store-houses, stable, &c, close by, while apart from all, and rising from among the hop-o'-my-thumb trellis, was a stately antique tower, giving dignity, character, interest, and name to the place. A gentleman of distinguished look, with two ladies, was walking toward the house a3 I drew near. I saluted him, and asked permission to walk about tho property. 'If Monsieur will be good enough to wait a moment the regissour will bts here aud will conduct him.' Tho reais seur or couducter coming up, I was pre sented and turned over to him. He showed me the press house. A pile of grapes, already stemmed, was heaped iv conical form on tho pressoir, aud five or six meu, with trousers rolled above the knees, were trotting about in a circle, trampling the pile under foot, beginning at the outer cir cumference and gradually contracting their circuit until they mot in the middle and ou the top of the cone. This they call ' fouler a pied' (crushing with feet). There might bo a cleaner way of doing the thing. I don't think there could be a fouler. The rcgissuer made no apology for the sight, nor did the trotters seem the least ashamed. Wherever I went that day, except at tho Averous farm and Chateau Lafitte, this mode of crushing was in practice. It is said no other so effectually crushes the pulp without breaking the seed. In fact, that it is iniportaut for the quality of the wine that it be trodden out with naked feet. It is also said, and very truly, that soap and water will cleanse the feet as well as the hands. At one place I visited I inquired of the workmen if they washed their feet before tramping on the grapes, find was told they did not. One of them enlightened my ignorance by explaining that wine had the power to fling off all such impurities, so that it was of no sort of con sequence how free they made with it. No doubt there is a good deal to be said on the other side of this question of dirt—l confess that what I saw and heard disturbed my old notion—at all events, the Medoc vintagers acted as if quite sure of their chemical de ductions, and would walk with bare feet slap-dash through puddle and mud, and mount the juicy heap with the assured tread of men firmly grounded in their principles. _ "At the 'Hospice,' at Bligny, in the pro vince of Burgundy, the property of an en dowed hospital in Beaune, I found the ar rangements excellent. The vats, which are constructed like those of Medoc, only lower and wider in proportion to their height, hold about 1,000 gallons each. Often it is necessary to resort to artificial heat in aid of the fermentation, but so long as things work well in the vats nothing of the kind is needed. But there is another mode Of rousing up th _ slackening process, and at tnu au-uc n.a- wringing the skins and seeds which have settled to the bottom into contact with the new-made alcohol so that the latter may combine well with the coloring matter they contain. This con sists in stirring up the whole mass from bottom to top. It is done twice during the process of fermentation. It needs a good ono hour's hard work each time. It is done by men. It takes four men to do it well, all naked as .Adam when he was good—and then they go in—into the wine vat—chin deep they go in, and there, with feet and bands, fingers and toes, turn over, stir about and mix the liquid that was get ting clear with tho pomace that was deposit ing itself, and Make tho gruel thick and slab. And like ahoU-brotn boil and bubble. _ The nice sweet Bordelais man only puts his foot in it, but the Burgundian goes the whole figure. It is done to give the wine a full body. They call it fermenting on the skin. He who explained this to my astonished mind avowed it with the simple frankness of a Fiji cannibal, who admits his fondness for what ho calls "long pork." But the Fiji people are only heathens. At the Hospice I first heard of this strange custom, but repeated inquiry afterward confirmed the story. Nor is tho custom confined to Burgundy alone, or to Franco alone. 'Once,' say they, 'our wines fer mented on the skin only ono or two days, and were light in colour and taste; but the consumers of late years demand a deeper colour and a richer taste, so in wo go.' Stirring up with poles they tried, but the warmth of tho human body was wanting, and tho result, they say, was not good; besides, it was hard work."

NOTHING LEFT TO HOLLER ON.

(Fromi tho " Detroit Free Press.")

An hour or so after the latest aud last from Chicago Yesterday afternoon a policeman on Randolph Street halted at the door of a saloon and asked the proprietor how he liked tho nomination.

"I doan' caro for bolitics any more," was the reply. "Why, what's the matter? You were greatly excited yesterday. " "If I vhas den I vhas a fool. Vhen dot first ballot was daken I set up der.pecr for do Grant crowd, for I likes to stand vhell mit der poys." "Yes."

" Den a pig crowdt rushes in here and yells out dot Jim Plaine vhas do coming man, and I hand out der cigars, for mem poy vhants a blace in der Custom House oof Jim Plaine vhas Bresidcnt."

" Yes j I see." _" VhellPtJbot^Boot- <c&>fttf'-_*tfi bojaflei in and says I vhas a fool, for dot feller Sherman would git all der votes pooty queek. I finks off Shermau gits it mem poy haf a blace in der Post Office, sure, und I calls in der boys and dells 'em to tiink to my gandidate." " Just so."

"I feels goot vhen I goes to bedt, but early in der mornings some Aldermans come aroundt here una says: ' Shake, tont pc a fool. Edmundts ish dor man who vhill kick 'em all to bieces.' Und I opens a fesh keg of lager und dells eferypody I vhas an Edmundts man, und I pet ten dol lars he vhas voted in. Dis.fornoon.mein ooy vhas for Grant, tnein brudder vhas for Sherman, und I vhas for Plaine, und vhere pc dose five kegs of lager dot I hadt dis morning? Vhen I goes homemeinfrow she saidt I vhas zwei fools, und I locks up der saloon und goes to bedt." " Well, have you heard Who was nom inated ?'

" Nion."

"It was Garfield."

"Garfeel? PySheorge! I dreat^ avay seven kegs ot lager, und two boxes of cigars, und it vas Garfeel! Veil, dot ends me oop. If I efer haf some more to do mit bolitics den I am as grazy as bedt hugs. Garfeel 1 Veil —veil. Vhat a fpol I vas dot I save not mem peer und make azure blace for1 mem poy mit Garfeel 11"

FIRST-CLASS RASCALITY.

They have had a solid and unprecedented example of high-toned and first-class ras cality in Vermont, United States, aud it is so seldom that staid Vermont has anything of a sensational character, except murders, within its borders, that the case of the wrecking of the First National Bank, at Brattleboro, has really awakened all the people iv that State, although some of the citizens living only ten miles away, but who do not read the p.'ipers, were not aware of the wreck until after they had received official notification th it their little interest in it had been swallowed up and squan dered by its late Pitsident, S. M. Waite. Brattleboro, Vt., is a noted town in some re spects. It raised Jim Fisk, Jr., and now it has the largest bank defalcation in the

country. To the stockholders and those who have trusted Waite from boyhood, the magnitude of his crime is overwhelming All the officers of the institution trusted Waite, who practically run the bank. The bank's book-keeping was peculiar. The cash has been balanced weekly, and what little is left is correct with the books. The mail was not allowed to be opened by his assistants, and if Waite was gone a week it was placed in a certain spot, and awaited his return. Iv caso of a deposit Waite would take the money, tell the book-keeper to credit it on account, and that was the last of it. Resources of the bank, April 23, IS3O, §515,232 j liapilitics, §515,232. The reports made to the Comp troller, six times a year, weie forgeries made by himself, as he saw fit. Examiner Hai • dee says he has not seen a bank that was in such a ready condition for examination as this was—yet its late President had cleaned it out every time. Singularly enough—and the papers have fouud it necessary to make a note of it in this Vermont case of whole sale forgery and general rascality amounting to almost half a million, the culprit was not a member of a church or Bunday-sehool superintendent, nor a deacon, but a man of the world who had no profession of reli gion!

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. AUGUST 7.



Amusements. "jToRNE -STREET HALL. The Coming Event. Friday evening, 27th august. FRIDAY EVENING, 27th AUGUST. DEAN'S~MINSTRSLS IN ONB OP THEIR REFINED ETHIOPIAN CARNIVALS, followed by a Ball, t_r For the BENKFIT o£ Widow Donovan and her Five Cmumx.-N, who are in extremely destitute circumstances. A STRONG BILL I A STRONG BILL I Will bo presented on this ocoadon. Cards oil Admission:—Front Seats and Ball, 3s; Socond Seats and Ball, 2s ; uallory, is. HOKAUK DEAN, Manager. OUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN AS BOCIATION. PANORAMA OF NEW ZEALAND. Tour Through tho Colony in Two Hours, with descriptive Lecture by Mr Howard Haywabd, will be Exhibited in the Locturo Hall, on TUESDAY FIHST, 10th inst., at 7.30. Admission: Is. Tickets may bo obtained from tho Booksellers or at tho Rooms. "OPE OF PARNELL LODGE, I.O.G.T.—The Seventh Annual Toa Moot ing and Soireo of tho above will tike place in tho Presbyterian Schoolroom on Tuesday, tho 10th August. 1880. Tea on table at 6.30, after which Addresses, Recitations, Sonus, &0., will be given by Members of tho Order. Admis sion, la od.—Wm. R, Lloyd, for Committee. M M E N S E SUCCESS OP THE GRAND SIGHTASCOPE 1 AND MUSICAL CABINET EXHIBITION At the City Auction Mart, Queen-street. GIFTS! GIFTSI GIFTS! Every Visitor will Receive a Present. The Loading Presents THIS EVENING will consist of an Elcctro-platod Tea and Ooffeo Service, 3 Dross Pieoos, 0 Craetstands, 3 Cako Kaskots, 2 Workboxcs, and several othor oxpoDßlvo articles. Admission :—One Shilling. Open from 2 till 5; Evening, from 6 till 11 p.m. Musical. "Royal QtlSl&Sifisor1 of Mdsio, academy <ZSmE%2£r London. MR H. GORDON GOOCH (Bronze : and Silveir Modallist and Associate) 'having studied Three Years in this Royal and " National Institution, is in the opinion of the " sovoral Professors with whom he w_j_ placed, "duly qualified to teach Singing.—(Bignod) " G. *.. Macfarrbn. Mv». Doo. Cambridge.— " 1879." * In referonco to tho ahovo, Mr Goooh is p'e pared to recoivo names of Private Pupils for Singing and Production ot Voice at Auokland Music Warohouso, where communications may ' be loft, • 13 Private Lessons (Half-hours) £. 3s Od. 13 Private Les.ono (Hour's length) £3 5s Od. EVENING ELEMENTARY CLASSES. FOR LAbIRS & GENTLEMEN.—The Socond Lesson T^R-Tell and Symonds-btrekt Dis trict] will be givon in Schoolroom at rear of Supromo Court, WEDNKSDAY EVENING, at 8 o'clock: and no cow names received aftor ! that data at Auckland Music Warehouse. ST. THOMAS'S,—Tho first Lesson of Class at St. Thomas's will bo givon on MONDAY KVENING, at 8 o'clock; and intending Pupils aro requested to give in tholr names to Mr. Hamilton, Chemist, Queon-stroet, Auckland. Lost and Pound. LOST, a Livor and White Dog; short tail; about Bis months old. Reward.—A. Lamb, fort street. LOST, a black and tan Cattle Dog, answering to tho name of " Carlow."— 53 Reward will ho paid to any person return ing tho Banio to R. Stevenson, Grocer, Newton Road. Whoever detains him aftor this date will bo prosecuted. LOST, on Wednesday night, between Mount Eden and Eden Terrace, part of a Silver Earring.—Finder will bo rowarded on ; returning same to Star Olßco. LOST, between Ponsonby and New- , market, Socket of Carriago Lamp. Reward given.— <fm, Head, Market. -J d\& REWARD. — Lost, from One- JL™ " hunga. a Black Pony Cob, 131 hands high; near hind fotlook whito; star on iorehead white; last seen in township.—Apply A. Cun ningham. TOLEN or Strayed, from my house in , Victorla-stroet, a young Bull Terrlor Dog. ; white and brindle, ears and tails out If found in the possession of any poraon after this notice they will be prosecuted.—W. L. Roth, Public Baths, Victoria-Btreot East. «" i i Municipal Notices. ,|> ITY OF AUCKLAND. TREE-PLANTING in streets, &a, &c. SUPPLYING TREKS FOR PARK, &C. Fresh Tenders will be received until 2.30 p.m. of THURSDAY, August 12, for the above Work and Supplies, in terms of specifications and con ditions at the offloo of the City Surveyor, Canada Buildings. Not bound to accept any tender. Tenders to be endorsed as above, P. A. PHILIPS, Town Clerk. Town Clerk's Office, August 5,1880. Tenders. "VTEW ZEALAND ROADS. WAIPA-BAOLAN COUNTIES.. REPAIRS TO ALEXANDRA BRIDGE. Public Works Office, ;.-if • ;; Auckland, August 3,1880. Written Tenders will be rpoelvedat thislOffico up to noon on MONDAY, August 23, 1880. for tho above Contract. They mustbo addressed to the Hon. the Minister fo/publio Work Auck land and marked outside. "Tenders for Repairs I to Alexandra Bridge Contract. PNns and specification can be seen at tho Public Works Offices, Auokland, Grahamstown, ""ThSowest or any tender will not necessary be accepted. By command. STEWART, ,0 X ' District Engineer. TENDERS for the Erection ot a School house at Mangero will bo received at the Office of the Education Board; Wyndham-street Auokland. until noon of WEDNESDAY, 18th Apffi» md specification may be ssen at the Offlw of tho Board, or at the School. Mangere. VINCENT E. RICE, Secretary. TE N DERS for the Erection of a Teacher's Dwelling at Lower Matekana will be re ceived at the B Office ot tho Education Bosrd, Wyndhtm-st?eet. Auckland, until noon of WEDNESDAY, 18th August, 1880. Plans and specification may be seen at the OfficeTo/thoToard, or at the School, Lower Matakana.. VINCENT E. RICE, Secretary. *fyi o BUI L DERS. Tenders will be received until noon of T-mRSIIAY August 12tb, for tho Erection and cffitionlf Trinity Church. North Shore. EDW. BARTLEY, Architect. mo CARPEN TER S. Tenders wilt be received until four o'clook on TUESDAY, "helloth Instant, for tho Erection of a FoUMOomed Cottage, Ponsonby. ot_)i Sd to accept t^lowe^onder. Stichbury's Buildings. m o B U I L D BBS. "Tenders will be received until Noon of SATURDAY NEXT, the 7th inst., for the Erec tion of a Masonic Hall, atßemuero. Plans at my office. HENRY G. WADE. Architect. No. 7, South British Chambers.



Wanned. WASTE D.—Ladies Jackets, li each, and heaps of othor Bargain: in my New Advertisement, in the 3rd column 4th page.—W. H. Dumpier. WANTED, an Otlice (three rooms) ot the first or second floor of a building ir tho neighbourhood of Lower Queen, Wyndham or Shoi-tland stroots.—Apply by letter to " Beta,' Stau Office. ANTED, a tidy Girl.-Mrs A. Alley, Qneon-street. opposite tho Market. WANTED, a General Servant, ahout ]. or 19 years of age.—Mr3 Bigham, Epsom, near Junction Hotel. WANTED, an experienced Nursemaid ; must bo a good needlowomau.—Applj Stab Office. WANTED, Purchasers for Cut Kauri Firewood at _3 por load,—Auckland Timber Co., Custom-house-street West, oppositt Gasworks. WANTED, a Nurse ; references indis pensable.—Mrs Chlng, Regent-street, near Carlton Goro Road. ANTEu, a Law Clerk, for the country. — Apply by Latter, stating salary, St_,k Offioe, until Monday. WANTED, an experienced General Servant.—Mrs Franz SclierfT, opposite tho Hope Factory, Ponsonby^ WTNTED7a~Boy to milk, and make himself generally useful.—Money and White, Kdon Terrace. TST ANTED, a strong Girl for house", _____ work.—Apply STAKOfne-. WAN t'Eu, a Small Cottage within ten minutes walk of Queen-street; renl moderate.—Address "Z." at ttiis Oilloo. ANTED, an Oilice.—Address, stating rent and other particulars, W.G., office of this papor. WANTED, by a Person in Ponsonby, Washing or anything else to do athei own homo.—Addrcs3 "Mizpah," Ibtah uflice. W'AN'.I'ED to Let, a House of seven rooms, in Alton Road.—Address, " Z.,' Off!co of this paper. WANTED— Money to Lend from £50 to £300 on good security. Can bo paid off in quarterly instalments.—Appiy by letter to "Lender," Star Office. WANTED to Purchase, a Full-sized Socond-hand Billiard. Table, with Cue., &c, comploto.—Apply to Charles Bonner, New market, Kdon, WANTED, two Unfurnished Booms; neighbourhood of Grafton Road.—Ad dress, M., Nowmarket Poat O-llca. ANTED, Sittings of Brahma, Dork ing, and Coohin Eggs: alao, Brahma Rooster.—Apply by letter, statingprico, to John Beach, North Shoro. _ WANTED "KNOWN, Linen Washed, Mangled, or Ironed, and Laoe Curtr.i_.e Dressed at tho Ponsonby Laundry. Ordota oft at .Mr A. Camp boll's, Stationor, Queen-st, ANTED to Rent, by the year, or Loaso for two years or inoro. with pur chasing clauso, a small good Farm, within oight miles of Auckland.—Addross, stating all par ticular^''Fnnn/Mrtiisoflico. ■ ANTED to Let, Furnished Room, with fireplace, uoo ot kitohen, overy convonienco ; with private family .—For addrosß apply to Mr Ea3down, Baker, Queon-ntreot. WANTED. — Cottage Wanted. — We have a Purohasor for a small Cottago (cheap), suitable for a working man in Pon- Bonby.—Tanner & Evans, Estate Agent, Qnoen- Btreet W" ANTED KNOWN. — The Panto", graph can still be had Free per Post for Is 9d lv stamps.—Nelson and Simm, Parnell Auckland.—Amenta Wanted. ANTED to Purchase, for Cash, Best Kauri Sliinglos, Palings, also Houbo Blocks.—Auckland Timber Company Sawmill and Manufactory opposite Gas-works. Office in Cußtom-house-streot. WANTED, my Customers aud the gonoral public to know that I haro Removed from tho Shop in Viotoria-street, known as tho Middle Shop, to tho Cho*p Boot and Shoo Warehouse, tidjolnlng tho Theatre Rojal, Victorla-stroot —Wm. Holdsworth. ANTEDICNOWN.—A consignment of flrat-class Sowing Mathinosto bo sold at less than Manufacturer's Prices. ScwiDg Machines and small Machinery of ovory descrip tion accurately rop_lred by W. J. Butler, Engineer, Wollesloy-stroot. AjnTED, Purchasers for Fifty Tons of splendid Seed Potatoos, grown at their farm, Panmuro; freo from worm.—Fisher and Co. WANTED KNOWN, that Handbills, Dodgers, and all kinds of Printing cm bo had at tho Star Office cheaper than any other house in town. \J£T ANTED, Employment iv a conli- Tt dential capacity as Amanuensis; or tho advertiser would givo Lessons iv English, French, Lathi, and Grook. Terms: Six hours a-day, flvo days por week, 30s.—Address, X.Y.Z.. Post-office, Upper Pa moll. \\T ANTED, "Orders for Trousers to T T Measure 13- 64; Trousers and Vest, 25e ;jSuit, f_«; Marvellous value at Phlllips'Mart, 170, Qucon-stroot^ , \\T ANTED KNOWN. — Boys' Felt \ V Hats, la 9d; Children's Hats, Gd; Trl aimed ditto, 1b 6d; Elderly Ladies* Bonn-ts, from 12s 0d; Mourning Bounots, from 11 * ; Ladic3* Underiinon, les9 than cost; Children's Boots (1 ands), 2a lid.— Mrs Whitehead, Millinor. Nowton. \I7 r"A~N TE D KNOW!.. V V Meat retniled TO-DAY ot Wholesalo PrlCiH-Mutton,2d: Boiling Bcof, 2idand3d; Prlmo Roast Beef, Id; do. Corn Beef, 3d; Lard, Gd ; Bacon, Gd to Sd; Pork by tha Bido, Id; PorK Sausages, Gd; Superior Boef Sansagos, Id; Smoked Boef, Ox Tongues; Gorman Sausages, Gd. Everything guaranteed beßt quality and lowest prlco.—J. If OS;.. .Butcher, Grey-strcot. \\J ANTED KNOWN, that the under- V v signed am Cash Purchasers of Hidos. Sheepskins. Wool, Tallow, fee, at highest market rates.—Uarbktt Bhob, Tanners, Wool Mer chants, Wholowilo and Retail Boot Manu facturers, VVakofleld-streot. Auckland; Ha3ting streot, Napier; Gladntono Road, Gisborno; Dovon-stroot, Now Plymouth; Thamos-Btroot, Oamnru. Works: Star Tannery, Oakley's Crook, Whau, and Point Chovalier. ANTED KNOWN—That Samuel Whito has Openod a Yard near Brlto mnrt Hotel, Cnstom-HonßO-stroot, for tho Bale ot Posts. Rails. Palings,. Coal, Firewood, &c. All kinds of Fencing dono by contract. Wiro, Paling, Corrugated Iron, Ornamental Fencoa. All kinds of Gates fixed. Po_t» supplied ready borod and morticod. Rails dressed on tho ground. All at very loweßt prlcoj.—Address, bam. Whito Custom-Houso-Btroot, opposite Brltomart Hotel. . \S7" ANTED KN OWN.—The Cheapest V 7 Houso for ovory Description of Printing is at th 9 Star Office. \\ yndham-street. \!l7-ANTED KNOWN, that E. Carr Y> and Son have to hand Building Timbor in Kauri and Whito Pine, Shingles, Houso Blocks, Pilings, Posts. Rails, and Firewood in their Yard, Cuatom-houso-street West, opposite ond of Hobson-stroet. N.B.—The increasing donmnd for White Pino has induced them to arrange for a constant supply. WANTED KNOWN, that J. Morri son, Asphaltor, has Removed to his Now Yard Cußtom-Houae-streot West, between Hobson and Nelson-streets. Asphalting at tended to on tho shortest notloe. Also, a Largo stock cf Flrowood. out and uncut; wholesalo and retail. ANTED KNOWN, Cheap Timber can now be Purchased at tho Yards of D. Goldie, Albert-street, oloso to Dock. He having purchased botween 300,000 and _00,000 feet of Seasoned Timber on advantageous terms, will bo prepared to give customers tho benefit of his purchaao. WANTED KNOWN—That we deliver Taupirl.'Bay ot Islands, and Nowcar,tlo Coal, also Firewood, to any part of tho City or Suburbs, at Lowest Rates,—W. &G. WINSTONK, Custom-HoußO-Btroet. WANTED KNOWN, that Carlaw and Co. havo on hand a Largo and Woll- Selootod Stock of Timber,, Shingles, House Blocks, Poats, Halls, and Palings, Wo receive orders lor all kinds of JJoinora' Work, Mouldings, &c., Timber by the cargo forwardod to any port from our Const Mills. SAWMILL AND TIMBER YARD, Custom-house street Wcßt. \%T ANTE D X N U WN. To all in Want of Money.—L. H. Neu megon: is prepared to advance tho samo on porsonal or any other Bocurity, repayable by Weekly instalments.—Note tho addross: 165, Queen-street, opposite the Savings' Bank. ANTED"KNOWN-J. Eccles, _Eb sonßtreet,bogs(to|in_orm his friends and the public generally that he is Sellincr Off his Stock of Hosiery, Boots. Towels, Ruffling, Sil vered and Gilt Earrings and Broaches, Soli taires, Hoirhrußho., Combs, Dress Pieces, Flowers, Children's Felt Hats, Coloured Crochet Cotton Workboxes, Glovo boxes, Jackets, &c, &o ,—Noto tho address: J. Eocles, Hobson etreet. two-doom from Foley's, Victoria-street. WANTED, Builders and others who require Building Materials at the cheap est rate and test quality to sond their ordrrs oi c-11 at the Auckland Timbor Company's Works, Over two million feot of timber stacked, season ing ; largo quantities daily arriving. Must sell. Everything done on tho premises—Sawing, Piantng, Moulding, Sashes, Doors, and overy description of Joinery ; Wood Turning in all iE branches. With their high-class Machinery the various classes of work are turned out quickly and cheap.Correctnesaand despatch guaranteed To prevent mistakes address all communica tions to the Company or, tho Manager Mr G. Holdship. | ' WANTED KNOWN.-Billheads, Cards, Circulars, and every Description of Printing can bo had at the Stab Office al LOWEST RATES. QPADESMEN Wanted, to Die; Plots pi IO Land in Suburbs —Apply to Mr C. T. Wron, Seed Warehouse, Queen-st- oct. ■ TjlAiiM: SERVANT wanted ; good JO ploughman. Single man.—Apply to Adam Laybonrn, Fort-atreot. ______ A LADY, recently arrived from Eng land, and about to reside in Auckland, if willing to take a few Children us boarders oi by the day. Instruction in English, Arithmetic, French, German, Italian, Music, and Painting in Oils and on Porcelain.—Address (by letter), " King," Star Office. TO SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. _l —Wanted Known, that Pheasants and al kinds of Birda are beautifully Stuffed anc Mounted on Ornamental Stand, very cheap, bj It. Madden, Hairdressar and Naturalißt, Cus torn-house-street. HM.S. PINAFORE, DREAMLANI • WALTZ, And Novelties per English Mail. Also. NO. 13 AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE, Containing "Tako Mo Homo," "Grandfather* Clock," "Old Log Cabin." "Babies on Cv Block," &o„ &o. AT TIIE AUCKLAND MUSIC WAREHOUSE 71, QUEEN-STREET.



TO Let. 8 HP*-* LET, a Furnished House, and furni s JL shed bed-room, sitting-room, and kitchen , low rent and every convenience.—Apply Pub!ic Baths, Victoria-street East, next the Cheap _ Beddingjand Furniture Mart. i nhO LET, a Workshop (brick)] clo?e ie JL ArthU-'_ Mart, Queen-Btreet; aumirahly adapted for storage. Rent, 12s per week.—Mi A. Mathleson, Confectioner, Queen-Btreet. i r[pO LET, in Newmarket, a House ol > 8- five rooms; in good order.—Jaraos Reid, j 1 Eden Terrace. O LET, that Old Established and Com modious Store now in the occupation oi ; Mr Hogg, Grocor of Newmarket, opposite tho • Railway Station.—Apply to J. M. Lennox, ' Estate Agent, Auckland. : rjT.O BE LET, in Nelson-street, at 15s per \ m. week, a Shop and Dwelling, with a Fire -1 wood Yard.—F. G. Ewington. TO BE LET, iv City Road, opposite the residence of Mr James Dickey, a com " fortable Six-roomed House, with Bathroom; > gas and water laid on. Every convenience for a small family.—W. L. Mitchell, C6, Queen-street. s ('% .0 LET, opposite Waterworks, JEden ; J- Torraeo, No. 2, Cotele Cottage, containing seven rooms; can ho had witn or without 1 stable.—Apply to H. Webster, on the premises. ) r|lO LET, a comfortable Six-roomed JL Cottage, Ponsnoby Road; possession on . the 16th instant.—H. Partington, House and [ Land Agent, Stichbury's Buildings. TIiTBE LET, a Four-roomed Cottage (now), with underground cellar, within four minutes walk of Union Bank.—Apply to __rabazonandlfulljameß,Bnilderß,Hobson-street. ' nnb LET, at Epsom, House with six " J_ acres of land.—Apply to Robert Neal, Quoen-stroet ) For Sale. ' |> ROAD WOOD'S PIANOS. S For Sale, ono of Broadwood's SEMI-GRAND PIANOS, just landed from England. On view ( at tho Auckland Musio Warehouse:, cornel I of Queen-streot and Vulcan Lane. LOK SALE, CHEAP. One Wertheim Treadlo Sowing Machine, just ' now: one Grovoc and Baker Silver-plated Family Machine, seoond-hand; ono Arm and Platform Lockstitch Hand Maohlno; one Griod ; ingandPolishingMichiDe, fit for a dentlßt. All . in flrat-class order, and vovy cheap, at the Fitting Shop Sowing Machino Agency, Victoria street. \ "jOl O R SALE. A New Five-roomod Cottage and Freehold Allotment for sale, situated in Day-street, otf 1 Borosford-street. Price, £310.—Apply to A. I Hanson, on tho premises. ! BTIOR SALE, Five Acres Rich Volcanic V Land on the Mount Roskill Road, well adapted for market garden; beautifully ■ level.—J. L. West, Alma Placo, Franklin Road. FOR SALE, a comfortable Four-roomed House., Newton-to be sold cheap.—H. Partington, Houbo and Land Agent, Stichbury's Buildings. IT.OK SALE, Allotment 39, Suburbs of JJ To Aroha Townßhip.—C. J. Hutchinson, Lower Queen-street. gTIOK S^LE.—Oaten Chaff; first-class SJ quality.— b. D. Nathan & Co., Shortland- Btreot. SIX-ROOMED House to Let iv Pon sonby, 10s weekly. Soven-roomed House, Park Road, Parnell, £1 weekly;; largo garden.— C. Williamson. Estate Agent. Vulcan Lane. ffo-J (\ to £1,00. LENT on Building Society Ml" principles, or or othor terms to suit borrower-. Mortgages and loans negotiated. Se» l-ist of Pronorties for Salo on 4th page.—C. WilUamson, Estate Agent, Vulcan Lane.— Seven per cent, allowed on money deposited for investment. JUST Finished, and for ,Sale, a New Houbo, noar the Station, Mount Edon. There aro sl_ rooms, registered grate, cup boards, Blnl-Mnd water laid on, in addition to a good woll. Prioo, £360. Apply to F. G. Ewing ton, Queen-street. J?o7ft— Neat and well-finished HOUSE of *J_i 4 V four rooms, with pantry, front and hack verandah, wood-house, workshop, tank, oto.; allotmont 51 __ 100, fully planted with choice vines arid fruit trees. Terms as agreed, —-. Vaile, House and Land Agent. 1 ACKB, Volcanio Land, fenced and planted, x with Cottage, tank, &o. This property is pleasantly and conveniently situated, and is suitable either for a residence or a small market garden. Tho owner having to leave tho oolony will soil cheap, either for cash or on terms.—S. Valle, House and Land Agent, Shortland-street <?qqa—HOUSK of four rooms, with verandah Jj^iO- dairy, two tanks, &c„ and large Allot ment of volcanio land, pleasantly situated near the Mount Eden Railway Station. Terms, as agreed.—S. Vailo, Houso and Land Agont, Shortland-street. . . -pono—Pß-JTTVT Littlo Homestead of ovor 8 jjo.v aore 3 of rich volcanic land, fenced, subdivided, and under cultivation, with House of _ rooms, Dairy, Stable, Cow-shed, &c, being ouly 5 miles from Auckland aud near a railway station. 'I his property is woll adapted either lor a gentleman's residence or for a market garden.—B. Vaile, Land Agent, Shortland-Btreot. .PI on.—Houso of Thrao Rooms (in JJewton), &J._3V -with Allotment 33x100 foot. Terms as agreed.—tf. Vaile, Houso and Land Agent, Shortland-street. r»cj-a,—Superior Farm of 180 acresof rich 3J-UV blaok loam on limestone'formation, all in fir-t-olass order, 100 aores grass, 2£ acres orchard, 77 aorcs bush ; largo ran adjoining ; now House of Four Rooms and out-bulldlngs ; Church and school close at hand.—B. Vaile. Land and House Agent. Shortland-street. -fcT E W C A S T L E COAL. Ex 'Avoca.' Orders taken by tho undersignedat Commerce street and Mechanic's Bay Yards. W. CRUICKSHANK. AND Wl IRE WOOD. JAGGER AND PARKER SELL FOR OASH- Best PurirlFirewood;. „. .lisper ton (delivered) „ „ Cut....12s „ „ BestiTi-troo Firewood...... 12s „ „ „ „ Cut_..l33 „ „ Fall Moaßuro Guaranteed. Every ton Will be measured before being out or delivered. Bay of Islands Coal (Lump) 28a por ton Best Waikato (Household) 22s „ Timber.'suitablo for fowl houses,&c.,.ls per 100 ft. All binds of fencing done at the lowest rates. JAGGER & PARKER, FREEMAN'S BAY. Q N SALE, EX 'OAMAEU': 30 Tons of PRIME TABLE POTATOES EX 'LOONGANA': 59 Tons of FIRST-CLASS SEKD POTA : TOES EX 'DKFIANOK': A Pfimo Sample of SEED OATS A Splendid Lot of Hakoa Seed, at 2s per ounce. At the Auckland Seed Depot. USB THOMAS STEADMAN TTT U L L BROTHERS HAVE NOW LANDING. . EX 'FAMKNOTn' AND 'LOOH DOON,' 1,200 PACKAGES, Consisting of . GROCERIES AND OILMEN'S STORES, I AND HAVE FOE SALE— i AMERICAN RANGES AND STOVES BARBED STEEL FEW OING WIRE : DOUGLAS PUMPB, LAWN MOWERS I CORNSACKS, GRINDSTONES, ODL STONES, &o„ &c, &o. ' Agents for J. Craig & Son's Celebrated Scotch | Wbiskoy. HULL BROTHERS, . Auctioneers, Wino and Spirit Merchants, ' Queen-street j Eauri Gum Stores. Breakwater ! Free and Bonded Stores, Albert-etjeet. ! Board and Residence. COMFORTABLE Board and Residence for two or three young men; terms, 16s t , week.—For address apply Stab Office. BOARD and Residence for. two young Men ;|alao, Bedroom, with fireplace, suit ablo for married oouple.—Apply Mrs Wightman ■ Eden Crescent. BOARD & RESIDENCE, near One hunga, for a single gentleman. Bed-roon J with use of sitting-room. Five minute's wall from Railway Station. Terms, 30s per wee) ' (railway ticket included).—Apply by letter, Bo: . 221. Post Office, Auckland. GOVERNOR BEOW-.E HOTEI HOBSON-STREET. Board and Lodging. 203j»rwee: (ainele room) _25e ) Calls. OLUMBIA GOLD MININ( COMPANY (LIMITED). A Call (the flrat) of One Shilling per Share ha , >thia day been mado by the Directors on th fl Company's Capital. Payahlo to the Manager, a s the Oompany-8 Office, No. 11, New Zoajani Insurance Company's Buildings, Auokland, o: WEDNESDAY, the Bth day September, 1880. 5, »-G-MAODONIS«er. 1 Auokland, sth AU-tU3t, 1880.



Public Notices. '. "^^^ CJTKAM BETWEEN AUCK . LAND AND THE THAMES. J TimbTaß-jB: S.S. ROTAMAHANA, ' From Auckland I \ Monday, 3.30 afternoon From Thames: - Monday, 8 3J morning Farks : Saloon, 7s 6d; Steerage, ss. No Cargo received within halt-an-hour -I ad ■ vertised time of leaving. „ T „»r™ FRASER & TINNE. ! Aeents. POINSOJSBY HIGHWAY J DISTRICT BOARD. Election of Fence-viewers, Under "The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876." ', Notice is hereby given that an Election of Two (2) Persons to fill Extraordinary Vacancies in the Office of Kence-vlewors, for the abovonamod District i-oardiwill take place at the Ponsonby * Hall on WEDNESDA V, the 18th day of August * inst. Nominations! of Candidates for Election to fill such vacancies will be reoeived by me, in writing, at tho said Ponsonby Hall, before noon of TUESDAY, tho 17th day of August inst. ,W. McKINSTRY, Returning Officer, i Ponsonby, 7th August, 1830. 1 TMTOUNT HOBSON DOMAIN. All Cattle found trespassing after this date will be Impounded. By order of tho Board. B. DIGBY TONKS, Secretary. August 0,1880. ~JWT O T I C £~. TO SUBSCP.IBERS IN ONEHUNGA. 1 Sacrxd BIOGRAPnv will bo delivered next r week. . G. W. AGENT. ; A UCKLAND SAVINGS' BANK [ Tho Bank is now OPEN DAILY for Receipt * and Payment of Deposits, from 10 to 3 o'clock, except on Saturday, whon it Closes at 12 noon and RE-OPENS from Seven to Nine in tho Evening for Receipt of Deposits only. RICHARD CAMERON, Manager. TIT A.IK OMIT! BRANCH. REDUCTION OF FARES. On and after MONDA V, August 9th. 1880, tho Fares between Auckland and stations on tho Waikomiti Branch will be as follows :— Ist 2nd Class. Class. S. D. D. Auckland and Mt. Eden .. 6 .. i „ „ Kingsland ..10.. 9 „ Mt. Albert ..10.. 9 „ .. Whau.. ..10.. 9 Retubi- Journey Fare and a-haif. A. V. MACDONALD, District Manager. "OEFRESHMENT AT MERCEF. Travellers on the Railroad Can obtain a good Cap of Tea and a Substantial Meal, at a Moderate Oharge, by going to the RAILWAY HOTEL, A few yards from the Station. The Excellent Tablo 1b well known. J. DIf.LON, Proprietor. DR. C. EMERSON TENNENT, Legally Qualified MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. Dispensary and Surgery: Top of Grey-street. Hours of Attendance: 10 to 12 a.m.. 'I to _. and 7to 9 .m BOMB! ENGLISH MAIL! The beautiful and useful of New Zea land—l2or 21 varieties Woods ((Trench polished) Ferns, Shells, Stones, and minerals, in a Polished Cabinet, _os, 255, 30a.—The Fern DepOt, Adams 'Arcade. Queen-street. . 4?Tr7| R E WARD. whereas very considerable Damage has been done to the Young Trees on tho property of the undersigned at Romuora, a reward of TEN POUNDS will bo paid by the Superinten dent of Police, Auckland, for such Information as shall lead to the conviction of any person or persons who have or shall havo committed suoh trespass and damages. J. DILWORTH. Itomuera, 31st July, 1881). CWALLOW & ABIELL'S superior re- O fined Troiclo and Golden Syrup in lib. and 21b. tins; casks of ljcwt., 2c wt, 3owt. nnd6_owt. each; also, in bottles and elegant ornamental canisters. To bo had of all storekeepers.— Refinery: Melbourne. Victoria. GUTHRIE & LARNACH'S TIMBER AND WOODWARE FACTORIES COM PANY (LIMITED). Mr. J. W. Waller Ceased to havo any Con nection with this Company from May 1. Parties will please pay all accounts and send in all claims addressed to JOHN REITH, Or, At their office; C. P. MURDOCH, At Onehunga. Orders for Timber to be sent to samo address. DR. J. MURRAY MOORE Has moved into his New Residence, LIVERPOOL VILLA, SYMONDS-STREET, Third house below Grammar School. At home to patients from 6 to 8 p.m. Consultation Hours at the Pharmacy, 11 to 1, as before. MODERN DANCING. — Insidious- Treacherous—Delusive—Flippant. Save us from tho thin edgo of this wedge, bo likely to produce but a nation of weaklings or dandies.— Auckland, 1880. . . \- ... LARGEST SHOW-ROOM in town for FURNITURE, CARPETS, and BED- DttJG, is at T. & H. Cooke's, 67, Quoen^treet. ALNUT CARD TABLES, Occa- Bional Tables, Kidney-shaped Writing Tables, and Walnut Musio Htoola, on sale at T. & H. Cooke's, 67, Queen-Btreet. HEATHER BEDS, Kapok Down Beds, Pulu Bods, and all kinds of Mattraeses, Palliasses, Bolsters, and Pillows for Sale at T, and H. Cooke's, 67, Queon-street. ' , NLY ESTABLISHMENT in Auckland employing Steam Power in the Manu facture of Furniture is T. & H. Cooke's, 67, Queen-street. GREAT REDUCTION in Prices of Dining-room Suites at T, & H. Cooke's, 67. Quoen-street- FIVE Per Cent. Discount allowed to Cash Purchasers at T. & H. Cookb's, Furniture and Carpet Warehouse, 67, Queen street. TWTEW TWEEDS AND COATINGS. Just Owned Up, at, H. L. POSSENESKIE'S, NEW TWEEDS AND COATINGS, Comprising Bliss, West of England, Bannock burn, and various othor manufactures of Scotch Tweeds. New Tweeds and Coatings l , A Large Varioty of French and German Tweed?. New Tweeds and Coatings ! Worsted Coatings in all Shades and Patterns. New Twkbds and Coatings ! Superior Meltona, Beavers, and Venetians in New Twbeds and Coatings ! West of England Superfine Black and Blue. NEW TWEEDS AND COATINGS I JUST OPENED OUT, 1 AT H. L.. POSSENESKIE'S, Msrchant Tailor & Habitmakek, Opposite the South British Insurance Buildings. Shortland-strebt, Auckland. ' ■ * N.B.—A Large Variety in Fancy Vestlnga for winter wear. Special Observance: All work warranted Hand-Made only. {GROCERY! /GROCERY! W M. HOGG, " NEWMARKET, ,' I Begs to acquaint hla friends and the general public that he has Now REMOVED to his - | NEW PREMISES. ;- He takes this opportunity to thank bis Cos i, tamers for the past support given him for several years, and guarantees that in the future, as in the past, the samo exertions shall be put forth ~ to supply a THE VERY CHOICEST OF GOODS, £ and in every possible way please his patrons. His Country Customers will have,Wb best attention, and every order entrusted to him Will bO PROMPTLY E-CECtrMD. FAMILIES WAITED UPON FOR ORDERS. = interests will not be overlooked. ; rnoußisTS to the hot lakes J 8 would do wo Jo communicate with EDWIN ROBERTSON, V * MVKRY AND BAIT STABLES ° Dzyokport Road, Tauranoa, d -p.ho can always provide Conveyances of every n description. Ladies" and Gentlemen's Saddle Horses. Pack Horses; also, Experienced Drivera and Guides at an hour's notice. Charges most reasonable. Telegrams promptly, t attendod to Nets the add. ass



Personal. \S7OULD the Friend who sent me the V J Letter on Frits* b. kind enough to send name and address. By doing so, hS will obdgo,—Joseph Taylor. Gazette in Bankruptcy! TN BANKRUPTCY. In tho matter of" '1 ho Debtors and Creditors Act, 187B,"and tho various Acts amend ing tho same, and of the Deed of Arrange ment mado by Joiin Waddingto.t Gravbs. Notice; is hereby Riven that on WKDNESD A V, the eighteenth day of August, 1880, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, or tho flr_t dny thereafter that the Court shall Bit, an application will bo mado to tho Suprome Court of New Zealand, at Auck land, sitting iv Bankruptcy, for a declaration of a complete execution of a certain Deed of A rrsnge ment mad* the twelfth day of July, one thou sand eight hundred and eightr, between John Waddinglon Graves, of Papukui-a Valley, near Auokland, in the Provincial 1. istrlct of Auck land, in the Colony ot Now Zealand, Far mer, of tho first part, Thomas Macffarlane, ot Auckland aforesaid. Accountant, ot the socond part, and all the Creditors ot the said John Waddington Graves, of the third part, and filled in this Honouiable Court on thn said twelfth day of July, 1880, and which said Deed was assented to in writing on the thirty-first day of July, 1880. Dated at Auckland this 6th day of Augu6t, 1880. BUBSELL & DUIVORK. (.hortland-s.reot. Auckland, Solicitors for Trustee. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. NORTHERN DISTRICT. IN BANKRUPTCY. In tho matter of" Tho Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876," "Tho Debtor., nnd Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1878," aud "The Debtors and Creditors Aot, 1879," and o£ the Bankruptcy of Nathaniel Jonw Bi.ah- and George Henry Lkm >n, carrying on business togothor in co-part nership, In tho City of AU3. land, undor tho namo or stylo of " Blair & C 0.," as Lemonade and Cordial Manufacturers, Debtors. This is to notify that Nathaniel John Blair and George Henry Lemon, carrying on business together in 00-partnoro hip in the City of Auck laud, under tho namo or styl. of " Blair & Co," as Lemonade and Cordial Manufacturers, have this day filed a statement that they aro unab'o to meet their engagements with'heir Creditors: tho First Meeting of their Craditors to t>o held at the Supremo Courthouse, in tho City of Auokland aforesaid, on MON 0 _V, tho 16th day of August instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Dated this 7th day of August, 1880. EDWARD S. WILLCOOKS, Registrar. , G. T. Kektley, Debtors' Solicitors, ' Stichbury's Buildings, Queen-Btreet, Auckland. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, NORTHERN DISTRICT. V- i ' i IN BANKRUPTCY. . ,-. ( , In tho matter ot " Tho Debtors and Creditors ■ Act, 3876," and of the soveral Acts a mend ing tho saroo, and of the Hankrupt .y of William Katterns and Charmm Siikppard, carrying on business to gether in co-partnftrshlp in Elliott street, in tho City of Auckland, undor the name or Btyle of " Kattarn and Sheppard," as Boot Uppor Manufacturers, Debtors. Notice is hereby given that it is the intenlion of tho above-named Debtors to apply to this Honourable Court on WICDNKaOAY. the 18th day of August, 1880, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, or as- soon thereafter a? Counsel oan bo heard in that bohalf, for an Ordor under tho provisions of the 181 th soction of " Tho Oebtors' and Creditors' Act, 1876,'' that tho said Debtors, jointly and each of them sopwately, bo forthwith Discharged from all Debts, both joint and separate, provablo under tho Bald Bankruptcy. Dated this 6th day of August, 1880. CONNKLL & COOPER, :';,.- Vulcan Lane, Aucklaud, Solicitors for the said Debtors. -.- pM& ~~7 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ■; ' ZEALAND, NORTHERN' DISTRICT. IN BANKRUPTCY. , ', In the niatter of " The Debtors arid Cre ditors Act. 1876," and the several amend- , ments thereto, and in the matter of the Bankruptcy of John Doyle, a Debtor. This is to notify that John Doylo. of Newton Road, Carpenter, has this day Hod a statement that he is unable to meet his engagements with ~ . his Creditors; the First Meeting ot Creditors to • I beheld at the Supreme Court Buildings, Auok land, on MONDAY, the 23rd day of August, ~ , „ 1880, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. ■•' • • ;i . Dated thia 7th day of August, 1880. H. WILLIAMSON, . ; - Deputy Registrar. John* Doyle, Debtor in persoa. ' ' ~".:■ i * i t _ mmmmmm^M iA Meetings. .■!&&_______. pOUBT EUREKA, The- usual Fortnightly Meet r__W*TJ*viar- in l? ot tbo Members of tbe above _aSS3SwlmlCourt wm h3 bol(1 m tho V wP__S_Swi¥;ll Court-room, Alexandra-street, kl_W»_k__Vori MONDAY EVENING Next August 9, at 7.30 sharp. Business of Importance re New yoneral Laws. ,' ,'*',' (| By order of the C.R. E. FITNESS. • Secretary. PRIDE OF THE NORTH, No. 33, LOYAL ORANGE LODGE, | T - <gj& a* The Opening of above 'SSviS|w Now Lodge and Inßtalla- - W3_WiM9 tlon o£ Offl^rs wii' take «_______ \__ place at Devonport on JjfiJlSMjf WEDNESDAY, the 11th ' >^HS)^5aTsX in_tent, tho Grand Meb fffl \__KJX_ _f^9\ ' *er performing tho usual W_7_Y/W^ 9 * Visiting Brethren from (ffiaMC<Sv AOT" "*- Au 9 klana aro cordially By order of the W.M. •".- .Li*_il»_l__, ~-..„.. G.RBtfRNETT. Ecclesiastical. '/■ 7 "\TOtJNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO. A OlATlON.oornerof Wellesloy and Albert Btreots.-r-Moeting for United Prayer Will bo held THIS (Saturday) EVENING, at 7.30. A Bible Reading will be givon. Friends cordially in- * vited. A BIBLE CLABS for YOUNG MEN evory Sunday afternoon from 3 till 4. PITT - STREKT Wesle?an Church.— Servibos will be conducted To-mbrrow, '-'■•■• (Sunday):—Morning, at 11, Roy. T. Buddie; Evening, at 6.30. Rev. W. Morloy. RIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH 7 Alexandra - street. — Sunday * Services— The Rev. J. Long will preach in the Morning, at 11, and in the __voning at 6.30. .' PRIMITIVE METHODIST SUNDAY SERVICES, Kxoel-ior'BaU, Upper Pitt- , street.—Tho Kov J. Long will preach In the Afternoon at 3; and Mr T. 11. Smith in the Evening at 6.30. ~ • s PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTH SHORE.—Divine Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow (3un day), August Bth, by tbe Rev. Mr MoCallum, at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. ' " CIHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF J LATTERDAY SAINTS hold thßirmeet- , . ,-. ~ ings On Sundays in the Newton Hall, at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. All are invited.! No collection. UNITED CHARGK OF ONEHUNGA ' AND MANGKRK.-^-Theß«v. Mr Ander- :' I < son, of New York, will preach on Sunday, August» ", Bth.—Onehunga, at 11 a.m.; Mangere, 2.M p.m.; and at Onehunga. at 6.30. p.m. ODDFELLOWS' HA-LL (foot of Cook- _ fl a strent), Lord's Day Noti_w», D.V.—Evening Service from 6.30 to 7.i5j>.m., with 8 Gospel Address. All Seats Free. Hymn Books Provided. No Collection. Come I ~.,,,, ONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BTCRESFORD-3TREET.-The tWO-d Sols vices will be conducted TO-MORROW (Bnnday), in .the morning, at 11 o'clock, by the Rev. A. Riding; in tho evening, at 6.30, by the Pastor, theltey. J. Robertson, M.A. LORNE STREET-HALL. — UNSEC TARIAN SUNDAY SERVICES. Bth August.—Morning Service only, at 11 a.m.— . v Subject: " Sowing and Ronpin,? : tho Evolu tlons of Persanal Life." HEATBE ROYAL: SUNDAY EVEN ING SSRVIOES.-Undor tho conduct of the Young Men'a Christian AswdattMV To morrow Evening, from Bto 9. All are invited. Seats Free. ' . VfEWMARKET WESLEYAN ..\ __S SKRVIOES.-Newmarket Hall,—Divine Service in tho above Hall To-morrow Evening, at half-past six o'clock.- r TEMPERANCE HALL. — Geo. A. I Brown will deliver an address on Sunday Evening, at 6^o._ Subject: "Is the Eternal Torment of the Wicked Taught in the Sculp* tares T ' -~..,:- Auctions. _________ - -.' i ; \ x MONDAY, AUGUST Iff, NOON. FARM AT HUN UA. R. C. GREENWOOD HAS received instructions to sell by aaction on the above date, at Ills Mart. Corner of Shortland-atroet, Auokland, 132 Acres of Rioh Bush Land. HO to 60 acres cleared and in grass, partly fenced; good stream etc..etc.; oloao to Churei and Bchool.andbeingLot2s,ParlßhofHtinu-L ' known as Hill'a Farm, and joininK tho larajI y ° to Wrlght toto Jonert R. c gre"e"nwood. Auctioneer. (Continued on Fourth Page.) ■ ;