STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1882.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN MARMON, THE HOKIANGA PAKEHA MAORI; OR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND.

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CHAPTER XXl.—Conttn nod.

After all was over it was found that 52 soldiers were killed aud 41 wounded. One poor fellow, who was wouuded, vaa limp ini; along, using his musket as a walking stick, and was trying to join the main body. The natiTe stragglers saw him, fired, but did not kill him ; they then rushed up and chopped him down with tomahawks ! Another wounded man was lying on the bank by the lake. He thought, when lie saw the natives coming down, that they were Tainati Walker's men come to save him, instead of which they took the poor fellow and threw him into the lake.

It was night when we all returned to the pah. The next day we buried the dead in a hollow near the entrance to Okaihau Bush, on the left hand side. We heard that Kawati had lost his eldest son, his rightinsr chief, and Jabout 30 men Heke and hi« people buried the white men who had fallen near his pah. Heke went him self to the Waimate for Dr. Burrows to come and read the funeral service over the builies of the dead soldiers. While Heke went to fetch the parson, some of his men stripped the dead men of their clothes : this so enraged Heke that he took the clothes and had them all burned.

The following day the little army of soldiers and sailors returned 10 the Hay of Islands, Tamati Walker going with them. The natives would not help to carry the wounded without payment, they demanded £4 for carrying a wouuded cox-wain. Capt. Bcckham paid £2 10s out of his own pocket before they would move. The remainder were paid in blanket* when they got to the Bay. Tamati Walker and some other chiefs went aboard the North Star, where they saw Pomare as a prisoner—much to their astonishment. The ves:cl then left for Auckland.

Some of Walker's men, with a body of soldiers, went to Waiknre where they had a bit of a scrimmage with lva wati's men. Ham aid, a young chief, was badly wounded; we lost three men. We got back to the Bay of Islands, but without the wounded chief, Hanraki, who belonged to the Ilikitu. On the second day he managed to ciawl to the banks of the river, where he got assist ance ; Mr Cook's sons took him to the Bay of Islands where the doctors did the best they could for him; but it was too late, tic was a lino bravo young fellow. Mr Manning and several of his men came over as soon a3 they got the news and carried ihe dead chief to his home at Whi riuaki Tamati Walker went to Auckland to sec the Governor about I'omarc who was released on his becoming security, aud promising that Pomare should remain with him during the war. Walker returned in about a month, when he brought I'oinaro wiih him. Pomare then told me about the attack on his pah and the destruction of Mr Grecnway's property. Tamati Walker came to his own pah at the entrance of the Okaihau Busli; every thing had been quiet during his absence, excepting the light at Waikari, where Hauraki, the Whirlnaki chief, got his deuth wound.

Two days after Walker's return, Hoke abandoned his pah at Omapcre Lake, and went to Ohaeawai. One Sunday that I was strolling about, having a look aiound with Tamati Walker's telescope, when I thought Heke's pah appeared very quiet; I saw smoke but no one stir ring. One the flagstaff there used to be a bit of red stuff for a Ilag; I noticed that this was gone. I went back and told Walker, and, at cockcrow the next morn ing, I and ten natives went over to the pah •where Heke's men had doiv so much mis chief, It was still dark when we got there, but when day broke we found, as I suspected, tlie place de serted—not a soul there—but they had left behind them about 100 kits of potatoes. From there we went to Kawati s pah, a liitlc distance off; it was like the other empty. They, too, had left provisions be hind them ; there were 250ba.skets of pota toes in the pah ; so, cither food was plenti ful enough with them, or else they were too lazy 10 carry it away. JSo one seemed .to have any idea when the natives left the pahs. At first our natives would have nothing to do with the potatoes ; they said there was blood on them, but as our'pi o visions began to get scarce they were glad to take them.

On our way from the pahs, we saw a pany of Heke's men ; both tides iired, hut the distance was too great between the in for any one to be wounded. I found out afterwards that Heke had returned to get a small cannon he had hidden: it was a 4-pounder; which ho 100k Korora reka. He managed to get the guv, and, with his men, returned to his own place. I stayed a day or two longer at the pah, thenj with my wife, returned to my place in Hokianga. There is a fine piece of land not far fi om Walker's pah, called the Tac a-mai ;it had belonged, in olden times, to Macquarie's ancestors, but had since been claimed by Heke. Miscqimrie now pro ceeded to take possession of this land in the runic of his grandfather. So one morn ing, early, he left Walker's pub, with sixteen picked men, aad went to the Hanhau, where lie planted the English Hag on the top of a hill. -After this Mocquurie built up.h on the left hand tide, in which he and his tribe went to live. Tainati Walker had a pah built on the right huiid side, so that the hill with the ilag on it was .between the two pahs, that it might be properly protected. While we were building our pah Heko and Kawati were busily engaged building a very strong pah at Ohaeawai, the posts of which were made of puriri, G feet in the ground and 10 feet out, most of them full 9 inches through, and drawn to the place where they were to be set up by their bullocks. They stocked the pah with all the provisions they could get; in fact, made every preparation for a long siege, or war, which ever you like to

call it. On this pah a cannon ball would make little or no impression. I have said before, no pakeha would be able to form an idea of the strength and resistance these pahs 'offered to cannon. Immediately a breach was made) another post was piaced behind. Men who have seeu them have been astonished at the wonderful .skill shown in thoir building, the inside was full of pits and trenches in which they used to hide or tlccf). I had been backwards and forwards several times, but ou tho 12th of June my wife aud I returned to i amati Walker's pah to make a long stay. I had an idea that it would not be long before there would be some hard fighting, and I wanted to do my share. I taw that that pah of tieke's would give the soldiers some warm work before it was taken. The English ollicers made a mistake in despis ing their enemies. If they had made themselves acquainted with the way in which such a pah as Heke's was con structed, before they attacked it, the loss of life, the waste of good men's live--, might Ijave been, in a great measure, pro vented. The soldiers thought the oauuon balls and storming parties would do won ders, but they soon |found out their mis take. I always said they made too sure. On the morning of the 13th June, we saw a Uu£;e party of Heke's men coming along the road, leading from Olnuawai, to wards Macquarie's pah. Macquaric and his people were soon out aud lired ou the advancing party; Patuoni (Walker's bro ther) and I got our guns and joined them. After a little [ went up to the ilagstali to try and ».ee what was going on ; there 1 fouud Mr James Davis, of the Waimate mission, looking over towards the Ohaeawai road, and saw about UOO of the eueiny coming towards Walker's pah ; suddenly they stopped about two miles from us, and ap peared to be praying. I sang out to Walker, who was on hi-) way, with his tribe, to join Macuuario : 1 told him what Heke was doing, then he and his men re turned to the ,pah, and had prayers too. After this was over we went down on to the flat and waited for the enemy on tUo west side of a field of kuniunw. Our tribe had divided into two parlies, uue on the east side and, one on tho west. TUo enemy rushed on in those on the east side, and .shot a chief who w;us dumb, (.no of the enemy jumped on to the fence to shoot Tin" when 1 at once shot him dead. Macqmurio's men Were still firing on the enemy that had first engaged with them. Some' of ours that had run away now rallied ; a few more had come up, mo that they were stronger, and made a dash on Heke's party. Wi Hobson got ahead in the rush, »ud wouuded lloko in ihe thigh. A native trial to get at the chief Kukulia in the confusion j i killed that fellow also. I could see a lot of fellows carrying oil the wounded lloke, and among them some of our own mob. ' But for that piece of Stupidity, we should have had Hike prisoner safe enough that day. The enemy were Hying in all directions. Hapuha ki.lcd one of Hekc'w big chiefs. I fired on old Wharopapa, but missed him. We chased thuin about two miles. Tamati Walker kept singing out, "Let the A'ga puhi run." We lost live men, and uiie was wouuded. We heard lhat lieke lost about ilio name number. I spotted one fellow belonging to the enemy, and meant to kill him the first chance 1 could get. He was one of the pany who drowned the wouuded soldier in Omapere Lake, utter ttie first light. The next moiniiig, I went over to Macquarrie's pah to hear the talk, which was sure to be great after the af lair of yester day—telling who stood linn, who ran away, aud all that sort of thing. Mr St. Aubyn, tlie Magistrate, came and told the chiefs that a mau-of-war was expected at tlie Bay of Islands on the following day, and that men were wanted to take bullock drays— all lhat could be mustered,—to bring up baggage, provisions, nndthe (juna belonging to the troops. Tamati Walker, the Magis trate, I, and the men who were to sec alter the drays, all went to Waimate. We got as many bullock drays as we could, and set oil' for Korikeri, Air St. Aubyn got us food from Mr Kemp. That night I went aboard the "Hazard" with Mr St. Aubyn; this wasSatuiday. OnthetollowingMonday, the soldiers werelanded; and the next day, guns and baggage—l 2 soldiers to work the guns, under tlie command of Lieutenant i'liill pot. The day after, we staitcd for Wai mate. Before we ltft Kerikcri, Mr Clcn ilcm -cut me to catch a horse for Lieuten ant Phillpot. There was a saddle right enough, but no bridle. I told Mr l'lull pot. He said, "lio to the coxswain ; tell him to give you a bit of the painter, and come and splice it into the bit." H was three-inch rope, nearly new. There wan a great deal of laughter to sec this new kind of bridle, as much as Mr I'hilipot could hold. lie had a thick stick in his other hand, ami he looked the queerest sailor-otlicer I e>er saw. About -100 soldiers got to the Waimate that night. No sooner there than the soldiers made a raid on the ducks and geese. This made a groat deal of grumbling, you may be sure, among the settlers; they thought their friends worse than their foes.

Alter a stay oi three or four days, the soldiers marched to Ohaeawai, where Heke's pah was built. Heke was wouuded, as I told jon, but Tamati Walker ami the other chiefs knew where he was well enough, and could have easily taken him if they had wanted to get him, fur he was not more than live miles off. The soldiers camped about a mile'mm the pah, under comuuiud of Colonel Dcspard. I went with Walker, and we saw a better spot for the encampment than the one they hud chosen, sheltered fi om the lire of the pah, Colonel Despard approved of the site, and ordered a change to be made. 1 pointO'l out n good place for a stockade, nnd there they placed the two first can: ous. Next morning they fired "n to :lie pah with the big guns, but without, making the slightest impression on it. During the night, the natives had put up a sort of screen of green llax along the front, and they then added a wing about 30 feet long towards the bit; guns. The soldiers would lire on the pah for a spell, loso one or two men, then leave oil1; next day. perhaps, not lose any. Colonel Despard ordered the soldiers to cut a lot of green ilax, ti: up in bundles, and use it as a sort of shield against the lire from the pah, and, under cover f>f this, they were to advance and atiack the pah. But first tlicy tied a bundle on to a post then iired at it; of course, the bullets went through, so that plan was no good, after wasting two days cutting aud preparing this new sort of arraour, Well, they moved their guns here and there, sometimes firing on one part of the pah, sometimes another, losing men all the time. I feel sure that a party of old women would have

shown more sense. Of course, there were oflicers present who had better knowledge of what should be done, but as they wet c mostly juniors they had no voice in the management of affairs. The natives used to look on, and make fun of ilie pakeha way of lighting, but did not like to see our soldiers and sailors wasted, aud used to cry out, "Mau, man. the Pakeha." One day I was on the hill where Htke's pa was. Colonel Hulme was there, looking dowu on Heke's pah with his Held glasp. Colonel Uulme said to me, " What is your opinion of this pah of Heke's ?—shall we take it ?" I said, "Do you see the western side of that pah, sir? Well' the natives go in and out when they please—they go mat road (pointing to where some women were digging up kumara), and get provisions. jS'ow, if your suldicrs were divided, half would go over there, nnd blockade that road, cut oil' the bitpplies, and so starve them out; the other half stay this side." Said Colonel Hulme, "Why not send the natives on that side '!" " That would never do, sir," said [; "they are all icla tions; they would let them pass. It would be useless tostii'itiiemalouo, and if you rush the pall, you have no idea what trenches aud pits there arc inside. 1 know well how these pahs are built, anil I feel sure you would lose half your men- perhaps more." Colonel Hulme listened to all that I said, and remarking, "I will see Colonel Des pard," walked away. However, nothing came of it; things went on in the .same stupid fashion. It was now tlie end of June, when they sent to the Kcrikeri, and got fi om the man-of-wnr a 32-poundcr, which took 30 bullocks to drag (o Ohaca wai, and on the Ist of July they fired the first shot, which fell about ten yards short, and kicked up the dirt. They kept on firing, but not a shut stmck the pah. It was just the rocket affair over again.

I was up at Walker's house, watching Mr Wilmot, who was firing; ho had a chance of n good shot at the enemy. Just at that moment I heard a pop, pop. Some natives who hail come over from Heke's pah gut into Walker's house, robbed it while ho was away, tore down our Ilag, nnd wcro nil'in loss time then 1 have taken to toll it. If, was an ambush, and done in broad daylight. The sentry had live balls in him ; we had one native killed and one wounded. Mr Hopkins Clarke was also wounded. This parly wcro after Walker to kill him in a sly tort of way. They did not know he was away from home; however, they took Walker's watch, telescope, clonk, and blankets, They put up our ilag mi a post of their pah out of derision, and it served us right. In iho afternoon I saw a number of soldiers going in and out of the <Quartermaster's

wharo, some came out with axes, others with cartridges ; they were evidently in a hurry. Of course, I went to sec what was up, got tome cartridges for myself, and then I hoard tint they were going to rush Uoke's pah. The doctor ordered me to stop and assist guarding the magazine, and point out our natives from tho enemy if they came out of the pall. The fioveru ment Interpteter—Ned Mcnrant—was close to me, so I said " Lm«k at your watch and tell me wheri you hear the first gun fired." 1 was curious to know how lung it would be before they would come flying back, for I knew they could not storm the pnh so easily as they imagined. "All right," suid Mcnrant. The soldiers went down towauls the pah, and were soon out of sight. I heard the firing, then the bugle sounded the retreat. 1 asked Mcurant "how long?" "7{ minutes" says he. When 1 looked round some so.'diers wore bringing inSergeant-MiijorMyers, wounded Major Macleod, 99th, and there was great confusion everywhere. The road was crowded witli the soldiers returning eatry iug wounded men. I found out afterwards that when tho Colonel saw some ot his men fall from the fire of those within the pah he got frightened, and ordered the retreat to be sounded, when at that wry moment some of the enemy were actually holding the gate of the pah to prevent S/ine of those wiihin running away; and there is licit n doubt that had they held on a few minutes longer the pah would have l>eeu ours. The instant our men turned to come away the enemy got into their trenches and fired into the retreating men, and in a few minutes 125 were killed or wouuded. Lieutenant Phillpot had climb; d on to one of the posts of the pah, aud was reaching over to kill (me of-the enemy when the man lired and killed him. He was the finest and bravest gentleman 1 ever knew. Another native iired and killed the sailor-boy beside him. Poor Lieutenant Phillpof, I was dreadfully sony to hear ho was shot; he was a fine sailor; always very cood and friendly to me. If he had lived I am sure I should have got some little reward lor my services to the Government.

It was awful to hear the groans of the wounded all that night. The Rev. Mr Williams and Mr Cltndon were helping the doctor to attend to the wounded. I asked Mr Clcudon to let me go with Mr Williams "to the null, and try nnd get the wouuded men who had been loft behind, We heard that there were 'M> of our men in and about the pah. I j>otabitof whitccnlico,nud soon rigged up a flag of (nice. When we ap proached the pali M.I Williams sung out and asked for (he wounded to be given up to us. "No l" said Penetawai. Directly we (left tho pah, a native came out and deliberately shot three of the wounded men right before our eyes. Of course I had nn gun or 1 would have shot that fellow quick enough. There was ,-t soldier on guard at the breast- WOl'K : "Why don't you lire on that brute," I called out. " I dare not," said the soldier, " Without th.c word of command. 1 went back to the' camp very much grieved to think I could uo< get our poor fellows. On my way home that night I had to pass Colonel Despard's tent; the trumpeter called out to me to come in and speak to the Colonel. "Well Marmon," said he, "this i-< a bad job. Do you think the enemy are likely to attack us to-n'ght?" •' No, sir," I said ; "it will take them all the night to talk over bow well they fought. I know their ways so well; you mod not be alarmed, they will never come out to-night." The Colonel dismissed me and I went home.

The next morning, on my way to tlie fiont, I passed Major Brijjgs tent. He asked me what road 1 had come, and if it was a good one. "Yes, sir," I suid, "if you wear no shoes and tuck up your trousers." "Well, which is the_ best road." " The way you came," said I ; "that is the best road to the Waimate." Major Briggs pointed to some bush and said, "there might be an a.nbush." "Well sir," said I—l could sec he was frightened —" We have 500 natives, 258 could go in front and 250 behind; you in the middle

would be pretty safe 1 reckon." I after wards hoard lhat they wwe thinking of retreating on the previous night, but the order had been countermanded. Kext day the soldiers were busy taking the wounded to the Waimate in drays. Captain Grant, of theoSth, was one of'tlie ollicors tilled at the storming of the pah. From this time till the 4th of July, things went on much as usual, thu enemy firing at intervals, "We could .see from where we were that dogs, pigs, ducks and geese were getting at the dead soldiers ly ing in front of Heke's pah. I asked an ollicer if I might call out and try to get the dead. I got permission and went up and sang out: a native got ou one of the posts and_ asked who it was. "Me, Jacky," 1 replied. lie said,'' you cun come in if you like." "Mo," I said, "you come out," This chiefs name was Mara ; he came out side aud I risked him if I might get the dead soldiers. "Yes," said he, "but don't bring up any suldiers, and when you take these dead ones bury thorn at Russell." 1 took some native boys to help me r>nd asked for a blanket from the Colonel to put round Lieutenant Phillpot. I carried him on my back from the pah. 1 mot the licv. Jlr. Williams; he passed ou without speaking to my liara ; my boys were carrying away ihe dead. Hara had told me that Capt Grant was buried on the western side, of the pah, in h tapued placo. Mr Willinina had called in Hara, and I waited and waited, afraid (o venture to remove the body from tapued ground without the protection ef a chief; at last I got tired and went away. "We bad removed :iO dead and (hen eaino to tho camp. Tho ilag of truce which 1 had hoisted on a post, was hauled down, t lap tain Grant's body was still inside. A large pit was dug for the (lead ; the Colonel would not send thorn to liitsscll, ho .said il was too far; they were, therefore, buried near the camp and tho Ucv. Mr Williams* read the funeral service over them.

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Selected Poetry.

THE hSTHETIC ISOOM

ikihimbus. lie ate the bitter bread of Hope deferred, He, trained his hot, rebellion* heart to wait In iinte-elmmbeis iif the Mournful (.'real No hour bill be was mocked at by ihe Herd. "Lo, mark (lie madman ! " i'ussint,-, proud and Bad, Tho.icHt was hurled upon Ms youilff, i.'iay head. Whereon, source, looking up, hcoineiimcs said: ".Not being such us ye, I am not mud."

Whence came Ibis noble Kmpery of .Mind ' Kroin new-wine ki.se* in pale I'lisoiim's bud ,' From vampii-e Science fi .1 with lleiuily's Mow Xo; there's ii wondrous Secret lurks behind

Ask why I yearn o'er Smillowers -why I Maud Silent-with n lurj?c lily in my hand.' " l)\Y

SUNSET GATES AJAR.

To-iiiKlil us I sal at my window. When Ihewi-B! was nil ngleain With Unit si inline and wonderful splendour Thill islWvliiikiuiidiviim; I thought that the hands of the angels Hud ihniK'open heaven's gateway wi^1 ; And I rntiKlit v glimpse of the K lory From the hills on Ihu other side.

Im It not v beautiful fancy, Thirt sunset thought of mine, That the Kales of heaven lire ulwavs FbuiK open at days decline? That those, whose day is ended Of earthly woes ami ilia, Jlny pass to tlie morning sunshine. That dweiis on the heavenly lii.fr-!

When for me (be sunset untowur Shall at day's decline in.•!iw, And J pass in throtiKli Ha portals To that lon:,' nnd swrct- repiwi-, I know that 1 shall n--member,

In lh.it oily so fair .Mild far, .My striuigo mid beautiful fancy Of tho suiwet gates njur.

Ferhap*. while I sat (hero dvoftniii.K Of the. witewuy in tbe west. Some poor soul wonl through ilio pona! 'I'o a lon^c "nil endless rest: I'asserl through (lie sunset Batcwiij- To thai " city paved with gold"- - Passed into the new life's Kludnes-, To be no longer old.

A Field of Battle.

1 HAD my letter to write and post, niul this involved a five-mile drive by moonlight to the roar across the mostgbas ly field Which can well be initialled, j had some trouble in finding my carnage. I had left it at a well-defined position on tho battlefield of the day before, but to ranch it I had to walk for more than a mile over a plain where the carcases of men and ho.scs were not merely thickly strewn, hut frozefl into nil sorts of fantastic-attitudes. The ther mometer had been sixteen degrees below the freezing point on tho previous night, and men only slightly wounded, who bad tint boen able to crawl to thoir comrades, had been frozen to death. One man was stiff in a sitting position, with both his arms lift-d straight above his head, as though his last moments had boen siicnt in an invocation, and it gave one a shudder iv the clear moonlight to approach him. Others were crumpled up in a death agony, and so frozen. In places, many together, French and Germans, wcro mingled, not because they had been at close quarters, but because tha same ground had first been occupied by one and then by the other, Ijorhaps at an interval of half a day. I think I was more coniforlabln with bullets ping ing in my ears than walking amid the distorted shadows u{ these dead anil stiffened men ; and it was quite a relief to see a haystack on fire and a regiment; warming themselves at it, aud my prudent coachman within comfortable distance of the ruddy blaze. Then comes the hard part of the correspondent's life. I had still to dine. I had lived since the morn ing's coli'ee on a Innt of bread, which 1 had been picking at all day ; Uicn to write my letter, a good two hours' t >sk ; thru to see that it was safely ported, either that night or the next mornirg early, so as to give me time to get to the field for the third day's battle. And all this after having been oil a strain of exertion and excitement sine.' daylight; and then the gentleman at easo in London rends it all in h-s arm-chair nfttr breakfast for a penny, or at the most, two pence half-penny.— JJlackicaoc/'xMutja zinc.



TMcIVOR, Upholsterer and Undertaker, 52, • City Market. CeuchesandChaira to order. ALL descriptions ot Cabinet Making a?A^-S holsterinK done reasonably at JOHN KVANS, Parnell Bise. _ Gf, BRIMBLECOMBE, Queen's Hotel, • Symonds-street and Kybor Paea R GEORGE (late G. Wood), Butcher, Parnell, • supplies best quality Meat at lowest PRICES. _ J YOUNG. Family Grocer. Shortland-street, • Auckland. BKST Place for Riuikcs, Ovens, Stoveß, and Blacksmith's Work.-R. NICHOLLS. 326 Upper Queeu-stroet UCKLAND WOMEN'S IMMIGRA TION SOCIETY. ladies and Gentlemen wishing to become Members of the above Society can do so by wndinff »>c sum of One Pound to the Secretarj-, at the Of lice of .1. M. Clark. Ksq.. (Mayor of Auckland) Shortland-street, where a copy of the Rales can be seen. J[OCATTA> Hon. Sec. plj BL I U NOTICE. W. PETTY, Stay and Corskt Maker. Ladies' MaNTI.ES axd Jackets made in all the latest styles, and old ones remodelled a la mode. Surgical Appliances for Ladies and Gentlemen. Sole Agent for the Celebrated Cyclops Sewing Machines. To be sold at English Pncea Only. Upper Queen-street, opposite Army and Navy Hotel. N\ G A R N I E B, , Manufacturing Jeweller, dealer in curios Albkbt Street (near Star Hotel), Auckland All kinds of Curios—Ornamental Kauri Gum, Wholesalo and Retail; Shells of every descrip tion mounted at moderate charges. A.v Eaki.v Trial is Respectfully Solicited Repairs of every description. On Parle FranGais. mHE AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY, _L Limited. PURVEYORS OF LIGHT, HEAT, & POWER. Gaa fittings. Gas Apparatus, and Gas Engines in Stock. FORT-STREET. AUCItLAND. QYMONDS STREET MEAT DEPOT. ENOCH WOOD, Family Butcher. Meat delivered at Mount Albert, Epsom, Mount Eden. Carlton Grove, Lower Symonds Street, Newton, and Eden Terrace. First-class quality; reasonable prices. Cash customers liberally treated. Inspection Invited. JD A V E V, , TA;iiOR, VULCAN LANE, AUCKLAND,' Has just received New Sprinc! Goods, consist ing of the Nowest Patterns of best Mosgicl, Chipping Norton, Scotch Tweeds, Fancy Coat- Ings, and West of England Broad, Cloths, etc. Inspection and Trial invited. OR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IJNB IN TWEEDS, Try H. Robinson (late Stovenson),junotlon of Queen and Grey streets. TWEED SUITS FROM £3 10s. TROUSERS FROM 13s. Cd. STYLE ANI< FIT GUARANTEKD. Give me a Trial. H. ROBINSON. R~s! ROUN TR E Jl, i MILLINER AND STRAW WORKER, WELLESLEY STREET. AUCKLAND. Has JUBT opened a nl<-o Assortment of Hats Flowers, Feathers, Trimmings, etc., etc., SUITABLE FOR EIIE SEASON. Hata Cleaned, Dyed and Altered to any Sliapo required. Feathers Curled and Dyed. AH Orders for Millinery, etc., promptly attciidcd to. With the aid of machinery for pressing Hate Mrs, R. is enabled to undertake nny orders that may be entrusted to her care. H& J. BINSTEAD, ' ..WHOLESALE & RETAIL BUTCHERS Victoria Street West, Auckland. Families waited on for orders. Shipping sup plied. Corned Beef in any Quantity. TTPPER SYMONDS STREET CHEAP U GROCERY STORE. J. HEAP, Family Grocer, Corner of Symonds and East Streets, Is selling Groceries and Oilmen's Stores for CASH as low as any house in the Trade. Good Family Tea at 2s per lb ; Excellent do. at 2s 8d ; Bacon and Cheese as good and cheap as any honßO in town. Trial and Inspection Invited FREEMAN'S BAY TEA WAREHOUSE, JUNCTION OF PAITERSON. DRAKE, AND WELLESLEY-STUEETS. J. BILLINGTON & SON Havine opened out in their New Premises tho LARGEST STOCK OF GROCERIES over offered to tho inhabitants of Freeman's Bay, Ponsonby, and Franklin Road, are now in a position to execute all orders entrusted to them with care and dispatch. J. B. &S. would call the particular attention of their friends, and all connoisseurs, to their stock of NEW SEASON S TEAS. Having paid very great care to the selection of the same, and holding one of tho Largest Stocks of any Family Grocer in Town, they are in a position to supply Teas of First class Quality and at the Lowest Price. J. 8.& S. wish to thank their numerous friends for the very liberal support accorded them for tho last 14 years, and beg to assure them their object in tho future shall be to supply First-class Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices. Families waited upon as usual, and all orders delivered free. Note the Address :— J. BILLINGTON & SON, B I ISLINGTON'S BUILDING!}, Freeman's Bay. " "Whatis that, mother?" "It is the Legislature, my child." " What docs it do mother?" "It repeals acts passed by the Legislature, my child." An anti-beer drinking society has been formed in Denver. Over tho entrance to their hall is inscribed, "Who enters here leaves hops behind." Special Medicines for Children, Infante' Food, Feeding Bottles, Nursing Shields, Enemas, Waterproof Sheeting, Bandages, Belts, and all kinds oi domestic appliances may be obtained at Gardner's English Pharmacy, 184, Queen-street, Auckland.— [Advt,]



By means of a telephone in the audience room of the South Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn., the .services Sunday week were heard at the residences of fully one hundred persons. Visitors to Auckland should have their prescriptions dispensed at the English Pharmacy, 184, Queou-street.—Austen W. Gardner, M.P.S., Eng., Pharmaceutical Chemist.—[Advt.]