STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1882.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN MARMON, THE HOKIANGA PAKEHA MAORI; OR, Seventy-five Years in New Zealand.

CHAPTER XVIII,

[ALL lUGnTS RESERVED.!

I HAD gained my end, and got rid of Hongi for a little while until I could persuade Tangiwhare cither to transfer her affection to some worthier object or to he less demonstrative in its evidence. Before he left, however, Hongi sustained a great loss ia the death of his youngest daughter, Manaia, to whom he was greatly attached. That she might be preserved to him, lie gave orders to embalm the head-an opera tion devolving on me and an old chief, Tamore, to fulfil. I had only heard of the process, yet it would never do to show ignorance. Therefore I determined to watch my fellow-enibalmcr carefully, and copy rigidly whatsoever he did. The process may be of interest to those who have a weakness for relics of their rcla tiona. Having separated the head from the trunk, the first process was called paki paki, or removing the brains, which was done wholly through the nose by means of a pointed twig. The head was then sub jected to a loug-coutinued steaming in the oven to bring out the moisture in the pores, after which, having been carefully wiped with the flowers of the kukaho, or reed, a thin slip of manuka was placed between the skin and the bone of the uose to pre serve its shape. Next the eyes were re moved, the sockets filled with flax or poa grass, and the lids sewn together, after which the head was hung in the sun to dry, or exposed to the smoke of a strong puriri fire. This was the process of embalmiug, and it was pretty general all through New Zealand. In fact in these latter days, when the teter of heads may be regarded as a branch of trade, a man's head was not safe on his shoulders, since, if it happened to be highly ornamented with the inoko, or tattoo, even a friend, to secure the price set upon it, would accidentally shoot the pos sessor of it and after a prolonged langi quietly offer it for sale to the ■ pakcha Hongi expressed himself highly pleased with the work Tamore and I executed. After a tangi over it, and a solemn hakari, the ruling passion prevailed, and he pre pared to set out on his expedition against the Ngatiwhatuaa. T Hongi again left the Bay with the same pomp and ceremony, and We relapsed again into mir former quietness. We pursued our lisliinc and our trade, and sometimes had visits from the Mission settlement that was now established on the Keri-Keri. Hongi, in the meantime, had a conquering career before him which I shall merely briefly sketch. He reached the Waitemata, and sailing up the Tamaki attacked the two great pahs of the Ngatiwhatuas—Mauinena and Makoia. The defenders fought with desperate and heroic courage. Again and. again they succeeded in driving back the assailants, but craft prevailed where force was unavailing, and at last both of them fell into his hands. The slaughter was tor rific. Hundreds lost their lives by the sword, and hundreds were reserved for the oven. Hongi held here his greatest hatcuri, when four liundred human beings were served up cookedl! "Well done, Hongi, if you go on much longer you will have eaten almost as many men as your tribe numbers. He then pushed on, drawing his canoes across the narrow neck of land at Otahuhu and Waiuku, and descended the Awaroa. Nothing was permitted to check his vic torious course. Even Nature was com pelled to alter her face to permit him to pass, as when in the Awaroa one of his canoes was stopped by a narrow bend in the stream, he ordered a canal to be cut for her to proceed—a monument of hia perseverance which remains to this day. At last he readied Matakitaki, a pah situated on the banks of the Waipa, where a number of Waikatos and Ngatiwhatuas had fled for safety. The position was strong, the de fenders were determined to hold out to the last, and even Hongi seemed to have doubts whether an attack would be successful. Yet there was always this in Hongi—an indomitable perseverance. Difficulties only seemed to spur him on to fresh endeavour, and the attempt was made. The assailants were assisted by natural allies. A vast portion of the earthem rampart fell in upon some of the defenders, and when the Nga puhis, having driven back those who sought to hold the breach; were rushing in to secure any fugitives in attempting to escape over the mound, hundreds were crushed to death by the pressure of the crowd, until a suffocating mass of humanity was all that remained within Matakitaki. Such good fortune never had come to the Ngapuhis before, and a week's feasting was utterly insufficient to consume the amount of kai (food) thus unexpectedly provided. The capture of Taurakohia, another great pah on the Waipa, followed immediately after, and the subjugation, if not the desolation, of Waikato would have been complete had not peace ibeen made between the two tribes through the endeavours of Whare rahi, a Ngapuhi chief, and Te Whero wliero, of Waikato. Te Wherowhero's relative, Kati, taking to wife Toa, daughter of Rewa, of Ngapuhi. Thus ended this raid upon Ngatiwhatua, only to be.followed '■ by another, in which I myself was engaged. [" In the mean time it had been reported in Sydney that one of the notorious bush rangers of Van Dieman's Land was living in New Zealand; also, that he was sus pected to be an escaped convict from New South Wales. This was sufficient to demand an explanation, accordingly the Govern ment brig was sent over to bring away the culprit. I heard nothing of it until two of the missionaries presented themselves at the kainga witli the captain and second mate of the vessel, demanding my surren der, and threatening to burn the place if the request was not agreed to. But they had not calculated the cost of sucli a pro ceeding. Of course I promptly refused to tO as I was by no means desirous to quit these earthly scenes, and the few natives who were in tin settlement stood by me, threatening »n their part to kill the strangers if tlmy did not make themselves scarce. In vain the parsons represented to them the folly of such a proceeding ; in vain they drew highly coloured pictures of my selfishness in thus entailing ruin on an

ignorant tribe: they could make nothing of us, and had to depart only to return on the morrow, they said, to remove me by force. This was all very well, but they did not take into account nnlooked for occurrences. Before the morrow arrived Hongi swept up the Bay with his canoes in war procession, with all the terrible accom paniments of native warfare. On his arrival at Keri-keri, and after the cere monies of welcome were over, I told him what had occurred, when he swore that if the pakcha came again to wake such a demand, should lie in any way show him self violent, he would kill and eat him \ without scruple rather than give up his ! tohunija who was so useful to him both in peace and war. I knew therefore I was safe, and could await with patience the arrival of the Government skipper. Sure enough he came with fifty men at his back and a missionary to interpret. Hongi had concealed upwards of a thousand men in the bush, extending in a circle right round the place where the meeting would kike place. At a given signal they were to come out and surround the party. Hougi received the Captain in full war-toggery, and a very devilish savage he looked, his head be smeared with red ochre and his face an intricate maze of tattooing. He at once demanded what the strangers meant coming in this manner into his kainga, to which the missionary riplied that they desired the person of tin's notorious criminal— point ing at me—who had for some years evaded justice. "What do you want him for?' asked Hongi, through me. "We wish to take him to Sydney that he may be tried and executed." Hongi's eyes literally blazed at this. "Take my pakcha," he said, "if you do not clear out from my kainga within an hour I will cook and eat every one of you, missionary aud all!" The skipper looked scared, Lat seeing Hongi with so small a force about him he ordered his men to unsheath their cutlasses and capture me. In an instant Hongi gave the signal, and a thousand dusky warriors closed round the band—covering them with their muskets. A more complete surprise could not have been given, but the captain was a plucky fellow, and was game to the last. " Come on," he cried, " though you are a hundred to one we will soil our lives dearly !" This saved him. Above all things Hongi reverenced courage, and to see a small handful of men thus defy his warriors was so fearless that he gave the order to open their ranks and let the sailor.s pass away. "Go," he said, "aud thank your courage for your live*, but do not think in future that you can come lightly to a kainga and take away its pakcha. ' The skipper and his men retired well pleased to get off so cheaply, and never agaiu have I been troubled with attempted arrests. Only to the parson did Hongi address words of cutting scorn, telling him it ill became him to be leading a hostile party, ordering him also never to show face on the Keri-keri again on the pain of death. The parson slunk away, and shortly after wards left New Zealand, asserting that the air of the country did not agree with him, of which I was also thoroughly convinced-3 -ji As Hongi seemed to dread that in his absence I might be captured he determined to take me along with him on his next ex pedition. This was against the Ngatiwha tua at Kaipara to avenge the slaughter of the Ngapuhis in the expedition led by Pokuia. We went overland to Mangawai, thence down to Otamatea, our force con sisting of five hundred men, the chosen of Hongi's fightine men. But his name had preceded him. The Ngatiwhatua were afraid to meet the great northern conqueror, and accordingly peaca was made through Hilii Otate froni the Ngapuhi side, and Matohi on the Ngatiwhatua side, the latter pre senting Hongi with his greenstone mere in token of submission. Upon this the victor returned sorely chagrined that he had not been able to get up a battle. It seemed to bo his natural element, and he was never so happy as when in the thick of a great conflict.

An opportunity, however, presented it self almost immediately. On his return Whareumu the chief relative of Fokaia was very wroth that revenge had not been taken on the Ngatiwhatus to proptiate tiie atuas of his family. Therefore lie undertook an expedition on his own account conceiving himself as bound to do so, from which Hongi did not consider himself as bound to withliold himself by his treaty of peace. Intertribal law was only a name in those days as far as the making and keeping of treaties were concerned. Whareumu went by water to Mangawai, then dragged his canoes across to Kaipara, his force amount ing to two liundred men. Hongi alleging that as chief of the Ngapuhis his presence was required wherever members of his tribe were, prepared another expedition of three hundred men,, and came up with Wbareumu at Mangawai engaged in haul ing his canoes across. | Again I accompanied Hongi both as tohuiuja and friend, it not being considered safe for me to reside longer at the Bay in his absence.; We went on together, sailing down the Otamatea with its banks fringed with heavy undergrowth into the broad Kaipara Gulf. Here as usual with the nnwieldly canoes we hugged the shore, past the Komokiriki and Maka rau creeks until we .at length entered the Kaipara river. This was a densely popu lated district at one time, but repeated raids had cut oft" most of the natives who lived around the shores. We held on up the river seeing not a curl of smoke to guide us, passing the Kaukapakapa aud Awaroa rivers, following the windings of the most serpentine river in New Zealand, the Kai para, until at length we reached the strong pa/is of Te Ikaranganni and Makiri about a mile distant from each other. The former was defended on one side by a precipitous cliff descending sheer into the river, and on the other by strong ditches and ramparts. In front of it on a long flat were posted the N"atiwhatuas determined to give battle, and if defeated to make for the pah The conflict at first was entirely between Whare umu's men and the Ngatiwhatuas. He had originated the expedition and it was but fair he should have a chance of distinguish in" himself in jt. Hongi therefore htld aloof But Whareumu had not the reputa tion of Hongi to give terror to his onset gradually his men were forced back and defeat was imminent when Hongi, who con sidered such an event would be aclisgrace not only ou Whareumu's hapu but tlie entire tribe, charged at the head of his men and inspite of tlie desperate courage of the Ngatiwha tuas «ained a complete victory. IS or could they escape within Te Ikaranganui for a band of Ngapuhis intercepted them and drove them into the river. Many lied to Makiri and a small pah called \Vaikon««m in the very heart of a dense bush, but in vain. Here their relentless pursuer tracked them, stormed the pats, and made great slaughter.

The survivors lied to Waikato and received shelter from Te Waharoa. But Ngapuhi did not escape scatheless in this expedition Many of their bravestand best chiefs were slain. In fact, although victorious it was the most disastrous campaign Hongi had as yet engaged in. Te Puhi, Hare Hongi, son of Hongi, and Te Aim were all killed, also Moka or Te Kainga Mata was severely wounded and shortly afterwards died. Besides these there were numerous lesser rangatiras all of whose deaths were liable at any time to be mude an excuse for attack. And this Hongi was not slow to do, for no sooner wero we returned home, and had divided the spoils taken as far as division existed among the Maoris, Hongi whose thirst for bloodshed was insatiable, planned an expedition to Waikato to follow up tttfi Ngatiwhatua who had fled to Waikato, and to avenge the death of his son Hare. "'ln this expedition I did not take part, since all danger being past I was more inclined for the enjoyment of do mestic peace than to follow the war-trail any more. BesMes, my trade with the vessels coming into the Bay was gradually falling away, for when they did not h'nd me at my post they transferred their custom to other traders. And this I objected to, .since I wished to be the sole medium of exchange between the pakelias and the natives and thereby keep up the prices. I employed myself in making iish-liooks from the bones of the Ngatiwhatuas, slain at Kaipara, this being considered the greatest indignity that could be paid to a fallen foe. First eat him and then convert his bones into fish-hooks. It was at this time (also that the entire kainga got drunk upon a keg of rum that hud drifted ashore and was seized upon as the grandest prize that could be conceived. We had two days of pretty still' "spreeingj' Meantime Hongi was pursuing Ngatf wliatua into Waikato. This can scarcely bo called a tribal raid, it being more carried on by llongi and his immediate friends to satisfy private quarrels. Accordingly not more than one hundred and eighty men were engaged in it, and of these but few from our kainga. When he .reached Waikato and was preparing to give battle to the Ngaiiwhatuas he was told thai they had fled on to llotorua, being afraid to face him in the open iield. Thither the bloodthirsty put suer followed them, craving for their blood, but on arriving there he was told that they had eluded him aud were again in Waikato. After doing a little private fighting about tlie Lake district lie marched back to Waikato, found the Ngatiwhatuas holding a strong pah of the Waikatos ou the Waipa, which he at once attacked, having told the Waikatos to make themselves scarce, as his quarrel was with the Ngatiwhatuas alone. This was the most terrible conflict Hongi ever was en gaged in. His opponents, knowing their case was desperate, swore to sell their lives as dearly as they could; and they did so. The battle for long was doubtful, each onset of Hongi being repul-cd with great los*, until he aljuopt despaired of success". Had not un eclipse of the sun taken place Hongi would have sustained a signal defeat. But he used it as a sign of the favour of Maru. "See!" he cried, " the gods are lighting for us." And a last and determined effort broke the opposinft line aud gave the pah to the Ngapuhis, though atjthc cost of about seventy men. It was the first time the Napoleon of New Zealand had been so doggedly opposed, and it served to show that he was by no means invincible. Only twenty of the Ngatiwhatuas escaped. Up wards of a hundred were slain and eaten. This ended Hongi's southern campaigns. It was a narrow escape he had on Ms re return journey, for To Waharoa, a rising young chief of the Waikatos, seeing Hongi in the heart of hostile country with only a handful of men, proposed to his comrades to rise and cut off this scourge of North New Zealand. The opportunity seemed most fitting; the gods seemed to have given him into their hands, and many of the chiefs were seriously inclined to follow the advice, but Te Whcrowhcro. was more keen-sighted. He saw [the complications that would arise from avenging raids, and how urgently the country needed rest, therefore he used all his influence against tlie proposal, and was finally successful in dissuading the promoters from it. But for this Hongi and all his band would have furnished a grand hakari aud it would have been .a matter of great rejoicing to many tribes to know that their .old |enemy had ceased to trouble them. , Upon his return to Kcri-Keri, Hongi dis banded all his forces for awhile and pre pared to enter upon a career of peace. This was prevented, however, by an incident which we will reserve for the next chapter. I, for my part, was glad of this, as I was beginning to weary of Keri-Keri and to de sire a change to some other part of the island.

Haunted Houses Undiscoverable

\s to haunted houses, they are difficult to find as the celebrated Snark. Many years a«o I remember, my father, being consi derably pestered with stories of inexplicable .'hosts and haunted houses, decided on thoroughly investigating the first, case which admitted of his taking possession of the house with his own party, under such circumstances as precluded the possibility of any trickery or foul play. To this end the party were (o be well armed, and notice was to be giveii extensively in the neigh bourhood of tlie house which might be the subject of investigation that the revolvers were for use md not for show, and that it would be adfisable for the local wags not to try any tricks on tjio garrison. Ihe party was to consist of my father, the late Mr W H. \v*Mb, Mr Edmund Yates (if I remember rightly), myself, and two dogs of imposing ttature and trapculent aspect which were kept at Gadshill for the benefit of the tramps who prowl along the Kentish roads Blit that haunted house never turned u». Over and over again did the believer in haunted houses, whose pertina city led to the formation of this party of would-be ghost seers, write to my father with details of moated granges in Wiltshire of manor houses in Kent, of wild farms m Cumberland, of buildings, I verily believe in half the counties of England, which were said to be full of the most delightful ghosts, and to offer all kinds of mysterious sights and sounds to the investigator. Oyer and over a«ain did it torn out either that tl.o houses°did not exist (or at all events could not be identified), or that some insuperable obstacle stood in the way of the proposed examination. No key of any house with a ghost in it was ever procurable on the terms I have mentioned, and I very much doubt whether any would ever be forthcoming under similar conditions.— Charles Dickens i in Jlowehold Words.

Selected Poetry.

BETTER THOUGHTS FOil Q.UIKT MOMENTS. WHEN? Ik I were told that I must die to-morrow, That the next sun Which sinks should bear me past nil let"- and sorrow For anyone. All the fight fought, and all the short journey through, What should I do? I do not think that T should shrink or falter, Hut just go on. Doing my work, nor change nor sock to alter Aught that, is gone; Hut rise and move mid love and BmiJc, and. pray For one more day. And lying down ut night for a last Bleeping, .Say in that ear Which hearkens ever," Lord, within tl),y keeping How should I fear; And when to-morrow brings Thee nearer :;l HI, Do Thou Thy will." 1 might not sleep for awe; but peaceful, lender, My soul would lie All night long; and, when the morning splendour Flashed o'er the sky, 1 think that 1 could smile, bill eulmly nay, "It ia His day." Hut if a wondrous hand from the blue yonder Held out a scroll On which my life was writ, and 1 with wonder Beheld unroll To a long century's end its mystic cic.v, What should 1 do 1 What could I do, O Blessed Guide and Master, Other than this?— Still to go on then us now, not slower, faster, Nor fear to miss The road, although so very long it be, WluUe led by Thee ! Stop by step, feeling Thee close besido me, Although unseen; Though thorns, though (lowers, whether tho tempest hide Thee, Or heavens serene— Assured Thy faithfulness cannot betray, Thy love decay. 1 may not know, my God, no hand rcvoalolh, Thy counsels wise ; Along the path the deepening shadow stoaloth, No voice replies To all my questioning thought, the time to tell, And it is well. Let me- keep on. abfding and unfearing, Thy will always. Through a long century's ripe fruition. Or a short day's, Thou raii'st not ramio too soon, and 1 can wait, If Thou come late.

The beat part of huuian character is the tenderness and delicacy of feeling in little mutters, llic desiro to soothe »ud uleiiso others —minutitu o£ tho social virtues,

All things that aro good and beautiful make us more religious. They tend to tliu devulop ment of the religious prfnuliile in us, which is our divine nature.—ifranms/icM.

To bo in company with those we love sMistieK us- it does tiol signify whether wo speak lo them or not, whether wo think of them or indifferent things: to be near them ia all.

The power of pleasing is founded upon I ho wish to please. The strength of the wish is the measure of. the power.

Wearing the Beard.

This fashion of the apostles, now almost universally rostored among men. was regard ded with deep detestation by ono of the merchant princes of Boston, whose name for three generations has been held in high honour. He had once made an appointment with a young artist, being himself confined to his house by infirmity of increasing years. When the artist appeared, his-handsome face decorated then, as now, by a full beard, the gentlemen gazed upon him with amaze ment fora moment, and then, forgetting his business and his infirmity, and with ex ceeding warmth of manner, ordered the young man out of Ins presence. In 1850 a young man, who had contracted with a liighly respectable Pine-street (New York) merchant for twelve month's stivico, was seized with a desire to let the hair grow on his upper lip. His employer treated it as a breach of contract, insisting that it would be a great damage to his trade for a clerk "to exhibit such a heathenish face." This was the common feeling in banks, insurance companies, and like institutions. But it was especially fervent and intolerant in the Church. One of the members of Rev. Dr Bethune's church in Brooklyn, having met with an accident which interrupted his usual L'.abit of shaving for two or three weeks, round so little discomfort from the growth of that time that ha Decided to give it further trial. When he appeared at church there was commotion' among the good people, men and women. Several of them waited iipon the doctor, after the service, to enlist him against this daring innovation. To their astonishment he had already gone over to the enemy, and quoted Scripture and the Church fathers in support of the heresy. "But imagine," said one old lady, "a Chalmers or a Newton with such an unsightly growth!' The doctor gently answered.: "When you come to example, my dear woman, imagine St. Paul or our Saviour without it, if you can I"— Boston Advertiser.

Attach on the Idol of Juggernaut.

An attack has been made upon tlie idol of Juggernaut, at Porce, the most sacred shrine in India, by a body of fanatics. The rioters, who numbered twelve men and three women, and were almost in a state of nudity, succeeded in entering the temple and tried to force their way into the inner recesses. Although upwards of 1,000 pil grims were present they were not expelled Without a severe struggle, in the course of which one intruder was trampled to death. The rest were arrested, and have been sen tenced to three months' impdsonm'ent. Ihe inquiry showed that they belonged to a sect of Hindoo dissenters lately founded 10. the Sumbulppre district, and known ns Kumbhupatias, from the fact that its fol lowers wear ropes of bark round their waist*. They allege that their religion was revealed to sixty-four persons in 1804 by a god in carnate, whom they style Alokhswamy— that is, the Lord—whose attributes cannot; be described in writing. They believe in the existence of the 300,000,000 deities, but do not respect their images, saying that it is impossible to represent a Supieme Being whom no one has ever seen. They are sub divided into three classes, two of which re nounce the world and make no distinction. of caste, while the third lead a family life. Their habits are said to be very filthy, and, like some European sects, they take no medicine in illness, but rely soleJy on Divine help. Their attack on the Pooroe temple was prompted by the belief that it' the Juggernaut were burned it would con vince the Hindoos of the futility of their religion, and the who'e world would then embrace the truth.— Times' Correspondent.



TMcIYOR, Upholsterer and Undertaker, 52, ] , city Market Couches and Chairs to order, j TJJTdcscriptlonsof Cabinet Making and Up A holsterW done reasonably at JOHN EVANS, ParneU Rise. ______ n V BRIMBLECOMBE, Queen's Hotel, «T. Bymonds-fltreetandKybor Pasa H WRIGHT, Tooacconist and Fancy • Goods, Upper Symonds-street. _ ~ TT Y m WART, Victoria-street. Uroconesand CptotWom of best quallty.-RQBBRTRKW. GEORGE nate C. Wood), Butcher. ParneU, . supplies best quality Meat at lowest PRICKS. _— t YOUNG, Family Grocer. ShorUana-street, v . Auckland, REST Place for Ranges. O™* Shmg and Jt» Blacksmith. Work.—R. NIOHUIjIjSi mo. , Upper Queen-street PUBLIC N~O TIC E. W. PBTTY, IjAmes' Jacket. Mantle, Stay and Corset Maker. Sole Asent for the Celebrated Cyclops Sowing Machines. To bo sold at English Prices Only. Note the address- Upper Queen-street, opposite Army and Navy Hotel. N. G A B N I E B, . Manufacturing Jewel_eb, dealer in curios ALBERT Street (near Star Hotel), AUCKLAND All kinds of Cnrios—Ornamental Kauri Gum, Wholesale and Retail; Shells of every deacnr tion mounted at moderate charges. An Early Trial is Respectfully Solicited Repairs of every description. On Parle Fransaia. THE AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY, Limited. PURVEYORS OF LIGHT. HEAT, & POWER. Gas fittings, Gas Apparatus, and Gas Engines in Stock. _ _ FORT-STREET. AUCKLAND. -^ QYMONDS STREET MEAT DEPOT. ENOCH WOOD, Family Butcher. Mfiftt delivered at Mount Albert, Epsom, Mount Eden! Carton Grove, Lower Symonds Street, Newton, and Eden Terrace. First-class quality; reasonable prices. Cash"customers liberally treated. Inspection Invited. WANTED KNOWN THAT H. WATT, GENERAL DEALER, Grey Street, Has always on hand a Large and Varied Stoo of all kinds of Household Requisites at XtseSgCh^p, 470 Volumes of Assorted BOOKS. Z 7. W EIGHT, A Business Man of 25 years' experience, Is now travelling on own account, also for Importers, in the Leather, Grindery, Sad dlery, Harness and Boot Tbade, etc., an- Wholesale Upper Manufacturers. J~~~ D A V E V, , TAil-OR, VULCAN LANE, AUCKLAND,! Has just received New Spring -Joods, consist- W of the Newest Patterns o/ best Mosgiel, CHppinK Norton. Scotch Tweeds, Fancy Coat -1 ingMinl West ol! England Broad Cloths, etc. Inspection and Trial invited. WANTED, the Ladies to Know that they can get a first-class selection of Gloves at J. Gilmour's, Upper Symonds-street, 2 andTbuttoned Kid. Jersey, Lace, and a great variety of Silk and Lisle Thread* in Ladies and 4 Children's. . FOR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST LINE IN TWEEDS, Try H. Robinson Gate Stevenson), junction of Queen and Grey streets. Try my Suits at £110a. Style and Fit guaranteed. Give me a Trial. H. ROBINSON. R-& R~O UNIR El, MILLINER AND STRAW WORKER, WELLESLEY STREET, AUCKLAND, Has just opened a nice Assortment of Hats, Flowers, Feathers, Trimmings, etc., etc., SUITABLE FOR EHE SEASON. Hats Cleaned. Dyed and Altered to any Shape reauired. Feathers Curled and Dyed. All Orders for Millinery, etc., promptly attended to. With the aid of machinery for pressing Hate Mrs. R. is enabled to undertake any orders that may be entrusted to her care. 0 0 X H E R ,E I Corrugated Tanks, cheap, and always on hand. K. TUDEHOPE, UPPER QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, Gasfltter, Plumber, Bellhanger, Coppersmith, and Zinc Worker. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. Gas Fittings IN EVERY VARIETY. Work Done in the best style. 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 Gboceb, Corner of Symonds and East Streets, Is Belling 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 house in town. Trial and Inspection Invited , R E E M A N S ■ B A Tfc TEA WAREHOUSE, JUNCTION OFPAITERSON, DRAKE, AND WELLESLEY-STREETS; J. BILLINGTON & SON Having opened out in their Now Premises the LARGEST STOCK OF GROCERIES ever offered to the inhabitants of Freeman's Bay, Ponsonby, and Franklin Eoad, 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 caro to the selection of the same, and holding one of the 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 the last U years, and bee to assure them their object in the 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, IULLLJNGTON'S BUILDINGS, FfIBEMAN'B BAY,