SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

aiGH WATKK}'^SS.w lMoTmng,o.32 BUNHKT.-Thla Evening, 5.1 SUNRISE.—To-morrow Mitf ninpt, 6.0 l AGK.-Last Quarter, 11th, 0.18 a.m.

DEPARTURES.

LAST KVKNINO. Argylo, 8,»., Crawford, for Whangarel.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London-Pareora. early Levuka-Tairoa, 12th icst. -_.__a._ Melboorne and Somh-Uotomahana. Thursaoy Taranakl and Houth—Wanaka. Tuesday Gtsborne, Naplet, and Southern Ports—Oreti, Rusaoil, Whangaroa. and Mongonui—Welling ton or Gleneig, Monday Tauranga—Gleneig or WeUlngton, Monday or

Whangarel and Whangarel Heafls-Argyle, Tuesday and Friday Mangawal-Flngal, Thursday Moroury Bay—Flngal, Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

LONDOW, Kasterhill. Bhip, loaning, Maroh 10 vS&TfSqne.IUJ.B.U.). sailed faaroh 8 ChliU barq no, eailod Maroh l Liverpool. Monaosss, barque (Q.Q.L.F.); sailed Feb i OTentTbknine (R.0.J.N.); Balled Fels 2 NEW YORK. A, T. Stallkneoht, barque (L.K.R.O.>. flailed Deeß Ranldo. baraaa: loading Feb 30 Annie Burr, barquentlne (J.G.W.R.). oleared Feb 11 Kaman, barque, from New York SOUTHERN POR7.'9. Ontty S»rk, schooner, from Lyltolton; sailed Maroh 27 llanda lalo, Bchoonor. from Dnnedln Kmily, bri*. from Dunertln Dodinoo, brlgnnilno, from Dunocln Tartnor/.briitontlue, frera Dnncdin Folioan, brigantine, from Lyttolton; sailed, Lanrita, eohoonor. from Lyttolton; sailed, Annie, ketota, from Lyttolton, sailed 18th

It la f*nrod that tlio liifloxlblo. wbloh cost about £800,000. ana took nearly eight years to gat afloat;, will pcovo a failure. She 1b terribly unwieldly, by no meana swift, and draws two leet more water than was oalonlated. The cleotiio light, which cost nearly £6000 to lit all through tha ship. Is not a Buooeaa, and It Is now doleful to learn that the o'Jloiala at Malta dookjard have beon busied in preparing a Hook for the reception of the monster.

The Government of New Sonth Wales is about to build a dock which will Quite over shadow all the others existing or projected in the Colonies. The proposed dook, for which £150.000 has been voted, will bo situated at Cockatoo Island,- and bo excavated almost entirely out of sandstono rock. Tho length will 6e 680 feet, and the width IPS feet. The depth of water ovor tho all! will ba 28 foet at neap, and SOi feet at spring tides. Tho width of en trance Will be 81 feet. It is said that it will bn the largest single graving dook constructed, and that it will bo capable or reoelving the largest vessel Bloat. Bleotrlo light will be introduced, so ttustli will tee available night or day.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURE, Wanaka, sb,, Holmes, lor the South

The Union Company's steamer Wanska left tho Wharf (or the South at 11 a.m. to-day. She only took a (ew paokn«os of Cargo from Mannknu, being fnll np with 'Paranoid cargo, which the was unable to land on her passage up, and, by the present appearanca of the weather, the will probably have to oarr; It on again. Owing to the atror,^ north-west wind not having abated, the a s. Kowena's departure for Hokianga has beon again postponed till to morrow, at 10 o'clock.'

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

D.ißOavi lib, this day. Aratapu, — Loading: Albert the Good and Byren. Loaded and gone down the riven Schooner Aratapu,

Kopnru.-Loadlntt: Wave, Vision, and Knot Lothian.

The Heads.—Arrived on Monday : BoreaUn and Tor en. Sailed last week: Sarah File, and Jane Anderson yesterday.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

C'orcmasdel, this day. Whangapooa I The schoouer Clarinds', lately built in AuoUland. has nearly completed load- Ing with UO.GOO foot of timber for Unnedln. She will sail next spring tide. A LONG PASSAGE. Napieh. this day. The sokooner Golden Isle, from Greymomh, for the Manukan has pat in here "or provisions. She left Greymouth on the 22nd ultimo.

COMMERCIAL.

TBNiNB S^ Office, Wednesday. Mr Kston held a large sale n* bananas to-day whloh averaged ijii per Ib. Too s&le wa» lugely attended by the trade.

LAND AND PhOPiCRTY SALS,

Messrs Valle and Pouglss held a land and property sale at their auction mart. Hhortlanrl itreet.to-day which was largoly attended.The fol lowlng properties wore sold:—3 allotments In Qrey-atreet, Ponionby, 20j to 32a per foot; allotment in Valley Road, Mount K>ien, Wi per (OOti Auckland store, Onohunga, .-GUIS; a con venient 6 roomed house In same village, with 9 acres lend,£(;«'; several allotments In Ponsonby, 19s to 21a per foot. Villa residence, at Rnssell stroot, I'onttonßy, the property of Mr J. W. James, with an allotment of 100 foot, orchard and well stooked garden, &c, £670. The house and land la Anglogea-street, reached £525 and was withdrawn. The Wolleslor-atroo t Baptist Otrnroh proper tj- wag not aold, but ruservod for prlrate treatment of tho auctioneers, Shortland- Itreai

Mail Notice.

I Mails wilt, closb as Dndbb.— . TBIB DAT, For Whitlangl, per Advance, at i p.m. For Thames, per Kotomabaun. at 6 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at S.SO p.m. Thursday. Ilth Instant. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, Craigleburn, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Waltara, &0., per Macgregor, at 11 a.m. For Glsborne, Napier, Southern porte, and Australian Colonies, por Rotomahana, at Pi t Glsborne and Napier, por Orotl, at 3 p.m. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu. and Opotikl, por Glenelg, at 4 p.m. for Manga wai and Kalwatca, per Fin gal, at S p.m. Friday, 12th Instant. For Wellington and Southern ports, per Hlnemoa, at S a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana. at 8.30 o.m. For Walheke and Coromandol, por Coro mandel. at 1130 a.m. For Levuka and Suva, por Talaroa, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, 23rd instant Per b.s. City ot New Yore as follow :— For Sandwich Islands, United States of Amoriiu, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Snrope, at 1 p.m. For money orders registered letters, and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late lotters bearing an extra fee of sixpence, In addition to the postage, will be received by the Mall Agent on board the steamer np to the time of sailing. This mall will be duo In London, on Mon day, Jnly 3, 1833.

A post-office has been opened at Walpnnn Wangaroa Harbour. Malls will bo cloeod evory Monday, at i p.m. Roturn malls will bo received ovory Saturday, at 8 a.m. N.H.—Guino Hoenuoß (to kill or sell) mar be, obtained at this oilloe. H. B. 13133, Chief Pottmastor. Chief Poet-oflloe. Auoklond.

Birth.

SHUGG.-On Gth May, at hor rtsldonoe, Mount

Kdcn, iho Wlfo ot Ch»rlea Sbugg of a eon. COX.—On May 6, at Upper Quocn-stroot, tho wlfo of P< Cos of a son.

Marriage.

BAJAMIN-nAND.-On 10th May, Antony Louis Augustlo Bsjamin to Thoresa Hand.

Death,

OARROL.-0n Mny 9th, at tho Provincial Hospital, Sarah Carrol, aged 57 years. Tha fnneral will leave her daughter's re- Bidenoo, Brewer's Lane, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. (friends aro respectfully invited.

CriKMICNTS.—On May 10th, 1832, Mr David Clements, aged 33 years. Tho funeral will loavo hla lato roetdonoo, the lllftok Bull Hotel, Albart-atrcot, tomorrow (Thursday), at 3 o'clock. Lioonsed Victuallers and friends aro respectfully lnvltod to attend. OILLMAN.-On tho Jth instant, Harriot U., bolovod wife of T. It. UUlinan, chomlst. One hunga. The funeral will leave her lato residence on Thursday, 11th instant, nt 1 p.m. Friends will please accopt this Invitation.

HKIGHTON.-On Way 9th. at Oundry-Stroot, Newton, L&vinia M, tho dourly bolovod wife of George Holßhton, acred 33 years. Tbo funeral will leavo her late roßldenco to morrow (Thursday), at 2 o'olook p.m. Vrivnds will please acenpt this invitation.

LAWN.—On the 9th mat, at bis residence Ponsonby, Edmund Lawn, In the 24th year ot his age, son of Thomas Lawn, Ksq., of Ulvereton, Lancashire, England,

The funeral will leavo his lato roaldonoe at 230 p,m. to-morrow (Thursday). Frianda please aocopt this Invitation.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo.

WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 1882.

F«r the cause that lacks assistance, Foe the wr(>ug that cud] resistance For the future is the distance, Aud the good that we can do.

TUB assassination of Lord Cavondish aiid Mr T. H. Burke has had its anticipated effect upon the Government. Mr Gladstone has announced the determination of himself and colleagues to re-cast their Irish policy, and to introduce a Bill to-morrow for the effectual repression of crime in Ireland. The stern necessity of this must be recog nised by all moderate men, and we are glad to learn that every facility is likely to be offered the Cabinet for putting their purpose into execution, the Conservatives, through Sir Stafford Northcote,having nijnilisd their readiness to support such a measure, and even Mr Parnell having admitted that further legislation in this direction is culled for by the exigencies of tho case. This deflection from the courao of irreconcilable antagonism towards tho Government that the Irish leader has hitherto pursued will be hailed with deep satisfaction by lovers of peace and concord, and if It marks the perception by the lion, gentleman of the fact that his'truculent and highly impru dent speeches havo contributed to the re duction of the country to a condition in which life is Insecure and crime rampant, we may await with confidence the proverbial issue of good out of evil. Be that as it may, tho duty of the Government is clear and unmistakable. The protection of lite, tbo safeguarding of property, and the enforcement of law and order, are Its primal and paramount concerns, and they must be attended to at all hazards, and nt any cost. If tho county is not to be allowed to drift into a state of anarchy, then the sanctity of life and the security of property must be proclaimed by vigorous actl on, and the instigators and perpetrators of outrage sought out and severely punished. In most of 'tho disturbed districts, a few rufiianshave been allowed to establish a surt of terrorism, vith which the law has been unable to successfully cope, and quite im potent to put down. More rigorous methods will therefore have to be taken in order that the perpetrators of these fiendish atro cities may be brought to justice, and a whole nation rescued from the gross impu tation of dishonour which the action of a turbulent and disorderly section has beon deemed sufficient warranty for some to lay upon her.

From an instalment of the census returns of 1881, for New South Wales, we'learn, some interesting facts regarding tho con dition of the population of that colony. In reference to the giowth of tho colony, it may be pointed out that the present popu lation, 751,468, shows a numerical increase of 159,759 in the decennial period 1871-1881. i The mean proportion of the sexes is 54*71 percent, of males, against 45 '29 per cent. of females, while the proportion of females to every 100 males is 82*77. That this disproportion results from unequal immigra tion is proved by the fact that, among natives of the colony, there aro 99.37 females to r^ory 100 males, while among natives of UcoA Britain, &c., the propor tion falls to 65.92 per cent., and among foreigners to 15.45 per cent. The aliens in the population number about 4 per cent, of the whole, there being nearly 68 per cent, natives of the Australian colonies, in cluding 1,643 aborigines, who only form 0,23 per cent, of the total population. The religiousstatistica of New South Wales show some curious results, when compared Ifcith the census returns of the sister colony of Victoria, The most noticeable feature is

that New South Wale?, with about 100,000 less of a population, has 40,000 more ad herents of the Church of England than Victoria has. The Roman Catholics of New South Wales are also a few thousands in excess of those of the Bister colony; but the former colony shows a large deficiency in the numbers of the Presbyterian^ Wes leyans, Congregationalists, and Baptists, as compared with Victoria. New South Wales has only about 2200 Hebrews, or about one half the number there is in Victoria, but against this the former colony has 23,000 adheren s of tho Lutheran sect, or fully double the number of Lutherans in Victoria. Unfortunately there is no return given of the num ber of Freethinkers in M ew South Wales, so that a comparison cannot in this matter be instituted. The figures, however, in other ways imply demonstrate the predominance of Orthodoxy amout; the residents of New South Wales, and also a greater proportion of church connexion among the people than is the case in Victoria. The "heterodox" sects of New South Wales, slumped as " other persuasion?," only number 040 persons, against 2,344 of the same glass in Victoria, which shows the latter colony to be a perfect hot-bed of heterodoxy, That it has a more numerous irreligious class than New South Wales is shown by the fact that it has 7,586 individuals who return themselves as of "no denomination"and

"no teligion," with 15,055 who decline to specify tneir belief. In New South Wales thore would s:em to be none 1 who disclaim religious connection, though there are nvcr 13,000 who decline to state iheir belief ; and these figures evidently embrace all who have lapsed from church connection as well as the Atheists and Freethinkers of the colony.

In the matter of education, we have pre viously pointed out that tbe statistics of New Zealand are of a most flattering kind ; and a comparison with New South

Wales tells further to our advantage. The statistics now before us do not give the educational condition of the wholo popula tion, but only of children between the ages of live and fifteen years, and wo have com pared their condition with that of children of tho samo ages in New Zealand, with tho following approximate r*WftUJ4jk^i^ South Wales, GG per cc«OpfpPtMMNß| can read and write, l-tyfr **■<*■» read only, and 20 per cent, can HBker read nor write; while in New Zea land, the respective percentages, are G9, 14 and 17. It would thus seem that our educational system is more perfect, or is more efficiently worked, than that of New i South Wales, when th« result is the ele mentary instruction of 3 per cent, more children. In the How South Wales statistics ', the particulars regarding Sydney and suburbs aro given separate from those of the rural districts, and it is shown that the educational attainments of children in the country are higher in proportion to the population than are thoso of the metro politan district. We would hope in future censuses to see a uniform system adopted throughout the Australasian colonies, which would facilitate reference and com parison ; for, as they are at present con ducted, thero are a number of important points on which it is quite impossible to draw an accurate comparison between the different colonies.

Tho foundation stono of the new building for the Savings Bank Is to bo publicly laid at 3 o'clock to-niorrow afternoon. The public, by advertisement which appears elsewhere, are invitea to attend.

Wo have been requested to acknowledge tho receipt of 8s eacn for the widows Kllis don, Leo, and Webber, tho total being the amount of a collection taken at a special Hospital service, conducted on Sunday last by tha Key. B. T. Dudley.

Tenders aro invited by the Mount Vic tor.a Domain Board for cloaring gorso on Mount Victoria.

Mr Davidson lodged in the Savings Bank yesterday, to tho credit of widow Lee, the sum of £G4 15s 3d, being the amount of the subscriptions that ho had received,' Other lists havo still to como iv, and they are expected to bring tho total up to £100, quite irrespective of the proceeds ot the lato concert.

Signs of advancement are noticeable at Nortbcote iv tho errction of a numbor of now buildings. A. very pretty seven-roomed houso is being built for Mr H. Flewellyn, just opposite Shoal Bay, and Mr Ling is also putting up a six-roomed residence, while other 'improvements are noticeable further inland,

A singular railway accident is reported in tho Victorian papers. A little girl, nine years old, fell out of a carriage whilst the train was going 30 miles an hour. When the train was stopped, and soarch made for her, she was found running breathless along the line crying out for tho train to atop, Tho excitement amongst the passen gers was intonec.

Hankin", on remand for wife desertion, was, according to his own statement, n canvasser for the "Ot»go Daily Times" when Sir Julius Vogel was tho leading literary light of that journal. Tho run away husband is Mid to have sold hi* pro perty in Melbourne for £1,500, but as he has dono nothing for upwards of a year, that hum must havo dwindled consider ably.

Wo notico that the tradesmen of Pon sonby havo unanimously agreed to close their storos and places of busiucss at 7.30 ou the ordinary evening^ of the week, and at lOon Saturdays. It is desired that resi dents of Ponsonby will aid tho efforts of the storekeepers to close at reasonable hours ia order that omplpyers and employi'w may havo opportunities of rest and needful re creation,'

Messrs Taylor and Entrican.of Wellesley> stroet West (successors to Mr Chas. Major in tho Rrocery business) have received lor gratuitous distribution a consignment of American seed walnuts. Tho growth oi this tree should be remunerative, for the truit commands a ready rale, while the wood is always in request. Persons desirous of obtaining nuts for tho purpose of planting them will bo supplied on call ing nt Messrs Taylor and Entricau's establishment.

At the meeting of tha Parnoll Borough Council Monday night, the principal business wns tho rccoiptof a letter from tho Harbour Board refusing the application for a road way through St. Barnabas' Point, and stating that tho question of suburban wharvos would be considered by the Board. A letter signed by several ratepayers was read petitioning against tho proposed bor rowing for drainago nnd water on the ground "that an immense majority of the rate payers were opposed to it," and because the manner of polling was "informal, illegal aud corrupt." As this letter was considered libellous, the Council refused to receivo it. Tho other business was of littlo general iuterest.

Prospectors in the neighbourhood of Cororoandel have discovered lich veins of plumbago a short distance from the town thip and close to a good road. The pros pectors are not y<3t in i» poiition to deter mine tho extent of the "find," but they suppose, from outcrops, that it is extensive. Tho prospectors determine to open out ir soou as they have made arrangements uecesswy t > enable them to work the ground to advantage. Too much import ance can pcarcfily be attached to this "find." for should it tnm out to be as ex tensive as present appcaraccos seem to in dicate, it will provo a source of wealth to tho general cimraunity, Dana, in his "Manual of Mineralogy," thus refers to plumbago : " Its principal English locality isatßorrowdale, Cumberland. DrUro»tatC3 in his " Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, end Minos " that this mineral (plurabigo) became so common a subject of robbery n century ngo as to enrich many porsoos living among the Cutnborlatid mountains. A body of minors would break iito a mine and hold possession of it for a considerable tinio. The place is now protected by a strong building, aud the workmen are required to put on a working dress on going in, taking it off on coming out. Great pre caution is necessary to prevent pilfering by the mountaineers. We learn that in some years tho nett produce of the six weeks annual working of the Borrowdale mine has amounted to £40,000. Should the " find " at Coromandel answer the expectations of prospectors, a new industry will tend to stimulate the spirit of enterprise,

Oar Port Albert correspondent writes :— I was not aware, until 1 saw the Star or Wednesday, April 26, that Mr J. Snepherd bad, on behalf of himself and brother Justice, made a statement at the late sitting of tho KM, Court calling in ques tion the correctness of statement? published in connection with Fairbarn's committal for trial. I attended the Court, but was too late, as the cases heard were soon dis posed of. I applied to the Clerk of the Court, and he furnished me with particulars of business done; but no mention of the statement referred to above, or I should certainly Lave sent it, Regarding the report I sent, I must say that it was in every particular absolutely true, I made no comments except the one referring to the recal of Mr Gittos. Mr Shepherd (aid he (Mr Gittos) was not recalled, and "held a conversation with the Bench inaudible in Court." I have my aotesof the case before me, and the sentence is literally what I wrote at the time. I may say Mr Gittos handed in a number of letters as evidence, and the Bench read them, not aloud. While doing so; Mr Shepherd recalled Mr Gittos, and a conversation, "not audible in Court," evidently ensued about the letters About recalling Mr Gittos to sign his depo sitions, was a nice evasion of what really took place, whether the Bench did or did not refuse bail. I may say there must have been about 20 persons present, and I have questioned a number as to what took place. Several bave volunteered to me to sign a statement to the effect that prisoner was refused bail. lorn satisfied no one will think the prisoner such a fool as not to apply for bail if ho thought he could obtain it. Outside the Court the remark was, "Well, he (tho prisoner) is ' in' for three months," showing that those present understood he would not get bail. 1 say the prisoner not only asked for bail, but pressed his application j and he told the Bench that certain public works wonld be stopped, and also that sixteen men would lose employment in consequence of a refusal. It was after this that Mr Shepherd said " The Bench would take 24 hours to consider the prisoner's application." Why Bay they would take 24 hours to con sider the application if it was never made ? Ihe constable was told to furnish the prisoner with writing materials so that he might make arrangements about the work referred to. As your correspondent, I abstained from commenting on the case in the Star, thinking it better not to use my position as a reporter to do so. I may add that the bench take exception to the report. The prisoner, I notice, says in au Auckland paper tha i my report was a garbled one, and Mr Gittos came to me and requested that I should report as litt'e as possible, on account of the prisoner and his family. Had I listened, and consulted the wishes of all parties, it might have been the old mau and his ass over agaiu.

A meeting of the Exeoutive of the Naw Zoaland Order of Good Templars Is con voned to be held on Saturday evening next, at 8 p.m., at the Alexandra-street school room, lor the consideration of important business.

As will be seen from another portion ot this issue, Mr Wm, Tolo, authorised land surveyor and mining engineer, has opened offices in the old Borough Council Cham bers, and from his knowledge and ability in his profession is sure to be accorded a share of public support.

At a meeting of the members of the Pon sonby Football Club, h»ld in Mr Stanford's Club Hotel, it was decided to continue the Club during the seastm now opening, Mr C. J. Owen was re-elected captain, and various other preliminaries were arranged. It was decided that the first match should take place on Saturday week against the Grafton Second Eleven, and the meeting then terminated.

Iv a paragraph which appeared on the fourth page of our last impression, detcrip. tivo of Mr X, D. Sykes' patent portable hygienic hot air baths, a typographical error occurred that calls for correction. It consists in the substitution of the word "light" for i'high" in the following clause :—" Heat is secured by tho use of spirit lamps, a very light temperature* being secured." The italicised word should, of course, bereplaood by "high " to make the meaning clear.

With reference to an alleged robbery, reported in our contemporary of this morn ing, of a pnrse containing some £13, at the boardiiiß-house in Grey-street called Wood bine Lottage, and carried on by Mrs Hastings, we are glad to state that the missing article and cash intact wore found this morning in the house, where it had evidently been mislaid. Much sympathy has been expressed to Mrs Hastings in this unpleasant matter by her many friends and former boarders, aany of whom remember with pleasure her kind attention whilst sojourning under her hospitable roof.

A fair means of guaging the commercial and indufitrial activity of the different dis tricts in tho colony is afforded by the quarterly statement of money order trans actions at, the respective postal districts, From the return for the quarter ending 31st March last, we cu?l the following particu lars :—Orders issued—Auckland, 6,364, value £24,169 11s; Dunedin. 5,615, value £19,089 7s 9d; Christchurch, 4,399, value £15,298 10a sd; We), lington, 4,015, value £13,490 5s Id. Orders paid — Auckland, 5,423, value £20,569 11s lOd • Dunedin, 6,256, value £19,807 2s sd; Ohristchurch, 3,149, value £10,149 12s lQd; Wellington, 4,337, value £14,688 6s Id. It will be se«n from those lifjures that Auckland tops both lists in regard to tho valuo of money order trans actions during the quarter, Dunedin, which comes next in order, being about £6,000 behind this city.

On Saturday, the 29th April, a presenta tion of a handsome timepiece was made by tho members and adherents of the Presby terian Church, Tamaki West, to Miss Taylor, on the eve of her marriage with the Kov. Mr Farley. The pretentation was a token of their esteem and regard, in recog nition of her services in connection with the Sabbath School and Church, and was accompanied by an address regretting her departure, and at the same time congratu lating her on the step she was taking, wish ing her every success in her new sphere of labour, and praying that tha love, ewe, protection, and blessing of God might be alwaya;hor portion; to which Mlsa Taylor feelingly responded, assuring them that their gift would be always appreciated and valued.

The Melbourne "Age' of a recent date says :—" It is rumoured that there U a possibility of the P. & O. Company, before a very distant date, considering the desir ableness of extending their sphere of opera tions even further afield than Australla.and running steamers to New Zealand. It is too preraaturo at present to state definitely any sot programme as decided upon, but it may be arranged for two steamers of their fleet to ecrve in tho intercolonial trade, one taking cargo and passengers from Mel bourne in correspondence with the fortnightly Borvice,aod tho othor performing the same service from Sydney. Tho New Zea landers would no doubt hail with catisfac tioa any step facilitating their mctns of communication with tho outside world, and as each additional vessel tends more or less to enhance the richness and importance of a country, the peoplo of New Zealand would no doubt bo ready to offer a reason able share of patronage to tho new project of the P. and O. Company.

Tho prosperity of this district of tha colony is testified to by the return oi Havings Bank transactions in the different postal districts for tho quarter ending 31st March last. In Auckland thero was lodged £54,833 15s 3d, in 3,910 deposits, being an average of about £14 each time ; in Dunedin, £03,715 14s 44, in 7,319 deposits, an averapo of £9 each time j in Cttristchurcb, £78,068 Us lOd, In 7,182 deposits, an ojerage of £11 each time ; in Wellington, £45,980 17s 2d, in 4,471 depoiita, about £11 each time. The axcesß of drpo3its over withdrawals was as follows: Auckland, £14,257 9d; Dunedin, £11,961 lsCdj Christohurch, £21,832 5s 4d; Wel lington, £5,737 8s Bd. The taking of the premier position by Cbrißtchnrch is doubt-1 less owing to the impetus given to trade in connection with the opening of the Ex hibition. After Christclmrch, Auckland occupies the loading place as to amount of deposits and excess of deposits over withdrawals, while in regard to the value of each separate transaction, Auckland is far la advance of any of the towns named.

A meeting ot shareholders ia the Gem claim, Tuirua, wai held yesterday at Mr Kanderson's office, Insurance Buildings, when it was decided to form a company under the Mining Companies Act, 1872, with 15,200 shares of 5s each, nil paid up. Messrs Greenwood, Fox, Legge, Stevens, and Featon were eiocted directors; Mr Kambnon was appointed manager, and it was agreed that tho company should be called the "Tuirua Gom Oolduiiniug Com pany (Limited)." Tha Gem has already bad two crushing*, which gave returns of 15 ounces and 10 ounces respectively, from two parcels of surface dirt. The roe is from 9 to 12 feet thick, and is.sow for breaking down for a length of 35 fest by a depth of 40 feet, so that a largo tonnage will be brought to grass within the next fortnight, and Dakln'u battery will be kept going for three weeks or a month. We are informed that the claim is being worked on ground that has already yielded large re turns of gold to the owners, being part of the old Tairua Prospectors' claim. ■

Aii amusing item has just reached the "Oamaru Mail," Becently, Mr Speight arrived in Napier. He is a great teeto taller, and tho brotherhood thought it most appropriate that they should appoint a few of their number to wait upon that gentleman to thank him for his eflorts in Parliament in the furtherance of the cause which they have espoused. The deputatioa accordingly waited upon Mr Speight, and iv flattering terms referred to his assiduous championship of what, in their estimation, is the greatest humanising agoncy of the age. Mr Speight listened with eyes aglow with delight, and occasion ally appropriately acknowledged the com pliments as they fell fast and thick from the lips of tho head of tho deputation, But just at this moment another member of the brotherhood appeared on the scene. Be fixed his gaze on the recipient of the com pliments, and exclaimed, " Ue, Speight 1 Why, I saw him drink a glass of whisky ye«terday." Nor was the accuser wrong, we fear, for the gentleman who had been deputationised was not Mr Speight the celebrated teetotaller, but the portly [Mr Speight, the Dunedin brower, wno was at the time on a business trip to Napier,

The Kihikihi correspondent of the " Waikato Times " contributes the follow? ing to that paper:—"A party of natives coming over from Taupo to the. native meeting at Whatiwhatihoe, stopped to cxploro some of those magnificent alum caves on the Waikato river, abeut twenty, five milss from Orakau, when they were greatly astonished to discover in one" of the largest caves twe monster green lizards. One of the natives is positive the largest lizard is quite ten teet long. On a doubt being expressed, ho became quite indig nant. Some think it may be a couple of stray seals or a couple uf alligators, and from what I can make out the natives did not stay to examine if their eye teeth were cut or 'not. One of the natives said 'ikanui te riri," and made tracks. This report of the natives has caused a little excitement, aud a party is about to start under the lea forship of Mr Moncrieff, to explore the caves thoroughly. Two of the natives who have just come over have volunteered to accompany them. The leadership could not be entrusted to abler hands, Mr Moncrieff is a gentleman well acquainted with most of the surround ing country, and has visited those wonder ful caves before on several occasions, and after every visit is ready to return and gsze once more on these beautiful subterranean vaults."

A meeting of the members of the Auck land Kifle Association, will be held this evening in the large room of the Young Men's Christian Association ; chair taken at 8 o'clock.

Mrs Breedlow, of Te Awamutu, who was admitted to the Hospital suffering with dis location of the shoulder sustained by n fall from a horse a month previous to her ad rnissiom, is uovr in a fair way to recovery. The muscles of the arm had contracted to such an extent that a block and tackle had to be brought into requisition to get the arm into the normal position.

About a week ago a man- named John Ross fell from his cart on the Great South Koad, near Drury. He was admitted to the Hospital yesterday, when it was dis coverod thai he had injured his Bpine and sustained a severe rupture. He was ruptured about ten years ago.

The salnbrious Lake Takapuna district has not been left unscathed by infectious disease. A man named Fitzgerald, hailing from that suburb, has been admitted to the Hospital, suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever,

A well-known petty thief.named William Thompson, was arrested to-day on a charge of stealing an axe. He has several times appeared at the Police Court in his pro fessional capacity.

Thirty-seven cases sewing machines un paoklng.—D. S. Chambers.-! Advt.]

Messrs K. and \V. Hellaby will open their now establishment in Shortland-street to morrow, as per announcement.

The introductory soirea to the winter course Of lectures and «ntertaraments in con nection with the Yonng Men's Christian Asso ciation, will bo held on the e?eslng of Friday, tho 12th mat. Tho proceedings will consist of a tea, selections of music by a choir, and ad dresßaa by the Roy. A. Carrick (St. Andrew's). Mr Thos. Spurgeon, and Mr Vines.

The annual meeting of the Ponsonby at, Home will bo held on Thursday evening, the llth Inst., at Miss Hill's school-room, Ponsonby Road, at 7.30, when tho treasurer's statoment of accounts will be submitted to the mooting, and officcre elected for tho ensuing year.

The Kailway Band concert and ball, to bo hold on Friday ovening In the Choral Kail, promises to be a groat success. The committee havediSDlayeda orodltable uctlvliy In getting up tho programme, and Hla Worship the Mayor, with iiia wootod liberality, will give his pation aifo. Tbo concert will be divided into two parts and the vocalists and musicians are of nood local standing. Tho ladiea who have oon sentad to sing arei Mies Sampson, MiiS Spry, and a lady of repute In the realm ot melody. The gentlemen comprise tne members of the bond and Messrs Rhodes, Littlewood. Kdwards, (tabor-no, and othont The programme In tho Kiwi contains (all particulars.

THE ABSCONDING CON TRACTOR.

A WARRANT ISBUED FOR HIS

ARREST.

In a recent issua wo stated that it was believed that a well-known building con tractor mimed Chatwin bad levanted, leaving a considerable number of creditors to mourn bis exceedingly hasty departure. Facts which have since come to light place the suspected absconding beyond doubt, and no farther proof k required to assure interested parties that their enterprising debtor has gone in search of fresh field.* and pastures new. The step could hardly bars been taken owing tor a want of funds to meet en gagements, as it is known tLat Chatwin had received large payments on account of con tracts which he had just completed, and this was withdrawn from the bank before he bade adieu to our fair city. It has transpired that he forwarded a cheque in part payment to one of tbe largest creditors on the evening before he went a way, but it is said there are other liabilities which ex ceed £3,000 in the aggregate. A portion of these amounting to nearly £2,000 were published in our last Thursday's issue, but each day ..riuga new. claims to light, aod however small the sums1 may appear when compared with the losses of some of the tradesmen, they are of considerable import ance to the creditors themselves, and in one or two instances will affect them fman ci illy to a rather serious extent It was supposed that Chatwin had absconded to Lcvuka, but inquiry has net revealed anything to support this opinion. We believe that informations were latd against him yesterday by Messrs Blakey and Hol land, two of the principal creditors, and tbat a warrant has been issued for his apprehension on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. The matter will now be taken up by the police, and it ii very improbable that, they will relinquish the search until their quarry has been ruu to earth.

THE EARLY CLOSING MOVE MENT.

The members of the Auckland Early Closing Association ' are continuing their labours in the direction of organising and consolidating their forces for an attack on the present unauly protracted hours of shop assistants. They have nearly completed arrangements for a public meeting on an early date, when politicians, clergymen, merchants, and other leading citizens will take the platform in advocacy of a redac tion of shop hours. On the 28th April a census was taken by the association ot the shops open after 7 p.m. in Auckland and suburbs, which showed a total of 372, made up as follows :— Grooers and Oonoral Dealers ISC Bf«pere; Milliners, &o. .. _ .. ..50 Boot Shops and Boot Makers _ .. .. 34 Makers .. .. - .. .. .. _ 28 Bato&ers - .. ..24 Fruiterers .. .. - 18 Furniture .. ■• _....„ 17 Tob&coonlatß, Chemists, Booksellers, Hair dressers, Ironmongers, Tailors, Jewel lorn, Tinsmiths, etc., eto 70 Total ........ '.. SIS

The shops so open employ as attendants, 522 males and 220 females, or a total of 751 persons, while it is calculated that on Sat urday nights there are no fewer than 3,000 persons engaged after 10 o'clock in the re tail shops ot Auckland and suburbs. This seems to be excluuvo of those employed in hotels and restaurants, and if these were added it would largely increase the total of those working late, both on ordin ary week nights and Saturdays. The employes in these establish ments are, no doubt, considered beyond the roach of the Early Closing movement—their late attendance being viewed as absolutely necessary; but there is no reason why they should not be in cluded in tho movement, and, either by mutual agreement or legal restriction, an effort might be made to ensure less exacting hours for the barmaids and other hard worked servants. Tho association, we are informed, has the warm sympathy and sup port ot the large employers of labour among tho shopkeeping class, and as the higher circles of society do not encourage the practice of late ihop hours, it only remains for the working classes to show their desire to further the early closing movement in order ts ensure its complete success.

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Betore J. E. Mscdon'ald Esq., R.M.)

Inebriated.—William Smith was fined 5s and costs.

Breach op Licensing AcT.-DavidOlomontt was called to answer to a charge of selling liquor on Sunday, the 10th ult.. to a woman named Agnos Sutcllfte, at the Black 801 l Hotel, Albort-streot.—Tfie defendant did not appear,- Scrgoant Pardy informed tho Court that Mr Clements died at an early hour this morning.— The charge was therefore withdrawn. Ashore.—William Smith, a smart young sea man, was charged with bging absent without leave from the British ship Halciono, on the evening of tho 9th mat.—After waiting a con siderable time for thojeaptain of tho vessel, tho Court discharged the prisoner. This was all the business.

DISTRICT COURT, HAMIL TON.

Monday, May Bth. (Beforo His Honor Judgo Maodonald.)

In Bankruptcy—re Bruno Ruqe, o£ QhD bridge, hatr-dresser.—Qn the application OflWr Dyer, solicitor (Whitakor and Sheehaifftho debtor obtainod hia order of discharge. Ro Henry Garter, of Cambridge contractor. —Mr Oreshtun, soUoitor. applied for and ob tained, in this caso, an order of discharge—This latter case is an instance of the celerity with which the "whitewashing" process can bo carried but, the debtor having filed his schedule aa recently as tho 14th of last March. Raynes v. SHEEHAN.-MrKoesingfor plain tiff.-The defendant, a solicitor, and an M.H.R., did not appear—Hia Honor took the plaintiff's evidence, and deoided to givo judgment in hia faTour after he had reforred'to tho Privileges Act. Wells v. Sheehan.—This was another action against Mr Sheehan, with tho same result aa the foregoing.—Tho plaintiff conduotod his own case. Cooper v. Wallis^-Mt Koesing, for plaintiff, and Mr O'Noill (Whitakor and Sheohtm} for defendant.—The defendant had paid money into Court, and had also pleaded never indebted.—His Honor ruled that on this latter plea the defewdant could not be allowed to give evidence that the work performed was okawred too highly for. His Honor further decided that, according to tho District Court r.ules, whore an action was defended on the ground of overcharge, suoh matter of de fence must bs set forth in the defendant's plea. This the defendant's solloitor hadnotdon* and the Court therefore gave judgment for plaintiff "Wit .1 OOBtB, I

CABLEGRAMS.

[Kkutek's TbliKOßams,]

REPRESSIVE MEASURES FOR IRISH niSORD&X.

MR PARNELL CONCURS IN THEIR NECESSITY.

LONDON, May 8. In the House of Commons to-day, the Right Hon. W. B. Gladstone, in moving the adjournment of the House as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Chief Secretary and Under-Secretary for Ireland, stated that the question of adopting further coercive measures had been under the con sideration of the Government since the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke, and that the Government had decided that it was necessary to re-cast their Irish policy. The Premier announced that he would on Thursday next, the 11th inst., ask leave to introduce a Bill pro viding measures for the better repression of crime in Ireland. Mr Gladstone further stated that the question of non-payment of arrears of rent in Ireland would be dealt with at a later date. Sir Stafford Northcote, the leader of the Opposition, itated that he would support a bill having for its object the adoption of strong repressive measures; and Mr Parnell admitted the necessity of farther legislation in that direction. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. LONDON, May 9. a person recently arrived from the United btates has been arrested by the police in Ireland on suspicion of being con cerned in the work of the Land League. CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL PASSED. NEW YORK, May 9. A new Chinese Exclusion Bill, providing for the suspension of Chinese immigration to the United States for a period of ten yeais, which recently passed the Senate ami tee House of Representative*, has received the astent of President drthur. PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF PARLIdMKfIT. LONDON, May 8. The Lord Mayor of London has been re quested to summon a public meeting for the purpose of preparing a petition for pre- ' sentation to the Queen, praying that Her Majesty will dissolve Parliament. SIR C. DILKE DECLINES THE IRISH SECRETARYSHIP. LONDON, May 9. < It has transpired that Sir I harlea Dilke has been offered the Irish Becretaryibhip, tie bus, however, declined the appointment, became lie would be excluded from tie Cabinet.

REWARD FOR ASSASSINS.

NEW YORK, Max 8.

The Britiih Consul-Qeneral at New York has offered a reward for any informa tion which may lead to the detection of the assassins of the late Lord. Cavendish and Mr Burke. . .

LONDON COMMERCIAL.

LONDON, May 8.

The 5 per cent, consols remain ICl|. New Zealand securities are unchanged at the following quotations :—The f> per cent. 10-40 loan is 106}; tbe 5 per cent. 1889 loan is 103 ex div.; toe 4J per cent. 1876-1904 loan is 1031. Adelaide wheat, ex ware nouse, has fallen to 545; Hew Zealand ditto to 51s; Adelaide floor, ex store, has de clined to 36*. Australian tallow is un changed at 42j for best beef and 43s 6d for beat mutton.

AUSTRALIAN.

SYDNJSY, this day.

The departure of the Hero was postponed yesterday, but she sailed to-day for Wel lington.

IJPJ6BANr, this day. In the case ot Bullen versus South New Zealand Gold Mining Company, of Gympie, Queensland, a verdict has been returned for the plaintiff.

MELBOUENE, May 9.

Both. Homes of the Victorian Parliament adjourned to-day, as a mark of respect to tbe memory of the late Chief Secretary and Under-Secretary for Ii eland.

MELBOURNE, May 9.

The reptile house at the Zoological Gar dens has been destroyed by fire, and a large number of the exhibits have been burned.

MELBOURNE, May 9.

The Chief Justice, Sir William Foster Stnwell, has resigned the Chancellorship of the University iv consequence of serious disagreement.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

MELBOURNE, May 9,

A serious collision occurred at the Mary borough railway station to-day, and several persons were more or lesß injured.

Scintillations.

" Be brief, lor it 1b with words as with mnbeams; the more they are oondensad the peeper they burn."—Southev.

An honest man is the noblest pursuit of woman.

A creditor's motto —Never put off till to morrow what can bn dunned to-day.

Dunedin has just found out that it ro - quires 40 men to make its gas. The Kapido Quadrille Club gave their first monthly dance at the Temperance Hall last evening, about thirty couples be ing present. When George Coleman the younger was asked if he knew Theodore Hook, he said : "Ob, yes; aook and eye are often to gether." The Humphrey's Gully Company, Hoki tiki, have obtained 140/.s 4dwt of gold from 110 loads of tout stuff.

A youthful Pennsylvania granger, abont to be chastised by his father, called upon his grandfather to protect him from the middle man.

The ode on Prince Leopold's nuptials, which is being written by Mr Tennyson, will, It is understood, appear in the " Ninetecn'h Century." There are how in the three southern pro vinces of Ireland as many troops as Lord Kaglan had when he landed in the Crimea to fight the Russians. The Otago people are clamouring for reserves as endowment for an Agricultural College.

"What is that, mother!" "It is the Legislature, my child." " What does it do, mother?" "It repeals acts passed by the Legislature, my child."

"Too much absorbed in hia business," was the comment of a Western newspaper on the death of a brewer who was drowned in a tank of his own beer.

"Ike has an irritating skin disease," Mrs Partington says: "Charlotte rnsse broke out all over him, and if he hadn't wore the Injun beads as an omelet, it would doubt less have culminated fatally." At Lawrence, Fong Kum, a Chinaman, has been fined £25 for sly grog-selling. Several convictions for poaching hares have taken place in Otago country districts. There are 110 wales and 28 females at present iv Moant Eden gaol. In the case of J. P. Hiilop v. the National Bank of New Zealand, in which the plain tiff recovered £100 damages for injury to his credit through the dishonouring -of a cheque, an appeal has been allowed, and judgment entered for the defendants with costs.

A curious wager was decided at midnight lately, when the son of a noble duke under took to run along the Embankment, from the Houses of Parliament to Waterloo Bridge, whilst Big Ben was striking twelve. The lordly athlete won easily, teaching the goal at the ninth stroke of the hour.

There have been several sales of interest ing autographs in Paris lately, and some very high prices have been realised. Vol taire's will (dated Ferney, 1769) fetched £200; half-a-dozen papers relating to the execution of Louis XVI., £80; a letter from Voltaire to Rousseau went for £40 ; and the fame price was obtained for one from Louis XIV. to Philip V.; but a letrer of Madame de Maintenon fetched the enor mous price of £520.

A whirlwind at Weatport yesterday car ried away the verandah of Gibbons' Hotel a distance of 100 yards, unroofed a housp, smashed gates and chimnies, and played high jinks generally. They searched the school children at Defiance, Ohio, the other day to find a dirk, and thß result was the finding of 26 pistols and revolvers, and 6 dirks and stabbere, and yet. Ohio is where they talk of the insecurity of life in Kentucky. Iv the case of the boy who died at Dunedin yesterday while under chloroform for the painless extraction of a tooth, death was caused by paralysis of the heart. Life waa extinct within ten minutes after the chloroform was administered, ' i

TELEGRAMS.

(Fbom Oue Own Cobsespondent.)

COKuMaNDEL, this day. Tokatea.—l visited the mine to-day and fonnd things looking satisfactory. Quartz taken from the winze at last break ing down shows strong dabs of gold. It was not intended to break down the reef in carrying the winze through, but the quartz making in the die necessitated the reef to be taken out with it, Gold is showing i B the reef as the winze goes down, and alto in the rise now ten feet up from the inter, mediate level. A little gold is also shov ing ia the main level. Our report is confirmed by the following from the mine manager :—Mr Hall reports about lOlbs of picked stone from the winze iast night. There is a body of quarts made into the dig which he believei to be the lode, and showing gold. A few stonei also came from the face of the main level on Saturday night, showing small dabs.—W Hoene.

Mr and Mra Archie Clark Rent through the mine yeiterday. They were shown over the same by the courteous mine manager, Mr HalL Owing to a tremendous gale blowing yesterday the steamer did not leave, . She sailed at 9 o'clock this morning,

THAMES, this day. i Mr Carpenter sold to-day the Isaacs for 21 years of a portion of the High School reserve at Te Aroha. There waa a good attendance, and the bidding was brisk, Six sections realised an annual rental of Cs Id per acre. Six thousand and thirty-eight acres were sold, and the total annual rental therefrom will be £146.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. At the Supreme Court this morniog the caee of Gallagher for killing a native at Manutahi was resumed. No £re«h evidence adduced.

KAPIER, this day, THREATENED LIBEt,. The local agent of the Mercantile Bank. ruptoy Gazette, for publishing under the . ; heading " bankruptcy " a deed of arrange ment by a debtor has been threatened with legal proceedings for the recovery of £600 damages, on the ground that an arrange ment deed does not come within the bank ruptcy clause. The usual bankruptcy notice had been published by the clerk of the District Court in the local papers.

WELLINGTON, this day. At the meeting of tbe Board of College Governors, held this morning, it was agreed 1 to aik the Government to grant funds for . I the purpose ot erecting a girls' high school in Wellington, there being no provision at present for the superior education of girls in this city. Tennyson's new national song " Hands : all Round " is being photo-lithographed by the Government for distribution through out the colony, wiih a view of being sung '.' at the approaching anniversary of the Queen's birthday, in accordance with the .;: request of the poet Laurette. The press' I here characterises the poem as a piece, of ■ ■ poetic drivel. , CHRISTCHUBCH, this day. ~.} Captain Giles, of the brigantino Circe, fell into the harbour yesterday through a gangway slipping up as he was going sn ffli board. Several of the crew jumped over board and saved him, when in a very ox. I hausted state. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH. | Last evening a cottage occupied by a '; man named Downey, at Prebbleton, was I 1 destroyed by fire and one of his daughters aged three years burnt to death. Downey find his wife were away from home at the ' time. The cause of the fire is unkno**

SPORTING.

YTAJMGANUI, this day. THE principal,.weights for the Wangannl Grand National Steeplechase, to be ran on the 24th May,are aa follow :— ' j

at Ib st 1b I/one Hand .. 12 7 Chandler.. .. 11 i Baron . .. 11 12 Catoh'em _ 11 « foortsman .. 11 6 Grey Morana .. 10 11 Te Whetn ..US Abolition .. 1012 The balance range from lOst 71 ba to 10 stone.

THE NATIVE MEETING

AT WHATIWHATIHOE.

[From our Special Reporter,]

OPENING OF KAWHIA.

ALEXANDRA, this day. Fareell is here to negotiate for the open, ngof K»whia—not Motcau, a% misprinted in Monday's Stab. It ie not very clear wnat teadu could be opened with Kawhia at. present, there being no cultivation;. The large areas of wheat-producing land, from which there was an extensive export in the old days, are now covered with sirub and light bush. Mr Dunningham, having intimated his intention to leave to-morrow, Tawhiao sent a special reque >t that ho would stay, as the talking would begin immediately the weather permits. The settlement is a sea of mud.

. Sergeant McGorern has placed a constable . at each hotel, and is rigidly enforcing the prohibitory liquor law. The Europeans are debating how they shall divide the portion of food which ii to be allotted to them equally with the other visitor?. To-day again is wet, The natiyei In the settlement are occupied in shooting cattle and slaughtering pigs, and in presenting food to visitors,1 THE KORERO TO COMMENCE TO MORROW. Tawhiao and Wahanui were conferring together with Rewim Rewi's whare, which is pitched among Topia'i Upper Wangauui tents. Abont noon, Tawhiao came out and sane; a song of welcome to the visitors, He said that the korero would begin to- - morrow, if fine. He, only, would speak to-morrow, and ■ Wahanui the next day. , It was probable that some might not agree with what he said, and if so, all he could tell them was that they must go away. Some of the Maoris said that the p&kehas were no good, but he had found them very good, and they must make friends with the pakoha. They should be all one people— the pakeha and Maori, Topia responded to the welcome, and said Tawhiao's speech was good. Another Taupo chief followed, approving of what Tawhiao had said about the Euro pean and Maori being one. A CHALLENGE AND ITS RESPONSB. .Tawhiao then made another speech, in directly hinting at Te Wetere's doings at % Mokau, and challenging hfm to vindicate". himself. >, ■ ■;■'.,■; Te.Wetere came forth from the neigh- j bouring tent, and replied that he did not mind being blamed, but let, he said, the person finding fault be sober. He would be able to throw a new light on the" pro ceedings at Mokau. Wahanui called out that the time was not come for that, but to let him do it at the meeting, aud so, with some Incoherent remarks from To Henheu, the talk came to an end. INTRUDERS. Intelligence having been received that a number of Europeans landed twenty miles I North ot Mokau, and have come over to the meeting, application has been made to Kewi to turn them back. He referred his informant to Tawhiao. It is probable that they will be quietly turned back and told that they should not come without permit?, MAORI BRUTALITY. The Maoris at Whatiwhatihoe to-day were shooting cattle and killing pigs for trie visitors, In this proceeding they display the greatest brutality. PAh fectly tame cattle are* hunted through a paddock with hordes of curs, which bite at tjieir legs, the natives follow; ing on horseback and foot, pouting volleys of small Shot into the poor terrified auimals, which, limping from their wounds, cqn tinue to run until they fall exhausted, or antil their pursuer*, overtaking them, are able to hamstring one and stab it to death. The disgusting spectacle was watched by crowds ot delighted men, women, and children With the pigs, slso, the greatest indifference was shown as to whether the animals were dead before being thrown on the fire to singe, and the tortured animals sometimes gave vent to piteous squeals when lying in heaps wounded or burning on the hot coals. Food was carried with songs to the placan whiere the visitors are camped, and then piled in a heap. The heavy wind yesterday capslaed the pumping engine at the bridge works, but the damage is only trilling. If the weather is fine the korero will begin ia earnest to-morrow.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR WEDNESDAY MAY 10. ___



mHORNTON, SMITH AND FIRTH HAVE FOR BALK i '< Grown ' Flour, In eockn, 100*8 and Ws " Okamplon" „ „ „ „ « Cantab { I, Sharps Bran Fowl Wheat Wharf Max, Auckland mfll! NEW iHfihOiSG SOCIETY, INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT PHRMA NKNT BUILDING, LAND AND INVEST MKNT BOOIBTY OF AUCKLAND OOBNEB Ot QUKKN-BTRKBT and VULCAN LANK, AUologsbb are Invited to tefto up Investing Bharee, payments weekly, Interest remunera- LOANB granted on oeourity of Freehold or Leasehold Property for the purpose of Buying, Building, &c In sums of £20 to £5000, repay able—tor every CIOO advanoed—at the following Male, by weekly, monthly, or quarterly Inatal ,'mantai— | Repayments Per Repayments Per extending over Week, extending over Week B. d. ' 8 yean - is 10 7 yearn _ 5 3 i years _ 12 8 8 years - 7 i 6 years - 10 5 10 years - 6 8 BPKOIAL FACILITIES are given to Bor rowers for paying off part principal money and ' rednoing weeKly payment, or the whole mm may be paid oil at any time—the Society grant ■US Til*"" 1"- DIBOOTTNT, M^^ GEORGE FRASER. Manager. BEDK. WHITK HEAD'S RSTAIL TBA ADVERTISEMENT, FINEST CHINA TBA BIFTCNGS. 1/4 per lb. Selected from the London market, and re markably oheap. Qlvei a strong, thlok, and pungent liquor, OHOIOBST PURE FIRST CROP BROKEN PANYONG CONGOU. This Tea for valre In the cup Is worth pence per pound more money. Prloe, 1/6 per lb. The like rarely comes Into this market, A SPLENDID DARJKKLING FLAVOURED MIXTURE; gaaranteed s. blend of "Pare India and OH™ Teas, Prloe, 1/3 per lb. "TEA BXTRAORDINA R*Y T The ready gale this Tea commands proves It worthy the name. Pries, V per lb "FAMILY MIXTURE.' A blond of- extra highly cured first crop India and China Teas; will carry well, and im prove with lengthened brewing In the pot, and prove itself an economic high-class Family Teat Price, ■ 2/8 per lb. "VERY RICH DKBP BROWN TBA," A combination of some of the purest, the BtamKoiw, and the richest flavoured Teas Imported. Give it a trial Price, 8/ per lb. 00 I!OXK8 "FOCK OAN PEKOE TEA.' About the Finest Importation of the Season. Price, 28/ per box, Fredk. Whitehead, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TEA DEALER, "■'OTOWA-STRBItT. AUCKLAND.. . A ÜBTKIAN BWNTWOOD _ „„ nnntrir *»• Canß OhalM, Austrian 3oV^SIS2°JES! Bentwood Oano Conches an« 128. Queen-street Lonaßeg . Anstrlan Bentwood Cana Rooking Chairs. ~ ~~ AIJIUT DRAWING ,n^.,r.,,.,,uH KOOM SUITKB in ?Al^i H' V9Y£%' Sl* Tapestry, Rep, and Cre 128.QueBn-atreot. tonnß) walnut Tableo, What- note and Canterbnrys. _ „ AHOGANY, CKDAR Illinu, and Kauri Din ÜB,Queon-fltreet. H g lro i oth( m(L American . Cloth. " ' KON Half-Tester Bed- Frteads. Iron French Hod '& Kr£ MJ£2££'t>te'iit*B, Iron Stump Bed ia3,Que«n-street. Bteaflß) Jlon Folding Choir Bedßteadii, Iron Cots. _- ATKNT Spring Roller Blinds and Venetian 123, Queen-street BUnds, Gilt Cornioes and French-poUahed Cornice Poles (MAHPKTS, Hoarthruiis. T.BCB. OOOKE, \J Linolonm, Floorcloth, IK, Qneen-atreet Matting, Door Mats, Buth Mata. in great variety. T IBKKAL DIBOOUNT to t» u nnnww ■*-* Caßb Porohaßers. AU ULQ&eEetSai.™m silvered freu In town. m, wwen^treot. CatatoKaoß pMtl tree on appli |iin cation. _ -.„ _»,_„ OKDKOOM IfURNITURK m a^SSSI' ZT I" Cholw Mottled if anrJ, , <mMa Ha Toilet T«blea,



Special Advertisements. ! J. TONSON OABLIGK] [BOBKBT CBANWKLL jpIXY CT ALL A RCADB. FURNITURE, CARfETS, DRAPERY, CLOTHING. We have Jait Received a Splendid Assortment or CARPKTQ Hanflsome Wilton, Royal Axmlnster, and Brusaolg, with Borders to match. Also. Tape^Feit. Dutch. OILCLOTHS^LINOLKUMS. Carpets made up and laid In tho best workman- HKARTH RUGB (various kinds), from fia upwards. QARiiICK & CRANWELL, City Hall Arcade. Garlics & Cranwbll Allow 5 per cent. Discount On all Cash Purohases over S\. TTOUBE3 FUIiNISHKD THROOGHOUX. piURNITUKK of allMnds ready for dehveiyi TRON BBDSTKADS In Great Variety ■OSDUING of all BIKOS kept In stoofc T"UBT"RiiiOKIVKI)-Brußaels Carpet at i»oa tl per yard. . f-INOLKUMStNewDomgnB), First and Second Li Quality. BaUTIFUL ASSORTMENT Of FANCY BRACKttTS^o^gjassJrontajandsldes^ STYbK of Vases. Jarß, and Baskets, I for Pot ;-ad Out Flowers. —KKY STYLISH OKKTONNKS, Js'tttt Dyes; Warranted to Wash. —BDROOAJ FUKMTUKK of every deeorip tion, —-j —Rawing-room furniture latest atylea. ——=- —OU AR-'INVITKD to Inaneot our Btook before Furnishing. _ —RttAT CARK taken in PACKING and DELIVKKINO GOOD--*. _iURNiaH YOUK HOUSE from the CITY Jj HALL ARCADK. •Q-aklick _ Cbanwell, OABINErMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND OUTFITTKRB, GENERAL HOUSK.FURNIBHBRB. -•nt R O M THIS DATE, 5 PER CKNT 5 Will be Allowed ALL CASH PUROHASES FROM One Pound And Upwaeds. J, OOSGRAVE & CO. iiiiiiiiiiiilil j^UTUMN. 1882 YpXTER. 50 CASES 50 The first portion of the NEW GOOD 3 for this Season are now on view, amongst which are Bomo Mag>—fic_tt Lines of BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CHBAP SUIT 3. Parents and Guardians will find It advan tageous to make an Karlv Sbxkction. The STOCK of MEM'S CLOTHING Is simply superb, and the Var-—r OF HATS, HOSIERY, sfctRTS, BLANKETS, FLAN NKiA Sec, second to none In New Zealand. Auo__nd Bbanob: QUEEN-STREET, Opposite Theatre Royal; AND AT AtBEKT-STREBT, THAMES. j. jrrzsiMONs, Manager, paapcpapaspQapspafsoaaaaaaa WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAM Invites Inspection of a LARGE LOT OF NEW BARGAINS. 1250 yards New Homespun Serge (all shades), 103 d, worth Is 3d 200 yards all wool heavy Dress Serge, IOJd yard 10.000 yards of Dress Materials, In great variety of material and Bhades, from 4}d yard, belno: much under usual vrloe 400 heads) Genuine Englisn Worsted, lfl Ud, very durable, all shades 300 pnlrs of New Blankets, from 6b Gd pair, extra value s these have been well bought, and sola at a small advance SO Hearth Rugs (beautiful patterns, BUghtly damaged), from 6b 3d, worth 9s 1230 yardß Wincey Skirting, 9Jd yard, Cheap at 18 50 All Wool Llama Shawls— Scarlet, Bins Navy, &o —Bs 6a, worth 9s Fd A Nice Assortment of Wool Shawls (—great variety), all pries A Large Stock o". Mattings, Floorcloths (all qualities). Carpets. Linoleum, &c, which will be sold at very reasonable rates Good Assortment of Men's and Uoya" Ulsten, Overcoats and Macintoshes 75 Pairs Men's Worsted Cord Trousers—Drab, Blank, and Grey. &0.-9a fid 250 Patra Men's Tweed Trousers, from 6s lid White and Coloured Moles—Men's and Boys'— at lowest rates Men's Trousers and Vests, 12s 6d, Ua 6d, 16s M, 18s !)d, 22s 6d. extra value Large Lot of Men's Tweed Coats, from 7s 6d A. great Variety of Boys' Salts (long trousers), 12a Cd to 30s Men's and Boys' Hats In great variety and at all prices Men's Coloured Shirts, from la 6d to Ss 6d White Shirts, Is Bd, good value A Good Assortment of Double-width Ulster Tweeds, ia Od, la 9d, fie Gd pattkhnsTfrek by post, JUNCTION DRAPBRy " WAREHOUSE. X TU3T RECEIVED Es Orownthorpe and Arabella, and Late Arrivals, labos shipments op brussels a-nd tap.kbtry (Jarpkts. (ALL NEW PATTERNS). A Splendid Assortment of Frenoh and English CRETONNES. LAOS AND NET CURTAINS In Great Variety. Brass akd Iron Bedsteads and Cots, IRON VENETIAN BLINDS (all oolours). VERANDAH BLINDS. PERAMBULATORS FURNITURE of every desoripUon Id stock and made to order. INSPECTION INVITED, XTf INKS AND CTALL, whole3ale and retail cabinetmakers and upholsterers, and carpet warehousemen, Shoktland-stkket. JUST OPENED UP, . Es Cbownthobfb, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF TTLQTERS, JACKETS, TITANTLEB, ]y£ANTLK CLOTHS. ■JJLBTBR GLOTHB. DRESS GOODS, IN Geeat Vaeikty. Plain and Brocaded VELVETS. ' Plain and Btocaded VELVETEENS, i HOBIERY [in ovoit Quality nnd Stylo. Milne and Ohoyue QUBEN AND WKLESSIiKT-STREETS, AUCKLAND. I



j Special Advertisements. Seeds i Sebds i Seeds i I w. j. is*ca Snparlor Quality, ; Whlta(^Ter L BnßllalißndDntoh Bed Clover, English »s<l Amertojo OowgnuJß, KnrfahMid AiMrloan Alsyke, Timothy. Trefoil. Bapa [ Lucerne Unrood, &c, So., KO. Having pnrohased prior to the rise, enables them to offer the above at wholesale rates. Inspection Invited. AISO, Poverty Bar Bye Grass, machine dressed » splendid sample Southern Bye Grass. Italian Rye Grass Cookafoot, Prairie Graaa, Foa Proßtensifl And aU other kinds of Agricultural and Garden goods. BONEDUStI PONEDUST At the City Oonnoir* desire, we have deter mined to dear out our present stock, and In order to do so quiokly, we have reduoed the prices for cash. Our quotations are from £6 to . AS. according to Quantity and quality. IN Stock: Bell's Celebrated i inch and Boneflonr: Bydnoy 2 Btar and 3 Star Bonedost and Boneflonr; and a limited quantity of Bop pot's local macuf aoture. We have also for Bale t 2 Naw Robey's S and 8 b.p. Engines and Thrashers Coulter's Drills Kearsley's Combined Reaper and Mower Corneas' Patent H.P. Chaff-cutter Also, Oorbettfc Pool's manufacture Double-furrow Ploucrha, well worth inapeotlon Single furrow Plonghs, Horse Hoes Cultivators, Rollers ond Clod-orushers Winnowers) Cheese Presses Cheosemakers, Ohaff-outtera (small) &0., &0., KO. ALSO, Feed and Seed Oats, Maine, Barley, Floor, Sharps. Oatmeal.. Chair, Bran, Fowl Wheat, &c, &c. &a Ftlmo Samples of Picked Table Potatoes QV AN a Peruvian, Ohlendorffs, Dissolved Peruvian Maldon island. Ruon Island, and other One mloal Manures. W. J. H™ & C° -101, QUKKN-BTRBHT, Auckland.



"| U S T OPENED, SATIN RADAMEfI IN ALL tub FASHIONABLE SHADES, NttWEST AND MOST HANDSOME TRIMMING FOR DRBBSBS. BOUGHT CHEAP, AND TO BE SOLD CHEAP. tw MARKEU IN PLAIN FIGURES. "Ct "PIV« PKR OBNT. DISCOUNT for Cash Porohasen of Qooda to the amount of S3. W^li-LIAM .R/ATTRAY'S Central Drapery Warkhouhk. 178, ISO & 182, QUKN-HBKBT, AUCKLAND (Two doore below Mason's Halrdrewlog Balboa). T> MCDONALD 80OTT, XV* S3, N.Z. INSURANCE BUILDINO9, QUEKN-STREKT, AUOKLAND, Is prepared to undertake the FORMING OF COMPANIES, either under the Joint Stook Act, 1830, or the Mining Computes Act, 1873, on the Bhorttnt notloe, and to perform the duty of Sicrktary or Manager pertaining tbeteta Also, To act as AGENT In Baying of Selling Bank, Inbubanoe, Miniwo, and otber descriptions of Stook; Aa woll OS To Rioeiyb Monby Fou ivUfMOpsi and to transact Land and General JgHby Business confided to his care. A. LINABCBY * Co.*B NEW GOODS I NEW GOODS 1 NEW GOODS I WE ARE NOW SHOWING OUR FIRST BBIPMENT OF AUTUMN AND WINTER DKESS GOODS, MILLINERY, JACKETS, MANTLES, ULSTERS, &C. WS HOLD THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTBD STOCK OF MILLIKERY Tw MILLINERY MILLINERY auck^aud MILLINKKY MILLINERY AUCKtAI">- MILLINERY Yon are respectfully Invited to Visit our Establishment before Making Your Parohaioß. DIUBSJSMAKING ON THB PREMISKB OOSBTOMBB MADB ON TWBN'JII-TOOB HOUBB' NOTIOB. A | INABURY &r\ 01, KHI& 808. QUBHM-BTBBKT. l^-B HAVE KEOBIVBD 500} l^ {500 OP Large White Blankets, StIOHTLY DAMABKD. Thky Wltli BK SOU) AT 12s. 6D. A FAIR, J t COSOBAVE & Co. , OY RUYAL LETTERS PATENT. Gold Medal. Paris, 1878: Special Award, Philadelphia, 1876; Gold Medal. Sydney, 1880: Gold1 Medal. Brussels, 1880; Gold Medal, Melbourne, 1881. , Jtrar Landed, CANTRKLL tc, COOHRANJCB CELEBRATED ABATED WATERS. MONTBKRKAT LIMKJUIOK OBAMPAQNB A Health-giving Non-alooholio Beverage, at Hotels and dubs; 9d per bottle. AROMATIC GINGER ALB I The Original Belfast Ginger Ale, so Jnstly oelebrated at Hotels and Glnbs; 9d per bottle. These Msjltk.u Watkks are the same qnaltty bb contracted for and now supplied to The Canard S.S. Oo.; the Montreal S.S. Co. the Xntnan S.S. Co.; Ooeanlo S.£. Co; the National S.S. Co.; the Pacific B.S. Co.; Anchor, S.S. Co. Kingston and Holybead, R.M., Co. WHOUEB AM AQBIW, AICKIN, THB FIHARMAOT. Bmokers, whoae indnlgenee In the weed is continuous, shonld use Just snoh a cordial as UDOLPHO WOLKifa fOHIBDAM AROMATIO Bohkapps, tat 'thesepalpable reasons: Tobacco drains the. salivary glands and deiangee the nervous organism. It la a powerful drug, that tells on the strongest ooootltatlon, It invites dyspepsia, heartburn, Indigestion, nausea, often bringing on tremors, and its fames impair the vision. While this elixir may obviate these results, it win certainly braoe the system against' Its pernlolons effect" ' '