GOSPEL TEMPERANCE MISSON.

Blue Itibbuu Army.

The following paper was read by the Rev. T. Hodgson, at the midday meeting of the Blue Ribbon Army yerterday at ths U heat re Koval :—

The Religious Aspect «/ the Drink Question.

Foundation text—l Corinthians, 1!., 13,

This in a noble resolution to make, one I characteristic of the large-hearted man who' made it, and a first-rate way of coming to issue with thu class of people he had to deal with. The Apostle* expostulation was with that selfish, unfeeling claas of people who strike out a way of living that seems lawful to themselves, caring not that their weaker brethren stnmble over it ani are maimed by it. the question needing settlement amongst the Coiintbian Chris t'uus was this: How fa>- is it right for Christian men 'o oat meat that lias bten offered t•> idols ? It may here be necessary to kay that the lien s nbare of the sacrifices nllerud to heathen yods became thu ptiqui fitM of the priests, who, having much more than they could use, sent the surplus into the markets to b ' aoid s aud of courso It was sold, aud fouuri its way to the'tables of the people, and became part cf their common food. Jt thus became an occasion of pain and sore perplexity to the sensitive Christian convert, inasmuch us it was almost impossible, without entirely abstain ing from it, to avoid eating it. How can i eat flesh offered to idols without polluting myself, and giving countenance to idolatry 1 Such was the question he asked, and found hard to answer. Other* with clearer heads and thicker skins saw no harm in eating such flesh, and, therefore, scrupled cot to eat it. What is fn an idol but a powerless block of marble or of wood ? How, then, can (0 insignificant a thing as that render the victim offered to it unfit tor human 1 food, or coTer the eater of it with pollution t It can do no such thing, and, therefore, we may eat the flesh offered to it without con demnation to ourselves so lone as we hold a'.ouf from its worabip. The Apostle acknowledges the validity of the premies Iroui wbicti these people start, but alto gcthor repudiates the conchnkmjthey reach. fie in effect says :' I admit that an idol v nothing, and that the eatlag of it is harm less, and that iv tbe abstract you have lioerty to eat it; but whan eiieuaistaueeu render the eating of it perilous to the well lieii k of others it is wrong, aad a tin against Christ to do it." The only right thing, there fore, for you to do is to conced eycurlibe-ty and abridge your pleasurss >L*t tUeintcgrity and good conscience* of your brathren may be maiuuined. And then, with a touch of indignation at their selfish clinging to what tbey were pleated to call their rights, be makes the emphatic but generous avawel:—" Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my]brother to cffund." Thd conviction here atated is that whatever tends to relax tbe moral principles or imperil the moral safety of others, however right it may be in itself, i* wrong to me, because 1 am a Christian man, and in a pre-emiaent sense the guardian and promoter of my fellow-man's well-being ; and being wrong totme, it is my duty to have nothiag to do with it. Our su' ject, then, is the religions asptct of in temperance, which 1 interpret to maan the attitude which religious men ought to take to it My buainese, then, will be tc dttcrmine first th« character of intemper ance, and then briefly define tbe nature o! the Christian position. Our appeal is to fact and fxperienc*. Intemperance it known by Jits fruits. Whit it is, is seen in what it ilcet. Its issues are cram on I enough to »c recogiisxl as soon as they are mi:»tio»ed. It impoYoriihis the parse, cor rupts the body, aid eafeebles the brain. It blasts the leputation of its poor victim, sups the strength of bis icl:ar»<:i»r, tears hii constitution to pieces, destroys his self-rttpsct, upturns the deep foundationslof his personal, domestic, social and ruliyious joy, and throw* around him the shroud of moraJ ani spiritual death. It 1» thd fruitful source of two-thirds uf the strife aud starvation, i*a mistry and squalor, the i>>r. orate* and brutality. It mars our social life. Again and again hua it violated the sanctity of the marriage vow, and lurued the luarlhitono into a scene of contention It h=s se»erec the sacred bunds which bind froh jrnnnj; heatta together, and blighted many a fair domestic pn.ipecf. It has gWen birth to thousands of imbruted fathers and bfokc-ipirited mothtw irnd starving children. It has degraded delicate daughters into harlots, and hopeful sons into sots; It hag driv«*t many a poor creaime to dosp»ir end death. Wore than once have wo seen these ocumcrated results fully realised. It has often been our puln fill lot to watch the iure retrogression of moral character, ana the growing fixity of dissipated habits. It has been, we are sorry to say, no infrequent sight to see them tread the downward path by which confirmed drunkenness is reached, and to witnms the persona! degradation and domtstio misery inseparable from such a course. These are palpable facts of everyday experience, aad thtir mute pathetic testimony is, that tbe natural ten dency of intemptrsnee it to effect the com plete ruin of every hapims victim who falls beneath its power. That it is a deadly evil or destructive vie», Is too plain to re quire proof, or admit de*Jtl Wo are now in a position to look at tbe second salient feature of our subject— ihe nature and function- of personal ralirjrlon, or the characteristics of individual Christian life. To ne a Christian is to embody aad express the convictions and principles and deposition the aims instruct, and qualities and tastes which composed the character of our Lord Jesus Christ- Personal Christianity niesns to bo as Ho wa«, and to do as He did. We are all Cbrlstlantr* inst in the measure in which we art like him in character aud conduct, Now, the essence, and gekius, and highest law of the Christian lift, is the spirit of gelftsactlfice—the daily, atmrljr losing of tbe felf-lifo in the lire* of others-the willing consecratloa of all jar powers to the weal of men. Its authot stive description is thus given :—" Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in tbe form ol God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, hat made himself of no reputation, and too* upon him the form 'of a servait, and ■**» wade in his likeness cf mea, and Immiv found in fashion as a man he hummed himielf, and became obedient unto dcafh, even the avuth of tbe cross." Ihstself-. giving, self -abnegating spirit of the Lori, when possessed in any fair measure, becomes the matter impulse of th« believer's life, and secures a conduct too generous and aob'e to permit of indulgence, had at the sost of auiuher'a shsnie. The man whn is actustvi by that holds bimrelf in readinsw to make, when called uporj, the sacrifice of his ease and pleasure and many lawful things, in order to tave or shitld a weaker nature from hami. We cannot conceive the Master re. fusing to abstain from anything the prac tice of which would start a feeble human cresture down tbe dsrk path of ruin and disgrace. We know how lie would act in the presence of this great social curse; and were modern Christian life as eelf sacrlficing as it ought to be, we would know with almost equal certainty how every Cbristian man would act in this matter. The spirit of this life would shape his reflections thus : My attitude in tbe present condition is clear ;—my brother's perils fix my duties. What ruins him cannot bo right to me, and shall not therefore have my support. Such is tho temper of the Christian life in its best condiion, -Analyse that temper, and it will yUld a rioh fund of qualities', every one of which is i;reconcilably hostile to the practice of that or any other vice. It will yield itmoug other things a deep reverence for the human soul, an all absorbing interest, in its prosperity, and a sacred passion to effect its present and ever lasting weal. It will yield, as Kmanncl Ksnt would say principles of action, and will tear to bo made laws for the whole wo\ld. ThcTe caD, therefore, be nothing in common between dram-.'linking and tbe Christian dis poatiou. It man who indulges in in toxicating bo- -<ages does so rot because, hta't in spite iMs Christianity. Such in dulgence is* '^consistent with the spirit of tue Christi ' life as the practice of any other vice, arj j never fails to hamper the exercise of it; f anctions. Has it power to aid any strup NDg soul ? Will it bear to be made a law »r the world? These ques tions answer •^■cmselves, and that answer ought to, be ;» itself sufficient to determine ihe attitude i < every Christian person to it, Moreover, tl .* greatest practical value of tbe Christiaß. iife is found i'o the sustained energy of mwonecious perfODal example. We are none «/ us ignorant of tbe fact that the best h a m t&. examples are car din al facto s iv our moral and spiritual development. They invest iie great master principles of ito and duty with all the char* of living interest, and thus mike us iidebted to them for our strongest moral impulses and purest inspirations. It is not so mnch what men say, but how they live, ' that mils most potently upon us. Truth spoken from the life strikes homo

with greater force than whe^ST. by the lip. Bnt that very ißfla^^O'ed sonal chaiacior upon us may W pcr * snare, lhe easa \rith which it 2h? Me • confidence may become the ready bSSL 00' throwing us off our guard and w»SS" oi moral disaster. The obliquity of S oar judgment,,«d the hesitaVoiou,I"*} aeterminatimas are caused bvthn u?a ***' not of the worst lives, but oife". Nothing U harder than fa>JL♦ln fluence ef the best example, easy to believe anything evil which m^ a good man'« practical 1 There ia no Sm «• "^ under heavsn who nave mot« op'1 to make evil *ppear good S t^*o acknowledged wisdom"fi SS**I**1 ** * life. Let^eir practicalSfifc*4 to any »p€ciac erU,and it will h. 5Jr *lna does not .pecially change its ««, fy*** take rank amongstTto?Sffi^taJ The toushees of eM of wor k ti 8'»OtB(( ---temperance reform, i, thlt r reforei >H men that intemperi^ befn"^llß long as it enjoys lhe m«.*- VP w admit that our owa ""!' hra I( "«■" •« to the same lu.iuTHeiS j , ' am^ioi very hn.de^t tasks, • w.'i. Bet "^W from then thau from fln t ( ? oMitc> ftar hwep-aeed the rttoZ^J ««»• .They aiomhsofouroppgnenta ,ug ? ent m tb« whole fo.ceof th«ir goodS ♦ e L lecUbe with which \w^* u >««M and have raised high barri«Ki ? g\^ ffar < tberefaru. of their fid«l In 8 *'* ol We are now, I mS^MV'S^ fully aay that btamiMKS| to a !l> consistent with but oppoTed T'£**:^ n anl functions of Christian m"c *' "*lllt

CABLE NEWS.

(" Age" Spechlt.)

FRANCE AND TUB KkW HEBRIDES. W

LOKDOB, JnneHL A Park paper has an article tbii ■4**- Insisting on the rignts of P»Ki. Kew Hebrides and urgtog £2^ tempts at annexation by ths - «i«.t shoold be resided. UhibSjft several leading London paper, th , t Z Ungliih Government will not allow YlitanV to annex the Hew Hebrides. It h^ o |z ported that an agreement hubtn ail between England and France thai n«Hh^ country should taka vmSS^^T Islands The yarioui Agents-Qena,! m now arranging for a dep»taUo B v Urf Derby. Secretary of S^fXfJS^ for the purpose of urging upon him S uecessitj of annexing the New flstoisi. COLONI*L ABMAMENXaT^ ThetwognnbortsorrJeMd-bytteQaeetisi ■ land Government have been <£mmenced st «rmstrong's ship-buildingyard; atfilawi,* NewcastU-on-Tyn*, and the two torpedo' boats ordered are also wder constraMfon at Horneycrofi's yard, London. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ftl* THE CHANNmroffi: • %!J ?n^ c *uf W*« Cotimander. m'-9 hle£ f. the £l«m *ray.hugiven evidence before tbe Commission appointed to report on the >ropo«d Channel ttonet He condemns the nndertakuiß from a milit tary point of view. THK lU>YAL PRI»CEB AND THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER., The Prince of Wales and tbe Dukes oJ Connaught and Albany voted with the majority for the second reading of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. Nearly the whole of tho prelates of the Vouse of Lords were with tho minority who opposed it. GERMAN POLITicS.: The Liberal members of the German Reichstag are vehemently opposed to. ths bill introduced by GoverUmtnt for tbl modihcarion of the Falck laws pissed in 1873. Tbe bill which .the Gotemment have brought forward bat been referred to a committee fairly representing both sections of politics. -Th-1 resignation fs announced of Heri Kndolph-Von Benningen, who, «inc^ 1853, has been president of tße Prussian Caamter of Deputies, "• KIDNAPPED BY BRIGANDS.^ !" Thirty passengers by tho .EpeUatt steamer Bellona have been seized by a party ot brigands while on sbote at Keiiuk, a sea-coast town in #ci& Minor, and con veyed to the inferior. , „ _■; ■;, : TRti NEW. AUSTBALIAM IOAN. LONEO^, June 14. : An article on the Victorian loan in .the "Pall Mall Gazette" to-day, unfavorably criticises tho low minimum fixed for the £200,000 Victorian iedemption loan, ,»nd also comments adversely on the effect that the annevatlon of the New Hebrides will have onjtho colonies. ~>.,•. AMSTERDAM SXHIBITIONi- Juries 'till not be appointed for tbe colo nies at the Amsterdam Exhibition. The exhibits will, it is stand, be divided into classes, and there will be a jury for each lection. - -.'■ "f™ *» ARMSTRONG GUNS FOk THfi : '"'• COLONIES.'. j Several orders have recently been t». oeived from tbe colonies by Armstrong, the well-known ordnance maker, of Klswrck, for heavy guns, to be mennted on the bst> teries recently constructed in several aalo hies. The orders will be completed as etrj* ai possible. . - v:: , 1 &>'■'! BRITISH MEDIATIOIT IS ■■• MADAGASCAR. H%\ ' A banquet wai given to the Fob, John Bright at BirmiDghatn, at which lord Granville wss present. Tbe latter, in ro plying to the toast of bis health, #IM that Government were mediating with a1 view to bringing about a ptdfic settlement of the difficulty which had arisen between Fnnce and Madagascar. JOHN BRIGHT ON TflE CHlSpti ■ TUfINEU i . : :" ] ; (,'.". The ffites which hue bean held doiiag the week at Birmingham, in honour of John Bright, terminated last night, when Mr: Bright addressed a large and enthusiaitic public meeting. In the coarse iof hta:W« marks he referred to the evidenct which had been given by several military author. Ities on the subject of the proposed Channel Tunnel,- and contended that their views that the militwy situation of England would be weakened by.thecon- ■ s'rnctfon ot the tunnel were nbaard, and 1 Could only bo attributed to insfllsripwW judice. THE FfiNIANS DEFY TEB PQPB. The course adopted by the Pope r#llce : to the suppression of Irish otttrsges has aroused freat indignation anipaß'sf tao Fenians of Chieggo. Two•thousind.'or: their number have signed a minife*) repudiating the authority of HisHolfneM In the matter, and urging the Irish, people , to disregard his command*, '• £ ,J| ASSISTED EMIGRATION. ; * LOSDOBT, JuneW. , ; An influential deputation waited upon Lord Derby yesterday to urwuponjtlie Government the desirability of.yoU»g,.a sum of money for the purpose of asrfslug; emigration to the colonies, LordDerW, in reply, promised to consort, pa colleagues on the subject, - •?>■:■. THE DUPLICATE SUSZ CiNAI^ In an article upon the proposal of W Suez Canal, the "Standsfd" uf«*»T England and Egypt terms offered of tho Company, "^ "wW^oTthb SSS'tfi.TSlfflflS*' canal at night by clcetiioitv.^ ' ;;

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■ r mm illii-" '""^a^ 1 j*""^"l^ /s.(i«jwOHß' ! " "" TO-MORBOW, AT 12 O'CLOCK HOOtt. 100.COO WBLI.-6BOWN FORJST. FBITIT. AND_OTHBK TREES. jjOKSTEK SALE 0? FRUIT AND FOREST TKEES, SHKUBS &C, &C ---AT ARTHUR'S MART. FROM PONSONBY NURSERY, Me W. Mason's. a LARGE AND VARIED ASSORT- A. MBNT o£ Well-grown TKEK9, well AUOftMta'1' P»okea i"d Delivered ote month fiom day of Sale. WEDNESDAY NEXT, 12 o'clock noon. X, "ARTHUR, Saleßmao, &a. Anckland. Thursday, jdne 28, moon. handsomF&"superior piano, articles of vertub, ORNAMENTS, SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNI. TURK AJND EFFIiCTS, BOOKS, &O. AT A. LAUaiK'3, KSQ. ICYBKB PABS R. ABTHUB HAS boen favoured with Instructions tromT Lanrle, K SQ . who U abon* to remove, to seU by oubllo auotlon.at hKUUiet Senoe.AyberPasß Road, on Thursday neft.at U tfoloek noon, IHK WHOLB OF HIS SUPKRIOR AND NBWLY-SKIiKCTKO nOUSKHOLD FOENITUBK & EFFKOTB. &0. DR4.WINO-ROOM-A very Handsomeiwd Superior (Walnut Case) Pianoforte by Bord. Handacmeantte i9plsoo8). Loo and Card Table*. Carnot and Hearth Kug, Fire Soreen, F«nder Sl™ Imliowl Mirror! Window BUndi. Cur tataß. Cornice Voles, Piotnr»». Marble WlgwtOß, 8ta«080ope and failure. Mlorosoope, opera QtaspTßaloon Pistol, a Group of Chinese Flowera and i of (ander Glass Bhades), a Set *Ot Vasoß. a Set Uniu*e Vases. Onia ""dlNlNu-KOOM - A Good Jjiathw^oovered Suite IS pleoes). Table, Book Case, a Superior Slnoert Cabinet Sewing Machine, i Bromse Figures, Bron«a Btag. Photographa and Plctn»& Vender one lire irons. Carpot and Hearth Rupr, Window ffllnds, Curtains, Polos, Platedware, Handsome Timopioco, Musi cal Box, Glass, China, and Earthenware. BOOKS.—Very superior well-covered editions Of the f .mlowlhk Enßlish and German Books :- S vola Shakespeare, with engravings; 19 vols Household Words; 30 vols Novels, by Lever and other authora; 11 vols Con Lesoion (Ger man) ; and 70 vols, ooneiatini of the eonipleto works of Sohiller, Gootho, Wioland, and Heino. BEDROOMS. — Bedsteads (iron and wood), Bedding, Toilat Tables), Washstands, Toilet Sets Looking Glassos, Cots, Commode, Linen Basket, Carpets. Chests of Drawers, Wardrobes, Blinds, Curtains. Cornice Poles, &o. HALL, KITCHIKN, WASH-HOUSK, &C- Ollcloth. Scraper, Umbrolla Stand. Wool aDd other Mats, Tables, Meat Safe, Perambulator. Barthenwaro, Kitchen Utensils, Scales and Weights, Baths, Washing Machine Showor • Bath, Weighing Maohino, &c. On view on the morning of tho Bale, alter S O'clock. ~ SATURDAY,. JUNE 30, AT 1 O'CLOCK, AVONDALE. £1 OR SALE (without reserve) on SaUr- V day next. Jane SO. at ono o'clock, on the farm occupied by H, D, Grant,! HIS DAIRY, consisting of 20 Cows (In milk or call) ■ .-,—-v Three year old Bull, by Young Kobia Aaair Young Cattle, Horse Spring Cart and Harness Chaff Cuttor, Sundries Stock Moadowillay (about 11 tonu) • , AIBO, Tho Lettsa-ot the Farm, containing CO acres, having threo years unexptred, fit an annual rental of .560. Lunoheon Provided. ALFRED. BU OK LAND. '] yf, S. COCHRANE, • JAS. DAOBK TV! O T I C E. | JJt :.j THE SALE i: OS IMPROVED FAKM AT TAURANGA UA3 BKEN VOSTPONKD TO WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. SAMUEL COOHKANE & SOS, Anctloaeerau m, B, OOOHBAHKJ UAB. DAOBB MONDAY, JULY 3. FREEHOLD PROPERTIES. 570 ACRES, KARAKA. 50 ACRES, GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. 10 ALLOTMENTS, POKENO. rilllE Subscribers will sell by anotion, at L their Booms, Vort-street, on Monday, Sad j | July, at 13 o'clook. By Order of the Tniatee in the Ettate of Mrs Susan Robinson: AI,I,f>rMHNTS 23 ana 2«, Sub. LoU 8 and i, t co. 6, Subnrbs. having a frontage of M 8 feet to Nugent-street and 100 feet to Quarry Kcari. »ith a well-built House of 6 rooms »nd large Stabling (-rooted thereon. Terms Easy. By Order of the Executors in the Estate of — Herne i : ': KAEAKA—Tiota 2 and 11, containing 670 l. aeroa-a fine Block of Land, fronting ; loanukau Harbour } j AIBO, GBBAT BABRItER ItLi? D-N.w, par* j is, containing 80 acres ' POKBNO-10 AUotmente, gAMUEt COOHKrtWJE iis SUJ*; AucUciiea.-e. W. B. OOOBBABu I JAB. DAOBB j | WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. U HOUSEHOLD FURNITURr", [IRON SAFE, CASH CURIOS. i I ■ f¥\BE Subscribers have received instruc- I tlonsfrom Mr Thomai Powell to »eil at his Premises. Lower Qoeen-street, on VCedaa day, Ith July, at 11 o'clock, i The WHOLK of bis FUBNITURI ooa ! talned In the DINING BOOMS. Lower Qneen-street, conslttlug of Dinicg and Bedroom Furniture: a Now Iron Safe. by Tnnn, and a Bplendid Oaae Coral : , LheUs, Curios, Stores, Ko. I SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Anctioßcsi*. B. 1-ONKB. S. 0. DABB. B. D, TOHKB WEDNEisDAY, JULY 4. BY ORDER OF THE BOABO OF GOVKK NOBS AUCKLAND COLLKUB AND QBAMMAB SCHOOL. SI -m r* aLLOTMK^TS & BUILDINGS, 18 AMKN RVAU. AND WYNYAKD » -*-*-' bTBKKT. \\\ For Loaao for 21 Years. I OnWBDNBBDAY, Jnlyl, fttiatfolook. ■.Hi Plans now ready* :;: I! B, fiOK KS ft 00., !! ' Anctioneera. ,! II pURHAii X-ARDS; ~ I a TQ^OB BALK, at tho Durham Yards lit J? ov*y Tue»4nT,atno'olook, ■ B UIDB3, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKINS. ■ it. HUHTBir* HOLAH,



-i ~ - —-—■■»—— aamt^Ml^m^^__ m — ' ""' FIRE I RREii FIRE 111 IyPREMISES COMING DOWN Imperative Clearing-Out Sale OF READY-MADE CLOTHING; And MEM'S MERCERY, j tS"Oa account of the cheat FIRE NEXT door, and of OUR PREMISES , < COMING DOWN, we are obliged to SACRIFICE Our Large & Well-assorted Stock of Clothing AT HOME COST ! \ Remember as vo are not able to secure other Premises in Queen-street, WO are bound to CLEAR OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT ANY SACRIFICE. Wo are not going to England, but are bound to vacate our present shop, and aro bound to Clear Every Line in ONE MONTH. Our Stock comprises every requisite in Men's, Bop', and Youths' of our well koovm Superior Ready-mode Clothing. Every Article hu been selected with the greatest regard to Durability, combined with Good \\ orkmonshlp and the Latest Style. HfOTE THE ADDRESS .— i Ji OiA Hunan Qfivmt Facing McArthur's ■ LEV V s uueen oireei, Buntings. N.B.—Established since 1869.) | (Sale commences 23rd June. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON i SALE OF SALVAGE STOCK. J. M. M CJLACHLAN, 223, QUEEN-STREJET, OPPOSITE UNITED BKKYIGE, 'B« lust returned from London, where he remained two months. In orrflM to Ww aOrwrtage j or tdh IMMENSE SALE OF SAtTAQB BTOCS From »he B«>at Wood-etreet Fire. Two MllHonii ware P aM br the Inwinißoo OompwtM ai Compensation bnt the Lowes tor exosed that amount Th» ( ataiogoeJ and Viewa oi Fire may be seen In M* Mouwhlaa'i windows. | t j CLOSED TO-DAY (SATURDAY), OPJBNBD ON MONDAY, JUNE 25. i ÜBT OF BOrfK OV TUB BARGAINS. Ar.L NBW AND FABHIONABfiK GOODS. i -FOR CASH ONLY. DRESSES- One Ynrd Wide Imitation Welah Flannel. U worth U Bd wide Aniw FUnnal. a kplemdid Artlela. la Hid. worth 2a Bd 61,030 worth of SILKS, at 25 P«r cent. aj»oonn* OTTOMAN BROOH*. In all the New Bhsdita. with plain to maieh New Shßdeß. COLOURED OROB SKAIN.Sa Ud: nffnUr pnoo.Ss 6d BLACK SATIN, from 2a 8d to Us 6d ; r.gulw- prion. I* Bfl tjl7fl 84 „. . ,„.., BLACK SILK*, warranted not to cut or set »hlney, reduoed from 17» «d to 1U »d and Ms M BROOADBU OTTOMAIT SILKS, 5s Ud to lib fid; tunal price, UM to 17» 6d BLAUK BATIN[ DX WOU* anrt BUCK 84T1N BH*.uA!\tfea at tft.ue reauoUom 1 caao VBLVKTKBNS, all the New Bhadcß, 2b Ud I MROlar prloa. to 1 oaso BLACK VBLVKTSuN, lafld tolslldi.regular wioe, Ja6d tofcM Q ,.^ m , l , r DO pieces NKw SKADKS.In plain (Toqlo Veiour.. with Cheek tp maicD 9d. U 1» 81: r««TUar nrlre. Is U Id. Is 64. Theßa arasMc and warm looklna. ana re'y faahiooa&le FURBISHING -60 nieces wide and Good White CALICO. Ss Ud per dozen: worth 6d pyr yard 50 uleoes Honook'a Best A CALICO, 3a 9d per dozoa; worth 6il per yard 20 pieces 1 yard wldo BKBT HKSBIAN OILCLOTH, In Id; worth In 61 60 pleots B?»t A LIsObKUM, SB Ud j uiraal prioe 5* 64. B Qu»llty, 3a M: usual prloe, fie. H'iiutlfal designs Kew BRUS *ULS HAHPUT. 8b 3d Mep t|Mes UHBam'l'iQ?Va *KS *h V fJARPKTV, 1b ll|d! regular prlafl, 3aß<l 3 bales Scat BLANK «TS. 91. wel«h« 6lbs Bosm. for 12» 6<T; worth 18s Kxtrn Suner 12-4 BLANKETS, welubu Ulbu, 37a: worth JS«; also, nil pric»B between 20 Spindles FINGKRINQ WOOL (good shade), 2a Od head; üßnal price, Sa Od CLOTHING- A BPECIAL PDROBABR OF «GOO WORTH, oonelstlnn ot -100 Boyß' Norfolk Tweed SUITS, 108 Od: worth 15« SOO Ro> b' Sldrlo Brawt Baa 8UIT8,13» lid; worth 20b 200 Youths' ditto, 17b Bd; worth 23s Pd 100 pairs Men* iweed TROOBHKB. 5a Ud: worthßl „.„,.. .. „. ]«0 worswd i button 8»oa. Pane* and Ualatoa COATS, all at 18a 6d s worth 25a B0 pairs Men's Coloured MOLES, 5a Ud; worth 78 8d 20 SnpMlor Fawn wid Wne Caahmerß M^CKiKTOSaiid, the BBBX MADK, rednocd . from 63a to 53*. lanefltklae; smaller Btese at lower Drioai Men's Blaok Cloth f BOOK OOATB, for Olerayman or ProfeMlonal Hen. 60s Men's ?-Bntton WORSTKD COAT and Vestto matoh. aploadld Hi and aoallty. Ml Boys' Knitted Knlckor and Jsraey SUITS MILLINERY AND MANTLES -1 case Qenta" DOUBLE BILK UMBBWLL4& 9a 8d: worth lft* ififfir%SllS^SSShrw«itf.naan nra «» CO Vory SupertoVoernun and Kngllsh CLOTH lAOKVTS. rednoed to Bl 10». «2, and «2 60 VW fit The prioM marked on these are «210», «3 10b. and fl«- Ihese are the Meweal and Most Fashionable Goods, and ara a Wonderful Bargain. THE WHOLE STOCK REDUCED TO EFFKCT A CLEARANCE. J. M. M°LACHLAN, 222, QUEEEM.STREET, nEXT CRUIOKBHANK, MIILKR & CO'& Tea Meiohante. . Unapfiroaehed in Quality and Cheapness are the TEAS BOLD lij &OHBBT iq-E^-L. TT may not bo universally known that without Advortlelng:, Ticketing, or Puffing, ROBERT X NEAL has obtained in a fow years the LaHOBBt Retail Salbs op Tbab In the Province of Auckland. This fact is unmistakeablo proof of the PURENEBB and SUPERIOR QUALITY1 of the TEAS SUPPLIED. As the result of forty years' English and Colonial exwsrionco to the trade, and by careful selection of tho beat of the various growths of INDIA and CHINA TEA 9, ROBERT NEAL 1b able to nlve his* Customers EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. The Blend of Tea at k 10a." UNe<"m E HD= p RIOE . The Blend of Tea at 2s. 10d." lhe TtSihSSS^,. The Sopebiob Qdauty of the Teas sold by Robert Neai are bo self-evident to thoae who have tried them, that no scientific analyslß to necessary to proolalm U»ir Oenulpo Purity and Excellence. ' s ■ • • ' ' • . Theatre Royal Buildings, Queen and Victoria Streets, Auckland. P» I H'.l ■ r' m—■*«» Hi 111 Hi , I ' »



MOATE DRINK OUR pURE §LEHDED fEA It has No Equal for Tries Usiural Flavour, Valus, and Sirsnyth. 2/-, 2/4, 2/8 IT 3/-, '.3/4, %/- »■ 1-lb. and i-Elt. Packets. HALF-CHESTS. BOXES. "PRESS," "Mr. Nelson is a P,;,::: sional Taa Tasfar and B\anuif." AWAKDED • COL.D& SILVER iV3£ISAL3. I §0. TEA MERCHANTS, CHRISTCHURCH, '- DUNEDIN, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON. I AQENTS-EVERYWHfRf.



Nelson, Moate & Co.'t CELEBRATED CHALLENGE QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, Next the New Zealand ClotJbUng Factory.



Important iiNNouacEMBNT. , . OAL Sh I OAL Sh I BEGINS ON MONDAY, JUNE 25 X 11. I CHKAP fIIJAPERY OALIC. HKAP JL/RAPKKY OALK. j FOR OJSE MONTH. ! ALIEKATION TO PBEMISKti. 1 KYBKYTHIN(i MABKED DOWS DURING ! Tins Salk. I White and Brown Calloo, V.ld : Wlncoy, !ld, li-i, ca, rt( ;dß,i Flannels, irom OJcl to Is lid Hollands, from Ijd Honeycomb Towels from 3i each Twill Orotonr.oß, irom -Uii yard Good OhintE, 2Jil yard Fanoy Dress Pialdo, 6Jd yard 15U Plooes Blbbuna, 2a y»r.l 1M Warner's Colebratoii Oorseta, 33 lid '120 Ladled Slack Cioth Jackets. 6n U to 278 GO Ladles' Muck fcVui Sklu Jackets, 5a Od 60 Maids' and Qlrlß' Ulaok Hoal Hktu J ackata, Us fid Hen's White Shirts, from S* lid to Oi 6d Men's Vlaz Mhlrts, from Is Bd Mona KlunnoJ chlrts, irnm S-i Cd Mko's T»eed l'rontern. Irom 8s Od Men'a rtoasors and Vests, lla Men's Twoed Units, 27s Woollen I'weeda, from Is 3d Blue Setge, tin yard t-nblniiouod Sha*tin« Sid yard Ltuw CurtalAS. 2. Ud tv 2Sa Io» Wool fiquares, indnced to Is each Irish Crochut Trimmlnst, 8d doz Meu'o and JUoya' CloininK marbod down ■■ nndor oa*t Glrlo' B'«ok Cloth Jaok«t»at hali p 100 | ladles' Ll»nu Hauukorohiofa Itemnaota in all Plppo Oooda at CLKAHING | PHICKS, Brochd Silica, Satins, Velvets and Vclvotcons, llibbona, Lucca, Kancy Goods, Hosiery ! and Gloved, Xlautleaaud ! -UUtera, j AT CLEAUING PRICKS. D. M'PIIKKSON, DBAPKB AND CLOTH iJSIt, IAIIANtI.VHAWS ROAD, I MBN*B TUOUSBKS TO AIKABUItK, 13a Cd. MKN'S SUITS TO MKASUItK, ti 15a. The IMMENSE SUCCESS which has attondod the New Zealand Tweed Company since opening, enables thorn to MBABUKK AT THK ABOVE PBIOES. JOS Kl' II MOS XS, MANAGER. Ma steal. -^ •••■ '■.■.■,.-.-v,-.c-,-^v I v■ • a r uandbd. ♦J A .dea-nttrnl ABsortmont ot 80ED" Ho- 8 RO3HWOCD ts WALNUT riANUii, Also, HARMONIUMS 1 HARMONIUMS BnrpeuwlnK all bolore Imported for aweetneffl Of tone, oomhJaed with powor. Prioe from fflO to 80 Gnlneoi. with two Rows Of Key» In Kle- RantOaaw, which will bo sold »t a Kednctlun for Cash, or on the Deferred System u( Pay ment. -fKBB AND CO.'* MCHIO SAJ^OON. LYOKUM HALL, HOBSOW-stbkht, rear Vlotorla-nti-ndt. "DUILDINQB COMING DOWN. In oaneeqaenee of the Olty Oonnoll bavins ■old the Buildings, J. HOWDBN Is compelled to Clear Out his Stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JBWKLOKRY. PlaTos, ORGANS, ft HARMON -IUMS, KTO, F.to. As no Reaßonable Offer will be Untuned to Qafb. he truata the Pobllo will take advan tage of this, hiß First Sale for 23 yean, and give him a OAI,', AX ONCK. SHORTLAND-STRKiET, Sewmu Maohlneß ■T BPECIAI, ANOINTMENT. [ESTABLISHBD 1865.1 BUY ONIjY THK CgiLKBItATKU /DOME S T I C \ \ MACHINK3 / Tho Kialoßt, Slmplost, Bost Mado, and Moat Durable LAUGEST SHOW-ROOM IN NEW ZEALAND. The only Sewing Machine whloh has never boon beaten In competition, SOLE AGENTS IN NEW ZEALAND I SEAKESPEAB & CO., Qaeen-street, ', Opposlto the Market. Lime&c Woe mar*l r ■m/r AHURANGI UYUUAULIC LIME. The WARKWOIVrH- OKJSBNT COMPAWY beg to acquaint thoir tumorouß friends that they are cow ablo to execute all orderti with despatch, tho sudden increase in their bualnoso lately havlna led to many dimpp.-Jlntmentff.—J. P. KIUO. 83. Qneon-ptcre1-.. Sole Affont. Town Yard I Cußtomhonno-ureoi West (next tilms arm Browc'a). (jr k or; w d Lime. . GitoUNb LiMfc, FOR BALK.i! S O UIH G AT B'S MAHURANGI HYDRAULI GROUND ROCHE LIMK, In any quantity, for Concrete Paths, Floors Cellars, etc. (next to stono flagging is nn rlvallod for durability and hard-setting Qualities). For tanks and other wet work 1 la a Urst-oUioB materin B. KEAHE, SOLE AOis NT, CDSTOM-HOPSB-STttSET. ■ riUKB NOTICE—That notwlthstondlng JL all that Is satd In favour of other Miitm ranßl Llmefl, the steady but increasing demand from all parts ot Anokl Mid and Province, Bonth and Aunstali'j, la a Bnfflclent ensrantee as to the ganolnmtiot pdlham. IKnnatvnh; and OO.'B HYDRADLIO I.IMS V/allß-ffloors andClnrden l'atha it <!an«it Bit KuBBBn <'irT, —ITor circulars and f urthnr informatlor< apply at ' A.npklw.a Brwb, OBStonaj^jpjj^ ftfl,



Business Notices. JuZursy& coafiT jiff rDBHH COOK 3 ABUVB "BTAB" OFFIOBU MIIBCMANTII ACCOUNT BOOKS, INE3UKANCK AND MnrlNQ RRBTSTKB BOOKS Spkoialil.tt Knr.icn AtnJ'BonHD, Mhblo, Magaiilnes, PnbllolilbrarlesandSnndajr Holuiol JiiiokM wall bound, BAKRKS BPROIAb RULED DAY BOOKB. Bibles Pruycr, and Hymn Hooka Ko-iMOnd. AVDANII CHOIR MUBIO BOOKB HUIiKTH Formosa In Morte, TtTEW ZEALAND FERNS XS (Unmounted, or 1 TRBtotully Mounted in vnrloun waysl, : From 12 up to 120 Varieties, Fou Salk iiv EUXCO R A I O, ! PIHNOKS-STHRKT. KSTABMSns.IU IN MJUESOV, SCOTLAND, 1861. I A M E S X- X It R, 0 SitNKKAL WOKKINGOUrIiWK, W«n.K*i,ii.Y-Bxiiii!«T Kabt (Sooond Shop fcom Queen-street), Razors, HolfEcn. and Knives ground and Bet, Pocket Univo'i rurlilaaod, «cd all kinds of Cailory ropalrt'd, &o. J. K. will alwuyd have on hand a IflMt-oIMS Btook of iKiii'Dliold ana Pocket Cutlery to suit all cin^hUH. mill a capital stock ot speotaolea to suit ail eißhts, Spectacles lit tud with New Kyea and >31des. Au Work OuinA'.'TßßD^ jKtBSI MIBSKB TBUTKNBKRO jffSill QUKEW • HTBKKT, sKil^;m . lIA7B on Hand a m '"'-Jm ' -"■ Completo Stook of : i ' >«_ MADAMK WKIGKL'3 i .':sr stP IJA1 JA I"'KH PATTKIJNB OV V A' 4i S &0- '^'118 Pttttornß aro f• /= :■' If] cut in ten dtllcront blkos ! ■ - •'"•"{. " tor Ladies and Children, tozJwr' "\ aocompunled by dlreo -1 ***''' '. \ tions and Ulustratlona for'iimiiViiK up. Sold at prices ranKinsrfrom Bd to 2s. Newest stylos monthly In iVeteelß Journal of Fashlonß. Prlco, 7d, by post Bd, or Bs per annum post frco (payable In advance). Cataloßoo of. Fashiona, 3d; by post, Id. Orders by lottors attonded to on reoeipt of prioe and postage. Solo Agents in Auckland: PS MISSES TEUTKNBEKQ, QUKHN - BTUKKT (MoArthur'a BuUdlnfta). TrtNioM o:t. soap, and oandle U COMk'ANX UMITKD). MAN FACTUKKttS Of COM MOW AND TOIIJCT dOAPS, OANDLBS, PKANUT. AND OTHBB LUHRIOATINQ OILB. Boap unit Uandlo Workit PAunicU OU Works I CUBTOMnOOSB-BTUIUtT WKBT. Wsror-.. '. >io and OilloolM LOWEB AIBIBS. fiIUKKT, Cyih Purohaaorn ot Tauow. UeUvory Ulea «« Uu'ir l J»rii«l Worlri or W&rehonic. ~ " j' E A (J O C X, t . OPTICIAN HAS IN STOCK SPKCTACLKS AND KYK OLASSKS of ovory dtwcrlpHon. Aw ACCITRATK FIT GCARANTKKD. Compound Mtcroroopbs & Tklbscopbs, Foworful and Cheap. ANEROID JUUOMKTKKH, I'nKRMOMKTICRfI, KLKCTHIO UKI.W. BATOICHiaS, AND Fittings, MuKuoto Klestrlc Machlnos and Medical Colla. TniCODOLITKR, COMPASSKS, BKXTAMTB, Splri Hydrometers, Saccharometew, BaHnomctcrs, Arßontouiotera, &c, &.C, &o. OPVOSIJ'K THK POST.OFFICE, SIIrtKTLAyD-BTHKMt. ~"""~"~'~~""~~~~*~"~~- J. H, it hKIK 1«, VIOTOEIA"BTKWn", IMPOKTKU OK BUItJJEItS' ft PUBK!_'D' fN6 mnNMnNOKRY DIUBOT TIIOM MANUTACrrOTIK:'. iliu til t'.fUo, at Uiw Ite'-n Carpenters' Tools NallK, Lookh. Ulugee Kitohon it*nKt3S Ke«lster Qratec, In Ri-e»t Vwis'j Marblß sr«i Bnwnolled fflfttr -.Iftnt'HpJeeet, liotuwl Ht.'ott la Aook!»ik1 Marble, Klc-XTO-P>ato, Garb and other I'underi Galvonlaod lrcrt, S H.oe' !oai', ani ?'cf Slatee, rompn^, and i J!.istffr PKOTIOK IHVXEJB Tronix^ongery. I^OKA^ Jjj AKPWAIta O OUM. J. , -I !).T«*l «.AVB.rOi: SAi*~ HOY a ,'" o *.w ul'^k' i' !i'f •* * 8 . ism. sa BffKK:-.^,. .'O.'r'M, 'C-toi;Jt« ■-',- «'_O*.<, ... BODHFJ'-'S f.OO.<W OOti'S, AKD WttatLbW i'AHl.i. tNS3 IHOOKKTSKT JOHKUOK-a OKLBBKAXKU 3CIBBOKB ' OIiA.KK'a BO>LSH3 BAUOBPAWB, •» 1 QglFViTH'.'! '-''KWI1 'Jfw -Ajn' ftort» PW;, MAMi ifT 'tt/HEEa MaA'j AKT s?l* J.:-:•'.•«*;..' •'-...;;" AMD MIUK PAJKS -.»'! Si-..■•■;, .i'Uot'-iJ, i'v/UC, k'jLil-i:, A:l:- Ea.£Ji, CbOiiß, ABi) J^AUi JKtcfeae«, (•akk;B, DLAoan aajE .'.rs'joss'i BFADSa AN D DIGCBNfI ' ■ BAKDKB HORK; «AX»«. ' AND IKOWalltB. , P&akss, MAamaKfl, Bbaou, f-YKit Aa» Maibot ana (all niiei). HixUlS Us .fIBS, NAltB, AHD BBASaWABt, Scori'l QBHUiSBi White Lbad, J^.-"--'-;n 30I&BP BO'S STIVI3 FBB OBNT. UISOOUHS (SHsvrd to OaEii Pnrobitars on all Btla ma nntiaa to im», »b4 u»«u«



Iroutnongery. ] E. POETEE & CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IROISMONGEKS AND IRON MERCHANTS, QUEEN AND HIGH STREETS, AUCKLAND. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PLATEDWARE. RODGERS' & LOCKWOOD'S CELEBRATED TABLE CUTLERY. • . Seta. Fish Bltceß and Carvorn. Nnpktn King.. Bt«*k 'Hbsm. Cruet Frame* Liqueur Framm. KmboßPoa and Eogra»ed Trays, Te« and Cefle* rtmvloe*. Oak« and Card Baskets. Vino iclsiors. Na»ora<:ks,l>ltTy la-Mi, -URtt'-s and Croaina, Ttrt Servers, ritrrtlno Boxen, Hov.le Holders, Bugar Sifters, Fruit Spoons Salad ICnlvvs i.nd Forks. Hrlrfopokfl Koiven, Jally Spoonß ana limhcs, Child ron'o Cups and. WHITE WIRE GOODS. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TOOLS. KKOM THK tlttßT MiKUffl. ipi^lw __Yjfcß WARRANTED. Hammer., Chls.l. O.n K ee. l>-» Saiga, Oljbnrn SMinart, JcreirAn»<m, OwJjW rmohe., Coopers'Kulv«*. Smooth Gn<orl»a. Vyi- * J»-ifc Its*, -kaw t-abate 1 lines. Inn Pfwiec Plow P!«T>nt, Vri»--t>l»t«n Bit B'aw Patent Kelchotßr.-ecßnndH.-vt iJri id. Ka.lieh «ud ■ mi-rloiin Mar -i vs. li.iawood fntop Conip. -.**B, j*od CftUlvew, I)., &f. BLACKSMITHS' AND MINING TOOLS. a™ith<-> '■(> :i>»<» Pml-.b'o Forces wl'ix ?sn Blast, Hydr&ntia Patches and Shearing Machine H .:,,,tuii'c tt i,.\ ;,i«(o J»ckh Kviy DcPigr od .^lil.h/ Hearth Anvils, all weights, Anvils with Vico iiDim-iiu'ii Svrnirc: -ilooka, <'<onrth Backs, Water Tnjro Irons. Xurntnn Lathas lor iron and Wood, Blocks and Dies, tcrewintf Machines for Boltt »od Pipes. i.riUlnß MaohinaA, SSO, COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. OUR LARGE STOCK OF STOVES COMfiUsE— W Smith an* Wellstood'n, Watson. (Sow and 00/s. Amflrtoan nflokiny Stovo«. «Uh la'not Jmpr ve monts. for Goal or Wood. K. P. & Oo.'s Self-setting Cottage itansroi" with oven and boiler; Hangea t»lth2ovenaandbollor, suh&b c t« Urge families and hotels. MARBLK MANTKLPIKHKa In Carved Statuary, WhU« Vein. &c. KMAMBLI.WD BL»TS Ditto. In Wlaok ann Ootd. and Other New Style* MBW UKBIGN* in Tile Hearths, Tlleß tor shops, B»thd. ffuialtore, *»•.*«. STEAM ENGINES AND STEAM PUMPS. Just Landed, a Shipment of the above, from TANGYE BSOS1., comprising . Pour and Klßhthone Soho Knglnes, Steam Pnmp.fi x 3 x ii. do. 3x 61 »2, W««Jon DlftwnttU Blook (i-ton to 2-ton), Joiners' Clamps, Jroa Bonoli Screws, laiiKjo Metal ior uobudhh. Phosphor Bronzes. AMERICAN AND.ENGLISH LANTERNS, FOR OIL, CANDLK, A D KEUO3ENE. Tabular iiauterui-, Hairaoane lADtnroa Farm innterna. ;: .tusj!e Lanterns. Pnoke" Lacte-i>e Bull's eyi- i -uniTn*. Tubular LtnterEß can bo fllled.Jlghtcd, juid regulated without removing the globe, E. POETEE & CO. WHOLESALE DKPARTMUNT RKTAIt DEPARTMENT : HIOH-STRKBT, QOKKM-SXBKBT, A TS 0 X L A. » D. BRANCH STURK: NKWMABKKT. 4LL OW^W DMIIVEK~kT~IN~XQWJI AgD SUBUgBSi



remedy to all such oowP^^th1 any form ot to^S"«t W»KSSar.-or a resident if a,•.. miLSSl^dlJtrirtr barricade yoor system . SSffif the BTOnrge of all countrirt ■matoriat'1. SSdSS^TbilioujTand intermittent teven-br "'fi^hSS or sinowW bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable, generally. H^p Bitters will give you fair skto. Pich blood, and sweetest breath, health, and O°S l ß)hort,they cure all Diseases of the Stomach. Bowels Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys. Bright 8 ; rarSaw S wiU be paid for a case they will S nofc^re orhllp Drugglßta andOhemtotaW That poor, bedridden, Invalid wife. Bister, mother ordaughter, can be mado tho piotnrool heaU^by a few bottles of Hop Bitter*, costing bntatMo. Will you let them suffer}