SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS

Ar CT lo. S .S..Cra«ford^ r Wban ßß r i l .. trnnnbv from tho South

DEPARTURES.

I,AST RVJtPINQ. xcmiiinHton, s.s.. Farqnhar. for Tauranga TO-DAY.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

lombon and IAVKUroci. - Mataura. ship, London *«v tor v . urowntborpo. ?imue.ft.^B."" November 12; Lotterewo. b«one.aiCG.Y.,Novoinhorlß: Brahmin.eh p. prM IX Novojubor 28 ; Warwick, ship. POBO Doeembw 12: AurfcS, barque, cleared $m«3mS3?' aeo7go bowiey. waipa, Glanco, nnmbTla Rancltlkl, Eat Lothian. . N™ w Yo«K.-01lvo Thnrlow. baiquo. via Duo odlii sailed Nov. I: John l'heoaor; barque, Dsoembor 19 ;Uovonpott, barque. January ( lo; SSSSw. bewjuentlno. nnd Hat som. brigantino. Scotia). - Wenoea, b«QUO, jffl, via at. John's (N.B), loading Nov ManlS, AA Smllioß Morn, ichoonor. J.R.0.Q.. D aultrm-u. - Androa Rns and Thvneo. TZvTnlt ?st.Avr S .-M 6r oppa. Fairy Queen. Pirate, Ryno, Orphous,

fHWAwnq COASTWIBE.--LOO, from Matakana, with SOtonsilrewoot, tmd 1 ton gum: LlZOttO, fro TapS v AY t ballast: South Carolina, from Barrier, with II tons wood; Peracvoranco, Horn Wiillieko. with 250 bushels shingle.

OniWAßts Coisiwism.—lo9, for Walhofce: 1,1/atto for Thames; MUlt Oatoltna. for Blind Bay; Pcriovatntcr, for Walhokej Adah, for Thamos.

Auckland Bobooner Weloome, which, is now ivt Hobart, goes thenoa to Wlmnßaros to load timbtir for Melbourne.

Th<j as. Tona arrived from Croll early this morning vtilh th'cp tind oattlc tho discharged the former bare and proceeded to Tamakl to Oisoharfta the latter.

Tho brigontino Look Out proceeds from this port lo Sydney, via Kaipara. She loaves hero in ballast and loads timber at Kaipara.

Tho barques GrousvoCr for :no\v Aork, and liOChCreo for London direct, have entered out at the Customs today. Roth vessels will probably bo loaded during litis month. The brlgantlne DaflancD oleared at thn Cns ' torn* to dsv 'or Hokianga. wntro sht; Is ti load, timber for Melbourne. Sua leaves this port In ballsst, aid iv churgacf Captain Jamos John eon.

The brltmatlne Myrtle has c'onrert at tin Cus toms for Whangaroi and rtokl-inga. Sue re turns hero with ploa atd bark, Tho brlgantlnn Ootnaru wi'S tc-day balln'it Ing alongside ot Quoon-straet VYhdrf. the returns ti Suva in ch.trso ot Capta'n Uosdmsn. with a full oar?o of timber..which ehe will tako la at Kaipara, Hha cutsred outwards s.t thoCnstcm9todoy.

Tho brlgantlnoiu-mckburaprocools honoo to Kaipura In ballast to lcart timber lor Sydcoy. Sho eutersd oui at tbe Customs to day. ' Tho mission schooner Southern Cross wil leave for Norfolk Island on or about March 7th n«xt, and will return to Auckland direct with Bishop Selwyn, who comes hero to attend tho Synod. Tho usual island cruiso will take placo afterwards, the vessel leaving this port nbout tho first of April. . Tho bitana Sam Mendel has a'most 00-n ---pletedthe.tli'ohargoof her Inward mall, fc^e la expected to lostd hero for liondon dlioot, nut Itliuos'lbmshomay yotbosantSnuth, The s.s. Argylo arrived from Whangarei at 1.30 a.m. to-day, with 200 oases fruit, li bales wool, 10 bundles skins, 20 boxes eggs, 90 sacks cum, 3 seeks hides, and tho following passen gers :—Messrs Fraser. Walker. Stevenson. 8011, Latinigan, Hansen, Lorrigan (2), Rust, McLeod, MoLehnan, Henry, Sargent. Tickortnan and family, Koir, Whlto, Reid, Mrs Simpson, Roy. McCallum, and 2 steerage.

ARRIVAL OF THE TAIAROA.

Tho s.s. Taiaroa. from Dunedin and inter mediate ports, arrived nt 3 p.m. to-day. Sho experienced a fresh N.W. breeze across thoßay of Plenty, but otherwise flno weather through out the voyage Wo aro indobtod to Mr Wm. Scott, purser, lor files, resort, otc, and the following passengor list;— Misses Armstrong %Mn ijohnsoo. lev. Mr and Mrs Macffarlano. Mr and Mrs Knyre and child. Mr and Mrs Hamilton. Rev. W. Sheriff Dr. Bourn. Messrs Davis, Smytho- Poarpoint Cuddon -Ward, Rowo, Dodgshun, Keith, 11. Young, Maxwell, Armstrong, and 12 steerage.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVAL. Rowena, as., Scott, from Hokianga.

DEPARTURE. Macgregor, s.s., McArthur, for Waitara.

Thess Rowena arrived at 10-30 a.m. to-day ft.™ HoWnn-'a, with 23S sacks gum, 10 tons nii Wi'iiiryiMuaiMiMifii

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

[B7 CABLE—BEUTKB'S AGENCY], Sydney, February 15. Balled- thl* afternoon: The Union Company's Steamship Walraraoa, for Auokland. Iran mbrchant shipping «B«m» 1 WRirafli' ASSOCIATION.] London, February 14. a,t!*aiV ShluS Osolleou, from Wellington aZnd'Novembcrf and Ljt.elton. from Port Chalmers, 25th wovombcr. [per rircss association,] Bi>ovf. this d»y. Ballad': Rotomahana tor Melbourne. Waitara, this day. Sailed: McGregor for Onehunga. Dunedin, this day. _ Arrived: Atlantic, German barque, from Boston. ' _____——.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Htar Ofkioi?, Friday.

As we indicated yesterday the wholesale price nf.niter to-day generally declined to Is, tho re- StttSn being fixed at IsM per lb. lifggs are ntouteanal to tho demand, and remain ut last weeks ouotatlonß. Vory little has boon dono in Sthor flour or grain, and no material altera tions haveftSSo recorded. In the timber market, second-class boards and scantling havo been reduced to Os Gd per 100 feet, and shingles to 173 per 1,000. Gum has been coming in rather In increase of tho demand, and consc qucntVprices for both good ordinary and East Coast havo declined about fil per ton. Mr W. Djwoen sold, at auctlun to-day :- Damaged wheat. 2s por bushel; potatoes. 7s per owt; aoplea, lid to 2d por tb; cheoae, 81 per lb: °Mr na i w r ßinney sold by auction to-day 238 bags oats at 2s Cd per bushol, and a small lino of wheat at 3s 7d.

MX AUMWD BUCKLASD'S WEEKLY REPORT. At tho Haymartot, en Friday, good hay roasted from 5a to Ca the cwt; oata from Ss 8d to KobuahDl. Horsestock, BUltaolo for rifling or active draught, wore In good enquiry and at JftfsfaotOTjr values. Heavy draught, relatively lowerS. At the hldo and skin sale on Tues day. hides woro In usual numtor. and brought *j£ji 8M to 31r? the lb ; nelte and sains, from Zd Sil'gj taohl tallow, 23s 6d to 28s thn owt • Meat* woo,', fii' to (li tho lb. At At iSmueS. on Thursday, dairy stook wero n £nni number and lato valnos. Fat cattlo In ffiTftto ranged from 21s to 21a tho IM bs with a steady enquiry- Fat sheep Stlful. generally of prime quality. Theso Stained tost week's values, but socond Jfuahtv were lower 2s each. The store owes Sflvnrftsod brought 10s each, and 15 rams, toought from 30s gto 70s each. PJgs and calves wore at lower values than usual. Menu •« HUNTEB AND NOLAN'S WE« KM BKPORT. Horses" There has been a slight Improvement In the market, both as to supply and demand, hnt Srloee wero In favourot ihe vendor. At the Durham Yatda. on Friday, quite an average Snmber wore submitted by auction,- Competl tmn was steady, and, with very few exceptions, low wwe rtwt&UWe quote hacks Irotn £510a iniußi'llaht harness horses, 013 to BWiOs; nmrtlnmaraoKhSlOs. Wool.Hlde9.andßklns: Wool-iu SSmmoWI at from Bd to OS per Ib; hides. 2Jd toM7-10th9;peIw. Bd. Cattle: Tne supply has bsen good aud demand corresponding. The rates tor stores hat continued low. but tho demand for f«t and dairy stock has been .£%.nv with littlo alteration in value. At T&wmr-kot on TuosOay, the number nr dol-y and fat Btook was adequate), 2J.1 wTdlor WM spirited throughout tho «£ nut tow Stores' wore yarded, but ?hi Pukikohe yards wero flllod. Vendors US ;to submit to low rates tor calves, but fully ma'ntainod low rates. We S^-cSvMfromOstoirßCd: yearlings, IDs $Smm> "two:year-old steora, &2 16s to iS 10s; hJterlHi to £3 2sCd; dry cows, £2.18s to &3 fis; iSSStJuutm £315ato*12sCd; dairy cows, £6 &Z? w 2-"to 2fts por 100 lis. Sheep: Tho Newmarket Yards wore well Ailed on Tuesday, tSXtXei. Pigs: Small supply, but prices wore very low. «,ra AHD CD'S VTBUKUt IMPORT. a* t»«rawal O" Thursday, onr supply of boef AtPWaw™. having reoovered cattlo was gff^flS.jtookad markftts, Trado iromprevi^ » p-rlOOlbn tlio average WM^ oWnst«inod. Shwfp we-omo.o plentiful ofprtt°^ek and tower worth by 2j to 3s than WJSSrJSn baroly represented, but SS&ofSSdwwS^' «&«"*'* 3d to 100 91 eaoh.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

AU \jn.u*m i— nnrn.ll WMI,T ld s.d. ■ b. d. s.d. « ««*f«ib l o—l 3 Butter, fs, lb 1 8-1 6 S^ToVoO Bacon, 10 _ 0 10-0 0 Bread, 14 to iJd per, !lh loat Tama nor case. 6 doz. S6s Gd to 87a Od JU SnroHKBB Me ATI Retail w**4& -; - - *. g *'t*o c s»&3r= = ilkh *S«^^)-^tton. WaW

FLOUR MABKWT. Wholesale. £ fc d> Buporllno Flour. BUkdrossod.porton- l| lg g Fine Fiour. ditto, housohold - -X" .'dslaldcporton _ - - - «»°;g» fl »«: •: r. 7 uig o garpci, K rar.no.uded,..^lo--0 0 0 Bharps.porton ... - - i 8 o o Cabin Bread „ - - - -_ [° „ » SffiUv : : - - «• "l o°o Peari MW'O,; Al f- AND CO r N Markkt. Wholesale. 0-1 ojcim. Unr .3l0 o -OO o O Nor potatoes: Hobart, £1 ; kidneys, £3 to £9 porton. Oalefi chad, £6 BetalL • d gfl m„J innihs —7 0 Ohoif, ditto SF^ 6oigi«.id o k w LuMrnorowt7 8-8 6 por lb. Kaubi Gum Aim Flax Market. Gumf The following are the latest -^.Fnttnna --Good ordinnryKalpara aud Whan- SSJffiu; tat Coart. 'm to «6. Hooeipte S February to date, 2SO tons. *LAX™imiestiiuaiity «IT-*W por ton fSnOOT - - " -31d.perlb MANURM.-Bonedust. Sydney. «7 to £7 Us. according to quality; AuoKand.«.to «810s; Peruvian Guano. ,817 to fllS: Melden Wand, fS rHUM Guano, small lots, *5 to fid, tw ■• blurted ; Hurst's Chomloal Manure, fill 10s ; UonofWur, £8 BVJILD TKRIAIS. TlMum-Boards and Soantltng. 100 ft. boat, Us • isocond class, Da Bd ; best, pinned, toneuod and grooved, flrst-class,l7»; ""ouliim. «°; second ditto. 1241 d. Mills 1 Cargo, belt. 1221 \la ■StlSstTßroo Rails, ,63 10s per 100; Pnrlii Post!. £G lbs Shingles, 17s per LOW; Hobart Town Pallnga 6".! "a; 6ft, 19s; Hobart Town ra^^iWsWf.ooo ! To rrSS d. itiSmm perl.oto; socket glazedpipes, 9 luohes,2a Od por foot; 15 nohes, 2s por foot,, v inohosllsßd per foot: 0 Inches, Is porfootper mokes. Od per foot; 1 inohes. Id per GARDKK AND ORCHARD PKODWCK.-wnolO sale : Plums, 3d to Id ; opples. B> dney. 7|6d per case; posoheß.2i tn Cd por doz.: P '<™ l*4' 1,,?? lemons, per d:z.. 2i: on ons. por ID.. 8a to W , orano' Is Sd to 3a per lb ; rhubarb, per doa , ETSmpSitLfK»m™a»« lb: flthwss <no»e)i orawres, is 3d; Sjdmy pranKos. 101 bd to 18™ par oane ; oooonnuts. 8a per 1001 , tomaneo. per ». od to is; kmSJ« lietall: New potatosp. psr lb. Id to 2d i ™g" (iono). s'otall: Now Potass, per lb„ Id to 2d Fuberts (nono): Tomatoes. 44 1 Plums «to8d; Oranges 2s to 2s Bl por doz: Lemons, W to 6d each : Oaiona per lb. id; Apples, por lb 83.t0 BA • Per re. IdtoGd; Khnbatb vei bundle. Gd , OTOumbers, 2d told; Poaches, 3d to is: Grapes. 2°to™3 6d per lb; Beans. 3d to Id; Peas, per lb, lid.

COAL AND ImiKWOOD MARKET. COAr..-Nowcastlo. cmtjo SBs per ton: yard Ka to Ms. Bay o£ Islands, at yards. 265. ditto at the : m:no. 18a; screened, 28s; ships nde 25a Cd. Taupiri, at mines, 10a to 12a: at n&uS to.2l9;dXo'rod.263 t0203. Whauwha£ It mine, Bs6d;Vard (steam), 17s: housohold.22B; Kamo (household). 255, doUvored; s/eam.,*™; to FutKwooD.-Unoat. at whart (oargo), Bito lOJSwrton; delivered 13s to Us Bd; out,l6»to 189.

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

FIBRUARV 18, 1883. Bank Ot N.Z,—Bellow. £23 7s Cd National Bank-Sellers, Ma Now Zealand Insnranoo-aeUors,. 13 South British Insurance- 5. a; sf»f MA° 1 7,°5r on Now Zoal&nd Loan and Meroantlle-Seltora, M Auokland Gas-Buyers, £S 10s Thames Gas-Bayers. *8a ... UnionSishand Door-belters,flßlSJ B?y ot islands Coal Cfc-HeUmu67 Taup'rl Coil -Buyer.'. 15i; sellers, IGa Northern H.S. Ca-telleis. IDs 3d Coromandel S.S. Ca-Boyers. 15s Gales onlan G.M.0.-Boyers, 8s 6d KuranulHilt f .M.C.-Sollere,,ss Queen ot Beanty-dellors, Ma ud Tokatea-Ssllew, Da naen Level Cross- 6i; sellers, 6s 3d PrlnoJ Imperiai-BOs, 61s 61. 82s; buyers. Bia: sellers, 62s 6d Pronator—Sailors 8s 61 ront-Ssllers.23 8d tvymour—Buyers. 2a il New Find-Buyers, 2>6d London-Is, 4s 2d; sellers. U «:„„. - *«nu ot Frtendship-2a 6a. Ss; eeUew,,la Matlner-5s 6d, 6s 9i; buyf ra.fc 6d; cohere, 6s Werahlko-3s Ss 2d: sellers, Sa 11 New Union Beach-Si Dd. 8s 3d: tellers, 3s 3d Dans— Buyers 6s6d; Boilers, 6j 3d juss-ln-Ilme- G i: seuore, as JOdHPH NBWMAN. Chairman.

contest,

Mail Notice.

Ukxta wsidl OLiisa AB Undbu,-

THIS DAY. ____ For Whangarol Houdu, Parun. Waipu, Whan garei, Kamo, Tanglhna, and Maugapal, per Argyle, at 1 p.m. For Thames, por Kntorprlse, at 5 p.m.

Saturday. 17th instant. For Wntetford, Tauranga. oto., per Rotoma hana, at 8 a.m. For Thames, por Rotomahana, at B.SO a.m. For Iryphena, per tfouth Carolina, at 9 a.m. For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana. Man gawM, &c por Robb Casey, at 10 a.m. For Waiwera, per lona, at 1 p.m. , For Gisborne, Noplor, and Sonthorn ports, per 'I alaroa. at 6 p.m. For Waitara, por Hannah Mokau. at 1 p.m.

MOMDAY, 19ih Inßtant. For Coromandel, per Ooroinandol, at 12.80 p.m. For Whltlitngl and Upper Mill, per Douglas, at For Tauranga, Ohlnomutu. and Opotiki, per Glouolg, at 1 p.m. , For KusneU. Kawakmwa, Whangaroa, and Mon gonui, por Wellington, at 1.30 p.m.

Tuesday, 27th instant. For 8.8. City of Sydney, as follows:- For Sandwloh Islands, United BtalMiO{ America. Canada, British Columbia. Central and South America, and Hrltlah and Foroißn West Indlos, at 1 p.m, , For United Kingdom and Continent 01 Europe, at 1 p.m. , ~___ , For monoy orders, registered lottore, ana NowspaporS, at 111.30 a.in. ._.„~, iLato lottem bearing an extra foe of "Ujence. in addition to tho postage, will be reoelved by tho Mall Agon'! on board tho steamer np to the time of sailing. „ This mall will bo duo In London, on Mon day. April Sth. 18J3. Si B, BISB, Chief Postmaster. Ohio! Poat-Offloo. Auokland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

FsititUAUY IG, ISS3. Auokland Philharmonic Socioty. Special practice, 730 p.m. Naval Artlllory. Monthly Inspection; whlto uniforms. 7 '30 p.m. Ponsonby Hegntta Club, Ponsonby Club Hotol, 8 p.m. St, Sopuloliro's sohoolroom. " Tho Saorlfloos ot tho Old Covenant," by the Roy. J. b. mil, 730 p.m. Nominations for Dargavillo Races, Mr. Perci val's Oittoe, 8 p.m. Pitt-strcot Wesleyan Band of nope entertain ment., "'3O p.m.

Birth.

STAFFORD.-On the 10th February, at hei rosidei.ee. Lome-street, tho wife of Mr D. Stafford of a sou.

Deaths.

MERCEK.-On February lfitlt. Nt Auckland, Margaret Mercer, oldest daughter of Mr Walter Hume, after a short illness. Tho funeral will leave hor fathers resi dence, top of Franklin Rond, to-morrow (Saturday), nt 3 o-clock in tho afternoon. Frionds tiro respectfully invited to attend.

Notices to Correspondents.

Grahton ROAD.-Cathollcs mww*toj mo»t onco a tHy durlrgLontj with. tho excep tion ot Wodncsdajsand Fridays, the Kmtwr days.and the four last days of Holy Meek, when thoy must nltng-thor abatatn Irom P.

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1883.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs reiistance, For the future in the distance, And the Kood that we can do.

Our cable news to-day convoys tho intima tion that tho Fronch Goveinuicne have despatched a war-ship to Madagascar to enquire into recent outrages there. It is difficult to find a reason for tbis action on the part of Ifr-mco, other thau tha craze for colonisation and annexation of savage lands, which seems at present to posusi her. It appears that British intetests aro of greater importance ia Madagascir than aro thoso of France; and so far as the outrages by natives are concerned, they were directed against American subjects, and nor, so far as we can learn, against French men. Tho following Is tho account of the affair, which was telegraphed to the English Central News A goncy :—" Two Americans, one named Emerson, and the other Hulelt, have been attacked by the Sakalava tribes <B„ ths,Jilßl,t!«JQ9S*t«Jßt •-ffic'*lattt»f%tr,tWClys~*otfiicloa. Theirintcr^ preter, Theodore Parent, and one of their attendants, a Mozambique African, were also killed. An expedition was ordered some time ago to chastise these unruly tribes, but was prevented from sailing by the French consul here (M. Baudois). Had it gone, theuef murders would in all proba bility have never taken place, 'ihe American consular agent at Mosandava states tbat Messrs Emerson and Hulctt had been in Madagascar since May last, and hid travelled a good deal in Saknlava lie is quite at a loss to account for the attacks upon them. Although he had warned them against that part of the country, be had at the same time no reason to believe tbat they wero in any personal danger," If this account is to be relied on, 1 ranco, through her consul in Madagascar, is indirectly responsible for tho outrago, in preventing an expedition going against tho natives to cbastino them for lesser disturbances; and tho whole piocceding, down to the despatch of tho war-ship referred to, bears very much tho aspect of an attempt to create a quarrel, and thus supply a pretext for unncxaiion.

From Masterton, tho agent of the Press Association wires tho important piece of information that yesterday afternoon "Tawhiao was ingloriously drunk, nnd was walking in a zigzag manner along Queen-street with a good-looking wahine on his arm." Tho Masterton agont must bs a genius, for ho has compressed into theso tbrco lines a whole chapter of cootem poraiy history, a dissertation on politics and ethics, and half-a-dozen epic poem?. Tawhiao drunk solves tho mighty problem which has till now baffled the research of tbe ages. A credulous world has hitherto believed with the poet that—

j," There's a diiTorcnco, I wcon, 'Twixt a beggar and a king, And 111 toll you tho reuson why; A king cannot stagger And get drunk like a boggar; And that's all tho dlileronco, say I." But New Zealand has at last dissipated this error by furnishing the bright ex ample of c, monarch who is able to get drunk and is rather proud of tho fact. Hut we aro told he was " ioglorionsly drunk," This conflicts again with received notions, Scotchmen aro accepted ns authorities on tho subject of intoxication, and tbe national bard has said in his tale of "Tarn o' Shantor "—

Kings might bo blest, but Tam!was glorious; O'er a' the Ills of life victorious I

It is probably only a relic of tho old leaven of superstition whichcausesitto.be tup posed that a king cannot get " gloriously drunk," as woll as moro ordinary mortals We havo no doubt Tawhiao would con aitler his performance a " glorious" one, or it tho word had a prefix at all, ho might suy " inn-glorious 1" But further revela tions follow, Wo are informed that Tawhiao, vrhon drunk, walks in " a zigzag manner," That divinity which hedges a king might havo been expected to impart to bis gait tomething of a regal swagger which should distinguish him from the vulgar herd ; bat no I liko tbe veriest Toby Toespot, tho King of tho Maoris, whou moderately exhilarated, has no more tjian a

tolerable notion Of aiming ot progressive motion, '1 wasn't direct—Was serpentine; Like Monnlour CorkßOrew worming through a cork 1 There ls a pleasing fitness in the recorded fact that the inebriated king walked along "Queen • street," and wo don't know whether to pity, admire, or envy the dusky monatch when wo aro further told that he had " a good-looking wahine on his arm 1" From that littlo phrase thore peeps out acorn plote Arabian fright's romance, a cbapter of Court Mysteries, a Decameron episode, aud a Candle curtain lecture. The news from Masterton will be received with a thrill of relief all over tho colony. It is news, indeed—solving at one stroke tbo Native difficulty, and vindicating for ever tho great " levelling" power of raw whisky. Democracy rojoicee, end tbo tyrants on a hundred thrones tremble at the dire revela tion; for, of course, no ono ever beforo dreamed that Tawhiao got drank, that ho staggered or zigzagged in his walk when "under the influence," or that he bad an amiable weakness for "good - looking wahines.""

Another telegram received, from tho Werahiko (To Aroha) mine manager this morning stated that at intermediate level tvio reof was i feet wide and showing gold.

The Auckland' City School Committee invito tenders, by advertisement, for a sec retary ; also for school cleavers.

The Star Saturday Supplemont will, to-morrow, contain a complete talo entitlod

" My First Fee," along with tho continua'

tion of "Tho Houso of Whito Shadows." There will also bo found in it interesting articles on "A Visit to a Clairvoyant •" "Kanibles Round tho World;" "Maria Edgeworth; "A Musical General Servant

—Situation Wanted in a Christian Family;" "Life iv Papua—A Russian Savant .among Savages;" " Evolution—ln cipient Stages of Special Structures ;'l "Men who have Risen;" "Kissing as a Cure for Freckles;" Poatry, Choice Ex tract, Odds and Ends, &c, &c,

The Imperial Parliament of Great Britain wns opened yesterday with tho cete nionies usual on such occasions. The Queen's speech, judging by tho forecast of it which wo have received by cable, does not rise abovo tho level of commonplaco platitude which is the characteristic of those august productions. Egypt and South Africa, of course, coma in for a leading

position in the address, hopes boing ex pressed that good will, result from the banishment ot Arabi from tho one place,

and power and restoration of Ceto wayo to tho othor. Ireland also receives somewhat similar mention, and it is worthy of remark that no new legislation is promised for that country, nor ia any relaxation of the re pressive measures now in forco promised, Tho programme of future legislation, as foteshadowod iv tho Speech from tho Tin one, appears to contain nothing of im-

portance. The measures of local govern ment, which havo been so niucli talked about, are only included as possible sub jects of consideration, and are not assigned any position of prominence. Tho same is tho cuso with tho question ot tenant right in England and Scotland, which has of lato been engaging so much attention. Possibly the Government are still afraid to doal with theso moracntoiu questions until ovents have hastened ou their solution, or providod a policy which may bo pursued without risk ot an advorsc vote.

Mr Gamble, agent for tho Pacific Mail Steamship Coinpuuy, has received a cable gram stating the s s. City of Now York sailed from San Francbco, on \Vcdno3day, 14th inst, boing four (4) days after time tabla date, and may therefore bo expected to arrive on AVcduoailay, 9th March,

Tho nominations of candidates lor the i A»rimu Licensing Committee were taken ] by Mr Seaman, at Helensville yesterday, tho gentlemen proposed being William , Adams, John Poster, William Thomas , Uaslett, Henry Paul Kavanagh, Isaac McLeod, Curtis Moore, Kobott Sinclair, aud iMiutin AVa'sh, A p ill for the election of live will bo taken on Ihnrsday next, at Helensville, Kankapitkapi, and Kumeu. For some months past matters iv conucc tion with tbo Waihii gold Held have been very quiet. Ono ot tho newly-imported turbines will bo ready to commence Wdk about the middle of March, when it Is con fidently expected that a tide of prosperity will set in for the field. Mr T. Peel, tho honourable secretary to the Takapuna Jockey Cluo informs us that the Autumn Meeting of tho Club will take place on Easter Monday, and foi wards a programme '.of tho day's racing. The list includes tho Plying Stakes ?of 40sovs; Handicap Hurdle Eaco, of 40aova ; Easter Handicap, lOOsovs; Novel race, of 25sovs; Handicap Steeplechase, 75.0v5; and Con. solatiou Handicap, 20aovs. Nominations for the Easter Handicap. Stocplechaao and Hurdle Race, closo on March 2nd, and March lGlh is the date of the reception of general entries and acceptances. On Monday evening noxt, the annual mooting of tho Auckland Institute is to be hold in the lecture room of the Museum Building?, Princes-street. .among the bu-iness to bo brought before tho meeting is the consideration of a now set of rules and by-laws, the most important provision of which is that "The Council may estab lish sections for the better prosecution of any branch of science, literature, and art, and such sections may hold meetings inde pendently of the ordinary meetings of tho lustitute." A "Gazette" just published contains the following notification:—His Honor T, B. Gillies, the Hon. T. M. Haultain, and the Key. T. Huddle to bo membirs of tho Auckland Univetsifcy College Council, Sir G. M. O'Rorke, 8.A.; Mr a. G. S. Smith, > ,* <~*-»w<M»d»4_»jyto, David Bruce to tic UnivereityColl^r-TOtt^r:'"''"'rßuv:hrrr: meeting of Iho Council is fixed for the 19th inst.

Of the 230 Church of JSoglnnd clergymen who are registered in New Zealand under tho Marriage Act, and whose names me published in the " Gazette," only 72 appear to hold University degrees. To the names of eight the letters "A.X.C.' or "A.X.C.L." (Associate of King's College, London,) arc appended, Ono clergyman adds to his name the letters " M.R.C.5.E.," implying tho power of bodily as well as spiritual healing, and another of the clertry is "F.K.G.S." JPTho monthly inspection of the Naval Ar tillery will take placo this evening in the drill shod. Members to note the hour, 7*30, and to appear in summer uniform. Mr Smith, sgent for tlie Simonscn Opeia Company, has received a telegram stating tbat tho company leave Nelson to-day. They have had a very successful season there. Tho season tickets are being rapidly taken up at tbe box ofiico, Montague's, opposito the Theatre Itoyal. Twenty percent is saved by purchasing thoso tickets which a-o translerrablo. Thccompany will produce twelve opera", three of tbcm never before given in Auckland, 'iho following is tho ro pertoiro : — "Boccaccio," jStrnusa'a " Dio Flcdermaus," Oflenbich's Grand Comic Opera "Tho brigands," "Girollo Girofla," "The Hermit's Bell," "Maritana," " H.M.S. Pinafore," "Satonclla," "Bohe mian Girl," "Madame Angot," "Dor Freischntz," •' The Grand Duchess.''

Tho "Waikato Times" says: Public opinion U by no means unanimous on tho subject of To Kooti's pardon. Theru are not wanting those who affirm tbat tho latest act of tbe JNativo Minister will detract trom the good he has done in other respects, and tbat it will be productive of widespread dissatisfaction." Tho '•'limes" then goes on to defend tho step as a politic ono, Lait night in the Temperance Hall tho public debate between Mr Farnall, presi dent of tho Anglo-Israel Association, aud Mr Geo. A. Brown, was resumed, in pre sence of a pretty large audience. Tbe debate wns oponed by Mr Farnall, who advanced two theses: (1) That Israel, when found, will be a strong nation ; and (2) That Israel will be found in tho ftortlt, and inhabiting the isles of tbe sea. In support of these he advanced an array ot quotations from tho prophets, chiefly Hosea, Jeremiah, and Bzekicl; and thore passages wore criticised by Mr Brown, and various objections wero offered by .different individuals in tho auditory. To all tho questions ad vanced Mr Farnall had a roady answer, and his arguments appeared to carry conviction to most of thoso present. As in the courae pf tbo debate the question of the career of tho Lost Ten Tribes from their captivity till the Christian era was introduced, and as many wero imperfectly acquainted with this division of the subject, it was resolved to request Mr Fatnall to deliver a lecturo pn that particular branch of tho question. This Mr Farnall at once agreed to do, and next Thursday night, at 730, the evening will ho devoted to » lecture on •' The Historical Evidences of tho Identity of Britain with Israel." A mpeting of the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar school was held yesterday afternoon, there. being present — Sir G, M, O'Horko (chair, man), Messrs Tyler, Dargaville, Hamil ton, Tolo, Peacock, and Boy. C. M, Nelson. Mr Tyler moved a resolution rescinding a previous motion author ising the construction of two bull courts, which was carried. A statement of tho Board's linanuial position was then made by Colonel Uanltaio, who moved that tho recommendation oi the committee for the construction of the ball courts, bo adopted, Mr Tyler then expressed his inten tion of supporting the motion. Mr Peacock moved an amendment, but tho resolution was adopted by five to two. The committee recommended that Mr Cosgravo's house at Mount Fdcn bo purchased as a boarding school nt n cost of £3,000. Col. Haulttiin, ono of tho committee, dissented from the report. A proposal was also made that Mr Sinclair's house be purchased. Tbo recom mendation of the committee was put as a motion and negatived, so that tho matter stands in tho same position as previously. The Head-master complained that boys had bean removed from the school during school-hour?, and it was agreed "'lhat tho boys cnterod at the Grammar School must conform in all respects to the rules and re gulations, and tho rights of parents to withdraw thoir boys at any time during school hours is not recognised by the J Board."

Tho presents of fruit and othor comforts from To Awamutu, Kiliiuihi, and Drury for the patients in Auckland Hospital are acknowledged with thanks.

The Pitt-Btreet Wesleyan Band of Hopo | will hold another of its interesting monthly entertainments this evening in tbo lower schoolroom. An excellent programme will bo submitted to the audience, consisting of I speech, sour, and story—all of an attractive character and in favour of total abstinence. To tho Editor: Sir, -I must not dispute the quantity of prussic acid said to be in peach stones, but I can give you a fact or two. I genorally eat the kcruel with the peach, and as I havo trees of them —that is, not a fow—l always crack all tho stones and boil tho kernels down with tho fruit for preserving. Of these, too, I have had no stint, winter or summer, for this last Ij years, aud am not dead yet.—Yours, &c, 8.C., Parnell.

The monthly meeting of the Union-street Wesloyan Band of Hope was held last night in the schoolroom, tho conductor in the chair. There was not a vory largo attend ance, but those ptc3cnt spent a very plea sant hour in listening to the songs, readings, and icoitation?. The rendoting of the song "Far Away," by Miss Birch, reflected great credit on that young lady. The meet ing was closed with tho Benediction, by tho conductor. Tho noxt Band of Hopa meet ing will be held on Thursday, March 4th.

Tho North Shoro Rowing Club second " trial fours" contest of tho soason has been arranged to tako place on the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next. Four crows had boen chosen to compete, as follows : -No. 1 : Messrs eims, Balgloisb, James, nnd G. Wynyard. Wo. 2 : Messrs A. Burgess, E. Burgoss, G. Reid, aud A. Buchanan. No. 3: Messrs W. Green, wo id, F luncs, G. Niccol, J. M. Sibbin. No. 4 : Mossrs J. Webster. T. u'Connor, S McGechio, and T. G. Sibbin 'Iho event will bo rowed nnder arrangements similar to thoso adopted for tho previous

It will bo scon fr.mi nn advertisement in nuother column, that a bonefit will be tendered to Mr Goorgo Cottingharo, who has been suffering from an accideut for about two years. Thoso who aro acquainted with the young ranu, must know that ho is well deaerviug of the com pliment, nnd his mother (Mrs Cottingham) has always been ready to assist othets in

similar circumstances. Tho programme will cou-ist of tho popular farce, "Box and Cox " ; also a grand concert Somo of the best talent iv Auckland will tako patt,

and introduce somo new song*. Professor Ciil Huttcsscno, King of Wizards, has kindly couscnted to assist; tho Artillery Band will bo present, by kind permission of Bandmaster Hunter ; nnd tho whole will conclude with a select ball.

Mr Cscar Wilde, observes tho "Pall Mall Gazette," bas wandered far, and sought in vain for tho beautiful. Ho wa?, indeed, good enough to make an exception in favour of the fire the other day. The Chinaman, too, almost reached his artistic idea of colour. But he evidently thinks that naturo docs not know" her own busi ness. Tho Atlantic was " disappointing," and now he has been advising Mrs Langtry to avoid Niagara Falls. "They told mo that so many millions of gallons of water tumbled over tho Falls in a minute. I could sen no beauty in that. Thcra was bulk there, but no beauty, except the beauty inherent in bulk itself. Niagara Falls seems to mo te bs simply a vast un necessary amount of water going the wrong way, and then fulling over un necessary rocks." Mr W. E. Sadler has issued a revised and enlarged edition of his "Independent Theological Belief," which is published by request for pratuitous distribution. We quite nllow every mau's right to have nn in dependent theological belief, but do not tee tho necessity of his publishing it, unless he wishes to found a new sect, and, in all com ctencc, seels aro numerous enough. Ilio only noticeable thing we observoabout Mr Sadler's " revised version," is his con spicuous sqneatuishnoss in quoting the language ot Scripture thus: "They who say they are without sin are , &c, and tho truth i» not iv tlicm." Ono would sup pose that some very big "d" was to come in hero to qiulily the honest Anglo-Saxon word "liar*."

The opinion of Mr Whitaker, Attorney- General, has been obtained as to tho action of the Law Socioiy of Auckland in propoi ing to enquire into tho conduct of counsel in tho defence of \V. W. Uudgcon. Mr. Tyler, Vice-President of tho Law I ociety, who ruled the proposal to be incompetent, ,»cntiiin-Wlaitttta^r'£a\.''uMi. l ,^iU. vened on requisition cf five members to inquire into tho couduct of the counsel acting for the prisoner in the case of hegina v. Gudgeon. As chairman, I ruled t iat tho Society—a society of solicitors—had no jurisdiction to inquire into the conduct of the counsel acting in a cause, aud declined to receive a resolution on the subject. Was I ri«ht or wrong ?" To this Mr Wtaitakter sent the following reply : -*' In my opinion the Law bociety of Solicitors havo nothing to do with the iclations between the Judges and the Bar, but the barristers can vory properly meet and discuss such a subject.— FBKD. WIIITAKKR."

Inch by inch, every stronghold of alcohol is being swept away ; the last delusion to go is tbat which affirms alcoholic liquors to be of use in nssisting digestion. According to tho " World" some experiments have boon recently ninde as to tho action of alcohol upon tho digestion. It wan found that 10 per cent, or less of alcohol has no influence as such upon artificial digestion. In tho proportion of 20 per cent, of the digestive fluid it makes artificial digestion slower, and in larger proportions stops it. Beer, when not diluted, arrests artificial digestion, nnd makes it slower when diluted, Red and Hwect wines acUinitlarly, but white wines, oven when undiluted, only make lt slower. lioth beer and wino hinder di gestion in tho stomach, even when iv small quantities, 'iho artificial digestion which was made in these experiments consisted in adding alcohol to artificial digostivo fluids in a flask, and after a while examining the fluids to roc bow much food remained after the audition of alcohol, or when nono had boon mixed with it. Tho conclusion is tbat alcohol should be given either iv very small quantities or not at all when thero is any catarrh of the stomach. A recent issue of the "clan Francisco News Letter" has tho following on tho subject of the Australian mail line :-Tho ten year's contract ot tbo Pacific Mail Co. for running the Australian line is soon to oxpiro, and tho Colonial Governments ia terested havo invited bids for a contion anco of the service, Thcio aro likely to be three or four competitors, First, of course, comes the Pacific Mail Company, which bus prior cUitns over all others from tho fact that it is in possession of the route,- Its position will, howevor, be hotly contested. Tho White Star Lino, which haa just com menced to run steamers to tho Hawaiian Islands, will, it is under stood, bo competitors. The Oriental

line, that runs via the Sue;, canal between England and tho colonies, will bid. There aro possibilities in this service that are very far from being understood at this end, which would not bo tho case if we were the commercial peoplo wo ought to be, Wo are making much fuss about tbo Hawaiian

Islands, but there are other islands on tbis route before which tho Hawaiian gronp sinks into insignificance, and which nro capable of producing supnr enough for the whole world, and that is almost the least of their uses,

At tho meeting of the Waste Lands Board yesterday, the following business waß transacted aftor wo went to press :— It was decided to recommond the exchange of school nnd cemetery sites at Upahekc. Tlio clerk of the Awitu Road Board having applied for reserve for road purpose?, it was decided to request him lo snppjy moro definite information. An application for 10 aores at Waikomiti for a scliool site was referred to tho Bpg,rfl of Education. Con sideration of an application from Maketu for a site for a public hall was deferred, Mr Aickcn having applied for land at

Whangarata, tho mattor was roforrcd to tho District Engineer, who replied that tho land applied for might be required for railway purposes. An application having been recoivefl for a site tor a native school at Waihcke, it was decided to recommend Government to re serve tho land for that purpose Tho Board decided not to interfete in tbe mattor of a petition from Pukekohe, re tho oxpondituro of the doforrcd pnymont rovenue. Tho Assistant Surveyor General reported the completion of tha survey of 40 town and 10 suburban sections at Bnngiriri, Edward J. td wards applied for a gum license of land of which ho was tho lessee of a depas turing license for 21 jrc»ra. Tho land in question is in Mangonui, and lt waß agnod to give the right, subject to a valuation to be determined by the Resident Magistrate. Tbo TJndor Secretary of tho Crown Lands Department wrote intimating that a voucher of £115 accruing to Pukokoho Road Board, from deferred paymentrevehue, had been forwarded. An application made by Mr Vercoe, that 50 acres of reserve land apjoining his property, be sold, was granted.

Tho temperanco party who have taken the approaching licencing oleotions in hand have issued an address to tho ratepayers, claiming support for their candidates on tho distinct issue—ten o'clock licenses. Tho party this time decided that there should bo no obscurity about their intentions should they »c elected. Thoy do not mean to refuse existing liconscs, but are resolved, if possible, to shorten the bouts of sale, A public telephone offlco will be opened shortly at Pon-onby. The necessary work is now under way. The shop of Mr Hen dorson, chemist, near tho three lamps, has been chosen as tho most central position. This addition to the service will prove a groat convenience to residents in our western suburbs and subscribers, who can hold direct communication with their places of business without coming into the city. Mr Seaman, the returning-officer, report, havingreceivedeight nominations at Helenas ville for the position of licensing Commis sioners for the Ararimu district. The poll will be held on Thursday next as adver tis.d,

A gentlemm who has just returned to Cambridge from Mr J. C, Firth's station, speaks vory highly »f the progress of opera tions on the station. Notwithstanding tt.o very largo number of hands employed, only one-half the crops has been cut. It is anticipated that tho yield will exceed 5,000 tons of grain. There is oveiy reason to believe that operations in futuro years Will bo on a much more extensive scale, so that it is only reasonable to supposo that Auck land will supply its own market with wheat and Hour very shortly.

Tho " Lyttelton Times " has lashed itself into a foaming frenzy over the extension of amnesty to To Kooii, and compares tho ttcatment of "the blood-tbirsty murderer" with that extended to To Whiti, "the apostle of peace." The article proceeds:— 1 " But becaur o this monster has tho blood of fifty of our murdered fellow-countrymen and allies on his hands uuavengd, Le* cause ho has triumphed aud beeu strong and powerful, because ho is too fierce and determined an enemy to be cowed into subjection by Mr Bryce on his white horse, Mr Bryco crouches and cringes before him, promises bini pardon and immunity, and voluntaiily offers to shake his blood stained hand. If it wore possible to find in the English languago terms of ignominy, loathing, aud disgust stronger than those we would apply to Te Kooti, we would hurl them nt tho miserable being who has thus df graded the colony, and brought die grace on the Btilish name.

Although the past few weeks have been extremely dull so far »s shipping arrivals arc concerned, it is certainly a good sign to see so many lino ships on the botth for London, with othors engaged to follow, al most as speedily as inward cargoes have been discharged. About a week ago the Antares sailed with a large and valuable cargo, nnd before sho was well clear of the harbour tbo Border Chief and Loch Cree had commenced to load; the latter having been sent up from Iho South by the New Zealand Shipping Company. Messrs Shaw, Savillo and Co. have, we understand, now placed the Famenoth on the berth for London, to follow the Loch Cree, while it is expected the Sam Mendel will find suffi cient inducement to load here. There are also two vessels loading for New York, with othors eogaßed to follow. This is a healthy sign, and speaks well for the future increase cf our exports.

Somo little commotion was experienced iv Cambridge on Tuesday last, when it be came known tbat tho police, having dis covered through enquiry that no license fees had been paid for tbe Waotu Hotel for almost two years, though fermented liquors were being retailed totravollers daily by the host of that hostelry, had entered the house and applied for tbe license, nnd the propue tor (or at least his representative) not being able to comply with the request, carried on the stock-in.trado in a dray to Cambridge. The interest of the concern was held by a person named Cook. It appears tbat although a certificate was eranted by the Taupo Liconsiog Commissioners, _ tbe license was never taken out, the certificate lapsing after fourteen days from Issue. Consequently liquor has been sold on the premises without a license since Inst June. 1 Tho police entered the house, and found Mrs Cook in charge, who supplied them with liquor, 'l hey then asked to see the license, and the hostess not being in a posi tion to produce the document, tbey seized the stocK-in-trade and carried it off to Cam bridge. The case will come on for hearing at Cambridge at the next sitting of the K,M. Court.—" Waikato Times." Tho following reflections on the death of mand of tho Auckland Volunteers, appears in the "Lyttelton Times ":—On looking over the Volunteer Regulations, they seem like so many of our Acts of Parlia ment, admirable In themselves ; but one cannot refrain from tbo questioD, Will they ever bo carried out? VVhen we call to mind the sad fate of poor Major Gordon, the first inspecting officer who ventured to tell the truth about the New Zealand Vol unteers, we very much doubt whotber another inspecting ofticr will be found with sufficient moral courage to insist upon the strict obsoivanco of the regulations, and to report against thoso corps and their officers in which tho regulations arc not obeyed. Major Gordon made such a report as had never been made before, and has nover been made sinco, Ho told the truth without foar or favour, and the Iruth was very disagreeable indeed. Prom one end of the colony to tho othor, a universal howl of execration was heard, Major Gordon's ap pointment was rescinded, and he died not very long afterwaids. his death being, un doubtedly, accelerated, if it was not actually caused, by tho want of necessary food. Iv plain words, ho was starved to death. After this striking example of what a man" may expect who tolls unpleasant truths about New Zealand Volunteers, it is not very likely that we shall get smother officer to do as much. The fact is that the New Zealand Volunteers have for years past been merely playing at being soldiers, and amusing themselves with rifle shooting. Thorough drill and strict discipline, with out whioh no armed force is worth the cost of its uniform, have been unknown amongst them."

ANOTHER MURDER BY A NATIVE.

(BY TELKOBAPn—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NAPIER, Thursday. Captain Pbeece will leave.for the north of Poverty Bay by the Arawata£on Satur day, to inquire into a reported case of murder at Whata^yhihia, near Awanui, East Cape, A quarrel about a woman in a Maori pah was the cause of the deed, A young man named Naera had his wife taken away from him by a chief named HamanaMahuika, who gave her to another native named Hapuka, Macra in revenge took a double-barrelled gun and shot at both Hamuna and Hapuka, Tho shot took such effect upon the former that he died within two hours. Hapuka seems to have escaped, Wacra mado for the busb, carry ing tho gun with him. It is believed that he intonds making for tho King Country, but that he will be easily captured.

SCINTILLATIONS.

Mußical Piracy,—Stealing a March. 11l treatment, —Medical attendance.

A Band of Hope.—An engaged ring. Tho farmer's favourite tiump, — Spades. Ode to my Landlady.—Three weeks' rent.

The best stimulant for tbe haro,— .V grey> hound,

Many an artist's pipe draws better than he docs,

The dearest thing in tha house is gene rally the baby. Absconding Bankrupt's Gazette,—Tho "Levant Herald."

Corkscrews have sunk more people than cork jackets have ever saved. A dictionary defines chess as a humane substitute for hard labour. An old negro says, "Sass is powerful good iv everything but children. Day needs some othor kinds of dressing." "What is the man charged with?" asked the magistrate, "With whisky, your Worship," replied the sententious police man.

Christchurch City Council conciliate cabbies: compromise comiDg. The Gulcher Electric Light is to bo tried on Monday at Kaiapoi, Who is Gulchur 1 An Otago farmer has just died of inllamatiou of tho bowel', caused by too copious water drinking in the hatveat field.

Shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe ia cause and effect.

Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, arc but arts of ostentation. Ihe master of superstition is tho people. And in all superstition, wise men follow fools.

Mr Sutton, M.H.R,, a ks Government why Hawke's Bay county only gets one third of the amount applied for under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. It has beon resolved to form an Industrial Association iv Timaru.

The Napier Hospital is nearly at a standstill. Tradesmen refuse supplies till their accounts, amounting to nearly £1000, are paid. The Permanent Investment and Loan Association of uhristchurch held its twelfth anuual meeting last night. Tho credit balance for the year 1882 is £2,701. At Oamaru yesterday, Su-an Maddon attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat, immediately after the funeral of her husband.

"Revenge is sweet," said tho plunger, as be carefully enclosed a bunch oi forget me-nots to his tailor, just h fore departing for a long visit to Borneo, The Dunedin Hatbour Board has just let a contract for reclamation, which will give them about ten acres of leasing within a few hundred yards of the centre A the city. Auckland vital statistics for January last are : -Births, 80; deaths, 53. The propor tion of deaths in the population is 1.99 per 1000. The following tenders have been receivt d ior the Oambridge-Rotorun road bush con tract No. 2:—Accepted: J. Home, Tau ranga, £2767. Declined: W, Lovett, Hamilton, £3104 ; D, Kennedy, Tauranga, £3666. Carmen Sylva, behind which pseudonym the Queen of Roumania hides herself in tends to go, strictly incognita, to Carlsbad, whither ehe has summoned a noted Berlin writer for the purpose of revising her earlier efforts and maturing some new works already commenced. The King natives are reported to be highly pleased at the prompt way in which Mr Bryce has caused the publication of the amnesty to Te Kooti and other outlaws. A comparison between the traffic of I Dunedin and Christchurch tramways

shews that tbe moro southerly city lus moro than double tha trade of the other on her tramway system. For Christcharch tbe figures were—Receipts, £11,454; pas sengers earned, 987,828. For Dunedin the receipts were £25,103, and passengers enr riod, 1,998,679. Mr Bryco is reported to have promised his patronage to a native race mtcting to be held at Kopua on the 6th March next. 111-natured people are wondering if he will "enter" on the white stetd he used at Parihaka.

Asa clergyman was wending his way to the sanctuary, he saw a boy with a fishing rod over his shoulder, going in the opposite , direction.—" Don't you know you're a bad BO yj"_<'Yes, ait.—"Doesn't your father ever punish you!"—" Yes, sit^ last summer he made mo go to Suuday-school twice-" Oa Sunday 4th instant, the Rev, S. Macfarlane, who has had charge of the Rangiora (Canterbury) United Methodist Free Church for several years, and who ■fp AlmlK»Ms,MMwk uiWSk* ,"»

tions. Great regret is te.H in Eangiora at Mr Macfarlane's removal.

The number of theatres in Europe at tbe present moment is 1,457, distributed by countries as follows: In Italy, 348; France, 337 j Germany, 194 ; Spain, 160 ; Great Britain, 150; Austral-Hungary, 132 ; Russia, 44 ; Belgium, 34; Holland, 22; Switzerland, 20; Portugal, 16; Sweden, 10; Denmark, 10; Norway, 8 ; Greece, 4 ; Turkey, 4; Roumania' 3; -and Setvia, 1 theatre.

The City of the Plains has been number ing her people, with this result.- - Christ church proper has 16,400; Sydenham, 8,350; St Albans, 4,715; andLinwcod, 3,150. Besides this, the Biccarton suburb contains 1,870, and Wolston town district, between Christchnrch and the hills, 1,050. Altogether the popn!ation[of the'district un der the charge of tbe Board of Health, which may be fairly called Christchurch, and its suburbs, contains 42,035 inhabit ants.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.—Yesterday.

(Bofore H. G. Seth Smith Esq., R.M.) Wa conclude our report of the proceedings at the R.M, Court : —

Laybourn v. Evitts.—Mr T, Cooper for plaintiff, and Mr S. Jackson for defendant. —This was a claim for goods supplied. The defendant had tiled a set oft to the amount of £2 7s. It appeared from the evidence that the matter in difference was whethor a credit should be allowed of £1 ls or £1 Cu. —Mr Cooper after going over the books offered to take judgment for one penny.— Judgment accordingly, Moses v. Steed.—Claim, £3 15s, pro missory note,—Mr George for plaintiff.— Judgment for plaintiff. . Turner v. Bivvy.—Claim to recover £1 deposit on sale of a bull dog.—Mr R. Browning for plaintiff; Mr Cooper for de fendant,—Judgment for defendant.—This was all tbe business.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Bsfore H. G. S. Smith, Esq,, R.M.) Larceny by ABoy.—AlexanderDuncan, on remand, was charged with stealing 255, the property of George Duncan, at Auck land, on February 11. Sergeant "White said that the case had been heard before the- justices, who strongly recommended the lad's committal to the Industrial Home,

Another charge bad since been brought home to the defendant.

False Pretbnoes. — The same defen dant was charged with obtaining a peram bulator from Panny Coughlan by false representation Defendant pleaded guilty, It appeared that defendant had borrowed the perambulator, and having got a girl to write an ordor purporting to be signed by his half-brother authorising him to sell ir, he disposed of it for ss. Committed to the Industrial Home until he reaches the age of 15,

Railway Byk. laws—Richard Davis was charged with getting into a train while iv motion, at helensville, on January 4th, Defendant pleaded guilty.—Fined 5s and costs.

WASDEItiNG Cows. — Catherine Rut ledge, for permitting three cows to wander in .Norfolk-street, Ponsonby, was fined 5s and oosta. Upsetting his Applk Cart.—Henry Boyd was charged with unlawfully assault ing J. H. Dyer, by attempting to upset his cart and throwing Btones at him, at Avondale, on Feb, 10 Mr E. Cooper ap peared fpr defendant, and pleaded not guilty. Mr Earl for complainant. It ap. poared from the evidence of the phiatiff: and his wituess that on Saturday last he was driving a Mrs Tidmarsh to the A von dale Kailway Station. Defendant, who was ! on foot, struck plaintiff's horse on the chest, and then attempted to overturn tho cart by lifting the wheel. Plaintiff then struck defendant with his whip, when the latter began thi owing stones. The plain: tiff said he had never given the defendant any provocation, nor had ho any enmity with him. The defence was that there was'! bad I blood" between defendant and plaintiff, and ! dofendant thought plaintiff was endeavour- j ing to run him off tho road. Defendant put up his hand to push off the horse, when plaintiff struck him with a whip. De- i fehdant swore he only throw one stone, and he did not attempt to upset the cart, Dc- . fendant was bound over to keep the peace : for three months, in two sureties of £10 each. j Court adjourned.

CABLEGRAMS.

REUTERS TELEGRAM.

A FRENCH CRUISER SENT TO MADAGASCAR, PARIS, February 14. A French cruiser has been despatched to

Madagascar ia view of possible danger to the interests and subject? of the tiepublic in tbat island. THK EMIGRANT SHIP OXFORD. LONDON, February 14. The ship Oxford, for Now Zealand, with passengers, was dismasted in tee Bay of Biscay, and bad her decks swept. She was towed back to Cardiff, The passengers are sate, and behaved bravely. HOMEWARD MAILS DELIVERED. Tho homeward mails, via Suez and Brindisi, dated Melbourne, January 14, were delivered here to-day.

[SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, February 15. H.M.S. IBIS. H.M.S, Iris has been floated off, SIR ARTHUR GOKDJN. Sir Arthur Gordon will probably bs ap pointed Governor of Ceylon, NEW AUSTRALIAN LOAN COMPANY. The pro'pectus of a new Australian Loan Company, with a capital of £1,000,000, and Mr Brett as manager, has heen issued. THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. The Committee of the Chamber of uepu tics has rejected the proposed compromise on the Dynastic Bill, and advise 3 the Chamber to Insist oa expulsion. Tbe Paris merchants have requested President Grdvy to adopt measures to terminate the existing crisis. CARDINAL McCABE. Cardinal McCabe's health is improving.

DEATH OF THE FIJI KING.

SYDNEY, February 14,

Recent advices from Fiji report the deith of King Ihakombou, after a short illnesii.

THE NEW ZEALAND LEVANTER. MELBOURNE, February 14.

Georgo Clark, who was arrested last night by the police on a charge of emh.'zzle ment of the Vincent (New Zealand) County Council funds, was brought up at the folice Court to-day, and remanded tor a week.

AUCKLAND ROWING ASSO CIATION.

A MEETISG of delegates from the Auck land, Noith Shore, and Ponsonby Rowing Clubs, met at the Waitemata Hotel last evening. There were present:-For the Auckland Rowing Club: Messrs T. Henderson and James Dacre; North Shore, Messrs W. Sibbin, J. Sims, and E, W. Burgess ; Ponsonby, Messrs A. Jones, C. Smith, and Miller, It was decided that it was advisable to form an association for tbe purpose of en couraging rowing in the provincial district of Auckland. Those present formed them selves into a committee, and drew up a ende of rules, which it was agreed to sub mit, to a public meeting to be held on the evening of Tuesday, the 27th instant. After due consideration, it was also agreed to recommend the adoption of the " defini tion of an amateur" from the Auckland Re gatta Club rules, after which the meeting adjourned. ■

AUSTRALIAN WOOL PRO DUCTION..

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MELBOURNE, February 15. Messrs Goldsbro and Co. (Limited) issued tbeir annual review of the past wool season to-day. They report that during the season tne following quantities have been sold : -Of Victorian wools, 156,000 baits, a decrease as compared with last year, of 2,090, which is attributed to the psriod of drought from which the colony suffered; of New South Wales wools, 85,000 bales; and of South Australian, 34,000 bales, making a total of 275,000 balep, which is slightly above the total at last -Jr^lM'J^and heavy merinos during me" sales were irregular, and closed at Id to ljd below the prices at the opening of the. season, Messrs Goldsbro express their opinion that if a reaction should set in amtng manufacturers in favour of English bright hair, some classes of colonial weols wil suffer heavily, and they thereforo advise growers to breed pure merinos of a class specially adapted to the Australian climate. The Continental trade|has|been a'marked feature of theleeason. The exports to Antwerp alone amounted to 18,750 bales, and altogether 28,000 bales have been sold for transmission to the Con tinent. These facts Messrs Goldsbro con sider to be indications of alarge prospective trade in wool between the Australian Colonies and the Continent. In the American trade the ' demand has been less than was expected, and only 5800 bales were sold hero for American markets, including the quantity shipped for Sydney the total exported to the jnow World is, however, 8300 bales. The crop is expected to be considerably below the average, and it is impossible to form a reli able estimate at the .present tint*. The quantity hitherto exjlo'rted is as fol lows : -Victoria, 250,000 bales; New South Wales, 161,000 bales; South Australia, 109,000; Queensland, 210,000 ; showing a decrease, as compared with last year of 46,750 bales. In conclusion, Messrs Goldsbro' declare that everything points to Australasia as tbe great wool market of the future.

RECHABITES' FRIENDLY SOCIETY.

The District Council meeting of the New Zealand District, No, 14, of the Indepen dent Order of Rachabites' Friendly Society, was held on Tuesday night, in St. James's School-room. There was a full attendance, and Mr Speight, D.C.X., presided. The financial statement set forth the position of the distric, aud comprised statements of re ceipts aud expenditure in the respective funds, and a general balance-sheet of finances. The funeral fund had a credit balance of £158116s 7d, being an increase for the year of £205 7s Bd. The contingent fnnd had a credit balanco of £43 2s lOd, being an increase of the year of £17 12s 7d, In each instance those balances were made after providing for the payment of the out standing liabilities of the respective funds. Tne statement was unanimously adopted. The reports of tbo various tents were then received Irom the representatives. For the Hope of Auckland Tent, by representative Brother King; for the Kden Tent, by repre-

sentative Brother J. Jenkins, of Newmarket; for the Star of Hauraki Tent, by represen talive Brother C. J. Brown, of Thames; for the Northern Star Tent, by representative Brother John Sheffield, of Aratapu. The Juvenile Tents were tepresented and repor ted on by their superintendents—Brothers Nodder (of Thames), Worthington (of New market, and Foster (Auckland). The District Secretary (Brother E. Honiss, of Thames), then gave a general report of the whole district, from which we make the following abstract:—The members num bered on the 31st December last 327, being an increase for the year of 38 members. There has been two deaths during the year; that of Brother C. Major, at Auckland, and pf Sister Wilhelmina Power, at Thames.

Two members had been expelled for con tiuual breaking of the temperance pledge. Thirty-lour had been struck off in conse. quence of discontinuing theit payments. There had been 55 new members initiated. The report furthur set forth the suni3 received, and expended by the tents during the year, showing the total receipts to the Tent Sick Funds had been £617 lis lOd, and the expenditure in sick pay £382 5s 9d, leaving an increase to the sick funds of £235 Os Id, The entrance fees amounted to £11 5s 3d, contributions £506 6s 7d, and interest en capital £9114s lOd. The only expenditure from those funds, exceptiog ; tho sick pay, being the contributions of the tents to the Distiict Funeral Fund of £126 •9s sd, This report was a'so unanimously adopted. The following officers were then elected and installed in office for the ensuing- twelve months: Brother J. B. Mell, DC R • Brother C. J. Brown, D.D.R.; Brother E. Honiss, D. Sec. ; Brother J. Nodder D Trea.; and Brother J. Sheffield, D.G, The secretary's and treasurer's bonds were fixed at £20 each, through Guarantee Society at Wellington. The levy upon the tents for the district contingent was fixed at one shilling per member per quarter. It was resolved that the next annual meeting should be held at Auckland and the half yearly meeting at Thames, and the meeting shortly thereafter terminated.

THE WATER REQUIRE MENTS OF THE CITY.

Visit to the Waitakerei JFWj. ■ m ' FOR somo time past the City Counc'l ■" a wise regard to the requirements '^A future, has had under its considerate r desirability of acquiring an additional* . supply for its large and rapidly-im-,^" constituency. It is not stimuli v fcvetish action by any apprehension, - inadequacy of the Western Springs to 7, immediate or proximate necessities f*.,?' known full well that that^ourca fa. " lo the wants of double our present inn "^ pal population, but it perceives tSt"!?' A time must arrive sooner or later when il limit will have been passed, w if" the needful provision cannot be n economically made tban now, Hen? it* resolve .to have a supplementary 2ff : supply in band ior utilisation whe^.i proper time comes. ™ "t Quite recently, Mr T. L. White, , c i : as agent for the owners of a tract of 11 some 300 acres in extent, titnated in ti I Waitakerei JKast district, andicrnit.3 1 the celebrated Falls, offered it to X r ° cilfor a sum of £1,300, and the neeotiir'* 1 which several private patties had aS 1 into for its purchase were suspended^ 1 the civic magnates had come to.a'fod'-J* If His Worship the Mayor, judcino^ffi m that the subject would be mosf ■$$•'■ :1 torily determined by personal imped,, S'P the place, and animated by adetiretS? ■ bine business with pleasure, arrsniwL 11 an excursion, and accordingly issoeSf 1 1 tions for it. The party was reqne . tolfiNll semble at the corner of Symonds-stre.; *J ""■'■ Karangahape Road at 8 o'clock Veato morning, whence they were to be co vmS in a couple of Crowther's inn to f?1 IP destination. ■ jgf |5 The morning was rather unprotbfi:.- i 1 but the members of the patty, lt p 'A daunted hy a leaden sky and a clGw ,3 "M phere, mustered at the rendezvous fa St „ good lime There were, of conritT' F dilatory ones, and some of tha eailfaniS^il who had worked themselves into attat7l profuse perspiration in order ttf'be un i i time, whiled away their enforced dete/i" i by bantering the imperturbable ftj;' k for "dragging" them out at tttdtkiiZl conscionable hour. Several others iffifrw pissing milkman, and laid ia B0 „.J l'„, lacteal nourishment as a prepatatj». the anticipated rigours of the diiy.tffiwJi of them confessed that already H. il a•' "perfectly bloated." ,',H f, ' At length, the last man made iii j^ ill ance, and tne members ot the patty fc sl> taken their seats, the drive ;^fj3ji menced. Mr Crowther drove the firsts, }', which contained the Mayor (Mr J i \ Clark), Councillors Aickin; to I Mackechnie, Messrs T, L, "White. 71; Walker, R, fl. Stevenson, A,F, &&{ 7 H. Brett, and the representitiraMft'; Star and "Herald," while ha Hi f lieutenant, McLaughlin, handled ftf!"'1' ribbons of the second and larger «m A'■ ance, which was patronised ly Corns:,) ' Montague, Thompson, Waddel, &•» ?' Garrett, Boardman, Kobert Stevenson.* \ ■ Messrs P. A. Philips (Town Cluilf ■'~■': Errington (Waterworks Engineer), la f ' wright (Architect to Board ot Histoid E' W. Anderson (City Engineer), ai l' /, I Castles, from Canning's, who had cm. , look aft ;r the commissariat, i ." The journey out was barren oi iiffliii'M but highly enjoyable nevertheless, Irt'"'!*,: one seemed to be in high goodspiife, i'i ; f* iv boih vehicles there was ao unfatefi!}|_l|| flow of lively conversation. luthefos one ail the topics of the day, loaLj '\ I general, were passed iv swift ievie?u i j '■ a smart cross-tire of badinage ardpmi.ci*^" then one excited Councillor, mh n' :i ,-\:" to the honour cf Licensing OcmntDwH metaphorically eot on the stomp «il U f||' forth en the ruinous effect ebUMij. the community by the pub3. temjiiit H to remain open after 10 o'clock. mSa m the midst of his fervid harangue tin fcr , I drew up alongside the Waikomiti E:' L , Crowther, in a voice of thunder, t&i; '[ "■_ a bucket, The orator stopped ia fei ', ■ and another of the company diilyenjjK' ii that if liquid refreshment were'iaiewsi '= smaller measure might suffice. Horn; (*/5, the worthy Councillor's concern mm) If bs fixed upon his horses, and after tttjil || been watered, tbe road was reminti'.l efi temperance man now subsldsd,' tt f % facetious anecdotes and bon vatijaM m attention instead, while the o«:ftii: "; the other traps, having exhausted i)j subjects, had got deeply involved iigjsfe discussion of some aoatruse: talM:-: speculations that led to a rather heiewjj!, jl ■ Tttpressiun or opinion;—^~™t"^||i p On reaching Henderson's'Mill, w||| vices of Mr G. C. CantweU, as guidtji IHJ besought and cheerfully premised;'! 2 with this addition to their mbkl . party drove on to tho bridge over Bd Rfj son's Creek, where tte pc.-i dismounted in order to ascend tie tssf i . foot It was then about II o'clidji the dubious aspect of the moraiq ii k|jj| eventuated in a glorious day, the style. ■ ' almost cloudless and the sunlightjlita everywhere with dazzling splccdoiii, bmji pleasant little glade by tha maigiadifi babbling creek, the caieiul Cii^nps, the assistance of two young nwljitS!* cuisine, laid out a cold colatioc, ml company attacked with the reli-. t ■-. of their long drive. This vnasnotiiir,, H incentive, however, to exceptiaajf'

tronomical effort, A few memoes ti a■ ; party had prtviously been to.tbe Palls a^ * they spoke £0 pathetically, of thetfcjtj tions of those who had neslecicd '* 8 I perly fortify the inner mahattkisi;< 1 tbe enterprise that everyone becsaa to; lest he should do Bcant jußiice nl;'. j internal economy, and. vita Jail therefore despatched with watW alacrity, while prodigious tangiliM'l Anglo-Bavarian, claret, aitdafflHß being quaffed on all sides, ■ ig: 'I hen there was * general ddM A coats and vests, tying cf kindta i atouud the neck, a rolling up of tic:.*.; production, of ginghams (by those ft [• them) and-the procnral byaewtta*:,;1 of supplies of liquor lest thereahou'wii:. . need of stimulus by the way. , i The party set off by twos:imJ|^*S lonsr, straggling proce-sion, alouj-'ial -^ bridle track, which makes a trcM* steep ascent of the range, .'-> i f smart pace the first two stages vi J * cltvitous path were negotiated, foi ■ *js' anxious to be as near the hint tiP*j|| but, after that, ambition died ijW breasts o£ a large contingent. anatllwV., to be amused by the ponwEswiy tj" e\ the pioneers they fell farther-Mf.'V took things leisurely. Agenfi»lJS£;;; made at a level place, atou* jm^ilf start, and very many, chfttmrf <™ * j alluring coup d' ceil which thej'WH» | to gain from it, but still more f^jl| the bodily fatigue thatall were KWF^1 hide, manifested reluctance 'to Fwl their loin? and.resume the mttl'^; :' actually threw up the aponse,«' "" the specious excuse of "pte'-' ■'-■' elsewhere, harked back again. In. small detachments the ffJJA ■, : once more got afoot, the fire W , tion sputtered fitnlly as »B;#j*!|f became steeper and more tumft »* provident bearers of H^ ra became the objects ofwlic^wSj) | their thirsty companions. ",<%;, some ascent had been mob «■,*« accomplished, Messrs Brett MfKfl aad ono of the two "specials 5,7.^'*" the way, while hither and Hums the curves of the' white u*g£j wound its way up.'.the ;',. range, could be recognised in jSVIi the weary, perspiring, but ■v^'^^Ss bsrs of the party. <Jne wP'W.Sfe of a suburban ward attracted «»3p taking off his shirt and hanging PJffiMM gingham in order to secure some i™^ the fervency of the solar carded item by item tbeir a?P^£2if. lug, ami others again had t'e<l»™L yff to rest and refreshment,-" J^ J drink of any kind was. in ~g«» VM| and monstrous stories were p> -^ the line of the fearful condition gyra various gentlemen were taWR^ Krrington, it was slated, t&al!^||?. down to such a state of ef^'JVflffi could only be recognised froffl'"?«*{§s he still carried the aneroid, ""; ;. ( %'H. veyor was reported to be doing »»" ' : the broad of his back, and serew^., lors who had set out w%* were repotted as missing.. A- *offl>es t'fe officials, writhing under.tMK f : thirst, > pied a «*» press trudging ,on "P-., is» bottle tf lemonade SJMOK& § hand, and in delirious ag^V^' him as a Christian man to »v» by handing over the Quite unaccustomed to sucn»»» .. stance of mistaken »«K7h,iifiS I sentative of tho Fourth M&M | extended the bottle, and to. Jf rf ß,W W of any eye it had been drained tents. . .j.. rarf'^'V jfrom the various turns .ft^flJM commanded a-northern «s3| * views were obtained of the U^.,^. neatb, but when tbe top »S^l had been gained, »\ D^tgllH : Of alluvial table -lini «■£*J ft. £" i and large expanses of *»?- („»,■ miring gaze of the vayf««* •,

ME AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16.



Special Advertisements. ,r{ O L E T, THE HOUSE IN PARK ROAD February 15,1883.



Memo. SPECIAL—IBB3. We beg to remind our ffrUnds and tine Pabllo that, though we havo r»llnqulehi!>d tho Uranory— i.c., the Clothing Tbadb, ire etlll keep a Fibst-class assortment v,r AIT. KINDS OF MA-NOHRSTKtt GOOD*, whioh we continue to sell at Vkbv ChbaP Hates. Wo havo Just Openort a lot of Goods bought In tho Home Markets at Jon Phices (by onr own buyer, lately returned from England and tho Continent), and whioh wb shall bell much undor the Ordinary Prices. Amontrtt them are a BplendidLotot LACK CURTAINS.TABLK CLOTHS, CRKTONNKB, tIDBTAI* B»HD, and ordinary Manchester Stuff. A Lot Ot FUKNITURK, FANOV IIRAO KBTS, and OCCASIONAL OHAIIIB. GARLIOK & CttANWKLL. OUR NKW FACTORY, with all tho Machinery Appliances now in mil swing, enables ur Kxeoute Orders with promptitude, and Cheaper Kates than before. We have an Immense Stock ot IKON B*DBTKADH nnd GENERAL HOUBKHOLD KUHNI TURK, tor those abont to Furnish, to lelcot (rem. GARLICK & CRANWELL. JOB LOT-WHITKSLAOK OURTA'NB JOB LOT-COLOUBKD T&dLK ULOTS JOB LOT-WHITE TABLE DAMABKB JOB LOT-CBKTONNE'I , • MAGNIFICENT LOT of GOOD CBKTONNHS Just Opened OHtCAP LOT of OARPKTB Just to Hand. GARLIOK & OKANWKLL, J! urnlshing Warehouse Queen-street. Go TO GARLICK & OHANWELL for Iron Bedetead GARLIOK ft CRANWKLL for Bedding GAKLICK tc CRAN WKLL tot Carpets GARLICK ft CRANWELL for Fnrnltore GARLIOK & CRANWKLL for Floor Cloths GARLICK & CRANWKLL for Chairs GAKLItJK & CRANWKLL for Chimney Glass GARLICK & CRANWELL for Bun Blinds OARLICK& CHAN WELL for ROWOI life's Sprint? "Wire Mattraaaca GABLIOK ft CRANWKLL for Fenders and Hlrelronn. GO TO GARLICK ft ORANWKLL lor all you want— For your Bouse, tbeir Goods are Cheap, and For Country are well packed; For Town are delivered free; For Cash, 6 per oent. discount allowed. FURNISH YOUR HOUSE KHOM THB CITY HALL FURNISHING ARCADE, QUKKN-ST. and LORNK-ST,, AUCKLAND. GrARLICK & CrANWELL, A» JjINABURY & Co.'S NBW GOODS I NKW GOODS I NEW GOODS I NEW GOODS I i WK ARB NOW SHOWING OUR FIRBT SHIPMENT OF Spring and Summer DRESS GOODS, MILLINERY, JACKETS, MANTLES ULBTEBS, &0. WK HAVE THUS LARGBST AND BEBT BELKOTKD STOOK US' MILLINERY IN MILLINERY MILLINERY AITfIKrAKn MILLINERY MILLINERY AVOKLK™ MILLINERY -t -Yon aro —respeotfally— -Invited to visit— -Our Establishment— —before making— —your Pur— —ohases.— ■*!*• D-tESSMAKUNG ON THE PREMISES. COBTUMEB MADE ON TWKNT3T FOUR HOURS' NOTIOE, A HIHABDRY & HO, 201 ft: SOB QUKKN-ST EKT I ESTABLISHED 1860.



Cricket Matches To-morrow.



Auckland United 2nd Eleven v. South End C.0.-Untted: Sadler (captain), McPher. son, Harvio (3), Brown, Burton, Lumpkin, Abbot, Lotham, and Breton; emergency, Law ton. Sonth End: Brown (2), Sutherland, Howard, Brookllold, Dickey, Jackson, Lawton, Leahy, Israel, and Beaver. Excelsior V, Standard (No. 6 wiokot).— Excelsior: Waddingham, Pooley, Colgan,Craig, Burns, Perkins, Frost, Howard, 8011, Lotham, and gmith, Shortland C.C. v. Ai,ma C.C.-Shortland: Hardwick, Craig, Courtayne, Christie i 2), Cook, Wright (2), Corbett, O'Halloran, and Walmsloy, AUCKLAND GnAMMAR SCHOOL V. WEBT END t.p Eleven (No. 5 wioket).-Wcßt End: S. akor, W, Baker, Berry, Courtayno, Doughty, Done, Lpwis, Owon, Sim. Veynoy, Waters, National v. Caledonian,—National; Am bury, Brookes (capt.), J. Brown, Colebourne (2), piddams, U, Nipholson (2), Wriglor, Bhoriand and Heit'inarn Alpha v. Gordon (on No, i wiokot).—Alpha: Jaokson. Hay, Crunch, Cutler, Kilpatrlek, McDermott (2), Nesbltt, Whlto, Qoodaore, Abd. Ponsonuy O,C. v. Avondale.-A drag will leavo the Union Bank at 1,30 p.m. sharp, Pon sonby team: Edwards, Fountain, Po'rteous, Andrews, Baxter (gi, Stevonson, Reid, Marflitt, Gilchrist, Geddes, Itotherham. AwitA 2nd v, Alexandra.-Alpha: Done, Dowar (21, Stone, MoDonald (2), Cox, Smart WUson, Combos, Bramo Auckland v. West End.-At 2 p.m., on No. 1 wiokot. West End: Maoky, Mitchell, Mears, Isaao, Georgo, Grogson, Arneil.King.ThWaltcs, Heid, Laurio. North Siiorm v. United (Domain Ground).- North Shoro: Lankham (2), Sims, Wynyard (2i, Wolls, Burgess, Johnson, Dalgloish, Gill, Sibbin Our Bots v. Otahuhu. on No. 3 wicket.- Our Bo.vs: Whiteßide, Walker, Cromwell, White, Riploy, George, Hondry, Hill, Mill*, Machattie, Carlisle. ah'ha v.GoRDON.-Gordon-Annennr, Kl«s- Hog (2) McCaußland. F. OJayton, UjkßS. Luih, Kenderdine, Gould, Waterhoueo, K. Kybnrn,' West End Second v. Grammir School.— Grammar school—Ball, Batger. t.uak. Me - drum (SI, Rees. Ryburn. Steel, Sohmftt, Fenton, Wrluloy : etneraenoles—Dignan, Gorrie. Auokland United v, North Scons. Ipm —United—Mumford, Tebwo, Yates, Gleesor, Meldtam, McCormick (2), Buokle, McKtuney; p. Dufaur, and Jervls,