SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURES.

Now Zealand

Auckland R.C. Autumn April 11 and 15 Canterbury J.C. Autumn April H and 15 Papakura Races.. April 23 Cambridge J.C. Autumn.... April 30 and Slay 1 Dunedin J C. Winter May 23 and 21 Grand Notional fclccplochasc Meeting .May 21 Takapuna J.C. Winter Meotinp; May 21 Hawke's Bay J.C. Steeplechases ........June 2S Australia. A.J.C. Autumn April 11,10,18, and 19 ftA.J.C. Autumn May 10.15. and 17 Adelaide 1t... Meeting May 21, 20and 31

Dates of Nominations, Entries and Accep tance.

Nominations Papakura Cpp and Hurdles.. April 10 Nominations for Cambi_.„o -Meeting... .April 17

To Correspondents.

NEMO.—Perfume defeated Tlie Agent in a Hurdle liacc at Gisborne in 1877. H.J.W.—I. There were ten stttrtcrs for the ..aster Handicap lust year. 2. Clillbrd rode L-Onora. _, _ Glodiateur won £19,1169 in stakes, hut Lord Lyon and Achievement both won over Randwick.-I. Yes. 2 Wo cannot soy. 3 Pearl carried Bst 21b in the Nursery Plate at the Hawke's Kay Meeting, and 7st 81b in the Autumn Hand-can. j_l_L— Tho Grcßt Autumn Handicap has been won three years m succession by a three-year old AV.lcoin.' Jack lust year carrying Bst 41b, and running the it mile in 2.38.. the fastest tune .vet recorded in New Sooland.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

'On_, day this week I dropped in at Ckaaf.B to sco how his charges had pro gressed of late, and found them to be all looking well and in excellent health. Krupp is in blooming condition, ami in tho Mares' Produce Stakes at tho forthcoming meeting I think that ho will tako some beating. The Musket—Locket filly Neck lace, who created the surprise nt Christmas timo, has improved tho right way since then, and put on a lot of condition, and I shall expect to sec her prove Krupp's most formidable opponent. Martini - Henry'B .sister Woodnymph has also grown and thickened out, and although she has dis appointed her friends so far, it may be that sho will overthrow all those opposed to hor in the two-year-old races. Revolver, who is again in his old quarters, has lengthened a bit, but I don't think his Napier trip has done him any good.

Tho Taranaki Jockey Club Meeting would appear to have been a most successful ono, -the attendance being good, and the'finishes for the various races throughout tho two days close and exciting. As I predicted _st week, Normanby secured the big event, beating Administrator after a good strug£te by half-a-length, Landseer being third. On tho second day, in tho Autumn Handicap, Administrator turned the tables on Nor manby, the 1J m_le> according to the tele gram received here, boing run in the good timo of 2mins. 43Jsecs. By their wins. Normanby has incurred a alb penalty and Administrator a 31b penalty for the A.R.C. Easter Handicap, which will doubtless in terfere with their chance. Considering t.io form Billy-go-by-em showed in tho jumping races, his chance in our Steeplechase cannc. bo despised, but from nil accounts the coun try is a very different ono to that which he will have to negotiate hero. In the Welcome Stukos, the disappointing Car bineer brought back to his now owner a portion of his purchase money by getting homo firsts but in the Nursery Handicap on the second day ho sull'orcd defeat at tho hands of Miss Puritan, a promising young lady got by Anteros from Fair Puritan, and bred by Mr H. Redwood. Tho following are tho Christchurch quotations for the

GREAT .-tlt'-iIN' HANDICAP,

1500 to 12 agist Vanguard and Salvage iOO —10-—Oudeis, Nonsense, Turquoise, Taiaroa, ond Theuge 300 te 8 agst Mischief, Sou'wester, Taiaroa, nnd Lady Emma 100 to G to 1 agst the others

I havo to acknowledge tho receipt of a ■catalogue of the various lots that are to bo •submitted at Mr Stead's salo on Wednesday, the 10th of April. Tho particulars of the ■sale havo already appeared in these columns, and I should like to see somo of >our focal men have a cut in for Trenton 01- Ifco, so that whon the time comes round for our Summer -Meeting, we may bo ablo to meet tho Southerners on something like equal terms.

Thero wr.._ only a fair attendance at tho Onehunga Meeting on Saturday, and with .he exception of the Pony Race and Conso lation, the racing was of a poor description. The owners of Woodpecker again tasted tho Sweets of victory in tho Cup, but his win Was mainly due to the excellent condition he wns in, and thero is no question that Harry Taylor.his trainer,thoroughly under stands him. A noticeable feature of tho meeting was the way in which Mr Owon McGee wielded tho starter's flag, and it is satisfactory to know that wo havo sucli a capable man amongst us. The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club have Issued the programme for their Steeple chase Meeting, which takes place on tho 26th of June. There are five events to be contested, viz., Maiden Steeplechase, of lOOsovs., about Smiles; Ladies' Bracelet, value 50sovs,, with 30sovs in specie added, li milo on the flat; Hawke's Bay Steeple chase, of 400sovs., about 3^ miles; Hack Steeplechase, of 30 soys. ; and Consolation Stoeplechaso, of lOOsovs., about 2 miles. Nominations for the big event close on tho 20th of May, at 8 o'clock. From Sydney papers I gather that the Melbourne candidates for the Gold Cup have arrived at Randwick, and are doing excellent work. The favourite Commotion ts said to bo none the woise for his severe struggle in the Champion, and Le Grand and Off Colour are looking as well as their supporters could wish. Martini-Henry is also pleasing his friends, and I read that his stable companions, Despotand Morpeth, ono morning recently created a sensation by a set-to overa mile and a half, the former shaping particularly well. The public are accepting 6 to 1 that Commotion wins, and Sardonyx has been supported to win a fair stake, his prico being 12 to 1. A new candidate has been imported on the list, Young Australian, who, on the strength of the form he has been showing at country meetings, has been substantially supported, and 15 to 1 is now the best effer against him. The following are the weights for the Adelaide Cup of 2,500 soys., run on the 10th of May:— Commotion ..9 7 Sir Garnet ..7 9 Tho Assyrian ..9 2 Little Sister ..7 9 Morpeth .. ..9 2 Caractacus ..7 9 Stint? .. ..9 0 King of tho Vale 7 8 Fryingpan ..9 0 Bristol .. ..7 8 Malua .. ..9 0 Trump Yoss ..7 8 Tho Gem .. .. 812 Polllo .. ..7 8 SlrModred .. 8 10 Topaz .. ..7 6 Stockdale .. 8 10 Hurricane .. 7 6 Poll Melt .. ..8 9 Baron V. Mueller 7 5 Guesswork ..8 9 Bomba .. ..7 5 Archio .. ..8 7 Merman .. .. 7 * Salvage .. ..8 5 Tho Ancles ..7 4 • Off Colour ..8 5 Croswick .. ..7 3 Warwick.. .. 8 1 Vcrgy .. ..7 2 Coriolanus ..83 Precious Stone .. 70 Kuclicl .. ..8 2 Dutchman ..7 0 Scgenhoe.. ..8 2 Pawnbroker .. 7 0 DirkHattorick .. 8 2 Agitation.. .. 6 10 Thelsraolite ..8 1 Nod of tho Hills 610 Royal Irishman 8 0 Ironmaster .. 610 First Demon ..80 Lord Wilton .. 610 Aide-dc-Carap ..8 0 Bond Or .. ..6 9 Kincjwood .. 713 Ishmacl .. ..6 8 Napier .. .. 712 Lancaster.. .. 6 8 Anglesey .. .. 712 Convent .. ..6 7 Nicholas .. ..7 12 Ruby .. .., G 7 Coulston .. .. 711 Beeswax .. ..65 lko 7 11 Spinaker .. .. 6 5 Despot .. .. 711 Conjecture ..6 3 Savanaka.. .. 710 Country Boy .. 6 0 Claptrap .. .. 710 Gymklana ..60 Sardius .. .. 710 His R. Highness 6 0 Kingsdalo ..7 9 Magnet .. .. dead From a copy of tho programme for tho Dunedin Jockey Club Queen's Birthday races forwarded me by Mr Sydney James, I learn that £820 will be given away in stakes. The pritieipal events are the Pro vincial Handicap, of HOsovs., and Birthday Handicap of 120sovs. Ever since the Champion Stakes has been decided, the favourite chat in Melbourne and Sydney sporting circles has been how Martini-Henry's defeat was caused, and whether Hales was beaten or the horse. "Caspian" in referring to thematter says : — " One thing is certain, that our crack horse man is known to suffer at intervals very acutely from pulmonary complaints. This, addod to the favourite overpowering him, easily explains the defeat. Again.Martini's condition was not as perfect as when Tun ing in the spring, and taking all things to gether, the son of Musket and Sylvia is not disgraced, and will yet retrieve his lost laurels." That shrewd scribe "Warrior" thinks if the race was run to-morrow Com motion would win, and Martini run second. He says :—" Commotion is one of the best weight-for-age cairiers, and Martini-Henry one of the finest three-year-olds, in the world. Although Le Grand is now favourite for the Sydney Leger, I predict that the Ne-v Zealand bred colt will give him a sovero dressing down in that race. During twenty three years of experience I have never witnessed a colt get over a mile and a-half and two miles of ground like Martini-Henry in private and public; and should he be fit on Easter Monday, you msy rely upon him winning the Leger and every race he Btarts for, bar the three-mile, which should, be won by Coifimotion."

There is and always has been a great difference of opinion between horse-owners and the general public regarding scratch. mg of horses, and the matter was lately discussed in the leading columns of tho "Melbourne Sportsman." In the course of the article adverse comment was made at tho action of the Hon. J, White leaving Martini-Henry in the Australian Cup till within a few days of the race, and then withdrawing him, which has been the means of drawing forth tho following reply from that gentleman >.—" A gl .at deal has been said and written lately about tho resnonsibilitie.. of horse-owners and tho rights of tht- public in relation to racing matter, but I cannot call to mind a single instance in which tho press has, in tho In terests of owners, condemned tho practice of backing hor. _s for a handicap before tho appearance of tho weights. It is not the publio so much who are to blomo for this evil as professional backers and speculators, who tako the money early at long odds, fot tho purpose of retailing it to the public at shorter prices, and thus these adroit and suc cessful trader.. Upon the credulity of tho vast herd of simpletons reap a rich harvest of profit. Horse-owners would not perhaps havo so much right to complain if t.V-M. operations were in. .commenced till ci-ter the weights hail boon dock-Nii:!, but when a horse is backed boforo 1! .etieclaration of the weights a manifest injustico is done to the owner, because the handicappcr may be, ami pro bably unconsciously is, influenced by the fact of o horso being so backed. Notably this was the cose with Sogenhoe, in tho Newmarket Handicap, as ho was backed to a U.i>_o ex tent by some persons unknown to i<)o i.'eiol _ tho weights appeared, ami v.&s allotted pro bably 71b. moro tl't.n 'otherwise ho would have had to _._-y. It has been stated that ho wa* re .lacked for that purposo to divert attention from another horse, and tc insure that Segenhoe at any rate, r.hould Hot feet in lightly. However that may bo, it h_l.6t.we plain to everyone that the _.oh_i.i'_d _' of a horso so treated is there..' damnified nnd placed at a V__ _riOhs disadvantage in re gard to the unmado Handicap. I have directed attention to this practice in tl__ hope that it may in future be discountenanced by racing mon, and th-nt p_Bt.-_._y somo remedy may be devised by the authorities. The theory hf,. lately been started that if tho public back a horse that has been entered for any event and tho horse is scratched, the owner thereby is open to tho charge of— well, to put it mildly—'showing want of consideration for tho patrons of the turf.' Whilst, on the other bond, if ho does not scratch early enough, in tho opinion of tho public, who, of course, know more about tho matter than tho owner, he equally meets with censuro on that account. I presume wo shall next bo told that in casos where the public think fit to back a horse for a race, the nominations for which aro not ov'en due, the owner will be bound, in tho interests of the public, te nominate that hor.., notwith standing his engagement in othor races, and in which his owner may think tho horso has better prospects of success. Truly, tho ways of horse-owners aro beset with peril _ —I am, otc, James Whits." A Hawke's Bay paper says that Mr B. G. Bessee, of tho Bay State Studio, had his camera on the racecouj-se during tho first day's raco meeting, fend took a now of tlio grand stand and surroundings as tho horses were entering the straight in tho Napier Handicap. A most tolling picture is tho result. The tier upon tier of anxious faces in the stand; the eager pushing of the crowds in front to got a viow of tho race; the climb ing up on carriage wheels ; the standing on box seats, arc all depicted to tho lifo. The picture was taken by tho instantaneous process.

CONDENSED ITEMS.

Tho second forfeit for the Sydney Gold Cup is due on Thursday next.

The Hawkesbnry Autumn Handicap was to have been run this afternoon.

First Water, who ran second for the lost Melbourne Cup, has been shipped to India.

The final payment for the Great Autumn Handicap i_ due to-night (Saturday).

Thirty - seven nominations havo been received for the Adelaide Queen's Birthday Cup. '' Beacon " hoars that Taiaroa has developed a bit of a leg, and has consequently had to be cased in his work.

Mr Driver, at the request of the committco of the Dunedin -lockey Club, has resumed his old position as judge. The "Canterbury Times" in a leading article advocates theliccnsingof bookmakers by tho leading Now Zealand Clubs.

Since 1573 Matthew Dawson, who trains for Lord Falmouth, has won for tho Cornish nobleman no less than £240,000,

From Tasmania comes tho intelligence that Pride of tho Hills, who Won the Cham pion Race in IS7?, la to bo schooled ovor timber.

Robert Collins having left the employ of Mr Jos. Millison without causo or notice, owners and trainors are cautioned against employing him. The V.R.C. Committee havo notified that in future no scratchings will be received except direct from tho owner, or Under his written authority. Molua has again been adding to his laurels, for at tho Victoria Amatour Turf Club March Meeting ho won tiie big event, beating sevonteen others.

O'Brien fancies that either Off Colour or Lo Grand is the best horso he ever rode. The first colt he speaks of as the gamost goer ho ever enoountored. Warwick is said to bo doing well at Warwick Farm, so there is moro than a pro bability of his measuring strides with Martini-Henry, Le Grand, and Off Colour in the St. Legor. A Very exceptional incidont occured at the New Orleans races recently. Between the two day's racing all tho horses advanced a year in age, so that two-year-olds who ran on the first day performed as three-year-olds on the second. Our local horseman, J. Farrell, is in great form just now. At the Helensville Meet ing he rode in nine races, and was success ful in each, while at Onehunga on Saturday last ho kept up his reputation by winning three events, and getting second in two others. In a Wanganui country district a horse called Monarch was matched against 15 Maori horses, collected from all parts of the coast between Wanganui and Oeo, and ho beat them all, though giving each of them no less than four stone I The distance was rather over a mile. The topic of conversation in tho salons of the French Jockey Club is the admitted fact that Count Frederick de Lagrange, in spite of his large winnings on tho turf in Franco and England, died ever four millions of francs in debt! It is said that Count de LangrangeowedMr Jennings his Newmarket trainer, £2,000 when he died. An Australian writer says that Brown and Rose, Bargo, The Broker, and lolanthe seem to represent tho best form among the youngsters this season, but so far no Archies have appeared, and the Derbies will require moro than tlie usual amount of picking unloss the Sydney Meeting exposes a good colt. Rubezahl, the colt bought by the Hon. G. McLean at Mr Stead's salo in November, 1882 (says "Mazoppa"). is now domiciled with Lady Emma and Lady Evelyn, out at Sam Powell's. The colt is by Seesaw out of Fairyland.and is a well-grown promising youngster that takes tho fancy of all the horsey men. . , , Before theracefortheCiiampion Warrior says that Hales looked cheerful, Trahan determined, Coolcy all over smiles, Power as if he didn't 'iko the job ; King exclaim imr " Oh, ye gods, where am I?" William son downcast, and O'Brien liko an Irishman attending a "wako." After analysing the Sydney Gold Gup woishts, "N_.no?' thinks Favo and Prima Donna are about tho best in of the oxtremo light division, and tho winner should bo amongst Jessie, Martini-Henry, Lo Grand, Tell Moll, Little Sister, Despot, Commotion, First Demon, and Aide-de-Camp. ' V lgi lant," of the Melbourne "Sportsman, selects Le Grand or Off Colour to prove victorious, __~.,_. j v The Hon. J. White's English-bred colt Phil Athol, who has como into some notice for tho noxt Melbourne, Derby and Cup, is doing slow work at Raiidwick. He is des cribed as a very big and powerfully-made chestnut, and gives one the idea that he possesses plenty of pace, and will make a stayer, while no weight should stop him. Phil Athol will have to run in Australia at a six months' disadvantage. At Seymour Races (Melbourne), a " novel race" was introduced into the programme, the peculiarity of the event being that the last horse would be considered the winner, and each animal was to be ridden by the owner of another horse engaged in the same race As a natural sequence, this queer arrangement created a good deal of merri ment, and ultimately eventuated in the stewards refusing to pay over the stakes, as they considered that the running was not Hoed" writes that the sale of Archiduc to Baron Alphonse de Roths child, as reported in the English papers, has not been completed. The horse failed to pass a veterinary examination, and the Baron declined to accept delivery. Since then the horse has been soli to Mr Lefevre and Tom Jennings, senr. The price paid was £4,000, and some further contingencies in the event of his winning the French Derby. [Continued on page 6,]

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACT-EON.)

Bailey's now twenty-feet open boat is called tho "EWa.'-

S.jdnoy athletics havo started a Raper Memorial Fund.

William Mortlock, one of tho most popu lar of Surrey cricketers, died on Jan. 28,

Tho twcnty.feot open boat Observer left for Fiji on a sailing vessel last weok. She has been purchased by a resident there.

Scott, a member of the Waitemata Boat ing Club, left for Sydney, as carpenter of the barque St. Lawrence, last Meek.

llaulan has expressed it as his opinion in public that the man who has the prior right to bo matched against him is Edward Trickett,

I am Informed that tho North Shore Roving Ch'.b litis no intention of ordoring .. ii*. v.- outrigger, funds in hand at present being insulliciont.

Application has been mado by the Ponsonby Regatta Club for tho use of tho steamer Wellington as flagship at the forthcoming regatta.

After finish-hg tli'o wlialeboat for tho Ponsonby Regatta Club, Wat-brick will still. i.pulling skill', in which AlickMurphy intends to row at Whangarei.

The San Francisco "Now* Lotter." ill its remarks on o, wrestling match between Muldooli and Bauer-, the Fr.n'ch't_l4rt, calls Professor \V_ Millet "'the prince of Aus tralian humbugs-."

W'a'rbrick is building t_ now racing whale boat for tho Ponsonby Rowing Club. Tho Club will, tlwrefa'-o, soon havo two boats of this (__!._&, having a short timo ago purchasod one built by Albort White, of Mercury Bay.

Tho team of English professional cricket* ors being selected by Messrs Shaw, Lilly whito and Shrewsbury, will probably ploy their first mulch at Adeluido on November Bor 9. From Australia tho cricketers pro ceed to New Zealand.

Tho Ponsonby Regatta Committee " woko-up" on Saturday evening last when they found that arrangements wero rather behind-hand, and since then mem bers have been very onorgotie, and sub scriptions are coming in Vory freely.

Waymoulh's Mnscotto was launched on Wednesday last, and sinco has boon out in the harbour soveral timos. Tho boat is well put together on good lines, and carries a large spread of canvas, so that she should prove a fast sailor.

A Ch'-tstelU-rch paper informs its readers that Wilding and Ross, oi that city .defeated McNeil, of Dunedin, and McDonald, the well-known Auckland player, in a lawn tennis match. It occurs to mo that McDonald is bettor known in. tho South as a lawn tennis player than in Auckland.

Donald Dinnie, tho Scottish athlete, loft this colony for Sydney on Friday last. After fulfilling certain engagements in New South Walos and Victoria, ho will return to Christchurch, where his match with Robertson, for -CSO a-side, will pro bably take place.

\V. G. George, tho English amateur champion runner, won the Birchliold annual ten miles raco, run at Aston on December 2-1, defeating amongst others liiH plucky littlo rival Snook. George covered the dis tance in tho lino timo of o_min. losoc, Snook being second, 1,250 yards oil.

At tho annual mooting of tho East Christ church Football Club it was mentioned that the Athletic Football Club, Welling ton, would visit Christchurch in about throe months' timo for thomirposo of playing the lirst fifteen of the E.C.F.C. It was also stated that thero was a probability of a team from tho Wellington Club paying them a visit.

The lawn tennis matches, double and single handed, betweon Christchurch ntul Duncdin, came off on March 13, at the Fernhill Ciub asphalt court, Wilding and Ross representing Christchurch, and McNeil and Rose Dunodin. Tho Christ church men played in lino form, beating their opponents most handsomoly in two sots, tho lirst by 0 to 1, and tho second by G to 0,

The "Argus's" London correspondent says, "Tito team of cricketers which Messrs Shaw, Shrewsbury, and Liilywiiito propose bringing out to Australia next season is not yet completed. In addition to tho promoters, tho team will probably includo Ulyott, Bates, Barnes, Flowers, Maurice Read, Pilling, of Lancashire, and Gunn, of Notts. Barlow and Pcate aro also mentioned."

On January 22, L. E. Myers, the amateur champion runnor, undertook to run three quarters of a milo whilo F. P. Murray, tho amateur champion walker, walked half a milo. Tho track was a twelfth of a milo, and when Murray completed his half mile Myers was just a lap behind. Murray's timo was 3min. ssoc. His record for a half is 3min, 2 2-sth sec, New York, October 22, 1883. Myers's three-quarters record is 3min. 13soc, New York, November 30, 1882.

FOOTBALL NOTES.

[From ouk London Co_.-.ks___--di_nt.]

From the beginning of the football season up till the present time tho only interesting Rugby matches have been tho international contests botween England, Scotland, Ire land, and Wales. Tho best game of the series was between England and Ireland, and took place at Dublin on tho 4th of February. The play throughout was most exciting, the only point scored being a goal kicked for England by Sample from a try obtained by Bolton.

The matches which are attracting most attention just now are the tios for the Inter-Hospital Challenge Cup (now held by St. Bartholomew's). In the first round Charing Cross beat Westminster, Middle sex beat St. Mary's, St. Bartholomew's beat St. Thomas's, London beat University, and Guy's beat St., George's, King's College a bye. By far the most interesting match in this round was between St. Bartholo mew's and St. Thomas's. For somo years past the struggle between these two teams has been remarkably close and exciting. Last season Bart's just managed to defeat Thomas's by 2 goals and a try to 2 goals, and before the present match there was absolutely nothing to choose botwoen the the two teams. St. Thomas's lost the toss, and kicked off against tho wind ; till half timo they were slightly pressed, and had to touch down twice in self-defence. On starting again after half-time, Jessop (tho Bart's captain), who is a perfect giant, suc ceeded in getting in right behind tho posts, and from tho try Caraew placed an cosy goal. After this, Thomas's played up splendidly, and a series of rushes by their forwards enabled Hewan to ground tho ball over Bart's goal-lino. At this point of tho game the excitement was intense ; tho ground was surrounded by rows of enthu siastic medical students, who cheered their respective Hospitals vociferously. Cries of "Barts" and "Thomas's" resounded all over the field, as amid a deafening uproar, Olivey tried the place kick. Alas I for the hopes of St. Thomas's, the ball rolled, and in con sequenco just passed outside tho post. With only a few minutes more time Doth teams exerted themselves to the utmost, but once more the Thomas's forwards rushed the ball over their opponents' goal line and again Hewan touched it down. This try, however, was disallowed by the umpires on the ground of off-side, and a few seconds later time was called, " Barts " being left winners by a goal and two minor points to a try. The ties in the second round will be played next week, when in all probability, St. Bartholomew's and Lon don will be left in for the final. In Association football the ties for the Association Challenge Cup have reached the fifth round ; the following clubs being left in to play to-morrow (9th February):- Blackbirn Rovers v. Upton Park, Black burn Olympic v. North wick Victoria, Notts County v. Swifts, and Old Westminsters v. Queen's Park. The Cup is expected to go either to the Blackburn Olympic or Queen s Park. For the London Association Cup the following teams are left in for the semi final tie :—Upton Park, Clapham Rovers, Old Etonians, and Old Foresters. The Old Etonians will play the Old Foresters on February 23rd, and Upton Park will play the Clapham Rovers on March Ist. Some excitement has been caused in the North of Englaud on account of the dis qualification of the Preston North End team for the Association Challenge Cup, for inducing men from other counties to play for their club by finding them situa tions in Preston. The northerners are very wroth at this action, but London Associa tion players think it is quite time that this «' professionalism " is put a stop to (

ARMY, NAVY, AND VOLUNTEERS.

(By Mai_ti_.i-He_.by),

The "Nelson Mail says:—Captain Philip Harrington, now serving under General Baker in Egypt, served in tlie New Zealand war of ISOI, in command of tho Ist Waikato Militia, and subsequently was Inspector of tho Now Zoaland Volunteers. lie superin tended tho colonial prize-firing on several occasions, A duel lc-cntly took place at Lissa, near Posen, between a captain in tho 2nd Hus sars and a captain of the 48th Infantry. Tho latter was shot in tho abdomen, and died soon after. Whilo a dcL-liihiiient of the Sth Rhenish Infantry were at swimming practice at Cologne, with uniforms and complete equip ment, ono corporal and four men wero drowned, Tho Dunedin City (iuards fired a match on March 21 between Seven married and seven single men Of U'O Colilpany. The benedicts proofed tlio victors, the scores beiilg—ili-iiTied, 310 ; single, 290.

Major Sorgood has been appointed Minister of Defence of the Colony of Victoria, and is organising his department. £110,000 per annum for live yours has been appropri ated by Parliament for dofentio purposes,

Tli-te is ho irtck of strong and healthy boys seeking admission to tho Royal Navy. Nearly ono hundred have been ontored dur ing the current month (January) at Ports mouth—llulo, Britannia !

A great paper warfare has boon going on in tho military papers re two-oyod riHo shooting. Tho weight of testimony is against usinrr two cyo. t tlhd ono writer ("_- MieroscopiSt") gives very substantial reasons for believing that " two-oyed shots'' I'cally Uso only one oyo in aiming.

Tho German Minister of War has issued an order to tho effect that the Landsturra, or last reserves, ot the Ist, 2nd, sth, and Oth Army Corps ate to bo provided with uniforms, Tho Lnndstnrln has not seen active service since 1813, when it was founded, and tho above order has created some surprise-,

Admiral I'ortcr; of the United Statos NaVy, has dvawri up a report on tlio defences of tho United States, in which ho assorts that even Spain could swoop Ameri can commerce from oil tho seas. Ho also states that the American coast is so unpro tected that any ordinary ironclad could pass tho batteries of every harbour in the country.

It appears that thero is, or is to bo, a Blue Ribbon in the Fronch Army. Tho War Minister, General Camponon, has ad dressed a circular to tho Military Governors of Paris and of Lyons, and to tlio com manders of the various Army Corps, with the viow of obtaining tho nomos of soldiors who havo distinguished themselves by their sobrioty, so that ho may forward them to tho Temperance Society.

The trials of tho now Russian ironclad Wladitnir-Monomach are reported to havo given results which scorn to be almost too good to be true. With tho onglnes working at from 85 to 86 revolutions por minuto, and willi a steam prossttro in tho boilers of 001b. to 701b., the speed attained was 10 knots per hour. Tho vessol was vory light at the timo of tho trials ; but it is antici pated that when brought down to her load line, she will mako 17 knots.

The "Army and Navy" says tho Ad miralty hove found it advisable to supersedo tho obsolete sailing schooners employed on the Australian station for tho suppression of tho labour traffic in tho South Sea Islands by steam gun-vessels, and they havo also" found tho sailing schooners Harrier and Undine so utterly unfitted for the Mozambique Channel that they have ordered these obsolete soiling schooners to tlio Australian station, to bo employed in connection with tho labour traffic of tho South Sco Islands.

Tho quarterly competition for tho Thames District Bill on Friday lost produced somo good scoring. Volunteer A. Thomas's score is seldom mado in New Zealand. Tho ranges woro 200, 300, and 500 yards, 7 shots at each. Six competed in tho morning squad, tho three highest, scorors being— Floyd, N. -V., 86; Weir, N.A., SO; and J. Thomas, TALK., 77. Seven lircd in tho afternoon squad, tho highest being A. Thomas, T.K.1.., (Ii (out of a possiblo 105); Brownlow, N.A., 80; and Hawk, T.R.1.., Captain Bedford, U.N., lias issued a "Sailor's Handbook," which should find a placo on board overy ship. Ho lias drawn up concise sailing directions for each section of tho work, seven in number, commencing with North America, and ending with tho racilic. Captain G. R. Noel, R.N., has also undertaken tho compilation of tlio list of foreign ships-of-war, Taking tho French and English Navies for comparison, he statos that France possesses 77 armoured ships, of -115,930 tons, and that England posesses 07 armoured ships, of 450,509 tons.

The military authorities at Homo are look ing to the colonies to supply them with horses for cavalry and artillery purposes. A recent numbor of tho "Army und Navy Gazette " has the following :—" The yearly increasing expenditure on remounts has in duced the War Office to send a duly quali fied agont to the Australian colonies to buy up promising Walers wholesale from big stock-raisors. At first sight, this plan may seem expensive; but when it is remembered that the averagocost of an ordinary Waler is betweon £10 and £15, and that immature two-year-olds—which muet bo kept for two years before thoy aro fit to enter tho ranks —cost something liko five times that prico in England, it will be seen that the experi ment is likely to prove a success."

Tho experimental trials with the now riflo havo now been brought to a conclusion. Tho practices up to 2,000 yards have boon vory satisfactory. Tho now riflo is a splendid weapon for prize shooting and holi day work, but is a very delicate piece of mechanism, and all too complicated for the rough-and-tumble of active service. Our crack shots will appreciate tho accuracy of tho new weapon whon informed that ton rounds at 500 yards can be put in a space 9 inchos high by 6 inches wide, and that the mean deviation at 1,000 yards is "95 of a foot. Tho now Martini-Enlield will be fitted, just in front of tho action, with a broad, strong back-sight for 1,000 yards, with an admirable wind-gauge arrangement to onsure accurate target shooting ; the pendant from sight, which is only intended for distances between 1,000 and 2,000 yards, is attachable in a moment, and would in all probability only be sorvedout to marksmen. Better shooting will bo made with it at all long ranges than with any other breech loaaing rifle.

No official account of the nature of tho groat work of tho German Goneral Staff has beon published in Franco on tho lato war. It was only recently that tho Report by M. de la Porte on tho Bill for finally regulating the Budget for IS7I was distributed among tho Deputies. In this report there appear for the first time official data of the number of soldiers raised by France against the Germans. According to those statistics, the number of troopsofthenationaldefenceintho first months of 1871 was 1,338,177. Of these, 381,547 men were enclosed in Paris ; the remainder wore in tho field. The French lost, from August 1, 1870, to April 1, 1871, in killed, wounded, prisoners, and those dis missed on account of ill-health, no fewer than 658,509 men. The exact figures of the losses of tlieFrench were:—Deserters, 3,684; prisoners of war, 310,559 ; freed from active service, 78,856 ; dismissed on account of being unfit for service,-4,756 ; killed in front of the enemy, 21,430 ; died of wounds or disease, 14,398; various losses without specified causes, 223,410.

The State of the English Army.

Lord Wolsey's latest public certificate as to the condition of the army is far and away the most favourable it has received. Some of his statements, indeed, are almost too good to be true. Lord Wolsely is an optimist, no doubt, but ho is an English gentleman, and he would hot deliberately deceive his countrymen on a point of such vital import ance as thatof the condition of their military forces. So thatwhenhe tells us that "short servicehasreallyandactuallybeenasuccesß," that "the men who have recently enlisted are as fine as, if not finer, than those who have enlisted at any timo since he joined the service," that " England has at no period of of her existence had an army more worthy of her reputation than the army which she has at the present moment," and that "in every way, officer for officer and man forman, the army is more effective than it was before tho Crimean War," we are either bound to believe him and to dismiss all the croakings pf the alarmists about "weedy boys," " service going to the dogs," &c, or we must set down the ablest and most success ful general in our service as one who de liberately [deceives the public in a matter vital to the safety of the realm. We (" Pall Mall Budget") need not say which alterna tive the public will accept

The Eighty-ton Gun at Shoeburyness.

The fourth of the aeries of experiments with the 80-ton gun was carried out at Shoeburyness on Nov. 8, in the presence of the War Office Departmental Committee, and other officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineer... The experiments were previously directed With a view of dellloii strating the ell'eet of the fire of the heaviest ordnance against forte of thn Rpit head type, sections of which were built up on tho marshes. On November 8 the test was of a slightly different (.llili'actor, a special target boing built tip on tho range, consisting of a compound stab of iron and steel 5 feet square, the iron being 12 inches thick, and the steel (1 inches'. Colonol StratlgWUys, It.A,, tiol_ii-.ath..-t... tif tho School of Gunnery, superintended tho operations. Tho huge gun, mounted on an experimental carriage on a lino of rails about 200 yards from tho target, was loaded With n fehrirptß of d-50 pounds of prism No. 1 powder, nnd a palllser projectilo weighing 1,700 pounds. Only one round was fired, but this demon strated again that tho 80-ton gun is still superior to any armour plating that has yet been submitted to its powers. The 18 inches of iron and steel wero not only cut clean thrdttgt... but. the target, with its .10 inches of oak backing;, Wets completely smashed up. The experiment appeared to givo great satisfaction to the Committee, and it is probable that a moro exhaustive test will bo carried out on a future date.

Two Sides to the Question.

1-IIOCEEDING.. OF THE LISIE KILN C.l A.B,

" Dab am scb'ral things dat doan' look 'zactly right to me," said Brother Gardner, as ho rubbed his bald head with one hand and oponod the meoting with the other.

"It doan' look 'sadtly right to sco ono man wuth ten ihillyon dollars an' anodor wuth only ter) dents (applause, by Samuel Shin), but yit if 1 wits de toll miiiyoli dollar man I wouldn't keor whederit looked right or not." [Sudden ond to tho applause.]

" It doan' look Vactly right fur one man to own a groot foundry, while aiiodor man am obleegcd to work for him fur 2dolor a day ['Hear I hear!' from Judgo Cadaver,] but if I was do 2 dolara day man I wouldn't frow mysolf out of a job to spite de owner or to pleaso a demagogue." [Tho Judgo subsides.] "It doan' look 'ztjctly right to sco one man hold oflls all dp timo, while anodor man has to shove a jack-plane fur a libin' (great rustlo in Picklo Smith's corner), but ho who shoves the jack-plane has do respeck of do community an' keeps outer jail." [Rustlo dies away.] " It doan' look 'zactly right to see fo'ty lawyers rush to defend a criminal who has stoled money in his pockots, whilo do ofl'endor who is moneyless nm left to dig his way frew a ton-foot wall wid tin ole knifo-blado (grins on a dozon faces); but if I was a lawyor I should aim my money any oddor way oxcopt by sawin' wood. Do public doan' look fur any perticklcr display of conscienco on do part of tho lawyors, on darforo suffer no disappintments." [Grins no longer obsorvnblo.] "It doan' look 'cactly right fur ono man to have a big brick houso an' anodor mon a rough bod shanty, but 'long 'bout tax-time do man in do shanty kin sit on do fonco an' chucklo over do fact dot ho habit rich."

" It doan' look V.actly right to see ono man go pushiti' and SWollin' an' crowdin' everybody olso off do sidewalk to lot do public know dat ho am aking-beo, but such jnon havo to carry dd ati._ety of bein' in debt to do tailor ail' of iloclgin' dogiocor an' of subscribin' .25 to build a church widout a hopo of bom' ablo to pay ton cents on do dollar.

" In flick, my frionds, dar' am heaps on' heaps o' things dat doan' look 'znctly right to us at fust glanco, but when ye come to ficgor up an' divide an' subtract wo'vo all got a heap to bo thankful fur, an' to encourage us to git up airly in do mownin'. A man kin brace his legs nn' lay back like a mulo, an' kick away at do hull world an' bate eberybody an' bo hated in return, or ho kin pick up sartin crumbs o' consolashum, crowd inter a Boat In do.back cand of do wagin, an' tako d heap o' comfort knowin' tint somebody is wuss off dan himself. Let us accumulate to bizness.

An Aristocratic Scandal.

The Duke of Grafton has a son, who is by courtesy called Lord Euston. He made a nu!sallianccaorao time ago of that pronounced kind from Which it Will be exceedingly diffi cult to oscapt). Ho niarried tlio beautiful Kate Cook, a modern analogue of tho Nelly O'Briens and Kitty Fishers of tho Johnson and Reynolds period. The marriage turned outbyno means a happy ono, and the parties soparated. Lord Euston is tho heir appar ent to the dukedom, and every offort is being mado to free him from the marriage tie. Divorce boing out of tlio question, the Fitzroysnto trying what cookery books call " anothor way." They declare they have discovered a previous husband of Kate Cook, alias Mrs Fit-iroy, ..lias Lady Euston, more familiarly known in London as '' Lady Bus ton Squaro." Itisalloged that "Lady Euston Square" is a biganjlst, and wo learn that somo kind of creature is to bo brought for ward as her husband. This proceeding will, of course, bring criminal chargo against the future Duchess of Grafton, as it was once brought against "Lady Kitty Crocodile," tho notorious Duchess of Kingston. Of course, it is quite impossible to predict the result of a case which must assurodly come beforo a jury if the Fitzroys are determined toproceod. Bigamyisnoioke inthiscountry, and the suppression of a husband to secure a ducal coronet will not be looked upon with favour by any English jury. This charge in itself, and the immense stako of monoy as well asdignity involved, is causing,-, mighty buzz in society. Lady Euston's defence is oven moro romantic and mysterious than the indictment, To tho chargo that she married Lord Euston, then Mr Fitzroy, while sho had a living husband, hor ladyship enters two pleas, which remind us of tho famous pleadings in tho caeo of the borrowed kettle. She pleads, firstly, that alio was never married to hor alleged husband; and, secondly, that if sho wore married to him ho was at that timo nlroady a married man, with awifoliving, so that hisallegedmarriago with Kate Cook was null and void, and her subsequent marriage with young Fitzroy perfectly good.—"Modern Society."

Tattooers.

It appears that the great tattooers among European people are Fronch soldiers and Fronch criminals. Tho idler and more dis reputable the man, the more timo ho possos under arrest, the more is he likely to bo tattooed. The long vacuous loisure of pris ons, barracks, and guardrooms isrelievod by tho art of tattooing. Vermilion and china ink are chiefly used, and a vast number of emblems are engraved on the human framo. Mero faHtastic pictures are the most com mon, then come amatory devices, hearts, clasped hands, and tho liko, patriotic and religious and professional symbols, etc. One man was decorated with tho picture of a carriage, coronet and all, in which a lady sat and watched the efforts of two grooms to control hor fiery horses. Sometimes tiie caricature of Prince Bismarck is tattooed. Shoomakers and carpenters docorato them selves with the pictures emblematic of thoir trades. Two foils and a mask aro the " moko," as tho New Zealanderssay, or, tat tooed crest of a fonco; a gunmakor marked his arm with a picture of a pistol. A man's body sometimes becomes his dossier, arecord of his career, and may bo of considerable uso to the police. Criminals often proclaim their bad luck in the tattooed inscriptions on their arms. Somo write "No luck" (pas de chance), somo proclaim-more poeti cally that they are " Born under an evil star." One philosopher has been known to tattoo himself thus (he was a pessimistic gaolbird) : " The past disappointed me, the presenttormontsme, the future appals me !" —a bitter experience of lifo.

Mrs Langtry Criticised.

Here are some American criticisms on Mrs Langtry'a performances in " Peril,;' at New V ork, " Her face is as immobile as a mask, and her .voice as expressionless as a Cape Cod fog-horn." ."Her dresses woro of a splendour rarely seen, and her appearanco in the third act was assuredly that of extra ordinary beauty." "It is a lamentable truth that to the amusement seekers of this city (N.Y.)as a body, Mrs Langtry is the most interesting figure on the New York stage." "She did a double-header fall, a la Bernhardt, which caused roars of laugh ter—she shook the boards." The headlines of one criticism are, " She pleases—she is very cold—a humourous fall." Another critic sayß, "Anastonishingmarveloftextile architecture." Still another :'' Failed to create surprise or enthusiasm." One critic wishes " she would not act, but simply keep on changing her dresses, and thus carry out the intention of Providence, and that was to make her a lay figure." And another says " her neck is lovely, her hair beautiful, her waist aristocratic, and her hands large, loose, coarse, and red—in fact, awful." Still another says, " She is twenty-nine, and hasn't been home to see her papa for 'ten years,"

ORIGINAL POETRY.

LEOPOLD.

T .1 prince should die in on Kustcrn laud, ■ Slaves must mourn, and tears must llow; But, like to tlie shifting waves ot sand, The tide but drives it to mid fro. If but o tyrant dies, they weep. As weep the ninths for trade or pay ; And so the bard thot sings ulono- A prince, a depot, or a throne. Not so wo weep. We mourn the man Who promised in the Walk- of life, To shine ; whoso heart could beat in Unison with those in battle strife; Who studied hoiv bravo men have stood In holy bonds of brotherhood _. For love of King and country a good. Birth hath no tear, and blood no fence Twoen God's mobility and true eloquence. Wo watched him in tile Senate house, The halls of Science, and amid the din Of busy Babylon: and caught tho tone Of a master spirit—all his own. Death h-th its victims; and its icy hand On loving heart, and noble mind is seen ; Tlie poor may sorrow, tlio rich may mourn, As grief has fallen on a widowed Queen. And so wo sepulchre our Albany, And mourn his death ; one star the less Shines now upon our horizon ; His loving thoughts and learned elonuonco, And promises of true and noble deeds, We bury with him ; and ono by ono We mourn with her who now must mourn her sUil. _~ „ .„.,, —W. _B. Wills. March 31,1851.

HURRAH FOR THE NOSE!

There's the noso that turns up and the noso that hooks down; The Komati, (he Grecian, the pug; There's the nose of Adonis, the nose of a clown, And tho noso liko tho ball of a jug. The jolly red nose, and tho thin, toper nose, Tlie noso that's been knocked out of place. But tho f unnlost noso, as ovoryone knows, Is the noße that spreads over the face.

There's a girl whom I know that has ju3t such 0 iiose, A l_road.shoitl.te_d t-oeo to be euro; Sho carries it with her Wherever sho RO-.S, This noso that is never obscure ; Her nose whon sho blows it sounds liko a boss drum, Tt is ircdkletl frim ridge-Wlo to.boßo. It makes her down-heartea, .tt?.c. serious, ond Blum, , , This nose that spreads over her face.

There's C noso l.hnt is piquant, audacious, ond hold, ~ ,t,^__i There's o nose that hut seldom ObttftHjeß i There's tlie nose of the vixenish red-headed And tliut'inccr, pulpy nose ot the dudo's. But tlie nose of all notes, that captures tlie cako, , ~ The nose that's ahead m Ino race— The no3e that 11 rat money for over will take, Is tho noee that spreuils over the loco.

SCIENCE NOTES.

The adoption of a uniform time-standard by tho railroads of the United States is not a new experiment. The committee of tho Amorican Academy oi Arts and Sciences, which recommended tho introduction of tho system, has called attention to the fact that in 1848 the British railways took Greenwich timo as thoir standard, although this required a change of more than twenty minutes for tho West of Scotland, "Here tofore," say the committco, "there have beon over fifty different standards in uso at onco upon tho railroads of the United State- and Canada." Now wo shall have only four, one for each broad section of the country. Hero in New York our timo under tho now system is that of tho 75th meridian, which is threo minutes, fifty eight and a half seconds slower than truo Now York time Boston had to put back her clocks more than fifteen minutes.

Mr Wilson Flogg, writing in the "Boston Transcript" on poisonous plants, points out that poison ivy and poison dogwood aro the only plants in our woods that may not sofely bo handled. Of course, thero are many others that ore poisonous as drugs, but thoy may be touched with impunity. Mr Flagg docs not regard poison ivy as a very dangerous plant, and argues that more peoplo would be injuriously affected by it if it was as poisonous as is commonly supposed. On tho other hand, We havo known persons who wero very susceptible to its toxic effects, and who could not go anywhere near the plant without being badly poisoned; Considerable doubt has been expressed as to tho truo nature of the cholera which recently devastated Egypt. Dr. Koch, the well-known physiologist, who was at tho head of tho Connan medical commission which inquired into tho character of the diseaso, reports that it was certainly Asiatic cholora. Tlio commission discovered ovidenco of the existenco of a germ which is in some way related to cholora, but which they cannot definitely declare to be a causo of '.ho disease, and which may be metoly on effect, As " Nature " says, Dr. Koch's report deals in a very guarded man ner with this subject. One explanation offered for the phen omenon of a green sun recently seen in India, is that the appearance was caused by water vapor in the atmosphere, Thus wo are told that Mr Norman I.ockyer, the -.-ell-known English astronomer, "once observed tho sun to lie of a vivid green when seen through tho steam of a little paddlo boat" at Windermere." On the other hand, the air is so frequently sur charged with vapor that it seems strange tho phenomenon is not more common, if this be the true solution. Dr. C. J- Wills, in his book on Persia, sta'cs that he has seen a scorpion commit suicide when placed within a cirtild of live coals, so that escape was impossible. The creature ran around the ring three times, and then stung himself to death. Tho xamo writer, who lived in Persia many years a.a medical officer to the European telegraph department, declares that he never knew tho poison of tho scorpion to prove fatal to a human being, except in the caso of a very young infant, Wo learn from tho " Athenaium that a warm controversy recently arose in Eng land over tho assertion that tho celebrated seek-no-further apple was identical with the kin" of tho pippins. - The fruit-growers of Herefordshire denied its correctness, and havo recently satisfied the best promolo- Kists in tho country that their favourite seek-no-furthor stands wholly by itself as a distinct variety. An attempt to dispenso with tho tobacco allowance heretofore mado to tlio inmates of tho Moyamcnsing prison, in 1 cnnsyl vania, has been abandoned upon tho advice of a leading physician of Philadelphia that, in tho treatment of many diseases incident al to v sedentary life, tobacco may be re garded as a medicinal ugont. At the Newhaven meeting ol the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Asaph Hall road a paper on the mass of the planet Saturn, in which he expressed the opinion that tho bulk of tho ring which surrounds that orb had boon greatly over estimated by previous observers. 1 ro fessor Hall is distinguished as tho discov erer of tho moons of Mars. Tlio site of tho now weather observatory on Ben Nevis, tho highest mountain in Scot land, was the proporty of Mrs Cameron Campbell, who has mado a gift of tho land to those who havo undertaken tho mainten ance of tho scientific station there. Tho observatory was opened in the latter part of October. . A School of Veterinary Modicino is now maintained at Harvard College. Tho course of study is throe years, and the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is conferred upon those students who complete it suc cessfully. . , Mr Francis Day, tho accomplished author of a memoir on the fishes of India, has un tertakon a similar work relating to the fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. Tho geological collection at Amherst Collego narrowly escaped destruction by fire this autumn. Last year tho Shepard minerological collections belonging to this institution wero wholly consumed. Although the maximum sur.spot period occurred last year, it seems that tho de crease is not going on vory fast, as somo very largo spots havo lately been observed. European experiments to tost the value of phosopho-bronze wire for telegraph lines indicate that it_ possesses somo advantages over copper or iron.

A few days ago (says a writer in " Vanity _a___s flsssß said "is a poet-you know what a poet is. Oeoflrev • "Yes, I know, He is a man that makes up rhym'es-and (reflectively)-and then he calls them poetry. Everybody has remarked on the exten sive advertising of the late Professor Hollo way, and upon his collection of foreign newspapers from all parts of the world. But I have not seen it anywhere remarked —which is nevertheless the fact—that he was as generous in the use of this collection as in his other charities. Anyone who wished to be informed on affairs in New foundland, in New Zealand, or in the wilds ofPorsia or Turkestan, had only to mount to the garret at the top of Professor Holloway's house near Temple Bar. There ho found two or three clerks ananging the newly-arrived journals. They were always ready to supply their visitor with whatever he wanted, then they attended to their own i business, left him to copy his extracts and I never, even by a look, suggested the idea of baksheesh. Nowhere have I found greater literary hospitality than in the sky-parlour 1 of Professor Holloway.-" Vanity Fair.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884,

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(mD COMMERCIAL ROAD, off Great North Road. —6i acres; 2 acres paling fenced and plon-eo. with 300 fruit trocß. Vory cheap. (838) COMMERCIAL ROAD, off Great North Road. —New Verandah Cottage of 5 Rooms, Regis tered Grato, Cupboards, &c. Allotment 91 % IS). £100. (7281 DAIRY FLAT —255 acres good Land, part vol canic, bush, nico homestead of 4 rooms Prico. 32. 6d per acre „_,.___ (_'• DEVONPORT. — Beach Road: 4 Dwelling houses ; 3 lot at £50 each, and one at £60, First-class investment and very cheap. EDWIN-STREET, ROCKY NOOK- Very nico little Cottage of 5 rooms: gooi volcanic al lotinont. Price, only £250. EPSOM.—VIIia R.nidenco and Grounds .AlB-J, Bplendid Building Allotments, near real dence of E Hesketh, Esq. __, ~ < ?D> , ELLERSLIE.—III Bores Voloanlo Soil:mgpod road frontago, near Racecourse o<) GREAT SOUTH ROAD -l \ acres and 6-rooiood Houso and out-buildings on the main rood near Ellorslla Station. Prico. £625. (963) GEORGE AND WILLIAM STREETS, PON SONBY—Brick Houso of four rooms and scullery, outhouso, &c; allotment, 33 x 132; £100 GREAT NORTH ROAD-About 5 miles from Auckland —A new and well-finished House of 6 rooms, stable, __c„ aud 3 a«-.res splendid land, in cultivation: bounded by a grand stream of water; more land if icquired. MANGARE.—Ono of tho host little Grazing Farms in tho province of Auokland (6121 MONTAGUE-STREET, NEWTON.-New Six roomed Verandah Cottage fitted with register gratos, colonial oven, cupboards, „c. Price. 2SO. WW NEW MARKET.—New-street: Now v, rondab Houso of 5 rooms; good well, tank. &o; n-o. gorden ; allotment 18 x 120. Prico only £350. BM NEL3ON T-S' REET, CI l'Y.- A very nloe and commodious Hou. c of 8 rooms, having a Brand view of harbour Price, £6-0 (979) PAPAKURv VALLEY. - 126 ..cros good alluvial land; partly fenced and a ops*.on improved; a splendid crock thronffh the proporty; about 3 miles from R«»way POKt-Na- 189 acres Volcamo Land, nearljtbU ieveli 26 acres cleared an - n good grass and fenced. Price -2 per acre: o bargain, ai situate just at Pokeno Station. (80_) nivranjiif VILLA of 5 Rooms and Porch; H fitted with Cupboards. Dresser, Registered G^, -ven,&c; goo_«oll and tank nice uarden, -woll-stocked, £3-0. . (M» vt aSiaR ,MA.- IUU acres good mixed Land, a X shot distance, from Drury. Cheap, at jEMOu RAZORBACK-48 Acres Good Land, 26 aciea in grass; cottagoof three rooms, cow-shed, ______ ,&c.; novor-failmg supply of water. ___30, only £250. ._ _. «W> ST MARY'S ROAD corner of Dublin-atree-.- Houae of 5 rooms and scullery,, and 2 rooms detached; gas, tanks, ice. Price _s__. (731) VIIW ROAD AND THE TERRACE, MOUNT i,DEN.—A First class Residence of 7 rooms. complete with cverv convenience; well laid out grounds about 1 acre : fruit and flowei Harden. Magnificent view. 915 VIEW ROAD. MOUNT EDEN.-5 minutes from Railway Station — A new 6-rcomed Two-storey Building, verandahs, bath-room water laid in: fruit trees and vegetab t garden, volcanic mould. Price. £130. 91. __.R_-_WORTH.-o_d Established Boarding houee Business for sale. First-class oppor tunity to seonre a really good paying con corn. Prico only £500. WHANGAREI —12. acres Improved Land small piece kauri bush; Lot 51, Tauraroa (9511 WH -*"G A RHI.- Improved Farm ol 143 aore at Mangapai; 40 acres in grass, and 6ii orchard; dwelling house. Cheap, *oou- WHANG .RHIHBA'D .-Paruaßay -60aoro. nart in grass and kauri; homestead farm good rood. Prico, £220. <W--> WHATaWH TA —Waipa River—lCo acre Improved Farm: first-class residence; gooi orchard; charming property. Price. £AW D. F. EVANS, _.._.-S_, Laud, and jsstatk Agknt, LandMwt-Quaen-B-W-



Land aud Estate Agents. ' —" ' Chas, "Williamson, HOUSE, LAND. «. FINANCIAL AGENT HIQH-ST., NEAR BHORTLAND-ST. Bankers: National Bank of New Zealand, RENTS and INTEREST Collected. ~ MONEY Invested for Capitalists on Firsp class Securities without cnABaE. Six per cent allowed on deposits until invested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated. BUILDING SOCIETY SHARES Bought. ESTATES Managed for Absentees. HOUSES TO LET and PROPERTIES FOR SALE placed Upon my Lists Free of Charge. ALLOTMENfS Bought and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR SA___E a_ £_£__ vocft:— Newmarket. 80s Vlest-streeUSOs MountEdenßoad,-31010sHepburn-street. 80s Randolph-street ligar Place, 80s Inkcrman-streW. 80s E4__notl. street.- 62s 6d Beresf ord-street. 60s Conquest Place. £6 Howe-street. 100s Duke-street. 90s Shelly Beach Road,-75s William-street. 80s Nor theo to, 10s c_._m____e_.reet O'Connell-street, 60s Fort-street (lease), 60s And li various other streets at low rates. ..1000 TO LEND, in Sutts Of -.10and upwards, on eood securities. , _ ~ . SHOP and Dwelling-house to Loaso, witii purchosing clause, for 10 years; centre of city; 5 rooms and collar; gas and water laid on. Good position for business. ' ■ £120—NEW HOUSE Oust finished) For Sale In Bond-street. Easy terms. __21-—Comfortable HOUSE For Sale In Sussex street, NowtOfl Boad. Small deposit only ro q .VHANGAREI-Compaot Little Farm of 87 acres and House For Sale. Capital orchard. AGUNOT.YI^TREBT-New House For Sale. near Karangahape Road; very convenient; nice garden. Price, £400. Easy terms. ___OWE-STREET—NewHotlsCForSalo; well finished ; -"err convenient; nice view of West ern Park. Can l? 9 sold on easy terms, with BTeDR "_____.____.TE SALS-Fpantiful Villa Site, close to Domain; 'busses prtM Story seven minutes. . . r . __ £8 YEARLY—Allotments to be Leased th Howe and Bereaford streets for Long Term of Years. Money lent to build with if desired. Also in Inkerman-atrcet, Freeman's Bay. £700—New Villa Residence For Sale on Pon sonby main road. 8 rooms; gas and city water. £___b_—New Houso and Large Allotment For Sale In Newton on eaaj terms. . MOUNT EDEN.—Newly-erected Villa Resi dence, with concrete tank, detached wash house, stable, bttggy hotise. large orchard and * GENTIfISMAN'S VILLA RESIDENCE Fer Sale at Home Bay: 10 rooms and out-housea. Every accommodation, fine sea View, splendid orchard and garden, paddock for cow. Owner leaving the colony: will be sold a bargain. LAKE TAKAPUNA—2O and' 30-acre; Farms For Sale, e-tcellent land, at £15 per acre. £350.—ISTew house for sale in Upper Quccn street: well flniflhcd; fety pleasant viow. SPRING-STREET. Freeman a Bay—6-roomed Houso For Sale, well finished; city water, and all other conveniences. Price. £350. NELSON-STREET —2 Brick Semi-detached Villa Residences For Sale, with large allotment and fine view. Chanoe for. speculator. KYBER PASS—New Shop and Dwelling house of 5 rooms and scullery For Sale, in the best position for business in this thoroaghfai-'e. ARCH HH-L—s-roomed Houso For Sale (new): allotment, 50 _c 430; £210. Also i rooms and 7-roomed House For Sale! gss j large allotment, NORTH SHORE—New Seven-roomed House For Safe, ntst_t Cheltenham Beach; very con venient : large ___10-_ne_it; price, £475. Also New 1-roomed House with Itttge shed, £225. MOUNT EDEN—New FotlMroomed Houso with bay window For Sale: volcanic coil. £175. Also, Seven-roomed House; quite now i bay window, Venetian blinds, every accommoda tion. Price. £520. - REMUERA—I2 acres of Land For Sale, with house, stable, to;* Magnificent view of harbour. PONSONBY—SIx-fIOH-Cd Houso and Stablo. £380. Laree Slx-roomcd Hottse lor £100. DEVONPORT—Houso and 4 acrcß garden For Sale. Fruit Trees In full bearing. Also, Four* roomed Houso and seuMfy. Quite new; large allotment. Price £265. Grand view of Auckland. £160 — HOUSE and AUoancht For Sf c In Wtlliam-Btreot, near St James's Chi-fob HAMILTON (Waikato)—House and _-«_) of ground For Sale, two minutes' walk from Back of New Zealand, for £95. Lot 321. NORTHCOTE — Seven-roomed House, out buildings, &c, and 30 Acres of Land, For Sale: Very Cheap. Grand view of the harbour. Also, New 7-roomed House and nearly 6 acres. DEVONPORT, Lake Road r- Several very cholco Villa Sites For Salo, having road and sea frontages, and possessing the finest landscape views to be found around AufJdand. WAITEMATA RIVER FRONTAGE—Land For Sale at £2 per aero, In large or Bmall blocks. BRIGHTON ROAD, Parnell — Six-roomed Houso For Salo, allotment 40 x 100. Prico £300. PONSONBY —New Six-roomed House and Workshop For Sale; two allotments; two frontages. Easy termß. „ FARMS also For Sale at Walkomitl, Paremo remo, Waltakerei, Mahurangi, North Shoro. Papakura, &c. Also, see Llßt in " New Zealand Herald " and " Weekly News." CHAS. WILLIAMS ON, ESTATE AGENT. HIGH-STREET Corscti-iakcr. _-_•»_-_-' "IV_rRS DOWN has __^______-_S®?-!__. ___>-__. just received a _P_i-i_Kls-£w.-8 Soloct ABSortmont of __fflfll_-___' BTAY MATERIAL, in >I_M_MiW._____f every varioty and colour. STAYS, CORSET-., _f m[ BELTS, &c, &c, JSr 1 8S&, Upon the latest Improvo- MSm ffiSskk. Country orders punctu pia-'i ljH»__l ally attouded to, ffif fiifl ga »g All parcels sent post free. *_8L ' IP MRS DOWN, Jr Stay and Corsct-makor Uppor Hobson-street. l Insnrance. 1 \TEW ZEALAND INSURANCE I JN COMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE). I r „ nif „, £1,000,000, ffi. and Reserve Funds £100.(XW. Pno-ri-CTior. FftoM FIRE on MARINE LOSS CAN W- EIfFKCTKD IN THIS COJ-TANY. CLAIMS MET WITIfPROMPTITUDE AND LIBERALITY. JAMES BUTTLE, Manager. +£fc_____l&__l GOVERNMENT UFB INSURANCE. H_____> OirnCßt PKOVINCIAI-. BUILDINGS, _-Ki.____.a__--. iei oia.l mnr braiahd J-m omen. GOVERNMENT SECURITY. 1 MUTUAL INSURANCE, LOWEST PREMIUMa The Ordinary Branch Offers an Insurance ol I 41,200 at the premium charged elsewhere for -.1,000, equivalent to An Immediate Bonus of £200, i In sddl tlen to Full Participation in Pro fl t*. , WORKMAN'S INSURANGI Specially provided for in the INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. ; Policies Issued from £5 Upwards, witi _ar PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. _»' B PREMIUMS PAYABLE WEEKLY, 0 For which a Collector will call , SPECIAL TABLES FOR CHILDREIr. • Polloies of £20 and Upwards, after Thre Years, can bo surrendered for Cash, or for a Free Policy. d _-I___.__-.l_ R_5GU_-AllO_.il. X NOTE.—The Government not only brings Ii .urance within the reach of nearly overy mai woman, and child in the community, but pn vides the description of policy and mode of pa; vent beat suited to the requirements of each. " "i MWHfI f"-"'"""aii:



Land and Estate Agents. W L. M ITCHBLI* HOUSE, LAND, ESTATE AND COM MISSION AGENT. . imrmrtT> PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR. No. 8, Mercantile Chambers, Qiibkn _t. Next tho Bank ot New Zoaland. RENTS AND INTEREST COLLECTED. securities Found For Investors Without Ci-ABQE. _ ___ 'thk tare and management of States undertaken. MOB-WAGES' *ND LOANS NEGOTIATED. Bank Stocks \ Insuranco Stocks I We«pa». B OUGH, AHBgOJg. And I All klnda of Stockßl FOB Q A LE- O R l_» A L E— VALUABLE CITY FREEHOLD, Area, If acres, possessing a frontage to two streets. : The property has been out up into ouiwing sites. Immediately available, and withinl l6 mlHUtes of Post-o-lico. On one portion of the i grounds is a Gentleman's Residenco of li rooms, woll appointed: gas and water laid on, and Immediate possession oan be given. Ihia ~ ■ is a flrst-olass investment, capable of pro i ducing a largo return, and to an eligible pur chaser terms can be made exceptionally easy. KARANGAHAPE ROAD-Frontageof36 fcot x 100, on whleh are erected two buildings viz.: Cottage of 0 rooms, worth Ms weekly, and a Shop and Dwelling attached, worth 40s. Owner being in 111-health, wishes to sell. PONSONBY — Gentleman's Residenco of 10 rooms. Including Bath-room and Kitchen, with gas and water laid on. Tho ground com prises _ allotments in ono. and commands a charming view of a largo portion of thp City and Harbour. There aro vegetable, fruit, and I flower gardens, with lawn and summer house. Altogether a snug home. Price, £1.000, and easy terms. PON3ONBY—ViIIa Residences for sale in Nor folk-street, Vermont-street, Clarence-street; ! Proßnect-street, Sarsfleld-Btreet. Richmond RoX^at priCW from £280, -800. -3350. -BOM. j VICToEIA Double House I on brick founda .ions, concrete wall Beparat intri each six rooms, or can be used as ono re_-_tt.ee; iron roof, with verandah and bal cony: W Windows, &c Cheap. p_w.-_NBY--l.n_leman'a Residence, with two ■ P2cie_^_nrolenllld Orchard, within live minutes __f__6a^_fi_s*_* 2 j*vl._t» Allotoents,33fee.front-Hf ««MtjW stg. NEWTON—Sussex-street, * Allotments, each , VICTORIA AVENUE-5 Allotments, from £2 m& COTTAGE near Rooky Nod. very prettily finished, i rooms and scullery. Vim good Allotment; only £280 stg. NEWMARKET—2 Allotments near Rallway Workshops. . . . , - ROSEBANK ESTATE-W Acres, being part pf this valuable proporty. Frontage to mata road on the one side, and bounded by tho waters of Waitemata on the other. Fenced, and over 10 aores in cultivation. This block can be out up in sections to great advantage, and Is offered a bargain. - AVONDALE - Highly Cultivated Farm, 67 NEW _YNN-Fann (30 aores) and House. NEW LYNN—2 Dwelling-houses and 40 Acres. TUAKAU.—A very Choice Farm, 110 aores, 10 minutes from Railway Station; subdivided into 10 paddocks, water throughout the property; also some veiyhigMy prized Bprings of fresh water; a good orchard; buildings in complete order. Price. £11 per acre. BUCKLAND. — Excellent Storo and Bake house, doing a large trade; wlUbe sold cheap. MAUN&ATUROTO.-Well Cultivated Farm, 2fi6 acres, -3516s per acre; a good homestead. NORTH ARRAWARRA (near Welsford)- Good Farm. 160 acres, £4 per acre. PORT ALBERT—River View Farm, known as Dr. Bell's; 186 acres, good house, 4!) aores fenced and In good grass, 1 rone from town ship, land all ploughable. There is deep water frontage and firewood on theproperty. Terms can be mado very easy, viz.: One third cash and the balance fixed for 10 yoara ot low rate of Interest. __~«_• WAIKOMITI, near Railway Stat_on-60_-.l_ j WAIKB__ITI--^Sma-l Farms from 5 to 10 acres Ainlr'AßA, near Mongonul—Part of Allotment 33. containing 120 acres; oheap. «, con-__--u^ o BE LBABB rj # That First - class Queen - street Shop now occupied by Mr Samuel Coombes,' opposite Bank of Australasia. Good frontage fl_ feet deep), with back entrance from High-street; thoroughly adapted to any trade, and in the heart of the mercantile quarter of tbe city. Possession can be given on the l^t Feb., 1884.- Applyonly to W. L. M., at his Land A__noy Fora term of 21 years. Allotment, Wakeflold street, 33 x 74. Suitable for a manufactory, W. L. MITCHELL, BROKER AND ESTATE AGENT, 8, Mercantile Chambers, (jubbn-street. Books and Stationery. q E L L I N G OFF, PREMISES "cImTNG DOWN. . PREMISES COMING DOWN. ~;! " PREMISES COMING DOWN. j CLEARANCE* SALE. _ Ay imperatTVe Sale. "N, G. Lennox IS NOW OFFERING HIS LARGE STOCKS OF BOOKS AND STATIONERY BOOKS AND STATIONERY AT SOCH PRICES FOR CASH AS DEFY COMPETITION. THIS IS A GENUINE CASH CLEARANCE SALE. CHE OWNERS OT ri-EMISES ARK GOING TO BE-BUILD. N. G. L. MUST REALISE-. Books for Prizes Books for Libraries ■ , Books for Sunday-school Librarlos -_, School Books, as used In Publio Schools School Copy Books School Exercise Books School Slates School Requisites All kinds of Commercial Stationery Drawing Papers, Mounted and Unmounted, l-racing Papers Tracing I .Inert. ALL AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICKS. FOR CASH. FOR CASH. ! N". G. L E N N OX, IMPORTER OF BOOKS AND STATIONERY, 100, Queen-street, Auckland. • Musical. 9 C>C_ VICTORIA-STREET, AOCK _)_)_ LAND (six doors from Albert-- T. E. CARTER, WROL^ALE&R^HOTUREFRAME 1 im_^___l^^ Bi^ m MUSICAII INSTRUMENTS. -• Teacher of the Pianoforte. Violin, &c. „ For terms and testimonials see Brett's Alma j. nao Advertisement, page 87, and. post free on application. ;. Timet Add Repairer of Musical totrumento. .