RANDOM SHOTS.

[By Zamlel.]

. Some write, a neighbour's name to lash, Sorao writo-vain thought!—for needful cash, !' Some Write to ploase the country clash, And raiso a dm. ' For me, nn aim I never fash- I write tor fun.

It is saddening at times to think how blindly imitative the human specio3 are, and how slow they aro to improve upon the habits, good or bad, of those who have preceded them in life, or who occupy a higher station. The social absurdities, eccentricities, and weaknesses of one gene ration and country aro reproduced in another, so that even these new lands are frco from the worst vices of the old jworld. My ioadors may remember that a few years ago it was very fashionable for young ladies of good family in England to. olppo with their father's coachman, footman, or groom ; and, shocking though that fashion was, it has lately been adopted in the "first circles" of Ameri can'society. A number of notable in stances of such mesalliances havo taken place in the United States within the last Tew months, and the newspapers aro full of littlo pleasanfriegjOn the subject. Thus a -humourist* rairiarks in ono paper that '" Horses atod fashionable young-ladies run away with coachmen," and another gives the following colloquy between a husband and wife :—Wife—"John, our coachman must •go.". "But why, my dear? Our only daughter is married." '. " Yes ; but—John, I'm not so very old myself, t you know!" Ono of the illustrated " comics " gives a recipe to cure the evil by suggesting the choosing of a married coachman, with the stipulation tliat his wife shall ride on the Jjox, w,ith him; and a " cut" shows how this checks absolute works—the strong-minded wifp. pulling tho ear, of the amorous Jehu whb.has been caught ogling the protty girl in the carriage behind Jrim. Yet another paper relates the following incident :— "And so, you woro at Lillie's wodding?" said Aunt Catherine "Yes, and the groom did look splendid." " The groom, did you say I You don't mean that she, too, has gone and married a,coachman ?"

■ From the foregoing it will be seen that four Yankee cousins have got. the coachman disease bad, and it is even said to be ex tending to the tram-car drivers, who are' jspreading their net ,to catch a few pretty heiresses i whose heads are turned by the desire to be up to the prevailing fashion. This" long preamble may nelp to preparethe minds..of ;my readers for a solemn warn ing that the iniection ; is even spread ing to New. Zealand. I have seen a •married lady sitting; in front of a carriage, side by side with the coachman, while her liege lord took a back seat; this in Auckland, mind; you, not yesterday or the day before; and it is no wonder though .we should hear some day of a startling elopement in high life. But if I can trust the tale which a little bird whispers in my Car, thai "coachman disease" has already broken out in our fair city, and it is only a question of time for the malady to become epidemic. A widow-lady of mature years, who: buried the husband of her youth about i two years ago, has, I am told, conceived a ten der passion for her man-servant, and to avoid mil scandal has been privately married to ■hinvr This lady amoves in good society, is wealthy and respected, and from , the pro-: •fuse show of grief she made and:the costly monument she erected over the "dear departed," it was believed she would be proof against all the arts of Cupid; but the charms of the man in livery have proved too strong, and. she has succumbed. . .„. '

The moral of the story is for those bash ful young men who are always crying "Why don't the girls propose ?" and who have not "even found a partner through the exer «oise by the ladies of Leap Year privileges. .Nib desperandum should be their motto. If every other means should fail, let them; ripply for a Situation as coiehman in the household of their innamorata, and Lore, whq laughs at locksmiths, will: confess that a coachmanirilivery, with big brass buttons ' &n,6V padded calves * is not to be sneezed at; lie't mecUtee' this rambling note by reminds fng the ladieS that Leap Year will soon be ( bveftarid that there are still lots of lacka daisical: young men who"; would'be over-i wholnied with joy ' if- any fair creature' pop tho'question" to them, i '".*?7oTT ■*">'>■ "'. * ' '.' ii'J x ■■ I;''

■■tjjiJtati kind friend has forwarded to mq a: tW&pWliy "pamphlet entitled "The Great' SafiroV'aM- bearing as author!*) name the ihysteWßusi-Signature of "Mottobsmar LeiimaßJ'' After a short period of dubiety afl to'whether the writer was a Turk 01 a Hiridbo,1 Ifound by reading the name back-' wards that I had got hold of my old friend Samuel Ramsbottom, and then I prepared to enjoy'a treat. Taming over the pages ' of'the bdok, I found that it had reference to ■the old; old story of the Manchester Ship. Canal, -and the connection of, "one" Ramsbottom" with that scheme. Where the- great satire comes In I quite faili to see, and I must confess, friend Samuel,; that the whole thing i 8 like a tale that is told, and is but a< weak dilution of your; former stirring pamphlets. Still, I have' got a, little innocent enjoyment; not out o£ the'pamphlet, but out of a handbill in ififerenob'to it;1 ■ This document, which sets ■ forth"the'title; contents, arid price of " Thej Great Satire," is 'headed by the word "I!A3NfiK.I in big %pe. The explauation ■dfthfeinystio Word 1 find stated inafoot-j -note thtiß :-*•"^he way I was ac'coßted by, .the natives when-'in New' Zealand. : The r^ord signifies-'Good Moriiing/ do; ■Vb& do r oritis synonymous with that slang "4bia9e often'Med "amongst us,;-A&V 'Slap^ !fegt'KiM!%e are'agatoi' I now am:'< "JFHwtt'dawned tlpttn' my darkened uttder-j Samuel was 'airing his know-! <143ge bf Mfcri; and that he meant to quote. fitne*salut(ition "Tena*Hoe*" Another note to the* handbill efaystUe-author's object ia to oppose the Ship canalias tq ytoxn- jjeoplovof' '-'unscrupulous money-i hunlie¥B» crafty promoters of bubble com -1 •panics,: and designing lawyers." Veyy good, '■ Mr Mottobsmar, forewarned is forearmed, and"'"Zamiel" for one is proof against the Crafty, designing, &c lot who seem to cause you such cpnoern. - You show your wisdom in shifting your grottfid a lfttls and ceasing 'to mop back theoceaii, for the Manchester Ship Canal wilVgb on despite all your two-; penny fmlminations, whioh for the benefit of your New .Zealand friends I may say are to ftet ifad , >:*ton»» the booksellers, every-: where."

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" Reeling, a few days ago, oppressed bjrthe lioat aM dust'of the cltyi'il'Wßolvai to indnlfra .imyself : \vibh • a-,.short .trip to1 So Hot 'HU,Ma Waikatp. On myj way" u^-'bouiitry'.' my ' attention' wasj attracted 'by the: appearance of a build in,, o f Qothio character standing .mi al country studded with stumps and logs/and; I diverged from the track for a closeri inspection.; Peering in at an open! window, I found the building to be; a.;.cheesei factory, and - that, ,1 nod .arrived just: in time to hear a number ; qfi sdptlemen, apparently; the directors, cndmgi -5 discussion upon tho propriety pf a recent; resolution! to econpmise by mtrpducing! Jetnalo lobour. It -was suggested that tho! Board there,and then make.a personal tiw «* the work to bi,done, andthat.the ChaSe-j manias tbe;*ighfcjqiaiv intherightplace,; -toilce'tho' first. ■■&&&(' ¥° s°oner SM(f n idone, i and the-trial began at the fiard-breaker: .There ; not many minutes elapsed before it became evident that although tho curd itself waa soft, the ; labour of turning the handle was hard, for tlw headgear, coat, and vest of tho^gnnder; Hod been discarded in rapid succession, and the truth of man earning his bread by^he, sweat of not only his. brow, but his wholo body, was practically and clearly exompli fiod ■ The remaining members of the Board then remembered tjjat they had important business engagements plsewhore, and unani-. tnously agreed'-to postpone further trial until snotner Wjiether that day has arrivedor not I aittijinable to say, but I hear tbat tko girls haye .commenced work ; and now my iniod is puzzling over the pro blem whether we aro to look upon th.c girlg i ■of that lMrtieulardwtriet as oxceptionally; linat'nificent specimens; of-womanhood, or 4;he Ddireetors of its <she<We factory as poor £ noble manhoocU - - ■■■A ■.-:■: ■

* vMHj£i)ji|t'htt iic haeh-housea ,($ AudHf^^on' a paying investment? or .-was iVe J*£«nt iailvito of a rostaurant -koepoF who tod something losb than LSO of asboU wherewitfa to balances U.pOO worth o£ liobilitie3 an exceptional case of a man toaing down on bis Iwcfo ? Tor tho credit ol place, J am fain to irtclino to the latter assumption. Ii seems iDcrcdiblo fhnt men .•pould bo foqnd bo callous and bain f.waftod .aa.toWindlo the benign indivii.uala wtp '^onnfl nthoit Uves .in miuiateriug to the

"cravings of tho inner man, Equally preposterous doe 3it seem that siucli a shrowd aud long headed class as board ing-houee and dining-room keepers pro verbially are should allow themselves to be done out of the value of the alimentary nutriment which they supply. Lest, how ever, some of the fraternity may suffer from a system of enforced post-prandial deferred payment, it may not be amiss to reproduce for their edification the description of Doolan's Soup Kitchen as given by Mr Fred Crook in his lecturo on "Shadows of London" last Sunday evening.

Ho informed the audience that the soup kitchen in question was one greatly frequented by thieves and other shady characters whose payments under ordinary circumstances would bo of a vory un certain character. Doolan, however, knew the customers he had to deal with. The bowls for the soup were of copper, and were let into and screwed down upon the tables, while the spoons wore attached by chains. Everything else about the room, even to the poker, was securely fastened after asimjlar manner. What excited Mr Crook's wonder iwas the fact that all the soup called for .^ascanied from the kitchen in a huge syringe,l and with a downward movement Bf..the:shaft* squirted into the bowls prepared for ita. reception. X, x x - For sdtee tiifl'l he was quite unable to comprehend why such a sin gular instrument should bo used. Its peculiar adaptability to the requirements of the estimable Doolan were soon demon strated, however. An old gaol-bird having got his supply of soup met the demand for payment with a "Strike mo lucky if I hain't bin and left my bloomin' purso on the pianner. Pay you again, old pal." Doolan was too knowing a bird to be caught with chaff. Merely remarking with a laugh, "No, ye don't, mo] bhoy," ho 'inserted the point of the syringe in the bowl, and to tho chagrin of the checkmated "bad mark," sucked up the whole of tho fragrant mess. A modification of .Doolan's method might avail in other quarters where the nimblo shilling is loth to leave its owner's' vest pocket in paymont for an equivalent con sideration.

Somo titno ago, at a defunct Auckland Mutual Improvement Society, a young member read a paper on the question, " What Shall Wo Do With Our Girls ?" Tho announcement sounded strange from a young man who possessed no fatherly anxiety about the matter; but his con elusion was, educate them fairly, toach them to waltz; and marry thorn off as soon as possible.; Not a word, however, was said about dress, which occupies so much femi nine thought. Our girls are fond of fre quent changes in dress"; and many of them, I fear, think more of adorning the body than of furnishing the mind. , Although I admit that fashion in dre?s is riot much to be deprecated, I have a pious horror of the 'protruding absurdity, the. crinolette, the monstrous post-boy", and: the Eden crop. There must be changes in scenery as we pass rapidly forward, and the harmony of ideas suggests the adoption, of a varying mode. In clothing the frail body, however, the mischief begins when Fashion comes to be regarded in the light of a tyrant. It Would be a sweeping assertion to say that all young persons who dress fashionably are vain, as such an assertion would include our mothers and sweethearts and nearly all of womankind. lam of opinion that the pre sent postboy hat] and dress improver are amongst tho most absurd fashions of this or any other age. I have been informed that a young lady/was passing up Wellesley street a few evenings since, when a talka tive magpie, hanging near -Mr Crowther's stables,.hopped out of its unfastened cago upon as enormous projecting improver, unobserved by tho young lady, and began to whistle a merry tune. The scene may be better imagined than described. To dress well requires taste and ingenuity, and one of the first conditions of success must be toadopt or devise a mode which is physi cally'and jesthetically suitable to the in dividual. '■•'' ; ;

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Amongthe recent improvements of Queen-: street, in imitation of great cities, are busi-; ness; chambers reached by passages fromj the main thoroughfare, but of which the: general public have no adequate idea. Of chambers in the common acceptation of the term, there are several varieties, but not in Auckland. These chambers are devoted to, lawyers, professional men, dim and dusty, and of the broker, commission, and land agent;, men struggling for a connection,! and who cannot afford to pay the apparently j extortionate rent of a front office in Queen- j street.: While thinking of chambers I turned, in memory to; the celebrated chambers of 'the past, on the other side of the world, and conjured up a host of eminont characters; who' laboured ' silently in tho throes of; bachelorhood, ' arid in their shadows brought forth imperishable' volumes.; Again I thought of the number of villanies '■ concocted in; villainous chambers. Auck land, as yet, possesses no chambers for bachelors. I sco the green walls of lodg ing-houses in bystreets-—not the most comfortable homes for workmen, although the Stab and a few tattered, coffee-stained magazines lie carelessly about on stools and ancient deal tables. A sad silence pervades these lodging-houses, and the sailor and single man are surrounded by strangers of every creed, consequently the sensitive lodger does not feel at home in the best re gulated fodging-house. He finds at the' same Stable the solemn-faced local preacher, the briefless barrisijer, the out-of-water journalist,, and ti^e unkempt water-press man ; in fact, a score of men of whose per-' sonal histories he has not the remotest' knowledge Still, despite their,loneliness '■■ to ordinary yiew, what a large proportion of; r iiterature has b£gn fiompbeedin the sunless; chambers of literary bachelorhood: l.j Some! menjaye so constituted that.fch.ey are, con tent'to live alone in a chambered passage, and do for i themßelves J _and for the sake of; niggardly or forced economy, to find their own small/table* simple furniture,, and little bed jn a'Tecess, In "accordance with taste or; circumofsances, at a saving, say, of forty per' cent,.after,<aJß fttShipn-ofpoor. Tim". Howard, '• recently departed!'front, "other people's; houses. I have but little sympathy with! the bachelorhood of selfishness. The fact is: patent that there must .of 'necessity be a| large number of,Bingle, unsettled-men in the! colonies; but would not building" specula tors do well in; providing1 suites of modest chambers for bachelors, at: suoh rate of rent as would secure a lair and regular return;?' ;' , " ;'' '■■''■ . "";"." /' ■' i "■"''- x ' ,'■''"■"x''' ' x " . A young iady residing at lOnehunga writes:—" Dear Zamiolj— Read, please, tKe enclosed card, and having read lp, do as you usually do, meditate and soliloquise W , '

DEAR M 155...... ... ■■May I .see you Kome? If so, Jceep this card; if not, retvi'n it. If I cannot see •you home, may Isit, ott'the fenik and see. ypypassbyl.) ,:;.■.;■•.', ~ ■-._ :> |

The card, I jfdigvel faces'its origin to the fertile brain of ofte.ijf^UK Auckland youths, 'who has them printed; sijd fljtttijs them to his'admiring friends. .The 'g#y yotihg: sparks 'of Onehunga, I aft tola, 'pjjtc£#3,e ;tnein by the hundred. \\ The use! they are put to'you will at once see:—^Numbers of 'cJiivalrous young men' (there are many ■in Onehnriga) who are dosirous of protect-! ing ,tho Bolitijry female during her home- i ward walk from Ghiirch, &c, throng around ;the entrances, caM-oaaa in hand; and offer; one Of these cards to those to whom they wish ] tp tender .their protection:! What will pur; 'young men do next ? The last sentence on 'theMiA flavours,1 of- Mark" Twain: 'If T cannot see you home, may I sit on the fence and-see you by?1 I notice, withj pleasure, that in nearly.every case our' churches, &c, are fenced by tho orthodox : pointed railings. On a Sunday ovoning one of tho sights of Ohehuriga, will be to see soxbb pf these 'rejected: men of chivalry'1 sitting ob the points of railing fences, happy (thougb fa} bodily, pain) that they are at loosfc allowed to ylmv tlio lady walk past, independent of thcif giip&np sovyices. How humble and (submissive is tjje spidji of pur Onehunga youths!— Yours yeepectfaHy,, Sopjnifisßy." ! : •;

The politeness of this billet-doux is per fectly overpowering, and indicates a degree of French polish which the Onehunga bucks have neyei been credited with before. 3?ew lyoung ladies, one would suppose, iJoutd resist so chivalrous an appeal, or re> ■jvavd ttie gallantry of the.ir admirers with thing even worse may, .however, happen youths who practise incautiously this form of nineteenth century; chivalry. There aj?e<s. few healthy fathers about Onehunga, and fte OTstqni.,pf. the village is to we,ar boots of neapy/salibre. It may jipfc jmprQ bably enter Jnto jfeJ^indj>f_one or more of these unromantio—CToalures, whose flSftS?^?L'sb,Me l .be^n.r,tee»teii. -to- aa un tUfr other sido, and ho may bo iinpoUod by

In performing this very laudable work, the Onohuiiga paterfamilias would havo my heartiest sympathy and encouragement. A little personal exertion would be well re paid if it assisted young gentlemen who manifest so meritorious a regard for the ethics of polito society to a bettor under standing of them.

£10,000 is a large sum for a young simple ton to pay for tho pleasure of a prolonged Ilirtation with an actress whose professional merits centred in the heels instead of the head, but .Earl Cairns paid it rather than havp the exposure of a Court trial, in which it is rumoured the old gentleman would appear to very little better advantage than the son. Those people who believe in heredity will find escapades like those in which A 7iscount Garmoyle and Colonel Wel lesloy have figured hard to reconcile with their doctrines. Earl Cairns is about as hard a nail to deal with as one could find in tho North of Ireland, and that is saying much; yet he is to be succeeded by an heir who has brought himself aad family into universal ridicule by a course of conduct which could hardly havo beon surpassed in folly by the heir of a race of Simple Simons in the fourth generation.

Not very long ago, a good young man that " Zamiol" wots of took unto himself a wife, and the happy pair went for a honeymoon tour through the Waikato. "None of your throo or four days'trips," the gushing bride confided to Mrs "Zamiel," in a burst of girlish confidence, over the back fence, "but a regular honeymoon; a full month, j'ou knew." So we went to the youne; man's wedding, saw the twain made ono flesh, pelted them with tho orthodox old shoes and smothored them with rico, and at last saw them wheeled away in one of Crowther's carriages eh route for tho train. Three days elapsed, and, much to the surprise of all their acquaintances, the young married couple appeared again in Queen-street. Said one inquisitive friend : " What, back already . We did not expect you for a month." " Well," responded the bride, "the AVaikato was right enough, but wo folt so lonely. Didn't wo, Charlie ?" Charlio said ho did. Just, fanny fooling lonely with your wife thrco days after marriage ! This is different to what it was in " Zamiol'a " young days.

Tho Parliamentary Union Houso of Roprosontativos has adjourned till the end of February after being in session since the boginning of Oetobor last. It would be un fair to determine the practical value of its sittings by theamount of legislation achieved, for that is limited to a single measure of anything but a liberal tendency. The benefits which have been derived from this experimental essay in tho region of politics are of a totally different character. A largo body of public men havo boen made conver sant with parliamentary forms and usages, several questions of considerable import ance have been discussed from a great variety of standpoints, and the interest evoked in them lias extended boyond the House itself. Not only that, but the en forced identification of three-fourths. of the members with Southern constituencies has assisted to break down those narrow provincial distinctions which have hindered the growth of a truly colonial spirit in Now Zealand. ..'"'■..!.

Under all the. circumstances, the Ministry havo done well, but they had it within their power to do a great deal better. In marked contract with the Premier's proud boast of Radicalism was his pusillanimity with regard to the Aboli tion of Plural Voting Bill, which after having boon debated for four nights should have been pressed to a division, instead of being kept at tho foot of the Order Paper. A similar chicken-hearted display was made in connection with the Lands Act which was suddenly forestalled by another Bill when tho House was ripe for division. As*for the promised native land legislation, the Bills for the Extension of the Franchise to Women, for Securing to Married Women the Complete Control of their Separate Property, and for Regulating the Extentto which Real Property shall be Subject to Disposal by Will or Settlement, nothing has been heard of them eince the delivoryof the Governor's Address. So, too, with the estimates of revenue and expendi ture which were to be laid before the House " with as little delay as possible,"; and the local government proposals which were likewise to have been brought down. I The great expectations which were excited' in the minds of a young and hopeful Parlia ment have therefore not been realised in the matter of legislation.

Singularly enough, the only measuure with which the self-styled Radical Ministry have succeeded in identifying themselves is i one which is Radical only in tho sonso of tho change it makes in tho systom of election to the Houso'. I refer to tho Regulation of Elections Act. It changes radically tho system, but in a retrogressive direction. Instead of a wh'olo day of nine hours being sefc apart for the general elections and the ballot-boxes Being placed in a public establish ment centrally situated where voters may go at their convenience, tho Clerk of Writs is now ©powered to con vene a meeting for the purpose on any night he chooses. At this meeting, which man j voters are sure to be prevented from attending, the polling must take place within the brief space of about two hours.

The reason urged for such a Conservative and illiberal step is that it will tend to pre vent electioneering log-rolling and caucus voting,1 but a moment's reflection must per suade anyone that it will only tend' to aggravate considerably those evils. There, can be no secresy Of voting in a crowded' meetipg of the kind coritemplatedj arid the very assemblage of the voters within one room" 'will- 'promote that canvass for votes which is considered' so undesirable. The new system is vicious and reac tionary in '£he: extreme, and is cer tain ;to prtMV hjghly unpopular. Orib can therefore- appreciate^ the grim humour of the .Conservative member who referred to it as a Radical measure. I see that Mr E. W. Burton is anxious-tOerjeot into an Upper .House those members of the Union ,who do not', find' en trance into the' House' of .Representa tives. The object in view is cbmmendable, viz., to sustain'the- interest of those who do not become representatives, but. the pro pOsal referred to, without considerable modification, woald be quite preposterous. Better far idje formation of an auxiliary De bating Glub," as suggested by1 the Star at the j outset. I look upon ihe Union as a valuable institution, and henco my interest jiri its proper conduct.

OPENING OF THE NEW OFFICES OF THE "AUCKLAND EVENING STAR."

The completion of tho new offices of tho Auckland Star, fronting Shortland and Fort-streets, is a red-letter day in the history of the paper. It is now some twelve months since the proprietor de cided on the erection of a building which would accommodate undor one roof the many departments of the large and daily increasing business that has grown up. Hitherto some of these branches have been carried on in buildings detached from tho principal office in Wyndham street. For many months past workmen have been busily ongaged evolving a handsome edifice from chaotic piles of brick and heap 3of mortar. Promi nent Southern and Australian journalists who have gone over tho building pronounce it tho largest and best appointed printing offico in tho Australasian colonies. The designing of tho plans for tho building was entrusted to Mr W. IT. Skinner,' architect, of Vulcan Lano. In preparing his design Mr Skinner had to keep steadily in view tho peculiar requirements of tho case, the essontials being groat solidity and strength, in order that the various floors might sustain tho immense weight of printing machines and the heavy apparatus inciden tal to tho printing business ; abundanco of light, and good ventilation. In a word, the instructions to Mr Skinner wero to make tho building porfect in a utilitarian sense, and afterwards of such a design that its architecture could be pointed to as a credit to tho city. By a reference to the lithographic dosign accompanying this isauo, it will bo scon that from an aesthetic point of view, tho architect has achieved a genuine success, whilo tho other requirements have been faithfully achievod.

General Plan of tho Building.

Tho general form of tho ground plan of tho building is like the letter L, tho shorter limb of tho letter being the Short land-street frontage, while the end of the longer limb represents the frontago to Fortr street. The building, speaking generally, follows the shape of the allotment, which has a superficial area of 11,380 square fbet, and runs through from Shortland-street to Fort-street.' The width of the Fort-stroot frontage is 89 feet 6 inches, and tiie Short land-stroet frontage 38 feet, the depth of tho allotment being 157 feet. It would be impossible to find a more suitable site in Auckland for such a business, as it almost adjoins the Chief Post and Telegraph Offices, Customs and other Government offices, and is within two hundred yards of the railway station, principal wharves, shipping, and tramway terminus. Advantages of light and air, so difficult to obtain in the crowded part of the city, are also perfectly securod to tho great health and comfort of the employes. Tho build ing occupies tho whole of this ex tensive anil valuablo site, "with tho ex ception of a very small portion which formß a quadrangular court-yard. The main business entrance, is from Shortland-street. On the Fort-street frontage is situated the publishing office and tho entrance to the Lithographic Department. By a passage through the yard and stairs bccobb may also bo gained to tho Shortland-streot end of the building from Fort-street without passing through any of tho work-rooms.

Ejrtorior Design,

Bofore proceeding to deal with tho internal economy of the building, wo ad dress ourselves to describing the architec ture of the two facades, The largest and cOn?equently most imposing frontage is to Fort-street, although tho main public entrance and Commercial Department are at the Shortland-street end. In designing the Fort-street facade, the architect :did not adhere closely to the recognised Canons of architecture, but evolved a very masterly composite design containing in its constituents some of the best features of the Italian and Grecian orders. Tho front is four stories high, and is surmounted with an observatory or tower pierced by four bullsoye windows, each C feet 9 inchos in diameter, and topped with a vano of elaborate and appropriate design. The width of the facade is closeori 90 feot. The altitude of the parapet is 61 feet, and of tho vane above tho observatory 92 feet. In the front 'there" aro 18 single and seven double windows, while tho centre of tho basement story is piorcod by a covered arch way giving vehicles access to the quadrangle or yard. There are also four circular-headed doors'affording entrance to the publishing department and other dopartmonts facing Fort-street. Tho windows of tho basemont

story are square-headed, and of rusticated Roman pattern. The architecture of tho first story much resembles that of the basement, the main point of difference being the occurrence of Corinthian columns and pilasters, surmounted with . a rich entablature. The windows are. circular headed, and of ah* ornamental character. The centre portion of the basement and first stories have a tiriiform. projection of 9 or 10 inches, which has the effect of boldon ing' the general design, and increasing the effective appcaranco of the whole facade. The ornamental piers flanking this .portion of the building also, add.cpn" siderably to the general effect.', ' THe1' win dows of the second floor are segment-headed, with, ornate pilasters and stilted archi traves, merging into a plainer fa9ade. Tlie ' thin! flobr is of' somewhat plainer design, the windows being square-headed. The second 'and third stories are divided by a rich band of cable work. The pidrs flanking'the outer ; pctrtiqris and centre of the front are'nicely rusticated, and are set off with Grecian ornamented panels. , Tho whole is surmounted with a heavy bracketed cornice, on which rests a balustrade of Grecian character, .From: the central por tion of this balustrade the observatory springs in the • form of a turret— a tower of purely Romanesque de sign. The circular pediment is supported by square rusticated cornices ana small columns, the same appearance being shown by the four sides of the turret; each side being lighted by a largo circular window of plate glass. From this point of: vantage a splendid view of the city and harbour is obtainable, the observer being far above the other buildings in the vicinity.

The Shortland-street front consists of a cellarage basement and three stories, the natural slope of the ground from Shqrtland street to -Port-street precluding the archil tect from providing for the same number of above-ground' floors on both-.' fronts; Leaving the'basement, we will proceed to describe this !front' ironv<:f the first floor at street; 'level. The ■ architec ture 'of the story is*'1 rusticated composite, in keeping with the corres ponding portion of the Fort-street facade. The centre of the story is pierced by the business entrance—a fine doorway set in an alcovej each' side; of i•■ the; entrance being flanked by Corinthian pillars supporting ah arch of unif^ design,'!our the' keystone of which is the1 oarvedbeaiiof asatyr.^The doorway is approached by a flight of three steps. Ateaohsideof the alcove are large windows,'each 10 feet by 6 feet. Over the doorhangs aglobular streotlamp glazed with coloured glass, and on a band round it the name " Star" appears. In the second flop).' the alcove referred to in the descrip tion of the first floor is continued, and takes the form of a saoeased: balcony, with ornamental iron railings, At either side of the balcony, and at the baok of the recess, are large windows glazed with heavy plate glass. These windows light the quarters of the literary staff. Tho con-

tral window is hung on hinges, and through it access ia obtained to the balcony. The quoins on the story resemble panelled pilasters with ornamental capi tals, and are surmounted by a-rich Corin thian entablature. The cirgular top of the balcony on this story has ah excellent offeet on the general appoarance of the 'facade, The*hird or upper story is of a plainer ehafcotai' than the others. It is pieicedjap * three windows, the central °P°^KBpK r flanked with two side I'jjjfllHPp6 quoins are panelled \JH9wPTan ornament, and surmount f^HSHHrVhole is a large Corinthian eatiP9nir,3;'>'al>ove' which is a segmented pediffl|l}6. T|h,e central' oAiaiiient of1 the pedinfent Ja a sifelietpjji.'.'star," tneVdi'dß ByjiflNoSWß appearing in'gold Jeittoiai' the base. On elthsi* side, of the opntriji ped?: mentis a balustrading with podeßtftls, th^ latter being capped with tastefully-d6Blgiie4? finials. Tne general effect of 'the front' is rich and unique) and from an architectural point of View is oneofthe^neßt in the city. JJpjjfe fronts are of cfenlentied! brick, ' yij

The Public Office. ] j Having thup 'finished our description of' tho external appearance of tho building,! we come to describe its internal economy. For tho public, the large commercial office and editorial rooms fronting Shortland-st. are the place of chief importance. It is here that advertisements and printing orders will be received, accounts settled, and from this part of the building the whole es tablishment i&' nao.sfc easily accessible. The wholo of the ceilings are panelled and fluted, and the cornices picked out with deli- j cate tints. The dooraaro of dark cedar with: .circular-tops, and are hung on Smith's patent hinges, and have handsome handles of ebbny nhdbrass.' The counter, whichruns from near the doorway to the partition wall of the job printing room, is.very handsome. The top is of polished kauri, while tho framing of tho front is of cedar with kauri panels. Supporting the counter are four heavy carved ltauri trusses. The top of tho counter is divided into three compartments — ■ for the receipt, of advertisements, printing, and transactions with the cashier. ( Tho dividing screens are of cedar and frosted plato glass. At the end of the counter is a panelled screen with door leading into the accountants' office. Close to the advertisement receiver's desk is a small hand lift, by means of which adver tisements, telegrams, etc',, are sent to tho regions above, and "sich agettin'upstairs" is avoided. Opposite to the counter is the i proprietor's room, 14 feet by 11 feet. The screen framing of tho proprietor's room is of cedar, and tho panels of rosewood, highly polished. The upper portion Of tho walls of the room are glazed with embossed glass. From this room speaking tubes and electric bells communicate with the editor's room, the accountants' offices, and with the quarters of tho heads of tho sovcral mechanical departments.

Editorial Rooms,

.' From the public room an exceedingly handsome geometrical staircase loads to tho quarters of theliterary staffabove. Thehand rail is of moulded cedar, and tho balustrad ing in cast iron of airy design. The right hand side of tho second floor is occupiod by the stair landing and the editor's room, a handsomely-finished and comfortable room scrconod oil' with panels, glazed with ground glass. To tho loft-hand side of tho passa^o are tho quarters of tho rank and file of the literary stall, including tho room for tho subeditor—wlioro all copy undergoes supervision, wlioro unintelligible telegrams aro mado intolligable, and sucking poets and embryo litterateurs .have their hopes dashod to tho ground daily. Throe ele gantly appointed and excellently-lighted reporters' rooms complete the suite.

Accommodation is also'found hero for tho editor of tho " New Zealand Farmer/ Beo, and Poultry Journal," with whibh is incor porated tho "North New Zealand Settler."

The Newspaper Composing Room. On the same floor with the editorial rooms is situated the news composing room, where the "matter''for tho Stab is '' set up in typo." The room is 88 feot by 29 feeti and has " frames " for about 30 com positors. The constantly-moving hands of tho workman and the cheerful rattle of tho type give animation to the scene, and an idea of the work done in this depart ment may be gained by the knowledge qf tho fact that, for a complete edition of the Star upwards of 120,000 words havo to bo put to^nimer, to say nothing' of cdm mas, colons,'and othev points. The room is well lighted and cheerful-looking, and to it, as to all other departments in the building, is attachod a lavatory and other necessary offices. A short flight of stops from the news printing-room leads to the quarters of tho female compositors—a large, comfort ablo room overlooking Shortland'Stroot, and occupying the whole of the upporpartof the Shortlandstreet front.

General Printing Department,

Passing out of the public room through a pair of glass doors, a short flight of stairs loads down into the machine-room on tho ground floor, and three or four Bteps up give entrance to the gonoral printing de partment. A door opening to She right discloses a (light of atone steps leading down into tho yard, giving a through passage out to Fcnt-stroot. \Ve will describe tho ma chine-room lirrit. It, is one of tho largest' printing-rooms in tho colonies.; there is cer tainly not a larger in Molbournu or Sydnoy. Its dimensions are 88 foot by 29 feet, and it occupies the whole of tho transept portion of the floor. Tho machinory comprises a large four-feeder Dawson'n Wharfdale maohino, capable of striking off 0,000 copies an ' hour ; a double-feeder; by the same, maker that , will, print i 3,500 ./impressions, in the hour; a doublo r°ya' by Dawson,; double demy,; Wharfdalo by. Payne, double crown by Inglis, double demy by Main, aquadruple news machino by Main, and one <lSun" and two "Universal," platens. Space has been Jcft and every; preparation been made for tho fixing of a Web machine on its arrival from tho makers. The motive power for this array of machinery is a largo tubular boiler: constructed by Mr Yeoman, of Albort- • street, and 15 horsepower engine, capable^ of working uptoSOh.p., with latest im provements, by Messrs A. and G. Price, tho well-known engineers of tho Thamoa. The machine room is well lighted from tho quadranglo by n row of windows,. As already stated tho basomentundortho Short land-streot lovel is usod for storage. Horealso is situated a brick strong room with iron, doors. Partitioned off from the general machine-room is tho lithographic machine department, which will bo noticed later on. .Returning now. to the Shortland streofc lovel, and ascending the low steps leading from the: public room into the general; printing-room, the eye; scons extensive shelves of. wooden letters of every; shape! and Size. The room.h exactly tho came siiw as tho news composing-room above it. ■It ia occupied ;by-,aome 25 to ,30j,coinpo8i-, tors, and 'f-from early morn till dewy eye " the sharp,',! click-click "of the type goes,on.> It is from'this1 department .that the .many beautiful and chaste' specimens of fine art printing emanate, the'appliances at hand beingjof the most modern description, the newest." notions,-"; being obtained throe .or four /tunes , a : ye_atv ;from, England, Gerraany,: and America..» Invoices,* b|ll r heads,, i; i circulars, >ni programmes, magar zinesy ;jand a..gredtii!\'ariely ; of ..other printing work, on 'iSsomposltion," as it ;is technically called, go9s on here. For con venience the roomiiailthough not partitioned off, has. been arrangedin thKeeidiyisions— the poster and bill'typfc being placed near the door, the book > and -general. publishing in the centre of the .room, and the. fancy

typo near the! other end, | This department and the machine room are Under the general

direction of Mr Barton» who occupies an office near tho entrance-^ ■; , ..',•>

The Lithographic Department, etc.

!; Passing out of the'jobbing-room on the Fort-street side,, access is gained to the lithographic department, but thia may. be the more readily "described by 'entering from Fort-street, which will be the entrance commonly used by persons wishing to see Mr Schmidt, who has/the management of this department. Opening a door in the archway-. .from .Fortrstreet, wo enter a' passage which ".'.'leads directly into '"tike 'lithographic ~ 'machine-room. Out of- this , hall .a- broad staircase nsos,'iii'a series of flights,'.'straight up to tne fourth story,"' giving 'access to all the work-rooms. Along this channel ■oil,, the ! employe's in.., the . mechanical department's will . enter■", arid, leave work. In tho lithographies irjachiha room, No. 1, on |lio basement floor,' are a royal crown litho.' ixiachino and ,a quadruple crown machine. Those machines are of tlio newoat.and finest description^ arid capable of performing any Htographie print ing .from .the plainest plan to the'most gorgeous chromo.-lithographs,', with olpuda of ceriliean azure and sunsetSj like a toper's rios'e.' ' ' ■ '■' ' ■"' '"'

Ascending the staircases to the first floor, we find it divided;into a press-room for, the Lithographic, Department, designing roomß for lithographers" and copper •plate; en-, gravers and embossers,; being .oocupiod by the large job printing-rppmj. al ready described. In tho lithographic press.-ropm are the .following machines : — Wge demi-folio; steam press capable of printlng.jfrpm a stone 4ft. by 2|ft.jtwo liand presses, oopper-plato press, ink grind ing iniy,jtwo platens, Conneoted with this doparfcmont also is ap omboßsing machine.. The dosigning rooraH of Mr Schmidt and his staff.are commodious and well appointed apartments. Many interesting processes arc carried on hero, including drawing on stone for lithography, either in monotint or in the most elaborato combination of colours; transfers for photo-lithography, copper plates engraving in all its branches, from door-plates to visiting caris; orna mental engraving: on precious metals.

Ascending the eocond flight of the main staircase, we reach the western wing of the third story, which is occupied by the Stationery and Book-binding Depart ments. Here-is a large guillotine cutting machine, driven by the engine below; also ; ruling, numbering, 'perforating, and other . machines/ lAssevorabthoiteaiids of'pounds; , \v#fi;h of printing paper, &dj, is alway^kSpt I irl stsck," $ie gpdt'e |!equired for stOfkee ia> ! canHimM- '■■' ijofiier'B'j?"tftßth|rdflighfc of -stairs, wo enter-the stereo.'and eleßtSflrfcygj 'ing!il'oom,- an&i > another^iar'ge stationery ;room. 'The'"process > of :stereotyping' :isi highly interesting, and the art is of great*

utility, in connection, with the .printing ;trade: A' "forme," or page of •type, is sent to the stereotypor who, from it, takes moulds. Into these moulds ■ molten metal is poured, and, presto ! the stereqtyper has before him seven or eight counterfeit presentments of the one page of type. This multiplying 'process, of course, saves a great deal of time in machine printing, and also effects a saving in wear and tear of type. Access to the Observatory is obtained by means of a small staircase leading from this floor. On the eastern side of the building is a large hydraulic lift capable of raising a ton to any of the floors of the building. It was constructed by Messrs A. and G. Price, of the Thames, and performs its work admirably. There are two small hydraulic lifts in other portions oJ the building—one for the lithographic department, and another for the job princ ing and news departments. Built separate from the main building, are brick stores for news-paper wetting and folding-rooms. In the quadrangle is the engine-room, paper and wetting-room, and other offices con nected with the establishment. The large steam engine is supplemented by a gas engine as a reserve. Every floor is fur nished with lavatories and other con veniences for the men.

Publishing Boom,

We have now described tho general plan of the building with only one omission — the publishing, or issuing room. This is a commodious apartment, entering direct from Fort-street —tho door for the public— and having a second entrance from the archway for tho runners. From this room the publisher will issue nightly an average of 10,000 copies of tho Star, or as many more as a discerning and appreciative public are prepared to buy. The publishing dopartment ota paper with tho circulation of the Stak is a busy liivo of industry. It is ono of the sights of Auckland to see tho crowds around tho office at publishing time. Then the bußtlo insido, getting away papers for steamers, 'buses, trains, and tram-cars, which have to be " caught"—that is, im mense bundles of papers must be forwarded to their destinations at fixed times; and as the. "hours" of these vehicular transmitters of our broadsheet follow fast on ono another, there is no time to be wasted. Then run nors must be served, hundreds of pennies takon for separate copies, copies for sub- Bcriberaaddressed and folded ; and so the work of the publication goes on, from half past three in tho afternoon till the town clock chimes tho witching hour of 8 C.m., whilo tho groat machino immediately ehind the publishing room, crashing and quivering, and laying out tho broad sheets with its four armß, plays an appropriate accompaniment of monotonous music to the bustle and whirl.

Tho Contractors.

The contractors for tho building were Messrs VV. Philcox and Son. Mr Philcox may add the new Stab offices to the long list of successes which have marked his career as a builder in Auckland. Some of the handsomest edifices in the city have risen under his hands. The decorations wore executed by Mr J. Honderson, and are models of artistic elegance and skill; tho gas fittings, speaking tubes, etc, were supplied by Messrs Branston and Foster and the Auckland Gas Company. Messrs McCoskrio and Son carried out tho work of removing and reerocting tho machinery, and it is by thoir skill and energy in keeping tho engineers and fitters working night and day that we have been able to effect the transfer with so little inconvenience to our readers and the work of the oilice. Some little delay may yet be caused until tho whole of tho machinery is transferred, and wo shall have to claim the indulgence of our customers for a week or two longer. Tho shafting was supplied by Messrs Frasor and Tiiino, and Price Brothers, of the Thames. Tho plans for the boiler and engines, and tho arrangements of the machine-room, wero designed by Mr J. Edwards and carried out under his per sonal supervision. All tho contracts have bean executed in a manner that reflects credit upon everybody engaged in tho work.

CHINESE PROVERBS.

Flashes of CeiesiisJ Wit and Wisdom

A i?e\v of the Chinese proverbs may serveto show: the character of the people and their way of thinking better, than any mere des cription* *i" A%ise'niaii■■■adapts himself ■to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it." "Misfortunes ißsue out where disease enters in—at the mouth;" "The error of "one moment be comes the sorrow of a whole lifetime;" '.'Disease may be cured but not destiny;" H"A jraflant mind is open to allsuggestions, as the notlfiw mountain returns all sounds ;" "He who pursu^'a1 jli.he stag regards not hares;" " Ittftio-robfa fee i£ft;thp grass will grow again" (this is the reason f#r ex terminate a trator's family); "The gem cannot be polished without tfricton, nor the man perfected without trials;"' "A wise man forgets old: grudges;" " Riches come better^ after poverty than poverty after richest;" LA bird can roost on but \one branch j" '>'A.bo#Bo .can drink no more than its full from the river" /Enough is as good as a feast); " Who wallows quick pan chew but little " (applied to learning j " You can not comprehend the evil ■of hunger;" ''Eggs are close things, but the chicks come out at last" (murder will out); "To win a cat and loose a cow " (Consequences of litagation); "He who toils"with pain will eat with pleasuro;" "Borrowed money makes time short, working for others makes it long •" "'Those who cannot sometimes bp deaf .are .unfit to rule;" " Early perfer merijfc majtes a lazy genius;" "Large fowls will njpfc'jeafc small grain " (great manderins are not content .yjlfo little bribes); "The best thing ia to ber©spoc,ie^' ( ond the next to be loved; it is bad to be'oate^l, teifc still worso to be dispised;" "The poor damlojp conteiid'with the rich; nor the rich with the powerful;"" A man's words are like an arrow straight to the mark—a woman's are like, a, birbfceh f^n f- >'Qne lash to a good horse-^one word to # wise jbmi " Though the life of a man be shortof ahu'n,dsßdyeaTs, he gives himself as much trouble and aiijc iet^ as if he were to live a thousand ('■ " ]By nature all men are alike, but by education, widely different*," •■ • -r *■

What Dreams are Made Of.

The Strange Freaks Momory Flays When

tho Body Is Asleep.

Impressions on some special sense will pro duce very characteristic dreams, the origin of which may take such trouble in its determination that wo might well bo tempted to deny the material origin of tho vision. Dr. Roid had a blister applied to his head, and dreamt accordingly that ho had been scalped by Indians. Hero tho connection between tho droam and tho out ward impression, manipulated so to speak •by the brain, was clear. But that connec.: tionmay bo anything but patent in cases where a person dreams of being frozen to death, tho exciting cause having boon merely a deficiency of bedclothes on a chilly night. In a cane related by Dr. Carpenter, whore an eminent judgo dreamt of being tormented by a crowd of lizards, which wore crawling over him, tho origin of the dream was still more difficult to trace. The cause of his reptilian visitation was readily explicable, however, on his entering the apartment in which he had spent tho previous evening, when he saw on tho base of the olook a number of carved lizards. A

similar instance is afforded by a personal experience of the writer, in which ho dreamt that he was walking in a forest in which lizards of every hue and kind wore engaged in a combat with humming-birds. Puzzling himself over the origin, of :hio dream; it at last dawned upon his nocol lection "tli&fc 'some time previously he had travelled in a railway carriage, having for his vis-avis a lady whose hat was decorated with humming-birds' plumage, fastened by a brooch accurately representing a1 lizara, By'the same kind association revived: by' memory; arid often projecting forgotten reminiscences into tho mental foreground; • dreams: are suggested which deal with1 events' at■'first sight apt to be mistaken for those of utterly :spott taneous nature. Maury ' relatei' that in early life he visited ft village on' tlie Marne named Trilport. His father had built ■'& bridge at'this spot. The subject of One dream was that his childhood days were being spent at Trilport, and that a man in uniform, on being asked his name, told Maurythat he was the bridgekeeper and mentioned his name, which Maury dis tinctly remembered when he woke. Of this name he had no recollection whatever, but on inquiring of an old servant of his father's

if a person of the name in question was once gatekeeper at Trilport bridgo, she re-* plied In the affirmative, and mentioned that the man kept the gate when the bridge was built.

Thus does memory play strange tricks with our imagination, especially when the latter faculty, runs riot in the absence of will'arfd-conseiousness, and relates itself to the world of,dreams. The supernatural theory of dreams and warnings recently re vived in bur midst is, after all, but a sop to the of ignorance. It is easy—far too easy for the peace and comfort of many minds—to convert a more coincidence be tween a dream and an event into a close re lationship which seems in the dream a fore shadowing of the event, in question. But in science, as in healthy common sense, there is no justification for the continuance of such superstition.; If certain dreams are warnings and portents, what,shall wo say of those to which no such functions can be, attached,? And if of certain trivial events we are'forewarned,, what is the explanation ot the striking anomaly, that of the grayo disasters of life \Vo usually receive no warn ing at all? , • Dr. Maudslej; says': "It has been justly romarked that if wo were actually to do in sleep all the strange things we dream we do, it would bo necessary to put every man is restraint before, he went to bed; for, as Cicero said, dreamers would do morostrange things than madmen. A dream put into action roust, indeed, look very much like insanity (e.g., tho ordinary sleep-vigil), as insanity has at timos the look of a waking dream."

Poets without number havo invariably treated dreams as the bet typo of the un realities of life and nature. The physiolo-, gist, on the contrary, sees in the visions of the uight no trifling objects unworthy of serious study and reflection, but indications and clues to the better understanding of the mysteries which beset our waking lives. " The grave portents " of the night in this view cast no shadow over the future, and exercise no 8 way over the dostinies of the modern mind. They serve, however, a nobler purpose, as aids, through their reve lations of the leisure fancies of the brain, towards a knowledge of the boundaries , which separate the realm of body from that 'of mind—'boundaries "which, in truth, " divide; pur being/'—"lTrom. the Gentle man's Magazine." ■ : ; ' .". ■ ' ■ :" r'

SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURS.

New Zealand.

Duncdin J.C. Spring Nov. 29, Dec. 1 Cambridge Spring Meeting December j Auckland Summer Meeting.. Dec. 2G. J an. 1 and 2 Thames J.C. Summer December to and 27 Canterbury J.C. Summer Jan. 1 Northern J.C. Summer Meeting.... Jan. 9 and 10 Takapuna J.C. Summer Jan. Jv ■Wellmgton J.C. Summer Feb. 4 and 5 Wellinßton R.C. Summer Feb. G and 7 Dunedin J.C. Autumn Keb, 20, 27, and 28 Wanganui J.C. Autumn March 5 and 6 Hawke's Bay J.C. Autumn ... .March 17 and 19

Dates of Nominations, Entries and Accep tances.

First Forfeit Auckland Cup and Steeple chase .. .. Dec. 5 Nominations Northern J.C. Summer Meeting Deo. 19 Nominations Takapuna J.C. Summer Meeting ..Dec. 29

To Correspondents.

J.M.—Wattie rode Templeton in tho Auckland Cup of 1874. Derritt was on Foul Play when ho won in 1880. W.—Salvage started fourteen times last season, and won five races. Lady Emma won four out of the seventeen races she started for. Clarence.—Grand Flaneur's time for. the V.X.C. Champion Race in 1881 was far longer than that of Commotion in 1883, the respective records beinc Smins. -183003. and Srains. 2(isoc3. Constant Sunsenmrcit.—Your question was mislaid :—(1) Ngaro(3yrs) started for tho Dim edin Cup in 187S, and ran unplaced. Amohia (3yrs) was unplaced in 1876. (21 Korari never started for a Dunedin Cup,

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

"What do you think of the weights.for tho Cup and Steeplechase ':" is the question heard on all Bido3 in locaUsporting circles this week, and there seems to bo a general opinion that the gentlemen who undertook the work of compilation have succeeded well in their efforts. Of course, tho handicap is not free from faults, but when we remember that there was never one made in which some flaw could not be picked out, I think we can graciously over look any defects in the ona under notice, especially when they are trifling. Many think that the handicappers should havd made tho minimum Gst, on the ground that it is next to impossible to gob light-weights, but there is a deal to say for and against this. Thero h ono thing, however, I am glad to soe, and that is tho handicappers have shown every disposition not to crush the top woighta, and thoy are so If flattered" that evon tho champion who heads the list must have a show. So as to give my readers every facility to "fpot" tho winner, I have compiled the following table, which shows how tho handicap weights of tho different horses engagod in the Cup compare with their weight-for-ago :— ■'■ ■■'■■■■'(

* Scratched,

Ifc will thus bo seen that Welcome Jack holds the post of honour with 9st lOlb.beinc 51b over his weight-for-age, and as I said above, he cannot be despised, for we have only to look back to his running in tho Can terbury Cup the other week to know that he has lost none of his brilliancy. Thoro ia every probability ot him putting in an appoarance at the meeting, but it will bo quite timo enough to take into consideration luh chances of winning a bit lator on. Considering the way Vanguard shaped in tho N.Z. Cup, I don't thiuk he could have received less.and should ho bo among thoso who face tho flag, will bo entitled to a lot of respect. I think Tasman (who has been withdrawn from tho race), had 31b more than he was ontitled to,, and I can't say Oudeis finds much favour in my eyes with 9st. Lady Emma undoubtedly ia a first-class mare, but she is none too leniently treated, and I tako her to bo hold quite jisafe by Salvage, who with lib less,than he carried to victory last year, must Jse in it up to his bridle tips. It is admitted on all sides that he has got oft" too lightly, and should he be the stable representative, I would not be surprised to see him again place the race to his predit, With Bat 41b, Leonora must be placed among the well treated; division, and if she sees the post, should render a good account of herself; whilo, at thejsaino .weight I greatly, esteem tho | chances of .Turquoise^who during the week was backed by one who is supposed to ; bq... acting ;on behalf i,of the r stable. Black Rase .is i iieci&edly , well in with 7st '.6lby. .fori.ijie., Has ' proved- beyond question tl^t. lie, is a gqod one. fijjfj^ witnessea whose judgment can be relied. »o assort that Welcome Jacjchadhisworkcutout to beat him in t|je Canteijbury Cup, and, had Sir. Redwood's colt npt-,^Weryed when the whip was'put'6n him; hp.raust have Yon. The unce^punTim {[vhifiler has none-ithe worst of :thp ,weighfs",\b'ut 2 am, not qpeof ljjs admirers, fojj" this race, and liharffly tlynk;.■' .Consul can get to the end of; tjie journey,,. Aliiph more to my liking 4? hisistable companion Administrator, who out jof :tjie twenty-five times he started lost season, succeeded: on . thirteen pc; edsion in being the first to catcH the judge's eye. r | The company he met was certainly not the best in the land> but should his owner deem it worthy to journey this, way, I would be sorry,to look lightly on his chance. Trenton has been scratched,, and judging by the way Liver; pool itiM i Fusilier shaped in the Christchurch Dsrfll much prefer the last-named, but tR have yet tb t get a lino about His staging abilities. . Minerva has never shown any form for me to think she can, win a race of this description, and I fail to see the justice of Radames and Yuba Bill, being placed on equal .terms with a performer like Libelleri Mr Bobbett's hjgee is particularly well dealt with, and shflpL ho continue to; keep!as well as he isapPreseht,.it may bo tHat the Cup will roMßin in Auckland this year, Normanbawll find his opponents a bit too high-?pfes for him,; but if Necklace was thought by her owner good enough to win the N.Z. Cup, she should certainly have a show. .in this event. For my own ; part, I think tho, distance is too far for^.'her. ■ T^gredia shdwed such excellent fdrm at the, Hawke's Bay 'Spring Meeting that I am inclined to look upon her chapcewith some, favour; and: The Poet'is.b'y no means out of it, for he always shapes well on the EUerslie course; an^, jg such -an hpnest, little, fellow that lie will struggle on ;to tlio'bitteV end.' Eskaios belongs to Messrs; Robinson and, Lanie, and for, a' woll-bred tliree-ydar old like ho is, being got by Korari from Mer maid, lias nothing to complain of. The same remarks will equally apply to the well-performed Lady Evelyn ; and weight should not atop Kalo winning from end to end. With the same impost as the last named is Pipi, and as she has been supported by tho stable, her chanco cannot bo ignored ; but tho remaining lot may, I think, be safely passod over. Out of tho thirty-five that remain in, the most worthy of sup port at the prosent time appear to me to be Saia-aok, Lkonora, Libeixkr, Torquobe Black Rose, Van<;oa:rd, and Welcome Jack, and I will not be surprised if tho Auckland Cup winner of 18S4 is concealed among the number. °

The following are the names and" imposts of those engaged in the Steeplechase: . * Bt lb B t ib Clarence 12 10 Ngata 07 The Lad .. .. 12 0 Kxohango.: '" 07 King Arthur ..11 0 Kingask .. 9 7 Chandler .. .. 11 0 Volunteer.. 9 7 Alaric .. ..10 10 General .. .'97 ToWhotu.. ..10 7 Youth .. 97 Barbary '... ..10 G Lin wood .. .97 New Year.. ..10 5 Tidal Wave ..' 9 7 Minuet .. .. 9 12. Fair Play ..9 7 Siinray .. .. 912 Marmion .. \.S% Kink .", !•• 912 Julia Ann '. 97 Angler .. '.. 912 Wideawake ~'.':9''f ■ HomeHtW- ".. 9: 7'! ~'V i. 't There-can be no que^ftibn A^ the handir, cappers have been very su'cSfcfuHn their allf)tmep{i pf |JiO,\«eiEhtsjfoir this fftqe, (jn4: at the present tline it will take alot ,of piftkV ing. ,l Glarence "meets " Chandler on Urn.(! S^.-Rdiir'! ;.!,,<(( t-Lii Jij ~i-;ui-,v i-.-.ni frrsl-u/.l

better terms than he did last your, so that if the old fellow is not losing his brilliancy, ho iiiust take some beating; In tho same interests, however, is King Arthur, who is nicely weighted at list., while The Lad has a rare lot of public form to recommend him, for last season he won the twelve jumping races that he started for, and this season is again keeping up his reputation. Alaric also has credentials to entitle him to a lot of respect, and from what I hear his party look upon his chance at the present time as second to none. There is plenty of time to talk about the winner when we know a little about the intontiona of the Southern stables, but at the same time if I were asked to pick "four put of the twenty-five engaged, I should select King Arthur, Alahic, Clarence, and Chandler. Mr J. Marshall arrived from Christchurch on Monday laßt, and accompanying him was his trainer Chaafe, who besides Neck lace, had the two-year-old filly Nemesis under his charge. She was formerly the property of Mr Bate, and has been pur chased by a well-known Auckland gentle man. In a conversation I Trad with Mr Marshall he tells me that Necklace did not twist her fetlock when being taken on the course, as was reported here. One of her legs became swoollen and heated the day before the race, and although not showing any signs of lameness, it was deemed advis able to scratch her rather than risk the chances of a break-down. It was certainly a bit of bad luck, for her owner greatly esteemed her chance, and it is to be hoped that such a straight-going sportsman will fare a bit better at our Summer Meeting. The following is a full list of the 20 year lings to be sold by tho N.Z. Stud Company on the 3rd of January :— Brown colt by Musket—Pearl Ash. Bay colt by Musket—Pulohra. Brown colt by Musket—Titania. Brown filly by Musket—Hannah, Bay filly by Musket—Madcap. Brown colt by Musket—Mod oa. Brown filly by Musket—Erycina. Brown filly by Muskets-Moonlight. Bay colt by Musket—Pungawerewere, Brown colt by Musket—Quida, Grey colt by Mugket—Maid of Athol. Brown colt by Cadogan or Musket—Florenoo McCarthy. Bay colt by Apremont or Musket-Fairyland, Bay colt by Anteroß-Atalanta. Chestnut (illy by Anteros—Tres Douoe, Chestnut colt by Anteros-Fancy. Chestnut colt by Antoras—Naiad. Brown colt by Antoraß—Lady Mary. Bay illly by OadoKan—Steppo. Chestnut colt by Cadosan—Petroleuse. Bay Illly by Cadogan—Crinoline. i Chestnut colt by Cadoean—Lure. Bay oolt by Cadogan—Miss Lanra. Bay colt by Apracoont—Nelly Moore. Chestnut colt by ffove—Lyra. Bay colt by Rand wick—Perfume. Prom Christchurch I hear that Bob Ray was dismissed from the service of Robinson and Lance, tho firm it is stated, not being altogether satisfied with the way in which Liverpool shaped in tho Derby. Their team is now under the charge of R. Mason. Ray has purchased Sou-wester for the good Bum of 500 guineas, and it is said intends re naming him "Ready Money," There has been a rumour current here _ during the week that Ray. intends taking up his residence in Auckland, and carrying on the business of horse-owne^^d trainer. '.'," The weights for theJJjyenJßgtoh Cup are due on Monday next,,aflWßr: the Wemnfc ton Gold Cup, run atTthd Jockey Club Meeting, on Wednesday, Mr J. 0. Eyett -will allot the handicaps for egc% event. Next Saturday, the Dunedin Cup weights will be issued. The Onehunga Racing Club Meeting on Saturday last passed off most successfully, tho attendance being good, and all of the events well contested. If the Club,i how ever, wish to receive the support^of the general public, there are one Or two matters they must rectify at future gatherings. In tho first place, they shouldstudy those who go by train, for" the unfortunates who travelled in the so-called " special" on Saturday Rat wore unable to soo the best race of tho . afternoon through it being started first, and last season the very same same thing happened at the two meetings held by the Club. This is certainly not as it should be. I also hoard a great deal of grumbling from those who held members' tickets at their being compelled to pay for taking carriages on the course. V During the week, a local bookmaker wagered a level £100 that the winner cf the Auckland Cup came from one of the follow ing five :-Salvage, Tim WhUiier, Welcome Jack, Vanguard, and Radames. The well-known horseman J. Wattie, re turned' from Christchurch by the 8.8. Wairarapa on Monday, but Alick Suther land was not among the passengers as was expected, he having been engaged to ride at the Wellington Spring Meeting. It seems that Wattie had a bit of bad luck at the Christchurch gathering,'for lje was offered the mount on Black Rose" in the Derby, but he declined, preferring to steer that rotten reed Ugly Buck. Sutherland was alaj asked to ride the Blue Riband winner, but having entered into an agree ment with tho Hon. G. McLean to ride Lady Evelyn, was unable to withdraw from it. Both horsemen rode but 6no winner each at the meeting; Wattie being on Nelson in the Epsom High-Weight, Handicap, while Sutherland had the mount on Tale baarer, the winner of the Selling Race. I have received from "Robin Hood," the Christchurch sweep promoter, the names and addroese3 of the principal winners in his Melbourne and New Zealand Cup con sultations. They can bo inspected by any one interested. One lucky individual drew Leonora in both consultations he got up on the New Zealand Cup. In the first he got £191, and in the second £172. Judging from the small number of nominations received for the Thames Jockey Club Meeting on the 26thl and 27th of December, it would appear that if the Club are alive to their own interests, they will in future change the date of their gathering. The two jumping races have Slled up satis factorily, but for the events on the flat the entries are' very poor, there being only throe in the Goldfields Handicap and four in the Thames Plate.'"' ' ' Owing to the light handicap for the Auckland Cup, there have been a lot of ih' '(Jilirios, this week for jockeys who can scale tfnder 7st.; I understand that rib less than three io'flerd have : been sent to Georgb 'Williams from here offering him mounts. A little over £1,800 passed through the totalisator at the OnehurigaSpring Meet ingon Saturday last. "','' , ;'■ ,; ' J Mr. W. Bbbbett's'Maorilandl is doing stiid duties at the Thames!' "'■ '' ■ ' - " Mr Ri H. • Vallance's horses Salvage, Turqubisa;- and1 Youth'f have been removed from Yaldhurst, 'and are now under charge of a trainer named' Skinned ; ■■■'■ • '■■■■''■'• •'' ! Mr G. G. -Stead : has disposed of Sir Bedivere to the same N6rth Island' sports man who owns Speculation (late Hippo damia). ' >U . . : r The totalisator at the Canterbury Jookey „« S? riliS Meeting .passed through *dl,ooo in the three days, over £11,000 haying been put through on the tfcjrd dayij In _the Post Stakes, won by ]fie%HriP dividend, on the inside totaliStor, was £54 13s, and outside, £70 10s. ' ' ; ■ One of the best instances of "spotting" ability that I(" Beacon ")have come across for some time is the following, OnOctober 30 a tipster for " Ada Manfua's ". £100 prize forwarded to the'" Witness '* a batch of ™PS with the following note attached !— Enclosed' please find press oopy of tip's sont by me per Tarawera last week. In consequence of the Ringarooma's departure boing postponed, this copy will not reach you till after the race. Malua Is disregarded by every tipster in the Colonies; but isabbuE the best thing in, together witlv Pearson's horses Commotion arid Plausible. Malua will probably win all weighkfdv-age races, Commotion being the only thing to touch &"*w OU, rSI &c- J-H.8., Queen-street" ,™s' Weston showed the other week that, though but of'practice'at billiards', msnght hand'has not yet lost its cunning for he played'a match with RahSall/a good Chrisechurch playtir, and though conceding him 100 points in 500, beat him by ' abbui 70 pointsi '■ ■•■" '■''' '■• >■ :'.' ■'!•■> .• ■-.■:-f-, ;■ -..,•

A Catless City.

One of the queerest of the many queer things about " this here mining camp 'I aa most of the natives still call Leadville (Colorado), is that in all the length and breadth thereof there lives not a single cat Oats have been imported here by the hun dred and in all varieties of colour, breedin* and size, but not ono has pvor survived the second weok of residence. The roidnioht serenade, the backyard clawing contost, and the bootjack act are alike unknown to the Leadyilhan, and his nightly slumber ia sound and mveot—a calm and undisturbed repose. The healthiest, sleekest- cat, if taken to Leadville, would lose 'air interest rnii.o the moment it reaches there, and after moping in a sickly and disconsolate way for a few days, would resignedly have a M and give upthe ghost. A saloonkeeper brought a big, strong Maltese from Denever hoping the animal would survive the fits long enough to be acclimatised, but it was n! use. The cat had a fit the first day, two or three the second, and then the numbe? of attacks increased in a geometrical ,prb greeW until, as the saloon, man S I T/ere were more fits than cat, and the cat hao\to, give in." However, as there are no « jf or« m' o?.in Q*ssH there lis no real i°yt^ fi:f* B., a«d.it makes little1 difference ; wKethor they livq or die: , The thin A tmos $4re at thjs altitude {.10,200 ft)J ii ar fatif ■ to.fluJ yermin asio thei^e, find the Vhab. jiftntaare thus .thercjfaa/; spared the .irifficV

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTJEON.)

CRICKET FIXTURES.

November 29 - Alpha Ist v. Auckland 2nd United l?t v. Gordon Ist (continued), West Fnd 2nd v. Gordon 2nd, West End Ist v. Auckland Ist (continued), I Zingari V. Warehousemen Newton v. Otahuhu. •

Decemljer G—Newton v. Auckland 2nd' Auok land Ist v. United. West End Ist v. OuSiulra (in the Domain). I Zingari v. True Blues Gordon v. Vagabonds, Alpha v. Tuakau (at Tuakau), Our Boys y. National. ■■. ~-,„•/» December 13— Newton v. West End 2nd End Ist v. Otahuhu (continued). Parne'll v'l Zingari, Gordon v. Vagabonds. Alpha v. Ware housemen, Auckland United v. Auckland (continued), Alpha Ist v. United Warehousa men, Our Boys v. National (continued) Aud? land 2nd v. United Second. ; . , '

December 20—Auckland 2nd v. Warehouse, men, Weßt End v. Our Boyßi Auckland t United (continued), Alpha v. Gordon 2nd Gordon v. Otahubu (Domain). Newton v. West Knd.

Shaw's English Eleven. ' iijjnl£ November 28, 29, v. County Cumberland at Parramatte. '"

December 1, 2, 3, v. Clarenco River district at .Graf ton. H

' December 12,13,15, 16, v. Australian Eleven^ at Adelaide (probably). >on> December 23,24, v. Sandhurst. December 26. 27, v. Ballarat. ,:!,-

January 1, 2, 3, 5, v. Combined Australian Eleven, at Melbourne. j~?' January 9.10, v. WollongonK, January 12,13, v. Candolodlstriot, ■' !'i"Ul January 10 to 22, v. Narrabri and the NortlL- January, 23, 21,26,27, v. Now South Wales 'at Sydney. , '

AQUATIC FIXTURES.

January I—Lyttelton Regatta, - '.-ii January 2^Hearn v. Harrington, at Riverton for £200 and Championship of New Zealand January 29—Auokland Annual Regatta February 7—Hanlan v. Clifford, £5)0 a-fiido February 28-CHfford v. Beaoh, £500a-side ! Maroh 28—Hanlan v. Beach, £500 a-6ide and championship of the world, on the Paramatta Hiver. , ~ , April 18—Clifford v. Hanlan (if the former ia Victorious in his matoh with Heach). Clifford v. Toemer, £500 a-side. " ''' ''"'*■

CYCLING FIXTURES.

Auckland Bicycle Club Ram.. ,i ,\ November 29—From top of Upper Queen. street to Ihuemata. .«

The yacht Tawera has become the pro perty of D.. H. McKenzie. waymouth has commenced a new fishing boat to measure about 4 tons, . ■■■ »•. . The yacht Mayflower is undergoing a general overhaul at Clare's Blied. ;'"' :■■ Another now twenty feet open Bailing boat built by H. Moon was launched during the present week, • ,' V*"T ' The thirteen-feet boats Dot, Chance, and Ida are likely to change handsj the present owners being anxious to sell. ' • :<il : 'The twenty-feet open sailing-boat L6on Has once more entered the water, and will probably take part in coming races.' '' :fj 'Hewson and Melville have completed % new twenty-feet open sailing boat, -^hici will take part in the Auckland Regatta. ! Thonewßhed for the West Ena Rowing Club has been completed, and the Club' Ms purchased the Auckland Club's new ttriii& $#' :.' ":.',',"■ : '. ''■ duf-^ mS ■ The Regatta Committee have decided to "acftta oup to the amount previously offered fer firat prize in the whaleboat race for junioreN^. .'.' ' . ' , './ :''!",,,';*: ' The' fisnlng boat Bella Mary, built b^r Waymouth for Brown, the fisherman, js; ltd' be put ir», trim shortly for the AueltliM Regatta, in which she is expected to tiring part. , ',:'■" i '"■";' . ' '\\" Hlt One entry for the whaleboat race ,af tli'p Auckland Regatta will probably come fftiifi Wanganui, which possesses twb rq\liii|; clubs, both reported to bo in a flou'rishiifg condition. , ; •"■'.'•- ''i:l'\

A new whaleboat for the boys. of'tlib Kohimarama Training School was launched from Bailey's yard on-Tuesday. This craft lias been paid for by the boys 'themselves out of prize money won at late regattas1. ' ' :; ii.' Tho now yacht built by Clire! fpf ;iP. Cramond was out in the harbour on Sattii^ day last, and looked very well. She' Has been christened theMalua, after the winner of the Melbourne Oup. ' '' ~l^'J The whaleboat which Warbrick ia build ing for the Wairoa crew is likely to pr^ya mubh faster than any which he has jir¥ viously turned out. She will ,be'finisnea next week. ~ . •'.'•" ''f*.™,

Bailey is building: a practice whaleltaat for Wellington. She is'to be strongly built, as"she is not'intended for racing,and her dimensions Will' be : Length overall, 30ffc.; beam, 4ft. sin.; depth, lft. fiin!':,"* A sailing, race betwoen the thirteen-feei open' boats" Ida and Chance, for £2 a-side, took place ofl Saturday afternpbn last^'aid resulted in an easy Victory for the former. The Ida is a newboat, built ty Duthio and owned by Bell. r■ ' ' ',' ''.''. ,'', , There was'seme talk recently about a race between the small opefl boats Ivy^ arid Dot, but it is said to MVB fallen through owiiig to some very fast sailing done by1 tnV former pn" Saturday last, which was a«J cept^d as deciding her superiority/ '•'!'' !° Mr A. D. Bennett has received telegrams from well-known boating mcii at Welling ton and Lyttelton inquiring the terms upon which crews can bo entered fbr the boat race-at the Auckland RegattaV Tbft necessarynntcinnation has been supplied.' I fancy an improvement could pe'ntaflft in. the prize-list for the Auckland Jlegatta by an increase of the first prize for second class open sailing boats. Several- new twenty-footers have been built for this race, which is always pno of the best of the pro* gramme, and LlO is a very poor induce ment to either builders or owners "bo eudeof vour to beat the " cracks " of former years. The North Shore Rowing Club's hew boat has quite come up to. expectation!. She is no doubt faster than theold Btrin|j» test, and that is saying a great deal. Com pared With i the'old' boat, she is 9 inches shorter,' 2 inches, narrower; and abouff'-z inches deeper. 'She is'much more difficult to sit, being, fitted with Blideß;};J|ji| in a manner vory different from thaw* viouslyadoptedhere. All she requir«B well-trained crew,"'with which she wiSßrt likely prove' eic'eedihgly 'fast. 1- • " ' '"SS?* A cricket match,between olobSffjrofflpJpi Kbpuru; attd Aratapu to<ik place-^<)n Saturday lafefc, and was rather a'one-Widid affair. Aratapu won the toss, and in a wosk moment put their oppanentw in firßS. Wopdhead ancl Hardy went tb the '^££%CQ aud were not separated, uta til an hour and a lialf'.hadexpired^' when the,latter,Wlis'iJil caught off.' Stalwpr^hy.' Tfie 'fomferJ'Hte ever, defied; allthe bowling; SfJ'tfil saw-dust" city, 'ajid 6nly suocumbed withiii the las,t .fiye^m^hutea,before the wiokeia were,drawn, in favour of Te Kopmai^ho had put together the very respectable score of'lJß'.to the' loss1 of s6\-en -wicketej "tha' Aratkpu men having spent the whole aftef nponileather-h^intingj The scores\i?ere^ Hardy, 26; Woodhead, 102 ;H. Leggl #1 Frizett, 7;F. Little, 2; W. Legg,l3; Harvy, 0; Tucker, 16; Gubbins, 4; exti-aM Sr2. Total, 182. ''-:■=; •■'■yi- '•■•'■ ■■ '-'■ ■•■ "' - ■:.-'■■■:'{'! -!•• ! ~;'s ■■:

Three Romances.

Episode* to tli* life of Joshua Soar* '■ t^s Millionaire Grocer. . :j lira ■Thbbe were three romances ,in the -life.of tne late Joshua Sears, the milliooalE« grocer.of Boston. The fii&t was whett-he, was avery poor young nianv : Hoistartedna flirtation with a wealthy young beautyjona railroad train, called on her afterward,' *npj rfiiially found, that his su,it was in Mnifl} cause ho Was' poor and she was rick OE(e became engaged to a dashing young widojfo One" of her friends asked her: " 'VVhatUrS you going to bo married to that old foilo^ for ?" " For his money, of course," said 8&e, Sear? heard of this; " Foritoy money, eh V* he oriod;!"ho^ by a-blessed-sighij." i B« went to his lawyer, and was told she woulcl have_a good cas&m a breach-pf-promise.BU?li Ue didn't want a. laws,uit, so bp handeji ■■% confidentaal friend§lo,ooo and'tojdhia.ta go and See the widow and "fix things oft* wbich.swas .done,' she accepting, the brjbg andgiving Jiim his freedom; The third wag When-Jie ivas an -bid.man.I.- He found him self enormously :rich", but thought: " When IW gone,' as-1 soon shallbe, who will eni" joy ;it: all?" So- .i he went to his friend,': Alpheus Hardy, and said: "Hardy, I'm tlnnking of getting married. What do yoi^ think about it?" Hardy thought heinewit lady who would just suit.: "Well, then,1 Hardy, you go and arrange it." So Hardy conducted the negotiations and Soarai,w»a accepted. On his wedding morn the tash ful bridegroom called Hardy aside andt said: "Hardy, I don't know anything about this ceremony, and you do. So t want you to stick close to my sid,e and coach me, so I wort't make any thundering mistake." Hardy did sd, and all went well; —•^Brooklyn Eagle." ':

A curious marriage ceremony took, placf* in the Edinburgh Burgh Police Court re 1 cently. By an Act b! Fiirliament passed in" the reign of Charles 11. irregular marriages were declared illegal and punishable? "Under this statute a young man and' a young woman we're brought before Bailie Hall, arid charged themselves to be husband* and wife ill the-jrireseride of: witnesses wfth-T :°y* ~ ^gistratiori,, -or celebration. Theyi pleaded guilty, and two witnosßes hating aeposed to v the correctness of the chargji>is each .fined "one ehillnig. ; Tne eurioue fflotV conhfected with tho'ca«ji? QTP th^t the conviction becomes legally! ffpOgnisablo^as a colctnittion of mftrria^fj and Iho. dcwiiunont., lwoidlng tho coiitjiV hon bocomes rf cei(.i<lw»tc of jnamaL-'1 to*iu

THE AUCKBW^^VENIN^SfAR^ATUKDAY^?OVEMBEI^29^BBr

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Difference.

Welcome Jack, Syrs .. Vanguard, 5yra.. "Tasman, Cyra .. .. Oudeis. 4yra Lady JSmma, aged .. Salvage, Cyril .. Leonora, (iyrs .. TurquolBe, 5yrs.. lllauk ltofco, 3yra Tim Whllllcr, aged .. Administrator, Syro .. Consul, 4yrs "fronton, 3yrs .. Liverpool, Syrfl Fusilier, 3yra .. Minerva, ayrs .. liadameu, jyrs .. Libeller, aged .. YubaBlll.acoil.. Nonnnnby, (iyrs Necklace, 3yre .. TiRredia, 3yra .. The Poet, aged .. Kakatog, 3yra Ijidy Kvelyn, 3yra .. Kulo, oyrs.. Cfiariilur, 3yrs ., Pi pi, awed The Painter, Cyra Carbineer, 3yrs., Tetford, 3yrs St. Leger, 4yrs .. Alario, aged Woodnymph, 3yrg Alaska, aged .. Revolver, 3yra .. .. Caflt Aaborp. 3yra

at. lb. 9 10 9 5 9 5 9 0 8 10 8 7 8 '1 8 i 7 fi 7 1 7 '2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 G 12 li 12 6 12 « 12 ti 10 6 10 G 7 0 7 G 7 li 0 G 0 li 0 G 0 G 0 5 12 5 7 a 7 5 .7

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