WRECK OF THE WASP.

Story of the Disaster

(From Our London Coruksi'ONdknt.)

London, September 20. You will ho,vo heard by telegram of tho wreck of H.M. gunboat Wasp, off the coast of Ireland. The following are the details of the disaster as yet received. Telegraph ing from Rathmullen last night, a corres pondent of the " Daily Telegraph" furnishes the subjoined accounts of interviews with the survivors :—

I have just returned from Her Majesty's ship Valiant, now lying at anchor off Rath mullen, in Lough Swilly, after having had an interview with the six survivors. Until last evening 'all efforts to communicate with the survivors were unavailing, and when the Valiant arrived off Tory Island at four p.m., the sea ran very high. To. attract the attention of the islanders two guns were fired, and after some time the officers at tho lighthouse made signals, which were re sponded to by those on board the warship. Commander William Marrack at once in timated that he wished, if possible, to take on board thj survivors, and one of the island fishing boats—although the sea was heavy and tho wind rising—was soon man ned, and the six seamon who had beon immured under such molancholy circum stances in the' lighthouse since Monday morning at once expressed their willing ness to join in an attempt to reach the Vali ant. Aftor a dangerous voyago the war vessel was reached at 0.10 p.m., and the Burvivors, all of whom wero suffering more or less, were received on board, where they had a. cordial welcome from Commander Muriack, who is in chaigo of the Valiant in the absenco on leave of Captain Knowles. '!'ii_ nrpn wore in need of rest, and every :-,i._ntion waspaid to, their wants. Several of iJi-ih, through being dashed against the inc-.s, '.have received ugly wounds about tlic li.tid, body, and limbs, but they are ini-.v sufficiently recovered to start for P.,t.mouth to-morrow. Of course their cviii..ice will bo taken before a court-mar ti.l, b-.it from the statements they made to me -iri doubt under all reserve—it is not probable that thoy will be able* to throw very much more light upon the causes which led to the gunboat going ashore on a clear night. After receiving the men on board last evening, the Valiant proceeded towards her moorings in Lough Swilly, but seeing thai the north-weßt wind was in creasing in force, Commander Marrack deemed it prudent to come to anchor for the night off Ballymastak, just at the ontranco to the Lough. The waves off Tory Isle were tremendous, and all along the coast of Donegal the sea was very high. To-day the Valiant reached her usual moor ings off the pier at Rathmullen before noon. Tho whole circumstances of the wreck, as reported to. Commander Marrack by the men, have been forwarded in the shape of a report this evening to the Admirafty authori ties. By permission of the commander, of the Valiant, I was enabled to hear from the lips of tho survivors themselves all that thoy had to tell of tho terrible calamity that overtook their ship last Monday morning. Tho narratives are given in the order in which they were related by tho men them selves : —

John Hutton said : I was ship's cook on board Her Majesty's ship Wasp. I am married, and reside at 8, Albert Terrace, Queenstown, but lam an Englishman. I was in my hammock when,' about half-past three o'clock or a quarter to four on Mon day morning, I was roused up by a cry of " The ship's on the breakers !" I at once got out of my hhmmock, and coming on deck I saw tho four officers on the bridge—Lieutenant commanding Nicolls, Navigating King, Sub-Lieutenant Gubby, and Gunner Kerrigan. At least, I think these wero the names of the officers whom I saw on the bridge. All I know after that was that the vessel had struck, and I soon found myself washed overboard. For about twenty minutes afterwards I waa strug gling in the water as best I could, and the next I remember was finding myself in the light-house on Tory Island. I was on the fore castle when I was washed off, and I saw just before about one-half of the crew in the rigging. I think it was from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour, as near as I can judge, after the vessel struck that she went down off the island. .After I found myself struggling in the sea I know nothing until I found myself taken off the rocks by the two lighthouse-keepers. They took me to the lighthouse, and I received from them tho greatest assistance any shipwrecked Bailor could receive. It was a bright but a stormy night, and I noticed that the light house light was burning brightly. It appeared to me that the officers and the bridge were swept away together. I have been three years on board the Wasp, and I have told you all I know about the disaster. Quartermaster Rattenbury next gave his account. He said ; I was down sleeping in my bed when I was aroused by a cry of " Clear lower deck ; ship's on a reef!" I immediately ran on deck, and at once saw where the ship was. She was ashore on the rocks.. All hands then were on deck, and I had to use my utmost efforts to keep the men from crowding together up the companion. When the alarm was given, they made a rush for the deck. I noticed as Boon as I came on deck that the light of the lighthouse was burning brightly, and that it was bearing right on oar starboard beam. I got up the rigging, and after that 1 did not see anything more. When getting up the rigging I noticed that the port bulwarks were washed away. From the time the blow was struck until the ship went down was about a quarter of an hour. When I was in the rigging the ship was taken from undernoath me, and I found myself in the water. The Wasp was sihooner-rigged, and at the time that she struck she wttfe under all plain sail, barring the spanker. The night was bright and clear [ but there was a heavy sea on. When the vessel sank those in the rigging came to tho level of the water. Alter that, all was silent. This is all I know. I belong to Devonport. The total number of lives lost waß fifty. My wife and family reside at 21, Clowance Road, Devonport. There was no pilot on board. If Buoh a statement has been made it is not correct. Pilots are only employed when ships are navigating in strange waters. Philip Andrews, second captain of the forecastle, said: I reside at 6, Havelock Place, Plymouth. The first alarm was at about twenty minutes to four o'clock in the middle watch. I heard the order given, «* Brace up !" and when I looked round I saw that the ship was among the breakers. I was one of the watch on .the deck. I was second captain of the forecastle of this watch, and I was forward at the time. The order to "Brace-up" was obeyed, and after bracing up the lighthouse light was quite plain. The light was seen two or three hours before the vessel struck. It was not raining at the time. The order was given to shorten sail, and after the shortening of sail the upper deck was C 3vered with water up to my waist. I keard no order to lower the boats. When I saw that the ship was breaking up, I did my best to climb up a rook which was on our starboard quarter. She struck below the lighthouse. When I got onto the rocks I saw no one until I got on the top. The vessel struck nt the north-west of the lighthouse. It was about 100 yards from where the Wasp struck upon the rocks to tho lighthouse. There was a nice steady breeze at the time, but there was a heavy S3i«n. • W. H. Dunn, able seaman: I live at Auburn Place, Teignmouth. I was up the yards before the alarm was given " brace up." We wore sailing at the time with the wind right aft. Just immediately before she struck we braced up according to orders, arid after we had belayed the braces she struck. We braced up the fore : sail, topsail, and the top-gallant sail. After the vessel struck sho forged ahead, and the seas began to break over her. I then heard a crash, and knew that she was on the rooks. She took us under when she sank. It was the bottom of the ship that struck first. I went up the rigging and found myself under the quartermaster. He was washed out of the rigging, and I went up further, There wa-'another i_an:, _n A.8., named Styles, who was washed from the crpss-teees, and I WS washeil on" to tho rpcfcs. The night was clear, the lighthouse light was burning brightly. Alfred Broomhead next stated: lam a private in the Royal Marino Light Infantry. I live at 15, Duke-street, Liverpool Road, Manchester. I was below in my hammock about a Quarter to four o'clopk on Monday morning last, when there was a pipe, "Clear lower decks; the ship's on the rocks !" I was thrown under water, the seas rolled over me, and I was ultimately washed asbore on the rocks. I i°und that I could move, and then I climbed up the rocks some thirty or forty feet. < I then found that I was on the level surface of the island. When I got to the top I saw another man (Dunn), who told me he could see a lighthouse. I made for it. . I saw none of the other members of the'pi-w except- Dunn until the'fp/ur other . gifcvii-ors tvere brdught into the'lighthouse. I had not been three minutes in the rig ■ ging when I was washed overboard. ■ ' . William Styles, the sixth survivor, is; also ft priTOte-n'ibe Royal jj-**^ wfrwv. He

said: I belong to the Plymouth division of the Royal Marines, and am a nativo of East (. rinstead, in Sussex. I was below, sleeping beneath the forecastle, when I heard the alarm, " Clear the lowor dock, the ship is on top of the rocks." I jumped into my pants and ran on deck. I could see nothing but foam all round, and the rocks about us. The weather boats wore carried away. The order to shorten "sail was given from tho bridge, on which were Commander Nicholls and Sub-Lieutenant King, and on the forecastlo before that I saw tho navigating lieutenant and Gunner Kerrigan. I heard no particular voice from the bridge. Before tho ship went down a number of voices were heard to gether on the bridge. Just before she went below I was washed outof the gallantyards, and the seas washed over me. I caught hold of an old jibboom that had been washed off the deck, and I was washed on and off the rocks several times, still clinging to it. at last the jibboom—l still clinging to it was washed into what appeared to me to be a crevice in the rocks. I stuck on there and was saved. The vessel struck three or four times before the order to shorten sail was carried out. I should say that it was twenty minutes after the vessel struck until she went down.

Commander Marrack states that the tide runs east and west off Tory Island, and that it is quite probable some of tho bodies may bo washed on the Donegal mainland. The woather has this afternoon, adds the correspondent, increased in violence, and no attempt to reach the island from tho mainland will be made for the present. An inhabitant of Tory Island, who spoke to the rescued men during their stay at the lighthouse, has given the following nar rative of tho disaster:

The Wasp left Westport on Sunday morning at six o'clock for Moville, at the mouth of Lough Foyle, to take an evicting party to the island of Inistrahull. The gun boat' commenced her trip under steam, with some sail set, but, the wind being favour able almost due west—more convas was set, steam was dispensed with, and tho vessel proceeded under full sail. This change was made off the Rnthlin O'Birne* Islands, the lighthouse of which was visible at tho time. At this point tho vessel's course waß sot personally by Commander Nicholls, and ac cording to the assertions of the survivors, his directions were strictly carried out. On arriving off Arran Island, which is about half-way between the Rathlin O'Birne Isles and Tory Island, the steersman thought tho vessel was heading dangerously near the shore, and called the attention of tho officer on the watch" to the fact. Commander Nicholls himsolf took the bearings of the vessel, and finding that she would clear the land, directed her course to be contiuued. Again when the Wasp neared Tory Island, it was seen that the course laid down would bring her in close proximity to tho rocky promontory on whicn the lighthouso 13 sit uated. No order, however, was given then by the officer on deck to alter her course, and a few minutes later the vessel crashed on to the rocks directly off the lighthouse, and lying just to the north. The vessel's bottom was torn open by the fearful crash, and it became speedily apparent to the officers who rushed up from below that the vessel was doomed ; for, after striking once, she rebounded, coming with another crash upon the jaggoil rocks. The first order given was to get up steam, but this would have taken a considerable time, the fires having been banked when canvas was set. Tho ship staggered to leaward, and even had she not been so much damaged it would have difficult under sail to have cleared other rocks in the vicinity towards which she was heading. Realising the ex treme danger of the situation, Commander Nicholls gave the order for lowering tho ship's boats—viz., the two life boats, tho quarter boat, and tho gig. An attempt was made, but the boats .wore dashed against tho sides of the ship, completely smashing them oven before they wero clear of the davits. Heavy seas then swept over the ship, one carrying away tho bridge, on which stood the commander and two officers. At tho samo moment the vessel slipped off tho rocky ledge into deep water, and it was apparent to nil that she was rapidly Bot tling down. From that time^ till the end came all was confusion. Without officers to direct them, each struggled and did what he thought best to save his own life. The men that were saved have scarce any idea how they reached their rocky shelter. They believe their preservation is due rather to the waves washing them up on the rocks than to any special exertion on their part. One man, however, saved himself by dropping from tho rigging on to the rocks of the island without going through the water, which shows that the vessel must have canted over towards shore to a con siderable extent after striking. Considering the boiling surf through which the men passed, and the nature of the rocks upon which they were thrown, it is surprising that they should have escapod with only a few scratches and bruises. But such is the fact. The lighthouse-keeper and his assis tants rendered all the help possible to tho shipwrecked men, having been apprised of the disaster by the cries of those who were drowning. Two of the survi vors had already got beyond danger of the waves, and the lighthouse people then proceeded to assist the remaining four, who were safely brought in to the shelter o_ the lighthouso. The fearful suddenness and completeness of the whole catastrophe rendered it impossible to save any more of the crew. The Wasp ran between two rocks, the outermost of which is named the Bulligmore. It was upon the innermost that the Wasp was wrecked. The news of the disaster was brought on Tuesday morn ing from the island by two boats, which agreed to run to the mainland with tele grams to the Admiralty and tho relatives of the survivors.

All Island of Pretty Women.

The Channel Islands, and particularly Jer sey, poseeasim^ch of interest to the stranger, but the crowning glory of Jersey is the beauty of her women. For general come liness they would readily be awarded a prize in any competition of feminine grace. Rare creamy complexions that would put the bloom on the peach to blush, figures made graceful and sinewy by bodily tot. with rather strongly.cut features, eyes like aloes, and lustrous dark hair, the girls met on the streets of St. Helier's seem to the stranger the personification of womanly in dependence, beauty, and maidenly reserve. The soft white mists that wrap the island every night from sundown to sunrise give them carnation cheeks. The toil that brings with it the active, healthy body is due to causes which will enlist on the side of these women the sympathies of true manhood. It is because of the woful dearth of men in Jersey that the women do all the work. Where you meet one man in those tortuous streets of St. Helier's, you meet ten women. Out among the green farms this disproportion of the seifes is even more painfully apparent. The heavy, un gainly carts on the country roads are, al most without exception, driven by women, and handsome women, too.

Groups of cherry-cheeked girls may be seen in wayside orchards, some picking apples from the trees, others straining at the rude cider presses. The little fields, with their luxuriant growth of tur nips, cabbages, and studbagas, all are tended by women, while the blooming flowers in the house-yards show in their rich variety the evidence of woman's care and attention, None but women are to be seen at the big public market of St. Helier's — women buying and Women selling. What men you see are either too young or too old and decrepit, boys who have not started out in life, or old sea captains who have come home to end their days, smelling of salt and full of reminiscences of stormy voyages to Buenos Ayres, to Australia, or through the China seas,—"Boston Times."

Reminiscence of the Siege of Sevastopol.

Mr P.pont, who was recently removed from the enjoyment of £2,600,000 by an ex plosion, was probably the. largest'manu facturer of explos^veg in tlie world. One of the most daring achievement? recorded in the history of the'present century is one of whiehheistJie central figure. During the Crimean War the Russian Government ran short of powder, and the explosive was required to continue the defence of Sabas topol. A cargo wa3 purchased from tho Duponts in America, and was placed in _ a steamship lying off Baltimore. The Brit ish had frigates posted in waiting outside the Chesapeake. After several feints the watchers were eluded, and a chase began across the Atlantic, through Gibraltar, and up.the Mediterranean Sea. With remark able good fortune tho vessel passed through the Bosphorus and into the Black Sea un checked ; but when nearing the place of contention, the English warships hailed the stranger. Young Dupont was at the helm himself, and insisted i>hat the vessel proceed, not heeding the signals from, the warships. Two broadsides Were fired into the vessel, bu^sh'e wa_ a^le to steam ahead and' steer, 'through " the' rocks, and was beached inside the Russian lines. This dar ing adventure saved the oargo, for which the Russian Government paid the siim o; ffloo,ooo. ■■; . -_■•;. ,^

Imperial Diversion.

I arrived at St. Petersburg with the intention of establishing myself as a fencing master in that capital. Introduction from distinguished individuals of my own country enabled me to make a friend of Count Alexis W ; and that nobleman interested himself greatly in my success. Not content with procuring me several pupils, he urged me to petition the Emperor for the valuable and honourable appointment of fencing-master to a regi ment ; and, towards that end, gave me a letter of recommendation to an aide-camp of the Czarowiteh Constantine, _ who was then at the Castle of Strelna, near St. Petersburg.

The morning after I hired a'droschki, and set out for Strelna, afmed with my creden tials. I reached the convent of St. Sergius, tho saint most venerated in Russia after St, Alexander Niouski. A few minutes after wards I arrived at the castle, and was soon ushered into the apartments of the Emperor's brother. In one of these I dis covered him standing with his back to a large fire, and distinguished by the most forbidding countenance I ever beheld.' Ho was tapping his boot with his riding-whip, and the undried splashes of mud on his pantaloons indicated that he had butjn cently returned from a rido or a review. At the table near him was seated Goneral Rodna, pen in hand, and apparently writing undor the Prince's dictation.

Tho door was scarcely closed, when the Czarowiteh, fixing me with his piercing eyes, abruptly inquired— " What countryman ?" " English, your highness." " Ago f" " Six-and-twenty.". " Name?" " You want to bo fencing-master to a regiment ?" " May it please your highness, such is the object of my nmbition." " Are you a first-rate swordsman ?" "I have fenced in public several times since my arrival in St. Petersburg, and your highness can easily ascertain the opinion of those who were present." " I havo heard of you ; but you had only second-rate fencers to contend with."

" Which gave them a just claim upon my forbearance, your highness." "Forbearance?" he repeated, with flash ing eyes and a scornful curve.of the lips; " but if less considerate, what then ?"

"I should have buttoned them ten times for every twice they had touched mo, you highness." " Ha ! and could yon do that with me ?" "That would depend on how your Im perial highness might wish to bo treated. If as a prince, it is probable your highness would touch mo ten times, and be touched twice. But if your highness desired to be treated like any other person, the ten hit would be achieved by me, and the two by your highness." " Lubenski! roated the Czarowiteh, rub bing his hands ; Lubenski! ( bring the foils ! We shall see, Sir Braggradbcio I" " Is it possible your highness would con descend "

" My highness ordors you to touch mo ten times, if you can. Do you want to back out already ? Now, take this foil and mask. Guard."

"Is it your highness's absoluto com mand ?" " Yes ! Yes I" '• I am ready." "Ten times!" repeated the Prlnco as ho attacked mo—"ten times, mind you ! Less won't do. Ha, ha I" Notwithstanding this encourage _ent, I kept merely on the defensive, contenting myself with parrying his thrusts without returning them. "Now, then ! " cried he, angrily ; "what are you about ? You are playing the fool with mo. Why don't you thrust 1" " Your Highness I tho respoct—.—" "Confound Jour respect, Bir! Thrust I thrust!"

Observing through his mask that his cheeks were flushed, and his eyes blood shot, I took advantage of the permission granted, and touched him three times run ning. "Bravo 1"- cried he. "My turn now. Ha! A;Mt V-a hit.

He had touched me. "I then touched him four times in rapid succession, and was then touched once.

"Hurrah!" he cried oxultingly. "Rodna,, did you see that! Twice to his seven!"

" Twice to ten, your highness," replied I, pressing him very hard. "Eight—nine ton !—Now we are quits." "Good—good I" cried the Czarowiteh approvingly, " very good I But that's not oil. The small sword—not enough—no use to tho cavalry—want the sabre. Now, could you defend yourself,,on foot, against a mounted limcer. Parry a lanoe-thrust ? Eh?" ! .

"I think I could, your highness," • " Think so! Not sure, eh f" "Pardon mo, your highness, I have no doubt of it." " Lubenski!" aga!_ shouted the Prince. Tho officer appeared. " A lance and a horse I Quick!" " But your highness "I interposed, " Ha ! you are afraid ?" " I am not afraid ; but with your high ness, I should experience equal reluotanco to be the victor or the vanquished." " All nonsense and flattery I First trial was capital. Now for .the second." At this moment the officer appeared before the windows of the palace, leading a magnificent horse and bearing a lance in his nand.

"Now, then !".exclaimed Constantino, as he dashed out of the room, and made a sign to follow him. "Give him a good satire, Lubenski; and now, my English man, mind yourself," So saying, the frjnce sprang upon his steed. With great skill he put the animal through the mast difficult evolutions, at the samo time oxeoutiug sundry parries and thrusts with his lance.

" All ready■?" he oried, riding up to me. "Ready, your highness," was my reply; and he, setting spurs to his horse, galloped o_ to the farther end of the avenue. .

r "Surely all this is a joke!" I said to General Rodna,

ÜBy no means !" was the reply. "You will either loose your life or gain your ap pointment. Defend yourself as if you were on a battle field."

Matters had taken a much more serious turn than I had anticipated. Had I con sidered myself at liberty to return blow for blow, I could have taken my chance with out uneasiness ; but feeling myself bound to control, as well as, to vise, a keen.eged sabre, while exposed to the sharpened lance of a reckless and a royal antagonist, the chances of the diversion were deoldedly against me. It was too late, however, to draw back.

I summoned to my aid all the coolness and address I, possessed, and prepared to face the Czarowiteh, who had already reached the end of the avenue, and turned his horse about. The animal advancod at full speed, Constantino being crouched down upon his neck, in such a manner that lie was nearly concealed by thoabundant mane

When ho reached me he made a point at my breast; but I parried his thrust, and bounding on one side, horse and rider, car ried away by their impetuosity, passed by without doing me the slightest injury, V Very good ! very good I" he said; "try again." Without giving me time for. objection,. or remark, he took space for his 'career, 1 ond after asking me if I was ready, iet'urhed'to' the charge with great fury. As before, I kept my eyes fixed on his, and not one (if his motions escaped me. At the decisive mo ment I parried .» quarle, and by'a _pri'ng to the right made his second; attack as haipiuoss as thefirst. ': ' "''"■ l ' ' '. Uttering sj l/fiv/l oi( $sai»o^mcpt, the Czarowiteh enfpreci into/ th^.' spirit of our tilting-raatch a$ ardently as. if ithad been a' real combat,' an's"had, moreover, ma«P VP his min4 that it' should terminate in his favour; butiwhenl i^yf'ihiijft-retfa^ng the ground'for n's£rd hssault, 1 resolved'that it should ho the last.

Again he advanced before mo with whirlwind speed. This time, however, in stead of oontentlng myself with a mere parry, I dealt a violent back-handed blow on the pole of the lance, which was severed by the stroke, and Constantino found him self disarmed. Then, quick as thought, I seized tho bridle of the horse and by a violent jerk threw him on his haunches, at the same time placing the point of my sabre on tho breast of the rider.

General Rodna uttered a cry of alarm,; he thought I was going to kill the Pritice. Constantine had also the same improeaiqn, for the colour left hia .checks for an instant. Stepping a pace backward^ find bowing to the Grand Puke _;

" Yo^r Ejghijiess," I said, " has now seen what I am able' to teach Russian soldiers, and.wbe'ther 1 ami worthy to become their professor."' "Yes, by my. soul, you arf,l Never saw a braverf<jUow'; $_d a regiment you shall have, if loan get]it for you. 1 Now follow me,"he added,'as' he threw himself from the saddle, and led the way to his apart ments.

When there, he took up a pen, and

wrote at the foot of the petition to the Emperor, which I had fortunately in readi ness :— .-*..,

" I humbly recommend the petitioner to your Imperial Majesty, believing him in overy way worthy ol the favour he solicits.' It is only necessary to add that, after somo short delay, I was fortunate enough in procuring tho post I so anxiously sought.

CLIPTOMANIA.

(SPECIALLY SELECTED BY OIJB LONDON

CORRESPONDENT.)

The late Mr Nicholas Anchorena, who died two months since at Buenos Ayres, was one of the richest farmers in the world. His executors report his rural estate as follows : Land, 1,710 square miles; cows, 152,000; sheep, 410,000. He also owned much house property in Buenos Ayres,. and his* assets have been valued at £2,400,000; sterling. He inherited i' 200,000 from his father thirty years ago.

Gorman anthropological statistics which have just been completed show that in Prussia, among the youth below the age of fourteen, about 72 per cent, had fair hair, 26 per cent, brown hair, and only 1.21 per cent, black hair. In Bavaria there were only 54 per cent, with fair hair, 41 per cent, with brown hair, and 5 per cent with black hair. A similar difference prevails with re gard to blue eyes and brown oyos. A bru nette colour of the skin is found in Prussia only to the extent of 0.53 per cent; in Bavaria 15 per cent.

At a cricket match which waa played recently on the Duke of Richmond's ground in Goodwood Park, between the Goodwood and Westbourne elevens, the home team kept possession of the wickets the whole day, and Mr C. Howard played a "not out" innings of 300.

A Modern JkIAZKrrA. —Advices received in Penzance from Cornish settlers in Ne braska report an extraordinary incident. Henry Burbank and Thomas Wilson, of Falmouth, settled as cattle ranchers in Nebraska. Wilson, becoming jealous of Burbank's acquaintance with his wife, captured Burbank, with tho assistance of his men, stripped him and bound him on the back of a wild horse, which Was'started across the plains. Burbank became uncon scious, remaining in that state until found, seven days afterwards, by cow-boys 200 miles from home. He could not speak for many days later.

A somewhat curious sight was witnessed the other day,at Gosport, when the ele phants, camels, and horses belonging to' Sanger'a Circus were marched down to the shore to bathe. All the animals enjoyed their bath, notably the elephants. Oddly enough, however, the white elephant-did not enter the water, a circumstance which gave rise to much profane jesting.

- Tho law which requires [coroners' juries to be unanimous occasionally produces some inconvenience. At Wilnecote, in Staffordshire, the other day, the vicar of the parish, with ten other men, was locked up without food or drink for twelve hours, because a bookmakor disagreed with them as to whether a deceased person had killed himself. The vicar was unable to say evening prayers in consequence.

Tho Oldham Volunteers are going to Blackpool for their annual encampment. Tho Colonel has thought fit to issue instruc tions that, "in order to conduce to tho smartness of tho regiment," it is desirable that all men who attend the camp Bhall shave their beards and whiskers. This very foolish " regimental order" is not likely to bo approved at the War Office, and no doubt the Colonel will get his knuckles rapped, as he richly deserves.—" Truth." A Plain-spoken Judgo.— Thero is a judgo in Mihvaukeo who speaks plainly. Threo Milwaukee lawyers having put in bills amounting to 25,000 dollars for services in settling an estate valued at 32,000 dollart, the judge mado the' following timely remark : — " You . have charged 25,000 dollars for CO days' service. These charges are infamous.. They are such as men who are scoundrels and thieves at heart would mako. This charge of 15,000 dollars is cut down to 1,500 dollars; thoso of 5,000 dollars each to 500 dollars. Hepoat such a piece of rapine in this court, and I will debar every one of you."

Of all European countries Germany- is the country where suicide is most frequent, and in Germany, again, Snxony takes the lead, much though the Germans of those parte are praised for their good spirits. In 1872 the number1 of suioitles in Saxony amounted to 087 (266 to every 1,000,000 in habitants), five years hteritro.o tol,lH,and after five years more to 1,872. Last year2,oo4 persons thus ended their lives, 1,081 of whom were of the male sex, and 923 of the female. The increase in female suicides which has been noticed of late oan hardly be accounted for by tho hardship of military service, which usually does duty as.an ex-t planatidn of male suicide | but whatever its cause, it is a very serious fact. In England in 1882 tho suicides, were 1,446 men anaorily 519 females.

So great was tho thirst of the people at the International Cr'cket Match that those who took ginger-beer and lemonade dis pensed with tho luxury of glasses. They came out of the booths with bottles in their hands, and, drawing the corks in the, open air, poured'the contents down their t_roats and threw away the dead marines. Here and thero one came across a person at the Oval who was propared forevory emergency. Of this class wero two clergymen. They were dressed in flannels, and carried some what Bpacioushampors with them. These contained thejr luncheons ancj a plentiful supply of beverage.—" County Q6ntle man." .■.;.-

An onterprising tailor in the Strand just now advertises himself in glaring colours as <! Tailor to the hanaumble members of the Royal Courts of Justioe," The members are, wo suppose, the officials, and as none of them is entitled to the use of the word honourable in its legal sense, we presume the remark refers to their moral qualifica tions for the title. The advertiser evi dently wishes everyone to - understand that he is not tailor to any.djsjionour able members of ; tho '* Courts aforesaid. The sartorial distinction-is certainly a nice one, and opens up a wide field for the ad vertising genius of the future. No doubt some Weet-ond firm will yet rest its title to distinction on the fact that thoy are " Robe makers to the respectable portion of the House of Lords," or " the undivorced aris tocracy," or " tho conscientious Conserva tive friends of reform," though perhaps the lost title would not say rauoh for the largeness of their conneotion.

It is said that the Superintendent of Yellowstone Park is doing nothing to.pre vent the slaughter of game by trespassers, and Governor Crosby, of Montana, and Go vernor Hale, of Wyoming, are soon to go there and organize some method for the prosecution of trespassers.

The large sum of £1,500 will be paid by his publishers to Max O'Rell for tho righ to publish his new book simultaneously in Paris, London, and New Yorf;. Humorous sketches of English society will fill the vol ume.

Judge Hall, of Carolina, and Chief Justice Waite, were once together on an official excursion to Fortress Monroe, When the Government steamer had fairly got puji 'pf the Potomac and into tho Chesapeake tfee water was very rough, and the vessel pitched fearfully. J.u,dge HaH w^ taken violently with spa-si'gkne^s. As he was moaning aloud in his agony, the Chjof Jjusti^g, stepoad. gently to his. sjdp-,. and, laying a soothing 'hand on hjs, ( slip'tjl(ißv> said, ''My dear Hail, can I dp anjftwng for you?. Just suggest %hat yo\i w-^sh," "I wish," said the sea-sw <_udgo, I Honor wpnid ovemfre this motion."

Who. ere $ie people who puvohase por traits"of' beauty actresses aijd wale profes sional beauties that are o^ered for sale in every other shop window ? It is usual for schoolboys to fall in lave with actresses, especially when the ladies are elderly. It would not be pretty to speak of the age of any individual actress, Several ( of themosjt.,' sprightly ladles of the "stage, However, ha^e | heen before the: publi-for something likd' twenty years. And if one goes to Eton or Marlborough or Rugby, one comes across many youngstora who have large collections of photographs of these sprightly matrons. I understand that after tho popular aotresse3' photographs those of leading poli ticians are most in request.—" County Gentleman."

The Dublin opera-goers are by no weans half-hearted in their appreciation of a good thing. After a recent production of " Mefis tofele," the artists, ia» oonductor, and the stage.n)^n^g^iAxeife called five tnn.es before the o,v.rtain, and Mdme, M^ne Roze at length' d,raffgect on |he brushing Mr Carl Rosa himself to, bow his thanks before he counted his money.'

A Wisa Deacon.—^Deacon Wilder, 1 want So\i to tell me how yon kept yourself and family so. well the past season, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doc tors running to ua so often." "Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time, and kept my family well, and saved large doctor's'bills. Four shillings'worth of it kepp us all well and able to work all tho time, and I will warrant it has cost you and most of the neighbours £10 to filOO apiece to keep sick the same time. I fancy you'll take my medicine hereafter. See.

The Kissing Custom.

Kissing, in England, was certainly known and practised in the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries, and practised with an easy familiarity which shows the custom was general. Indeed, so general was the use of the kiss that it was as usual as the bow. A gentleman taking a lady to her scot from the dance initeiably kissed her, and if he had not, would have been voted a very badly bred fellow. The literature of kisses is curious. There is a story retailed in the " Broad Stone of Honour" of an English knight riding through France to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. His horse cast a shoe at a certain village, the seigneur whereof had departed to the same rendezvous, but the seigneur's lady hospitably entertained the traveller. She came out) of her castle attended by twelve damsels fair to see.' " And," said the dame, " forasmuch as in England ye have such a custom as that a man may kiss a woman, therefore I will that ye shall kiss me, and yo shall also kiss these, my maidens." Which tho knight straightway did, and rejoiced greatly thereat. The quaintness of the last phrase undoubtedly indicates the young man's feeling at the Balute with con siderable exactitude.

Effect of Earthquakes.

The effect of the recent earthquake on springs and wells in tho disturbed regio was remarkable. At Colchester it was firoved by careful measurement that the evel of the wator had risen seven feet in the wells I At Booking the rise was note worthy, though not quite so remarkable, amounting to about two and a-quarter feet. At East Mersea water spouted from the ground. Mallet, "speaking of such pheno mena, _.ys: "Fissures containing wator often spout it up at the moment of shock. ells, after the shock, alter their water level, and sometimes the nature of their contents; springs become altered in the volume of water they deliver."—" Long man's Mogazine."

Bill Nye on Phrenology

An erroneous phrenologist once told me that I would shine as a revivalist, and said that I ought to marry a tall blonde with a nervous, sanguinary temperament. Then he said, " One dollar, please," and I said, "AH right, gontle scientist with a tawnoy mane, I will give you tho dollar and marry tho tall blonde with a bank ac count and bilious temperament when you give me a chart showing mo how to dispose of a brown-eyed brunette with a thoughtful cist of countenance, who married me in an unguarded moment two years ago." He looked at mo in a reproachful kind of way, struck at me with a chair in an absent minded manner, and stolo away.—" Chicago Eye." ______________

SELECTED POETRY.

WORSHIP.

Not (or evor on thy kneca Be before tho Almighty found: There are griefs tho true heart sees, There are'burdens thou canst ease- Look around, Not long prayers but carnoet zeal, This Is what Is wanted mora: Put thy shoulder to tho wheel. Bread unto tho famished deal From thy store. Not high sounding- words of praise Sing to God 'neath some grand domo, But the fallen haste to rai.o. And tho poor from life's highways Bring thou home I Worship God by doing good: Works, not words; kind acts, not creeds I Ho who loves God as ho should Makes his heart's lovo understood By kind deeds. ♦

INFIRMITY.

What is the truth to beliove. What Is the right to be done? , Caught in tho webs I weave, 1 I halt from sun to sun. The bright wind flows along, Calm Nature's streaming law. And its stroke is soft and strong As a leopard's velvet paw. Fr<-e of the doubting mind, Full of the olden power, Are the tree, and the boo. and the wind, And tho wren and tho brave may flower, Man was the lust to appear, A glow at the closo of day; Slow clambering now in fear He gropes his slackened way. A All the ur-thrust is gone, j Force that came from of old, i Up through tho fish and the swan, I And the sea king's mighty mould. ' Tho youth of tho world is fled, There are omens In tho sky, Spheres that are chilled.ana dead, And the close of an ago is nigh, Tho time is too short to grlero. - Or to ohoot c, tor the end la one; And what la the truth to believo, And what ia the right to be done ? E. R, Sill.

THE SCHOOLGIRL.

From some sweet home the morning train Brings to tho city, . Five days a week, in sun or rain— ■ \ Returning liko a song's refrain— I ... A Bohoolgirl pretty. A wild flower's unaffected grace lathis fair Mlsa'a j Vet in her shy, expressive face • The touch of urban arts I trace, , And artifices. No one hut she and Heaven knows Of what she's thinking; It may be either books or beaua, Fino scholarship or stylish clothe.. Per cept or prinking. How happy must the household be This morn who kissed her! Not every ono can make so free. Who sees her only wishes she Were his own Bister. How favoured is the book she eons. The slate-houses, The hat she lightly doffß and dons, Tho Orient sunshade that She owns, The desk Bho chooses. Is Bho familiar with the ware Of Julius Cajsar. - DooruciblesandLeydenjars, And French and earth and Bun and stars, And Euclid, please her ? She studies music, I opine; - 'O day of knowledge 1 ' -And all the other arts dlvSne, Of imitation and design, Taught in the college. A charm attends her everywhere— A sense of beauty; Care smiles to soe her free of care; The hard heart loves her unaware; Ago pays her duty! She is protected by the Bs<y. Good spirits tend feD*;s Innoceuoe is hy panoply: God's cuv_> upon the miscreant lie, Who dw«a offend her!

THE. AUCIO^P STAR, .UTURPAY, JNOVEMBER 15; XBB*.

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TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR BOYS' AND YOUTHS' BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. TH__t_t BOYS' AND YOUTHS* SCHOOL SUITS ARE SPECIALLY GOOD-THE MATERIALS BEING MOST DURABLE, WHILE TEE PRICES ARE WONDERFULLY LOW. AUCKLAND BRANCH : 168 AND 160, QUEEN-STREET, And at ' ALBERT-STREET, THAMES. J. FITZSIMONS, Branch Manager. TT-EATING'S T>OWDER. KEATING'S POWDER HEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER . . KILLS BUGS . FLEAS MOTHS BEETLES. This Powder is Quite Harmless to Ani mal Life, but is unrivalled in destroying fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths in furs, and every other species of insect. Sportsmen will find this invaluable for destroying fleas in their dogs, aa also ladies for their pot dogs. This Article iias Found so Great a Sale that It has tempted others to vend a so-called article in imitation. The Public are Cautioned that tho tins of the Tgonuine powder boar the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WOBM TABLETS A Purely Vegetable sweetmeat, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agree able method of administering tie only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild pre giration, and is especially adapted for Children, old in Tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING, London. A. an d Gr. Price, ENGINEERS, BOILERMAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, AND GENERAL MACHINISTS, THAMES, Have for sale the following Machinery :— 1 Portable Engine, by Homßby Se Co., 8 h.p. 1 Horizontal Engine, double cylinder, 10i_. diameter, 2tiu. stroko 1 Horizontal Engine. Win, by 18In. stroke 1 Launch Engine, l.ln. by sin. stroko 1 Multitubular Boiler, 17ft. long by 5a diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 20ft. loug by lift, diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 18ft. long by sft. diameter 1 Cornißh Boiler, 17ft long by 4ft 6in. diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 15ft. long by sft diameter _ 1 Cornish Boiler, 15ft long by 4ft om. diameter I Vertical Boiler, Field tubes, «tx3ft^;n«r A quantity of second-hand QuarU-orushlng: Plant. Estimates supplied for all classes of Engineer-* Work.—Makers of Sawmill and Qua_t_ oruihlng Machinery, Turbine Wheels, . Hydraullo Machinery, Timber Jacks, j and Patent Safety Catches lot J Warehouse and other Lilt _*> Cages. • As& '-



Further F-sltive Proof. - Mflntftffsto- Fancy Bazaar, 88.f-isces-atreek Duned_a, v . . M_y9th,lßß_ i SfeuniM. I^vy and Co. Boar Sirs.-! have great pleasure In tesUfyini to the effloaoy of St. Jacob's Oil in a eevere case el neuralgia in the face. After trying many so called remedies without obtaining relief, nothing did me so much good. After two or three appli cations the pain entirely disappeared, ana am glad to state I have hod no return of the troubli since. I cheerfully recommend it to othen suffering from the same painful ailment—l re main! dear sirs, respectfully yours, ' Jotia Montagu*. He Suffered Acutely. D. Benjamin^Esq., the well-known Wholesale Jeweller and Importer, Dowling-street, Dune din, writes cheerfully as follows:— t * Dowllng-street, Dunedin, : In May 2nd, MM, To Editor " The Presß," Christohuioh. Dear Sir,— Being a firm hon-hellever in patent or proprietory Medicines, wy testimony may be of some value to you, Last week I suffered acutely from severe contraction of the nerves p! tho neok and s_o_lder. A friend laughingly suggested St Jacobs OH, and I invested in a botfle. Subbing it well in at night beforeretiring. The feeling of warmth. and oounter-lnitation J Experienced almost immediately was very strong; and lam pleased to state that I awoke next morning with hardly any traoe of pain. A second and less prolonged application cured me completely. A bad ohUblaln on my ear was re woved with one rubbing. * You may mention say name as an authority on St Jacobs Oil.—l remain, djear Sir, faithfully yours, D. BXNJAMIM. GOLD MEDAL, CHRISTCHURCH, 1882. GOLD MEDAL, CHRISTCHURCH, 1882. GOLD MEDAL, CHRISTCHURCH, 1882. ST. JACOBS OIL. ST. JACOBS OIL. ST. JACOBS OIL. ST. JACOBS OIL. GOLD MEDAL, CALCUTTA, 1884. \GOLD MEDAL, CALCUTTA, 1884. 1 /GOLD MEDAL, CALCUTTA, 1884. Wholesale Agent? for Auckland I j jtf,LEyy and cp, ■ -



SMITH & CAUGHEY Beg to intimate that they have PUR CHASED from Mrs Jane Smith, for prompt CASH, the WHOLE of her large and , valuable Stock of SILKS, DRAPERY, and CLOTHING, etc. It is the intention of Ad vertisers to make considerable alterations and improvements in the premises lately oc cupied by Mrs Smith, and prior to doing so they have resolved to hold a GRAND CLEARANCE SALE. IMPORTANT TO ECONOMISTS. Sale Prices will be marked in Plain Figures with blue ink, and as Mrs Smith also marked her Goods in plain figures, customers will have an opportunity of judging for themselves as to the extent of the reductions made. S. & C. need only add that in the matter of Prices they are resolved to offer to buyers of SILKS, DRAPERY, CLOTHING, &.., such induce- . merits as must make this Sale ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESS ' FUL EVES HELD IN AUCKLAND. SMITH & CAUGHEY, Drapers and Silk Mercers, 239, QUEEN STREET; 300& 302, UPPER QUEEN STREET; .A-U-D j_.ru -D_-__-wi_:___a:K_2_TJ



/•^REAT gALE OF £7,000 WORTH OK BOOTS AND SHOBS! I : . • -o___ " ',;-; ' COST PRICE, FOR CASH ONLY. " FOR OKK MONTH) TTTILLISON, being largely over • Jl_ stocked with Boots and Shoes of all kinds, ex Glenmore, s.s. Ruapehu, andsA Doric, etc., will Sell Off the whole Stock tor one month, at Cost Pricb, tot CU__ only. As this is a genuine sale, the pubUo will do well to oome and see tor themselves. Must bo sold to make room fee Urge ship ments of Boots to arrive. ■ A few prices as follows:—' >■■... ... Children's Elastic Boots, worth 4s .. --. _\ D Ladies' Prunella Boots, worth 10. 6d ,«. 71 * j Do. do do. worth 8s 6d •• &M Do. Kid Elastic do. worth 9s .. -- ig W Do. do. do. worth lis 6d -- •» 0 \ Do. Kid Button do. worth 15a .. —.0 6 Do. House Boots .worth la 6d — JSi Do. do. worth 68 6d ;>» «'g Do. Evening Shoes worth 8a 6d «* *0; SPEOIAX. CHEAP LIKES OF LADIES'* KID ELASTIC BOOTS, SIZE 3, ALL OTHER ! GOODS EIJUALLY CHE\*P thomaFellison, bootmaker and importer, U, QUEEN-STREET. THE ESTABLISHMENT O* THE CITY. SYDNEY HALL CQMPA_-Y SYDNEY HALL COMPAWY Have now opened a Branch in Qnoen-etreet 1_ Temporary Premises lately ooojapied by S. Coombes and Go., with a SPECIAL AND WE__L_E_ECTB_» STOCK of Gold and Silver Lever Watches, Diamond Rings and Jewellery, Sterling Silver Jewellery (all Hall marked). Electro-plated W_«,ta, and are determined that their Establishment shall be known as tho Cheapest in Auckland for par chasing Genuine Goods, in both Prfeo and Quality. . , Come and Inspect the price of aw fltrong, serviceable SILVER LEVERS bertwe going elsewhere. ._.._,_ , Note.—Special Attention paid to t_e Repairs of Watohes and Jewellery ot every dosertpUon, at prices hitherto unheard of in Auckland, at the Shortest Notice. ALL PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. A TRIAL RESPECT. UUiX SOLICITOR. Satisfactory Guarantee. . Note the Addxuess : SYDNEY HALL COMPANY, Directly Oppositb Bank 0- Australasia, queen-street. AUICS'B BTABLES, \ol ALBERT-STREET. MR F. QUICK begs to return his Slncer- Thanto (or the Liberal Patronage received while carrying on the Business known M "Quick's Livery and Bait Stables," Albert street, and trusts that MESSRS JAMES DIG- i NAN & CO., the gentlemen to whom he has relinquished the same, will be accorded Support in an equally liberal manner. Patrons oan rely upon being treated oivilly and fairly by his suo oessors, under whose proprietary he feels sure the hostelry will become the favourite of Auck land. .. •. - J. J. DIGNAN] JT. FOLEY] IP, LUNDON MESSRS JAMES DIGNAN & CO. havSw purchased Mr F.Qulck's Business, hope to merit the patronage bo generously bestowed on their late and popular predecessor. For Hire—Han som Caba, Open and Close Carriages, Buggies of every 'description, Waggonettes, Breaks and Omnibuses, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Saddle Horses, Private Carriages with Livery, Hearses and Mourning Coaches. Orders by Post, Tele graph, or Telephone (No. 121) receive careful attention. The Stables provids unsurpassed accommodation for Horses, Sco. Night attend ance. Charges moderate. POST-OFFICE STORE. DEVONPORT. "LiLLEWALL BROS. Beg to Inform the INHABIT-_Nf3 of DEVON- Sec., that they have Porchasbd the Business of Mejs» _*ra- and Lti__wAi_. and teust to Merit a Continuance of thp Favours bestowed on tne» ... Predecessors. ALL MONEYS due to tie Late Firm must be Paid to the Undersigned? who wffl dlscbwge all Liabilities in connection with the M_M> LILLEWALL BROS.; 6BOOXSS, BAKERS, COHT_CHONB_i 119.1 ■ ■' '-, .. •:•■ Devonport. ■ A,A



Sporting:. ' ANEEUNGA RACING CLUB. TO BE HELD ON THE ONEHUNGA RACECOURSE. j NOVEMBER 22, ISB4. Stewards.-Messrs Webb, Oates, Dore, Brook field, Robinson, Daley, Suttio, Kelly, Wattle, Neilson, Rowe, and Adams. Jodge.—Mr F. Lawry. Stakteb.—Mr O. C. McGee. Clehk op Scales.—Mr Daley. < Clekk of Cottrse.—Mr Casey. Hanxucapfjers.—The Committee. Totalizator Stewards. — Messrs Rowe Brookfleld, and Oates. Timekeeper.—Mr Dore. £ Treasurer.—Mr Brooltfield. SPRING HURDLE RACE of 40sov_-Nomi_a tion, 20s; acceptance, 40s. Distance, 1} miles, - over 8 flights of hurdles. _ NOVEL RACE of 20sovb.—Nomination, 20s. . Distance, 1 mile. The winner to be the pro- J perty of the Club, and sold Immediately after the race; the proceeds to go to the Club. • ONEHUNGA SPRING HANDICAP of lOOsovs. —Second horse to receive lOsovs. out of the stakes.' Nomination, 250V8.; acceptance, Ssovb. Distance, 1} miles. HACK RACE of lOsovs.—Nomination, 20s. " Distance, 1 mile. Minimum weight, Bst SELLING HURDLE RACE of 20sovs.-No_.l nation. 30s. Weight-forage. The winner to be sold for 60bovb. If for &Dsovs, allowed 71b.: if for 40aovs., 111b.; it for 30sova.. 211b.; and for 20SOVS., 281b. PONY RACE of lOsovs.—l mile; catch-weight J Nomination, 10s. STEWARDS' HANDICAP of 3050v8., and Cup of the value of 15sovs. (presented by Mr Wm. Adams). 3 mile.—Nomination, 20s; accep tance, 40s, Nominations Spring Handicap and Hurdles, October 24. Weights to appear October 31. All entries to be sealed and addressed to the Secretary, Onehunga, or Wm. Adams, 157, , Queen-street, Auckland. . ' Genored Entry and Acceptance, November 7 ,R. WEBB Secretary. mAKAPUNA JOOKE- CLUB. PROGRAMME. SPRING MEET IN G, NOVEMBER 29, 1884. SPRING HANDICAP of lObovs. t HACK RACE of 15S0VS. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of «-Ova. ST. ANDRE WS HANDICAP of ffisovs. FLAT SELLING RACE of 20sovs. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of flft-Ovs. j STEWARDS' HANDICAP of 20soVS. NOMINATIONS for Spring Handicap, Handi cap Hurdle Race. St. Andrew's Handicap, and Handicap Steeplechase, FRIDAY, November i 7th,lßß_. Under A.R.C. Rules. . t ForProgrammesapply^ _ ADA M B E DE ' S . CONSULTATION ON THE . '] AUCKLAND CUP. A.R.C. HANDICAP, AND STEEPLECHASE. . 6,000 Members at 10s Eaoh. 101 Prizes: Divided as follows:— •• Auckland Cup. A.R.C Handicap. i First Horse .. .1600 First Horse .. £300 Becond Horse .. 300 Second Horse .. 200 ahlrdHorse .. 100 ThirdHorae .. 100 Starters (div.) .. -30 Starters (div.) .. 150 NM-Starters (div.l 300 Non-Starters (div.) 250 ; Total.. ..£1,400 Total.. _ £1,000 Steeplechase. " .. j nrstHorse ~ „ ;.«M0 Second Horse .. .. •• »" ThirdHorae .. -. .-. . ,_\ Starters (div.) .. .. .. JM Non-Starters (div.) >. .. U5 Total.. .... v «600 . Adam Beds would particularly drtiw Sub «yrlbers' atttenUon to the fact that this Con- . snltation will be drawn as soon as full, tn we weaenc. of the Press, and a Committee «T Siw scribers. Early application for shares' Should be made by letter only, enclosing Two Stomps, with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, or Drafts. Registered Letters or ?'elegr___B will not on any account be receivea. t banknotes arc sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the other. - PjO; Sfders preferred when procurable. -It WiU expedite business if an addressed epvetope is enclosed with application, i Address: ADAM BEDS, A-Swss- "^ careotH.N.Abbott, - Box No. 2, Post-office, Auckland. ._ : 8 000 v Wttl positively /Each ticket Members CW3J _ J h»g™ 10s. 10s.) DECEMBER 24. I ehanoes. AN E M O* S • ' CONSULTATION ON THE 3\i AUCKLAND CUP AND STEEPLECHASE. 1 ;*nc__a_-Cup.£7oo. Slteepleohiiso, £300.^ i.-.^orse... ..*2» lßtHorse .. ..£IOO 15.V U-N .. '■':. 125 2nd Horse .. .. 70 ___.->^Ke .. . 75 3rd Horse .. ... SO __;_i?«_lViaed 100 Starters,divided i » N__-teW^^;'» No_*--tew,div.: ; _H>t £700 ,; £300 rb-nninti _ purchasing a book of twenty-five tISSHSE-WOne Ticket Gratis, and have the «_SSle___f ltominating one person on tte Com £-_£_£bep-resentatTtheDrawing. Members . _»!_ v»?_J. invited. Applications by lettw Sni^™rf__oif for replies.^ ■ Post _m__ oriei-to be sentwhon pofflibfe. belngtte SSeStanS tott^event of a letter going astray ff^^traced. Address-^^. Care of F. Tomlinsou, Barrel Hotel. P-tneU. I ! _»->_a__ --ONE HUNDRED _t_ I^Ml. POUNDS FOR FIVE SHU. ' -KrSr%S£?l«_ A.WELLESLEY'SCONS-L ---IJNGS.-^W^»^Wj D uotp, to bo.Bun diTidedasfollOJWSj— Attn . IfirstHorao.. ... ■> / •:■ ■"'. " &_ '": Soosnd Horse •- ,-J. :'..'.. .... a».,»: S^»_i^|>" J! AppUeations _« Tickets .br,l*tt|r^on , <_&_Tg two Btoa^s torS^W3N_K__-f#s. Kteweffle/_i«4-^^ lMleVsConsultotion on .the MeftAwne Cup if'Sv.gain the entire confidenoejrf thf.Sl^ tjr «WiU be Drawn as soon,fifljgUg-Mg C&^eba^iaerß, in the.B^enee-i Members -the Press. , Insurance. y;.."' '"_ AUSTRALIAN "iJOTDAL PROVIDENIT SOCIL^Y- ■■ ..;."■ A PURELY MUTUAL _>_,?a oß™slt PROFITS DIVIDED ANNtL-"l^* The following AUCKLAND CLAitMS 85_t TLED THIS YEAR show the Cost Of A__ ance in this Eminently Successful Society :— ■■ .. : g.'.g -. hQSO & * * <S : ' 2' ,•_.««> -o f'tf-l '7a '"._ » | «« s ■»..■■ . '_-___ I -- : *• Ji «« CO _:___\ ■■■ -' - . j ~ ' S a 9 I .. . . «■ ■• ■. ~;... " s .a a | 111- - «"§ l . 'I |■' ;| "i Prospectus, tables of rules, and every infor mation may be had on application to D. J, MoLEOD, , At the Society's Distriot.Office,: Queen-street. ' "■" 'i i ,ii ii, ,i | jgs pHEAP P APERHA-JGISGS, A.H. MORRIS'S'.' T NEW BTOCB; OBLABOVE FOR QUALITY o '■' AND PRIGE 18 t_t_on______O IS THK CITY, .- > S INSrEOTIOK INVITKI). i !:; '"_ WELLESLEY-STSKET EAR ;Ay' «| . i (abovs CBoyrrawß'e). ___ ■ ~ , ■■mil [rrrnMTTM-nMi



_J____-. VAILE.] [JOHN DO-Ot_\S. ;':':' "Vaile & Douglas -'J (Lais Samuel Vaile)„ "Wk m HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENTS, v. ;;; LAND AND ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE VALUATORS, :•.:;< BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER ' "y SHORTLAND STREET 1 ~\! (Next the Post Office). - ' BANKERSt I Bank o_ Njaw South Walks. See also our advertisement in "N..Z. Herald ' and "Weekly News.") '-. ■ MORTGAGES BOUGHT. SEVERAL SUMS OF MONET FROM £5 UPWARDS TO LEND ON MORTGAGE. _4*OQA- NEAT COTTAGE 10 mm- V eHitemt&\J utes walk from Post-office. A • Bargain.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, ShorUand-street. . ■ ■-% FOR IMMEDIATE SALE, First-class Family Residence at Norman's Hill. One-"'"*-_ hunga, with 1J acres Rich Land, laid out as Garden, Shrubbery, and Orchard; magnifl- .; cent view. Prioo low, and terms very easy.— " J Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, '" i Shortland-street. > j> TO INVESTOUS.-For Sale, a First-rate , 1 Investment—Storeand Dwclling-houseLcased ■'■ for 5 years to a gOod'. tenant: rent 32s Gd per week. Large and Commodious Store and Dwelling - house of Six Rooms in good thoroughfare!, close to city.—Apply Vallo and Douglas, House, Land, and Estate Agents, Shortland-street.- ... ■■■, 13_ 1 TO BUSINESS MEN.—For Sale, a Really Good Opening for an Energetic Business Man, with a Capital of £500 to £800. AGoingßusi ness, with plant and every requisite for doing a large, and increasing trada—Principals may > Jij learn particulars. &c. from Vaile and Doug las, Land and Estate Agents,Shortland-street. £3 PER FOOT—Splendid Building Site; :- '" near tramway ter-inus; 132 _ 274 feet— • "i Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, ShorUand- * j street, next General Postofflco. '('_:■■■> j LARGE FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT, 66 1 x 117 feet, together with dwelling-house, "1 stables, &c.,i3onvoniently situated, within f V - minutes' walk of Poßt-offleo, and suitable i either for private residence sites, or for busl- . .' ij nesspurposes; price moderate. Terms easy. ' —Vaile and Douglas,Landand House Agents, Shortland-street "1324 .--'-■ £300-NEW HOUSE of 5 rooms and bath- * room, oven, grate, 2 tanks. Sec: with allotment t 83 x _18. Terms—£loo cash, balance weekly payments. — Voile and Douglacs •. House and ■ _' '.'.'. ■...> Land Agents, ShorUand-street, -1303 U - • £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out-. •-■; house, tanks. &o„ and allotment 66 x 198, 1 volcanio soil: convenient situation.—Vaile t ': and Douglas, Houße.and Land Agent Short ■ land-street. :' A:-■.■'■■'-. "_271, . A- Several Convenient FARMS of from 30 to -' 100 acres, situated within3o miles rail from .-■ Auckland, part bush, part open landi: good ■ -,i soil, well watered. Price; from £1 to £1 per 5 acre. Terms," 4 cash! 'balance 8 ors years,' "1 7 pfir cent Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-street , .... 1299 : !' £50O—Capital Waterside FARM; of 90 acres, about half rich alluvia} flat, SO acres In ' grass. House of 4 rooms, dairy, sheds. Sec— Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, Shortland street ;. "-.. ■~.. ... ,:.. 1227- ■ - '.' , £48 lOs-ALLOTMENTS at the North ''" Shore, near. the Bis Dock, 65 x 132 feet, from o . £48 10s each. — "vaile and Douglas, Land "; Agents, next the General Post-offloe. i 15s PER FOOT—A number of Allotments ~.- -A In the Mount Eden District SO by _3__eet,.at' ' '* .. from lfejper foot upwards. — Vaile and Douglas, ShorUand - street,1 next the Post- --i ■ offltse. '- '"• '<•' "T;" - ; :'r, ,-. £1,200 — 4 ACRES CHOICE; LANI?, : ' orchard; ga.rden, and Jiaddocka, with House of ■ 7 rooms, in fashionable suburb, close to town.' ~.; •,—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land,and Estate Agents, Shor_a_-_fcreet; :' * :1355 ■ --' FOR SALE, DRAPERY AND MIL- . LINERY BUSINESS In one of the best posi tions in Queen-stroet.- To an enterprising ..j,. ---business man this is a good chance to obtain a going concern cheap. .Satisfactory reasons for selling. Principals only treated with.— . . Apply Vaile and Douglas, House and Estate ,r.i Agents, ShorUand-street. :-.. £300 — GOOD UTTLE WATERSIDE' FARM of 112 acres, with large nHtadjoinirig; 25 to 30 acres in cultivation; splendid place for. fruit growing. Terms easy. — Vaile and' Douglas, Land and Estate Agetß, ShorUand- . - Btreet. _-.-:.; i .:■> „ÜBB ; £I.5<W-NE\YoVILLA RESIDENCE of 10, j*; rooms, fitted with every xorievnience—wash _ house, stable, coach-house, man's room, to gether with large allotment, 100 feet x 300 feet, volcanic, soil. Terms easy.—Vaile and DougS§r~House and Estate Agents, Short ". land-Streets -" v ' "'-'■'■ ■•'■'■l329 "" . BIRKENHEAD —10 good BUILDING . SITES in the* above •favourite suburb}: splendid view, and prioes "Very.moderate j -.: easy terms. — Vaile and Douglas, House. Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-street .<■: """• !'■ '■. :-,-V A, "■-. - '...\ '..;■.'M»i "' . Oh as. W ILL jIAMS ON, HOUSE, LAND. & FINANCIAL*AGENT.1 'A-. HIGH-BT., NEAR SHORTLAND-fi.. ••;. Bankers t National Bank of New Zealand. *_■;■■' TELEPHONE NUMBER-194.; ■ ■ . • ■ t !'«_NTSand__TEß__TCoUeotea. MONEY Invested tor Capitalists on.Flrstl■--. ~ olassSecta-lUeswrrsouTCHAiiOK. Six percent. ". • allowed ondep&flts Until invested. ; ;. . MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated. , BUILDING SOCDETY SHAKIS. Bought. ; lA ■ ESTATES Managed for Absentees. HOUSES TOL_- and PROPERTDJS FOR . ~ BALE placed upon my Lists Free of Charge. ALLOTMENTS Bought and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System.' Plans and specifications prepared at lowest sates, o ■ s-i --•-:, ■.•■'■.:___■:■■■ ■■'. -'■. , -f-J": vjas BUDDING ALLOTMENTS FOR SALE -. i -MvmToem— . > 'Ellerßlie, £2 Epsom Road, £2 - Newmarket, 80s . Hopburn-stroet 80s v■ o . Randolph-street , A LigaT Place,' 80s r , .',, r West-street, 42.. Eramett-Btreet 62s 6d,, Beresford-Btreet. 70S COnauest Place; fi6 Howe-street, 100s William-street 80s :;": '* Shelly Beaon Road, £5 Customhouse-street - > Northoote, Ids Fort-street (lease), 60s ■■■■■ .'.■' O'Ood—eU-street Bo^ Fltzroy-street 60s And in Various other streets at low rates. 64000 TO LEND, In Sums of £10 and upwarda on good securiUes. . - ' £25 DEPOSIT will Purohasa Five-roomed House at Kingsland, with easy instalments ftc " balance. ■ ■ .■■■ 1 HOUSES TO LET in Nelson-street (6 rooms!, Kyber Pass, and Onehunga. •.- ■. •.••-, v.-S/ ---£325.-FIVE-ROOMBD HOUSE for SSJe at i Rocky Nook; 'weU-finished, large, allotment;. stone feBCOB. '' i NORFOLK-STREET.-Shop and Five-roomed. ■ House for Sale for £575; corner allotment - MOUNT EDEN.—Six ; roomed Honee for Safe' iin View: Road; large allotment £350. I ■ ' '-RUSSELL-STR-ET. —.Fine large roomyrrtW ■House for Sale, thoroughW'well-finlshed; £530.,, . PITT-STREET. Splendid Corner Site for. Shops and Dwellings, to be Leased for IDOi ':': years, less or more; 72 feet frontage by 98^ " lis co WEEKLY.-^-NeW Five-roomed House For Sele in Howe-street; small deposit PRATT-STREET. — Well-flnißhed Cottage ; (new), for Sale for £325; city water. ,-...--. r*-/A '£a»-F_VE-ROOME_ HOUSE For. Sale in; ;. ;. Bond-Street; will be sold on easy terms.' • > VV... ■- RUSSBLLSTREET. — Five-roomed House ) for Sale for £225: near Great North Rood. .: ■' ' y r, ■ W*_KOMITI-8 Acres For Sale. Suitable for ,- noultry farm ; near railway station. £85. • _' £235-NEW HOUSE For Sale;oomerOfEden-s ;, street; allotment3sx99. .-, . - .... .. ,o. ( vMOUNI EDEN - Faithfully-built Family - Residence ot B'roonas with 7 Are-places;'def". , tached wash-house, 2.oooga_, concrete tank;' back entranoe for buggy.- £675, very chesip; J.-;A*? SURREY HILIiS_!_TAT_-7-rOomed Ho_»; (new) For Sale; very convenient; £500. Also,. :. Five-roomed House, excellently built and fin.jaj ' Uhed; £375. Four-rodmed House, £300." • ''' «; i- jgg}GtgLAND-_everalHounesForßalevery:J, ". .boat).from£2ooonwards. :;. t.: !:,!•■[; -I) . . H • fITfiORGBrSTREET. ~ Eight-roomed Housei : *t (T_&) For iSale,.wlUi;__ge.allotment;i£46o}v , it mSloacf money can remain on mortgage. 5 ■i?-_e_3«6i?o ROAD.-Pretty Cottage (New. , I P wn-S-aj^ira. nU eonvenlenOes; _220; gas ' I !_Sd onTAisofSe.S' Eouss for £210 and £270. -^ ' i l^oiLN^Fou-Joomed HOUSE Forf.B__3ffiE§. v foontre ofelty.aef«ehold); £50deposit^; batenee. % on^^evv^_wi_ed HOUSE For'^eto "' . ' *_*-T_fi_RTABLE FAMILY RESHS!iNC_3 For® at Afoiidale and Onehunga, Wit-itgl. >.'? V 1 HbtJso : i__w^^£»u tracer, fine view; £510. -^ x .» OF EXCELLENT. LANDjbt'' 1 <_,!_ near wfe'Springs; fodr miles famoi. ; __aJ»S i *m*m BuitedforTllU. resid» ;; S^_^M_-tSs*a_'; Water or land carrioi^. h ' for Sale to' l£^_teeetjm WP*t 4S?r, range., _ T__s™t E_#N--Ge>&tt_:BJ_re and DweU-; * KRA-TKLU* ROAD.i*iW)m^l,S(K_W and * HOUSE For SaloJaS.:««•, SiMiL S^UdopoSftßasiii?* ; A '_ Jo be iStaed.lii • V- 'SMBtr-Sfd-dJitreets for.th_ty4l_feß ■ Hwe v wlth«*etfr__^^> Years NgglJtg^T,}gr6eman'a Bay—6-rObmed Houae For _ :,, i i AA*/; all other con v. ,',7W ■=-,•« Bri^ as,S,i J-i^J^jj-; NELSON-STR_ .^l§_te-^ffi»2BHJS Villa Residences By >§. BDeouiato ■vo™ent i and fine view. Chahv. • i__h A NORTH SHORE.-Ne. 1 'A large shed. £300; also. seve. -^L f^__^ m^ - BRIGHTON ROAD, Pan. ■'«-^«SSSI-'-' House For Sale, allotment 40 x a. y ffjoasa odA ' PONSONBY-Now Six-roomea^fSgT „ tw9 .* , Workshop For Solo; two.allotm.^*"?.. f j frontaproa Kasrterraa.' -■ ■ i'Ayj. wAo.Sb anfl " . DEVONPORT b_ ■ Foutroomed.Hojl ps£r soXf.fffite new: :»f* 6nl' '^P A and Allotment For Salt. f_ _ ■mniain-etreet near St James's Oiurob. ■■- " __RTHCOTE "—;Seven-roomed House, out bnUding. Sec, and 30 Acres of Land. For Sale i Very Cheap. Grand vie wof the h arbo ir. DEVONPORT, I^ake Road — Several very : ■' oholoe Villa Sites For Sale, having road and sea frontages, and possessing the finest landscape. : ylewß to be f or_id around Auobland. . . , FARMS also For Sale at Waikcmltl, Paremo. remo, Waitakeret Mahurangi, North Shore, Papakuta, &o.' Also, see List in "New Zosland Herald "and "Weekly News." iTfT I L LI;_M.,,G.P_ LI V BR, l HOUSE; LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, ''! A_ .o QUEEN-STREET, Church-street, 88x100.6, £312s De. foot Mount Roskill Road, 60 x 148.0, £3 5s per toot Surrey Hills, £4 and £5 per foot - Wharf Road, 40 x 100. £2 per foot Bu-wer--t-eet,iOxlßß,£2ssperfoot '..■;V-j' o r Arthur-streetis6xlOO,£6perfooto ; r' ; PrO_pect>s_eetßo x 100, £4 per foot WaUace-stroet,- 80x213, £4 per foot . : . iArßyle-Btreet,£3perfoot< ;__- _ .:_• :■'.■<» Richmond Road; 100x117, £215s per ft_r ;.v-.. • Ourran.treet(73xl3o.£4ll)spe_foot ,-■> '■ Tweed-street, 50x130, £4 perfoot , • SheUyße_ohßoad,-Ox.l»j;£4 I perioot . I , Piow-ot TerraoftiMpui»tEaen)-_OtB 50x178b "^fe^t'seve&jotsfor m each sSaiMteeet,27 x Uo, l<x £80eaoh W. OD L_ IVBB,