SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

; B .GHWA Ta! R{a^t_fo I _lug.B.2 5 (SUNSET.—This Evening, 7.3 SUNRISE.—To-morrow Morning, i.Sfl . IMpN'S AGIC-Last Quarter, Bth, 11.9 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

fjX, LAST EVENING.

HRlfata, s,s., Cromarty from Fill Mariner, schooner. Queen, from Russell

TO-DAY. korealis, brigantine. McKenzle, from Newcastle Loch Fergus, barque, Jones, from London Rotomahana, s.s., Carey, from tho South - Claasman, s,s., Farquhar, from Whangarel Glenelg, s.s.< Amod»o, from Mcroury Bay

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING.

Agnes Donald, schooner Hay ward, for Aplang

TO-DAY. Orawaili s.a. Campbell, for Wcstpoit Energy, schooner, Francis, for Kaipara Tarawora, s.s„ Sinclair, for tho South

IMPORTS.

Per Borealis,. from Newcastle—l,774 bags lioneduet, 120 t»ns coal. "

Por LoCh Fergus: 1 case rifle and revolver cartridges, 2 kegs chilled shot.—D. Kvitt, Quoen atreet,

Per Loch Fergus—l 6 bales of corkwood and tundrloe.— Dutton Bros., cork manufacturers, Upper Queen-street.

Per Arawota, from Fiji-10 dholls fibre, 3,1(b bunches bananas, 155 oases and 168 orates pines, .7 bags oocoanuts, 1,230 mats and 2,930 bags Sugar, 36 bags peanut-. .

EXPORTS.

Per Maile,«_6r Tonga-76,_;0ft. timber, 500 Backs flour, I,' 00 staves, 1,600 palings, 118 cases oilmen's stores, 170 cases korosine, 68 mats BUgar, 30 bags rice, 81 casos preserved fish, 36 drums oil, 21 boxes drugs, 149 pkgs biscuits, 167 cases and 50 kegs beef, 80 kegs paint, 10 kegß fcutter, 72 pkgs woodwaro, 20 cases sewing ma chines, 1 punt, 1 boat, and a largo- quantity of Sundries.

Inwards Coastwise.—Bessie, from Parua Bay, with 35 tons firowood; Zillah, from Thames, with 23,000 feet sawn timper; Swal low, from Mongonul, with 18,000 feet timber; Mana, from Tairua, with 26,000 feet timber; lokoran, from Tairua, with 27,000 feet timber. Outwards Coastwise. — Erie uhilda, for "Whangaroa; Gisborne, for Qisbome; Seagull, for Hokianga. The brigantine Linda Weber arrived at Port Chalmers from Western Australia yesterday. At Port Chalmers she is expected to load for this port. The schooner Gleaner has completed her load ing at Mercury Bay, and will sail for Levuka probably to-morrow. The three-masted schooner Ann and Mary arrived at Mercury Bay from an Australian port on Tuesday, and is now loading timber there. The s.s Clansman arrived from Whangarel early this morning, with the following passon sters:—Messrs Korth, E. Carter, J. Beck, Lar , tins, Keesing, Allen, Rutherford, and 2Btoerage. The barquo Qefron (Borjesaor) cleared at the Customs to day for Newcastle. The Thames steamer Rotomahana was docked this morning for cleaning. The barque Mountain Laurel has been hauled off from the Railway Wharf, and her place has been taken by the barque Notero. The brigantine Borealis arrived from New- Castle and dropped anohor at the powder ground this morning. She left Newcastle in company with the Annabtll, on the 23rd ult.

The schooner Mailo has cleared at the Cus toms for Tonga, and will vory likely sail to morrow".

Tho s.s. Glenelg arrived from Tairua and Meroury Bay this morning, with the following passengers:—Mrs Bright, Mrs Norton, Miss Cole, Messrs Nixon, Thomas, Monk, Miller, Sproude, Meikle, Sinythios, Winchester, Pur ee., Campbell, Gardiner, Donnelly, and 2 steerage.

The schooner Winifred arrived at Suva from a four months' labour cruise on November 12. She does not go aeain for labour, and the master. Captain Meredith, joins the Meg Mertiles.

The s.s. Tarawera left for Melbourne via Southern ports at 2 p.m. to-day. Passengers for Gisborne: Miss Cooko, Mr Cooke, Mr Clark, and Master Clark. For Napier: Mrs Prince, Miss Martin, Messrs Bowron and Jowan. For Wellington: Mesdames Levy and J. Murray, Miss Eraser, Mesdames Fraser, McKenzie and family, Thomson, and Baselberg. For Lyttol ton: Mr Billingo. For Dunedin: Messrs Marsden and Jowltt, Mr and Miss Livingstone. Mrs Ashworth, Mrs Fargio and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Earle. For' Melbourne: Mr Bernard.. The s s. Arawato, Captain W. L. Cronmrtv, arrived at 10 30 p.m. yesterday. Sho loft Levuka at noon on 27th, arrived at Sura at i.30 samo day, and loft at 6 a.m. on 28th for Lan cola Bay. Took in sugar and sail c dat daybreak for Suva. Left Suva nt-3 p.m. on 29th, and Jfc_s_§&to\un Washington at 6.30 p.m. Breasted lOfflHßlKnighta at 4 p.m. jto-day, and arrived 'IMS-tig ExperiencedTno weather and S.E. ~a_.-_N.IS. breezes throughout. Passengers:— Miss Witzoll, Miss Fish. Mrs Eastgate and family (8), Mrs Manghan, Mrs Olive - children and servant, Mrs and Master Lester, Mr and Mrs Cray, Misses O'Hara and Mill ward, Messrs Bentley, Howard, Houghton, Eyres, Danach, Scott, Hunt, Crompton, Cohen, Dr Pound, and 31 in'the steerage. We aro indebted to Mr. W. _„.Wot_erßpoon, purser, for press parcels, re port, etc. . , ■■ ■

ARRIVAL OF THE LOCH FERGUS.

- The barque Loch Fergus, with a lull general cargo (a list of which we published very re cently) consigned to the New Zealand SMpping . Company, arrived from London at an early _ hour this morning. Having a quantity of explosives on board,.she dropped anchor at . th^ powder ground, and .Will probably remain there until to-morrow. The Loch Fergus isundercommandof Captain Jones, who j "haa furnished us with particulars of tho voyage. The trip haa not been a fortunate one, being ■ marked by unfavourable weather and two un fortunate accidents, particulars of which appear in another column. The Loch Fergus 'left on August 6th, and Gravesend samo day. Had calms and light winds down the Channel. Got the N.E. trades off Madeira, 20 days out, andlosttheminl-ldcg.N. Crossed_ioEquator.il 9 clays out, in 26deg. W.jThe S.E. trades were poor, and carried to 18deg.S., then had light winds. Moderate weather continued to the meridian of Greenwich, which was reached on 11th October in lab 37deg. S.i 66 days out; then had strong N.W.- winds. Crossed the meridian of Good Hope in 42deg. South. Ban down the ._■ castings in 45deg., and. from 42deg. South hod unsettled weather from all points of the com- I pass. Bounded Leuwin on 13th November, ani I \ from thoro had moderate weather and wind I from N.W. The Loch' Fergus Was four dayti off the coast with light easterly winds, and »_rived this morning. She brings only one passenger, viz., Mr B. B. Paterson. 'S". ..:'-■■■■ i .;_ ■ ■____!-■:, ■;•■■

LAUNCH AT MECHANICS' BAY.

A new steamer, intended for towing purposes, * and to be employed in this harbonr, was , launched by MrMcQuarrie, of Mechanics' Bay, ' this morning. The launch was a successful one, : and tho christening ceremony, was performed by Mlbs Batger, who named the .vessel tho 1 Awahina (help). The vessel has been built to the "order of Mr Compton, with whom'are associ ated several Auokland shipowners, and others aa part owaers.- She is well put together, and rellects credit on her builder. Her dimensions are as follow:—Length between perpendiculars, 100 ft; length overall, 105 ft Gin; extreme beam, 2lft; depth of hold, 10ft __; draught of water aft, 9ft 6in: draught of water - forward, 7ft; displacement, 215 tons. The ton nage of the vessel is 205 0.8.M., and 163 gross register. The vessel has one mast, is rigged as a.cutter, and has one batch, which is situated forward. She is fitted with a cabin aft, and quarters for the crew have been arranged forward. The machinery -for the Awahina is now on the way outfrom Glasgow In the barque Lutterworth, having been shipped by Ben McLoughlln. The' Lut terworth will arrive at Otago, where the ; machinery will be transhipped, and will arrive here about two or three months hence. It will ',be placed in the vessel by McCoskrie & Son. •'The engine Is 340 h.p. indicated. The boiler is __ft9in_y 9ft,and will work up tbßolbs, butis '■/- tested to twice that, while the cylinders are 18J ' and 33. The designs for tho Awahina are by Mr . TrevHhldk, Naval ArcMtect, who has superin tended tho construction of tho vessel.

THE ROTOMAHANA.

- The s.s. Rotomahana left Melbourne at 3 p.m. "■ on the 18th ultimo, Bluff at _ p.m. on the 23rd. and Port Chalmers at 4 pjn. on the 27th. Put back owing to a slight derangement in the machinery. Started again at 1 p.m. on the 28th; called at the usual Bast Coast ports, reaching Poverty Bay at i a.m. on the 3rd; left at 8 a.m., and rea-hed Auckland at 8.30 a.m. Experienced brisk westerly winds, with fine weather, from Melbourne to NeW Zealand, moderate weather lip, the coast to Gisbornej thence strong N.W. . winds, with head seas, to arrival. Passengers:— Mr and Mrs Gardner, Mr and Mrs Dugleby and family, Mrs Major George.'Mrs Standnng, child, and servant, Mrs Gavin, Mrs Robson, Misses Crrlmp, Peterson, Bran-ton, Hill, MoKerrow, Sohapp. Gillies. Revs. H. Bull, J. H. Fletcher, ' and Langhani. Drs. Gardnorand Hughes, Messrs Milne, J. D. Warfleld, J. L. Prime, Wells, Marr, ' Graham. W. Glasson, Rintel. Edgar, -Beatson, W. H. Hayles, R. Bycroft, Scott. Orcheston, T. B. Logan, Books, Banner, A. Sutherland, T. B. O'Meara, Wilson, Ward, Hawkes, Brien, Gill, Pilbrow, C. Henderson, Harris. Plyger, Cooler, C. Bubely, 0. J. Long.;A. McDowell, Alison Smith, Geo. Coates, S. Kelly, J. Bradley. A. O. Carter. __>r Sydney: Kovs. Dr. KelVnack, I>r. Davy, Nolan, Stead, Lane, Martin, Sellars, Mr : and Mrs Mundy. Mißses Saul, Boyd, Johnston, ':■ Messrs Baker, Miller, Cummins. Feather, Hunt, - Hitchcock. Grainger, McKeown, and 5 steerage. We are Indebted to Mr McKillop, purser, for •• press parcels, report, etc. __ ■■

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Thames, this day.—Sailed .-Lapwing, brigan tine, for Townsvfllo, "via Mercury Bay, with 160,000 feet Umber..... . _ -,■„ _ ~.■„ Whanoare r, this day.—Sailed. MacGregor, for Auckland, 10 a.m.: -.' \_ - GiSBOBNE, this day. — Arrived: Thomas Russell from Auckland, 10 a.m. ... . Wanganci, yesterday.—Anivea: Stormblrd, fromOneiranga,9.3oa.m. ,__y. ■ ■■ Port Chalmbßs, this day.—Arrived: Coptic, from Lyttelton, 7a.m.'.: . - ,-■• ■.. Melboubke, this day.—Arrived: Waihora.

COMMERCIAL.

Kveninq Star Office, this day. Mb A. Buckland reports:—At the regular ■ monthly sale held at W. Houlston's yards, Plikekohe, there was a numerous muster of cattle ot all descriptions, and a steady local . demand for aU brought forward at current values. At the Haymarket, on Friday last, fofldc- waa th limited quantity and moderate A; prices. Oata. 2s lOd to 3s Id; hoanu, in tho. bushel; «]__. , from £3 to £5 the ton. Horse I stock numeroan; quiet,' good workoru in SMPy_ss___ft^^^b_^ bags, from id to 6|d 1-. A^-fe^^ffi®1* Jvldn^av there was a ft_raß2_k__£»' bjw^rtfijsdptoadr competition. tmy. an average of half-penny the poMdovor that obtained at corresponding sale last year Wool In grease ranged from 7,3 to 53d: washed i wool was repr-eented^by^very few lots, and ,. prices ranged from 85d to BH..' ", " v

Chief Post, office, Auckland.

Mails -will Close as wndbr— This Day. For Greymouth, por Herald, ot4 p.m. Per Rotomahana as follow: For China and Continent of Europe, via Bnndisi or Naples, at 1 p.m. For Australian Colonies, and United King dom via Suez and Brindlsl, or Naplos (per Orient steamer), for lotters. &c, specially so prepaid and addressed, at 5 p.m. For Money Orders, Registered Letters, and Newspapers, at 4 p.m. Tho United Kingdom mail will bo due in London on Tuesday, 20th January, 18S5. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu and Opotikl, per Clansman, at 5 p.m. For Whitiangi, Upper Mill, and Tairua, per Glone _r, at 5 p.m. For Thames, por Annie Mllbank, at 5.30 p.m. Friday. sth inst. For Waitara, Sec, per Lalla Eookh, at 7.40 a.m. For Cowes and Coroniandel, por Coromandol. at 1,30 p.m. For Whangarel Heads. Parua. Waipu, Whan garel, Kamo, and Mangapoi, per Macgregor or Waitaki, at 5 p.m. For Tryphona, Port Fltzroy and Whangapara para, per Glonclg, at 7 a.m. For Kati Kati and Tauranga, per Enterprise, at op jn. .s For Thames, por Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Saturday, Oth inst. For W,aiwora, Mahurangl, Matakona, Monga wai. etc., per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. '-' Tuesday, December 9. . Por s.s. City of Sydney, as follow:— , For Navigators Islands, Sandwich Islands. United States of America, Canada, Brit-sh Columbia, Central, and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. Money orders, registered lotters and nows papers, ot 11,30 a.m. Late letters, bearing an extra fee of six pence in addition to the postage, will bo received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. This mail win be due In London on Satur day, 17th January, 1885.

N.B.—From and after the 15th November ult, the following rates of Postage must be prepaid on Correspondence for the United Kingdom, addressed to be sent via Brindial :— On all Lotters one shilling per half-ounce or fraction of half an ounce. On all Book Packets and Parcels, three pence for every two ounces or fraction of two ounces. On all Newspapers, twopence each. Correspondence addressed via Suez and Brindisi, and not fully prepaid, will be for warded via San Francisco. In consequence of alterations ot Waikato Railway Time-table, the following lines of mails will he closed and received at Chief Post-office at hours stated below, commencing Monday, 24th ultimo:— Closed: From Penrose to Hamilton, at 7 p.m; Epsom to Mercer, at 9 a.m.; Penrose to To Awamutu, at 10.30 a.m.; Ellerslie to Mercer, at 3.30 p.m. Received: From Hamilton to Otahuhu, at 7 a.m.; from Mercer to Penrose, at 9.30 a.m.; Ellerslie to Epsom, at 11.30 a.m.; Mercer to Ellerslie, at 4.15 p.m.: Te Awamutu to Mercer, at 5.15 p.m. S. B. BISS. CMef Postmaster. Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments. Etc.

DECEMBER 4. 1884.

Abbott's Opera House—"Marie de Pontange," 8 p.m.

Y.M.O. A—Evangelical Service, 7.30 pan. Remuera Girls' School—Concert and Dramatic Entertainment, 7.30 p.m. Foresters' Hall. Newton—Opening of Band of Hope Industrial Exhibition, 7.30 p.m.

Notices to Correspondents.

Curiosity,—a telephonic message is not heard in passing through tho central bureau by the person who connects the wires. The wire could, of course, be tapped by that officer, but this would be a breach of duty, and there Is usually too much work in attending to the signals for such pranks to be played. New Chum.—lf you have bad no experience of farming virgin land, and possess the necessary capital, we should certainly advise you to take an improved farm. Don't touch anything but good land. Poor land will always keep its occupier poor. The land throughout the North is patchy-good and bad intermixed. Whangarel and its surrounding district is a favourable locality for settlement. Do not select a farm, either virgin or Improved, with out first seeing it. No. 2.-Yes.

Births.

REED.—On Monday, December 1, at her resi dence, George-street, Ponsonby, the wife of C. J. Reed of a son; both (ioing woll. STERLING.-At Slip House, Matakohe, the wife of Robert Sterling of a son (still-born).

Deaths.

GEAM.—On Deoember ith, at the residence of Mr P. O'Dowd, Kingsland Road, Mount Albert, Margaret Jane Geam, in the ninteenth year of her age, after a long and painful illness, only daughter of the lato Patrick and Margaret Geam, of 65th Regiment. R.I.P. The funeral will leave her late residence at 3 o'clock p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Friends are respectively invited to attend. HARRIB.-On November 23, at To Apiti, Hawke's Bay, Harold Hargraves Harris; in his 22nd year. Deeply regretted. LYALL.—On December 3rd, at her parents' residence, Victoria Lane. Bertha May, second daughter of Andrew and Mary ___, Lyall; aged 2 years and _ months. SOMERVILLE. -On the 4th inst., George Crawford, Bon of Richard Somerville, Wel lington-street; aged 6 years. Interment Sunday, 3 o'clock.

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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1384.

For the cause that laoks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future tn the distance, And the good that we can do.

Sir JuLrus Vogel has never lost faith in the future of New Zealand as the centre of a great South Pacific trade. His opinions on this and many other subjects are distinguished by their great breadth of view, if they merge occa sionally into the fanciful, and imprac ticable; His ideas haye also an agree able freshness which" is stimulating. In a niemorandum on Nw Guinea aad the Pacific Islands, which he has sub iinitted to the Cabinet, and after 1 approval ..forwarded to the Agent- General as an instruction expressing it-^ °f the Government, hi states the. case,..MNew Zealand with an acume_ and force that disarms

hostile criticism. Reviewing the whole question analytically, he shows that the interests of New Zealand in Hew Guinea are very secondary and indirect —that Queensland is the colony chiefly concerned. He believes that "the establishment of a foreign power in the south-east of New Guinea would in course. of time be as disastrous to Queensland as would the foreign occu pation of one of its islands be to New Zealand; or the foreign occupation of Tasmania be to Victoria." New Zea and has much more to gain from the annexation of the islands east-* ward of Australia; and New South Wales and Victoria are as much concerned in establishing British supremacy over those islands as in the exclusion of foreign influence from New Guinea. The predominance given to the New Guinea question by all the colonies involved, therefore, " a rare disinterestedness," but, he adds, " no colony has so much interest in any one island or group of islands as Queensland has in New Guinea, and the colonies are bound to look at the question from something more than a selfish point of view." The Colonial Treasurer, however, thinks " there is no reason why New Zealand and the other colonies should carry their self-sacri ficing disposition so far as to fail to press on the Imperial Government the immense importance to them of the an nexation of the Easterly Islands as well as of New Guinea." He specifies the Tonga and Samoa Groups as the most important territories in the Pacific yet unannexed, and says:—

"The Tonga Group is now ruled by an aged king. It is an open secret that when ever he dies there are likely to be such dis turbances in the islands as will make the natives glad to welcome the intervention of a strong power. Viewing the situation of those islands with regard to Fiji, putting apart all other considerations, there would seem to be no doubt that Great Britain should be prepared to intervene at Tonga whenever the necossity arises. The Saraoan Islands possess advantages of which foreign Powers have shown themselves awaro. Negotiations relating to them will probably be of a very delicate nature, and it is better to refrain from saying more than that they are fully as valuaole to Great Britain as to other Powers."

The scattering of a criminal popula tion over the islands, laying the foun dation of future generations of lawless people, would, Sir Julius contends, be even more deplorable than their actual access to these colonies, where they can be kept under restraint. In the past methods employed for the attain ment of these objects, the Colonial Treasurer seems to think there has been a want of diplomacy. He ob serves :—

"No representation on the subject can be too strong, but it is to be doubted if it is not better calculated to aid tho British Government in its negotiations that the representations should be made to it direct rather than fulminated in a manner calcu lated to arouse the pride of a great nation. It should be easy to show to France, from which country the danger is apprehended, that in the interests of Tier own possessions in tho Pacific, and of the large trade that must grow up between them and the colo nies, it would be to hor own advantage to seek some other part of tho world as a home for her criminal population."

The principle of annexation by the colonies contained in Sir Georgs Grey's bill, which was passed by the Legisla ture, and reserved for the sanction of the Home Government, meets with Sir Julius Vogel's approval, and he thinks that "as far as the other Australasian colonies are concerned, it must be better in all respects that the islands annexed should, without expense to them, become integral portions of a constitutionally governed colony, in preference to a system of a protec torate, or of Crown colony govern ment."

Sir Julius Vogel's views on Con federation are not less comprehensive than those bearing upon the foreign policy of the colonies. He argues that the Federal Council Enabling Bill is a device for trapping the colonies into alienating a part of their legislative powers. If covered by laws which they had little voice in making, bitter feelings would arise, and a struggle for emancipation from the obnoxious joke. He thinks, how ever, that the proposed Council should be shorn of some of its ambitious proportions and reduced to a.kind of Convention, whose business would be confined to the preparation of laws on -subjects of importance common to all the colonies, such laws to have no force until adopted by the several colonies separately. The dangers attending the creation of an outside legislature exercising powers •infringing the perfect local autonomy of the colonies have been so strongly re presented by Sir George Grey that public opinion is fully educated on the subject, and Sir Julius Vogel approves the commonly received view of the question. His able memorandum, backed by the -col lective force of the -few Zealand Cabinet, and representing the matured public opinion of the colony* will, we believe, exercise a very important in fluence upon, the final settlement' of •this, the most important question that has occupied the minds of Australasian statesmen in recent years.

The Parnell Borough Council have ar ranged to meet Mr Tole with Mr Moss, M.H.R., to-morrow at noon at Mr Tola's1 office in Queen-street. The' object of the deputation is to urge the re-establishment of the Domain railway station near the opening of the tunnel. ■-.-•]

Mr Hurst, M.H.R., attended at the Police Court this morning, but owin_ to indisposition was unable to assist in the hearing of the charges. Mr Hurst, when in health, is never backward in taking his share of the duties devolving upon a Justice of the Peace.

A surveyor named Frank E. Sewell was arrested in Queen-street this morning by Detective Hughes, being charged on war rant with obtaining L 3 by false pretences* It appears that Newell, who is a young man, realised on a cheque signed by himself, and drawn on a Blenheim bank, in which it was subsequently ascertained that he bad no ac count. He was charged at the Police Court this morning and remanded. Mr E. Hamlin, M.H.R. for Franklin South, came into town last evening. It is his intention to meet his constituents after Christmas, and ronder' an account of his., stewardship. -, ~ . / By the steamer Tarawera, which left for the South this afternoon, the New Zealand Sugar Company shipped 672 gunnies sugar for Wellington, 60 gunnies sugar for Lyttel-. ton, and 1,520 gunnies sugar for Dunedin. . Mr Eric Craig has addressed a letter to the Mayor and City Councillors,-suggesting the desirability of selecting as a site for the Free Library that piece of ground lying be tween Bowett-street and Victoria Quadrant, instead of tbe present proposed site near Crowther's stables. As the contents of that building may shortly be estimated to contain.books and works of art to the value of .iroundre-.thousand pounds, security f_sin fire is a great desideratum. '. In that and many other respects Mr Craig's sug gestion is well worth consideration. - , ; . Anew steamer for towing purposes was launched from Mr McQuarrie'a yard. at; Mechanics' Bay this morning. "She will bo: a powerful ttif(-bnat, and will no doubt; supply a want long felt in this port. A de-cj-plio'i of the ve_*l appears in our ship ping column. ~.-. :.:V;-'. The District Court case of Perry, v.. Mincham did not close yesterday butil after we had gone to press, and His Worship then intimated that ho would giva judgment on Monday. . The ' wit ; nesses examined were :-rFor the plaintiffs case: Plaintiff himself, Joseph; Gunning ham, and Sergeant Kiely. For the defence: . Defendant, Charles Bowe, -John' Steel, , John H, -Perciv* 1

Prioes at Tuesday's wool sale at Buck land's" showed an advance of nearly one penny per lb on last year's rates. It will be seen'that prices varied from 7d and 8d por lp down to s|d, tho latter figures re presenting inferior qualities.

-Detective Twohey is busy at Maunga turoto in getting up the evidence in the charges against, Abram Ridings, which will be-heard on Tuesday next at Pahi. Mr The.o, Cooper is engaged for the defence, Defendant failed iii getting bail, and consequently was .. lodgod last night in Mount Edon. Several persons were earnest in soliciting Christianfriends, but each appeal was met by a significant shake of the head, and an emphatic '* No."_ It was evident that his former companions had "all forsook him and retired."

The dangerous practice of shooting with firearms on tho Ponsonby beach appears to have revived, notwithstanding tho com plaints made by residents last season and the efforts of tho police to punish offenders. Persons who now indulge in this dangerous amusement would do well to desist before they are "found out."

. Tho following delegates have been ap pointed to represent the Auckland Pres bytery at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which meets at Christ church in February:—Revs, the Moderator (J. Macky), R. Sommerville, Evans, and D. W. Runoiman, Messrs Thomas Macky, Thos. Peacock, J. M. Lennox, and Fraser.

The Opera House was fairly patronised last evening, when the threo-act comedy "Marie de Fontagne" was produced for the first timo. Apart from the fact that the voice of the prompter was too frequently heard, tho performance was a satisfactory ono. Miss Louise Crawford ably imperson ated the character of Madamo de Fontagne, while Messrs McGowan, Teece, Hogan, and Shannon gave creditable representations of the parts allotted to them. The emotional drama of " East Lynne " is announced for to-morrow evening, while " Green Bushes " will be produced on Saturday.

Captain Handley presided at the meeting held last evening for the purpose of forming a Crimean Veterans' Society. A list of in tending members was read by Dr. Tennent, and it was agreed that the association should bo called the Auckland Veterans' Association, and that its object should be to celebrate the fall of Sebastopol on 9th Soptember Captain Handley was olectod President;_ Dr. Tennent, Vice-President; and Captain Burmingham, Messrs Steen, Power, Robertson, and Cairns, a com mittee. Mr Robertson was elected Secre tary, and Captain Burmingham Treasurer. The general meeting of the Association is to be held in January.

William Beach, according to the " Town and Country Journal," has returned from Melbourne and has gone to his home at Dapto, where he will do steady work until he takes up his quarters on tho river on January 1. Thomas Clifford is doing good work, and under the care of his trainer will como on to the Parramatta Rivor on De cember 1, Edward Haitian has returned to Sydney from Melbourno, and various rumours havo been current as to the locality of his training quarters—Hobart, Gosford, and George's River having all been mentioned. It is understood that Elias Laycock .will keep him cempany during his training, and ho has now decided to quarter himself on the banks of tho Paramatta Rivor, and go into active training in tbe course of a lew days.

The present issue of tho "Bible Standard" concludes the fourth volume of this monthly sorial. The contents will prove of special interest to its numorous readers, including an editorial on " Tho Coming Crisis," by Mr Taylor, and a prospective papor on tho aims and objects of tho " Standard," inter mingled with a few practical, business-liko, and necessary .hints, and which the friends of religious progress should tnko into thoughtful consideration. We find also essays and pithy columns on "Somo Ko sults of the Sacrifice of Christ," " Dumb Dogs," "Faith," "Dialogue of Spirits," "Facts for Thinkers;" a very pleasing poem, ontitled "The King's Daughter, "Church News," current ovents, and tho preachor's plan for the month in prospoct. The "Standard" is carefully conducted, instructive, and worthy of liberal support.

A few gentlemen who wore unable to be present at the trial trip of the steamship Triumph were entertained on board that vessel by Mr George Fraser on Tuesday afternoon. There were presont: His Wor ship the Mayor (Mr W. R. Waddel), Messrs J. C. Firtb, Comiskey, Murray, F. Rich, G. Fraser, Peacock, M.H.R., Mit cholson, M.H.R., King, and G. B. Stone. A splendid dinner was- provided, tho chair being occupied by the Mayor, and the toast of "Success to the Triumph," and "Tho Health of Her Owner, Mr George Fraser," were drunk with due honours. Mr Fraser suitably responded. Subsequently the party was shown over the vessel by Mr Fraser, and after a pleasing stay of two and a-half hours on board, returned to town by the Anne Milbank. ' ,

Considerable interest has been excited during the last few days by the appearance of a placard in. Mr N. G. Lennox's shop window, announcing the exhibition of a rare literary ouriosity within. Crowds of people have entered to explore tibe mastery, and have been rewarded for their pains by being introduced to a seemingly antique document bound in coarse canvas, with a knob ,of fused lend on the cover, and the loaves all worn and stained to a dirty yellow. The letter-press is of very rude style, and the illustrations are of Assryian and Egyptian character. One's reverence is touched at first sight by the appearance of such a primitive tome, but a slight examination of the contents servos to shew that it is nothing more nor less than a clever skit upon the Shapira frauds with professed Scriptural remains upon sheep skins. The well-marked face of England's G.O.M, is recognisable among the p.eudo.- Assyrian figures, and the descriptive letter press is amusing. Copies of the skit are for sale.

It appears that the stabbing affray re ported by us yesterday had its origin in a very trivial quarrel. The two men were dining at Franks's restaurant, when a con versation arose on the dearth or other wise of employment in New Zealand. Francis Durant, the man who wfts stabbed, gave expression to the opinion that any man could get work in tbe country if he chose to look for it. 'Dumont, who is a West Indian, used rather strong language in characteris ing this assertion as untrue, and after some further words on either side, the men closed in a hand-to-hand conflict, They were separated by Franks, the pro prietor of the dining-rooms, and Constable Kelso having been sent for, arrived in time to order Dumont from the premises. Ac cording to the statement of Franks, Dumont returned soon, afterwards in a stealthy manner, and crept up to where Durant was. He stabbed tho latter on the face and arm with a knife, and then instantly ran away, followed .by Durant. They were running up Victoria-street when Constable Mitchell was coming down. v Durant stopped and told tbe Constable that he had been stabbed by the fugitive, and chase was again given, Dumont turned into a yard in Elliott-street, and was seen to throw something under, some planks. A search was made at.tbe spot in. question, and a penknife unstained by blood was found. Prisoner, when he ,saw the knife,remarked "T hat's it." Con stable Kolso had arrived in the meantime, and it took both officers all their time to keep Dumont off his enemy.

A choice assortment of rare, costly, and antique volumes has just arrived.at Air N. G. Lennox's, Queen-street, to the order of Mr Henry Shaw, of Ponsonby, than «horn there is not a more ardentand discriminating bibliophile in the .city. In fact, the collec tion Of literary'curiosities lias for years been the pet hobby of Mr Shaw, and ho lias now a . stock which, lor number, rarity, and value, is not to be equalled by any other private collection in this district. Of the books which have just come to hand, the following ap pear to ■be the most interesting :-(l) Rapin de^Thoyras's -• History of England," in 5. volumes folio,. translated and con tinued, by Tindal, and richly embellished wjith plates by Vertue, the most illnstrious engraver of his day. Published 1732-47. Bishop Burnet's "History of the Reforma tion, in 2 volumes thick folio (Ist edition) from Hamilton Palace Collection, and bear ing the book plate and autograph of the Duke of Hamilton. Selected writings of several of the early Christian fathers in Latin, printed in Gothic black letter char acters, with remarkable beauty of typo graphy .bound in stamped pigskin, and pub lished in 1499. Milton's "Paradise Lost," '{Paradise Regained," "* and " Samson Agonistes " (sth edition), but Ist of folio size,' 1688-92.- "Chapman's Homer " (lit edition), Kill. Dryden'.. ''Dramatic Works" (Ist collected edition), "Sponger's Works, Ist ' collected edition, 1609. Cook'a '' Voyages, in S volumes quai'to, with foiio volume of plates, 1773-84. "S'udae Le„ico:! Graectiur," in 2 volume- folio (Ist edition), 1499. Forresrt-'*> '' New Guinea,", illustrated with 30 copperplates, 1774-5-6. _ Herbert's " Travels i__Asia the Great;" curious plates, 1638._ Buchanan's "History of Scotland," in Latin, published in Edinburgh 1583. T Hero is not a common or Indifferent volume in the whole collection, which, during yes terday and'fo-day, has attracted, numbers of visitor- to Mr Lennox's establishment,

The lunatic Minogne, who escaped from the Lunatic Asylum last week, is still at large. Sergeant Greene is in pursuit..

A - most enjoyable moonlight picnic to Mrs Lind's strawberry gardens, Northeote, took place last evening.

Mr Thomas Peacock, M.H.R., will open tbe Industrial Exhibition in connection with the Band of Hope Union at 7.30 o'clock this evening.

The two boys Wingate, who have re poatedly been before the Court on charges of larceny, havo been committed to the Thames Orphanage, to be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith.

Sharomarket dull to day. Bank and In surance stock remains firm. Bank of New Zealand, L2l 10s; Auckland Gas, LlO. Enquiries for New Zealand Insurance shares at 78s. Sales in Darwin, 9s; Queen of Beauty, 2s; Cambria. 9sl6d, 9s—buyers 8s Gd. .;-..-.

Mr Coster, Clnirman of the New Zealand Shipping Company, has been in Wellington during the last few days, arranging with Government for tho commencing of direct mail service to and from London and this colony. A telegram from Wellington states that the New Zealand Shipping Company are endeavouring to make arrangements for the regular visiting of Auckland by thoir steamers, Auckland being the first port of arrival alternately, or as often as trade and mail arrangements will permit.

A mooting of the ratepayers of the Mount Eden Road District was held last evening for the purpose of considering the question of the dangerous state of the bridge over the railway crossing on the Mount Roskill Road. There was a good attendance, and Mr Thomas Barnes was voted to the chair. The Chairman ex plained the object of the meeting, and the following resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously :—(1) That considering tho dangerous state of the road, the Board bo re quested to erect a footbridge, obtain Gov ernment aid, and levy a special rato to defray the cost of the samo. (2) That the Chairman of tbe Board, and Messrs Allen, Hirst, Bailey, and Ewington, be requested to act as a deputation to wait upon the Hen. Joseph A. Tolo, M.H.R., and Thos. T. Thompson, Esq, M.H.R., and to urge those gentlemen to use their influence with the Government in getting the bridge erected. Tho moating was closed with a vote of thanks to tho Cnairman.

At the R.M. Court, Otahuhu, yesterday, before Captain Jacksoji, 8.M., and Messrs John Gordon, Captain Hutton, and S. Luke, J.P.s, the civil case of C. A. Bow den v. John Nickalls, claim £15, balance of account, was heard, when judgment was given for £13 and costs. The following police casos wore also disposed of:—John Boggs, for using abusivo language to Alox. Matthews, fined 10s, and costs 19s. Thos. Stowe apj _ared to answer a charge of drunkenness whilst in charge of a horse and trap. This case caused some little stir, as the accused was at one time a prominent "Salvation soldier." The police, howover, did not call witnesses who could shoot home the charge—one witness saying he acted like a drunken man, but he would not like to swear to tho fact. The Bench dismissed the c«so, foeling, no doubt, that as tho accused had beon married lately, it was not drunkenness, but a wave of hal lelujah bliss that had elevated him. P. McCarthy and J. Marks, two soarnon of a cutter of Panmuro, were charged with wanton damage to property, and wero oach fined 10s, and costs lis.

An interesting concert was given last ovoning in tho Dovonport Hall, in aid of the funds of tho now church at O'Neill's Point. A largo numbor of church people and others passed from Auckland to the other shore there to share the musical pleasures in storo. Without going specially into indi vidual merits, we may state that the wholo was extremely satisfactory. Tho follow ing programme was fully roalised:—Piano duet, ovorturo to Dlclitor und Bauer, Misses M. Clayton and E. Flood; song, "Summer Shower," Mr Wal pole ; song, " Anchored," Mr Bur ton; song, "Waiting," Mrs Bispham; "The Powder Monkey," Mr Severn ; quar tette, .« Th«^lAffi^«|^

Burgess, Miss H.fiurp^J^__S.^l^ and B. Bartley; song, " Lobk,A_ioy,''_}sH_j White j song, "Saving the- C6lours,'" JM'r'i G. Roid ; song, Golden Love," Mr. fiar rop; double quartette, "The Cart&fel,*" Mrs C. Burgess, Misses Burgess and JbU* cox, and Messrs Bartley, Beid, and Treve-*" thick; song, " Poppies among the Corn," Miss M. Brown; song, "The Boatman's Story," MrH. Scaly; song, "Mixed," Mr Walpole; duet, "By the Wood Flower," Miss Philcox and Mr Marsden; song, "Laddie," Mrs Harrop; song, " The Friar of Ordeis Grey;" song, " Good Company," Mr i. Hanna; song, " A Dream within a Dream," A. Bartley.

DECLINE OF MAN.-,_._nTQa_ Wcukitwi. Dy*i*i*t_, [mpotcuce, H.xiial Debility, cur.- by" Well-'* lie _J tU R.u... or. 4tPruj[gt-tt. J_Umi>U)orae. P rower _k Co.. At rait, A ___tUnA,

THE KHARTOUM EXPEDITION.

REPORTED DEATH OF THE MAHOI.

(B* CABLE-COPYRIGHT.)

Cairo, December 2. The first of the whaleboats conveying troops to the front have arrived'at Dongola.

Cairo, December 2,

News has come from Dongola that the Mudir has received intelligence that the Mahdi is dead.

THE RELIGIOUS FRENZY AT ALBERTLAND.

Pontocostal Times or Demoniac

Possessions.

(BY TBLEGRAI-H—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Port Albert, this day. _ The Auckland visitors to tho ** holiness camp meeting" left last night by the steamer. The American evangelist declareß there has been "a modern Pentecost." Public feeling is nluoh moved, and takes a very different view of the matter. The con-, stable and assistants keep sentry over the tent, where u*nheard-of scenes Occur. Seven* or eight of the leading spirits accuse each' other of having a pers .nal devil in them.

SPORTING' NEWS

The race-horses Ugly ■ Buck, Barbery, and Macaroni, arrived by the s.s. Rotoir mahana to-day, for the purpose of taking. part in the Auckland Summer Meeting. The following are the quotations for the Auckland Cup:—s tol Black Rose (off); 8 tol i Tigredia and Administrator (tkj; 10 tol Turquoiso and Welcome Jack (tk) j TO tol- Salvoge (off); 100. to 8 Libeller, Lady Emma, and Fusilier (off); 100 to 6 Nepk lace and Leonora (off). % Kalo has been scratched for the AuclaE land Cup. t'sß The following weights were declared last night for the Wellington Gold Cup, to bff_ run at Island Bay on February 4 :— • --M Welcome Jack, Mat' Tasman, 9ot _16_? .-.ng-uard. v9s_ 71b; Lady Emma, 9at: July," Bst 111b {Salvage, Bst 91b; Leonora, Bst 71b j* Johnny Faulkner. Bst 71b: Turquoise, Bst 61b _ Sou-wester, Bst 61bs; Black Rose, Bst 21b] Administrator, 7st 131b ; Liverpool. 7st 101b! Ike. 7st 101b; Consul, 7st 101b: Fusilier. 7st 01 _f Ugly Buck, 7st 81b; Tim Whlffler, 7st 7lSjj Tigredia. 7st6lb;.The Poet, 7st 61b; Bay^K 7st 51b; Nor__anby,7Bt 41b ; Refrigerator. 7Stffl>Js Armourer, 7st 31b; Lady Evelyn. 7st 3lB!)t Mokoia, 7st2lb; Forerunner, 7st: Wilberforco." 6st lllb; Mokor, 6st 101b; Main Boom, 6st 71b.j. Gaiters, 6st 71b; *VV itiora, 6st 61b; Last Chance; - 6st 21b; Martha, 6st; Wanderer (late CarltoD), 68t; Woodstock, 6st ..- .-'...

A BIG CLAIM AND AN IRATE COUNCIL.

(BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION, X.'> Dunedin, this day.. *;; A very spirited discussion took place in the City Council on Tuesday night ori ■'^a. Sidey compensation claim, ' Mr t Sietil. originally claimed £4,000 compensation f|s* land taken in connection with Silver StrgKJffi water race. The Council thought ■■_$& claim exorbitant, and though they did W& demur to allowing a fair valuation, would?; not entertain an application for sti6{v aftji; amount. In consequence the cl.tiuj '. •_ ." not made in time, Mr Sidey "Uati.-up; legal standing, and bis application-.'. '.waif ignored by the Council. Luring laa .'-^_sit% ---of Parliament a clause wac.-mtrodu-_tf.int-; the Public Works Act with. the'r^jMvCt'oJj making the claim valid, and the apfiffifofMßJ was renewed last evening. Thei^laufliJ referred to is supposed .te : have tiCoa'-intro" j ducod by a Dunedin memho^,-- and tl._ Council were loud in their denurfsia_<#/sl, his conduct. As the Upshot ;ef. the diffewj*' sion^it was resolved to sift -the .pia£t£pte||& I bottom,-andwith this objects dep*MWis| was appoint.d to wait on the Fremlpr; -.

TABLE TALK.

Early to Risk—Bread, Fijian natives are dying out rapidly. Floral and industrial show in Foresters Hall to-night. ■'. ■ '• * • Mr gtout stays at Dunedin over New Year's' Day. - ■' A Sheep-breeders'- Association ie to be formed in Tasmania. • _ . Judge Seth Smith has been appointed local law examiner. XTpjohn, (he-Melbourne hangman, has joined the Salvationists. Sir G<#. Grey is. expected in town from the Kawau to-night. A woman has boen committed for trial at Sydney for starving her child to death. M. de Harven, the Belgian delegate, has gone to Dunedin. The salt taxis said to bo responsible for the cßolefa in India. ~, # A lager beer company, with L 30,000 capital, is projected in Melbourne. Government have detailed, Mr McKerrow, Surveyor' General, to assist M. de Harven in his Now Zealand mission. A reformatory for boys, to cost L 20.000, is about to be erected by the Government of New South Wales. Frank Dunlop fell 32ft. from a scaffold at Wellington yesterday, and his life is despaired of., Lately at Redfern Police Court, N.S.W., 59 persons wore fined in one day for having unregistered dogs. The gold yield of tho United States last year was 1/5,563,328, the lowest for fourteen years back, " The People's League for the Abolition of the Hereditary Legislative Chamber," is tho latest Radical movement in England. The Thames "Advertiser" has given up its leading columns to a series of articles on " Geology and Goldmining." Milk is sold retail at Tauranga at 2£d per quart. Plenty of milk in the Bay of Plenty 1 John Sylvester was yesterday _ found guilty of attempted murder at Napier, and sente_oed to ten years' penal servitude. Dunedin City Council have agreed to ex tend the Tramway Company's concession for other twenty-one years. "Major" Forbes, a prominent Salvation ist, has' been arrested as a lunatic at Ade laide.. He had told the Army "they were all going to the devil." A woman swallowed a pint of keroeone with intent to commit suicido. She still, lives. She forgot to swallow a lighted match. Mr E. P. Houghton, who has beon for two months at Levuka reorganising the Union Steamship Company's business, has returned to Now Zealand. William Meldrum, a shanty-keeper on the Otago Central Railway, has died from in juries inflicted upon him at midnight on Monday by three men named Lawrence White, Thomas Crowley, and Gerald Fitz gerald. Tho two last-named men are in custody, and tho poliso are looking for the other.

A too-enthusiastic supporter is a trouble some appendage at election times, for t'lough he may bo a fool ho is still a friend. Onoo, when Sir David Salomons at Green wich began a Bpecch, " Gentlemen, circum stanced as I am," a frlond below, in order to encourago him, roared out, "Go on, old hoy, circumcised as you are; all right." The Dunedin Salvationists have come into collision with the North Dunedin Rifles, while marching through the streets. The " Regulars " havo lodgod a complaint with the Volunteer commander.

ACCIDENTS AT SEA

Two Boys Lost from tho Loch Forgus.

The barque Loch Fergus, which arrived from London this morning, had altogether a very unfortunate passage, the most unfor tunate circumstance being the death of two boys belonginglto the vossel. On October Ist, the weather being fine and the wind light from tho northward, gavo the barque a speed of about three knots, when alad namod Henry Porcy Warren fell from aloft. He struck the deck heavily, and was |^ok<_L-T_-a __ tm^»_wrtriB etatg»J^Every 'jjpesible effort wasfthado Ho restore ahima 'JEo», but without avail, and the poor Mow expired three hours later. The second accident occurred on October 28th, t latitude 43 S,, and longitude 60 E., during ick weather, accompanied by rain and with o wind blowing from N.E. A boy named Bvitrick O'Keefe was employed on the top sail yard, and having missed bis footing, fell overboard. There was a very high sea running, the night was dark, and the vessel going at 8 knots per hour, and as some minutes. elapsed before it was known the boy was Overboard, it was found impossible tb rescue him.

AN UNSUCCESSFUL CONCERN.

Tbe' Potter Wool Scouring Company

Wound Up,

Tnß,o_istonco of the above Company was practically terminated this forenoon at the annual mooting of shareholders, at which Mr. James Burtt presided. A resolution was,paesed calling on the directors to wind .tiff th&. Company forthwith. From the report and balance-sheet submitted, it ap peared that the result of the endeavours by the directors to induce the use of tho C.m pany's machines has been unsatisfactory. The report says:—"Of course, it was not to bo expected that any profit would result jfifbm the experiments which involved ex penses not chargeable in the case of inaohinos permanently erected, and with a rsgular supply of the raw material, but the .final account Bales of wool scoured and shipped to London lead most conclusively to the conviction that although the principle of ■ the patent may be good in Itself, the machinery would require re modelling, so as to reduce not only the cost of the machines themselves, but also to materially lessen the working expenses. ■QTith regard to the exhibition of the _ achine at Christchurch, the directors -found it necessary to dispense with the ser vices of their working manager, Mr Albert J&tter, with whom they found it utterly mi IKN|§ible to work harmoniously; and their misgivings as to the profitable working of ijhe machines induced them to suspend Operations pending the result of sales of wool lUip'ped from that place and from Auckland. Ail will be seen from the documents open „>]br the of shoreholders, the ■ wisdom of this course has been fully Mtified. Under these circumstances, a Ifesolution will be submitted to the share holders, having for its object the voluntary '^'iridingj-up Cf the Company. The balance sheet laid before you shows a debit of £526 &j3d,and itis therefore suggested todisppsp ot the plant and patent rights, and to make a call sufficient to liquidate the liabilities, jti moving the adoption of the report, the Chairman referred to the fact that the profit ; U-Worshipped to London had only been _4jfcjS. This, again, was not profit, but only Presented the difference in price between tMJ. amount paid for the wool in Christ cJMfch and the account sales in London, •■%SJng nothing for incidental expenses. If ■M fwool had gone Home in grease, there arfe have been a profit, and in proof of lilin statement he mentioned tho fact that ritie I (bales which were sent Home in fciftMc. showed a profit of Ll4 or LIS. flfi^Srisidered the whole system was i|w|Hfox_—-ve.-; and cumbrous. A re ..____ rpflt ■_ Bradford said there was too ___B_4'. n'^_§s"^- Chairman pro _P^__[l-I____ F^° "A^'fllle'ged infringement n______^®^** hy Mr Matzen. Some ro lj^Ktpw.tO(i_ place between Mr Potter ______ _Oh*sirman. One of the share- MKJ_fc.'. testimony to tbe efficiency of MPfipteofc; The report was eventually .Snip. , Slessre.Coorubes and Elliott ap pSßui- direotors, and Mr Fraser auditor. wKj) agreed.-that the directors be re | TO__^''*° ta®?.n% necessary steps to havo flu finiprmy wound up forthwith.-

■t -HtINNT MEN.-" We-J-aHe-IUiB-iwwef restore, bealta ,__4»nur, <HU_Drß_epalvl_l-teuce, Debility. At Drugfflsta. i-.K:. K»uiptliome,sßlowr»Co^, _»<»- *_-_"H. K^ngßißv. Mr-Slimnahan has intimated rhplltentibn of leaving Epiphany Church . afeCaf istmas. Some members of Epiphany y^h; and Other residents in Newton dis ■'fiiara-ve forwarded a "well-signed petition »-h- Bishop, asking Bis Lordship to f^gioin- the Rev. 3pr. O'Callaghan as their) iffini-ter. It is nfit^nown whether the 'feyqrehd- gentleman would accopt this i___ir - ;,; '':'' ■*■■ -----! '^Sk Rev.-Joseph S. Hill will give his J aRu limelight entertainment on "Bunyan's i '< ~i, lii hub Progress1' to-morrow even .„_.-.- "-''. Luke's Charon, Remuera. ■■ (. ; ,-.,-... "Evening with Cowper" will form '._ - eel of an-htortoinmanl to-morrow oven f- v' i ■'■ i-" ,i uLiuy Ohm._. iu-ludii.v; a short Aid <> -. i l •- • _'-'- ..... ■=«--■( _,'..,. __SV --_.oiii--_.li.__ 07 ff;, ;|.-, _vis fro-.; _iv O.uey collection. Imm Wilson Sewing' Machine.—D.~ S.. rfuJo*)-VT.l__, mail Beautiful OfnfimgjoMi|E[ro ScxcoiisCvci-iqiparled to. thfe' Ifc'J lj3jpijps'fe.

THE DEATH ON BOARD THE TARAWERA.

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Gleeson's Hotel, before Dr. Fhilson, coroner, on the body of James Coonan, who d'ed on Thursday morning on heard the Tarawera, during her passage from Sydney to Auckland; Mr Winfield Higgins, fore man. Sergeant Clarke represented the police. Edward Curry, chief stoward, de posed that the vossol was now lying at the Queen-street Wharf. Had seen the body of deceased in the morgue, which ho identified as tho body of Coonan. He went on board at Sydney at _ p.m. on the 27th nit. The vessel sailedat 4.30 p.m. Did not then take particular notico of him, but on tho follow ing morning he observed that he was shak ing vory much, and asked for a drink, He gave him a glass of brandy. Ho was quite sensible. He took his meals with the other steerage passengers. In the evening, about 10 o'clock, he got light-headed and talked incoherently about borses. He was evidently delirious. Several of the passen gers called his attention to the man. He went to him, and persuaded him to lie down* and bo quiet. Ho was very restless and troublesome. He did not ask for_ any more liquor. He passed the night quietly. Ho took a fair meat on Saturday, the 29th. Had two glasses of shandy-gaff, or rather, lemonade and beer. Did not give him any spirits. Did not think that there was any thing serious. He wandered all over the ship talking to tho passongors about horses, which seemed to be his favourite subject. On Saturday evening he had a fit, and on Sunday he called Captain Sinclair's attention to him. Gave him beef-tea, and he seomed a little better. Ho was taken on deck. The cap tain gave him some medicine, and he seemed all right, and began to talk about horses again. Ho was placed comfortably in a cabin on the port side. A man, Antonio, was told off to sit with him during the night. Did not see him alive after that. He went to see him, when the keeper said he was sleeping. Did not like to disturb him. He might have been dead at the time. He called subsequently, and Antonio said "Still sleeping." About 8 o'clock on Monday morning, the man was found dead. Was not present at his death. He had about three glasses of brandy, his other drinks were lemonade and ginger ale. The bottle of rum produced was given by his mate at the request of deceased and his friend to take care of it for him. It was not in Coonan's possession during the voyage. He appeared to be 25. He said he had been drinking heavily in Sydney. Captain Wm. Sinclair, master of the s.s. Tarawera, de posed that he was told on Saturday that a passenger was a little queer. He saw him afterwards with a plate of plum pudding be fore him. He was trembling all over. Spoke to him,but could get no satisfactory answer. He was evidently in a state of delirium tremeiw. He prescribed for him. Had no medical man on board. Ordered a watch to be set over him, and got his pocket-knife from him on tbe promise that he should re ceive it on landing in Auckland. Made up a bed for him in the bath-room, and there he died. Every attention was shown to him. Tbe cause of death, be believed, was excessive drinking, but not through drink-* ---ing on board. Would not allow him but one glass of brandy por diem. On soarch ■ ing his pockets aftor death, L 9 9s 6d in gold and silver were found in his purse. He also had a silver watch and chain, a box of wearing apparel as por list, and a small diary inscribed " James Coonan,- County Tippeiary, Ireland," showing fur ther that deceased had been a cart-driver in Sydney. Sergeant Andrew Clarke gave evidence as to receiving tho body and effects. Tho jury returned tho verdict, " Died from tho effects of delirium tremens, brought on by excessive drinking."

R.M. COURT.-This Day.

(Before H. G. Both Smith, Esq., R.M.) UNDEFENDED CASES.

Judomknt went by default for the plaintiffs in tho following cases :-Hancock and Co, v. Dr. Stevens, 22s 6d; J. King v. P. J. Sim, £1010s; J. Moses v. G. h. Sbodgott, i.C; 8. Coombes and Co. v. Geo.. Haines, £21 lfisOd; London Dairy Co. v. Jas. Dougherty, 25s Id; Same v. E. Friend, 18s 8d; H. C. v. Sergeant v. John Wil son, £2 2s; Edwin Jones v. John Morrow, £417s 3d; Brown, Barrett and Co. v. D. C. McDonald, £2 7s 1 Id; R. W. Hellaby v. 0. D. Bevln. £3G; J. Fitzaimmons v. Wm. Adams, £3125; Wm, Munro v. A. E. Drain, £7 5s 7d; H. C. D. Ser geant v. N. Marsh, £010s; Thos. Hill v. Maggie Moran,£2o.2d: Samev.Chas.Richards.£72sld; J. and H. Smyth v. Joseph Leo, £4 0s lOd; Jas. Bray v. B. McDonald, £13 4s.

judgment summons cases. John King v. Joshua Jono..—Cla'm, £29 Is.—By consent an ordor was mado for payment on or before Bth January next; One month's iin pi*i ionment tn default

Garlick and another v. W. V. Stevons.— Claim, £12 15 3d.—Order made for paymont on or before 18th Inst: 11 days in default. S. Cohen v. W. Frceney.—Claim, £3 14 — Ordered to pay on or before IBth Deocmbcr; 7 days in default

Hesketh and Another v. J. Mullally.—Claim, £57.—Order made for payment by Instalments of £1 per wook: in default, 6 weeks' imprisonment, Wm. Healy v. Wm. Patorson.—Claim, £1 12s M.—Ordered to pay at rate of 5s per weok; 7 days' In default P. Crowo v. J. Naughton.—Claim. £3 4s 11.— Orderod to pay at rate of &6d por weok; 5 days' in default

Paul and Fisher v. G. Harding.—Claim, £519a. —Ordered to pay on or before Bth January next; 7 days' in default.

T. T. Anderson v R. W. Haddock.—Claim, £210s.—By consent an order was mado for pay ment at tho rate of 53 per week; 5 days' in default.

London Dairy Company v J. Newton.—Claim. £2 Is.—Ordered to pay at rate of 5s per week: 5 days' in default.

James Lindsay v. James Marshall.—Claim, £3 3s sd.—Oraered to ray at rate of 53 per week; 5 days' in default.

Samo v. Walter Langdon.—Claim, £5 9s 2d.— Order mode to pay at the rate cf 5s per week; 7 days In default J. Winks v. J. E. Halliday.—Claim, £16 0s 3d. Order for payment at the rate of £1 per week; 21 days in default.

Adjourned.

McGeo and Robinson v. J. Stimson, £5 lis lOd; R. Farroll v. A. Nicholson. £3 lis 7d; Same v E. Hunter, &4 5s 6d; R. O. Young v. R. A. Wright, £25; H. G. De Silva v. F. J. Short, £18! W. G. Allen v. John Morrow, £7 lis Hd; Abraham Levy v, Louis Dare, £5 5; J. B. Graham v. Goo. Sage, £7. Tho Court then rose

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Messrs Gustav Yon derHoyde and D. B, Macdonald, Justices.)

DnuNK.—Three persons were punished for this offenco, 5s each. False Pretence.—Frank Edward ■ Newell was charged wiih obtaining from John Smith tho sum of £3 by false pretcnoe, with intent to defraud, and was remanded until Friday next. Bail, self in £50 and two in £25 each. an Ugly Customer.—Carl Steinbaoh,native of Germany, was charged with drunkenness and using obsoene langusge. Prisoner pleaded not guilty to the latter ohnrge.—Edwin Bowden, bootmaker, of Victoria-street, deposed that prisoner called at his shop last orening and wanted a pair of boots. He tried on several pairs, and pulled them about a good deal. He remonstrated with him, when prisoner broke out and used the most disgusting language, in the presence of ladies. Was compelled to give him in charge. Similar evidence was given by Thos. Quoi, two other witnesses, and Constable Sole.—Fined 40s, or, In default, one month with hard labour. Indecent Exposure.—Alexander Phillips was charged with willfully exposing his person in Wyndham-. tteet on tho evening of the 2Gth. —Prisoner who had been remanded for a week, said he had unfortunately been drinking, and was Ignorant of having committed this oifenco. Ho was sorry. — Fined 20s and costs of maintenance, etc., lis. Lunacy.—John Median was again brought up on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. —Sorgt Pratt stated particulars of prisoner's attempt from the wharf.—Dr. C. E. Tennent deposed to the state of prisoner's mind. Had examined him very carefully, and was satisfied that he -was of Bound mind.—The Bench dis charged the prisoner. Absent Without Leave.—Gustavuß Lot a native of Austria, was charged with absent ing himself from tho ship Florence Trent on the 3rd inst.—The Captain stated the circum stance, and said as prisoner was an old offender he wished the Bench to punish him.—Seven days' imprisonment. Summons Cases.—Patrick Glecson was fined 2Cs for allowing a light in Wellesley-street to go out.—Mr Gleeson said he would plead guilty although the fault was another's. — Robert Moore, ss, for neglecting to chain his wheel at Shelly Beach.-Daniel Dooly was fined 5s for riding on a footpath at Ponsonhy.-Constable Coins stated that Dooley was a butcher's boy a class who tako liberties in this w^.-Defendant urged that this was his first offence, and nccos sary in this instance, as tho lady of the house was anxioualy waiting for a round of beef — Edward Copland, charged with permitting the chimney of his houso in Grey-street to be on fire, was fined 5s and cost* Charles Wesley.—This young man. who attempted to commit suioide last night at thn wharf, was remanded for medical examination The Stabbing CASE.-Edward Dumont w__ brought up on a charge of stabbing Frank Durant with a knife in Darby-street last nis-ht —Sergeant Pratt said he was quite prepared tn go on with this case. All the witnesses wore S resent. After waiting some ten minutes the enoh wished to ascertain the cause of the do lay. lho reply was, " A clerk to take down the deposit ons,'r and as a clerk could not be ob tained, tbe case was adjourned until to-morrow and the Court rose. ""'

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CABLEGRAMS.

BY CABLE.—COr_ RIGHT.]

WRECK ON THE ENGLISH COAST.

Sovontcen Lives Lost.

London; December 3.—The ship Beren garia, which left Melbourne for London on August 9, while proceeding to Sunderland, struck on a rock near tho Galloper light, on tho coast of Essex, and sank shortly afterwards. Eleven of those on board were rescued, but the captain and sixteen others are missing. Lord Derby on tho Federation BilL Melboubnb, this day.—The Agent- General in London has telegraphed to the Government that Lord Derby, in tho House of Lords, has denied that tho Imperial Go vernment are hesitating to introduce the Enabling Bill, that he has no wish to with draw from his pledge, and is sanguine the measure will pass without opposition. His Lordship added that he expected to receive in the Spring replies from the colonies to the amendments proposed to draft the Enabling Bill, and explained that the delay which was taking puce would enable Now Zealand and New South Wales to reconsider their position, although unani mity on the part of the colonies in the matter was unnecessary. Tho Reform of the British Navy. Lord Northbrodk has announced that Go vernment propose to spend L 5,500,000 during tho-next five years in building and equipping cruisers, and this sum will be required in addition to tho proposed expen diture upon ironclads. The Australasian Federation BIU. In the House of Commons yesterday, tho Hon. Evelyn Ashley stated, in reply to a question, that the amended draft of the bill for constituting a Federal Council for the Australasian colonies would be transmitted to the colonies this week, and the Govern ment hoped to be able to lay despatches on the subject before Parliament before the prorogation of the present session. New Zealand Mails. The new Postmaster-General has decided that all mails for New Zealand shall be sent alternately by the San Francisco route and direct steamer. Cholera Among the French In China. The cholera has broken out amongst tho crews of tho French fleet stationed at the Island of Formosa. - . M. Ferry's party have been defeated in the Chamber of Deputies and Senatorial elections. __ ■ Melbourne, this day.—Mr Booth, the temperance reformer, has decided to visit Auckland in January, and will open his mission in New Zealand with a series of addresses there.

FIJI NEWS

(Per s.s. Arawata),

Our Fiji dates per Arawata are to Sunday last.

A boat race at Levuka excited more than ordinary interest. The competing crafts were the Sunbeam, a three-ton cutter, built by Messrs F. and W. Swarm and H. St. Julian as a first amateur at tempt, and an Auckland built open boat, tho' Helena, owned by Mr Collins. Tho race was for £10 a-sido and the course was from the buoy at the Queen's Wharf to the buoy at Waitovu Passage twico round. The result was an easy victory for the local boys as they passed the winning post about half-on-hour before the loser. H. St. Julian sailed the winner, and A. McFadyon sailed the loser. Captain Wilson, of the schoonerElizabethj. roporte the floating on shore on the Wind ward Islands of a quantity of wreckage and copra, the latter evidently the freight of the wrecked vessel. In a note to him Mr Chris Hennings says " I suppose you saw some of the wreckage to VVindward. I called at Eatafagar and found that the galley bad drifted on shore there. The stanchions or studs are colonial hard wood, the planking, kauri. There are two deck beams about 21 feet long, also colonial hardwood, deck planks kaui-ij 3 inches wide. I think it must be a New Zealand vessel, I should think over 200 tons in bize." Captain Wilson differs from this opinion, because New Zealand vessels would be built with kauri, and not hardwood deck beams, while from the length of the deck beam he estimates the vessel to be about 80 or 90 tons. He thinks it more likely that it is a Sydney trader which has met with mishap. The labour schooner Winefred, Captain John Meredith, returned to Suva on the 12th inst. with 89 recruits, equal to 79 adults. She left on July 21st and has thus been absent nearly four months. Cap tain Meredith reports Queensland vessels recruiting with firearms and amuni tion by "special permit" from the Colonial Secretary of Queensland. He 3ays recruits offered for Fiji, but when they heard "no guns" they declined. H.M.S. ships Miranda and Undine have been inves tigating the murder of. Captain Leahy, of the John Hunt. Several shells were fired into the bush, and a party from the Miranda and Undine went inland to attack the village of the murderers, but had to return without reaching it as it came on dark. Afterwards heard that four menhadbeenkilled. TheFijilabourschooner John Hunt was spoken on October 27th in Mab Strait with 16 recruits, all well. The men by the Winefred are the first recruited for Fiji under the arms and ammunition prohibition. The Winefred does'not go again for labour, and Captain Meredith joins the Meg Merrilies.

THE CAMERA IN THE CORAL ISLANDS.

In our special correspondent's notes on the "Cruise of the Wairarapa," mention was made of the x'reseuce among the party of Mr A. H. Burton, of the firm of Burton Brothers, whose viows of New Zealand scenery are known from end to end of the colony. Mr Burton, dissatisfied with the partial failure of the first trip, went also with the second. He has now given to the public the fruits of his work in the most magnifi cent portfolio of island scenery ever pub lished. There is not the variety of forest and cultivated, land, snow-capped moun tain, open plain, torrent, cataract, forest, river,_ lake, and ocean, which gives inex haustible attractions to the firm's series of New Zealand views, for these are not to he found in the wide expanse of the South Pacific outside of New Zea land. But the characteristic scenery of the South Sea Islands—the cocoanut groves, the rich tropical vegetation, the plantations, tho many-hued and strange-featured races, the villages, churches, and patches of European civilisation, have been repro duced with artistic judgment. In this Beries of views the Wairarapa pilgrims will live ovor again that charming holiday month—again will thoy wander among the sugar-cane, examine queer-shaped houses, inhale the perfume of tropical flowers, and the less fragrant perfume of native villages, or oil-besmeared dusky charmers. From island to island in Fiji, along the sea shore of Apia and Pango, and the coral strands of Vavau and Tongatabu, will imagination guide them. It is not per mitted to the wandering landscape photo grapher to group his subjects as he would desire, and hence the great judgment and skill required to single out from the broad face of nature the most telling and typical effects. In this Mr Burton has succeeded marvellously: every .picture is a study; somCarerepiarkably fihespecimens of group ing, as for example the muster of labour on the plantation at Mao go, and the interior of a SatfiOWi -house, exhibiting the process of kava making Thon there are many fino bits of landscape—lanfl and marine viows. The sketches at Neiafu, on the island of Vavau, Tonga Group, and the views near Levuka, are specially fine; but " The Fair Sauimatani" must be awarded the palinfor an exquisite island sketch. It depicts a handsome Samoan girl sitting on her canoe by the sea-shore. at Pango Pango. The views that will prove most interesting to persons who delight not in " nature un adorned " are the photographs of the Rev. Shirley Baker's handsome new church at Nukualofa, Tonga, tho interior of the Wesleyan Church at Vavau, the groups of Tougan notabjes, the Premier and his Cabinet, and above all, the fino . portrait of His Majesty King George, aged SG. To tho' tourists, the .fioyoral groups of pnwongors ..board ship and in various interesting r-ituationa will have peculiar attractions,; bringing to niiiid individual traits of character and pla___nt. >_;i-Oi_.il association _ ' under eEC-ptiont. conditions. Altogether, "_li_: Coiner in the Cordl Islands" is bound to become a very _'. popular scries, which ought to well ropay the' enter prise of the clover artists who have produced ;tt_6in"t> The views>ai-»!riow o»_S^«^M£| Burton Brothers' ".Aifokl..nd*rgjflgCß. .' n Welle._ey-e.re-t, which -is .uwEgauir.-jpnp'-*-' ---getic management orJ% W.*g®>. W*jjn- . ■■ AA^A^mm ■ ll__li£_j

THE U.S. CORVETTE IROQUOIS.

The U.S. corvette Iroquois, which wil. probably arrive hero this week from: Hobart, is almost a new ship. Although in the United States Navy list it is stated that she was built in. 1858, tho " Sydney Morning Herald" gives tho- explanation, of this ' apparent contradiction and other par ticulars as follows:—"As is well known, Congress has for years past—in fact, ever since the close of the great civil war—kept the expenditure on the navy down as much as possible, but various expedients have been adopted by the naval authorities in order to obtain the necessary funds for the construction, of new vessels. One has become common, viz., to get an appropriation for the ' repair' of certain vessels. These have been so utterly bad and unseaworthy that, like tho Irishman's gun, they have had to be sup plied with a new ' stock, lock, and barrel.' ; Perhaps a part of the keel would be used, and a new ship built upon that, or maybe a bell or a block would be the part of tho old ship upon which the shipwrights and artificers in the navy- yard at New Yorfc would commence their 'repairs.' The pre sent Iroquois is one of the ships that have) been so ' repaired.' Originally built ii_ 1858, she did .good service for the' Northerners during the civil war, and wart ono of the vessels which were sent ia. search of Captain Semmes _ Alabama, the cruiser which did so much _to leave the- American mercantile marine in the crippled statoin which it is to-day. The Iroquois was not successful in coming, across the Southern gunboat, but her sister ship, the - Kearsage, which visited this port some 18 or 19 years ago, was more successful, and in a short and sharp encounter Bent the Alabama to the bottom off the port of Cherbourg. The Iroquois was laid up after the war], and wae 'repaired' about three years ago in the navy yard at New York, and is now on her first commission. She is' a wooden vessel, and in general appearance bears some re semblance to our Wolverine and H.M.S. Diamond ; also, there is not much difference in the size of the three ships. She is 214 feet long, 34 feet in breadth, and about 16 feet deep, her displacement being 1,575 tons. She is ship-rigged, and can spread a . large area of canvas, but she is not indebted • to her sails alone for progress, being sup- 1 plied with a pair of navy engines which, drive her at a speed of nine and a-half knots. The armament of tbe Iroquois con sists of seven guns, four being broadside guns, and the other three-trained to fire all round. Tho broadside guns are 8-inch M.L. guns; there is one-30-pounder pivot; one ' 11-inch pivot forward, which throws a pro: jectile of ISOlbs., and one 8-inch muzzle loading rifle pivot aft. The, muskets in use are Springfields. The general arrangements _ on board are, of course, similar to those on board most men-of-war, but there is a variety about the crew that, one would fail to dis-1 cover on any ship that has been to this port ! for a long time past. Coloured men appear amongst the blue jackets, and Chinese servants dqtfge about in all directions, while . the features of many of tbe crew indicate in -_"; a marked manner the cosmopolitan charac ter of the population of the great Republic. The officers and crew, including marines, number 182 all told. The following is a. complete list of the officers:—Commander, Yates Stirling; staff commander, C. H. Stockton ; lieutenants : F. W. Crocker, N. E. Niles, W. F. Halsey"; ensigns: J. C. Gillraore, A. W. Grant, S. Cook; chief engineer, G. M. L. Maccarty; second engineer, H. Webster; third engineer, F. H. Bailey; P. A. paymaster, J. E. Cann ; P. A. surgeon; George Arthur; first lieutenant of marines, H. C. Fisher; pay clerk, J. J/ Pattison. Tho commander of the Iroquois joined the United States Navy in 1860, and took part in many of the naval engagements, in which the great strife be tween the North and South was so prolific. He was ensign' on board one of tbe ships forming Atjjairal Porter's squadron when tho two famous attacks were made on Fort Fisher in 1864, the second resulting in the capture of the stronghold after a terrific I bombardment and an attack in.force by the army."- ■'. ■■:'..''. * . .-" ''

RAILWAY REFORM.

(BY TELEGRAPH—OWN COBEES-ONDEKT.)

- '. 4"-'... Te Awamutu, this "day. ,; Mb Samuei, Vaiee lectured here last night. He proved conclusively (Ut) lint tte present system of railway management, if persisted in, must land the colony ii> natinnalbankruptcy and repudiation; (2nd), that differential rating, .which Mr, Max well, the general manager, asks for, power! .to apply more extensively than , at present, is one vast system of legalised . fraud and robbery ; (3rd), that the ticket station system as advocated by Mr Vaile would, if adopted, increase the profits on our railways by at least 20 per cent., be- ; sides immensely benefiting the entire com munity, • ;■■ Cambridge, this day. ' Railway Reform League. The railway reform question is assuming great importance in Waikato. Mr Vaile? lectures have been largely attended, and resolutions have been carried suggesting the organisation of a reform' league with branches all over the colony. The local branches will undertake to send Mr Vaile South on a lecturing tour. It has been evi dent for some time past that the railways : have been killing this district instead of developing settlement and encouraging in dustries.

MINING NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH; 4-OWN COBEESPOJTDENT),

Thames, this day 7 Waiotahi.—The past month's operations have resulted in the return of 2340zs melted gold,, obtained from 210 tons of general stuff.... -"■-...- Cambria.—The return in melted gold from the Jocal crushings of general stuff and tailings is 272Jozsi / .-' ) ,.

COROMANDEL.

Success G.M., Company.—For the paali week,there has beea no change to report from the mine. In stoping there continues to show a little gold about the same run in each stope, but it does not make anything, although the ground'looks favourable for coming on _ patch. In a few more Bhifts I shall open but again, trusting to better re sults.—(Signed). P_te_R_id.

RqYAii Oak G.M. Co.—The level is now in about 98 feet on the course of the lode, and there has been little or no'change the whole dißtanoe. We broke down four feet of- the lode yesterday, and met with the usual disappointment, the quartz looking promising, but no gold in it.—(Signed) Jno. P. Hall.

Tokatea G.M. Company.—l beg to re port that on Monday last a leader was made into the level from the right hand or I northern: wall, having, the same- bearings and about the underlie of the AH Nations." I believe it possible' to be the latter, or some branch from itj'as there is no other known loader on that side of No. 7 that is likely to continue down to our depth. The leader has brought in a change of country better drilling and more favourable reef country, but the quarte broken out from the lode is hungry-looking, not at all pro mising. We wiU have it well into the drive next week, and then be better able to form some opinion of it, and what it is.—John P. Hall. . •

TELEGRAMS.

Shocking 111-Treatment of a Horse.

CAMimmoE, this day.—A frightful case of unintentional cruelty has just been brought under the notice of the police. A horse wan put in a truck -at Auckland on Saturday morning, consigned to a man named Baxter at Fen Court, On arrival at Fen Court, the truck was shunted on-to a siding, and through some oversight or carelessness the horse was locked up in the truck all night on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday without food or water and unable to lie down. The police are investigating the matter.

Movements of the Native Minister.

New Plymouth, this day.—Hon. Mr Ballance visited the Waihi districts yester day, going aB far as Onaero and Tikoramri Be then came Kite Now Plymouth anri .lined with; tho Mayor, meeting _ omo of _% leading old"-".?-"! the evening. A rlertnt. turn waited;™ hit- relative to arailw.-L t" 1-. 1?.^ *" awn C Opnnu_e atid the \. o_t Coast.

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