SCIENCE NOTES.

In Italy railway travelling is not much more expeditious than in New Zealand. The only fast train is the mail train, which goes from Bologna to Brindisi, 472 miles, in fourteen hours fifty-six minutes, which, including three stops, is at the rate of thirty-one and five-tenths miles per hour.

The " Building News," speaking of the results of the researches of Schliemann, sayß that the Greek story of Ilion accords with the discovories of Hissarlik, and the conclusion is inevitable that the Homeric Troy could have been on no other site. In an article on the protection of iron from rust, " Van Nostrand's Magazine " says that iron to be buried in damp earth may be coated with a mixture of 100 parts of rosin (colophony), 25 parts of gutta-percha and 50 parts of paraffine, to which 20 parts of magnesia and some mineral oil have been added.

To make a bronze that shall be as elastic as copper, from 1 to 2 per cent of mercury must be added to it, according to the degree of malleability desired. The mercury may be combined with one of the metals of which the bronze is made, before making the' alloy, or introduced to tho melted mass that already contains the different metal? in the proper proportions. Hollow rtcel shafting, which lias come very generally into use in Europe, even for such heaw work as stoamship propeller shafts, is "found to very much lessen the weight in proportion to the decreased strength. It appears for example that a ten-inch shaft with a hole four inches in diameter has its weight reduced 16 per cent, with a loss of only 2-56 y>er cent of strength. An English inventor has patented an in genious device, consisting of a bar, by means of which the front wheels of two bicycles may be joined and driven tandem by two riders. The first advantage, im mediately apparent, is that falling over the handles i 3 quite impossible. A greatly in creased pace is attainable, ajid this, with the augmented safety, enables ascents and descents to bo taken which previously caused diemounts to be made. The tandem can be quickly taken to pieces and the two large wheels transformed into separate machines.

Professor Lewis Swift has discovered that the Pons comet, which had a single tail in 1812, has a double one now, the longer seven and the shorter three degrees in length. It is undergoing changes aB it ap proaches the sun. It can be seen with the naked eye early in the evening. Swift asserts that the red sunsets are due to ex traneous matter which has come into our atmosphere and refracts the red rays of the sun. What the matter is it is impossible to say, but it is not the result of volcanoes or earthquakes. Meteorites are divided into five classes by Professor Tschermak. First, those con sisting essentially of iron; second, those having an iron-ground mass with enclosed silicates ; third, those consisting chiefly of olivine and bronzite, with iron as a sub ordinate constituent; fourth, those consist ing essentially of olivine, bronzite or pyroxene, and fifth, those consisting essen tially of aujjite, bronzite, lime and feldspar, with a shining cru6t.

A Buffalo (U. S.) doctor was recently called in to attend upon a case of hydrop hobia, the victim being a young German lad who had been bitten about two months ago by a dog. After a careful study of the subject the doctor came to the conclusion that the boy was merely simulating mad ness, incited to this by the talk of foolish neighbours, who prophesied that he would surely have hydrophobia. By threatening to flog him if he repeated the performance, the physican cured his young patient and stilled the excitement which had broken out in the neighbourhood. The case originated in St. Vitus'e dance, and is noteworthy aB showing the power of a diseased nervous system over the body. The physician's method could be adopted with profit in many similar cafes, in which the ailment is purely imaginary. It is said that a Hamburg manufacturer, conversing with hie storeroom manager by telephone, received a reply whicli annoyed him, and he replied in an insulting manner. The manager pretended not to have heard the remark, and asked to have it repeated, at the same time inducing a colleague to take his place and receive the second edi tion. In this manner be secured a witness, and is now proceeding against his employer for libel.

Herr C. Etti says that the tanning of oak bark exists in two forms—first as a tannic acid, which in its free state has a reddish-white colour, and second as an anhydrate of that acid called " phloba phone," the colour of which is brown-red. The distinction between these two bodies is familiar to tanners, who designate the anhy drate simply as "colouring matter': and reject barks containing too large a propor tion of it on account of the very red colour it imparts to leather treated with such barke.

Re};:mling electric shadow?, M. I J. Riess has publi^lied the following laws : An electrised turfnoe shines inthe open air only in the places which have been struck by an oppositely electrified air-current. The surface doesnot shine where the current is interrupted by an interposed conducting body, but there is a shadow of the same form as the interposed body. If the current is not discharged, but only turned aside^by a non-conductor, there is usually no shadow, but in feeble machines a small conductor sometimes produces a slight shadow.

Heavy Guns at Gibraltar.

The 100-ton guns at Malta and Gibraltar will be mounted and equipped as follows : The case-shot or canister will contain no fewer than 2,110 balls, of which 1,915 will weigh eight ounces each and the remainder four ounces each. The case will be of steel, 17.66 inches in diameter, being rather less than the bore of the gnn, and a 6tay-bolt of wrought-iron will pass through the axis, 40.5 inches long, to increase its rigidity and strength. The total weight of this pro jectile will be 2,000 pounds, and it is in tended to be fired at ships or storming parties at close quarters only, for the case will open immediately on leaving the muzzle and the shower of shots will hardly be effec tive over half a mile. The common, Palliser and shrapnel shells for the same gun will each have a diameter of 7.72 inches, fitting tightly the bore of the gun, and they will be rotated by copper gas checks screwed to the base. The fuse for the com mon shell will for the present be the general service " Pitman," and that of the ehrapnel the fifteen-second muzzle-loading time fuse of wood. Each of these shells will weigh, with its bursting charge, 2,000 pounds. The hydraulic carriage*, plat forms, loading g«ar ani turrets finally ap proved for the 100-ton guns, are, with alight modifications, the same as were tried at the model fortress in tho Royal Areenal. Two sets of hydraulic loading gear are to be provided for every gnn.

STAR SATURDAY STJPPIJEMENT, FEBRUARY 16. I&S4.

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D« _E\ Evans KST-ITH., HOUSE, .AN-. UivMl A» .. T, npO CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS. FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT IN THIS CITY FOR SALE. All that Valuable and Centrally Situated Pro perty, consisting of FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT together with Commodious Double Shop, Store room, and 5 Rooms upstairs, built of brick on stone foundation, in first-class position, and well adapted for Solicitor's Chambers, being situated in Shoi-tland-street, near those handsome and extensive new premises in course of construc tion for the Evening Star; and also near the Post-office, banks, and thoso magnificent new block of buildings (the Arcade) now about to be erected for the New Zealand Insurance Com pany. This is a real first-class investment, and well worthy the attention of capitalists. It is, with out doubt, the most valuable and safest invest ment now In the Market, with undeniable pros pective value, second to none In Auckland. Full particulars from;_flH 4g™_*rr=T__n _S__:i. D. F. EVSNS, .-",. 857 Estate Agent, Queen-street. AUCKLAND—City Property; valuable busi ness premises, situate in Shortland-strett, near Posi-offlco; grand position. (875) A HIP AR A Valuable Grazing Farm; good homestead; stock at valuation: together with about 20,' uo acres leasehold, at very low rental. (920) ARARIMU —173 acres, part improved, part t.usli. Lot 93, Opataeke. (95 <) AVOND ALE.—22 acres splendid land, mostly in grass; _ largo portion in orchard, and shelter trees: good creek. (861) AVONDALE.-18J acres rich alluvial land, fenced, partly ploughed and in grass; fresh water stream: sea frontage; good lignite on land. Price £35 per acre; half cash, baian cc at 8 per cent. (901) AMY-9TREET, ELLERSLIE. — 2 Splendid Allotments, having a frontage ot about 264 feet, <8_l) BLAKE-BTREET NEWTON.-Very oomfort tableverandah Cottafteof 6 rooms; 2 fire places, colonial oven, &c, good well. Allot ment 33 _ 50. Prioe, £230. (902) BURLEIOH-BTREET — Near St. Sepulchre's Church. Good and substantial-built Villa of five rooms, fitted with every convenience Nice position ; pretty plaoe; nice garden: allotment 40 x 150. Cheap. (942) COMMERCIAL ROAD, off Great North Road. —5. acres; 2 acres paling fenced and planted with 300 fruit trees. Very cheap. ©38) COMMERCIAL ROAD, off Great North Road. —New Verandah Cottage of 5 Rooms, Regis tered Grate, Cupboards, &c. Allotment 94 x 160. £400. (728) DAIRY FLAT.—2SS acres good Land, part vol canic, bush, nice homestead of 4 rooms P> lee. 32 a 6d per aero (97i) DEVONPORT. — Beach Road: 4 Dwelling houses ; 3 let at £50 each, and one at £60. First-class investment and very cheap. EDWIN-STREET, ROCKY NOOK.-Very^nice little Cottage of 5 rooms: good volcanic al lotment. Price, only £250. EPSOM.—V ilia Residenre and Grounds A Iso, -Plendid Building Allotments, near resi dence of E Hesketh, Esq. ( 75) ELLERSLIE—II} acres Volcanic Soil; good road frontage, near Racecourse. (954) GREAT SOUTH ROAD —i. acres and6-roomed House and out-buildings on the main road n_ar Ellerslie Station Price. £625. (963) GEORGE AND WILLIAM STREETS, PON SONBY—Brick House of four rooms and Bcullery, outhouse, &o.; allotment, 33 x 132: £400. GREAT NORTH ROAD-Abont 5 mileß from Auckland —a new and well-finished House of 6 rooms, stable, &c_ and 3 acres splendid Und. in cultivation: bounded by a grand Btream of water; more land if required. 1319) HARGRAVEB-STREET. off College ROad.- Comfortable Villa of 5 rooms, workshop, Fowl-houee. bo; grand view; near the city, and cheap. (949) MANGARE.—One of the best little Grazing Farms in the province of Auckland. (642 i MONTAGUE-STREET, NEWTON.-New Six roomed Verandah Cottage, fitted with register grates, colonial oven, cupboards, &c Prioe. 280. (719) MOUNT EDEN.-Handsome ilia of 6 rooms, pantry, bath room, stable, ana otner oon veniences; large allotment. Price, only £525. '(859/ NORTHCOT X —2' acres Homestead Farm, wire f. noed : part in grass and otod ; main>road frontage; »piendid view of Harbour. Price. **«• <»S5) NORTHCOTE. —1 -i acres good Land. Price only £21 per acre 1196) NEW LYNN, AVONDALE. —20 acres good loam: rising district. Beven miles by rond adjoining railway station. 4 good Grass Paddocks fenced; might be subdivided with great advantage, a bargain. 944 ME VV MARKET.-New-street: New Verandah House of 5 rooms; good well, tank. &o ; n-c garden; allotment 48 x 120. Price only £350. NELSON-STREET, CirY.-A very nice and commodious Hou.e of 8 rooms, having a grand view of harbour Price, £650 (979) ONEHUNGA.—House 7 rooms. In good order, good well, stable, &c, and two allotments; a great bargain. Price, £200. (866) PAPAKUR * VALLEY. - 426 acres good alluvial land ; partly fenoed, and a portion improved; a splendid creek through the property; about 3 miles from Railway Station. (Bi_) POKENO.- 189 acres Volcanic Land, nearly all level: 20 acres cleared and in good grasß and fenced Price *2 per acre: a bargain. 943 PO-ENO.-Nice Little Farm of 21 acres, in crops, grass, &c.; good live-roomed Cottage and outhouses, which, with 4 cows, dairy utensils. &c. &c , is vow offered for £300 situate just at Pokeno Citation. (803) PROSPECT TKRRACE.-Handsome Villa of Rooms and Porch; fitted with Cupboardß, Dresser, Registered Grate, Oven, &c; good well and tank, nice garden, well-stor-trod. <»60. (729) PUKKKOHE. — Splendid little Farm of 105 acres: ►mall piece of bush; subdivided into paddocks, _■ c : grand xtream of water through che property: good House 6 rooms, "airy, stocnyard, &c. Price only £800; part cash (930) PAPARAT * VALLX V, MA U !* GAT _WHIRL —13 acres Unimproved Bush Land at £2 per acre (972) R'MaR MA.-160 acres good mixed Land a shot distance from Drury. Cheap, at £3 10s per acre. / 64) RAZORBACK—IB Acres Good Land. 26 acies in grass; cottage of throe rooms, cow-shed, piggery, &c; never-failing supply of water. Price, only _250. (673) SEaKIELD VIEW. Claremont-street.—Veran dah Villa of 6 rooms, in good order, fitted with cupboards, dresser, register, oven, _,-, tSP'fc.SSj'.Ao'! P°° d garden Cheap. (1551 ST. MARY'S ROAD corner of Dublin-street,- House of 5 rooms and scullery, and 2 rooms detached; gas, tanks. So. Price £565. (7341 TAMAKI EAST.- Compact little Farm of 120 acres, of which 30 acres are in grass, (far cer o_d orchard; good piece of bush, and a ' rP'"--ul napply of water House of 7 rooms r .able, shed and sundry outbuild ings. Jll in good order. (912) • VII WRO.-OANDTHK TERRACE. MOUNT _.DKSf.-A First class Residence of 7 rooms complete with every convenience, well laid out grounds about 1 acre : fruit and flower ' garden. Magnificent view 915 • VIKW ROAD MOUNT KDEN.-5 minutes from Railway Station — A new 6-r- omed Two-storey Building, verandahs, bathroom, water laid in : fruit trees and vei^et-ib c garden, volcanic mould. Price. £43n. 94 * W ARK WORTH.-Old Established B>ading hou. c Business for sale. First-class oppor tunity to seoure a rrally good paying con cern. Price only £500. , WHANGAREI —12' acres Improvod Land: smallpieoe kauri bush; Lot 51, Taur»roa (9511 WH »* G * RHI.-Improved Farm of 143 aores atMangapai: 4' acre, in era. a, and c 111 orchard; dwelling house Cheap, £6 " 984) WHANG • RRlHKAD*.—Paruaßay -60aores. part in grass and kanri; homestead farm; good road. Price, £221. (96 1 Wfl T _WH TA. — Waipa River —1. n acre* Improved Farm: first-clasn residence; good orchard; charming property. Price. £ .100 (M 5.) WELLINGTON - STREET. — Comfortable Verandae Cottage of 4 rooms, in good con dition. Room underneath for good work shop. Price, only £300 (91.) D. F. EVANS, i"ous_. 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"|tt"EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. time table On and After July 6, 1883. AUCKLAND AND ONEHONGALINE. S *5 ; -*5 : I Ss _8 '»• _jo -_o «3 ______ •o ■ I i ; ■ s : ■ . M . _ s s s s | as . « . .sa s. ° _____ — a [i S .!.,.,, . I d2.S. . s s s _i * __ _>__._ S§i_\i i t t : a ■" __l 1 t] i 3 * 3 • »3 3 3 | « l ai I a o :s . ,as _ I BS: s. s i*.3 s. _3 _SS2 2 2 _ _, g aa•ai • s so ©o 5 - ' o- * no od o5 .2 s £. "J l ■. j : <. ■. >« _.::.;:§_ I 8 _2 S - "° a t. -° t 3 > I t § _. - llal |I I 1 I*II § I I 1 — a _ _^ - g M « N ' M ' OI CD -5 Jj 3 _; ,_, °__ s a? 03 ,: _5:_5 i ~_ ' s ||' .S. 8 8 ~3 , S § _, o o, 3 _, n 3 3 g CD a .5 | I : : . : ,5 :g | o _H g] o 2 h • .S3 .S3 a __ <_ _; ■ 'ed • td g a , __ gBBB. ,S. _. S !___-_-_" -S • _3 *. g2BB, .9 . S a. ** " "* " __ ' - I- ' a i i i i : 3 .- a j __ °> "" s a § ao 2 a , . 8 . s <a g, c. ««" •c. 'c. I — I n _-» 2 _2 S? ____* S ga aas sj | ' _ a_,22. . S 2 o .j C c_ ca __ oi aa a 8 ~ a j a I *" " " I* *"* a Ig:: :: : H | s s _i _:ii § i : » ** o ° *" K.l_§ . I s « ° 11ii!in MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND-MERCER-TE AWAMUTU SOUTH.—Week Days. g ___ a.m. a.m. a.m.tp.m.-lp.m. 0 Auckland dep. 6.15 6.40 8.25 4.15 6.0 _ Newmarket Junct. 6.25 6.50 8.37 1.25 6.10 5 Remuera .. .. 6.30 _ 8.44 4.30 6.15 *4 Green Lane- .. .. _ •5 Ellorslie _. .. .. _. 6 Penrose Junction.. 6.45 7.16 8.5914.4516.30 9 Otahuhu _ .. 6.55 .. 9.10 4.57 6.42 11 Papatoitol _ .. TT* -. 9.19 5.8 "7T "15 Manurewa _ _ 19 Papakura _ _ 9.45 5.35 .. "21 Hunua — ............ 2- Drury.. _ .. .. 8.17 ltt3 5.53 _ "23 Runciman 30 Pukekohe 9. _510.35 6.25 _ "33 Buckland 35 Tuakau 9.5010.53 6.43 _ •37 Whangarata 40 Pokeno 11.12 7.3 .. 43 Mercer i §■**• " li-_ 1122 2_- - *. Mercer ..-Jeop. _ lo.ao 11.42 TT .. "49 Whangamarino .. .. _. .. .. _ ■"54 Wairangl _...._ •60 Rangiriri _...._ •59 Ohlnewal _ '.. _ 65 Huntly 12.5 1.0 .. _ 69 Tauplrl LIS .. _ 74 Ngaruawahia .. .. LIS L 35 .. _ •78 Pukete _...._ •81 Teßapa 84 Hamilton Junction .. _. 2.13 .. 85 Hamilton „ .... I 90 Rukuhia "_ .. „ _ 91 Ohaupp _ 2.60 .. _ "96 Lakeßoad .. .. _...._ "9S Ngaroto „ 101' TeAwamntu arr. .. .. 3,15 .. NORTH.—Webk Days. : i l 5 — _.n_.A.m. a.m. p.m. p,m 0 TeAwamntu dep 9,20 .. 2 Ngaroto •4 Lakeßoad 7 Ohaupo -'.. 9,50 .. "11 Rukuhia _ 17 Hamilton 2.5 " 16 Hamilton Juno. 10.33 2.8 " *_0 Toßapa _. '23 Pukete 26 Ngaruawahia 11.15 31 Taupiri 11.33 .. .5 Hnntly U. 55 3.45 •41 Ohinewal .. .. _ ■15 Rangiriri _ •46 Wairangi .. _.._.. - -• '61 Whangamarino _ 57 Mercer ..{££ & •- Ug W 7. •60 Pokeno _ .. 6.28 .. L4l .. '63 Whangarata 65 Tuakau .. .. 6.46 .. 2.1 .. '.'. •68 Buckland _ 70 Pukekohe .. .. 7.. .. 2.25 6.25 " *77 Runciman _ 78 Drury 7.43 .. 3.3 7.5 V. "80 Hunua _ SI Papakura .. .. 7.54 «. 3.15 „ •85 Manurewa _ 89 Papatoitol .. .. a_B .. 8.49 7.60 '.'. 92 Otahuhu .. .. 8.40 7.5 3^59 .. 6.50 94 Penrose Junction ' t9.0 17.1514.15 8.20 _S •95 Ellerslie -— _ .. ~. "96 Green Lane- .... _ _-~£. 97 Remueia .. .. 9.15 _ 4.30 8.35 7.20 93 Newmarket Juno. 9.21 .. (4.40 8.41 7.25 HO Auckland .. arr. 9.86 .. 4.49 8.50 7.35



K-ATPARA BRANCH. j AUCKLAND—HENDERSON— HKLENB- I VILLE. I OUT.—Wees Days. _ „ , ~ . a.m. a-m. p.m. 0 Auckland dep. 7.1511.0 4.30 1 Newmarket Junction .. „ 7,2611.12 4.41 *4 Mount Eden _ _ _ _ _ 5 Kingsland „ _ _ .. .. _ _ •5 Morningside _ _ .. _ _ ~ "7 Mount Albert __.... 8 Avondale „ .. _ .. 7.4711.37 6.3 •9 New Lynn.. _ _ .... "11 Walkomiti_ _ _ .. _ •14 Henderson- _ _ _ 8.1012.2 _ •17 Swanson ..____ -—- '20 Waltakerel _____ •22 Taupaki _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 Kumeu Junction _ _ .. .. 6.17 *I_9 Waimauku .. _ _ .. _ •31 Reweti ___..___ •33 Woodhlll .. _ _ _ .. .. •34 Paeroa _ _ _ _ 38 Helensville _ _ arr. 9.55 _ 7.20 IN.—Week Days. C '-,: ' a.m. p.m. p.m 0 Helensville dep. 6.25 - 4.30 *4 Paeroa _ _ _ _ *6 Woodhlll .. _ _ _ .„ _ .. "7 Rewitl _ _ _ __.... •10 Waimauku .. _ _ 14 Kumeu Junction _ 5.35 •17 Taupaki .. _ _ _ _ •19 Waltakerel .. _ __.... *21 Swanson _ _ _ „ "25 Henderson.. .. _ .. 8.10 2.0 _ •27 Waikomitl.. _ _ _ _ .. _ •29 New Lynn— _ _ _ _ 31 Avondale ..__.. 8.40 227 8.47' .32 Muunt Albert _ _ .. _ *33 Morningside _ _ .. _ _ _ •34 Kingsland.. _ _ _.._.. •35 Mount Eden _ _ 36 Newmarket Junction .. .. 9.10 2.53 7.15 38 Auckland - «rr. 9.20 3.2 7.25 C—Goods Train—a Passenger Carriage is at tached to this Train which stops for Passengers by Signal only. * FLAG STATIONS.- Trains do not stop at these unleßS required. Notice should be given to the Guard at the previous stopping Station. t Change for Onehunga. B—Goods Train—a Passenger Carriage is attached to this Train which stops for P.ssengers by Signal only, and runs from Huntly to Hamilton on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. I Change for Auckland and intermediate Stations. 1 Change for Helensville and intermediate Stations. GENERAL CONDITIONS, The Railway Department does not pledge it self to the despatch or arrival of the Trains at the exact times notified in the above Tables, and, in the event of any circumstances arising, either during or prior to the journey being made, which may render it impossible or inex pedient for a Train to proceed, will return the Fares paid, but does not undertake to forward the Passengers. LUGGAGE.—Each Passenger Is allowed to take 1121bs. ot PERSONAL Luggage free (not Including merchandise of any Kind), and for every 661b5., or fraction of 661b5., above this weight, for every 50 miles or fl-action of 50 miles, the charge will be One Shilling. No Luggage will be allowed to be taken into the carriages, unless of such a etna that it can be placed under the seat without incon venieaoe to other Passen gers. Passengers are strongly recommended to nave their Names and the Station to which they are proceeding distinctly marked on their Luggage, and to «atisfy themselves that it is placed on the Train, as the Railway Depart ment will not be responsible unless it is booked and paid for. Passengers can be booked at Stations only on condition that there is room in the Train. Children under three years of age travel free; above three and under twelve years of age, half-fare. HORSES, CARRIAGES, bo.— The Railway Department does not undertake to toward Horses and Carriages by any particular Train; but when sent, they must be at the forwarding Station half an-hoor before the departure of the Train. The Owners of Horses must provide means for securing them in the Horse-box, and the Railway Department will not be account able for any Injuries sustained through then breaking loose or otherwise, nor will it under take to carry unbroken or vicious Horses. At Country Stations requisitions for Horse-boxes or Carriage-tracks most be made the day before they are wanted. DOGS must be provided with chains, or other sufficient means of securing them. They will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a Ticket, to be given up at the end of thejouMiey, and before the Dog is delivered. RETURN or PERIODICAL TICKETS will not be available for Special and Excursion Trains, except when the Ordinary Time Table is suspended. SPECIAL NOTICE. — To ensure despatch. Parcels, Extra Luggage, and Dogs must be at the Station at least THIRTY MINUTES before the Advertised Time of Departure of Train. All Time Tables issued prior to this date are now nancelled, J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager.



ANOTHER FIRE!! WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE. The most fruitful sources of fires are—the careless use of matches, candle flame coming in contact with window curtains or bedhang ings, the mismanagement of kerosene lamps, and the leaving of ordinary household lamps untended. Matches should always be kept on a high shelf out of the reach of children. When employed in stores, warehouses and factories, they should be protected from mice by means of proper metal-boxes. Care should be taken not to drop unlighted matches, nor to throw down unextinguished matches care lessly on the floor. Never leave a lighted candle unwatched near hanging drapery, especially if there be an open window in tho room. Reading in bed by candle light is a practice very much to be condemned, and a burning candle should never be suffered to remain after the inmates of the house are asleep. Gas should bo turned off at the main when not in use. In case an escape Bhould bo strongly smelt, turn off at once from tho main and set open the doors and windows, but on no account take a lighted candle into the room till the smell has passed oil". Never pile up partially burnt wood against the chimney; scores of houses have been burned in this way in New Zealand. Never put firewood inside the fender or on the stove to dry. Paper, clothing, or similar combustible material should never be left near the grate. Ashes should never be thrown away against a wooden building, or kept in a wooden box or barrel. Tho above hints relate to the preven tion of kire. When unfortunately a fire does occur, remember that wet blankets and rugs oconomise tho Bupply of water, and are more effectual in preventing the spread of fire than water simply thrown on, and at the same time cause less damage to furniture. In the hurry and confusion of a fire doors and windows are too apt to be thrown open ; they should be kept shut as much as possible. Fire can only spread rapidly when it is plentifully supplied with air. Have your chimneys regularly sj. ept. at fixed intervals; at least once in three months. WHAT TO DO AFTER A FIRE. The assured must use his best endeavours to save and protect his property during the fire and afterwards, and until an officer of the Insurance Company arrives, he should act precisely as he would if he had no in surance whatever, i.e.. Do all in his powib to prevent further loss or damage. , This is especially necessary where tho loss is on merchandise or chattels, it being a mistake to suppose that goods damaged by or in con sequence of a fire must be allowed to remain in the chaotic condition into which a fire generally throws them, to await inspection by the adjuster. On the contrary, they should first of all be removed (if necessary) to a safe, dry place, and everything done that is requisite to prevent further shrinkage of values. After this they should be Btraightened and assorted, the damaged separated from the sound, and the whole cor rectly invoiced. The policies make this a part of the duty devolving upon the assured, and prompt, intelligent compliance with this condi tion is calculated to facilitate the adjustment of losses. As the goods saved from a fire belong to tho assured they cannot be abandoned to the Underwriters, but the Companies are liable for all damage thereto so far as ths policies will reach. WHAT TO DO BEFORE A FIRE. Effect a policy of Insurance with the NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, where every description of Insurances ate taken at Lowest Ratesop Premium. GEORGE P. PIERCE, General Manager. A UCKLAND DEUTSCHER VEREIN. Oeselligo Zusammcnkunfte jeden Mittworh Abend 8 Uhr im Vereins Zimmer. Park Hotel, Wellesley-street. Deutsche Zeitungen und Tour-tale. Deutsche Bibliothek. J.A. MAX KOBER, SchriftfUhrer.



V/. i_J JJ) ENN E3, TH>. fJKKAT SEWING MACHINE IMPORTER, Ha_ jiist rtv-lvgl a Large Shipment of Challenge Machine of the World— THE WHITE CO.'S SEW IN MACHINE, The Most Silent Tho Cheapest Tho Most Rapid The Highest Arm The Most Simple The Largest Table The Most Easy to Work The Best Cover The Most Durable The Simplest Shuttle The Most Elegant Tho Neatest Stitch Treadle Machines, from £5 10s. DENNES'S CHALLENGE BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. BICYCLE, ISm,, from £10. _=J*_li_______ CASH OR DEFERRED PAYMENTS. TREMENDOUS REDUCTION. LITTLE WERTHETM £3 15s. FRISTER AND ROSSMANN. from £4 4s FRISTER & ROSSMANN TREADLE MACHINE, from £8. STANDARD TREADLE MACHINE. £6 108. Mr Dennes does not intend leaving Auckland, but is going more extensively than ever into the Sewing Machine and Bicycle Trade, having purchased for cash a large quantity of that King of Machines, the White; also, Wertheim, Fister and Rossman, Standard, and Domestic, direct from the factories; tho latter 10s below any one in town. Defies competition. fTIHE riKEAT T\ EPO T, QUEEN-STREET. mHE LARGEST and BEST STOCK of _L MACHINES in Auckland, Comprising— THE RUDGE BAYLISS & THOMAS'S ROYAL MAIL CLUB BUSSEY'S DEVEY"S. Prices from £13, with Ball Bearings. Tricycles Willis's Sociable and Single, and Royal Mail Repairs a Specialty.—SEßVlCE & FTTTON 22, Grey-Btreet, Auckland CONDENSED PROSPECTUS OP THE TTA-viO /COLLIERY fIOMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £109,000, In 80,000 Shares op 25s Each. 15s has been called up. DIRECTORS: Thomas Morrin, EBq. (T. & S. Morrin & Co., Limited) • The Hon. E. Mitchelson, M.H.R. Captain H. F. Anderson John Chambers, Esq. (T. & S. Morrin & Co. Limited) Joseph Bennett, Esq. BANKERS 1 Bank op New South Wales. SOLICITORS: Messrs Jackson and Russexl SECRETARY: S. Y. Collins, Esq. BROKERS: The Members op the Brokers' Association. The Kiimo Colliery is a most extensive one' consisting, as it does, of 1,200 acres of freehold, and about 1,400 acres leasehold lands. The railway which the Government has com pleted, connecting the Kamo Colliery with the Harbour, at a cost of about £52,000, places the Colliery in the position of being more easily and Srofltably worked than any other Colliery in ew Zealand. The Harbour with which the Mine is now at tached is, for all practical purposes, equal to any in the Colonies, and being en route for the Union and Pacific Companies' steamers, could not be more advantageously situated. Since tho formation of tho Company, a very large sum has been expended in developing the Mine, and with the most satisfactory results. In tho Main Engine Shaft (which is a con siderable distance from the present workings, and upon which powerful pumping and winding machinery has been erected), at a depth of 22. feet from the Burface, the upper seam of coal, nine feet in thickness, has been gone through. This Coal is very superior in quality. At a depth of forty-five feet below this Beam, the lower scam has been proved to exist. This Coal will be Immediately Available. At the opposite side of the Hill from which, the main heading was started, and what i» known as the Road Engine Dip, a seam of nine feet of excellent coal has been struck. This coal will bo in the market at once, as it is connected, with the railway through the main level. In view of tho facts that now the Colliery well opened up, the demand for the coal havinir largely increased, and the recently acquired Beams of coal proving to bo of superier quality, the Directors are justified in stating that they believe tho Company, from this time, will nav continuously large dividends. xJ&fuf®. IF® OFFERED TO THST. PUBLIC at 15s per share, and paid hi, to that amount, upon the following terms .-_ 5s cash - balance by two equal payments of is ettch at three and six months. . i.The Du"octors being thoroughly satisfied witto the oonajidesot the undertaking, determined to adopt the risk of proving the line a success before offering to the public any shares for sale- Those now offered to tho public were purchased by the Directors for the Company. The entire proceeds, therefore, of tho shares now offered to the public will be placed to the credit of the. Company. A list of the properties, inventory of plant, certificates and reports of eminent enginpersT Xc, may be inspected at the Company's Office, No. 14a, Queen-street. v*-w» "E>,.U B. LI C NOTICE. ■d*?PSS V hereby given that the W„itakercl West Highway Road Board intend to stop part of the Road leading from Ilound Springs bjr Spnng Hill to Wairiri. The Road proposed to be stopped adjoins Allotment No. 4, Waitakerei West, and is immediately opposite the house and premises of John Smyth. The plans of the proposed alterations aro on view at the Office of the Board, Mr W. Buchanan. resi dence, Waitakerei Railway Station. ,r- JNO- SMYTH, _, , Chairman Waitakerei West Highway Board. J YOUNG, Family Grocer, Short-and street, Auckland