CORRESPONDENCE.

The Holiness Meeting at Fort Albert.

(To the Editor.)

Sib,—lf you can possibly insert the accom panying letter in Saturday's issue, do so. hilst it is confirmatory of all your cor respondents have reported, it just gives a flimpse of the other side. Very much more could have said, hardly less with justice. I have written partly to vindicate your correspondents, and partly to say that some great good has been accomplished. I trust, if inserted, it will help to moderate things in these two directions.—l am, &c,

H. BXLEY,

Sib,—Now that the excitement attending the late " holiness" meeting has about passed away, a few lines from a quiet ob server may not be out of place. Having been present much of the time at themeet ings, and witnessed many, things said and done, and having read the repoiis of your correspondents, as also tho extraordinary letter of the chief actors in vindication or denial, I may say that the reports furnished by your correspondents are only too true, and might have been much more strongly stated than what they were. \'our cor lospondents are men of truth, and men of compassion also. The worst thing that could befall ceitain actors in tne Port Albert madness would be for your correspondents and other witnesses to writo out a full and plain statsment of what was really seen, heard, and done. They will not do so, and that for reasons of kindness and pity. For the chief actors in it all to deny the truth of what has been sent you, is only evidence that the kind of Holy Ghost under whose dominion they assert they have done it all needs to be sent to school to learn to speak truth and to be ordinarily decent. I asked Mr Thomas myself, " Is it true that a lady was wander ing out in the night olad in the scantiest manner, and rolling in the mud!" He replied : " That is partly a fact, but I am not responsible for it. I know that Jesus Cnrist has forgiven all my sins, and that I am cleansed from all unrighteousness, and that he has filled me with fie Holy Ghost. The enemy (mean ing the devil) has come in and done this." I told him that neither the "enemy" nor the "Holy Spirit" had anything to do with it, taat it was the result of wild human excitement. What kind of a " Holy Spirit" is that which can inspire a man and a woman, both of them scantily clothed, to embrace each other, and roll together "on the ground t I will not say what might be said, but the interests of religion and of common truth require that all tb _ kind of "holiness" work shall be branded as a blaspheming mockery of the calm, sober, and reasonable religion of the Man of Nazareth. Seven of them spent a a long time praying to the Holy Ghost, and waiting for a message to say if Mr Exley should be allowed to preach on the "Witness of the Spirit." But said Mr Tnomas to me, "Not one ol us but what felt that the answer was, ' No.' " On the next day, Satur day, 1 went to the tent and kneehd with othors, as they were offering prayer. Mr Tnomas came to me and asked me to offer prayer. I did so briefly. Ho pat his hand on my shoulder and said, "Will you now pray to be baptized with tho Holy Ghost and fire ?" 1 gave hixi no answor, but pressed his arm to leave me alone. Immediately he went on the platform, and to the surprise and grief, as well as indigna tion of many, be openly denour the doctrine held by myself, that i- New Testa ment style justification and sanctification aro both given to the true believer at the same time, as "a lie," and my offering to preach as a "trick of the devil. A large number at once rote and left the tent, one tel'ing him he ought to be ashamed of himself. Others, some of them his warm suppoiiera, insisted he should apologise, and called upon the kneelioß people to pray for the cowardice of Mr Thomas. He replied from the plat form, "HI have made a mistake, the Holy Ghost will have to make It rijht; I cannot/ Two ladies were laid at my feet, one on her aid©, the other on her back at her iull length, her arms folded across her breast and moving with rapid, convulsive motion. A gentleman, one wholly sanct'Oed, was on his feet, insisting that Mr Thomas should apologise, and calling for prayers for Thomas ! A gentleman on his knees seeing and hearing him, shouted out, "0, God, there is something about that man. Lord, touch him 1" and then softening down, he said, "But we love him. Lord, bless him." The accent on the Supreme Name was short and snappish as the crack of a rifle. Taking all in all, perhaps' no thing like this camp meeting ever occurred in any religious meeting in England or these colonies. In America such' wild things have been done, and attributed te the power of the Holy Ghost, as to shock and bewilder the reverent, and to deepen the scepticism of the unbeliever. It is a fact of the utmost meaning and importance that in the New Testament there is not a single instance of prayer to, the Holy Spirit. Whether it is right or wrong to so pray, there is no example, precept, or command in that direction. They then offered prayer for, never to the Holy Spirit. Mr Thomas has only acted at this point in accordance with the absolutely fake methods of modern revivalism, methods which unscrupulously ignore the methods of the Holy Spfril, as they are laid before us in the Sacred Record. Very much of the religious talk at all our modern so called revivals about "honouring the Holy Ghost " is the talk of sheer ignorance of the Scriptures, no matter if all the re ligious world should sanction and practise it. Ido not hesitate to say, ra the result of nearly 50 years of experience ia many cities, and in many lands—ah experience falling to the lot of but very few—that the most esctatic raptures and joyful emotions can be associateu with the. poorest of moral lives. I could fill columns of your journal with cases known to me of both men and women, young men and maidens, leaders in such movements, from whote private life the cm tain would not bear lifting ; but wore I to do so, men who have _et aside the Word of God to follow their own devices would scout it all as wicked fiction. That any good is done at Buch meetings is due to whatever of truth may be sincereh' received, and which all the unseemly nnc: false methods employed cannot wboltf destroy; and this leads me to say thaj, apart from all the pitiable extravagance done at Port Albert, it has not been 111 evil. With the thoughtful and intelligent there has been a real deepening of the relgi ous life. Mr Thomas has been the meant of restoring alienated friendships, removing long-standing enmities, and really acdjm plishing a large amount of actual good, fad he not suffered some of his friends to {fake almostentire controlof the meetings, peiaaps the worst features would not have siown themselves. The evil done has bearfvery serious, but it is just as true that muct real good" has been effected, and good thai it is believed will abide. Whilst f bear mf own earnest testimony, so far as my ova per sonal observation and intercourse if con- i cerned, that your correspondents ha* been veiy merciful indeed in their statements, , and have reported only truth and fait, and < whilst I do not believe in such "hdiness" i meetings, or methods, and whilst I know that the Scriptures are perverted orignored ■ by all abettors of such meetings, yet it is i due to justice and truth also to say that the results, even in this instance,.are very far from being all evil. There is a large residue of good. Trusting to jour kind ness t j insert this, I am, &c, H; Exley.

Shelly Beach. December 26.

A Defence and Accusation.

(To the Editor.)

Sib,—l thought before I read she article on " The Modern Pentecost" in four paper of the 20th, and signed by tlree teachers, that the late painful proceecings here had been allowed to die out; biti in justice to our (I should say oyer zeahus) Auckland fnenc's who figured so prominently in the late camp meeting, all out of pure love to make their fellow-men better, I think it is my duty to them and the public to give you a few facts on the other side. (will first ask you what weight there is in o>e of the teacher's signatures attached to tie letter, when he acted in this hypocritical manner. On the Wednesday evening, wl»n it was thought desirable that our Auckand visitors should leave by the s" amer/on the following morning, to everyone's surprise, one of the teachers appeared onthi scene and informed Mr Bycroft. that he had undergone a complete change of heart, and had accep:=d Jesus as his Saviour, and said he believed that if 1« confessed it to Mrs Bycroft it would /estore her from the prostra'jd condition she was in, as it was partly his conduct at the meet ings that had produced her prostrate condition. Mr fully trust ing it was true,/took him to the bed side of his sick wife, and he confessed it to her; but it had;no visible effect, as she doubted his statement. Mr Bycroft then took him outside, where about a dozen gentle men we etalkingaboutgettingtheAuckland people on the steamer the next morning, and said: " N?w you confess it to these gentlemen, and;! will believe you." . But it was well to see that he was not altogether abandoned to falsehood. He got it half out

and broke down and admitted'he had told Mrs Bycroft a falsehood. Now I can vouch for this as fact, as I was an eye-witness to the latter parfrof his admissions. I will leave it to anyone to judge how far his woid can be relied on. He was the principal cause of the lady being in such extreme exhaustion; as on one of the evenings one of the lady con ductors went to him, all in love for the work she was so zealous in, and for his good, and asked him if he would not give his heart to Jesus. He' coolly pulled out his watch and said : " I do not believe in your God of the Bible, but you can, pray for me for five minutes, and if I «°n ' feel a change ly that time, may your God strike me dead when the five minutes are up I" The lady uttered a short scream and retired. Your correspondent says in his reply that the camp meeting had been a source of pain and regret that he should have to report the extraordinary scenes. It was thought different by many from the manner in which he performed his duties as your correspondent. He appeared quite as much excited as some of the others that he termed mad. It was the general opinion that he, with a few others of the obstructionists, was the chief cause of the collapse of the whole affair. He and his teacher headed the mob that rushed up to the platform on the Sunday afternoon when the first disturbance took place, as the afternoon service was quietly going on, and demanded that the meeting should break up. Some outside even sug gested that the ropes of the tent should be cut while there were about 200 people inside. He also on the Tuesday morning was rushing about with the local constable at his back, wanting him to > take? the exhausted and prostrated poople in charge. His base insinuation when he saysj' " J could a tale unfold," must only recoil on himself, and does not proceed from pure heart, when he can let his imagination carry him so far as to impute impure mo tives to anyone who took part in the camp meeting. I may conclude by saving, al though I do not agree with the means adopted to bring people nearer to God, that I have questioned" near a score of fconverts, who informed me that they hadf received an immense amount of benefit by attending the meetings. f Fair Play.

Medical Testimony in Favour of Mr Milner Stephen.

(To the Editor.) I Sm,—About six months ago t had a fall from my horse, got concussion'of the brain, and very severely injured myjieok. I used various means to relieve the pain, to enable me to turn my head; but $fter some five months' persevering, I got tyt a very little better. Having read of th« extraordinary powers of Mr Milner Steplen (although I admit I was very sceptical os to his being able to relieve), I went, accompanied by a friend, to his houße on Me 26th Novem ber, and I can positively assert, how ever strange it may f appear, that I left the house comparatively well. I also had continuous pjin in my head, which left me in a most marvellous manner. Whatever may be the cause of the improve ment I am not in a position to affirm; whether it be some marvellous power pos sessed by Mr Stephen, i>r any great amount of faith on my paii,*wiich I greatly doubt, I know not; neither jo I care, so long as I am so much relieved.+l am, etc., Charles H. J. Hovel, Surgeon, Coro mandel. / P.S.—I had better add the name of the friend who accompanied me—Mr John McFarlane, now staling at Luke's Victoria Hotel. McFarlane/as well as myself, was surprised at the way in which the cure was effected—one haudplaced on my bead, the other on my neck—less than a minute.—C.H. / ' =5

SPORTING NEWS.

Aucklaat Summer Meeting. The following! weights were declared on Saturday night :— Racing dun Handicap, If mile. I stlb stlb Welcome Jack!.. 010 Necklace.. ..7 0 Salvage .. 1.. 8 7 KalO' _ ..6 7 Turquoise !.. 8 1 Carbineer.. ..6 1 The Poet .. [.. 7 8 Tetford _ ..6 4 Minerva .. /.. 7 2 Pipi 6 1 Administrate! .. 7 2 Woodnymph ..6 2 Ncrmanby ,/... 7 1 The Painter .. 512 lihwomsa I .. 7 0 Revolver .. .. 510 Tigrodia .. .. 7 0 Alaiio .. ..5 7 LiDeller .. ..7 0 Cast Ashore ..6 7 GbandStand Handicap, 1J mile. / stlb stlb turquoise./ ..9 2 Fish woman ..7 5 Sou'-westerl .. 812 Viotoiia .. ..7 0 Administrator ..8 2 Fishjirl .. ..7 0 TbePoet J ..8 2 Witiora .. .. 610 Minerva I ..8 0 Pipi 610 Normanbj ..- 710 Dressmaker ..' 6lu Libeller ?. ..7 10 Torpedo .. ..610 Acceptances are due to-night at 8 o'clock.

Drury Races.

The Club's Annual Race Meeting at Drury vas held on Saturday, on the course on Mr Godkin's farm, and was well at tended! The rain had made the running heavy.but all the events were well con tested/ The only accident occurred during the Ctprace; Constable Walker, who went to cleff the course on horseback, collided with fie horse Bryan O'Lynn, which was raoin; at a tremendous pace, gaining on Migmnette, who was leading by about a lengp. The unfortunate accident put him' out & the race. Fortunately neither the horgj nor Mr Cavanagh, the rider, was Injtfed. IJANDicAjp Hurdle Race of 20sovs. Dis tant, 2 miles.—Mr J. Pollock's Bushman (lot 71bs, owner), 1; Mr H. Hayr's T<nrist (12st 21bs, including 7lbs penalty, T,Hay r), 2; Mr H. Scarborough's Frivolity (list 71bs, owner). 3. Louie (9st lOlbs), _juce (9st 71bs), Goblin (9st), and Over the 011s (10st) also ran Won by three lWths. |The Maiden Plate of lOsovs., second lorse to save stakes. Distance, 1 mile, height forage. MrScarborough's Mazurka Ist Olbs, Burns), 1; Mr Connolly's Uitder-j fiand (9st, Dawson), 2; Mr ,:j,r Clark's ZM: Bst 91bs, T. Taylor), 3. Tuscan (»et 21bsf" Boomerang (Bst 21bs), Young Native (Bst 2lbs), and Mattie (7st 11 lbs) also ran. Plunger, Albert, Phantasy, Louie, Phoebe, Lina, and Mermaid were scratched. Won by two lengths. The Dbuky Cup, Handicap of 30sovs„ with a sweep of lsov. Distance, 1 mile and three-quarters.—Mr Dore's Mignonette (Bst 121bs, T. Taylor), I; Mr Scarborough's Mazurka (6st 121bs—), 2; Mr Dickey's Over tho Hills (7st 71bs, Harrard), 3 V . Bryan O'Lynn (lOst), Bushman (Bst), and Lady bird (sst 71bs) also ran. Selling Race of lOsovs., added to sweep stakes of 5s each for starters. Distance, 1 mile and a quarter; weight for age.—Mr Kelly's Merlin (9st 31bj, A. Greenwood), I ; Mr Scarborough's Across the Grass (Bst 121bs, Burns), 2; Mr Parker's Ladybird (7st 121bs, Absolum), 3. Mr Sinclair's Theodore (Bst) also ran. The Drury Stakes Handicap, of 15sovs., with a sweepstake of 10s each for starters added. Distance, I mile and a-half.— Bruce (6st 71bs), Winnie (Bst lOlbs), Little Nell (6st 121bs), Bryan O'Lynn (9st 7ibs), Catch ■em-if-you can (7st), Underhand (7st 21bs), also ran. Bryan O'Lynn (Farrell), 1 ; Catch-'em-if-you-can (Mulgrew), 2; Winnie (Howe), 3. Won by two lengths. The Consolation Race, of lOsovs. Dis tance, I mile.—Won by Frivolity (7st lOlbB). Over the Hills (Bst), and Little Nell {7st lOlbs) also ran.

Thames Races.

Flying Stakes Handicap. Distance, 1 mile.—Mr Bobbett's Tetford (Bst 81bs), 1 ; Mr Lumsden's Snake (7st 71bs), 2.- Selling Race.—Only Golden Crown and Slider started, and tho first-named was the only one to finish. He was offered for sale for £20, but the highest bid was £16. Goldfields Handicap, 1 mile and three quarters.—Mr Lumden's Larry (7st. 91bs.), 1; and Mr Bobbett's Libeller <Bst. 121bs), 2, were the only starters. Handicap Steeplechase ; distance, 2 miles and ahalf.-Mr Maxwells Sunray (10st.), 1; Mr Leonard's Chandler (12st. 61bs.), 2. Mr Chadwiok's Topthorn (list.) and Goonan's Hallcourt (9st. 51bs.) also ran.

Consolation Race.—Snake, I; Little Wonder, 2.

Dunedin Cup Acceptances.

The following acceptances wer> received on Saturday right for the

Duntdin Cup of I.OOOsoyb, Welcome Jack ..99 Liverpool Sb Tasman .. '..9 4 Matanaka " 1 Vanguard .. 9 3 Capt. Webster " 7 2 Oudeis .. ..812 Minerva .. 7 n Lady Emma .. 8 9 Adamant.. . 612 iuiy W ",," 8 7 The Poet.-. 6 10 Johnny Faulkner 8 5 Wapiti 6 10 Salvage .. ..8 1 Chainier " 610 sou!-«BBter ..8 2 Clogs ';. " 6-7 S™ •• •■ 710 Take Miss .8 5 Nelson .. ..7 9 Leon ;. _ 6 5 » 0 ? :: :: \ ? MokOßitt •• "• 6 °

"ROUOHON CORNS."-ABk for WollV. "Bough OB Conis. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, wuta, traniona. - ■ Kempttiorne, Pruaaor 4 Co., —K_ta. Auckland. The most Beautiful Ornamental Fire Spreens ever imported to this City are to be _«_ atGarHok&CrauvveU^FurntehWMehoX A large assortment lust opened up, y_rvln_i_ prioelrom Is 9dto lis 6d. Ladles _re_ivite_ to make their-seleotion eiuly, aa weoa__otr_ri__i thecboeest of them tb_a^____S£ilK£2i ' Oranweli, Queen-s_SeS-?i_^- ,^U^*an*

Interesting to New Zealanders.

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Hearty Local Testimony.

Star Hotel, Auokland, Aug. 23, lggj, IJesseui M. Levy & Co., Auokland.

Dear Sirs,—l have much pleasure in addh_ my testimony to the virtues of St. JaoobsTfif having used It for a severe attack of gout in m* thumb, which was co npletely cured by a raw applications.—Yours truly, A. Cubm,

Auckland, New Zealand, , August 13, iffll. To Messrs M. Levy & Co., Agents St, Jacobs Gentlemen, -1 wish to bear testimony to the usefulness of St. Jacobs Oil as a cure"for rheumatism. I was seiaed with a severe attack to the right leg and Ha and. marvellous to relate, It was cured by dlfe application of yoM : valuable remedy.—Yours faithfully, * " T. W. ALLEN. (Storeman at A. H. Nathan and Co.'s, the writ known Auctioneers). Wholesale Dep6t for Auckland— -, M. LEVY _ CO., . v" Queen-street Auckland, :'

Wonders of the Age.

Why is It so many people are never satisfied! Their homes are marvels of comfort and luxury, friends are generous and affectionate they are educated and refined, capable, not only of enjoying, but of imparting happiness to others ; yet they are dissatisfied, miserable ' - and, really without intending to do so, make others miserable. Their blood is impure, they have taken a heavy cold, or they are bilious; A few doses of Emu Freses Hamburg-Tea would remove all obstructions, and enable them to enjoy, with renewed zest, the pleasures they are now compelled to forego.

The Symptoms Entirely Dis appeared.

Sydney, February 18,1881.

Dear Sib,—About a month ago I was advised to use your Hamburg Tea for a severe attack of indigestion from which I was suffering. For some time previously I had been afflicted with pains in the liver and stomach, and constant headache and oppression.. Since, taking the ■ Hamburg Tea these symptoms have ehtirtly : disappeared, and I have never since bean troubled with them. I have every confidence in recommending it. and have witnessed Its use in other oases with like result.—Yours faithfully,' Jambs S. Donovan, HAMBURG TEA , HAMBURG TEA '- HAMBURG TEA , .; Has no equal in the whole range of die Phar macopoeia as an Anti-Scorbutic, Alterative, Carminative and Blood Purifier, and the In creasing demand for it In these colonies-and everywhere else it has been introduced is truly astonishing. HAMBURG TEA HAMBURG TEA HAMBURG TEA : ': ■-% Is pleasant to take. Children like it There is nothing nauseating about it. It is the beet§§ Family Medicine, and will be found on, trial to be the most easy, natural, and oomfortable Aperient obtainable. ' '".' Pbick—One and Thbebpbncb. ■ Wholesale Depot for Auckland— m. levy * co., -'..;; QCEEN-STBEET, AUCKLAND, ,

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THE AUMMWr^Epll^ 29;"18R4



Ancttopft TOMORROW, At 12 o'clock noon. NEW YEAR PRESENTS. clearing"out SALE. ' '* FANCY GOODS;' TOYS, ALBUMS, __~ &c, &o. R. ARTHUR HAS received instructions to sell by aucUon, at his Mart, Queen-street^ J ur nlture Department, on Tuesday next, at v o'clock noon, A WELL-ASSORTED LOT OF GOODS, suiUblo for New Year Gifts. &a. Albums. ESu-T FanSy Kits. Fancy Bags. Toys, Cork Screws. Glaisware. Now Year Card-. 1 case Sundries, Verandah Chairs. Bamboo Goods. Neokletsi Fancy Boxes. Butto and Broad Plates, Candlesticks, Japanese Boxes. &c, so. Also. Clothing, Books, and Sundries 1 trnnk Boots 1 case Boot Trees -,";.. &0., &C., &C ---TO-MORROW, At 11 o'clock. THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMEN LEAVING AUCKLAND. J. R. RANDERSON WILL SELL by public auction as above, at Mercantile Sale-rooms, HOUSEHOLD FURNITUREAND EFFECTS (all nearly new), consisting of-Ornamental Turniid Wooden Bedstead and Alattraas, &c, eomploto. Choice Turned Washstand and Toilet Tables, Ware. Dinner and Breakfast Services, Couch, Australian Bentwood Chairs, &c, &o. Also, GENERAL FURNITURE. Sundries, Ginger Ale, Cheese, Bacon, Toa, Piokles, &o , &o. TOMORROW. TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENT. WITHOUT RESERVE. . CLEARING SALE. GABRIEL LEWIS WLL Sell at hia Rooms, on above date, at 11 o'clock, A LARGE LOT OF FANCY GOODS, Vnses, Ornaments. Brackets, Fancy Jewellery, Electro Goods, Pictures, &C, i &c„ &c. No Reserve. ' /CONSEQUENT on the Holidays, there will be.no Horse Sale on FRIDAY, January 2. HUNTER & NOLAN. HUNTER & NOLAN WILL HOLD THEIR "VT E X T W 0 0 L SALE AT THE DURHAM YARDS ON . MONDAY, JANUARY 12, At 2 O'CLOCK. HUNTER _ NOLAN.' DURHAM YARDS. j.-. IjlOR SALE, at the Durham Yards, 7 every Tuosday, at 11 o'olook, HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKINS , HUNTER AND NOLAN f , _ ' . • • THURSDAY, JANUARY 15. MOUNT ALBERT SCENERY. BROOKLANDS! The Gem of Mount Albert! The Healthiest Spot in the Auckland Province! The Medical Faculty of Auckland Recom £'.*, mend Mount Albert for its Bracing and Pure Atmosphere. Money Advanoed with Easy Terms Building Purposes upon ■ the Estate. Messrs OSWALD A. STEVEN & Co. HAVE received instructions from D. Olphert Kbp. , t isell by publio auction at Mercantile Saie juooma (next Bank of New Zealand) on Thursday, the 15* _ day of January, at 12 o'clock noon, I . ALL THAT SPLENDID ESTATE KNOWN ABBROOKI-NDS, situate ?n tho centre of Mount _'bert To wnßhip, havl ng fron* ges to Main, Mount _ 'beri, and Onehunga Roads, adjoining the properties of F. Battley, Esq., and. _ . K. Taylor, Esq, * The land is purely volcanic, and shelterediwnl all bad winds; It is in a flrat-class stet_»r culti vation, a look at the orcb ard,jdffjres, So., being sufficient to show tliegu»««r of the soil. . It is well wsA'rctfby a running stream of wa*3r Qn^aga the Estate. The buyers of the a^Aatent'i through which this creek passes w 111 .^^--fiave »he most hcaulii.il lots possible for a resl dental site (a garden with a running brook). The whole _! the most Ma_i_ftcent Estate to be fou id anywhere about Auckland. On lot I is an 8-roomcd Residence,hiddenasltwcre from the road by magnificent New Zealand Pines, through which a Cairiage Drive of broken Bhell leads up to the house. - , ' , The omnibus lHre 1b only sixpence to and i ro, and reduced fares may be nad by monthly tickets. There are four lines of 'buses oontinu. ally pa-' log the Estate. The railway is only live !fl minutes' walk from the ground. The tramcars are mooted to > un out to Mount Albert, and they must pars this Estate. The AUotmentß are now pegged out and flagged. —'Plans are now ready.and can be had at the office of the Auctioneers, corner of Queen and Durham-streets The Auctioneers can confidently recommend this property as one which will in a very short titue double i _ value, owing to the iaflux of people in the Mount Albert direction and its extremely healthy locality. Free Passes by 'Bus can be had on application to tho Auctioneers. 'Terms: One-fourth caßh, balance for 3, 6. 7 • years at 7 per cent. Five per cent, discount for oieh. _ FOR PRIVATE 8A LB ON ÜBERAL TERMS, IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS 1 Farm Lots from 20 acres and upwards, near - Pukekoho Station; from £7 IDs to £10 an acre. ■ Faun, Lot ISO, Awitu, containing 123 acres: ■ securely fenced; Is near other homesteads, and good land; £2 an acre. Farm of 150 acres on the Pukekohe Hill, ad- Joining that of Mr Jacob Wright's; considerably Improved: 08 an acre. A _rst«lass Farm, half-way between TTiMHiii and Te Awamutu, containing 683 aores, with choice apple orchard- Avallablo and Fertile Farms, ranging from 1,500 to 10,000 acres, at prices varying with lm provamenta from £1 to £7 an acre. ALFRED BUCKLAND. DUBLIC FICATION. Crow ."; .' • 22, 1884. It is hereby r 'iVle at the Toll-gale , ... • , * '"ure, forthetwel T .'' ''"'■ • *he , Ist day of .T ■ ? t>y Public ...-,., and Co DAY,'.. ... ) *', •■ , , •'_.".- "■■ '■" --■' /. *■ '. r;. r _ ,,.....: JL ' A . :.: - ~Ab.. ;! ....... r■£*■.. - _ ' ■*■' "fc '"'".:■" ■A ;| "a/ f '"■■ ',-'.■ ''..- . ' ... '-. ' •;. / _*'_f:_f'*S &" -:: .:m''- b "\. '.'/. I':- ;V.fy» ■' br



mH E HAYMA RXE T. Tho Holidays will prevent Salea being held on FRIDAYS tor tiio noxt two weeks. ALFRED BUCKLAND. ■WBt MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1886, ANNUAL SALE oF-HOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS, MARES, AND DRAUGHT HORSES, TIIE PROPERTY OF THE NEW ZEALAND STUD AND PEDIGREE COMPANY. MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN, In conjunction with MR ALFRED BUCKLAND, HAVE received instructions from the New Zealand Stud and Po3lgree Btoek Co. to bold their SECOND ANNUAL SALE OF THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS, MARES, AND DRAUGHT HORSES, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885, ON THE GROUNDS OF THE AUCKLAND AGRI CULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION, When thoy will dispose of about fifty horses, Catalogues of which are to be Been at the Star Office, or will be forwarded on application to the Auctioneers. " The well-known pedigrees, together with the fashlonablo brooding of tlio Company, requires no comment from tho Auctioneers, but this opportunity must recommend Itself to everyone desirous of obtaining really good blood. A SELECTION OF DRAUGHT FILLIES AND GELDINGS. SPECIAL TRAINS AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Luncheon at One o'clock. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7. WOOL SALE. THE Undersigned will hold his Third Salo on Wednesday, 7th January, consist ing of 400 B A L X s' ALFRED BUCKLAND. iIOUNTRY CATTLE SALES. PAPAKURA, WEDNESDAY, Deo. 31 ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMARKET. ' SALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES. TALLOW, HAY, and STRAW, each TUESDAY, at 13 o'olook. ALFRED BUCKLAND, — DRINK — NELSON, MOATE, & CO.'S GOLD MEDAL PURE BLENDED TEAS. FRIGES: 2/- 2/4 2/8 3/- 3/4 4/- FOR PRESS OPINIONS AND ANALYSIS SEE CIRCULAR. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT OUB NAME ON. AUCKLAND BRANCH AGENCIES: ALEXANDRA _ _ A_bln,Job_ AVONDALB ._ _ Peok,H. BUCKLANDS - _ Walker, Thoe. CAMBRIDGE - - Rold, W. HAMILTON EAST -. L-Quesne, P. HAMILTON WEST - Knox, John HELENSVILLE-. - MoLeod. P. and 3. HUNTLY - - - Friar and Davtei KAWAKAWA - - Klrkpatrlck, W. 3. -IHIKIHI- _ - E__,J. W. KTNGSLAND _ - Letts, W. M. KOPURU ..-. _ - Kopurn Saw Mill Co. MOUNT EDEN - - Surman, a MOUNT EDEN.. _ Badger, R Mt.rOSKILLHOAD.. Rollett,Geo. • MONGONUI - _. Wyles, Robert „ NEWTON .1 - _ StevM_oiv-B r"'" NGARUAWAHIA _ Fj*»«-an_ Davlea NORTH SHORB^.- -- Johnston, W. NORTHCOT-""- - Porter Bros. oatUPO .. - - Edwards, J. T. ONEHUNGA _ _ Moody, Geo. OTAHUHU - „ Hall, J. PAEROA - - - Robson, J. M. PARNELL.. - _ Marriott, M. PONSONBY . - Field, H PONSONBY _ - Hawthorn, R» PONSONBY - - Young, W.H. POKENO .. ■ — - Campbell, T. RANGH-RI _ _ Gerrard, Jamss TAUPERI .. _•■•<"_ Love_,W.H.M. TAURANGA - '_ Bodell, James TEAWAMUTU . SUchbury. J. A. THAMES - .. - Hansen, J. E. TUAKAU - - - Walker, Thos. WADE - - - Dium, S. WAIORONGOMAI . Boppett, J. WHANGARBI _ _ Conyngham and Co. WOODLANDS - - Walkato Land Asao oiattoo NELSON, MOATE, & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETADY TEA MERCHANTS. BLENDERS, AND IMPORTERS, OHRISTCHUROH, DUNEDIN, WELLINOTON, AND t56, QUEEN-ST., Auckland TEAy Unrivalled /ty'/ is /O/ o v n/w I'M* \ fCOj ABOUNDING A*m'*/ aO/ « : Strength '"y 'A* -\ \ ' -b ,'_ r > ■■••■■'■ : ■'■; i-.A*' . ..• ■' '■■'",.! .','' % v ,'. ''•'•■'. >^..- -* ■'- b *-»r,. ''/A':..." A - ■'-'/-.'.'■ :v: '/_ ".',' -**V *'■'.;.. *



INSPECT BEFOKE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. V W. GULLIVER, Queen Street. / & V The best / y^> / PROPERTY. /£}/ $< In the /y 7 / ®V_Y® MARKET / jCY / ffl?P_ — //*/ ALLOTMENTS, 6(3 x 132./ /W / / <y / Terms very easy. MOUNT EDEN WM>//y\/ /Cy / Title—Land Transfer. ifEtJ / / Roads 66 feet wide. /&/ — / I) / INSPECT BEFORE PURCHASING BLSEWHEKB. / J" / ■ SrT / APPLY / W. GULLIVER Queen Street. SAMUEL P A R X E X, VICTORIA-STREET, EAST (LATE WELLLESLEY-STREET). THE CHEAPEST SELECTION of GASFITTINGS IN THE AUCKLAND PROVINCE. 2-LIGHT CHANDALIERS SINGLE CORKSLIDES 3-LIGHT CHANDALIERS DOUBLE CORKSLIDES 4-LIGIIT CHANDALIERS SINGLE BRACKETS 5-LIGHT CHANDALIERS SCROLL BRACKETS C-LIGHT CHANDALIERS GLASS BRACKETS MAGNIFICENT GLASS CHANDALIERS. PURCHASERS OF ABOVE SHOULD CALL AND SEE THE LARGE AND VARIED STOCK. SAMUEL PARKER'S, VICTORIA-STREET EAST. THIS WONDERPUIi j / Latest Improvement* Valuable Appliances. Ten Team' I Ouarantaa. Patent A_tom*ttc Winder. Patent Drop-Bollara. arilfillO \Patent _oo_e-Wln_l_g-WlieaJ. Patent Thread Beleaaer. War. St Will U lth«m Maonlnaa kapt In Banalra for thraa yaara rjtM 0» wbiyiiw JoitlAßOa niurtfflrtifl CMtalotuaa and Bamplaa ofWorkrraa MAPUIIir_I/ft^* 1 ~TH:lE WBBTHBIM SEWING WACHIHE AOENCT. mAUMIH9iw. J. BEALE, 170, queen*^^.



JB. B L i. I X I 8.. • Victoria-street, IMPORTER OF BUILDEIRS" & FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY DIRECT FBOM MANKFAOTUBEBS, Has For Sale, at Ik>w Ratea, Carpontorß' Tools Kalis. Locks, Hinges Kltohen Ranges Reglstor Orates, in great Variety Marble and Enamelled Blato Mantelpleooe (Largest Stock in Auckland) Marble, Electroplate, Curb, and other Fenders Gal vanlaed Iron, Sheet Leai. and Zlno Slate, Cement, and Plaster.! inspection"lnvited. LIGHT HARNESS HORSES, SADDLE HORSES, and all kinds of SPRING VEHICLES. Hired, Bonsht, and Sold, at CROWTHER'S VICTORIA STABLEa Wal ■^■T^trea* | D. E T l * * OUNMAKKR, ,^ W QUBBK • SIUII, S. osmsr^^ auoki_jpi» %»S^W' (OPPoaltathe City MarktH. g^^P^^^V *W_B_tSH_D 1891, __^_ii^^_l Intending Buyers should In-' mtytfaWmf 1 a >leo> thß i-arsb stock ot W^WS^-^ Broooh and Maude-loading «__><'4__l °nnfl OD hbDd- Th°r "in sex aEfewfls the best talcv in Auokland, me.Wgmf Every gun thoroughly examin wE&M *&■ BDd ffuarMteed before dell mkW Hammeriesa Suns, with Slemeni BP* Patent Steel Barrels, 13 and 20 gauge | &jM Silver's Patent Anti-recoil ButtPlatem SSffl Wsbley's Bull Dog and Irish Consta- WSm bularyßeTolrera, also his New Patent _____&& Self-extracting Revolver; Eynooh's J$H Patent " Perfect" Reloading Metallic rafjS Cartridge Casea and Crimpers; Eley's i||| Revolver Ammunition and Metallic Cartridge Casea; Newcastle Chilled Shot | Curtis, and Harvey and P _ou Wilk'a and Laurence's Gunpowder; Kiev's Wadding and Cartridge Cases; Powder Flasks, Shot Pouohes, Same Bags, Gun Cases. Cartridge Belts, Gn_ Oil, Tow for Gun Cleaning, Ferret Muscles and Bella, Saloon Rlnes, Air Canes, Breeoh-loadiaa Implements, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, link worki. REPAIRS, Inoluding Brown_g and R* rtooklng, specially attended to, and iatisfaoUea nTT VTTT «M. Qc- »"2*- WH. SKINNER AND SON, • Builders^ Carpenters, and Joiners, rulcanLana Ul Branohesof the Bulldin? Trade ezeouted bj Experienced Workmen^; ShOD Fronta. Offl<« Fittings. *_ Ll . ■ 1 *. TNOER, PAPER RULSR, , -» _ __uwFAcm___a«, -■ " BTAH " OFFIO-L ''NT BOOKS, -*_ Boon TJ, 'Sun-



I "NOTICE TO GUMDIGGERS. Any Persons found TRESPASSING on tny Land, situated In Matakohb and Omarv Parishes, for GUMDIGGING OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, will be prosecuted. H. BRETT. TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR BOYS' AND YOUTHS' BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. THBIB BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SCHOOL SUITS ABX SPECIALLY GOOD-THE MATERIALS BEINO MOST DURABLE, WHILE THE PRICES ARE WONDERFULLY LOW. AUCKLAND BRANCH : 168 AND 160, QOBBN-STBKKT, And at Albbbt-stbbet, Thames. J. FITZSIMONS, Branch Manager. TP E A C 0 C X, • OPTICIAN, MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, Shobtland-btbbet. ALWAYS IN STOCK- Spectacles and Eye-glasses of every kind; an accurate fit guaranteed Opera Glasses of superior quality Telescopes, Binocular Field Glasses and Microscopes, powerful and cheap Theodolites, Mining Compasses, Drainage Abney Levels, Prismatio Compasses - Drawing Instruments, Scales, Parallel Rulers Ships' Logs Sextants, Compasses, Binnacles Barometers. Thermometers, Hydrometers Electric Bells, Batteries, and Fittings Magnetic and Galvanic Medical Machines Magic Lanterns and Slides, Hand Magnifiers Stereoscopes and Slides, Graphoscopes Steam Guages and Tubing, Salinometers Amateur Photographic Cameras JUST RECEIVED-Self-registering Aneroid Barometers "VSTBT/MENTS OF EVERY KIND REPAIRED. "°OSITE THE POST-OFFICE. .:' , • .rr-T --



T.&S.MORRm&Oo. XiI_^[ITED- Furnishing Ironmongers and Ship Chandlers, QUEEN STRRET. T. & S. MORRIN & CO., Limited, Have now unpacked THIS SEASON'S STOCK of KEROSENE COOKING STOVES, ETC., * comprising a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the most useful sizes, etc. NO SMOKE. NO SMELL. A8 KFNEOTIVK AS QAB AND MORE ECONOMICAL. Genuine English and American Electro-plated Ware. Now on View, a beautiful selection of Useful and Ornamental Articles, suitable for Christmas Gifts, Sports, etc., etc. ICECREAMFREEZERS 1 ICE CREAM FREEZERS I ICE CREAM FREEZERS 1 T. & S. MOERIN & CO., LIMXT-EIE). QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. SMITH & CAUGHEY/ . Having disposed of the lease of their UPPER / S^J QUEEN STREET PREMISES, and as the / / / _^_^% / Purchasers, according to agreement, must hare / l^/ / immediate possession, it is found necessary / / to remove the ENTIRE STOCK imme- / *^ / diately to their NEW AND CENTRAL /pU j PREMISES, / JOT / IQI I 239, QTJB-EIIT STRB3__JT SI / / (Late Mrs. J, Smith) I i J I '*** / Where it will be re-marked and / /// //-«*, offered for SALE at such / /// / EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS/ {V / WF from original prices as must / yL^ / /Jn speedily turn it into money. / fj* I jliW 0T In closing these pre- / /7/ / misesit is the intention of f.'fff. I S. and C. to concentrate / *0^ / <j«he the whole of their at- / 2^ I character of SMITH tention to the develop- / \_/' / & CAUGHEY'S Stock ment of their business / /as to q Ua iity is so well a* / /^* / known by the Auckland 23 9, / JjV/ / Public that comment on QUEEN STREET / D / ._. / vV / this score is unnecessary. (Late Mr.. J. Smith). /£7 / / J They would, however, direct / / attention to the fact that IT IS . I J ALMOST ENTIRELY NEW AND SEASON ji I **J^ I ABLEj and was purchased on mfol / / the best CASH TERMS for the Sum yVn j£\ I mer Trade of 1884-85, and under Vfl / / the most favourable circumstances. / / THIS /GREAT SPECIAL SALE / C_J / jMi. SMITH & CAUGHEY, f^j /DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, SILK MERGERS, O / WHOLESALE AND KETAIL, A. """ OTo':nr AND AT N|VVMARKET.



/CHRISTMAS "El R U ITB, Cable Address: I Telephone Exchange: i "Kagle-," Auckland. I No. 65. 1 JOHN BUCHANAN, ■! WHOLESALE 6K 0 CER. TEA, COFEE, SPICE, and PROVISION \. MERCHANT, i • .- • „/' CUSTOMS-STREET, . AUCKIiAND, Begs to announce that he has ; JUST RECEIVED, Ex s.s. Coptio, HIS .-! FIRST SHIPMENT OE NEW C SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW-, SEASON'S FRUITS, - aflWfe" SEASON'S FRUITS,1 PmOTT- SEASON'S FRUITS, ! NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, v NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITSi ;t; NEW' SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW . SEASON'S FRUITS,' comprising— b':b'b. - : :.'- MUSCATEL 'RAISINS ■ . - ;' f . ,": r ;:g| SULTANA 'RAISINS.','' '. V,'.'.! '=®||j IMPERIAL FRENCH .PLUMS ELEME FIGS CURRANTS ' TO ARRIVE (expected in a few days), Ex s.s. Kaikotjba, ' ■ BARCELONA NUTS JORDAN ALMONDS SHELL ALMONDS VALENCIA RAISINS SAMPLES ON VIEW AT THE WAREHOUSE. ■' ' \AbA r-r-bb ■ ■ JOHN X» UCHA NA N, • CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. :..;;-.,' ■ ■ / , DREW & C CV „ SEAMAN'S OUTFITTING ■ ■_ AND JEWELLERY KSTABUSHMBNT :,; (Under Sailors' Rest), WHARF, AUCKLAND. And at Elizabeth-street, Melbourne. READ. READ. READ. _ „ . Ihe Far-tamed Erhardt Hunting Englp Later, in Sterling Sliver Cases, at «Slte,eaob. Ihe World-renowned Rotherham EngllM Lever, £A 10s. Waltham Levers, £3. _ __ American Hunting Levers, in Silver Oases, *2» ,i Ladleß' Gold and Siver Goods at Unheard Prices- :> i REMEMBER. REMEMBER. Every Watch Guaranteed for three years*. ; --..^ Sent to any part of New Zealand Post Free. A Competent Workman kept on the premlPM (or all kinds ot Repairs at Melbourne Charges. Pleaso forward Post-office Order. •;' Note the address— DREW & CO., , WHARF, AUCKLAND. A_4 EUZABETH-STRBBT MELBOURNE.