The Auckland Evening Star.

VOL. XXVI.-NO 4 474

AUCKLAIND, N.Z., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IG 1884

PRIGiS: ONE PEJNNtf



Sbippine» fes*V^*«« TTNION STEAMSHIP Br^gnUl I) COMPANY OF NEW d?!*pSi aVvLAW (LIMITKD). ■If TorK-TABI.E.— SKPTKMDEH. COASI' FORTH ifromManukan). Steamer. | Pato of bailing. | t,.^. Hawra^ rwca7l7.Ba.m. I 7.15 a.m. Rotokua On arrival of mail I = __ VVELIjINGTON, E53g6L I -. —-puTMmjmußNa (via mcFifi. ES^ ! : JmiTdUVA AND LKVUKA. -^mffIS^ORN^NAPIKR. AND WKL docTH.CROSS I Thurs.. IS. 5 p.m. I — FOR SYDNEY. Waiuoha I Tnos.. 23.5 p.m. I — FOlt KUSSELL. ThAxau I Wed., 17.5 p.m. I — Cargo muHt bo booked and alongside Two Hours before advortised time of doparture. Paaaiwo Tloketa inu3t be taken at the Com n&ny'n Ofllno (Auckland Branoh), Palmerston Buildings, corner of Queen and Customs-streets. ~J- /i KIKNI LINE. J" Und«r contract with tho New *a«SS&K^^ > south vvalea Government foi Uii? conveyance ot Mailx. Tho following Stcamahips bol»nglng to thi Orient Co. and Uie iJ:ioitlc Co. will leavi mYONKY and Mh.LIi<UiRNK on tho under rti.«iiioned daten for 1/)NI>ON. vin ADELAJDK UJKRO. GARCIA (at stoamur's option*. SUK? ■nd NAPLKSj- Steamer. From Sydney. From Melb'urne. Cuzco Sept. 13 Sept. 19 Liguria Sept. 27 Oct. 3 Iberia Oct. 11 Oot. 17 Potosi Oct 25 0ct.31 " : Aid lortnlgntly thereafter. Throngh fares to London, toi to Alt. i'asabnuera securo special advantages to booking through from Now Zealand. Scoond olaas passongors by Oririt steamer are provided with saloon paseases to Sydney or Melbourne. NAPLKS3 TO LONDON- by Rail.—Speoia! arransementa made with Messrs Cook and Soni ir the issue of thronch tickets at greatly re "PASSAGES FROM LONDON.-SpoolalfaoUl- Ace afforded for bringing out Friends md Relatives by pre-payment of the passase-nxmoy 11HPKCIAL RETURN TICKETS, available for i 3 months, aro issued at tho following rates :— First Saloon _ _ - - £UT .Second Saloon „...._ £77 PARCELS BOOKED THROUGH to LON DON t.t Raducod Rates. «V>r further particulars apply to UNION 3TKAMSHIP COMPANY OF NKW ZKALAN;j (LIMITED), Azontß In Now Zealand. As^Liir <*I T*^1 to~londw. <^^SOBL*PENINSULAR&bRIENTAL JSSnSBgZSnfr STEAM NAVIGATION company. FOR LONDON DIItKCT. Leave Leave Steamer, Sydney. Melbourne. . _____ jjjjg- jggj ROME.. Vlaßomba? Sept. 17 Sept. 23 Shannon ~ Oet% 8 Oct. 9 Cathvy „ Oct. 17 Oct. 23 PA_£_M_.rrA I: Oct. SI Nov. 6 Carthaoe Via Colombo Not-. U Nov. 20 Mirzapoke „ 5 0V- 1 2|R^'t_ fliT.-nr= Dec. 12 Dec. 1« Kt__m?E I! Dec. 20 Jan. 1,1885 And thencetoi'ward evory alternate week. 'Ptuxevnevt ekS rarao booked to London, Mar *e_J_l " wly, ifey^Tlnolo, China, and Japa* SlfpanMnsfara at o.Bpec_Uy low rates. Uioaj ■smorvod scoommodatioD «an be obisinedln thb TSnVerTb^-ine a» A.*la__ ««• gseoial advantagea. fc ;«, Qaeea-atreet, Auckland. P—~ -\TOKTHERN STEAM i.I SHIP CO. (LIMITEDJ. TIMB-TABI—.—SBFTE—HSU. (Weather and other Ciioum stances Permitting.) FROM OUBBN'-SrREET WHARF. i,pß TAURANGA p AND g BAY OF PLENTY BTBAW-K. I PATB OT BAUJWa- Wellington I Thursday, 18. 7 p.m. Olenela I Monday. 22.5 p.m. Glenelg Thursday. 25. o p.m. WfilUneton I Monday, 29,7 p.m. , conneote atTauranga for Opotlki iStaffa ■^Sdßay of Plenty Ports every I Tuesday. AITO MAggOKTJI. Wellington I Monday, 22, 7 p.m. n-lan nig I Monday, 29.6 p.m. . FOB WHANOAIU-, WHANOABBI HEADS, AHB IVL ANB AF AI » MMPTfigor I Every Tuesday. 7 p.m. SI,r~VV_ANOAKEI ASD WHAHOARBI HBADB y Atf"r_g passengers and cargo for Wolpul. yF^^~TEvery Tue^ay and Friday.7 p.m. ~^^^»ffl!_____ " " Thursday, 18. i p.m. M irereeor Monday, 22, t p.m. ilacgregor Thurgday> noon Monday, 29. i P-m, __M£B»SB_a" fjn^ | Every Wfidneaday, fpT«> 1 BVIK MBBOPBY BAY AND T_JBj4.___ g-—^ f-KverrMonday and Thursday. 1 ■ m r -\TtrAIUKU~Airo ONE- Jtr**Ldr l/y HUNGA STEAM jmlmM, CTGtATIOM c - (UimTm>)' XIMB TABLE.-5.3. MANOKAU. 19— Fridayffor Manukau _ v(forManukau — Mftnaeing Director. j' C3TBA—I "SO TOAMBS, ' TIME TABL2 . gRCM APCKLANDI f Hotomahana | Enterprise I A. Milbank SaLj_3pjn^____-L-—-— t m " FROM"'I .HA_—ia. , ■ r555i-5-SrSte.-?riy»; M*""* Tm^Ti ~ Uv-™ L ,' _ Wed. flp.m. L - Thurs. I - l | 6p.m l I __ -ilsofetrglnK t'lv?.^ t°^j H & riNMK Amenta. ~—". q sTcOKOMANDBL. j" PARKER. MASTER. "TIME TABfc-. Wedneaday^n.Wnoon Thllrßdft y i ig, 12 noon : Jriday, 19, 2p.m. Satur day, 20,12 noon.



olp Hi, .N KVV /, V, A I LAND SHIPPINO ■ ■< riH COMPANY'S UNE. U-" * Ai K-KOULAR MONTHLY :' J '■'■Si r°i-'i i>niKV/i\>rKAM i.isv. f^m^' "is Tho following Magnificent Full-powered Htfiamore will be dennatahnd as under:— Aorangi 4,200 Lyttelton Soptcmber Doric 1.753 .. October Ruapkhu 4,200 .. November Tonhabiro 1,200 .. December The above are all new Bteamors, built of steel, »nd commanded by men of groat'experlence. The passenger accommodation is replete with every modern convenience, and the dietary scale suoh as will sustain the well-earned repu tation of tho Company. The homeward route will be via the Straits of Magellan (if weather permit), and the time occupied is not expected to exceed 45 days. An experienced surgeon will accompany each Jteamor, Passage Money: Saloon, from 60 guineas up wards; second cabin, 10 guineas; stoeraga, from 18 to 20 guineas. For further particulars apply to AUCKLAND OFFICE^ V O R BALD, JO, Cutter GIPSY, 37 tonß "^gJS^JVrrfJlr Scow GHOST, 38 tons register. Tho above vessels aro in thorough good order, having boon recently overhauled. For particulars apply to tho NEW ZKALAND TIMBER Co. (Ltd.) Cußtoma-Btroet West a * mHE NEW ZEALAND JL SHIPPING COM- "glenmork, from london. All Claims and Accounts against the abovo named vessel in respect of her inward cargo must bo rendered in tkiplicatk to tho under signed on or before 18th instant, at noon, other wise they cannot be recognised. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED), AgenU. a /£ 17^011 NEWCASTLE J%&feiC& X) DIRECT. -"^^^y**^^* Tho Al Clipper Barquo loongana (G. M. Evans, Mastor). will aail for tho above port direct on SATUR DAY noxt, the 20th inst. For freight or passage ripply to J_ STONE BROS.. Agents. A t s£^ "OAKQUJE CLARIBEL. Tho above Barque ia now '^gfaSgaMggg disclnu-King Cargo. Consig 4<^^BWS»**^delivcry immediately. All Goods not removed from the wharf at five o'clock will be stored at Consignees' risk and expense. AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND MER CANTILE COMPANY (LIMITED). September lotl^ j ye QAEAH AND MARY, y^&rA >5 URIGANTI.VE, FROM s&^sk~h£n- DUNBDIN.-Thoabove vessel "^&^^C~^3L having entered in at tho Ciu: -*sSs^^^^S»to!na-l'oll9'"Jncea'lrerecllie9''-<' presont Bills of Lading pay Freight, and übtain Delivery Orders. Cargo impeding Dischargoof Vessel will bo stored at Consignees' risk and expenso. Goods will bo at Consignees' risk after leaving ship's slings. E. MITCHELSON & CO., Agonts. Auckland, Sept. 15. 1881. yrfjjfe^fS". k5» S. TTAITAKI Jf||siyES||£il2 tons roßistor, 120 h.p., will '■3s§§s&>E3P?be despatched to WHANGAREI, WHANGARKI HEADS, MANGAWAI, AND PARUA BAY, From Auckland, every TUESDAY and FRI DAX, at 8 p.m., from Queen-Btroet Wharf. Cargo will be received at Kaino Coal Depot, Railway Wharf, as heretofore. FR6M WHANGAREI: SSPTKMnKR. Thursday IS, 4 p.m. Monday, 22. 9.30 a.m. Thursday, 25,10 a.m. A. COACH meets the Steamer at Whangare Hoads. and runs to Waipu. Fares— Whangarol, Mangapai, and Parua Bay Saloon, 10s; Return, 15a. Steerage, 6a; Leturn, 103. WhangareiHeads: Saloon, 7s 6d; teerago.^ Mo COLUEBy COMPANY (Limited), Agents. Office i Ua. Queen-street, opposite Firth's Mill. TjT O E SALE. Brigantino NORA, 215 tons register; built 1883; now in harbour. Brigantine LOUIS MONTGOMERY. 209 tons register; built 1880 duo here about August 20. ■Jarque CLAEIBEL, 421 tons register; built 1876. The above Vessels aro all Al English Lloyds. UcKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE CO. (LIMITBD). July 24.1884. Insurance. HE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. ASSETS OVER £11,000,000. New Assurance, 1883, nearly .£17,000,000 Assurance in force exceeds »7,000,0uu SURPLUS OVER £2,500,000. ANNUAL CASH BONUSES from tho Start Upon the HUT "Ab SYSTEM. PROFITS belong Exclusively to Policy-holders. THE TONTINE POLICIES Issued by tho Equitable offer EXTRAORDINARY ADVANTAGES To tho Assured. CLAIMS PAID pfMEDIATELY on PROOF At the Auckland Branch Office, Loan and Mercantile Buildings, Queen-street LETTERS FROM TONTINE POLICY HOLDERS. The following letter was written by tho Prosl dent of tho City National Bank of Dayton. Ohio, who is also we'll knowif as the proprietor as the largest flouring mill m the State : ' " NEW YORK, March 7,1884. "C. E. TILLINGHAST, EB«., "General Agent, Columbus, Ohio. "I>pn.r Sir --Being in New York on. business amount-Yours fiuly. flg ~ Titf following letter was addressed to we mamiVr "nil" Agency of TH> tguiTABLB at Liverpool. England: " Holes Bbrthom & Co., Cotton Brokers. >' \, Windsor Buildings. Georeß! l')^ •'Liverpool, February 6,1881. " Gboiuje W. Shaw, Esq. •< nnnr Sir —I beg to acKnowJedgo the receipt No 471 TonUue Period of 10 years, having •"""Vam^woi'i Pleased with tho results, and I r^3pectfuljy, j_ BEBTO ia." The writer of ft/piwins l««or is of Hie firm of Wallace and Company, . maWac ! i u'e n ri of chocolate and French sonfecfioncry, 29 and 31, Coitlandt-street, , _,^ IRS , •• New York, April Btt>, 18»*. "H. B. Hyde, Esq., President Equitablp LHo Assurance Society. , , . "Dear Sir,-In reply to your circular or ut inst., I elect to draw tho whole amount of the accumulated dividend in cash, and continue my palter- paying premium as heretofore. In fact, a^te^Ulfy n.e^iAM.L. WALLACE." N.8.-Intending lrjSinera and tho Senerol Puolic ay.) requested to note that this :? iflS OnLY LIFE ASSIJRANGfe SOCIETY IS NKW ZKALAND that bas compl^te4 a TON TINE Pl-RIOD, and whose Published Esti mates ani founded on Actdal Data. The Society's Policies are Untrammelled wiOi any Unnecessary Conditions. ciITM P/ ID T~o EPRESENTATIVEB ny THR h% VT DEATH AND °-«S|V%% 'OS £15,000,000. J*£kS*£\ SM.G..M.L.G. fj fori-ed my I*Tv v, \ and Co. to G."% " nil attend to all roquiremcrfJ.



Land and Estate Agents. W. L. M ITCHELL LAND AND ESTATE AGENT. mercantile chambers (next hank 01 Nkw Zealand). Tet.ki'iione Exchange No. 109. FOE SALE: PAllNKLL—Excellent now House for £.115, ot leasehold, having nearly SO years to run, at ai: iiumml rental of *9. This is a really good house, very nicely situatod, and should com mand nn immediate buyer. Kasy terms ol payment can be arranged. NEW NORTH ROAD-Grand Leasehold Allot ments, at annual rentals of £6 10s, «7 103, and £8. To be sold at moderate premium. KINGSLAND ESTATE—A First-class Block comprising 2 excellent corners. The whole a kool frontage To an enterprising Huildei this will be sold in one lot on oisy terms, to allow a good margin of prellt .0 the buyer. MARKET GARDEN.-Ore of the handiest silo.s close to Town, near a Railway Station ; good black soil; partly fenced. This pro perty is ottered a bargain. To anyone want ing to establish a homo on aboutsix acres of ground, no better coutd bo selected. Price, £120-2 ACRES level ground, rich black soil, within live minutes' walk of Railway Station, or six Acres for £300. WAI KOMITI—The pet of an Estate, all fenced, Kood loamy soil; water on the property; almost adjoining llailwuy Station Only a few sections remaining; from tlO per acre. Small cash deposit, the balance on eaßy terms as may bo arranged. WAIKOIIU'I-Small Fauna, 10. 15. and 20 Acres. No d-nosit required if only buyers v ill occupy and improve. . AVONDALK- Some of the best Sections in this I'imdiy-rising township, to be sold onUuilding SluuN r AL.UWKT—Rich Volcanic Allotments — ill cleared of stones. Nice, warm, dry toil, situated on the main road, in the very cootro of the district. Good building sites from £90 and upwards. Doposit of JJlOonly required,or if buildings erected, all the purchase money can remain at 8 per cent. .SUBURBAN AND VILLA RESIDENCES. MOUNT ABLERT—2 acres aad House, 10 rooms. MO UNI' ALBERT—I acre and Houso, 9 rooms, MOUNT EDKN—S Vory Choice Residences, with srond allotments, at prices £470. £550, *600, ana £650. _ . „ MOUNT ALBERT—2 acres and Grand New House. MOUNT ALBERT —1} acres and 7-roomcd Houso. CITY AND MARINE VILLAS. Wai.lacr-stkkkt, Ponßonby—2 Houses, £.'OO and £550. COLLINOWOODSTBEET—3 HoUBCS. Ponsoniiv Road—Cheap House. Vkrmont-sthkkt—-Cood Corner, Now House, £150. Clahknok-stkkbt- 5-roomod Houso. St. Mauv's Road—Houao, £000. Puospkct-strkkt—House, £M 5. Lincoln-street—House, £500. IIEPUUitN-STREKT— House, £SOO. Wood-stkkbt—House, £900. Ghai'ion Road—House. £1.10. C'OMMicuciAl. Road—House, £280. UN.o.v-sTiieet—House. £350. Kussisll-htheet—House., *250. UEItKSfOIIDSTUKKT—House, &C HELENSVILLE—A vory compact block on this rising Township, cloao to Railway Station; well suited for building purposes, and sure to iuurcusu in value. This is a good investment to anyone, and will bo sold at a cheap rate to clear the lot. SUSSEX -STREET NEWTON-Vory good Cotitixo of 5 rooms, well finished. £3UO. CHEAP ALLOTMENT —Kiugsland Estate. ALLOTMENTS-Mount Eden Road. £7 per foot; Sussex-street, 10s pcrfoot; Mount Eden, 4;'« and ooi por foot; Poneonby. £1 to £ti per foot; Lincoln-street, £3 to £1 por foot; Pousonuy Road, £15 per foot; Northcotc, from HI per foot, and upward*. I'U ivKICOHE—A Grand Fa-m of 80 Acres, clo;o to Cheese Factory, a<:Kiiowlcdgvd to be tho be t in the district. TUAKAU-A First-class Farm of 110 Acre*. NKW LYNN — One of tho Choicost Little Farms ia tho District, with Good Orchard, which will, in two yours, come into grand BUtICKNHEAD-Tho coming season will mark a steady demand for this improving district. 1 have several choice Fruit-growing lurnis now oilering. and my clients will do well to take early ail vantage of ihe season just open ing Home of tho best Buildint Silos close to the Wharf are now on Sale, for which very easy terms can be made. . GL \DSTuNE—Adjoining the Nonhcoto Puolic School. Twenty minutes' walk from Wharf. A gracd lot of 7 acros, all in cultivation, with dwelling newly erected, to be sold very cheap. 520 ACRKS-A very superior Farm on the Thanv s-Rotorua railway, mostly improved, KARANgIhTi?E ROAD (City)-I offer for a few days only somp ot the best frontages In the moat central part of this rapidly-improving thoroughfare W. L. MIICHEL L, ESTATK' AGENT, QUKKN-BTREET. pHAS. XT QBMOND, LAND AND MONETARY AGENT, 116, Qdeem-stbhet (Adjoining B. Tonks and Co. 8). TELEPHONE-NO. 188. National Bank of New Zealand (Limited). Mortgages and Loans Negotiated. Rents and Interests Collected. Monoy Invested on First-olasß BeottriUes without oharge. Estates managed for absentees. Valuations and Arbitrations undertaken. Native Land affairs specially understood. Houses to Let and Properties for Sale ptaoed on my list free of charge. Every description of landed property bought or sold to order. Large sums to lend on flrat-clasa BeouriHee. pI T V pROPEB TIX 8. £475 -VERY CONVENIENT 7-ROOMED HOUSE, commanding grand view of the harbour; gas and water laid on ; every requi site; terra* to suit; 10 minutes' walk from 8-ROOMED HOUSE; gas and water and every convenience; dose PONdOJ«BY IffLpaltor Terraoe)-An Allot ssswrftf w,at - * lareoand commodious Store, builtof Conorete and Briok, with large Dry Cellars, on an Al rl_™ ( iff fßat by 82 feet 8 Inches. Buildings ittiSed about £1500; tho allotment worth at toutCK Tper foot. With first-class terms. SYMONDS^TREET-AJlotmentffl >: lOO.ln the Prioe. £400. with terms, TOT "■ ONE FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE, North«o_s ono Soven-roomod House, Picton-streot: one Sovon-roomed House (furnished), Kyber Paw. QUBU RB A N pROPERTIES. PONSONBY (Arthnr-Btreet)— Large. and Con venient House of 8 rooms and bath-room. IBe rooms arc lofty and well fitted. Price for the house and throe allotments, £1000. MOUNT EDEN-First-class 7-Roomea House, with detached wash-house, and all necessary OttJ§JuUdings on Allotment MOf eetdoopha* 2 good (mntagea. Prioe, £020, with (rood NORTH SHORE-Twp flrst-ojssu Allotment, M^anmA%ry>jriW F%. V^'S r^glOflWJtFi'cWw tfi%6 wjjarf. £3 l» per em FOR AN SROOMED JK>USB and good near Mr Moriay's Sttjie qjj the Great North Road. A ohanoe seldom met NOKTHCOTE-CIBO for a New Four-RpQmod COTTAGE and a very Large Allotment, situ £7a^ALLOTMENTaldJoinin g the above;easy M_sßl_£s22fc™tfWSlt. of 2} acres for a residence, situated on rising (fTOU"") oom manding one of the grandest viewp in the neighborhood of Auckland. This site must be seen to be appreciated. Price. £200. BIRKENHEAD-Ten Aores, largja roadfront age, a lot of large kauri trees. TPrloe, £32 10a plr acre (adjoining property from £30 per acre to £50). This property is an espeolal bargain; COTTAGE convenient distance from town; Mount Eden district; every convenience, and £rSovvtl} p'Srcfwao ONE of the NICEST SITES "tSt Va ¥«&'S RESIDENCE to be obtained near Auckland: ftp sine of tho site M 7ufT bC l ?ts^?(»Road ) -A good MOUNT ROSKLLL-10 Acres Voloanlo Land, wr> i JNT ROSKILL—I have a lot of very oheai Slotoents toalT^tatfl which has only juei wme into the market. To working met of securing a good piece of land ol their o wii at a small oost, and with very easj Srms of payment it is a grand chance. if Sons wove only awai-e how vory rapidh Sowing, I have one or two pieces ofabout fly Sores ii extent, eminently adaptedfor tW turaosp. The prioes are tow, and terms easj Ha^KFEUSH-^Jne for sale, all the timber o tte banwofii deep praek; noexpense In get ting timber out, ' '



Land and Estate Agents, S& ESTATE/\Gf/Vcv HIGH-bTREKT, AUCKLAND. Conducted by MALCOLMSON AND DE LACY. Bankers: Tho Bank of New Zealand (Limited). THE ABOVE AGENCY is Establish© for tho Purpose of Buying, Selling, c Letting ot Houses, Farms, and Allotments, an For the tran.-m I ing of all kinds of Financil Business. We hu^ to state, in order to socuro the confi dunce of thu public, clients intrusting th Agency with their business may dopond upo: evory attention being paid to their require incuts. Monetary Advances for largo or small amount negotiated at current rates of interest on al kinds of security. Runts, Interests, nnd Accounts Collected, am Italians Aliimitjuil Tor iilisentcoa. Insurance, ollectcd. Pluns and Specifications for tho erection o buildings executed on the shortest notion. N.H.—A detailed List of Properties For Sal and To Lot in " The New Zealand Houso, Land Kstutu, and Finuncial Agency's" hands can bi seen ut tho übovo otllce, us tho Agency llnds 1 impossible to describe them within tho limits o an advertisement. NO SALE, NO CHARGE. Speoial advertisements, sco third page of thli paper. Trf ILLIAM GULLIVER HOUSE, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT. QUEEN-STREET. AI.I.OTMRNTB: Church-street, 3S x 100.0, H3 12a per foot Mount Roskill Road, 50 x US.G, £2 5s per foot Surrey Hills, £1 and £5 per foot Wharf Road, 10 x 100, £2 por foot Hulwer-ptroet, 40 x 1158, £2 5s per foot Arthur-stroet, SB x 100, £0 por foot Prospect-street, 80 x 100, £1 per foot Wallace-street, 80 i 218. £1 por foot Aa-ylo-Btrcet, £3 per foot Richmond Koad, 100 x 117, £2 158 por foot Cumin-street, 73 X 130. £! 10s per foot Twocd-strcet, 50 x 130, £1 per foot Shelly lioach Road, 60 x 100, £J por foot Projpect Terrace (Mount Eden)— Lots 50 Jt 178 * Johi'strect, several lots for £G0 each Cox streot, 10 x —, for £80 each fctuart-atr^ot, 27 x 110, for £80 each W. GULLIVER, QUICEN-STRKET. Dhas. Williamson, house, land. & financial agent HlOlI-KT., NKAK SIIOHTLAND-ST. Bankars t National Bank ot Now Zealand. TELEPHONE NUMBER-IW. RENTS and INTEREST Collected. MONEY Invested for Capitalists on First class Securities without chakok. Six per oenu allowed on deposits until invested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Nojttitlatsd. RUILDING SOCIETY SHARES Bought, ESTATES Managed for Absentoea, HOUSES TO LKT and PROPERTIES FOB SALE placed upon my Lists Free of Charge, ALLOTMENTS Bought and Houses Built on the Weekly Paymont Byßtom. BUH—»ING ALLOTMENTS FOR BALK AT PER TOOT!— Ireland-Btrcet, £5 Ellerslio, £2 Newmarket. 80s Hepburn-street 80< tandolph-uiroot Liprar Place, 80s )evonport. 10s Emmott-strect. 62s 6d Bercaford-BtrooJ. 6^B Conouost Place. B6 Howe-street, 100a William-street. BUb Shelly Beacn Road, 80s Cußtomhouse-street Northcote, 10b Fort-street (lease), BOs O'ConneU-stroet. 603 Fitzroy-Btreot, 60s • And In various other streets at low rates. JMUOO TO LUND, In Sums ot £lv and upwards on eood securitlos. WAIKOMITI—XoarIy 8 Acres For Sale. Suitable for poultry farm ; near railway station, £235—NEW HOUSE For Sato,corner of Edon Street: nllotmont, 35XDO. MOUNT KDKN — Faithfully-built Family Rcsldoncc of 8 rooms with 7 fireplaces; de tached wash-house, 2.000 gal). concreto tank; back ontrancu for bugST. £075, vory cheap. SURREY HILLS KSTATK—7-roomed House (now) For Sale; very convenient: £500. £2.'s—B'ive-roomcd Houso For Salo'in Uusull -Btrent. near Groat North Koad. KIXGSLAND—SeveraI Houaes ForSalo vary cheap, from £200 upwards. GEORGE-STREET. — Hight^roomcd House (Now) For Sulo, with largo allotment; £460; >ortion of money can remain on mortgage. RICHMOND ROAD.—Pretty Cottugo (Now) For Sale, with all conveniences; largo allot, mont: price. £220; a great bargain. £191.—New Four-roomod HOUSE For Sale in centre of olty (leasehold), £50 deposit; balance on deferred payments. £280.—New Four-roomed HOUSE For Salo in Howe-Btreet (freehold). £50 deposit: balance on deferred payments. 4600.-EXCELLENT FAMILY RESIDENCE of 7 rooms; bath-room, coal-shed, gas and olty water, gas stove: off Pitt-streot; a bargain. COMFORTABLE FAMILY RESIDENCES For Sale at Avondale and Onehunga, with few acres of land. £325—New flvo-roomed HOUSE For Sale In Fitzroy-streot; also the adjoining Allotment. HEPBURN-STREET— Eight-roomed House (new): teas and wator, fine view: £41)0. FIVE ACRES OF EXCELLENT LAND for Sale, near Western Springs; four miles from Auckland; admirably suited for villa resldenco, o- small ruarkot garden: water or land carriage. PRETTY VILLA RESIDENCE for Sals In Lincoln-street: gas, city wator, range; £335. WANTKD TO PURCHASE, Allotment wittt- Id five minutes of Queen-street MOUNT EDEN.-Genoral Store and Dwell lnff-h"U3e for Sale for £700. IflSO-TWO SHOPS and four DWELLING HOUSES lor Sale In Grey-street, with a large allotment, A decided bargain. Returns 20 pet cent, on investment. NEWMARKET.—S-roomed Houso For Salo in New-street: quite new; excellent well. £320. FRANKLIN ROAD.-6-roomed House and S Allotments For Sale; 2 frontages. A bargain. Coinfortabfe HOUSE For Sale in Sussex street. Newton Road. Small deposit only. £8 YEARLY—Allotments to be,; Leaped to Beresford-street for Long Term of Years. lonev lent to build with If desired. SPRING-STR&ET, Freeman's Bay-6-roomed House For Sale, well finished; city water, and all other conveniences. Price. £350. .. NELSON-STREET-2 Briok Seml-detaohed Villa Residences For Sale, with large allotment and fine view. Chanoe for speculator. KYBER PASS-New Shop and Dwelling house ot 5 rooms and souUery For Sale, in the iest Dosltion for business in this thorouahfare, NORTH SHORE.—New broomed House witn laree Bhed. £300; also, several other Houses. MOUNT EDEN—New Four-roomed House with bay window For Sale :volcanio soil. -IBS. PONSONBY—Six-roomed House and Stable. SSM Laree Six-roomed House for £400. WAITEMATA RIVER FRONTAGE-Land For Sale at £2 per acre, in large or small blocks. BRIGHTON ROAD, Parnell - Six-roomed House For Sole, allotment 40 x 100. Prioe £300. PONSONBY-New Six-roomed House ana Workshop For Sale; two allotments; two '^Jevonfort'^fVll"loo™,^ H<""»° ""d iaullery. Quite new: large allotment. Price 250 Grantl view of Auckland. ' £160-HOUSE and Allotment For Sala In Willlam-Btreet, near St. Jamos'B Churoh. HAMILTON (Waikato)-House and acie ol around For Sale, two minuteß' walk from Ban* t New Zealand, for £95. Lot 321. NORTHCOTB - Seven-roomed House, out building? &0.. and SO Aores of Land For Sale: rery CRoap. Grand viow of the harbour. DEVONPORT, Lake Road — Several verj choice Villa Sitoß For Sale, having road and sea rontagea, and possessing the fineßt landscape vrfpvrn tn ba found around Auckland, FARMS also For Sale at Waikomitl, Paremo remo. Waitakerei, Mahurangi, North Shore, "aoakura &o. Also, see List in "New Zealand Herald " and " Weekly News." OHAS. WILLIAMSON, U ttgrATK AQKNT. HIGH-STREET. Mrapery. /at <*>\ /_7 xA II it r» (( HOBSON-STREET j] \\ ymvt SJJ CASH AND DEFERRED PAYMENT TAILORS, DRAPERS, MILLINERS, MANTLE AND HABltf-MAKERS, hobson-strebt. Wo rosppctfully invite attention to our Larg Stock of NOVELTIES for the present Seosoa Our Great Vorioty and Choico of the Bel Fabrics, with the Skill and Talent we now en ploy and tho great success of our efforts to pr< luce Superior Garments, Perfect in Fit, an Unesicollcd in Cut and Style, gives us ever confidence in lcepcctfully soliciting the favor of a visit. All Tweoda thoroughly shrunk before being made up, and Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. * The Deferred Payment System has bee touid to be a great boon, by enabling thoi with limlfed incomes to procure necessaries I tlje easjept posoiplp s?Ojjr, ALL GOODS AReISrKED IN PLAIN ■^^ FIGURES. •Cash Customers receive 6 per pent. Dincov (one shilling In the pound sterling) on all paroc of 20s and upwards. 'nspection invited.



Money. ONEY TO LEND, in suniß of £25 and upwards, at current rates of interest. Apply to PETER OLIPHANT, Solicitor, High-street. MONEY TO LEND at current rates of interest.—Laishley and Jackson, Queon street, _T>O AikA TO L_N!> at current 3t/^«\rv'" rates of interest on free ' hold security. W. F. O'SULLIYAN, Shortland-slrect. MONEY TO LEND—The'Now Zealand Houao, Lund, Kulule and Financial Agency, High-street, Auckland, are prepared to lend money in Bums of £5 and upwards on Personal Socurlty, and on Freehold or Loase hold Properties, at lowest ratcß of Interest. Bills discouuted'aud Mortgages negotiated. ONEY~"TO~iEND, at a moderate rate of intoiest.—Apply to JACKSON _ P.US3ELL, d Solicitors, Shortland-Btreot. 'J __*O A FC A T0 LEND on Freehold S SW/V.-fcOV Security, at moderate rates of interests.—Apply to John Sopnei, I. House and Land Agent, No. 8, Queonuuoet. c TtyrONEY TO LEND, In large or umalJ n It I buiuh, at usual rates ot interest. >• J-"-*- CONNKLL & COO! Eft. Solicitors, Vulcan Lana. II _£*f*£\i\fl TO LEND in sume of from , 3t»OVW_soupwards.-ApplyWm.S. A Coohrane, Coohrane's Auction Mart, 185, Oueon -8 street. t \H ON_Y TO LEND, *t • modonfe I, "-CoHoltoa, Fort^tMaW ? \yfON_y TO LBNB, on Mortg«go, « ,f iri. Firatolusß Fi'e*hold Heonritiaß. 1 W. COLKMAN. SoUdtor, National Ingnnaoa BalUlno. s ti/fONEY LENT ON PROMISSORf . IVJ. NOTKH, HOUBKS, FURNTrURB. SB, ' BILLB DIScbuNTKD DAILY _ UOBTQAOSB NBQOTIATIIbI JOHN W. HARDU, Lahd, OoMumsww, inp Bbtaib Aoim, HIQH-BTRgBT, AcqKLAMD. XOH-NOB ON NBW YORK ilfi) LONDON, U tami lo rolt rORBAUC BT ARNOLD, HINKB, ft CO» Qtnet of Caitom-how and f orvrtretn. _ INDUSTRIAL Aim PROVIIVENT PER Corner of Queen-street and Vulcan Lane, DIVESTMENT DEPARTMENT. This Sooftty is now issuing: Ordinary Investing. Shares, carrying full rate of Interest and profit ««»«,. Paid-up Investing Shares of 420 each, carrying 7 per cent interest (payable half-yearly) and nartioipating in profits. <, DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on depoilte tor: , 12 months 6 per cent 6 months 5 por cent 7 days' notico. I per couL . BOUROWLNG DEPARTMENT. , The Bocioty odvanoes on Approved Froeholu and Leasehold Property to the extent of throe feurtha of the value. Borrowers may pay off part or the whole of i their mortgutfCß at any time. I Heduced fablo of Ratos and any furthor parti cuhim required may be obtained at the Bmuutj- \ Offlco*. QKQiioB FRABKR, Manager. , f ONDON MORTGAGE, LOAN, AND | _J DISCOUNT BANK. 50, BHORTLAND-STREET, Adokland (Oppositb A. Clark & Sons' Wahkhoots). And Little Collins-street, Melbourne. LOANB ARE ADVANCED FROM £10 TO £1,000. Upon personal, freehold, and leasehold security repayable ky Weekly, Monthly, or Quarter!) Instalments, at Lowest Currant ltato. Advances made on Furniture without removal. and all classes of Merchandise. I_ ANB Granted upon Lira Pouoiss, Lkq aoies. and Interests undeb Wiixa BHJJB DISCOUNTED AT CURRENT RATES Loans won Deposit of 1)kkl«. Repayment by Kasy Instalments. FORMS GRATIS. All communications and interviews held strlotl} confidential. . Bank of Knqland Notch Chwokd. UCKLAND iPERMANENT CO OPERATIVE *UILDING to INVEST I MENT SOCIETY. OrriOK! I*7, QUEKN-BTIIEBT. LOANS grantod upon approved securities ol Freehold or Leasehold Properties in Bums of 1 £20 to £8000, principal and intorest being repay > able In Instalments at the following Rkduceb Rateb tor repayment of cooh ClD' borrowed:— ! Bepaymentaoxtend-lp WMk I ToUU Amount ing over ~y eT weol£f Repayable. ' """ " c s. d. fl s. d. lrear _ ..200 101 0 0 Syeara _ .. 10 10 108 8 8 1 3yeari Z .. 14 7 113 15 0 1 Jyoara - .. 11 8 121 0 8 Byears .. .. 8 9 130 18 9 : Byears .... 7 1 H7 IS 9 lOyeors .... 6 3 162 IB 3 I And In the same proportion for smaller or larger loans. DEPOSITS.—The Society receives Mooey oi 1 Deposit: —Repayable at 7 days' notice, 6 pei oent por annum; repayable In fl months, 6 pe< ! °eotp °raM"un jQHN BATOBR, Seoretary. i T ONDON LOAN AND DISCOUNT ■ COMPANY, HIGH-STREET, NEXT TO ATKINS PRINTING OFFICE. £6 to 1,000. This Company grunts Loons on • PERSONAL SEC URITY OK 1 FREEHOLD AND BEASEHOLD . SECURITY ON ■ VIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGES, or on any available security, repayable in WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, 1 or In any way to nit the Borrower, Loans may be repaid at the rate of Sixpence per 1 week in {he Pound. BUI* Discounted at Current Rates. i Bank Ol England Notes and Anitrall_i Bank Notes Bought All communications striotly confidential. ! LONDON LOAN "AND DISCOUNT CO., HIGH-STREET I Of—lT TO ATKIN'g PRINTINO OmOB.) ; VICTORIA LOAN AND DISCOUNT i AGENCY, HIGH-STREET, AUCKLAND, I OHOBIII 0111 OOUNOB *U-Bia [ If ONEY ADVANCED IN BUMS Of £10 to £1000 ON | PERSONAL SECURITY, DEEDS OF PROPERTY, BOND WARRANTS, I SHARES, -0. ' REPAYMENTS OAK Bl HAD! N WEEKLY OH : OSBEB INBTALHBHIB l'O BDIT BOBBOWSBS, COMMUNICATIONS CONFIDKNTAI. POSTAL ADDRESS l BOX 80. THE COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIKTY LIMITED. AUCKLAND OFFICES : 139, QUEEN-STREET. DIRECTORS: Auckland.—J. M. Shera (Chairman), S. Thome George, F. J. Moss, M.H.R. Dunbdin.—E. J. Spence (Chairman), W. J. M. Larnach, C.M.G.. M.H.R.; Hon. Goorgo Mc- I I^ean, M.L.Ci Hon. Robert Stout, Premier. THE COLONIAL MUTUAL has added to all tho ordinary forms of Assurance SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, and is the only |« Colonial Lifo Office which ißSues TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICIES. ! The "Absolute" and "Modified" Tontine : Policies of the Colonial Mutual secure advan d tages not offerod b> any Foreign Company. 7 Colonial Mutual Policios are INCONTEST " ABLE FROM DATE OF ISSUE, being en tirely free from obnoxious conditions as to travelling, residence, occupation, mode of life, [ or manner of death, H. 8. H. LYALL, Secretary for New Zealand. m pHESTS OF DRAWERS II Very Handsome Chesta of Drawers, in Rich Mottled Kauri, are now selling at the foupwing prices forOwt-i-Tliß Doke of Ediubuigh Chest S Eight Drawers (the "bonnet drawer richly panelled with totara, bird, wdnm rewa> M 10s; FiveDraw«rChests,_t."Theabove arUplea nt h*ve always given great satlgfaoUon, and bo ds oome moreveantlftil with age. W. NORRJK, fop ol Shobtiand snunrr.



Business Notices. p A P E R HANGINGS AY. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED, EX LATE ARRIVALS 185-P A C X A G E S—lßs CONTAINING 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS. CONSISTING OF NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed-rooms, Hall anc Staircase, suitable for tho Mansion or Cottage. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS. AND BEST VALUK H.VER OFFERED IN PAPERUANGINGS. 91G—PACKAGES—916 SCRIMS AND HESSIANS PLATE AND SHJtKT GLASS, WHITE LKAD, OILS, TUKI'S, VARNISHES, ANl> ALL TItADK SUNDRIKd. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 95 AND 97, QUBBX-HTREET. I L L I A M ll'o MAS, Corner ot tome and VlotorU-itreett, Auckland East. MONUMENTAL, MARBLK, AND GENERAL STONEMASON, -RCHITEOTURAL SCULPTOR AND CARVER Inscription! Accurate and Beautiful. Monuments, Tombs, Headstones, and every dendption of Stone Work at tho Lowoit Poillblt Prioei Jor Town and Country, fU E N li E 11 a O .s HOl.'Utt. SHIP. tiICN, \S\> (IKNKU/ki l)_COltATlV'lt PAINTKK, Mn l< W » v n H 1 V - •■ >, r v •. piANOS. PIANOS. PIANO^ J. HOW DE N Wished to Inform those friends who are wailim for tho "RAPOLDI" I "RAPOLDI" PIANOS I PIANOS That ho is Landing Six, ex Deva. CALL EARLY AND SEE THKNEWPjmrJ PIANO, The latest Novelty Imported into New Zealand only 3ft. Jin. wido. NEXT BANK OF NKW ZKALAND W. L B V 8, BOOK BINDKR, PAPER RUUCR, ACCOUNT HOOK MANUFACTURER. Tmuuc noons abovb " btak " omox. MB-RCHANTS1 ACCOUNT BOOKS INSUHANCB AND MINING RKOISTKIt liOOEI Specially Ruucd and Bound. Vluslo, Magaxlnra, Public LJbrarica, and Bju. 4uy School Books wdl bound. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOK!- Blbles, Puycr and Hymn Uooka Ro-bound. * BAND AND OHQIR MUSIO BOOKI 'UUIJTD im 6 R~ s~~a l -^ At LOWEST Makket Rates I Rosin, Pitoh, and Tar Karosenc, I'nint, and Oliro Oils Champion's, Hoolt'a, and Storor's' Ganuin- White Load, in wood Muntz Metal mid Nails Lurge Stock of Canvas, viirloua brands Wiro Ropo, from 4} Inch to J inch Bolt Rope, ltciup, and Manilla Rope, al Patent Wlndlawi (wood). Frills, and Palls Anchors, from 16 cwt. to 10 lbs. Chains, from i inch to 1 inch. Colza and Fish Oil. D. fl. Mo KENZIE, lORT-STRKKT. TVJ OXICE.—In conscquencß of the (J Xl Groat Demand' for our Coupon /H Packets, and the great satisfaction ex -_ pressed upon all sides, we have decided to O continue them a little longer. Anyone Cutting Out this Coupon, and taking it &j with One Shilling to Mr T. E. CARTER'S, PICTORK FKAMK MaNUFACTDRBR, &C. PBB, Victoria-street, B doors above Albert street, Auckland, will bo givea one of hid O Beautiful Packets of Chromo Scraps, &0.. worth ss, suitable for Framing, Screen _- making, or Scap Book. Also, sent Post {J Freo to any address in New Zealand on Recolpt of Coupon and 14 Ponny Stamps. TW-EW STATIONERY BUSINESS. The mndersigned begs to inform the publlt •hat ho has Rsmovcd to premises two doors from the Bank of New Zealand, Queon-gtreot. KNGROSSING, COPYING, & ADDRESSES Neatly Executed. rstab. [1865. HENRY WHITE, ITATIONBR AND BOOKSELLgR vr n s i c v notice Under tho Patronage of His Excellency the Governor.) W. S. EVANS, I'UNER of Pianofortes and Harmoniums 157, GREY-BTKKET. Charges for Tuning in Auckland and Suburb) - Cottage Pianos, ss; Obliques and Grands, Cs. Old and worn-out Instruments ronovatod and made almost equal to new at moderate charges. r> U T~O HER AND 00. *-* FOBT-BT. AND QUBBN-BT. WBAST, STEVEDORES,. RECEIVINQ AND FORWARDING AGENTS. woa% H9OKS© AKD DOMFKD TOK gHUMIJit MJ_M «PPPLI«D. QUPERIOR CORRUGATED TANKS. k j. lTkean Has for Sal« a number of the above, with Taps, ready for use, prioe SSb, at his Shop, Wellesley street East (noxt door to Crowther's Stablss). _rg« Quantities of Spouting, Ridging, and )own Pipes always to Stook. Verandah Iron ourvod at the Bhortest notice. Country order* will always receive his prompt attention. Lead Washers always on hand MT. CLAYTON. • HOUSE, LAND. 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Sporting. £io,ooo -^£10,000^ jsio.ooe ffl^ 20,000 Members at 10s. 7yC p j* MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 j -pj To bo run Tuesday, Nov. 4. ■—j O Will Close 30th OCTOBER, 1884. O T-, 402 - PRIZES — 402 -H X ±c JJ 133 Nominations. 200 Cash Prizes. ]S{ E First.. ..£MU 4at 100 £100 TT Second .. law iid 50 200 X_ Third.. .. OK) 10 at 23 2,50 C Starters (div. 20 at L'O 100 *-* aboutfi'-'jen.) 750 20 at 15 300 l^ UNon- Starters 'JOnt 10" 200 -«■-!■ (about £15 ea) 1515 100 at 7 700 I) --j 91 at 5 155 _ £7095 2C9 £2^05 Please send P.O. Orders when convenient, they can at all times be traced If lost, thus protecting sender. Two stamps requited for replies, and One Shilllnj' added us exchange on country cheques, which must be certilled to us "Correct. Each ticket has Nine Chances, the' Cup being drawn first, after which the marbles arc all re placed each time till iho Nino Drawings aro completed, thus glviirg ono ticket tho chance of drawing Nino Prizes. RpofJ this I Names and Addresses of three nCdU tlllo. principal Winners in Cup, and four principal Cash I'rizu Winners can be ob tained by Subscribers on application. Drawing is attended by tho Press (members of the Press can freely inspect Ada'n books). Managers of papers at a distanco can appoint a responsible agent in Dunedin, to whom all information will bo furnished, thus giving to Subscribers a guarantee of the bona fide character of this Consultation, a courseno other "Consultationist" pursues in Dunedin. The Cup of ISB3 consisted of 18,000 Subscribers, who contributed £1)000. Namos of Committco furnished to Press on ap plication. ADA MANTUA, Care of Mr. Abraham, Box 351. Post Office, Dcxedim. £10,000 -®B £10,000 £g" £10,000 ___}__ nvi:___>rTTj-__ Offers a Special Prize of _1001 Which amount has been deposited with the Editor of Olago Witness, and will be paid to any person in New Zealand who can name the placed horses in Melbourne Cup, in the order as nice reported in Otago Witness. Each letter wiil be dated when recoivod, and money paid to first "tipster." Competitors not restricted to ono trial, but can try as often us they please, and it is not compulsory to have tickets in Consulta tion, thus giving anyone the chance of obtaining the above valuable prize. In theeventof winners not being tipped, tho £100 will be equally di vided betweonthe Otago Benevolent Institution and Industrial School ICaversham). It will be observed that Adaisdisinterosted,/inii(«(7ptoc«J the money beyond her control, and it mutt be paid to somebody—hence her daelininf/ to receive lips herself, for sho will not accept any. Applications will bo recoived until 27th Oct., and must be addressed only to Si'Oiwwo Editoh, Otago Witness, Dunkdin. Please keep copy oi tip. Winner must apply for prizo within ono month after race. A LEO'S CONSULTATION. • LIST No. 1, ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 18S4 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows: FlretHorae fil.WO Second Horso 300 Third Horse 100 Starters and Non-Starters JDivided).. 600 Total £2,600 It is particularly requested that early api'U cation for Shares will bo mode, as No. 2 List will bo opened immediately this one is filled. KesulU will be forwarded to Subscribers im mediately after Drawing. Any Subscriber draw inga Horse can invest In No. 2 List to the amountof Four Pounds without urthcr payment, that amount to be deducted from prize money. The Drawing will be conducted by a Com mlttoe, to which tho Press will bo invited to attend. APPLICATION BY LETTER OOT.Y, enclosing Tw» Btamps, with exchauge on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, ov Drafts. Registered bettors or Telegrams will not on any account bo received. If Book Notoa aro sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed aod placed inside tho other. P.O. Orders preforrcd when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed envelope is enclosed with application. Should it bo deemed advisable after Accept ances are published to rearrange Programme No. 2. the same will be notified by circular and ■"Addres™ A. LEO, care ALFRED KIDD, Shortland-street, or Box 237, Post-office, Auck land^ ' •VTELBOURNE CUP, ISB4. ADAM BEDS (3 NOW FORMING A SERIES OB" COM PANIES ON THE ABOVE GREAT EVENT. 8,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. %> To be divided as follows :— First Horse - . -BI'SPJ! Second Horso - - -. ■ - 200 Third Horse - 100 • Other Starters (divided) „ — 800 Non-starters (divided) _ _ _ 100 Total - - * -«Z.OOO It Is particularly requested that early applica tion for shares will be made, as each Ust will be drawn as soon aa filled. Results will be for warded to Subscribers immediately after draw ing, and the next list proceeded with. ' ■ Any Subscriber drawing a horse in any list will bo allowed, if he so desires it, to invest in tho following list any sum not exceeding Three. Pounds without remitting any further cash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prl» money. The acceptances for this race are declared in August Before that date, all Drawings will contain the whole ot the horses entered, and every horse will recoive a prize, but after that date the acceptors only will be drawn. NO. 1 NOW OPEN. Application by Letter only, enclosing Two Stamps with exchange on Cheques, orby Money Order, Bank Notes, or Draughts. Registered Letters or Telegrams will not on any account be recoived. If bank notes are sent please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside tho other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expodite business if an addressed envelope is enclosed with application. ress- A])AM BEDB| Care of H. N. ABBOTT, Box No. 2. Post-office, Auckland. I FIDELITY COMPANY'S : ANNUAL PROGRAMMB ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, To bo Run atSMelbourno on Ith NOVEMBER. 12,000 Programmes at 10a. 133 Horses and 195 New Zealand Bonds, divided as follows i-7 First Horse .' „. ~ «U»0 Second Horgo:, „ ~ .. « 600 Third Horse .. .'. - « •- J* OUiors divided .. - - " J__ Total for Horses . fi3.000 10 Now Zealand Bonds at £100 oach.. £1 000 10 do do 50 do .. SOU 25 do do 20 do .. 500 60 do do 10 do .. 500 100 do do fi do .. 500 193 Bonds. Total.. £3,000 Total Amount of Prizes, £0,000. Will CLOSE on or about 30th OCTpBE.R. EACH 10s Vouoher has SIX OHANOE3. S2B PRIZES. 328 I^,ooo Programmes at 10a. Please add stamps for reply and result, iar Remittances can be Bent as follows :— 1. Cheques, P.O. Orders, or Bank Notes. 2. Make crossed cheques, with Is added for ex change, payable either to a No. or simply U bearer, as printed, but not to any particulai person. If cheques or bank drafts are payabli cither to a particular person or to order, thqj will be returned to the Bender. 3. Post-office Orders may be sent, but thej must be mado payable to Fidelity Companj only, and not to any'particular person. 4. Registered letters or telegrams CANNOT OJ replied to. Address only as below:— FIDELITY COMPANY, Care of Alfred A. C^oil^^^ P335|52f g£s?if__? to9pln7«£d SUNDAY MORN- Ws frora6 tffl 10 a.m. The Bath-rooms are ti migrate and supplied with erery conven (£_* KKwTtowefs, Ukud hair brushes, combs, respirators, Boaps, &c. Select BaUv £oms (private) for Lsiies every day. *J hours, with female attendance, On.c ShlUtag anc Sixpence. Please note tb,9 actdrew—Victoria street East, above the Greyhound .lJoteL iim next the Chpap Bedctog and Furnitar.o Mart



Amusements. /DOMING SOON: THE ONLY BIG SHOW EVER BROUGHT TO AUCKLAND. THE OXLY REAL FIRST-CLASS CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE brought to your VERY DOORS. Coming by Special Steamer, Chang Chow, CHIAR I N I' S ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS AND MENAGERIK OF TRAINED ANIMALS! AND THE WONDROUS FAUST FAMILY & TROUPE, Ten in Number. Three Grand and Costly Shows in one. coming by special steamer, will exhibit at AUCKLAND SHORTLY. LOCATION: RAILWAY RECLAMATION. Entrance aud Ticket Office- Drunk water Road, near Cußloms-slreet, Under Turks Mammoth Tents, Sealing accommodation plone in the Colossal Circus Amphitheatre for 5,000 peop'.c. 4if\ WORLD-FAMED ARTISTS! /»/V \J\J (Ladies and Gentlemen). \>U' Ki-oiu the uestCireusandllipi-odromca of Europe and America, presenting all that is novel hud brilliant ia Horsemanship, and the dating and sensational in tho Gymnic Art THE GRANDEST RING PAGEANT ON EARTH. THE CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE Knlarjjed, Improved, and embellished since its last visit to Auckland to such a degree as to be almost beyond recognition. . MANY NEW AND FAMOUS ARTISTES. THE GREAT WILD BEAST SHOW. Ponderous Den of Royal African Lions. Royal Bengal Tigers. Learned Zebras. Educated E'ophants. Beautifully Spotted Leopards. Black Panthei s. Snow-White Sacred Cattle, Sec, &c, igTScc future advertisements for further par ticulars upon m rival of bteamcr. Prices of Admission: Dress Circle (chaire), ss; Stalls, 3•; Pit, 2s. Children under 10. half-price. TWO, PERFORMANCES.-WEOIyES DAYS AND SATURDAYS. Doors open at 7, performance commences at t. For the afternoon performance doors open at 1.30 p.m., commencing at 2.30. N.B.—One Ticket Admits to Both Circus and Menagerie. L. MAYA, Secretary, ABBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 19. GRAND ASSAULT AT ARMS, BY PROFESSOR CARROLLO AND PUPILS, Under the distinguished patronage and pre sence of Hlb Worship the Mayor and Gentry, Major Shepherd, and Officers of Volunteers Dress Circle, 3b ; Stalls, 2s; Pit, Is. To be had at Lennox's, Box Oflice. Carriages ordered for 10.30. AN ENTERTAINMENT NEW TO AUCK . LAND, AND SUITABLE FOR THE BEST OF SOCIETY. m H E A T R E ROYAL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 1881. Great 12 Hours' WALKING CONTEST, Betwbbn A. HENDRY. Lonz-distance Chimplon of Auckland, and W. E. STEVENSON, For the Championship and £50 o-side. To stai t at clev.n o'clock a.m. Admission: Dross Circle, 2s; Stalls and Pit, Is. Tenders T(1 E N C I KG. Tcndeis will be received up to 12 o'clock on MONDAY, the 22nd inst., for erecting a Post and Wire Fence round 50 Acres, more or less, 15 miles from the North Shore. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Specifications may be scon a! tho Offico of MALCOLMSON & Dk LACY, The Now ZiM»!»"rt House, Land, and Estate Agency High-street. TTIX TENSION O F T1 M E:. Tue time for nceiving tenders for Store and Dw«llim;-house. Nelson and Cook-streets, has been extended till FHIDAY, the I'Jth inst Plans, &c, at my office. \V. H. SKINNER. Architect. Vulan Lane. lm O BUILDERS. Tenders will be receiyed until 4 p.m. on THURSDAY, 18th inst., for shifting and re fixing on now site the Graf ton Road Wesleyan Church. R. M. WATT, Architect. mO BUILDERS. extension'of time. The time for receiving tender* for five Shops in Symonds-Btreet has been extended until 12 o'clock noon on SATURDAY, 20th instant. B. M. WATT, Architect. 252. Queen-street mO CARPENTERS. Tenders will be received until noon of TUBS DAY, September 23, for tho. Erection of a Wooden House at Kpsom for R. Wynyard, Esq. Plans, &c, at my office. R. MACKAY FRIPP, Architect Melville's Buildings, High-street mO BUILDERS. Tenders will be received until noon SATUR DAY. 20th September, for tlid Erection of a Villa (Wood) at Hemuera. Plans, &c, at my office. R. MACKAY FRIPP, Architect. Melville's Buildings, High street. mO BUILD E B, S. EXTENSION QF TIME. Tenders will be received until noon of TUES DAY. September IBUi. for Alterations and Additions to Shop and Dwelling-honse in Pon -90" y' KDWARD HARTLEY. Architect. mO BUILDERS. Tenders will bo received up to noon oi THURSDAY, the 25th mat, for the Erection ol a threo-story Brick Building in Stanley-stroet, for the Auckland Fibre Company. Plans, &c, at our offices. Queen-street EDWD. MAHONEY fc SON, Architects. mO BUILDERS. Tenders will bo received until noon of TUES DAY, Hie i6th instant, for the Kreotion of f House on St Mary's Road, Ponsonby. Plans &c., at No. S, South British Chambers. BDMUNP BElJi,Arohitect TO PLOUGHMEN.—Wanted, Tender, for Ploughing about 21 A ores: tenders t( be sent by eight p.m., Wednesday, 17th.—Well: Broa., Devonport. /CLEARING AND PLOUGHING TENDERS will be received up to 12 o'clock, MONDAY, th< 22nd inst., for Cutting and Clearing TitrooScrul ana Delicy; -V New Ze&lwd, House, Land, and Estate a ■>pnm^Hjgli-»trept. . Shlppine Company's Offices, Christchurch, up to 4 pm" on the 23rd September. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.—For tW Now Zealand Shipping Company tt&aUod), Isaac Gibbs, Secretary. TySVONPORT-, NQRTC SHO-RB WBIIOBiOS., CA^^RS, CARRIERa. *O. _n*E, SAND. HWSK BLOCKS AHU. etc. BALLAST SUPPI4JSD, ' N^.-aaU4«rßiaeTOUydeaJtwJtti.



Amnsementgi A BBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE POSITIVELY THE LAbT THREE NIGISIIS OF THE SEASON. THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, SEPT. 16, GRAND COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT To MR WILLMOTT, Under Distinguished Putronage. THK WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE! i THE WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE! Will bo produced with Original Scenery and Effects, and with its previous and Well selected Caste of Characters. THK WOMAN OF THE PKOPLEI This Drama will be product d for THIS NIGHT ONLY. TO-MORROW (Wednesday), September 17, RIP VAN WINKLE. Dress Circle, 4s; Stalls, 2s Gd; Pit, Is. T- OENE -STREET H ALL.: ,MONEY REFUSED 1 MONEY REFUSED IN ALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE. - ' TRADE MARK-STANDING ItOOM ONLY At a Quauttr to Eight, to witness WEBB'S ROYAL MARIONETTES.. OUR NEW PROGRAMME! ' ~'"'■ ■'- kKCKIVIiD WITH ACCLAMATIONS OP DELIGHT. '' NEW FANTOCCINI. . ' . NEW SONGS AND DANCES BY THE' MINIATURE MINSTRELS. LAST TVVO NIGHTS. .'■■'.; .-x LAST TWO NIOHTS. ; LAST TWO NIGHTS. • ~ , la consequence of the Great Success of tho MATINEK on Samrdny, another will bo given on WEDNE-DAY AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock. Children will be admitted foT Half-prick to all parts of tho House. . ;''-. N.B.—Children and Inmates of Charitable Institutions are invited Frew to this Matineo Performance. , . NOTICE.—The Marionettes leave for Gis borne on Thursday next, ROBERT LOVE. Acting Manager. /OPENING' OF THE ■igmi^jsfe- " NEW FORESTERS' COURT CITY~OF AUCK fSlffli LAND. NO. 3978, A.0.F.. I iSSstSBISK l.lntcncl Celebrating the Opening JwßauGSalo£ tneir New Fore9ters's Hall, . *WBS"^*^*S^ Karangahape Road, by a BANQUET AND BALL ON WEDNESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER, 1831. Tickets, to admit Gentleman to Banquotand Lady and Gent to Ball, 10s Gd; Extra Lady, 68 (to be obtained only at the door on the night of Ball). : Double Tickets can be obtained from tho fnl ■ lowing Committee:—Bros. T. W. Alb n, O • Shepherd. Baddiley, J. Fotherincham,. Jas- Stanton, W. J. Patterson, Woollcr, i\ Green. T. Jones, J. Jameson, and JAS. STICHBURY, Sec. , Early application for Tickets is necessary, as the number is limited. Q~l\ JAMES'S HAL L. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. GRAND •: ■'■'•■ •<'■•..' ELOCUTIONARY ENTERTAINMENT :. Mil J. J. V BO AX, In aid of St. James's Hall Debt Extinction Fund. ' Musical Selections by St. James's Choir. ' , Full Programme in Thursday's Star. , Admission, lg. gommonce 8 p.m. •XTEW ZEALAND ART STUDENTS' IS ASSOCIATION. :,,' " THE FIRST ANNUAL.EXBIBITIOK, ! Held by the 'above, will take place at tho CHORAL HALL, IN OCTOBER NEXT. Works for competition to be delivered on Mon , day, the Ctli; and other exhibits not later, ? than the 11th of October. S. STUART, Hon. See. .! Secretary's Address: Care W. K. Mears, Queen-street. Business Notices. ~p F. M. BURROWS, ■"■"architect,'.,,. ,;,,/,;..;-:■:"■■** QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. ' JAM JS S K. NO X, Mem. Inc. Soct., Bog., : CIVIL AND PRACTICAL ENGINEEM* > CONBtJLTIHO KNQINBHB, ' PATENT AGENT, PLANT VALUER, Colonial Bank Buildings. mo contrlctors and others. ROBERT LAMB, 35, Queen-Btroot, is pre pared to execute orders for all kinds of Carting Work, Excavations, &c. Shipping supplied with Ballast All orders 11. L. may be favoured with will hi promptly attended to. T¥T T. HUBBARD, ARCHITECT AND QUANTITY SURVEYOR' "AUtfERSTOM; BUILPIKSH. QgBBW-HTBmcT. UST ARRIVED, and for Sale by the Subscriber, cheap, for cash— 20 tons Fluke Kidney Potatoes 20 tons Blue Derwonts I. W. EATON, NO. 8, QUEEN-STRKHT. Tp MITCHELSON & C"O.^ KAURI GUM AND GRAIN MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, TIMBER BROKERS, , : : HAVE OS HAND AND TO ARBIVE :— 25M packs Prime Oamaru Potatoes 20(10 sacks Feed and Tartarian Seed Oats 200 sacks Kidney Seed Potatoes (consigned, to be sold cheap) KM sacks Bran i ■ -, ■ . SOO sacks Maize 250 sacks Fowl Wheat 6CO Backs Chaff 500 sacks Bonedust 60 tona Wood's Flour, sacks, 100 V. and 50's 50 tons Fleming and Gilkinson'a Flour, sacks 150 sacks Sharps 50 sacks Oatmeal Agents for Hikurangi Saw Mill „ Keable's Albany Food „ Kamo Hematite Paint. E. M TCHELSON & CO., "itEN-KTBBET WHABT. •vr o t i o b. SAMUEL PARKER, Having Withdrawn from the Plumbing Busi ness, baa REMOVED his Large and Varied Stocks of Plumbers' and Gasfltiers' Materials to bis MANUFACTORY, VICXORIA-STRBIET EAST, where he will continue the Manufactur ing ot Galvanized lion Tanks, 0.0. Spouting. Ridging, Plain and Lead Edge, Lead Head Nails, Lead Washers, &»., &o. A Large and-Varied Stock of all Hie Requisi tes of the Trade always on hand and to arrive. All PLUMBING ACCOUNTS are requested to be paid during the current month, N.B.- North Shore Business will be eon tinuod as usual, / .. SAMUEL PARKER, Victoria-street Ease Jnne 14.1 M*. ; CHARLES HESKETH.] [ALEX. AUK EX. TTESKETH AND AITKEIN II aro glad to Inform their Customers ami the Public generally that harinff sold tho who!» , of their last year's Steok ot Clovew etc, ttwy are in a position to Offer an Entirely J«ow block: arriving per direct steamer Aoranfiri, from um don, ana per Mail Steamer from ban Jran;-iBM», M under, all ourreot season's growth, consisting "'wHrrF CtLOVER iTrefollnm rcpens> 11K1) CLOVER (Trofolium pretens) AXSYKK CLOVER (Trefolium hybrida) COWGHASS (Trefolium pcrenne) BCAIU.KT CLOVEH (Trcfolium iucarnatam)- TREFOIL (Medicago supulina) LUCERNE (MedicaßOßatival ALFALFA uModicago Chiliana) TIMOTHY (Phleum Pratenig) CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Cynosurns eristalns)" MKADOW FOXTAIL (Alopccurus pretensi* SHEEPS FESCUE (Festuca ovina) WOOD MEADOW GRASS IPoa neraoraUs) PRAIRIK (BromusSchrcsderi) l ; DOOB GRASS . : • gAT'IAIL rspotobotoclongattts) s KYE-GB.&SS (Scleum pcrrcnu sempervirons) COCKSFOOT (DaotyKa Elomprata) rUHyLE and GKKBN TOP ABERDEEN TUHNIP3 DEVONSHIRE GREY STONE. WHITE STONE, AND GLOBE TURNIPS • BWKDK TURNIPS They are also Agents far the Bonedust: as Manufactured by the Auck'and Manure Com pany, Sydney Bonedust and Flour, Mineral aud Bone Phosphates, Potato and Grass Manures. ', Peruvian Guano, Nitrate of Soda, and other Artificial-Manures; Oats,Maize,Barley, Bean*. Pease; Coarse, Fine, and Rock Salt, Cobra, and Usse«d Cake; Now Zealand Flax and T(W, eW, ~,. ,j,^*-^ , * 'J