The Auckland Evening Star.

VOL. XXVI.-NO. 4,452

AUOKLAIND, N.Z., THURSDAY, AUGUST

21, 1884

PRICE: ONE JPWJNJNV



Shipping JL^^- U S. \\ A 111 OR A SOUTHERN PORTS. In consequence of detention at Russell the Walhora will not leave for South until FRI DAY, 22nd instant, noon. UNION S.S. COMPANY OF N.Z. &r "W "^ TTNION STEAMSHIP * ~SiS rk *J COMPANY OF NKW i rS--vn^S\ 71-ALAND (LIMITED), Jib ."O" { i'l TIMK TAHIiTC.—AUGUST. IU mm TAKANAKI, NWLSON, PICTON, WKL IJNOTON, JYYTTKLTON. AND WHBT COAST PORTS (from Mannkau). Stoamor. | Date of Sailing. j ? x !a^ fiAWKA fsunday~l.lla.lll. i — (if mail arrived) Rotorua |Tucs., Sept. 2, Sa.in. 1 7.15 a.m. V OR GISBORNK. NAPIKII, WKLLIN GTON, LYTTiLVrON, AND PORT CHAJiMKRS (from Auckland!. Waiiiora I Friday, 22, noon I — Tauawkka I Thurj., 2S. noon I — I'-QR SUVA ANTD LBVUKA. Pevouin I Mon.. 25,5 p.m. I — (No cargo after noon.) FOR MELBOURNE ivia Umifir). WAiHOKAt 1 Friday, 22, noon I — Tarawkua I Thurs., 2.5. noon I — 1 Calls at Hobart. FOR SYDNEY. Manapouri I Tues.i 20, a p.m. — — Cargo must be booked and alongsido Two Houru boforo advertised timo of departure. Passago Tickots must bo takon Et the Com pany'a Office (Auckland Branch). Fort-atreet. iii.i 0.-j.-ivcyanca of K:iiV>. 'f\:a following yi-.-.-vnr.-nlvw i)o^,:-.;liii !.i. rli. Orirint Co- KiiU I'm riii-i'lv Co. will l,av. OVISNICV ftnd MiLLHiiUIiNK1 on il»j i;nd.>r rile nLi..-I.t:,i tin. OJ f-.-.l I,'."' V. ■■'• :'■-. >!<> A!:• U ...'. Mr Di;1.!;:.!. iiAHCIA (it :ci;:;;iH.r'o 0111J011;. i'VUV and NAPLES:— Steamor. From Sydney. |From Molb'urne. IiUSiTANIA July 19 July 25 John Elder.. Aug. 2 Aug. 8 CniMnoRAZO.. Aug. 10 Aug. 22 SORATA Aug.3o Sept 5 And fortnightly Uiorealter. . fiifOTifb fares to London, JBI to £75. •'■ -^n-nt'ors Rocuro sp':ei-l -idvnntagos by ..,,.. "-iiroiK;h from N-jw 7,i aland. Second ci-■ - -.Aiiicnaera by Orirai at.-, -r.iur arc provides -. ,'1 ':-.',-; >-i im-..a.;■.■.-.;■) S/-.1-... ' r,r M,.!'uourn». K*)'i,'i':- J TO !/.iNI).')N" !\v I'.'ii!.—SpoeirJ *r/»ri«?uiontßßiado with JVI----rf Ceo!.- iw.ii Apm jr Uic te':c Of lh/:ou«h i-A-Unts c- is-rntit.'., rs 'faSBAGJ'S FROM LONnCiN.-Sreolal fe.c'l! tics Ettorded for brlngln;? out Friends >no ReUtivea by pro-paymunt of tho passi'.»6-a.ono/ hOSPBC3AIi RETURN TICERTS. available for 13 months, are issued ct tho following rates :— Blrst Saloon _ «lj7 -j.Ki-'O 8-iioon , — *n PARCELS! HOOKED THROUGH to LON DON at Keilueflii P.atoa. , COMPANY Oy NSW ZEALAND (LIMITED). Agents in N 3 w Zealand. e> -XTORTHERN STEAM- K^jpr".^ 131 SHIP CO. (LIMITED). jlig^/Si TISBM'ABMS.—AUGUST. \[//. C°^>\ (Weather nnd other Circum ■P^~" —«~iiss stencso Permitting.) I FROM OUISKN-STRKET f WHARF. I'OR TAURANGA ANT) BAY OF PLENTY POR'i o. _____ ■r,:; ».m!o:;. i r>.vt'g of bailinb. Wollinfjton I Thursday. 21_ 7 p.m. Glenete I Monday, 25. 0 p.m. Glenslg I Thursday, 28,5 p.m. | ; Oourja-o r.cT-'.uranua for Opotiki Btaf/a ! snfl «oy of Plenty Ports overy I Tneartay. FOR Ru^SKLL, Whanharoa. a?to ManoonulT Wellington | Monday, 25,7 p.m. IfOB WHANfIARBI, WnANGAREI HEADS. AND Masqat ai. Macgregor | Kvory Tuesday, 7 p.m. JPOK WHANOARXi AND WHANGAHEI HEADS .Carrying pasaengern and oargo for Walpm). SlUcwrtKor I X vary Tnss^toy and Friday, 7 p.m. ' TliOM WIIANGAKEI TO AUCKLAHD (.From Railway Wharf.) I Thursday,2B, 2 p.m. ~S.s. Mac-regor ieaves Auckland for Whanga «tiSi iaM ll&«--. 'VMeKr^Eallway Fares included When the tides do not rait times mdicated, the steamer will leavo tho Town Wharf at nigh water. . For Gbeat Babbiek, Vhyfjikna, Port Fitz- KOV. ANm_VyHA>fGAPAItAPARA. rKvervWednesday,4p.m. Foa MwhooßV bay awp Taibpa. Rsv7iii Tiiv^rFilonday and Thursday,? I P.m. , fkojFmanukau: For Raoxan an-d W aitara. faouglas I Thurßday.Jl__l_P_mJ .aS^cffflot; No- 67. Queen-street. Auckland. TTIOR, RAGLAN AND KAWHIA.— * ~ ~ CITEAM THAMES Jgx»sLdr © ConaeGttaK J^* ?*7,f gROM AUCKLAND; _, ■■ rKotomahana I Kr.terprise I A.MUbani: Thura. I 1 p.m. I — • 3 I!'ri. 18 p.m. I 12 Pl"- " jf*\.. !3..SQp.m. I - ' FROM THAMK3: ' FRoWmahanal Knterprise lA. Milbaidt Thurs. I - I 5 p.m. I - Fri. 18 a.m. ~ _ Sat 18 a.m. JBp.ni. I No cargo recelvedTojßotomahan^withln half-an-hourof advertised tone oi ga ™^- or Not responsible in Shipping, oairymis, aißcharging Live » j- -TTTAIUKU AND ONE jf£2a-4T W HUNGA STEAM CO. (LIMITED). TIMK TABLE.—S.S. MANUKAU. AOOUST, 188 J. Leave Onehunfta i Leave Waluku I 2i-Th-arsday,6.3o a.m. 21-Thurs., 11 a.m. 22— FridaylforManukau _ Heads), 8 a.m. 23— Saturday. 7.30 a.m. 23-Saturday, 12 noon Z5-Monday'. 8.30 a.m. 25-Monday, 1 p.m. 27^-Wed.. 9.30 a.m. 27-Wed.. 2 p.m. ia_Thursday, 10 a,m. 28—Thursday, 2.30 p.m. 30—Saturday, 11.30 a.m. 30-Sauirday, i p.m. All f ruigbta payable before deUverj^goods. Managing Director. dk^^fe'Sk S# Si WAITAKI tons register, 120 h.p., will despatched to i^riiAiTPARKT WHANGARKI HEADS, WH twANrAWAI AND PARUA BAY, AUGUST. Thursday, 11. O.X> a.m. Monday, 10 a.m. A COACH™'^ VwSSier atWlmn^are R^rn Sai0 O3° n'Whangurc; Heads: Saloon, 7s 6d-, S--C«IiMOCOLLI E RV COMPANY Office: UA. Quoen-street.^teJWhs : " 7~uGKLAND AND Auckland to Wado-WcdnesdayTgth,^ p.m. „ •• " 20th, 2.30 p.m. " 27th, 6 p.m. Wade'to Auckiand-Thursoay. *$*$$%„,. < •• ", 21st, 7a.ta, " 28th, 11 a.m. S H. BURNINGHAM, Agent ■pffloe: No. IS/Foxry Tee, QuoewWet Wharf.



B&lpping. o mHB NEW ZEA S< A. LAND aUD-PLVH . . ;- / ■: COMPANY'S LINK. ? X ; .. . .;.,-■ '< L,r;,:, V -- '''"■ -lij iwtaii].A.u moktuly l^-'-'O'i f-u-ii- JJIRKCT,STJ'-AAi i,;.u rTs 0 'M 'vououisax. 'file following Magnillcent Full ■ roworad gtemnors will bo doatiate.hed an under ■— TONGARIRO 4,200 Lyttclton August 30 lonic 1,753 .. September AORANGI 4,200 .. September Dome J. 753 .. October Ruavkhu. 4,200 .. November The above are all new stoamors, built of steel, 'md commanded by men of great oxperlence. Tho passenger accommodation Is replete with every modern convenience, and the dietary scale such as will sustain tho well-earned repn. tation of tho Company. Tho homeward route will bo via tho Straits of Magellan (if weather permit), and tho timo occupied is not expected to exceed 45 days. An experienced surgeon will accompany oach 3toamer. Passage- Money: Saloon, from 60 guineas up wards; second cabin, 40 guineas; otoerflgo, from IS to 2U guineas. For further particulars apply to AUCKLAND OFFICE. /^r» <^TEAM TO LONDON," IiIt^y^SfiL^PENINSULAR&ORIKNTAL STEAM NAVIGATION -"aBBMPHW- COMPANY. FOR LONDON DIRECT, VIA BOMBAY. Wnatnnr Leave I LeaVO btoamer. Sydney. | Melbourne 1884. I~BS4. Baij.arat „. Aug. L'O Aug.SU Indus Sep. 3 Sept. a And tboucoforward every artornato week. PiisaoiiKera and oarßO booked to London, Mar jelllus, Italy, Kgypt, India, Olilnn. and Jaiiiio »tiniidonite rates. Return tickets Issued both to Brat and Beoon-1 U Ffpaasengorß at especially low ratea. Uhoap reserved accorumodutlou can bo obtained in Uda ximpony a vessels. Pausonjrers booking at AuoHaai seouw ipeoial ad vantages. For all particulars apply to CRUICKSHANK & OOL. Agsnsfc 18, Qneen-atreet. Auckland. Tfl 0 R S A L E. 3ri:-:antino NORA, 215 tons register; built ISS3; now in harbour. 3rlgantino LOUIS MONTGOMERY, 200 tonß register; built ISSO ; due here about August 20. larnuo CLARIBEL, 421 tons register; built 1316. The nbove Vessels are all A.l English Lloyds. AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE CO. (LIMITKB). July 21.1551. A. Til O X SALE, -^g^3'>4 JJ, Cutter GIPSY, 27 tona <^|g|gH|g| Scow GHO3T, 3G tons register. "'^SlSblsSs'^ Tho n^oy,, vessels nro in thorough cood order, having been recently overhauled. For partlenlara apply to the NICW ZEALAND TIMBER Co. (Ltd.), Customs-street West. T~7r ~jJ<OK SAMOA OIBECT, x?^S^Sji -*- the 'topsail Schooner ■t^^^^^^' nultc new' and exceedingly e*^SsSSSf"sATURDAY Next. 23rd'iii"t! For fieight or passage apply to R. T. CUATFIELD, Hlgii-st. O S. COKOMANDBL. >iS^^^^^^ W. SIMONS. MA3TKK. TIMII TABUC. Leaves Auckland 1 liSavos Coromandel 1 August. J - A-"? 19t-, _ Thursday, 2J, 12 noon Friday, 22, 2 p.m. - — Saturday, 2.!, 12 roon Weather *nd other circumstances permitting. Not reepocarole In shipping, carrying, or dis charging live stock. No cargo received without shipping nota, and within half an hour of advertised time of de parture. All Parcels must bo propald on beard. A. R. H. BWINULKY. Manager. £ j~ _ nVTORTHERN RIVER J3l STEAM NAVIGATION 1 CO. (LIMiTKD), TIME -I^^^^^ TABLE. On and after FRIDAY next, the Ist August, 1881, S.S. DURHAM Leaves Helensville for Wairoa, Mondays and Fridays, on arrival of train leaving Auckland at 7.15 a.m. Returning from Dargaville at 5 am. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Leaves Helens ville for Port Albert overy Tuesday night, on arrival of train leaving Auckland at 4.30 p.m., returning from Port AJbert on Thursdays. S.S. MINNIE CASEY Leaves Helensville for Otamatea via Point Curtis every Monday nteht, on arrival of train leaving Auckland at 4.30 p.m., returning from Otamatea every Wednesday. Leaves Helens villo for Wairoa aftor arrival of train leaving Auckland at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, returning on Friday from Dargaville. Weather and other clroumstances permitting. WILLIAM LODDKR. Slanager. Drapery. 1/^ in "^m [f HOBSONfSTRBET jj V. VISIT JJ CASH AND PEFERRED PAYMENT TAILORS, DRAPERS, MILLINERS, MANTLE AND HABIT-MAKERS, HOBSON-STREET. We respectfully invite attention to our Large Stock of NOVELTIES for tho present Season. Our Great Variety and Choice of the Besl Fabrics, with the Skill and Talent we now em ploy, and the great success of our efforts to pro tluce Superior Garments, Perfect in Fit, and Unexcelled in Cut nnd Style, gives us ever? confidence in respectfully soliciting the favoui of a visit. All Tweeds thoroughly shrunk before being " ni&Jo up, and Fit. and WurkmanshJp Guaranteed. The Doforred Payment System has beeD fouad to bo a great buon, by enabling those with limited incomes to procure ueceKariea ir the easiest possible way. ALL GOODS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN Caßh Customers receive 5 per cent. Discount (one shilling in the pound sterling) on all parcels pi 20s and upwards. INSPECTION INVITED. " For Sale. JUST ARRIVED, and for Sale by th( Subscriber, cheap, for cash— 20 tona Fluke Ivi'iney Potatoes 20 tona Blue Dorwents L. W. EATON, NO. 8, QUEEN-STKBET, FOR SALE At LOWEST Market Rates! Rosin, Pitch, and Tar Kerosene, Paint, and Olive Oils Champion's, Scott's, and Storer's Genuim White Lead, in wood Muntz Metal und Nails I arge Stocltfof Canvas, various brands Wire Rope.'from 4i inch to Hneh Bolt Rope, Hemp, and Manilla Rope, al Patentewindlas3 (wood), Frills, and Palla Anchors, from 16 cwt to 10 lbs. Chains, from i inch to 1 inch. Colza and Fish Oil. D. H. MoK BNZ 18, JTCBI-STBEETi



Land mi<l Estiife Agents. 0 H A S . W I L L IA M S O N HOUHK, LAND. Sr FINANCIAL AGKNT HlflHH'i'., KEAII SHOKTI.AND-ST, Hankers! National Bank of Now Zealand. TKLKPHONK NUMBKR-191. KENT;:; and I.NTrI !:EST Unlleete.l. MONEY Invested for Capitalists on Kirst chili Securities without chahok. Six per cent allowed on deposits until invested. MORTG.-u.;KS ar-.i !,UAN;> .<efriil!ati'd. BUILDING SOCIETY SHARKS Bought. KSTATKS Managed for Absentees. UOUSKS TO LET and PROPERTIES FOi SALK r::iced upon my Lists Free of f!hiir(.,c AL,I.O'I\UKViK linnu'iit and liouv.eu Jiuilcui the Weekly Payment System. BUILDINu ALLOT AIK-NTS FOR SALK AT l'liit FOOT:— Ni'wmiu-kot, 80? KHorsHu, £2 i'.fu-.i.i: Kdcnltoa<U:lilli>.iH.Miiiiirn-:'trcet. S-ii. Uandulph-Ktrcet lAtur I'l.icl, 80s Juvonport. 10a lCiiimHt-dtrcct. C2s fid Bcresford-utreet. B!)h CtrtUtiicst Place. i:» lowu-street 100:1 Willilim-Htrtjct. SUa Shelly lSeacn 1 toad, 80s CußtoiiilioU3o.alre.it Northooto, !0s Kort-ntroct (le»80). 60a O'Conncll-streot. fiOs Kiuroy-strect, GOg And in various other street* at low rates. iilOW) TO LtCND, Hi bmiM of tui and upwards On food securities. SURRKY KILLS KSTATE-7-rooined Hous' (now) Kor Sale; very convenient: f >00. C"-V>-Hve-rooiiie(l House I 1 or Sale in liusscll street, near Great -Norih l!o:id. KIXIi.sLAND-Seveial Houses For bale ver; "'gi^ORGK-STIIKKT. - Eight-roomed llous, (New) For Sale, willi law allotment; £ltiO port ion of money can remain on mortgage. RICHMOND UOAl).—Pretty Cottage (Now For Sale, willi all conveniences; largo ullot ment ■ price, i-'-'O ; a great bargain. ";l!l i.—New Four-roomed IIUUSK For Sale it centre oieity (leasehold). £51) deposit; balanui £280.—Now Kour-roomod HOUSE For Sale ii Ilowe-stri'ct (freehold). £00 deposit; balance oi ''I'liUO-ICXcFi'uONT FAMILY RESIDENCE of 7 rooms; bath-room, coal-shed, gas and cilj water gitsstovo; oil' ritt-siveet; a bargain. HIOJ.-New Four-roomed 11OUSK For Sale »t Kingsland. £U deposit; balance on deferrec "'comfortable family residences For Sale at Avondale and Onehuiißa, with few aCS°-Now'flvo-roomcd HOUSK For Sale ir Fitzroy-streot; also the adjoining Allotment. HEPBURN'-STRKET— Eight-roomed lioimi (new) • i'iis and water, lino view: £1110. FIVK ACRES OF KXCKLLKNT LAND foi Sale near Western Springs; four miles froic Auckland; admirably suited for villa residence, orwiiallinarkel garden; water Or land carriage, PRETTY VILLA RESIDENCE for Sale iv Lincoln-street; was. city water, range; rffi, WANTHD TO PURCHASE, Allotment with in live minutes of Queen-strait BHKLLY 11KAC1L ROAU.-New 5-roomcd House; detached wash-house; line view; £325. MOUNT KDEN.-Genoral Storo and Dwell '"ES^^SHQ^tdfoui.DU-ELLIXO- HOUSES lor Sale in Grey-street. wiLh a large allotment. A decided bargain. Returns 20 pel C'n E WMARKET.—S-rooined House For Sale In New-street; quite new; excellent well. £320. KR-Y.NICUN ROAD.—li-rooined Houso and! Allotments For Sale; 2 frontages. A bargain. .-'ID- Comfortable IKH.'SK I'Yir Sale in Sussex- Lii.i-eei N'-wton Road. Small deposit only. £S YKAlilA'—Allotments to lie Lexwd in Heri'sl'Mi-.I -..treet for i.oin; Term of Yearn, liiiimv L.-nL to build with if il.'siinal. SrillNii-STRKiOT, Freemanl^ Hay - U-romin d lluuse For i-J di\ well Ihi^hr.d ; city wi'.U-r, and i^loihei-ei.nVeniei-.ei.-!. I'ri, ..■. £XA. VICLHO.V-WTRUKT- :> Urirk Kemi-rieUc-hr:,! Villa llesirtcnees For Sale, with lan.'e jUloimenl anil Vine \ lev. Ohnnco for siieculator. KYUKK I'ASS-N'-w Sluip and DwellinK house of .'> rounis imd :-ei.lli:.y For Sale, in the best iioidtion for bu.<iv..w:i in tbii-' tlioronuhfare. NORTH SHOKI'J.-Nuw 4-r..,mied Itawi Wltll •ar-.-e ':lieii. CM ; also, several olln-r Houses. "MOUNT KDKN-Ncw Kour-roomed Hoy.ho with bay window For Salu : volcanic sou. i:IS •. \lso Sevea-roonu'd House; (mite new; bay window. Venetian blinds, every accommoda on ! Jriee. £-V2O. I'ONL-SONr.Y—Six-rooir.ed Hnr.s.- and Stable. ffiwa 1 urae Bix-roomed Honne for 2-liX). WAITJCJIATA KIVKU FRONTAGK-Lanfi For Sale at i" r< r anI-, in lnr:;e or Hiuall oloct; ■.. nRIGHTOM' ROAD, Parnell — Six-roomer! Hotuo Fi'i-Sale allotmunl 10 x 100. Prico KJD-. PON;v!iN'!'.V-Ni!.v dix-rooiued Ilonso and \Vork;.-!rj,: For i.J«le; two allotments; twe l)':i'v"()N;bi)KT — l".jur-roO!iir.d Housu ar.il s-nll. rv. (Juito new; hir!«> allotment. Price £-~1). ('Jraiidviewiif Arrklan.'.. , 81W) —11OU3K and Allotment lor sab in williain-atreet. near St. Jamvn's Church. HAMILTON (Walkatc) -House and acie of jrronnd For Sal.i, two minutes' walk from Hank of New- Zealand, for £!S3. Lot ;«i. NOR'I'HCO'L'K — Seven-roomed Ilonso. out buiklinsts &c, and 30 Acres of Land. For Sale; Vi'i'v Clieap. Grand view of the harbour. UKVONPORT, Lako Road - Several very choice Villa Sites For Sale, having road and sea ■frontages, and posscKaing the ilnoat landscape views to be found around Aur.kland. FARMS ,i!,o For Sale at Wailcomiti, Paremo romo, Waitakerei, MalmratiKl. North Shore, Pi.pakura. kn. AlfO, aec Liat iv " Now Zottlnnd Herald " and " V/ockly News." OHAS.WILL I A M S O N, ICHTATK A.OICNT. HIGH-S'I'RICKT. W. L. M : T c " E L Ll HOUSE, LAXD ESTATE, AXD COMMISSION AGENT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUI) TOR. NO. S MERCANTILE OHAMBTSRS, QUEKX STRKIOT (Next Bank ok New Kraland). RENTS AND INTERICSTS COLLKGTKD. Brcuhitiks Found fou Investors With out Chakgk. the cake and management of estates nNDKRTAKE.V. JIORTGAGES AND LOANS NKGOTIATED, Bank Stocks } Insurance Stocks (t>OUGHT & COLD Mining Stocks /•Jj O Timber Co. Stocks & 1 All kinds of Stocks, / FOR SALE: LINCOLN-STREET, PONSONBY-5-roomefl Houso and Grocer's Shop attached, witl flvturca; also, 2-stalled Stable and Shed, ilit whole lot a bargain at £5.">0, with terms. VERMONT-STREET, I'ONSONBY -New 7 roomed Villa with verandah front and back. City water laid, The house well built and standing on corner section. £150. ST. MARY'S ROAD-2-storied Villa on com manding marine site. Shop and A-ash-hoim detached. Allotment SO x IUO. Price, £600. UNION-STREET, CITY —-l-roomed Cottag,; and Scullery. Water and gas laid. Gooc cellar beneath. This is a handy property always commanding a ready rental. To be sold for £350. Part cash, tho balance on easy CLARENCE - STREET, PONSONBY - 5 rooi.oed House, fitted with every convenience, for £ 380. ,_ „ ~ KINOSLAND—A pretty Suburban Residence of 7 rooms, with 2 register unites, aituato or the main road to Mount Albert, Price, £000. CLARENCE - STREET. PONSONBY - A Good Allotment, JO feet by 00. next to Mi Dalton's, Sm-veyor, for£l3o. Terms to suit. MOUNT EDEN (near Railway Station)—A first c'ass Villa Reßidenco of (i rooms. Allotment 00 by 120 feet, with i stalled stable, workshop and fowl-house. Tin: ground is almost free o. stones. The rooms are large and lofty, fittec with register grates, and tho property is now offered a decided bargain at £oo'J. upon favour able terms. ICA.RANGAHAPEROAD-6-ropmedDwoilins house, situate on corner section, frontage o JO feet to main road. Property in this im portant thoroughfare is now commandinf great attention, and for a business site it! certain value in the immediate future canno be ovor-estimated. Price, £1,150. RUSSELL-STREET, off Great North Road-i roomed Cottag - and scullery. Price, £215. CLARENCE-STREET —Cottage of o rooms £210. STOKES'S POlNT—Dwßlline-house of rooms within 3 minutes' walk of tho wharf. £350. MOUNT ALBERT—A grand new House of rooms, with one aero of rich volcanic land, oi the main road, handy to both omnibus am railway station. Price e^so. To an approve* purchaser £60 cash will be accepted, and th balance may remain for 5 years at S per cent, OMAHA—Freehold Shop and Dwelling, wit Goodwill of a nice litile General Store. Ther is rogular steamer communication, and th property is within 200 yards f i ou\ the whar Price fiioO. with stock at valuation. 620 ACRES—£I 5s per acre. Splendid Farmin •"Lands close to a railway-station. The pick t "the Richmond Block on the Rotorua lin of railway. No better agricultural c nastoral land can bo chosen in this pri vincial district. Title, land transfer. Th Boil is a rich deep loam, well watercc and in addition to railway advantage there is a Rood road to tho Farm. About V. acres down in grass and crops, divided into naddocks, fenced with good posts and barbc wire The land takes surface sowing oxceei inqly well, and in a few years will give goc crops of wheat. Terms easy. TU \ICAU—A first-rate little Homestead of .1 acres, allin cultivation. Price. £1,100. NORTHCOTE—Soven Acres, all in cultivatio: and new S-roomed DvoHinpr-hoiiße,to be had bargain for £800, part cash, the balance to r main at six per cent. WH VNGAREI— Dwelling-house and Calum maker's Shop in this rising township. Pric £•■OO The stock can. if necessary, bo taken c valuation. About £150 cau remain on Buil me Society terms. ALEXANDRA -Large Store and Dwelhn homo on 1 acre of freehold land. 1 hi 3pr perty can either be bought or leased on ye: ALLOTmSToR SALK at Mount Kde Birkenhcad, Northcote. Mount Albert, King land Ponsouby, and other Districts. GRAND CORNER SECTION, Mount Eden,. easy terms. PROPERTIES BOUGHT OR SOLD TO ORDER, MONEY LENT ON MORTGAGE ON GOOD FRE HOLD SECURITY. W. L. MITCHELL, 9, Mercantile Chambers, Queen-street,



Land and Estate Agents. • [S^&SzEALAND"SoiS_rf lIKHI-STREET, AUCKLAND. , Bankers: ;• The Bank of New Zealand (Limited). THE ABOVE AGENCY is Established for the Purpose of BuyinK. Selling, 01 Letting of Houses, Karms, and Allotments, and for the General Conducting of all kinds of Financial Business. In order to secure the confidence of the public, clients intrusting the Agency with their busi ness may dopend upon every attention being paid to their requirements. Monetary Advances for Urge or small amounts negotiated at current rates of intorest on all kinds of security. > limits, Interests, and Accounts Collected, and Ksluti-.i Maiuiiicd for absentees. Insurances c Directed. . , Plans and Speci Meat ions for the erection of • buildings executed on the shortest notice. r "OROPERTIES FOR SALE. 2- SKI ,\V V N-STRKKT.—A New Groomed House ' willi lan;,; allotment. IS xI HI x 1!-JU; house eon -1 lainslinuiniH and is fitted with bath and every convenicii.-r, inelndini? out houses. This pro iiiTly is nitualed close to Ponsouby Road, and commands n nmit'iiiliccnl view of the harbour. 1 Pricp, only filiW. SIIKLLY PEACH ROAD. Ponsonby. —A Six rooineil Mouse, situated in a Rood position, and commanding an extensive marine view. Houso built entirely of lirsl-clasH material ; allotment ! AND OLIPHANT STKKKT (Corner Aliotnienl).—Shop and Six t roinned House, with every convenience ; also, a f Five-roomed House adjoining. Both let to good tenants. This is a splendid property, and oilers ! a Kood perspective value. Price for both pro ) portluß, £1.200. N H —A List of other Properties For Sale and To Let in "The New Zealand House, Land, ' Estate, and Financial Agency's" hands, can be , seen at their olllee aa above. _ /VIIAS. O /"VS MON D, 1 LAND a;-;i> .\)()Nh:tahy ahhnt, , I Hi, UiilCKN'-STltiritT lAilioliiliiK' J!- Tiiiihn and Co, al. TKLKPIIONM—No. IBS. 1 Mankkkii N-.it!ntial Bank of New Zealand (Limited). Mortgasros and Loans NuKOtlated. j Uenta and Interest* Collected. ?,innoy Invent.'.! on Flrst.-clasw Hccnrltlea without oliargd. ' ICstatea mana.fni for abaontecs. i Valuations and Arbllratloiu undertakon. Native Land Kifnirs apaclnlly imdoratond. Kntisoe to I."' nd Proportion f.or Hale placed 1 or. my list fro-!.': nhargo. Kvory il«surlpiioii of landed >.ioperty bought or H«)ld to order. li'irge •Suitih ro lend on (lrst-oh'OO socurltloe. ■ rtITY pItOP KH T IKS. CIW. - VBHY CONVIONIKNT 7-ItOOMKI) 11DUSK. eu?iimiin(ling grand view of the 1 harbour ; gas and water laid on ; every rerun silo; terms to suit; U minutes' walk from £-!w! S-ci')MFOI:TABLE S-ROOMKD HOUSK; ' KHvanA water and every convenience; close i'u l.ueen-street. PONriONJJV (PoiaiiaUer Terruee)—An Allot ment with ;:om view : £i IDj n«r foot. IN Till-: CKNTKIS OK TIIK (.'ITY - A l,ir-e avid CMiMiiOi'.di;/; sto-.e, built of Concrete ■liici lirwk wi'ii lar:-., Dry Celiiirs, on an Al -1 lo'.meM w'fr.i-tbv li iuel.ou. liuildings valui 'I iihoul t:■ o nllo'.niuiit worth ai l-'aM J-lii por fooi. With Urnt.-clc.Bß terms. ' .SY Vi'i)\;V)S-S'i'U;Si;T—.MHvniei.tlH x lOil.in the 1 be.,t nart of Hymuuds-ativet, Uit pur foot. STORK AND fOMFORTAHLK HOUSE in n llMl-cla.^ loading position; both water and 1 ga* laid iv; a fine opening lor someone. Price, £3)0, with terms. mo T XT. ' ONE FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE, Northcote; nue Heven-romned House, Pi'-lon-street; ono ! ■Hoven-roomed House (furnished), Kybor Pass. •QUBU RB A N pKOPER TIE S. i PONSONHY (Artliur-rtlri'ct)— Largo nnd Con venient li»uw; of S nioniH and bath-room. The rooms aro lofty and well fitted. Prico for the houae and three allotments, £1000. I MOUNT KDKN'-Kirst-class 7-Roomed I-lonso, with detached waah-houso, nnd all necessary outbuildings, on Allotment 240 feet deep, has 2 good frontngoD. Price, Cii'2o, with good NOltTli SHOlirc—Two flrst-claafl Allotments, r..-:nmii..idiiig a very pre.tty view, in rapidly riniug locality, close to tho wharf. £S las por 63^'VOR AN S-ROOMED HOUHK and good nllottnent, gituated near Mr Morlcy's Store on tho Gn/at N.orth Road. A ohanoo seldom luot NORTHCOTK—fiIM for a Now Four-Roomed COTTAGK and n, very l^rge Allotment, allu ttlad noar the Wh:u-f. B7i—ALLOTMKNT adjoinlnß the r.bove;easy terms of payment. PKNROSE—An nneaunlled Site of i\ acres for a residonco, tituuted on ri'.iing ground, com manding ono of tho grandest views in the neighbourhood of Auckland. This aito inuut bo seen to bo appreciated. Price. £200. BIRKENIIKAD—Ten Acres, largo road front ago, a lot of largo kauri trees, lh'ieo, £22 10s per acre (adjoining property from £:iO per acre to £50). This property is en especial burgain ; it was bought cheap, so will bo sold cheap. ! £",0 —VKRY COMFORTABLE J-ROOJIED COTTAGE, convenient distance from town; Mount Eden district; every convenience, and £o"o°wdl purchase ONE of tho NICEST SITES "fur a CKNTLKMAN'S UKSIDKNCE to be ' obtained near Auckland; tho size of tho site would be about 300 x 200 feet, MOUNT ROBKILL (Valley Road)—A good 6-roomcd Houso on a Largo Corner Allotment j £100* MOUNT ROSKILL—IO Acres Volcanio Land, \ MOUNT RO3KILL—I have a lot of very cheap allotments In an ostato which has only just come into the market. To working mon dosirious of securing a good piece of land of thoir own nt a small cost, and with vory easy i terms of payment, it is a grand chance. If persons woro only aware how very rapidly the Mount Roskill District is going ahead, alo tho many advantages of viow, con venience to town, healthy locality, volcanic coil cheapness of the land, &c, 1 feol con fident that many more purchasers would buy In this favoured district, than pay such long I prices for land of an inferior quality and bad ', position. , , MARKET GARDENS—To any person requiring a small but excellent piece of ground close to town either for a market garden or for fruit s-rowing. I have one or two pieces of about five acres iv extent, eminently adapted for this ! purpose The prices are low, and terms easy. X YURI BU?II—Ono for sale, all tho timbor on the banks of a deep creek; nooxpense.in get ting Umber out. ' Insurance. i ~ " 1 milE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSDR . 1. ANCK SOCIETY OF THE U.S. ASSETS OVER £11,000,01)0. . New Assurance, 1883. newly „ „ *17,000,000 " Assurance in force exceeds .. •■ Si ,000,000 _ SURPLUS OVER £2,500,000. ' ANNUAL CASH BONUSKS from the Start Uponlho MUTUAL 6YBTKM. PROFITd belong Exclusively to Policy-holders. THE TONTINE POLICIES '• Issued by the Equitable oflor <J HXTiIAORDIXARY ADVANTAGES n To tho Assured. d CLAIMS PAID IMMEDIATELY on PROOF, 0 At the Auckland Branch Olllee, h Loan and Mercantile Buildinas, Queen-atroet c LOCAL DIRECTORS: f- Hon. Sir Frcdk. Whitaker. K.C.M.G., M.L.C Hon. James Williamson, M.L.C. B Dr. Logan Campbell. >f CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER: i? C. 11. Halnes, Esq., M.D. 3 . BANKERS: f Bank of New Zealand. J^ W. A. THOMSON, Manager. 20 — 1 ATEW ZEALAKD INSURANCE i. JM COMPANY (FIRE AND MViRINE). Jd Ra pit a l £1,000,000 10 Paid-up and Reserve Funds £100,000 n- Pkotkction from FIRE OR MARINE LOSS a Can bk Kfkected in this Company. it. CLAIMS MET WITH PROMPTITUDE AND ' c , LIUEP.ALITY. "■ JAMBS BUTTLE, Manager. ; ' 3~ [by appointment to his kxcellenot th« Dn QOVKUNOR, /^LEDHILL'S GINGER ALB PINTS AND QUARTS. E PRICK-LTBT ON APPLICATION. Q, GLEDHILL, WbllbsiißY-stbect. S3 Telephone 63.



Money. MONEY TO LEND, in large or small Bums, at usual rates 0': Interest. CONNELL & COOIER, Solicitors, Vulcan Lano. -£*{*{\{lib T0 LEND in auina of from 3&l)U"U £50 UDwards.—Apply Win. S. Cochrano, Cochrano's Auction Mart, 185, Queen- Btrcot. MONEY TO LEND on freehold security. —Joseph Blades, Solicitor, Vulcan Lane. MONEY TO LEND, on good froohold securities, at current rates. — Arch. Buchanan, Solicitor, Quecn-streot (opposite Bank of Now Zealand). iyfOWBY TO LKSD, aS 6 nscde«w JY«_ n«aot ittcttiSi.—iDply Jo JABBSOIi 3c ROaSKZi, H-v'ic-::ois, Vori ::U\;-,:,. "ft ,fON MY TO T;£^!>"'o.i Mortgftfi4, oi It A. .V:/tt-eli.KB rTftflvr.ld l; ; ,iarit!r6.' W. COLKMAN, BoUottor, __ _K(' t'C!llal Intuirancs lSulMb.B3. '^"/j'CNIY LENT ON PROIdaSOK? Hi. NO'J'KS. ITOU3S3, S'URIJITUIIE, ftft UJLLt) DIfcOOUN'MD )SAILY uou'iu 1. nk 3 na 0 0 11 ata: & JOHN W. KAKDIII. TiXD, CoMaiiaHios, avd EsuAsa .ioatf*, BiaH-STagiiT. Ajogr.^-,-ra. _ TSxOHAN<:nV ON NSvV YoiiJL A>fu Hi LONDON, !s aw j to v oil. ■<-i'>H BAl.lt tit •KUi-iOi.b. :irNi-.::j. :.- ■<■•.. O,irno'e ji Oi'-iUi.n-tJi'itni b£jJ_K-.-.r:-!.-t£o.--iT. ~\"lTJ^]f\ r TO LEND- in sama of £•& ;'; c. und upvcinl), at .sarront ratns cf tiitereu'. Aj.ply to PRTKK OI.IPHANT, Solicitor, lfii/h-strc-ot. ?. JONEY TO LEND, on Freehold Ai. Security, at a low mtt> of Intcpjat. .'.u:tun and Napier, Solicitors, Ill^h-slri:i!i Uiiiltliind. \.f OSIY TO LEND, at current rates ol I.T.JL lntorost.—ljalahloy and Jiicitmm, Quean Htre»t. £*$) i\&\l\ TO LEND at Current <ujr*l • \J \T \J Rates of IntorciSt on Fiao ' hold Security. W. IT. O'SULLIVAN. ShorUund-atrutiL JNDUSTRIAIi anb PROVIDENT PEIT MANKN'I' BUnj)ING, LAND, AND IN VKSTMKNT HOCIKTY OF AUCKLAND, Cornorof yueeufitreet and Vulcan Lano. INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT. This Society in now iMiiuiiiK: Ordinary Investing Hhuros, carrylnß full rato of lntures't ami prollt. Paid-up luveHtlny Hharesof £20oaeh;carr>ylns' 7 per cent, interest (payablo half-yoarly) and parliclpatliiK in piollia. V DEPOaIT DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on deposits for: )2 months 0 per cent. IJ months 5 per cent. 7 days' notice 1 per cent. BORROWING DEPARTMENT, l'he Society advances 011 Approved Freehold and Li-.i.i'.:hold Property to tbo extent uf tineo fourthi; of t lie value. lioniKveru may pay olf part or th« wlinloof their n:,iri|.'ii'-;esiit «"> time. Ucdm-cd Tuiileof Rates and any further parti cnUu'i ruQtilrod may bo obtained at tho tjocluly v OiJicoa. OEORGK FRASICR, MttnaßOf. UCKLAND PKRMANENT CO- Oi'KHATIVE RUILDING & INVK3T KENT SOCIItTV. Okkick: ll",Qukkn-Btj!kp.t, LOANS Krunted upon approved securities of Freehold or Leasehold Properties in auijm of £•20 to £IW 0, principal and interest bointr repay able in instalments at the following RISDUCKU Ratks for repayment of each *:i(l borrowed :— Repaynicutaextend- ~ w v Total Amount ing over Ll" r VYCOK- I'.opayablo. £ s. d. "& 8. d. lyear .. ..200 101 0 0 2 years .. ..10 10 108 G 8 3 years .. .. 11 7 113 15 0 t years .. .. 11 8 121 6 8 6 years .. .. 8 9 138 18 9 S yearn .... 7 1 117 13 9 10 years .. . J B_3 118 IB 8 And In the mine proportion for smaller or larger loans. DEPOSITS.—The Society receives Money on Deposit: —Repayable at 7 days' notice, 5 per eeni per annum ; repayable In II months, ti pet cent, per annum, JOHN BATGER. Secretary. 1 ON DON MORTGAGE, LOAN, AND .!U DISCOUNT BANK. 50, SHORTLAND-STREET, Auckland (OITOSITK A. Cr.AKK & SONS' WaHKHOUSK), And Llttlo Collins-street, Melbourne LOANS ARE ADVANCED EKOM £10 TO £1,000. Upon personal, freehold, and leasehold secnrlty, repayable by Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly Instalments, at Lowest Current Rates. Advances mado on Furniture without removal, and all classes of Merchandise. Loans G hantkd ui'on Life Poi.ici 1=3,1 AND INTEUKSTS UN111:k Wll.r.S. BILLS DISCOUNTED AT CURRENT RATES. Loans upon Dkposit ok Dkkds. Rkpaymknt by East Instalments, FORMS GRATIS. All communications nnd interviews held strictly confidential. Bakr or Knoland N'otkb Cn\NQgD. J ONDON LOAN AND DISCOUNT COMPANY, HIGH-STRKET, NEXT TO ATKIN'3 PRINTING OFFICE. £5 to 1,000. This Company grunts Loans on PERSONAL SECURITY FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SECURITY FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGES, or on any available Becurlty, repayable In WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, or tn any way to uit the Borrower, Loans may be repaid at the rate of Slxponce per week in the Pound. Bills Dlaoouutod at Current Rates. Bank of England Notes and Australian Bank Notes Bought. All communications strictly confidential. LONDON LOAN "AND" DISCOUNT CO., HIGH-STREET (Next to Atkins Printing Opfice.) VICTORIA LOAN AND DISCOUNT AGENCY, HIGH-STREET, AUCKLAND. oprosiTß armr council "(hambkus. monk* advanced in Bums o? £10 to £1000 ON PERSONAL SECURITY, T>EEDB OV PROPERTY, BOND WARRANTS), SHARKS, &o. MCArMKNTS CAN BK MAD! N WEHKI.Y Oi-: ilttlJSß INSTALMENTS TO SUIT BOKKOWKKS, COMMUNICATIONS CON'FIDKNTAI* • POSTAL ADDRESS 1 BOX HI. PERCY BUTLER AND COMPANY ACCOUNTANTS, • House, Land, Commission, & Estate Agents FINANCIAL, SHARE, AND GENERAL BROKERS, Ueceivino and Fouwardin'o Agents MUTUAL LIFE BUILDINGS, 81, Queen-street. H. SKINNER A>nM) SON • Builders, Carpenters, and Jolnore, _ Vulcan Luuo. All Branches of the Bulldini; Trade executed b; h Ki!nrse!H'e<; Workmen.^ Shop KrontH. iiliieti Klttlniw. &"- IMPROVED PLYMOUTH ROCJ FOWL S. Winners of the only Prizes awarded to thi Breed nt Auckland Poultry Sttow. Ecigs from Imported Stock, Thirty SllII lings roit Thirteen. Unfertile replaced if returned. - Birds three months old. Three Guineas perpaii Also, from Prize Stock, Dark Urahmas, 15i. Rouen Ducks, 12s per dozen. Orders executed in rotation. Address: Mr GRESHAM. Te Atvamutu, or c Hewin Bros., Queen and Wellesley-streets. APERHANGING£ PAPERHANGINGS. NEW PATTE RN S. JUBT OPENED UP A CHOICE SELECTION Selling at Lowest Prices. INSPECTION INVITED. MIXED PAINTS (all colours). 1. 2. and 31b tin A. H. MORRIS, WIttLEBLEY-STREET EAST.



Business Notices. W. Leys, BOOK BINDER, PAPER RULER. ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER, THHKE DOORS ABOVK " HTAR " OFFICK. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Register Boona Specially Rulkd and Bound. Music, Magazines, Publlo Libraries, and Sun day School Books well hound. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOKS. Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Hooks <' Re-bound. BAND ANU CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS HULK'!) THE NEW ZEALAND RECEIVING, FORWARDING, PARCEL, DK-UVKP.Y AUENCY, ilKiil - sthkiit. - \VM. LAINIi MALCOLMSON begs to inform his numerous old customers and the public generally that he has established the above. Agency, wlnero all orders for the Receiving and Forwarding of Goods and Parcels to all parts of the town and suburbs will be attended to with promptitude and despatch. Orders for Household Coal will also receive every attention, as also orders for the Removing of Fuiniutro with expedition and despatch, and on the shortest notice. /^Thos. J« Harbutt, MANUB'ACTUItKB OF CORN BROOMS, =$_&". tkadk| X A P A ilmabk. ]S[ b w Season Teas, EX TAMSUI, FROM FOOCHOW, JUST ARRIVED, AND FOR S A L E AUCKLAND Af! KM! U L'I'URAL AND MEKUANTILK CO. (l.ljimib). July 24, ISSI. IUIAMES CAKKIAIiK AND DRAY FACTORY. JAMES MACKJE, Propiwetor, VICTORIA-STREET KAST, AUCKLAND. Repairs of every description in Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest notice. Springs made and repaired. Always on Hand—A large quantity of Lamps, also Jronbark Shafts and Spokea, Red Gum Felloes, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.U.—Country Orders punctually attended to Y'l T." 6~I~A YTO N- Ilia HOUBB. LAND. ;\-.\!.\U;v-U'H AOKNT AND SHIP BROKKR Attntnimie f'->r S.ile ;-.t JJumlltoo, KuwcaaU? Aioninitii;., and Nortii Shore. Mor.o lent on good securltj. Girted i :«. liianrniioa Hnildirisa, CHAIILES HKSKETn.] [ALEX. AITKKN. HE SKE TII AND AIT KE N arc glad to Inform their Customers and tin? Public generally thut having sold the whole of their last year's Stock ol Cluvm-.t. etc., tlioy lire ill a position to Oiler an Entirely New Stock arriving per direct steamer Aonui!;i, from Len d«n, and per Mail Hteumcr from Wan Kmncisoo, as under, all current beasem's growth, coDsißtinK WHITR CLOVER iTrefolium repens) RED CLOVER (T-nfoliiiin pret.-na) niS rbriw ( M^S^^ minCarnatUm) LUCKItNE (Medicafto sitiva) ALFALFA (Modicago Chiliana) TIMOTHY il'hl.-mn I>nit,>n-i CRESTED IKK3STAII, (('ynosums erlstalns) MICADOW FOXTAIL (Alopeenrus protensis) SHEIK'S FKSC'UK,ll.'e:'iue.iovina) WOOD MEADOW GRASS (Pouneraoralis) PRAIRIE (HromusSchro=deri) DOOI! QKAB|£) ItAT-TAIL (.-iporoholus elongatus) RYE-GRASS (Soleum perrcne seinpcrvirens) COCKSFOOT (Dactylis glomerata) PURPLK and GRKEN TOP ABERDEEN TURNIPS DEVONSHIRE GREY STONE, WHITK STONE, AND GLOBK TURNIPS SWEDE TURNIPS They are also Agents for the Honcdust a^ Manufactured by the Auckland Jl-mnre Com ™r,y, Sydney lionedust and Flour, Mineral am' !-ine Phosiiliotcs, Potato and Uriss Manures Penivian Guano, Nitrate of Saifii, and othei Artificial Mauurra ; Oats, Slaize, liarley. Beans. 'case; Coarse, Fine, nnd Rock Salt, Cobra.-ancl Linseud Cako ; New Zealand Flax and Tow, etc TAMES X N O X, O ' Hem. Inc. Soct., Eng., CIVIL AND PRACTICAL ENGINEER Consulting Engineer. PATENT AGENT, PLANT VALUER. Colonial Bank Buildings. TVTEW SEASON'S CLOVER HAY FROM MATAMATA, '.:\ small pressed balos of about Uilbs eac'n. SOLD IN ANY QUANTITIES >>■ r.U 1 lealcrs, and in not less than 1-Ton lota b) THORNTON. SMITH, fc FIRTH. IhLIAM 1 U O M i S Corner Of Lome &ud Victoiia-BtrceM, Auckland Kaat, MONUMKNTAL, MARBLE. AND OIKNKIU.I S'fONKMASdN. ARCHITKCTURAL SCULPTO« ANi^ CARVER. Insorlptloni Accnrata and Boautlfo'.. Monument-1), Tombs, Hoadstnnes. and nv.i' description of Stone Work at tha Lowest Posilbi [•rifles for Town and Country. mHE UNION STEAM SAW, MOULD -I- ING, SASH, AND DOOR COMPANY (LIMITED). WHOLESALE TIMBER DEALERS. MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS. SASHES, SUPPLIES IN WHOLESALE LOTS I SCANTLING BOARDS (Rough and Dressed) CEILING BOARDS WEATHER BOARDS (Rusticated or F. Edged) FLOORING AND LINING ARCHITRAVES SKIRTINGS MOULDINGS (of any pattern) DOORS, SASHES, and TURNERY, DKLIVKRKD at any Public Wharf in Auck land, or at the Company's Private Wharf, Moohanies' Bay. Tho Quality of the Company's Timbor Is Un surpassed, and Prices specially favourable foi Builders, Contractors, and other Wholesale Buyors, STORAGE ACCOMMODATION Afforded by Arrangement in Mechanics' Ba> Yard. SORTING-UP ORDERS Executed from Blachanics' Bay Yard without delay, QUOTATIONS AN 11 PATTERN BOOKS On arplicatiim at MECHANICS' BAY Oil CUSTOMS-STHKET ~y HENDERSON ? HOUSE, SHIP, SIGN, AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PAINTER, No. 8. Wtubbah-s tng bt. TZSIANOS. PIANOS. PIAWOS .T, HOW DE N Wishes to inform those friends who are waltlm for the "RAPOLDI" I "RAI'OLDI" PIANOS I PIANOS Tbttt he is Landing Six, ox Deva. CALL EARSA' AND BEE THE NIC W PETIT! PIANO, The latest Novelty imported Inln New Zealand only lift. lin. widfl. NEXT BANK OF NEW ZEAI^AND. fi ROUND LIMB GROUND LIME FOR SALE ' SOUTHGATB S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND work it la a first-class material. 8. KBANB, SOLE AftP*s9!



SjtortiJig, -^£10,000^ £10,000 jy^ 20,000 Members at 10s. flfo ? MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 -|3 To bo run Tuesday, Nov. i. -r^ O Will CloGe 30th OCTOBER, 1884. O -H 402 - PRIZES —102 -H JK _ is. J«J 133 Nominations. 200 Cash Prizes. ]NJ E First .. ..fiSWiU Jat 100 £100 T7 Second .. 1200 iia 50 200 XL Third.. .. (iOO 10 at 25 2;>o i /~\ Startors (div. 20 at 20 400 *-r Lv about.C2.ica.) 750 20 at 15 300 L^ UNon-Slnrtcra I 20 at 10 200 -_- T (aboutiluua) 1515 100 at 7 700 U -j-j 91 at 5 155 £7095 209 £2905 Please send P.O. On! ers when convenient, they can at all times, bo traced ii'lo3t, thus protecting sender. Two stamps required for replies, and One Shilling added as exchange on country cheques, which must be eertiried to as "Correct." Each ticket has Nine, dunces, the Cup being drawn first, after which the marbles are all re placed each time till the Nine Drawings are completed, thus giving one ticket the chance of drawing Nino Prizes. Dnnrl thkl Names and Addresses of three nrJdU^llli, principal Winners in Cup, and four principal Cash Prize Winners can be ob tained by Subscribers ou application. Drawing is attended by the Press (members of tho Press can freely inspect Ada'n books). Managers of papers at a distance can appoint a responsible agent in Duncdin, to whom all information will be furnished, thus giving to Subscribers a guarantee of tho bona fide character of this Consultation, a course no other "Consultulionist" pursues in Duncdin. T-he Cup of ISS3 consisted of 18,000 Subscribers, who contributed £9080. Names of Committee furnished to Press on ap plication. _ ADA MANTUA, Care of Mr. Abraham, Box 351. Post Office, Dunedin. £10,000 -^3 £10,000 «^" £10,000 _A-ID.A- ~M.A.3STmjA. Oll'ers a Special Prize of £1OO! Which amount has been deposited with the Editor of Otayo lfUtuwß, and will he paid to any person In New Zealand who can name tho placed horses in Melbourne C'ii|i, in the order as raca reported in Olat/o U'itnc3n. Each letter will be dated when received, and money paid to first "tipster." Competitors not restricted to ono trial, but can try as often as 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 tlieeventof winners not being tipped, the £100 will be equally di vided between the Otago llcnovolont Institution and Industrial School (Caverahain). It will be observed that Ada is diaintc-.v stud, having placed the money beyond her control, and it mutt be paid to somebody—licnce lier declining to receive tips herself, for she will not accept any. Applications will be received until 27th Oct.. andmustbeaddres.-iedonlytoSi'OiiTiNalCDiTOH. Otago WiLiesa, Dunkdin. Please keep copy of tip. Winner must apply for prizo within ono month after race. IyTELBOURNE CUP, 18 84. ADAM BEDE IS NOW FOI«IING A SERIES OF COM PANIIiS ON' Til 15 A HOVE GREAT EVENT. 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided aa follows :— First Horso _ ..£I,OOO Second Horso « 200 Third Horde .. .. _ _ 100 Other Starters (divided) _ .. 300 Non-starters (divided).. —^ .. 400 Total _ ~ _ ..£2,000 It is particularly requested that early applica tion for shares will be made, as each list will be drawn as soon as filled. Results will be for warded to Subscribers immediately after draw ing, and tho next list proceeded with. Any Subscriber drawing a horse in any list will be alloweil, if he so dtsires it. to invest in the following list any sum not exceeding Three Pounds without remitting any furthercash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prize The acceptances for this race are declared in August. Before that date, all Drawings will contain the whole of the horses KNTKPED, and every horso will receive a prize, but after that date the acckptous only will be drawn. NO. 1 NOW OPEN. Application by Letter only, enclosing Two Stamps with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, or Draughts. Registered Letters or Telegrams will not on any account be received. If bank notes are sent, pleasa use two envelopes, one scaled aad placed inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed envelope ia enclosed with application. Address— ADAM BEDE, Care of 11. N. ABBOTT, Box No. 2. Post-office. Auckland. A LEO'S CONSULTATION. • LIST No. I, ON THB MELBOURNE CUP, ISS-t 2 000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows: First Horse ..- £1,000 Second Horse J°x Third Horse .. •■ J|;o Starters and Non-Starters (Divided).. MX) Total £2-°°° It is particularly requested that early appli cation for Shares will be made, as No. 2 Lwt will be opened immediately this one is filled. Results will be forwarded to Subscribers im mediatoly after Drawing. Any Subscriber drawing a Horse can invest in No. 2 List to the amount of Four Pounds -without further payment, that amount to bo deducted r The PDrawing will be conducted by a Com mitteo, to which the Press will bo invited to * Application by Letter only, enclosing Two Stamps, with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, or Drafts, Registered Letters or Telegrams will not on any account be received. It Bunk Notes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed ar.d placed inside the other. P.Ci.-Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed envelope is enclosed with application. "Should it be deemed advisable after Accept ances aro published to ro-avrange Programme No. 2, tho same will bo notified by circular and advertisement -nm^r-, Trrr\n Address— V. LEO. care ALFRED KIDD, Shortlandl-streot, or Box 237, Post-office, Auck land. FIDELITY COMPANY'S ANNUAL PROGRAMME ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, To bo Run atJMclbourne on 4th NOVEMBER. 12,000 Programmes at 10s. 133 Horses and 195 New Zealand Bonds, divided as follows:— " - First Horse - ••£l>22! Second Horse.. 600 Third Horao .. - ,?'-0 Othors divided ~ ... - ~ l,"> 0 Totalfor Horseß «3.000 10 New Zealand Bonda at £100 each.. £1 000 10 do do 50 do .. 500 95 do do 20 do .. 500 50 do do 10 do .. 500 100 do do sdo .. 500 195 Bonds. Total.. £3,C00 Total Amount of Prizes, £6,000. Will CLOSB on or about 30th OCTOBER. EACH 10s Voucher has SIX CHANCES. 328 PRIZES. 328 12,000 Programmes at 10s. Please add stamps for reply and result can be sent as follows :— 1. Cheques, P.O. Orders, or liank Notes. 2. Make crossed cheques, with Is added for 63 change, payable oither to a No. or simply t bearer, as printed, but not to any particula person. If cheques or bank drafts are payabl either to a particular person or to order, the will be returned to the sender. 3. Post-offlco Orders may be sent, but the must be mado payable to Fidelity Compan °Wg?s»^^^^^ rtpliedto. Address only a. L below^ M Care of Alfred A. Cmcnmg Box. W^ T^rßW STATIONERY BUSINESS Sle^siSfiovsWSSS M2S ftom the Bank of New Zealand, Queen-atreet ENGROSSING. COPYING, & ADDRKB3E Neatly Executed, Estarj. • . ' 1186 HENRY WHITE, STATIONES AND BOOKBELLE:



Sporting. WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATION No. 1.-M KLBOURNE CUP, 1881. 2,000 TICKETS, AT 103 EACH, DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:— lit Horse £250 Starters *2&3 2nd Horse ISO Non-Starterß 30il 3rd Horse 100 - - £1,000 Apply by letter only, enclosing two stamps fur reply and result, to A. WEI.LESLEY, Care Chas. F. Andrews, Tobiicconis-t, Wei csky Milliard Rosins, Woilisle'y-Btrcet, Auck- Tenders T7" AIPARA-WAIKATO RAILWAY. FENCING CONTRACT AT RUSSELIS AND EDGEOUMBB'B, PUKEKOHE. Public Works Ofllce, Auckland, Bth August, 1381. Written Tenders for tho above Contract will bo received at this oflice tiil noou of THURS DAY, 2Sth August, It*,. They are to be ad dressed to the Him. the Minister for Public Works. Auckland, ami marked outeiilc the en velope " Tender for Fencing Contract." Plans, speuitiealioiiß, and conditions may be seen at thiii olllci-, and at the Post-uflice, Pukokohe. The lowest or nny tender not necessarily ac copied. By cninmand. \V. IT. HALES. District Engineer/a SEPARATE TENDERS for any of the IO undermentioned Services and Supplies, for n period of Twelve months from the Ist October, 1881, will be received by the Education Board, Wymlham-street, Auckland, until two p.m. on FRIDAY, the sth September next:— 1. SCHOOL FURNITURE-Desks, Tables, Black Boards, &o. 1. (JYMNaSTIC APPARATUS—Dumb Bells, Riiif,'S, Poles, &c. li. MISCELLANEOUS FITTINGS, Clocks, Hells, lilimla. Hat Pegd, &o. 1. SCHOOL MAPS, Churls, Diagrams, &c. 5. STATIONERY. (a) For Koani O/liec^. (b) For Girls' High School. (c) Fur District. IHkli Schools. 0. PRINTING. 7. ADVERTISING. 8. COAL ANU FIREWOOD. 'J. SCORIA ASH. Specifications and Conditions of Contract on application uf. thfi olllce of the Hoard. YINCKNT E. RICE. Secretary. iy,t ou"nt albert district. McELWAIN'S HILL-FORMATION AND M STALLING. 'IVndera for above Contract will be received up to noon on THURSDAY, the 2Sth August, at our Oflice, Colonial Bank Buildings, where plans and specifications may bo seen. HOY I, AN & LUNDON', Engineers. mO CARPENTERS. Tenders will be received by the undersigned until S.ao p.m. 0.1 WEDNESDAY, August 27. for the Erection of a Collage in Russell-sl. Plans, &c., to be seen at Mr F. Lamrourne's. lron -1111 oger. Karangahape Road. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accopted. J. T. H. I)IXES. Bond-street. m"~O~ BUILDERS. Alternate Tenders in Conciote and Wood wil b.: received until MONDAY, September Ist, for toe Erection of a Villa Residence in Devonport. for H. J. Lo Bailly, Esq. Plans, tec, at Messrs Champtaloup and Cooper, Booksellers, &c., Qiieen-street. R. J. ROBERTS. Architect. m O CARPENTERS. Tenders are invited until noon of MONDAY,' 2. r)th inst., for the Election of Two Firebcll Frames, Parnell. F. W. GREY, Architect. 252, Queen-street. mO BUILDERS. Tenders are required for a Cottage by noon of THURSDAY. August 21. THOS. HOLDER, Architect. High-street. m O B~U I L D E RS. Tenders will bo received, until noon of SATURDAY, August S3, for the Erection and Cuiiipletion of a SYNAGOGUE in Princes &"CL ED. BARTLEY, Architect m O BUILDERS. Tenders will bo ro eived until noon of SATURDAY, August 30th. for the Erection and Completion of a Villa Residence in Symonds- BDWAIiI) BARTLEY. Architect. moHvll d c r s. Tenders will be received until Noon of WED NESDAY, August 27, fortlic Erection and Com plciion of Shops and Dwelling-houses, Victoria Koad, Devonport. EDW. BARTLEY, Architect. mO BUILDERS. EXTENsTfJN OF TIME. Tenders will bo received until Noon of SATURDAY, August 23, for tho Erection and Completion of a Family Residence at Devon ijort. North Shore ED. BARTLKY, Architect. m O BUILDERS. ■renders will be received up to Noon of SATURDAY, the 3Jth instant, for tho Erection oE Brick Additions to Gram's Hotel, Hobson and Wellesley-streeM. Plans, &c, at our offices, Queen-street. KDWD. MAUONEY & SON, Architects. TENDERS aro invited for the Lease of the Newly opened Gravel Pit at Three Kings. Address J. W. Carr and Sons, Boat builders, Customs-street West, on or before the 28th August. taevonport, north shore. welleTbros., CARTERS, CARRIERS, &C. BRICKS, LIME, SAND. HOUSE BLOCKS, ASH. &c. BALLAST SUPPLIED. N.8.-Builders liberally dealt with. Educational. MRS CLAYTON'S Boarding and Day School, St. George's Bay Road, Parnell. Third term, Sept. 15th.-Mrs Clayton has no in tention of (jiving up her school. /^ LENSIDE, UPPER SYMONDS \JT STREET. Tho Pupils of MRS~GLOVER'S BOARDING AND DAY-SCHOOL will Uc-assemble Septom bor lllli. ISS NEIL has commenoed giving in structions in Music. Lessons given to pupils at her or thek residences.—Address Mr Uifinoui's Drapery Establishment, Karanga hapo Koad. ■ T ESSONS in Oil and Water-colour Paint _l_J ing, Sepia and Pencil Drawing, given bj Mr Ball. Private Pupils; Day and Evening Classes. STUDIO, Shortland-street. "DIANO AND LANGUAGES. MR B. HOMBERG, Professor of Music, froir Melbourne, and lately from the WestCoast.begi toinformtheresidentsofAucklandandsurround ings that lie is prepared to take pupils to teacl Piano from tiie first rudiments up to finishinj execution and composition by Logicr's system succcssf ullv adopted in London, Dublin, Berlin and Vienna, and that ho will attend to pupils a their private residences, or will receive them a his temporary abode, Karangahapo Road (fou doors from Foresters' Hall). Mr Homborp; wil also teach French and German. Medical. i RXOLD'S BALSAM OF HOHKHOUNI Arnold's bal-saji of uoKKincg; i-VHNOi-:)'rf BALSAM OF UOUhIIOUNI A Puke VeoetabliK Extuaciv The Best Remiuly for Shortness of Urea 111. _ Nothiug so iiuickly cures Couvbs, Broni-hitl? Asthma, Loew of Voice. In uenza. and \\ cul Uiie^t, us Ihia Balsam. Where children bavins Whooping Cough or are liable to Croup, alway Keep it m tho house. A single dose quietens am jivea vcllef. A small bottle often euros. Jhiai theb«st expectorant.now in use; rapifily ™nev«! the brouchial tubes by dissolving the conscalot phlegm. Carefully observe name of sole pro priewr and miinufncturer on label and wrapper JAMES UKINSMKAP, Cliemist, imitaKons aro sometimes 01c..d AR Sold by til Chcinirtslhroughout °" ' New Zealand. VVholesal* Agenta-Tm New Zealand Drug Retail Agent-UEOROE AICKIN, The Pharmacy, Queeen-strest, Auckland. ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL NEWMAKKET. Proprietor, T. HAYWOOD (Late of the Albion Hotel, Patea). T.H. having taken the above Old EsUiblisbe Hotel, about to be rebuijt, would remind hi old friends and patrons that although in ten porary prsmisea, nothing but the best Brands c Wines. Spirits, Beer and Cigars will be Buppliet Hancock's sparkling Special Brew on draugi md in bottle.



Amusements. A BBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE. BRILLIANT and CONTINUED SUCCESS of STRUCK OIL! To comply with a general request. The Great Drama, This Evening, ItrucK OIL! This Evening, For the Last Time in Auckland. FitIDAY-Grand Fashionablo Night—A New- Version of EAST LYNNE. Doors open at half-past 7: Curtain rises at 8 o'clock sharp. Tioketa for Pit and Stalls may be obtained at Abbott's. Carriages at 10.15. S. MOSS. Agent. R WILLMOTT be?." to announce that he has, at an enormous cost, obtained tba Sole Right for Now Zealand of the great RE LIGIOUS and TEMPERANCE DRAMA in a Prologue and i acts entitled, THE WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE t .» And tliat the said Drama is now in Active PKKPAIUTIOJT. nANCINGI DAKOINGI Prof. JULES DE BERNARD (recently from Paris). Select Elementary Classes, Mason io Hall. Princes-street—Adults, Wednesdays, 7.30 p.m.; next terms begins srd September. Juvenlleß, Saturdays, 3 p.m.; next term, 6th September. Terms: Gents, SI 5s ; Ladies and Juveniles, £1 Is ; vacancies. SECOND TERM. At Mrs Glover's, Glensido, Symonds-street— Thursday, 11th instant, 7.30 p.m.; Remuera, at Mrs Law's, Friday, 15th, 7.30 p.m.; Ponsonby.at Miss Hill's. Tuesday, 26ih, 7.30 p.m. Vacancies. Terms, £1 us. ■ . . ■ The Plain and Fancy Dress Party to Pupils will take place at the Choral Hull about With September next. Juveniles, 7 to 10 p.m.; Adult!, from 9 p.m. All pupils attending claEses, free ; past pupiJa, Ladies 3s fid, Gents ss; Doable Ticket 7s 6d ; Juveniles, 2s Gd; Visitors, Friends of Pupils, Ladies ss, Gents 7s Gd; Double, 10s 6d. Parents and friends will be admitted as specta tors ; tickets, 2s 6d each. Early application for tickets must be made throngh pupils, as unly a. limited number are available. Residence, 7.5, Hobson-street. Board and Residence. /""(OMFORTABLE Board and Residence V^ for FouFrespeetable Men—Apply for ad dress to Mr Home, Grocer, Wellington-street. /COMFORTABLE and select Homo, quiet V 7 and respectable neighbourhood, bath, piimo; terms moderate; three minutes from Queen-street.— Apply Star Ofllce. DURHAM HOUSE, North Shore.— Comfortable Hoard nnd Residence. Fun niHlied Apartments; terms moderate—G.Burns - Proprietor. [PRIVATE Board find Residence, or Fur- L nished Apartments, in a cheerful, pleasant situation, close to Supreme Court. — Mies Murphy's, Alton Road, near Wynyard-ttreet. DUIVATE Board and Residence for Gentlemen.—Mrs Drysdale, Gothic Hous.-, Orey-Btreet, Auckland. Good.bath and piano; terms moderate. /VovITrNOR BROWNE HOTEL. VX HOBSON-STREET. Board ana Lodging _ „ „ 20e per Wfifth Bingleßoom - _ _ - . iosper VtY. ■.- FIT esl c y house (3 doors from Hobson-street), Wellesley strcetWest, Auckland, New Zealand. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. A Good Table kept, lofty and well-ventilatod . Bedrooms, Plunge and Shower Baths, and every convenience toenßurethe comfort of boarders and visitors. Terms, £1 per week. M. MASON, Proprietress. * Business Notices. T7i MITCE.ELSON & CO., KAURI GUM ANB GRAIN MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, TIMBER BROKERS, BATE ON HAND AND TO ARHIVE :— 2500 sacks Prime Oamaru Potatoes 2000 sacks Feed and Tartarian Seed Oats 380 sacks Kidney Seed Potatoes (consigned, to be sold cheap) fioO sacks Bran 300 sacks Maize 250 sacks Fowl Wheat GOO sacks Chaff 500 sacks Boncdust 50 tons Wood's Flour, sacks, 1(!SV. and 50's 50 tons Fleming and Gilkinsou'a Flour, sacks 150 sacks Sharps 50 sacks Oatmeal Agents for Hiknrangi Saw Hill „ Keablc's Albany Focd ~ Kaino Hematite Paint. E. MITCH ELS ON & CO., 19, QugEN-STREET WHARF. NEW ZEALAND THROUGH THE , CAMERA. MRW. R.ROBIN6ON Invites the Public to subscribe to tho abovo HIGH-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC VHEWS OF NEW ZEALAND SCENERY. Prick: One Shilling JSacit (To Subscribers only). Over 2,000 Separate Views to select frem. STONE'S BUILDINGS, WEfcLESLEY-STRBET EAST. T^OKE. COKE. COKi-i. THE AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY LTD.) [nvito Orders for GAS .COKE. Delivered within 1 mile of tho Works, for Cash; -luugc* distances at proportionate rates :— Sample {jack of three bushels .. 1b (kl Five Sa*s (or quarter ton) .. „ Us Srt Ten Sacks (or half-ton) _ _ 11s fld Twenty Sacks (or ono ton) .. _ 22a 6d The Company s COKE is made from the best Hreymouth Coals; la »uperlor to that tntirio from ■Newcastle coals, being free from stotio and clinker in a remarkable degree, gives a RELIABLE FIRE, CLEARER & HOTTER THAN COAL, i ) LIGHTS READD^Y, and MAKES NO SMOKE. GOOD FIRE IN 10 MINUTES. OFFICE I FORT-STREET. ! C3K2. POKE. CORK. t % O TO B A T n \JC to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. COLD. AND SHOWER BATHS. VICTORIA - BirtKET EAST. CharKe-ONE,SHiLLING. Open all week dnrs from ii a.m. to 9 p.m., and SUNDAY MORN INGS from 6 till 10 a.m. The Bath-rooma ara ill private, and supplied with every conven ience, Turkish towels, flesh and bair brushes, uombs, respirators, soaps, fee. Select Batrt rooms (private) for Ladies every day, at all hours, with female attendance, One Shilling und Sixpence. Please note tho address-Victoria otreet Hast, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next tho Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart AuoVlarid. N.B.—Barber in r.tteiulance. TIT F. HUBBARD, ARCHITECT AND QUANTITY SURVEYOR 1 PALMgRSTON BUILPIKQB. QUBBN-BTRBKT. T QOA L" IN D DSTBI. THE AUCKLAND TOBACCO COMPANY (Limited), FORT-STREET, AUCKLAND, Are now Manufacturing CIGARS, CIGAR ETTES, and CUT TOBACCO of Various Des oriptions. Liberal terms allowed to the trade. Information and Price List maybe Obtained - from the Undersigned, who has been appointed BOLE AGENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. J. GHADWICK, Gum Broker, Customs-Btreet, Auckland. AUSTIN WALSH, Manager. li/rUSIOAL NOTICE. l^der the Patro<m ß e of HJa KxoeUsnoy the W . T^NS, TUNER of P'^^%\^ UKiiOmVUa' Charges tatfin Auckland and Suburbs roftM^pSnoS; Ss; Oblique and Grands, Ui. "uld and worn out Instruments ronovatoo and mldc almost equal to new at modcrai* ct.avm-.*.. n B W A R D BARTLEY, ARCHITECT, STIfiIP.tTRYV RTTILDINGS, OtTKKK-RTRKiat, I T&T ARN 0C X BROTHERS, SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, COX'S CREEK, RICHMOND. Office: DURHAM-STREET, AUCKLAND. Cash Purchasers of Tallow, Wool, Sheepskins, and Bones. SEEDS.— Devonport anb the-Lake.-— The Undersigned begs to intimate that he has placed withhisSistcr, attho Libraryand Re pository, next Post-office, near Victoria Wharf, a select assortment of first-class seeds of all kinds. Orders for Trees and Plants of all de scriptions, and all Horticultural Requisites, wIU be received and arranged. Catalogues on ap plication.-C. T. WHEN, Nursery and Bee 4 Warehouse, Remiura. TelephoneNo,, 208, . 1 * f trhnflflj