"THE CHURCH'S WEAKNESS; ITS SYMPTOMS, AND REME DIES FOR ITS REMOVAL."

Publio Addro3B by tho Roy. W. H. West, LL.B.

A PUJiLre mooting under the auspices of the Congregational Union lock placo lust night in tho L'ore?;forJ-«trcet Church. There was a moderate attendance. Tho Hcv. J. Uobertson, M.A., presided, and tho mem bers of the Union occupied Boats besido him on the platform, Tho meeting having been opened with prayer and p-aise, the Chairman announced tha^ ho had now to relinquish tho position of h'rst chairman of the Congregational Union, which lie had held for tho past nine months, lie considered that they had great cause for rejoicing in the possession of a Congre gational Union, for notwithstanding the advantage^ of independence for each congre gation, yet they had be;.ii 1 to feel the draw backs ofisolation when the Union was started. There was great good to be derived from ita periodical gathering?, the coming together of pastors and deacons, tho comparison of notes, and the speaking of words of mutual encouragement, However, his duty that night was not so much to eulogiso the Union so as to introduco his successor, the Rev. W. H. West, of Wellington, who had the repute of being one of their ablest preachers, and a kind and brotherly man withal. (Applause.) He called upon them to extend a right hearty welcome to Mr West, and also to the other members of tho Union. (Applause.) Ho hoped tra1; they had come in the fulness and blessing of Christ, and that they would re.urn home stimulated to fresh exertions by tho heartiness «f their welcome here. (Loud applause.) The new Chairman (Rev. W. H. West) was received with a renewed burst of ap plause. After deprecating what he termed MrKoberteon'scxtravaganteulogy upon him he went on to say that while it might be matter of regret that his offico carried with it no tangible reward, yet that he intended that his tenure of it should be marked by dignified repose. The rev. gentleman con cluded with a few serious remarks upon the possibilities and responsibilities connected tvith such an office, and with the Union generally. Another hymn having been euDg, TheKev. W. H. Wjdst, LL.B., then com menced the delivery of the annual address, lie eaid that in the annals of tho Christian Church there were records of weakness •md failure, as well as success and victory, fliero had been weakness and failure beforo Luther pat the trumpet of the Gospel to his lips, before Wesley's and Whitefield's preaching broke the ico of formalism in England, and before the era of modorn missions was intro duced. Who, today, would venture to say that tho Church of Christ accom plished all that she might and ought to lccomplish ? He did not admit for one moment that Christianity was in the tore md yellow leaf. Ho was not prepared to dispute the oft-repeated statement that the ige in which we lire was, in many respects, the best age that the world and tho Church liad seen, that there never were more Chris tians than today, and never more talent, time, and money devoted to the service of the Highest. He was not prepared to call in question the fact that the Christian pulpit and press wielded at this moment a great po^er—that Christian enterprise was wider and bolder and moro manifold than ever, and that Christian ideas were more influential. He did not want so much to compare the Christianity of to-day with the Christianity of the past to show that they had declined as to show that they must advance. There were facts >f an ominous character before them, to which they ought not to close their eyes. The manifest unconcern respecting ;ho claims of Christianity on the part of large numbers of people might well dis turb their complacency. He regretted that there was amongst us indifference to the ■;laims of the Gospel as profound as among oho benighted dwellers in Africa. Much in the .^conditions of colonial jfe tended to favour this state >l things. There was, as regarded nany, constant unsettlement in the way, local change, the intensity of the struggle to get on, and perhaps there was, on the part^ of tho Church, an attitude unsympa thetic, if not repellant, towards those who *ero without. There was sometimes a too visible classification of tho worshipper? tccording to their wealth, or, perhaps, the inancial methods of the Church, or tho low morality of Eome of its members, gave them a distaste for the whole matter. There were men who were carried hither and •hither on the waves of doubt, and others >»hoEC favourite idea was that men of in tellect dd not believe. One reason why he Church was weak in its influence and faulty in its methods in dealing with this spirit of unconcern was that ths Church nad too often been satisfied with a merely traditional faith; they had reoeived their religious opinions like keepsakes from their forefathers. They prized them like old curiosities. Many errors and superstitions had been dispelled by education and the light of a fuller know •"■'"O, but ie was the most difficult thin ; fo uproot religious traditions, for they wore rooted in a stiff soil. Opinions imbibed in childhood, and invested with the cliuim and sacredness which ago gare, were hard to affect. Xow, Christian truth laid hold of by a vigorous faith, was alone adequate to tur.i men from their false creeds and fa'.se ' deities, to the truth and worship of God. It could make a bad man good. One of the truths of '. hristianity which was etnphasi«ed in their pality was that religion was a personal thing. They might bring him a catechism 200 years old, or a creod 300 years old, and say that he must believe it or else damna tion would rest upon his head, or that he would, as the Athanasian creed said, "perish everlastingly." But what right had he or they to say that the views of religious truth given, or the explanations of religious truth offered by men centuries ago, were' tho only right or.ea! If he had to accept these conclusions without inquiry, he would tnorely bo tho vassal of a new pope. He hopod nono would suspect him of decrying tha importance arid need of sound theological teaching in thoir churches. Ho did not doubt the relation that existed between truth bolieved and character shapod : but he protested against tho he plus ultra which was stumped upon human explanations of God's truth. Lot no ono say that this was the short and easy way to doubt. He would not for ono moment encourage doubt, but God forbid that they should say all doubt was devil-born. There might be, and thore was, honest doubt, and there were honest doubters groping for the light. He fully endorsed the words of tho Chair man of the Baptist Union in England when he said that while the unregenerate must be unbelievers, the purest and the simplest might also for a whilo be unable to believe. Doubt of the kind referred to had provoked theught and stimulated inquiry. It wa3 tho want of faith which made the Church weak in <ho exercise of the special functions which God called upon it to fulfil. There was its function as a witness to the invisible and eternal in this cold hesitating time, and there was its exorcising function in the expulsion of the evil spirits that affected society—viz., intemperance, impurity, and covet lUßness. There was lastly its dramatic function — its power to embody and present on tho very real stage of its own life in this world examples of redeemed man as described by Paul, and cf moral man as described in the Sermon on the Mount. A stronger personal faith would include a profounder humility. A? Christian people, they too often undertook their work in a spirit of boastfulncss and ostentation. Christian work had been dono with much flourish of trumpets, with the cry, " Look at us! See how Etrong we are ! How respectable we are ! How liberal we" aro ! What a genteel and well-dresEed people we are ! And then as to our principles, why, who can detect a flaw in them ?" When the left hand had done good, instead of the right hand being ignorant, the right hand had been busy in writing an elaborate advertisement of it for the world's information. Christian work at tempted in this spirit was a failure. The time in which wo lived was one of fuss and bustle and trumpet-blowing. The sensa tional was everywhere in the ascendant, in dress, inliterature.in eduoation, in business, in politics, and oven in the pulpit. It were well that their voices were less loud and their deeds more pronounced. If Christains generally would act out the principles of the Sermon on the Mount, leaving out ad captandum and self-seeking devices, the results would be of the highest value. They should be on their guard against that style of glorifying in God which was but another way of glorifying in themselves. They should not, either, be always speaking of the scientific spirit of the timeas if it were a devil. In its most distinguished exponents there was a reverence for facts, a patient labour in its pursuit, and unselfish devotion in its service that not a few ef themselves would be im proved by copying. And however its de mand for certitude might bo miKintetpreted by some of its votaries through a most un scientific limitation of tho sources of know. ledge and the bases of balief, that abuse should not hinder them from recognising its

ory for light which GnTu^i taught They BhouUijNfy though men might reO^ £ of the spiritual world and it,tts «C thoy could never establish a impoaeiblo to tort Sif«<s2 material analy Beßl Ac? * JJSj that no fur no approach K?dr«»M? than in a poreorial God- andWe%2 the only parent of chancei»^ h"«o2 chMißc-matta could nove r l^Q It mutt have bad a inJ* 4" iftt there was an effect without«i? M 1 ore both the creation I**!B by the Father of their " D s d r«ft2 Wen superior to ph yiic f^N^ went hand in hand with all iT ■ M and therefore could noVfe^ relntion to the unseen and &W sentcd to them in the revelat?*"*> h ofClni.,t \Vhattl,eCh U efc< Ptronßer faith in her m »l^Z demanded of her tha ?^l S\ «fc tablifih tho divinity of k**» Moral wonders and spiritual »vS, would alone serve for this nur^T^ the world asked, "WhmSS* X tho Church should beableto^C andeay, « The Wind reefed the lame walk, the lepera are J^ deaf hear, the dead'aro S«SS the poor the Gospel v nn, ftyXk quickened spiritual life was S.T1" 1 doto to indifference and inadiriN not a higher stylo of rdi^H intelligence, a warmer WtS jiler aim, a loftier moraW '•* more steadfast will to do God'.^n^ able by them as indi T ls% churches? For the eonfirS *< faith and improved style of life?l6* in which they lived, they did t%i* more wordy, or symbolic, or coniO or speculative Christianity bnl"'l operative or working ChiUtianitv ' ii been themelancholymisfortuntrffti? that from age to age eoaia of Zz committed to her keeping IJ?J into eclipse. At no time hid tk ' together with their native S Perhaps the time had now come fit persion of tho clouds which otto!!1 doctrine of the Spirit's agency!!** economy of redemption. Tim 2" gotten that the ultimate power jrfi* to maUo all labour fruitful XVj in tho Divine mind. They foi Jr fied to the bones but not yj heart, and the cry for the far this hour was, "To thy kneea oS! It was time for the Lord to wort SS began to work He might humbSil of the Church. Ho mightsmiteiS of opinion which they they hi 3 worshipped. He might disimtoj? poor ambitions and scourge tletr S rivalries. He might, like the gat 22 growths of rottenness that were tie* blance of life. He might, lftj »£ carry away wholeinstitutionSjWMdiHS needed, er needs no more. Butletßhrt " O Lord, revive Thy workia theiai the years, in the midst of toyman known." M In a complimentary spoech Dt j» moved, " That the hearty thsnlid| meeting be given to the Kav, Mrftf his able, eloquent—his timely ad come address." The proposition wbb secondedbrfe Daldt, sen., and paeßed witl Ecdaiia The Roy. W. H. West briefly nh, thanks, and the congregation wastffsj in tho usual manner. . .

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Auctions TOMORROW, NOON. ■TCTEWMARKET, "ftTEWMARKET -VfEWMARKET. £10 £10 £10 -\TIILA OITES. ITO USB QITES. /10TTAGE OITES YOUR OWN LANDLORD FOE £10, COTTAGE AND ORCHARD AND GARDEN SITES, &c, &c, &c, ALL FOR i'lo. Rf( /GREENWOOD HAS been favoured with instructions to cut up and olloc for salo by auction on thonborc dflto, AT THE NEWMARKET YARDS, AT 12.15 siiAitr. ALL Til AT VALUABLE PIECE OF LAND. containing about 11 acres, und having over 1.000 lect frontage lo Brighton Rood, and inlorsoctod by G3 tact : i'le road running from tho Hcmuora Road aloiißi Ue tho Masonic Hall, through tho property to llrijihton Koad. and being within 5 , minutis'distanceof the Newmarketstation. Tho views from tho Innd aro very Brand, com. manding ihc whole of Hobsou Bay, North Shorau Rangitoto Channel, and the surrounding sea a»& had. WORKING MEN OF NEWMARKET, i SPECULATORS AND OTHERS. This is a rare chance to securo a good-sized lot for a residouce Blto and garden. Tho land i K'lng situated 80 ucsr to the fast-rising town of Nawmarkot, ia bound to double itself In value \ wilhin tho noxt twelvo monthß, and tho terms : on which tho property will bo offered brings it. •■ within reaoh of all. namely: £10 per allotment dopooit on all lots bought for' j £130 or less, and £20 per allotments deposit on lota bought for moro than £100. Balanoa may remain at 7 per cont. por annum for S years, or-; per cent, discount will bo allowed for cash. BE YOUR OWN FREEHOLDER fob £10.. . THERE IS MONEY IN IT. Also, at samo time and place, .' WINDEBANK. '. REMUERA. REMUBRA.J VILLA SITES. , VILLA SITES. VIEWS UNEXCELLED. A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OS1 A. G. GOVER, BSQ. THE LAND is cut up into oonveaient-glzed AllotiHonta.havinKgoodfrontagcaandunriTaUed views. Situated in one of tho best pa* t« of Konmera. and close to Newmarket ami Panicll. Tho Allotments are flagged, and t^°ffnrt»c pi vis may bo had on application to the AucUon- CCTho Property has frontages to BRIGHTON KOAD ami -SEA VIEW KOAD. Tho following are tho Nos. of Lots Jf 1. thJs'jJ: ages to BRIGHTON ROAD and SKA VIEW KOAD:- Lota 3, 3. i. 5. 6, and 7, having frontage of Gfift each to rm View Road, and Lot 1, 63ft Bin to WK 12. IS. and « each withMft frontage to Brighton Road, and Lot 15,111 ft Win froutuko to Brighton Koad. Tkkms: Oxefourtii CAsn. Balance, Two Years at o pkr cent. Money will be advanced for building purposes pn Building Society 3 principles. BGN'T FAIL TO CALL FOR PLANS. "o n "TTreenwood, AUCTIONEEB,' . ™= 6 t i' c X TOMORP.OW, NOON. NEWMARKET HALL. NEWMARKET HALL. SALE BY AUCTION. NEWMARKET LOTS 1 NEWMARKET LOTS ! NEWMARKET .LOTS I WINDEBANK LOTS I WINDEBANK LOTS ! WINDEBANK LOTS! ARNEY CRESCENT LOTS ! ARNEY CRESCENT LOTS! ARNEY CRESCENT LOTS ! WILL BE HELD in Sio HALL at NEW MARKET on WEDNESDAY NEXT, SALE commencing at 12.15 sharp. Waggonettes will leave tho Corner of Vulcan Lano, Auckland, at 11.30 a.m. on Day «*Sale; returning immediately after the Salo. LUNCHEON~PROVIDBD. R , c. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer, AUo, AT SAME TIME AND PLACE. ARNEY CRESCENT, THE PICK OF REMUERA. 6 SUPERIOR LOTS, having magnificent viewa. Bituated botvwen tho residoßcea of R. Browning. Esq., and Jas. Russell. Esq., WITH FRONTAGES TO ARNEY CRES CENT AND AHNKY ROAD. B. C. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. Also, AT -SAMB TIME AND PLACE, GOOD COMFORTABLE FIVE-BOOMED COTTAGE, With over? convenience, well &c, together with FKEKHOLD ALLOTMENT, having front ago of 51 foot 6 inches to York Road, and 51 feet 6 inches to Short-street, NewmaTket. At pre cast occupied by Mr Jas. Lano. J. R. RANDERSON, Auctioneer. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. CLIPPER BARQUE GAZELLE, E. & A. ISAACS HAVE received instructions from THE HON. THE COMMISSIONER OF TRADE CUSTOMS, WELLINGTON, to sell by public auction, at their Stores, Queen-st., On Thursday, February 36, at 12 o'olock, - THE CUPPER BARQUE GAZELLE, As she now lies in Auckland Harbour. Included in her Inventory are-Sails, Boats, Anchors. Chain. Sidelights. Compasses, Barn ' meters, Cabin Furniture. Medicine Cheat. Flags, Kparc Blocks. Life Buoys. BuckeU. ShiD Chandlery, Stovo and Cooking Utensils, Crockery, Cutlery, Sec, &c. Also, THE RIGHT TO LIFT AN ANCHOR now in th» Harbour (spot to be indicated by Tide Burv<T" ) and Spare Stores, Tobacco, Cigara, Tanks, Ccal Backets and Shovels, Rifles, &cv Intendine; purchase's can inßpcct the vessel on anplicjuion to the Tide Surveyor, and on ITebuaitry Co, 21. and 25. The .Customs Launoh wtll icavo tho Qjucen-street Whart at 12 o'clook noon lor tiio Gazelle. For further particulars apply to E. & A. ISAACS. Merchants and Auctioneers *



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. THE HAYMARKET. FOR SALE, at tho Hayirmrket, on Fri day next, February 27,1553, ex Orcti, from Waitaru, 11 GOOD YOUNG HORSES, consisting of -1 Active Horses, suit ible fc r Conch. 5 Medium Draughts 5 Light Harness Horses and Hacks. ALFRED BUCKLAND. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23. IMPORTANT SALE OF FARM STOCK. FOR SALE, at tho residence of Mr John Johns, Olahuhu (wh« is leaving the farm). on Saturday, February 2S. at 12 o'clock, THE WHOLE OF HIS STOCK as follows:— 20 QuictCowsinmilk 20 Good Cows forward in calf 50 Head Mixed Caßlo 10 Half-bred Attorneys 'i'he Prizu FUly at tho Into Show 10 Working Horses 10 Colts and Hacks 3 Fnim Marcs (foals at fool) 2 Riding Marcs, in foal to Hippocampi] with foals at foot to Hippocampus fi Timor Ponies 50 Ewes in lamb 3 Pigs 100 Fowls Douhlc-shnft 'Waggon, Tip Dr.l7*. liiißcy, Spring Cart. 2 Doublo furrow l'loaxlis. a Sinulofurrow Plough, Moiild Plough, 2- Horso Hayrakcs, Chatrouttcr. I Bets Harrows. Uißk Harrow, Chain Harrow, Prnober Holler. Mowing Machine, Harness, and sundries J.TO wicks Oats 2 stacks Straw 3 stacks Hay fctauk Oaton Sheaves Lunoheon provided. ALFRED BUCKLAND. "C 1O X PRIVATE SALE 150 TWO-TOOTH KWK6. of good quality SHROPSHIRE DOWN*. OXFORII DOWN, SOUTH DOWN*, AND LINCOLN RAMS. ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMARXET. SALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, TAU-OW, HAY, and BTKAW, eaoh TUESDAY, at 12 o'olock. ALFRED BUCKLAND, FOR PRIVATE SALE ON LIBERAL TERMS, IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS I Farm Lots from 29 acres and upwards, near Pnkekohe Station ; from £7 10s to £10 an acre. Farm, Lot ISO, Awitu, containing 129 acres; •eonroly fenced; fi near other homesteads, and "ood land; £2 an acre. Farm of 150 acres on tho Pnkekohe Hill, ad joining that of Mr Jacob Wright's; considerably Improved; 68 an acre. A first-class Farm, half-way between Klhlkihl and Te Awamutu, containing SSG acres, with choice apple orchard. Available and Fertile Farms, ranging from 1,600 to 10,000 acres, at prioes varying with Im provements from'fil to £7 an acre. ALFRED BUCKLAND. THURSDAY, 26th, NOON. ROCKY NOOK, MOUNT ROSKILL. FINE FREEHoTd^LLOTMENTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. B. ARTHUR HAS boen favoured with instructions to sell by auction at his Estate, Land, and Housa Sale-rooms, Arthur's Mart, on Thursday noxt, at 12 o'clock noon, TWO FIXE CORNER ALLOTMENTS, boing Nos. US and 119 of Rocky Nook Estate, baring frontage to Mount Rosklll Road and Goorgc strect, near tho Chain Bar. Two Allotments, Nos. 116 and 117. fronting : <scorgo street, but a shorr distance from tho 1 others. Fino hoalthy position, volcanic soil, good viow, fast rising district, 'buses pass fre : fluently. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, At 2 o'clock p.m. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN HOP BEER BUSINESS WITH PLANT, AND IN TEREST IN LEASE AT LOW RENT. R. ARTHUR | HAS been favoured with instructions from Mr Chas. Beaumont, to soil by Pub lic Auction at his premises, Wellington Lano, Hobson-stroet, on Thursday noxt at two o'olock p*ffi. HIS INTEREST IN A FIRST-CLASS HOP BEER BUSINESS with all necessary Plant for ccirrying it on, with Receipt and fall informa tion anainstmctions.&c, Spring Cart,Harnees Hop*, Sugar, Bottlou, &c Also. Tha iDtereat In Leaao of the Prani£e3 "rent low. Torms Cash. B. C. CARR.] [B. D. TONES. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, At 12 o'clock. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGGONS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS. WHIPS. WHIPS. WHIPS. B. TONKS & CO. WILL soil on tho above date, at 12 o'clock, 12 Carriages, Buggies and Waggona 25 Sets Single and Double Harness 200 Driving Whips. !O, O. OABB] [B. D. KSNKB WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4/ At Twelve o'Clock. QT. TTELIEE'SI S* TT BLIER' S •' WB BAVK RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL ON THE ABOVE DATE, THIS T^ERY -yALUABLE TmSTATB, COMMANDNQ BOME CF THE FINEST POSITIONS FOR RESIDENCES ASYWHEBBB ABOUI THE SUBURBS OF AUCK LAND. MAGNIFICENT SUBURBAN SITES. FINE RESIDENCE SITES. FOR POSITIVE SALE. FOR POSITIVE SALE. STEAMER LEAVEB FOR THE ST. HELIER'S WHARF DAILY Plans ready on Thursday, the 19th inst, B. TONES & CO,, Auctioneers, DURHAM YARDS, FOR SALE, at the Durham Yards, every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, HIDES. TALLOW. WOOL, and BttDia gJUMIfiE AND NOLAN]



TO-MORROW, At 11 o'Clock. SECOND-HAND CLOTHING, NEW CLOTHING, &C. CARBINES & TAYLOR "insTILL sell by auction at their rar.rt, W Queen-street, lit 11 o'clook sharp, 400 LOTS OF SECOND-HAND CLOTHING consisting of Luilk-s'Silk. Velvet, nndCashniorc Drcßßca. Lndits' Unclorclothiug ;great yarietj). Lndica' .lackeis, Shawls Skirts, Dolmuns. Childn'n's Clotliine;. flnd nundricß, etc.; Uents Suits, Trousers mid Vnsts, yhirta, etc. Also, '26 Cases Fruit, Apples, Plums, and Peaches. At EtP.VKS o'Clock. CARBINES & TAYLOR. W. S. COtiIKANE] [JAS, DACRE TO•Mo R R O W, AT 11 O'CLOCK. OILCLOTH ! OILCLOTH ! I THE Subscribers will soil by auction, at their Rooms. Quocn-strcot, on Wednes day, 25Ul in9t., at 11 o'clock, g CASKS NEW OILCLOTH. SAMUEL COCIIRANE & SON, Auctioneers. V. S. COClllUNi:] [JAS. 11ACRE TOMORROW. 7HO ACRES, WHANG AM ARINO. 200 ACRES, MANGAPIKO. THE subscribers will sell by auction at their Itooma, Quccn-atreel, on Wednesday, 2oth February, at l'-'o'ulock, THE FOLLOWING FREEHOLD PHOPKR TIKs1, sold by order of Uio Agent for tho Public Truetee under tho Rating Act. 18S2, for non-payment of Kates :— PARISH OF WHANGAMARINO. Allotment 3. containing 50 acres Allotment 2?. i, containing 20 acres, fronting tho Waikato lliver Allotment*. 70 and 71. containing CO acrgg Allotmunt i:i3, contnining GO acres Allotment 11. containing 60 ncroa Allotment ;i'J. containing .'X) a?reH Allotmont 102, conUiiniiuj.'.o acres AUotuiont ,'i3. containing M acres Allotment 1L1), conminlng 00 acrea Allotment!)!. (.-oinnining sil iicroa 117. contuinin« SO ucroa Allotmont 113, containing iH) acres Allotment W), contiiiui'it? .'iO acres Allotmont 49, containing 40 aores. PARISH OF MANGAPIEO. Allotment 15, containing 50 acres, frontinc Miinifapiko Klver Allotment .'ioti, contnlning X acrts, froEt ing Mnngapiko KiM'r Allotnumt VI, containing 50 acres, front ink- Mangnplko River Allotment 2il, contnining ,'X) aoros. SAMUEL COCHRANE k SON, Auctionc«rs. w, a. ouch&anb] [jas. daobe THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. At tre P.f.sidkxce, MonsT Edex. BRUSSELS CARPET, GILT MANTEL MIRROR, MAHOGANY FURNITURE, OVAL CENTRE TABLE, LAWN MOWER, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. fIiHE Subscribers will sell by auction, at, JL tho Residence, Alount Eden Road (nearly opposite St Barnabas' Church) ou Thursday, FeorHary 26, at 11 o'clock. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of Brussels Carpet, (jilt Mantoll Mirror, Mahogany Couth. Ovnl Centre Table, Mabogunv Chutlbnicr, Fendor and Irons, Curtain t'oles and Curtains, Pembroke Table. Pictures. Ornamrntd, ISo.ißteads, Hair Mattraea. Wushstund and Waro, Dressing Tablo anil Mirror, Carpet. Chairs. Mahogany Chrat Drawers, Kitchen Tablo. Dinner Service, Tea Set, Lawn Mower, Garden Tools. Ktc, Kto., Etc, SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. S. 00CK1UXE] JAS. DACEE MONDAY, MARCH 2. CHURCH MISSION ESTATE, KAITAIA. SUBDIVIDED INTO FARM AND VILLAGE ALLOTMENTS. THE Subscribers have recoived instruc tions to Sell by Public Auction, at tlioir Land Hart. ISo, Queen-Strom, on Monday.March 2, at 12 o'clock, Tho well-known K?TAIE OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, at KAITAIA. having oxtensivo front ageß to rtie Kaltniii River and to tho main rond to Manpnnui. Tho property has been carefully survoyed and subdivided into Farm and VlDago Sections, ranging from 1 aero to 537 acres. Plans can now be obtained at tho offices Of tho Auctioneers. Terms: One-third cash : bolanco can remain for three yoars at 8 por cent. BAMUEL CO"ciRANE & SON, Auctioned a. THURSDAY, 2Gth, FRIDAY, 27th, AND SATURDAY, 27th, Commencing oach day at 11 o'clock. JEWELLERY ! JEWELLBRTI JEWELLERY I JEWELLERY ! JEWELLERY I JEWELLERY ! JBWELLERY! JEWELLBRY GREAT SALE OF BANKRUPT STOCK! BANKRUPT STOCK! GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, CHRONOGRAPHS, ASTRONOMICAL, AND ENGLISH LEVERS, By Rueeell, Rotherham, Ehardt, snd other eminent makers, EDWARD LEYDON HAS been favoured with instructions from Mr M. J. Mulligan to soil, nt his Mart, noxt tho British Hotel, on tho above dates, GREAT BANKRUPT STOCK OK MR CLARK, OF TE AROHA, Which has boen purchased by Mr Mulligan from tho Ofllcial Assignee at AN ENORMOUS REDUCTION ON COST, Comprising— Ladies' and Gents' Gold and Silver Watches T.allies' Diamond Lockets Ladieß' Gold and Silver Alberts and Necklets Gents' Gold and Silver Alberts Gents' Rings, Pin 6, Studs, Ucms, &c Lockets, Groenßtones, &c. • Genuine Diamond Kines of tho first water Gold and Silver Brooches and Earrings Bracelets. Pendants, Trinketo, &c Kloctro-platcdware of every description "Vlolrns, Fancy Goods Perpetual Motion Clocks. COME AND SEE tho Stock to be Sold, as' Bvory Novelty in Jowollery, Clocks, and Watchos will bo on view on each morning of day of sale. As Mr Milligan is leaving for England im mediately, hn is desirou* to SELL the ABOVE WITHOUT THB SLIGHTEST RESMRVE. Note tho Name and Addrccs :— EDWARD LEYDON, Auctioneer, Next Mart to British Hotel. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. CUSTOMS STEAM LAUNCH. E. & A. ISAACS BTAVE received instructions from the L Hon. tho Commissioner of Trade and toms. Wellington, to sell by auction, at their Stores. Qwen-street, on Thursday, February 26, atlSo'cl ck, THE CUSTOMS STEAM LAUNCH, atvehe now lies in Auckland Harbour. The Launch will be brought alongside the Oueen-streesi Wharf on Wednesday Morning February 25. For further particulars apply to E. & A. ISAACS, Auctioneers, SCORIA ASH. SCORIA ASH To Builders and Contractors. I am prepared to mipply (or deliver) from Tlireo Kings Scoria Pit, in any quantity, Coarse, Medium, and Screened, in Auckland Suburbs ned Onehunga. Orders can be left with Jos. Mackie, Coachbuilder, Victoria-street; or tin UDderfllgned. Onahunga, Jan. 9.1855. Wm, BRIERLY,



SHALDERS SON, BROWN* 00., QUEEN STKEET. THE SALE OF JOHN COSGRAVE & CO.'S d BANKRUPT STOCK„ 0 • HAS NOW COMMENCED. H jZj In commencing this our £ FIRST SALE, 2 Q. wo beg to state to the public that we arc y rA n NOT m going to continue in a condition of Q bj" CHRONIC SELLING-OFF, !Zj Obut that the Sale must be H ® SHORT AND SHARP, r, M U2 and, to eifect this, prices witl bo r\ W WONDERFULLY REDUCED,. <] ' aa asll tho U J BANKRUPT STOCK MUST BE SOLD ft <d before Autumn Shipments are opened. Wo —o //eaofe 0/ Families, Country Settlers and Storekeepers . - would find it to their advantago to lay in a STOCK OF DRAPERY. at tho Immense Sale now being held at SHALDERS SON, BROWN & CO., 204 AND 206 QUEEN STREET. T.&S.MORRIN&GO. LIMITED, HARDWARE MERCHANTS, <k Importers of Machinery, &c, &c. Indents executed for every description of Hard ware on most favourable terms'.' T. &. S. M. & Cd.> Ld. have now in Stock, Combined Band and Circular Saws for Hand or Power, complete with Saws. BAKD SAWS FOR HAND POWER. BAED SAWS FOR HAND POWER. DRILLING MACHINES. DRILLING MACHINES. BOLT & NUT SCREWING MACHINES. BOLT & NUT SCREWING MACHINES. PIPE SCREWING MACHINES. PIPE SCREWING MACHINES. TINSMITH'S TOOLS. SQUARING SHEARS. SQUARING SHEARS. CIRCLE CUTTERS ROLLERS. ROLLERS. SWAGING & PANING DOWN MACHINES. FOLDERS. FOLDERS. BEADING # BURRING MACHINES. GROOVING MACHINES. WIRING MACHINES. HAND SWAGES. ANVILS. HATCHET STAKES, PUNCHES, STOVES, &c. T. & S. MOKKIN & CO., LIMITED, FURNISHING IRONMONGERS, QUEEN STREET. AMATEUR FRET CUTTING MACHINES, 8 PATTERNS.



THE WONDERFUL f Lato»t licproresccats. Vftlcabia Applißccor[. Ton Tears' { Guarantee, ffctont AutcrmuMo Winder. Potent prop-RoHras. CHrifiSf'-v'ifS \ P*tont riooao-Wlndlncr-Wboal. Patent Threw?. J^rtiUer. W*r- JSlp wwf wsjj V'h-lm Machine! kept in Bepolro fpr t>v~e ysarn FKEE O¥ *"** BB "" ' JO3ABG>3. lUomittsd CfctiJofciMßi feud Samples of Worfcfre* BjPafSji^mjrfji J ti"'S3"*'rHß \vert!seim kf.wj.kg ■MacEiM agikcy. , W. «?. IiJCiALiJIi, I tV, QUKEN-STRKET, AUCKLAND.



TT3 OROCTER, • JlAi* Ji. OCULIST OPT.ICIAN, O[ Clirtstohuroh, i^ nsw on a visit td Aucklnnd. for a short t mm oiilJMind may bo Consulted on all Disensofj fi{ ibo Kyc, atul Tor tho proper ad matmnut M SpectaolSak With resari] to tho UiiOllses of tho KVe, there may be considered iwo (lietihet kindn o( treatment, viz., the Medical and tlisOptical; tho Medical to the Physician. Uie Option! to tho Ocuusr OPTfcuS.. Kntiro'y twoUdrds of the diseases nro di'.n w optical detect1!. Ulindnosa, Souikv KVKj. Headaches, Neuralgia of the ]''nccnnrt'relhples,l)oafncßß,aßd Inflammationiof tho r'yO3arofrequentlycaueod by optical dcfcots>H.nd arc Prevontod and Cured, WITHOUT <>i'hlutions, by properly adaptoa Spcctnciu", liuulo to correct tho defect!vo por tion or the oye. There aro over .WO.OK) varloui cotllbinatlons of ypectarlea required to corroot theao defocta—imposaible to bo kept in Block by any Optician, even in London, thereforo, must be Kround oxpreaaly to moot each individual casu. T. It. PROCTER received tho hißhest awanl Rrantcd for the innnufr.cturc of Spcctacleß in Ovory rnmblnntion of spheiicul and cjlindri cal form roqiiiruil, nt tho International Kxhiul tion, N.Z , viz., a Uertillnito and liold Modal. X.IL1 1. hns for many years made an ospeciul etucly of tho ontinal nicans necessary to remedy tho dcfoctH of tho astigmatic or wcak-sinhted oyon, and t.hia c.^porieneo. combined with tho appliances for manufacturing, onabloi him fre quently to relievo ovuu tho ulhorwiso hopelcaa cased. No Charco for ConßUltation. Address :— THKKK DOORS FltOM THEATRE ROYA& VICTOUIA-STREET. TP E A C O C X, • OPTICIAN, MATIIKMATICAL AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKEH, SIIORTLAND-STRKET. ALWAYS IN BTOCK- Spcctaclos and Kye-glassee of every kind as accurate fit guaranteed Opora Qliisses of superior quality Toleucojms, Binocular Jneld Glossea ana Microscopes, powerful and oheap Theodolites, AUninu ComputHes, Drainage Lovole Abu«y Levelß, Prismatlo CompoMOg Drawing Instrumonts, Scales, Parallel Rulere Ships' Logs Sextants, Compasses. Binnacles Barotnetors. Thermometors, Hydromctera Eleccrlc Bells, Batteries, and KittiEKß MoKnetio and Galvanic Medical Machines Magic Lanterns and Slides, Hand ilai<nlflcrp Btoreoscopea and Slides, Graphosoopca Steam G unites) and Tublne, Sallnomotors Amateur l'hotoijraphlc Cameras JUBT HKCKIVKD-Selt-rOßlßtoring Anorolo Barometers [KBTBUMEST3 01 KVEHY KISD BKPAIIUID, oppo^ith: thb PosT-oyFinn. D. E v x T T GUNMAKER, 254, QCEEX-STREKT, AUCKLAND (Opposito tho City Market). ESTAHLISnED 1559. Intendinß Boykrs /b»w^ should iuspect the •JjSs'WV. Lakok Stock of Brccdi and Muzz.n-lonriim; ~«fe}'! l MtTS««k Guns on hind. They v^3 , will SCO tho iikst val.uk in jf*^'~' Auckland. Kvory Gun iho- >U3^> • f'1»i rouKhly oxßinlnrd and guaran- O;«i Hamir.crlo:<.<_GunK. with Sic- \f JmjS V' and 20 KuaK'c : Silvers Patent Ami- (Ls".-' f 7---5 recoil Butt Plates: Webloj 'a Ijnll »•.■:. Dot; and Jrisli i;onst,ihu!ary licvol- t '";: \en. ulpo hi* New Patent Self-ex- Etjl: trai tiiiß l'Ldvolver: Kynoch's Patent llj! " I Vrfert " Kclo.i.iiiiK' -Metallic Cart- ®l! rlitk'e Cases and Crimpers: Eli-.y's Re- ?.-; volver AMimiiniiionanci Metallic CartriuKO f\ Cases; Ne\vca.Mlo Chilled Shot; Curtis' U uud Harvey and Pi»on Wllk'u and Lav- If rence'B Gunpowder: Kley'3 Waddinn rind jw Cartridge Casci: Pnwdcr Flaßka, Shot lib PouchOK, Game Bai?s. Gun Cases, CartrWßO **" Bolir. Gun Oil. Tow for Gun denning, Fer ret Mnzzlos and Bells. Saloon Hifles, Air Cones, Brooch-loadinß Implements, Fishing Tackle, Cutlorv, Firowork?. RKPAIR3. includinfr Browning and Re stocking, specially attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed. D. EVITT, GC.N'MAKER AND iMrORTXR, 251, QCEENBTIIBKT, AUCKLAND. T O II N "t> OCHANA N. WHOLESALE GROCER, TEA, COFFEE, & SPICE MERCHANT, CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. Tolpßjaph Address: I Telophono Exchange, "Bogle," Auckland. I N 0.55. I The Advortitor dssiros special attention to hie Celebrated Brands of BLENDED INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. Sinco thoir introduction tho greatly increasod demand for thorn substantially proves their excellence, and confirms the high esteem which tho Public have justly accorded them. Tho following distinctive brands all bear his Trade Mnrk on the labels, and are packod in lib and Jib packets, also in 61b, 101b, and 401b tins, viz :— BLENDED INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. HOUSEHOLD COUNTESS DUCHESS PRINCESS EMPRESS Brands. BLENDED PURE INDIAN TEAS. ZEMINDAR Brasd. SPREAD-EAGLE BAKING AND YEAST POWDERS. Theso Powdors, since thoir introduction, have boon accorded by tho public the re coption their excollonco desorvoa, and only require a trial to be moro universally used. Attention is requested to the following analytical report:— "Laboratory, HolHon-strect. Auckland. June 13,1881.-1 hove sampled the Uakinj; Powder in the bulk, prepared by Mr John Uuchatian, Jler chant, Auckland, and have analysed the same, and iind tho constituents p.uro and ■svell-propoil- tioned. Tho result proves this article to be superior to any either imported or colonia.lly prepared that has been submitted to me, and I can, therefore, confidently recommend it to the public—(Signed) J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst." Each tin bears his Registered Trade Mark. Sold by Grocers and Storekeepers Generally. iho STOCK of GENERAL GROCERY and Oilmen's Stores comprises a Splendid Assort ment, which is constantly being replenished by importations from European, American, and Australian Markets. JUST RECEIVED, EX S.S. BUCEPHALUS, from Calcutta, via Melbourne, 200 DRUMS BULK CASTOR OIL, Catalogues ok Application. To those about to commence business, attention is drawn to the great advantage of being in a position to offer the Celebrated and Popular Brands of Spread Eagle Teas, Baking and Yeast Powders, CtCi, and to secure other special induce ments which I am prepared to offer. X O H N "E> U O ,H A N A N, WHOLESALE GROCER, CUSTOMS-STREET, .. AUCKLAND. .-



n; pSK:3-.r.-.r..".r i. v:.;!.-:.:1.:., ■-.U'IMDi JB. B L A I X I B, • VICTORIA-STIiUET, IMPOUTKR OF BUILDERS' Si FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY Direct from Manufacturers, Has for Sale, at Low Rates— Carpenters' Toola Nolls, Locks, Hinges Kitchen Ranges Itoeletor Grates, In grout Variety Marble and enamelled Pluto Mantelpieces Largest Stock in Auckland Jlarble, Electroplate, Curb, and otlicr Fcndcra Galvanized Iron, Sheet Load, and Zinc Slate, Cement, and Plaster INSPECTION INVITED. TEA^ Unrivalled /0) » /O7 O U 8./&/ \mh/ TEA I /Cq/ abounding Ay » /£t/ Strength / AND 4tIGH QUALITY. ri ROUND LIMB. GROUND LIMK FOR BAI^B' • SOUTH GATE S MAHUUANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND KOCIIK LIMK. In any quantity, loi- Concrete Paths, Floors Collars. &c. (next to stono flagging is un rivalled for durability and hajdsetting qualities). For Uinks and other wet work it is a first-class materifil. B. KBANE, SOLE AGENT, CUSTOMS-STRKKT Ty OMAN'S Tji .X IBN D. WOMAN'S FRIEND. Tl7' OMAN'S TmRIEND. MRS DR. STUART'S FAMOUS FAMOUS FEMALE T)BMEDIES. EMALB JAjEMBDIES. CURE HEADACHE, NERVOUSNESS, HYSTERIA PAINS TIN THE BACK, FLUSHK& WKAKNE33, IRREGULARITY. LANG UOR. AND THE DEPRESSIONS PECU LIAR TO FEMALE EXPERIENCE. MRS DR. STUART Has for years devoted especial attefitlon to the dlsordors common to her sex, and in her Reme dies ladles have the grctitost boon over intro duced to public notice. Many years' experience in the largest female practice in the metropolis comprising every a£e, temperament, and com plaint, has afforded omple opportunity for thf most thorough trial ot tho Medicines reputed to be of value, and the Remedies now introduced to the ladies of Auckland havo won the highest entoeni and praises from innumorable mothen and daughters rostorod to Btrongth. regularity, and all the blessings of sound health. MRS Dr7~STUART'S LADIES' TONIC, Ss Arra is 6d Pbr Bottle. This Is essentially a Femalo Tonic It con tains tho elements roqnisito for tho peculiar constitution of woman. Whatever of value thero may bo in tho legion of quacks and noi t.rums imposed upon a too-Renorous and con fldinjc publis for iho strongor sox, thoy have, JiroTcd themselves to bo uttorly valuoless for emalo nso. For loss of appetite, colour and ■ spirits, palpitation of tho heart, unfltaoss for exercise or work, this Tonic is the surest, mildost, and most opreeablo strcn'stli-Bivor ever brought before suffering women. MRS DRTSTUART'S LADIES' CALENDAR PILLS, Zs 6d and Is 6d Per Box. Tho valuo of thoso Pills for periodical net cannot woll bo over estimated. They are proaipt and certain in thoir action, They pro vent Bufforins, discomfort, and anxiety, and are truly the Females' Friond. MRS DITsTUART'S LADIES' APERIENT PILLS, Is Gd Per Box. Those Pills are highly recommended for In digestion, Headache, Biliousness, Liver Com plaints (the latter aro frequently tho cause of irregularity), Giddiness, Constipation, and especially in conjunction with tho Calendar Pills, with which it is aiißßCsted (for roasoi* fully explained in circulars accompanying Medicines) they should be obtained. All who havo used these Remedies testify to the kindliness and regularity of the monthly sickness. In many cases of paleneea. debili'y. and loss of appetite of months duration, causing the gravest rears of consumption, thejudiciou« use of the Pills and Tonic has restored the bloom of health, strength, and enjoyment of food. Tho attention o£ lady principals, matrons ol public and private institutions, mothers, mil liners, dressmakers, shop-girls, domestic ser vants, factory girls, and all cue-aged in seden tary occupations or closely confined situations Is called to the unequalled Tonic and corrective virtues of those famous Remedies. Circulars, with full directions and valuable oints from Mrs Dr. StuaH. accompany each bottle and box of the Remedies. Ladies, see advertisement in the " Herald." Prepared for the proprietor— W. G. THOKNTON. Esq., At tbs Laboratory. New Park Road, London, England. i solb wholesale and retail agents job auckland, n.z.— MR S. GILBERT, Chemist, (Next to Lennox's, Stationer), QUEEN-STREET; MR T. A. CRAWFORD, Chemist, NEWTON. To be had ot all respectable Chemists ana ■ Druggists. WOMAN"S~FRIEND. EOSY CHEEKS. APPETITE, and VIGOUR OUS HEALTH. . MRS DR. STUART'S FAMOUS FEMALE TONIC. REAQ ~T~~ READ,:



ML DESPERANDHS. Don't Suffer. Nixon-street, SurrerEDk DecembnU Gkvti.kmen.—Hdvlne been a st&i| cohsiderablc lima from bihousuuutk a one. I am pleased to Inform yotta Hamburg Tea you roDommendednnhui a, complete euro. I know soversl tin)* hours who have used it (or similar oqt and find its first-class remedy, andim Df my family, who has been subjecttotyn attacks for a great number of years, sniS tains more substantial relief from Hit Tea than from any preparation tie In i taken. If my recommendation Is ol uymk oommon fairness 1 think it isdne to jot, Toms MthMj, E.A.GRBI The above testimony was receMUffc Myers and Sol onion, and their sitaMKi me that they frequently hear voyliSi reports of its reliable curative propeil» A HINT TO INDIES !■ A HINT TO LADIKS. A HINT TO LADIES. | That Hamburg Tea is most valosl&lr euro of headache, and other diatresKc; nlainte of females, may be seen tarn fcfi inf? letter, written by a ladyraaiepfll**; whoso address may be obtaißcdjfwaß* the Agents:- g^^ j-^ia Dear Sir,—For some time prai&liii; your Hamburg Tea, 1 had been!tlWt« acho and general debility, cnaaUjaM tho Bnddcn changes of the woatbeiiila j to Bay. however, that einco takioiilltaa entirely frco from theso complttottiM* it is a very valoablo medicino t^iUffUUW ■JJcrarsfaithMj, • i,m Wholesale Dep6t for AcclmJ- M. LEVY & Co.', , QCEKN-BTKEET, ADCHiffl , A DELIGHTED DISTiICI Reliable Bulletins. Corroborative TesUmonj, Cromer, Germßnton,K*Ji Dhar PiR.-Thinkißg tlio followhjf effected by St. Jaooba OU may !»«» I now forward them. !: ,;!■ 1. Home time aco my vrtfe wuWJJJ sovero attack of rheumatism, t>™» » settled in her left hand; iiuimmf pain for nearly a month, the W^J try the above, and the first sppWf' relief, and one bottle completelyo^w 2. AresidentinthlsaistrictwMMtW" by mo to try St. Jacobs Oil, WW""! her room with rheumatism-tt W«v was quite free from pain. 3. ChancinKtostayononlehtwiljl'J* about 30 miles fr»m here, tie wonMWI of this oil waß disonswd. and I saw M* which had burnt one of its for* «PB|3 fact, quite dried up the sinew si Wj was applied, and the lamb tonowu" eound as ever. 4. Not far from Warn WaOMg? mine rccomm«n(ied this Oil »«J?°*, who had been laid up tor noMljWiJ with an iniurod kneecap. He rot vm and money on variouß reroedia 1b«»J A few days otter, ray frinnd again, was astonished to sco Ihe jojl" hard at work nn his selection. Of«}% Jacobs Oil had completely cured m* gratitude shown was very grwi-f^ °erely' JOHNLMnmS To tho Editor " GormantownTuoa 1" borumba Advooato," ' '3 [This letter waa received *T ■'•Sql ago, pnd the writj>r holds aB0(»,PS» and is pprsonally known tome. 'KSa caused quite a sensation in tli'"™?"S^ and the Oil is very popular.-yonrsfljr J. C. Hart, Editor G.T. and TM-^ Wholesale Depot for AtoWM 1-1 M. LEVY * .Co,',;; Queen-street, AcckulU. ; :■} SKINNY MEN._-yd|.'.B"J'i»Sß'.ISg TVOMNB FOR PAINTINGM X following coIo^:^E&3? Ureen. Salmon. Lavender. ™£L?£ai of 20 x 15, 2a each ; Trianglel S»WW colours, from 2d each : Oval PaleM^ sorted colours, from M each, SP*^, Shape, assorted colours, from Leech! Picture Framer, Shoraagj^. mO FR U I_T E BB» Having secured tteßelmm*g^ muri, the undersigned is B^e W^TO in any quanUty. Orders formp" - attended to. R N> S jnrftW| -TtTOTICE TO GROWERSOFfOBA" The Auckland Tob^ConJ^TllL and the Now Zealand Tobacco^v^ ManufactnrinK Company S er Co? united, all contract ™as°, °L*j3»B for the purchase of Leaf f™»K,* carried out by the united "■^pfl**' prepared to buy for cbsji, ™lfSs®ti tho undersigned can procuretoC^J,; required by the Act prior to Br^ tobacco from a farm. nvihacW r <*$i N.8.-Thc Auckland TfJ^ewiJ (Limited) is the onlyiWgisterco^,, b^ facturinp Company in W 2Sm,*« August Vollbracht, formerly wMB^J of the New Zealand T^H^jm*' Slanufacturing Company (Um m- ■> neoUon w^^^#*Mß^S» Auckland Tobacco CoßpUflwrr Fort-street, Auckland, February 10,1885-^-f*T TIGHT HARNESS HOgf%^ Jj HORSES, and ""^Jft VEHIOIiEa OROWTHKK'S VICTOB 1* D