"LAND, LABOUR, AND CAPITAL."

Address toy Mr W. L. Boos.

A rußLic address upon the above subject was delivered last night, in the Theatre Royal, under the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council, by Mr W. L. Rees. There was only a modorato attendance, but larger than one would have expected in view of the extreme inclemency of the weather. Mr F. Royoroft (President of the Council) occu pied the chair, and other members of the same body were also seated upon the plat form. The Hon. J. Colton (Premier of South Australia), and the Hon. Capt. Hill, of Fiji, were amongst the visitors. The Chairman briefly opened the pro ceedings, and introduced Mr Rees, who was recoived with a round of applause. The lecturer said that although the audience was not a very largo one, he accepted it as a personal compliment that on so un propitious an ovening even so many had braved the elements to bo present. After a passing reference to tho services which SirGeo. Grey had rendered the work ing men, Mr Rees wont on to say that the subject he had to deal with that evening was confessedly the one question of the day, and a question, too, which was becoming increasingly important as time went on. It therefore behoved ua, aa the founders of a young nation, to make ourselves conver sant with it, so that the lines we laid down should rest upon durable foundations. The lands that were now waste and empty would ere long support a vast population, and wo should deal with them in a liberal manner while yet the conditions were fa vourable. Prosperity waa always a bad season for precautionary reforms, for people were apt to bo rendered apathetic and careless of the future while the present was marked by an abundance of good things ; but when the circumstances here have approximated to those which prevailed at Horne —when the land had passed into private hands, and population was swiftly increasing, the same economic laws would operate here as there. What that meant they had before their eyes every day. They saw the Highland crofters ovicted from the country which their ancestors had occupied for centuries, the Irish peasant turned out from his lowly hut, and tho growth in the towns of that vast floating population which, as Macaulay had said, threatened .-society more ominously than did the Huns and Yandala of Ancient Rome. In our own days we had seen, as the result of the operation of the British land laws, tnat dreadful exodus in a few years from Ireland of tw omillions of people chased by plague and famine, leaving number less graves in their track, and settling down on the prairies of the Far West with a terrible hatred of the institutions of the country which had driven them from their native land. In other lands, and even In those of tho New World, the same state of things was either prevailing or was threat ened. Ho had seen from a recent Ameri can paper that Texas, one of the most Nourishing States ef the Union, was ulready overrun by tramps, while no less than two or three million tramps had passed through the American cities in two or three years. And yet in face of these things there was no less an area of waste land in Canada alone than two thousand millions" of square acres sufficient for tho settlement of the entire population of the world. How was it, that while there were ten million acres of waste land within hailing distance of Auckland, there was a single man in want of employment of New Zealand ? Because our economic con ditions did not arise from fairness and right.* As a writer had well observed, under the existing ecanomic system, where there was the greatest progress and wealth, there was the greatest poverty. He proposed chat evening to point out how this came about, and then how it might be remedied. In the first place he invited them to look into the present condition ef the working classes. In the olden time the manu fiicturer had but few workmen, and they were termed handicraftsmen, because there was but little labour-saving machinery, and therefore the craft of the hand came into play. Machinery was now taking its place in every industry, and the sawpit had de veloped into the sawmill, the boot-shop into the boot factory, and tho blacksmith's fhop into the foundry. No doubt the effect had been to largely increase the wealth of the world, but the old ties between employers and employed were gone. The village commons, with their opportunities of free pasturage, had dis appeared, the great territorial magnates' had swallowed up the smaller holdings, and tho people wore driven into the towns to struggle for a bare livelihood. The same laws which in England had brought about this condition of things were operating here, and the result would inevitably be the samo unless the organisations of the rich and powerful were met and controlled by a larger organisation on the part of the people. There were three factors of pro duction existent in the world, viz., the land upon which we live with all the forces of nature, science, and art which enable manufactures to be made; the labour of men' hands and minds; ard the capital whicl employed labour und enabled it to produc things from land and labour. If it wer not for tho united power of land, wealth, and labour, nothing could be produced a all. The regular yearly return of the farmer was his harvest, the yearly fruit of capital was interest, and the yearly value of the labourer was his wagos. Those were the disbursements which united to make production—rent for land, interest for capital, and wages for the labourer. But there remained, after these three classes of disbursements, aa immense mass of property. The land bad risen largely in value, the warehouse had been tilled with goods, and this it waa which constituted profit and produced wealth. Yet not a solitary penny of it went to labour. It all went into the pockets of the landowner and the capitalist. So long as the economic laws which led to this result were allowed to operate, so long would this robbery upon every labouring man in the country continue to be perpetrated. Of the profit to which he had alluded, one part was represented by the cash balances which companies paid in dividends, and from which private individuals derived handsome incomes. The other part was that steady pro gressive increase of land, which was known as the unearned increment in the value of land, in which the working classes did not share at all, although it was they who produced it, Lapse of time only made this state of things worse, for as population increased wages would go down until they reached the limit of the bare means of subsistence. Tho remedies proposed were very many, but none of them', with two exceptions, were remedies which went to the root of the whole subject. Better houses for the people, a better State educa tion, the shifting of the burdens of taxation, and such proposals were only partial remedies. They wanted to get at the root of the matter by bringing into existence such organisations and laws as would enable all to share equally in that wealth which they contributed to produce. The land owner would have his share, tie owner of the capital his share, and the labourer his wages, besides his share of the profit as well. That would solve the question under_ consideration, for under such a condition of things there could be no more poverty, for with the union of labour, land, and capital ; there would be ample room for all. The two chief systems which had been proposed for the solution of the problem were, firstly, the one advo cated by the Rev. Mr Malthus, and, secondly, that propounded by Mr Henry George. (Cheers.) Malthus's scheme was that the labouring classes should not have inoro than a, certain number of children—a scheme which might at once be passed by as contemptible and abhorrent to humanity. Mr oeorge claimed for the State the owner ship of the land. He proposed that do land should be sold, but kept and let from time to time, and insisted he that the State should also possess itself of the unearned inore ment, both of public and private property. The State would then have ample funds for all its purposes, instead of taxing labour for its exigencies. Mr George's system did not go far enough, for it took no regard of commerce. There was a necessity for a tair distribution of property, and that could only be done by voluntary agreement. Labour being stronger than capital, could, by combination, compel this result. The people must unite in a vast organisation, and the thing would be perfectly feasible and easy of attainment—an organisation which should join the three factors of pro duction in one proprietary under the joint stock principle, and which should accom plish on an almost universal scale that which joint-stock companies at Home and abroad were now doing on a smaller scale. What he proposed was a National Co-opera tive Society of the Industrial Classes of New Zealand, and, once it was formed, it would meet with such a response from the people of England and America as would go far to rovolutioniße the state of affairs, and give to the labouring classes that which they had a right to claim. It must be governed by the pnnciplo that evory labourer should, proportionate to his labour, Bhare in the profits, no matter how long or how short his term of work. He proposed then, to form a

joint stock com^ySJll^ open to all. Th ft n- <4«i» confine itaelf C ducts, b«t devote ZkTW'X social reform had »■ ■ Kul/fr carried so far as andhohaddeteStN& the city where he w«'".WM which he had soTnfeifc more especially M tfcWJQffl province afforded mti£TssM succoesful trial. Bs^j^iSS!l East Coast wa, the b^fi^Sfe tionofhisschemejnddiSSii of the suggested comm«&%« do well to eive ft h, ?w,M«kfa? once the scheleU's&^ijJ ne.end so long aa theSlPlJ Labourers would be'emZS&Hfi pany as they we r6 now^?t«s current rate of wages w(,"l'«.^ tWn upon farms in sho^ofeiSj the end of each ve» P ac! entitled to rait fe:W cash profits and profit. • - 'N 2 creased value of prowrtv 3v^%- £ apportioned in the Ctfjfept in the concern, so that thS^fSi grow from year to year ,:?PWw3 would goion extending S^wS race of middlemen holSwS with, and the entire nnnwi «»«"£ Zealand had been abZSfr^S In answer to question i. that the capital wss&ft V»>« people themselvea/abd bvSSS pitalista; that any pfe*** in the way of the nflmnH&Pt by the election ofaHoSPw tives on the pJatfonngffiP|; he had hia scheme thoroughly particulariff 11*"0^ be intended to deliver ii*'^ I throughout New Zealand^ifcX liehitjuetyetupamffiM passerby acclamation In acknowledging the comrfi •' Rkes invited all Wbo wjKHi*1 come shareholders in Kfi^ give the movement their coffin send in their names to Mr FSi The assemblage then dispel

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Auction* B. 0. OABB] [*• »■ *°»*S TO-MORROW. THE FURNITURE AND EFFECTS OF THE LATE MRS S. KEMPTHORNE, MANUKAU ROAD, PARNELL, B. TONKS & CO. Will Sell on tho abovo dato, at clovon o'clook at her late residence, THE WHOLE OF THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITRUK AND EFFECTS. ' Particular in a faw days. B. 0. OAitu.] " l»- D- TONKB THURSDAY, MARCH 20, At 12 o'clock. TWO-STORY RESIDENCE, MANUKAU ROAD, PARNELL. B. TONKS & CO. Hnve received instructions to Soil by Auction, on Thursday, Marob 20. at 12 o clock noon. T>ESIDENCE, MANUKAU ROAD, XX) PARNSIiU two storois. of ten rooms verandah, and balcony; gas nnd water law on bathroom, kitchen rango, aud bow two-stallcJ stablo and coucli-liouso. Tho Allotment has a frontage of 33 feet to Manukau Road, by a depth of 193 feet. Tho Property Is in a good position, comwands a good view of tho harbour, and is thohoußo formorly oooKplod by Dr. KUin. B, 0. OABB. | [B. D.IONKS THURSDAY, MARCH 26, At 12 o'Clock. TO CAPITALISTS, INVESTORS, AND OTHERS. FREEHOLD, QUEEN-STREET, CITY OF AUCKLAND. B. TONKS & CO. Havo rocolvoil Instructions from Mr T. B. Htll to soil by auction, on Thursday, March 26, at 12 o'clock, THOSE FREEHOLD SUBSTANTI ALLY BUILT PREMISES, situated In tho centre of tho business part of Queon-streot, at its junction with Viotoriastroet. and occu pied by Mr T. B. Hill as a chemist and druggist. Tho buyer will sccuro at present a wood rate of Interest for hia investment, and an immenso nrospoct'vo valuo. This is an opportunity seldom m 't with to secure a Freehold in the very licsrt of tho business part of the city. Terms Liberal. Titlo undor Land Transfer Act. Furthor particulars from Auctioneer. B, 0. OABBJ ' ' fa. ». TOtfKS SOME TIME IN APRIL. HOUSE AND GROUNDS OF THE LATE S. KEMPTHORNE, ESQ., PARNELL. B. TONKS & CO. Have recoived Instructions to Sell, some time in April, and notice of which will be given, THE RESIDENCE AND GROUNDS OF THE LATE S. KKJIPTHORNB, E3Q The Honso is in a most beautiful position, with an area of about thrco acres of Land in ex tent around it. near St. Mary's Church. Further particulars shortly. B. 0. OABR.] [B. D. TONKS. FRIDAY, MARCH ?7, At 12 o'clock. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB AUTUMN MEETLNG, REFRESHMENT BOOTHS, CARDS, B, TONKS & CO. Will tell on Friday, tho 27th inst., at 12 o'clock REFRESHMENT BOOTHS THREE GOOD TEMPLAR BOOTHS, CARDS, for the Autumn Races, to be held at Ellerslio tho lth and 6th April, Saturday and Eaator Monday. _ W. B, OOOHBAI7E, | [JAMES SACBI MONDAY, MARCH 30. SECTION No. 2, KINGSLAND ESTATE, NEW NORTH ROAD, Comprising SU FREEHOLD ALLOTMENTS, The Subscribers have received instructions to sell by public auction, at tho Land Mart, Queen-street, on Monday, March 20, at 12 o'olock. THE SECOND SECTION OF THAT VALUABLE SUBURBAN ESTATE, iituate on tho NEW NORTH ROAD, and KINGSLAND Within easy walking distance of tho city; buses and trains pass regularly throughout the ay. Title—Land Transfer Act. Plans can be had at the offices of SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, At Noon. FREEHOLD PROPERTIES ! FREEHOLD PROPERTIES ! FREEHOLD PROPERTIES I PAKIRI, KIHIKIHI, WAIKIEKIE, NEWCASTLE. SPLENDID VILLA SITES. OLENBURN, PONSONBY. GLENBURN, PONSONBY. VILLA RESIDENCE, PARNELL. D. F. EVANS Has been instructed to sell by publio auction, at ■Htiia I/and Mart, Queen-street, on Thursday, March 26, at noon. THE UNDERNOTED PROPERTIES— PAKIRI— Lot 17. All that Parcel of Land in tho Province of Auckland, con taining 80 aores, situated in the Parish of Pakiri, County of Marsden, and boing Allot ment No. 17. This fine little block of land is intersected by the Wangaripo River. NEWCASTLE—AIIotment No. 42, containing 1 acre. Township of Newcastle, Parish 01 Horotlu, Waikato County. KIHIKIHI -Allotment No. 50, containing 1 acre. Town of KUrikihi. Parish of Pnnui, Waikato County. This lot is situated in best part of the Township, near residences of Major Jackson and chief Rewi, and of great prospective value. Kihikiht will eventually become the most influential township in the Waikato. WAIKIEKIE-Part Lots 64 and 65, containing 60 acres, Parish of Waikiekie, County oi Marsden, being north-eastern portion of Lot 61, and south-western portion of Lot 65. PARNELL — GIBRALTAR CRESCENT - Handsomo Villa Residence of Grooms, wash house, &c.; gas and water laid on, and every convenience. Freehold allotment, 38 x 100, drained and planted. This property, plea santly situated in Gibraltar Crescent, com mands a grand view of tho beautiful Do main and surroundings, A most desirable place. PONSONBY-GEORGE STREET-Three Ve randah Houaea.each containing 5 rooms; oity water laid on; built of the very best timber; each let to a good tenant at Us per week. A flrat-rate investment. PONSONBY-FifiRNLEIGHSTREET - Three very comfortable Verandah Cottages, oon taining 3, 4. and 5 rooms respectively; city water laid in, and othor conveniences. This isaroallygood investment for small capi talists. To bo sold in one lot. PONSONBY-SPLENDDJ VILLA SITEB at Glenburn, Ponsonby, having a frontage to Ring Torraca, and commanding a grand view of the Harbour, North Hhore, &c, although not an actual water frontage, yet only about 50 feet from the beach; a most delightful situation: 'bus and every con venience ; very hanay to town ; within tne mile and half radius of Queen-street. Well worth inspection. The lota are flagged. Adjoining tho residenco of late Mr W. Dowden. D. F. EVANS, Auctioneer and Land Agent. "" SATURDAY, MARCH 28, At 11 o'Clock. NEW ZEALAKD RAILWAYS, AUCKLAND SECTION. .-CLEARING OUT SALE OF THE OLD WORKSHOPS. Jho Subscriber has received instructions to sell 1)7 Auction, on Saturday, 231h Karch, at 11 o'olock, at the Auckland Station, A QUAJITJTY OF MBTAI., IRON, AND WOOD, &o. Particulars in future ndvertisement. 4 - • • GEORGE~SIBBIN )



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. DESIRABLE GRAZING FARM. Tho undersigned has received Instructions to soil, at the Hayrnarket, on Wednosday, April 1, at 11 o'clock, THE SURREY FARM, situato near tho Miranda Redoubt, con taining 1,263 acres of Freehold, with Dwolllng house and out-building thereon creotcd, and 1 000 acres leasehold hold at an nnnunl routal of Jso i Thin Farm is advantageously situated near tho vOal Mines now being oponed up, and known aa ?ooto's. Coal has also boon found on the oppo- Bitoßido of tho Farm to Kooto's mino.andtho seam undoubtedly passes through tho proporty, making it a dosirablo investment. For furthor particulars apply to Messrs Whitaker and Russell, Mr William Aitkon, or tho Auctioneer. ALFRED~BUCKLAND. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, At 11 o'clock. To bo Sold, at tho residonco of F. D. YONCIE, Ksq Or-itol Road. Ilcmuora. on Wednosday, Ist April, commencing at. 11 o'olook. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, Consisting of— DRAWING-ROOM — Mußio Stool, Carpot, Fender nnd Irons, Tuhlos, Whatnot, Orna ments, Fiotures, &o. DINING-ROOM-Mahognny Sldoboard, Din ing Table. Tlniepieco, Chairs. Ploturos, Carpot, Ornamonts, Fendor and Irons. BEDROOMS-Bodsteads. Carpets, Pictures, Wnshstunds, Chests Drawors. KITCHEN—Chairs, Largo Manglo, Patont Knife Cleaner. Also, Horse, Lady's Phaoton, Sllror-mountod Har ness, Largo Family Buggy and Silver mounted Harnoss, 4 Choice Dairy Cowa (in full milk), ton Oaten Hay, Chaff Cutter, 3 Pigs, Largo Quantity Firowood, Milk Dishes and Palls. Filters, Tho roughbred Spaniel Pup (8 months old), Sundries. A Largo and Woll-solocted LIBRARY Of about 7UO vols. ALFRED BUCKLAND. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. DESIRABLE FARM OF FIVE HUNDRED ACRES. ALSO FARM SECTIONS NEAR PUKEKOHE RAILWAY STATION. Tho undersigned has received instructions to soil by auction, at the Hay market, on Wednoa day, April 1, at oloven o'clock, SUBDIVISIONS OF THE ESTATE OF Mr Elijah Koosk, boing four sections, varying In size from 19 to 83 acros, eouimono lne within a quarter of a milo of tho station, boing rising ground, with good views of tho surrounding country. Also, THE HOMESTEAD, with Five Hundred Acres, fonced and sub divided into paddocks, woll watered, and a healthy sheep farm, within two miloß of tho Pukokohe Station, on the Bombay Road. Plans nnd further information can be obtainod from Messrs Whitaker and Russoll, or ALFRED BUCKLAND, /COUNTRY CATTLE SALES. Papakura—Wednesday, Maroh 25 Waluku-Saturday, April 1 Pukokohe-Monday, April 0 ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYB. IHB HAYMARKET, SALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINB, HIDES, TALLOW, HAY, and STRAW. each TUESDAY, at 13 o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAND, TO-MORROW, at 12 o'clock noon. RANDOLPH-STREET. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, POULTRY, &c, &C. R. ARTHUR Haa boon favoured with instructions from Mr George Franciß. who is loaving for England, to Sell, by Public Auction, at his residence, Randolph-Btroet, near to Mr Btovensonß Grocery Store, Newton Road, on Wndnosday next, at 12 o'clock noon, HIS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, consisting of Parlour, Bedroom, and Kitchen Furniture all in good condition. A good Wardrobe, Dresser, SprlDg Mat trass, &c. A lot of Good Poultry. On viow on the morning of Sale. THURSDAY, NOON. QUEEN-STREET BUILDINGS, TO BE REMOVED. To be sold by auction, at Arthur's Mart, on Thursday noxt, at 12 o'olock noon, THOSE LARGE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPJED BY MESSRS R. B. SHAL DERS & fcON. built of wood, roofed with corru gated iron, with brick chimneys, and additions at tho back, built with corrugated iron, all in good order. Tho premises aro open for inspection. Terms Caah. THURSDAY, II a.m. FARM, PORT ALBERT. CORNER ALLOTMENT, ALLENDALE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. R. ARTHUR Has been favoured with inßtructllons from Mr Solomon Hemus, wbo Is leaving the colony to sell by Public Auction at his Estate, Land, and House Sale Rooms, Arthur's Mart, on Thursday noxt at 11 o'clock a.m., rTIHE following Freehold Properties :— PORT ALBERT. - 104a 2r of Land, being south-western portion of Allotment No. 150 in the parish of Oruawhare, County of Maisden. Also, 80 acres adjoining, being Allotment No. 151. This Property Is well situated, about 2J miles from tho wharf, on the main road, ad joining tho property and homestead of J. Shop herd, Esq., and surrounded by othor improved farms. ALLENDALE. — Allotment No. 51, fronting Queen-street, situate within a few yards of land belonging to Sugar Factory. Terms—Cash. "PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. The following Lands will be opened for Sale at this Office on WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of Maroh next, at tho hour of oloven o'clock hi the forenoon :— WAIKATO COUNTY, PARISH OF WHA NGAMAKINO: Lot 108, 49a lr 24p, upset prloe, £12 7s 6d; Lot 110, 62a lr 24p. upset price, £1512s 6d; Lot 111, 131a lr 08p, upset price, £32 17s 6d: Lot 112, 48a 2r IGp, upset price, £12 3s 9d ; Lot 113, 50a, upeot price, £12 10s; Lot 115, 50a, upset price. £12 10s; JjOt 368, 33a, upsst price, £8 ss: Lot 390, 58a lr 08p, upset price, £21 18s 9d; Lot 391,16a 2r 32p, upset price, £17 10s9 d. Parish of Maramarua: •' 17, 177a 3r, upset price, £44 8s l)d. Raglan County, Parish of Pepope Lot 16i, 19a 3r 07p, upset, price, £10; lot 171, 314a 3r 25p, upset price, £118 23 6d. Parish of Whangape: Lot 85, 600a, upset pi ice, £150. Manukau County, Parish of Waluku West: Lot 150,22a 2r 24p, upset price, £22155. Subject to £415s for improvements. Rodney County, Pakiri: Survoy District, Block VIII, Section 2, 79a 3r 24p, upset price, £20; Block XII, Section 2, 03a, upset price, £23 ss; Section 3, 202a, upset price, £101; Section i, 166a lr 21p, upset price, £4112s fid; Section 5, 195a 2r 32p, upset price, £97 17s 6d; Section 6, 156a lr Bp, upset price. £156 10s; Sec tion 7, 108a 2r, upset price, £54 ss; Otamatea: Survey District, Block XVI, Section 27, 96a 3r, upset price, £36 6s 9d; Section 28, 86a 3r Bp, upset price, £32 12s 6d; Section 29, 84a lr Bp, upset price, £3113s 9d. Whangarei County, Parish of Manala: Lot 51, 70a 3r Op. upset price, £35 2s 6d; SE portion lot 52,48a 3r 24p, upset price, £24105. Parish of Owhlwa: Lot 228, 25a 3r 08p, upae price, £13. Hoklanga County, Waoku Survey District: Block IV. See. 13, 15a Or lOp. Upset price, £7 12s 6d; Sec. 14, 136a, upset price, £68; Sec. 15. 109a, upset price, £51 10s; Sec. 16, 90a, upset price, £45; Sec. 17,100a 2r, upset price, £75 7s 6d; Bee. 18,168a, upset price, £126. Punakitere Sur voy District, Block I.: Sec 2,97a 2r, upset price, £1815s ; Sec: 3, 158a lr 27p, upset price, £79 ss. Waoku Survey District (Weranga Block), Block IH.: Sec. 1,147a lr, upset price, £110 8s 3d; Sec 2, 300a, upset price, £150. Maps of the above Lands may be seen and farther particulars obtained on application at this Office. The following Lands will be offered for sale at the Land Office, Tauranga. on WEDNES DAY, the 25th day of March, 1885, at the hour of eleven o'olock in the forenoon. Whakatane County, Parish of Waiotahi: Lot 456,1,122a Or 25p. upset price. £280 11s 3d: Lot 457,625a, upset price. £156 ss: Lot 458,745a, upset price, £186 ss. Parish of Walmaua: Lot 310, 1,400a, upset price, £525; Lot 311,127a 2r, upset price, £6315a. Maps of the above may be seen and further particulars obtained, on application at this Office, and at tho Land Office, Tauranga. Schedules containing descriptions, &c, of abovo Lands will be exhibited at Railway Sta tions and Post-offices. Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase money to be p»id at time o£ sale, and the balance within one month thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, awl thu contract (or the saleof the land shall thenceforward bo null and void. Crown Grant Fee to be paid on completion of purchase. D. A. TOLIS, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Auckland, February 7,1855.



WEDNESDAY, PRIL "JJW THEATRE ROYAL. v AT NOON. T?EMUERA. T3EMUERA. ■p EMUERA. LAST GRAND LAND SALE OF THE SEASON. -yiLLA QUTES, -yiLLA QITES, -AXILLA QJITES, FOR THE MILLION. victoria avenue. PORTLANportlan'd road. PORTLAND ROAD. A RNEY KOA R D. By Rom ARNEY ROAD. BROWN-STREET. BROWN-STREET. BROWN-STREET. OVER *>fl(\ LARGE & WELL-SITUATED ALLOTMENTS, IN ALL PARTS OF THE FASHIONABLE DISTRICT OF REMUKRA. Doing tho wholo of tho Land owned by THE ST. HELIER'S AND REMUERA LAND COMPANY. Lithographio Plans to bo bad on application to tho Auctioneer. DON'T FAIL TO CALL FOR PLANS. THE PKOPRRTY WILL BK OFFERED TO THE PUBLIO ON MOST FAVOURABLE TERMS, viz.:—£lo Deposit on each Lot £100 and undor, £20 Deposit on each Lot £200 and undor; baJanco at cix per cent, (or thrao yoars. Five per oont Discount allowed for Cosh. On ALLOTMENTS Nob. 54 ana 55, with front lines to HELL ROAD, there aro oreoted TWO WELI^BUILT and CON VKNIKNT O-ROOMBD HOUSES, ono of them having a Largo SPABLK adjoining. The Houses are at present ooouplod by Messrs A. Hills and Goodwin. Persons wishing for Land or Allotments in the Roniuora District, within a quartor of an hour of Auckland, will do woll to WAIT FOR THIS BALK, as the Auctioneer's Instructions ARE TO SKLL VIDE THE LAST REIIUEHA SALE-ALL SOLD, AND NO BOGUS BIDS. Those Allotments require no fulsome puff to recommend them, as they recommend thorn selvos, extending as they do from tho rcsldonoo of J. MoCosh Clark. Esq.. on tho main road, Remuera, to that of Thos. Morrln, Esq., on the beach. IN CONCLUSION, don't be led away by RETAIL PUFF, but wait for the WHOLE SALE, and coinparo notea. WEDNESDAY, Ist APRIL, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, At Noon. Eg-* /GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. THURSDAY, APRIL 2. MEADOW BANK, ONEHUNGA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, ISBS, At Noon. R. C. GREENWOOD Has received instructions from Mr James Moran to sell by auction, at his Mart, Vulcan Lone, on tho abovo dato THE WHOLE OF THAT VALUABLE PROPERTY known as MEADOW BANK, and out up into THIRTY-TWO VALUABLE ALLOTMENTS. Of from } of an Acre to 51 Aches each. And having extensive khontaoeb to good rtOADs, and connected by water with tho manu ka v harbour, and situated opposite tho front gato of tho Hon. J. Williamson's Estate, Pah, Onghcnoa. Tho Land Is of the richest description of vol oanic soil; situation unsurpassed, bosldoa hav ing grand views, and being well watered. The property Is uurvoyod and flogged, and will bo offered to tho publio on the following terms:— £W doposit on eaoh lot. with the excep tion of Lota 1 2, and 3, on which IS per cent, de posit will bo required, balanco at 7 per cont, for three years; or 5 per cont, discount for cosh. R. C. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer, WILLIAM VAILE] [JOHN RIFON VAILE THURSDAY, MARCH 26, At 11 o'Clock. DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. W. AND J. R. VAILE Will Sell, at their Rooms, Queon-etreot, 7 CASES OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. Particulars in future advertisements. W. AND J. R. VAILE, Auctioneers. DURHAM YARDS. FOR SALE, at the Durham Yards, every Tuesday, at 11 o'olock, HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKINS. HUNTER & NOLAN. "DAY PRESS. FOR PRIVATE SALE, A PERPETUAL BALING PRESS. ON VIEW AT THE HAYMARKET. ALFRED BUCK LAND. TtT O T I C E. DOWDEN'S AUCTION MART. W. J. DOWDEN bees to announce that he intends carrying on the Business of AUC TIONEER AND COMMISSION AGENT, and trusts to receive a continuation of the liberal support so long enjoyed by his late lather. Queen-street, March 19,1885. _ mo TRAVELLERS, PRESENTS FOR HOME, Very handsome Inlaid Table Tops, Cabinets, and Walking Sticks, made from the pick of New Zealand's beautiful woods, at very reason able prices. Carefully puoked for shipment. Top of Bhortland-Btreet. O US INS AND AT KIN, COACH BUILDERS, Elliott and albebt-btbebm, Have in Stock- Donble and Single-seated Buggies, Hoodeft Phsetons, Vis-a-vis, Waggonettes, Dog Carts, Socond-handPhaatona and Buggies. Also, Many Thousands Seasoned Finished Spoke*, the mHAMES CARRIAGE AND DBAS X FACTORY. JAMBS MACKIB, FBoramoß, VICTORIA-STREET IABT, AUCKLAND. K«p*lr» of every description In Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest noUo*. Springs mads and repaired. Always on Hand—A large quantity of Lamps, ulao Ironbark Shafts and Spokes, Red Gnm Mbts, and Hobart Town Hardwood. X, jj,~Cnnntrr Orflntt m:»™.ll, atfcan.ls.rt ic. TKLKPHOyTK. No. 308. T"*E YON PORT. FOR SALK—Choice Allotments situated on the Vauxhall Road, with magnlfloont view, good frontage, and within easy distance oi Btoamor. Price very low; terms easy.— For full particulars apply to Lilewail Bros., House and Land Agents, Poat-offloe Store. Devonport,



ECONOMY IN DRESS. j V \ IN compliance with the ex ■ pressed wishes of a william rattrats net I number of his Lady Patrons cash system, WILLI AM RATTRAY has re icsse. b,Tad Ra7bura« weii as .opened his DRESSMAKING offlco and clerical expenses, are -r.™-n--_,,,_ •• xl SAVED by selling for cash, and large DEPARTMENT Wider the conoOßsions in prioos OAIMED in tho _ Home Markets by buying for oa 9 h. ; management of Madame Le This savins enables WItIIAM «^«J hattrat to seii at wholesai^ . Dez, a lady of recognised Z£?F£ZS cZ'££i ability in her art, whose rtTt^o^VVlla™ vast experience will be pieceaataWholo^VW j,rOUght tO bear ill gMllg ■—■-"^ the highest satisfaction to his patrons. Jfjte^ |; NEW CASH SYSTEJI/^/ • enabled to get / &j, I }^W^ V ) "tliorouglily (ft I wllich ; /Jy / what they iiav° X JJ^ '^^^^P^^ / ilm old f!rorfif AUTUMN DRESS MATERIALS. 12 Cases of Novelties, ex &s. "Doric," now open. ALL MARKED AT WHOLESALE PRICES FOR PROMPT NET CASH. William Rattray, DIRECT IMPORTER OF FAMILY DRAPERY, 178, 180, 183, QTTTCEN STREET. £11,000. £11,000. THREE DRAPERY STOCKS AMOUNTING TO ABOVE ELEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS. Our / GIGANTIC SALE / OF / THREE LARGE DRAPERY STOCK*?/f/ / WILL COMMENCE ON / *\"' / FRIDAY NEXT, THE 13th INSTANT. / 0 I I $ / The premises now in tho occupation I I of Mr. E. B. Shaldeks will be AT / / ONCE CLOSED, and his WELL- / M I KNOWN CHOICE STOCK /A / H in conjunction with that /J~ $ I §t|/\ of Mr. J. G. Brown, of Par- /U % / Ifj / A) ft / f nell, bo MARKED DOWN / JLU ff / || Fabulously Low Prices / $ / The sale can only to clear. //>V# / confaG for a VERY Q /SHORT TIME, and / \J (0 I Goods will be sold at the rfftS / Q Aame WONDERFULLY m\ I q /LOW PRICES that we have g| / & & /been Selling COSGRAVE'S / fij / BANKRUPT STOCK. //// _ / O I The REMAINDER I LJ I of COSGRAVE'S STOCK will, where / 'i I I / possible, be marked LOWER STILL / y / IhJ / — — //y / Those / (jQ / who have been to us SAY that they have / /NEVER BOUGHT SUCH BARGAINS / as at /SHALDERS SON, BROWN & CO. ■ ' — 0" ■ SALE COMMENCING FRIDAY NEXT, MARCH 13,1885. 3 XiA-HGhE STOCKS I 3 aOOID STOCKS I 3OHEAP STOCKS I (Worth over Eleven Thousand Pounds) of DRAPERY are now being SLAUGHTERED at I SHALDERS SON, BROWN & CO. «£II,OOO. £11.000.



TMPQItTANT "PUBLIC T^OTICE. OPENING OF SUE fiJVSTLB 1/ASILIi DRAPERY IUPSBV HOUSE, O U 8 E, JUNCTION OIT QUEEN AND GBEY STREETS. WO bog respectfully to Inform our Customers and tho Public that wo havo REMOVE ft FROM HOBSON-STREET TO OUR SPLENDID NEW PREMISES, JUST COMPLETED, AT THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN AND GREY STREETS, OUR STOCK CONSISTS 0? ALL THIS NOVELTIES FOR THE SEASON IN DRESS GOODS, MILLINERY, NEW STYLE JACKETS, MANTLES, DOLMANS, ULSTERS, &0., &c,| &0 IN TUB BOYS' AND MEN'S CLOTHING AND MERCERY, MOSTLY ALL GEKI.ONQ AND NEW ZEA LAND CLOTHING, MADK TO OUR ORDER, WE JIAVtt IST SOME RARE VALUES. T» ALSO, SEVERAL JOB LINES IN MEN'S STYLISH SAC COATS, 10a 6d and 12s Cd TROUSERS TO MATCD, at 5s lid DRESS SHIRTS, 2s 9id WORKING SHIRTS, Is lOd A SPLENDID LOT OF THE NEWEST STYLE AND COLOURINGS IK MEN'S FASHIONABLE SAC SUITS, 27a Cd and 32a Cd (worth double). jg/»AA WORTH OF SAMPLES WORTH OF SAMPLES, SPECIAL.—Wo lmvo bouprht nil the Samples (ftmomitlnt! to £'il)0) of MKHSUS DUT'I'ER WOItTfI HROS., Uunkdin Iwlio nro relinquish int? tlio Auckluud trailu), nt discounts varying (rom 25 to 5) wr cent, oil1 Wholosalo Piioes.ani wo shall GlVJii OUH CUSTOMKUS THE riKNEKIT, by oflerintt those Goods at FAR LKSS TH&.N VYAitKIIOUaE WUOKS. IN THE MANCHESTER DEPARTMENT Wo havo a Full Stock of nLANKETS, FL4.N NELS. &0.. and HOUSEHOLD and HOTKfi RKCJUISITKS, which wo will boU at LOW PRICES to turn into money QUiokly. HOSIER V. HABERDASHERY, GLOVES, LACKS. TIICS, SUAKFS, and CHILDIIKN'B UOdIKUY in Great Variety. Our Houao la notod for koonlng tlio most Splendid LACES obtainable, THE SILK AND DRESS DEPARTMENT. Wo havo some Besuitiful Goods In BLACK and CLOURKL) HROCHKS and BKOOHh VKLVKTB up to 2,'ia oor yard, nlao PLAIN md FANCY SILKS and SATIN-i. Out BLACK SILKS Uilr season are very good value Also, "n Ohoico Solcolion of BLACK and COLOURED VELVETEENS, both Plain and Brooho, suitnblo for tlio season. Tho Variotj lv DRESS GOODS Is also very large. MILLINERY AND UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT. In this Department Ladies will find a Great Vnrloty of NOVELTIKS to chooso from, and ill ORDKUS (or MILLINKRY and UNDER CLOTHING to bo mndo up will havo MRS HKKHAN'S porsonal uupuivislon. Wo do a larfco trado to ordor in thu Department. THE DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. TO OUR LADY CUSTOMERS. We aro now In full working ordor, having Spacious Worlc-rooma capablo of holding 75 hands, and wo havo also nice Waiting-room and Fittinß-rocmH, where Customers Can look over tho Fushion3 without sitting in the Shop. In fact, our NICVY*6HOP is a modol of cbmforl nnd ease, with plonty of light for BeleotißK Goodß. " MISS DEMPSEY will attend to tho wants in this Dopartment, and give style and fit as uaual, for there is not a more competent hand in tho colonies; <sur success in the above De partment having proved this to bo a fact. All Orders can now bo turned out on the shortest notice. 42T All Obdkrs can now be Turned Out on the Shortest Notice, jgr Our object boinf? to do a Large Trade, wa will not go in for Big Prices. If the Pubjio only give us a call wo can, and will, givo them stuff at THEIR OWN PRICE, for we do not mean to lee a Customer out if Price be the object. The Premises being our own, and having only a small ground rent to pay, the business being conducted by ourselves, we wiU SELL CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE TRADE, NOTE.-MR J. BEEHAN and MISS J. DKMP3KY having joined in the business, the name and style of the firm will bo, (rom tlio Ist March, W & J "R EEHAN & Q°-> THE GREAT DRESSMAKING AND FASHION ESTABLISHMENT, MILLINERS, CLOTHIERS, GENERAL DRAPERS, AND SILE MERCERS, Who will pay all Liabilities and receive al] AGponnta due to WE BMHAN, formerly



NELSON, MOATE& Co/8 CELEBRATED iwo.s«* nrfr-^-MHiiiil flj^r™l onlßflßflQD ©KINK NELSOW, M«ATE &, CO.'S CELEBRATED PSJEE • BIENI&ED TEAS. Hundreds aro trying to copy, and many aro advertlsinc Common Mixtures as Blondcd Toa to mislead the public. For Government Analysis boo Circulars. ASK FOR NELSON, IKOATE & CO.'S NATURAL FLAVOURED TEAS Thoy have bcon urvarded GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS FOR PURITY, STRENGTH, and VALUE. EXTRACT FROM PRESS : "All tho Teas of this firm aro Bought and Blondetl by Mr. NELSON, a Pro; fossional Taster and Blonder of Repute. NELSON, MOATE & Co.'b SPECIALTY fcasi' uzeta Esoaaj r v wsho 9 BRANCHES: lUCKLAXO, DUNEDIN, CHRIST CHBJRCH, WELLINGTON, 156, QUEEN-ST., AUCKLAND. AGENTS EVERYWHERE. SJINGHK BBWING MACHINES Bales In ISB2. 603,295 MaohlnM, „ 1881. 561,036 „ iNCBKASt 42,261, aTTHRKB OUT 09 SYERT FOUR MA CHINES SOLD IN THE WORLD ABM SINGER'S. UPWARDS OF THRKB HUNDRED FIRST FRIZES 111 AND A3 OHIUSTOHURCH EXHIBITION TWO GOLD & TWO SILVER MEDAL* Ti be obtained at PER 2/6 WEEK PER 2/6 WEEK tnVT AS 261, QOEKN-BTBBEI, AUOKLAKB. BEWARK OT GKEMAN AND OTHER HXGB& BBWING MACHINBB. T B. B L A I XI B, tf • Victoria-street, IMPORTSR OF BUILDERS1 & FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY Direct fbom Manufacturers, Has for Sale, at Low Rates- Carpenters' Tools Nails, Locks, Hingca Kitchen Ranges Register Grates, in great Variety Marble and enamelled Slate ManteMeOM Largest Stock in Auckland Marble, Electroplate, Curb, and other Fenderi Qalvanized Iron, Sheet Lead, and Zino Slate, Cement, and Plaster INSPECTION INVITED. JELLING OFFJ 3 FOR CAGH ONLY mKAT BOT4 . W. PETTY, on . LADIES1 TAILOR,