The Auckland Evening Star.

VOL. XXVI -N o . 94

AUCKLAND, N.Z., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1885

PRICE-^ONE PENNY.



Shipping- -- —r~~T>AC;iFIC MAIL STEAM jQMk. Jt ship c - ISTcTeVoVrWbri^n, ltt*"Swg2and Gm-crnmento. iniflrpnt sfimships of this lino loavo l\ c,ml!f(o? San Franc'sco. calling at Hono }£%&'fc.Bh TITKSDAY. as under:- WI^SJ-— Date of DHoof ot«.mor Tons. Siiling to Sailing to Steamer. Sydner 1 _ Frisco. On o\ about USS. , j!. 3.200 Junoi.7 April 50 J^srfner ! 3,«o! May 2 | May 20 aVt?iua ••■■ ' 32 00; sltt >':!0 I Juno? 3 *S5 _, c booked to San Fr«"cisco. or PBSS, Jt K n EuropeaD destinations, with special tf»f'^Sveat San Francisco choice •J a. uirivalled Atkvntic Steamship Lines of. Inmsn, AVhito btar, or other com •^engersdeßtinod to any part of tho United Jiffil 'the provinces prooure their railroad »MS d«PB°So™ are allowed 3501bs of J]£* to"" Francisco, and 2601bs 'Over tt&a^lSnf 1 used, aud allowpasaen 3, Mop™n atlong as they choose, to visitall "PL. nf interest in America and Canada. Stop pU?^r I vi!ei{e is also allowed on sceamers' Aaccording to tho selecUon to'be ffiTmaybohador. application. StiWporttTn China and Japan for San Fran '•sSclal Through Bills of Ladinßr issued on nvS shinned for New York. Bo3ton, &c. gr by ?ail or via Panama, by Mail Mn'siiiDiiine Ordora will be j'wued alter I p.m. alt) day before the sailing of steamers for "jteStra rf OT*3»SO and freight, and all other ""SSoWN^MPBICLL & CO., Agents, ijyer Queen-street and Shet1 - n^-^tri et. -— TTNION STEAMSHIP iSr'U^ U COMPANY OF NEW iff ggVa 3 ZEALAND (Limited). V" TIME TABLE.-APBIL. KRTARANAKI. NELSON] PICTON, WEL LINGTON. LYTTELTON, AND WEST COAST PORTS (from Mftnukau). .Itemer. j Date of Sailing, j \fj*} fIWiOIN I Oaarrivalolmail I — TOH GISBORNE7 NAPIER NVELLINGTON, JHrraiiTON, and poTvT chalmers (ii-OiU Ai'c'dßai'). MA!fipOTOT~| Thni-s., 31. uoo.l I — ['ft' 1. •!. It '-y 7, uc:n i — '" JOR MF* I BOU"?'H (\ r" Eu.ii.). UiuKtißi I *'»" •>• aO-ucou I — ffiiaorA 11 h.u. -. M ,\v 7, uoon i — ~~~ FOR SYDNEY. ffiHARAPt |fne?., Hays,sj.m. | — ":i FOR SUVA AKD LEVUKA. WHATA . I Sun., Jliy 3,5 p. ji. I — JOR GI3BORNE, NAPIER, AND ..- ■ WELLINGTON. IUTA I Tues., Mpy ?2, op.^i. 1 — FOR RUSSELT.. gMMAHAHA I Mou- May 11. sp. in. i — ■ Cirw must lie 'oooked and alongside T\v O BOOBS before advertised timo ol departure. IteateTickeii must be isken at the Com uart Office. Auckland Branch, corner of Quei wid Customs streeh._ ~jvT f\ rib n"t line. fSjIlJ^Nw under contract with ,he New MlMriVySor *\ V> ales Government for •■■■■■• tbe conveyance of Mails. 'Xrs following Steamships belonging to the OBWiltCo and the Pacific Co. will leave STOfcand KELBOURNJ£ on the under- BtiliWidi'ates for LuNDON. via ADELAIDE, I)MJ,BiRCIA (at steamer's option), SUEZ .'sj3«» j Tfflm Sydney. From Melbourne. 3mb'mbt9 May 15 famu ;.,|May 2.1 | May 29 ifmUU...! June C I June 12 , , -ABfl fortpightly t'.iereaftar. Itbraigli fares to London. £22 to £75 Puseugers secure special advantaßcs by taUM tllrojgh from N»w Zealand, aecond eWfliaaJeCgers by Orient steamer are provided Jitljiloonpassages to Sj dney or Melbourne. PASSA6KS FKOM LO N DON. -Special f acili- Bssifforded for brlneint; out Friendß an" 1 Rela- SnibrftTe-paymon i of the passage money here. WSCLAL RETURN TICKETS, available for tm&i, issued at tbe i'ollowiufe rates :— ■;llm;»alooa *»? PAR(KI!BOOKED THROUGHtoLONDON UMuMd Rates. : Itotwtherparticulars, apply *o , UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY v OF NEW ZKALAND (Limited), _.■' •■:■ ■ Agents In New Zealand. . j*KjL QTEAM TO LONDON. WTO^S PENINSULAR "&"ORIENTAL JB^^ STEAM NAVI JATION •Jf'St* . COMPANY. \ . FOR LONDON DIRECT (Via Colombo). ■ot™,™.. I Leavo Leave Mcl- BMaraer. Sydney. bourne. 1 :tt~t im 1885: tHUBS;;.:'. April 29 May 6 iBBiBt.. May 13 May 19 ClIDt, May 27 June 2 BttUfejlT. JunelO Junelß .torja-. .TunoSl Jnne3o liiAthenpeforwaid every rUernaie week. frStogersand carxo booked to London, Mar- Ws,l*aly, Egypt, India, China, and Japai. at : "fohto rates. . • tattum Hoket3 itsued both to first and second wa piEsengerß at especially low rate:. Cneap •wrrei accommodation can be obtained in this !ompfli}'B vessels. ft^eugerabooking at Auckland securespocial •Bjatoges.. , reiupartlcnlars apply io .a'' CRUiCKSHANK & Ca, •J»9Men-3treet, Arcklend. Ageola. fe__ "VTORTHERN STEAM- Wh» i>l SHIP CO. (LIMITED). ..-JSa^x.S Time Table.— apbil. ■|P»S*Js!a (Weather and other Clrcum :.Erp.,;■?*■ Bt»nces Permitting). W' ''•' FROM QUKEN-STREET I-- -.-. WHARF. ", TOIHS HOT L\KES, TERRACES, AND V'BKBBRS (VIA TAURANGA), ■; ' IB gtIOKBST, CHEAPEST, AND KABIEST ■■■'' .1"..' ~.: <j ', . ROUTE. 'Twist* cm avtid the tedious and rough W'Wf journey "jy nking passage in the aWjTO Steamship Company's neir and fast JPJMM Clansnip,n and Wellington, wnicn . THrAitoWaiid alternai^ly evei'y Monday and •S?i5-S'«lrt7 »■«»•. anlving at Tauranga at 6 :'gglon the following morniu^, w^en a Coaon MnnaU oor,(tract leaves immediately after HP»tf«r the Hot Lakes. Rerarn th.ough **W«tauß(K and coach, FOUR > OUNDS. •WTAttRANGA AND BAY OK PLENTY -•£ht port;. jgfttp. | DATE OF BAILING. llJNto I TJmrsday. M, 7 >>.n-. i,j- CouneotsatTauiaiigaforfpotiki "rWI and Bay of i-lenty Prrti cve.y y-^l- Tac-:iay. .<ob;Wij INi(/3EIj Whangabbi Heads, and ■pU_ MAhOAPAI. ■£fe eH I Bveiy Taeedp.y, 8 p.m. r*-WU4NGAKBI, 'WKANCIEEI HEADS, AND jp^^l. Parja Bay. ; sa^. I Every Friday. 6 r-^g- >^V^sMfiRCUBY Bay >xo T^hbua. '■S!SL_i'L2i«Mday. 2o,Tb^>. PQBWT BARKIBr., TAYPHKSi, PO3T FlTZ ,a°g£_ | Evevy Saiafd^yTs"! ,T". ■';|EOM VVHA\GArEI TO Ali. itjKtiD Raihi-ay VVi.a ■). n"t '"« '"ookea au.l ~>o i-. Me. the ■Sstig&; »"""»*■ Kou"^ ''-"' ecelved "MEteTickets must be lukcii at the Com- SLIJWBcejr, Queen^U-ee,,. Amk Lnd. !dM^ I?6r waitara and 'Jfflfflk; JL NEW PLYMOUTH. '-WUM\5> 'rhes.- s .GAlKLOCHwi 'lleavo -^HgjUg*Onehtw^a Whe.rf (weather and X _ T otDercivcuins'ncis permltt^.g) .-S£2j.« THURS UAY, 20th, at 3 p.m. The KS'Ji^'amoaatioQ is unsuroas.-ed.— Auckiand; ir. 1 LINE Jffi^^ OF PACKETS TO NKW 'ft,-,-*,'- ZKiLAND. ■'^fei&^V^aVlM, & ALBION ~ owppino co. (limr runl,3i, •> ; i.mlou. .A^StlBn?ol: liNl!' '•.■- ".v.Ui traders to "m&^V^- ■■ W*nd. They WSffiMjP", l::.-.* .; 1 it Lloyd'i, »nd :-'«flSßlfe wP -n.MM masters. The bill Wtr »«a°s wl-"Rn!"»l. and ot the beat "wi^t^ tta xxiummodation roomy and *Su»SS?®ed aro empowered to grant *«f(ilSH'J«ndon to New Zealand, pay ttSto, n«ff2» »»W bsen guaranteed In the toitaiitaotai'"Bt I ™'^gfe>l'»PPlloatlo»to



NEW ZEA ISF^f I^k LAND 9HIPPING COM f^LjwWsM PANY>S ROYAL MAIL k»||*lol LINE OF STEAMERS ifeS J|iiL—Jß (under Contract with the ™*^^ \Q New Zealand Government) Will be despatched with Her Majosty'a Malls as undor for LONDON, Vl* R'or'o Janeiro and Madeira:— Steamers. JT<mß. D J*ft«J e _ Date. KMKOURA 4,750 Lyttoltor Mayfl' Tovs.>ku:o 4,163 .. June I AOBANUI 4,163 .. July 2 RtMUTAKA 4.751) .. .Tnl-SI RUAI-EHJ 1.1C3 l.\u«iu«i 27 And thonceforward every fourth Thurrday. Tho above are all new Bteaniors.bu'ltpperi.illy for tho trado, and commanded by men of great experience. Tho length of the passage by tho Company's steamers averages under 40 days. Passage money: Saloon, from 60 guineas upwards; second cabin, 40 guineas; steerage, from IS guineas. For freight or passago apply to. THE HEAD OFFICES, CHRISTCHURCH, Or to tho Branchos and Agents of the Company thrcu;bovt the Colony. BOYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP J-~ KAIKOURA. SPECIAL NOTICE. The New Zealand Shipping Company.* Royal Mall Steamship Kuikoura will bo despatched from Lyttelton to London on Sill May, as adver tised. Passengers and Cargo can be booked by the undersigned. THK NKW ZKALAND SHIPPING Co. (Limited;, 147, Queen-s'root. A ,r "DRIGANTINE NORA, J&gXtSJijk J-* FROM LYTTKLTON. ~^&ZZIXZ2Sm Consignees aro requested to 'f^CTIiliMCTpr f Bil^3 o( Lading, pay fruight.and take delivery of g iodß forthwith. All car. o will be at consignee's li ,k after leavlngship ssUngs, and any impeding T ssel's discharge will bo stored at their risk and expense. AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL & MER CANTILE CO. (LIMITiID), Aients. M^ii TLIXCURSION TO WAl _®^^^^ The fast Bteamer WAITOA —^^B"^^" will leave Onehunga Wharf on SATURDAY next, ft*. 8 o'olock in the morning, returning at 4 o'clock in the oveniDg of the same day at tbe conclusion of the Cattle Sale, giviog Passengers Five Hoars in Waiuku, ALFRED BUCKLAND. ,-CKA. .T HE s-s- NEPTUNE jcWaiiSV" J- wi!l leave Helensville TUW«SBnK^s.every FRIDAY, after arrival WMMh^rot first Train, for Batley. Pahi. BGtMßmaimm Matakohe, and Point Curtis. and will leave Point Curtis at high water on every SATURDAY MORNING for HelensvUle direot, carrying passengers and froieht. J. & A. MoLEOD. jsfcx|v S» S. WAITAK I, ions rogitlei1, H3 h.p., wi'l wißltiti&*K» -oo despatched to WHANGAF.EI WHANGAREI HEADS, MANGAWAI, AND PARL A BAY, an follows :— time table for april, From Auckland : Leaves Queen-street Wbaii evory Tuesiay and Friday, at $ p.m. From Whangauei: Thnvsdsy, 30th, 9.30 a.iv. Cargo received at Kamo Coal DepOt, Railway Wharf, until 4 p.m. A COACH meets tho Steamer at MarsJon Poiut, and runs to Waipu. Ca- go. — For Waipu and Marfden Point Pf EiciiT must be Prkpaid, and for Whangarei Heads. Mangapai, and Parua Bay Payable on Det.iveky. . . All deliveries wVI be made on the wharf or oilier utual landing place at risk of Consignee. - TickeU may be obtained at the Office or on board. KAMO COLLIERY COMPANY (LIMITED), Agents. Office—l4a, Qneen-strest, opposite Firth's Mill. ■"* i CJTEAM TO THAMES, Jj&^lV >3 Connecting with RIVER "TCMianKVViTEAMEKS 'or STIRLING \M!Gwa^vVORTH. OHINEMURI. WAl mmttMMßm tkkauri, waihi, and te AROHA GOLDFIELDS, MORRINSVILLK, WAITOA PLAINS. AND GRANT AND FOSTERS SETTLEMENT. TIME TABLE. S.S. ROTOMAHANA, P.S. ENTERPRISE No. 2. FROM AUCKLAND. ____^3r_"RgTOMAHAXr. I KXTERFHIBE. Wod. 29 2.D aftbiaoon 11 nigUt 1 Thnrs. 30 3 afternoon — Fi-iday 1 3.30 afternoon 12 midnight Saturday 21 3.30 afternoon _^ FKOM THAMES. . _| ROTOMAHANA. "| KNTEHPRIBE. \Vb&. 291 7.30 morning I ■- Thura. 301 8 morning I 8 night Friday 118 morning I — Saturday 2I 8 morning I 8 night No carno received for Rotomahana within h*if-an-hour of advertised time of leaving. Not 13-ponsible for Shipping, Carrying, or Oischarging Live Stocky ""rtTjT Q~Si COROMANDEL. i^^^^^THOMAS SCOTT, MASTER. J&lamßm TIMHi TARLE. Leaves Auckland: Leaves Corpmandel: AL riL Thursday?^*. May. Mfty- Friday. I.2^m. saturfw. s7l« noon Weaiher and other ciroumßtanoes permitting. Not responsible in shipping, carrying, ordfi- Ch NoBC^ i oere tc teived without Shipping Noto and within half-an-hour of advertised time of All Parcels must be prepaid on Board. ah *"arce A "j^h. feVINDLKY, Manager. n%"i~ TI7AIUKU AND ONE -m^SIV. W HUNGA STEAM «|®i|irjB^vNAVIGATION CO. (Limited). TIME TABLE. S.S. MANUKAU. Leave Onehunga. Leave Waiuku. April, 1885. SO-ThTirßday,7aap. SO-Thuwday, IL3O a.m. IVIAV, 18c5« l-Friday(forMannkau _ . 2-SatodSy,8 Ba^ 2-Sataday,U.&op.m. t-Monday. 9 a.nJ. 4—Monday, L3O p.m. 6-Wed 10 30 a.m. 6-WedneMay. 3 p.m. 7"ThuredayVll ail. 7-Thurtday, 3.fJ p.m. 8-Faday^p.m. .j,^,,,,. itMfv.' KS: 12-TuesdaV. 8.30 a.m. 15 _Frlday(fcrManukau 16-SaWy, 87tS. 10-Saturday. 11.30 a.m. il-Tlnirsday, 10.30 a,m. 21-Tbureday. 3 p.m. LJ-I.idar,ip.m. 23 _ Satur^T .6».m. 2rTue U S daay « *.nt 28 -Tuesday. 8.30 a.m. "7 Wed 5 p.m. 27-Wed.. 9.30 a.m. jp.m. 28-Thursday, 10 a.m. 29_E^iday(forManukan _ 30 -Sa?urtoy, 7 a.m. 30-Saturday, 11.30 a.m. Weather and other circumstances permitting. AJlffitopayantoJiotor^ddiTwgrfjjoodß. Managing Director. » rr HE NEW ZEALAND j/ >g^&^A ' SHIPPING COM "^^^^^SL for lonF6n~direct. Sder now Loading, W will have quick dFS?f CreiKht or passage, apply to THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY (limited). . (^ S. VIVID. jjjpab^^ffls w ßjgiRHBAD- From Audfland. From Kiverhead. Monday .. 3.30 p.m. 8»m. X cS^ 3o°i^Wat 1 p.m. Fare, 2s return. Towing don* a 3UPJJINQHAM, Agent.



Business Notices. "XT I C T O R I A" BOOKS, T Thirty-two Pages Each. Full Music Size. REDUCED PRICK —ONE SHILLING. L*reo Selection at ARTHUR EADY'S AUCKLAND MUSIC WAREHOUSE. Rl CHM ON D HO U S 1", POXSONBY ROAD. Auckland. W. COCHRAN, Sen., FAMILY BUTCHER. MR. 1. L. WR I GH T, SURGEON DENTIST, Is now prepared to receive Patient? at his Promises TOP OF SHORT LA XD-STH.MET. Hours of Attendance : 9 n.m. till 5 r-m- Dr. W'RionT begs to intimate thnt, fcr tbe conveiienco of Ms uattont?. ho w'll attend dal'y for Coneultalion, from 12 till 4 o'clock, at lln f bo^o pckl ro ?. HOT S Pin N U S, TE AKOHA. K. SALLAIiHKIi'S Pioneer Coaches. to and from Mor tnvyn > To Aroho, and Waio rongomai. lllHclinir' Auckland trains dailj. Passengers an1 •• quoted to hook with my Agent, who will gi^o fnll information, and muko all necessary arr incemonts. Specialcon voyai-ces for invalldp.—^V'. 'i. DA VIES, Agont, 13 Cir,tomg-3trcct. Auckland. rpHAMES CARIO.V6E ANU DRAY X FAGWRY. —^*— JAMES MACIftE, PRorBiETOR, VICTOIUA-STKEET EAST, AUCICLAND. Repairs of every description in Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest notice. Springs made and repaired. Always on Hand—A liirKO quantity of Lamps, also Ironbark Shafts and Spokes, Rod Gum Felloes, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.B.—Country Orders punctually attended to. ri EOR G E R. EABT ON, NEWMARKET HOTEL, NEWMARKET. AR R~ I VI N G, EX DORIC— PIANOS, by Mignon, Haake, Rapoldi, and Asohorberg EN'OLTSH HARMONIUMS, from £'0 CIIOICK VIOLINS AND VIOLONCELLOS chosen especially for .111 by an Eminent English Violinist STRINGS and FITTINGS EARDLEY'S PITCH PiPES. embracing the whole Chromatis Scflo. Invaluablo to Choirmasters, Tuners, &c. ROTHEHHAM'S CKLKBRATRD LKVEtt WATCHES. I > Gold and Silver ERHATtDT S LEVER WATCHES, with Chain and Fnsoo to onsuie accuracy of Timo-keeping, J HOWDEN, QP£EN SIBEET. |"MPOK*ANT PUBLIC NOTIUJB. roR PURE T£TAS and / SELECT GROCERIES/ . AT PRICKS THAT /v^/ IB DEFY /C\*/ competitionAvJ/ pure GO /WvVblendbd -r« / VV/TKAS at is Bd, TO / *;*&/ la lOd, 2s, and j , /r\f/ 2s 4d per lb; the /U\J/ tost tho world pro pi /^y/ duoea, 2s lOd por lb. Uj A£ yCaddlos containing 10 or • / T/tf lba, less 2d per lb reduo /V%» /tlon, and forwarded to any /'NyVaddroßS, oarrlage paid. /*•/ Original 121b Boxes Tea, 168, / Y/ils 6d, 20b, and 22a 6d. 60 half-chesbi Tea from £2 10b A ,v ~ Teas hays been well bocom, a nd will be Sold tor Half thk usual Profit. KVEB* ABTIOLE W THK GBOCKKY BUSINESS LOWItt THAN ANT OTHBR HOUBB. NOTE THK ADDRESS- A. B. THOMPSON, FOOT OF GRKY-ST. (Thrkb doobs bblow Cook-stubbi). m O TRAVELLERS. PRKSENTS TOR HOME. Vtv r. ~lsomo INLAID TABLK TOPS, CABIN TS 'md WALKING STICKS, mado frnin 1 ■ .auk of New Zealand's Bkautikui, Wood-, .it Very Reasonable Prlcss. Carotully packed for shipment. W. NORRIE, Shoktland-btreet. _ U T C fl E R AND C 0., FO7T-?T. \ND QUBBN-BT WHABF, ST-VEDOIIE3, RECEIVING AND FORWARDING AGENTS. WOOL BTOBEI 4ND DUSrPED FOR SHIPMENT. BALLAST SUPPLIED. OU^ExliOR CDRROC-ATiii) TANKS. J. L. KE A N Has for Sale r. number of the above, jri* *£pg ready for use; price, 355, p.t his Shop, Wellesloy- Btrr/t Bartinext door to C">wthert Btobles). Large quanilties of Spouting. Ridging, and Qown Pipes always in slooh. \ orandali Iron curved at thj shortest notice. Country orders will always recoiva his prompt attention. Lead Washera always oj hand. ILLI AM THOMAS, Corner of Lome and Victoria-streete, Auckland Kast, ___._„ . T MONUMENTAL,MA E RBL f6 AND GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTOR AND CARVKR. Inscriptions Accurate and Beautiful. Monuments, Torubs. Headstones, and every description ol' Stone Work at the Lowest pob slble Prices foi- Town pnd Country. pORDON HOUSE, WAKEFIELD-STREET. SPECIAL. Now SnowiNG— COSTUMES, fully trimmed, from 18s STOCKINGETTE JACKETS ULSTERS FUR CAPES WINTER DRESS GOODS VELVETEENS (fast pile), all colours, la lid AT LESS THAN ENGLISH COST. I M WHITE. CONTRACTOR AND FENCER, REMOVED fkom CUSTOMS-STREET TO MARKBT YARD, queen-street Entrance. GO TO BATH to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT, COLD, AND mmWE BATHS Victoria - street Easi. llllili next the Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart, Auckland. N.6.-Barber in attendance. XITAENOCK BROTHERS, AND CA^Ma^AOTORKKB. SOAP Agw XXXi AU(;KLANDi Manufacturers of the Celebrated Kxtract of Soap Disinfectant Powders, First Prizo Yellow. Blue Mottled, Double Crown, Economic, am Household Carbolic, and other Medicinal and ToitetSoapsJSade from tho purest of Tallows. &Offlcea-DURHAM-STRKET, Auckland. NB-Coßh Purchasers of Tallow* WOOL Bho'ep'sUns. and Bones.



,pAPISHA N Q I N O 8, i W. PHILLIPPS 4 SON ;HAVB RECEIVED, EX LATE ARRIVALS 185-P AGKAOE S-186 . CONTAINING 66,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, ' CONSISTING OF I NEW PATTKRNB \Voi Drawing, Dining. Bbd-rooms, Hall and I Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or Cottage. i - BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, >AND BEST VALUK KVKR OFFERED IN ! PAPERHANGINGS. i 916—PACKAGES—916 'SO RIM S AND HESSIANS PLATS AND SJMKT GLASS, WHTTB LEAD, OILS, TURPS, VARNISHES, AND ALL TRADE SUNDRIES. W. PHILLIPPS & BON, 86 asp 97. Qukek-sthbii "WEW ZEALAND FARMER, BEE .131 AND POULTRY JOURNAL. j^Se April Number Is now published. A List f of contents is given in another column. | Sifoscription for the whole year. January to j. Dooember, 10a prepaid. | Subscription for 9 months. April to December, j 8a propald. :f 71 RA N Z KDMM IR, *.' FORT-STREET, AIJJOININO POST-OITICK, HIIPORTER AND COMMISSION AGENT DIRECT IMPORTER OF OISARS. >i Sold In Qnantltlea of 80 or More. ("T7l DUANE, House, Sign, and Decoiv *li« tivoPaintornndPapernanger. Superior {•work done and prices modorate. Has on gale, i'Whlta Lead, Oile, Colours, and cheap Papor jjj-fcngingß.- Addro^a, top of Grey-street, 1 /'Thob. J. Harbutt, / I MunnrAannum or CORN BROOMS, 'iBSSI' | . HUP«JKAPAI}MABJC jjj TBLBPHOWK NO.-W. f| lIOBSON-STREET j] % - JJ C,4SH AND DEFERRED PAYMENT TAILORS, DRAPERS, HABIT - AM DA KER S, HOBSON-STREKT. . We respectfully Invite attention to our Lam Stock of NOVELTIES for tho present Soaaon. Onr Great Variety and Choice of the Best Fabrics, with the Skill and Talont wo now em- Sloy, and the groat success of our efforts to pro uoo Superior Garments, Perfect in Fit and Unexcelled in Cut and Stylo, rlvos us every confidence in respeotfully soliciting tho favour ofairißit All Tweeds thoroughly shrunk beforo being mado up, and Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. Tho Doforrod Pnymont System has been foundto bo a great boon, by enabling those with limited incomes to procure necessaries in thu'naslost possiblo way. ALL GOODS ARK MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. Ca«h Customers rccei'-ed 5 por cent. Discount (ono shilling in tho pound sterling) on all parcels of 20a and upwards. INSPKOTION INVITED. TRAM-CAU3 PASS THH DOOR. /GROUND LIMJH. GROUND LIMK FOR SALK " SOUTHGATB S MAffURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHK LIMK. In any quantity, for Concrete Paths, Floors Collars, &c. (noxt to stone flagging Is un rivalled for durability and hard-setting Qualities). For tanks and other wet work it Is a first-class material. B. KUANS, SOLE AGENT, CU3TOMB-STRBICT WH. SKINNER AND BON, • BulHerSjCarponters, and Jolnsrp. All Branches of the Building Trade exeomtod toy Experienced Workmen.; Rum front*. OAtaa Flkttnn. *«•- W. E i * I BOOK BINDKR, PAPER RULER. ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURKB, IHKKU DOORS ABOVB " BTAR " OmU MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Rwjisthr Booaa SPECIALLY KITLKD AND BOUND. Music, Magazines, Public Libraries, and 8u» ---day School Books well bound. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOKS, Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books Re-bound. BAND AND OHOIB^MUSIO BOOK! TIDWABD BABIHI. ARCHITECT, bticbbur ra buildings, QUgBN-STRKBT. THH UNION STEAM SAW, MOULD INO, SASH, AND DOOR GOMPAHI (LIMITED), DEALER IK TIMBER, DOORS, SASHES, AND TURNERY, Supplies from Bash Mills by dlreot deliwr ft) «ny Publlo Wharf In Auckland i- BUILDING MATERIAL IN BTBRT FORM, inoludtko MOULDINGS. Owner of tho Talma Saw-mllla, WHICH PRODUCE THK BEST JOINKH9 TIMBER IN THE MARKBT. IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS, CON TRACTORS. CABINETMAKERS, AND JOINERS. A Specially Selected Stook of JOINERS' TIMBER From the Tatrua Mill, thoroughly seasoned ufl ready tor working up, la always kept In B took at i MECHANICS' BAT YARD, In lots to suit oaatomers' reaulrementi. MECHANICS' BAY TIMBER YARD AND FACTORY. TIMBER, DOORS^A|H &TwoRf^ And GENERAL JOINERY The Company continues to supply In lots to suit purchasers material as above. Stocks In alldepartments are large, well-assorted, and thoroughly soasonod. and Favourable Quotations will ba given to those about to build. Peice Lists and all information on application tti HEAD OFFICE, MECHANICS' BAY. JO B L~O TS. Gpeolal Inducements to buyers of Timber soil! able for Out-bulldlngß. BIRKENHEAD AND NORTHCOTB. Tha Company's Branch Yard in thlsdißtrioUn connection with tho business of Messrs Flo wellrn Bros., Birkenhoad Wharf, contains Large Stock* of timber (rough and dressed), MouldlngsJJqors, and Sashes for Immediate delivery at TOWtl PRICES - m HE HOT LAKES. JUST PUBLISHED, "MEDICAL GUIDE TO THE MINERAL WATERS OF ROTORUA," BY DR. T. HOPE LEWIS (LATE GOVERNMENT RESIDENT MBDICAL OFFICER). On Sale at all Booksellers'; price, 2s Gd. G~ HENDERSON, • DISPENSING CHEMIST, PHAR MACIST, AND SURGEON DENTIST. Modioal Hall, Ponsonby, opposite Three Lamps Telephone No. 307



PULMAN'S PHOTO. ROOMS.- Touris* and oihen hai In-* oxprc~ ed dk appointment in not teeuv; our i. hoto. VioWB ci tliellotLako DMuct, Bush and Feu Studies &o, bfforo or rchasln^ elsewhen, are 1^ itcd It inspect oui' large Serie] of ihe same. The flnesl Collection of M^ori Poiiraits ?n New Zealand. N.B. — lusti.n'-;neous Portraiture !n all if Brpuchei. Enamelling dono for the Trade and Amat3urs on reasonable terms. SHORTI.AND-SIHEET, AUCKLAND. THE HEW ZEALAND LAND MORT GAGE CO. (LIMITED). Subscribed Capital £2.0C0,000 Paid-up Capital £200,000 Hoad OJflco ,'ov tiio Colony, New Zfm,and Insurance Buildings, QtIEEN-.STRUiiT, AUCKjI AND. Tais Company isproparedtone^otia.e LOANS on Freehold Mortgages throughout, i 'ie Colony at current ratoa. h Oi- Application Forniß and further particulars apply tj JAMES BUTTLE, Secretary. Queun-surest. Auckland. CHEAP GROCERIES! CHEAP GROCERIES! Newton Prices Brought to Symonds-atreet. Call and Get Prico List. NONE CHEAPER. E. W. ROLLERSON, THAMES FRUIT AND GROCERY STORE, UI'PER SyMONDS-STBEET, UEEN'S hIaI HOTEL, UPPKTt QUEEN-STREET. Tho above Hotel having undergone several important internal alterations, the new proprie tor, GKORGE DENNIS (formerly providore for tho Waikato S.S. Co.), hopes, by strict personal management, to make tbo Hotel second to none in the city for tho comfort and acconoodation of travellers and boarders. Tho Hotel is handy for 'busea and trams to all parts of tho city; has been refurnished throughout; and the liquors have boen caroiully selected, aud nono btit tho best will bo supplied. GKOHGK DENNIS, Proprietor. milE LATEST W A L T Z. THK NEW AND POPULAR "BERTRAND WALTZ" MAY BK OBTAINED AT EADY'S AND MEA RS'S, MUSIC WAREHOUSES, QOKK.V-BTRKET. UR X I S~H BATHS, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, Noar the Queen's Hotel. This well-vcntllatcd establishment Is Open Daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a»m. to 9 p.m. These B.itha are highly recommended by the medical faculty. Baths for Ladies on Tuesdays Rod Thurs days, from 9n.ro. to 3p.m., nder cn^rgc of an experienced lady H'c ••'ant. F. J. FAKF^I L Stc.jtaiy. T>ICTURE~FRAME MANUFACTORY XT AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WARE HOUSE, 68, VICTORIA-STREET. Auokland (9 doors above Albert-street). C. E. CARTER, Jun.. " Practical Sisn Writer, Gilder, and Km bossier on Glass. Silk Banners Written In the Latest.Design. Grainer and Marbler. "mTUSICAL INSTRUMENT WARE HOUBE. &C 88, VIOTORIA-STRKET Auckland. T. E. CARTER, IMPORTER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TEAOHER OF MUSIC. PIANO, VIOLIN, CORNET, ETC. Tsbms and Testimonials Post Free or Application. All Kinds or Mtisioal Instruments Tunes *ud Rkpairkd. NEW ZKALAND INSURANCE COMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Capital _ .1.. £1.000,000 Paid-up ana nesorve Funda ... .£425,000 Pboteotion rROM FIRK or MARINE LOSS Can bb Kfitbotbd in Tnia Company. CLAIMS MET WITH PHOMPTITUDB AND LinKRALITY. JAMEB BUTTLK, M—ager THE COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (LIMITED). AUCKLAND OTFIOKS 1 139, QUBER-STSJOR. DDHKCTORS I Auoicland.—J. M. Shera (Chairman), 8. Thornt George, F. J. Mobs, M.H.R. Dunedin—K. J. Bpnnco (Chairman), W. J. M. Larnach, C.M.G.. M.H.K.; Hon. George Mo- Loan, M.L.C. j Hon. Robert Stout, Premier. THE COLONIAL MUTUAL has addod to all the ordinary forms ot ABsnranoo SEVERAL DISTINCTIVK FKATURK3, and is the only Colonial Life Offioe which issues TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICIES. The "Absoluto" and "Modified" Tontine PoHcloh of tho Coloulal Mutual soouro advan tages not offered by any Forsiim Company. Colonial Mutual Pollcloß arc INCONTBST ABLK FROM DATE OF ISSUE, being en tirely freo from obnoxious conditions as to travelling, roaldonco, occupation, mode of lite, W manner ot death, H. S. H. LYALL. Beoretary for NawZaslhoO. Mil. p;- f. m. b'iTrrowb, ARCHITECT AND BUILDING SURVEYOR, 'Ocr CiOODson's. Auckland, UNION OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE COMPANY (LIMITED). MANUFACTURERS OF STEARINE CANDLES, COMMON AND TOILET SOAPS, LUBRICATING AND OTHER OILS. WORKS-BT. ANN«"IiiIDGK. PENROSE. WAREHOUSE AND OFFICKS-LOWKR ALBERT-ST., AUCKLAND. O*ah Purchasers ot Tallow. ' " ~~~ AOIOI'S S TA h LB S, \c£ ALBERT-STREET. MR F. QUICK begs to return his Sincere fbanks for the Liberal Patronage received white carrying on the Business known as "Quick's Livery and Bait Stables," Albert street, and trusts that MESSRS JAMES DIG NAN & CO., the eentlemen to whom he haa relinquished the same, will be accorded Support In an equally liberal manner. Patrons can rely upon being treated olvllly and fairly by bis «uo eessors, under whose proprietary he feels sure the hostelry will beoome the favourite ot Auck land. J. J. DIONAN] JT. FOLKYI (P. LUNDOK MESSRS JAMBS DIGNAN ft CO. having purchased Mr F.Qulck's Business, hope to merit the patronage so generously bestowed on their late and popular predecessor. For Hire—Han •om Cabs, Open and Close Carriages, Buggies of every description, Waggonettes, Breaks and Omnibuses, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Saddle Horses, Private Carriages with Livery, Hearset and Mourning Coaches. Orders by Post, Telo graph, or Telephone (No. 124) reoelve oareful attention. The Stables provide unsurpassed locommodation for Horse*, 60, Night atUnd moe. Charges moderate. VTOTICE TO THE PUB[Li;C, SUPPORT THB FARMING COMMUNITY Through their Association, the 60, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, VTbO have always tor Sale on their Shareholders aocount: OATS CHHJCSK CH^Y BUTT& POTATOES FRUIT, W. GARRETT. Manaser. TXOUSE AND GENERAL DECORATIVE ESTABLISHMENT. 13, WYNDHAM-STREET. 15. NOTICK OF REMOVAL. J, Henderson, in thanking his numerous clients and the publio generally for thoir paßt liberal favours, has much pleasure In informlng them that he has Removed to more Extensive Premises (two doors abovo old shop), where he truote to merit a continuance of their patronage J. HENDERSON, 1 WYNDHAM.STREET. W.



Land and Estate Agents. SAMUEL VAILE.] [JOHN DOOCHA3, V aile & Douglas (Late Samuel Vaile), HOUSE, LAND, AND KSTATK AGENTS. LAND AND ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE VALUATORS, BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFEE ACT, SHORTLAND-STREET (Next the Post-office.) BANKERS! Bank of New South Wales. (See also our advertisement in " N.Z. HeraM l! and " WeokJy News.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT. FO 7! SALE OR TO LET, a Beautiful "Villa Residence containing 6 rooms, bath room, pantry, wash-house, stable, &c.; allot ment, 50 x 130 feet; price, £575, or to rent at 20s per week.—Apply to Vailo and Douglas, House and KBtiito Agents, Shortland-strcet. TO LET, Wellesley - street Baptist Church; possession can be given on Ist May.—Apply to Vaile and Douglas, Houso, Land, and KBtate Agents, Shortland-street. COTTAGE of 5 rooms in a good situation near to town; allotment 33 x 100 ; planted with fi-.iit troes. all In full bearing. Price, £230.— Vailo & Douglas, House and Land Agents, Shortland-street. 1400 SPLENDID BUSINESS ALLOTMENT in the I'onsonby Road, in commanding posi tion, and of good size. Price low. Terms oaay.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate AK.;nta, Shortland-streot. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, NEWTON, 6 lots each, 2 of them having frontages of 50 feet by a depth of Hi. feet, and the others front ages of 40 foot by samo doptli. Price low, and terms easy, as may bo urnim;cd.—Vailo and Douglas, Land and KstaU Agents, next the Post-ofllco, Shortland-street. 1372 SMALL FARM of 14 ncros, very suitable for a working man; n'l in cultivation; rich land: House of 3 rooms and kitchen, stablo, &c. Prico, £200. 13C0 CHEAP LITTLE HOM I.STKAD, U acres, East Tamaki; all In gruwi unil crop. Cottage of 3 rooms and small ono of 2 rooms. £260. 1383 PARTLY IMPROVED FA KM of 132 acres nil fencod; i 0 aoreß in Kr,iß3. Splendid position for fruit farm ; deep water frontage; closototown. £speracre, 1363 £300 — GOOD LITTLE WATERSIDE FARM of 112 aores, with largo run adjoining; 25 to 30 acres in cultivation; Bplondld place for fruit growing. Terms ' eaßy. — Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortland street: immediate possession. 1986 £220-COTTAGE of 4 rooms, with allot mont 3lt x 98ft., neat garden, and close to the tram lines.—Vaile aud Douglas, House and Land Agents, Shortland-streot. 1352 £300-Vory Convenient COTTAGE of 4 rooms and scullery, allotment 32 x 80ft., with in Quarter of an hour's walk from Queen street —Vailo and Douglas House, Land, and Estate Agents, next P. 0., Shortland-street 1392. £650-HOUSE of 5 rooms and kitchen, Bis and water laid on. &c.: workshop, 21 x 14. Allotment, with frontage of 33 feet to Upper Union-street, and frontage to Nelson- Btrcet of 31 feat.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Kstato Agents, Shortland-street. £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out houiie, tanks, &c, and allotment 66 x 198, volc/inio soil; convenient situation.—Vaile and Douglas, Houpb and Land Agon's, Short land-strcot 1271. £500-Capital Waterside FARM, of 90 acres, about half rich alluvial flat, 30 acres in grass, Houso of i rooms, dairy, sheds, &c— Valloland Douglas. Land Agents, Shortland street. 1227. £3SO.—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, verandah back and front, wash-house; all drained; gas aud water; allotment, 30ft x 132 ft; good situa tion, clogo to tram-lines.—Vaile and Douglas, Houso, Land, and Estate Agents, next to the General Post-office. Shortlend-street. 1112 SELWYN-STREET—Leasehold Allotment 51 x 150, and comfortable7-roomed Cottage; good view and aspect; ground rent, £8 per annum; 31 years to run; gas and water laid on; gasstovo; wash-houso, fowl-house, &c. all in good ropair. Prlco, £350.—Vailo and 1 !ounlas, Houso and Estato Agents, Shortland- HENDERSON'S MILL—Now Cottage of t rooms, nicely finished ; allotment 68 x 103 foct, all fonocd ; close to ltuilway Station, l'rico, £120.—Vaile and Douglas, Land Anents, Btiortland-stroot. MANUARE POINT—4J Acres Volcanic, with good largo run adjoining, and with new Cottnßo of (1 rooms, well fln'iohed. and n-joa OHt-outUhngß.—l<"or prico and terms, apply to Vailo uml i.'OUKlas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortlanti-street. SMALL PAKM, 11 acres, ot Lucas Creek, Very auitablo for an orchard; well situated for (hipping away produce, Kc.; 5 acres of tho lnnd lias been ploughed twice; orchard. &c, Houbo ot 0 rooms, well-finished. Price, £270.— Vailo and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-3trcct. W. L. M ITOHBLL LAIJD AND ESTATE AGENT, COOMBES'S AnOABK, QUEKN-STRKET, Bankers—National Bank of Now Zealand. Telephone Kxchango, No. 199. Rents and Interest CoJ'.octcd In town and oounti'y. Money Investod for Capitalists on first-class securities without charge. Mortgages and Loans negotiated. Partnerships arranged. Estates Managod for Absentees and others. Tenants guaranteed to landlords. Housos To Lot and Propertios For Sale or Lcaso placed on my Bookß Freo of Charge. Insurances effected at Lowest Rates, and Confidential Agencies undertaken. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR SALBS. CITY—A Grand Freehold, Bituato In Customs street West, noar tho junotion of Viotoria-st, A double frontage; an excellent site for fac tory. Only £750. and easy terms. CHKAP ALLOTMKNTS, Sussex-stroet, near to Uppor Pitt-piri-ot, £) por foot. VICTORIA AVICNUK—Grand Corner, also Good Allotn.t i-ta. £3 pur foot. KINGSLANI > - Cluap Allotment, only fi3s. MOUNT Kl-KN. main road—Good Business Stand, «'/. TIBW miAH •■-' i»;r foot, VICTORIA i\ h.m;k,MountKden—Excellent VUla-ito AS. MAUINK i^KAiIK. Ponaonby—C3 per foot. KING-STI i X X r- 2oa por foot. ALLOTMi'.XT-NHlßon-street. 22 x 105, £8 per foot. W h.i.LINU#{OS ST.—Allotment, flßper foot. PONmi i■■ UY lit lAD—fill per foot. KINUbLAND, main roiui—Allotment, A3 pet foot. MOUNT ROSKlLL—Allotment on main road, , very aheap, at 555. KARANOAHAPE ROAD—A Grand Site tor Business, £50 per foot PROSPKOT-STREET, Mount RosklU - 32s 6d ncr (oot. HOUSES FOR SALE. No £210—Home-street, 1 rooms, scullery, etc. 655 £260—Commercial Road, i rooms, scul,, etc. 6680 £280—Mary-street,i rooms, soullery, etc. 627 £300;-S tanley-st-, 5 rooms each (2 Cottages) 566 £300—Mary-street. 5 rooms, scullery, etc. 627 fiyOitVio. Park, N. 8., 5 rooms, grand view 582 £350—Commercial Road, 6 rooms, scul., etc. 6681 £35D—ivlount Albert, 7 rooms, well, etc. 636 £350—Sussex-street, i rooms, soullery, etc. 651 £380—ProBpeot-stroot, C rooms, outhouso 518 £400—Mary-streot, 5 rooms, scullery, etc. 527 £125—ProBpoct-st., 6 rooms, bath, outhouses 600 £ 530—Mt. Roskill. 6 rooms, all conveniences 678 £520—Vio. Avenue, 6 rooms, scullery, eto. 652 £520—Wynyard Road, 9 rooms, bath, etc 620 £500—Day-street, 7 rooms, gas. water 509 £520—Mt. Eden Rd., 7 rms., all conveniences 529 £630—Eden Vale Rd.. 6 rooms, concrete tank 522 £650-Wynyard Road, 9 rooms, bathroom £700—Wynyard Road, 7 rooms, washhouee 628 NORTHCOTE—A Grand Business Sale, 66 by 170, in the main road near to the wharf, offered at an exceptionally low price to effect an immediate disposal. TAKAPUNA—92 Acres, a splendid investment, in the main road; £6 per acre; terms easy. COLLEGE ROAD—Large double-fronted Shop, with 6-roomed Dwelling. Prico, £425. Terms easy; or to be let, rent 18s per week. CLOSE TO THE ClTY—Large 3-storied House, containing 7 rooms, kitchen, bath-room, wasi - houso, workshop. Tho rooms are large and of ty, and the house is tii oroughly well finished throughount. Price, £605. 590 £325—Eighty acres, known as Green Hill, Oruawharo Block; 10 acres in grass; all fenced with barbodw; es. 6D7 A STORE ON A MAI ROAD, doing an ex tonaivo Grocery, Drapery, and Ironmongery Business: largo double-fronted Shop, with 10-roonied Dwelling, and over an -4.ere of Land; three chains frontage to the road. For Freehold. £350. Stock at valuation. MANURKWA—Tea minutes' walk from the railway station; 200 acres, with ten-roomed House, stable, piggeries and outhouses. 20 acres pnrlri and mixed bush, 60 aores in grass, and a running stream through the property, £7per aero. 602 AN IMPROVED FARM with } mile river frontage, 71 aores rich loose loamy clay, 40 acres of which are under cultivation; re mainder mixed Hush. Price, £350. 613 MOUNT ALBERT — A well-flnißhed 6-Rooraed Residence, bay window, verandah, kitchen, bath, fitted with every convenience, including electric bells; grounds, 1 Acre in extent, tastefully laid out: stable (2-Btall), ooaoh.house, oowahed, &c. Price, £760. 569 SUBURBAN VlLLA—Seven Rooms, withovei three Acres of ground planted in fruit trees and well laid-out garden; a grand north-easi aspect, with a good boundary; creek 0! beautifully clear water. Cash, £100 to £200 balance, 8 per cent. 551 AVONDALK —26 acres, partly cleared anc fenced, good N.E. aspect, fine level ground Price, £18 per acre. 539 CORNER ALLOTMENT, Wood-street.—los ? lO'l. with Buildings thereon, consisting of shoi nnd dwolling of 5 rooms; aIBO, 6-Roomec House. The vendor wishing to effect imme dlato sale, offers this at the exceedingly lov price of £775. 687 TO FRUIT-GROWERS, MARKET - GAR DBNERS.AND OTHERS-W. L. MITCHKLi has several sections from one to twenty acre: In various localities, close to town, suitabli for such purposes, and is in a position to gin the moot reliable inf.ormatio»,



For Sale. CIOR SALE, ft 6J ton Yacht, suitable fo. V Fishidg or C. .using, Dln-ry, Sails, and Cerr comiiloie; Nc '-. &o.—Apply f-> Mi'J. Clare, Boar .milder, Cubtojia street West^ FOR SALE OBTt6~LET, Lonc'on. street, Ponsonby. Seven-roomed Ville Residence; water frontage; splendid view: with gas and watsr laid on,—Apply to D. B, McDonald, 19, New Zealand Insurance Build' ings. FOR SALE, a Good Staunch Spring Cart Horse (10 liandst. Works in single or 6 : able harness.—Apply Thames Carriage and Dray Factory, Victoria-street East, pi O S SALE, THREE ALLOTMENTS. THE PICK OF HON. JAS. WILLIAMSON'S . MOUNT HOBSON ESTATE. Splendid View w\ Easy Terms, App'7 to S. JACKSON. Junr.. .Queen street, Auokland. OR SALE, Large Country Store with 8-roomed Dwelling. Stabies, and Out houses. Btock can be taken at a valuation ii desired.—For further particulars apply to J. R. Randerson, Auctioneer, Queen-street. HELE&&VILLE.— To Stwekcrwra ard Others.—For Sale, large Double-Fronted Shop and Dwelling of 5 rooms, suitable for general stqre; good gum trado to bo done; larz« allotment. — For further particulars, apply Richardson and Jackson, 81, Queen-3treet. 0 SAW-MH LERS, CONTRACTORS, &c—A Splendid Bush, containing large quantities of immense Kauri Treci : also Totara, Kimu, and probably Mottled Kauri, for Bile by the undersigned- Timber only on ■100 acrei oil land, situate within 3 miles of .ail way station, and having good cieoks for driving logs, a>-d good metallei road communicating with line. This is a rare chanre for p, man of enterprise to make a fortune Immediate ap plication necessary.—J. R. RandercOD, Auc tioneer. WASH] KG MACHINE lor Sa'e, Im ported from Molbourne: Selling at half tie origlnpl i-o'k. Can be used In a privatß Family or Hotel or by Washer woman.—Apply to Manager o£ tte Svsam Laundry. Upper Hti-st. SPECIAL NOTICE. FOR SALE, several of the best Building Sites in oi- near Auckland. Situated in Gladstone ard Cleveland Roads, Parnoll. These Hots wil be ?o!d on any reasonable Terms, end money will be advanced'for Buildius if required. Apply to— P. COMIBKEY, Shortland-atreet. TJIOR PRIVATE SALE, One of ttie best Xj compact anr 1. conveniontFarmsln Waikato. —For particulars apply to Robert Bradley, Auctioned' Karangahape Road. FOR SALE (cheap), good second-hand Hooded Buggy, also new Pony Phaetons, Waggonette. Dog-cart, Station Wp.Tgon, and light Paynall Cart—Apply W. and K. Hasten, Coachliinlders. Wftkefleld-street. In o v pkiv at a aa l jb" f ON LIBERAL TKRMa IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS I Farm Lota from 20 aorsa onA npwarda, near F.ikekobe Station i from £710s to £10 an acre. Farm, Lot iff, Awitv, containing IS3 acres I •eourely fenetd, h near other homesteads, and •ood land; ci an aore. A flrst-olasii Farm, kalf-war between Klhlklhl and Te Awamutu, containing 686 aorea, with choice apple orchf "d. Available and Fertile Farms, nnglne from 1,600 to 10,000 aores at priooa var> ing with lm> provamenta trom £1 to £7 an *ort>. AIiFRED BUCEI AND, Educational. MISS COLE will open a Dancing Cia .a in the Presbyterian School-room. Lower Synionds-street, TH UR=?DAY X V ■' N ING, April 30. Intending Pupils will phase;- ud in their names to Miss Cole, Carltun i;,ro Road. Tei ms! One Guinea for two. ye Li 130113. "D V E N I M fe (TL ASSES. A, McARTHUR, M.A. LL.B., purpoies holdinz Kvenlna: Classes at :\ie Training Col lege, VVellesloy-atrcat, bsginning on MONDAY, Hie 'J 'i luttant, at hair-past seven p.m. Each 3i-u;icul Trill ho talron tuHnn a wfiok. Fees Per 131 >;i: mi for Oiio subject, 21t for two. Clashes will also be foraied to prepare for tt-o Ciril Service, General Know.'ed^o, and Matri culaaon ITxeminations ai, a Coo oi Two Guineas pjrtjrm, Hhtory dencrM and constitutional). Political Economy, and Jurispu'dence may bo arranged for. Information will he g .en and names enrolled pttiie Training College between half-pact four nuft liaJ!-past ilve p.m. each afternoon, and on S?Lurdgy between three and ionr o'clock. TRAINING COLLEGE, WELLESLEY-STREET. EVENING CLABSES ARE NOW OPEN. Practical Drawing, with Plane and Solid Geometry—Tuesday Evenings, 7 30. Applied Mechanics and the Steam Engine, &c, &o.—Thursday Evenings, at 7.50. Teaoher: Walfer J. Robertson, Board of Education, Medallist, and Certified with First class Honours by Science and Art Department also, by City and Guilds of London Institute for advancement of Technical Education. VENLNG SINGING CLASSES were commenced in the Training College, Wellesloj -3treet—Elementary Class, Wednes day, April 1. Xt 7; Intermediate, at 8, and in Forestsrs' Hall. jvarangah>w>e Road, Element ary Clasß, Tueidp,y, April 7, p.i 7; Practice Class, Tuesday, April 7, at B.—Fees: Gentlemen, 10s Gd ; Ladies, In Cd for the course. Praotloe Class, 2s (id per quarter,—John Young, Member Tonio Sol Fa College, London, and Singing Master '} iris' Hiz'd School. M~~~2, 1\ B. WOODEA M, TE'CKBB OP THE IJIANOFOLTE1 JIANOFOLTE AND HARMONIUM. Add.e?3; C:>ra o' Mr A. Kady, Auokland jtfuuo Wareiiouce, Qucun-atroet. [Sporting. <ar LOOK AT-.-OUR FIRST PRIZE DUNEDIN CUP,and Birthday Handicap, GREAT AUTUMN ; tar £1,000. ■« RESULTS. TE» . ArPLY Marly. NOTHING SUCCEEDS I TKB SUCCESS. T> O B I~N HOOD. DUNEDIN BIRTHDAY HANDICAP, To be Run at Dunedin. May 25.1585. N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL, To be Run at CHRK/romnicH, May 25,18:5. 8000 at 10a bach. About 220 Prizes. Will Olo3b Mat 22. Each Ticket has 10 Chances, pnd can obtain a Prize in Each of 10 Drawings. Birthday Handicap. Grand National. Sirst .. ..filOO1) First «3)0 Second .. .. 300 Second _ .. lfiO Third .. .. 100 Third .. .. 75 All others (div.. A'l othera (div., about £23 each) 400 about £10 each) 200 "filfio £725 191 Cash Bonds. 2 at £50 .. £ICO 10 at £10 .. £100 lat 25 .. 100 15 at 8.. 120 sat 20 .. 100 SO at 6 „ ISO 10 at 16.. 150 115 at 8.. 575 £1125 ALL APPLICATIONS EXCEEDING ADVERTISED Number of SOOO wi". bo allotl-d as Extra Cash Bonds op £5 E>ch (less usual commis sion). Instead of Increasing Value of Ex iETINGPR'ZES,and will be called 9th Clas'. We wish it to be distinctly understood that oui drawings are Always conducted by a Com mittee of Shareholders, and that Repre sentatives of the IPiiEss are likewise pre sent ; and names and addresses of principal winners are always sent throughout New Zealand. From the number o( people whe Inspect Oub Books day by day. and the cor respondence we receive (and answer) relative tc our drawings, distribution of prizes, and oui business generally, it seems almost superfluous to still say "Our Books ark Always Opkk for Inspection ; yet such is the fact, and oui ever - increasing business shows plainly tht "please send two 2r Mampa for reply and re suit, P.O. Orders pr .red. Is exchange or Stamps and Cheques. Coin or Notes should be registered. Registered Letters and Telegram! received. ROBIN HOOD . Care Thos. Etapleton, Box 2?8. P. 0.. Christohurch. Or, Jubal Fleming, City Baths. Colombo-stares', Christohnren. FIRST PRIZEI TWO RACES ANI GRAND NATIONAL, El }HT CLASSES &T £300. £1 I CASH BONDS. "fTIHB AUCKLAND STAR1 ■ ISA ■"'*■ GAZETTE TOR THE PUBLICATION OT All, NOTICES IN RELATION TO BOROUGH COUNCILS, COUNTY COUNC|I* 3^ "- Hj&gVTAt BOARDS flfe, *!L



Tsndevsj [ r. b. . -VTEW ZEALAND ROADS. i HOKITISA-CHRISTCHURCH ROAD. TAIPO BRIDGE CONTRACT. '< Writton Tenders will be received at this office ' until Noon of SATURDAY, the 2nd May, 1885, 1 for tho above contract. They are to be marked . on tho outside " Tender for Taipo Bridge Con tract." and addressed to tho Hon the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. Telegraphic tenders similarly addressed and marked will be receivod if presented at any telograph office by noon of the same date, provided that written ' tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, nnd general conditions may be t seen at this office, and at tho Public Works Offices at Auokland. Christchurch, Dunedin. and Greymouth, and at the Survey Office, Hokitika. The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. ByC °m7OHNBLAC K ETT. Engineer in Chief. Public Works Office. Wellington. April 6th. 1885. ■KTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. ; Public Works Offloc, " , ' Wellington, 16th March, ] 885. Written Tenders will be received at this Office until noon- of THURSDAY, the 30th April, 1885, for the above Contract. They are to be marked on the outside "Tender for Supply, Delivery, and Stacking 150,000 Creoaoted Sleepers Contract," and addressed to the Hon. Minister of Public Works, Wellington. Tele grapnic tenders, similarly marked ana ad dressed, wlll.be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's Office by the samo hour. Specification and general conditions may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dune din, and InvercargiU. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. • Bngineer-ln-CbieL NOTE.—The time for receiving tenders for tho above Contract is Extended until noon of THURSDAY, 30th April, 1885. White pine to the extent not exceeding half the total number of Sleepers required is now also included In the list of timbers that may be supplied. Bycommand. Engineer-In-Chief. T>E ESTATE OF JAMES STODART, XL BANKRUPT. Tenders are Invited for the Equity of Re demption of the valuable Freehold at Ponsonby, belonging to the above named Estate. Par ticulars and conditions may be seen any day lietween the hours of eleven a.m., and one p.m. Sealed Tenders to be sent to the undersigned on or before noon on 6th May^l^^ Official Assignee In Bankruptcy., m~5 cTa~r pc n t c r s. Teudei j wi'l be received at my Office. Canada Bnji.d'ngs, wheie plans and specifications miy be seen up to neon, FRIDAY, May Ist, for Additions to Congregational Church, Onehunga JA MES SLATOR. A-chitect and Engineer. npENDERS for tlie 'Erection of a School J_ Building at Waimatb (Bay of IslandslwOl be received by the Education Board, Wyndham street, Auckland, until two p.m. on FRIDAY, April 8,1885. Plans and specification may be soon at the office of the Board, and on applica: lion to the Chairman of the Waimate Discriot School Committee. - fTIENDERS for the Erection of a School X Building at Pahua Bay ( Whangarel Har bour) will be received by the Education Board. Wyndham-street, Auckland, until two p.m. on FRIDAY, Bth May, 1885. Plans and Specifications may be Been at, the office ot the Board, and on application to the Chairman of the Parua Distrlot School Com mltteq J r.T v B 0 I L D E R S. Tlio time for receiving Tenders for tho Ercc «o= ot i «*={=«.> «t Wt.-BMi.ii fnr HlO New Ze:\h nd 1 nsiuvnee Company iaKxtended to uoon of THURSDAY, the 30'h instant. EDWARD MAHONEY & SON, Architects. mOBUIL D E X S. ?>Dder3 will be received up to Noon. THURS DAY, t'.ie 39i'u instant, for Movin? Wool Shed aod r cnneryßuildinsftOlahulm toanadjacent Bite. Pians, &c, at our Offices, Queen-3treet. EDW. MAHONEY & SON. Architects. mo BUILDER S. Tenders will be received up to 1 p.m. on MONDAY, the 4th May, lor the Erection of Three Cottageß in Ponsonby. Plans, &c, at Messrs D. W. Jack & Co.'s, Drapers. Ponsonby Road. mO CARPENTERS Tenders will bo received until noon, MON DAY. May 4, for the erection of a Brewery, 66 xl 6, in Jervois Road, Ponsonby.—Plans, etc., at my office, A. M. F^B^f^^g^ . Architect. mENDERS wUI be received until noon X on MONDAY, May 11th,.for erection of two Brick Shops for Messrs Ambury and Eng lish.-Plans, etc., at Devonshire Dairy, Karan gahape Road. _j_ ENDERS Wanted for. the erection of Two Brick Chimneys (labour only).—Apply on the job, Pine?, Richmond Avenue. rpO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. Land and Building Materials found on reason able terms. ApDlyto ~,..•. T. HOLDER, Architect, Exchange Buildings, Queen-fatrect. W, F, HUBBARD, Quantity Surveyor. Quantities prepared for all Contracts of any magnitude. - City Chambers, Vulcan Lane. rvEVONPORT, NORTH BfIORH, WELLS BROS., DARTERS AND EXPRESSMEN. BRICKS. LIMB. SAND, 800KIA ABB. POSTS, RAILS, PALINGS, SANI TARY PIPES, SCO., &Q. N.a-FENCIN{J DONE AT LOWEST RATES, ESTIMATES GIVEN. YARD OPPOSITE, DEVONPORT HALL, g1 I L pOB TIN G THROUGHOUT AUCKLAND AND SUBURBS. At the "STAR" OFFICE arrangements can i be made for the speedy Printing and Posting of . Bills throughout the whole City and Suburbs, . including Onehunga, Otahuhu, Mangere, > Devonport, Northcote. and up the Waikato, at ! MOST SEASONABLE CHARGES. Bills POEtOd by ■ the week, month, or year, or at per 100. ; Those persons having Bills to Post will please . forward them to the Publishing Office, where - they will receive prompt attention, i ! , — THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. The Public Trustee may be nominated Executor under tho Will of a Testator, or Trustee under a Marriage or other settlement. • No charge is made upon tho deposit fur safo custody of any Will by which tho Public Trustee is appointed Executor. Present Trustees. Executors, or Administra tors may, if approved, relieve themselves of ; future responsibility by transferring fusts to the Publlo Trustee. Hence, Trustees residing in England, America, and elsewhere, holding moneys for the benefit of persons who have tmlgrated to New Zealand, may not only relievo B hemselves of responsibility, but as the rate of interest obtainable in New Zealand exceeds tiio English rate, will greatly augment the income of the beneficiaries by so doing. The State ■-lvfs an absolute guarantee against loss of lands by the fraud or dishonesty of its officers. The Public Trustee holds large sums of money for Investment on real security at current rates of interest. Applications for advance on first mortgage will be received at the various agen , cies, where all further particulars may be ob- R> C. HAMERTON,



Amusements. ___ A BBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE! Lessee and Manageress Miss De Grey Aoti»K Manager Mr A. L. Cunard LAST X NIGHTS LAST ° NIGHTS Of the Eminent Actress. MISS D c GREY, Previous to her departure tot Kuropo. THIS (Wednesday) EVENING ONLY, Boucicaolt's Sparkling Comedy, . LONDON ASSURANCE. . Lady Gay Spanker Miss De Gbby TO-MORROW EVENING ONLY, Fiiet lime in this oity of the great Drama, taken from the popular novel. "The Ironmaaier, LADY GLARE. Lidy Clare Miss De GRKr. FRIDAY EVENING. May I, GRAND MILITARY NIGHT, Under the immediate presence of the Mayor, Colonel byon. Commander of the Forces; Capt. Fenton, and Offlcera, &c, the occasion being A GKA.ND BENEFIT Tendered to Miss De Grby previous to her de parture for Europe, when she will p e3ent SbakesDere's fine Class'cal Comedy, AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind Miss Tk Gbby Box Plan at Lennox's. Day Hoketi at Abbott's. Adniicsion-Circlo, 43; Stalls, 2j 6d; Pit, Is. Doors op«n at 7.E0; commence at 8. F. T. Lingham, Sta^e Manager. WOODYEAR'S ELECTRIC /CIRCUS, AND Vj GREAT LONDON EQUISQUIRIOULUM. NOTICE.-In consequence of the unßhelterei po3ition of tent, and fearing a northerly gale, the Management deemed it advisable not'to open the Circus last evening, but will. ( RE-OPEN TO-NIGHT ! ! . Don't Fail to Sco the NEW PROGRAMME. NEW PROGRAMME. NEW PROGRAMME. NEW PROGRAMME. Australian Buckjumping Pony. To-hight. Tub Bio Tub Act To-night. Tub Dancing Globe To-night. The Trained Pigeons To-night. MILLION THEATRE PRICES: Circle, 'Is; Stalls, 2s 6d; «T PIT, ONE SHILLING (ts). m Children, hulf-price to Chairs and Stalls. Chair and Stall Tickets at Lennox's. ROBERT LOVE, Advance Courier. _ T4TUSIC AND WAXWORKS. An Entertainment will be given in tbe Devon port Public Hall THIS EVENING, 29th inst, at 7.30 p.m. Part I—Vocal and Instrumental Music. Part 2-Exhibition of Mrs Jarley's Waxworks, with Illustrative Music and Limelight Effects. Admission, Is Gd; Children. 6d. PROFESSOR O. E. HUGO'S LECTURE 3. NEWTON — PROTESTANT HALL. TO NIGHT (WEDNESDAY). AVONDALE HALJ>-THURSDAY NEXT. OTAHUHU—MONDAY NEXT. May 4. X ECT URE O~N INDIA. The REV. HENRY HAIGH will deliver a Lecture on India in the Ponsonby Wesleyan Church, This (Wednesday) Evening.at half-past seven p.ni. LECTURE on "Health and Herbal Treatment." to be delivered by Professor Jolly, in the Temperance Hall, FRIDAY, Ist May, 7.30 p.m.' For adults only. . D~AITCING, J&J3PORTM.ENT. CALISTHENfICfI. &C MONS. PAUL BIB*KON, FROM PARisi Will Comraenoe Tuition '.■ vat Masonic Hall, Princes-street, as follows: Select' Admit Class. Wednesday. May 6, 7.30 ■.m.: SeHSct Juvenile Class, Scturdav, May 9, 3 ».ra.; Mfts HlU's, Ponsouby, Tuesday, May 5, 7.30 p.m.; Mis* Bates's, North Shoie. Tuesday, May 19,3.50 p.m r.and next term at Mrs Law s, Remuei-a; Mrs Clayton's, Parnell; Mrs Glover's, Symourt-street; Mrs - Palmer's, Cai'lton Gore Road; Mrs Giles's, Mount Albert. , : PRIVATE LESSONS DAILY. Terms in Advance: Adult, 25a: Juvenile, 21s. Circulars p.t Uiton's and Eadys, or apply at residence. 75, Hojson-3tr3et. ■ (Viotoria-strset, a s'Mitdis ince above) , mHEA TR E_ SO VAt TO-DAY! Tosly I TODAYI ". " ON VIEW! ON VIEW! dN VIEW! The Grandest Assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, At TOM KEESING'S, VICTORIA-ST. (5 doors above Royal Mail Hotel) Try my Deferred Payment System. Board and Residence. PRIVATE BO AD AND RESIDENCE, Lewis House, Graf ton Road; every ac commodation, good attendance. Bath-room, piano, acd every convenience.T-Mrs White, widow, late of Russell. ■■ in OVE NO R BROWNE HOTEL, XX HOBSON-STREET. Board and Lodging .. .' 20a per Week Single Room .. .. 2ospei"Week THE PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between JAMES HARPERand RICHARD GIVIN, as Land Speculators and Euilders, Is this day Dissolved by Mutual Consent,. JAMES HARPER. I SHALL not be Responsible for any Goods ordered by R. Given in the name of Harper ana Co. JAMES HARPER. April 21,1885. ■ "VT O T I C E. TO THE PUBLIC. In oonsequoncfl of the Increased value of Sheep in the Auckland Market, caused by the demand for Mutton for export, the Auc'i'rr. 1 Butchers have decided to RAISE the P"lC^ of MUTTON ONE PENNY PER POUND cm and after tbe Ist May, 1885, By order of the PRESIDENT Auckland Butchers' Association. MUSIC SALE.—My Large Stock Re duoed to is Bd per Copy, or 10 for IS?, oppo.tunity for teaohers.—Kichardaon, Victoxia A c^de, Viotoria-Btreet, . < . . ■ ARSHALL'S Special Tincture of Fodo phyllum is the HomoeopaUuo Remedy for all.Liver and Stomach Disorders and Risings and Indigestion. Price, Is per bottle.—C. W. Goodson, London Arcade, Sole Agent for Auck; land. ■■ ... • '. ■ -•.-.-;■-■■ TO UPHOLSTERERS.—WooIIen Flocks best quality; 13 bales at 3*d per lb by ball. An offer wanted tor parcel. Must be sold.-i- Hlldrethand Son, Bottle Merchants, Viotoria- BtreetWest. ' 1 A AAA PERSONS Wanted to JLV)VVV Purchase the Balance of ovv Stock of Boots and Shoes, amounting la va'.ne to £9,C30, at unheard-of prioes. Sale now on.—Garreu Broc., Wakefleld-e treet, Auck landl TCU NOTION HOTEL, ** NBWMARKBT. ISao Proprietor, JAMES SMITH, bees to In* klmate th|n he will be happy to meet all his old frlenda, and new ones too, at his well known horteliv. Junction Hotel, where none but Brat-class brands of liquors are supplied. Xhe best appointed Quoit and ttklttle Ground itt Auckland. "mHE PRACTICAL HOME PHYSI- X CIAN." By H. M. Lj-mans, M^A., M.D.; W. T. BelfleW. M.A^.M.P.; A.W. Jones, M.A., M.D.: Chris tianFencea,M.A,,M.D. Finelyiilußtrated. Over 6,800 copies sold in the Middle Island in 1884. Dr. Phieson: "I believe it to be the mos valuable compendium of Domestic Medicin and Sureory yet published." * DR. Dawhon: "It contains a vast fund of valuable Information, written in plain, conolee la.ni£Tuu;e. devoicl of all nnneceasary technicali ties, and, therefore, easily understood." Dr. Maunshll, Dunedin: "The best Book ever published on Popular Medical Science." Dr. Prins, Christohurch: "The best Book for the Household yet published. Da. Clobs, Invercarglll: " Far In advance of all other book? on the same subject. The Health Editor of the "Otagp Witness": "The best book of the kind that I have coma across yet." For full testimonials see handbillf. W. B. HARVEY, BOOK DEALER 138, GREY-STREET. 0 THE INHABITANTS OF DEVON' PORT. TAKAPUNA, DISTRICT, AND THE PUBLIC GE&hRALLY. • • MICHAEL CORCORAN (Late of the Greyhound, Thames, and Metropo litan Hotels, Queen-street, and Star and Garter Hotel, Ccromandel), begs to announce that he has taken tho FLAGSTAFF HOTEL, NORTH SHORE, % and hones to merit the patronage of residents and visitors. First class Accomodation for Lodgers, Baths, - &c. -Tho Hotel is close to the water, so that visitors have the advantage of sea bathing. A first-class Billiard Table, presided over by an experienoed marker.' '.' MICHAEL CORCORAN, ) , FLAGSTAFF HOTEL, KORTHjrSHOKB, %...,