PARLIAMENTARY.

(i)Y TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL RKPOBTBR.)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

■ WbM>h*oton, Wednesday. Ms BlsEtiiAM has given notice to ask the Government what steps they intend to take with.respect to the appointment of a Native Reserves Commission. r' r I The Premier has been summoned to give evidence before the Oommittee of the Legislative Council, to whom has been referred the Dunedin Drill-shed Reeervo3 Amendment Act. Vfalmoa Plains Hallway. There was a storm in the teapot this afternoon over a question put by Sir George Grey ac to whether the Government had remitted any payments,: or portion of payments, payablo from the Waimoa Railway Company. j The Minister ron yVonKa repl'ed in the negative, whereupon Sir Gboiqk GkeY explained that the Board of DKeotora, at their annual meeting) had informed the shareholders that come concessions in the direction indicated by his question had been made. < Some '■ time was spent in idle discussion till the Member fob Wakatipc explained that the misapprehension had arisen in con sequence ef the Company agreeing to run two trams dailyinstoad of one to meet the wants of the; district, and some conces sion . had been made to them in conse quence. . With charming candour, Mr Ikkqus proceeded to say :—"I would only be too" glad to attach any blame to the Gov ernment if I could, as the House very well knows, buji in this caeo they are free from blame." Sir Geo. Grey thanked the member for Wakatipu for supplying the infermation which was not available from the Minister for Works, and gave notice of hia intention to ask the nature of the arrangement made with the Waimea Plains Company. Main Roads. Mr Richardson moved that the roads which were gazetted as main roade on the 26th and 31st March, 1885, be declared to ba main roads in terms of eoction 7 of the Roads afld Bridges Construction Aot, 1882, Agreed, to. Evidence Amendment Act. In the House, on a message being received from tho Legislative Council that they had agreed to the Evidence Amendment Act With amendments, Mr Downie Stewaet said that the clause which relates to imputing inchastity to women had been struck out. At this lato stage of* the session ho would accept the amendment made> Hospitals and Charitable Aid. On the Premier moving for a committee of the whole House to consider the appro priation Glauses i» tho Hospitals and Charit able Institutions Bill, Mr Peacook expressed regrot that .in Committee membora had not taken a firm stand with the schedule as originally brought down. The districts had been dealt with on a principle which ho con sidorod, fallacious. On recommittal ho thought the best course .would bo to j;p back to tho schedule as originally brought down, ;J At present there 7 was an anomaly that the districts for Hospitals and Charit able Aid were not coterminous.

In Committee the Premier moved the addition to Clause 5 of the following proviso : — " Provided that for tho pur poses of distribution of charitable aid under this Act tho several separate districts hereunder enumerated shall be doomed together to form united districts, that is to say, (1) Tho North of Auckland. district and Waikato district with tfio Auckland district, (2) the Thames district with Coromandel district, (3) tho Waipawa district with Hawke's Bay, (4) the inangahun district and Nelson Goldfielda district with Nelson district) and (5) the Otago Central district, Tuapeka district, and Lake district with Otago dis trict." Tjiis led to a lengthy discussion, but it was carried by 63 to 17. Several other clauses wore passed with slight amendment. On claueo 32, providing for annual. audtudiee being paid out of {he Consolidated Fund to Doards, Mr White (Sydenham) moved to itrike out five years as the time for which subsidie.4 should be payable1. This was negatived on tho voices..

At the eroning sitting tho bill in com mittee waa further considered. Mr Peacock ww anxious to got re-intro duced into the Auckland District the counties of Mongonui, Bay of Islands, and Hokianga, but tho feeling of tho Committee was decidedly adverse to the proposal, and no division was demanded.

In Wellington District, Mr Bkktham succeeded in getting Wairarapa East and West constituted separate districts in tho schedule to the bill. Lost night ho had moved in a (similar dircctisn, but unsuc cessfully.

The .bill was reported to the House with amendments, read a third time, and passed. . Mr White, wko had moved sevoral amendments unsuccessfully, as a final pro test against the measure called for division on ita third reading.

The third reading was carried by 55 to 21.

Tho Financial Statement.

The Treasurer then delivered the Sup plementary Financial Statement, [Tho btatement is given in another column.] The Treasurer then moved that the Com mittee do consider the Estimates. Mr Hurst thought an ndjournmentshould be granted, as was customary under such circumstances. The statement juat made was .important, not to say startling, when compared with the Financial State ment made eight weoks ago. An udjourn ment was customary under the circum stances, and as the gentleman holding tho petition of a leader of the Opposition was absent, it was only reasonable and courteous that the Committoo^hould adjourn, say, till Friday.next. (Mr Brown : "No.") Hon. members said " No, no," but no amount of "noes "would satisfy him that the coun try was in a aound position and that the ad ministration was sound and wise. TriE Chairman ok Committees inquired vhat,\was the motion proposed by the Colonial Treasurer. The Triasprer : I move that wo go on with the postal and telegraph estimates. Mr Moss called attention to the fact that the usual privilege granted to hon. mem bers was' to ask questions regarding the statement before a vote was moved. When the'vote was moved,members were con fined to a discussion of the rote before them. ;The Chairman of Committees : Your experience of Parliament ought to have .told you differently. After I have stated what the motion is you can then proceed with the discussion, the vote having been stated. ' Mr Hurst critisised the action of the Government in using the railways as a

means of obtaining popularity with the country instead of as a means of raising revenue; He moved pro forma to re port progress and leave to eit ngnin, with a view to allowing the hon. member for Egmorit to be in his place, and dealing with'the Statement just made in the

interests,of the cpuntry and of the colony generally." : •'"'■ The Minister fob Wokks cave reasons why the Estimates should be coaeidered at once. He was understood to say that con siderable reduction had been made in the working expenses of the Railway Depart ment during the past four months, and further reductions would shortly-be made. Mr'BEVCK said there could/be no doubt

that the Statement delivered'"'»as of con siderable importance, and required grave consideration. It deserved discussion, and h&tiiok leave to think they must have it. (Hear, hear.) He, however, deprecated the discussion going on to-night, partly for the reason stated by the member for Waite mat», that the late Colonial Treasurer was absent, and absent with the leave of,-the House. It would be better in the .interests of the countiy and of the House that the member for Egmont should be present when the financial dis cussion took place. However, he differed from the*member for Waitemata in this, that he saw no reason why they should not go on with the departmental estimates. Another reason why the financial discussion should not take place at present was, as had been indicated by the Minister, that the_ Public Works Statement would be delivered long, and then members #oiltß Be in a better position to discuss the Financial Statement than at present. B|Mr Moss said that when he rose previously it was to ask a question, and not tp raise discussion. He had asked the

Treasurer some weeks ago for a return showing the number of clerks and tele graphists of over five years' standing who were in receipt of only £120 a year, but the re,tur& had not been supplied. Successive Governments, in bringing down the Esti mates^always offered the Telegraph Depart ment as a means of takingoff the edge of the Committeo'a appetite. By this he meant that when the Committee commenced the consideration of the Estimates, they were eager to, retrench, but this feeling soon wore off. He asserted that the Telegraph Depart ment, in its minor branches, was very poorly

paid. Gentlemen receiving very , small salaries Were, placed in a position requiring the highest honour aB well as considerable capacity. . . Mr Montgomery did not rise for the pur pose of supporting the 'motion to report progress, but to the purpose of ge^tiig in formation regarding the caused of the fall ing off in Customs revenue. He gathered that there was a deficiency in ■. the railway returns for 81 days of £20,000. It would bo important that they should have the Public Works Statement beforethem. The Supplementary Statement was a matter for grave consideration. He thought thoy Would require more than seven-eighths of a penny property tax. The Committee could not make larae reductions in the Estimates The Government should do it,aß they knew where reductions could be mado without affecting the efficiency of the service. Mr Horst impressed on the Commit tee the necessity Of making tho reVehufc fit the expenditure, ittsttea'd of nice fy-,rsci. Was he 'ftoln'g 'to sit in the Horise and p'emaps do an injustice to some boor tahdior-paid clerk, while some mem bers of the Government had been spending largo sums for their own comfort and conj venience? He desired to see a strong Government in power that would govern tho colony as it should be governed, and who would refuse the pressure of their friends.

Captain Sutter thought Mr Hurst should have moved that the,Governniont take the Estimates back and reduce them by£ 100,000. It was in the Public Works and Mines Departments where the pruning knife could be employed. Dr. Newman regretted that the classifica tion scheme had been deferred. When members were taking excursion trips in the Hinemoa, it was idle talk of retrenchment in civil servants' salaries. Then there had been enormous outlays for cablegrams to England. Ho expressed the opinion that tho Maoris should be taxed tho same as Europeans. At present there Were Wealthy dark-skinned landlords untaxed.

The Colonial Treasurer replied to some remarks that had been made. He eaid it was a good thing therO were 80mo sanguine men In the House to counteract the doleful aspect takon by other members. The country was suffering to a certain extent from the IoW price of meat and wool, and there was this misfortune to be deplored, that the people were living more or less on capital already acquired (laughter), but it was a libel on the position of the colony to Bay that things were in that depressed state thatcer tain members apprehended. The railway revenue for last four months was less than anticipated and loss for the corresponding period last year, but that was incidentally due to tho direction of business. Ho assured hon. members that unless some thing unforeseen occurred, there would be a surplus at tho end of the year. It was not right for members to run down the poaition and resources of the colony. (Hear,) He agreed with member for Waitotara that discussion on the financial proposals should be adjourned till the ex-Treasurer returned, and that tho departmental estimates should be discussed in the meantime. He was sorry that the Postal Department, report was not down, it having been delayed owing to tbo large amount of work in the Printing-office; but it would bo brought down jn, tho course of a few days. A state ment for tho year ending 31st March last gave a balance of revenue over expendi ture of £27,427.

Mr W. i\ Bcckl&nd denied that any reduction could be made in Postmaster General and Commissioner of Telegraphs Department Increase of stamp duty was not a sign of prosperity ; that increase meant forced sales at auction.

The motion to report progress was lost on tho voices.

The estimates wore then considered. General poctoilice, £7,734. This item was carried without discuosion.

On tho item, chief offices and sub-offices, £118,992, Mr Allwkiuht inquired why so many country postmasters had been reduced. Tho Treasuueh replied that they would get foea for insuranco work. The vote passed as printed. After a slight diacupcion, the following items also passed as printed -.-Maintenance, repairs, and miscellaneous, £39,792 ; tele graph cable subsidies, £5,350 ; conveyance of mails by sea, £78,890; conveyance of inland moils, £27,760; carriage of mails by tall, £1,000 .Class 111., Lands nnd Deeds Registry, £18,C35, passed ns printed ; miscellaneous servicos, £525, pieced i-ClatsVX, Commissioner Trade.and Customs, £43,011, patecd, Marine and hvbours, £34,033: MtPeacock asked if vote fed- tho soal protection vessel Kekono could not be struck out.—Mr Larnaoh said the a?rVices of the vessel were valuable ; besides protecting the seal fisheries, she visited and kept np depots for shipwrecked seamen. Miscellaneous services, £8,000 for the Hinomoa. - Mr Opinnf.ss moved that t'jis vote be struck out; on division, lost by 42 votes to 3.

A motion to report progress was then put, and the Houee'rose at 12.45 a.m.

RECHABITE JUBILEE.

Tbe Public Meeting,

A meeting was held last evening in tho Foresters' Hall, Karangahape Road, in connection with tho celebration of the first jubilee of tho Kochabite Order The attendance was not to large as might have been expected. This was probably owing to the threatening aspoct of the weather. His Worship the Mayor (W. R. Waddel, Esq.) occupied the chair. The following gentlomen were also on the platform :— Bro. J. G. Carr, Dis trict Secretary ; Bro. J. B. Mell, P.D.C.R.; Bro. J. Noddor, P.D.T.; J. Danby, P.D C.R.; Bro. H. Rothorham, P.C.R ; Bro. T. Webb, D.C.R.; and Bro. J. C. Brown, P.D.C.R. Mr Jas. Flannigan, P.A.D., of the Order of Druids, was the only rep resentative present from kindred societies. The Chairman, in opening, said that it afforded him great pleasure to preside at a meeting of that nature. The Society was one that was well worthy of support; for, besides keeping peoplefromthe evils of strongdrink, they also tried to alleviate the ills that flesh was heir to. The most pleasing part of the performance was that of celebrating the first jubilee of this Society. He need ' not speak further, as there were otherß who had to address them, who would no doubt give statistics. He felt rather sorry that the attendance was not larger, but this might be attributable to the fact that the banquet had been such an unqualified success that thoso present did not deem it necessary to attend the seoond meeting. He would not detain them longer but proceed with tho programme. Mr Alex. Wiseman then performed a pianoforte solo, after which Mr Cornelius Taylor sang, in good style, " The Vaunting of the Foe." In responeo to a recall he repeated the last verse. Miss Bishop then sang " Within a Mile of Edinbro' Town," and, as an encore, "Somebody's Darling," both of which were well rendered, Owing to the absence of another lady who had promised to be present, Miss Bishop, at a later stage of the proceedings, sang very nicely the pathetic reverie, " I Stood on the Bridge at Midnight." Mr C. B. King rendered in an acceptable manner the songs " Maid of '< Athens" and the " Vagabond," which were loudly ap plauded. Mr Shack loton sang " Tho Log Cabin" and " Will You Still Be True," both of which were encored, Mr C. Taylor aleo favoured the audience with a second song. Mr J. C. Brown read a lengthy p»per on the "Moral and Social Aspect of the Temperance Question." Mr E. C. Carr delivered an interesting address.

Tho Secretary road on apology from ■Professor Tucker, stating that in conse quence of indisposition he was unable to bo presnnt. This he regretted, as he had lately had his mind seriously influenced in the direction of the promulgation of tern peranco principles, and had hoped to have spoken some words that might prove help ful to the cause. An apology was alpo reaeived from the Key. J.C Coates, who was unable to attend on account of a severe cold which compelled him to remain in doors after dark.

Mr A. Wiseman officiated as accompanist to the various eoloists, and also played two pianoforte «olos in fine style.

The entertainment which was very interest ing was brought to a close about ten o'clock, after votes of thanks had been accorded to the Chairman and those who had con tributed to the evening's enjoyment, par . tioularly to Miss Bishop, who, being the only lady vocalist in attendance, had been required to do more than she had originally intended. This public meeting concludes the ceretaony of celebrating the first Becha bite jubilee The National Anthem was sung by the audionce before they dispersed

SPORTING NEWS.

The Christchurch Hunt Club Steeplechase Meeting.held yesterday, was well attended, and the weather was fine. Mr H. Lunn's King Arthur, a eon of Anteros, won the Open Steeplechase, beating Ravenswood, Linwood, Moody, and Berrington • the Tally-Ho Plate fell to Chance ; and the Hunt Club Steeplechase to Mr W. Weston's Medico, who only defeated Victor, the second horse, by a neck. Bight others ran,

SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

the House then went into Committee of Supply last night. Sir JULttra want made his Supplemen tary Financial Statement aa follows :- Mr Hamlin, it will be remembered, said that the proposals of the Budget resulted in an anticipated surplus of £32,158. This re sult was airived at after provision, was made for paying off £50,0D0 of the deficit ot 18834; JfC.SOO on aocount of W a™ year's classification of the Civil Service, ana £75,000 for subsidies to local bodies, me House declined to make the chantf* " the tariff which we recommended, wnicn would hav'a left us an addltlon hnl ,? tne Customs revenue o . a»ou* £70,000. Certain alterations winch were made in the bill providing, for an amendment of the Succession duties win in volve a reduction of the stamp revenue of about £30,000. Ido not feel it safe also to rely on quite so much revenue from rail ways as was anticipated. They will realise more if the price of grain rise; but, as it is, I think it safer to be prepared for a less amount of net revenue than was antici pated. The loss from this source 1 /et Sown at £47,000, which means lees receipts to the extent of £60,000, and less expends ture to the sum of £10,000. We have, therefore, the Budget disturbed to the ex tent of:-Customs revenue, £70,000; stamp?, £30,000; railways (net, including reduction of expenditure and receipts), £47,000 : total, £147,000. The Supplemen tary EBtimates-will not, I anticipate, exceed £12,000, so that I shall have to provide m all, from various sources, £150,000 to make up the amount. The surplus to which I have previously referred at once provides £32,000 j and it has already been announced that the Government intond not to provide for the deficit of 1883 4 this year. I shall ask the deficiency bills already authorised for thiß object to be extended until dOtn June, 1887. It has also been stated that we propose to charge to the Public Works 1 und £25,000 on account of external defence, Ihe statements Which have been made as to the falling off of revenue are grossly inaccurate. For example, 1 have seen it stated that the three itemsof Customs, railways, and stamps the revenue actually collected for the four months ending.Tuly 31 is less by £ ,0,000 than theestimated revenue. The fact, however, is that on these items tho loss on the estimated amount for the four months is only £21,000. Some part part of the receipts, howover, include Customs revenue paid in nnticipa tion of Increased duties. Viewing all con ditions, I have thought it prudent to pro vide for the diminished revenue which I have already stated, although these reduc tions are not larger than on tho receipts of the first four monthc It is with regret I announce that tho Government do not fe< 1* themselves justified in proceeding with the classification of the civil servants this year. Soeing tho extent to which these antici pations of revenue have been disturbed, they do not think it would be accept able to the House sr tho country that they should -undertake for the next few years the liability to, additional expenditure which classification in any shape would undoubtedly entail. The House must, however, remember that a certain amount of increase on the present salaries is demanded in bare justice to the many ill-paid officers. Instead of tho £0,51)0 increase they proposed to ask for, they wili ask for 2,500 One thousand pounds of tho amount they propose shall be allocated to the Poet-office, and the balanoe to other departments, but in no case to officers whose salaries exceed £250 a-year. Tho Government feel as strongly as pos sible the desirability of retrenching the expenditure to the Utmost extent possible tJompatiblo with efficiency. AS I pointed out when I made the Financial Statement, the costly natrre of the Civil Servicedeponds largely on the condition with which officers' appointmonta are hedged round. What with leave of absence and allowances, the dispensing With officers is attended with extra expenditure for a considerable period, and tho cases are numerous in which officers dispensed with filter back into the service. Of courso, the rights of officers already in tho service cannot bo interfered with, but we shall bring in a bill providing for different terms of engagement for officers taken into the servico after the passage thereof. The amalgamation of large departments will be another source of oconomy which should be kept in mind when the Under-Secretary retires. Another plan we have in view which will conduce both to oconomy and efficiency is to train up cadets into acquain tance with the duties of the several depart ments. With a view of amalgamating the duties of officers in different parts of the country, asd lesSoning the nurHber, we have anxiously searched the Estimates over with the object of finding out items for saving expenditure. I regret we are not able to do much. We are willing to reduce the vote for A.C. and defence by £10,000, and I think we may save some thousands in the expenditure of other departments, without, howover, taking less votes than these set down. It will bo" iseceasary, in stead of making the Property Tax throe farthings to addjin eighth, and to make it seven-eighths of a penny. I may observe also that under the new Property Assess ment Bill it is expected that £10,000 will be added to the amount of Property Tax estimated in the" Financial Statement. I have shown that we require to make up £150,000 for diminished revenue, and for Supplementary Ettimatoß the various items in aid of this, to which I have eoparately referred,maynow besurnmarised as follows: Surplus shown by Financial Statement, £32,000; part-deficit 1883 4, postponed, £50,000 ; external defence charged to Public Works Fund, £25,000; saving? on Armed Constabulary and Defence, £10,000; reduc tion in vote to Civil Service Classification, £4,000; Property Tax under estimated, £10,000; Property Tax additional one-eighth of a penny, £47,000-total, £178,000. This will leave a surplus of £19,000 after providing for the Supplementary Esti mates to the extent of £12,000, and I hope they will not exceed the amount. I should have preferred adhering to arrange ments proposed in tho Budget, and I believe that had we done bo, it would have been more foi^ tho interest of the colony. The substitution, however, of an additional eighth of a ponnytotho Property Tax is not very onerous, and with its aid we have tho tight to expect a small surplus at the end of the year.

At the conclusion of the Statement Sir J. Vooel said he would ask the Committee to proceed with the EstimateJ.

THE SOUDAN.

ADDRESS TO THE TROOPS.

"EVERY MAN TO DO BIS DUTY."

BY TBLKQRAM,

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PROFESSOR BALDWIN.

Tests of Clairvoyant or Tlioiight-reading Power.

Professor Baldwin having been asked by a gentleman connected with the literary staff of the Stab whether he would be prepared to give a private exhibition of his clairvoyant powora undor test conditions, he readily assented. He further stated that he would undertake to toll the name of any gentleman introduced to him for the first time and without previous notice, and also to adduce a number of facts concerning tho visitor and hia family, which could not possibly bo revealed to him otherwise than through clairvoyance. Acting upon this offer and challenge, the Star representative, accompanied by a friend, repaired to the Professor's rooms at the Imperial Hotel at 330 yesterday afternoon. As the gentle man who was to play the part of the "un known " had onfy been eottled upon about an hour before the meeting took place, and the Professor was not communicated with, and in all human probability had never seen the visitor in his life until he was ushered into the upstairs parlour of the Imperial, nothing could have been gleaned by piivate inquiries beforehand. It was agreed that the mysterious subject should, for the- nonce, go under tho convenient sobriquet of "Mr Smith," and in that character he was introduced to theProfeseor. The seance was held in a large room with four windows, the blinds were drawn up to the top, and the mirror over the mantel piece covered over to avoid any moans fif observation from reflection. The Professor seated himself on one eide of the table, and the two visitors on the other. No one else was present in tho room. Paper and pencils having been procured, the two representa tives were requested to write a series of questions addressed to dead persons, either personal friends or public men, and to wrap them up in a uniform way co that one pellet could not bo distinguished from another. This was done, ten questions being prepared, rolled up, and laid on the table in full view of all present, the Pro fessor having no opportunity of overlooking tho preparation of these papers, or even of observing the hand of the person engaged writing them Before the whole of the papers were ready, however, tho Profesfor had written down and handed to the visitor his true nnmo, and also stated that he, had recently visited a warm climate, either Western Australia or Queensland, on amount of his health. This was actually the fact. The Professor then took the paper pellets up one by one and pressed them to his forehead, and proceeded to communicate to the visitors a number of facts concerning their relatives, written down : among other things, the names of friends of both visitors, only known to themselves, and not even to oach other. Selecting from among the batch of papers, which had been carefully shaken up together, one paper after another, the Professor wrote replies te them, six of the anawcrs proving absolutely accurate, one a partial failure, and the other three he made no attempt to answer, an hour and a-half having been spent in the investigations, and the requisite^ mental condition having, the Professor said, gone from him for the time being. Among the questions asked was the following, which will serve as a sample of the rest, although most of tho others were personal :— "To William Shakspero : What do you think of the Bacon theory ?" The Professor picked up from the table one of the papers, closely rolled up, and lying with the others, and handed it to the writer, who was himself quite unconscious whether tho pellet he hold was one of his own concoctions or the production of his friend. The Professor then Wrote the following reply !— " Bacoii did not write my plays, and the ropSrt or tale is untrue.—W. Shaks pere." Upon unrolling the paper the writer found it contained the query quoted above. It will be seen that there was no ambiguity about either question or reply. It was not a question which could be an swered by vague genoral phraseß, in geniously framed to tit fifty queries. The same was true of other questions. It must be borne in mind that tho rolled-up papers lay within a couple of feet of the visitors, in a well-lighted room ; that the Professor rat on the other side of the table, ( and had no chance of opening or examining them without detection. The paper on which the questions were written was alsc care fully examined, arid afterwards carried away by tho visit rs. There was no pad for duplication, and if theio had been it would have remained in the possession of the writers of the questions till tho seance was concluded. The results were simply astounding, and tho visitors, being unable to offer any explanation of them, and havirig no reason to harbotir a suspicion of trickery, were not in a position to combat the theory that the phenomena were the result of clairvoyance. There certainly was neither the possibility of collusion nor the mechanism of jugglery. As the Professor nnd his wife give even more wonderful tests at their public per formances, we leave a discerning public to discover what has completely non-plussed the astuteness of our representatives.

Profosser Baldwin has gathered in his travels round the world many valuable curiosities, including two of those very roro stones, coloured diamonds, which ho succeeded in purchasing while on a visit to the South African diamond fields. Hia collection of precious stones is particularly fine ; the agates and rubies could scarcely be surpassea. His collection of curios from India and Japan are also so uniquo that one is Beized with the wish that among other inspirations tho professor would be con trolled by tho spirit of a Mackolvio and irressitibly moved to tho deposit of his col lection in care of the custodians of our local art treasures.

THE KINGSLAND BRIDGE.

Meeting of Arch Hill and Kingsland

Residents.

A meeting of the residents of Arch Hill and Kingsland was held last evening in the Newton West Schoolroom, to consider the question of the bridge to connect the two districts. Mr H. Chapman presided. There was a good attendance.

The Chairman briefly introduced the business of tho evening. Ho said that at the last annual meoting a resolution was proposed in favour of connecting the two districts with a bridge. In conformity with this resolution, the Board had taken active etep3 in the matter, and in order that tho ratepayers might havo an opportunity of considering the question this meeting had been called. Mr Morrison had gone to Wellington, and had done all in his power in favcur of the scheme by lobby ing. Mr Peacock, M.H.R., had also rendered considerable assistance in bringing the matter to a crisis. The Chairman pro ceeded to give an outline of the corres pondence that had taken place on the sub ject, and which has already been published. Mr Chapman then pointed out that while the curve from one street to another would give an easier grade, and would be cheaper to the Government, it would traverse a good deal of private property, and would thus be much more expensive to the Government. Mr Errington prepared plans of the bridge at his re quest. The total cost of a wooden tressil diagonally-built structure, with excavations and'approaches, would be £3,300. Referring to the proposal of a curved approach, Mr hrnngton said it would be imprßcticftblo, as interfering too much with private property. It would bo inadvisable to mako tho bridj'o I on a lower level, as it would increase tho grade of tho approaches. Mr Chapman said the Board had cautiously refrained from recommending any particular street in order to avoid tho possibility of charges of favouritism. Mr Hales had inspected the whole four streets, and had selected King-street as the most suitable The approach at King-street would have the same grade as Grey-street. If tho lesidenls would subscribe £800, Mr Greenwood would give £jOO, and the Government would con tribute £2 for each £ 1 subscribed. Thi? would make £3,000, and if that were obtained the bridge would be an-aecom plishod fact.

A resident asked if t'ae trustees had a copy of the plan. tl i Chairmai*' replied in the negative, ihe plan had been sent to the Government. Mi-Jass. CAMPBBLr,, a resident of Kings land, said Mr Greenwood's property did not concern the matter at all. If Mr Greenwood wanted a road through his property, it was hardly fair that the resi dents of Kingsland should pay for it Commercial Road was the bast; and was in a direct line for the Kingsland Station. The Chaikjian explained that it was the Government that suggested the curve from one street to another, in order to lessen tho grade and reduco the cost

ukrt. CHAIKMAN : Th <V have not beer The Chajrman Baid he was thinking oi

the Arch Hill B id e ofT^^M stated that combenmtinJi gu%WHi ' for a curved applet ° M» Mr Wilson B airl «m h-j cost, £1,500 with tho 4S? %fl Iho Chairman; Yeshh o** mi' question of compensation' tI{4JH Mr Crohin advocated » Hi estimates of cost to the BoJrWB' Mr Weight sueo Pa t.T?, td> •■ >" *W the Arch Hill, ffil '■' Albert dfatriohl^*** forming a borough at rmL ««»«■ recommended that tho wmH' H? a permanent character 'SiV Mr Bp iocs moved that <U "^ preparfd and submitted bS'lß^' of tho different streets "*%**&. I Mr Wright seconded.. / V Mr Edgar considered am' H might be easily so l ve d. M r e'HOß: kindly offered a street TjT"*^ side of the gully. N * W| King-street or any others *«l tho other £500, they couM l^^e connected with their own£S?*«B The Chairman 6a id tk 'f' :lH in the resolution would csX^l'!'- --would like to know i£tf&4- i them. "™id ;«sg| Mr Bbioob replied that tWd M W water-colour plans. Rough iH(! any school boy could do wouH^t Mr Campbell moved mi^W "That the meetingbe J?/ at*; fortnight.andthat inthemSSß of Mr Hales's'report ben l^wß Jenkins seconded. ptOc^».lH. ■ Mr Briggs asserted tw •> " Eoad was 7 feet 5 inchp.T^'Sß other streets. hes low«<*«ffl| Mr Bjxsak opposed any i m } WM being incurred, unless EomedS "Nffl ment was come to teapecuSSHl penses. r s Mr John Hewin moved „ ffi amendment, " That the cong&fH by wayofCommercialßuad itS .."Hf direct routo."-Mr Aem^ S« Mr Bkaoii supported the §?*■» Road connection, onthegrounSfß the most direct route, andSrffll traffic. It was directly o D Sf?«i Kingsland Road, which wenHi.Hr and also gave the best eonnec&lSß bridge had been pioh-pooheil -"Ml Mr Edgar moved, as afartk W ment, and Mr Press eecondedS*Mi King street route be adopted '' -fH| The Chairman said that aftetti,M' sion of opinion from the resideiytffl '■ land, he would recommend fliafili Hill people not to ptoc^Wß with tho matter. (AppE?ffl| land would be beneßted b t^Hl by the scheme, and yet ifeL.MI all the difficulties in the *» JF' taken no action in tho matter ttalr »'"■-' I present appeared to csariaeriiiflß* work was necessary, but nol&gjW^ to say about where the fundrteSMp: from. The Board had carefsluSHß from supporting any rog&'jtfSflß leave the choice of site to the G«»Jr £ * The amendment for the *JiS'?^ of the meeting was" withdrawiSp amendments were put, and th) t ( ZH|; in favour of the Commercial Eosd^K - The motion for preparation of pirn*!" only one supporter, owing toiiißf-7 of several individuals. . >: Mr Ciiilton- said if the KingsUud JB had been treated with conrttetSK.:: have had more sympathy. IlnjSs *-' not be asked to pay expenE&m!3|fl ■: the incurring of which theyUiSl^* consulted. - Tmßi The Commercial Road npdaliaulfc'-' •' as a substantive resolution, «ict|jJs ■ > wore held up for it, and2sip|ii|fc''l Commercial Boad route Trill tlaJfe. I recommended tfj the Goyernrwl, W'-^". The Chairman moved Hit IIiJMI Hill Road Board take no fnrlkrhl§|f the matter. r . Mb ', Mr Edoab secondedtheraolifiuJHß;:: was carried. '■ KB

DECLARATION OF WAR.

LIFE OR DEATH.

1.000 000,000 LIVES EKDMiI A Never 1 ailing Eemrti WM'st very elaborate prepamtf»i made at home and abroad for lie m ot warfare, nnd the wholesale fattj human life. <ew permit ti writ* momeni's Uiouiclit to its praemiitii f)crmnnent maintenance of God^JWlS ni?—Good Health, I}yeto[iia,!itai the multitude of ills to wJ-Jdi it is heir, daily carry off tk*;j of viciiniß, and in ihe milletii despair when medical skilHetwW human aid is In vain, try MiOp burr Tea, which, like the BOnrlß blackest elbud, inspires the and hiis fayed its thousands, aiidfftif lives of teas of thousands. M|l testimony we publish from ttmti&i be doubted, we heartily lnriteftj*! Auckland Evening Stab to mm/i, our patrons direct, and beg to call IS the letter annexed.

SAVED AT LAST.

None Need Dei Hope for the Hcpelat 16, Ktag-etreW Genti.emkn. — For man? pas I eui!cr>.d f em acute flhronicdyrietilj.il to rid myself of it I have travel)**l! world, and beea treated tiyttaaso doctors in nearly every civilise™ without avail. Only last jrenrlMWj on the IJ'uo Mountains, atowirttiw nnss alt- gether, and al!Oi<ndcttoJt>)f| ilie popular hol>h reports pl.viss without Ba! ni[jg any. appKwjM Having read co much about «< of Hamburg Tea I vm i*»> It, and I pm happ? t\W,J», boneilcial n suits tfcat I *Wge so 'citation not as a testmi4y»w given without t-ropcr trial. • ot i»turn bomir.endution of & Braterulnswij back it ud by my iijfliiMCO rttdptPßi anoe. i nra as well lin WJjMBJ me-ohant», nnd to all who www morale's tmtiiss of dyspepsia i if ;\ mend your Hamburg Tea.—loiifflflg Wholesale Depot for AwU*! M. LEVY SCO, 1 QUEEN-STBEKT, ACCKUJi

Printed an.l l'ub"ffjufMlfl)! stroots, in the I iv" Jl » it

iHE AUCKLAND EVENING STAK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1885



/^OUNTRV CATTLE SALES iPokeno— Monday. August 17. Drnry—Wednesday. August 19. Papakura— Wednesday, August 20. ALFRED BUCKLAND "~~~ TOHBJDAVB. tifHß HAYMAXIivHS tiALB OF WOOIT SHBMPS&INB,' J3 HIUKS, TALLOW, HAY, o,na STRAW isoh TUKSDAY. at )3 o'clock. ALJ?KBD B'HiSLAVU.' c. a ntciiAuiisoN] [t. m. Jackson TOMORROW. FRUIT TREES, FANCY AND ORNA MENTAL SHRUBS. CLOSINU SALES OF THE PLANTING SEASON! GREAT SALE Oif THE SEASON. Mr James Mason haa favoured MessraYiiohardscn and Jackson to sell by public auction, Rt their Mart (opposite Bucklaivl's Horso Hepogitoryi. on Friday. Ausust the 11th mat, the usual monster collection of fruit end other shrubs, A MONSTER COLLECTION of FRUIT Jt\. AND OTHEK SUKUI'S-5r.O Apples nnd Pears (beat Bortai, LcmonE, Orantjes, Guavas, Plum?, Chorriea, Poacliea, Apricots, Quince, &c, &c. A'ao, Magnificent, Assortment of Ornamuntnl Tree 3 and Shrubs. I'm cs, CumelHas, 1-thoaodcndronn. Macrocarpa, Piuea and other Coniform. N.B.—Wo cu'l tho attention of tha general public to thia sale, as it will bo almost one of the last, aud all I ho stick is guaranteed from tbo well-known Parneil Nursery, and for convenienpo of buycrn wn havo a professional gardener in attendance anil catalogues printed, which can bchadnt uuro'l'.ceßand tho principal botels Sale at 11.30. RICHARDSON & JACKSON, SI, Queen street, and Salo Rooms. wTITobomSANKI [JAWKS DAOIIB TO-MORROW, AT 11 O'CLOCK. BAG AT ELLB T A BLE, ORE E N DA M AS X SUITE, (BOOKING STOVE, HOUSE HULD FURNITORB. Tho Subseribora will soil by auclion at thclr Room?, liucon-strect, o.t Friday, August 11, at H o'clock, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of Green Damask Saito, Carpets, Chifl'onnicr, Pictures. Ovul Tables. Iron end Wood Bed- Btcads, Spring Jlattrtss, Palliasses, Pillows. Chtsts Drawers, Wnshstailds and Ware, Dress ing Tables, Mirrors; Wood and C inu-Eeated Chairs, Round nnd Squaro Tablis, Cutlery, Plitedwaro, Kitchen Utensil's, Matting, Oilcloth, Cooking Stovo, &c, &c SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. SATURDAY, 15, at 3 o'clock. NORffHCOTE, NORTH SHORE, FINE HOMESTEAD SITES, Fronting Beach Road and Church Road, a short distance from Wharf, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION ON THE GROUND. R. ARTHUR Has been favoured with Instructions to Gell by public auction, on Ifee ground. Northcoie. on Saturday 13th, at throe o'clock p.m , SEVEN FINE HOMESTEAD OR BUILDING SITES, pleasantly and con veniently Bituoted; but a fow minutes' walk from the Wharf, on Beach Road and Church Rood, opposite Bartley Estates, all ploughed, ready for cultivation, surrounded by improved properties and residences. tw NOTE.—To EE Sold on the Gkound, Terms.—Ona quarter cash.; thioe fourths may remain on mortgage for two years, at £Q per cont por annum. TITLE UNDER LAND TRANSFER ACT. W. 8. OOCHRANE.J JAS. DAOBB MONDAY, AUGUST 17. ALLOTMENT, ONEHUNGA. COTTAGE, PARNELL. The Subscribers will sell by auction, at their Booms, Qucen-sireet, on Monday, August 17, at 18 o'clock. By Order of the Agent for the Publio Trustee in the Estate of J. Kane, SOUTHERN HALF OF LOT 7, Section 4, Onehunga, having a frontage of 73 feet to Viotoria-streot, by 297 feet deep. In tho Bankrupt Estate of J, Middleton, COTTAGE of J rooms, situate in Cracroft street, Parneil, held undur Lease from Grammar School Governors for 10 years from September o, 1883, at £17 a-year. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, AUGUST~2Oi At 11 o'Clock. ENGLISH FURNITURE! ENGLISH FURNITURE ! PARIAN STATUARY. FLOWERED CHINA, BEONZffiS. Ex Katherino from London. B. TONES & CO. Are instructed to soil on Thursday, August 20, at 11 o'clock, A SHIPMENT OF NEW ENGLISH ±\. FURNITURB Drawing and Dining f? 0!? Loo, Dining. an<l Occasional « ii £■ Musio Stools, Commodes, Hatstands, Hall Chairs. Canterbury Whatnots, Dtioheaso feuitOH, ChefTomora, Hand-nain-e.-t Chamber services, Parian Statuary, Bronzes. Steel and Biass-mounted Fenders, Coal Vaaea, Plated Lamps, ~> &c, &c, &c. Just landed ex Katharine from London. W. S. COOHHANE] LJAS. DACRB THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, At 11 o'Clock. SUPERIOR ENGLISH FURNITURE, BLACK AND GOLD OVERMANTELS, DRAWING AND.DINING-ROOM SUITES. Ex Katherino, from London. B. TONKS & CO. Are instructed to sell, on Thursday, August 20, at 11 o'clock, A SHIPMENT OF SUPERIOR MODERN ENGLISH FURNITURK BLACK and GOLD OVERMANTELS DRAWING and LINING-ROOM SUITES OAK and MAHOGANY TAULKS &c., &c, &c. Just Landed, Ex Katherino, from London. TO-MORROW, AT 10.30 O'CLOCK, DURHAM YARDS. The undersigned will sell at tho Durham Yards on Friday, Augubt IJ, at 10.30 a.in., -| (\ YOUNG UPSTANDING HORSES, JL vF suitable for Tramway or 'Bus i Young Colts and Filiesfrom Wairoa South Draught Horses 3) Light Harness Horses, &c, &c. 1 Quiet Donkey : goes in harness, and aecnß toiuert to children 1 Bay Pony, Light Buggy and Harness completo 1 Kxpreas Wngeon (nearly new) 1 Sausage Machine Harness, Saddlery, &c. Springs Carts and Drays 500 sacks Oats HUNTER & NOLAN, Auctioneers. durUam["yards li^Oß SALE, at fine Durham Yards, X? every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, HIDES, TA-XOW, WOOL, aud BKIS3. HITWTIiR k NOLAN mUCKER'S "OAKING pOWDEIi, (QNCE mEIED j ~ ALWAYS TTSED. j TUCKBR-s T>AKING "OOWDER, Aekyout X> Grsaar I. £or It. '



APHSIN6 "pjOTICE, GENERAL FURNISHING WAREHOUSE. Messrs. JAMES AND CO., Of Nolson, / Beg to announces that thoy havo oponcd a I BiUNcrr ot their FURNITURE BUSINESS In thoso Commodions Premises in QUEEN-STREET Recently occupii d by tho N. 55. Frozen Meat and Storago Co., aid l'.opo by strict attention to this branch ot their business, und by supplying a J)'irst-Blasa Article' at Wliolosalo l'rioo, to merit ii fair share of public patronage;. SPECIAL ATTENTION ia invited to our NEW St*OCK of PIANOS, ORGANS, BLACK-AND-GOLU ENGLISH, AMERI CAN, and COLONIAL FURNITURE Of Every Description and LATEST STYLES. INSPECTION SPECIALLY INVITED. BALA.NOE OF MESSRS OWEN AND GRAHAN'S QALVAQE G. \V. BINNEY Is instruotod by Mr D. M. Sf odding to "I^ISfOSE OF TBE A BOVE BY PIMVATK SALK FOR EIGHT DAYS, COMMENCING 7th AUGUST, At Discounts of 10 to 50 per cont. on tho marked wholcsa'e prices. Torma Liberal. Stock on viow in Up3toirßjsalo-rooms. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED). Established 1837 Incorporated 1880 Paid-up Capital, £1500,000; Ro3ervo Fund?, £970 COO; together .. ..£2,170,000 Rosorve Liability of Proprietors •.. 3.000,008 Total Capital and RoseVve Fund j .. fi5,170,000 NOTICE TO PROPRIETORS. A DIVIDEND of ONE POUND FIFTEEN SHILLINGS, together with a BONUS of FIVE SHILLINGS PER SHARK, for tha Half-year, equal to SIXTEEN PER CENTUM PER ANNUM, having baen declared at the Meeting of Proprietors hold in London on tho 27th inst., tho earae is NOW PAYABLE to Colonial Share holders. E. MOORE, Acting Chief Officer for Now Zealand. Christohurch, July 30.1555. JOHN "OUCHANAN. WHOLESALE GROCER, TEA, COFFEE, & SPICE MPSICHANT, CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND, Telegraph Address t I Telephone Exohanß*. " Eagle," Auokland. I No. 66 The Advertiser desires special attention to his Celebrated Branda oi BLENDED INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. Since their introduction the greatly increased demand for them substantially provoa their excellence, and confirms the high esteem which the Public hay« juatly accorded them. The following distinctive brands ali bear hia Trade Mnrk on tho labels, and an packed in lib nnd Jib packets, also in 61b. 101b, and 401b tin?, viz :— BLENDED INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. HOUSEHOLD COUNTESS DUCHESS PRINCES.* EMPRESS Brands, BLENDED PURE INDIAN TEAS VICEROY. ZEMINDAK, SPREAD-EAGLE BAKING AND YEAST POWDERS. These Povders, since their introduction, havo been accorded by tho publio the re ception their excollcnoo doservoa, nnd onlj require a trial to bo more univursaiiy u»ed. Attention ia requested to the following '•analytical report:— "Laboratory, Hobnon-itreet, Auckland, June 13,1881 -1 havo sampled tho Bakinir Powder in tho bulk, prepared by Mr John Buchanan, Mer chant, An ldund. Mid liavo analyi-od the aamo, and find tho constituents puro and wellpropor tioncd. Tho result proves this article to be superior to any cither imported or coloniallj prepared tlmt has bcon submitted tome, and 1 can, therefore, confidently rcconimond it to the public—(Signod) J. A. Pond, Colonial Anal fat." Each tin boars his Registered Trade Mark. Sold by Grocers and Storekeepers Generally. ' ho STOOK of GENERAL GROCffRY and Oilmen's Stores comprises a Splendid Assort ment, which is constantly being replenished by Importation? from European, American, and Australian Markets. JUST RECEIVED, EX S.B. BUCEPHALUS, from Calcutta, via Melbourne, 200 DRUMS BULK CASTOR OIL. Oataloques on Application. To those abont to commence bueineta, attention is drawn to the great advantage of being in a position to offer the Celebrated Rnd Popular Brands of Spread Eagle Teas, Bakiug and Yeast Powders, etc., and to secure other special iaduoe menti which I am prepared to effer. JOHN T>UOHANAN, WHOLESALE GROCER, OUSTOMS-STRE2T, AVCSLAMU, rp peacock, -*■ * OPTICIAN, MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, SHOBTL 4NDBTREKT. ALWAYS IN STOCK- Spectacles and Eye-glasseß of every ktaa: an accurate fit guaranteed Opera Glasses of suporiar quality lelescopos, Binocular Fiold Glasaos, and Mloro _ Bcopes; pnwerfal anrl choap i noprtolitos, Minlntr Oompaaso^, Abney Levels Urainago Levels, Prisuintio Compasses yrawlnß Instruments, Scales, Parollel Rulers =nip 3 Loss, bcxtanta, Computes, liinnncles teff el£ rB,- l ais? rmoni<>ters.Hydiometera Weotn.) Bells, Batteries, and Fittings u-u fn°{ ° "i" 11 Galran'o Medical Machines er^^^^^ , ~ Just Hecw-sved— jelf-rcgißterinK Aneroid Barometers sj"fra lmea fOr Lobbiß9' banttaomely oarvefl INBTEUM3SUTS OI BVSBY KIND EKPAOUD, OPPOBIXK TbFIpqST-PFKOB,



ATT TAMO P9IhI fIWFN ALLMo .Jra| BJf GRAHAM'S DRAPERY # #| DRAPERY STOCK. U STOCK. Salvage Stocks NOW SELLING AT S. COOMBES & CO. PRICE LIST: SALVAGE Flannel, B|d per yard SALVAGE Blankets, 4s lid feacifc Sheeting, B£d „ Honeycomb Quilts, 3s Sd „ Striped Hessian, ifd „ Trousers, 4s lid Diapers, 7|d „ Boys' Suits, 3s lid Men's Coats, from Is ~ Dress Material, sfd „ Hats, 6d „ 5x4 China Matting, 7id, worth Is lid Mantles, 3s 6d „ AT SAMUEL COOMBES & CO. EXTB/AORDIITAS/Y SALE I / SMITH & CAUGHEY, /\/. WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRAPERS & CLOTHIERS, / \ / Will submit on Friday, July 31st, and following days, the whole // / of the Valuable Stock of /A. / Ht I DRAPERY ) / r~Y / m FOR SALE { DRESS FA HRICS FOR SALE / /I { CLOTHING j /JL"> / At their Premises, 239 Queen Street, and Nowmarkot. /"j/ rj o n // /o. (Si Oi Both Shops will bo CLOSED from Wednesday Evening until /_^ / !>„„„„„„ .< , Fndny Morning:, at 10 o'clock, to prepare and / /Cy / KCSPectfuHj in mark down Stock. / 7 / timato that the f /~\ / disagreeable "neces- SWEEPING REDUCTIONS . /U / ""y 'or once again May be expected on every Article and in every / / offer' n * to thclr Custom- Department. / /en and tho Public, at Salo //Cy / Prices, their comparatively Everything will he marked as usual in Plain /Mf./ n ™l IF? ST f °CK Figures and in /*. ' / (InrKoly their own Importing RV T) TTJ X //C. / andbcn>'ingoutasitdoeaaropu „, „ "U IM| /0//tation for EXCELLENCE and Showing tho genuineness of the Reductions / , / CHEAPNESS, arises from tho fact "la / a~^ / thnt thoy nre com Pcllcd t0 mnko room / /for an Entirely New Stock of Spring and NO SECOND PRICES. //-\ / Summer Goods, now being purchased by / (l / Mr. Caughky in the various - /. / BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL MANU NO DISCOUNTS. /\/ / factoring districts, " / /V, / Advices respecting which they expect to receive , / / by the incoming San Francisco Mall. Ay / / *v^ / A /Sl and c> havo no Special Lots to offer in the shnpo of ,£>■ //>y / Soiled, Damaged, or Unseasonable Goods. O / f / Sy / / / Tho Reductions made crobnaoe the Entire Stook thui eg //v / affordlnK / n yAN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY / \J / Vot replenishing Household Necessaries and Articles *S / / of poaaonal demand. P / / L //?? / STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, & OTHERS tlf / f / Buying Parcels for trading purposes are urged to »hop Id the • / /~) / forenoon. / / -A/ri. """ ■"""■" 'V SMITH & CAITQHEY'S. J|m r-— ~—-„ t I jf&l^^^K Of Cbriatohnrch, Is now on a visit to Auckland, >@9 t— - ' ■ IM for a short time only, and may bo Consulted on Ham I .-' r* "■■" ' NIVHHmKF1 a" ')ise»Beß of tho Eye, and for Hip propor ad fgHr —\V- , : |i|i iiSffleSfflfs Instmont of Spnctaofaa. With rogard to the I Bks=7AL-L_ \\ iH'illliiMßffißfe^i Disenses of tho Kyo. thoro may bo consldera <*<SSgß2SSl&SS^:2vg=2sp iiHßHP^ l two d latlnot kinds of trentmont, viz.. tho Medto»i " '-'*• "h" \tJuß!K3r's and thoOptioal; thoModioal to tho Physlci^ui iTH*< ''«p«V.- —-ti^ ■JSja'B^cSi- ' tho Outioal to tho Oculist Optician. Entirely |B) two-thirds of the diseases aro due to optlca \ '«MW^!.TWSffT«W3 'wßHS^'*' defects. BHndneas, Squint Ktes. Headaches, \lJ^^> am*'i^tiEHlßi Neuralgln of thoFaceandTemples.Uoafnesa.anc *^*^ fljjß^y**Si^ Inflammation of the Kyoa are frequently caused *r ' by optical defects, and ate Prevented and Cured. wrrnotJT operations, by properly adapted J r T?TJACTr-n>« Spectaoloa, made to correct the defective por l- /> J! it A to Ji tt b tlon of tiie eye. There are oror fiOO.OOO various • NitW PATENT combinejtfcma of Spectaoleg requirod to corree" """ r-a-i-B'« J- tho3o defects—lmpossible to bo kept in stook bj CYLINDRICAL WASHING MACHINE. any Optioian, even In Londqn, therefore, mnsi bo gronnd exprosolj to medt each individual case. IS THE ONLY WASHING MACHINE IN T. R. PROCTER received the highest award THE WORLD that does not injure the wanted for the manufacture of Spnotaelos In _._.... . , . . g every combination of spherical and oyllndri most delicate fa.brio, oa i form re q U i re d. at the International Exnlbl- Dispenses with all rubbing, tion, N.Z, viz., a Certificate and Gold Medal. And doe ß all the family^ork in two hours. %%*•,*& r*e^ Printed directions with every Machine. »h°l( %&%£%&&%ss& appliances for manufaotarlng, enables him fro- Pbice From £4 10s Upwards, quently to relieve even the otherwise hopelew oeses. Address- No Charge for ConroltaUon. CUSTOMS-STREET WEST AdrtresTi- ■ • (Opposite Kelly's). THRKE DOORS FROM THEATRH ROYAL VICTORIA-STREET. fr/TV/J® r^S^l TfENTON & CO., \ /\\J X/\I FAMILY AND BHIBPINO —^'j-tW^ — s^ - BUTCHERS, f IGHT HARNESS HORSES, B ADDLE dIJ) " OBSEBVBR" OtfFIOBi, T&sWSA Bou^lfan 0! 8^ INal VICTOBIA-STRKKT WEST <ne« to The.tr. jROWmBRjS VIOTORIA STAJBLKS KoyaJ). , : ———————™—--——__ „_^^_^__— Families In Tojyp and SubuMis Walted*oo for IyrUSIC, Portraits, Landaoapee, ota.i Orders. QflrnedT i ße9f and Fork pupplUd la .v. Llthogrsphed In MlolataeeandOolonn s ll*6 Qnai'W?*' HiiM, Baoon, and Wglter 1 '-JW BVAS Ooloif wIOIMd to Qtjs£tt U - *



And Hypophosphites of m"* 1' ALMOST as JaSuS" 5 Possesßing the combin«l«?. theße two valuable remedwett""1 degree. More easily *g<WK., lated than in tho ail^J especially deslrablt if ~ wasting children mj J* feeble digestive pownr, «"4« IBEUEDYFOECONSW^ AEE-UEDYFOBjrASfIM'1"- OFCinLDRES, A REMEDY FOB SCROWO A BE3IEDY FOB AM^1' EKAL DEBIIiITY, , i RPw^nY FOB COl'CH.v A S THROAT -ABBri* In foot, all diseasesjf!*™ j^ Inflamn^tionoftheTl^Sß W« STING OF THi: WBb world equals this j'ft lat*S| It is prescribe* «nd WSJ best phy.iciaßSinthevaiioM^ to. world, wbowiU«tt«tft*»» . «»— "<l» by all OhsmwU _ ; ————— —- ~S3MMk TT R Bhk l * IMPOBTEB s OF i OT^^ ( DI HBOT IBM «ASI^S HUWtßilft** 1*". Carpenters' Tools Sails, locks. Hinges .! Kitohen Kangee 1 Hegister Grates, in fOW (j jjdST Mjrble and to>**&%J&t3 a (Lnntest Stockin, " * Marblfl, Klootroplato, OaW. I G Uranisod Iron, Shoot Bbb . Slate, Cerooat, and PtoJ^; '