FIJI NEWS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Levuka, Noveinbor 2G Political.

Aiter storm comeß calm, and the gentle fiuttor of the public pulse caused by the character of proceedings at the October sit ting of tho Legislative Council has given place to something very much like tho pause of exhaustion. It takes very little to ex haust political energy in a tropical Crown colony, and tho ripple on tho surface is in variably succeeded by " doldrums." Hence, the unwonted but still vory gentle excite ment of Octobor used up all tho November supply of force, and the Council has not sinco met. By tho way, perhaps you are not awaro that, whereas you have but one HOfsion per annum, wo have one per month, and a grand Hold day once a quarter. Wo should bo none tho worso off for tho late intormisnion, bur for the unfortunate fact that in the doldrums a vessel can only drift, and our drifting is to loeward. This must continue until wo can get nativo affairs on a differ ent basis, and as somo stops in this diroction aro looked for from the next mooting cf Conncil, it is hopod that tho recuperating process will not bo unnoccessarily pro longed,

Drifting

la precisely tho term which most aptly deaoribos what Fiji ia doing, and the matter could bo spoken of with greater equanimity but for tho breakers only too close under our lee — how closo is fully roproscnted by tho incidence of labour uilaire. Tho vossols chartorod by Government aro still running back tho time-expired Polynesians at tho rato of 170 per trip, and aro carrying licenses to rocruit novor moro than twenty. Sometimes, as in tho case of tho s.s. Southern Cross, which roturned to your port after landing hor people, not ono man is recruited to tako the place of those going back. Of courso, this was duly cal culated upon whon it was decided to cut oil' thia source ; thoroforo tho Indian supply was substituted. But to permit of timely arrangements being made in India for tho engagement and dp spatch of the lnbourors required, it ia enacted by ordinanco that all applications for tho ensuing eoason shall be made not lator than Octobor let, and the only appli cations for 18SG aro from two omployers. Tho Colonial Sugar Rofining Company has applied for 850, and tho Mago Island Com pany for 100. Thus, wo have the Polynesians going out in a steady stream, and nono ro turning, and no applications for Indians, in tho faco of which it is very clear that it must be Fijians or collapso. Queensland can do this sort of thing and ruin only a soction of hor pooplo, but with Fiji it means something approaching total anni hilation.

Helping the Poor Planter.

Of course, in such a strait, tho Govern ment renders all tho assistance in ite power. But it is assistance of a peculiar and charac teristic order. The applicants for Indians pay, up to tho dato of allotment, tho full cost of introduction, £21 por caput. But tho Government itsolf undertakes tho re sponsibility of providing return passages! at the end of tho term, and on yearly estimates appoaiH a chargo for this purposo of 13a por man. So that whilo the Colonial Sugar Refinery Company obtains its 850 mon in 18S6, and waxoth fat theroby, tho un fortunates who aro too poor to hiro a man, arocompollod to contribute that the Govern ment may Ipresnnt tho bipj Company with £0.')7 10s por annum on this ono transaction, and contimio tho paymont ovor tho full term of indenture On tho other hand, tho Govornmont has been steadily increasing tho rates of return passage money for Polynesians, which tho Bmall employers have to pay personally, until thoy now range at £1 por man to tho llobridos, and £S to tho Solomons, or noarly trebblo what tho rates wore ton yoars ago. Planters hovo grumbled, but they paid under the impression that tho Govern ment has contracted with the shipping ugonts to roturn tho men at per head, and that tho rate had risen because of tho obstructions in tho way of recruiting. Isow it has just transpired that the Government has been chartering the vessols ut a per mensem figure, which, at tho rato of paseago money charged, has given it a cent, por cont profit on tho transaction. Whilo it has .-pout no moro than £4 to return tho man, it hae, under ordinance, swindled tho ruined planters out of iS, and tho lattor are absolutely powerless to prevent tho robbery Tho thing would bo monstrous wero it not that it follows so strictly upon tho lines of the orthodox rulo—"To him that hath shall bo givon, and from him that hath not shall bo taken oven that which ho hath."

Waterless.

Presont prospoets aro renderod nono tho brighter by the long spell of fine woathor, which is fast hardening into a serious drought. Whilo wo socm to liavo had our usunl rainfall in Lovuka and Suva up to within tho last six weeks, tho planters complain that in tho provinces it has boon farbolow average. They say that for cix months thoro has boon nothing moro than an occasional ehowor in tho eastern part of tho group; that it has been far too light all over, and that for tho past six weeks or two months not a drop has fallen anywhoro. As ono roault, serious bush fires have occurred, doing much damage atNadroga, Nadi, Ba, Tavua, Udu, Macuata, Bua, and Koro. Every whoro tho eye is mot eithor by burnt-up wastes of blackened country or by tho eoro and sun scorched prospects peculiar to Australian summer landscapes. Complaints aro coming in all round that tho young cane is suffering, that the streams are failing, that the pasturago has boon lickod up by the fiamos, and that evoryone is at wit's ends to find feod for the stock. In most cacoe tho tiros have boon started by tbo natives, either caro lossly or wilfully. Thoy have a habit of doing this latter, because it clears the land and helps thorn to get at tho wild food when tho grass bogins springing again. But in tho Ba case, a firo which sproad very rapidly and vory widely was startod on the N.Z. Sugar Co.'b plantation by thoir hands, and it will likely cost £1,000 to meet nativo claims for damages. In cases whore tho whites Buffer through tho wilful act of tho natives, the latter nave to compensate as communities, if their wilful act can bo proved. I need not point out the potentiality of that //', nor neod I dilate upon tho oxtont to which natives can com- Eonsato when, as in tho late caso of Mr R. i. Holmos, onco of New Zealand, the flamos seriously injure an orchard of valuable trees and plants, which it has cost considerable money in the outset to introduce, and the labour of yoars to bring forward.

THE WHANGAREI FIRE.

Charges of Incondlarlsm

(by telegraph—own correspondent.)

WitANCiAREi, this day. The inquost on tho firo at Downing's brewery was continued to-day. Alphosino Harcourt, wife of the brower employed by Mr Downing, testified that on Tuesday evening, beforo the firo, she waa taken by hor husband and Bon to the browory, and saw two sacks with split piocos of wood in them near th« malt mill. That sho had hoard Downing splitting wood in tho brewery that afternoon. She thought tho wood was placed thoro to fire tho build ing. (This was the same toatimony as waß given by her husband and son.) She was awakened by the alarm a little after 2 a.m. She fainted away, and was ill. Her cottage was within a few yards of the brewery.

James Main, sworn : I live at Whangaroi. Am a settlor, I know Thomas Harcourt and Mb son George. I remember last woek Thursday, November 26th Thoy came to my house about 8 o'clock, or a little after. They came and called me outside, and told mo that on Tuesday evening Georgo went to the brewery to get somo empty sacks, and whon he removed the sacks, ho found two sacks partly filled with half-a-dozen of bundlos of chips in each of them. Ho said he boliovod thero was going to bo a firo in the brewery. That the boer was all sent away oxcept about two hogsheads. That the beer had been pushed on customers more than their orders, and that the tetn perator had been sent to Auckland when the repairs could havo boon made here. I suggested to him the advisability of watching (it came out that he suspected Mr Downing of intending to fire the brewery), and he said that if he came into the brewery he would say it was his own premises and ho could do as he liked ;ho could be there whon he pleased. 1 said that there was a necessity for it, for every body that set up here in business with £100, or a little crodit, there was eithor a the or a failure, and there ought to be a stop put to it. He said that if it was Downing he had a wife and a family of little children, and he did not want to be the means of doing them an injury. He said, "Do not mention it at present; George and Downing I. ..u had a row that evening, and there would probably be nothing done

that night." I said that if it was burnt that night Providence was kind to him, tor the wind was blowing away from his cot tage, and that would be saved. Then, we went into the house and talked on genera topics. They told mo they wanted to tell me before, but they had been kept late at their work. I was aroused out of bed at 10 minutes to three by the alarm of fire. My wife noticed the time Geo. Harcourt called mo and 1 went to tho fire as quick as I could. George Harcourt was there when I arrived. It was thirty to forty minutes after I ar rived when Downing got there; I saw Downing when ho arrived. Tho instant he arrived Mr Downing said to Thomas Har_ court: "If you had called me sooner I rould have put it out." Harcourt said twenty men could not have put it out whon he first saw it. Downing said that Har court hud been saving his own things when ho should have been saving his. Harcourt said ho corld not save the brewery, and he thought his first duty was to save his own things. Downing said many a hard day's work ho had done in that browery, and ho was now ruined. Harcourt replied, "Oh, well, you have it well insured," and Downing replied, " I have not oho shilling on it." Harcourt eaid, " If you have not got it, some friend has, which amounts to tho samo thing." Harcourt denounced the man who had destroyed Buch a boautiful little place. I advised Downing to inform tho police Ho eaid :" I have something else to think about than to go away down for him, and after somo time ho eaid ho did not see the necessity of his going whon ho had servants there to doit. Georgo said he would go, but he wanted his breakfast first. I sont my son to tell tho police I was helping Mr Har court to tftko bank hi.? things into tho house after tho fire. I noticed a barrel ot porter close to the cottage after the fire. Har court and I had a conversation about it, and it was put into tho oottago to ascertain how it came- there, and to prevent it being broached. I saw a case of beer carried in alaoi

Cross-examined : Mr Harcourt left my houso between nine and ton on Thursday evening. Downing had loft tho premises before any articles wero taken into tho cottago. lam 58 years of ago, and have lived in Whangarei for tho last 20" years. Upon the application of Foreman James tho inquest was here adjonrnod until Saturday next, December 12th, at 10 a.m.

UNEMPLOYED MEETING.

There wbb a crowded attendance at the meeting of the unemployed held last oven ing in the Temperance Hall. His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. R. Waddel) presided, and thero wore also present:—Mr F. J. Moss, M.H.R., Rev. W. Tobbs, Rev. J. S, Hill, Mr H. Farnall, Mr T. Peacock, M.H.K., and Mr Thomas Walker.

Tho Chairman paid tlioy had met to con eider how bost to deal with those out of employment. Tho business was a serious ono, and ho trusted that it would bo troatcd in a practical manner, so that some prac tical rosult might be the outcome of that mooting. Mr Connell, who was the first speaker, movod : "That this meeting is of opinion that tho depression in tho labour market is taking a moro serious aspect than is geno rail) supposod ; thorofore, it is tho dosiro of this mooting to mako known moro publicly tho distress, causod by that depression." Ho thought steps nhould bo taken hore similar to those takon at Dunodin and Christchurch. Ho urgod that moro aoctions of the North Island Trunk Hailway should bo lot. Tho unemployed in Auckland only wanted treatment like that received by tho unemployed in Dunodin and Christchurch. Tho resolution was secondod by Mr W. J. \\ hiting.

Mr Jury thought an addonduin should bo added to tho resolution to tho effect that an) alteration should lie made in tho fiscal policy ol| tho country, so as to put a stop to I he importation of articles that can bo manufactured here. A stop should also bo put to immigration. He montioned tho fact that tho Coptic had brought four cnino.H for tho Calliope Dock that cnuld have boon manufactured in the country. Every votsol from tho Old Country brought additions to tho already overstocked labour market, and at tho fame timoimmensoquanti tiosof manufactures thatcould bo us cheaply, if not more chonply, supplied by the Auck land factories. Ho coniplainod that a re quest made by tho Secretary of Trades and Labour Council on his behalf to Sir George Grey for a return of ironworkers' goods imported into tho country hod not been attended to, and ho now asked if Sir (.k'orco was tho working mon's friend as he professed to bo, or only a political— Crioa of " Yes" and "No."

Mr Noylon rose to a point of order, and objected to the importation of personalities into tho discussion. They had met to devise moans to alloviato tlieir distress, and not to raise political questions.

His Worship said ho could not rule tho sponkor out of order on tho point in quos tion,

Mr Jury procooded to say that £300,000 had been eontoutof Auckland for ironwork, fully one-half of which could havo been manufactured hero.

Mr Neylon defended Sir George Grey from tho attack made upon him by Mr Jury, and held that ho was a real friend to tho working classes of tho colony. While ho thought it was tho duty of the Legisla turo to encourage the local industries of tho colony a» far as practicable, ho was not surprised that peoplo should send their money to the cheapest market, and especi ally at a time when the price of labour was so high. (This sentiment was received with biases, but the Chairman succeeded in obui'jing a further hearing for the spoaker.) Mr Noylon proceeded to say that ho had lived in Auckland for 23 yoars, and during that time ho had filled almost every position, from an insurance agent to a city scavenger. He urged united action, but thoy should only use legitimate means to secure thoir ends.

Tho irrepressible William George Garrard then mounted tho rostrum, and procooded with one of his characteristic discourses What they wanted, he considered, was bread and work for all, and not to stab each other in tho dark.

Mr F. G. Ewington was tho next epeakor. Ho was sorry to see so largo an assemblage of unemployed, and was glad that their resolution was so judiciously worded, because it drew attention to tho distress and want of employment. There were many people in Auckland who did not believe that thero was so much distrosg in this city. Ho mentioned the case of a man who camo to him for relief who had been 21 weeks out of omploymont, and who had walked to and from Tauranga unsuccess fully in search of employment He advised thoso prosent to make known their want of employment through the newspaper, which ho had nevor known to fail [n tho cause of charity. Ho aleo rocommondod them to leave liHts of unemployed with the City Council offices, tho Benevolont Society, tho clorgy, and olfewhuro The single men should go into tho country and give tho married men a chance. Then again they should not stand out for full wages whilo their wives and children wore starving, but should tako what thoy could got until tho period of distrosu was ovor.

Mr .lury said that no suro as they followod this advice, tlioy would bring tho current wages down to tho lowcßt possible fitruro. Another individual denouncod the~Tram way Company for paying their conductors 25s a week, and thus offering a premium to dishonesty. Ho thought it was their duty to gc to work by mild agitation, and if their appeals wero not granted, tho fulfil ment of those resolutions must ensue.

Tho resolvtiou was put and carried unani mously.

Mr A. Cullon moved :—" That this moot ing think it desirable to submit a petition embodying the forogoing resolution explain ing tho distress, and asking the Govern ment, th.ough tho Minister of Public Works, to supply labour for those in need." He referred to the difficulty to raako people believe that this distress was so widespread as it was. Tho better class of people here did not) know of this distrens, because they lived apart from them. But their sympathy and assistance would be valuable in invoking aid in tho form of employment from the Government. It was almost necessary to dio here to make people beliove that somo were starving in their midst. He reminded them that the work ing classes were as necessary to the coun try as the wealthier classes. If there were no working people they would have no gentlemen, and without soldiers they could not have captains. He thought a section of the railway in the King Country might be let to the unemployed. They could ap point their own engineer, and might ex pect the same contract prices as were given to the other contractors. He also thought tho alternative route on the Ponroeo lino might be commencod now, so as to afford employment to tho married men.

Mr Attwood soconded the resolution MrThomas Walker said he had taken a part in a similar demonstration to this in New South Wales a few weeks ago There they had fivo or six hundred men gathered together clamouring for work, while ship loads of people from the Old Country "were arriving in search of work and lowering the rates of wagea, it was by its policy of

Immigration that the Government were to some extent to blame for this want of em ployment, and therefore the unemployed wore justified in calling upon them to pro vide work. Thoy should not a?k for j charity, but Bhould demand as a right the moans of providing food for their wives and children He assured them that there wero men in Now South Wales in a somowhat similar position to their own. Ho was ashamed to pay it, but it was a fact that thero the men who did get work were only given 5s per day, while other men got Bs. tieprotestedagainsttheprincipleof send ing our wealth out of tho country for foreign manufactures while we wero starving. It was toil that had made tho earth rich, and all they askod now was that toil should not be forgotten in the distress of tho hour. Mr Walkor concluded a most eloquent address by a really brilliant peroration. Tho Chairman said a few such addresses would cause them to forget tho subjoct they had met to discuss. The addrofs afforded an illustration of tho power of eloquence. Mr Neylon related amidst numerous in terruptions tho case of a young man who was employed by a local milk purveying company for his " tucker." Mr Jury assorted that tho discontinuance of the manufacture of machinery in tho Auckland railway workshops was becauso Clmstcburch impirtors wero supplying tho bar iron at £2 per ton less than it was supplied here for. The resolution was put and unanimously carried.

Mr Menteith moved, and Mr Lucas soconded, " That this meeting deems it ex pedient to at once petition the New South Wales Government in the event »f our own Government failing te afford relief." In response to loud calls, Mr Walker Baiditwaano uao going to a neighbouring colony which was not in any better position than our own for aesistanco. They should get asßistanco from the Government of thoir own country. Another speaker urged them to address tho County Council and Harbour Board, and moved an amendment to this effect. Customsßtreet might, he thought, very properly bo filled in now. He advised those present to work for what thoy could get, and said that ho himself would take Is a day rather than atarvo. This sentiment Win received with hieses and groans,

The next speaker advised them to work half time rather than take lower wages, and ho was loudly cheered. Tho amondmont was put and carried by a largo majority. Mr If. J. Moss, M.H.R., said he was con vinced before ho came there that there must be distress in Auckland, or they would not hoar the cry for work. He felt sure that there was too much ground for it, and he thought it a matter for satisfaction that thoy had escaped so long. Ho knew for a fact that there had been groat Buffering in Canterhury and Otago, and probably tho distress would have come on us earlier in Auckland if crowds had not gone gum digging. He assured those present that they could dopend on the sympathy a»d aßesitance of tho local members of Parlia ment. As ho took it, there were two par tios in tho present mooting—those who carod for work, and those who were afraid that the unemployed might be made use of to lower the rate of wages With tho latter claes ha heartily sympathised,bocauee he had always thought that the greatest calamity that could happen to tho colony would be tho reduction of tho rates of wages. He had hitherto consistently opposod tho largo votoa for immigration. He did not bo liovo a bit in tho appoal to Sydney. As Mr TValker had so oloqucntly told them, they had thoir own poor and unemployed to look after. Ho reminded them of tho small power possoesed by members of Parliament out of sossion, und pointod out that the man to whom thoy must appoal wan tho Minister of Public Works. Thoy should not lot the matter end with this mooting, but should appoint a permanent committeo who could invite the members of tho Assembly to meet with thorn. He, for ono, would be pleased to do so. Then they could bring the whole matter before the Minister of Piblic Works in such manner as they thought expedient. Mr Peacock, M.H.R., also came forward in response to calls. Ho sincerely regretted tho doprossion that, existed, but the ques tion was a practical one. Whether in bis public or private capacity, ho would be glad to do all in his power to assist them. Uov J. S. Hill asked if it would not bo possible to got tho Government to give freo payees to thoso who desired to got to the country in search of employment He believed there was a demand for labour in the country at tho present time.

Mr Thompson, M.H.R., was called for, but Mr Garrard said tho deputation had not waited upon him, but that he was pre pared to give any assistance in his power. The Mayor said Mr Hill's suggestion respecting free passes was a valuable one. Ho had not much confidence in the sympathy of the Government, but under the present circumstances, they might be induced to do something! On tho motion of Mr Montoith, seconded by Mr Rameden, it was agreed that the Chairman bo requested to forward the fore going resolutions to tho Hon. the Premier. His Worship said he would have much ploaaure in complying with the request, and when tho roply *as received, ho would make it known through the press. Mr Connell moved that the present Com mitteo be a permanent one, with power to add to its number. Ho said that at the present time there were crowds of married and single pooplo in Auckland in actual want. They should all sign the petition, and work unitedly, for if divided, they would fall.

Mr Payne seconded tho resolution, and recommended that these meetings be held constantly until they got something to do.

Hia Worship the Mayor said that if there was any one so necessitous at present that stonobroaking would answer, the Chairman of the Mount Eden Road Board was pre pared to employ 20 or 40 men at 3s 6d per yard, without quarrying, he believed. Mr Moss repeated the apology for Mr Thompson's absence, that gentleman being unablo to attend in consequence of other pressing engagements. The resolution was carried, and the meet ing concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman and the Committee who had arranged the meoting.

FREEMAN'S BAY NUISANCES.

Bone Mill and Sewer G as,

The following report from the Sanitary Inspector upon the petition from owners and occupiers of houses in Sale, Vernon, Moroton, and Baker-streets, re the sickness caused by bad smells from the bone miil and fewer, was laid beforetheCity Ceuncilon Thursday night:— "This letter from owners and occu pier? of premises in Sale, Vernon, Moroton, and Baker streots, is the same old complaint—Bone Mill anddrainago nuisance, but more particularly tho latter. 1 will deal with them both separately, taking the Bone Mill firat. I made an in spection of the Bone Mill, and found bono steainingand bone crushing going oh, and as was lod to boliero, such is carried 01; almost daily. Tho bonos aro steamed in a larg« boilor, and when it is nocespary to draw the bonos from eaid boiler, tho steam is shut off and tho bonos drawn ; then at this stage of drawing, tho oilluvia from the steamod bonos is diffused all over tko neigh bourhood. It ia truo that a powerful doodorant (gypsum) is largely used, but even then the stench cannot be Btoppod. I iutorviowed pome seven of the owners and occupiers of housos in Salostreot, and one and nil said tho smell from the Bone Mill wae unbearable at times. In a previous re port on this Bone Mill nuisance, I recom mended that the steamed bones, should not bo drawn uutil they are perfectly cooled, then there would be no smell from them. In March, 1883, I laid an information against Mr D. H. McKenzie, the previous owner of tho Mill, but failed in getting a con viction, as the witnesses for the defence, one and all of them, said it was a vory healthy business. As thie Bone Mill nuisance has been for a long time a source of great annoyanco to the inhabi tants, who are at times unfortunately obliged to breathe a tainted atmosphere, I would recommond that Dr. Stockwoll, tho medical officer for tho local Board of Health, should visit this Bone Mill whon tho procoss of drawing reeking steamed bones from the boilor is going on. He (the medical officer) would then bo able to say if such a smell was injurious to health, and set the matter at rest. In regard to the mouth of the open sower complainod of at the south side sf Sale-street, I made an inspection of the land extending from tho mouth of said sewer up to the sewer which terminates at Baker-street, and found at three different positions open, uncovered, filthy drainage, being tho drainage from Cook and Baker-street sowors—ono part about 60 feet in length, another about 15 feet, and one about 8 feet. I would strongly recommend that the Baker-atroet sewer bo carried right through Mr Jack's land and connect with the Sale street sewer. Such would abate tho nuisance complained of. Thore is great danger from eewcr gas ; it is a deadly poison." - It was agreed to aek tho Health Officer to visit the bone mill and ro port whether the effluvium arising there from is detrimental to health. '

SPORTING NEWS.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Yesterday Conceded.

EQUALISATION OP m". t « TkaCIHHW1 SALAEIES—TIm pf? J°UU forcible speech, moved- "tw^^ lution dated 20th Hovembor 18rr > re801" ---a reduction of 20 per cent i« «. ' lml»*iK female head toactS bT^ «• section A » the new nffi£'. aB? % accordingly. He «aid fh fffl-^ dramatic, and musical world, it te?'J women received equal remu ne J in WOtk »' portioned to merit, a 8 that of ™' )«■ thought UWghly^talraJftfattSffl' profession the Board should pur 6 Sff Mtic course. There should be no m v di sereot feronoo or undue favour Eft* in the payment of m»i» t ***» Mr Goldie strongly opnosS th teach"« The Board wa ß HghtT/figt"*»■ to mcwßM the numßenof its mal telSf°* female teachera frequently -™ohet!- the profession only until thf^ married, and as the majority of thZ ** from the artisan class, Ld™S^ marry artisans the higher edocaC a- k wife proved often the source of ,wt ?' the husband It wouldtM fig should bo domestic servants rath»,U r teasers. Mr Lennox roßtßttaf'?!' he had to oppose the 8 Ch^ S u<Vt ,ns . admired his sfi' Mr Upton also oppoeed the motion 2 Mr Moat supported it in the hSffi women made the best teachers, and Si any case merit and not ccx ehoald 21, mine the amount of (alary to be ™m -The motion was lost by 6 to 2 rt Chnirman and Mr Moat votW fi» und Messrs Goldie, Upton ri ' Lnwry, and Lennox against, - OnTl motion of Mr Lawry, Epsom 2 erected into a separate school district 2 the first meeting of householders fixJdT Monday, 21st met. UI

At thn Temperance Hall on Thursday v Geo. Aldridge lectured on the " GreatChrn. nological Prophecy," statingthatitafforded a testimony to the inspiration aid aaml bus accuracy of the Scriptures" Tb lecture was illustrated by a laree chart specially prepared for the occasion,beinir dirirJed into periods under the heading of tho "Seventy Weeks Prophecy." InV courso of his remarks Mr Aldridge reviewed the prophecies of modern timsa conwriij e the end of the world, all of which y failed in being realised. Now ho said.-to wore teld that the world would end in 1390 Thmisands belioved this, but tbo dates weio fallacious, and there was not tha slightest cvidenco in God's Book to tell oil! er the day, the hour, or the century in which such an event might be expected, Ho then treated on the seventy 'mcli prophecy, taking for his text Daniel 2nd chap. 24-29 vereos, and came to the con. cliu-ion that it had been fulfilled. Atthe close of the lecture Mr Thomas Walker challenged Mr Aldridge to a'debate on the subject, offering to take the negative. Mr Aldridge asked for time to consider theaoea tion Mr Walker then asked eeveral ques tions, and Mr Aldridge said he would reserre hie replies until he had decided as to whether he could debate with Mr Walker. jThe lattor then remarked that ho wotktTvary his challenge. He was willing to debate tho question " Whether Jesus Christ m an Historical Personage." This also mi left unsettled, and the meeting .termi nated.

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Auctions. "OUBLIC NOTIFICATION. LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND. SALK OF AUCKLAND BOWLING GKKKN. Orown Lnnds Ofllco, Auckland, 211(1 Ncn-embor. 1885. I hereby notify th«< the Land mcnt'ioned ia tho Schedule hcrouuder, nnrt knovui >w tlio Auckland Bowling Qrrcn. will !>c oTTerod for palo by mibllo aution. Nt this Office, on MON UAY, tho 7th day ol Deoitmbrr. ISfS.nt tho hour Of cloven o'clock in tho forenoon. D. A. TOLIO. Commissioner of Crown Lunils. SCHEDULE. Lot 1. of Section 18. of tho Suburbs of Auck land, containing 2a 9r 35n; up^et price. £800, subject to ono thousand flvo hundred pounda i£l,'SW) for improvoiiirnta. " MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, At Eleven o'clock, UNREDEEMED PLEDGES ! UNREDEEMED PLEDGES! R. ARTHUR Hasrccolvd Instructions from Mr Asher, of tho Cil|r Loirn O~fH:o, Uppor Qucon-street. to soil by auction at his mart, at olovon a.m on Monday next, THE WHOLE OF HIS L4.RGE STOCK OF UNttBDKEMKD PLEDSES. Consisting of— Diamond Goods. Gold and Silver Jowollory, Bfild and Silver Watches and Albirta, Solid Silver Tot and CofToo Hnrvloo (wciishtiiK l!)oz»). Silver Plated Cornot, Valuable ship's Chrono meter, Old Violin, Family Bibles. Musical Instrumenti, Scwjtik Michmos, Guna, Rovol vors. and a Largo'Quan'ity of Now and Second hand Clothing, consisting of-Sults, C'outa. Trousers, Overcoats. Silk and other llreaaoa. Underclothing, &c, &c, AS PKR "KVKNING STAR" OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY LAST. W. S. QOCHHANR 1 [JAS. IMCKK. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. CHOICE SEASIDE VILLA SITE AND RESIDBNCK, ELDONSTREET, PARNELL TWO ACRES OF RICH VOLCANIC LAND, MOUNT ST. JOHN, EPSOM. Tho subscribers liavo recoived lrstructions to seJL by public auction at thoir LatM Mart, Queon-streot, on Wednesday, 9;h instant, at twolve o'clock, THAT FREEHOLD PROPERTY Bltuate in Kldon ptra t (off tho Brighton Bond), I'aru.e'.l, contuiniuK nuurly one aero Of land, with 200 feet fronted! to the Harbour, and having erected thereon a substantially-built and weH-flnished House of six rooms, as now oceu pled by Mrs Fraser. N.B.—To thoao doeiroiiß of living b7 tho Beaaido this offers an opporumity that seldom occurs of Bjcuring a freehold with a water frontage. Also, Twe Laigo Freehold Allotments at Mount St. John, having efdh 109 fee; frontage to the Markot Road, immediately oppoaito tho resi dence of Major Goorge. These allotments have extensive ylewa ivhich can scarcely be equalled, and tha sot' t;.n \>: be beaten for quality. SAMUHL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. MOND4 V, DECEMBER 7. NEW FRUITS ! NEW FRUITS ! •JMRECT FROM SMYRNA ! 20 CASES BOXED FIGS 140 BOXES SULTANAS 12 CASES ASSORTED JEWEL PACKETS AND BON BONS 2 CASES CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS E. A. A. ISAACS Will sell by auction, at tholr Stores. Uueen-st. on Monday next, December 7, at 11 aclock, mHB ABOVE NEW and SEASONABLE JL GOODS. E. & A. ISAACS, Merchants and Auctioneers, " MONDAY, DECEMBER 7. CHINESE BAMBOO VERANDAH ' BLINDS, Various Sizes. AMERICAN REFRIGERATORS and ICE CHESTS. E. & A. ISAACS Will sell by auction, at their Stores, Queen Btreet, on Monday next, at 12 o'clook, p? PACKAGES OF THE ABOVE, b. & aTisaacs, Merchants and Auctioneers, B. lONKS.] IR. C. CARR, MOITDAY, DECEMBER 7, At Twelve o'clock. NEWFOUNDLAND DOG 3, fcT. BERNARD DOGS. B. TONES & CO. Aro Instructed to sell on Monday next, t twelve o'clock, S PURE-BRED NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS, SPURE -BRED ST. BERNARD DOGS. From Btock which has taken a largo number Of prizes. B. o.' CAIIIII [b. U, TOUKS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0, At 12 o'Clock. WAIATARUA ESTATE, ELLBRSLIE, BY ORDER OF THB MORTGAGEE. . B. TONK3 & CO. Have reoeivod instructions to soil on Wednes day, 9th December, at twelve o'clock, mHB WAIATARUA ESTATE, JL consisting of 200 acroa choice Volcanic Sou and having nearly 2,008 feat frontage tc Panmore Road, and running back 3,000 feet tc Waistarua or St. John's College Lake. Situated within easy access of Etleralie Station, the pro. perty must ero long be onus extremely valuable for residence sites. Foil particulars at tho office of It. Browning Esq., Solicitor, or the Auctioneers. WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of DECEMBER, 1885. fy Order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Auckland, at the request of the Mortgagee. B. TONKS AND CO. Have been instructed to soil by auction, on Wednesday,the 16th day of Lecomior, 1886, at 12 o'olock noon, ill. their Auction Mart, Queen-street, Auckland, "OUSSELI—LO'IS Nos. 13 and 15 oi XV Section sof tho Town of Ruesell, with the Buildings thorcon eroded, formerly used ns a Store and Bakery. Full particulars may bo obtained, and tha con ditionsof sale seem, at iho Auction Mart of B, Tonks and (Jo., Qacen-street, Auckland. WEDNEBDAYTDEOEMBERrb,' At Noon. VALUABLE BUSINESS BITES, MAW ROAD FRONTAGE, REMUEKA, IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE REMUERA HALL. It. C. GREENWOOD Has received instructions to sell, on above date, at his Mart, Vulcan Lane, at noon, LOTS 5, 6, 7, and 8, of Subdivision of part of Allotments 106 and 107, Section 16, Suburbs of Auckland, having each CO feet fruutsge by a depth of 208 feet. Splendid views. Good position. Terms, one-quarter cash; balance at 7 per sent. AISO. At same time and place, CICY PROPERTY, CITY PROPERTY, ALBKRT-STHEBT. A largo Freehold Allotment, having 59 feet 6 Inches frontage to Albert-street by a depth of 96 feet, at an upset price of £1610s per foot, worth £35; suitable for a manufactory, warehouse, &c , being within 100 yards of Qaonn-Btrect, A good Briok Building on the Property, bringing in 16* per week. AJp.o. GENTLEMAN'S RKSIDKNCK, Mt. ALBKKT. A flrat-olass new House of 8 rooms (large and lofty), spacious hall, Leamington Range in kit chen, water laid on, &o.; commodious out buildings, consisting of stable, coach-house, haylofts, wash-house, store-roqm, &c. Together with about One and a-half acres rich Volcanio Land, fenced and planted. Fronta«e to two roads, being the oorner lot immediately adjoining the Mount lbert Railway Station. R. C. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer.



.THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, | At 1 o'Clook. ) THE RE MU EX A YARDS -|OA HEAP WE L L-F ATTED lO'l CATTLE 800 Kat Sheep Rnrt l ni^bs 23 Shorthorn Bulls 50 G sod Sioro Cow-, in forward condition Dilre Cows, Store Ca'tlu. Fnt and Storo l'igs FOR SALE. Col tape and Ten Acres Land nt AVjxipipi. ALFKED BUCK LAND. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. THE FIAYMARKET. For Sals, on Friday, December U (from Wan- KUiui), f>4\ USEFUL HACKS AND LIGHT &\J HAHNKSd IkiHSKS. ALFRED BUCKLAND. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. THE HAY MARKET. \\T 0 O L (J A L E THIRD FOR THIS SEASON WILL 1!K 11151,0 ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, At U o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAND. j THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, THE REMUERA YARDS. SHORTHORN BULLS. For Hale, at Remuorn, on Thursday, December 10, at 1 o'clock, 6) ?! YOUNG BULLS, ranging from nine iVI) months to t-o years old; bred by Messrs Reid, of Alntu'anu, from the I'nre Short horns Mubo of York and Lord Warden. ALFRED BUCKLAND. COUNTRY CATTLE SALES. Pukekoho -Monday, December 7. Pokeno—Monday, December 11. Drury—Wednesday, Decerabor 16. Papakura—Wednesday, Docombor 30. ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, At 12 o'clock. ARTHUR-STREET PONSONBY. FREEHOLD VILLA RESIDENCE. KINGSLAND, THIRD AVENUE. FREEHOLD COTTAGE. D. F. EVANS Will 801 lby Publio Auction, at hia Land Mart, Queen-street, on Tuesday, December 8, at 12 ocloek, ARTHUR-STREET, PONSONBY (noar tho top of Franklin Road), that Uesirablo FrcuhoUl Villa Kesidenco (new), two stories verandah, and balcony, 5 rooms, all con veniences, gas and water throughout, gas stovo (now); nieo wash-house with copper boiler laid in. &c, &o. The whole substantially finished oil In first-class stylo, having a fronlaso to Arthur-street cf 28 roct x 120 Good views; stands high; close to tram. KINGSLAND, THIRD AVKNUK-Freohold Verandah Cottage of 4 rooms and cellar; regis ter grates, all convenience; nowly painted; good look out. D. F. EVANS, Auctioneer. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, At Noon. DESIRABLE CITY PROPERTY, PITT STREET FRONTAGE, VINCENT-STREET FRONTAGE. D. F. EVANS Has received instructions from tho trustees of. tho United Free Methodist Church to sell by publ'c auction,at his Land Mart, Queen-street, on Tuesday, December 15, at noun, THAT DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, being tho present site of their church and school, having an oxtensive frontage to Pitt-Btreot, extending through to Vinoent-stroet, the whole forming one of the best sites on the west side of tho city for a public hall, a purpoeo for which it is woll adapted, and auch a building Is much needed ; or, as an investment it is second to nono, having lor a certainty groat prospective valuo. There ia no doubt that as Eoon as Hobson-street is formed Pitt-street will have the easiest grade, and become tho main outlet from the wharf and city. D. P. EVANS, Auctioneer. A, MOKTON.] [T, M. JACKSON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0, ISBS, At 12 o'Clook Noon, MESSRS MORTON k JACKSON Havo received instructions from the Trnateos In tho Kstate of the Into John Scarrot, to sell by public auction, at their Mart, C 9, Queen-Bt.. rneE following desirable city X AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES:- COOK-STRKKT.-Lot 13, being part of allot ments 45 and 46, section 28, city of Auckland, having a frontage of 11 feet to Cook-street, and 29} feet to Brewer's Lann. ANGLKSBA-STRtCKT-Two really flist-olars Allotments, being 1 and 5, Section 49, City, hav ing a frontage of 178 ft to Angloeovstreet, having an average depth r.f 112 ft, and containing 3 roods and 20 perches. RICHMOND.-Sub-divieion allotments 1, 2. 3, I, and 5, Section 14 of Suburban allotments 1 and 2 ofwotion 9, having large frontages to Victoria and King-streets, and Cox's Crook. WYNYARDTON-Allotments 2, 3. 1, 5, 6. 7, and 8, Section No. 26; Lots 1 and 2of Section 27 ; Lots 10 and 11, Section 35; Lots 2, 3, and i, Section 31; and I Kit 2of Section 12. WAYMOUTH - Allotment No. 13, Village ol Waymouth, containing 2 roods 20 perohes and having a frontage to the Manukau Harbour. POKENO.—Lot 21, McLean's sub-divlßion, having a frontage of 50ft to Great South Road, and 99ft 6in to Government Road. For further particulars apply to MORTON AND JACKSON,. Auctioneers, Houbo, Land, and Estate Agentß, 69. Que^n-streat. WEDNESDTYrDECEMBEiTie At 12 O'clock, Noon. T ONSDALE. T ONSDALE. REMUERA, REMUERA. REMUERA. VALUABLE VILLA SITES. The subscribers has beon instructed by H. G. Pain, Ksquire, to sell by Public Auction, at Tho Mart, 69, Queen-street, on abovo date, THIS SUrERIOR PROPERTY which lias boi.n cut up into J-norn lots. The Kstate is situated on tho sunny eido of Little Rangltoto, and in bounded on tho North and Souih by reserves, so that there iH no possibility of tho views beiue built out. Thii property Bhould exnito keen uoininitilinn. 'Bwweo pass every half-hour. Tt i^ within 15 minute.' walk of Green Lune Railway Station, an I 10 minutes' of thebtach. Toimei: One-flft'.i en li, balance at 7 per cent, for 5 years. Also, Tho large and commodious 12-roouicd House on tho same property, with or without 2J acres of land, which was put up about six months ago, and cost over £I*ooo. It commands a magni ficent viow of tho harbour, and ii beautifnlly finished with all conveniences-linon and plato cupboards, pantries, &c. Also, Btable, cow house, piggory, &c, &c Lithograph Hans at our office. MORTON* & JACKSON, Auctioneers, Produce '^orohants, Kstato Agents and Valuators 69, Queen street, Auckland. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8. JUNCTION YARDS. The undersigned will sell at the Junction Yards, on Tueaday, December 8, I£A FAT CATTLE J.OV 900 Fat Bhoep Fat Lames Dairy and Store Cows Veal Calves Also, 5 FJrst-class Dairy Cows Also, 10 Prime Christmas Bullocks from K. Pilking ton, Keg., Tamaki. HUNTER AND NOLAN, Auctioneers. ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. ~ THE DURHAM YARDS. WOOL SALE. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL HOLD THMB SECOND WOOL SALE OF THE SEASON ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, At 2 o'Clock. HUNTER AND NOLAN, Auctioneers. DURHAM YARDS. ~ FOR SALE, at the Durham Yard*, every Tuosday, at 11 o'olook, BIDJib, IALLOW. WOOI., (tad SKIMS, HVNVHR AND NOLAN.



TUESDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 8, At Noon, " CAMPBELL V rILLE. CAMPBELLVILLE. C.UIPBELLYILLE. THE BEST SITES IS i'ONSONBY. rnilG WELL-KNOWN RESIDFNCE J_ OH" Jill COt'PI.ANII, anit his tastutully luiu nil and hkrhlj ouliiviiicii Grounds, htookud with Die cho.cesi of fruit treos und llva ora, havu been tiibdtvirtert, and will be ulleral for naU', by public uiicLion, in thveo sop:u-i»ic lot j, on TuLsduy, Decembers viz :— Lot 1, bavin.; .-. frontage of IIG foot to Hniiulton ltoml by >> depth ot 133 foet, together with tho commodious Villa Kcaiclrnco, Ureen houso, Xc, erected thereon ; verandah on tluoo Bidcaof House. Lot 2, having a frontago of Kis fuel to Itnmil ton Road, and of 7H feet to Sarafield-Btruet. Thia iB an unrivalled Corner Allotment,and Is within 50 yarde of tlio waterside, to which tliuro is ea?y access by tlio road. Lnt li. having a frontage of 71J foot toSarsflelil utroot, by v depth of Wj foist. Tlio Property is profusely planted with rare Mowore, und apple, penr, plum, peach, lit;, loquut, lemon, nnd apricot treea in full healing, besides having Ruavas, Imnaiuia, Koosoborriea, and strawberries. iioth Houao and Grounds In first-ohtea order, D. F, EVAN S, Auctioneer. FIUDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1885, At -2 o'clock, ltV OHDKH OF TIIK HEGI3TRAH OF THE SUPREiIK COURT. OLAKENOE-STREET, I'ONSONBY. The undersigned have reeoived instructions to cell by publiu auction at their Mart, Shortland stroet, on Friday, the Uth day of December, at 2 o'clock in tlio n!lornoon, ALL THOSK PIECES OK PARCELS OF LAND bciUßLots 7S and 7li of Allot ment 22, Section 8, of the Suburbs o( Auckland, having « frontage of 81) fojt to Clarence-street, Ponaonby. Kor Conditions of Sal'l, Plan of Property nnd Further Particulars, apply to Jlouara Dignan nnd Armstrong, Soliciiors, 1 and 5, Imperial Chambers, Vulcan Lane, Aueklnud. VAILE AND DOUGLAS, Land ami Estftto Auctioneers, Shortlund-Etreot. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, At Two o'Clock. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, At Two o'Clock. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, At Two o'Clock. THK ATTENTION OK CAPITALISTS ANL INVESTORS IS SPECIALLY INVITED TO THE UNDERMENTIONED. VALUABLE FARM PROPERTIES. To be Sold by Auction by VAILE & DOUGLAS At their ] jind Snlo-rootns, Sh irtlnnd-Btroof, rspilE INNISFALLEN ESTATE, iietn J. OIUUI'O. ODNTAISINJ 1,175 ACKL'IS thu PftOPKUI'Y OF K. 11. aUIIUINS, JtHiJ. who in leaving for Kuropo. 'Ihia Grand Proporly ia Biibdividfd into II paddocks; DO acrca have been laid down it f r.isH. Thorn ia a Lirso On-lrird nnd Ornu mental Planta/ion, and 10 Acres of Natur.i Hush. A constdornblo portion of iho estate i, drained swamp Uud. and thu wholo is (jood rich soil, well watered, and easily worked. Thcro nro two seta of buildings on tho pro perty. in suit bl > po-iitioi.s f^r aiibdlvidln« it (me (froup conßista of iv Rood Dwelling of Si; Hciom:', kitchen ai d eerv.uitt.' room : nlso. tw< mi-ii's roonie, toj;ethor with a complete set o out* uildiiiL'.-. Tlio other tet mmprlaos a Four roomed C'littiißc, very lnrgo burn, .sheila &o. situated ono und a-hulf iniloa from the Ohaupi Railway Station, village, a.'loyarde, churehea uchool, &c. Tormß: If dcnlred. £!»rn enn remain on tin property at 8 por cent, or £3,000 at 7 per cent. THE AUBUKN KrtTATE, JIAXG.U'IKO CONTAINING TIM AUUK«, THK PHO PKRTY OF GOItUON C. TI3DALL, Hsu. It la situated half-way between To Awamnh awl Alexandra. It is all fenced in ; 20paddock (150 acres) are laid down in grass, GO acrea bueh and 2 acrea orchard. Tho whole ia Rood workablo soil, und is wel watered throughout. There la an al" oat Now Ten-roomed House bui't of heart of kauri, well finished, »nd flttct with every convonlonc- 'or a family; alßO.'i complcts sot of outbuilil. r.gs. Thia splendid Property ia to boaold onaccoun of tho owner fulling iLto ill-health, whict necessitates htm making a change. Torms—O e-tourthcash,balanco at 7por c?nt for four years. JUNCTION FARM, CONTAINING 72! ACRES, TIIIC PROPERTY OF X JONK3, Ksq. Ia aplondidiy aituit'.d close to tho protty towr of Alexandra. It contaii s in all 729 acred, ,'>7l nnrcs beiru freehold and 160 acres leasehold, al tho nominal rental of £1 Is por annum, for l( years. 180 acres of the freehold fro fenced anc Bubdividod into 10 paddocks ; about 100 acres are in grass and crop*, and 1 iioresin ornamenta plantation and orchard. Tho buildirgs com prisu a Dwollinghousoof 9large rooms, witl verandah on three sidee, also a complete soto! Outbuild muß. This farm is bounded for Zimilei by tho Wai pa and Panui Rivers. Terms, £2.000 can remain at 0 por cont. T, GOODFELLOW, EBQ.'H FARM, MANGA PIKO. CONTAINING 880 ACRES. Thia Magnificent Estato is situated hal'-waj botween tho town of and villaee 01 PateranKi (about U mile-). I; is fencer) inOeub divisions, and all in grass or crop. Thero is r good Dwelling house of eight rooms, barn stable, cowaheds, &c. The Waipa Hlvei Sti amcrs pata within 10 chaiiiH of this property Terras, £1,000 can remain at 7 ynv cont. FRENCH FARM, TUAKAU. Tho Salo of this Property is poatponed unti tho 18th inst. Further particulars from tho Auctioneers— VAILE AND DOUGLAS, Land and Estate Auctioneers, Shortland street. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMARKET. SALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES. TALLOW. HAY, and STRAW, each TUESDAY, at 12 o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAND. MRS. 8. H. CLARK'S oim GOVBRNESSEB' INSTITUTE ANT. SERVANTS' RKGI3TRY OFFICE, 310, Quibw btrekt ; Telephone No. 34fi Walt- Ing Rooma for Ladlos and Servants. Kvery faollity given for immediate engaßemo»te. Cor respondence rosneotfully invited from Ladleu in all parts «f tho iWincial Dlfltrlot. RKKKiutKBi Joaoph Bankß. Kaq., Manairer Frozen Meat and Btoram, Co.; Thos. Buddie, Jtsq.. Solicitor; n. J. McLood, Esq., Managor A.M.P. Sooloty; K. B. Parsons, K N q.. Secretary Gas Co.; J. M. HhnraJCeq. (Bhara Brother*); J. 1,. WUlon, Ksq. (Wilson* and Ilc.ton), Attent for Au»tr» llaa Mutual Provident Bociety" TMPOIITANT AND SPECIAL NOTICE. J. TT OWD BN, WATCHMAKER AND JEWKLLBR, Importer of KntfUsh, French, and Gorman P Pr\ N O S PIPE AND REBI) ORGANS, HARMONIUMS, WATCH "AND JEWELLERY, &c, Begs to infa/m the Public that having made arrangements for taking ovor tho premises and business ot Mr I. Alexaiidor, next thfl Auckland Hotel, he haa decldod, so as to avoid tho risk and trouble of removal of hia largo and varied Btook, to hold a GU.NUINE CHIIAP SALK of the above mentioned Goods in his present pre mises, adjoining the Hunk of New Zealand; and to effect, if possible, a speedy cleamnce, all Goodß will be sold at COST PRICE FOR CASH. A trial vfll convince the moat sooptical that this offer ia genuine, and to prove it ERHAROTS CELEBRATED SILVER LEVER WATCHES will be given away at 60s. Call early and eecnro one. WILLIAM THOMAS, Corner of Lome and Vlotoria-etreeta, Auckland East, monumental, marble, and general stonkmas6n, architectural sculptor and CARVER. Inscriptions Accurate and Beautiful. Monuments. Tombs, Headstones, and arery description of Stono Work at the Lowest pos sible Prlnea for Town and Cormtry. T'~HAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY FACTORY. JAMES MACKIE, Proprietor, VICTORIA-STREET EAST, AUCKLAND. Repairs of every description in Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest notice. Springs made and repaired. Always on Hand—A large quantity of Lamps, also Ironbark Shaftß and Spokes, Red Gum Felloes, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.B.—Country Orders punctually attended to. 'i'elophono No SOS. '■{ ;'"."'j-i:' L.Si* ' v"'.tLzJ GO T 0• B ArP H j to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT, COLD, AND 3HOWER BATHS, Victoria- strket East. Charge—ONE SHILLING-. Open all week days from fl a.m. to 9 p.m., and SUNDAY MORN INGS from 6 till 10 a.m. The Bath-rooms are ill private, and supplied with every conven iMice, Turkish towels, Hash and hair brushes, :ombs, respirators, soaps. &c. Select Bath .•ooiiis (private) for Ladies every day, at all aours, with female attendance, Ono Shilling and 3ixpeno<\ Please note the address—Victoria street Lu.=l, above the Greyhound Hotel, and iext the Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart, &u,cyand. N.B.—Barber in attendance.



! THE .AXTOKIj^LISr-D Co-operative Drapery AND Clothing Company, SALE EXTRAORDINARY. The above Company having purchased THE STOCK and PREMISES of S. Goombes & Co., Together with all their Branch Shops, amount ing to £37,000, Have determined upo.i holding a Genuine Clearing-out Sale of the entire Stock. Substantial Reductions throughout. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. INDUCTIONS FROM 10 TO 50 PER CENT. OFF OLD PRICES. Intensive Al'ewlkmn to promises in progros*. It I" absolutely ncciwairy to sell a large portion of oar Stock, which must hi lone at any snciitire. J-he proimircjnesa of this announcement "ill bo sulhViently d'tinons trtrted by inspection cf price?. SALE COMMENCES ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1885. AUCKLAND CO - OPERATIVE DRAPERY AM) CLOTHING OOAIIW, LIMITED, CANADA BUILDINGS, AUCKLAND. TO THE PUBLIC. Ladies and Oknti.kmf.x,— I take this opportunity of expressing mj rfneero thanks to you for your kind patron age extended to mo during the many yom-i 1 him; 1.0-n in business as Draper nnd Clothier. I also beg to inform you that 1 luivy sold my Stock and Promises to tho Auckland Co-opsrafiru Drapery mid Clothing Company, Limited, and would solicit for them the e-atuo patronage so kindly bestowed upon me. I am, Ladies und Gentlemen, Yours Respectfully, S COOMKES & CO. NEW ZEALAND FROZEN MEAT & gTORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. CAPITAL, £200,000; CALLED UP, £100,000. DIRECTORS: A. Bull, Esq. D. L. Murdoch, Esq. J. Banks, Esq. L. D. Nathan, Esq. P. Comiskey, Esq. Hon. J. Williamson. Sic F. Whitaker, X CM G. Tiik Company begs to notify to the public .hat the works at Auckland and the Wnitam hovo now been completed, and constitute tho most extensive Meat-preserving and Freez ing Works in New Zealand. . WHOLESALE MEAT MARKET AND SHIPPING DEPOT Ib now opon at the Company's Works at tho Railway Wharf, where Town and Country orders will bo attended to with tho utmost promptness and despatch. The Company can refer with confidence to tho suporior quality ef its Prime Meat, as selected for tho market from largo quantities of first-class West Coast stock, dealt with at tho Company's Works, Waitara. SALT BEEF. Special attention is directed to the Company's brand in this lino, which, with tho faci lilies afforded by the cold-air process, can bo cuirpd in mild pickle, and the necessity of cutting up in small pieces obviated. As contractors for H.M. Navy, here and in Sydney, large stocks are kopt on hand. * ' BACON-CURING. The Cooling Chambers for Bacon-curing at tho Company's Works in Auckland aro now 60 far advanced that this New Industry has been commonced, and choice Hams amd Bacon can be ejffered cured on the most modern principle. Particular attention will bo pnid to the solection of Pios for this use, and on no account will any except Dairy or Corn Fun Pigs bo purchased, as it is purposed to build up a reputation for an Auckland Ham and Bacon Factory. MEAT-PRESERVING. This branch is equal to an output of 120,0001b5. per diem, and the Company has the greatest) confidence in recommending its PRESERVED MEATS As superior to anything of the kind heretofore offered to the public. The Company would specially call attention to tho fact that the COMPRESSED CANNED BEEF AND MUTTON, PACKED IN THE SQUARE CAN (The right to which is patented), is tho first sample from any part of the world that hna been able to compete successfully in the London Market with the best Chicago brands Hitherto the Colonial meats packed in tho round cans, ulthciugh called coroprossed meats wore only saleable in tho English markets, whore a low price was the first consideration' but meats of tho New Zealand Packing Company, submitted in competition for Admir alty supplies at Deptford Dockyard, wore awarded the highest commendation and placed on the register of accepted brands. Tho following extract from tho letter of the Company's Agents in London, tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), is referred to, who write us follows:— " We have the pleasure t-> hand you herewith an extract from a lotterrrcoivcf frmr thn \v», OffleA Army Department:-" Humph sof tho Pcftch Hnmd of tho Now Zealand Pt.eUne To' BUbrmrt«d by jou, lmvn been toatod and proved, and the Brand will be addud to the Solcrinrl I l«V of the Department" This now entitling you to the privilege) of comp tins, wei thoreforo tt-ndmvrt !?„ your behalf at 60s 3d per 1121b ; and to-day w,-ro (rrat'flod to hear that the offer hadbeen' acenrld Consequent upon tho temporary stoppage of production during the transfer of tke Company's Meat-preserving Works from Auckland to Waitara, and owing to the fact that the reserve which had been relied upon to meet current demands was taken by the JNew South Wales Government for the Soudan expedition, the Company has been unable to comply with numerous demands from customers, but are now prepared to execute with promptitude all orders with which they may bo favoured. WHOLESALE BUTTER DEPOT. The Company is about to open a large Wholesale Butter Depot at their Freezing Y\ orks, Railway Wharf. Cooling Chambers and the necessary plant are now boinir prepared. b It is anticipated that with the appliances, gold-air chambers, and facilities for deiling with tho ever increasing surplus, the Company will be able to offer a regular and satisfactory market for Dairy Produce. The Company's Managers of this branch aro cash purchasers of Prime Butter and Fresh Eggs. Communications may at once be andressed to them. Tho utmost care will be taken in tho selection of Butter for table use. This will be made up fresh overy morning. As early ac possible, wholesale orders of Butter will ba delivered in refrigerated carts, so that retailers will be able to obtain a day's supply each morning, and householders, by insisting upon boing supplied with the Company's Brands of Butter, will obtain a table delicacy throughout the year. Tho department will be under the management of Messrs Glanville and Ellvett whose Butter Business is being taken over by the Company. ' ACID AND MANURE WOKKS. The Directors being very desirous of satisfying the public as to the genuineness of their Manures, have requested Prof. Brown, of the Auckland University, to act as their Analyisfc, and ho has agreed to certify to tho Analysis of the Superphosphates The Company will defray the cost of any Analysis of Manures purchased direct from them and duly sampled, the result of which may be proved to fall below the guaranteed standard, and al.-o allow 4s 6d per ton por unit for the deficiency. Samples and further information may be obtained at the Works, Otahuhu or at the Office, Railway Wharf. ' STORING. The Company is now preparod to enter into arrangements for storing General \<e«chandise, etc., at current rates. The Storks have a line of rail running through the building to the end of the Rail way Wharf, so that all cartage, either by rail or vessel, ib avoided. All goods stored are aded and unloaded under cover, hydraulic lift and other appliances being available. Cable Address, "Iceberg"; Poat-office No,, 1131 Tel.ii-.iiß, 106; Telephone Chemical Department, 119. c '



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