THE BREACH OF PRIVILEGE MATTER.

(NY TKLEORAVH — PAHMAMENTAIty

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VVkmjnuton. Sa urJay. I have all cad y mentin'ned that Captain j Suiter intended to bring;i charge of breach j of privilege and disqualification against Mr i Ssddon, the member for Kumara, Yostor day afternoon, the gravo mutter emerged from Ministers' region of rumours, and gavo rise to a debate on tho floor of the House. I may at once 9ay that from tho facts already disclosed it appears that Captain Slitter has found only a mare's nest bo far as any wrongful act on Mr Heddon's part is concerned Shortly after the meeting of the Houso Mr Seddon roso in his place, and stated it was alleged that ho had been guilty of a breach of privilege, and was liable to disqualification. He had received a telegram from Kumara stating that the local paper had published a tele gram from Wellington, stating that nasty insinuations were being made against him, and thinking that he was liable to disqualification, whilo interesting disclosures were promised. As the motion, notice of which had been given by Captain Suttor, was the cause of tlioso rumours, ho now asked that gentleman to bring tho matter up. Captain Sutter rope, and having prefaced his remarks by condemning tho etioiinouc expenditure on the goldfields of the colony, went on to quoto from telegrams, &c , be tween Mr Seddon and the Minister of Mines regarding the Kumaru sludgo channel ft o. 2. It appears from the documents quoted that Mr Seddon had frequently urged tho construction of this work, and tho Govern ment were as anxious for tho prosecution of tho work as was tho manager of the sludge channel No. 1. A groat work had given more water rights than the channel could dsal with, and might thus have rendered themselves liablo to action for breach of contract. Last session the House voted £2,000 as a subsidy towards tht: work, tho cost of which was estimated at £10,000. It was not allegod or sought to be proved that Air Seddon had any financial interest in tho work ; but ii: transpired that in tho intcrcstsof thedUtrfol of Kuraara he had, in conjunction with other leading residents of Kumara, en*.v.vju into a contract or bond indemnifying tho Government against any damage that might bo caused to miners whose i-itwests might bo affected by the now channel. This, the spoakor contended, brought Mr Beddon under tho provisions of tho Di:-.j'.ui!it;cation Act, and ho concluded by moving for tho production of all corresponderiM, and that a copy of tho contract in connection with tho sludgo channel bo laid before tho House, intimating subsequently that he proposed to move for a Committee of Inquiry. Tbo Pre.mihr proposed, rb his name had been mentioned in connection with that of Minister of Mines, to enter in».o the history of the mutton He oxphiinod that there was in Kumara giVldtields district a sludge channel conitrucfod by the Government, into which oortfiin minersi hnd the right to deposit thoir takings. Owitij; to a mistake by"Mr Low, he allowed too many poople to discharge their tailing* into tho channel, with a result that it got blocked Tho qucsiion thon arOM, what woto tho Government to do for those miners to whom they had originally granted tho right to dit>ch*rgo? Woro they to construct another channel or widen tho existing one? Tho Ciiiintruction oi a now channel was decided ua, ami when the matter came before tho House iiut seuHon, Government proposed a subsidy ol: £'2,000, which wus voted without question. It appeared, however, from an estimate made by Sir Gordon, Government Engineer, that i;\aight cost £10,000 to construct another I'jlidgo channel, and the Government were unwilling to undertake tho work. Thure •A'us also this furthor complication, that ucoplo indemnified by tho work might wish to get compensation f.um tho Government. The member for Kumara dented that people would bo injured, and ho and others entered into a bond with tho minors whoso claims might bo injured to in demnify theso miners ugaineG loss. Thi* bund was not to be Government at all, nor had tho Government any contract with him. Their contract waa wilh John \V. Martin. Tho Government told tho minors that they would only give a subsidy of £2,000 jn condition that Homo persons were appointed to enter into n guarantee that tho Government should not bo responsible to tho minors, and that explained tho rcanon for tho bond -boinc given to cover any contingent risk. It wuh at his (the Premier's) suggestion that tho member for Kumara had entered into tho bond, and i! ho had acted wrongly, it was on a sugges tion made to him. 'i ho Government would placo on tho tablo of tho llouso all the correspondence Mr Skddon then mndo an explanation similar to that made by tho l'rcmior. Ho •<aid that ho valued his good nnmo too highly to bo guilty of tho wrong imputed to him. lie had novcr yet boon guilty of anything mean or paltry, and oxpressod tho hope Unit after tho matter had been fully investigated, tho member for (iludstouo would tendor a full and ample apology for tho wrong ho had dono to one who was doing his duty to tho colony. Tnu Ministku ok Minss expressed the opinion that sufficient explanation had been given in connection with tho matter, and ho hoped tho House would docido that tho appointment of tho Committeo wan un necessary. Mr Hpust hoped tlin Houso would not deoido anything of tho soit. Tho momber for Kumara appeared to have placed him self in a falso position by an orror of judg ment. Mr Wi F. Bucicr.AXD thought tho matter ought to bo entered into carefully and quietly.andtheGovernmentwouldhavoactod «itoly by at ouco suggesting a committee. There wns no doubt that from tho stato inents mado by tho Premier and the member for Kumara, sufficient had been made out for ex partc caeo for investigation. It was a mistako for the Minister of Mines to try and slur tho matter over. Mr J.aknacu donied that ho had at tempted to slur it over. Mr Rolleston thought that tho action taken by tho member for Gladstone in the circumstances that had come to his know ladgo waa perfectly justified. Tho ppeakor deprecated the new departure in tho public works system, of which they had hoard for tho first time, giving personal bonds to secure public works. After further cMscusß:on, tho motion for production of all papers was agrood to, and on the motion of Mr St«ut, a committes was appointed, consisting of Mr Bruce, Mr J, C." Buckland, Mr Connolly, Colonel Fraser, Mr Hiebp, Mr Hursthouso, Mr Moss, Capt. Rus»oll, Mr Suttor, and the mover, to consider the matter, and to ro port in ten days

THREATENED RELIGIOUS WAR IN TONGA.

When the mail steamer Janot Niooll called at Tongatabu a few weeks ago, there was great excitement and preparation among tho native and European population be canso of the approaching visit of King fioorge to his capital city of Nukualofa, from which he had absented himself for four years on aocount of tho religious dissensions. Triumphal avchos were being erected, and arrangements were in progress for giving His Majesty a recoption on a scale of magnificonce quite unprecedented. The natives at Vavau and othor islands intended to accompany the King on his visit, and as some trouble was apprehended, they were going fully armed. Tongatabu is the Btronghold of Wes'eyanism, nnd in tho evont of any slight being offered to the King or the State Church, the King's adherents were determined to lepay it with interest. The Premier did not anticipate' any disturbancei in fact, he said the Wesleyans "dared not" withhold their countenance from the general wel come ; but it was evident, from the temper of the Free Church natives, that tho merest spark would .kindle a flame. W,hether or not there should be any outbreak, it was considered certain that the King's visit would lend to .further secessions from tho Wesleyan to the State Church A letter on the religious difficulty ki Tonga, from our special correspondeat with tho Janot Nicoll,'appeared in Saturday's issue, and will bo found to contain a conciec account of the origin and present position of the unhappy struggle. Meantime, some anxiety is naturally felt until the arrival of a vessel from Tonga places us ; in possession of par ticulars of the King's reception at Nukua lofa.

A special correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus" and "Australasian" is now in this colony for the purpose of reporting on our industries.

Speaking on the oath question atßirming ham recently, Mr Bradlaugh instanced Messrs Stout and Balance as Freethinkers occupying the position of Cabinet Ministers, and he added that New Zealand gave pro mise of what would yet be won in England— perfect equality for all before the law.

SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Opinions of tho Press.

Tun " Star" says : —'

" What is required isi

a really vigorous administrator who would work on practical Hues, and ftw from old ! associations of parlj', heed'ess of provincial I jealousies and local consido .Titian?, who j would apply the knife freel.v to overgrown establishments which are fort becoming a deadly incubus on the country. Tho hour is wine for a .Joseph Hur.io policy. Will the man bo forthcoming to such a policy. Those who expected economy '.:■!. prurient finance from tho presentUovornrner.t mast have been sanguine indeed. Sir Jiiliua Vogel had only two ideas borrowing as. much as possible and spending with prodigal celerity. In any other respects lieseerus helplessly incapable, and is more suitable, from his special qualili cations, to bo Finance Minister in Kussiaor Turkey than to conduct what should bo the plain comraon-sCiiiEti business of tho New Zealand Troasury, What a falling off is this from tho dogmatic ellaboration of the "Future policy " contained in the Financial Btatoment, wherein it was assumed that tho profuaala" embodied therein would be accepted by acclamation, and the measures to'give effoot thereto trium phantly carried through Parliament. Tho whole "tftte of things is exceedingly unsatisfactory, and wtt have no confidence whatever in the will or power of the present Government to recuperate the finances of tho colony or to establish them on a rational eoonomicftl basis. The Supplementary Financinl Statement is, to our mind, one stop further in the downward path, which must infallibly lead to palitical extinction.' Sir Julius Vogel has always been a firm friend of our overworked civil servants. Yostorday tho hot), gentleman obtained leave to introduce a bill to provide fora guarantee of fidelity of Government officers and to repeal the existing Act. On asking' Sir Julius Vogo! today the nature of this bill, ho courteously replied as follows: — "It merely is to amond our existing Act, and to remedy Rcmo defects therein. Under tho existing statute, which I introduced year? ago, and whicli has worked very well, It is provided that the ofticinld assure each other in pioportion to their salarios. Sup posing a loss or defalcation occurs of say CiOO, it is divided aver tho whole of the ofliMrß, some paying a few penes or shil lings aa the case may bo. This saved the service largo payments for tho annual j premiums of a guarantee society."

FIJI.

(Fiiom Our Own CoitßEsrosnKsir.)

Levoka, August 6. During the past month Fiji has beon sub jected to tho triple infliction of a fever, a circus, and an incendiary. In each case the attack was a remitting one, tho follo>y ing up of a previous assault. However, in two instances at lea^t, it (8 hoped the evils aro disposed of, since the inoondiury is in prison, and tho circus haa dapartcd in search of frosli Holds and pastures new ; but tho fovor —it Htill sticks closer than a inothor-inluw. A Natlvo Incendiary. Taking tho matters in inverted order, tho presence of un incendiary in our midst became unpleasantly apparont about the beginning of tho mouth, when, alter tlio burning down of tlio Com mercial Hotel mid two other houses (with which, by the way, ho hud nothing to do), oLher Urea followed, clearly caused by a wiliul agency. First two dwelling-houses wcro burnt within tho Wusloyau Mission Compound. '1 lie mutter aroused suspicion, but still people wore unwilling to believe that it had been caused deliberately. Next an attempt was made at 2 a.m., and hap pily failed, to burn down tlie dwolliug houto of tho lion. Ci. Morgan, in which, UOiides adults, tliero were six young child run. Of the origin in tiiis uaifC, thuro could bo no doubt, as the halt-burnt kerosene saturated material remained to attest tho deed, and as this was the third attempt mado upon the samo premises within ax months, tho general indignation was only equalled by tlio general uneasinoss. This was intensified by the burning down, within a foiv days, of a third structure within tho Mission (.'onipßund, clearly by dosign. '1 hen came tho reports of the burning out of two storekeepers, Mr Cooper at Suvu savu, and Mr Kinross, at Tailbvu, both of whom declared thunsolves to bo the victims of an incendiary, and by this timo tho rates of insurance were iicing to keep on a par with tho state of public feeling. Happily, tho alarm was allayed and tho fire-raising stayed by the arrest of tho perpetrator, who was "' laid tor" in true Fijiun fashion, and foil the victim of a protended admirer and would bo imitator. Ho proves to boa JMjian youth named Tui, tho ward of tho liov, A. J. Webb, (mo of two sons of a mountain chief oxecutoi in Sir Arthur Gordon's "little war." Sir Arthur took tho boys, then children, to bring up and educate. On his departure, ho gave thorn in etiargo to Mr SVobb. Tho onotire boy was given up asa bud lo tin consequence of his inherent villainy, and fromhisownconfes&ionit would seem that the second wished to obtain his liborty by in curring suspicion without leaving room for detection, ilo appears to bo an incarnation (if " cusscdness," and his crimes havo been prompted by tho most trivial cause, Tho Fovcr Epidemic Tho fever is a French delicacy imported direct from Noumea. It i 8 thoro known to its admirers under tho name of '"dongul," and as a specimen of general merohan diso it ia worthy of tho convict cureed community from which it emanates. It commenced its career in Lovuka some months ago, but as, after metaphorically slaying its thousands and tens of thousands, it rested on its arms for awhilo, tho armistice came to bo regarded as a permanent cossation.of hostilities. But instead of this actually being the case, it has simply called up re inforcements and reserves, and organised a grand attack in force. Verilj, its victory has been complete. It has' routed horse, foot, and arcillery. It has literally spared neither man, woman, nor child ; low, physio, tior divinity. It has evon had tho audacity to attack tho pross, and out of tho ofllces of the " Fiji Times"and"SuvaTimes" tho only soul who oscaped, from tho editor downward to tho dovil himself, was a seasoned vessel of tlio type-setting ordor who_facad it with a whisky bottle. Noto: In the interest of the distressed establishment tho fever would h&vo been proforred. It lias to bo ob served that no one attacked obtains tho slightest sympathy from hie fellows. Experience has taught that the visitation is not dangerous to life. Its mis sion rathor Booms to bo utterly to under mine tho victim's self-respect. Therefore it worries him as a terrier puppy docs a hand kerchief, and after sending him to bed for a week, permits him to start on his slow voyage of recovery from the lowest point of physical pros tration. It has protty woll got through with Levuka now, siuco but tow subjects aro left for it to operate or, and Suva is revelling in tho full blessedness of its delightful presence.

Woodycar's Circus Makes a Stir

The visit of a circus company may seem a small thins; in the general economy of a colony, and so it is, if that colony be populous and prosperous as New Zealand. But imagino it to bo depressed, Fiji with' its Beanty communities, and its petty traders so largely dependent upon the circulation of small changes among the floating native and Polynesian population, and the matter asjumes a diiferent aspect. Picture the state of excitement among these people, who had never seen puch a thing before, who went positively wild on the subject of its attractions, who spent their last six pence in legitimate indulgence, and then crept in under tho fly. I cay picture this, and then imagino How bare is the financial barrenness of the land be hind such a coin-collecting agent. Verily, Mr Woociye"ar has, in pportjng parlance, " scooped the pool," Ho did pro pose to sail for Noumea in the Juno Rock ton, but ho found the diggings too good, and stayed on till even the judicious reduc tion of pricos had no power to coax another coin out of the bankrupt and generally burst-up Polynesian and native community. Then he left for Taviuni, Lomaloma, Samoa, and Tonga, and whon lost heard of was playing to six native capitalists and a general congregation of deadheads at Loma loma. One fact will admirably illustrate the effect of this visit. In Suva, where the Circus played for about a fortnight, a local baker ptovided 200 loaves daily beyond those required for European customers to meet the native demand for tho article. Before the Circus lett the number had fallen to 60, and the increase since lias been inconsiderable.

Uousons, the Circus-rider, is reported to have broken two rib 3at Lomaloma.

"ROUGH ON CORNS."_a.v for w.n.VH.,,1, on Conn." Quick relief, compute, permanent euro CoitS ii,i? bullion!. wio>, .11., __ .... Kewpiponn, FroswMCo,, AlonU, AuokUat

"RELICS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY."

An interesting and Instructive lecture- w(ls delivered on Friday evening in tho Yo"»g Men's Christian Association Buildings by Jo6ioh Martin, Esq., F.G.S., on the sub ject of "Relics of Unwritten History. There wai- a large atrei.rlunce of persons, Mhodisplayedproatenthusiasmastheepenker proceeded with hisdi^eourseandilluetrations. Tho lecture consisted of a sketch of the progress of man in tho most remote ages of prehistoric time, illustrated by a large col lection of ancient weapons, bronze and stone ornaments and tools, flint and bone implements, of which diagrams and pic tures spoeially photographed for "ie lecture were exhibited by limelight by tho Rev. Mr Hill The lecturer first paid a tribute to tho memory of the late Mr Mackelvie, who had made a fine collection of Hint and stone implements and weapon* of both tho earlier and later periods, a complotoarelia-ological collection which hud been donated to tbe Auck land Museum, and was open to tho public if they chose to inspect them. Ho then pointed out that tho whole human race appeared lo havo hr.d the same ideas of stone weapons and implements in the beginning, and it was only aa t'iev Pro" cressed that different styles crept in. A sories of limelight viov?s were then shown, commencing with a fine picture of old John Grey, the well-known Maori of Lake Tarawera. Amongst tho views exhibited were flint and stone implements found in New Zealand, Aus tralia, New Guinea, Sioux, and France. The lecture fhen deal! with the develop ment of weapons, which showed how the racea had progressed. The last view was that of Her Majesty, which was loudly applauded. A vote of thanks having been accorded to Mr Martin and tho Rev. Mr Hill, tho meeting then separated.

FOOTBALL MATCHES.

Ponsonby v. Albert.

This match resulted in a draw, each side scoring a goal (five points) R. Whiteside obtidnod the try for I'onsonby, and Daniels converted it into a goal. !>anks scored for Albert, and Hard wick kicked tho goal from the try. North Shoro v. Newton. North Shoro, which appears to bo coming to the front at the close of the season, won this match by 0 points (a goal from tho field and a try) to 4 points (two trios). Reid potted the goal for North Shore, and Sims obtained the try, while two tries were secured for Newton by C. White. AnoUland v. Graf ton.

This match was won by Auckland b.y 2 points to nil. O'llare got possession of the leather after a good run across the ground by O'Connor, and touched down. Junior Matches.—Unifin defeated Ex colsior by Q points to I.— Nelson claims a win against West End.—Victoria defeated Manukau at Onehungn by 17 points to nil. —Home Bay did not put in an appoaranco on tlioiv ground, and the match with Athletlo fell through.-Kita and Hobson played a draw, P-hilpott and Bailoy scoring tries — Selwyn won their matoh against Chelten ham by 7 points to nil. Croker obtained 2 trios, and Tiznrd converted one into a goal. —Waiteinata defeated Gordon 11. by 22 points to nil. Stophonson Bcored 4 tries, Mackie 2, and tinlayson and Graham 1 each.—Arawa and Grafton 11, playod a draw, neither side scoring.—The match Silver Star v. Alma resulted in a win for tho former by a disputed try to nil, Moldriim obtained tho try.— Kosoberry defeated Clifton by four points and a disputed try to nil. E. Mills nn<! ' WuUerley played a splendid n.ime fo t> winners—Tho match, Thistle v. No« ---inarket, wa9 won by the forinor by five ( oiiitH to nil.

CORRESPONDENCE.

"In Memoriam."

Watchman ! What of tl.c night ? Thoao coruscations o£ artificial light, that busli illumination, thoao liquid pt-arb on lcui and tprny glittering like diamonds; thocc shadows created by tbe mmchiiiK procession; tho shrill notes of .he biida astooished by this rude awußcuiiiK-

Was it a dream '! a romance? a creaturo of the iuncy '! t lie product of a heated brain ? a draft at biglit on an excited imagination? Motliingof tho kind. It wus a sad, stern, painful reality, jet a pleasing manifestation ; a spectacle exhibited never again in so unexpected a manner to bo gazed upon. Jt was a fact. Tho day was given, tho hour was recerded, the circuinbtancos were de tailed ; tho suddon Hath from flambeau and lantern unmietakeably demonstrated tho presence of a sutt'erer and hia noble com patriots. Tho illuminated foliage and eylvan beauties was a sight once presented, but nover a^ain to bo witnessed, and one tongue, at least, then articulate, is now silent in death. But tho procession, All ! tiioro was tho grandeur and glory of the Apocalyp^o. Warm hearts, noble sympa thies, mi polling willing hands and ready feet to do what I liavo appositely described " Tho Dead March in S&ul," And it was literally carrying a crushed and bruised comrado to that placo

Whcro the peasant and the king Side by side lie muulJcrLi.i;,

To shed a tear is sometimes regarded as womanly, but horo, methinks, it is a manly thing.

i A groat man was onco asked, if conscious that hiß last day liad come, how he would spend it. "In doing my duty " was tho , laconic reply. So was spent the last day in the eaee of the poor fellow who in the bloom , and vigour of manhood was prematurely orushad to death while in the execution of his daily toil. Amongst those who carried [ that living corpse 1 saw not "Uriah Heap," i looked in vain for " Chatband and his family." I saw not a white choker, | this being muscular Christianity. AH these , wore oonepicuous by their absence. Thero were no carriage mourners, no buggy r weepers. Thero have been funerals on a grand scilo.' Present—the cquippages of titled nobility and hereditary wealth, ' pomp, pageantry, flunkery, plumes, feathers, hired mourners, concomitants of that intunso grief that language ; cannot guago, as exhibited in the , [ caEe of tho Yankee, who on being apprised ( during tho night uf the suddon doath ( I of his beloved wife, drew closely j around him tho counterpane, exolaim ( ing, "Oh, how sorry I shall bo in ? the morning." But in the case before us, ' as an occasion long, long ago, good men | carried this bushman to his luneral, and raado groat lamentation over him. Atid ; possibly this may be the highest testimony ! to the value of departed worth. , But the scono at tho grave, and the col | loquy which there took place. The diggers trooped up in single file, gazed a moment oi tho coilit, and letirod. Two only lin gered. Tl.uy spoke lowly but distinctly. "It is a pity wo have not a wreath to plaoe upon tho coffin, but it matters not now. His sufferings are over. Do you remember his last words ? and the last look ho gave, when we lowered the stretcher at Paeroa." " Kathor," replied Jack, "a great lump rose in my throat, the size of an egg. and I had to rush into tho street to stifle my emotions, and if my courage would have allowed mo, 1 would have repeated a pas i sago my poor old mother made mo learn on tho day Bob died. It was from an old Book they have now thrust out of tho schools, but for all that is a good one, and ran as follows : -lOh, thou atllicted, tossed with ternpe»t and not com forted, behold, I ' will lay thy stones with fair colours, and'lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy «ateg of carbunole, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.' I should like to have said this to him, but too lato now. I think this verEe wnuld fit; I learned it the samo time as the pther i •-' ' I have found the iojs of heaven, I am ono of the anj?ol bar.d ; lo my head a crown of gold U given, And a harp is in my ha d.'" That's better than tho wreath, and from tho King's hand let's make track?, c. „ , Jno. Auisott. St. Georges Bay, Parnoll, 15th August, JoJp. ' ■ i '

Nature's Nobility, Truer Than Steel Better Than Gold, versus Gush.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —What grandiloquent magnanimity, w.iat rhapsodical rhetoiic, emanated from the manly mind'of John Abbott, tho genius of St. George's Bay, as ho described the midnight meeting with the cavalcade of Kumdiggets, flanked by as many horsemen, on that Lincolnehirc-like cross road between Paeroa and Owharoa, bearing on their shoulders aloft a suffering mortal crushed by H geological stone 1 How good, how kind, i 6 our apostolic John to wiite so feel ingly of these hard-working diggers, who had paid so highly for medical comforts, attendance, and steamer charter, and borne so much for their fellow-man ! But vhy did not John, in tho exuberance of hia inex liaustiblo benevolence, dispense some of the contents of bis plethoiic purse, or pome creature comforts out of his well filled wallet to theee tired " Nature's noblemen »

who composed the calvacade, or the horse men that accompanied tho calvacade ? Let us peer deeper into the mysteriousnees of thisstrango and e\entful meeting. YVhat brought John in tho midst of winter far away from his Parnell mansion, on which fulls liquid water pure from heav. n, booted, spurred, and mounted at midnight on tbe rolling Roainante, plung ini', sliding, and dipping like a tern in a "tempest on the treacherous corduroys, somewhere between Paeroa and Owharoa, in the Provincial District of Auckland ? Was it to dispense solid comfort (good as gold) and congratulations to some fortunate (!) settler whose rich uncle had recently ex pired '! or was it with self-sacrificial sympathy to present a blue form, measuring 9in. x ■lin., on which is printed the noble greet ing, " Victoria by the grai c of God," ur to foreclose a mortgage on some struggling cockatoo ? Let us ponder further. How came that Btone-struck sufferer digging at Waihi? Whence came ho 1 Had he ever a mother ? Did he come to Now Zealand full of hopo and ambition, with a email capital to build up a home for himself, and perhaps some dear ono whom he proposed to makehishelpemet, or was he a lemittance man who had fallen into the hands of money-lenders, and so been driven to seek a livelihood by dig ging gum or felling timber in a kahikatea bush amongst the dreary waste lands in the aforesaid Provincial District of Auck land ? "A cold, cruel, selfish world; a wnsto howling wilderness.". Such is the Gospel according to John.—Yours, &c , E. HADRILL,

Home Rule for Ireland.

(To the Editor.) Sir,-It is very seldom that anyone is compelled to disagree with you in your leading articles, for they are in general of a very able kind ; but in this instance, I, aa an Irishman, must express my unqualified dissent from the statement advanced by you in a sub-leader of Saturday's issue, in which you assert that the conditions of things existing in Ireland are so different from those prevailing in these new countries that the experiment of giving Home Rule to Ireland would bo a very hazardous one. Now, Mr Editor, permit me to ask a few questions relative to the position of Eng land with respect to the government of Ireland, and then show, if you can, whether there is any difference existing between Ire land and any of the British poaeea eiona. First, then : Has the Jnglish, Government eyer tried, the experiment by allowing Ireland to govern itself ? Again, may I inquire, has England eyer shovvu the slightest disposition to meet the wishes of the nation at large by allowing a Parliament to. assemble in Du,bUq in order to regulate the affairs of the country according to the knowledge of its own elected members? I answer., Uertainly not. _ There fore, unless you can show one single instance in which Ireland has ever had a chance of exercising her right as a free nation since the union of the two countries, I must con sider your argument against Home Rule to bo of a most illogical kind, and a libel upon a brave and generous nation whose cause lacks even the assistance of her own legiti mate offspring. The Irish leaders of the Homo Hule party are pledged to obtain for thoir most unhappy country that freedom from political and social slavery in which it has been steeped for upwards of a century. And it is d well-known fact that the efforts of the ablest politicians as well as the ablest lawyers in the land, from Grattan down to the prcsont, backed as they have been by some of the ablest and me st powerful men in England, havo never been capable of con vincing English statesmen that Irishmen were fully competent to conduct their own Parliamentary affairs to a successful iaeue without tho aid of English bribery. Again I ask, just look at what has been the pro grammo of your so-called Liberal Ministry under the leadership ol the "grand, old man." During the v, hole term in which he held the reigns of Government, nothing but eviction and coercion followed in his wake? as a sure accompaniment to which, a spirit of lawlessness sprung up that at once set all rule and authority at defiance, culminating in the most diabolical crimes, and making tho name i f ui\ Irishman a by-word for the torn and contempt of every civilised nation. I need not venture to enumer ate the manifold crimes of that dia bolical society known as dynamitards. It i 3 sufficient for mo to say that in this present century they havo proved them selves to be not only tho offspring of Satan himself, but the master-curse of Ireland as well. England at all times has exercised a power over Ireland of a mqst arhitrary kind, so that if sho does undor the present Tory Ministry givo Ireland complete control over her own affairs, I venture to predict that not only will crime be loss, but agrarian outrages will be things of the past, and sectarian prejudices disappear also. For he who taints the great interests of his country with the miasma of his own narrow bigotry is Ireland's worst enemy. I for one am confident that the time is not far distant when Irish freedom will bo an accomplished fact.—l am, etc.,

Jomus Hijiernkhjs,

[Our correspondent has apparently mis understood our remarks on this subject. If he will turn to the article again, ho 'will see that it does not state that the experi ment of giving 'home rule" to Ireland would be a hazardous one, but that tho circumstances of tho country — i.e., its proximity to and close relations with" England — make the granting of a Constitution such as that enjoyed by these colonies, which confers little short of ausolute independence, a hazard oas oxperime t Tho abolition of Castle and Grand Jury Government, and the Sub stitution of a popularly elected legiflatute with well-defined powers, is, we think, the very wisest policy that could be pursued towards Ireland. But he mutt bo a very dissatisfied and sanguine patriot indeed who clamours for more than the powers of self-government enjoyed by the States of America, and it is because such extravagant demands are made that many men who are most anxious to give Ireland good government question the wisdom of granting1 that reasonable measure of eelf-government which the country is entitled to but which must also be con forred equally upon the three divisions of the Kingdom. We dissent in Mo from the treatment of Ireland in ariy respect dif ferently from other members of the United Kingdom. Any legislative powers bestowed upon Ireland must also bo granted to Scot land atid England. Already Ireland enjoys a more liberal land law tbun other parts of tho Kingdom. To speak of Ireland as being the subject of English tyranny is absurd. She enjoys exactly tho tamo representation in the Imperial Parliament as England and Scot land, and there is the strongest desire among British statomen- and notably on the part of Mr Gladstone—to do her justice, and to bring contentment to the country. That he was able to do so little during his late administration was due to tbo impa tience of the people, and the wide prevalence of outrage, which paralysed liberal reform, and forced him, most reluctantly, to fall back upon coercive laws to restore order ; it was assuredly not to any unwillingness on his part to reform the present govern ing machinery of the country, the utter failure of which is only too apparent to every statesman.- Ed. E.S.]

"Belshazzar's Feast."

(To the Editor.) Sir,-I purchased a tibkot for, and was present ac, the performance of Belshazzar at Ponsonby Wesleyan Caurch on Wednes day evening - last, and was agreeably surprised at tho correct and pleasing manner in which the cantata was rendered. This same cantata has been selected for performance at tho Wel lington Exhibition by a combined choir of osveral hundred voices, which is a proof of ita excellence. 1 have attended many per formances of tho kind in the old country, but never heard such a difiicult composition ao well rendered by a ohurcli choii bofore. T«e Ponsonby Wesleyans are to bo con ga'ulated upon the potsas=ion of so mm h musicul talent. The chief fault of tl.b performers (irore especially the instiumen tahsts) was v wa-it of attention to the conductor's baton l>i the earlier numbers of thU cantata, which rendered tin m a little unsteady, but the principal items were taken with a precision 'and effect not usual with church choirs. The la&t chorus, "Magnify," could hardly have beon better rendered by a large musical society. Some of tho eoloiats showed by their singing an amoutit of cultu ation only attained by much practice, and they well deserved tho subdued applause accorded to them by tho audience. Such gatht rings should be enfcouraged to the utmost. Nothing will tend to decrease the amount of Jarrikinism so doploi ably rampant a-nongst young men of the colony so much as the cultivation of a lovo for refined enter tainment.-Yours, etc., JOE

Arch Hill Bridge

(To tho Editor.) f IRSZ~* 06 >n your paper to suggest to the inhabitants of Arch Hill, who are the only per pie really intoreeted. as the Govern ment will not give a grant for the Kings land inhabitants to have a right-of-way to town, but will give a grant to oonneet Arch

route i 'oft wUh Wtho Govl*" 10''*^; i" orthooth, and at the saw. :^ot<i™i? af* ttl' t fact that peopu. < a™'^'^ B at Newton West s\. ' ltha n^V*:... residents of Arch H. B-,Were tell* '■' voted for the Commew road the Government have &'• .^ ""ft h 1 "" to as being too costly) an ,i\""' r:« ■■'-■ majority of the bona fide mil X ''« I• ' Hill voted for the King.S**V "« who have more right for ti, Wa*!>, paythopipen-lL;^^!^,^

CROWN LANDS BOARD.

The fortnightly meeting of the »v I fe he'd on Thursday afternoon .w^H*, I sent: MrD A. Tole (Chief iZta*«H 1^ Campbell, and Mr Pierce. I ■ Settlement at the Tmm. " . ■£! tion of 500 '1 names rosidents f^rß(l the w: IH of the Homestead SoleS aL'^1?"^ B nicnt System of settlem"™ th ß ,?s m'ft:: MA replied that it was not advlMii "■•%s I". boiidsmim under the above Art .E^l'stE pi accepted aa satisfactory Til na %iSf H bond is £1,500. am<"»tor«? H Phosi'kctixg Licenses-a mi l, HI StU?r"thw B old™releSK f »fi I I the Warden for hi 3 repor ,-&«W^ H Waikawau.-Tlio ClialrmiiTi « Uii information hud been receivedVT^ ife;'H of scheming wm going on In t^te'NW; that the residential qualiflcSiinL. [m $M Hi Drettygenerjlly igoored -Theffir pa?!% El' been directed to report. e[™«efty B*s Ranqitoto.—Fierce Lanlmut »» i_'"^ H^ theCaliiopo Dock, applied tS^N-ivß Northern side of Rangitoto shoV&«€ ■ auction for leaee for quarrvln* » °%tiM» ' that in the meantime he shonlfl'cWftl 1H take material therefrom.-,Graited ""^ || ■■

A POPULAR COMPOSER'S VERDICT.

Mainon&MM,,' V Gentleman,-*, Febroaiyio ; j fil it i attack of toothache and ueSk. eOU*W «"' 1 mußt confess I tried it somoXt «i HB having been victimised a™ffillt1? ell% I?'1 many spurious preparations. b,« I iW!1!! = say st. Jacobs Oil gave hertaM,*llt Hr 16 i I am, gentlemen, : '■■ 'm&* Yours respectful!) ; X-1 SUMMKRsaf,, Iff; [Mr Summers Brown is the mfcr. i M% •' poser of the popularPatrioUo ß a^dS»W!i Boys at the Front/ whloh RlulS' Bl!'' WA coXS B9t the BJ

A Leading Merchant's Ex- Perience.

56 Marzaretstteet, 5• j The ProprietoraSt. JacXcHl'^^ Bl Gkntlkmev,—l have much clpjim« uv P'Hpi tifylng to the value of the »S:^ «N bb St. Jacob's Oil having tffiS22£sg£mfi often for neuralgia, sprafns, andbrS?ff! HK ia tinco my arrival bete that iEr B' special benefit fropi using it. - Ab'ool itiP">;H:'i since I caught a severe cold on thaw X ff#.J noplcctinK thia for two days I mff^Ti " 14* 1 p«ln with all tho Binns of tofiS ■ Having some of-the oj at hand iS Wit the cheßt ni(thtana morning, eiDnrtpiSr B"-i'* relief and In a few days tho S b&*?:■»■ ceased. lam confident that I ahonliuS WM fered from an attack of i=flaSnafflg«| S^d^ve r e«. PreP-U^-I| Yours faithfully. , ■'■$• J. HARVBYWii|^s|«rf Mr Walker U a momber of ths wjik- fe^ flrm-of Walker, Lemon, and Ca,Meiu3Hi'ill*;l Bydney.— * mM -, Wholesale Dep6t for AnbkldP|« I M. LEVY & CO,, p;*^ QUEEK-STBSKT, AuOKU^M| X p

DYSPEPSIA VANQUISHED.

UNKNOWN

Corroborative Evident* J- If Nixon-street,SunsrEJi fc \" Deoemln^it: amS Gkntlemen,—Having been aßiUtawtoVjims-Ej sidurable tima from biliousness and laJuj. ffi I am nloa&cd o inf orn you tki [i§ fl^fjl Hamburg Tea you recomraeotUd u\t 'tt&a i Ifticteu a complete cure. I'tßmiMJMivSi my neighbours who have used irfoEJHH complaints, aud find it a SraUluinihgJiM B' a ninmbcr of my f..mily wbohaaMAii^HgH dj epcptlc attacka fur a groat number/if wHnl tajs she obtains more tubstaiiWjefft (jsjEkl Hamburg Tea than from any EftptataiSsJ| If my rocommondation Isof anyeesfaißi common fairncßsi I think it is duß.Myoo;'- WMi\ The above testimony was receive tj te fil Myura and Solomon, and their sakwa'<£3^B mo that lliey frequently hear vor/E&StMHs rtiports of ita reliable cunitivo troptities,

Gentle but Efficacious.

Wyndham-Btreet, Ale^andl^s, 'BMrnMl^B Gentlemen,—l beg to inform TOUfflJUwßi used Einil Press's Hamburg Tea inmfioSH hold wiili good results. My childrenttrcilia'M£n it as an ap> riout, and ita action haatcaniKS but efileaoioua *i'k; j fi-fe" Yoursfaitlifd'y, ■."!■' '•Hi'afi! JO-'EPHLDiSiUIK

That the Hamburg Tea Is most *«^«|Sfaß core of headucho and other dlitratiftqtMSJ plaints of females may be seen fcmmiwflHH lowiDg letter, written by a lady raMaitHMß Sydney :— ' HjfeS Woolahara, Sydney, Fehrosry HI, BJ; : MBit Dear Sir,—For some time prcfionjMlt^HH your Hamburg Tea, 1 had b!en Btiy«tlo»«Bffi nche and general debility, caiiecd,l fW<|9n the sudden chanifoa of tho weathCT.llßit»H»)'' io cay. however, that BincetakißgUlte»mra entirely free from these eomplainte.twtml j||| is a very valuable lnodicioo to haTe.<i|a(|!;MßH Youra faithfully, j.: life

AN ALDERMAN'S RECOMMENDATION.

Sydnoy, Febrtiittr AMflBRf Dear Sir, — I have boen a taffiajtfWfft—j pootion and sluggishness ot tholiver,JWßßSfSi: v little time ago, recommended to'BMMKfIaH l.urg Tea. I did co. and I fonndit ue^Hßr remedy. It is easy to make, wJSS^W found no difficulty in taking It.' IMH f.iw doses cleund niT liver andß"*/;*BflW proved my digestive organs. I'f^S^KK commend Hamburg Tea. .■;.,,< flj££ Yours wtßiWLj,, Hgjr Wholesale Depot for Auoktttif WjBB M. LEVY & CO, . :.' HK QrjEBN-STREKT. AOOKUKB- WS->

Mr Lewis Zumbuhl writes I'%JlHm Zsiland flour is ranked a' uon?rM§BH ike world, and would command "frßlplßSJj price if packed in barrels and titft IpJS? The "Prince of Journalist.!'' tef||||j seem to have been an unqualified New South Wales. Thus a Sydneytfc-Egfc pondent of the "Federal AnsW•« Mr'G.'A. Sala is "on tho '"«JM|gjJJ| here, doing his lcvol best to lap ,^ jf|iPi structiori tinged with amusement wjjjjggg who attend his interesting lecturaJiHsp, the present, his success has been *B®s^K of the chessboard pattern. .-*','SKp^ fiir example, lie was received m . S?!SBJ§J enthusiasm as if he were tbo sPnM Wmg prietor of a Yankee circus At 1 ~JI jjgffii! Sala, as a poetical friend observes UKSgf his pearls before swine," IomUWWM tion Of 3,300 only (iO pcrrone fSJHffi hunger after the intellectual treat& EMi At another town, it is said, the place, being asked to at a lecture on " Russia," KP' ■iii^HßK Sa-ler; who in thunder's S^fejjMjP enlightened on this point, be6^fjiHß wooden head and solemnly «i J;. „ thankee. Not any o' them soil o >M c on my plate to-day if 1 k"OWB!SaHB didhevanythink t'dowifhpWffflHMM in my life, and I don't kcer *fflj|l the aequaintanco of them now u y|fe~ fame? A footless stocking mnffi~M&fik a bungholo without a cask. whole, Mr Sala hns had a M"l'"faß t'.e Cornstalks, arid ho will no w^-awM away many bright recollections « g»gg; New South Wales. :VK«is i Tbo following valuable vnlmiblo at coming from ■ ■the JfSffflHßl, •■Garden and Field," an acncuKur.' ; 'pMfc,-JJ culating in South Australia. »>r J^iMfflE*. writes :-"Yonr fourth numheri»»W | i >( «E2 feol cony you did i.nt«radoverintßra^«fc^ a, d third, Tie "N. Z. ?*T\mkmm!-< agricultural journalism, and I ""ISBlft without thu bliwh'est ocslre '°'»'SI«H the best colonial journal of Oia MM *p«&i., evor ha« the pluaau-e to """*

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I'flE AUCKLAND EVENING STAK, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1886.



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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, NOON T. AT SJBPIN'S MART. For Positive Sale, by order of Mr Chailes Thompßoa, PART OF AN ORIGINAL ALLOT MENT. No. 12, iv Waitakerei. containing «2J Acres, within a mile of Mr James Smythe's TtaberJJßtate. Terms Cash. <3EORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. Vf. 8. fIOOHJUNX] J.JAS. SACRK TiHURSDAV, AUGUST 20, At 11 o'Clock. SUPERIOR ENGLISH FURNITURE, BLA€K AND GOLD OVERMANTELS, DRAWING AND DINING-ROOM SUITES, Ex Kathorino, from London. B. TONKS & CO. Aro Instructed to selli on Thursday, August 20,, at 11 o'clock, * SHIPMENT OF SUPERIOR ■"^MODERN ENGLISH FURNITURE BLACK and GOLD OVERMANTELS DRAWING and DINING-ROOM SUITES ; OAK and MAHOGANY TABLES fee &0., &o. /Tust) Landed, Ex. Katherine, from London. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. JUNCTION YARDS. U'ho understKned will sell, at the Junction Yards, on Tuesday. August 18, ■iqa FAT CATTLE, from East and J_O" West Coast, Waikato, and neigh bourhood 1 WOO Fat Sheep Dairy and Store Cows Store Cattle Veal Calves HUNTER AND NOLAN, Auctioneers. DURHAM YARDB- T2WJR BALE, at the Durham Yard* J? every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, HlDBa. TAiJUJW, WOOL, and BKINB. HUNTEE & NOLAN



COUNTHY CATTLE SALES Drury—We<lnoi-ilay, Aiunst lil. rapuknrd— Wurtncoilay, Ailfiiißt 2(1. ALFRED BUC!KLAyo iit't isAViiAiUKS OALE OF WOOL, dHSEPSKIK?, O HIDK3, TALJX)\V, ;!AY. *nd 3TKAVT such TUE3UAY. o*. '2 o'oloolf. ALJRBD BUOKLANP. THUIISUAV," AUiU'ST 'JO, At Ono o'Clock. THE KEMUBUA YARDS. ' Kores.li', on Thursday, Ai't'nst 20, at one o'clock, DAIRY COWS, sTOHH CATTLE, l.so woa-fatiud Ciutlt) >0i) FaCH'id t-to'o^licep Fat und Store Pitfs. Furp ivatosalo—A Pure-bred Hcroford Bull of «ooJ quality, comins; two yea's old. ALFRED BUCKLAND. [ wwaas^gsSSf ism" FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, At Twelve o'Clock. THE H A~Y MARK ET, For Sale, on Friday. August 21, itt twelve o'clock, rriHE THOUOUCHBUKI) ENTIRE i_ AltlKL, By Dainty A viol, dam Una. Full brother to that i/miiel St.- Ul .lc<:hase Mjuv. Pcrf.ui.e. V\ inner if Auckland Derby ami Dam din Jockey Cub H indiciip in 137(1: won Auckland Uup, curryiujr S.^t 21bs, und Canterbury Op in li~7; won Auckland Cup. carrying Sat lSlbs, and Fprbury Hancli^ap: iilao. NorlhlltiißoTurf tMub Handi cap. enrrjiiiK IOJVIIb. in IS7S ; and in the follov, ii'' ytur carried Sv. 101b to victory in tbo An«fc lund Cup, from it field of thirteen aturtcrs. AIjFKED BUCKLAND FIIIDAY, AUGUST 21. At 12 o'Clock. TUB HAYAIA RXE T. For aalo on Friday, August 21, at 12 o'clock, mHE WELL-KNOWN HEAVY X DRAUGHT CLYDBSDALK KNTIRK BREDALBANE, ALFRED BUCKLAND. SATURDAY, AUC4UST"22, At Twelve o'Clock Sharp, CHOICE HOMESTEAD ON THE BANK OF THE TAMAKI. The undersigned hug received instructions from Mr Alexander Thomson, to sell on the pre mises on Saturday next, August 22nd, at twelve o'clock eharp, HIS FARM, CONTAINING 55 ACRES, GOOD GRAZING LAND. Fenced, Sub divided, well watered, with a largo frontage to tho Tamnki River, and within one mile of St. lltlior's Hay, after which will be sold tho stock nnd implements as follows :— 2 Farm Horeos 13 Good Daiiy Cowh 3 Pure Berkshire Pigs JO Choice Fowl:) 2 Drays, hay frame, 2 Ploußhs, Set Iron Harrows. Grubber, Roller, 'tumbling Rake, Reaper, Mower. Challbultcr, 2 Cheese Prcsser and Vat, Ciud Mill and Hox, Checso Tub, Mbk Didheu, Churn. Sundries. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FEIDAY, AUGUST 28, At 12 o'Clock. THE HAYMA RXE T. For sale on Friday, August 28, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE WOOLBROKER. by Goldsbrough, dam Corisande, by New Warrior. Goldabrough by Fireworks, dam Sylvia, by Fißhorman. ALFRED BUCKLAND B. O. CARB.] \D. I>. TO^KS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, At 12 o'clock. DWELLING-HOUSE AND ALLOT MENT, RUTLAND-STREET, PAKNBLL. R. TONKS & CO. Will sell, on Wednesday, August 19, at 12 o'clock, PAR NELL—Largo Freehold Allotment with Cottage thereon erected, everlookiDg Domain, and having c frontage of l!7ft. Sin. to Rutland-street by a depth of lltt feet, and also with back boundary of M foet to Cheshire-street, and being Lots 21 and 25 of Subdivision Into Lots of Allotinonta S, 1, 5, 0, and 7, of Section" 35, Suburbs of Auckland. Allotnaonta Flagged. Terms Liberal. BALANCE OF MESSRS OWEN AND GRAHAN3 QALVAGE OTOCK. G. W. BINNEY Is inßtrncted by Mr D. M. Spodding to "TVIS-POSE OF THE A BOVE BY PRIVATE SALE FOR EIGHT DAYS, COMMENCING 7th AUGUST, At Discounts of : l0 to {0 per cont. on tho marked wholes* 0 prices. Terma Liberal. Stock on viow In Upstairs Salo-rooms. A P E N I X O ¥TOTICE. GENERAL FURNISHING VVAREHOUSE Messrs. JAMES AND CO., Of Nelson, Beg to announce that they haro opened a BRANcn ot their FURNITURE BUSINESS In those Commodious Promises in QUEEN-STREET Recently oooupi'd by the N.Z. Frozen Moat and Storage Co., and hone by strict attention to this branch of their business, and by supplying a First-class Articlo at Whotoale Pricu, to merit a fair share of public patronage. SPECIAL ATTENTION is invited to our NEW STOCK of PIANOS, ORGANS, BLACK-AND-GOLD ENGLISH, AMERI CAN, and COLONIAL FURNITURE Of Every Description and LATEST STYLES. INSPECTION SPECIALLY INVITED. TO SHIPPERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. We are now In a position to sell, in largo or small quantities, Bntter, Bacon, Hams, and other tarm produoe ot good quality, received direct from the farmer. W. GARRKTT, Manager, '



GinOA/P EOEBE FEED. >_O-h We. «^.o o~f{-^U^ pn-LnUL. • - ■ ' . &&**.<&., aUtH oJLL 'L)^<-^, L*. sjorth New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association '~ ' "' (LIMITED), CUSTOMS-STREET WEST (Next Heather'a Stove). CASH VERSUS CREDIT. S"N confequonce of tlio reduction in price of Now Zealand Twefeda, together with our I ' rapidly' ihcro^im' business, we lira enabled to rt-Wuco our prices, und givo tho onor hou* discount of -il int.li.: C Inspection invited. Largest Stock in Auckland to select i m Tho follow-in'" i• ;■ Li--t of our Prices, :ill of which aro guaVantcod Now Zealand ,' v ,'i, , n ,i t ! -eVnAlv t=!r,-iiiiU. Turns Not. dish. When rending oalors ploa?eadd the Srni' amourl? fur llwugo:- Coat, <S»; Trousers, la: Vest, li,l. NEW ZEALAND r\VKEU CO., SiroBTLANB-KTiiEBT, nearly opposite L'ostollico, ■ ijujiJre No. 4. QUALITT NO. 1. JjTr Ar .,TYjs-O. 2._ QITAHTr NO._S. Bc^adleTww^ "Tr".7^7~7~7. vT,.", :'Tv -iiii 'iVmrt\ yi Troii s"'!-: Trim. & \'o:il Trim. Suit Trou. & Vent Trou. Hint M.^ e*l 110! S.IH irou.K \iist iron v^ , ); , ;( . /; |, 10/ 8 /-/- 20/ ---f'"" N, McasurdT.ent for Coa— >■;.■..;■' ■-> 1 to 2. From neck seam to i ■■■-:■''' ' icfjilli V.'-y S-: ' , '* 'ii!>'k"ui'c-!!!o'.V!;.";■'!V,:i?o —-r "ir;-?!** ; ,-, ■ ;£;,;, Bi? 111 ft I ./--y s':";',.^ ml 1"" ;k"ti1 *m ft I I /• J \ M \ /■' Mcvsureincnl for Vest— / 1 C"ty? 1! 's^'- 3 / Irff ; ', Measurement Tor trousers I &$ \ j II M NV';i,:.l;:; r m I:."'!; M" "' lia I if \ I \ J;i:S&5 \ | l'k \ \ V K,.;.iu!l.u:iomof hoot \ t !.| ! I \ ;! \ H 1 ; ,<.';■ |,:..^.-.-i«il L ' colour of ' A? Twi-. d. rili ti[>in>'iisn;o- f I 5/ I , ___ ''V;'rlioi'i'sV\i,r«e, »|)on ;/ /:J ~:\i \ I / -~: r:^rr .'u'r 'Ar Vil:alfk l a"i'I'iic.i«o, %\ A / / J'irV" \ I - 1 11,. :1 t roiiuircii. as per .W-"^ '/_ 1 J :■■ \J ;fV. •:•..■•■-•■■ ■£. Hrioeusu 4 0/r>-^' THE WOMIJ^SIFUIa fR l™P''l Ti lI™IHI kfes yuM i y £11 ■ 1 Latest lruprovemonts. Valuable Appliuncea. Ten Yeara' I Guarantee. Patenc Automatic Winder. Patent Drop-Rol!ars. «riH?i"'f» \Patent Loose-Wiudlng-Whool. Patent Ttu-tiul Rolouser. Wer. M" Vwi'^'i lthelm Modilnea kept In Repairs for three years FREE 0.3" ***" Be ** Illustrated Cataloguos and Samplos of Work froo MA P il! MTQ / ' 'HE WEKTHKSKf SEWING MACHINE AGENCY. TI3F rEIiF.WRATri* KBW AND IMPROVED PSUZB MED iL SEWING MACHINES! SEWING MACHINES! TUE LATEST AND BJEST IN THE WORLD. These famoaß Machine?, protected by Thirty Patents, .beat ftii thoothw nuhlnea at Sydney Exhibition, &o , &c. Cai>Tios-No Canvas bus. Coil and inspect, or write for samples and prices to ID. S. CHAMBERS, -- queen-street. SIIIPPKK3 AKI) TUX TBADB SU PLIED. *m \~ ~ P—» ;"* '< 'X' H ''' °T!N°sEA s°N>J 8s 5 '^Ml'^Mj^^Mf^^^^^iy .iUNMAXKIt, 251. UUKICN STKKKT. r.R. h:is ro inn kcrt tho-ji at a coneiclerubl ■jtaiUCilOiN' Fi>« CAriH. JO. FRAS EX ' S fi «. A. • x-i-nr n ,™ m i Slnclo barrel Onus from „ _ 017 6 • Nil,W PATENT i;oiihlo-hanol (iui.a from .. ..300 CYLINDRI«AL WA3UIXG MACHINE, Daubla-barral B.L. Oxius from „ ils 0 Slnxlobiirrol li.L. Guns from ..600 Curtis and Harviiv'sKcst Quality 13 THK ONLY WASHING MACFIINK IN Hiamoiid Gr.un Uuniiowdor.. 19 6u por 1b THK WORLD Hint docs uotinjurolho FFP Guntiowdor 3s M „ raoH delicate f.i brio, Cortrldgo Casra, 12 jtuaKo. 5 3 . Gs acYf' p.'r 100 Dispsnocs with all rubbing, kvkky Other Kind ok Shooting Matkkial And doe 3 all tho family-work in two hour?. KyuAI.LY CIIKAP. -KLKY'a CE.NTOAL FlttK CARTRIDGKS, Printed diroctiona with BTPfj MaelUnß. 12 p^iago, loaded with tho Now E.O. Po-.vricr. Price From i'A 10s Vvv, tns, 3UNWOKK OF TCVKKY DESCRIPTION "j DONK PROMPTLY AND SFKICIKNI'LY. CU3TOMS-S7:RBBT WEST IMPORTER OF PAIN' 6 CKLKBKATKD (Opposite Kelly's). • FIRWOUKB. j\ lilt'VTT IJIUCKER'S RAKING J, |KR. BTOKA kbb and IMPORTKR, rnUCKBR'S OAKrNG V,/'."DEK. 254-Qtjken-stekt, AooKwra, -254 X For J3WholfcUorv.'.JL Jreud. Wholoaalo and Retail. mUCKER'3 OAKIKC' XVO.VDEK. «ra«D w» Pwomim J. Ask j our .!LJ> Grc.C'.r a. to it. Qnce Jlkieo Av^avs Used. B==^^^|^SsH^HS i=l 1' Xl A C O C X, f^J^iils^^^^^^^^^ MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL |tfel|feS||l|^^^| INSTRUMENT MAKER, fj« '. 1 ~*rT lr " IT*S^!ffl . SUOKTLANDbTKEKT, r sc=="&.7^-' .~ * <~~,£tji° ■ ALWAYS IN STOCK- Spectacles and K;yo-Rl.aracß of ovoiy kind ;anTr B B L A I X I E Telesoopts, Binonnlar Field Gluaaoa, and Micro- IMPORTER OF BUILDERS' & FURNISH. cuopes; poworfal anil cheap ING IRONMONGERY SSSSfft^?KfISSBreSiSSS Lavalfl Df awing Instruments, Hcalcß, i-arallel Rulers Hafl For Sale, at Low Rate). bluiw Lo«a, Sextants, Conipassca, iiinnacloo , Barometers, Theruioroetera, Hydromotura Carpeuterß Toolo KlectrioJJella, Batteries, lindSittlnga Nulls Lonkn Hlntrea Magnetic and Galvanic Medical Machine* B' ° ' KM Ma^io Lanterns and Slides, Hand1 Magnlfloni Kitchen Ranges i'Snm'r 01*59 BJld 0, 8' ° wh.oscopea Rcglotor Grates, in (rreat Variety steam GuaKea ond TubmK, Salinometers ~ , J, „ , _, L „ , . Amateur Phot' graphic Cainoras Marble and Enamelled Slate Mantelpieces Just Rrokivbd- (Largest Htook In Auckland) Mf-regUierins Auoro'fl Huroinoterg Marblo, Electroplate, Curb, and other Venders inorolda for Lobblea?wUh hanaeomely carved G llvanlß9d Iron' Shoßt Leaa' a°a Zino frameß Slate, Coment, sad Plastor. INBTHUMENTS OF EVERY KIND RKPAIKED. JNBFKCTION INVITED, OPFOSITB THE POST-OFFICK. ~ fa i \^^^^&^^^^^ I? ENT 0 N & C 0,, f>^4v^®M^* /^liS^f ' FAMILY AND SHIPPING jrs-!~sßU===A] (^^^^n| BUTCHERS, \/\\J V/\y OLD "OB8BRVBR"OFB1OB!, V^~i-^ Xi—V^._ VICTOKU-STREET WEST (next to Theatre f IGHT HARNHSS HORSES, SADDLE Boral)l mtl LJ HORHE3, aad all kinds of aiJitlNO Families In Town and SubnrDs Walted-on tor TffiHICLSS, Hired Bonaht and Sold at Prdera. Corned Bedf and Tork BappllM IB IROWTHKR'B vfcTCBIA STABLES tjarge QunUtUi. Hum, BMon, find POOlter VaiXEßUiv-fiTBBBs. Oressed to OrCw.



HOUSE, &c, S3, VICTOBIA^^HK AUCKLAND. . '-ft SpSSI T. B."CARTEB., 1 Ma!" IMPORTER OP MUSICAL INSTs!iH|i|j TEACHER OF MUS^jj^ PIANO. VIOLIN, 18 TffiEMS AND TESTIMONIALS ' ■■*<*lScHt\O Application^^,>.. ■it*Ußd\sci All Kinds r Musical if X&\,Y>vi