PARLIAMENTARY.

(BY XBtEOfIArrt—SPECIAL REPORTER.)

!S«CSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TUESDAY

Native and Lands Department. On the motion to report supply to tiio House, Major ATKt.Nso.V challenged .Ml' Bullance to gliOiV where the saving lie claimed from his departments was to come from. Mr BalXance replied that it was already shown, and claimed that he had been quite as economical in administering the Native Department as his predecessor. Otago Dock Trust. A long discussion on Mr Macandrovv's Bill, creating a Dock Trust for l'ort Chalmers, occupiad the remainder of the afternoon sitting. The bill parsed through Committee. Coroners' Act. Atjjthe evening sitting the Coroners' Act Amendment pas-ed tliiid reading. Land BIU. Mr Ballanck, in moving the committal of tlia Land Bill, said tho amendments made in tho Wasto Lands Committee had considerably improved the bill. He briefly described the amendment, laying particular stress on the clause enabling deferred pay ment selectors to exchange their title for one of perpetualleaso. Sir Gko. Gkev said he felt disappointed at Mr Ballance's speech, and felt sure that too had not grasped the nature of the amend ments made by the Committeo. He made a violent attack on tho bill, and stated at length his proposals regarding tho purchase by'tho Government of land for leasing to farmers on perpetual lease. The Premier, replying to Sir Geo. Grey, agreed that the Crown lands were the property of all, but diifored from him in thinking that certain individuals should have this common property for asking for it. Sir Ueu. Gkev : Draw lots. Tho Premier : I kope the House is not going to be turned into a great lottery house. Sir Goo. Grey : Better than a gambling house. (Oh). Tho I'kkmier went on to say that in this matter, as in many others spoken to by the member for Auckland East, ho was wanting in practicability and detail. It was absurd to talk about giving away our lands with allourdobta and expenses'. Granted that land was common property, it followed that individuals had no right to it without pay ment and conditions. Ho said Sir Georjjo Grey's schemo of allowing the Government to purchase private lands was placing a dangerous power in thoir hands. Tho me.nber for Auckland East was to blame for preventing a land tax from being imposed. He had gono through tho colony lecturing against it, and had created a furoro against it. He wished to ppeak plainly with tho hon. mem ber, and tell him that from his pre-ont course he was delaying for years any chance of over obtaining aland tax in the colony. lie weLt on to speak of Sir George (Irey's inconsiatencyin now speaking against native lands being disposed of cheaply, and yet voting against tho second reading of tho Native Land Disposition Bill, which was in tho direction of stopping land jobbing and land-sharking, and would pre vent lands boiug disposed of for a mero trifle. Bin Geo. Gkev : A worse land-sharking bill 1 have never seen. Tho Fkkmikk: It was a bill proposed on tho exact linos of the hon. member's own billot 1ST!). Ho surely lias a defective memory. (Laughter). It was not true that Liberalism could t>o brought about in this colony by such conduct as that of the hon. gentleman. I have nothing to ruply to ns to tho details sf the bill, becau-e tho hon. gentleman docs not seem to have mastered thtm. Mr McKkn/ik (Moeraki) said tho policy of tho bill was to, conserve tho landed estatu of tho colony for purposes of settlement. Ho defended tho McKonzio clause, and hoped it would be retained in the Act. Ho ,'ioped tho good sense of fie House would a.-sist in stopping dummyi-m, which he was satisfied was carried on more or less throughout tho colony.

Mr Dowmk Stkwart ."aid the bill no doubt was of paramount iinportunco, and it must be n matter for regret tin' it was not introduced at an cur lier poriod of tho session, bocaiun obviously it must bo hurriedly considered thoro, and perhaps more hurriedly con sidered i.i tho othor braneli of tho Legisla ture. What he deprecated was the pjrpotual syfcten) of tinkering with the I .ml laws of tho dlony, which in tho pas: !md done inaio to drive away capital ;hun anything elso the IJouao had dono. If ihis tinkoring went on year after year to y itify tho fiuls of particular members ti thi.-* House, there would bo no substantial or lioihi Jii!'r settlers in tho country. lio re^rottcd that tho I^ind Boards had not boon made elective, instead of nominative. (Hear.) It v.m well known that members irot, appointed for political reasons, and grntihed political objects which they would never bo able to do if Ilioy wero elected by the voice* of tho peoplo. Tho Hou.«o then went into coinmitleo on tho bili. Progress was made until rlauso ;!t, appointing Land Boards, was reached, when, after some opposition from the (!o vernment, an adjournmont waa agreed to. Tho Ilouso rose at 1 .-10 a.m.

NEW DOCK FOR POUT CHALMERS.

Douato in tho House Last Night.

(IIV Tm.K«RAI'H —PARLIAMENTARY RKI'ORTKIt)

Wkllixkton, this day,

In the Kouso of Representatives yesterday, on tho motion for committal of tho Otago Dock Act Amendment Bill, Mi Rosa shortly gave roasons why tho moasure should not become law. Ho urged that there wa^ no likelihood of increased revoniie from tho dock from tho influx of ships.—Capt. Suttor eaid that tho Ministor for Marine wis trying to ro move tha trust from Otago Harbour .board to private individuals without assigning any reason for the^chango.—Mr Macandrow said that the Minister in charge of the measure gave very good reasons for tho change, namely, that the Harbour Board showed no inclination for going on with the construction of a now dock. Tho Board's administration had not boen a success, and if the trunt wero handed over to trustoos, its construc tion would bo proceeded with. Tho dock could bo constructed for £GO,OOO. —Mr Goro said that no public .bodies had ever more mismanaged thoir work than pre vious Otago Harbour Boards, but the present Hoard was as good a body as could pos sibly bo got together. The original esti mate of the dock was i'SI.OOO, but since then tho dock had beon increased CO feet in length, and ho did not think that anything loss than .€IOO,OOO would bo a sufficont amount to provide for the construction of it. —Mr Downie Stewar; said that only one opinion existed in Dunediu us to the desira bility of constructing the dock, but sutli cient revenue was not forthcoming. Tho member for Fort Chalmers's zeal was mis taken, and in his (tho speaker's) opinion, it would cortainly be an error to construct tho dock at present.—The committal of the measure was carried by 31 to 21.— In Committee, Mr Ross moved, " That in tho constitution of the trust Port Chalmers Corporation only have tho right to elect one person instead of two, as provided."— Ayea, 28 ; noes, 28.—Tho Chair gave its vote for tho retention of tho word "two." —Mr Kofß moved, to Btriko out tho power of election to Port Chalmera Corporation ;no similar power was granted to Dunediu Corporation, and he desired to placo both bodies on an equal footing. This was lost by 33 to 2S.—Mr Gore moved to in sert the words : " And two by the Council of City of Dunedin."—The Minister for Marino and Mr Maoandrew hoped this would not bo agreed to. Already (they argued) Dunedin had threo mombera under the Act—tho Mayor of Dunedin, Chairman of the Har bour Board, and President of the Chambor of Commerce.—Mr Fergus said the bulk of the Otago people woro opposing the measure, yet the Government wore lending their weight to the member for Port Chalmers to the prejudice of all the Otago country members. Tho Govern ment, by ineai.B of a majority at their com mand, were forcing tho measure down the throats of the peoplo of Dunedin and of Otago.—Mr Macandrow denied the insinuation that the Government had brought down the measure at his instance. Ifc was merely a third edition of two previous Government bills. rJ!he construc tion of the dock had been delayed through the tactics of the Continuous Ministry, and now the membera of that Ministry were adding insult to injury by opposing tho bill at every stage.—Mr Brown denied that the measure was being forced down tho throats of the Uia»o members. Ten of the Otago men voted for its second reading and four against it. —Major At kineon made a vigorous speech in op

position to" tho bill. He denied that his Ministry had co,i mitted laches in con. nection with the dock question, and con fessed to his astonishment that tho Govern ment had supported the introduction of this bill. He was not opposing the construction of thedock,but opposing thetakingthematter out of the hands of a most competent set of rr,o:i, and placing it in the hands of men who were interested in mr.k^ng a dock for the purposes of local expenditure. —Mr Barren and Sir Julius Vogel defended tho bill, as they conceived a change in tho conduct of the trust was desirable.—Mr Ross em phatically denied that the Board was antagonistic to the construction of the dock. They merely said they could not possibly see their way to meet the sum required for interest on tho construction of the dock. On division tho proposal to add tho words was loat by 27 to 20. Little further opposition was offered to the bill, which was reported with slight amendment. —On tho motion for third reading, Mr Gore said ho wished it to bo distinctly understood that he did not opposo tho construction of the dock at Port Chalmers. Ho had two reasons for opposing the bill—that the Harbour Board, or, a* they might now be termed, Dock Trust, were not in a position financially to construct the dock, and the result would be that if tho work were undertaken next year the trust would come before the House for additional funds, and these would have to bo provided. The other reason was that an Act would have to be parsed, empowering the Harboar Board to expend a portion of their funds on this work. The Otago Harbour Board, ns at present constituted, consisted of men qualified for the duties entrusted to them, and they had evidenced a sincere desire to fultil the same. If the bill became law, it would be tantamount to saying that they had not full';': d their duties ii not undertaking the con struction of the dock, and he doubted whether under such circumstances the Government nominee.", Messrs E. B. Car- ( gill, Donald Reid, Mackerras, and John Hoberts would take the snubbing this Houso had given them without resigning their positions. For theso reasons, and sxa pro tects against the action of the Government, he moved as an amendment that the bill be read a third timothU day six months. —The third reading was carried by a bare majority—ayes .')-!, noes 32—audj the bill passed.

PUBLIC MEETING IN THE MARKET.

Formation of a Katepnyers' Association.

In response to an advertisement convening

a meeting for tho dual purpose of condemn ing tho wasteful expenditure of municipal funds, and tho formation of a Ratepayers'

Association, romo hundred or so of per sons assembled last night in the eastern wing of the Market House. Tho scribes of the press wero provided with id fresco accommodation, and a tablo placed imme diately under tho gasalier served as a rostrum for tho speakers of tho evening.

On tho proposition of Mr Bettanv, Mr Morris took tbe chair, and opened tho pro ceedings.

Mr Bettasv began by expressing disap pointment that the meeting was not larger, and then, alter saying that ho was not

aware who had convened it, ho went on to read an anonymous and long winded letter, which had appeared in ono of tho loc.il papers on the subject of City Council finance and admini.-tr.ition. Without fur ther ado he moved— '■ That in tho opinion of this meeting tho City Councillor have not exeicirod that discretion in the ex-

pendituro of borrowed money and local tuxej which, a- roprescntattvoa of tho rate payers, they should have dono, and that in eini.-oquonce of this, it is de«irabla that a

U.ileixiyuis' Association be formed, from which body a Vigilance Committee

lie chosen who shall in future watch over nnd jirotott public inte rests." This, ho (aid, would shift the responsibility for wrong-doing from tho shoulders of the ctlioi.ils to those of tho Councillors. Although ho had no wish to

lescond to personalities, ho fearlessly

aborted th.it n good street had in ver yet botu funned in Auck land ; ami yet (ho peoplo had been ground down uith taxation, Ho esteemed the City Engineer a* a citizen and a neigh bour, but still either Mr Anderson hud nu engineering ability orel^e under pressure ho \va< prevented from displaying it. lie

denounced tho Councillors for being split up into sections for tho accomplishment ol: potty wind ends, instead of being united for tho promotion of theueneral interests of the rate payers. After condemning tho appropriation of £1.000 towards the purposte of Richmond Koad, .iml commenting upon tho absence of " public citiz n» !1 from tho meeting, the speaker concluded by exhorting his hearers to give in thoir adhesion to the projected Association.

Mr It. R.aitus seconded tho motion, llnvius: remarked that he had belonged to a Ratepayers1 Association in Eng land, ho went on to rotate an

anecdote concerning two " bounceablo " councillors of tho Karangaliapo Ward, 110 considered that through tho proposed

Association the ratepayers would be ablo to " shove out" of the Council thoao members of it who wero of no real service, and to replace them with bolter men. Then tho Councillors would be in reality tho servants of the ratepayers, insteml of us at prosont their servants only in name and their mas ters in truth.

Mr \V. F. Ji'uhon next mountod tho rostrum, and niado somo remarks which were quito inaudible tj tho reporters.

Tho resolution was then put and carried without dissent.

Mr Akmistead thought that tho rate payers should join together for mutual benefit mid support, to that at tho next olection suitable men should bo put in tho Counci!. Tho first opportunity would present itself next month Hitherto tho practice had been for men of thoir own free will to announce themselves as candidates by means of advertisements in tho newspapers, nnd whon the election time camo round, ono or other of them went in. In tuturo, however, tho rate payers should b: ing out thoir own men, and obligo all who solicited their suffrages to address them beforehand, so that if thoy did secure olection they might be returned with well-understood pledges to fulfil He hoped everyone would join tho Association, nnd that a united effort would bo made to arrest further taxation, and to insist upon hotter financing. Mr Qaxkabd attempted to address tho meeting from tho mHst of tho crowd, whereupon cries of " Get up on tho table" beenmo general. Tho orator's innate modesty forbado him accepting this advice, and with tupromo solf-abnegation ho effaced himself.

Mr Bkttanv suggested the lotting of all public olliccs by tender, and in this connection declared that he knew of a local solicitor .vlio would till the joint ofiices of Town Clerk and Solicitor for £400 a year. If, however, a Town Clerk only wero wanted, ho could linda university man with high honours who would fill lh<j billet for £200 a year. Tho present Town Clerk, in stead of being tho servant of tho public, tried to bo a dictator, and tho ollicials were the real masters of tho Council. Tho ratepayers should insist that both tuxes and borrowed money woro judiciously cxponded, and tho best means towards that end was the formation of this Association wilh an active vigilanco committee.

Mr Bet.l, mado some remarks with re spect to tho emoluments derived by the City Solicitor.

Mr Dell did not think that any gontlo tnan interested in the tramways should bo allowed to have a seat in tho City Council, for they wero too much disposed to allow tho streets to bo cut up for the benefit of the Company. In the streot wherein he lived, a fiiend of tho Council had received £230 For a retaining wall, and this tho rate payers had to pay for. So far as ho read in tho papers, Mr Go'.dio was tho only Councillor who faithfully served tho rate payers.

Mr BSTTANY again mounted tho table.and called upon those who wero willing to join the Association to raise their right handtj. A large number of hands having beon held up, Mr BettaNY moved tho adjournment of tho meeting until Tuesday evening next, in tho same place, when ho hoped there would bo a larger attendance.

The motion was tacitly accepted, and after a vote of thanks hail been passed to Mr Slater for tho uso of the Market, and to the Chairman for his services, the assemblage dispersed,

The following valuable testimony to the worth of the "N. Z, Farmer" is peculiarly valuable as cominK (rom tho propiie or of "Garden and Field, an agriculturalnapercir culating in South Australia. Mr A. Molineuz writes:—" Your fourth number is so good that I fool forry you did uot send over the first, second at d third. Toe "N. Z. Farmer" ia a credit to agricultural journalism, and 1 can honestly Bay without the alißhteNt desire to flatter, that it ia the best colonial journal of tho kind that I have over had tho pleasui c to won »

" BUCHU PAIBA.»_Q OiI:k , .on.yief.cure. all annojta. Kidney, Bladder and Lrliuiy Uii^ej. At Unu"liu "m"JJm« Keuijithorun, l'iu.ser » Co., AgeuU, Auckland.

SIR JULIUS VOGEL.

Tho Rumours of Rotiromcnt,

[BV.YV.U-.CKAIMI— r.UH.I.VM KNTAUY KKI'OKTf." ]

Wf.r.i.INUTON, this d»y- Tiik rumour is still being industriously clr" culated by tho Opposition that Sir Juhus Vogel meditates' retiring. They insist that ho will retire and will bo appoint to the Chairmanship of tho Government Life Insurance Board. I do not belio\o there is an atom of truth in it, in the race of the assertion*, of two Ministers to me that the Treasurer has no intention of retiring from politics. Yesterday i informed you that Sir Julius Vogel had told somo doubtful supporters no was willing to retiro from tho Cabinet, as ™° hostile movement thon on foot was directea chierty against him. Last nisrht Mr btout informed me that tho Colonial Treasurer was quito willing to retire, if by so doing »o coula servo tho interests of his party, but the other members of tho Cabinet woro un animous in declining to accept any ?, a;:''"l<;0 of tho kind. Tho Premier says that tho statement that Sir Julius is to bo appointed igent-General "is absolutely incorrect.

MEDICAL TALK.

AXOTHKU of the interesting series of medical talks to young men was delivered by Dr. Lawry in tho Voting Men's Christian Asso ciation Rooms last ovening. There «'ere about forty persons present. The subject of the lecture was "Tho Bruin," and Dr. Lawry illustrated his discourse by means of a number of diagrams and several h»ma:i skulls. The proceedings com menced with devotional exercises, at the conclusion of which Mr Brakenng in troduced the lecturer. In tho course of his talk, Dr. Laivry oxplaincd the composi tion and functions of tho brain. lho lower class of animals had no brain at all, but only a spinal cord. The average weight of a man's brain was about three' pounds, while that of a woman wa3 somowhat less, beinß about 44 ounces. Idiots generally have very largo brains, and people often go mad becauso they have too much brain power. These should be sent into tho fields to work, but instead of this they devoted tliemsolvos too closely to the study of their books. What often caused the fear that people would go mad was a rather peculiar fharpnes3 in connection with tbem. There was generally a resemblance between brains, though one could not bo taken as a standard for the whole. Tho lecturer apologised for the occasional use of technical terms, which ho endeavoured to avoid as far as possible, but the more difficult words ho wrote on tho blackboard in order that they might bo remembered. Ho also said that if those present were willing to go further into tho subject ho would got a brain and dissect it with them on some future ovening.

ST. THOMAS'S CONCERT.

A* enjoyable- concert in aid of the funds of St. Thomas's Church waa given in the school-room last evening. The attendance was not by any means large, this fact being duo no doubt to soma uncertainty respect ing the dato of tho concert. The pro gramme \voß,howover,'n capital one, and was most satisfactorily represented Mr Phillpot made a mo;t efficient conductor, while tho various items wero successfully accom panied on the piano by Miss Hamilton, tho organist of tho church. Among the mo^t attractive feature.-; ot tho performance were tho selections rendered by the Oloe Society of tho church. The following was tho pro gratnmo: — Overture, "Gloria," from Mozart's "Twelfth Mass "— first violin, Mr Ward ; second violin, Mr Simpson ; lluto, Mr Phillpot ; piano, Miss Hamilton. Glee, "Come to tho Fair," Society; song, "Good Company," Mr Simpson; duet, " Army and Navy," Messrs Ward and Simpson; song, "The Old, Old Words," Miss Tapper; qiuirtctto, "In tho Woods," Mrs Davies and Mies Airey, Messrs Ward and Simp-on ; glee, " Sco tho Moonlight Beam," Society. Interval. Pianoforte duet, Misses Hamilton ; lilcc, "ThoFairest Flower, 'Society ; fceng, "Maid of Athene," Mr Ward ; lluto solo, Mr Phillpnt ; duet, "Oh, Mayest Thou Dream of Me," Mrs Davies and Miss Steel ; song, "Tho Fairy Bells," Miss Tapper; song, " Laddio," Mr Simpson; glee, "Tho Angels Breathe on. Flowers," Society ; National Anthem.

THE IRON WORKERS' ASSOCIATION.

A MEETING of the Auckland Ironworkers' Association was hold at llobson's Fiooms laat ni^ht. Ollicers woro elected for the tivelvo months aa follows:—Thos. P. Millar, President; Henry R. Jury, Secretary; and a comniitteo, consisting of one member representing each trade as follows : — Engineers, turners, blacksmiths, moulders, millwrights and patternmakers, striker?, coppersmiths, plumbers, boilermakers, and pudlers and sliinglors. A letter was read from the chairman of the meeting hold at tho Tcm poranco Hall, in re tho Land, Labour and Capital Company, as propceed by Mr \V. L. Rees, and deferred for furtlier considera tion. It was noticed thit Mr Quick was on his way to America to purchase machinery that ought to be made here. Tho move was strongly condemned, and it was agreed that some further notice should bo taken of it. A discussion took place in re tho strike at Onohunga iron works. Tho articles from the press were read, and notice was taken of the fact that one of our mombcrs was held to blama for having iniluenced tho mon to strike. It was resolved, " That, as our Association had not bo consulted by the men bufore they struck work, and ue tho mombors alluded to, and who had sinco beon discharged from tho works for (as ho believed) having joined the Association, had in no way influenced them, wo, the Auckland Ironworkers' Association, are in no way responsible for tho eaid strike."

SPORTING NEWS.

The following nominations wore received last night for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Spring Meeting : —

Si-ring Handicap of 30030w.. h miles.- Chns'inu. Corn«% Iliflcniin. Macaroni, Soudan, 1< oroi unner, Ely, Administrator, Consul ltovoko, I'ueha, The Bam. Parvenu, Amazon Leonora, Ascot, Deceiver, Ui?ly Buck Bauu-d, Pearl, Aimee, Herculam-um, Speculation Btrenaoue, Nurmanbv. Ringkncrr. Rewi Kr.Ytxo Handicap of 125;OV8 ; i-imlc—Bonny Blink, Christina, Cornet, M<tr. lMriron, br g by Foul Play out of Aconite, Soudan, Forerunner Lady Walmsley, Yankee, Administrator, Con sul, Pathu, The Bard, Parvenu, Brown Bess. Leonora, ABcot, Ainiou, Utcly Buck, PopDy, W»littby, Pearl, Gordon. Hcrculai,cum, Specu jation, Strenuou-i, Normanby, Dynamite, Kewi.

To tho Editor: Sir,— I was much sut prised at the statement contained in your issue of last evening, anent tho strike at tho Ouehunga Iron V'orks, that twenty-five men, comprising puddlcrs, shinglors, rollers, and heaters, had been employed at the usual wages and time, which was stated to bo Is per hour and eight hours per day. I beg to contradict that the men who are now out on strike have ever received that amount per hour. It was lOd por hour which wo roceiveil, and there were only five of us stopped work, and two liavo already gone away where they will obtain, wo are given to understand, a li tie more of the " milk of : human kindness " in the shapo of prico per : hour. Kced I, after that statement, notice the presumption of anyone to ! say that we are not equal to ordinary labourers. Evidently ho is possessed of no ordinary perception. As regards any objection being mado by up, wo have spoken to and betn promised moro by tho manager Borne time back, and we relied upon his veracity to do 80, but he did not. As none of us have received any more yet, only thoEo two men who aro now gono away, and that has been paid tinco wo turned out, or possibly thoy even would not have received the shilling per hour. The pay they received then is for this cur rent fortnight, payable next Wednes day week. Sir, as regards tho wish to have our day eight hours long, is it wrong to do so, or aro wo to cross the bnny ocean to be slaves of oppression from thopoweiß "aboon us," as thoy evidently think, by ue working twelve hours before a whito hot furnaco, sometimes stripped naked to the waiet. We leave the public to judge. We also state that the Iron workers Association, have not spoken to us anything respecting our position. What wo want is a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. —Yours, etc., Onkovthe Workmen.

Mr Garrick, Agent-General for Queens land, states that the majority of the resi dents of No-thrrn Queensland aro opposid to the preterit moveuiont for the separation of that portion of the colony, and its establishment as a new colony,

THE SUEZ MAIL.

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

[From Our London Oorresi'ondeni.]

London, July 26. A LECTunr. on "Life in New Zealand, and the Kesources of that Colony," waa delivered at tho Baptist Chapel, Westbury ! Wilts, on Thursday last, by Mr William 'Bowron (described rather vaguely as "of New Zealand "), the Rev. W. P. Lawrence presiding. The chapel was well filled, and the audience apparently much in terested. A collection terminated the pro- A dinner was given by the Savage Club to the war correspondents in the late Soudan campaign. Almost every living journalist of note save Sala and W. H. Russell was invited, and the Savages thomselvee mustered in great force. Several Austral ians and New Zealandera were present, in cluding representatives of the " Argus," Melbourne "Age," Sydney "Telegraph," Auckland "Star," Canterbury "Times, Dunediii "Star," etc., otc. Mr OctaviusMorgan, .T.P., of the " Euro pean Mail," whD you may remember paid a long visit to New Zealand a few years apo, is the Liberal candidate for Batter.sea at tho coming election, and will almost certainly get in. From one of his speeches, and from a long biography which appeared in the "Clerkenwell News" last Saturday, I gather that Mr Morgan intends to make a speciality of all questions—whether active or remote—affecting the Australian colonies, in which, he says, he takes an extraordinary interest. Tho annual soiree of the Royal Colonial Institute took place last night at the South Kensington Museum, which, despite its vast size, wa3 in parts literally crammed to repletion. Besides the 2,000 Odd Fellows and their wives, no less than 1,500 guests received cards, and from the appearance of the place, I should say most of them ac cepted. Finding people, under such cir cumstances, was anything but easy ; in deed, I wandered about for fully fifteen minutes without meeting a aingle New Zealander. The Melbourne and Sydney people were, of course, in principal force. Lady Canterbury, I think it was, held a &ort of levee in tho middle of the centre court, assisted by young Mannera- Sutton, whose assumption of vice-regal con descension was a trifle ridiculous. A great many New Zealanders must have been about somewhere, but I don't know where they bid themselves, unless it was in the refresh ment department, to which I did not pene trate. I saw Sir John and Lady Hall, like wise Dr. and Mrs Haines (of Auckland), Captain and lira Ashby, Mr G. V. Morgan, Sir Samuel Wilson, Mr Octavius Morgan, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and Mr S. Rome. I heard of Captain Baldwin, Mr David Hean, Mr W. J. Steele, and several Christchurch folk, but till tho lists come out I cannot say for certain if they were really there. The Political Crisis. One of the longest political crises in the history of the Imperial Parliament was brought to an end on Wednesday last, when Lord Salisbury finally agreed to accept office, the Liberals for their part pledging themselves not to offer any fractious opposi tion to necessary business during the re mainder of tho session.

Colonel Stanley's appointment to the important post of Secretary of State for the Coloniea ha^ created general surprise. The lobby goseipcrs gave the portfolio to Lord Cranbrook (Gathorno Hardy) or Lord Car narvon, either of whom at first sight seems a much more suitable person for the office. Colonel Stanloy is, comparatively speaking, an untried man, and to send him to the Colonial (Mice at a time like the present, when federation and other questions of well-nigh supreme importance are on the tapis, seems deliberato folly. One would have thought, too, thut the fact of his being Lord Derby's brother would have been quite sufficient to disqualify him for the post. Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley was born in IS4I, and is consequently in bis 44th year. Ho was educated at Eton only, going to neither of the Universities. In 1858 ho entered the Grenadier Guards as Ensign and Lieutenant, became Lieutenant Captain and Adjutant in 1802, and retired in 1865, having seen no active service whatever. In ISC6, Colonel Stanley was elected member for Preston, which constituency he sat for till 1868, since when ho has represented North West Lancashire — a red - hot Tory seat. Lfo was a civil Lord of the Admiralty from August till November, ISGS, Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1874 to 1877, Secretary to the Treasury 1877 to 1878, and- Secretary of State for War from IS7S to ISBO. In 1861 ho married Lady Constance, eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. Col. Stanley would have re cuived a peerage from Lord Bcaconefield at the close of his administration, bit for the fact that he is certain heir to the present Earl of Derby, with whom on dit ho is not on very good terms. Since wilting the abovo I hear that Lord Cranbrook was passed over because he was thought to be too old, and Lord Carnarvon ia ec preju diced on soveral important colonial ques tions that Lord Salisbury couldn't or wouldn't appoint him. The question then a^osc who would accept the portfolio. Col. Stanley had to be provided for, and he bad given so much satisfaction during his brief term of office as Secretary of State for War that Lord Salisbury resolved to let him go to tho Colonial Office, at any rate for the re mainder of the session.

Feom London papers to the 26th of Juno we extract the following intelligence : - The First Jewish Poor. THo" Jewish Chronicle," in announcing the intention of the Queen to create Sir Nathaniel M. do Rothschild a peer of the Unitod Ktugdom, pays: "Sir Nathaniel will assume tho title of Lord Rothschild. His elevation to tho House of Lords not only confers personal honour on tho reci pient of tho Quoon's gracious favour, but also sheda lustro upon the entire Jewish community. Tho creation of the first Jewish peer in England is one of the most significant of the acts of Mr Glad stone, to whose advocacy in part it was due that Baron Rothschild, Sir Nathaniel's father, was eventually enabled to sit in the House of Commons. To Mr Gladstone, it will be remembered, is also due tho appoint ment of tho late Sir George Jessel, first as Solicitor General and subsequently as Master of the Rolls. By the Parliamentary Oath Amendment Bill, which received the royal assent on the Ist of May, 1866, Lord Rothschild will be enabled to take his seat among the peers of England without any cHfficulty in connection with the oath to be administered to him." Irish Nationalists, Sir C. Dllko and Mr Chamberlain. At the meeting of the National Loague at Limerick a resolution was unanimously adopted protesting against the proposed visit to Ireland of Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Chamberlain as most unwelcome and dis tasteful to tho Irish people. The Mayor, Mr Stephen O'Mara, who presided, said it waa a moat remarkable fact that these, two gentlemen while in the Cabinet had not up to this raisod their voice against coercion or in favour of Home Rule. They remained in office while Mr Forster was imprisoning the best blood of Ireland, while Earl Spencer was carrying on his hangings and packing juries; and it was only the very day they loft office-that very day — that Mr Chamberlain, with tho utmost impudence, stood up before an English audience to do nounce coercion and s-ay something in favour of Domo Rule. His language showed the rankest hypocrisy, and ha,d no moaning or sincerity. The contemplated visit was not intended for Mr Parnoll and Ms party, but to win over tho Irish voters in England ; but the :Jodgo would not succeed. The Irish in England knew all aboat it, and Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Chamberlain would gain nothing by tho visit. The Lovat Pceragq Case. Tho case of the claimant, John Fraser, of Carnarvon, to tho Lovat peerage was, on June 25, before tho Committoe for Privileges of the House of Lords, Lord Redesdale pre siding. Tho law lords present were Lord oelborno, Lord Blackburn, Lord Bramwell and Lord Fitzgerald. It will bo remem bered that the petitioner claims th-ough Alexaudor, eldest s«.n of Thomas of Beau fort ; and his ease was that Aloxandcr, in consequence of having been mixed up in a rebellion, and also having killed a fiddler in a quarrel, (led from Scotland to Wales, and theic remained in concealment, working as a common miner until his death. On b'ehclf of the present. Lord Lovat tho case was that Alexander never fled to Wales, but ditd at an early age in Scotland without leavitig issue. After some ad ditional evidonco had been given on the part of tho present Lord Lovat thuir lord.-hips delivered seriatim their opinion, and dwelt at length on tho great impiobabiliriea of tho petitioner's case, e-\ tcially the facts that Alexander in Wile* never took any steps to assort his claim; though ho lived, as was said, till he was 113) tars old ; that he did not marry until no was ,5, and then he, being a common miner, [iduc.il a joung lady of position to elope wiih him| ; t|, a < \ :(i hjd by her tin- i children, the last being born when he was 95 years of age. Upon the petitioner's own caee, they thought he had entirely failed j

out when that was takeninT^s^^" H case of Lord Lovattb&^to ii whelming against the petS'B *«*< i I Brigandage i n wl I The Turkish troops recontl! ?' -'I 3 ompldcly broke u^^f'^W1 i zorwn brigand inenixent. n^ r n* eM I the Salonica railway. Thnll J I a supposed exma/r in ft« md la of hw men were k£*«*s' teader, a former eanvasa at «.! S^C- Consulate at Monastir, and » Y^Z rades were captured; ffi I C taken to . Salonica and *l, theiß S rf the band fled to thT vH° *^ S oya, where they weV^»fi' iisperaed by the Turkish tro^ 4' marauders had entered Tm-tT' 'm, from Bulgaria. i Exodus of Irish Harvestn, I There was an extraordinary i harvestmen from Dublin on r «' I Lancashire, Yorkshire, ami tl, ,6 JVf» The City of Dublin c£,Z *' « ford Meath. and UitrlC£*L*«js pool, every one of them iull o [ I?4ol'**- and, in addition to their ord in » **»*■ the London and Norlh.\V Ca ° y netvi< were obliged to run a special bnnu^J head to accommodate the harvest! % ■ ing the day six special trains !^V% North Wall with harve S tme na ni^ attte about o,oooof these went from kl^^ to England. 'Irom *<>rth Fatal Colliery Explosion in staff i A terrible explosion occur^l * Burley Pit of the Aped* eg* %. 1 Stoke-upon-Trent, owned bvAii^ y'"* H ??* Co., by which nine 1& 1S?«*: ISO men and boys had a narrnl'oß^ 1 About 200 men are employedUtT^ I on the Saturday morning looT^N. 1 at the usual hour. I D consl^^l colliery warning issued on them • qt' I and the sudden recent barcmetrLT'S 11'^ I a thorough examination of the «?■ n^H made, m 3 re than uaual pai ns being w.'f I respect to accumulations of ots av^ I well in the pit until 9 o'clock, ww!*1 * I plosion occurred with terrific for "^ H south 10 foot seam, followed Cf^S 1 clenso smoue up the shaft. jj s i* "'" <l, i sible several exploring parties », P«- 11 iced. Mr J. Cadman, the^l-^ 1 manager, soon .after descend! T^■ ■ oveicome by the afterdamp, bn' m I brought round he declinedTfo 1 to the surface. The place "Al explosion occurred was « ne^Sc ■■ being opened, and fortunately onll9^ 1 were working in it They rewived g' ■ force of the explosion ; nine were yu Til the others injured. The men wererZS I from the other portions of the B H § utmost rapidity, and, as fat as Sr H ascertained, they received no serin,,. £"■'. M Of the killed /our were Ig& I married men. The recovery of• thsS; ■ was somewhat retarded in con'emsSll the ventilation being deranged/^ I W roadways injured ; but all the bodiesC1 B brought to the surface during Z T » Most of them were terribly Oll a3' H identification in some inßtances fi M almost impossible. The cauee of the eS H sion is unknown ; but it is believed tot H the firing of a Ehot. lit Anglo-CermanEelation& |>5 The following commuuicatior^B Berlin, apparently of an official oi (A H official nature, appears in the "GbS ■ Gazette " :-" Germany's position.inEX W cannot be affected by a change; of Cm ■ in a foreign country, for the German mWil is not conducted with any regard to fS . ill Ministers, but solely in the Qaa 11 interest. As far as EngUnd j 3 w I| cerned, Germany's interests MB'eM'.li the same now as while Mr Glsdsti»;Hl was Premier. It would, of course, bdat flf' able if certain negotiations still* Kaitill with England could bo broughttoaS llli issuo; but there can be no question dii [mi actual change in our relations to ii if! as these have been and still areofalS m nature. The abovementioned hints oi a Hi expected change in German po'doyate w X erally uttered in connection withAfgbisfr 'Hii tan. On tl-.ia subject itcan onlybeaffirmed ifip that Germany had not to take up anyfe |||| tion at all, as she was not involved in fit ■* matter, and has made no attempt to ait |B herself in it; though it has aU along lea sm easy to see from the unanimousVoiceft'llp leading organs of the German pmjk §§5 Germany earnestly desired a peaceMsh.^ fflfe tion of the issue betwoen Englaodml' Hj''' Russia. Germany's interest intheffiaiite il ance of peace in Europe is theme Wij■'■! as 14 years ago. It should be selMfat B that a change of tho Englieh CabiKtaj Hi make no difference, and it may,bs[tfa |i for granted that public opinion tirf B| ullow itself to be unsettled by nsps«; B' articles of a contrary tenor." ~ ' |j|

Henry "brett, of J*ym°£j£i£igfi *-- Gonaral Printing Office, , j!&&* Ms-< ' Btreete, in the Province 01 MM M ""Wednesday, AOOO6T ¥jSJIHIB''

iliK AUCKLAND JiiVENiNG STAK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1885.



Auctions B. C, CARRI \B, D, TOKKS TO-MO RRO W, At II o'Clock. SUPERIOR ENGLISH FURNITURE, BLACK AND GOLD OVERMANTELS, DRAWING AND DINING-ROOM SUITES. Ex Katberine, from London. B. TONKS A CO. Are Instructed to sell, on Thursday, August 20, at 11 o'clock, A SHIPMENT OF SUPERIOR MODERN ENGLISH FURNITURE BLACK and GOLD OVERMANTELS DRAWING and DINING-ROOM SUITES OAK and MAHOGANY TABLES &c, Sec. &c. Just Landed, Ex Katherine, from London. TO-MOttROW, At 11 o'clock. TO SHIPBUILDERS, MILL OWNERS, ETC. GEORGE SIBBIN Haß been favoured with Instructions from Mr H. NlccoU shipbuilder. Dcvonport (who is re tiring from business), to sell by auction, on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock, at h'.s lard, Devonport, North Shore, INEW IRON SAW BENCH, with Saws &c, compete. by Marshall and Son, 1 New Bind Saw Machine, Saws. &c, complete. Travelling Bench, with Pulleys, Belts, Shafting, &C.. Clipping and Panching Machine, Iron Purchase Blocks, Screw Jacks, Portable Forge, Anvil, Cramps, Vices Pumps, Three Open GEORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. T O - M O R R O W, At 2 o'Clock. TO HAWKERS, DEALERS, AND OTHERS. JOB SALE OF SALVAGE GOODS, BEING BALANCE OF OWEN AND GRAHAM'S STOCK. G. W. BINNEY nr.« received instructions to sell by public auction, at hla Mart, Corn Kxchanga, ITort-Bt., on Thursday next, at 2 o'clock, AL AR G E QUANTITY OP JOB LINES, JOB LINES, Consisting of American Leather Cloth Infants' Long Robes Bibs, Nightgowns, Monthly Gowns Bootees, Wool Scarfs Haberdashery, Fancy Buttons Braids, Hooks and Eyes, Laces Nets, Flowers, Linen Buttons Gloves, Silk Girdles Children's Half-ho»o Crinolines, Parasols, Sunshades ftc, 4c, &C. More or Less Damaged. Without Reserves to-morrowTnoon. carbines & taylor Have received instructions from Mr Knntt to Fell at bis Residence, View Road, off Mt Roeklll Road, on Thureday, the 20th iost, at 12 o'clock sharp, THE WHOLE OF THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, EFFECTS, ETC.. COM PRISING— Handsomeßookoasep.Drawingroom and other Tables. Couohes, Chairs. Suite of Fur- Bituro, Chests of Drawsrs, Bedsteads, Cotfl. Curtains. Carpets, Pictures, Arcliitect'3 Draw- Ing Table with Boaxds and Squares oomplete, Fenders and Firo irons. Crockery ware. Kitchen Utensils and general effects. Also, several En tomological Caseß, for the Collection and Pre servation of Moths, Butterflies, etc. CARBINES AND TAYLOR, Auctioneers. FRIDAY HEX T, At 11 o'clock, MESSRS JAMES AND CO. Have received instructions to sell by public auction at their Warehouse, Queen-street, -| P CWT. TREACLE X O 30 Dozen Bull Dog Pint Ale 48 J-ChesU New Reasons Tea t;i Boxes New Seasons Tea 20 Boxes Prime Dates, In Bplendid con dition. Immediately after the above, 3 cases of Drapery and Clothing, etc., contain ing 75 Men's and Youths' Suits, 40 Pairs Men's Trousers and Vests, 11 boxes Mcn'a White ShirW, 20 Knicker Suits. 24 dozen Men's Under shirts, &c, &c, 1 case Cutlery and Platedware. Also, A Quantity of Household Furnitnro and Effects (romoved for convenience of sale), com prising Horsehair Suite (9 picceß), Double and Single Iron Bedstead, Mattrasses, Chefßonier. Waststand and Toilet Set, Small Table, Book Case, Cane-bock Folding Chair, Toilet Glass, £ic.,&c. JAMES AND CO., Auctioneers. .__ W. 8. COOHRAKBJ [JAS. DACEK MONDAY, AUGUST 24. FOUR ACRES CHOICE LAND AT PANMURB. The subscribers will Sell at their Rooms, Queen street, on Monday, 24th instant, at 12 o'clock, ALLOTMEST 9, SECTION 1, VIL LAGE of PAN.VIURE, containing nearly Four Acres of rich Land, having a frontage of 495 feet to one road, and 348 feet to a side road, well situated, being only a. very short distance from the main rbad to Auckland. For further particulars app'y to SAMUEL COCHRANE AND SON, Auctioneers. w. a. ooohbake] Tjames daoisk MONDAY, AUGUST 24, At 12 o'Clock. BUILDING FOR REMOVAL AT KINGSLAND. The subscribers will sell at their Rooms, Queen street, on Monday, 24th inut,, at 12 o'clock, A WOODEN BUILDING,' containing two rooms and loan-to; now erected on Lot 4, Kingsland <flrst block). To be removed within seven days. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. MONDAY, AUGUST 31. By Order of tho Registrar of tho Supreme Court. VALUABLE PROPERTIES SITUATED IN PARISH OF WAIPAREIRA AND AT COROMANDEL. JOHN REID & CO. Have received instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court to sell by public auction at the Mart, 26, Queen-street, on Monday, the 31st instant, at 12 o'clock noon, 1. \ LL that Parcell of Land containing J\. 71 acres and 16 perches (more or less). h«lng part of Allotment No. 7. in the Parish of Waiparoira. near to Henderson'd Mill, with the Bui'idines erected thereon, late'y in the occupa tion of Francis Bethell, deceased. This is an im paoved farm, well fenced, and laid down In grass. 2. All that parcel of land situated at Coro mandel. containing 1 acre and 1 rood (more or lesi). being portion of a block of .'and known as Oiuinohotii, bounded on the north-weat by James-street, and on tho south-east, east, and north-east by a creek, together with the fine Orchard and Dwelling-house now in the occu pation ot John Ellis. Title deeds and conditions of salo can bo seen at the offices of Mr Peter Oliphant, Solicitor, H tab-street FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. DURHAM YARDS. The nnderslgned will sell at the Durham Yards on Friday, August 21, at 10.30 a.m., ex Oroti from Wanßanui, 4 HEAVY DRAUGHT HORSES, brokon and unbroken 2 Superior Hacks; good cross country Horses 1 Active Baggy Horse 1 Boy's Pony ; very quiet. HUNTER & NOLAN, Auctioneers. DURHAM YAKDU *jl\OR BALK, at the Durham Yards, i? erwrTmetay, at U o'clock, HIUKB. TALLOW, WOOL, and BKIKB, tt||. ' UIINTBR & NOLAM,



j TO-MO RRO W, Af Ono o'Clock. TH E RKMV ER A VA[li) S. For pMc, on Thursday, A-Jsnet 20, at one o'clock, DAIRY f'OWS, STORE CATTLE, ISO well-fatted Caul.) ! 00 Ffit ami Store Sh'ep rut and Store Pifrs. For private B.iic-A Pnrc-brcd HerifOid Bull of good quality, coming two yea's old. ALFRED BUGKLSND. TOMORROW. THE REMUERA YARDS For Sale, on Thursday, August 20. at 1 o'clock, DA WELL-BRED STEERS, O" as fol'ows -12 four to five years, from grass 10 three to four ycara •2i yearlings, nil quieS ALFRED BUCKLANI). FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, At Twelve o'Clock, THE HAYMARKET. For Sale, on Friday. August 21. at twelve o'clock, THE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE ARIEL, By Dainty Ariel, dam Una. Fall brother to that grand Steeplechase Mnro. Perfume. W inner of Auckland Derby and Dnncdin Jockey Club Handicap in 1S.0; won Auckland Cup, carrying Sat 2lba. and Canterbury dp in 1>77; won Auckland Cnp. carrjiDg Bat 131bs. and Forbury Handicap: also. North Otago Turf Club Handi cap, carrying 103t 111), in 1573; and in the follow ing y; ar carried Si: 10!b to victory in tho Auck land Cup, from a field ot thirteen starters. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. At 12 o'Clock. THE HAYMARKET. For aalo on Friday, August 21, at 12 o'clock. HP HE \V ELL- KN O\V N HEA V V J_ DRAUGHT CLYDKSDALK KSTIRK BREDALBANE. ALFRED BOCKLANP. _ SATURDAY, AUGUST 2-2, At Twelve o'Clock Sharp. CHOICE HOMESTEAD ON THE BANK OF THE TAMAKI. The undersigned hGs received instructions from Mr Alexander Thomson, to sell on tho pre mises on Saturday next, August 22nd, at twelve o'clock tharp. HIS FARM, CONTAINING 55 ACRES, GOOD URAZING LAND. Fenced, Sab divided, well watered, with a large frontage to the Tamaki River, and within one mile of St. Helier'd Bay. after which will be sold the stock 2 Farm Horses 13 Good Dairy Cows 3 Pure Berkshire Pigs 10 Choice Fowls 2 Drays, hay frame, 2 Ploughs, Set Iron Harrows. Gruhber. Roller. Tumbling Rake, Reaper. Mower. Chafl'cutter, 2 Chces,; Presaer and Vat, Curd Mill and Box, Chcoae Tub, Jliik Dishes, Churn, Sundries. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, At 12 o'Clock. THE HAYMARKET. For salo on Friday, August 28, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSB WOOLBROKER. by Goldsbrongb, dam Corisande, by Now Warrior. Goldsbrough by Fireworks, dam Sylvia, by Fisherman. ALFRED BUCKLAND. /10UNTRY CATTLE SALES, Papaknra—Wednesday, August 28. ALFRED BUCKLANP TUESDAYS. VHB HAYMARS.B* SALE O? WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES. TALLOW, HAY, and BTIUW eaoh TUESDAY, at 12 o'olock. ALFRED BUOKLAB D. ArES IN O "]W" OTI CE. GENERAL FURNISHING WAREHOUSE Messrs. JAMES AND CO., Of Nelson, Bog to announce that they have opened a Branch of their FURNITURE BUSINESS In thOBO Commodious Promises in QUEEN-STREET Recently occupied by tho N.Z. Frozen Meat and Storage Co., and hope by strict attention to this branch of their business, and by supplying a First-class Article at Wholesale Price, to merit a fair sharo of public patronage. BPECIAL ATTENTION i 3 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. TP B A 0 O C X, • OPTICIAN, MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, SnOBTLANDBTRKKT. ALWAYS IN STOCK- Spectaclea and Eyo-glasscs of ereiy kind; an accurate fit guaranteed Opera Glassos of superior quality Toloscopes, Binocular Field Glasses, and Mloro scopes; powerful and cheap Theodolites, Mining Compaß?e=, Abney Levels Drainage Levels, Prismatic Compasses Drawing Instruments, Scales, 1-aruUel Rulom 3hips Logs, Se:ctanto, Compasses, Binnacles Barometers. Thermometers. Hydrometers Electric Bolls, Batteries, and Fittings Magnetic and Galvanic Medical Machines Magio Lanterns and Slides, Hand Magnifier* Stereoscopes ard Slides, Graphoscopes 3toam Guages nnd Tubins, Salinomotora Amateur Photographic Cameras Just Received— Self-registering Aneroid Barometers Also, Aneroids for Lobbies, with handsomely carved frames INBTBUMEUTS O? ETKRY KIND BKPAIBID, OPPOSITK THK POST-OIWIOE. OHAKLES HESKETH.J AITKEN. HESKETH AND AITKEN . are glad to Inform their Customers and the Public generally Unit having told the wliole of their 'ast ycar'a Stock of Clovcrd, etc., they are in a'.josition to Oiler an Entirely N«W Stock arriving per direct steamer Aorangi, from Lon don, and per Mall Steamer from San Fruncisco as under, all current seoauu's growth, consisting WHITK CLOVER (Trefolium repens) RED CLOVER (T-efolium pretons) rmvr^ w ?r' X f R. .(Tre' olium hrbrlda) COWGRASS (Iretoiiuni pereune) SCARLKT CLOTKR (Trcfolium incarnatum) TREI'OIL (Mcdicago supulina) LUCKRNE (Medicago tativa) ALFALFA (Modlcago Chiliana) TIMOTHY (Phle-im Prateuis) CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Cynosurus erlstalus) p v?'pplf< O !?S? r? b0lns cloneatus) rnrß-^nnT ?? le? IJ 1- Pe, rrcne semporvirens) «rTTrf.»?P OT (Dactylis glomerata) TURNIPS d QK&EI^ TOP ABERDEEN DEVONSHIRE GREY STONE WiIITM SwlLaßN?p|^ E™^iPS They are also Aptenta for the Bonodust as Manufactured by the Auckland Manure Com pany, Sydney Boncdust and Flour, Mineral and Bone Phosphates, Potato and Grass llanurea aT^m no> m£ ate of Sorfa, and other Artificial Manures; Oats, Maize. Barley Beans Pease; Coarse, Fine, and Rock Salt, Cobra?tnd Llnsesd Cake; New Zealand Flax and Tow. etc! They are also appointed Agents for tho Par Indian Tea imported direct by Captain Herold from hie brother's garden at Margeelin OOfi PLATEB, SteDCil Plates, Diet, Monograms, etc, Engraved at %bt Stai oeu»



CHEAP PEOKSFi FEED. >_O~<j North New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association (LIMITED), OUSTOMS-STKEET WEST (Xcxi Heather's Store). CASH VERSUS CREDIT. IN consequence of tho reduction in price of Now Zealand Twewls, together with our rapidly increasing business, wo am enabled to reduce our prices, and give tho onor mous discount of 4s in the £ Inspection invited. Largest Stock in Auckland to select from". Tl.o following i- v 1.i.-t of our Price?, all of which are guaranteed New Zealand Tweed? and thorough- -hrunk. Terms >,et Cash. When ?cmjin<_' orders please add the followfng amount for piitajjo: - Coat, 2<; Trousers, la ; Vest, Gd. NEW ZEALAND TWEED CO., Suortla.ni>-stkef.t, nearly opposite I'ostollico. — — Quality No. 4. Quality No. 1. Quautv So. 2. Quality No. 3. Best Saddle Tweed. Snlt Tros. & Vest Troti Salt Trou. & Vest Troti SnL Trull, ft Vest Trou. Snlt Trou. fcVeat Trou. 3,3/. i:,. 10,- 315 1.13- .0- 1.1/- 1/I".A'- 23.0/- 1/10/ 2/-/- 28/- C \ .'.teurement for Cost— i:.r -.".'' O lto .'. From neck jcmn tn \. : .vM ,^.fJ..«j;, _ jf 5| j^^^SF^*^ \ \ sr^^r / || f / I Measurement for Trouter; / /■'■'• , j Whither pnekcta to \>i I k:i; \ . j 0 t'i bouts / ,- / \ | J ! v \ J:i;;;!!;;;!^: \ \ 1/ \ JlEp? \ i\ Li... \ \ UCoumlbouomofhoot \ f I |- : v. \ 4 lI 1 1. ■■ I 1 ' ' •! , " > Vi.n: entiling rcT<! or 1 | I -I rtr-j !.;<:.-— still.■ n.i!- rof ' • ;'/ —r^' rvi:'.-i')'i'"''f' i*-"U-o'iiiVe"o" I :'/ I / / ~:^ \ J-^=^rr der or marked Cheque J j./ /,■ J^* Y. ,j\ -=^~^"—- forward in nn- part of / ■.' .-=■■ / :.,;" THE "WGMB^IiFWIa ||I ifpsß p^ «^s go |f p mm m Bw d Bft 3 H rri r ■lI & B N fi; I W&i , Latest Improvements. ValuaMo Appliances. Ten Years' I Guarantos. Patent Automatic Wlndor. Patent Drop-Rollers. OriiyisJP \ Patent Loose-Windinsf-Wboel. Pateut Tlivead Roloaser. 'Wer ulW !'U Hheim Machined kept In Repairs for threo years FHES OF wfc* *" Illuatratotl Cat.ilosuo.-i and Samples orWorkfroa 'from fy&PHl^lF^/ THE ■V7ERTHSSIH SEWING MACHINE AGENCY. [ W. •>. *>«jALHI, l/«» ADCKUUJD. THE CELEKR.VTKft NEW ANT) IMPROVED PitlZE MEDAL SEWING MACHINES! SEWING MACHINES! THE LATEST i-ND BEST IN THE WORLD. Thoso famous Macliine-3, protected by Thirty Patents, beat all tho other machines at SydHey Exhibition, Ac , &c. Cavtiox—No Canvas km. Cull and inspect, or write for Bamples and prices to ID. S- CHAMBSBS, »°, QUEEN-STREET. RtUPi'KRS A>i) TiiK TItAUK SUPPLIED. ~C:^^^™""^^TUCKEI, S RAKING !««*•*■. -__. ' 'i mUCKER'S DAKING X)OWDER |sSU"^'>. <F s ~" ' X_ *- For XJWho'.iJonsX Bread SBW.Jr^^^^. ,•' j mu^KKIVS pAKINC pOWDER, is^fe. . __^| X Ask your X 5 Ciroctsr L for it IJir OnceTkied AlwaysXJsed. guoo*ikoh XAa o*, , ss, GUN'S!! GUNS!! GUNS!! fr& •'■*''::% "V\ GUNMAIvKH, 251, QUKBN-STRKST, \^> -<^' Tho odvorther hevintr a very Inruo Slfk ;■; r." n\,!frVum^'n^.^f'u M^rilw.' SHIPPERS AND THB GENERAL ;'.>tbuuriuN Fun cash. X public. £ Z. rt. Single bsn-el Guns from _ _ 0 17 6 JJoublo-lwirrol Guns from .. .. 3 0 0 Doublo-burrol B.L. Uiui.~ from .. 4 1.1 0 Slnßlc-barrol B.L. Guna from ..500 Wo are now In a position to Bell, In large or Curti3 lv.d Ifarycy'a Heat Quality small quantities, Butter, Bacon, Hams, and Fi4 aGu°npowde'c G"nP°. W' lor:: £M P" other farm l""oduco ot BOod QUaUtr' roooiv6d Shot '. Oa 5Jd " direct from the farmer. Cartrklgo Caras, 12 p;iuigo, sa, Gs. hud 7d per 190. Every Other Kind ok i-itooriNO Material W. GARRETT. Manaßer. Kqually Cfikai'. ■ ffiLEY'S CRNTBAL FliiK CARTRIDGES, u.-,^.-.,^-^.^.-^^^b-^ayJ 12 gnago, louded with tho Now B.C. Powder. J_J 3UNWORK OF EVKItY DESCRIPTION j .}*, r DONK PROMPTLY and BFFICIKNTLY, "j I*,' '^?lJjfj| BIPORTKR OK PAIN'S CICLKBIiATEU r' i l^H^i fiu.'cvvorks. ;;*:;^.- w. ; iA^^»3 D. EVITT, OUNMAKKB AND IMPORTER. ( % ' t 4~J\^M 254 — QnEKN-STKKET, AncKLAKu, — 254 .'IW- 5 ' . Vrisfcaji Wholesale and lletsll. T^-'dfM^-- :---'AlicW&sEz& ~^, MTSEND rOB PniCJC-LISTB. I; &E2SB^/i^,'iO«B=B^S| \ "VrORTHERN OMNIBUS COMPANY T B. B L A I X I E, _Ll (LIMITKD). W C VICTO/UA-STKEKT, mW NORTH l^B TIME-TABLK, lm°™VrfflS^Y™™ l*"- On and after July 0,1885. dibeot rROM manufactubebb, Leave Avondalo. " Leavo Auckland. Maa Kef Salo, at Low Raton, 8, 0 a.m. 1015 a.ni. Carpentern' Tools U. 0 a.m. 12.15 p.m. „ ~ , . 11.30 a.m. 4.1S p.m. Nolls. Locks, Hlngos 2.1S p.m. S. IS p.ra. Kitchen RauKea SATURDAYS. J Kogister Graton, In (jroat Variety 8- oa,m. 10 15 am. Jtirblo and Knnmell3a Hlato Mantelpiece! 0. 0 a.m. 1.10 p in. (Lnrgeat Etouk in Auokland) 2 30p!m! 3Jsp!m! Marble, Eloctroiplute, Curb, and other Fendora 5. 5 p.m. 10. 0 p.m. Galvonisod Iron, fcibeot Lead, and Zino 530p' m- ILOp- m- ainto.Con.tmt.aadPlMter. NEW LYNX TO AUCKLAND. JNSFECTION INVITED. Leave Now Lynn. Leavo Auckland. 0. 0 a.m. 12.15 p.m. 2.0 p.m. 5.15 p.m. ,«*w Jvi SATURDAYS. f 9.0 a.m. 2.30 p.m. v,.'■•'^■o.iJ* 6.15 p.m. tf^ii^ W£sM£f riOKE, OOKB. OOKB. "^W&S^ J^^^gja. Ip E N T O N & CO., THB AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY LTD.) FAMILY AND SHIPPINB Invite Orders (or GAS COKE. Delivered BUTCHERS, O eßmat Opropo trUcnl"ratCß O: r- CBSh' IODB9I OLD "OB3KRVER" OFFIOB, Sample Sacks of throe bushels _ VICTORIA-STREET WE3T (next to Theatre Five Sacka .. „ „ .. _ Ca 3d • Royal)l Bleven Sacks, or half ton _ _ 11b 6d FflinUlea in Towu nnd 3ubnrDa Walted-on tor _ , Ordora. Corned Besf and Pork Supplied In Twenty-two Saoks, or one ton ..22a Largo Quantifioa. Uami, Baoon, and Ponltrr ——— [)rM««<l to Orfssr. The Company s COKB Is made from the beat _—«™ot —s^wma JreyinoiiUi Coals; Is aiipurlor to that mad'j PS^^sli' s*^3^*^^ rom Newcastle coals, being free from otoB« I, i»^i i|^^^ md clinkor iv a romarkabla decree, Kivos a Pp*|?ii TC XHLIABLE FIRK, C\^p?' w'^l^r^^L^^y^ CLEARER & HOTTKP. THAN COAI* \^\ mW^~^^^^>. LIGHTS READILY, snd f < ?W^ff aflr^ MAKES NO BMOKS. §r~~^rr^ll \\^^ll GOOD FIRE IN 10 MINUCKft \ /\W J X/Xj OFHCBi FORT-3TSBET, T IGHT HARNESS HOHSBB, SADDLE XJ HOR3BB. and nil kinds of SPRING —— VKHICX3CS, Hired, Bon(?ht, and Sold, at „__ CROWTHKb'S VIOTOBIA STABLKB i fQMJk OOK& QQUk WKIOUBSKRT-BTBXST,



JOHN T> UCHAKiI ffif IMPORTER, - I t TEA. COFFEE & SPffi|| MERCHANT,';, ■ CORNER CUSTOMS-STREET W m AND GORE-STREET.': .' ffi& AUCKLAND. H I Telegraph Address: I TelephoneHaM/fltt " Kagle," Auckland. | Ui Wm? 1885-86 T. NEW SEASON CHIJiATBi B"- Tne First Shipment of NEW S^^ft CHINA TEAS, ex Tamsul. vis K| now to liana, and Liquoring Saffiplawkgil obta'ued on application. ' »i| NEW SEASON INDIAN TEIS, | ; NOW IN TRANSIT DIRECT FBOH .:W.'£ ' CALCUTTA. fe, |; The Advertiser directs Rperial K^imflllßl Celfbratod Brands of INDIA ■^■'sg.wp AND PURE INDIAN BLESpEßj»i;m| which for thoir worta and,cbarafiWffl;Mjv:i highly esteemed and increasing!? >WJ|3i^B:;i N.8.-My Trade Mark, M aMJifiSifli-| each package of the following Blenraut"."! Bji lib paoketsraib. 61b, 101b, and MlbTunWi > m | BLENDED INsPi<y AND.'«?!»■-".■ i HOUSEHOLD CODIiTES3 .M !S » 1 t DUCHESS P?^BI EMPRESS Brands. 1 - BLENDED PURE INDUS TPffl \ vxcbeoy 23,^ I i SPREAD EiGLE BAEISfi | POWDER' . |.; These Chemically PuroandKxM«ert!jjgML; havo estubllshed their claim on w°P»"s|Mj sS xonage, and to provide for tho mS'33jM|il havo arranged a more completo UfJLit H v ous department in my New Premis®1" | r i, Hob-on-street A°*jp«H 13,1834.-I have sampled <\'\ B»S'"SS»Hg the bulk, prepared by Mr JobnStoS*Kli chant. Auckland, and havo ™a'K»lliil and flnd tho constituents > imV-; «tfl»»!ilißfi tionod. Tho rojiilt proves this Buperior to any cither MWts£,JfflPWK& prepared that has been 9ubml"o"S»iHiii can, therefore, confidently «c»3!fflaMß v: publio.-(aigned) J. A.PoND.Colou"1'"". |' , SPREAD EAGLE «VEE« ll!| Packed in ilb and lib ~,,; QUABANTKBDP^^g1" <*.« SPREAD EAGLE GROB» Bl I In lib Tina.' ->-■ SPREAD EAGLE GM® 9 1 GINGER. I p|j ' In «b and 71b Tioj. -» | PURE AND OF FINHST QIAW t , None Genuine without ray Tr«*> g j Wholesale by th^Proprlß»>' jg. .,, ■ Retail by Grocers a^Stowkeepe»*^jß f |j Tho STOCK OF GFXERAL OROC^iW | Oilmon'd Stores comprisea a oi 'p|etlW«| . raenc, which is constantly telug«^i»« importations from Huropcan, *»> J/ffi • Australian Market?, bni^SSJH ' !' To thqao about to commenco .j^m_ „ tlon is (Sawn to tho grc.it QSidSuBL ; a position to offer the Brands of Spread Eagle ?TZ^ij|HHi Yeast Powders, etc., »n«^ ll fiflf 'fflJiS special inducenientd wliicn.* ""'J ~ j Catalogues on app"™u ,H| JOHN UOSA *i I MERCPIANT, .W Customs sikeet Ejvst *n" G'" ' v