The Auckland Evening Star.

VOL. XXVL-No. 6,017.

AUCKLAND, N.Z., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1885

PRICE: ONE PENNY.



SliilH»»S \______~~__, TTMON STEAMSHII I_T*\T^ IJ COMPANY OF NBV ¥ _§tilSl Z»ALANU (LIMITED). |^ TIME TABLE.-MARCH. W^UKTj'Ol'.Tg gran Ma^nk^ul pgtfUff, j l**_^A—*A ' .-"'"'". >» —: TTuciTsi, 9."0 a.m. I S.lO a.m. -_ Sg^ggSOLRNK jvo. l*.ut*>. gS 55 QThggCXj)r» 2. noonj _____ VZZ- —~'FQR aYDNMY. n^^l^e^AFr" \ 5 P-'ll- ! 2*l*- iffiRRUS3BLL. «sS»_pn_^__^Bs "•"'• !—^~ !!^^rsTfVA AND IiEVUKA. sssm —ra""- Ap _rils- 6p-m- I ~ »2- iofGREYMOUTH. *jj rTTmrsTAprir2.2p.m. I - 2K£--=^bol&eT~and alongside;TWO PSffi Staw _&vertlsed timo of departure. (_S_®S wS*Se taken at the Com fffSteelAnckland Branch), cornor oi eS.ia-astoniß-Btreeta. *^ry —nBIBNT LINE. l______\Ss_s!____l pnder contract with the New HBB**^Sonth Wales Government for "JS-S^wSSS^ belonging to the AftTanu the Paolflo Co. wfll lf»ve fiSnrv.nS MELBOURNE on the nndor- WS» StMfor LONDON, via ADELAIDE. BBBOT--!WW Wtton>. SUEZ S^___!i_-_- rr sr-n? Egjjjj; Fram Sydnsy. From Melb ume. E" E 36 m^i s Sgjj^there^. 29 -ESbtsa to London, B«l to *r/rj. "" 2SJ, aeoure spenlal advantages by iffilirough from Now Zealand. Second- SS%S- by Orlant steamer are provided SSffjasssges to Sydney or Melbourne. SdOTOM LONDuN.-Spj'olal faoill fcSSdwf tor brlnglng j out Friends and affiypre-paymest ol tho passage-money )%__a, RETURN TICKETS, available for (aSbTare Issued at the following rates t i-WSslpon - - - - gjj , pffifl BOOKED THROUGH~ta LON i HBCrtiWliiedßatee. OF UfUNBW ZEALAND (LIMITED), Agents In New Zealana,^ ri "\rORTHERN STBAM mym SS ship co, (Limitbd). m£Jk T,MB TABLK.-MARCH. __jPnJv\ (Weather and other Clroum -1 Ska-S*1 stanoes Permitting). FROM OUWBN4WRBBT WHARF. in rex HOT LAKES, TERRACES. AND 1 OSOTKRsIvTA TAURANGA). BI QCIOKIST, OHKAI-ST, AND KAfIISST 3-S " ROUTS. hnMa ua avoid the tedious and rough Jffid 1-5-sy by taking passage In tHe X fetcam-hlp Company s new and fast X Clansman and, Wellinrton, wMoh CaJoUsßd altsmately every Monday and KrV»t 7 p.m.. arriving at Tauranga at 6 {takmUatoUow-. morning, when a Coaoh S mall contnvo. leaves Immediatelyjfter SBSritesmer andeoaoh, FOUR POUNDS. IffiTATOANQApANDBAY OF PLENTY inmCß. | T'ATB OT SAILiNO. ______ IThnre_ay,W,7p.m. wEgton lMon_ay,3o,7p.m. I Ccnneota at Taurftnga for Opotikl Do-glas MBar of Plenty Ports evory . | Ttteaaay. fOBBTOg-I.'WIHSBAPOA, AT-» MONOONgI. OUamiua I Monaay.SOi 7 p.r.i. tonGBSAT BIBKIHt, TmtIKSNA, PORT FITZ- JtOr, AND lfgiA,_AL'-J^A-'ARA. jigte ot 18-im Saturday, 8 a.m. kWßJUffllßffi; WHA>--3ARBJ! fiKADB, AND ■-;«-,' '. ''JCAMgAt'AI- jlWßpit l-JTHiy Tuesday, a p.m. ftl WEiSSIS—. VVHANSiaiI HEADS, AOT> Parua Bay. Egg I gvery Friday, jj p.m. ■ Km Mercury Bay anpTairoa. h| , I -very Monday and Thursday, 7 J.-z. \ P.ff. , nWuHMBn and Whanoarki Heads totogpawngers and cargo tor Waipu). *IftWi__s_ tne steamer on arrival to con- HlMBmgeTS to Waipu, , ■& I Friday, 27,6 p.m. H-Bcr f Friday, 27,8 p.m. | ton Whanbarei to Auckland Ay. dfro-i BaUway Wharf■> tftjtro I Batnrday, 28,8 p.m. IjjjjWi I Monday, 30.1 p.m. .'' FqrWaiwera. _______ I Saturaay, 28,2 p.m.; roturaing r*® | Mon-ay. 30. 7 a-m. ten unit to booked and alongside the Mb;i jun. pioinpt. None will bo received Itallnttiottr. _ tat Tlokota must be taken at tho Com dl.oaii»,e7,Qa-3n-str_ec. Auckland. laWil-iiglßn or Clansman for Walwera ft'B»Wriay, at 2 p.m., returning every M RAGLAN AND KAWHIA.— £ s T_s as. ARGYLK wIU leavo Onehunga Wn a aljove (Weather and other clroum (*H Wrmlttlng) TO-MORROW (Friday)' • -e-.lita. The passenger accommodation »tM-passea. — Northern Steamship Co. gilt-.Anokland: or, A. Barnes. Onehunga. "T7 >" aTEA-TTO THAMES, aAef KJ Connootln _ with River nfflSaaAr^S for STIRLING ■B3BSrwoRTH,omNEMura,WAX; SPI-^'-KKAOTtI. WAIHI, TE *HA aOLDBTKLDS, MORRINSVILLE. WWa PLAINS, AND GRANT AND ft t TIME TABLE WWOUAHANA. P^. ENTERPRISE NO. _ m> ANNS MILBANK. BBOM AUCKLAND. , l-Botoma- I Enter- I Anne ■___. I hsna. I prise. I Milbank. p,»lMllam. | - - >'» 10.30 a.m. 7 p.m. - _JB|u_.m, I - - 52 . MtOM THAMKS l - I -Itotama- I Enter- I Anne __~!_ hana. 1 prlsa. I Milbank. Pi*j|Uop.m. 12p.m. - S__S[sp.m. 7 p.m. — '•luso received for Rotcmahana within Sytaitof adverted time of leavlr.x. SJWBiMs in Sfclppina, Carrjlna, or "•WwUts Stock. Sjßs| ■'■■ BKO- FRASER. Agent L&f S. COROMANDEL. :iIBnKTHOMAS ECOTT, MA.TEB. ?■!«•. A'L, 1?18 TABLE. mmimam i Leaves Coromaafl el t IBB*?™ Maroh. i&___.T _ __7 Saturday, 28,12 noon ______S____ UIM olwumstanoes permuting. SS__^-____B>biPPu_g. oarrying, or Ols ■SaJWitpok, -■fi^JtWßljea without Bhlpphiß nots, and ,■s^*ll an hour of advertised time of de- HP£_*!liJji> wepald on board. :M^T be B. WA I T A XI, -. PJHyM tona register 120 h.p., will ' »^ST bQ desEßtche,i "■" TfiffiS- WHANGAREI HEADS, **?WWAI, AND PAKUA BAY, Bin. M'°lloWß!— "WUABLK FOR APRIL. - fcj»l*Bolt-ADO_XANDI •""rTueeday and Friday, 8 p.m. _."ftK>M WHAUaARKII . »>aay,26th._ip,m. : ftay, 80th. 6.45 p.m. , »W.2nd,10a P_r E?'™.^noon ff^y,__Up£ :■ iffi^i. 6"1. 9-30 a.m. o ifflMay.2oth, 10a.m. ' {ff^y. 23rd, 2 p.m. :„ J . A ?-SfI^JJ Xzmo Coal UopOt, Rauway 1 i_S™w^ steiunßr at 1 S?»a«hßP_ IJ_? ana Marsden Point »Ma. I'Sfg™' and for Whangarei : TOtv, mu< M^ Parua Bay Payable on EtspniSuisji*m,iae °n tha wharf °r a, ""tttflw _S?„ a _° r i? BUe ot PasSenger ; tJK B,1*ig minutes beforo advertised Firth's MUL JIOR JLONDON. W^^^ The Al olippor barquo .:ff^@. 6LB SLOK A, : __^A^wte- regi?lßT-'A- H. Sar '#te'^fctirt_S?_. lot London- "n<l mL - Z^yBtBXBK. 5c CO.,



NEW ZEA ? ! 4*^"to~ Zv: nl 0 SHIPPING COM 7 f* Jr^T^™ | PANY' 3 ROYAL MAJI Mfl'"'" l A; o jj LINE OF BTEAMERE r «_- liO'o' W r./lH L&O i;oJ.„_±-'_! (undor Contraot with the '-*^^ 'Jj New Zoaland Government; Will be despatched with Her Majesty's Malli as under for LONDON, Via Rio de Junoiro and Madolra I— • Steamers. |Ton^.| D^g' a | Date. - ~ 18851 . KUAranu ._ 1,1(8 Woll'ngton April 11 1-ATKOURA 1,750 Lyttelton May-7 • I'ONOARIRO ...__ I.lKl _ Juno i Aorangi 4,ua .. July 2 RIM-TAItA -1,750 .. July 30 Aua Lhoncoforward every fourth Thui-eday. The above are all new steamers, built specially Tor the trade, and commanded by men of great sxperienoe. The length of tha passage by the Company's iteamera averages undor 40 days. Passage money i Saloon, from 60 guineas I upwards; second oabln, 10 guineas; steerage, from 18 guineas. For freighter passage apply to THE HEAD OFFICES, CHRISTCHURCH, Or to tho Branches and Agents of the Company throughout tho Colony. J^j;*- "VXT^IUKU AND ONE 4%gF3s~k *▼ I HUNGA STEAM J§P||l|S*3£ NA LIGATION CO. (Liihthi. . T3M.it TABLE.-S.B. MANUKAU. S.e_»V6 unebunfr. < Leave Waiuku I March. 1885. 87-Friday, 1 p.m. 27--Friday, 7.80 a.m. — 28—Saturday, 9 a.m. 30-Monday, B a.m. 80—Monday, 10.30 a.m. Atril. ISW. 1-Wed.. 7 a.m. l-Wed., 11.30 a.m. 2 -Thursday, 7.M a.m. 2—Thurs., 12 noon a—FrldayHorManukau _ Heads), 8 a.m. 4—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. 4—Saturday, 1 p.m, 7—Tuesday, 11 a.m, 7—Tuesday, 3 311 p.m. 8 -Wed., 11.30 a.m. 8 -Wodnosday, 1 p.m. 9—Thursday. 1 p.m. — 10-Friday, 3 p.m. 10—Friday, 6.30 a.m. — 11—Saturday, 7,80 a.m, 13-Monday, 6 p.m. — 11—Tuesday, 5 p.m. 11—Tuesday, 9 30 a.m, 15-Wed.710.30a.m. 18-Thursday, 7 a.m. 16—Thursday, 11.30 a.m. 17—Friday(forManukau _ Heads), 8 a.m. 18—Saturday, 8 a.m. 18—Saturday. 12.30 p.m. 20—Monday, 9 a.m. 20—Monday, 1.30 p.m. 2J—Wed.. 11 a.m. 22—Wed., 8.30 p.m. 21—Thursday. 1 p.m. — it— Friday, 3 p.m. 21 -Friday, 6.30 a.m. - 25 -Saturday, 7.30 a.m. 27—Monday, spm, — 28—Tuesday. 5 p.m. 58 -Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.B — 29-Wod.. 10.30 a.m. 30—Thursday, 7 a.m, 30—Thursday, 11.30 a.n-, Weather and other olrcumstanoes permitting. All treitch— payable before delivery of goods. J. BARR BROWN, Managing Dirootor. _jf_«_.___- vivid. ___J§Sai^>eAUCKLAND."MVKRHB!AD •^^S^^^P? AND WADE. January. From Auokland. From Rlverhead Monday _ 6 a.m. & 4 p.m. 8 a.m. Tuesday _ 1 p.m. 8 a.m. Friday „ 6 a.m. & 1 p.m. 8 a.m. Saturday _ 1 p.m. 8 a.m. & 1 p.m. All parcels prepaid. For Wade. From Wade. Wed., 25, 9.30 a.m, I Thurß., 26. 2.30 p.m. Evory Saturday, Excursion to Rivorhcad at 1 p.m. Fare. 2s roturn. Towing done. S. H. BURNINGHAM, Agent r TO LONDON, <JKtSsI§fe»i*PKI«I4SULAR&ORIENTAL I*lPSr~«,i'^' STEAM NAVIGATION FOR LONDON DIRECT (Via Colombo). _,_„_-..- Leave Leave bteamer. | gyanuj-, Molbourne. 188S 1835. Pkkin _ AprllS AprilO Khedivk Api-1115 Apriiai Massii.ia. April 29 Mays Thamks May 13 May 19 And thencoforwartl ovorr alternate week. Passengers and cargo booked to London, Mar seilles, Italy, Egypt, India, China, and Japan at moderate ratoa. Return Tickets Issued both to first and second class passengers at especially low rates. Cheap rosorv ed accommodation can be obtained in this Company's vessels. Passengers booking at Auckland secure peolal advantages. For all partioulara apply to CRUICKSHANK & CO., 18. Uneen-Btraet. Auokland. Agents. jL__jr ~ npHE S.S. NEPTUNE j^f^a^a JL will leave Helensville _ScS?tficr^_^a_^overy Friday, after arrival of (l«S«&*»fea*S*F'first train, for Batloy, Pahl, aß™Sß*aa^ Matakohe, and Point Curtis, and will loavo Point Curtis at high wator on every Saturday morning for Helensville direct, oarrying passongers ana freight J. & A MoLBOD. "VT ~~E AY S T O R % AiS UPPER SYMONDS-STREET. All Ooods sold at a slight advanco ovor cost for Cash. Call and soe tho price and quality of oar Goods. , E.W.R. buys all his Goods for Cash, and in t 'nds giving the public benefit of it Please note the addross :— c. w. rollerson, Thames Fruit and Grocery Store, Upper Symondb-btrekt. 7*7 H. SKI i. 51 li AND SOJS, V V • Builders, Cai-pentera, and Joiners, Vulcan Lane. All Rrs.oohes of the Building Trade executed by E-perionced Workmen.; Rbon ffrontn. Offloe Fltttngß. In. VTOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, SUPPORT THE FARMING COMMUNITY Through their Association, the "_. N /yv <_S_*^ _"2f__^ ▼vV - 69, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, Who have always for Salo on thoir Sharoholdorß account: DATS CHEESE CHAFF BUTTER HAY EG^3 POTATOES . FRUIT. W. GARRETT, Manager. _ THE UNION STEAM SAW, MOULD DIG, SASH, AND DOOR COMPANY (LIMITED), DEALER IN TIMBER, DOORS, SASHES, AND TURNERY, Supplies from Bush Mills by direct delivery at any Publio Wharf in Auokland :— BUILDING MATERIAL IN EVERY FORM, including MOULDINGS. Owner of the Tairua Saw-mills, WHICH PRODUCE THE BEST JOINERS' TIMBER IN THE MARKET. IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS, CON TRACTORS, CABINETMAKERS, AND JOINERS. A Specially Selected Stock of JOINERS' TIMBER From tho Tairua Mill, thoroughly seasoned and ready for working up, is always kept ln Stock at MECHANICS' BAY YARD. In lots to suit customers' requirements. MECHANICS' BAY TIMBER YARD AND FACTORY. TIMBER, DOORS, SASHES, AAj____n, TUKNKKY FRETWORK. And GENERAL JOBBERY The Company continues to supply in lota to suit purchasers material as above. Stocks in alldepartmont_arolarge.weU-a_sorted, and thoroughly seasoned, and Favourable quotations will bo given to those about to build. Price Lists and all Information on application to jtw.\n OFFICE, Mechanics' Bay. JO B LO TS. Special inducements to buyers of Timber suit; able for Out-butidlngs. BIRKENHEAD AND NOBTHOOTB. . The Company's Branch Yard in thUd strict, in con Section vritfi tho business oJMossraFlewofig Bros., Birkenhead Wharf, contains Large Stooks of Umber (rongh and dressed) Moridlngs. Docra. and s.» _hes for immediate delivery at TOWN PRICES R3 CORSTON befrs to nform the Ladies of Auckland and Suburb* Uiat she is soiling off her Summer Stock of English ■ Millliv-ry aid General Drapery at a frreatra duo: lon, to make room for tho autumn iroods , now just opening up. ■ Come imd seouro the bHi'gainfi. A special line in Cnildrens COS tunica. Underclothing, &«., at Mrs Corsfpn a Newiitglon Houso Millinery and Dressmaking Establishment, oppo3ito Portland House, Hou- Bou-street. N.8.-Ostrich Feathers dyed tne • prevailing colour-a beautiful cardinal. ________________________■__■



Bnstncßs Notices. R W. A. DUGLEBY, M.R.1.8.A., ARCHITECT, &0. . OrriOES i No, 7, Exohange Chambers, Queen ' street. 3 "DAY OF ISLANDS WAGGON AND JL> CARRIAGE CO. (LIMITED), I 83, QuKEN-STRHRT. ' This Company having oponod an Auokland Agenoy, aro now prepared to fake ordors from tho trado und tlio public for all kinds of Waggon and Carriage Maturtal at manufacturers' prioes, Farmer's Spring Waggons, with seat and brake, now on hand ; also, Hubs, Whools, &o. Ordors solicited by tlio Agent, - GUY TRKXCHARD, j~l O TO BATH . \AK to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT, COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS, Victoria- htrekt Kast. Gharze-ONK SHILLING. Open all week days from 6 ».__. to . p.m., and SUNDAY MORN INGS from li till ill a.m. The Bath-rooms are all private, and supplied with overy conven ience, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &o. Select Bath rooms (private) for Ladles every day, at all hours, with female attendance, One Shilling and Sixpence. Please note the addreas—Victoria street East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next the Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart Annklan* N.B.—Barber In attanrfaneo. pOR DO N HOUSE (LATE DAMPIER'S). WAKEFIELD-STREET. H. Gordon begs to inform the publio that he ha opened the above promises with a well and carofully seleoted stook of General Drapery, Millinery, Hosiery, &0., niported direct, that will bo offered at prices whioh will merit a share of your patronage. For good value inspect this stook. Equalled by Few, Excelled by None. Now goods to arrivo ox Dorlo. now due. DIOHMOND HOUS|B, PONSONBY RO AUOKLAND, W. COCHRAN, 8b h„ FAMILY BUTCHER, Q. ROU N D LIMB, GROUND LIME FOR SALE" SOUTHGATB 8 MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHE LIME. In any quantity, for Concrete Paths, Floors Cellars, _o. (next to stone flagging Is un rivalled (or durability and hard-setting qualities). For tanks and other wet work It Is a first-class material. B. KEANE, SOLE AGBNT, C.U.n'nMajaTRB.T.T TOTTS BOYLE, MID WIFE, Begs to Intimate to the Ladles of Auckland and country districts that she is propared to receive patients during thoir accouchement at her residenco, Fernleigh Villa, Fernleigh-Etreet, Ponsonby. Ladies wishing to come to town from country districts would do woll to avail thomselves of this qulat rotreat. Mrs B. hopes by oivllity nnd strict attention to tlio require ment of hor patients to merit a fair share of patronage JW H I T E, • TAILOR AND IMPORTER. Viotoria-btreet, Has just received and opened up, ex Te Kapo, direct from Glasgow, 8 CASES OF SEASON'S GOODS, comprising all the latest rteßlgns in Tweeds and Worsteds. Moro Shipments to Follow^ AR NOCK BROTHERS, (Established 18621 SOAP AND CANDLHJ MANUFACTURERB, COX'S CREKIt. AUCKLAND. Manufacturers of tho Celebrated Extract of Soap, Disinfectant Povvdors, First Prize Yollow, Blue Mottled. Doublo Crown, Kconomio, and Household, Carbolic, aud other Alcdloinal and Toilet Soaps, made from the purest Of Tallows, &c. Offices DURHAM-STREET, Auckland. N.B. - Cash Purchasers of Tallow, Wool, Sheepskins, and Bones, ____ _______ B r^ JJ FORT-STREET, ADJOINING POST-OFFICE, IMPORTER AND COMMISSION AGKNT DIRECT IMPORTER OF CIO-UlB. Soldln Quantltioß_of_So or_Uore. c-A jj B- j N jj g^ -■^•broker, house, land, estate, and general commission agent, Temple Chambers. OrroßiTE "Herald Office. Queen-sthket. TT. D W A R D BARTLEY ARCHITECT, BTICHBURY'B BUILDINGa, QUEEN-STREET. 52 h "end ERB ON, c DISPENSING CHEMIBT, PHAR MACIST, AND SURGEON DENTIST, Medical Hall, Ponsonby, opposite Three Lamps. Telephone No. 307. / IThos. J, Earbutt, / I Mahufaotubib of CORN BROOMS, Bj£2s* nuoa { kapaji } utARK. TELEPHONE NO...iS_. ItrOTICE TO GROWERS OF TOBACCO. Tho Auokland Tobacco Company (Limited) and tho New Zealand Tobacco Growing and Manufacturing Company (Limited) having united, all oontracts made by either Company for the purchase of Leaf from farmers will be carried out by the united Company, who are prepared to buy for oash, and on application to the undersigned can'proeure the Customs permit required by the Aot prior to removal of any tobacco from a farm. N.8.-The Auokland Tobacco Company (Limited) ia the only.rogißtered Tobacco Manu facturing Company la New Zealand, and Mr August Vollbracht, formerly working manager of tho New Zealand Tobacco Growing and Manufacturing Company (Limltou), has no con nection whatever with it. AUSTIN WALSH, Manager Auokland Tobacoo Company (Limited), Fort-streot, Anokland, February 10,1885. SUPERIOR CORUGATED TANKS. J. L. KEAN Has For Sale a nnmbor of tho abovo, with taps, roady for uso, prioo 355, nt his Shop, Wollosley- Btreet East (noxt door to Crowthor'B Stables). Large Quantities of Spouting, Ridging, and Down Pipea always ln stook. Vorandah Iron ourved at tho shortest notice. Country ordors -will always receive his prompt attention. Load Washers always on hand. i WILLIAM THOMAS, Corner of Lorno and Victoria-streets, Auokland East, ______ MONUMENTAL, MARBLE, AND GENERAL STONEMASON, _ „„ ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTOR AND CARVER. Inscriptions Aoourate and Beautiful. Monuments. Tombs, Headstones, and every 6e jorlptton of Stone Work at the Lowest Possible PrlcoH for Town and Country ■m/r R A. L. WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, Will bo prepared to receive Patients at his Premises, TOP OF SHORTLAND-STREET, On aud after MONDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, Hours of Attondanco-9 s.m. till 6 p.m. DR. WRIGHT begs to Intimate that, for the convonlonce of his pationts, he will attend daily for Consultation, from 12 till o'clock, at the above address. TkTOTICB OF REMOVAL. THE VICTORIAN LOAN AND DISCOUNT AGENCY HAVI REMOVED TO OFFICES NEXT DOOR TO MR P. OLIPHANT, Solioitob, HIGH-STREET. T I S D A L E, p. COAL AND FIREWOOD DEALER, At YMdiKanawahap. Road, or Shlp^Slda. i cmi B»d Ball* fl^!^ 0*8' Bna Sl,to,Jie,



TTTOUSB AND GENERAL DECORATIVE ESTABLISHMENT. 13, WYNDHAM-STREET. 13. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. J, Henderson, in thanking bis numerous ollonta and tho publio generally for their paat llboral favours, has miieh pleasure in Informing them that he hus Romovcd to moro Extensive Premises (two doors abovo old shop), where he trusts to merit a continuance of thoir patronage, J. HENDERSON, 13, WYNDHAM-STREKT, _5; NE SHILLING.—To the Ladies of Auc_.land.-1. FERNANDEZ desires to announce that ho has just received another Shipment of 1,000 Ladles' and Childrelv_ _'ashionablo Winter Hats and Bonneta Thfey consist of aU the most Fashionable Shapes in Straw, Felt, Velvet, Boaver, Satin, and Fur. The colours are. Blaok, Navy, Groen, Brown, and Cardinal. Theso goods are a similar ship ment to those whioh oroated such a sensation last year, and will bo sold at tho low price of One Shilling each, acknowledged by all to be the most wonderful value over shown ln Auok land. In addition to the above, I.F. having purohaaed the INSOLVENT STOCK of 8. Bowring, he Is now selling £1,300 worth of Drapery and Clothing at quite Half Price. Oonuine Bargains for Everybody. Come and Judge for Yoursolves. Tram-oars pass the shop; ask tho conduotor to set you down.— FERNANDEZ, Draper and Clothier, Karanga hapo Road, Newton. TO THE INHABITANTS OF DEVONJ PORT. TAKAPUNA DISTRICT, AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. MICHAEL CORCORAN (Lite of tlio Greyhound. Thames, and Metropo litan Hotels, Quconsiroot, and Star and Gartor Hotol, Coromandel), bugs to announce Uiat he has taken tho FLAGSTAFF HOTEL, NORTH SHORE and hopes to uiorit the patronage of rosldonts and visitors. First-olasa Accommodation for Lodgers: Baths, See. Tho Hotol is closo to the water, so that visitors havo the advantage of Boa bathing, A Flrst-olass Billiard Tablo, prosidod ovor by an experienced marker. MICHAEL CORCORAN, FLAGSTAFF HOTEL. NORTH BHQRB. TMPORTANT PUBLIO NOTICE. REVOLUTION IN THE GROCERY BUSLNESS. RAVE TEN PER CENT. BY BUYING AT THOMPSON'S, THOMPSON'S, FOOT OF GREY-STREET. The Question Is—How oan we offer this Special Advantage] Well, we Buy for Cash, and we Sell for Cash, and our Motto is Small Profits and Large Returns. PURE BLENDED TEAS at la Bd, 2s, 2a 4d, and 2s 8d per lb. THE BEST THE WORLD PRODUCES, 2a lOd per lb. 10 or 121b. PARCELS of tho above TEAS less 2d per lb. Redaction ORIGINAL 121b. BOXES, 15b, 17b Bd, 22a 6d, and 25a. EVERY ARTICLE IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS LOWER THAN ANY OTH2R HOUSE. TRY US. TRY US. OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST, AND QUALITY IS OUR LEADING FEATURE, Noris thh Address— A. B. THOMPSON, FOOT OF GREY-STREET (three doow below Cook-street). H OM A S M ACH IN, BRICKLAYER AND BUILDER, COIiINQWOOD-STBEKT. Quantities prepared for the Trado and reliable estimates given. Furnace work dono ln all branches. Stoves, Coppors, and Kitchen Ranges set and guaranteed Communications ov dobc attended to. T'~o VISITORS TO WAIOTOA HOT BPRINGB. Visitors to tho abovo Springs will find every arrangement for their oonvenlonco and pleasure. Tho above Springs are famed for the Cure of Eye Diseases. See testimonials ln Star. F. BTRANGE, Proprietor. BOTCHER AND CO., FORT-BT. AND QlT__BN-8T WHARF. STEVEDORES, RECEIVING AND FORWARDING AGENTS. WOOL STORED AUD DUMPED 108 BHIPM-N-, BALLAST BUPfLIKD, HOT SPRINGS, TE AROHA.—E. Gallaghor's, Pioneor Coaches to and from Morrlnsville, To Aroha, and Waiorongomal, mooting Auokland trains daily. Passengers . are requested to book with my agent, who will givo full Information, and make all necessary arrangements; apooial conveyances for Invalid*.—W. T. Davles, Agent, 13, Customs street, Auokland. [A CARD.] Tt/TR W. F. BUCKLAND Has commenced praotloe ln Auckland as a BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR In Chambe No. 6. Durhom-st. East (opposite T. and 8, Mon-In and Co.'s side entrance). SCORIA ASH. SCORIA ASH TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, I am propared to supply (or deliver) from Threo Kings Scoria Pit, In any quantity. Coarse, Medium, and Soroonod, ln Auckland Suburbs and Onehunga. Orders oan bo left at the Warkworth Comont Company's Offloe, 83, Quoen-stroot, or tho undersigned. ________ _ Onehunga. Jan.. ""« WM. BRIBRI V THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAI FACTORY. JAMBS MACKIB, PBoraißoa, VICTORIA-STREET JLAST, AUOKLAND. Repaln of every description In Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest notloe. Springs made and repaired. J-wayi on Hand—A large quantity of Lampe, alio Iroabark Shafts and Spokes, Red Gnn Feltaea, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.B,—COTJFitrv Ot<W« nnnntnullv attended to. TELEPHONE, No. 808. ■jT/T R P. F. M. BURROWS Ahohitkot and Building Suevkyob, Over Gcodaon's. AUCKLAND. _-^t^o^^k. il n » If HOBSON-STBEKV | CASH AND DEFERRED PAYMBJfI TAILORS, DRAPERS, MILLINER*. MANTLE AND HABra-M__B_Bltßr^ HOBaON-aiRSKB. We respeotfnlly Invite attention to our lull Stock of NOVKLTIKS for the present Season. Our Great Variety and Choice of the Bee Fabrics, with the Skill and Talent we now em ploy, and the great success of our effort* to pro luce Superior Garments, Perfeot iv Fit and Unexcelled ln Cat and Style, gives us even onr.fldence In respectfully soliciting the favoui of a visit, _____ AU Tweeds thoroughly shrunk before belts made up, and Sit and Workmanship Guaranteed. The Ileferred Payment System has bees 00-d to be a great boon, by enabling thctt jrith limited incomes to procure necessaries (8 be -.'.3io-C possible way. ALL GOODS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. Caau Cnstam ars receive S per cent. Discount ens milling ta tho pound sterling) on all parcel* I _0- u-sl n-warda. snbpkoiion iNvrraD. -S_MC_S« -AH VBM D«#a.



i Land and Estate Agents. W. L. M ITCHELL LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, Coombes's Aroad«, Queen-street. Bankers—National Bank of Now Zealand. Telephone Exchange, No. 199. 1 Rents and Interest Colloctod in town and dountry. Monoy Invested lot Capitalists on flrst-olaBS , securities without chnrgo. Mortgages and Loans negotiated. Partnerships arranged. 1 Estatos Managed for Absentees and othors. Tonants guaranteed to landlords. 1 Houses To liot and Proporties For Salo or Lease placed on my Booke Froo of Charge. Insurances oiToc.od at Lowest Rates, and Confidential Agencies undertokufi; BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR RALE. CITY—A Grand Froohold, situate in Customs street West, near tho junction of Viotorin-st. A double frontago; an oxcellcnt situ for fac tory. Only £700, and easy torms. CHEAP ALLOTMENTS, SUDsaxstrest, near to Upper Pitt-street, £3 por foot. COMMERCIAL ROAD-33 x 100. VICTORIA AVENUE—?rand Cornor, also Good Allotments, £3 por toot. KINGSLAND-Cheap Allotment, only £35. MOUNT EDEN, main road—Good Business Stand, £7.. VIEW ROAD-£3 por foot. VICTORIA AVENUE, Mount Edon-Excollent Villa Bite £3. MARINE PARADE, Ponsonby—£3 per foot. KING-STREET—3Os per foot. ALLOTMENT-Nolson-streot, 14 x 105, £8 per foot. WELLINGTON-ST.—Allotmont, £8 per foot. PONSONBY ROAD-£ll por foot. KINGSLAND, main road-Allotment, £3 per foot. MOUNT ROSKlLL—Allotment on main road, very choap. at 555. KARANGAHAPE ROAD—A Grand Site for Business. £50 por foot. PROSPECT-STREET-328 8d per foot. WELLESLEY-STRE_fi\"near to Hobson-street —A grand iuvoohmmt, 15 foot frontage, with Building-; £30 por foot. GENTLEMAN'S VILLA -Oollghtfullyaitttatetl, near Railway Station; three milbs froih town. Tho grounds aro tastefully laid out, and comprlso nearly Two Aores of Choico Volcanio Land. Prico, £1,100. BUBURBAN VILLA, with ovor Throo Aoros- A grand north oust anpaot, well Bheltoied. With fow exception., this is a Property not lo bo equalled for situation, and it has tho ad vantage of a splendid creek of beautiful clear wator, pure as crystal, and roomy onongh for bathing facilities; £100 cash, tho balanoo as agreed. WOOD-STREET, Ponsonby-Flrst-class real donco; a good oorner site with unintoruptod view of tlio harbour. One of she best propor- Uob in tho distriot. Prico, £900, with oasy terms, PONBONBY ROAD—An exceptionally Grand Corner Site £20 por foot. WOOD-STREET, Ponsonby - Choice Villa Rosldence, largo moms, and vory lofty j con croto walks, and splondid marine view. £850, with oasy torms. BIRKENHEAD—2J Acres, at £50 per acre. £50 oash. Balance on oasy terms. RAGLAN, Government Township —A Good Section. Very cheap. CHEAP COTTAGES FOR WORKING MEN Stanley-street .. £300 Commoroial Road £280 Homo-street .. £250 Klngsland.. .. £110 Klngsland.. .. £250 Sussex-street .. £350 Very oasy terms for either of the above, on de ferred payment system,can be arranged. HEPBURN-STREET (City) — Freehold Resi dence and Grounds, with ovory convenience ' for a family. £50 oash; tha balance as agrood. KARANGAHAPE ROAD—Ono of tho fore most propertlos in this rapidly advancing thoroughfare, near the residenoe of Dr. Richardson, having a frontage of 38 foot, with vory comfortable residence of 9 rooms. Prloo. £1.450. BEREBFORDSTREET—City Freehold with Dwolllng-house of 7 rooms. Only £000. NEW LYNN—Very cheap Cottages. Easy terms. NEW LYNN, near Railway Statton-10 aores well-sholtered land, just tbe thing for a working man; good tor Market Garden and Orchard. Prloo, £12 ueraore. LUCAS'S CRKEK-500 Aores Valuable Tlmbor Land, containing over 500,000 feet of Kauri, suitable aa baulk timber, which can bo easily got out. A large quantity available for Shlnglos, Palings. Poßta, &c. Tho Block con tains at least 100,000 foot of Rickers, valuable for small spars, which oan bo easily got into Auokland harbour within two days, bosidos which thoro aro fully 10.000 tons of Firewood. There Is monoy in this proporty, and it is dirt choap to a man who understands how to work It. IMPROVED FARM-175 Acres; good House nnd Out-buildings; 40 aores fenced and ploughod; 2 acres Orchard in full bearing, within half a milo of Railway Station. £5 por acre. MANURKWA.—ISO Acres, tho best part of tho blook known as Hunter's Hush, with somo valuablo puriri and a running stream of f rosh wator. £0 per aero. KYBKIt PASS Good Shop nnd Residonoo. Cheap. FARM. MAHURANGI.-552 Acres, with 100 Acroß in Grass, and good Dwolling of 10 Rooms. To bo Loased, on oasy terms. W. L. MITCHELL, LAND AND EBTATE AGENT, COOMBEB'S ARCADE. QUEEN-STREET O. H. O SMOND' LAND AND MONETARY AGENT, 118, QUBKN-HTRKKT (Adjoining B. Tonka and Co.'s). TELEPHONE N 0...185. BANKERS I NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. MORTGAGES AND LOANB NEGOTIATED RENTS AND INTERESTS COLLECTED MONEY INVESTED ON FIItST-CLASS SKCURITIE3. WITHOUT CHARGE ESTATES MANAOED FOR ABSENTEES VALUATIONS AND ARBITRATIONS UNDERTAKEN NATIVE LAND AFFAIRS SPECIALLY UNDERSTOOD Houses to Lkt and Properties for Bale Placed on my Lists Free of CnAttor. Every Description of landed Property Bought or Sold to Order Large Sums to Lend on First-class Security Agent for National Fire and Marine In surance Company of New Zealand, and tub New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. /. i i.i properties, PONSONBY,—To any person requiring antii vostment for £7501 can confidently reoommond two pretty sovon-roomed Villas, built on free hold allotments, bringing In a large and per manent roturn for the outlay, as well as having a good prospective valv o. PONSONBY.—Now and woll-built house of five rooms, exoollent washhouse with concrete floor, and water laid on, Tho rooms aro largo and woll lighted; bow window; extra largo dining-room; kitchen fitted with evory re quisite; gas and water; large double frontage allotment, nicoly planted with fruit and orna mental troos. Price, £550, with terms. RESIDENCE.—Very nico Eight roomed Houso (Just tho sort of houso there is so muoh in quiry for at present), olose to Quoon-street; gas and water; large allotmont; nice view, and cheap; £750. T °~L B T- Nice Comfortablo sovon-roomod Houso, "In a Nico Loonllty; convenient distance from Town. Ront, 17b por wook. Also BEVERAL COMFORTABLE AND PLEA SANTLY-SITUATED HOUSES at low rente lo good tenants, SUBURBAN pBOP_BII_S, MOUNT EDEN.—A Corner Allotment, with 110 ft frontage to Stewart-street and 110 ft to Normanby Road, with a very oomfortable House oreoted thereon, for sale on easy terms. Prico. £350. The land alone worth the money. £210—VERY COMFORTABLE Four-roomed COTTAGE, convenient distance from town: Mount Edon distriot; overy convenience, and nico allotmont; easy terms of payment. MOUNT ROSKILL.—In this favoured locality I havo several very comfortable and well-built Houses—three 4-roomed, six 5-roomed, two G roomed—besides several others for sale on really good terms. To any person desirous of purchasing a house In a fast-rising suburb. this information should be valuablo. Full particulars will be given on application. MOUNT ALBERT.—A really comfortable homo for Industrious man; nice house and two largo seotionß, all planted. Price, £200, on deferred payments, or terms to suit. ONEHUNGA.—Ono of tho best Family Resi dences in tho district tor sale; woll situated. MOUNT ROSKILL.—Tho host Allotments in tho dißtriot for Salo. Price, £3 17s 6d, I havo Allotments all along tho Road for Bale, on terms to suit the requirements of anybody. Any person buying an Allotment can havo the Money advanced to Build with, on mort gage, Building Society prinolple, or aa pre- T0 eOWNERS OF PROPERTY.—I have clients desirous to Purchase—4 to 6 Acres at Epsom. ■ In really good position; 7-roomcd Houso and about an Acre within three miles of town; large House, suitable for a Boarding-house, close to Queen-street; nice 5-roomed House and about 1 acre of land at Otahuhu. fIiiUSIOSi Jj] BTA TE. 108 PEP, FOOT AND UPWARDS.-AU the Unsold Portions of that most oonvenlently situated property known as the Gladstone Estate. This Estate, situated so oloae to town, and from any portion of which the views are unsurpassed, Is now Subdivided into Largo Allotments, These allotments are not 33 x So, but have large frontages and still larger dopth. The prioes are suoh that almost any person may obtain their own freehold at a nominal coat. Should terms bo any inducement, the owner Is prepared to accept a third cash, the balance to remain for 3 or 6 years at 8 per cent. per annum. The inducements whioh thiß pro ■ perty offers to any persons requiring a nioa Rsflld'-nco Site or _ Snlenald investment aro laanifoid. Fane? bsiug ablo ».o purchase a Grand-Allotment'cloa? to tovsn icr 10s p«r loot, i-ioii Bemi-volcanic; -yiows c_.rivaUe>u; I within S p-Uiiutefi' walk o. a railway station, h»matopa.--lu-.V:e:o.iue:ro-;.evt.i..^j, X-; • ' (<oa-rt_ntly: eharnb. and selinol convenissr. i Kaa and wator i_ alua within . r-0 feet of tho r>_ o pertyi poai-olßsei'oitebphono wiciilii a little distance; no craving roqulrcd. Piacs and every ln-OTm__-on mar 6o obtalne. at Uia Offloe of the undersigned.



._. Money __ .___ _2 £\ A A TO LEND I v sums of fron 3yw\F~7%f £50 upwardß.-Apply Wm. S Coohraha, Coobrano's Auottaa Mart, 185, Quaen Btreet. __ M~ MWT^TOljM^~ongooA Security; from £00 and upwards, at seven po: oont.-Apply to J. A. Boalo, Solloitor, Mercan tile Ohnmbefo. MOKiJ TO LENT on Freehold Securities.—A, BuoaATAW Solicitor, St. Unngo Chambors (opposite BanJ nf New Zoaland). MOftEY TO LEND, on Mortgage, Oi Flrat-olasa Freehold Securities. W. COLEMAN, Solicitor, National Insurance Buildings. MONEY LENT ON PROMISSORY . NOTES, HOUSES, FURNITURE, &C. BILLS DISCOUNTED DAILY. MORTGAGES tfBGOTIATED, JOHN wThARDIE, Land, Commismon, and Estate Asent, HIGH-STREET, AUOKLAND. ONEY TO LEND, In sums of £2£ end upwards, nt current rates of interest Apply to PETER OLIPHANT, Solicitor, Hlgh-gtrcot MONEY TO LEND, at a moderate rate of interest.—Apply to JACKSON & RUSSELL, Solicitor-. Shortland-street. MONEY TQ LEND at current rates ol lntoroot.-Lalflhley aud Jackson, Queen street, LUNDON LOAN AND DISCOUNT COMPANY. HIGH-STREET, NEXT TO ATKINS PRINTING OFFICE, £5 to £1,000. This Company grants Loans on PERSONAL SECURITY, ON FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SECURITY, oS FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGES, or on any available security, repayable In WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALMENTS or ln any way to suit the Borrower, Loans on Furniture without removal; also on all kinds of Merchandise. Loans may Oo repaid at tho rate ot Slipocca per week in the Pound. Bills Discounted at Current Rates. Bank ot England Notes and Australian Bank Notes Bought. All oommunloatl'ons Btrlotly confidential. LONDON LOAN AND" DISCOUNT CO., HIGH-STREET (Next to atkins Printino Office). MONEY TU LEND, In large or small Hums, at usual rates ot Interest CONNELL & COOI'ER, -ollclton. Vulcan Lam. INDUSTRIAL A_r» PROVIDENT PER MANENT BUILDING, LAND. ANDI IN VESTMENT SOCIETY OF AUOKLAND, Soaner of Queen-street and VtUoan -oaa, INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT. This Society is now Issuing! Ordinary Investing Shares, oarryln* MI tut et Interest and profit. Paid-up investing Shares of 420 eaoh, oarnfias 7 per oent. Intercut (payable half-yearly) _M ""* ** 1)1 ro~IT DEPARTMENT, (aurest allowed oa deposits fori 6 months 6 per cent. Smooths 5 per cent. BORROWING DEPARTMENT. f* __^oty advances on Approved Freenow ana leasehold Property to the extent of tkree f_ urths of ths, value, _ 3orrowcr_> may pay off part 01 the wnoie OI cir mortgages at an} time. tod.need Table of Rat«s and any further parti .'..ana required max be obtained at tlie Society a '"''''* VKOP.GH: FIvA-KR. Manager. UCKLAND PERMANENT CO OPERATIVE BUILDING & INVEST MENT SOCIETY, Office I 117, QUEKN-STRZBT. LOANS granted upon approved soourltlos of Froohold or Leasehold Propertlos ln sums of £20 to £0.000, principal and interest being repay able ln Instalments at tho following Reduced Rates for repaymont of each £100 borrowed i— fi__,payinent_extond- ~„_ wank [Total Amount ing over lor ™00K' Repayable. £ a. d. £ s. d. l year _ _ a o o mi l l 3 years _ - 1 010 103 6 8 8 years _ .. 14 7 113 IS 0 .years _ 11 8 121 6 8 S years _ _ 11 138 18 fl Byears _ _ 7 1 117 18 0 10 years .... 6 3 102 10 3 And lv the same proportion tor smaller or larger loans. DEPOSITS.—The Booloty receives Monoy on Deposit I—Repayable at 7 days' notice. 6 per oent. por annum; repayable In 0 monthß, 6 per oent. por annum. JOHN BATGER. Beoretary. F ONDON MORTGAGE. LOAN, AND L_ DISCOUNT BANK. SO, SHORTLAND-STREET, Auoklaw lOwobitb A. Clark ft Sons' Warshomoj, And Little Collins-street, Melbourne, U)ANS ARK ADVANCED FROM £10 TO £1,000. (T?on per-anal, freehold, and leasehold eeourlSy, .-spayable by Wookly, Monthly, or Quarterly Instalmonts, at Lowest Current Rates, Advances mode, on Furniture without removal, and all olanses of Merchandise. I-iOANB GHANTEIV UPON 1 JFK POLICIES, LBOAOIM, AND INTW—Wni TJNDICB WILLS. BH__3 DIBCOI STED AT CURRENT RATES, ICISa U7ON D -POSIT OF DXEDS. R-FA-lUKS ■I Fast iNSTALMEirw, r FORMS GRATIS. . . .11 DOmmcnlontlons and Intorvlo ws held itrlott? oonndenMnL B*w«r or K-ho-i and Norm Ohutokd. E3 /GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE. Head Office: PROVINCIAL BUILDINGS Wellington. thb only new zealand life ol'ficl. GOVERNMENT SECURITY, MUTUAL INSURANCE, LOWEST PREMIUMS. The Ordinary Branoh offers an Insurance of £1,200 at tho premium charged else where for £1,000, equivalent to AN IMMEDIATE BONUS OF £200 . In addition to Full Participation In Profits. WORKS! AN'S INS URA NC E Spooially provldod for in tho INDUSTRIAL BRANCn. Policies Issued fbom £5 UrwArtDS, with ta. PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. -_* PREMIUMS PAYABLE WEEKLY, For which a Collector will call. SPECIAL TABLES FOR CHILDREN. Polioies of £20 and upwards, after Three Yoars, can bo surrendered for Cash, or for a Free Policy. LIBERAL REGULATIONS. NOTE.—The Government not only brings Insuranco within the reach of noarly every man, woman, and ohild in the community, but pro vides the description of policy and mode of pay ment best suited to the requirements of eaoh. D. M. LUCKIE. Commissioner. \TEW ZEALAND INSURANCE i3l . COMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Capital £1.000,000 Paid-up and Rosorve Funds ... .£125,000 Protection from FIRE on MARINE LOSS Can be Effected in this Company. claims met with promptitude and liberat-ity. JAMES BUTTLE. Manager THE COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (LIMITED). AUCKLAND OFFICES I 139, (JUEEN-TRKBT, DHIEOTORSI Auckland.—J. M. Shera (Chairman). B. Thome George, F. J. Moss, M.F.R. Dunedin—E. J. Bponce (Chairman), W. J. M. Larnaoh, C.M.0.. M.H.R.; Hon. George Mo- Lean, M.L.C.; Hon. Robert Stout, Premier, THE COLONIAL MUTUAL has added to aU the ordinary forms of Assurance SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, and la the only Colonial Life Offloe which issues TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICIES. Tho "Absolute" and "Modified" Tontine Policies of the Colonial Mutual secure advan tages not offered by any Foreign Company. Colonial Mutual Policies aro INCONTEST ABLE FROM DATE OF IBSUE, being en tirely free from obnoxious conditions as to travelling, residence, occupation, mode of life, .rmaanerotdeath. __ _ R^^ Sfl_cr_tary for N»» inland. '. .a- TON C TION '•-'S.Wfc v NEWBCARjA .§■ _■. Members t —-j V 'Jiembershi Tha Proprietor, JAIvUg p-,r_- **•. *\ Hniato that he will be hU^ I'M! 'reet, i friends, and new ones ho." A_f-'J)_>__ «P-n ; hostelry. Jusction Hi*^ a7*}*Bß ,_. Jjt.ar first-class brands ot liqr,J-»?To W/'Jaonof Cand The bestaptiiatedttui.^iflfto-Cvescanbeobt lln AucH?s^— - _..<. JA DEBNEY. Cl« .'7 A- / "



Sporting i £3000. atjmst £3000. ; riHRISTCHURCH GREAT AUTUMN J \_J HANDICAP, 1839. WILL OLOBE _TH APRIL. 1 TO BE RUN (ITU APRIL, 1885. ? «3_ 0000 MEMBERS AT 10s EACH. "E* 1 139 PRIZES. GREAT AGTUMN _HANDICAP, 1533. ' GREAT AUTUMN HAKDIOAP. 27 Nominations. 112 Cash Awards. First £000 2at£loO. £200 Socond 300 4at 60 200 Third 200 Bat 25 -200 Starters (divided, 10 at 20 - 200 cb't £-10 each)... 200 20 at 10 _ 200 Non-otafters (div. 20 at B_. 160 ab't£-jeach)„_ 800 48 at 6_....._ 210 i JS-6flO Skoo Eaoh Tloket has Eight Chances, and can obtain a Prize ln each of the Eight Drawings. ■ Please send P.O. Orders when convenient, and ' two stamps for reply and result. Country Cheques must havo is exchange added. READ THIS I t MR Abraham having retired from the Bnsl . ness, takes this opportunity of thanking the Publio for past patronage, and rospeotfully ro ; quests a continuance of that Bupport for his ■ successors, who will do thoir utmost to furnish their patrons with all necessary Information. As a guarantee of thoir bona tides. Investors can obtain Names and Addresses of tho Three Principal Winners; Names and Addresses of Committee; and oan also inspect AiiA'sßook, at all times. N.B. — The Three Principal Winners, and names and addresses of tho gentlemen who form the Committee, will be forwarded to all ' tho loading newspapers throughout Now Zealand. ADA MANTUA, Care of Lyons & Hart, Box 801, Post-office, Dunedin. THO ADA'S SUBSCRIBERS. oa"utFon. Ttils is to inform Ada's numerous friends and subscribers that she has discovered that a person has started a Consultation under the misleading norn ilc plume ot "Ada Mantau, and as sho considers that this was assumed for tho purpose of misleading the public, sho bogs to state that the only real and lbgitimaik ' ADA MANTUA" is care of LYONS & HART. Box 351, P. 0.. DUNEDIN. AUCKLAND AUTUMN STEEPLE CHASE. NOW OPEN, A. WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATION On tho Auckland Autumn Stoeploohaso, run EASTER MONDAY, April G, 1885, 800 Shares at 6s each, to be divided as follows! First horso.. .. £70 Non-starters (div.) -30 Seoond horee .. £30 —; Third horso .. £20 Total- ... £200 Starters (divide).. £30 Applications for tiokets by lotter only, enclos ing two stamps for reply and result, to A. WELLESLEY, Care of Chas. F. Andrews, Tobacconist, Wellesley Billiard Rooms, Wellesloy-strect, Auokland, THE GLOBE CONSULTATION COM PANY'S PROGRAMME ON THE GREAT AUTUMN AND EASTER HANDICAPS Is now opuii with a Capital of £3,000, in (1,000 Shares at 10s eaoh. (Eaoh sharo having seven chances.) GT. AUTUMN lIANDICAr I KASTKR lIANDIOAP (27 Nominations). (30 Nominations). First Horse .. £0001 First Horso .. £100 , Second Horso .. 250 I Socond Horse .. 200 ; Third Horso .. 120 Third Horse .. 100 ■ Startors, divided 15.i I Starters, divided 200 ' Non Btarters, do. 330 I Non-Btartcrs, do, 250 £11501 £1150 1 41 CASH BOND 3 latSO .. .. £50|10atl0 .. .. £100 "2at 25 .. .. 50122 at 5 .. _, 110 6 at 15 .. ..00 —— | £100 Will closo on April 4, 1885. The above Company, In presenting their first Programme, would call special attention to tho address of tho partios ontrustod with the corre spondence. Having been entrusted by the . Canterbury Jookcy and othor Clubs with the solo management and control of their totallsa tora. which have given universal satisfaction to , tho publio, will be a suflloient guarantee as to . the gonuinoness and successful working of the . Consultation. Z2T Special advantagesaro offered to Investors in "Tho Globo Consultation Company" by roason , of tbe tiokets boing printed iv such a manner as to enable tho purchaser of a whole tiokot to dis pose of a half Bharo. and as eaoh half of the ticket is numbered, tho n ouoy will bo paid to holders of samo on presentation. Full particulars on application, Letters to enclose two 2d stamps for reply and result, Monoy orders accepted. Cheques marked cor rect with U exchange added outside of Canter bury. Ten per cent, deducted from all prize in-.iieys. Programmes, with nominations and ull particulars, sent post free on application. Address: CLOUT. CONSULTATION CO., P.O. Box 287. Caro HOBBS and GOODWIN, Christehureh FIDELITY COMPANY'S ANNUAL PROGRAMME OK TTIE GREAT AUTUMN HANDICAP, To be run at Christohuroh on the 6th April, 1885. i,OOO Programmes are now published at 10s each. Please remit stamps for reply and result. First Horse _. £600 N.Z. BONDS. Second Horse .. 250 1 Bond at £100 ..£IOO Third Horse .. 150 4 „ „ 60-200 Othersldivided).. 250 10 „ „ 20 _ 200 20 ',', ',', 5 '.'. 100 Total .. .. £1.2501 50 Bonds Total.. £75C Remittances are to bo sent as follows :— 1. Cheques, P.O. Orders, or Bank Notes. . 2. Make orossed cheques, with Is added for oxohange, payablo oither to a No., or simply to bearer aa printed, but not to any particular person. If cheques or bank drafts aro payable either to a particular person or to ordor they will bo rotnniod to the sonder. 8. Post-oflloe orders may bo Font, but thoy must be made payablo to Fidelity Company only, and not to any particular person. !. Registered lotters or telograms oannot be replied to. Address only as below: _' FIDELITY COMPANY. Care of Alfred A. Cameron's Box 251. Post-office, Dunedin. EACH 108 VOUCHERHAB SIX CHANCEB. G FLANEUR'S CONSULTATION • ON TIIE AUCKLAND EASTER HANDICAP and STEEPLE,, To be run on Afrit, 4 and 6,1885. 2000 Members at 10a Each, _7 Prizes. Easter Handicap. Steeplechase. First Horse ..£250 First Horse ..£175 Second Horso .. 100 Second Horse .. 75 Third Horse .. 50 Third Horeo .. 60 Starters, div. .. 75 Starters, div. .. 75 Non-starters, div. .."> Non starters, div. 75 £550 £150 Total amount £1000, Two separate drawing.. Ono ticket can win £-125. Application by letter only. Tho drawing, under the supervision of a' Committee of Town and Country Investors, will take place as soon as filled. Result slips forwarded to subscribers immediately after drawing. Enclose stamps for reply and result. All agents and representa tives of 25 tickets, and of Press. Invited to drawing. Early application invited. G. FLANEUR, Care of D. Twohill, P.O. Box 96, Or Park Hotel, Auokland. ! £500 FIRST PRIZE £500 DON QUIXOTE'S GRAND CON-' SULTATION ON the AUCKLAND EASTER HANDICAP (to be run on April 4, 1885). Capital £1,500, Divided into 3,000 Sharks at 10a Each. First norso.. .. £500 | Ton Prizes of £10 £100 Socond Horse _ 250 iTonPrizosof £5 .. 50 Third Horse _ 125 Thirty Prizes Of Startors (divide).. 150 £210s .. .. 76 Non-starters (divide) .. ..250 TOTAL .. £1,500 Will close on or beforo April 2. Each Ticket hss two separate chances, being drawn once for ' tho Handicap and once for the Money Prizes. Pott-ofiico orders, drafts, and bank notes re i ceivw». Cheques will bo received if marked _» _C_"ir«__i__" w ban?.. If notes aro sent please __™.V_.r_.______ =i sealed and placed inside W_n_ AUdn* AND w. twenty-five Tickets William AiKins _,_,„__jission. Tha Con to ?fe°T__A a-? nS?i of the \ onF RV?iY^ hl SAiiribera. Result fd at whioh office , wlng and also Udate^sforelection. irk ot the Writs. Qubw. btkbS" BUeet' ' . • . \



ADAM BEDE'3 CONSULTATION ON THE EASTER HANDICAP AND STEEPLECHASE. To be Run at AUCKLAND on APRIL i and C. 3000 MEMBKRS ■ 4- T 10 s EACH* Handicap. Steeplechase. First Horse ..£250 First Horso ..£l5O Second Horao .. 100 Second Horao .. 100 Third Horse .. 50 Third Horse .. 60 Startors, div. .. 100 I Startera, div. .. 100 Non-starters, div. 1501 Non-starters, dIV. 100 Total .. ..£6501 Total .. ..£SOO Casii Prizes. 4 Prizes at £25 .. .. £100 20 „ 10 .. .. 200 10 „ 5 ___. ... 50 Total „ - ..£350 ADAM BKDE would particularly draw Sub scribers' attention to the fact thot this Consulta tion will be drawn as soon as full, in the pre- Bence ot tho Press and a Committee of Sub scribers. Early application for Shares should be made by letter only, enclosing two Btalnps, with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order Bank Notes, or Drafts. Roglatored Letters or Tolegrams will not on any account be received. If Bank Notes are sent, pleaao use two enve lopes, one sealed and placed inside tho other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will S_fatly expedite business if an addressed enve iopo is enclosed with application. Address- AnAM ijEDEi Caro of H. N. Abbott, Box No. 2, Post-office, Auckland, _?©!_«. 61*3 TCTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WAIKATO-THAMKbRAILWAY (TE AROHA CONTRACT). (PART FORMATION AND PERMANENT v WAY.) Written Tenders will be rccoived at this Ofilce until Noon of FRIDAY, tho 27th March, 1835, for the abovo contract, Thoy aro to be markod on the outside, " Tendor for To Aroha Contract," and nddreaßcd to tho Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will bo received if presented at any Telegraph Office by Noon of tho same date, pro vided that Written Tenders aro lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's Office, by the snmehonr. ~ _ _ _ .. Drawings, apecifloationa, and general condi tions may be seen at this Office, aud the Public Worka Offices at Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Wanganui, Christehureh, and Dunedin, aIBO at tho Warden's Offlco, Grahamatown. Tho lowest or any tender not ncceaaarily accepted. By Command. JOHN BLACKETT , Engineer-in-Chief. Publio Works Office, ,„__ Wellington, 16th Febmary._lßgs. , ■VTEW ZEALAND RAILWAY. For Sale, by Tender, a Cupola and' appliances, formerly usod in the iron foundry of the Auck land railway workshops. , Specifications and further particulars may bo obtained nt tho Resident Engineer's Office, Auckland Railway. Written Tenders for the above will bo received up to noon of FRIDAY, 10th April, 18.5. Tho highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. - p MAXWELI(> General Manager. imORMATIO-. AND GRAVELLING. Tenders will be received at our Office until MONDAY, the 30th inst., at Noon, for Forma tion and Gravelling of Road loading to Hobsonß Bay, on St. Stephen's Estate, Parnell. W. F. HAMMOND & SON, C.E., South British Chambers. mO BUILDERS. Tenders will be received until noon ot FRIDAY, March 27, for Erection of a House Great North Road. Planß at my Office, Queen-street. S. M. HERAPATH, Architect. W. F. HUBBARD, Quantity Surveyor. Quantities propared for nil Contracts of any magnitude. City Chambers. Vulcan Lane. Edncational. "TiIVENING CLASSES. A. McABTHUR, M.A., L.L.8., purposes holding Evening Classes at the Training^ Col lego, Wollesley-street, beginning on MONDAY, tho 9th instant, at half-past seven p.m- Each subject will be taken twice a week. Fee 3 per term: 15s for one subjoct, 21s for two. Classes will also bo formed to prepare for the Civil Service. Gonoral Knowledge and Matri culation Examinations at a foe of Two Guinea History (general and constitutional), Polltioa Economy, and Jurisprudence may be arranged for. Information will bo given and names enrolled at the Training College between half-past four and half-past Aye p.m. eaoh afternoon, and on Saturday ootween three and four o'clock. MR P. B. WOOD HA M, Teacher of the PIANOFORTE AND HARMONIUM. Address care of Mr A. Eady, Auckland Music Warehouse. Qooen-street. MISS K. HOLLIS, Teacher of Music. Instructions also given In other Accom plishments: Slnelng, Painting, etc., French, Latin, Fancy Work, etc. Day and Evening Classes formed for English and the above.—For further particulars and terms apply at Park Viaw Cottage, Howe-street. "y- io c i n. H you wish to learn the Violin properly, apply at once to C. H. Steward, late of the Thames; Stanley and Darbyshiro's Opera Troupe Present residence, Lee's Boarding-house, Nelson-atreet, N.8.-Piano and Singing also taught. VTIOLIN TUITION. WANTED KNOWN- P. F. HISCOCKS, Teaoher of tho Violin, for the convenience of Pupils, has removed to those CENTRAL PREMISES, corner of Hobson and Cook-atreots (noxt Mr A. R. Huntor's). P. F. H. desires to inform tho residonta ot Dovonport that ho vißits tho Girlß' High School every WEDNESDAY, and that he mil be happy to roceivo tho names of any othor Intending pupils. — TEKMS MODERATE. For Sale. A SURE COMPETENCY, WITH ORDINARY ATTBKTION. _ A nice little Business, suitable for either Lady or Gen tleman, in a flourishing Country Town, South of Auckland; daily communication by rail. Prico, about £900. — Address "A.8.C.," Star Offlco. FOR SALE, Well-built and Well flnlshed 4-roomed Cottage, fitted cup boards, grate, oven, &o. Price, £250.—Apply to F. Hill, John-street, Ponsonby. FOR SALE (Cheap), 45 Acres of good Land at Howick Beaoh.—Apply. Mr J. Mason, Howick. tst~m; ri U L L I V E R, HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENT, Queen-street. _ £ s. d. Mount Edon, Proßpeot Rise .. 310 0 per foot Wellington-Btrcet, City .. .. 15 0 0 „ Mount Roskill Road, 60x132.. 3 0 0 „ Brixton Road, 68 x 132 .. ... 110 0 „ Dunbar Road, GO x 132 - .. 110 0 „ Eldon Road, 66 x 132 .. .. 110 0 „ Stuart-street, Ponsonby, 27x110 80 0 0 „ Cox-street, Ponßonby .. ..200 „ Clarence-street, Ponsonby ..200 „ Shelly Beach Road, 66 x 100 .. ilO 0 „ Shelly Beach Road, 60 x 188 ..600 „ Shelly Beach Road, corner site 6 0 0 „ Riohmond Road, 100 x 117 ..300 „ Proapect-st., Ponsonby; 68 x 100 3 0 0 „ .forvois Rd„ Ponsonby, 66 x 100 8 0 0 „ Wharf Rd., Ponsonby, 10 x 100 2 0 0 „ SurreyHiils,Po-lon-8t„38.6x132 310 0 „ Surrey Hills, Surrey-St., 10.6 x 125.6 410 0 „ John-street, 40 xB2 .. .. 75 0 0 „ John-street, cornor site .. .. 60 0 0 „ Church-street, 38x 100.6 .. 310 0 „ Northcoto—Allotments from £15 to £70, very cheap. Birkenhead—Allotments from £50, very cheap. HOUSES. Brown-Bt„ Ponsonby—2, each 6 rooms, 3 firo places; ground, 80 x 83, drainod ; new. £650. Brown-stroeot, Ponsonby—7 rooms,good well; 10 x 09, fenood, &o, £350. Brown-street, Ponsonby-2 Housos, 4 rooms, water laid on, fenced, &c. Each £320. Church-street—House, 6 rooms, gas and wator, fenced, 50 x ICO. £500. Prospect-Bt.—House, 0 rooms, wator, fenced, verandah, 41 x 100. £100. , , Blake-streot—2 Housos, each 4 rooms and skillion, fenced, &c. £ISO. WM. GULLIVER, HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENT, QCEKN-ETOEKT. SUBURBAN ALLOTMENTS. - Foi ID Prlv-'o Sale, Allotments fronting the Riohmond Avenue; price ie .alrod, 40s tho foot.—Alfred Buckland. .* :'"-■■■



Amusements. A BBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE. Under tho Management of.. A. T. Dunning. Directors .. .. Mesßrs T. and C. Pollard. Business Manager .. .. R. A. Under wood. Managor for Messrs Pollard .. Jas. E. Kltts. POSITIVELY LASt¥_GHT BUT TWO OF POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA BOOTEE COMPANY. POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT BUT ONE POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT BUT ONE Of Gilbert and Sullivan's testhetio Opera, PATIENCE! ' 2 PATIENCE! ': THE SUCCES3 OF THE SEASON 1 TO-NIGHT! (Thursday) TO-NIGHT I LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF PATIENCE ! TO-MORROW~(Kriday), March 2J, LAST GRAND FASHIONABLE NIGUI. And Last Night But One of the Season. PATIENCE! | SATURDAY, March 28, { LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. | LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT ! ,' orchestob-Sm rifA^^ZT 1 LeaderofTcbcsto. Mr F*« V_ o,^tat. Tho wholo produced under tho immediate supervision of Mr TOM POLLARD. Prices of AdmißSira :-4s, 2s6d, and Is. Box | Offlco at Lennox's. Doors open at 7.30 , Over | turo at 8. Cai-riagea at 10.30- ■; A" BBOTT'S'OPERA HOUSE. ■ Lessee and Manager J. P. Macdonald. 1 ■MONDAY NEXT. MARCH 30. | FUN ON THE BRISTOL. FUN ON THE BRISTOL. A STANDARD ATTRACTION. Having enjoyed tho Marked approbation of vis? AUD-ENCES, and been Performed with Enthusiastic Popular Acceptance over Two Thousand Times , In Hie Principal Cities of the English-speaking World, ____, MR JOHN F. SHERIDANg MR JOHN F. SHERIDAN'S WIDOW O'BRIEN WIDOW O'BRIEN __.__,_,_.„ Boing as Familiar as Household Words oh Both Srona ov the Atlantic. FUN ON THK BRISTOL COMPANY FUN ON THE BRISTOL COMPANY . Organised in support is composod of Lodiea ana Gentlemen ot acknowledged ability. The Entertainment offered by -, MR JOHN F. SHERIDAN J Always appeals to the cultured of every com- - munity before which it Is Presented, and tho EXCESSIVE MERRIMENT Itcreatosisthoresultofaquickandcomprehcn. sive analysis of Its satire by audiences cap-. ? PUREawiTSSfS&foua " •' OPENING NIGHTS-MONDAY NEXT. , , Box plan now open at LeTinoxs. n^CHESTRAL^OCIErY'S POPULAR yj CONCERTS. ; THE LAST OF THE PRESENT SERIES j OF CONCERTS Will be given in tho CHORAL HALL TO-MORROW, ] FRIDAY, MARCH 2 7th, Conductor. .... .BiERRCARL SCHMTTT. PROGRAMME. 1 Overture. "II Barbiero" .. RossiDi..„, S. Capriccio for Pianoforte «md j I Orc)i-Stra(compoßcdinlß3-), |;i "Andante and Allegro con | Pianoforte-MRB PAUL. 1- SoDg'''T%^_^ i NlE.- Pinßntl. 5. Flute Solo. MBmNE s. aSon,"Las &&gp^; Bonheur . - 7. Waltz, "Gcscbichtonausdem WeinerWald" ... •• StraußU Interval of Ten Minutes. >, 8. Overture, "Hamlet" .. .. Gado 9. Aria, with Orohestral accom- .... U naniment, " Com c hello".. DonizOtU MISS HAMLIN. 10. Symphony, " Adagio and Finale" Haydn ■ j 11. Song, "Tho Bedouin Love ■ , . „' Song" .. ..-• •■ ■• Plnsutl .--5 fe MR TAYLER. 12. Marche Triomphala .. .. C.Schmltt, Admission, One Shilling. _ Reserved Seats, Half-a-Croyre. „__-, ,3 Seats may bo reserved at Mesbbb Upton ,g AND Co.'s. h. F. EDGER, Hon. Seo. J N OTiCE.-Tho subsequent Orchestral Concerto wid be given under the auspices of the auck- < land Choral Society, and admission will be by subscription. ■ AUCKLAND AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB SPORTS MEETING (In conjunction with the Waitemata Bioycle Club), To bo held on tho DOMAIN CRICKET GROUND ON .' ■' , 11th APRIL. . ,'...: ■..-. - if Programme: ■■. ; ■ 1. 100-yards Maiden Race . , , -~, 2. 1 Mile Bicycle Race (for maidont) 3. 120-yahds Handicap -■_.., i. 3-mile Bicycle Race (for combined clubs? 6. 1 Mile Handicap ' .„_,,_. ' ,":i'. 6. 120-yards Hurdle Handicap, 10 flights •--_• ,( 7. 10-MILE BICYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND , " 8. 220-yards Handicap .... 9. 3 Mile Bicycle Handicap (for clubs) • ; 10. i-MiLE Handicap ■ . _ - . . . . 11. 2 Mile Bicycle Race Handicap (opon) <. J 12. ioo-yabds Stewards' Rack i 13. Three-Legged Race 14. Putting the Stone m 15. Running High Jump. .„.) _\s General entry night. March 23th, 1885, at the f Secretary's office, High-Btreet, between the hours of 730 and 9.30 p.m. Handicaps to appear immediately after, and acceptances 4th April, . Entrance Fees, 2s 6d for each event. Accept-., ances. Is. , - Colours to be givon in at time of entry, o Members are requested to pay their subscrip tions at once. . * HARRY H.HAYR, Honorary {Secretary. $ (Victoria-street, a short distance above) '■ miEATRE RO V A L.' 2 . TO-DAY! TO-DAY 1 TODAY ON VIEW! ON VIEW 1 ON VIEW I Tho Grandest Assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, At TOM KEESING'S, VICTORIA-St. (5 doors above Royal Mall Hotel) Try my Deferred Payment System. -: A RRIVING EX DORIC. PIANOS, by Mlgnon, Haako, Rapoldl, and Aschorborg ENGLISH HARMONIUMS, from £10 ' ■'... ,-; ChoioeVIOUNS and VIOLONCELLOS, ohosen .. especially for J.H. by an Eminent English Violinist STRINGS aud FITTINGS Eardley s PITCH PIPES, embracing the whole Chromatio Scale. Invaluable to Choir masters, Tuners, &o. ROTHERHAM'B Celebrated LEVER WAT CHES, In Gold and Silver . BRH ARDT'S Do. Do,, with Chain and FUSE- '."% to ensure accuracy of time-keeping, J. H O WDE N, QUEEN-STREET. . A_-\ jj A P E R H A N G I N G, S, j W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED, EX LATE ARRIVALS 185-P A C X A G E S-185 00NTAININ8 ---65,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, AAA CONBISTINO OF NEW PATTERNS' For Drawing, Dining, Bed-rooms, Hall and _.•■'" '~ Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or .- --- Cottage. /' ! ■-• , BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS. „„_ _,- ".' AND BEST VALUE KVKR OFFERED IN PAPERHANGINGS. 916—PACKAGES—916 • SCRIMS AND HESSIANS .1 PLATE AND SHEET GLASS. WHITK '. || I3_UJ,OILS, TURPS, VARNISHES. zzM AN_) ALL TRADE SUNDRIES. J| W. PHILLIPPS _ SON, a^-Mfc «i)i 1 85 and 97. Qo-EN-gXBX-.. ove, at Moroantiio «| M~ ARSHALL/S Special^ SPLENDID FREEHOLD^ pfajjluja i3*te_L_. ' having frontage ot 30 feet to New North all Livrett.id•■■S.-' -Road, by a depth of 100 feet, on-which is erected and L>a3f%-— a TWO-STORY BLOCK OF SHOPrf, suitable Good?_n, HSte for any Business. They consist of two largo land- „'-...:'fe\ (Shops and Dwellings of live and six rooms ~&-0}l~m<kfr respectively. -£? ftasfe. ~~~, — -HE 1 i' as-iW.gV bo offered separately, or in block., fk*v*^|,..-.v. ■ Continued on fourth rut .Ai ■ \. r '■'■''■