FIRESIDE SCRAPS.

WAS KINO.' of Chipping Sodbury « comes a " jubilee recoid «rto beat even hi these days of as- and doings connected rt! iSee celebration. This town * L^fi_, old lady, named Mrs Lane •_rt -^fi!eyiß»of.ape, "hale ffiS^S haa a lively recollection f See rejoicings in the good old r J,Pn Geor4 th! Third, was King. faS ted in that event when she was Seventeen."' She was asked on the J previous if she were going to jom •tic'.j«Wlee.feasts, and attend the ", taS Chipping Sodbury. " Yes," •*■ iS "and I shall wear the same S&aUhe last jubilee." Some S^JSU enough to question Skrtheoldladyhad kepta bonnet so T Thereupon she offered to produce Sdpresently she came down from her Lorn with the veritable bonnet-a Leg _\ thateue. coal-scuttla.f_Aion, in. a Si state of preservation, 'alter being 5 up-a lavender for seventy-eight s fc_ to* Come.-The, Berlin " Bar " - tdlsagood story about the origin, or at feßttfodevelopment, of-the guild of cab fe, in that city. In the time of King Kedrich 11. cabs and hackney coaches OTjiarife in the Prussian capital, and «only used'a*. a luxury by the rich. Prince Heinricb, was anxious to increase the w_b_>w£in order to give a. help to the camage-bnildingi industry he instituted a te bail at hie palace, to which any citizen (caldkadmitted'.providedithat he droveup to tie door nj'a carriage. Twelve barber ippreniictt were eager to share in the ! mcely ettjtert_nment; but the few ' sWtfveMblb which could be hired had cf course prodigiously increased their ! tees, and _ie whole united money of the joang njea,only sufficed to pay for the hire done carriage./ They put their wits to I' TOiianihiredadroschkewhich.had been ' taf for hoars driving parties to Prince Hmrich'B free ball; Four of the young klei|Miflto.tlie cab, and were driven jiaaafsfjace to the Palace; the other i a^t'ttliea" behind it. When the car mim np before the great gate, under _s_toil lamplight, of those days, both ftsipotthft vehicle were opened. The ImSfe stepped out at one door, and the eigisto_tsi_ers: stepped' in at the other. &_ (rick each in turn passed from the fflSi|f Mt^ps. • The.deception,answered ipbwfjlie porters made no remarks, Jltagbiitisy were men of observation, HqffljirfiiW'been' astonished at the in 6iknsJ_e_munt.o£ space within the cab, wiudi liad^ctd—unodated twelve " insides " «OHM,'. ■ ■ toim ; is_ a Cootle otfEctes.—Of all feJubflee offerings which her Majesty has M liked to accept, hone have been »pler,say&Atlas.in the World, than two MMm egar which a poor Irishwoman •attoffie Queen by a bishop. Hearing ttattte bishop of the diocese was going to Won _ ie'Jubilee wee_, this Irish "Pstaskedhim if the Queen would accept ™ W for her breakfast from an Irish ™*-% bishop brought them across *wege!a.Channel and transmitted them » Windsor, with adescription of the donor's Jjj% and; loyaltyi and they ■ were ac •w by;the Queen, who is making in !«mes as to what would be the most useful psentehe might sendto her Irish subject Bietatn., , y^ KoB^MD He Wast ?—About five £ago,Mrfelk_, one of the Uganda gfwes, complained to Mtesa that Hie 8«* *_t the missionary larder "£«, as he had agreed, and the mission- S^ct^B_fferingforfood. Ahappy St6tn,ck,the,Ki D |. He gave an ?iL f attefid^, and in a few minutes Mnbpoayoung women came march £Js, blg.baskets of bananas on their J ufc 86 W-?,T -or your wivf S'" a»S ■PW'VM d _ «i. your garden, . Ss***^cook 1* T^e them, and A Jm Tt any more- Send me the WS^^^^em wives too. PBtfy enraged when the poor mission- ARrt? against being KT^ale fashion. He tolS *faS_T^ he and his feliows mi Shfc became better B^ THINGS<-Ag entleman ' ab his clvb > I^^Sl? 0' 1 the steamer that was to "*• werft,_«. ? l the adjoining state- WS«^ by his exclaiming in ! «_?«,■ Ivfr?ot 'em? I've got. *? %l*5 S al e crawlin S aU over H ntLT aU d you'n be aU ri §ht.' fe^KJ^ befcterhaif i b»t fay ?ol>»3t* c flo, or black > siueak- his wife to ex ?*s£ bs^!^^!' Steward closed the fact 1^ i thf.i. de Positeda Ufcter tho r?Bence bet^een the saftftjsj^s^them to; investigate the. W* P«^TY._The chief r^dS? the me«ropolis is Sir Z?l St. h0E 8a»of Huddersfield ft^^of^rV^ Pr°babl7 &aPwiL °^k^ at Sheffield, B»^Ptoh^ 6u f nd rents. After the S_?*«l WS f °f w ant!estor who ''^A3t, A lar^«t "com! ld\ Won would predeceß-

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Business Notices. RED HOT! SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF FURIOUS SLAUGHTER or Premises To Let I 1 G. A. PORTER, m QUEEN STREET, Corner of Wakefield St. [lt__M__9__ * * SAT * _ _* ■*s!if r m ZaAv y _*^ _



Insurance _(ew York Life insurance company. Cash Assets, Ist January, 1887 .. £15,518,817 Income for 1886 £3,956,874 " Local Director: C. C. McMillan, Esq. (Messrs-W. McArthur & Co.) Solicitors: Messrs Russell & Campbell. Bankers: Bank of Australasia. Policies issued guaranteeing the return of all Premiums in addition to the sum insured if death occur within a twenty-year period. , J. HUGO HARROP.' Resident Agent. XTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COM IS PANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Capital. £l,oooioooj Paid-up and Reserve Funds £435,000 Protection from FIRE or MARINE LOSS Can be Effected in this Company. CLAIMS MET WITH PROMPTITUDE AND LIBERALITY. JAMES BUTTLE. Manager. Hotels VT7"HARF HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET.. JOHN LYNCH Desires- to inform his Mends and the public, that he is proprietor of the above Hotel. Good accommodation for Travellers; first-class Luncheon Room. Best Brands of Wines and Spirits. Hancock's Sparkling Ale always on draught. . A FEW GOOD ARTICLES FOR SALE CHEAP. Best Coffee and Milk. Is per tin. usual price, Is 3d; Best Table Sat, 6d per bottle, usual price, 9d ; Morton's Fruits, lid per bottle, usual price. Is 2d . Be?t Preserved Ginger. Brt per lb, usual price, lOd; Large Bottle English Sauce, 7Jd, usual price, Is; Fry's Eating Chocolate, _ per packet: Peaches, Plums. Quinces. Pears.' lOd per tirt. at EARLE AND MONTGOMERY'S, Karangahape Road. _^ GRASS MANURiJ.—.Freezing Co.'s. £7 IPs. Of all merchants. rriO Country CuafoHjent —J. H. Dalton, J. Tailor, gives an Extra Pair of Trftjweife m * %a^ri^%ft^S^ W»h Boil -****»**'



Poultry. . ___ 1 ; i Li _ "DLYMOUTH ROCKS. "THE CHAMPION STRAIN.;' Unequalled as prize-takers in New Zealand. See advertisement in Brett's " Farmer." Mr GRESHAM, TeAwamutu. Town Agents-Messrs MORPETH BROS., Wharf, Auckland. T> L: T M O U T H ROC XS. EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! Eggs from Pure-bred Prize Plymouth Rocks of the best strains. Thirteen Eggs for 10s; cash with order. Agents for Devonport—Johnson & Noble, Grocers, Devonport. J. SINCLAIR, _ Lake Takajjuna, Auckland. PURE-BRED DARK BR AH MAS, From Prize, and Imported Strains. A few choice- Young. Hens- for sale at 7s 6d each„ forwarded to Auckland Wharf or Papa kura Railway Station on receipt of- postal note, addressed to Mrs THOS. HYDE, Clevedon Post-office, Wairoa youth. EGGS HATCHED, in any quantity, at 3s per dozen chicks.—Pelhamand Roberts, Incubator Manufacturers,, Albert-street. FOR SALE, Sittings of Eggs from Pure bred Houdan Fowls, 5s for 13.—Apply to A J. Hurndall, West End Dairy, .Tervois Road. EGGS for Hatching—A Few Sittings of Silver Stangled. Hamburgs and Silver Spangled Polands, from Mr F. A. White's Prize : Stock, can be obtained on application to Mr John talker, Marketplace. GGS for Sale.—Best Birds for Winter Layers: Plymouth Rocks, iOs per dozen, from Mr Gresham's and Mrs Bennett's Prize Strains ; Rouen Ducks. 5s per dozen, from my prize Birds. Delivered free in Auckland on re cept of Postal Note.—Mis3 Brack. Clevedon P.O. J. BOTCHER.] [J. GROOM. WE HAVE FOR SALE:- Rodand Bar Iron, Wire Nails Fencing Barb Wire, Roofing Iron Sash Weights; Buckets, Tubs Springs and Patent Axles Coarse and Fine Salt 110 h.p. nominal Portable Engine, by Wallis and Steevens, with duplicate wearing parts Hoisting Engines, from 3 to 5 h.p.» with reversing gear. ' GROOM, BUTCHER, & Co., FORT-STREET. Telephone 211,1 . T ES£ THAN WHOLESALE PRICES. One Pound Packet of good China Tea, < Pounds good Fiji Sugar, and 1 D.ozpt Boxej Swedish Matches for 2s 6d at— EARLE £P MQHTGOMJU^, Kahangabapb Road.



Public Notices. A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF Drapery#Olothing ■ t FOR ABSOLUTE SALE IS The Premises lately occupied by Mr. Goldwater Next to the Greyhound Hotel, Queen Street. THE GOODS ARE ALL NEW fTHIS SEASON'S PURCHASES), NO OLD STOCK, AND MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. THE BEST VALUE EVER SHOWN IN AUCKLAND. THE SALE IS NOW ON. Garlick & Cranwell JUST OPENED 523 PAIRS LACE CURTAINS Varying in Price from 3s. lid. to 50s. VERY CHEAP. THIS PATTERN, 100 PAIRS AT 3s. lid* Houses Furnished Through CARPETS, FLOOR CLOTHS, MATTINGS, \ IRON BEDSTEADS & BEDDING. Cheap and Good Furniture for every Room in the House. : GARLICK & CRANWELL QUEEN STREET. ! r*lll_§V f Pole-ManwCuotvwr & inventor \ Bg \P_JS^,i«v" s V^rt'oL starch is quite $ ney uS*o_n a«iulfl| Wl»i-U riionlfl fee applied in /S^Sr* ■ __t-«v £ )__"lt\lL evary l*on-ekGW," IMrons with the M\ £j p J!_^s?*\y^?^7___^-V^ greatest easa and gives an un __!»• /d<_-s2^, Vv v^___? i^Av SUfVI sUftjpßS and gloss- tp the /___ Pol*B^ P"^ eto: ~ ?y Being •_^a_^.»^?^^''i^-%^*t^-i|Si* i—4fl Mack's Boublc-StaepU. uq borax j *^§>ff%J_.! - | ;• i x N »^S_iy yVg or any other Hririit jon ja wanted SR*e^_-<*'^^^__^P^^' nft 4^e sme wo" p^csprredi • & *■■" To t"3 i 1-^ *-* eyery grocea? d_. 1 1_- fcosgea 7 &-| I i '■'—jyfrr?r--T"-?s ~ml*:1'~' 3E-SBS j -ni--fi. •■j^'*--'- ~~^r^- :r-f^:F7Hr' 3EGNER, LANGGXJTH & CO,, j seis a&lots bos saw zea_s_,



Public Notices _______ .SPRING islj] "~~~~~"""~ ~~ - SPRING IBBt. Smith &Cauqhey EXPORTERS Ex Steamships To.ngariro, Arawa, Aorangi, and Sail*1, ing Vessels Crusader and Piako. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Silks, Satins, etc. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Dress Fabrics. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Prints, etc. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Mantles. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Millinery. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Ribbons, Laces, etc. SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Hosiery and Gloves, SPRING NOVELTIES AND GOOD VALUE in Small Wares. Immense shipments of Calicoes, Sheetings, Shirtings, Hollands, Towels, Linens, etc., etc., direct from Manchester and Belfast Manufacturers, which will be sold at and1 under usual wholesale prices for GASH ON.LV. CLOTHING. The celebrated Lion Brand Geelong Clothing in Men's, Youths', and Boys' sizes (obtain able in Auckland only at our establishment) is proving itself unsurpassed for cut, finish, and wearing qualities. THE GENTS' &WERCERY AND HAT DEPARTMENT Will also be found replete with all the requirements for a first-class trade. Gents' Hats, Scarves, Ties, Shirts, Collars and Guns, Half-Hose Braces, etc., in great variety. All Goods are marked in PLAIN FIGURES for CASE ONLY. NO SECOND PRICES AND NO DISCOUNTS, Any Article not approved and returned in good con dition within U days will he exchanged for other goods or money refunded. SMITH & CAUGHEY, ■V7"I_OLE!S-A.31.E -AJSTID J?^I&T.T-~: :D_=-__-:E_33»S_ TELEPHONE 339. - BOOTS. BOOTS. BQQT& KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AUCKLAND. THOMAS EYANS Begs to call attention to his splendid Stock of Boots and Shoes mancfactared by WmeU, SPECIALLY SUITED TO THE PSESJMT SEASON, Every Boot made by the House is guaranteed to keep the feet dry. And for style and durability they cannot be surpassed, the following uamg a few of tiW SPECIAL LINES AND PRICES: Boys' strong but neat School Boots \7 to 10—4s 6d; II and 12—Ss 9<_j; I3saxasl—6js3_ lace up _ 2 and 3—7s 9d. j _ and. 5— __ &£. Girls' strong but neat School Boots )6 to B—3s 9d; 9 and 10-4s 9d .II ta> IS—S&Sd. lace up { I and. 2—6s9<_ All sizes in High Leg best French Calf, equally eheajx Men's. Bluchers, warranted the best nr th_ irad_ eqr 6s SdL Men's Shooting Boots, 10s 9d. Men's splendid Elastic, best American Tweed, 10s 9<L Ladies' High Leg Calf and Kid in every variety, Buttoned, laced and!____. The public are invited to inspect the samples on view outside the shop*, tfcfcetect 111 plain figures, and to judge of the style and quality for- themselves; Please Nods the Aubrrss-- T. EVAWS THE PEOPLE'S BOOTMAKER KARANGAHAPE ROAD, NEWTON. SEASONS 18S7-18S3. J^^^^^^r SEASONS 1887^-1388. THE BON MARCH ft \ QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND.. __. __!ESTJ__]TJE. &. CO, MILLINERS & COSTUMIERS, Are now showing all the latest ENGLISH and PARISIAN NOVELTIES in BBESS- SABER®., Em broidered. Lawn Robes, Plain and Fancy Tussore Silks, Lace Flouncing^ Braid and Bead; Sets and Panels, Trimming Silks, choice and carefully selected Millinery^ trrmmed and Tjint_Himed, > Corsets, Gloves, Ribbons, Laces, in great variety, Fancy Sets, Mowers, Feathers^ etc., etc THE BEST VALUE OBTAINABLE IN EVERY BEPARIMSN* FOR NETT CASH QrVLY? DRESSMAKING A SPECIAI. TV,— Fit, style, and finish of every Dress made at THE BON MAP.CHE, for 12s, 6d. only, is equal to any procurable in the Colony. Mourning- and country* orders receive prompt attention. PATTERNS POST FREE CHEAP DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND GENERAL . STOREKEEPER^. o f^g^m^_Z_ _, P g^^-4^ | KARA^GAHAPTS BOAD, mfSUJI ■Hfe^ f* HAB, LE S OMI |H^ ' mm^ )m^^^_^^M Perambulators efsny make iepair-ed. or. taken ia M*w!__§is«