Remember This.

If yon are sick Hop Bitters will surely aid Nature in making j'oti well when all else fails. If you are costive or dyspeptic, oraiesuii'er in« from any othor of tho numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels.it is your own fault if you remain 111, for Hop Bitters isasovereifrn remedy in all such complaints. If you are norvous use Hop Bitters. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feelmlscrablo generally, Hop Bitters will givo you fair skin, rich blood, and sweetest breath and health. That poor, bedridden, invalid, wife, sister, mother, or daughter can bo made the picture o_hoa.lt-, by Amcrcan Co.'s Hop Bitters, cost ing but a trifle. Will you let them suflcr. In short, they cure all diseases of the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, kidneys, Brijtht's disease. £500 will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. Druggists and chemists keep it.

Attention is directed to Messrs Smith and Caughey's advertisement rt clearance sale. At the end of each season this firm makes a point of clearing out all surplus slock rem nants and oddments at yreatly rtductd rates. Economists will do well to take a note of t^._..VVb. '

MAIL NEWS.

TOPICS O^JTHE DAY.

Steamship 'Collisions. June 3rd

have received news .-serioua accidents in England aud "r^oftheworld. The first was a 'tween twooftbe White Star lin e * the Celtic and tho Brittanic, rf steamer3,the^e Amer . »bol t T L- had ibnO-been for the prompt **I?m, f tbe captains, the loss of life «eld. f L.'Daily News" is the best. fSlSn^he voyage and tho sudden '^(.f-rr in which they were enveloped Hftingof Sent says that as the vessels was '_ screech from the Sri whistles, a nry of horror from the «*S_ passengers, a sharp crash, and J' two"g'eat iron contort ships were . 4hl wreck, with screams of agony *. i rtSiSiperillod crowds of passen f£ instead of being perpendicular to tho i-nfZ Britannic (tho vessel which was ffi.«a4lp^«Kecn«dib^oaa «_!_«.. of tho engine. . . • After a S nnquirynia|e in the steerage de- Eient, Where all the casualties occurred, Eve that the list embraces twelve tibdaod twenty wounded. Two children gSoman were horribly mangled, and. St have died instanly. Several men m knocked into the water. . . . Ainon- the severely wounded was an old U who lost both his legs, a woman who Mi Inn. aura man an eye. . Wta the captain ordered the men to tW the.boat-, several firemen eft their Mats and jumped into one of the boats, Ldi-e out the ladies who were waiting to be lowered. They rowed hurriedly to iheColtic;bu. later on, whon they found that tho Britannic was not going to sink at once they returned. As they crept up the lideoftheßritanpic, with shame showing in their faces, the captain greeted them with the simple comment ' Sbnmo on you, andfluydisappeared into the engine room. fort-ately, the two ships were able to go kktoj-cther to New York, and the loss of iiljnsnot greater than a dozen." Sicce then thoro has been a serious colliery accident near Glasgow, over two tiiworkmen being entombed ; there lata the fire of the tramway stables in Ncr York, in which 1,600 horses were k. to- death and property worth 11,000,000 destroyed ; nows trom Calcutta akipeaks of a cyclone in'which a vessel wi_ .00 persons on board disappeared. But the most terrible disaster of recent years has jus- taken place nearer home, in to ' •

Bornlug of Sty Opera Comiqae stPsria. As if to heighten the effect, only a fortnight before the accident there was a discussion in the i'rench Chamber about this very theatre, and the Minister re ipons-ble for its safety, M. Bertholot, spoke ufollows:--". . • ■ Well, that is a

dangerous state of things, and it is in the mtaral order of things that tho Opera Comique Will be burned down some day. (Eiclamations of dissent,) Honourablo aembevs need not' cry ' Oh, oh !' There •listsno theatre that has not been burnt down in the course of a cen bury. Therefore we may be sure the Opera Comique is fated to be burnt down. (A laugh) I tope, however, that it will be put off as long a. possible." M Berf.helot was him »!f present at the time the fire broke out; sotoowasM. Goblet, the lat-o "°rime Minis ter: General 80-langer, the most popular minist-m-ranee; and General Snussier, tie Governor of Paris, who is the most popj)larand brilliant soldi, r in France after too War Minister" In" fact, the 'conflagra tion was nearly becoming historical for the quality, an well as the quantity, of its vic tims. The theatre iv'as crowded, especially l» th. upper parts, and ab least 150 persons Ens. have been burnt or sufFocafcccl to death. M. Tn. kin, tho manager, warned ty the motion in the Chamber, was prepared for the panic.'and came forward and to pcatfid a lew reassuring words that he W rehejircccl. j'n this way at least «> jives must-, have been saved, and forhis^self-po.session he is to be decorated ™> the Cross of the Legion of Honour. wme of the incidents were very distressing. J* B''lji.es'!says:—"The greater num «rof tho dead bodies recovered show by n n the face and bands that they wefceii cm-bed under the feet of the passing over them. In general wese victims ar« women An expression of morn-ark, the features in cases where M bate not been scorched or lacerated. Pnfrffln persons seem to have entered S b« attached to the galleries think Z, ,_ w a *ay oufe- once ine^o, E . _D.' 1(*V8 ih- Th* firemen, when preached this spot, found the bodies W"«ach other, with arms _nd S loiM as to form a solid SL" . Daily S "gives a grue *m*yT lhe moufch of one o? the \mnl7 was useless to try to &lll to.^ downstairs, so I . * mi i the window and stood before toll L T ,drauShfc k«P* me cold iLfl.. *« back, and what from uLw ed uWas either being burned Plavon J' l nvhen the P»mPs began to Sl^^^^dto^eath wiM.i»V iT? 0 r°of Jusfc over me some -1*53 tW In". bufe a "ver of nothing I» lead poared in through «*!&&?* at»c* I directed Its tfiffi^' {t fl? wecl off else * *%hb of iU i .Sphered where I Was, the *%l£ % *°ft havc brought down tho 4 4i a ._ w«« " apaiß :-"Two men and Pressed snnS-'' their gestures ex -d '«** ml Lm" fl-,R £ erself forward* fought tb a . ,v ■ d her back- It was *ttfiof hemS 6 w ™an ™.M get the J^- fflS!"' and dra S '*«« "to the S* to X T BB ¥"Zht ro"nd. but ttenslicednn.-^ rt* A-les«r o»e was I^cued, bubtL lt* and the unfortunates \V Cy o. [° m. ' S' as a ™™g l»na* a^bL\ lledea^are^'-y fashion r;^BSi c 6atlll" ef! a,e *° charred 50^ Possible by means SSS^^^'^ebodyof btikmSbtt ls blackened b>'the '^erß' offhi-*.- 11'^ eaVs> and 0" her wt»ch there i s ifftlo left, bub

bone, there still sparkles a largo diamond ring. . .Many will be recognised by the bracelets they wore."

Primrose I>ay.

Primrose Day has produced a new theory with regard to Lord Beaconsfield's connec tion with the flower. In early life when he wrote " Lothair " he mado Lord St. Jerome remark "that primroses make a capital salad," and for aught that his friends know, such continued 'to be Disraeli's sentiment until the day of his death. On tho day of his funeral, however, the Queen sent a huge wreath of prim roses with a card on which sho had written, " His favourite dower." This was tho beginning of the primrose craze ; but the fact was Her Majesty wa3 not thinking of the Earl, but of her late husband, who was very fond of the primrose, and whom she generally signifies by tho words " his " and " him." Unfortunately, the revelation comes too late to destroy the political sig nificance of the flower. The Derby- That a favourito should not win is not quite a novelty : still, under all the circum stances, the defeat of The Baron came upon everyone as a surprise. Eighteen sporting prophets nominated him for the firsr. place ; only one suggested another horse, and oven he never thought of Mr Abington's Merry Hampton as a dangerous rival. Enterprise, the winner of the Two Thousand, wa3 ex pected to do something, but his shoulder) was put out ten days before the race, and at the last moment ne was scratched. It doesn't say much for the shrewdness of his grooms that they treated him for a strained knee for a whole week, and did not discover the mistake until Mr Hutton, the' bone-setter, pointed it out. As soon as bis name was struck through, The Baron, in spite of rumours about informality in his nomination and recollections of his laziness as a two year old, was looked upon as quite safe. Tbe bookmakers, however, made a dead set against him at the last. The weather, too, had in no way spoilt the course ;at ono time it had threatened to be a repetition of the snows of 1867, and then none could fore tell the result; but whilst the slight rain of the day before had laid the dust, a flickering nun brightened up the scene. Next to tho Baron, Eiridspord, who has since won the Grand Prize, was favoured. He had im proved greatly since the spring, was generally expected to finish in the second place, and by the " Sportsman " reporter was pointed out as winner. But Merry Hampton.never having run as a two-year-old, was a " dark horse," and like Blair Athol, in similar circumstances in 18G4-, won quite easily. It is true that knowing ones consider the entries below proper form, but the fact remains that Mr Abington's colt covered the distance in a time that has never been beaten, and only equalled by Blair Athol and Kettledrum. Otherwise, the predictions wore tolerably on the spot; The Baron out-distanced all those whose form was known ; Martlcy has a style and fashion about him that made his success in the Jubilee Stakes seem aome thing more than a fluke, and the running in the Derby justified the prophecies of his fetting a place ; whilst, Aintree, by coming omo tourth, verified the expectation of his stable. • The Prince of Wales and many other royalties, both English and foreign, were well to the front; but as an old trainer in the paddock remarked, "You don't, see much quality here to-day ; " and although he referred especially to the horse-flesh, his remark applied equally well to the human beings on the Downs. The truth is, the Derby was extremely dull. Entries were few, spectators less, than usual, and all the proceedings staid and decorous to a degree. All the old life and merriment on the road is dying out; the number of drags goes up, but chaff and banter "disappears ;~ the black coat and hat of the city and the club is omnipotent, and chokes off all indivi duality and fuu. .Parliamentary Loßg-Winded . iiess- Lord Denman, the son of the famous judge of that name and brother to one of the present judges, has brought in a bill for shortening speeches in the two Houses of Parliament. He proposes that no Privy Councillor shall speak above ono hour, and no ordinary member exceed a quarter of an hour ; that a bell should be rung as soon as tho limit is reached, and that if anyone elso wants to address the House, the speaker must sit down. This would prevent a re petition of Mr Biggar's famous feat in read ing from blue-books* for four hours continu ously to waste time ; but perhaps it would not have much effect on what Lord Salis bury calls " the dreary drip of dilatory de clamation." A Big Blast- England is not the place for blasting on a phenomenal scale ; but, at Llanben's la3t week about the biggest on record took : place. A mass of roclc standing between two workings of the quarry and weighing four hundred thousand tens, endangered ' the lives of the men, bo a tunnel 118 feet; long was driven into the base of the rock', i This branched out into six deep chambers, each terminating in a .haft. Explosive: gelatine was built into each shaft, and the j "whole so connected with a vise that, it would explode at the same instant. Notice I was issued throughout, the- district warn ing people to open windows and doors, and l^avo thdr homes. The.ad vice was-taken: Prop™ ty-was packed up, cattle driven off; shops closed, ,and the highways guarded 'by police.' Gelatine equal'in power to two tons of gunpowder was exploded ; the rock was shattered and brought down into the quarry and the lake below. : J" Mall Coaches Revived. A most unusual scene took place last week in ono of the busiest thoroughfares of the city. Mr Blackwood, secretary at the Post Office, has instituted a revival of tbe old mail coaches for carrying parcels from London to Brighton during the summer, and the first of these, in making a trial journey, revived a tradition of older days. The driver came to a point' at which the traffic is for convenience regulated by the police, but aI, which he did not wish to be j delayed like ordinary vehicles. He j therefore - burst through the line, I but a police - sergeant, at once stopped the horses. The driver refused 'to go back, and maintained that Her > I Maje-ty'- mail could not be stopped on the Queen's highway by any person whatever without the consent of those in charge of it. He refused to give his name, and pointed to the royal legend on the panel of the coach as his authority. Finally, after the traffic had been stopped for ten miriutes the dr-Vet was dragged from his'"sea., gave'

up his name, and drove off with a defiant blast of his horn amidst deafening cheers fi-oln hundreds of per.ons who had crowded round. The Abrtrijriucs. Sir William McArthur-whoso nephew, by tho way, lias just succeeded in maintain ing one of tho Cornwall constituencies in the Gladstonian party, and who is almost the only '-native" of Australia in the English Parliament - took the chair the othor night at the Aborigines' Protection Society. There was a general opinion that tho natives of West Australia had boon most cruelly treated in somo cases, and that a Government inquiry was de sirable. Tho Rev. J. Chalmers, of Now Guinea, protested against the subjection of tha natives to Queensland rule ; he was afraid of tho introduction of fire-arms'and spirits, and of slave labour being taken for the sugar fields in Queens land. The intoxicant question provoked a reference to Tawhaio and the Maoris. This same missionary gave vent to a curious opinion, at the meeting of the London Mis sionary Society, about the way Christianity should be preached in New Guinea. His antipathy to Roman Catholics oxcludes a friendly emulation in good works. He complained bitterly ol the fact that when they had opened up the country, and made it safe for anyone to enter in the Roman Catholics had begun missions side by side with theirs. " I cannot think it is gentlemanly," he said : "at any rate it is not Christianity " (?). At the meeting of tho Religious Tract Society, the Rev. W. W. Gill, a member of tho same Missionary Society, spoke most hopefully of the natives of the South Seas and New Guinea, and said that they would gladly refund to the Society the cost of translating and producing biicii hooks as tho "Pilgrim's Progress, which wero very popular amongst them. 9-i.s---ia._eo.is. In the 'Graphic" of May 28th ap pear a number of engravings illustrating the recent outrage on the Premier of Tonga. The drawings aro acknowledged as having been supplied by Mr VV. Boodle, and tho descriptive letters provided by Mi E. E. Bilbrough, both at Auckland. Dr. Parker, who has been asked to take the pastorate of the late Mr Ward'Beecber, threatens to visit Australia on his return journey. A Dr. Dale and a Mr Spicer are coming out to tho Antipodes as represen tatives of the Congregational Church, and Dr. Parker- will come to test and nupplo meat their work. The torpedo boats, which were going to do such great things, soem rather a failure after all. Twenty-four of them have jnst been exercising off Portland, one of the trials being a ninety mile raoa. One blew up her boiler, another hud to put out her fire to prevent hucli a disaster, two collided and smashed up, a fifth broke her screw propeller, and seven others, making just half the squadron, had their engines par tially disabled. L4O a dozen is a fairly high price for 7_ champagne to fetch in these hard times, yot that was tho price given for soma pcrrier touet at Christie's sale lust week.

Lord Delcval "Beresford. youngest brother of the popular Lord Charles, has been rather more successful than several other patricians who have gone out to a cattle rancho in the far west. After three years' hard work in New Mexico he has made his large .peculn tion pay very well, and hope* soon to be able to spend the greatci portion of the year in England whilst his subordinates look after the estate.

A novel marriage ceremony has just been invented by a collier near Bolton. He took his fair charmer to Wigan to be married, but persuaded her that jumping over a long brush lkndle was all that. w;is necessary. This ceremony was duly performed, they returned to Bolton as « married couple ; bit the nuptial knot thus tied has proved somewhat insecure, as the wife has since left him, taking Mir wages with her.' Mr G. R. Sims"has had a quiet fling at the Jubilee craze," and has offered a Jubilee prize, consisting of a bean bi fully executed portrait of our gracious Queen, to the editor of any newspaper published in London whose columns do not, during the next week, contain either of the following words: "Jubilee," "Buffalo Bill," or'•lreland." Everybody is utterly sick of the word, for wherever we go " Jubilee this " or " Jubilee that " stares us in the face from every shop window. But it will be hard to beat " Jubilee dripping, fivepence a pound," as displayed in a shop in "Drury Lane. A Parsee barrister, who has been studying in England,"was interviewed by a corres pondent of the " Pall Mall Gazette " a few days ago, and is reported to have mad© tho following observations :- " Then instead of your soldiers receiving backsheesh and a feast, what happens ? The paymaster ser geant Cutß off a day's j>ay to devote it to one of their funds. It means that for a week every time the soldier puts his hand into his pocket and finds no tobacco, ho curses. Will it be the same in India ? Well, in India the subject of this Jubilee is altogether beyond comprehension. It is so utterly inconsistent wilh our traditional customs under which the throne dL.pen.itx. the charity and backsheesh, that t„ be asked to t^ive backsheesh to the throne is simply staggering: It is not. called a tax, so it must be backsheesh."

ELECTION NOTES.

(by telegraph - tress association. )

The Otago flection*.

Dunedin, this day.

Now that the elections are close at hand, and that the issue of the writs may shortly be expected, it may be presumed that all the candidates who intend placing their ser vices at the disposal of the electors have finally announced the fact. The Bible in Schools and Financial Reform Association are sure to play important parts in tho approaching fight, but it is likely that the question of free trade and protection will form a grim factor in the campaign. In Dunedin and most of the suburbs there will be contested elections, but in a few goldfield constituencies the returning mem bers will be returned unopposed, the ex pense of fighting an election over a sparsely populated area, with attendant inconveni ence, probably deterring would-be aspirants in the mining interest from entering into a contest. Those gentlemen who are likely to have a walk over are Mount Ida, Mr M. J. S. McKen/ie ; Dunstan, Mr T. Pyke; the 'Lake_, Mr' J. Fergus. All the^e are Opposition candidates. The other seats, with their leanings and probable cnances, are':

DU-T-Uf- East.--Tho Premier will be opposed by Mr James Allan,who has hither to confin.a his attention to municpal poli tics. He has made an excellent impression, and has gained a lot of ground since his candidature was announced. He passes as an Oppositioni.-it, and favours rigid re trenchment. The contest is likely to be close, and the poll will be exceedingly heavy.

Dunedin West.— Mr D. Stewart nnd the Hon. T. Dick will again fight this seat. Tho former is a Ministerialist', aud the latter an Oppositionist. Mr Stewart's chanced have been greatly jeopardised by Ills having voted against a reduction of mem bers last session, and that vote is likely to cost him his election.

Doxfjhn C'KNTRAr,.—-There is a very poor selection to choose from for the most important commercial electorate in Dune din. The only freetrader entering for this, the supposed hotbed of protection, is Mr G. B. Largill, who unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1881. Dr. Fitchett will as suredly have the Protection Lcaguo's inter est, and Mr J. Hod^e is backed up by the Lyceum vote. The present indications point, to Mr Car gill's chance as being the most rosy.

Dunedin South. —Mr G. Gore, the sitting member, is tho only candidate yet an nounced, but a requisition i« being circu lated in favour of Mr Fish, who was de feated at tho last election by a narrow majority, and i_ almost certain to be again placed in nomination. "Both are protection ists and pronounced Ministerialists. Rosi.vn. — Three candidates are an nounced for this seat. Mr A. H. Ross, the Eresnnt member, is a free trader, and will c opposed by Messrs W. Hutchinson and W Carlton (protectionists). The former gentleman has previously represented Wel lington South and Wanganui, but the latter is unknown in the public arena. Mr Ross (Oppositionist* will, I think, be re returned. Caver.shAii. —Mr W. Barron, as a free trader and an opponent of tho Stout-Vogel Ministry, will have an easy victory over Mr U. Rutherford (working-men's candidate) and Mr W. A. Watt (protectionist); Pokt C-AlAi -ns. —Aii interesting struggle is promised between Messrs J. Mills and J. Green, and it is likely to be a light of one between men rather than measures. Mi- Mills, owing to lii- maritime interest in the port itself as managing director of the Union Steam Company, is likely to be re turned. PrninsU-A.—So tar, no opposition to the Hon. W J. M. Larnach is announced. Taieri. —Mr J. Fulton (Oppositionist) and Mr W. Carncross (Stoutitc) will again fight this electoral-. The latter will poll strongly among the working classes, but all tho leading farmers are- *upporting Mr _"ulton. Tho result is not likely to be a re versal of tho last polling. Waiiikmo.-In consequence of the amal gamation of Waikouaiti and Moeraki, the former members for these two electorates are now opposing one another ; in addition to Mr John Mr.Kenzio and Mr J. C. Buck land, a third candidate is announced in tho person of Mr C. Hayncs, for many years a resident of Palmerston, but latterly in busi ness in Dunedin. lie is, however, in very indiOerent health, but if he goos to the poll aa he threatens to do, thore is vory little doubt that Mr McKenzie, the Ministerial candidate, will bo returned, as the Palmers ton district vote controls tho election. TtJAPEKA.—Mr J. C. Brown will be op posed by Mr M. Fraser, ex-Mayor of Law rence. Mr Brown was in England during tho late session, but as his mission was to float a Company for working the Tuapeka gold mines, and as he succeeded in his task, the miners and residents of the district are sure t.o give him a renewal of their confi dence.' Bruce.—Mr D. Reid (Ministeralist) will have a tough opponent in Mr Crawford Anderson (Oppositionist) who stood for this electorate at the last general election, and mado a favourable impression for a first appearance on a public platform. .The boundaries of the district have beon greatly altered, and the result of tho election is very open at present. Oamaru.—Mr T. W. Hislop may be de pended on to be re-elected, especially as Lord Reidhaven declines to again contest the seat with him. Waitakt.'- Several members of the farm ing class are likely to run for this seat, and Mr Duncan's re-election is doubtful. When the nominations have been made I shall be able to speak more definitely as to this seat. Mataura.- Mr J. F. Richardson will be opposed by Mr James Mcintosh, the representative of the Farmers' League. The late member promises to have an easy victory. Clutiia. -Mr J. W. Thompson has an opponent in Mr T. McKenzie, an old re feicfont of Balclutha, where he has success fully carried on the business of seedsman for somo years. He is likely to be beaten by Mr Thompson. .Vaikari.—This new electorate, on tho boundaries of Otago and Southland, is the old district of Waikaia, revised. Captain MoKeo-ie, a former representative of Mulanra, will most probably bo the first mentber of the revised electorate. Timahu, this day. Mr Rolleaton, who is the only candidate for Rangitata, last night addressed the electors at Geraldine, and received a vote of thanks declining confidence as yet. It was an enthusiastic meeting. He declared himself a free trader, denounced protec tion, and advocated thorough retrenchment.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1887. ;

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DRESS MATERIALS • DRESS MATERIALS DRESS MATER^ MEN'S CLOTHlNG nfeverydescriP tionatthe ~T7~ | _, _ _ SeREMUNER-ATIVE PRICE. Th,E_ocutorsofthelateT_ SHO S?T have decided FRE? CH DIAGONALS MERINOS Must be sold, as we are determined not to 1, Notwithstanding the large season s turnover In this rfT **Et <0 (;!c;ir thQ whQle . of thdr immen3e gtock of WIN IER CAMEL CLOTH FOULE^MINE Stocb frora season t_ se ason. f Department, increase in value in Woollen Goods, &; ». ______ NUNS'VEILING SOUDANESE JERSEYS _ flftn -i__. _-„*• Wt.i?l we are determined to reduce still further onr Stock of mTfPTAAT T.WI1?B MATERIALS v and in order to do so are mak- COSTUME MIXTURES CRAPES , SampleS' **$ P"CeS atta°hed ' 6ent FREE Clothing, and are offerin X real genuine bargain, in Boys' _^_l__?l^ii IvlN ULIL A-ili.L/. Jng immense reductions iv all lines. JERSEY CLOTHS OTTOMAN CLOTHS customer on application. Knickerbockers and Trousers, Men's Trousers, Men's {fJvUfh _______-._ Trousers and Vests, Men'" Sac Coatg, Men's Sac Suits, • the best article and save your CHECK WINCEYS SERGES And in fact every material imported into Gent 6. Overcoats, Msckintoshes (witli and without Ensure y°afßaVing hIANRETS from the VICUS A CLOTHS BEIGES this country. NOV/ IS THE TIME TO SECURE CHEAP t capes)) muß t be cleared regardless ot cost. Do not, -rtney-J* pnrChaSi.f «w_ l " ARMOUR CLOTHS CASHMERES IMMENSE ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE FROM. DRESS MATERIALS. forget to try us for Hats ana Mercery, wearesurc you -~»_. tbelat9' will be pleased. IOSTBEEUPCRLANDJ '""P Tl £~_\ TWT A £2 feF (~) T"~? JQ-EEN STREIiT,_A[JCKLAND GBAHAMST-W3. THAMES, j oKr)BK o3p the „ BO „ OBa ' | GRAHAMSTOwVtHAMES.



Business Notices. EDWIN JONES (Late E. and A. Jones), llousic, Furnishing, and General IRONMONGI-R. Ponsonby Road and Pompallior Terrace, Auckland, N.J_. Aprent for tho Phoenix Fire Oflico. Advertisement-Agent for Auckland Kveninq -TAR. Post Ofiloc Savings Hank, Money Order Ofllce. Telegraph Station, Telephone Bufieau. IVT OTIC E OF REMOVAL WOO L F EAR T, SPRING MATTRESS MANUFACTURER. Places of Business are— Hobson-bthekt (oppoßite Devonshire Houso) aud corner of Albert and VICTOUIA-STREET!*. ASK your Grocers for Royal Remy'3 Starch, Jib and Jib boxes, net-n-eisrht. Ttis tho bost. —Mr Arthnr Maoy, High-.tr-eot. Agent for the Manufacturers. Wholesale- Apply to Mr John Buchanan. Merchant, Ci__ toms-strect. ■™ rHARF HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET. JOHN LYNCH Dosircs to inform hia friends and the public, that he is proprietor of the above Hotel. Good accommodation for Travellers; first-class Luncheon Room. Best Brand* of Wines and Spirit;?. Hancock's Sparkling Ale always on draught, / IThe American COKN BROOM CO. EXMOUTH STREET. V USE \ QLOSE BROS.' _WmW V BLENDS OP S|\pTJEE j \teas AND / \ A / PER LB. \ (g||t Pronounced the best value\ in Auckland. \ DAPER HANG INGS. W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED. EX LATE ARRIVALS 185—PACKAGES—185 CONTAINING 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, consisting oir NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, "Dining. Bed- Rooms, Hnll and Staircase, suitablo for tho Mansion or Cottago. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, AND BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN PAPERHANGINGS. 916 —PACKAGES—9IB SCRIMS AND HESSIANS PLATE AND SHEET GLASS. WIIITIB LEAD. OILS. TURPS. VARNISHES AND ALL TRADE SUNDRIES. W. PHILLItPS A SON, 95 AND 87. QUEEN-BTREET. \.\7ORSTED SUITS, with an extra Pair H of Trousers for tiothlnir, £1.-At J. H. D-llon's, Tailor, Victoria-street East* TTF yon wish to establish a name for your Jl Ijouko, sell the best brands—Wolfe's ;_-.:n.;._r. ?> itauds forcniost._ >S O T O" B A T H OT (o ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. COLD, AND SLOWER' BATHS, Victoria-street East. Charge—ONE SHILLING. Open all week days from <J a.m. to 9 p.m., and SUNDAY MORNINGS from 6 till 10 a.m. Tho bath room* are all private, and supplied with every Convenience, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &c. Select Bath-rooms (private) for ladifes evory day, at all hours, withfemajo attendance, one Shilling-and Sixpenoe. l. leaso noto the Address—Victoria street, East, nbovfc the Groyhound Hotel, nnd next, tho Clioap Bedding-and Furniture Mart> Auckland. N.B.^Barbor in attendance. 17.011 Immediate - sale, '" _s the j ' owner must leave, for England, a roally I good Farm of 238 acres, 130 acres of it in grass, and fenced part with'thorn hedges, and tho | balance in bush; orchard, house, and building.; and a very low prico will be taken,—Apply" to John Soppet, Houso and Land Agent, 65 Queen | Street. ' j' mi-IE Biggest Literary Shillings Worth) B in Australasia-Brett's Auckland Almanac, , illustrated. l C_UITS, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 903, with an O extra Pair o! Trousers for nothing.—J. H. Dalton. 'fi ROU N D LIM" E. GROUND LIME FOR SALE : SOUTHGATE'S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHE LIME, In any quantity, for Concrote Paths, Floor, Cellars, fee, (next to 3lone flagging is un rivalled for durability and hard-setting qualities). For tanks and other wet work it ia a flrst-closs material. B. KJIANE, ~~S OLE AGENT CUSTOMS-STREET,



»rai__«_e—surtrtw- n;.yg-:3.-_t_a>ac»wwi> ;jm» <Ti_itia-W-aaw<P-a ©rape! ;—ClotMag, &<&• ( \-—~ ii_i__iiiiniiiimiiii<i-_ri__iin. i iiww_»«»w—M« 27ie best Blade for Bloo??i y - y ~., .„.. iih.i.i. _.n_ «-—■■■__- _n B --—- - <^__ VVy^ *V - %<.. SPECIAL BARGAINS fVn . ftf O ]>% - %,. * NORTHERN , <I^f Ufc, <2sf* Cash Drapery.jS&Sf lp %(} °(tt, G_oi<_iNG Company, vS . * . «i, A s^X,IOS,QnEENS, %^V J*R*™E* WE ARE THE CHEAPEST KAFANGAHAPE ROAD CORNER OF EAST-ST. GIVING UPI GIVING UP! GIVING UP I GREAT CLEARING SALE OF THE STOCK OF 0". Q-. BIRO Wis. <£_ QQ. GENERAL DRAPERS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. THE WHOLE STOCK O K^f^f^ THE WHOLE STOCK VALUE «_0 %JKJKJ\J VALUE MUST be cleared out in a few weeks. ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS TjINOBMOUS REDUCTIONS In Manchester and Woollen Goods. "*-^ In Millinery and Mantles ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS TDINOKMOUS REDUCTIONS ' In Dress Goods and Costumes. In Clothing and Hats This largo Btock is quito now and must bo cleared out in a few weeks at a very great sacrifice. Come early to the Great Clearing Out Salo of the Stock of J. G. BROWN & CO.: M. GALLAGHER.] ' [JOHN GALLAGHER. QUEEN AND FORT STREETS Opposite the Arcade. Opposite the Arcade, ;. | THE ''-vOFKi-'TOR-' «.f tho -Dovo H.*«_ wish to draw the Jtaeuutou of the publio JL to their perior hd large stock of Wines and Spirits, the undermentioned brands being specialties :— BROWN & CAMPBELL'S ... BLEND WHISKY KIRK WOOD'S .'. BLEND WHISKY THE GAELIC „ ... ' WHISKY WALKER'S ... ... ... WHISKY ROBERTSON'S *... ... ... WHISKY ■ Being Direct Importers we can defy competition, as the following prices will show: Walker's Whisky, 4s. 6d. per Bottle. And other brands at equally low prices. Bull Dog Ale an,d jSifcout, lis per dozen. Special Brand of Port Wine for Invalids. LUNCHEON DAILY FROM 1 TILL 2 P.M.