SHIPPING.

1 Sunset—This evening. 5.54. -tTunrisis—To-morrow mornine, 5.50. Moon's Age—First Quarter, 24th, 4.43 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

•Auckland—This evening, 10.13; to-morrow morning. 10.40. Manuka. Ifeads. — This evening, 0.53; to morrow mornine:. 1.20. Kaipara Heads. — This evening, 1.53; to morrow morning, 2.20.

ARRIVALS.

To Anau, s.s., from Sydney Norval, schooner, from Russell Christina, schooner, from Whangarei Agnes Donald, schooner, from Russell lona, s.s., from Tauranga

DEPARTURES.

Wainui, s.s., for Fiji Danae, barque, for Baker's Island C. W. Janes, barquentine, for New York lona, s.s., for Great Barrier

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day,

5 p.m. Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 2 p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Sunday, 6 a.m. Bellinger, s.s., from Sydney, Friday, early Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Sep. 30

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London LuYline, ship, left, London .July 25 Margaret Galbraith', ship, left Glasgow

July 1 Rosedale- from Middlesborough, for Kaipara Zealandia, ship, left London July 23 Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel-

ton : sailed June 20 Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin, sailed June 7 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from

New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, from New York Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji _ Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Orpheus, schooner, left Dunedin Sept. 14 Stanley, bn., from Ne-vcastle Seabird, bn., from Sydney Maile, schr., from a cruise Louie, schooner, from a cvui^e. Smaragd, brigantine, from Dunedin Lizzie Guy, schooner, from Lyttelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loaded Te Anau, for Melbourne, via the South

Friday, noon Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Friday, 1 p.m. Gauloise, schr., for Tahiti

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Te Anau, from Sydney:—l,3l3 sacks bonedust, 303 cases fruit, 500 spokes, 82 cases spirits and wines, 25 cases 181 packages merchandise, 15 parcel?, 3 cases curious, 17 cases books, 10 packages machinery, 41 bars iron, 2 chests tea, 50 cases maizena, 255 cases bones, 10 sacks flour, 11 cases arrowroot, and sundries.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Wainui, tor Fiji. For Suva : 185 cases kerosene, 101 kegs beef and tongue?, 29 kegs butter, 107 cases meat, 60 sacks potatoes, 19,500 feet timber, 31 bags and bales produce, 30 cases onions, 70 cases bread, 40 boxes soap, 49 sheep, 43 boxes soap, 182 packages sundries. For Levuka : 11 cases and hogsheads ale, 185 cases kero sene, 5 cases tobacco, 50 boxes soap, 101 sacks potatoes, 114 casks and kegs beef, 119 cases jn-eseryed meat, 98 packs produce, 11 cases onions, 48 cases biscuits, 3 cows, 1 bull, 20 sheep, 198 packages sundries. For .una : 15 sacks potatoes, 14 pockagos sundries. For Vavau :57 cases meat, 30 kegs beef. For Nukualofa :22 kegs beef, 8 cases meat, 2 packages sundries.

Per Hermione,for London direct:—l piece timber, 60 casks lirnejuice, 29 bales cotton, 169 bags cotton seed, 74 tons copra, 327 casks and 43 cases pearl shell, 95 casks oil, 158 bales skins, 441 pockets and 725 bales wool, 343 bales flax, 26 bales rags, 3,000. cases preserved meats, 18 cases honey, 73 cases wines, 58 cases gum dust, 3J tons bark, 14,980 horns, 21 bags bones, 37 bags hoofs, 444 cases kauri gum, 15 bales leather and basils, 1.319 casks tallow, and 63 packages sundries.

The schooner Annie Wilson left Lyttelton on September 16 for Kaipara. The s.s. Richmond is to arrive from tho islands about October 3rd.

The s.s. Janet Nicoll left Creymouth for Dunedin and Wellington yesterday with 1,000 tons coal.

The schooner Gauloise entered outwards for Tahiti to-day, and the schooner Grecian Bend for Sydney, via Whangaroa.

The ship Hermione completed her load ing for London early this morning, and was to haul out into the stream this afternoon.

The New Zealand Company's s.s. Tonga riro leaves Lyttelton to-day for London. Her. mails will be due at Plymouth on the 3rd of November. Captain Pennal, late master of the s.s. Waitaki, has deserted the shipping, and has gone into the grocery business in the Eden Terrace district. The barquentine C. W. Janes, in tow of the tug Rotoiti, left for New York at day light this morning. She takes away a full cargo of kauri gum. The steam tug Awhina towed the barque Danae to sea at 8 o'clock this morning. Tne Danae is bound for Baker's Island, where she will load for a Home port.

The brigantine Lizzie Guy cleared at Lyttelton for Auckland on the 16th. She brings the following cargo :—94 sack's pota toes,. 125 sacks and bags flour, 20 do. oats, 120 do. sharps, 2 crates biscuits, 1 dray, 1 cask.

Tlie s.s. Wainui left for Fiji via Russell at 5 p.m. yesterday. She carried the follow ing passengers :—Mrs Eastgate and family (4), Mrs Anson, child, andnurse, Miss Fargo, Messrs A. Fitzgerald, J. McNaughtry, and 7 i. the steerage.

The following small coasters have ar rived since yesterday':—lda, barge, with firewood from Pakiri • Eleanor Morton, cutter, with 77 sacks kauri gum from Mangawai ; Three Sisters, cutter, with firewood from Omaha ; Zillah, ketch, with coal from Whangarei ; Gannet, cutter, from \Vaiheke, with firewood.

The barque Manhegan, which visited this poru a short time back, was recently wrecked. The vessel left Hongkong on May 30, Captain A. C. Poulsen in command, and the presumption is that after clearing the Straits of Sunda she was caught in bar weather, which forced her down on t he- African coast, where she was driven ashore. The vessel was insured in the Derwent antl Tamar Assurance Company for £5,000; The British barque Firth of Solwav JlcNight master, bound from TankgOn--' Priok to Pinarukan, was found drifting helplessly about in the China Sea by the Bteamer Voorwarts after being long-overdue at her destination, the whole crew havino been struck down by fever, and being in a helpless condition 11 days. Eleven native, sailors were placed on board to take her to Panawarken. The s.s. lona arrived this mornin-from Tauranga, Tairua, and Mercury Bay- -with the following passengers:—Mesa-aMoss Rhodes, G. H. Lee, Davis, Meadtey, Marsh* Bobertson, Mrs Marlow, Misses Wi'Jher owl and Jennings, and 9 steerage Cargo •-_ 1,600 feet timber, 20 sacks h onea 2W „s tide*, 17 sacks maize, 9^ c^.e ; e .

She left, shortly after her arrival, for the Great Barrier, with Mr Davis, Miss Jennings, and 5 natives as passengers.

The steamer Umbria, from Liverpool, which arrived at New York on 31st July last, met with a tidal wave, or cyclonic squall, which struck the vessel at 3 o'clock in the morning. The wave was seen for more than ten minutes before it reached the steamer, giving the oilicers ample time to prepare for it. It struck the vessel with great force, carrying away a portion of the bridge and the forward hatch, and flooding the forward cabins and steerage. Owing to the accident and fog the Umbria was de layed about twenty hours.

THE TE ANAU.

The s.s. Te Anau, 1,652 tons, J. Mcintosh commander, arrived here at 9.45 p.m. yesterday from Sydney, direct. She sailed from the Company's Wharf at*2 p.m. on the 16th inst, and cleared Sydney Heads at 3 p.m., meeting at first with light winds and heavy easterly swell, which soon increased to a strong easterly gale, with high head sea, lasting to arrival off Cape Maria Van Dieman, at 2 a.m. on the 21st; thence along the coast experienced fresh westerly winds, with rain squalls. Passed Cape Brett at 11.45 a.m., and arrived in port as above. Passengers :—For Auckland : Mr and Mrs Rotherham, Miss Newman, Messrs Earp, J. Hardy, Pollock, A. Baylis, M. Vaughan, A. Henhouse, .1. Marshall, Rev. E. Mooney, Dr. Cinders, and 21 in steerage. For Napier : 1 steerage. For Lyttelton : Mr Tomlinson and 2 steerage. For .Dun edin : 1 steerage.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCOPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

There aro three candidates for Auck land North—MrT. Thompson, the late member, Mr S. Vaile, and Mr H. W. Farnall; but to all appear, ances the contest will really lie between Messrs Thompson and Vaile. Both are very good men, and the struggle is a spirited one, but we are disposed to back Mr Thompson. Mr Thompson is a very much better member for Auckland North now than he was when chosen by the con stituency four years ago, and he has fulfilled his trust in a manner that should secure the confidence of the constituency. His past service has just been long enough to qualify him for doing good work for Auckland, a_d it seems to us in every respect bad po'-icy when a member is capable of giv.ng his best service to change him for another from pure fickleness and withont adequate cause. An attempt has been made to show that Mr Thompson is not strong enough on the question of Protection to local industry. We cannot under stand the ground of \this objection. He certainly goes q.uite as far ;as either of his opponents. The Liberal character of his views on gen eral political questions is . lso unchal -1 engable. He was identifiod with tho I dberal side from his first appearance ict public life, and is invariably counted aiaong the Radical party in the* House. In/the Auckland City Council ;he was netted as one of the retrenching mem bers, and he has a happy knack of going rig.bt to the root of a question. 'His vote*i_ay always be counted upon for*, a reduction of expenditure or a Liberal reform, and he is able to back the vote with an incisive practical speech,w_ich carrifes the more weight with the mem bers of the House because they are not bored :by verbosity. Messrs Peacock,

Moss, and Thompson were listened to with respect in the late Par liament as authorities on industrial questions, and they did a large amount of practical work in committees of the House.

From the numerous addresses de livered by Mr Vaile, it would appear that he bases his claims to election mainly upon the study he has given to railway reform and the origination of his special system of railway manag ment. This claim, we observe, the President of the Industrial Association cited lately as an objection, to Mr Vaile's return rather than an argument in its favour, and we are compelled to take the same view. Mr Vaile will be less hampered in forcing his scheme upon the attention of the House and country when not a member of the Legislature than if hampered by its rules, disqualifications, and disabilities. A special committee was appointed to inquire into the merits of the system in the last Parliament, which had Mr Vaile in attendance for a considerable period, and drew up a report recom mending a conditional trial. If the new Parliament, should determine to give the recommendation effect, it would be desirable to secure Mr Vaile's services to organise and superintend the trial, so as to ensure a fair test. It appears to us in every respect most seemly, so far as this particular scheme is concerned, that any decision the Legislature may come to upon it should be a calm and judicial opinion without the author filling a position as one of the judges, or having the power to coerce the Government by his vote. It is right to confess that we share Mr George Fraser's scepticism with regard to the scheme. Having enjoyed for a limited period the privi lege of a " free pass," and experienced no impulse to spend our time in the not very exhilarating sport of railway travelling in New Zealand, we are doubtful whether, with our small population, the traffic would be doubled if people were carried free. The carriage of freight is the chief business of our lines, and the most important to the country, and this department Mr Vaile's special scheme does not touch. Political intrigue has, however, not been so tardy, for it was proved not long ago that rates for some classes of goods dead weight had been brought down to a figure that did not pay. However, the subject is not one on which we care to dogmatise * though we lack faith, we should not object to seeing Mr Vaile's theory put to the test, and we believe that he can bring this about more easily when operating from outside of Parliament than if included among its members. When the special claim which is made on account of Mr Vaile's railway scheme is set aside, we are at a loss to discover in his ad dresses any ground for believing that the special interests of Auckland or the administrative and- "industrial interests of the colony would be safer in his hands than in the hands of Mr Thompson, and that is what the electors have to consider. Both are opponents of the present Government, but Mr Vaile leans more to the Atkin sonite, and Mr Thompson to the Eadical section of the House. Mi- Thompson has a good knowledge of the practical working of our local governing institutions, and every year the relations of these to the Central Go vernment is becoming more and more a burning question. If the system of filching away local revenues to support services hitherto performed by the General Government goes on extend ing, the burdens on property will soon become insufferable. Mr Thompson, as we said of Mr Goldie, can render good service to the country in revising the system of local government. Ou all these grounds, therefore, we firmly believe that the electors of Auckland North cannot do better than send back Mr Thompson.

THE CONTEST IN MANUKAU.

The question has often been asked, lately, " Who is the Mr Osborne who is opposing Sir Maurice O'Eorke for Manukau 1" We have found it difficult to obtain any information on the subject beyond the fact that Mr Osborne is a gentleman who arrived from Home a few years ago, and has been living on his private means in a very retired way at Epsom. He has apparently taken no interest in public affairs—has not even acted on a • School Committee or. Highway Board ; but he read one or two papers before a local Mutual Improvement Society, which met with the approval of the select circle to which they were ad dressed. Except what may be gathered from Mr. Osborne's political speeches, the foregoing is the sum of the informa tion we can gather about the candidate who has come forward to oust the most accomplished parliamentarian and Speaker in Australasia, and one of Auckland's oldest settlers. The impression left on one's mind after a careful perusal of Mr Osborne's ad dresses, and withoutknowingthespeaker personally, is that he must be a young gentleman with a very good opinion of himself and a very poor opinion of the people of New Zealand in general and the electors of Manukau in particular. Mr Osborne's speeches have the typical "new chum " ring. The colonists of New Zealand have been muddling everything in the past, and they want some shining light to put them on the right track. Mr Osborne's services are available for the job. According to one report, Mr Osborne stated as a reason for his can didature that .he had nothing against Sir Maurice O'Eorke, but a crisis had •jaow arisen in the colony, and the opin ion was that those old men who had brought the colony into this system of borrowing and squandering should be opposed, and that new' men should

be elected instead." We have had a good deal of this sort of talk throughout the election, and there are limits both to its truth and application. Blunders have no doubt been committed in .New Zealand, but we muse not be forgetful that this great colony has been built up from a condition of bar barism to its present advanced state of civilisation by the pioneer settlers. The Legislature of New Zea land has ever borne a high reputation among colonial parliaments, and when we think of the past of the colony, the vicissitudes it has encountered, the native wars, the courage and self sacrifice of its early settlers, we cannot read without pain and indignation such reflections from one who has come to the colony at a time when-all is smooth sail ing, and the troubles of the past are a sealed book. We do not hesitate to say that the) mistakes that have been made are but as a spot on the sun compared with the glory of what has been accom plished. And we would recommend settlers who have experienced nothing of the difficulties which the pioneer colonists have overcome to read New Zealand history. If this were done, we should hear less about the mistakes of the Government ot New Zealand and more about their marvellous achieve ments and wisdom. As applied to the contest for Manukau, moreover, the remarks are singularly out of place, inasmuch as the chief blunder of the colony—extravagance was always discountenanced by Sir Maurice O'Eorke, who resigned his seat in the Ministry and walked over to the Opposition benches to give his vote against the policy of Sir Julius Vogel. The opposition that exists in Manukau to the late member for the district arises, we believe, partly from a mistaken notion that by occupying the Speaker's chair, Sir Maurice O'Rorke is precluded from rendering such good service to his constituents as if he were a private member on the floor of the House. This is altogether a mistake. The Speaker's position gives him great influence with members of the House, and any measure which he is desirous of passing will command more attention than the bill of a less conspicuous private member. Another mistake commonly made is that the Speaker, by virtue of his office, is precluded from taking part in the debates of the House, and in moulding the legislation of the country. When a bill is in committee the Speaker vacates the chair, and taken his place with the other members, and can use his vote as effectively as any other member in the passing, amendment, obstruction, or re jection of a bill. No act, therefore, gets through the House without the Speaker having at some stage the same direct influence upon it that any private member exercises. The influence wielded by Sir Maurice O'Eorke on behalf of Auckland was conspicuously shown in the establish ment of a University at Auckland, which is entirely due to his exertions.

No review of Sir Maurice O'Rorke's public career would be complete with out a reference to that incident unprecedented in the history of New Zealand, when he walked down from the Ministerial Benches and sacrificed the emoluments of office because he could not agree with the policy of the Cabinet. This occurred when the borrowing scheme inaugurated by Sir Julius Vogel was in full swing under the personal direction of its author ■ and now that the whole colony is crying out for restricted borrowing,- the foresight as well as the patriotism of Sir Maurice O'Rorke in this famous Parliamentary episode especially commands our admiration.

The political principles of the member who has served the electors of Manukau for many years have always been of a pronounced Liberal type. No man is better acquainted with the circumstances of the colony and of the electorate in which he has spent the greater part of his life. While the House of Eepresentatives continues to select him from their number for the high honour of the Speakership, it would surely be an anomaly for the electorate of Manukau to reject him in favour of a comparative stranger who has yet to win his spurs in connection with the local affairs of the district. We have no hesitation, in naming Sir Maurice O'Rorke as the best choice for Manukau.

The rumour is renewed about the Chinese Government concessions to Jay Gould, the American capitalist, and there is doubtless a large amount of truth in the statements that have been published. On Ist August last the London " Standard " published a despatch from Shanghai saying : — "An American silver ring and Jay Gould, through the Polish Count Mitkiewitz and the Viceroy Li, have founded an American- Chinese bank with a capital of $200,000,000, mostly American money. The bank will receive and disburse all moneys of the Im perial and • Provincial Governments, and have charge of railway and telegraph con tracts, coinage, the issue of bank notes and the affairs of the War Depart ment. The 'North China Herald,' speaking of Jay Gould's agreements with the Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, mentions the laying of submarine cables from San Francisco to Tientsin as one scheme, but points out that the officers of the United States in the surveying vessel Tuscarora, who sounded across some years ago, considered the great depth of the Pacific Ocean rendered the laying of such cables beset with difficulties almost insuperable. The San Francisco papers incline to dis credit the report, on account of its coming from an English source, but the ' Chron icle ' says, if the story is true, it opens up a future for China which will put that nation on a very different footing from that which it has hitherto occupied. To put a man of Gould's undoubted financial ability at the head of tho mone tary affairs of China, with so great and talented a man as Viceroy Li behind him, means progress. Gould is thoroughly im bued with American ideas of nation building, and will not be satisfied with the condition of affairs in China any longer than is necessary to revolutionise their methods."

Our cable news contaifc^^ of disgraceful Js.* **S -ently took >£* jj ground, near London, Hi castonof a pedestrian J * mencmg in a gambling "JSfJ*. turbance degenerated into an '* pure ru_ an i sm _ much oj stroyed and __«7pS__f _*» * one man died fronf S__J3» W ' sensation " is provided by ffitSftj Gazette" in the shane of v! gravest kind leveUeJ^nslST/ _• Hallett, M.P. The _l2__f iV* H »2 _. has M^'i2___r I t ff^i an officer and gentleman^feo! "a great hand at nennv i-L- tokf> poetical recitations." «4 of the Second Brigade of V°.^ em Division of J o ?_ a He denies the diabolical cW ge y_Ws_ him. From Afghanistan KRHSB* the companion tf Ayoob H_H?_* captured, but the pretende. t_ th, > is st 11 at large, O.her KSft**

To the Editor: Sir -_V__ «_. v.' • themedmmof y our UU Pr s ttSt Mr L. H. Scharrer the propriety X,° hshmg the number of words gfi& well as the name of the sncce<Xi !_ petitorwhen making known ?& he £30 prize ihthe word competSn 'Metropolitan Handicap." ThL wffl J least, be a satisfaction to ..he c||| —I am, etc., Competitor. The volume of Burns's poems mmM to Auckland Burns Club.s the g^ Jas. Pollock, compositor. r At Aseneres in France, on the afternoon of 7th August > acaptive balloon, contab xng. Alfred Goddard, the well-bZ seronaut, and two .lady artists of pZ broke away from its fooorinm and di! appeared from the view of the horrified holiday-makers. . Nothing had been heard of the unfortunates next day, andacato trophe was apprehended.

Mr T. B. Hannaford is indefatigable in his efforts to draw the attention of people in authority to the advantages of his skeleton iron tower lighthouse. He has just had printed a leaflet setting forth the opinion! of engineers on "The Hannaford Light," with the inventor's replies to various critl cisms, newspaper extracts, and notes on the utility of the patent. Copies of this, in diciously distributed, should serve to make known the merits of Mr Hannaford's inven tion.

To the Editor: Sir,—ln your issue of yesterday's date, you imply that the mem bers of a cricket club who were assembled at St. George's Hall on Monday evening were guilty of wanton acts of destruction, Now, on behalf of those assembled there that evening for the purpose of transacting our ordinary annual business, I emphati cally deny the charges made against the fair fame of our Club, and hope that in justice to us you will insert this denial in your evening's issue.—Yours, &c.j A¥_ ber of thk Clue.

Yesterday evening His-Honor Mr Jnsfa Ward remarked that the faces of -persons concerned in' the Maori perjury case wen now so familiar that coming into Court was almost like entering the bosom of til family. Mr Cotter _dd that as far as he was concerned, he did not care how soon the family was bereaved of some of itsmem bers. Some of the members of the jury ap pear to be getting quite resigned to their lot; while it is stated that one Mian said he did not care how long the case lasted, is they were so well looked;after .thrt.% were having really good times. Members of the jury who have been taken away from their business will no doubt be bf a different opinion. Those lovers of football who Have not seen the winners of the Junior Cup play this season will have an excellent oppor tunity afforded tliem on Saturday, « the Ponsonby 11. meet a team' from Low Waikato. The match will be played. Potter's paddock, Epsom.

It is intended to hold a finalrehearsal of "Guy Mannering" in the Opera House on Saturday evening, when all the perform-r ---are expected to attend in costume. M stone is being left unturned to ensure w complete success of the performance. Tickets are going off well, and W is every reason to , believethat W expenses are paid there will taag stontial balance to Mrs McGowanscred. The performances take place wrtJfoJJ and Tuesday evenings, at the Of*" House. , W. Murphy, the light-weight gg boxer,and Wtrainer returned c> Auckg yesterday, and is anxious to make a m» with E. Donovan or any otehghtjeg for any reasonable sum and all the gw money Donovan will be preferre^^ will tight as a light-weight. Tojhojto Murnhy means business, he has w»i depoSited £5 towards the stakes^. match that may be made. We have received a parcel of clotoj from Mrs McGowan, Wyndharr ; *gg two similar parcels from othet fnendsfof the unfortunate family who J out under such distressing circumstam atSwanson. t i e Last evening, * .**F**!_Jtt by the Rev. J. b. Hm lr« -*""-/j ap on Thomas B_Ule (Sa^K^Sft Herr Carl Schmitt, and "rtheM*^ Association, presented him w«a some silver tea service, in Wgjj « many and valuable :«e^^ggfc wilUngly and freely gingjo -g^gg tion. The service is of d«3si design, aod. the t_pofr b00n,.?, dedicatory inscription. . -^ Mr David Burns, who^died ggfi about two weeks ago, was a conn the Scottish poet, R^gy, and« himself a poet of no little volume which he, pubhsne years since was very JWjfe, being"* for Burns was a builder, and arte business for »^;ffi& able to retire, Wj^^Sw <*J» himself to promoting «W w° uDgß r &_. citizens JggJtW members, m whose educau took the deepest interest. Waites Hall, Mount Eden, was£ , to excess on Monday eveggStfUfi being the monthly long night m t JS? the Mount W«-jj^jj* m „sic was di scourseg^Siaffl»|g band, consisting of Messrs *»* ft M* and Keesing, violins !^?g^*g Cornish and Sly, cornefcV - B» J^gg bass: and S. Adams, piano- * com pany separatingm the'wee sm» York Life a-jSfS are now issuing Sum of all P*JsV*fic the sum '^f'LZrs. &<£_)» period of 10,15, or 20^ 0^ Millan (Messrs the local director of the^-o £^^4 its income for last year w -^ winter course wzUge^aA.!^ evening at 7.30 » jn jcal gfcgS hall, when valgus by va^„i items will be KgSafi» S«_ knownfriendsof the n^ d G E. Bice wul co'"f^l^inment- programme is J? upu:"" COIUD _

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22. 1887.

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THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion, 68,000 daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ;6s 6d per quarter. The " LEADER." _8 pages. The best Farm ing. Agricultural, and General Weekly News naner. Price, 6d :6s 6d per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Singlo num bers, 6d; double numbers, with coloured plate, Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildman, Upton and Co., and E. Wayto, Auckland; and all News Agents. Post free. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. New Season's Tennis Racquets Tennis Balls, &<?. Crick c t w a re Croquet All Games AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. HIKUTAIA VALLEY. i I I am instructed by the owner to withdraw l ■ from 3ale the whole of the lands in the Hikutaia Valley. Parties who have obtained particulars with a view to visiting and inspecting such i property will please take this notice. J. H. WITHEFORD. THE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL Have deposited at I Mr J. H. WITHEFORD'S OFFICE, Shortland-street, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . . OF THE > THAMES GOLDFIELDS, 1 Together with particulars of liberal concessions . tho Council have decided to make, with a view to encourage the introduction of English capital . Mr Witiieford, having been identified with > the Auckland Goldficlds since their first open ' Ing, and haying for some time past been colfeot i ing mining information for English clients, is in a position to advise any representative of Home buyers who may be in Auckland as to the merits > of the various eligible Goldfleld Properties. PLANS. REPORTS. AND THE FULLEST ' RELIABLE INFORMATION OF ANY MIN ING PROPERTY may be obtained on applica tion at his office. ; . A UCKLAND MINING ASSOCIATION ! NEW SYSTEM OF WORKING THE GOLDFIELDS. I The Public of Auckland desirous of engaging , in Goldfleld Operations on the Non-liabiiity system, now so popular in Australia, are in vited to TAKE SHARES in the above As sociation. l SHARES, £12 EACH. Payable £1 Monthly. Experienced Minors employed at £1 per week > with a Share in the Profits after wages and expenses have been deducted. Full particulars as to the Management and ' Method of Working on application to i J. H. WITHEFORD, Shortland-street. i T\ONALD W. JACK AND Co PONSONBY ROAD, Are Selling— '' Ladies' well-made Ulsters at 5s lid each Fashionable Jackets at half-price Extra-wide Coloured Cashmere at Is per yard, or 8 yards for 7s 6d Ladies' Straw Hats at 3d each , Corsets, Is lid per pair, worth 3s 6d ' All-wool Shirting, Is per yard Our Ladies' Stockings and Gloves, at Is per pair, are extra good value Other Goods proportionately cheap. DONALD W. JACK AND Co., Ponsonby Road. m H E "UNION" And the " SOUTHERN SPERM " CANDLES, Made by THE UNION OIL, SOAP, and CANDLE j COMPANY, Op AUCKLAND, Are all Guaranteed FULL WEIGHTS (16 ounces to the pound). Many of the Colonial-made Candles now in the market are Light Weights, and therefore dearer at the money than the Auckland-made Candles. TRY FOR YOURSELVES, ANiy USE ONLY THE I/OCAL ARTICLE. Box32<>. Telephone 435 . I IF YOU I.EQUIRE GOOD i OATMEAL, FLOfJR, ] CHEESE V 'POTATOES, on ONIONS, OATS, or MAIZE, ; CALL ON ' * I A_ F R.E DJ 0 WIT T. ! [card]. ANTED. Landlords and others to know that E. BARKER Und ertakes Collection of Rents and Accounts, . Execution and Distress Warrants, Possession I unr'ler Bills of Sale, etc., with care and despatch. office : CITY CHAMBERS, VULCAN LANE ■ ■ (Top floor). i TmiRE AT PO6T - OFFICE. : Avoid siriilar accidents by using DEBERG'S " IRON ASHBINS. From 6s each. C. R. DEBERG. Ironworker, Albert-street,



. mO HORSEDEAUvRS, Etc., Etc., Etc. 5 CHEAP FEED. , Good Short Oats, 2s 4d per bushel; best Chaff. t 2s 3d per sack; best Bran, 4s 6d per sack; large , Truss of Straw, Is 3d. c At EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S STORE, I KARANGAHAPE, ROAD. _> "" " ~ i r _> "I i i c 5 1 1 \ THRST HHOW . . OF * HPRING pOODS. '. We have the pleasure to inform our cus " tomers and the public generally that on = FRIDAY next, the 23rd September, we shall make our 3 FIRST SHOW OF SPRING GOODS " In all departments. I * Our buyers having been particularly fortu * nate in selecting high-class Novelties adapted to our business, we have great confidence in bringing them before your notice. _ ' We purpose throwing our Premises open on ; the previous evening (THURSDAY, Sept. 3 22), from 7 o'clock till 10, for a GASLIGHT DISPLAY & PROMENADE, To which we invite every person's attendance. (No one will bo solicited to buy). lyriLNE & p'hoyce, Qubes AND WEtfcS9i.ay Sn. ETS, V a. s hv... . ; ' ' ; 3 ■ - I 1 1 J i -TN CONSEQUENCE.OF THE DfiATH of Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-F4STABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the^ast 24 years by Messrs A. and T. India, at Gtsorge-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMH_SES General Drapery, Clothing, akd Mercery Boots and Shoes Carfets and Furnishings Fukniture, (Crockery Ironmongery. Ujidertaki7*g Boot Manufacturing, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buildings, Book Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc., apply by letter to " Tho Executors of the late Mr Alcxandur Inglis, Gcorge-s. reet, Dunedin ;.' or on the Premises to the Manajrcr. Tenders must be at the Office of the Firm not later than THURSDAY, the2_thday of October, 1887. at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tender must have attached a Marked Cheque for 10 per cent, of tho amount of the tender. .'.--'.I - ■ , 1 ji . . ] TY^AREHO USE QjAMPLES. WILLIAM _, BRIDGMAN Has just-purchased 331 Men's, Boys', and. Youths' Tweed, Soft and Hard Felt Hats wt about half warehouse price, and will sell them very cheap to clear quickly .Tob Lines in Boys' and Youths' Long Trousers Tweed Suits from 12s 6d ; splendid value }Large lot of New Long Lace Curtains, choice patterns, from 3s lid per pair Splendid stock of New Cotton Shirtings from 4|d U.'ew stock of Llama. Prints. Combination! Prints, Drillettes. Came lines, Checks, Lace Prints, and Fancy Prints, in great variety, choice in style, and marke d low Great variety New Cretonnes from 4Jd Nice assortment Printed de Lames Sew Dress Goods in j treat variety Beautiful lot of New.Dress Trimmings New Umbrellas from, Is 9d to 16s 6d Job lot of Coloured Cl< >th Tablecovers, half-price j Splendid stock of Oriental and other Laces in variety Splendid line Men's Cotton Shirts at 2s, worth 2s i)d Boys' Cotton Shirts attfld, worth double Large lot of Remnants and cheap job lines. 288, UPPER QI?EEN - STREET. mo WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. it , oW• S. LAURIE & Co. Have for Sale: Winter t wid Spring Skied Wheats TartarianOats—Black, *<_ hite, and lPun Bonemealand Bonedusfc, of various descriptions m-V ._. may\bo Inspected). N ltrato ol'boda, Ammorfila, Potash Guanos-Island and Peruvian Wire, Sacks, Twine, &c, _c. CUSTOMS-STRE^rTAUCKLAIVD.



pAXK OF NEW ZEALAND. Notice is hereby given that the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietor- of the Bank will be held in the Banking-house in Auckland on THURSDAY, the 27th day of October next, at noon, for tlie purpose of receiving the Report of tho Directors for tho half-year ending the 3 0th instant, tho election of a Director, and for any other business that may be brought before the Meeting, By order of the Board of Directors. D. L. MURDOCH, General Manager. tar Candidates for the Office of Director must give notice in writing to the Board of Directors, such notice to be left at the Banking-house, Auckland, thirty days at least before the day of election. Auckland, September 16,1887. "DANK OF NEW ZEALAND. The TRANSFER BOOKS of this Bank will be closed from TUESDAY, the 11th, to THURS DAY, the 27th October, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors. D. 1.. MURDOCH, General Manager. Auckland. September 16.1887. IST c w York Life INSURANCE COMPANY. Cash Assets, Ist January, 1887 .. £15,518,817 Income for 1886 £3,956,874 Local Director: C. C MCM 11. LAN, ESQ. (Messrs W. McArthur & Co.) Solicitors: Messrs Russell & Campbell. Bankers: Bank ok 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. iMHEAP LINES FOR CASH ONLY. 1121bs Best Potatoes ~ .. - ..3s 0(1 251bs Best, Oatmeal 2a 7d 501bs Really Good Flour 6s Od 251bs ditto ditto •« Id 81bs ditto ditto 0d At EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S, NEWTON. DR. \V ILKI NS, In the present depressed times,, has reduced his fee to 5s for advice and medicine both in general and special practice. • P.S. -Arranges Spectacles for all kinds or baa sight. FkISEASES OF WOMEN. Dr. COBBETT, who makes a Specialty of this Department of Medicine, has arranged to receive Resident Patients. Trained Hospital Nurse in residence. For further information apply DR. C. N. COBBETT, Lower Symonds-street, Auckland. TT| KEMPT, * SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Bos: 210] [Telephone 378 J\ E N T I J_ T R Y. Mr A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST, ' Corner of Hohson and Wellesley Streets. 1 Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars nass tho house. HF. W I k.,D SO R, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.)



1 hog to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at the Old Chambers, Shortland-street (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, 1 hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377.