SHIPPING.

FUNSF.T—This evening. 5.53. Sunrise—To-morrow morning, 6.25. Moon's Age—Full Moon, Sept. 2,10.52 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

Aucicr,AXn-This evening, 6.57; to-morrow morning. 7.15. . Q.„ . MaKUKAu Heads.-Tins evening, 9.07, to morrow morning, 9.55. . : nV7 , tr , Kaipaua Heads. — Tins evening, 10 o7 ; to morrow morning, 10.55.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., from the North Wellington, s.s., from Whangara

DEPARTURES.

Defiance, brigantine, for Whangaroa

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Rotomahana, from Thames, to-ciay, Enterprise, from Thames, Sunday, l.W_ Coromanclel, from Coromaiidei, to-ttay, Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney, ' sailed July 20. _, , , , Whampoa, s.s., fromFoocbow, September 6 Zealandia, from San Francisco, bcptcmbei 16 . ... Mariposa, from Sydney, September 11 Aorangi, from Plymouth, September L<

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Crnsader, ph., left London on May 27 Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikatp, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lurline, ship, from London Margaret Galbraith, ship, from London Itosedale, fromMiddlesborough, torKaipara Zealandia, ship, from London . • : ' ' Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel ton ; sailed June 20 Star of the East, from New lork, via Dunedin, sailed June 7 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., leit New York Jiily 27, via Lyttelton Grecian Bend, schooner, lefb Newcastle August 22 Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Ricardo, bq., from Java, early Ada C. Owen, bn., from a cruise Mimiha, schr., left Lyttelton August £Z Orpheus, schooner, from Dunedin Marion, schooner, from Rarotonga Maile, schr., from a cruise _ Louie, schooner, from a cruise. Ryno, schr., from a cruise Torea, sch., from a cruise Olive, schr., from a cruise Waiwera, schr,, from Norfolk Island

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading C. W. Janes, schooner, for New York

The s.s. lona arrived from Great Barrier early to-day with the following passengers : Miss Winkleman, Mr Coffin, Mrs Sonza, The brio-antine Smaragd left. Mercury Bay for Dunedin on Tuesday last. rhc brigantine Clansman and the barque Loch Naw are still loading timber. The s.s. Koranui left Timaru for Napier and Auckland to-day, and should arrive here about Wednesday next. She is an iron screw steamer of 488 tons register, with engines to 75 horse-power. She was built at Paisley in 1883, and belongs to the Union Company's fleet. There is at present no harbour staff stationed at the port of Tauranga, and masters of vessels and others are warned not to place dependence on the positions of the buoys, but to take all precautions in entevinor and leaving the port to ensure the safety of their vessels in case the buoys should be adrift or out of position. The s s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei last evening, with the following passengers : —Messrs McLeod, Longdill, Cooper, Taylorj MeKcime, Hogg, Webster arid family (4), Galbraith, McNcal, Mc- Gregor, Rutherford, Foster, Thompson, Donaldson, Crouch, Fernandez, Smith, Rawnsley, North, Mrs Dent, Miss Galbraith, Miss McGregor, and two in the steerage. The s.s. Clansman arrived from Northern ports ab 5 a.m. to-day, with the following passengers: Mesdames Mariner, Morris, Misses Hill, Webster, Nicholson, Steven son. Wilkinson, Wilson, Nelson, Frceston, Messrs Waddell, Cowie, Hill, Follas, Thomp son, Jones, Wegmore, Morris; Loarmouti-, Stewart, McCready (2), Knight, Williams, Gray, Kennedy, Brewer, Learmouth, Welby.

A LENGTHY VOYAGE.

The barque Wenona (Captain J. Davis), which left this port on the Sth insb., for Dunedin, with original cargo of guano from Long Island, had not reached her destina tion up to noon to-day. She is therefore 25 days out over a week's voyage, and some uneasiness is felt for her safety, more es pecially because she has nob been reported by vessels passing along the coast both Novth and South.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURES,

Oreti, s.s., Robertson, for New Plymouth Wanaka, s.s., Grant, for the South

The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka, Captain Grant, for the South, took her departure at 9.30 this morning with 80 cases fruit, 6 cases beer, 18 trunks, samples, 4 trunks boots, 10 oases merchandise, 8 drams oil, 2 bales leather, 93 sundry packages and several passengers. The s.s. Oreti left for New Plymouth this afternoon with cargo of puriri sleepers.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

■ Wellington, September 1. — Sailed : Rotorua, for the North. Passengers: Misses Ross and Elkins, Mrs Salter, Fathers Sauzeau and McNamara, Rev. Mr Isitt, Mr Medley, and three steerage ; s.s. Waka tipu, for Sydney. Lyttelton,. September 1. — Sailed : Te Anau, for the North. Passengers for Auckland: Messrs Fergusson, Nott, Titcheher. Sydney, September"!.. —Sailed : Waihora, for Auckland. Hanroto, for Wellington. Melbourne, September 1. Arrived: Rotomahana, yesterday evening. 'New Plymouth, this day. — Arrived: Gairloch, from Onehunga, 5^30 a.m. CtlSßokne, September I.—Arrived : Suva, from Auckland, 5.30 p.m. Napier, this day.—Sailed: Caroline Behu, for Ignigui.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is; Frozen Meat Co.'s Shell brand, Is; cheese, good fac tory, 4d to 4£d per 1b ; Canterbury, none; Ectfs, Bd.; Lard, in bladders, sid ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, 3d to 6d; Hams, 7d to Sid; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 7d ; Bacon and Hams in equal num bers, 7|d; Hams, S.fd. Flour Market. —Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 5s to £11 15s ; Lamb's Premier, £12 ss; Standard, £11 ss; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4 ss; local sharps, £5 "10s and £6; Southern d 0.," none; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 • eats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; maize, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; Southern potatoes, £2 15s to £3; pearl barlej', do., 225; beans, 3s 3d; •oiona, £8 to£9. All grain, chafl, oatmeal, &c, sold including- sacks, .

Kauri Gum. —Fair business is being done at the following rates, the market being somewhat active :—Fair to ordinary, £42 to £43 ; superior parcels, £44 and upwards ; East Coast, £57 to £59 ; re-scraped superior, £63 to £70. Supplies last month, 633 tons. During the lasc two days 75 tons have been received.

Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 26s per ton ; yard, 2Ss to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s : at yards, "26s ; screened, ; Waikato, Bs, 12s;" at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s Od, 12s; at Auckland, 17s 6d ; household, 25s ; Whangarei, at mine, 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s : delivered, 245. Firewood : Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s (id to 8s (id per ton ; delivered, 12s to 13s : cut, 14s to l(ss.

Building Materials.—There appears a possibility of an early rise in the timber market. Seconrl-cla=s and medium timber is hardening in price, owing to a continu ally increasing demand from Brisbane and Western Australia. Prices are as follows at present :-Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, 11s ; second-class, 9s : rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s; medium, lls ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lls 6d,j ti-tree rails, £3 10s per J00; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 17s : Oft, 19s; Hqbart rails, 80.-;, celling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1000 ; town yards, 30s to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s ; 15.inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s pet 1000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot ; 15 inches, 4s (id per foot; 12 inches, 3s per foot; 9 inches, '2s per foot; G inches, Is per foot ; 4 inches, 9d per foot ; 3 inches, 7ri per foot. Manures.—Bonedust: Sydney, £7 15s to £9, according to quality ; boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland,' £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Hurst's chemical manure, £13.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Messbs HuxStek and Noxah's Revort.— Horse feed, grain, seeds, etc. : There has been little alteration in the market during the week. The supply has been adequate, and there has been a corresponding demand. We quote : Oats, 2s 3d and 2s 4d ; chaff; £3 10s to £4; potatoes, £2 15s to £3 5s ; maize, 3s 4d; bran, £3 17s 6d to £4 5s ; sharps, £5 to £5 10s ; pressed hay, £3 15s to £4 15s. Horses : A good many have been brought forward, and the demand has been steady, and more young active horses for both saddle and harness would have found purchasers. About the usual num ber of entries were made for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding was slow for animals that have fre quently passed under the auctioneer's hammer, but for young, sound animals a good demand existed. We quote : Hacks, at from £5 to £11 5s ; light harness, from £6 10s to £16. Wool, hides, and skins : Moderate quantity pitched. Active de mand. We quote": Ox hides, 3Jd to 4gd ; cow, 2Jd to 3.} d ; calfskins, 3j?d to 4Jd per lb. ; sheepskins, from 3s to 5s 4d each. Cattle : Fat beasts have been brought forward in average number; dairy and store stocks in short supply, but were a shade lower in value than on the previous week. No alteration in other de scriptions. The butchers' pens at New market on Tuesday were tolerably well supplied, but stores and dairy cows were but poorly represented. Prices for fat steers were in favour of the purchaser, bub cows maintained their value. Sheep : There was a short muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, but the previous week's values were barely sustained. Wethers sold at from 13s (id to 17s ; ewes, from 7s to 12s ; lambs, from 11s to 14s 6d each. Pigs scarce.

Mb Alfred Bucklanivs Weekly Re port. — At the Haymarkeb on Friday, August 26th, horse stock were in less num ber than usual and dull of sale, late values not being sustained. The entire Ariel re mains unsold—reserve, £90. Fodder was also lower about 6d the cwt; prices ranged from 2s 6d to 3s 6d the cwt. Grain was in good demand, and firmer : Feed oats, 2s 4d ; tartars, 2s 9d to 3s Id the bushel. Pota toes, £2 17s 6d to £2 10s the ton. Boncdust and superphosphates are now in request, at from 7s 6d to 8s the cwt. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, hides were in moder ate number, and brisk inquiry. Ox hides ranged from 4d to 4f d the lb. or from 21s to 33s each. Sheepskins were also in good de mand ; prices for station skins ranged from Is 8d to 4s 9d each. Tallow, 12s the ewb. At the Pukekohe cattle sale on Monday, 29th instant, there was a full muster of stock, generally in very poor condition ; prices appeared low, bub were justified by the low condition of the cattle. At Papa kura on Wednesday, a small muster of stock was fairly competed for at late values. At Reinuera on Thursday, dairy cattle were in usual number, bub of secondary quality. Prices were low. Store cattle were numerous, and sold freely at an advance of 10s each over late values for grown steers and fresh cows, but young and growing cattle were no better worth. Fat cattle in usual num ber fully sustained last week's values. Fat calves also sold well. Sheep were yarded plentifully. Store sheep sold freely, half bred wethers at 3s ; longwoolled wethers, 11s to 12s 3d each. Fat sheep scarcely kept last week's values. Good wethers brought from 13s to 15s 9d each. Fat lambs plentiful. Those of good quality brought from 7s 6d to lls od each ; in ferior, from 4s and upwards. Pigs, generally of coarse quality, were at low values.

Messrs G. W. Bixxey and Sons' Report. —At sales on Tuesday .a large catalogue of hides, etc., were sold. Prime stout ox in very brisk demand and sold at 4Jd per lb ; heavy, 4d to 4^d ; medium, 3|d to 3id ; cow, at an average of 3d ; calf, 4d to 4|d; green ox, 20s to 245; green cow, 10s to 15s; kip, 4s to Gs each; damaged and stag hides, Hd to 2d per lb. Sheepskins : Competition good and prices fully main tained. Butchers' skins delivered at the yards, 5s to 5s 2d fftr September; country butchers' longwools, 4s to 4s 9d: half breds, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; merinoes, 2s 6d; station dry, 2s to 4s 10c!; wool, 7|d per lb ; bones, 5s per cwt; shanks, 6s per cwt; tallow, 13s 6d to 15s per cwt.

Messrs Banks axd Co.'s Weekly Re port.—Afc Parawai, on Thursday, the market was well supplied with fafc stock of various kinds, and a better feeling prevailed than has been the case on several previous occasions. Steers made from £5 5s to £9 each; cows, £2 17s 6d to £4, being from 17s to 20s per 1001b. Sheep were more plentiful than of late, but prices were equal to last week's. Wethers, chiefly half-breeds, made from 9s 6d to 13s each. We also sold store pigs at from 3s to 25s each; chaff at 3s lid per cwt; and cheese at 4d per Ib. *

The Evening Star WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1887.

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

ONE of the gravest charges against ouv city made in the essay read by Dr. Girdler before the Athenreum, was the assertion that there are seventy young children on the streets of Auckland as public pros titutes. "This," he said, "must represent an appalling amount of crime—quite as bad as represented by Bishop Neville — for it can only bo a small portion of those who fall that at once take up their lives on the public streets." We havo not the means of verifying the figures quoted above, but we have not the slightest doubt that the evil to which reference is made is an extensive and most shocking one —that it is also a crime which must be laid at the doors of our rulers. Dr. Girdler asserts, and we have no doubt his statement is well-founded, that " there are many women here who are famed for their ability and success in enticing young girls to enter their dens, and when, as is now constantly the case, parents go to the police to ask them to find their daughters, it is to these houses they first look for them,"

We believe the indictment is a true one —and it is true, not only of Auckland, but of all large cities. A deputation consisting of Archbishop Barry, Dr. Kelynack, Dr. Patterson, and other representatives of the Social Purity Society of Sydney, waited upon Sir Henry Parkes lately for the purpose of strongly re presenting the importance of legisla tion dealing -with this evil. The depu tation submitted a bill which had been drafted to meet the case. Itgave a parent or guardian the right to search a house of ill-fame for either girl or boy of tender age, raised the age of consent to 18, and contained other checks upon juvenile immorality in both sexes. The Government of New South Wales, as represented by the Premier and the Attorney-General, seemed indisposed to move in the mat ter except by providing heavier penal ties and severer restrictions upon per sons concerned in houses of immorality. Dr. Girdler says:—" Landlords should be held responsible, for they charge two or three times the usual rent, and ara making money out) of prostitution; let them be fined for every young child found in the house." This would un doubtedly be an equitable regulation as applied to houses that have know ingly been let for immoral purposes; but it is notorious that in taking a house for an immoral purpose the character of the incoming tenant is usually very scrupulously concealed, and landlords are often imposed upon in this way to their great loss. It would be an act of flagrant injustice to enforce a regulation of this kind in such cases. The keeper of a house where children are harboured ought, however, to be sent to gaol with hard labour for a term of not less than six months.

Another suggestion by Dr. Girdler with regard to the treatment of the children is a good one —namely, that every young girl who will not reform after due warning to herself and parents or guardians should be sent to a Ee formatory, until she is 21 years of age: "The institution could be made self-sup porting. There are many trades that could be taught them, such as the making of lucifer matches, paper boxes, paper making, and various other in dustries which would not interfere with theexistingmanufactoriesof the colony." We believe that whether, such institu tions were made directly payable or not, money would be saved to the State by removing young children from lives of infamy, and teaching them useful callings. It would also purify the moral atmosphere of our cities, and the conscience of the nation would be satisfied by the conscious ness that as a people we are not cal lous to the degradation and ruin of thousands of our fellow-creatures, wlio from childhood have had no chance of escaping from the vortex of sin and misery.

Simultaneously with these reforms, th c age of consent ought to be raised to not less than sixteen years. It is a disgrace to our Parliament that while time has been given to aimless wrangles upon minor subjects a reform of this magnitude, already embodied in the laws of England, has been shunted, session after session. We trust that one of the first acts of the new Parliament will be to establish its good name by passing the Hon. Mr Tola's bill, which is intended to afford the same protection to the children of this colony as the Parliament of Eng land has already granted to the children of the Home country.

A FOOLISH PETITION.

TtfJE antics of political buffoonery have merer assumed a more fantastic shape ti'iati in a petition which is now being pi ace> rl for signature in our streets. Its originators, with, becoming modesty, cauefull/ conceal their identity, and have guarded themselves against curi ous.inquirers. Tins is to be regretted, because we feel sure that a popular subscription would readily be raised to procure an ample supply of leather medals as suitable decorations. We would suggest that a similar honour be conferred upon all who sign this •precious memorial. It runs as follows ;

Petition ok the Colonists of New Zea land TO THK HoXOURABLK THE COM mons of Great Britain axd Ireland i.nt Parliament Assembled, —

The petition of the subjects o£ Her Majesty the Queen, colonists of New Zea land, humbly slieweth : " That we, your humble petitioners, have calmly and after due and proper consideration, agreed to lay before your Honourable House this petition: That we, the subjects of Her Majesty, in this colony, are most heavily and grievously laden with unnecessary taxation. That we, are almost unable to bear it at the present because of a great commercial depression—in a great measure the fruits of a too-official Government. That the value of all property has greatly decreased. That working men's wages and. the earnings of the industrial classes have seriously diminished, so much so that absolute distress is prevalent. That the expenses of government are enormously high and out of all proportion to the popu lation and requirements of the colony. That particularly the expenses of the Civil Service are most oppressive. Thafc thorough retrenchment in all Government expenses is urgently required to save the credit of the colony, and lessen the severe taxation that oppresses us. Your humble petitioners therefore pray that your Honourable House will take the whole matter into your consideration, and will appoint a Royal Commission, or take other measures which your Honourable House in your wisdom may think fie, to inquire into these our grievances, and your petitioners will ever pray." That a people possessing the full est powers of self-government should address such a petition to the English Parliament is indeed a humiliation which we were not prepared for. But it takes many men to make a world, and we sincerely trust that copies of the names of all those persons who feel themselves unfitted for the privileges they snjoy will be carefully made when the petition is completed, and that the Parliament of the colony will have them duly printed in the blue book for the year, in order that this curious historical record may be preserved to posterity. Something over a century ago the colonists of another country sent a memorial to the Home Govern ment, but it was of a very different character from this. And when their prayer was refused, they drew up another document which they published to the world and defended with their own lives and the lives of their child ren. That document, the Decla ration of Independence of the United States, affirming the right of the American colonists to govern themselves, is the pride not alone of America but of the Anglo-Saxon world. But, "alas, times are changed, my masters/ and this ad miserecordiam appeal to the English Parliament has become a possibility in a British colony! We do not hesitate to say that the petition is an insult to the colonists at large, and some strong measure should be adopted to show the public contempt and indigua tioii at the entire proceeding, if this folly is persisted in. It is said that the petition has already received between 500 and 600 signatures.

LOSSES BY FIRE.

Wilful fire-raising is one of the most heinous offences recognised by modern law, and yet it is one that has a ten dency to increase, more especially in countries occupying a front place in ranks of civilisation. In our own

colony there is a conviction amounting almost to a moral certainty that a considerable percentage of fires are the result of arson or incendiarism; but the peculiar facilities for covering up traces o£ guilt in such cases pre vent " conviction " of a more tangible kind following, as often as it should, the perpetration of the diabolical crime. Apart from the enormous and direct destruction of wealth caused by fire, a serious loss of human life is in volved, and yet in many cases those who are murderers, as well as incendiaries, escape the just vengeance of the law. We have frequently advocated the imposition of such exemplary punishment in the case of this class of criminals as would .act as a deterrent, and the difficulty of detection renders it all the more neces sary that it should be done. Obsevvation and comparison prove that there is a close and sympa thetic connection between hard times and the occurrence of fires. Our experience in New Zealand has been repeated in the United States —the " depression-! there producing a crop of fires, as.it has done here. The average loss by fire in the United States is 1/20,000,000 per annum; but during this year even this large figure has been largely exceeded—the loss by fire during June and July alone being about equal to the average yearly amount. A factor which happily does not exist in regard to New Zealand is believed to be responsible for many of the fires in the great Re public. There are large and organised bodies of Anarchists — well-named "political incendiaries " —in that coun try, and their leaders boldly teach des tructive doctrines akin to those of the Russian Nihilists. On a recent date a special meeting of New York underwriters was held for the purpose of considering the enormous losses by fire, when_ Herr Most's book bearing on the subject of dynamite and phosphorus as incendiary agents was considered at length, and especially his claim that many recent fires were due to their use.

If we have no avowed Anarchists in New Zealand, it is to be feared that there are numbers of people who hold very pernicious views with regard to the subject of fire losses. It is a com mon fallacy that "a big fire will do a lot of good" by causing a demand for building materials and labour. The monstrosity of the pro position that any portion of a com munity can be benefited by wilful waste of wealth ought to be apparent to the meanest capacity, yet there are indications that there are in this colony

equalisation of wealth? £ robbery wculd.be a more^nX ? tt o operations. WhatwoulS^ of a highwayman who would k^' roll of bank notes tfcat hftlpA a capitalist, i v ordp : *»*M latter mightVco^d^ upon his golden ' reserve t would be looked upon ?r H' beyond doubt; and vet his J? SaDe> ofthe incendiary who-S?# ngaint^^ " The loss is covered by insurant • common phrase, and i/is aS t K tlm fact makes the ravages «f fi 7 e r deplorable-sometime* even tW * actual loss has taken S£ \* people regard fire insuie^ a fe of mutual provision against hard £ -a reserve fund to stimulate the bS ing industry when it is depressed the ogica result of holding suckrS is hat the crime of a t,on^ cepted as part of a wisely-ordered M ami the perpetrator of it is J ret ; admired so long as he observes ,1 eleventh commandment—"Thou shit not be found out." It cannot bell strongly impressed upon the vukr understanding that no amount of in surance makes good the loss caused by fire. Em isl hin • verloren ist verbra —" gone is gone ;, lost is lost." The wealth represented by the property destroyed is as much lost to the community as if its equivolent in gold had been cast into the sea. And so far from stimulating industry destruction by fire has an opposite effect. Its tendency is to deprive many people of their income derived from insurance shares, and they are thus unable to employ servants and tradesmen to whom they; would otherwise give work. Supposing that the fire-raisers' theory were correct, and that wealth and prosperity could somehow be evolved from' tho ashes of ruin; supposing it were possible that only a few rich people would be depleted of surplus wealth while the many were • benefited— the act is none the less a hor rible crime against society. It is violent robbery, with accompanying barbarities which may lead to the sacrifice of many lives ; and as such it ought to be met with the sternest re probation, and punished with Dra conian severity.

A large number of Christmas verses have been received in connection with the Bta» competition, which closed on Wednesday. The competitors number about 100, and, as many send several;; verses^: ;\k total number to be adjudicated upon il very laige. The poems have been hanfei over to the judges, who will make thai award with all possible despatch ffmfc tent with a careful discharge ofthe difficult duty. There is a great probability that during the forthcoming cricket season New Zealand will receive a visit from Mr Vernon's team of English .cricketers, who are criming out to the colonies under the auspices of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Inquiries are now being made as to what facilities oanw offered for a New Zealand tour. The team is being brought out entirely in the in terests of cricket; and the promoters mat that all cricket associations in the Austra asian colonies would give the grounds free. The management of the team will pay au expenses out of the gsite money, an 4 should there be any. turplus.after au expenses •of the visit have been i paia, such surplus will be divided.amon^ the associations where matches have Been played. A large number of applications for remis sion of rates came before the tity &"£ last evening, and it was remarked that tnej were almost invariably from "widows Cr. Goldie urged the necessity for inquiry beincr made into these cases 'before con* sions"were made, and quoted one cajg ported to the Charitable Aid Board in dug J widow receiving rations ior firartfojfo had bought a house for £170 «^b«lgg half the money. She earned agoocl g? at washing, and her sons were a 1 work"»| The Council referred all; the applications to committees for investigation. The following .is the list of criming cases set down for hearing at tiajgg Court criminal sittings which cojmjj on. Monday next arson; Sydney HanSen, in?p h ai p entering; Harry. Hmes, Rigby, larceny as a .baiee; ...Joob'* tences; George Johnson,, bug* -Marriage Act; Patock Efgerton, and John^ussei, i Walter Bowdoge, tojy^ giba, Hariatai Marukai, . Hoeia Tal^es i nK bam Tita, and Hone, peW-'-^ujTen and'James Watwn,. ««gg l ,J%4 tering ; Chades W Davis and J^V^WJi.;- Bell, arson! extort certam chattels; Joh^ J^ : &mn . George Robert Martyn, larceny a James Guy, entering! Hugh Farrelly, breaking^ Geoige Smith and JgJ . and entering;. J^JJgj intaMf Campbell, perjury. . . y The Martini-Henry the officers of the Aoc : Ua_rri C* ' lasi been won by Lieut, Moore, of tn Navals, with a score of ™F'" H fai. Little was second Lieut /. ftyn . Captain White fourth, and *W fifth. ' wHchis-nowrtß^ The cricket season, W paper); approaching (says » ™^Int«*MK promises to be one of the mo • and successful ever J^| uc kW«»; Visits will be received fionr^ b gent a^ house, who played fo tje blue . W should be able to put a «1) into the field.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, rmDAi, SEPTEMBER 2, 1887.

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WOT LAKES DISTRICT. THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND. THE SCENES OP THE LATE VOLCANIC ERUPTION. AUCKLAND to ROTORUA, EOTOMAH ANA TAUPO, TAURANGA, AND BACK. ' Full and reliable information as to route, co3t etc., supplied. Through tickets can be issued at an exceedingly low rate. Auckland Booking Office : H. F. WAY, AgentforMcßae'sPalace Hotel, also Robertson's . Coaches from Oxford to Rotorua, Ehrenfbsed's Buildings (Next Northern S.S. Co.), Lower Queen-street.



STARTLING A NNOUNCEMENT. MONSTER SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES AT GAEEETT BKOS.' Previous to Stock-taking. GARRETT BROS. have decided to otrcr the whole of their immense Stocks at Wnkcfield-street and Kamnganapc lloart at. COST PKICK, for a few weeks only, and also to make room for twolarge Stocks trpm their Southern branches, about to be closed. Now is the opportunity for those feeling bad limes to purchase these groat necessaries at trenuinclv Wholesale Prime Cost. Ihe superior character of our stock is well known throughout New Zealand, therefore pulling is unnecessary. It only remains for the Proprietors to say THE SALE IS TRULY GENUINE. 1 Many thousand different lines are offered. A very few only can be quoted here :— Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 211 Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to i 9 Ladies' Carpet Slippers .. reduced to I J Ladies' Buff SUppers .. .. reduced to 3 6 Ladies' Prunella Slippers ..reduced to 3 9 Ladies' Fur-hound Slippers .. reduced to j fa Ladies' sto 7 Shoes, assorted .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Button Shoes .. ..reduced to b b Ladies' Levant Lace Shoes .. reduced to 6 b Ladics'WolkingPrunellaßoots reduced to i b Ladies Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to o 9 Ladies' Button Boots, oto 7 .. reduced to G b Ladies' Hygienic Lace Boots .. reduced to 8 0 Ladies' Prunella Shoes .. .. reduced to 4 9 Jjadies'Superior Button Boots reduced to 9 b Ladies' Ixmmt Elastic Sides .. reduced to b 9 Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides .. reduced to bll Children's Folt Boots .. . reduced to 011 Children's Button Boots, 2to 6.. reduced to 1 b Children's7tol3assortedE.S.. reduced to 2 b Children's Laced .. .. . reduced to IB Maids' Kid Elastic Sides, 1 and 2 reduced to i 11 Children's Strong Elastic Sides reduced to .5 0 Men's Elastic Sides .. .. reduced to 711 Men's Bluchers, tips, nails, etc. reduced to ;; 0 Men's WatcrtiKhts .. ..reduced to 8 6 Men's Balmorals .. .." .. reduced to 10 C Men's Shoes ..reduced to b C Boys' Boots reduced to 4 f> Hoys' Lace Boots reduced to ,] 11 Women's Loather Elastic Sides reduced to b b Women's Lace Boots .. .. reduced to 8 0 A Job Lot of Ladies' very superior Walking Boots, assorted, from 8s (id to 133 6d.



Most of these Bargains will bo cleared quickly, therefore come early and securp the best. GARRETT T>ROTHERS, WAKEFIELD STREET AND GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. AUCKLAND. [card]. TIT ANTED. Landlords and olliero to know that E. BARKER Undertakes Collection of Rents and Accounts, Execution and Distress Warrants, Possession under Bills of Sale, etc., with care and despatch. OFFICE : CITY CHAMBERS, VULCAN LANE (Top floor). A UCKLAND AGENCY IN LONDON. ii. FREDK. LARKINS Having retired from his partnership with Wm. McArthur and Co., is establishing himself in London as a COMMERCIAL. FINANCIAL, AND CONFI DENTIAL AGENT AND REFEREE. London Address pro tcm.: 17, Gresham-stheet, E.G. (care of Thos. Micklem, Esq.) Auckland Affent: MR F. G. EWINGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under the superintendanceof F. Larkins. INDENTi executed by him. ESTATES Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. MR LARKINS will bo in London by Nov. Ist lor general business. "OETTER BUY NEW GOODS at our JL> prices than faulty ones at auction.



R It I C X GARLICK & CRANWELL'S C It A ■ ■ N W E L _ 'S IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE. EXAMINE our Fifty-five Shilling "Com bination" Double Iron Bedstead and Wirewove Mattress. "J7IXAMINE our Thirty-eight Shilling JG_ " Combination" Single Iron Bedstead and Wirowove Mattress. WIREWOVE Mattresses for Double Bedsteads, dOs, oOs; cash, discount 5 per cent._ J WIREWOVE Mattresses for Single Bedsteads, 22s 6d, 30s; cash, discount 5 per cent. "/COMBINATION" Double Iron Bed-! \J stead and Upholstered Spring Mattress, 50s and 70s. "TTOMBINATION" Single Iron Bed \j stead and Upholstered Spring Mattress, 35s and GOs. f^i ARLIGK & C RAN WELL have \JT Reduced.Prices to meet the hard times. BRUSSELS and TAPESTRY CARPETS in great Variety at Reduced Prices. RO~PAli^S~orWhite and Ecru Lace QF&P Curtains just received, and will be sold at-nALF pkioe; same class of goods our last lot were that we sold atjialf price. BLANKETS ordered from Manufacturer before the rise in wool; cheap. IlTo7N^BlsT)STEAlss"and Bidding of all kinds ready for delivery; cheap. "OTRONG^ANE~CHAIRS~from 3s 9d. PATENT ROLLER BLIND (complete), 3s Cd. T II'IOLEUM, from 2s 3d per yarr',.' |~|ILCLOTH from Is square yard. t~IARLICK & CRANWELL invite"^ W to inspect their stock before purchasing elsewhere. Furnish your House from GAR LI C E <Mt G R ANWELL Cabinetmakers, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND.



RTF TDAETLETT, PHOTOGRAPHER. Mrs BARTLETT begs to announce that she has purchased the above business. In thanking her past patrons and friends for their uniform kindness, Mrs Bartlett also takes this opportunity of stating that the BUSINESS will be carried on under the same title in the future, and that every effort will be made to give satisfaction.. MR EDWARDS Having kindly consented to take charge of the Studio will ho a sufficient guarantfie that all work -will be pone in the same high-class style as hitherto. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED, • Both of first sittings and extra copies. MRS BARTLETT 244, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. T> EMEMBER if you leave your order afc



HF. WIND SO R, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public.of Af"W"J and Provincial District lh.it I continue in prac tice at tho Old Chambers, She rIW-strace (opposite Post Office.) lliivinß secured Ihe sc Vices of a first-class Mechanical Ass iat air. ami reduced my charges, 1 hope to merit a share or their support. Box 210, P.O.] [TJg.BPHO»B 377.



ASK Your Grocer for the Candles and - Soap made by the Union Oil, Soap and Candle Company, and insist upon having what yon ask for. Cheap makes give light weights and inferior quality. Bestbrandsn.ro "Unions," " Standards," '•Northern Lights," " Southern Sperms," " Carriage," and " Self Fitting." TJ IKUT AI A RUSH. 11. H. HA.YK & CO., TOURIST AGENT S, 13, LOWER QUEEN-STREET, Can give fullest information to intending visitors Free. Brarlley and Co.'s Special Lino of Coaches Running to this Rush. IVTOW is your time : An Extra Fair of J_% Trousers or a Wdtcrbnry Watch with rach Rnir, at J. H. Daltpn's, Tailor, Victona strect East.



mHE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL Have deposited at MR J. H. WITHEFORD'S OFFICE, Shoktland-street, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE THAMES GOLDFIELDS, Together with particulars of liberal concessions the Council have decided to make, with a view to encourage the introduction of English capital. Mr WiTHEFOitn, having been identified with the Auckland Goldfields since their first open- Ing, and having for some time past been collect ing mining information for English clients, is in a position to advise any representative of Home buyers Wfco may be in Auckland as to the merits of the various eligible Golclflelcl Properties. PLANS. REPORTS, AND THE FULLEST RELIABLE INFORMATION OF ANY" MIN ING PROPERTY may be obtained on applica tion at his office. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. New Season's Tennis Racquets .Tennis J3alls, &c. Cricketware Croquet All Games AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. TEAS 1 mEAS ! mEAS ! REW'S" CELEBRATED BLEND OF CHOICE NEW SEASON'S mEAS At Is lOd per lb. Is the Best and Reazly the Cheapest in the End. ALL GROCERIES AT WHOLESALE PRICES. E E W'S, VICTORIA-STREET".



WAREHOUSE CJ AMP LBS. WILLIAM it. BRIDGMAtf Has just purchased *32J Men's, Boys', aud Youths' Tweed, Soft and Hard Felt Hats at abenit half warehouse prico. and will sell them very cheap to clear quickly Job Lines in Boys' and Youths' Long Trousen3 Tweed Suits from 12s Gd ; splendid value Large lot oil Now Long: Lace Curtains, choice. patterns, from Is lid per pair Splendid 3took oil New Cotton Shirtings from 4Jd New stock of Llama Prints. Combination Prints, Drillettes, Canielin.es, Checks, Lace Prints, and Fancy Prints, in sreat variety, choice in style, and marked low Great variety New Cretonnes from I'd Nice assortment Printed do Lames New Dress Goods in great variety Beautiful lot of New Dress Trimmings New Umbrellas from Is J)d to 16s 6d Job lot of Coloured Cloth. Tablecovers, half-price Splendid stock of Oriental and other Laces in variety Splendid line Men's Cotton Shirts at 2s, worth 2s 9d Boys' Cotton Shirts at 9d, -worth double i Large lot of Remnants and cheap job lines. 288, UPPER QUEEIST - STREET.



mHE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula- JL tion, 08,000 daily. Tiie largest Commercial, Advertising:, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ; tis 6d per quarter. The "LEADER," IS pages. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Weekly News paper. Price, (id :6s fid per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New .Zealand itidicton). The leading Monthly Illustrated X eivspnper. Single num bers, lid; double ntunbafs, witiz coloured plate, Is. Agents : Messrs ICid-d and Wildruan, Upton and Co., and E. Wayte, Auckland; and all N ews Agents! Po at iroe. rp ha n 1 ■ s. E. B. HIL X. Tenders his-sincere thanks to the numerous friends who so kindly assisted at the late fire in Eden Terrace, and also to the Medical Pro fession since ope ning his estabtishnienr, and kindly intimates that until re-oB cuing in the above district hit i business will be carried on as usual at Mr 3i B. Hill's, Chomisr, Queen street.



T>UBLIC NOTICE. —If ye >v want a JL Waterbury 'Watch go to J. H. Dalton, Tailor, Vietoria-.itreetEast, and order a Suit, and he will give yqxf. a Watok for N.othinjj.