A STRANGE, TRUE STORY.

The Langworthy Marriage.

CHAPTER LX,

The M6__bn Back!

But we must return to the bahkruptpy pro ceedings. As soon as this was clearly j proved in court, the fate of the application for a commission was sealed. Mr Lang worthy, on his own letter, was shown to have made a purely dilatory motion, which was further aggravation of the offence, to punish which the order in bankruptcy was sought. But although the application was practically lost, opportunities still remained ior maligning her character and inflicting pain upon Mrs Langworthy. She was in Court — the only lady among a dozen men. Those who have followed her sad story from the beginning will be well aware of the opportunities which her imprudent confidence in Mr Lang worthy afforded to the tongue of the male volent. She 4.ad been twice married, iv fact though not in law, bub it was only the • second)-_t_ij>go wliich had been proved iv Court. Her married life.however, dated nob from the- second marriage, which took place at Antwerp, in January, 18S3, but from the first marriage, which was solemnised at - Caen in the previous October. The fact that Mr Langworthy had gone tlirough a double fraud might in the fjinion of some have led his representa- Fes to say as little as possible con cerning the circumstances which at tended that ill-starred union. Such -was not the opinion of Mr Thomas "Wilson Danby. Immediately before Mrs Langworthy was called upon to give evidence, he sprung an unsworn affidavit upon the court which he proposed to swear before the Registrar. In this affidavit he declared that the said Miss Long, otherwise Langworthy, cohabited with the said Edward Martin Langworthy at divers places before the said marriage. This of :course was perfectly true so far as related •to the Antwerp marriage. But it was not true with regard to that of Caen. No explanation, however, was possible then. The siiggestion was obvious ; indeed ■Mr Danby himself, when asked somewhat •sharply by Mr -Woolf, what he meant by •producing such allegations against his client, allegations which Mr Lumley charac terised as "infamous, replied coolly, "To ' show the lady's character." Reflect for ono moment what this means, Mr Danby was there, instructed by a man not to be trusted on his oath, a man who lied without scruple, and ruined without remorse the lady who came across his path. But because she, all unknowing, believed the solemn declaration of Messrs Bircham's client, believed that he was incapable of. the blasphemy of going through a sham marriage service, making as ib Avere the minister of Almighty God a pander to his vice, therefore Thomas Wilson Danby, whose only interest in the case was that he was in receipt of a salary from Messrs Bircham and Co., who drew solicitor's fees from Edward Martin Langworthy, did not hesitate to make this suggestion of immo rality. Mr Danby, unfortunately, did not stand alone. Mr "Yate Lee, a barrister, instructed .ty Messrs Bircham and Co., was not ashamed, in consideration of the fees, to develop the same line of attack. Mr Re gistrar Hazlitt became restive, as any .gentleman might, and more than once in terrupted by the remark that he did not see what Mr Yate Lee's questions had to do with the case. " I cannot make head or tail," said the Registrar, "of what I have to do with this"" ___ 3 ' Then Mr Yate Lee asked: "Had you previously lived witli' him (Langworthy) before the 10th January?" To have an swered the question would have involved an explanation of the Caen marriage, and I raised a subject into which it would have been impossible to have gone. Mrs Langworthy replied, " I shall not answer that question." Mr Registrar Hazlitt at once interposed : " I do nob see that she is required to answer Nothing daunted, Mr Yale Lee, with his pince-nez dividins; his nose almost into a tigure of 8, hung his head on one side like a goat- when about to butt, and asked, '* Was your child born a fully-developed child ?" Mrs Langworthy turned slightly pale and replied again, "I shall not answer that question." , Here Mr Registrar Hazlitt could restrain himself no longer, and, addressing Mr Yate Lee with emphasis, he said : " Whether it was born developed or undeveloped, your client has got to maintain it." And not till then did Mr Yate Lee, bar rister-at-law, think that he had sufficiently discharged his duty to his professional clients.

CHAPTER LXI.

" THE WEAPONS OF A WARRIOR, NOT THE DAGGER OF AN ASSASSIN."

There .was a notable passage at arms in the House of Commons last night between Mr Gladstone and Sir Henry James, which bears so directly upon the story of the Langworthy marriage that we venture to quote it from the "Times" of this mora ine for the benefit for all whom it may con cern. Sir Henry James was replying to Mr Gladstone's argument that Mr Parnell might fairly shrink from prosecuting his assailants in the law court on account on account of the license of cross-examination to which witnesses are subjected when placed in that modern rack, the witness box. Sir Henry James is reported as fol

lows:— • "Speaking of counsel.at the par, my 1 right hon. friend said that they would . exercise their power for introducing, invidi and irrelevant matter. Now, sir, I was sorry to hear that statement." (Cheers.) Mr Gladstone : "Allow me to speak. The right hpn. gentleman has conveyed an idea jof my intention, which was also conveyed ;by the Attorney-General last night, totally contrary to what I meant. I had in my ; mind certainly the most splendid piece of forensic eloquence, perhaps of all eloquence, known to the histdry- of the' century—a wonderful and well-known passage of Lord i Brougham's, wherein he described the duty of counsel engaged in defending his client in a criminal prosecution, and said, He has no right to look to the right or to the left, ■or to any consequence or any consideration except the defence of his client. It wa in regard to the duty of a counsel to his client, and to the course he is entitled to take in that defence, that I said what I did say with regard to the introductio.l ot in vidious and irrevelant matter.

Sir H. James : I can assure my rifht hon. friend that I am most anxious not to misrepresent him, but I recollect that speech of Lord Brougham s. It was delivered in the Middle Temple Hall at a dinner given to M. Berryer, and my right hon friend will-ecollect that a distinguished member of the English bar sprang to his feet and protested against that saying, declaring that that was not the duty of counsel, but that it was their duty to hght with the weapons of a warrior and not with the dao-ger of an assassin. I am certain my right hon. friend will recollect, even after this interval of twenty years, how the cheers from the J|*fW the bar rang out in that old hall of the Mddle Temple. I have only to say-that. Lhope these words of Sir Alexander Cock- Lurn are now the guiding words of every member of the bar." ' a ~~' "A Readers of the " Strange True Story ol tiie Langworthy Marriage" are in a, lair position to form their own judgment how far' "these wo«is of Br '»-"nder Cock

burn are now the guiding words of every member of the bar.

CHAPTER LXII

The Bankrupt Millionaire,

After Mr Yate Lee had discharged his duty of putting Mrs Langworthy to the question, to the due satisfaction of his pro fessional conscience and of las professional clients, some other witnesses were examined with a view of proving that-Mr Langworthy had nob been within the jurisdiction of the Courb in April, 1886. The upshob of the whole business was the issue of an order in bankruptcy, in which Mr Registrar Hazlitt, after enumerating bhe documents which had been produced before him and stabing what wibnesses had been examined, proceeded as follows :—

" It appearing to the courb thab the fol lowing acts of bankruptcy havo been com mitted, namely, firstly, with intent to defeab or delay his creditors, the said Edward Martin Langworthy, on or about the 9th day of April, 18S6, departed out of England; and secondly, with intenb bo defeat or delay his creditors, being out of England, remained out of England on or about the 17bh day of June, 1886, a receiv ing order is hereby made against the said Edward Martin Langwdrthy, late of Oeys House, Maidenhead, but who has no per manent residence or place of business in England ; and the Official Receiver of this court is hereby constituted bhe receiver of the estate of the said debtor."

This order was dated the 18th day of March, and signed on the 23rd.

It may be of interest to mention the dates in tbe bankruptcy proceedings, which were as follows : —

Mrs Langworthy's petition as creditor was dated May 25, 1886 ; filed June 17, 1886 ; verified by the affidavit of Messrs Lumley's clerk; sworn and filed, October 25, ISB6 ; order issued, dated October 25, ISB6 ; writ served on Mr Langworthy in the Argentine Republic, December 24, ISB6, order in bankruptcy made March 18, ISS7. Once more, therefore, had Mrs Lang worthy encountered her adversaries in open court and carried her point. Messrs Bir cham's proposal to issue a commission was rejected ; her own demand for an order had been granted ; and yet slfe felt far from elated. All satisfaction at the success of the proceedings was overclouded by the rankling memory of the insults to which she had been subjected. Granting to tho full the gravity of the mistake, the immense imprudence of the confidence which she had reposed in Mr Langworthy —was it just was it even human, to say nothing of chi valrous, that bhe representatives of the. very man who had betrayed her trust should fling her confidence in her teeth and expose her once again to public contumely ? Inured as she had been to litigation, her success at law seemed trivial compared with the bitterness of the humilation to which she had been exposed in open court. She had with difficulty snatched the time from her duties at the Agricultural Hall to support the petition in bankruptcy. Im mediately on leaving the court, she re turned to hor stall to answer as best sho could questions concerning cement, gran ite, and building material. She bore up for a time, and ' then feeling very " choky" she took refuge in the cloak-room — a quieb place ; aparb, where she could indulge undisturbed in the necessity of tears. Ib is in those dark hours thab the kindly offices of human sympathy are most appreciated, and Mrs Ilart, the keeper of the cloak-room, was enabled by the unobtrusive tenderness of services dictated by her womanly instinct to dispel the gloom which hung dark over the unknown stranger

CHAPTER LXIII.

" No, my Lord, I cannot Defend it."

One oi the luxuries of wealth is that the rich can have two judicial decisions at least, and spmetimes three,. J-ipon every point ih which they are interested. One of the miseries of poverty. J.s^that it is liable to be dragged from courtto court until its means are exhausted and its heart sickened with hope deferred. Summary jurisdiction prac tically does not exist for the rich. Mr Langworthy being rich, there was of course an appeal from the order in bank ruptcy. This was the second time that Messrs Bircham had appealed from a deci sion already given. When Mr Justice Butt had refused to make the decree nisi absolute, Messrs Bircham carried an appeal before three Lord Justices, only to have Mr Justice Rutt's decision unanimously en dorsed. Mr Hazlitt had no sooner issued the order in bankruptcy, and refused to issue a commission to inquire as to the question of domicile than Messrs Bircham, undeterred by their previous failures, gave notice of appeal to the Lords Justices. The appeal came on on the Ist April, before Lords Justices Cotton, Lindley, and Fry. On the previous occasion the appeal had been heard by Lords Justices Cotton, Bowen, and Fry. The small court was full of barristers. .'- Mr Finlay, Q.C., with whom was Mr Yate Lee, opened the case fpr'Mr Lang worthy. Mrs Langworthy was sitting, with Mr Theodore Lnmley, immediately behind her counsel, Mr Sydney Wolf. The first indication of the opinion of the court was'given when Mr Finlay was reading her affidavit setting forth her husband's refusal to pay the alimony ordered by Sir James Hannen. While he was reading this Lord Justice Fry interrupted with tho remark— ifcls Langworthy your client, Mr Finlay ?" " Yes, my lord," said the barrister. "Surely, Mr Finlay," continued Lord Justice Fry, _ you do not defend Mr Lang worthy's conduct. There is a certain blunt honesty about Mr Finlay which rendered him incapable of equivocating or evading this direct appeal, Had some other counsel been in his place he would probably have replied, " I shall have something to say about that by-and-by, my lord," which is the usual trick of fence to ward offahawk\Vard thrust. # '.. Mr Finlay resorted to no such feint. He said frankly, "No, my lord, I cannot defend it." As he proceeded to develop his case some reminiscences of the former appeal seemed to come to Lord Justice Fry, and he ob served, " I fancy we had this case before— sometime since," a remark which boded ill for Mr Finlay's case. His memory was evidently hazy, but when Mr Finlay went on to.state that there had been an appeal from Mr Justice Butt's refusal to make the decree absolute, the three judges turned round and nodded to each other, as much as to say, "We remember all about it now." They smiled, and then turned round and gravely faced the Court. Before Mr Finlay had finished, Lord Justice Cotton interrupted to ask if the mother's evidence had been taken.

" No, my lord," said Mr Finlay, " She was called ?" ' "No, my lord." " Most remarkable," murmured Lord Justice Cotton, and again theythree judges exchanged observations s.tto voce, the only remark audible in Court being, " One who must know the case !" , In the course of this narrative there has been frequent occasion to speak of the con duct of barristers in the Court; but it is due to Mr Finlay to admit that no barrister could have showi} less liking for the dis tasteful task with which he was entrusted than did the eminent Q.C. whio was retained to suppprt Mr Langworthy's case before the Court'of Appeal. More than once he repeated that he was not there to defend Mr Langworthy's conduct; and when Mr Danby handed him the affiadavit which had been produced before Mr Registrar Hazlitt, Mr Fmlay said frankly, "I cannot read this," and handed it up to the judges. Mr Danby handed him two letters frpm Mr Langworthy. He hesitated, and seemed as if he would also demur to reading them. ** Read them," said Mr Woolf, And he

read : " A writ was served on me by Wie the—the woman's agents." At the word woman there was a slight murmur of sur-

prise. After Mr Finlay came Mr Yate Lee. Mr Woolf having begun to reply, the judges at once informed him that they dismissed the first appeal with costs. The first ap peal was against the refusal to issue a comm ission.

The second appeal now came on, wliich was against the order in bankruptcy. While the judges were consulting, Mr Groves whispered Mr Finlay, who came for ward and asked Mr Woolf if Mrs Lang worbhy would accepb L 2,000 in lieu of all her claims upon bhe debbor. Considering bhab Mrs Langworbhy held alimony orders to the extent of £3,9';0 with costs ; that she had a claim for the maintenance of her child, and bhab her damages in bhe breach of promise case were laid ab £20,000, the offer was cool, to say the least. Of course Mrs Langworthy said No. She felt, and rightly felt, that the accept ance of any compromise of that kind would entirely complete her ruin. Her position was very simple. The Court had recognised to a certain extent her position, and by re fusing to make the decree absolute until Mr Langworthy complied with certain con ci*__ons, _iad shown its sense of tbe injustice which had been done bo her. lb was nob for her, of all women in the world, to con senb to bhe abatement by a single titfcle/of the conditions of the Court. She refused promptly and rightly, and bhe negobiabion went no further.

Then judgment was pronounced. Lord Jusbice Cotton, who sab in bhe cenbre of the three Lords Justices, seemed to hesitate, but after an animated discussion on bhe bench with his neigh hours on the right and left, he gave judgment, discussing the second appeal with costs, like tho first. In pronouncing judgment, he said he had his doubts at first, but they had been removed by the facb bhat bhe mobher had neither been called nor had offored to give evidence in a case of which she must have known bhe facts. Lord Justice Lindley followed, and sbrongly supported bhe order in bankruptcy. Last of all came Mr Justice Fry, who spoke with not loss emphasis a3 to Mr Lang worthy's conduct in leaving England in order to defeat the oreditor now before the Court. Both appeals, therefore, were dis missed with costs, and once more tho pre sentation of Mr Langworthy's case in court had resulted in a unanimous judicial con demnation of his conduct.

CHAPTER LXIV.

TIIK LANUWORTHV CLAN

Before proceeding to describe the various efforts wnicli were from time to time made by Mr Langworthy's representatives in order to induce Mrs E. M. Langworthy to sacrifice the interest of Mr E. M. Lang worthy's child and her own claims under the decrees of the Court, it may be well to remove one misconception which seems to prevail in many quarters. The Langworthy family has many mem bers. They are most of thorn well-to-do. They are more or less closely connected by ties of relationship. In particular, Mrs Langworthy, of Victoria Park, Manchester, is an aunt of Mr Edward Martin Lang worthy, and he expects to inherit her es tate. Mrs Langworthy,'of Victoria Park, Manchester, is a lady of excellent repute, whose praises are in everybody's mouth. Why did not Mrs Langworthy, jun., it is said, appeal to her husband's aunt for help in the hour of her dire extremity ? lt has been said again, not unnaturally, " Surely Mr Langworthy's relatives would gladly have saved the family name from the shame which Mr Edward Martin Lang worthy was bringing upon it ? They were wealthy - they could easily have ascertained the facts for themselves. They must never have heard of the case. Why did not Mrs Langworthy, jun., bring it before them?" So correspondents write, not knowing tho indifference* with which some people can contemplate the doings of their relatives. Mrs Langworbhy, the wife, had in vain im plored the assistance of Mrs Langworthy,' the mother. But the maternal instinct" of the latter did not extend to her daughter in-law. In 1885, when in sore straits, the latter bethought her of her Lancashire aunt, Mrs Langworthy, of Victoria Park, Manchester, to whose" estate her husband was said to be the sole heir. It was possible that she would not be indifferent to the fato of the lady whom Edward Martin Lang- Worthy had betrayed. Accordingly she wrote a letter setting out her pitiful case to Mrs Edward Langworthy's lawyers, Messrs Withington, Petty and Bontflower, asking whether something could not be done, not for herself, but for the child. Here is the only response which she re ceived from Manchester ;—

"Verulam Chambers, 11, Spring-gardens, Manchester, 11th August, 1885. " Madam, —I have seen Mrs Edward Langworthy on your letter to our firm of the 7th instant; and I am instructed by her to say that she must decline to mix herself up in any way whatever with the matters'referred to in that letter, and she must be excused haying any written or personal communication with you, or with any person on your account. You will thus see that this letter must terminate our correspondence. " I remain, Madam, yours faithfully, "J. A. Petty. "Mrs E. M. Langworthy, 36, Queen's Road, Bays water." ; Mrs Langworthy, seeing that hope also disappear, Avrete to the solicitor as follows :

(Copy of answer.) ' " Sir,—l thank you very much for- so kindly* taking the trouble you did. "It seems to me very incredible that any near relative can approve ef the base treat ment I received—pronounced by my couusel (the present Lord Chancellor) to be the ' cruellest case he ever heard.'" " I am sending your letter to the gentle man who so strongly urged me to call; I am glad, however, that I followed my own dictates in addressing you than sub jecting myself to a coarse personal at tack. "The movement was made in the in terests of the only child of the man (E. M. Langworthy) Who once fcpld me he was sole heir to Mrs E. M. Langworthy's entire pro- Eerty by the verbal wish of her late hus and. ** I am, Sir, yours truly, " Mildred Langworthy.

"38, Queen's Road, 12th August, 1885. " You will undertand this letter means an acknowledgment of yours, not a con-, tinuation .of correspondence."

No one, of course, can contend, even for purposes of argument, that because a good lady is the aunt of a scamp who expects to become her heir, therefore she is bound to extend even a finger tip to assist the un fortunate victim of that nephew's selfish ness. But Mrs Langworthy, jun., would have been rightly to blame if she had npt afforded her husband's aunt an opportunity —of which she might have been eager to avail herself—of investigating her case and interposing-, as it might have been her pleasure to have interposed — to have remedied as far as was possible a cruel wrong and a grievous injustice. But it was not the aunt's pleasure either to assist Mrs Langworthy in the hour of her need or even to investigate the story of her sufferings; so there is no more to be said. (To be Continued on Monday).

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Far, Far into the Future.

It can be said that in no enlightened country in the world is fair play held in higher esteem than in Great Britain; nowhere else are people so sensitive to what is just, and just in proportion as they are sensitive ; bhey are ever ready to concede what is right. They have their standards of judgment not founded on prejudice, and their organs of opinion neither narrow minded nor selfish to which they adhere inflexibly. So when the foremost of their great newspapers and journals—bhe soundest, the surest, and most searching of the Anglo-Saxon race -began in the light of science bo speak unreservedly, and in a manner as quoted below, the auguries of success to the object of their encomiums were as bright as the sun. For instance, bhe "London Sunday Times," concluding a leading article upon bhe value of a greab discovery, says : " This, added bo what, our personal experience and inquiries have brought forward, musb place ib in reputa tion at the top* of the list, and satisfy the mosb incredulous thab ib accomplishes all that is claimed for it." The "London Maga zine of Chemistry and Medicine " publishes some most remarkable facts, and slates "that emittent professional men, in different parts of Great Britain, have, after the most thorough and exhaustive bests, given ib as fcheiir opinion that ib is a discovery of mar vellous efficiency." The London "Christian Globe " concludes a recital of some convinc ing experiments in the cure of suffering, and says : " With such experience it is im possible to say too much in its favour, and the most sceptical can need no further proof of the astonishing efficacy of this discovery." The " Whitehall Review," in an introduc tory and closing, says: "It has such a decided bearing upon human happiness, it has been made the subject of considerable comment and investigation on the part of various newspapers. It will no doubt prove of incalculable value."

Such comments were but the forerunners of what the proprietors of the discovery knew would follow from the judgment of the British people, and at once they were in receipt of revelations from its use and fair brial which are as wonderful as brtie. Per example : Mr William Howes, Civil Engi neer, Red Lion-sbreeb, High Holborn, London, wribes : " Was affected with rheu matism for 20 years ; hands swelled enor mously; joints were stiff; could not walk ; feet so soi-e I could not bear my weight. Before using two bottles all pain left, and am now in perfect health." Mrs Charles Webb, North Queensferry, Scotland, Writes: "For"many years suffered with neuralgia in my head. Had fjiven up hope of every being free from pains; with the most excruciating • had no rest for three weeks. My husband also suffered with rheumatism eight years : our condition was pitiable when I procured a bottle of the great remedy, but I was free from pain in seven minutes, and have not had the slightest return. My husband's pain van ished, and he is now at work ! " Mrs Pol som, wifo of Mr John Polsom, Gray's Inn Passage, Bedford Row, London, wribes: "Suffered from a sprained ankle for nine been years. On applying your groab remedy, bhe pain vanished, bhe swelling was reduced, and my ankle is as strong as ever. "Mr George Stevens, coach painter, Lewes, Sussex, writes : " Was a constant sufferer for thirty years, from severe sciatica. By continued use of your great remedy the pain entirely left and has never returned.'1 These are bub a few samples of effeebs, which in a thousand equally mar vellous case» have become familiar to the British public, and which thab public knows, no obher remedy but St. Jacobs Oil, to which all this refers, could so com pletely accomplish. After such an account ing, after the press has given ib a rank among the discoveries of science, and broab it as a beneficence which the poorest can get from chemists for only 3s.

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A BOON FOR THE AFFLICTED. I have commenced making GRAHAM BREAD. Ladies and gentlemen who have passed through the United States remember its superior quality. It is made writh Pure Milk. All medical men there say it is the best Bread made. Orders respectfully invited. Dated Symonds-street Bread Factory, Aii? 4,1887. EDWARD PARSONS. . Auckland, August 4,1887. Mp E. Parsons. Dear -Sjb.tt-I- have much pleasure in stating that the 21b loaf of Graham Bread made by you with new milk is quite equal to any I tasted in 'Frisco. . Yours truly, " , Joseph Banks. WOLFE'S; SCHNAPPS smothers the voice of deprecation, Ask for Wolfe's and accept nothing c se.



Drapery, Clothing, &c, .•■foSSjifc-.'- " £ S MSTH & CAUGHEY'S STOCK-TAKING Clearance Sale £Frior to arrival of gfihu) Sprmy <£oods, which Mve left J?ondow hj SJitfed Si-timers, and are clue in <&sti&Ma7bd at early dates, is now woeeedmg-. ...■■■-■■ .1 . * • •' * So effect a elewance cf all Surplus and Winter Stoefy tor ihe neat forimyht further and Special Meduetions v)UI fa made m * every department rrotn their tt>ell»'knt>wn - Low Cas9 Prices, Storekeepers and the Srade generally treated lilerally. SMITH & CAUGHEY WHOLESALE AND QUEEN STREET, TEL-PHONE 339. . ■ - ;■...' § . ■ . . . • % - ■ ' , ... ii ii OWING TO The Depressed Times THE | I; j • . 4-1 • V__- J • S ARE OFFERING SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR ONE MONTH ONLI W Blankets at 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s lid, all reduced l_l _Wi r> <y~2 20 per cent. knj Qj Calicoes, Sheetings, and Flannels greatly reduced b* [■4 Men's Tweed Suits, 16d 9d to 255, HALF- H O p RIc _ ;A| y-> Men's Shirts, Is lid, worth 2s lid, very good b__ Dress Materials, 4ld, s£d, 6Jd, 7£d, worth Jjjjf double b 5^ l^#38!»^!-ters HALF-PRICE, only a few left £ O'"^ ___! ' -ladies' Ulsters from 5s 6d to 21s: Mackin- " h fij toshes 5s lid M f" poj rH Gents' Lavender Gloves, Is., worth 4s lid L t^ r_» Cretonnes and Shirtings greatly reduced UJ 0! 03 PH '■ nr _, M' W /^V Youths Clothing in all sizes very low, some lines X K^ half-prico r^ Rf? Boys' Overcoats from 10s (3d £»> 4 cases Men's Coloured Mole Trousers, 5s 6d, • g SPECIAL Q «n AND H__» H Heavy Discounts in all Departments, m ONE CASE OF MEN'S WATERPROOF COATS, SEWN SEAM FROM 30s. A GREAT BARGAIN. JOHN SCOTT PROPRIETOR, A CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN ST.



X« E A ° 0 o » MATHE MA S ClS NATrpT Saoia-i^^ - ALWAYS IN STTinir Spectacles und Eye-glasses nY « accurate fit guaranteed Ver' kind; J Opera -lasses ot superior guam- ** Telescopes, Binocular Field ri„y „. sc,°P?f! Powerful and chew * -»4MW Theodolites, MirungConmS ak ' Drainage Levels, Prisma. \At w* Abn eri-v_i Drawing InstrunienteSca^P 1' 11?868^ 18 Ships' Logs, Sextante Sptf^mnl^ Barometers, Thermometers ul*b™*iW ■ Electric Bells, Batteries and l-H^motetß ! Magnetic and Galvanfc CdlJ_l ffl t Magic Lanterns and Slides H^ln^W Stereoscopes and Slides GrS * Steam Guages and Tub^/sato? I JUST RES_IVE_^ eters • SetSpS SO°Pe3-power^ Portable, 18 , Settler^eroidßaromete^i^^J Settlers'Miscroscopcs, magnify^ m hCirm^^W s^ INSTRUMENTS OFJSVERY. K IND R^.^ OPPOSITE THEp^T- oPFlca ] Iron Curved for Vbraniu* (ANY PaT'IBRN) *3 AT SHORTEST NOTICB, George EVl^caui, Manufacturing Plumber, . IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITai WELLESLEY STREET EAST " (opposite New Library), »nd I BROWN & DAW STREETS, l'HiJffl,! 9AS FOR SALS-. ' 200 Corrugated Galvanized Tanks (ass__„ 500 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) "■"»"» 60.000 feet l_ead Edge llidge Cap (all sinuA 50.000 feet O.G. Spputinc (all sizes) 'A(A 50.000 feet Downpipes (all sizes) tU 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pirn fe_B_M* Lead-head Nails, Lead Washers -or___ Ovens, Furnace Frames, Copper 'Boilew. etc., etc., etc. Awarded Three First Prizes for above lines. It Auckland Agricultural Show. * ' Largest and bost selection of Gas Globesln Auckland. As G. McCAUL is a direct Importer tot GEORGE McCAUI, Manufacturing Plnniber, and Importer Ol^i 1-ade Requisites, Wcllssley^East ,l°VWk _4ew Library), and Brown and Davy-street* j Thames, : ;! p.UJJS! GUNS! GUtfSI Rifles Rifms REVOLVERS REVOLVER 3 GUNPOWDER! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, Wire Cartridges. I^amng A-Pabawjv .] AMMUNITION _ Of Evert D-Scrip-TO-V j Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Fireworks, fts, 'j ■I The best and cheapest House in Auoklandto. J the above isat B. EVITT'!-, 254, QnEEX-smE- _ STterairs and every descriptiqn of GunwprkdMj Uhelowestp^iblepricei.andsati.faotion guaranteed. „ D. EVITT, GoK-AKiro, j"}' QUEEN-STREET, .AUCKLAND, H (Opposite the Market House) A PRICE LISTSJENT^O_ANyADDRK9-^' H --. crPELHAM, Ladder, Stop, «j. ► f)m Barrow Maker, Carpenter, tattj: ShoS and Office Wtter t ._Uber^tjM«W; J Firebell. Every description of .J^SHI 3 Barrows, Clothes Boxes, Travelling Cbests, an * pnHirinnrCramP3onHire, . _—~, HORSE COVERS, S^\ GAITERS. RIDING and "^DRIVING AJftQ®^^--^