SHIPPING.

Sunskt--This evening. 5.28. tiUNRiSK—To-morrow inormntr,6.3s. , JUOOS'S AOK-First Quarter, 26th, 8.2 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

Auckland—This evening, —; to-morrow inormufr. 0.36. Ma'nukau Heads.—This afternoon, 2.10; to morrow morning, 3.16. I-au'aka Heads. — This afternoon, 3.40 ; to morrow morning, ..16.

ARRIVALS.

lona, s.s. from Great Barrier Clansman, s.s., from Russell WelllngtOD, s.s., from Whangarei

DEPARTURES.

Richmond, s,s., for Souih Sea Islands Ocean, schr., for Opotiki Chelmsford, s.s., for Opotiki

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 3.30

p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, to-day, 5.30 p.m. Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney,

sailed July 20. Whampoa, s.s., from Foochow, early Stella, from Kermadec Group, August 27

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Crusader, sh., left London on May 27 Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London __urline, ship, from London Margaret Galbraith, ship, from London RosedalMrom Middlesborough, forKaipara Zealandia, ship, from London 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 Grecian Bend, schooner, left Newcastle

August 22 Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Ricardo, bq., from Java, early Yolande, schr., left Dunedin August 21 Ada C. Owen, br., from a cruise 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

Tho three-masted schooner Waireka was to have left Hokianga for this port to-day. . The steamer Chelmsford is advertised for sale in Southern papers.

The three-masted schooner C. W. Janes entered outwards for New York to-day.

The cutter Eleanor arrived at Tauranga from Mercury Bay on Sunday last,

The schooner Torea and brigantine Ada C. Owen are expected to arrive from South Sea Islands very scon.

The brigantine Myrtle is partly loaded at Opua, Bay of Islands with, timber for Hobart.

There were no vessels loading at either Mongonui or Whangaroa when the Clans wan called at those ports.

The brigantine Darcy Pratt made a smart run of 58 hours from Napier to Wangarau last week.

Tho ships Jessie Roadman, 93 days out from Port Chalmers, and Brierholme, 100 days out from Oamaru, arrived at London on the 24th insfc.

The barque William Turner will be berthed at the Sugar Company's wharf to morrow morning, and will commence dis charging almost immediately afterwards.

The s.s. lorni ©rived from Great Barrier early this morningl. Passengers: Messrs Weaten, Ford, Paroah, Vincent, Lewis, Leighton, Brinning, and Radolph.

The following small coasters have ar rived :—Rata, scow, from Kennedy Bay; Petrel, cutter, from Matakana ; Kotuku, s.s., from Thames.

Tho. brig Syren finished discharging coal at the sugar works yesterday and berthed at the Railway wharf this morning. She will take in ballast and leave for Kaipara Very soon.

The s.s. Clansman arrived this morning early from Russell, Whangaroa, and Mon eohui with 300 sacks and 100 cases gum. Pa.ssepgexs : Messrs Solomon, Clarke, Woodham, and Smith, Revs. Burrows and Hewlett, Captain Phillips, Mrs Ryan.

The schooner Gael (Rae) left Lyttelton for Auckland on the 20th inst. with 200 sacks wheat and 523 sacks potatoes for this pore, and 160 sacks oats, 80 bags flour, 10 sacks bran,,4l4 bags potatoes for Thames.

The R.M.S. Kaikoura left Wellington for London via Rio and Madeira at 4.20 p.m. yesterday, with a large number of passen gers, including those booked at this port as per list recently published.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei early this morning. Passengers :— Messrs O'Meagher, Patterson, DentJ Saun ders, Mrs Heape, Miss McMillan, and 9 in the steerage.

' The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'s Arawa arrived at Hobart from Plymouth at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, the voyage thus far having, occupied about 40 days, including all stoppages. The Arawa should arrive at Wellington on Monday evening next, and Auckland mails, passengers and cargo will be forwarded per coastal steamers.

THE MARINER ASHORE.

The Auckland schooner Mariner, owned by the Auckland Timber Company, went ashore on the beach near Whangarei on Wednesday night. She was timber laden, and whilst trying to make port during a S.E, gale she got ashore, it is said through the master mistaking an inner hill from Bream Head, the latter being1 covered with fog. It is expected she will be floated without damage, after discharging part of her cargo.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS,

Wanaka, s.s.. Grant, from the South

DEPARTURES,

Wanaka, s.s. Grant, for the South

The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka ar rived fram Lyttelton at 4.30 this morning. Passengers : Messrs Gillies, J. C. Uanna, J. R. Randersoh, G. Cole, and four steerage. She left again at 2 o'clock.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Wellington', August 25.—Sailed: Pen guin, for the North. Passengers : Mrs and Miss Luke, Messrs Greenstone, Naylor, and 6 steerage. Lyttelton, August 25.—Sailed : Tara wera, s.s., for Northern ports. Passengers for Auckland : Masters Kloomfield, Bowie, Cooper, Hume, Morse, Mr and Mrs Wil liams, Mr W. Devonport. For Sydney: Mr W, McDonald.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, this day. 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 lb ; Canterbury, none; Eggs, lOd; Lard, in bladders, s^d ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, 5d to 6d; Hams, 7d toSJd; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 7d ; Bacon and Hams in equal num bers, 7Jd; Hams, BJd. Flour Market.—Wholesale: Southern flour, £11 15s to £12; Lamb's Premier, £12 ss; Standard, £11 5s ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4 ss; local sharps, £5 10s and £6; Southern do., none ; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; Southern potatoes, £3 5s to £3 10s; pearl barley, do., 225; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaft, oatmeal, &c., sold including sacks. Kauri Gum. - The market remains pretty firm at the following prices : — Fair to good ordinary, L 43 ; superior (ordinary), £44 ; East Coast, £58 to £60. Supplies for present month up to date, 557 tons. Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 268 per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 138 ; at yards, 26s ; screened, 28s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s 6d, 12s; at Auckland, 17s 6d ; household, 25s ; Whangarei, at mine, 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; delivered, 245. Firewood: Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to 16s.

Building Materials.—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, ; ti-trec rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, f 6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 17s ; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, sellingquotations. 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 per 10Q0 ; socket glazed pipes, 18' inches, 4s per foot ; 15 inches, 4s 6d per foot ; 12 inches, 3s per foot ; 9 inches, 2s per foot; 6 inches, Is per foot ; 4- inches, 9d per foot ; 3 inches, 7d per foot. Manures.—Boned ust: 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 MAR KETS.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.— Grain, seed, and horsefeed : The market has been well supplied, Tartarian oats being the exception, and chaff has been less plentiful than for some weeks past. There has existed a good demand for feed of all descriptions. We quote : Oats. 2s 3d to 2s 5d per bushel; bran, £3 17s 6d to £4 10s per ton ; sharps, £4 to £5 per ton ; Oamaru potatoes, £2 17s Cd to £3 5s per ton ; oaten chaff, £3 to £4 per ton. Horses: There has been a continuation of the im provement noticed last week as to de mand, bub the supply has consisted princi pally of those of inferior stamp, and there was scarcely a perceptible alteration in values. An average number were sub mitted by auction at tho Durham yards on Friday ; competition was brisk for those of a good stamp, and steady for anything ex cept wpeds, which were comparatively un saleaihlg, There was no noteworthy altera tion hi values. Wool, hides, skins, etc. : There has been rather a large number pitched, and the demand good ; higher prices would have been obtained had fleshers given more attention to the cleanli ness and curing of hides and skins. We quote ox-hides at from 3sd to 4Jd per lb'; cow, 2Jd to 3Jd ; calf-skins, 3gd to A\A ; skins, from Is 9d to 5s Gd each. Cattle : There has been nothing stirring to chronicle. The supply has been a moderate one with a corresponding demand. The number yarded at Newmarket was scarcely up to average ; bidding was steady throughout. Prices for fat beasts were a shade in favour of the purchaser, but there was no noteworthy alteration in the value of other stock. Sheep: The number penned at Newmarket on Tuesday was below the average. Com petition was good throughout. Tne extreme prices given the previous week for inferior sheep made the butchers camions, but results of sales were satisfactory. We quote fat wethers from 13s 6d to 17s ; fat lambs, 6s to 14s 6d. Pigs in moderate supply, and well-bred pigs were well competed for at satisfactory prices to the vendors.

Mb Alfred Btokland's Weekly Re port.—At the Haymarket, on August 19th, fodder was firm at previous week's quotations. Oats sold freely at from 2s 3d to 2s 6d for feed, and 3s Id white Tartars. Manures were in steady demand, and bone dust orders were plentiful; maize scarce. Hoises were booked in large numbers. Two good mares found a buyer at £25 each, and three upstanding geldings bi-oughb 123 each ; an upstanding chest nut draught passed hands at L3O; the lighter class were well competed forj more than usual. Dray, team of twe horses and harness, £49. Land at Howick, £13 per acre. On Tuesday hides and skins were pitched in full quantity ; hides, heavy ox,4d to 4Jd ; medium, 3£d to 3fd ; prime, 37s each ; sheep skins, 2s 9d to 5s Id ; pelts, Is 4d. Small parcel of longwool, 7d per lb. At Remuera on Thursday dairy and store cattle were in limited numbers and full values ; fat cattle better worth from 5s to 10s each; sheep plentiful and lower in price, about Is each ; fab calves in brisk in quiry ; pigs, in much larger number than usual, were better worth than for several weeks. Messrs G. W. Bixnky and Sons' Report. —We offered a large catalogue of hides and sheepskins on Tuesday last, and cleared the bulk at full rate?. Heavy ox met with brisk competition; medium weights and cow hides showed a downward tendency, and several lines were held over; prime ox sold from 31s to 37s 9d each, 4gd to 4gd per lb ; heavy, 23s to 265, 4£d to 4Ad per lb ; medium, SJcl, 18s to 20s each ; cow, heavy, 3|d to 3_d ;! medium, 3d ; wet and sloppy, 2d to 2Jd ; calfskins, 4d to 4|d.; damaged and stag hides, dull of sale. Sheepskins: The fall in wool caused a slight decline in values—local grown, 4s 6dto 4s lOd ; coun try, best, 4s 9d to 5s lid ; medium, 3s to 4s 3d ; station lots, Is lOd to 2s 6d each. Tallow, 12s to 13s 6d per cwt; rough fat, Id per lb ; bones, 5s ; shanks, 6s per cwfc. Mkssrs Banks and Co. 's Weekly Report. —At Parawai, on Thursday, the yards were fairly filled with fab cattle, and but little change was observable in the prices. Steers made from £3 17s 6d to L 6 15s each • cows from £3 5s to £4 17s 6d, or from 17s to 18s per 1001b. Sheep were penned about equal to requirements, bufe owners declining to accept the market values, many lots remained unsold; lls 6d to 13s 9d being the prices given for wethers.

CHRISTMAS COMPETITION

PRIZES FOR THE BEST VERSE,

PRIZES for the BEST FOUR and EIGHT LINE VERSES suitable for Ciiristmas and New Year Cards, are offered as follows :—

FOR THE BEST FOUR-LINE VERSE, a Handsome Illustrated Book on the New Zealand War. value Two Guineas.

FOR THE BEST EIGHT-LINE VERSE, a similar prize to the above.

CONDITIONS. I. Tho Sole Right of publishing all verses sent in will vest in the Proprietor of the Stab.

2. Verses intended for Competition must be delivered on or before the 31st DAY OF AUGUST, addressed "Christmas Competi tion," Star Office.

3. Competitors arc not restricted to the nunr ber of separate verses they may send in.

4. The Verses must be original,

5. Verses should be signed with Motto or Norn de Plume, the real name and address to be enclosed in separate sealed envelope, with tho Mottto outside.

C. The selection of the Prize Verses will be made by tho Rev. E. H. Gulliver, M.A.. and Mr J. L. Kelly, author of the Prize Poem " Queen's Jubilee."

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 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.

It is' the habit of many Free Traders to treat the question of Protection as if the doctrines of Richard Cobden were entitled to rank with the law of gravitation. With John Bull obstinacy and self-sufficiency, they simply refuse to look seriously at the other side of the question. It is nothing that every other civilised nation in the world is Protectionist—the people of those poor benighted countries do not know what is good for them. Cousin Jonathan, in other respects a cute fellow, with a powerful scent when the almighty dol lar is concerned, is a perfect fool when he attempts to tackle a problem in political economy. As for Johnny Crapaud and Herr Saur kraut, what do they know 1 Can they pretend to teach John Bull anything in the arts of manufacture and com merce ? This is practically the attitude assumed by the out-and-out Free Trader when riding his hobby. But there is always a certain method about John Bull's "madness, and if we look closely into this question we easily de tect the instinct of self-interest which is bred in his bone and nurtured in his marrow. At the time when "Richard Cobden and the League revolutionised the fiscal system of the United King dom, England—possessed of coal and iron, her industries fully developed under a strictly Protective system, and feeling the power within her veins to become the manufacturer for the world —felt hampered by the want of cheap bread to feed her workers and broad lands to grow the raw materials for her looms. It was the Corn Law that held her in bondage, and the Corn Law was the standard that carried the free trade crusaders onward to the Jerusalem of their hopes. Then, with millions of well-fed workmen, and with stores of gold to turn the coal and iron Into marketable commodities, and with ships to send her wares across the seas, her great want was free markets to receive them. She must set an example to the world by throwing open her ports without restriction to other nations, and so one fortress after another was razed to the ground by the triumphant Free-trade army. But instead of this " glorious ex ample " being followed by the world within ten years, as Eichard Cobden confidently predicted, it has tended rather to alarm than convert. Nations, moved by the instinct of self-preserva tion, have drawn around them closer cordons against the aggressive bag men of the " tight littlelsland." Woo them ever so softly, they refuse to be won. They are not, how ever, indisposed to avail themselves of anything in the nature of self-sacrificing cosmopolitanism ff in friend John's adroit policy. They will swallow his sprat in the shape of orders for their wares, but take precious good pare that he shall not possess himself at the mackerel he is fishing for. This was all very well for a time. John is patient and persevering so long as he can see his end within attainable dis tance, but when it retreats further and further away from him as he advances, lie is apt to grow weary and consider his own comfort. This seems to be about the'position of affairs now with regard to free trade in manufactured goods in England. The theoretical Free Traders and bookmen are as strong as ever in their faith; they have mut tered the familiar creed too long to give it 'up; but the heart of the people is becoming alien ated from them, and ' the work men who are walking about idle while the wares which were wont to provide them and their children in bread are furnished by Belgian and German workmen, are beginning to murmur against their rulers,

On our second page to-day we re publish from " Black wood's Magazine" a very ably-written paper upon the position of the Free Trade controversy in Great Britain. The article is weak where it deals with the doctrine of Pro-, tection in the interests of agriculture. We believe that taxation will never again be imposed in England upon the food of the people, for the pui'pose of ensuring to the landlords the payment

of their rents. Whatever happen, the necessities of life, in a country like Great Britain, which is territorially incapable of furnishing food for its workers, must remain free as the air. It is this introduction of the landlord element that complicates the question in Great Britain, and which may prevent the early revision of the tariff for the protection of manu factures. But the writer of this essay shows very conclusively that the question at Home has be come one permanently affecting the prosperity of the industries on which Britain .relies for her great ness, and which are the boast of Free Traders. He shows that large manu facturers have been driven out of the country.carrying their skilled work men with them to set up a one-sided competition again those who remain. He shows that the accumulation of wealth and manufacturing power in Britain which Free Traders have at tributed solely to the fiscal system inaugurated thirty years ago, has been equalled and excelled in other countries which are rigidly Protective, and that it is attributable to other causes. He comments pungently npon the anomaly of imposing heavy Cus toms duties upon goods which the native workman cannot produce, and admitting free any manufactured article that will come into competition with his own labour. And he sets out with great force the doctrine so clearly explained by Adam Smith that home production and exchange replaces two capitals while foreign exchange replaces only one capital in each country carrying on the barter. This fact Free Traders studiously ignore in their fulminations against the claim advanced by Protec tionists that an article produced within a country represents a much Jarger value to the community than one that has been brought from abroad.

Mr A. Williamson, the author of the paper in "Blackwood," also handles in a very able manner the favourite cry, " buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market," and shows what the results from the practical adoption of this theory are when nations are per fectly willing to sell but refuse to buy another's wares. Some of our importers who adopt the same tactics towards local manufactures, pushing off their own wares, but dealing as little as they pos sibly can with the people upon whom they rely for a market, should take these lessons to heart. By all means, let them have the middle-men's legiti mate profit for their services, but men should live and let live. English trades men do better on the whole buying from home producers and re-selling than merchants who have to im port for an uncertain market. Mer chants and shopkeepers are not obliter ated in the United States or Germany because the country decides that those who prefer a foreign article to one that is home-made shall pay something to the State for the luxury.

Mr Williamson takes away another weapon which Free Traders commonly use with considerable effect, that it is only the land - owners and the unthinking among working men of England who manifest any signs of wavering faith in the infallibility of Free Trade. The Council of the Cham ber of Commerce of Birmingham may be accepted as representing the intelligence of the manufacturers of Great Britain, and we find that they have already adopted a resolution re commending "the imposition of an import duty on foreign manufactured goods in all cases where the same classes of goods are manufactured in this country." Looking at the matter from a purely Free Trade standpoint, the weapons by which England may yet win Cobden's battle are surely retaliation and reciprocity. It was this principle that underlay the Com mercial Treaty with France. England has tried the first part of Car dinal Eichelieu's great maxim, all things to conciliate; the alternative has yet to be tried. Ports which have remained closed against our friendly overtures may open freely enough before the guns of Protective retalia tion. These are some of the features of the controversial war over the greatfiscal , question which is now waging in Eng land ; for fuller details we must refer our readers to the text of the paper, which will well repay careful perusal and study.

A son of Mr W. Ross, settler of Ruapeka peka, had a narrow escape from death while riding into Kawakawa on a late date. The horse shied, and affer upsetting the rider, kicked him on the crown of the head, inflicting a large and serious wound. For tunately assistance was near at hand, and the boy is progressing favourably.

The Sydney " Telegraph " of 15th inst. has the following :—Among the passengers by thes.s. Manapouri from New Zealand yesterday was William Dunbar Birrell, who, it will be remembered, was charged at Napier (N.Z.) recently with embezzling moneys from the Commercial Bank at Mo long. The information, it will be remem bered, was withdrawn and the accused for warded to Sydney. Upon arrival yester day Birrell gave himself up to a member of the detective force.

Professor Neumayer, of Hamburg, urges the necessity of Antartic explorations, lay ing special stress on its importance for geology and paleontology. He anticipates that it will show that the south pole was a centre of dispersion of animals and plants of the southern hemisphere, as the north pole is believed to have been for the northern.

Now that the season for largely attended meetings of creditors has set it, it would be well if the creditors would prove against the estates prior to the hour of meeting. At Mr Jakins's, meeting yesterday, fully half an hour was wasted by creditors keeping the Assignee engaged witnessing their, proofs of debt. As this wastes the time of those creditors who have attended to the matter beforehand, such proceedings Are manifestly unfair.

evening, Mr J. Stewut w "^QIM »nga and recitations JiRS^ w4aMa-Safes* Simpson, Johnstone and lw-TowßßH' close the Chairman inSmaSl\At& ral meeting of the i>3 that agentl next ThursVevenSfe Wil} ** S Road. Upwards of SL' **& themselves of the tovitati™ ?**? '"wfil justice was done toTfti *"* "** $ remainder of the JS^^S singm g and speech-making n. M evening the Secretary rea| a tS^M past season's cricket, showintS?l°¥>e! eleven had played 9«S2£?*» ¥ 3 and losing 6 j the dub scX* S^ for the loss of 148 wicketsTSgS 8 runs per wicket, as againlt SWeti scored against them for tS ISTI wickets, or a shade over 10 runsS ■* }^ The second eleven playX mIEL ning 4 and losing 4P 7 matoheß. f&i

The R.M Court case of R. M jy. j T. Lynch (claim £31 i 6s 6d vL ■?^-\ yesterday afternoon ia faTour rf tt fendant, for whom Dr LaishW 9 de while Mr Thos. \fe>SSJW!

At the Police Court to-day, before Capt. Corbetfe and Mr E. Parsons, J.P.s, one per son was lined foi- drunkenness. Mr Earle appeared and pleaded guilty to a charge against Earle and Montgomery of allowing their yard to remain in a dirty condition, and was fined 5s and costs. Thomas Staines, charged with the'larceny as a bailee of bricks and building materials, was further remanded till to-morrow.

The inaugural meeting of tha liv, J Eden Baptist Mutual Improvement fi^i was held on Wednesday ffiffiLW Sf Chapel and pJedt enfe The Rev. T Bray occupied the -cfoß delivered the President address u X>fl word "Mutual," dividing TbßS parts—mixture, mind useful t™ ?$" Sncork, attractive l^rnfu^ft ject he spoke with considerable 7ml and thought. Mr Chas. Atkin ffi out that "Time" was the onlyH argued that perpetual ixmmJl should be the objecfof each, tTR jects must be analysed in the light rf divine guidance. Mr Andrews spofi JJ "Men as Builders," and Maintained £2 each must have a sure foundation tob3 upon, and we must see to it that wedoS spoil the structure through not takinw advice. Mr Thomas Cranwell showed SS advantages that should be sought fort societies of this kind; how the mind mufti be continually exercised the same ssi the physical frame if it wished to1 be healthy and vigorous. Mr R. Fry a fitting tribute of respect to St. JaS old class, of which he was a member, and could point out gentlemen holding Ml positions in our city to-day who were mem-i bers with him there. Songs and recitations' by Miss Webley and Mr McLaughlin woe.1 rendered during the evening', in a ym pleasing manner. On the motion of tIJ secretary, seconded by Mr W. Atkin,a Terv! hearty vote of thanks was carried with loud' applause. Devotional exercises closed»' very profitable evening in connection with: this society. Mr Drummond, who has been appoints' Sheep Inspector to the Auckland districts] the stead of Mr Lewis, was in Taiiranga a,; Saturday, having taken over the boobii the Department from Mr Robson, who ha now ceased his connection with it dh the score of retrenchment. The Taurangadft trict will in future be managed from Auck land. The paper i cad at the general meeting of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, by,Mr W. G. Murray* on the subject of GnatM Japan as markets for Australian wool.™ calculated to act as a damper 08 Sate-; prise in that direction, or rather oa any, hopes which may have been entertaineit in regard of it. The facts cited bj| Mr Murray show that the markets in question are imaginary ones ; to a great extent, and that considerable changes must take place before they are • likely to assume anything of a more. real char-, acter. In China, especially, the prospects of a trade in wool being opened n^ with these colonies seem to bo of the re motest kind. . At present, according _to the, no doubt, very trustworthy authorities. quoted by Mr Murray, there is not th«, slightest chance of such a. thing being| brought about. This information comes tt a very seasonable corrective to a good deal; of the speculations in which many imarin?-, tive persons have been.indulgingwithr^ spect to the possible improvement of m commercial relations with the Chinese. -.M all events, the idea that they aregoingtob* improved through the medium of WO must be at once dismissed. In the caseotj Japan the report is not, on the.«, much more favourable than that in relation, to China. In both countries, woollen clottes ( are not in the least likely to, be in■*, mand among the great mass of the go* For this there are two very suttciro reasons. The people can^anage to* very well with cheaper fabrics, andowß* they couldn't they have no money to aft for wooUen ones. However, so far■« g Japanese are concerned, a new outlet.forw great staple of Austral^ present J*' at any rate as a possibility. .TgjM appears, a Government wooJ« existence at Tokio, and rf"* jgl to exist it is thought that wool must to m ported, as the grass grown m Ja«J JJJ suitable for sheep. If «ie i market be •« competingforatall,AustrahashouldteßW. to compete for it under the most advaßMp ous conditions

large attendance and good scores BW, expected. \ Perhaps the "^Jpta^WgJi* the Jubilee celebration by *Mg says the " Pall Mall Gazette, Jf ode with which the mu^calP^^ concluded. The ode, Kg Decem/'wasnot, mdeed .parfcicJJJ able in itself, but it had:» cg ious This curious circumstance, wg» sho », Rousseau's, dream, to the Jg^ even more impressxvely thar iw and cheering what a^ hold .w^ Jnbilee exercised over the W . imaginations of her subjects.

We would remind onr^d^^ annual children s <^( sg%H* All Saints' will take place".» the school-room at 60 clock, requested to state that the .cgg^jrfj held from 7 to 8 p.m., of prizes by the ff^fS^ after, instead of before w» advertised. _ svafl*"I** Church. The excellence jg^ j^. jrramme and the objeoc »" good attendance. . Pitt-^ The third «nm«r»'^'g«l.l< Ladies' S»™K. S.^* " n Vr« gimme has been prepares.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1887.

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WANTED KNOWN—That our stock of Feathers and Flower is replete with an endless variety We are vow selling Ostrich Flats, worth 15s 6d, for oa 6d. and oihors in same froportion during EXOKS. LATE THOS. HORT'S GREAT STOCKTAKING CLEAR ANCE SALE. ' REMEMBER, if you lcovo your order at J. V. Dalton'a for a Suit, you get a cholco of thrco thlngs-an Extra Pair of Trousors, M'atcrbury Watch, «r W per ecnt. Pries 60s, (Kz, 7.3.



[card]. i A - N T E D, Landlords and others to know that E. BARKER Undertakes Collection Jof Rents and Accounts, Exooution and Distress Warrants, Posgoasion under Bills of Sale, otc, with cure and despatch, OFFICE J CITY QHAMDERS. VULGAR LAJfjB (Top flflOT),^ . •;



PUBLIC NOTICE.-X yon ™nt a Waterbury Watcli go to J. H. D«"on, Tailor, Victoria-atreet East, and. order a Suit, and he will give you a Watch for Nothing. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS at our prices than faulty oiies at auction. G A R Ii I C X GARLICK & CRANWELL'S C R A N W E ■!• L 'S IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE. EXAMINE our Fifty-five Shilling "Com bination" Double Iron Bedstead and Wirewove Mattress. EXAMINE our Thirty-eight Shilling " Combination" Single Iron Bedstead and Wirewove Mattress. WIREWOVE Mattresses for Double Bedsteads, 40s, 30s; cash, discount 5 per cent. '"^ ! WIREWOVE Mattresses for Single Bedsteads, 22s Cd, 30s; cash, discount 5 per cent. ; " /COMBINATION" Double Iron Bed \J stead and Upholstered Spring Mattress, 50s and 70s. "COMBINATION" Single Iron Bed \J stead and Upholstered Spring Mattress, 35s and 60s. (GARLICK & CRANWELL have T Reduced Prices to meet the hard times. BRUSSELSand TAPESTRY CARPETS in great Variety at Reduced Prices. "X Q PAIRS"oTWhito and Ecru Lace OO Curtains just received, and will be sold atHALFPUiCE; same class of goods our last lot were that we sold_a!t hul£_price. BLANKETS orderedlrom Manufacturer before the rise lv wool; cheap. IKON BEDSTEADS and Bedding of all kinds ready for delivery; cheap. OTRONG CANE CHAIRS from 3s 9d. ATENT ROLLER BLIND (complete), 3s 6d. T IN OLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. 7\ILCLOTH from Is square yard. JTiARLICK & CRANWELL invite you \JT to inspect their stock before purchasing elsewhere. Furnish your House from GARLICK & CRANWELL, Cabinetmakers, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. A UCKLAND AGENCY IN LONDON. 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 tern,: 17, Gresham-street, E.C. (care of Thos. Micklcin, Esq.) Auckland Agent MR F. G. EWIXGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under the superintendance of IT. Larkins. INDENTS executed by him. ESTATES Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. MR LARKINS will be in London by Nov. let for general business, . m H E ''UNION" And the ■ « SOUTHERN SPERM " CANDLES, Made by THE UNION OIL, SOAP, and CANDLE COMPANY, OF, AUCKLAND, Arc all Guaranteed FULL WEIGHTS UC ounces to the pound). Many of the Colonial-made Candles now in the market are Light Weights, and therefore deakeb at the money than the Auckland-made Candles. TRY FOR YOURSELVES, AND USE ONLY THE LOCAL ARTICLE. FTIEAS ! mEAS 1 mEAS ! REW'S CELEBRATED BLEND OF CHOICE NEW SEASON'S m c as At Is lOd per lb. Is the Best and Really the Cheapest IN THE E>*D. ALL GROCERIES AT • , WHOLESALE PRICES. REW'S, VICTORIA-STREET. WAREHOUSE SAMPLES, WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN i Has just purchased 321 Men's, Boys', and Youths' Tweed, Soft and Hard Felt Hats at about half warehouse price, and will sell them very cheap to clear quickly Job Lines in Boys' and Youths' Long Trousers Tweed Suits from 12s Cd ; splendid value Large lot of New Long Lace Curtains, choice patterns, from Is lid per pair Splendid stock of New Cotton Shirtings from 4|d New stock of Llama Prints. Combination Prints, Drillcttes, Camelines, Checks, Lace Prints, and Fancy Prints, in great variety, choice in style, and marked low Great variety New Cretonnes from 4?d Nice assortment Printed de Lames New Dress Goods in great variety Beautiful lot of New Dress Trimmings New Umbrellas from Is 9d to 16s Gd Job lot of Coloured Cloth Tablecovers, half-price Splendid stock of Oriental and other Laces in variety Spl< _n(9d iHneMensCotton Shirts at 2s, worth. Boys' Cotton Shirts at 9d, worth double Large lot of Remnants and cheap job lines, 288, UPPER QUEEN - STREET. POTATO MAN™,-Free z ing Co.'s,



STARTLING A NNOUNCEMENT. ■A. MONSTER SALE~OF BOOTS AND SHOES AT GARRETT BUGS.' Previous to Stock-taking. GARRETT BROS, have decided to offer the whole of their immense Stocks at Wakefleld-street and Karangaliapt HoadatCOST PRICE, for a few weeks only, and also to make rocm for two largo Stocks norn ■ their Southern branches, about to be CIOSCQ. Now is the opportunity for those feeling- baa times to purchase these great necessaries at genuinely Wholesale Prime Cost. The superior character of our stock is well known throughout New Zealand, therefore puffing is unnecessary. It only remains for the Proprietors to say THE SALE 13 TRULY GENUINE. Many thousand different lines are offered. A very few only can be quoted here :— s» t /• Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 211 Ladie*' House Boots .. .. reduced to 6 9 Ladies' Carpet Slippers ..reduced to I 9 Ladies'Buif Slippers .. .. reduced to 3 3 Ladles' Prunella Slippers ..reduced to A J Ladies' Fur-bound Slippers .. reduced to 3 b Ladies' sto 7 Shoes, assorted .. reduced to i U Ladies' Button Shoes .. ..reduced to b b Ladies' Levant Lace Shoes ;. reduced to 6 b Ladies' WulkingPrunellaßoots reduced to i h Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to 5 J Ladies' Button Boots, sto 7 .. reduced to 6 b Ladies' Hygienic Lace Boots - reduced to 8 6 Ladios'Prunella Shoes .. .. reduced to 4 S Ladies' Superior Button Boots reduced to 9 C Indies'Lovant Elastic Sides .. reduced'to o 9 Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides ..reduced to 611 Children's Felt Boots .. .. reduced to Oil Children'sßuttonßoots,2to6.. reduced to 1 6 Children's 7to ISassortedE.S.. reduced to 2 6 Children's Laced reduced to 16 Maids' Kid Elastic Sides, land 2 reduced to 4 11 Children's Strong Elastic Sides reduced to 3 C Mon's Elastic Sides .. ..reduced to 711 Men's Bluchers, tips, nails, etc reduced to o 6 Men's WatortiKhts .. .. reduced to 8 6 Men's Balmorals reduced to 10 6 Men's Shoes ~ ..reduced to 6 6 Boys' Boots reduced to 4 b i Boys' Laco Boots reduced to 3 li Women's Leather Elastic Sides reduced to 0 b Women's Laco Boots .. .. reduced to 8 0 A Job Lot of Ladies' very superior Walking Boots, assorted, from 8s b'd to 13s 6d. Most of these Bargains will be cleared quickly, therefore come early and secure the best. pARRETT "D ROT HERS, WAKEFIELD STREET AND GARRETT'S BUILDINGS. KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AUCKLAND. R. H. B AETLETT 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 be a sufficient guarantee 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, 241, QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. fTIHE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL Have deposited at Mr J. H. WITHEFORD'S OFFICE, ShORTIjANP-STIIEET, . A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OP THE THAMES GOLDFIELDS, Together with particulars of liboral concessions tho Council have decided to make, with a view to encourage the introduction of English capital. Mr Witheford, 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 wko may bo in Auckland as to the merits of the various eligiblo Goldflold Properties. PLANS, REPORTS. AND THE FULLEST RELIABLE INFORMATION OF ANY MIN ING PROPERTY may be obtained on applica tion at his office. HOT LAKES DISTRICT. THE WONDERLAND OF XEW ZEALAND. THE SCENES OF THE LATE VOLCANIC ERUPTION. AUCKLAND to ROTORUA, ROTOMAHANA, TAUPO, TAURANGA, AND BACK. Full and reliable information as to route, cost, etc., supplied. Through tickets can "be issued at an exceedingly low rate. ' Auckland Bookin-g Office : H. F. WAY, Agentfor Mcßae's Palace Hotel, also Robertson's Coaches from Oxford to Rotorua, EnREXFRIED'S BUILDINGS (Next Northern S,S. Co.), j Lowrr Queen-street. tt\ k ii "m p ¥, SURGEON DENTIST, '■ . Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Box 210] [Telephone 378 H~F~ WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of tho Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) • I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland ■ and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at the Old Chambers, Shortland-street (opposite Po3t Office.) Having secured the ser vices i 'fa firat-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their sffpport. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377. A SK Your Grocer for the Candles and •*-*- Soap made by the Union Oil, Soap and Candlo Compsuiy, and. inaist upon having what you ask for. Cheap makes give light weights and inferior quality. 3est brands are "Unions," "Standards," "Northern Lights," "Southern Sperms," " Carriage,"! and " Self Fitting." THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion, 68,001) daily. Tho largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ;6s 6d pi?r quarter. The " LEADER," 18 pages.. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and Geneiial Weekly News paper. Price, 6d :<ss fid per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zca."and Edition). Tho leading Monthly Illustrate i Newspaper. Singlo num bers, 6d; double numbers, withcoloured plate, Is, Agents: Messrs liidd and Wildman, Upton and Co., and E. "Wayte, Auckland; and all News Agent 3. Pof t free.