GAMBLING IN SHIRES.

[by one who lost a fobtuwb at it.] Six thousand seven hundred pounds is a tolerable fortune, but when it is in vested in consols at 5 per cent, and realises a trifle under £200 a j'iiv, you can understand it appearing to a man of expensive habits as somewhat paltry. When my father's death revealed to mo that this was all. I could expect by way of patrimony, but that the princi pal as well as the interest was at my disposal, I formed the opinion that I might do better than keep my money in the funds. £6,700 seemed a lot of money in a lump, but £200 a year pshaw, a mere bagatelle ! It was only a trifle more than the "governor" al lowed me at college. A lad of spirit could not be expected to live on that. I decided to look out in the papers for a' more profitable investment. Readers need not be informed that I had not to look very long. I soon became convinced that my fortune was a very exceptional one, and placed me in a position of making many others. With £100 out of it one advertiser enthusiastically in formed me I .could buy a share in an invention, the annual income from which would soon"; put that of tho Duke of Wellington' in the shade. I sank tho £iOO, but somehow the ma chine would not work. I was told that if pulled co pieces, and tho revolv ing crank readjusted, it would bo all right, and I found tho monoy for this improvement. Although even then it f ailedto act, so specious wero tho in ventor's explanations, and so profound my own ignorance of machinery, that before I parted company with this gen tleman, I had sent four or five other hundreds after the first bad one. About this time I made a very small but extremely fortunate investment in anew mine, and this loci me to DROP A FEW MORE HUNDREDS in other mining speculations, which all proved failures, tho only precious metal connected with them being tho gold paid by the shareholders to the vendors. I might occupy a good many columns in describing tho various me thods I adopted to increaso my income. Suffice it to say that, after twelve months of this sort of thing, I, had re duced my stock of consols, to about £4,000, and had nothing to show in return except the one profitable mining investment, which realised £20 a year and a lot of other shares which realised nothing. ;-- Up to this date I had been Jn the habit of transacting my business through a member of the Stock Ex change, whom I paid a small commis sion for doing.it. But just then I began to notice the advertisements of a new class of brokers, and seeing, from their announcements, that they offered special advantages to speculators, I de termined to give thojmost likely firm a trial As I r my Way to the address mentionejl in the advertise-' ment, ImetaYriericl with whom I oc casionally conversed at my broker*— one of whoso customers ho was—and incidentally mentioned to him that I meant to have a try with Messrs Jones & Co. It was rather unfortun ate I did so, because although I was by this time tolerably conversant with' Stock Exchange matters generally, I was. only familiar with that form of Stock Exchange specu lation which ' is.' termed : _ invest ment, and my momentary object was to sell £100 worth of consols, and: supply myself with some needed cash. On hearing this my friend laughed and said, " You can.sell Consols at the ' bucket-shop,' (which is the alang term for a; place of this kind), but I DON'T NEED TO .OWN. THEM FIKST. ' People don't go, to Jones and Co. to sell Consols when thoy have got them, nor to buy them .when, they really want them, These people are foutside brokers.' " I was' astonished; This appeared a new way of doing business to me—selling a thing y.oiv had not g o t_and I looked at him questioningly. But my friend was a busy man, and seeing somebody , across 'the street ho knew, merely remarked, '/'Well, you are jolly green," and slipped away, leaving me in a com plete state of fog as to what an, "out side broker" was. , E '; i, A moment later I had made my first practical acquaintance with the " bucket-shop!" "I found the brokors established in a* magnificently fur nished: suite of offices. The place was full of eager speculators of all ages and conditions—from the-youthful " tiger" against the Bank of Stocks to the hoary veteran.. All'these were closely clus tered around the "tape," which was incessantly printing by power .the "prices". of the Various stock. The " tape" in a broker's, office is the life and soul of it. Everything is - governed by it, from 'first to" last all transactions are, guided by it. In fact; 'it ii'::" tlie 'possibility of dealing simultaneously , outside the house,at current prices, which,has ren dered the ",bucket-sh o p'' so popular. Formerly, the ; machine was. actually a Stock Exchange institution,' and only members were 'allowed to have t tapes.'". ■; Bow the.'first! outsider' came to gpt one, and so render possible the business of an outside broker, is a moot point. One day,, "however, the com mittee of the Stock Exchange woke up bo what the system was leading, and KICKED THE' - INSTRUMENT OUTSIDE, end by the same ukase excommunicated the outside, brokers. The "tapo" *ook up its quarters in an office.: so; adjacent to the Exchange as, to ;be' practically within it. Here, "bossed " by a familiar .of the Exchange. Tele graph Company, it, -extended i its operations ■in and; out of London,. and as the committee's bull cquld.not- < stop the operations of -the; outsuhr broker, the race 'grew,-until to-day. it'l has become a recognised profession!, 11

! 'I entered ono 'of the numerous doors of Messrs Jones "and Co.'s palatial establishment, and 'stood inside the room feeling uncommonly sheepish, and so' evidently unaccustomed to this sort of thing, as to be ■ tho cynosure of all eyes.; Alter a while a dapper young clerk came up to me, and with a bland smile inquired what I wan tod. I told him that I had been in the habit of transacting business with Mr- So-and so, and at the mention of my broker's name he smiled, saying, patronis "Oh, yes; an excellent man of business, but. rather slow, . Come this way, sir, come this way," and ho led me into a private room. Before I had been ton minutes with this young scamp, I am ashamed to say he knew about as much of my affairs as I did, I having been thoroughly convinced that the chance which led me into his master's office was one.in a lifetime. And so it proved to be, but hardly in the way I expected. 'You will understand,'said he, ' that the principle which governs our office is entirely different from that which obtains at the ordinary broker's. If you want to invest your, money iniany securities, I shall be happy, to advise you in your choice, but what I, should recommend you to do now is to give us a discretionary commission for, say, £100. If you do so, this money will bo invested by our principal to ' open stock' which he thinks is likely to rise. If the stock rises you will make a pro fit ; if it does not alter, you will LOSE NOTHING EXCEPT OUR COMMISSION; if it should drop you will, of course, be the loser—how much will depend on circumstances, just as does your pos sible profit. As our principal is. a thoroughly experienced operator, you will sco that, by thus making use of his knowledge, you are more likely to make money than if you depended on your own unaided opinion, and, as a proof of tho bona fides of our, system, we send to you immediately after making 'a transaction full particulars of the stock bought, and the price paid for it, which you will find, on comparing with tho published roports in the news papers, to bo the lowest market price at tho time of the oporation. If you liko to watch the market yourself, you can at any time afterwards instruct us, either by a call or by telegram, to sell out your stock, or, if you prefer,it, you can leave it to our principal's discre tion to closo at the momeut he thinks most favourable.' 'But, said' I, won't bo enough to -buy very -much- .stock, and I cannot understand how, by such an investment, it is possible to realise any largo profits. I don't know very much about this sort of thing, but I do know it is a very uncertain stock which varies five per cent, in a reason able time, and supposing it rose five per cent, I should only make £o, less your commission.' ' Oh, no,' said bo, ' your profit in that case would be £500. The method in which we do business is what we call oiio per cent, 'cover.' Your £100 would bo sufficient to ' opon' stock to the value of £10,000, and your profit will be any rise in that value, while your liability is positively restricted to the one per ceut. We buy tho stock for you and run the risk of its drop ' ping more than your ' cover ' before we close.' This soomed very fair to mo, and, moreover, tho fact that these people were prepared to sink, temporarily, /"9,900 in the purchase of stock for : me, showed that they must be large and, therefore, safe' custo dians of my I accordingly DEPOSITED WITH THE AFFABLE -,CLERK ;£IQO worth of consol scrip, which he said would be sufficient security, and re tired. Next morning, I received from Messrs Jones & Co. an intimation that they had bought for me of stock in 'a certain British railway, at ;£SB per share. I saw from tho " Times " that already the stock. had risen half per cent., and the evening papers chronicled a further rise. The next morning T found they had risen to • By noon, they had gone up another half per.cent., and I thought I would instruct Mr Jones to close, but his advice seemed to have proved so good that I decided it was the best to leave the matter to him entirely, and during the day they dropped to the same level as when I opened. I was burning with impatience to,'know whether my new, brokers hadV foreseen this fall, and closed in time, but J determined to wait for tho morning's post. By that, I re ceived a polito letter, informing me that they had closed immediately after the drop, and had sold at £5.8, so that my loss was only their own commis sion, ; I went to see the clerk again, and got such a very ingenious, and, for the time, satisfactory r explanation of their apparent neglect to profit by the favourable change in the market, that ji was led to 'entrust ; Mr' Jones with several further discretionary orders, before a constant succession of losses ,led me, to lose'j confidence in'diis sagacity,; , and to speculate myself. Provided I. chose my own stocks to operate in, and closed the acc6unfcat which 'I considered a' most favourable, time, tho "one per cent, cover, arrangements, offered [by„,these "outside brokers," still . seemed the most favourable method of stock'specu lation.'-'' 1 ' "■ '' u ' nl) ' > _- ! " i ' But I had not long bdeh a' patron of Messrs Jones and Co.'s office- before I became aware that the risk I had previously supposed they took, in the event of a stock falling, before closed, . more than , tjhei covered, was an entire myth, for I soon found that the moment the cover "ran off"---orih'other words,' was exhausted —they closed the account themselves. The.knowledge which' ■■■;' ■ >-'y , '- :; ' Ji - i "' 'OPENED MY''EYES' '"" ,;.';',,,.,; to this fact also showed me that the

-immense capital which I imagined my brokers must possess, in order to ope rate for, me at one per cent, cover, Mas equally fictitious. , , • : ., :; .: . The fact was, the stocks were never bought at all. The transactions amounted, purely and simply, to gam bling. I was the backer, and Jones and Co. the bookmakers who laid the odds against me. They took my de posit and stood the risks themselves, having always -in their favour that difference which exists between the buying and selling price of a stock in addition to the commission fee they charged for betting with me. I began to think I was a fool, and happening to hear about, this time of a tolerably safe investment in a non speculativo business, I sank the balance of my now attenuated capital in this' way. Shortly after this I got married, and my wife's father having made a suitable settlement upon her, insisted upon my settling also one half of this'interest, which I did willingly enough, for I was satisfied that Limited Liability. Companies, inventions, stocks and 'buckot-shopa,' were not profitable institutions to the investor. , ..,, But once a man gets A LOVE OF SPECULATION he generally pursues it to the bitter end, and soon after this another form of Stock Exchange gambling attracted my attention, and I was led to subscribe £50 towards the capital of a syndicate, about to operate very heavily on a par ticular stock after the American style. But somehow the ' corner' missed, and again I lost my money. Then I bought some ' options,' at that time a method of speculat ing but little known. ' Options,' as their uamo implies, are choices. You purchase the right, for so long, to either buy or sell stock at a given figure. For instance, supposing you believe that I. and N. W. Rail way shares, at present quoted at say are about to rise, you can by paying a certain sum of money, ac quire the right to buy worth of them, at any time within a fortnight or a month, at this price. If during the time tho bargain is made for, they were to rise, -say £3 per share, you could—in consequence of having ac quired the right to buy at the lower price—sell to your broker at the higher figure, and pocket £'&§ by the transaction. But if no favourable op portunity to sell at a profit occurs dur ing the time bargained fori you lose your purchase money. In speculating either on cover or in options, I have taken examples from what are called ,' bull' operations, or 'buying for a rise.' The gambler iv stocks, however, may decide to be a ' bear.' If a speculator on cover he may, for example, open a 'bear' ac count on tho stock, and instead of buy ing stocks likely to rise, may sell them in the future at the then market price. Should he do- this, HIS PROFIT DEPENDS on the stocks falling before they rise to the amount of his cover, and on closing tho account at the lower price. Should he be a purchaser of 'options,' he does the same. A ' bear' operation in options is called a ' put,' ' bull' options aro termed ' calls.' Speculation on tho Stock Exchange is affected by tho ' fortnightly account/ or settle ment. Every fortnight speculators avo expected to pay up differences, but as many transactions are necessarily un finished at each settlement, every account day the committee of the Exchange fix a ' carrying over' rate for each stock. When the stock is expected to rise, this takes the form of a fine upon the holder, and is called a ' contango.' When,' on the other hand, it is considered likely to drop, the carrying over rate may be an allowance to the holder, when it is termed a 'backwardation.' Although, as I have pointed out, the outside broker does not really purchase tho stocks he opens for his customers, the rules which govern his office are practically the same as on ; the Ex change, and the prices of stock in his office are those,of tho official list... But the outside broker is an irresponsible individual, and not like his 'inside' confrere under the control of the Ex T change Committee, so that although many of these gentry are wealthy men, and some are good to any amount and will settle up regularly and promptly, a speculator who ha 3 made a hit occa sionally finds to his disgust that • HIS BROKER CAN'T OR WON'T PAY, or, perhaps,, when calling for a settlement, he finds a notice on the door, • Gone 'to Vienna, accounts paid 23rd. insfc.,' where it re mains till the office is re-let. You need in fact to look sharp after theso ' bucket-shop' keepers, or you are likely to get 'left.' Yet,' With the above ex ception, and the. fact that this cover arrangement opens the way to men of limited means to speculate, in stocks— half a sovereign being sufficient for a i f deal' in . some ; establishments— thero is little to choose between ' in side ' and ' ' outside ' brokers. ; In the charmed circle of the Exchange if> self, this gambl ng., goes on : . just...the same, and if they don't speculate in cash cover or in options, the big. fish of the Stcck; Exchange deal in 'differ ences,' and buy and sell just the same. as thoy do in the lower regions, with out ever expecting to see the shares. I may •be a biassed individual,''for,l have now lost the half-interest in the business before-mentioned, and, thanks ■to the ' bucket-shop,' am entirely de pendent upon my wifu's settlement. But looking at the matter calmly, I have come to the conclusion that there is-about as much actual difference be-' Ween speculation in stocks and any other form of gambling—horse-racing lor example—as there;..•if, ...between a Dutchman and a Hollander. My final warning to those about to speculate,, either on the Exchange or in ■the ' bucket-shop,' is—Don't! If yon can't do better, k6ep you money in

consols, or'even fling it away if you like by living on your capital, but leave .bulls,' and 'bears/ 'cover, 'options, 'syndicates,' and discre tionary commissions' severely alone. — English " Tit Bits."

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, IMET A B L E DA VIES BROS.1 'BUSSES £, i •■ DEVONPOUT TO TAKAL'UNA, HURST -1 MXXX, LAKE IiICACH, AND • SCHOOLHOUHE, Telephone: Djevonpoht Bukic.au, LsiVES Victohia Wharf,' Dkvonport.— 8"0 a.m., 10.20 a.m., 12.45 p.m., i p.m.. 4.20 n'm; Sundays—lo a.m., 11 am., 225 p.m., 3 p.m. Return Fares, Is Cd; Weekly Tickets at EiKAVKS Takapuna. — 9,5 a.m.. 11.15 a.m., 135 p.m., 3 p.m.. 5.15 p.m. Sundays—ll a.m., VI a.m., I p.'"-. 5 P-ni. Special Trips can bo ar ranged at Post Office, Devonport. Ladies' and Gent's " • „ SADDLE HORSES, MVGOIIiS, CREAKS, WAGGONETTES, and conveyances of every description at shortest notice. Expresses meet overy boat to receive and for ward luggage of all descriptions. XKT ELLS BROS. CONVEYANCES ON HIRE. ,-,,.'■, Office: Victoria Wharf. General Carters, Receiving and Forwarding Agents. Waggon for Furniture Removal. Coal, Coke, and Firewood Dealers, General Carters, &c. Telephone : Devonport Bureau; PA TER S0 N AND CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS. LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. Omnibuses, Brakes, Cabs, and Saddle Horses for Hire at lowest rates. Special arrangements made with Evening and Picnic Parties. Stores and Stables:— Lorne-stroet, Mt. Roskill, and Avondale, Auckland, N.Z. PAT E R SON'S 'BUSES START from Victoria-street to Mount Roskill —8, 8.45, 9 15 (via Sloneyhurst), 10.30, 11.15 (via Stonoy ' hurst), 12, 1 (via Stonoyhurst), 1.15, 2.30 (via Stoncyhurst), 3.15, 4, 4.30 (via Stoneyhurst), 6 (via Stonoyhurst), 6.15,5.30 (via Stoneyhurst), 5.15 (via Stoneyhurst), 6.5, 7 (via Stonoyhurst), 8.30, 10 (via Stoueyhurst). Saturday —12.30, 1,15, 2, B,'fl. 11. From Mount Roskill—7 (via Stoneyhurst), 7.20, 8 (via Stoneylmrst), 8.25, B.4s(viaStoneyhurst), 9.30, 10.30 (via dtoneylnust), 11.15, 12.15 (via Stoneyhurst), I, 1.15 (via Stoiieyhurst), 2.30, 3.15 (via Stonoyhurst), 4,1.15 (viaStoneylmrst), 5.30 (via Stonoyhursl), ti.ls, 7, 9.15. Saturday - 1.15, 2. 0.30, tU6. From Queen-street (opposite Wyndham-street) to Mount fcMcn—S, 8.30, Si, tI.TO, J0.15, 11, 11.30. 12.30, 1.15 (omitted on Halurday), 2, 2.45,3.45, 4,15,1.30,6, ;>.7 (omitted on Sutunlayi, 6.30, 0.5, 9, 10. Saturday-1, 1.30, 7, 8.15, 9, 10, after opera. From Mount Eden—7.3o, 8, 8.30, 8.45, D, 9.30,10.15, 11, 11.30, 1115, 1.15, 2, 2.15, 3.30,1.4.15,5,5.30, 5.45, 7. 9.30. Saturday—6, 8, 9, 9.30. From Union Hank lo Mount Albert and Av0n da1c—0.15.10.15,12.15, 2 (omitted on Saturday), 3 (omitted on Halurday), 1.15 (omitted on Saturday), 5.15, C.15 (omitted on Saturday), 8 (Mount Albert only). 10.15 (omitted on Satur day). Saturday—l.ls, 2.30, 3.45, U. 10,11. From Avondale and .Mount Albert—7, 8, 9,10.15,' 11.30. J. 30, 3, 4, 5.30, 9 (Mount Albert only). Saturday—V.3o, 5, (UO. From National Hank to New Lynn—lo.3o (from Avondale only), 1.30, 5.30. Saturday—lo.Bo. Sundays, weather permitting—lo.4s, (i. From New Lynn —8.15, 12.15 (from Avondale only), 3.15 (omitted on Saturday). Saturday— 5.30. Sundays, weather permitting—9 a.m., 4.30. Special' Buses put on should sufficient Induce ment of Per. Hotels "ORINCE OF WALES HOTEL, II 0 W I C K. MRS. lIINDLEY, Proprietress.' The above Hotel has been renovated and Im proved, and affords good Accommodation to Visitors. Parties driving out on Sundays, and requiring Dinner, nre respectfully requested to Telephone tho day previous. Good Paddocks and Stabling, with best oaten chair, fiay, and corn. rpilE COMMERCIAL HOTEL, JL WHANGARET. LOR AM, Pkopkietor. Commercial Men, Visitors, Families, &0., will find this Hotel rupluio with every convenience for the comfort of Patrons on the most moderate terms. WW W W¥ THE RENOWNED OLD CITY CLUB HOTEL, SIIORTLAND-STREET. RENOWNED, because itwas known of old as the resort of the business men of Auckland, who have the credit ef appreciating good liquors; I have tho. pleasuro to announce that having Purchased the Lease of this Hotel, and being determined to supply only the BEST BRANDS, I do not fear the rosult.' MY SPECIALTY is that I stick to JOHN WALKER & SONS' OLD HIGHLAND KIL MARNOCK WHISKY that took FIRSTPRIZE MEDAL at SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, and PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITIONS, HEN NESSY'S and MARTiCLU'S BRANDY, and I will sell them in the bottle or glass UNADUL TERED. BfTi "O OBEBI S, PROPRIETOR (LATE OF ALBERT HOTEL}. Architects. EDWARD MAHONEY AND SON, '';.', !' |,"..1 v AR C HIT EC T S,' * '.;, Queen-street, Auckland, p. iierapath, f.r.i.b.a.] [s. ji. hekapath T> HERAPATH ,and SON, Tt''*'j ARCHITECTS, ■ f' \ Colonial Bank BuiLciNos. j^ DWA R D ■?. B~A~R TLEY , ARCHITECT, ; " ' ,'; STiCHBURY'SBmLDINaS," , . QUEEN-STREET. ... JO H N M, IT CHE LL, ARCHITECT, 1 : St, Mungo Chambers, Queen-etrect, and at Otiihuhu. Special Work undertaken fov tho Profession. .Perspectives m Brest Styles. ' Patent Drawings and Srjeeifications Carefully Prepared at Moderato ( Charges. iy R. P. F. M. B UR R 0 W S, M ; ; ARCHITECT ' i; A.M.P. Society's Buildings. ■Tl7 ILL IA M ERR IN GTO N, M, INST. C.E., M. Inst. M.E., , ,';, . CONSULTING ENGINEER/ AUCKLAND.



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Business Notices. TT^t^; CONSUMPTION CURAB[J "MR G. T. CONGREfR ' ON CONSUMPTION AND. ITS SUCCESSFUL TBEATMBNT.^:^ S ' Showing that direful dieeaso* to be curable in all its ata ß & ; ." ' [ ; ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, flgS 1 From the " Christian Hkrald," March 31, iss'q ''- ■ \ MRG.T.CONGRKVE'S raj|gf™TOT CONSUMPTION Wd | «• Continues to oe made i* great blessing to eufferers, far and wide, in every I king..°The wor ld anci w« cureelvea owe him a debt of gratif pc>. Kotlonpsin * a young lady undei h:«= ere, who baa recovered her health, p«.;l^ needofe^ I ca*ee (Mr Congreve io publishing one ever week), many o«-wlich hadbXMl 1 be no doubt that for Consumption and otW Chest Comr^.' /' sreve Ie a specialist of the first order, and etandg unrivalled.'Ortait^ %$$M I other diecovery in medical Bcience from which the consumpUvepatieat ta ß y £SS§S 1 hope »p from hie." ■ ~ v -. 'Bmn% " The one huwoxvEu and TniBTV-THRES CASES which are recorded wWffSt 1 book arc ft most convincing testimony ; but what have been long a marvel >% of cure which have been published for several years past m the weekly joijrj, N Included), one every week." (Tho reader ie referred to the- 'VChtfatlaVwrnft* tian Age," "Christian Globe," &c, &c). f The author (Mr Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Peckham, Lonclbtj), hag w. 11 entreated to make hia treotrnQut known in all the British Colonies. ThftrVl^ SSfc- BIXPENCE, 01.; SEVEMPEMC£,,POSTgiIEE,7tIeS^ Pobmshed by UPTON AND CO., AUO^LAND. ' || And may be ordered through any Bookst'ler. " M _ —^ TIT-BITS t LAKGE SIZE 9x4 BLANKETS, good quality, 3s lid each,'origiis|H 12s 6d per pair. Only at the Sale of the D. I. C., Canada B»iiaH Queen Street. . * . ;v . ;i . ..;?■[; TO MEET THE TlMES.—Winter Dress Materials, 4id, "M. (several hundred pieces to select from), well worth from IM to'l'j^B the Sale of the D. I. C, Canada Buildings, Queen Street. Wy LACE CURTAINS, 6 yards long, 2s 11 d per pair. Only at the Great S&K the D. I C, Canada Buildings, Queen Street. 1 T ITTLE BOYS' SUITS, all sizes, at about half original prices, attlie'D,t(l'; ■*-* Canada Buildings, Queen Street. [f. OVERCOATS FOR MEN at 16s 6d, worth 30s, lined throughoutwitl-lj plaid. This line cannot be procured again. Can now be had at J| iSale of the D. I. C, Canada Buildings, Queen Street. || 11/TANTLES AND MILLINERY half-price during the Sale of the D. ICI -^•*- Canada Buildings, Queen Street. , . '. || T ITTLE BOYS' OVERCOATS at 25 per cent, less than our originalpri#i -^ at the Great Sale of the D. I. C, Canada Buildings, Queen Street, H (CALICOES 2d, 2^d, 3d, 3-kl per yard at the Sale of the D.I C V V.i[ V Buildings, Queen Street. TV mV-1 IVTEN'S TWEED SUITS at 17s 6d the compbte suit, notliidgmu -L*JL Auckland; at; 255. At the Sale of the D. I. C, Canals U^ Queen Street. "WHITE TWILL SHEETINGS from 7|d to Is per yard, worth Sp 'T cent. more. At the Sale of the D. I. C,.Canada.!Buildings,Qota Street. ' ,' ,■■ -«»••* ...... ' ;.. -.- .',, . ■', -rr^p- . ■ .- "fpLOWERS AND FEATHERS half-price during the Sale of tkeD.U 1, -*- Canada Buildings, Queen Street. "ECONOMISTS in these times should look where they can spend thcirmow] to the best advantage, and a glance at our Stock and;/ Price*wllto vience the most sceptical of the ,:' WONDERFUL BARGAHS AT THE SALE OF THE ■' >ip» .:. ■.■:■■•■ ■■ ' ... " * ■ - i il f ■■■ . : ■■■ . : t J - ''" • ■ -*~ •'] ■ ■/ •.> ■ • CANADA . BUILDINGS, QUEEN ST., AUGKLAB ; JOHN SCOTT, Pkopbibxoi!: BRSOKS, PIPES," HENDERSON. HOBSONTILLE, ■■■■ :■ ' ■■'■■■• l•'•' ' ; ■■':" '■■ ■•»-■■ ■ i-\ ,'■ THE AUCKLAND BRIGS AMD POTTERY CWPJW .;.■ BIG to onaounco that they have completed the purchase of- the busineae »• property of the Acoki.and Bbiok and Tike Compakv (Limited). . ,■ The extensive works at Henderson and Hob3onvffle are now in-full operation, w are turning out Brioka and Pottery of tho finest quality. ' "" X'^ -• .. ORDERS RECEIVED AT THE ; COMPANY'S DEPOT, BREAKWATER EOAD; I •.•:." -■—- BY ■ ; S*M j : EDWIN .HORNSBY, -AGENT, OR AT THE f '■ TOWN OFFICE, t 4 , VICTORIA ARCADE, FORT-STREET. $ """" JOSEPH BAItBBR, WE ARE THE CHEAPESt KARANGAHAPE ROAD CORNER OF EAST-ST.