SHIPPING.

Sunset—This evening. 5.10. Sunrise—To-morrow morning, 7.2. Moon's Age—Full Moon, l£K. 8.19 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

Aucivt.^T> — This evening, 6.3; to-morrow morning, 6.23. Manukau Heads.—This evening, 5.43; .to morrow morning, 9,3. Kaipara Heads. — This evening, 9.43; to morrow morning, 10.3.

ARRIVALS.

Doric, s.s., from London Wellington, s.s., fromTauranga Omapere, 5..?., from the South Clansman, brigantine, from Rockhampton Lucy James, ketch, from Tairua Lancashire Lass, cutter, from Mercury Bay Gisborne, schooner, from Gisborne Jane, cutter, from Mahurangi Lea, cutter, from Matata Saxon, schooner, from Russell Wanderer, cutter, from Mahurangi Eleanor Morton, cutter, from Kawau Agnes Martin, ketch, from Russell Ida, scow, from Omaha

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVKNTN'G. Clansman, s.s., for Russell lona, s.s., for Tauranea

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Cbromandel, from Coromandel, to-day, 5

1 p.m. Rotomahana, from Thames, to-morrow, 0.30 Enterprise, from Thames, to-day, 10.30 p.m. Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Aug. 12 Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney, sailed July '20. Wanaka (Onehunga).from South, Thursday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Urusader, sh., iett .London on May z/ Rangitikei, sh., left London May 3 Waikato, ship, from London Piako, ship, from London Zealandia, ship, from London Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel-

ton ; sailed June 20 Wm. Turner, barque, from Fiji Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Elinor Vernon,. sch., JSFK, lefb New

York Feb. 5, (at Dunedin] Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin, sailed June 7 Arab, bq., left New York. April 3 (at

Dunedin) Dance, bq., to leave Java April 16 Ricardo, bq., from Java, early Oceola, bn., from Dunedin C. W. Janes, schr., from Lyttelton Myrtle, bn., left Dnnedin-August 1 "Wenona, bq., from Dunedin Olive, schr., from a cruise Notero, bq., from Lyttelton Defiance, bn., left Newcastle July 2G Darcy Pratt, bn., from Oamaru Peerless, bn., lett Oamaru July 20.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading Elinor Vernon, sch., for New York, early Suva, for Southei-n ports, to-day, G p.m. Te Anau, for B,ussell, to-day, 5 p.m. Te Anau, for the South, Thursday, noon Wanaka.(Onehunga), Friday, 10 a.m.

IMPORTS.

Per Omapere: 25S sacks wheat, 1,887 sacks potatoes, 250 sacks oats, 370 sacks flour, 180 sacks sharps, 70 sacks bran, 100 bags (1001b) flour, 320 bags (501b) flour, 10 sacks barley, 65 case 3 hop bitters, '25 bags lime, 50 cases jam, 84 hides, 53 packages sundries.

The schooner Glencairn arrived ab Wel lington fiom Tairua yesterday. The brigantine Myrtle left Port Chalmers for this port yesterday.

The barque Rourenbeck will go from this port to Newcastle to load for Valparaiso. The bi-iganbine Clansman arrived from Rockhampton in ballast; tins morning, and anchored beyond -the Railway Wharf. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have arranged that the barque Helen Denny is to load at Picton this season, and probably another of their vessels will follow her.

Thes.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei last evening with the following pas sengers : —Messrs Burder, Codber, Jackson, McKay, Aubrey, Masy, Mair, Clendon, Galbraith, Martin, Master Simon, Mrs Robinson, Miss Rook, and seventeen in the steerage.

The schooner Gisborne left Gisborne on July 16th, worked the usual East Coast ports, left Te Kaha on the 30th insfc. and arrived here at' 4- a.m. to-day. Passen gers : Mr and Miss Swinton, Mr Jno. Wright and one native. Cargo : 337 sacks maize, 8 sacks wheat, 10 sacks grass seed, 6 hogsheads and 6 casks tallow, 40 hides, 7 cases bacon, 78 pigs, 5 bundles skins, 25 casks whale oil, and sundries.

The s.s.' Omapere,. Captain R. Smith, arrived from Southern ports at 7 o'clock this morning. Passengers :—Messrs Hill© and Jourdain, and two steerage. The Omapere left Dunedin at midnight on the 24th, calling at Oamaru (25th), Timaru (26th), Napier<2Bth), and Gisborne at 2 a.m. on the 31st. Left again at 7 a.m.,. and reached Tauranga at 7 a.m. on the Ist; left at 4 p.m., arriving as above: experienced fresh S.W. wind to Cape Palliser, and afterwards to arrival light variable winds

No news has yet been received of the wfety of the schooner Columbia, which left Mercury Bay for Gisborne on the Gth ultimo. The schooner Gisbornß, which ar rived here this morning, called at almost .every port along the East Coast where the Columbia might have been expected td take shelter, and the only vessel resem bling her seen was a schooner jjOing into Hick's Bay on Friday last. The schooner was a long distance off, and as Hicks Bay was passed in the dark, her identity was not ascertained.

The brig Rio Loge, which arrived at Lyttelton recently, experienced some very heayy weather shortly after leaving Mauritius. On June 19 the wind carno out from S. VV., increasing to a heavy gale, with frequent squalls and much hail. The vessel ran before it under reduced canvas, arid on the 25th in lat., 41 S., long. 90 E., the wind having veered to N.S. W., blowing a hard wale, a heavy mass of. water camo over the starboard side abreassbof the main rifgino- and burst upon the deck with irresistible force, completely carrying away the lifeboat, which was in the skids over the main hatch, smashed in and carried overboard the galley with all the cooking utensils, stove jn and gutted out the deck house in which the crew were quartered, started the after-house, carried away a ' quantity of the top-gallanb rail, closet, side lights, and started the ventilator combings, so that a quantity of water found its way below. Fortunately.no lives were'losi The cook, a Chinaman* Who was in the galley at the time, had his head forced through the deckhouse bulk head but was not injured. The crew, haviiU their quarters carried away, bad to live'in the fore hold ' and *"*tll€> °ul >' cook' me utensils left were one pot and a part of a frvin«-pan, the resources 'of the cook were sorely tried.; However,a stove was. made out-of an oil drum, and, with a few pieces of sheet iron for a chimney, a decent bill of fare waspresented each day, the crew taking their meals in the after house. The weather still'continued very rugged and on the 29th a terrific cale from W.N.AV. set in, with a hi'h mountainous sea : Scudded before it uifdeivlow sail, the wind veering to S.W., and blowing with hurricane force.

ARRIVAL OF THE DORIC.

The Shaw, S,avill and Albion Company^ s.Sj{Poric arriveiirom tendon via tbeUpo

and Hobartafc 1.30 p.m. today. She left London on June 16th,' the Cape on July 9th, and Hobart on the afternoon of Thursday last. The Doric will discharge at the Queen street Wharf, and leave for Southern ports about Friday nexb, taking Strom this port cargo for London.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURES. Hawea, s.s., Hansby, for the South Oreti, s.s., Robertson, for New Plymouth

The s.s. Oreti left for New Plymouth at 3 o'clock this evening.

The Union Company's s.s. Hawea, Cap tain Hansby, for the South, took her de partur ' f o'clock this morning, with a gen*cn 1 t and several passengers.

TFLEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this day.—Arrived : Clansman, from Auckland, 8 a.m. OpqtikT, AUgust Ist.—Sailed : Chelms ford, for Auckland. Waitara, this day.—Arrived: Staffa, from Onehnnga, 6 15 a.m. ; Gairloch, from Onehunjra, G. 55 a. in. Lytticltox, this day.—Buchepalus, ship, for Calcutta. Pout Chalmers, August) 1. — Sailed : Penguin, for the North. Passengers : Mrs Foster and 4 children,' Messrs Parkhouse, Cooper, Meikle, Sutherland. London, July 31.— Arrived: Waimea, from Port Chalmers.

COMMERCIAL

Evening Star Office, this day.

Messrs Heskoth and Aitkin held a sale of prize poultry yesterday. There was a large attendance, and fair prices were real ised. First-class Brahmas only broulit 10s a pair, Langshans, Plymouth Rocks, and more fashionable birds brought higher rates.

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

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 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.

The imputation cast upon the moral stamina of the girls attending our public schools in a speech delivered by Bishop Neville, at Dunedin, and re ported in another column, will, arouse a feeling of indignation from end to end of New Zealand. Mr Jago, chair" man of one of the Dunedin committees, has earned our best thanks for the prompt and effectual manner in which he has met and rebutted the accusation- Butnothing short of evidence in substan tiation of the charge or complete recan tation and apology ought to be ac cepted by the citizens of Dunedin for this wholesale slander upon their daughters. The Bishop's mode of formulating the charge reminds us very much of some of the affidavits in the notorious Langworthy case. He expressly guards himself against making the statement on his own au thority, but airily throws it out as one of those things he " has been told you know.". He says that some person in a position which gives his opinion the weight of authority, but whose name he fails to disclose, has told him that the morals of the girls attending our public schools are being corrupted; but he cannot speak on the subject from his own observation. Bishop Neville should be aware however that in the eye of the law the person who repeats a slander is as fully responsible for it as the man who originated it. And in this case the position assumed by the Bishop is certainly very peculiar. Here is a church dignitary having the pas toral charge of a large body of Chris tians, whose business it surely is to acquaint himself fully with the moral condition of the people whose spiritual concerns are specially entrusted to his care, and he confesses that he has taken and circulated at second-hand a statement of this kind without satisfying himself fully of ': its truth. If this is a sample of the jus : tice and Christian behaviour which the introduction of. the Bible into.,; our schools is expected to produce, long may it be excluded. If Bishop Neville can produce anything in the books or course of instruction adopted in our public schools ; that, will have a morally degrading influence on the character of the boys.and girls attend ing them, then we will join heart and soul with him and the Bible-in-Schools party in demanding.a change. But so long as we find the ordinary school books pervaded-by moral maxims of the purest kinds, teaching the children that they are responsible to God as well as to man for the preservation of rectitude of conduct and character, we feel but-little interested in a movement which is, to! a large;.extent, a "fad," and which cannot be adopted without making' great, dangerous, and costly changes in our national systemi. .In casting about for some stone to fling at the public schools, Bishop Neville, falls , back ;i ju.pon the specious argument that the State having crushed out all competition, there is nothing left to compare these schools with. But in this he is mis taken.- He forgets that there is, at any rate, one section of the people who have done something more than talk—that the Roman Catholics have put their hands into their own pockets in order to give effect to their conscientious convictions. If Bishop Seville and his party are '.< so ■ very much in earnest on this question let them furnish us with substantial proof of it. Re-establish the parochial schools as the Koman Catholics have done. But they will dq nothing of the sort. The bulk of the Bible-in-Schools party, while demanding that -the Stute shall defray the cost of satisfying their consciences by giving Protes tant teaching in the public schools, are the bitterest opponents of

any concession to the conscientious scruples of the Roman Catholics, who have given so much stronger evidence of sincerity in this matter. We repeat emphatically what we have often said before, that the intro duction of the Bible into the public schools can only be sanctioned as part of a change in the entire system—from one completely under State controlvto one partly under ecclesiastical control —from secular to denominational. This would very likely meet Bishop Neville's views, but how many of the Bible-in-schools party would jojn hands with him 1

There is no lack of other systems with which the Bishop may compare the one that is doing such good work in New Zealand. We invite him to tell us something about the results in Eng land when the Church had full control of education : Give us a few figures showing how many millions the Church spent annually, and what propor tion of the people could read and write j tell us something about the manipulation of rich endowments that ought to have been used for the educa tion of the poor ; .state the statistics of crime and illegitimacy and the other offences against the moral code when the people took what little book knowledge they received just as the Church was pleased to dole it out to them. When Bishop Neville has done this and has compared the information so obtained with the moral standard of the girls attend ing the public schools in New Zealand, we shall know a little better what weight to place upon this wanton slander which the Bishop has—to use the mildest expression—so thought lessly retailed.

HOW TO STIMULATE PROS PERITY.

Several Auckland gentlemen who take an interest in goldraining, and especially in its .bearing upon the general prosperity of the colony, are advocating a scheme which is calcu lated to stimulate to a wonderful ex tent the mining industry in this dis trict, which has been somewhat lan guishing of late. The proposal is that the Government should offer a sub stantial reward—say L2s.ooo—for the discovery of a process for recovering the gold and silver from the refractory ores in the Hauraki goldfields district; the process to become the property of the Government, and the reward only to be paid on condition that the saving of the ore can be effected economi cally—definite percentages of cost and value recovered being stipulated. It is contended that the direct result of the discovery of some.economical process of gold-saving would be to add im mensely to the wealth of the colony, by the actual amount of gold obtained and by the stimulus that would be given to every other industry. Indi rectly, the effect would be also highly beneficial to the colony at large, for the reward suggested would have the effect of attracting to this part of the world a number of experts and scientific men, whose observations of the mineral wealth of Thames and Coromandel dis tricts would convince English capitalists that there were here excellent fields for investment. Even supposing that no one succeeded in inventing a process complying with the conditions, the gain to the colony by the wider diffusion of a knowledge 9oi her.im mense auriferous and argentiferous deposits would be immense. The " roar " for retrenchment may be urged as a reason for not asking the Govern ment to incur such a liability ; but it should be remembered that no money Avould be paid unless the Government received in return certain secret infor mation or patent rights which would be of far greater value to them than the pri c to be paid. If the vast mil ral wealth of the Hauraki dis t'ric wre the property of private iuc vid i.ls or companies, common bu> nes prudence ( would dictate the ad pting of some such method as ia proposed for developing that wealth and making it available. The Thames County Council, being com posed of men" who know at once the wealth and the wants of a goldfield district, are very properly moving in the direction of giving inducements to foreign capitalists to develop the mines. Surely the General Government, whose interests in the matter are much greater, have, a more palpable duty to perform in tho way of encouraging enterprise of the kind indicated. , A deputation of' influential men^ it has been suggested, ought to wait upon the Hon. J. A. Tole, ;as the only Minister in Auckland, to urge the matter upon his notice, and it is also important to obtain the sup port of Parliamentary candidates to the proposal. A preliminary meeting of those with a knowledge of gold mining might be necessary to enter into the details of the scheme and be prepared with definite proposals and figures. If that were done and it were found that the scheme was sound, there should then be a vigorous crusade made to obtain support for it. The Premier, who. has no special Auckland sym pathies, stated the other day that the development of the goldfields was essential to the prosperity of Auckland, and his support ought to be sure. The matter is one that comes home to every citizen of Auckland, and it is to be hoped that this practical ques tion will not be allowed to drop out of sight during the electioneering ex citement upon which the country has entered. •■-■ -

THE HEAD OF NEW ZEALAND CIVILISATION.

From recent Christchurch papers we cull a paragraph stating that a resident of that city has received^ a letter from

Home, which contains the information that Mr Archibald Forbes says, " that he places Christchurch at the head of New Zealand civilisation." ." We should be ' sorry to impugn the correctness of the conclusions arrived at by our observant visitor; but if his comparative estimate of the culture of our colonial cities be approxi mately accurate, then it is plain he has a very poor opinion of Auckland the aesthetic, Wellington the inflated, and Dunedin the solidly prosperous. The ecclesiastical City of the Plain may have society of a more " toney " caste than is to be found elsewhere in the colony; but considered in any other aspect, moral, social, or artistic, she is decidedly in the background. Within the last few days she has given repeated proof "that she is entitled to take the palm for political rancour and rowdyism. The other night Mr Bruce, while attempting to address a public meeting in Christchurch on such a purely abstract question as Free trade, was howled down by a mob of organ ised Protectionists, and he had to leave the hall without uttering a word of his intended lecture. Last night witnessed a repetition of the disgraceful tactics. A crowded meeting assembled to hear a political address by Mr D. Reese, when, according to the telegraphic report,the proceedings were disgraceful in the extreme. A number of "larrikins" (most of them probably full-grown) pelted the candidate with rotten eggs, rats, etc. Mr Reese managed to speak for some time, but at length the audience^ became unmanageable, and the meeting broke up in confusion. Such conduct, we make bold to say, would be impossible in any other city of New Zealand at the present time; for however keenly the peo ple may enter into the political warfare, they have not as a body attained to that height of civilisation which consists of meeting calm argu ment by addled eggs and dead rats. Mr Archibald Forbes, we fear, has committed the common mistake of speaking upon insufficient data regard ing the colonies and their inhabitants. It would be a sad commentary on the boasted progress that New Zealand has made during the fifty years of her colonial existence, if it should be thought that these displays of ruffianism represent " the head of New Zealand civilisation."

Sir Julius Vogel, having been applied to to have goods sent coastwise for exporta tion entered ab Custom-house here and com pleted at port of shipment, thus: giving Auckland credit for all goods, sb'shipped, has wired the following satisfactory reply: —" Chamber of Commerce,—As soon as can be done I have instructed that compliance shall be given to request in your letter of 22nd July. Regulations will have to be prepared.—Jdlius Vogel."

We learn that the referee appointed by the Borough of Palmerston North to report upon the competitive schemes open to New Zealand for water supply and dranage of the borough has placed two schemes for the water-supply, to cost L20,0Q0 each, pre pared by Mr W. F, Hubbard, C.E., hydraulic and sanitary engineer of this city, first in ordei- of merit,and compliments the author in very high terms upon the thorough manner in which his plans and reports have been prepared. The referee also places Mr Hubbard's drainage scheme, to cose L 58,000, 'first in order of merit, pro vided it can be held that a clause in the Municipal Corporations Act which came into force at the beginning of this year has not been infringed. Mr Hubbard,. we understand, is a specialist in these matters of 24 years' experience.

In connection with the death ofMrG. W. Bishop, who was shot by a woman at San Francisco, we learn that the deceased left Auckland early in March last on the advice of Mr W. J. Napier, his solicitor, in order to collect evidence and materials in the United States for an important case in which Mr Bishop was interested. He ar rived in San Francisco in excellent health, and proceeded about the business on which he was engaged under one of the leading solicitors in San Francisco. Communications were constantly received from him. Mr Bishop had acquired con' siderable wealth in business in New Zea land. He was latterly a chemist at Gis borne, and many years ago was a chemist and photographer at the Thames. Before leaving for America he made his will,which will be proved in due course before the Supreme Court. The deceased had many friends at Gisborne, Auckland and the Thames, and was a quiet, unobtrusive man. He was also a man of considerable mental culture.

A lad named James Given, aged 12 years, was kicked by a cow at Kohimarama yesterday, and was severely cut about; the face through being knocked against a wall. Mr Hogan brought the lad to town in the boat, and had his wounds dressed by Dr. Purchas.

_ A coronial inquiry was held yesterday into the circumstances attending the drown incr of the two children,- Charles and William White, at Eden Terrace, on Sunday 4ast.' The evidence of Dr. Lawry, William White (father of the deceased), John White (their brother) and Constable Dewes was taken, and the jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental Drowning."

There is a capital engraving of the new Grand Master of the Grange Institution for Ireland (the Earl of Erne) in the window of Mr W. E. Mears, bookseller and stationer, Queen-street.

Mr Inspector McGoyern has re ceived a telegram from Okaihau , in timating that the Hauhaus have now dispersed, and returned to their kaingas, so that the recent vigorous action of the authorities has }iad a goodY "effect on the native mind! When the Oreti was leaving Rawene with the prisoners and their escort, the settlers who mustered in full force to see the steamer off, gave three cheers for Inspector McGovern and his plucky subordinates.

To the Editor: Sir,—Amidst all the shrieking about retrenchment, there is not a single candidate who has had the manli ness to'say one word ■in favour of what Catholics have done in saving the country a half million pounds since the Education Act passed ; nor what it would cost the country if the Catholics were now to throw all their children on the State for educa tion. But there is no fear of that alterna tive, as they will never avail themselves of a system which, indirectly bub surely, inculcates pure principles of atheism in the minds of the children.—l am, etc., J. J. Crofts.

A most successful meeting was held in the Tuakau Hotel on the 23rd ultimo for the purpose of forming a football club. Some twenty-five young men signified their intention of joining the club.. Mr George Brown was electedTPiesident, Mi- William Gelling- Captain, and Mr 'H. Harris Sesretary, arid Mr James toland Treasurer. Last Saturday aboul^ 2§ members foiled up to -praise, ,

were losing *«nceitoS^^ft«2: TotheEdltor-Si^Hrti* form me whatm Jha ™ yM these young l adies : «J« of a .reduction Perhaps £35 friends might give their Sen? >*** Uj head.-Yours truly, Pafiggj*^ The programme of the SonH-v ! tainment at the City ri "S^ enfe. (Wedn eßday) etning 7 ft *>J another column,. «5 Svef J a more than usually uSX?^! amusement! The cW n 8 nlghft of course, the dancmgt * Championship o f New -5?IS fcltli»ns for ft* Messrs Mu/ro and ttSji, agreed upon being the ftSS■ c *£» fance the Highland S°S 5 land Fling. Mr Simr^i^ Md Hk, play the pipes to I™ da !^r^ yides the music for the chatnln \^ judges and referee are such it 5 public confidence. As the «Li %miaN) are to be handed'over to thefr^ building fund, a.number of tKll^ of the Club have come fSnK *«? J a varied and intellect™ bm $}£?*< vjl Je wen, the programme i I"&:■ & hotch-potch," in "which LtS element predominates. 'Mr 1? t?1 *8*: Donald is to preside; an orfonSsiMe to be given, alongwithanu m Vo£ E^ Scottish songs, several excellently** and violin and bagpipe: seK^V prices have been fi&* g*"* & -ranging from sixpence in tEn^ shillings in. the dress circle, 1^ figures there is sure to be a ar e « Lf> of^^= b fen^st afternoon was not of a very .W* character The House »Si?fiH that one of the female patiente L S a nurse, and had used mproi h»^ The complaint was referKfeß^ Committee. A complaint ' reUtS'??' leged unwholesome milk was i£M f> ,£: same committee. It was arrevi^S payment of Ll5O be made to &W cil for the smallpox hwnlKi M"" The-bank overdraft vwtAJtft Secretary at 14,315, Br/Mf, thaE ThbapflCtS?^ of the Bto^br&fe^^iJJH* was, referred to; the cSblf Ta ?' the Treasury, who.pra-misel, ded™t! the.amounts duebythe other bodies if the first subsidies payable to them, Gavin, Secretary to the. Treasury, ra J stating the amount of LIB" 18a" £ stopped from the subsidy due td Is W huhu Road Board, had been retaiiedbvZ Treasury and applied in part papquffi claim for L 696 13s ldmaSe bylE tion_Departtnent for maihten^ca of*.' ren m Industrial Schools! TheßouseCom. mittee reported against the proposfe^ tion in the number of the nur/me M tat suggested the consideration 0 { thea«Ws» bility of employing probatir^^ ' _ The -usual weekly meting o f te.B street. Mutual Improy', men t.Societr to held last night, Mr yf hos. BK»% »^, n?- Mr^' ?• D^gksreadapapetM Jlohammedaiiisrp..'l , The- essayist, in dealing with thel^fe and character of tk founder of the rf ; ligion, his influe'npe"on|tb6 people around him, and the creedJirMh taught, markka the;contrastletween tie social degradation attending his tescife? and the freedom enjoyed by Christian^ The essayist also read'some interesting ei> tracts from the writings of Sir Wfflian Muir, Professor Fairburn and others '-$t ing upon the subject.' The essay: S« listened to1 with great attention, andfw! much appreciated. To the -Editor: Sir,—Seeing a let'tein the morning paper defending cycling,' I should like to put my spoke, in the 971 aw weal. What "E. J.Fi" says is perfectljlfat with reg-ai-d to the.jdeathiOf Dr. Cottisiwi KeitH Falconer; it was not dueixs,exo|ssivß cycling, but to altogether different fe* Cycling as an. exercise-is one of WW and most. exhilarating:_pastimes evier in vented, ,and it ,-is all tommy xak .to, talk about it bringing on heart' aiitoe.; k&j sport or. exercise "that isindßlged uuiotoo great an extent is bound to break jb» down in. the end, bub e^fery cyclists into world will agree with meiihatwraflw riding.season is; on -they feelbettjerm stronger than at .any other fcime;of tibtffli< —Yours-truly, S: Hunter, W.8.C.;... A practical and instructive lec'to'* given last evening before the me*iiito.B St. David*s Mutual Improvemenfc M»] by Mr McGregpr on.f'Humbrig," beari^ W colonial life and the doings of:AacfP people in their public and private capec iW Mr John Lamb (PresidentHowupiw i w chair. : There " .was. a lai^e atow .M including about forty of tt* sex. Mr McGregor described .m! s* bugs and shams of society, giving j jrap .aaa,humorQus portraits^of mical, teetotal, fashionably and, 1 nm J all;- religious humbugs. ; lectju)■«««* a good deal of amiisement, and, v as »«* exposition of'the false •practiW/SOJ-sWi and ot those men • "Who shun tb c open p.'itliofj - Hone3t<jtrjfe, Who by fal? & actions V oism^ ' Mor4\Hfe, , . ~ Wolvesir, s 2, e ep's,cloQiiiig,J^ i Ot >inavish tricks, r, ■ Who ta',k '■ Retreiichincnt,'1 tW l (, ' 0/ politics." (CJieers.V An 'interesting lowed, m which. Messrs %vk%J BlackEian; Angus, 'Enif ;W, and. tie Chairman took pa &'..?" U "Flow on, ThouShinfeff#'er> -Wfci fully rendered by Miss MB er andigj ■Bell, and "Hope's WhiSpor, W i]L2p» Bell and D. Taylor, ■^?° WW the. pianoforte accomparonientt. .^ '^ the increasing attendancis at » -^ Society,' considerable, hn]?roven«a-j^ been made in the room, viz., a fF-Jfa choir and speakers, v&&*!***■ 01 from^the wall, chavrs, .[, i B ,-t#. oJ evening next, a gentleman. wi«' " Tne Overland Kcute." f;. 1 ■ ■ I ( ,](| ur An evangelistic service n&[J h^. night in Stf Andrew's P^byfc^ Rev. A. Carrick' presided. ,Wm f been offered by several ■*"««*'V if Chew, Beresfo^d-street, gave » structive address to the young^^ v of procrastination, urging the Saviour without .delay. J£ : _j^ after-meeting, to which n Mrt J^ , when prayer and praise were. A several elcters ; of .the Carrick made a few i^ rk££^ of the mission.- After the Ben*" meeting was brought to a cio-e. At Parnell, to-morrow, J^atf be taken to fill' »» «ff J vacancy, in the Bmough<£^^ candidates are Mr J h?M^ .flj of the borough who,h« >g^.^/, service in varfoua capa^« slorß w" '

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1887-

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QPEECH TO THE WOMEN OF AUCKLAND. Copies of Mr J. AITKEN CONNELL'S Speech to the Women of Auckland, in pamphlet form, may now bo obtained from Messrs Upton and Co., or Kidd and Wildman, Queen-street. Price, 2d each. • No Married Lady or Spinster in Auckland should bo without a copy. Also, Maiden Speech at St. Sepulchre's School-room, price Id each; and Speech to 2,000 Working Men at Opera House, price 2d each. JjJ- 0 T I C E. The Business heretofore conducted in New Zealand by ARNOLD, HINES, & Co. Will hereafter be carried on under the style of ARNOLD, CHENEY, & Co., KAURI GUM MERCHANTS AND Importers of American Merchandise. All outstanding accounts against and due to Messrs Arnold, Hines and Co. will be collected and paid by their successors. F. R. WEBB, Attorney Auckland. N.Z., July 2G, 1887. TjIREDK. LARKINS having retired from his partnership with Win, McArthur and Co., is establishing himself in London as a COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL, AND CONFI DENTIAL AGENT AND REFEREE. London Address : 17, Gresham-street, E.C. (Caro of Thos. Micklom, Esq.) Auckland Agent: MR F. G. EWINGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under the superintondanceof F. Larkins. INDENTS executed by him. ESTATES Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. PRODUCE aud MANUFACTURES ad vanced upon in Auckland. MR LARKINS will be in Auckland till the end of July. nKEAT T> A R G A I N S IN STOCKINETTE JACKETS, ULSTERS, PALETOTS. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN Has purchased the balance of a Warehouse Stock of this season's Goods in above lines, at a very HEAVY DISCOUNT, AND WILL SELL TO CLEAR QUICKLY AT ABOUT HALF USUAL PRICE. I They are NEW IN STYLE and CHOICE GOODS at VERY LOW PRICES. ■ . ■ Also, will sell Balance of , WINTER G0 O D|S In Blankets, Wool Shawls. " Skirts, Dress Goods, Fur Capes, Ladies' and Gents Mackintoshes, Clothing, &c., AT CONSIDERABLE REDUCTIONS, Rather than keep over till next season. MAIDS' AND LADIES' APRONS, Half-price. 288, UPBER QUEEN - STREET." j7~ ~h ° w D E "*• WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, QUEEN-STRICT. Has now convenience -fov making and repair ing of Jewellery and ftir the repairs of every description of Watches^ Chronometers, &c, &c, and to further increase his repairing and manu facturing; department, ha is disposing: of the remainder of his PIANOS at and under cost. Persons having old sold jewellery can have it; made up into new and fashionable articles, to order, and all the bettor class of watches and chronometers receive his personaLsupervision. Rotherhams' Genuine English Lovers in stock. mHE "MEL9t>URNEAGE." Circula- JL tion, 68,000 tf.aily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, ai\d General Newspaper in the Colonies. Prica, Id ; Cs 6d per quarter. The " LEAI&R," is pages. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Woekly News paper. Price, 6d : Cs 6d per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single num bers, Gd; double numbers, with coloured plate. Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildmaru, Upton and Co.. and E. Wayte, Auckland; and all News Agenta. Post free. ~...,, mO WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. W. S. LAURIE & Co. Have for Sale: Winter and Spring Seed Wheats Tartarian Oats—Black, White, and Dun Bomemeal and Bonedust of various descriptiona (Analyses may be inspected). Nitrate of Soda, Ammonia, Potash Guanos—lsland and Peruvian Wire, Sacks, a^wine, &c, &c. CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. BOX 32!). ■ TEtEPHONH 435 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, or ONIONS, OATS, ; or MAIZE, * PALL ON ■-■-■- ."\ -■.= ■ ALFRED _ [



A WELL-CU T SUIT, A Neat Fit, Good Material, Well Made, and Three Guesses at the Beans, that may win you £50—all for 355. At A. WOOLLAMS & Co.'s Groat Sale, of Winter Tweeds, SYDEN HAM HOUSE. GREY-STREET. F. R. .. C LAUDE ' Agent fob thk SALE AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES, Agent for TRUSTEES AND ABSENTEES, Shortlanr-stkeet. A JUBILEE GIFT. A CABINET PHOTOGRAPH of AUCKLAND SCENERY given away to every purchaser of a ; Tin o£ HILL'S COLONIAL BAKING POWDER. E. B. HILL, Manufacturing Chemist, Eden Terrace. ~VT E W S E ASON'S TEA S~ i Our first shipment of 3,502 packages has ar rived, and we invite the attention of the trade to the selection mado by our experienced buyers in Foochow, guided by the standard of the most successful Teas of last season. The bulk of the shipmont comes from the cele brated Panyong district, and is of the various ranges of value adapted to this market. Buyers will find the character of those Teas particularly good, and our prices fixed on the lowest busis of importers' profit. Liquoring samples on application. - ■ L. P. NATHAN & Co. ; • I ■ ■ ■ ' ' CLEANING bALE. MILNE AND CHOYCE Beg to state that, though they have now discontinued selling the whole of their I goods at reduced frtces, still, in view of the space being required for the NEW SPRING GOODS, ; now an their way from Home, they have decided to CONTINUE THE SALE FOR A SHORT TIME LONGER, OF THE BALANCE OF WINTER GOODS AT THE SAMK i IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. ALL REMNANTS LEFT OVER FROM THE SALE WILL BE CLEARED OUT REGARDLESS OF COST. N.B.- SATURDAYS, the Shop Closes at 2 p.m. MILNE & CHOYCE, GENERAL DRAPERS, AUCKLAND i , ■ ;_;.!. '■M\ji& R "I i'V'k A L • OP THE W 0 0 SUN G : WITH ' J 1 OO' l; ff ALF-C HES T S of ; :. . ~ , m c a. i The selling price is only EIGHTEENPENCE UER POUND, Beat This If You Oak! | ..;. -r, . 'r. n■•• ■ .?.! -.•• .■■• Tj^ARLE AND J^ONTGOMERY, GROCERS, . ■ klaransahaph koad. si ■ ■ ./■.'."■ j1 ' j f • . •: I TI>,AISING TK^E WIND, : A. WOOLLAMS (& Co.'s Cloj aring-out Sale of Winter' Tweeds closes on August 3IJ; . iTrouera .. .. „ .. •- IQs j Suits .... ..-..- •• •• 3os And a guest at the beans. tJ^JjLAT SYDENHAM HOUS^ GREY-St. I/SiRASS MANURE.—EreezinmCo.'s. £7 AjT 10b, of all merohanta. ■ f\ XACINTOSHES, a Bargain.— At J. iiV.|. JDaUoa's,Tailor, yiotorlft-street^ast.



MEDICAL HALL, PONSONBY . (Opposite the Three Lamps). J.G.HENDERSON, Proprietor, in thanking tho residents ot Ponsonby and surrounding dis tricts tor their support and conlldcnco for the past eleven years, would again call their atten tion to a few of the proprietary articles manu factured by him from drugs of the very best quality procurable. Quinine, Iron, &c. Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia, Rheumatic and Gout Mixtures, Toothache Reliever. The above give speedy relief, es pecially in facial neuralgia For Coughs, Colds, &c -Cherry Pectoral, Balsam of Horehound, Chlorodyne. The above are superior to the imported article, being recently, prepared. AntibiHous Pills, suitable to the climate ; are purely vegetable ; give speedy relief. From Is per box ; by post, Is 2d. Prescriptions and Famih- Recipes faithfully prepared. ' • J.G-.H/s Worm Powders and Mixture are the most effectual remedies known to medical science. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dr. BAKEWELL regrets that, owing to the rush of patients in the afternoons and evenings, many have had to wait a long time. He would therefore advise those requiring lengthy consul tations, examination of the chest, etc., to come in the mornings from 9 to 11. Saturday after noons and evenings will in future be reserved for male patients only.-Address: Hobson- STREET, 2 BOORS BELOW COOK-STREET. HOUI'S: 9toU,3toi, 7to 9. Fees: Cash invariably ;no booking. For advice and medicine, 2s 6d; for ■ visit and medicine, ss. R~ J. MURRAY MOORE, M.D., M.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to Ip.m., at Pond's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, 153, Queen-street; 2 to 3 p.m.,. and 7 to S p.m. at Rosidcnce, Lowor Symonds-street. Telephone 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, 1 p.m., T UESDA V and FRIDAY Pure Calf Lymph. DR. WILK IN S, In tho present depressed times, has reduced his fee to os for advice and medicine both in general and special practice. P.B.—Arranges Spectacles for all kinds of bad sight. . . . R, BOND (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital), Karangahapc Road, near corner of Upper Queen-street. Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 a.m., 2 to 3 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. At Edson's, 200, Queen-street: 11 a.m., 12.30 p.m. Telephone 132.