SHIPPING.

' SUNSET-This evening, fa.sß. Sun-rise—To-morrow morninsr, 5.41. . Moon's Age-FuII Moon, October 2nd, 10.52 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

ArcKLAxp - This evening, 5.1 c; to-morrow ni™N ni?'uMlKAD ? .-This evening, 7.53; to "SSSx^St.This evening, 8.53; to morrow morning, 9.13.

ARRIVALS.

lona., s.s.. from Tauranga Christina, schr., from Whangarei Atlanta, sem\, from Whangarei

DEPARTURES.

Wairarapa, s.s., for South Gleua. schr., for Napier ■ Dunedin, schr., for Napier Waiwera, schr., for Norfolk Island ; Loch Naw, bq., for Newcastle Mawhera, s.s., for Greymouth Saxon, schr., for Russell Norval, schr., for Russell

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandcl, to-day. 5 p.m. , „, ~ o ™ Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 8.50 Enterprise, from Thames, Saturday, 5 p.m. I Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney, October 9 Wanaka, at Onehunga, from boufcn, to day, 8 p.m. , , Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Oct. o

RAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Pkko, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lur'line, ship, left London July 25 Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow- July 1 Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool Rosedale, from Middles borough, for Kaipara Zealandia, ship, left London July 23 Evie Reed, bq., fr>m 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 Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, from New V ork Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Wenona, barque, from Dunedin, early Orpheus, schooner, left Dunedin Sept. 14 Maile, schr., from a cruise Louie, schooner, from a cruise. Smaragd, brigantine, from Dunedin Lizzie Guy, schooner, from Lyttelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Chelmsford, s.s., for Opotiki, Friday, 5 p.m. Stormbird, s.s. (Onehunga), for West Coast ports, Friday, 3 p.m. Eabgitikeii ship, loading for London Wauaka, for Southern ports, Friday, 5 p.m. The ship Crusader entered outwards at the Customs to-day for Napier. The Auckland passengers and cargo per lonic will leave Wellington on Friday in the Union Company's steamer Tamwera. / The brigantine Linda Weber arrived at Normantown, Queensland, from the Thames prior to the 22nd inst. The ship Blair Drummond left Welling ton last week for Gisborne, where she is to unload several enormous pieces of iron work for the harbour works in course of construction there. The s.s. Janet Nicol leaves Dunedin to day for this port, via way ports, and should arrive here about Tuesday evening. She will leave for., Wellington and Southern norts on the 6th pi ox. The alterations found necessary in the ferry steamer Eagle were completed yester day, and after a trial of speed to-day she is io be docked to effect a general cleaning. 9,' lie alteration to her paddles consists in the t.se of a combination float instead of the usual fixed one. The s. 9. lona arrived early this morning from Tauranga and way ports, with the following passengers:—Messrs Galbraith, J. W. Cray, Vogan, Mesdames Norman and Crabbe, 10 natives with 8 children, Dun edin and party (3 adults and 3 children). The lona lef b again at 8 p.m. for the Barrier. The s.s. Wairarapa left for Melbourne shortly after 12 o'clock to-day, via Southern ports, with a general cargo, including :— 207 cases gum, 202 hides, 80 bags sugar, and 170 sacks oysters. Passengers :-—For (jisborne: Miss Yon derHeyde, Mrs and Miss Longley. For Napier: Rev. Hill, Miss Stuart, Messrs A. Baylis, J. W. Wallace, B. W. Mountfoot, J. J. Hardy, and A. Sutherland. For Wellington : Miss Quick, Mrs Wells with two children and servant, Mrs Rhine, J£ev. E. 6. Mooney, Messrs W. J. Geddis, J. Dickey, W. Pollard, Pickersgitt, R. Cob bett. For Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Mel bourne : Mr and Mrs F. Knight, Mrs Bu chanan, Mr H. Smith, and 9 steerage. ARRIVAL OF THE lONIC. Wkllin-gton-, September2Bth.—The lonic arrived at 3 o'clock this afternoon from London. She left the docks on August 11, Plymouth on the 13th, and had northerly winds and fine weather to Teneriffe, where she arrived on the 18th. Left again at noon the same day, crossed the equator on the 25th, and reached the Cape on the morning of the 4th September. Left the same day for Hobart, and during the first portion of the voyage had moderate winds and fine weather, but in the latter portion experienced strong W. and S.W. wind. Arrived at Hobart at 8.50 p.m. on the 23rd September, and left again at midnight for here, experiencingl variable winds, with showery weather. The actual time of the voyasre was 46 days 3 hours 13 minutes ; the actual steaming time, 44 days 23 hours 52 minutes. The lonic come.s out under the command of Captain Kidley, formerly of the Coptic, and it is understood that Mr Benke, formerly chief officer of the Coptic, lias been appointed to the command of that steamer. The lonic brings 15 first class, 27 second class, and 90 third class pas sengers for all ports. Passengers for Auck land : Saloon : Mr and Mrs W. Reid, Mi^s Alice Wright, Mrs Flora Philson. SeorTnd. Saloon : Mr and Mrs G. White, Messrs J. R. • Clement, and Charles Barrett. Third Class : Mr and Mrs David Garrett and son Misses A. Hughes, S. J. Palmer, S. Green wood, Ray (5), Messrs John Ray, Georc4 Spence, James Spence, R. D. Dusefield H.. Edgar, William Selby, Masters Ray

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Melbourne, September 27,-*-Waihora s.s., for Bluff. ' Adelaide, September 2P,. — Arrived • Orient steamship Lignria» from London" with the following passengers for New Zea land :—Mr and Mrs Chapman, Miss Chap man, Messrs Vcvends, Wilson, Eevs. Uoollas, Key. Clecjoiits, Mre Harper Pokt Ciialmeks, Senfcembcr '29. — Ar rived : AorangJ, from iyttclton. Pokt Ciuwiers, Scpiomber 28.—Sailed - Taraweva, for the North. Auckland pas sengera :—Mrs Bai,tj s . Misa Howcll, Messrs Joyce and KeatU,. For Russell: Mr Oak c\ en and fataife Mr Bluudell. £R O y Sydney • Mr and Mrs -Rhcsdes, Mr Charsnan.

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

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 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.

We think a little allowance should be made for the intense feeling of dis appointment which a candidate who has been encouraged by his canvass to relieve he has a good prospect of success must feel when he finds his hop^s rudely dashed, and the votes of the people turned against him. It is not' in every man's nature to take a beatiltfg good-humouredly. We'have known many otherwise clever and amiable men who could not lose a game of cards or. even of draughts with out also losing their tempers. The little ebullitions at the declarations of the pcil to-day, therefore, are quite pardonable, and should be treated in a spirit of good nature. ' The defeated candidates, however, should remember that when two or three men are struggling for victory it is the in evitable fate of some one to lose, and that the feelings of •" the other fellow " are quite as much entitled to consid eration as their own.

Mr Samuel Vaile appears to be especially sore over his defeat, which he attributes directly to the opposition _ of the press and he expresses the opinion that the press have no right to interfere when two candidates are

contesting a seat. If the newspaper opinion had been on the other side, Mr Vaile's view of the matter would very probably have been different. The public expect from the press—and have a} right to expect—a clear and unmis takable expression of opinion upon so momentous a question as the choice of men to govern the country, and any journal which shrinks from that duty and shelters itself under namby-pamby generalities for fear of offending its advertisers or invoking the wrath of defeated candidates or their sup-

porters is fit only to be sold as sausage wraps. The reflection which Mr Vaile endeavours to cast upon the press really falls upon the electors, for the power of the press is absolutely bounded by the intelligence of the people. The press can only appeal to the public judgment, and inasmuch as Mr Vaile himself acknowledges that he has been treated with great courtesy and consideration by the press through out the advocacy of his railway scheme, it comes with not altogether good grace to complain when in pursuance of their duty the newspapers feel impelled to express opinions counter to his claims. It is rather a curious doctrine that paid canvassers and committeemen should have the sole privilege of criticis ing a candidate's claims to a seat in the Parliament of the country. However, the complaint is not worth serious dis cussion. If Mr Vaile means to pursue a public career, he will have to learn to take criticismsandreverses with a better grace. In no part of the world does the press allow a wider latitude than in Auckland for the free discussion of public questions apart from the. parti cular view adopted by the news paper. In England a newspaper will rarely admit any opinion antagonistic to its own views and policy. The length and impartiality of the reports of election meetings given by the press during the present contest have been conspicuous, and candidates who failed by means of their speeches and their canvassers to convince the elec tors that they were the best men will not help their cause much by railing against the judgment of the electors, whose verdict they had voluntarily solicited. No man has a pre-emptive right to a seat in Parliament, and if the electors, having heard all that can be said for and against a man's right to their suffrages, decide to vote agdnst him, why, there is an end of the matter, and it is useless to cry about it.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Among the kaleidoscopic views of the political situation, its probabilities and possibilities, two ideas seem to be generally entertained: First, that the Government will resign at once, with out attempting to meet Parliament; and second, that the Governor will send for Major Atkinson, the mover of the want-of-confidence motion, to form a new Cabinet. There is a still further element of agreement to the extent that, although the Government are beaten, there is no real element of cohesion in the Opposition.. Sir Julius Vogel possesses quite as large a personal following as he did in the former House, and the members who might attach them selves to Major Atkinson, although mainly Liberal Conservatives, also include a number of Eadicals. The latter will not unnaturally form a third party of which Sir George Grey is the natural leader. There are a very large number of new and young men in the new Parliament, and the Government against which they were pledged to vote having been removed, it is absolutely impossible to say how they may be disposed to act. Another highly dis turbing element in the count is the immediate necessity to provide for a large deficit, which, at once raises a bone of contention in the shape of Free Trade v. Protection. Altogether, Major At kinson when summoned will not have a very easy task, and yet so disastrous have been the elections upon the old leaders of tha House that practically the member for Egmont, Sir George Grey, Sir Julius Vogel, Mr Ormond, and Sir John Hall seem to be the only men whose position is well enough assured to give them a chance of forming a party which could carry on the Government. It is quite on the cards that Major Atkinson may attempt to form a coalition with Sir Julius Vogel, which would be a consummation never meditated by those avlio have fulminated so much against the Radical section of the Executive. We think it more pro bable, however, that he will first of all open up negotiations with Sir George Grey, Mr Ormond, Mr Scobie McKenzie, and the leading members of his own party with the object of filling up the portfolios from among the members who have foughb their elections in antagonism to the Ministry. If coalition follows later on, it will be because of the insta bility of a Ministry created in this way.

THE AFGHAN SITUATION.

With the Ameer of Afghanistan sick, it is believed unto death, his subjects in open rebellion, and a rival claimant to the throne in the field, it is plain that an early and complete revolution mnst be effected in that country. The chief concern of Englishmen is to see that, in the readjustment of affairs, Eussia does not obtain the preponder ance of power. All present indications point to the probability of Eussian intrigue being successful in getting com plete possession of Afghanistan,- with Ayoob Khan as nominal ruler. One of the Ameer's generals, with 2,000 men under his command, has gone over to the rebels, and there is a probability of the Ameer of Bokhara, acceding to the re

quest made to him to assist Ayoob Khan in seizing the Afghan throne. That the danger of Russia acquiring possession of Afghanistan, and thus menacing India, is real and urgent, is proved by the reported offer of the Nizam of Hyderabad to give men and money towards the work of checking the Russian advance. The only way to keep Afghanistan as a " buffer" between Russia and India is for an English army to occupy Herat at once, and the Afghans are so jealous of foreign intervention that this would mean war. An Afghan sheik, inter viewed a few years ago by a European journalist, stated that the ever-recur ring rebellion was as much a protest against English influence in Afghanis-

tan as an effort to cast off the authority of the Ameer. This is probably true, but it is equally true that direct interference by Russia or any other Power \vould be as. strenuously resisted by the turbulent Afghans, who have all the mountaineers' instinct of independence. The difference is in the preparedness to fight for the posses sion of Afghanistan, and in that respect the advantage is all with the Musco vite. English influence has long been on the wane iv Central Asia, and Russian prestige has corres pondingly increased ; the time has now come, or is near at hand, when it will have to be sternly decided which Power shall control the affairs of Aghanistan and hold the key to India.

THE MURDER IN THE CAROLINES.

We have received the following inter esting communication with reference to the cable account of the murder of the Governor of Ponapi in the Caro line Islands:

Sir, —The reported murder at Onoupe of the Governor and several of the Spanish garri son, must I believe if true at all refer to Ponapi. Ponapi is an island about 60 miles in circumference, very broken and densely covered with bush. It is purely volcanic and strewn with huge boulders and basalt prisms in every direction, I was there about 6 months ago. A Spanish warship had called to select a site for a town and a Governor, with a few soldiers and some convicts from Manilla, for public works, were then expected. The Carolines belong by discovery to Spain. Nothing has been done with them for the centuries during which they have been nominally held by her. Not a single Spaniard has settled in or traded with them. The American Mission (Congregational) has long been es tablished in the Archipelago, which is very extensive being about 1,500 miles in length and covering a vast extent of ocean. At Yap, the westernmost island, a Governor and 50 soldiers were sent two or three years ago when Germany attempted to seize the island, and Spain so strenuously resisted. Kusaie, or Strong's Island, is the head quarters of the American Mission. At Ponapi there is an American mission ary, and the excellent Mr Logan is at the large island of Ruk, where ■ the people are still known for their savage piracies. At all the other islands the missionaries are nativestrainedatStrong'slsland. At Ponapi there are about 2000 natives, two-thirds of whom are still heathen. It is a great resort of whalers, and contains very interesting and massive ruins which have. nothing to do, evidently, with the present people.

The natives throughout these islands are eager to belong to England or America, be tween which they draw no distinction. They know nothing of Spaniards or Ger mans, and it is so throughout the many thousand miles of ocean and the many islands I have visited.

I have never been to Samoa but am in formed it is the same there. This is quite natural, considering that while England and America and even France have made great sacrifices in establishing missions and in other efforts to benefit the natives, Germany is known to them as a trader and a trader only. It is surely right that the wishes of these people—weak as they are —should have some weight in deciding their fate. In the Caroline Islands our interest is remote. In Samoa it is direct and vital, and the wishes of the people ought to have effect. If they wish to be English they ought to be so and the pretensions of Germany should be, in my humble opinion, resisted at all costs. If it is worth their while to fight for them, it is worth England's while to fight too. If this ; were distinctly understood, it would save both nations much trouble now and New Zealand great trouble here after.—l am, etc., F. J. Moss.

Considerable delay took place at the Police Court this morning, owing to a de termination on the part of the justices to master the Municipal Corporations Act ; under which several charges had been laid. Three cases were held over in succession with this object, but were eventually de cided by the imposition of small fines. One of the justices remarked to Sergeant Pratt that " it was a pity he had not let the Bench know of these cases the night before they came on, so that they could look up the by laws."

Inspector Goldie is anxious to impress upon persons who have charge of vehicles that they are not allowed to leave their traps standing at other than the ap pointed places. He obtained another con viction at the Police Court this morning.

Messrs Cousins and Atkin have forwarded to the Hastings Exhibition, to open on the sth proximo, six. vehicles of Auckland manufacture, and made of New Zealand timber. Mr Charle3 Atkin himself left for Napier by the Wairarapa this afternoon.

An accident befel a baker's cart belong ing to Mr Lyle in New-street, Ponsonby, yesterday afternoon. The horse stumbled going down hill, and in falling broke both shafts of the trap; otherwise, however, no serious damage was sustained.

The annual conference of the Anglican lay readers has been held to-day at Bishop's Court, Parnell. This evening there will be a special service in St. Sepulchre's Church at half - past seven, to which all lay readers, church workers, and those who sympathise with them are iavited.

Afinalmeeting of Mr Moss's Election Com mittee was held last night. The meeting was very numerously attended, ■ and Mr Caleb Wood was called to the chair. After deciding several matters connected with the late election the question of a reading room was raised, and, the peculiarity of Parnell as the only suburban district with out such a room or public meeting place of any kind was commented on very strongly. Finally it was resolved to take steps for the establishment of a Liberal Club in Parnell, and a committee was appointed to^take action in the, matter. A vote of thanks was passed with acclamation to the Liberal press, to whose able assistance the victory was largely due. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was also carried by acclamation, and the Committee was dissolved with three cheers for Mr Moss, who thanked them warmly for the energy and zeal by which they had brought the contest to a success ful termination, .

is evidently rtffitt! COm*«£ * petition hi &SJJ3*- C>, signed by owners J^™l an <l fats 4 Takapu na district) can w tlle sentative oa tho a Ti c °ne ten! Board to elbleXm Xf *3j terests in such a mannSKSv^ 2 good of the whole CK^fti after and cared for in a lo°s manner than now is th e L^V^ The petit on wUI be at SSS man in the Insurance 52!!^ days for signatures. mm *&, Wa^ We understand that an ?„« ~ ing of gentlemen inte eSeff on the ThamesPenuSulflllf ***** to meet the memberso*S Too^ presentativesatthe cJLSIfe °fE<, to-morrow (Friday), at33Ci ft 0?11^ the meeting is toSscts seVeS' 0 f'"1 r go rs c^^ console the electors £ toa£*j9 Railway Reformer from the ffijjffl. S M lVes< c learn faiftt ci iraffic Manager for Messrs R nt Mk| Company, that they EVdfcfil* arrangement with the railway 31* and coach and steamboat SSSi winch any person can make thetffl Aroha by rail, thence to {fi, I Bradley's mail line of coach?, 7^ by! Auckland by thesteamerfiiS Enterprise, or we verm, teaSSJ. of 28s second class and 34s first Zfi round ticket being available for S[ These tickets will be ready for S aboutlO days, a A d can beobtain^C

E. Donovan writes explaining the reason. W& J? T ld n<? make a b°*ing Tt! with Murphy on the terms proposed by 2 friends of the latter, but declaS 2 readiness to meet him on "any reasonable terms. Donovan leaves Auckland for Napier to-day, but will be back in a 10l night. ' The concert in aid of St. Barnabas Ctaicl fund will be held this evening at Waite'j Hall, Mount Eden. A musical treat may be expected, as the following ladies aid gentlemen have volunteered their servica and arranged an excellent programme:- Mesdames Morrin, Tebbs, McGill, Mfesa Scraggs, Halstead, Hulme, Cooaba Hooper, and Messieurs Ferriday.Br.Muray Moore, Crawford, Salmon and Stebbing, An instrumental quartette party will pet. form, and -during the evening the Rev, W. Tebbs will give the reading descriptive of Niagara.

The next meeting of the members of tie Auckland Liederfcafel will be held al Robson's Rooms to-morrow (Friday) era ing; practice commencing at 7.45 o'clock punctual. Vickery's Washing Machine will Htmi public test to-morrow at Mr Jackson's auction mart at half-past 2.

Auckland 11. Football Club meet at tin Auckland (Fire Brigade shed, Albert-street,! to-morrow, at 7.30.

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.

Conference With the Medical

A HOUSE SURGEON TO BE AFPOINTE). The Hospital and Charitable "Atdßbird met lasfc evening, and after the transaction of some ordinary business reported in another column, went into committee to confer with Drs. Haines, McMullen, Knight, and. Cobbett with reference to the futa management of the Hospital. .Mr Mays oc cupied the chair, and there were also pte sent: Messrs Niccol, Isaacs, Suiter, Kidd, Udy and Crowther. , A lengthy discussion took place, in muffl the proposal to appoint a Medical Superin tendent for the Hospital was considered v all its bearings. The medical gentlemen present wen unanimously of opinion that the svsto proposed by the Board was unworkable, and it was urged, in support of their con tention, that all the hospitals in the w Country were managed by an honorary staff, under whose direction wasaresiaen medical surgeon and physician; and tnas an. experienced'man or a man of striding would not work well with a medical Stan The Chairman explained that what W Board contended was that someone fihofli have complete control over the Bospw and Kefuges and over ul™^ ployees of these institutions. TheW by agreeing to the appointment 0j House Surgeon in place -of a, ttjj Superintendent, conceded to the W» stalthefactthataMedical SupennJjN would have supreme control over w patients, but they adhered to then ogj that there should be some person in wp* control over the servants. • „ .. After the matter had been fagjjg the Board consented to.a.completegj of their scheme. The following resold W^pS^W be recced|»J* ffi=Sor«|h surgery, issued withintheUmW*^P or tie Australian colonies. («lg». Jg& ment to.be terminable at ,^ree .^ notice' on either side, gjjj^y hold, state their age, what diptomj. tn;^. and to forward *P« A W**1 monials, and to nama^t IWDJ» can men of standing, in f^S/ o f *• practice, orreceivefees P cer3 of the i^tß^gSo«Wl<g geon to supervise and «ere» Hos p,tal 5l officers and V t and Refuges, and be Wj^t-W Board *«-^vrtff*»W* rfl these duties he shall be pai« . ~;

Staff.

NEW ZEALAND LOANS.

, Financing of the •-** The Colonial Treasurer m ents which have jffift*^ way loan, or any loa^ briß t«L during the present year^^

PARCEL POST.

TH.parcelposts^f"^ vogue wtU^turdftTW^

29, 1887. -

THE AUCKLAND' EVENING" START THUKSDA., SEPTEMBER'

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The Rev. R. Soi»atervllle will deliver a lecture on ''C^W' in Sfc- Jamesfs Hall, on Wednesday next, October sth. Admis sion, Is.— [ADVT.] If you should, happen to meet a -well dressed gentleman, you may depend upon it he patronises Woollams, the tailor, at Syderiham House, Grey-street. —[Advt.^



mHE " MELBOURNE AGE." Circula- I tion, 68,000 daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ;Gs 6d per quarter. The " LEADER," IS pages. The best, Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Weekly News paper. Price, 6d :6s 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 Wildman, Upton and Co., and E. W'ayte. Auckland; aud all News Agents. Post free. mHE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM? IN 1 THE SPRING, TRA LA ! A. YVOOLLAMS & Co.'s gPR ING gPECIALITIES Are Now O.v View. A Special Line of SPRING and SUMMER WORSTED SUITINGS at 70s per Suit; 60 beautiful patterns to select from. Our prices will compare favourably with Shoso of any other high-class tailoring firm in Now Zealand; but we cannot sacrifice our reputation on the altar o£ cheapness by lowering the standard of our work to the level of slops. NEW WORSTED STRIPED TROUSERINGS (latest designs), ISs 6d, 21s, aud 255. We rely on the superior cut and finish of our garments to give our customers satisfaction, and we have not yet found it necessary to bribe the public with a tin watcli or an xtra pair ol trousers to give our firm the preference of their orders. The SUITS at 50s and TROUSERS at 13s 6d arc pure All-wool Tweeds, and equal in make and finish to the highest-priced goods. We are prepared .to mako SUITS TO MEA SUb'B on time payments, chargings per csnt. on marked prices. , NOVELTIES in FANCY WORSTED COAT INGS at prices ranging from 70s per suit. A T^TOOLLAMS & r\O., TAILORS AND WOOLLEN DRAPERS, Sydenham House, GREY-STREET. TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS AEE INVITED FOR THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. and T. Inelis, at George-street, Dunedln), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery, Clothing, and Mercery Boots and Shoes Carpets and Furnishings Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery, Undertaking Boot Manufacturing, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buildings, Book Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc,, apply by letter to " The Executors of the late Mr Alexander Inglis, George-street, Dunedin;/ or on the Premises to the Manager. Tenders must be at the Office of the Firm not later than THURSDAY, the2oth day of October, 1887. at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tender must have attached a Marked Cheque for 10 per cent, of tho amount of the tender. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. New Season's Tennis Racquets Tennis Balls, &c. Cricket ware Croquet A.ll Games AT KELSEY'S, j OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. DRAPERY AND /"CLOTHING : at MARVELLOUSLY LOW PRICES, To Suit tick Times. 570 Yards Coloured Cashmeres, lOkiper yard "1025 Yards All-wool Dress Goods, ail shades, at la yard, worth Is 8d yard 550 Yards Fancy Cream Oatmeal Cloth, 6Jd yard, worth Is 250 Pairs Long Not Curtains, from Is lid pair 153 Pairs Ladies' FirsK Choice 4-button Coloured Josephine Glovrs, slightly shotted, from 2s 6d Great variety Now Prints and Dress Goods 100 Boys'Knicke.rSuitofrom3s3d—strongtweed 31 Men's Moagiel Tweed Suits, 33s 6d, worth 45s SO Pairs Men's strong Q erman Tweed Working I Trousers, 5s 9d ! Men's, Boys', and Youths' Coloured Moles at very low quotations I Strong line Men's Coloured, Cotton Shirts, Is each flso Men's Sample Hats in folc and tweed, at half usual price 25 Men's strong Tweed Suits^s lid. ABOVE PRICES FOR C'JASH" ONLY. Desiring: to do a Cash Trade, principally, will sell all goods at a very g mall advance. ■^TILLIAM JJ^ -J3RIDGMAN, 28S, UPPER QUEJSN-- STREET. £JHEAP LINES FOR; CASH ONLY. 1121bs Best Potatoes .. » 3 S Od 251bs Bust Oatmeal . J " "aw SOjbs Really Good Flour ,". " ;■ 6s 0d 2Glbs ditto ditto 3s Id sibs duto ditto .; :: ;; fl od At.EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S, ■■ NEW T( )N. "\XTHICH will you have? An Extra V T Pair of Trc msf rs or a Waterbury Watch ?-J. H. Daltoi j, ' Tailor, Victoria-street East. '



Drapery and Clothing AT REDUCED PRICES. H. A T X INS, In order to reduce stock and meetthe times, •will sell for the next few weeks AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Attention is invited to the following:— 25,000 Yards of last season's Dress Goods at 25 to S U kS Pe6SeSf r uUre r .Sunshades Ulsters. Fur-lined Cloaks, &c, &c, 20 to 25 uer cent, reduction . Now Dress Goods. &c, &c, now being opened at 121 per cent, below usual charges MANCHESTER GOODS. Lace Curtains, Table Linen. Sheetings, Quilts Blankets, Calicoes, Shirtings, &c, &c, atl2A to 20 per cent, reduction CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. 500 Boys', Youths', and lien's Colonial Tweed Suits at exactly invoice price. A maffmfi cent lot of Suits to select from in all nixes, and will positively be sold at invoice price. Also. Trousers and Trousers and Vests, &c, at invoice price All other Goods, such as Shirts, Hats, Collars, Braces, Hosiery, &c, &c, afe 121 to 20 per cent, reduction . . _ ' 150 Very best quality ever imported Mens Tweed Waterproof Coats at 20 per cent, oft the marked prices. THE ABOVE REDUCTIONS ARE GENUINE, The intention being to reduce stock Boine thousands of pounds, no matter if at a heavy cost. HA T KINS, 0 _£__ QUEEN-STREET. THIRST HHOW OF SPRING fIOODS. v We have the pleasure to inform pur cus tomers and the public generally that on FRIDAY next, the 23rd September, we shall make our FIRST SHOW OF SPRING GOODS In all departments. Our buyjrs having been particularly fortu nate in selecting high-class Novelties adapted to our business, w« have great confidence in bringing them before your notice. TV/I" ILNE & pHOYCE, QUFEK KD WELLEST-ET STREETS. TO HORSEDEALERS, Etc., Etc., Etc. """ CHEAP FEED. Good Short Oats, 2s 4d per- bushel; best Chaff, 2s Zcl per sack; best Bran, 4s 6d per aack; large Truss of Straw, Is 3d. At EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S STORE, KARANGAHAPE, ROAD. TTKONALD W. JACK AND Co PONSONBY ROAD, Are Selling— Ladies' well-made Ulsters at 5s lid each Fashionable Jackets at half-price Extra-wide Coloured Cashmere at Is per yard, or 8 yards for 7s Gd Ladies' Straw Hats at 3d each Corsets, Is lid per pair, worth 3s 6d All-wool Shirting, Is per yard Our Ladies' Stockings and Gloves, at Is per pair, are extra good value Other Goods proportionately cheap. DONALD W. JACK AND Co., Poxsoxby Road. m H E "UNION" And the "SOUTHERN SPERM" CANDLES, Made by THE UNION OIL, SOAP, and CANDLE1 COMPANY, Of AUCKLAND, Are all Guaranteed FULL WEIGHTS (16 otinces to the pound). Many of the Colonial-made Candles now in the market are Light Weights, and therefore dearer at the money than the Auckland-made Candles. TRY -"OR YOURSELVES, AND USE ONLY THE LOCAL ARTICLE. milE DEPRESSION AND HOW TO A AMEND IT. By economy and purchasing cheap for Cash from T. W. DOONIN, Grocer, Importer, and 1 Produce Merchant, Hobson-street. New and flrst-class Goods for less money than many pay fo.r worthless articles. The following will give sowe idea of prices :—Really good Family Tea' Is 4& lb; box, 111b nett, for 133 6d; first-class Tea, Ja lOd lb, worth 2s lOd lb; good Sperm Candlcc, 4*d lb, 21b for BJd; box, 251b, 8s 6d; new Oatmeal, bag, 251b, for 2s 7d; White Crystal Sugar, ba&-, 401b, for 9s 6d. Flour, Fruits, and other Goods.i at equally low prices for Cash. N-B.—Established 1857. Remember the Address: T. W. DOONIN'S, HOBSON-STREET.



TO PROSPECTORS, LAND-OWNERS, AND OTHERS. In order to encourage the development of the mineral resources of this colony, the undersigned has made arrangements to Assay samples of Quartz, or any substances supposed to contain Gold or Silver, at the following rates :■- Single assay, 7s 6d; three assays, 15s; lewt testa, £2. J. H. WITHEFORD, Sliortland-strect, Auckland. mH E WAREHOUSES of the undersigned will be CLOSED on MONDAY NEXT, October 3. L. D. NATHAN & Co. E. & A. ISAACS. ARTHUR H. NATHAN. "TRICKERY'S WASHING MACHINE. COMB AND SEE! TIIK PRACTICAL TEST AND EXHIBITION OP THIS FAMOUS WASHER, AT JACKSON'S DUNBLANE AUCTION MART, TO-MORROW, at J past 2 p.m. MEDICAL HALL, PONSONBY (Opposite the Three Lamps). J. G. HENDERSON, Proprietor, in thanking the residents of Ponsonby and surrounding dis tricts for their support and conlidenco lor the past 11 years, would again call their attention to a few of the proprietary articles manufac tured 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 oC Horehound, Chlorodyne. The above arc superior to the imported artic.e, being re cently prepared. Antibilious Pills, suitable to the climate; are ! purely vegetable ; give speedy relief. From la per box; by post. Is 2d. Prescriptions and Family Recipes faithfully prepared. J.G.H.'a Worm Powders and Mixture are the most effectual remedies known to medical scionce. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dr. R. H. BAKEWELL, M.D.. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons, late Visiting Physician to Christ church Hospital, formerly President of Iho Medical Board, Trinidad. HOBSON-St. (near Cook-st.), AUCKLAND. Fees for Consultations, including medicine, 2s 6d ; for visits, including medicine, ss. Cash. No booking. Hours for Consultation : 9 to 11 a.m., 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. . TT\ ISEA SE S OP WOMEN. DR. COBBETT. who makes a Specialty of this Department of Medicine, has arranged to receive Resident Patients. Trained Hospital Nurse in residence. For further information apply DR. C. N. COBBETT, Lower Symonds-street, Auckland. mHE NEW NORTH ROAD PHARMACY Is again open a few doors below the Eden Vine Hotel. E. B. HI LL, Proprietor. I^OTICE OF REMOVAL. Mr T. TRAFFORD, The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist of 13 years. Desires to inform his patients and friends that he has removed from Wakefteld-street to more central offices, QUEEN-STREET (over Wayte's, Bookseller), opposite Wyndham-strcet. Professional hours : 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. T\ E N T I S T R Y. Mr A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST, Corner of Hobson and Welleslky Streets- Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars pass the house. jy ~k c m p t~, SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLTOTT AND WELLESLEY STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Box 210] [Telephone 378 HF. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exani.j (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at tho Old Chambers, Shortland-street (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a flr3t-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377.