SHIPPING.

■ Sunset—This evening. 6.14. ! SuNKiSE—To-morrow mominE;,s.l6. ■ Moon's Age—New Moon, 17th inst., 10.14 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

Acckxant).—This afternoon, 7.11; to-morrow morning. 7.32. Manukau He ads.—Thie afternoon, 0.51; to morrow morning. 10.12. „_, . KAiPARi Heads. — This afternoon, 10.51; to morrow morniug, 11.12.

ARRIVALS.

Jessie-Niccol, schr., from Brisbane Clansman, s.s., from Tauranga lona, s.s., from Mercury Bay Manapouri, s.s., from South Douglas, s.s., from Opobiki and Tauranga Queen, sch., from Hokianga Saxon, sch., from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Medora, schr., for Whangaroa Nerval, schr.j for Russell

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandelj from Coromandel, Tuesday, 5

p. m. , . i Enterprise, from Thames, Tuesday, mid • 'night ! Tarawera, from Sydney, Tuesday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Zealandia, ship, left London July 23 Lurline, ship, left London for Kaipara, via Dunedin, July 25 ! Waikato, ship, from London : sailed Aug. 24 Canterbury, ship, left London Sept. 15 Waitangi, ship, from London, loading iMay Queen, ship, from London •Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow

July 1 Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool Rosedale, from Middlesborough, for Kaipara Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel-

ton ; sailed June 20 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York

July 27, via Lyttelton Ada.Stott, barqxie, sailed August 4 from

New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, left Now York

Sept. 8, via Wellington Deutchland, barque, from New York, via Wellington, to sail 20th inst. Star of the East, from Dunedin Jennie 8., .schr., from Fiji Kiikdale, bq., from Java, early Louie, schooner, from a cruise. Queen, sch., from Omapere, sailed 12fch ins t>,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

R.angitiki, ship, loading for London Maile-, schooner, for a cruise AViunui, s.s., i'or Fiji, to-day, 5 p.m. Manapouri, s.s., for Sydney, to-morrow, 6

p.m. Australia, s.<?., for EasfcCoasl, to-morrow, 5 p.m. I

The Douglas arrived from Opotiki and Taurancja this morning, and the lona yes terday from Mercury Bay and Tairoa.

The s.s. Rotomahana is laid up to-day for inspection, but will resume her running to the Thames to-morrow.

The Manapouri passed the e.s. Australia lying at anchor in Algoa Bay, through stress of weather, on the 16th.

A detachment from the Permanent Artillery was over with the barge Kata to day taking in the defence stores from the ship Piako.

The Saxon has arrived with a load of coal from Russell, the ketch Elsie with timber from the Thames, the ketch Lizette with 29,000 feet of timber from Thames.

The schooner Waiwera Lad to put in at Mongonui owing , to the bad weather ex perienced. She is on her way to Norfolk Island from this port.

The new steamer of the Union Company, the Pukaki, left Duncdin on Saturday for tins port. As-»he'is to call in at Timaru, Lyttelton, and the East Coasfc parts, she ivil! bo due here on the 23rd insfc.

The s.s. Clansman "arrived from Tauranga yesterday morning with the following passengers : —Messrs Blacketb (2), Army tage, (Jlayton, Bailey, Waters, Mesdames Clayton, Snodgrnss and family (2).

Since the Manapouri was here last several alterations have taken place in the personal appearance of her officers. Cap lain Scott, late of the Koronui, has com mand with Mr McMeckan, late of the Itingarooma as his chief officer. Mr A. W. Dench is acting as temporary purser.

The schooner Three Cheers is going to load ab this port with a cargo of timber for Sydney. The Three Cheers has removed ti» the Auckland Timber Company's wharf to load. .'- ■

Tho schooner Jessie Niccol came into harbour late on Saturday afternoon with a enrgo of coal and bonedust from Bris bane. Captain Crouch reports leaving the latter port on the 4th iiist. and round ing the North Cape on the 14th. She had strong westerly winds till Now Zea land was reached, when strong fresh S. W. winds were experienced. Sh* has been berthed at the Railway Wharf.

The 5.3. Rotorua arrived at Onehunga from Southern ports at 8 a.m. yesterday. : She left Dunedin at 4.45 p.m. on the 10th, arrived at Lyttelton at 2.30 p.m. on the 11th, left the same day for Wellington, arriving at 4 p.m. on the 13th ; called at Picton and arrived at Nelson on the 14th ; left 7 p.m. same day, and arrived at New Plymouth at 8 p.m. next day ; sailed for Manukau at 6.40, and arrived as above. Experienced fresh N. E; windswith head seas to NeLson,fresh wes terly winds with heavy rain from thence to arrival. She brought the following passen gers : Misses Me Whitney, Hutson, Bea mond, Mr and Mrs Barkas, ■ Air and Mrs Booth, IMessrs ;.J. B. Whyte (M.H.R,)., Dyson, Jury, Glover. Chambers, Wilis, Master Booth, and 2 in the steerage.

ARRIVAL OF THE MANAPOURI.

Thes.e. Manapouri, in charge of Captain J. Stott, from Dunedin via usual coastal ports, arrived at 1 p.m. to-day. She left Duhedin on the 12th, called at Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, andOisborjie, takingher departure from- the latter port on 16th inst., at 9 a.m. Rounded East Cape same afternoon at 3 o'clock, and berthed at the wharf as above. Tfad moderate variable -winds with fine weather to Gisborne, thence to arrival, strong W.-S.W; wind with moderate head sea. She brings the following passengers :-— Mesdames Beaver, Mackay, Lin ton, Baker, Mbrrin, Forbes-and Courbordujyli, Misses Courborough Tennentt, Liqxit.-Col. Shcp ard, Dr. Revs. Eapfan, Spenctr, Messrs Stubbs, Oolgrove, Mann, Beaver, Launange, Aitken, Sayer, Gillson, Lee, Heeles, Pearson, McLean, McColl, Haggan, Forbes, Farley, Heydebrand-vonder-Lara, Master Jerram ; Alfred W. Vend), purser, 10 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Whaxgakei, this day^left; Bellinger, for Auckland. , , ■ . ° _A barque was in •ight beating -• to the northward yester day afterno<>- n< Ib ig SU pp o3et i t0 be the John F; nox< PI this (3ay.—Arrived : Rio, schooner, f * rom Newcastle. ' , [pf. »fbllingtox, October 16fch. —Arrived: j Balmorial Castle, from Auckland; Herbert* •Black, barque, from New York; Wave f Queen, barque, from London; s.s., Waka i Sydney, wifch Brindisi Mail. j Port Chalmers, this day-—r Arrived: g.B. Mararoa. She left Melbourne jat :11 a.ni* on tlie 12bh inst, and had ; fine weather right across, and reached Port ' Chalmers at 6 this, _,__'■, \. ' , . BlUfP> this dayi —Arrived', afc 6%ta."to day: S.s. Te Anau,, from Melbourne, She lias no passengers f*em Auckland.'' v:

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Qdlrlodh, s.s. from Waitava Rotorua, s.s. from South The < raifloch arrived from Waitnva afc 9 o'clock on Saturday night with the follow ino- passengers :—Mr and Mrs Bcßride, Messrs Coiu'tayne, Smith, and 2 in the steerage.

COMMERCIAL.

MkSSKS AuTHITv AND BUDDLE'S WkEKLY Report.—A quiet week in all departments. The supply of produce and fruit very small, nob at all equal to the demand. A fair amount came to hand for Friday's sale, and all sold at fair prices. No good sail; butter entered, there is a demand : there was a fair supply of fresh in |mts, which.sold well. Bub little bacon and. hams of good quality entered: there is a demand, but second class is slow of sale. Really good cheese is wanted, but little of any kind on hand. Honey is wanted, bub little entered this week. Good onioua.are scarce. A few new potatoes to hand, which brought fair prices. Poultry in fair supply and good demand. A good number of pigs were entered, and airsold well. Several dead porkers were sold at 2Jd to SJd per lb. Bet little de mand for household furniture. Monday : Sale of drapery held at the mart, A large number were present, and good prices were obtained. The Thames properties sold by order of the Registrar of tne Supreme Court were competed for, bub were bought by the mortgagee. Tuesday : Sale of house hold furniture and effects at the mart. A fair attendance, bub bidding , was languid ; a small business done. Thursday: Sale of household furniture and effects at a pri vate house, Fox-street, Parnell. There was a fair attendance, and bidding was dull. Prices ruled in favour of the buyer.-. The sale at the Mart of a stock of a dealor was well attended, and good prices wero ob tained. Friday—Market clay sale : Large attendance, good competition and unsatis fied demand tor good stuff. Fowls, Iβ 3d to2s 3d; chicks, sd; ducks, Isßdto2s; geeso, 2s 9d ; pea fowls, 3s 9d to 6s 3d each ; pigs, small, 5s 3d toss 9d; pigs, large, 6s3dto 17s; dressed pigs, 2Jd to Produce, etc. : New potatoes, Id to ljd ; potatoes, 2s 5d to 33 ; onions, to Id ; wheat, 3s lid ; oats, 2s 3d ; bran, 4s 6d sack ; sharps, 5s ; cheese, lid to 3Jd ; bacon, 2Jd to 6Jd ; hams, 6Jd to 6sd ; fresh butter, 4Jd to 8d ; salt butter, id to 3d ; rice, 18s cwt; lemons, 5d to llsd ; Auckland oranges, 10d dozen ; mandarins, 7s 6d case; preserved tigs, 4}d box ; ginger nuts, to 4Jd ; mixed biscuits, 4id to sid; lunch biscuits, 4d ; tea, half chest, Is Id to Is 4d lb ; box tea, 20s ; oatmeal, £10 ; cabbages, lid to 2s 4d per sack; fencing wire, 10s por coil; honey 2d to 3d lb ; cha.il', 2s 3d to 2s 6d sack ; pines, 4s per dozen.

Mr Alfred Buckland is to sell horses, drays, harness, etc., at Bray'« farm Mount Albert, to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Patterson's 'bus leaves for the eale at 12.15.

Messrs Paget axd Ralston* report business for the week as being fairly brisk. Their Friday's sale was well attended, and competition was keen for all classes of goods offered. Poultiy: Very littlo of good quality carae to hand, as breeders are now holding back for Christmas. Fowls, ordinary, brought la 3d to Is 9d each ; young fowls, 1h ; ducks, Is 7d to Iβ 9d ; turkeys, 3s 3d to 4s 9d; goese, 4.s 6d ; small pigs, ordinary breed, 5s 6d to 9s (id each ; half-bred Brahma fowls, 2h oil ; hens, with small hatches chicks, 3s; wild rabbits, Is Id per couple. Produce: Seed pota toes, lapstone, £6 to £7 per ton; Oauiaru table ditto, £2 15s to £3 por ton ; Circular head, seed, £4 ; onions, ljd to ljd per lb ; carrafis, £- 10s por ton ; wheat, 3s lid pev bushel; Oats, 2a 3d and 2s 4d; maize, 2s 8d and 3s 9d ; bran, £4 10s per ton ; sharps,' £5 5s ; hams, 3d to 6Jd sl>or lb ; bacon, 2|d to 4£d ; cheeso, ljd to 3d ; salt butter, 2tf to 5d ; corned beef, prime, in kegs, 12s 6d por lOOlbs ; laid, 3d ; fresh butter per lb ; eggs, 6d per dozen ; honey, 3d. Groceries, &o. : Tea, in boxes, 10s 6d to lls 6<l; sugar, 28s per cwt; flour, super., £11 15s per ton ; tea, in chests, lid to Is 3|d ; oatmeal, 10s 6d per 1001b ; herrings, Is per tin ; biscuits, 3d to 44d ; cornflour, 3d por lb ; soap, 8s 3d to 17s per cwt; candles, to sil; rice, 7s per 561b bay. Tho furniture was dull of sale, and prices for all descriptions aro very low.

Mil Edward Leydox Reports : The -week has been a very busy one. At sale at C C. Brown's, corner of Cook and Hobson-streets, the attendance was except ionally large, in fact there was nob room for the people. The furniture for sale was of h'rst-elass quality, and tho prices obtained were very good. The following aro ft few of the prices for the principal lots :—Ward robe, £16; Brechhn suite, £16 10s; Genevieve suite, £14; leather suite, £29; walnut cabinet, £10 ; mahogany £26 ; Duchess table, £9 10h ; walnut Dueho'sa suite, £7 16s; velvet finite, £16 J&s; walnufc overmantels, £4 10s to £? 15s j B.W. chairs, 6s 6d ; B.W. rockew, 23s to 255; sets of ware, 19s to 30s; couch £5 15s, &c. Tuesday's sale in Newton was well attended, bidding brisk, and the prices obtained were in favour of the seller. At Thursday's sale, in Ponsonby, the at tendance was large ; the piano fetched £22, and all the other goods realised fair prices,. At Friday's sale there was not a lar,g<a quantity of produce entered ; what waa sold very well, and the demand was nob eupplicd. The prices obtained for the furniture offered were a littio under tho average.

Jojix Leydox s WEESiLir Ri3roHT.—Busi ness during the week very good, though the greater parfc > of the goods w«re sold by auction ; still, there were many good buyers privately. 'Furniture was in good demand, in several instances lines being: completely cleared. Chests of drawers were much asked for. the demand being greater than the supply. The following prices wore realised :—Single bedsteads, 3Bh fco 25s ; double bedsteads, 26s tcv?>oa ; sprint; i mattresses, double, 25s to 40?/*, single, 25.5*; palliasses, according to condition ; chests of drawers, 17s to 70s; <y a l tables, 20s : square kitchen tables, 6s 6d to 10s 6d; suites of fiVrniture—horsehair, of 7 pieces, £7 ; blue velvet, 7 piee&jy, £7 ; crimson rep, 9 pieces, £14 10s : a eatfo of looking-glasses was cleared at good prr.ees. Also were gold : Verandah chairs, coriches, bedding, baths, boilers, fcinwur* i/.itlery, etc. A great number of ctoJouV»-tnadc (saddles sold from 27s 6d to, HQsy pack saddles, £2 15s; b-idles, 3a. 6d V o 6s 6d. In fancy lines, jewellery, wire trays, etc., had a A jcretvt quantity of men's clothij»'rr ) in the piece, and drapery werp, eicarea at good prices. Tea was peered in the box and half-chest of 401bs, and brought from 6d to Is 6cl per lb. A consignment of prime fresh Taranaki bufctar in the keg was cleared at from 4£d to 6d ; salt butter, 3d to 4d. Business, on the whole, is very fair, and there sseems a slight improvement on the preceding weeks

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

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1887.

For the icause that lacks assistance, For the weng that needs resistance, Por the future in the distance, And the good tliut we can do.

The tone oi the article which ap peared in k the " Wellington Post " on Saturiday ijghfc, and which has been wired to us fry our Parliamentary re porter, should in itself be enough to satisfy the colony, outside of .Welling, ton Provincial Pisttajet of the .character

of the influences that have been em. ployed to secure the adoption of the central route for the trunk railway. If the eyes of the Auckland members and people were not opened before, the remarks of the " Post" should open them. Our con temporary's statement of the case is, moreover, a complete misrepresentation of the facts. If there has been any breach of faith with the bondholders in connection with this line, it has arisen through tho substitution of a longer, more costly, and more unprofitable line for the one which was contemplated when the Act authorising a special loan for the North Island Trunk Kail way was passed. Up to the time when that bill received the sanction of Parliament, the railway between Wellington and Taranaki had always been accepted as an in tegral part of the North Island Trunk Railway. Largo votes were sanctioned upon that distinct under standing ; and upon the Public Works estimates of that period the railway was described as the North Island Trunk line. Auckland members would never have sanctioned the expen diture of ;£2,317,642 on that railway, exclusive of the expenditure upon the Wellington-Napier railway, if it had not been clearly understood that the Waikato railway would ultimately meet it. The line was even carried on to Waitara on that understanding. It was only when Wellington had se cured connection with Taranaki that the idea was conceived of cheating Auckland by cutting the through traffic off from tho 140 miles of railway between Marton and New Plymouth and carry ing the trunk lino for 210 miles through a 'country that has a single white inhabitant, and in which neither Government nor European owned an acre of ground, A more monstrous scheme was never carried into execution. Railways even in a closely - populated country like Eng land deviate from the direct line in order to gather traffic. And the Czar of Russia never author ised a railway for military purposes which more arbitrarily disregarded every commercial principle than this trunk railway does. The colony has been compelled to pay half-a-million more money for tho sole purpose of carrying the railway away from all es tablished traffic. To say that the route was adopted to save a distanco of 34 miles between Auckland and Wellington is an insult to common sense.

The " Post" lays great stress upon the fact that the Parliamentary Com mittee which recommended the central route was composed of . Southern members. This anomaly is easily ac counted for. The whole weight of; Wellington official influenco was employed to secure that result. The Committee knew nothing about the matter personally, and the merits of the two lines were not fairly placed before -them. .Whereas the Com mittee had before them an absolute survey with theodolite and level of the Marton-Te Awamutu line, there was only an aneroid survey of the Stratford route. The Engineer-in-Chief, in his evidence before the Committee, said :— " I was ordered by the Minister to have a survey made and the levels taken ; of the Stratford line, but it has net been done, partly on account of bad weather. The men were on the point of starting when this Committee was insti tuted, so I have stopped them from going into the country at present." Bad Avcather did not prevent the De partment from completing the theodo lite survey of the central line, although it was 67 miles longer and through a more difficult country! The reports on the character of the laud along the Stratford route were of the most in complete and unsatisfactory character. Information which should have been laid before that Committee has only since become available. The reports of Messrs Cussen and Skeet, surveyors, now prove that a magnificent country, available for immediate settlement, would be opened by the Stratford rail way—agricultural, pastoral, and min eral lands —while it is proved that a large proportion of the land through which the Marton-Te Awamutu railway will pass is absolutely worthless pumice, forming part of the great Taupo desert.

Much as we appreciate local expendi ture, we feel that it would be a wrong done to the whole of New Zea land to spend a million and a-half of money in constructing a rail way which when finished must prove the greatest white elephant in the colonial menagerie of those unprofit able and not particularly beautiful creatures. Let tho Southern mem bers of the House take warning. The addition of this railway to the North Island system will inevitably reduce the average interest on the whole of the North Island railways to less than one per cent. Even Welling ton patriotism, one might think, would overcome its selfi&hness sufficiently to avert so disastrous a result. As to the representatives of Wanganui, Waitotara, and other North Wellington districts, they are stand ing in their own light if they support this unjust scheme. The construction of the Stratford lino will open to those districts the best market for agricultural produce in New Zealand. It will also secure for them the advantages arising from the through traffic along the trunk railway, and deliver them from the heavy local traffic rates which will have to. be maintained if their railways continue unpayable, aa they mußt do so long as the lino is a blind alley, Then the opening up of the fine country eastwards from Stratford must enormously inoroaso the prosperity of Wanganui aa well as of New Plymouth, The dis tance from Wangamri to Auckland by the Marton route would be 543 miles j by the Stratford ro\ite it would only be

319 miles. To all the districts north of Wanganui every mile north of that town represents a mile longer by way of Mar ton, and a mile shorter by way of Stratford. From New Ply mouth to Auckland, via Marton, the distance would be 451 miles, and via Stratford only 272 miles. But we prefer to treat this question less by an appeal to local interests than upon broad colonial grounds. The colony is in such financial diffi culties that to relieve it from the need to borrow half-a-million of money for an unprofitable railway, involving an annual charge of a year, is a measure deserving of universal support. When in addition to affording this re lief the diversion of the line will prevent the construction of a long stretch of unprofitable railway, and change 141 miles of Government railway on the West Coast, which is now unprofitable, into the best paying line in New Zealand, the work stands out as one that appeals to the patriot ism and good sense of every inhabitant of New Zealand; and we feel confident that, except where the judgment is blinded by local prejudices the proposal to construct the trunk railway by the Stratford route for the present will command the support of every man who examines carefully and dispas sionately the question.

EXTRAVAGANT SALARIES.

Ministers are devoting this week to the task of framing a Financial State, ment, and as they are credited with a burning zeal for re trenchment, which will not spare what have hitherto been counted most sacred — Ministerial salaries and residences —we may mention a few facts which should prevent their ardour from flagging. .Would it be believed that New Zealand has been paying her Governor three times more than the great German nation pays Prince Bismarck for managing the affairs of that empire and " bossing " all Europe besides 1 Yet such is the solid fact, for the "man of blood and iron" only draws £2,700 a year (54,000 marks) from the fifty millions of German taxpayers, while our half million of colonists pay £7,500 a year to Her Majesty's representative. To show that our Ministerial salaries are all on an extravagant scale we may quote from the German '"Budget" of 1885-86 a few details of the salaries paid to Ministers. The salary of Count Hatzfeldt, the German Foreign Secretary of State, is j£2,500 ; of Hcrr yon Boet ticher, Minister of State, and apartments; of Herr Schelling, Chief of the Department of Justice, of Herr yon Burghart, Chief of the Finance Department,. ;£ 1,000 and apartments; of Herr Stephan, Post master-General, ;£1,200 and apart ments; of General yon Schellendorf and General Caprivi, War Minister and Lord of the Admiralty respectively, though the former enjoys in addition apartments, fuel, and rations for eight horses. Field-Marshal Count yon Moltke has with apart ments and rations for six horses. . No country is better served than Germany by statesmen of patriotism and wisdom, and this fact should dis pose of the stock argument which is employed in apology for our high gubernatorial and Ministerial salaries —that to reduce the pay means the filling of high offices by men of an in ferior stamp. The experience of these colonies negatively goes to show that it is fallacious to suppose that a liberal salary secures us the best Governors. Our generous offers constitute a temptation to noble men with attenuated rent-rolls, or superannuated army officers who aim at a higher style of living than their half-pay affords, and so long as Eng land keeps the power of nominating our Governors it is perhaps vain to look for any change in this respect. But if we reduced the salary by one half, a colonial Governorship would no longer be looked upon as a nice sinecure job for a man whose best days were past, and who was willing to enjoy his otium cum dignitate at the expense of colonial taxpayers. Then the colonies would have a fair show of securing the services of men of ability and ambition • — men capable of giving us their best energies, and animated by a desire to distinguish themselves. The same thing is true in degree of Ministerial salaries. They must be fixed at a rate that will make them the ade quate gage of earnest and honest work, but they must not be so high as to constitute a bait to the political schemer and carpet-bagger. Substantial reductions can be made in the salaries of New Zealand Ministers and Govern ment officials without incurring any risk of "deterioration or justifying a charge of meanness against the colony, and we trust that the party in power will faithfully carry out the work of retrenchment with which they have been entrusted. To-day being the 26fch anniversary of the Bnink of New Zealand, the office was closed and a special was granted to the employees, lne JNew Zealand flag floated above the buddings honour of the occasion. The facb that the bank was closed caused some astonish ment this morning to a couple of working men who happened to be passing- the premises. They I» ueed « ??*■ carefully read the notice posted outsde. One remarked: "Special Holiday! A wonder what for." The" other gave -aa _a satisfactory reply, " Oh.l suppose, now they have so much money in hand *hab toey can't take in any more." They then passed on, In accordance with the usual custom the officials of the Bank proceeded to the Domain this afternoon and amused them selves with a soratoh match at oncKec.,, . i Mr Hayfcev delivered an dress ant Unlon-Sbreeb <^f*jS ffi ance meeting lasb evening. He epokjffg, a physiological standpoint utter wselessness of alcohol in buiw"Ws tU human frame, MrJ/Tonson GarUclf presided, and there was a good attendee*,:

•°nnoi» were °i*\ WnJS I Dr. Bakeweli's leohn. B much obliged to yon f™? ~ Slf .~lfe Bi that my object V arouse public opiSflf? I more effectual measureoft B taken at VeSte*" , * I the pnncipal ports 1^ B * 4 B 1 few huadAlsSeSL y I ! paralyse resLsCe I 1 show how this" would 3 I I many requires a "'felony G * ■ Samoa iMJSBIB stepping stone to 'New^fift , ' i advanced port where mei'ehSS,! I; can be accumulated S& B ready af any Zealand. Such of your rS f h I favour me;witha visit on^nWW : B night] will hearh | Germany would utiUse acolonylalH 1 making it an outlet to ff hff3t I directed a considerable nrtotfflß of emigration which noifflfeliS B theUnitedStates..M y id ea tsS| Bkifc was to bring vividly Zealand public in a light and mimZ I the oanger we are in from B tack, lhe notion was suggested to e> H ■ the the: batfcfe of DaiiJ- W which effectually aroused the feti B i public-I am, etc., R. H; BamsiT X:' A very interestiag.copcratwili takenb B ' m the Panmure Hall on fodarerS W'l Octpber 28th. Judging-fron^thekmdaS, B| of tickets, the entertainment gtofebW BI an unqualified success. Bi The annual ball to celebrate iiewfe, I sary of the Auckland and Ponso%Tij)|g Kj of Druids is advertised to.be held in tin H| Masonic Hall, Princes-street, ; (tfiiafe,f«i November 15. A strong committee fna m& both lodges has been appointed tocanyni wt all necessary aiTangement-s. ' B§j It is announced in another cokWfiali' Bk grand conversazione will be -Held ii <k RS ¥oniig-Ittj'e; Christian AssooktMfids'BH on Monday and Tuesday, 111 November., Preparations for tlusmifjhj have been going on for some time tfHK Full partiouJars with programme ril it Bp adyeiiiisediE Saturddy's , papei*. m ii Special attention is ing^:'6f'a"patent andnoveliif ei3nS^ffl| : j 223, Queen-gtreet "(ne-vb -&$$ 0M J : where Mr A. l l*stcr : will. patent carbon burner stove, with kerosene or gas. Ho invite otla gmi who have patents or novelties of any fri Wt? to bring them forward to s«'ell:tbe BB| of interesting eights,, «Q,. : that3 the may have a "free , show" worth Mi? H| at. .. : .:. ■ W'i\ Herr Loffler,' a : German saml'ttm M in this city, has taken [oafcilettera patesl ■l| for a new; process for .presemijg '''#:K butter and milk. "So chemicak.areige tlio main feature of the WJe beincr, the exhaustion of. the W» W the keeping of, the article m her* ally sealed' packages.' Hen-,l»iotH R r . promoting a conipany for ,-B| working bis pateut The »mpta d* | butter andeggs-preserTed,by=.#B W» : W may be seen at the Stae Office. ■ H- Pvev. Thomaa Spurgeon, of the AjeUr- m Tabernacle, has. received ; the jjj M letter from his father, »««lerd*jj« August, in acknowleaMHit d ft»«J ß come round to || I would in spm one, and say, f l SpcßG£ os,' your loving father, v To-morrow at 12 o-clocl, Mr Lewis ;W iUofferby a ucto°at h very desirable properties 1 m good v*to<*-T SwfSS the Ber. X ch »,^ m B H

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1887,

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OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK i New Season's Tennis Racquets Tennis Balls., &o. Oriokbtware Croquet A.LL GrAMES AT KELSEY' S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. TN CONSEQUENT E 0.7 ruu DKATH ov Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THAT WELL-KNOWN t OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. and T. Inerlis, at George-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Dkapery. Clothing, and Mercery Boots and Shoes Carpets axd Furnisiiinos 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 " Tho Executors of the lute Mr Alexander Inglis, Georare-atreot, Dunedin; or on tho Premises to tho Manager. Tenders must bo at the Office of tho Firm not later than TH U USD AY, the 20th day of October, 1887, at 12 noon. Tho highest, or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tendon must have attached a Marked Cheque tor 10 per cent, ot the amount of the tender. T\7- ANTED KNOWN. OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SPECIALTIES Are Now On Yievt. "THE PRIDE OF THE SEASON," A Special Line Or SPRING AND SUMMER WORSTED SUITINGS, AT £ 3 10 3 PER SUIT. Sixty •'Beautiful Pal tome to select from. ■ A xyooj-LAMS &> rio. f HIGH-CLASS TAILORS AND WOOLLEN DRAPERS, Sydenham House, FOOT OF GREY-STREET. ■jftT OTICE OF REMOVAL. Mr T. TRAFFORD, The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist of 18 years. Desires to inform his patients and friends that he has removed from Wakefleld-street , to more central offices, QUEEN-STREET (over Waytc's, Bookseller), opposite Wyndham-strcet. Professional hours : 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. LOOK oub for the Great Fair now on at S. Coombos and Co.'s Sale of tho Stock of the V.LC, Canada Buildings, Queen-street. Y\ E~N T I S T It Y. Afß A. L. SMITH, old-established dentist, Corner of Hobson ani> Wetxeslkt Streets Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists'work repaired. Teetli stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate, 'jCramcarp pass the house. __«« TO PROSPECTORS, AND OTHERS. In<order to enconrage th* development of the m iweral resources of this colony, tho undersigned has» made arrangements to Assay samples oi . Quartz, pr any substances supposed to centum Gold or Silver, at the following rates :■-• .Single assay, 73 6d; three assays, 15s; lcwt tests, jC2. i J, H. WITHEFORD. Shortlaml -street, Auckland. THE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL Have deposited at, Mr J. H. WITHEFOKD'S OFFICE, SnORTLAND-STRKBT, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ' OF THE THA ME S GO L DFIELDS, Together with particulate of liberal concessions tho Council bar* decided to make, with it view to encourage the introduction of English capital. Mr Withkfobd, having been identified with tho Auckland Goldflelds since their flvst open- Ing, and having for come time ptiat been collect ing mining information tor English cllent3. in in «i position to advise any representative of Homo buyers who war be in Auckland as to the merits «f the various eligible Goldfleld Properties. PLAJSrS. REPORTS. AND THE FULLEST KEHA."BLE INFORMATION OF ANY MIN ING P/HOPERTY may ue obtained on applica tiou afc;.his office. A UCKLAND MINING ASSOCIATION J73L NJ3V7 SYSTEM OF WORKING- THE _, : GOLDFIELDS. TherPnblic o£ Auckland doairous ot. engaging m Go.dtleld Operations on tho Non-liability sryTsteni, row so popular In Australia, are in vited to TAKE SHARES in the above As- I jocianoji. SHARES, £12 EACH. ?*S! Al Monthly. Experienced Miners omployod at £\ porVweek •with a Share in the Vroflte affor wagoa und exceneos have been deducted. »«*«" *uw Full particulars na to tho Management! and !Methodof Working on application to. ; - J, H, WITOFQfIfr, Bhorti«lnd. 3 tr«j,t,



THE "STAR" CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS. NOW READY. AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL SERIES. NEW ZEALAND SCENERY! NEW ZEALAND FLOWERS ! NEW ZEALAND POETRY ! LOCAL BARDS AND WORLD-WIDE \ SENTIMENTS. The Star series of Christmas and New Year Cards is now published, and will be found to bo admirable specimens of Colonial art, vhilc tho Mottoes have been chosen with caro from the verses sent in connection with tho recent Poetical Competition. In addition thoro are verses by Mr W. It. Wills, Mr J. L. Kelly and others. Tho Cards aro beautifully printed in colours, aud tho devices and Mottoes are specially appropriate as offer ings from tho Sunny South to the Wintry North, or tor sending to friends in tho colonies. Tho public m»y obtain theso at the Star Ofllco ( or from booksellers and stationers throughout tho colony. Orders should be given curly. THE "STAR" SERIES OF Christmas and New Year Cards. LOCAL ART ! LOCAL TALENT! LOCAL INDUSTRY ! To be had afc the Stab Office, Shortland- Btreeb, aud all Booksellers. A SUPERB CUP OF TEA.—The jam tartH of Romuera, and all nnont that quarter, having lost seriously in land specs or late, they are doubtless in a very pouri ponn condition. 1 have determined to cure the malady without producing levity or hilarity. Just received, a small shipment of Indian Sou chong, which I will sell in parcels at Is SKI per pound. Thcro is only 9001hH of it. Ho in time. When Whitehead saj-H so you van rely upon it. Terms Cash. - FRED. WHITEHEAD, Tea Specialist, Victoria-etreet. TTESKETH AND AIT KEN, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS. QOeen -stkekt, Auckland, Havo just received, ex Aoranpri, their NEW SHIPMENTS ov MANUOLDS. Mammoth Long lied Yellow Globe Suttou's Golden Tankard. TURNIPS. Swedes Yellow Aberdeen Yellow Tauknid .Devonshire Grey Stone Pomeranian White. olobe. RYEGRASS. COCKSFOOT, CLOVERS, BONKDUBT, And SUPERPHOSPHATES of all grades; And tho largest and best importation of GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEO,S Jn tho colony. Catalogues sent free. NEW ZEALAND FLAX AND TOW. Agents for the INDIAN TEA imported by Captain Hen-old direct from hia brother's gardens at Darjeeling. MEDICAL HALL, (Opposite the Three Lanus). J. U. HttNDERSO.V, Proprietor, in thanking the residents of Ponsonby and surrounding dis tricts for tli«ir support and confidence for tho past 11 years, would again call their attention to a few of tho proprietary articles manufac tured by him, from druge of the very beat 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. Theabovo tire superior to the imported article, being re cently prepared. Antibilious Pills, suitable to the climate; are purely vegetable ; give speedy relief. From Is per box: by r>o.st, la 2d. Prescripticn , } and Family Recipes faithfully prepared. J.G.H.'b Worm Powders and Mixture arc the most effectual remedies known to medical science. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dn. R. H. BAKEWTSLL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate in Midwifery of tho Royal College of Surgeons, lato Visiting Physician to Chrisi church Hospital, formerly President of the Medical Board, Trinidad. HOBSON-ST. (near Cook-st), AUCKLAND. Feea for Consultations, including medicine, 2s 6d; for visits, including medicine, ss. Cash. Ho booking. Hoars for Consultation : 9 to 11 a.m., 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. H-— w j N J) g 0 r • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I bog to intimate to tho public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at tho Old Chambers, Shortlund-street '(opposite Post Office.) Huvijig secured the ser vices of n. first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, 1 hopo to merit v share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Tjct.kphonk 377. lOOK out for the Great Fair now on at S. _J C'oomhes and Co.'s Sole of the Stock of the JLU.C Canada Buildings, Queen-street.