KILDEE.

Or, The SpMas ef the Red House.

BY MAY E. BBS AN,

Author of " The Bayou Bride," " The

Fugitive Bride," &c.

CHAPTER XU

m r Tr-irion and the subsequent Tub rescue of Kilrleo ana w« 1 tragedy had been witnessed by compara tivdyfew. They had taken pboo m the alley at the back of the Boost, and to crowd were in front of the buildup They were there absorbed in shoeing, staring, and making confeed efforts to meh the third story room in which ib was known that a human being, * yo«ng prl-the prospective bride of the mayor-was being suffocated, roasted alive. The minutes that had elapsed since HeatLnff bore Honor from the' burning WsT seemed hours to him, so much sus pense, W and futile action had been "SSSffISS*, and with sprained instS-the result of hifl leap from the burn n7 Sato-he had yet worked with des ° rl **rr\T Rut the confusion of the Sd rdfthem ltnsele,s. He Ld dis, pSedrnessenger after messenger to bring the fire engines and their life-saving hook ad ladder accompaniment; he hwTmade Seated efforts to reach the already burn nTwnidows of No. 27, while he shouted Kildee's name above the noiso of the fare and the babel of voices. When at length (after momenta which seemed an eternity) a fire;°W%*?! *WO2 by a hook and ladder truck, dashed through the shouting crowd, the window's of the third story were all ablaze. I lames seemed to till that room to Which ail eyes were directed. No face had appeared at the window; a single stifled scream had been heard; after that all was still. \t once the engines began to play upon the windows of No. 27. Almost at the same instant the long-threatened ram, which the wind had held in check—des cended in torrents. The floods from the clouds and the streams from the engine pipes operated to subdue the fire. While it «till nigod, a ladder had been adjusted to one of the windows of the third-story apartment, and nimble firemen had as cended and made their way into the room. They found the bed in a blaze; on the floor beside ib lay a woman's form enveloped in flames. A water-saturated blanket was thrown around tho body and it was borne down to the street. There, in the strong glare, the blanket was partially unfolded. A. horrible sight was disclosed : a black fined, half-consumed body, the clothing destroyed, and hair burned, tho face raw, literally roasted, features partly gone, un recognisable. But in one clinched hand was clasped a watch with a chain attached. Heathcliff knew the jewel-studded watch, ■which was also a case for his mothers picture. He had given it to Kildee only tho evening before. She had worn it for the first time at the theatre last night. He groaned and covered his face. He had not heeded this confirmation. He knew before that this ghastly object found by the bed of Nell Barnes could be no other than the remains of the beautiful, «pirituelle girl who was to haw been his bride in the morning whose dawn was now at hand. None but Kiidee had known of the ex factory girl's presence in Nell Barnes's "dark room." She was nearly the me and shape of Kildee ■; no one doubted that this was the corpse of the little nurse who had been well loved in Factory Row. The watch held in the crisped fingers was itself sufficiehfr'proof: I ! Thab watched re mained in the grasp of the convulsed, suffo cating Madge, when Carleon had torn lul dee from her. . News of tho rescue of a woman irom the back part of tho house had flashed through the crowd, but little inquiry was Mad© coa cernino- the woman. She wad ft factory hand, her family had taken her away, bo much was told, but further interest m the rescue was lost in horror at C&rledn s fate, and at the close-pressing horror of the doom that had overtaken the favourite of Factory ftow on her bridal-day.

CHAPTER XLII. Immediately on receiving Kildee in his arms, Max bofe her down the stairs from thereof of the old building, which, though now a sfcore-house, had been long ago an eleganb private mansion. From this roof in those days came, on moonlit or starry nightß, the Silvery tinkle of guitars and the sweet laughter of the daughters of Dr. Castally, sitting there or promenading with their lovers.

On reaching the street, Max was fortu nate enough to find a hack, into which he at once put Kildee, who had partially re vived in the fresher ah', and placing him fielf by her side, directed the man to drive fco the Marshall House. . i Before the hotel was reached, Kildee had recovered and was able to Walk to Lottie s

TV little actress had neither gtms Off v-A'th the company nor yeb retired to rest. ■v She was waiting in a little flutter of nervous suspense for " something " to occur which she had declared sho felt- "in her blood - would happen. The rest of the troupe had left on the midnight trairi^ but Lottie had decided to stay and learn the issue ot that interview which Max (as hejiad told n6r) would havo with Kildoo. If Kildee did de cide to relinquish her prospect of a splen did marriage" fdr the Saki of Max and the old stage life (Lottie was roman tic and thought it possible), then she must be,here tfl receive and welcome her darling. Bhd nlade a plausible excuse to ,tfae manager and promised to leave on the early niorniti* express and join the company in time for the evening; per formance' ab the town where they would P slie was xtp sitting at thewMDW Of iiet room, tapping the floor impatiently with her little foot.- The fiw iti the fcity, the glare of the burning buildings, the ring ing of bells, aiad shotiting had helped, td increase her-nervousness.,■ She jumped, up and came swiftly to the door in response to "Wax's knock/ When she saw Kildee she Pave a little soream pf delighted fcnrpme,, and'embraced her.tepturoUsly. Then" Bh6 put her back a little that .she might-scruti ' niseher face—might" see.« she, looked con tent after her renunciation- --. , . .j ; w " Good heavens, ■, $M arepale as death 1 ehftcried. "Your haft, your eyes—why, "Hushi" cried Max., <-(#iojia3 just •passed the gates of' deaths Shs was in the burning building. She was rescued after she was insensible*." nearly .dead*, to bed at once. Postpone all questions; don't let her talk tttyoU.: No, fMMtnftint, not a word," he said, as Kildeb tatight hia **" Yea; one wto-a*:Ma» Tell <mB, was it you who saved me:?" s 4 . . •'•No fc it was abb 1. I tattted to gd across the ladder, but he. wouldn't permib it. He ordered nic M 6k } 'sajiftf he WM Jttore practised than I." ■ "..' ■~. ■ .""Wfef. ■ , : i.:;-.^i'v -"' ■Ip "Hi^namo. wai, Carlebhj dd-yoii know ' Aamr ■_• ■ ■...■■ i ■■-'■•-■•'^ " ■ " Yes* Oh, -Maxj I mxiit efe .:him and § th&tikhM.".. - . ■■■■•- >'—.-■•' ■ -. t " So you shall, r Go to bisd noW j 'o£ffi »a,feYw,"an ß waredMaxhwti]y, ' : ,

He did hob tf ant her to know the fata that had befallen her rescuer. She was already too much agitated. " Good-night," he said* and he pressed her hand to his lips. Lottie took her in hand. She undressed her, bathed her burning face in cool rose water, combed out the tangled curls, and put her to bed. , t ■"'Now, don't lie there letting your mind mako wild pictures," she said, as she caned over her charge, and kissed the quivering lips and eyelids. "Bod blank, instianter; 1 command it; and so remain until morning. :> , , Ib was a piece of self-denial on Lottie s part, for sho Was dying to know what had passed between Kildee and Max, and if tho grand-looking Mayor had been given up, and if there had been a romantic scene, tier imagination was busy while she finished her own packing, and laid out her travelling-dress ready to put on in the morning. She turned then to Kildee's clothes. She shook out the folds of her pretty kilted skirt of dark green and hung it up* She took up the basque j a folded paper fell at her feet. She picked it up, looked at it, and said to herself, t 11 Kildee must have had this in the bosom of her'dress. I will-put it away for her." Sho lifted the lid ot her trunk, and thrust the paper into the pocket of the top. ■ She forgot all about it, and Kildee, believing that the paper had dropped from the folds of her dress, and been burned, said nothing to remind Lottie of tinding it. It was the paper that Heathcliff and Honor had signed the testimony relating to Kildee's birth. In the confusion, after the factory was known to be on fire, tho paper had been swept from tho table, and Kildee had picked it up from the floor, and thrust it into hor bosom. The little actress was up betimes next morning, but she rose noiselessly, and tripped about with bird-like movements, fearing to wake Kildee, who wa9 sleeping peacefully at last. Though she lay so quietly all night, Lottie knew by her breathing that she had not slept. She saw, too, ac ehe looked at her pale face in the morning light that there were traces of tears on her cheeks.

" Perhaps she loved Hdathclift', after all, but she felt bound to Max. 1 wish I knew all about it," thought Lottie, as she stood before the mirror, gathering up her crinkly nut-browti hair. A boy brought her the morning paper. Which she had ordered sent to her early, that sho might read what the saucy dramatic reporter had said of the : play last night, and of her especial r6le. Six* had read his pert comments, aud dis missed them with a toss of her pretty nose, and she was reading, with intotest, the ac count of the fire, when a soft tap sent bet to the door. Max stood there, looking ex cited and feverish, outside the partly opened door. " Is Kildee awake ?" he asked. Lottie put her linger on her lip, and shook her head. " I see you have the morning paper. 1 Wanted to warn you against letting Kildee see it—the account of the fire, i mean. It contains a shocking incident, for one thing, and a ghastly mistake ; it announce* that Kildee was burned to death." "Why, how did that happe ? Didn't they know she was saved ?" "Nobody knew who ib was that was rescued. The tenement house was only half burned, and a body, partly con sumed, was found in tho room Kildee is known to have been in. The faco could not be recognised, but the body was near Kildee's size and shape. She was the only one known to have been in the room with the sick woman ; and, besides—which ia a strange circumstance—Kildee's watch was found on the body of the burned girl. No one doubted it was she, it seems. Heath clitf had the body Carried tA his home, and ib will be interred to-day in the family burial-plot." «,.'-,-,, lL "This is shocking. What distrdss the poor man must bo entering. Of course, Max, you will go at once aud tell him she is alive and wefi." "Of course," Max«ehoed, thoughtfully. " Lottie," called Kildee from the bed. Lottie left Max standing outside the door, and bent over tho little white faco and dark head on the pillow. Kildoe put her anna around hor foster-sister's neck, and drew her close to her. . "Tell Max not to undeceive Mr Heath oliff " she said. Then in answer to the look of amazement in Lottie's wide blue eyes, she whispered: ...... m-n "1 do not want him to know. I will go away with you this morning, and ho will think 1 am dead, and—" Her voicd faltered. "You will do this to escape marrying him, Kildee? You did nob love him, then ?" „ j The girl's pallid face became tmfluseti with colour. She drew Lottie closer that the blue eyes might not search hers. l« How could a tfirl like me love one so far above her in wisdom and age and position ? I was no match for him. And then there was another—" " Ah !" Lottie said, " another1 woman ?" " Yes ; she loves him and he loves her. Through a strange chance—l can't tell you what it Was—l came between thorn. They will be reunited now; they never would be if I should stay. He would marry me through sympathy and for his word s sake, and she would have him do it because of her pride. It is better that both should think me dead. I can be dead to them and to ttie few who knew tne here without its mattering any-tlmnks to my instenfficahce.' So tell Max, dear Lottie. Ask him to beg Mr Carieon not to betray that it; was! he saved—if indeed he recog nised roe. It seems he did not, or they would have known." Lottie went back to Max and told him "Kildee's request. " It doesn't seem right," she said gravely. Bub Max was thrilling all over with the thought that Kildee was nob to be married thab day, that she was to go away with htm—that he was to have his darling back. No sbratagem should ever geb her away from "You^'will tell Mr Carieon," aßked Lottie. Max sank hie voice to a whisper. "Mr Carieon would nob know," he an swered/:" He 'fell, trying to recrOßS the ladder after he had rescued Kildee. He Was taken up for dead, bub was nob dead. .He #,ac alive bhis morning, the paper says, bub insensible, with scarce a shadow of hope for Him—poor fellow. He acted grandly last nignt. I don't want Kildee to know of the catastrophe until she has recovered from the shock.":, AnihcWr, later, Kildee was dressed for travelling—LpttieSupplyingwhatever was needed io making her toilet. Lottie ordered breakfast sent up to them, and persuaded Kildee to eabsomethihtr. They pub on their hits, Xildee fcieing:a veil over her face, and joinedMaxiplthehallis: The carriage was waibinff. jHfr took bhom oub tp it. A few men wlip^&fe on the verandah stared at the tWo'r well-shaped actress girls," none of them suspecting that one of these Was the supposed victim of the fire they were read ing about. , Wheft they were in the carriage, Kildee burned to Max.

"DidybUßpeaktoMifCarleon? Did hte pfomise-r", ■-, . . <' * Max nbddfed. f:" He will- never- tell. You heed nob be afraid," he'said; Itfi did nob say that? he had written her request and left it iti a sealed envelope; to •be given to"Carleoh, in case he recovered his senses. The man ii( whose hands he left [•the letter was a minister, who had been praying beside'GaTleoh'a bed When Max entered. He was.ayel-yTunclerical person fcji .so v ,dris arid -'lodks. ife might haffe|iab^ed tpi .a1 soldier in,-the garb of the b&urg&omet-'i'.ste^ eyes had-a i-efitlesß* re p^ssed fire in th^ir dpptbßi they were

softened as with,tears when he bent over the white, unconscious face. !" God's will be done," he muttered; but I thought lie had fi great work for this man to do in his Vineyard." The unclerical-looking preacher was Sam Brown. Ho came to Oarlcon's bedside as soon as he heard of What had happened. The brusque looks and words of the physicians —one of them an- agnostic, the other a cultured, cynical disciple of Voltaire—had no etfect upon him. He remained day and night in that room over which "the Death Angel hovered, praying, watching, nursing, lifting the bruised and broken frame in his strong arms, so tenderly holpful that the physicians ceased to sneer, and pub up with the " par son's prayers " for tho sake of his cool nerve and intelligent comprehension fts an assis tant!

Kildee kept her veil down during her drive to the depot. Lottie suspected she was crying. She longed to look into tho girl's heart and know if she really did not care for the man sho was to have married on this day—So fair after last night's storm. Kildee's voice, usually so sweet, was husky when she spoke. "There is one thing that distresses me about going away—St. Peter, I hate so to leave him behind. I know he will be taken care of, but he Will miss—" Max laughed out. "Catch a weasel asleep," he said. " St. Peter is not left behind."

11 Why, where is he ?" "Safe in the smoking-car of our train. I left him there ten minutes ago—fiddle, Zack, and all. He found me last night and knew me. He stuck to me through everything. When 1 got with you into the carriage, he eliunbecl up beside tho driver and rode with us to the hotel. Where he stowed himself last night I don't know, but the first thing I heard this morhing was the fiddle. Wo have all three of our prodigals back—you and your two proteges—and I feel happy enough to kill a dozen fatted calves. Everything is as it was before."

" Everything is as it was before." Lottie repeated the words to herself doubtingly as she looked at Kildee. Her "child" was here beside her, gentle, lovely as before, but yet not the same. She would never be the same, Lottie said to herself. Those dark, sweet eyes held a secret. Could not Max tell it in the very tone of the gentle voice—that low yet intense vibrating chord, indescribably tender and sad—that chord which had been unknown to Kildee's voice before ?

"She has suffered,"' said Lottie in her own little sympathising heart. " She did love that man. She has given him up because she thinks he loves that, other woman and will be happier with her. Poor Max. But he is so good and so devoted to her, she can't help earring for him. They will marry at last, and be happy." (To be Continued,)

THE WATCH OF THE AGE

WONDERFUL WATSHBURY.

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A man who stole a Watch from a poor lubourer the other day was fined and locked up by the Magistrates, horsewhipped by the watchmaker when he came out, and afterwards nearly hurried into a brain fever by his wife. The clergy man of the parish alluded to the little affair in a sermon, and the local editor, for a wonder, agreed with the parson and re viewed the Occurrence in print. All this time it was borne in upon the wretched man that he could have bought the watch from any storekeeper for 13s 6d, and have had it repaired any time at a cost of 2s 6d.

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HOWARD, Proprietor (Late of tho days, meeting train for Auckland nt Morrins- Albort Hotel, Queen-street). villo on those days, and returning to To Aroha Sample Room for Commkroial Travellers, from Mortinßvllie oh' Mondays, Wednesdays, The General Public will Find Every Modern and Fridays on arrival of train from Auckland, Convenience, Combined with Civility and conveying passengers, parcels, and mails.—E. Prompt Attention. Gallagher. ; Night' Porter in Attendance. — — > ~..,,—, ~ .. Telephone, 290. m I M<' E T A B L E, ■ ■■■ ■ .- — — 1. DAVIES BROS.' 'BUSES, ' Saddlers and Harnessmakers. DEVONSa IlA J&ffißFitog n**s ta ' .■■■ SCHOOL-HOUSE.' C^^s- i «/ —«*. j^-j f> Telephone: Dbvonport BvßizkV, M \ >v^f jl\ * Leaves Victoria Wharf, Devonport :—8.20 W \^ ° °»n1 -' 1020 a'^'iJ P-m-» 4.20 p.m.; Sundaye-10 " <3?r\r«' W a-m- 2-25 B- nl- lrares, Is. t5 ¥¥ JkiJtiKftni i> Leaves Takapuna :—9.8 a.m., 11.15a.m.,3p.m., 9 &HMIB f&U^L W Dp.m.; Sundays—ll a.m., 4.30 p.m. H V WiMr ie/--^^ " H Special Trips cuti bo arranged at Post-office, *q -viitmr m t -w n Devonport. W. A l m Ladies' and Gents.' SADDLE HORSES. W ■ v* Also BUGGIES, BRAKES, WAGGONETTES, >"J W fcrftT a ' -xne n■' t And Conveyances of every description, f\ ?». HILL, Sapdler, 175, Queen-sfc. At shortest nptlce. \jr« (next British Hotei)^ begs to announce Expresseß rrtfeet every Boat to receive and for to hia menas that he has opened up a splendid ward Luggage of all descriptions. andWell-assortedwtock which b> will offer at , •■ ..: ■ ■ • . : , greatly Reduced Prices, to meet tho times. Trx'P'VnNPO'R'I 1 WATWPTfA A"\TT> Gents.' Saddles, complete with mounts, from l| Ew An^ wortw Kni at S* Vr 40s to 117 10s; Ladies' Saddles, complete with -*-^ WARKWORTH ROYAL MAIL mounts, from 708 to £12 129 i BUpgy Harness : . CO A UH, , fronv£6 to £12; Spring Cart Harness, from £66s ,;"",;■"- . to£ld", OartHarhtei3s,lrom£4lostO£lo Plough MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, & FRIDAYS— Harness, single set, from 37s 6d to £2 2s; Cart Leave Dovonporb 8 a.m.," Takapttna 8.30 a.m., COlUirs, all sizes, from 16s 6d to £1; Piped Col- Wade 10.30, Waiwera 12 noon, Puhoi 12.45 p.m. lar, from 18g to £1 Bs; Pack Saddles, strong Arrive Warkworth 2.30 p.m. and serviceable, with strong leather flaps and • - • heavy strapping;, raw-liide seats, from £2, 17s 6d TUESDAYS THURSDAYS AND to £4 103. A larleassorfmerit o£ Bridles, Whips, SATURDAYS }n£Sl eZ' SSP 1 HorßtJ-Cover8 ' &0- &c- Leave Warkworth 8 a.m., Puhoi 9.30 a.m., Wai fltt?SS.BilfJWlc.eß' .« , wera 10.15 a.m., Wade 11.30 a.m., Takapuna2 REPAIRS Neatly and Promptly Executed, p,m. Arrive Dovonport 2.50 p.m. at the Jo weot possible rates. THOM'a«i TiTTT'TirR t N.n.-ruHftllow«ineeglvott for Second-hand Proprietor. tlameßstokeuin^ohange. =^r¥^^; - Q ANp cq7 1M""""'."1""1 """""' ' l 1""" 1" """r ' sag JZ GRAIN MERCHANT& IDIOP. iMMEDIATII SALE, aa the ttvvtiv atsttTraT'T QTAmpq I? 4 owner must leave for England, a really LIVERY AjND BAIT STABLES. tfood Farm of 238 acres, 130 acres of it in grass, —•—— and fenced part with thorn hedges, and the Omnibuses Brakes, Oabs> and Saddle Horsaa balance in bush; orchard, house, and buildings; for Hire at lowest rates. and* very low price will be taken,—Apply to Special arrangements made with Evening and John Soppet, House and Land Agent, C 5 Queen Hchlo Pattiea,. Street. ■ iL-':i ' <:'■■:. .. ■\, j ; ... ■~,, Tn%r\x> DnarniTTni aat t^ . Z Storesand Stables:—Lome-street, Mt.Ro9kfll, XnOR POSITIVE SALE, cheap and and Avondale. Auckland. N.Z. -»r terms very easy, 650 acres Rood Land P^SSW^^rtSW'SSfi Ti^F^rrcliFATpTlaren before goppet, House aad Luna Agent, WiQufleo-^wtfti TT meals le r Won^wJuJ ftppeUser, Tryit



Business Notices- BY APPOINT- MKwr m HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY FACTORY. VICTORIA-STREET BAST AND HIGH-STREET. ' AUCKLAND. Telephone, 308. JAMES MACKIE, Coachbuiltxbb, MANAGER Builder of every description of Vehicles. Eepairst n all the branches of the trade faithfully executed. Vehicles Bought and Sold on Commission. Coachbuildera" Requisites in Stock. Tho Trade Supplied. Country Orders punctually attended to. Cash Oustomersliberally dealt with. If! ISH E R & 0 0.. ! WHOLESALE SHIPPING AND FAMILY BUTCHERS ■ i Established 1864. By Special Appointment to His Excellency tha Governor, Sir W. F. Jervois: His Excellency Sir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh; also, Kosha Butchers to tha JOUEEN.STfIEET, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Families waited on in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to ORDER. Dealers in Gase t Homo-curod llama and Bacdri Corned Beef in Large Quantity. Itnporta of Sausage Casings • Tho Trade Supplied N.B.—Calte9* Rennets. ttsi. Customers Supplied with Ice. Telephone No. 353. P.O. Box No. 431 EaTABMSTTED 1859. GEE & POTTEK, CUACHBUILDERS, LOKNE AND RUTLAND STRKET3. Coacheß, Carriages, Waggonettes, Buggies, Pony Carriaeos, Carts, Drays, and every de scription o£ Vehicles kept in stock, or built to order. Tho trade supplied. N.B.—Traps lent to customers whilst repairs arc being executed. HOLROYD AIro~~LONGBOTTOM, GENERAL WOOD TURNERS, Albert-street, Auckland, opposite V.M.C.A. Rooms. Bandsaw Cuttings, Carvings, Architraves, and Fretwork done at Lowest Rates. Table, Chair, and Sofa Legs, Bed Posts, Drawer Stumps, otc., always in stock. BILLIARD BALLS RE-TURNED AND STAINED. A Trial i 9 tfespeotfully Solicited,' jTJrSWINNERTON, WOOD TURNER, \VYNDHAM-STREET. UstablishodlStSO. Aredaotlon 0f25 per cent. «h common warte Billiard Balls Exchanged. Special <iare given to Re-turnlng and Staining. i'ool i'ins, Marbles and Chalk i'ocHet* always nhand. SALSALIIE TS the best Food Preservative; keeps Milk, Butter, Meat, etc., pure and sweet, and is without an equal for general household' purposes. No homo should be without it. QIEDH I L L 1 S CRATED WATER AND CORDIAL FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EAST (Late Shaklakd's). COALS; COKE, CHARCOAL, FIRE WOOD. Best Rata. Wree, and Purlri Firewood; also, first-class Tftupiri, Newcastle, and Kamo Coal, at Lowest Price for Cash. Furniture carefully Removed, and Goods Delivered to all parts of tho city and suburbs, at Lowest Rates.—Note tho Address: C. PIPER, opposite the Ponsonby Reservoir, and corner of Newton and Kaianga hapo Roads. EDWIN JON E S (Late E. and A. Jones). House, Furnishing, and General IRONMONGER, Ponsunby Road and Pompallier Terrace, Auckland, N.Z. Agent for the Phoanix Fire Office. Advertisement Agent for AUCKLAND EVENING Star. Post-ofHco Savings Bank, Money Order Office. Telegraph Station, Telephone Bureau. JOT 0 W D E N, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, QUEEN : STREET, Has now convenience for making and repair ing of Jewellery and for tho repairs of every description of Watches, Chronometers, &c, &c, and to further increase his repairing and manu facturing department, he is disposing of the remainder of hia PIANOS at and under cost. Persons having old gold j ewellory can have it made up into new and fashionable articles to order, and all the better class of watches and chronometers receive his personal supervision. \ Rotherhams* Genuine English Levers in stock. WARNOCK BROTHERS. Established 1862 SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, COX' 3 CREEK, AUCKLAND. Manuiaciurcra of the Celebrated Extract of Soap, Disinfectant Powder, First Prize Yellow Blue Mottled, Double Crown, Economic, and Household, Carbolic, and other Medicinal and Toilet Soaps, made from tho purest of Tallows, Offices-DURHAM-STREET, Auckland. ■ N.B. — Cash Purchasers of Tallow, Wool, Sheepskins,and Bones. -■ fiTIHIiF Besb Gift for Home frienda i 3 a Brett's Auckland Almanac, containing a Pictorial Representation oC Queen-street, Do- Boription of tlie Provincial District, New Guido to Hot Lake, &c &c (| K01) N D LIM E! GROUND LIME For Sals, SOUTHGATE'S MAHUIIANG^HYDR^LIO GROUND txi any quantity, for Concrete Paths, Floors. Cellars, etc. Next to stone-flagging it is un rivalled for durability and Lard-sotting qualities. For tanka and other wet work it is a first-class ■. material. B. KEArTK SOLE AGENT, - CUSTOMS-STREET. W. . L E * s- BOOKBINDER, PAPER RULER. ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER, I WVKDHAM-HTttIMST. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS. Insurance and Mining Register Books Specially Ruled and Bound. Music, Magazines, Public Libraries, and Sunday School Books Well Bound. Bakers' Special Ruled Day Books, Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books Re-bound. ' ' BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS RULED. ONE SHILLING PACKET of SALSALINE will preserve TWENTY SHILLINGS' worth of food. To be obtained of all Chemists and Grocers, in Is and 2s packets. Wholesale Agent, RICHARD A. CARR, Fort-street, Auckland. ■ ■' ORN MANURE.-Freezing Co.'«, £$, of all merchants.



Busiuess notlcei* B-l OBSON-st. jitf^Sfl A TEW DOORS HIGHER UP THE STREET, And wishes t6 notify to all customers and ■ the public that he intends to conilno himself to the supply of ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF . TTPHOLSTERY .WORK, Including BEDDING, &c., &0. SPECIAL LINES: SPRING- MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, IPlax, and Flock ' ORDINARY MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, Flax, Flock, and Feathers SUITES in Utrecht Velvet, Tapestry, Leather, and Haircloth OCCASIONALCHAIRSin Variety of Coverings Cri t> row n, HOBSON-STREET. Ikon Curved for V erandas (ANY PATTERN) SHORTEST NOTICE. George M ccaul Manufacturing Plumber, AND IMPORTER OP ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEy STREET EAST (opposite New Library), and BROWN &DAVY STREETS, IHAME& HAS FOR SALE— SOO Corrugated Galvanized Tank! (aßSOrted) 600 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) 60,000 feet Lead Edge Ridse Cap (all tlsses) 50,000 feet O.Q. Spontine (all elzef) 60,000 feet Downpipes (all sizes) 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pipes (all sizes) Lead-head Nails, Lead Washers, Portable Ovens, .furnace Frames, Copper Boilers, etc., etc, etc. Awarded Three First Priises for above lines, at Auckland Agricultural Show. Largest and best, selection of Gas Globes in Auckland. As G; McCAUL is a direct Importer for i oaali, he Is in a position to supply the trade at the lowest remunerative prices. Liberal discounts to the trade. Country ordert punctually attended to. GEORGE MGCAtILf Manufacturing Plnmber,. and ItDporter of all l'rade KoquisiteS, Wellesley-st. East (opposite : New library), and Brown iand Davy-atreeti, < QRION* . v .' -~ ■- " ■ r\RiON. • WHAT IS IT? QYMONDS STREET BOOT FACTORY. T.B. HEATH, • Being about to remore to his New Shop, and Factory, will continue for a fortnight Speoia Clearing Sales of his Valuable and Varied. stOCfe o£ Ladies', Gentlemen's and- Chiidren'd fibots and Shoes for Cash Only. . f^OTO B A T M VIT to BOTH S PUBUC HOT. COLD, AND SJtlO'WjßJil BATHS, VIOTOBIA-STBKBX IfiAST. Charge—ONU aHILLING. Open all week, days from 8 a.m. to 9 p.in,, and SUNDAY MOKNINGS from 0 till 10 ewro. The bath rooms are all private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &c. Select Bath-rooms (private* for ladiee avery day, at all hours, withfemale attendance, Oho Shilling and Sixpence, tf lease, note the Address—Victoria street Kast. above the Greyhound Hotel, and next the Cheap Bedding and Furnittire Marl; Auckland. N.M.—Barber in attendances ■AJT O N U jN M^ E NT S ITALIAN AND?VliB'ii'6NT MARBLIS, AND GKANITET^HEiD STONES IN MARBLE AND STONE. Ikon Tomb Railings at Moderate Pbices. Pricea and Designs sent post-free. Country orders carefully packed. TAIT "BROTHERS, Monumental Works, Corner of Kutland and Lome streets (near Queen-street Junction), \ Aucklafad. J. BUTCHEII.] . [l. OEOOM T OCAIi I N B U S.IBY, Everyone interested in the prosperity ot Auckland should purchase OCALtiY-MADE SHIRTS AND UNDER. CLOTHING* ; And not Imported gobda, • See that your draper supplies you with the best articles, which are made by THE SHIRT AND UNDERCLOTHING MANUFACTURING CO., .' • GREAT NORTH ROAD • ; JD» Xk £, i •■•■■■. COMMISSION MERCHANT, '' \ SHIPPING, CUSTOMSIAND GENERAIj AGENT, ; FteTH's BmtDiNdS, 76, Queen^trekt, , Auckland, New Zealand. : , > SOLE REPRESENTATiViG IN NEW ZEALAND FOR BROWN" AND POLSON, CORN FLOUR .MANUFACTURER^ PAISLEY. AGENT FOR NovftllO, Ewer &! Co.; Mtisic Publishers, Lony • don* -~.>i "■{ ' ■ Sutton and Sons, Seedsmen, Reading.' T. C. Hay ward and Co., Canvas Smnners, etd London, and other Leading Firms. F. "».... C LADDj; '.';-; ?, AGEN* ' FOB *H«' r " ; " '■ : SALE/AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES, V . AOBNT FOR . ; TRUSTEES AND AJ»-iSKTEES.' ', , ' ",, /CHOOSE for yourself. An Extra Pair of \J Trousers or a Waterhury Watch with eaoh Suit at J. H. Dalton's, Tailor,, Victoria St. East, Suits, 60b, 60s,t0s, ; '



THE NEW ZUi m _ ie Bffil IN THE HjSaH* *<""«" < YOt~CAIT»T AFFORD BURL'S Al SOAP. It is aßimple but oselul articla. Thott*i«i».it to use it are BtiU. more Mmpl* affiffi 3 useful, """« 1 Bttmsir ™*^... i'"*'>"'iii»'*iiiifc i,,^f ■ ■ Ton may have heard ot it a THOUsivn TIMES without using it OMC& liZm reveree the position and m USE IT OKCE Ypuwill praise it to others a THOtSASa TlMES.**l;h&ve Spoat hmdrtfi afclillill: convincing the women;of N«W> KafiawltM their labour can be greatiyjighteadwifi- BURNS'S Al SOAP (taiWto RB»S Cleanses!), but I have ¥&U&n short i£m^-' bitionif I have failed to CONVINCE TOtt WHOLESALE AGENT- A. BUCHANAN. CUSTOMS STREET EASt. HO^JEWELWASHIIfiIWE IT WASHES EVERYTHING;' fiSSta- LACK 10 A COALSACK;-CLEANS TEOUSEftS ivithOiit tWettog ft pgw M back, and breaat; and does i*l)!i dare Wftsntm; intwoWUK., ' ■ >T HOME l»ll JEWEL // HUNDREDS OP TfiSTIMONIAU M. M. 'LEVY, ; SOLE'AGENT, ALBBBTvH^Itof ■imp-GAR AND O a' - DfERS, SSTABLteHE^ 1861. Siur, Dying TO L^i^> IOTm'*° Xt Cleaned, R^M^^bS«»W| Dirod' EDGAR, DraE, m PS A COO S, X« •' OPTION 11 ' ia SHOHTLANTfTREET. Always in Stock- d; ,j Settled AB»r«10 urn - w a Mis * J'