SHIPPING.

SONBET—This evening, 4.45. SUNBI3E—To-morr6 w morn mg, 7.1b. . Moon's Age—New Moon, 21st, 10.32 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

AucKXAVD-This afternoon, 2 48: to-morrow TlANUicif' HEADS.-This evening, 5.28; to morrow morning, 6. . . na . Kaipara Heads. - This evening, C.28; to morrow morning, 7.

ARRIVALS.

lona, b.s.j from Mercury Bay Three Cheers, schr., from Thames^ Pukapuka, scow, from Whananaki Mahurangi, cutter, from Barrier Venus, cutter, from Coromandel

DEPARTURES.

Australia, s.s., for Southern ports Rotomahana, s.s., for Southern ports lona, s.s., for Great Barrier Queen, schr., for Hokianga Waiwera, schooner, for Tairua Gisborne, schooner, for Mercury Bay

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day, 5 Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 7

Enterprise, from Thames, to-day, 10.30

p.m. . . .. ... ... ♦Richmond, from Sydney, early Zealandia, from San Francisco, June 23 Mariposa, from Sydney, Sunday afternoon Omapere, from the South, Saturday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED. Crusader, sh., from London Rangitikei, sh., left London May 3 Lutterworth, bq., left London April 7 Routenbeck, bq., NTQS (via Ofcago), loft

Glasgow March 10 Elinor Vcrnon, sell., JSFK, left Now

York Feb. 0, via Dunedin Star of the East, from "New York, via

Dunedin • ■ , . Arab, bq., to leave- Now York April 2, via

Dunedin Dante, bq., to leave Java April 16 Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel-

ton and Dunedin Smaragd, bn., from Dunedin Oceola, from Dunedin Camille, from Dunedin Ryno, schr., from a cruise Cabarfeidh, bq., from Lyttelton Notero, bq., from Lyttelton Peerless, bn.,from Oamaru Mariner, schr., from Rarotonga Ada C. Owen, bn., from Rarotonga Oamaru, bn., from Rarotonga Olive, schr., from a cruise

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, sh.-, for London, loading Easterhill, bq., for London, early Nellie M. Skde, for New York, early Te Anau, for Sydney, to-day, 6 p.m. Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Friday, 4 o'.m. -

IMPORTS.

( Per C. W. Janes, from Now York : 129 cases slates, 17 cases scales, G5 cases mfd tobacco, CM ft deals, 4S*pfcgs oars, 48 loose oars, 750 cases kerosene oil, 130 cases turpentine, 150 bbls plaster, 2 cases shovels, SS cases axes and hatchets, S9 cases sewing •machines, 750 pkgs mill machinery, 203 reels barbed wire, 6G pkgs carriage-ware, 10 pkgs nails, 43 cases handles, 31 cases chairs.

Per To Anau : 57 cases and 1 qr-cask •wine, 20 cases brandy, 25 cases geneva, 20 cases tapioca, 50 coils rope, 25 cases sago, 370 sack flour, 20 qr-casks whisky, 15 cases tobacco, 180 sacks potatoes, 15 packages harrows, 29 cases bacon, 50 cases and 12 half-chests tea, 599 sacks wheat, 20 pianos, 10 cases jam, 6.4 sacks onions, 112 packages machinery, 2S&-bundles laths,-1,305 cases fruit, 200 half-cases castor oil, 20 sacks bailey, 17 sacks,.p,eas,.. ; 62l.sacks oats, G bales wool, 100" cases drugs, 1G bundles iron, 251 sheep, and a largo quantity of cargo ex Coptic. .

EXPORTS.

Per P.otomahana for Melbourne : 100 bales fibre, 151 sacks peanuts, ISO sacks cocoa -nuts, 47 sacks. oysters, 143 hides, and. 15 , sackst ditto. For 'Bluff: 712' packages :" sugar. For Dunedin : 2,160 bags sugar, 3(53 cases fruit, 10 cases syrup. For Lyutel ' ton :. 110 sacks gum, 18S cases fruit, 50 cases oranges. For Wellington : 141 pack . ages fruit, 715 cases gum, 29 sacks linseed, > 20 sacks oysters, 50 cases oranges, 100 cases • .bananas, and sundries for all ports.

The'brigantine Ocebla is to leave Dunedin for this port about the 20th inst.

The ship Crusader was to have leffc Lon don for this port on the second inst.

The-schooiier Queen sailed this morning for Hokianga with a small quantity of gene raf cargo.

The barque Lutterworth, ■which left Lon don for this rjoi't on the 7th instant, is consigned to Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co.

The brigantine Camille is loading at Dun edin for this port. She is to-be followed by the .brigantine Smaragd.,

The s.s. Te Anau brought a large quan tity of cargo ex Coptic, from London, for this port. ~, .

Captain J. Nearing1, stevedore, is dis charging the barque Centurion and putting cargo out very rapidly.

The schooner Waiwera sailed to-day for Tairua, where she is to load 40,000 feet sawn timber for Poverty Bay.

The s.s. Te'Anau mtQIA leave for Sydney direct about 6 o'clock this evening.

The schooner Gisborne''cleaved to-day for Mercury Bay, other East Coast ports.and Gisborne witli a full general cargo and one passengers—Miss Swinton. ' •

The ketch Index, which arrived at Lord 1 Howe Island on -May 25, .from Sydney, re ported that. during tho passage the . mate .named Bastian, jumped overboard and was drowned. Every effort was made to save him.

Tho s.s. Australia leffc for Easfc Coast ports at 6 p.m. yesterday, -with 240 cases gum for the Rimutaka, and a large quan tity of sugar for various ports.

The bavque Northern Chief was bar bound at> Hokianga yesterday, and was ex pected to sail with th'o iirsb favourable change of the wind.

The 'master warden at the Port of Hobart announces, in the Government Gazettes throughout the colonies that tho harbour dues now payable under bylaw No. 15, sec i tion 6, will be abolished on and after July ', 1 next for the Port of Hobart. The s.s. lona arrived from Tauranga, Mercury Bay and Tairua early this morning with .the following passengei's : The Rev. McLennan, Miss Howard, Messrs Bennett, 3.M. Carina, Browni M. Young, P. McKale, Lambert, R. Monk, W. Howard, Arner, D. | GillinV ;C. Barry, J. H. Lee. The lona left again for Great Barrier at 8 a.m. The"rs.s. Rotomaliana left.for Melbourne

r via the/South to-day. She took, amongst ■ other cargo, .715 cases of gum for tranship 'ment'to the'S.s. Rimutaka.' Passengers :— 'For Gisborne: Mr R. V. Phillips. For Napier: Messrs W. B. White, W. Busby, | Roach, and W. Kirby. ESor Wellington : ' Messrs J. Southern, C. J; Davies, A. Mc- Donald, H. McGlashany iEor,. Lyttelton : ,Mr and Mrs Hanmer, Mrs Gill, and Miss . Gill. For Dunedin : Mr L. Cook. Tor

j Melbourne: Rev. Ilennison and wife, ; Messrs: W/E. Gookeajid J. Wilson, Misses Wilson -(?).» Steerage for various ports : Mrs Rowley arid family, Miss P. Thomas, [ Messrs Trimmer, B. Sharlow, and W. powell.

THE TE ANAU.

$he UpSw, Company 'a b.s.' To Anau, 1,652

tons, J. Melntosh, commander, arrived here yesterday at 2.30 p.m. from Southern ports. Throughout tlie entire passage the weather proved unfavourable ; heavy rains and donso fogs, with head wind'and sea, persistently delayed the vessel's progress. Passengers :-Dr. and Mrs McArthur, Mr and Mrs • Scott, Mr and < Mrs East wick and infant, Mesdamcs Barker, Honeymoon, Brady and . three chil dren Misses Rowe and Froude, Messrs Heilgers, Napier (2), Rowe, Haralin, Dig nan, Moss, G. B. Federli, J. Bruce, E. Fabien, R. Quesnel, W. Katene, Moat, Karaitiana, J. Saunders, E. P. Hough ton, S Piesse, Mr Rock, and 29 in the steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

' Wellington*, this day. — Arrived : Leander, ship, Captain Hamilton, 103 days, from London. . .

Bluff, this day.—Sailed : Tekapo, for Sydney, S a.m.

Wellington-, Juno 15. — Arrived Haurofco, from Sydney, 6.30 p.m. Sailed Port Sonnachan, barque, for Now Cale do nia.

Melbourne, Juno ' 15.— Tarawera, for Bluff, at noon.

Sydney, Juno 15.—Sailed : JMariposa, for San Francisco, via Auckland, this after noon.

Port Chalmers, Juno 15. — Sailed: Mararoa, for the North. Passengers for Auckland : MessrsGreig, Sharp, Livingston, Mr and Mrs Coxhead, and 10 steerage.

COMMERCIAL.

Evkxixg St.vk Office, this day. The Auckland Grocers' Association quotes the wholesale price of fresh butter at lOd per lb, and fresh eggs at Is 6d per dozen, delivered, for the week ending June 23. The above quotations refer to prime quality only.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

Pursuant to the terms of the Banks and Bankers Act. 1880, and the Banks and Bankers Act Amendment Act, 1882, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, tho 20th and 21st days of Juno instant, are hereby appointed SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAYS at the offices of the under mentioned Banks throughout New Zealand :—

For tho Union Bank of. Australasia (Ltd.), JOS. PALMER. Chief Officer for .New Zealand. For the Bank of Austra^a,^^ Inspector. For the Bank of New South Wales. Inspector. For the National BaDlr of New Zealand, ' General Manager. For tho Colonial Bank of New Zealand^ HENRY MACKENZIE. General Manager. rol>theßaUkOfNeW D Zt IaMURDOCH. General Manager.

Notices to Correspondents.

Ixquikkp..—To obtain the B.A. degree a student must of course enter in the ordinary way at the University. Another Inquirer.—B's contention that the law allows a bankrupt to retain furni ture to the value of £25 is correct.

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1887.

For the causa that lacks assistance. Tor the irrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And thß good that we can do.

WHEN the law empowering judges to remit the penalty for certain crimes in the case of first offenders came in foTce several of the New Zealand judges announced from the Bench that it was a power that could rarely be exercised with safety. They were of the opinion that to dissociate punishment and crime was a dangerous experiment. The law of God, made vocal throughout nature, affirms that the penalty of sin is sure. The authors of " The First Offenders Probation Act," however, believed— and in this we sympathised with them —that there were cases in which the direct consequences of a first fall from law - abiding respectability into dishonesty are punishment enough, and that it would be well, if there were a hope of reclaiming the erring one to a life of usefulness and virtue, to " give him another chance" before hardening him by the soul-destroying associations of a gaol. This power has been used—and discreetly used—in various parts of the colony. His Honor Mr Justice Ward gave a pri soner the benefit of it in a case of forg ery on Monday last. The circum stances —a crime perpetrated by a previously respectable young man while his senses were muddled with drink—were such as appeared to warrant the leniency of the Court. The prisoner, who has been placed on probation for IS months, forfeits his freedom the moment he breaks the conditions upon which it was granted, and let us hope that his future will vindicate the wisdom of a law which is founded upon the divine prin ciple of mercy. But an hour or two after the first offender had walked out of the dock another young man stepped into it. He also was convicted of obtaining money from an hotelkeeper by means of a forged cheque. His crime was in one respect less heinous than in the case already des cribed because no attempt had been made to imitate the signature of a per son having an account at the bank; the name on the cheque seems to have been simply a bogus one. The accused made no formal application under the Probation Act, but he pleaded that this was his first offence, and that he had led a respectable life in Australia, from, whence he had come recently. This may or may not be, but the police know nothing about him, and the circumstances attending this crime certainly- wear the complexion of inexperienced and reckless folly rather than hardened criminality. How ever, whatever his past, he was sent to imprisonment for two years. Read ingthe report of these trials, the dif ferent treatment of the prisoners— both first offenders, so far as is known to the police of New Zealand— one cannot avoid feeling a suspicion that justice has not shown itself equal handed in their cases. This " First Offenders Probation Act" has come in as a disturbing element into our judicial system, and unless the impression of the law's inequality which is lef,t' by such cases is to grow into a conviction of unfairness, from which we should sacredly guard our Courts of law, there will have to be some more clearly-defined rule for the applica tion of the new Act. It seems to us that only one, of two courses Fill make the law fit in to the criminal

system of the colony. Either the case of every first offender must be made the subject of inquiry by the Probation Officer, with a view to considering his claims to consideration under the Act on the ground of previous good character ; or the Act must be repealed, and the Bench permitted as before to mete cut the punishment according to the heinousness of the offence as dis closed in the evidence.

THE ARMY OF TEACHERS.

A remark was made at the Board of Education the other clay that there was a difficulty in getting good certificated teachers. We can scarcely believe, after looking into the return of teachers' examinations laid before Parliament, that the Board has tried very hard. It is pretty evident from this return that the teaching profession is getting, like most others, very much overdone —a not unnatural result of our ambi tious- system of national education. There a'ro 1,838 teachers in the colony who now hold certificates ; 301 have qualified for certificates; 312 more have registered for " partial pass," and 13S have licenses or some other form of qualification. There were 786 can didates went up for examination as teachers last year, and the report states that certificates are increasing at the rate of 150 to 200 a year. When it is mentioned at the same time that 480 certificated teachers were unemployed (so far as the Board's service is concerned) in Decem ber, 1886, the outlook for the hun dreds who are now harassing their weary brains in the hope of obtaining the coveted prize is not very bright. Of course, a great many of the so-called " unemployed" have undoubtedly found better employment in other lines of life—not a few matrimonially; and the disposition amongst the feminine half of the profes sion to change the sphere of duty from the general to the particular—from supervising other people's children to rearing their own —will always produce a considerable percentage of vacancies. Notwithstanding this margin, however, it is an act of kindness to warn those who have made their second, third, fourth, and fifth failures, and who feel that Nature has made the acquisition of the book knowledge prescribed by Councils of Education difficult to them, to look out for some other sphere of life in which their natural powers may be more freely and successfully exer cised.

A JUBILEE DISCORD.

EVERY person of sense and feeling must deplore and condemn the dis graceful conduct of a noisy clique at Sydney, who appear determined to gain an unenviable notoriety for them selves and their city by blatant, and brutal opposition to the general move ment in favour of the Jubilee re joicings. A meeting held last week had to be dispersed because of the persistent interruption of a small body of people described as Secularists, and last night the same, tactics were again employed and actual violence was attempted. These rowdies appear to be the re presentative men in Sydney of the Australasian Secular Association — a body that lately addressed a most offensive petition to Queen Victoria, expressing their " dismay and disgust" at the system of Eoyalty, and entering their "sincere and solemn protest against the methods now being adopted by certain sections of our fellow colon ists to give effect to the Jubilee cele brations, and more particularly inas much as these arrangements will entail the lavish, illegal, and unjust expendi ture of the public funds, at a time when honest industry is ill-paid, and multi tudes of would-be workers are actually starving through compulsory idleness." It is happily no crime nowadays -to hold such views, or even to advocate openly the advisabi lity of altering the form of government; but it is quite another matter to insult the august lady who rules over the British dominions, and try to suppress a public demonstration by the worst tactics known to mob laAv, as these Sydney Secularists are doing. Whatever may be said for or against the institution of Royalty, no one can gainsay that Queen Victoria has .mag nified the office, and done much to .make ,it ..popular with, the English people, and to make her, on the occasion ,of. her Jubilee the medium of an attack on the principle of monarchy, is as unjust and unreason ing as it is unmanly and cowardly. To protest against the expenditure of public money in times of depression is also an irrational proceeding, for the ;£5,000 or so that the New South Wales Government propose spending on a Jubilee demonstration will to a great extent be distributed among the industrial classes, and the labour market will in consequence receive a stimulus. The method of emphasising their views adopted by the Sydney Secularists is, however, tenfold more objectionable than the views themselves, and by allying themselves with ruffianism of the lowest type they will succeed in alienating the. sympathy of all lovers of decency and order.

In closing, we would remark that the introduction into these colonies of the combined secular and anti-mon archical movement is one of the worst instances yet afforded of unnecessarily importing old-world feuds to vex and disturb the people of these new coun tries. Monarchy may be a curse to some people, but it is certainly not so to residents in the Australasian colonies, Whose loyalty is undoubted and conspicuous, and in no place under the sun is there less need for the operations of secular societies than in these lands, where religious equality is absolute, and. State secular education the rule, 'But sup 4

posing the case were oH^^^ that vigorous meaS^^d to counteract tendencies tnS ? qmre(* themeansadopted'SStß6' the . despicable-kind^f^-K^ Viewing these proceeding T-^ matter for surprise to learn rt!V. S *° been thought necessary inlu*1^ «>nAn^tli,g/»^o purpose of counteracting ; the the Secularist clique, SI 1 v^ol of a petition, bearingol^^ signatures, that £5.^ to the Victorian Parlia ment Pre^ formed themselves into akw 8 association with the avowed ,*S of^dissenunating S o c iali stic ;IS; and anarchist principles" TH,^ of the petition was that \ "Hall of Science "inMeL^ 0? 11^ be closed on SundaS^ of amusement were : arid it . pear that the repressive steps taW? Sir Henry Parkes in Sydn^SS reference to Secularist Je^ J lectures. If anything could *S an arbitrary act be the rude conduct of those' Sv<W rowdies, which constitutes the only element of discord in the colonial eel? bration of Her Majesty's Jubilee

Mr Justice Ward lias remitted %«i£ imposed by him on the absent GrandS Mr Herman Brown and MrG-. P Jf The former is not anaturalisedßritisS jecb, and the latter was" away froin'W when the summons was served. • "n^

At a meeting of the General ComaM of the Temperance Jubilee Festival Ui last night, Mr J. T. Garlick presidingX result of the prize poem on "Temperance? was announced, and Mr E. S. Husband (" Lucius ") was declared the winner" Mr J. Blackman ("Leo ") taking second rJaJ MrsHulberfc ("Gretha") being fed. i letter was read from Mr Husband, in Svhict that gentleman generously donated the prize, £2 2s, to be equally divided between the Gospel Temperance; Mission and the New Zealand Temperance.Alliance. ,'..

About half of the inhabitants of Rotoraa are now in attendance afc- the, Supreme Court in the case of three natives^ chawed with obtaining money under false pretences from the Government agent.

Mrs Gordon Baillie, so well-known in coit nection with the troubles; of the Skye crofters, is in Melbourne at present* :Sne proposes to look for land for fully a thpa sand of the Gordon clan .to settle upon. V

A lecture in "Applied. Mechanics "W given last night afc the lecture room of tie Museum by Sir W. I. Kobinson,L instructor in drawing to the Board of Education.^ Josiah Martin presided. /The lectiirewas in connection with the evening;science classes in drawing, &c, held at the Train ing College. The branch taken up iras " Strains, Deflection, and .'Strength'* of Rectangular Beams," and was: the^first of others to be given at, intervals on ."frame". work and Built-up Structures,. as Roofs and Bridges." A miniber" of.""'inpclel beams were used, and the strains1 on the different parts were ','. shown \ by experiments. Laws were sho\ni; giving deflection with regard to dimensionsjna loads of beams. Diagrams were drawn showing these results graphically.'; The beams were finally broken to show the law , governing the ultimate strength with regard to the various conditions of form arid. method of support. From these results practical lessons were deducted for carpentry'and building construction. • • Thea'appliiira used consisted of built-up frames, "crajs/ j and bolted together to suit the.experiaaU made. There was a good atteH!Mc"E;

Eeferring to New Guinea at a meeting ot the South Australian Geographical Society, Lord Brassey said :—" There are some delicate questions connected with $w Guinea on which Icartainly shall'not; no? touch. But I may say that what I have seen of the world has tended to impressm my mind most deeply the1 conviction'-that latitude does fix, in: a \ very^dedsrre manner,; a limitation upon the sphere of the Anglo-Saxon race for direct physi cal labour. I feel convinced that rales you have temperate weather to make; up for the hotiseason, the Anglo-Saxon race: can not undertake outdoor: labour.; You may direct and administer it. You may he able to go through figures in the office; biifc to go out into the iield to dig and delve is im possible. Despite this, however, topical countries may prove of inestimable benefit, although they may not besuitablefortheem ployment of Anglo-Saxons as field-labourers. It does not follow that "they are not to be of great benefit, • even direct benefit, to our own race in regard to the employmef of labour. Because if we can, succeed in developing these tropical, regions, and only tropical races are employed, an increasing and prosperous race of workers "will require products of the Anglo-Saxon labour in coun tries where the latter can work." -■'■".;. '. A girl who was brought before the Mel bourne City Court a few days ago testinea that she was brought from Adelaide as a domestic servant, and afternary taten to a. houso of assignation. She was then induced, through her destitute _cir cumstences, to go wrong, and. .alter wards gave herself up to the police^ order to be, taken off the streets, W» consented to go4nto the Salvation Amy barracks, but, being left alone .there for* few minutes, made her escape m company with a masher-looking individual.; Oolona Barker is confident that he canf^t,fi« back. He alleges he is possessed of infor mation to show that girls are systematicaUy inveigled over from • Adelaide, by. a Mcl bourne procuress and plunged into a Me ol shame. ,-.. .- : , *' : The water thrown up at WhakarewarejVj is charged with new ot*>g sombre coloux

Max RmkleV Jubilee^ Burleg^ Pantomime Company atoll continues^ draw at the. Agricultural .ga favourite^opera _" La, cleverly burlesqued, and the-lucueiit kept in roars *&^MSB£M& scenery, which is ver^nuch. admiral > visitors, is from the brush of Mr » , Pulford, the local scenic artisc. • . Acceptances and genmrenta*-fcH* Onehunga Jubilee Day Meeting are dv. morrow night.. : , .■ ".' .[ Anew book by the NeW o Southj2 Minister of Public »f on- grg^ Inglis, is in the hand^ of. his Pu Messri Sampson, Low, .MwA the mkladvance^copies may be expecteaj colony shortly. ; Tfo^ob^wUl;«J^ ork » Our New Zeabnd g^f^gfe is designed to . show Have made which settlement and commerce v ,» in the land of .the "*£%£*£&■ tha during a period of «/^ arrival intervened between .Mi^Wgu^ tQur inthecolpnyandln^co^r^ _^ c of the islands made a. fe JJ^ S R ffered by terms which-Mi: Ing!* Iggfiioof thai his publishers are aeon,mcin^ Australian, authorship _is^«S dlAu stra in the metropolis °f.^ e p f o f profit and io-. lian subjects, areJggj^^gS #§ terest, ,Hr ln»|ty^ at o i and.humorous, into^fXnng «?* * descriptive work of ainMfi : p higt(? y tellectual chai-ftcter. '. . .. . • bl9 the book willno doubt boa va,,..., quisition to a Hbvft.^ v ' " . ■~_.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING BTAK, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 188?,

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\V. J. SOITEK.] [F. L. PROTIIERO. TUBILEE "OEEU. W. J. SUITER & Co. Have pleasure in returning thanks to their numerous and esteemed, customers for their very liberal and loyal support in the past, and now announce that they have had specially brewed Ales prepared, wherewith all loyal subjects can drink with enthusiasm the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty on the completion of the fiftieth year of her reign.' W. J. S. & Co. further announce that they have secured the aorviccs of Mr JAMES WHITSON (Late of K. Wn its on and Co.) As their HEAD B 11E WE R, So that their well-earned position in the brewing trade will bo fully maintained. They also trust that the mutual good feeling of esteem and confidence hitherto existing between the firm and their customers will bo augmented and strengthened in their future business relations— a result which they shall endeavour to achieve pARK gREWERY, KYBER PASS ROAD. O, A T M E A L. v'-!ft ■■ ■ ■'' ASK YOUR GROCERS FOR MOIR & CO.'S. .PRONOUNCED TO BE HE BEST OATMEAL - IN THE MARKET. SUITS to order from 50s, with an extra pair of Trousers for notbing.--J. H. Dalton, 'Jailor. ____; ■ ■DONA-FIDE Q< ALE AT LESS THAN ENGLISH COST • oi" JEW ELL ER V, ' WATCHES, CLOCKS, ELECTRO-PLATE, AND SILVERWARE. I H. :"ll OHN ' Having purchased tho Bankrupt Stock . of A. Aley at a heavy discount, now offers the 'whole of tho samo at a,large reduction off first cost. Being about to relinquish his Auckland business, and having purchased tho old established ' jusinessof B. Peterson & Co., Christchurch, ho has determined to in clude in tho sale tho wholo of his largo and valuable stock at a DISCOUNT OF THIRTY PER CENT. OFF MARKED PRICES. This i3agood opportunity for acquir ing really good articles and High-class Jewellery for Wedding and Birthday Gifts, considerably tinder original cost. H. KOH N, 1 ■ JEWELLER, QUEENtSTREET. SPECIAL CHEAP LINES IN DRA PERY, Etc., at • WILLIAM 11. . BRIDGMAN'S. ' { 250 White Shetland Wool Squares, largo" sizo, at r 7'ld, Is, Is 3d, Is Ud, -worth double tho prico; good Cotton Tick; 13d; Union Tick, BAd ; heavy Linen Tick, Is Id ; strong Brown Holland, 'ii|d; Wliite Calico, aid yard; very wide Grey Calico, 2dyard; large White Turkish Towels, 7sd, IOJd, Is; splendid assortment Flannels, all prices; very strong line Flannel, 32in wide, HJd yai'd; 30 Ladies' Black Cloth Jackets, half-price, to clear; lus Jackets for 7s 6d ; 20s ditto for10s; 30s ditto for 16s ; iOs ditto for 2is (tho above are splendid cloth and a great bargain); 40 Maids' and Women's Ulsters, last season's goods, to clear at a greitt reduction; strong Blue Serge, lid. Is; 25 Coloured Bed Quilts, Is lid, L'3Ud,333d; Whito Honeycomb Quilts, 3s 3d, Bs lid, 5s Cd,' very cheap ; 1,700 pairs Girls' and Women's Tloso, from 3d per pair ; Girls' and Ladie*' Macintosh Ifur Capes at low prices; Splendid Stock. of Blankets, all prices from us Cd to Its pair; Now Velveteens (black and coloured); also, Choice Assortment Striped Plushes, Check Velvets, etc., for ..trimmings; 20,0C0 yards of Choice Dress Materials, all prices from IJd (most of those having been bought .job, cannot be under sold); Green Fingcrini* Wool, Is Cd head, half price ; Men's Overcoats, from 13s 9d; Youths' Do. (good line), 10s 9d; Men's Macintoshes, re duced in price: Men's Mole Trousers, 4s lid: 750 Men's Silk Windsor Scarfs, (id ; Boys' Felt Hats, Is; Men's Felt Hats, from Is 6d; Boys' Cotton Shirts, lOd, lid, Is, Is 2d X Special Strong LinoT\vecd3 for Boys' Wear, Is 2Jd, 18 Id, Is 3d, Is Sd; 75 Boys' and Men's Coats, haif-price to clear,from.ds6d. ' Having boughtLargoLot of. Black and Co.oured Cashmere and French Merinos at heavy discount, will clear at sniall advance. " * " ' ••-■'- - > 28S, UPPER QUEEN-STREET. OVERCOATS in Great Variety,' at J. Dalton's, Victoria-street East. TTNIVERSAL use arid popular approval have :%U--- > indissoiubly ■ established tho 'famo of Wolfe's Schnapps. WEDDING CARDS;—Latest Stylo at tho. Stab Lithoßraphlo' Works, • Short land-street, Auckland,



■vr c ° T T c ;E: TO PURCHASERS OF SPRING MAT TRESSES. Mattresses sold by me are made! by Wolf Hart, and are guaranteed as represented. GABRIEL LEWIS, . . Auctioneer. TCTOTICE OF REMOVAL E. LANGLEY, BUTCHER, Begs to intimate to the public that ho has re moved to new and commodious Brick Premises, Hobson-street, and begs to tender thanks for past; favours, and hopes, by strict attention to business, combined with good quality and moderate prices, to merit a continuance of tho same. Box 329. Telephone 135 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, on ONIOiN'S, OATS, ok MAIZE, CALL ON ALFRED JO WITT. ~S A DAY'S ILLUMINATION OF THE FACES OF OUR CUSTOMERS. We have decided not to spend monoy on gas Humiliations, but to give our customers tho benefit of it by making Great Reductions in our Prices for li DAYS' ONLY. GREAT JUBILEE FOR BOOT BUYERS. ECONOMY BOOT SHOL\ VICTORIA-STREET. TUST PUBLISHED, 5 "CALAMO CURRENTE, or; Casual Sketches on Things is General," including THE FINDING OF NOAH'S ARK, &C. By G. M. REED (" Pollex.") PRICE- ONE SHILLING. To bo had of all Booksellers. GREAT .^. CLEARANCE CALE FOR CAS H. In consequence of our being very heavily OVERSTOCKED, We have determined to hold A CLEARANCE SALE . Of every article in the house, REGARDLESS OP COST. SALE /COMMENCES TyfONDAY, ly IVJL TUNE 13. X.B.—During this Sale the Shop will be closed on Saturdays at 9 o'clock. MILNE & CHOYCE, GENERAL DRAPERS. /;'■'■" '■. ' >, j r. ' / ■, k'J'r/ -'■ '■ '■ *| j ACINTOSHES, a Bargain.—At J. H. Dalton's, Tailor. Victoria-street East. ■^T. A 5 ,. .J T E D- We •wish our name connootod in your mind ■with TEA, becauso we are the only firm in Auckland dealing in nothing but TEA, and at oxw Establishment, 207,' Queen-street, may bo seen samples of TEA from every Tea-growing Country in tho World. . Wo havo TEA from India— TEA from China TEA from Japan TEA from Java ■ TEA from Ceylon J.EA from FIJI TEA from Formosa TEA in Chests r 1 TEA in Half-chests TEA in Quarter-chests "TEA in Boxes TEA in Caddies TEA in Tins TEA in Packets. : And as we devote our whole time to TEA and TEA-TASTING, we can give tea-drinkers better value for their money than they can get any where else. _".; Any storekeeper may of course mix his teas according to the price paid for thorn and tho profit ho requires, but only the skilful tea ex clert can properly proportion tho peculiar characteristics of'each' tea. and so produce a Genuine Blended Tea, grateful to tho palate, and rei.TOshinpf.td the iervous system. This wo claim to be able to do, and our Pure Blended Teas have become a source o£ pleasure to our numerous customers all over New Zealand;-•-■ t \. 'i ** Post Office Box 206.' Agents wanted where not already represented. 1 JOHN EARLE & CO., tea merchants, ~ !'.(26/, queer-street, auckland, Established 1880,



DR. WILKINS (Private Consulting R001113) treats all Medical and Surgical Diseases; also, Specialist for Eye, Ear, and Throat Complaints. 20 years' experience in London and Colonial Hospitals. Has Electrical Hot Baths and all Medical Electrical Appli ances. Fees moderate.-Queen-street, opposite South British Insurance. Auckland. ITr. j. mur bay mo 0" rb , m. d., ___/ M.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to 1 p 111., at Pond's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, loi. Queen-street; 2 to 3 p.m., and 7 to S p.m, at Hosidcnce, Lower Symonds-strcet. 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, 1 p.m., 1 U iLal) A x and FRIDAY DR. BOND, (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital/. Karangahapo Road, near corner of Upper Queon-strcct. Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 a.m., 2 to 3 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. At Edson s, 200, Queen-street: 11a.m., Lg.HO p.m. Telephone, loi!. WANTED KNOWN. JUBILEE REJOICINGS. We havo iust opened out an IMMENSE SHIPMENT of WINTER GOODS Comprising everything New and Choice in JUBILEE TWEEDS, Specially to our order (can't be got anywhere else in Auckland). JUBILEE WORSTEDS JUBILEE SUITINGS JUBILEE OVERCOATINGS JUBILEE TROUSERINGS Tho demand for above goods h.as exceeded our most sanguine expectations. Customers will kindly book their orders early and provent disappointment. NO ADVANCE"IN PRICE. SPECIAL LINE OF MOSGIEL (for a few weeks only), to measure, 35s per suit. Everyone can afford to bo Well-dressed for Her Mujesty's Jubilee. •FIT, STYLE, AMD WORKMANSHIP ' GUARANTEED. "Veni, Vim, Vici." Tho Largest Tailoring Concern in Zealand. AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. McBRIDE), MERCHANT TAILORS, IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, MILITARY AND NAVAL CONTRACTORS, COMMERCK-STHEET. AUCKLAND. ILLUMINATIONS. JAPANESE LAHTERHS AT KELSEY'S, opposite the Town Clock. Also, JUBILEE NECKLETS, MEDALS, QUEEN'S LIKENESS, FLAGS, &0., &a, &c. AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. [A CARD.] MR FKEDK. E. BAUME, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Vulcan Lank, AUCKLAND. UITS to Measure from 50s, with an Extra Pair of Trousers for nothing, in 10 hours' notice.—J, 11. Dalton, "Tailor, Vietoria streot Kast | JF» f 8? FOR ONE -fl S SHILLING IT? P SHARRER'S CANT B BEAT TOBACCO-BOX. In order to afford somo amusement durinptho winter eveninp;s, and to encourage local talent, tho proprietor of the original Can't B Beat Tobacco and Cigar Divan, Qncen-stroet, offers a prize of i-o to tho successful competitor forming the most words out of the following sentence, viz.:— ! ." CAN'TB BEAT TOBACCO-BOX." Competitors must enclose Is in stamps, other wise they will not bo recognised. IJ3L Entries close on or about tho 30th inst. Address— box m, Post Office, Auckland. TTUBILEE ANNOUNCEMENT. All loyal subjects of Her Most Cracious Majesty Q.uc<;n Victoria ought to purchase a One Pound I'arcel of, Groceries, and receive as a present a Tin of Bycroft's Best Mixed Biscuits. Prices as usual, fully ten per cent, lower than any other house in the trade. EARLE & MONTGOMERY, Karaxqaiiape Road. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. TTTALP-PRICE LACE CURTAINS.— ■J..L 200 Pairs at GARLICK AND CRAN WKLL'S. , .__ :|3ATENT SPRING ROLLER WINDOW A BLINDS, from 3s Gd.—GARLICK AND CRANWELL. MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at Half-price, now being sold by GARLICK AND CRANWELL. ; , TRON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; i very cheap. A few left at GARLICK AND CRANWKLL'S. STRONG CANE CHAIRS, from.3s 9d. At GAnLICK AND CRANWELL'S. mAPESTRY, CARPETS, from Is Gd per 3- yard. At GARLICK AND CItAN WELL'S. T INOLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. JLJ At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. XJERAMBULATORS from 12p to £5. X At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. 'fZ'APOK DOWN BEDS, greatly ra- Jl\- duced in price, by GARLICK AND CRANWELL. BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli very. Blankets, Sheets, Quilts, etc., etc. ALF-TESTER, FRENCH, AND STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices to suit the tiroes.—G-. &C. OILCLOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash price.-GARLICK AND CRANWELL. HOUSES FURNISHED THROUGHOUT. DINING AND DRAWING -ROOM ■ FURNITURE. BEDROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. CHUKCH AND OFFICE FURNITURE. ' GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. 'OTHEN you visit the Jubilee Exhibition YY. don'tmiss Spedding's Knitting,.or oall atr'Karnngahapo Road, • Encourage local industry, '



FOR WELL-MADE DR B S.S E S AND STYLISH MILLINERY AT MODERATE PRICES, TRY D. W. JACK AND C 0., PONSONBY ROAD, JUBILEE HOLIDAYS. The Warehouses of the undermentioned will bo Closed on MONDAY and TUESDAY next, June 20 and 21 :— W. MoARTHUR & CO. • A. CLAKK & SONS SARGOOD. SON, & KWEN MACKY, LOGAN. STEEN, & CO. OWEN & GRAHAM SHERA & CO. . JJ- 0 T I C E.