COMING EVENTS.

Meetings, &c, To-night. Abbott's Opera House—Dr. Lynn in his " Mirth.

and Marvels." 8. Religious Meeting in the Tent on Surrey Hills, E3tate, Ponsonby Rond, 7.30. Maketu School — Mr E. Hamlin meets

Electors of South Franklin. 7.30. Choral Hall—Addresses by Rev. J. A. and Mrs

Dowie, 7.45. New- Art Gallery—Auckland Society of Arts,

VI noon to 10 p. m. St. Matthew's Schoolroom, Hobson-street—An-

nual Festival of Girls' Friendly Society, 6. Association's Rooms. Wyndham-strect — New Zealand Industrial Association, 7.30. Hall, Epsom-Epsom Hall Association, 7.30. V.M.C.A. Rooms-Evangelistic Service, 7.30.

To-morrow. Devonport Hall—Sale of Work, 2,

Rota of Justices at Police Court.

April 22 —Messrs R. W. Moody and L. D. Nathan.

Auction Sales To-morrow.

Vaile and Douglas—Plant of theHokiangaSaw mill Company, etc., 2. Arthur and Buddie- Weekly Poultry and Pro-

duce Sale, 11. _. , _. Hunter and Nolan, Durham \arda - Horses.

etc V* W. J.'Dowden—Weekly Produce Sale. U. E. Leydon—Produce, Furniture, etc., 11. S. Coehrane and Son - Household Furniture,

R. J. Carbines-Produce, Furniture, etc., 11. Hesketh and Aitken-Foultry, Produce, h nut etc., 11: Household Furniture, etc., I. B. Tonka and Ce—Fruit and Merchandise, 11.

SHIPPING.

Sdn tset—This evening, 5.21. Sunrise—To-morrow mornins:, fi.3<. Moon's Age—New Moon, '23rd, 8.3u p.m.

HIGH WATER.

.AuaOAXD-This afternoon, 4.32 ; to-morrow morning, 1.55. _, _ _ Manukau Heads.-This evening, r.2; to-morrow morning, 7.35. . •■ Kaipara Heads.—This evening, a.J; to morrow morning, 8.35.

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES.

Torea, schooner, from a cruise lona, s.s., from Taurahsfa

LAST BVBXtXO. Wairarapa, s.s., for Sydney- Linda Weber, bn., for Mercury Bay

TO-DAY, Tarawera, s.s., for South lona, s.s., for Barrier

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Alameda, from San Francisco, April '29 Zealandia, from Sydney. Sunday Richmond, from Sydney, early Janet; Nieoll, from South Sea Islands, May 12 Southern Cross, from the South, Saturday Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 11.3D

a.m. Enterprise, from Thcimes, Friday, 1.30 a.m. Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day, 5 p.m.

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

America, sh., E-TDH, left London Jan. 4 Aurora, sch., left Newcastle Feb. fl Centurion, sh., KCGT, left London Jan. 28 Rano-itikei, ship, loading at London Elinor Vernon, sch., JSFK, left hew

York Feb. 5 Levuka, Ger. bq. 5 RFNV, left Hamburg

Dec. 20 Nellie M. Slade, Am. bg., JPQC, left New

York Jan. 10 Arab, bq.. loading at Now York Oamaru, sh., WSNG, left London Feb. 5 Otaco, bq., JRQS, loading at London Routenbeck,bq., NTQS, loading at Glasgow Rudolph Josephy, Ger. bq., left New ioric, • Nov. 16, via Dunedin C. W. Janes, bq., left New York Feb. 4, via

Lyttelton Lutterworth, bq., loading at London Oceola, bn., loading at Tiroaru Torea, sch., from. South Sea Islands Madura, bq., left Newcastle, April S Gabarfeidh, Bfpvfrcmi Dunedin Gleaner, sch., from Dunedin Ensign, bq., left Melbourne April 7

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Easterhill, bq., for London,' about April 30 Laira,bq, for London, early Elinor Vernon, sch., for New York, to load Zealandia, s.s., for San Francisco, April 25 Hermione, sh., for London, to load Alameda, s.s., for Sydney, about April 29

IMPORTS.

Per Torea—7l tons copra.

EXPORTS.

Per Wairarapa—l6 sacks cocoanuts, 50 bales cocoanut fibre, 77 kegs butter, 50 cases mullet, 32 cases eggs, 25 cases preserved meats, 10 barrels, 2 tierces, 48 kegs beef, 58 sacks oysters, 240 casks, limejuice, 7 sacks kauri gum, 50 cases oranges, 2-t baskets, and sundries.

Per Taraweua, for Melbourne —B,oooft timber and sundries. For Southern ports : 190 cases oranges, 40 sacks lime, 3 horses, 630 cases meats ; for transhipment to R.M.s. Arawa : 40 cases syrup, 1,160 mats sugar and sundries, and transhipments ex Arawata.

The barque Notero arrived at Lyttelton from Newcastle yesterday.

The briganbine Linda Weber, bound for Oamaru via Mercury Bay, was towed to sea by the s.s. Awhina last evening.

Messrs H. Pi Barber and Co. have char tered the barque Heinrich Bauer to load 571 tons of gum at this port for New York.

The s.s. lona arrived from Tauranga via Mercury Bay this morning early. Pas 3eno-ers:—Messrs Maxwell and Brabant. She°leffc again for Barrier ab 8 a.m.

Thesalariesof harbour-masters in the prin cipal New Zealand ports are as follows: — Otao-o, £400 ; Wellington, £450 ; Auckland, £500'; Napier, £245; Bluff, £400; Lytfcel ton, £350.

Vessels in port to-day carried their Sags half-mast high in respect for the memory of Mr J. E. Brews ter, Auckland manager of IST. Z. Sugar Company, whose death is an nounced elsewhere.

The steam tug Awhina came into colli sion with one of the tees to the eastward of Queen-street Wharf yesterday afternoon, arid carried away several of the stringers. Repairs are being effected.

'The s.s. Suva has been docked for survey in order to ascertain what repairs she re quires. It appears that the Suva came up from Fiji in company with the Arawata on account of representations made by her crew as to leakage. At Suva an inspection of the steamer's bottom was made, and one of the plates under the forehold was found to be dented. ' Temporary repairs were effected, and the steamer came on to Auckland as already related.

Thes.s. Wairarapa left for Sydney via Russell at 5 p.m yesterday. Passengers- Mrs Bartlett and child. Mrs Smeaton and child, Mi3=es Lynch, Herrick, Gourlay, Smith, McMath, Mrs Smith and children (2), Messrs Drew, Waldron, St. Julian, H. J. Jordan, R. J. Parker, Quinn, Green wood, Roskell, Westhead, Sclatz, Clark, C^tea, Tithoradge, Anson, Clifcberoe, Briar, Cahilt, Gresham, Pollard, Edmonds. Mr and Mrs Rickey, Mr and Mrs Staiunaur, Rev. Mr an:l Mrs Gloss and family (2), Mr and Mrs JHaxton, Mr and and Mrs Calvcrt, Mr and Mrs .Stanfield, Mr and Mrs Beverly, Mrs Casey and 2 children, Mr Lester, and 57: in the steerage. , I

The Cunard liner Etruria recently ac complished the fastest passage ever made between Britain and New York. She left Liverpool on February 12 at 3.13 p.m., oa3sed Fastnet (no stoppage having been -nade at Queenstown) February 13 at 5.50 a.m., and arrived at Sandy Hook bar. on •February, 19 at C {\.in,, making:.the passage.

from Liverpool, after adding five hours for difference in time, in 8 days 19hrs 47min, and from Fastneb (60 miles nearer than Queenstown) in 6 days 4hrs 45min. The distances run daily were :— February 13, 413 knots ; 14, 4SO ; 15, 476 ; 16, 468 ; 17, 439; IS, 465 ; 19, 349 : total, 3,108 knots, being an average speed of 19 knots, or 2*2 statute miles per hour.

The s.s. Taravvera left for Melbourne via Southern ports afc iioon with the following passengers:—ForGisborne: Messrs South and Smith, Maxtor Sheppherd. For Napier: Messrs O'Hanlan; White, Reeve, Fonltcn, Pou, Mrs Abraham, Mrs Page, Messrs Ffar dern, Newton, Burness, Gore, " Major " Barrett, !i Adjutant"' Spratb. For Wel lington : Mrs King, Mr and Mrs Borry, Mr and Master Fallon, Messrs Grant, Nicholas, Eobson, Smith, Hartnell Still. For Lyttelton: Mr and Mrs Pulford, Mr and Mrs Clatten, Messrs J. B. Smith, Moss and Drake. ForDunedin : Miss Hill. For Melbourne: Mr and Mrs Jones, Dr. Lane, Mr and Mrs H". Pureell and child. Steerage for various ports : Mrs Arthur, 0. Blackwood, W. Milne, Kidd, W. Mitchell, (J. Boyle, Mr and Mrs Tonge, Mr and Mrs Greig, A. .Sherlock, Mrs Veale, W.Stafford, (J'Connol, Donovan.

The briganfcine Ikn, Vulca, bound for Marshall Islands, and schooner Mariner, bound for Rarotonga, are sheltering from a northerly gale ab Whangarei, and the btigantine Pecrles?, bound for Oamaru, is also supposed Co be sheltering on the coast.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

AIIRrVAtS. Gairlocli, .?.«., McArfclmr, from Waifcara Maegregor, a.s,, Daniels, from Wanganui

DEPARTURES.

Gairloch, 5.3,, McArthur, far Waitara MiACgregor, .*.-;., Daniels, for Wanganui

The 3.5. Macgresfor arrived from Whan ?:iimi last night ivibh 80 head of cattle, 2+"> ■sheep, 2 horses, and 16 packages. She left again for the aamc port at -.5 o'clock today.

Thes.s. Gairloch arrived from Waitara last riig-ht with 70 head of cattle, 205 sheep, 7 sacks seed, 303 cases and 16 casks moat, 71 pkgg butter, 60 sacks bone^, and ,'SO pkg. She left again this afternooe.

The Oreti leaves Wan?anui this evening' for Onehunga. She will" arrive tomorrow (Friday) night, and on Monday she leave? for ffokianfya convoying village setxlers to the new district just-opened up.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Port CitALMER.s, April 20.—Sailed : To Anau, for the North. Passengers for Auck land : Lady and Miss Bovill," Mrs Morvi* and family, Messrs Wallace, Rennie, Hard wick, Thomson, Wilkinson, Young, and 20 in the steerage.

Melbourne, April 20. —Sailed : Mararoa, for Blufi'.

Sydney, April 20. —Sailed : Zealandia, for Auckland.

Hodart, April 20.—The Aoranci, which arrived at noon to day, all well, brines 90 passengers for New Zealand ports.

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

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1887.

far the caute that lacks assistance, Tor the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that ire can do.

The subject of faith-healing is just now exercising the minds of a great many people. Are the phenomena real ? Are cures actually effected ? Questions like these are usually met by a scep tical snicker. Now we have no hesi tation in avowing our belief iv faith healing. Nearly every enlightened doctor believes in it, and acts upon his belief, and the reality of the phenomena is acknowledged by Dr. VV, B. Carpenter, Dr. Tuke, and ■other leading writers upon psychology. Cures performed in this or analogous ways are too well attested to leave room for questioning their authenticity. They have been investigated by men of the highest scientific attainments, and admitted. Within certain defined limits, then/there is ample evidence that by simply believing implicitly that they would be cured, thousands of persons have actually been cured of ■disease, By,»no weans* let # it be

inferred, however, that all diseases are capable of being thus treated, or that all people who believe most earnestly and implicitly that they have been cured are really healed. For every " faith cure " there might be brougnt thousands of failures, notwithstanding that the goodness and faith oittie subject were undoubted, and that, m all human probability, he might have been cured by adopting the system oi treatment recommended by medical s-ieuce. ' Writers upon the^ subject quote certified cases of this kindoi so conclusive a character that doubt is im possible. But our space does not admit of reproduction. It should also be men tioned that many of the cases which are claimed as faith' cures have turned out upon examination to have been no more than hysterical or hypo chondriacal simulations of disease. Ihe diagnoses of the moat able doctors are subject to error, and.every medical man in large practice has on his list one or more baffling cases, and subjects for whom he has no conscientious scruple about palming off the " new medicine' in the form of bread pills, froni which the patient declares he is experiencing " so much relief."

Granting, therefore, that there is_ a mass of evidence to which the "faith healers" may appeal, the question comes in, by whom have these modern miracles been performed, and under what circumstances 1 One of the most celebrated healers by faith was th« hereditary King of England, by the touch of whose garments hundreds of thousands were cured —and there is evidence which we are bound to accept, actually cured—of scrofula or king's evil. During the siege of Breda in 1625, the Prince of Orange resorted to an ingenious fraud to pre vent the capitulation of the garrison, who were reduced to the last extremi ties through scurvy, fluxes, dropsies, &c. He instructed his physician to serve out to the people a liquor which was perfectly valueless as a curative agent, with a positive assurance that it was an absolute cure for the prevailing maladies. Dr. Frederic Van der Mye, who was present, testifies:—"The effect of the delusion was really astonishing, for many quickly and perfectly recovered. Such as had not moved their limbs be fore were seen walking the streets sound, upright, and in perfect health." Then there was Mesmer, who cured his thousands professedly by magnetism. The instances quoted above are not associated with religious be lief, but are merely evidences of the effect of strong faith in particular specifics, and in which there could be no reasonable doubt that the cure was effected en tirely by the power of the imagination over the physical frame. Have we not instances enough of this in connection with every savage race 1 Even in the3e days, cases of death from a superstitious belief in witchcraft among the Maoris are not unknown, and in the old times they were common. For a recognised tohunga to tell a man or woman he was bewitched and would die, meant almost certain death. A Maori suffer ing the mOst trivial ailment, who makes up his mind that he is going to die very rarely recovers. The imagination powerfully appealed to is capable of producing almost any ailment. la it not logical to infer that it may cure a great many 1 We have little doubt that Mr Dowie, who appears to be afflicted with the silly anti-Roman Catholic craze, would dispute the genuineness of the famous cures performed by Prince Hohenlohe, Bishop of Sardica, by Father Matthew, at the Shrines of Knock, Lourdes, and other sacred places resorted to by pilgrims. Yet these fur nish many of the best-authenticated cases of undoubted cures.

The other night Mr Dowie violently denounced Mr Milner Stephen as an impostor, yet we have personally re ceived assurances from people who were suffering organic diseases that ,they were cured by Mr Stephen, and one of these was a medical practitioner. The early history of Mormonism abounds with instances of faith cures. Mrs Stenhouse, in her interesting exposure of that extraordinary delu sion, narrates how she wa3 herself carried away by the proofs of mira culous power, apparently exercised by the missionary elders, people who had been bed-ridden for years jumping up with their faculties restored. Moham medanism and Spiritualism have their rolls of such cases. • Dr. Newton, a celebrated American faith-healer, who worked exactly upon Mr Dowie's lines, claiming that the healing was par formed by precisely the same power as was put forth by Christ, and His apostles, yet declared that I*r. Bry ant, who followed his methods and whose pi-oofs of such cures were just as strong, healed only through the people concentrating their minds upon his operations with the expectation of being cured. (This and other in stances of faith-healing are described at greater length in an interesting paper upon this subject in the " Cen tury" magazine of June, 1886.) ■ We believe that Dr. Newton rightly de scribed the healing force, and that it was just as true of his own as of Dr. Bryant's cures.

With regard to Mr Dowie's claims that the power at work is analogous to the miracles worked by Christ and His apostles, we think that-every dis passionate person who examines the records of Christ's miracles will see that there is no real resemblance be tween the two. Faith was not an es sential element in the cures effected by the Messiah. He healed persons who were not even conscious of His exist ence, and many who were cured, as with the lepers, had neither faith nor gratitude. While we believe that cures by mental effort are possible in certain cases, and though we do not doubt Mr Dowie's personal sincerity, we consider his mission a mischievous one. It is founded, we believe, upon ,a .gross error—a confounding

o f causes. It tends to divert neople's minds from the true tenor of divine teaching and divine intention, that men shall exercise their reason, and by leading rational lives and obedience to rational law, they shall obtain good health, without m vokin°- or expecting a miraculous interposition to reverse the order of nature.

The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen.

We very cordially endorse the movement which is being set on foot to welcome the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen on their arrival here by the Zealandia next Mon day. Scotchmen are never backward in extending the right hand to dis tinguished countrymen; and in assem bling to greet the Earl and Countess they" have the hearty sympathy of their Celtic brethren of the Emerald Isle. In deed, Irishmen will not soon forget the sub stantial sympathy given to their cause bythe trreat Scottish majority in the last general Sections. If the decision had been left to the voice of the Liberal North, Ireland would have bad Home Rule, and Lord Salisbury might have spared his Coercion Bill for the Zulus or other enlightened peoples. Earl Aberdeen represented the opinions of the masses of his countrymen durhighisatlministrationoftheonerousomce of the Lord-Lieutenancy under the Gladstone Ministry. - He went.. to Ireland under great prejudice, and left with the hearty {"•oodwill of the whole people.who recognised liis ability, his warm sympathy and earnest desire to do right. It" is apt often that the colonies receive so notable a man, and it is something to make him feel that for a British statesman there is a world-wide re nown. That in these colonies, where we have worked out the difficult problem of perfect democratic freedom allied _to genuine loyalty to the Crown and Empire, the efforts of great men in the old world to rid humanity of the evil legacies of a dead, past, enlist the warmest sympathy of mil lions of intelligent men. Sir George Grey has been asked to take the lead in the matter, and would willingly do so, but that his Legislative duties call him to Wel lington by the stearaer leaving next Sun day. It is possible, however, that he may still make arrangements to stay over.

A Hint to Agriculturists.

We learn from reliable sources that the Go vernment of South Australia has entered into an agreement with an English com pany for the transformation of part of the great " ninety-mile desert" into a flourish ing and productive district. This is in itself of great interest to the inhabitants of that colony, but when it also transpires that the object of cultivation in view by the Government and the contracting company i 3 the cultivation of the wattle over the large area of 30,000 acres, it becomes a matter of much importance to all persons dwelling in this part of the world. It was announced some days since that Mr Geo. Chaffey had arrived in South Aus tralia to make the preliminary ar rangements for carrying out the great irrigation scheme of the firm he re presents,, and this news,coming along with that of the leasing of the waste land for the purpose just mentioned, shows such faith in the continuance of the commercial value of the; wattle that our larger landed pro prietors will do well to think, over the same. The gTeatdrawback to the cultivation of this tree here seems hitherto to have been the feel ing that its barkasameansof tanning leather will some day be superseded by some other process, but.thatthis.is little to be feared we are assured by the best authorities. Should, the operations of. the company we have spoken of be successful (and there is every reason for supposing that they will), we shall see in all probability other blocks in the vicinity.of the 30,000 acres taken up with- the -same cultivation. It is -nob an unwarrantable stretch of the imagination to look forward to the time when the export of wattle baik will rank with that of wheat and wool, as a staple product of the colony. The annual gross returns from the Company's trees, after allow ing the usual time for the first section, planted to become ready for stripping, is calculated to be about £70,000 to £30,000. It is not to be expected that such a large production of bark will affect the market, as we are informed that London alone is able to take all that is likely to be produced in these colonies for' many years to come. A condition in the contract between the Company and the Government gives them the right of purchasing the land at 10s an acre. Considering that the waste land to be planted must first be iFrigated, surely we in New Zealand have got, :o use a common expression, " the pull over I: those planting the trees in Southern Australia, for we have plenty of waste lands already, irrigated. It is to be hoped that the good example set us by the South Australian Government in eneourasrine the growth of this bark will be followed" by that of New Zealand.

The R.M.Courtdidnoti?ittoday,His Wor ship the Resident Magistrate being absent in the Waikato. As the Court has finished sittiu? at-Hamilton, there will be nothing to prevent next Thurr.doy <=eeinq t.he usual throng of lawyers and debtors tit'che Police Court building?, l / ■'

So far no intelligence has been received from the other side regarding tbo where abouts of Forwood, the solicitor, «vl<.o is wanted by the Auckland Police Depart ment in connection with certain charges preferred aguihat. him by the '•■•natives. Of course * -cry prompt action can not bo taken, <xs all such cables have: to be forwarded to Wellington, from which place, after the usual red tape business has been gone through, information ia despatched to the other ?ide. This affords ample oppertunity for the relatives of any per=on who is wanted to communicate direct with them, in order that they may depart for " fresh field 3 and pasture? new."

Nothing further has been discovered re garding-the. fate or Donald Grant, who wandered from the Refuge over a week ago. .-. : .

At the Board of Education meeting on Friday next Mr Cooper will move :. " That the resolution o£ tho Board dated 12th December, 1886, prescribm? certain ar rangements for the teaching of temperance in the public schools, be "altered by the omission of the words • at the.discretion of the committee.'"

The Indnslrial Association holds a Special feneral meeting this evenine at the Wynd am-street rooms, followed by an ordinary general meeting. The subjects to be brought forward are of <?reat impcrtar.ee to all who are interested in tho e.ve!i=icn of local industries, ar.d it i= to be hcpetl chat membess and their friends will fin the rooms,

The proposed bill to secure earlier and uniform cbsir,? of shops'wa- under the ccn sidencicn ct the subecmniittee, who met on Tuesday nufhi j.t Mi Kin? s, cbemi't Queen-street. draft copy was finally adopted, and will be presented to the gene-' ral coir.n-.itiee next week for final revision arid adoption; The committee would be glad to hear from every centre of population in the colony, if any interested,which nearly every retailer in the colony is, would com municate with the Hon. Sec. Mr W P Ogilvie, Victoria-street West. We hope that the newspapers of other districts will assist the movement by copying this inti-

The vandalism of tourists an^#SHl has often been commented nm*& latest instance is at WaHaU^, 1 ™ One of the great attractions of tW R « I wonder has been that some fine fa^Wfl may be seen on the joumeyihroiigS^sp There is also a fine group of these'■ ti£sH the top of the Falls. Inforßmti o^# however, been received in'"tom t {dl t|B| kauri bush at the Palls waa fi^.M last Thursday or Friday, and 'Wil^ burning vigorously for several <U *& present the fire is in what is knvl %f Kelly bush, but unless the rain ■^Sgft.'B in sufficient quantity to quench, the fW there is no telling where the !woAslf vastation may end. The bknty $*%■ Falls will be considerably lessened L« m§ surroundings are turned into ie-w^W whitened trunks with leafless brablll During the holidays several parti«*P known to be camping out in tfacj'ftyjjjfl suspicion has rested upon one paSisi company. It is to be hoped thatfl charge will be sheeted home, ami a L*& penalty inflicted. A settler who arrhSpi town this morning states thatafifebajuP-' bnrning in the bush for nearly a montj!'!'' he is almost su,re that the fire now in re^f is the same <$ie. Should suchpirilgMffi the case, considerable damage must'ys| resulted ere this. It will also be imncSM under such circumstances to 3iscot|^B originator of the fire. \ The fact that very few bn Miics \Jm ; have dropped out of the TelepicVc-;^'! | change this quarter is regarded as av-nfn improvement in trade. ' *' There was no performance at the'^Jf cultural Hall last night, a3 it has bnafH solved to close the " show " for a fewds *? in order to allow of alterations being^S in the stage, &c. The performance ay^ff resumed on Saturday night, when a">';i company -will appear in a spectacu^SiS tainment entitled "The CrimsonCircfeaJ Mr James Scutt, London House, y$M and Nelson streets, writes that h"e is iiiS person that purchased the D.LC. r ßsj{juj in our last nighfc'3 issue ; but havWii solved to relinquiah his business, his g^ji sale is still proceeding, where notS charitable institutes and other lar<*e W can procniie real,bargains, but all d^ purchasing,drape]gipr clothing will fitg'j cheapest market'ih^iAuckland. , We understand that the members oft late Orchestral Society intend to'gw concert, the proceeds of wMchwi applied towards procuring a smtahSfli monial to be presented to Mr Ci'Hei® recognition of his valuable services ail& HerrSchmitihascorisented to c6nduct,i we are confident, that the concert injiS great success, both." musically and fij cially. . :'i- :'i Constable Foreman brought to trarai Tuesday evening bythe Kaipara trauiflj men named Watson^ Grey, and WalliiM men were remanded for 8 days fsßl Helensville Police Court on the: cfißti stealing aparcel from the railway can™ value £8, the property of Mr Pond,' taflpk Newton. It seems that on Monday jlsf Pond left the parcel in the carriage;! these men were stated to have removal Constable Foreman came up witbMff in the bush near Kaukapakapa,aM| some trouble arrested them. Jpelp Walker, who was in Helensville, assfcpj convey,thg men to town. ;■?;,;> For the last few days Detective DobS been hunting roundihe gum camps Bejp Auckland and Riverhead for a man nan John Duncan, who was wanted on I charge of stealing 201b of gum and'al ring from the dwelling of Charles SpraSl Brigham's Creek. Doolan visited a nu:r.'j of camps, and ultimately ran his mm earth at Henderson* where he had jusirfi a small cottage, and: was setting 'thi^f order when the: detective. arrived and i mated; that a paternal Government SI ready provided free board, and lodgingf.S him elsewhere. Owing to the manhStiß changed his clothes and moved abonjf^ tective Doolaii experienced some troulMS tracing out his wnereabouts., He, howp recognised the man'sdogontsidethecoSß and at once concluded that the bm caged. Duncan appeared at Coarfil morning, and was remanded until-is Tuesday. ,' 7, ; . >{M Dr. Lynn's illusional entertainment at I Opera House was thoroughly enjoyed Ii night by a large audience, whose" pleas and mystification were, complete^! performance included! the basket tri(i| which the doctor's ;" little boy*'-fa|i gentleman in evening dress—is imnjprid a basket set on a table on the stage iai view of the audience, and on the'^lMwi raised almost ■ immediately '-^hI&M found; to hava disappeared, j The||j of the disappearing bird andSMsjj was also very neatly p^™S and the feat of " the Vankhing hd. which closed the performance, iai%"s, perfection of Dlusion. These,, as'fim were all the tricks, were received'iwrajS thusiastic.applause. Dr. Lynn's rTgn|ia has lost none of that cunning whictt'm entrance wondering audiences inl^to and his stage " business," in the^li&K funnyisms and by-play, is deddediy:«i than has ever been seen here. Mick Mpnnock, the Auckland sprich has been disqualified at Ryde,, If ew:. S» Wales, for starting in the Sheffield'^ cap from the wrong mark. To-morrow, at 2 p.m., Messrs Vaiteli Douglas, land auctioneers, ofsSh<ffi« street, will sell at their rooms somesf? valuable properties, 'compriMiif,' a b1" brick dwelling-house in Princes-street,^ ated just opposite the Parkeiitranct; the freehold and leasehold properties <|P Hokianga Sawmill Company, inducfflfl mill and, machinery complete ; andsuai handy little 12 acre farm at Mount Ate Ttie whole are desirable property* should command aready sale*

THE FAITH-HEALING MISSION.

An address upon the subject of f:Seof Sins, ihcir cause, consequences, ;*ssgfi was given yesterday to men only, bjf"B Rev. J. A.: Dowie, when there wasara attendance. Before commencing his i& course, the reverend lecturer spoke ,ot j-g. letters from Drs. Erson arid Wright tsj| had appeared in the morning paper rt<p alleged case of healing at Parnell. '^p Dowie then read the.following coreespwp ence.upon the subject:— ■ I. Warnford Cottage, Marston-Ftrcet. "-'V April 15, 1887; Mr Dowie, drar B&.r!j3| prayers are earnestly reqi'iJfp^^T^Fj&H behalf of a poor woman n^t mcd Mr* whowas stricken down w'»h a fit -wbiie^P .*■ Salvation Army meeting, o TuesdaEniPVM nowlie9 at the po~nt of deat beyondaujfSH help. She la a coi-verted Cb. \tian Yrqn>ftJ| few believing Christiana w:!| hold »:« meeting in, the sick room tk\v eyeninffjfjj| same tour as ycurselt, when 1 teuejj>sm Christ win make Himsell manifcst.-<«a| faith. Mi Conxor. Mrs McGregorliyosra JKffl scr Lane. Parnell.- IPrayer was offere^M desired; in me Cnoral Hall, ai a .Qianww cigbi o'clock, ttat cvemiig.J ' m .The, fcllowing note was subseqiientl/'K-l ceived ircm Mrs Connor:— "',' m Mr Dowte. dear slr.'-Mrs McGregor'^2lj add her lesDmonj to that ot so ir.aDltffi(«J Lastnigbt. a uutc after' eight odocf^H left her. She is now entirely free froaipwsai «rl?e» Goi all ih« Rlory, bhe sends TOpH thar.Ka. iicd &aK3 (Jod'a blessing on your»n« A benevei. M. Coxxor. ,V' The totlowing letter was also reafl^^ rebcrative ceitimony to tho foregoi^ ',- Parcell, April « To'the^Rev.-Mr^l^ Deal Sir -\Vitb regrard to &lkW™,'sjim McGregor, inroußb faith mChrist.W-^« ing are the names of the pcrbon' Wl,j r j< ti . . present el the time she was neaiea4,Ui™ Gregor. Meadames Grattea DlckcW:SMfll and Connor.-i am. Sec. CaPT. B. J^ Salvation Army. , f&g Someapplaus6grectedthefinanetffiaH| understand that to-nighc Mrs JUo>"° ;J^ lecture upon "Words ■*;K*gyM Advice to Wives and Maidens, W *> t"

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, ~ jggk

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RUSSIAN Tea Packing Company's PURE BLENDED TEAS. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The'"N6"w Zealand Herald" says:—"On ac count of their trade In tho now celebrated Russian Co.'s Blended Teas having grown too large for their old premises in High-street, Messrs John Earle and Co. have opened an office and depot at 207, Queen-street, next Arthur's Mart. The now premises have been most elaborately fitted up in black and gold, and the uniqueness of the decorations, Doth inside and out, make the place one of the sights of the city, showing that the firm have faith in the future of their Blended Teas. Messrs Earle & Co. are well.known in Auckland as clever and reliable tea experts; and that they have taken a hand in the pushing- of the new line of teas is, to our mind, a sufficient proof that the article offered is what it is represented to be." The Auckland Evening Star says :— " Messrs John Earle Sc Co., the renowned tea tasters and dealers in Auckland, have now opened in Queen-street, next Arthur and Buddies Mart. There arc few men about who understand teas better than Mr Earle. He has given the tea business his sole attention for years, and as a blender of pure teas ought to re ceive a large support from the hundreds of homes in Auckland. He deals in nothing but teas, and nirfy certainly claim to be the people's tea blender." Besides these expressions o? approval from the public press, we are in almost dnily receipt of the most encouraging testimonials regarding the superiority of our Russian Co.'s Pure Blended Teas over all other packet teas, and the rapid and steady increase in our trade shows that the tea drinkers" of the colony are appreciating our efforts to place in their hands Pure and Properly Blended Teas at prices within the reach of all. These Teas put up in packets bearing the Company's label and trade mark (without which none are genuine) may be had through, any respectable grocer, or at the Tea Depot, 207, Queen-street, Auckland. JOHN EARLE & CO., TEA MERCHANTS. ' POST-OFFICE BOX No. 206. Agents wanted whero not already represented. T\ RAP ER V STOCK, FROM NEWTON,. TO BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. We have Bought this day tho DRAPERY AND FANCY GOODS STOCK Of Mr Jamca Doherty, ICarangahape Road r Newton, and REMOVED IT TO OUR PREMISES, Junction of Queen and Grey-streets, where we will hold a CHEAP SALE .THREE WEEKS, W and TEi SELL IT OUT AT ABOUT HALF PRICE. DRESSES AT HALF PRICE MANCHESTER GOODS AT HALF PRICE MILLINERY AT HALF PRICE HATS. TIES, Etc., AT HALF PRICE UNDERCLOTHING AT HALF PRICE CORSETS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE DRESS TRIMMINGS AT HALF PRICE LACES FROM TWOPENCE PER YARD. JACKETS, JERSEYS, ULSTERS, ETC., ALL AT HALF PRICE FOR CASH. ' DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. I Our MISS DEMPSEY will make up Dresses, etc., Bought at the Sale at a Cheap Rate, so that i customers can have Fashionable Dresses at merely nominal prices. W. & J;BEEHAN & CO., THE "CASTLE" DRAPERY HOUSE. JDSCTTOS QUEEM AND GREY STREETS. IF in need of a stimulant take Wolfe's Schnapps. ACE CU-RTAIN3 ! LACE CUR TAINS ! !-A New Style of Lace Cur tains. Although the newest of the newest de sign, will be sold at 35 per cent, less than their value, at T. Short's Great Clearance Sale, by order of the Escutors. - '



AUTUMN DKAPERY. MILNE & fIHOYCE: Are now Opening up their AUTUMX AND WINTER DRAPERY, AUTUMN" AND WINTER DRAPERY, Es 3.8. RUAPBHU, KAIKOUBA, DORIC, | and TONGARIRO. They have been all bought la the very best Home and Continental Markets for each. class of good 9. They will be found MODERATE IN PRICE, though in the Latest Fashion. Such Qualities only are kept which can be Safely Recommended for Serviceable Wear,1 and being Marked at a,very Small Profit, M. & C. hope that their endeavours to give a Good Article at a Moderate Price will be appreciated. INSPECTION IS INVITED. Patterns and Prices Sent ox Application*. MILNE & CHOYCE, QUEEN AND WELLESLEY STREETS, AUCKLAND. T AM GOING TO SHE rpHE pKAND TjiXHIBITION Of "\fiW~XWUMN & TmNTKB QOODS "VTOW OX XfIKW at TTITOOLLAMS & CO.'S « >V ESTABLISHMENT. SYDENHAM HOUSE, GRBY-3TRBKT. ADMISSION FRBS. Tyß W~ZE AX AND"T WKBDSIn great variety. A GOOD TWEED SUIT for 40a; with an extra pair of Tronaera, 503. A STOUNDING I TTiOX'B No. 3 SBRGE SUIT. £3 3a; with an JL extra pair of Trousers, £3 15*. FEW CAN COMPETE! EAVY BLACK or BLUE DIAGONAL SUITS, with bound edgea. from 70a. NONE CAN EXCEL t RESS SUIT 3. £5; extra quality. Silk Lined, £6 10a. Latest Stria and Perfect Fit. i^Virßl3O~A~T"lN~GlPsolendid~Variety In \J Twkkds, from SOa. In Beavers, Nape, Pilots, and Worsteds, from 7Ua to BQg. A T\rOOLLAM3 & /"IO.'S , TUBILEE /lIFT OF -gKA TTTILL be given tor the —— i^TEAREaT GUESS aa to HO <V MANY BEANS are Contained Id the _Jar ■N^OW ON VIEW in onr Window. NEW ZEALAND TWEED SUITS, from 43a to 903, .. "jyrADE TO MEASURE IN SIX HOURS I npHEN WHY WEAR SLOPS 1 , ■pTERY CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES rpHAT THE VALUE"OBTAINED • A T OUK ESTABUSSiMENT XX. ■ | OUrtF ASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING. A« WoOLLAMS & Co., OYDENHAM HOUSE, /"iRSY • STEHIET AUCKLAND. r\ A T M E A L. ASK YOUR GROCERS FOR MOIR & CO.'S. PRONOUNCED TO BE THE BBfjj^ OATMEAL



/■Sbeat ttnreserved oale. Be ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT STRONG. VALUED AT £2,749 155.. /BARRETT T> R O S., Having Purchased the above Estate for Cash, at a Largo Discount. ARE OFFERING THE WHOLE STOCK AT THEIR AUCKLAND SHOPS. ONE MONTH ONLY, AT TOTALLY UNRESERVED PRICES, 1,-200 pairs Infants' Strap Shoes, sizes 2 to y-6d 3 200 „ Infants'Strup Shoes, sizes 2to 5—9(1 6JOO „ Infanta' Strap Shoes—ls to :is I ;\io „ Children's Lace, sizes 2to s—ls '■'50 , Children's £'Sides, sizes 2to a—ls lid I 325 „ Girls' E Sides, sizes 10 to I—3s lid 271 „ Maids'2s— is lid 1.359 „ Ladies' E.S. Boots, sizes 3to 7-4s lid 1.721 „ Ladies' E.H. Boots, sizes oto 7—as !)d 31,5 „ Ladies' Levant E.S. Boots—6s 6d 1,2.0 „ Ladies' Kid fi.S.-7s 6d ■4 735 „ Ladies ditto—from 7s 6d to 10s 6d I 150 „ Ladies' Real French Kid E.S.—6s lid 722 „ Ladies' Kid Button, sizes sto 7—Bs 6d , 1,16!) „ Ladies If id Walking Shoes, sizes oto 7-4s lid 875 ~ Ladies' Walking Shoes, sizes sto 7— 6s 6d 1,260 „ Ladies' Walking Shoes, sizes 3to 7 -7s 6d 3,571 „ Ladies' ditto -from 8s to 10s 6d 1,2P2 ~ Ladies' Button Boota, sixes 3to 7— from 9s Od to Us 6d ■f.312 ~ Men's Watertifjhts—from7s lid to 10a 2,272 „ Men's E.S.—from 8s tid to l.'Js Gd 1,351 „ Meu's Balmorals—from 9s Cd 3,500 „ Hen's Walking Shoes—from Us 6d 1,060 „ Men's Patent Shoes—Bs (3d .'i,s-2O ~ Boys' Boots—from 4s Bd 1.135 „ House Boots, Sewn—2s lid Evening Shoes, Slippers, House Boots, &c, in quantities unable to be quoted here. GARRETT BROS., Wakefield-st., and Garrett's Buildinos, Karangahape Road, Auckland. THIS IS A GENUINE SALE. JUBILEE UMBRELLAS! JUBILEE UMBRELLAS! A. Now Feature in Umbrellas with rj unique Handle, Sword, Crown, and H.I. |— i Majesty's bust The only New Style of J Umbrella in Auckland, forming a hand- r^ some present for a lady, for 20s only. «^fl LACE CURTAINS ! _ , & LACE CURTAINS ! A New Style of. Lace Curtains. Al- ; though the newest of the newest design*, [V] will oe sold at tnirty-tive per cent, less than their value. (sw) BLANKETS! BLANKETS! & BLANKETS! Buyers of Blankets should conic and see our window. Note the quality and the ffg Reduced Prices. '"■j QLOTHING! CLOTHING^^^ Try the Great Clearance Sale betore pur- jtj chasing Clothing for yourself or sons. 17ELVETEENS! VELVETEENS! S V VELVETEENS. g One Shilling per yard. r .* MANTLES, FUR CAPES, FUR a WRAPS, CASHMERE CLOAKS, Z^ g WATERPROOF CLOAKS, UU ~ Now being ottered in the Show Room. r~^ i, LACE CURTAINS! r Wt£ LACE CURTAINS! C2g Lane Curtains of the most Choice De- ~ signs. Just brought forward, and will o be offered during the Great Clearance rf) Sale. -^ — ?H ---PLUSHES 1 PLUSHES 1 PLUSHES! S All shades, at 2s lid per yard; im- 2h mensely reduced in price. >•*. /-COLOURED KID GLOVES, BLACK M V_/ KID GLOVES, (-buttoned, at la tkl t—< per pair—not one-quarter their value. r/J /COUNTERPANES, QUILTS, \j -TOW-ELS, TOWELLING,-SHEET- rf) INGS, TICKINGS, in-fact, every article ~^ in the Manchester Department, at enor- •^ mously Reduced Prices. H OSIERV! HOSIERY! HOSIERY! Ladies and Children's Hosiery, all (^J rednced in price. Wj4 /-IENUTNE REDUCTIONS <r, Or r^ IN EVERY ARTICLE. AT T. SHORT'S GREAT CLEARANCE SALE, By Order of the Execc;tor3. N the 12th of May, 1792—the year made memorable in French history as that in which the Republic was proclaimed—o French naturalist, Labillardiere, in distant Van Dicmen's Land, discovered the Australian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus). Three generations later this fever-destroying, health-promoting tree was destined to transform miasmatic plains and fever-breeding marshes into healthful resorts, and by virtue of its many healing properties become an inestimable boon to the afflicted. It is a powerful germicide. It promotes a healthy reaction in troublesoiioskin complaints, and the effects may with certainty be experienced by trying Aickin's Eucalyptus Ointment. 2a per Pot. T>HEASANTS! T>HEASANTS ! Advertiser is prepared to supply Cock Birds, freshly killed, all through the season. Supplies tc be arranged for before 30th instant. P.O. BOX 30, NEW PLYMOUTH. R. J. MURRAY MOORE, M.D., M.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to 1 p.m., at Pond's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, 153, Queen-street: 2to 3 p.m., and 7 to 8 p.ra, at Residence, Lower Symonds-street. Telephone 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, 1 p.m., TUESDAY and FRIDAY