PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, this day.

New Petitions from Auckland. The following petitions from Auckland were presented yesterday: From Thos. Thwaites, for compensation for service s rendered by and injuries received when in the Naval Corps in Auckland.

Petition of 2,702 inhabitants of the pro vincial district of Auckland that in the con struction of the North Island Trunk Rail way such deviation may ba made as will connect the Government railway at Strat ford (Grey).

Petition of 378 inhabitants of the provin cial district of Auckland, that Hoera Te Mimiha and Hone Koraneho may be allowed to prove their innocence. Reports on Auckland Petitions. The Petitions Committee reported as follows :—Denis Murphy, previous report affirmed that petitioner has no claim. Jo seph Hogan, no recommendation to make. E. L. Clark, no recommendation to make. John Neal and other homestead settlers, Otonga and Opuawhanga, for same privilege of digging gum in Puhipihi bush as village settlers ; referred to Government for con sideration. George Thompson, of Waikato, asking for inquiry into the committal of his children to an industrial school; no recom mendation. James Gill, no claim. A Monday Night Sitting. The House has agreed to sit on Monday night, in order to dispose of some of the local Bills on the order paper. The Premier, in submitting the motion in that direction, beseeched members in charge of_ such measures to only occupy reasonable time in bringing them before tho House, and hinted that after next week it would be necessary to take private members' days for the transaction of Government business Taxing the Totalisator. The resolution moved in this direction by the Hon. R. Hart was adopted by the Legis lative Council after debate. After viewing the position of tho colony's finances at great length Mr Hart argued that it a choice were put to the public whether they would raise money _to meet their necessities by reducing the Civil servants' salaries or taxing tho invest ments in the totalisator, they would cer tainly elect to take the latter course. It was urged that it was immoral for the State to profit by the use of a gambling instru ment. In reply it was said that a Stato which raised revenue by the licensing of places for the sale of intoxicants, which brought people to such a state that they had to be placed under police protec tion, need not bo meally-mouthed in adopt ing his present proposal. The Attorncy-Generalopposedtho motion. He was not aware that gambling was taxed in any English-speaking country, and if a beginning were now made it would probably come ultimately to a system of licensing gambling houses. Tho Hon. Mr Shrimski supported the propojal that a small percentage, say two per cent., should be deducted from the commissions received by tho Racing Clubs for tho use of tho totalisator ana devoted to charitable purposes. It would materially benefit the community, while the Clubs themselves wero not likoly to object to it. The total sum passed through tho totalisator in the colony during last year was £509,602. Tho motion was carried on a division by 18 to 16.

Non-political Railway Boards. The new Railway Bill will be finally be fore Cabinet either to-day or on Monday. Mr Mitchdson considor3 that management by a board of experts will work admirably, but thinks that there should bo a commercial board of advice located in Wellington. This he intends to propose in the Cabinet, and it may perhaps be incor porated in the Bill. The Premier said in the Hou?o yesterday that if the House passed the Railway Bill, the railways would not continue to remain under the management of Mr Maxwell, bub would bo managed by anon-political board. New Bills. The Minister for Mines has been good enough to explain to me tho object of the two measures introduced by him yesterday. Tho Sale of Reserves Bill merely gives the Government power to deal with certain reserves seb apart for purposes of public utility, bub which, without special authority, they have no power to deal with. Tho Mines Act Amendment Bill proposes some tech nical amendments which have been found necessary in tho Mines Act of last year. Medical Fees. The Premier would not adopt the sugges tion of Mr Duncan that the Government should tako steps by bill to regulate and lessen the fees now charged by medical men, so as to make their services more within the reach of poorer colonists. Ho says it would be impossible for the Govern ment to interfere in such a matter, that tho Hospitals and Charitable Boards are tho proper bodies to assist such people. Hβ also says that at present many medical men give a large amount of time to poor persons free of charge. The Totalisator In Danger. The Government decline to consider the advisability of collecting a tax on theatrical and totalisator tickets. The Premier says he looks forward to tho day when the totali eator will be abolished altogether, and men could have a day's amusement without risk ing something. He did not see why the two things should be inseparable. The Apostle of Protection Baffled. Another futile attempt to get the Go vernmenb committed to a protective tariff was made by Mr Moss yesterday afternoon. Seeing that they have agreed to _ the ap pointment of last session's Committee for : taking evidence re. encouragement to local industries, Mr Moss suggested that this should consist of free traders, while a Royal Commission might be ap pointed to consider how the tariff can beat be revised in the direction of affording protection to manufacturers, so that the House might then be able to decide which is the most advantageous policy to pursue. The Premier said that the Government had no intention of appointing such a Commis sion as tjhat proposed. They were satisfied that from the information which they already possessed they would be able to satisfy all sections of the House with a reasonable tariff. Should the Government find that they could not obtain the neces sary information without a Royal Commis sion they would, during the recess, take the responsibility of appointing one. Sir Julius Attacks the Government. Sir Julius Vogel having been informed by the Premier yesterday afternoon that Go vernment saw no necessity for circulating their policy bills till the Financial State ment was disposed of, he proceeded, to com plain of the great waste of time to which the action of the Government was subjecting the House. He said that the Premier was pursuing his old tactics which had been so justly reprobated by the colony, of carry ing on the government of the colony by intrigues outside of the House. Members had no knowledge of what the proposed reductions were to be in the Education and Survey and the proposal to ask them to pass the estimates en bloc was to his mind eimply disgraceful. He said that Wellington members had got an assurance from the Go vernment that the Civil servants should not be dealt with harshly, while the repre sentatives from other parts of. the colony had been given to understand tbdt pha retrenchment! would bb oi a radical

character. Then with respect to the Main Trunk line, the Auckland inapers seemed to be satisfied with the assurance of the Minister for Works on this subject, while the Wellington papers had been conciliated by the promise that no altera tion was intended in the route that had been decided on. Sir Julius proceeded to say that the Government were so weak that they were compelled to conceal their policy till the last moment, when members would have picked up their portmanteaus and were not inclined to offer any resistance, and charged Ministers with dangling before their supporters personal hostility to him self. Messrs Tanner, T. Thompson and Goldio had admitted that while the country demanded a> revision of the tariff they were afraid to support a motion in that direc fcion, as the carrying of it would replace him in power. To those hon. gentlemen ho had to make this proposal, that at the end of the session he was will ing to resign his seat for Christchurch North, and tight any of these gentlemen named in their own electorates if they too would resign. This challenge was received with applause from the Opposition benches, and it was renewed when Sir Julius said that it extended to the Premier also.

Mr Sedclon suggested the inclusion of the Minister of Education, which induced i Mr Fisher to remark that if the challenge i were made to him he would accept it. Sir J. Vogel went on to say that while he reiterated that Ministers retained their ! positions by intrigues and promises made outside the House, he (the speaker) wished to bear his testimony to the fact that Mr Fisher was the only member of the Govern , ment who had gained ground with the , House during the session—a fact which was duo to the manliness and iirraness he had displayed in speaking his mind. In con l elusion, Sir J. Vogel -warned the Minis , terial supporters that the Premier was making fools of them by using them Jas he pleased, and that at the end Jof the session they would be known throughout the colony as the "stupid party." He recognised that it was useless discussing the Financial Statement at pre sent. They were simply beating the air till they knew what the intentions of the Government were. Ministers treated this attack on them : with supreme indifference, and finding that ho failed to evoke a reply, Sir Julius V"ogel said that he was in doubt as to how it was best to save the time of the country— whether by the Opposition continuing the discussion on the question for going into Committee of Supply, or otherwise. No-Confidence Debate. The evening sitting was occupied with the debate adjourned from Friday evening last respecting tho budget proposals of the Government. The discussion was resumed by Mr Izard, who is the possessor of a very weak volco, and was scarcely audible. He recognised that an honest effort was being made to wards retrenchment, and would therefore support the present Ministry. Mr Peacock also warmly supported tho Government on account of their retrench ment proposals, and thought that as they had undertaken this great work no attempt to force their hand on tho question of tho revision of tho tariff should bo made at present. Ho, however, considered their proposal for a reduction of tho number of European members to sixty-six of too sweeping a nature. Mr Hutchison made tho best epocuh of the evening, in the course of which ho con demned almost all the Government pro posal*, and declared that their native legislation would havo the effect of deliver ing tho natives into the hauda of those who are worse than lund sharks. Mr Macarthur confined his attention to traversing Sir J. Vogel'a speech, while Mr Loughrey earned th« distinction of making the shortest speech during the debate. He expressed a hope that Government would yet see their way thi.s session to the intro duction of measures for the easy settlement) of the land and a revision of tho tariff. Neither Messrs Graham nor Blade, who followed, said much that wnsi new, while Major Jackson, who also spoke, urged the desirability of granting facilities for settle ment of land by small settleis. Education Boservcn Settlement BUI. The Waste Lands Committee havo con sidered the Education Reserves Settle ment Bill, and recommend that it bo ul lowed to proceed with a new clause, pro viding that the powers of the Act shall apply only to such educational endowments as have been set aside out of Crown Lands under the authority of Parliament. Expenditure from North Island Lonn. The following arc the liabilities and ex penditure from North Island Railway loafn upon roads and bridges between Welling ton and Auckland up till September last: — North end : Ptinui cart bridge, £1,662 ; road, JPunui to Kawa station, £1,007 ; Poro tataroa to Tc Kawa, £1,000 : total, £3,669. South cod : Road, Kaiori to Tauinuranui, £14,501 ; Pipiteki to Okahuno, £6,872. In land : Patea to Taurungarere, £4,300 ; Mdrray's track, £750 ; Hunterville to Hau tapu, £6,116 ; Wanganui River improve ments, £3,030 : total, £35,570, of which £9,801 consists of liabilities. Stealing a March. In introducing his Land Amendment Bill, Sir G. Grey certainly stole a inarch on both the Speaker and the Government. It is a rule of the House thai/ no private mem ber can introduce a measure affecting the waste lands of the colony except the leave of the Crown lias been first obtained ; but Sir George thinks that such a rule ought not to prevail, and declined to ask for the necessary loavo on the present occasion with the intention of raising a question of privilege as to the correctness of tho existing rule. But to his surprise no opposition was raised, and after the bill had been read a first time Mr Seddon called attention to the omission. Sir G> M. O'Rorke said that he could not give any direction without knowing what the intentions of the measure were, which drew from Sir George Grey the remark, "I have always been stopped before, eir, and expected to be on the present occasion, in which case I should have tried to establish the right of a. private member to introduce legislation dealing with the waste lands of the Crown. The Speaker again said that he could not give an opinion, not having seen the bill, and Sir George Grey remarked, with a knowing wink, that he was glad to see re-established a right of which members had been so long deprived. Unemployed Expenditure. Details have now been furnished to Mr Goldie of the expenditure of the £20,000, voted last year, under the heading of Sub sidies for Local Bodies, for providing work for unemployed. The total amount spent was £21,235, und of this Christ church benefited to the extent of £12,763 for park works and formation of new rifle range ; Dunedin. Borough got £7,600 for Anderson's Bay, Kensington roads, etc. ; Canterbury Boroughs got smaller amounts ; Auckland participated to the extent of £123 for gravel pit; £477 for Wairenga forest planting, and £364 for railway fares for unemployed, the latter item not being expenditure at all. The Hallway Workshops. Mi , Goldie is moving for a return allowing the value of work performed in the Govern ment railway workshops of Hillside, Ad dington, Petorte and Newmarket for the two yeare ending 31«t March, 1887, for dis tricts other than those in whioh the afore said workshops are situated. Jottings. While not approving of the present method of distributing the proceeds of licensing fees, the Government cannot see their way to bring in a Board of Inland Re vdntfe Bill, to which ehall bo paid all license fees received by the local authorities.

Ministers have determined not to curtail the privileges enjoyed by members with respect to railway passes. Government do not intend to propose any amendment of the Licensing Act this session. ' The "Post" censures Sir Julius Vogel for raking up and endeavouring to expose scandals of the former Parliaments, and sincerely trusts that he will abandon his present intentions, and allow the late scandal to be forgotten as soon as possible. A bill is being introduced to the Upper House to amend the Slaughter Houses Act. . _ Mr Joyco's ideas of imposing a poll tax on adult males, and of reducing the property tax exemptions from £500 to £100 have not the approval of Ministers, and shall not be given effect to. Some valuable suggestions relating to the law of bankruptcy have been made to the Minister of Justice, who will, during the recess, reconsider the advisability of bringing in an amended Act next session. Mr Goldio is asking the Government whether they intend to give effect to the petition of the Auckland unemployed. The Legislative Council preferred the Attorney-General's resolution for reform of the Council to a select committee.

Mr Fish wishes instructions given that delayed telegrams may be sent as collect.

Mr Taiwhanga is urging the Government to give £100 per annum in support of the Koromakau Maori newspapor. Mr Fulton is calling tho attention of the Government to the so-called glove lights.

Mr Carroll wants the Government to pro vides work for the unemployed natives in the Rotorua district.

Sir John Hall is asking for particulars of the public debt of the colony. Major Jackson asserts that a blind man was employed to overlook work on the Wan ganui River.

THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION.

Members' Views of the Difficulty.

Tho problem of tho unemployed difficulty continues to exercise the minds of Ministers and members alike. Yesterday afternoon, in asking whethorGovernment will give im mediate effect to the recommendation of Uio Public Petitions Committee that tho Suraner railway be put in hand, as the best means of providing puitablo work for the unemployed of Christchurch and suburbs, Ml' I'ercival said that the question was one of extreme uegoncy. The Mayor of Chrisbchurch had telegraphed to him that day that he had communicated with the Minister for Public Works, direct ing his attention to tho necessity of at once establishing suitable relief works handy to Clnistehuteh. Government had already provided some piecework for the unem ployed of that place, including tho forma tion of a road near tho Clarence River, but this had been found to be entirely unsuit able to married men, who could not wave any money from it to send to thoir wives. Tho Promier said no donbt there was a great doul of distress in Christ church, and that a great many de serving men wore out of employment. Dealing with tho question presented very great difficulties, for experience had shown that directly work wuh provided near the towns men ilocked in from the country, protamine to be in great dig trees. Mem bers of Canterbury Labour Bureau, men who wore appointed by the late Govern ment, and who were in every respect to be relied on, had wired as follows : —" Bureau linda Iheru im still room for fifteen men at Kaikoura - Clarence Road, and would recommend complement bo increased thoro to 160. To sliow the suitability of this em ployment, which men dispute, Bureau finds men there who have been able to send wives and families from £'3 to £4 per month. Arrangements —put on at stonenbreakiog on Monday next; all casoe of emergency. Bureau thinks that, considering the pre sent dearth of employment, it might be ad visable to pet tho working plan of a section of tho proposed Sumner railway pushed for ward ; it is difficult to estimate the number of men that are really destitute, but fully 160 aro out of employment.— Jons H. Bakkb." Government had contemplated at one time making the MauntSumnerniilway, as they wore anxious not to separato the married men from their families ; but. they had found this work was not authorised, and as they would be clearly breaking the law in proceeding with it, a special Act would be required before the work could be gone on with. While Government were anxious to separate families as little as possible, they must also see their way not Lo increase the paupers. Mr Lance remarked he had visited the relief works at Kaikoura on more than one occasion, and found 97 of the unemployed working there. Although the conditions of men wore as varied aa possible, ho never witnessed a more happy family. Men were paid by results, some receiving 2a 6d per day and others 7s 6d, yet he never heard a single complaint of any kind. iSir George Grey moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the large amount of distress existing throughout the colony. Upwards of 1,000 people in Auck land had petitioned for employment, and they knew that there was a great deal of suffering in Chrisbchurch. The Govern ment had not devised any plan to put an end to this state of things, and it was their duty to do so. Before they separated some plan might bo devised to settle tho people on the land. The late Government had brought forward a scheme which was spoiled by bad regulations. Mr Ward seconded the motion with the object of drawing attention to the large number of unemployed in Southland. If the Government would reduce the pride for the- carriage of firewood from Seaward Bush to 5s per ton, employment to a large number of men would be given. Messrs Taylor, Fish, Jones, Bruce, Sir J. Vogel, and tho Hon. Mr Fisher took part in the discussion*. The Minister of Education reminded Sir J. Vogel of the fact that the unemployed difficulty existed in the protective colony of Victoria as well as here, and asked him if he had not read of the de putation of the unemployed to Mr Deakin, who turned a deaf ear to them.

Mr Moss interjected that these people came over the bordor from New South Wales, and Mr Fisher retorted that this was " too thin." He also charged Sir G. Grey with an attempt to misrepresent the answer of the Premier on this matter.

Mr Lance protested against any system of handicapping being undertaken by the Government in giving work to the unem ployed, and Mr Hobbe referred to the fact that the late Bs«mier told the Chrietchurch unemployed that it was no part of the duty of the Government to find work for them, and he did not think the present Govern ment should be embarrassed in this matter. The debate was brought to a conclusion by the dinner adjournment.

"ROUGH ON ITCH."

" Roii£?h on Itch" cures skin humours, erup tions, ling worm, tetter, salt rhenm. frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch.

Human Recklessness.

A singular feature in the make up of man. kind is the recklessness of life, which at times becomes epidemic. Some foolhardy man sets the example, as did Webb in his attempt to swim the rapids of Niagara Falls, and immediately he has followers the world over who attempt dangerous feats from which no benefit, pecuniary or other wise, can ensue. But recklessness of life is not confined alone to this class of people. We are all of us daily encountering a danger of far greater magnitude, which concealment for a time robs of its terrors. It is so insidious in its approach, fasten ing itself with a deadly grip ort the body before any palpable evidence is exhibited that the vitality is sapped, ottr constitutions undermined, and we are made wrecks, physically and mentally, before we have been alarmed. We refer to diseases of the kidneys, those subtle organs placed in our body to purify our blood, and,in connection with our bowels, to eliminate all the wasfee material which the system is daily throw ing off. Dr. Dawson Williams says urinary diseases are becoming year by year more common, and anothereminentauthority says that deranged kidney action is the cause of 93 per cent, of all the diseases which afflict mankind. Dr. Ralfe makes a still more astonishing statement, to the effect that if the water of people who suffer from general disease was examined, 27 per cent, would be found to contain alburtfen. This is a startling statement, and confirms the fact that nearly every disease takes its origin from derangemont of the kidneys. That the disease is and has been on the increase since the time of Bright cannot be doubted, but that it has become as preva lent ac these statements lead us to believe seems almost impossible, and the assertions might well be doubted did they not come from such high authority. Tlw moral is a plain one, and is simply this : To have un interrupted health and long life we must keep the kidneys in such a condition that they can perform the laborious function nature designed for them. How to do this is a question which for years we have looked in vain for physicians to answer. Their endeavours to discover a medicine which should have a controlling influence to pre vent those disastrous results have been fruitless. But there is a remedy, purely vegetable, which is almost specific in its power over the kidneys, liver, and urinary organs. Thie remedy is Warner's safe cure. It hue a record with which no other medicine can compare, and its marvellons power over disease is confinnod by a mass of evidemo given daily by the colonial press.

ATHLETIC NOTES.

Rowing.

The St. George's Rowing Club expect to receive thoir new string-test rowing gig from Edwards, of Melbourne, on Monday by the Tarawora, and they will row in her in the Association Regatta, to be held on tho 19th of December. In anticipation of the Regatta, the following crows have been choson by the Club, and are no\V in acitve training^—Maiden Gigs, under 10st: E. Clayton, W. Clayton, W. Tizard, J. A. Walker. Junior Whaleboats : T. Carmichael, F. Moore, J. Johnston, A. Stewart, Clarkson, H. Sanders (Bteer oar). Senior Bona Fide Gig*: A. Gibbons, T. O'Reilly, A. Allom,' A. Loea. Maiden Gigs ;E. Clay ton, W. Clayton, W. Tizard, J. Walker. Junior Gipe : J. Johnston, W. Lusk, Clark son, Kilfoyle. Maiden Whaleboats: F. Mooro, T. O'Reilly, J. Cooper, H. Marriner, A. Stewart. Champion Gigs: Gibbons, Leea, Allom, CarniichaeL Senior Whale boats : Gibbons, Carmichael, Johnston, Lees, and Allom. Lawn Tennis. The annual meeting of the Ponsonby Lawn Tennis Club was held last evening in the Ponsonby Hall, Mr J. Dacre presiding. The report and balance-sheet were read by Mr H. Shaw and adopted. The Committee expressed regret that tho past season had not been financially successful, and attributed this misfortune to the ground not being in good working order. During the past six months, however, every eflort has been made to get the ground into a nice condition, and tho lawns are now in good order for play so that the pros pects of a good season are very promising. Representatives of the Club took part in all the Association matches, but did not suc ceed in carrying off any of the prizes. Several club contests took place during the past season for prizes given by Messrs Dacre and Masefield, the successful com petitors being Mies Burton, and Messrs M. Cohen and R. Masefield. The matches for the Club Championship resulted in favour of Miss Burton and Mr Cohen. Oilicers for the ensuing season were elected as follows :—President, Mr T. Pea cock ; Vice Presidents, Messrs T. T. Mase field and J. Dacre; Committee, Messrs Higginson, Buchanan, Foster, F. G. Brown, MisK Masefield, Miss Peacock and Mrs Buchanan. Mr H. Shaw was re-elected Secretary. It was also arranged to open the season with a grand contest on Saturday next, and issue tickets Of invitation to players and residents. The meeting termin ated with a vote of thanks to the Chair man.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19. 1887.

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Drapery, Clothing, &c THE* ATTENTION OF LADIES is requested to a Special Line of Parisian Trimmed Bonnets and Hats of techerche Style bought job at the end of the past Home Summer Season, and are among the Newest Styles that have reached Auckland, at about one-half oe the high prices this class of good's usually com mands. At R. H. ABBOTT & CO.'S. NOW SHOWING. A Magnificent Variety in Prints, which are re plenished by Novelties every few day3i In this class of goods our Patrons are. assured that nothing Pretty or New escapes us. Also, a Largo Variety in every make and shade of the so-much-worn Summer Beiges. All at fine-cut prices, to meet the times, and sold for Cash only. At R. H. ABBOTT & CO.'S. JtfST OPENED, A Special Line of 156 paire Ladies' Corsets, at 2s lid and 3a lid. These are a make of Goods that usually commands a much higher figure. In Millinery, Gloves, Ribbon, and Hosiery, the best endeavours are exerted to give value that cannot bo surpassed. At R. H. ABBOTT & CO.'S. IN CLOTHING, We are offering a Special Line of Men's Worsted. Suite (all wool guaranteedi, at29s 6d, job. These were sold last season at 455. On hand, a Large Supply of Nelson Tweed Trousers, for Working Men, at 6s lid, at R. H. ABBOTT & CO.'S, KARAKGAHAPB HOAD ; BRANCH, UITER SVMOKDS - STREET. OILK TTOSE! QILK TTOSE ! P. DAVISON Has just purchased a.job line of Silk Hose, and will sell thorn as under :— HALF COST! HALF COST PRICES! Ladies' Black, Pale Blue, Cream, and Pink, 2s lid, 3s6d,3elid; Maroon, Navy, Cardinal, 3s 6(1, Jβ lid, 4s 6d. Children's Pale Blue, Pink, and Cream, I,lslid; 2, 2s 3d; 3. 2s 6d ;4. 2s 9d.: 5 2s lid. Black and Dark Colours, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, 259d,55, 3s3d. 200 dozen Ladies' Trimmed Linen Collars at 6d each ; usual prices, Is to 2s 6d. yards Beaded Net in Navy, Maroon, Black and Gold, Black and Silver, Drab, etc., all at 2d per yard ; usual price, 9d yard. 400 yards Beadedljossamor, White and Silver, Drab and Gold, Brown and Gold, at 6d per yard; usual price. Is per yard. A beautiful aesortinent of Ladies' Printed Skirts from Is lid, 2s 3d, 2s 6d. 2a lid—very cheap. Ladies' Print Drosses from 6s lid to 21u. Ladies' StuiT Dresees from 12s 6d to 355. Ladies' Print Morning Wrappers. 2s lid to 4s lid. Puiiit, Sateon, and Stuff Dresses, 2s 6d to 7s 6d, at half warehouse prices. Very special line - 50 dozen Ladies' and Chil dren's Printed Aprons at 6d each. Aleo, largo variety of Coloured and White Aprons from 7Jd to 5s 6d. Magniflccntaeaortnicnt of Fans, bought very cheap, to be sold at 2s 6d, 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, 6s 6*l; worth 3s 6d to 14s 6d. In all the newest shades. Beautiful variety of Sun Bonnets from Is to 9s 6d. No. 9, JUNCTION QUEEN & GREY Sra. "PRICE I PRICE I pRICE Jγ l/e I Jγ 16 I i 1/6 BEAUTIFUL LONG OSTRICH FEATHEBS In Cream, Tuscan, Grey, Tan, and Pink. 1p Just Received, a parcel rt f* «5 hn of the above, to be sold I a %\x\ the very low price "* J - a V u W. P. OGILVIE, Victoria. Stkbet Wbst. EVIJRY LADY HER OWN DRESSMAKER. To •eenre a Perfect Fit and Newest Style, try OUTTERICK'S ipAPER T>ATTERNS. Metropolitan Fashions, Illustrating Patterns, monthly. Id each ; 2s per annum, post free. AGENT— Wμ. P. OGILVIE, DRAPER. VICTORIA-STREET WEST. CHEAPER THAN BY E R DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. . C. HOPKINS. London Hoijse, Victoria and Nblson Sts,, Is now showing some of tho cheapest Drapery and Clothing ever Offered in Auckland, as the following lines will show :— Dress Materials in Greys, Browns, and Fawns, 4e lid for 12yds; Striped Delaines, 12yds for 3s lid : grand value in Dj ess Materials at 6s 9d, in fasniontible shades; Coloured Satin in stll shades, from Iβ per yard ; 80-inch Heavy Twill Sheeting, Is o*d (White); 90-inch Hoavj Twill Sheeting, Is 3d (White); a lot of Slip Mate, Is each; Men's Moegiel Tweed Snits, 33s 6d; Men's Tweed Suits, 12s Sd; Men's T weed Trousers and Vests, 7s lid; Men's Coloured Mole Trousers, 4s lid (value for your money); Men's Tweed Trousers, 3s lid pair ; Youths Tweed Trousers, 3s lid ; Boys' Tweed Trousers, 3s 6d; grand line in Men's Merino Sox, 9d; Men's Brown Cotton Sox. 24d per pair. C. HOPKINS, London House, Victoria and Nelson, Streets. N.B.—Open every evening till 9 o'clock. "OUTTER! TDUTTER! (Prime Fresh) Supplied to the Trade at Low Rates. \V. S. WHITLEY^ 33, Lower Queen-street, opposite Railway. "PIREWOEKS I -pIREWORKS ! ■pIEEWORKS I D. EYITT Offers as iisual a large stock of James Pain's Fireworks, imported direct from the maker. Selling Cheap for cash. . CHINESE NOVELTIES. Gttns, Rifles, Revolvers, Atro Ammunition Of every description. FISHING TAC fiU. A New Invention for Sportsmen :— John's Patent Automata Sporting Shrapnell Shell FOR FOWLING-PIECES. WILL &ILL AT 140 YARDS. REPAIRS and every description of Gunwotk done at the lowest possible prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. D. IP J T *■ GUNMAKBB & IMPORTER, 264, Qua I N-β **»»*, AtrbajtANp v._ (QpfcoettO the MftdSfltßo»WU ~-..—



Easiness Notices. gTRAWBERKY WILLOW GROVE STRAWBERRY GARDENS, Next the Upper Wharf (Devonportr. GARDENS NOW OPEN! STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM! MARK PARRISH, In returning thanks to his supporters for ] past favours, begs to inform them and the public generally that he has great pleasure in announcing that these well-known and popular Strawberry and Tea Gardens are now open. Mark Parrish being one of the largest Btrawberry growers in the colony, will always have a large and fresh supply • on hand, and can guarantee patrons the ripest, the largest, and most delicious fruit in the market, and they will nob be stinted • in quantity either. FRESH CREAM TWICE DAILY ! Tea, Coffee and other Refreshments always on hand. Three hundred visitors can be seated aft the tables at one time. Lawn Tennis and Croquet Ground, and other amusements for the convenience of visitors, STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM t ; WILLOWGROVE GARDENS DEVONPORT. School Treata and Picnic Parties provided for by special arrangement. Family orders, dinner parties, and for jam, promptly attended to. Trams will run to the Gardens at half-price; return from Gardens, Threepence. ( M. PARRISH, PROPRIETOR. Business Notices. tWTICKER qKIBT CJTANDS. USEFUL, DURABLE, CHEAP, McLEOB 8R05. , ; Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Wicker Furniture, Perambulators, and every description of Basketware. THE AUCKLAND BASKET FACTORY, ALBERT-STREET (near KM.C.A.) GO TO B A ti&£i td ROTH'S PUBLIC HuT, COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS, Victokia-street East. 'Charge-ONE , SHILLING. Open all weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.,and SUNDAY MORN INGS from 6 till 10 a.m. The bath-rooms are all private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish, Tdwelg, flefeh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, etc, Select Bathrooms (private* for ladies eyery day. at all hours, with female attendance. One Shilling and Sixpence. Please note the address-Victoria-street East, above the Greyhouad Hotel, and next the Cheap BeddinK and Furniture Mart, Auckland. N t ß.: Barber in attendance. , ~' EDWIN J ONES; , (Late E.an&A. Jones). s HouSe, Furnishing, and General ironmonger, PonsonbV Road and Pompallier Terrace, Auckland, N.Z, Agent for the Phoenix Fire Office. Advertisement Agent for Auckland Evening Star. Post-office Savings Bank, Money Order Office, Teleßftiph Station, Telephone Bureau. \nLOSEjROS.' .BLENDS t>? Si Yptjee ;\,teas / m \ / PERLB. \|iiß Pronounced the best value\ in Auckland V yS The A.merican CORr BROOM CO. EXMQUTH STREET. HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. BM mHAMES CARRIAGE AKD, BRAY JL FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EASi AND ~..•; HIGiK-STREftT, : ;,.- T • A UO EL AN D. Telephone, 303. ' i ■ JAMES MACKIE, Coachbuildeb, ... | MANAGER. , , Buiiaer of every deeoriptlon of 3 - Repairs in all the branches of the traae faithfully executed. Vehicle* Bought ana Sold o« o<)mrniseiW;. Coachbuilders' Rcqulaites in dtook. lue iraae Supplied, :j



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