TABLE TALK.

Social, Theatrical, and Sporting.

(Fro.m Our Special Correspondent.)

London, July 13. The amount which the Queen herself wil]^ have to pay toward the Jubilee hospitali. ties is estimated at from £100,000 to £150,000.

Mr Matthews, from whomsnch great things were expected as Home Secretary, has proved an egregious failure. The Conser vatives are furious at the manner in which he blundered over tbe Cass case on Tuesday evening. The under-secretaries behind him saw clearly enough "the way the cat jumped " half an hour before the division, and urged their leader to give wav grace fully, but without result. Subsequently, it transpired that Mr Matthews and Mr Newton (the Marlboro-street magistrate) are personal friends, hence, of course, the former's dislike to meddling with the mat ter. So many of the new " Jubilee sixpences have been gilted and successfully passed as half-sovereigns that even Mr Goschen has taken fright and consented to their with drawal from circulation. At the Crystal Palace no fewer than 30 of these delusive coins were accepted by thestall-holders in a single day. The denominations of the new money were omitted ('tis explained) in view of England shortly adopting a decimal coinage. The enterprising stock - brokers who "cornered" the value of the Jubilee five pound pieces up to nearly £9 now learn with intense disgust that they aro being freely minted, and will continue to be pro duced so long as the demand for them continues.

" Dagonet " says quite tho most wonder ful sight of the whole Jubilee was Queen Kapiolani trying to set her watch by the Automatic Weighing Machine at Charing Cross Railway Station. Lord Colin Campbell has been formally adjudicated a bankrupt. His debts amount to £15,622, his assets to £119. The Duke, you may remember, lent the young man £5,000 to carry on the divorce proceedings. His Grace's generosity and family pride were duly commented on at the time. It now, however, turns oub he took good care to secure himself by attaching some rever sionary interests to which Lord Colin was entitled.

Lady Colin is even worse off than her hus band (who has £400 a year, which no one can touch). Before the trial she was able to make money reviewing and writing for the papers; now none of thestaider journals care to employ her. Several "society" papers would accept articles published under her own signature, bub her ladyship will nob write thus—at any rate in Eng land.

I am glad Mrs Bernard Beere means to visit Australia next year, for you will be quite delighted with her performance of Mrs Despurn in " As in a Looking Glass." Since Genevieve Ward surprised us with her powerful acting as the heroine of " For get-me-not' there has been nothing quite like it. Mrs Beere's Australian repertoire will aalso include " Fedora" and " Masks .and Paces." I have not seen her in the latter, but report places her "Peg Woffington" second only to Mrs Bancroft's. "The Shadows of a Great City" is the title of the melodrama with which Miss Grace Haw thorne initiates her management of the Princesses' Theatre next week. The critics have with ono accord damned the new play "Givil War" at the Gaiety Theatre. Perhaps if Mrs Brown Potter had not played the heroine and Kyrlo Bellow the hero they might have been more merciful, but both arc unpopular with " the profession." "Curly" is as handsome as Over, though his erstwhile hyacinthine locks are sadly grizzled. I saw him on the Strand the other day, smiling tho same sad, sweet smile which tho Melbourne ladies used to find so irresistible years ago. The new Swedish prima donna Sigrid Arnoldson has made a genuine hit, and on the nights she sings at Drury Lane the scenes associated wibh the early days of Jenny Lind and Nillson are re-enacted. Already fabulous prices are being paid for seats to witness her first appearance next week in " Dinorah," an opera hitherto sacred to the unapproachable Patti. By the-way, " La Diva," after hearing Mdlle. Arnaldson in " II Barbiere," is said to have remarked in French "Behold my suc cessor !" The Duke of Westminster has a hand some 2-year-old brother to Ormonde^ called Ossory that will make its debut in the Middle Park Plate. Orbit, the Duke's colt by Bend Or, out of Windermere, which cut such a poor figure at Stockbridge, will also be reserved for the back-end meetings.

Benzon, the "Jubilee" plunger, has pur chased a batch of yearlings from Robert Peck for £8,000. The lo.t includes a very handsome brother to Superba and Sara band by Muncaster—Highland Fling. Accord-ng to present appearances the Duchess of Montrose will win the St. Leger with Eiridspord. Merry Hampton's form has been much discounted by the poor figure cut by Quilp in the Northumberland Plate ; in fact, the former is probably one of the worst horses that ever won the Derby. Next to Eirispord, Mr Baird's Salisbury seems most likely to score at Don caster.

The Chesterfield Stakes for two-year-olds, on Thursday, at Newmarket, fell to the Duko of Portland's Ayrshire after a severe race with Mr Peck's Bartizan, who was only beaten by half-a-length, Lord Harting ton's Chaplet colt running into third place. The finest two-year-old at Kingsclere, bar Friars Balsam, is the Prince of Wales's Loyalty (brother to Paradox), bub he will not be started till the back-end.

" Dr. Phillips," the grossly realistic picture of -middle-class Jewish life, which created sucli angry cackling amongst the descendants of the Twelve Tribes three months ago, turns out (as I surmised at the time) to be by George Moore. The talented author of " The Mummers Wife " did not, however, produce this Zola-like fiction by himself. He was assisted by Mrs Herman Merivale (the wife of the dramatist), her self a converted or perverted Jewess. Hence the fidelity of many of the pictures. Mr Moore's new novel, " A Mere Acci dent," made its appearance last week and (despite much that is nasty and repulsive) contains some powerful writing. I fancy, though, that even the most devoted dis ciples of realism will shrink from the final chapters. Theso describe, with much elaborate detail, the mental tortures en dured by the heroine, a refined and sensitive girl, who on the eve of wed ding the man she loves, is assaulted and" ravished by a brutal tramp. The horrors caused by this " mere accident" are pictured in the most lurid language, and culminate in the unhinging of the unfortu nate damsel's mind. She mistakes her horrified lover for the vile wretch who violated her innocence, ai d, shrieking as he attempts to kiss and soothe her, backs out of a three-story window, only to fall dead at her distracted father's feet. The greater part of the book, however, is taken up with an elaborate analysis of the character of the hero—a nob particularly interesting person. Cheap editions of Mr Moore's " Mummer's Wife " and " Drama in Muslin " have just been issued at 2s each. New 2s novels include Christie Murray's " Cynic Fortune ;" " Lady Blanksmere," by «- The Duchess " (not one of her best books); "Social Vicissitudes," by A. C. Phillips (very clever); and " The Outsider," by Haw ley Smart The last-named author, by the-way, has just commenced a new novel n " The Illustrated London News," called •Saddle and Sabre,"

Vizitelly's have reduced the price of their translations of Zola's novels from 6s to 3s 6d. The new Boisgobeys are "The Red Camellia" (Chevalier Casso-Cou), "Fickle Heart" (Cocur Volant), a stupid story, and "The Nameless Man" (Une Affaire Mysteriense). The latter is one of the prolific Frenchman's earlier and cleverer works. Maxwell's have purchased the copyright of Boisgobey's last story, "The Felon's Bequest," and are bringing it out at 2s A" translation of Gustave Droz's racy "Papa, Mamma and Baby," is selling largely. Mudie refused to circulate it

A Strange African Execution.

In the notes of Bishop Taylor's journey into Central Africa, along the line of the Congo, to establish mission station, the following account is given of a strange and horrible execution according to the tribe in that part of "the Dark Continent ":— " When tlio bishop arrived the hole in the market-place had been completed. It was somewhat larger anddeeper than an ordinary grave. The object that had attracted the attention of part of the crowd was the con demned man himself. He sat on the ground with his hands tied behind his back. Seven feet in front of him was a young tree that had been bent toward him. The top of the tree had been cut away so that a fork made by the two main branches remained on the slender trunk. The condemned man's neck was put in this fork and the ends of the lines were made fast behind his head. The tension of the tree kept a constant strain on his throat, not enough to strangle him. but enough to be painful and to prevent him from making any motion. He had been sitting thus for hours watching the preparations for his execution and enduring the gaze of hun dreds of the villagers. Not far away the King, dressed ma gorgeously coloured robe, sat superintending the operations. _ The work progressed in due order, but without the ceremonious solemaity that chara terises an execution in Christian countries. The King gave his instructions when he chose to interfere to a subordinate, who transferred them to the captain in charge of the workers ab the hole. When the diggers climbed out and laid aside their shovels there was a slight pause and the crow, gathered closer to the excavation. Presently the King uttered a command in a loud voice and several subordinates ac tually began the work of execution. Thoy first cut off the tree in front of the captives' neck, leaving the prongs of the fork still tied about him. He was led to the hole and ordered into it. Up to this time he had preserved a stoical expression, but at that moment he weakened and trembled. He cast a piteous glance toward the Kin g and looked all around him wildly. One of the executioners hastened matters by pushing him into the hole. He fell in a heap on the bottom and three men went in after him. Thoy placed him on his feet and while one held him steady the others began to pack dirt about his feet. The workmen lefb on the brink of bhe hole carefully shovelled the earth that had been dug up back again, and the men inside continued the packing pro cess.

Perfectly Horrible,

The victim writhed and screamed terri bly as the work proceeded and a gag was i if-rted in his mouth to still his criei-'. .'he people, with morbid curiosity, crowds j to tho edge of the hole, even to the point of interfering with the workmen, and a squad of warriors in armour drove them back. The men in the hole stamped the earth hard all about trie victim until it was up to his waist. They then got out and tho filling in continued more rapidly and others helped in the stamping. The hole was originally so deep that the victim's head was more than a foot below the sur face. When his mouth was reached care was taken not to fill in around him until the rest ot the hole had been levelled over. Then a few shovelsful thrown upon the head effectually buried tho poor fellow, but the workmen were still cautious to note exactly where the head was. After all the dirt had been thrown back and tho burial was complete the reason for their caution became apparent. A workman came forward with a long hard-wood pole, sharpened and tipped with iron at one end. This was inserted into the ground directly over the victim's head. A movable plat form was produced,and men standing on it .began to pound the pole down into the ground. The horrible object of this was to transfix the victim through the length of his body. The pounding was continued with mallets until the entire length of the pole had been driven into the ground. Then the implements that had been used were taken away and the crowd slowly dis persed. Much depressed by this lugubrigous spectacle, the bishop and his companions re sumed their journey to Stanley pool.

How Men Die in Wars.

A Washington correspondent of the Cin cinnati " Commercial Gazette " has been comparing the statistics of the loss by death of Union soldiers during the Rebellion, with the mortality of other wars. Reports show that the Northern and Southern armies met in over 2,000 skirmishes and battles. In 148 of these conflicts the loss on the Federal side was over 500 men, and in at least ten battles over 10,000 men were reported lost on each side. The appended table shows that the combined losses of the Federal and Confederate forces, in killed, wounded, and missing, in the following engagements, were : Shiloh, 24,000 ; Antietam, 38,000 ; Stone River, 37,000; Chancellorsville, 28,000 ; Gettysburg, 54,000; Chickamauga, 33,000; McClellan^s Peninsula campaign, 180,000, and Sherman's campaign, 125,000. Waterloo was one of the most desperate and bloody fields chronicled in European his tory, and yet Wellington's casualties were less than 12 per cent., his losses being 1,432 killed and 958 wounded out of over 100,000 men. while at Shiloh one side lost in killed and wounded, 9,740 out of 34,000, while their opponents report their killed and wounded at 9,616, making the casualties about thirty per cent. At the great battle of Wagram Napoleon lost bub about 5 per cent. At Wurzburg, the French lost but 3_ per cent., and yet the army gave up the field and retreated to the Bhine. At Racour. Marshal Saxe lost but 5_ per cent. At Zurich, Massena lost but 8 per cent. At Lagriz, Frederick lost but b_\ per cent. At Malplaquet, Marlborough lost but 10 per cent, and at Ramillies the same intrepid commander lost bat six per cent. At Contras, Henry of Navarre was reported as cut to pieces, yet his loss was less than 10 per cent. At Lodi, Napoleon lost 1_ per cent. At Valmy, Frederick William lost but 3 per cent., and at the great battles of Marengo and Austerlitz, sanguinary as they were, Napoleon lost an average of less than 14£ per cent. At Magenta andSolferino in 1859, the average loss of both armies was less than 9 per cent. At Konigrath, in 1866, it was 6 per cent. At Werbh, Spe cheran, Mars Le Tour, Gravelotte, and Sedan, in 1870, the average loss was 12 per cent., whilo at Linden General Moreau lost but 4 per cent, and the Archduke John lost but 7 per cent., in killed and wounded. Americans would scarcely call this a lively skirmish. At Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Gettysburg, Mission Ridnfc, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, the loss frequently reached, and sometimes exceeded, 40 per cent. Official statistics show that of the 3,000,000 men enlisted, there were killed in battle, 44,238; died of wounds, 49,205 ; died of disease, 186,216 ; died of unknown causes, 24,184 : total, 843,303. This includes only those whose death while in the army had been actually *M-nved.

THE STORY OF THE ROTHS CHILDS.

How They Amassed Their Wealth

In 1804 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the head of the" house, had become rich and prominent enough to contract with the Danish Government for the issue of a loan of 4,000,000 thaler?. He had previously been made court banker to the Landgrave of Hesse. The latter, on tho approach of the invading French, subsequently left his entire fortune in Rothschild's care. Tue French pillaged in every direction, and the Landgrave fled for safety. It was years be fore he again spoke face to face with Roths child. He took it for granted his money was gone. " Not so," said Rothschild, " every penny is ready for you, with 5 per cent, interest." He* had contrived to hide the coin in a cellar in wine casks. Afterward he sent it to his son Nathan in London. Nathan speculated with immense success, and not only possessed the money to re turn, but had amassed a fortune by its use besides. Mayer Rothschild died in 1812, aged 67, leaving five sons—Anselm Mayer, Salamon, Nathan, James and Carl. The first stayed in Frankfort. The others founded new branches of the parent banking-house in Vienna, London, Paris and Naples. It is this famous pentarchy which, carrying out the parental plans, have made the name of Rothschild what it is. Their mother, Gudula, lived to the great age of 96—that is to the year 1849. It was her husband's in junction when dying that his sons would do nothing without consulting her, and it is generally believed that their obedience largely ptomoted their unparalleled good fortune.

Some Crafty Devices.

Everybody has heard the tales of how fche Rothschilds got the first news in London of the result of the battle of Waterloo, of their frequent employment of carrier pigeons on this and other occasions, of their "corners" in mercury, grain and many things besides, of their adroit use of notori ous enemies on bhe Stock Exchango and elsewhere, of their (this is imputable in dividually t.) Nathan, however) refusing to operate with men, however clever, if they were unlucky, and so was his careful omission to state in his will the .--mount cf his wealth, and the precautions he took to prevent this from becoming otherwise known when ho died. "I am as good as you," he said to the Due de Montniorenci when his title was granted. " You style yourself the first Christian Baron, and I am the first Jew Baron."

Here is an anecdote that has not been often told. The baron here was James, the head of the Paris house : At a charitable sale, held in 1858, at the Hotel Laimbert in Paris, by the Princess Czartariska, in favour of the distressed Poles, an incident took place between Georges Sand and Baron Rothschild. Mme. Dudevant (Georges Sand) had a stall on the occasion, and dis played a number of fancy articles for sale. Baron Rothschild happened to pass, and the fair saleswoman addressed him with tho usual request to buy something. "What am Ito buy ?" said tlio Baron ; "you have nothing at all suitable for me. But stay— an idea strikes me. Give me your autograph ; sell me that." Mm. Dudevant took a sheet of paper and wrote upon it a< follows : '' Received from Baron Rothschild the sum of one thousand francs, for the benefit of the distressed Poles.—Georges Sand." Baron Rothschild read it, thanked her, and handing her a note for the amount named, went away highly gratified.

We Know It all Here.

Here is a passage which .is suggestive of methods not unheard of-in" 'New York. "One secret of Nathan Rothschild's suc cess," says the author of " Tho Stock Ex change," " was the secrecy with which he shrouded all his transactions and the tortu ous policy with which ho misled those who watched him the keenest. If he possessed news calculated to make the funds rise he would commission the broker who acted on his behalf to sell half a million. Tho shoal of men who usually follow the movements of others sold with him. The news soon passed through Chapel Court that Roths child was beating the market and the funds fell; men looked doubtingly at one another ; a general panic spread ; bad news was looked for, and these united agencies sank the price. This was the result expected, and other brokers, not usually employed by Rothschild, bought all they could at the reduced rate. By the time this was accom plished the good news had arrived ; the pressure ceased, the funds rose instantly and Mr Rothschild reaped his reward."

Baron Lionel De Rothschild,

It is proper to say of Nathan's son Lionel, who subsequently, at the early age of 28, became the head of the London house, that he never practised devices like the foregoing ones. He felt that the Roths childs had outgrown the need of them, if there had ever been any such need, and his transactions, vast as they were, included no detail that could be called a trick, or that was inconsistent with the loftiest standards of commercial honour. He died in 1879, after doing a vast amount of good, and the destinies of the London house fell into the hands of his three sons, Sir Nathaniel (since Lord Rothschild), Leopold, and Alfred.

It was in the person of Baron Lionel de Rothschild that the ancient system that excluded Jews from the British Par liament was successfully exploded, Baron Lionel entering the House of Commons in 1858, and representing the city of London there almost without interruption up to 1874.

Clever Boys.

Although boys are often rather hard in their treatment of each other, they certainly always stick together when one of their party is in trouble. There are hundreds of instances of this, but a most amusing one occurred whilst Dr. Vaughan was head master of Harrow. He was returning late one evening from a dinner party when he caught sigtit of one of his pupils, who was taking a walk when he ought to have been in bed. The moment the boy saw Dr. Vaughan he ran for his life. Off started the doctor in hot pursuit, and he just suc ceeded in seizing his pupil by his coat-tails. After a good many struggles the boy es caped, but he-left one tail in the Doctor's hands. The master made sure that he would find out the culprit next morning by his coat, but when he entered the school every boy of the sixth form had only one tail to his coat, so the offender escaped punishment.—" Manchester Times."

How England Competes With Germany and France.

England, in proportion to her population and wealth, is less heavily taxed than Germany and France. England is not burdened with compulsory military service, which is imposed upon all men in Germany and France for three to five ysars. Aside from the number of workmen annually taken away from labour, bhe vast standing army thus created is supported directly or in directly by the rest of the people. Food is at least as cheap in England as in Germany and much cheaper than in France, where the importation of food products is subject to taxes already considered nnd recently augmented. The condition of the wage-re ceiving classes in the Bradford district is reported exceptionally good. Among the people great good has been accomplished in founding coffee taverns, which have rapidly increased in favour, and have done more than anything else to counteract tho evil effect of gin and beer saloons.— Consul Grinnell, at Bradford.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATtJKUAr, SEPTEMBER KWBB7.

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Medical -r^R. HENLEY'S "DISCOVERY. The constituent part 3 aro daily used by the leading physicians of Europe and America in their practice, who recognise in celery tho best nervine known. The oxtract of beef is most nutritive and invigorating, while the iron is a tonic for the blood and food for the brain. To be obtained from all chemists. SHARLAND & CO., WHOLESALE AGENTS. t GOODWIN COX, * DENTAL SURGEON. 148, Qnoen-stree., A.M.P. Society's Building Auckland, A M. CARTER, '* SURGEON DENTIST (By Examination) (Late five years with E. Cox and Son), May be Consulted at his Residence, GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, Karangahape Road (near ton of Howe-street). CHARGES MODERATE. GAS ADMINISTERED. A BOON FOR THE AFFLICTED. I have commenced making GRAHAM BREAD. Ladies and gentlemen who have passed through the United States remember its superior quality. It is made with PuRK Milk. All medical men there say it is tlio best Bread made. Orders respectfully invited. Dated Symouds-3treet Bread Factory, August 4, 1887. EDWARD PARSONS. Auckland, August 4,1887. Mr E. Parsons. Dear Sir,—l have much plcasuro in stating that tlie 21b loaf of Graham Bread made by you with now miik is quite equal lo any I tasted in 'Frisco. Yours truly, Joseph Banks. ri II AS. T¥^ IL LI AMSO N, HOUSE, LAND & COMMISSION AGENT, 83, QUEEN-STREET. Bankers : NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. TELEPHONE NUMBER-194. RENTS and INTEREST Collected. Managed for Absentees. HOUSES TO LET and PROPERTIES FOR SALE placed upon my Lists Free of Charge. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS AT PER FOOT :— Sussex-street, 45s Pollen-street, 70s Birkenhead, 10s llayd*i-street,ss3 View Point Road, 503 Epsom Road, £•__! Kybor Pass, £10 Hepburn-street, 80s Newmarket, 80s Ligar Place, SOs Richmond, 40i Emmett-street, 62s 6d Beresford-street, 70s Victoria Park, 25s Howe-street, 100s Conquest Place, £4 Shelly Beach Road, £5 Customhouse-street Northcote, 10s and £5 Grey-street, £25 Lake Road, £200 per acre Onehunga And in various other streets at low rates. MONEY Invested for Capitalists on Firs class Securities without chauge. Six pc; cent, allowed on deposits until invested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated. BUILDING SOCIETY SHARES Bought. ALLOTMENTS Bought and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System. £5 Deposit—Cottage for Sale in the centre of the city; balance by weekly payments. HOUSES AND SHOPS FOR SALE. Wood-street-New 6-roomed House, £350 Richmond Road -5-roomed House, £290 Marshlleld— 5 Rooms, leasehold, £150 Beresford-street--Leasehold, 0 rooms, £250 Newton Road—Leasehold 3 Cottages, £325 Oxford-street>-6-rooined House, £2iX) Rokeby-strcet-New House; gas, &c„ £253 Bond-street-5-roomcd liouse, £260 Union-street—4 Koonis, gas, &c *350 Stuart-street—4 Rooms, city water, £250 Cameron-street, Devonport—s Rooms, £400 Colling wood-street—7 Rooms, vinery, &c., £370 Reinuera—B Rooms and large allotment, £400 Hackett-street—6 rooms, leasehold, gas, &c £110 Stockade Road—s rooms, city water and eras. £270 Wellington-street—2 Shops and Dwelling, £320 Waterloo Quadrant—B rooms, city water and gas, £1.050 Franklin Road—Three Beautiful Houses, £1,500 Glenmore—New 5-roomed House, £230 Owen's Road, Mount Eden—Large New House. £600 Rose Road—B-roomed House; gas, water, £350 Ireland-street—New House, 5 rooms, £250 Claremont-Btreet—s roomed House, £300 St, George's Bay—lo-roomed Houso, 1. acres Devon-street—s-roomed House, £195 Onehunga—7 Rooms, stable, . acre, £700 Bond-street—s-roomed House, £260 Commercial Road—New 5-roomed House, £135 Allotment, View Point Road, 63 x 110, £130 Waterview—6-roomed House and 3 acres first class Land, orchard, garden, *350 Richmond'Road-House, stable, and shed, £420 Duke-street-G-roomed liouse, new, £160 Howe-street—New 4-roomed House, £200 Sussex-street—s-roomed House, city wator, £185 Anglesea^strect—New 6-roomed House, £550 Oxford-street—s-roomed House. £275 Haydn-street—s-roomed House, £160 Summer-street-6-roomcd House. 3 lots. £550 Devon-street—s rooms (new), £300 Grey-street-Boarding-house, £1.600 Russell-street—New 5-roomed House, £160 Mount Eden—Goneral Store and House. £800 Russell-street—Large Roomy House, £490 Beresford-street—Leasehold, lis 6d weekly Runnell-street Leasehold, lis weekly Howe-street-Leasehold, lis 6d weekly Day-street—Leasehold, 12s 6d weekly In kerman-streot-Leasehold. 10s 6d weekly Kyber Pass-Shop and Dwelling, £42a Pratt-street-4 rooms, city water, £200 Kyber Pass-Shop and Dwelling, £1,000 Colling wood-street-New 5-roomed House, £240 Devonport—New 5-roomed House; gas, £360 Kingsland—New 4-roomed House, £100 Surrey Hills-New 6-roomed House, £375 Mary-streßt—New 5-roomed House, £350 Stewart-street, Mount Eden —New 4-roomed House. £275 Norman-street—New House; bay window, £265 Russell-street-New House, 4 rooms, £230 Charming Seaside Residence for Sale; quite new, with 3J acres under cultivation; near Devonport; grand view. SIX ACRES for Sale at Waikomiti for £69. Also, Six Acres, Waipareira, Hobsonville, £60 FARM AT KATIKATI for Sale, 510 acres river and road frontage; a bargain. COTTAGES and VILLAS to Let in Priuces -sti-eot, Upper Queen-street, Emmett-street Union-street, Howe-street,lreland-street, Beres ford-street, Kyber Pass, Arch Hill. COMPACT FARM of 8S acres for Sale, within 16 miles of Auckland, on good roads. Six roomed House and outbuildings; large run for cattle adjoins. Splendid timber on property. FIVE ACRES OF LAND for Sale on Lake Road, partly fenced, in grass; 2 miles from the first whart. A bargain. ONE ACRE OF LAND for Sale, at Belmont North Shoro, with three road frontages. £260.— New House, in Devon-street, Newton, for Sale; a bargain at the price. RICHMOND ROAD.-Pretiy Cottage (New) For Sale, with all conveniences ; £220; gas laid on. Also, new House for £270. PRETTY VILLA RESIDENCE for Sale in Lincoln-street; pas, city water, range. £330. FARMS also for Sale at Waikomiti, Paremo remo, Waitakorei, Mahurangi, North Shore, Papakura, etc. Also, sec List in "New Zealand Herald' and " Weekly News." CHAS. WILLIAMSON, ESTATE AGENT 83, QUEEN-St. (Opposite Fart-street.



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"Tlio .Science of Life should be read by the Young for Instruction.aud by tbe Afflicted for relief. It will benefit all."— Lancet. H@-C O M S U LT-^ff Dr. PARKED, The Author (whose life-long experience, practical method of treatment and pure medicines ensure speedy und permanent cures in all chronic, nervous and special troubles), may be con sulted ou all discuses requiring skill, secrecy and experience. A Speedy and Perfect I-ife Cure is guaranteed in all Cases undertaken. Where doubt exists I frankly inform tbe sufferer. Inviolable Secrecy and Certain Relief are Moons I oiler to Suffering Humanity. It is sei evident that a physician paying particular attention io a class of cases attains great skill, and physicians In regular practice all over the country knowing this, frequently recommend cases to this oldest, onice iv Australia, where every known appliance is resorted to, and the proved good remedies of all ages ami countries are uaerl. On account of the great number of cases applying, the charges are kept low—but tho Important matter is to secure the Hkiil, and get a speedy and perfect life enre. Medicines forwarded free from observation. All Correspondence held sacred. Call on or Address— Doctor W. KNOX PARKER, POST OFFICE CHAMBERS, Corner Bourkc and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, Victoria. DR. J- COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODINE. The Original and Only Genuine. a'Vdvice to Invalids.—lf you -wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and as suage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate #ie circulating systems of the body, you will pro vide yourself with that marvellous remedy dis covered by Dr. J. Collis Browne (late Army Medical Staff), to which he gave the name of CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the profession to be the most wonderful and valu able remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE is the best remedy knownfor Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHRORODYNE act 3 like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera and Dysentery. CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all at tacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tooth ache, Meningitis, &c. FromSymes & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, Medical Hall, Simla, January 5, 1880. To J. T. Davenport, Esq., 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Dear Sir,—We embrace this opportunity of congratulating you upon the wide-spread reputation this justly esteemed medicine. Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne.has earned for itself, not only in Hindostan, but all over the East. As a remedy for general utility, we much question whether a better is imported into the country, and we shall be glad to hear of its finding a place in every Anglo-Indian home. The other brands, we are happy to say, are now relegated to the native bazaars, ana, judging from their sale, we fancy their sojourn there will be evanescent. We could multiply in stances ad infinitum of the extraordinary efficacy of Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne in Diarrhoea, and Dysentery, Spasms, Cramps, Neuralgia, the Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a general sedative, that have occurred under our personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhcea, and oven in the more terrible forms of Cholera itself, we have wit nessed its surprisingly controlling power. We have never used any other form of this mcdi cine than Collis Browne's from a firm conviction that it is decidedly the best.and also from asense of duty we owe to the profession and the public, as we are of epinion that tho substitution of any other than Collis Browne's is a deliberate BREACH OP FAITH ON THK PART OF THE CHEMIST TO PRESCRIBE AND PATIENT ALIKE. —We are, Sir, faithfully yours, Symes and Co., Members of the Pharm. Society of Great Britain, His Excellency the Viceroy's Chemists. CAUTION.-Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood stated that Dr. J. Collis Browne was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of Chlorodyne : that the story of the defendant Freeman was de liberately untrue, which, he regretted to say, had been sworn to.—Seo " The Times," July 13. 1861. Sold in bottles at Is ljd, 2s 9d. 4s 6d, and lis each. None is genuine without the words " Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne" oh the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle. Caution.—Beware of Piracy and Imitations. Sole Manufacturcr-J. T. DAVENPORT, 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. \ sureTremeby for baldness. hickman's eclipse hair producer (Registered;) This Preparation eclipses all other?. A new discovery lor the Growth of Hair on the Head and Face; for removing and preventing Dandruff, and arresting the fall of tho Hair. It cures any Disease of the Scalp, and causes new growth on the head after being bald for years, where it has become weak and thin, from whatever cause, it quickly restores it to its natural vigour. Hundreds of residents in Christchurch can testify to the fact that J. Hickman was COMPLETELY BALI) for many years, and after trying every known remedy without effect, he discovered this wonderful preparation, which ENTIRELY RESTORED HIS HAIR TO ITS NATURAL STATE AND COLOUR. It has also proved successful in a number of other similar cases in which the hair had fallen from scrofula and other diseases of the scalp. Each bottle contains supply for one month Price, 4s, of Graves Aickin, Hamilton Bros., J. P. King and Sons, J. A. Pond, and all Chemists! General Agents— N.Z. DRUG COMPANY. EC O X AND SON, • DENTISTS, Kingsley House, Hobson-street, Auckland. Edwin Cox. Licentiate in Dental Surgery R.C.S., England. * Herbert Cox, Doctor of Dental Surges . University of Michigan, U.S.. Amerioa.



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