SHIPPING.

Sunset—This evening, 4.51. Sunrise—To-morrow morning, 6.56. Moon's Age—New Moon, 23rd, 10.44 a.tffi

HIGH WATER.

Auckland-This afternoon, 3.44; to-motTOW Bflorninpt, 1.11. ' . — ttoi- MANUKAU Heads. — This evening, 6.24; to-morrow morning, 7.11 „„,, t Kaipara Heads. — This evening, /.21, to morrow morning, S.ll.

ARRIVALS.

Manapouri, s.s., from the South Awhina, s.s., from Russell Olive, scow, from Tairua Morning Light, cutter, from Cabbage, Bay Lizette,°ketcb', from Mangawai

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Glenelg, s.s., for Kaipara Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei Australia, s.s., for the South Agnes Martin, ketch, for Russell

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, Thursday, Enterprise, from Thames, Thursday, mid-

night Richmond, from Sydney, early Rotomahana, from Thames, to-day, S p.m. Mariposa, from San Francisco, May J/-" Wanaka (at Onehunga), from the bouto,

Thursday, 9 a.m. Omapere, from South, early Gerda, from Greymouth, Friday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Centurion, sh., KCGT, left London Mar. 9 Rangitikei, ship, loading at London "Lutterworth, bq., left London April » Routenbeck, bq., NTQS (via Otago), left Glasgow March 10 ___,__, T i ~. x 7l Elinor Vernon, sch., JSFK, loft New York Feb. 5, via Dunedin „,'•.-, Nellie M. Slade, Am. bg., JPQC, left New York Jan. 10, via Nelson Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin ~ . Arab, bq., to leavo New York April 2, via

Dunedin Dance, bq., to leave Java April 16 _ C. W. Janes, bq., left New York Feb. 4, v.a Lyttelton t . - Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel ton and'Dunedin Gleaner, sch., from Dunedin. JSTotero, bq., left Lyttelton May 15 Peerless, bn., left Oamaru May 13 Sybil, schr., from a cruise Ryno, schr., from a cruise Three Cheers, schr., from Timaru Olive, schr., from a cruise Louie, sch., from Picton Myrtle, bn., left Dunedin May 21 Rio, sch., left Napier May 7 Eleanor, bn., left Dunedin May 21

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermionc, sh., for London, loading Easterhill, bq., for London, early Heinrich Bauer, bq., for New York, early Mararoa, s.s., for the South, Thursday,

noon Wanaka, s.s., for the South, Friday, 4 p.m, Manapouri, s.s., for Sydney, to-day, 5 p.m.

IMPORTS.

Per Manapouri, from Melbourne: 236 half-chests of tea, 45 boxes elemes, 55 casks raisins, 45 bags onions, 15 bags coffee, 205 bags su<_. r. From Hobart: 100 cases jam, 40T->a°-3 bark. From Southern ports : 1,138 sacks°wheat, 227 sacks potatoes, 2S coils rope, 30 sacks peas, 60 sacks unions, 17 cases bacon, 45 sacks seed, 10 sacks malt, 216/ bars iron, 34 hides, 151 lengths'pipe, and sundries.

.The brigantino Camille left Sydney for Nelson, via Newcastle on May 9. ... The brigantine Sarah and Mary arrived at Port Chalmexa JfOifi Kaipara yesterday. The barque Rebecca arrived at Sydnoy from Lyttelton on tho oth inst. The barque Lutterworth was to have left London for Auckland on April Bth. The brigantine Parnoll, from Melbourne, and brig Vision, from Sydney, arrived at Kaipara yesterday. The schooner Belle Brandon, built at Tairua, Auckland, in 1863, was to have been sold by auction at Sydney on Thurs day last. The Russian Government aro proposing to add to their fleet in tho North Paci-ic until it numbers twelve. Auckland passengers by tho R.M.S. lonic, and also port cargo for this port, arrived here by the Manapouri late yester day afternoon. Tho barque El Dorado, 1,07,6 tons, foundered at sea off Cape FJattery during her . oyage from Seattle to San Francisco. Only two of the crew were saved. The ketch Lizette arrived this morning with a cargo of oranges, etc., from the schooner Julia Pryce, stranded at Manga wai. The s.a. Gerda, due to arrive hero from Greymouth on Friday, brings a full carco of coal for the ship Oamaru, which goes hence to Oamaru to load frozen meat for London. The barque Rudolph Josephy, which left for Russell on Monday afternoon, in tow of the s.s. Awhina, arrived there at .7 a.m. yesterday, and tho tug returned hero at an early hour this morning. Tho s.s. Glenelg left for Whangarei last evening to coal, after which she will pro ceed to Otamatea, Kaipara, and return with the ostriches intended to bo farmed at Turanga, near Howick. The barque Bebington, an old colonial trader, was 254 clays on her last passage from Astoria to Liverpool. Sho had been given up by. the underwriters, but turned up at an out-of-the-way port and reported terself, and then she resumed her voyage to the-old country, where she arrived on April 4th. Tho schooner Kenilworth arrived at Dunedin from Whangapoa on the 10th inst. After leaving: Whangapoa on April 24th, she experienced a strong S.E. gale, and put into port Tryphena, Great Barrier, and remained there until the 30th. The passage otherwise proved uneventful.' - A rumour that the barque Waimea, out ward bound for London, had been wrecked .'it the Nuggets gained currency at Dunedin iin Tuesday,the 10th.inst., but, fortunately /proved to be incorrect, the barque having iuade a good offing on tho previous Satur day. The. following booked at London for Auckland :-Per P. and 0. Kaiser-i-Hind, April 21—Mr Lawrence. Per Orient s.s. Austral, from London, April 14th— Mr and Mrs F.H. Brown, Rev. J. Cameron Lees, D.D.', Sister Emma, Messrs R. Imray and H. D. Vernon. Tho s.s. Richmond, recently purchased by Messrs Donald and Edinborough, of Auckland, for the South Sea ti;ade, is now la dock at Sydney, undergoing extensive alterations and improvements. She will fee converted into a spaa-decked vessel, with increased passenger accommodation and greater carrying capacity,.and tho hull and machinery will be subjected to a thorough overhaul. , ... ° Captain Kidd, master of tho barque Albany, attempted suicide on tho voyage from Launceston to Tahiti by cutting his throat. . Ho was unsuccess ful, and on arrival at Tahiti he was sent to the Military Hospital, and put under arrest. Whilst there ho managed to make bis escape, and left for Sau FraiiQisgo by the I mail schooner Tahiti. ■'■> .7•'.•■■■ •{■ _•■. >*'

Tlie schooner Louie left Picton for Auck land this morning.-

The'barque .Cabarfeidh has been char tered to go from this porfcto Lyttelton, and return with Southern produce. a «J-

THE MANAPOURI.

The s.s. Manapouri, .1,783 tons, Captain T. Loo-an, from Melbourne, via Hobart and Southern ports, arriv.ed at 4.30 p.m. yester day. Had strong head winds with heavy sea from Melbourne to Bluff, and on the coast thick, foggy weather, until reaching Wellington. Thence to ■■'- arrival fine weather with moderate variable winds. Passengers -—Saloon : Mr and Mrs Smales and family (7) and nurse, Mr and Mrs Giles and family (2), Mr. and Mrs Alexander and family (2), Mesdames Valentine, Thomson, Scheriff, Misses Nichol, Turner, Colonel Greenfield, Captain Morris, Messrs Yon Steighty, Turner, Day, Davie, Bernavio, Nichol, W. H. Ray, E. C. Ray, HE. Nathan, Gibb, Aynsley, Stringer, Thomson, Jakina.Alpe, Ritche, Folker, Graham,Craw ford, Newton, Buckland, Ratcliffe, Bars ton, Leathorbarrow, Masters Ray (2), and 44 steerage. For Sydney—Saloon :Mr and Mrs H. ° McNeill, Miss McNeill, Miss Pixley, Miss Tunstall, Misses Cimino (2), Messrs Crimino, Walker Young, Hill, Pirani, Pearson, Lucy, and 9 steerage. We aro indebted to Mr Chas. H. Hudson, purser, for customary favours.

THE RIMUTAKA.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's Rimutaka, which left Plymouth for New Zealand ports on April 9th, t?rings tho io\ lowin"- passongers :—Saloon passengers : 'Miss %. D. Acland, Mr and Mrs W. R. Colomb, Mr H. W. Edwards, Messrs E. B. Gray, E. Chisholm Gray, Mr and Mrs Chas. B. Urierson, Mr J. W. Houghton, Mrs W. Johnston, Miss L. Johnston, Master S. Johnston, Miss E. Johnston, Master 0. Johnston, Dr. and Mrs W. J. Mackie, Master C. H. Mackie, Master L. J. M. Mackie, Messrs Wm. Manford, F. F. Noill, Percy C. Neill, I\[r and Mrs Henry L. Peake, Capt. A. W. Pearse, Mr T. Stephon son, Mr 0. Mason, Mr W. Hopkins, Mr Geo. Adam, Mrs E. Bailey and family (5), Messrs R. Bowdlor, E. A. Burkill, A. H. Burkill, Mrs Cook, Miss Cook, Messrs H. Cooper, F. Corbott, Misses M. Craig, M. Evans, Mr and Mrs G. Frankland, Messrs G. H. Frankland, R. H. Frankland, T. Frankland, Misses E. C. Frankland, Zita Frankland, Mrs M. A. Gore1, Mr A. Hunter, Mr and Mrs P. Keating and family (4), Messrs S. Lappington, G. C. Leslie, R. C. Macfio, F. E. Mackenzie, Miss Ida McGrath, Mrs Oates, Mr W. L. Gates, Mr and Mrs T. Oxenham and family (2), Mr G. i Pearson, Mr and Mrs J. Southall, 'Misses M. Tuke, E. Tuke, Mr and Mrs J. W. Unsworth and family (3), Mrs M. A. Warnes, Miss Warnes, Mrs __■£. Watkinson, Mr and Mrs S. Watkinson and family (2), Messrs F. Whitley, L_T. Williams. Third Cabin.—Messrs R. Adair, A. O. Adams, F. Anthony, H. Austiss, I.vW.- Beaton, T. Beick, W. Bland, J. Butler, P. Campbell, R. Cavanagh, A. Chipper, J. Clark, G. Conway, D. Craig, E. L. Cnrtiss, Miss L. Dearie, Messrs T. W. Dee, J. G. Finlay, J. N. Hinde, J. H. Hudson, J. Kerr, VV. Kirk, R. Klitzing, Mr and Mrs G. Lakin, Messrs L. Langdale, F. Lawson, H. B. Lott, Mr and Mrs E. Mackenzie, Messrs J. Maclver, J. Mawson, J. McLellan, H. G. Maurice, P. Miles, Miss A. Minvan, Messrs J. Morton, H. Necdman, T. Pearce, T. Sherwood, W. Smedley and two sons, C. Smith, C. H. Smytho, J. T. Sorton, W. E. Spence, E. Tomsett, H. E. Vaughan, P. Vaughan, T. Wallis, J. Waterworth, C. Young, J. Braithwaite, Miss C. Brown, Messrs R. Brown.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Port Albert, thirday.—Arrived : Par nell, brigantino. Wel_-L\-gto.v, May 17.—Sailed: Omapere, s.s., for Auckland, via the East Coast; Wanaka, s.s., forTaranaki and Onehunga. Passengers : Lord Aberdeen, Messrs Turner and Newman. Lyttelton", May 17.—Sailed: Rotorua, s.s., for the North. Passengers ;Mr Lau rence, Misses Berry, McLaren, Rev. W. T. Bean, Messrs Fox, Beauchamp, Crump, Dimant, Oakley. ( j Capetown, May 14.—Sailed : Coptic, for New Zealand. •. Taoraxoa, this day.—Sailed, for Auck land : lona, at 10 a.m., and Douglas, at 11 a.m. Lon'DO_t, May 16.—The Kaikoura arrived at I _ymouth yesterday afternoon with her cargo of frozen mutton in good condition.

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

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1887.

For th. cauw that laoks Msiatance, For tha wron; that D «d» ro.i-tance, For the future in th» distant. And th« good that -we can do.

IN a tolerably full House last night the decision come to only a week ago to reduce the number of members of the House of Eepresentatives to 71 was reversed, and the clause fixing the number of European members at 91 was restored. A tie was the result of a vote in which 86 members (including pairs) took part, and tho Chairman of Committees (Mr Hamlin) gave his cast ing vote in favour of 91 members. The decision shows how insincere some members were in the division taken last week, and how impossible it is in this cumbrous House to secure any decisive curtailment of legislative expenditure. A House of 86 members manages to govern the colony of Vic toria with its million of inhabitants, and a House consisting of 57 members sufficiently represents the varying interests of the colony of Queensland. In Canada also, numerically small legis latures rule ; Ontario, with two million inhabitants, is governed by a represen tative Assembly of 65 members. In New Zealand we want fewer and better men. The work of the country would be better done with 71 than 91 mem bers. But though the first vote doubtless expressed the honest conviction of members upon this subject, they were not possessed of the courage or self denial to execute the happy despatch which would have relegated nearly a fourth of them to merited obscurity. In the half-hearted Minister who had charge of the bill, and who first re sisted, then unreservedly accepted, and finally bartered away the resulte of the vote reducing the membership, they found a ready instrument for reversing the previous resolution, and the coun try is cheated out of the promised reform. The Premier, by arrangement with Major Atkinson, also succeeded in overcoming his difficulty with regard to the concession to country dis tricts. Under the clause, as finally settled, 18 per cent, is added for coun try districts, with a margin of 750. This is a substantial victory for the coun try members, but Aye suppose it was unavoidable if the bill was to pass this session. The effect of the bill as it now stands, with a House of 91 members, will be to give one member for every 7,170. inhabitants in towns, and one member for every 5,975 inhabitants in the country. With a House of 71 members, the numbers would have been: towns, 9,190; country, 7,658. The decision come to last night will probably be accepted, without any further attempt to recom mit the bill for the purpose of decreafing the number of members. The liepresentation question, there fore, may be regarded as practically disposed of,, although the Premier still shows a disposition to keep it on the Order Paper until the Financial Debate is brought on.

FIJI AND NEW ZEALAND.

The agitation in Fiji for annexation to _Tew Zealand is, we learn from yester day's advices per Arawata, likely to be revived. The case of tlie colonists is one of hope deferred.; One expecta tion after another of improvement under their present system of govern ment has been doomed to disappoint ment, and they are driven to the con clusion that no change could be for the worse. The trade returns for 1886 exhibit, in all its naked ugliness, the decline that has taken place in the com mercial prosperity of the country. The foreign commerce; which amounted to • in 188'3'aud in 1885, had fallen to last y»ar. The decrease in the imports-was the decline, however, being chiefly.upon sugar-making '..machi nery':; and the decrease in the exports was notwith standing that there is a very substantial increase in the export of sugar. Great expectations wero formed of what the htw Governor might do, but his instruction!, appear to have directed him firsdy and. mainly to bring "expenditure within in come ; and the dismissal of officials aud reductions in pay do not improve the position of struggling tradesmen at the capital. -The discontented colonists now naturally iturn. their eyes towards New''Zealand as offering a possible means of escape.from .'the official, rule of Downing-street. .We do not. be lieve that anything will come ' of the agitation. The Colonial Office, unless coerced by something bor dering on a revolution, will never relinquish the patronage which remains to it in tho Crown Colonies, and New; Zealand might hesitate to. saddle itself

with the responsibility of governing a country so peculiarly situated as Fiji ie. "We sympathise heartily, however, with our fellow-colonists of the old Cannibal Islands, and think the agita tion is one that deserves encourage ment. Fiji is perfectly self-supporting, and being so is entitled to a much larger share of self-government than it enjoys. The majority of its Legisla tive Council oaght certainly to be made elective, the interests of the Crown being sufficiently protected by the Governor's veto. A league to resist the payment of taxes until the rights of the colonists are conceded in this respect would have a more power ful influence upon the Colonial Office than a ship-load of petitions. Wo advise the colonists to try it.

THE TROUBLES IN TONGA.

The official inquiry by the High Com missioner into the troubles in Tonga, according to the report which appears to have been furnished to the Fiji papers, has resulted in proving that although there have been some perse cutions of the Wes-evans. the reports of theae have been grossly exaggerated. We have often pointed out the ex treme difficulty of arriving at the truth at this distance, when we are thrown for our information entirely upon partisans belonging to one faction or the other. State ments of the most positive charac ter have, for example, been made in letters to the Australian press repre senting that Tuuhetoka, the Tongan Minister of Police, had behaved in a most disgraceful way at the execution of six natives who were sentenced to death for the attempted assassina tion of Mr Baker. The British Commission thoroughly investigated this statement, and the High Com missioner was convinced that the charges were untrue. In a similar way the published reports of the inquiry into the charges preferred against Mr Robert Hanslip, a trader at Nukualofa, have been deliberately garbled. In the reports published by the Aus tralian papers it was mad eto appear that this prosecution was an act of persecu tion by Mr Baker. The official re port furnished to the "Fiji Times," however, puts a very different com plexion upon the matter. According to th_3 report, "It was proved, and acknowledged by' the defendant him self, that he had been made aware of the intended assassination the night previous to that on which the attempt took place, and had given no informa tion ; but though failing in his moral duty, there was no reliable testimony to prove that he had been guilty of an offence punishable at law, and he was consequently acquitted. Mr Hanslip was, at a later period, called on to show cause why he should not ba bound over to be of good behaviour. At the inquiry which fol lowed, the Chief Judicial Commissioner was satisfied that Mr Hanslip's proceed ings and interference in native matters were dangerous to the peace and good order of Tonga, and Mr Hanslip was accordingly bound over in the sum of .£IOO, with two sureties of _£50 each, to keep the peace and be of good con duct for .a space of six months." The Commission carried on its* inves tigations in a thorough and searching manner, and His Excellency acknow ledges the assistance he received from Tongan Government. Although the final conclusions arrived at by the High Commissioner are withheld, the. re sult of his visit has already been to dispel much of the uneasiness which the wild reports of persecution had produced abroad, and His Excellency obtained satisfactory guaran tees from King George that the Wenleyans would receive protection in tho free exercise of their worship. The Government of Tonga appear to come well out of the inquiry. They dealt very severely with the authors of the dastardly attempt upon the Premier's life and the revolutionary movement to overturn the Government, but they do not seem to have gone beyond what the circum stances of the case warranted. It is a wonder, indeed,' considering the ex citement that must have prevailed after the attack on Mr Baker, that the law was preserved and that an indiscriminate massacre did not ensue. But for Mr Baker's firmness and the stability of his Government, anarchy; must have followed- such an outrage. The result will probably be to establish the position of the Tongan Government more firmly than ever. • ]

THE RABBIT PEST

Thb man who first introduced rabbits into New Zealand, if he is still alive, 'will be interested in perusing a parlia mentary paper which has-just been laid on the table of the House. From this he will learn that since Otago became infested with rabbits 1,346,554 acres have been surrendered and the loss of revenue to March last amounted to £32,803.. Of the area stated, the greater portion has been re let at considerably reduced rentals, only twenty runs containing about 414,000 acres lying unoc.. .pied at the present time, exclusive of runs which are unoccupied on account of their elevation and inaccessibility, and not because of rabbits. In Southland alone the loss to the Government through the runs being infested with rabbits has been, not less than since 1883. The loss to the individual run-holders and to the country has,been enormous. Great as this loss ia, we are much mistaken if tha measures approved by the Govern ment for the introduction of stoats, weasels, ferrets, and " other vermin to extirpate the rabbits do not make the loss still -greater. The man who devises a simple and safe means of killing bunny will deserve, well'ofh. country. • ?•' \

The criminal : i^y: ; Court open on the 7th of'W^ B calendar contains X t : So j£r Henry O'NeiV Moore,. attempted^?%■ J- • WS£ Lowrie, nnlawfa^ouS *5 Peter fr ° m & 5 fr* eter F""V assault; ~lilts% wood, larceny jArthtif S larceny from a Phee, areon; Alexander Grey, andßobertWa£ !?>' Tilly,alias John Duncan, fe^gl^e Lowndes, violent ail fc . £ n « Perry rapo; .Georgo wounding; William Thomson McCaUum ■S tW Charles. Wright, rapl; &H2l unlawfully wounding; assault; Te tencea-(two charges); Tn l e # f pk tences. "> }f& The Shortland Saw Mm resumed operations.' eThe^n^ 1 * 1 ! down during the late fresh jffiS cient to keep the mill eiimlS* months. >w «V.ij held at Robson's rooiE£s& there not being a decided to adjourn until The directors, we shortly the matter of enlarging ££* The London Circus wag Jh patronised last evening, and W' $ items on the programme were A midday performance when inmates of charitable admitted free of charge. '' Bel^ 1 features are announced for. this eila?H The Earl of Aberdeen wired frip vernment House, Wellington y. *- afternoon to Mr .Harry would bo present if possible ai'l'H ringers' concert in the Opera s'ffi Saturday evening. ■; His: LoidsMJH let Mr Lynch know for certahi onWJR morning., -,'-.'siE Mrs Lathrope, residing. i n jdK street, Newton, met with an uillP accident laßt night. She had i her daughter,.who is sick, and in|J tho house in the dark, stmnbledfll steps, fell, and broke her aria"ipH A full rehearsal of theßandof HowJI was-held last night, in' the'eNe-fSH gregatiorial school-room, EdiiibiirgfeH About 400 were present,'Mr ing as leader. An. orchestra m jUm attendance. The various pieces j* rendered with pleasing ; precision, aaife exercise songs were veryamusing.'ki^ instances the effect is heightened-byl manipulation of parti- the vocalist 3. Judging ty last tdgiftj hearsalthe performance oh ffie%thot't should prove an unqualifiedisnccea Rev. J. Chew,, of. Beresford-sfeffe g-egational Church, and, ithe Rr, \ ilmore, of Ponsonby' BapdlftfJijA deliver addresses, and Mr Eeid will girtb unique performance upon,.,'"Fairy E4 ! No doubt the Choral Hall will be if only the friends of the children attend Mr A. G. Daniels re-deiivered his l«fe on ' * The Pernicious Effecteiof: Alcohol j the Human System the PonsoDki fellows' Hall last evening, the lecture kij illustrated by the charts of Dr. M- There was a good attendance. '■; Duriiipfi evening selections of music were' 'mm by Mr Danielle'schoir, GriS contributed two appropriate.,solos, Aai lection waa taken upafrthVcloietode!":! expenses. ''■':' i 'h,: ' At Whangarei, on Monday, Wirca Katene was declared elected memk k the Northern Maori Electoral Districlk three votes.- over ; >Sydney Taiwhatigi Sydney handed the followings-prots against the election' to the Beturai?! Officer:—(l) That he by supplying liquor (foufMlesbfbnudi to certain natives. kV "Efct&V Mt, Hokianga, at 2.50 p.m. 'on &c diy* election. (2) That reveraTtfaorls tow Wi Katene whose vote*pfgMiiottota been recorded. (3) That votes were tih atplaces which were not gazetted as polling places. Sydney was in town yeiteraay, M returns to Whangarei' with the steps necessary,to bring, Jiejif test before the Supreme Court, . ■... The members of the Eden and Epaa Lawn Tennis Club have'decided to'toHi concert in Waite's HaUj-Mount Hi, Friday evening.- The ifiretpaitofttew gramme will consist of; a concert, in if" many of our well-known leading EfflW l will take part. ; ' After' a shoif-ffitawkj amusing comedietta' tc - The -fSpM» Weavers " will be played byetliemerctea the. Mount Hobson Amateur, Club,. ™ piece is very laughable,' and the'eoste* are of an appropriately quaint charaw The Eden and Epsom-Lawn^amis<•« now number about 40 members, who *» for practice on Mr Udy's ! Mount Eden Road. The-ton ,ii m didlv situated and contains four, cess The'proceeds of the concert Will be de* to the funds, of the club..' -> : ' The sun has for many months p#*> very free from spots, but on Monday;* became visible near together!,, ™j % rather faint then, but .yesterday jm% strongly marked, and form a group «» usually large size near: the; suns«» Sudden outbursts of.. solar .activity m quently coincident with electrical 9 atmospheric disturbances': ,ou : e W ■<* \ Barometer has risen 3-tenths .ot m> since yesterday, and gone down considerably. -TW'S able that we may have a spell..of"S| fine "weather, and-perhaps Aurora Australis.—" Thames btar. , Newton East and Wesfc ; Schools;g teoheld their usual meeting-on;fw May 16th. Present Jenkins, W man, S.- Secretary,, ■&> French, Wilcox, Jeune,3oyd ( Wßr«> White: Newton'Easb-^number on m average attendance, number on roll, 506; go| 420. Miss Coffey applied,;.for -W.» sence 'for a fortnight'-on'accofflft,o| health. Referred to* Board;- 1W- Master.of Newton West-reportaHe^ materially to ,tMi «>.j Mutate, of' roads 'ta district. A necessity for a Truant Officer, Mr White, seconded by Mr |®» the compulsory clause of tbegp be brought into force toffis@fcjt tion district from this date. ■ , i»" , p the Head-masters bo reque»te4 nos the distribution of,ticket. circuses and similar solvedthat the'Commi toe day night to' examine the.-bpok ß >)> bythe S ScriptureGiftA«ociaticr, . Ticket* are now on sale iot Seslt s| mentary concert which is to be giveri In.the C| wa Thursday week. ; { gramme has been compied for w. comprising : the ; _over «• Itelianl in Algerl""and AuJ etta," the ch a rnm^;Potp^rn Journey " Through My O '» Rolling Drums " and ?*f , £ d .s ie ftßJ be ing instrumentoLsolos aW : by Herr Schmitt, 'brcig P Limont ; /clarfo^t:«ol^^ ; g LcompanimeriVMr J- ?*%■ eg soio, Mr g.. mf- ed^m was spontaneously projecwa J niusicW of AuckW for^P ;s ervJ suitably recognising. He ra« » which-for f {btb i3PS rendered and the'ready which he has always 0 beneficent objects J\e^ vi) a'word more is needed t0,.,,. port for such ft testimonial.

THE AUCKLAND'- EVENING; STAB, WEDNESDAY, MAY; ,IB.Jgg^.

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COMMERCIAL. . _? . Evening Star Office, this day. On Friday, April 29th, _ Messrs Vaile and Douglas sold by auction 95 acres at Pakuranga for £2,420; 10_ acres at Te Papapa for £485, and 8 acres near Howick for £88. These prices are most satisfac tory. RKAPERY STOCK, FROM NEWTON-, TO BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. We havo Bought this day tho DRAPERY AND FANCY GOODS STOCK '- '■ ' :' Of Mr James Dohcrty, Karangahapo Road Newton, and ; REMOVED IT TO OUR PREMISES,-. Junction of Queen and Grey-streets, whero we will hold a CHEAP S ALE THREE WEEKS, &r r -aiid •'■p:-, •<? p:p ■:■ -gj 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 PRTCE UNDERCLOTHING AT HALF PRICE ~ CORSETS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE' : DRESS TRIMMINGS AT HALF PRICE ; LACES FROM TWOPENCE PER YARD. U j JACKETS, JERSEYS, ULSTERS, ETC., _\LL AT HALF PRICE FOR'CASH. "■? | DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. ' ■ | Our MISS DEMPSEY will mako np Dresses, etc., Bought at the Sale at a Cheap Rute, so that customers can have Fashionable Drosses at merely nominal prices. W.■:'& J. -BEEHAN & CO., THE "CASTLE" DRAPERTC HOUSE, JUNCTION- QUEEN AND GREY STREETS; j. h; -w ithb]?o? d ' NEWS AND ADVERTISING AGENCY, AUCKLAND,' N.Z.. Representing Sydnoy Morning Herald, Sydney Mail Melbourno Argus, Australasian Otago Daily Timrjs. and Witness Lyttelton Times,, Canterbury Times | "'."' Wellington Pof,t, etc. - *# ' .- A- ' ' - { . RAILWAY" ADVERTISING. •* .'''■ Business N-jticcs promptly fixed at all Statins r, ; 1 airing the Lino-at'the Bhortoßt ' ----- notico. ,„>-, . i-._, r.(\



-TriLLAGrE SETTLEMENTS. Inquirers after information respecting VILLAGE SETTLEMENT^, shoiild call at Crown Lands Office, Behind Supreme Court. Mr John Lundon and others will attend daily from eleven to twelve, for the purpose of giving nformation. . \ :P_ {pj I Sjj A a A-. p> UR E CALF 'LYM PH. A supply has been received br mall, and children can bo vaccinated dally at Messrs King and Son's, Chemists, Queen-streot. - HAZARD'S, SHOOTING ..GALLERY* ELLIOTT-STREET.""'' A series of VALUABLE PRTZES will bo Riven tS the -"THREE COMPETITORS Making the greatest number of con. t-ECUTIVE T BULL'S-EYES, from May 14 to fat"Prize-DO'UBL_-B ARRELLKD BREECH LOADING CHOKEBORK GUN 2nd Prize—HANDSOME RIFLE. 3rd Prize-NICKEL-PLATED REVOLVER, Prizes on view at W. 11. Hazard i, Gunmakcr, 16Ga, Queen-street TftT HAT'S IN A NAME? Try "The Economy Boot Shop.* Thoro you will And own-made Boots, suitable (theso times) for all pockets. It's true to its name. Women's Leather Slippers 0 2 11 Women's Kid Walking Boots .. ..069 Men's E.S. Boots .. 0 9 6 Boys' Strong Nailed Boots 0 b 9 Children's School Boots to sizo 13 ..040 Children's Copper Toe Balmorals, sto G 0 311 T¥T J. HURST £ LToT B. J.ESAM and A. H. GRAINGER having purchased from the Public Trustee (tho Exocutor under the Will of tho lato W. J. Hurst) tho Good will, Stock-ln-Trade, Book Dobts, etc., of tho old established business of W. J. Hurst and Co. Grain, Seed, Produce, and Artificial Manuro Merchants, will trado under the samo stylo and name, and will continuo tho business as hcroto fore. All OutstandlnijrAccounts are requested toM paid fortwith. W. J. HURST & CO. ' ON SALE. SEEDS- New Season's Clovers and Natural Grasses Rye Gras3 and Cocksfoot (in variety) Turnip and Mangold Seeds MANURES— Boned ust (line and J-lnch) Supcrphoaphates (various grades) * Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Potash, Kainct, etc., otc. Peruvian Guano .go:.' GRAIN- Seed and Feed o£ all descriptions Flour, Oatmeal Bran, Sharps , , Table and Coarse Salt Table Potatoes &c„ &c, &c. W. J. HURST & CO., QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. -.TIT INTER MILLINERY AND DRAPERY. the misses Mclaughlin .... _ ARE NOW .SHOWING FEW SEASON'S GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. I MANTLES, I JACKETS, MILLINERY, ! DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, ETE., ETC., ETC. . The Misses MCLAUGHLIN beg to call attention to the exceptionally Moderate Prices at which these goods are marked, and invite inspection. SHORT LAN D STREET, OPPOSITE "STAR" OFFICE. [A CARD.] TV/T'R FIIE DX. E. BAU ME, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR]" ' ' Vulcan Lane, AUCKLAND. TmOR WELL-MADE DRESSES ■ ■. • : . AND p'P STYLISH MILLINERY AT "MO DERATE PB,IC ES, D. W. ■-."-. JACK AND CO.. -..An--. ■:PONSONBY ROAD, f\ A T M E A L. ' :ASK YOUR GROCERS FOR! "''*" MO'XR &' ,G0.;a..: ; ; PRONOUNCED TO BE HE BEST OATMEAL ; /.j I ■ „ ..• -. IN ...THE .,.^MARKET., • [W I L Ji/ i I If ,E _ R : Y^ b MILLINERY!' r - -.;" vxaA; ';.;_. MILLINERY 2 FOR VARIETY, STYLE, AND PRICE, '.'■"' fc * *"-."■■■ 1 5 TRY * I'; . :'Y"' '. | ... .. .M. J. SAUNDERS, r . V < 71 ] . I /■' .. ■'. i-! ■- • '■*.' -".'."-. MANUKAU ,HOAD, t PA.RNELL. .. SPLENDID' Winter'iTweecls* at . J. 'H.; Dalton's, Tailor, Victoria-street Hast.



;,, r ,; NEW: ... 1 WINTER DRAPERY -JVTILNE AND £JHOYCE Havo now received thowholo of their shipments forthe Winter Season. Being the latest fashion and of their usual well-known quality, they can be .confidently recommended for style and ■-_ ..'durability. DRESS GOODS. An immense variety to choose from, and being bought from the Manufacturers, prices are very moderate. DRESS TRIMMINGS To match in great variety. A LARGE LOT OF CURTAINS, ~;-: . : r; - INOLUDINO THE NEW ANTIQUE LACE, Very fashionable. GLOVES, , HOSIERY, FURS, ASTRACHAN, Etc., In great variety. Tho following Goods having been sent in excess of our orders, wo shall clear at a great reduction :— 1 CASE GIRLS 1 and MAIDS' ULSTERS 1 CASE UNTRLMMED HATS 1 CASE Child's and Maids' STOCKI NETTE and other COSTUMES. N.B.—Shop closes every Saturday at 2 p.m. until Monday morning. . MILNE & CHOYCE, QUEEN AND WELLESLEY STREETS "TVTOTICE OF. REMO VA L. MR. T. TRAFFORD, SURGEON DENTIST, Desires to Inform his Patients and Friends that he has removed from Wakefiold-streot to moro central offices Queen - Stuket, ~ over Mr, Waytc's, Bookseller, opposito Wyndham-strect. Hours from nino a.m. till live p.im pORNa AC X S FOR SALE BY W. S. LAURIE « CO. SEED AND MANURE MEEOHANTS, CUSTOMS STREET, AUCKLAND. BETTER, BUY' NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. HALF-PRICE LACE CURTAINS. ---200 Pairs at GARLICK ANDCRAN WELL'S. ■ ' ATENT SPRING ROLLER WINDOW BLINDS, from 3s Cd.-GARLICK AND CR AN WELL. . MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at Half-price, now being sold by GARLICK AND CRAN WELL. IRON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; very cheap. A few left at GARLICK AND CRANVVELL'S. ■ ■; > ■ STRONG CANE CHAIRS, from 3s 9d. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. TAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is Cd per yard. At GARLICK AND CRAN welL's. ■■'■■- : LINOLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. PERAMBULATORS from 12s to £5. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. KAPOK DOWN BEDS, greatly re : dnced in price, by GARLICK AND CRANWELL. -. BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli vory. Blankets, Sheets, Quilts, etc., etc. HALF - TESTER; FRENCH, AND: STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices .to suit tho timca.—G. &C. '■■_. . ILCLOTHS, from Ib per yard. Cash prico.-GARLICK AND CRANWELL. , HOUSES FURNISHED .THROUGHOUT. ■'■ ■*' DINING AND DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE. BEDROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. CHURCH AND OFFICE FURNITURE. GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S IS THE CHEAP . FURNISHING HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. : . " \ ' "''"''■"''' ' ' ' ~,—„ i- I ■■•■ - ■■ ■' ' . *"" q E L LI N GO F F GREAT CLEARING SALE. .... MISS BACON ? ,2SS, ! ..Queen-street, Being about to leave Auckland, is soiling her Stock of' FANCY GOODS, WOOLS, SILKS &c, at cost and under. No reasonable offer, refused, as. the. Goods mast bo cleared.'' '"'.'■- i. • A j... p '. ,- fixtures for sale 1 (With q^ Without Stock:).



DR. BOND, (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hoipital;. Karangahapo Koad, near corner ol U PP" Queen-street. Hours of Consultation-At Residence: 8» 9 a.m.. 2 to 3 p.m., 7. to 8 p.m. At Miona, sw, Queen-gtreet: 11 a.m„ 12-30 P.m. Telephone^ A CAED DR. LEGER ERSON, Parnell oafce_Dr. Gold»bro'B residence), attends for con sultation: At Home, 8 to 9 a-m-J-and 3 p.™i Aickin's Pharmacy, Qneen-street, 1 to i auu to 8 p.m. ;'Sa_urday, Panmure and OtaJaunu. Telephone 470. ._. DR. J. MURRAY MOORE, M.D., MT.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to 1 p.m., at Pond's Homceopathic fha™*^ »t Queen-street; 2to 3 p.m. and 'to 8 P.m. Residence. Lower Symonds-itreat --AfSfn/AY 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, l p.m., TUh-biJA i and FRIDAY -". . -