SHIPPING.

Sttns_t—This evening, 5.1. Sunrise—To-morrow morning, 7.10. Moon's Age—New Moon, 21st, 5.20 a.m

HIGH WATER.

ATTfira.ANn-This evening, 7.26; to-morrow morning, 7.-16.

Manukau Heaps.-This evening, 10.6; to morrow morning. 10.26. Kaipara Heads. — This evening, 11.6; to morrow morning, 11.26.

ARRIVALS.

lona, s.s., from Tauranga Douglas, s.s., from Opotiki .Dream, cutter, from Tairua Fanny,'cutter, from Whangapoa Gipsy, cutter, from Whangapoa Matakane, cutter, from Thames

DEPARTURES.

Wellington, p.si', for WKahgarei Saucy Kate, schr., for M'ongonui Waihor'a, s.s., for Southern ports lona, e.s.', for Great Barrier I'yne, brigatiue, for Suwarrow

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Enterprise, from Thames, to-day, 11 p.m. Corornandel, from Corornandel,to-day,s p.m. Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 2 p.m. Alameda, from San Francisco, due Doric, from Plymouth, due July 31 Wnnaka COnehunga), from the South, Thursday, _ a.m. Richmond, front South Sea Islands, July 21

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

RangifjHcei, sh., left, London May 3 Crusader, sh., left, London on May 27 Piako, ship, from London Win. Turner, barque, from Fiji Sharps]looter, bq., from Fiji Elinor Vernon, sell., JSFK, left New York Feb. 5, at Dunedin Star of the East, from New York, via Dunedin Arab, bq., left New York April 3, via Dunedin Dan.ip, bq., to leave Java April 16 , Ricardo, bq., from Java, early Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel ton and Dunedin, sailed March 29 Oceola, bn.,from Dunedin Camille, bn., left Dunedin July 16 Myrtle, bn., from Dunedin Wenonaj bq., from Dunedin Olive, schr., from a cruise Omaha, bn., from Chatham Islands Maile, schr., from Tonga ■

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading Elinor Vernon, sch., for New York, early Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Friday Alameda, for Sydney, soon after arrival from San Francisco

H.M.S. Nelson left Sydney for Fiji yesterday.

The s.s. Chelmsford left Opotiki for this port at 2 p.m. yesterday, and is now due. The schooner Hawk, Captain Press, has cleared at the Customs for Melbourne.

The s.s. Douglas arrived from Opotiki this morning with 420 sks. maze, 1 horse and 4 pigs: The barque Arab, which arrived at Port Chalmers from New York at 2 p.m. yester day, lias part cargo for Auckland. The new passenger steamer Queen Vic toria made her first trip between Greenock and Liverpool in 9 hours 23 minutes,' or at the rate of 22_ knots or 23-_2 miles per hour; and proved herself to be the fastest passenger vessel afloat.

The steamer Elderslic arrived at Oamaru from London, via Adelaide, yesterday. After discharging inward cargo she is to load 10,000 carcasses frozen mutton and then proceed to Port Chalmers to fill up for London.

The s.s. Wellington left for Whangarei at 7 p.m. yesterday with a non-Union crew, who were kept below deck until after the steamer left the .wharf.

■ The s. s. Waihora left for Melbourne via Southern ports at noon to-day. Passen gers for Napier : Mr D. Clendinning. Wellington : Mrs Maxwell, Miss Billinys, Mr and Mrs Appleyard, Mr and' Mrs D. Turner and infant, Misses Cannon (2). Lyttelton : Messrs Peter and P. Sheray. Melbourne: Mrs Laing. Hobart: Mrs Simpson, Rev. P. G. Gleeson and steerage. For various ports: Messrs Cole and Don nellay, Mr and Mrs Had land.

The s.s. lona arrived from East Coast rjorts early this morning. Passengers from Tauranga : Messrs Harding and Gordon ; from Tairua, Mr Field ; from Mercury Bay Messrs Moses, Monk, Bennett, J. Blox combe, Morrow Nicholson, and 37 natives from Tauranga and Whitianga. The brigantine Ryno sailed this afternoon for Suwarren with general cargo and the following passengers : Messrs G. Dunnett, J. Woonton, A. G. Bell, H. \V. Patterson, and seven natives.

THE CELESTIA MISSING.

Feai-s are entertained for the safety of the barque Celestia, which left Russell for Hobart over two months ago with a full cargo of timber, and has not since been heard .of. The Celestia is a wooden vessel of 225 tons register. She was built at Massachusetts in 1852, and is owned by Mr A. J. S. Gibbs, of Dunedin.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Gairloch, s.s., McArthur, from Waitara Staffa, s.s., Norbury, from Waitara Herald, s.s., Jones, from Greymouth

The S.S. Oreti succeeded in crossing the .Wanganui bar this morning after being harboured since Saturday. She will arrive to-morrow evensng and- leave again for Northern ports at _ p.m. Saturday.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Melbourne, July 20.—Sailed : Te Anau for Bhiflv

Syojtey, July 20. — Sailed : Wakatipu, for

COMMERCIAL.

Evextng Star Office, this day. Trr»Freezing Company's shell brand buttei is quoted at Is 3d per lb, wholesale only.

The Auckland Grocers' and Dairymen's Associations quote the wholesale price of fresh butter Is per lb., and fresh eggs 10d per dozen, delivered, for the weekending Wednesday, the 27th inst. TJie quotations refer to prime quality only.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1887.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the -wrong that needs resistince, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

Turkey has finally refused to ratify the Convention on the Egyptian ques_ tion which was entered into with Eng. land some time ago. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff has returned to Lon don with his special mission so far un fulfilled, and the French and Russian newspapers are making .merry at what they are pleased to call the English " defeat." When the Gallic cock crows and the Russian eagle plumes himself there must be some ground for jubila tion, and they doubtless find their chief source of joy in the fact that the Sultan succumbed to their combined threats of offensive operation if he rati fied the Convention. But it is after all only a barren diplomatic victory that has been wrested from England by the unholy alliance of Gaul aud Muscovite, and the English papers are quite justi fied in claiming the result as a substan tial victory. The fact is that the mis sion of Sir H. D. Wolff to Constanti nople was specially undertaken because France and Russia were pressing Turkey to get an understanding as to the date of the final evacuation of Egypt by the English forces. The result of that mission was the now celebrated Convention, which provided that Great Britain should evacuate Egypt within three years, if a per manent government were established in the country within that period; but that if such did not take place, then Egypt was. to. be occupied either jointly or severally by Great Britain or Turkej 7, as the two Powers might agree upon. To these proposals all the European Powers gave their consent, with the exception of Russia and France —these two contending that the effect was virtually to hand over Egypt to English ownership. Then began the diplomatic struggle, in which the two dissenting Powers used nil the arts of the bully and coward to intimidate the Sick Man, with the result noted! But that result, although what Russia and France desired, gives them no substantial advantage, as it simply restores the status quo ante, viz., indefinite occupation by England of the Land of the Pharaohs. In a very im portant sense, the Franco-Russian in trigues have resulted in complete failure. The English Government have hitherto consulted Turkey in every step to be taken with regard to Egypt, but henceforth they will not necessarily do so. As against the threats of Russia aud France, Sir H. D. Wolff,' on behalf of the English Government, notified the Sultan that in future Great Britain would act as was deemed best for her own interests, without any longer con sulting either tho views or the wishes of Turkej^.- Between the two the Sultan has made his deliberate choice, oncl lias therefore tacitly agreed to allow England a free hand in Egypt, rather than face the hostility of France and Russia. England is, therefore, absolutely free to act as may be thought best for herself and Egypt; but she will have to calculate upon opposition from France, bitter and perhaps extreme. The latter Power promised to protect the Sultan against the consequences of his re fusal to ratify the. Convention with j

England, and will feel in honour bound to fan into a fierce flame the slumbering fire of Musselman opposi tion to English supremacy in Egpyt. The next development of the crisis is difficult to foretell, but the present position shows Britain's star in the ascendant and Franco-ttussian intrigue for the withdrawal of our troops from Egypt boldly checked.

MR WITHY'S REQUEST GRANTED

In speaking at St. Sepulchre's School room on Wednesday night Mr Withy is reported to have said :—" The Star had never yet ventured to criticise the position he had taken up at St. George's Hall, when he had asked the benefit of a man paying for worth of goods. He wished the Star to take up the question whether Protection would reduce the cost of living in the country." Mr Withy is surely very hard to satisfy. Our last two articles upon his addresses dealt, we imagine, pretty fully with this question of increased price and collateral advantage both to the artisan and the farmer—so fully, in fact, as to exclude certain desirable references to one or two assertions in Mr .Withy's St. George's Hall speech, which should not be allowed to pass unchallenged. Mr Withy is rather fond of general statements, which sound well until they are looked into. We do not blame him, because he has come from a country where a man who doubts the infallibility of Free Trade is looked upon as a fossil or a lunatic. When,as a practical man with plenty of common sense, ■he has been in the colony a few years and has burned his fingers a little more in try ing to start iron-works, timber com panies, and other industriep, the Mode rate ProtectiOnists,unless we are greatly mistaken, will rank him among their warmest allies.

But to come to this question of cost of living in Protectionist countries. Mr Withy endeavoured to convince his audience that the cost of living is very much greater here than in England. After a careful examination of the latest English prices with those current in Auckland, we have no hesitation in declaring that a man can keep his family as cheaply here as in England, if he chooses to reduce them to the same scale of living as is common among the working classes of the Old Country. Meat is about half the price here that it is in England; bread the same price; tea cheaper here; milk and butter about the same, but the advan tage is on the side of the colony; sugar is about a penny a pound cheaper in England than in New Zealand; there is also in many parts of England, but not in London, a considerable advantage in rent. Clothing and boots are also a little cheaper in Eng land, but not nearly so much as some people suppose; export lines are cut very fine indeed—much finer, as Mr Withy is well aware, than goods for home sale. If people chose to con fine themselves to colonially-prbduced articles of food and clothing, there would, we are convinced, be very little if any increase in the cost of living through a judicious Protective tariff. If they were determined to use foreign articles they would no doubt have to pay stiffly for them, and we presume they could afford it. They would always have the alternative. It is as cheap to live in Victoria as in New Zealand. And what is true of these colonies is, we believe, true of America with its prohibitive tariff. Mr Jos. D. Weeks, secretary of the Western Iron Association, Pittsburg, an Englishman by birth, who has given great attention to this subject, and has carried on his investigations both in England and America, says, in sum ming up his carefully prepared tables ou the subject:—" I estimate that on subsistence the American working-man has an advantage of at least 25 per cent. ; on clothing, nothing ; on rent, the English working man has an advantage of thirty-three and one third per cent. ; and on fuel and sundry expenses I concede an equality. That is if the relative modes of living in England and the United States of the two classes of workmen are the same, it will cost ten per cent, more in England than tho United States. But the English workman, as a rule, does not live as well as the Ameri can, and it is just here that the fallacy exists in the statement that it costs the American workman more to live than it does tho English. It does, for he lives better and spends more money; butthisisnotthetruebasisof comparison. The real question is : In which country will one dollar or its equivalent pur chase more, of a given article of con sumption of a given grade 1 I answer unhesitatingly.on the whole, the United States."

We leave Mr Withy to answer this statement, which is made by an Eng lishman from personal experience and observation, and is quoted by Mr Carnegie, a native-born Scotchman.

But there is a much more serious discrepancy between the statements of Mr Withy and those of Mr Carnegie relative to the iron industry. The feature of Mr Withy's speech in St. George's Hall was the supposed loss which the American farmer suf fered through the tax on iron. It is not necessary to repeat his illustration about the ship which went to take grain from America, and which had to go in ballast because of the duty on iron, although " whilo iron rails were £1 a ton in England they were £li in America." Now, Mr Carnegie (whose statistics are generally accepted and whose book is only lately issued from the press) uses rails as one of his examples in dealing with the subject

of Protection, and this is what he says:—

Prices of articles are no longer generally fixed by the foreign but by the home com petition. One instance may illustrate many other branches in which the consumers buy what they need very cheap, in many cases about as cheap as the European does, wholly irrespective of duty. The duty upon steel rails is £3 lis per ton, market price in Britain, £5, ship's side, Liverpool; total in New York, provided they were transported and laid down there for nothing, would still be £8 Us. The railroads of America have had no difficulty in purchasing hundreds of thousands of tons at L» 12s, and they know well that if any considerable portion of their requirements ' had come from abroad the cost would very greatly exceed this. . . '. Even our monarchical friend, Canada, bought steel rails from American mills last year because the cost was less than was demanded for those of British manufacture, although botii were alike as to duty.

Mr Withy invited us to deal with his St. George's Hall speech. VVe have done' so, and we now invite him to explain the extraordinary discre pancy between his statement and that of Mr Carnegie. Mr Withy has portrayed the wrongs of the farmer who is compelled by a prohibitory tariff to send his grain over rails which cost £14 a ton when they could be supplied from England at half the price, plus shipping charges and expenses. Mr Carnegie states that " the railroads of America have had no difficulty in purchasing hundreds of thou sands of tons of steel rails at ;_"5 125." Nay, more, that Canada has found it cheaper to import rails from America than from Eugland, although both were subject to the same tariff; and that but for the Protective tariff which has created this great iron industry, the people of the United States would have had to pay considerably more for their rails—and the farmer therefore for the transport of his grain—because rails could not be imported for the money at which they are now being produced. The produc tion of steel rails in the United States increased from 64,000 tons in 1870 to 1,374,000 tons in 18S1 ! In the latter

year the manufacture of rails was equal to the production of France and Ger many combined, and little short of the total product of Great Britain, the lat ter turning out 1,780,000 tons. If there is any other point Mr Withy would wish us to discuss we shall be glad to oblige him, but before going further we must beg of him to clear up his dif ferences with Mr Carnegie on this question of rails, because Mr Withy has assured us that he selected iron as his illustration because it was just one of those things he claimed to know something about.

Some interest was thrown into the usually dull and. dreary proceedings of the Debtors' Court this morning. It arose from the ap pearance of all the East Indian hawkers in the city. One of their number having a case in Court, the rest rolled up to watch the proceedings in the interest of the plaintiff. They all filed into Court resplendent in fancy smoking-eaps, which of course they did not remove. This soon attracted the "eagle eye" of the Court bailiff, who at once requested them to remove their hats. This they . declined to do, and at last an interpreter came forward and explained to the Court that it was not the custom of East Indians to remove their hats under any circumstances. His Worship accordingly allowed the natives to still retain their hats. Later on when the case was called the plaintiff had to be sworn by the name of Mahomet and on the beard of his father. This was done, and the case proceeded. It was simply an instance in which the plain tiff had suppHed a silk dress to a woman who had not paid for it. Judgment was accordingly given for the plaintiff with costs.

Yesterday's gale at Wellington and the blowing ashore of a large hulk moored at a wharf in the treacherous harbour of Port Nicholson is another argument against the absurdly ridiculous claim that has been set up by the Wellington "Post" for the establishment of. the naval head-quarters at that city. The fact of the matter is, that with certain winds the harbour of Welling ton is positively unsafe, even within the heads, and the navigation of the approaches thereto is also of a most dangerous character. It is perhaps unneighbourly to say unkind things about the harbour of the Empire City, but when Wellington journal ists descend to misrepresentation, for the purpose of securing a local advantage at the expense of the general interest, we cannot stay our hand.

To the Editor: Sir, —1 notice in last night's Star a letter from Mr J. G. Harper, in which he expresses his willingness to meet me in a dancing contest on certain conditions, viz.:—That it shall be for,a medal and the championship' of°New Zea land ; that the dances shall, be the High land fling, sword dance, and Highland reel; and that the proceeds (less expenses) be handed over to the Burns Club for building purposes. X have much pleasure in accept ing Mr Harper's challenge on the conditions set forth by him.— 1 am, etc., Eobert Mrano.

Major Dane delivered last night in the Opera House the farewell lecture of his present course in Auckland, and very large as his previous audiences have been, the assemblage which gathered last night far outnumbered any preceding one. The house was Biniply packed, even the platform being crowded. At the outset the lecturer took the opportunity to return his heartiest thanks for the manner in which he had been received and encouraged since his arrival in Auckland. He could not have believed it possible to have seen such a spectacle as that before him in this land so far away from his home ; but when he remembered that we were all of one kin, ho could partly account for it. He most earnestly and sincerely desired to thank the press of Auckland for the gene rosity witli which they had written of him. They had boon more than kind, and he had been astonished and flattered by what they had said of him, and it was with pride that he .had sent to his friends in Boston and other great cities of America, the papers containing those notices. In conclusion, ho announced that it would afford him great gratification on his return to Auck land, in Novomber, to deliver a lecture in aid of the Benevolent Society. Major Dane then proceeded to re-deliver his eloquent and picturesque lecture, entitled •* Up the Rhine and Over the Alps with a Knapsack," and for two-and-a-half hours ho kept his audience spell-bound with interest. Finally ha resumed his seat amid enthusiastic applause. Major Dane leaves for Sydney by tho outgoing mail steamer, and on re turning here in November he will deliver another course of lectures.

Hunyadi, the living head, is on view in Queen-stroet in charge of Lieutenant vai. Travers,

Aglanceafcelec«on~n_r^^ land papers (says « r» A*? "» fta» , l'Witne_s»)Si o S^>S^ AH the huiouw of ftifW^ t-e word »_an^^«[»l^ sense-seem to he coniJnf 4d^l'iV Mount Eden, w_*?l^j*2j man, Mr J A '\m-„u .r V«mda_ . ■< : the Philistine, w K!<^ which the Hii_^_™HK_ES» ledgetobebeyon'raKß^ sided a Scot can _avfS.^«ofi" left us into a fellow of _&*& 'd£t whty in himself. Kj&ftflJ other men remains -V^JftfcS W hat is clear, however k ,w ? expC at St. Sepulchre' _S__ tb*I*i® nightwasawlnrlofde r^ m "^ to finish the audience Kff^ and laughing.sometimes fo r , n g"!WK hour at a spell. What Jhlf^ "t the Aucklander ß » r^ that he comes from Otnol , "o»~_l_ the Bible and So l&*ni^l believes in J. A. ConLll mf on' »«2 substratum of tasoT?fcgft&.'S Aucklanders find mostrSf^S Well they have senfLto^ 4 capable men than Mr Connell 3Use 5 to be trusted. Nobody S;^S accurately than Mr Conntiui*^ old friend is not without hfV^ 0» and will reflect tha uuifc^ aspirants he might havfcoSe W more easdy m his own countrUW strangers. "^^'Woiip, "L.N.N." wonders that- 'a, authorities do not provide am,. N the delivery of let& b £ W tnct. A letter bearing the A,,!., ?*■ mark of the 14th insX^o^. the morning of the 20th ft „^ suburb like Mount Eden BurelUh,W* be some arrangement made for %sM S^^43-B___St& the items presented, and Se S^ eouelud-W^.idwftfiSjJ disturbance caused by some off £} bours on Sunday evening. Mh_F it as a nuisance to me, and I hoa I w_ better than.because I havea erelt .>,,!»!?* to put + upwith to annoy of?; 8 Yours,etc., A. Otto, Queen-str^ "

The Scotch " chiela" who are tonk atthe Opera House to-nightlT^ band of professionals making their I™!_ amusngthe public. In aLo B H Mr Munro states the object of theff as follows :-" We are about to rLI Scotland, there to compete ■ aaiin* t champion dancers and pipers of oar _fo country, with the hope of .wrest-* Z them some of their laurels. . My own* object in going is to visit the'Skye crofta converse with them in their own W and if I find their grievances veil foffi I shall, in conjunction with .the Hiotfl Land League, organise a Scottish doncai Troupe to travel in Canada, United State, Australia, and New Zealand, in order to 2, funds with which the Highland W League will assist these unfortunate crofta to obtain their lands at fair rents ct ai. grate to where there are better-adva!4»a The proposed Troupe will be founded. the same principle as, the ! Fisk hlh Singing Troupe/ " Overtures have Ik made to several Auckland Scots to idm them to join the Company, and one a hi may possibly join, going first toSydneyand thence proceeding Home. At the _„. tainment to-night, a number of Aucktal amateurs will give their &__ta!ice> The 18th session of, the Young Mei'i Baptist Improvement Class was'-celeW on Tuesday evening by' a sodali „c» were about 300 present. The Mai (Pastor Spurgeon) occupied the Clair,_i delivered a short address. Songs, ra tions, duets, etc., were contributed k Misses Battley,Pearson,Cha_.ber9, &nd_4 Mrs Johnson, Messrs Mitchell, BeH,osri, Heinery.and Taylor. A numberof Island- Maori curios were kindly lent by MesisE, Craig, James Clare, and others. i__is the attractions were two telegraph instn ments, presided over by Messrs, Ckjta and Ealkiner, of the Telegraph-"epartaei A printing press, type- writer, and a numw of other scientific instiumentSiWErelentlf friends of the -Class. The room *as tait fully decorated- with flags and Cita lanterns. Kefreshments ( were served „ During one of the intervals', A voted thanks to all who had rendered iiß__~ brought a very enjoyable evening toeclo-

. " A'.. Woman "in 'Earnest'! <cha!le?! Major Dane's quotations;, from & Chrysostom and St. Jerome. She _J'J! " If those of my own sex whowerjiledti hear such a libel will but take the pains fa readthoso letters which St. Jerome ,W« for the instruction of the high-born Kw» women who were the glory of anda Christendom, they • will soon see for» selves that he had a far higher idea" what is heroic in-woman, thaniourn-l Major Dane has it in his brain to» ceive.:' At the skating'ritik in 'the Choral U last evening better -patronage could «t have been desired. Some of tbe f formers exhibited dexterity in their m merits; even a little' boy nine or ten yes old could be seen skating with remark ease: Mr J. Impey's bandenhvenedw proceedings by .-.discoursing Ajt» selections of excellent music... WJ» will be open on Wednesdays ana ba» and should be a great attraction tt» skaters. .. „, The Sunday evening services in ti*C* street Wesleyan Chapel to connect the Gospel Temperance Mission ._*». to become popular,, judging from W» creased attendance on Sunday oveng when Mr J. Carradus occupied tt» J and Rev. Jas Chow gave one of haeg teristie addresses. Ia h^£ t tianwork Mr Chew's infl^»gp day by day more felt,.his mfflg, thought and quaintness of style apt his addresses a peculiar chnnn.,^ meeting on Sunday evening;"* 6' pledges were taken. ''Scotland's Chiels'-are^matogJ mark in this district huhu they performed tooJ^S ciative audience. To-mghtthey^J^ the Opera House, assisted W' 0 members of the Burns, Club, and* the programme will draw a croWdW^ In -their advertisement m y «*jj, ( columns the prices of admiasij 4s, 2s, and la Wemay'P^'*J> is a clerical error, and that the satttf read as 3s, 2s, and Is.

BOATING DISASTER.

Three YounsJKen **" (B. TE L E GBArH.-^>f :UTIOXI CHKisicHUßcn.Wedn* At half-past ten a.m. today men, James MacGrath, Wnh»» , Frederick Oullick,Tho^G#p Edward Round, employed*?-^, mongery, at D*gto^^ cross the Avon, ia .a ***^?JA ordcrtogohome.asthe.flg^ work at tlie felh-ongei'V; . Utrf stream a powerful *^Js.U# Some persons on the bs«V»«^.**' and procuring an the rescue. They »*£„%* df J Cullick, tho others .WjLd^ the stream. for the bodies, and they rSC" Frederick CiulUcUr

THE AUCKLAND EYEMJNtt STAR, THURSDAY^ JULY 21,: 1887..

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Robert Rew, In gratefully acknowledging the liberal patronage of his customers since tho establishment of the City Tea Mart, takes this'opportunity of.stating that in order to meet the growing tendency of late towards SHORTER CREDITS AND , CASH PAYMENTS, has arranged to give his customers the full Benefit of this system. R. it. therefore begs to intimate that a substantial reduction will be made on all goods paid Cash. The price thus reduced will bear favourable comparison with any of the wholesale houses or local cash establishments. The high quality of goods, which has been a leading feature m this business, will always bo mamuuned. R. KEW - trusts that his readiness to adapt his business to the requirement of the day will meet with \ the approbation and increased support hi \of his customers. ■ \ Victoria-street, Juno 23,1887.



TO WHOLESALE DEALERS AND THE PUBLIC. EARLE & MONTGOMERY having taken the large store next to Messrs Butcher 6c Co., in Fort-street, aro now prepared to execute large orders at reduced prices. ON SALE -20"1 packs Oats, at 2s 3d por bushel i 0 tons Canterbury Polai'oc.-, &3 per ton 125 sacks Maize, at 3s 7d per bushel 250 boxes Eiectric Sperm Candles at 9s per box 50 sacks good Wheat, -is por bushel 250 sacks Chaff. 2s 3d per sack Sharps, £5 10s dci- ton Bran, £4 10s per ton. Flour, Tea, and Sugar at lowest' wholesale prices. Retail Stores: KARANGAHAPE ROAD. Telephone -16(5. CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN GOING to Auction in purchasing for cash fresh stores, and having them delivered free. Our prices, until further notice, are as. follows :— Best Canterbury Potatoes, £3 per ton, in single sacks, 3s (id per cwt. Flour, 5UI1) bags, (is. Bruce's Silvcrdust, 501b bags, (is (id. Bbs Flour for Is Oatmeal 261b bags, 2s lOd ; 71b bags, I'd Best Fresh Butter, lOd per lb; Bust Salt Butter, (id Splendid crystallised Sugar, 22s per cwt., 2ld per >h Condensed Milk, Milkmaid Brand, 7s per dozen, 7'.dpertin Neslfe's Milk Food, Is 0d per tin Fry's Cocoa. .Vlb fins. Od English Bottled Fruits, only lid por bottle, 10s Cd per dozen , Thames Pic Fruits, host quality, lOd per tin Bacon, finest in the city, 7d per lb, in sides GJd, Hams, cS^d per lb. Sardines, 5d ; Mullet, SUI; Fresh Herrings, Cd per tin Gray and Co.'s Scotch Marmalade, 7kl per tin English Sauce—Largo Bottles, Sd Pickles, (id per Bo! tie Candles—Call and see the quality and learn the prices Best Rioo—s6lb. bags, 10s Od ; olbs. for Is Teas—We have now on hand a splendid line of pure Indian Teas at is per lb.; samples live ; the Paeitie Packet, Cumpany'i- selected Teas, Is 6d, 2s, 2s (id per lb.; our own blend of China and India Teas, Is hi, Is Gd, Is lOd, 2s Id per lb.; Gib. Tins, 2d per lb. les3. SEND FOR A COMPLETE PRICE LIST. CALL AND SAMPLE THE GOODS. Retail Warehouse— KARANGAHAPE ROAD. Wholesale Warehouse— FORT STREET. Telephone. 466. mO WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. W. S. LAURIE & Co. Have for Sale : Wixil cr and Spring Seed Wheats Tartarian Oats—Black, White, and Dun Bonemeal and Bonedustof various descriptions (Analyses may be inspected). Nitrate of Soda, Ammonia, Potash Guanos-Island and Peruvian Wire, Sac .8, Twine, &c, &c. customs-strekt, Auckland. 171REDK. LARKINS having retired from his partnership with Win. McArthur and Co., is establishing himself in London as a COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL, AND CONFl dential agent and referee. London Addrkss : 17, Gkksham-stbekt, c.c. (Care of Thos. Micklcm, Esq.) Auckland Agent' MX F. G. EWINGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under the superintendanceof F. Larkins. INDENTS executed by him. ESTATFS Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. PRODUCE aud MANUFACTURES ad vanced upon in Auckland. MR LARKINS will bo in Auckland till the end of July. TVTOVELTIES IN BISCUITS. Just Landed, ex s.s. Coptic. PEAK. FREAN & CO.'S. OSWEGO, NILE, ICED GEM, EUROPEAN MIXED, Sto., &cv, Sic. Delicious Biscuits in Enamelled Jubilee Canisters ROBERT NE A L & C 0., WELLESLEY-STREET EAST, Branch Store—Purchas's Buildings, Karanga hape Road. Box 329. ■ Telephone -J35 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, or ONIONS, OATS, or MAIZE, CALL ON ALFRED JO WITT. FOR WELL-MADE DRESSES AND STYLISH MILLINERY AT MODERATE PRICES, TRY d. w. jack and c 0., ponsonby road, wan ted known. jubilee"rejoicings. We have just opened but an IMMENSE SHIPMENT OF WINTER GOODS Comprising everything New arid Choice in !' JUBILEE TWEEDS, Specially to our order (can't bo got anywhere " : • else in Auckland). HJBILEE WORSTEDS JUBILEE SUITINGS JUBILEE OVERCOATINGS JUBILEE TROUSERINGS die demand for above goods has exceeded our most sanguine expectations. Customers will kindly book their orders early and prevent disappointment. NO ADVANC-TIN PRICE. IPECIAL LINE OF MOSGIEL (for a few weeks only); to measure, 35s ]jer suit. Everyone can afford to be Well-dressed for Her Majesty's Jubilee. FIT, STYLE, AND WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. "Vent, Vidi, Vici." he LargeatTailorlng Concern iv Zealand. .UCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. McBRIDE), MERCHANT TAILORS, IMPORTERS, [ANUFACTURERS, MILITARY AND NAVAL CONTRACTORS", Cojimerce-s'jFreet. Auckland. CHE "MELEOURNE AGE." Circula- • tion, 68,000 daily. The largest Commercial, \ dvertising. and General Newspaper in "the ' Monies. Price, Id ;Gs Gd per quarter. The "LEADER," 18 pages. Tho best Farm g. Agricultural, and General Weekly Ne.ws- • iper. Price, Gd ;«Cs Gd per quarter. The " ILLUSTRATED ACS TR A L lAN . EWS" (New Zealand Edition). Tho leal iing onthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single r mm- j :rs, Gd; double numbers, with coloured plat c. Is. Agents : Messrs Kidd and Wildman, U pton id Co., and E. Wuyte. Auckland; an/1 all ' 3W3 Agents. Post free. " SHOULD SMILE with an Extra pairof \ . Trousers for nothing.—Apply J. H. Walton, ulor, )



"W A NT E D. We wish our name connected in your mind ■with TEA, because we are the only firm in Auckland dealing' in nothing hut TEA, and at our Establishment, 207, Queen-street, may be seen samples of TEA from every Tea-growing Country in tho World. We havo TEA from India— TEA from China TEA from Japan TEA from Java TEA from Ceylon IEA from FIJI • TEA from Formosa 1 TEA in Chests TEA in J lalf-chesta TEA in Quarter-chests TEA in Boxes TEA in Caddies TEA in Tins TEA in Packets. And as wo devote our whole time to TEA and TEA-TASTING, we can give tea-drinkers better value for their money than they can get any ' • where else. i Any storekeeper may of course mix his tca3 according to the price paid for them and tho profit; he requires, but only the skilful tea ex dcrt can properly proportion the peculiar • characteristics of each tea. and so produco a Genuine Blended Tea. grateful to the palate and refreshing to tho nervous system. This we • claim to be able to do, and our Pure Blended Teas have become a souroo of pleasure to our numerous customers all over Now Zealand. I Post Office Box 200. Agents wanted where not already represented. JOHN EARLE & CO., TEA MERCHANTS, 207, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. Established 1830. 'ri-EAT BARGAINS STOCKINETTE JACKETS, 1 ULSTERS, PALETOTS. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN Has purchased the balance of a Warehouse Stock ot this season's Goods in above lines, at a very HEAVY DISCOUNT, AND WILT, SELL TO CLEAR QUICKLY AT ABOUT HALF USUAL PRICE. They aro NEW IN STYLE and CHOICE GOODS at VERY LOW PRICES. J Also, will sell Balance of , W I N T E R GOODS In Blankets, Wool Shawls, Skirts, Dress Goods, Fur Capes, Ladies' and Gents' Mackintoshes, Clothing, &c., AT CONSIDERABLE REDUCTIONS, Rather than keep over till next season. MAIDS' AND LADIES' APRONS, 1 Half-price. 28S, UPPER QUEEN - STREET. /"CLEARANCE pi ASH QALE. MILNE AND OHOYOE WILL CONTINUE THEIR SALE FOR A SHORT TIME LONGER, ' AT THE REDUCED RATES. THE ACCUMULATION OF ; REMNANTS Is being cleared-out at STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS. N.B.—During this Sale the Shop Closes on Saturdays at 9 p.m. MILNE $ CHOYCE, GENERAL DRAPERS, AUCKLAND. f;' ■ ■ i ''' ■ i .... | • '. ■' i "DEW'S CELEBRATED TEA, Is 10d PER POUND SIX POUNDS FOR TEN SHILLINGS, Is a high-class Blended Tea, combining the Teas of India, China, and Ceylon thick, rich, and mellow, with fine refreshing qualities.. TRY REW'S FAMOUS.COFFEES, Fresh ground daily. WHOLESAXE GROCERY STORES, VICTORIA-STREET. •BOROUGH OF BLENHEIM" The Council of the Borough, of Blenheim will receive offers up to 30th September for a Loan of £14,000. . _ Tho security offered is tho Blenheim Gas W orks, and a Soe'ciat Rate of Nincpcnce in the Pound on tho ratable value to let. The Borough of Blenheim has 3,000 inhabit ants. The capita, value of the Borough is -;i!)!),:5")t, and the last valuation for rating pur poses is _25,388. The above Loan has' been sanctioned by the Burgesses under " The' Municipal Corporations Act, !BVG," and the ame.idments thereof. Applicants will pleasel state Time of Loan and the interest required. WM, NOSWORTHY, Town Clerk. Blenheim, July 13,1857. J



TNTHE SUPREME COURT OF NEW JL ZEALAND, NORTHERN DISTRICT. In the matter of "The Mining Companies' Act. lß£6;"anrtof tho Caledonian Low Level Gold Mining Company, Limited, in Liquidation. Notice is hereby given that I have lodged at my office, Queen-street, Auckland, a statement showing the assets and liabilities of the said Company, and that a list of the proposed con tributories of the said Company is comprised in the said statement; and further, that on WED NESDAY, the 17th day of August next, at 11 o'clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the said list of contributovies will be settled by this honourable court, sitting at the Supreme Courthouse, Auckland, and on that clay, or any day to which such sitting may be adjourned, any objections to the said list by any contributory or creditor will be heard and ad judicated upon by the Court. Dated this 19th day of July. 1887. t. A. WHITE, Liquidator. MEDICAL HALL, PONSONBY (Opposite tho Three Lamps). J. G. HENDERSON, Proprietor, in thanking the residents of Ponsonby and surrounding dis tricts tor their support and confidence for the past eleven years, would aga-j call their atten tion to a few of the proprietary articles manu factured by him from drugs of the very best quality procurable. Quinine, Iron, Sec., Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia, Rheumatic and Gout Mix-lures; Toothache Reliever. The abovo give speedy relief, es pecially in facial neuralgia. For Coughs, Colds, &c.—Cherry Pectoral, Balsam of llorehound, Chlorodyne. The above are superior to the imported article, being recently prepared. Antibilious Pills, suitable to the climate ; are purely vegetable ; givo speedy relic.!. From Is per box .•, by post, Is 2d. Prescriptions and Family Recipe;? faithfully prepared. J.G.H.'s Worm Powders and Mixture are the most effectual remedies known to medical science. R. W I L X I N S, In the present depressed times, has reduced his fee to 5s for advice and medicine, both in general and special practice. P.S. —Arranges Spectacles lor all kinds of bad sight. I~TEDUCTION OF MEDICAL FEES TO \> ENGLISH RATES. Dr. ROBERT HALL BAKEWELL, M.D., M.R.C.S.. Eng., and L.M., Hobson-street, Auckland (two doors from corner of Cook street), lato Visiting Physician Christchurch Hospital. Fees for consultation, including medicine, 2s 6d; for visits, including medi cine, ss. All fees strictly cash ;no booking. DR. J. MURRAY MOORE, M.D., M.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to 1 p.m., at Pond's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, 153, Queen-street; 2 to 3 p.m., and 7 to 8 p.m, at Residence, Lower Symonds-streel. Tolcphono 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, J p.m., TUESDAY and FRIDAY Pure Calf Lymph. DR. BOND (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital), Karangahape Road, near corner of Upper Queen-street. Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 a.m., 2 to 3 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. AtEdson's, 200, Queen-street: 11a.m., 12.30p.i/i. Telephone 132.