ON A CALASH.

By Luke Sharp.

A Quebec calash is different from any other vehicle under the sun. No one seems to know how the calash origi nated. Only in Quebec, as far as lam aware, are calashes seen. A person doesn't say in a calash,, as he would say in a carriage, but on a calash. The calash is the hansom cab of Quebec, and is quite as speedy, and, doubtless, as risky as the London gondola. A calash consists of two immense stout wheels, and, perched be tween them, resting on a couple of tremendous springs, is the.* body of the vehicle, almost on level with the top of the wheels. There is a cover that can be raised in bad weather. The originator of the calash forgot about the driver, and so no_ pro vision is made for him. He sits in an uncomfortable attitude on the dash board. When once you climb into a calash you are very snug, and the riding is much easier than a person would suppose. t chartered a calash for the day from a stand near the English church, and chose a driver who could speak English. My wife did not at all like the looks of the calash, and only a sense of duty induced her to clamber up into it. She knew, as all right-minded people know, that to visit Quebec and not ride in a calash would be like visiting Venice without sailing in a gondola, or Dublin without taking a jaunting-car journey. IWe want to go to Sillery,' I told the driver. ' Drive down to the Lower Town and take the road by tho river.' ' An' a beautiful drive it is, sorr. Manny's the toime Oi've dhriven that same road, sorr.' 'AH right. Then you're just the man we want.' I 1 hope, indade, to plaze yo, soor, an' espishally the ledy, sorr. Oi've dhriven in Quebec these five an' twinty years, sorr, an' me father before me dhrove for well on to five an' thirty, indade he did, sorr—list his sowl —an' a good dhroiyer he was, if it's his son that does say it, sorr. Now it's not me place to dishparage thim Frinch dhroivers, sorr, an' very good dhroivers they may be, but ye see, sorr, no matter how well ye may speak the Frinch language, sorr, ye foind it diffi cult to undershtant their ' patwah,' as they calls it, sorr. An, ay coorse, if a dhroiver doesn't descroibe the localities sorr, the pleasure of the journey is gone entoirely, sorr.' ' You are quite right. I have found great difficulty in understanding what they say.' 1 Thrue fur ye, sorr. Many gintle min that spoke Frinch loike Napoleon himself thold me that same, sorr. But ye see, sorr, Oi've dhriven in Quebec these foive and "

1 I'm afraid,' said I to my companion • that the driver is going to monopolise the conversation.'

' Hush/ she whispered, • you'll hurt his feelings. I think we are very lucky to get a driver that understands the town so well.'

The horse had been carefully going down the zigzag hill road, and after turning to the right we came to the little square in which the little church stands.

'What church is that?' asked the • leddy.' 'That, mem? That's the Lower Town Church, mem, a Catolik Church, mem, an' a very pretty little church it is. We're in the Lower Town, mem.' ' Well, I put in, ' when I was here last they called that church Notre Dame.'

«Yer roight, sorr, yer entoirely roight. That's what the Frinch call it, sorr. It's the Frinch name for the church, mem. Ah, yis, it's well Oi re mimber whin it was built.'

' You have a most remarkable me mory, then. That church was built 200 years ago.' 'Did Oi say built, sorr? Oi mint re-built, sorr, or, rather, repaired, Oi should have said. It's seventeen years ago—yis, eighteen year comin' summer since that church was repaired. Ah, that's an old church, mem. A trifle over 200 year old if it's a day.' We jogged slowly down the narrow and dirty streets of the Lower Town, until we came to the street that leads along the river under the shadow of the great cliff. 'We are now in the Lower Town, sorr, and that is the Citadel, sorr, an' the Upper Town.' He gave U3 this information with a grand air, as if telling facts that otherwise would have been hard to obtain. He indicated the localities mentioned with a wave of his whip. «Let's see. What did you say ypur name was ?' - 'Pathrick, sorr, dhriver, man and by, this five and ' I Then you're not French ?' ' Frinch, is it, sorr ? Ah, now, sorr, yer joakin' wid me.' I 1 just wanted to know. I want to get some information from you that I can depend on.' • Ah, sorr, ye may depind on anny thing I till ye. Many's the gintleman Oi dhrove that said to me : "Pathrick, it's you that knows more about Quebic than any other livin' man."' • I can well believe they said that. Was it up here that Montgomery climbed ?'

• That very spot, sorr.' • His climbing must have been equal to your memory. No wonder he fell.' The cliff at this point was quite in accessible. I desired to prove to my companion (who was continually nudg ing me with her elbow, evidently with the intent of getting me to cease ex tracting knowledge from the driver) that the man was v. humbug. As the calash went tearing along on the level road we came to a sort of clove in the cliff, and part way up the ravine was a signboard siwh aa adorns the front of

the country grocery store, and on it was painted the words : ' Here Mont gomery Fell.' 'Hold on, Pat! Hold on!' Pat reined in his horse. 1 How is this : You told me that Montgomery fell back yonder. Some body's moved the signboard.' ' Oh,, no, sorr. This is the spot where he fell. Beyant is where he tried to ascind, but failed, sorr.'

' Oh, I see. Still how do you make that out, when he was marching towards the city, not from it.'

' Azy, azy, sorr. Ye see, he passed this spot, and, finding the cliff gettin' shtaaper shtaaper, he retaliated, and attimpted the goain' up where we're shtandin' now, sorr.'

' Perhaps it will interest you tc know that Montgomery was killed down here on the road, and not up there where that sign is.' 'Thrue enough, sorr. Just where the wheels of this calash stand, sorr, is where he died. He was shot up yonder, and fell back and died in the road, sorr.' ' And, let's see, didn't he also die in that house in St. Louis street V Patrick pretended to think this Avas another joke, and we once more trotted along. The cliff to the right had given way to a green mountain slope, and there were some pretty villas here and there at the foot, and indications of or namental ground at the top. Trees grew all up the heights, and here and there a pretty waterfall came dashing down tho declivity, disappeared under the road and foamed out again in rapids that ran to the river. Out in the stream lay a great black, ocean-going ship, being ladened with huge logs of square tim ber for over the seas. All along the river was one continuous lumber and timber yard. ' See here. I want you to tell me where Wolfe went up.' ' I'll do that, sorr.' ' I think you're past the place now. Just haul up ; I want to speak to this man we are about to meet.'

I hailed the coming foot-passonger with :

' Can you speak English, sir ?' ' Yes; can you 1' he answered jauntily. ' Reasonably well.'

'I also talk French, German, Spanish, a little Italian and a smattering of Danish, so just pick out your lingo and begin conversation.' ' Well, as I speak only Russian, San scrit, Chippewa, Chinese, and a Persian dialect, suppose we stick to pjiiglish. I want to know where Wolfe's Cove is.'

• Oh, you're past it. The old cove came down like a Wolfe on the fold about twenty rods back. A waterfall comes down where he went up.' 1 Oh, wuz it the cove ye wanted, sorr,' put in our driver, as if that put quite a new face on the matter. 'Ah 1' said the traveller, ' that's what comes of hiring a French driver. ' Who's French 1' ' You ure and you know it.' 'Yer a loier, ye—big yer pardon, ledy, I forgot mesilf for the moment. I—'

'Come, you're forgetting a good many things ; you forgot Wolfe's Cove. Drive back, please,' I said. The traveller added to the inter national unpleasantness by saying to the driver :

'Talsez you no sevez nen— allezdonc! Rctumez.'

' None o' yer gibberish to me, ye spalpeen. It's a County Cork Frinch maan Oi am, an' Oi've ' ' Come, now, we've had enough—get back.'

As we rattled past the place a shout from the traveller caused Pat to rein up, and the man behind waved his hand to show that we were at the spot.

•There's the identical place, sorr. Wolfe's Cove, sorr. Ye see, sorr, I didn't know it wuz the cove ye wanted to—'

4Of course not. That's all right. I suppose he went up that waterfall.' _ ' The shtrame wuz dhroy at the toime sorr.' ' Are you I' *Am Oi what, sorr ? Oh, Oi see— ah, yis, yer annar —always.' 1 Very well. We'll stay here and look at the cove. Here's some cash; I guess you can get something to drink at that tavern down the road.'

When Pat returned we continued our journey up the river. The high wooded shore on the opposite side was most beautiful in its autumnal tints of gold and purple and scarlet. Here and there a little white village stood out. On our own side the road was lined with pretty French cottages, with their hipped roofs and comfort able projecting eaves protecting the river-viewing balconies. Ahead of us and high up among the trees arose a tall, graceful church spire. The driver told us it was Lorette Church, but I found afterwards that it was Sillery Church, and that Lorette was nine or ten miles back from the river.

Finally we came to a little incloswe in which stood a small shaft with an inscription on the base.. When I ordered a halt the driver said,: • * It's an old Frinch burryin' ground, sorr.' It was, in fact, tho spot on which had stood centuries ago the little Jesuit chapel, the first erected in Canada. There had died the first Jesuit mission ary, and the little monument was raised by the parish to commemorate the devotion of those wonderful men who left civilization to devote them selves to the savages and leave their bones at last in the wilderness.

Wo wanted to see the Jesuit resi dence where Mr Howells locates one of the prettiest incidents of his ' Chance Acquaintance,' but we could only con jecture which building it was, although the driver generously gave us the choice of half a dozen.

Then we slowly went up the -wind ing hill to the St. Louis road, a splen did aristocratic thoroughfare .that had all the beauty and perfection of an

English highway. On the right-hand side going towards Quebec are large or namental grounds with fine houses overlooking the broad river. It was all very European. There was one spot the driver knew. That was the Governor's residence. He turned to the right, entered an open gateway, the ornamental iron gates of which were supported by •huge stone pillars, and we drove along a winding avenue in a densely wooded park. Finally we come to a long, low building—l should not say low, exactly—but low as compared with its length. A flag flying showed that the representative of the Queen for the Province of Quebec was at home, yet we drove right into the yard, passing within ten inches of the corner of the house and out by an archway to another avenue. This was certainly democratic enough, how ever royal the great park looked. When I'm Governor of Quebec I think I would like a little more seclusion. After that it was a short and pleasant drive back to the city.

' I hope, sorr, yer satisfied wid the droive.' ' Oh, yes.' c An' if Oi moight be so bold, sorr, cud ye spare a trifle for mesilf, sorr V ' Don't you own the calash ? Seems to me a man who has driven twenty five years ought to have a rig of his own by this time.'

'So ho should, sorr, but toimes are hard, more's the pity, an' Oi've a woife and eliven childer, sorr, God bliss thim, and it's hard for a poor man—' lOf course it is. Well, here's fifty cents.'

'Ah, it's a ginerous gintlem;m ye are, good luck to yer 'rnnar, an' per haps the ledy would not object to a troifle fur a poor man wid ' ' Now that's coming it a little too strong. The lady and I are in partner ship. I thought half a dollar was enough for both.' Here the lady interposed—aside to me: 'Well, all right. Will this additional quarter satisfy you V * Shurc,sorr, it's very thankful ye make me this day. jThauk ye kindly," mem. Good day to you, sorr.' That evening as I walked towards the terrace a man met me and said : ' I hope you had a pleasant drive, to day, sir.' ' Well—yes,' I answered, somewhat astonished, ' why do you ask 1' ' You see, I own the calash, and if I had known you were going out into the country I would have given you a driver that knew the road. Mike is a good driver—• —' 1 You mean Pat.' 'Well, Mike is the name I hired him under. He's just up from New \Tork, and only knows the Upper Town. I just keep him for driving to the station and back. He's only been in Quebec a week.' 1 Oh 1 Is his familywith him ?' ' He's a single man, sir. He belonged to the United States army, he tells me, and my opinion is he deserted. If you are going out to-morrow, sir, I could give you a driver thfet knows the roads and all the points of interest/

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.

It was really a comical freak of fortune that brought M. Jules Grevy to succeed Marshal McMahon. The story goes that during the street fighting cf the Revolution of 1830, a law student wns kicked by one of the King's officers, for tearing down a copy of the ordinances placarded on the wall. The officer was armed, the student was not; so the latter ran away and lived to fight anothor day. For the officer, as it is said, was Pratriee de Mac Mahon, and the law student Jules Grovy. After this affair, M. Grevy became a barrister, won reputation and money by defending journalists in state prosecutions, and upon the downfall of Louis Philippe was immediately appointed to something equivalent to a prefecture by the Provisional Government of the Second .Republic. Noxt, his countrymen in the Jura sent him to eit in the Constituent Assembly, and here M. Grevy distinguished himself by proposing that the new .Republic, which this Assembly was deputed to iound, should have no Pre sident, or rather that the President should be a mere Prime Minister, liable to be dis missed at any moment. M. Grevy did not cut his wisdom teeth in those days. Ho has since learned to think that it is good for a Republic to have a President not amen able to sudden dismissal.

M. Grevy is a man of talent and great moral courage, but he owes hia rise to an uncommon laculty for holding his tongue at the right moment. ' I kept silent, and it was grief to me,' saya the Psalmist. M. Grevy may have felt like other people at times, an almost incomparable longing to say foolish things; but having bridled his tongue he was accounted wiser than many who had spoken wisely. Under the Empire he practised at the Bar, continued to make money, was elected in his turn ba tonnier, or Chief Bencher as we might say to the Order of Advocates, and in Is6B was returned to the Corps Logislatif by his old electors of the Jura—in which department he hadbythisthneacquiredaprettylargelandecl estate. A neat, creasless sort of man, with abaldhead,ashaven chin and closely-trimmed whiskers, he looked eminently respectable. The only reprehensible things about him were his hat and hishands. He always woreawide awake instead of the orthodox chimney-pot, and he eschewed gloves. If his hands were cold he put them into the pockets of hie pantaloons. Some pretend to descry astute ness in this contempt for the usages of civilised man, for the wide-awake is more cf a Radical head-dress than a silk hat. But it never occurred to M. Grevy at any time since he firet achieved success in life to regulate his apparel, his general conduct, or his words, in view of pleasing the Radi cals. At the Revolution of the 4th Septem ber, 1870, he was requested to become a member of the National Defence. No, he said ; tho Government must be elected by the nation before he could recognise it as a lawful one. Throughout the siege of Paris he kept repeating the same thing. Nothing that was being done was constitutional. ' You are one of those men who would make an omelette without breaking eggs,' said' Gambetta impatiently to him at Tours. ' You are not making omelettes, but a hash,' replied M. Grevy calmly. ' All revolutions would be unjustifiable from, your point of view,' continued Gambetta. ' You will die in the skin of an insurgent,' was all M. Grevy deigned to answer. The Assembly elected after the war at once chose M. Grevy for Hb Speaker, and he took up his abode in the Royal Palace, from which party jealousies had debarred M. Thiers. But he did not alter his manner of life one whit on that account. In Paris and Versailles he was to be seen sauntering ftfagut the streets looking in at shop

windows, dining in restaurants, Or sitting outside a cafe smoking a cigar and sipping iced coffee out of a glass. He had a brougham, but would only use it when obliged to go long dis tances.1 It often happened that setting out for a drive he would alight from hi 3. car riage and order his coachman to follow, and for hours the puzzled and disgusted coach man would drive at a walking pace behind his indefatigable master, who took easy strides as if he were riot in the slightest hurry. M. Grevy's favourite evening past time in those days was billiards, and it is so still. He is a first rate player of the cannon game on these small French tables which have no pockets. He has been known to make more than one hundred cannons at a break, and he is sufficiently enthusiastic at the game to care not a button with whom he plays. Whilst he was President of the Assembly the man who came to play with him most often upon the private table of the Palace was M. Paul de Cassagnac, the Bonapartist. M. Grevy made an irreproachable Speaker. Without fear or favour, coldly, firmly, he performed his task of keeping order over the unruly Legislature, and ncbody could ever accuse him of unfairness. His charac ter for justice got so well established that Marshal MacMahon once rendered homage to it in a way most honourable to them both. This was in 1877, after the General Election, which drove the Due de Broelie's last Ministry from office. A make-shift cabinet had been formed, but Marshal MacMahon was being advised by some of his Conservative friends to dissolve the newly-elected Chamber, and call the Due do Brogli i again to office to prepare another general election. He sent for M. Grevy and asked him point-blank — 'Do you want to become President of the Republic ?' ' I'm not in tho least ambitious of the honour,' answered M. Grevy.

' If I were sure you would be elected in my stead I would retire,' continued the Marshal, ' but I don't know what would happen if I were to go.'

'My strong advice to you is not to re sign,' said M. Grevy, ' only bring an end to this crisis by choosing your Ministers out of the Republican majority, and you will be pleased with yourself afterwards in having done your duty.' ' Well, you nrc an honest man, and I wish there were more like you,' observed the Marshal, and, having shaken hands with M. Grevy, he dismissed him without pro mising to follow his advice. But he did follow it the same day.

There is ono point of resemblance be tween M, Grevy and .the Marshal, for M. Grevy is a keen sportsman; but in most other things the two differ, though in some M. Grevy differs more from M. Thiers than he does from the Marshal. His manner of living at the Elysee is dignified without ostentation. His servants do not wear grey and scarlet liveries, but the arrangements of his house hold nre more orderly than those of M. Thiers could ever be. His servants in black know well how to keep intruders at a dis tance. No mob of journalists, inventors and place hunters calls to see M. Grevy in the morning. On the other hand, three or four times a ■week a great number of de puties, artists, journalists and officers may bo seen going into the Elysee as freely as if they were entering a club. They do not ask to see the President or the latter's secretary, M. Fourneret, but they make straight for a magnificent room on the ground floor, overlooking the garden, which has been converted into a fencing saloon, and thero they find M. Daniel Wilson, ' le fils do la maiaon.' All these habitues, who form the Court of the Third Republic, keep their masks, foils and flannels at the Elysee, and set to work fencing with each other as if they were «at Gate chair's or l'az's. Presently a door opens ond the Provident walks in. For a moment the fencing stops, the combatants all turn and salute with their foils, whilst the other visitors stand up. But with a pleasant smile and wave of the hand M. Grevy bids the jousters go on, and then he walka round the room, saying something to everybody, and inviting about half a dozen of the guests to stay with him to breakfast. INI. Grevy has allowed his beard to grow of late, and he is almost always attired in evening clothes, with the moire edge of his scarlet cordon peeping over his waistcoat. But for tho rest he is the same unassuming man as ever, and he takes life very easily. Now and then the Cabinet meets at Elysee in the Salle dcs Souvcrains, and he presides over it. It is worth observing that in this Saile thero are the portraits of a dozen sovereigns of the nineteenth century, including Queen Victoria, but not a symbol of any kind to remind ono that it is a Republican Government that sits in this room. Even the master of the house has more in him of the Con stitutional Monarch than of the President. The Constitution has conferred upon him large powers which he never uses; he seems to keep his eye on the por trait of the English Queen whilst his Ministers discourse. Whatever papers are offered for his signature he signs, and then it is ' Bon jour, Messieurs; au revoir ;' and while the ministers disperse the President makes his way to his private apartments, where he finds his daughter and his grandchild, in whose company he somehow takes more delight than in that of statesmen. — Temjile Bar.

ME AUCKLAND EVENING- STARrFRimX; APRIIT 7lff»18OT>:

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LAND AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF AUCKLAND. SCALE OF REPAYMENT REDUCED. Kepaymlntsextend- Per Week feVabfo^Sr ing over for £100. l«P«|amo foi "~~~ £ s. d. & a. d. 1 year — .. 20 0 104 00' 3 years „ .. Oli 7 US 15 0 5 years «... 010 0 130 0 0 7 yoara „ ~ 07 11 141 9 7 10 yeora .. .. 06 3 10* 10 8 And other Periods to suit Borrowers. The Board has power in cases of Sickness or Want of Employment to SUSPEND PAY MENTS. BORROWERS SHARE IN PROFITS. PART OR WHOLE OF THE ADVANCE MAY BR REPAID AT ANY TIMK. INTEREST CEASES ON THE PORTION REPAID. DEPOSITS. Tho Society receives Deposits as under:— 3 months 6 percent. 6 months 6J percent. Special arrangement for longer period!. Corner of QUEEN STREET and VULCAN LANE, Auckland. JOHN BANCROFT, Manager. UCKLAND PERMANENT CO OPERATIVE BUILDING & INVEST MENT SOCIETY. Office : 147 Queen-street. LOANS granted upon approved securities of Freehold or Lensehold Properties in sums of £20 to £0,000, principal and intorost beinif repay able in instalments at the following Reduced Rates for repayment of oach £100 borrowed :— Rcpayinentiextend- Total Amount iug over Per Week. Repayable. & a. d. £ s. d. ' 1 year .. ..200 10*00 2 yoora .. ..10 10 108 6 S 3 yeura .. .. 014 7 11315 9 4 years .. .. 011 8 121 6 8 6 years .. .. 08 9 13618 9 8 years . „ 0?l 147 13 9 10 years .. .. 0 6 3 182 16 3 And in tho same proportion for smaller or larger loans. DEPOSITS.-The Society receives money on deposit :—For 6 months, Gi per cent. Repayable at 7 days' notice, 5J per cent, per annum. JOHN BATGER, Secretary. IKTEW ZEALAND MORTGAGE, LOAN, ill AND DISCOUNT BANK, High-street (Next to Atkins Printing Office), GRANTS LOANS OF £5 TO £1,000, ON PERSONAL SECURITY, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SECURITY, ON FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGE, OR ON ANY AVAILABLE SECURITY. BEI'AYABLK IN WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, Or in any way to suit the Borrower. f " Loans on Furniture without removal, also on all kinds of Merchandise. Loans may to repaid at tho rate of Sixpence per woes in the Pound. '. Bills Discounted at Current Rates. Bank of England Notes and Australian Bank Notea Bought. All communications strictly confidential. NEW ZEALAND MORTGAGE, LQAN, AND DISCOUNT BANK, HIGH-STREET (Next to Atkins Printing Office.) i ', . T T QWINNERTON, WOOD TURNER, Wyndham-stke4tv Established 1866. 'A reduction of 25 per oent. oa all common work. Billiard Balls Exchanged. Special care givan to Re-turnlng and Staininjr. Pool Pins, Marbles, and Chalk Pockets always on hand. ■. " ■ * ' ■'■ ""* it" -.*..■...—»■■ ■»iiui>im.|iilftiiii< EDWIN JONBB (Late K. and A. Jonoa), Hocbb, FußuigHrxa, aud Genb»Mi IRONMONGER, Poneonby Road and PornpaUior Twnwq. Auckland, N.¥. v Agent for the Phcent* VIV9 Qffltoi Advertisement Agont for AtroKWjro Ktswino Btaji. 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I g / m -f.?, If HOBSON-ST. I U -2, VISIT .& II CA'ml AND DEFERRED PAYMENT TAILOR^ DRAPERS. AND HABIT X&iuuna, MAKERS> HOB3ON-STRKET. I/We Mstjectfully invite attention to our Large &ock of for the present season. r>ni< Orpat Variety ana Choice Of the Best Ffbricfwfui the Skill and Talent we employ, andihe great success ofour• ofltorg toproduce eicr^ conUdence in respectfully soliciting the favour of a visit. AH Twoeds thoroußhly shrunk before being made up, and fit and workmanghip guaranteed. ThP T)kfkbbED PAYMEJrr SvsTitfivt has been found to be a boon, by enabling those with Bod;incomes to procure necessaries in the easiest possible way. All Goods are marked in plain figures. Cash Customors receive 5 per cent, discount (one shilling in the pound sterling) on all parcels of <X) 3 and upwards. INSPECTION INVITED. Tramcara pass the door. riUNS! GUNS! GUNS! Rifles 1 Rifles ! REVOLVERS! REVOLVERS 1 GUNPOWDER! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, Wiee Cartridges, Loading Apparatus, AMMUNITION Qf Evert Description, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Fireworks, &c. The best and cheapest House in Auckland for Hid above is at D. EVITT'S, 254, Queen-street. Repairs and every description of Gun work done t the lowest possible prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. D. EVITT, Gcnmakkr, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND (Opposite tho Market House). PRICE, LISTS SENT TO ANY ADDRESS. D. BL.A YUIAS 0. N, • PRACTICAL LOCKSMITH AND RANGE-MAKER, DURHAM-STREET. LOCKS PICKED AND KEYS . FITTED. Safes Opened and Duplicate Keys Cut. T> A P E R H AN G INGS. W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED, EX LATE ARRIVALS, 185—PACKAGES—185 CONTAINING 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, CONSISTINQ OP NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed- Rooms, Hall and Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or Cottage. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, AND BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN PAPERHANGINGS. 916-PACKAGES-916 SCRIMS AND-HESSIANS PLATE AND SHEET GLASS, WHITE LEAD, OILS, TURPS. VARNISHES. AND ALL TRADE SUNDRIES. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 95 AND 97, QIJEKN-STREET, RICHMOND HOUSE, PONSONBY ROAD. . AUCKLAND. ' W. COCHrTn, Sekr., ' FAMILY BUTCHER. P. 0.8., 2S4] feIGH-STREET \ R T H U R TUT A S V, MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT, QUALITY GUARANTEED* FOR SALE, Plain Enamelled, and Coloured Window Glass. . ■ ' *"'" • ' Wire Nails . • , Portland-Cement Royal Remy Starch Safety Matches ; • HavannaandManillaCigara... , j Clarot and Brandios *■, '<}} I^IANOS ! prANOS ! PIANOS ! HAAKE"*^IANOS , «TBE BEST VALUE IN THE WORLD, ON VIEW and FOR SALE, fof a Few Weeks Only, in the Shop (late Alexander's) immedi ately opposite the National Bant Several Samples of the above Beautiful . '■ Instruments hmjst be sold. ■ .'auJoT harmqk2tjms a nd church organs, 1 • With Two Manuals arid Pedal. Q.R.OU N D LIM E. GROUND LIME FOR SALE: SOUTHGATE'S . rivalled for ourabiUtF and h^rd-Bettlng qualities). For tanksand o&w wet vritik It la ft flrst>cl»M CWitteialL 8, KE Al ft, JO L t 4Q ft :itf it CUSTOMS-STREET. *f l



KEEP PACE WITH THE- ftWj J. E MLfm TABLOR, Victoria Street East, Aucklaa^ AND Tennyson Street, Napier. «HA PATTERNS OF '«foqj| f GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHIHfi Post Fre« with Price U«J|| ' Fox' No. 1 Serge Suit SjliH Fancy Serge Suit «.; 4 lojig Black Cloth Suit »., 4 ij|| Frocls and Dress Suit •*. |H Otntloin«n'» Covtrt Co»tJ. ■..; § PRfiCE LIST JST;.'! LATEST FASHIONS In Gentlemen's and Boys' I^JIM Cfothlng, etc., and Easy fe Self - Measurement Formi fpijiyHlF' GRATIS AND POST FREE, Bml' On Application. l|l| jiji ; Cheques, Postal Orders, etc., I 1| to be crossed J. H. DALTON. *^ *^»W G*ntl«wm'i Xotniif KB Coat aad ▼«*!■ Kfltttrf EX' RA JjL PAIR TROUSERS, ijpflffl GIVEN AWAY I HHB With Each Suit I Iflfa]fl|§|| All Goods are sent CAR WB^ RIAGE PAID, and if not ]g|Sr\ approved are exchange l||l ed, or the money retupm 1 Mffl lH ed (whichever pre- \ I fStr.tltmtn'a . : ~ . ... , •, . .; '. Frock Ooain ' '-y; ,/~: . ■ ■.-. .jV. ■ s ■« dm " fflffigf ■ " S ( Good Tweed Suit 210 0 ifJL Trousers $ 012 6 IHB " ■!.' "" it - . . W■ : ... I Oentlemta'c TwhC 1 Sack Suits. ,' . *- $j&j^ Iron Curved for Verandas <ANY PATTKRK) , 4 AT SHORTEST NOTICE, v George Mccaul Manufacturing Plumber, AND. . , IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST • j (opposite New Library), and I B BROWN & DAVY STREETS, THAjME% I .. HAS FOB SALE— '-■ £00 Comigratcd Galvanized Tanks (assorted} n 500 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) W S 50,000 feet Lead Edge Ridge Cap (allsizes) . I CO.OOO feet O.G. Spouting (all sites) - 50.000 feetDownpipes (all sizes) '. 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pipes (all sites),' Lead-head Nails, Lead Washers, PdrtftWl Ovens, Furnace Frames, Copper Boilers,. etc., etc., etc.. ~,,,;:; Awarded Three First Prizes for above lines, tit Auckland Agricultural Show.' Largest and best selection of Gas Globes la Auckland. i : -■■ ■ ■•:-■■ A3 G. McCAUL is s direct importer tot cash, he is in a position to supply the tradl At the lowest remunerative prices. ,-; .., ; Liberal discounts to the trade. CotlS^J orders punctually attended to. , J3fj GEORGE Mco/MlL#'^ Mannfacturlng Plumber, and Importer of A Trade Requisites, Welloslcy-st. East (oppOsM •New Library), and Brown and Davy^treAW ... Thames. ! o • ■■' '■l':!. ■ : • h in. ii—i; [Established 1859.] , Ji_*; GEE & POTTER. COACHBUItPE^ lome and Jutland STBBBT&. Coaches, CarriamJß, Waggonettes, Btiffl^J Pony Carrlwos. Oarta, Drays, and every ) oj sprlption pt VoMoles kept in stock, or order. The trade supplied. ' ';^ig«a' N.8.-Trsp» lent to ouatofoeri irhUHL WlpP *is feeing oxoonted/ Jr * *~. -