SHIPPING.

Sutf SET—This evening, 4.45. Sonkibk—To-morrow morning, 7.13. Moon's Age—Full Moon, 6th, 10.17 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

Aitcklatto - This evening, 8.38; to-morrow T£uH E A D3 -Thl9 evening. 11.18; to- T A TArHS!-To.morrow morning, 0.18; to-morrow afternoon, 0.38.'

ARRIVALS.

Norval, schr., fron Russell Christina, schr., from Whangarei Mary Atiia, ctr.j from Mahurangi

DEPARTURES.

_AST EVENING. Suva, s.s., for East Coast ports Wairarapa, s.s., for Russell Chelmsfbrd, s.s., for Opotiki _ Wellington, S.s., for Whangarei

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Corojnandel, from Coromandel, Thursday, o Bo^omahana, from Thames, Friday, 1.30

En P ter Iprise,from Thames, Friday, 1.30 a.m. Wanaka (at Onehunga), from the South,

Thursday •Richmond, from Sydney, early Wairarapa, from Russell, Thursday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Centurion, sh., KCGT, left London Mar. 8 Rangitikei, ship, loading ab London Lutterwwth.bq., left London April 7 Rontenbeek, bq., NTQS (via Otago), left

ElSo^Vernont'sch., JSFK, left New York Feb. 5, via Dunedin Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin Arab, bq., to leave New York April 2, via

Dunedin Dams, bq., to leave Java April 16 . C W. Janes, bq., left New York Feb. 4, via Victoria, °bq., from Hamburg, via- Lyttel ton and Dunedin Smaragd, bn., from Dunedin Oceola, from Dunedin Rebecca, bq., left Newcastle May 30 Ryno, schr., from a cruise Mariner, sebv., from Rarotonga Ada C. Owen, bn., from Rarotonga Oaraaru, bn., from Rarotonga Lookout, brigantine, from Newcastle Olive, schr., from a cruiso

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, sh., for London, loading Easterhill, bq., for London, early lleinrich Bauer, bq., for New York, early Suva, S.S., for the South, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa, s.s., for Southern ports, Thurs-

day, noon Wanaka, as., for the South (from One hunga), Friday, 1 p.m.

IMPORTS.

Ex Fleetwing, from Rarotonga : 159,000 oranges in prime condition.—Hart and Tobias. ■

The barque Lincluden, which left this ?<jrt on February 24th, has arrived at New ork after a passage of 104 days.

The ship Centurion is now 92 days out from London, and should pub in an ap pearance here early.

. The R.M.S. Kaikoura left Plymouth ~Dn the afternoon of the 4th instant for Wellington, via the Cape of Good Hope*

! The ketch Reeamia cleared afc the .Cus* 4oma to-day for Mercury Bay, where she is ;to load timber for Lyttelton. ■ - (

.: Mr Spraggon is still employed with a ■Slumber of shipwrights in an effort to float 'the Julia Price at Mangawai.

The schooner Queen, which was'recently < reported ashore at Hokianga, crossed the i bar there on the Ist inst. and sailed for this \ port.! She is now seven days out, and fully '• due.

• Mr Fleming, one of the owners ;of the wrecked steamer Lalla Rookh, i.fcas ' succeeded in getting ashore at ■ Schooner Bay, Great Barrier, the engine, boiler and other machinery, which will be brought up to Auckland by a scow very soon.

i The three-masted schooner Yolande, which has been undergoing a general over , haul .at' the hands of Mr CT Bailey, will be ; floated out of dock this evening. From , this port she will proceed to Napier to load ; totara piles for Dunedin.

The R.M.S. Zealandia having left San Francisco, with the English and American mails on the 3rd irist., is due to arrive here on Friday, the 23rd inst.

The barque Easterhill, which is now loaded and ready to sail for Samoa, takes a large and valuable cargo as per export list, and the fqllowing passengers:—Mrs Persson and child, Mrs S. A. Coles, Messrs A. D. and Edith L. Coles, Mr Henry Swan, Master Thomas Swan.

Thes.s. Rose Casey which left for Wai . wera. etc., at 11 a.m. yesterday, was forced '•to run back for- shelter about 1 p.m. ' She resumed her voyage during the even ;ing. .

1 The 8.8. Wairarapa left for Russell early

; last evening, and arrived there at 7.30 a.m j to-day, one • will return ■ here early to i. morrow, and leave for Melbourne via-the i South at noon.

The R.M.S. Coptic arrived at Welling ton this morning early from London via Hobart. She goes from Wellington to Napier and Lyttelton in the order given, and takes her departure for London from Lyttelton on the 25th inst. Auckland ; mailß,. cargo and passengers will be for warded per coastal steamers.

THE COLONIAL UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

The Colonial Union Shipping Company, iior which Messrs Stone Bros, have been ftp-, i pointed Auckland agents, has been formed l.with a view of entering into competition .with the New Zealand Snipping, and Shaw, | feavill and Albion Companies, which ; hitherto have divided the colonial ■trade. The Colonial Company proposes 'to run a monthly line of steamers to 3STew Zealand and Sydney, and to carry freight both to and from the colonies at a reduced rate, their steamers being specially fitted with Hall's refrigera tors for the conveyance of frozen meat. •Paßsenger accommodation will not be a feature of the new direct line, unless it be ■for "second class" and steerage. The 'first steamer to be despatched by the; Colonial Company is the s.s. Balmoral Castle, registered 100 Al, 1,885 tons net and 2,946 tons gross, her, dimensions being • Length 334 ft. Bin. ; beam 39ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 29ft. lin. She "has three decks and is fitted with five watertight bulkheads ; the engines are equal to! 300 H. p. The Balmoral Castle was built at Glasgow in 1876 by Messrs E. Napier and Sons, and in the shipping register her owners are stated to bo A. McMillan and )3onß.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

New Plymouth, this day. — .Arrived : Penguin, from Ohehuriga, 7.30 a.m. , Whanoarei, this day.—Arrived: Wei- JBbJ£ton, from Whangarei, 6.30 o ,m. . Waitaha, this day.—Sailq(l : Gairloch, for Onehunga, 2.20 p.m. London-, Jane 6. —Arrived: Barque Auriga, from Oamartu P. and O.s Co.'s Bis. Ballarat from Melbourne. • San- Pbanoisoo, June 6.—The Zee tendia left on the 3rd instant, at 4p.m., for Auckland. ' ,r-, -

SHIP ON FIRE.

London-, June 6.—The New, Zealand Shipping Company's ship Orari, loading for Port Chalmers, took fire. Both vessel and cargo were slightly injured.

Short Deliveries From Ships.

(To the Editor.)

Sib,—ln Friday's issue you had a local in the shipping news re losses 'on the wharf through short .deliveries. Now I know that cargo is- often short shipped in England, for the America had cargo short landed by the Waitangi, which was here about nine months ago. A correct tally o^ cargo will never oe taken in this port till it is worked like they do everywhere else : The ship to have her clerk, and the Harbour Board clerk or the person that contracts from them to do the delivery at the ship's side, where every sling is tallied ; the ship gets her receipt at night ; the cargo is taken from the ship s side into the shed, and the delivery clerk gives it to the receivers; he having command over tho shed, can make the carters wait till their loads are correctly tallied and receipts given for samo. But here tho carters come as they like, and load as quickly as possible. Sometimes one man tries to tally 4 or 5 carts at once. I need not toll you that ho doesn t succeed. No one man can tally an English ship single-handed. The way that it is done here is this : The tally clerk goes to the re ceiver and asks him if he has got such and such goods ; if he says yes he will sign a re ceipt, if no it is short landed and claimed for and paid by the ship. No man. single handed has managed to get more than two-thirds of a large mixed cargo without assistance. The sheds on tho wharf hero aro not for ship ac commodation, but shelter for the Cus toms officials. Auckland has the best natural harbour in New Zealand and the worst accommodation —no protection to a ship's cargo after it is landed from wet or pillage.—^Tours, etc., Tally Clerk.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887.

Tor the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, Tor the future in the distance, And the good that we Can do.

THE announcement made by Messrs Stone Brothers that they are prepared to negotiate for freight for the Balmoral Castle, the first of a new line of steamers direct to London under the title of the Colonial Union Shipping Co. is the result of a movement in the South which has occupied a good deal of space in the Hawke'a Bay and Can terbury newspapers, but has apparently not interested merchants very much here. The new company is the out come of abortive negotiations with ex isting companies for a reduction of the charges upon frozen meat. The balance upon recent shipments of mutton- has, unfortunately, been mostly on tho wrong side. The alternatives presented to the pas toral interest, therefore, appear to be either abandonment of the trade or lower charges.' Naturally, and fortunattly for the colony, they are not willing to abandon a remedy for " boiling down " and so admirable an outlet for surplus stock without a struggle, and hence the present effort to enter into competition with the two splendid steamship lines now trading to New Zealand. Con* sidering the poor financial results which have accrued from the steam trade in the past, one would think the out look not very promising ; nevertheless the promoters appear confident, and are evidently prepared to back their opinion with their money. A circular issued by the Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Company (Limited) gives the following statement of terms upon which the new Company propose to do business :—

" The contract entered into by the directors with Messrs Tyser & Co., of London, provides for their supplying two steamers, each fitted to carry 22,000 carcases of frozen mutton, of which this company is to have two thirds—or, say .equal to 14,500 to 15,000 carcases on each steamer. The period of the contract is two years— or four voyages each steamer^—from the first loading ef the first steamer in September next. The ships, refrigera ting machinery, and chambers are guaranteed a first-class insurable risk, and have to be maintained as such for the period of the contract, and that in addition there are several improvements on the form of contract hitherto ob tained. The rates of freight are: — Threo-half-pence per pound for mutton and lamb, and one penny farthing per pound for beef, with 5 per cent, prim age, half of which primage is to be re turned. Compared with the rates charged for the past six months by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, these show a reduction of Is 6d per sheep of 601b, 10 4-sth pence per lamb of 361b, and of 2s s|d per 1001b of beef, and by comparison with the New Zealand Shipping Company's rates a reduction of 2|d per sheep, 10 4-sth pence per lamb, and 3^d per 1001b of beef. The Company have thus secured a very considerable say-

ing in freights, and have also, the di rectors hope, succeeded in putting an end to the freight monopoly from which the trade has hitherto suffered."

The whole of the charges for de livery of frozen mutton in England, in cluding insurance, are stated to be 2d per lb, and this should surely enable our graziers to obtain a profit from the export of their mutton. Of course, we are in no position to judge of the prospects of the shipping part of the enterprise. New Zealand is altogether a wonderful country. It already pos sesses two direct steam services that are inferior to none in the world, and a coastal service that has not its superior anywhere. A third direct line may perhaps find that "still there is room," but with regard to this, stock-breeders will hardly think it their business to concern themselves. If the export of frozen' meat can be made to pay, it will be a splendid thing for New Zealand; if it cannot—as latterly ex porters have begun to fear—then one main hope of the pastoral industry and one important feeder to New Zealand's prosperity will be crushed. A saving of 13 6d per sheep, and 2s s|d per 100 lbs ; of beef, represents a modest profit, and it would appear»from the engage ments pf these ships that exporters are determined to clutch at it. The ex periment is an important one, and will be watched with very great interest by the pastoral and commercial com munity throughout New Zealand.

THE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT DE BATE.

It was very evident from the tone of the discussion in the House on the question of Village Settlements yesterday that the feeling shown, by many Southerners was due to the fact that such a largo proportion of the expenditure had been in Auckland district. It waß equally certain from tho figures quoted that if the system prove to be ft success,

Mr Ballance will have done a very valuable work for Auckland, the afea settled here being much larger than, elsewhere. There is no room for doubt that the policy of the present Opposi tion is antagonistic to village settle ments on anything beyond an experi mental scale—Mr Bryce openly opposed them altogether. But the failure of Mr G-. F. Eichardson to obtain support for his proposed motion censuring the. Minister of Lands for the large amount of liabilities he has incurred in connec tion with the scheme, proves that the Opposition deem it inexpedient to make these settlements a party cry in the elections. No doubt the system is on trial, but it is an experiment well worth the making, and considering the large sums the colony has spent in bringing people from abroad to settle upon land, it will not be very disastrous if £100,000 ex pended in trying to locate our own people on the soil in a time of distress should be only partially reproductive. It cannot totally fail, because the pay ments to settlers are only made upon proof of work done, and if the present holders of the land abandon it, the cottages they have erected, the lands they have cleared, and the roads they have made will certainly make the land when it lapses to the Crown more valuable, and more readily saleable to other settlers. The Village Settle ment scheme, thus looked at from i£s most unfavourable aspect, willhave done good colonising work.

LOCAL OPTION VOTE.

Sir Kobert Stout, speaking at an Alliance meeting in Wellington last night, no doubt echoed the sentiments of hundreds of well-meaning temper ance people throughout the colony when he expressed the hope that some day a law would be passed similar to that he had introduced as long ago as 1876, by which it would be decreed that once in three years, at the least, there would be a vote taken in each licensing district, and if the people voted " No Licensing," then no one should have the power to grant licenses for three years to come, when another test vote would be taken. As our readers are aware, the present law gives " local option " in the matter of new licenses only, a triennial vote being taken to determine, whether or not the number of licensed houses in any district shall be increased; but what the Alliance aims at is absolute local option, or the power of complete prohibition of all licensed houses on a two-thirds vote of the ratepayers. While sympathising with every move ment in the direction of extending the direct control of the people in all matters of government, the present time seems opportune for "giving the people a word of advice—to act up to the privileges which they at present enjoy before they begin clamouring for an extension of their rights. In the suburban borough of Newmarket we have just had an example of the indifference of the rate payers with regard to the local option vote. At the last local option poll there, only 16 voters took the trouble to go to the ballot-box, and after thus allowing, by their default, a verdict to be recorded by a small ma jority in favour of an increase, the temperance party, when it was too late, came before the Licens ing Committee to protest against the decision of the poll being given effect to. Their protests were futile. Local temperance advocates ■should lay to heart the lesson that "eternal vigilance" is the price they must pay for keeping the licensing system in check; and, they must admit that their unfaithfulness tn the restricted privileges which they enioy is a powerful argument against their being endowed with fuller powers of veto. The people of New market might have elected a Temper ance Licensing Committee, but they did not; they had the power to pre vent an addition to the licensed houses of the district, and they did not exer cise it; and they must now take what comfort they can from the reflection that they have themselves to blame if the little borough be comes famed for the extraordi nary multiplicity of its public houses. We believe that if the existing licensing law of New Zealand were rigidly en forced by the committees and the police, there would be very little disturbance of public order from the sale of drink. Of course, while there are weak men and women who place no restraint on their appetites there will be evils to the individual and the community from the abuse of intoxicants as from other forms of immorality. And these evils would still exist were pro hibition in: force without an almost universal moral conviction against the traffic. Nay, the evils would be ag gravated by the moral injury that is done to a community whenever sys tematic law-breaking is not considered derogatory to the maintenance of self respect or " respectability." The ad vocates of prohibition, therefore, even on their own showing, are going much too fast while incidents occur like that at Newmarket, where the sale was with in the control of the, residents. They must prove that public ppinion'is up to the standard of the present law before they ,can logically ask the country to go beyond it.

It is stated upon good authority that Mr G. E. Button will move for a prohibition order, or injunction, at the next sitting of His Honor Judge Ward at the Supreme Court Chambers, on behalf of certain rate payers of Newmarket, against the promoters of the proposed Newmarket Jubilee Hotel.

The Rev.G. B. Monro intends to summon a meeting of Presbyterian ministers and elders, to consider the advisability •of arranging a series of evangelistic services.

St. David's"M«f« it' ' kg on Mo2yfg?!4sLKß weather was very nlf^'-S^B ject was <• Chlr2tS" owi« densed but weU-wri^Nttced^B Mackenzie. ■, Mr J2 bYto^H and opened I*©^ £S| troductory words^S** WB numerous, pobts oiS^Wtf^H tion of character' w £ reStott B^l eulogy on the charaSS'^l American prefer, Henrfto^H To the Editor: Sir T your numerous corresDoh^w^to.H take any step 3 for a prS^^l Jub>lee Day (21 8 fc June)?S a>Ot 1 by the Mayor or, the wSSI three weeks ago, butlhave E C-^l notice taken of it^YoSf'^i ,f. m°f enjoyable social- k.,11 butter dance-eventuated W Devonport, North Shor**SSß couples negotiated a wclllt^H gramme to some first-class «| ergetic committee earned w** W the able manner, in VKicMg^l brought to so successful an i £sllo^'J I A narrow escape from a sertok I occurred at Devonport yest«da> I E. Harrow and.Caveweredrivin^, I Beach Road in a bugrry, W^l shied at an umbreua/andMWl bankmentwith the,vehicleatey »1 Cave escaped unhurt, but,iftSM onearm Blightly injured iv>?*B trap escaped with little dainaw i] speedily placed in going^rdw^ffi . About eleven o'clock-'laet-Redmß excited individual rushed/'di^'H Police' Station and> requested; fes ,M stable mightbe sent to or six men were trying to l>reakhito t di and inconsequence he 'could- not »jS peace. While he wag in tte "•&■ Sergeant Kielly arrived and atoDcekH off to Chapel-street, picking im M, stable Addison en route.- PL B riving at the house indicated they \Jm enveloped in darkness, and VsolnuiH ness pervaded the whole neigUm^!! Under the circumstance tie'^ his assistant could only retarnawn^ they came, all they got forMy being a good drenching 'by tten^ was coming down heavily; jo^t took the matter good-natmedly,^, occurrence being by no meajntiiij life of a preserver of the peace: Another sale of dogg will talj^iß the kennels to-morrow. -Theitisil^i some very good specimens^'Csiiia^B rupeds in limbo. In the acij(m»ki another batch is in couree of tolafe be submitted for sale next Monday, us dog requires to be kept sevefi ds"jiiq it can be disposed of* M'ttfji1 are a couple of good retrieverß, acitii several terriers, wMch it would Ibitoi drpwn- Persons in want of "pjcii!:!;' had better put in-an appeaweiii kennels at 4»-morrpff,,uk!JH Goldie's description of tbviaiabg ecripfc breeds reprcsent«d...lßjii^'B going to hear. fe Hannaford's Auckland BegisiMM this date to the end orj^tf|i| Registry," emplojou of m.1 -Ijs labour Being supp!k'l with kpsW and country) free ot thftr b 'c». H Had' the City Engineer heard H malediction's that were called :don3M his devoted head yesteTday.utete j paddled- through ithei'mfldfcriwli the Greyhound Hotel to A IN*I ings, it would perhaps havsmadebv The metal which was laii <W>: crossing sunply churned up?infe» «5 slush. , Probably to-dayVmnlilfsl it'sufficiently to make it passa^ " We are informed that there U bp^ tion, and shortly to be publish1 iai« book form, " Letters-ffrffliilreW « a series of mteresting'aMjinstai*tß| jects received some few yean W VM Auckland citizen of' twerif FM residence. -The wk£nUi«lw»"*.l written and authentic historical i^i tions, remarkable "' events, awl s»| skstches-carefully «™nß*^, llfs| men and places of intereatjjO!.™^ cities and towns: of impo^. D land. In it also tha. w*J be conveyed as if on a tour^ tion, and this means th^ing* picturesque scenery, k tojgetner-w^ , Lrof^ecfcnielodies.lnTCM^ thepla'ces mentioned;-some =ott» before published; f ncSJ 9 celebrated ode 'On^^mZ tenary,»in Augu5t,.1875,% togg Denis Florence McCarthy, poet to* Ireland. "■ ''' '. ■.■ ; ■ - f . », The ordinary weekly street- Mutual Improvemen^ji held last night-in the schoolmo^y ft withstanding the ■ inclemenoM ( weather' there was a _wy tendance; uProfessor ; F 8.A.5., deUvered i^MfJ^ Active address' on U^ was much appreciated^ «^ ;jjj j tional manner,, audience the -principal : .moi solar system./;Profes^; h^i performed a '^^^1 which he was -deservedly - ffi,^ weekDr.LawrywilMavour^^ one of his "Medical Talks. The Gospel TemperwiwJJf^ evening .was weUattenqeq^w,^ Garlicfoccupiedthecha^W^ was for the S^^Sm *\ given by the Band of Choral Hall on Qaeon'sßutJ^'^j various choruses W«&d^ pleasing «natßMff.^r;JJgfi,^ Ld ML Punier jjgj^ Durin g theevenin|,gdreg e^e^ th.c Chairman, AetE^. fl^tf i*W Mr F. 0. Ewington, g % Za received from ? tt^^M yeai-s^rewted an ded ) f JSi i follows t-Mo^Y.^gSupplied, y meals given, 218; g3 7 ; Home, ip- -. rSJjlev.'Gitfl*^*Sl X* Messrs HatovW'gjju, '-Wjf^ The Some^ J*ftgg^- '

E THE"-: AUCKLAND' •EVENIN&' STAB, WEDNESDAY 3WKE. 8,? 1887.

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THE NEW ZEALAND: ILLUSTRATED TIT-BITS: CONTINUES TO BE THE . MOST POPULAR WEEKLY JOURNAL " OF ENTERTAINING LITERATURE • , IN THE COLONY. • • '.' . This Week's Number contains tho following Special Features— Tbo'. Political Jonah; The O'd Old Story. or, Voget Thrown Yum! Yum! Overboard The Shades of Night Better Late Than The Sox in Business Never A Great Future Before Put this Drink Down Him Pleaso CruHhed! Outsido ! Inside 1 Everyday Hypocrisy Painful but Economi- Magnanimity ca l Three Little Maids The Bango Crazo from School A Drafliug-room Sccno A Telephone Story Cur-taiiing BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. HALF-PRICE LACE CURTAINS.— 200 Pairs at GAKLICK AND CRAN WKLL'S. T>ATENT SPRING ROLLER WINDOW JL BLINDS, from 3s Gd.-GAELICK AND CHAN WELL. _______ M~ADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at Half-price, now being sold by GARLICK AND CICAN WELL. TRON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; JL vcit cheap. A few loft at GAKLICIC AND OR AN WELL'S- TRONG CANE CHAIKS, from 3s 9d. At GAHLICK AND (JUANWELL'S. mAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is Gd per JL yard. At GAULICK AND CItAN- Wi_LL'S. IT INOLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. JLJ At GAULICK AND CKANWT-LL'S. f^EIUMFULATOKS from 12s to £5, JL At GAItLIOK AND CRANWELL'S. KAPOK DOWN BEDS, preotly re duced in price, by GARLICK AND C RAN WELL. BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli very. Blankets. Sheets. Quilts, etc., etc. ALF-TESTER, ERENCBfi AND STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices to suit the tin:us.—G. &_C. OILCLOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash pnce.-GARLICKAND CUANWELL.



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And as wo devote our wholo time to TEA nnd TEA-TASTING, we can give tea-drinkers better value for their money than they can get any where else. Any storekeeper may of courso mix his toa3 according to the price paid for thorn and the profit he requires, but only tho skilful tea ex dert can properly proportion tho poculia characteristics of each tea. and so produce a Genuine Blended Tea, grateful to the palato and refreshing to tho nervous system. This we claim to be able to do, and our Pure Blended Teas havo become a sourco of pleasure to our numerous customers all over Now Zealand. Post Office Box 200. Agents wanted where not already represented. • JOHN EARLE & C 0.,. • . TEA MERCHANTS, 207, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. Established 1880. i [A CARD.] m/TR CHARLES E. PURCHAS, • BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR. CHAMBERS: 18, Shortland-streot, Auckland i (next Stak Office). WANTED- KNOWN. JUBILEE REJOICINGS. Wo have just oponod out an IMMENSE SHIPMENT of, WINTER GOODS Comprising everything New and Choice in JUBILEE TWEEDS, ', Specially to our order (can't be got anywhere else in Auckland). JUBILEE. WORSTEDS JUBILEE SITINGS JUBILEE OVERCOATINGS JUBILEE TROUSERINGS The demand for aboyo goods has exceeded our : most sanguino expectations. I Customers will kindly book their orders early and prevent disappointment. : NO kDVANCE~IN PRICE.



SPECIAL LINE OF MOSGIEL (for a few weeks only), to measure, 35s per suit Everyone can afford to be Well-dressed for Her « Majesty's Jubilee. s FIT, STYLE, AND WORKMANSHIP * % GUARANTEED. ''Veni, Vidi, Vicr." The Largest Tailoring Concern in New Zealand. AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. MoBRIDE), , ~, MERCHANT TAILORS: IMPORTERS, ! MANUFACTURERS, MILITARY AND NAVAL CONTRACTORS, • Commerce-street/Auckland. I V I D EN V. R. T. CHATFIBLD «5 CO. IN LIQUIDATION. ' A First and Final Dividend, In the aboVe Estate ia now payable at the- offloe of-Arthur H. Nathan, Customa-Bteooti West, - A, HEATHER \ ■ ; -; 0, HESK.ETH j Trustees, , 1 XH. NATHAN/t 1



T^EW 'O TORY ! "KTEW jgTORY ! ON SATURDAY NEXT, A NEW STORY WILL BE COMMENCED IN THE " STAR SUPPLEMENT " .. ENTITLED— . ■ Ruby's Reward. BY MRS GEORGIE SHELDON, Author of "The Forsaken Bride," "Brownie's Triumph," "That Dowdy," etc. The name of this clever authoress is a sufficient recommendation for her latest work. The story is a sensible narrative of everyday life, handled with that skill which has made all tho novels of this popular writer of fiction so attractive.



T>URGLARY. Jf?6> X "OEWARD. Between ten p.m. on Saturday, the 28th, and ton a.m. on Sunday, tho 29th of May, TIIE LONDON ARCADE WAS BURGLARIOUSLY ENTERED, AND WATCHES, AND GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY (Of tho Value of about £350) WERE STOLEN THEREFROM. £25 REWARD WILL BK PAID BY C. W. G O OD S 0 N To any person giving such information as shall lead to the recovery of the stolen propcity. "CURST-CLASS FARM AT OPUNAKE. FOR SALE.—That well-known Good Farm, owned by Mr S. A. Breach, adjoining tho Town Belt, Opunakc, containing 720 acres, all in the best of English, grasses. A certain fortune to a practical man. For price and torms apply to W. & J. FRATER, Land Agents, Auckland. nnHE UNION FIRE AND MARINE JL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. The Share Transfer Books of the Company will be dosed from Juno 1 to July C, inclusive. W. DEVENISH MEARES, General Manager. Christchurch, May 28,1887. "JPI R. ALFRED WRIGHT, -*-' PHYSICIAN, (Late of Cavendish Square, London), Has returned from To Aroha to Auckland, tend may be consulted daily (except Sundays), be tween 4 and 6 p.m., nt Mr Aickcn's Pharmacy. Queon-streot. ;> DR. BOND, (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital;. Kurangabapc Iload, near corner of Upper Quoen-street, Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 a.m., 2 to 3 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. At Edson's, 200, Queen-street: 11 a.m., 12,30 p.m. Telephone, 132. a dutD DR. LEGER ERSON, Parnell (late Dr. Qoidsbros residenco), attends for Con sultation: "At Home, S to 9 a.m., and 3 p.m. Aickln'a Pharmacy, Queen-street, 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p.m.: Saturday, Pannniro and Otahubu. Telephone 470.. X> EDUCTION OF MEDICAL FEES TO £\j ENGLISH RATES.



In, tho present depressed condition of the colony it is both absurd and unjust to maintain Medical Fees as they were in timos of pros perity, and when the purchasing power of money was much less than now. As a matter of fact, .an enormous proportion of medical accounts are nover paid. Now, in England thousands of qualified medical practitioners give advice and medicine for half-a-crown. The undersigned, therefore, will, from this date, charge for cusu only : For Consultation (in cluding medicine required), Half-a-'Jrown ; for Visits (Including medicine). Five Shillings." No accounts booked. - ROBERT HALL BAKE WELL, M.D., Member of the Royal Collego of Surgeons of England, Licentiate in Midwifery (special diploma) of tho R.C.S., late Hon. Visit ing Physician to the Christchurch Hospital. HOBSON-STREET (Two doors from Cook-street).



EDWARD BRAD F0 R D Having taken tho PROVINCIAL HOTEL, Shortland-stroot, will be glad to sec old friendg, and hopas, by strict attention to give satis faction to all. GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS WINES AND SPIRITS OF THE BEST • BRANDS. OT. M ARK'S, REMU ER A. SALE OP WORK AND SOCIAL EVENING, ■ ■ ■•■ .': , ■ ■ • ON. „ ......' I' ' v' THURSDAY, JUNE 9, IN TIIE MOUNT HOBSON HALL, From 2.20 till 10 o'clock. Tickets, Is; Children, Gd. . TVTOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR J3I TRANSFER OF LICENSE. I, William James, being the holder of a Publican's License in respect of the house and preinisos situate at To Awamutu (Tho Commer cial Hotel), do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain, and will at the Adjourned Licensing Meeting to bo holden at To Awamutu aforesaid on THURSDAY,,the 30th day.of June, ISB7, apply for a Transfer of the said License from my self to Arthur St. George Forbes, my appointee. Dated this 6th day of June, 1887. WILLIAM JAMES. Witness: Thomas Gresham, Solicitor, To Awamutu. SETTLEMENTS. V ■■ . , • Inquirera after information respoctihg VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS should 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. ISSSM I T H, CORSET & BANDAGE MAKER Has always on hand a Good Supply of Stay Material. STAYS MADE TO ANY PATTERN. \ Riding Stays, Stays for Invalids, Bandages, and. Shoulder Braces on the Most Approved ~ ..Principles. • . STAYS CLEANED AND REPAIRED. "Ladies waited on by sending address to BSKBANK COTTAGE, GUNDRY STREET, NEWTON, by New Epiphany Church. : -m/fISS CHRISTIE, Dressmaker, A.M.P. ivjL' -Society's Bnildings, corner- of Queen and Victoria-streets. Orders promptly attended. Terms moderate. . ■ --"■:.,,., : ' ■~t As jREWARD for any information S \r given as to the person or persons who did maliciously, on the night of June 4th, Cut taJ?iecesa large Fishing ,Net,. Bft deep. 25yds TSntr with some sharp instrument. — The above reward will be given by applying to William Wright, iakeTakapuna. j



In the days of Galen it was> supped that rheumatism was caused by wind-at tbe jmni| 'hence tho derivation, from rheum wma Latter day science hag dispelled. t_s ?&£*s snakefroot. the Actea racemosa (cun wfuga) or black\ohosh. The compound Fluid extract nf qnake root, as prepared at tno fnarnid.i/^, QueSreot? is an infallible.gout and rheuma -3c remedy. Price, 6s per bottle.