SHIPPING.

Suxbet— This evening, 4.41. Suxrisic—To-morrow morning, 7.15. Moon's Age—Last Quarter, 14th, l.ld a.m.

HIGH WATER.

Auckland — This evening, —; to-tnorrow lUSrAN nmCA^'HEABs.-Thi3 afternoon, 2.40 ; to morrow in orning, 3.5. Kaipara Heads. — This afternoon, 3.10; to morrow morning, 4.5.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., from Tauranga Chelmsford, s.s., from Opotiki Rebecca, barque, from Newcastle ship, from London Zillah, ketch, from Russell Fanny, cutter, from Whangapoa Gipsy, cutter, from Whangapoa Lankashire Lass, cutter, from Mercury Bay Wanderer, cutter, from Mahurangi Saxon, schooner, from Russell Paku, cutter, from Tairua Douglas, 8.8., from Opotiki. Wild Wave, brig, from Newcastle. Lookout, brigantine, from Newcastle.

DEPARTURES.

Matte, sch, for Friendly Islands Orpheus, sch, for "Norfolk Island Eillan Donan, bn, for Kaipara Yolande, sch, for Napier Norval, sch, for Russell Saucy Kato, sch, for Mongonui

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, Tuesday, 5

Rotomahana, from Thamos, Tuesday, o.SU

Enterprise, from Thames, Wednesday, 4.30

Richmond, from Sydney, early Zealandia, from San Francisco, June 13 Australia, from South, duo Rotomahana, from Sydney, Tuesday Te Anau, from Southern ports, Wednesday Arawata, from Fiji, Wednesday Wanaka (at Onehunga), from the boutli, Thursday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Crusader,-sh., from London Rangitikei, sh., loading at London Lutterworth, bq., left London April 7 Rbutenbeck, bq"., NTQS (via Otago), left Glasgow March 10 Elinor Vernon, 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 Dana?, bq., to leave Java April 16 C. W. Janes, bq., left New York Feb. 4, via

Lyttelton Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel

ton and Dunedin Smaragd, bn., from Dunedin Oceola, from Dunedin Ryno, schr., from a cruiso Cabarfeidh, bq., from Lyttelton Notero, bq., from Lyttelton Peerless, bn., from Oamaru Wild Wave, brig, left Newcastle June 4 Mariner, schr., from Rarotonga Ada C. Owen, bn., from Rarotonga Oamaru, bn., from Rarotonga . Lookout, brigantine, from Newcastle Olive, schr., from, a cruiso

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, sh., for London, loading Easterhill, bq., for London, early Nellie M.' Sla'de, for New York, early Te Anau, for Sydney,. Thursday, 5 p.m. - Australia, for the South, Tuesday Rotomahaha, for Melbourne via tho South, Thursday noon

IMPORTS.

Per Centurion : Plain cottons, £100; printed cottons, £800 ;' woollens and svor steads, £100 ; flannels, £300: muslins, £100; hosiery, £100.;. haberdashery, £100: ap parel, £200; carpets and vugs, £200; dressed leather, £30; saddlery, £100; sheathing felt, £30 ; floor cloth, £30 ; table baize, £10; lucifers, £30; vestas, £80; agricultural implements, £40 ; rails and general • machinery, £200 ; books, £200 ; paper, '3,215cwt; stationery* £710; up holstery, £400 ; iron bedsteads, £170; brushware, £190 ; toys, £70 ; pianos, £590; corks, £40 ; clocks and watches, £10 ; per fumery, £20; printing materials, £30 ; agricultural and garden seeds, £120 ; iron tanks, £20; chain and anchors, 2 tons ; hardware cutlery, £1,700; hoop iron, 13 tons ; sheet iron,4s tons; plate iron,3 tons ; pig iron,2o tons ; galvanised iron, 59 tons; sheet lead, 8 tons; yellow metal, 4- tons ; tin plates, 200 boxes V ingot tin, 5 cwt; iron nails, 32 tons ; wire and wire rope, 26 ■tons ; zinc, 1 ton ; linseed oil, 2,260 galls. ; rape oil, 200 galls. ; cod oil, 400 galls. ; animal 0i1,50 galls. ; kerosene and naphtha, 580 galls. ; ■ whiting, 12 tons; paint colours, £640 ; glue, 6 cwt; pitch and tar, 35 drums ; flint glass, £180 ; window glass, £10; plate glass, 16 cases; china and earthenware, £410 ; bran and flour bags, £270 ; canvas, £190; cordage, £140 ;• lines and twines, £110; elates, 12 tons; marble, £70; cement, 2,350br1s ; brandy in bulk, 1,350ga11s ; ditto in case, l,2oogalls ; rum, 730 galls ; geneva, 1,00'Ogalls; British spirits in bulk, l,6oogalls ; ditto in case, 1,240ga11s ; per fumed spirit, 20galls ; red wine, 660 galls ; white wine, 610 galls, beer in glass, HObrls ; preserved fish not rated, £30; sardines, £100 ; assorted oilmen's stores, £580 ; vinegar, 250 galls ; foreign salad oil, 30galls; pepper and spices, 28cwt; choco late, 9cwfc; nuts, 9cwb; isinglass and. gelatine, £10; mustard, £310; starch, £240; vermicelli and maccaroni, lOcwt; patent groats, £20; split peas, 33cwt; chicory, 2cwb; white salt, 80 tons; bicar bonate of soda, 20 tons : caustic, 4 tons ; silicate, 5 tons; candles, 50owfc; soap, 6cwt; dates, 23cwt; raisins, 107cwt; cur rants, 152cwt; almonds, 13cwb ; French plums, 3cwb ; figs, 16cwt; liquorice juice, 4 cwt; glucose and saccharum,4scwt; con fectionery and peel,£2So ; apothecary ware, £300; tart, acid, " 18c'wt; cream tartar, 2Scwt; condensed milk, £320; corn flour, £70 ; iron shot, £1,120 ; palm oil, 4 tons ; cotton waste, 1 ton; marble monument, £500: Total value of cargo, £17,600.

EXPORTS.

Per Maile, 250 cases kerosene, 39 cases oil, 138 bags sugar, 26 cases milk, 44 pack ages tea, 14 bags rice, 91 packages drapery, 68 packages hardware, 13 packages glass ware, 31 coils rope, 5 casks vinegar, 5 cases preserved fish, .145 bags flour, 140 kegs beef, 34 cases meats, 28 cases prints, 18 oars, 25 anchors, 65 cases biscuits, 22 kegs/butter, 19, boxes soap, 18 bags sago, 12 bags tapioca, 6 bags coffee, 36 cases onions, 10 Tbags lime, 14,500 feeb timber, 1,400 feet mouldings, 250 boxes potatoes, 24 cases cheese, 105 packages sundries.

The , three-masted schooner Yolande sailed yesterday for Napier, where she will load totara piles for Bunedin. ■The barque Rebecca arrived from New castle on Sunday morning, after an un eventful passage of eleven and a-half days.

The scow Olive is reported ashore near Tairua in an awkward position. She is owned by Messrs J. Greydon and C. Wood. "She thrae-maated schooner Maile sailed on Saturday evening for the Friendly Is lands. Passengers : Mrs Cocker, Messrs W. Young, Willis, Wright, Miss and Master Middleraas. ■

Captain Hopkins, ofthes.s. ChelmsfOrd, informs us that the cutter Spitfire, from Gisborne for Auckland, pub into Tauranga on Friday night, having ,losfc her head sails during heavy weather.

The brig Wild Wave, eighfcdays out from Newcastle, arrived in port this afternoon, and the.brigantine Look-out, also from Newcastle, was signalled at a late hour;

The s.s. Chelmsford arrived yesterday, at 10 a.m., from Opotiki, Whakatane and Tauranga with 300sks. maize, G tons pump kins, 80 skins, 4 tons sundries, 1 horse, and the following passengers : — Mrs Oates, Miss Bell, Ml1 Reid and Mr Browne.

Tho s.s. Clansman arrived from Tauranga early on Sunday morning with the follow ng passengers: Messrs Elphenstone, Kavanagh, McClare, Fisher, Gray, Gill, Mackay, Commons and party (4), J. J. Kerr, Mesdames Commons and Wrigley, Misses Brabant and Commons.

ARRIVAL OF THE CENTURION.

The ship Centurion, an iron vessel of 1,195 tons register, consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company, was signalled early this morning and towed into port by the s.s. Awhina. The Centurion was berthed at the Queen street Wharf at 1 p.m. ' She is in command oi Captain Whiddicombe, tho chief officer is Mr C. Gall, and tho second officer, Mr E. Edwards.. The voyage has one and has extended over 96 days. Cap cain Whiddicombo reports having left London docks on March Gfch and anchored ab tho Noro same night, cleared the land on the 12th, light winds having been experienced in the channel. The Equator was crossed on .April Gth. The trade winds were good, bub when running dowiytholasting dirty weather and much rain 'were experienced. Tasmania was passed on tho 3rd instant, North Capo on Saturday night last and Tirithi was sig nalled last night.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

The a. a. Rotorua arrived from Sou then: ports at 11.20 a.m. on Sunday, with the fol lowing passengers : —JVlesdames Sholdrick. Fraser, Pult and infant, Misses Fanslow. Wood, and Heywood, Sir U. M. O'Rorke, Mr and Mrs Luke, Hon. J. Williamson, H. Williams, and W. Swanson, M.L.G., Messrs Mirchclson, Monk, W. F. Bucklandj Peacock, Thompson, and Hobbs, M.ll. R.'b ; Messrs Larkins, King, J. Sholdrick, O. M. Main, "Wooleobt, Clarke, W. J. Geddis, Hoy wood, and eight steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Mki,BOUIU*E, June 10.—Arrived : Tara wera, from the Bluff.

Cai'ktown, June 10. —Sailed : Tainui, for New Zealand ports. San* Francisco, Juno 11.—Tho Alameda arrived this morning at 8 o'clock.

Bun-T, Juno 12.—Arrived : Mararoa. from Melbourne. Passengers for Auckland Mrs Bartlett, Mr Williams.

COMMERCIAL.

Eventko Star Oiticf, this day.

Mr.ssns Arthur and Bunm,i-:'s Rki'okt.— There lias been bub a small supply of local produco this weok. There is an unsatisfied demand for good sound stuff. The majority of local-cured bacon thus far has been of in forior quality and badly cured, and there fore was sold at low prices ; really good in wanted. But littlo good cheosc to hand ; inferior difficult to sell. Butter :No good to hand; a largo quantity of second-class and inferior, but little demand. Potatoes : A largo supply of Southorn, but little local, and prices rule low ; othor root produce not in largo supply, and fair demand. Pump kins aro still coining to hand in largo quantity, but prices continue low. Fruit: Local aud Nelson has brought good prices. Poultry: A fair number brought for ward ; those in good condition have brought fair prices. Pigs : But low entered ; diffi cult to sell at low pricos. Furniture : Bht little changft; demand still limited. There has beon an improved inquiry for properties. Auction sales have beon well attended. Monday : Brokers' sale of drapery, clotli' ing, etc., at mart was well attended, and there was fair competition with satisfactory results. Tuesday : '.Sale at mart of piano, household furniture, etc. A good number were present, and a fair amount of business was done at prices in favour of the buyer ; piano brought Ll9. Wednesday : Sale of properties ; a large number were by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court. For some of these there was fair competition, but the whole were bought by the mort gagee. Other properties offered have been inquired after since by several who are buyers. One property has been sold at LC'lO cash, it is situated in Nqlson-street, allotmenb 59 by 198 feet, with three cot tages. Several good investments arc open for sale. Some first-class family resi dences, &c. The sale of produce, fruit, &c, at mart, was but thinly attended; a small supply, fair prices woro obtained. Potatoes, 3s Gd; onions, |d to Id ; man golds, Is 5d ; oats, 2s 3d ; fowls, Is to Is 7d ; honey, 2d ; apples, 2|d to 3d ; pears, li_d; quinces, id ; local jam, 4s; cocoa nuts, 5s 6d. The clearing out sale of stock, ironmongery, fancy goods, etc., at Mr George Wright's shop, Karangahape Road, was largely attended, and all sold at good prices. Thursday: Afe mart, a sale of plumber's tools and requisites. The at tendance was large, good competition, and satisfactory prices wore obtained. The drapery, clothing, &c, sale was also well attended, and for many lines bidding was brisk; upon the whole good prices were obtained—a piano brought Ll9 Iss. Friday : Market-day sale of produce, poultry, fruit, groceries, etc. The supply of produce nob so great as usual—that of good quality meb with good demand ; in ferior difficult to get a bid for. Fruit in good supply—local and Ndson prices were also good, but little demand for Island fruit. Poultry were entered in fair quan tity, and sold as follows :—Fowls, 10d to 2s 3d ; chicks, 6d to 8d ; Brahmas, Is Gd to Is lOd ; silver Hamburgs, -is 2d each; ducks, Is 6d to 2s 9d ; turkeys, Is 3d to 3s lid; pigs, 4s'3d to 4s 6d. Produce: Pumpkins, 2s to 3s ; piemelons, Js Jd ; mangolds, Is 3d to Is 5d ; potatoes, Is 4d to3s6d; onions, -[d to Id; bacon, 3d to 5Jd ; ham, 4d to 6£d: cheese, 2d to 3£d ; butter, keg, 3d to 4Jd ; apples, ljd to 3d ; lemons, 4d to Is 2d per dozen ; oranges, GJd to 7d * guavas, 3d. "

M essrs Paoet and Ralston report having obtained the following prices at then- Friday's market sale :—Poultry : Fowls lid to ]8 7d each ; ducks, Is 6d ; turkeys' 3s 6d to 4s 2s ; geese, 3s ; small pigs, 2s 9d to <ss; pigeons, Is; bantams, o'd to 9d • Brahma fowls, 3s 3d. Produce, etc*' Southern potatoes, L 3 to L 3 5s per ton • local grown ditto, L2to L 2 10s; pumpkins' L 2 lOg to L 2 15s; piemelons, L 2 5a to L 2' 10s; onions, Id per lb ; bran, LS per ton" chaff, L 4 to L 5, sacks extra ; oats, ]god' to 2s 4d per bushel; maize, 3s 5d to 3s 8d • cheese, 2d to 4Jd per 1b 5 hams, 3d to 6d • bacon, 2gd to s|d ; salt-, butter, 3d to 4W •" honey, 3d per lb; bisouits, 2Ad to 3|d ; tea' 15s per box; sugar, 8s 6d"per 851b bao-' candles, 7|d per lb; flour, Ll2 per ton • oatmeal, Ll2 ss; lard, 3id. *

,Mn Edward Levdon reports business for the week satisfactory. The sales through out were satisfactory, and bidding waslip to the average. There is a large demand for good hams and bacon, but there is not much coming to hand; the second-class was rather hard to quit. Potatoes and carrots went cheap, owing to the market being overstocked. Good apples are scarce and fetch a high price. Furniture is hard to move, and prices rule low. Tuesday's sale of furniture : The following are a few of the prices obtained :—Suites, L 3 to L 3 10s; couches, 30s to L 2 ss; chests of drawers, 25s to L 7 ss; double iron bed steads, L 2 to L 2 10a; single ditto, 10s to 16s; spring mattresses, 25s to 30a; flax, 16s to 235. . At Wednesday's sale of vases, glassware, ornaments, and

fancy goods, the prices obtained were satisfactory to the vendor. At Thursdays sale of drapery, clothing, etc., the compe tition for the drapery and hosiory was brisk and very good prices were obtained. Xhe clothing did not fare so well; the prices ob tained For the lines that were sold were very low. Friday's sale of produce, etc. : I ota toes, L36sto L 3 15s per ton ; carrots, L 2 per ton; onions,l£d per lb ; apples, 2d to 3d per lb; hams, 5Jd to 8d perlb; bacon,4id to 6id per lb ; cheese,2d to 44d per lb ; fowls, Is 3d to 2s 2d each; etc , etc. There was also t a large quantity of furniture sold, at about the same price as quoted above. Hkskkth Aitkenano Co.'h weekly report of Pales is as follows : • Poultry : Fowls, la to 2s Gd ; ducks, Is 3d to 2s ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s Cd ; turkeys, 3s to 5s ; pigeons, 6d to Is each. Young pigs, 2s 6d to Gs ; porkers, 10s to 15s. Produce : Potatoes (Oamarus), 3s to 4s per cwt; local, 3s to 3s 6d ; cow, Is6d to2s6d per cwt; onions, Id to ljcl nor lb; cabbage,2s to 2s Gd per sack; pump kins, 2s to 3s per cwt; pie melons, 2s to 2s Gd per cwC ; oats, 2s to 2s Gd ; maize, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; wheat, 3h to 4s ; barley, 3s to 3s Gd per bushel; bran, 5s per 1001b ; oatmeal, 10s 6d to llsper 1001b ; peanuts, 2^d to2Jd nor lb. Fruit: Good eating apples, 2d to 3d per lb ; good cooking ditto, Id to 2jd per lb ; pears, l.?d to 3d ; tomatoes, lkl to 2d por lb. Horses sold as usual, accordin to quality, age, &c ; saddles and bridles, £1 to JK3; buggies, £10 to £30 ; spring traps, £12 to £20. Hido and skin sale : Cow hides, 2d to 3jd per lb ; heifer do, 2d to 3fd por lb ; bull hides, 2d to 2&d per lb ; calf skins, 2d to 3Jd por lb ; sheep skins, Is Gd to 3s each ; bones, 4b to 4s Gd por cwt. £

Notices to Correspondents.

J.H.C.—The case you put before us is one resting entirely upon evidence. If you can prove through two or more persons that the house was taken at so much per week, it is of no consequence whether you have hitherto paid the rent each month or each year. You will be a weekly tenant, and as such need only give a week's rent or notice if you wish to leave.

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

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1887.

For the cause that lacks assistance. Tor tho wrong that needs resistance Tor tho future in the distance, And tho good that ~re can do. •

The item " defence expenditure " hasi been named pretty often lately in speeches on retrenchment and financial reform, as an item to which the pruning - knife might safely be ap plied. The vote for defence pur poses on the Estimates has- been' a growing one. The initial out lay in fortifying the four principal ports of the colony was unavoidably heavy. It appears, however, from last year's accounts that the estimate of has not been exceeded. A balance of £24,794 remained to credit on the 30th of April for completion of works. When compared with the enormous expenditures at the leading seaports of adjacent colonies, wo do not consider this sum extravagant, and as a species of insurance fund against foreign marauders it is well laid out, provided that the costly tools which have been got together are efficiently handled. No doubt, the mere fact of their existence has a good moral effect upon possible enemies of England and her colonies. The words, "forts," " guns," " submarine defences," " tor pedoes," etc., when their number and character are left an unknown quan tity, would probably deter any single cruiser from attempting a descent upon one of the ports so' protected, and which otherwise would be an easy prey for any modarn Alabama. We cannot congratulate ourselves, howevex*, upon the strength of these defences being unknown. "With a simplicity that is altogether charming, the offi cers of foreign men-of:war have been allowed pretty well to-, do as they please in examining our ports and their defences. It would be un just to our military authorities, how ewer, not to believe that if there ever came a need for closing the port with submarine mines, the lines of torpedoes would be found just where they were not expected, and prob ably the naval authorities of foreign uations who have surveyed these ports will assume that there are lurking dangers to be reckoned for that are not set down on their plans or pub lished in our Blue Books. The ex penditure that has taken place on coastal defences may thus loom even more formidably in the dimness of un certainty than the reality would jus tify—a third of a million will not turn !four open harbours into Sebastapols. The annual expenditure upon de fences, is the branch to which atten tion must be directed in determining where to put in the knife. ' The New Zealand military forces consist of two divisions —the Permanent Militia and the Volunteers. The former comprises 350, divided into garrison artillery (120), field artillery (50), torpedo corps (50), engineers (20), and rifles (110)| The numbers include the officers. The • yolunteers comprise a nomi nal strength of 8,029, of whom 3,535 &ye in the North Island. Taken together, this appears quite a formidable little army. The cost of the Permanent Force last year was £29,290, and. Volunteers,. #44,747;

with another £3,390 for stores and magazines. The first item does not seem capable of much reduction if the forts we have built are to be properly manned. The Militia has absorbed the old Armed Constabulary, so that the colony is spending less now than it has done in former years for a permanent military force. With regard to the large expenditure upon Volun teers, we are by no means assured that the service is worth the money. The difficulty experienced in getting men to attend parades and to carry out the regulations with respect to class-firing is notorious. A proportion of the force is zealous, attentive, and efficient, and well worth the capitation money paid on their behalf; but there are many others whose apathy and indif ference to the duties pertaining to the position of Volunteer is a source of continual worry to their officers. It is an open question whether the Government might not for half the sum paid on Volunteers obtain an auxiliary militia force of, say, 500 men for each of the prin cipal cities in the colony, to supplement the Permanent Militia, which would be considerably more reliable than the present large paper army. The men belonging to this body would have to make the work of soldiering a business, not a pastime, submitting to regular drills, and going for a week into camp upon a fixed rate of pay. If retrenchment is to be carried out in the Defence Department, it will have to take some such shape as this, or else the regulations must be so strin gently enforced that none but Volun teers who comply with them will re ceive capitation ; the non-efficient men being thus squeezed out. For the efficient, the present inducements might be somewhat enlarged. We do not believe that it would be safe or wise to materially weaken the real military strength of the coun try. New Zealand has relied upon itself for internal defence against a warlike race for nearly twenty years, and its sons will never allow a foreign foe to land upon our shores without a struggle. We are not going to court quarrels by aggressive expeditions abroad, but we should be unworthy of the land we live in and the race to which we belong if we were unprepared to defend our own hearths and homes.

A HINT TO NEEDY CORPORA TIONS.

The Corporation of Dunedin is in rather a bad way financially, having a bank overdraft of .£33,871 12s Id, equal to about a half-year's revenue; but it would seem that the Councillors or officials have hit upon a happy means of reducing the overdraft, and restoring the city finances to a pros perous condition. In the statement of accounts of the Dunedin Corpora tion for the year ending 31st March last, there appear the following items under the heading of " receipts " :— Unemployed—Crawford-street, ,£306 17s 4d ; Dowling-street, 6s ; Cumberland-street, ,£2,721 18s Id; New-street, 8s ; Anderson's Bay Road, £36i 3s 7d; metal, 13s 2d ; Kensington Road, J£432 18s 7d. , Here we have the respectable total of ;£5,577 5s receipts credited to " the unemployed," and what we are dying to know is how the City Fathers of the Southern city have managed it. There have been " unem ployed " in Auckland as well as in Dunedin ; but our local magnates have failed to recognise them as a source of revenue. A windfall of is not to be despised, even by the Auck land Corporation, and we commend the matter to the earnest attention of some of the economists in the Council. They ought at once to inquire how the Dunedin folks have done the trick. Can it be that the "canny" folks of the capital of Otago have received grants from the Government in aid of the unemployed, and have credited the money to the street works on which the men were employed at relief works ? The Dunedin ac counts show an expenditure of p£3,534 13s 3d on " unemployed," and supposing that to'be-'the wages paid them, and 5s the value of the work done by them, the result is still astonishing. If the unemployed can be so managed as to yield an annual profit of from their work, the sooner our Councillors get put up to the " wrinkle "the better. The tendency in • the North has been to look upon the unemployed as a source of embarrassment and expense, but they would really appear to be a valu able asset if properly manipulated! Curiously enough, they figure as such in the accounts of the Dunedin Cor poration, for there is an item in the " assets " which reads : —"Unemployed, Kensington Road, £7 0s 3d." That does not throw much light, however, upon the problem of how the thing is managed. The City Council might do worse than send a deputation to Dun edin to find out the secret of convert ing the most painful symptom of the " depression " into a source of revenue. It is very annoying to think that we have a mine of wealth in our midst that is totally unproductive because of the want of the improved " crushing " apparatus that they have in Dunedin.

We advise persons who have been on the rolls in former elections to make sure that their names have not been struck off. One elector informs us that although he was on the roll before, and has continued to live in the same district for the last four years, he found on looking at the roll the other day that his name had somehow got struck out. Every man, therefore, should satisfy himself that he is not in 0, similar predicament. There is no time to be lost.

The members who returned by the Roto rua yesterday were:—Sir G., M. O'Rorke (Speaker), Hons. J. Williamson, W. Swan son, and H. Williams, M.L.C's., and Messrs Lake, Mitchelson, Monk, W. F. Buckland, Peacock, Thompson, and Hobbs, M,H.R'4

the Council ■as »* T fiv» •»¥ H Union liasdonated'ftt ttvW H money prizes in iuto;« l 0s 'to b^SS ffi The prizes.^Sgj^Si&t ■ on Monday.evening^^p^ E At the Mount Eden Vn * N W day, a matc h v.-aa X feßar^-- I number of th 6 «A » **■'^ 'taM II The conditions W er^%tyij> 1 andSOO^yardJS^fP^l termination of fi Ve 11 *:sm2? M The Victoria tZ^^tt 1 points, Tha-«rS^L^;4«Wiftl 'A" Battery pnß^wMM| to say, the Artillery dKfeCI with their rivala'-arW. 8 [% I and SSiuffiSSi; SI evening. ;EncoreßloUoS?f t »l rapid succession, andappjo* I were frequent thronßhS?^1*!! The opera wUronfv^lJliSi more nights, aa " Patiencf'S I for Thursday. ;■ X _ Albert White, Mercury BavV I Brown (DargavUle), bylg'k J the outrigger punt.race fotS4 ship of Th ls is the only champi, jn £(^A | class of boatsinNewZealandlSl in questiontesulted froma-cffi-Kl to White when'he;bSfefe| Champion Boat race lately^ ,^TMS- tion tkt White (who is agg* iTs?ifib.starfcandWonc^£| A gentleman who returned'toAA last night from- Wellington Zj} in his orerknd joumelftoSl found the, natives. at near the scene of % ■ ye ± Pl tion, in great fear, -and believing that a second and amlrS

was about to visit.the countiy.-'AtrK' mutu bells were rung all nighVajJ^B unceasingly offered by the native S«l anniversary of the appearance ik§B ash cloud. Hi On Saturday afternoon therein P late Mr P. A. WhitakerwereiiSSH Stephen's Cemetery, ParnelL StUfnJ ■I on account of the sad cirai|^S -HP rounding Mr Whitaker's; death, mi§ private one, and the cortege started ha I* the establishment of Messrs -?n4uj||-" Hall. The principal mourners, wm^ Xl pied the first carriage,, were,Sifift HI Whifcaker, the "father, and Mead X Whitaker, H. A. Whitaker, andilj iH ker, brothers of the deceased' Theseed pP carriage was occupied'■■ by,flSeis B Colonel Shepherd andMrßafe^bnfe If in-law of the deceased, ahdaybM»mii Mi The Rev. G. M. Nelson and Mtife H occupied the fourth carriage'jiffl-^ 11 C. E. Button, T. Buddie, and. lie I* §§ Thos. Russell, C.M.G., thVneiC Ifcj |3 maining carriages were occupied tyifc i| friends. At the, grave, the bu^dsn»( ; X the Church of England:was:ifed>tyi'H Rev. C. M. Nelson. f ; Max Rinkle's Jubilee, Bni^iß Pantomime Company opened attte^fli mm tural Hall on Saturday night tofrorajß house. The performance; begi|iitli^ burlesque upon BeluniV=ib|etv"«i Sonnambula," which kept the adaMs convulsions of laughter. . The^-Jp was a Jubilee pantomime, iii"wWr6 wlf' (Mr Rinkle) and harlequin (Mr VhW lace) were most successful. tywisjw amusing performance,,,and.isitairtli well patronioed. The programmß|li|| repeated to-nighfc. I Our words upon the unsurpasssdiiis* of some of the land in to Bay W!^ I when we were pointing out,,the;-!Sf^il of that part of the .coiintiy: for : Sod I Settlement, has been just jsrfMDglybE* I by a letter to hand to-day. f-MafJ B the new settlement of Te PuKj'WJ*.! joins the Papa Moa block 1tfyW;«»l ferred in our article, .the, letfes* ■ from Tauranga, says: "We art P*l counts of the maize crop at Te Puk. IWI acres of Vercoe's (Setter's.fann)j»ls | bushels to the acre; Galb^mKil to the acre; Foster's, 75 bushels^ismj | others about the same." - ~ | Another attempt is being fflyj1! I organise an assembly in the Offliann ■ Hall, Ponsonby. One; dance,te « t been held, and another will take plus JI Wednesday next, the 15ft n* J" orchestral department is under -mmst of the energetic Messrs Adamite" Ponsonby Road. . A gentleman who takes a pHl**'! interest in the welfare -of van* J stitutions suggests,that a stef^ should be provided &r,«g rama Training School." as a J« In bad weather it is impssiU.l^, in the Training Scnoolt|V| an accident should happen, tteM present no means of q^. tion with Auckland and ■ no-vg** communication. »"»^£!iSl steam, launch were provided there^ be a saving of cost at'once^ii, «* with the supplies of ;pr^ff^ our correspondent thinks that tfie^v^ of Parliament who hawbeen at W^ j a whole months L2lo^W^, tribute, as well as Hnd-heartw p t generally in the community. ;;" ,\ _ Mr Pooley's concert at f^J y yesterday afternooniW*^ * Jreciati/e audiencetog^j-j£J formance of the choir, through,,^ programme was , eminently The principal item s w thlSlP "Naaban," an oratbno ty.L®% : o heard, perhaps, on aflJP^ Irf culties that have to. be ff «* none^ the less. beautiful s j and treatment.1 M* *%*§£&,!& was indeed a gem. It*W» i .^ 0p : of the Shunamite woma| ij^ with a recitation H^Z." Ibejoy* " Come in, 0 Shunaimte, :Eopr^ the mother is rung ■ ous^j g^ (Madame Pooley).«; I f followed by the childs ,^^ ft in Heaven " {also by M^;^ « aria being relieved H&^m of boys singing^;, m t ;rf God of Might," :-M%M;& was most touching a»4ffi^orftj singing of Madame Pogg scena was.that/ the applause that greefceg^tal^ showed that higa-f °S gave «• J unappreciated. MrßurgJ^ at , teVl fiJ Salutaris" adapted M^^ff J,

It 5 ho»ldbe»so»r«»/g' t tf»*,*; youths' long trousei ; J« 00i JJ men's sac suits ftW^&ifgr nels (white and oolour?o|«, ; ,., ; ., and inspect. -(Advi-J

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, MONDAY, JtTNE 13. 1881

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BETTER BUY" NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. HALF-PRICE LACE CURTAINS. - 200 Pairs at GARLICK AND CRAN WELL'S. PATENT SPRING ROLLER WINDOW BLINDS, from 3s Cd.-GAKLICK AND CRANWKLL. MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at Half-price, now being sold by GARLICK AND CRANWELL. IRON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; very cheap. A few left at GARLICK AND OR AN WELL'S. TRONG CANE CHAIRS, from 3a Od. At GARLTCK AND CKANWELL'S. TAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is Gd per yard. At GARLICK AND CKAN WELL'S. T INOLEUM, from 2s 3d por yard. JU At GARLICK AND C RAN WELL'S. P' ERAMBULATORS from J2s to £5. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. KAPOK DOWN BEDS, greatly re duced in price, by GARLICK AND CRANWKLL. BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli very. Blankets. Sheets. Quilts, etc., etc._ HALF - TESTER, FRENCH^ AND STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices to suit the times.—G. & C. OILCLOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash pricc.-GARLICK AND CRANWELL. HOUSES FURNISHED THROUGHOUT. DINING AND DRAWING lIJOM FURNITURE. BEDROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. . CHURCH AND OFFICE FURNITURE. GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. "I 4 DAY'S ILLUMINATION OF THE FACES OF OUR CUSTOMERS. We have decided not to spend monoy on gas lluminations. but to givo our customers the benefit of it by making Great Reductions in our Prices for 14 DAYS' ONLY. GREAT JUBILEE FOR BOOT BUYERS. ECONOMY BOOT SHOP. VICTORIA-STREET. FIRST-CLASS FARM AT OPUNAKE. FOR SALE.-That well-known Good Farm, owned by Mr S. A. Breach, adjoining the Town Belt, Opunake. containing 720 acres, all in the best of English grasses. A certain fortune to a practical man. For price and terms apply to W. & J. FRATER. _ Land Agents. Auckland. ILLUMINATIONS. JAPANESE LANTERNS AT KELSEY'S, opposite tho Town Clock. Also, JUBILEE NECKLETS, MEDALS, QUEEN'S LIKENESS, FLAGS, &c, &c, &c. AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. fa oardJ J^/JR FREDK. E. BAUME, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Vulcan Lane, > AUCKLAND. [a oaed.] jjyp CHARLES E. PURCHAS, BARRISTER AND SOtftCITOB. CHAMBERS: 18. Shortland-strect, Auckland _ (next Stab Office). TJURGLARY. 'jpo R *T>EWARD. Between ten p.m. on Saturd ay, the 28th. and ten a.m. on Sunday., the 29th of May! *Hn'. Bna THE LONDON ARCADE WAS BURGLARIOUSLY ENJTERED, AND WATCHES, ANH GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLER V (Of the Va)hie of at m\t £350) WERE STOLEN TH OSREFROM. £25 IiEW ARD WILL BE PA' CD BY 0. XV. G O O D S O N i a^ r .' perSOD eMng< such ?jiformation as shall ieaa to tho recover y of .the stolen property. A SK your Grocers 'for Royal Rerny's fer-wF^'Pian<^;llb * «es,net weight. It Is KfcTß '* h AB<!nt fOr thQ ManU



mo WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. -^ W. S. LAURIE & Co. ,_„ . Have for Sale : Winter and Spring Seed Wheats (Analyses may be inspected). NMtratO of Soda, Ammonia, Potash Guanos-Island and Peruvian Wire, Sacks, Twine, &c, &c. CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. HELLING OFF! QELLINO OFF! LAST MONTH OF SALE. FURTHER REDUCTIONS, MISS BACON, 255, QUEEN-STEEET, is leaving for Melbourne in July. Her Stock of Fancy Goods, Wools, Silks, etc., must bo cleared. Butterick's Paper Patterns, half price, ■ FIXTURES FOR SALE. , TUBILBE ANNOUNCEMENT. aj) ______ All loyal subjects oC Her Most Gracious Majesty Queon Victoria ought to purchase a One Pound Parcel of Groceries, and receive us a present a Tin of Bycrof t's Bout Mixed Biscuits. Prices as usual, fully ten per cent, lower than any other house in the trade. EARLE & MONTGOMERY, Karancaiiape Road. TUST PUBLISHED, "CALAMO CURRENTE, on Casual Sketches on Tiitkgs ix General," including THE FINDING OF NOAH'S ARK, Sec. By G. M. REED (" Pollcx.") PRICE-ONE SHILLING. To bo had of all Booksellers. EVERY LADY HER OWN DRESS MAKER. BUTTERICK'S CUT PAPER PATTERNS to suit present Fashions. Invaluable for Teaching Girls the Art of Dressmaking. With their assistance the least experienced dressmaker (if she bo only a deft needlewoman) can shape and mako a garment that when finished will appear the work of an accomplished modiste. Metropolitan Fashions, illustrating the above (8 pages), monthly Id, 2s per antuim, post free to any address. Agcnt-W. P. OOLIVIE, Draper. Victoria street West, and at KDGAR & Co., Dyers, Wellcsley-street, from 2 to 5 p.m. SPECIAL itTOTI C.E. _Li WILSON, WILLIAMS, AND. McCULLAGH Bog to annonnco that tboyhavo purchased tho Stock of Mr William Rattray, Draper, 180, Queen-Btroot, will offer tho same to tho public in » few days, of. whlohduo notice wjill bo given. I O~"VERCOATS in Great Variety, ab J. Dalton'e, Victoria-street East. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: Tho Executors of the late Thomas Short havo decided not to illuminate their premises on Jubiloo Night, but will instead give valuable and unique Jubilee Presents to each customer purchasing on any of the Three Days prior to the celebration, to tho extent of 2s (id. and up wards, in accordanco with tho am</?int of the outlay. TRY my GOs Suits. They are real nice, with an Extra Pair of Trousers for r_ othing. —J. H. Dalton, Tailor. MT QAUNDERS Is showing a Large and Well-assortal Stock of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY BEST MAKES. MANUKAU ROAD, PARNELL. ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. - JOHN WHITE, TAILOR AND HABIT MAKER, \ S9 and _1, Victoria-street (next Union Bank),-1 Invites inspection of his now premises, which are now tho most convenient and central in tho city. He has just opened up a Choice Assortment of Season's Goods ex s.s. Arawa, embracing the no west designs in Fancy Coi itings, Tweeds, and Worsteds, &c i. MACINTOSHES, a Bargain.--At J. H. Dalton's, Tailor, Victona-streot East. T> EDUCTION OF MEDICAL WEES TO X-J . ENGLISH RATES. Dr. ROBERT HALL BAKEWETjL, M.D., M.R.G.S., Eng., and L.M., Hot )3on-street, Auckland (two doors from corner of Cook street), lato Visiting Physician Ch ristchurch. Hospital. Fees for consultation, including medicine, 2s 6d; for visits, incluc ling medi cine, ss. AJI fees strictly cash ;no boi )king. R. BOND, (late Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital). • Karangaliapo Road, near corner 01: Upper Queen-street. Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 a in., 2 to 3 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. At Edso. n's, 200, Queen-street: 11 a.m., 12.30 p.m. Telephc me, 132. A CARD DR. LEGER ERSON, Parnell (la- be Dr. Goldsbros residence), attends tot. r Con sultation: At Homo, 8 to a a.m., and . 3 p.m. Aickin's Pharmacy, Queen-street, 1 to 2 and 7' to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Panmure and OtahuJ) v. ' Telephone HO.



mo ADVERT IS ER S. ABBOTT'S OPERA HOUBE. The Proprietor of the above baa decided to Lot a few Valuable Positions inside Abbott's Opera House for advertising purposes. For particulars aa to price, position, etc., apply to J. H. WITHEFORD, Shortland-street T XF "WITHE FORD lIAS REMOVED TO THOSE CENTRAL PREMISES IN THE VICTORIA ARCADE, Shortland-street (between the Post Office and Queen-street) T TW -WITHEFORD, NEWS AND ADVERTISING AGENCY, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Representing . Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Mail Melbourne Argus, Australasian Otago Daily Times and Witness Lyttelton Times, Canterbury Time 9 Wellington Post, etc. RAILWAY ADVERTISING. * * Business Notices promptly fixed at all Stations' along the Line at the shortest notice. FOR SALE, at Onehunga, near the Woollen Factory, about 3i acres of Vol canic Land, with House of four rooms, out buildings, etc. Price and particulars at J. H. Witheford's, Shortland Street. LAKE TAKAPUNA. — For Sale, 10 Acres, near Huratmere, sea frontage, steamer passes twice a week, close to main road to Devonport; price. £15 per, acre: land in the immediate neighbourhood sells at £100 per acre. —J. 11. Witheford, Shortland-streot.



How true is the term applied to the melan choliomisanthorpe—that his views are always jaundiced. His blood seems as if it were adulterated with the yellow secretions of the liver, and his vision tinged with the dim and dismal hue of the Abbey vaults. Yet tho cause is not far to seek. He hath a liver! This organ is to blame. Various vegetable medicines act powerfully on the liver, but few so reliably as Podophyllin (mandrake) andEuonomyn (wahoo) with Taraxacum. These powerful alteratives are in Aickin's Liver Stimulant, price, 2s 6d; try also the celebrated Podophyllin Pills. No. A.—lnquire at the Pharmacy, Queen-street