SHIPPING.

Sunset—This evening, L 49. Sunrise—To-morrow morning, 7.18. •Moon's Age—Full Moon; sth, 8.13 p.m. '<-

HIGH WATER.

Auckland — This afternoon, 3.28; to-mdr rov) morning, 4.3. • Manukau Heads. — This evening, 6.8; to morrow morning, 6.43. Kaipara Heads.— This evening, ..8; to morrow morning, 7.13.

ARRIVALS.

Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei Clansman, s.s., from Russell lona, s.s., from Barrier Christina, schooner, irom Whangarei Handa Isle, schr., from Brisbane

Departures.

Chelmsford, s.s., for Opotiki

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Rotomahana, from Thames, to-day, 6.30

p.m. Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-morroWj 5 p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Sunday, noon. Doric, from Plymouth, July 31

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Crusader, sh., from London Rangitikei, sh., left London May 3 Lutterworth, bq., left London April 7 Routenbeck, 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 Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel ton and Dunedin Smaragd, bn., left Dunedin June 30 Oceola, from Dunedin Camille, from Dunedin Wenona, bq., left Townsvillc June 1 Mariner, schr., from Rarotonga Ada C. Owen, bn., from Rarotonga Olive, schr., from a cruise Omaha, bn., from Chatham Islands Maile, schr., from Tonga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, sh., for London, loading Easterhill, bq., for London, early Nellie M. Slade, for New York, early

IMPORTS.

Per Peerless and Darcy Pratt, from Oamaru: 457 sacks white Tartar oats, 360 sacks potatoes, CO sacks kidney potatoes, and 200 sacks Meek's flour.—Gunson and Martin. Per Gael and Notero, from Lyttelton : 240 sacks kidney potatoes; 530 bags Wood's flour, 220 sacks fowl wheat, and 60 sacks sharps. —Gunson and Martin.

The s.s. Saxon left Russell for this port on the 27th ult.

The brigantine Magellan Cloud is load ing at Lyttelton for this port. The brigantine Myrtle was to have left Dunedin for this port about this date. The barque Notero, which arrived yes terday afternoon, made a good passage of five days from Lyttelton. She berthed at the Railway Wharf.

The Auckland barque Devoiqo.t cleared at Oamaru on June 25th with 3,747 sacks wheat for Lauiiceston.

The only vessel at Whangaroa when the Clansman called was the Jiio. Knox. There were no vessels loading at Mongonui. The brigantine Smaragd left Dunedin for this port yesterday with grain, etc. The R.M.S. Rimutaka left Lyttelton for London at .6,30 p.m. yesteulay. The names of passengers booked at Auckland were published on Monday last. The last of the whalers left Bussell this morning, and Constable Lamb, who had been there to assist Constable MeGilp dur ing the busy season, returned here by the s.s. Clansman. .', * The Centurion is a clean ship, having just put out the last of her cargo to-day. She will leave for Peru, ballasted, about the middle of .next week. The s.s. lona arrived from Great Barrier this morning. Passengers :—Messrs Ryan and Flynn. > The three-masted schooner Handa Isle; which left Brisbane on the 18th instant, arrived this afternoon. She brings a cargo . of coal and bonedust.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei at an early hour this morning. Pas sengers (saloon) : Messrs McPherson, Porter, Moody, Buckhurst, Sergeaunt, Thorn, Hutchinson, McKenzie, McKenzie, Killen, Calbert, Wliimp, Humphreys, Bennett, Davidson, Elliot, Carr, Revs. Norrie, Runciman, Mesdames Hickson, Brennan, King, Misses Watson, Dent. White, McLoed, and 9 in the steerage.

• The s.s. Clansman arrived from Northern ports this morning. Passengers: Mr and Mrs ahd : Miss Smith, Mr and Mrs Swift ahtLchildf Mrs and Miss Woolton, Con s' table Lamb, Mrs Purknie, Miss Jones Miss Rhodes, Mrs Rose and Miss William son; Mr and Mrs Dixon, Mrs Hall, Mrs J- Nettercool, Mr and Mrs Rheinhart and son, Mrs Osborne, Mrs Sillick, Mrs Stewart, Messrs T; ; Dixon, J. White, L. T. Williams, . Mackenzie, Parker, Henderson,, A. B. Wayhi, W. Callagan, Hart, Keatly, Guth rie, Warneford, Wright, Tamata, Coirea. Cotter, Thorburn, Fergusson, Kritlan, J. Frear, E. Matthews, J. Williamson, H. W. Bishop, J. Flavell, W. Flavell, J. White, Fuller, J. Murchie.

THE TAINUI.

The Shaw, Savill & Albion Company's R.M.S. Tainui arrived at Hobart from Ply mouth at 9 a.m. yesterday morning, the voyage thus far having occupied 39 days, inclusive of all stoppages. The Tainui coaled at Hobart and left again in the after noon for Wellington, where she should ar rive about Monday evening next. She brings 123 passengers for New Zealand ports. Auckland mails, passengers, and cargo will .be forwarded by coastal steamers and the former will probably arrive in the Manukau by the Wanaka on Thursday next. '!

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

" DEPARTURE. WaatkVa, a..., Grant, for,Lyttelton

.The Union Co.'s sis. Wanaka, Captain «rant, for Lyttelton and way ports, took her departure this afternoon, with 20 tons general cargo and several passengers.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

MvfXoxK, June 29. Arrrivecl:. William f Phillips, from Auckland. June 29. Arrived: Barque Trowbridge, from Napier. ..Wellington,; June 30.—Sailed:- S.s. Rotorua, for the North. Passengers : Dr. alters, Messrs Emerson and Meek, Misses •ndManty, Mrs Emerson, and 3 in the " -.thv V . '~;;,, ;: ■•■''. they inniH,' June 30. — Arrived : not thmk«„ a) G-30 m _ i-■ tion of old ... . the Bible,.arra Amved: Gairloch, ' mind. lam gla.^ R,oman Catholics airailed : Mana , as teachers and schol-gers : Mes ■■> any change annoying to Houghton, _E.-CaBB. ■ ■ _ "' \ Mnnt ; iy ;.."■■! t — rr*— *^dwin,

Protection.

(To the Editor.) 0,,' -Jwhile-etiiing considerable Sh GeSGrey as a citizeri and a man that ™ ,h cSot

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, this day.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.— Grain seeds, horse feed, etc. : The supply has been adequate, and demand steady at the previous week's values. We quote : Feed oats, 2s 3d per bushel; Tartarian, 2s 8d ; barley, 3s 9d ; maize, 3s 8d ; bran, 4s 6d per 1001b ; sharps, 5s 6d; Oamaru potatoes, L 3 2s Gd per ton ; oaten chaff, L 3 10s to L 4 per ton. Horses : Rather a limited number have been brought for ward ; purchasers were forthcoming, and most of the horses changed hands at fully the previous week's values. At the Durham Yards on Friday, those of a good stamp were but poorly represented, and scarcely an average number of other description were submitted and disposed of with out change in value Wool, hides, 'skins: Above an average quantity have been pitched, and steady demand has existed, and there remained an unsatisfied demand for good heavy ox hides. We quote : Cow hides, 2gd to 3Jd ; medium ox, 3Jd ; heavy ox, 4d to 4|; calfskins, 3.|d to 4'd per lb ; sheepskins, 2s lOd to 3s 8d each ; wool in bags, 7d per lb. Cattlo : There has been an increased number of store and fat beasts brought forward, but dairy cows were short of requirements, There was an upward tendency in value for all descriptions. Tho Newmarket yards were fairly well filled on Tuesday, and there was spirited demand for all descriptions, and with the exception of store stocks, prices were in favour of the vendor as compared with the previous week. Sheep: The Newmarket pons were fairly idled on Tues day, and there was spirited demand throughout the sale. Wethers sold at from lis 3d to 16s each ; ewes, lis to 13s. ' Pigs : Very few yarded.

Mr Alfred Buckland's Weekly Re tort. —At the Haymarket, on Friday, June 24, fodder was in usual supply and brought from 2s 3d to 3s 3d the ewt; maize was lower in price and sold at 3s to 3s 3d ; oats at late values, 2s 2d to 2s 3d the bushel; carrots fell in price 10s tho ton, and with the large quantities offering, are likely to go lower yet; they were sold at 50s ; bran, L 4 10s ; pollard, L 5 5s ; chaff, L 4 the ton. Horse stock were in usual number. Active, medium draught brought from Lll to Ll4 10s; light-harness, L 5 to L 9 ; riding horses, from 40s and up wards. At" the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, a larger than usual supply was offered, prices were fully sustained. Good medium ox hides brought up to 4|d ; calfskins, 4Jd the lb ; damaged and dirty, 2£d to 3d ; bones, 4s 9d ; tallow, 13s the ewt. Skins are in better inquiry, full wooled station brought from 2s Cd to 3s lid each. At Pukekohe, on Monday last, dairy cows were yarded in full numbers, but prices were lower than on previous month. Store cattle at late values, and a few fat cattle sold well. At Papakura, on Wed nesday, there was the usual muster of cattle, which were well competed for and satisfactory prices obtained for them. At Rcmuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were numerous, but at lower prices, and unless of good quality were of no better value than ordinary store cattle. Store cattle were in steady demand at late values. Fat cattl- were in usual number, but generally of heavier weight than usual, and were at lower values. Moderate and light weights sold relatively at higher prices, which ranged from 15s to 18s the 1001b. Sheep were in full number, and at last week's value 3. Pigs also kept their pi ice. Calves plentiful, but were required, and sold satisfactorily.

Messrs G. W. Binney and Sox's Re port. —Hides : At our sales on Friday and 'f ties-Lay last, prime heavy ox were in brisk detu.'-.'io, from 4Jd to 4yd, 30s to 34s eacli ; heavy, 4£d, 22s to 265. each; medium weights, about.s6lb, 3Jd to 3_d ; heavy cow hides, 3|d to 3_d; medium weights, 2Jd to 3d ; light cow" and kips, 3d to 3_d ; calfskins in strong demand from to yd for prime; average quality, 3Jd; stag hides, ljd'to 2d, 7s to 13s each ; damaged and cut, at nominal prices only. Sheep skins : Sold local butchers', delivered at their yards, 4s to 4s 6d each ; country skins are in short supply, and realise full rates ; best salted, 3s to 3s Cd ; dry, 2s Cd to 3s ; station, dry, Is to 2s Bd. Tallow, 10s to 13s per ewt; rough fat, Id per lb ; bones, 5s per ewt; shanks, 6s to 7s per ewt; wool, 6d to C.d per lb.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prim,e fresh, lOd; cheese, good fac tory, 4d to 4fd per lb ; Canterbury, none ; Eggs, Is 6d ; Lard, in bladders, 5Jd ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, scl to 7d ; Hams, B|d to 9d; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 7d; Bacon and Hams in equal num bers, 7id j Hams, B|d.

Flour Market.—Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 15s to £12 • Lamb's ' Premier, £12 15s; Standard, £11 las ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4; local sharps, £5 10s and £6; Southern do., none; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6cl; maize, 3s Cd to 3s 7d ; Southern potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; pearl barley, do., 20s; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaft, oatmeal, &c., sold including sacks.

| Kauri Gum, Flax, &c—During the [ past the market has been very i active, and has an upward tendency. Prices are very firm, and a large business has been don-j at the following rates:—Fair to good, £45 to £46; superior, £47 and upwards; East Coast, £58 to £60, and some large transactions as hio-h as £61 and £62. Supplies for June, 532 tons. Flax, per ton, £14 to £17 ; tow, ditto, £5 to £7 ; fungus, per lb, 2|cl to ; cocoa-nut fibre, 15s to 17s per ewt. Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 28s per ton. • yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines' 13s ; at yards, 26s ; screened,* 28s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, ISs to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s 6d, 12s ; at yard, steam, 17s | Gel; household, 225; Whangarei, at mine, j 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; ' delivered, 245. Firewood: Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s 6d to Ss 6d per ton ; delivered! 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to 16s. . - ,

Building Materials.—Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved' first-class, 14s ; medium, lis ; second-class' 9s■;'; rusticated weather boards, 1 first-class' 14s; medium, lis ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), Os ; sft (heart), lis 6d,,145; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 18s ; 6ft,'l9s: Hobart rails, 80s, sellingquotations. Bricks' at Avondale, 30s per 1000 ; town yards, 30s to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s • 15 inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1000 • socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot • 15 inches, 4s 6d per foot ; 12 inches, 3s pet foot ; 9 inches, 2s per foot; G inches, Is per foot; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7cl per foot. ■.

Manures.-Bonedust: Sydney, £7 15s to £9, according to quality ; boneilour, £9 tq £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Long Island do., £4.los,,vbar. s included : Hurst's chemical manure, £13.°

CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND.

Jlfer-oto..

Notice to Correspondents.

A.G.H. (Parnell). — The residents should send a letter of complaint to the Borough Council, when, no doubt, the grievance will be remedied.

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

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

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1887.

' People who believe that a country is most prosperous when its exports ex ceed its imports will be somewhat puzzled by the trade returns of New Zealand for the past few years. The depression last year was probably the most seySre experienced by the colony during the last decade, yet the statis tics for that period show that the im ports and exports were, more nearly balanced in 1886 than in any year of the preceding ten. In 1887 the ex ,cess of imports over exports was over j in 1887, it ex ceeded ; in 1879, it was more than in 1880,* ,£1,100,000 ; in 1881, j£M00,000; in 1882, ,£2,000,000; in 1883, in 1884, in 1885, but in ISB6 the difference was. only the imports being ;£6,759,013 and the exports The explanation is simple. The lower values of imports were due to'diminished'purchasing power, and were thus an effect of; the depression — not its cause. Tthey were also due in no small degrees to the decreased values of the imported articles—-a consequence of the severe depression that prevails in. all othe.r the \world, and of the apprecia tion of gold, the goods imported.;

representing a smaller sum in! coin than before.

These returns, bring out some in teresting facts regarding New Zealand's trade with the sister colonies of Austral asia. New South Wales is a long way our best customer. We exportedjto that colony in 1886 (including £178,043 "worth oi gold) goods to the value of £822,361, and the imports thence were valued at From Victoria the imports were £607,798, and the exports £663,896, but of the latter £400,846 were represented by gold. Of general New Zealand merchandise, chiefly home - grown produce exclusive of gold, therefore, New South Wales took from us .-/,644,315, and Victoria only ,£263,050. Our trade with the other colonies is thus represented :— Queensland, ex ports £92,560, imports £35,729; South Australia, exports £45,951, and imports £22,319; Tasmania, exports imports Taking the five great colonies named, the total exports from New Zealand were £1,688,464, and the imports £1,315,956, leaving a balance in our

favourof but it must be borne in mind that included in the New Zea land exports was gold to the value of £578,889.

The smaller export trade to Vic toria than to New South Wales is not wholly due to the Protective policy of the former colony. The agricultural industry being much more advanced there, the people really require less imported grain and dairy produce than the older colony consumes. One might naturally expect, however, that New South Wales, enjoying free trade and dealing so liberally in our produce, could have run Victorian merchants off in competing for the supply of those miscellaneous articles of merchandise that make up the bulk of the inter colonial imports. A perfect system of drawbacks, however, and an arrange ment of the tariff so as to press heavily only upon articles which the colony can produce, has 'enabled the Melbourne merchants to hold their own in the keen competition for the trade of the southern colonies. The chief items of export from New Zea land to Victoria are oats and timber, while our imports extend over the whole list of general merchanise. Of drapery alone, we imported £12,091 from Victoria, and only £3,239 from New South Wales. The Sydney mer chants should look into this, and show a little more energy in pushing their trade. Naturally the colony would deal more freely with a col ony that opens wide its ports to our producers than with one which does very little exchange business with us, and if Free Trade confers such mercantile advan tages as its champions maintain, the predominance of Victorian merchant dise in the New Zealand markets is due solely to the greater energy of its trading community...... , r .

AN INDUSTRIAL WAR.

Competent authorities have frequently asserted that the war of the future would be an industrial one, and there arc signs that the world is entering, if it has not actually entered, upon that phase of conflict. From the United States we had lately intimation that the Government had sent back to Ireland a batch of pauper emigrants, and the working classes of the great Republic may well stand aghast at the enormously rapid rate at which the flood of European emigration flows westwards. Not only in the Protectionist States, but in Free-trade England,the pinch of indus trial competition is being keenly felt, and there is a great outcry being made against the influx of cheap German labour and the free admission of foreign products and manufactures to the market. Even the Franco-German war, which many people have expected to break out through the' agency of bombs and magazine guns, may not improbably be fought out on indus trial lines. The Parisians have tabooed German music and other and more tangible products of the Fatherland, while the Germans have retaliated by practically prohibiting French artisans from plying their calling on German soil. All over the world, in one shape or another, this new phase of the struggle for existence is coming to the front. In some places it takes the form of sugar bounties, in others of protective, tariffs, in others again of speculative "rings" in wheat or cotton, whiei. are .counteracted by movements like $_c Knights of Labour organisa tion, bounties and tariffs represent the international form of warfare, while" capitalist " rings " and labour unions correspond to "civil" or fratricidal; strife;, but wherever we look '• 'the- • fact is painfully evident that if mcii have beaten their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning -hooks, they have not yet thjeir iiibom love of strife and ""the -accursed lust of conquest. They have changed their weapons, that is alj; .A humane civilisation- has taught'them the folly of hacking and maiming each other on the bloody battle field,'and- they have adopted the tactics of trying'to starve.each other by in dustrial competition. j In this new war, the Chinese nation will constitute an important element. Industrious, ingenious and economical, the Chinese labourer is- fitted to hold his own against those of any nation on the globe. In America, his competition has already been keenly felt, and the Australasian colonies have for some time been fully alive to the import ance of keeping the immigration of Mongolians in check. In nearly all these colonies a lieavy poll-tax is levied on Chinamen'arriving to take up their abode; Queensland and New South Wales have'long been, agitating against

- * J li the continual influx of Celestials, im now Victoria has'taken up tho c.|| For some time the number of in the latter colony had decreased, M| of late it has be.eh increasing, ail? the Trades HaU* Council of I#| bourna* have been considerpj. | how $ grapple T with the efiV| In the Victorian capital the Chirese have got hold of the cheap furniture trade, and seem likely to drive | the | Melbourne cabinet-makers out of the market. Some speakers at the Trad€& Council pointed put, justly, that it was Melbourne working men themselves who were responsible, as it was they who bought cheap products and manufactures of the Chinese, and the remedy was to " boycott" all China men. It is not improbable that the] true reason of the visit of the Chinese: Commissioners to Australia is to find an o"tlet for the surplus populaj tion... of the Flowery Land; in} deed, so much was almost admitted the other dayby one of these officials General Wong Yung Ho and his felloy commissioner were entertained at the Town- Hall at Ballarat, the former is. reporter! to have said :—" The Chinesb. Were a law-abiding and industrious race, but those of them in the coloiy represented the poor -class of tie race, but those of them' in the colqiy represented the poor 'class of §w Celestial Empire. Chinese in faj'ly good circumstances would never lelye their native land." ••■ From |his it would seem that the Chijese Government in their Celestial srpei| ciliousness towards outer par-, barians, .only look upon Australia in the light of a free shoot for jhe paupers and outcasts of"the Enjpjie, and with that admission..before jtlfeir eyesjthe colonial Governments yojld be imbecile indeed if they did not jat once take moreteffective means.lcf checking the objectionable influx; ihe Melbourne "Age" suggests the com plete prohibition of the- landing] of Chinese paupers, and that is certanly not ■an extreme step when the United States Government' (pp- ■ posed to be largely controlled jby the Irish-American party) can (top the immigration of poor Inshnen. Leaving out of sight the moral sice of the Chinese question, it is plain that an Anglo-Saxon combinatioß is! re quired to defeat the Mongol lordss in the industrial' war now beinj entered upon. '•'■-... :| ;J

About 5.30 last night an elderlyjlady sustained an unpleasant accident in »Pitt- e street. She was walking in front; of Mr Garriock's drapery establishment, wh|n by some means she slipped and fell lieavily upon the pavement. The result was that a nasty cut was received on the face/ from which the unfortunate woman bled pro fusely. A good - natured woman who resided in Vincent - street brought a basin of warm water Tand bathed the woman's face, while Dr. Purchas was summoned. Upon arriving that gentleman saw that the cut was not dangerous, and at once ordered the woman.ito be removed to her home, in Claremont-street, Ponsonby. An express was accordingly procured, and che woman was, conxeyedihoine- about an hour after the accident, j

Mr Baddeley, the new sheriff and assist ant R.M. for Auckland,-retires from the position of R.M. at Ashburton, Canterbury, on the pension of L22o'a year. He has been nearly 30 years in the public service. He was clerk of the R.M. Court in . Auck land in Captain Beckham's time (18C2-3). As'sheriff of Auckland he 1 would be paid by fees, so that an assistant.magistrate is pro vided without any further cost to the tax payers. Mr Baddeley has great experience of criminal cases. i

The remains of the late Mr R. Wood, who was accidentally shot at Tamahere, were interred in the Hafailton East. Ceme tery on Wednesday. The funeral cortege was a large one, including about twenty vehicles and a large number of horsemen. The religious service wis conducted by the Rev. R. O'C. Biggs, iincumbent . of' St, Peter's, assisted by the' Rev. W. Calder, of All Saints', Auckland. Universal sym pathy is expressed for Ihe bereaved parents in their terrible sorrow.

. The three-masted schooners Abiel Abbot and Wm. Phillips leftf this port bound for New York on March .9th last. They were towed out of "port on. on each side of the s.s. Awhina, and got[a fair start on a long ocean race. The arrhal of the Abiel Abbot is announced- by cable, so* that she has completed the voyage under 92 days, but the Wm. Phillips's arrival has not yet been reported. ■' | -.

Theatre-goers will be pleased to learn that Mr Wybert Rkve has arranged for a 14 weeks' tour of tke colony, commencing at Invercargill on August '2, and visiting Dunedin, Oamaru, iTimarn, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, Napier, and Gisborne. Thechief attraction will be a farcical comedy, "A? Night Off," now in its seventh week at fthe:Theatre Royal, Melbourne, the New; Zealand rights of which he has purchased from, Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove; Father Vaggioli.Hvlio proceeds to Italy on Tuesday next, will give a lecture to the Coromandelites on Friday evening, subject —" The Respective Constitutions of Conti nental Europe, England and New Zealand.' Father Vaggioli is an Italian by birth and education, and has not been long o the colony. The City Halloas! crowded with skateis last evening, antl during to-day a lar<.e number of perSois were present. The man agement having received so much encour agement have resolved that in future the rink will be open all day from 10 a.m. unii 5 p.m., special arrangements being made for ladies during the mornings. The members of the A, Battery o Artil lery mustered in" good number at the Drill-shed last niglit, when Captain Payne and Sergt.-Major. Lipscombe put them through a course *of big gun drill. When the parade concluded the captain drew at tention to the nef instructions issued for field artillery said that the drill was exactly the same as that in which they had been already instructed. He also mj timated that Mr Hoffman, an honorary member of the feattery. had presented a trophy, and suggested that the Company should pick "their* best members for the com petition. i\ J. ,-•'■■■■ ■ MrC. F. Jani-s, who has been shipping clerk to Messrs Stone Bros., has severed his connection with that firm and entered into partnership with Mr Younghusband. The new firm will carry on the business of ship ping, customs, and general commission agents under Tthe title, of C. F. James and Company. Mr James was yesterday, pre sented with a handsome silver-mounted ink stand by his fellow employees in Messrs Stone Bros establishment. The presenta tion was made by Mr White, and suitably acknowledged. |. '.';.. * The charge for cutting off and turning on unpaid water supplies, is ten, shillings. Persons who have not paid the water rates clue should, notfe at once,, and save un necessary .outlay. ..:;;,- ;..,.., < ~,.., ■

• aware! fe^»*»o. 1 i was fhl swn in a m J ie v***- I 3 l Soffe ete,tb9 1 V.furni infthim with exact ™-T- g8 § •theh|ol,b I -™« come|elative to the horizon ha I dwect lo i_ o |he,' C o met . s nucleus* 5 I m nether its il was perpendicular \ n 7v. 1 lf KprI 1! ' cr ***g to note that Lieut I ■ wi,v >een led to address Mr 1 COBvVVf *T? thr °^ h SSJS copy of t*e tab-given'Wnv-hv rw • farquhar.of c fife r<^ her ?Pf of fc he annualmeetins- of tl J ni ro T he c °mmittee: . T. Phillips ' lasfevenSafc 6 CelvHt i 6 y ,cult «ral Hall was v f y «S? ' and P ?? Sed off succes M ffit a T dl ™„ e ? tltled of the SnM Pia i l s^cl fy c ompo-ed for Sr 1 ? 7P& Produced for the first tarne r «iAkland In the'first scena. general, caf an and soldiers are discovered.! WHit delivered by the General re. j S _ tt of the Prince Im-: Penal, whei k flourish of trumpets is heaJd and the Prince enters. 1 ?. c a combat between tho ! a nnce and Jetewayo; and, seeing that 1 Utewayoisisting defeat, two Zulus come! to his-assisHce.-iThe-Prince is equal to' tne;..occash and fights the three. 1 Another;,' C( fole 0 f natives appear, and' stab ■ the,; rihee in the back with* assegais.- h falls and the natives flee/ Martial muV is heard in the distance, and Prince gives a short discourse, a >r which he expires with the words,;' Pa well, mother," upon his lips. Abler is fened with muskets, on which the-Prince 1 i placed, covered with the| Union Jack A procession follows and con cludes the.j irformance. On.the whole a .capitabeve ng's entertainment may ba anticipated : .; ; , / \ Dnringtl quarter ended yesterday there', entered Lairds at the Customs here 54 i vessels reptienting 36,701t0ns with crews { totall[ngil| 8 men ; and outwards for: the I samesperip. here were 47 vessels .of 29,183 ] tons,aiidi 88 men in crews. : During the j preybus';(jtfter there were 61 vessels in- { wara, aikOO outwards.' The passenger! retujns for le June quarter i were 227 in- j warfs, and|63 outwards, and for the March i • quater pMous 1,746 inwards and 1,4721 outrards. These returns. 1 however,- do- nob; inclde eiter coastal shipping or passen-i gere M ~ - - - ! j Re - James Chew: delivered his. hurirous nd. instmctive lecture upon; " Mph Ac i -About Nothing, or the Great- j hesaf Things," to the members of thejßeresfJL-d-street Mutual Improvement • Socity lasinight. As the lecture was open to ti publ_,a;number of ladies and gentle-f mehuncOijiected with the Society were; also|pres«tt.;;iMr:; Airstoh occupied the. chajfanditthe conclusion .of the lecture; pro.se(i, ; .|ie customary vote of thanks,:. whii; by acclamation. ' '-'•"; ! iihe cqirse of an address at Manlynear : Sydly,' urdihal Moran referred to the, spral of union principles. Men, he • saidhadhnded together and formed as-, sociions tie better to assert their rights.' andta6ecvre the fruits-of their industry. WKahbul they not do so? But. there | waaSepitifying and'preserring element whilvli-piid never be absent from such as-. sociatioas-that was religion. , Religion waslarmoiy itself,-and harmonised every thiiSwifchvhich it united. Without re. ligio,-,tra(es unionisni was a- disturbing eleient in society, led to savagery, "and becme suVersive of every principle of socil|brdeii peace and charity. Blended witlrfligid, as in the guilds of the middle. wbid not'only confer benefit on its assoiates.ut by strengthening the bonds, 1 of pa.cc arl charity for the faithful dis charf of ech one's individual and .family. :dutip;-itwjuld prove a lasting boon and blesligto he whole commuuity. i Ti&extlecture of the Y.M.C;A.,winter cour^is to.c given by Rev. Thomas Spur-; geonon 'tuck" this evening.; There; will Be : si ; eral musical selections, in« I - ..> cludig a uanoforte chiet by two young ama|irs. i >-' A ; i Tllsecojd Chamber Concert of Herr! Tutshka's cries takes place in the Choral? Hall|iis and is the patron-j ageiHistorshipthe Mayor. The pro-! graDne,whbh appears in another column o j thislsue, ivill be found to be' a most at»] ' tracve onl. and the talent' of the per- j . forirrs andvocalists gives guarantee of an; exc_ent erfertainment. •■••" j Ivllt corumei-s are requested to note. that|o wleitiid Co., butchers, Grey-street, \ havlemovlto more central premises at,- ' the Srner : Queen and Rutland streets, \ opptfteChehdon Hotel.—(Adyt.) | RrRENCi ient. —They were a couple of banlclerks rending their way up Queen stre? after ieir hard day's Siberian slave likooil. Sddenlyone of the bank clerks tiirfd up Ictoria-street, saying," I don't war!! to mbt this man coming down." " "\hy,"whii has he done to you ?" inquired theather. "Well, you see, my wife has beeigrowli g at the hard times and cost of liing, a d said she intended going to sordbf the iheaper shops. I told her she woiM get n thing but rubbish. Anyhow,; lasl&tiirda -she came home with a ki-ful, an<Jltad t confess that the-- goods were eqiillV as good, if not-' better, than well lad Seen getting. There . priuel Canterbury bacon 6d, half a Caiteirary ham J only 7d a; lb, Taamki frlsh butter' Sd, good pastry do., 4d,brme coined butter 6d, onions 121b for. lsinlfact teri shillings' worth,-that, woildihav- cbst a couple of .pounds: elsflvhre "p'But what has that to do .with thi|m|t?"hquhed the other. ." Oh, that 3 Ea6n,iof' L the Co-operative StoVs.CityMarket, where the wife bought) theMs- -He-knowsallabout.it, andt:on seaienty I ion't like to meet him." Open evey e*n% tih 9 o'olock:. Saturdays tdl 11 celok.-LA.DVT.] ' - • Etill a 4 times are, no one need starve in the present time, for there is ai ablidlnt supply of cheap provisions J , in fJct Jice i are lower than havener been knL | tie oldest residents. The Auck-, lanl Pmdion Company have . opened aniher*of their cheap bacon, shops in Kaangaai; Road, in the premises lately ffiifdbyMrGarrett, McPherfln' drapery estabhshnient. lo „|o|h,re W will be. a splendid show of( . hans, licci '.butter, cheese, ,-.& c., at tlie; Sinlpiees :-Hams, 6d. to Sd perh> , bain, lo 7d; cheese 4d to 6d; besb ; S bM, 6d to lOd ; Taranaki do (uv 3), 9t; do. (salt), 6d; Trinidad, coiba a-il to Van Houten's lsper lb; ( SfteS s 9d; lai-ge bottles' of tomato, Sbo candles, W**£%. dd mahlinegar, 5d per quart; StneeMpeV large bottle f doswrt,frffl^ • oiik Im oh pftcli:also about 4 tons oi SpSKspercwt.; All other goods, X B£HMa n ager,-[Advb,]; ; > . .

THE- AUCKLAND EVENEKTG STAR, FRIDAF, JULY' 1, 1881



mo WHEAT-GROWERS, E'.tc. W. S. LAURIE & Co. Have for Sale : Winter and Spring Seed'WheatS Tartarian Oats—Black, White, and Duo Bonemeal and Bonedust of various desroriptions \. (Analyses may be inspected)." Nitrate of Soda, Ammonia, Potash Guant^.—lsland and Peruvian V Wire, backs, Twine, &c, &c. .'• -:. ■ \<t>■■> ■ -j'y



T> TJ V THIS WEEK'S N.Z. Illustrated Tit-bits. It Contains amongst Other Features t, Tiie Doas' Jubilee (William Gcorgo and the vagrant canines celebrate the occasion). Trying to Strangle His House. A Matter of Gender. Mutual Surprise. .... Hebraic. Repartee. •' Murray River Law. Unavoidably Postponed. A Truly Good Man. Algernon Timid's Bicycle. Very Cutting. Siiacob Knew. TT"""" No Further Use op It.' Female Ingenuity. , ?,. A Fancy Dress "Bawl." An Unsuccessful Ruse. POSTED TO ANY PART OF THE COLONY FOR 2s 6d PER QUARTER. < A PPLES. APPLES. APPLES. 20,000 Strong Clean and Healthy Trees, one , two, and. three years old, at £3 IPs, £1, and £_ . lCs por 100 respectively, all worked on Northern Spy Stocks. Considerable reductions on larg e i orders; Plums. Peaches, Pears, etc.; also, a fine collection of Roses. ; E. LIPPIATT, Nurseryman, Otahuhu. OVERCOATS in Great Variety, at J. Dalton's, Victoria-street East. "VTOTICE . OF REMOVAL W O O L F HART, ; SPRING MATTRESS MANUFACTURER. ' Places of Business are— ' Hobson-street (opposito Devonshire House) ! and corner of Albert and Victoria-streets. GOOD NEWS ! GOOD AND CHEAP FARE FOR ALL! [ MEAT! MEAT! MEAT! Cheaper than over! Where'; Why. at tho '. Wellington Now Butchery, Wellington-street. 1 Thero It. Hutchinson, tho peoplo's friend, is • selling: tho Primest Meat at the very lowest pos , siblo prices to meet the times. Try our Superior Sausages, one lb of which will mako a walking ' koloton as strong and stout as Donald Dinnio. 1 /CHARLES TJZELSEY & riO., i DIRECT IMPORTERS OF [ FANCY GOODS, ' OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. i J "OONA-FIDE DALE LESS THAN ENGLISH COST OF , 1 JEWELLERY, WATCHES, ] CLOCKS, ELECTRO-PLATE, i AND SILVERWARE. i ' H. ~K OHN ' I Having purchased tho Bankrupt Stock < of A. Aley at a heavy discount, now I offers the whole of tho same at a largo reduction off first cost. •-•■ - - Being about to relinquish his Auokland J business, and having purchased tho old-, | established business of B. Peterson & Co., Christchurch, ho has determined to in ' elude in tho sale the whole of his largo and valuable stock at a DISCOUNT OF THIRTY PER CENT. OFF MARKED PRICES. This is a good opportunity for acquir ing really good articles and High-class Jewellery for Wedding and Birthday Gifts, considerably under original cost. -, H. KOH N, JEWELLER, QUEEN-STREET. "VrOVELTIES IN BISCUITS. i Just Landed, ex S.s. Coptic. PEAK. JFREAN & COi'S, OSWEGO, NIE, ICED GEM, EUROPEAN MIXED, ; &c., . &c„ &c. j 1 Delicious Biscuits in Enamelled Jubile< Canisters.- ■ I R'O BERT TEA! &. CO, WELLESLEY-STREET EAST, ' Branch Store—Purchas's Buildings, Karoga- hapo Road. __^ BOX 329. TETJ-PHONi-35 : IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD ■OATMEAL, FLOUR, i CHEESE, POTATOES, j or ONIONS, OATS, I ' 17 ' orM/LZE, CALL ON ALFRED JO WITT,'' m O ADVERTISERS ABBOTT'S OPERA HOUSE ' Th«v Proprietor of the a.ovo has dcided to Let a few Valuable Positions insid< Abbott's Opexa. House for advertising purples. For particulars as to price-position, <itc, iiply to J. H. WITHEFO-D, ; Shortlajd-street. mo THOSE WHO /WANT MONEY. Sums of £100 to £1000 cai be had>f per cent., if FIRST-CLASS SECURITY.' / Sums over £1000 can be had at Tpercont. on. the best securities. j / Apply *'./ ■.■'■■ /: j JL H. WI'PEFORD. FOR iSALE, at <7nehuhg||near the, Wc<ollen Factory, .bout 3if>.crcs of Vol canic Lnjad, with Houie of foir ; rooms, out buildings, eto. Price aril particilars at J. H. Withefoixl's, Shortland Street, j LAKE • TAKAPUM. — TTor Sale, 10 Actros of Land, neir Hurstiere, sea beach I'rontag'., steamer passo) twice f week, close to main rr _adt» Devonporl Pricd'£l6o: Land in the immediate neighbmrKood iblls at £100 per acre—J. H. Wi.hcford,£hortla{d 1 .-s.re»_t. FOR -SALE OR TO LEi at kemuera. top of Green La.c, a C-rdimed,House and scullery, yood well find taik, c_uartcr-acro Allotment ;• all fcncedfmd' plriited 'with choice -fru it.trees. . Magnificent viemroia property.-- J. H. Withteford. Sliortand-stiet ' 7;~ H 1 - VALUABLE BLOCK OF SHOPS in the/City for £8500. £2,00. tg. £3,000 cash, the balance c&n reman at C_ pit cej it.—Apply J. H. Withe ford. f Resideifce,. Remtei; i, near Mr' *iv£ - Morrin's. Prile, £375. Eour.e alone, cost £100. Terms easy.—(7 H. Witlfooi A. TWKRTHCOTE. £Two Jou» of Level IB .Land adjjoinin* the schaM.raßl laid down m orgharil, str&wba-riefjj; 300. !eet frontage to main road, very easjterms.—JJH. Witheford. TO LET, S-rqimed. Hobe (new), St. Mao-y's Roadjrent, lis;— f.'H, Witheford, Shortland-atoeet. ) TO LElJlSiice Homestead near Birken ,■ head.'on mail road; nineacres'.: rent, 15s per week,-with purbhasing'cltls..—J, M. With'e oxp., Shortland-str&t. : i : 'horn, » t . *»! . , ■-.'.■'/,•%.



"VTEW ZEALAND. LOAM AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (Limited). * - ; It is hereby notified to Shareholders in New Zealand that an Interim Dividend at the rate of ton per cent, per annum, for six months ending 30th June, will be payable at the Office of the Company, Queen-street, on Bth July. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 21th June to to Bth July inclusive. FREDK. BATTLEY, Inspector. Auckland, June 21, 1887, "VTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE " ' • COMPANY. Tho Transfer Books of this Company will be Closed from the 30th instant to tlio loth proximo (inclusive). 13 v order of the Board. GEOItGE P. PIERCE, June 21,1887. General Manager. . P. 0. B. 284] [HIOII -STREET & CCBTOMS-ST. W. A" , '""M A ' i MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Window Glass Plate Glass Wiro Nails Portland Cement China ware Hayanna Cigars, etc. FOR SALE, 1,000 CASES WINDOW GLASS (assorted size) _ j- BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. HAL?-P*RICE LACE CURTAINS. ---20 Pairs at GARLICK AND CRAN WKLL'S PATINT SPRING ROLLER WINDOW MINDS, from 3s (.d.-GARLICK AND CRANVELL. MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at lalf-price, now being sold by GARLICK AND CHAN WELL. IROI BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; very cheap. A few' left at GARLICK AND CUA-nWELL'S. STIONG CANE CHAIRS, from 3s 9d. _t GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. TAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is 6d per yard. At GARLICK AND CRAN WETL'S. LiNOLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. FRAMBULATORS from 12s to £5. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. EAPOK DOWN BEDS, greatly re duced in price, by GARLICK AND CIANWELL. I BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli- very. Blankets, Sheets, Quilts, etc., etc: HALF FRENCH, AND STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices to suit tb times.—G. &C. ' ILCLOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash price.-GARLICK AND CRANWELL. HOUSES FURNISHED THROUGHOUT. DINING AND DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE. 3EDROOM 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. DOCTORS Differ." Thoydo, but the exception proves the rule. They all agree that Wolfe's Schnapps is tho best stimulant procurable. DR. BOND, (lato Resident Surgeon Auckland Hospital;. Karangahape Road, near corner of Upper Quoon-stroet. 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.