SHIPPING.

'■ Sunset— This evening. 6.17. : . Sunrise—To-morrow morning. 5.10. I Age—First Quarter, 24th inst., 5.25 a.m,

HIGH WATER.

1 ArcKLANn.-This evening, 9.9; to-morrow morning, 9.35. . ._ . Manukau Heads.-Tins evening, 11.49; to morrow uiorninjr.l 2.15 . Q . Kaipara Heads. - This afternoon, 12.19; to morrow morning, 1.15.

ARRIVALS.

lona, s.s., from Tauranga Chelmsford, s.s., from Opotiki

DEPARTURES.

Waiwera, schooner, from Norfolk Island Maile, schooner, for Friendly Islands lona, s.s., for Barrier Australia, s.s., for East Coast ports Tarawera, s.s., for South

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Rotomahana, from Thames, Friday, 1 p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Friday, 4 a.m. Coromandel, from Coromandel, Saturday, 5 p.m.

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Zealanditi, ship, left London July 23 Lurline, ship, left London for Kaipara, via Dunedin, July 25 . Waikato, ship, from London ; sailed Aug. <ft ! Canterbury, ship, left London Sept. 15 I Waitangi, ship, from London, loading May Queen, ship, from London : Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow • ■July- Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool Rosedale, from Middlesborough, for Kaipara Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel ton ; sailed June 20 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from 1 New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, left New York Sept. 8, via Wellington Deutchland, barque, from.New York, via . Wellington, to sail 20th inst. Star of the East, from Dunedin Jennie B. ? schr., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Louie, schooner, from a cruise.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Rangitiki, ship, loading for London Three Cheers, schr., for Sydney, loading Wanaka, s.s. (Onehunga), for South, Friday

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Tarawera:—For Nelson: 50 cases salmon. For Wellington : 8 cases clocks, 200 cases salmon, 8 cases skates, and sun dries. For Wanganui : 22 packages wire, 2 kegs and 1 case. For Lyttelton : 30 cases codfish, 100 cases salmon, 148 cases gum, 250 bags guano, 320 bags and 112 mats sugar, 45 cases syrup, 6 sacks oysters and sundries. For Dunedin : 26 cases salmon, 648 bags sugar, 10 sacks oysters, 120 cases syrup, 20 tins asbestos paint, 5 cases fish and sundries. For Port Chalmers : 300 cases and 1 barrel and 5 kits salmon, 60 cases fruit, 25 bales hops. For Wellington :20 cases champagne. For Blufl': 280 bags sugar, 10 casas syrup, 1 bale and 3 cases. For Melbourne :60 bundles and 60 hides, 1 barrel tongues, 1 box, and a parcel.

The s.s. Gairloch loft Onehunga for Wai- j tara at 1 p.m. to-day. During the trial trip of the s.s. Elbe on September 20 an explosion took place on board. Nine of the engineers engaged in Attending to the machinery were killed. The barque W. C. Wentworth sailed for Lyttelton in ballast for Kaipara on the 14th instant. She will load at that port with a cargo of timber for Sydney. The s.s. Australia took her departure at 6 p.m. yesterday fot-Enst Coast ports with cargo and tba-Mtowing passengers :—Mr and Mrs Foster. Miss Gibbons, Messrs Mc- Skimmins, Brown, and Kelsall. The s.s. Wanaka arrived at the Manukau this morning with the following passengers : Mi- and Mrs Corbettfc, Rev. Mr Gillon, Messrs Dawson, Watt, and Nicholson, Mrs Talbot, Mrs E. Thow and infant, and 15 steerage. . . . The s.s. Gairloch arrived at Onehunga from Waitara yesterday afternoon with cargo and the following passengers :—Mr and Mrs Walker, Messrs Applegate, Carley, Gibson, VVoolton, Martin, Wilson, Coonan, and Miss Ruskill. The Northern Steamship Company evi dently find that a considerable portion of their trade is being taken by the Jubilee S. S. Company, and at a meeting of tlie directors yesterday it was resolved to lower the rates. These are, however, still considerably above the rates charged by the rival company. The accident to the cutter Lily should prove a warning to masters of small craft not to leave their. vesseLs at anchor in the fairway to the dock or in the track of the ferry steamers. Frequent complaints have been made of this, and also of small vessels riding at anchor during the night without lights.

The s.s. Chelmsford arrived at 4 o'clock •Ms morning from Opotiki, Ohiwa and Whakatane. She brought the following passengers : Miss McCawley, Messrs C. A. Baker, Barry, Nutt, Wagner, Kinstrey, and 4 natives. She brought as cargo, 200 sacks maize, 2 tons bones, and 1 ton sundries.

A new class of vessel, designed, as it ap pears to us, for war and peace purposes com bined, has been lately launched by Messrs Edward Withy and Co. for Messrs Steel, Young, and Co., of London and West Hartle pool. The vessel is of steel, 300 ft long, and is built on the cellular bottom and Webb frame system. She will carry torpedo boats, guns, machinery, boilers, and a bulky cargo.

The s.s. lona arrived early this morning from Tauranga, Tairua and Mercury Bay ,with the following passengers :—From Tau ranga : Mr and Mrs Dale, Misses Tonks and Macauley, Messrs Fountain, Martin, Sutherland, Brown and Cossar. From Tairna: Messrs Keesingand Barker. From Mercury Bay: Miss Cuthbert, Messrs Hop kins, Buchanan, Smyth, Hay ward, J. Blox soihe and McNamar.

In■' view of the recent wreck of the Berry Castle on Endetby Island, the Invcreaigiil Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolu tion :—" That hi the interests of Austral asian trade a lighthouse should be erected at the Auckland Islands, such a lighthouse to be erected and maintained jointly by the colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland,South-Australia,.Tasmania, and New Zealand; and that copies of this re solution be forwarded to the Chambers of Commerce in these colonies."

The s.s. Tarawera left the Queen-street Wharf shortly afternoon to-day for Southern ports and Melbourne, with a large general cargo and the following passengers :—For Gisborne : Messrs Simes, H. S. Robins, A. Rees, and Carey. For Napier: Messrs/ Armitage, Wilts, and W. Burnett. Fov Wellington: Mr and Mrs McLean and ijiyo children, Messrs Hoffman arid Lewis w Mr and Mrs Duncan, and Miss Geddes. For Lyttelton :Mr J. Wilson. For Port, Chalmers : Mr and Mrs W. J. Bell, Slcss.-s Skoon, H. Folger. For Bluff: ,_j F. Twemloe. For Melbourne : 2t£v A_ Barga-1 wanath, and six steerage.

. The following small coasters have put 5n an appearance :—Jane, cutter, front Mahu rangi, with' lunar Zillah, ketch, from Thames, . with timber ; Margaret,- Casey, cutter,' with ftrewood,' from Waiheke-; Mabel, scow, from Tairua, with timbev; Wear, cutter, from Mangawai, with •pro duce -;'-:. Gipsy and JsTelly, cuiters, from Whangapoa, with timber; Ida, from Pakii-i, with' timber; Kauri, bare" c, from Kennedy Bay, with timber I - jerogress,

barge, with timber, from Mangawai; Maim, cutter, from Tairua, with timber ; \\ ater lily cutter, with firewood, from Barrier.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Ntiw Plymouth, 19th.—Arrived : Mac gregor, from Onehunga. Left: Oreti, for same port, Wellington, 19th.- -Left. : Balmoral Castle, for the Bluft'. Pout Chalmers, October 19.—Arrived : Waihora, s.s., from the North. Sailed : Te A nan, s.s. for the North. Passengers for j ' Auckland : Mr and Mrs Andrews, Mr and , ■Mrs Proude and family. For Russell: Mr and Mrs Borlase and servant. Grkvmoutii, 19th.—Arrived : Omapere, from Auckland.

COMMERCIAL.

__ +. Evening Stak Office, Oct. 19. John Leydon's Weekly Retort :— Busi* ness during the week rather quiet; atten" dances ab each day's auction very good. This week there was a lack of country buyers, probably the weather has much to do with it. The bidding each day was slow, but the prices realised 'were good. A great quantity of new goods have been sent in and more accommodation had to be -provided, which lias much im proved the mart's appearance. Prices for furniture were much the same as given in the last report : Bedsteads (double), 35s ; single, 21s ; chests of drawers in cedar, £4 10s°; mottled-kauri, £3 10s ; spring mat tresses, 25s to 40s ; leather chairs, ss. Bentwood chairs sold fairly well; American chairs, deck and rocking chairs were also of fered overmantels, in walnut, from £4 to £6 ; bevel-plate American wall brackets, 14s 6d each ; jewellery, cutlery, crockery, tinware, saddles, bridles, pipes, albums, etc., were all in fair demand ; large quantities of men's and boys' clothing, mackintoshes, and drapery were disposed of; a number of tents were sold at from 15s to 20s ; prime fresh Taranaki butter, in keg, realised 5d per lb ; tea, from 6d to Is 5d per lb ; second hand goods find easy sale ; but new are hard to quit. As many are now sending new goods into the mart, tlie competition is very keen, and the prices consequently are considerably reduced. G. W. Binney & Sons held a sale of fruit at their mart to-day, and report that Sydney oranges realised from 8s 6d to lis 6d and lemons 5s per case.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1887.

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

We want no better condemnation of the proposal to abolish the Boards of Education than the special pleading of the Wellington "Post" in favou r of the measure as a step towards greater centralisation. Every colony

in the Australasian group is now , endeavouring to hit upon some scheme to get rid of the abuses of centralisa tion, which is notoriously costly and inefficient. Yet that peculiarly Wel lingtonian mouthpiece, the " Post," has the unblushing effrontery to speak of centralisation as the only means to effect retrenchment and secure economy. It actually puts in a plea for the big wooden building as conspicuously a place where the poor fellows are worked to death in the in terests of an ungrateful country. Now, what is the nature of the alleged cost liness of the Boards of Education ? The members aro unpaid, and do a great deal of necessary public Avork gratuitously. What the officials do is under direct oversight, and the public, tho teachers, and the school committees have the guarantees of publicity and a speedy and thorough redress for any griev ances. If the Boards were abolished the officials now employed in Auck land would at once be transferred to Wellington, ' and their number for the Auckland work would be increased by two or three. The correspondence would be greater. Very often now country districts represent their require ments to the Board directly by deputa tion. With the Department controlled entirely from Wellington that would be impossible. Every application for a trilling grant must go to Wel lington, and the whole patronage of the service would be exercised by the Minister and the higher officials. We have seen how that works in other De partments, and any Auckland er who has given it careful attention, and still advocates substituting for government of Auckland by Auck landers, a government of Aucklanders by Wellington officials, deserves lock ing up in a Lunatic Asylum. As to the multiplicity of Boards, it is an empty cry. Every town in England under the English Education Act has its own .School Board; here we only ask for one for a territory equal to about a sixth of the area of the United Kingdom. The system of Wel lington versus Local Board adminis : tration from an economic point of view has been pretty _ well tested recently in connection with the system of Charitable Aid, and the favourable influence of local supervision is proved so conclusively that the Government have been endeavouring to get the local Boards to take over the administration of Maori relief iv order to check abuses which can only be corrected by local knowledge and inquiry. Bnfc our education system itself demonstrates the advantages of local Boards. Although the standards are some what higher than in the neigh bouring colonies, aud the average at tendance greater than in either New South Wales or Victoria, the cost of national education in New Zealand is conspicuously less than in either of the colonies named. This result is ' directly attributable to the system of administration.

Admitting that there may b_ some patronage exercised by members of the Board, and that when appealed to personally they may not always act the part of the severe Roman or of the bump tious Jack-in-office, what of it 1 Their patronage is exercised right under the public eye, aud tho columns of the local press are open to bring them to book for any grave dereliction of duty. Should we be any bettei off if the pat ronage and the wire-pulling were mono polised by the paid servants of the public or were used by Minister. of the Crown to corrupt members of the Legislature by finding places for their friends 1 No; the less of Wel lington administration we have the better we shall like it. We believe in Home Pade for Auckland as well as for Ireland, and though there is not an official in New Zealand who would not thankfully get rid of those troublesome Boards, we cannot believe that the country is a mood to grant them their desire. Tho cry of " Retrenchment " has al ready been used to cover many queer things. If it should now be put forward by the Atkinson Government as a reason for adding a new wing to " The Big Wooden Building," as the Wellington " Post " suggests, the farce will at last reach its climax and cul mination, and the only thing left for the audience in front of the stage to do Avill be to drive the actors once more igriominiously off amid a storm of cat calls and a shower Of carrots.

DEAD LETTERS.

Those who believe that the age of faith is dead might change their opinion if they obtained a peep into the workings of the New Zealand Post Office. The report for the year 1886 now lies before us, and one section of it gives eloquent testimony to the child like faith with which the public en trust articles of value to the Postal officials. The dead letter office last year dealt with no fewer than 103,083 letters that could not be delivered on account of imperfect ad dress or no address at all being given, or through inability to find the per sons indicated. It is no unusual thing for bank notes and other valuables to be dropped into letter boxes, simply enclosed in an envelope, without ad dress and with no clue to the sender. Last year the following articles of value were found enclosed in letters opened in the New Zealand Dead Letter Office, and were returned to the senders where practicable :-— 164 money orders to the value of £5%; 29 postal notes for 38 bank drafts for 92 cheques for ; 21 dividend warrants worth £M; 7 promissory notes for £'2So; stamps worth £7 ; bank .notes, Colonial and Foreign, ;£1Q0; gold £U; silver and copper

£3; representing a total of .£3,264. In addition there were 5 gold rings, 14 gold nuggets, 1 gold locket, 1 Geneva gold hunting watch, 1 lady's silver watch and gold chain, 1 gold pin with pearl, 4 silver watches, 1 silver chain, 1 silver bracelet, 1 silver locket. 3 silver brooches, 3 pairs of silver earrings, 1 pair of greenstone and gold earrings, 1 greenstone brooch and ear rings, 1 greenstone pendant (silver mounted), 1 circular piece of green stone, 1 aluminum Albert chain, 1 steel chain, 1 shark's tooth and silk ribbon, 1 silk necktie, and 1 New Zealand War medal. Among such a heterogeneous collection of valuables were many articles for which no owner could be found, and the custom is to sell these by auction—the proceeds going to swell the colonial revenue. Bank notes, silver and gold, and even copper coins, are also shovelled into the same receptacle. That nothing may belost, it is the practice to send all unclaimed illustrated newspapers and other at tractive literature to the hospitals and lunatic asylums. Dead letters and packages are therefore not so " dead " as might be supposed, aud we suspect the Government find that branch of the business to be the most lucrative of all. The newly-established parcel post will doubtless add to the curious re cords of public trustfulness in the honesty and ability of the letter carriers and Post Office clerks.

When a member of the legal profession complains of the costs of the Court it is worth recording, as it savours so much of a certain person professing a love for holy water. At the R.M. Court this morning Mr Theo. Cooper characterised the costs of the R.M. Court as simply disgraceful. He pointed out that if they wished to sue for over £25 in the R.M. Court, th»: costs were higher than either the District Court or if they wished to recover £5,000 in the Supreme Court. He said that the profession were blamed for these excessive charges, whereas as a matter of fact the solicitor got 5s for issuing a summons, the Government got 15s. He thought such charges quite unreasonable. His Worship said that the charges were high, but the matter was, of course, beyor.d his power to alter.

At the Police Court yesterday afternoon, James Wilson, a lad 13 years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing four ducks, the property of John Hawke, and was ordered to be sent to the Industrial School, his father to pay 8s per week for maintenance.

Miss Georgie Smithson closed the Opera House la«t nig-ht as a mark of respect to the late Mrs McGowan. It will not be reopened till Saturday night, when fresh novelties will be presented.

On Wednesday, the 10th inst., termin ated the career of one of the Paparoa settlers, Mr James P. Hammon. The dis trict has lost one who was known through the length and breadth of the district as a man of strict uprightness and intregity as an employer of labour, always kind, and who was ready at all times to sympathise with those who came within reach of his influence. His memory will long remain green in the minds of large numbers of your readers, and his place will not easily be filled.—(Correspondent.)

Owing to his health failing, the Rev. S. Macfarlane has resigned his charge of the MountEdenMethodistFreeChurch, of which he has been pastor for close on five'years. Mr Macfarlane leaves at the end of the year, and the Rev. F. B. Duttbn lias accep ted an invitation to take charge of the cir cuit and will begin work in February, 1888.

Referring to remarks made by Mr Bridg man in the matter of exposing goods for sale, "wishing that the Council would pass a by-law prohibiting the exposure of goods outside places of business," we are informed that there is a by-law to that effect and has been one since 1871, but the police have not put it in force. . .

We understand that the members of the Multi-tick Club are considering the desira bility of issuing by subscription an edition de lu.ee. of Domett's poem " Ranolf and Amohia," and illustrating it by the works of members of the Club, of which a selec tion are now on view at the Art Exhibition. Of course, the permission of the owners of the copyright of the poem would require to be obtained.

Mr J. H. Witheford was waited on this morning by a deputation from Birkenhead, who requested him to permit himself to be nominated for the representation of the new riding of Birkenhead in the Waitemata County Council. They presented him with a requisition signed by the chairman and three other members of tho Birkenhead Road Board. Mr Witheford in reply said that if there was a general desire he would be glad to serve the district in the capacity of member.

With reference to the new railway time table our Hamilton correspondent writes : — "Yesterday Mr Coom, district railway engineer, paid Hamilton an official visit. He states that the new time-table does not include service from Otorohanga to Te Kuiti, as that portion of tlie line is still in the hands of the contractor.

The ordinary Police Court business set down for to-day was transacted in an ante room by Messrs Isaacs and _ ervis, Justices, the Court being occupied with the man slaughter case. Five persons were punished by fines of 5s and costs for first offences in drunkenness. Robert Leary was ordered to pay £5 or take 14 days' for being an habitual drunkard, and to pay 5s and costs for breaking a pane of glass, the property of Samuel Davis. The same prisoner was charged witli being a rogue and a vagabond and with having been previously convicted for vagrancy, and sentenced to six months imprisonment. Arthur Duke was fined 5s and costs for leaving his cart with wheel unchained and unattended, and Mary Rutenshaw was fined Is and costs for break ing ,a pane of glass, the property of B. Wells.

The Rev. James Chew, pastor of Beres ford-streetCongregational Church, preached the annual sermon last evening at the Pitt street Wesleyan Church in connection with the services held this week at the instance of the Sunday-school Union. There was a large attendance Tlie preacher chose his text from St. John,2lst chap—"Simon, son of Barjonas, love-t thou Me ?" Mr Chew exhorted the teachers present to continue in the good work notwithstanding the many discouragements they encountered. In concluding, Mr Chew related an instance ot Belf-sacrifice that he had become acquainted with. He stated that when on his way to New Zealand lie one day met a younj* priest, who, with another, had condemned himself to exile at the Lepers' Isle in order to minister to the spiritual wants of tlie lepers. He stated that bis comrade had been smitten with the disease, and he-him sclf was then going home to brm<* out other missionaries to work in the Lepoi Isles. That, he considered, was true ,seii sacrifice. At the close of the sermon a united communion service was hem, at which the Rev. H. Bull presided, when an address was delivered by the %&*■s* Monro. During the former service the choir was in attendance, Professor Lambeit officiating at the organ. . Attention of members of W.N.A.V. is drawn to advertisement in this issue, itaa company has been newly clothed, and tne men look well in their uniform,

.A meeting of the ' cipal Association hash*^^. : in the Wellington the 31st j The performance or o]?_ ' ful cantata « Bel__,-. -* l. ~ Jan f e fe«W^ The cantata is affl 0rro » rS » a guarantee ful rendering of the, Sef f6t^«s bailiff. Ho might station, yefc the Court a.shilling per mile, no JgHgi l_V * »gkt be, and a »r>s mere y paid the saulthat the matte.ffif» W «4 mentioned but it that the charges we re fiv^r" fent. No d._b.'SS&tesS fair, a. the bailiff at &£lJ**W roiu2 S 6dtol B , a have been appointed for _H_S_** -President: MrE. Trem a i,, v?S year; dents : Messrs ?uS R,V IO&P * Carr. Secretary- Cherry. Committee: _^_ ? ' F. Cherry, D. Goldie, _ft£\fc J. Brame, E Tremain, DeesonP r_ le3 ' Leyland, and Newbury. the entrap'fffffef ■" of the clay from beneath been referred to the suggestion to place pledge boSi 5 cheon-rooms for signature; luo  t the kstL'ouneil meeti_ e oit_ 6 f_vli Islands County,' held at ISI' of Monday, 3rd usual[imperturbable) spirit, dug■ deer, d«»_ on the inadvisability and;|fc OM _S supplying- tobacco to paupers. mX wingoftheCharitableAidsAct. iZZ aecountcamein frpmaßusselfS keeper for goods supplied to an'old£ named Gonzoles. Amongst.the items Z tinned sausages,, cocoa r and one shilluig. worth of tobacco every three or .foQrda_ Cr. Swift contended that the ActtfEsaew meant tosnpply luxuries to paupers, and it was hard enough for the ratepayers b have, to give flour, sugar, tea- and;j_L (there was : none of- the latter.importS requisite supplied GonzolesHet luxuries such as tinned meats, 1 tobacco,ete. The Council upheld,Cr. Swift's ideas on this vital question, .and decided. to;!'pay for no more tobacco "at any rate, -' '.

Tlie Mohawk Minstrels performed last night before an excellent chouse, and ,wth their usual success. , Out of respect for _a memory of the late Mrs McGowai t_ wing? of the proscenium were draped with crape, and each performer worea baiidnpon the arm. The Company are still perfonni. their first programme, .which is imnitoieij popular, but.acompletechahge is an_6i__l for Saturday flext. For theeonveCieAcßf patrons a plan of the dress circle has-been placed at Kidd and Wildman's, wheis&ajs may be reserved.' A large.tiirn?6atß„ -pected at the matinee on Saturday! the inniates of the local orphanagesiill fit admitted free.

A special correspondent of the" Waikato Times " who has travelled oyer the poised centtal routeof the North -IskndTruiis Railway writes:— " 1 paidpai-ticiilarat. tention to the nature pfij&jfcfiouiitry, soil etc. It will dolor sheep and cattie r_ very well, hut it is utterly.unfit'for ki settlements. It is very rotigH anilbroka, many of the hills being bo steep-that p had to rest our hoi^s.hdtwayap,itliort : j none of them were. by any means High. Of course we had to lead, as riding « out of the question even for the giride, The soil -is ■ infinitely; superior, to (tat on - the lower land,; but. it that and still'far'from good.' Such M for runs would be worth 'about w»f four shillings an acre at the outeide X mi°ht pay at that if held in large blocks, thotVh it is more than I should;!*™ to give! ■ If,taken with/die low;Ms it would scarcely be worth eighteen t*o an acre: somethingcould bte done with tfte hill country, but nothing .whatever can 8 done with the lowlands unless seme tabatt properties were sand,: and wi. grass. Taken on the #, the country from Kuiti to the,ptttaffg river is utterly «nfit for ClemenVand; about as useless a district as any in A* Zealand; and through The traffic return- for land will not, to use a : comnion sayingj for oil for tAe wheels. It :*f MJ" swindle to P «taraih ? y throng » infamous, barren tack,. required eventually to conne tbsg^ Srict with ''P^-^JSg years too soon.' port on. Wednesday. ;ev^g-nWSJy. **• A %dt TEAM* long started, and the n*JJJ s ver^dttlepractice, fteirs^^c r We werepleased to see ajikwg »r *,j ? shownb^omanyW^SicetW ai__A&^* i i Win, Auckland 7 D^D^W^ 5 S.T.Johnstone 0 &% w 2 D Grubb— •; A 7-jfiicbeU ..- i 5 R. Battewby ;"- Dutton .j ---3 J.G.Blakey -. 2-. ;.j__dxd m\ 4 J. Leonard ° • wells « 5 W.JenkmSon 0., . , J , 2 A. Wilson in .White,., .1 \ t&nitj i *-* ; inibersof reminded of Ponsonby.Hallat7.3oton^ competidon, ,A n ducks to swm»^otwa^ cess that they There are on view atKiddand^^ and oSer local; station <* ibed rf .tf 6 bine an effective cum eDrese nWWSi, views of and flowers. . and Diddams, Hm : s V * , ~. comfortable subu ban v auction to take *■ % Donglas'snmr^^§ th on^ „i«ft be offered. -7.■ J ,tr__ i __rf*.^_

Sydenham House, { ,* G F. boot's shSza's. Feast," * *&#,? Friday, 7

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1887.



OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. /CHRISTMAS ("IARDS ! /CHRISTMAS ! The above are a specially, and are shown In a separate room. mENNIS T> ACQUETS! rpENNLS O ACQUETS! AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion, 158,000 daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in tho Colonies. Price, Id ; tls Ud per quarter. Tho " LEADER," 48 pages. The bent Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Weekly News paper. Price, Gd :6s Cd per quarter. . P The " ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition!. The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single ivim ' bers.Cd; double numbers, withcoloured plate, la. i Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildtnan, Upton and Co., and E. Waylo. Auckland; and all L News Agents. Pest free. | m H E "UNION" And the " SOUTHERN SPERM " ! CANDLES, > Made by j THE UNION OIL, SOAP, and CANDLE COMPANY, >• Ok AUCKLAND, ! Are all Guaranteed FULL WEIGHTS (16 ounces to the pound). Many of the Colonial-mado Candles now in • tho market are Light Weights, and therefore t dkauer at the money than the Auckland-made • Candles. . TRY FOR YOURSELVES, AND j USE ONLY THE LOCAL ARTICLE 1 E i A UCKLAND AGENCY IN LONDON. FREDK. LARKINS Having retired from his partnership with Wm, ■ MeArthur and Co., is establishing himself I in London as a • COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL. AND CONFI DENTIAL AGENT AND REFEREE. , London Address pro tern. : • 17, Gkesham-street, E,C. (care of Tbos. Mlcklem, Esq.) Auckland Agent: MR F. G. EWINGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under i the superintendance of F. Larkins. INDENTS executed by him. ESTATES Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. MR LARKINS will be m London by Nor, Ist for general business. THE DEPRESSION AND HOW TO AMEND IT. By economy and purchasing cheap for Cash from T. W. DOONIN, Grocer, .Importer, and Produce Merchant, Ilobson-strent. New and first-class Goods for less money than many pay for worthless articles. The following will give some idea of prices : -Really good. Family Tea Is Id lb; box, 111b nctt, for 13* 6d.; flrst-class Tea, Is lOd lb, worth & lOd I>: good Sperm Candles, 4Jd lb, 21b for BJd; box, 251b, Bs6d; new Oatmeal, bag, 251b, for 2s 7d; White Crystal Sugar, bag, 401b, for 9s 6d. Flour, Fruits, and other Goods at equally nw.prions for Cash. N.U.-E3taJ)lishcdlßs7. Remember the Address: • T. W. DOONIN'S, HOI3SON-STREET. __ „ t 5 c T£ The Business hitherto carried on by ' EGBERT NEAL, i At Wellcsley-street and Karangahape Road, j Will be conducted from the ' KARANGAHAPE ROAD STORE. ■ | Customers will bo called upon as usual. Country customers please note the change ins) address: 1 THE NEWTON SUPPLY STORES, j Kara>tcahar_ Road. F. ROWjS, Manager, [card]. ANTE & Landlords and others o know that ;E. BARKER Undertakes Collection of Rents and Accounts, Execution and Distress Warrants, Poseeesion. under Bills of Sale, etc., with care and despatch. office: C£TY CHAMBERS, VULCAN LANE (Top floor).



S. 'LAU Rl E & C 0., SEED AND MANURE MERCHANTS, CUSTOMS-STKEET, AUCKLAND. j Turnips, Clovers, etc. Jojiedust j and Boneflour, Guano. Superphosphates, etc. j Woolpaek*. Cornsaok., Twine. Bone Mill at Ngaruawahia, Waikato. ■, Bonos f irchased; j VEXI7~YII>I ' VICI ■' THE VERY" BUTTON (Shakespear). . The Latest Novelty. Woliftvo linportod a Button-maklne Machine, ancl can now supply Buttons same cloth as Carmpilt, UNnnUNUA Twkbds included. No extra charge. Call and , see the Machine at work. . AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. MfiBBIDE), Customs-street East, opposite Copland's Store. ; i 1 SPRING DRAPERY. The whole of their Soring- Goods having now arrived, ex Ruapehu, Doric, and Arawa MILNE & CHOYCE Have great pleasure in assuring their TOWN and COUNTRY FRIENDS that their Homo Buyer has displayed excel ent Taste and Judg ment in the selection of Goods suitable to their class ot trade. Their HOME and AUCKLAND-MADE MILLINERY, it is well known, is not to be equalled in hew Zealand. Immense Stock of MANTLES. JACKETS, nuSTCLDA KS, and DRESSING GOWNS in all Styles and Prices. One of the LARGEST and MOST VARIED ASSORTMENT of DKESS GOODS in the Col ony, their purchases being made from th-< Con tinental, Bradford, London, and Colonial Markets. The Principal Styles this season are: PLAIN or SELF-STRIPED, trimmed Beaded Ornaments , _ PLAIN or SELF-STRIPED, trimmed fancy Check Velvet. CHECKS, triinmod Velvet or Plush STRIPES, trimm-'d Velvet or Plush CHECKS and STRIPES, worn together (the Latest Fashion) CHECKS or STRIPES worn with Plain ZEPH ■ RS and PRINTS in New Styles A Great Feature this soason will bo THE BOXED EMBROIDERED CAMBRIC DRESSES in WHITE and COLOURS, a Largo Stock has been laid in, in anticipation of a run upon them. PATTERNS BY POST ON APPLICATION. A Special Bargain of 45 DOZEN 4-BUTTON TAN KID GLOVES.at 2a 9d, worth at least 50 per cent mote. Tho HOSIERY. HABERDASHERY, LACES, UNDERCLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD, and JUVENILE BOYS' DEPARTMENTS a-.o all Fully Stocked. N.8.-Ladics are Specially invited to look through tho Various Departments. They will ; not be solicited to buy, unless so disposed. Shop Closes on Saturdays at 2 o'Clock. IY/TILNE ""£ fIHOYCE, IMPORTERS, QITJJEN ASt> \VKLLE,ST.BY STREETS. I 3 J ——— TYEAPERY AND £JLOTHING AT MARVELLOUSLY LOW PRICES, To Suit the Times. 570 Yards Coloured Caßhmeres, lO.hl per yard , 1025 Yards All-wool Dress Goods, ail shades, at Is yard, worth Is 8d yard ,„ ~ ~, 550 Yards Fancy Cream Oatmeal Cloth, 6sd yard, worth Is 250 Pairs Long Net Curtains, from Is lid pair . 158 Pairs Ladles' First Choice 4-hutton Coloured Josephine Gloves, slightly spotted, from 2s 6d Great variety New Prints and Drees Goods " 100 Boys'KnickerSiiitsfrom3sM—strongtweed 31 Men's Moagiel Tweed Suiis, 33s 6d. worth 453 90 Pairs Men's strong German Tweed Working Trousers, 5s 9d Men's, Boys', and Youths' Coloured Moles at very low quotations Strong line Mens Coloured Cotton Shirts, Is each 450 Men's Sample Hats in felt and tweed, at half usual price 25 Men's strong Tweed Suits, 12slid. ABOVE PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. ' Desiring to do a Cash Trade principally, will sell all goods at a very Bmall advance. ' ■yntTILLIAM T> "DRIDGMAN, l 288, UPPER QUEEN - STREET. I T I ———— Drapery and Clothing 5 AT REDUCED PRICES. H. A T X IN 8, 1 In order to reduce stock and meet tho times, [ will sell for the next few weeks AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Attention is invited to the following:— 25,000 Yards of last season's Dress Goods at 25 to 50 per cent, reduction Silks. Cashmeres, Umbrellas, Sunshade?, i Ulsters. Fur-lined C.oaks, &c, &<«., 20 to 25 ' i»er cent, reduction . New Dress Goods, &c, &c, now being opened at 12'r per cent, below usual charges MANCHESTER GOODS. Lace Curtains, Table Linen. Sheetings, Quilts. Blankets, Calicoes, Shirtings, &c, &c, all2J to 20 per cent, reduction ' CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. 500 Boys', Youths', and Men's Colonial' Tweed at exactly invoice price. A magnifi cent lot of Suits to select from in all nizes, and will positively be sold at invweo price. Also, Trousers and Trousers and Vests, &c, at in voice price . • ■„.'.„„ All othor Goods, such as Shirts, Hats, Collars, Braces, Hosiery, Sec, &c, at 12J to 20 per ' cent, reduction , ,_',,, i 150 Very best quality ever imported Men s Tweed Waterproof Coats at 20 per cent, off the marked prices. THE ABOVE REDUCTIONS AWE GENUINE, The intention being to reduce stock some thousands of pounds, no matter it' at a heavy cost. H. X l N s ' QUEEN-STREET. /"BRANNY ! Granny ! Granny! Cranny T \JT Having t ought a Clearing Lineof Infants' ; Silk. Satin, and Piiish Granny Bonnets, at less than half-price, we are now offering same from. 2a 6d 10 10s 6d, -worth double. Inspection in-' vited.-C. Hopkint, London House, comer Nel son and Victoria street".



MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO n KNGLISH RATES. c 1)k R. H. BAKEWELL, M.D., Member of , the Royal College o£ Surgeons of England t< Licentiate in MM wifery of the Royal College ot fe Surgeons, late Visiting Physician to Wilis church Hospital, formerly President of the 15 Medical Board, Trinidad. . TTr .i-T ANTD h HOBSON-St. (near Cook-sU, AUCKLAND. Fees for Consultations, including mcaicme, i 2s 6d ; for visits, including: medicine, ss. V Vi r No booking. Hours lor Consultation : a to n a.m.. 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. . c I\/TEI)K'A]7 HALL, PONSONBY c _____ (Opposite the Three Lami s). . i j U. lIBKDERSON, Proprietor, in thanking 1 the residents of Ponsonby and surrounding cue- c tricts for their support and confidence lor tno ___rtll years, would again call their attention f In a few of .the proprietary articles munulac lured by him. from drugs ot the very oesi, Q S5*„ Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia f RlTeumatic, and Gout Mixtures. Too.gaoho Reliever. The above give Speedy Rcner, es rj pecially in facial neuralgia. p-ptm-al , For Coughs, Colds, &(;.-Cherry Pectoiai, c Balsam of Horchound.ChlorGaync. The above are superior to the imported artic c, being re- _ Pills, suitable to tbe climate; are purely vegetable ; give speedy reheJ:. I'l'om is i Pe pr b e° 9 OTiptfc_i?«ud Family Recipes faithfully 8 Pl j"g H?*s Worm Powders aiid Mixture are the \ most effectual remedies known to medical <■ science. . -— i Tpk X E M P Tit SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to j CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY- -. V/U1 x STREETS ' (Opposite the Opera House.) ! Box 2101 [Telephone "78 _ { TI C E OF EBMOVA L. ' Mr T. TRAFFORD, ( The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist of 18 years, ' Desires to inform his patients and friends that . lie has removed from Wakcficld-strect , to more central offices, ' QUEEN-STREET (over Wayte's, Bookseller;, , opposite Wyndham-street. Professional hours : 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. J\ ENT I~~S T R ! Mb A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST, Corner of Hobsos and Wkllkblkv Streets ; Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists'work repaired, leetli stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars pass tho house. pU'REI JpiRE! JURE! THE NEW NORTH ROAD PHARMACY IS AGAIN OPEN, Just a few doors below the Eden Vine Hotel, in one of Miss Johnson's shops, Edea 'lerrace. E. b7 HIL L, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. F. W I N D S O R, • SURGEON DENTIST (bycxam.J (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) Iboirto Intimate to tho public of Auckland and Provincial District that. I continue in prac tice at tho Old Chambers, Shortland-street (oimoßito Post Ofllce.) Having secured the ser vices of a flrst-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my ehargca, 1 hope to merit a share of thoir support. Box .10. P. 0.1 [TKT.cPHOXe37j. TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH or Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Fir jo, TENDERS ARE INVITED KOR THAT : WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. and T. Intrlls, at George-street. Dunedin), . AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery. Clothing, and Mercery Boors ami Shoe- Carpets an-d Furnishings Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery. Undertaking Boot Manukactuiung. Cabinet and Furniture Mas-factc-ki.su. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buildings. Book Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc., apply by letter to "Tho Executors of the late Mr Alexander Inglls. George-street, Dunedin;. or on the Premises to tbe Manager. Tenders must he at: the Office of the Firm not later than THURSDAY, tho2oth day of October, 1887, at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tender must have attached a Msrkpd ; Cheque for 10 per cent, of the amount of the tender. I I i i I i ' T ESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES. One Pound Packet of good China Tea, 6 Poundß good Fiji Sugar, and 1 Dozen Boxes Swedish Matches for 2s 6d at— EARLE AND MONTGOMERY'S, Karangahape Road. 1 Box 329. Telephone 435 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, , CHEESE, POTATOES, or ONIONS, OATS, or MAIZE, CALL ON ALFRED .TO WITT. l Notices to Correspondents. New Cjium.—We receive so many letters complaining of local nuisances _ that unless the circumstances are exceptional, we make it a rule to recommend the com plainants to address the Sanitary In spector or the City Council direct. Such i complaints, we believe, invariably receive ' prompt attention. The residents in . \ . Hackett-street should adopt this course if ' they have any cause of complaint. 1 Constant Reader,—No ; a levy of £1 was made by the Seamen's Union to assist the strike, and that is all that has been done.