AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.

The ordinary meeting of the members of the Auckland Institute was held last night in the lecture room of the Museum, Princes street. There was a fair attendance, Pro" fessor Thomas presiding.

The Secretary notified that Mr H. M. "Wilson had been elected a member, and that donations had been received for the Museum from Miss Burns and Mr J. Edson.

Essays.—Four essays were read. The first was written by the eminent naturalists (Mr Reischek), and in his absence was read by the chairman. The writer dealt with the ingenuity and destructiveness of rats, and afforded interesting information as to the habits of the rat,more particularly at Chalky Sound. Mr Reischek reported that he had shot, poisoned, and trapped rats; but for many months they did not seem to lessen, and had eaten his provisions, gnawed his boots, climbed his wire and destroyed his skins, and had gone so far as to slide along a wire and gnaw a skeleton, to say nothing t)f nibbling at his companion's hairwhilst he was asleep.—Some discussion ensued upon ;fche habits of the rat, in the course of which • several interesting anecdotes were related. The Growth of Transplanted Trees.— Mr Baber then read a paper upon " The Rate of Growth of Transplanted Trees," and treated upon the various forest trees which had been planted in the Domain in 1865 : Kauri, rimu, totara, tanekaha, etc., by Mr Chalmers, the then superintendent of the Domain. The rimu had done best, but the period of twenty years which had elapsed since the planting was not sufficient to form any accurate iaea of the rate of growth, and he hoped that in the march of improvement these specimens would be " spared. Mr Baber also spoke of the growth of Norfolk Island pines, and mentioned some examples of gree* sizes being attained by this variety in Auckland. Several speakers in discussing the paper expressed the opinion that Government should take measures to protect the young trees. The Great Barrier Thermal Springs. —Mr Pond read an interesting paper written by Mr C. P. Winkelmann upon "The Hot Springs at the Great Barrier." The writer gave a very circumstantial and graphic account of his explorations of the Barrier Island. Mr Winkelmann described the No. 2 spring, and an analysis of its waters wae read. The No. 3 and No. 4 springs were then dealt with, the latter having a slight terrace-like formation of eilica around it.

Nature of Government. —Mr John 3uchanan read an essay upon the "Nature of Government,'' with special preference to property in land. The writer traced the growth of government from its primitive period. He pointed out that the Government was after all just what the collected opinion and feelings of the people made it, and that when the people became locally selfish instead of broadly patriotic, it was no wonder that their representa tives were not particularly honest. He considered that the security of the rights of property was one of the great landmarks of civilisation ;' at the same time he thought that it was the duty of the State to prevent the acquisition of large tracts of land by one proprietor.—After votes of thanks had been accorded the essayists, the meeting termi nated.

THE FATAL FIRE AT BLEN HEIM.

Death of Mr Winter.

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Blenheim, Monday. Mr Richard Winter, editor of the Marl- "Daily Times," and formerly of i the "Express," Blenheim, "Wanganui ;?Chronicle," and several papers in" the jNorth Island, died this evening at the Wairaii Hospital from mortifica tion, caused by injuries received at the late fire. At a special meeting of the Borough Council, held this evenings a reso lution was moved by His Worship the Mayor, and carried unanimously, " That it was with sincere regret that they heard of the death of Mr Richard Winter, editor of the Marlborough 'Daily Times.'" The Mayor referred to the deceased gentleman in feeling terms, and his remarks -were sup ported by every councillor. His death has cast quite a gloom over the town. His funeral takes place at two p.m. to-morrow, at the Catholic Cemetery. He was univer sally respected throughout the district by all classes of the community. No other casualties are reported from the fire. The jury at the inquest on Satur day, added a rider referring to the loose way in which the hotel was con ducted, the landlord having admitted going to bed without closing the back door, and failing to procure fire escapes as ordered by the Licensing Committee.

THE SUPERIOR ANGLO-SAXON

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Dunedin, Monday. John Mathieson, insurance agent, yf& e committed for trial to-day for robbing and assaulting a Chinaman. He met the China man, who is a hawker, on the road, and asked, to see his license, demanding £1 at the same time. The Chinaman was rather slow in complying, when Mathieson struck him and knocked his goods about, John eventually handing over 10s to get rid of him, but taking a good look so as to identify him, and then informing the police.

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Charge of Assault at Paexell. —Mr John Petford, guardian of the young girl, writes with reference to the above case. He asks, "Why was not the whole of the evidence of the prosecution taken ; also, why the medical gentleman who examined the little girl was not allowed to give his evidence, and he could have proved that this poor child had never during her lifetime had connection with any person, although this was insinu ated by defendant's counsel." Our cones, pondent encloses the certificate from Dr. Wright, who states :— " After examination I could find no abra sions, bruises, or marks of violence nor stains upon her linen, and declare her to be in no. way interfered with." The rest of Dr. Wright's certificate shows that the virgin purity of the child is unim paired. Mr Petford continues : " What child of 13 years of age could stand in a witness-box for two long hours under cross-examination of three legal gentlemen, and even without a guardian being allowed to attend her, so as to give her confidence ? and the-way her evidence was shaken, and she got to make admissions which were un true, wa3 by fear, and by the manner in which she was spoken to. People 50 and 60 years her senior get unnerved when they enter the witness - box. It was also alleged and hinted in cross-ex amination that my family were sued in Wellington for two hundred pounds for defamation in a similar case. This is con trary to fact, and to prove that such allega tion is untrue and unf ounded,lam prepared to offer the sum of £100 to be given to the public charities of this city if any person or persons in the colony of New Zealand can prove that I or any member of my family were ever sued in this colony for defamation or any other charges of a similar nature as alleged by counsel for the defence." Mr Petford brought the little girl to our office with her certificate for good conduct at the Presbyterian Sunday school which she attended, and her appear ance and replies to the questions put to her certainly did not tend in any measure to confirm the impression of moral delin quency which was set up by counsel for the defence in the Police Court. On the contrary, the girl in her appearance and replies gave every token of being as inno cent of any knowledge of wrong as other children of her age.

The Supplementary Rolls.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —In reading the various paragraphs under the heading of " Election Notes " in your last issue, there appears a very strange contradiction. We are told in the first that Mr Shera's Committee has got through the whole of the supplementary roll, and in the last paragraph we are informed that these very same rolls will not be open for inspec tion until next week. I would like to know, Mr Editor, how Mr Shera's Committee can obtain a copy of a roll which other persons are not even permitted to inspect ? Perhaps you can enlighten your readers upon a sub ject which is so deeply interesting just now.—l am, etc., An Elector of City Wkst.

The Depression and Local Industry.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —As a regular subscriber to your paper, I have watched night after night for some indications of a turn for the better in the state of affairs. I have walked in the city, and seen hundreds of men walking the streets wanting work. I have asked trades men and others if things are any better. The answer is '' No." Now, sir, we have in dustries in our midst that are languishing for want of support, and what do I hear ? Why, when {food workmen do not know where to get a crust of bread for their children our Government are sending our money—my money-—away, never to be seen here again. There were wanted fifty wire beds for one of our Government institutions. Did they order them here, where they can get as good an article and as cheap, and find em ployment for men ? No, they sent Home for 100 wire beds. Had I my way, those who sent should pay for them. They can be made here,even to the drawing-up bolts; and allow me to say I am constantly using bolts made in Auckland, and better there cannot be.—Yours, etc.,

Engineer.

Football.

(To the Editor.)

Sik, —" Actseon," in your issue of Saturday, crows a little too loudly over the Auckland win in the recent Otago match. He states " Otago could teach us nothing." Indeed ? How different is my opinion. I think that the youths who represented Otago on this occasion could teach the Auckland men how to play football, although the latter are far and away the best handball players.

.Will any impartial critic differ with me when I say that the Otagoites showed a superior knowledge of football proper, but were sadly deficient in "speeling," and through the want of the latter qualification they lost the game ? Look at the ready way they packed the scrummages* and almost invariably took the ball through; their fast kicking, and quick following up on a dribble showed a lot of play, while the fact that Whiteside ' didn't score proves efficient collaring. No, " Mr Actseon," you are in too great a hurry to flap your wings, or rather shake your horns. The Otagbifces were fairly beaten, and admitted so with good grace, but they are not duffers.; All they want to make them perfect are two such running men as Whiteside and Elliott (they needn't know more about the game than they do) and the mature age of the average Aucklanders. Then they mil more than reverse the deci sion of Wednesday, learn something from Aucklandj and, best of all, admit it.—l am, etc., .

Old Playeb.

Parliamentary Candidates and the Mining Industry.

(To the Editor.) Sib, —Having read most of the speeches of the different candidates who are seeking the suffrages of the electors of Auckland, I find that the mining industry is hardly ever mentioned, and when it is spoken of it is little more than a passing remark—most of the candidates having retrenchment on the brain. The development of the mineral resources of the colony must and will claim a greater amount of attention from the members of Parliament than it has ever done before. The mining industry is al most the only one that will lift us out of our present depressed state. In 1886 the gold exported from Auckland was 32,271 ounces, of the value of £128,140—money actually dug oufc of the ground. Is, then, this an industry to be lost sight of ? At the Thames we have thousands of acres of land only partially prospected, where we have gold and silver in abun dance, which is only awaiting the develop ment of a process to extract it from the various ano: complicated ores. As soon as this is forthcoming, the hills will resound with the ring of the pick, hammer, and gad, when all our surplus labour can oe profitably employed, bringing forth the hidden treasures of the eartn, wealth to the people, and happy homes to those employea. Fellow electors, see that your would-be M.H.R.'s pay some

attention to this industry. We are down upon our luck just now, and require a little help and support. This industry will bring prosperity to your merchants, store keepers, Farmers, and working men sooner and quicker than any other in dustry possibly can do. Where Will a fanner get a better market for his produce than in a mining district, and yet I see in a speech reported m the papers that one candidate at Pukekohe says he would sweep the Mines Department away. I hope the electors will have the good sense to sweep him into oblivion on polling day. The present Government is the only Go vernment that has done anything for the Thames and mining. It v the only Min istry we may expect anything from. It is a combination Ministry, composed of three Liberals (Stout, Ballance. and Tole), two Conservatives (Vogel and Richardson), and one semi-Conservative (Larnach). VMth two Liberals in the place of Vogel and Richardson, it would be the best Ministry New Zealand ever had. I was a victim ot the Hall-Atkinson retrenchment a tew years ago. when the same howl was going forth for retrenchment. .What did they do ? They turned out all the working men they could from one end of New Zealand to the other. About thirty or more were turned out from the Auckland Railway Work shops, myself amongst the number. Wage - earning married men with families — what were they, the bread winners of treble their number, to do? Why, live on the storekeepers and dig gum ! Those who could left the country some first-class tradesmen that the country could ill-afford to lose. This is the kind of retrenchment electors must expect from a Hall-Atkinson Ministry. They will turn their working men adrift to^ell the ranks of the unemployed, to live on charitable aid, the storekeeper, or to starve ; and after a short time they will fill the vacant billets with men from' tlie South as they did before.—l am, etc., Thames. Verox.

Dr. Girdler's Attack on Local Bodies and their Composition.

(To the Editor.)

Sib,—Dr. Girdler has spoken, and with no uncertain sound. He depreciates all and sundry, more especially those who have the misfortune to be members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. He first refers to the hurried erection of the fever wards, but he forgets to tell you that it was at his own instance these wards were erected, or even thought of. The Board, contemplated, and in fact were negotiating for, the erection of another wing somewhat similar in ap pearance to the present Hospital, at a cost of £12,000, or thereabouts ; but to my dis gust, and that of others, Dr. Girdler at tended a meeting of the Committee one morning when the fever scare was practi cally over, and said, " I must have two new wards up at once for fever cases." In fact, his wants were numerous and urgent. The Board were called together to consider Dr. Girdler's request, and in their weak moments yielded. The wards were erected according to his own wish, except that hot water was introduced into them for sanitary purposes, whereas Dr. Girdler stated it was unnecessary. Whatever other defects exist (if any) are due to himself. Theße wards, which have never been required, are an eyesore, a source of ex pense, and have been the means of prevent ing the permanent building from being carried out as originally intended, both by the late Mr Costley and the Hospital Com mittee. In fact, £3,000 has been thrown away at the whim of one man. Dr. Girdler takes exception to the Hospital being governed by an "autocratic and select committee." It is generally understood that tho ratepayers of Auckland, her suburban boroughs and rural districts immediately surrounding, have to contribute, by direct taxation, some £8,000 to £10,000 annually to maintain the Hospital and give relief to the aged, intirm, and needy, which sum is subsidised by the Government for the pre sent.

Dr. Girdler fears our Hospital will be turned into an infirmary (what is it now but that ? ), and he quotes the practice of the Home hospitals. The great majority of the Home hospitals are very richly endowed, some of them to the extent of from £30,000 to £40,000 per annum; also, otherwise sup ported by large voluntary contributions, and used for training students, and educat ing them in their profession. The Honorary Medical Staff who attend them are unlike our own, inasmuch as their practice is more of a consulting nature than general practitioners. To say that the inmates of our Hospital have the benefit of the combined knowledge of six or eight medical men is misleading:, as the different patients when their ailments are diagnosed are placed under the care of different medical men, and the others do not interfere except when specially re quested ; so that it is merely one irrespon sible doctor who has charge of the patient, and should those in charge be busily engaged with their own private practice, or at a garden party, lecture, dinner, &c, or in their beds, they are not likely to trouble about an unremunerative occupation. Of course these are exceptions, but we have it on record where some of the staff have been in attendance only once in three days, in five days, and in some cases as many weeks, and the patients left to the care of the Hospital doctor and nurses. In such case has a student the requisite knowledge? In cases of accidents, too, which invariably arrive by night, is an ex perienced surgeon not an absolutenecessity ? And is not £500 per annum with board, in these depressed times, a fair salary ?

The Board does not expect him to keep away from his family at all times, but demands that there shall alwayn be one medical man in attendance, and with this view are prepared to pay for an assistant, who may be a student. If the Hospital benefits the profession and the country to the extent of training and improving in his profession one student annually, it will do well.

Dr. Girdler suggests that £1,000 per an num with board and residence should be the salary of a doctor, and criticises the manner which the authorities propose to elect one. The Board have never contem plated sending to the Agent-General to select a medical man, simply contenting themselves by authorising an advertisement to be inserted in the papers throughout the colony. As for the salary, how many practi tioners or professional men in Auckland are in receipt of over £500 per annum, free of their board and residence 1 And why can not the Honorary Medical Staff perform the same functions under an experienced House Surgeon that they do under a student ? Surely it would be better to have the assistance of a duly qualified surgeon in critical cases than the ideas of a student whose practical knowledge must of necessity be very limited. Students as residents of the Hospital, and an honorary medical staff composed to a great extent of practitioners of limited experience, would not inspire confidence in the public or the inmates of the institution.

Divided responsibility has been a failure, is now a failure, and must be terminated. Dr. Girdler sneers at the new cancer hos pital ; but without means it is impossible to build an elaborate one. Small as it is, ib must be infinitely superior to the building (an old rotten stable), in the two stalls of which, lying open to the winds and rain from heaven, were located the poor creatures who were afflicted with the terrible disease. Were the3e isolated creatures ever visited by the Honorary Medical Staff, or did they ever do anything to alleviate their terrible suffer ings and privations ? The Maternity Ward was closed, and pro perly so. What right have taxpayers fee pay for the support of a place wherein young women can congregate from all parts

of the North Island to hide their disgrace . That some alteration is necessary in cne attention to patients is evidenced by cne following :—Average number of patients in Hospital, 92; number of deaths from lsc January to 12fch May, 1887, 45 (the latest return I have before me). This is a large percentage of deaths. There are many other facts I could reter to, but I fear I have already trespassed too much on your space, the importance ot the subject being my only excuse for so doing —I am, yours, etc.,

W. J. Suiter. P.S.—lf rumour be true that the Hospital is soon to lose its most valuable Lady Super intendent, it becomes all the more necessary that a surgeon superintendent of mature years, sound judgment, and strict morals, should be appointed to maintain the high standard of discipline and efficiency to which the Nursing Staff have attained. W.J.S.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, lgff.

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Election Notices. -i^-OTIGE OF POLLING DAY. In pursuance of" The Regulation of Elections Aot, 1881," I, JOHN ALEXANDER BKALE, Returning Officer for the Electoral Distiict of NEWTON, doherehy give notice that by virtue of a Writ bearing date the 26th day of August, 1887, under the hand of the Clerk of the Writs, an ELECTION will be held for the return of one qualified person to serve as a Member for the said Electoral District; and that the NOMINA TION of (Candidates wil take place at Saint George's Hall, Great North Road, at noon on the 19th day of September, 1887; and that the POLL, if necessary, will be taken at the several polling-places of the said District on the 28th day of September, 1887. The following are the Polling places for the Electoral District of Newton :— Saint George's Hall, Great North Road, Newton (principal booth) The Victoria, Hall, Eden Terrace, New North Road. JOHN A. BEALE. Returning Officer. Dated this 26th day of August, 1887. VTEWTON ELECTION. MR. H. T. GARRATT WILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31st, 1887, At 8 p.m., in the EDEN HALL. -JTIDEN ELECTORATE. MR MITCHELSOK Will meet his Committee and supporters at WAITE'S HALL, MOUNT EDEN, On WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT 31st insfc., at 7.50 o'clock. pONSONBY ELECTORATE. Mr C. S. WRIGHT will ADDRESS the ELECTORS of Ponsonby on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 31st instant, at 8 o'clock, In the Ponsonby Hall, Jervois Road. -m/TR READER WOOD'S COMMITTEE will MEET at| the Committee-room, Devonport, on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 7.30 p.m. All Electors interested in his return are invited to attend. TIDEN ELECTORATE. Mr J. AITKEN CONNELL will have much pleasure in meeting the Electors of Eden at— School-house, Titirangi, on TUESDAY EVENING, August 30, at 7 o'clock. Public Hall. Swanson, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 31, at 7.3J o'olock. Meetings at other places will be duly advertised. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen,— I am a Candidate for the honour of represent ing your district in the new Parliament, and will continue to address you at the various centres throughout the district. The dates and places of meetings will be duly advertised.1 J. AITKEN CONNELL. TIDEN ELECTORATE. Mr MITCHELSON will address the Electors of Eden as follows :— In the School-house, WAIKOMITI, on TUESDAY EVENING, the 30th inst, at 7 o'clock. In the School-house, TITIRANGI, on SATURDAY, the 3rd September, at 2.30 p.m. mO THE ELECTORS OF WAITE MATA. . Gentlemen,—l beg to ofter myself for re election to represent you in the General Assembly. I shall shortly do myself the honour of address ing, you at some of the principal centres in the Electorate. RD. MONK. July 7,1887. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen,— I have pleasure in offering myself as a Candidate for your electorate, and wiil, at an early date, do myself the honour of addressing you on political matters. EDWIN MITCHELSON. Auckland. 30th June. 1887. mO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. Gentlemen,— Having received a numerously-signed and representative requisition desiring me to stand as a candidate for your district, I have much pleasure is accepting the invitation. I an, Yours truly, EDWD. WITHY. E. W. dan be seen by any Elector at his Committee Room, St. George's Hall, Great North Road, on Wednesdays from 7 to 7.30 p.m. m O THE ELECTORS OF AUCKLAND NORTH. Gentlemen, I respeotfully beg to offer myself for Re eleotion to Represent your District in the House of Representatives. Youre faithfully, T. THOMPSON, June 19,1587. . TTS7ATE.BBURY WMsfc* foF NofebJng TV at J, H, Daltoa's, Tailor, Victoria-street



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TUfONEY TO LEND, iFw;-^ -^J- Freehold Security. °h '^Si opposite Bank Now Ze»] an d ' Que™*tMtt QUEENSUim^p RTGiGEri^ HEAD OFFICE. Brisbane: Agencies AucUand.Syd^^j,^ MONEY advanced from £5 * n< * « any amount required, to suit thn h n &iii to PERSONAL. FREEHoS.JSSSrtH?" any TANGIBLE SECURITY ret?hi Pot way as may bo arranged, e'ifcCW&r MONTHLY, or QUAitMiLXSS Y. lowest current rates. - -ffl3lalaiei»fcU ADVANCES made on FURNITURE, ■ removal; also, onaUkindsof JlEJ^hanuI,loll* including BOJSD VVAitBANX N^ BILLS DISCOUNTE at current*^ S S^n^na mmmioati^ *"ib 9 Mj __OFJrxoB Hours: From 6tills o'clock Bank of England Notes CHAvnch —' T ONDON MORTGAGE^IS^and JU DISCOUNT BANk ' D 50, SHORTLANP^ STREET, AUOffriKft (Opposite A. Cla^ and Sons' WareS ° And Little Uollins-st,, AlolboS " LOANS are advanced from £10 to £5 Odo Upon ' Personal, FrechoW, p aml^L^ia gyjj; Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly Instalmaats, At Lowest Current Rates, maai * Advances made on Furniture without remoril and all classes of Merchandise. ~ Loans granted upon Life Policies, legates, and Interests under Wills. ■ " Bills Discounted at CumiKNT.RATSg. Loans upon Deposit of Deeds. Inpayments by Easy Instalments, Advances on Life Policies; ■ ONEY LENT ~ON " PROMISSORY NOTJSS, HOUSES, FURNHUK%ica BILLS DISCOUNTED DAILY. . MO RTG AjG US NEGOTIATE!!, ~ JOHN W. HARDI^, Land, Commission, and. Estate Aqssi, HIGH-STREET, AuCKMfD. INDUSTRIAL AN D PROYHJM PERMANENT BUILDINGi LaN» AtfD INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF AUO&LAfID. Repayments p n *w<w<k total amoaiii extending over ° ween. 1 year ~- .. ,£2ft 0 £104 oft 2 years .. .. 10 10 .108 8 8 3 years li . ■.. QH7 11815 6 4 years „ .. 011 8 121 68 > 5 years .. .. 010 Q 130 oft 6 years .. .. 08 9 13618 9 7 years .. .. 0 7 ]i. ■•;-!« » I B'yoars .. .. 07 1 / jll J§ 2 ' 10years .. ... 06 8 . 1(318 3,„ The Board has power in :caBW of Sickness M Want of Employment to Suspend Payments. Borrowers Slmre in- Profits. Part or whole of the advance inSy^MijjJ at &nf time. li»ter6st ceiSeS to tflfl DoreW repaid. - A member who has obtained an advance U a* liberty t6 sell "his property at any tuna anttM day off his mortgage; or may, his property subject to the mortgage W™ "oorner of QUEEN'STREET and VfILCAH LANE, Aucklan^^ 4UGKLAND PERMANENT Mr OPERATIVB BUILiJIUQ frOVBI' T SOCIETY. . Otfiobi I*7 QpkeH-btbmt. LOANS granted npoh approved «*^J*Jj| Freehold or Leasehold *20 to £6,000, principal and tatercsfbelni?^ fte'^gom gUnd7F^^^ i»: ::I|F jjj 8 years - .. 0H 7 .}« l? | 4 years „ .. Oil 8 |»;|| 6 years .. .. 08 9 \f | J 8 years* .. 07 1 }«»}. 10 years .. . j 0g 3 -JHliLfj, And in the same proportion for smaJJe* , or larcer: !dft««- ■ DEPOSITS.-The Society receives mong m denosit --For (5 months, 4 per pent,; rep«*bW Secrejary^ LAND AND • MONETARY AGENf, • ■ ■■■ 24, " SfltpßtEASp^Tßtet ■ .(Three door jpasf ?TAB' Offic^*' I am prepared to.^ land in AuoWanfl« land I charßO 2i per cent comm.ssion, froni£2o to£ra,oW. , Advances made on "coloil and^^sn Lirt Policies. "SSSftt S temi«»to £Is^— ■»^^T7IMLAND MORTGAGE, LOANi FIEST AND:SIU»W> MOBTBA* any ava'i^iSSistiiaiß* BillßDlsconnted_atCarrentßat» .BUB-BanfcwiUreceivempo-itaa* thefcllOW Ine rates of interest }-<■ gperM'l'' ; 12 months '•• ••, .' fpeto«n» 6 months .- " " tpßttxl™'* 5 months .. AGE, W«*"» 1 '' —-'- - -— - — ~ 1 Tcofcr TP you want on extra <■* Li Rff-«3S«r-^-^- Victoria-street.^-=r=CrSATW T~T~SWINNEKTOj><