SHIPPING.

BUNBET-Thif C ■]'■■■■' !''■"s; „, n «r\-f't 'X—Tor > '■'.•"■. ion ing,7.10.' ' Moopj-S -AGi^u.l .juwn, Un, 10.17.am.

HIGH WATER.

Auoia.Axn - This evening, 5.2 ; to-morrow mSuj!Su?'irßAl«.-Tlita evening, 7.42;. to "^SfSS&l^-Thls evening, 8.12; to morrow morning, S.S.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., torn Russell lohu, s.H., from Great Barrier Wellington, s.s,, from Wharigtfnn Glencatru, schr., from Lyttolton Lagoon, scow., from Pafcau Progress, scow., from tho Coast Wafpu, schr., from Whaugtipoa Eleanor Morton, xmttar, from Mahurangi Matakana, cutter, from the Coast Nellie, cutter, from Whungapoa, Seagull, cutter, from Hie Coast Waterlily, cutter, from-Barrier rvccamia, ketch, from Lyttelton

DEPARTURES.

■ LAST EVES ISC Douglas, s.s., for Opotiki

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Eotomahana, from Thames, to-day, 8 p.m. Coromanael, from Coromandcl, baburday, Entcqir'iL-e, froVn. Thames, Sunday, 0.30 a.m. Kichmoml, from Sydney, early

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Centurion, sli., KCOT, left London Mar. Rau^tikei, «hip, loading nfc London Lutterworth, bq., left London April 7 lloutonbew, bq.-, NTQS (via Otago), lefb Gkfeyow March 10 Elinor" Vernon, soh., JSEK, left New York Fob. 5, via Duncdin Star ■of the East, from Now York, via

Duhcdin . . Arab,bq., to leave New York April 2, via Dunedin Dauie, bq.,. to leave Java ApriMG C. W. Janes, bq., left Now York' Feb. 4, via .... Lyttelton . . . ..„.,_,._.-,.,, ~,.. . Victoria, bq., from Hamburjf, via Lyttel ton and'.Dunetthv *" 'Sybil, schr., from aenriso liyno, schr., from a cruiso . Fleetwing, uchr., from a cruise' Three Cheers, schr., loft:Oamaru ifay 25 Locjcoiit, brisrantiiioi from Newcastlo Olive, schr.,: from a cruise ': .;.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, sh., for London, loaling Easterhill, bq., for London, early Heinrich Bauer, bq./ for New York, early •Wanaka, for the South (from Onehunga), Friday, 3.30 p.m.

IMPORTS.

Pev Gleneairn: 300 sacks wheat, 41G sacks and bags flour, 9.1 sucks oats, 160 sacks potatoes. The schooner Queen was still ashore at Hokianga yesterday. . .The schooner Three Cheers left Oanlai'u, for'-Thames on the 25 th May. The barque Meropo arrived at London, from this port on tho 30th'ulti ths.voyjige having occupied 89 days. The ketch Rccamia, Captain Hoist,arrived! from Lyttelton yesterday afternoon, after a fair-weather,, passage, and berthed this morning at tjioKaihvuy Wharf. Tho barque Tyburnia,1 9iS tons, of Lon don, built at Glasgow in 1857,■ was sold by public unction at" Sydney ontho 2Sth ult. for £700. ;' ..■..*•>--.. «---.---■* [. Tho: schooner Mannion arrived nb To Kopuru, K^ipai-a,: from Lyfcfcalton on Wed nesday, andsjs4>ftFqt.io Bride;left Kaipara for Sydney on Thursday". .'\ Th» s.B. VVakatu, which left Lyttelton for IVeHington ..yeetqrday^put back to port owing,tqan accident to.her boiler.. j.;i ;u ■ The briganthieOcoola completed loading; at Whffngdroa'for Dunediii yesterday. ~ The - schooner .Marion, berthed at the Railway ■■wharf this morning: ThVX/'hina'Navigation' Coihpaiiy's steamer Tsinan leaves. Sydney.ior llong,l,cqng on the 11th inst. The schooner Christina' and cutter Wear' arrived at Wlumgarei from this port yostor tiaytcsst) •■'. ■•; ._-._ ■■■< r. ■% ,■_■■.■. The s-a lona arrived from Great Carrier, early this morning. !PassoUgera : Mi'B Kawnes, Messrs;SomersJ Roads, and Flem ing. ' Tho Hal-bour Board's largo dredger was at wovlc between the two,outer berths on the sV.estw.ard side of QueeiiTstrcjot wharf to-day, in order to improve tho berths for deep water-ships.' "■> •-■■' "■■■'■ *~*-: ■-: , , The • barque Meropo ■ aj*rt«d at London from this placo on'the.3oth wit., the voyage having occupied 89 days. ";:- ','■ 'i-Tha ketch Recatnia, Captain 'Hblat, ar rived from Lyttelton yesterday afternoon, after a fair weather passage, and berthed this morning at the Railway Wharf.

The Colonial, .Union Shipping: Company (Limited) is the title of.a company- formed forl the-purpose, of running a; regular lino of! steamers from London, to' ISiow Zealand.' The steamers .are.to be fitted with Hsn'p, refrigerators and Mill carry frozen mutton at cheap, rates. - The .tirab steamer of the line, the Balmoral Castle, 2,948 tons, i'eg'istor, is announced to leaVe London ear' in July; ■;. .' ■'••' .' • ■ ■'<■ .The s s Clansman arrived from Northern ports early this morning"'with tho following, passengers :— Mossrs Hutchinson,- Bishop, R.M V Lane, Kneeshaw, Cant, Lewis, Atkin soni'.'Bell, Goodwin, Sydney, Sanderson5, ;Mesdame'3 Hutohinsbir and...family (3) ,\7 in 'steerage.. '.'...■,.;■. ','.," .','.', '.'." ','"."; ~- The schooner Glencairn,Captain R. Queen, "arrived from 'Lyttelton 'this morning, and anchored off tho end of the Railway Wharf. She left Lyttelton .on the 2">th -ult., and in the ypyagp. up experienced very heavy weather;■ during which some slight damage was sustained." .«'... - ; The'R.M'.S, Aoran^i left Lyttelton for Londoniyesterday with a full cargo of wool, wheat, tallow, akins, 16,000 carcases mutton,; and' 12' boxes gold, value at r£!)2,<LMr : /'Alist of:p:is!3cnger« booked at this port >vas,publisii.ed in Monday's, issue. , The last constructed-torpedo boat, the Thorneycroft; .• on her trial trip made a speed of 20 milos an hour. This. 'Avould'be .a caiition to some cross ;coiintry trains to be Jnetwith,ih.these col'ohles.;,, . : ~•• \ : ", .-..Thos.s. Wellington arrived irom Whan •garei at an early hoiir this morning with "tho following passengers :— Messrs 'Wcsfcman, Tallis, Buchanan, McLean';;Hoyle, Johnson, Bimis, Richardson, Sliav^, : Hogaiij .Misses Bright, Morrison, McKenzie, Babtist, and 2in the steerage.- •■ '- ■ . : . The steamer Spokane; with#a crew-;of twenty-four, men, capsized, on April 4th in !thq;? Coo.Ur' d'Aloiie, near Portlarid, Oregon. " Five men" Were drowned.';, '[ . The;'steamship Victoria,, launched from 'the ' Clyde recently, is one'; of four' new steel siteamships of similar' design, and of 7,000 tons gross register,ordered front noted British builders for the Anglo : Australian tracfe.. VTho names, 'of the other: vessels are the' Britannia', Oceania, and Arcadia.

THIEVING ON THE WHARVES.

'; Thipving :ori ■ the' wharves is reported feo be "on * iho ' incireaso," and ,'a moafc re markable; instance ". has . boon brought under our notice. •Tjio,. ship,. Anlorica, which dischargee! fv.fuil ;caifgo of Eng-, li.«h goods at tho Queen-street wharf and ~leffc; for the South thi.-i week, had Claims amounting to ■ nearly XSO raqdp? by

cu.ici^'heoa. Of this .sum, about L3O was ior dHina»ed carj?o, and L 47 odd for articles shipped at London, but of which no trace "could be found By. the agents here. The missing cargo was not euch as is contained in large parcels, such; as tanks or hardware, but was for the greater part nice handy packages sucli as catidlesi salmon 'and other preserves, and the conclusion arrived at is obvious. This matter is deserving of special attention at this moment because the Harbour Board have under considci utiou the erection of largo open sheds on tho principal tees of the Queen-strcot wharf. Will "open" sheds, to prevent goods from being damaged by bad weather, for will they" prevent or tend "to increase the facilities for petty theft? It is feared that t'^oir usefulness would bo considerably a fleeted by theso con siderations, and it appears advisable that' tho sheds to bo erected should bo made proof against both bad weather and thieves." ■ '

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

YV.YiTATiA, this day arrived ; (.iairloe.li from Oncluingn, (J.lo a.m.

Oi'OTiKi, tin's day.—The g.s., Cholmnfortl lias been down to To Kaha confiding. Tho school lor Gii-iborne left that plaoo tor Auck land 11b 4.;i0 p.m., yesterday. The ('holms ford will leave OpotildTor Auckland direct at 2 p.m. to-day.

Wku/inutox, •Juno 2. -Sailed : Poiif>-uin, for the North. I'aßcscngcrs : ' Miss Corbutl, Mrs Scott, and 2 steerage.

Lyttultox, June 2.—Sailed : Wairaiajm, for tho North. Passengers for Auckland : Messrs Andrews, Froudo, Mm Bradley, Misses Andrews and Petora.

COMMERCIAL.

EvEN'iSG Staii Oitick, this day.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET

Earm AN» Daixiv Pkoduoi:. — Wliolesalo : Buttor, primo fresh, Is ; choose, good fac tory, '.klj to 4kl per lb ; Cantarbury, none;; Eggs, Is Gd ; Lard, in bladders, ;">.Jd ; Bacon and Hams, in cloth, provincial, (i.^tt to 7d; Hams, S:{d to Odj.,Canterbury Bucou, new cure, 7d ; Bacon 'and.' Hams in, equal numbers, 7.{d ; Hams, BJtl.

Fimvk M.viikkt.—Wliolesalo: Southern flour, £11 lf)s to £12; Lamb's Premier, £12 15s ;. Standard, £11 \ 15s ; bran, tort (sacks included), f4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4; lgcal sharps, £o = 10.s and i'ti : Southern do., none ; cabin broad, £lf>; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 ; oats, 2s 2d to 2;j <td ; nmi/.e, .'ss stl to .'ss 7d ; Soutlicrn potatoes, £o to t.3 m ; poarl barloy, do., 20.5; beans, tin 3d; onions,,'XS to £9. AH grain, chad', oatmeal, &.c, sold including.Hacks.

Kai/iu Gum, i'uvx, &c.-Tho market is firm. Wo quote poor, ; fair to good, £41 to £44:; superior, £45 and upwards ; East Coast, £r»7 to £60. Sup plies for May, sofar,stJU ; for June, ko far,76 tons. Flax, per ton, £14 to (-17 ; tow, ditto, £5 to £7 ; fungus, per Ib, 2j'd to 3|cl; cocoa-nut fibre, 15s to 17s per cwt.

Coal and Firkwoou Maiucut. — Coal: Newcastlo (ship's side), '24n to '28s per ton ; yard, '2Ss to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at yards, •2(5s iid ; screened, '2Ss (id ; ditto, at the mines, l'3a ; ship's sido, 2b'.s ; Wailcato, 8s to l'2s ; at Auckland, 183 to 2'2s ; Taupiri, at mine, Ss 6d to 12s ; at yard, steam, 170 Gd ; houseliold, 22^; Whangarei; .at niino, 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; delivered, 225. Firewood : Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s Gd to 8s 6d per ton; delivered, 12s to 13s jiout^.Hs to lGa. % >;

Building Matertals.—Tinjber : Boards and scantling, lOOfb'best, 12s'; second-class, (is Gd ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, Ms ; medium, lls ; second-class, 0a ; ruatieated weather boards, first-class, 14s; medium, Us ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 10s ; sft (heart), lls ; Oft,; 14s ;■ ti-treo rails, £8 10s per 100 ; pnriri posts, £6 lOs-to £7 10s ;shinglc9, 13s per 1000■; Hobart palings, sfbj 19s ; 6ft, 21s; llobart rails, 90s, aellingquotations. Bricks, at Avondalo, 30s per 1000 ; town yards, 30s to Sos, delivored 40s. pram pipes, at works per 100 (6 incjics bpro), iOe ; 4 ihchea, 14s ; J5 inclies, ,!)3 ;:2,:inches, £2 10s per 1000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot ; 15 inches, 4s (5d per foot ; 12 inches, 3s per' foot; U inche3, 2s por foot; 0 inches, Is per. foot; 4 inches, Sid per foot; 3'inchesi 7d

per foot. Maxukes. - Bonedusb : Sydney, £7 15h to £9, according to quality ; boneflour, £9 to £3.0 ; Auckland, t8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17 ;. Long Island do., £4 10s, bag.? included ; Hurst's chemical manure, £13.

Notces to Correspondents.

Corv.-t GKofior.—At a regatta at Providence, held in. June,. 1880, Wallace Ross, Rilcy, Eck, Gaudaur, Lee, Plaisted, Boyd, Hanlan and others started. The race was won by Ross, Hanlan having given up, owing to a, pain in his side. He sub sequently defeated Wallace Ross by 20 lengths in June, 1881.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1887.

Tot tho causo that lacks assistance, For tho wronj; that needs resistance, Tor the future in tha distance, And the good that we can do.

Our morning contemporary takes the Governor to task for acting upon the advice of his Ministers in his reply to the resolution addressed to him by the House of Representatives. Sir Wil liam Jervois would have done a very foolish thing if he had pursued any other course. Much as party zeal may dispose us at times to desire that the Governor shall show "a stiff back bone," it is in every sense better for the the representative of the 'Crown to maintain ' a strictly constitu tional attitude, aucl leave the their own differences. Of course we representatives of the people to settle may conceive circumstances under which it would be proper for His Ex cellency to take instructions direct from the House. Ministers are only there as tlie mouthpiece of Parliament,and;if an Executive body in possession of the Treasury Benches, advised a course which was likely to prove disastrous to the colony, it would be the duty of the Governor to defer to the clearly expressed wishes of Parliament, and dismiss his Ministers, casting upon the House the duty of furnishing him with i other advisers. But nothing has arisen | yet in the' present political crisis to justify His Excellency in removing the responsibility from the shouldeis of hh> Ministers and making himself tlie shuttlecock be tween parties. Any Governor vrho at tempts to control the government of the country by a personal exercise of his prerogatives will soon ge.t himself into hot water.. Parliament, in its control of the'purse, possesses ample power to terminate any difficulty that may arise in its dealings with the Exec utive, and the .direct interposition of w vat our contemporary terms the "h,dependency of judgment" of the CrdYni is a dangerous doctrine to preaciV, Sir William Jervois is too shrewd a man not to bo aware of this. Although lie has promised his" "'present Ministers a dissolution, he has not yet signed the pro clamation destroying the existence of Parliament, and we may safely predict that he will not sign it until he is assured that his advisers have com plied with all the reasonable demauds of the Parliamentary majority. To do more than this would embroil him, not cmly with the1 House, but with the country —a position which every dis creet Governor'1 will avoid.'

LORD BRASSEY AND THE COLONIES.

Wj? mentioned in our local columns yesterday that Lord Brassey, speaking at Adelaide, said that ho " thought the colonies might fairly be expected to give assistance to England in retain' ing India, .md to join in lending aid in any question" in which they -were in terested as weillas England. At the same time lie did not 'think the col onies should be called upon'to assist in any such enterprise as the settle ment of the, Bulgarian, ;: question." As to Lord Brassej's ability or expe dience as a statesman or a strategist, ! we have no very absolute or reliable '.knowledge ; but when he says '.in one fceath that "the colonies should assist 'l&gland in retaining India/ and in the ;mss that '" the colonies should not be pcalJeo! on to assist, in any such enter- | prise,a l^ the settlement of the Bulgarian '> que'stioit," one cannot help wishing his UrdshipJiad explained what England: ! has to do wjtlvtheßulgarian ■ question1

unless in its bearings upon British dc minion in the East. Bulgaria is, and has been for years, the very backbone of the Eastern question, the stumbling block between Russia and the' Bps-: phorus, and at which she has been hammering for more than eighty years, having crossed the Danube five times with her armies to get possession of it under one pretence / or another. Give her possession, and the fall of Constantinople and the closing of the Dardenelles would swiftly follow. England has fought Russia on the Balkans because her statesmen believed that Russian control of the Black Sea would mean that the Czar's vast armies could ad vance on India by railway fromßatourm without, fear,of interruption of her communications with her base, unless, indeed, England could force the Dar danelles, a matter even now considered impossible against the terrible batteries and submarine mines constructed and laid by the " sick man of the East," which are the merest trifle com pared with what any fleet would have, to contend with were Russia in possession of that narrow waterway of nations. As we under stand England's policy, the struggle in Bulgaria is a struggle for the posses sion of India — England can hardly hope to gain possession of Con stantinople herself. If, then, the colo nies are interested in the latter question, they can scarcely be indif ferent to the former, although whether they would, unless upon an extremity, forsake their true functions as the pioneors and founders of new nations to embark upon a . costly foreign policy is another matter altogether. If, however, an offensive and defensive federal alliance should ever be formed between England and her colonies, we fail to see that the colonies could at tempt to separate their liabilities for British wars in Turkey and Egypt from any campaign she may be forced into upon the soil of India itself. It is perfectly true, however, that the feeling is growing daily in England among both parties that England has paid, and is paying, too much for inter national police service in Europe, and if the Mediterranean Powers aban don the Sick Man to the tender mercies of his Northern neighbour, England will probably find ifc cheaper and better to keep entirely aloof from Continental intrigues and maintain her Eastern dominion by laying a firm grasp on Egypt, thus keeping her own communications open, while making an impregnable frontier in India itself. If this is what Lord Brassey means, we can sec the force of his observation;. but we cannot conceive England pursuing any policy that is a wise one in which the colonies, if federated, would be less deeply interested than in' a struggle for the actual possession of India.

THE RADICAL CONFERENCE AT BIRMINGHAM.

The spectacle of Radical Joe in blissful alliance with the heir to the Dukedom of Devonshire before the National Radical Union of Birmingham is unique. We doubt, however, whether the combined power of Mr Chamber lain and Mr Bright will move many Radicals from their allegiance to that Grand Old Radical who has led the Liberal party along the pathway of progress and reform during the last quarter of a century. do not close our eyes to the fact, how ever, that the Conference makes the chances of a re-union of the Liberal party more remote. The hope that a breach would soon be made in the un holy partnership by which the Conservatives hold office' is now gone. An alliance which was found; strong . enough to carry through the Irish Crimes Bill, will stand a,' good deal more. Once again coercion is to be tried as a remedy for suffering' and distress, and if the product be peace, conteno menfc, and goodwill towards the rulers of'the land, then Nature must have changed her ways more completely than Joey Chamberlain has changed' his,coat. • :■:,,;■ \ih ,->".> •..,;

THE FUTURE OF SAMOA.

The star of Polynesian Confederation would appear to be in the ascendant in the meantime, and, so far, as can be judged, the control of '.-Sampan affairs is drifting out of the region of Euro pean complication into the less troubled waters of quasi-native Government. How far this may prove to be:to the advantage of the Samoans remains to be seen. The experience .of Tonga, which -. for many years was of the happiest, has lately been anything but enviable, and the dusky subjects of Iving j George are now tasting the sweets of despotic rule, tempered by a foreign man-of-war., More fortunate t: in; some respect as the Hawaiian? have ; ;been, the experiment of native government has not even there been an unqualified success.. . Nominally independent and capablo of ruling, the sovereign there is but the puppet of tniofficial "European wire-pullers, as the King of Samoa is of the consular representatives; But it is the Hawaiian example which King Malietba appears inclined to copy, and it must be canfessed that in doing so he has chosen the least of several evils that were offered by way of alternative. It is difficult to say what is contemplated by the treaty lately con cluded between1 their dusky Majesties of Hawaii and Samoa respectively, copies of which now lie before us. King Malietoa, with the concirrrence of the two Legislative bodies, the Taimua and. Faipule, binds himself to enter into "a political confederation' ; with his Majesty Kalakaua, King of Hawaii," and solemnly . pledges himself to sonform to whatever rnea

surcs may be'<r-> f; rr^s*V to promote and ment was the outco^ , F T Samoa, the,Hon.JofeC dently a citizen of the Tr^Me, I lempotentiavy. ;%!; "R* S% clamation ratifying 1^ W what is meant by «r,??:Vt federation." It en^ftN 5 identical language in Z *^H treaty which has ie^H ]ecb to'theobli*!?^* Majesty Malietoa^^H, those Foreign PoW^VSett^ and the people of Samoa Sch^ vernment thereof," ha^SH any treaty relations." the phrase «political confS means anything it must: 2?' similation of .the fon7> vernmcut. in the, two and a determination to , concert iti matters of-! * policy. The immediate result reay will therefore prove 'to W the King of Samoa wiU assumo^ dependence of consular, ;control? he has not hitherto enjoyed, atl S placeJnrnself under the guidaJ such Europeans -as.' may attach i selves to the Samoari'cause "(k gent results will be the ascend? British interests, aiid the morel spread of British commerce,, for! Malietoa's preference for En« is well known. The GermanJaJ who under the consular,,systeo; control assumed the * upper bi are said to manifest .(JonsEj at the change foreshadowed !)j tb treaty, and the English and W traders a.re correspondingly:^ A correspondent informs.; us "that \\> Germans are -resorting to their »\ tactics of trying to .stir up,,^ ' strife. Although- a- treaty -of eteni friendship was concluded some monib ago between, MaKetoa and the intri guing Vice-King'Tamasese, the ktta seems still to be amenable ti German influence, and it j probable that the new order t! things in Samoa will not-he .iastji rated without rveolution of -a violai kind. Like other modern.Polwiii however, the Samoans, are fonderd warlike gasconade than, of im i^ and there are good grouudsforb'l that, despite the rage of baffled intii guers, there is in store for; Samoa i, period of settled government,olrerii. ing trade, development of mm and general prosperity, which; shall advance her to a superior /posife among the petty kingdoms of tls Pacific. * '/_'"".

The of the charge oitiiai I throwing preferred' against Charles Pfe j sou was concluded after; we went to pri I yesterday afternoo'nl' Mr Napier,'* for ill accused; set up a very ingeniousdefesl the effect? that the' .'evidence/disclosed*! the accused wished • merely to destwrfl prosecutrix's cloak, which* he Jelt ..ion at her wearing, and had ho 'desire a tM bodily harm on her. ■•/,The ( BenclnKafel less decided that the case should gob!a a jury, and committed , the, _accu»i 3 trial, moderate bail being allmvei;- We learn by telegraph from fa Albert that a fatal-boatiiig/accident is taken place in that neighbourhood ! boat' containing:Mi1 Allan Burshe, pta tor, and a young man named Charles }b left the steamer Minnie Casey'to pyi visit- to.tlie Topuiii-'bush/M vtenfJ above the Topuni bridge;the BokWpsW and the occupants were thrown into a water. Mr B'urshe saved himself bys» ming ashore, but Mirffrv. sank .and n drowned. .'..' " ; There was a lars:e muster of memta* the Burns Club meeting last erenin&'E Mr Lankham occupied tbechaiv. Arsjj! good Scotch programme was goneW as follows :- l£ My Heart's iii'the* lands," Mr Menzies r" Jocko'HazeWeea, ■Miss Glover : " Castles in the Air,/ Neil; •' Jenny Dang the;;. Weaver^ » Lankham ;. " Coding Through Mf, Mrs Wright;"" Mary of Argyle,;^^ Wallace; "Come Undermy?!*,-1 and Mrs Leslie-;, .reading- "%K the Kirk," Mr Robertson\ "MS Tree," Mr Carter'; "Hunting 1 oW,- Wallace and' Mrs ji^; A^T, a Man for .a' .That,^^ reading, "My First,Pair, of-Bree^ PitketHley ; violin solo on. "3^M Mr AValliS ; concluding m*h ,M{fl Syne :> by the whole company.1 -JJ"ll^ ■■' evening the chaii-man,anuounced,:» ■ lady would read a; short Ra^wx^u. dav^ evening entitled 'Scottish- Lyrics. J':-Mis S lankhani»c* panied all the,spngs, r : ; ; ;;■:■,;;) ;j r ,i_

Mr William. Hearn, thi .wJ-'J .sculler of Wellington, has received a i from Mr J. G. feeble, of Yfl'S him to go over and- represent; Ae\^T)[ in the forthcoming sculling WgJiJ Stewart, "the captain : , of the Wgg* i.i ? Club, who for pahy;^ togy sicterable interest in aquatics, to^ several, letters assurin gi him that Hearn ,Ws®ffi& good show in the races * &g^» Ihortly. Mr Stewart haß.»rm2, call a meeting o^ersonsin^WeUg ■ terested in sculling!for,%P^^ certaiuing wbether*wouW^P^ to get a bulling match "P.^fgt^ ofSiißcienfc'valuetoinduce^^ in New Zealand to conipete^J d really is the best scullerin;NeW^. ; _ A large- number of; peopj^f^Sk for the .position of; carets^ ci Gallery aSclni S htwatch|»a^^ l . cai Chambers. A characterise JPF^R has been -received '^^£■£)$. Fitzpatrick,;pointi»- JJ^tedf reason why he .should be JPF he is totally deaf, even to the b». and. also has lost one arm. ■ ■ ■ & C& Ittranspi^thatW^fof* have «&&*>: %H!l&**s Masonic Hotel,1 cotidifcional on t jt , a house to cost proposed to erect will. pontaw ,^ Mr S. Weetman,- F.K.tr.b. back with' him to^uck^^ m 0 turofco a splendid s^nue^^^ bone' of a gigantic gS^jientt^jJ; presented to.tlie-Auctona^ u^tufJ: H. Cullen, postmastei o <J Thi^bono w^^jg^ u tM.g Wairau last. Saturday,^ fitstins g above -Oho bridge., Q^^^f we belieVe of rnoa'bones -^ j^ in that neighbourhood.. ._ be^ Theßev.Mr Lewis, f^wl.'-*! Lewis. ' ,' '. < ' '-■£[']

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J. 'Hv:-W 111^1'OED HAS /. O REMOVED' ■ TO THOSE CENTRAL PREMISES '' : IX TUB .•.YIOTOIUA ARCADE, •> Shortland-strcot Ibctweon Iho Post Ofllco and Queen-street) . NKWSAND ADVERTISIN'O AGENCY. "■' ' AUCKLAND,'"N.Z. ' Keprcscntinpf : • :'•":- ■":'-:•*■:;.::'" Sydney Monfing llorald, Sydney Mail . Melbourne Argus, Austrulusian . . Otago Daily Times and Witness- Lyttellon Tinjeß,|(3antorbury Times s '"' Wellington Post, etc. • '■■: RAILWAY ADVERTISING; Business NolicoD promptly fixed at all Stations along the Line at the shortest.; ~ , .... ... ..., .'notice. . ..



BON A-FIDE : .'■■Q ALE ?■ .<.. ;. .?,■..-: at -v;.,, ■ ; ; ~ less than kxglish cost , - ov '■■ J E'W ELL E R \ r, 'WATCHES, •,■;'.". CLOCKS, ELECTKO-PLATE, ,• , . . AND,, SILVERWARE. ■■-Hi:~1» H*': *;p Having purchased tho Bankrupt Stock of A. At.isr.at a.hciiTj- discount, now offers the whole of the sama at a largo reduction ott'ihvt cost. Being about to relinquish his Auckland - busincasr and having purchased tho old-" established business of B.Peterson &. Co., i '-Ch'riatchurch, ho lias determined, to in- I' elude in Lliosalo-tlio wliole ofhiu lurgo - and raluablo stock at a DISCOUNT OV THIRTY;PBK CENT. "OFF MARKED PRICES. This is a goodopporlunity for acquir ing really good articles and Hiarh-class -: . Jewellery for Wedding and..Birthday . ■ Gifts, considerably under original cost. h.' "iTaKN, :" ' 'H JEWELLER, QUEEN-STREET.' ' fc|"-R" PREBKr E." BAtJ'ME^ BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, '• 1! Vui.cax Lake, "■;■' :.? AUOKL A ND ( - c>..i'.m'#u.t.



BURGLARY AAT ' THE LONDON '■■■ ■- I % •■■-,,;, ARCADE ; w a 'w. goodson 1 ■ Desires to thank his numerous friondu for tho liberal patronage conferred upon him during the first year of tho London Arcade in its pre sent position, which first year closed on Satur day, the 28th May. Notwithstanding the great depression in trade, the returns of the year have exceeded the Proprietor's most sauguino expec tations, demonstrating the fact that customers appreciate our low prices, and purchase where the best value for tho money is obtainable, viz., at tho LONDON ARCADE. .; Unfortunately £or tho Proprietor, the Arcade was the scene of a



BURGLARY botweon Saturday night and Sunday morning, (is recorded in Monday's S'l'Att. We have NOW OPENED an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of GOLD AND SILVER JEWKLLEIIY— every article "warranted;" and bcinjj o£ the latest (lesiKns and at the lowest prices, wo feel confident otirfrioiids will rally round us. ('. W. GOODSON will liberally reward nny one giving griqh information 119 shall load lo l.ho recovery of the Jewellery taken by the BUR GLARS. Having just completed our annual Slock taking1, we Jiavo certain lines of useful every day stock that we odor exceptionally cheap' and append a few prices :— SPECIALLY CHEAP LINES AT aOODSON'S LONDON ARCADE. 5 quires (120'sTiocts) Cream Ruled "Note Paper for lid; Envelopes to match, (kl per 100; Eau do Cologne. L' 3 bottle lor Is, Or ba Gd Lottie for 3s (id ; Toilet Vinegar, 3s fid bottle for 2b, or U, tmmller sixe; Dinner Sals (IK pierces), hitiidtome puttcrna, 255; Tea Hut;; (10 pieces), (Jlnna, htihctaoinely Kilt, lOso'd the set; .Small Hreakfast Sots, 7s '3d ; Toilet Sots, 3b lid; elegant Uul-Gliyss Scent Bottles, nickel silver, 'ops. 1» Ud ; Sterlinp Silver .lowollcry, marvellously cheap ; Nickel Sitvor Clocks, jrood timekeepers, 5s each ; White handled Table Knives, rivalled, is 6d the J dozen; White-handled Oeascrl. Knives, rivottcd. ."s fid the J-dozcn; Mack-handled Knives and Forks, strong and good, 3s the 4-do/.cri pairs; Hread Knives, !)d each; Bread and Butter Matters, 5d oaoh ; At Kleclro-platcd Table Forks and Spoons, Gs the 4-dozen ; Al IClectro-platcd l)O3se:t Forks and Spoons, is fid the J-aozen ; >A bite Melnl Tnblo Forks and Spoons, Cd each ; WUilo MolalDeaso t-ForkHuud Spoons, 4d each ; White Metnl Tea. Forks and- Spoona, Sid each; Japanese Olovo and Handkerchief Boxes, Is Cd the pair; Japanese Sunshades, fld each; other Japanese Goodu cheap; Jugs, sotof 3, handsome patterns, 2s (>d tho sot; Slovo Ornaments, all at hi each ; Hair, Cloth, and Hat Jirunhcs and Per fumery, choap fl'ookot Cutlery, the cheapest in Auckland ; Dolls, China and Conipo, from 3d each; VVritinfc Cases.and Dusks, from 2a (id cacti; Work-boxes and Baskets, from2s each; Papier Alaohe Goods, n splendid assortment-; Toys in endless variety, arranged on Stalls—3d, Cd, and Is each article and upwards. For-Birth day, VVeddin;,-, o.- any Presents, no plaeo in Auckland liko tho London Arcade for variety and cheapness. Price list on application. Notj address: GOODSON'S LUNUON AItCADIC, 210, Queen-street, opposite McArthur'a Ware liouse.



"I^rOTICE. OF REMOVAL. , THE JUniLKf: FRUIT STORE. J. STUATIIERN, Fruiterer. &c, bc^-s to in form the public 'of Auckland that ho has Removed from tho corner to the premises lately occupied by Mrs Uuttcrworlh (two doors above Mr. Hulme'tj, Butcher), which will be known as the Jubilee Fruit Depot. ." "OEGISTEPv, YOUR VOTE. _ITv •• - — G ENERAII. ELECTION' APPROACHING. Voting Forms to be had at Star Office. MACmTOSHES,:A Bargain.—At~J. H. Dalton's, Tailor. Victoriu-strcet Kast.



BUR E'-.., C A, ; LF; L-Y MPH. A,supply has been received by mail, and children cunbt vnccttuitoil dally at Mcsero King and Son's, Choinistd, Quucn-strucU ME DIC AL Ir A LL, PONSONBY (Opposite the Three Lani]>s>. J. &. HKNDERSON, Pi-oprietor, in thankiiiff the residents o( Poiiuoiiby and aurroundinfj dis tricts for their support and confidence-for tho past eleven years, would agaju call their atteh ti.on lq.tt.fcw of lhc'i)i'opriutary articles juanu fa'ctur'eil by Jiim from drugo of Lho very best quality procurable Quinine, Iron, &c, Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia, Hlieuinalie and Gout Mixturun, Toothache Rollover: Tho above give "speedy relief, es pecially in facial nctiralgiu. For Coughs. Colds, &c\—Cherry Pectoral, Jittlsani of iloreliound, Ulilorodyne. Tho above arp' .superior to the imported article, beinir recently proparcd. ' ( ■Antibilious Pills, Bnitnblc to'thc cllnualc ; are purely vegotublo ; tcivo speedy relief. From Is per box ; by post, Is 2d. Prescriptioiiß and Family Recipo3 faithfully prepared.' - J.G.ll.'s Worm Powders and Mixture are tlio moat cilcctual remedies known to medical science.



MR. HUMPHREY HAINES, L.R.C.P., Fellow (by exam.) of the Royal Collego of Surgeons, Edin., Specialist for Kyo and Ear Dlscuboo, Prlncos-Bttvet (ut residence of Dr. (J. H. Huinoa). . . llonrsof Consultation. 10 a.m. lo 1 p.m. DR.: J. MURRAY MOORE, M.8., 'JVr.R.C.S. Hours for Consultation: 11 to 1 p.m., at Pond's Homceopathie Pharmacy, 153, Quccn-3lruQt;2 to 3>*p-.ni., and 7 lo S p.m. at Itosidcncc, Lower -Symonds-street. Tolepliono 130. Vaccinations at Pond's, 1 p.m., TUESD 4.V and FRIDAY • • - ■ IT| R. WiLKINS- (Private CorisulMng -fi-^ Rooms) treats all Medical and Sucgieal Diseases; also, Specialist for Eyo, Kar, and Throat Complaints. : 20 yeara' experience, in Lo »do' and Colo ial Hospitals. Has Electrical Hot Balhs and all Medical Electrical Appli ances. 'Fees moderate. -Queen-street, "opposite South British Insurance. Auckland.. ty . .:.. "ttJ OTI CE. OF REMOVAL MR. T. ~TRAFFORD, . S .UJi.G E 5-N ■ D..E N T I S T, Dcslroß to inform his.Patients and Friends that he hasTcmoycd frbimWakollelri-Btreot to more central bitlce3 . QCrioEN-SrjiicKT,.' over 'Mi:. Way tc's, Bookseller, opposite Wyndham-strcet Hours irom nino a.m. till live p.m. DR. BO2TD V , (late Resideht Surgeon ' Auckland Hospital).' ° Kjirangahapo Road, noftivcorner of Uppor . :V; ■';■;.: ;Quocn-strcot.'' ; Hours of Consultation—At Residence :Bto 9 i.m.,"2 fo 3 p.m.-, 7 to Bj).tin At Kdsou'a,- 200 Qncen-Btrcet: ila.m,, r.'.SOp.m^Teleiihdhc,' 132'



A CARD DR. LEGER ERSON, Paracll (late Dr GokUbrbß rosidoneo), attends for Con sultation-: At Homo,: S to 9 mm., and 3 nin Aickin's Pharmacy, iQitcon-Btroet, 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Parimurc and Otaliuhu. : ■ Tolophone 176. . ,' Every; lady her own dress t .••' ■ MAKtca I % BUTTERICK'S CUT PAPER PATTERNS 1 %;p3suit prcsont Fashions. \ f Invaluable for Teaching Girls tho Avtof | . Drc63maklnjf. With their assistance the least experienced dressmaker (if she boonly a deit ncedlevYomaii) can Bliapo and mako a: garment that when Jiiiishcd will appear the work oil an accomplishes modiste. Metropolitan Fafehions, illustraidngilio abovo (8 pages),, monthlyld, 2s per annum, poat free to any address.; :■■■' >, Agent-W.:P.O(SLjyIE, Draper. Victoria »tt-eet AVest, and at KDUAH & Co,,''"Dyers Wellosleystreet, from 2 t0.5 p.m. .;■■ '• ■'■[ ■' ■Q 0 II N . g,. A C, f S ::.;,]?ORr SALE;..' ;■ :., ■, it BY ,^ S^^LAURIE cc CO. n SEED AXD-MANURf, MEIICUAXTS, CTSTOMS-' STRKET,- AUCKLAXD. •iT\ r yERCOATS iii Qrcat Variefcy,,-at-J. V/'DaUo'ii's, Victoria-street East.



BOX 329.: TELEPHONE 435 IF YOU REQUIRE C4OOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, ok ONIONS, OATS, ,'■ ' ■ ok MAIZE, CALL ON ' ALFRED JO WITT./ •



BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. ' HALF-PRICE LACE CURTAINS.— 200 Pairs at GAItLICK AND CUAN AVJiiLL'S. ■OATENT SPRING ROLLER WliN UU W X BLINDS, from 3s 6d.—GAHLICK AND OKANWKLL. ■ , MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at Half-price, now beinirsold by CrAHLICK ANI>_C_HANWELiL.__ ' I" RON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; very cheap. A few left at GARLICIC AND .ORANVVISLL'SS. STRONG CANE CHTlllsT^om'^s W- At GARLIBK AND OR AN WELL'S. \ rBIAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is (3d per .1. yard. At UARLIGK ANDCCHArN r- WKLL'S. __ T INOLEUiM* from 2a Hd per yard. JLJ At GARLTCK AND CRANWKLL'S. ■OBRAMBUJLATOItS^Tft'ojn 12? to £5. JL__ At GARLIGIC_AND _ORANWKLL^. KAPOK DOWN BEDS, greatly re duend in price, by GARLICK AND CItANWELL. ■ BEDDING of all kinds ready for deli very. Blankets. Sheets, Quilts, etc., ctc^ HA LF - TBSTBR, FRENCH, AND STUMP UICUSTKADS, at prices to suit the timos.-G. & O. ' OILGiTOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash pricc.-GAMLICK AND CKAXVVELL.



HOUSES FURNISHED THROUGHOUT. DINING AND DRAWING ROOM FUUNIT-URK. BEDROOJI -AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. CIIUUCH AND OFFICE FURNITUItR GARLICK AND CRANWELII'3 IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR TRICES THAN FAULTY. ONES AT AUCTION. FOR WELL-MADE DRES.SES AXD STYLISH MILLINERY AT MODERATE PR ICES, thy D. W. JACK AND C 0., PONSONBY ROAD,



[a cakd.] TVJp CHARLES E. PURCHAS, BARRISTER AtsD SOLICITOR. CHAMBERS: 18, Shortland-strcet, Auckland (next Star Office). M. J. S AUNDE, ES Is showing a Large and Well-aborted Stock of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY A* •. -. ' ■'. \ ; BEST MAKES. MAN/UKAU- ROAD, PAKNELL.



ILLUMINATIONS. JAPANESE LANTERNS' AT ' KELSEY'S,' opposite tho Town Clock. Also, JUBILEE NECKLETS, MEDALS, \ ■■ QUEEN'S LIKENESS, FLAGS,' AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. •"' '■ i, I" '" i "'. ■; • —• —. » JUS T PUBLISII E\ D, ! "CALAAIO CURRENTE, OR Casual SKKTciiEsto;; Thixgs ix Gexetiai^" INa.UDINO > THE FINDING- OF NOAH'S ARK, &c. By G. M. HEED ("Pollex.") . PRICE-jONK SHILLTXG. To bo had of all, Booksellers.



TjINLARGEMENT OF .PRESSES./ JOHN WHITE,, t: ■ /MILOU AND HABIT' MAKEtfe, i39,AND d!, Victokia-stkket (next Unioir. Bank), V Inyitos inspection oC liis new prenrses, 1 which aro now the most convenie.Jt .* tuul central in the city. ltehasjustoponeclup a Choice Assortmact'-of : Season's Goods ex s.s. Arawt j, embracing ' , thenowestdesignsinFancyCoatings, ; ;, Tweeds, and Worsteds. &c ... f) A T M E A L.^' ASK YOUR GROCERS FOR ; , ,MOIR &,;..CQ. fSi, :: | ■PRONOUNCED TO BE ITS BEST. [ OATMEAL ;. ,' IN THE ATAnr^ET, ~: . ,- «



imiNDLNG THAT A MISUNDER STANmNC&ias arisen in Ike minds of some of our customers, we beg to annomfcoUhat .tho firm of Hammond and Carpenter, having been : dissolved, we are still carrying on the business Of COAL axd FIREWOOD MERCHANTS, in the old established yards at Newmarket and Auckland. : HAMMOND & CO. QPECIAL -TVJ-OTICE. WILSOX, WILLIAMS, AInD McCULLAGH BOX to announce that they have purchased the StTCk of Mr William Rattray. Draper. 180, Quoon-stroot, will olFpr tho sanio to tho publio iii a few da\a, of which duo notice will be given.