SHIPPING.

Sunset—This evening. 5.55. Sunrise—To-morrow moi-nintr. 5.49. Moon's Age—First Quarter, 24th, 4.43 p.m,

HIGH WATER.

Auckland—This evening, 11.16; to-morrow morninp, 11.31. Manokao Heads. — This evening, 1.56; to morrow morning, 2.11. Kaipara Heads. — This evening, 2,56; to morrow morning, 3.11.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., from Russell lona, s.s., from Barrier Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei Saucy Kate, schooner, from Whangaroa Saxon, schooner, from Whangaroa

DEPARTURES.

Te Anau, s.s., for Southern ports Spitfire, cutter, for Gisborne

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, Saturday,

Rotomahana, from Thames,. Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Sunday, 6 a.m Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Oct. 6

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED. Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lurline, ship, left London July 25 Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow

July 1 Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool Rosedale, from Middlesborough, for Kaipara Zealandia, ship, left London July 23 Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel ton ; sailed June 20 Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin, sailed June 7 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Ada Stotb, barque, sailed August 4 from

New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, from New York Magellan Cloud, sch., from Brisbane Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Jfiva,'early- Orpheus, schooner, lefb Dunedin Sepb. 14 Sbanley, bn., from Newcasble Maile, schr., from a cruise Louie, schooner, from a cruise. Smaragd, briganbine, from Dunedin Lizzie Guy, schooner, from Lybbelbon Seabird, bn., from Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Grecian Bend, schooner, for Sydney Gauloise, schr., for Tahiti

The barque Himalaya, 1,008 tons, is loading at Liverpool for Auckland.

The Magellan Cloud, schooner, left Bris bane for this port on September 9tli.

The brigantine Borealis left Hundaberg, for Newcastle on the 6th inst.

The lona brought up as passengers from the Barrier Messrs Moat, Flynii, ami Silver.

The schooner Gem and the cuttel' Tamaki Packet are loading at Whangarei.

The barque Loch Naw is loading at Mercury Bay for Sydney, and the schooner Welcome for Rockhampton.

The schooner Mariner completed repairs yesterday, and was hauled out of the dock tliis morning.

The schooner Seabird, with 1.000 sacks bonedust, cleared from out the Custom s at Newcastle for Auckland on September 10.

On the 10th the barque Clifton, Captain Bankier, took out her clearance frctm Newcastle with part original cargo from Timaru.

The s.s. Wanaka brought the following passengers from the South:—Messrs it. Allwill, T. Mitchell, Brightwell, ami Polhurst.

The brig Wild Wave cleared ab tho Customs for Newcastle, via Mercury Bay* She will leave this evening in tow of bhe sifl. lona.

The followingpassengers lefb for the West Coast by the Wanaka :— W. Cole, R. Jamieson, A. J. Bertie, and the Mammoth Minstrels.

The P. & 0. boats will in future go direct from Australia to Colombo, inst'sad of by way of Bombay. The. day oi! leaving Sydney is also changed from Wednesdays to Fridays.

The Union Company's new steamier Pn kaki, intended for the direct tvade between Creymouth and Melbourne, left. Glasgow on August 2nd for Dunedin. She will pro bably call at Hobarb on her way out.

The Jubilee Shipping Compairy are now gebbing bheir office into shipshape order. One of bhe nobices posbed up on -.the walls reads : All freights musb be paid bt'fore de livery of cargo.

The R.M.S. Tomgariro sailed from Lyttel ton yesterday, for London, via Rio de Janeiro, with a full cargo, including IS .000 carcases mutton and 2,103 bales wool. '.The list of her Auckland passengers has already been published.

The following passengers arrived by the Clansman from Northern ports at 4 o'clock this morning : Messrs Fountain, Fleming, McCloud, Wigmore, Reed, Shepherd, Bennett, Carroll, Jarley, Davis, Mocatta, Letter, Ferguson, Caiiaw and the Rev. T. P. Hewlett.

The following sjnall coasters have arrived since those lasb reported : —Janeb, cutter, with lime, from. Whangarei ; Wanderer, cutter, from Mahurangi, with lime ; Agnes Martin, ketch,, from Russell, with coal; Morning Light, cutter, from Cabbage Bay, wdth timber.

The fine old trader Wakitipu turned up all right in Port Jackson on September 9th, after the longest and worsb passage ever recorded by a red-funnel liner between Wellington, and Sydney, namely 7 days 17 hours. Eighty-two miles in 24 hours was her perfoisnance during one gale she met.

The s.s. Wellington arrived last night from Whangarei wibh bhe following passen gers : —Messrs R.oss, Wilson, Mallabord, Farrow, Williams, Wardruff, Sparrey, Kavahagh, Reynolds, Porber, McGregor, Bryan, Mr and Mrs Huebb, Mr and Mrs Byrne, Mrs) McLeod, Misses Fleeb, Haw kins, Edmiston, Carmichael, and bwo in bhe sbeerage.

The following are the values of the various items of cargo that the ship Her mione takes from this port to London :—

Pearlshell, £2,289; tallow, 436 tons, £8,903; skins, 158 bales, £2,078; wool, 254,980 lbs, £11,356 ; copra, 74 tons, £998 ; preserved meats, 136,800 lbs, £2,850; cotton, £269 ; cotton seed, £390 ; flax, 40 tons, £756; leather, £134; wine, £573; limejuice, 2,000 gallons, £100 ; kauri gum, 49 tons, £2,464"; sundries, £894; total value of cargo, £34,054. The Hermione left this morning at 5 o'clock.

The s.s. Te Anau left the Queen-street Wharf at 1 o'clock to-day with cargo and passengers for Southern ports. The follow ing are the passengers : —For Napier : Messrs Hernian and G. Hackett, Miss Fees, and Master Jackson. For Wellington: Messrs tl. Ingleton, S. B. Ludbrooke, and S. Phillips. For Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Melbourne : Messrs Thomas, E. R. Bloom tield, and G. Moorse, Mrs Brady and three children, Misses Lawsbn and A. Froude, and 10 steerage, She took away a large general cargo, including 220 cases salmon, 100 cases cheese, 360 bags sugar, 240 hides, 141 cases lime juice, and 68 sacks oysters.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURE. Wanaka, s.s., Grant, for the South

The Union Co.'s s.s. Wanaka, Capbain J. Grant, for the South, took her departure at

1 o'clock to-day, fairly patronised with pas sengeis and cargo.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Opotiki, this day.—Chelmsford left for Auckland at 9 15 a, m. GISBORNE, this day.—Suva left for Auck land at 10 a.m. _ New Plymouth, this day.—Arrived: 7 a.m., Gait-loch, from Onehunga. Waitara, this day.—Arrived : Storm bird, s.s., from Onehunga, 11.30 a.m. PortChalmers, September 22. —Arrived: Orari, Miller, from London, ninety-eight days out. Sho spoke the barque Cape Clear, from Liverpool to Wellington, all well,on September 19th. Wellington, this day.—Arrived: Wan ganui, ship, from London. London, September 21.—Arrived: Barque Blengfell, from Lyttelton, June 17th. Sydney, September 22.—Arrived: Zea landia, from Auckland. Melbourne, September 22—Arrived : Waihora, from Wellington.

Accident at Sea.

SEAMAN LOST OVERBOARD.

Port Chalmers, September 23. — Ar rived : Ship Westland, Captain Scotland, 83 days from London, with 2,000 tons of cargo. At 8.5 a.m., August sth, lab. 45.8, Frank Bennett, A.8., while unshipping the jib guy out of the whisker, missed his hold and fell overboard. The helm was at once put down, two life buoys thrown, and two men sent aloft to watch the man overboard. A boat was also imme diately lowered, but no trace of the man could be seen. Captain Scotland is of opinion that the poor fellow struck himself in falling, as all hands were on deck at the time, the weather was warm and fine, and only a few minutes elapsed from the time he fell until the boat was lowered.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Evening Star Office, this clay.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, lOd; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand, Is; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4fd per lb ; Canterbury, none ; eggs, 7d ; lard, in bladders, s£d; bacon and hams, provincial, 5d to od; hams, 7d to B£d ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, 7d ; bacon and hams in equal num bers, 7^d; hams, B|d.

Flour Market. —Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 5s to £11 15s; Premier, £12 5s ; Standard, £11 ss; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £4 10s ; Southern do., £4 ; local sharps, £5 10s and £6 ; Southern do., £4 10s ; cabin bread. £15 : oatmeal, £10 10s to £11; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; maize, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Southern potatoes, i' 2to £2 10s ; pearl barley, 21s ; beans,.3s 3d ; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks.

Kauri Gum. —The market is still de pressed. There are almost no buyers even at thereduced rates, and there areindications of a further fall of the prices of all qualities. The supplies up to date for this month are 450 tons. Quotations at present are as follow :— Fair to ordinary, £38 to £39 ; superior, re-scraped, £68 to £70 (very weak); best ordinary, £40; East Coast, £54 to £56 (no transactions).

Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 26s per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s • Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at yards, 265; screened, 28s; Wai kato, Bs, 12s ;at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s 6d, 12s ; at Auckland, 17s 6d; household, 255; Whangarei, at mine, 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; delivered, 245. Firewood : Uncut ab wharf, (cargo}, 7s 6d to 8s 6s per ton ; de livered, 12s to 13s ; cub, 14s to 16s.

Building Materials.—There appears a possibility of an early rise in the timber market. Second-class and medium timber is hardening in price, owing to a continu ally increasing demand from Brisbane and Western Australia. Prices are as follows at present:—Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, lis ; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, lis ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lis 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s Ser 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 17s ; 6ft, 19s ; [obart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; bown yards, 30s bo 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, ab works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s ; 15 inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1,000 ; sockeb glazed pipes, IS inches, 4s per foot; 15 inches, 4s 6d per foob ; 12 inches, 3s per foob; 9 inches, 2s per foob; 6 inches, Is per foob; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7d per foob.

Manures. —Bonedusb : Sydney, £7 15s bo £9, according bo quality ; boneflour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included; Hurst's chemical manure, £13.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.— Grain, horse feed, seeds, etc. The demand has been steady, with a corresponding sup ply. Danish oats have been in brisk de mand, and good oaten chaff sold readily, but light dark coloured was neglected. Feed, oats sold at 2s 3d per bushel; Danish, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; chaff, £3 10s to £4 per ton ; Oamam potatoes, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton ; bran, £3 15s to £4 per ton ; Sydney bone dust, £7 per ton. Horses: There was a little more animation in the markcb, and a good many changed owners at fully bhe previous week's values. At the Durham Yards on Friday aboub bhe usual number were submibbed by auction, and although for some lots competition was slow, most of them found purchasers.' We quote : Hacks, ab £5 15s to £12; light harness horses,from £6 10s to £13; medium draught, £7 10s bo £14 10s. Wool, hides, skins, ballow, bones, ebc. : There has been a good demand, with moderate supply and no material alteration in value. At the Dur ham Yards on Tuesday the ox hides that were pitched were nearly all light weights. We quobe : Ox hides, from 3£d bo 4£d per lb; cow, 2Jd to Ud ; calf, 3£d to 4gd; sheepskins, from 3s to 5s 6d each; tallow, £12 to £13 10s per ton; bones, £14 13s per ton. Cattle: The number brought forward has been sufficienb for requirements. Well fattened oxen were a shade higher in value,' but there was no change in other descriptions. Scarcely as many were yarded at Newmarket on Tues day as on the previous week. The demand was steady throughout the sale, and there was no noteworthy alteration in value. Sheep: But few arrived coastwise, and the supply was rather limited, with a slightly upward tendency in value. A good many more would have found room and purchasers at Newmarket on Tuesday. No heavy weights were penned, but 17s 6d was obtained for medium wethers. Ewes sold at from 8s to 14s 6d. Lambs were in sufficient numbers, and sold at from 5s 9d to 13s 6d each. Pigs : But few yarded ; porkers worth 3id per lb live weight, but low-conditioned stores were cheap.

Mb Alfred Buckland's Weekly Re port.—At the Haymarket on Friday, Sep tember 16, loose fodder was in usual supply, and brought from 2s 6d to 4s the cwt de livered ; Oamaru potatoes, 40s to 50s ; bram £4 10s; chaff, 60s to 90s the bon ; maize sold bebber, and brought 3s 6d and 3s 7d ; oats, 2s 3d to 3s Id. the bushel; woolpacks —wholesale, 3s, retail, 3s 6d each. Horse stock, yarded in usual numbers, were dull

of sale, but good animals maintain their values. Young draught mares brought i'2o and £25 each; the entire Sir Colin, 30 guineas ; unbroken three-year colts, up to £16. The hide and skins began this week at ten o'clock, instead of twelve as hereto fore, and will in future be held ab that hour. There was the usual muster of hides, and late values were fully sustained. Tallow, 14s 6d the cwb ; sheepskins, up to 5s each. The country cattle sales, held respectively at Pokeno aud Drury, were more fully supplied with store cattle than for some months ; the stock generally aie in low condition, and cows in calf are worth but little. There is good competition for steers of all classes, but particularly for grown steers in fresh condition. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were fairly competed _ for ; store cattle numerous, but in low condition, prices ruled low ; yearling steers, from 16s to 25s ; two-year-old-steers, from 30s to 35s ; three-year-old steers, 40s to 50s ; year ling heifers, 10s to 15s ; two-year-olds, 25s ; three-year-olds, 25s to 35s each, with a dull sale. Fat calves, in usual number, sold briskly. Fat cattle, better worth about 15s eac h_p r jces ranged from 18s to 20s the 1001b. Fat lambs, in moderate number, were in demand at from 8s to 14s each, and sheep were better worth about 2s. Good wethers brought 16s 6d. Few pigs yarded.

Messes G. W. Binney and Sons' Report. —At their sale of hides, skins, tallow, etc., a brisk demand was experienced for all classes of hides in sound condition. They quote: Extra stout hides, 4Jd to 4gd ; heavy, 4d to 4gd; medium, 3_d to 3:^(1; heavy cow, 3gd to 3.',; d ; mcdium,3d to 3^d ; light, 2|d to2|d ; kip, 3d to 3^d ; calfskins, 3§cl to 5d per lb ; skins, Is 9d to 5s Id ; lambskins, Is 6d each: wool, 7d; loch and pieces, 4d per lb ; bones, 4s 9cl to 5s ; tallow, 9s 6d to 13s per cwb ; rough fat, Id per lb.

Messrs Banks and Co.'s Weekly Re port.—At Para wai on Thursday there was a rather short supply of fat cattle, and com petition being good throughoub a consider able improvemenb in prices was experi enced. Medium weight steers sold at from £5 to £7 2s 6d each ; heifers, from £4 2s 6d to £510s, or from 19s to 21s per 1001b. Sheep were present in small numbers also, and were worbh more by aboub 2s per head than last week. A small lot ol early lambs made 9s each.

More than the usual interest taken in an auction sale was evinced at Messrs E. and A. Isaacs's martyesterday, when 1440 Water bury watches came under the hammer. The watches were seized by the Customs authorities some weeks ago, the New York invoices, upon which duty was offered, be ing considered unsatisfactory. There was a large crowd at the sale, and the first dozen Were knocked down to Mr J. M. Mc- Lachlan at 8s 6d each. The balance was bought in by Mr A. Heather, on behalf of the Waterbury Watch Company.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1887.

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

Those electors of Waitemata who pre fer sound practical business quaKties before ornamental and theoretical politics will have little trouble in determining how they shall vote. The timber industry is the ms.instay of Auckland, and Mr Monk is thoroughly acquainted with the legislative and other difficulties in the way cd its pro fitable development. He has also carried on an extensive farm, and knows as much about the 'troubles of the agriculturist as any otiher man in the Provincial District. Beyond that, he has for many years been a resident in Waitemata, which ought to count

for something. We see nothing to set off these substantial qualifications i n Mr Reader Wood's polished phrases and soulless politics. Few men in the colony excel him in the art of speech making for a set occasion, but it is not speeches but good practical workers the colony wants just now. It has been Mr Wood's fate to freeze off his political friends in other consti tuencies, and so his talents and long experience of political affairs go a-beg ging, while men with a much smaller share of intellectual endowment and natural capacity for a parliamen tary career are preferred before him. In politics as- in manner chilling, we can hardly conceive of the doctrine of cheapness and cutting competition as thesummum bonum of commercialgood being advanced in more repellent form than in a speech by Mr Wood. His attempt on Wednesday night to excite a narrow prejudice against Wellington woollen goods by appealing to the most unpatriotic local jealousies was surely unworthy of a statesman. New Zealand lacks patriotism and national feeling more than any other colony of Australasia, but the senti ment is not quite dormant. Welling ton and Otago, despite provincial rival ries, are something more to us than Sydney and Melbourne, or than the Home country, and we are just as likely to ship our woollen manufactures to Wellington as Wellington is to us. Waitemata is a constituency with peculiar interests and many local wants. The late Mr W. J. Hurst, although anything but universally popular, had so familiarised himself with its require ments that lie was unassailable there. Mr Eeader Wood appreciated this so thoroughly that, although in possession of the seat for three years, during which he had the chance of installing himself fully into the good graces of the electors, he retired when Mr Hurst announced himself. If he should be elected this time, which is anything but probable, the electors may hear of him occasionally in the course of the three years, buc they will sadly delude themselves if they expect the same close interest in their local require ments that they have been accustomed to, and which they can only get from a representative having local interests that bring him into frequent communi cation with the people.

In the general cast of their opinions on politics there are many points of similarity between the two candidates for Waitemata. Mr Wood, however, favours denominational grants, while Mr Monk upholds the present system of national secular education. Both lean towards Conservatism, but Mr Monk's lite has been spent so entirely in working out industrial problems that everything presents itself to his mind from its practical side. He is a Pro tectionist, not from theory but experi ence. Such a man in the House of Representatives at a period when legislation for the promotion of colonial industry is bound to occupy an import ant place in the deliberations of Parlia ment must render good service to the colony. Our laws are too much the workmanship of theorists, and from the crop of lawyers now in the field in various parts of the colony, Aye can safely count upon a harvest of imprac ticable laws, unless we season the House with the spice of experience. Some attention will have to be given during the next three years to measures with the object of counteracting the effect of the import duties lately im posed upon our timber by the adjacent colonies, to the conservation of forests, and the regulation of the gum trade. These are matters nearly affect ing the prosperity of Auckland, and our interests can only be effectually protected by having men in the House who understand them tho roughly. It is mainly for these reasons that we believe the electors of Waite mata should turn a deaf ear to the wooing of Mr Reader Wood and stick to Mr Monk.

HOODWINKING THE RATEPAYERS.

The letter of Mr R. J. Roberts in our last issue drew attention to a very reprehensible act on the part of the Devonport Borough Council, which we fear is sometimes practised by other local governing bodies. The Council has fixed the levels of a number of streets, and has, either through a false economy or for the express purpose of preventing objections, given them very little publicity. The result is that at the last moment Mr Roberts, by accident, found out that a level was proposed which would ruin his pro perty without an opportunity for appeal being afforded him. We have made inquiry upon the sub ject, and find that the pro perty owners in no fewer than nine streets have been placed in the same position as Mr Roberts—namely: Buchanan - street, Kerr-street,. Lake Road, St. Aubyn-street, Garrison Road, Clarence-street, Lake-street, Chelten ham Terrace Road, Grey-street. To day was the last day for receiving objections to these levels, and they will be finally fixed at a meeting of the Council to be held on October the 3rd. We would strongly advise all who are interested, therefore, to examine the plans at the Borough Office, and if they find that their case resembles that of Mr Roberts, they ought to com bine for immediate action to avert the threatened wrong. There is no more important act performed by a Borough Council than the fixing of levels, because, in the first place, while a man's property may be ruined if a wrong level is fixed, and he is precluded by law from claiming compensation, the Council may expose itself to such claims, if after fixing the levels they find that through hasty and ill-con sidered action the level is an unsuit able one and it is desirable to- alter it,

The ratepayers have a right to be fully informed of what is being done, so that the Council may have the benefit of local opinion. We are also distinctly of opinion that if Mr Roberts had not dis covered the state of affairs and the levels had been fixed, or if anyone else is deprived of a reasonable chance of appealing through the action of the Council in this matter, an action for damages will lie against the Corporation the moment they carry out their plans, on the ground of insufficient publicity before the levels were fixed. Any jury would hold that the shuffling through of the levels as these levels are being shuffled through is nut complying with the clear intention of the Act, and that a man who had thus been deprived of the right of appeal which the law con fers upon him has a good claim for compensation against the Corporation if they proceed to injure his property. Through the accident which led Mr Roberts to the discovery which he has promptly made known to his fellow ratepayers, there is still time for those who are affected to protest in formally against the final act of the Council in the performance of this trick; but if any ratepayer resolves not to do this as the time for legal objection lias expired, it is, we believe, still open for him to make the Council pay through the nose for what they are attempting, by leaving the matter until cuttings and fillings are carried out, and then challenging the legality of the levels on the ground that the ratepayers were deliberately deprived of tbeir legal right of appeal.

POLL EARLY.

We can see a crop of troubles arising from the appointment of only one°poll ing booth in the large city and sub urban electorates. The new rolls have an average of 2,000 names upon them, and as there are only ten hours during which the polling can take place it follows that to poll 1,500 votes the Returning Officer must issue and check 150 votes an hour, or an average of 2i a minute.. This would be a comparatively easy matter if the stream were a steady and unbroken one, but there are intervals in the day during which comparatively little will be done, while at other times, particularly between twelve and two and five and seven, an overwhelming • rush may be expected unless employers facilitate matters by letting their men leave work to vote throughout the day. We hope that this will be done, for otherwise a deadlock is inevitable, and a large number of electors will be pre vented from exercising their privileges. The Returning1 Officer is bound by law to exclude all but six voters from the polling booth at one time; to open at 9 a.m., and close at 7 p.m. sharp, no matter who is left unpolled. Within these limitations, on a moder ate computation, he must, as we have shown, issue 2|- papers per minute, and put the usual questions to any elector who happens to be challenged. The work can only be done with the co-operation of the public in resolving to poll early, and we trust they will cordially endeavour to aid the several Returning Officers in the discharge of their onerous duties. It may be mentioned here that an important and salutary change lias been made in the form of ballot-paper this year, wliich renders the disclosure of a man's vote to the Returning Officer or the scrutineer absolutely im possible. The flap containing the number of the vote previously was only folded down. In the new set of papers the corner with the number is gummed down like an envelope, so that before the Returning Officer himself could ascertain how a man had voted, it would be necessary for him to break the seal. Electors need have no fear whatever of the disclosure of their vote—under the system of voting, the secret is absolutely inviolable. The Returning Officer himself knows as little ajbout the matter as the man in the moon. All the papers are sealed *up in the presence of wit nesses before they are removed from the polling; booth.

Captain Edwin advises at 12.30 p.m. to day : —Every indication of a norbn to west and south-west gale, with more rain and a further fall of the glass.

At the R.M. Court yesterday, decision was given in the case of Thorne v. Taylor, a claim for £112s, solicitor's fees. Plaintiff was nonsuited, on the ground that the bill of costs had nob been delivered to the defendant within seven days.

Apparently the hard times are causing a number of persons to turn their attention bo the land. At the meeting of the Crown Lands Board yesterday a number of applications for land were dealt with, and large sections of Crown property are to be put up to auction.

We are requested to call attention to the poll which is to be taken on Monday next, 26th inst., at Mount Eden, for the" water supply loan. The Local Board has chosen this day as being most convenient for the ratepayers, most of whom no doubt will vote at the election for a member for Eden. The polling place has been fixed to be at a building on the ground where Crockett's house formerly stood. Arrangements will be made to procure the attendance of the ladies who have votes in the district, and as they are particularly interested in the supply of water, there is no doubt they will be to the fore with their votes.

The following tenders have been received by Mr John Mitchell, architect, for the erection of Mr Johnston's new store and post-office in Otahuhu : —Hirst and Co., £663 (accepted); Moore and Co., £683; Wooler, £690; Scurrah and Co., £704; Johnson and Holman, £707 ; Jones and O'Connor, £736 ; Bibby and Co., £742 ; Cole brook, £772; Hutchison and Son, £778; Sbackelton and Johnson, £791; Cleghorn and Rosser, £800; Mell, £814; Hanson, £868.

Messrs Moore and Ashton's Mammoth Minstrel Troupe gave a farewell perform ance last evening in the City Hall. As usual, there was a large attendance, and the various items on the programme were creditably performed and well received.

Wari trl ,aom-inß. before %S^ case will, therefore, <*H3**ttfc of to-day, as jg ouMe g reat?r JJ counsel and His Hrm! » addres ses 0 { *S* over Sunday, and it islXd i he disenfranchised on Mo <£ ? % J they will necessTrSv £ from recording their Ls SP 4** appear to be* paying treat „h to the case, several O fS atte* copious notes. Thei rriLr *** to-day, when Mr O'MeSMa6ll*2o«.ni.- -scriptions, and it may bJWtoT?'** the city and subur£ teffiifeWS into districts, fohoivJng th t^ the various wards and w bQ,undarWioi thus allottedT'fflKg&* North (Nos. 1 anTI, M *S^ Mrs Moss Davis- cm s V cb >bs N Mrs Robertson ?hstJfc%&A Haines, assisted by Mi Ssl G l p-. f 2)> > (Nos. land 2), Mi 4 N^A** Ash well and Mrs Challia • IWIII, Peacock; Newton ffia SfeS Nathan and Mss Stevenson. b» Ul Newmarket, and E^TZ' i 5?« J. McCosh Clark and \f™'tr7 ** North Shore, fi itn^fij Nathan is president of the comX« 1 Mrs Bright (Glenside, sSfe the hon secretary. It is highly djif, that all charitable donation* {ATa- Swanson) should be made through S medium of this excellent organiS

The new enterprise started by Mess, WongGongandCo. (tea, mercha^cS at the foot of Grey-strost, a few w«kZ! promises to become a great'aS'^ well satisfied is Mr wSng GonXthtk business done and the encouragement has received from tho Auckland pub that he has decided to mark his appS tion of Her Majesty's Jubilee Year X tnbuting a portion of his taking this novel form:—Each pound and half. pound package of tea will in future contain in addition to their ifragrant contents, a coin of some kind, ranging from a sixpenny piece to a sovereign. Any purchaser nay chance upon " the lucky packet," andtlnu receive splendid value for the money ei pended in its purchase. We expect to heat of a run on this enterprising firm's tea after this. They have just received per v '' Woosung" several thousand pounds' worth of material for brewing "the cup that cheers."

There was a good attendance last even ing at the social soiree held in the Pranldiii Road Primitive Methodist Church. The ladies of the congregation plentifully pro vided the tables, which were presided over by Mesdames Chambers, Wilson, (Men, Porteous, Maynard, Ward, etc. The Rev. C. E. Ward took charge of the after meet ing, when short, interesting, and practical addresses were delivered by Messrs Walker, Booth, Maynard, Jones, Chester,.. and Weeks. The speeches were interspersed with some good music by the choir-Mr Dimery, leader; Miss Booth, orgpanisk

Our Tuakau correspondent writes: "Ten ders are out at last for felling bush on the line of road extending from the Punt to Mr Hamlin's special settlement at Knipo in mile lengths of a chain width. This is a desideratum these times of little employ ment, and will tend to relieve the tension of 'election on the brain,' whichßeemsto possess the folk. Repairingand ornamenta tion to the places of meeting is a present industry. Some time ago a chancel fas added to the beautifying of St John's, while, to suit the taistes of the mcogd, the cross that erstwhile surmounted t|« belfry has been expelled the position; tie glorious Southern Cross, however, still shines through the windows of the Estab lished Church in undisturbed tranquillity. The Church of England conimuhity arete be congratulated upon the chaste and elaborate piece of architectural work dis played in their chancel window. It reWs great credit upon the manipulator, Mr Re veil, and is a special feature in the w trict. The Roman Catholic Chapel is aw, in course of renovation.

The ordinary meeting of the Grown lands Board was held yesterday afternoon, wta there were present: Messrs D. A. low (Crown Lands Commissioner), Baber, Pierce. Dr. Campbell. Crown grants issued to Joseph Smith, Kaipatiki, and B. Skelton at Whakapirau. An application from (M Lacassie to sell totai*a piles offM^eg at Opuawhanga was referred to theOrow Lands ranger to report. Extension of time was granted to John Ernest, ah m stead settler, in order that he .nighjgg his conditions. An application from aaoM soldier named Patrick Bi*owii to tajj be allowed to occupy lot. ft « Waimana, was referred to the Na i e» partment,' Permission was ß«t*W Rev. G. Aitkento:lea S eLot7l,pon«« Mongonui East, containing 13 Mjjjg to a small rental to the Defence Depa» they also reserving the right to Mtft session whenever the reservemighU.» quired. Several applications fe»Wg fi, cut down trees on Crown lands J referred to the d strict surveyor toJ mation. The appbmtion oG. Graf Crawford for lot 91 and sect on 9 Whangaripo river was g^« to defray costs o*W 0 nthJJ «£j| of the Board of Education »£SMKjg| Sat lob 197, parish of Marerctu, mgff 4J acres, and 5 acres, section jyto* Takahue be reservedl as .scum Permission was granted .« eS*S County Council to takgaroad^o^ g land in thes parish of jggfif Wlto h to Messrs F. and \\. Mj^V P?/ to capitalise *eir "W^^^, interest thereon. An WEfepW Brabant for leave to remove 3» Pg £ „ afc Te Puke was refused. ta .JP^oa application from Mr W.W•f^.Jfa* befialf of the settlers m the WP*! reretu homestead .^JjKtW* that the block be soldL on w*^ buyer allows a road a.chain « fcof ]otl4l,parishof Paparoa >n routine business was also transac The Treasurer of .^gg& Gift Association acknowledge ts . f donarcot^tt loup and Looper s, <*"* friends

Mr J. B. Gilfillan, *^ ap poin^ fromavisitto London has bjJJ * sole representative in Sj*^*.. ff well-known firm of M**V£ jtito Poison, cornflour aanufog^ as well as agent tor.someJ^,* V houses. Mr GiMItaJJ «J, should * knowledge of mercantile W sure him success m busmes. e rf G« consul that Tuesday next, the,27M^ fc „» * last day on which full allowed.-[ADVT.] , MrL.H. Scharrer's probj PWe have much p£ o fe attention of our « stores, Victona-stoe. -■gWj economical and rejabte » ,gg ing. regularj^fift B*^ street.-[Advt.] ;

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FKIDAi', SEPTEMBER 85, 188?.

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m H A N X S. E. B~ if IL L Tendars his sincere thanks to the numerous friends who so kind'y assisted at the late Are in Eden Terrace, and also to the Medical Pro fession since opening his establishment, and kindly intimates that until re-opening in the above district hi* business will be carried on as usual at Mr T. 13. Hill's, Chemist, Qneen street. f A U T I O N. TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND • OTHERS. It having come to my knowledge that Goods havo been obtained in my Name, I hereby Caution all Persons of giving Credit to anyone without my written order. ALFRED HUETT, Parua Bay, Whangarei. STARTLING \ NNOUNCEMENT. MONSTER SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES AT GARRETT BROS.' Previous to Stock-taking. GARRETT BROS, have decided to offer the whole of their immense Stocks at Wakeheld-strect and Karangahape Road at COST PRICE, for a few weeks only, and also to make room for two large Stocks from their Southern branches, about to be dosed. Now is the opportunity for thoso feeling bad times to purchase thos'o great necessaries at genuinely Wholesale Prime Cost. The superior character of our stock is well known throughout New Zealand, thereforo puffing is unnecessary. It only remains for the Proprietors to say THE SALE 18 TRULY GENUINE. Many thousand different lines aro offered. A very few only can be quoted here :— s.d. Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 211 Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 3 J) Ladies' Carpet Slippers .. reduced to 2 9 Ladies' Buff Slippers .. .. reduced to 3 3 Ladies' Prunella Slippers .. reduced to 3 9 Ladies' Fur-bound Slippers .. reduced to 3 6 Ladies's to 7 Shoes, assorted .. reduced to i 9 Ladies' Button Shoes .. .. reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Levant Lace Shoes .. reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Walking Pruncllaßoots reduced to 4 6 Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to 5 9 Ladies' Button Boots, sto 7 .. reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Hygienic Lace Boots .. reduced to 8 6 Ladies' Prunella Shoes .. .. reducodto 4 9 Ladies' Superior Button Boots reduced to 9 6 Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to t> 9 Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides ..reduced to 6 11 Children's Felt Boots .. .. reduced to 011 Children's Button Boots, 2to 6.. reduced to 1 6 Children's 7to 13assortedE.S.. reduced to 2 6 Children's Laced reduced to 1 6 Maids'KidElasticSides,land2 reduced to 4 11 Children's Strong Elastic Sides reduced to 3 G Men's Elastic Sides .. .. reduced to 7 11 Men's Bluchers, tips, nails, etc. reduced to 5 0 Men's Watertights .. .. reduced to 8 6 Men's Balmorals reduced to 10 6 Men's Shoes reducodto 6 C Boys' Boots reduced to 4 6 Boys' Lace Boots reduced to 3 11 Women's Leather Elastic Sides reduced to 6 f> Women's Lace Boots reducodto 8 0 A Job Lot of Ladies' very superior Walking Boots, assorted, from 8s (id to 13s 6d. Most of these Bargains will be cleared quickly, therefore come early and secure the best. ri ARRETT "OROTHERS, WAKEFIELD STREET AND GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. AUCKLAND. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. New Season's Tennis Racquets Tennis Balls, &c cricket wa re Croquet Atll Gtames ' AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. A UCKLAND AGENCY IN LONDON. PREDK. LARKINS Having retired from his partnership with Wm. McArthur and Co., is establishing himself in London as a COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, AND CONFI DENTIAL AGENT AND REFEREE. London Address pro tern.: 17, Gresiiam-street, E.C. (care of Thos. Micklem, Esq.) Auckland Agent: MR F. G. EWINGTON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under the superintendanceof F. Larkins. INDENTd executed by him. ESTATES Bought, Sold, or Liquidated. i.?*? LARK?NS will be in London by Nov. Ist for general business. W HISS ou hay« * An Extra W 'L , wS; °|, T-rousere or a Waterbury Watch?-J, H. Dalton, Tailor, Vietoria-streetj



THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion. CB,OOO daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ;Us lid per quarter. The " LEADER," IS pages. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Weekly News paper. Price, 6d :6s 6d per quarter. _,_ . r The "ILLLSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single num bers, 6d; double numbers, with coloured plate, Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildman, Upton and Co., and E. Wayte. Auckland; .and all JNowsAgonts. Post free. -> TF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN to MEET A WELL-DRESSED GENTLEMAN, You may depend upon it HE PATRONISES WOOLLAMS, the Tailor, AT? SYDENHAM HOUSE, GREY-STREET. TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS ARE INVITED , . - . FOR THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. aud T. Inelis, at George-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE lOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery, Clothing, and Mercery Boots and Shoes Carpets and Furnishings Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery. Undertaking Boot Manufacturing, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buiidingß. Book Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc., apply by letter to " Tho Executors of the late Mr Alexander Inglis, George-street, Dunedin;' or on the Premises to tho Manager. Tenders must be at the Office of tho Firm not later than THURSD AY, the 20th day of October, 1887, at 12 noon, ' The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tende* must have attached a Marked Cheque for 10 per cent, of the amount of the tender. i ' MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dr. R. H. BAKEWELL, M.D., Member of •the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons, late Visiting Physician to Christ church Hospital, formerly President of the Medical Board, Trinidad. HOBSON-St. (near Cook-st.), AUCKLAND. Fees for Consultations, including medicine, 2s 6d ; for visits, including medicine, ss, Cash. No booking. Hours for Consultation: 9 to 11 a.m., 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. f\ E N T I S T R Y. Mr A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST. Corner of Hobson and Wellesley Streets. Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars dbss the house. HE. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at the Old Chambers, Shortland-street (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to n*erit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377.