COMING EVENTS.

baoeung*. ao.. To-nlgkfc "T.M.C.A Kvangeliatio Service, 7.30. Glaaaworka. Freoman's Bay. — Exhibition of Glasablowing, 2 to 5. Fire-bell, Corner of Grey and Qacon Streets.— Open air Sorvice, 7. Tempt ranee Hal. - ifinicrtfliniiiont, 730. 11-ligioua MosUdk it tnoToni on Surrey Hills Estate, Ponaonby Road, 7.?0. 11.M.5. kelson—upou foe Inspection from 2 HH 5,

Itota of Justices at Police Conrt, February 11. — F, J.facfariano and W» Mo. CuUough.

Sunday Services.

NOT&—The services <m at the usual hours, unless token utherieist stated. When only one prcaclier's name is given, he officiates at both diets of worship; when more titan one, they officiate at the sa-viccs in the order named.

St Paul's—lnoumbont. St. Jfatihew'q—lncumbent. All Saints'—lnonmbent. St. tJopulchru'B-Incumbent. City Uall-Evaugolialic corvlco, 8. Kpipliany—lncumbent. St. Peter's Proabrteriiin-ltnv. R. Sotnniorvlllo. tot. Mary's, JL'flrocll—lnciiQibßnt. i)p.voniu)t-t Holy Trinity—Morning at 11, and

evening at half-past Rix. St David's Presbytorian-Rev C. Worbojs. I'ltt-etreot VVosJoyan—Keys. B. Bull and C. H. Garland. Orafton Uos/i Wesloyau-Rcvs. T. G. Catr and H. K. Duwabury. Parnull Wcalajan-Rovs. H. H. Dowsbury and T. G. Carr. Si. John's Wosleyau—Rovb. R. Laishley and H. Bull Birkenhend "VVesioyan-Morning at efevon, and

eveaing »t sovon. Bovoapurt Wosleyan—Bova. K. Bavin and T. Bray. Mount Albert Woßleyan—Measrs G. A. Buttle nod VV. Tuckor. Now Church Services-Foresters' Hall. Karan-

Kahape Road. 11 a.m. Auckland Tabcrnncio—Pastors Bray and Spur-

geon. Ponsonby Baptist-Messrs J. Kactt and j. Brame. Congregational Church, Borcsford-Btreet-Rev. C. H. GarJanrt and Ml- C. X Button. Dovoaport Congregational—Morning at eleven and evening at. bait-post six. Zteligious Meeting in tho Tent on Surrey Hills Estats, PoMochy Uoad-3 and 7 p m. TT.M.C.A.—Rsv. J S. Hill, 3 p.m. Protestant Halt, Newton—Christadelphlons, 11 a.nj. St. Gcorqe'a Hall-Servlco at 6.15. Alonnt iMcn Congregational-Rev. W. J. L. Close. St Thomas's -Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, Incumbent and Kflv. H. J. KdwardD. AJoxan'ira street Primitive Mettn-dlet-Rev. A. J. Smith. Pitt and Kdwin-Btreo b Primitive Methodist— Measrs W". Thompson ao<l Dlplioit Kinnk-.in Road Primitive Jlethodist-Rov. C.ffi. Ward. Richmond Road Prfmitivu Methodist-Rev. C. K. Ward and Mr VV. Thompson. Waterviuw Primitive Metoudistr-Mr 'NY. Hodg-

son. Nowton ConKrogational—Rev. T. Hamer and Mt Knoch Wcod. Abbott's Opera House—Mr G. Aldridge. l,orne-Btroot Uall - Auckland Rationalistic Society, 7.30. Avondalo Hall-Divlno Sorvico, 11 a.m. and 6.33

p.m. St. Stephen's Preabrterun—Mr Seth Smith and Rev. A. Carrlck. St. Judo's. Avondale—Rov. W.Beatty iiovonport Congregational— virFomlor.

Auction Soles on Monday. S. Cochrano and Son—Hats, Caps, etc., II; Pro perties, otc, 12 GsbrielLowi^—Wool and Fancy Work 11. Arthurand Huddle. Mart-Fruit, 10 Karanga hape Road—Household Furniture, Confeo tionery, eta., 12.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

'ttAI T.K WILL CI.OSK AS DSOEK :— Monuay. llih ioat. For Wangarr-i Heartp, V."ungarci, and Kamo, per VValtuki. at 10 an-. For Wtiiiurn aud Bjuthorn ports, per Galtloch, at Ham; Wat Kawenp, and HoManga District, psr Oretl, atno,m. For Putikl and Coromandel, por Coromandel at 11.30 a. in. For Tauranga and Opotiki, per Cholrasf ord, at tp.m. For Whliiangi, Upper Mill. Gum Towd, Tau ranga, and Opoiiki. per lona, at 1 p.m. t\<r Kassall. Eawakuwa, Rawaae, VVangaroa, tinn Moiicronwi. dot 01/insman. at.sp.ni. S"or Thamca, iior Kiiioiprteo, ats 30p.m. Tukmpay. February 15. For Wdiwera, Kuwau. Leuh, Omaha, Mata- KttDa. Hullot I-"olnt. and Lower Matckana, per Rosu Casey, r.t 10 a.m. Kor Taranaki and Southern Ports, per Ilawea, at 11 a tit. Po: 'i'araworn r.s fo'lows: - For India. China. Japan, Medi terranean Puna, and Continent of Europe, at For Franca. Algeria, Seychelles, Capetown, etc, per Krench packet ai 3 p.m. For Kusssll, Kawakawa, Colonies and United Kingdom, via Smzand BriDdiai, for letters,. tZc, specially bo prepaid and addressed, at 4 p m. Kor money orders, roglstorcd lettors, and nowspaDeris at 3 p.m. late letters for Sydnoy and Jlelbourno only at 4.20 p.m. Mail will b9 due at London on sth April. For Gisborne aad Napier, per Hjutoern Crosp, at 5 p m. For Wangsrel ITeatis. Parna, Wair.u, Whan garel, Kamo, aca Ma.igapal, per Wollinston. at 5 p.m. Saturday, 19ihinst. For Friendly Islands, fca-noa. Tahiti, and Raro tonga, per Jam t N.'col a'- 5 p m Monday. 2Sth inst. Per MamedJ. as follows :- For "nraoa, Handirich ißlards, Un!t?<! Sratee of Amnrica, Canada. British Columbia, Cen tral ana South America, and British and Fore ign West Indies, at 5 p in. For tha United Kingdom and Continent of Money orders, registered lettorß, and newß papiTß, at 3.50 p.m. hntß lotters. brarlnc an extra fpo of 6d In .iduluoc to the jio.tn.KO. will be reof ivod bj thn Mail Accr.t on board the steamer up tv tlio time of saiiinu. This mall will he duo at London Apr 11. (Sinned) S. B. BISS. Chief Poßtmaster, Chle! Poat otOoe. At>;klanil.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Sonsbt.—This ovenl^s, C 57. HrjNßiSE.—Tomorrow morning, 5^2. Moons AGa.-Liist quarter, 15th, 1.11 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

Accki^and—ThLi ovoniog, 10.1; to-morrow moraine, 10.17.

Manuicah HkaOS—To morrow morning, 0.41; tomorrow afternoon, 0 57. Kaipara Heads -Tomorrow mjrning, 111; to morrow afternoon, 1 57.

DEPARTURES.

LAST BVENIKO. Clansman, s.h., Farquhar, for Tauranga Innn. b.s.. Amodeo, ior Mercury Bay Weilington, b.s., Stephenson, for Whangarel

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Waltaki, from Gidborne, to-day, about 8 p.m. Southern Oroaa, fruin Gisborno, daily Hotomahana. from Thamei", Monday, 2 p.m. .tfinterprixn, from Thames. Sunday, t a.m. Coromandel from CoromatdßL to-day, 5 p.m. looa, from afcrcury Bay, to nlnht Clansman, fr> in Tauranga, Sunday, early Tatnut. from London, Tuaaday Riauehu. from London, via South. March 6 "VVe&ingtoD, f.on WhunKorei, Monday night llawt'ii <at Oin.hiinjn), from South, Hnnuuy, 11

Tir'awera. from Smith, Monday Waihora froui Sydney. Tuosday

IMPORTS.

Per Janet Nicoll :300big3 copra. 300 bunohes bananas, 23 casks litcf jnico, 5,0011 coccanute. 816 r.ratoa a>-d cascu oraitses, 13 cases mangoes, 20 tons dedicated cacoanuts, sndsundriis.

A threa-masted topsail schooner is coming in aB wo go to press.

Tha fhip Norman Mol>od web docked at Lyi telttn yr swrday. On« plato under tho water line was found damaged, and was apparently tao caiiEe of leakage previously roported.

The Auckland (ohooners Atlantic mid Julia Ti yce wero lying nt Karntonaa whon the Ja^et Nicoll left, i ho Julia Prsco wa» to leave for .nuckland on Saturday, February slh.

Meaoiß frulcksh^nk & Co.. Auckland ogenta for tho I'ouinnular aud Oriejitul Company, an noucce by cdvertiacmont that oxtentivo altera tions bavoroen marto In the second asloon ac comrnodntlon in &U the fleot. The second saloon has bpen thi rouuhiy rK-orgaDisod, and Is equal to thnliratsa'non accommodation in many other Ptiamoro. Where the linrths were for merly a-ranged to a> comraodatofivp, they bavo heim arrangfd. for tho most purr, ao two-berth cabinp. ibia altorntlon having benn found the tnoet Buitable for tho greater portion of tho t;avi'll(Dg public.

THE JANET NICOLL.

ThßP.s. Jaoft Nicoll arrived from South Sea T-lamlH early thi< mornir g and bnrthrd at the Railway Whaif. i-ho Ult Auoklard on her nau 1 irio'o thnPoinh Pwv I^la'dl* oi Sunday BToniEB, J-nuurr 2, 1F87; oal d »t Hay of lilendc ni d arrivfrt «r. 'innfu <>ii the JO hot 5 pm.. utier >v %viy hull w.-aiher paitase; left Touea 3 pin o-. th" lHh. arriving nt Apia. Samoa, oq lh' >4th »♦ 331 p.m.: l(-fr. Samoa at 1 pin 'oh the lG'h urriving at Il..iatea7 ».m. on ihß2lih stronsi h«»d winds find bid weather; l.»ttltiUtP>»itß.33D.in on*sih. aDd arrived at Pii'ClU T«hii.ai.K.lsa.m on ffitii; lot c Pancetw 10 nm. on 2S)-.li f>t Pu»u, ai rivinK »t 2.^0 p.m.; i^rt^l^' lonflorl o-anu'^t*. an i l"(t for ■ aro ti>n;a at 10 a in. o» 31-t in-t. -rrivii.i; at Raro tooga IJ p til. ou Fcbruurv 'i', a'tt-r twkini/ in nra'iKra co ca-.u", cic, lufi f r Auckland fame day at D n.m.; HEht toith • not winds aDd euiooth Hoai until tno 10m inn.. wh«n wo pneoonterfd a heavy (ea and s'roiu- wlnde, arivlngio Anck lundanaliu^'o. J*a»n"iiß«ra: • Vei«is Tw«Bdie Lahmnn. I'onc v. r. A. Jidenborough. Latch more, and 2 natires.

SHIP ASTROCAN WRECKED.

'Ihe Ktaamer Janet Nicoll hrinm in'or,nation thai ihe nhiD Acrocan. from S n •"■anrisco bound forLirarpool wiih afu 1<:»-; ■•; wheat, on or Hbout ihe 20 h Ucco.iib»» !a3t. No lives were lost, the captain aai crc^v havlnsr eafely reaohed Panutu In twnop n boat?, 'J M> V wftrn. conveyed thenco in thn /«;!iooneiß G. yb'<ucd and Tail i, bound to San Frp.: cifco.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Gieboiike. tbi3day. — Arrived : Kabu. fiom Auckland, 6 a.m. I'AmtAfci.A lhl» d»y. - Arrived : Cla>is;rmn, from Auckland.-8 a.m. ' \VuANGAREi,IhiBday.-iTriv;d: WdJUnfrtoc, from Auckland. 8£ m. . v .i < ; ;New" Pi,YMoU<ra thladAT1.--Arrived: Mae gragor, Imm OaohuDga, 9 Jo a.m. ■1 ri Kaikaha. Heaiw. .Friday. — The: Knulan, barque, bound (or Melbourne, waa towed to sea this raorolog liy thos.o. Durham. Also, Walte

maru. for Sydney; the brigantloe Defiance, fee Bydnoy, sailed to-day. The brig Vloloc is now loading at Te Kopuru, and will Be towed fo U6k t -morrow morning, bou&d. for GreViiibutH, Vossblbloading: At Holensvslle—Parboil. tirlg> anthie; at Mafcaran-Nlagara, brig; at Otatta toa-Ooro'a and Vivid, bamneax at Antanu— Troa, baroue. Denarturea: FgbrnaVy 3—Mar mlon. (or the South; Fobruttry o—Anno Wileon, for tfcß South,

COMMERCIAL.

EvenWo Star Offlos, this day. Mr. R. J. CJmiiVin^s held hia usual weekly Bale yeaterday.and reports attendenoe aod prices vory good in tho poultry department. Tablo fowls, la Id to la 7d eaoh: ohioi*. Od to la eaoh.: diiolre, young, is Id to Is 7d each; piR9 very lirgfl. lsa'6d to 23» each; Bmall. 2s 6d to6a 8d esch. Fruit:: Apples, Id to ljd per lb; plains, 3d to 3Jd per lb ;•peaches, good f ample 3}cl per doz. Pro ducer Potatoes, ft to 68 per owl; pUc potatoes, 2a to 2a 6d per owt; onions, } to Id p«r j barley, Ss par bushel: oata. 2s6d par bushel; Canterbury bacon, ss 6Jd por lb: hams. 9d ; oheepe (local), Urt to Id por lb ; honor, 3d for 10, 'cleat In small tins.

Births.

RAW.—On Kebruarj li.at .her residence. Hobson- Etreet, the wife of James Rao of a daughter,

Deaths.

BOULTER.-On February 12 at the lv.ridnnco at hia paronta. Gladßton«atre'It, AnvKlnnri, Joeoph, second son of Joseph and Sarah Bouittr; aged 28 years. Tho (unoral will take plaoo to-morrow (Sunday), leaving lato rouideueo at 8 a.m. for Walkomitl Cemetery. McLKAN.—On Kobruary 11. at hia parents' resi dence. Franklin Road, Daw on Barker ir.funt son of Neil MoLoin, builder ; aged 81 months. MELVILLE.—On February 10. 1887, Alexander Robert Melville, pldeet son of Ruliurc and Janut Melville ; oged 18 years The funeral will leave hii lato rebidenco. Cook-street, for tho Symondf-nri et Coiiiohtj to-morrow (Sundai). at 3.10 p.m. Fiicnduure kindly lnviU'd to ait«nu.

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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887.

For the wrong that need* resistance, For the futu.-n in the distance, And tho gooi that we ran do.

It is said that " whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." Tho Baying recurs to our mind when wo examine the recent action of France. Madness behind, and probable ruin in the future. Ever since the Franco-German campaign she seems to have been possessed. And yet the lesson was a severe one. Tho war began with the inano cry, "a Berlin," it curled with tho horrors of siege and famine and revolt at Paris. France wont into the struggle a mighty empire, with long tradi tions of gallantry and renown, gathered in no .small degree from the old days of the Napoleonic wars : sho camo out of it crippled and worsted by her great antago nist. Out-generallcd by the wonderful military staff of tho Fatherland, out manceuvred and beaten at all points, she had to face the burden of a heavy retribu tive debt; she had lost her Khino provinces, she had lost her emperor ; tho shadow of humiliation lay heavily upon her. Nor was that humiliation lightened by the thought that this marvellous success wm in reality due to the procedure of tbu first and greatest Napoleon. Far-seeing and profound as were his calculations, he did not see that thu very steps he took to hamper and weaken C!cr ranny would in tho long run end by making her infinitely more powerful - that the pa triotism and wisdom of the (ionium war minister, Yon Stein, would, so far as his" country was concerned, bring good out of seeming evil, and exhibit to tho world the spectacle of a nation in arms. It was but Nomesis which in nations as well as with individuals pursues the even tenor of its way, sure soonor or later to run down its quarry. llowover so it was, Germany emerged from the contest of sixteen yenru ago more than triumphant, with Jena avenged, and conscious that she had exacted to the utmost her pound of flesh for what NaDoleon had made her sutler. Tho watch on "tho Rhine had been kept to good purpose. But from that day to this France has exhibited, as we have already said, the in cipient madness which heralds destruction. Smarting under tho loss of her provinces, she formed the resolution sooner or later to hazard all in tho effort to regain them. This, perhaps, was natural. But worse than this—she alienated the nations on all sides of her. Her unwise action in Tunis made Ital> stand aloof, suspicious and dis trustful. Her high-handed procedure in the southern seas roused the indignation of England herself, and caused England's gruat colonies to protest against the wrong with which they were threatened through the opening of tho recidiviste sewer. The haughty Spanish nation received a gratuitous insult in the treatment offered lo their king in Pari3. On all sides it was the same. France seemed recklessly doing her best to set the world against her and be come friendless among the peoples. What madness it seems, with the thought of ven geance still cherished in her heart. But within the last few months it has become manifest that things were hurrying fast to a crisis ; warlike preparations were pushed on under One pretext or another, their real object being all the whilo clear lo those who have eyes. Warlike talk has been in the ascendant. True we have not yet heard the old shout, •• To Berlin." It is still only whispered, as it were. Meanwhile has France forgotten the stern lessons of her last campaign i She is faced in her futile efforts by the same compact body of statesmen and generals who so lately taught her to bow her proud head, and accept the heavy terms which they thought tit to im pose. Bismarck, the iron chancellor, still holds the reins not alone in the Fatherland, but wo may almost say in Europe. His head is as clear, his will as tremendous now as then. Yon Moltke, the greatest strate gist of the age, is still, despite his years, able to play the great game of war, when the pieces are fairly arranged. And the signal to begin will soon bo given. Is it likely that the present state of tension will go on, or that Germany will submit to the heavy taxation perforce imposed upon her by the threatening action of France? How ever unwilling she may be to fight, yet self defence is a law of our nature. Even nations recognise its working, and in obedience to that law, she will bo justified in demanding what France means, and re quiring her to disarm or play a more open hand—a demand which will lead to eating humble pie or war. The former we may set aside ; France will not submit to that, and so the last 6tern alternative will be the ultimatum. The German army, that mar vellous engine of organised aud scientific offence, will be set in motion, and two great people whose fraternal union 'might guarantee the peace of the world will bo fiying at each other's throats.

For both the actors in the gtim scene wo can but express our sympathy and commiseration. For success is not seldom as dangerous a thing as failure. And should Germany again prove victorious, she may yet have to learn, in the suspicion and enmity which her triumph would be sure to evoke, that the worst day's work she ever did -was to crush the nation whose ill-judged and unfortunate policy compelled her to take up arms. Meanwhile, how bitter is the satire on our vaunted progress, which is contained in the fact that two of the nation* who boast it most are at this moment, like gladiators of old, waiting the signal which shall bid them enter upon a struggle which must spread ruin, despair, and death over some of the fairest provinces of Europe. How different all might have been ,if instead of setting before its eyes the false ambition of military glory and the ignis fatuus of the lost provinces, the French nation, having rid itself of the incubus of Imperial rule, had bent its great strength under Bepublican Govern ment to the development of the arts of peace. If the millions spent upon militaryism had been remitted to the people in lightened taxation, and in promoting the com merce and industrial prosperity of the country, she would have achieved a greater victory than the most brilliant successes of her armies can ever give. Her example of reduced armaments on the continent would have been a potent influence for good among the nation;, and would have done more to advance the reign of universal peace than all the preaching of all the preachers on the :ace of the globe.

Bismarck and the Pope.

IT ia a noteworthy incident in tho present European situation that Hia Holiness Popo Leo XIII. is giving overy encouragement to tho designs of Princo Bianarek, tho avowed euoray of Franco. Tho latter coun try ia considered, next to Ireland porhap?, to" bo the particular prido of the Mother Church, and it is openly assorted that tho do claration of war by France against Germany in IS7O was directly Imrtlitatod by t..0 Pope with .1 vicrv to humbling the groal Protestant power that was, iindar tho iron sway of PHnco Bismarck, becou.ing intoler- j ant towards its subjects of tho Komub failn. j The complete revureal o£ positions at tho present timo is therefore very Bignmcant. His Holinoes has boldly stopped into tho arena of German politics and has given n direct, earnest and mandatory direction to tho Catholic oloetora to support the Army Bill policy of tho groat Chan cellor. In seeking tho explanation of . tho changed attitude of J:lis Holiness, several facts must bo borno in mind. Firstly, iheGovwnmont of France, instead of being identified with Komani-iu, has l-o como decidedly anti Christian ; and coinci dent with tho relaxation of intolornnco i" Germany, tho I'apaoy id encountering overy species of enmity at the bmidH of tho socular power in Friuice. Iroporisi institu tions command tho sympathy of tho Church much moro than tho democratic forinn of Government, and this constitutes another bond of union between tho l'opo and Princa Bismarck. Tho opposition party in Germany is made up largoly of Soci'ilisls and Radicals, and the Catholic- will fcol much moro at homo in opposing tIiOBO revo lutionaries than by lending thorn valuable aid through antagonism to tho Government. Thoro is, thorofoio, every asi-uranco that Princo Bismarck's policy «ill secure tho verdict of tho country in its favour, although tho fact of the Popo having repeated his commands to tho German Catholics would indicato that a nnmbor of ihom »ro rather gknky in their allegiance, and inclined to go into opposition.

Russia Preparing for War in the Spring.

TfSBK can bo no mistaking tho moanii g of tho military movements in Ruscin, and tho

potition alluded to in our cable noun to day. Tho old dodgo of a popular rtqueßt to tho Czar to cor.quo tho Chrintian pro vinces of Turkey is bang resorted to.and tho documont, it is said, is b«ing siy.ncd by thousands. As if tbo Imporial policy of Russia wero movod ono iora by what tho people want! Seeinu tho chance of Ger many and Franco being engaged in a death struggle, tho C/.ir and his ad visors probably consider it in no longor neeessnry to wear a nmsli, and havo made up their mind to R» in nlidisguUodly for the conquest of Turkey, which of caureo isthoßoloend of tho rocoiit Bulgarian in trigues.

Thos.s. Tniiiui sailed from Hobart at 1 p.m. yostonhy evening, and may bo ox pectodin Auckland on Monday or 'lues day.

During tho present lml wo.lhtrit would be well if somo step* could ho taken by tho city autlioiites ru proven'- .-ruipkcoper.-< from rendcrin.; tho fuotii.th in front of their premises unploasantlv o lorifcrcud by hnn({ log out ling lish ]io»Uy tho sincll h-.r.n ioiiio of tbeto saiuplos if far from tempting to passers-by. A» Ibo Sanitary lni>(jvctnr can deal with other nuieuncc?; why not u.'.s.nvith this?

AdmiralTryon entertained Miijor-tionorol Sir G. S. Wbitmuro at dinner ln*t mphL Thoro woro al-o prt\»ont Culonol l-yon, Lieut. Col. Shcphsrd, (Ypt.iin Schmitt, A.D.C. Captiiin Whitney, tho Mayer (Mr Dovorc). Mr .1. McGwh Wntli, and Captain Daveney. Tho guests lefc at. a quarter to olevon.

Captain Edw'-n warns nn al noon to-dny to "Expect bad weiUhor between north Find oast and fouth-ea-t after !'-! Ivnu.-, und heavy rain. Gln»fl filllipß noun, Tlwo evidences have been ooi^hut sinco Thuis day and arc bad indicntloi.s-'."

Tho Island niiil stoainrr Janet Nicnll, which arrived in harbour «».!= m.iroin-, hn* travoracd eamo tix ihou'und miliM of tho L\>cilic Ocoan d.irin;: her liu-t tlip without oncountoring anything in tho pliapo of a cyclone. Tho " frisky Janet ' i.i nnnmiiicoii to leave nncu more for tliwo dangerous «-ua nn Tuofday no.\t, und Capl. Hut ion nppcarit to be quito undeterred by Ail-nirnl Tryon'* view* on tho danger of going t0 Tonga during the " cyclone reason."

Tho Cnffrey nnd I'onn excitement has already reficncd thu p<>-< inurtt'ui :Jt:igo, although the nmnlor.-r» aro ftill i«i tho ilosh. The wmnsii tin-ce Ur«hiuii. «!») occupied nidi a prnlnilicut ptsitinn in the onsc, has ordorod a wind o!nbi«rnto mmrti ing costume, which shr-iiiiomlr wuaring '-for Harry's, wiko." Mr Najiior tcluurnpheil to tbo Winistor of .Insticn en behalf <.f IWnVi

friends, asking that thoy might havo tho body fcr burinl, an.) tho Minit-ter of Justice replied that the disposal <f tho body was in tho hands of the Hhoiill'. bu; that that ollieial would bo informed tb«t if ho was sitisiii-il that thoro would bo no demonst ration at thu funeral the Government would nit ohj fit lo tho budy being interred by ill.; ro.ativos of tho deceased, l't.ni.'u mother, wJrj Imd

an interview will) the oriiiiir.nl thi-.. week, was told, " 1 know, mot bur, what, my doom ie, but lam inncr..M.t." In vinvr of Perm's confession, it is difficult to ui.dwrtlaacl what this statement, mean;.

The hunt for gold still continues. Some people have long believed that tho preciou yollow dirt was to bo found on tho Hon. Sir Ch;imbei-l«in'H land at Drury, and it would eotm that they miy prove to be tight in their opinion. Mr Flam i^an, a eotller on somo pf tho land, has been blasting a mass of fcoria. and fragments of tlio shattered block show quartz Ircoly, although the presence of gold is si ill problematical. A boy named Brooks picked up r-oino of these, also a piece of greenstone, nnd theso have been lelt at tho BIAK OIHoo whtro thoy can bo scon by any one inter ested in the subject. Tho greenstone bus apparently been Bubjecttd to treatment by a Maori artict.

Tho action brought by Mr .folin Balduin agninst tho propriotora of ilio " Poverty Bay Herald " for libol in rainneetion with tho revolver cafe resultid in tbo committal of the df fondants for trial. Mr VV. li. Kces appeared for plaintiff.

Tho Committee for tho oirtorf.' picnic hove arranged for n grand day's outing for themselves nnd families on Saturday, 20th inst. A good programmo el sports nnd races has boon arrao^oi, and all that id wanted is fino weather to make tho affair a groat success. Full details will bo given in our issue on Wednesday evening next,as final arrangements aro to boinario at a com mittee meeting at the Caledonia Hotel on Tuesday ovoning next.

Mr John Lamb, of the Auckland Keillor Mills nnd Biscuit Manufactory, has planed upon the market a ntw patent porridge moiil, which is bound to become a iavourito orliclo of diet. Tho meal ii> oiadofrom puro wheat, by imev proce:fl Tho machine »vas de-it;iied by Mr l.amh himself, and co lor as ho knows lliero is no inachiuo likq it. Ilia fibrous portion of the wlitat i* on) irely elimi nated /rom tho meal. This fibrous portion is indigestible, and by ha removal tho meal is made easier of digestion. At tbotsimo timo (hero ia plenty of phosphate in il In (;ivo bone. Iti.ho nibltiautiiperiurbran bread, and lias been tried by tcvorul of our bit;ti bakers and approved of.

The harvest festival atSt I'etoi'* Church, Lake Takapiwa, wm hold ou Tuesday evening. Tho church had been ta-f( fully decorated- by the adiea of the district, Mi» Portor, Mrs Meneary, Misses Amy Brett and Williamson being, as usual, to tho foro in the work. The de corations were formed nf cereal.--, fruit, and vegetables, the chancel beini; particularly noticeable At tho purvico tho church was crowded, there boing in my visitors frwu Nortbcoto »nd Devon port luiorostinp ad drosses wore delivered by Ihu Kuvb. J. S. Hill and Hands, which ir^ro uttonlivoly iatonsd to. Tie antbeu.a " Ye.i-hail dwoll in the Land"and " Timuvisitoftlht Kunh " were beautifully rendered, tha eolos in Uie farmer being talteu by MifK Philcox a:id Mr G. Harker

A festival of thanksgiving for the harvest will be held nt the Clmrch of St. Tboinoa to-morrow, the tervipeH boin^ us follows : — Choral celebration of tho Holy Eucharist, • S a.m. ; tinting, litany and F-ermon by the priest-in-charge, 11 am. ; children1!' service, 3pm. ; ovonsanir und sermon,'by the Rev. B. J. Kdwnro'H, 7 p.m. Tho processional hymns will bolN'oe. o'Jl ami '274,.A. und M. i Mr H. HddgkinV, a member of ihn Oom mittoe of Management of tlio Emigrants' Information Oiiioc, recently ut-tatoiithi'd by tha Imperial Government, in London, is expected to arrive from tha U'eit 00.i.-t on Sunday, He mil bestaying.it the Northern Club, 'and will ba glad tv receive ai-y information as to tho o(A,<.inga fi/r labour in town or Gauntry*. Mr Hodf^luDS leaves for Sydney by (.ho Taraweru. Mr W. Biivev.oll, another i inembor of the Committee who is now on the Went Coast, ie expected to arrive in Auckland at tho end of ui'xfc week.

Tho barquo Johann Brodoreon is now dis charging her cargo of ostrichoa at tho Otnmatoa.

A poll of tho ratepayers of Edon Terrace iB proceoding today, fur tho purpose of do ciding whether or not £2,500 shall bo bor rowed for tho purpose of providing a wator supply for the district. The Edon Hall is tho polling placo, and Mr J, Stickloy acts as Koturning Oflicor.

Tho pararlo of tho Naval Battalion took placo last night, four companies taking part. Tho battalion was taken into Wol [asley-Rtroet, and on tho way along that thoroughfare, Symonde street, and djneon- Btroet tho men woio drilled in formation of nrivunno and rear guards. Tho IS aval Blind was nlao pro.-out.

Misa Mcllhono's success ill securing tho full percontago of p.issoa does nut uppcar to bo singular. A lady teachor in tho New ton East School has juet achioved for tho third consecutive year 100 per cent, of pnsPOH, wjiilo tho record for tho ontiro schoul in !).'i"2. Fivo out of tho six classos examined passed at tho maximum rato of 100 per cont. Thi* must prove highly gratifying to tho Head-master (Mr K. Coatos), tho Commit tco and tho parents of tho children.

Tho wharves prosontod quito it holiday nppumanco today, oxcutjiioim by water being numerous, and well patronised. Tho Argylo loft for Kawau nt 9.110 a.m , with n jiienic party in connection with the Auck land Athoiwarn. At- 1 p.m. (ho Clenclg loft for St. Holior'p, with tho Master Marmora and II.M. Customs Criekot; eluvons and n host of friends, and half all hour lator the Victoria left, for Tamaki on tho annual pionio of tho Auckland United Bind, under Mr James luipoy. In addi tion to this, tho Devcmport Forry Company had ono ateamor running to U.M.S. Nel son, al=o v.oll patronised, and moro than the ordinary number of peoplo wero con veyed by tho regular ferry boats.

Tho Temporanca programme for tho Licencing Committees appears in another oolnran, and is as follows : -North Ward : (i. W. Owen, David Goldio, George Win ptono, A. Mackio, J. Adams. City East: John Buchanan, Andrew 8011, Joseph Now mon, Edmund Ellingham, Jac J. Holland. City South: James VV. C'irr, Philip Crowo, Thon. Constable, D. Goldie J. VV. Jumte. FollinLT Hiiotliß : Auckland North— Temptr nnno linil, Albert street ; Auckland South -Outholio Institute, Wellington • strict ; Auckland East-Free Tubiic Library, High- Btroet Hours of polling, from fl a.m. to (> pm. Tho programme of tho nominutcd Com.nittoes is : 10 o'clock licences, no up stair bars, and strict Sunday closing.

In our roport of tho casos rloalt wil h nt tho li.M. Court yesterday, that of J. Van Brodu v. Kuost was inadvertently n.b.-.i l;u(cd for K. How v. M. Fro.^t, in which tho olnim was dCIo Si -Id. Tho mistake aro.-o through tho enso of Breda v. Kuest being montionod, and then tnciUy pa«pcd hy, :!■< it is in proeojH of HQlllouicnt, the nmounc in dillaroncn betwoon tho piirtioN being only -C-' IHs. Thin without any pauHO ovidonco bogan to bo ollorcd in the next case, viz , that of Ko-.v v. Frosf, and tho reportoris being lo I qnito in (hi) dark an to tho proceeding, liulurally confounded Uio ti\o ciscu.

A man named Frederick Morgan was pieltrd "tit of the hnrhnur last niglit, about l-2.:!ll o'clock, by Captain HcKudkic and tlio nnt.iol tho barque IJrunotte.Charlea Smith. As tho man wai very much under tho in tluenco of drink, tho matter was reported to Conrtubio Uusfoll, who, in company with Constable Cotter, proeoodod to tho burquo, whom they found tho mm still in an luobmtcd condition. Ho had fallen over

the Railway Wharf, and but, for the as- M-lnnco rendered to him mu.st. liavo inevitably been drownod, 110 was Btippliod with cloan, ilry clothes, and then pui oil' tho boat. As ho was incapable i.f taking

euro of hlmralf, '!io ctmetablon took him in charge in order to prevent further accident. Morgan iippoarcil ot tho l'oliro 'Jonrt thin morning, when lio w.-u fined lOh and ■-•OBti", or in default -IS hours' hard labour.

An occontric old man mimed John Jnm&l llrock »w arronted last-, night by Constable Dawcs on a charge of drunkenness Wlion ho w;ih nrrojtcd ho was in a stale bir.ioring ~n dolivum trotnons.nnd a eimllo was fonnd burning i:i a damtoroud pneiticn in n honvo nenntiled by him on tho Now North Road. Xlticll, who owns considerable r'ri>]ioity, was iirrwted in ISSI on n cbaruoof Incomli nii-m, but was dißehnrßCd, and ho hn« n!».i boon frequently i:> pri-un for tlnuikcnmwH and vagrancy. Ho un* charged at the i'olico Court, this morning and remanded for medical trontmont.

Thn la»t 'Kri.-co mail brought particulars ( ,[ tho levmitiiiu from Cnlifornio nl V. \V. Uaukd r.a»hier of On, well-kmnvn American linn of WolU, Farg.., and Co, Ho wiisHii.l lit havo taken with him some ,')0,()(!0.lul, in cold of th» firm's ni'inry. l>l,ntnu""phs nnd full dcccriptionK of tho drfaullor wore sent to tho Ausirali.sian rolo nil" and n doteolivo employed in America by l.ho linn w.;s dospatohed In Tahiti in a loinliir -hi|t. By (lie .r.inot Ninoll, whirli Krrivt-fi tbiJ mnn.iui «o learn that Hunkfl. who ia trnvollinj; under the alias of .Srard, is at Karoton<rn, having rrnrhod thero from Tahiti by il.o Uectitibcr trip of tho .fanrt Kimll. Srrird, who states that lo ha« boon got tiwuy io sivu other.-', »:iv< (hit ho he h»N only 1,700 dol. with hiiu. Ho hun thoroughly ii.grutiated hinwoU with Queen M.ikoa, and her mibjcets, both bhek u">d white, and it is .-aid that as long ns ho re mains -it tho Island Kingdom ro will bo

sate from arrot-t unions n strong force i< ttdcen to back up tho civil authority. It is understood that tho American dtteutivo at Tiibili intended chartering ft schnoner and proceeding toKarotonga. Thoharotongau Ijovornmcnt hnvo previously rofusod to stir niiekr fu«itivo pii-uners, and ..xUadltioii ifl a thin); in.known at thatirland. Scard has hired n luiuco, and h-is pent an order to Auckland for furniture and other household rcquisitoG.

At tho meeting of tho Inilus'.ri il Associa tion Ugfc night tho i'U(»{{c»tioil whs thrown out nnd warmly enpoueod that n poM Icc turor should be onguyod to tiavcl through the country di«tricts of tho |iio»iiice mid preach the eviingel of protoctiun. Some of tho sponlcero wcro also in favour <if introdin; inf,' tho subject ot protection of local indiis trien to tho notico nnd attention of trades unions. Jlr Lamb, alter rliat; nosiiiK tho enco oi tho col-iny, nriivod at tho coiislnsinn Unit what H wnnUd U labour for our jieoplo. In hi,< opiniun tho euormous viilnu of tbo article nf daily coiipumpticu tSiii w.-rc now imp&rtcd would pri far to relieve our dictrcsr it fhe money wera retained in the colony, and our own nooplo employed it) ministnin^ more fully to our own wants. This also involved tho retention and local circulation of our own capital, which would ho an ngreonhlo chnngo from its present exportation. Mr 801 l was very indignant a", tl'.a insano jiolicy of ilooiiin;; our markets with foreign products to tho crippling of local indu; ---i rios. Ho said that in ii little while, at tho rate wo wore goin^r, wo should bo in as bad a position as Tasmania ones was - when her froa traiie drove oway all fcha ablest mun who could .yot, and left (h.i colony with a population lit tbo mm of live women to evury mini, At this uiulanoholy piciuio a pious soul ejaculated populchrally, ' Tha I.oid hel|i tho men, then," and tha intenrity of tho oxclamiition :iti oricn brought down tho houpo. Tbo rrport printed in another column was evonlualiy udopttd.

j A piQ'u-ant social jialherinn of tho twcheM ! and elder ocholnrs of St. jauies'H Preeby i icriiin BiiiHlay-ccbool »< held in the fct. j .luuiosV IlalUutst uveniiiK. Tho object of j the gathering was to uiako presoutationa to two oowly-morried couplea in accordance ! with the usual custom, and handroirse ' volumes woro handed tci Mrs Shaldur.-, i nee Miss Lloyd, and Mrs .1. Snoddan, nee ! Mi's M. Gow. Mclears Shaldcrp and .Suerl (l-n iippropriately ocknovrledfred tho ! piftH. A hu'ndcOßi'uly illumirmrcd address j vvitg aho piteeoted to Mr Thoa. Macky, ponior, by (ho present mombei> and loinoor of hi* Snbbath-pchool eliii-H, in ar-knmvlrd;: ---• m nfc of hie earnest, labourn on thiir bchalt. The presentation «a<< mode by Mr Peter , Macky, and suitably acknowlnafrod by tho ' recipient, who wa» tnUon completely by Mupiii-o. At intervals duriuj.-tlia tvoniuij tho following items vcro given.-I'iunu fnrtc r<nlo, Jlina Parker; focg, "Tho Blue Al-ati.m Mountain*." Mr Umont ; vucwl oust, "Whi-porinc tlone," tho Mis.ono Mi-rcov ; nonp, '" Wmij. )■ Hold," MrC. K. Kerr;- ioetrumen'Jil trio, Messrs Miller, Adams, and MiCormish j pianoforte .solo, Mint. Wprldßll ; fun},', " i)B|||jie'ii Bonrut," Mm EdomndeH : rondinj:, Mr ]{übwt:Bon ; fcony, ■' Tl<o >- kipr>or," Mr .!. II Edmonden. Aftorihic programme liiul been |!ona throutrh, tho hall na-j eloisie-l. and gumps indulged in, bringing the gather ing lo a pleamtit, to.'iuiaatioti. Mr P. Boran is making i«:tive ptepara tion« rofjivo a jjriind miiifltrol "nd varie.'y entertainment-inOioGiads^nnalJaU, North cole, on Friday evening next.

Mr 0. E. Savajjo, of Karioi. Kiiftiar, nritioj: to renen- hie B«ii«eription tn the ".tiew Zealand Farmer," ia.se :—" Will you permit ibo fri Hay that 'The Furnoir1 is nir and away tho btst iovoetment I ever made? 1 cannot understand why it is not —as it should ba-upon i.he table of every Hottlcr. It hud only ono fault, ta sira, nud (hut you have happily ri'fnedied, and it ia nun' everything that could be wished-

CABLEGRAMS.

[by irjKoxitio lELKGKAm.—oorxiiiaal,]

THE WAR CRISIS IN EUROPE.

Btiis^ian Keserves Sfrillhss;

Tho Czar Petitioned to go to War,

Expected Blockatlo In tho Blade Son,

(HI'ICCML MESSAGE.)

London, February 11. Tim Kussian authorities havo summoned a hundred thousand men from the reserves to undergo drill and othor exercieea.

A potition is being organised asking the Czar to subjugate the Christian province" of Eastern Europe still under Turkish yoko. Thousands of peoplo are signing tho docu ment.

Enormous quantities of wheat havo been oxporlod from Odossa in expectation of a blockade.

Recall of French Officers and Troops.

THW POPE AND THE GERMAN

ELECTIONS.

[llliOTKli's TIXKGHAM ]

Aixiikks, February 9th. A SDMJIKK of general officers of the French army have loft this city to take commands in Franco. Several battalions of troops havo also boon orderod homo.

Berlin, February 9,

Tho I'opo has issued auothor despatch to tho Koman Catholic electors, again en joining thorn to support those candidates who will support tho Increase of tho Army Bill. i

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Quarrol Between Two rronch Mlniatora.

London, February 11. Count Mun.stkh, Gorman Ambassador at I'atia, has assured M. Fleurous, Minister of Foreign Affair.*, that Gi-rmany does not object to tho increased army supplies just vutod by tho French Chambers. Mr Flcmoiiß nbjoctcd to Gonornl Boulan ger sending nn aido-do-camp on a KOC-rot micsi'Mi to tho Kuesian Minister of War unknown to tho other members of tho Cabinet, and tho two ministers have had a violent quarrol in consequence.

OUTRAGE IN CALIFORNIA.

Attoinptod AbsaKHliintlon of Adollna Pattl. (SI'KCIAI, MKSKA(!K.) London, February 10. At a concert given in tho Opera Mouse in .San Prnncisco, at which Mudamo

Palti was singing, a man, who is ?uppotod to be a lunatic, throw a bomb at that lady. The only ono injured wua tho man who threw tho bomb.

New South Wales Elections.

A Froo 'Jrado Victory,

(ki:iiti:u's TSLKiiIUH.)

Sydnky, Saturday,

Ok eixlytivo moujbors olcctcd for tho I'arliiiinonr, foity-eight aro pronounced Freetrader/". Mr Garrelt, Minister of Lands, woe returned (it tho bead of the [lull for Cuuideu. All Minister.-! nro now ro-elerstcd, Mofare .louninca and VViedorn, tl>o dologutiw for tlio Conference, louvu in thu Cliimbori.zo next week. (KI'JfUIAL MEBSAUK.) Funeral of Arclinlsliop Vauglinn. London, February 11.—The retiming of tho Into Archbishop Yaughan were interred at Belmonti l'riory on Tuesday. But littlo ooromony woe observed, tho whole cost of Mio oliKci(iiCH boing undei , ten pounds. It if hoped Hint tho fiicnds of Mio rlo coated prelate «ill mbecriho to erect a Hiitablo monument over his re mains. Tho Kov. Jorume Vaughan nnd Mr Krginnld Vaugban wero among thoso present. Sydney Municipal Loan. The city of Sydney loan is ox pec ted to bo plncsd upon tho rnarkot shortly. Obltaary. Tho death ie announced of the Duke of Lfjiimtar. and nUo ot tbo Kov. Uichard Voting, o woll-kiiuvvn Sydney clergyman, (KKUHilt's TKLEGHAH). A Itiieeian Conspiracy. J.'imi.in, February 11. — Auoxicnsivocon npirncy has been detected in tho Russian Military Suhm.l. Forced Labour In Egypt. Franco has withdrawn her opposition to tho nbulition of corveo in Egypt. Proposed Museum of British Commerce London, February 10. — Tho London Chamber of Coinmorco havo abandoned thdc oluiin lo hevo n Hoparate institute in the city in which would be oxhibittd articles of Britich cotnmerco. The Kapunda Dtsastor. Tho purvivorrt of tho Kapunda will arrive nt Plymouth on tho 'J.'srd. ,Death of a Novelist. Tltodonth i;> minounced of Mrs lionry Wood, th« [lopul.ir novoliat, u(,'ed 67. Carrlago o( Australian Malls. Aineelintrof tho Agents-General of the Australian colonies, Mr Cecil Haikee, Toft mafiter-Uenornl, and the managerti of tho i'oriins-ular and Oriental and Orient Steam ship CompanioH will tako place on tho 14th iiiHtant, when the quoetion of the carriage of tho mails between Groat Britain and the Australian colonic.-! will bo discussed.

Socialist Disorder in London.

Sir Ghark'K Warren, chief of the metropol itan police, has contradicted tho report that tm tho occasion of the Socialistic meeting nt Clnrkonurell a body of roughs pillowed sovotid of the shops in tho noipbourhocdl

THE BARRIER CONFESSIONS.

(RY TEIiEOBAI'H. — I'IIKSO ASSOCIATION ) Wellington, this day. Tub Minister of Justice has received tho Great Barrier papern from tho Gwvornor, b-.it refueea to mako the murderers' con fescions or ptatemonts public until after the execution at least.

The Meeting of Parliament.

(BY TBUSGBAI'H— MESS, ASSOCIATION,)

Wellington, this day.

It is understood that I'nr inment opens In tho last week of April The Representation BUI/ will bo brought down the fmt day, .and tho Financial Statement will bo made early in I ho seecion. It is ;ilpo understood that, the Representation Bill will ho laid <m similar linoa to that in troduced lust year.

Remember This.

If j-ou lira nick. Hop Bitters will surely nlfl Nature lv makinx you well whonall olbb fuils. Kyou are costive or dyspeptic or are Buffer- Ing from any other of tbo numerous disoasos ot tho stomach or boweK It ia yoiir own fault if you remoin ill, for Hop Bitters Is a sovereign romedy In all such complaints. If you are Nervous usa Hop Bitters. it yoi havsi rough, pliuplr, or unllow skin bed breath, rflins and aches. a,nd teol miserable goneraJly, Hop Bitters will (five you fulr Bkin, rich blood, uud sweetest breath, and health. That poor, bodrlddon, inTnltd wife, sister, molhur, ur daugtuer, can be njaae tho picture 3f health, by Amoiican Co.'s Hop Bitters, oost .iiK uut a trine. Will you lot thum suffer ? In short, they cure all Diaesaes of the Stomach, Bowola, Blood. Liver, Nerves, Kidneya, Bright's Disease. £.500 will be paid for s case they will sot ciwo or help. Eruggiets and Chemiato keep.

The Attempted Assassination of the Premier of Tonga.

The Outrage Promoditatca.

The steamer Janot Nicoll, which arrivel from'ths South Sea Islands this fortnoon, did not bring any lator news than that brought by the mail with respect to tho re-

cent outrage at Tonga, having loft Tonga about a fortnight before the attempt waa made on Mr Bakur'a life. lVoo£ that the attack woa promoditated, how over, is nllbrdetl by the fact that when tho steamor called at Tonga threats of assassination moid openly mado against Mr Baker ; but they appear to havo been ignored, even by Mr Baker himself, who wont about freely in his carriage, even at night. Affairs at Tonffft wero thou in a very unsettled state, but it was not sup posed that tho discontented ones would dare to carry their throats into oxocution. Tho Situation in. Tonga. A gentleman intimately connected with commercial matters in tho South Seas in forms us that tfie political complication that exists in Tonga, togc-thor wiih tho im position of the Customs tari(i',ban completely paralysed trade. The duties aro rigorously imposed, and all potts of linos and penalties aro ehnrged. For instance, a captain who went to tho Custom JHoueo live minutes late was fined one guinea before his clearance paporß woro handed to him The traders bolieving that tho present stato of ailairs cannot continue to exist, and that some foreign power will stop in, or at any rato that'tho present tutilt will bo amended, rofuso to import anything. Nothing is bought and nothing ia sold, tho people aro eimply Micawberisinu.

Wholesale Robbery of Hides.

Foh somo time past tho butchers who ueo the City Abbatoirs at tha Western Springs Estate have boon iniaeing iheir hides. As all attempts to catch tho ttiiof proved futile, the polico woro at length ; comtnunicatod with, and tho ref.ult was that Dotoctivo Horbort was put on tho job. lie at once sot to work, and upont several nights watching round tho abbatoirs. At this timo of tho v-ar this U by no moans a pleasant occupation, lor no matter how oleun tho plnco may bo kept, still tho odours surrounding tho buildings aro scarcely those of "Araby the blest,' although very pungent. On ono oc casion, Horbert landed in a beautiful cesspit, in which is placod tho blood, olfal, and other filth from thoHliughteryarcts, and it iH no discredit to him to state that he fled from tho spot nnd cloansod himself an speedily a.-t possible in tho adjacent Bt'Oam. This occurred about ono o clock in tho morning. At length HubortH efforts wero rowardod, for ho sucooodod ill tracing an ox hido to Warnock's tan nery, at Cox's (Jrcek. A few questions elicited the information that it had boon sold to tho linn by v youth named Archi bald McNair, whoso parents resido nof. far from tho nbbatoira. Dotoctivo Herbert at onco camo inio town and proceeded to Potereou's stables, where ho arrested McNair on tho charge of stealing ox hidoa from the abbatoirs. Tho prisoner admitted having cold thu liido to Messrs VVnroook Jiroti. It is undon-trod that othor charges will alfio bo preferred.

POLITICAL NEWS.

PARLIAMENT TO MEET IN APIiIL.

Representation BUI tlio First Business

(I!Y TKLKOUAPH — OWN OOBBBBPOHDBKT )

VVklunotom, this day. Tub Government have dotinicely docidod that I'arlUment shall meet lhe-la«t watk in April. Tho Bill for tho Redistribution of Seats will bo tho h'lßt muasuro brought down, and it is intended to pass it through all stages betoro introducing any other bu?i noss. Tho Financial Statement will bo roady for tho first week of the eossion.

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(l!V TKLKUHAIII - OWN COKUE.'I'>M>ENT.)

Wkllinctun, thin day,

The Flßlt Jubilee Singers,

The attendance* at the Opera Houbu lor tho laft few day* during the entertainments given by the F.t-k MumtrtN b-nu btun too luigodt evei known in any placo of aniuueniont in Noiv Zealand. On Thursday evening upwards of i^UO was taken at tin) (four-, ;>!.d tho muhU-M liou^a during tho weak was woilli CIMD to ihe Company. 'Ibo City Cuuucil !"->s bcon obliged to interpieo to prohibit temporary seats being placed in the passages of tho at»lls nnd dress circle. Tho Wellington City Council find that under ono of tho existing by-laws it is possibly (or partially burned wooded or iron building? in Wio bu.-it.crs puilion of fho city to bo repaired or heightened of tbo same material. A propocu] by tho ciiy purveyor to ropeal tho by-law io under contidora tion. Tbo Spealicrshlp of tbo Council. Strong objection is taken by tho " Post," to tho appointment ot the Hon. U-. Al Waterhoues to tho temporary Speakership of tho Legislative Council in Sir William ] Fitzboibwt'u absence, with, of course, poiutment when Sir William re tiree. It says : " I'ertmnally wo have no objection to Mr Waterhcuso, and ho will prubably mnko an ablo, dignified, and im partial Speaker ; but vi'o invariably view with suspicion tho appointment of nolitical opponents to high ollieet of this kind. They may bo made irom tho purebt. of aotlvrn, bin; they also suggest v suspicion that tho desire to muzzle an opponent and got him out of the way hiu moru to do with tho folection than auy question of personal litnofK. No doubt tho Government la»t eeseioti diteuverod that. Mr U'a'othouso'o nbscnuo. rendered their conduct of bueint'HS in tho Council itbitr Iban it would have boon hud ho been pre sent to eritieiso thoir meneuro.-. In the chair h-. will bo juet as much out of tho way as if üb°cnc altoyoiher. Wo cer tainly think that thu appointment of tho Acting-Spbnkcr nhoulH have been conferred on thu Hou. Oaptaiu Uaillit-, tho very ablo, courteous*, ar.d oxporieuced Chairman of Committees. Jt i.? r.ol fair to pass him over, even in .favour of a gontloman of Air Wutorhouse's ability."

Volunteer Tined for Non-Attend ance.

(BY TEI.UiUAI'II — OWN COJUiJiSrOKUKNT.)

vVanijanui, thio day

AuvANTAtiK has been tnkun of Sec ion 47 of tho Defonco / ci oi lbSti by Uapt. Junoc, of

tho Wan;;anui Riflel!, fo lino a private t'l for absenting himxalf from two cunpeoutive porndoH. Tho (mo lias kern entered on tho K.M. ('onrt. rtcord book, and m:ulo re coverable within a week.

TELEGRAMS.

Thamks, this day

The following Cimdidate? liavo born nomiuited for ti\o Licouaiuy Oomniittuu oi ParawaiLioensint'distriot-:—ilessriiiucldey Ohappell, Gilleepie, Held, Mclutjre. West, Townsend.

At a meeting of the Harbour Bonrd lutt evening re tho claim of Mr Uarrow, din trnctor for gcoda wharf, for £200, tho arbi trators (Misses Kenny and Aitken) etated that they had drawn up fhuir roport, tho cost ot which was £25. Ai'tor a lengthy dteaiuwlon, tha lueotioy eeparatod without pacing any refolntion, fovornl nißUibera exprenfing ibo opibion thai ie would ba illegal to leceivo tho twnnJ, as it should have been presented at iom on the 7th iust , and :,o extension ot tiuio had been gnu Led by I he Board.

Mr VVliilchouso hay been appointed Secra tary of Thames Und Building and Invest ment; SoeUiiy nr, n Hilary of .'.ICO per biiuiu. Thirteen app<icatioiin wtto rt- Ciivcd fjr the nituation. " WesT.pokt, thia day. Tlio VVe",tpoit Harbour Hoard expended during Ji>Bf'(exclusive of interuAt on pink ing fund) £57,75!». The Wcatuort Break water is extended S7O teot, ■DnjfßliiN, thU diiy. ! Mr J C. Brown, member for Tunpeka, j leaves by the nexr. San l r rapci>oci tttanior I with a- view of flouting tho wholo of tho | Blue Spur claims into a eyndicrf.o. He ia Hkely to be away a year, but will net ie- I tij:n his teat ■ .Richard Buehmaner, of Waituhuna, was ( I found dead in a hub yottorday afternoon. J 1 No suspicion uf auiridu. •

Presbyterian General Assembly.

(liV TULIiOIUI'H.-VMSS ASSOCIATION.)

WellisotAn. this day. At tho meeting of tho Aesombly yostordny aftornoon fomo discussion took place on the Key. W, A. Kobb'e motion, challenging tho legality of tho Key. O. S. Ogg acting as aa sesaor to the Nelson Presbytery. The Key. ,1. Patterpon said that Mr Ogg atod b?mself

ht.<l beet, appointed = l 3ae.-<eorS to' the Nsfeon Pro-bytory ou emergency. They had never teen discharged ; but us this emergency porbaps would not again aneo it yvould boas well that his colleague and himself should bo discharged. Key. C. S. Ogg withdrew all he had paid previously with rcspoot to Mr Troadwell, and the latter niimt-d L'ontleman accepted the amende honorable, and also withdrew all expressions ho had ueed towards the Key. C. S. OaR. The oubject then dropped. Tho Kov. W. Gillies (limam) brought up tho report of thecommittee on the mfaliters1 w.dows and orphaus'fund. Theoammitteo reoommondod ?l,c! Aweinbly to make it compubory on nvnMere to become members to ttie fund, making the pnyimrot of yearly promiurns tho first charge on ministers1 stipends, the come to bo kept back by tho treasurers of tho various churches every half-year.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

O Battery of Artillery.

The O Battery of Artillery concluded, yesterday, their carbine competition for the selection of fivo marksmen to represent the Battery at tho approaching Colonial Prize-Firing at Christchurch. Sergeant Hodgkinson topped tbo score with a good eeoro of G2 out ot 15 »hor S ' at 200, 400, and 500 yards. The result was In favour of Sergeants Hodgkinson and Hrultain, und Gunners Younghueband, Brooke?, and B. W Bealo, who will accordingly proceed to the Cathedral City. The men are dis satiffied with tho unreliability ofKynocks ammunition. The 25 men of the O Battery who have been in prison atFortCautloy since Tues day M-tok under Cuptain Quorge and Lieu tenants Wasceneys and Gilmore, finished tiiLir period of active service, and returned to town by « .30 boat this morning, bringing their accoutrements with iliorn. Thoy licclaro themselves greatly benefited by their experience of gurtisoii life and its in cidental duties.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Mr H. G. Soth Smith, II.M. , and Mr F. G. Kttington, J.P.)

Drunkenness.— John James Urock, charged with tho abovo ofrbnee, was remanded for uno week for medical treatment, ho being ftill suffering from tho cliects of hie de bauch, Albert Chntband and Frederick Morgan wero oacli fined 10h and coste, or in default 48 hours' hard labour, for having been drunk. I'uoiuiMTioN Okiii.li. —Mrs Hannah VVU liarnH, a boardioß-houso keeper in tirey street, applied to h.vvo v. prohibition order granted against William Sylvester Walker, a t'entleman who,with hia wifo.boatdcd at hor ostbali-hnient. She applied on the grounds tliat lio wa^ wasting his money in drink and ruinim' hi* health thereby.- Mrs Bella VVnlkor, wife of W. S. VVBJker, aopoarod in i-ujiport of tho application.—Tho Bench granted the order.

Wonderful Spectacle at Sea.

iovoral V/atcrspouts Seen at Once.

[BY TBLKOIUPH.—J'BESS ASSOCIATIOK.]

Wkswokt, this day. Cait. VVIDESTKUM, cf (ho schooner Mary Wadioy, just arrived from Napier, reports that on tho !)th inst, at Koarangi Point, boarinK 'ivo mile1! east, ho saw a largo number of beautiful waterspouts, and had to get out of thoir focus in tho nl.y. At lir-f tluy sijipoared liko n dot, gradually incruajiug in t)zo, tho c'nud.i revolving runnd at it iromondouH ruts iroui ritfht to left iv a ciiclu. ;Tho water could bo Bteii continually ascending in brilliant utiipcg, forming v most lovely network in peat pillars light to the ocean, a' L'io siufauu of ilia pea. " Tho watur was bulling ana suiokiu!.', sending whito spray in all directions, 'ihe waterspouts disap peared ut liUDtel.

Charge Against a Wanganul Doctor.

Tlic C;iso Dismissed.

(j;l- TKLIiWIAIMI—OWN COIiKKHI-ONUUNT. )

WaKUAKUI, this day

Tut. charge a[:ainct Ur. (Jounolly for al leged criminal assault on Mrs Pope was re sumed ycbtorday morninc Mrs Popo was recalled, aud, cross-examined as to a con versation :!ckno»ledgod to have been had will) a neighbour, the acknowledged to having sold that her husband objected to her seeing tho doctor by herself, but denied that ehehad eaid—"lt he knew I had, the doctor would by arroMcd," or v.oids to thit tfftict. The evidence of Drs. Karle'and Tribe ; agreed that tl.o condition of the woman was likely to cunduco to hysteria. Tbo caso lusted all day and closed at 5.15. For tho defence two witnesses were called. One, n sorvant to Dr. Connolly, Eaid she had paired and repaEsed the door of the f ur&;u:y euvcral times, and that two patients veio in tuu uppepite room most of the time. Tho other, a neighbour of tho informant, dopostd to a conversation phe held with Mrs Pope some months back, in which the latter Raid that if Ur. Connolly examined her without her hu>birui't< consent hor hueband would have him allotted. The Bench, after about fiiteen minutes' con hidsratijii, disrei-'sed the civ.irj;e.

Entertainment at the Taber nacle.

Tiiii ceremony of presenting cartificatos io the successful competitors at the late In-

dust rial Exhibition took place last evening in the school-room of the Baptist Tafaeruaclo. Fully three hundiod tcholara and friends were pre?euc. Pantor Spurgoon occupied tho chair, anil briefly opened the proceedings. In presenting: the cortilicates ha Pt.ited that their school had taken 67, of which 10 werd ppecial, L' 9 lirat elate, ;ind 28 second claes. The school presonted a book to each of the following winners of special certilicatee :— X hi. Whitburn,Maud -Noill, Kate Gundall, Mubtl Plummor, Alice Matthew;, Cachoiine Barry, Walter Barry, E. F. Krotchtuar, Thomas Holmes. Mr Battloy j^ave £1 worth oi books to the boys who wen special certificates, and a laay guvo £1 us a prize for d.vniug, competi tors to bo tinder m certain ago. As Mi?s Annio Petty wua tho only claim ant, 10a worth of books woro awarded to her. j)uring Iho evening, tho following programme was gor.o through :-Duot, ■' Birthday Bchotti»xhe," violin Miss Hogg, )>iano Miss Cuiihaui ; rolo, " Children's i'lome," Mrs C. B. Stone ; dialogue, "'Pat's Mistake," Masters Wood, Groes, Brown, Whitburu, and L'icUhard ; polo, " Goldeu JUiddor," Mitw Moginio; pianoforte solo, "Highland l!emc," Mies llolloway ; leading, "Betsy und 1," Mr C. Jfi. Carter; £010, ' Bridge to H6«vc'n,''MraAV. Emly ; recita tion, '• Uirbjra Fritchie," Ma-tor Walter Barry; "Alono on the Baft," Misa Main. Mr Spurgeou, in pre6onfciog ceitin j catea and prize?, noticed that i-pocial prizes ! liaii beon given by Mr Kattluy un thu boys' ! side, so ho announced hi.-> intention of giv ing prizes also to tho epecial cortilicata win ndis on th» girls' side llid ueunl vote* ut thanks concluded the ontei'taiumtml, which was a great success.

Seaman Drowned at Kaipara.

(BY TKLI.::U,MMI—OWN COBBESJ'ONBENT.)

! Kahaka UeaUS, this day. iAn inquest was held joctorday affornoon on the bo'Jy ol a tailor lost from tho .lohanti Brorlf wen, in the harbour, buforo iMr Webb, .1.1. i.l Te Kopuru, at, tho Custom House. A vertlir.t ct " Accideutiilly drowuod" was returned.

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(£7 sKMseiiAWi—own conßjisrosDENi.y

Thames, this day. Tim 57oza of gold banked from the Adeline crushing of 5 tons in valrred at £2 17s per Tuktliv's (Kuranui).—l-21bs of specimens have been obtained from the otopes on tha reef at. tho Culodonian Ko. 3 levcJ. CaMuj;ia. —301bs of speeimeon were bogged today from the second stops ■' over-?-* ■ tho western drive at JSo. 2 level. - Waiiii, this day. I Mr Jackson, surveyor, ie now engaged in*"s tho work of surveying a water race and battery pito for the syndicate, who, it ie stated, have taken up a large area of auri- " ferous land in this neighboured, and « which they intend floatirjg aa a company' i; vory shortly. ■i . ~,' -[ ?< t Waitekacri, this day, ■ f; Kalph and party, ownors of the Manga- § kara mine and battery, have started mining 1 operations in tho Diamond section of their ™ property, from which they are gettiDg very. ■' good ciusbing dirt. Hollis and paity.^j tributera in the Waitokauri mine, have now *' got a parcol of several hundred tona of quartz broken out, and ready for transit to, . tho battery.

WAIKATO NEWS.

(i!V TELEailAl'H —OWN COHBESPONOENI )

Hamilton, thia day. .;i Cambridge Lands Court. ■ ~.. A Land Court opons at Cambridge on the ■•;,-, 23rd to take tbo Pukekura subdivision caeeß. "' It is hoped that all matters in dispute wilY '' bo settled. McDonald, known as the white. f% chief of the Ngatekauwbatu, is here, acting on bohaif of the natives, whose counsel jb "A Mr W. McGregor Hay. The Hospital Board. General «utisfaction is expressed at Mr Graham's determination to retain the Chair manship of the Hospital Board. Volunteer Corps. A meeting last night reeolved to form a '"","'l Volunteer Corps. The Mayor of Hamilton ;"' occupied tho cbair, and there was a large j'.l uttendaneo of townspeople. Fifty-two gave ' in their names to join as active members, \ a:>d 13 as honorary members. The Hamilton « Band aleo cast in itH lot with the Volun teers, and a strong company will be raised. Tlie moving spirit is Mr Reid, a gontloman i latoly from Scotland, and connected with tho Government of that country. Tbo Abattoirs. At tho mooting on Monday it is generally fji expected that iho ratepayers will give their consent to the expenditure of £l,ouo of the loan on tho nbbatoirs, which a strong eyndi cato of Waikato farmers U ready to erect.

Judge's Bay Amateur Ragatta.

Tiik cntriea for the Judge's Bay Amateur '4 Kegatta were taken last night, and from the '"■' number and quality of the entriee, there should b& come very good contests witneeßed .;< next Saturday. The Committee have decided .. to leave tho races for open eailiog-boats and ® for yachts under 4 tons open, as the race ''• is not to be nailed until tho 26th, and J several moro entries are expected. The ladies' raco is still open, and at least three1 crows will face the hiarter; whilet, as usual, entries will bo takon on tho day for the tub ! race and greasy boom. Tho following is a complete list of tho entries as yet" made:— ,»fc/'P;i. 1. Seniok Dingy Rack. — Toy. J. MoCau* land ; UooiiCt, Jd. ti. Kisslins ; WgaDuhl, J. A.; Walker. ' ' - iw 2. Junior Dingy Race. — Pearl, L. Wilson; Dart, U. Stuvens; Kllrr, <J. KiUoylo. 3 Skniou awiMMIKG JJjsCE.-Ohaß. Sherlft, IJ. Q. KioMlicg. H. O. Smith. J Jordan. i. Junior Swimming KiCK. —C. Stevenß, * Chas. srhenff. McOratn. S. Grkasy Boom.-James Hatwell, A, Mac- ' iotloo, O. J. i-"irio A. N. .Norton. C. Slovens, O. Stavuu*. li Wilson. K. Ai deraon, J. McOaos lar.d, C i"etley. C Harrington* 0 Oven Sailing Uoa-js (lSlt and under).— • B^ilo. G. Petloy ; l-hyllia, J. isreon ; Arrow, H. G. KUuiitiß. 5. Pair Oak Race (with coxswains).— J.olonm Mi and J. MoJuumana ; Sylvia, J. and J. tiititwiill; Suiilor, J. A. Walton and C. "-. HarriD^ion. ■ i.. '\[ 6. Lauiks' Kace.—Ono ontry, tho Miases Pap-.,' rI7. BTi;B HACS-"XXX."J.'i:U\y; "Shandy,"*1 K. Audirrun ; " Whisky," C. PeUer; "Brandy,* 1 Jfrunk Carr. v : iv Half deckbd Saiukg Roats.—"Masher,'1 H. Whiiakcr: " I'ixio," Jtl. "VVriunt; "'rra»Bt,"fi J. Lcck«.y: -A6tra;a," V. U Hmith. .;. ;., It. Yauiits1 Dingy Hack. — "Sprar.'1 B. B»fcB!j; -Muritoi," J. Penalligan; -Petrol,'! r. K>ar.. -:':;;,s | 12. kob IJoy Canoe Rack.-T. Carmiohad, m T Kiltojie.K 800 lorn. 13. JiKIKF Rack.-Try, T- Gurmichae'.; Fjed 1 Arubcr, A. (J. Buciiamn; i'u«, W. Claytobt | Prlnci", (-'. HariiaKton.

The Reported Cutter Ashore.

J. Felley, master of the cutter Tamaki > Packet, now in port, informs us, with regard to the roport made by the master of the Mimiha of. a .cutter.) apparently ashore at the Barrier, that the Tamaki Packet was loading fire; wood close on the eastern side of the Barrier last Tuesday, and left for the western end in, the evening. Probably the" cutter seen wa.s tho Tamaki Packet, but eha , '. was never ashore, although, when loading * close in she might appear to be so looked at m from the seaward. There is no other cutter ; known to be in that locality at tho time named.

Re City Council and Harbour Board Representation.

(To the Editor.) . Sib, —Will your correspondent, "Croir Quill," kindly inform the public which of tho present Council mombera are qualified" for tho Harbour Board. From what I can : see there is not one, and to eend men who have no knowledge of the requirements of ' !q tho shipping is only hampering the Board, ■ and putting the public in the pleai»n'fe position of seeing tbeir money squandered by incorcpetonts, while the port is steadily1 * but surely goiDg to.leeward in the matter of accommodation through not having ship™ ping men on tho Board. I would strongly ; advise that tuch men bo sent to the Har bour Board as aro able to judge of the! re quirements of the chipping, and who can at* once sat to work and improve our mncn-' ■-;-. neglected port. If tho Council are going: outside of their members,itwould be a wise thing to appoint those who are the moat interested In the shipping business.—l airi; etc , Albatkuss.

Legislative Expenses.

(To tho Editor.)

Sir,—The urgent neceesity for Government, retrenchment and economy is verbally »d:" mitted by Ministers and members ot the llouf o, but it is attoniehing how very little is practically ever dono to til'jaci'. The eubject is one that forun.d tho text upon which the Premier in Ihmediu expressed a doubt as to its being » reality or a more sham. From the opathy and in attentiop bestowed upon thia important question by the electors and the people generally ono is forced to believo Sir Bobert Stout.was not very far wrong. The small-. ost possible attention appears to have been given to tho roport of the Select Committea appointed oaiiy Jaebsopfic.u, which included the Premier, Major Atkinson, and two of oar Auckland representatives, Messrs- Thompson and Dar^avillo; yet its re commsndationi! and suggestions were very pretrnaut, and the wonder is-that they bavo excited so little public eommont' or agitation. Compared with the oxpenees io tho Australian colonies, it is ebown that in Wow Zealand our present expenditure ia unnecessarily largo For instance, I Vie turia, with a population of a million, gets h«r lofiislntion dono at a cost of £48,263, while New Zealand, with little more than half tho people,pays £45,190. InNew South1 Wa'ep, whose populat ion closely approaches a million, tho expenditure is only £26,522 Queensland exponds but £25,885, whilstjw inouih Australia and Tasmania the Cost or the Lep;islat,urr: W £15,162 and only £4,022 respectively. Tho before named Committofl rocom-..ended n reduction of the honorarium : from £210 to £150, and as the session isonan average only three months, iiICO would give tils h day. It i^ Most surprising, howeveij to flpd that tho Committee recommended no distinction being made between the pay of the ruprefenttttivo* of the peopleand the member* of the Legislative Council; "he lattor's meeMn" opens at 2.30-Bometimes it only bit? fjr half an hour, and generally rises at 5 p.m., while the House often sits well into tho sranil hours of the morning. A sum of from £10,000 to £15,000 might be, with due regard to public efficiency, M once saved in the expenditure for our Legis lature Uile?s the public arid electors agi tate about this matter, and that speedily, the cry for retrenchment and economy ■; bimply unreal and a solemn farce. —Yours, etc., Financial Kbfokm. Nowton, Feb ruary 12tb, 1887.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887,

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pENU I N B SEASON'S CASH SALE. MILNE & CHOYCE Will Bell FOR CASH, FOR ONE MONTH, The balance of tbolr SUMMER GOODS In every Department, at reductions varying from 25 to 50 PER CENT. An tha general high-class charaoter of their Go (U 1' woll kDOwo. the following Prloos "«111 pi vu a fair eoiliuato of Ibo genuineness Of thla Silo;— STYM '.H TRIMMED HATS, from 5* 6d ti'i < u<ll 'IKIMMKIJ CAPri. from Is 6d fTYi.ISII KKK.OIUH.Fd, lsßd Si Yi.l-H CaNS, Is lid bTV 1,1 U '«£ \'l HlUid and FLOWERS, greatly , r«flu« eri ( BOYS' STKAW lIAT3, from la 3d f\J H.\T->, 152.1 SUN I'U^MU'A IS lid . Cii U.l' KN's ID i i/MKS. Kvoft'ly rcauocd ...v.IK-' COSTUMKri, from Ua 6d 1.U.11 IwaKS, from 13* lid -UN -iHAOKe*, from 28 9d SH.IC UI.OVICS. from Is is HB*t 'IUK»t"K r°mKLOONOISQB I I LACKS ife- er*t;iT, Ktent!r rodncod OHn-D.iaS'd SPUN HUSK, holt price. NUNS' VEILING, DRESS MATERIAL, from PRli Vf.i.) DSLAINK3, fromßid lilXatlAMS, from 4Jd f)lhiT I)!lic!s™ MATSBIALS. SILKS, So., In prupoillon, INSPECTION INVITED. SALE TO COMMENCE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. MILNE & UHOYCE. MRS BUTTER WORTH, MILLINER, MoARTHUR'3 BUILDINGS. QUKEN-BT.. Lately occupied by Miss Teutenbem, WILL HOLD A /CLEARING QALE OF NKW SUMMKK COBTUMBS HATd BO^NKTS SATINS FBATHKKB FLOWERS BABYIIMKN UNDKRCLOTHINQ &c «c. IN CONBKQUKNCB OF RKMOVING, ALI TUB GOODS WILL BK CLEARED AT A VERY LOW RATE, QUEEN - STREET, NEXT MESSRS McARTHUR & CO., AKP AT KARANGAHAPE ROAD. T\T ANTBD KNOWN. KAMO COLUERY OITICE Removal from Messrs Mltoholeon and Co.'s to Offlos t onnoriy occupied by them flate H. N. Smith's), VS. Quoen-atroot. HAND-SBWN BOOTS, «peoiallT rait able for the warm weather, lent and •my. KlrlnK great comfort to thoas ..fflio'«d with tender (Nt-WM. MJLLKIt £ SON, HiKh-rtreet. Prtces illghUr ovsr Imported srtlola. p BEAT "DEDUCTIONS AT WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN'S (JLBARINO £JHEAP QAW gALB. About 30,000 Yards Dress M&terlals In great variety A really good line Fac.oy Drees Goods, 4Jd yd Choice lot of Prints, cost price, to clear White and Grey Calicoes at cost price Wide Gray Calico. 1b lOd doz: White do. 2}d yd Clearing lino awisa Embroidery from Id per yd Ladies' Black Jerseyß from Is lid 10,000 Yards White, Cream, and Colonred Oriental Laces from Is 3d doz. half usual pries ; Parachutes, M : Umbrellas, Is 1,250 Pairs Girls', Ladles', and Men's Hosiery from 3}d per pair- a great bargain Men's Stroni? Cotton Shirts, Is Lonz Lace Uurtainn, 2b 3d per pair Boys' and Youths' Dressed Oxford Shirts. 1b lid Men'n do. Zd lid Boyn1 and Youths' Blnck Felt Hats, Is Men'a Windsor Scorfs, 5d Men's Tweed Trousers, 4s 6d : Boys' do, 39 6d Men's MbHdo Singlet". 1« Sd : do Panto. 2s Vlon'a D B. Black Oiolh Veete. 2s lid. worth 8s 6d Mnn'n Blnck Cloth Snitp, good quality. 35s Lot cf Men's really tioad i.oatn. all wool, but not latest stylo, at halt-price, from (is 9d Larpre Slock of Comets utwarehouse price, from Is 6d - . Lrrge lot ot Remnants in great vatlnty, cheap Laco and Cashmere Capea from Is lid 2SS. UPPER QUEEN-STREET. J^OTICE REMOVAL. W. B. MELDRUM, TAILOR, Wishes to inform hiß numerous friends »nd oub tomer» that he has RKMOVED to'tbbetfmofe Central aad Bpacions Premises adjoiniSgw! SHORTLAND-STREET, And begs to eoHclt a oonHnnanco ot past patron ago by all old and new patrons. i"«"»»»™n Suits fbom £3 15«. AUWorkdoDeinFiratolassßtyle. i BNr g^»c£i?° NßSl)AYttna satob- ;



_f?FV DEPOSIS and ISs a week will pur -3& 1 cWae ono of the very best Iron, Over- Strung, G'rafcl Pianos.—Berlin Piano Importing Co., Hotagca-btreet. ■■ •' _ j 8 U N & S j^B 500 tAOIBS 1 AND CHILDREN'S * HAIS, c •J ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. & >. REDUCED TO ONE SHILLING EACH, O AT X D. W. J AOK * C os- PONBONBY AND PARNELL. 1 S ONLY I 9 ■pvISBASES OF THK EYE AND BAR. Mil HUMPHnBY~«AirJnS Follow of tho Royal Collngo of Burgenna. Edinburgh. &c, lato Resident House Surgron to the National Kyc and Ear Intlrmary, Dublin-having dovotod a longtboned »(>rlod. both on tho Continent and in the Unitod Kingdom. t« tho study of Diseases peculiar to the Kyoa and Kara, can now be con sulted for the earna at tho rcsidnoco of Dr C. H. Hnlnes, Princea-Btroet, Albert Park, Auckland. Hours of Consultation. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. .£*£& DEI'OSIT and 1& a Week will pur 3WV> ohsae a High-clans. Iron, Upright, Grand Piano —Berlin Piano Importing Co., Hobaon street.



The Uouse Steward ';ecires through our cahuucß to ibiuik the To^tcy ot the Holy Trinity 'JMirish, i/uvonp""t, fi<r ifccir kind present of nuir. i.ir the usjof ihaßosp UlpitlenU. K«)w;i)g Machines repaired at London P'iccibyD X Chimb-to. Practical Muchinisu Ntcdloa £or 90 liiffa oat uiaohinoa. Earlo and Montgomery nre PO)liri|T flour at 10) lid tho HOl'j. baK t-j inu^l the linicb.'