SHIPPING.

StTNSKT—This evening. 6.39. Bi'nrise—To-morrow morning, 4.48. Moon's Age—New Moon, 15th, 7.47 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

Auckland.—This evening, 3.14; to-morrovr morning, 3.54. Manokait Heato. — This evening, 5.54; to morrow morning, 6.34. , Kaipara ILkads. — This afternoon, 6,54; to morrow morning, 7.34.

ARRIVALS.

Bellinger, s.s., from Whangarci _ Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei Ohau, s.s., from Dunedin, via East Coast Maripqsa, R.M.S., from. San Francisco

DEPARTURES.

Northern Chief, barque, for Sydney

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE

Uiromandel, from Coromandel, Saturday, Rotomahana, from Thames, Saturday, 8.30 p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Saturday, 10 p.m. Omapeie, s.s., from South, Saturday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Lurline, ship, left London for Kaipara, via . Dunedin, July 25 Waikato, ship, from London ; sailed Aug. m Canterbury, ship, left London Sept- 15 Waitangi, ship, from London, loading May Queen, ship, from London Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, left New lork Sept. 8, via Wellington Deutchland, barque, from New York, via Wellington ; sailed October 20 Jennie 8., sehr.', ftom Fiji Restless, brig, from Fiji, early Ada O. Owen, brigantine, from Rarotonga,

early Yolande, barquentine, from Dunedm, early Lilian, schooner, from Islands, early

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Rangifciki, ship, loading for London Star of the East, bq., for New York, loading Maviposa, R.M.S., for Sydney, on arrival.

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Ohau :—950 sacks flour, 1,320 bags Horn , , 195 packs oatmeal, 5 sacks barley, 1.578 sacks outs, 131 sacks bran, 393 sacks wheat, 120 sacks potatoes, 32 sucks bones, and 256 packages .sundries. Per Evie Reed, barque: 1,000 sacks grain, 500 (-•uses kerosene, tons general cargo. For s.s. Wainui:—Cargo ex Ruapehu, 1 case boots. Per barquentine Edith May :—l7O sacks bones. I,GOO sacks oats, 660 s;>.cks flour, 600 sacks bran, 50 sacks pollard, 80 sacks wheat.

The s.s. Ohau is to sail at 4 p.m. to-day for the South. The s.s. Glenelg arrived from tho Barrier this morning with cargo and no passengers. The Cairlooh left Manukau for Waifcara yesterday afternoon with cargo, and ono passenger, Mr Ramson. The s,s. lona has been docked in order to be put in order for the holiday*. She is to receive a new rudder and rudderpost, tho old one was rather the worse for wear. The s.s. Oreti left at 4.30 p.m. yesterday for New Plymouth and Waitara with a large general cargo nnd the following pas sengers :—Messrs Watkins, SkeeO and Wilkie. Tho s.s. Bellinger arrived last night from Whangarei with the following passengers : —Mrs Foote, Miss Foote, Messrs Bennett, Colgany, Finbort, Hodgson, Burnett, Bea -Bon, and Master Foote.

We would draw attention to the fact that Monday next is the last day that passen gers can book for the R.M.S. Rimutaka, which leaves Wellington for London on the 17th inst.

- The only coasters that, have put in an ap pearance are the Kauri, barge, from Kennedy's Day with timber, and the Tamaki Packet, cutter, from Whangarei with coal. The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan parei last night with the following pas? lingers: Messrs McAllister, Coutte, Mc- Maaters, Mrs McMasters, and four in the steerage. The s.s. Wanaka arrived at Onehunga from ihe South yesterday with the follow inn passengers:—Ex Ruapehu : Mr and Mrs Neville, Misses Neville (2), Harrison, Captain Harrison, Messrs Currie, Hardy, Hine. Coastal—Mr and Mrs Hannah and child, Miss Short, Messrs Trevor, Norbury, and four in the .steerage , . The s.s. Ohau arrived from Dunedin at f> o'clock this morning. Loft Duncdin on 2nd November, arrived Oamaru on the 3rd, sailed the same day, arrived ufc Timaru on 4ili, sailed the same day and arrived at Napier on the 6th, sailed on the Bth and arrived at Gisborne on the 9th, sailed same day, arrived at Tauranga on the 10th, sailed same day and arrived as above. Ex perienced light variable winds with line ■weather throughout passage.

The following are the passengers booked for Auckland up to September 23rd by the R.M.S. Tainui, which left on Oct. Bth :— Saloon : Captain Irvine, Mr L. li. Biden, Mr Tho3. Taylor. 2nd Class : Mr and Mra W. A. Norman and family (3), Miss E. Jones, Mr Win. Norman, Mr J. Dougall, Miss J. Duncan, Mr Alex. Martin, Mr G. W. Mettelton, Mr and Mrs Cord and family (4), Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Barfoot, Mr F. If. Beynolds. Third Class : li. G. and A. C. Harrison, John Crocker, Mrs Crocker, Albert Hemsley, Bertha Growse.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

fses»Oß*TE, November 10.'—Arrived: Suva, from Auckland.

Gisbokne, this day.—Sailed : Australia, for Auckland.

Waitaka, this day.—Arrived : Gairloch, from Onehunga. Spit, November 10.—Sailed: Balmoral Castle, for London. Wellincjtox, November 10. — Sailed : S.s. Hawea, for the North. Passengers: Misses Balton and Smith, Messrs Burgoss, Murray, Taylor, and six steerage. Lyttkltox, November 10.—Sailed: S.s. "Waihora, for the North. Passengers for Auckland: Mr Palmer, Mrs Gillies. For Sydney: Mr Garrick. Blukf, this day.—Arrived : Manapouri, from Port Chalmers.

Melbourne, November 10.—Sailed yes terday: The s.s. Tarawera, for the Bluff. Arrived this morning : The s.s. Te Anau, from Wellington. Sydney, November 10. — Sailed : The steamship Wairarapa, for Auckland.

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE

MARKETS.

Messrs Huxtkr and Nolan's Rkpokt.— Grain, horse-feed, seeds, etc. : Thodemand has nob been brisk, and the supply of niost descriptions has been in excess of require ments, and barely an average amount of business has been doneV Horses: There has been a slightly improved supply, and corresponding demand, and a good many have changed hands at fully the previous •week's values. A good many were entered for itispossil by auction at> the Purhara

Yards on Friday. Bidding wa3 steady throughout the sale, and almost without exception "lots were cleared. We quote :— Hacks, at from £4 10s to £15 ; light harness horses, from £7 to £13 10s; medium draughts, from £8 10e to £15 10s. Wool, hides, and skins : But limited quantities were pitched at tho Durham Yards on Tuesday. A brisk demand existed, and a large parcel of heavy ox hides would have found willing purchasers. We quote:— Ox hides, 3fcl to 4|d ; cow 2$ to 3Ad : calf skins, 4J?d per lb; sheepskins, from 2s to 5s 6d ; pelts, from 6d to 9d ; tallow, 13s to 15s per cwt. Cattle : Above an average number of all descriptions have been brought forward, and found purchasers without any material alteration in value as compared with tho previous week. The Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, and the Pukekohe Yards on Thursday, were well filled ; a large number of both fat and store rows were yardei and changed hands. More grown steers, if well-bred and in fresh condition, would have found purchasers, and there was also an unsatisfied demand for well grown calves of both sexes. Beef was slightly lower in value than on the pre vious week. Sheep : Less than the usual number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, bub some of the fat shorn wethers were of exceptionally good quality, and sold at from 12s to 14s each, wethers in wool sold at from 13s 6d to 16s ; ewes from 10s to 14s. Lambs: Plentiful, sold at from 6s to 11s. Pigs were scarce, and of course description ; no noteworthy alteration in value.

Mn Alfred Bucklaxd's Weekly Re fort. —At. the Haymavket on Friday last the supply of loose fodder was less than usual. Trices ranged from la 9d to 2s 3d the cwt: eliatt", by sack, Is od to Is 9d ; grain sold freely—oats, from 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; maize, 3s 6d the bushel. A full muster of horse stock sold at, late values. An un broken colt brought £13 ss, and useful bugfgy horses from £11 to £12. At Waiuku on' Saturday a much larger sale than usual, and all sold at satisfactory prices. On Tuesday, at the hide and skin sale, ox hides sold at 4d to 4: 4 ! d ; cow hides, 3d to 3§d ; calfskins, 4.sd to 5d ; sheepskins, from 3s 6d to 5a each ; lambskins, Is 6d ; pelts, 4d to 9d. At Remucra, on Thursday, dairy cows were in usual supply, and were a little better worth. A large number of store cattle yarded, with little demand, all sorts being lower than last week. Fat cattle, in short supply, were rather lower than last Thursday. Sheep and lambs plentiful, and freely maintained thoir late values. No alteration in pigs or calves.

Messrs G. W. Binnf.y and Sons' Retort. —At the sales of hides, sheepskins, and tallow on Tuesday lasi there was a full attendance of buyers, and bidding brisk throughout for all descriptions of sound lots. Prime stout ox, firm, from 4sd to 4.fd ; heavy, 4d to 4-fd ; medium, 3kl to 3:? d; cow, heavy, 3.Jd ; medium, 3d to 3|d ; light, 3d ; kip, 3Jd to 4<l ; calf, in de mand, from 4\d to scl; green ox, at each, sold from 20s "to 25s ; cow, 10s to 14s 6d ; damaged, dull of sale, from ljd to 2d per lb, cleared a large catalogue at quotations. Sheepskins fully maintained late quota tions : Heavy longwool, 5s 3d to 5s 9cl; average lots, 4s 9d to 5s ; half-brede, 4s 6d io 4s 8d ; lambs', Is 3d to Is 6d ; pelts, 2d for dry, to 9d for suited. Tallow : Dull from ICY; to 13s per cwt. Bones, 4s 6d per cwb ; ox horns, 3d per set for picked.

Messrs Banks and Co's Weekly Report. —Ati'arawai, on Thursday, fat cattle were in good nupply, and all tho lots wore readily taken up at- fully last week's rates, steers selling at £6 10s to £7 10s each ; heifers, £3 17s 6d to £6 fc 6d, or from 19s to 21s per 1001b. The sheoppens were well filled, both wethers find ewes being represented, and were sold at satisfactory prices. Long wools clipped, at 10a to 10a 9d each; half-brede, at 9a 3d to 9s 9d. Tho lambs were tho best lot this season, and commanded higher values, from 8a 9d to ll.i' being given for them, with the exception of one small lot, which made 7s.

Messrs Samurl Cochrane axd Son's hold a sale of household furniture, etc., yester day, nt View Road, Mount Eden, when the following prices wero obtained:—Dining room suite, £14 ; oak chairs, £1 ; folding chairs, 12s 6d to £1 2a; Canterbury, £1 lls; occasional table, 19s; curtains and poles, lls to £2 8s : mirror, £3 Is ; fenders, £1 Is to £1 2h • rugs 17e ; vases, 16s ; car pets, 2h 7d per yard : settee and chairs, £4; coal box, £1 2n : chiffonier©, £2 2* 6d : dining-table, £4 2s 6d : whatnots, i'lOs 6d to £1 lls ; easy chair, £1 7s 6d ; gong, £1 8s ; hall-stand, £1 15s ; table, 19s; chairs, 7s each ; drawer, £3 ; washstanda, £115s to £4 Is ; ware, £1 ; dressing-table, £4 17s 6d : bedstead, £2 10s; hair mattresses, Is Id a lb; mangle, £1 15s; buggy, £15 15a; harness, £2 5s ; garden roller, £2 17s 6d ; mower, £1 8s ; and [a large variety of other articles brought fair prices..

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm axp Dairy Prodttoe. —Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, 5d to 7d ; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand, 8d ; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4.? d per lb ; Canterbury, none; eggs, 7d; lard, in bladders, 5$ d{ bacon and hams, provincial, 5d to 6d; hams, 7d to 8d; Canterbury bacon, new cure, 7d; bacon and hams in equal num ber,;, 7.{d ; hams, 8d to BJd.

Floor Market.—Wholesale : Southern flour, £10 15s to £11 ; Premier, £12 5s ; Standard, £11 ss; bran, ton (sacks included), £5 6s ; Southern do., £4 10s ; local sharps, £5 10s and £6 : Southern do., £5; cabin bread, £15: oatmeal, £10 to £10 10s ; oats, 2s 4d; maize, 3,s 8d; Southern potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s; pearl barley, 203 to. 22s ; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, cluifl", oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks.

Kauri Gum. — The market is ab pre sent weak and irregular. Buyors are) evi dently holding off, ponding tho arrival of the mail. Tho supplies to date amount to 225 tons, Quotations to-day are, owing to the irregular state of tho market, merely nominal: —Fair to good ordinary, £40; superior ordinary, £41; beat ordinary, £43; East Coast, £53 to £54.'

Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's sido), 24e to 26s per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at' yards, 26s ; screened, 28s ; Wai kato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at nu'nc, 8s 6(1, 12s; at Auckland, 17s 6d ; household, 25s ; ■ Whangarei, at mine, 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; delivered, 245. Firewood : Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s 6d to , 8s 6s per ton ; de livered, 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to 16s. •Manures. —Bonedu'st: Sydney, £7 10s to £8, according to quality; boneilour, £8 10s to £9; Auckland, £8; Peruvian guano, £14 to £17; Long Island do., £4 10a, bags included; Hurst's chemical manure, £7 15s to £15.

Building Materials. — 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, lls ; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls ; second class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lls 6d; ti-treo rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s ; Hobart rails, 80s, Eelling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000 ; town yards, 30s to 35h, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in. drain tiles, lft. lengths, 50s per 1,000 ; 2£in., 70s ; 3in., 90s ; 4in., 130s ; 6in., 30s per 100 ; 3in. socket pipes, 2ft. lengths, 6d each ; 4in., 7d ; 6in., 8d; 9in., Is 6d ; 12in., 2s 3d ; 15in., 3s 6d; ISin., 4s 6d ; 21in., 9s ; 24in., 12s.

Notices to Correspondents.

Ratepayer.—We have pleasure in replying to your questions, which are of some im portance in view of forthcoming County Council elections. (1) Can a person resi dent in tho district, owner of a miner's rk'ht, vote, although not on the county roll ?•—No. (2) Can a ratepayer vote at euoh election who is not on the roll through an oversight, or who may have been struck off as a defaulter with re spect to payments of rates, but who has since paid them, and can produce a re ceipt for payment of all rates to date ?— No person can vote whose name, whether for a miner's right or as an ordinary rate payer, is not on the roll. If the name of uny person has been wrongfully excluded from tho roll by the clerk, the aggrieved party has his remedy at law for damages, but no names can be added to the roll after it has been made up and signed by the clerk. (3) Can a minor (under 21 years of ago) vote, even though on the roll ?• -Any person under 21 years of age, whose name has gob on to the roll, may bo challenged by the Returning Ofiicor as to bin ago, and his vote refused if the minority is admitted, bub if he declares ho is 21 tho vote must be allowed.

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

For the cause that litck* assistance, Tor the \mmg that needs resistance, Por the future in the dirtance, And tho geod that we can do.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1887.

Sir George Grey's Bill making the Governor elective was rejected on second reading in the House of Representatives last night by a large majority. We think the de cision of the House a wise one. The feeling in England towards New Zealand is one of deep distrust, and if there were no other objection to the enactment of so revolutionary a measure, the risk of changing the pre vailing distrust into positive alarm would be sufficient to restrain the colony from pursuing such a course. The Governor is now the only tangible link in our Constitution connecting the Home Country with the colony, and if tho office were filled by popular vote it is very improbable that we should get more able men to fill it than those who have beeu .sent to us by the Colonial Office. So long as the system of Ministerial Re sponsibility is maintained, the nomina tion of the Governor by the Crown has many advantages. It securesan impartial contending political parties. But head to hold the balance between the election of the Governor would prob ably be the first step towards a complete alteration in our political institutions. A\ Governor chosen by popular vote would never accept the position of a nominee. He must be the re sponsible head of the administration. His position would be analogous to that <of the President of the United States, wlro nominates his own Cabinet. He nraghfc, M he pleased, accept a Re sponsible Executive to conduct the business of tAe Government through Parliament, as some of the Pro vincial Superintendents aid j but under any circumstances, he # could ' not be otherwise than directly answerable to the country for the policy pursued during his terra of office. It might bo a relief to die country to get rid of the recurrent straggles in the House for seats on the Treasury Benches, which delay business and pro mote jobbery, but the colixny is in no position just now to make the experi ment. It is the wish of the country that m embers shall turn their minds from theoretical politics to the practical work of reducing the cost of Government and promot ing the development of the industries of the county. We have had a surfeit of fads. Under the pre sent Constitution there is complete and absolute se tf-government. Even the salary of His ' Excellency, is within the control of tl >c Colonial Parlia ment, and we jHad better prove our ability to wisely the privileges we enjoy before seeking for more. If the pow. ?r of electing the Govenor were conferred upon New Zealand to-morrow, wh ere in the man to be found who will command the

confidence of a majority of the , colo nists 1 And shall we gain any thing to repay the expense and turmoil of electing him? The time may, perhaps, come when this question will be within the sphere of practical politics, but we believe that very many years will elapse before the country will wish to see the present relations of the colony towards the Home Country disturbed.

THE TRUNK RAILWAY.

We may perhaps be permitted to in dulge in some self-congratulation over the success of our efforts to obtain a re consideration of the merits of the rival routes of the North Island Trunk Railway. The matter has been taken up with great spirit and unani mity by the Auckland and Taranaki members, and we believe they acted with wisdom in agreeing that all expenditure beyond the existing contracts should be stopped until a fresh report has been drawn up on the subject. Every sovereign that is spent in works at the Marton end is an additional argument for persevering in tho initial blunder; and i( the expenditure of that or ,-£70,000 required for the huge viaduct near Huntervillo were once authorised any effort to obtain a fair consideration of the merits of the Stratford route would be futile. It would, we believe, be more permanently advantageous to Auckland to have the railway stopped altogether for several years than that our railways through settled districts shouldbe debited with the loss thatmusb ensue from the working of this 210 miles ot line through an unsettled and poor country. However, we still have strong hopes that our members will succeed in getting Parliament to take a fair view of the matter, and while saving the colony from great loss bring the railway systems of Wellington and Taranaki into connection with those of this Provincial District.

CAUSE AND CURE OF DIPSOMANIA.

During the sitting of the Intoxicating Drinks Commission at Sydney, a lot of valuable information and expres sions of opinion were elicited from the witnesses who were examined as to the best method of treating habitual drunkards. Nearly all the. police' magistrates, doctors, and clergymen who were examined agreed that the system now in vogue of sending drunk ards to prison had no deterrent or re formatory effect; and all the witnesses united in expressing the opinion that there should be inebriate asylums established for the reception of habi tual drunkards — (1) on their own application, (2) on that of their friends, or (3) on the order of a police magis trate. Great diversity of opinion was shown as to the number of convictions that should be held sufficient to prove habitual drunkenness, and also as to the period for which inebriates should beplaced under restraint, while there was also some divergence of view as to whether the treatment should be wholly curative or partly puni tive. The balance of evidence, however, was in favour of treat ing dipsomania as a disease, and of making compulsory detention for twelve months legal—those able to pay doing no work, but the moneyless being compelled to labour for their own support and that of their families. Whether a man who is arrested for drunkenness three times within six months ought to be considered an habitual drunkard is a very nice question, for, as one witness remarked, he knew a man who every Friday and Saturday gets more or less drunk, and on Sundays pulls himself together and goes to his work on Mondays. Still, the question remains whether that man is not steadily sowing the seeds of in sanity, and it is clearly within the function of the State to stop such a course for economic reasons, if from no higher motive. The principle of establishing asylums for inebriates has been recognised by law in Great Britain, the United States, Belgium and other countries, and, on the whole, the system has been productive of good. There are num bers of such asylums established, but for the most part they are voluntary— i.e., the patient gives a consent which he cannot afterwards withdraw—and are only available for the richer classes. The impression appears to be that legislation in the colonies should be in the direction, of making incarceration compulsory, and making the asylums available for the poorest classes. So far as we are aware, Belgium is the only country where magistrates have the power to commit drunkards to such "Maisons de Sante." In Victoria and South Australia Homes for In ebriates, on the voluntary system, are in operation. It is felt that if the com pulsory detention were made legal, valuable work could be done in the way of reforming fallen women as well as worthless rogues and vagabonds, whose chief weakness is dipsomania. As to the cause of drunkenness, the experience of New South Wales, as con trasted with that of the other Austra lasian colonies, forms a strong argu ment in favour of the strict supervision of the traffic. The New South Wales licensing system is less stringent than that in vogue in any other colony, and there are many facilities for the growth of other vices which flourish by the side of the drink traffic, and have the reciprocaleffectofstimulatingit. Sydney is notorious for the large number of licensed houses that it contains. The "Daily Telegraph" lately showed by means of diagrams that there are 31 public-houses situated within a radius of little more than 300 yarde from the

junction of Pitt and Gipps-street, 28 within a radius of 220 yards from the junction of King and Castlereagh streets, and 34 within a radius of 400 yards from the junction of William and Bourke-streets, Woolloomoolloo. Around the Theatre Royal there are nine licensed houses within thirty yards of each other. That such facili ties for indulgence intensify the evils of the drink traffic appears to be con-, clusively proved by the unhappy pre eminence which New South" Wales enjoys as the most drunken of the colonies. As it does not seem to have struck the Intoxication Commissioners, it might be worth while to suggest to them that they should direct their at tention to the prevention of drunken ness, instead of expending their energies in considering elaborate schemes for its cure.

Sergeant Pratt was detained at home to day owing to illness, and Sergeant Gamble conducted the Police Court business in his absence, on behalf of the police. , ;

John Thackabury, familiarly known by his companions as " The Mount Eden Barber, again made his bow before the Police Court this morning. John had pre viously been convicted over a hundred times for drunkenness and other offences, and he was now charged with being an habitual drunkard, a rogue, and a vaga bond. He had spent ten or eleven years in gaol before, and was ordered another twelve months' hard labour.

Constable Foreman brought clown from Helensville to-day Larry McDonald, sentenced to three months' imprisonment for indecent exposure, and John Thomson, or Johnson, sentenced to three months' for having no lawful visible means of liveli hood.

There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Burns Club last evening. Mr D. B. Macdonald, vice-presi dentoccupiedthe chair. Mr John Buchanan read a paper on " Scotch Proverbs," which was well received, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded him by acclamation. During the evening songs were rendered by Mesdames G oldie, and Leers, and Messrs Fo theringharn, Parker, Lyle, and Cai-ter. The chairman announced that next Thursday evening Mr Dennis would exhibit a number of views illustrative of the life of Mary Queen of Scots.

The election of councillors for the differ ent ridings of Eden County took place yesterday and resulted as follows: — Whan Riding, Mr J. R. Walters ; Newton, Messrs John O'Hara and George Taylor; Epsom, Mr R. Udy; Grafton, Mr A. Porter: Tamaki, Colonel Dawson.

The Mohawk Minstrels continue to draw good audiemes at the Agricultural Hall nightly, frequent changes of programme giving a variety to their entertainments which secures' a large share of public pat ronage. Last evening there was a large attendance, and several new items were in troduced with good effect. Another per formance will be given this evening, and on Saturday night an entirely new programme will be presented.

We would again remind the public of the meeting of the Auckland Political Financial Reform Association, which is to be held this evening, at eight o'clock. The object of the meeting is to invite the members and the public to consider the report of the com mittee on the Colonial Treasurer's Financial Statement. This Association has done ex cellent work in supporting the hands of members of the House of Representatives and the Government in the latter bringing down their economical proposals. They are acting wisely, we think, in inviting the public to their meeting. As the work of the Association is of such vital importance to the prosperity of the colony, we trust there will be a large gathering to support the Association in their patriotic efforts to secure better government than in the past.

Ernest Bailey has scored another victory as a sculler at Sydney. On Saturday the 29th ultimo he started in a contest at Double Bay Regatta for those that had never won a £10 prize. The race was rowed in light skiffs, and Bailey had lOlbs to carry, being top weight, with Jack Gleesori. who won the event last year, and three! others handicapped at "feather." Before the Auckland representative got out of the Bay he was fouled by no less than five, boats, and he was also jammed on the rocks at one place, by which two of the othei* competitors got ahead of him. Bailey, how ever, headed all competitors before half the course was rowed, and maintained his lead till the finish. , j

The Town Clerk has received a letter from the Chairman of the Point Chevalier Road Board regarding the alleged danger of pollution to the Western Springs through the depositing of liighfcsoil in the neighbour hood of the pumping station. , The letter stated that the Point Chevalier Board had visited the land on which the nightsoil was alleged to have been deposited, and found that there was no evidence either by sight or smell. Most decidedly there was no nuisance there. The proprietor of the land had assured the Board that he had desisted from using nightsoil as a manure.

Mr Liddy, the advance agent of th e Majeroni Dramatic C6mpany,isdue to arriv c here on Monday by the s.s.Waihora. intention is to arrange for a return visit o* the splendid comedy and dramaticcombipa; tion of which Signor aricT Sfgnora Majeron 1 are the principal members. This visit will be but a short one, and it is the integtion to produce a number of new pieces of even higher merit than those which M r ere played during , the Company's last visit- here: [ In their Southern tour the Majeronis have met with splendid success.

An appeal is being made by the Women's Christian Temperance Union to all minis ters of the Gospel, Superintendents of Sun day schools,and Christian friends to unite in prayer for the suppression of the liquor traffic. A public meeting in connection with this movement will oe held in the Temperance Hall, Albert-street, to-morrow evening, and the subject will be promin ently brought before tho churches and Sunday-schools on Sunday next.

Tho friends of Mr W. D. Campbell, C.E., formerly of London-street, Ponsonby, and Shortland-street, Auckland, will regret to hear, as announced in-our columns, of the sad death of Jhis wife, who died from the effect of chloroform administered by two medical men during a surgical operation. Mf"s Campbell was born in India, and was the only daughter of the Rev. H. Tusdh; now rector of St. - James's, South Elinhamj Suffolk. .--■

Suits of Onehunga Tweed made to measure from Superior Tweed in neat patterns at 59s 6d at Smith and Caughey's. (Advt. )

Onehunga tweed suits at 47s 6d, at Smith and Caughey's.—(Advt.)

BAND OF HOPE COMPETITIONS

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.

There was a large attendance at St. James' Hall on Wednesday evening at a concert and entertainment given by the Auckland Band of Hope Union in connection with their recent elocutionary and musical contests. '. During the course of the evening the prizes were distributed as follows :—Model temperance address, Ist prize Francis Mason, 2nd prize lionelJohnr eon; essay, "How Best to Sustain,..|h«

Interest in Bandeofw ■ Maude DineeTvi^Lr I, *". Wfio) mental md«c ? 7A?i* s Moila eter 7?. Class C, Annie Gftffd' King. Reciting.....cC a , T D .C.ff Potter, Class fifjfi Mb

SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY.

EXTRAORDINARY HEEIKG As extraordinary meeting bHWu- s a special ;r eS pluti6n the general meeting on the 12thofto • Ca^nDaldy^ha^nSe^ substituted therefor :-71. "SSsSfiS general: meeting in each year fojjl directors shall; retire,from,.office, "ft' order of retirement, on .eactfoecasion ski be by seniority of their elections, and "■ amoflgdtfectors'.ofeqßalstandirigfifanri shall not. be'able to agree amongsTff selves thereupon."- ,' "ftaHß* The motion was seconded by Mr J ®k arid agreed to. " ' ; ,: , m : r The rough,minßfe:wete-: X 6ai ana (Xffl . nrmed, and ,;

DIOCESAN-SYNOD.

YESTERDAY'S -PROCEEDINGS The Anglican Synod resumed basinessab 4 p.m. yesterday, Bishopi Cowie pread-

; Dioci^.A I '| l^NAC. r r'Arcli4eaconD[idley asked on behalf pi the Lay Readers'Assoeii. tion ifthemanagersof (testes would print a'diocesaffs year 1808? h Some discussion arose, and' the itated- tHat v the- ! tt6geyjs amounting to about i£10; would ■Wfotflii, coming from the funds of the " Clmrcli Gazette." — - - - Parochiaj. BETcprs, r —Leave having given Mr Uptcn to withdraw the motion standing in hi? name #ifch, refc-rcar= t; parochial returns, the Rev. Mr Haselda moved,'"That as the Right Rev. the .re sident has asked this Synod to give defisiti instructions as to the manner and ti» of furnishing ' the' parochial • for each archdeaconry, the Synod' respectfully requests • ihV Archdeacon (1) to issue .the. forms for, returns to , each parish or district during the month of .. December in each yeai'j {2)ito tonvird to each clergyman short-directions and ex planations,-such as- the Archdeacotiß may, from their experience, think advisable; (3) to take steps to and pablisk in the " Church Gaietle " the' each ArchdeaconrVi"—Agreed to. Bishop's Vmit to Esglaxd. -Archdeacon Clarke moved, „" That this Sj-nod con siders the Bishop's proposed visit to Eng land most desirable ;■ and expresses -its hope that he will enjoy the, same, an return at the end of the year aw. invigorated."—Agreed to. Selwyx Memorial Fum—On the motion of Archdeacon Maunsell Mr John Bateef; was appointed to , act as trustee of the. Selwyn Memorial Fund duringjche absence] Of the Bishop from, the,. Diocese, -It- pi; also resolved, " That considering the heav; demand that the absence of the Bishop ml entail upon the time.and the ministry of; St.; Sepulchres, the com mittee shall, if they think % JPfc| interest of that fund in this jn erval.be o«, the Bishop's'return to the chaplain for the Hospital and a carat? to St. Sepulchre's.' , ', -i,- . .«,!•' deacon Dudley moved, "That-this.SyM havimr learned that it is the iniantaid ffis the Primate,- in consequonW swsin^gaeainess,:sh^g; WSSmtmS its earnest hopettat the Churcbw, authorised." hnK ujfa &*• ? JM WMsM ins attention Of the £»' uEe d W , Church to *%«ffig^«^ ( 33 4 introdupUot, IgJJf th e native any β-jti.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1887.

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T&TAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. BIRKENHEAD RIDING. October 19,1887. TO J. H. WITHEFORD. Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned Ratepayers of Birkenhoad Riding, considering it advisable that a person of weight and experience should be elected to represent this Riding in the Waite mata County Council, respectfully request you to become a Candidate for the sanao, and should you comply, we hereby promise not only to give our own support, but to use our utmost exertions to secure your return. Wo remain, Dear Sir, (Signed) Your 3 faithfully, H. J. Hawkins, Chairman of Road Board. John J. Bond, Member of Road Board. B. T. Hawkins, Member of Road Board. John G. Kay, Member of Road Board. T. Buddie New Zealand Sugar Co. (W. Philson, Acting Manager). Graves Aickin (Auckland Tramway Co.), And 27 othors. mo THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS --*- OP ROAD BOARD. T. BUDDLE, W. PHILSON, GRAVES AICKIX, and twenty seven others signing requisition. Gextle.mex,— l have much pleasure in com. plying with your requisition; and if elected will use every endeavour to promote the interosts of the district and aid in its practical advancement. 1 remain, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. H. WITHEFORD. Auckland, October 21,1887. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS, ETC. In retiring from tho Ship Chandlery business, I beg to tender my sincere thanks to my many friends for their generous support during the last fourteen years, and will consider it a per sonal favour if my late patrons will kindly transfor their patronage to my successors in the business, Messrs Ross and Co., whom I can conndently recommend. D. H. McKENZIE. Auckland, September 23,1887. "OTITH reference to the above announce- T V incut, we have much pleasure in inti mating to the friends of the late firm, and the public generally, that we will carry on the business of Ship Chandlers, Sail Makers, etc., in our temporary premises at No. 17, Lower Queen-street, and hope by strict, attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a continuance of the patrouuge of the late firm. ROSS & CO. npHE SAIL LOFT will be under the JL management of Mr Charles Reynolds, who had charge of this branch of Captain McKonzie's business for tho last fourteen years. The services of Mr. W. A. Harvey, for many ycare head storeman for Messrs J. and 1) Oxley tind Captain D. 11. MoKenzio. have been retained for the new firm. Goods will arrive by next fiteamor from Sydney, and by direct, steamers from Homo. ROSS & CO. (Successors to Captain D. H. McKonzio), SHIP CHANDLERS, SATLMAKERS, ETC. Temporary Premises: NO. 17, LOWKH QUEEN-STIIEKT, AUCKLAND Oponing day, Monday, Scptembor [card]. ■f A N T E l> Landlords and others o know that E. BARKER Undertakes Collection of Rents and Accounts, Execution and Distroes Warrants, Possession under Bills of Sale, etc., with care and despatch. OFFICE: CITY CHAMBERS, VULCAN LANE (Top floor). OECURITIES. PURCHASES. We aro in want of first-class Mortgage Secu rities for soveral sums of money at current rates; or we would purchase good Buildings in eligible situations. VAILE & DOUGLAS, LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS, SnOItTLAND STREET. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. CHRISTMAS /"IARDS ! riHUISTMAS f^ARDS The above are a speciality, and aro shown in a separate room. mENNIS 'DACQUETS! mENNIS "OACQUETS3 AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. VENI! VIDI! VICI! « milE VERY" BUTTON (Shakespoar) JL The Latest Novelty. Wo have imported a Button-making Machine, and can now supply Buttons same cloth as Garment, Onkiutxga Twkkdb included. No extra charge. Call and see the Machine at work. AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. Mcßbide), . . Customs-straet East, opposite Ccmpland's Store ; THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion, 08,000 daily. Tho largest Commercial. Advertising, and General Newspaper in tho Colonies. Price, Id ;Cs Gd per quarter. Tho " LEADER," 43 pages. The bost Farm ing, Agricultural and General Weekly News paper. Price, (Id , :6s 6d per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single num bers, 6d; double numbers, with coloured plate, Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildrnaa, Upton and Co., and K. Wayte, Auckland; and all News Aleuts. Post free. -JT\ E N T. I■ S T R Y. Mb A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST. Corner of Hobsox and WjxLisgLTCr Stueets Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting , stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Chargesnjoderatc Tramcars Daas the house. Hγ. win ds< o r,j c SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.* (Late of the Finn of Kempt and Windsor.) ——-— I I bog to intimate to the public of Auckland. |l and Provincial District that I continue In prac tice at tho Old Chambers, Shortlarid-Btreet (opposite Post Office. ) Having secured the sor vices of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377. "VTOTIC-E .OP R.EMOVAL. Mb T. TRAFFORD, The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist, of 18 years, Desires to inform his patients and friends that he has removed from Wakcfleld-strect to more central ofllces, QUEEN-STREET (over Wayte's, Bookuelloi:), opposite Wyndham-strect. Professional hours : 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. DX E M P ■ 7.', BURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY- i STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) BOX 2101 ■ '



New Zealand ILLUSTEATED TIT-BITS. There are many and varied features in. this week's number. THE UNKNOWN, An Illustrated Roman co of the Nineteenth Century. A POINTED PROTEST; Oβ, Ferdinand Takes His Skat on the Bulgarian Throxe, ■Etc. Etc. Etc. Thero are several capital Stories and Sketches in this number, including— Mr and Mrs Bowser The Coming Generation On the Road A Mysterious Warning My Veiled Client. Sent to any part of the colony for 2a 6d per quarter. jT\ISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. ' The PartnershipliithertQ existing between us, tho undersigned, as Solicitors, has thi3 day been dissolved by mutual consent. Auckland, 7th'November, 1887. VVM. THORNE, RIGBY. Witness: Thomas Bki.l, Accountant. T WILL continue the Business as hereto fore, but in my own name. WM. THORNE. Solicitor and Notary Public.^ mo PHOTOGRAPHER S. SCHERING'S CHEMICALS, DRESDEN ALBUMEN ISKD PAPER, DPvY PLATES. SEEGNER, LANGOUTII, & CO.. QUEKN-STREET. "