SHIPPING.

SUNSET-This evening. 5.59. Scvhise—To-morrow morning, 5.T0. Moon's Age-FuII Moon, October 2nd, 10.52 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

AtrCKXANT) — This evening, 5.53; to-morrow Sl^KA^V^---™3 eVeniDß' 8-33: t0" m?c rl?"AKA° rilE^-TMs evening, 9.33; to morrow morning, 9.50.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., from Northern ports Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei lona, s.s., from Barrier iMaile, schooner, from Islands John Knox, barque, from Mongonui

DEPARTURES.

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day,

Rotoinahana, from Thames, to-day, 8,30

p.m. _ Enterprise, from Thames, Saturday, 5 p.m. Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney, October 9 , _. , Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Oct. 3

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED. Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lnrline, ship, left London July 25 Margaret (ialbraith, ship, left Glasgow

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

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

New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, from New York Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Wenona, barque, from Dunedin, early Orpheus, schooner, left Dunedin Sept. 14 Louie, schooner, from a cruise. Smaragd, brigantine, from Dunedin Lizzie Guy, schooner, from Lyttelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Chelmsford, s.s,, for Opotiki, to-day, 5 p.m. RangitiUi, ship, loading for London Wanaka (Onelmnga), for Southern ports, to-day, 5 p. in. Crusader, ship, for Napier

The Te Arian left Port Chalmers for the Bluff yesterday evening and arrived there this morning.

The Vixen, scow,arrived from the Barrier •with firewood, and the Una, scow, from Manaia, with timber.

The barque John Knox arrived from Mongonui at noon to-day. She comes to this port for docking.

The s.s. lona arrived from the Barrier ports this morning, and will sail again this evening for Mercury Bay. She brought no passengers from the Barrier.

The s.s. Bellinger was docked yesterday evening to undergo an inspection by the Government. Inspector. , She comes out again this afternoon, and makes her maiden trip under the Jubilee Company's flag to morrow, when she sails for Whangarei at 7 p.m. Passengers and cargo are to be taken at reduced rates.

The Clansman arrived at 4 this morning from Northern ports with the following passengers : — Messrs Edwards, Clarke, Bell, Huett, Teneori, Flavell and family (6), Hare, (Milter, Kennedy, Langstone, Maunsell, Phillips, Hobbs, M.H.R., Lang, Spencer, Smith, Fletcher, Fell, Mesdames Molesworth, Hislop, and Laing, and 6 in steerage.

The schooner Maile arrived from Tonga and Samoa this morning, and anchored off the Queen-street Wharf. She left Apia September 9th, left again on the 16th and experienced light wind and fine weather to arrival. Cargo : 300 bunches bananas. 400 cocoanuts, a quantity return trade. Passengers : Mrs Spencer and native ser vant, Miss Brothers, Messrs Millar, Wright, Masters McMillan, Stevenson and Pegg.

"The s.s. Wellington brought as passen gers from Whangarei this morning Messrs Cooper, Bright, Scott, Reid, Brookes, Maurotf, Ellingham, McDonald, Minchim, Dr. Clarke, Davidson, Davidson, Thompson, McLeod, Porter, Palmer, MeLeod, McKay, Lundon, Harrop, Maney, Mair, Hunter, Heape, Harrop, Campbell, Mr and Mrs Liddell, Mr and Mrs Johnson, Mesdames Jackson, MuKay, Barrett, Misses McLeod, McLeod, Hawkes, and others in the steerage. ._]

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Waitara, this day.—Arrived: Waitara, from Onelmnga. Gisborne, this day. —Sailed : Australia, for Auckland,

Wellington, September29.—S.s. Hawea, for the North. Passengers : Misses Ledger, Ward, and Maltby, Messrs Glasgow, Collie, and Brown, Master Ward, and 9 steerage.

Sidney, September 29.—Sailed Rotomahana, for Auckland.

London, September 28.—Arrived : S.s. Elderslie, from Port Chalmers, August 4th ; barque Hudson, from Lyttelton, May 28th. Gisborne, September 29. — Arrived : Suva, from Auckland.

Lyttelton, September 30. — Arrived Ship Otaki, from Auckland.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, lOd; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand. Is; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4f d per lb ; Canterbury, none; eggs, 7d; lard, in bladders, s.!>d; bacon and haras, provincial, 5d to 6d; hams, 7d to BAd ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, 7d ; bacon and hams in equal num bers, 7£d ; hams, B|d.

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

Kauri Gum. — The market is still de pressed. There are almost no buyers even at the reduced rates. The supplies up to date for this month are 533 tons. This is the largest return for September since 1883-4. Quotations at present are as follow :— Fair to ordinary, £38 to £39; superior, re-scraped, £68 to £70 (very weak); best ordinary, £40; East Coast, £54 to £56 (no transactions).

r-Goil AND FIREWOOD MARKET. —Coal : Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 26s per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at yards, 265; screened, 28s; Wai kato, Bs, 12s j at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, B.s 6d, 12s ; at Auckland, 17s 6d; household, 255; 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.

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, Jfirsfc-class, 14s; medium, llg ; second-class,

9s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, 11s ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lls 6cl; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hebart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 30s to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s; 15 inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1,000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot; 15 inches, 4s 6d per foot; 12 inches, 3s per foot; 9 inches, 2s per foot; 6 inches, Is per foot; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7d per foot.

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

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Messrs Hunteb and Nolan's Report.— Horse feed, seeds, grain, &c. : The demand has continued steady, the supply being sufficient for requirements. We quote maize, 3s 9d to 4s; feed oats, 2s 3d per bushel; Tartarian, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; bran, £3 15s to i' 4 per ton ; sharps, ±'5 ; oaten chaff, £3 10s t:o £4 ; Oamarn potatoes, £2 5.s to £2 12s 6d. Horses : There has been increased activity in the market. Although few strangers were brought forward, there was a slightly upward tendency in value, and good hacks, light harness, and medium draughts would have found ready purchasers. There was quite an average muster at the Durham Yards on Friday, and almost without exception they found' purchasers. We quote hacks from £6 to £13 ; light-harness horses, from £7 10s to £11 5s ; spring-cart horses, £9 to £13 10s. Wool, Hides, Skins and Tallow: Rather below an average quantity at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. There has been a steady demand, with little or no alteration in value. We quote ox hides from 4d to 4gd ; eow,2id to 3kl; calfskins, 4Jd to 5d per lb ; sheepskins, 3s lOd to 5s each; tallow, J.Os 6d to 13s per cwt. Cattle : A large number of store cattle and an average number of dairy and fat stock have been brought forward. For stores it was difficult to find purchasers, and prices, particularly for steers, left a good margin for the grazier. Dairy cows and fafc beasts are unaltered in value. The Newmarket pens were well tilled on Tuesday, the ordinary supply being augmented by a large draft of stores from the North1. The dairy cows yarded were of a very medium description, and £5 each was difficult to realise, while many were at' a much lower value. Stores were plentiful, but hard to dispose of, vendors being unwilling to accept prices offered, and several lots were held over for the Papakura Fair on Wednesday next. The top price realised for grown steers in fresh condition was £3 2s, and well-grown sold at from £1 15s to £2 12s 6d : dry cows at from £1 15s to £2 10s ; calves at from 15s to 255. Sheep: There was an average number penned at Newmarket on Tuesday. The first shipment of shorn attracted con siderable notice, although the cold and wet day made them look miserable, but they sold at from 9s 6d to 11s ; wethers in wool, from 13s 3d to 17s 6d ; ewes at from 10s to 13s 6d, Lambs rather scarce, and sold at from 9s to 11s 9d. Pigs : Very few yarded.

Mr Alfred Bttckland's Weekly. Report. —At the Haymarket on Friday, September 23rd, fodder was in full supply. Prices ranged from 2s 6d to 4s the cwt; chaff, £3 17s 6d to £4 5s ; bran, £5 ; potatoes, £2 the ton ; mate, 3s 3d to 3s 7d ; oats, 2s 3d to 3s the bushel; guano, £410s ; bonedust, £7 to £8 the ton. Horse stock were yarded in usual number. Bidding was slow at late values, with the exception of the prize team of draught geldings (these brought £30 to £35 respectively); other draught horses, from £8 to £20 ; riding horses, from £5 to £8; a brake, £18 ; hawker's van, £9; waggon, £20. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, hides were pitched in full num bers, and maintained their values. Ox hides, up to 4.U1; cow hides, 3Jd; calf skins, 4.i'd the" lb ; tallow, 12s to 12s 9d; bones, 4s 9cl the cwt; sheepskins, from 2s to 5s 4d each ; wool, 7}d and 7sd the lb. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle were at low values, and several passed. Store cattle yarded plentifully.: sold irregu larly. Grown cattle, particularly if in fresh condition, were .in demand, but two-year old cattle were not required, and the greater number passed. Good yearling steers were in fair inquiry, but calves and low condition yearlings scarcely saleable. Fat cattle in full number, and maintained last week's values—lßs tho 1001b. Fat sheep in mode rate supply, and advanced in price about Is each over last week's values. Fat calves also sold briskly, and fat lambs were better worth ; almost the whole yarded brought from lls to 13s each. Very few pigs brought forward ; for good porkers prices will .be found satisfactory.

Messes G. W. Binnry and Sons' Report. —On Tuesday, hides fully maintained late quotations. Prime stout ox, 4£d ; heavy, 4|d to 4Jd ; medium, 3Jd to 4d ; light, 3|d to 3id ; green ox, 22s 6d to 26s each ; cow hides, heavy,3Jd to 3Ad ; medium,3d ; kip, 3|d to 3,fd ; calf, in demand, from 4sd to 4jd' for best; drawn skins, damaged from scoring and want of salt, sell at low rates, l|d to 2;} d per lb; stag hides,6s to 10s each. Sheepskins: All offered met with strong competition, and full prices paid for all well-woolled parcels ; best dried and salted, 5s to 5s 8d ; good, 4s to 4« 8d ; medium, 3s to 3s lOd ; station lots, Is 6d to 4s each ; pelts, salted, 3d to 4d for small ; heavy, well-salted are in demand. Tallow: Market dull. Country lots, 10s to 14s 6d per cwt. Bones :4s6dto 5s per cwt; shanks, 6s per cwt. Oxtail hair, lOd per lb.

Notices to Correspondents.

Observer. —Your complaint should be ad dressed to the directors of the Company, who, having the interest of their trade at heart, will no doubt see that the grievance is properly inquired into.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1887.

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

In the course of the electoral contest, various references have been made to what is known as " The Eight Hours Bill." This measure has been brought down session after session, and after a good deal of finesse and talking over the heads of the House to the country, has invariably been shelved. Those who vote for the bill, of course, lay large claim to being peculiarly the champions of the working man, and those who have voted against it

are .sometimes pilloried as be ing opposed to the eight-hours standard of labour. Neither the one statement nor the other is necessarily true; the fact is, that dealing with the question at all by enactment is hedged with a number of difficulties which have never yet found a workable solution. The bill itself is simple enough. As last introduced by Mr J. B. Bradshaw, it consisted of two clauses as follows :—

Be it enacted by tho General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as fol lows :—

1. The short title of this Act is "The Eight Hours Act, 1886."

2. From and after the/rrfdayof January, one thousand eight hundred and eight-seven, eight hours shall, unless where there is a contract in writing to the contrary, consti tute a day's work, and forty-eight hours a week's work.

Now, that appears a very small and harmless law to pass, and ought not, one would think at first glance, to give so much concern' to the Legisla ture as to come up session after session for five or six years with out getting through. When the legal effect of the bill is considered, how ever,, it will be seen that an Act in such a shape would be a very doubtful boon to the community. Under the existing law, trade custom regulates the hours of labour, and overtime can be recovered for any work done in excess of the ordinary hours of labour in the mechanical trades. But if this bill were passed, every person, either male or female, taking another into his employment, when the customary hours' of labour were either more or less than eight would have to make a written contract. This would apply to domestic servants and agricultural labourers, shopkeepers, and every class of employes. In the event of failing to make such a contract, say in the case of a domestic servant or farm labourer, the employe could trump up a bill for all the time which has been worked in excess of eight hours during the engagement, and endless litigation and annoyance would en sue.

Then what would be the practical gains ? The law does not effect any thing which is not already accom plished by trade custom; on the contrary, it sets written agreements above trade custom, so that if any individual mechanic chose to contract with an employer to work more than eight hours, he would be at perfect liberty to do so. We believe the bill in its present shape would prove a source of terrible irritation and a fruitful cause of disputes, with out assisting the principle of eight-hour labour in the smallest degree. The question then arises, can the ob jects of the promoters of the bill, which is really a legal recognition of the eight-hour day, be achieved with out these palpably objectionable conse quences 1 We think a satisfactory .answer is given to this question in an Act passed by the Californian State Legislature at its last session. Cali fornia has had to tackle the labour question in a peculiarly aggravated lorm* There, the greac bulk of the contract work has been done by Chinese labour, which, both with- re spect to wages and length of hours, has reduced human existence to the worst form of slavery. To cope with this evil the State Legislature has enacted that upon all work performed :for the State eight hours of labour shall constitute a legal day's work, and that none but citizens of the United States shall be employed in such labour. The clause runs as follows :—

270 person not a citizen of the United St utes shall be employed either as contrac tor or labourer on any work done under this^*article. And eight hours shall consti tute' a legal day's work, whether performed directly for the State or for the person or persons receiving a contract under this article.

Now, if the New Zealand Eight Hours law were framed upon some such lines* as these, the objection able feature of the " written con tract " provision would be got rid of, and the Colonel Government by set ting the example would strengthen the trade and other societies in upholding the eight-hour system. The Califor nia law, like all other enact mants of the kind', is, of course, often evaded. Attention is beibg drawn in the San Francisco press to a practice which has grown-up of employing workmen on State con tracts by the hour, at such a low rate as .compels them. to. work ten hours to

make a living wage. The San Fran cisco " Chronicle," in attacking a case of this kind, says:

It must be evident that the contractor in question is not complying with the law. He fails to understand his own position cor rectly. While, as a private citizen, he might make any contracts he pleased and with whom he pleased, as a contractor for State work he surrenders that privilege when he takes his contract, and agrees in contemplation of law to make all his labour contracts in conformity with the provisions of the Code referred to. The State having fixed the day as the unit of labour, and having determined its length by positive enactment, it is not for him to seek to establish the hour as the unit. While engaged in State work he can, legally, hire men in only one way, and that is by the day of eight hours.

Whether a Court would uphold the contractor in "driving a coach and four " through the law in the manner described we cannot of course say, but the "Chronicle's" definition of the clause is clearly in accordance with the letter and spirit of the law, and pro bably measures will be observed to put a stop to evasions.

ANNEXING AFRICA

A three-line item in our cable news to-day states that the Sultan of Zanzi bar has ceded the whole of the coast to England and Germany. This an nouncement so easily made is no light matter, for it virtually means the es tablishment of European jurisdiction along the whole east coast of Africa, which, in turn, is but a preliminary step to the wholesale annexation of the Dark Continent. If the message only referred to the island of Zanzibar, upon which is the capital city and seat of the Sultan's Government, there would not be much importance in it. The island is but forty-eight miles long by 15 to 30 miles broad, its popu lation is some 80,000, and its annual import and export trade is worth no more than about a million sterling. It is inconceivable that the native ruler should have handed over the coastline of this island to European Powers, as it would mean the complete extinction of his own sovereignty. But the Sultan of Zanzibar claims authority over a vast territory of Contin ental Africa, the coastline having a length of about 1,100 miles, while his rule is "bounded on the west by the barbarians," and may thus be made to extend half across the great continent. As the Sultan has had considerable troubla in ruling this vast but undefined possesson of his, he has doubtless experienced few pangs in surrendering to Great Britain and Germany the responsibility of controlling it. The territory thus apportioned between these Powers is bounded on the North by the Gallas and Somali country, which border upon Abyssinia, and the Italian possession of Massowah, where war on a large scale is about to be prosecuted. In Somali district, the French have ob tained a footing. To the South the Sultan of Zanzibar's gift of land borders upon the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, which adjoins the British possessions of South Africa, so that from the Red Sea to the Cape of Good Hope the whole of the African coast line is either held by European Powers, or is in dispute between them and the native owners. While scientists and explorers, like Stanley and Emm, are opening up the interior of the un known land, diplomats and generals are securing the coastline, and for good or evil the march of civilisation will soon be heard resounding through the length and breadth of Africa. In all probability the generosity of the Sultan of Zanzibar has been "stimulated" to some extent by the English and German warships on the coast, and by their Consular represen tatives at the capital. During the last few years Germany has shown a strong anxiety to acquire territory in that part of the world, and as they had already seized some land, the English have followed suit, partly to preserve the balance of power, but chiefly with a xiew to better suppressing the traffic in slaves. The Sultan of Zanzi bar derived considerable revenue from Customs duties charged on imports from the mainland to the capital—the latter being the great entrepot of trade for a wide stretch of territory; but these revenues will doubtless be still secure to him under the new regime. In addition to England and Germany, consular agents are also stationed at Zanzibar by France and the United States—Captain Webb, now of Auck land, having been for several years the American Consul there,swhile the firm with which he is connected has a branch establishment on the island. The Church of England mission is estab lished on the island of Zanzibar, and a French mission has started operations on the mainland. It is probable that the portion of the coast assigned to England will be that bordering on Mozambique, as by holding the mouths of the rivers in that region they will best be able to suppress the slave traffic carried on between this interior and the coast. The cession of the territory will relieve the Sultan of Zanzibar of a great deal of trouble, both with the natives and with the British authorities.

Strange though it may seem, the act of the Sultan of Zanzibar has a very important bearing upon the welfare of New Zealand, and of Auckland es pecially. The town of Zanzibar is the chief market of the world for copal gum, an article which comes in direct competi tion with the kauri gum produced in Auckland. This copal gum is worth four times more than kauri. It is not found on the island of Zanzibar, but only on the coast just handed over to England and Germany. The valuable deposits have not hitherto been workea systematically or industriously, but it is probable that one of the first effects of the new order of things will be the more vigorous prosecution of that.in dustry, One of Auckland's chief

art>cl« s of exp ott Mlinpricethto» ? h the! of the copal goo'M™ '^'W oyster, after fc ff^uS'*!* any rock, mud, or shoS J\ !*««« space of fourteen i^SrT*. hi! SSfoftK^S?--" which destroyed Sf%^ phe «tk

«Eettatss»'.^

At the meeting ofiTiP c;n, n night, Cr. CrJtoi££Wj»*h fact that at the recent fire iS^ft> * street the third ho« B £££}*» drop of water was turned on to Sj"l His Worship said that a report « 1 shortly be admitted to practX e S ? Justice Gillies.' Mr ShoXK rebylb of Wo able English lawyeS "■'* The entertainment oreaniswl i,; ~ Burns Club to take p£ on T^ evening next at Mount Hobson S Reinuera, gives promise of being ve ry! joyable. The programme has LX pared and includes the names ?£ well known members of the Club T numerous favourite songs and recitaC Mr R. M. Munro will play bagpipe J ions during the evening

At the R.M. Court, after we went t. press yesterday, the following cases«! dealt with :-Jackson v. BurnsX? 4s 6d for advertising a house to let h fendant agreed to pay the claim in Wtat ments of 10s per week, and judgment« given for plaintiff with costs, £2 ]& Barker v. Basten, claim los for bril expenses, and a cross action, Basfn t. Barker, claim £3 5s for alleged dama?B caused by neglect of defendant as Ma Judgment was given for plaintiff in tin first instance and for defendant in tin second, the costs amounting to f 119s M,

The master of the schooner Christina, which arrived from Whangarei yestenk morning, reports that on Tuesday last, when the vessel was working up Wb garei harbour, a heavy squall sprang up. In the midst of it a stags phenomenon was seen—a large ball ot fire darted past the schooner, and buried itself in the. water just ahead of her, A very strong smell of sulphur rails perceptible at the time, arising fromtiu burning mass. Some short time back we stated tktfi Tramway Company had bought the po perty at Epsom known as Potter's pad docks, for £4,000. Yesterday an applta tion was made in the Supreme Court under the Settled Land Act of 1886 to antto j this sale, as tinder the will of the ordinal | owner, Mr William Potter, it is left- to hia grandchildren, his. children only hiring a j life interest. The Act under wlicE fcheap-f plication is made, however, prprifestltf & the person having a life- interesbniv any property wishes to dispose of'itie am do so through the Supreme Court, and only the value at the time of the sale goestotto reversioners. There is consternation in the Taikidi Court since the chief of the eunuchs ba died. This functionary, whp was in to seventy-ninth year, had presided over» harems of successive Sultans for more tto forty years. He was a negro of pc»! strength' and gigantic Stature, and his mm was Hasus Be"hran Agha, He «O genuine Moslem of the old school, « detested Europeans and all Enropea customs and ideas. -He exercised mat influence in the Porce. He vasogj described as Porter of the Gate«f« of the Commander of the FaithfnL^ successor as chief of thff eonocbj" Armenian, who is supposed tobeoneaelP terms with the Russian Embassy.

To the Editor :Sir, r ln your Wj^ yesterday, Mr Mays, Chairman of beß» pital Board, stated that the m t* tlon of Dr. Girdler, that the Board W pent £3,000 of. the Costley taygjj erection of auxiliary wards of the HjJJ was incorrect. WMycu.aUowmetojj that I did not say anything tte* The statement was> made.by Vx^ _Iam,&a,G.ToussAiNTGmDLBB. requested to attend. & the announcement of a, tm *' ice 9rf be held to-morrow under *»£%£ the Poultry Asssociation. of poultry breeding .in. A^°;' .ft»* considerable "^"UffS-ij cellent new shew pens wmc baknce^ ins the chair. There was dance of members and th«r thr(ji] (deservedly f cored)sjjfet,.*^ %&£&;%£s!& Syne" broogM 'V^ri^S joyable evening- J™^ ml »iil»<" 11 musical portion that Jfrjfi, amateur and profess {j{j

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1887,

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HOT LAKES DISTRICT. ■ THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND. THE SCENES OF THE LATE VOLCANIC ERUPTION. AUCKLAND TO ROTORUA, ROTOMAHANA, TAUPO, TAURANGA, AND BACK. Full and reliable information aa to route, cost, etc., supplied. Through tickets can be issued at an exceedingly low rate. Auckland Booking Office : H. F. WAY, AgentforMcßae'sPalaceHotel, also Robertson's Coaches from Oxford to Rotorua, EIIRENFKIED'S BUILDINGS (Next Northern S.S. Co.), Lower Queen-street. mo WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. W. S. LAURIE & CO. Have for Sale: Winter and Spring Seed Wheats Tartarian Oats—Bla.k, White, and Dun Bonemeal and Boncuust of various descriptions (Analyses way be inspected). Nitrate of Soda, Ammonia, Potash Guanos—lsland and Peruvian Wire, Sacks, Twine, &c. &c. CUSTOMS-STREET. AUCKLAND. STARTLING A DENOUNCEMENT. MONSTER SALIC OF BOOTS AND SHOES AT GARRETT BROS.' Previous to Stock-taking. GARRETT BROS. have decided to offer the whole of their immense Stocks at Wake Hold-street and Kurangahape Road at COST PRICK, for a few weeks only, and also to make room for two largo Stocks from their Southern branches, about to bo closed. Now is the opportunity for those feelinf? bad times to purchase tho.so great necessaries at genuinely Wholesale Prime Cost. Tho superior chaniotor of our stock is well known throughout New Zealand, therefore putting is unnecessary. It only remains for the Proprietors to say THE SALE 13 TRULY GENUINE. Many thousand different lines aro offered. A very few only can be quoted here :— s.d. Ladies' House Boots ' .. .. reduced to 2 11 Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 3 !) Ladies' Carpet Slippers ..reduced to 2 1) Ladies' Buff Slippers .. .. reduced to 3 3 Ladies' Prunella Slippers ..reduced to 3 9 Ladies' Fur-bound Slippers .. reduced to 3 G Ladies'sto7Shoes, assorted .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Button Shoes .. .. reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Levant Lace Shoes .. reduced to 0 C Ladies' Walking Pruncllaßoote reduced to 4 G Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to 5 9 Ladies' Button Boots, sto 7 ..reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Hygienic Lace Boots .. reduced to 8 G Ladies' Prunella Shoca .. .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Superior Button Boots reduced to 9 ij Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to G !) Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides ..reduced to Gil Children's Foil Boots .. .. reduced to Oil Childrcn'sßuttonßoots,2toG.. reduced to 1 G Children's7tol3assortedE.S.. reduced to 2 6 Children's Laced .. .. .. reduced to 1 6 Maids' Kid Elastic Sides, land 2 reduced to 4 11 Children's Strong Elastic Sides reduced to 3 6 Men's Elastic Sides .. ..reduced to 7 11 Men's Bluchers, tips, nails, etc. reduced to o C Men's WatertiKhts .. .. reduced to 8 6 Men's Balmorals reduced to 10 6 Men's Shoes — ..reduced to 6 6 Boys' Boots reduced to 4 6 Boys' Lace Boots reduced to 3 11 Women's Leather Elastic Sides reduced to G G Women's Lace Boots .. .. reduced to 8 0 A Job Lot of Ladies' very superior Walking Boots, assorted, from 8s Gil to 13s (id. Most of these Bargains will be cleared quickly, therefore come early and secure the best. BARRETT "OROTHERS, WAKEFIELD STREET AND GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AUCKLAND. THE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL Have deposited at Mr J. H. WITHEFORD'S OFFICE, STTORTLAND-STKEET, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE THAMES GOLDFIELDS, Together with, particulars of liberal concessions the Council have decided to make, with a viovr to encourage the introduction of English capital. Mr-WiTHEPORD, having been identified with the Auckland Goldflolds since their first open- Ing, and having for some time past been colleot ing mining information for English clients, is in a position to advise any representative of Home buyers wl»o may be in Auckland as to the merits of the various eligible Goldfleld Properties. PLANS, REPORTS, AND THE FULLEST RELIABLE INFORMATION OF ANY MIN ING PROPERTY may be obtained on applica tion at his office. A UCKLAND MINING ASSOCIATION NEW SYSTEM OF~WORKING THE GOLDFIELDS. Tho Public of Auckland desirous of engaging in Goldfleld Operations on the Non-liabiiity system, now so popular in Australia, are in vited to TAKE SHARES in the above As sociation. SHARES, £12 EACH. Payable £1 Monthly. Experienced Miners employed at £1 per week with a Share in tho Profits after wages and exoenses have been deducted. Full particulars as to tho Management and Method of Working on application to J. H. WITHEFORD, Shortland-street. mO PROSPECTORS, LAND-OWNERS, JL AND OTHERS. „ In order to encourage the development of the mineral resources of this colony, the undersigned has made arrangements to Assay samples of Quartz, or any substances supposed to contain Gold or Silver, at the following rates :— Single assay, 7s 6d; three assays, 15s; lewt tests, £2. J. H. WITHEFORD. Shortland-street, Auckland. Box 329. Telephone 435 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, or ONIONS, OATS, or MAIZE, CALL ON ALFRED JO WITT. A UCKLAND AGENCY IN LONDON. FREDK. LARKINS Having retired from his partnership with Wm. Me Arthur and Co., is establishing himself in London as a COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, AND CONFI DENTIAL AGENT AND REFEREE. London Address pro torn.: 17, Gresuam-street, E.C. (care of Thoa. Micklem, Esq.) Auckland Agec*.: MR F. G. E WING TON. CONSIGNMENTS received and sold under tho superintendance of F. Larkins. INDENTS executed by him. ESTATES Bomffct, Sold, or Liquidated. MR LARKINS will be in London by Nov. Ist for general business. I? TT "OARTLETT, PHOTOGRAPHER. Mrs BARTLETT begs to announce that she has purchased the above business? In thanking her paat patrons and friends for heir uniform kindness, Mrs Bartlett also takes his opportunity of stating that the BUSINESS will be carried on under the same title in the future, and that every effort will be made to give satisfaction. Mn EDWARDS Having kindly consented to take charge of tho Studio will be a sufficient guarantee that all work will be done in the same high-class style s hitherto. PRICm GREATLY REDUCED, Both of first sittings and extra copies. Mrs BARTLETT, 244, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND.



mHE WAREHOUSES of the undersigned will be CLOSED on MONDAY NEXT, October 3. L. D. NATHAN & Co. E. & A. ISAACS. ARTHUR H. NATHAN. COMPULSORY QA L E OP £10,000 OF GENERAL DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & MERCERY. In consequence of the dissolution of partnership and death of the late Mr W. Woodboffe, The Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Company Are compelled to realise on the whole oC their extensive slocks, to close the late partnership account. THE SALE WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY NEXT, Octobkk 3, When the whole of the stocks will he ottered at landed cost or under. . COMPULSORY SALE of the Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Company, to dose /ate Partnership Account, on MONDAY NEXT. Como early and buy largely. Everything cheap. Hotelkcepers and Storekeepers note. THE MELBOURNE DRAPERY AND CLOTHING COMPANY, QUEEN-STREET. milE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING, TRA LA ! A. WOOLLAMS & Co.'s gPRING (SPECIALITIES Are Now On View. A Special Lino of SPRING and SUMMER WORSTED SUITINGS at 70s per Suit; 60 beautiful patterns to select from. Our prices will compare favourably with those of any other high-class tailoring firm in New Zealand; but we cannot sacrifice our reputation on the altar of cheapness by lowering the standard of our work to the level of slops. NEW WORSTED STRIPED TROUSERINGS (latest designs), 18s 6i£, 21s, and 255. We rely on the superior cut and finish of our garments to give our customers satisfaction. The SUITS at 50s. and TROUSERS at 13s 6d are pure All-wool 'tweeds, and equal in make and finish to the highest-priced goods. We arc prepared to make SUITS TO MEA SURE on time pay taents, charging 5 per cent, on marked prices. NOVELTIES in FANCY WORSTED COAT INGS at prices ran ging from 703 per suit. A "\\r OC)LLAMS & r*o-> TAILORS AND WOOLLEN DRAPERS, Syde:Stham House, GREY-STREET. ■ i t TN CONSEQUEKCtE OF THE DEATH OF Mb ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS AEE INVITED HOR THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years' 'A>y Messrs A. and. T. Inglis, at George-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT,' THE KUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery, Clothing, and Mercery Boots and Shoes Carpets and Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery. Undertaking Boot Manufacturing. Cabinet and Fur:.stjture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buildings, Book Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc, apply by letter to " The Executors of the late Mr Alexander Inglis, George-street, Dunrdin;' or on the Premises to the Manager. Tenders must be at the Office of the Firm not later, than THURSDAY, the2oth day of October, 18S7, at 12 n ooin. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tandei" must have attached a MatSced Cheque for 10 per cent, of the amour*; of the tender. "TW" O T ICE OF REMOVAL. Mr T. TRAFFORD, The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist of 13 years. Desires to-inform his patients and friends that he has removed from Wakefield-street to more central offices, QUEEN-STREET (over Wayte's, Bookseller), opposite Wyndham-street. Professional hours : 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. ■TVENTISTRY. Mb A. L. SMITH, OIiD-ESTABUSHED DENTIST, Corner of Hobson and Wellesley Streets- Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth slopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars uass the house. ¥. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at the Old Chambers, Shortland-street (opposit o Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a flrst-clas3 Mechanical Assistant, and reduced imy charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Boj ?210, P.O.] [Telephone 377.