SHIPPING.

SONSET—This evening. S.S. SpNßafeE—To-morrow mornim?, 7.2. MOON'S Age—Full ZMoon, Ith, 5.19 a.m

HIGH WATER.

AfCKLAXD—This afternoon, 1.20; to-morrow morning*. 2.13. Manukau Heads.—This afternoon, 49; to morrow morning, 4.53. Kaipara Heads. — This afternoon, 5.9; to morrow morning, 5.53.

ARRIVALS.

Janet Nicoll, s.s., from Newcastle lona. s.s., from Great Barrier Curlew, sch., from Coromandel Wear, ctr., from Whangarei Wanderer, ctr., from Mahurangi Paku, ctr., from Tairua Mana, ctr., from Tairua Loch Naw, barque, from Newcastle Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei Clansman, s.s., from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Urpheus, schooner, for V\ hangaroa Toafa Haamia, schooner, for Tonga Chelmsford, s.s., for Opotiki Fanny Thornton, schooner, for Frecmantle

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, Saturday, 5 p.m. Rotomahana, from Thames, to-day, 4.30

p.m. Doric, from Plymouth, due Tuesday evening Richmond, from South Sea Islands, Aug. 12 Balmoral Castle, from London, via Sydney,

sailed June 20. Opal, H.M.S., from Sydney, early Janet Nicoll, from Sydney, Thursday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Crusader, sh., left London on Hay .27 Kahgitikei, sh., left London May 3 Waikato, ship, from London Piako, ship, from London __ealandia, ship, from London Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel

ton ; sailed June 20 Wm. Turner, barque, from Fiji Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Elinor Vernon, sch., JSFK, left New

York Feb. 5, (at Dunedin) Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin, sailed June 7 Arab, bq., left New York April 3 (at

Dunedin) Dame, bq., to lefive Java April 10 Ricardo, bq., from Java, early Oceola, bn., from Dunedin C. W. Janes, schr., from Lyttelton Camilie, bn., left Dunedin July 10 Myrtle, bn., from Dunedin Wenona, bq., from Dunedin Olive, schr., from a cruise Notero, bq., from Lyttelton Defiance, bn., left Newcastle July 2G Darcy Pratt, bn., from Oamaru Peerless, bn., from Oamaru

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading Elinor Vernon, sch., for New York, early

IMPORTS.

Per Loch Naw—47o tons coal Per Janet Nicoll—7oo tons coal.

The R.M.S. Ruapehu left Lyttelton for London to-day with '2,000 bales wool, 14,000 carcases mutton, and a large number of passengers, including those' booked at Auckland as previously published.

The barque I<och Naw arrivedfrom2.cwv. - castle this morning. She sailed on the 19th inst., and had an uneventful passage.

The s. _. Woosung's departure from Wel lington for Hongkong, via the usual port., is tixed for Saturday,' 6th prox.

The s.s. Clansman arrived from Russell, Whangaroa and Monj/.nui at *_ a .m t° day with the following passengers -.-Messrs Johston, Fountain. Hagirer, Davis, Stewart, Taylor, Reed, Bull, Webster, 2 natives, Miss Webster, and 10 in the steerage.

The cutter South Carolina, which was ashore at the Great, Barrier recently, is now on Messrs Henderaan and Spraggon s Slip* She is not so badly damaged as was sup posed, but will require a new keel, some new copper, and some caulking. The s.s. Janet Nicoll arrived from New castle at 3 a.m. to-day with a full cargo of coal, and berthed at the Railway \vhart. Captain Hutton reports having left New castle at S p.m. on Friday last; experi enced strong westerly winds for three days, passed Three Kings at 9.30 a.m. on the 27th. After discharging inward cargo, the Janet Nicoll ia to leave for Southern ports, carrying cargo and passengers. The schooner Mariner has been purchased by the Auckland Timber Company, and will in future be employed hi the coastal timber trade.

The cutter Willie Winkie, which recently sunk in the harbour, and was subsequently floated, has been fitted with a new mast and bowsprit by Messrs Henderson and Spraggon. Captain J. Nearing will superintend the discharge of Auckland cargo by the s.s. Doric, due to arrive here on Tuesday even ing next.. The steamship Asleigh Brooke will be the second vessel despatched by the Colonial Union Steamship Company to follow the s.s. Balmoral Castle. The Asleigh Brooke is to leave London for Sydney,. Melbourne, and New Zealand ports on September Gth next. The steamer Janet Nicoll, which arrived from Sydney via Newcastle this morning, brought news of the same date as the Wairarapa, which arrived here on Tuesday last. The Janet Nicoll had no passengers, but there were two stowaways on board.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan gerei at an early hour this morning. Pas seno-ers : Messrs McLeod, Walker, Shirley, Corse. McAuly,. Beasley, Ray, chadwin, Mesdames Beasley, Filmer, Davis and daughter, James, Miss Taylor, aud four in the steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Wellington-, July '28.-Sailed: Hawea, for the North. Passengers: Miss Green, Messrs Weston, Barton, Turner, and 3 steerage. .

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, this day.

Messrs Hesketh, Ait-ken, and Co. re port sales for past week as follows :— Bananas,well filled fruit, I^l to ljd; medium quality,^ to l*d; inferior, Jd to Jd per lb; cocoanuts.Gs to 7s per sack; peanuts, 2icl to !2Ad per lb; pineapples, 6s to 6s bd per dozon ; pines in syrups, 9s to 10s per dozen.; tomatoes, in tins, local production, very Superior, 9s per dozen, 21b tins; tomato chutney, 'local production, 15s per down, glass iars;. local apples, 2i.d to Sd per lb. Poultry sales, : Good table fowls, Is lOd to Qa Bdj ordinary fowls, Is 4(1 tolsSdj chicken's,' lOd to Is oach; black Spanish, 4s Od each ; Brahmas, 3s Cd each; gamo fowls, urn to'3B each; ducks, Pokm, U to 5s each; llauon, 2a Gd to 3s oach ; ordinary, 2s gd to 2s Sd euah ; goose, 4s to 4s Od each ; turkeys, 4s Gd to 5s 9d eaoh ; pigeons. 8d to JOd oach ; canaries, Ss Gd to Baeach ; pigs, suukers, Ss 9d to Gs Gd each ; porkers, W to 14s each ; poor breeds, 5s Cs'toSsOd; dressed pork, 2^l to 3Jd per Hi ; rabbits, Is to la 2d',.per pair ; hares, 2s Cd to 2s Od each. Produce! Potatoes, Southern, Ss 2d to. il % fid: per QWfi J kidney seedi 5_ Cd.l9 Gs per owb \ potatoes, new, Id per 1!_; onions, £4 to Id per lb ; carrots, 2s 'id to 2s 9d per cwfc; turnips, la Gd to 2s per cwt'; -pumpkins, 2a Gd to 3s per"cv/fc'j cabbage, is to Is Bd per eac|_ j oats, '2a to 2s Gd par bushel; njuize,

3s Id to 3s 4d per bushel; fowl wheat, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel; barley, 3s to 3s 6cl per bushel: bran and sharps, 6s to 6s 6d ; oatmeal, 10s 6cl to lis per 1001b ; bacon and hams, 7d to Sd per lb ; hams, Od : bacon, only local, '2d to 6d ; Canterbury, 7cl to Sd ; butter, fresh, in pats and rolls, lod to Is; corned butter, priine,se.,_d to 8d ; in ferior, Id to 5d per lb, kegs extra ; cheese, good, 4d to 5d ; medium quality, 2d to 3kl; inferior, Id to 2d per lb ; honey, 2hd to __d per lb. Other goods ab fair prices if quality right. Traps, harness, sundry lots of furniture, etc., sold very satisfactorily con sidering.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.— Grain,horse feed, seeds, &c. : The supply on the whole has been large, and of home articles there has been a glut, and conse quently the supply has exceeded the demand notably oaten chaff. We quote : Oats, 2s 3d ; barley, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; maize, 3s 4d to 3s 6d : bran, 4s Gd ; sharps, os 6d per 1001b ; oaten chaff, L 2 10s to L3. Horses : Dull ness has again characterised the market; very few of a decent stamp have been brought forward, and weeds were at low value. A moderate number were entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday, but were nearly all of an inferior description, consequently bid ding was slow.and several remained unsold. There exists an unsatisfied demand for hacks and draught of a good description. We quote : Hacks, from L4 to Lll 10s ; light harness,L6 to LlO 10s; draughfc,Llo to L2l. Wool, hides, shins : An increased number wero pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday ; the demand was brisk. We quote: Ox hides,from 4d to 4id ; cow,3d to 3|d ; stag, *2d to 2Ad; calfskins,3gd to 4id ; sheepskins, 2s ad to 4s 4d eacli; wool, 4d to 7__d. Cattle : The number ottered of all descriptions were below the average, but there was a steady demand and an advance in value. At the Newmarket Yards on Tues day less than the usual number were yar ded. Competition was good throng tho sale but there was no increase in value of dairy and store stocks. Fat beasts were from ._s to 15s per head higher. Sheep: The number penned at Newmarket on Tuesday were scarcely up to the average, but the prices did not obtain a maximum of the previous week, their shipment being of ex ceptional good quality. Late lambs sold at from Ss Od to 9s. Rigs : Moderate number yarded ; prices ranged from 2id to 3kl per lb live weight.

Mr Ai.fi-ed Bucklaxd's Weekly Re tort. —At the Haymarket on Friday last, July '2*2, fodder ..as in usual supply, but, consequent on the wet day, lower in value. Prices ranged from 2s to 2s l)d per cwt. Maize was lower (consequent on the large quantity pushed on the market) 3d. per bushel, and sold at 2s lid, but this fall in price is not likely to be sustained. Oats kept their prico—2s 3d per bushel; bone dust is now moving at from L7 to L 8 per ton, varying with fineness and quality. The horse market is firm for heavy and medium draught in condition for work. Prices ranged from. L2B to L3O, but other descriptions isf horse stock are at late values. Hides main tained their price, ox hides varying to 23s ; cow hides, 17s fad each; bones, 4s 9d per cwt; tallow, 12s ; sausage shins, in kegs, Is 3d per lb. Ab Pukekohe, on Monday, there was a full muster of stock, a large number being quiet cows in low con dition ; for those prices were nominal. Young cattle were in better inquiry, and ■for • cattle in condition prices were good. The house and land at Patumahoe remain unsold. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were fairly represented and in better demand than for several weeks, yet prices were low. Store cattle of a good class re quired. Fat cattle, in average number, were dull of sale, aiid did not maintain last week's values ; prices ranged from 16s to 18s the IOOIbs. Fat calves in request at full rates. Sheep, in average number, were moderate supply, sold well. Messrs. G. W. Bixney and Sons Re port.—Hides : Large catalogue cleared under brisk bidding ; prime green stout ox, 30s to 35s ; heavy, 23s to 24a Gd ; medium, 18s to 20s ; heavy cow, 15s to 17s ; medium, 12s to 13s ; kips, 5s to Gs Gd each ; prime salted, 4Ad to 4fd per lb ; heavy 4d to 44d ; medium, 3Jd to 3£d ; cow, 3d to 3kl; kips, S.Vd.to o.fd ; calf, 4d to 4|d ; sloppy, Jd to |d less ; damaged and stag hides, ljd to 2£d. Sheep skins: Market firm; long wool, 4s to 4s 9d : cross-bred, 3s to 3s Gd ; station, Is Gd to 2s Gd each.; tallow, 13s Gd to 14s per cwt. Bones: 5s per cwt, shanks, Gs per cwt; wool, small 10t5,.7d to 7Ad per lb.

THAMES CATTLE MARKET.

Messes Banks and Co?s Weekly Report by telegraph.)—At Parawai, on Thursday, the supply of fat cattle was rather limited, and there being a good demand last week's im proved sales were fully maintained, steers making from L 7 10s to L 8 17s 6d each ; cows, Irom L3 2s Gd, the average price being over 20s per 1001b. Sheep were also in short supply, and high values, though with some little reluctance, were given for them, wethers and maiden ewes selling at 17s and 17s 6d each.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm a>'d Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is; Frozen Meat Co.'s Shell brand, Is 3d ; cheese, good fac tory, 4d to 4vd per lb : Canterbury, none; Eggs, lOd ; Lard, in bladders, s*_d ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, 5d to lid; Hams, 7d to S^d; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 7d ; Bacon and Hams in equal num bers, 7}d; Hams, Sj'd. Flour Market.—Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 15s to £12; Lamb's Premier, £12 15s; Standard, £11 15s ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4 ss; local sharps, £5 10s aud £6; Southern do., none ; cabin bread, £15; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 : oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; maize, Ss to 3s 3d ; Southern potatoes, £3 5s to £3 10s; pearl barley, do., 225; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chafl, oatmeal, &c., sold including sacks, past week prices have lowered consider ably, all classes of gum having depreciated by about £3 to £4 per ton. The following •Kauri Gum.—The Kauri Gum Market is very weak and irregular, with little dis position on the part of buyers to purchase even at'present quotations. It is also evi dent that sellers are holding back for higher ratesi as it is quiet uncertain to state what prices will be realised in the near* future. Quotations to-day are as follows : —Fair to good ordinary, £42 ; superior, £43 to £44 ; East Coast, £50 (nominal); rescraped, £68 to £70 (nominal). Monthly supplies up to date 577 tons. Coal a>__ Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 2Ss per ton ; yard, 28s .to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, K.s ;at yards, 26s ; screened, 2Ss ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, Ss 6d, 12s: at Auckland, 17s Cd ; household, 355; Whangarei, at mine, 10s; yard (steam), 18s; household, 20s : delivered, 245. Firewood: Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s Gd to Ss (id per ton ; delivered, 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to lb's. Building Materials. —Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, (is lid ; best, planed, tongned and grooved, iii-st-class, 14s ; medium, lis ; second-class, 0s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s; medium, Us ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lis Od, 14s; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 18s : Oft, 19s; Hobavt roils, SOs, sollingquotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1000 ; town yards, SOs to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s ; 15 inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 IDs por 1000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot ; 15 inches, 4s 6d por foot j 12 inches, Ss per foot; 9 iuchoe, 2d 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 ; bqneflbor, £9 to £10 : Auokland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17 : Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included : Hurst's chemical manure, £13.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1887.

"For the cause that lacka assistance, Por the -wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The Board of Education have entered . upon the work of retrenchment in a ; manner which is extremely unpleasant to the individual, but which is certainly more sensible than the proposal to turn all children under seven out of our schools. In hard times a man witf part-with his piano before; he pawns his kitchen stove. In the education frenzy we have been piling on subjects until the teachers and the scholars are equally overwhelmed, and now that a demand is made for a curtailment oi; expense, the or namental branches and high . salaries must go first. By reduction in the cost of build ings (particularly teachers' re sidences) and great er economy in other depart ments, a-"very large sum can be saved without Is.ying a.finger upon any essen tial featiu :e of our educational, system. The past expenditure has be-en based upon a feeling of abundance* to pro fusion, and a curtailment of the seal.., although inevitably in volving many individual cases of great ha rdship, need not interfere seriously with the efficiency of the system n< >r mar any of its essential features.

The 1 ._cemier intima ted. pretty plainly to the deputation from the Chamber < af Commerce yesterday that the demai id for retrenchment involved sacrifice ai ad self-help. The Chamber had urged. very strongly v pon him the importance of giving more attention to the great work of technics il education. In reply, the Premier observed that the Auckl ar id "people talked of knock ing off -6.1C '0,000 from • tike education vote, whioh really mesmt the shutting up of m. mj' of our schools. He con sidered t hat there sho aid be technical classes i n connection v.nth eve <ry High School, and 4 pnivate enterprise ought to start classes ior tho training of our apprentices, Such classes had. been starteci and eyon carried on in Dune din by the Caledonian Soa tety r and in 1566-V he had taught soi ac of these , classes , ior sir months of each year;

200 apprentices were taught mechanics and mathematics in Dunedin now, and 100 other apprentices were learn ing the mechanical science of various trades. As the students paid Is a week, tlie total cost would be only about ;£SO, and if there were not enough Caledonians in Auckland to take up such a work, perhaps the Chamber of Commerce itself would take the initiative. It need cost them nothing. If, as Minister of Education, he proposed a vote for such a purpose he would be regarded as mad, and it would be pronounced another of his fads. The encouragement of technical edu cation and the teaching of drawing in the schools, which was the basis of all technical education, would fit our youth to play their parts well in life, and would correct the undue prevailing taste for clerkships.

There is much force in what the Premier has advanced in connection with this matter. Good work could be done for a small expenditure if prominent citizens and societies would only interest themselves in it and depend less upon the Government. Very good work in the department of technical education is even now being performed in Auckland by an experienced master, and probably there were members of that deputation, notwithstanding their professions of enthusiasm for technical education, who were unaware of this fact. They have never shown any practical inter est in it. We hope that the Premier's suggestion, however, will not be with out due effect in the future.

The start already made in a small way upon educational retrenchment alone, however, must bring home to everyone the truth that a re duction of Government expendi ture, although the true way to permanently remedy the unsatisfactory financial condition of the colony, will, in its first application, only have the effect of aggravating the prevailing depression and scarcity of employment. It must be accompanied by some policy -which, will stimulate private channels of employment. Hence, a vigorous land policy and protection to local industries must precede a stop page of borrowing, and any extensive reduction of the number of persons now dependent 4 upon the public service for a livelihood.

RAID ON THE NORTHERN FANATICS.

Some very severe strictures have been

made by the Wellington " Press " with regard to the raid lately made by the police, under warrants issued by Mr

Bishop, E.M., upon the nest_of North ■■■^t&M^P-F^ ~zomtsyz&>. too

present Government would account for the tone of these comments, but

it is also evident that they are based

upon a misapprehension of the cha racter of the disturbance with which the authorities had to cope. Mr Hobbs, the member for the Bay of Islands, is no admirer of the present Government, and his Maori sympa thies are well known. Yet he has expressed a decided opinion that what has been done now ought to have been done long ago in answer to the strong and oft-repeated appeals of the orderly natives and the settlers whose lives were placed in peril by the fanatical proceedings of the prophetess and her followers. As to the manner of doing it, surely there was more wisdom in accompanying the warrants with sufficient force to secure their safe j execution than in risking a dis aster. Firearms were only used lat the last extremity, in self-defence, and were the means of averting, in stead of causing, a fatal casualty. If Mr Wakefield had been present no doubt he would have stood calmly an-d been tomahawked rather than drtvw a trigger upon these in offensive children of Nature; but thongh New Zealand might have mourned the loss of his intellectual features from its Senate House, it would have regretted that ignorance of the law in a law-maker should have resulted in such a needless sacri fice. It is permitted even to a police man t;o kill a man who is bent upon kill ing him. The officers engaged in the, Waihq affair, however, kept their heads cool, and neither killed nor were killed. They did the work they were sent to do so effectually that a move ment vrhich, in all human probability, if not nipped in the bud as it has been : would ultimately have deluged the North once more with blood, has ended in peace. Hauhauism has existed in the Bay of Islands district in some form or other since the famous Kaikohe prophetess who -predicted that the world would come to an end on the 31st March, 1885. That date having passed without any such fearful cataclysm she fell into disrepute, and died in the King country. Her mantle descended on Ane Karo, a daughter of Hohaia Patuone, and a relative of the great Tamati Walker. This lady paid a visit to Te Whiti, who confirmed her in her self-assumed office of prophetess. She took up new quar ters in Upper Waiho, where she used to have large meetings on the 17 th day of each month. After the manner of Te Whiti, she used to invite Europeans and natives to these meetings! This went on till last March, when a rival prophetess named Eemona laid claim to gifts far ex ceeding Ane Karo's — among others the power to raise the dead. Ane, fully alive to the gravity of the situation, took prompt steps to nip this heresy in the bud, but, alas for human nature, Eemona was a younger woman, and the larger part of Ane's adherents, including her father, went after the new light. She ordered them all to dress in white calico, and not to allow any profane person to come

near their dwellings. They fixed a tall flagstaff on which were placed many white flags, round which they went in slow procession three times a day. They varied this amusement when it got too monotonous by steal ing potatoes and killing cattle. On one occasion they wantonly killed six head of cattle belonging to Ani Karo, and threw the carcases into the river. On another occasion they got hold of a white man, tied him up, stripped him of his clothes, hat and boots, and burnt them, besides robbing him of some money. Cannibalism was reported to be among the coming ex citements of the new religion, although its doctrines had not got beyond cre mation for the dead when a stop was put to these dangerous proceedings. Wi Katene, the Maori member for the district, repeatedly appealed to the Native Minister to interfere, but it was only when flagrant breaches of the law had occurred andit was evidentthat. a very serious disturbance was brew ing that the Government took action.

Mr Bishop, R.M., gathered together all the police between Whangarei and Mongonui, and they together with 15 or 16 special constables effected the capture of the prophetess Remona and her adherents on the morning of Friday, July 22nd, but only after a stubborn resistance on the part of the fanatics, which resulted in two of them being wounded and several of the police receiving nasty gashes from axes. They were all taken to Rawene, Hokianga, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, the prophetess included. Their flagstaff was cut down, and the rival prophetess having given guarantees of good behaviour, the sense of uneasinesa which has been felt by Europeans and natives in the dis trict is now removed, and we have no doubt that the trouble is over.

THE EARL OF ABERDEEN AT HOME.

Lord Aberdeen has reached *he

United Kingdom, and, as was to be expected, one of his first acts has been to place upon record some of his im-

pressions of the Australasian Colonies

Touching at Ireland on his voyage, and apparently interviewed there by a reporter of the "Freeman's Journal,"

it is also natural to find that His Lord.

ship's utterances chiefly deal with the much-agitated question of Home Eule

for Ireland. As we anticipatingly re marked the other day, when noticing Sir Patrick Jennings's statements

on the same subject, . Lord Aber-

deen has avoided the mistakes

expressed himself as "completelyover whelmed" by the depth of the con viction in these colonies that Home Rule is necessary for the welfare of Ireland. If there is any ex aggeration in this language, it^ is in the description of His Lordship's own sensations, and of those he will surely be allowed to be the most com petent judge. That he should be so over-borne by the force pf conviction may be due, in some measure, to the erroneous preconceptions which he had been led to form of colonial opinion on the Irish question. These false ideas are sedulously propagated by the Eng lish Tories, who are in turn misled by a few rabid " Jingo" papers, which, by a sort of fly-in-amber process, are found in these thoroughly democratic communities.

"The thing itself is neither strange nor rare" i The point is—how the mischief they got there!"

Apart from his own convictions, the Ear of Aberdeen has very accurately noted and expressed the conviction of colonists generally on the Home Rule question. Enjoying, as they do, all the blessings of self-government conjoined with the closest ties of friendship and allegiance with Great Britain, colonists utterly fail to see any reason why the same blessings should not be extended to Ireland, more especially as they find Irishmen here among the most loyal, successful, and contented of fellow citizens. The " Jingo" journals of the colonies assume that there is no Home Rule other than that which in cludes the complete separation of Ireland from Great Britain, and our morning contemporary, on this assumption, cavils at Lord Aberdeen's latest utterances, asserts that there is no general colonial opinion in favour of Home Rule, and goes on to say that "the feeling in the colonies is substantially the same as it is in the United Kingdom." This is the most amazing bit of pre sumption that could be imagined. We prefer to accept the guidance of Lord Aberdeen on the comparative state of public opinion on the Irish question in Great Britain and Aus tralasia, and. when the intensity of colonial feeling oh the subject" com pletely overwhelmed " such a lover of Ireland as he is, there is surely strong evidence that he considers England and New Zealand (say) as much the antipodes of each other m theoreti cal politics as they are in physical situ ation. That he found New Zealand, of all the colonies, most deeply at tached to Mr Gladstone, is another fact which the "Jingo" organs will not appreciate, but it remains undoubted that a cultured gentleman with every opportunity of observation and comparison has deliberately arrived at those conclusions, which are more likely to be correct than those of any colonial exponent of the "stupid party's" ideas. . . It must, apparently, be dinned mto some people by constant repf^ition that the granting of Home Ru*? for Ireland may be perfectly consonant with true loyalty to the crown o\ the United Kingdom. Lord Aberdeen, it

will be rememberel^s^ I self while in A Z Jr _,exF*es ß ed v 1 cursor of I_!_l^<Jl to Her Majesty. JK?-JJ " Fenianism is nof «._.■. •* the Home Rule mi he° nly 4W and at the sam e time &<* *<3S many, being ab2l? yali cause, have^tSL***?__ alty as generaH-^^f'ta.'Si has been recentlyT.^*■**& inth_smtter.l aCS^^ revelation to most r»L ? e *a »S loyalty in the^^J^ the Queen's authoritf-St i 1-&2 the particular form g w £°^i! * at Fefnt ad__£fift^ is perfectly compatible S h V*^ Another common^ J*???; ""SB* Ruleisfchatitme^^Clt^'^ than separation. The T__a g Oor6 W» k shrewdfand I do. £_%^«t£ desire to sever them^L fc,^ S which furnishes C t^S market and main natafrfJ? "*B this point many ek^£Z** 5 by a vague filing of 5&5 England" have \JL^g*R ever wdl be removed JJj i! great boon is granted to th^ h !H From other expressions drop^L him at San Francisco, fcfcH> Lord Aberdeen cherisC^ memones of h lB Austral^ ft Ocularly ot his reception at a3£ Keatfers will await -with inter? 1 only a full statement of '{_$£*■ of Colonial Home RaStr of the colonies and theS and institutions generally, *__ ■ ___.'

A narrow escape from a.fabd W.__ dene occurred off Maturi onSataS^T AboatleftWhangaroaf^^ two men, whose names we have hW__!u toascertain. When off Um&Si struck bya S quall t andsankahoßtt2 ately. One of the occupants ds-St ported himself by'a board, andlie^ swimming for fully half-an-hour wheS were picked up by a boat thdfc putoff&S the Maori settlement. Both men-2 mncb exhausted, but were expected^ cover. r ""'

A.kannlog about 20ffc long mmli off Eddy-tone Point, near Hobait S 12th inst It is possibly part ol the cam of the barque Celestia, which left rS for Hobart 85 days ago, and has not Z been heard of. For some considerable time, the mm men m the districts of Remuera, &£ and Newmarket have been anriom tof__J a rifle corps, hut ho one 'cared to take to initiative steps. The Mayor of Nevrawkt. has, however, atthe request.of theyow men, taken the matter up, and'Medl meeting for Tuesday evening nexfatlfc o'clock; see advertisement. General'Si George Whitmore has been wilted awi and has expressed himself favours!)-, tc such a company. Last evening the cantata, "Christa -SH_^4l__| MM loggt J_a church was very'prettily decoratwmli ferns and flowers, and mottoes approprij to the cantata were hung on the *_Jk The cantata was gone through in 4 iaost creditable, manner, and the meeting, #_ was a most enjoyable one, terminated wit the Benediction. r I Mr T. B. Hannaford having wdttto to theHon.-W.H. Reynolds,offering his «■ vices as agent of Labour Bureau in M land.should such be opened hereonsM lines to the offices at Dunedin and Christ church, Mr Reynolds has [replied thankmj Mr Hannaford, but stating that there*-_ intention of opening such a bureau it Auckland, and that if there were, its ctop -would be undertaken by the Immigrata Officer or other Government official "Volcanoes" was the subject of anew read by Mr K. Service at the meeM the Pitt-street Free Methodist Mutual h provement Society last Monday njt the essayist exhibited awllectonof^ mens collected in a recent visitto B*J also some di*awings copied by his on W The subject was gone intofully, and Jw explained that volcanic erupts a* S Professor Thomas, for his Fo»_ reply re Mount Eden scona. At the half-yearly meeting of the» nial Bank, held at Dunedin on VMgg Hon. Geo.' McLean presiding, th AgJ Snort was submitted showing that.g* last year left LlB,-b_ mm » distribution. Tto«imJtagJ*J commended to be .^"JJBm reserve fund, which will then wj the ratoof 7 wr cejtpf g^to* paid-up r £&^'_T_ta* Carried forward W.962 3d atl * Sn, in the adogonoW -fete^^ Inthecoui^ofanmterviewuiM^ s recently, I^dyß^^^ j tralian women. Kj^.-L.bfa&il beyond the average in C-WJL fa U me if they have vf^gj^M cook, churn, brew,and WP*^* they have at all *?*f * * J ba^ alTa Vments very ctos^, J J y than once eaten^the moa v and butter, the fomer^^ bj * and baked, and -^ -W*^ berf fair hands of my hostess, who fiao j viously talking inJgf Ihn* manner of art and many women on far-awysta^ kept np an acquamten aj^ v* matters in a f^^ IkefiK them re^catt^^iyj the maeazines.and theny about tW too -JXo*^ women so generally accomp TheSUverStoJuve^eg^ another of their rf^P.j the Scarboro-street SJJ» g^Wj l^evenm ? ,jhieh^ eUJ aieiJ success, the haU *^& co nfl* dffls first part usuaUm^cort mgger^. following b^l^^orthi« G. Nixon, H. Sf T^krecei^'rf JoeTizard.the^nf^ba-i^; deserved encore. The «^^BJJ brought toaclose^^p^ nia .» S Tto-second Pj^^^gj was a varied one. J»JW fegjg t on,»Bmnniga^nd,^y^g and a comic sketchbg- M Crorier (one of *^rf_-*V rm me)eha^ro^ farce entitled «»*' £#_• KL^ was well acted by S aY.t-?3 ihe Company, and ' j^*jjs brought tTa close, agjj 9 orchestra, n^ tb£r?y. U*gjlj N. Hay, efficient way mwnicn duties, . „os e#Q FWl^rehtS,* {^ oath yesterday raw"" „

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FKIDAF, JULY 29, 1887

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"JO" ' O T I C E. The Business heretofore conducted in New Zealand by ARNOLD, HINES, & Co. Will hereafter be carried on under the style of ARNOLD, CHENEY, & Co., KAURI GUM MERCHANTS AND I.iroRTERs c>v American- Merchandise. All outstanding accounts against and due to Messrs Arnold, Hines and Co. will be collected and paid by their successors. F. It. WEBB, Attorney Auckland, N.Z., July 2G, 1887. TR EWS CELEBRATED TEA, is 10d per pound SIX POUNDS FOR TEN' SHILLINGS, Is a high-class Blended Tea, combining the Teas of India, China, and Ceylon thick, rich, and mellow, with fine refreshing qualities. TRY REW'S FAMOUS COFFEES, Fresh ground daily. WHOLESALE GROCERY STORES, VICTORIA-STREET. I S S SMITH, CORSET & BANDAGE MAKER, Has always on hand a Good Supply of Stay Material. STAYS MADE TO ANY PATTERN Riding Stays, Stays for Invalids, Bandages, and Shoulder Braces on the most approved principles. STAYS CLEANED AND REPAIRED. Ladies waited on by sending address to ESKBANK COTTAGE, GUNi.RY-STREKT, NEWTON, by New Epiphany Church. BETTER BUY NEW GOODS at our ' prices than faulty ones at auction. G A K. L C X GARLICK & CRANWELL'a C R A ■n ; w - . X. ?s _IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE. EX AMINE our Fifty-five Shilling "Com bination" Double Iron Bedstead and Wirewove Mattress. 371 XAMINE _our~Th_rty-ciglit _Shil.ing , _L_ "Combination" Single Iron Bcds.eadanS . Wirewove Mattress. WIREWOVE Mattresses for Double Bedsteads, ids, 30s; cash, discount 5 per - cent. WIREWOVE Mattresses for Single Bedsteads, 22s Cd, 30s; cash, discount i o per cent. •■ ■ _ C~~ Oi IBINATION " Double Iron Bed- r stead and Upholstered Spring Mattress, 50s and 703. Combination:* single iron Bed - stead and' Upholstered Spring Mattress, 1 35s and 60s. '~ ■j^ARLICK _ CRANWELL-have \ B J RUSSELS and TAPESTRY CARPETS \ in great Variety at Reduced Prices. "ftfQ PAIRS' oP\Vhite and Ecru Lace j . $©__■ Curtains just received, and will be sold j at half pyicE; same class of goods our last lot were that'wc soldat half price. , BLANKETS ordered from Manufacturer. \ before tlie rise in wool; cheap. I" "RON BED_S^_DS and Bedding of all . kinds ready for delivery; cheap. ! STRONG CANE CHAIRS from 3s 9d. ATENT ROLLER BLIND (complete), \ 3s Cd. *__ IT li. OLEUM, from 2s 3d per yard. : 7S) ILCLOTH from Is square yard. ARLICK & CRANWELL invite you to inspect their stock before purchasing elsewhere. Furnish your House from GARLICK & CRANWELL, Cabinetmakers, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. o~l_ SALE, CHEAP (owner wishing to go on to a farm), A COMPACT LITTLE KAURI BUSn of 110 acres at Maraetai, near Turanga. one mile from tidal creek ; about 15 acres in grass; and there are also about 600 tons of Birch Bark and 25,000 feet of Squared Timber ready for hauling out. Price, only £2 os per acre. Terms easy. J. H. WITHEFORD. -jm o; r: :. s a l c, A-- in first-class position, BUTCHER'S BUSINESS, with Sausage Machine and all necessary appli ances. A first-class opening for an industrious man, and will be sold cheap. J. H. WITHEFORD. FOR SALE OR TO LET, at Remuera, top of Green Lane, a 6-roomed House and scullery, good, well and tank, quarter-acre Allotment; all fenced and planted with choice ' fruit trees. Magnificent view from property.— ' J. H. Witheford. Shortland-street VALUABLE BLOCK OF SHOPS in the City for £3,500. £2,000 to £3,000 cash, ; the balance c_n remain at 6_ per cent.—Apply J. ; 11. Witheford. ; TfcTORTHCOTE. — Two Acres of Level , _J3| Land adjoining the school, all laid down in orchard, strawberries; 300 feet frontage to main road, very easy terms.—J. H. Withetord. I -THO LET, 8-roomed House (new), St. r JL Mary's Road, rent, l_s.-^J. H. Witheford, ** Suortland-street. | TO LET, nice Homestead, near Birken head, on main road; nine acres; rent. 15s 3 per week, with purchasing clase.—J. H. Withe - ford. Shortland-street. I Tj-pOR SALE, at Onehunga, near the " _!__* Woollen Factory, about 3} acres of V6I • canic Land, with House of four rooms, oiit _ buildings, etc. Price and particulars at J. 11. . Witheford's, Shortland Street. : . T AXE TAKAPUNA. — For Sale, 10 j ■ J Acres of Land, near Hurstmere, sea beach frontage, steamer passes twice a week, close to main road to Devonport. Price, £150. Land in : the immediate neighbourhood sells at £100 per ; acre.—J. H. Witheford, Shortland-street. * T^VERCOATS in Great Variety, at J. > -i__/ Dalton's. Victoria-street East. I *)S/«D.— One Pound Splendid Tea and 3 A vJ-* Six Pounds Sugar for half-a-crown, > at Rew's Tea Store. Victoria-street. SUPERPHOSPHATES. -Freezing Co. 's. £S aud £6. of all merchants. GRASS MANURE.—Freezing Co.'s. £7 lGs. of all merchants. MACINTOSHES, a Bargain.—At J. H. Dalton's. Tailor. Victoria-street East. , TF you want an extra good Cup of Tea for I a special occasion, just try Rew's Cele brated B[end of Choice Teas at Is 10d.—Rew's, ' Viotoria-street. C _ ORN MANURE. -Freezing Co. % £8, of all merchants. PUBLIC NOTICE.—WiId Rabbits and Hares, wholesale and retail, skinned and ' cleaned, at E. McDonald's, City Market, Wel -3 lesley street entrance. Skim Bought. IT is much better not to drink at all if you cannot obtain tho genuine Wolfe's J Schnapps. ' I \\fORSTED SUITS, with an e*tra Pair 1 T ! of Trousers for nothing. £_>-.At J. H, P Dalton's, Tailor, Victoria-strest East,



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