SHIPPING.

Sunset—TlMs evening, 5.2. "V:'*>■> _J Sunribb—To-morrow morning, 6.51. ..* ~ V'S Mchjin'b AeK-Last Quarter, 16th, 7.5i> a.nK 1

HIGH WATER.

Auckland —(This evening, 8.11; to-morrow morning, 8.33. . , n -. . Manukau Heads.—This evening, lO.oi, to-morrow morning, 11.13. , ~ Kaipara Hhads. — This evening, 11 ol; tomorrow morning, 0.13.

ARRIVALS.

Clansman, s.s., from Taoranga Oceola, bn., from Timaru lona, s.s., from Mercury Bay Glenelg, s.s., from Whangarei Cabarfeidh, bq, from Dunedin Waihora, s.s., from the South Columbia, schr., from Napior Curlew, schr., from Whangarei Waipu, scow, from Tairua Norah, scow, from Whangapoa Violet, ketch, from Thames Lankashire Lass, cutter, from Mercury Bay,

DEPARTURES.

v Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandol, from. Coromandel, Tuesday,

Enterprise, from Thames, Wednesday, 1 a.m. ~ * r - JanetNicoll.froin South Sea Islands, May lo Richmond, from Sydney, early Rotomahana, from Thames, Tuesday, O.dO .p.m. , Wanaka (at Onehunga), from the South, Thunday ... Ohau, from South, to-night ; '■'/■ Lajla Rookh, from Gisborne, due " -SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED. •: Centurion, «h., KCGT, left London Maf. 9 Rahgitikei, ship, loading ab London Lutterworth, bq., loading ab London . Routonbeck, bq., NTQS (via Otago), left Glasgow March 10 . . - Elinor Vomon, sch., JSFK, loft Now York Feb. 5, via Dunodin' Nollio M. Slado, Am. bg., JPQC, left New York Jan. 10, via Nolson Star of tho East, from Now York, via < v 'Dunodin Arab, bq., to leavo New York April 2, via Dunedin C. W. Janes, bq., lofb New York Fob. 4, via Lyttelton Victoria, bq., from Hamburg, via Lyttel and Dunedin Gleaner, sch., from Dunedin Notero, bq., from Lyttelton Peerless, bn.*, from Oamaru Sybil, schr., from a cruiso Ryno, schr., from a cruiso Olive, schr., from a cruise Welcome, schr., left Brisbano May 1 Myrtle, bn., from Dunodin ; \ -

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Hermione, sh., for London, loading Ehsterliill, bq., for London, early Heinrich Bauer, bq., for Now York, early Waihora, for Russell, Tuesday, 5 p.m. Pawea, for the South, from Onehunga, *> Tuesday, 10 a.m. V»i

IMPORTS

Per Oceola—6l7 sacks oats, 110 sacks wheat, 420 sacks flour.

Per Waihora, from Melbourne—9s sacks onions, 87 cases whiskey, 56 cases salmon, 24 chests, 160 half-cheats, and 50 boxes tea, 120 sacks wheat, 60 cases herring, 10 bags popper, 10 cases and 25 half-chests tea. From Southern ports : 5 hhds ale, 2,045 sacks:oats, 1,902 sacks wheat, 50 sacks oat meal, 15 pkgs tobacco, 6 pieces stone, 275 sacks barley, 6 boxes butter, 60 sacks onions, 150 sacks flour, 25 sacks peas, 20 cases tea, 45..halftboxe8. soap, 10 boxes candles and sundries. ' "! * -'"':

Per Oceola,, frani-Timaru—3oo sacks long oats, .SOOsacks^offroate, 100. sacks wheat. -rsTohn Reid and Co.

The'schooner Queen left Manukau Heads .ir Hokianga at 1 p.m. yesterday. y__ * t: The i'.y Ohau left Taursnga for this port at 7.10 a.m. to-day, and should arrive here early this evening. ,

The schooner. Waiwera,*, timber, laden, from Tairua,! bound for Napier, put in at Mercury Bay for shelter on Saturday last. At Brisbane an official has been appointed whose duty it is to soe that the decks of passenger vessels are no» t overcrowded with cargo.* ;'' 'y $ | \- _, '-•,

The s.s. Clansman returned from Tau ranga on Saturday evening. Passengers Messrs Johnson, Longdill, Harvey, Skeen. arid Miss Brown. , ,

* The s.s. Glenelg arrived from .Whangarei on Sunday, evening. Passengers :—Mrs '' Ruth and family, Mrs McQuarrie, Messrs i-Ward, Jagger, and Bennett.

, * The R.M.S. Mariposa left San Francisco i ifor Auckland on the .afternoon of Friday, V»lay 7, time-table date, and is therefore duo l_o arrive here bn Friday, tho 27th inst. /• The barque Cabarfeidh arrived from 5 Dunedin on Sunday evening, after a shod /passage of about six days, during which fresh easterly and south-easterly winds i were for the greater part prevalent.

■ The Government steamer Stella left Tau raiiga for this port on Saturday, biit as sho has not yet put in an appearance here, it is concluded tliafc she has taken shelter some where. . ■,•;_./ . ■'.'•:. ;,''.'-■... ■■■'•,-•*

The R.M.S. Ruapehu loft Plymouth for New Zealand via the Cape and Hobart on the 7th inst. ' Wellington is to be her first port of call in'the colony, and she will be ¥ due there on June 21st. J* 'Mr J. Munroe, who for a long time past has filled the office' of purser on the s.s; 7 Mahinapua, has been transferred ■to • the ' U.S.S.Cpmpany's steamer Australia; -while I Mr Seigel, of that vessel, goes to tho s.s. i'Mawhera. ." , ■-. A stiff nor--eastor has been blowing since ' Saturday, and the tidos in por» have been -. .emarkably high. Shipping has sustained little or no damage, and. the casualties are /almost entirely confined to small craft, .^'xjfurther particulars appear in another ' coluan*-' '.-■■ ~...■ yy ~1 .». '"' The brigantine Oeeola left Timaru on the 2SIth ult., and had thick weather,and vari able winds till the Ist inst., southerly winds for tbe next two days, and fresh easterly •vdinds thence till arrival hero on Saturday , evening last. -, y t ■-■,■■ The China Navigation Company's steamer Taiyuan left Hongkong on the 25th! April for Sydney and Melbourne, calling at Port Darvvin. She is due at tliofdi'morporioii: the 16th inst., and is fixed ,to sail on the re-' turn voyage from' Sydney to Hongkong via usual ports on the Ist June. ....,-

THE WAIHORA.

The Union S.S. Co.'s s.s. Waihora; 2,003 tons, T. Popham, commander, arrived here to-day at 8 a.m. from Melbourne via Southern ports. She sailed from Melbourne ' on the 27th ult.. at 6 p.m., and^breasted Swan Island next day a*' 3.15 p.m. Ex perienced heavy easterly .gales fwifch high sea throughout the "passage to Blu .', where, the Waihora arrived on Tuesday, 3rd inst.',' at 7 a.m. Left again ,same ri .evening, and after calling as usual way ports and meeting . with . moderate and variable winds' and weather, sailed' from Gisborne on Sunday, Bth .insi., at 9 a.n». and had strong easterly winds and high sea to * arrival as above with •thick' weather, '■■ tiaving made the run from Gisborne in' 23 -Siours. Passengers:—Mr and-pMrs Clen- 7 dinnen, Mr and Mrs Kqhn;'Mr. arid "Mrs J. Seccombe, Mesd-ewqes Wales, Gorihg,.Leslie, and. Duder,.-Misses O'Grady,. Outhwaite, and Newby.Caji.tkff,- Pennal, Messrs H.. Smith/ Condall, ; j3mis,,if, $Mls. .i

J. Gollen, J. Jonas, Bothuno, W. Shepper son, L. Edson, C. Hoffmann, Ashley, M. Smith, E. Petter, and Hayoe, and 24 in i steerage. We are indebted to Mr J. Ness > IJKeith.'purser, for custopaary favours. *

ACCIDENT TO THE BRIGANTINE KILLARNEY.

(BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Thames, this day. The brigantine Killarney, which has finished loading a cargo of 305,000 feet, of kauri ab Blair and Gillespie's mill, mebwibh an accident to-day which will detain her hero a few days. The Rotomahana was about to tow her into bhe channel, when bhe mainsail of bhe Killarney, owing bo a gust of wind, became onbangled in tho steamer s rigging, and was torn in two.

WRECK OF THE WAITAKI.

Captain Ponnal, lato inastoi* of tho s.s. Waitaki, arrived from the South by the b.s. Waihora this morning. Somo of tho Waitaki's crow also returned by tho samo steamor ; othors aro coming on horo in tlio Ohau, and ono or two intend to romain at Wollington. Captain Ponnal cannot givo much information respect ing tho wreck of tho Waitaki addi tional to that already published. He: enys thab lie has not the slightest hopo that the steamer can bo lloated, tho damage which she sustained in going ashoro and the peculiarity of tho place whero sho strandod making any efforts in that direction almost futile. Ho fears.on tho contrary.that by this timo the Waituki may havo broken up and become a com plete wreck. Captain Ponnal speaks of tho escape of himsolf and tho crew as simply marvellous. He says that the night on which she went ashoro waa as dgrk as pitch, and although they were almost immediately under a cliff several thousand feet high, thoy never gob a glimpse of land up till the moment the steamer struck. Captain Pennal attributes tho misfortune, as previously stated in his evidence, solely to an error in his " lo"*." By tho merest chance tho Waitaki"ran into a comparatively quiet apofc, a few yards on either side of which she would havo -met almost instant destruction. She formed a sorb of breakwater, which permitted tho boats being launched, and all hands were landed, although nob without much risk. Ashoro, the shipwrecked mavinors had a rough timo until picked up by tho steamer sont from Wollington, but all wero thankful to escape with their lives in such a dangerous placo. Further particulars are merely a repetition of what has already been published in our telegraphic roports.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS,

Gairloch, s.s., McArthur, from Waitara Macgregor, s.s., Daniels, from Waitara Hawea,°s.s., Hansby, from tho South

DEPARTURES.

Queen, schooner, Jones, for Hokianga Gairloch, s.s., McArthur, for Hokianga

Tlio Macgregor, from Waitara and Wel lington, arrived at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Passengers : Mpssrs Pollock and Can*. Sho was placed on the slip this afternoon to renew her propeller blades.

The s.s. Oroti will arrive from Wanganui early to-morrow morning, and leave again samo day for Hokianga, Wangape, and Ahipara, taking a number of village settlers; also, a party from Canterbury, who have arrived, and aro en route for Hokianga.

The s.s. Hawea arrived from tho South at 9 a.m. on Sunday, with tho following pas sengers :—Mr and Mrs Poison and;child, Misses Gordon, Kissling, Robinson, and 7 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

London, May 7—The s.s. Massilia, from Melbourne on March 24, arrived at Ply mouth to-day. - . • • •

Pokt Chaljieks, this day. — Arrived : Lavinia, barque, Captain Valentine, 45 days from Mauritius, with 25,500 pockets sugar for Dunedin, and 126,328 pockets for Lyt telton. Sailed :. Waimea, barque, Captain Sinclair, for London, with 2,177 bales of wool and skins, 15 bales of leather, 172 casks of tallow, 5,026 sacks of oats', aud 1 case of sundries.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Arthur and Buddlk's Report.— Produce and fruit havo been in fair demand. Poultry has been ontored in large quantity; no improvement in prices, still thoso of good condition bring fair prices. A largo number are young and out of condition. Wo would remind those who send1 poultry for Eale of tho importance of having their namcß put on the cases, not on paper addresses, which often get torn off or destroyed by the wet; also, tho number each caso contains, as letters often como to hand after the day of salo. Pigs continue at a low price. A good number were entered. Potatoes from the South aro selling at such low prices ib is difficult to sell local grown at 2s to 2a 6d per cwt, being much inferior to those from the South. Large parcels of Southern have been sold at £2 10s, sacks included. Onions have cleared out at late prices. Pumpkins-* are in good demand. Carrots : But few to hand. Bacon : No really good entered ; the supply has been second class, and in ferior Canterbury. Cheese of good quality is in demand, but prices rule low. Butter : No first-class brought forward, but few _ buyers of second - class and inferior, of wliich there is a large quan tity. Fruit has .come to ■< hand in larger quantities than it did last * week; prices would have been much higher but for arrival of shipments from Hobarfc ; still good prices were obtained for all in good condition • some have held too long, the fruit being too ripe to stand the knocking about in transit. Those who pack ripe fruit should be careful to do so in close cases; the open batten cases injure the fruit very much. There is ah improvement in • tho demand ,' for furniture. Monday's salo of stock, of wine, tobacco, confectionery, etc., at Bodega Wine Store, Wellington-street, ,wo^' fairly well-attended Dpri'c&s .were satisfac tory. Tuesday's sale of furniture, etc., at mart: The attendance was good,; a large quantity changed hands at 'fairly good prices. Wednesday's sale of poultry, pro duce, fruit, etc., at mart: A good number present, and fair amount of business done. Pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s ; melons, 2s'; onions, f d to Id ; maize, 3s 9d ; oate, Is 9d to 2s ; potatoes: (Auckland, 2s to 2s 6d, Southern, 3s 6d ; bacon, 2£d to 6d ; Cheese, 3d to 3Jd; honey, 2d to '3d; candles, 4d; bis cuits, 4Jd; Scotch mixtures, 6Jd ;' boiled lollies, 4Jd ; fowls, . 7Jd .' to Is; bananas, l^cl to IJd ; quinces, ,l£d to 2d ; apples IJd to B£d; pears, Id to ,3}d ;_ medlars, igd ; tomatoes,^d to' lfd ; lemons,' Is 4d dozen. Friday, market day, sale of poultry, produce, fruit, groceries, at mart: There was a large attendance throughout the sale : fairly good competition : a large business done at good prices. Fowls, Is to Is 7d ; chicks, 6d to 9d ; brahmas, Is lid to 3s od ; wyandofctes, 5s each; cochins, Is 5d to-2s Id; whito Polish fowls, 4« 4d each ; golden Hamburgs, 4s Id each ; ducks,', Is 3d to Is 7d ; turkeys;" 2s id to 3s Id; feese, 2s 6cl, to. 2s 9d ; pigs, 3s 6d to 7s 6d., roduce : Piemelons, ls7dtd'2s id ; pump kins,, 3s. 2d to 4s ; potatoes,. 2s to 3s 6of; onion's, Id ;-"'cheese, IJd to 3d; bacon; 2Jd to 6d -hams,' 50 to Cd ; salt butter, 2d to 2Jd; frssh butter, 4d to 7d j "■ honey (sec

tion), 3s 9d por doz ; honey (tin), 2id,to 3d per lb ; candles',- 4d ; apples,! lid to 3d ; pears, Id to 2id; quinces,; 2M to 2icl; lemohs, sdbo Is 2d ; tomatoes, id : fig», jd.;;

Mr Edwar .'Lmtdon.reports business for the weok satisfactory. M Monday's salo, in Rata-street, Ponsonby, bhe attendance was large, tho bidding was brisk, and tho furniture, bedsteads, tables, &c, fetched very good prices. Tuesday's sale of furni ture, in the mart, was well attended. Bidding was soniewhab slow. The following are a few of the prices :—Suites, £2 10s' to £13 ; chests of drawers, £2 5s to £5 5s ; bedsteads, 25s to 48s; tables,, 18s; carpet, 2s 6d 'to 4s 61 per yard; chairs, 2s to 6s Cd, &c. Wednesday i Sale of furniture, &c. The attendance was not largo and tho goods wero sold ab very low prices. Friday : Sale of pro duce, furnibure, _c. The abbendance was large. Pobaboes, £3 to £4 15a por ton; onions, l^dper lb ; hams, 7d to 9d ; bacon, s|d to8d; cheese, 2d,to 3J; biscuibs, Si bo 5d ; lollies, 3id bo 5d ; bea, Is to la Bd ; -sugar, 2sd. Tho furniture fetched about tho somo as at Tuesday's sale. Saturday's jaalo at Arch Hill was well abtojided, bub tho bidding was vory slow and all the goods woro sold very cheap.

Hesketh, Aitken and Co. _ weekly report of sales is as follows : Poultry : Fowls, 1* to 2s 6d; dncka, Is 3d to 2a ; geese, 2b Gd. bo 4a ; turkeys, 3s to 5s ; pigeons, 6d to Is each ; young pigs, 2s Od to .% 6d ; porkers, 10s to £1. Produce : Potatoes, 3s to 5s per cwt.; onions, Id to \_\_ per lb ; cheew>/2d to 5d per lb; butter in kegs, 3d to 5d ; pats, Od to 9d per lb; bacon, 3d to Od; hams, 6d bo 9d per lb ; oabs, 2e bo 2s 9d ; make, 3s 9d to 4s Od ; wheat, 3s to 4s per bshl.; barley, 3sto3s Gdpcrbshl.; bran, os per lOOlba. Fruit: Good eating apples. 2d bo 2Jd per lb ; good cooking apples, id bo 2d por lb ; pears, Id to 3d por lb ; quinces, Id to 2d per lb; tomatoes, Id to 2d por lb. Horses, £1 bo £10 ; saddles, £1 bo £2 10s ; buggies, £10 bo £30 ; spring traps, £12 to j £20. Hides and skins sale : Cow hides, 2d to3idper lb; hoifer, 2kl bo 34d per lb ; bull hides, 2d bo 2J|d per lb ; calf-skins, 2d to 3Jd per, lb; sheep skins, Is Od to 3s each. Bones, 4s to 4s 6d per cwt.

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

MONDAY, MAY 9, 1887.

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

We notice that the Chairman af the . Board of Education intends to move at the next meeting that the resolution declining to pay half-fees for teachers at the University lectures be rescinded. Now, Aye warn Mr Luke that he is pur suing an unwise course. The sum at issue ia no doubt trifling—it appears even more trifling when thfl cost that would be thrown upon in dividual teachers is taken as the measure of ' the burden cre ated by the Board's last resolution. But upon that small stake the fate of the Training College may be decided. Some glimmering of this was given in the discussion at the meeting of the Educational Institute held on Saturday, and reported in another column. Some of the speakers openly advocted the substitution of the Uni versity for the Training College, while others could not see how teachers who attended satisfactorily to their other work could find time to attend the University lectures. The latter objection gains strength when it is mentioned that theßoard are actually paying Mr Worthington _to give a special course of instruction in the practical art of teaching on Saturday at the very time when some of the University lectures are delivered for which it is proposed to pay these half fees. But the pith of the matter is simply this: Does the curriculum of the Training College qualify for the teaching profession or does it not ? If it does, then the Board are simply misappro priating public money voted for pur poses of common school education in paying the fees of a few teachers who "are laudably ambitious to obtain University degrees. If the Training College does not qualify, then the simple course would undoubtedly be to follow the suggestion of Mr Bailey abolish tho Training College, and rely upon the University. Of course, we are perfectly sure that there i« no " if" about it. Under the direction of an * accomplished scholar and experienced teacher like the Key. E.H. Gulliver, M.A., the Training College can and does give instruction in every branch that is necessary to equip a teacher for his or her profession under the educational standards. This proposal for the payment of half University fees comes from that accursed sense of pro fusion which men are apt to feel when they are voting' away money which they have never had the trouble of raising. " What of it ?'* we hear the advocates of the vote say. "It is only £30 or £60 out of the consolidated revenue of the colony." The same thing happens again and again whon some unnecessary vote is asked. And the result will bo that when the end comes—as come it must —when per haps the Board of Education will find itself, like the Charitable Aid Board, cast upon local taxation—the district, instead of being well supplied with gubstantial school premises sufficient for tho' requirements of city and countr,«r for many years to come, will begin 'its' new life crippled through reckless administration in the days of plenty. Mr Luke, as Chairman of the Board, we presume, considers him self a friend of the system of Education, yet its worse enemy could not mora deliberately plot to bring the whole fabric down 'with a crash than he and others are doing when, in'the face of the call on every side \to retrench public expenditure, they go on doggedly' loading the colony with unnecessary pecuniary responsibilities. We hope that the Board by an emphatic vote will put an end to this motion and- all others which are con ceived in a-similar spirit of waste.

j With regard to the Training Col lege, we believe the timo has not come, nor is it likely to come for -^many years, when a properly-equipped insti tution for training teachers can bo dis pensed with. That a reduction may bo made in the emoluments of students is more than probable, but while the College does its work satisfactorily, as it is doing, it is well worth all the money that, is being spent upon it. Teachers to be effi cient, must' be properly trained, and after a method . that.,, is not followed —nor can it be followed— in.any University course. But to exist the Training College must do its work thoroughly, and the only argument for thepaymentof these University fees that would hold water is one which we are con fident Mr Luke does not intend to make a ground for his motion. The Univer sity stands in no need of aid from the common school fund. It is very well provided for, and the scale of fees is low enough to be within the reach of "any student who has the necessary enthusiasm to take, advantage of its lec tures, or. the intellectual capacity to comprehend and assimilate them.

THE ART GALLERY AND THE McKELVIE TRUST.

The munificent gift by^n at present unknown gentleman to the city of Auckland* of tho great picture of the

play scene in>V Hamlet"—to which we drew pur readers' attention on Friday evening—brings into prominence once; more the subject of the future Art Gallery of this city. We are informed that the Oity Councillors have indi vidually, if not .in solemn con clave assembled, promised that the unsold pictures of the late successful Art Exhibition shall be allowed to remain upon tho walls of the Gallery for a certain time. These Works, together with the two or three dozen Sir George Grey has added to his other splendid gifts, and some half dozen' other presentations, are all that we can at present boast of for our perennial picture show. A small beginning it is, but we think it may be supplemented at once if the Council adopt the necessary steps. The McKelvie gift of pictures is, for the present, lost to our City Gallery. The chief objection of the gentlemen who form the Picture Trust is, we are informed, the risk of fire to which the Gallery is at present exposed—a risk which, strangely enough, appears to have been overlooked by those who originally provided for officials living in the building. It is worth the considera tion of the city authorities whether stop 3 should not be taken to abolish this risk, or minimise it, by providing a dwelling for the keeper outside the main building, or isolating the present Gallery by fire-proof double-iron doors, and by other means. To expose an Art Gallery and Free Library to the risk of an ordinary dwelling as at pre sent is. unheard of in our experience. Such provision, if it would secure tho deposit of the McKelvie gift, would be well-spont money, and without it there is little doubt that the purposes of the Gallery, as shown in the schedules of tho Corporations Act of 1883, will be allowed to lapse, and the Gallery become a Town Hall in every sense of the wo*rd.

We understand that the provisions of Mr McKelvie's will, as far as the Home liabilities for legacies^ etc., are concerned, have been complied with, and that within a month or two there is a probability of the executors here receiving full power over the balance of the estate. The present state of colonial invest ments prevents the full realisation of this balance, and therefore the building of a separate gallery for the collection, and the Trust Committee must now either let the pictures continue to encumber the overcrowded space of the Museum, or. put them in their proper place, the City Gallery. The latter alternative the trustees have determined not to adopt while the present risk of fire in the Gal lery continue*; and we commend this subject to our City Fathers' con sideration. Although no doubt every precaution will be taken by the cus todian to prevent fire in that part of the building allotted to him, we quite endorse the objections pf the gentlemen of the trust. In one place a gas-burner upon tbe staircase has been placed in a position that would ensure the firing of the woodwork if a careless hand should turn it to the right or left a space of six inches. In the kitchen the iron stove is surrounded by the usualwoodenmantel-piece and "fixings" that have been the cause of so many a midnight clangour from the fire-bells of the city. With all due respect to thep gallant Fire Brigades of our city, we venture to affirm that a fire occurring in the custodian's quarters would be almost certain to spread by the wooden struc ture of the roof to the more valuable portions of the building. To say nothing of the safety of the pictures, the irre parable loss that-vwould be sustained by the 'destruction of the Grey collec tion and other contents of the Library makes it imperative that the risk of fire shall be reduced to a minimum.

The leading article on Inspector O'Swlli; van's report in our first edition on Saturday was reduced to an incomprehensible jumble by a printer's transposition. Trdm the bottom of column three, ending with the words " We have no doubt," the reader to get the right connection, must follow on with the 25th line of column four, the sen tence then reading, " We have no doubt that the perturbation within the Board will extend to the teaching profession out side." By continuing to read the passages following, on to 22nd line, the end of the transposed matter is reached, and a connec tion obtained for the top of the column. The line " easy and rather popular process of" connects with the> top line—"meeting censure with abuse." Thence (omitting the matter already read, which should have been at the top' of the column, instead of where it was placed) the article reads straight through to the end. The bungle was corrected in our later editions.

A lecture to be given to-night in St. Georg«'s Hall,N<Bwton, should prove of more than ordinary interest in view of the recent cable news that General Gordon, the hero of Khartoum, is reported to be still alive. The lecture is to be on Gordon's career, and is to be illustrated by dissolving views.,".Rev, J. S. Hill and J. K. Davis aro the lecturers, and the proceeds are to go. to the funds of Epiphany Church., ;

A work of considerable importance is now being compiled by.Mr-W. S. Pulford, of Auckland, and will shortly be published. lii is a Handbook of the New Zealand Par liament, and is intended to be a complete and accurate record of our statesmen. Mr Pulford's qualifications for this labour are so well known that already he has got orders for over 250 copies of the book from members, while the trade havo ordered about 3,000 copies. The pfiieials of.both Houses of Parliament have rendered Mr Pub ford every assistance in their power, and there is every likelihood of the work proving worthy of the colony and of great value as .a book of referene.

To the Editor : Sir,—l wish,to call at tention to the number of dead blue gum and fir trees in the enclosure opposite the Ponsonby Ciub Hotel, fiom the three lamps to Pompallier Terrace. Also several on the same property in College Hill. There is a considerable amount of traffic close to these trees, and the first gale of wind might bring some of them. down < and perhaps kill or injure someone in their fall,—yours, &c,, iWallace J. Massey. _, asusy* -.... y...:,_...

Mrs Dudley ar( j the Alexandra-streetp2?&'Jl Church yesterday even&t? S a large and attentiveS^Kill aa the subject of her ,MSI the rock at H^??fe^Sß the appeil towaWfeS^^B Ward w^^Mh cold, and in brief -WL?» ' God, givemepowertom^'^ffl Jesus, take aw»y this m people." Apparently the v*NP answered, no/'frithie^JS^fe for it was evident at ]X_ ?*&'■ the delivery of WdJ5&» was still incommoded W *« the throat." y^MJ A committee consisting ot V i Reid, H. Green and AS, SI appointed to collect snW^« land towards providinS?]fea« experimental working 41, _'m nection with the Sch _f_ Ml the Thames. About fi&ftl and Professor Brown haswf' *® about £200 to which he^ll travelling expenses., .VftaHSW are raised the Minister ofjftf. misedto give a po und f ort^|i; aml^WwUl itis-^ffif efficient plans MrA.SaiiSl treasurer te the fund. V Tho Panmure Road Di»trictd B their annual meeting at the ~-__f_\ on Monday last, when'Mr'Jote^S voted to the,chair. TWISIP showed a balance' from wf L4O 12s Id; receipts fr6m.Ji Llll 4s 4d: total, L15115H credit in bank, Ll7 L4g llilS meeting, the Panmure: Road 111 Mr Thomas Cleary being appoS man, and Mr George PenneUTiß' At the Mount Albert Road Bee on Saturday Messrs 3NelßoiQ -'' were returned, the only oils', being Mr J.: Page.!, Mr BrooKS? Returning Officer, the pollinM at the Christian Meetini? ___ North Road. - S'JY?»B The football secusonfairly ou. urday, and, despite' the '%mm there was a fair turn-out :of plkja sonby played% a practice'mat.'hi Hollow, upwards of.thirfcymeill! up. Forty members. of '.the' Gat journeyed by train and 3biis''til football ground at Epsom/.aift gaged in a practice matelM^ Albert jointly played a sciafchnta Domain, and North Shore, did & Devonport ground. It was almost impossible to twj donee of witnesses this iriofnin|fi Court owingtothecongtantrafel|i| doors, and windows: . Afgale'sS; to turn a windmill was blowing fc open window,' which' has for m been on the strike, and like nan, utterly refused'to work.':-01^' under ordinary: circumstances nfe be remedied; but in. the-.AucMaji Court nothing short of a,direct M from Wellington could gst thins repairs effected. As the Court'ros afford to wait until i comniuniatiii been received,from ; the;Einpirefit nuisance had to be endured,'npifc discomfort of those present "'£? A most enjoyable* programmjia sented at. Mr ; . PooleyV.SaEi sacred concert yesterday'alsia though it was to be'repsW Madame Pooley's' - innesis;;nazals slight alteration in. theipji The prayer from " Maritana," "iiji was rendered by the choir' in i! excellent manner, and p the;-violin (8j being quite an : acquisition, isl played, in spite of serious; indys Madame Pooley 6ang -*•* The. ISjp'i Blumenthal, beautifully, tiasW listening in wrapt attention to fer fi rendering of this ma£tetpw;ii) writing. The duet by two'd M boys, _ given ' the previoua U was repeated with - satisfacpy-fs The tenor solo,, "But THo|lff*t Leave," frem tha "Mesßiah.'^ajsSf as may be said of all'the otfefesa programme. Mr . Pooley ;'rp%s' masterly manner MehdelMi'ijft lanus March," as an organ-sola""'1-' Judge Gillies was-in.tße:Ei»| the earthquakes, and writing-"tosira Rothesay (Scotland):! he^BJi: daughter and Ihavejusfc.^jid^gw perience in "earthquakes.. jat Nice on Tuesday morning tg w f day of the Carnival there, wMcEwj very much, being well-' peppered 4 fetti, and saw the grand firework at We remained there that nigl4,|» woke up in the morning' by the j» the hotel falling dowri>bpufc btfw everything rolling and rocking* at sea. When we dressediMtS we found the whole population:■ streets—some in night dreiSK,» blankets, some in their maiquw of the night beforeivsoms.'sftW or vociferating,1 some! in ** some carrying bird ,cages i m^W ldog«; plaster down .in _\_M: cornices from. the /houses m« cracked.' This was a MttW tho morning. We took. |*W ing ab the damage', done,:..-« managed to. get some bread^W coffee in a smoking-room, andaw would be little chance of g«»B? breakfast we started, off home,tt« at 8.38. As we walked up »«! sligh shock occimred. which « who remained ih "their housei« arrival here we found nodamag^ miles off, at a UttlcviUags, twWl killed and some woundecl;by,aß| falling and smashing ; insom«D^ went out, and saw. it.;n«t | "quake' has been much.;^ farther., along the. coast;.but-| have made the most.of. it-;y£& few lines- so that you mMM we have been swallowed, f% '•"quake."' \ "■':„" >? At the Newmarket Wesleya'ng terday, the anniversary or tn* Sunday-school- was celebrate^; services delivered, .morning .. , •$ The Rev. A. Reid preached. % arid the :.i*&mgm noon, and again at 0.0U...-«■"» x^ in connection with theV^«g school-wUlbcbldon^^i 6.30. It'i S .xp6ctedthatse\«ai:» will then address those pr**'" 1*- The two performances.gh' 811 -X don Circus Company,"*" tm h Hall oh ■'Satui-day.were oag ]( largely attended;-!. u««lg| wonder Commodore.^Tiiiffi' horses, under the,.tuition «|-j elicited the greatest :^ Mr Frank Jones was'betfto^agg his daring act of turning »^« ;thV one horse placed 29^.^1.1 board, called a . f(^nb^ a change of progrßm^W .j^ when the-same'gentleg;^ guns and bayonets. '■L^ n - y Y eJ Lt'week,-and: thow^f?^ nessed it should notlau..^^pili prices have been reduced to W ■ viz.;3s, 2s and Is.' •s * ■_. *. •* MrJohn;Earivtli»,^ oli{ iiu» peoples tea blender, 18^ tract (by ;some onchantog-. g m quantity of purchss^*. advertisement';>PP^|f|||| andiri these harstime,s lßM l thrifty:housewives;^^ . in himself a most ; en»-^ jop suppose withhis good teak . ,^, and success. p -<i"-i'-i'tot! » SuEL L»Br^B^/^' pats delivered to the " freezing Com^nysW 8' '..

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' A CARD DR. LEGER ERSON, Parnell (lake Dr. Qoldibro'B rosldenoc). attends for Con- Biiltation: At Home, 8 to li a.m., and i p.m. Aickin's Pharmacy, Queen-street, 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p.ia.; Saturday, Panmuro and Otahuhu. Tolophone 176. "DURE CALF LYMPH. A supply has been receivod by mall, and ohildren oan b« vaccinated dally at Messrs King and Son's, Chemists, Qucon-etroot. DYSPEFJDICS are likely to acquire tho habit of using Stimulant as a temporary roliof to digestion. Thoy aro thus led to take more fluid and less solid food tban is natural, and in othor instances thoy tako more of both kinds than can bo hoalthily assimilated. This generally results ln flatulency after meals, in tondenoy to sleep, and indoleuco of mind and body. In fact it leads to tho symptoms which, undor the varied names of biliousness, nervous ness, lossitudo, and indigestion, aro so exten sively known. Dyspepsia, whether arising from functional dobility, or acquired through habits of lifo or dietary customs injurious to tho con stitution, can bo safoly romedied by.using specific vegetablo ouratlvos. Podophyllin ana taraxacum are tha best, and form the basis of Aickin's Liver Stimulant, which ia specially calculated to moot tho case of chronio dyspoptics. Price 2s Gd por bottle. T> E S T VALUE. DIRECT FROM THK MANUFACTURERS. BLINKETS, 'P'LA.N-NBLB, .VELVETEENS, &0., AT \VILLIAM It. BRIDG>IAN'S. 150 Pairs Blankets, 'n all qualities and makes, from Is lid per pair. Mosgiel; Kaiapoi, Wellington Blankets. 2,000 yards Now Flannel, ln all makes. English and Colonial exceptionally cheap strong Flannel, 7Jd; do., 32in. wide, Hid. In DRESS GOODS, now showing a splendid variety for tho presont Sooson, consisting of about 15,000 yards, having been bought ln large quantities at a heavy discount. Those calling early will get the best choice, and well repay attention. Ulster Cloths, 48in. wide. Is lOd; splendid assortment.New Trimmings in chock and striped Plushes and Velveteens; New Umbrollas. good linos, 2a 0d; Ladies' New Ulsters, Mackintoshes, and Fur Capes; large assortment of Boys', Youths', and Mon's Mack intoshes, from 12s Cd, best value. A great many job lines in DRAPERY and CLOTHING, which will be found much under usual value. Strong Winceys, wide width, IJd yard. Crotonnes, bpught job, 25 per cent, under usualprloc. ball at. 288, UPPER QUEEN STREET, and you will got the best valuo for your monoy. ■ XKTILL OPEN ON MONDAY. RUSSELL'S COFFEE PALACE AND'"'. - ■ : ■" "! '~7".7 LUNGHEON ROOMS, NEXT BANK OF NEW iJKALAND, Opposite Aickin, the Chemist. Best Cup ov Cofpeh - 2d Best Cup ov Tea - - - - iID i -Best Cup ov Cocoa - J(p CO LD -L U N CHE ON 8 MODERATE PRICES, TO SUIT THE TIMES. CHEESE ! CHEESE 1! CHEESE !!! ". Wanted! Known, you can got good Choose at 3Jd. por lb. and upwards, fob cash, at FREDK. WHITEHEAD'S, '" 95? VICTORIA-STREET. w. j. h •■\Hzir_ ' & b6. B. J. ESAM and A. 11. GRAINGER having purchasodfrom tho Public Trustee (tlio Executor under tho Will pf the late W. J. Hurst) the Good- Will, Stock'in-Trade, BookDobts, etc., of the old established business of W. J.! Hurst and1 Co. p Grain, Seed, Produce, and Artificial Manure Merchants, will trado under tlio same style and name, and will continue .the business as hereto: f0rp.',;,..";, " .4/-, y.:. H y , \k, AU Outstanding Acoounte are requested,to be paid f ortwlth, ,*» j W./J. HURST & Q,o.' - : ON: BALE.;, ,' y,/ SEEDS- ~i : ; ,.u- I Of ■ i New Season's' Clovers and Natural Grasses Rye Grass and Cocksfoot (In varloty) Turnip and Mangold Sooda MANURES- ' ' '"' Bonedust (flno and 1-lnoh) ~ ( Superphosphates (various grades) ._ Nitrate of Soda • :' Sulphate of Ammonia - Potash, Kalnot,etc.,eto. ''"j'. S(T "'' Poruvian Guano GRAIN- Seed and Food of all descriptions' Flour, Oatmeal rtjg, Bran, Sharps, n ,,,.«,.t .■**. ***»»*»« fr * .*w«,i *y 7.. Table and C9arse Salt "' ' .> :i /*' • ■■-••>--*'''TablePoWoes 6sKo*',ifel. i""*t *«** .*'*> ' &c.,, &p„, &o. t\_ '7;..':7yy W, ~ HU%. T* & C 0., [ ~,..,. QUE ..^STREET, AUOKLAND, 1 7 ■'.'■ .-..;, . U.'.'i',-. . t :-. • : -.! fiH_ .:,.■'. .... ,-'yy!



BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR . ■ PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES ■ } t ':%% AUCTION.



TTALF-PRICE LACE CURTAINS^ c jrj 200 Pairs at GARLICK AND CRAN WSLIIS. __——. — 1 ATENT SPRING ROfXERWINDOW = BLINDS, from 8s 6 d.-GARLICK AND CRANWELL. '__— - MADRAS MUSLIN CURTAINS, at HtUf-priee, now being sold by GARLICK AND CRARWELL. TRON BEDSTEADS, slightly damaged ; . i very cheap. A few left at GARLICK AND UKANWBLL'S. _____——. (STRONG CANE CHAIRSTfrom 3s 9d. Q At GARLICK AND CKANWMLL'S. TAPESTRY CARPETS, from Is 6d per yard. At GARLICK AND CRAN -VVKLL'B. . EINOLEUM, from 2b 8d por yard. .. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL 3. FERAMBULATORS from 12s to £5. At GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S. , TCTAPOK DOWN BEDS, greatly re- : XV dnc«. in price, by GARLICK AND CI&NWELL. EDDING of all kinds ready for deli very. BIa»koto, SheeU, QullU, etc., otc, HALF - TESTER, fRENCH, AND STUMP BEDSTEADS, at prices to suit*' the times.—G. &C. _____________! ILCLOTHS, from Is per yard. Cash price.—GARLICK AND CKANWELL. HOUSES FURNISHED THROUGHOUT. DJNING AND DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE. BEDROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE* CHURCH AND OFFICE FURNITURE. GARLICK AND CRANWELL'S IS THE CHEAP FURNISHING HOUSE IN AUCKLAND BETTER BUY NEW GOODS AT OUR PRICES THAN FAULTY ONES AT AUCTION. Jc r. 9 r, n g a c k s FOR SALE BY W. S. LAURIE & CO. SEED AND MANURE MERCHANTS, CUSTOMS STREET, AUCKLAND. r\ A T M E A L. ASK YOUR GROCERS FOR MOIR & CO.U PRONOUNCED TO BE HE BEST OATMEAL IN THE MARKET. A DAM J AYBOURN & £JO„ AUCKLAND, NEW CIOVKRYB6st Enombh Seem, from" > James Carter & Co., NEW .TURNIP) . ,rThO ftueon's Seedsmen. RYE GRASS. COCKSFOOT, and NATURAL GRASSKS. All now Seeds. Fencing Wire at Reduced Prices. TTiRAPERY STOCK, FROM NEWTON, TO BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Wo ha*vc Bought this day tho DRAPERY AND FANCY GOODS STOCK Of Mr James Doherty, Karangahape Road Newton, and . REMOVED IT TO OUR PREMISES, Junction of Queen and Groy-stroots, whero wo will hold a C H £A P S A L E THREB WEEKS, W and TEJi I SELL IT OUT AT ABOUT HALF PRICE. DRESSES AT HALF PRICB MANCHESTER GOODS AT HALF PRICE MILLINERY AT HALF PRICE HATS, TIES, Etc., AT HALF PRICE UNDERCLOTHING AT HALF PRICE CORSETS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE DRESS TRIMMINGS ai,T HALF PRICE LACES FROM TWOPENCE PER YARD. JACKETS. JERSEYS, ULSTERS, ETC., ■ ALL AT HALF PRICE FOR CASH. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. Our MIBSDEMPSEY will mako up Drcssos, etc., Bought at tha Salo at a Cheap Rate; so that customers can have Fashionable Dresses at merely nominal prices. W. & J. BEEHAN & CO., THE "CASTLE" DRAPERY HOUSE, JUNCTION QUEEN AND GREY STREETS. -, .. j *'~"",' ■- ''< ".' ' ' ' " ****■ ■ "W" A; NT E D. We wish our namo connocted in your mind •with TEA, bocaiiso we aro the only firm in Auckland dealing, in nothing but TEA, and at our Establishment, 207, Queon-stroot, may bo seen samples of TEA, from every Tea-growing Country in the World. . ■ , .• Wo haTo TEA from India— TEi from China! J' y";j_ TEA from Japan TEA from Jaya /; TEA from Ceylon TEA from FIJI TEA from Formosa " TEA in Chosts , TEA in Half-chests TEA in Quarter-chests TEA in Boxes | TEA in Caddies TEA in Tins . TEA in Packets. And as we devote our whole time to TEA and TEA-TASTING, we can give tea-drinkcrg bettor value for their money than they can get any where else. - £ • Any storekeeper may of course mix his tea . accovding to tho prico paid for thorn and the profit he requires, but only the.skilful tea ex- Pert can properly proportion the peculiar characteristics of each tea, and so produce a Gonuine Blended Tea. grateful to the palato and refreshing to the nervous system. This we claim to be able to do, and our Pure Blended Teas have become a source of pleasure to our numerous customers all over New Zealand. f ,: %.... Post Officii Box 206, v Affents wanted whqfo'noi already (ffopuaaentod' ' JMI .EARLE _ CO., J?j !■;'::. TEA- MBROHANTS," .1. \.._J y... :. 207, Q^^N-STRIET, AUCKLAND. 7 ■"■■ " " EeTABWSHffID 1880. ..



■VTOTICB OF_ REMOVAL. MR. T. TRATFORD, SURGEON DENTIST, : nrwiro* to inform hi» Pationt* «,nd Friends that he hSTremov^rom Wakefi«ld-.treot to more central offloes Qubhw-Stiuwt^ «w■*£ Wayte's, Bookseller, opposite Wyndham-streei. Hours from nine a.m. till Aye p.m.