SHIPPING.

SrtfSET—This evening. 6.16. Sunrise—To-morrow mormntr. 5.12. jioox's Age-Eirst Quarter, 24th iu5t.,5.25 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

AuoKT.ANn.— This evening, 8.30; to-morrow morninpr. 8.50. Manukau Heads.—Tina evening. 11.10: to morrow moininer, 11.30. Kaipaka HEADS..- This afternoon, 12.10; to morrow morning, 12.30.

ARRIVALS.

Gleneig, s.s., from Parengarenga.

DEPARTURES.

Manapouri, s.s., for Sydney Bellinger, s.s-, for Whangarei Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Rotomahana, from Thame?, Thursday,

noon Enterprise, from Thames, Friday, 4 a.m. Coromandel, from Coromandel, teaturday, 0 p. m.

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED..

jZealandia, ship, left London July 23 Lurline, ship, left London for Kaipara, via Dtuiedin, July 25 ■ on ■\VaiUato, ship, from London ; sailed Au£. 3\ Canterbury, ship, left London Sept. 15 Waitnngi, ship, from London, loading May Queen, ship, from London Margaret. Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow

July 1 Himalaya, bq.', from Liverpool Rosedale, from Middlesborough, for Kaipara Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttol ton ; sailed June 20 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New lork

.Tilly 27, via Lyttelton Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from

New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, left New York

Sept. 8, via Wellington Deutchland, barque, from New \ork, via Wellington, to sail 20th inst. Star of the East, from Dunedin Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Louie, schooner, from a cruise.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Rangitiki, ship, loading for London Three Cheer.?, sehK, for Sydney, loading Australia, b.s?., for East' Coast, to-day, 5 p.m. Tarawera, s.s., for South, Thursday, noon "Wanaka, s.s. (Onehunga), for .South, Friday

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Manapouri—23 kegs and cases butter, 14 cases bee appliances, 891 sacks maize, 155 ke»s and tierces beef, 10 barrels pork, 400 pieces timber, 200 sacks sharps, 67 sacks coeoanuts, 6 cases bacon, 24 pack ages cheese, 27 bales fungus, 28 packages doors, 22 sacks and 3 cases metal, 430 cases meats, 4 sacks seeds, 195 packages sun dries, and cargo from Southern ports.

Per schooner ISlaile: 23 cases kerosene, 30 mats sugar, 5 boxes tea, 3 packages to bacco, 34 cases tfsh, 9 canes milk, 113 kegs beef, 136 .sacks Hour, 104 crates biscuits, 58 cases meats, 39 cases onions,'l7s cases pota toes, 800 bricks, 16 kegs of butter, 16 boxes soap, 550 feet mouldings, 19,140 feet timber, 175 boxes box boards, 3 cases spades, 30 sheep, 22 cases preserved mullet, 6 cases mineral waters, 92 packages hardware, 61 packages drapery," etc., 109 packages sun dries.

" The brigantinc Camillo left Sydney for tlie Kaipara on the 9th inst.

The cuttor Wanderer brought a cargo of lime from Mahurangi this morning.

The sf.it. Bellinger left for Wliangarei yesterday evening with a full list of passen gers and Svell patronised ivifcli cargo.

The brijjantine Stanley was taken along side the Railway" 'Wharf this morning , to ship water, and this evening she is to sail.

The schooner Maile removed out into the stream last night, and to-day she takes her departure for the Friendly Islands with a general cargo.

The s.s. Glenelg came in early this morn ing , from Parengarenga with 62 head of cattle. She discharged the cattle into the bargeOrakei, and tlienberthed at theQuecn street Wharf.

The steamer Blanche cleared out at the Customs yesterday for the Waikato river, the captain, James McKenzie, filing the certificate of the engineer that she was complete and fully equipped to proceed there via the North Cape.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

RrrssKLL, this day.—Arrived : Manapouri \ViiAJf(JAREI) this da>. —Arrived : Bell inger and Wellington, from Auckland. Taukanoa, this day.—Left: lona, for Auckland. Waitaka, 18th.— Gairloch left for One hnnga. New Plymouth, 18th.— Arrived : Roto rua, from Onehunga. Lytxkltox, October 18.—Arrived: Barqne Launceston, from London. Lyttklto.v, October 18.—Arrived : Lang holme, barque, from London. Pout Chauiers, Ootober 18.—Sailed : S.s. Ohau,'for Auckland, via way ports; s.s. H'awea, for the North.

Sydney, October 18,—Anivecl: Tfae Alamerla. from Auckland.

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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1887.

For the cause that lacks assistance, Por the wrong that needs resistance, Tor the future in the distance, And tkt good th»t we can do.

We are glad to learn that the move ment in favour of completing the Trunk Railway to Taranaki before going on with the line through to Marton has been enthusiastically sup ported throughout the city. The

petitions In the House are being rapidly signed up, and if our mem bers press the matter vigorously and let the Government see that they are in earnest and mean at any cost to get justico, they are certain to carry their point. On our third page to-day, we give a telegraphic summary of an article published by the " Hawera Star,"' which shows what scant justice the Stratford route received from the Public Works Department when the matter was before the Parliament ary Committee. Its merits never re ceived fair play, and there is ample proof in the report of the Engineer-in- Chief for 1887, recently laid before Parliament, that the North is still being most unfairly treated even in connection with the construction of the central line. The questions put by Mr Monk relative to the contracts entered into for roads in the Wanganui district and for snagging tho Upper Wangauui river will, wo believe, lead to some in teresting revelations in this con nection. Enough, however, is disclosed in the report of the Engineer-in-Chief to show that, Avhile the objection of want of funds has been urged against any proposal to connect Taranaki by road with the Trunk Railway, ample funds have been found for the con struction of roads at the Southern end of the Trunk Railway. The report remarks : " Tho country traversed by the main trunk line is altogether unsettled and difficult of access. It was therefore necessary to open up roads and tracks in various directions to facilitate the survey and construction of tho railway." It then proceeds to enumerate the roads that have boen made with this alleged object. At the Northern end all that the Government have dono is the bridging of tho Puniu River, and an approach-road made, of about half a mile in length, from the district road near Kihikihi, also a branch, 4 miles long, from the main road south of the Puniu to Kawa station. But the roads in the Southern districts are a very dif ferent afi'air. We had better quote the words of the report : —

Tho Ongaruhe, a branch of the Wanganui River, is navigable for canoes to Te Koura, 16 miles from J'oro-o-tarao ; and a dray road has been made to the Wahnaha Plain, 14 miles up the valley from To Koura,

A draj'-road has been set out from the Upper Wanganui Valley at Totaratiatin, live miles above Taumaranui, to tho Waimarino Plain, a distance of 23.J miles.

Before the commencement of the railway surveys the only communication between the vVaimarino and .Muriinotii Plains for horse-trailic was round R-uapehu. Now a direct road is in course of construction on the western side of the mountain. Jt has been graded as a dray-road, but is only formed at. first as a horse-track. Tbe dis tance between the two open plains in 24i miles. There are large bridges of a total length of 505 ft. at the Makatoke and Man panui-a-tc-ao: they are made for dray traffic. With the exception of those bridges, which are well advanced, the road is perfectly complete.

From Ohakunc, a point on the Wai marino—Murimotu, a branch road is in course of construction to Pipiriki, on the Wanganui River, a distance of 25 miles. The road is of the same character as the one jujtt described, and in much thesamestate of progress. Three large streams crossed have been bridged—total length, 175 ft.

At the south end of the Main Trunk Rail way a Kervice-road has been made from Pukeore, near Huntervillc, to the Hnutapu Valley, a distance of 22 miles. It also is graded for dray-traflic, but formed as only a horse-track. Detached pieces have also been made at difficult places up the Han tapu River. This road will be finished through in a few months—in fact, it may be expected that there will be no difficulty next summer in riding along tho whole railway route from Mutton to Te Awamtitii. A survey is in progress, and nearly com plete, of the continuation of the dray-road from Napier to Murimotu. The distance from tho Rangitikei to where the railway is struck at Turangarere is abou!< 28 miles. A small section, 60 chains in length, of the worst part is in course of construc tion. The above statement gives tho present position of the roads undertaken in con nection with the railway, and includes works done prior to the 31st March, 1886. Tho principal works done since that date are the northern approach to the Puniu Bridge, $ mile ; Upper Wanganui Valley to Waimarino, miles; Waimarino to Muri motu, miles ; Pukeore to Hautapu, and in Hautapu Valley, 10J; miles ; Pipiriki to Ohaknne, 16 miles; Rangitikei towards Turancrnrore, f mile ; total, 75ij miles.

{/JUBAKIM! Wa.WANUI RIVER.—Afc the end of last year a channel had been cleared a.? far as the Kaiwaka rapid, 40 miles above Wanganui. The Mataiwi and Karatia rapids, which occur between the 43 and 44 miles, were not, however, cleared to the full width* I'' ie river is now cleared all the way to Pipiriki, 56£ miles, except at one place, the Tβ Puha rapid, afc 55 miles, and this also would have been done had the river continued low a fortnight longer. The work can only be done when the river is at its summer level, from December to March. In addition to snags, large quantities of boulders and rock have been removed from the rapids, necessitating the use of a Priest man dredge and dynamite.

The clearing of the rapids to Pipiriki, the establishment of a steamei on the river, and the construction of the road from Pipi riki to Waimarino and Murimotu will be important factors in settling the interior of the North Island.

The object of these works is mani festly to open up the Northern parts of Wellington Provincial District, while, beyonda reconnaissance survey,nothing has been done to bring Taranaki and the rich districts of the West. Coast into direct connection with the rail way from which they were so wrongfully cut off. The survey of the road from Stratford to the central line shows that the distance would bo 73 miles, and the cost for formation ,£45,900; for gravelling, or a total of ,-£7i>, 100. We think these facts are sufficent to show the strong bias of the Public Works Department in favour of Wellington, and the imperative necessity for decisive action by the Auckland members to protect our interests. To provo further how injurious it will be to the colony if the through traffic is immediately diverted from the Wanganui line and another non-paying railway, 210 miles long, is set up in com petition with the existing Government line, it is only necessary to refer to the traffic returns for the year ending March, 1887, on the Taranaki-Wanganui

railway. The 191 miles de scribed generally as the " Wanganui Section," even assisted as it is now by the through trade, received a smaller revenue per train mile than any other railway in New Zealand (Pictou alone excepted), and its expenditure absorbed 89*56 of the receipts. Tho colony, therefore, has already to bear the interest upon 191 miles of railway, which cost £1,368,229 to construct, and which does little more than pay working ex penses. Is it also to bear the loss of another 210 miles of railway, at a cost of j£1,500.000, merely in order that Wellington merchants may be saved from the risk of having to compete with Auckland for the Tara naki trade 1 That is the proposal which the Wellington " Post" _ coolly submits to its readers, and that is what so far the Southern members, despite the earnest protest and appeals of Auckland, have been induced to sanc tion.

AID TO MINING INDUSTRY.

The Committee appointed at the re cent joint meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Brokers' Association to inquire into the best means of prospecting and developing the Thames Goldfields have prepared a report on the subject, and a printed copy has been forwarded to each mem ber of the House of Representatives. The recommendations are that Govern ment should be asked to place on the estimates for assistance of drainage at deep levels and testing by means of rock drills; also for cutting prospectors' tracks. There is also a suggestion that a bonus, aparc from the sum of £\ 0,000, be granted for the discovery of the best means for the economic reduction of our ores, pay ment to be by results, and the machinery and modus operandi to become the pro perty of the Government upon similar lines as those laid down in a scheme recently adopted by the Mexican Go vernment. This scheme, which takes the form of an act of the Congress of the Mexican Republic, empowers the Executive to acquire by purchase ; a process adapted for the treatment of gold and silver ores, the process to satisfy the following conditions : —

I. The loss in the process of reduction shall not exceed two per cent, of the metal contained in the ore.

IX. The cost of reduction shall not exceed three dollars per ton of ore. 111. The price of the machinery and ap paratus necessary to reduce one thousand tons of ore per month shall nob exceed six thousand dollars.

It is also provided that a special patent of 25 years' duration shall be granted to the inventor, or to the Com pany establishing the process in the country, and the Executive, in making the contract, is empowered to exact the following conditions :—

I. The apparatus and machinery shall be constructed in the country.

11. The Company shall sell its machines to all who may desire to purchase them with a view of using them in the Republic, and the price shall not exceed that" men tioned in Article 1 ; also the Company shall furnish a guarantee that the cost of reduc tion and the loss of metal in the process shall not exceed quantities stipulated in the same article.

111. The Company shall not charge any person who may desire to use its process within the Republic a greater amount than that which may be stipulated in the con tract (with tho Executive).

We are glad to observe from the tone of the report that our mining magnates have got over the " petty retail ideae " which have so long hampered the pros pect of beneficial results accruing from their deliberations. Mr Luks, who re cently visited the works at Frieberg, Germany, assures us that the offering of a bonus will induce German mineralogists and capitalists to give full attention to our wants. Pros pecting by boring from the bot tom of the Big Pump shaft is also most desirable. We remember years ago hearing the late Mr H. A.

Severn, an undoubted authoritj , , pre dict that no payable gold would be got at the 640 feet level, as the stratum was hostile to the deposition of the precious metal. He recommended that sinking should be continued until a more favourable class of country was reached, when he expressed his confi dence that payable gold would be found in the reefs. Since Mr Severn's de parture from New Zealand thousands of pounds have been spent in exploring the 640 level, and so far as we can learn not an ounce of gold has been found, though reefs were abundant. The boring recommended by .the Committee would demonstrate to what depth the present barren change extends, and if a promising stratum were found at anything less than 1,000 feet the desire to explore under favourable circumstances for the down ward continuation of the magnificent Caledonian, Shotover, and Golden Crown shots of gold would, we feel certain, provide plenty of capital for the purpose. Given a moderate pros pect to begin with, and the ultimate chance of unearthing the fabulous riches that lay under Tookey's Flat, there will be money galore for deep level exploration at the Thames.

THE LONDON UNEMPLOYED

That Socialistic doctrines are making marked progress in England is proved by tho news received from London to day recording the threatening attitude assumed by the unemployed workmen of the metropolis. To the number of four thousand, they met at Trafalgar Square. on Moi day, and after listening to inflammatory harangues by their leaders, this vast crowd attempted to march into-the city, with tho object of enforcing, in some way their peremptory demand for "bread

or work j ,, but the metropolitan pblice { had been mustered in force to prevent j such a movement, and after a smart j brush with the mob, succeeded in turning them from their purpose and dispersing them to their homes. What the vast concourse of hungry men would have done had they been allowed to take possession of the wealthy thoroughfares of the city of London is not difficult to imagine; the experience of recent riots has not been forgotten, and on the present oc casion a portion of the crowd that got off unmolested in the direction of Buck ingham Palace with the wild intent to ask Her Majesty for work, plundered public-houses and shops on their way. Alarmists arc fond of picturing in lurid colours the' invasion of England, and the pillage of her proud capital by a foreign army; but the sack of Lon don by Londoners is a much uglier and more imminent probability. Only elaborate precautions prevented that probability being converted into an actuality on Monday last, and it may be taken for granted that the difficulty has not been finally disposed of by such a slight trial of strength. Bread riots have unfortunately been known in England in earlier times. They seem to be the inevitable result of acute industrial crises in large cities —the last passionate appeal against the merciless law of nature which, if not modified by humane enactments, would result in thousands perishing of famine. That English legislation and practice in regard to cases of general and exceptional distress are still im perfect, is amply proved by the presence of the Socialistic spectre in London. True, an Act of the reign of Good Queen Bess laid down the principle that it was the ultimate duty of the State to feed and clothe the destitute; but the principle is unsound and in practice unworkable. The Poor Law Act is so hedged around with conditions and limitations that the relief of the able-bodied unemployed is practically left to private benevolence. The modus opcrandi was exemplified at London on Monday. A depu tation was sent to the Lord Mayor, but in response to their demand for employment, they were referred to the workhouse autho rities. This is strictly en regie. On the Poor Law Guardians is thrown the responsibility of seeing that nobody in their district perishes of hunger; but no relief is granted to able-bodied applicants until what is called "the workhouse test" has been ap plied. That is to say, the sincerity of the desire for parochial aid is tested by the starving people being told that " the house" is open to them, but unless they agree to enter nothing can be done for them. As this means not only degradation, but forcible separation from wife and family, no man with a spark of self respect will accept of it —the result being, as Aye have said, that the State, in effect, shirks its duty and compels the hungry multitude to seize the food required for themselves and dear one?.

This sort of tiling cannot always last. Englishmen should be ashamed to allow the soldiery to cut down their fellows who only claim their natural right to exist. They must not be frightened at a name. It is perhaps Socialism, pure and simple, to admit the right of the State to give honour able and adequately remunerative em ployment to men whom a cruel trade depression is crushing to death, but the only alternative is anarchy and whole sale slaughter. The time has happily gone by when men of sense and feeling believe that war is the best means of reviving trade, by cutting off a few hundreds of thousands, and making things brisker for the survivors. A new and better era has dawned, but social legislation still lags behind the enlightened feeling of the age. . The English Government must learn that even the wholesale emigration of the people is not the best solution of the labour difficulty. Diametrically op posed though it is to all their traditions and ideas, the ruling class will have to actively recognise their duty to provide employment in periods of temporary trade paralysis, so that the country shall neither be depleted of its bone and muscle, nor have a permanent source of disaffection nourished in its borders.

It was stated at the meeting of the Har bour Board yesterday' afternoon that the dredging of Auckland Harbour costs at the rate of about £6,000 per annum. Some of the members seemed to consider the ex penditure far too large for the results achieved. Mr Henderson objected strongly to wasting the spoil after going to such an expense to raise it. He suggested the ad visability of having punts built of such a description that the silt might be carried to the reclamation walls in large boxes, and there raised by means of a crane to a height from which, when discharged, the spoil would naturally flow down to a level, and thus carry out reclamation works after the water had become too shallow to allow the punts to be towed in to discharge the silt.

A movement, is on foot to start a cemetery on the eastern side of the city, the reason for this being; that many feel that Waiko miti is too far out of the way for residents 01 Paniell, Newnmvkefc, and sunounding dis tricts. It is the intention of a private syn dicate to purchase a block of land and lay it out as a domain, and thus afford a ceme tery of easy access to residents on the eastern side of the city. Of course, the arrangements will be subject to the ruling of the various local bodies interested, ana in order to carry out the plan, it will be necessary to have a bill passed through Parliament empowering the company to have a private burial ground. The idea seems a good one, provided that the site of the cemetery is sufficiently removed from the centres or population to prevent any danger occurring to the living. Mr Michael Tobin, a well-known and highly respected resident of Pnkekoho, died on Friday, the 14th inst. That de ceased was held in the highest esteem by all his neighbours and acquaintances was fully shown by the large number who at tended his funeral, winch took place on Sunday last, He was attended his illness, by,the Rev. Father iMeManus. Deceased leaves a wife and large family to mourn his loss.

The Auckland OroTeW^ sss^ mi • , .. '•"ttilu last evening, the in ■ olsC <>m!niS at ? change; but it^KOT^J market in view of g H«unh. Further conrfder^j! the next meeting of the To the Editor: Sir-If'. » and whams during Si ntha6 N 8 ing up m ignorance as weffi Very many of th ese indicating considerable they but enjoy the opportiS JS?** seem passing that K1 these should thus be allowed Z!?? !t ? streets day by day.-la^jytb A peculiar application was mad* ,*«.' Police Court this mornin £ »«*- Napier asked that a '/• should be issued agalnsfS » The application, singular, because-the the ordenvas sought conßentStXft 1 made; m factJe was oneof h pcS most desirous of getting it. gBR? is a young manias placed box, and stated thathlwas agreffiX orderbeitigmade. He hadWaww • forsometW.andhisbittft sequently suffered, His, Wanhipfflß order accordingly. fuuwettj! The ladies and gentlemen '■ of V Sepulchre's Sunday-school and their fcieJi Save the usual monthly teato the S of the Upper Refuge last evening. I£ justice had been done to the: good thW provided, a very enjoyable musical £ gramme was successfully carried;out,^A ; gift of tobacco from-a ! greatly appreciated. : . At the meeting of the Harbour Board' yesterday the Secretary .of the bnore and Auckland Ferry Company noti fied the Board that it was the intention: of the Company to commence running tlie Eagle next Saturday. received from both the rival coinpaniesto ply to the new ferry tee. As the xvafe is' yet too shallow at the tee to allow of it-M» used, it was decided to hold over theappli--' cations until dredging operations had beat concluded at the tee in question, ■ Meari while the Harb6ur Master was instructed fo make temporary arrangements for thebertH ing of the new steamer. ' : ■ The Hon. Treasurer of the Auckland Benevolent Society (Mr C. C. MeMiM acknowledges with, thanks the sunioffffi Is lid (per favour.of His Worship the Mayor) from tlie Ladies' Committee of t& Queen's Eund, with the -request ," : That money be appropriated By the Soctefryiw the relief of all classes of women in dii« tross. :, ~ ..,;,.. ■,■ ,; ■ . t v-,y ,•. : The members of the AujoWandLiedei'tffil held their usual fortnightly practice atßoi son's Rooms on Friday evening last. Tlk society is gradually, iorcingats way into notice, and will Boon, we hope, ran* amongst the leading musical societies in j Auckland. An idea lias gained enmity that intoxicating 'liquors are introduced ai these meetings." This is not" true, for; although members are allowed to smote after nine o'clock, nothing stronger to watei is permitted tobedrunkinthowv room. Mr Baxter officiated as leader at last Friday's practice. The ronsonby Band ol Hope held *if monthly public entertainment on Monday evening, Pastor J. D; Gilmore in thechiiir. A splendid address was given by^hfl.cta , man in opening the; meeting,- The follow ino- programme was then gone turoughTO credit to the periomiers,:--P« duet, by Misses Scott; recitation, Master A. Stanford; piano solo, MissTluhimen recitation, Annie Crofts; r reading JW Grinrod ; recitation; Master De :Um\ •son-, Miss K. Edmiston; ,re e « Muter A. Patterson Bigelow; recitation Jliss,G« PJj solo, M. Maxwell; address, MrA\hite!aff, pZ'o duet, Misses Withers ™k * and piano accompaniment,-M»« AJJ" g Griow. A vote of thanks and the ben* Soniroughfa y*j mm* close. This Band of Hope is do ng goM thus strengthen the cause, foe of our sunny isles. ■:

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mO PROSPECTORB. LAND-OWNERS JL . AXD OtHERS. In order to encourage the dove?ornnenf of the mineral resources orinis colony, the unde reigned ,ba3 made arrangements to Assay samples of, <$ftftst*, Of any substances •■ supposed to contain Gold or Silver, at the following rates :•- Single assay, 7s 6d; three, assays, Uβ; lewt i tests, £2. J. it. WITHEFOFJ), Shortland -street, ■•-,■ ■ , ■ ■ Auckland. . rpmz '/;tiAMEs county council «. -* •'' • Have deposited at P.i J H WrrilEFOllD'S "OFFICE, - •"■ SnOKTLAXD-STKEOTV A. COMPREHENSIVE I'LAN . OF THE TH-A.MES GO LI) FIELDS, % O"elher'with particulars of libeml concessions tii'"Council have decided to make, with a view to encourage the introduction of English capital. Air Witheford, having been identified with, the Auckland Goldflelds since their flrat open- Jnjr and having for some time past been collect ing mining information for English clients, is in. a position to advise any representative of Home buyers w!*o may be in Auckland as to the merits of the various eligible Goldfield 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 ' ■ ■ • L. "^\ T EW SYSTEM OF WORKING THE GOLDFIELDS. The Public of Auckland desirous of engaging in Goldfield Operations on the Non-liability SVtIkE P S°fiARES tn tho Jt £12 EACH. Payable £1 Montlily. E-cncricnced Miners employed at £1 per week wfth a Share in the Profits after wages and excenses have been deducted. Full part'culara as to tho Management and Method of Working on application to J. H. WJTHEFOItD. Short'and-street. HF. WIND S0 R, • SURGEOX DENTIST (by exam.) * (Late Of the Finn of Kempt and Windsor.) I bee to intimate jto the pnblio of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice'at the Old CHambefs. Shortland-street (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the aer- of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and mluced my chartfeo, I bope Jo merit a share of their support. .' -J BOX 210, P.O.] {TELEPHONE, 3/7.



I STARTLING \ NNOUNCEMENT. MONSTER SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES AT GABKBTT BEOS.' Swcks at Wakefield-street and Karangahapo Road at COST PKICE, for a few weeks only, and also to make room for two larp Stocks from their Southern branches, about to be closed. Now is the opportunity for those feeling bad times to purchase these great necessaries .at genuinely Wholesale Prime Cost. The superior character of our stock is well known throughout New Zealand, therefore pulling is unnecessary. It only remains for the Proprietors to say THE SALE IS TRULY GENUINE. Many thousand different lines are ottered. A very few only can be quoted hero :— Ladies' House Boots .. .. reduced to 211 Ladles'Houso Boots .. .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Carpet Slippers .. reduced to 2 9 Ladies' Bulf Slippers .. ..reduced to 3 3 Ladies' Prunella Slippers ..reduced to A 9 Ladies' Fur-bound Slippers .. reduced to A 0 Ladies' sto 7 Shoes, assorted .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Button Shoes .. ..reduced to b b Ladies' Levant Lace Shoes .. reduced to 6 6 Ladies' Walking Prunella-Boots reduced to i b Ladies'Lo vant Elastic Sides .. reduced to v 9 Ladies' Button Boots, sto 7 .. reduced to b f> Ladies' Hygienic Lace Boots „ reduced to b 0 Ladies' Prunella Shooe .. .. reduced to 4 9 Ladies' Superior Button Boots reduced to 9 6 Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides .. reduced to 6 9 Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides .. reduced to fill Children's Felt Boots .. ..reduced to 011 Childvcn'eßuttonßoots.'-'tofi.. reduced to 1 C Children's 7to 13assorted.US., reduced to I 6 Children's Laced .. .. .. reduced to 1C Maids' Kid Elasticities, I and a reduced lo 4 11 Children's Strong Elastic Sides reduced 10 '.i C Men's Elastic Sides .. .. reduced to i_ II Menls Bluchers, tips, naile, etc, reduced to 5, 0 Men's WatertiKhts ;.. .. reduced to 8 6 Men's'Balmoralß ./ .. .. reduced to 10 6 Men's Shoes reduced to 6 ( ; Boys' Boots reduced to 4 (> Boys' Lace Boots reduced to .-Ul Wompn's Leather Elastic Sides reduced to 6 d Women's Lace Boots .. ..reduced to 8 0 A Job Lot of Ladies' very superior Walking Boots, assorted, from 8s tid to 13s 6d. Most of these Bargains will bo cleared quickly, therefore come early and secure the best. BROTHERS, WAKEFIELD STREET ANI> GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, KARAXGAHAPE ROAD. AUCKLAND. TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF Mr ALEXANDER JNGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. and T. Jnglis, at George-street, Dunodfn), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES Gkxkuai, Drapery, Clothing, and Mkbcrry Root. , * ani» SnoK.s Carpets and FciiKisiUNfts FtitNinnr, CnocKKUV ironmongery! undertaking Boot Mantfactcrinc. Cabinet and Ft'U.NITUKK MANUFACTURING. For particulars as l» Lenses, Ground Rents, Bui : dinga. Book DoMm, .Stock. Turn-over,, etc., apply by letter to " Tho Executors of tlie late IWr Alexander IjirUb, <scoritc-strect, Dunfdin;' or on tlie Pieniises to the Mana^pr. Tenders mtfsj; bo at tlie OlHce of the Firm not Inter tha nTH V R SDA X, the 20th duy of October, 1887. at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tender must liavo attached n Marked Cheque for 10 per cent, of the amoi?;nt of the tender. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK New Season's Tennis Racquets jL ennis Balls, &o. Cricket w are Croquet All Games AT KELSEY'S, . OPPOSITE THE TOWN. CLOCK. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RA'CMS. Dr. R. H. BAKE WELL, H.D., Member of the Royal College of Surerjons of England, Licentiate in Midwifery of the lloyal College of Surgeons, late Visiting to Onrist church Hospital, fqrmorl , / President of the Medical Board, Trinidad. I HOBSON-St. (near CooJ;.sr.), AUCKLAND. ' Fees for Consultations, including medicine, li 2s 6d : for visits, includr ojr medicine, ss. Cash. jNo booking:. Hours tat.- Consultation : 9 lo 11 ! a.m., 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 rVm. EDICAL F.ALL, PONSONBV (Opposite M.o 'I'Jiree Lams s). J. It. HftNDKKSr»fI, Proprietor, in thanking the residentH of Pons onby and stlrroundini; dis tricts for their supoa.-t and confldence for the past 11 yea r s, would, call their jitteution to afe w of the pro prietary articles manufac tured by him. Iron drugs of the very best qualWy procurable. Qufriine, iron, &«.. Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia, Rheumatic, and Gout Mixtures. Toothache Reliever. The above f,'ivo Speedy Relief, es pecia Uy in facial ikniralgin. Fai\ Coughs, O»lds, &c—Cherry Pectoral, Balaom of Horehonuul, ChloroQiyne. The above are mporior to ■ the imported artic c, being re cently prepared. Awtibilious Pills, suitable to tho climate; arc purely vegetable ; sdve speedy relief. From Iβ per box : by ooet. Is 2d. > ProMcripticiis and Family Kecilpea faithfully prepared. •J.&.lL's Worm Powders and Mixture are wie irrost elfectual remedies known* to medical science.- . ■ ' J -fv '; X E M' P T, SURGEON DENTIST. Has REMOvED.tcv.' ; CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WEIILESLEY STREETS ■ (Opposite the Opera House.* Box 210] [Telephone 378 IW"OTICE OF RJI M OVAL. Mr T. TRAFFORD, i The oldest-established Sa'.-geon Dentist of 18 years, Desires to inform his patieu ts and friends that \ he has removed from./ Wakeficld-street | to more centi fi .1 ollices, QUEEX-STREET (over Bookseller), opposite wynffhaiii-3trcet. Professional hours,: 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. TT\ E~ N T "l S T~~R Y^ ■ Alb A. ;l! 'SMITH, ' . OLD-ESTABJJISHED DENTIST, Corner of Hobson and Streets Artificial Teeth, litted without exti'aoting etumps. Other d anUsta'work repaired. Teetli stopped. Gasad mudstcred. Charges moderate. Tramcars pass ' Jie house. SUITS, riOs, GOs, 70s, 80s, with Water bury Wa «bh JocNoOung, at J. H. Dalton's, Tailor, Victoi jq-stiyjet East. HE besb mternftl disinfectant "is WoiWs Schn-apps. the pure9t spirit, known, fynvare £f imitations. "



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