SHIPPING.

StTNSRT—This evening. 7.12 y «. >•■• SCNRtSK—To-morrow morning, 4.43 Moon's Age -First Quarter,22nd inst., 6.40 p.m

HIGH WATER.

- Auckland.—This evening, 10.50; to-morrow morning. 11.12 . Manukau Heads. — This evening, 1.30; to morrow morning, 1.52. . Kaipara Heads. — This evening, 2.30; to morrow morning, 2.52

ARRIVALS.

Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei Stormbird, s.s., from Whangarei

DEPARTURES.

Clansman, s.s., for Russell lona, s.s., for Tauranga Douglas, 8.8., for Opotiki Chelmsford, s.s., for Opotiki Restless, brig, for Fiji

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, Wednesday, 2 a - m - „, , j Rotomahana, from Thames, Wednesday, 2.30 pm. Enterprise, from Thames, Wednesday, J a.m. Ohau, from Westport, Wednesday Wanaka, from South, Thursday, 7 a.m. (Onehunga) , Selembria, from London, via Sydney, sailed Calliope, H.M.S.,.from Sydney, early

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Janet Nicoll, s.s., for Hokianga, loading. Margaret Galbraith, ship, loading Maile, schr., for Friendly Islands, loading Suva, s.s., for East Coast, to-day, 6 pan. Wairarapa, s.s., for Melbourne, via. South,

Thursday, noon Wanaka, s!s., for South, Friday, 10.30 a.m. (Onehunga)

' SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

i Canterbury, ship, left London Sept. 27 Waitangi, ship, from London, sailed Oct. 19 May Queen, ship, from London ; sailed Oct.

26 Dunedin, ship, from London Himalaya, bq., from Liverpool via Welling ton Ada Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, left New York

Sept. 8, via Wellington Deutchland, barque, from New York, via Wellington ; sailed October 20 M. Hennings, barque, from New York, to sail Nov. 15 Oregon, barque, from Java ; sailed October 13 Jessie Niccol, sch, from Brisbane, early Astrea, brig, from Port Chalmers ; sailed 9th inst. Gael, sch, from" Lyttelton ; sailed 12th inst. Wild Wave, brig, from Newcastle ; sailed 2nd inst.

IMPORTS.

Per Wairarapa—ls cases bacon and hams.—T. H. Hall & Co.

Included in the manifest of tho Lurline, from Home, are the following consignments for Auckland and Napier : 11,533 sacks and bags Weston and Westall's * Black Horse' brand fine and coarse salt, 247 casks soda crystals, and 334 casks whiting.—Henry Berry & Co., Importers, Durham-street. The barque Cabarfeidh is now loading at the Thames for Adelaide. The ships Wanganui and Halciono are lying at Picton loading for London. The brig Restless sailed in ballast for Fiji this morning. The bi-igantine Clansman was to have sailed from the Thames yesterday with a cargo of timber for Melbourne. The Wairarapa does not go to Russell to*' coal this trip. She sails on Thursday, a? noon, for Melbourne, via Southern ports. The barque Alice Muir sailed for Mel bourne from the Thames yesterday with 280,000 feet of timber. The 26th inst. (Boxing Day), and Mon day, the 2nd January, being public holidays, the Customa Department will be closed on those days. The s.s. Clansman sailed for Russell, and Northern ports last evening; the s.s. lona left for Tauranga ; the Douglas for Opotiki: and the Chelmsford for the same port. The s.s. Suva took in 150 tons of sugar for Southern ports at the Sugar Company's wharf to-day. Evidently our Southern friends intend sweetening their Christmas. The brigantine Nautilus has returned to her old berth at the Railway Wharf, and next week sails for the Islands. While tho Nautilus was at tho Auckland Timbei Com pany's the steam hose was turned on board to kill the vermin. The s.s. Tam-o'-Shanter having just undergone a complete overhaul and refitting at Sims and Brown's yard, is open to engagement for picnic and excursion parties. This trim steamer should in her new dress be very popular for holiday purposes. The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei last evening with the following jpas .sengers : —Messrs Goodwin, Mcßae, Kerr, Stewart, P.utherford, McLeod, Cromer, McKay, McElwain, Williams, Stevens, Walker, Bishop Dickson, Galbraith, Hamf, Noton, Campbell, Mcsdames Blackburn, Rutherford,Cnlpan, Misses Wakelin, Dixon, Hawkins, Wilson, Mr Shedding, and six in the steerage. The s.s. Stormbird arrived from Whan garei last evening with passengers : —Messrs S. Josephs, McDonald, Scnot, Marshall, Davidson, Brooker, Hutchings, Palmer, Drover and son, Quiekfall, Delamore, Mc- Lean, McKenzie, Flat, Mait, Annshane, Birsell, Petersen, Fairburne, Pollock, Dan vers : Mesdames Barrett, Tetarauss and child; Misses Baugh, Camichael, Cairns, Beicl, Aley and boy, Kemp, and 5 steer age.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

The s.s. Oreti sailed for Hokianga and Kawerua yesterday afternoon.

The s.s. Gairloch sailed for Waitara yes' terday afternoon with cargo and passen" gers.

The s.s. Maegregor took her departure last evening for Kawerua, Hokianga, and Whangape.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this day.—Arrived : Clansman, from Auckland. Te Kofueu, December 19.—Sailed : Ro3edale, barque, for Sydney. New Plymouth, this day.—Arrived : Gairloch, from Onehunga. Lytteltox, December 19.— Sailed : Aus tralia and Wanaka, for Wellington; Hau roto, for Dunedin. Port Chalmers, this day. —Arrived: Tarawera, from the Bluff; Doric, from Plymouth ; Pukaki, from the Bluff. Port Chalmers, December 19.—Sailed : S.s. Penguin, for the North. Bluff, this day. The s.s. Pukaki sailed at 7.30 p.m. yes terday for Sydney, via East Coast ports, with 12,238 sacks oats. She received splendid despatch, her actual working time I being 11_ hours. Melbourne, December 19.'—Arrived": The Orient Co.'s Oroya. j

COMMERCIAL.

Christchurch, this day.

The second series of wool sales opened yesterday, 2,100 bales were oratalogwed. A' I

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

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1887.

For tit. c»_.« that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, And the g-aod that we eaa do.

In our issue of last evening, on the principle of giving a fair hearing to all sides, we published the opinions of Mr Sargent, an American manufacturer who is visiting Auckland with the object of forcing his wares upon our markets. Mr Sargent is now an ardent free trader. Under a rigidly Protective tariff he has built up a metal manufactory employing 2,000 hands. He has large surplus stocks, which he is desirous of clearing in the colonies, and which he assured our reporter he means to supply us with at lower rates than he is in the habit of selling in the United States, because there he has Protection. Of course, Mr Sargent considers it would be a very good thing for us to take those goods, and give up the foolish idea of establishing iron in dustries here, or manufacturing iron sand, or doing anything else but culti vate the soil. All manufacturers talk that way when they have goods to sell, and the manufacturers of the United States have not only talked, but have acted on the prin ciple that Free Trade is good wherever they want to sell, very good for other people, but not at all good for them selves. They played the game of clearing stocks in Canada—raising and lowering prices as local competition was met with, and blocking exchange trade by their fifty per cent, border duties—until the industrial power of the Dominion was paralysed and the Cana dians adopted the tactics of their neigh bours and imposed a Protective tariff, which in four years increased the value of Canadian manufactures by the number of hands employed by 50,000, and the wages paid by ,£3,000,000 annually. If it be true that Mr Sargent represents the manufacturers and workmen of the United States, why in the name of common sense does that country re main Protective, when the power to adopt Free Trade at any moment is in the hands of the people ? Coming to a closer analysis of Mr Sargenfo statements and arguments, we find them a tissue of contradictions. In one breath he tells us that he can sell hi. goods dearer in the United States than here because they

have Protection, and in the next he asserts that the United States has "Free Trade between 60 millions of people." He tells us at one moment that Protection has raised the price of iron from 7 to 10 per cent., and a little farther on that "we can produce iron as cheaply as it can be produced in any part of the world." He would have us believe that Protection is a drawback to manufacture, and yet that the " workmen see manufacturers growing rich," and that "it may be of benefit to the manufacturer himself, perhaps, to take a narrow .(i.e. Protectionist) view of the matter."

With regard to workmen, Mr Sar gent assures us that he Ihinh the Free Traders are gaining ground in the United States. " I also think that the workmen are changing their ideas very much." He further tells us that " the effect of Protection on wages in the United States has done the workmen no good whatever, for the reason that we have free trade in the importation of labour." Mr Carnegie, who, we take it, is rather a better authority than Mr Sargent, tells a different story, and the workman evidently believes that he is bene fited with the manufacturer, or the tariff would very soon go. But let us see what Mulhall, the great English statistical authority, says about wages. Here is his table of wages for Great Britain and the United States for 1880 :— Great Britain. New York. Shillings Shillings per week. per week. Printer ... 32 54 Painter ... 32 38 Plumber ... 33 62 Tailor ... 25 58 Shoemaker 31 62 Carpenter... 33 44 Mason ... 35 56 Smith ... 31 50 Tinsmith ... 28 50 Woollen Operatives. Shillings Shillings per week. per week. Sorter ... 24 44 Dresser ... 24 54 Weaver ... 30 35 Relation' Between Wace9 and Food. Wages. Food. Surplus. Great Britain 31s 14s 19s United States 48s 16s 32s Mr Sargent would have us believe that the United States wool industry has been ruined by Protection. He omits to tell us (vide Mulhall) that the wool clip of the United States increased from in 1870 to in 1880, while the wool clip of Europe during the same period decreased from in inj 1880. The movement in favour of the free import of wool in the United States is simply a Protec tionist measure in favour of the manu facturer against the grower. Eead as a whole, Mr'Sargent opinions add nothing to the common stock of knowledge on the sub ject. His talk is the sort of thing that is dinned into our ears everlastingly by people who have flourished under protective laws, but who are anxious to persuade others that what has suited their own constitutions ?o well is a very bad thing for -other people. When Mr Sargent has succeeded in his herculean task of converting the workmen and manufacturers of the United States, we hope he will come here once more and tell* us all about it. Until then, we fear he will meet with the chilling retort : " Physicians, let us see thee swallow thine own drugs."

IMMIGRATION.

In Wellington and Christchurch there appears to be dissatisfaction with the action of the House of Representatives in reducing the immigration vote fo r this year from to .£6,720. The Wellington papers declare the re duction to be " irrational," as the great want of the colony is population, and one of them further makes it a handle for declaiming against thejSan Francisco mail subsidy. It is only necessary to say in reply to the sweetly reasonable line of argument pursued by the latter journal, that the subsidy referred to is more than recouped by postages, and that we have in return the swiftest and most valuable of mail services. As to the cry for more popu lation, it would be more to the pur pose if a plan could be devised for re taining the population now in the colony. While the whole country is crying out for protective tariffs as a means of providing employment for the people, it is idle to talk about intro ducing thousands of immigrants. It might be different if we had a number of industries established and languish ing for want of cheap labour; but we are still a long way from that condi tion.

A sub-committee of Christchurch Chamber of Commerce ia of opinion that ,v active steps should be taken to encourage suitable immigration on a large scale, for the purpose of settling the waste lands of the colony, and developing its mineral and other resources; that in all new countries prosperity is inseparable from an influx of population; that with 48,000,000 acres available for settlement it appears manifest that we should take steps to attract suitable settlers—such as small tenant farmers of England possessed of some capital; that the recent dis coveries of new goldf-elds, and the in troduction of new processes for saving the gold, leads to the opinion that a liberal increase to population is alone necessary for developing the mineral resources of the colony." Now, all these conclusions are based upon a fallacy, so long as there are hundr.ds of willing hands unable to find employment in the colony, and thousands of men employed at rates of wages that yield little more than a bare subsistence. This colony is undoubt edly'able to maintain several millions of people in comfort and independence,

but until _„ : ■ 'SJs__m te*fcs_a_

PROPORTIONAL REFRESENTA TION.

Apamp hlet under the o-nf '■ ' <~ti«en of Auckland *vW, ".7 » --very valuable C ontributionS perennial controversy on which it deals. evidently a believer in tS' Whoiß of representation deals t,' Ie !*** the whole qneSn^of^^Mth tion of minorities and »l under the presenl TlectoT 8 % "the country is not in tW Syßte * ST""* * Thesyst e tainvogn e) thewri£s tends, necessitates the discS! v* ment of a tremendou. nW*^ of the people, narrows! c5K°: minimum of those permitted? , a members, deals patriotism, and finally .nceSS stations the very means>*§* are impoverished, degraded _,3 7 t-yed. The ful analysis o the votes cast 3 recent general election, and 2 that the 38 successful, 5 dates who contested North Islandi -Auckland Central being the 2. constituency not contested —nolli' 27,400 votes and their opp S 24,115 votes, arguing from this that the 24,115 voters who polled.for nil successful candidates obtained mo re' presentatives at all. In the provincial district of Auckland the elected me. received only a majority of 993 over the unsuccessful aspirants; in Taranaki the majority was only 62, while,mwaHJ« dictu, in Hawke's Bay the successful ones received 16 votes fewer than those who opposed them. In 12 elec torates In this island, the now sitting representatives received a minority of the votes cast in their respective con stituencies. Thus: — Goldie, 14 • Withy, 75; Peacock, 177; Hamlin' 243 ; Frazer, 29 ; Moat, 169; Graham, 14-2; Kelly, 76; Marchant, 287; Smith, 287; Tanner, 189 j and Beet ham, 39. This would certainly seem to support the writer's contention that a tremendous proportion of theVpeoplo are not represented by the;easting system.

The remedy that the w_iter ; is the adoption of a modificationof Hare's system by applying it within the constituency instead of the as a whole. * This is secured by group ing constituencies interest together, and -dividing thii total of votes cast in such united con- ; stituency by the number of seats to be filled plus one. The result giyi3s; : the elective quota which eachmanvtobe; elected, must poll. The following brief ly is the modus operandi:— The names of candidates for the grouped constitu encies are printed alphabetically on the voting paper, and the voter's work is confined simply to marking the names of the candidates in the order in wM, he prefers them for one, all, or any kssj number. The treatment of voting papers by the Returning' Officer is de scribed thus:— i The Returning Officer having sorted each candidate's papers (those with theirinaine. marked first) into heaps, he commences with the candidate's'who has received most first votes, and taking out first those papers in his heap, on which no second voteu marked (as, of course, this would occur), and adding to them from heap, haphazard, till the quota is reached, when he stops counting for candidate A, declares him elected, and puts thebalanca of his papers aside for further use. Ik he does with the papers of every can didate, who, upon the first counting, proves to have more first votes than tne required quota. The balance of A spapers, and those of similar over-quota candidates, arc distributed by the officer into the heaps of the other candidates whose name.: are marked second on the surplus papers ol & and the others already elected, and *or whom counting has stopped; their w> being struck out of the surplus papers. the names marked second com into first place, and as other candr-. dates by t£ese additions obtain M quotas they in turn are declaredLeJfcJ their names dropped, aUJ dlus papers: used in a still higher power. 8b Keis PursneduntaaUthegg papers belonging to the candidates elected have become exhausted, when, if it J happens, as it may, that all ;*"*£ not filled, the papers belonging .togj» didate who has received the of first votes are lifted; decked not elected, his name dropped, his papers distributed in the same _uff£ papers of the this process of exhaustion all the seats v be filled, each man electedl bygtegg number of votes, and th m MJp &g waste of votes under the quota, cannot caixj example: Suppose, an ff™£, w 8,000 vote Sj ;are given.for he S qu0 te 8 000 divided by 3xl is P,jT t will be 2,001, by the rule taking then Mghest number to the An y candidate recemng WWg f^fa "oTS* gives an WJ-M

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY DECEMBER "20, MTOj

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Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington North Island Nelson Westland Marlborough Canterbury Southland South Island Colony

inhissystem. 1,238 864 1,458 1,212 1,050 1,202 785 1,171 | 1,152 1,014 "_5l2 1,229

eieowy"' 13,038; 1,762 3,608 9,007; -2,656 2,007 1,186 12,197 11,606 I 4,082 ' 60,053 lH

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good wools were 4d per lb higher than at last sales; inferior sorts at slightly improved prices. MELBOURNE W T OOL SALES. Melbourne, this day. Dalgetty and Co., Limited, held their usual weekly wool sale yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and com petition was extremely animated, the de mand being brisk for all descriptions. 1,160 bales were offered, of which 1,050 were sold at very satisfactory prices, the market showing a further slight improvement. Good greasy merino realised 9_d. per lb ; medium to good, 7_d to 9d; in ferior to medium, 6d to 7d ; superior cross breds, lOd ; medium to good, 8d to 9_td ; coarse, 6_d to' 7d ; scoured, 15Jd; and washed, 13Jd. ipHOTOGRAPH Y. W. R.~ROBINSON (Late TUTTLE AND CO). UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. W. R. R. having been upwards of two years with the late Finn is a sufficient guarantee that none but FIRST-CLASS WORK will leave his Studio. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. All work on hand will be completed. W. R. ROBINSON (Late TUTTLE & Co.), 24 8, QUE EN-STREET. TpTll OTOGRAPH Y. c. w i lTm OT T, 283, Queen-street (opposite Alexandra-street!. G Carte Portraits, 4s 6d; Cabinets, 7s 6d Houses, etc., in town and suburbs, same price Photos copied. 6 Cartes, 2s 6d ; 6 Cabinets, 53 4,000 Views of New Zealand Scenery in stock, mounted and unmounted, from 4d each ; a lot slightly soiled. Id and 2d each. STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of New Zealand Scenery, Is plain ; 2* coloured Portraits, etc., taken for tho STEREOSCOPE. Photographs ENLARGED and COLOURED. Country districts visited on moderate terms. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. ipHRISTMAS pARDS! /"^ARDS The above aro a speciality, and are shown in a separate room. mENNIS X> ACQUETS! mENNIS T> ACQUETS AT KiTsEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. H ° _Z_ lT ~~ i: FOR SALE, one of tho best Suburban Hotols, only 2 miles from Auckland, doing a large and increasing business. Principals only dealt with. W. & J. FRATER, Land Agents, Ano-land. LACK HORSE BRAND SALT Is tho BEST for all DOMESTIC and CURING Purposes. Manufactured by Mr John Corbott, M.P., at Stoke Prior Salt Works, England. ._.„,_,_ . Packed to suit ALL REQUIREMENTS in sack*, BAGS ALL SIZES, and Glass Jars. Tho BEST SALT is the CHEAPEST in tho J Ask for BLACK HORSE BRAND SALT, and take NO OTHER. All merchants and storekeepers sell it. ____, FARMERS must insist on their BUTTER being made with this SALT ONLY, otherwlso they will suffer LOSS. HENRY BERRY & Co., Durham-street. Auckland. Post-office Box 303.) IF there is any one who wants to give a Christmas Box to their son, lot them call and get a Water.ury Watch for nothing, at J. 11. Dalton's, Vlctoria-steect East. rr\ H E "U N I O N" And the "SOUTHERN SPERM" CANDLES, Mado by THE UNION OIL, SOAP, and CANDLE COMPANY, Op AUCKLAND. Are all Guaranteed FULL WEIGHTS (16 ounces to tho pound). Many of tho Colonial-made Candles now in tho market arc Light Weights, and therefore deaukr at the money than tho Auckland-mado Candles. TRY FOR YOURSELVES, AND USE ONLY THE LOCAL ARTICLE milE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, 158 and 160, Queen-street, Is par excellence the loading establishment for VARIETY AND VALUE IN MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING AND / OUTFITTING. Onehunga Tweed Suits Mosgiel Tweed Suits * "Wellington Tweed Suits Oamaru Tweed Suits In sizes and patterns to suit all figures, and at prices the best value in the city. Special lines now being opened up for the Christmas Season. AN EARLY'VISIT RECOMMENDED. TT J. P U R B R 0 O X, , • PRACTICAL ELECTRICIAN, Wishes to announce that he has Removed to No. 38, GREY-STREET (two doors above the Market Hotel), TO UNDERTAJKE ALL KINDS OF ELEO TRICAL WORK. Mechanical Repairs Effected. pHEAVP and GOOD CUTLERY. THOMAS SAMUEL Has just received a Largo Consignment of all Kind- of Cutlery and Plated Goods, consisting of— Table and Pocket Knives, Butchers' and Cooks' Knives, Superior Scissors and Razors, Electro plated Forks, Spoons, Cruets, Teapots, etc. All the above Selling at Very Low Prices* THOMAS SAMUEL, 162, QUEKN-STREET (Opnoe'to Arthur's Mart),



W. M. W H l * * s CELEBRATED LIMESTONE FILTERS. The principal advantages they"Possess over other filters are their simplicity of construction, the c-reat facility with which they can be their work, and the extremely moderate price ' at which t hey are offered. Also the fact of then ■ being of New Zealand manufacture should be a I C °wiWn Auckland is very deficient.in lime but this defect is greatly remediedJby the water I having in those filters to pass through a block b ofUmestone. romarkod all the impurities ' separated from the filtered water can be easily removed, whereas in nearly all other make • of filters tho Sediment cannot bo romovca. . consequently must contaminate, instead of purifying the water which follows, j and Tn time the filtering material gets I so saturated that it cannot retain any more and tho water must pass through unflltered, to tho great injury of its consumers. While : "White's Limestone Filters" can bo cleanly washed out, a brush for which purpose is sup • plied with each Filter, and so continue to work satisfactorily. Prices: 3 gallons, 20s; 4 gallons, 255; 5 gallons, 30s. TT Filters more suitable for Hotels and Clubs, where an extra large one is required, are so con structed that they can bo piaced in a tank or cistern, and will filter water rapidly, but in a most perfect manner, at from £2 12s and up wards, according to size. ... ' Any further information and testimonials to t be obtained from -,-._... ,--, 3 FRANCIS A. TWINAME, Marine Chambers, Solo Agent for Auckland and Province. REW'S fMTY qUPPLY OTORE, VICTORIA STREET. Encouraged by the large increase of business done during the past year, we have made some very large purchases for tha coming Christmas trade, and have decided to sell at tne lowest possible READY MONEY PRICES. 121b tins of our celebrated Is lOd Tea for 20s 111b boxes of Household Tea for 16s , 401b bag of best Crystalised Sugar for 9a 6d i 501b bags of Household Flour for 4s 9d Choice Now Jams, 12 tins for 4s 3d Box of Soap, containing 22 bars, for Gs i 3 bottles of English Pickles for 2s 3d 3 bottles ot English Sauce, large size, 2s 3d ' 3 bottles Sauce, small size, for Is Jars of Preserved Ginger, only Is each 21b tins of choice Table Fruit, Is each Prime Wairoa and Factory Cheese, 4}d per lb Christmas Hams, prime quality, only Bjd per lb (The above are the best and cheapest in the market). Cordials—A large assortment to choose from at Is per bottle Ltmejuice.lOd per bottle ManuarinPackctTeas! Mandarin Packet Teas! (We are the only agents in Auckland for this celebrated blond, ana tho price is only 2a per lb). lib boxes of New Figs, only 9d each New Currants, New Raisins Lemon, Orange, and Citron Peel Strawberry Conserve, lOd por tin. No Goods of inferior quality are admitted into stock at any price, but only such as wo believe will prov-o satisfactory to our customers. N.B.—Every order sent from our estab lishment this month will contain a LARGE • PICTORIAL CALENDAR for 1888. Orders by post and otherwise attended to with great care and despatch. Now, one of tho first stops towards genuine retrenchment is a practical visit to REW'S CITY SUPPLY STORE, VICTORIA St. VENI! VI dii vjcFi • " rTIHE VERY" BUTTON (Shakespear). ' JL The Latest Novelty. Wo havo importod a Button-making Machine, and can now supply Buttons same cloth us Garmont, Onkiiunoa Tweeds included. No extra charge. Call and ; see tho Machine at work. AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY (G. MoBniDE), 1 Customs-street East, opposite Coupland . Store i 1%/TB. THOS. M. HUMPHREYS, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, 1 2C, COOMBK9- AnCADK, AUCKLAND. All Business placed in my hands will receive my Prompt and Personal Attention. Moderate Charges. "vfOTICE. -REDUCTION IN PRICE. ---' _Ll Christmas and New Year Cards.— Unequalled in Variety or Cheapness in city or suburbs, wo havo yet REDUCED OUR LOW PRICES, which now range from 3 for Id to 5s each. Assorted Packets, containing 13 Beautiful Cards. 6d tho packet, or 25 Splendid Cards Is tho packet Hand Painted Cards, local views. Is 6d each. Elegant Scripture Gift Cards, Id each; six subjects, in packet, 6d ; formerly 2s 6d the packet. Thousands upon thousands to select from at QOOD.ON'S London Arcade. IVTEW riASH OTORES JUST OPENED AT 256, QUEEN-STREET, EARLE & MONTGOMERY OF KARANGAHAPE ROAD. We have much pleasure in drawing tho atten tion of the general public in Auckland to our BRANCH STORE, 256, QUEEN-STREET i (Just above Wellesley-street). i It is intendod to do a strictly Cash Trade. Wo have been able to secure the promises upon remarkably low terms, and havo put In a very LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS, From which customers can selecttheirsnppllos. Under those conditions, Earle and Montgomery are ablo to offor the best of Stores at PRICES WHICH WILL ECLIPSE ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS In Auckland. To prove this is no blow, call and ' see for yourself. We would draw especial attention to MAIZE, WHEAT, OATS, CHAFF, SHARPS, FLOUR, etc., tho prices of which i customers will do well to acquaint themselves ' with before purchasing elsewhere. We are now selling BUTTER k EGGS, HAMS k BACON, AT COST PRICE. T>OOTS! "DOOTS! , T3OOTS! CHEAP SALE OF BOOTS & SHOES AT GREAT REDUCTIONS, AT mHOMAS TOILLI SON'S. 1 To meet the depressod times, and being largely overstocked, also to make room for large shipments to arrive, THOS. ELLISON is now holding a Cheap Sale of Boots and Shoes AT COST PRICE, FOR ONE MONTH, FOR CASH ONLY. The following Hneß at much leas than cost :— s.d. Babies' Shoes 10 per pair Babies' Elastic Boots .. ..1 0 per pair Babies' Elastic Boots .. ..1 6 per pair Girls' Morocco Elastic Boots, 10 to 13 3 6 per pair Girls' Morocco Elastic Boots, 11 to 1 4 6 per pair Girls' Kid Elastic Boots, 10 to 1 .. 4 6 per pair Girls' Kid Elastic Boots. 10 to 1 .. 5 6 per pair Ladies' good House Boots .. ..36 per pair All other goods equally cheap. BOOTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MADE TO ORDER ON THE PREMISES. THOS. ELLISON, bootmaker and importer, 74, Queen Street. mo PHOTOGRAPHERS. SCHERING'S CHEMICALS, DRESDEN ALBUMENISED PAPER, DRY PLATES, ip.. 15s ; _p. 36s gross. Other sizes in proportion. SEEGNER, LANGGUTH, & CO., Queen-street. MY Summer Tweeds have just arrived, and can't be surpassed.—J. H. Dalton, Tailor, Victoria-street East.



pHEAP CASH HOUSE, VICTORIA-STREET WEST. DRESSMAKING. The Proprietors of this Establishment having secured the services of a MOST FASHIONABLE & ACCOMPLISHED DRESSMAKER. Are now prepared to cxeoute any orders with tho greatest despatch. PERFECT FIT AND SUPERB STYLE GUARANTEED. Ladies' own Material mado up. All Drapery and Clothing being sold at half-price to make room. W. V A I L E, Manager. ' -v-,;.-^^ — : /CHRISTMAS SPECIALTIES. MILNE & CHOYCE Have prepared some SPECIALLY CHEAP LINES in each Department for the CHRIST MAS TRADE to suit tho present times, which •hey recommend to their Customers as being well worthy of their notice. Tho following are a few of the lines:— / \ / Trimmed Bonnets, 10/6 to 15/6\ / Trimmed Hats, 7/0 to 10/6 \ \ Dress Caps, 1/6 / Special Prices also in MANTLES. SUNSHADES. LADIES' and CHILDREN'S' COSTUMES APRONS, from Is 6d LACE FLOUNCINGS GLOVES, HOSIERY FANCY QOODS FOR PRESENTS FANCY DRESS GOODS SILKS VARIOUS Tt/T IL N E & QHOY CE, QUEEN AND WELLESLEY-STREETS. TELEPHONE 412. • OPECIAL JOB TINES FOR ipHRISTMAS. I havo just purchased One Hundred and Eight Pounds' <£108> worth of Ladies' Silk Dolmans, Beaded Capes, Silk and Velvet-beaded Visites, etc. Having bought them at a heavy discount, I am selling them considerably under warehouse price. Tho above are choice goods and newest styles. Also clearing at nominal prices, balance of last season's stock of Lace, Hllk, Brocho, and Cashmere Capes and Visites from Is 9d. New Floorcloths, Linoleums, and Mattings 250 Pairs New Lace Curtains from Is lid Splendid stock of Now Umbrellas and Fancy Sunshades 180 Men's Black Stiff Felt Hats, is lid ; worth 3s 6d . Boys' K.B. Salts from 3s 3d Splendid stock of clothing in Onehunga, Mosgiel, Kaiapoi, and other makes, at a small advance on cost Strong Tweed for boys' wear, Is 4d, ls6d, lalOd CASH BUYERS WILL DO WELL TO CALL AND INBPECT THE STOCK AT TTTILLIAM XJ T>RIDGMAN'S, 288, UPPER QUEEN-STREET. __, Drapery and Clothing at reduced prices. H. AIT X I N S, In order to reduce stock and meet the times, will sell for the next few weeks AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Attention is invited to tho following:— 26,000 Yards of last season's Dress Goods at 26 to 50 per cent, reduction Silks. Cashmeres, Umbrellas, Sunshades, Ulsters. Fur-lined Cloaks. Sec, Sec, 2D to 25 per cent, reduction New Dress Goods, &c, &c, now being opened at 12. per cent, below usual charges MANCHESTER GOODS. Lace Curtains, Table Linen. Sheetings, Quilts, Blankets, Calicoes, Shirtings, &c, &c, at 12. to 20 per cent, reduction CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. 600 Boys', Youths', and Men's Colonial Tweed Suits at exactly invoice price. A magnifi cent lot of Suits to select from in all sizes, and will positively be sold at invoice price. Also, Trousers and Trousers and Vests, &0., at invoice price All other Goods, such as Shirts, Hats, Collars, Braces, Hosiery, &c, &c, at 12. to 20 per cent, reduction 150 Very best quality ever imported Men's Tweed Waterproof Coata at 20 per cent, off the marked prices. THE ABOVE REDUCTIONS ARE GENUINE, The intention being to reduce stock some thousands of pounds, no matter if at a heavy cost. rr a t kins, QUEEN-STREET. TTT S. LAURIE & Co., SEED AND MANURE! MERCHANTS, Customs-street, Aook_.an_». Turnips, Glovers, Grass Seeds, etc. Bonednst and Boneflour, Guano, Superphosphates, eto. Woblpacks, Cornsacks, Twine. Bono Mill at Ngaruawohla, WaikatC* ~ Bones 9 uchased, '."X, ■■



MEDICAL HALL, PONSONBY (Opposite the Three Lamps). J. G. HENDERSON, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST AND i SURGEON DENTIST, Gbs Administered for Extractions Would again call attention to a few of the pro prietary articles manufactured by him, from drugs of the very best quality procurable. Quinine, Iron, &c. Tonic Mixture, Neuralgia Rheumatic, and Gout Mixtures, Toothache Reliever. Tho above give Speedy Relief, es pecially in facial neuralgia. For Coughs, Colds, &c. Cherry Pectoral, Balsam of Horehound, Chlorodyne. The above are superior to the imported article, being re cently prepared. Antlbllious Pills, suitable to tho climate; are purely vegetable; give speedy relief. From la per box; by post, Is 2d. Prescriptions and Family Recipes faithfully prepared. J.G.H.'s Worm Powders and Mixture are the most effectual remedies known to medical science. Try J.G.'a Certain Cure for Corns. THE experiment of Reducing Medical Fees to English Rates having proved a triumphant success, R. H. Bakewell, M.D., has removed to more commodious promises, where better arrangements for dispensing will prevent some of that delay by which he fears that patients have often been inconvenienced. The new premises are nearly opposite the old ones, being in Fallon's Buildings, corner of Hobson and Cook Streets. Fees (including Medicine) for consultation, 2s 6d; for day visits, ss; for night visits, £1 Is. In all cases strictly cash; no booking.-R. H. Bakeweix, M.D., M.R.C.S., England, Fallon's Buildings, Corner of Hobson and Cook Streets. ___ TTk KEMPT, SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Box 210] [Telephone 378 lF\ E N T I S T R yT Mr A. L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST, Corner of Hobson and Wellesi-ey Streets Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists'work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars oass the house. O F REMOVAL. Mr T. TRAFFORD, The oldest-established Surgeon Dentist of 18 years. Desires to inform his patients and friends that he has removed from Wakefleld-street to more central offices, QUEEN-STREET (over Wayte's. Bookseller), opposite Wyndham-Btrcet. Professional hours : 9 a,m. till 5 p.m. HF. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of tho Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue In prac tice at the Old Chambers. Shortland-street (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] (Telephone 377. "fpHE ttPELL OF (^ECCOMBE'S A L E "" Respond, my harp, and sweetly tell, If numbers may prevail, Wherein resides the magic spell Of Seccombe's matchless Ale 1 When bowed beneath oppressive grief, And Fortune's barbs assail, Much consolation and relief Is found in Seccombe's Ale. Tho bashful lover who aspires To plead his amorous tale, A modest con fldence acquires By using Seccombe's Ale. Go search this earthly sphere around, O'er mountain, plain, or dale. Such generous virtues won't be found As dwell in Seccombe's Ale.