AN ANGRY LION.

WeoTaNew York Actor. end wild beast variety speciahst, had a narrOff escape lately fron, being clawed to p Ss by his favourite S tage hon, Robert f IJ\ Frayne has a country place Tnth Dell! about three miles from Sf-onVilla-e near Morrinstown, N. SSy"v^ kee P shi3 little menagene person; i,o hyenas, two trained horses, a plough-horse ffirfrabbitswerein a barn About tftVyardsoff, near the road, a biff bear Sckined to a cherry-tree outside the ' £ and a little bear Bering .with lug tambVandabadcough, was tied to the Sd fence, and three or four dogs roamed May 16th the actor was awakened by a quick succession S yells, roaring and high-keyed neigh ! IJfrom the barn. Dressing quickly he rushed down across the yard to the stables. The actor in his shirt-sleoves and stoelnng f»et PuUed one of the sliding barn-doors aside and stepped in The lion's cage was empty, and the big barred front was lying half tipped over on a pile of boards on the main floor. The lion was crouching behind the manger of the trained horse Bolwar, and to iust springing as the door opened. In a second he had cruncbed.the horse's neck, and tho poor beast fell, sfcill neighing, and enorted in agony on the stall floor, lne lion sank his jaws again into the mangled flesh and was about to.tear the quivering animal to pieces, when the actor struck him a smart blow with a stick across the back. lYayne had seen his favourite kill two men in fits of insubordination, and he knew .- at once that only a quick stroke would save bis own life now. He could not well back ' out either, for the ferocious beast's appetite once whetted with blood his escape would playhavocwith the country round. The actor had picked up a stout rope with a slip noose like a lasso, and as the lion turned quickly at the blow the noose was thrown cleverly about his neck. Then, with a good deal of slack rope, Pray no ran far around the endbat of the cage door and pulled. Tho lion was startled and half-cowed at the first sight of Ms trainer and master. He followed the pull of the rope mechanically across the[ threshing floor into the cage. ft! The whole face of the cage was still lying propped against a pile of lumber at one end. 'Ithadfallenfronvtwo of its three hinges at the other end and was almost flat down on the floor. Frayne lifted the bars as the lion crossed; arid tried to catch them again on their hingei The lion glared at him sul , hnly for a seowd or two till the front was i nearly up, and then made a spring, lfc was too late, however; one hinge was caught, and the actor succeeded in fastening the The enraged beast slipped off. Then he jumped again, and, clawing blindly tough the bars, caught Mr Frayne's Mb arjn, Four of'the claws stuck in, most of them about an inch. deep. The blood trickled down hia shirt-sleeve, soaking it, but fcne acfor got away without any more 6erioishurts;. .■ '. .. . • ... >. : • The whole thing was.over;so quickly that even Chief Keeper Kriight_ had not time to reach the barn. : - : TliQ wounds were only in 'the flesh,'"and they had soon healed up. The horse died soon after the en counter. Leon has been ugly and sulky ever ( since. | Prayne shot one of his nieces acci dentally while doing a sort of William Tell rifle aclj in Cincinnati some years ago.

A FRENCH GIRL.

Her Experience at the Capital. tecareer of a female enthusiast who pro '■■ fussed to; have .received :a mission to set .eretytbuig.right in Prance has just been closed for the moment in a cell in the pre fecture of police. Marie Costerg, born of humble villagers in Savoy, is said to have been subject in her childhood to reveries, ecstasies and other sensations of amysfcic character, professed utmost piety, and had • «n one occasion, while climbing up a moun tain, held a tete-a-tete with an apparition vaguely described by her as a white form which revealed to her the high destinies which the futuro had in store for her. Inspired by these revelations, Marie wisterg resolved on making a move, and we went, not to Orleans, but to worldly and frivolous Paris. Her mission led her to a*e a small room in a quiet house, which waa furnished nun-like, with two chairs and sill fu ■ v weaks in the metropolis in- Bpifedthe saintly niaHen with more am- Woas ideas i While writing to various per W^ 3,^ ludin S severa ministers, in the Si° 9 x" M ," in « interviews, she ordered ■ lurniture, te the amount of L4OO, and with thfce outward and visible signs of comfort & P v 63t0 her aPPiicafcions which she flWtoeW, she, soon succeeded in making ■by afe Ye 1:e v thab Bhe had been char S<*l flndSuv 'T YlCtor t0 come t0 an JMa tending with. Jules Grevy for a ro mVt ex P^ 10 " decrees. She added ■ Srft was a ¥ the ° f a c ™p x^ tST T kmj i Y rd t0 France p2l fr e^ urn I the princes - Au ber wffi ♦ . e , Balvation of her cou » tr y Kofl"^ 0 the^round . -this new ■ Ot. Aw is Dow u nder lock and key. '

Gigantic Embezzlement.

cS A f?T' lafcel y» Joseph Edward local WJ° , th f E^ fc Stonehouss «W ea *TS Pleaded Ullfc y to various The "JLI - fo, p'y , and embezzlement. ; aontCwL' absc °" ded ' «»d after some : 'ti'SsaSS n f T;- The total amoun * «>atSre "Ift i S^' the , prisoner ™&& ?■-"/• There would be fi -sssa^ dsentencedto

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, MONDAY, JULY 4, .1887.

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Public Notices. F-iiJisPECTUS OF THE KAMO COAL % COMPANY (LIMITKU). CAPITAL £50,000; In 50,000 Shares of £1 Each. 9i (SdDOiSharo to be paid on application; 2s 6d on alliment i- in three months affor allotment, i s 3d'ln six months after allotment, Is lid; in l'nbnths after allotment,'2s Gd; thereafter Hsfoqiired, but no Call to oxcoed 2s Gd per Sliaiti Provisional Directors: THOMASUOr.IUN EDWIN MITCHELSON R. \Vr#P V WJSBCK LANIGAN jlinagor: Bankers: H W JKPUI' I BANK OK NEW SOUTH ™h WALES Solicitors: ■'jBS'SRS. JACKSON AND RUSSELL ® Secretary, pro tein. : K. W. MOODY. This Conpany is to bo formed to purchase from theKamo Colliery Company, Limited, their 'WeltSi Machinery, Plant, Lands, and Koralties,9ituato in tlio \ listrict of YVhanirarei, New Zef&d. ""rt to work the prosent valuable seams ot Uoal, Fire Clay, and Oliver minerals winch hail been already opened up, and other seams of 6al of very superior quality recently discoveredon the same lands. The Proprty to be acquired consists of 1.747 acres of friehold—6oo acres of which is forest land, affordng an unlimited supply of timber for Miningjurposcs ;and 571 acres of leasehold - q oQ acres \t which are held for a poriort o£ ninety (Mjrears on payment of a royalty of sixpence W ton, and the remainder for 21 years in au2,3iS acres valuable Mineral Lands. Manager's House, Houses for Miners, and Offices are'erected on the freehold. The Maotaeryand Plant (fully particularised in the Sobefrle attached) is all in good working order andiia complete working plant for im mediate . operations, and adequato to prosent requirement The hulkSsnotor will carry 700 tons coal from Whangarelft) Auckland, is in good order, and cost the Cttnpany years ago. £3,200. Two barges, eaotovith a capacity of 150 tons, cost each £550. 3 Coal Whanat Auckland -with storage for 500 tone ooaVls°d from the Harbour Board at rental of Mror week. Railway w"8 at Kamo connecting the pit, through theijauwuy, with deep water con structed by Oβ Company at cost of £1,000. This extfliiive and valuablo property is offered , to tMeproposcd new Company for tha sum of thlrtenve thousand pounds (£3,%000)— less'than halfoe cost to the present owners. The KamoMoal Co. (Limited) to i.ay Kamo Colliery C.o.*ijLimited), £35.000: thus— ls,ooo shares "p'aidtq to 10s, £7,500: to take existing mortgages aiukler— Hank of New South Wales, « per cent., Mo o; Meredith, 6 per cent., £1,300; Farmer, 8 pewont., £1,750: Morrin and Co., "Senator," Bpr cent. £1,000; lianlc of New Zealand, Operant., £4,780—£24.530; balance in cash, £2,670—£35000; capital (nominal), £50.000; lo3s llis per etite on 15.000 Bhares, £7,500 - £42,500: amoriu to be paid or to represent mortgages, asAbove, fci.Si'O; to be paid in cash, £2,670—£7,500; surplus available as working capitaJjßls.ooo. Tho prosentctapnny after having expended a large sum o(mnoy in acquiring and opening up this property|ias recently been reluctantly compelled to stiaend operations owing to want of capital to rria the requirements of the Go vernment InspeSipr of Mines, tbo resources of the few on wticu the burden has fallen not being equal toanifurther strain. A sum of fronj£s 000 to £15,000 will provide f(ih'flst"o"Sinkffi<niaH,etc., as indicated by Mr Moody, and for (working capital, and will at once place the miS on a di vidend-pny ingfooting. Tho present cpntjilon of the mine and workings, and an estimatefflitsimmediate prospects, may be gathered froiufje report of Mr R. W. Moody, mining engineerjyho has recently inspected and thoroughly eiamined tlie property at tho desire of the' proiotere of tho now company. His report is appefled to this prospectus, and is of value as therejtt of an indopendant expert in coal mining, i Thei present w<j|ing is from two seams, the first being at a/dtath of about 230 ft., and 7ft. 4in. thick, givinglf flrst-class* household coal, and the second ata depth of 275 ft. and Uft. thick, from whteKaie coal is highly esteemed for steam is extensively used by sea-going and coj&l steamers, and the local Government railwsi Tho demand fptf|)th household and steam coals, widely kjibm as "Kamo" coal, has always been greatly!* excess of tho supply, the output not havinaejbeed 2,000 tons per ironth. This output can'bphmediately doubled with the facilities whicghhe small outlay before referred to will awd, and can bo placed in a ready market at aj'toat to conipeto with any other coals. r"'% In addition to thejngt stores of coal proved to exist in this property, there arc valuablo clays, iron ore, and other ntnerals which will in time prove sources of profi, but in the stores of coal alone, ■which are ptavp both as to quantity and quality, there is thoaiurance of a profitable in vestment. ■ • "'-p The greator part of the Company's freehold, consists of good agr&ltura! laud, and may be leased in small areasfor farms. Several lots have been already Stflised, and it is ostimatod a rental of from fiiodifc gsoo per annum will be received from thissofte The Machinery anSbther Plant consists of Winding, Pumping, other steam Engines, Steam Boilers, Coal.§li ps a ] a rgo quantity of Tramway Kuils, CoalSt ce ns, Blacksmiths' and Carpenters Shops,-.wS Took, Timber, Iron, etc., also Agent's and-Torkmcn's Houses, etc., etc., as per InventorWp be seen at tho Com pany s office, 4, Marmtfjhambere. A-UCKIiNJi), isth June, 1887. To the CHAIRMANeid DIRECTORS of the KAMO COLIBiy COMPANY, LTD. Gentlemen, - :•'% ' In accordance with votr instructions I have been over, and have thijttuglily examined, the whole of the mineralpArticS anc j p i an t of tho Kamo Coal Company itlvhangarei; and now bog to hand you luyTeWfc, as follows :- I fir.d that onrefurrtoo the plans of your surface properties thoj-Btgiet of i,747 acres of ireehold and 571 acresolfeschold lands, in all about'2,3lß Mres; theto» 1( , I)is bßing a u aeo  ured to the Company f^,^ poriod | at VQry moderate rentals. •■ -'.jf 8 * J "" V/ The wholo of thcseMcrties have already been proved beyond aMubt to contain two very valuable seams of m. t v. o ton scam 230 feet from the surface, bMfa. «n. in thickness ot clean coal; and the l(j& r seaul 275 ft from the surface, is lift. thM ot clon] \ coiii, - there being no bands or refn(^ whatover i n either seam, which is a great a| ailta g e in securing tho marketable coal in clean ron dition. And, by a cariifttUviinii'nntinnof the underground Id that he fl»°ntiy of coal extracted from « a ™MheS sent time is about 2,220 acres of both«ejra s jKCchS& for future operations. wll? O w in i consider yield (exclusive of faultaS Ii maD some' thlnpr like 33,000,000 toiijjf * i?.l c a w« cZ[• and lam certainly diapoS^T^ that f?Sm good indications °c Oa i will be found on this propertyatloT rr o y and at no great depth below your wffif wtniViTarn The permanent windingS^^WX'hi nery, with all the other^ t P^ rt pl "f D Kee now on tho Company's pfflJJ a "? stantial. and in s and °#coal offrointoo bottom of the shaft, are affc oo f co f al order, and ready for worki L^ e °WSSS?' Tho only outlay required woriMnK operations on a of a new and larger ventila't!f o u 1 U , -Jl, I ,S be done at a very ivh hhto rendered necessary by the«- a , nc l ™" passed by the New Act recently some other minor improveO' sl f otUl ?' t V hn absolutely required to 4fe%fn« t put of coal, which is necessary tol n VVi ... *V « increased domand for the '(s£ aot , tlic f eatly The coal can be produceM , ny ? c ?-\ n iu n railway waggons mto <Ao screens at the colliery at a W hc I Con JP l " l^ ( . s and the daily increasing oost and steam consumption ia'S I 0 , boUl lloua § that a very prosperous f proof Kamo Coal Company. . |i in store for the And, ir. conclusion, I beM , T fectly safe in stating that*tt!-ir tmt l r"iiP will prove to bo'S c amo ■ c . 01, . 10 . 1, y Vestments of tho kind wlof the safest in- Colonies. S? Austmlatsian I arii, Gcntlcnie V:: YoursfaS, ■ R- W jjm i ,V: Mining, Oivn,audMe^ ngincer<



Business Notices. ■OF . MR. W. RATTRAY'S STOCK. WILSON, WILLIAMS & M C OULLAGH Beg to announce to their friends and the public generally that they have purchased the well known Stock of Mr. Wm. Rattray, Draper, Queen Street, along with the lease of premises. The above choice and well selected stock (over £10,000) has been bought at very heavy discount off cost, and will be offered to the public at less than ENGLISH PRICES FOR CASH. W., W. & McC, in appealing to the public for their patronage during this sale, can confidently state that no such opportunity has ever occurred of getting the same class of Goods before in Auckland; and while thanking their customers for past favours, would intimate that nothing shall be wanting on their part to secure a continuance of the same. As they intend to vacate their present premises, the Salo will be held in both places simultaneously. i '■•■- ■■ Sale commences on Wednesday, 15th June. WILSON, WILLIAMS & M C OIJLLAGH COMMERCIAL AND NEW ZEALAND HOUSES, 1*72, 180 & 182, QUEEN" STEEET. , GREAT REDUCTION DURING THIS MONTH IN DRAPERY AND CLOTHING VARYING FROM 25 to 50 PER CENT. BELOW PRESENT MARKET VALUE AT THE GREAT SALE OF T#E WHO PROPOSE CONFERRING LASTING BENEFITS ON HER MAJESTY'S LOYAL SUBJECTS BY GIVING THE ABOVE REDUCTS FOR ONE MONTH, " JUBILEE PRICE LIST. r A A PAIRS BLANKETS at 3s 6d, 3s lid, and 4s lid each «> AA MEN'S MACKINTOSHES, all sewn seams euaran- Ovv worth 25 per cent, more at tho D.1.C., Canada Buildings. Uyv toed Waterproof, from 30a, worth 555, at the D.LC., Canada . — —— —— . Buildings. A LL WOOL FLANNELS, B£d, IOJd, English make; Colonial — : . .i\_ mako from is j greatly reduoed, at the D.1.C.. Canada Buildings, T ÜBILEE MOLE TROUSERS, Sovereign brand, 300 pairs afc Queen Street. ±9 590a.ararechaneoforworkingnien,attheD.I.C., Canada Buildings. /CALICOES AND SHIRTING, 25 per cent, off regular prices, tf> A. OVERCOATS at 10s Od, worth 255; Tweed Hats Is 6d \J at the D.1.C., Canada Buildings, Quoen-street. Q3\f worth 2s 6d; Shirts, Is lid, worth 2s lid. ' * MATERIALS, 4Jd, worth 8M; French Twill Fabrics, mWEED SUITS OF CLOTH for 17s 6d, worth 255: our "5 3 \j> old, worth Is, at the D.1.C., .Canada Buildings. . JL Suits not to be equalled; to bo had only at D.I.C. MILLINERY at half-prices; Mantles reduced cme-tliirdj "OOYS' CLOTHES in great variety afc very low prices for one ChflAi-en's reduced to Is 6d eaoh. JL> month at the D.I.C. r ' We Guarantee to supply Goods at the above Prices for One Month only, which will enable many to purchase their winter supply of Clothing at very small cost, thereby bringing real Jubilee joy to many a home. \ v ---tr- d * » JL. 9 \s» e- O .... CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, JOHN SCOTT, IWi ET o R . • • ■ BEIITa X.IST WITH TO'lJii-



Ifinsiraess Notices. PLAIDS Iβ °A \.V% usual price Is 4id ; X S. \</ >. V '%> *"Q$ '>< C/jS all other Dress Goods X. * />v % . r 4 > equally cheap. \ \y A splendid line in X. <$ sy. Of 6, CRISP WINCEY XMVi>%% % (nearly yard wide) s^l; X. <<//)>• J Q, REAL ABERDEEN do. do. ; NAVY "< (54 inches wide) Is fiid ; Wholesale Price of this >v Q/> "ty Serge is 2s 6d ; \. JT GOOD STRONG BLANKETS from 3s 3d each; GOOdX V .f> CRETONNES from yard; SCOTCH SHIRTINGS 9id, X usual price Is; -X. WHITE SHEETING OAUCO\ from 6.Jd ; a Half-Unbleached do. do. lOjJd ; S BED TICK (wido) 42d; UNION do. BJd ; LINOLEUM PATTERN yS UMBRELLAS fro-ji Is each. yS A FEW LONDON SAMPLES OF LADIES' NIGHT GOWNSy/ 30 per cent, under price. All Underclothing, Infants' ✓O' Cloaks, &c, under wholesale price. \ •) MEN'S TWEED SUITS!/^<^^ 13s 6d to 50s; <$>* t^' MEN'S AUCKLAND MADE PRIN- ><-\ \) C^ TED MOLE TROUSERS 4s lid ; *~~) 0&* & o oV Men's Tweed Overcoats 17s 6d, O -<& % 30s; Tweed Mackintoshes jT CX ■& -I 0 * r for 20s; Men's Shirts W > ''C^ , Blachfor Bloom, Beauty, and Durability. L<i 'ii»—wwwmiii ■ir*H*r>iii urn niwili iimini ■■ »im in ifn «■■■ i i™l !Ti-ii *"* 'iiiiTTjl Smith $' Caugkey. importers oj Z>ress Fabrics, eye. ,-. — ' ~. ~ ~; rr~ ' ; - "~^=a!j SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS tub Melbourne Drapery COMPANY Having purchased a Warehouseman's Stock of Coloured Silks, Satins, Broches, and Fancy Silks, are now offering the same at less than HALF THE ORIGINAL PRICES. ■ A lot of Coloured Satins and Ottomans ll|d per yard. 1200 yards Dark Fancy Silks Is 6d per yard, originally 3s 6d. 2000 yards Satins, Ottomans, Broches, &c, all at Is ll£d yard, original price from 3s 9d to 4s 9d. A Superior Line of Broche's and Fancy Silk 2s 6d yard, origin ally 5s 9d. Coloured Grograins, Shot Silks, &c, 2s lid yard, originally 5s lid to 7s 9d. These Goods comprise an immense assortment of colours, including a splendid variety of light shades > suitable for evening wear. TUB Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Co., QUEEN STREET.



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