SHIPPING.

Sunset—This evening. 5.52. Kuxkise—To-morrow moraine:. 5.53, 1 Moon's Age—First Quarter, 24th, 4.40 p.m.

HIGH WATER.

Auckxand-TMs evening, 8.47; to-morrow morning. 9.12. „ Maxukau Heads. — This evening, 11.27; to morrow morning:, 11.52. , B _ , Kaipara Heads:. — This evening, (U7; to morrow morning, 12.52.

ARRIVALS.

Wellington; s.s,, from Whangarei Gael, schooner, from Thames

DEPARTURES.

Ohan, 8.5., for Greymouth Clansman, s.s., for Russell lona, s.s., for Tauranga Waireka, schooner, for Hokianga

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day,

Rotomahana, from Thames, Thursday, 1.30

p.m. Enterprise, from Thames, Wednesday, o

p.m. Bellinger, s.s., from Sydney, Friday, early Te Anau, from Sydney, Wednesday, early Wanaka (Onehunga), from South, Thursday

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED. Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lurline, ship, left London July 25 Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow

Julyl Rosedale, fromMiddlesborough, for Kaipara Zealandia, ship, left London July 23 Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel ton ; sailed June 20 Star of the East, from New York, via

- Dunedin, sailed June 7 Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Ad.i Stott, barque, sailed August 4 from

; New York Rebecca Crowell, barque, from New York Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji ■ Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Orpheus, schooner, left Dunedin Sept. 14 Stanley, bn., from Newcastle Seabird, bn., from Sydney Mailo, schr., from a cruise Louie, schooner, from a, cruise. Smaragd, brigantine, from Dunedin Lizzie Guy, schooner, from Lyttelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

'Hermione, ship, for London, loading C. W. Janes, barquentine, for New York Lutterworth, bq., for Valparaiso Rotomahana, for Sydney, to-day, 5 p.m. Australia, for South, to-day, 6 p.m. !Wainui, for Fiji, Wednesday, 5 p.m. Te Anau, for Melbourne, via the South, Thursday, noon Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Friday, <. 1 p.m.

IMPORTS.

"Per Aorangi: 7 cases dresses, 4 cases ribbons and laces, 7 cases millinery and mantles, 2 cases hosiery and gloves, 10 cases general drapery and clothing.— McMaster, Shalders and Co.

The brigantine Smargd is loading at Lyttelton for Auckland.

The shooner Lizzie Guy is loading at Lyttleton for Auckland.

The schooner Grecian Bend has left the wharf, and is now discharging coal into the hulk.

The notorious whaling barque Petrel ar rived at Panama from Russell on August 10th.

The ketches Agnes Martin'and Zillah, and the cutters Vixen and Czar, were wind bound at Whangarei yesterday afternoon.

The brigintine Gleaner, schooners Glen cairn and Mimiha are discharging- at the Railway Wharf.

The schooner Welcome was unable to leave yesterday evening owing to the stormy weather prevailing outside.

The s.s. Aorangi was taking in her Lon don cargo to-day, and will sail for Lyttelton at 2 p.m. to-morrow. •

The schooner Annie Wilson has received a general overhaul at Lyttelton, and is now loading for Auckland.

The Jubilee Steamship Company this morning removed from their office in Comp ton's Buildings to the new offices in Queen street, next to E. and A. Isaacs.

The s.s. Australia loaded a quantity of sugar at the Sugar Company's Wharf this morning. She leaves for Southern ports at 6 p.m. to-day.

The barque Alice Miiir left Thames for Melbourne last night with bulk and sawn timber from Blair and Gillespie's Mill. SliPj had a fair wind.

The schooner Three Cheers arrived at Lyttelton from North Island ports with a cargo of guano yesterday afternoon. Aiter discharging she will load with grain, etc., for Auckland.

The schooner Mariner, which was recently ashore at Whangarei, is now laid up in the dock undergoing a thorough overhaul at the hands of Messrs Henderson and Sprag gon.

The barquentine C. W. Janes, Captain Crosby, cleared out of Customs this day for New York, and will sa;l to-morrow. She takes away 4,204- cases kauri gum, valued at £19,716.

The schooner Gael left the Thames on Saturday evening for Southern ports with timber from Mill, bufc owing to stress of weather was compelled to putt in here last n\ght.

The sr.eamer Perth, recently wrecked on the Australian coast, ivas insured in the follow mc New Zealand offices : — New Zealand, £1,000; South British, £750; Uv.'ion of New Zealand, £750; and the Standard, £250.

The Calliope Dock was pumped out yesterday between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and it is expected that it can be emptied in an hour less time. The caisson was found to be perfectly tight, and the dock was pumped quite dry, so that the trial was a most satisfactory one.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei last evening. Passengers:—Messrs Kerr, Hill, White, T?ii-vhanga, Cant, Scott, Jaggar, Austin, Mo'Oonald, Smith, Atkin son, Finlayson, EJiis, Cotter, Bali, Kerr, Mclnnes, McKenaie, Father Mahoney, Mr Pollock, Mrs Scott, Mrs Cotter, Miss Hill, Mr Hogg, and 12 in the steerage.

Considerable interest was occasioned at Lyttelton on the 9th inst. with reference to the Mararoa and Tongariro. Both vessels were telegraphed as having taken their departure from Port Chalmers within a few minutes of each other, and as both have a reputation as " goers," speculation as to which would first, siiow up was rife. The Tongariro was the first to be signalled, and was alongside some time before her smaller rival. From hKjniries, it appears that the Union Company's representative had a good start of the mail steamer, but was passed before midnight.

The barquo Wenona, of which fears were entertained for her safety, was towed across the Port Chalmers bar at 6.30 a.m., on the 9ch inst., and proceeded up the harbour to iXvnedin. Captain Davies reports meeting a continuance of adverse weather during the passage from Auckland, which oc cupied 33 days. The Wenona left that port on August 7, and rounded the East Cape on the following day; thence she had a continuance of southerly gales and calpsj all down the coast; breasted Caswell Point on August 31, and thence had westerly winds; passed Oamaru on the 2nd mst.*

and encountered a strong southerly gale, which lasted until the 7th inst., when she made Otago Heads at 4 p.m., but a strong N.E. gale setting in, attended by very thick weather, she was compelled to stand off the land again until the morning of the 9th inst.

THE WRECK OF THE OMAHA.

Further particulars received from Lyttel ton with reference to the wreck of the Auck land brigantino Omaha show that she was wrecked near Owhanga on July 24th. The vessel was anchored about half a mile from shore for discharging cargo. A light northerly breeze springing up. she hove anchor and made sail on the port tack. Soon afterwards the wind veered to the east, and the ship in tacking missed stays and drove on to ;i reef. The crew and residents en deavoured to get her off, but failed. The cargo was got ashore, and the vessel dis mantled. She was sold after inspectian by the surveyors for £31. The Omaha is insured in the Union for £1,300.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

COROMANDKI., this day.—The steamer Coromandel has been detained until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning through stress of weather. A strong easterly gale is blowing, with a very heavy rain. Russell.—Arrived: S.s. Clansman, from Auckland, at 8.25 a.m. Te Kopu kit.—Sailed last week: Handa Isle, for Adelaide ; Camille, for the South. Waitaea, this day.—Arrived : S.s. Gair loch, from Onehunga, at 9.5 a.m. Waitaka, this day.—Arrived : Staffa, at 9.5 a.m., from Onehunga. New Plymouth, this day.—Arrived : Penguin, from Onehunga, at midnight. Wellington, September 19.—Arrived : Wakatipu, from Sydney, 7 p.m. Sailed : Janet Nicoll, for Greymouth. Albany, September 18.—Arrived: P. and O. Co.'s s.s. Clyde, from London. She brings the following passengers for New Zealand : Mrs Sinimo, Misses Sinimo (2). London, September 17.—The P. and O. Co.'s s.s. Carthage, from Melbourne July 27, arrived at Plymouth to-day.

Notices to Correspondents.

S.l).—The dimensions of the cemetery bridge you require are as follows: — Height in deepest part, 75ft; length, 3 spans of 120ft—360ft; width on floor, 6l't 6in.

M. C. H. Smith.—The by-laws are intended to prevent the erection of buildings which infringe the building regulations. The fees pay for the cost of inspection, and like other fees are meant to swell the corporation revenues.

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887.

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

The contest in Newton obtains special interest from the fact that a Minister of the Crown is among the candidates. Newton is practically a new seat. The old electorate which bore that name now lies chiefly in the electorate of Ponsonby. The present electoral dis trict of Newton was formed bj7 taking a large slice out of Eden and adding it to a piece of the old Newton electorate i Except in name, the present electorate of Eden bears no manner of resem. blance to the constituency of that name at tlie last election. Besides the portion cut off to make up Newton, the whole of Newmarket has been severed to balance Manukau. Eden has thus become more of a country district than it was before, extending right up to the Waitakerei ranges, and it was natural that Mr Tole, in select ing which section of his old constitu ency he should sit for, chose the town seat.

The contest promises to be a lively one, and it has all the unpleasant features, of a three-cornered duel, in which the split unluckily occurs on the side where, we believe, the interests of the industrial classes lie. It will be for them to determine, however, whether they shall split their votes to their own disadvantage from purely personal motives, or whether they shall unitedly answer the challenge which has been boldly thrown down by Mr Withy upon the most momentous issue now before the country,

We presume that Mr Withy will take exception to the statement that the challenge on the question of Free Trade v. Protection has come from him ; but we leave it to those who have at tended his meetings and witnessed the broad-cast distribution of free trade pamphlets to say whether the expres sion is not justified. There are free traders and free traders—Mr Withy, like Mr .John Milne, belongs to that aggressive school with whom the creed ;of Cobden is a religion. And at the nomination yesterday, Mr Withy bluntly told those who wanted protec tion to vote against him. But if there were not this insuperable objection to the election of Mr Withy at the pre sent juncture by the votes of those who believe that the stimulation of local in dustries is the only practical remedy for the depression and dearth of em ployment which has been produced by over-borrowing, we believe the claims of Mr Withy to the support of an Auckland constituency will not bear comparison with those of Mr Tole. Mr Withy is too fresh from England to have acquired that indescribable .thing known under the general name of " colonial experience." He is not yet in complete touch with the people with whom he has wisely resolved to cast in his lot. He has taken no part in the public affairs of the city. The elec tors are scarcely justified, therefore, on such a short acquaintance, in thrusting him into one of the highest positions in the land. We do not wish to under rate in the smallest degree the many undoubted qualifications which Mr Withy possesses for rendering good public service; but good wine im proves with age; Mr Withy is being tapped prematurely. In another three years' time, we shall be better able to judge of his merits, and if we mistake not, he will have got rid of a good many of those " new chum notions which, as Mr Connell puts it, " the old colonial hand " can never fail to detect. If he has much to do with colonial industries in the meantime, he will, unless we miscalculate, have very considerably modified his opinions upon the infallibility of his pet dogma.

Thequalities which theelectors would have to take on trust in Mr Withy they can secure after trial in Mr Tole. For twelve years Mr Tole has been before the electors of Auckland as a politician, and he is able to point to a consistent record. The elector who voted for him twelve, years ago, when he came forth as a champion of the newly-formed Liberal' party, to fight against tremendous odds, can feel that his confidence has never been betrayed. It has been our business now to review Mr Tole's parliamentary career on four separate occasions, at intervals of three years, and we have failed to detect a single act. which should cause him to forfeit the confidence of the' electors. His pledge to uphold the system of national education, which cost him a great many warm friends and sup porters, has been kept not simply in the letter, but in its broadest spirit, and his record to-day is one which chal lenges examination, and entitles him to a renewal of the trust which he has so honourably and so ably discharged. Al though' since the last election party lines have been shattered, and a barrier has arisen between Mr Tole and his old political chief, we are not unmind ful of the fact that the Minister of Jus tice was placed in his present position by his political leader for the purpose of representing the Grey party in the coalition Government. Nor has his office as a Minister',of the Crown de terred him from supporting the Land Tax Bill, the Law Practitioners' Bill, and other Liberal measures which have been originated by Sir George Grey. It appears.to us reasonable that when a representative ably and consistently fulfils the pledges which he has given to his constituents; when he has worked and is still working in the in terests of the masses of the people and his political creed is sound, he has a right to the preference which we give to other old servants. Adequate cause ought to be. shown before dismissing him. It is to Mr Tole's indefatigable exertions we owe the location of the important industry, connected with the railway workshops at Newmarket. All who have had cause to apply to him as their representative bear testimony to the promptitude with which their re quests have been attended to so far as lay in his power; and his connection with the Executive has brought out the fact that he is an admirable adminis trator. The Department of Justice, under his direction, shows a greater amount of retrenchment than any other department of the public service, and a number of valuable measures have been prepared for Parliament. Mr Tole has fulfilled all the hopes which those who sent him to do battle for the popular cause formed twelve years ago. Is it good policy, then, to throw away his political education when Auckland stands most in need of good men 1 Moreover, in looking through the list of candidates with their pro nounced and uniform Opposition hue, it appears very much as though Auckland would be shut out of the Government altogether if Mr Tole were rejected, and the present Ministry get a majority upon the Southern vote, as is by no means improbable. Block voting has its advantages, but it also has some rather serious drawbacks; Auckland in the latter part of the last Parliament gave all but a block vote against the Ministry—a. Cabinet com pletely Southern would not owe us much gratitude or consider our wants worthy of any great consideration.

With regard to the candidature of Mr Garratt, we view it in the light of a mistake and a misfortune. It springs from that too common practice of mix ing up local politics.with colonial con cerns* Mr Garratt has made a very

useful member of the City Council for the Karangahape Ward, but we do not think he would make a good represen tative in the colonial Parliament. He would fail to command the ear of the House. But whether this be so or not, his appearance in the political arena just now is ill-timed. > The struggle in Newton, as we have pointed out, is turning directly upon the ques tion of Free Trade v. Protection. It is certain to be a very close contest. Now MrGarratt,whostandsasaProtectionist, may possibly split Mr Tole's votes suf ficiently to put that gentleman out, but he will not take a single vote from Mr Withy's compact and active following; and as surely as that two and two make four, if Mr Tole is defeated so surely will Mr Withy be elected. We cannot put this matter too strongly to Protectionists. If they wish that their district shall not be misrepresented for the next three years' there is only one safe course open to them—they must vote in a block for Mr Tole. On the one hand; we have a solid block of the Free Traders with a num ber of weak-kneed Protectionists, who are willing to waive Mr Withy's Free Trade challenge on personal or other grounds ; on the other hand, there is a threatened split in the vote for judicious State support to local in dustry. If this split is not to prove fatal to their cause, the electors must settle it effectually by setting their faces as flint against all overtures for division. We do not blame Mr Garratt for coming forward—it is the right of every man who believes he has a chance of being elected. Nor do we believe that he was brought out to split the Protectionist vote, in order that Mr Withy may slip in. Nevertheless, the result is quite unaffected by the motive, and if Mr Garrett will not now see the futility and unwise char acter of his present course of action, his friends who set the good of the cause above personal considera tions will have no alternative but to leave him to his own devices. It is useless to blind their eyes to the fact that every vote for Mr Garratt is a vote for Mr Withy, and it is a much more simple and straightforward matter for those who wish to ensure the elec tion of that gentleman and send the Free Trade banner flying in triumph to Wellington to vote for it straight out. The position -was very fairly illustrated by the show of hands at the nomination yesterday. Mr Withy's 153 was just three votes less than the joint numbers for Messrs Tole. and Garratt. We do not imagine that this reflects the condition of the electorate even approximately, but it does show iv a way that should thoroughly arouse the electors who favour tariff assistance to local industry the risks that they are running. We do not pretend to understand the position of electors like Mr T. B. Hill, who, in proposing Mr Withy, avowed himself a Protectionist, and was told immediately afterwards that those who desired protection for local industry should vote for some body else. But we would remind men who occupy such an anomalous position that a Free Trade champion, of Mr Withy's pronounced views, sent to Par liament by a purely industrial popula tion like Newton, would do more £b affirm the doctrine of unlimited com petition of cheap foreign labour against colonial industry than any;, act of theirs can undo for many years to come.

THE CONTEST IN AUCKLAND WEST.

The electoral contest in Auckland West, like that in Newton, is a three cornered one, but there all resemblance ceases. The three candidates are all avowed Protectionists, although for s ome reason —probably because he is an importer—the Industrial Association appeared to think that Mr Shera could not be " sound upon the goose," and at the late meeting to select candi dates gave a block vote for Mr Goldi c Two of the candidates are pronounced opponents of the present Government, and those electors who are resolved that their votes shall not be employed to defeat the Stout-Vogel Ministry have no alternative but to vote for Mr Morrison, Except with respect to his support of the Ministry, which Mr Shera is pledged to oust, the political views of Mr Morrison and Mr Shera appeal very largely to the same section in the elec torate. On the licensing question and the education question they appear to be pretty well in sympathy, while Mr Goldie's strong views upon those ques tions, and his association with the Orange Institution, deprive him of any chance of support from the Eoman Catholic or licensed victualler element in the electorate. In all the other main planks of their political pro grammes, there is not much to distin guish. All avow themselves true Liberals and pronounced economists. Excluding the distinctions we have enumerated, the choice must be made upon personal grounds. We feel no hesitation, however, in determining who of the three will most capably represent the electors of Auckland West. For the past ten years Mr David Goldie has been con tinually before the citizens in a variety of public capacities, and although we have no sympathy whatever with him in his pronounced attachment to the Orange Institution, which should never have been transplanted from the North of Ireland to this young colony, there is a straightforward thoroughness about all his public acts which creates a feeling of confidence. There is no " beating about the bush." Mr Goldie has a habit of calling a spade a spade with-a bluntness- which is sometimes disagreeable," but which "no one" who knows . the man can believe to be

either insincere O t^ Wo do ? , t JS are not occasions when nil. contracted vision T'CIS Goldie or ourselves 2 IHi\ Dutch hoe or some Srl^l justly maligned imp» differences of opinion on !' k place matters will ar j Se J** not hesitate to say t h a {S 4 public.man connected witW governing bodies who hi '^ work or better work, or iS time more ungrudging to $ than Mr David Goldfe 7 Ifc was not unnatural tW.t when the fever for M^k at its height the namforfe should suggest itself to of of Wfe fact that he representedthatsiL city m Parliament many yel fl°^ an additional reason foTSft forward, and the elects S& him out are not mistaken in b2 that, since the retirement of MrS? son to the cold shades df the l 2 thereis a sphere for Mr Goldie W representative Chamber,' The m* of local taxation through the gj withdrawal of subsidies and the to fer of General Government dufah the local bodies, r-jno reason, and a very powerful Z P.Mr Goldie's favoSy aiK intimate personal knowledge of I charitable relief and the administrate of the Education funds are advantam over his opponents; which o3 not to be under-rated. Added\ a practical acquaintance - •mth k dustrial matters, especially in conneo tion, with timber — Auckland's most important industry—and possessing poAver to express his,opinions witl fluency and force, Mr Goldie's e» ment as a useful member is a formidablf one.

In the political creed of the otla Opposition candidate, Mr Shera, t wt find very little from which we shoi dissent, although if his somewhl equivocal allusions in favour of d» norhinational education are tb'li accepted as evidencing a disposit to overturn the- secular i system in favour of denominationaiism, wektj that his prospects of a seat as tht representative of Auckland West wojlt be very slight indeed; Mr Shera k been conpisten tly identified with tni Liberal side of politics; nevertheless he appears to. us to lack mariy of tif practical qualities and tjie,.experienci which will' make ,Mr Goldie a'nsefo working member of the House, om qualified to oppose with, ability ant success the growing disposition on tin part of the central GrovernmenltohMj up local burdens, while vannuallj? in creasing the drainraade upon thepeoptt through the channels of colonial tan tioh. The action and reaction of til dual taxing machinery of the (d^it) requires the most: cardffltl" adjustnie^ and comparatively few of the metote of Parliament who impose local b^r dens with such a light heart take thi trouble to acquaint themselves wit! the actual" effect of the Acts thej pass into law, When we remembe) that the Hospital and Charitable Aic Act alone has imposed upon the citj new taxation to the extent of X^OOOi ye'ari and a further shifting, of tti pecuniary liabilities' npw borne t] the consolidated revenue J?n v i the shoulders of v the niupj* ratepayers is meditated,, ; it w readily be perceived jjiat a jnew with a special commission and specu aptitude to apply himself to this jp> blem will prove a valuable adjunct« the House. " On these grounds, ant also because of the sterling genmnj ness of the man, whose record f bear the strictest scrutiny, we beW the electors of Auckland WestwiJlac wisely if their choice should fall on n David Goldie. . A very reprehensible feature in co» nection with this election is the^ culation of groundless, slanders, m have been passed from mOuthitong with a persistency worthy of a cause Lie, are L ill brood fCO home to roost, and some of thoseg have been busy storiesmay find themselves ma vj unpleasant position it M % called upon'to prove them, are confident that no g private character will bear cb® SnythanthatofMrDavidg him will, we feel confident, only w West and increase his majOHty » poll on Monday next.

ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT

There seems no further reason od that the French Govern^^ finally^eedtowithdtawt^ from the New Hebn^^j. qm beingtheconcession^^ placing theses Canal m« trol of an Internatzonal Co^ flß Our cable **&.*£*'& tain a repetition of -tW ment */■ «g *& evacuation ot _™.* l t & l s o^ areinFOS^^Warrivfi^ for a joint Consular control , a failure at Samoa. 2 oft hfl<P cult^butitwdlf^a^ loDi6? ''« yelling of the Ausfcrah"l^ « be thankful -for. OL. agreed said that the^Suez Canal ag al

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887.

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THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion, 68,000 daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ;6s 6d per quarter. The " LEADER," 48 pagC3. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and General Weekly News paper. Price, 6d ;6s lid per quarter. P'fhe "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single num bers, 6d; double numbers, withcoloured plate, Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildman, Upton and Co., and B. Wayte, Auckland; and all News Agents. Post free. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. New Season's Tennis Racquets Tennis Balls; &c. Cricket w a re Croquet _A_ll Gtames AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF Mb ALEXANDER INGLIS, 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. Inelis, at George-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery. Clothing, and Mercery boot 3 and shoks carpet 9 and furnibhings Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery, Undertaking Boot Manukacturing, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, .Buildings. Book Debts, Stock. Tum-oveo\ etc., apply by letter to " The Executors of the late IMr Alexander Inglis, George-street, Dunedin;.' •or on the Premises to the Manager. Tenders must be at the Office of the Firm not later than THURSDAY, the 20th day of October, 1887, at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ' Each tender must have attached a Marked Cheque for 10 per cent, of the amount of the tender. ■ .■ WAREHOUSE SAMPLES. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN Has j ust purchased 821 Men's, Boys', and Youths' Tweed, Soft and Hard Felt Hats at about half warehouse price, and will sell them very cheap to clear quickly Job Lines in Boys' and Youths' Long Trousers Tweed Suits from 12s 6d ; splendid value Large lot of New Long Lace Curtains, choice patterns, from Is lid per pair Splendid stock of New Cotton Shirtings from 4Jd New stock of Llama Prints. Combination Prints, Drillettee, Camelines, Cheoks, Lace Prints, and Fancy Prints, in great variety, choice in style, and marked low Great variety New Cretonneu from d^d Nice assortment Printed de Lainea New Dres3 Goods in great variety -■Beautiful lot of New Dress Trimmings ."New Umbrellas from Is 9d to 16s 6d .Job lot of Coloured Cloth Tablecovers, half-price ;Splendid stock of Oriental and other Laces in variety ■Splendid line Men's Cotton Shirts at 2g, worth 2s 9d ißoys' Cotton Shirts at Dd, worth doublo ILarge lot of Remnants and cheap job lines. 288, UPPER QUEEN • STREET. LINES FOR CASH ONLY. 1121bs Best Potatoes .. .. _ .. 3s Od 251bs Best Oatmeal 28 7d 501bs Really Good Flour 63 Od 251bs ditto ditto 3a Id 81bs ditto ditto la Od At EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S, :, , NEWTON, " fTITHICH will yem have? An Extra TT Pair of Trousers op a Watefbury Wfttoa?—J. H. Daltoß, Tailor, Vietoria-itreefc ' East.



mO HORSEDEALERS, Etc., Etc., Etc, CHEAP FEED. Good Short Oats, 2s 4d per bushel; best Chaff; 2s 3d per sack; best Bran, 4s 6d per sack; large Truß3 of Straw, Is 3d. At EARLE & MONTGOMERY'S STORE, KARANGAHAPE, ROAD. TpiRSTOHOW . OF HPRING fiOODS. We have the pleasure to inform our cus tomers and the public generally that on FRIDAY next, the 23rd September, we shall make our FIRST SHOW OF SPRING GOODS In all departments. Our buyers having been particularly fortu nate in selecting high-class Novelties adapted to our business, we have great confidence in bringing them before your notice. We purpose throwing our Premises open on the previous evening (THURSDAY, Sept. 22), from 7 o'clook till 10, for a GASLIGHT DISPLAY & PROMENADE, To which we invite every person's attendance. (No one will be solicited to buy). TIf.ILNE & nHOYCE, Queen and Welieslet Streets. " '■■••■ ..■■..: ;.•••;•,.: v ■•; ;• > ■ •- ■' i ■ . • >■. \<< "..v .'..' '*' "• ' "''* '' '' ' TJT I KUTAIA VALLEY. 2,500 Acres of Rich Alluvial Land, with largo riverfrontage, landing-place for steamers, public school, and railway terminus on property. To be sold in one lot or in sections. For further particulars apply xR> wmiEFORD# Shortland-street. mHE THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL I Havo deposited at Mr J. H. WITHEFORD'S OFFICE, SnORTLAND-STREET, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OP THE THAMES GOLDFIELDS, Together with particulars of liberal concessions the Council have decided to make, with a view to encourage the introduction of English capital. Mr Witheford, having been identified with the Auckland Goldflelds since their first open ing, 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 who may be in Auckland as to the merits of the various eligiblo Goldfleld 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 NEW SYSTEM OF WORKING THE GOLDFIELDS. The Public of Auckland desirous of engaging in Goldfleld Operations pn the Non-liabiiity system, now so popular in Australia, are in vited to TAKE SHARES in the above As sociation. SHARES, £12 EACH. Payable £1 Monthly. Experienced Miners employed at £1 per week with a Share in the Profits after wages and exnenses have been deducted. , . Full particulars as to the Management and Method of Working on application to J, H. WITHEFORD, Shortland-street. T\ONALD W. JACK AND Co PONSONBY ROAD, Are Selling:— • Ladies' well-made Ulsters at 5s lid each Fashionable Jackets at half-price Extra-wide Coloured Cashmere at Is per yard, or 8 yards for 7s 6d Ladies' Straw Hats at 3d each Corsets. Is lid per pair, worth 3s 6d All-wool Shirting, Is per yard Our Ladies' Stockings and Gloves, at Is per pair, are extra good value Other Goods proportionately cheap. ■ ' DONALD W. JACK AND Co,, Poxsonby Road. Box 329. • Telefhoxe 435 IF YOU REQUIRE GOOD OATMEAL, FLOUR, CHEESE, POTATOES, ok ONIONS, OATS, or MAIZE, CALL ON ALFRED JOWITT. . [caed]. inrr anted. Landlords and others to know that E. BARKER Undertakes Collection of Rents and Accounts, Execution and Distress Warrants, Possession under Bills of Sale, etc., with care and despatch. office: CITY CHAMBERS, VULCAN LANE (Top floor). mo WHEAT-GROWERS, Etc. W. S. LAURIE & Co. Have for Sale: Winter and Spring Seed Wheats Tartariart Oats—Black, White, and Dun Bonemeal.and Bonedust Of various descriptions . {Analyses may be inspected/. (Jitrato ofi&oda, Ammonia, Potash; Suanos—lsland and Peruvian Wire, Sacks, Twine, &c. &o. . . CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. '



X>ANK OF AUSTRALASIA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855.) Paid up Capital .. .. „ £1,600,000 Reserve Fund .. ... „ 4i800,000 Notice is hereby given that the Half-Yearly | Dividend of £2 103 a Share, being at the rate of £1210s per cent.per annum on the Capital Stock 1 01 the Corporation, and a Bonus of 4* per share (together equivalent to 13J percent, per annum) declared by the Court of Directors payable in London on the 7th October, will bo made avail able in the Colonies on and after the same date The Reserve Fund stands at £800,000, leaving £13,000 as th 3 balance of profit carried forward, E. W. MORRAH, Inspector. Inspector's Office, Wellington, September 17th, 1887. TJENTISTRY- Mr A.~L. SMITH, OLD-ESTABLISHED DENTIST. Corner of Hobson and \Vet,Ie3LRY Streets. Artificial Teeth fitted without extracting stumps. Other dentists' work repaired. Teeth stopped. Gas administered. Charges moderate. Tramcars pass the house. T\ KEMP T, SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLTOTT AND WELLESLEY STREETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Box 210] [Telephone 378 HF. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.f (Late of the 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-st.reet (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a flrst-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dr. BAKEWELL regrets that, owing to the rush of patients in the afternoons and evenings, many have had to wait a long time. He would therefore advise those requiring lengthy consul tations, examination of the chest, etc., to come in the mornings from fl to 11. Saturday after noons and evenings will in future be reserved for male patients only.-Address: Hobson- STREKT, 2 DOORS BELOW COOK-STRKKT. Hblirs: 9to 11, 3t04,7 to 9. Fees: Cash invariably ;no booking. For advice and medicine, 2s Cd; for visit and medicine, ss. DR. \V ILKI NS, In the present depressed times,, has reduced his fee to 5s for'advieo and medicine both in general and special practice. P.S. -Arranges Spectacles for all kinds of bad sight. T\ISEASES OF WOMEN. Db. COBBETT. who makes a Specialty of this Department of Medicine, has arranged to receive Resident Patients. Trained Hospital Nurse in residence. -For further information apply DR. C. N; COBBETT, Lower Symonds-street, Auckland. TTIHE UNDERSIGNED SUPPLIES:— A Good Rasher of Ham A Bottle of Delicious Sauce A Cup of Refreshing Tea A Piece of Prime Cheese A Pound of Good Fresh Butter A Cup of First-class Coffee Also, Turawcra Baking Powder to Blow up the Scones . . With anything els? you require if you bring tho cash; and let it bo understood the effect of the Goods pn the purchaser will be lust the same as tha effect of the Cash on mo-that is, to effec tual'}' remove all feelings akin to melanchoyor depression. My Sauce and Making Power will, in future, bo know as " TARAVVERA," by which name both havo been registered, thut being my Trade Mark. FREDK. WHITEHEAD, 95. VICTORIA-STREET and ; . : • PONSONBY ROAD. Terms—CASH.