KILDEE; Or, The Sphinx of the Red House.

BY MAY E. BRYAN,

Author of "The Bayou Bride," "The

Fugitive Bride," &c.

CHAPTER XXII.

The morning woro on, and no Max came to j the rescue, no Papa Duck, no mayor armed , with authority to free her from her prison , and protect her from her pseudo mother. j An hour or so later she again heard the j sound of oars. Her heart beat wildly. ; Could it be her friends coming to her re lief? It was only Goff returning, alter . having landed St. Peter on the whart at Wallport. . . i ' There was nothing in the bare, stripped room to divert the girl—not _ picture, nor, a book, not a piece of work. She had only to sit and brood over the situation m winch the treachery of others had involved hor. She walked the floor until she was ready to drop with weariness. There was a sound atthe door; she heard the key turning, and stood still with throbbing pulses. lhe door opened. Sophie's broad, stolid face appeared behind a tray of luncheon, and behind her loomed up the tall, stout figure of Goff. Kildce turned sick with disgust and disappointment. She signed for the woman to put down the tray and leave her. Sophie pointed to a note lying on the tray and said : " I was to wait for an answer." Kildee tore the note open and read : "Iknow your situation, and, as a friend to you and a servantof the Divine Master, laskan interview with you. 1 may be able to do you some good.—JOEL GIBSON. " Tell him I will see him at once," said Kildee, wondering why she had not before thought of this man, and of the probability that°he was under the same roof with her. She had seen him enter the house with Carleon that same night whose ending had found her a prisoner, but she supposed he had left next morning long before 'she woke from her unnatural sleep. She had not liked his face or his voice when he came with Mrs Gonzalis in the character of her referee at Rock Spring. And yet sho could not have told why. His face was benignant, fatherly, his voice sweet and persuasive, his appear ance and manner entirely patriarchal. " Pie cannot be a bad man. I feel safer now I know1 that he is here," she said to herself as she waited impatiently for his entrance. He came at length. The very sight of his silvery flowing beard and kind smile disarmed her of her faint lingering sus picion. " You have not eaten your luncheon ; shall we partake together?" he said, at the same time laying on her plate a freshly gathered white lily. She inhaled its deli cate perfume gratefully. It brought a mes sage of comfort, and she took her seat op posite her venerable-looking visitor with a smile on her lips and a colour in her cheeks that had been so wan a little while before. He bent his patriarchal beard till it touched the plate and murmured a blessing; then he helped Kildee to cold chicken and claret, and talked pleasantly of matters and things in the outside world, while he discussed the luncheon with zest, arid yet with good breeding. The Reverend Joel Gibson was a person of tact and good breeding. Had he not been born without the moral sense, he would have been a gentleman. He had good impulses occasionally, but they were like the legless birds of the Arabian fable ; they never alighted. Sometimes when he had taken an extra mint-.julip.he would grow melancholy .and repentant, would curse Carleon and his own indolent, self-indulgent nature that made him this man's tool; but. his repentance always stopped' short .of amendment. And it is not to be denied that he took a positive pleasure in hum bugging his kind and in getting off upon them any little job of intricate knavery, the lock of which defied picking. He had entered zestfully into the job he had now in hand; it was "nice," it re quired skilful handling, andit turned upon a gift which he was secretly proud to possess, but never dared boast of or dis play, except in the slight degree.which is; called magnetism. This gift was the faculty, of mesmerising. After the repast, the patriarchal Joel patted Kildee's brown head, saying, "Go and put your flower in some water, my child," and with his own white, plump hands he piled the dishes in the tray and .spread the white towel over it. Then he drew two chairs near the window and sat in one of them, desiring Kildee to'take the other. . . - .

"Now, my daughter," he said, "tell me all about this trouble—your side of the story, I mean. I have heard your mother's. I am an old friend of hers—knew her long before she was as old as you—knew you as a baby in her arms." "Then shew my mother?'' Kildee said,, and the pained, disappointed tone of her; voice could not be mistaken.

" Certainly she is your mother, and c very good mother she was, but poverty and trials and ill-health have made her a little hard and selfish, lam afraid. It is not tc wondered at, and you must not be too hard upon her because of it. She is influenced now* more by the belief that she is acting for your good than by any desire to benefit herself. But never mind; lam here to listen to you first; afterward, with your permissi6n.pl will talk a little. Begin and tell me something of your life. Who is this Max who your mother imagines stands in the way of your acceptance of the rich and accomplished gentleman who seems to love you so dearly?' Kildee began the story of her life, telling ifc as simply and briefly as she knew how. The venerable magistrate—Carleon's money had helped him to get the office—sat just op posite her; his deep-set, green-grey eyes fixed themselves upon her face ; he gave little sighs of sympathy as she proceeded: presently his hand clasped one of hers and his face grew luminous yet misty.' He uttered little tender sympathetic comments now and then, and his right hand moved slowly, as though he were unconsciously brushing away a disturbing fly. Kildee found herself rambling strangely in her story, growing disconnected, and losing fche thread, to pick ifc up with an effort that grew more difficult each time to make. In vain she struggled against; fche feeling; her senses, her will seemed floating away from her; she caught at them again and again, but the attempt to arrest them was futile. Her own voice grew dreamy to her ears; the face opposite hers swam in a mist; she could only see two large softly shining eyes that expanded and expanded till they seemed to drown her in their luminous sea. At length her voice died to a murmur, her white lids were half drooped and tremulous like lily-buds on gentle undulating water. Joel Gibson smiled and made a few more passes with his white, fat hand. Her lips ceased to move, her lids to tremble. A few more passes yet. She sat upright, motion lsss—a beautiful statue of marble.

" Kildee, go and bring my yonder lily," he said under his breath.

She rose, walked straight to the table, took the flower he had given her from tho glass,and brought it to him. "Now sit still," he said yet lower. She seated herself in the chair, and he left the room, returning in a few moments with Mine. Gonzalis.

"There," he said, smiling, pointing to Kildee; "you can prepare her for her wedding, if there is any adornment needed, You had better arrange her hair and put

this flower in her curls; she will look more bride-like in the eyes of your two Russian witnesses. She will do anything I tell her to do. She is passive in my hands. I con trol her through the magnetic spell," he went on, seeing Mrs Gonzalis standing before the white, still girl, with a look of awe and remorse on her face. " Oh, she looks death-like ; I cannot bear to touch her !" cried the woman. " Death-like ! Not a bit. See her light up now. Kildee, smile," he said, and the sweet, still lips of the statue parted radiantly. Mnic. Gonzalis began softly to smooth her curls, and fastened some fane, soft lace around her throat, with a pretty pin she took from her own collar. As she made, in this simple manner, the toilet of the un conscious bride, the tears dropped on her sallow cheeks. When she had finished, she put back a rebellious curl with a tender, lingering touch, and kissed the white fore head it had shaded. "Forgive me, my sweet child—God in heaven forgive me !" she lnurmured. Then she turned to Gibson, who stood looking complacently at Kildee, his hands clasped on his capacious stomach. " Will her eyes remain closed as they are now ?" she asked. " No, she will open them when I will her to, though they will have no speculation. She will speak, too, when I will her to speak. Have you never before seen a per son mesmerised ?" "Yes," Mme. Gonzalis said briefly. " But it secm3 dreadful for one to^ be married while in this blind, unconscious state." "Women are usually blind when they marry," said the Rev. Joel, smiling, rub bing his whito hands ' gently together. "Blind with love, or vanity, or greed of money and clothes. It is as well to be blind with one thing as another. Is the little one ready ?" " Yes," said the woman, turning her eyes with difficulty from the painful fas cination of the girl's white, sweet face. "Call Carleon then. The bride is no doubt impatient. And let the parlour be darkened, and the candles lighted, and the witnesses in places. I like to do things in ; style." To be Continued.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. SATUKDAY, OCTOBER T, 1887.

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Watches. npH.E COEEECT TIME! WITHIN REACH OF ALL. TEN YEARS AGO STEWART DAWSON & Co., Liverpool, Struck the keynote of sound commercial trad ing by opening the portals of their■_. 'actors; to ■ the actual consumers, TH*. GENERAL PUJ-.- LIC, thus sweeping away at one blow the exor bitant profits of the Middleman and Retail Dealer. The results attendant on this, the only real and beneficial system of trading with ad vantage to the buyer, lias been 6 An Unqualified Success, Unprecedented in the annals of English Watch making. WF READ THIS. Just to hand, ex s.s. Kaikoura, a Largo Stock Of GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY,Iatest fashions. These Goods having left Liverpool on tho Ist June last, our Customers can depend on them being quite new, and are no part ol Bank runt's Stock, or old fashioned Jewellery, lobe disposed of at any price. Iho readers are invited to call and inspect the Gooas. Every article guaranteed, and mari-ed lowest possible price, as usual with S.D. & Co _?o i s'U-ana UO, s well-known English obO Loo silver Hunting Levers. jO,. 1 P.c— s- D. and Co.'s English Silver sb_ xDa Hunting Levers, ehron. balance, extra i ewelled. Worth 418 Bs. J>" lAa-^li- and Co.'s new Excelsior J eCiO lUis plate English Levers. The Model Watoh, well worth £10 10s. on 1 Ko—S. D. and Co.'s Ladies' English Sil gjO LOi. yer Hunters. Will last alifetimc. nn -1 pr O —S. D. and Co.'s Superb Hunting 3tiD _t>o chronograph Levers, worth £12 10; or Crystal Glass, .-Co 15s. £ n i a„_s. D. and Co.'s Silver Keyless O lub Hunting Lover, value for £10 10s. Open face, £5 10s. n_ i - O _'_ho wonderful Sterling Silver 3&1 LOh Dellance Hunter, worth £o 10s. Oocn faci, £1 7s tid. nn -1 n Q —S. D. and Co.'s Official Railway 3t*o lUb __n<rlishlCeylessLever,unequalled at £1010s. .81210s, £15 10s, £18 10s, *- JD')--*;—S.D. and Co.'s Superb 1 -carat X oZf.-^O Gold Knglish Lever and Hall" Chronometers, never equalled under 40 per cent more. £6 10s sc £7 lOs-Afc al£-c£a! Gold Keyless Watches, perfectgems, worth £1010s. £$ 10s & ,£ll 10s & £U 10s —S.D. & Co.'s Ladies 18-carat Gold English Levers. Save at least 50 per cent, by purchasing from the makers. £11 10s & £12 lOslKT™*



/*O7 «_- /"^ft 18-carat Gold, worth SCO. S.D A> A)"v and Co.'s New Patent Eng lish Double Chronographs, with indepen dent start, stop, and fly back minute and second hands. For quality and accuracy never equalled at any price. Obtained Prize Medal Inventions Exhibition last year. Special pamphlet on this watch, post free, for2d stamp. EVERY WATCH FULLY GUARANTEED. Sterling- Silver Hall-marked Alberts, Sis Gd, 12s Cd, 14s Gd, and 15s Cd, Ne west Patterns, atnearly Half usual price. The WEALEMEFNA, in Sterling Silver, 12s0d. By simply passing it ovor surface the exact distance of feet and inches is recorded ou the Dial. Also, forms a splendid appendage for the Albert. GOLD ALB (CRTS, Ladies' and Gent's Newest Styles, Wholesale Prices, all illustrated in Pamphlet CANNOT BE EQUALLED. R AIRS. Note. REPAIRS. Wanted Known, Best Watch Glasses fitted, 3d each. Charges for Watch Repairs—no matter what maker or where bought—equally cheap. Ar rangements made to turn out 150 repairs per week. All Watches cleaned aro guaranteed at Stewart Dawson and Co.'s Great English Watch Exhibition, 94, Queen-street. Call and receive gratis a copy of our Splendid New Illustrated Watch and Jewellery Pamphlet, and read lull par ticulars and most wonderfultestimonials. FOR REAL VALUE VISIT STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S GREAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, 91-QUEEN-STREET-9I (Opposite Wyndham-street), Auckland.



Tailoring. EXTRA PAIR OF TROUSERS *%X to \fe> I g" KEASUBE. hg W I 50* 56c. 60a. § | a g 65* 70s. 755. J H p 8 80s. 85s. 90s. g__ p- . H •zs H. ROBINSON, Tailoe,/" 8 > \SW-V CORNER OF >**^_^ S3 S N$K Cook & Grey Sts. >£W_x 3 | N-y | QREV STREETS. | $p/__ " EXTRA PAIR OF TROUSERS Furniture. AT C. C. BROWN'S, Cook: .and Hobson Streets. ANY PAIR OFFER ACCEPTED For Balance of Stock. Still a Large Quantity of Fikstcxass Upholstery and Furniture FOR SALE. I have instructed Mr E, Leydon to sell Balance of Stock hy Public Aucticpi on October io. C. 0. B ROW^ • COOK. AND HOBSON STREETS,



THE WATCH ©F THE AGE. WONDERFUL WATERBURY. The prize of £1 recently offered by tho Waterbury Watch Company, in South Australia, for the best pun on the watch of the age, has been awarded to "Giles Scroggins " for the following lines :— While Chaffey Brothers water raise, To make poor men's hearts merry; Another firm Rains equal praise Which docs its Water-burr. When Chaffey's fame is dead and gone (Some deem their scheme's romantic) A'faithful watch will still tick on, From o'er the broad Atlantic. Whatt Gone?. .Yes, sir, train left ten'myiutes ago. Why doiv t you buy a " Waterbury ?" A man who stole a Waterbury Watch from a poor labourer the other day was fined and locked up by the Magistrates, horsewhipped by the watchmaker when ho camo out, and afterwards nearly hurried into a brain fever by his wife. The clergy man of the parish alluded to the little aflair in a sermon, and the local editor, for a wonder, • agreed with the parson and re viewed the occurrence in print. All this time it was borne in upon the wretched m{m that he could have bought the. watch from any storekeeper for 13s 6d, and have had it repaired any time at a cost of 2s 6d. ITOU-.HDTjQWIRt /WOTHB!^ SOLE AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND: E, PORTER AND Co., Queen-street. The Rev. R. Sommerville will deliver a lecture on "Cant," in St. James's Hall, on Wednesday next, October sth. Admis sion, Is,—[Advt.] Wilson's Portland Cement and Hydraulic Lime are uniform and reliable. Every bag bears the trade mark and contains a ticket. Infor mation free on concrete.—J. Wilson & Co., Cus toms-street West.—(Advt.) Children starving to death on account of theii Inability to digest food, will find a most marvellous food and remedy in Scott's Emulsion or Pure Cod Livi* Oil with Hvj'ophosphites, Very palatable and easily digested. Krad the following testimonial: " 1 have prescribed' SCOTT'S EMULSION 'in cases of children suffering from wasting and mal-nutrition, and can report most favorably of its good effect; it has been iv each case taken most readily. VV. JPKKKtNS, M.R.C.S., Medical Supt., Burleigh Hospital, Eng. Large and small bottles at all Chemists. 4ii 6d and as6d-



Undertakers." JAMES STANTON, Undertaker, Victoria-street West (near Foley's, Grocer, Hobson-street). Funerals conducted on the lowest possible charges. Grave fences erected.



Business Motices- COMPULSOET SALE (Ifwfra! Drapery Baanffl - bs=b» 8 BL S » ___m _\st__W - » M » * "■■■» ■ » ■ CLOTHING AND MEROEET. IN consequence of the Dissolution of Part nership and death of the late Mr. W. Woodroffe, the Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Company are compelled to realise on the whole of their extensive stocks to close the late Partnership Account. THE SALE WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY NEXT, OCT. 3rd, When the whole of the Stock will be offered AT LANDED COST OE UNDEE. Compulsory Sale of the Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Stock to close late partnership account on Monday Next. 1 ™ ' ' ' ' """ COME EARLY AND BUY LARGELY I EVERYTHING CHEAP ! Hotelkeepers and Storekeepers Note !• THE MELBOUKKE i DRAPERY. AND CLOTHING COMPANY, QUEEN STEEET, AUCKLAND.



_^^7^m^-^~--'^^^^S^',§%. TESTIMONIALS. Ii A Cheap, Pleasant,- >,> ";*■_ | -Effectual Remeoy. MM Yom IUNG PRESERVEE af . £||Li=!=ss_==!S!-S_ggs_=]s.^^ 01'ded my wile and children almost *V6b_ /-\>- immediate relief in Coughs and Colds, ![4^~l i!iV« >;t :>y-__^^^ and many to whom I had the pleasure WcA- WMi i-- i---L--CTl^--^^p^*^';. VM of recommending vonr specific have |'v^ W X W M^^^^m^/H f'Mt sP°ken of ;t as invaluable. In ono fe> V^^T^\^k l MlJ!A.W^' ?»*ss caso' every remedy tried was fWSm I^^^^^A™-^i^W^ powerless to give relief (the cough Hi P^^^PJWMOWMI was so distressing) the first dose of WP^^stin'^^i i^ivsTXMW^M yom' Elixir was mosfc effecfcive. In ~. tUr\\K^^/^mwM another case (sore throat) a cure was If' f €^^^o^^^^yy^^/M^^m P atient resolved to take nothing else fei^^^^^Sf F™ W. B. MA***, If Sl^lfs 5 ®,Ws^',© WMIm Wesleyan Minister, 1 -IfSSS-^^-!CS&#I^S Lyttelton. |®^> jp]ojf^coWci.sfnHH Q l£?£_ ,,sed >'olir LUNG PRE- I! BROlVrwiT-fo M » WBs?is S. EKVER for an affection of the m ISROWCHITTS, .AbTHMA , J«« throat, and deem it only just to in giQARSENESS, WHOOPING VQUS&MmBm form you that I h*ve experienced |$ Djff!cu_tv of Breathing, jSillli great benefifc from its use. I shall &NDALL AFFcOTIONSOrTHE LI"NCS,WpW cc^ tainly re=°. mmend it to all who I Bronchi, ta!ußs||| "fa,D,,Bßfa~r- 'Real fr.uwlTomE'PteMMsMwrnlfflm | ■ JU9.V P-ÜBIIC SPEAK£B. ||Bpli From Dr. Ewart. p-YIQS- SS <Sd, £.3 6d, 4s Cd $. Bs. |||m|M^ As a Cough Medicine, for persons M - ' iMmm&k of all aE es> Baxter's LUNG PRE- W PREPARED ONLY BY WflWMft SERVER is excellent. I df. BAXTSS, Mmß iMeoic/AL Hall, VictoriaStreet,S^^P, '^^m^m^_WM^iW^0 f!t ' SOLD EVERYWHERE. IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS ! Purcliasers are requested to see that each packet of Lung Preserver offered them fo sale is a fac-simile of the above drawing, and that the words " Baxter's Lung Preserver Christchurch," are blown on the bottle. ** # Refuse all others as counterfeits. AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND: Messrs SHAULAND and Co., CLOSE BROS., P. HAYMAN and Co, and N.Z. DKUG- COMPANY.



PpHB PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. IT3 OBJECTS ARE SPECIALLY PROTECTIVE. The Ffetatos of persons who die. having neglected to make their wills, and who have not any f nendf. Jiving In the colony ready to apply for administration, are carefully administered debts paid and residues remitted to those legally entitled to receive them. All persons are, however urged to ins'iuct their solicitors as to their wills whilst in po.Be.siou of nsalth and unimpaired faculties. Inviriable security for the fulfilment of their wishes is assured by the appointment of the Publio Trustee as sole Executor. No charge is made upon tha deposit for safe custody of any Will by whVch tho Publio Trustee is appointed Executor. Other Witlß may bo deposited on payment of a feewr Ten Shillings. Subject to the provisions of the Public Trust Office Acts, any present trustee may transfer the management o! trust property to tho Publio Trustee, who will thereupon .hold such property upon the original trusts attaching thereto. The ecale of fees applicable 10 the classes of Estates above referred to Ib as follows :— On all receipts of income under a trußt, or on realising property under a will, or transfer of administration or probate .. .. .. £5 per cent. For rendering Property-Tar leturn (If necessary) 10/- For rendering Stamp account (if neceesarj) .. .. .. ..2/0 per cent. > Mm.f08, £1 For obtaining probate (if necefteary) .. .. .. _. . .7/6 per cont. /Max. fee. £10 For investing f undß, if the sum lent is under £1 G.U .. ~ , .20/ per oent. For in veati_g funds, if the sum lont is over £1,000 ... ... . .16/ per cent. The Public Trustee holds large sums ot money for Investment On real security at current rates Of interest. Any oums may be advanced on first m Driftage of freshold property <to the extent of one-half of its aotual value. Applloatlors for advances will be reoeivedat the v> uiotui ammoies. Every policyholder under " The Life Assurance Companies Act. 1878." may regfc iter BOOh oolior within six months after the makinß thereof, on pay ment of & fee Of fIVB shillings. *^ ' FOR MORS DETAILED INFORMATION APPLY TOTHH VARIOUS Lf JQAL AGENTS BU w OR TO THE PUBLIO XMUHTifiS AT W«JuLJ^OTOJT. E, P, WATF,3S, Auckland Agent.



Business Notices. ALEXANDER IJARVEY, ALBERT-STREET (Corner of Durham-street), Direct Importer and M.._tofacture_r of All Kinds of Dairy Utejisils, Tin, Iron, and Copper Work. DAIRY FACTORIES AND CREAMERIES SUPPLIED WITH ALL REQUISITES. Estimates Given. HEa\D - QUARTERS FOR JAM TINS, HONEY TINS, BUTTER TINS, Etc, OME-MADE BREAD, CAKES, SCONES, HOP BEER, &c„ easily made by using CROOK'S AMERICAN DREED YEAST. Cheaper and more desirable than Baking Powder. It should be sold in every country store, used in every country home, £ ull direc tions on each packet. Sample packets by post, 3d, from J. T. JOHNS, Seymour-street, Pon sonby, Auckland. Wholesale Agents—L. D. NATHAN & Co. QRION. r\RION. /WON. WHAT IS IT? FISHER & CO.. WHOLESALE SHOPPING AND FAMILY BUTCHERS Established 1864. - By Special Appointment to His Excellency the Governor, Sir VV. F. Jervois; His Excellency Sir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Duko of Edinburgh; also, Kosha Butchers to the Jews. QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. N.Z. Families waited on in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to ORDER. Dealers in Game Home-cured Hams and Bacon Corned Beef in Large Quantity. Imports of Sausage Casings The Trado Supplied N.B.—Calves' Rennets. s&. Customers Supplied with Ice, Telephone No. 355. P.O. Bo_ No. _3i JSPECIAL SALE \y BOOTS & SHOES^^ X- **>^'^ FOR CASH 'Ai**Z&K \\) y^^ UNTIL °N^<<o }3>^^Completion of '>p»^'^NEW PREMISES, >>-^^UPPER SYMONDS ST.



THE NEW ZEALAND m , m COMPANY a° Having purchased the abova 'h_a- REGISTERED THE SAME, notify ft!l"l" k «« pnvatetradethattWgXS?;Bl4 SUPPLY THIS WELL-KNOWN BRAND FROM THEIR ' CELLARS, MABKET PLACE ' QUEEN STREET (NEAR ANCHOR H<^ The largest and best stock in Auction, choose from, nojv^rtoecSj^ Deliveries as usual twice daily by mms . N.8.-We bottle nothiag.but DunedinXXXr the BEST IN THE MARKET. W * , YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO waste your money on TRASHY LOW PRICED SOAPS. Practise Thrifuli study true ECONOMY by using only ; BURl«3 Al SOAP. The effort made to improvo 'v homes of New Zealand must fail to secure thiS fidl effect unless they succeed ininducingeven housekeeper to uso . ' BURNS'S Al, SOAP. It is a simple but useful article. Those who tan to use it are still more simple, and noth_?M useful . l)s_ oft!iv W»a___»n3B___a._ ~ __- ,-X.BIII-M*- | Yon may have heard of it a THOUSAND TIMES without using it ONCE. If you *•§ reverse the position and USE IT ONCE You will praise it to othera a THOUSAND TIMES.—I have spent hundreds of pounds in convincing the women of New Zealand that their labour.can bo greatlylighteped ")yu__ BURNS'S Al SOAP (the World Rekowxd) Cleanser!), but I have fallen short of my an» , bition if I have f ailed to CONVINCE IQIT. WHOLESALE AGENT CUSTOMS STREET BAST. pUHS GUM lON 3 Rifles Rifle REVOLVERS REVOLVERS GUNPOWDER! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, Wire ukteidoes, Loadino Appabatu. AMMUNITION Of Ever- DEscßiraoy, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Firework** S. EVITT'S, 254, goaW-fflßt guaranteed. - D. EVITT, Gim-AKEB, . nnPIN-STREET; AUCKLAND QUEEfoppositethe siarkeiHouse) PRICE LISTS SEHTjO^gTAPPg^ m i» E AC 0 0 X • OPTICIAN, Mathematical axd NauTICAL INSTROMENT MAKER, - m SHOB.TLAND_- STREET. Always m Stock- Spectacles and Eye-glassj of every W «** nt guaranteed iole scop Pe S ;' powerfuland encap j^ Drainage Levels, P^aUc O paraUelKtdea Drawing Instruments, Scales,r^. BUmae i ea X' Logs, Sextants, C-^Smeters Barometers, Thermometers. HJ2", fSc Bells, Batteria_,andl!itM'JK^ e9 Magic Lanterns and Sliaes,na 3 Stereoscopes and f KSi, oiiteW Steam Guages and Cubmc*-»" Just Kechwd- Settlers' Telescope-powerful, ***** Set S&dßarome^^ 22s 6d r-.^t-AMotorWorkinga" 11 Also, Steam ana EIeetTOJBOW OPPOSITE THEPOST-OF^a^ EDGAR ANP V DYERS. ESTABHSHED fl^ STi^DvmoToLjv^l^^ LadiesVand Of^SSSgS Cleaned, Renewed, orDy^-W^^^ Curtains or Table Covers (jjaniaagy *



TMpRANDA COAL AND IRON COMPANY (LIMITED). SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD AND STEAM COAL IS NOW BEING PUT OUT FROM THIS COMPANY'S MINE, AND AGENTS ARE WANTED FOR THE SALE OF IT. APPLICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNDERSIGNED, AT THE COM PANY'S OFFICE, 14, VICTORIA ARCADE ORDERS FORWARDED TO THE SECRE TARY WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. BY ORDER. X JOSEPH BARBER, SECRETARY. Auokland, August, 23,1887.



IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS, ETC. In retiring from the Ship Chandlery business, I beg to tender my sincere thanks to my many friends for their generous support during the last fourteen years, and will consider it a per sonal favour if my late patrons will kindly transfer their patronage to my successors in the business, Messrs Ross and Co., whom I can confidently recommend. d. h. Mckenzie. Auckland, September 23,1887. WITH reference to the above announce ment, we have much pleasure in inti mating to the friends of the late Arm, and the public generally, that we will carry on the business of Ship Chandlers, Sail Makers, etc.,! in, our temporary premises at No. 17, Lower Queen-street, and nope by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a continuance of the patronage of the late firm. ROSS & CO. THE SAIL LOFT will be under the management of Mr Charles Reynolds, who had charge of this branch of Cap "am McKenzie s business for the last fourteen years. Tho services of Mr. W. A. Harvey, for many years head storeman for Messrs J. and D. Oxley and Captain D. H. McKenzie, have been retained for the new firm. Goods will arrive by next 1 steamer from Sydney, and by direct steamers from Home. ROSS & CO. (Successors to Captain D. H. McKenzie), SHIP CHANDLERS, SATLMAKERS, ETC. Temporary Premises: No. 17, Lower Queen-street, Auckland Opening day, Monday, September 26. HENRY HUGHES, M.1.M.E., M.S.A. CIVIL. MECHANICAL, AND MINING ENGINEER, JOHNSTON-STREET, WELLINGTON. INVENTORS ASSISTED. Patents Secured in All Countries on the Lowest Terms. Searches mado as to Novelty of Inventions. Henry Hughes, having had large «P?r i£'n^ as an Engineer and Patent Agent, ia enabled to conduct Patent Business by correspondence. Inventions of undoubted merit can De ar ranged to be Patented Free of Cost. SUPERPHOSPHATES. -Freezing Co.'a. £8 and £9 of all merchants.