The Auckland Star.

PVOL. XXIV.-No. 104 AUCKLAND* N.Z.* .THURSDAY^ MAY 4, 1893. PRICE-ONE PENNY »TABLE TALK.

Fine again.The gale gone.Very heavy downpour.No damage to shipping.Cricket i8over for the season.Steamers delayed by the gale.Terrible famine in Asiatic Russia.S.s. Manapouri left for the Soutb.S.s. Waihora, forSydney, put back.S.s. Ruapehu due here from London.Waihora leftagain forSydney tc-day.Very rough weatberall aloug the northern

coast.Sportsmen, dogsand guns at work in the

country. .Last Tuesday was Sir William Fox's 81sb

birthday.Football fairly starts for the season on

Saturday.City Hall " People's Concert " lasfa nighb

was successful.H.M.B. Katoomba is expected to leave

here for Sydney before long.Auckland Association footballers hold a

general meeting this evening.Bishop AJoran, of Dunedin, haa left here

for Te Aroha to try the hot baths.lolanthe social re-unions will commence

in the St. George's Hall on May 12th.The Auckland Caledonian Society and

Burns Club will held t'.eir usual socials- sthis evening.Awell-known Aucklander is reported to

have done the " Pacific slope" within thalast weekor co.

This morning a very heavy sea was run-ning on the East Coast from the NorthCape southwards.

A purse containing some money and,papers is lying at the police officeawaitingan owner to claim it.

T'e cyclonic storm is now believed tohave passed off to the south-eastward fromthe New Zealand coast.

The Hon. Mr Seddon has received anumber of telegramscongratulating him onhis promotion to the Priemership.

Sir George Grey approves of Mr Seddon'sassumption of the reins of Government asthe new Premier of New Zealand.

At Wyadham (Wesb Australia) the ther-mometer mounts gaily up to 120deg. in thashade, and stays therefor months together.

Six hundred andninety-four persons weraarrested for drunkenness last yearin NewZealand, of whom 39 only were born in thacolony.

Mr E. Tennyson Smith had crowdedmeetings at the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton,on Sunday and Monday evenings, and overfifty pledges were taken.

The New Zealand Shipping Company'sdirccc steamer Ruapehu, now due herefromLondon, is coming out as a' cirgo steameralone this trip—no passengers.

Out of 15 men whoput downtheir namesat the labour bureau at Chriatchurch,.*ogo by the s.s. Hinemoa to the settlement adChaslands(Canterbury), onlyfour turnedup,

"Sweating" is notyet unknownamongsbAuckland clothiers. We are informed tbahone or two firms arestill known to paynive~pence, a piece to women for makingtrousers.

Pigeons *\nd wild ducks are stated bo baplentiful in the country this shootingseason. The native pigeons aro at thistime of the year in good " game " conditionfrom feeding on the kahikatea berries.

The Hons. W. McCullough and W.Jenni gs, M-L.C.'s returned yesterdayfr in Wanganui, where they attended thefuneral of the late Premier. Mr T. Thomp-son, M.JLR., is expected to return onSaturday.

T. VV. Manifold, a competitor ab thedrapers' athletic sports at Wellington wasaccidentally shot in tha leg by the starteryesterdayafternoon. Asmall piece of leadhad remained in the pistol, andstruck himin the calf.- The wound is not serious.

The British ship Moy, from Calcutta,with 450 coolies, is cow due at Suva, Fiji.The ship Jumna, the second Vessel fromthe same port, is lookedfor about May 9th,with another cargo of Indian coolies forlabouron theQueenslandsugarplantations.

The Wellington Operative Tailors'Society, at a meeting last nighb, fully con-curred in the action of the Trades Councilwith regard to tendering for Post Officauniforms,and felt thab the tenderingsystem was a direct encouragement tosweating.

Mr William Young, formerlyCollector ofCustoms, at Auckland, who died at)Rarouera yesterday,was a veryeld colonist.He was formerly in the Army Com-missariat Department, and was appointed\to the office of Collector of Customs abAuckland by Governor Hobson in the earlyforties. lie retirod on his pension 30 yearsago.

Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co., ofLondon, who l?ave deciled to run a dirndlmontLly service from London to New Zea-land, are building two fast steamers ofab-ut 10,000 tons capacity, specially fittedwith refrigerators for the Now Zealandfrozen meat trade. The outward passagewill be

4made in about 48 days, and the

homeward in 45 days.The devil is not—as we all know on pro-

verbial authority—as black as he's painted.Rabbi Davis, in his lecture to the SydneyUnitarian Literary Society last week, nobonly lightened the colours in the traditionalportrait of his Satanic Majesty, butrubbedthe figure completely out. The Rabbideclared his entire disbelief in a personaldevil a:d in such a place as hell.

Tho ship Vernon, until recently the NewSouth Wales Government'training ship aftSyl-.ey, was sold at that port lately. Shewasan old East Indian, and wasbuiltbirer50 years ago. She was first commanded byCaptain Donny, and was one of RichardGreen's splendid fleetof Indiamen,and wasbuilt by him ab his Blackwall buildingyard. She had plenty of copper bolts inher, and the best of teak and oak beamsand timber, so thab bor late "purchaser haaa greatbargain,

A bank overdrafb is nob necessary to buyArthurNathan's reliable teas. They can begot anywhere ab 2s and 2s 6d per \b.,eitherBlended, Ceylon, or India.—(Advt.) 91

Shipping.' [_

> 'TTINGLAND VIA

W^i^M IN days. .ROYAL MAIL EXPRESS SERVICE.

"Avoiding alike the heat ofthe Red Seaand thecold ofCape Horn.

! UNlo^v^Krr,EffiiD7- 0F

OCEANIC S^IS^^MPANY OFUWW SAN FRANCISCO.The Stoamersor thin Una are appointed

tolaave drdneyand Auckland for Houo uluundtan Franclsoo every four weeks,sailing asunder ■—

~,. Im. Leavo Leave ArrivefSteamer. jTons. Sy(,ney Auck. 'Frisco.

AI.AMEDA 3000 May 15 May 20 June 8MARII-03A 3000 June 12 June 17 July6Monowai 3500 July 10 July 15 Aug.3

Tickets are available for 12 months, andSaloonPassengers can break their journeyatAuckland, Honolulu, Pan Francisco,and anyplnceof call en route toNew York.

Through Fares, Sydney or Auckland, toEngland :—\, Saloon—£63and £66.

Steerage-£3O 18s9d.

For all informationapply at any of tbe officesW UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF

NEW ZKALAND (LIMITED).

■» TTNION STEAMSHIP■ ESS COMPANY OF NEWf|>lll||i| ZEALAND (LIMITED).

P®^s^ TIMETABLE.I (Weathor and circumstancesI permitting.)

JOB NEW PLYMOUTH. WELLINGTONLV TO J'H J*

(From Oneiiunga>.

"""steamer. | Date of Sailing. | g^rTr^fnTaeapuna IMonday.Bth.1p.ra. ! 12 noon

(Cart'CatRailviray till 1 p.m. Saturday)(No cargo iorNew Plymouth) _

FOB TUPAROAT" TOLOGA,"

GtsnORNE,_N APIKK, AND WELLINGTON.

So'thern CXas IThursday, 4th May, 5 p,m.FOR EAST COAST PORTS. GISBORNK

WHARF. & NAPIEB.Kanieri | Thursday, 4th May, 5 p.m._" "~

FOR WESTPORT. _____Pukaki | Saturday.6th May, 2 p.m.

FOR TvJNGA & SAMOA(NUKOAI.OFA, HAABAI, VAVAU. AHA).

Wpolu 1 Thursday, 25th May, 5 p.ui.UJarcco till noon),

s FOR^YONKY.Talunb I Tuesday,16th May, 5 p.m.Tarawera I Tuesday. 30th May. 5 p.m.

f6r~samoa7~and san Itra.noi3ct>.

Ai.amkoa I Saturday, 20th May.. 2 p.m.

t (Cargo tililOa.m.)

' FOIt SUVA AND LICVUKA.Tavhtni fTues-lay. 23rdMay, Sp.m.

(Cargo till noon)

Cargo must be booked and alongside TWOHOURSbelore advertif t<\time of deniirture.

Aiokland Branch! Palmerston Buildings.

' jL—-^, I^IORTHERN STEAM-

|Rn^^J! SHIP COMPANY(Limited).

| PROPOSED SAILINGS.Weather and other circum-'. ' stances permitting.

TIME-TABLE.-May.FRO\£c_!JiC H>MTREICT WHARF.

FORRUS3RLU WHANGAROArANBt JJANGiON Ul.

Steamer. | Dateor Sailing.

' Cl*nsman | Monday,8,7p.m._] FOILTa.UUA.NUA.Ohinemuri I Thursdar. 4. 7Cu;. ;-: "(Passengers only.) ., V/AioTAnr [ Friday. 5, 7 p.m.

FOX MAKKTU ANP MATATA.Krery Friday,at 7 p.m.

Clansman (Connecting with «.s. Katl-\ kaliatTaurang*).

All Frai>hts mint bs prepaid.

' _ FOR MRRCURY BAY.r Aroyle Friday. 5, 7p.m.

*RgYl'g Every Thursflay.7p.m« _FOlt ICUAOTUNU.

Aboyus 5. 7"p.7mi,. TI. JtvcryMonday.7 B.m,, abbtlk Krerv Thnraday. 7 P.'u.Eoturning Every Tuesday and Saturday

(weatherpermittine).'All freights must be prepaid).

Stmv reasonable cara takon iv landing pas-", iengoraanicaroroiniurfboats, but no

' responsibility.FOR TAIRTTA.

Argyle I Friday. 6, 7 p.m.Augtj^ | EveryThursday.7 p.m.

FOR GIJEITBARRim^nYPHRNA. PORT_______FIT_ZROY I & HIJND BAY.Argylb I Every^Tiiesday. at midnighT

(All freightsmust, be prepaid.*FORWHILN^IrnITOTyyTWHARF).

DOUQT,A31 ETery"Mnnfla"y7s"p7m]FORPAItUA HAY. WIu"N"OAtTiIHEAI).s"

ANpjVIANGAPALWKi,TJNaToN_^ni:vcr7Tiiesday"an¥Fri(iay~FORMAUSDENPOINTfc"WHANf!AREir

Carrying cargo and passenorers for Waipu (aCoachmeets the steamer onarrival to convoypaisongers to Waipti).

tVkt.t.imjton |Fridny.s.lo.3o n.ni. 'Wellinoton I Tuesday.9, 1P.30p.m.i!'RUlv[_ VyjtANGXiIKI. ~

WnumTOX I Monrlay.87"fr»ir. 10.20p.w.FORdpOTIKTAND WHa'KVTANE;

sl^MUßJ__J_Thursday. 4, 7p.m.g__-_WHAN_GAMATA & WHAKATANE.

8, 11 &.m., forTthamksfjKAVKS AunrrtAND.

KOTor.rAHANA I Friday.s.4.lsp.m.Rotomahana I Saturday.6, 5p.m.

LWAVrcs; Tjtamks.KOTOMAnANA | Friday. 5, 8.30a.m.Rotomaiianji I Saturday.6, 9 a.m. .

IN'SteerageIns.s.Ohinci.iuri.)

FOR PATCROA. KOPU7~TURUA. TITKU-TAIA, TE AROTTA.& SURROUNDING

" „ DISTRICTS.OandinganyPassengora for Tliames atKopu.)Pakroa I Thursday.4. midnTghl, AllFreigbt3nr.isthoPrcpaia.

FROM PAKROA. etc.. etc.(Callingat Kopii three hours later.)

Paeroa I Saturday,5.10 a.m.Return Tickets. 15s ; single, 10s.

"_ FROM MANUKAU."31 FOR HOKIANGA._Gienelq | Monday_MayB.J. v.r\ Train,noon

and w'anganui.GaislochI Wednesday, 10^1p.m. Train, noon

FOR RAGLAN"&~kAWHIA.I Blenklo I Monday, 15. 1 p.m. Traia.noon

N.bT-No cargowill be received at~Queen-"lreet Wharf after half-past 4 p.m., or aftery.owon Saturdays,or within onehourof adver-"Bed time of anysteamer's departure.

U» OS. COROMANDEL./W, FOR WAIiIEKE AND■ fcS|_iJy» ookomandel.

TIMK TABLE.. Apkil£e,RveßAuckland— LeavesCoromandei—.*"ay.5,12noon Saturday.6.12 noon

othercircumstances penitittlinf.«ot responsible for shinpinsr, oarryiusr. «r dis-ch«gtogLiv.Stock,

,i\° V^ko received without Shipping Note,"awithin half-an-hour of adrortised timo of■"jwtnye,A'U twcelsmaatbe pre-paid wboard

Shipping.

vOvJL QHAW, SAVILL, AND*«||f|||^>- ALBION COMPANYmss"**33__» (Limited).

MONTHLY LINE OF FAST PASSENGER|STEAMERS BETWEEN ALL PORTS OFNEW ZEALAND AND LONi,ON.

The following powerful, new, steel-builtSteamersarc appoiotedto leave for LONDONDIRECT as follows:—

vLs *":.Steamer. £§ ||j Commander. Dat

pear°ture.e'

fjSa:

*Doric 4784 5000J.W. Jennings May 13Tonic ,4753 3000.W. H. Kidley May2bArawa 150265000'J. Stuart Juno 22Coptic 4418 3000.C.H.Kcmpion July20lonic J47533000W. H. Kidley Aug. 17| I

"From Lyttelton.In addition to above. Cargo Steamerswill be

despatchedat regular intervals.The accommodation for all classes of passen-

gersis unsurpassed.The Homeward Route will be via Rio de

Janeiro and Teneriffe, and the time occupied

■^ASSBNOiaB^ASSIBD AT LOWESTCURRENTRATES, and providedwith coastaltickets from Auckland to portofdeparturefreeof charge. ,

Return Tickets at Greatly Reduced Rates.The undersigned are emnowered to grant

passagesfrom London to New Zealand, pay-ment for which has been guaranteed in thiscolony.

An experiencedSurgeonwill accompanyeachsteamer.

Full particulars regarding Freight or Pas-sagemoneymaybe ascertained from

L. P. NATHAN & CO.,CRUICKSHANK & CO.,. A. HEATHER.

CANADIANPACIFIC RAILWAY CO.\J AND

ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.

OUR NATIONAL HIGHWAYROUND THE WORLD.

THE NEW POPULAR HOUTE■ BETWEEN

AUSTRALASIA, CHINA, JAPAN ANDEUROPE,

Via CANADA and the UNITEDSTATES.

Intended Sailingsfrom Hong Kong andYokohama.

I* Steamship. JHongJE. Yokoh. wlfi"Eg R. M. S. "Ji!»„ Empress of Japan May24 Jun. 2 S,g--S 2-cJ Empress of China Jun. 14 Jun. 23 g VT§

8=" Empress of India July5 July 14 ?Empress of Japan July26 Aug. 4 »g.

The Steamersof the China Navigation Com-pany and the E. & A. S.S. Company leavoSydney for Hong Kong about every 10 days,whore connection is made with tUe above-men-tioned Magnificent New Steamships of theCanadian Pacific Railway Company. 'I'assengerc also booked via San Franciscoand Vancouver. (A CanadianPacific Repre-sentative muets all Australian Steamersar-rivingat SanFrancisco.)

THE ROUTEFROM VANCOUVER,BritishColumbia,to the Atlantic Seaboardis via theCanadian Pacific Railwaywhich hasa worldwide reputation for tho magnificence and diver-sity of its s'cenory—for the luxuriance of itsdining and SLEEPING cars, the latter boingprovided with elegant smoking and bathrooms, and the politeness and attention of itsemployees to the comfort of its patrons.

ROUND THE WORLD TIOIUSTS (by-P. & O.and CanadianPacific Lines), includinga trip through Chinaand Japan, aud takinginChicago World's Fair, on sale at all Austral-asian agencies, £157. These Tldtote hxo goodfor 12inoaths,and entitlo holder tostop overatall points of interest. Passengers can startin either direction, via Chinaand Japan, andthrough America to England, returning byP. & 0. through Suez,or viceversa.

CHOICEOFFOURROUTESACROSSTHEAMERICAN CONTINICNT.and throughtickets

;granted to England, France,and Germany by0,11 Trans-Atlantic Lines of Steamers.

REDUCED ROUND' TRIP RATES TOCHICAGO WORLD'SFAIR.

For Rates, Map3, Time Tables. GuideBooks,and"full' information applyto Thos. Cook andcjons, or to our Auckland Agents,

L. D. NATHAN & CO.

p* . fTIHE P. & 0. S. N.jjSSdk. JL COMPANY (under c»n-'(UKMsk^'s. tract with the Imperial, NowUMtE'ftiffi&fcV' South Wales, Victorian, and-*w«.<rwis-»-j South Australian Govern-

ments), will despatchthe followingsteamers forLONDON, calling at ALBANY, COLOMBOADEN. BRINDiSI. MALTA, GIBRALTAR,and PLYMOUTH ;-

Bteame* Tons. 6^y. I MelboTne.Bau.aarat 4748 May 15 May20Australia 7COOMay29 Juno 3Parramatta 4771 June 12 June 17Britannia 6257 June 26 July1Himalaya 6898 July10 July 15 ;"

Rome 5545 July 24 July 29 ?Oceana 6362 Aug. 7 Aug. 12 ,Victoria 6268 Aug.21 Aug. 26Arcadia 6362 Sept. 4 Sept. 9

RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY.ToLondon in flrstsaloon .. £63to £73103MediterraneanPorts do. .. £58to £6810sToLondon in second saloon £37and £42To do. Portsdo £34to £39Return Tickets .. .. "■ £65to £115

Passage moneycan bo paid here for passagesfrom England. Liberal concessions made tofamiliesduringthe slack pa?senger season.ForinWation A^nts. &

OR. THOB.COOK& SON.. .. a -j. ~K—

JLtOP VT AND ONEHUN6A-4ArT * " STEAM NAVIGA-■^Etlj* 'j'TON COMPANYS®Sg3B»' (LIMITED).

Thb S.s"~MANUKAUWill leave as under, weather and othurciniiimstances permitting,calling atAWHHITU,POLLOCK,etc.

TIMK~~T~A BLI.Mat.

lieave Onenunga! Leave Watulca,s—Jf'riilay. u.loa.ui.. forMaaukau Heads,etc.,

illi trcight must be prepaid6—Saturday.9 a.ra. 6—Saturday. 1 p.m.B—Monday. 10.30a.m. 8—Monday. 2.30 p.m.

10—v> edncs.. 12.30a.m. 10—Wednes..4.30 p.m.11—Thursday,.2 p.m. 12—Friday.6.30 a.ra.12—Friday.3 p.m. 13—Saturday.7.30a.m.15—Mopday.5.30 a.m. 15—Monday.9.15 a.m.17_Wednes., 6.30 a.m. 17—Wodaes.. 10.30a.m.18-Thursday.7.30 a.m. 18—Thursday. 11.30a.t».20—Saturday.9a.m. 20—Saturday. 1 p.m.22— Monday. 11a.m. 2i-Monday. 3p.m.23—Tuesday. 12noon 23—Tuesday. 4 p.m.25—Thursday.2.30 p.ia. 26—Friday.7 a.m.26—Friday. 3.30 p.m. 27—Saturday. Sa.m.29—Monday.5.45 a.m. 29—Monday.9.30 a.ra.31—Wednes.. b.30 a.m: 31—Wednes.. 10.30 a.m.

Above Time-table"is smbject to alterationTvithoutnotice.

Notresponsible for shipping,carrying or dis-charging Live Stock.

Notresponsiblefor anygoods landed »t mtsr-mediate places.

DATiDcAMppFTrSecreturj, Wainkn.

B-P-WOTTER,Aj2nt,OnehunKa.

c, TTAURAKI STEAMSHIPIjl^fcgj-O- COMPANY.

liifeSHll S.&. MAORI.||PPi«liK!s maTAKAHA & WADB.For Wade: From Wade:

Friday. 5, 6 p.m. Saturday.*. ina.m.ALL, CARGO MUST 815 PREPAID.

Weathei nndotheroircurastancespermitting.Telephone.34. i M. SYMS.Agent.

mHE NEW, FAST, & FAVOURITEJL S.S. KAWAtt.MANGAWAT, TE ARAI, HAKARU.

EAIVVAKAf NORTH ALBERT-LAND& KAWAU.

For Mangawai: From Maneawai:Friday, 5.12 midnight Monday, 8. 12i«oon

ALL CARGO MUSI1 BE PREPAID.Weathar and othercircumstances permitting.

Telephone 34, J. M. SYMS,Agent.

Shipping.G? 'KTOB^skM STEAM

F-^ SHIP COMPANY (LTD,*

EGMONT WINTERMEETING.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10.

EXCURSION TO HAWERA.Thes.s. GAi!,'LOCHwill leaveOnehungafor

New PJymr.urh on MONDAY next. May 8. at 1p.m., carryingExcursionists for Hawera Races.Through Return' Faro. Rail and\J?O incSteamer, available for 14 days f^-" JUB

rK l r\R[E~N~'f LINE.jJ^£>^V \J STEAM TO LONDON,Ttffls!U&\v CallingatW-lll^' ALBANY, COLOMBO.t"aM6'mrfr"a NAPLES. & GIBRALTAR.

Steamer.

OhOTAVA May8 May 13Ohuba May22 May 27Austral June 5 June 10Cuzco June 19 June 24Ophjr Jul-3 July8Ueizaba July 17 July22

ThroughFares from New Zealand toLondon—Steerage,£21,£23,and £25: Second. £37and£42; Saloon,£63and £73 10a. EXCURSIONRETURN TICKETS - Available 9 months,first-class,£106:available 12months, first-class,£115; second,£65.

UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OFNEW ZEALAND (bIMIT.RD»,

Agentsin Ne irZealand.a rriHSJ NEW ZEALANDW"-"—^ JL SHIPPING COMPANY1!?PM ~ LINK OF MAlIiSr^teJ STEAMERSikSiln^lWi]l be despatched for London.

ar—-41SW»?|\ via Rio do Janeiro,Teneriffe,and!| as follows :—

Steamers. |Tons. D g&Sse. Date.

Kaijcouka 4,474fcyttelton May 11T0n0akir0....... «,163Wellington June 8Aoranot *,U>s\ As may July 6Rimutaka........ 4.473 J- bear- Aug. 3Ruahink 6.127) ranged. Aug. 31

Theso steamers havesplendidaccommodationfor all classes oCpassengers. "Passengers forwarded to port of departureFree.

Return Tickets atReduced Fares.Warrant" issued lor passagesfrom tho

United Kingdom to NewZealand.

CARGO STEAMERS.

Steamer. Tons. Date.

RCAPKHC... '163 MayDuke or Sutherland.. 3,808 MayDokkof Westjminstmb. 3,726 —Duke of Akgyix 3,120 —Tekoa *.obo ' -Duke of Devonshire... 4,000 —Waikato ~ 4.766 —Otarama '.. 3,808 —

Freightand Passagea.tLowest CurrentRates,Particulars may be learned onapplication to—

CHAS. V. HOUGHTON.* Local Manager.; Queen'Street.Auckland.tT~ r~rpHE~NEW "ZEALANDP>-Bi—^ JL SHIPPING COMPANY'S

' ||N irj| LINE.

||Sj|g^ FOR UNITED STATES.

The following "Vessels will be despatched asunder:— .

For. Ships. Tns Loading

New York Schwauden 857 {Jg! 11**011

New York Queen 855 {A£°JdandBoston and t w«ilim»fn«iNew York Waipa 1017 |Majr

Tobe followed byequallysuitable vessels asrequired,

For Freight,etc., applytoCHAS. V. HOUGHTOIf,

Local Manager.Queen-street- _ .'__.. ._

0 mHE NEW ZEALANDirr-w—^ JL SHIPPING COMPANY'S[Pjl^S LINE.

||SjSFIRST SAILER FOR LONDON.

The Company's fine clipperbarqueRANGITIKEI,

1,225tons register, Captain J. Pottingor. is nowloading, and having a large portion of hercargoalready engaged, will receive good de-gpatoh. The vessel has splendid accommoda-tion lor a few saloon passengers.

For particulars of freight and passagerates,.apply to CHAS. V. HOUGHTON.Local Manager.

Tho New Zealand ShippingCompany(Ltd.),Queen-street.

ONA. IVf ES S A GERjIES

i[|ffi|l^> "MARITIMES.

(Steamers under Postal Contract with the,Governmentof France.)

SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE TO LONDON(VIA MARSEILLES & PARIS).

MAURITIUS & REUNION FOR AFRICANPORTS.

„, Leave LeaveSteamers. lons. g y(i neT. M«l bourn*.

Vjlle be la!Ciotat. i 6428 May 27 May 31

PoLYNKSiEN.-.i6428 June 27 July 1

SYDNEY TO NOUMEA: Bth AND 12th O*-

Rates of Passage. Money, Auckland to Mar-seilles, £22 to £68, including'table wines and1beddingrequisitesin all classes.

Return Tickets issued atReduced Rates.Passengers booked through to London, via

Paris, anda fortnight allowed from Mawcillesenroute. Luggageconveyed'lrec First-slass,£70. Socond-ckts",£1712s.

By special arrangement an ENGtisn INTERrfretek will attend on board upon arrivaloCsteamer at Marseilles, togive passengerseveryassistance in disembarking, passing their lug-gagethrough the Customs,etc. He will alsoaccompanythem in the train to Paris andCalais.

Forfurther particulars, applytoHENDERSON & MACFARLANE,

Agents.Fort-street. Auckland.

<£mP_^_ QTEAM TO THE SOUTHllPiKpl iO SEA ISLANDS.

IfoSNw S'S" RICHMOND,& psffiSgikßso tons, 600 h.p.. CaptainR. G..r I Hdttox, will leave for

1 TAHITI & RAROTONGA; FRIDAY, MAY 19.

Splendidaccommodation for first and secondclasspassengers.

Round voyage occupies about 30 days, andoffersn favourableopportunity to those desir-ousof visiting these baautiful islands.

Return Tickets issued at Special Rates.For Freight and Passage and .all other par-

ticulars,apply toDONALD & EDENBOROUGH,

Quoen-sireet.♦._>T miME-TABLE FOR

J® \&& A S-S.ROSE CASEY./W-e—VtpSk .(Weather and other circum-J~~~^=Z^~3L stancespermitting.)

"~*~ May.

For WAIWKRA-Kverj- Tuesday. Thursday,nnd Saturday at 11 a.m.

For MATAKANAand O.VIAHA-Kyerv Tues-dar at 11a.m., returniner on Wednesday.

For MAHURANGI HEADS and WARK-WORTH—Every Thursdaynnd Saturdayat

Cargo must be a'onprsido the steamer haltanhour beforetheadvertise.!. trimii of sailing." _],w.X. >T.-G-'i«'.GOK. Agent.

efflee: Uue*u-4U«ni> WJawj; ' ._'Aw»t>*k»neH

TTe Eiet.

mo LET on May Bth, Shop and Bakery ;I oneof the best stands in the city for small

goods.—ApplyStar Office.

TO LET, 6-roomed House in Wynyard-street. near Bolton Rnad; gas stove;

rent, 12s.—McMasterand Shalders. jmO~LET, large Shop~an.i Dwelling otI seven rooms; gas, water and every con-venience; rent low.—ApplyMrs Beedell, EdenTnrrace.

TO LET, Customs-street, the large andcommodious Store, formerly occupied by

the NewZealand Loan and Mercantile AgencyCompany For particulars, apply Brown, Bar-rett, and Co.,Elliott-street. _hmT^L ET 1 TO LETI

Sendfor printedlist of Houses. Shops, etc., toLet in all parteof the city and suburbs. Issuedweeklyby J. Thornea,81. Queen-street,or takaa list from his specialraok in every Tram Car.

PAUNELL.—A Completely FurnishedHouse of 6 rooms: bath, first-classpiano ;

good position,' fine views. House connectedwith telephone. — J. Thornes, 81, Queen-street. . ' 5569-

---1 F©? SaSo.

FOR SALE, small Bakery Busiuess.—For address apply Star Office.

FOR SALE, 7-roomed House, betweenBowlingGreen and ChoralHall.—Apply

on the premises.

FORTSALE, well broken Pointer Dog",guaranteed; also,unbroken Pointer, six

nionth3.—J. Walker, City Market.jtoYOR SALE.—Order from your Grocer

! fi? Empire Packing Co.'scelebrated DragonBaking Powder.—T. J. Crick, Agont.

FOR SALE, Grocery Business, estab-lished over 20 years.—For particulars

apply by let'er to M.S..P.0.8. No. 12.

IjIOR SALE, at "Buckland'a Yards, To-: ■ morrow, one ChestnutFilly, by Lionel,syrs. thoroughlysound,carries a lady.

XhOß^SALE,^^r^ami~valu"able~Roßi-JO donee Site, situate Hackett-street, close towater, with buildings thereon. Price,only 25sper foot.—C.Aickin, Agent,Kigh-street. .tpOR SALE, Legge & Son's Evaporated

Apples. Cheaper than fresh fruit; }■ of alb will make apiefor a family; ready for cook-ing, no trouble. -Ask for Legge & Son'sCrownBrand.

171OR SALE. 6-roomed Cottage and well-J built Studio and Workshop, on large

double allotment: advantageous terms.—Applynext house to District School, Church-street,Ponsonby.TOIOR SALE, sraaUStationery and FancyJU GoodsBusiness;low rent, best positioniv rising suburb, suitable for either male orfemale. Oily small capital required.—ApplyStar < iflioi! for address.

}~[WR SALB~i FOR SALE JPrinted Lists of Houses, Fnrms, Land,

and everydescription of Property for Sal<\canbe obtained on application to J. Thornos,81,Queen-street,or in every Tram-car, from hisepecial racks theroin.OOR SALE, .'Erated and Cordial Manu-S 1 factory (freohold), with all necessarybuildings,dwellinfi. and complete plant;doing

good business; no opposition. Prii-o for thelot, £400.—■ For further particulars, addressWest Coast,Star Office.

O R S A 17~8.A BARGAIN, near Symonds-street—£22o for

TwoHouses; 5-roomed and 3-roomed.£250-A CHOICE VILLA, of 4rooms, scullery,

bath, range,etc.; nearQueen-street.£350-SHOPAND DWELLING. 50 yards from

Post-office; most central position,

A. WILLIAMSON, LAND AGENT,. 83. QUEEN-STREET.'

TDROFITABLE BOOT BUSINESS FORJL DISPOSAL.THRIVING TOWN CLOSE TO

AUCKLAND.

Old established business,pood turnover andiirofltß, ill-health of proprietor only cause ofleaving; shop and dwelling in best part ofrr.Rin street, freehold, and in first-class orderand condition, Gasand water laid in. Priceand terms onapplication tc

J. THORNES,1663] , '" 81,Queen-street.

VJPECIAL Bargain. Mount Eden, clooe fcoO stntion, largo allotment, 66 feet frontageby adepth of 137 feeton one side and 163 on theother side,with two well built cottages erectedthoreon. Rich volcanic soil in garden arfdorchard: forimmediatesale, £225.—J. Thornes,81 Queen-straat,1435.

Personal.

TTHUGSTER'S SWISS BAZAAR ClosesJOjI at the end of May. Great Reduction inPrices. Warrant good bargainsfor cash buyers.INo auction will take place. I"ijVMPIRB PACKING CO.'S Coffees, |hPi Psppers, Spices, Dragon BakingPowder,

Saladand Castor Oils, Mait Vinegar, etc., etc.

IF YOU wanb good Hollow GroundRazors, Pocket stad Table Knives, Forks,

Spoons, Cruets, see Thomas Samuel, 162,Queen-street."JII^RHARE, Herbalist.—The bestknownlyji. Medicine against Measles,etc, is ourTalisman and Liver andLungMixture.—UpperQueen-street. |HfcT LEWENBERG <fc CO., House,jj% " Land, andGeneralCrmmissionAgents.Money to Lond. No. 8, Queen-street.TCTBGLBCTED EDUCATION.—PrirataX% Lessons. Night School, Is weekly.—W.ThompsonStevens, A.M.P. Buildings,Quoen-st.and Lineoln-streot, Ponsonby. Book-keeping,Shorthand,Lajignagesk"OARTIES desirous of Renting or Pur-B chasing Property should Consult MrThornes, 81, Queen street, who has Houses,Shops, and Businesses for Saleor To Let in allpartsof thu city.

TDEST YOUR I. RIGHT HERE.&i It you suffer from Constipation. Indiges-

tion, or Headache,unfitting you for business orcompany, making you bad-tempered andgrnmpy, _^_,_ NEli;s EUREKAiAnd a doseor two will make you as amiable asapet lamb. Small doses and pleasant, to take.Price, 38 per bottle. At NEIL'S Dispensary.Weliesley-street East, Auckland.

A. S. GILLESPIE, Manager.

REDUCTION in Medical Fees—Dr.Bakewell, M.D., M.R.C.S..Eng..Karaii-

gahape Road. Consultationfee, 2s 6d, medicineincluded. Hours. 9.30 to 11. 3 to 5, and 6.30 to 8.

Borough Notices."OO ROUGH OF DEVONPORT.

PUBLIC NOTICE. ■ !TheAnnualLicensing Meeting oftheBorough

of Drvonport will be held in the Co ncil Cham-ber,Devonport, at noonon the 9th dayof Juno,1893, for the purpose of considering all applica-tions for the Renewal,Transfer, or Removal ofLicenses in this Borough.

J. DIN3DALE,Clerk toLiconaing Committee.

Devonport, May 2,1893.OROUGH OF DE VO N POR T.

BURGESSLIST REVISION COURT.iNotice is herebygiven that in conformity with I

the provisions of "TheMunicipal Corporations "■Act, 1886,"the above Court will be held in the !Council Chamber, Devonport, on MONDAY,the Bth Mar, 1893, nt8.30 p.m.. to hear and de-termino any objections to the Burgess List.

EWEN Wm. ALISON,Mayor.

Devonport, May1,1893.

¥,ost and Found.

LOST, in Queenstreet, on April 22, aiNew Overcoat with checked lining.—

Roward at Star Office.OST on Wednesday, 3rd instant), Gold

Bracelet, in Choral Hall or between that,and NorthShoreFerry Tee.—Reward at StarOffice. '

Licensing: Notices.ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.

I Under the provisions of the Licensing Act,1881. and its amendments, the Annual Meetingor the OTAHUHU LICENSING COMMITTEE,torocoive applications for tho Issue,Transfer,or Renewal of Liconses in the District, will beheld in the Courthouse. Otahuhu, at noononjTUESDAY, 6th June, 1893.

WILLIAM LATTA LOOKHABT,Clerk to the LicensingCommittee.

j_ Otahuhu,3rd May, 1893.

P" APAKUKA LICENSING DISTRICT.-NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOIt A

PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. - I, ELIZABETHCARSON,of Papaknra, Hotelkeeper,doherebygive notice that I desire to obtain,and will, atthe next licensing meeting to be holden atCourthouse,Papakura, onthe 2nd day of June.1893, apply for a certificate authorising theissue of a publican'slicense for ahouse, situateat Fanakura, and known by the fign of thePapukura Hotel, containing 15rooms, exclusiveof those required for the une of the family.Hancock and Co..name of owner. Hated the4th day of May, 1893.-ELIZAUETH CARSON.

EDEN TERRACE LICENSINGDISTRICT.—TheAnnual Meetingof the

Licensing Committee for the Eden TerraceLicensing District, will be h«ld on TUESDAY.6th June, 1893, tor the Granting or Renewal ofLicenses in the above District.—W. POCK-LINGTON. Clerk. May3,1893.

"VTOTrCE OF APPLICATION FOR ANJJi ACCOMMODATION LICENSE.

I, William AdolphusWaterman, of Waiuku,do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain,and will at the next Licensing Meeting tobeholden at Waiultu on the third day of June,1893. apply for a certificate authorising theissue of an Accommodation License for premi-ses situate at Waiuku.

Dated ihe first dayof May. 1893.W. A. WATERMAN.

TTNDER the Provisions of the Licensing<U Aot, 1881,and its Amendments, the An-

nual Licensing Meeting- of the HelensvilleLicensing Committeetoreceive applicationsforthe Issue,Transfer, or Renewal of Licenses inthe district will be held at tho Court-house,Holensville, at noon on SATURDAY, June 3,1893.

MATTHEW O'BRIEN.Clerk to Licensing Committee.

T ICENSES TO KILL GAME,JLJ under tbe provisions of the AnimalsProtection Act, 1830,may now be obtained atthe Tost Office, Auckland, and at anycountry Post Officewhich is also a money orriefoffice, on Dayment of the License Ft:e of OnePound. Licenses to Sell Game (;.rice FivePound*) can only be obtained at the AucklandOffice. Th« GameSeason,1893,extouda fromMas Ist to.Tmy 31st.

Road Board Notices.

ATAHUHU ROAD DISTRICT.The Annual Meeting of Ratepayers in the

above District will bo held in the OtahuhuPablic Ilnll, on MONDAY, Bth May, 1893. atthehour of Noon. Business :To receive ReportandBalance Sheet. By order,

WM. L. LOCKHART,ClerkOtahuhu Road Board.

Otnhuhu,2nd May, 1893.AISG ARE ROAD DISTRICT.

Tho following is the result of the Poll for theElection of two Members of the MangareReadBoard :—

CharlesWasher .. .. 76" Andrew Rennie .. .. 33

Andrevy Anderson .. ..21SamuelGeoseman .. ..10

I therefore declare Messrs Charles Washerand Andrew Rennie tobe dulyelected.

AUGUSTUS J. SHACKELL,Returning Officer.

May3.1893.

Ecclesiastical. ,BAPTISM OF _~BELIEVERS in the

Tabernacle. To-night, 7.30. Pastor JamesBlaikie will preach.TTNITED EVANG_LIoTIC~S_RTICEU in the r.M.C.A. RoomsTHIS EVENTING,

at 7.30. Open to all. Strangers and Visitorscordially invited

Wanted

WANTED Known, Ladies' Felt Hats,blocked,altered, andrepaired, at,R, G.

Cox'sNewton Hat Factory.Karangahape RoadWANTED, the public do know I have

the best value in Crockery in tho town.Tea Sets, from 7s 6d: Dinner ditto, 12s 6d;Toilet Sets. 7s 6d. Linoleum a specialty.—F. Pi'imo. Ironmonger, Newton.

AISTED KNOWN-Thafc forCopperClothesBoilers. Wringers. GalvanisedTubsandBuckets. Meat Mincers, Water Cans.Slop Pails. Basins,Trunks and Bonnet Boxes,tho cheapest and best are at J. and J. Dickey's,

234,Queen-street.

WANTED Known—FurnJsTilns Iron-mongery. Pots, Pans, Kettles. Tuba,! Basons. Gridirons. Meat nnd Pio Dishes,ICn-

amolled Milk Bowls, Bake Dishes,Mugs andj Saucepans, and the innumerable little articles [connected with culinary uses, we have de-termined to clear out at the Cheapest Iron-mongery Saleevery held in Auckland.—J. andJ. DICKEY, 234.Queen-street.¥17ANTED KNOWN-Thab we haveU justopened a lot of the best EnamelledWare we have seen, in Basins. Jng.s, Pio

Dishes, Sajioepans, Stewpans. Soap DrainersjPlatea,Cups nnd Saucers,Mugs, etc., and areIsoiling at prices below those of seoond-ratai goods. Wo continue to cell cheap.—J. & J.Dickey, 234. Queen-street.

WANTED Known by those who con-template an exaursion we havo the

cheapest travelling trunks, hat and bonnetboxes ofall sizes wo haveyetshewn,having anextra stock we shall sell at lower prices thanever, see J. and J. Dickey 234 Qne^n-str^iv.

T¥7" ANTED KNOWN.A LARGE ARRIVAL OF

NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS !AT

fi OODSON'S'T ONDON A RCADE.

Tea Sots,44 pieces, with Teapot, Covered.; Sugar, etc., 15s each.The latest American Novelty.

tBT THE MAGIC POCKET CAMERA, Is "_l(A fund of amasemont).

New Gampsof all kinds, the Missing Wordbeing tho latest.

BeautifulFloral Note-papor.Self-releasing. Hair Curlers—thelatest, being1 the only perfect one"—6d thebox.

mHE TAPANESE "OAZAArT1. W J> IIS RESPLENDKNT WITH fBEAUTIFUL GOODS. J

THE JEWELLERY DEPARTMENTIsconstantlyreceiving further additions in tha; way of norelties. 'Inspectioncordially invited. Tho constant

arrival of Now Good?renders it apleasant inspection.

ri OODSdN'S T ONDON A RCADE,

QUEEN.STREETAND

KARANGAHAPE ROAD(Newpremises opposite Bank of New Zealand).

WANTED Known, thab some peopleare tardy in discerning the truism of

| the sayingthat" nothingsucceeds like success";It is thoroughly and lucidly demonstrated inour latest enterprise of the importation of ttvohundred of the new ClevelandTable Lamps, thepeopie'3 favourite. They are perfect, simple,brilliant, and cheap.—See, J. and J. Dickey,231 Queen-street _j;

BOOT TRADE. —A good Machinistwanted-;also,anApprentice or Improver.

—R. Walton. Lion Boat Factory. Rutland-st.

DRESSMAKING AND MILLINERY.-Wantel Known—That.MisßosLangfqrd

and Wrightarc prepared to execute ordersforabove with despatch. Best work; reasonable|rates.—Upper bymonds-street, opposite EdenVine Hotel.

PARTNER wanted with £300 to joinadvertiser in a business already estab-

lished,but capableof great extension. Princi-pals only dealt with.—Address Partner, Bos

'208,Auckland.

Wanted.

WANTED, first-class Baker for coun-try.-ApplySTAROffico,Fridaymorning.

WANTED,~a~"Fainter.— William Mona-_ghan,Ha^n:st£ee^^ff2vell_ilLSt0lliL_.ANTED,"a GeneralBlacksmith, goodshoef;married man preferred.-Apply,

with references, to Kusabs Bros., Oaaupo,Waikato.

WANTED, a good Shoer, one used tothe coachsmithing.-Apply C. Gray,at

T.and S.Morvin's. ; ,ANTED, ab the Rag Store, City

Market, Man and strongBoy. Also,aWoman to sort, rags.WANTED, active, respectable Young

Man aa Baker's Carter.-Apply StarOffice.

W~TNTED, a respectable Youth asApprentice. Also,a Boy torun errands.

—VV. S.Jones,Saddler, etc.

WANTED, a Boy about 15 or i6, todrive a baker's carU —C. Johnston,

Union Bakery, Parnell.ANTEDTVsmart, respectable Boy

about 14.—Apply7 o'clock to J. Robley,Princes-street.___ "WTNTEDTUnencumbered Couple, £75,

station. Gisborne: Housemaids. Wha-ngnrai, Waikato, Remuera, Thames, assist bar;2 Waitresses and Pantry Girl, dining-rooms,town; Generals,hotels private,town, country ;Barmaid,Lady-help, Nursogitl.—Mrs Lockley,280,_Queen-street.

ANTED~Respoctable Elderly Per-son will give her services for ahomo and

small wages.-Addreßß E.M.. Sydney House,Vincent-straet.

WANTED, goodGeneral Servantfor thecountry, liberal wagesto capable woman

—ApplyMrs Bullcn, Clevelandßoad, Parnell.

WANTED, sood General Servant withknowledgeof cooking, for country hotel;

good wages;referencesrequired.—ApplyL. D.Nathan nnd Co.,Shortland-street.

ANTED, General, country, 16s ;Boys and Men for farms, Handy Man,

Sleeper Splitters, tools found: Gumdiggers,siartgiven,—McLeod, is,Queen-street.WANTED, a frood general Servant;four in family.—Apply Mrs FrankBuokland, Aiaroa^Remuera.\%JANTED, ab once, a strong, respect-TV able Girl, mußt bs fond of children.—

Apply Mrs J, N. Baxter, Jervois Road,Pon-sonby.

WANTED, Youngr Girl to apsiet withlighthousework and look after children.

—Apply Star Office.

WANTED, (TsTcTasa Waitress.—ApplyMrs A. Raynee, Grand 2iotel.

WANTED, a Young Girl to assist inhousework ; sleep at home. — Apply

before 11 a.m., Mrs J. Kenderdine. Bnrleigh-st.

W "ANTED, good Freehold Securitiesfor money; low interest.—R. J. Dunne,

Solioitor.next Star Office, Shortlandstreet,Auckland.

ANTED. — Remember, Last Week11 andBag Sale. Balance tobe cleared.

20per cent, reduction.—Rainbow Arcade,New-ton, next McPherson's.

ANTED TO RENT for 6 months, aFurnished Cottage of 6 rooms, within

20 minutes' walk of Queen-street Wharf ; wusr,be in a healthy situation : in the direction ofMountEden preferred.—Applyto JohnDouglas,Land Agent, Auckland. ■VRfANTED~TO~LET, very comfortably» ? Furnished Bedroom ; use of kitchen,

every convenience.—Mrs Montgomery, Dress-maker,Kenilworth, Vincent-street.

WANTED, everyone to know that thebest Agencyfor the Sellingor Lettingot

their Properties is Thomas's,81,Queen-street.Fresh lists issued weekly.

WANTED"Known^Sellinsr Off 1SellingOff!- Further Reductions,etc—Envel-

opes, 100for 3d;Foreign Notepaper, 9d a packet;ShooBrushes,grandline, ls 2d set of 3; FancyKits, 2d each; largebottles of LavenderWater,6rl abotile ; Dcleroix Scent,4d a bottle; SlatePencils, 100 in a box, 4Jd a box: Old BrownWindsor Soap, 16 for ls; Screw Top FeedingBottle', 7td each; Tooth Brushes, 2d oaoh;Homcepathic Medicines,12for ls ; Brown Tea-pots from 6d each ; Carpet Bugs, 2s 6d each;SmellingBottles, 3d each ; grand line of Spec-tacles with Wooden Case, only 6d a pair;Hanging Mirrors, 4jd each; Notepaper, 6d apacket.—AtDampior's Only Shop, Victoria-st.

ANTED Known—Selling Off! SellingOff! -Grand Bargains in Boots !—M«i'sAuckland-made Boots and Shoes,2s 6d apair ;

j.:randlino of Hluchers,4s lid a pair ; Ladies'Strong Leather Slippers, only 2s^6da pair:Ladies' LastingStreetShoes,reduced to 2s lidapair ; grandline of Ladies' Glace Lace Boots,reduced to 6s 6dapair; Ladies' Button Hoots,reduced to 3s 6d apair ; Ladies' Dancing Shoes,from ls lid a pair ; grand line Children'sBootsa»d Shoes,from lid a pair; Special Line ofGents' Dancing Shoes,only 6s 6d apair,all sizes.—At Dampior's OnlvJShop,Victoria-street

\\J ANTED Known—SeTlir7g Off. Sell-V? ing Off. All that Grand Lot of.High-

class Music by the best authors in the world,only 3:1 per copy. This is agrand chanco forteachers,schools,etc., etc.—At Dampier's OnlyShop, Victoria-street.

'ANTED Known.—Music ! Music !Music! All thebest known Somys in the

iworld, all 3d por copy, including Gipsy Coun-|tess, Dublin Bay. Song thatReached myHeart,IHeart Bowed Down, I Dreamt I Dwelt inMarblo Halls. Come Back; Lad, toMe,Sconesthat are Brightest,Afton Water, Barney. TakeMe Home. Dl Take You Home. Kathleen, etc..etc. Catalocues free on application. All 3d>,por copy.—At Dampier's Only Shop, Victoria-street.

W~ANTED Known - Selling Off!SellingOff!—GreatReductions inUnder-

clothing, etc. Children's Corsets, from 4Jd apair; Children'sPrimrose Coraetß,ls Id apair ;largolot of Children's Pinnies, from 4J. each ;Children's Chemises, from 3d each ; grand lineof Children's Jackets,from 2s 9d ; large lot ofWoollen Pcllises,very cheap; Ladies' Chemisesfrom Is4^d each: Ladies' Knickers, from ls lid;Ladies' Aproiiß, from lOdeach ;large lot of Col-ouredEmbroidery, Id ayard; largelot ofFlan-nel, from 6d a yard; Baldwin's Bee Hive Wool,ls 9d a bundle; largelot of F 'bbon. Id ayard,—AtDampier's OnlyShop,Victoria-street.

WAITED KNOWN — Soiling Off!Selling Off! More .fresh Bargains.

Rowland's Balm of Columbia,ls bottle, regularprice, 3s 6d; Odonto(for cleaningand preservingthe teeth), 6rt largo box; Krams's VegetableLife Pills, 6d box, regular price, ls; Krams'sHealingOintment, 3d and 6d pot; HairRestorerlOdlarge bottle; best Cod Liver Oil, ls abottleat Dampier's OnlyShop, Victoria-street.

ANTED Known—that D. Goldio la'preparedto supply allkinds of Timber

and other Building Materials at his Mills,Albert-street andBreakwater Road, includingJoinery, Builders' Ironmongery, and Wheel-wrights'Materials, attheLowest MarketPrices.

WANTED '|7 N Off N.JL__

BE SURE AND COME.BOOTH AND CHAMBERS

Are Showing'theirWINTER STOCK

OF♦ DRAPERY AND MILLINERY.

Grand Value in Ladieß'Jackets for 6s lid,worth 9s lid.Ladies' Mackintoshes,12s 6d; worth 15s6d.

We can give you a Stylish Trimmed Hat forIs6d. 6s 6d,8s 6d to 30a.

WE DEFY COMPETITION.WELLE S'LEY HOUSE

(LateLovett's). Weliesley-street.

ANTED Known, Wedding Presents,Best Electro-plated Spoons and Fork*.Biscuit Jars, Cruet Stands, Teapotl!, TableKnives and Forks, beautifully carved WoodBread Platters and Knives,Butter Knives,nowpatterns Rochester Lamps; best qualityatre-duced prices.—J. and J. Dickey, 234,Q.ueen-strcet.

ANTED Known—Job' line LadieaBlack Cloth Jackets,7slld, 8s lid, 9slid,worth double; Girls' Ulsters, from 3a lid up-

wards,really cheap; Ladies' Ribbed CashmereStockings, ls per pair, justhalf price; BlackScarboro' Hats, 6d each, other shapes equalIvalue. Our new Drew Materials and Trim-mines nre now tohund, also Mantlos. Jackets,Ulstßrs,and Habit Cloths. Dress. Mantle, andHabit'making. The best fit in New Zealand.—David Garriock,Karangahapc Road.

ANTEDKnown, that a brighb Tight.makes ahappy home. Our first ship- :ment of Lamps tohand. TableLamps, Suspen-

sion Lamps, Hall Lamps, Church Lamps, Bed-room Lamps andLamps for themillion from ls ,upwards,such as havenot been seen here.—See:nowat J.and J. Dickey's, 234,Queen-street. .

Educational."EVENING CLASSES for Adults andJjJ Youths, Mondaj and Thursday. Commer-cial subjects. Mr Giles. Classics and Mathe-matics, Mr C F. Baxter, M.A.—St. Andrew*College,Lower Symonds-str«et; or St.Andrew'sLodge,Alfred-street.TITCANI)fpATES for Pupil Teachers1

Examinatinn.-Special ClassesDaily andon Saturday Moininns.—ApplyPrincipals. St.Andrew's College, Lower Symonds-street. orSt.Andrew's Lodge, Alfred-street (next ChoralHalL)

r'nUITION IN DANCING.-Mrs G. W.JL Smith, Teacherof Music,has commenced

aClassfor first-classDancing at her residence.Brook-street, Nowton Road (near Pitt-street).Elementary Classes from 9 to 5; EveningClasses.Bto 11. ScotchDances taught. Waltz-ingaspecialty.

Hoard and Residence.T. LEONARD'S, CORNER SYMOND

AND WAKEFIELD-STREET.MRS SHEPPARD having taken the former

residence of Dr. Hakewell, would be glad toreceive a few Boarders; having recently-arrived from Melbourne where she gave entiresatisfactionto all who favouredher. The housobeing situated five minutes from Queen-street,is convenient for business men. Goodtableandattendance. Single or double rooms woll-fur-nished. Visitors or permanentboarders can ba.accommodated. Termsmoderate «4

COMMERCIAL.Evening Star Office,

Auaklahd, Thursday.Nothing of special impoirfcanca baß Croppedup in the commercial world this weak, a»din tom^quarters' slickBeSs 6f trade is re-ported. The bkrikii.igj difficulties' -?n theather side are_uot really felt id Auckland,but ab the sametime there can be nohidingthe fact that the suspension of sc many

" Monetary insfcitUtidris has ar. influence in'Bur city. ' '"' *

Anotable feature to tbe community atlarge this week, is the reduction in theBrice of bread. This, of course, is in cou-Sequence of the fall in the price of flour. Itjfl needless to say thai the present price ofthe " staff of life" is palatable to con-sumers, one arid all. ,i The Stock Exchange is remarkably quiefc,

and the .fcpae, of business is dull. In thelight; of eventsandabsence of buying orders„ all bank stocks are quoted lower, and in-Buvancn stocks are a aha'e easier. How-ever, National Insurance have found buyersab 18s 6d enm div. There are inquiries £pr■ New Zealand- A.ccidont Insurance shares,and buyers are willing to give §s6d, withno sellers. New Zealand Loan and Mer-cantife's have hardened, buyers offering £22s,6d.;_ Gas stocks are firm, and there areAuckland buyers of New Zealand DrugCompany's shares at 19s. Alburnias aremuch lower in price, but a little attentionhas been given to Orlando's, owing to thechange of management in the mine.

Tha ordinary butter season arranged forby creamery and factory f.eopto is practi-cally over, and proprietors arenow engagedin estimating their position. The generalresult, has been unsatisfactory, and a few .'the smaller places are changing hands.The late proprietors have in some casesfailed to meet their .engagements with supg,pfies, and in others have decided that dairyfactory proprietorship has its disadvan-tages., It is satisfactory tc record thab thelargor businesses, while admitting thatthey have suffered, are taking their lossesphilosophically, a:d are ! oping for betterthings. The disposition to start new con-came, .which .was , a.jfeatriire of the lastseason, appears,tohave diedout, so that innil probability'next year's" busihess willbe worked largely by sxisting firms, andunder the experience gaipe;), rather thanby the raw experimentalist, this will pos-sibly be a.gain to the reputation of thedistrict's .export for the season. Localsupplies,in sympathy with the season, areless abundant than they have been. Pro-bably the stoppage Of the creamerieswill increase the dairy rnakje tc some ex-tent, but this will only be temporary.Taranaki butter is still linding its way tothis market, and as there is no presentprospect of a market outside of New Zea-land to consume its manufacture, it willprobably continue to come here throug'ioubtne winter, so tbat extromely high figuresare not likely to be realised for thnt make.

Shipping business has not) been ol anextra brisk character during the past sevendays. I'he regular steamers have arrivedfrom coastal and Southern ports andtaken thotr departure again. On Tues-day morning, at an early h.,ur theManapouri'arrived from Sydney with aquantity of general merchandise, and sheMas foil'jwod later on in the sarao day bethe Waihora with a goodly consignmentof grain and produce from Southern ports.T.Ve latter steamer left for Sydney again inthe evening with ashipment of kauri gum.general cargo and fungus, the latter beingfor transshipment to China. She alsoSfttl stowed under Laches from southernNow Zealand ports a considerable amountiF grain, produce, flax, fungus *and hops.Owing to the boistorous and inclementweather prevalentoutside the Waihora re-turned to port late yesterday afternoon.

1 The- American barque Mannie Swan, which. had her cargo all ready for putting away,was it liable to proceed with hor loadingowing to the.horribleweather, and conse-quently her departure has been delayeduntil next week, when she will sail for NewYork direct, .with a large cargo of kaurigum arid flax. Tbe barque Queen, whichfs to follow,theSwan on tho berth forNewYork, joa'ding in the interests of the NewZealand Shipping Company arrivedeh Friflay last from... Newcastle, andshe is now,.engaged in discharging iier""black diamonds.1' On the completion of

" this work she will start loading up againvisjiifc away. The American barque JohnMcDermott, from ■ New York to FortChalmers with merchandise, is now fullydue, being 121 clays out. She has a part

' cargoon board for this port, and will cc pieup hereto load back for New York. Thetfyaer Company's cargo steamer Star Vic-toria,from London via ports, is due boreabout next week, with a part cargo. Sheis now discharging cargo at Sydney andthen comes directacro33 to here, proceed-ing hence to Southern ports en n.ute f-rLondon. The cai'go steamer Ruapehu isnow due here from London direct withRoma 5,006 tons of general merchandise,atjrl about 2,000 tons of this will be dis-charged here. This shipment will replonisha number of lines of merchandise requiredby tl'O 'trade. Beforo proceeding Souththe Runpofcu takes a shipment of 5.6G0carcases of/frozen meat from the localworks. ''■ ,',.

Tho n.tercolonia! sailing trade sull con-tinues in its logarthic condition, and ratesof freights arealso unsatisfactory. Severalban ly vessels are lying idle in port, but it |is probable that they will bo fixed before j]fm£ ' We are advised that during thojas'ijccuplo of'weeks the Kauri Timber Com-1tinnyMve chartered twelve vessels, to loadsitoe 2,700,00..ft of timber ab coastal portsfor .Sydney. In addition to those alreadygiveri in these columns, the number in-cludes the barques Killar-ioy and Onyx,the barqnonfcine Waitemata, ay.d thopchooners Aratapu, M. A. Doran, andAJ,.od' Graham. Tha brieantine EillanDonari goes'hence bo the Kaipara to loadtimber for Sydney, and the barque Ex-nminar ia siow on tho way across to-,theKaipara from Newcastle lor the sacse . ar-ppab..: Tl.o Union Company liave lixed asteamer'la leave Cnlcutta.in Juiy. -. . . . . BANK RATES.

Exchange on London.

BnTiNG—Discount. Selling—Premium,On demand, par ~ }%/<>„ 30 days, |% .. ■ 4§ ■■. ,„. 60,day5,.4% . ■■ » *£ \/,., ;,9t'days, ]% n i/0 ■ \

" " Rate of ISTKnEST Allowed on Fixed j. ! Deposits in -New Zealand.Fixed- for 8 months, 2|% per annum.

6 ~ 3j% ii;; 12 ■ „ 4j%Hudson's extract of seal is fawn in

prico. ...flAKßisr* V/irk.—There w good inquiry.

"This article continues scarce. ■■,'.'.SMMOis -In seme quarters ascarcity of

CVkCailsalmcm is reported. Salmou stocksv,fi the whole are reported low.

MOLLEt'continues scarce."Cukkants ANO Raisins.—Mail advices

report an advancing market.Canaky Seed is extraordinarily high in

price, witL a bare local market. We learnfrom Sydney that canary teed is almostunobtainable throughout tbe colonies andfancy prices are being asked ; the smallstock* available are in a few hands at 6»sto 6-1, with an upward tendency.

S\f;o*ANDTapioca.-Some few. pales

have taken place, but the consumption in

then Ji"^ is a« araat Singapore quota-

" tioi.J. me at the moment unaltered, butwith a feeling of higher pricss in the im-

rnpiliate futur?. , , ~" Xu,j, _: A chipracnt arrived by Mana-vio"ji"anc! ».'beii»p,dealt., with. Severalhit, have, we understand changed bandsiv bord at .prices in buyer B Ay?;denfclv vafes hato tcudjed bottom, 'r,

Japan, nr.d withdrawal ot lowfreights, willbely to iirm prices.

Sardines.—The scarcity of good brandsof halfsardines cdhtinues.

Kerosene.—Besb brands are now heldfor Is 4d, duty paid. This article has longbeen an unremunerative one to wholesaledistributor?. ■ ~■

Marmalade and Starch.—There isgood inquiry for Keiller's marmalade, and.Coleman's white starch, with stocks held.by ono.or two importers._ .Dried Frcits ano Jajis.—There is alittle more demand for dried fruits andjams, as the. winter season is now almostupon u». " ■""■"

CAStV/K Oil.—Latest advices from Cal-cutta report an advance in castor oil.

Fungus.—Owing to reduced Suppliesthere is a better fooling in Hong Korigiand payable prices areon offerin Aucklandfcr fungus.

FlaX is unaltered. Sellers will nob on-tertain offer? from America, and stocks arenot accumulating, as the bulk of the sup-plies arriving are simply deliveries undercontracts fixed before the drop.

WflKAT.—Farmers are still busy deliver-ing whoat into the Northern Roller Mill.Sevoral large-sized parcels of millingwheathave C! me to hand from the East Coast,arid a few shipments are to be chronicledfrom tho South. The samples of Pearl andTuscan wheat from Canterbury are magni-ficent, and the best for some years past.The weather at harvestand prior to harvestspoiled most of the local wheat, and- thisyear growers are only getting 2s 6d perbushel against 4s la3D year. There is alittl.9 inquiry for winter wheats for seed pur-poses.

Flour.—Large sales and heavy deliveries,town and country, ure reported, which isnob usually the case at tbe commencementof the mo'Dh. The low price of flour is thecause.

Fowl Wheat. — The demand for fowlwheat continues to be extra good.

Bran and Sharps are in fairdemand.Maize.—Therejs little maize iv the mar-

ket. Wo quote 4s.Corn Backs (48in) are in demand.Oats,—The market is reported firmer,

quotations being 2s Id off the wharf, 2s 3dex store. A telegram from Dunadin saystiiat the market for oats has shown someslig' t improvement, principally owing trfsellers nob forcing sales. The quantityCOming forward is slightly falling (iff,- andas the consignments in store are bein " heldfor better value, buyers to supply ordershave had to increase their limits $cl to |dper bushel. "Transactions are cl.iefly con-fined to the purchase of stout brighbsparrowbill, but other sorbs are now sellingwith more ease, though without anyappreciable difference. The quotationsare :—Bright stout arid middling, Is S£dto Is 9d ; medium to good, Is 7id to Is1BJd 5 inferior, Is 6d to Is 7d ; go; d Danish,Is 7-kl to Is 8d ; long Tartarian, clean,suitable tor seed, host, Is 8d to 1r lOd ;medium, Is 6^d to Is 10^d, ex store, sacksextra, nett.

Butterand Eggs.—We quoteanadvanceof 2d per lb fcr best dairy butter. Eggsremain at last week's quotations.

Cheese. —There is a good demr.nd forbesb quality cheese.

Potatoes have advanced to £4 per ton.Local potatoesare scarce, and the deliveriesfrom the South are short, owing to badweather preventing the potatoes being gobout of the ground.

Hams and Bacon continue to ba veryscarce. Several small lots of bacon (newcure) came to hand from the South t.hisweek, a';d were quickly snapped up. Our.'idvices state thabhams and bacon promiseto keep up in price this season on accountof bacon pigs being 40 to 50 per cent,dearerin price than last year.

Linseed.—Sydney advices state thablin?eed is coming into the market a libtiemore freely, New Zealand being voted ab£14 10s to £15. Calcutta is nob over plenti-ful, but stocks will be replenished ia thecourse of a fow days with thearrival of theBucephalus, qurtatiotis being at £15.

Preserved Milk.—Nosble's is iii activedemand.

Fruit. —Supplios have been sl\ort thisweek,and apples have advanced in. value.

PRODUCE MARKETS.Mr Alex. Aitken reports sbeady busi-

ness bhroughout the week. Potatoes havebeen far short of demand at £3 Ids to £4 ;onions, steady demand ab £4 to £4 10s;pumpkins, dull at 303 to 55s ; wheat, 2s 6d ;oats, feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; 4a Gdto 6s ; bran, £3 15s ; sharps, £4 ; maize,very scarce at 4s to 4s 3d ; mangolds, dullab 10s to 20s per ton ; carrots, 20a to 303per t'n.' Fruit: Shorter supply at in-creased values. Apples: Choice cooking,4s to 03 6d ; poor, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; choicedessert, 4s 6d to 7s 3d ; ordinary, 3s bo 3a6d. Lemons, very dull of sale; good, 4ato 5s (id per case, and 2s to 2s 6ct par half-box ; Cape gooseberries, 7d to "4d ; wal-nuts, 6d to 8d ; past-ior* fruit, 5a bo 6a 3dper case ; pears, cooking, 6s to 9s case;grapes,choice, Isbo Is6d; others, 3d to 10^d;Tomatoes, Is to 2s 9d per case ; orange?, 3sto 3s 6d case. Butter : Fresh prime,in pats, 8d to lOd : prime, keg, 7-' to 8d ;medium, 4d to 6d ; Taranaki dairy-madefresh, 8d ; separator, 9d ; poor lots, 6d.Uhcese : A shade pcarco ; p.rimo dairy, 4d ;factory, 4d t. 4gd ; 10ave3,'5,|4-:f Sjd.Eggs: A shade easier; fresh,'ls bd ;pickled,' Is to la 3d. "Honey":,■.""Scarce,tinned, 3d ; clover, 4d ; section^ 4d. Lard,3d ; poultry and young piga^are withoutchange in value ; bacon, prime quality, 7dto Sd ; ham?, 3d to 9d ; pocjv lota, 4d to 6d

11. Arthur reports that produco andpotatoes iiuvo'gone o(t at ilrat-class pricesthis week. Onions are slow of sale, allfireb-cldfls being cleared at £'4 par ton.Lots coming to hand are soflv and dull ofpale. Keg butter has gone oil freely at 7dto 7id ib." A rise may be expected in pots-toes" at Friday's sale on account ofshort supplies from the South. Goodsamples have -brought £5 15s to £4;other lots, £3 5s tc £3 6d ; onions, 3s6d to 4s cub; kumeras, 4s f:d to 53 6d cwt;vegetables hare brought good pricesPumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s cwb ; pie melons, 3st 8? 6d cwt. Frosh butter (local), S^d to9d lb ; cheese (fair-class dairies), 4d to'4£d;inferior lots, lid to 3^d ; .hasioy, 3dto 3icl ; lirst-class local bacon, in shortsupply, 7Ad to BAd ; local hams (medium),7£d to ~9d; shoulders, 4J,d to 6£d.Fruit : Ohinemuri -apples, l|d to'id ; Rene do Canada, ljd to lgd;Adams' pearmains, l£d to 2d ; etonepippins, l^tJ; Blenheim Orange, l^d to]^d ; other lota of apples, Id to Ikl, and3s to 4s 6d per case; oranges, ''isper case ; bomatoos, Id to l^d per lb ;lemon*, 3s to 5s per case, and 6rt to 9d perliuzon ; yood dessert pears,. 2^(l to 3^d ;naesion fruit, 2id to 3d per dozen ; water-melons, 2£d to 9d each. Poultry: First-,class table fowls, Is 2d to Is 6d ; otherlots', 9d to Is; ducks, Is 3d to la 9d;turkey liens, 2s 6d to Ss .6d ; gobblers, 4s3d to 4s 9d.

LIVESTOCK, HIDES. ETC.Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.—

Grain, seed, horsefeed : Average wilefi havebeen ■effected,'and the supply has beenample. We quote : Feed oats, <4s 'kl perbushel; seed, 2s 6d ; maize, 3s 10d to 4s ;fowl wheat, 2s; barley feed. 2s 10d'; oaten

chaff,£2 10s to £3 2s 6d. Horses : A goodmany have again been brought forward,and found purchasers at the previousweek's values. At the auction sale at theDurham yards'on Friday, a large numborwere submitted, and with very few excep-tions were sold under the hammer atprices showing very little or no alterationson the previous week's values. We quote :Hacks, a* from £4 to £8 10s each;lightand medium draught, £5 10s to £12;hjavy draught, £16 t, £20; light horsesunbroken,- s.te,?| guinea each Wool,hide." skins, tallow, hones .- Thero has beena moderate supply and steady demands at?he Durham yards on Tuesday.- V\ c quote;Stoutiox:'.hf|l«,,?jd to 5d pw lb ; cow and,steer, l£d to 2*d; calfekms, 3d to 4Jd j

boneß,£4 per ton ; tallow, Its' to 18s 6dper cwt; Bheepskins, Is 9d to 3»'4d ; pelts,fjd to Is 7d each ; fleece wool, s|d to 6idper lb ; pieces, 3Jd to 4d per lb.(

LONDON WOOL SALES.London, May 2.- The wool market is unchanged.

The date of the third series is fixed forJune 20th and the fourth" series forSeptem-ber 19th, tho lists for both being unlimited.The fifth series olosos on November, 2Sth,tho liab closing on the 22nd.

GUM MARKET.Auckland, May 3rd, 1893,

This market ia quieter for all. qualitiesand prices easier. Supplies continuq large,being for month of April about 73/ tons,aiu for three days of Way about65 tons."

We quote :--Fair Ordinary ... ...... 48sBest Ordinary- ... ... 51s upwards?Poor Ordinary ,j. ... ... 38s to 42sEast Coast ... 70s

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.Farm and Daiky Produce.—Buttor: factory,wholesale Is, retail Is 2d: -Irst. qualitydairy, wholesale 10tl,retail ls:.soooml quality.wholesale 6:1,retail, ';3; Jjaftes separator buttor, wholesale lid, retail Is Id. Ciieese,4J<i toscl. jFresh eggs,Is fd per dozen wholesale,la 9dretail. L;ird. 6id It). Hauls and bacon, veryscarce. - ■Flour Market.—Flour: First quality,£3l.os;

second ';naljtj', £3 ss; wheatioeal. £" 16s:bran,£3loa; sharps, £3153;caoinhvead. £15:oat-meal, Zb's,£11 _10s; Southern oats, 'is lfl perbnaliel on wharf; fowl wheat. 2s to 2i 4d; primemilling wheat, local, 2s 3d to 2s fid: SoutHorn.2s lfl to 2i lOd c.i.f. ; maize. 4s: pbtatoos(prta:e), £3 10s to £4; pearl barley, £1S108wholesale.

Coal and Firewooij Market.—Wnhy.of thefollowing quotations are nominal:—Nowcastlecoal at yard,28s to 30aton; Bay ot Islands, atmines 13s: Waikato, at, mines. Ba,12s ; town,189t0225;Taupiri, at mine. Bs, 12a; at Auck-land. 'atoa.n. l?s 6d: household, delivered,?.4sto 255. Firewood: Uncut, at. Wharf,cargo,Bs(-.ut0786dpar ton; delivered. 10a to 12s;cv.t. 14s to 16s

MANnREB.-Bone(ln3tlSj'dnoy. f.bWsto £7103,according toQuality;boneflhti!-,£7to£S:"Auck-land, £7; Lous Island guano, £4 10s,bag's IH-eluded; superphosphate, first quality, £7 to £110s: secoml quality.£6 5s to£6 10s,

Grass and Oi,->vsch SftliiDS.-Southern ryef?rasn.'Isti! 4s 6d per bushel : Poverty Bay do.,6s 6d per bushol; oocksfviDt, 6s (id p«r bushel;Italian ryograss,ss pur lusht!!; white clover. Istols2dpnrlb;red do.. 10.to lid ; sow scrass,lid to Is:als.vke. la to Is Id : Timothy,Sdto 6d ;trefoil. sd.tc f>d;rape. 4u to 5(1.

]?'.?ii,i)iNG Materials.—iTif os are as followat present:—Timber: Boards and scantling-lOOttbest,12s; met1 nun. Gs ; 2nd-class, 7s; hostplaned, tongued and grooved, Jlrst-rlass,14s;medium, 11s; 2nd-class, 9s; rusUcated weatherboards, first-class. 14s; medium. Us; se-cond-class, 10s. Kauri palings, sft .(sap,)9s: (heart), lls6d: U-trefi railß, £$ 10s por100; puriri posts. £5: shingles, 12.slol3sper1,000; Hobart, palings, sft, ]7s; 6ft, Ws;Hobart rails, 80s, soilinu: quotations. Bricks, 45sto50s per 1,000. Drain pipes,at works! Sindraintiles. 12in lengths. 50s r.er 1.000: 2.}in. 70s: 3 v,90s; 4in, 130s: 6in. 30a per100; 3in socket pipes,2ftlengths. 6cl each; 4in, 7d : oln. 9d: Is 6J;12in,2s3d;15in. 3s6d; 18in, 4s6d; 21in, S3; 241n,12s.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.CALLS.

Mariposa G.M. Co. ..002 May 5Silverton G.M. Co.- ..005 May 10SuccessG.M.Co. ..001 May 10Great MercuryOf.M-Co. 0 0 3 JWoylORed Mercury G.M. Co. 0 0 3 May 11Kuaotnn Ci.M.Co. ..001 May20

nivmßNi t>.Northern Steamship Co.

VISITORS AT OKOROTRE.Thr following guests wore staying ab theOkorire Sanatorium during the week end-ing April 29th r—Froir Auckland : Mr J.O. Angus, Mrs Bewes. From Wellington :Lady Gibbs, Mr W. D. Dunbell, FromNnpier: Mrs Peddio, Miss Peddfa FromCanterbury : Mr Heywood, Mr and MrsHerring. From Dunedin : Mrs .Stephen-son, Miss Stepherrson. From Ball arat :Mr Eddingbon. From Hunterville:MrT.Chisholm. From Sydney : Mr3 Penrse,t^e Misses Pearse (2). From Edin-burgh :Mr Stewart. From England:Mr E. Walton, Mr and Mrs Booth, Mr.W,Card, Mr W. F. Stevens. Mr and MrsSteele, Mr Larson, Mr and Mrs FlifF, Mrand Mrs MeArthur, Mr Deason. Mr andMrs Jamiescn, Miss Thomas, Captain 'Wil-liams, Mr Pioch, Dr. Russell, Mr Ward,Miss Jones, Mr C. N. James, Mr R. Hope,Misses Nixon (2), Mr Sharp, Mrs Milne.

THE PEOPLE'S POPULARCONCERTS.

The firsb of a series of cheap concerts,under the general direction of Mr HaroldAshton, was u'iven in the City Hall yester-day evening. The entertainment was asuccess in every way. Tho performers didexcellently, and tho reception the perform-ance rcicb with frim the Auckland public isan assurance that the title Mr Aehton hasbestowed on the series is nob jnisapplied.Their cheapness puts the enjoyment ofthem within the reach of everyone, andtheir varied form will ensure theirpopularity with all classes. Another ex-cellent characteristic of those entertain-ments is the uniformity of theprice for ad-mission to all parts of the house. Thereare no distinctions of class, based solely onthe ability of one person to pay twice asmuch as another, The homely sixpencelevels all distinctions in the people's con-certs, lb is to be hoped thab Mr Aaliton,encouraged by the enthusiastic welcome hisenterprise has met with, will make hieWednesday evening conceits a permanentinstitution in Auckland during the winter,months at least.

NotwMistanding t,ho musical predilec-tions of Aucklanders, ifc was certainly sur-priming-on a stormy nii.'ht like yesterday,to find such a largo audience in the CityHail. With the exception of the pit therewas not another rart of the house thatcould have been better filled with comforbto the audienco. U[istairseverysingle seatwas occupied, and some of the spectatorswere standing. Mr Ashton was fortunatein the performers he chose for. his first en-tortaininant., and these in turn wore fortun-ate in the'choice of their songs. Verywisely theprogramme was made as variedas possible. The usual style of concertsoi g prevailed, bub there was a large admix-ture of in3brumental tmsic, recitations andcomic singing." The programme has alreadybeen published in our^ advertisementcolumns, bub for the benefit of those whomay not remember the various-iteu;s, ibmay be well to republish it in order to con-vey to the public a distinct conception ofthe natnro of- these entertainments inaug-urated by Mr Ashton. Piano solo, "LaRegatta Vennziana,"Mi&s(;larice Brrtbazon;song, "Comrades," Mr Horace Stebbing :song, " Dear Heart," Miss L. Warren ;song, "A Bunch of Cowslips," Mr GeorgeReid; dramatic recital, "Jealous PeterkinPeep," Miss Ruby Clifford ; violin solo,"Cavatina," Herr Zimmermann; song,"Leonora," Mrs Kilgour; sons.', ."MyPretty Jane," Mr T. M. Jackson : humor-ous song, " Let it be Soon," Mr C. White ;piano solo, " Scherzo" (dedicated to Sir C.ilallc), MißßClariceßrnbazon; song, "TellMe My Heart," Mrs Kilgour ; song, "TheAnchor's Weighed," Mr T. M- Jackson :song, " When the Quiet Moon," MissWarren; song, "The Arab's Farewell," MrHorace Stebbing; violin solo, "Laudler,"Herr Zimmermann ; duet, Messrs Reid ondJackson ; humorous song, Mr C. White.Nearly everyoneof the items was.encored.MrA. X'wsey presidedat tbepiano through-out the evening.

"LONG FIRM" CASE.TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED. ,

SOME-REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES.(EY TELEGRAPH.—'OWN COERESrOSDENT.)

Wkllington, this day.The "Longfirm." case was further investi-gaCeTi'j'esterday at :bhe R.M. Court;, whenthe prisoners were again remanded tillthis--morning, --Detective .Campbell .de-posed to visiting a store in Molesworth-street occupied by Goodr. Mrs Crabtreewas in charge, but said she was Mrs Gnode.Subsequently Goode entered. .Witnessasked Goode if he knew where a mannamedThompson lived> He replied "No; 1know nothing aball abut him. All Iknowis that I bought him out of a shop inTaranaki-street about six weeks ago, and Iknow nothing of.him since." Witness naxtasked Goodeif he knew whereCrabtree was,and he replied, " No ; Iknow nothing abouthim." .Witness said, " Don't you think it

"strange that his wife is 'ere.assuming yourname and"you know" "nothing about Crab-tree ?" He again replied that he knewnothing about Crabtree, and that thtwoman was merely staying in theshop. Ina drawer in the shot, he found a documentsigned by Thbmpflon, _ and directed to MrsHodge, stating that Goode was authorisedto receive aocountu,

Margaret VeraHodge stated thatshe hadbeen employed in Thompson's store. Shecould not recollect having seen,eitherof theAccused at .the store until Goode boughtThompson out about the loth March last.She had worked for Ooode ever since.ThompßonKad been in the sbore once since,he sold out. She-had seen Crabtree there.While she was in tha store she hadbeen -sent to'-tbe-Mnleswotfbh-Btre&t storefor goods,- Goode. warned hef againstThompgo'h, andbold her that if be dame intothe1store 'she" was to turn bicfi out. . Onleaving the store, Thompson told her thathe thought he would clear onb. AtberwardisI.efiaid he was going- to start up country inthe-same line of busihess, but, howeverthiiVgs' turned out, Mb name in any casewould be "Walker.". -John-Lett swore that in January last helet the Taranaki-Street shop to Goode, Ona12 hoonthß* leabe. Goode, Thompson, andCrabtreethen opened theshop. Thompsonsaid he was manager for Goode.

J,. Cv .ningham. i Cunningham, Bad-hatn, and Co., auctioneers, said that bisfirm supplied goods to Thompson on the16th of February.. They were sent to theStore in Taranaki-sbreet. He paid cash forthe articles on the 15th of March. Thomp-son told witness thab ho had bougnt the"Lion Sboro" from Wood, ab Greytown,for £200 cash, arid that he was going toleaveMrs Hodge in eharpe of theTaraimki-streeb business. He gave an order for£7313s Bd worth of goods, and asked thab theyuhould be consigned to him at Greytown,promising to pay for themwith bills ab one,bwo,and three months. He sent down ap.n. signed. Tie first bill being dis-honoured, witness went up to Greytown ottthe 21stof April and found Crabtree at thestore. He said that Thompson was outjust then. Witness asked when he wouldbe in, and Crabbreo replied, " Huven'fc youbeard from him?" He replied, "Yea, wehave had a letter ; that's what I havo cometo see him aboub." In his tetter Thompsonhad asked for assistance in tiding over thofirst bill. ' Witness told Crabtreethat Thompson had premised to givekhefirmsome securiby,and Crabtree reborted" What; has he gob to give you ?' Witnesspaid, "There is store and stock," andCrabtreo replied, "I don't know aboutthat.'" Witness then asked who the storebelonged to, and Crabtree declined tounKwer. Witness said in that case hewould claim aome of the goods, and Crab-tree then replied bhab tho goods belongedto him, but not the store. Some of thegoods which witness sent up were in thestore at tho time. W.hile witness was inthestore acustomer came in and wanted tobuy sugar at 2dalb, and Crabtreedeclinedto supply it at thab figure, remarking towitness, "There, you see, he sold sugar at2d alb, and, tobacco ab 4s 6d. He norermeant bo pay you." Witness knew nobhingabout Goode. Thompson had told himthab he was not in any way connected withtho store in Mole*w orth-street.

Frederick H. Wood, aucbioneer, of Grey-town, deposed that early in March, Crab-tree, sen., in company with his son, the ac>cused, inquired from him aboub the lease ofthe Lion Store, bub nothing Was done.About a week later Thompson came aboutthe sane matter, and, subsequently, wit-ness uokNiim the good-will of the lease,the"pricepaid "being £250. The. terms ar-ranged were thatThompson should take upa mortgage of £'200, and, of the re-mainder, £25 was to be paid in caai,and a three months' bill given for theother £25. Afterwards, as Thompson re-presented he could nob pay the £25cash, his bill, payable in a month, wasaccepted. This bill was dishonoured, and,on goingto the store to enquire about it,witness saw Crabtree, the accused, whosaid he had purchased the stock and leasefor £60 and his back wages. He also saidThompson had signed an agreement con-veying the lease to him, but he did notknow whether the mortgagees had con-sented bo the transaction. He promised topay the amount of dishonoured bill bytwelve o'clock that day, to which witnessconsented, but before that hour arrived,in consequence of something he had heard,he wont and demanded possession of thestore, telling Crabbreethab when he madearrangements he had not bargained for thegoods being removed from bho store whole-sale. Witness took possession of thepremises, and an inventory was now beingmade of tl.e stock.

Richard Henry Smith, draper, of Greytown, deposedthab ac the Lion Store pricesiwere cut very much lower than the usualprices, Yesterday week he saw Goode andCrabtree removing''goods from the store,and about three o'clock the same morningho saw a light on the premises, and heardpersons moving heavy things aboub.

The accused were committed for trial.

GLEN MURRAY.Scarcely t!:ree years- ago when Mr W. A.Murray eelected'his block for himself andgot others to cast in their lob here, thissplendid bush country was alrnosb unknownsave to a few would-be settlers who tookup part of ifc-Borne. dozen yeurs ago, andpaid and lo&b their deposits and then aban-doned it as inaccessible and useless unlessto settlers who had ample means, energyand.faith. The Messrs Murray have ex-pended thousands of pounds, they havemade miles of road available ior wheeltraffic, while they could never get onefarthing from the Raglan County Councilfor the heavy.rates yearly exacted. Theyhave felled a large extent of bush and haveput over 1,200 acres'iß grass, part of whichsown last year, now carries fivesheep anacrei being rich limestone land. MessrsMurray are calling for tenders for bushclearing and a * lod of other work.The sheep and cattle are in splendidorder) and enow what an addition therewill be to the wealth-producing power ofthe province of Auckland, when the vastextent of similar land in the county ofRaglan is improved. AJesßrs Worsp felled300 acres last ye;ir ond sowed them, andthey are felling 500 acres now. Mr Newsonfelled 350 acre?, Mr Kelsey has let 300acre?, MessrsLawry, Annandale,Needham,GodselV, Eyre, Patereon, Rutherford,Lawson, Willis, etc., etc , are adding tothe large area they had felled last year, andsoon the vast number of stock raised andfattened will.require direct access to Auck-land by Tuakau and Mercer and nob be de-pendent on having to go 25 miles roundabout, ".- ... - ~v

Tbareefcood^aeeiing of eettlerß-of Whan-

gapu, Opuatia, Awaroa, etc., was held atthe achoolhouse here on Saturday, 29thinsb., Mr W. A. Murray chairman. It wasresolved to ask-,the Education Board toappoiab-Mr Annandale Commis-sioner, akd.tothank thePostal.Departmentfor granting a weekly mail service to GlenMurray.- .It was resolved to ask the Go-vernment for a grant of £1,000 in aid ofmalting main roads; also that CaptainWorsp'e offer to fell and clear thebush onechaini"~wl3e" on the Wairamarama Road,price 23b 6d per acre, at the same time ashe is clearing his boundaries and land, beagreed to, and he be repaid out of his" thirds " as they accrue, if ho obtains theconsent of Messrs Lawson, H. Rutherford,and George Willis, adjoining settlers, tosaid road.

MOUNTROSKILL.The report tisb 'ad been circulated thatthe chairman'and members of the MountRoskill Board were to-hare a hot hour,brought together a largo attendance ofrate payers to the meeting last night, andfora while two or three managed to makeio exceedingly lively.. The chairman MrJ. \V. Carr read arather lengthy report.;

It showed that in addition to tha main-tenance of the roads already formed £9716s lid had been expended in the forma-tionof new roads opening up the district;that much had been done in clearingwatertableß htid culverts; by this meanseft'ectinga large saringed thescoria bill; andthat by a division of the district a bettersupervision of the roads is obtained. Thereport recommended as more economicaland as a means to secure improvementswhich cannot be otherwise effected,thab men be kerb employed all theyear. Owing to the scoria contractorabacdoning his contract without notice,and the necessity- of calling for freshtondersi the carts were put on_.lafce thisyear, butareJn6w busy and will soon over-take- the- work. The reserves have beerenclosed anda reservoir formed. The yearended with a balance sufficient (with theuncollected rates) tt> carry on until a newrate is struck. The chairman, in thenbsence-of the treasnrer, read the balance-sheet. The income from all sources was£504 'and "expenditure, £445 ;balance, £59;uncollecfced, ratfes £61: total available,£120, Special expenditure — Reserves:Fencing w»H reservoir, £91 8s 9d (thewhole advanced fay lessee); due lessee, £103s (halt-cost or Briorley fence); baiance, £815a 9d, for which the lessees obtain a 14years' lease, from January Ist, .1894.

CORRESPONDENCE.THE BALLANCE MEMORIAL.

(To the Editor.)Sir,—Seeing that the idea of erecting astatue to thelute Hon. J. Bailanco has beenmade public at Wellington and that thereis no doubt but contributions would go toWellington for that object from Auckland,it appears to tire that contributions shouldbe made in Auckland for astatue or bust,to be placed in the Albert Park or ArtGallery, to show our appreciation of theser-vicesof the late Premier, and not sent toadorn Wellington. " With that object Inview, and hopingitwill.be taken up bythepublic of Auckland, I herewith enclose theBum of 10a, as the donation of the em-ployees of Mews Garlickand Lyon, hoping,sir, that you will receive the donations fromthe general public till .a Committee isformed to carry the object into eflect.—lam,etc., ■

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THE SWEATING SYSTEM.(To tie Editor).

Sir,—Your leading article in last night'sStar calling attention to the sweatinggoinir on in Melbourne, says : " There is agood deal of f red in the Premior's state-ment-," to the effect that while girls wereworking ab these miserable waged f:rsweaters, thedifficulty of obtaining servantswas as great ac ever. "That so long asgirls shunthousehold work and press intofactories, whatever t!>e reason or whereverthe fault lies, it will be difficult to restrainsweat-rs from-carrying, on fc'.eir. nefariouspractices." Now, I venture to point outwhere, in my opinion, the fault lies. AndI have no hesitation in stating that thefault lies with mistresses who do not smuch require domestic servants as tl.ayrequire white slaves. They issue com-mands to the servant thatshe must alwaysbe ready to answer the bell, and they ex-pect her to be in neat, tidy attire wheneverthe said bell or bells shall rinjr, whilst theyalso expecther to gefc through an amountof household work which will absolutelypreclude her from being neat and tidy.They dole out to her her food, candles,etc. (even down to mutches), as though shewere a proclaimedconvict. She must putup with all the vagaries and insolence oftheir children without complaint, and yetmust have the said-children always in goodorder and h'fc for visitors to seo. They tillin every minute of thegirl's time with somekind of work or other, not allowing hertime even to mend her dresses, and yet shemust always -app«ar properly and respect-ably dressed ;. in short, they demand froma servant what noordinary mortal cati per-form, and if an extraordinary mortal triesto perform it, she loseß all heart, for '" sheis only doing her duty," and gets no thanksfor it. Other mistresses who treat tbeir'servants in a reasonable manner donot findany difficulty in getting good servants atfair wages. I therefore beg to state thatimy opinion the reason why girls will evenwork at sweaters' wages rather than takedomestic service, is the fault of those mis-tresses, W-O do not give reasonable con-sideration to the difficulties which servantshave.to contend with, and who treat themwith an amount of condescension and arro-gance which galls a good servanteven morethan the insistance that they shall also"make bricks without straw,"—l am, etc.,

J. Thornes.81, Queen-street, Auckland.

A VOICE FROM SOUTHLAND.(To the Editor.)

Sir,—Being a resident) of Southland forthirty years, I desire to pen a few lines tothereaders of your well-known journal. Ina recent iswiie I noticed the leading articleupon the borrowing and retrenchmentpolicy of the present Government. At theoutset, I never did approve of the borrow-ing: system. I look upon borrowing as one-of the worst things in the world. I say, inall seriousness, nogovernment, orcompaify,or private individual has any right to sup-port such avile system. It is plain as ABCthut when one borrows of another, theborrower is at the mercy of the lender,and in many hundreds of cases in our ownland and elsewhere, men have been soldout, and came to grief. Alas ! alas ! howpeople are deluded. I cannob understandhow it is that so many Christians believein and supporb that system. Tho Bibledistinctly gays those who go a-borrowing go a - sorrowing. Thereis a very old and true saying, "Outof debt is out of danger." Almost everyGovernment and a majority of the peopleall over the world totally ignore the Bibleteaching in that respect—"Owe no mananything." I consider it is a disgrace toour rulers that) in this fair land of ours—a-country with such a good climate andwith

ieucb large resources—the coloniatß should

be saddledwifh such an enormous debt bb38 millions, especially when it is taken intoaccount thab New Zealand is only half acentury old under the British flag, and notoonly so, bub it makes our position thoworse. Why? Because the colony didnob go into the borrowing markettill 1670, over a -ported of 22years. Whatever mistakes have beenmade in the past, thelast Government andthe present act doing very nicely in nobborrowing, and I notice with pleasure theEvening Star approves of the BallanceMinistry. They are, to my mind, the rightmen in the right place. Long may theycontinue in power.—l am, etc.,

Edwin Rutland.

' Invercargill, April 21,. 1893.

FRIENDLY SOCIETY FINANCE.(To the Editor.)

Sir,—The deputation who lately waitedon Sir Patrick Buckley with reference tothe statements made by the Registrar as tothe solvency of the Friendly Societies,adopted tbe line cf conduct generally infavour with counsel who have a bad case-abuseof the other Bide. Mr Mason'sstati'rne'nt that theA.O.F. were in deficib to theextet.tof £6 sterling permember,andotherSocieties eveu in a worse position tothe extent of £24 sterling per mem-ber, is no newly - fledged informationto the executive member* of the societiesrepresented at the deputation. They allknow o/. should know that these figures arearrirod afeby the Department after carefulinvestigation, aud that the result of suchlnr-estigatun was laid before the House ofRepresentatives, and that each branch ofthe Bocieties were supplied with acopy- Apparently no notice waß takenof the solemn lessons to."be learuedf>-om the disclosures ' made by theRegistrar, until the matter Wasbrought prominently before the publicby the publication of the inter-view held with the Honorable theMinister of Education at Wellington.Then for the first time the very large num-ber of the members of the Societies learn ofthe probability of their respective lodgesnot being in a position to meet later ontheir engagements. The deputationin lieuof proving by independentvaluation, or byrecognised raethods, that MrMason's con-clusions were incorrect, proceeded to at-tack him.It might be interesting to the general

public to havea little daylight thrown uponthis matter, in view of its serious aspect toso many of the wage-earning class of|this colony. The Manchester Unity doing|business in the United Kingdom havefor some years compelled their Lodgesto adopt rates of cuiifcribution, cal-culated to provide benefits . i a value ofone-half of what is generally adopted inthis country. Many of the societies heredo business at about the same rate, butguarantee double value benefits : in otLerwords, in this colony we in many cases sellour benefits at 100 per cent. leas than theycost at Jioma.

In explanation of this anomaly it is saidthat climatic influences in New Zealandoperate so favourably on sick experience,and that the earning power of capital inthis country is so much grea' ">■ than in theold country, that it is possible to do safebusiness at such rates. That these favour-able conditions exist here is totally deniedby many, bub even granting that fc'ey doexistnoonewould dare ir prove t':attheyaaresufficient for the diecounton rates adoptedby these societies. It must be patent toall that disaster will surely overcome theselodges some day.

Now, as to the moral aspectof the case.Is it honest to "lead the unwary into suchsocieties at this stage? The Governmentcannot justly pub off what was asked ofthem by Mr Williams and hie colleagues atthe late interview with the Hon. theMinister ot Education at Wellington.

There is one'statement made by MrGarratt, to^which I take exception, andthat is with reference to the influence offriendly societies on the amount paid forcharitable aid. Members of friendlysocieties are not -of' bbc ' class whol 'would apply for charitable aid at anytime, they area class who are self-reliant,and thefact that they j in a lodge with theview of future provision is undoubtedevidence that such if they had notchosen to join a lodge would have providedfor tho future otherwise.—l am, etc.,■ , C.R. ■DR. McGLYNN'S RESTORATION.

(To the Editor.)Sik,— Archbishop Corrigan, a few year3since, suspended Dr. McGlynn, ostensiblyfor using insulting language against thePope, in reality because Dr. McGlynn wastaking such a pr~minenb parb in socialreform—being, as he was, and is, a valuedco-worker with Henry George. Recentlythe Pope sent over to America ArchbishopSatolli, with power to act as he deemedbast in the case of the popular priest's sus-pension from the functions of his office.

On Sunday evening, January 15th of thapresent year, at a public meeting in theCooper Institute, New York,Dr. McGlyansaid, " I was suspended, and my suspensioncontinued because I taught and failed toretract the economic doctrine that thenatural bounties belong to the community,and their rental value should be taxed intothe public treasury. I have not condemnedor rotracted the doctrine in question, andiyet, thanks to the enlightened judgmentand noble heart of PopeLeo XIII.,and thewilling readiness of his worthy ropreeenta-tive, Archbishop Satolli, in carrying outhis instructions, I have been relieved ofecclesiastical censures and fully restored tomy priostly ministry. The mannerand theconditi'j..s <J this happy restoration aredescribed in the statement of the Apostolicdelegate printed in the newspapers. Inthe statement presonted to ArchbishopSatolli, there is, as those of you familiarwith the.doctrines can see for yourselves,no minimising in departing from thedoctrines of the United Labour Platform,or of the Anti-Poverty Society, as I havebeen teaching the doctrine for years. Ifany proof of this were required it is fur-nished by myfriend Henry George, who inhis letter of acknowledgmentof my exposi-tionof doctrinesaid : ' it is entirely worthyof yourself and of the occasion cf thegreat opportunities now before you—oppor-tunities lnrger than auy parish or any dio-cese could atford. For the great move-ment which we have bcth at. heart israpidly paesing through its preliminarystages and your restoration urges it on.'My appreciation of the present) Pope,greatly increased by the encyclical, hasbeen steadily growing, and since theerrand of the ablegate has dovelopedhas reached the highest point. Ib wouldpreviously have seemed incredible thatsuch radical, comprehensive, and farreaching action could have beer, the workof his surroundings and age. Nothing thatI can recall has so surprised and gratifiedme, for the powers linked against it haveseemed to be too great to be broken down,save in long year6. Ib seetr.s, indeed, as ifa ereaterpower had onall sides over-ruledevil for good. That you mayhave healthand strength for the work before youis myearnestprayer."

When the mosb Conservative religiousorganisations areresponding to the spread-ing demand for tha rights of humanity, wemay echo the poet's words—"Tiscoming; up thesteop of tie.And this old world is growingbrighter:We may not see its dawn sublime,Yet high hopei make the heart throblighter."—Iam, etc., Souther?? Cross.

SIR GEORGE GREY.WHAT A fctfDNEY JOURNAL SAWABOUT HIM. Si

v:"; ' ■: :Ik a review of "The Life and Times cSir George Gray, X.C.8.," by WillieLee Roos and Lily Bees, tho Bydiui»* Evening News" says : — "This is ft,biography of a great man, a bornrolar tmen, and yet a wise, outspoken, atKdiscreet statesman. The volume.compriiaior is divided into, eight books, which tra»reep'eS.tively 5f theadventures and proceedinga ofSir Georgeas an Außbraliatt «ipl6t«| 1Bs Governor of S6uth Australia, aft Governor of tha Cape Colony twice, and |gjGovernWotftew" Zealandtwice. .Whin lifower all his proceedings wer* ftbnourablfend just, and dictatedby a desire to m !mote tha welfareof tha people over whoa'he was called to rule. In the work bofor*us 'ni* biographers say thab in hi* elftlttfction power and authority were only mennito an end. He coveted complete controlbecause with every widening of hia ia.fiuence he could accomplish more. Thitond he toiled for was the greatest goodof all. Anyone who acts in this wavis sure to' find himself opposed ahdjeeredat by numerous enemies. This wwthe fateof Sir George Grey, but nevertlij.lem-by his-tatt, the just character ef htipolicy, and the benfcvolehce of bis motivnhe finally "overcame all his enemies and,*succeeded in conferring lasting benefits onthe' people he governed. His persona]character as a ruler and asa man, as drawnby his biographers, is one worthj Sof tha highest "praise. He was a loyal'Subject t6 his Queen, justand benevolonteven to his enemies, unselfish* and frtffrom all low jealousy and meanness.|A§ a naturalisb he largely extended theworld's knowledge of natural history, andto his zeal for science the museums o:Great Britain and Some of those on tbg.Continentof Europe are indebted for bois^of their rarer treasures. His hame will godown to posterity as that of a great andgood tnan who sought to promote the Wil; ■fareof all and succeeded in doingit. Hit"Life and Times,' as written by hitbiographers, Constitute a deafly printedand neatly gbt up volume, which is like!}to command on extensive sale." ■

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WAIKATONOTES.Cambridge, Wednesday.

I3E WAIKATO FARMERS' CLUB.

*Hls Club met in the Club Room, Cuke--22* Cambridge, on Monday, ab 1p.m.A foifnumber of members were present,Ac President(Mr John Fisher) being in theehalr. bub Monday being the first day of"he "hooting season caused many to be ab-

Mnt Before proceeding with the ordinaryfineness of the meeting, the chairman saidThav hadvery mournful duties to perform.He then alluded to the death of thePremierand said although they might not all agreewith the deceased in politics, yet they allAdmired his honesty of purpose, and hisdeath would leave a gap that it would be

difficult to fill. The following resolutionwas Unanimously agreed to:- That this

Club learns with deep regret of the deathof the Hon. John Ballanco, Premier of the

The chairman theh Bpoke of the loss theClub, and bhe Waikato at large, had sui-

tained by the death of Mr John McNicol.He ofall men could ill be spared, and hisdeparture from among3t them was a blow4uch as Waikato liad never before exper-ienced— a man who, though young inyears, was able to give advice to those manyyearshis senior, and they were glad to ac-cept and act upon it. Hewould begreatlyfliisaed by every one in the district, butjnore than all by his sorrowing relativesITnd friends. He then moved : That thisClub recordß its acknowledgements of thegreatloss theagriculturaland pastoralinter-eafcSofWaikato havesustained by lliedeath ofMr John McNicol, of Lochiel, Ohr.upo,and that a letter expressing its sympathybe forwarded to his widow, This wasseconded by the Vino-Chairman (Mr J.Forest), and was ac end to nnn con. In aJew appropriate reumrlw, Mr 11. Dick saidthey would all miss tho breozy presence andhearty smile of Jack McNicol. He spokepf him as Jack, for he knew him as Jack",find thought of him as Jack—big-hearted,feme-hearted, generous Jack !

The Chairmanthen spokoof the death ofanother member of the Club, Mr JamesGordon, late of Koreoni. It was resolvedto send a letter of condolence to his widow.

Mf A. Wallacu, otTukerimu, was electeda member of the Executive Committeevice Mr H. Buttle, who has left the dia-trict. " , " >ii lSome considerable time since the Clubforwarded samples of superphosphates tothe Lincoln College foranalysis. Nothinghaving been heard of them, the Collegeauthorities wore wired, about five weeksago, asking what had been done in thematter. Nearly a month since they repliedthe analysis wasbeing proceeded with, andthe result would be forwarded on comple-tion, bub np to tho present nothing morej3aßbeen heard of if,

The Hon. John MoKenzie wrote that howould payCambridge avisit, but at presentcould not fix the date of his coming. He'fcad been down South, hence the delay inreplying to the invitation,

Considerable correspondence has passedbetween the Club and the Auckland Agri-cultural Provincial Association re thefederation of these and kindred societiesfor the protection of farming interests.The Club has submitted certain proposalsfor the consideration oE the AucklandAssociation, to which tho secretary,Mr E.Hall, replied on the 11th ultimo, as fol-lows:—"In reply to your favour of 4thinstant I am instructed to state thatour Committee are quite willing tomodify their plans in the directions indi-cated by your executive, as regards thenumber of delegates ami meetings. Theyalso agree thatfit would be desirable foreach to manage thoir own show and keeptheir finances entirely separate from thoseof the united body, which was theobject ofjule 7in the circular. Be extent, theAuckland Provincial Agricultural Associa-tion will be represented on the GeneralCouncil — the matter was discussed atgreat length by onr executive, the pointbeing whether it wero hotter to forma distinct body or to invite theother societies to unite with the Auck-land one. It w« finally decided thatthe latter course would be preferable.The members present thought the replytoo vague regarding the number of Auck-land members Uiat would be upon theCouncil, and it was resolved to reply:"'That this proposed amalgamation wouldfee impracticable when thoone Associationlad the balance of power, and this Clubwould snggest that all Associationsshould be equally represented on theCouncil. Mr Dick said he was presentwhen the matter was discussed by theAuckland Association, arid he certainly dididot think itwas intended that the whole ofthe Auckland Committee, should be uponthe Council. Definite information will beaikod for ie this matter.

" On the motion of Mr ft. Fisher it wasdecided to hold a root show, under theauspices of the Club, in Cambridge, aboutthemiddle of themonth ofJune.

The Club then adjourned to tho SalvationArmy Barracks, whore Mr Robert Dickgavean address on " Permanent Pastures."

THE MAtNGAKAWA MEETING.

' The Maoris keep trooping up to Maun-gakawa, and the meeting will certainly bethe largest that ha? been held for munyyears past. Another batch of them cameup by yeßterday'9 train, and this morningthey wenb to swell the number at the"Parliamentary." Allot them appear tobe well dressed for Maoris, and some ofthem are even stylish in their attire.They are not by any means impecunious,and" the local stores and hotels havedone aroaring trade the last dny or two.They are veryanxious to have the Governorat their meeting, and evidontly fully ex-pect him, for they have adjourned all im-portant matterstill the lOtli instant, whenthey Say ho will be present. They havebeen assiduously practising hakas etc., togive him a fitting reception. They donob meanto starve, judgingby the numberof tons Of eatables they haveir:stock. Oneconsignment for them was nine tons ofkumeraa sent from up north.

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Ponsonby Road. ,otf-7 Rooms,bath,pantry,etc.. £350 ■ -V; .;;■■Devon-street—s Rooms,£110

Kxinouth-Btreet-'2 Houses,£200 "" ' "Edwin-street—4 Rooms,£70 .HuilditiK Site, Northcote, 2Qoftx200ftSuti'olk-street—4Rooms and scullery, £110Northcote-7 Rooms, rerandab all round,

splendidview, Allotment 50 x 150;price, £360.Also Farms ToLet and For Sale. ,-

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3 ~Meadow Foxtail YeUow Oatgfass s\ .Crested Dogstail S^cfc*3

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Saddlery.

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Wholesale and Retail Manufacturerand Importer of

Saddlery and Harness,165, Queen-street,Auckland.

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[Telephone 211 & 232.]. ■U I Sa7 ina l£i in* ©£ vUtj

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Covered Waggons and Spring Carts,With EXIperiencedMen, for Rnmoyalof Furniture. "■

Allkinds of GoodsBought & Soldfor Clients,Wool, Flax, & ChattDumpedfor Shipment.

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T HAVE NOW A SUPPLY OF THISGOODHOUSE AND STEAM COAL. ,

Also-TAUPIRI, NEWCASTLE, ANDWESTPORT COAL,FIREWOOD,,

CHARCOAL, &o.

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John Hockenhull & SonCOKNEROFKarangahapb & Nkwton Roam.

falntora. :

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Hare justopened up a large assortment ofCHEAP

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WHITE LEAD, OILS. TURPS, TARSNISHES, AND ALL KINDS QP ...,

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PAINTING.

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PAINTER. GLAZIKIJ & IMPERHANfIER,ARTISTIC DECOliA'l'.Oft, SIGN & . .■ GLASS WRITER. 'Manufacturerof Lead-I.ißhte in-Tinted. Cathe-

dral. Stoined and Plate GlassTabloU".SilkBan-ners, Wifa Blinds; 'Prirati an'tf Business De-signs Embossed in PtJltc; Ruby, Blue. Amber'andSheetGlass. OriginMDeirigns. VeneUwi

Blinds Ru-taped and I'aißtoA,

On Sale.MIXED PAINT,

InVarious Colours,for House ana Ship "York.JOHN HENDK. RSO N.

13and 15,WYNDHAM-SIKSK*.

SHIPPING.|WVRKT.-This evening. 5.10Jl'NßrsP!.—Tb-iiiorrnw morning* 644.Moon's AaE.-Last quarter9th, 1.45p.m,

HIGH WATER.* A»CKLani». -This eTenin*. 8,47; to-aiorrowmorning,9.4 "«anpkauiiEADS.-To-morrowmoraine, 11.44;to-morrow afternoon,—Kaipara HEAr>s.-To-morrow morHing, 0.44;tomorrow afternoon, 1.0

ARRIVALS.Waihora, s.e., Anderson, put back.

DEPARTURES.Waihora, s.a., Anderson,for Sydney, via

Russell.Argyle, s.s., Amodeo, for the Great

Barrier.Medora, schoonor, Subritzsky, for Wha-

ngaroa and Awanui.Chelmsford,s.s., Hopkins, forNejunguru,

Whanaki, Tutukaka and HelenaBay.Manapouri, s.s., Wheeler, for Southern

ports and Melbourne. Passengers :—MissesWhite [2), Ellis, Allen, Maitland, Stephen-eon, Croghan, Moss, Boadley, MesdamesSwifb, Massey and child, Evans, Martin,William*,Redraond, Shields, W. C. Daldy,Ellis, Ledger, Allen, Maitland, Croghan,Fenwick, Bigley, Carmichael, Moss,Arnold, Stephenson, Messrs Fenwick,Bisley, Menzies, Dunhill, Massey, JudgeWilliams, Carmicbael, O'Neil, McMaster,Hoadley, Eddington, Evans, Ziele, Hep-burn and 35 in the steerage.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.Alameda, R.M.a., Apia, Honolulu and San

Francisco, May 20Rangitikei, bq., London, loadingRuiipelm, 8.8,, London, to arriveStar of Victoria, s.s., London, to arriveMannie Swan, bq., New York, loading'Queen, bq,, New York, to load

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.Thuksday.—SouthernCross andKaaieri

leave for East Coast ports.Friday.—Pukaki arrives from South.Saturday.—Pukaki leaves for Westpcrb.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.Thursday.—Aruyle, for Kuaotunu, Tai

rua and Mercury Bay, at 7 p.m.; Waiobah:arrives from Whangarei. O;)inemuri leave!lor Tauranga and Opotiki at 7 p.m.

Friday;—Clansman arrives from Russell, at 6 a.m.; Waiotahi leave9Eor Tauranua at7 p.m.; Wellington for Whangaroi,jMarsdenPoint, Mangapai, and Parua Bajat 10.30 p.m.

Saturday,—Gairloch arrives from Waitara; Argyle from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu. and Tairua; Oiiinemuri arrives frcaOpotiki.

Thames Service, — Rotomahana oiOhinomuri bave for Thames daily and s,s,Paeroa leaves for1 Paeroa twice weekly.

The s.s. Manapouri sailed this afternoor.for Southernports and Melbourne.

Yesterday the:brigantine M. A. Dorarsailed from Port Clialmsrs to load timbeifor Australia.

Ab an early hour this morning the s.s,Argyie started again on her trip to thtGreatBarrier.

The schooner Medora sailed this morninpfor ■Whangaroa and Awanui, with a fullgeneral cargo.

The barque Ganymede has cleared alLyttelton for Maiden Island, to load guancfor some colonial port.

Ab Lyttelton the iron barque Leucadi», svisitor, to this -port, has cleared for Queens-town with acargo of grain for orders.

The Union Company's s.s. Poherua is tcload ab the Bluff on Monday for Auckland,coming up to this port via Oamaru andTimaru. \

Wot New York, the barquontine MannieSwan shipped a quantity of kauri gum to-day. She will bo despatched hence earlynext week.

The 8.8. Waiotahi, fr«m Auckland onTuesday nigbfc, did nob arrive ab Whan-garei bill thip morning. She is to leaveagain for Auckland ab 9 p.m.

The American barquo John MeDermottis fully due at Port Chalmers from NewYork, as she is now 120 days out, Shecome3up to this port with part cargo, andwill be despatched from here with kaurigum and flax for New York again.

The Tyser Company's cargo steamerStar of Victoria, according to advice re-ceived by Mossrs Stone Bros., the agents,

■was to have left Sydney for this port yes-terday. She is due here some time nextweek, and after discharghig local consign-ments, will proceed on to Southerc ports,en route for London.■ The New Zealand Shipping Company'scargo steamer Ruapehu, from London via

' Teneriffe,- is now about due hore, being. 51days out. She brings a full general cargo,and may be expectedto put in an appear-ance at any time. Some '2,000 ton? of stuffare to be put out at this port, and beforeleaving for Southern ports the steamerships a quantity of frozen meat from thelocal works.

Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, theS.s. Waihora returned to port, after anineffectual tussle with the nor'easterlytrale seasto proceed up the coast to Russell,thence on to Sydney, for which ports she. left, on the previous evening. St>e onlysteamed up as farNorth as Point Rodney.After facing tho teeth of the gala for sometime, Captain Anderson put her headround and ran back to the harbour. Shestayed at the wharf till four o'clock thismorning, when the weather had moderatedsufficiently to allow her to proceed on hervoyage. 'The proportions of Atlantic liners are

"growing year by year. The Lucanianlaunched on February 2nd on the Clydefor tho Cunard Company, is 630fb long inwhat is called the "over" measurement.

;Her estimated speed is 21£ knots, againstthe 1,3of the Great Eastern. She is nosolitary wonder, for her sister ship, thoCampania, was launched List year. Bothships aro built of steel, and they have twi' .<

"screws fitted after Ml3style of the Wh; reStar boats. Their speed will reduce theduration of the Atlantic passage to a'joutfive days and a-quurter, or.- some half aday less than the Teutonic and M» jesUc.The consumption of coal will be.ahout 400tons a day. The cost is aboub £650,000for each steamer.

THE TIMBER FLEET.We are advised thab th.c Kauri Timber

Company have chartered during tlie lasbcouple of weeks twelve vessels c/ipable ofcarrying 2,700,000 feet of timber to load abvarious coastal ports for Austr alia. Thofixturesof several of those vestals we havealready published and the remainder areas follows :—The barque lO'ilarney, nowat theKaipara, and tha iro& barque Onyx,ab Lyttelbon, to proceed tro the Kaiparaalso; the barqucntino Wliitemata, aboutdue here from Newcastjfj with'coal; theschooners M. A. Donan arid Maud Graham—tha former, is nowon ber way to and thelatter is loading at Helensville; and thebrigantina Aratapu,, which left Newcastleyesterday for this port with coal to pro-ceed heccq to acoastalport bo load back toSydoey,

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.ARRIVALS.

Gairloch, McArthur, from Waitara.Passengers: Hons. McGullough, Jennings,

M L C's, Messrs Theo. Cooper, Young (2),Einraett, Horo Kori, Muir, Bassett, Clark,Walker, Mwdoia* Puillipß, Thomas,Eramett and family.

Enterprise, brigantine, from V/estpprt.

DEPARTURES.

Gairloch, s.s., McArthur, for Waitara*-Mahinapua, 8.8., Newton, for New Ply.

mouth.

The Union Company's 9.?. Mahinapua,Captain W. J. Newton, for the South, tookher departure ab one o'clock to-day withcargo and passengers.

The Northerp Company's 8.8. Gairlochsailed for Waitara ab 1.30 p.m. to-day.

The brigantine Enterprise arrived fromWe3fcport before noon today with, a cargoof scrap iron and coals.

The cutter Lizzie is loading timber anddrain pipes for Hokibika.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Whancabei, t'uia day.—Arriyed, 9.35a.tn. : Waiotahi, s.s., from Auckland.

Wellington, May3.—Arrived: Poherua,s.s., from Westporfc; Penguin, s.s., fromLyttelton. Sailed: Takapuna, s.s., forLybtelton ; Australia, s.s., for Auckland,via East Coast ports. Passengers: MissesAllen and Porter, Mrs Brown, Roy. Rob-Johns, Messrs Hutchins, and 4 in thesteer-age.

Lyttfxton, May 3.—Sailed: Hinemoa,Government s.s., for the Southern light-housoß ; Opawa, ship, for Livorpool ; Hau-roto, 8.8., for Oamaru. This day :—Arrived, 9.30 a.m. : Rotomahana, s.s.,from Port Chalmers.

Port Chalmers,May 3.—Sailed : M; A.Doran, bricrantine, forKaipara, Dredge 222,for Wellington; Rotomahana, s.s., forNorthern ports. Passengers : —MissesRowley, Oppe, Cundy (2), Joyce"; (/lift,Flexbourne, Depon, Murray, McKinnon,Avell, Mesdames Oppe and maid, Freer,McQueen, Fleming, Levien, Hill, Wood,Dursen and family (3), Price and child,Ericke, Ronaldson, Mr and Mrs Clifden,Mr and Mrs Aston, Mr and Mrs Rix, Mrand Mrs Thomas and family, Masters Oppe(2), Hill, Messrs Napen, Scotb, Mill, Rey-burn, Jame9, Palmer, Noonan, Corleke,Ronaldson, Miller, Christie, Eccles, John-ston, Fleming, Grant, Fried, Mitchell,Bundy and 75 in the steerage.

Bluff, May 3.—Sailed, 9 p.m.: Rosa-mond, s a., for Greymouth.

Sydnky, March 3.—Arrived, to-day:Wakatipu, from Wellington.

London, May 2.—Sailed : The Now Zea-land Shipping Company's steamer Aor'angi,for Wellington and Lyttelton, on Satur-day.

COMMERCIAL.MARK.ET TELEGRAM.

(New Zealand Loan and MercantileAgency Company, Limited.)

London, May 2.Wheat: Markeb dull; New Zealand

wheat, f.a.q., is worth c.i.f,, off coast, 24a6d per 4801b. Other quotations unchangedsince last telegram.

The Evening Star.WITH WHICH ABE INCORPORATED

The Evening news, Morning News, and Echo.

For the causs that lacks assißtanes,

For tho vrongthat n«eis resistance,For the futurein the dutaneo.AM th« good that w« can ao.

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1893.

We have more than once noticed theatfival within a short period of somehundreds of Austrians in the Aucklandprovincial district, and their promptlocation on the northern . gumfieldstThe arrival of these foreigners openssome rather wide questions which re-quire attention- In the first place^these peopledo not seek naturalisationthey are said to work for very lowwages, they exercise great thrift, ex-

pend nothing except on the barestnecessaries of life, and remit theirearnings to their native land. Theyare so economical and industrious thatit is said they drive away the Maorisfrom the gumfields where they are

'located, and that they can give evenChinamen points in frugality andindustry.

If these people' continue their pre-sent system of sending the great bulko> their earnings hcme, living separatefrom their wives and children in.theexpectation of returning to them, ofwhat benefit are they to this country ?They do nothing for the country whichfinds them work and enables them to

i carry out their ideas, except extractingfrom it one of its most valuable andtransient products, and leaving theland a wreck behind them. They paynothing to make or keep the roads inrepair which they use, and contributeonly the smallestfraction towards thecost of governing the country theysojourn in. Under such circumstanceswe think some measures ought to betaken to correct the conditions nowexisting.

To prevent them coming at all,would be a departure from the freemigrationwhich has not only long beenin practice, but which has hithertobeenregarded as a relief to the crowdedcountries of the Oid World advan-tageous to new and thinly-peopledcountries. We all of us came to NewZealand in obedience to this widelyprevailing migratory instinct. Aus-traliahas been peopledby it. Happilyin both cases, the immigrants havebeen chiefly of Saxon or Celtic blood.The United States also has become thegreat nation it is to-day, because thatfor the first two hundred years itwas occupied by a similar people, allspeaking ths English language.Latterly, there has been a great influxof Germans,Italians, and indeed ofimmigrantsirora almostevery Eutopeannation.

But recently, both in the UnitedStates and-in the British Colonies,anew and different idea has begun toprevail with regard to the unrestricted

[immigration ot foreigners. Instead of""welcoming every nationality as before,efforts have been made to keep theEnglish-speaking countries for peopleof like blood and race with themselves.The exclusion of Chinamen was the

I first pronounced step in this direction..Subsequently, the exclusion of Orien-tals and Asiatics from Australia hasbee'O discussed, and many restrictivemeasures have been adopted by theUnited States to limit or prevent theadmissiuu of the poorer classes ofBelgians, Italians, and other oation-a'ities." In the earlier days it seems to havebeen recognised that every nun orwoman of any nation who came to anew country had a right to. land andlive there. But as the new lands beganto fill up, and adopted settled forms oflife and industry, and placed them-selves undersystem oftree government,then national life was rapidly de-

I veloped, aud new questions affectingsocial life and political action began tobe discussed, and the cry was heard of" America for the Americans," and"Australasia for the Australasians."Foreigners began to be regarded withless favour than before". The crossingof the breeds, the mixing of the blood,with some difficulties,had been, at-tended with great advantages. Butwhen, as in America, foreigners whoknew nothing of free governmentbegan to come in great and increasingmultitudes, it was felt that the sociallife of Americans, and their free in-stitutions were in peril.

Of course the Alien aod Natural'isation Laws offered but a feebleand ineffective barrier to checkthe modern deluge of (oreignideas, customs and language. Butother and more stringent mea-sures are proposed. And not withoutreason; for in sorce districts, and inmany industries, foreigners are crowd-

ing out native born Americans, whilstin some of the streets of the,city ofNew York itself no word of English jjever spoken by the inhabitants, Howsubversive of native-born rights theNaturalisation L«ws are as at present.administered in the United States, wjilLbe seen from the fact that whilst jnative-born American cannot vote tillhe is twenty-one years old, a Belgiari,'Italian, Bohemian or Russian, often;within a few weeks of landingat'CastleGarden,becomes a voter, and in fiveyears gets his naturalisationpapers andbecomes a full American citizen,;though he may never understood tininstitutions he helps to control, ojever spe»k the Knglish language tothe day of his death.

If the English-speaking countries'are to continue to be the permanenthomes of the greatrace which has dis<covered, conquered, occupied andgoverned them; if they are to becomethe habitations of a homogenous raceand not the abodes of hybrid raceswho have neither training, instinctsnor language in common with theinjthen the movement to check foreignmigration is not a narrow prejudice,not a dog-in-the-manger policy, but *wise and beneficial movement to main*tain the customs, language and institu-tions of iree nations. Strangelyenough this nation-preserving move,ment has not sprung from the learnedor the wealthy, but chiefly from thelabouring classes new in English-speakingcountries. It may be sneersingly said that the efforts to keep outforeigners arise from a desireto keepup wages. If that were so it wouldbe a step in the right direction,for a country which cannotafford good wages to the people wholive in it and work in it, will neverbreed patriots, and is not worth livingin. No, it is something loftier andbetter than that, it is one of thoseinstincts which belong to every nationthat is on the march of progress andfreedom.

The coming of the Austrians to thiscolony may not be more than a strawin our immigration movements, buta straw shows which . way thestream, runs. ,JU this early stageit may be dealt with, and wethink legislative action ought tobe taken, in the coming session to,regulate and limit entrance into thiscolony, not only of Austrians, but ofall other alienraces. As in the UnitedStates,it may be made illegalfor apyperson to introduce foreigners into thecountry under contracts of any kind.The introductionof paupers or personscertain to, become early burdens uponthe community ought to be prohibited.The question is undoubtedly a largeone, but the: Sooner it is dealtwith, themore easily will it be put upon a rightfooting.

A DISTINGUISHED GLOBE-TROTTER.

The Premier has received an official notifi«cation that the Austrian Archduke who wasexpected shortly to lift up the light of fchaImperial countenance upon us is not to visitNew Zealand. We hopo the colony willsurvive the shock, although, no doubt, theblow will be a staggering one to that larg6

section covered by the vague word "society." There was a time when " distin,guisbed visitors" were very rare in thecolonies, but of late years they have beeijround in shoals. The consequence is thatmc3t of us view lords and ladies withequanimity, and even the presence of a realjive duke does not create any verygreatsensation. But, then, the Archduke Fer-dinand is an undoubted rara avis, and ifwe were to assert that New Zaalanderacould view, without emotion, the oppor-tunities the Australians will have of bask*,ing in the Imperial sunshine, wo should bereminded at once of "sour graces." Ifthere be any comfort in companionship inmisfortune, we may derive a melancholyconsolation from the fact that the Acting*Premier ofQueenslandhas received a cable*gram, intimating that, owing to the deten-tion of the Archduke in India, theKaiserin Elizabeth, with the' diabin*gnished party on board, will noli call atBrisbane. The honours, therefore, will bedivided between Sydney and Melbourne,and the people uf these cities are left withwhat spirit they can muster, in the midetof bank failures and financial panic, to en-tertain the Archduke and his companions.

His Imperial Highness, Francis Ferdin*,and Charles Louis Joseph Marie, Archdukeof Austria-Eate, is nephew and heir pre-sumptive to His Imperial and RoyalMajesty, Francis .Joseph, Emperorof Aua-1tria, Apo3tolic King of Hungary, King ofBohemia, of Dalmatia, etc. The Archdukeis accompaniedby Leopold Ferdinand, sonof the ex Grand Duke of Tuscany,and attended by a brilliant suite. TheHome authorities have been evidently some*what uneasy about the kind of receptionthe Archduke and his friend will meet,Our good intentions are not doubted, butowing to inexperienceie is feared, we maycommit many gaucheries, Lord Ripon haawritten to the Governor of New SouthWales prescribing the etiquette to beobserved. His Excellency i* to wear uni-form when he visits His Imperial Highnesson board his ship, and is bo give the Arch-duke and his companion of Tuscany pre-cedence overhimself. As we are not tobefavoured with a visit, Lord Glasgow will-not require any reminder about his.clothes, and the Premier and his col-leagues need not be instructed how tobehave themselves. The Governments ofcountries in the British Empire which theArchduke shall visit have be6n requestedtoafford him facilities to " study with suc-cess.the interesting places be proposes tosee, and to obtain all possible infoimation.'The Prince is supposed to be touring theworld in order to gain experiencethat will-be useful to him when he assumes the reinsf Government. According to M. Blowitz,

tha "Times" correspondent, the younggentlemen has much nued ofenlightenment.He is, we are informed, so ignorant anaincapable, that if ever hei3placed inpowerhe is likely to be a disturbing element inEuropean politics, ft is for the curious tospeculate what effect the study of demo-cratic Government in the colonies mayhave in moulding thecharacter of the heiT'presumptive of theAustrian Empire.

Despiterepealed warnings, horae-ownfiare being'constantly charged at tbe Police(Jourb with allowing their animals towander in the public streets. This mora-in? before Messrs Walter and Callonder,justices, W. libbutt,.». T. Paiker and M.Tobin wore each fined 5s and costs for thßoffence—the innocout little ffori costs r««presenting !«■

THE AUCKLAND STAK, THUESDAY^ MAT 4, 1893,4

jgHRENFRIED jgROS.,BREWJSRB.

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,BOTTLERS & IMPORTERS,

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Prize Medals and Awards at following Exhibltions for our well-known Bulk acd Bottled

ALE AND CjTOUT:-

SydneyInternational Exhibition .. 187SMelbourne InternationalExhibition ..1880,1881N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington 1885N.Z. and SouthSeas Exhibition, Dun. .1889,18SC

tn addition to above,hare latelybeen awardedat Tasmanian Exhibition, Launceston.

1831-1892.FIVE FIRST AWARDS.

For Bulk Bottled Ales and Stout; also,

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shades IS—i—' Gowns.SINGLE DRESSESin great variety i» black

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Women's Black Q UnderclothingCashmere Hose, New Swiss Belts,

Is lid z Is 6d upChildren'sdo. from M Fur Trimmings in

Is4d up " rarictyLadies' and Chil- ** Beehive Knittingdren's Eveni n g WoolHosiery in Usleand Snrillquantitystill

Silk left, of the SpecialFirst shipment of m K'd Glovesat 2/11,our well - known usual price 4,6Danish Kid Glove. _ Haberdasherr, the

2s lid lowest quotationsChildren's White in town. Dress-and ColouredBor- J makers speciallyderHandkerchiefs, dealt with.

Is6ddoz m The very latestBoys' Clothios: "' styles in Millinery,

Several clearinc kresJ Uibbona,Laces andlines ofJackets and "S ~ Fancy Goods.Mantles, Dressing

and Tea Gowns. '—,—' Etc. Etc. Etc.

' Completeassortment of Blankets,Flannels,Manchester Goods, Art Muslins,

Cretonnes,Table Linens,etc.

We can speak .with pet-feet, confidence of th,eabilities of our new Dressmaker (Mrs

Mortimer), both as to fit andstyle. Werecommend her without hesitation.

MILNE "■ & rj HOY CE,

SHAW, "DOBINSON, AND fiO.

CETANTED TZNOWN-Just Opened, 3 Ca3esNew DressMaterials, 34*. 4Jd,6}A 7Jd, 9}dIOJd per yard: worth double ihemoney.- SHAW, ROBINSON.and CO., SuccessfulTenderersfor the S:ockof ihe late ThomasShort. Sa!y on the Promises,Qljecn-strcet.

WANTED T7-NOYVN-

Bl*ck Cashmeres, 2s 3d for Is 7-id,2s lid for Is lid. 3s 3d for 2s 3d,3s 6d for 23 6d. and 3s lid for ZsHd ; Black DressSonre.2s lid forIs lld.-SHAW, ROBINSON,AND CO.

WANTED 'FfNOWN-JA.18 Pairs Ecru Lace Curtains,largesize,25a »nd 30s tor 9h lid-;Whito Lace Curiains, 2s lid. 3s6d. 4a 6d and 5s 6d.-SHA\V,ROBINSON,and CO.

WANTED T7-NOWN-Hearth Rugs. Is lid, originally3s lid: Honeycomb Quilts from3-1 lid; DnMeaclicd Table Dani-ask, Is 4id, originally Is 4}d;GreyQuilt Sheeting, Is lJd, orivri-nally la 7Ad , I'iameL ties 3f;d,originally51-.—SHAW,ROBIN-SON,and CO.

WANTED T7-NOWN-JLJL

We'sh Flannel, Hid for 6M:While ColonialFlannol, 81<1,pri'giimllyHid ; Greydo., IOJd,ori-ginallyIs 3(1; Shetlanddo, 1»l}d>orifrinnlly Is 7£d silondid value--SHAW, ROBINSON,and CO.

RANTED J£NOWN-.Ladies' Three-quarter Cloatcs,9s lid, nsu"lly 16s 6d: 12a 6d,

i anally21s. Tliiss >a!*on'sJackets,16sM,usually 26.s 6d ; 17s 9(1, usu-ally 27s 6(l—renl nice goods.—SHAW, ROBINSON,and CO.

WANTED T7-NOWN-JIV

Ladies' Ulsters, 12s 6d, usually255; Ladies' Skirts from Is 6rt;Cooking Aproua,la, worth Is 9rl;i Dressing Gowns. 12s 6d. worth22s bd.-SHAW, ROBINSON,AND CO.

WANTED T7-NOWN-JCk.

Four-ciasp Kid Gloves, Is lid.worth 2a lid; Hem-stitchedHandkerchiefs.' 4Jd, originally74d ; Fabric Gloves. 2d, 3d. and4Jd,worth four times the money.-SHAW, ROBINSON,and CO.

T7-NOWN- ,Man's Suits. 255. now 14slid: agoodColonial Suit 3fasfor 24s 6d ;

■■'Trousers,5s lid. - SHAW,ROBINSON,and CO.

WANTED TZ'NOWN-Working Shirts, Is lid, worth2s lid; White Shirts, soiled,.is lid; Regatta Shirts,4s 6d. now :2s lid; Crimean Shirts. 4a 9d,originally 6s 6d. —SH AW,ROBINSON,AND CO.

WANTED T7-NOWN- \JLk.ColonialTweed Overcoats,24s6.1,worth 37s 6d ; Merino Sox, 4'd, .worth 7id; Boys' Knicker Snits, ,3s lid. worth 7s 6(1.-SHAW, iROBINSON,and CO.

I

OHAW, -DOBINSON, AND £JO.

BARRISTER & SOLICITOR, \NO. 3, HOBSON'S BUILDINGS, ;

SBOSTLAND-3TKEET. [

A WORD TO .OUR FRIENDS INTOWN AND IN THE COUNTRYFOR

.T.HE COMING WINTER.

R. Hobbs' for White and ColouredBlankets.B. Hobbs' for Flannels.R. Hobbs' for Ruks.R. Hobbs' for Ladies' New Zealand DreßS

Tweeds. IR. Hobbs1 for New Dress Fabrics.R. Hobbs' for Girls' Ulsters.R. Hobbs' for Ladies' Jackets and "WaterproofsR. Hobbs' for Gents'Mackintoshes (uuaranteed)R. Hobbs' for Stuck CnshniereHose.R. Hobbs' for Boy?.1and Youths' Clothing.R. Hobbs' for Special Value in Men's Suits.R. Hobbs' for Hen's Overcoats.R. Hobbs' for Men's Hosiery of every descrip-

tion.R.: HOBBS'FOR EXTRA GOOD VALUE IN

GENERALDRAPERY AND CLOTHING

Terms: "READY MONEY AND NOABATEMENT."

OICHARD TTOBBS,ii JJL ■Wholesale & Retail Drapjcr & Clothibr,

Cash Buyer & Dibect Impobtbk,Opposite the TOWN HALL Site,

283, QOEEN-STREET,AUCKLAND,

P.S.—Tram Fares from RailwayStation paidboth wayj.

"Patterns bypost.

BOOTS AND QHOES.o

■pHEAP £ALE'■ OF

BOOTS AND CJ HOES

(EX S.S. RUAHINE),Slightly Damaged'by Smoke and

Water,consisting or

T-ADIES* AND piRLS1

KID B OOTS>

TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP FOR. CASH.

ALL OTHER BOOTS REDUCED.BOOTS OF ALL KINDS MADE TO

ORDER, ,TH OS. TT7I LLIS ON,Hi

BOOTMAKER AND IMPORTER,74. QUEEN-STREET.

CIUiTS to Order, £2 10s. /KZ> / /Suits toOrder, t.2 17s6d. / /Suit 3to Order,£3 29 6J. . / /Suits toOr.lur. £3 18s 61. /<■ " /„ Suits to Order,£46s. /v 7' A //OUR 153 6d"TROUSERS ■'£'/ 0

BEAT THE WORLD. A///

DA L T 0 N, /v/ SPECIAL

wiLOn. fa/ UNE

/£/ " ■/gVSTRIPE TROUSERS

h /ffl ,1.5s U./<£?/Don't buy elsewhero till you/£j'/ ' have seen them,

/ / ■ T H. DALTON, Tailor,

/ 810 QUEEN STREET. AUCKLAND.

T)ATTLE AF fTIHE"

mEAS \Battle [Jf Ihe J.eas \

The EMPIRR TEA COMPANY stands pre-eminent a9 tbe Largest Importerof

FINK TEASin the colony.

BATTLE OF THE TEAS! 'TheTeathat is chnap and nasty detracts fromthe sum oi human happiness.

BATTLE OF THE TEAS!Lite ia not long enough tobe nauseated for a

single day with bad Tea.

BATTLE OF THE TEAS !The EMPIRE TEA COMPANY make ■Qualitytho first consideration. Quality the last ijonsidcr-ation,and Quality always. Purity and Quality

combined with Value.BATTLE OF THE TEAS !

With these honourable weapons wo win theBATTLE OF THE TEAS!

EMPIRE mEA (HOMPANY,

W. AND G. TURNBULL AND CO-,PROPRIETORS.

T. J. CRICK ■ " - - AGENT!FORT-STREET.

""m/nXNEY CAN'T BUY BETTER."'1IVI ,ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE"

TEASArc sold everywhere.2s per pound. Extraquality, 2s 6d.

A RTHUR NATHAN'S " RELIABLE"■jML" TEASAre unsurpassed , . INDIAfor excellence.

ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE"TEAS

Are unequalled CEYLONfor value,

ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE"!TEAS i

Are thebest BLENDEDtobe got.

ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE11

TEASShouldbe in j INDIAeveryhousehold. ? i .ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE

" TEASAre eoonomical CEYLONin use.

ARTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE'TEAS

Are refreshing BLENDEDfor invalids.A RTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE'

X3L TEASAre withinreach INDIAof all.

RTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE'TEAS

Are alwaysgood, CEYLONsure to please.

RTHUR NATHAN'S "'RELIABLE'TEASHavejustly BLENDED

the largestsals.A RTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE.

21 ' TEASAre confessedly INDIAremarkable at; the price. ' "

RTHUR NATHAN'S "RELIABLE'TEAS

Are sold everywhere,2aper pound. Extra quality,2a 6d.

"TVffONEY CAN'T 'BUY .BETTER.1L ItX - - - - - i. ■ -.- -

ILSON,IVIcUuLLAGH&KjO.,GENERAL DRAPERS & IMPORTERS. ,

DRESS MATERIALS ! " !DRESS MATERIALS!j . DRESS MATERIALS 1 |

We specially commend the attention of thepublicto ourDress Department, which con-tains amagnifloeatrange of the latest DressFabrics. Economical Pbices is our mottothis season, and all we solicit is a visit ofinspection, feeling confidentour prices will

please.

MANTLES 1MANTLES I MANTLES! [Itis impossible to giro an adequate descriu-tion of the bewilderingvarietyofrich Silksand PlußhMantles,and also the more eco-nomical Matalaßse,Inwhich we areoffering

very excellent value.

MILLINERY I MILLINERY !I MILLINERY I

Our Winter Millinerywillbe found as usualin the front rank of Fashion. N«ver beforehavewe offered to the public such a largeselection of goods. Every department willbo found crammed with stock at prices thai

cannotbe beaten.

A WELL-BOUGHT STOCK ! ALARGE STOCK! A GRAND STOCK'

One of the Best in the Colony !

LADIES: We quoteno nrlces,but ros^ect-fullyinvite inspection, when you will soonbe convinced of the sterling value offered

by us.

WILSON, ]V! CjMULLAGH & po.tjS/JL \j

IMPORTERS OF GENERAL,DRAPEK3\

180 and 182,;.

QUEEN-STREET.Telephone 133.]

- .rnRANSFQBMATIONL.,JL RANSFOKMA.TION I

JRUSHBROOK, SNEDDEN^& CO/

Havepleasure in.announcingthat the

EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONSTO

' THEIR PREMISESARE

NOW COMPLETED,

AncUrespectfully'invite early attention tottlie

SPLENDID DISPLAY

Now on View.

NEW"' "RJ" 0 YE L T I E S 'in all departments

NOWiBEING OPENED UP,

IMT 0 R'T ED I) IR E C T,,m And which forivlardcty. * n ■I

QUALITY,

STYLE, and

GOODVALUE?

Cannot'be excelled.

PUSHBROOK,ONEDDEN,& /^O.,i

104 AND ',106,

QU E*E N STREET, "

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OTANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY.OHeadOffice : HiGH-srREET,Dunedin.

FIRE, MARINE, AND FIDELITY■ .GUARANTEERISKS-TAKEN AT

LOWES»T CURRENT RATES;Branch Office:

COLONIAL MUTUAL BUILDINGS,Queen-street, Auckland.

FREDERICK NUTTER, Manager.

RENTAL " 1^" 0 TIC E.______A. L. SMITH, SURGEON DENTIST,

CORNER HOBSON STREET frpposito St.Matthew's Church).

CHARGES MODERATE..PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS.

Telephone. 577.

"TTICTORIA INSURANOE COMPANYV . (Limited).

FIRE MARINE & FIDELITY" GUARANTOR.Established 1849. Capita), £I,OCOOOu.

New Zealaudbrunch: Principal ofliee,Duuedin.

NOTICE.The aboveCompany having decided to relin-

quish (he Agency for Auckland Provincial Dis-trict, hitherto conducted bjMessrs John iteidand Co..in favour of a Uranch. have appointedMr Johx Bowdkn (formerly Inspector for theCompany) as Branch Manager for AucklandProvincial Disirict. On and after Ist Jlay, 1393,the business of the Company will bo conductedat their olfices, 81,Queen street. Auckland.

Resident Secretary.

Aa we anticipated, the Scottish de-

ositora in the suspended Australian banksHo not accept the reconstruction xcheraeasubmitted to them with'thereadiness \vhiev

was displayed by shareholders, who werenaturally anxious to relieve themselves trotn

theresponsibilitiesarisiDgoutofaiiquidationA meeting of shareholders in the Englishand Scottish CharteredBank, held at Edin-burgh resulted in a very hot discussion,and there waa a substantial minority in

favour of liquidation rather than re-construction. We do not believe thatany reconstruction scheme submitted willevermoot with acceptance from depositorswhich do^ not Pla«» upon shareholdersthe full responsibility for past losses. Anoutline of the scheme of reconstruction pro-posed iv the case of the National Bank ofAustralasia is given in our cablegrams thisofteiuooo. It proceeds on the basis of anissue of preferential shares reprepenting aDBW capitalof four millions in £10 shares£3 paid up. Shareholders are askedto take up 2J millions of this amount anddepositors the remainder. The balancesstanding to the credit of current accountsss well as fixed deposits are to botied up for periods ranging from threeto seven years, bearing interest at fourper cent. Ib > pretty evident fromthe character of these proposals thatdirectors and managers, who, we presume,draft them, intend to make the work ofnavigation through troubled financialwate"rs very easy for themselves, whoevermaybaar the brunt of the trouble.

Captain Edwin wired at 12.50 p.m. :"Northeast to north and west heavy galewith rain, and glassfalling within 10 hoursfrom now. Indications for high tides."

Towardsnightfall yesterday the tempest-uous weather of the morning calmed downvery considerably, and by midnightthe at-mosphere had once more assumed a sereneaspect. This morning broke beautifullyfine, thesun being distinctly visible for thefirst time since Sunday. At 4 o'clock yes-terday afternoon the 8.8. Waihora, hence toSydney via Russell on the previous even-ing, returned to port again after a futileattem.pt to steam up the coast against afiarce north-east gale and high sea. Theeteamer got as tar north as Cape Rodney,where Captain Anderaoa was compelled toturn her stem to the seas. After the Wai-hova had been tossing about in thig unplea-sant position for some houre, the captaindecided to run back to this pore. Whsnthe steamerleft port she hadsome one hun-dred and forty saloon passengerson board,and out of this goodly number a grandtotal of twelve had sufficient courage toput in an appearance at the dinner table.On returning, the Waihora berthsd at theQueen-streetWharf, where she lay forabout twelve hours, resuming her voyageagain shortly after four o'clock this morn-ing. Her passenger list was greatly dimin-ished when »he made her second start, asseveral did not relish having arepitition ofthelate ordeal.

The monthly meeting of the ParnellSchool Committee was held last evening,■when there were present .—Messrs Pollard(chairman), Schofield, Clarko, Tighe,Cameron, Hunter, Green, Kay, Hill andStevens (secretary). Before the minuteswere read Mr Pollard, in a few well chosenremarks, welcomed thonow Committee, andexpressed a hope that they would keep inmind the point under discussion, and acton the broad principle of give and take.The printed reports of the householders'meeting having been read gave riseto a very animated discussion in whichall tho members took part. Mr Kayeton^ly condemned Mr Campbell's remarksin reference to the teaching staff. MrSchofield aaid that ho found in Mr Camp-bell's remarks several inaeeur;?ies. Onewasthat a child was not cleaning her desk,but wilfully scratching it, and neglectingher geography lesson. He thought thoteaching staff had beon very much mis-represented. The chairman was also ofopinion that some of the remarks made byhouseholders were extremely wild. On themotion of MrHill, seconded by Mr Hunter,ib was decided to nominate Mr Lambe forthe vacantseat on the Board of Education.Messrs Kay and Green were appointed r*visiting Committee for the month withpower to carry out various repairs.

To tho Editor : Sir,—ln youir laab night'sissue appeared an announcemonb thab Mr

-Woollams was exhibiting in his window, inQueen-street, a forged bank note on theCommercial Bank, of Sydney. He is at,present in England, and has no connectionor interest in any business in Aucklandwhatever, having disposed of the same to

,Mr Kurt3, who is currying it on under thetitleof the Sydenham Tailoring Company.—Iam, etc., R. Woollams.

Parents and householders are notified bythe City Council thab under the provi-sion of the Public Health Act, it is neces-sary for them in all cases of contagiousdisease where no member of the medicalprofession is employed, to report the sameto theCouncil, under a penalty of £5.

Mrs McCaul, a resident of Wellesleyitreet, met with a painful accident yester-day while driving oub to theresidence oftho late Mr Wm. Young, formerly CollectorofCustoms, afcRemuera. Owing to a boltin the carriage coming out, the horsedrawing the vehicle bolted, and Mrs Mc-Caul in her fright jumped out. She sus-an injury to her hip, on which she fellheavily. The accident occurred in OrakeiRoad, Remuera, and Mrs McCaul waacarried bo the residence ofMrTho?. Cotter,near by, where she was attended to, andwas sent back into town by anothervehicle. She could nob walk nfter theaccident, bub is now getting all rightagain.

AtChriatchurchyesterdaya man, chargedwith having wild ducks in his possessionbefore the opening of the shootingseason, shewed that, the ducks wereshot last season and had been keptin a freezing chamber, but thoAcclimatisation Society asked the Benchto decirfe whether this was a lawful ex-cuse. The Bench dismissed thecase, hold-ing thab a porson had a perfect right toBond ducka to be frozen within the season,and thatit would be absurd to attempt toprovent him from taking them out whenhe pleased.

A ghastly story come? from New York.The captain of the barque Knudsvig, fromBelize to Geole, which was itself abandonedin a sinking condition, reports that or. the6th February, in lat. 30. lonp;. 75, he spokethe 20-ton screw sceainer Syren, 129 daygout from London tc Bermuda. The crewhad undergone terrible suffering. Thewater became impure,': and one afteranother the men sickened, until all werehelpless. The steamer drifted for sixday3»!■' the morcy of the seas, no ono was at theholm, no lights were 'carried, and she col-lided with a barque, name unknown, andjustained some damage, ono of her boats

being smashed. On the following day thecaptain attempted to take an observation,but just as he was getting the sun's alti-tude the vessel lurched, and he fell, losingliia sextant, which was the only one onboard. Both provisions and water gaveout, the men had nob the remotest notionof their bearings, thevessel became coveredw'th barnacles, and all hope had been(,'ivea up wben they fell in with the Knuds-

The Waiuku Cavalry arenot having the°estweatherfor their annual encampment.Jt is a pity ihat the powers that be couldJ">t bave arranged for the same to havetaken place after the winter instead of abjno prasenb time. Adjutant Grant wentIrom Auckland to-day to inspect the troop.

Mr F. M. Hay, Premier of the Parlia-mentary Union, has received the following«legrara from Mr A. M. Smith:-"Mrsjjallance desires.me to return her heartfelt

nanksfor your kind telegram and message»f condolence."

To the Editor: Sir,—Seeing a week haspassed since Mr Aldridge's letter appearedin your pat er relative to Mies Edgar'sstatements re the Canon of the Scripture,I think it fair to presume that Mis? Edgarlias no good evidence to bring forward insupport of her assertions, thereforeperhapsMrAldridge will graciously enlighten ua onthe questions raised by him, —lam, etc.,F. E. Herbert.

Judgment was given in the lI.M. Courtthismorning in the ca&o in which C. R.Tylden was sued by Maud Louisa Dawson,wile of ColonelDawson, under the FencingAct, which case occupied the Court thewhole of last Thursday, Mr Mahony andMrTunks having appeared for Mrs Daw-son, and Mr JacksonPalmer for MrTylden.At the hearing last week there was a directconflict in the sworn evidence of MrTylden and ColonelDawson, and to-day, ingiving judgment, the Magistrate stated howould strike outthe case for want of juris-diction the proceedings not having beentaken summary as laid down in the FencingAct. Mr Mahony objected to the casebeing struck out, and the Magistrate statedthatit did not matter as on themerits of thecase he would non-suit the plaintiff. Mocosts were allowed.

In connection with the charges made byMr R. Walker, of Courtenay Place, Wel-lington, against Detective Ede, of havingbeen intoxicated whilst on duty, and alsowith having made use of abusive languagetowards the complainant, the Wellington" Post" says that the detective had theoption ofletting the complaints be investi-gated by theInspector of Police incamera,but he chose the alternative of letting thecharges be heard in open Court, when thewitnesses will be on oath.

To-day the chairman ot the AucklandLiberal Association received the followingtelegram from the Premier, in response tothe Association's telegram regarding thedeath of the Hon. John Ballance and theappointment of Mr Seddon as Premier: —" I heartily thank you for kind congratula-tions, and will do my utmost to merit thegood opinions so well expressed.—R. J.Sisddon, Wellington." One of the mostbeautiful wreaths placed on the Hon. MrBallanco's coffin waa onefrom the chairmanof the Auckland Liberal Association (MrVVm. Beehan). The chairman was in hopeshe could get away to attend the funeralwith the Auckland representatives, butSaturday intervening he coulii not makearrangements, and so ordered a. wreath as atoken of theesteem in which late hon-ourable gentleman was held by the Associ-ation. Mr J.Condon, Pier Hotel, Welling-ton, carried out the instructions and thewreath was placed on the coffin on Satur-day.

The members of the St. George's RowingClub concluded their season with a verysuccessfulball, which eventuated last nightin the Choral Hall. The extremely unplea-sant weather did not deter some 300 guestsfrom being present, and an enjoyable timeensued. The interior of the hall was de-corated for the occasion with excellenbeffect), bunting, .flowers and evergreenswere profusely used, and trophies of oarsmade very appropriate ornaments for thewalls. The gathering included theofficersand members of the Club, representativesfrom other clubs, and quite a number ofcitizens, invited guests. Dancing wasextensively indulged in, and wa»kept up with unflagging energytill an early <■' hour.' The Buccessof the ball was due to a great extent to theunstinted exertions of the Committee, com-posed of the following gentlemen: Mea?rsCrombie (secretary), Buchanan, Bankarr,Ashton, Anderson, Lawford, Whyte, JervisKissling, McNeil, Marriner, Stevenson,Stnbbp, McHardy, Howard, Harrington,Johnston and Holmes. Adams' band pro-vided admirable music, and the cateringofMr W. Buchanan was a source of satisfac-tion.

At tho weekly meeting of the AucklandCatholic Literary Society, held on Tuesdaylash, a debate on "Which produces themost crime, Ignorance, Intemperance,Poverty or Wealth," wasconcluded. On ashow of hands being taken, the majoritypronounced that intemperance must takeprecedence.

The Onehunea Literary and DebatingUnion held the opening meeting of thesession on Tuesday evening. The retiringsecretary reported amost successful sessionfor the past year, except in the matter offinance, in which the treasurer's reportshowed a small deficit). To wipe oub theundesirable incubus, a voluntary subscrip-tion was raised in the meeting, and re-sulted in reducing the deficiency by aboutonehalf. The following officerswere elected:—President, Mr A. Robb ; vice presidents,Messrs J. D. Jackson and Angus Gordon ;treasurer, Mr E. C. McAlpine ; honorarysecretary, Mr R. A, Jackaon ; reporter, MnE. Breckon,

The second Union Parliament), beld inconnection with the Auckland LiterarySocieties' Union, will be formally openedto-morrow evening at the V.M.C.A.Rooms by Sir G. Maurice O'Rorke, asGovernor. The Government Policy will bebrought forward, the main planks in ibbeing, non-borrowing, retention of Landand Income Tax, establishmentof schoolsfor bechnical education, electoral reform,control of liquor traffic and development ofthefishing industry.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla is taken with perfectsafety by old and young. Its cleansing andvitalizing effects are sure and speedy, andit is universally conceded to be the most)

effectiveof all blood purifiers.—(Advt.) 'Mot a particle of calomel, nor any otherdeleterious substance, enters into tha com-position of Ayer's Pills. On the contrary,this medicine is carefully compounded fromthe curative properties of purely vegetablesubstances. Try it.—(Advb.)

We have jusb opened a very large andchoice selection of boys' serge and velvetsailor suits, also a grand assortmenb ofboys' Kaiapoi knickerand'sac suits, spe.cialvalue. Smith and Caughey, Queen-3treeb.—(Advt.)

About 150 men's waterproof coats andcapes, very choice goods in leading styles,;imported direct from beat English manu-facturers. Also large assortment of Auck-land-made men's Kaiapoi tweed overcoats 5a speciality at lowest cash price?. Smithand Caughey. Queen-street.—(Advb.)

Our tailoring department is now repletewith the new season's stock of wintertweeds, black worsted and vicun.fi,coatings,Foxe's and fancy serges, etc. First-classstylo and fib guaranteed, at the lowestpossible cash prices. Smith and Caughey,Queen-streeb.—(Advt.)

Do you want a better appetite ? Do youwanb to eat well, sleep well, and be well?Then take No. 2 R. T. Booth's GoldenRemedy. This great tonic is for the braiii,nerves, and blood. It cures dyspepsia,neuralgia, and weakened energy. It givestone to the whole system, and is the besttonic on this earth. Ab all chemists.—(Advt.l

OUR FOOTBALLERS.Considerable dissatisfaction exists amongPonsonby district footballersanent the de-cision of the Auckland Rugby Union indisqualifying Siddel for twelvemonths. Ameeting of the club ia called for to-night toconsider the matter and to decide uponwhat steps shall be taken regarding it.

Secretaries of clubs playing for trophiesdesiring the insertion of their beams inFriday's Star, are requested to forwardxisthe same on Thursday, the division inwhich the team is competing being markedacroaa the cornet.

CABLEGRAMS.\PRSSS ASSOCIATION.]

[by electric telkgbaph—copyright.]

(Received May 4, .10.35 a.m.)

AUSTRALIAN BASKING.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS,

BANK NOTE BILL PASSED.

Sydney,May 3.The Legislative Council passed the BankBill through all its stages this morning,and the measure received the Vice-Regalassent this afternoon.

E.S. AND A. CHARTERED BANK.THE RECONSTRUCTION

SCHEME,

London, May 2At a meeting of the shareholders and

creditors of the English, Scottish, andAustralian Chartered Bank, a resolutionwas carried approving of the principle ofthe reconstruction of the institution on thelines suggested after payment waa sus-pended.

Mr Stewart, the Official Receiver,stated that according to the statementof the directors, tho bank has a surplusof £1.210,000. The overdrafts and ad-vances amount to £5,121,712,and thedirectors expect that they will realisehalf-a-million less than that sum. He alsosaid that the Australian overdrafts and ad-vances would involve a loss of half-a-million. The re-construction scheme wasan honest attempt to restart the bank on asound basis.

THE BANK HOLIDAY.

London, May 2.In financial and banking circles in the

city, the action ot several of the banks inMelbourne in openiner their doors for thetransaction of business in spite of the Go-vernmentproclamation declaring aholidayis approved.

The city newspapers, in commenting onthe situation in Victoria, urgently recom-mend depositors to refrain from renewingthe panic when the other banks resumebusiness alter the holiday on Saturday.

Generally speaking, the English pressapprove of the action of the VictorianGovernment in proclaiming a bank holi-day. .AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK.

London, May 2,Aba private meeting of large depositors

in the Australian Joint Stock Bank, theBcheme for reconstruction of the institutionwas favourably received.

MERCANTILE BANK PROSECU-TIONS.

if THE TRIAL CONCLUDED.

Melbodhne, May 3,In the Magistrate's Court to-day the

charges of conspiracy against Jas. Bell,M.L.C.,T. B. Muntz and W. Ander-son, directors, and C. Ellis and C. J.Richardson, auditors, of the MercantileBank, were dismissed.

Tho decision in the case against SirMatthew Davies, director, and FrederickMillidge, manager, will be given onMonday. There was'a lack of unanimityamong the bench of magistrates in all thecases.

NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRA-LASIA.

THE RE-CONSTRUCTION SCHEME.

Melbourne, this day,Tho re - construction scheme of tho

National Bank of Australasia provides thatthe capital of the Bank shall be fourmillions,* of which Shareholders will beasked to tako two millions and a half, anddepositors the remainder, as preferentialshares. Shares will be £10, bub it is nobproposed bo call up more than £3. De-positors will take new deposit slips for five,six and seven years, bearing interest at fourper cent. Current accounts receive depositslips for half tho amount for five, six andseven years, and the balance at two, threeand four years, bearing 4 per cent, interest.

FINANCIAL CRISIS.

MELBOURNE BANKS RE-OPEN.

Melbourne, thi3 day,The Bank of Victoria and the City 0

Melbourne Bank have re-opened, withoutwaitingfor the expiration of the five daysholiday. /PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF

BANKS.

London, May 3.The idea of amalgamating some of the

Australian banks is much favoured iv thiscity.

AID FROM ENGLAND.

THREE-QUARTERSOF A MILLIONIN GOLD.

ANOTHER KALF-M.ILLION TOFOLLOW

THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.

London, May3,Three of the loading Australian banks

aresending three-quarters of a million ingold to Australia, and, if necessaryanotherhalf-million will follow.

A rise in the bank rate of discount isprobable.

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISHCHARTERED BANK.

SCOTTISH CREDITORS,

LIVELY MEETING AT EDINBURGH

MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF RECONSTRUCTION.

London, May 3.A meeting of shareholders and depositors

in the English and Scottish CharteredBank abEdinburgh was noisy.

A minority was in favour of liquidation,but the majoritysupportedre-construction.

The scheme was however, adverselycriticised, because shareholders were madepartners and all creditors were neb treatedalike.

The meeting ultimately adjourned for10daya.

The scheme for the re-construction ofthe London Chartered Bank of Australia iaveiy similar to that adopted in connectionwith the English, Scottish,andAustralianChartered Bank.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN LONDON.Paris, May 3

FAVOURABLY REGARDED INLONDON.

It ia now stated that M. Billott will sueceed M. Waddington, as French Ambasaador in London.

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.THE PAMIR DISPUTE.

RUSSIA AGREES TO SUSPENDOPERATIONS.

AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENTANTICIPATED.

London, May 3.SirE. Grey, Under-Secretary for ForeignAffairs, in reply to a question in the Houseof Commons, said the Russian Governmenthad promised to refrain from further opera-tions in the Pamirs, and to despatch nomore troops either, pending delineation ofthe frontier by a commission. The Govern-ment hopodthe questionwould be amicablysettled.

KING BEHANZIN.HE AGREES TO EXILE,

Paris, May 3.News from Dahomey reports that KingBehannin haa offered to submit to theFrench, and that negotiations are nowgoingon as to the place of exile to whichhe is to be deported.

THE GERMAN ARMYBILL.

A COMPROMISE EFFEGTED.

NOW LIKELY TO PASS.

Berlin, May 3.Chancellor Capriyi, by reducing th«number of men and also the amount oltaxation, has effected a compromise withtheCentre party over the Army Bill, whichis nowlikely to pass.

SERIOUS FIRE AT HULL.SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM,

London, May 3.A great fire occurred at Simpson's saw-mills, near the Victoria Docks, Hull, andbuildings in three small streets .were alsodestroyed. Incendiarism is suspected.

THE LABOUR TROUBLE.London, May 2.

The dockers have renewed the strike a*Albert and Victoria Docks, London, andhave denounced Ben Tillett forrefusing toorder a general strike.

A REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION.London, May 3.

One .thousand meichants, shipowners,bankers and leading citizens walked in pro-cession from the Stock Exchange to Guild-hall.

END OF THE DOCKERS' STRIKE.London, May 3.

The places of the men who struck workat the Albert and Victoria Docks have beenfilled up, aud work is proceeding.

THE DUKE OF YORK.REPORTED SECRET MARRIAGE.

London, May 2.The " Star" says ib reported thab theDuke of York was secretly married to thedaughter of a naval officer during hisrecent vieib to Malta.

THE EX-CHIEF JUSTICE OFQUEENSLAND.

ENTERING POLITICS,

Brisbane, this day.One of the Charters Towers candidates re-tires in favour of Sir C. Lilley.

A strong combination is being formed tosecure bis defeat.

BEHRING SEA DISPUTE.AMERICA'S DEMANDS,

London, May 3.American counsel in the Behring arbitra-tion, insists upon entire prohibition of Bealing upon the shores of the disputed waters,

NEW FOUNDLAND DISPUTE.NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE,

London, May 2.The Marquisof Ripon iswillingtonegotiatewith France respecting theNew Fouudlanddisputes on the lines indicated in the re-portof the French Shora Committee. Hoasks the colony tv excend the modus vivendifor two years.

POLITICAL CRISIS AT CAPETOWN.Capetown, May 3.

The Cape Ministry has resigned, owingto internal disputes. MrRhodes has beenrecommended to form the new Cabinet.

ANTI-HOME RULE AGITATION.London, May 3.

Lord Mayor Knill presided over a meet-ing in the city protesting against HomeRule.

DREADFUL DESTITUTION INRUSSIA.St. Petersburg, May 3.

Twenty-three thousand people arestarving1 in Shadrinsk, in Asiatic Russia.They are living chiefly on roots and grasses.

Labourers' wages in thedistrict areonlyfive farthings a day.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INVEST-MENT COMPANY.

London, May 2.The Otago and Southland Investment

Company has declared a dividend of 4 percent.

LORD DERBY'S WILL.London, May 2

In his will, the late Earl of Derby hasleftone million sterlingto his widow, besideswhich he has bequeathed large legacies toother persons.

EDUCATION IN NEW ZEALANDLondon, May 2,

In the course of an address BishopJulius, of Chrisbchurch, expressed theopinion that the prevalenceof religious un-belief in the coloDy was due to agnosticeducation. )

THE ATTACK UPON MR GLAD-STONE.

London, May 2,In a letter to the press, the father of

Townsend, who wa3 charged with intentto Bhoot Mr Gladstone, states that thealleged interview with him was a cruelfabrication, to blacken the case against Jbiaaon.

A MILD SPRING.London, May 3.

As a proof of the extraordinary mildness'of spring, it is mentioned that strawberriesgrown in the open, "air at Saltash, in Corn-wall, are already sellctig in London, theearliest)on record.

ENGLAND AND EGYPT.THE FRENCH PRESS DISPLEASED.

Paris, May 3.The French press condemns .Gladstone'sspeech, en the proposed evacuation ofEgypt by GreatBritain.

SAYINGS BANK FRAUDS.SERIOUS CHARGES.

Sydney, May 3.Two mennamed Reed and Leonard werearrested to-day ona charge of being con-cerned in extensive frauds on the PostOfficeSavings Bank. It is understoodthata sumof £2,500 is involved in the frauds.

Healy, a clerk in the institution, hasabsconded. .MODERN PERMANENT

BUILDING SOCIETY.THE RE-CONSTRUCTION SCHEME- Melbourne, this day.The Modern Permanent Building Societyhas called a meeting to consider ohe schemeof re-construction.

It) is proposed to ask the depositors toconsent to a renewal of deposits for fiveyears,recent events having had a disquiet-ing effect upon some of the depositors.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.* Berlin, May 3.

The EmperorandEmpress have returnedfrom their visit to Rome.

THE LATH PREMIER.PROPOSED MEMORIAL.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, this day.The newspapers announce th«ifc subscrip-tions have been left at their offices for thepurpose of establishing a Ballance memo-rial.'

Aba meeting of the Wellington Opera-tire Tailors' Society lasb nighb the Presi-dent spoke ab some length in regard tothe loss the workers of New Zealand hadsustained through the death of Mr Bal-lance, and expressed the hope that thememory of a man who had done so muchfor the labour cause. would never be for-gotten. A resolution of sympathy withMrs Ballance was carried.

The Wellington Assembly of Knights ofLabour intend to take steps to secure thojoint action of the assemblies in tho Wel-lington district in contributing to the B»l----lance memorial.

WAIKOMITI MURDER CASE.BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE,

(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWNCORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, this day.The case of Scotb, convicted of the murderof William Thompsom at Waikoiniti, wasbefore the Executive at a late hour yester-day, bub voluminous evidence had to becarefully gone through, and no decisionwill be arrived at until a meeting to-day,when tho final determination will bo cometo.

SPORTING NEWS."the two thousand guineas.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.]

London, May3.The Newmarket Spring Meeting was con-tinued to-day. The following is the re-sult of the race for the Two ThousandGuineas :—The 2,000 Guineas Stakes, of lOOsovs

each, h.it for 3 year-olds. Colts, 9st;fillies, 83t 91b. The owner of the socondhorse to receive 300sovsout of thestakes,and the third to 6ave his stake. R.M.(39subs.)

Mr McCalmont's b c Isinglass by Iso-nomy—Deadlock 1

Mr C. D. Hose's b c Ravensbury, byIsonomy—Penitent 2

Duke of Portland's b c Raobarn, by St.Simon—Mowerina ""■ 3[This race is the first of what is known as

the "classic" events of the English turf.Isinglass, tlie winner, was looked on as thebest two-year-old of last season, and he heldan unbeaten certificate. His wins were aMaiden Plate at Newmarkeb, the NewStakes ab Ascot and the Middle ParkPlato, beating the best two-year-old fieldof lasb season over the Bretby Stakescourse. On the strength of this formIsinglass has been a strong favouritefor the Two Thousand Guineas duringthe winter months, and he- hasfully kept up the high opinion formed ofhim by now placing the rich event to hiscredit. English critics describe Isinglassasstanding quite 16 hand?, and say that heis distinguished for great bon6 and powerrather than for beauty of formation.Isonomy, sire of Isinglass, and the secondhorse Ravensbury, is admitted to be one ofthe best racehorses that ever raced on theEnglish turf. Isinglass is engaged in theDerby to be run on the Ist June, for whichhe is a warm favourite.

Hippona.

THE ADELAIDE CUP.

(BY CABLE.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Adelaide, this day.At the S.A.J.C. Meeting yesterday, the

race for the Adelaide Cup resulted :Adelaide Cup, a handicap of l,000sov,«,

with a gold cup value lOOsovs(the gift ofIt. Barr Smith, Esq.) added: second,loOsovs; and third, SObovs oub of thestake. One mile and live furlong3.

Mr J. Crozier'ab g Vakeel, by RobinsonCrusce—Eileen, Bst 21b 1

Britannia, 7st 121b 2Mr H. A. Barnebt's eh c Jericho, by

Gang Forward—Tyropean, Bst ... 3Fifteen horses started. Won by a

length. Time, 2min 54isec.[When tsho la^t mail left, Vakeel was a

warm favouritefor this event.]

EGMONT WINTER MEETING.The race horses Shillelagh and Tulloch

were shipped to New Plymouth to-day,en route to Hawera, to take part in theEgmout Winter Meeting.

WELLINGTON HUNT- CLUB.

(BY TELEGKAFH.—PRES3ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, this day.The UnitedHunt Club give £300 in added

money at their winter meeting.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

The Sanitary Officer reports there are anumber of children at the public schoolssuffering from measles, who are not kept athome but allowed to mixwith otherchildrenin another place. The Town Clerk callsthe attention of parents, householders andthe'medical profession to the penaltyunderthe provisions of the Public Health Act,viz., £10. Notices should be sent to theSanitary Officer (Mr W. Goldie).

THE POLITICAL SITUATION

LATEST FROM WELLINGTON.

SIR ROBERT STOUT AND THE

INANGAHUA SEAT.

(cv telegraph.—owncorrespondent.)

Wellington, this day.Mr Seddon has received hundredsof tele-grams from all parts of the colony con-gratulating him on his accession to thePremiership. Mr Ward has also receivedpiles of telegrams to the same effect.

TheLiberal party are making a strongeffortto induce Sir Robert Stout to visibInangahua and address the electors. He ie,however, anxious thab some other Govern-ment supportershould take his place. Itis well known that Sir Robert Stout is nobreally anxious for active political life atpresent Ho has a very large business tolook after, and ib is well known thab hewould be aheavy financial loser by givinganyconsiderable time to politics. As forbeing elected without visiting the district,I don't think this likely with than con-stituency, In caseof any man.whatever,the miners must see the man,/and hearhim before voting for him.

A single baxer named Oregon is goingtostand for Inangahua.

(by telegraph.—press association.)

Wellington*, this day,Negotiations are proceeding in the

Inangahua constituency to secure thenomination of one or two prominent poli-ticians in the eveub of Sir Robert Stout de-clining. The names mentioned are bothSouth Islanders.

MISS MAGGIE MOORE.

THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFULPLAY.

During the course of a short interviewwithMra Williamson, better known as MissMaggie Moore, which a Starrepresentativehad this morning, somo interesting par-ticulars of a very successful stage careerwero elicited. Mrs Williamson has all thechptrming frankness of an American-bornlady, and takes a-pleasure in recountingreminiscences ofa Hie thathas for the mostpart been passed before the footlights.Liko most actors and actresses who haveattained distinction in their profession, MrsWilliamson trod the boards at an early age.Her first appearance was at the old Metro-politan Theatre in San Francisco, whereshe sang some of the war songs that werethen so popular. She was then eleven Iyears of age. She continued to play in'Frisco, which is her native city,until her marriage with Mr Williamson,whose name is so inseparably connected■with English comic opera and some of thomostsuccessful theatrical enterprises in theAustralian colonies. She was then wellknown as a rising actress in California.!But ib was not till she tookpart in " StruckOld " that her reputation spread beyondthe confines of the, golden shore. Thispiece was specially written forMrs William-son, and, curiously enough, was first pro-ducedin SaltLake City whither she and herhusband had proceeded on ashort tour. Atthat time the Mormon element was in thoascendant, and the saints were the leadingmen in the city. The manager of thethoatre rejoiced in the possession of sevenwivos and 36 children. U hat a eplomiidcorps de ballet he could have fur-nished from his family alone ! " StruckOil" bit tho taste of the Mormons justas it ha 3 since pleased the im'mense Gentile audiencins which havewitnessed it. Mrs Williamson's talent badassorted itself so signally in this play thatat once s!:e was much in request, and has jcontinued to be so up to the present date, jOn her return from Utah she played with;Dion Boucicaulb, Sothern—of Lord Dun-dreary tame—and other distinguishedacbors. She was an immense favourite withthe San Franciscans, and on her departurefor Australia was accorded the largestbenelit that had ever beea given, it wassaid. On their arrival in Melbourne Airand Mrs Williamson—their own engage-ment nob being about to begin at once—went to the theatre. They wera very muchin doubt whether to stage " Struck Oil " asan opening piece or not. Mr Williamsoncontended that theMelbourne people wouldnob understand the Anglo-Dutch enuncia-tion of Mrs VYilliamson in tho leading part.Acircumstance in tha play they witnessedat the theatre decided them. One of thecharacters was a Dutchman. He was notparticularly funny, bub his frequentreitera-tion of " E'immel " and " Mem Gott "brought down tho house. Tho two Cali-fornians left the theatre, convinced that"Struck Oil" would take. And it didtake. It bad a run of five weeks, and wassucceededby such pieces as " Littlo Neil"during a season that lasted five month?.

A successful novel is a valuable propertyto its author, if he has been fortunateenough to retain the copyright. A suc-cessful play is a still greater source ofwealth. Mr Williamson retained thecopyright of " Struck Oil," and it proved auiosb lucrative possession. In Sydney itwas as successful as it had been1 in Mel-bourne, and even ecorad a win overthe "Shaughraun," which was alsomaking its debut in the New SouthWales" capital at the same time.From Sydney the Williamsons returned toMelbourne and then went on to Adelaide,whence they left Australia for India.They arrived at Bombay jusfc ab the timethe Prince of Wales was on his famousvisit. They did nob play abBombay how-ever bub wenb on to Calcutta. "StruckOil" again did excellent business in the" city of palaces." But a London managerhad heard of the hit, and of the actress,and a few months after its success in Cal-cutta the play was in full vigour ab theAdelphi. It held the stage bhere for overono hundred nights, was then taken overthe provinces and acros3 to Ireland whereMrs Williamson quitecaptivated the heartsof the Dublin people in " Arrah na Fogue,"" The Colleen Bawn" and above all"Struck Oil." Then New York waswaited en rontt to Frisco. A short timeafterwards tho capital of the Stateswas again visited, and "Struck Oil"ran for seven weeks. Besides play-ing in drama, Mrs Williamson is almostas well known in opera. When herhusband first produced "" Pinafore" inMelbourne, she played leading lady parts ;and in nearly all Gilbert and Sullivan'sthat have subsequently been produced inAustralia, her name was opposite the prin-cipal female roles. Many may retnomberher Lady Jane, which was the originalrepresentation of the part in Australia.Mrs Williamson has never played in Auck-land, although itwas stated before that shedid. Her New Zealand tour only em-braced Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington,Oamaru and Timaru. She has often passedthrough Auckland, however, in company

-with her husband, and was with the latterwhen he opened the present Opera Housewith "Patience."

Workman : ."' Are you in favourof theeighfc-hour movement, mate?" Tramp (intones of disgust): "Do I look like achapas was in favour of any kind of movement ?',

Landlady: "Now, gentlemen what partof the turkey would you prefer ?"' Chorusof 15: '" Leg, please." Landlady : ''I begpardon, gentlemen; I said turkey, notcentipede,"

LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.(by telegraph.—pressassociation.)

Christchurch, this day. 'At a meeting of tho Lyttelton HarbourBoard, a letter was read from the RailwayCommissioners, stating that they wouldgive effect to the resolution of tho Board,preventing the landing at Lyttelton of bal-last other than stone rubble. The resolu-tion i'j designed to prevent the introductionof noxious weeds and reptiles.

A reporb was presented, showing th«financial result of thostorage foronemonth.in the Board's cool chamber of about 500carcasesof sheep, and that at the rate ofvjd per lb profit was made on the transac-tion.

With reference to a resolution passed bfthe Board at last mooting, grantinga bonuaequal feoa month's salary to all employees,a letter was read from the Board's solicitorexpressing tho opinion that there was nopower to give gratuities in addition tosalaries or allowance previously .fixed. MrKing, Government Auditor, wroto statingthat he wa9 clearly of opinion that the re-solution was strictly witliiu law, and thabho would pass the account when it camabefore him. It was decided to send bothletters to the Auditor-General and aak hiaopinion thereon, »

A motion proposing a reduction incharges to the aggregate amount of over£3,000, calculated on the basis of last year'sreceipts, wa3 referred to the Finance Cora*,mittee.

B.M. COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before MrJ. S. Clendon, R.M.)UNDEFENDED CASKS,

Judcjientwent by default to theplaintiffsin the following undefended cases:—Thos.Knight v. George Webster, claim £1 18blOd, costs 7s ; Chairman and councillorsWaibemata County Council v. Jos. 6.Pannell, claim £9 7s 6d, costs 13s ;Alexander Edgar, v. Wm. Bennett, claim£3 15s 9d, costs 7a ; Andrew Bell v. D.Heron, claim, £5 4a 3d, costs 10s; JohnTrenwith v. John Bramley, claim £1 18s,costs 7s; Waitomata Sawmill Company v.Edward Fuller, claim £7 2s sd, coats 13s ;Macky, Logan, Sbeen and Co. v. James'Hate, claim £10 sa. costs £2 2s; H. E.Paltridgo and Co. v. J. G. Pannell, claim£4 16s 2d, costs 9s ; John Bullen v.John Lynch, claim £2 ss, costs 6s;Auckland City Council v. M. F. Ramsay,claim £3 5a 4d, costs.6s; Gallaugherv. A. C. Fretwell, claim £5 9s 2s, costs,11s ; Thos. Knight v. A. G. Hughes, claim.£2 7s Bd, costs 7s ; .lames Browne v. C. A.Martin, claim £3 2s 6d, costs 13s; SarahAnn Marriott v. Wm. V. Taylor, claim £215s7d, costs 6s.

Wm. T. Smith v. Wm. Brady.—Thaevidence of the plaintiff William Thoma3

ISmith was taken in this case for traus-jmission to Tauranga.—The action wasagainst William Brady, of Te Puke, nearTauranga, for the recovery of £34, on twopromissory notes, each dated April 2nd,1891. Tho caso is to be brought up in thaTauranga R.M. Court

DEFENDEI) CASK.

I Waitemata Sawmill Co. v. JosephMaxwell.—This was aclaim for £7 0s lOd,for fruit boxes supplied.—Mr Beale ap-pearedfor the plaintiff, and Mr Brassey forthe defendant.—After evidence was takenHis Worship t;ave judgmentfor thesum of£5 Bi, being the amount duo for 200 straw-berry boxes supplied.—The costs wero£2 Zi.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

A MEETINGof tho creditors in the estate ofMr W, J. Gatenby, (draper, etc.), washeld this morning in the Official Assignee'soffice. There were present :—The debtorand his solicitor, Mr Mahony,' MessrsTewsley (Sargood Son and Ewen), Brown(McArthur and Co.), Macky(Macky, Logan,Sceenand Co.), andßees (x\rch. Clark andSons.). In tho absence of the Offi-cial Assignee, Mr Tewsley was ap-pointed chairman. The debtor's state-ment, as already published, was read, andit was also intimated that a schedule ofstock had been taken by the Assisruee.This gave goods at Newmarket to bhavalue of £298 ?>a 6d and at Mount Eden as£133 11s lid. Since then, however,goods to the amount of £32 had been soldand the money handed over. Mr Mahonysaid that tho book debts should realise£400. The debtor expressed a desire tostate the reason whyhedid not wish to assignhis estate. His stock was nob much goodto be sold by tender, but as a goiDg con-cern ib was valuable. Several crediborsthought that Mr Gatenby had done wrongin delaying to assign, and bhe chairmansaid that the debtor had been treated veryliberally, as had the estate been closed ontwo years ago ib would have realised 20s inthe £. The action of the Assignee in call-ing for tenders for the stock was ap-proved, and it was resolved that the pro-perby be advertised for sale by auction.The remainder of the estate was left in thahands of the Assignee to dispose of in theordinary way.

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCrATION.)

Wellington, this day.The Now Zealand arrivals during Aprilwere 2,394,and departures 1,873. In Aprillast yaar there was a balance of 660agaitwb the colony.

Tho governors of the College and Girls'High School arewilling to sell their reserveat Taratahi in Wairarapa to the Govern-ment. The Land Department valued the5,100 acres at less than the governorsfiskod, and the latter having accepted thevaluation,the Minister for Lands will placeavote on theestimates forita purchase.

At a meeting presided over by LadyGlasgow, it was decided to hold a gift)auction in aid of the establishment of aConvalescent Home. Forty , pounds peryear were subscribed in the room, horLadyship heading the list with fiveguiuea3per annum for three years.

COMING EVENTS.Meetings, etc., Tonight.

Foresters' Hall, Newton—Caledonian Society'sSocial,8

Masonic Hall, Newton—Burns Club HighlandAssembly, 8

V.M.C.A, Rooms—Usual Evangelistic Service,7.30

All Saints' School-room—AllSaints'AmateurAthletic Club, 7.45

Drill-shed—Parade "A" Battery and GarrisonBand

N.Z. Insurance Company's Buildings — Allinterested in Association Football, 8

Tabernacle—Baptism of Believers, 7.30Borough CouncilChambers—DevonportSection

St. John Ambulance Association,8

Meetings, etc., Tomorrow.Palmerston Buildings — Northern Steamship

Company (Limited), 2

Auction Sales To-marro-ar.G. W. Binney and Sons—Mining Property,

Machinery, etc., Mart,Fort-street, 12Buckland and Sons ChestnutFilly and Bay

Gelding,at Haymarket, 12Coehrane and .Son— Furniture, Baths, etc.,

Rooms. 11Alex. Aitken—Vegetables, 10: Poultry, Pro-

duce, 11; Dairy Produce, 12.30;Fruit, Pigs,Dogs, 2

J. Jones—Groceries,Fruit, Vegetables, 10.30R. Arthur—Poultry, Produce, etc., il ; Fruit, 12Wilson and Clayton—Furniture,etc., 11Esam ami Arthur — Poultry, Produce, VegQ'

tables, etc., 11; Fruif, 1; Island Fruit, 1.30 'G.Lewis—Bonedust, 10.5 CC.E.Paget-.Drapsry, Clothing, Jewellery,P.ZQ

f ' THE AUCKLAND STAR, THURSDAY, 3ELY!K-(*% 5

KITTY'S FATHER.

3T FitANK BAHRETT.

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CHAPTER XXIIIONCE MOTvE YORKK CHANGES HTS

CHARACTER.

I was so completely stupified with the as-tonishment- of recognising Kitty's father inthe soi'dwmt Dacjmu's Shuttle that Jftck orthe curate.might, have perceived that therewas something m>re extraordinary-in thisvisit Sbab they comprehended had nob theirattention been otherwise occupied.

Yorke wore a very light j;rey morningsuit, patent leather boots, an open collar,and a nock handkerchief tied, in a bow,French fashion. lie carried a soft greyfalb hab crushed under hid arm, and lii«hands in hi? jacket pocket. He hud shavedoff his whiskers!, leaving only a chin tuffcanr] moustache; his complexion was notice-ably changed, the callow tint suggesting abilious temporament, with which the dulldespondency of his expression harmonisedadmirably. Ha looked at Jack mvJ then atme with the same indifference an he lookedat the ceiling and the panels on the wall.

* Ah ! Ihope We don't intrude, Mr Sherri-dan,' said ihe curate, stopping at the siijhtof the spread table, his elbows nipping- hisside, tho fore arms raised, one hand holdinghis hab, th« other extended at a ric;ht anglewith his wrist. ■ '1 should be so sorry if weare putting youto any inconvenience.

Jack replied with, a deprecatory gesture,and motioning hid visitors to seat them-sofves, himself took a chair.

"Yorke plumped himselt down, and MrShepherd, with more circumspection, wasabout to accommodate himself, when hiseye fell upon me for tho firet time, andjoyful surprise beumoil on his face.'Ib ia Mr Hbldernosa, I declare, fchisis indeed an unexpected pleasure!' Hegave me his cold, damp finders to shake,while Yorke looked on with a shade ofcon-tempt in his apathetic face, anrl then turn-ing to Jack,-said in the^nildly ff.vy tone homight- have employed in addressing aSunday-schoolclass:

'Now, I have to explain to you, MrSherridan, the remarkable circumstnnceawhich'have occasioned this visit). In thefirst place you iiiiist know—' He held hieright forefinger on bin loft thumb to tickoffthe first circumstance, when Yorke inter-rupted. -' Young man,1 said ho, with an unmis-tnkeable American twang in his voice,"you can shut off, right there. If there'sany apologias to bo ciphered up t reckonI'm here to ciph 'em. Yrsur name, I be-lieve, is John V. Siieiri> .'tii, frir,' ho con-tinuedi glancing i.r. a card lie had drawnfrom his pocket an:l taming to Jack.

'It ig,' raplied' Jack, entering at onceinto the spirit of his visitors.

'I am Decirous Shuttle, pig dealer, Chi-cago, and I have come here to speak .to youon a matter of business. If you hitch onI'll open up ; if you aro otherways disposedI'll clear out and give you no furthertrouble. Winch is to be ?'

*I hitch on,' said Jack, with perfectgravity.

' I understand that you are the proprie-tor of tho parsonage bouse at St.BataJwhWl ■„ ■-...■

' Qiiifcecorrect,11 VVoll, sir, 1 just want to hire that

bouse.'' For. business purposes '!' asked Jack,

with the .slightest indication of mirth inthe an^le of his eye. >'If you moan do I intend to turn fcliohouse into a bacon factory, sir, I cananswer you straight, no. On the otlierhand, Icannob say that I intend to incar-cerate rnysolf in that house with a view tothe wild enjoyment of pleasure. Do yourequire further particulars ?'

'A little explanation will be advisableperhaps.1

' Sir,' said Yorke, resting his elbows onhipknees and fixing '*iis black, lustre eyeson Jnck. " You would not think to look atme that I am "oho of the most excitablemen in the United States—to realise thatfact you oujjhf. to gee me at home inthe hoight of the pickling season. WhenI. tell you that last fall I barrelledfifteen thousand hogs, personally con-ducting thfin from the live freight cars totheir last homo in tho export cases, andBUporiiitendhijf every department of thebusiness from tho sticking office to thecounting-houeo, you will allow bhablmusthave had a considerably lively tiroo: andyou will not be surprised to hear that ontaking over the bufinets of P. Gassidy I felleick in tho attempt to run tho two con-cerns under similar supervision. Whenthe Medical man in my employ took me inhand he- said, " Docimus Shuttle, you'vebeen : killing hogs for ton years ;now it's the hogs' turn, and they'regoing to kill yon. If you pro on

at this rabo, you'll bo as dear! asham in six moviths." " This is dishearten-ing doctor," Bftill I,'"just uftsr taking1overCassMv's concern nnri a throo years' con-tractfor special middles just signed. It'sthrowingaway halt a million dollars', in amanner oE. floating.1' "Well," paid he,"if you prefer pip sticking to diseolutionyourcmiv'o!jf>iii-:o of gratification is to kikesix inonthV complete rest, and withdrawyourself from all cxrftitt? influences." Thoadvice w:m rensonnble, and, having paidfor it, I ui.'irte np my rrin<i to profit by it.The first filing wa« to clear out of AmericaWhere the very sound of a locomotive bellwould nlake mo t>prh? out of bod in ■_nyBleep with tho ijnbiun that anofchor bate;!, ofhogs was bniitft run intc liiadojior, 1 ar-rived atLiverpool, au'l, inqniruijr there forsome ?po! frao from exciting iotluoncos, Iwas told rha'j Im'vM find CAwter nb thisseasonsuifcsb'e fc" my taato?. Determinedto -io tho thing thoroughly I put the same

"question about when I touched Chester,asking if any particular residence cauH boti»corr"m<Tided as boitH" rather more Jono-some than the genor.il run of residences. Iwas told that I .should find yonr peonageHouse about na lonesome as anythingaround. I hired a fcur-wheelod carriagewith an ajr«d horse to m-.i;e tho journey astrantiuiliy as jiu3«ble,.amJ was carried atagentle walk np the hill to tho oarsonacre.I was not disappointed in it: From whatIcan make out, it seems t» bo as peaceful are?tin<' place lor a solitary man nn anyonein roj"'condition 'cr.nld wish for. l.iisClerical gehtteman was ntfebjios on tho sidewalk, and seeir.e me by hhe fronb gatekindly introduced himself nn:i ftavo mosomesatisfactory particulars with rogard tothe house, and informed me-where 1■■shouldlearn whether it was to be hired or not.

"I had heard from Mr Pevorell that youwisfied to sell the dear old place,' MrSbephord explained.

' We called cm Mr FeveroU-rhte gentle-Kan beine;[.rood enough to accompany me—and he offered to communicatewith you,but to nave time I preferred bo cSommunicatewith you mysolf. And now, sir, if y.on finn

tell ««-e whether you care to let me have thehouse for a term'of three months or not wewill conclude the transaction right here.

' Naturally you \v.i?h to take the housefamished as it is?' said Jack, dubiously.

' The whole block as it stands. (

' Entering into immediate possession ?« Move my trunks up from tho hotel to-

morrow- that surprises you, I guess,Yorkeadded, detecting a smile on Jack3

face. ■ -," Nob at all. On thfl contrary, your wish

appeals to my fellow feeling : for^ tookthis house under similarconditions.

' '-Vhata.fteciiliaxcoiticideacc to be sure !''exclaimed Mr Shepherd, raising his handsand lebtiug them fall gently on hiaknees.

' V/ell, Mr Shuttle,'saii Jack,rising, ' Icertainly wish to dispose of the vicarage ;but whether it is to my interest to let it tora short term I must Isavo to the decision ofray agent, Mr FeverelL' ::

' Price is no object you understand,- sir,and I am prepared to place any reasonablesum in the handsof yourjige:;!/as security.'

' That is a matter which he will arrangewith you if he thinks it advisable to let.'

' Right eir ;he will find me at the liain-bo-.v Hotel till three afternoon to-morrow ;and if 1 can't have the parsonage he mayfix me up with something else in thelocality. Soranhing in this way might do,'he said, addressing me for tho first time, asthe gushing curate seized Jack on his waytoward the door and poured out his pentup sentiments. ' Ib might-suit it it wasn'tfor the noise of that stream.' Re cast onemore glance round the room, and his eyesresting on Kitty's portrait fcr a moment,turned to me with peculiar significance ashe added. 'Silenco you understand, is justlife to me in my precarious condition—-andthere's a good deal hangs ou this life ofmine.'

He could scarcely havo reminded memore plainly thatKitty's lifelong happinessdepended on my guarding his secret.

Jack accompanied his visitors to thefront door, whilst I, left alone in the room,endeavoured to collect my wits, that myagitation might not bo observed by Jackwhen he returned.

Tlia Rev,.(Jrawley Shepherd had the talklnostiy to himself now—the oily flow of hisvoice was only broken now and then byJack's short and repressively cold re-sponses. Outside ho recollocted that hehad not said good-byoto 'dear Mr Holder-ness,' and back he came with impulsivehaste, and his shitting face melting withwarm geniality, to give mehis flabby handand express the gladness of his heart inhaving met me "nee again.

' You must come and see me in my littlehome at Rose Cottage,' he added gaily,1and I. shall bo .50 pleased to seeyou, for Ihavo all the day at my disposal now—thonew vicar having his own curates and notrequiring my services. And yon mustbring dear Mr Sherridan with you—what vtine, nob'e, handsome young man !' lower-ing his voice,but not to such a degree thathis encomiums could be lost on Jack, whowas passing the window with Yorke, 'andyou must bring Miss Kitty with you also,'here he raised his eyebrow with an arch rollof his fishy blue eye, as much as to say thathe could be agay dogat times. ' and weshall be so happy nil together with anicecup of tea. But I must not keep myworthyMr Shuttle waiting—r/oon-bye,'andjerking this farewell out as though fromtho vory bottom of his heart, ha tripped otfwith his gloves and umbrella held up wellin front of him.

' Well, Diefc,' said Jack, with a shortlaugh, as ha returned to the room,'wo'veluui someodd specimens of humanity in theform of visitors to-day, and nc mistake.'Ho throw himself in tho easychair by thewindow, and thrusting his hands in hispockets; looked out with a cloud gatheringon his faco. Then turning to me, withcreased brov/.=,he said.:'I think that's aboub the most despicable

type of man thatexists, don't you, Dick ?'

' Well, you see, Jack,' I replied, myoldfeeling for Kitty's father impelling me tosay a word in Ms defence, ' one muab notexpect too much of a pig dealer.'1 Oh, Shuttle!' he exclaimed, his browexpanding, and a smile playing over hislips, ' 1 rather like that fellow. He'samusing at any rate, and a decent, honestsort of man, too, I should say by thelookof !,irn. But, by Jupiter, he's arum one—jußti"oß all the Yankee yarns I've heard.It was hai-i' i.n believe thatlie really meantwhat hesaid. It would be a risky thing toput eu.flh an incident in a play, but in abook tho critics would at once declare thewholecharacter overdrawn.'

Itstruck me also that Yorko hod over-acted his part—1clowned it,' as tho actorssay. *' One doesn't meet Chicago pic'-clealersevery d;iy,' I ventured to suggest.'

' That's true. ■ Atlor nil, no character infiction is so improbable as those we meet inrsal life. And Shuttle's perfectly con-sistent in his thoroughness. But I wasn'tthinking of him ; it's that beastly curatethat stirs up my bile. A fawninjf, cower-ing brute; with something of tho slimy,sticky reptile in him. He's not pleasanteven as a study ; you can't laugh at himfor the feeling that he is something, morethat, a mere idiot.'

'That was Kitty's impression.1

' i. know. Thftt is perhaps why I dislikehim. It may be that lam prejudiced,'helifted his eyebrows looking; through thowindow arjain. Then after a moment'ssilence, ho turned to me saying, ' Did youhear Strong's remark when he caught sightot him? Something about the devil ap-pearing when he was called.'

' Just so, and that just, after he bad beenspeaking of some one he suspected as'thepurloinerof tho missing will.'

'Jack,' snjd I eagerly, 'do you thinkthe curate did it?'

<jyi—-no,' he replied slowly, with the airnf one who hud already pondered the sub-ject. 'Divide the*proa and cons the conshave it.' Jn the firac placo the curate's toofeeble, physically and morally, ro perpetratea crime o: that magnitude. Then there'sthe cbsenco of motive. Five hundred

1pounds which is the ntmost that was stolen(with the will, probably) would not pay fortholoss of ii comfortable berth and oxpoeta-bibtis iii tha vicarage. Moreover, I am in-clined to think that ho ift not (.he roan theAdmiral suspects. . For, if you remember,ihe led 11s to understand pretty clearly that

Iwe might discover ivhorn it i.s ho suspects!by a vis-it, f.n theCedars. Well tho curateIi-j the lust'person in the world we are likelyto see thorq—no one in the work! could bomore antipathetic to a man of Strong'scharacter thuu that servile trucklingCray/ley Shepherd.'1 Wo shall sse,' said J, after 0 little re-flection.1 Ye? : rind lam eager to £0 over to theCedars on that account. This mystery isbegioniitjr to fascinate mo. Jt's liko a chef'snrobiein. Ilarkintj back te the admiralV;observation upon devils I'm disposed Inputanother construction on it. ['have foundthat the thoughtof onounplearantcharactergorrsrally conjures np another be/c noir.The oditiiral must have known Shepherd aion« while, and it's possible, if notprobable,that his (dew, turning from the man hesu-'pects, has just lighted on the otherobject of his dislike when Shepherd camein sight.'I agreed to this supposition, bnfc my fear

prevented another deduction. What if theadmiral had recognised Bob Yorke in thofly as we'd its Crawley Shepherd ! Whatif wa found Kitty's father an accepted

I visitor at the Cedars when we went, there !

" Let' us \>o and find theAdmiral,' efiidJficlc, rising : ' we may ba able to draw himyet.1

But when we wen!- out tho old man wasnot to bo seen. Either he had failed tocatch anything in that place, or he had(.'one oiif' to ;>vou! encountering a man heabominated. .' So much tho better,' said Baok. *Yecai; drop hi our line* and smoke in peace.'

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There is and always has been for a very longtime an enormous" influx of -population intoAmerica, and itis univerßttlly admitted thatpeopleof all classes in New Zealand, especiallytho trading anci manufactumfi- classes, in facta.!! dwellers in cities,would be immenselybene-fited byan accession of an industriouu popula-tion willingto settle on New Zealandsoil, anatake advantageof its great natural resources.

Theprivatecitizens of.the United Statesareso alive totho importance of attractingpopula-tion, that they expend large sums in advertis-ing: thorelative advantagesof differentsectionsof iheir country.State vicing with State to se-cure its duo or undue share of the influx con-stantly flowinginto New York from the oldercountries.

Tho author of " Rural New Zealand" haslived forBorne yearsin America,and travelledover aconsiderable portionof ie,has observedthe methods employed by tho Americans forattracting population, and his book is the out-come of his observations. He has thus hadspecialopportunities for institutinga compari-son between the tw'o'countrios. and unhesitat-ingly declares in favour of Now Zealand for thoreasons stated therein.

An opportunity isfurnished bythis book forthe people in New Zealand to show to theirfriends in other countries what this countryreiUlyis. as it can only bo properlyshown, viz..bycomparison with other countries.

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Sir RobertStout, K.C.M.G., writes :—The GrandHotel, Prinoes-streot,- . " . ; Auckland, March 8,1893.

"I havo read the proofs of Mr Houghton'sbook,'"Rural New Zealand,'and 1 believe it isthe vnvy book to put into the Imaua of thesmall fannersof tho United Kingdom who maybe thinkingoPemigrating1. It is full of facts,and those are told in such acharming stylothatyou must continue reading. Iknow nobook sofitted (orouse the interestand enthnsiasm ofanintendingsettler as this ' Rural New Zealand'— you feel you must visit the land aboutwhich Mr Hoiifthtonspeaks. Itleaves thatim-pression on me who have been over every partdescribed by thewriter, and what must it do toone who has neverseon ourNew Zealand," I cannot wnto too strongly in praise of lit

HoujjMon'nbook. In my opinion, if it werccir-ci]lafe:l by thousands in tho Home countrr, weshould have small farmersflockingtoour shoresand thatis the class of immigrantswe need."

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you in Wellington your projects for enconrap-inff immifrnilion, (agreed tviih you that whatwas most likely to benefit Now Zealand wasaonio popular meansof bringing beforethe ag-riculturists of older countries her resources,natural and acquired, for comfortably maintain-ing a larga rural population.

"The little book. ' Rural Now Zealand,"o£whiohyouhavesent me a copy,seemsa verysatisfactory realisation of your idea. 11, putsneatly and succinctly, inpopularundintelligenthui£ciinf,'e, the itctnai surroundings and condi-tions underwhich rural life is carried onin thecolony.. .Ai far as .1 can spo, yon havefortifiedyour statements' by statistics from actual ex-periments and if tileresults seem in some casestoosatisfactory to he sound,it will be so only tothose who dr. not know the exceptionalnaturaladvantages of the colony.

■" Your illustration?are. I think, very happilyselected. Nothing ea« bo hotter calculat dtobrine homo to the class most closirnb'e lor col-onists tils 'net that emigration, to New Zealanddoes not moan banishment from the comfort?oreven the luxuries of life, or to show howmuch of our borrowed millions has beenwisely spent iv providing facilities and con-veniences for the great access of populationwhich onr unrivalled natural resources justifytin in expecting."I congratulateyou very heartily on the re-

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"Ruitimnrics of New Zoalandstatiatkis.AUCKLAND-City andCountryDistricts fully

described. j

THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND,by Joslah Martin, F.G.S.

THE HOT LAKES. TAUPO DISTRICT.WAIHAKEI, WAITOMO CAVES, andother Tourist Resorts.

ACTS OF SESSION OF 1893 (summarised).

MAIL TIME TABLES, Harbour SißnsJß.STAMP DUTIES. Complete Postal GnWe.OFFICIAL AND LOCAL DIRECTORIES.RAILWAY TIME TABLES AND FARES.READY RECKONER for Market and Wage*

250 PAGES CLOSELY-PRINTEDMATTER.

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INDIAN CONDIMENTS.'

B M. BRIAN.FROM CASHMERE AND-BOMBAY.

Has much pleuaura in calling tho attention ofthe publicto the INDIAN CONDIMENTS vowbeing prepared in Auckland under his personalsupervision, and gnnrantcotl to contain all thovJch and choice Spices for which the*nativepreparations aro famous. To be obtained fromthe leading Family Grocers, and Wholesßlefrom Messrs BROWN, UARRETT AND CO.,Elliott-street.

W PARKINSON,

MONUMENTAL MASON.Victoria-street (next corner of Hobson at,).

i Good Workmanship Guaranteed. '■I IntendingPurchasers would do.xyollto call anaI % inspect price list.. (Telephone 663.]

A. N- ~'U S B TijLATE A. & A. BUSBY,

TH3 ORIGINALVENETIAN AND WIRE GAUZE BLINDI

MAKERS,VENETIAN HOUSE,jNEXT TO COFFEBPALACE. MARKET-ST.

!h ° T l c *-iGREAT BALE OF PICTURES, |At Prices NeverBefore Seen in New Zealand,\K. B. CARTER has great pleasure in inform. Inu friends and the general publlo that hejhas decided toCLEAR HIS GREAT STOCK OF |

PiICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES

T. £. CARTER.88. YIOTORIA-ST., AUCKLANDN.8.-Duringthe Sale,all Idhds of Plctura

Conveyances '■ ■ ■■*■ *""" ' ——" '—

'''""^■" ■ ■**"■"'■mi 1,4,

■"&ABMTTAOe] [H.KO9E] [W. T.MCLAUtami; . ';'; ". "'■■■ ■ . ' ■<:. j't \f

a,l be rts t r rtr(Royal Stables).

(TEtEPHdiHE No. 124.1WELLES |ZTy-8 T R E E f

(Victoria Stables). |[Tbls*hon» No. 267*] !

PULLAN, ARMffAGE $MHAVING taken over D. H. StewartI*' InfoOoaohlfißßtisinessin Welleßloy-stituidh^hist oouHidembly increased the stopk o» thtearn*, aud In conjunction with their originalbusiness in Albert-street, are now the Wgestcaterers for public oarryitig in the colonies.

Special arrangements made with ToamtfittPicnic Parties.

'Busses,Brakes. Cabs, Buggies, and SaddltHacks al waysonHire.Jubilee 'Bubbobrun every quarter of an how

from Que»a-street to Newniurket, tia FaraelLCabs to meet steamers and tmini, day in

night.Horses and Traps Bont?ht, told, «Exchanged.P., A. aud CO. aro now prepared to Buri

number of good Up-standing Hacks and Cttriage Horses.

DA VIES BROTHEftgwill run their Summer Time-table ct

andafter MONDAY, Jatuiary-Stb, until fttiUsaaotice,as fpliows: ; mMiUprdßoad. h&eHotel. DuraiporV

7.30 a.m. 7.40 a.UJ. 7.60S.K,8.«0«,m. 9.0 „ -*, ..-,- . - 10.30 „ I11.15 „ 11.25 „ ' U.JO I

1 im ■ ■*■: 12.60p.m. 18.60p.tts.— ; .: 1.50 „ UO „ ('3.0 p.m. 3.15 „ 2.&Q "„ j, r- . -.-.." 4.50. „4.10 ~ 4-25 „ -&40 „ 6.0 „ 5.30 ~ :'.:

Every night a 'Bussfor Cheltenham Baaohwill meetsteamers arrivingfrom Auckland. ;i ' SATtJBDA*. .. .~v '6.60 p.m. substituted for 6.30 p.m. ft«Deroupurt.

..;■.: &y; . SCNDAT,,. ,„■ „..: -Lear*Takapuna. . ' Davenport,10.40 a.m. 9.50 a,m,11.40 „ 10.50 „4,30p.m. 2.25 p,m,

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DEVONPORT, WAI WBRA, AK|WAREWORTHROYALMAILCOAC&

Alteration otTime Table.

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS. & ffßtDAl*I Leaves Dovonport, Monday and Wadnesdif,?a-m.; ou Friday, 3a.tn.

RETURN.TUBSDATS,THURSnAYS. & SATURDAI&

LeaveWarkworth, B a.m.THOMAS BUTLfiVPrOptieti^

ill— iiu' ill I 1 '*"**._-

-"iTIfITORS TO TE' ARpfii'NOTICE.-TheanclereiiJtoed will ruft ■ OdMk

from Te Aroha on Tueiidays. Thnradaya, a«Saturdfiyo, meeting train for Auckland «Morrliisville ou those days,and retui'ninjc tol«Aroha from Morrinsville on Mondays.WedtK*dars, and 'Fridayn on-arrival of train-JWiJAuckjand,conveying patiengers, parcels m

Thos,Cookand 96n I *M«ti

"aj'ESSRS MORLBY & SON'S tUIE-IYX r TABLE.LeiveLake

fCanjpholl'aCorner) LeaveDeVnpoft7.50 a.m. 9.20 a.m.9.30a.ni. 11 a.m,12noon 1.30pfm.

'" ■ "'■' Msp.m. > 4.Wpid.4.20 p.m. 6.50 p.m.

SATURDAYS.7.10 p.m. 10.40 p.m.

fpHE FINEST ILLUSTRATED PAPB*INTHB COLONtaa. . ,

New Zealand Gr^hiC

OPINIONS OF ENGLISH PRESS:LIBERAL REVIEW, Juo. 10,***"£$large ilitistratod journal, admirably *H"*ft

excellently printed, and highly eiiteftslDWtand Instructive, covering a wide and difof«Held of literature." ; ■DAILYJ>OST,August i, «M- '" **Mt

spacte it is equalto manyilluatfatod jbttth4«»Kngland. The sketches contained areohrlomi the production of talented artists, *** '""I critioisms of art, music,aud literature to WhiO»! much Space is drroud, are ail of tW WijlW1order, qualityof tbe papef fiW*6"jattention. This interesting andspiriteijott"*

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! USVIEW OF REVIEWS -"PowMfoUj'drawn cartßOnK. Amuaing illustration..?local pfliticfc"

_jnras fk3t"compbitdium QFjJSI 2BALAND ANf? AUeTfiAW*iBTATTBTICB is contained in Brrtta AngffiSA'tov-r*. BosUmm, Mot. ««nd » »Wetteuu, ..,.",. ■ v - f

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'^IIXTRACT POM A PRIVATE LETTER. l-kWe have pleasure in calling attention to the following extract from a private letter received

by our Manchester Buyer from a gentleman who is acknowledged to be one of the.best Linen Experts in the United Kingdom :—

«Your Company acted wisely irt'taking your advicere their Belfast purchase, as the house you recommended is onte of the;,pn/ best iti the North of Ireland. It Will afford me the greatest possible pleasure to do as requested and personally selectsthe goods. * need hardly add that, as a matter of course, you may count on perfect goods at the best prices obtainable^

We have just received direct from the Manufacturers in Belfast, ex s.s. Tainui, the consign.,ment of Goods above referred to. It comprises :—

Bleachfed Table DartUsk* from Is 6d per yard .Frilled^Unen Pillo^Cases and Shams " .> ■" namacWfr ftmindnPi>varfl "■ Oval,' Square, and Round D'Oyiies, all prices

|,00 Initial Handkerchiefs from Sideboard Cloths, Tea Cloths, Glass Cloths, Toweiiings!500 Dteen f"jj[££f&tZtl} And. Double Damask Table Cloths, all s.zes

D6zch Table Napkins from 4s 6d to 30s per dozen Etc. :" ; c" Etc. etg.--OTJR CO-OPSEATIYIS SYSTEM of trading, together with the biggest stock of Linenajmdramasks in Auckland, afford buyers arare opportunity for obtaining sterling value, for their

mSey »S?4tteriiß, and fuU description sent post free to any address on application.

!p" .. . .. ;■ %■$ "■ a "R MORRISON ■'■■' ■■'■"■" jfflk . gm Aowm' IS^^?*■! t^^P^ffljl^^Bli^^^^fil ' V" 'MANAGER. [ -w^

_■* :^"-'°WINrBK, 1893. ' y

,:. NEW // N^X '" -tIN'ERY-"- /# >

Aren" 'L^X M A N T-L-E 5,,..Iv 11 L»'L» Si \1 ILal'l i . y^yy showing a most v^A""' y^O/ VAX '■ ■ "■■" i y<f^/ " attractive stock in.' all \>>/X -■ J? to1/ '"'"'. VAX n^-t>s

rX^? s^X departments of XjS1X. ((7)(J)} /$?/ NEW. SEASON'S GOODS. n?VXV>v^ Between 300 a.ad 4GO: Casor, and Bales have,, f^

\ i-'a---- fa X already been opened up direct ffom the best British, \fy>X .':■j^&/y Continental, and. Coloniu! Marliets,, \vitl, nioro to follovv afe thb' ■'■■ '"^'',:- ■':■'

S* S)/ season advances. Special-attentionis directed to the -X, >c ■ '.';

jf / Which will be found replete witli all therequirements of a first-class trade. .All Goods \s^X,.

/,.:\.(\. are marked at theirwell-knownLOVV CASH PRICES. These Departments are now under \ \X. .the management of TWO LADIES'of-exceptional qualifications and experience, recently '/■ f

" X^JjN. arrivedfrom Sydney and Melbourne, and engaged for this purpose by jttr Mr /jrX^>X Smith when on his way to England. They have therefore the utmost coiv . ■''&.>f" " '*> "^^>yN\ fidence in invitiiig their customers to entrust them with the execution XjC^t, ~ >v /k\\ of theirMillinftry and Mantle, orders for the present and ap- ' /''&&Z ■ ?'NyV/iX proaching seasons. JSTo ladyis.ever pressed to purchase, ..""' \*ir . . ajj-v/1./

ryrt xXo^' an^ artlc!e Purchased ana not approved or .-rf, \y ..>v^^X w^ ft cxchaßged jrthe money refunded. /\^/ nh("O^ rsrh'Ar

P.A9H 0MIV have she* ad,u- //nV fJHcoo rABKIuoUnyJl UHLI. '^\^\; tional Sll0OT0&m Moominoi /^/elation for display of /^■Jy ■ iCs■'""■' ■■v3^- V NXsV>\ Millinery and y/$f £l

>?S ' ■ \^>.^ Mantles. / / (tf\-

■Al- i ITII f) o|ilni Pril Wholesale a]icl....E.aniily

GENmNELOCALIMJSTRYNorthern Roller Milling Co.

„ v (LIMITED),. AUCKLAND,Have always in stock-;thV, favouritebrands 6f FlrJiir,

"GHkldPiOir ; JMB " STANDARD,"ThaC receipt) Fir.*t Award ab the Melbourne Exhibition, and ftfe no* the best

;u)annl«ctured^ imresb,and mostprofitable Baking Flours jn hew Zealand. ■For ships1 store, and exportation "CHAM?ION" isproperly desiccated, thereby retain-

ing its fine flavourAndawehgth in warmer clinoateß and theIslands of the Pacific.Also, the useful second-class brands of Flour,

■"OCEANIC" AND "HOUSEWIFE'S PRIDE.". ... . In 200, 100,50, and 251b bags.GRANULATED WHEATMJCAL, for making Wheatmeal, Bread, and scanee,

in 200 100,50, 25, and 61b bags.

v ■ ~. -SEMQLINAIn 61b big*. Makes delicions CnstWdsftnd Puddings. Far freshpr,

- richer, and better flavoured than any similar imported food.

;'l; GEEMIKA, -DnrfamotJJtP^t's'ntFood, mndefroih■ th» fineae of wheat, is nutritious, palatable, and'en-ily oooV<>,i ; veryrich in .■<lbun*itrioif)-iandphosphates (mu.«c)e, fiesh, brain, and bonaformers); tinburpassed for UV.-I'JEPIICS and thofS aulTering frotii INDIGESTION6tron::ly rccommcndefl by the hi?be??t,niedicalauthorities fordoily use in everyfamily ;tnaU«delight!ul l'OßK.lbt'.E,loso lioating aiid more Inxative than Oatmeal, and muchjitterftdapfr-d for this Plimafct'. It is put up in ncut %. and 101b bags, with printeddijecr.ioheand recipes in euch, Ahd may;6e had from all Storekeepers and Merchants.

Prices on application to

A; McCORQUODALE ... - ... „, Manager.

' " t?tt"P"PIT A "RTTT-?,"PjIC A.

*Ye have pleasure in introducing this New, Centra! Draught,Economical, Beautiful, Splendid Illuminator, and

Low Price

TABLE LAMP.

J.& J.DICKEY234, QUEE^-STHEET.

fell 11 I liillil^lw^

" S "I CELEBRATED.&THE-BESTS IjPORE INDIAN CHJMA& CEYLON TEAS| PROCURABLE __J

:J 1:.IM n r -nan ■ "■■ *UEtetafceFg. |

In- & TTENDBRSON, !I Ixe A«, 11 II CASINKT-XiAKfcn, IJnORRTAKSR, 11 KAIUXOAHAPB HOAD

i (Ow'OsiiS V7iLr.j.f.Mc', Draper).§

;■,,"■ B4 An eiegßns dressing, I'reventasSiitK-|:.i7vv n Mdi'-ess, RrayDalr, ace! dnndratt.7r^'':';i'^V'rv< Jla'iWsthchalvßrowtlilclcaadsoft,/< V^-^ry^?^CnresoriipMojia siid diseases oftho

ataiaMt v^.-<ji-igsin.Hftnlsc:it?,!)urns,bruisotiMid.ini-aios.Genuine lja,s ti'a-ie-mark ISarclav&Co.HewHar*"

'"'--■ Ammunition for the Coming-Shooting 1 Season, 1898, ", : N

■v t ..■'■'. \ ■■ ' " '' J ■;'"'■■■■■'■■■ '■■"'._ : .. ■ . \ », ,? ■ . I . . ....'. ■ \/ "'.""■■.'■■■■■■ ' ' ". \--.!....

L^^^-^^^M&J Buy the Colonial Ammunition Company's 12-bore Sporting Cartridge- at' {^p9fppp^^pi""" j the foliowing,retail prices from E. POSTER & CO., Queen-street, ?f|f§M! , j|!■ ■ Newton, and Syinonds-sfcreet:— lp^^l®:SiSil^^Ss

-.-■-,■ * ■ .1 n

Loaded with 3 drams Pigou, Wilks, and Laurence's "Alliance" Gunpowder, IV oz. Chilled Shot 1 grease-proof wad, 1 thick felt wad, 1white card wad oyer powder, and 1 white card wad over shot, with the Company's name and-size of shot printed in fall, th.iiSr~.,^fg**■ ■ ■ ... / *A

c'"'■'? V- As a guarantee, the Cartridges are loaded by the Company, . Jj!

Customers can have their Cartridges loaded by the Colonial Ammunition Company (Limited) with fuay- special charge required, byleaving their orders with the Company's Sole Agents for Auckland—

1 IMPORTERS OF (ITINS AIIIIWITIOW AID SPORTTNfI RHOUTSITES:--- ; .■!'■:" : "'.'■/""■■ ■'■■"':; ■..■:.■■.■„,:. r:; ;:.- ,":'v..,; ;;-., a TTnTZ"T A "TCrT^ ■-""■"- -"■-' ■-"^ "'""■ ■"■■■■■-

Births.CODLIN.-On April 27. at Wellington-street,tho wife of H, H.Codlin of ason.MNDSAY.-On April 30 at the Flagstaff

ilotel, iho wifo o£ T. \V. Lindsay of adaughter.WOODWARD.-On May 3, at her residence.Albort Road, Dovonport. the wii'e of J. G.

Woodward of a son.

Marriages.May 4. at St. Mary's

Church, Parnell, by the Rev. George Mac-iwUirray, Arnold Hugh, third son of the lateDeciinus Atkinson, to Meta Kate, seconddaughtero£the late William Frederick-Hull.

Deaths.BALJL.--011 Wednesday, May 3, at theresidence

Ofliisparenis. Clevedon,MountKdeu, HenryStephensouHall.

Intomontprivate.6TAFFORD.-On Thursday, May 4. at his

parents' residence,Wellesley-strnat, of bron-chitis, Nathen J., the beloved son of Davidand B. Stafford ; aged 1yearand 10 months.

Private interment.yOUNG.-On May 3, at his late residence.Orakei Road,Femucra, William Young(late

Collector of Customs), in his 80lh year.The funeral will leave his late residence,

Orakei Road, to-morrow (Friday), at 2 p.m.,arriving at St. Mark's at 3p.m.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.Mails will close as under :—

Tin's Pay.For Tauranfta. and Opotiki, per Ohinemuri,at

5.30 p.m.Jfor Turna, Paeroa, and Cryer's Landing, per

Paeroa, at 5 30 p.m.Friday,May 5,

For Cowes and Coiomandel.per Coromandel.at 11.30 a.m.

TorThames,ncr Rotmnahana. at 3.45 p.m.3Tor Kawau and Mangawai, per Kawau, at

5.30p.m.For Tauransa and Opotiki, per JVaiotalii, at

5.30 p.m.Tor VVhiin'-'arei Heads,Parna, Marsden Point.

Waipn. Wansrarei,Kamo,Manganai. Waikei-;kio, Kawakawa, Opua and Russell, per.

' Welllington,at 5.20 p.m.for Whittaniza, tiuin Town. Tairua, and

Jiuaotanu. per Argyle.at 5.30 p.m.Saturday. May 6.

Fer Waiwera, TeKapa, Warkworth, per RoseCasoy. at 10a.m.

JTor Westport, Grcymouth, and Hokitika, perPukaki, at 1p.m.

JTor Katikati, Tauranga. and Opotiki, viaThames,per Rotomahana, at 4 p.m.

For Thames,per Rotomahana. at 4.30 p.m.

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.{JO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS AT NOON.■

Colonial Rank-Sellers, 38sNational Insurance—Buyers, 18s fid: sellers. 19sHew Zealand Acuicle.nl Insuiauce—Buyers, 83

6dHow .Zealand Loan and Mercantile—Buyers,

42s 6icl;sellers. 41sAucklnud Gas—Buyers, £10 15a (old); sellers,

£5 10s (now)Thames Gas-Buyers27s 6d: sellers. 28b CdCoromandelSteamship—Buyers 4s 7d;sellers. 5siMorthern Boot -Buyers. Is ;sellers, baUnion Oil—Sellers,14s 6dKempthorne, Vrosser- Buyers, 13a

MIMING.Tjtames— .

JUnurnia-Buyers, 3s Sd;sellers, 3s lOdCambria—Unynrs. Is 2d ; sellers. Is 4rtHazolbank—Uuyen.2slfl: sellers. Zs 6ilMay Queen -Buyers.2a Crl; sellers. 2s, !0djVtoanatriiari—Buyers, 3s 9d ;sellers, Is3dOrlando—Buyers, 'Jd ; sellers,lidVictoria—Sellers. 3d

UpperThamkb— " .Woodstock—Buyers, 3s od

Kuaotuxo—Try Fluke—Buyers, 2s &d; sellers, 2s lOdBed Mercury-Sellers, lOd

THE SCOTT SENTENCE.MINISTRY CONSIDERING THE CASE,

NO DECISION YET.

'(BY TELEGKAPH.—SPECIAL .CORRESPONDENT;)

Wklungton,this day.S*HE Executive was sitting all this morning.

The case of Scott was under considera-tion again, tho evidencebeing gone throughminutely.

' No' decision had boon arrived ab when

the Cabinet adjourned ab one o'clock, in.fact tho stage for deciding had nob beenreached.

CHICAGO EXHIBITION.ERIN AT THE FAIR

MANY FAMOUS RELICS.

HISTORICAL HARP OF BRIANBORU.

Among the antiquities In the mnseu«nof the IrU village at the Word's Fairtbeharp ofTara's Hall ia nob exhibited, bub

thore U another one built on the samemodel and one equally celebrated, for itsstrains cheered the heroes of Mun-

who in the tenth Century, restoredfor a brief time the lost glories of Erin.It is in a great glass case, the most con-spicuous object, in Tcimry College 1 brary,

S the farthest and, under a nmlhouedwindow-dramatically placed, indeed, as is

Je Venua de Milo/at, thelabelled "The harpof BrianBorn. It is

' thir y two inches high, with pillar of oakand soundboard of sallow. The harmonic

bar is capped with eilver, crystals and gem.have fallen from U.eir settings. On the7;lt h/r is bhVamu of the O'Neills, almostScipt able"the red hand and the wolfdZ Wa» might it have been the solace

oIEBria«i who fell in the babble of Cloatarfin 10*4./ THE LEGEND.

/The legend runs thus: "For. his sins/Bonojh, the son of Brian Boru took his

deadfather's crown and harp to the Tope

-S obtain absolution. Later the harp wasge»t to Konry VIIL, .the be oved son ofX?church before he warttedo divorce.TTenrv a'ave the harp to the first lord ofClanVicirdo. in whose family it was pro-eorved until the present century, when ib- was inherited by a MaoMahon.WTh typical industrial village » merely

W excuse, a financial venture and asetting'♦nrhelocondary revival within the walls.n«?side thegate the harpof Brian, plantedSshamrockß brought trim the Hill of Tarafcl a little Irish girl of New York greet the. Srtor from the grass. The gateway itnelf78 a reproduction of the doorway to Cor-Sac's Chapel, an ecclesiastic ruin on theSSkof.cishol. At the far end Donega

C crochet, Camck-Macross: needleBprlJf(fin X and veimng cam-. brie handkerchiefs,the weaving of home-

snuns and linens and the can-in- of boeS all of which have been nourished under?;o 'patronaKeot Lady Aberdeen and Mrs

of antiquities.Bub the real things will be the museum

S?e? that certain Irish anHqnarfaoa-cSv Englishmen (Ginddua Cambrensus

,v a firsts-insist ob their ChristianW- At the foot of the tower stands a, SpUdbcroßMio line, of the forty five

fac similies of the DommachA^idoKfifth e^ S^ The'Book

monks lit tho daik^ ages of Luio

tboir Icarnniß. The Two ajn

_broochos show no ugns ot vn

fluence. All the massive w«« »»a ' (|rftoraueH. the lunettes or cefonew n „iSen'tool varying lUfc wd w»g«* ttifrJ

brouze-biDgsed Bblelds, the swords, spearsand lances recovered from old raths orfrom the bottoms of bogs are of pagan day 3before Sb. Patrick. Every example of theantiquities'in Trioiby College, Dublin, andthe Royal Irish. Academy are re-producedfor the fair.

There are Ogham inscribed monumentsand altars, pillars, a reproduction of apagan sepulch reand amodel ofSt. Columb'shouse at Kella, thab has also, with its steep-roof of cemented stone, '■ stood out of allriccolliction." lb is bub a single room,bwenty feet scpuare and forty feet high tothe cone.WASHINGTON'S CURIOUS EXHIBIT.

People in the State of Washington areproud of the groat seal of their common-wealth. They aro also proud of their lum-ber resources. TL\ey have the.big seal re-produced in bwenby-nine dillerenC kinds ofwood. Expert wood-carvers have been atwork on the Beal for several months, lbshows George Washington's silver locks byworking white cotton wood into the design,and the old colonial coab that Washingtonused to wear, ia depicted in cherry.

About 500 feeb of lumber was used in bheseal, which is eighb feet square. Carvingson the big panel show a foresb, sawmill,ships, railways, farms .and mina scenes.

DISTRESSING FATALITY.A CHILD RUN" OVER

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PREiS-ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, this day.A most distressing accident!, which,endedfabally, occurred yesterday. Two youngfellows were trotting down to the boab-sheds for a morning dip, when somechildren ran in front of them from behinda vehicle without warning. A child ofthreeor four, son of Mr McFarlane, arail-way guard, was knocked down, and, to allappearances slightly bruised over one eye,but a few hours afterwards he died in theHospital, to which he had to be removed,from concussion of the biain.

THAMES NOTES.A FAMILY POISONED BY HONEY,

(L!Y TELBURAPH.—OWNCOKKESPONDIiNT.)

Thames, this day.A man- named Samuel Patterson diedsuddenly lash nigbb.

An exceptionally heavy gale blew herelast nighb, accompanied by a downpour ofrain, but no damage was done. Theweather is now fine.

Several members of a family namedThorn, residing in Block 27, have beenpoisoned through eating wild honey. It)appears that honey was used for tea, andthat after the meal wa3 over symptoms ofpoisoning became manifest. Mr Thorn issuffering rather severely. Remedies werespeedily applied, and shortly afterwards alldanger of any serious consequences was re-moved.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.A SYDNEY TRAGEDY.

A MAN STABS HIS WIFE ANDATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

Shortly after7 o'clock on the evening ofthe 22nd ulb. a sensational attempt tomurder his wife was made by a fishmongernamed John Dennis,'or Bennis, at a housesituated at No. 10, Phelps-atreefe, Surry

Hills, near Sydney. It is stated thatBeunis, who is 45 yoara of ag|, and hve&in Taylor ■ street, Surry Ji ills, Vhadtreated his wife unkindly, aifc'i a tewweeks ago she obtained a judicialseparation against him, and thft courtordered him to support her. AbovJt thetime stated Bennis went to Phelps-x-treebto see his wife, who kept a small sbop, anddemanded the custody of the fourchildren.This the woman refused to agree to, and aquarrelensued. Bennis was seen to U>-e alarge butcher's knife from his pocket, rushat his wife, and savagely attack her. h.emade several infuriated plunges, andstabbed her twice in the utck and four times;on the left arm. The screams of thewoman attracted a neighbour namedSmith, and he rushed to her assistance,but Bennis, seeing the blood flowing fromhis wife, ran away. The police were soonacquainted, and Constable Byers, of.No.3 Station, went to the house and took thewoman to Sb.' Vincent's Hospital, whereshe was admitted by Dr. Muelier in a verylow condition. She had lost a lot ofblood, and was suffering from the shock.The wound's, which, were not veryserious, were stifcehed up, and it,is expected she will be able toleave the institution in a few daysvSearch was afterwards made for the assail-ant, and Constable Maze found him in thebar parlour of the Good Luck Hotel, at thecorner df. Bourke-street, a few yards awayfrom his wife's house. He was bleedingfrom a severe cut on the wrist, which, ib iasaid, had been self-inflicted with tho inten-tion of bleeding to death. Bennis wastakec to the Sydney Hospital, where hiswound was dressed by Dr. Armstrong,the medical superintendent. He wasretained in the hospital till Sundayafternoon, when he was able toleave. He was then locked up at thepolice station on a charge of having at-tempted to murder hia wife. The knifewas found in Phe'ipß - street, and wassmeared with blood. It was shown toBennis, and he admitted that it was his.It has been stated that since Mrs Bennishas been separated from her husband shehad adapted her former husband's name-Cliff.

The accused man John Bennis, 40, anundersized rough looking fellow with longscraggy hair and beard, appeared beforeMr Addison at the Water Police Courb,subsequently, on acharge of having mali-ciously wounded his wife. He ws3 re-manded for a week.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

A MBETrNGof creditors in the bankruptestate of John Owen Lord, late Registrar

of births, deaths, and marriages, was heldin the Official Assignee's Officethis after-noon, when there were present: Thedebtor and his solicitor^Mr Brookneld) andthe following- creditors :—J. B. King, Geo.Cozens and McQuay. .

Mr Geo. Cozens thought the debtor hadbeen more foolish than anything else,borrowing money to back other people'sbills. ' , , .

Mr King said it was a clear case of mis-

fortune. Like a great many other people,Mr Lord had been mixed up with property,and had suffered. He moved, "That in

the opinion of this meeting, and as itappears the bankruptcy of Mr J.

Owen Lord was brought aboutby pure mis-

fortune, it be an instruction to the OfficialAssignee to facilitate the debtor« d»-

ChM?6Cozens said he would have pleasurein "seconding this if a clause be added to theeffect that if in the event of Mr Lord beingre-instated a? Registrar, he put aside tIOOper annum from his salary for thepurpose ofrepaying his creditors in full without in-

terest. After some discussion the motionn. carried, tke words "or such sum as

tfc* (scva a?avorder,"bong added thereto.

CHARGE AGAINST ASOLICITOR.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESSASSOCIATION.)

1 Wellington, this day.In the Appeal Court to-day, the chargesbrought by the Otago Law Society againstRowlatt, solicitor, were argued. Therewere twocharges. The first was of servinga party with a document purporting to bea copyof aR.M. Court summons, althoughno summons was actually issued. Thesecond was of receiving money to appearin a case, and failing to appear.

In answer to the first, llowlatb pleadedthab he had intended to immediately get asummons issued by the clerk, bub couldnot owingto it being a Court holiday.

In answer to the second he pleadedillness.

The Courtaccepted his explanationas bothe firsc charge, bub held him guilbyof grave indiscretion, and on thesecond charge guilby of negligence,bub nofraudulent intent. The Court con-sidered the six,months' suspension alreadyincurred 6ufficienb punishmenb, and dis-charged him. Rowlatt has bo pay 17s costs.

MARKET TELEGRAM

Pee New Zealand Loan and Mercantile. Agency Company (Limited).

London, May 5,

Wool: The sales closed firmly this day.Sinceclose oflast sales, greasy merinosuperis^dtoldperlb lower ; washed super,preasymerino medium, inferior and fine greasycrossbred are $d per lb higher $■' scouredmerino super, and scoured merino mediumand inferior aroId per lb higher; fine washedcrossbred and fine scoured crossbred areto Id per lb higher ; medium washed cross-bred, medium scoured crossbred, and coarsegreasycrossbred are Jd to Id per lb higher ;coarsewashedcrossbred,coarsescoured cross-bred and greasy crossbred lambs are perlb higher. Other descriptions unchanged.The total quantity sold during the pasbsales is 324.000 bales, of which 195,000baFes have been taken for the Continentand 5,000 bales for America. It is esti-mated bhab 30,000 boles have been heldover for future disposal.

Alfred Wells, of Auckland, insuranceagent, to-day tiled,apetibion to be adjudgeda bankrupt.

MrP. Doran andCo. will eive a "people'spopular concert" in the City Hall nextSaturday evening.

* .THE AUCKLAND STAB, THURSDAY, MAY A im

iVinted and Published by tho P"prtet»::HENRY BPuETT of liiko Takapyna. »tg .GeneralPrfaUwf Offlcc. iMiortLvnd W>dstreets in Uio Province «rf AuctlaJiO. »"

May <>, 139* T'}

8

T> r:' ice op bread.

On and after MONDAY NEXT, the under-signed will -Sell and Deliver Bread at tliefollowing:'rates:—

Prompt Full Settlement of Weekly orMonthly Accounts, paid on or beforethe 15thof each month,

2Jd FEU LOAF.CurrentJßunningAccounts -will be charged

3d PER LOAF.Thomas Wilsox .1. Burton

" A. Cowxky P. CroweT. NArRN W. BUCHANiN.

TRAYED, from Rocky Nook, BlackHorso. rope on neck, white hairs on tail.

Reward on delivery.-Ueo.Morley, Cooiubos'sArcade.

Auctions-

TO-MORROW (MARKET DAY} ab theCENTRAL AUCTION MART, at 10.30.

Removed to Mart forConvenience of Sale.

PART OF ASSIGNED STOCK ofClothing, Boots,Blankets. Hats. Saddlery,

Bridles. Harness, Mii3ical Instruments,Watches. Jewellery,Brushes,Chairs,Couches,Mattresses, etc,, etc.

C, E. PAGET, Auctioneer./-^NEHUNGA.-MONDAY, May Bth,

at 11 o'clock, at: the residence of Mrs JohnKilgour. Princess-street, the Household Furni-ture and Effectswill be sold by public auction,consisting of Iron and Wood Bedstead,ChestDrawers. Chairs, Tables, Oilcloth, No. 7 Mis-tress Stove, with other effects, the whole tobe jsold without reserve, by order Mrs John Kil-gour.—C. K. Paget. Auctioneer.

TO-MORROW,At 10.30 a.m, sharp.

AT CRAIG'S COAL SHED, RAILWAY'WHARF.

Ex Prosperity, from Rockbatnpton.

BONEDUST !f>ONEDUST!JL>

Postponed from Wednesday, owing to theincletnency of the weather.

On Account of Whom it May Concern.

Delivery to bo taken from Shed immedi-ately after sale.

GABRIEL LEWIS & CO.Havereceived instructions to sell To-morrow

at 10.30sharp,ex Prosperity.

1 Q TONS BONEDUST.

Without Reserve. Terms Cash.

Analysisat Mart.

' TO-MORROW.

THE HAY MARKET.For Sale,at 12 o'clock noon,

A CHESTNUT FILLY, rising 4-year-old, by Howitzer, dam Prima Donna ;, underpony height.

A BROWN" GELDING, rising 4-year-old, byHowitzer,dam half-bred mare.

ALFRED BUCKLAND & SONS,! Auctioneers.

TO-MORROW,FRIDAY, sth MAY, 1893,

At 12 o'Clock Noon.

TO MINE AND BATTERY OWNERS.

By Order of the Registrar of the SupremeCourt, on behalfof the Mortgagee.

G. W.BINNEY & SONS

Have received instructions to sell by publicauction at their Mart. Fort-street, Auckland,onFriday, sth May, 1893, at noon precisely,

A LL THAT PARCEL OF LAND com-_3, prising 2a 2r 4p. more or less, situate atKuaotunu, in the Provincial District of Auck-land, known as -'Curtis' Batterysite, beingcoition of a block of land,known as KuaotunuNo. 2 B Block, held under an agreementfor alease, dated the sth November,1890, from RobertCon.or to William Curtis for a term of 21yonf-l from the 17th day of December,1890,atthe Annual Rent of £20. together with theBuildings erected on the said Land, andthe fixed Motive Powers, Steam and otherEngines,Boilers,andall other the fixed appur-teuaueesof the Motive Powers. Also the fixedPower Machinery, Shafts,Wheels,Drums andtheir fixed appurtenances with the hteara, tras,and Water Pipes used in or attached to the saidBnildingaor nny of them, or aflixf^d to the saidLand.

For further particulars apply to C. W, Care-JEsq., Solicitor. Palmerston Buildings, Aucfcland, or to theAuctioneers,

Q. W. BINKEY& SONS.

Auctions.TO-MORROW, at 11 o'Clock.

MARKET DAY AUCTION MARKET.Ab ARTHUR'S MART,

To-morrow, at 11o'clock a.m.,

POULTRY—Fowls for the Table andYard, Chickens, Turkeys, Goblers,and

Hens. Ducks. Geese.Pigeons.Ac 12o'clock noon, FRUIT of all kinds in

Season,from some of the best orchards—Desserl and Cooking Apples (free from moth),Pears, Quinces, Walnuts, Tomatoes,PadsionFriiit, Island Oranges.

DAIRYFARM, & GARDEN PRODUCTS-First-class Fresh Bntter. fresh-laid Eggs, goodlocal cured Bacon and Hams. Al Cheese,goodHoney, Table Potatoes,Kumeras, Pumpkins,Onions, Carrots, Vegetables, Fowl Wheat,Barley. Oats,Sharps, Bran.

GROCERIES. ETC.-Tea, Biscuits, GingerNuts, TERMS-Cash beforedelivery.

tITiTorr oTw (FrTd a~y),Ab 10.30 o'Clook.

J. JONESWiJI sell by public auction To-morrow (Fri-

day) at 10.30o'clock, at his Mart. 215,Queen-Street,

T>OTATOES-Local and Waikabo.PRODUCE. Etc. - Maize. Wheat, Oats,

(seed and feed), Sharps, Bran. Maize, Meal.Chaff,GrassSeed,CocksfootandBye, Biscuit3,Lollies. Tea. Coffee,Eggs, Butter in kegs andpats, S. Wairoa Cheese, old CanterburyCheese.

VEGETABLES—Pumpkins. Mangolds. Car-rots (red and white;, Swede Turnips, and allNegetables in season, Ouionsin sacks and bags,Tomatoes.

FRUIT-Assorted Apples (dessertand cook-ing),Figs, P. Fruit, Lemons,etc., etc.

FOWLS.Sundries,and 15drums of Linseed Oil.

J. JONES,.Auctioneer.

Outdoor Sales Conducted in Town orCountry.

' TO-MORROW, 10 o'Clock.MARKET DAY, AGRICULTURAL

HALL AND CITY MARKET.For Sale by Auction,

POULTRY, FANCY BIRDS. J FIGS,

" SPORTING DOGS,DEAD RABBITS, PRODUCE, DAIRY

PRODUCE, VEGETABLES, FRUIT,etc., etc., etc.

10 o'Clock-TjIRESH VEGETABLES —JIJ All in season.11 o'CIock—POULTRY-Full market, all

varieties. _, ,2 o'Clock-Pigs, etc.; 10 Young Pure Black

Berkshire Pigs and others, Irish Setter Dog,Monkey, etc. .

11 o'CIock—PRODUCE—FuII supply in alldepartments.

12.50o'Clock-DAIRY PRODUCE-Full sup-plyin all departments. Also, 30 SacksOysters.

2 o'Clock-FRUIT-Fullmarket. All choicelocal Fruit in season. Inspection invited.

ALEX. AITKEN, Auctioneer.

ESAM and ARTHUR.

B. J^ ESAM] [C ARTHUR

TO-MORROW,11 o'Clock.

POULTRY, PRODUCE, FRUIT.

ESAM AND ARTHURWill sell by auction,at their Mart, Queen-street

(opposite Savings Bank), to-morrow, at 11o'clock,

POULTRY — Fowls, Turkeys, Ducks,Geese, etc.

PRODUCE-250 sacks Hobavt Potatoes,Mangolds, Bran, Sharps, Chaff. Maize. Onions,Chafl', Wheat, Pickling Onions, Pumpkins,Carrots,Kumeras.

Bacon and Hams, Fresh Butter, in lib andJib pats, from Whangarei, Waikato. Waiuku.Pukekohe,etc.. Salt Butter,Eggs, Cheese.

Assorted Vegetables,GlassShow Case,ScalesandWeights.

FRUIT, at 1o'Clock Sharp.Lemons, Apples, Cape Gooseberries,Toma-

toes. Water Melons, etc.Ordersnowbeing booked for a limited quan-

tity of guaranteed first-class Shepherds' SeedPotatoes.W. S. COCHRANE] IJAS. DAOEB

TO-MORROW,Ab 11 o'Clock.

DRAWING & DINING ROOM SUITESM.K. DUCHESS SUITE

WALNUT TABLES, CARPETSBRASS-MOUNTED BEDSTEADS

LINOLEUM, DINNER SERVICEHOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

The subscribers will sell by auction at theirRooms, Queen-street,on Friday next, at 11o'clock, .''

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.' consisb-ing of—Riinu Suite, 9 pieces, in chintz,

Leatherand Horsehair CoveredSuites.SuiteinWalnut and Figured Rep, Sidebards. ChiffonierOctagon. Round, and Oval Tables, TapestryCarpet, Carpet Squares. Fenders and Irons.Brass-mounted Bedsteads,W.W. Spring andFlax Mattressas. Kapok andFeather Beds andPillows. Palliasses. Blankets, Sheets. Quilts.M.K. andßimu ChestsDrawers, Wa'hstandsandWare, Mirrors, Dressing Tables. Iron andWood Cots,Bookshelves,CurtainPoles aud Cur-tains. Austrian Chaii-3, Lamps. Clocks, CutleryCrockery. Dinner and TeaServices, Baths,Kit-chen Utensils, etc., etc.. etc.

SAMUEL COCHRANE k SON,Auctioneers.

W. S. COOHKANEj [JAS. DACKB

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10.

14 ACRES LAND, EPSOM.

TO BE LEASED FOR 21 YEARS,

The subscribers will lease by auction, at theirRooms, Queen-street,on Wednesday, May 10at 12 o'clock.

By order of the Agent of the Public Irustee,For a term of 21 years,

HOSPITAL RESERVE, EPSOM—Part Lot 13,Section 12, containing 14

acres and 36 perches, fencedand in grass; situ-ated near Royal OakHotel.

SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON,Auctioneers. .

W. S. COCHKANE] [JAS. DACKE

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

SMALL FARMS AT HENDERSON.FROM 4 TO 30 ACRES.

The Subscriberswill sell by auotion,earlyin May,

A NUMBER OF SMALL FARMS OFFROM 4 TO 30 ACRES GOOD LAND,

well-situated at HENDERSON, many havingwater frontages,and all easyof access.

Terms—One-ThirdCash,balance at 6 per cent.

FOR ABSOLUTE SALE.Full Particulars in future issue. Plans in

Preparation.SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON,

Auctioneers.

"LAND. .'LAND. LAND.TOWN t COUNTRY LANDS.

HAYMARKET, SATURDAY, 6th MAY,Ab 11 a.m.

(Immediately beforetho Produce Sale),The undorsisined has received instructions to

sell by publicauction as nbova,

LOTS 182, 1:95, 196 and 197, Section 1,Town of Tauranga, containing 0a 3r Bp,

with frontages to Durham and Grey-Btreets.Part Lota 86' and 87. Parish of Te Papa, 100

icres fenced aa-d subdivided into five gooaDaddocks. mostly in grass. Good Dwelling oflour rooms, dairy. Stable,cowshed,outbuild-ings, «tc.; Orchard,one acre.Lot Asl and »art of Lot 113. Parish le Papa,

511a 2r Op, knervyn as Denny's form. A largeportion ofthis is easily drained swamp, with arood fall to the Wairoa Rirer. A mam dramwas run throng thi* swaaay,und only requiresopening up. Distance from Tauranga, 2J miloß.

TERMS AT SALE.All information concerningthe abovem»T ke>

abtaiueil onapplication to, fii.VID LUN DON.

) .ABCtioneor.^■■-

Public Notices.

AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONof Aucklandis givenin Brett's Almanac

Price, OneShilling. Sendto distant frionda.A UCKLAND MERCHANTS' AND

A. TRADESMEN'S ACCOUNT COLLECT-ING & DEBT RECOVERY ASSOCIATION.

Terms from I\°/. upwards.WMi 6. DURHAM,

Manager.Nos. 1 and 2, Mercantile Chambers, Queen-st

NearBank of New Zeaiand.

BASSINETTES, Perambulators, Go-Carts. Dolls' Prams, etc. Best value in

town. Cash or deferred payments.—C. Snntn sAuckland Perambulator Depot, Queen-street(a few doors aboveMilne and ChoycesK

BASSINET FeRAMBULATORS -Elegant, durable; cash or deferred pay-

ments. — McLeod Bros., Perambulator andWick'erware Makers, foot of_Upper_Queen-st.

CHEAP^PAPERHANGINGS — Just)received a largevarietyof Paperhangings

(latestpatterns).—X. Dnnne,top of Grey-street,Importer of Paperhangings, "to. lelepnone548.

i~IART COVERS "07AGON COVERSStrong, Durable, PJiable. Light, Rot-proof,

Vermin-proof. Waterproof, will not crack.Sizesfrom 8 by 6 to 24 by IS.

HORSELOIN COVERS.DRAYMEN'S WATERPROOF CAPES.

A. YOITn¥~AND CO..FOKT-STRKBT.

OGGS DEAR. EGG POWDER CHEAP.

■FpGG' "pOWDER,ACapital Substitute for Etrgs in Calces,Pastry,

Puddings, Buns,Pancakes,etc.SIXPENCE PER TIN.

ASK- T?OH mUCKER'S,sk .Tor Luckeku

TOOR THE BEST VALUBIN

BLANKETS,

FLANNEL3,AND

SEASONABLE DRAPEBY,

GO TO . .p USHBROOK, ONEDDEN & pO.'B,

Dinner Importers,

KHAKDIO&,QUEENSTREET,

AtrcKi-AirD,

pSAfEE JJ B O 5.,

STOCK and SHAREBROKERS,No. 3. Stock Exchange, and 97, Queen-atreet.

Auokland; alao at Albert-atreet,Thames.Bharolnvestor3'GuideforvrardedonapplicaUon

GREY-ST. LOAN OFFICE (middle ofGrey-street).—Money Lent on Watches

Jewellery, Clothing, and Every Description ofMoveableProperty.—JohnBunyun.

DON'T FAIL TO INSPECTTHK

BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYOF

MILLINERY, MANTLES, ..JACKETS,FUR BOAS,

AND SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, 'NOW ON VIEWAT

TT» USHBROOK,qNEDDEN & riO.'Sj,,

104 and 105. QUEEN STREET, /AaOKIiAKD.

■]V|"R S. GILBERT begs to inßerm his

friends and the general public'thathe

hasremoved a few doors higher up tine street,

next to Kohn, Jeweller.S. OILBERT, Chemist.,120,Queen-street.

■^ 0 T 1,0 B.

OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENTIsnow fullystocked with every description of

SEASONABLE A/PPAREL

BOYS' AND aiEN'S WEAR.

MACKINTOSHES AND OVERCOATSla gt eat variety.

■oushbrook;, cjnedden, & r*o.,

MANTJTACTTIREBS& DIRECT IMPORTERS,10*AND 105,QUEEN STREET.

Auckland.

"mUNRD AND "O ETXI RE D.1

PIANOS "\ By G. RICHARDSON,■ ORGANS (EnglisliCertiflcatedTuner 'AUTO HARPSi anaRepairer, 150,Queen-&c. &c. )ST.(the Musical Budjrot).

S O* O~ W-.. "'. M" A Y\ESTATE' OF THOMAS CAMPBELL

(DECEASED).

All Accounts owing by the-above must besent in tous, and all Accounts duo tothe abovemustbepaid tous, onor before13thMay inst.

HESKETH & RICHMOND,Solicitors for the Estate.Auckland, May 3.1893.

_^

Corporation Notices.

piTY OF AUCKLAND.

TO PARENTS AND HOUSEHOLDERS.

It is necessary under the provisions of the[ Public Health Act, that all cases ot Contagious■ Disorders where no member <i£the mndiC"]i profession is eniDloyecl, should at once be

reported by the Hnuseholiiei1,The medical profession are (when employed)

required toreport.The penalty for non-compliance with theprovisions of the Act is aFino of Ton Founds.

P. A. PKIUPS,- «, ■-~ «^ Tciwo 0!«rk-Town Clerk'aOffice.May 4.1890. 439A

Photo?ra9tt?>1 ■-——■"?

r\KLY FIRST-CLASS WORK.OPALETTE PICTURES AND

OTHER NOVELTIES. .Inspection* _s^

Invited. .aSJ? J^^ Chiidren's>^C«^ Portraits and

& Family Groups>r A SPECIALTY.

Results Guaranteed.■y^ IJ4> qdeeN-STRBET.- AUCKLAND

(Opposite the UnionBank).

3 ENAMELLED CABINETS CSt*

FOR GOOD WORK AND PROMPTDELIVERY,

GOTOnRRGORV

CORNER OF QUEEN& WELLESLEY-STS,ENLARGEMENTS.

All negatives taken by us at PonsonbyRoadrombved toQueen-st. Copies may be hadL

PHOTOGRAPHER,'QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND.

Mr EDWARDS, finding that many of hisfriends and patrons have been nnable to takeadvantage of the opportunity afforded themduringthe short season of three months;willcontinue till further notice to produce 3CABINETSfor &/-.

O r\ ABINE TS, . Kfm

Gazette in Bankruptcy-

T N BANKR.U PTC Y.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BANK.RUPTCY HOLDEN AT AUCKLAND.

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act,1883,"and the amendments thereof, andof theBankruptcyof Edward Hughes,ofAuckland. Detective,a Bankrupt.

Notice is hereby given that on MONDAY.the 22nd day of May, 1893, at 11 o'clock in theforeuoon, or so soon thereafter as Counselcan be heard in .that behalf, an applicationwill be made to the said Court at Aucklandthat an order of discharge be granted to theabove-namedBankrupt,

Dated this 4th dayof May, 1893.H. WILLIAMSON,

No. 3, Waite's Chambers.High-street, Auck-land, Solicitor for the Bankrupt.

T~lx BANK RUPTCY.GATENBY'S DRAPERY STOCKS,&c.

The Stocks, etc.; at Mount Eden and New-market, will be open for inspectionof intendingTenderers,on FRIDAY (To-morrow), the sthinst.,between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

JOHN LAWSOIST.Oilicial Assignee.

Auckland, May4,1893.

Late Advertisements.

WILL the Pupils of Mr Basetfc's Ele-mentary Class, and all intending

Pupils, meet at his residence,in Browne-street,to-morrow night(FRIDAY),at 7.30. _WANTED, a good, smart Message Boy

-ApplyRobert Rew, Victoria-street.ANTED immediately, a Young Girl

as General Housemaid.-Apply MrsCourtayno,St. Kilda, Upper VVynyard-street.

0 SPORTSMEN. — For Sale atAitken's Auction Mart to-morrow (Fri-

day), 1English Setter; thoroughly broken togun; retrieves either land or water.

WE have Money to lend at 5$ per centon approved first-class securities. We

have for sale Cottages, Farms. Allotments,Unimproved Land, ImprovedLand. CityWare-houses,Shops,Large Houses,Orchards,and allkinds of real estate. Excellent Farm andCidor-manufactory at Taroahere,with 60 acresin orchard, plant, stock-in-trade, a bargain.Good Factory site in Wyndham-street.—KWIN(-iTON & BAKER. .WANTED, to place a respectably

connected Girl, aged 15. as Help in nicefamily; references;country not objected to.—Address,Delta, Star Office. "ANTED to Rent, for a term, House of

5and 7 rooms, Epsom.Reinuera,or GreenLane. Also. 6 and 7 rooms. Grafton.—ApplyThos.F. Cahill,Estate Agent.87,Queen-street.WANTED, in the vicinity of Freeman's

Bay, aFurnished Room with fireplace,for married couple,—Address Immediate,StarOfflce;

WANTED to Purchase, Cottage of4 or 5 jrooms, in or nearAuckland; price, about£70.—Applyby letter, givingfull particulars, toL.S.,P.0., Devonport.im b r s a L c.

SUBURBAN DAIRY FARM of 22 acresofgood laud, 3 acresorchard, balance in grass; 5rooms and outbuildings, dairy giving goodre-turn ; plentyof water, well fenced and sub-divided ; 5 miles from town, 15 minutes' fromstation. Price,£650. Easy terms.—Applyto

THOS. F. CAHILL,Estate Agent, 87, Queen-street.

OR SALE, Coal and Firewood Tard,wellsituated. Splendidopeningfor a man

with a little capital.—Apply Star Otiice.

TO~77ETTHardinge-street, good.Dwel-ling of 7 large and lofty rooms andbath-

room, detached wash-house and storeroom, inthorough order, gas and water. To good ten-ant, moderate rent.—Thos. F. Cahill, Agent, 87,Queen-street.

A UCKLAND NAVAL ARTILLERY.jf^_ _,The Usual Parade will take place TO-MOR-

ROW (Friday), May s—For Torpedo Instruc-tion, at Drill-shed; for Gunnery,at Fort caut-loy. By order.

C.LITTLE.Officer Commanding A.N.A.V.

mHEOSOPHY.A LECTURE will be deliveredin theChoral

Hall, on SUNDAY EVENING next, by MRSCOOPER- OAKLEY (co-worker with MrsBesantatthe headquarters) on THEOSOPHY.Doors open 7.45;commence8,15. Collection atclose.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES._____Notice is hereby given that the

parcel of Land hereinafter described will bebroughtunder the provisions of "The LandTransferAct, 1885,"unless caveat in the mean-time be lodged forbidding the same in eachcase onor boforethe oth June, 1893.

JOHN MOORE Parts of Lots 4 and 5. ofthe Subdivision of Allotment 1, Parishof Tamahere, containing 40 acres. Inthe occupation of tenant. 3018

Diagrams maybe inspectedat this office.Dated this 29th day of April, 1893. at the

LaudsRegistry Ofljce. Auckland.THEO. KISSLING,District Land Registrar.

TO BEGUILE (andultimately to befool)APPEARS THE FASHION TO-DAY.

As burst-up banks,buildingsocieties.Civil Service,co-operativea, etc., testify.But that sort of thingwont' do for

WHITEHEAD'S TEA CUSTOMERS.Ho has educated theiii to be judgesoCqualityand valueand the wayhe keepsit up. is by himsnlf knowing WHAT.. W UKRE. and WHEN TO BUY; andplease note, the >COFFEES. CHICORY, PEPPER cfcLINSEEDaye «J1 ground in the shop inpresenceof

thecustomers.FRE.DK. WHITEHEAD.Tea Specialist, Manu-facturer of Sauce, Baking Powder, Essence,

of Coffee and Chicory, and Agent forRobson's Unfermcnted Wines.

95, VIUTOKIA■gTR EE T.

Amusements.

GI T V R A L I IPeople's Popular Entertainments, coinmenc. "'■!

ingSATURDAY. May 6th. 15 Wale and FenialaIVariety Artists, new and old favonriteß, will; Iappear.Special EngagementofBanard'e Latest 9

Seasation. i ! . tj^mSomething New and Novel. 1

Particulars sco Day BillOur Prices-

Dress Circle, la: Stalls, 6d..D' "ifVONPORT PARISH" SOCIALS,OPENING NIGHT,

FRIDAY, MAY sth. 1OT. SEPULCHRE'S CODERSAZIOJNB 4

SCHOOLHOUSK,SYMONDS-Sr.

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1833.

Vocal and Instrumental Music, Photographs, Bllioroscopes, etc.

Commenceat 7.30 p.m. Admission,6d. .^TOLANTIiE SOCIAL REUNIONS. I

The first of the above Re-unions will talce 'placein St.George's Hal), on FRIDAY.May,i2, Iat 8p.m. Byinvitation only. M.C.'s,Messrs Q.iGood(late ofthe Dorothy) and L. Fowler. Nospectators,

F. CLEAL, Hon. Seo. 1OROTHY QUADRILLE ASSEMBLY",

The above will holdtheirFORTNIGHTLY SOCIALS

TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING.'Inthe

ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Newton.By invitation only. Nospectators,'

FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL|4OPENING OF SEASON! ,;|

SATURDAY NEXT, 6th MAY.AT POTTER'S PADDOCK-

Sbnior Cup Matches.Ponsonby v. NewtonGraftonv. Suburbs. . .

AT NORTH SHORE- MParnell v. NorthShore. I

Admission. 6d; Grandstand.6d extra. Ladies Ifree toboth Groundand Stand. Return fare by Icar (includingadmission to Ground).Is. J

G..11. DiXON. Secretary A.R.U. I

Meetings- 1A SSOCIATION FOOTBALL.!A General Meeting of Players and others in-; j

terested in theadvancement of the abovegameIwill be held in the Large Room (No. 30),New /Zealand Insurance Company's Building, '.THIS (Thursday) EVENTING, May 4th, at Ieighto'clock. CHAs:c>DACRE(

Hon. Sec. .'T>ONSONBY FOOTBALL CLUB.|

ASpecial Meeting of the Club will be held Iin All Saints' SchoolroomTHIS EVENING at7.30 p.m.

Every member requested to attend.A. W. MUNDY,

lion. Seo.A UCKLAND"LTTERAHY SOCIETIES' IJ\_ UNION.

SECONDUNION PARLIAMENTWill be opened at "V.M.C.A. Rooms by Sir ;;Maurice O'Rorke TO-MORROW (Friday);EVENING. Members must he in their placespunctually at half-past 7. Visitors cordially;inVited ■ A. A. HOUGH.' ii

Clerk A.U.P. j

OWERA GOLD MINING COMPANY:(LIMITED).

An Extraordinary General Meeting of theShareholderswill be held at the Company'sOffice. New Zealand Insurance Buildings, iAuckland, on THURSDAY, the 18th day ofMay, 1893,at the hour of 12noon. ;.

Business :To consider the Company's position, flnan-■cial and otherwise, and to pass such ,

resolution or resolutions in reference;,thereto as maybe approved oL . [ka

D. G. MacDONNELL.""■ Secretary.

Auckland, May 3,1893. $T^TORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY jJ^| . . (LIMITED).

Notice is herebygiven that the Annual Meet- ;me of the Shareholdersof this Companywill beheld in the Company's Office,Palmerston Build- \intrs. Queen-street,on FRIDAY, May 5, at 2o'clock p.m.. for the purpose of receiving theReport of theDirectors and Balance-sheetforthe year ending 31st March last, and for any ;otln^rbusiness that may be brought beforethemeeting

By orderof the Board of Directors.

CHARLES RANSON, 'Manager. !:Auckland, April27,1893.

IVTORTHERNSTEAMSHIP COMPANY:J3i (LIMITED).

TheTransfer Books of this Company will ba 1Closed from SATURDAY, 29th. inst., to MON-'DAY, May8,both days inclusive.

By order of the Board of Directors.CHARLES RANSON.

Manager. 'Auckland. April27, 1893.

Tenders.

TJ M. S. KATO 0M B L

Tenders are invited for Making Good Engi-neer'sDefects of H.M.S.Katoomba.

Specifications, etc., may bo obtained on appli-cation to CaptainA. K. Bickford. C.M.G..whodoes notbindhimself to accept tho lowest oranytender.

Tenders to be lodged on board by noon 01SATURDAY, 6th May, 1893. .:A SSIGNED ESTATE OF G. R.J\. MOORE AND CO., OF GISBORNE,

DRAPERS.Tenders addressed to the undersignedwill be

received at tho shop; Gisborne, to noon onMONDAY, the 15th May, for the following

lots:-., ■Lot 1-Stock-in-Trade, amountingto £1,300.|Lot 2—Lease of the Shop.

Tenders may be for both or separately, te*".ders for both to have tho preference.

Stock Sheetsand conditions on the premises ,aad at ouroffices,Wellingtonand Auckland. 'The highest or any tender not necessarily,

aCC6Pted- COOK & GRAY.Trustees,

Auckland, April 27,1893.

mo BUILDERS.-Tenders will be re-..1 ceivedup to MAY 12thfor the Krecjaoß,;,

of Hotel atKuaorunu. Plansand specificationat Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co.'s. Shortland-street. , ... —'mENDERS FOR BUSH FELLIISO..

The New Zealand Thames ValleyLandCompany (Limited), invite

TENDERSFOR BUSHFELLING at HAXGA,j PATETERE,

InBlocks of, say, 250 Acres.Specifications can be seen at the Company8

Offices,Auckland andLichfield; and G. Ormsby.

Hanga, will point onttlie boundaries to intending contractors.

Contracts maybe arranged with tho ManagW.atLichfield. !

MAIUC HARRISON.Manasor.

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