the hawke's bay herald. - papers past · the hawke'sbayherald.;79g4i;,...

The Hawke's Bay Herald.[£RICE ONE'PMnS'.I;79g4i;, {PUBLISHED, EVERY MOBNING.) . NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, jLBBt. PER QUARTER,DTJOIVANOB 89M'lpoataaa extra**ER QUARTER,Booked >.. 7s6dft

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TJirANTEDjalbHoronghlygoodPlain";;'-H---■ :.T"''! Cook (Female),.witEgoodreferences', -if;1

(no others need apply),for waipawaDistrict:.Hospital.' ForparuoularHapply personallyto --.:/'Dr. J.Reed,waipuknnra. . 918 ■>

Wanted;« Man who thoroughlyy-'4..nnderatands ploughing, ninohinery. ':'

, and stack building;able to take charge of,."ft1generalfanri work. A single manpreferred;-- -.7?reference required;liberal wages. Applyto HA.M'Hakdy.BlackHead. SOI

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' :"■-""'.; ,m*tta, - '.'''%%. ■■>: -TO BRICKLAYERS. . V,^"iXTANTED, up to noon on-Wl- -:■TT -DAY,Tenders for theErection ofthe " -I

Boiler EngineHouse at the N.B. and H.B.' .;

, new FreezingCompany's WprKS. Plans ana:.;;>^Specifications to;be seen" on tho Works.1:";'GISNWNNINO AND GBWFIN. : -980' -',;"

W' AN*ED KNOWN-Anyperson.'"/<:■ entering my 'premises.in HersoheK'.''

street andstealfngniyFigswillbeprosecuted.V ,\A. B. Wakd. . SW9 ,';

WANTED KNOWN— For,Sale, ■.'.5LargeStock Garden Watering Cans V.

(painted green), neatly and. strongly made; ,/.■;.varioussfees; 3qt.2s6a'each;lqt.3s,Bqt.3s6d,

-,:

Bqt.Is,lOqt.4s 6d;andamiscellaneousassort- ;":.;-:mentof allkinds otGardenImplements. C.

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K and H. Gibbons, Horticultural Sundries- V "',«men,Hastingg-street,Napier. Si9/■>;/[?.

WPEEBBLE lands this week V"""IslandandSydney Oranges,Lemons, '■■":■-1Pines,,Cherry^-Plums.".and Apples. Also.. ■■i->\SmokedSohnapper.Codfish,Barracoutta, and 1:-.FRESH OYSTERS. , . '90S'

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n|^HEUndersigned is inpossession v>.X- -of>>a speedy and permanent Cure for '■'-Neuralgia', Toothache, and Rheumatism. ::.

Outward application only. Messages left)MbN.Jacobsprompt'y attendedto. i

■ ';'' ' -"jr. GOLDSTUCKER" ..-X

617 "..--'Shakespeare-road. :. ";.

WANTED' KNOWN— That Wat. i,î-'BuRNErandCo.have started,bust-.:'.'".

neas'nest to JensenandMollor's, Emerson-- '

Btreet,:1Napier, as Hatters Hosiers, and ';-;■'.'Gentlemen's Mercers.^ fi39 "*'<;'l■\t7ANTEDi.KNOWN— That you >v.T.TVr cam- be, supplied with a .first-class ~"1---article at alow price at Burnet andCo.' b

- <;vSEnjerson-street,Napier.',, , .■- . .510.'.^'

M' iSS STEWART,Dressmaker.has"■■"'.■:'J-Removed to Herschel-street,next to T> ■

LargeandTownleysShowrooms. "97"":":■:,;j

BOARD AND .RESIDENCEtHbtÎ;'andColdBath; Piano; termsmoderate;■ '■;■■)->."'

Stratford Lodgb, Shakespâre-road; one -";.■*■;. '.Minute from Poafrofflce. . 390.

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WANTED KNOWN^-That .Hats^: "-&?,aridCap'4 ofeverydescription canbe vV:h:'*ohtainettatreaßonablopricesialßo, anyspecial 'uy,;---BhSttedr'Bhademade to'orderatBcbnbtand

'"-y \Co/s,Einerson-Btreet, Napier. , '"'.' i641-».V~-':Tp'HE'cWomen's'-Hoin^ Goote-rb'ad; .<

:;>?■'■JL,* Napier.'affbrdsgoodaccommodation for ..,\

-all respectable femalesi'iFriendless girlsand

''■: <V'others acoking: employment'will' findamost i>~ ■ ■

'comfortablehomeatmoderate terms,lEvery':":.;facility will be'giyen themfar-obtaining em- ,v v>:vrployment'. Laundry work and Needlework'/':■-a.'■',exeitttedj- '-■"..""-'-'■ r\ .;-:" ."■ .r . :.-'.:,.-.'■■/.;";

"IÂNTED f.KKOWN-ETThaitr w->%''';■>■ jrlf-i-'have anextensiveandvariedassort. %"*■? "■■'raentof White.:Regattai.and Oxford-Shirta "■.

-■:inieltfht.cinalitieß;iftlso, Shirts of everyde. vsoripaon'made:to.measure. Burnet and

''■".■-■Co.,Emorson;Btreet,Napier,-: <-,: ",-. '";.sa "A' ;;.-:

TtrAN^D^NOWNrr-.ât'rtouV-/-'.Q'.'TT ""SteWlp 'of.HostenîsilaSje and]well,/,'A j-iCottons;'"Merino,' aid'Cashmere; a ohoica"£' :o:rangeortSUkand^SpunHpsjew.lnaU colors .;J.. ~*ings;Undei!MSandPantsofeverydescrip. ■,/.tion-St'Burnetand Co.'s, Emerson-street; :."{V,iNapier. . . " ' &'vvV:-

WAOTEb^^K^.bWN^That'.a"^ HReftister of 'persons needingemploy. ' . 'ment is keptatJhe. Charitable AidOffice.' :'. -

Market-street,Napier. ' 425 -. .■'-:':

WANTM),vKROWN —That our' "; 'i''StookofTies,'Scarfs,Squares,Braces,Belts,and.Collars, for.variety.andpriceaio ■'; ■"unequalled"in Town.- Bdrnbt and Co.

'''■Eraereon.-stoeet»Napier)- , . " SU,

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:WAr^Btis^^TITANTED KNOWN

—That you

'!' 1-.■"JiT-'.-'CBn have a useful Hand-bag.fqr.-3s ■-; . sUd, atßtnoraWcAND Co.'sHatandCapPepotV,i;Emerson-street,-Napier;, .: -'. '-. :-m.j..;..i^rioPPER" pmt£' !pßb<Tma:#® ;'%\J VisitingCards,Bui-heads',andallkfndji'-..:-

.iofCopper-plate Printingareexecutedattho?t.<.Herald Offlce.,Only Copper-plate Printing;;:'1:" .estaolishmentin theprovince.

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LETTERPRESSPRfNTnrGv-ThbKf;i;iHERALD Jobbing Departmentiß.tto'.jV.i.

MostExtensiveandCompleteEstablfsMieniFjvStSSInHawke'aBay* NonebutFlret-ola«,WOTte';%>!toôut Prices as .Low asany

;|^^Â CCOTJNTBOOKS.-TheHipaKlc|A. Offlce.isfitted with ruling and.paging^Jf -<machines.' i\nd aU appliances necessaryJtQStfe-%flrst-class workin account books.v-AUbooksj l^handßewn.^

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MABCTNIO HOTEE^Si-lif1!NAPIER. -CriJ -i^'xî

R SMITH,late o£ Maungatoro 'k.l%" haaieh'tered into possession'orthl»:: :?t,?5

well-knownHotel, whichhasrecently-been v>r-ênlarged' and re-furnished until it willbear .- .. 4comparison with the best hotels in New; :;;SSealand. "-

' - --■-':C- ' "->'' Special attention has beenpaidtothepro. . -J;

vMoh'.bt accommodation forFanvUles,and,a. i.separateprivate entrancehasbeenprovided. -.■]■- CommeroiaT men i>dll find well-lighted. -.--;"*Sample-rooms, and the' best Commeroiai . ,";■.room in'New' Zealand, well supplied with -?',;Homearid'Colonialpapers andbooks. . -

'■- " .;;■;'Anycommunications addressed tothepro.■ ' .r\,

prietor-striotlyattendedto. . .',-:- c.i;"s"miT'H., 95 ;^

BURTONBROS.":j/ ?{PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEW ZEA-~ H

LAND SCENERY .'

\<.Canbe obtainedfrom Mrs Tuxpobd,Emer- . *

-Bon-street,orfromMnW. Wood, "■!". . -Browning-street. ' 232 . ,:"

PETER aiLLESPIE. <fPLUMBER AND TINSMITH .' v!

■ SHEET ZINC AND GALVANISED-IRONWORKER. .; .

Everydescription of Tinware madeandre. " '"rpaired; Water and Gas laid on: Shower, v "Hip,andSpongeBathsmade toorder. . . ';

Emkrson-stbbet,Napikb. ;"'"'»■

W. T. SABIN,VETERINARY SURGEON , ;:

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary ,:-.;- Surgeons,London), .KAIKORA, HAWKE'S BAY. . .■.;.-";

THE Diseases of Horses andother. '■■■■DomesticatedAnimals treatedonScien- :;-?

UfloPrincipals. Medicines for thesame sup- ..":pliedandoperationscarefally_perfotmed«v - '

■ .;EmbrocaHonß, White OUb, BHstertngOin^;;-p}

ments, Phjßio, and other Balls, Colio- »r4- ' "■

Fever Drinks,&c,ofbestquatity.atmoderata ..':■;charges

' --»-■■ '-_-!W. T. S. visita Hastin»B ovory Saturday, -"-'-;

andmaybe consulted atMrW. Robertson's ■ -.!-"""Shoeing Forge there, between 9 a.m". atid .-.-;¥

Good Paddocks and Accommodation' forhorsesplacedinhis carafortreatment. 133 >?:— '— — — —

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MURTON AND WHITE'S """lliHAWKE'S BAY

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UHEEP-DIPPING FLUID 'A?Manufacturedby " -

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MURTON AND WHITE, ,

Port Ahuriri, ..-" *. .'l.;^NAPIER, HAWKE'S BAY,Nj >f|

HORSE BBANft. >§|AUNDERS, GIL BERD AND tiOi!.^SOAP MANUFACTURERB,.>rj

BONEDUST AND TALLOW 1: V ,>:-^-'» MERCHANTS.

- .'> .; -:"vi"SSAsk forS. andG.sFffiST PRIZEYELLOW'^S

BOFT SOAPfor Scouringa Speoialty, ':/ |i:'Âll orders will receive our prompt'awl/ICsSibestattention. £'£43^PostalAddress— BoxW6, Napier. y -:<S,j|^j

X FDHZBALB ITDIINISHaD^/^JiiWa.vi\ ftw"*» v*rTCht«p«(t "/jPjwsaNj#\ t» 'the 'moit

-'y^^sâ' x*\ JB*borate- ' 'y^M^l^m

PIANOS.PIANOS.

:|AStES;S;li^f|rECOLLARS AND COLLARDJOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS

*JOHNEA'SDAILE AND'CO.L. .NEXyFELDSCHWECHTEN

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DEFERRED .PAYMENTS IFNECES.;

SARY.

BYRON-STREET,NAPIER. :

819

H.J.&T.STARKEY,CABINETMAKERS AND.UPHOLSTERERS, '.

Havoopened inEmerson-streetwitha choiceselectionof - ,|2J.ENERAL HOUSEHOLD FUlt-VX NITURE."' - . ;Alarge assortmentof.SINGLE.ANt) DOUBLE IRON BED-STEADS, , ■

PERAMBULATORS, BRUSHWARE,SWING TOILET GLASBES,

'

OVER.MANTEL MIRRORS, TOOET^. SETS, . . . . ' ,-TEA SETS(averyniceassortment).

,- ■ Also,, , . .;"" ; i'■PIANOS,byvarious Makers— verysuperior. instruments. , " " ■ " : .

RetailAnontsforNapier for, v- ■

THEDEFRIES'SAFETY LAMPS (Patent)'for burningMinoral;Pils,without-Dangeror Smell— Table,*Hangmg;~ andBracket.-'Wicks, Glasses,andGlobesalwaysonhand1

H.J. AND T.STARKEYEMERSON-STREET

(Next to Mr A;Remmington, Chemist).'

■-. > ■■ '/, ■"

833-

HANOS. PIANOS. PIANOS. "

. H.ITAPHTAM ; ;

HAS just received,Sampleof Oon--' signmenf,of\Pianos;to;arrive.; ThesearegenuineFJrst-olsssGerman Instruments,Trichord, Black or Walnut Frames. They

.may be had-onhire for concerta, «cc, andmay be purchased on the timo-paymentsystem.

SamplemaybeseenatH. NAPHTALI'S,

Next Collhdqe'b; . ' .;/.■

', ..;Hasttogfrstreet. 821

'"i" ■.. OHJiIBTIIIASQOODSi -y^ ""■">,

Direct fromtheManufactubebs.

THE Advertiser,has justopenedtar"Large-Assortment of.New

-Season's'Fapoyi.Goods, Stagpnery.'&c, frpm..tiie'li«Bt;

Houses.- (Desks, :WorkboSee,.Ladies Bags,Photo

'Albums, Bibles.'Church Service*,

Christmas and New Year Cards in neatvariety. Children's Gifts

—Dolls, Balls,

Beads, &C, very ijheAp: 'Art Needlework.Goods, White andColored Macrame'Thread,&o.

R. COUPLAND HARDING,Dirkot Importer,

Printer, Publisher, Bookseller, Sta-tioner, Music-seller.

HASTINGS'STREET, NAPIER 737

TANKARD'S SHOEING FORGE*

F TANKARD, for ten years witli" J.Parker and' Co., Hastings-street,*: . .:hascommencedbusinessas

FARRIER;'AND GENERAL SMTTH.IÎn the Commodious,Promises knownas tie

VULCAN FOUNDRY. "

F. Tankardhas had alarge and variedcolonialexperience,extendingovermorethan20years,includingseveral yearsatCobbandCo.'fl, Christohurch. : .Inhis new venturehe trusts by strict at-

tentiontobusiness andmoderate charges tomeritafair shareofnublio support.

F. TANKARD,VULCAN SHOEINGFORGE,

Hastings-street. 463

gfttfgaapttli ._FULTON AND SOUTHWELL). ,CLIVE-SQUARE, NAPIER, '

SEEDSMEN AND COMMISSIONAGENTS,

HavethefollowingSeasonableGoods:—FARM SEEDS.

Potatoes.— Derwents, Alpha, Schoolmaster,and Peach Blow, all imported; troe tonameandexcellentquality.

Carrots.— AltringhamandWhite Belgian.lanoolds.— LongRed,MammothLongRed,

Norbiton Giant, Yellow Tankard, and.Orange Globe. . -, ■

Turnips.— Skirvings Swede,..'Champion

Swodei Greentop Aberdeen,. PnrpletopAberdeen, Green Globe, Mammoth Pur-pletop,&c

' ' ' '-Tares, Lucerne,Rape, Lawn Grass (without,

clovers). ' ' ' ' "Beans.— Haricot,Dwarf Kidney,&o.

BluePrussian, Partrige,fco.Oata,Wheat, CapsBarley,'Bird Seed,&O.MARKETGARDENANDFLbWERSEEDS.

A Complete Stock UnsurpassedforQualityandFreshness.

ThePlanetJr.unrivalled"gardenImplementswhioh everydaygain fresh testimonialsfor thesaving-of timeandlabor effected -bytbeiruse. Theyhavebeencommendedby Messrs J. Goddard, of Havelock; H.H.Murdooh,ofHastings;G.F.Anderson,H. J. Gilberd,and C. Jones,of Taradale;andother practical gardeners who haveused them. Our stockof Planet Jr. im-plements comprise:HorseHoe andCulti-vator, Combined Seed Drill and WheelHoe, Donblo Wheel Hand Hoe, SingleWheel HandHoe, &c.Also

ChemicalManures,Guano.Bonedust &o.PULTON AND SOUTHWELL." SID

!

W. HOWE.

r<EAINANDPRODUCE STORETENNYSON-STREET

HAS FO.R SAL|E-

Bartey CocksfootBruised Oats CloversBran HrvBeans■ OnionsOats Oaten SheafaudlotherPotatoes Chan?.RyeGras3 RyeSharps WheatCarrots

AND OTHER SEEDS.

TO DESTROYOyster Scalo, CodllnMoth,Acacift,and Apple

Blight,ChorryDolphin, Mildew,&c,&o.

H. J. GILBERD,OF THE TARADALE NURSERY,

HAVING A ■"

GARDEN ENGINE, fitted with"Cyclone" and other Nozzles, is:pre-

pared to Spray and .SyringeFruit andotherTreesat >

REASONABLE RATES.;

Orders maybeloftwith, , 'MessrsRule andGlabbfSßd and C.E.and

H.Gibbons, Hastings-street,Napier. ";

H.J.GILBERD, °?885 TARADALENURSERY. :'! '

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HAWKE'S BAYTJOOK AND STATIONERYX> WAREHOUSE,

HASTINGS-STREET, NAPIER,

JOHNCRERAR, Has nowopened up>CASES OF NEW GOODS,

Specially ordered for the Coming Season.His seleotion of .SCHOOL PRIZE BOOKS ',

Will be lound oneof the best inthe Colony, -including thenewBoys' and Girls' Annuals, ;Child'sCompanion, Chatterbox,Little Folkß. '.80-Peep, The Prize, and other Serials, amall thenewestpublications from theprincipalLondonpublishers.

SPEOIALTERMS TO SCHOOL COM-MITTEES. .

CHRISTMAS AND NEW' YEARCARDS, .'AllNewandChoice Designs,including' hand-Wlnted mottoos on Ivory and Porcelain,

ell worthyofinspection. ; :Great Bargains in

CHRISTMAS PRESENTSI~CHRISTMAS PRESENTS !!

The StockthisSeasonwillbe foundreplete'

withall theLatest Noveltieain'

HandBags Dressing Bags (fitted)Work Boxes WritingDesksCnkstands Blotting Casßs

PhotoAlbnms EaselAlbumsCigarCases CigaretteCasesPhotoFrames Jewel CasesPocketBooks PnreefeLadies' Companions Tourist Cases

■ . "" AndFULL BOUND BOOKS,

Beautifully Hand-painted..SpecialNotjoe.— lnorder to give every-onean opportunityof purchasing a''Presentho whsleof the-Stook of -FancyGoods has.beenmarkedatExceptionallyLowPrioes.

JOHN CRERAR,HASTINGS-STREET, NAPIER.

710

* . 'artists1 materials,

picture [frame mouldings,

'■:'

paperhangings.

silver' looking-glass

THELARGEST AND.CHEAPEST■ STOCK INNEWIZEALAND.

SENDFOR WHAT YOU REQUIRE TO

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TE ;"AEO' PAPERHANGING WARE-.■,; ■; ;;,, _ house,;, :. x -

MANNERS-STREET, WELLINGTON.I,"■-■" 381

E:W.pOLLiNS<feCOi,■''".

''"'■ WATCHMAKERS'- -■ ■ !

j MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS,-ANDDIAMOND MOUNTERS j

: < Hastings-street-,Napier, jTHENEWESTANDMOSTUNIQUE!-;..j, "."'■■;,, STOCK " |OF WATCHES,CLOCKS,JEWELLERY,. AND ELECTROPLATE j~ ■■■ -i .- ;.--'... IN TOWN. ; ..<.;;. j.

■BOTitJO for.Cash, We ARK.ENABtBDIiPJii■-■■ :r.:^ygjyy,.!rjaa.iß«BT-yj^nß.v;- . "y<_

'": 'tf-^'B^.r'A'i'-'^'rÊl^^'Gents'SilverHuntingEnglish EeVerWatoh,'..'._. £3 10s. twoyears'guarantee. ji

EVERYDESCRIPTION OFWORK DOi|bON THEPREMISES.

PRIZEMEDALSAND TROPHIES MADE:. [""■ TO ORDER. .FIRST PRIZEH.B.A.AND P.' .-: SOCIETY'S SHOW .:

FOR,O^R.OWN MANUFACTUBJBOUR SYSTEMOF. TIMEPAYMBNrS!

;,■ ." Carried onasUscai. , 68

XT A;N OVER HOUS 4 "

■■'. HORTONAND SONS,--"-":: . (L>ATB Pape).

TAILORS AND HABIT-MAKERS,Ueairp'tp think their patrons for theirliberal.support since theyhave taken'overMr Pipe'sbusiness, andas theystill havohls assistancetheyhope,Withstrictattention, toretain thefavors giveninthepast, andbegtoannounceto their supportersand,the public generallythey Havejustreceived,per s.s. lonic,avery

LARGE SHIPMENT OF SPLENDIDi■.SUMMER GOODS.

Silk-mixedWorstedsStriped Trouserings ■BlackandBrownCoatings, andThinSummer Tweedq- As,theyhave had long>experience in' the

West End of London, Brighton, and otherlarge towns in England and the Colonies,guarantee a ' > ,GOODIFIT,AND BEST WORKMANSHIP.

EMERSON-STRBBTNAPIER. 769

W\ POWELL,TAILOR,

Hastings-street, Napier

RESPECTPCTLLY informs hisformer PatronsandthePublicgenerally

that ho has re-commenced Business at theaboveaddress,where anyOrders with whlohhe maybe facored willbe executedinastylenottobo excelledby any house inthe colony.

6

rr\O THE PUBLIC Otf ,NAPIEE»HAWKE'S BAY.

H, NESBITTSolioits inspectionofhis Stockof

GROCERIES,BOOTS. & GENERALHOUSEHOLD REQUISITES,

CASHPRICES.CheapSperm Candles,at4dand4iGoodParaffins, atBjd,or8dby 251bboxilntedWax,at lOid, or10d by251bboxJght otAgoKerosene,15s3dcase,8s tinTuno, 9dsuck,5s 2dlb, or6sIdby221bboxSugar,2)dperlb, or 8sIdper4QlbbagSagar,2}dperlb, or8s lidper 401bbagSugar No.2,3dperlb. or fls6dper401bbag3estCrystalisedNo.I,los 2dper401bbag ,SestScotch Marmalade, 8dpertinttatohes (Plaid's),4Jd perdoz.;Safety,lddoz,

Keen'sOxßluclOdMixed Lollies, 8dper lb; Conversation,Pep-< permints, fee.,lOd perlbSoap, large bars; prize

-medal, almondscented, Ib,or12s6dperbox

Soap,verygood,8dperbar,or10s perboxAlso, very aheapSoap forscrubbing,3s, or4d

perbar,6s9dand 7s 6dperboxLarge Bottles Worcester Sauce.10d, small6d"VanHouten's Coooa,3slOdperlb;Islidper

ilb, Ibper QuarterlbDay andMartin's Blacking,6dper doz.cakesFreshHerrings,splondidnewflsh, 7dper tinPrime Canterbury Cheese, 6Jd, or by tho

Qheese6dNeaveFood, lid;Groats, lOdBestSardines, large tins,lOd; smalldo., 6dBloater Paste, extra large tins, lOd eaob;

small,6d'lib tinBestEnglish Golden Syrup,Is 6dBestSalmon, ledper tin;Mullet,9dEnglish Pickling Vinegar,9dper quart, 2s 8d

per gallon;Rice, 3d;Tapicoa, 3Jd;Sago,' 3}d;Peas. 24d,or 51b forIsAulsbrooks' Celebrated Biscuite, Lunch, 3d;. allotherkinds equallylow

ClothesPegs,4doz.6d;W.Soda,41b6dNewJamß, assorted, 5s perdoz ■

Boßt Coffee inNapier— givoita trial— ls 6dBestFlour,1001b,12s3d;501b.6s3d;251b,353dEnglishPickles, assorted,lOd;New Zealand

TPickles, 9dBestOatmoa'l, 251bbag,3s(id;good,3s3d|TeasaiIsBd, 2s;bestInHawke's Bay.2s4d

„ H.NESBITT,HASTINGS-STREET, NAPIER.

'J. MAYO,

THEPEOPLE'S GROCER AND DRAPER,Embrson-btrkbt, Nawbr,

Wisnes itgenerally known that

G'HOCEBIES, <fc o.canbopurohosedfremhim forCashat

IjowerPrices thananyotherHouseinNapifiWHeadas follows :—

Tea, mixed. IsCd,Is9d,and2sperlbSugar, white,2Jd and3dnor lb-. Coffee, Is6dtoIs8dperJbFlour, 601bbag,6s 6d;251b, 3s 6dWoodville Cheese,6jdper lb, orOdby the

, 'v CheeseFresh Canterbury Hams. BJd;do BaconKerosene, patont nozol,7s 6dper tin;14s

per casoCandles, good, Id; best colonial, 7id;

wax ,10d ISoap,good, 3d;best,6dper barJams, Murray's, 5dper tinTobacco, Juno Sa 3d, Nailrod 6s 3d,light

do.5a (idWhito andGold Cups and Saucers,7s 6a

perdozon;commondo,verycheap'■ Frying-pans, TeaKettles,Saucepans &c,

, i &d,atlowest prices *Drapery atClearingPrioos

INBPBOTIONINVITBD.* ' ' .'J» J. MAVOi

%tottte,

WAVSRLE7HOTEL,Grehnmeadowb.

GEORGE BECKER, Propeietoe.

■THETISbeautifullysituatedSuburban-«- Hotel and Grounds, two miles fromNapier, which has been taken on a' long

lease by Mr Becker'(formerly of theCriterion Hotel), and thoroughly Reno-vated, Fittea, and Furnished, offers un-surpassed attractions and accommodationfor Boarders, Families, and the Travel-ling Public. Adjoining are tho Beautiful

Grounds ofthe Napier Park Company,withitsTrainingTrackandRacecourse. TheRiverandInnerHarbor,with facilities for Boating,Bathing,andFishing,arecloseathand. Thecuisine is under thepersonal supervisionofMrBecker,and it is needless to state thattheWines. Spirits, Ales, &o.,coinme il fant,Boarders'HorsosPaddockedFREEOF COSTTheStabling Accommodationis unrivalledinHawke'a Bay. Coaches to Taradale andMeanee constantly pass the door; fare. Is.MrBkckbr willbepleased to see his manyold friendß in his new house, and hopes inaddition tomakemanynew ones.

GEORGE BECKER,Proprietor. 937.

CRITERION FAMILY AND COM-MEROIAL HOTEL' ■

NIGHT PORTER INATTENDANCE.1», GORMAN ._ .._ Proprietor

it

A FACT.

ARTHUR"-TOARTNETHAStakenover theCALEDONIAN

HOTEL, where Wines and Spirits oflieBest-knownBrands'willbekept.ENGLISH AND SWAN'S ALES ON

DRAUGHT.Dinner from12till3,and asperusual,Is. ■The RetailPrices will remain the sameas

those quotedby myPredecessor. 48

ROYAL' MAIL HOTEL,WALLmairORD.

DENNISRYAN .. Proprietor.Theabove newly erected Hotelis now opon,

andaftordseveryaccommodation fortravellers... First-class Paddocklng,

t ■

TELEGRAPHLINE OF COA»3HES.

/"lOACH leaves Waipukurau forV7PorangahauonMondaysand Thursdays,afterarrivalof first trainfrom Napier;return-ng on Wednesdays and Saturdays in time.'for3-45 traintoNapier.

Parcels carried on the most reasonable:erms.53 D.RYAN.

PETANEHOTEL.C. VILLJERS .. Proprietor.

Ahandsom¥~new hotel,on the main road to Taupo,aneasy

distance fromNapier,and replete witheveryconvenience for Boarders and Travellers.PrivateRooms for Families. ■

A CoachrunsbetweentheHotelandNapiertwice aday— fromthe Hotelat 8,30a.m.and'2 p.m.. and from Napier at11 a.m.and 4.30p.m. TheCoaohbetweenNapier andTaupo 'passes theHoteleveryMonday. > ' " ■

GoodPaddooksandStabling. LooseBoxes'far horses in training. Cricket andLawnTennisGrounds adjoiningtheHotel.PLEASUREGROUNDS,BEAUTIFULLYLAIDOUT, intho rearof theHotel.

The Proprietor will at all times dp his'utmosttomeetthewantsandconvenienceofvisitors, , - - '"

■

C. VTLLERS,51 ■ Proprietor.

COTTON'S OMNIBUS LINE.

ON and after MAY Ist the Time-tablewillbe asfollows:— , . :

hirst 'Bus leaves SPIT ata quarter "to 9,leaving'COOPEß'S at-a.quarter-past 9 forSpit. Next Bus leaves SPIT at aquarterpast9,fenying forSPIT again at aquarterto.day wirtxrat interval. The last,Bus leavestownat 6.30. SundaysandHolidaysoxcepted,-

TELEGRAPHLINE ,OF

ROYAL MAIL COACHESLoavesWaipukuraueveryMondayand

Thursday, after -arrival of first train, fromNapier,forWaliingford and Porangahau,re-turning on Wednesdays and Saturdays', intime for train leaving for Napier. Parcelscarried on themost reasonable termß.5 P. NEILSEN.1

MAODONALD'S 00A0H TOPATEA.

DURING thenext twoMonths theCoach will only leave the MasonicHotel, Napier, every THURSDAY MORN-

ING at 0 a.m.,returningfrom KuripapangaeveryMONDAY.

-Parcelsleft attheOfficewillbeforwarded,.Allinformationgivenandseats seonrodby

applying to_

WATKINSoyMasonio Hotel, "'

CornerofEmerson-street andMarine-parade.September 9,1887.

TO TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERALPUBLIC.

CHAMBLING will be in attend-" ance at the Woodvllle Station withCoach orExpress on tho arrival of the 7.20a.m. Train fromNapier, to carryPassengersor Goods teWoodville oranyotherport. .

All Goods, addressed to the undersignedwillbe punctuallyattended to.

Goodsoarried throughtoPalmerston.C. HAMBLING,

61 . Proprietor.

(goal gttttcfttttttfl.

D. GRAY & CO.,COAL AND TIMBER MERCHANTS,

ANDGENERAL PRODUCE DEALERS.

All sorts of groin crushed on thepremisesMUNROE-STREET, NAPIER. 139

TAIT AND MILLS,Napier andPort Ahubiri,,.

Are supplyingattheir Yards, and

THE BEST NEWCASTLE COALAt heLowestCurrent Rates.|

Telephone No. 54. 140

WESTPORT COAL.

BARRY BROS.Begs tonotify that they havebeen appointed

SOLEAGENTSFOR HAWKE'S BAY FOR THE

CELEBRATEDOOLEBROOKDALE GOALWell known by all whohavousedittobe

ineverywaySuperior and moro Economicalfor HOUSE and STEAM PURPOSES thananyother inthe Market. This Coal sells inallTowns inNew Zealand up to 10sper onmorothanNowcastle. ' '

BARRY BROS, areprepared todeliver atallparts oftheTownand Spitat the followingrates :—iupwards,10s;per ton. £1 183.Smaller quantities— single bag, 2s.AtSpit Yard— per ton, 355. \Small Coal for steam purposes, i-ton Us

ton27sBARRY BROS, avo so confldont of tho

advantage of this Coal that they solicit atrial.

Liberal termsmade with thoTrade.Yards now opon at the Spit,near Williams,

andKettle's. 337

gjwMtattfltt.

THEMERCANTILE ANDBANKRUPTOY GAZETTE OF NEW

ZEALAND(With whioh is incorporated"The Weekly

Advertiser"),PUBLISHEDEVERYSATURDAYMORNING,

Contains:ParticularsofBills ofSalo took Mortgages

Lienß on Wool and on Crops, Bailment*,Affidavits of Satisfaction, BankruptcyPetitions and Discharges, &a, fllotl oac!\veok, ■',

Also "carefully-revised Share and ProduoeMarket Reports; Latest Legal Decisions.'Original Articles, illustrating tho working'of Commercial Law,and other intorcstiniand valuablematter.

AbsolutelyIndispensabletothb Safet*ofaklTraders

Terms: £1 7s 6d (inolnding Digest) perAnnum,strictlypayable&.advance.Free Sample Copioß obtainable from theProprietors,

R. T. WHEELER & CO, Dunedin

Tmii Nkw Zealand Protection .'ofCreditors' Sooikty is also in connectionwith the above Gazettb, nnd tho Society,possesses unrivalled facilitios for giving rb>LIABLK PRIVATEINFORMATIONaB 10 thoCOrilmeroialstandingof individuals.ForParticulars apply Head Offloe Dunedin

i

1

THEEQUITABLELIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OP, THE UNITED STATES.

New ZealandBranchOffice:

LAMBTON " QUAY. WELLINGTON.

LocalDirectors:(With Power to Issue Policies and to PayIClaim)

Hon.SIR FRED. WHITAKER, K.C.M.G.,M.L.C.

HON. JAMES WILLIAMSON, M.L.C.,Dr.LOGAN CAMPBELL.

Bankerb:

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

Actuaryfor Australasia:

C. GODFREY KNIGHT.

Secretary:

GEORGE ROSS.

.__\THE EQinTABLB BOOiETY IS:

1. THESTRONGEST-COMPANY.;.holdinga larger cash surplus than any other assur-anceorganisationin the World.

(Surplus,iPer Cent.Basis, £5,000,000.), - , , . ,. -

i2. THE LARGEST COMPANY,havtaKthe

greatost volumeofOutstandingAssurance.

(£100,000,000.)

l3. THE MOST POPULAR:COMPANY,

havingfor many yearstransacted thelargestannualbusiness.

(IN1886, £23,237,512.)

i. THESAFEBT;t6PATRONISE,aseverypolicy becomes absolutelyincontestable,andcannot,then,like thepolicies',uf manyrobth-ponies be'contested, or compromised forpartofitsface value. "

■ 'S-'OF""ATJ/^'COMplNißak-^HEf-.-MOST"PROMPT.' >A8soon asn'j*olfoy;bec(>mes in-.contestable itispayable.^tfotafter,the jisuMdclayôf sixtydaw, put'lUmiediately-'upondeath'claiiflS*pStdby'theSociSty'itf Iw6Tmorethanone-halfof thetotal amountwasBottledon the very day proofs were received;aiidthe balance; with the exceptlon~of jt-fewscatteringcases,withinthe firstsixtydays.'

SucnaRecordisUnparalleled.

V6. THE MOST PROGRESSIVE COM.

PANY,having been the pioneer in all thereforms whioh have,made .American lifeassurancefamous throughout the world.

■ftf THE MOST ÜBEIiAL< 'COMPANY,issuing a- poHoy-which,, combines, -moreguarantees and advantages.-than any othercompanycan offer underasingle contractofassurance. » ,

8. THE MOST REMUNERATIVE CgMvPANY,havingnotonlyaccumulated tt.lfttgersurplus forthefuturebenefitofpolicy-holders,buthaving devised the Tontine method ofassurance under which larger profltd havebeenpaid to policy-holders thanumderanyformofassuranceeverintroduced.

9. THE MOST WORTHY OF BEINGCALLED.£. MUTUAL COMPANY;for,notonlydo all-profitsbelongtopolioyholders,butno other. aßanranee companyhas ever.been'conductediif theBame'aense'and to the'Bamedegreeintho interestofpolioyholders. Fromthe beginninjj its managers"hd'vd SOHght toadoptits policies and methods to theneedsandpreferencesofits members,

THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR-ANCE SOCIETY

TRANSACTS ALARGER BUSINESSHAS A LARGER SURPLUSGIVES ABETTER CONTRACT

AND

PAYS ITS'LOSSES MORE PROMPTLY

THAN ANY OTHER LIFE ASSUR-ANCECOMPANY INTHE

WORLD."~.

♥

LIST OF DEATH CLAIMS PAID BYTHE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCESOCIETYDURINGTHE SECONDHALF

OF SEPTEMBER, 1887.

ProofsName andPlace. Reo'd. Paid.

T. C. S.Whitnit,;Jonesboro.. . Septa) Sept20B.W. White,Paragpuld '.. Sept23 Sept23A.Givanovich,B;Francisco.. Aug.16 Aug265.B. Wakefleld,S.Francisco July28 Aug10E.Vallo,Mulege .. .. Sept23 Sept23D. A.Duff,Gait Sept27 Sept27P.C.Dumontier,-Lewis .. Sept23 Sept23W. Poston,Quebec Aug22 Sept26P.M.Noble,Lamar .. .. Sept 8 Sept30'G.B.Emory,Washington .. Sept27 Sept27C.G.Holmes,Columbus .. Sept15 Sept20F.A.Bush,Lumpkin.. .. Sept24 SeptMG.Gardner,Chicago .. .. Sept27 Sept27J.Myers,Chicago Sept28 Sept20F.J. Wrightman, Eutala .. Aug 3 Sept28J.P.Gerberioh,Atlantic .. Sept22 Sept22L.Friedman,Paducah .. Sept20 Sept20.Cottiaux,NewOrleans .. Sept27 Sept273. Worster, Cambridge .. Sept2S Sept26t.O.Reynolds,Aberdeen.. Sept27 Sept27r.lßuse, Brooklyn .. .. Sept2BSopt29D.Waltzfelder,NewYork.. Sept19 Sept19).Lienau,NewYork.. .. Sept19 Sept19.Teichman,NewYork .. Sept24 Sept24

J. Burns,WestTroy .. .. Sept27 Sept27B. Lindsay,Greensboro .. Sept13Sept 30!". B.Landis,Hamilton .. Sept16 Sept16

C.L. Brooks,Newark .. Sept 24 Sept24I.M'Ferron, Allegheny .. Sept20 Sept10

W. H. Pennell.Philadelphia Sept 22 Sept226.Gasser,Reading .. .. Sept22Sopt22W. J.Beckwith,Scranton.. Sept 24 SeptUW.D.Brayton,Warwiok .. Sept27 Sept27T.P.Ransom,Corsicana .. Aug10 Sept28H. W. Goodwin. Low Moor Sept23 Sept26A. S. Carrington,Richmond Sept30 Sept30

CLAIMSPAID AT FOREIGN AGENCIES,BUT NOT REPORTED INTIME FOXPREVIOUS LISTS.

C.A.Gunok,Tom 6.. .. May 5 Aug 9E.S.Delano, Valparaiso .. July27 Aug17W.F.H.Bewley,London .. July 6 July13M.L.C. Chamault,Paris .. July 6 July30C.E.B.Kartch,Colin .. Aug15 Aug16J.H.E.Preuss,Hamburg.. Sept 1Sept 1'A.Blumenberg,Hanover .. June10Junel6R,Rhodes,Condolin, N.S.W. May26 June27B.A.Ebsworth, Sydney .. June27 July20W. V.Milton,Chrls'ch,N.Z. July 5 July18E.Vilumara,Barcelona .. July 21Aug31F.Miegimolle, Santander .. July26 Aug oF.Rodrlgo,Valencia .. June2s July12M.Hcrrero,Valencia .. July^3 Aug 21A.Garcia. Havana .. .. July 7 Aug oA.Suris. Havana .. .. Aug 12 Sept 9R.Morales,Humacao .. June 22 Aug 25L. Dolgado, Quemado do

Guines JulyUAug 1

A Somi-Tontitfopolicyissued atthopresenttimeby theEquitable Societyon theTwenty-Year Endowment form will not Rive thoprotection whiohlifeassurancealonoaffords,but will prove a far moreprofitable invest-mentthanaNewZealand GovernmentBond.

THE EQUITABLELIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF

THE UNITED STATES.

CASH ASSETSNEARLY £18,000,000.

Agents forHawkb's Bay:

BERRY, DANIEL AND PHILLIPPSJ'953

Manager,

Edinburgh

F. R. DUNCAN,AUTHORISED SURVEYOR, LANDAGENT, AND VALUATOR.

Estimatesprepared for theSubdivisionandSaleotProperties.

SurveysofaU descriptionsundertaken.Correspondence invited.

Address:Wobdyille. 717

W. LAINCK CB,,AUTHORISED AND LICENSEDSURVEYOR,

NAPIER' 7M

HENRY ELLISON,LAND SURVEYOR AND !VALUER

(Authorised'under the"LandTransferAct,1885. )

Boundaries determined and guaranteed.Correspondents' supplied with terms formirveys. Plans and all information relatingto landed property within the district.Twenty-three years' localexperience.

Address:Thompson-road,Napier. 130

JAMES ROOHFORT,ARCHITECT. CIVIL ENGINEER, AND

AUTHORISED SURVEYOR : -(Formerly County Engineerof Westlandand

ProvincialEngineerof HawkesBay.)

Mr Roohfort will be happy to undertakeanyworkhe maybe entrusted withineitheroftheabovebranches. 358

J. F. JAR-INE, .Union Chambers. Tennyson-street,

STOCK AND SHARE BROKER

Daily quotations received from prin'cipatownsinthe colony.

Money tolendonapproved freeholdseouritat currentrateaofinterest.

Agent for Routor s.TelegramCompany"Tclogramscoded forsenders. SI

H.L, -ONNELLY. ,Thb Willows, Papakura, '

btook,station,land.andgeneraicommissionagentand

VALUATOR. ,H. L. Donnelly]hasMoney'to'Lend oin

flrst-olasß Security. 32

MASON AND OHALDIOOTT,AUCTIONEERS, LAND & COMMISSIONAGENTS,

WOODVILLE. 308 1. f

F. WATKINSON,Emerson-street, Napier,

STOCK AND SHARE AGENT..iDaily Quotations from Auckland and other \places. . JNapier Manager of the Auckland Acoldent (

Indemnity Company,Limited. {CAPITAL: _M,OCa " 33 .'■

■ ;■; I. —; t

WALTER HALLETH; , ! |AUTHORISED &LICENSEDSUIIVEYO

't" .:. ■ 0

35 . NAPIER. t

WM. B. HILL, jACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COM

MISSIONAGENT.Uents andDebts Collected, &C&c. i .

Mechanics inbtitdte, J36 Taradale. ', a'

ITHOMAS BISHOP „ I g

STOCK STATION AND GENERAL c. COMMISSION.AGENT. 1*

HABTINOB. 37"

. __. I

ALICK WILLIAM3, \STOCK 4.ND COMMISSION b

AGENT' ftHastings; 88

. cROBERT LAMB,M.R.18.A.. S

ARCHITECT' §39 TENNYBON-STR ET U

a— — _— ______a

JAS. FUECHOH,ACCOUNT BOOKMAKER.

PAPER RULER, BOOKBINDER, &tt,MUNROE-STRBET, NAPIER

(Opposite Railway Workshops). 447. 1

jgotttuiogfottfl.

A*Aj7i\(\ TO LEND, on gooda&^b" W Freehold Security, at"currentrates,insums tosuitborrowers-

JAS. A.TURNER,67S P.O.Box131., , V

NORTHERN INVESTMENTCOMPANY OF N.Z.

Hbad Office .. ..'Edinburgh

Has forinvostmontin anypart of theColony

£200,000To bo lent in Sums of £500 and upwardsat

Lowest Current Rates uponFREEHOLDS, inTown or CountryLEASEHOLDS .STOCK MORTGAGES

Whon Loanß are made uponBroad Acresno voxatious restrictions are sought to bo 1imposed upon thoShipment orConsignment 1oftheMortgagors'Wool. /

ROBERT DOBSON, *jManager. *

Offices— Hawko's Bay Chambers (Messrs 1C. B. Hoadley & Co.'b), " Emorssn " street, *

Napier,17thSeptember, 1887. 21 .1_____ . ■■ C

NAWER SAVINGS BANK. \BROWNING-STREET j

OPENon TUEiDAY EVENINGS, jV 7From6toSoclock. -JDepositsreceivedfroml4to£100. " . " IFiveper cent,allowed on deposits notex- 1

C6edtaßfilo°- EDWARD LYNDON 124 Manager, 1

THE NORTH BRITISHANDNEW JZEALAND INVESTMENT COM-'

PANY.LIMITED, JCAPrtAT. .. .. £250,000

IS prepared to rctkeAdvanceskpon ,Freeholds in tow andcountry, Lease-

hoia9'StockMow!TiNRoSswHimManager.Offices— Emerson-street, Napier. 32

MONEY TO LEND.X4«>A AAAONFREEHOLDBb^"iVW SECURlTYatlowest'

currontrates. ApplyF. W. WILLIAMS& KETTLE,

23 Port Ahuriri.

NAPIER LOAN AND DISCOUNTSOCIETY.

Offices— Regent-street (opposite Mr Large sEstablishment),

MONEY Advanced onpersona andotherseonrity

Perrons borrowing£S receive. 10s cash, re-payable at5sper week

Persons borrowing£10 C9cash,repay.ableat103per woek

Persons borrowing £15 receive £13 10s cash,repayable at15aper week

Personsborrowing£20 cash receive £18 cash,repayableat20s erweek

Other terms may be arranged for re;payment.

Bills discounted daily.Money advancedonany tangibleseourity.

1 Office Hours— from9.30a.m. to4 p.m. Mon-day s,nd Thursday evenings, 8 p.m. to0p.m.Satuidavs till2p.ia. andBto10evening,

NAPIERLOAN ANDDISCOUNTSOCIETY,

Regent-Btreet (Craigs-lane.)JAS. A. TURNER,Manager.

1 N.B.— All transaotionß maybo roliod onasBtrtotlvconfidential: 25

MONEY ACCOMMODATIONFOR ALL CLABSES.

HAWKE'S BAY PAWN, LOAN, ANDDISCOUNT OFFICES

HABTINaS-BTREET(Throe doors from Noal and Close's). ,

MoneyLent at the most moderateohargoson Plate, Diamonds, Watches, all kinds ofJowollery,Firearms, Apparol,&c,&c.

ji Loansgrantedfrom £5 upwardsonPorsonalJ Security, Deeds of Property,Shares, or anyothersecurity. .

Ropayableby instalments aspor arrange-■' ment. Billsdiscounted daily.. Purchaser at highost oash prices of"' Diamonds and other Preoious Stones, Old IGoldandSilver, Worksof Art,Curios,Furoi- ]two,Apparel,&c,&j. '

A Valuablo Collootion of UnredeemedPledges on Salo, for which no reasonableoifor ibrofusod.

All kiudsof Stocks nnd Sharesbought nnd_ sold oncommission. Box160.S ToloplioneNo. 88.! Noto thoAddress:

H. NAPHTALI,LICENSEDPAWNBROKER ANDSHARE"BROKER,

Hastings-btreet, Napier 26

gutintm D:oti«g.

F. W. WILLIAMS & KETTLE,STOCK AND SSTATION AGKNTS AND

GENERAL MERCHANTS.

LIBERAL Advances made againstWool andother Produce.

LOANS negotiatedonFREEHOLD SECURITIESatLowest Current Ratesof

interest.AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

RED3AND GRAY'SDouble-furrowPloughsReapersand MowersCombinedMowersBroad-cast Seed SowersDisc Harrowsnnd extrafittings

HORNSBY'SReaperand Mower Combined"* TURNIP SEEDS.

SHEEPDIP.COOPERS SHEEP DIPPING POWDER.

Stationrequisitesalwayskept onhand.

P. W. WILLIAMS AND KETTLE..898

' " ;; ,\ s

MR WM. HARKER,.. AUCTIONEER,LAND, STOCK, & ESTATE AGENTj

MORTGAGE BROKER,NAPIEK.

Office Hours: 7 a.m. to6 p.m, during thoSummermonths.

Offices: Browning-street,faoing ColonialBank, andadjoining U.S.S. Company's andLyndon and Sidoy's.

P.O.Box162. 393

FINANCIAL DEPAETMENT.

IN thisbranchofmybusinessIhave'poouliarfacilitiesforobtainingforlenders

exceptionallygood securities, with good andtrustworthymen behindthem as borrowers—a very important point too muoh' over-ooked; whilst those desirous of obtainingloans may relyon getting them atfair rateswith everyfacility, and, aboveall,promptly.

WM. HARKER,661 Mortgago BrokerandFinancial Agent.

MR WM. HARKERHas Clientsdesirous ofbuyingandselling

RUNS,FREEHOLDANDLEASE-HOLD

FARMS, FREEHOLD AND LEASE-HOLD, improvedandunimprovod

SECTIONSRURAL,SUBURBAN,ANDTOWN

HOTELS, TOWN AND COUNTRYHOUSES, TOWN AND COUNTRY

FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLDSHOPS, TOWNAND COUNTRY,FREE-. HOLD ANDLEASEHOLD ,BUSINESSES,TOWN AND COUNTRY

'Arrangements can be made for buildingHousesor Shops,on lease or sale,or on leasewithpurchasing clause, tosuit ocoupiers,inanypart ofthetown.

Mr Habkbb will be pleased to give fullparticularsotanyoftheaboveonapplication.

NOTE.— Mb Wm. Habkerhasbeenspeciallyfavored with instructions to nego-tiate,privately,afewofthechoicestand most beautiful suburban resi-dences in Hawke's Bay. Full par-ticulars may be obtainedby bonafide buyer's. 620

P. D. LTTOKIE,KSTATE AND GENERAL COMMISSIONAGENT,

Land and Property Valuer,ARBITRATOR AND ACCOUNTANT

Hastings.

PROPERTIES Boughtand Sold onCommissionRentsandInterestsColleoted and PropertyManagedfor Absentees.

Partnershipand otherAccounts adjusted.Money Advanced on Freeholdsecuritiesinsumsof £100 andupwards.

Agent for'

ColonialInsuranceCompany,FireandMarine.Messrs Wilding and Co., Timber Merchants

Wai inkurau.F. D. LUCKIE,

16 Hastings.

FOB LEASE,LongTerms of Years—

BUSINESS SITES in the BeaPositions in Hastings,

Forparticulars apply toF,D.LUCKIEAgent,Hastings

mmtmm.'

"ifJCTORIA INSURANCECOMPANY.

FIRE AND MARINERISKSACCEPTEDAT" LOWEST CURRENT RATES.

ROBERT DOBSON,Agont.

1 Offices ;:Emerson-atreet, MessrrC. B. Hoadloy and

Co. sBuildings,upstairs,\ 336

THE MUTUAL ASSURANCESOCHSTY OF VICTORIA (Limited.)

For LifeAssuranceEndowments and!Annuities.

Head Otvwb fobNew Zealand,ColonialBank Buildings, Dunedin.

Directors:Hon. W. H.Reynolds.M.L.C. (Chairman).'John Roberts,Esq.(Messrs Murray,Roberts

andCo.)J, M. RITCHDS, Esq. (National Mortgago

Company).DavidB.Cruickshanko,Esq. (Auckland).

WILLIAM WH.LS,Resident Secretary.

Agents forHawke's Bay—0 KINROSS& CO.

ROYAL INSURANCE COM-PANY.

CapitalandFundsover.. .. £5,000,000AnnualRevenueover .. .. 1,000,000

FireRisksacceptedatLowestRates.GEORGE M'VAY,

10 Agent torHawke's Bay.

CJOUTH BRITISH FIRE ANDIO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

OF NEW ZEALAND.Capital .. .. £2,000000.

NapierBranoh— Corner of Herscholl and. ■ Browning streets.Thiscompanyareprepared toinsureagainst

Fire everydescription ot Insurable PropertyatLowest Current Rates, andbeing apurelyColonial Institution commends itself to thegeneral insuringpublic. OpenpoliciesissuedcoveringWool from Sheep'sbaoK, Wool-shed,erShippingPort to London. Every olass of

Local Trustee— Edward Lyndon,Esq.Agents:—

R. A. Wilson .. .. West CliveWilliam Brown.. .. WaipawaF.J.Popplkweh .. KaikoraJ. Younghusband .. DanevirkeT. Gilpdi HavelocfcR. WeLLWOOD .. .. HastingsCharles Siau .. .. WoodvilleJ.Bottomley .. .. TaradaleJohnMarshall.. .. MeaneeWilliam Small.. .. NorsewoodPeterBarrie .. .. WaipukuranEllisonandDuncan.. Port AhurlrlCOSIMON, SHKLTON ANDCo,

— —■" ■■ GlabornoIJAMES SIDKY,

BranchManager,11 HawkosBayandPovertyBay

IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCECOMPANY,OldBroad-street, and16Pall-Mail.LONDON.

INSTITUTED 1803.SubscribedandInvestedCapital-

One Million Six Hundred Thousand PoundsInsurances are effected at Current Rates

and Losses are settled in the Colony uponproofof loss ..

AgentforHawke sBay—D. BAL-HARRY.

Offices:UnionExohangoBANNERANDLIDDLE'SBUILDINGS.

SUB-AGENTS:RoweFknnell .. WoodvilleW.B.niLL .. .. TaradaleB.Beok andCo. .. 'WostClivo

13 W. F.Burnett ...Hastings

THE UNITED INSURANCECOMPANY.

Incorporated by Act of New South Wales,Subscribed Capital .. .. £500,000

(With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders.)

Marinobusiness only transactedatlowestcurrontrateß.

Lossessettled inNapier.D. BALHARRY,

Acentfor Hawko'sBay.

TCE! ICE!! ICli!!!INANY QUANTITY.

GILBERD AND CO.,m Dlokooß-street.

Agents.'

4105

EJQRIENT LINEROYAL MAIL

PSTEAMERS.

The followingSteamßhips belonging to the; ORIENT and PACDHO COMPANIES wUI1 leave SYDNEYand MELBOURNE on theI undermentioned dates for LONDON, viaa ADELAIDE'DIEGOGARCIA(at company's' option),andSuez.i

-■ ,. From From*

,"

'i■ '■ Sydney. MelbourneOrient Dec,31 Jan.6< Oroya .. .. :. Jan.14 Jan. 20Orizaba ..' ... Jan. 28 Feb. 3

'And fortnightly thereafter.

New Zealandpassengers mayconnect withthe s.s. Orient at Melbourne by s.s. Waira-rapa from Napier,on Saturday,24th Decem-ber.REDUCTION IN THROUGH FARES.

First and Second-class Passengers securespecialadvantages bybooking throughfromNewZealand,beingprovided withsaloonpas-sage to Australia,whichare included inthe. abovefares.. " ThroughFares from£18 to £70.Second Class Fores Reduced to £36 and £10.

; REDUCTION OF THIRD-CLASS ANDSTEERAGE FARESFROM LONDON.: Speoial facilities afforded for bringingout

FriendsandRelativesby pro-paymentof thepassagemoneyhereat thefollowingReducedRates:—. .' OpenBerths .. £16 163 eaoh.adult

Four-berthCabin *2leach adult, Two-berth Cabin.. £23each adult .:' SPECIALRETURN TICKETS, availablefor 9 months, are Issued at the followingrates:—

' ": FirstSaloon 4105

Availablefor12months—i : FirstSaloon 4115

SecondSaloon .. . .. ..' £65PAKOELS BOOKED THROUGH TO LON-" ■ DON ATREDUCED RATE&. For further particularsapply toUNION STMAMSHD?COMPANYOFNEW

ZEALAND(LIMITED),1 ■ Agents inNapier.

COLONIAL UNION COMPANY,LIMITED. :

Bankers:THM LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK

Limited.London Managers!

tyserandco., 3,crosby-square.* JSlSS^fe^ B.S.

V^^^^^^*BALOARRESBROOK, \-~^&&ts&&£rt~ 100Al,2001Tons,. , 'Will sail for London on or about 30th DE- ]

t , CBMBBR. jTo'bß followedny. " "

THEMAGNIFICENT STEAMERS ■ ,Sailing

'Tons fromName of Vessel. Register. Napier.

ASHLETGHBROOK.. 2927 .. DecemberSWLBMBRIA .. V.. 3041 .. JanuaryCAMBODIA .. .. 3006 ... FebruaryTO LOAT) FROZEN MEAT. WOOL. AND

-OTHER PBODUCE FOR LONDON.The. CLIPPERSHIP HERSCHEL,

100Al Lloyds,783 tonsregister.Now loadingWool and Produce for London.

Forfullparticulars apply toF. wl WILLIAMS &KETTLE,

Agents.' Marine Superintendent.Capt. H. Todd. 8

SHAW. SAVILL, AND ALBION \COMPANY,LIGHTED. a

FIRST WOOL.SHIPFOR LONDON.-ii&« THE~~AI- Ship CRU- IjfcgHSi^,'■*- SADER, 1058 tons register,

*Jjjgiga^CattainPerriam,isnow onthe'*-vtSJt*»' berth, and will have quickdespatch. Superior accommodation for -SaloonPassengers.

For freightandpassage apply to' ;MURRAY,ROBERTS & CO., .r> KINROSS& CO. j r

889 Agents.)

!THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.'S „I . , MNE. H

, WOOL SEASON1887-8.iFIRST WOOL SHIPFOR LONDON.

4LsfcsL THE Iron Clipper Ship 1|||gW A PIA KO. V J«*SgS^ 1076 Tons,100 AlLloyd's, : jWil) be despatchedon loth December, tobefollowed by the-Company'sBhips Walkato,Turakina, andMataura.'

'.For freight orpassage apply at the Com-pany'snow office, Ronttedge-street, Spit. ■. W. J. WILLCOCKS, .279 \ Agent.

ELEVENTH ,ANNUAL EXCTTR- vSIONTO WEST COAST SOUNDS. .

' jfjlMfffog]^"■" s'Sl TARAWERACHALMERS, on -1

WEDNESDAY, lITHJANUARY, 1888, and Iduringthecourse ofa,tendays' Wpwill vißitall themostbeautiful of theWEST COASTSOUNDS,givineExcursionistseveryfacilityforSporting,Fishing,and Sketching.'

Thes.siTar'awora will arrive backat Port ■ChalmersonSATURDAY,ZlstJanuary,andleaveagainonasecond trip the same after-noon. ■

—Fare fromNapier,£18 14s. >

UNION STEAMSHIPCOMPANY OFNEWZEALAND.LIMITED. 659

~—- -F

TOLET,CentrallysituatedOfficeswith gas stove, telephona, water, out.

buildings,&c. Terms veryreasonable. AppljLandandLoanCompany<Regont-streot.428

FOR SALE, ETfTOOLPACKS, 50 x 27 x27, de-

TV tached tops. Asbestos paint,variouscolors.

WOOL LIENS. rf IBERALAdvancesmade onGrow-

i1J IngClipsatcurrentrates ofinterest.FRANCIS C.FULTON'ManagingDirector _

, Tennyson-street. *

THELANDANDLOANCOMPANYOPNEW ZEALAND.LIMITED.

18prepared toLendMoneyonFree-hold Security, and toadvance on Wool

nnd all kindsofProduce consignedtoLondonBRANCISC. FULTON" ManagingDirector

30 Tennyson-street.Napier

MONTAGUE LASCELLES, 1LAND ANDESTATEAGENT. J

The followingProperties For Sale—KAIKORA.—Large 7-roomed House, pleas

antly situated ■ in township.Smalldepositrequired.

MAKATOKU.—Farm, 105 acres; clearedfenced, andwell watered.- Easy ]terms.BBBBNMKADO'WS.— Four 1-aore Sections,Ingoodposition.

WEST CLTVE.-Two acres, with 5-roomed .House, cheap.,

Quarter-acreSection.freefromfloods, Iplanted with fruit and orna-mental trees. Terms, monthlypaymentsif required.

NAPIER.— DaIton-street, Shop, with Dwel-ling-house of 7 rooms. Smalldoposit.

Enfleld-road, two 6-roomed Cot- '.tnges, with every convenience, iEasy terms. '

Variousother Properties forsaleindifferent ipartsot,theProvince on themost favorabloterms.MONEY TO LENDinanysum requireda*°UrrentrateSMONTAGUELASCELLES,310 Regent-street.

A BARGAIN.

TO BE SOLD-ASection inClive,near the bridge, with Four-roomed

Cottage andStable:one of tho bestbusinesssites inthe townshipof Cltve. Alao, j-acroSection in Hastings, in Nelson-street, withThree-roomedCottage,and i-acroSeotion inQueen-street, withThree-roomed Cottage.

APPIyt° F.ALGAR,BJ7 " Tennyson-street.

" THE HAWKE'S BAY PROPERTYi GA2EWTB.1 HPHEundesignedhasproperties for1 X saleinaliiparts oftheprovince,andhas3 compiled a Gazette entitled the HawkosI Bay PropertyGazette,"inwhlohwillbe found5 a large number of properties of every de-ll scription, comprising— Town and Country-

Residences,Seotions of Land in Town andCountry,Sco., &o. The Gazette Is open forinspection tointending purchasers or investors at my office. Tennyson-street. Partieshavingpropertiesfor sale shouldavail them-selvesof this opportunity of placing thembeforealarge number ofconstituents. Pro-pertiesadvertised when specially requestedi

F. ALGARLandandEstate Agont,27 NapieranaCUve

MONEY advanced on approvedsoourity inBumsof JSIOO, or any sumsrequired,also suras from £1000 to'£10.000. at

lowratesof interest. Persons havingmoneyforinvestmentmay relyupon obtaining flrst-k class securities for the sameonapplicationton theunsigned y

y 28 " Napier and Olive.« .R TBEDK ALGAR,

kst Olive and Napier, "financial, land. and commission

or AGENTas Sub-Agent for Union Fire and Marint

InsuranceCompany.«. Money In any «urn alwoyß available rInvestment. "

Office at Napier: OppositeHeraldOffice.99

„'N^ fTHENEyf,ZEALANDSHIPPINaN -'*" ; !;COMPANYi3"ROYAL MAILUTNE OOrFrSTEAMERS

t-v. , ;UnaerContract yrtth theNew Zealand ... . ;. ;-. , Government) ■ ': ''? }:£.-'- ■' ' Will bedespatched witli

JjflßMß Her Majesty's:Mails as

" ■ Wj£\[i[3!jjAv ... , ■ ..onaer. fox

.. c ;'Via Riode JaneiroanaMadeira.

$eamar. Tons mOom^ P r^Date.

,WpaW' «83 Green- -.- 188T

r-if^y'<«"" i-' ■ ; street Wellington Deo.15

2-7- " '" I&tfceltbn1 Jan13■

Tongariro «63 Bone" 1 Wellington Feb9Aflrangj,. 4183 Sutollffe

', „ Mar8Mmn'tatt 4163 Turpin . ,v Aprils

k.-'-tisw.^->--.■■. -,»r.'i. . j"

■■■■ ■<"i-AnA thenceforwardeveryfourthThursday.:l' .The.^lengthtoC passage by the Company's* steAmersaveragesunder fortydays. ..' , ;' 'AirpassMfiprV'are' forwardedon '(free ofcost)bytheunionCompanys linein.time toofe thesteamerattheportofdeparture from;OWOTMnlJflSW{fr.j ,f ::■" » t ::v ""..."■'.; > :.. Passage.lßPJteyr-Saloon, from 60 guineas

upwards:saojndsaloonfrom 35to40guineas;(teerage,atßPs?v?:

''"'-■"■""■; ' ■ ■

?.''--Bjitnirn faros willbeIssued'atthe following, '^tojopn,aviji^|)le for12 months .. £115 :

.-SophiaSalooii' :do "■18 ■ '„... .".' 65 ■

",'■ ■ ■'s?Lft<WffiiSS' W^WS »TOly. .atitheComP«^êÔTlceKôuUedge-street,Spiti \

>■ .-?■■■<■:'-:*«?f A<f:rij---iy ■'■■ ■-":■-

'fi::.?.'

inK-TABIiKr-DEOEMBEH; ■ ■ , -; 'F6'R WELLINGTON,.FROM^JWHARF.. ,;:^.Sttemer..^-|. Jgaj.gf-. }|g^' Aubtrama IBM.16thDeo. .- >;^~;;FOB■WELLINGTOJ^LYTi'ELTONrANb. I",.. > .- , PORT CHALMERS. \yTRAnao. ; , ISat.17ta Dec. i j£ WairabapA , . 1Sat.24thDeo.., ! — . .<fc.j:iaiigRRLMgLBqU,RN]i!,VXA.BLUFF.

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,-TnvlifAtT..-,,-;;.,|,SafeI7thDec. |j.:.;.WinmiA)MU.Ml Snt24thDeo. |..—.,-.-.,' ?OR GigRORNE, fFAURANGA. ANDAUQgLAND, FROM WHARF.

i,>,i..TOR GISBORNB AND AUCKLAND.■ -ami !<■'."»".'" f"Thtir.'lsth"Deo."|Yp.m.i' .;■

-,' AXTBT^MA__^_|'Thm22na?D6o. ) ■»- ■ .'■1'FOR^GiSBOtNE, TOLORA,,TUPAROA c-'.."■*";;' " "

'AND AWANUIr' '' ' *:BOVAV-..' -'. .- "■"iThiir.15tb Doe. I1p.m.

'"-.jareARAPAA """ IRatWthDecT^l"^Tabawera,... ,I;Sat24thDec |-— ,

FOR SYDNEYVXA AUCKLAND." .TJba;wbra~ih |Sa^Mttt'Deji'.j'"-'-. a-

■-■'" TOR SYDNEY.FROM WELLINGTON" E■ ■ i-A>--' :''■'-■■ DIRECT. ' ' . "

WAKATiytJ : |Wea.UthDec. I—

„ FOR LEV^KA ANtTsUVAFROM. ;."' , AUCKLAND.^ SI'WAnnrf-" ' j'FrJ.'eth'ja'nt ) . —' ZEAtiuroiA,..„., [ M,on;2ndJan, I

—,. , JtqK.aONGA, SAMOA. ANDTAHITI?"IheB.S. Richmond leaves Auckland onorabout 4thJanuary. "'.;"' ■ .

are jequested to book at the.Company's town.office,-Browning-street". '.Smallparcels receivedat4he townoffice." - Cargo for shipment must bo on board the . ,Lighterslafio'clockt afternoon previous

"*. todeparture ofsteamers . " --a

Outward passengeriholdingretnrn tickets fc,' arerequested,to present pame atthe office, y-■. flnd'obtain passes for thelaunch conveyingthem tothe steamer. "' ,"■■ "■-■.- ■' „,Inrnture no luggage ■nrinbe delivered to

carriers.without; the production of written „'.rder from'ownerof Bame. ... 27'NOTE;— Single and return tiokets at re-

■ " duced rates (available only by cargo stea--

'. mere), are now issued to Wellngton Gis-_

borneandAuckland. - I■ EXCURSION SEASON 1887-88.- - Duringthe months of December, January,February,andMarch, return' ticketswill be .

issueda£ reduced rates,available forreturnfor threemonths fromdateofissue.

Offices: Browning-street, Napier,and at VPortAhuriri, , ' . , ,■. ■ . . °,GEO.LAMBIE, : £' "'. :BranohManger, jjj

-_ . _ __; "iimkw sAyiLL, and;albion

"O COMPANY (UMTED).

" : MONTHLY LINK■ . ■ ";-"■■: ■ ■■ OF

-.FAST .PASSENGER STEAMERS «BETWEEN. ',

""ALL POETS OFI*EW ZEALAND AND

LONDON. " v ■'

' ■ HPHEMagnificent r■ i^l^y^j^SS■*.

-S.S. TAINUI, .'

-;i,,ffgsfggggjg- 8200Tons Register,3500 5'~- , Horse-powert ; -^

B. J. Barlow, Commandor,VWiBbedespatched from

WELLINGTONFOR LONDONDIRECT,"' 'ONi

' ''' ~ ' " "1SATURDAY, fOra DECEMBER,

Toibe followed by— ot

.'.'..,-, S i" . ,'«6Bteamer. I-S if Commander. £%

■-: ,-iws,-" ■"> "«!; i

Doric .. 4744 3000 J.W.Jennings Jan. 7Arawa.: S2OO 3500 'J. Stuart ' Feb.4tonio .. 4753 30M W.aKidley March3 1Ooptto.. 4^67 3000 R.E.Boneo . March3l -,

Tainui.. 5200 3500 B.J.Barlow April2B ■ J, Iheawveare'alipowertul, new,steel-built

Steamers/ and' the:accommodation for allclassegofPassengersisunsurpassed.

-. The Honieward passage willbe viaRio do':Janeiroand Tenerfffe,and thetime occupied"honianotexceed40days.

■..,,An.experienced Surgeon wil accompany', eaohsteamer. ... ,.',-, r"„,.■."■'-... ... PASSAGEMONEY

Saloon I.'

From 60guineasandupwardsSecondCabin

' „ 35to40guineas' Steerage:;,..'-. '„. 18guineaß upwards;,:..:ReturnTioketaatgreatlyreducedrates,

'..'"The abWei will be supplemented, by the' followingFirst-olass " " '"MNV ; SAILINGVESSEIS.

. 'Nameol. a!| Com- T^c.. . :B^V; . &%. S mander. gg^^

W'yeQueen 853 *AAIW.H.KellyNov.Glenlora .. "'

774 *AAIA.Sargent Dbc.Boukar<:.. 1301 tAAIJ.E.Croker Jan.Inv"rcargiU -1246 lOOAIJ. Muir Jan.Pleione .. 1093 100A1A:Culbert Feb.

Ihe undersigned are empowered-to grantpassages from London to New Zealand,pay-ment for whloh has been guaranteed in thecolony.. MURRAY,ROBERTS &Co.,

Or KINROSS &Cp,, m "' .Agents,' .

, JtÊ*-."PENINSULAR AND

PROPOSED SAILING ARRANGEMENT 3'For London,withMails anb Passengers

for er/ropb'and thebast, via. . . iBoMBAYf'«; ,Name' f(M-'. leaving leaving

■. " of 'nage. leaving Mel' Ad<s-v Steamer. ■■,Sydney, bourne, laide.Pawamatta 4771 Nov.25 Pec. 1 Deo. 3Carthage .. 6013 Deo.' 9 Deo.15 Deo. I1MassiHa. .. 4908 Dec 23 Dec.-,29 Dec |3lBritannia*.. 6600 Jan. 6 Jan.'l2Jan. 14Valetta .. 4919 Jon. 20 Jan. 26 Jan. 2Shannon .. 4189 Feb. 3 Feb. 9 Feb. 11-Home .. 5011 Feb.17. Feb. 23 Feb. 25. Victoria 6600, Mar.;,2 Mar. 8 Mar. 10*CallsatNaplesonHomeward voyage.

PlaceofDeparture—Sydney. '„Ciroulai-qnayMelbourne..Railway Pier (Wllllamstown)AdelaMe.... Glenelg .

ITor furtherinformation,applyto'KINROSS& CO.,Ageuta forHawke'sBay

J^^. . rPHB Second SajPsyWsSSi'SS^*1 *i?°nA°ommodation■ '£!F3sE£&!> ffr Z1 5 c -steamers<iwis&.'ii»Wifi<.. 111.havjng been thoroughlyreorganisedtheCompany arenowenabledto■ offer Intending'passengers to Europe un-rivalled' accommodation at tho followinegreatly Reduced Ratoß:—

*SingleTicket „. ".-",.- -. £37*Return Ticket (available for 12

months) ;.f;'"' :. .. . £65

Passage monby canbe pmd.at thisena forpassagesfrom England. Liberal concessionsmado tofamilies. ■

, ..-! rieciMsiiry requisites exoept wines. &o.orovlrtea'KINROSS% CO.

■ Agents,

Shipping News.PORT OFNAPIER.

'.HIGH WATER SLACK-THIS DAY.''

OuterHarbor .'. A.M. 3.59—

tp.m. £.28InnerHarbor .. A.M. 5.29— p.m, 5.58- ARRIVAL.,'

December -12—

Wallabi, s.s.,.from coastStations.,Kinross andCo.,agents.--;rr,"''.; :::'departures.,l ',/-■„'

December 12— Result, 5.8., for Walkiare.Ellison andDuncan, agents. _'Deoemberia-Kiwi, as.,for coast andWei-ington. Kinross andCo.,agents.

1 ' The Wairoa waa engaged takingto cargo■ ;yesterday, and was to havelett tor walroa

lastnight' ■

■" Tho Kiwi landedabout100 tons of general-cargo -yesterday, principally consisting of.English transhipments. She steamed forcoastalstations and Wellingtonat5p.m..

The Waihi was successfully taken.no onNorth's slip yesterday afternoon. While:there she will be thoroughly cleaned andpainted.

',' The Resultsteamed forWaikare yesterdayforenoon." Tho Piakowillbea fullship to-day.*

The brigantine Defiance, Captain Nagle,was towed insidebythe Weka at5p.m. yes-

■ terday.TheRiois taking inballastoncemore.Tho Kiwi willnext trip bring up the re-.. mainderofthomachinery for thenewfreezing

". works.TheSuvai3toleave Wellingtonthisafter-

noon for Napier,Gisborne. Tolaga.Tuparoa,1 Avsanui,ancl Auckland. She is time-tabled

to proceed northwards' from Napier nextThursday.-

TheAustralia loaves AucMaßd to-night for'v coast stations, Gisborne, Naiiier,and Wei-" lington. She will steam for tho latter port" fromthe wharfonThursdayorFridaynext.

CargoesexManapouri,from Northernports,and Rotomahana, from Southern ports andMelbourne, wore landedon the wharf fromthelighterTrusty yesterday.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.[BYE&BCTKIO TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT.]

(UEUTER'S TEt.EQR4.MB.]

(ReceivedDecember12,1.50p.m.)OafkTown,December 10.'. The New Zealand Shipping Company's

TonKorirs left hero yesterday for WellingtonTiaHobart. . Mklboubne,Monday.

Arrived thismorning— P.and O. steamshipBritannia, fromLondonNovember 6.

CommercialHerald Offior,

Mondayevening.,The New Zealand Loan' and MercantileAgencyCompanyhavereceived thefollowingcaolemessagefrom theirLondonoffice,datedthe 10th inst.:

—Wool.

—The sales closed

firmlythisdayat thetevelof lastsales. Forlong staple merino, light in grease, themarket is firmer, especially for new dip.Tho sales comprised about 156,000 bales

—85,000 bales havebeen taken for the Conti-nent,1500baleshavebeentaken for America,and ILOOO bales have been hold over forfuturedisposal.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMERCIAL.[B* EIiEOTRIOTELEGRAPH— COPTRIQHT.]

[reutbr's telegrams.]/ (ReceivedDeoember13,1.35a.m.) a

Melbourne,Monday.Messrs Dalgety and Co. held their usual

weeklysale of. wool to-day. Therooms werelargely attended,andlively competition waseUoited for all lots. Prices all round weroratherbetter'than last week. The cataloguecomprised1285bales,whereof1100bales wet*quitted at excellent prices. Good greasyrealised lOd per lb; medium togood, 8d to9}d: inferior to Medium, 6d to 7Jd; oross-breds,superior quality, lOd; medium to good,Bdto9Jd;coarse,6Jd to7id; washed merino,14Jd;scoured, lOid. . .

IPERUNITEDPBESS ASSOCIATION.]Oreymodtb,Monday.' There was an unusual glut of cattle and

sheepat the saleof stock this afternoon, andallfromthoWest Coastot theNorth Island.There,were ISO head of bullocks and about'300 sheep. Bullocks, medium weights,fetched 26s per1001b: heavy weights,17s6d;sheep averaged 10s 6d to lls;lambs, 0s to10s3d. .

The Maitai arrived this afternoon -with'anothercargo ofbullocks andsheep.

LOCAL MAILS CLOSE ASUNDER:For Cllve and Havelock, daily, at 6 a.m.

and 2pan.For HastingsS., daily,at0a.m.,10.30 n.m.,

2p.m., andS.iop.m.For Te Auto, Kaikora IN.,Waipawa, and

Waipukurau,daily,at 6 a.m.,2 .m.,and 3.45p.m.

For Takapau, Ormondville, Makatoku,Dauevirke,Tahoraiti, Woodville, Wellington,&o. daily,at 6a.m.and2 p.m.

For Castlepoint, Mastorton, Foxton,Palmerston North, Wanganui, and NewPlymouth,daily,at6a.m.ForNorsewood daily,at6a.m.

ForMatalwi, daily,at 2p.m.For Matamau,on Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday,at 2p.m.For Kumcroa, oh Tuesday and Friday,at 2p.m.For Motuotaria, Wallingford,Porangahau,

Wimbledon, and.Herbortvillo, on SlondayandThursday,nt6 a.m.

For Blackburn, Makaretu,OngaOnga,andTikokino, on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-day,at 6a.m.

For Maraekakaho Koreru. Patangata,Tamumu, Pourerere, and AshleyCluiton, onTuesday andFriday,at 6a.m.

For Port Ahuriri, daily, at 9.10 a.m. and2.10p.m.

For Potane,daily,at 10.30n.m.For Meanee,daily,at 10.30 a.m.For Taradale, dally, at 10.30 a.m. and2.30

p.m.For Fernhill and Puketapu, daily, at2.30p.m.ForRissington,onMondayandWednesday,

at2.30p.m.

POST OFFICE, NAPIER.Mails close for theundermentionedplaces-Thes.s.Ruapehuwill leavo Wellington for

LondononThursday,loth inst. Mails for theUnitedKingdom,&c,will close atNapieronWednesday, lithinstant, at 6 a.m. Moneyorders will close atip.m. and registeredletters at 5 p.m. this day (Tuesday). Thismail willbodueinLondonon26thJanuary.. S. J. JAGO,

Chief Postmaster.Chief Post-office,Napier,Deoember 13,1887.

Hawke's Bay Herald.TUESDAY,DECEMBER 13, 1887.On the fourth page willbe found an

article entitled "An'Imported'Clergy-

man."CaptainEdwin wiredyesterday at 2.10

p.m.:—" Indicationsof north to east tosouth-east gale, with heavy rain andkeavy sea after sixteen hours from now.Glassfall again within twelvehours.

The committeeappointed todrawup ascale of rations in connection with theadministrationof charitableaidmet yes-terday, and drew upaproposedscale tobe submitted to the Charitable AidBoardat itsnext meeting.

Something likeadraw. Vornon's teammake 556 in one innings, and the teamof ISagainst the Englishmen divide thehonors with 15 wickets down for 70.Another conspiracy against the demo-cracy.

The efforts of the Garrison Band andRailwayBand will fesult in £77 beingadded to thefunds of the Napier hospitalthis year. When the Garrison Bandgave their opeu-air concert £24 wascol-lected, £15 was collectedon SundaywhenthoRailway Band played, and theGov-ernment give £1 4s for every £1 sub-scribed.

At the Resident Magistrate's.Courtyesterday,before Mr G. A. Preecc, R.M.,Patrick Frawley was fined 5s and costsfor drunkenness.— Henry Gavnham wasfined 10s and costs for allowing a horsetostray. HenryNelson was fined5s andcosts for asimilar offeuoe, and John R.Redstone was fined 2s and costs forcarryingmorepersonsina licensedvehiclethan allowed by the bye-law.— GeorgeGleadow,otherwiseWatkins, andGeorgeWalkinsliaw, on romand charged withforgery, were committed for trial.CharlesB.Hoadtey,chargedwith allow-ing unlicensed^ premises to be used as aplace of public amusement, pleadednotKuilty. 'lhis was a simple case. De-fendant allowed his auction room to beused by the Wesleyan Churchcongrega-tion for thepurposes of abazaar, andthebye-law was infringed. The use of thepremises waagiven as an act of charity,nndthose to whom the building was letomitted to apply for a license. HisWorship said that as the case was theitrsfe of thokind brought under,the Act, acaution would ho sufficient, but it wasright the publicshouldknowthatabreachof thebye-law involved apenalty.

Tho management of tho districtschoolconcert arenot to be congratulatedupontheir arrangements for the performanceof lastevening. It is well-known thatnomatter whatthe weather this annual con-certis thebestattendedentertainmentof

the year, and it is' always difficult, toobtain seats a few moments after thedoors open. Notwithstanding this factno seats were reserved, and the natnralconsequence was that long before7.30 acrowd collected at the entrances, anddirectly the theatre was opened a dis-igraceful rush took place for seats, men,women, and littlechildren being mixedandhustled in the crowdwhichin a fewmoments filled every seat in the houseand thronged the passages. When thecurtain rose, the passages and all pointsfrom which a viewof the stagecouldbeobtained wereblocked with people. Hada fire occurredon the stage,alargenum-ber of those present, especially in thecircle, must havebeen killedor injured,andit wouldthavebeenimpossible tohaveextricated the hose from among thefeetof the crowd in order to playupon theoutbreak. Mr Williamson, of thewell-known theatrical firm of Wil-liamson, Garner and Musgrove, wasrecently fined heavily for permittinesome of liis audience to stand in thepassagesof one of hisMelbourne theatres,as it wasconsidered that these should bekeptclear incaseof fire,andifhisoffencewas thought deserving of severe punish-ment, muchmoreso is thatof amanage-ment whichknowsbeforehand that theirentertainment will be overcrowded, es-pecially when.manyof the audienceex-pected our helpless children. It saysmuch, however, for the exits of thetheatre that the vast audience, after the,clmirsin the passageswereremoved, wentout in 4miu 45sec. Itmayalsobe men-tioned thatMr Waterworth,as representing the fare brigade, stopped the useofmore chairs in the passage, and that toguardagainst apanic in case of analarmof fire, the ropes were taken from theschoolbells,andit was arranged that thefirebell shouldnot ring.

Theîextstepin telegraphy mayhe ex-pected, shortly says Truth. Several in-ventors have been hanging about it forsome years,and it willcome. You willbefore longbe able togo intoa telegraphoffice and send your message yourself,anditwill be reproducedat the receivingstation in the actual linesdrawnon the"form." Mr Elisha Gray is busy withhis telantographinAmerica,andhe willshortly show us how to transmit ourmessagesin ourownhaudwriting. Whenhe does that there canbe nomore

"mis-takes" or "blunders" of telegraphclerks. It has been done, and it issimply a question of making it success-ful inpracticaleveryday work.— Echo,

The mineral statistics of Victoria forlast year statethat theyield of gold for1886— namely, 665,1960z, was the lowestfor 35 years past. Since gold_ was firstdiscoveredin the colony ithas yielded*upto theendoflastyear54,424,3990z,of thevalueof £217,697, 596. The yield fromquartz last.year was 391,9880z, or anaverage of%o'3lgr per ton. The yieldfrom alluvial lastyear was 248,3560z,andtheyieldfrompyrites10,9840z,anaverageof loz13dwfc 14'94gr. The miningpopu-lation numbered 25,214, beingadecreaseof 978. Therewere4476 Chinese engagedinmining. The machineryemployedingold mining was valued at £1,797,925.Miners' wagesvaried from 35s to50s, thoaveragebeingfrom42s to455. Thevalueof gold raised last year was £2,710,673,and the cost of raising the same£2,385,680.

Some idea of the extent to whichmechanicalingenuity and efficiency haveadvancedmay be had from the followingstatement:

— "Itis now possible to con-struct a complete sewing machine in aminute, ot 60 inonohour;a'reaper every15minutes or less;300 watches a day,complete in all their appointments.More important than this, even, is thefactthatit ispossibletoconstruct a loco-motive in aday. From the plans of thedraughtsman to theexecutionof them bythe workman, every wheel, lever, valve,and rod may be constructed from themetalto the engine intact. Every rivetmaybe drivenin theboiler, every tube inthe tube-sheets,andfromthesmoke-stackto theashpanalocomotivemaybe turnedout inaworkingday completelyequipped,ready todo thework of 100horses."

The alleged disappearance of the re-|mains of the great Napoleon from theI tomb in the Invalides has brought intoreliefacurious_ affair, which isrelatedby

xDr. Br^mond inhis workon"Hygiene."

The doctor alleges that theheartof Na-poleon was eaten by rate at SaintHelena, under the following circum-stances:On May6,182i,Dr.Antomarchi,assisted byMr Carswell, bes;an thepostmortemexamination ofNapoleon's bodyat Longwood. They were overtakenin their work by night, and theiroperations were suspended until thefollowing day. When they returned theEmperors heart had been devoured byrats, andthey accordingly substitutedforit aportion of theviscera extracted froma sheep. The officials at the Invalidesdeny this extraordinary story as theydeniedthe canard about the removal ofNapoleon'sremains. Theycontend veryplausiblythat morecare was taken withthe post mortem examination at Long-wood, andthat theremainswere watchedat night. It is to be hoped, however,that fuller light will be thrown on thematter.

Tondcrs are invited by tho Napier HarborBarbor Boardfor the supply of stores for thoensuing year. ,

The regular monthly meeting of the- Vic-toria Lodge of Freemasons willbe held thiseveningin the Masonio Mall,Munioe-Btreet.

MessrsHyland andSmith, coal merchantsandcarriers.Port AhurirJ, insert abusinessadvertisement.

MrsA.B. Wardnotifies thatpersons enter-ingherpremisesinHersohel-streot andsteal-ingher figs will heprosecuted.

Tenders areInvitedby the Napier HarborBoard forotirtingduringthe ensuingyear. _

Messrs Glendlnning and Gritfln- invitetenders for the erection of a boiler engine-bouso at the freezing worka on theWesternSpit.

ThoUnder ofalady'sblack fur cape,lost attheTheatro Royal last night,will oblige theloserby leavingitattheHeraldoffice,or atC. Palmer's stables.

The Bon Marche change their advertise-ment over theleader. .

Mr F. Algar, Tennyson-street, has severalpropertiesatOliveandHastings forsale.

Tenders are invitedby theNapier HarborBoard for theerectionor agoodsBhed.Itisalwaysmost satisfactory whenonecan

combine business with pleasure. A visit tothe Christmas ExhibitionwillproveBUoh. Itis fullof attractions,and the latest noveltiesin flower stands,the GraceDarling boat, theRoyal yaoht. thecrystal boat,the courtshoe,and shield, wall-pookets in glass mountedinSlush, which are very pretty and useful.

Tealand Close inviteinspection.

'SALES,&0.-THISDAY.Furniture <md eflfeqta.Mr William Harker,

at thebriokhouse, Oarlyle-street,11, ■

Japanese goods,Messrs Lyndon andSidey,at thoir rooms,11.

Tenders close with tho Hallway Depart-ment for thelease oftherefreshment roomat

lunday-schoolslndustrialExhibitionopens,GnietyTheatre,7.30. «, ."_Monthlymeeting ofViotoriaLodge ofFree-mnsons,Masonio Hall. Munroe-street,7.30.

Theatre Royal.-"The Children's Queen"""Nominations and acceptances for Hawke'sBayJockey Club's BoxingDaymeeting closeat CriterionHotel,10.

JohnM'Vay mv tes inspectionof his veryextensive stock of saddleryand harness ofeverydescription whichfor quality,.variety,and'lowness of prices Ib unequalledin tnecolony. English mill belting, from U to 9inobes, in Btook. Napier and Waipukurau.-{Advt] 895

FatherisGettingWkll.-Mt daughterssay "Howmuchbetter fatherissinceheusedDr. Soule's American Hop Bitters. He

'isgettingwell after his longsuffering from adisease deolared inourablo, and we are -soglad,heusedyourBitters." AladyofRoches-ter.N.Y.—"Utlca Herald" 460

Cable News.[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT/

(rkutee's telegrams.)

FRANCE.(ReceivedDecember12,1.50p.m.)

Paris, December10.M. Fallieres has withdrawn-from the

taskofforminga Ministry,'ashe isunablotoeffect aunionof theModerateandRe-publicanparties.

AMERICA.(ReceivedDecember 12,1.50p.m.)

"Washington, December10.TheFisheriesCommissionhas beenad-

journed for the Christmas holidays,andwillreassembleon the 4thof January.

GERMANY.(ReceivedDecember12,1.50p.m.)

Berlin, December10.The Imperial Chancellor,Prince Bis-

marck,wasyesterdayseizedwithasoddenfit of illness, but with the' necessarymedical attention he speedily recovered.The doctor in attendance upon PrinceBismarck, however, advises the utmostrest andquietness.

VICTORIA.(ReceivedDecember 12,1.50 p.m.)

Melbourne,Monday.A murderous assault was made upon

the station-master at Glen Huntley, asmallstationbeyond Canlfield, on Satur-day last. A man who had purchased aticket, violently assaulted the station-master, and the latter was found by aguardlyinginsensible, withhisskull frac-tured, and in a critical condition. Theman was arrested, and upon beingsearched, thekeysof thestationsafe werefound,upon him,bat hehadonly asmallmmof money inhis possession..

(ReceivedDecember13,1.35a.m.)The cricket match between'Vernon's

eleven anda junioreighteenofMelbournewas concluded to-day. The visitors' firstinnings closedfor 556,Stoddarfc contribut-ing265, andFeel95. The juniorshadlostfifteen wickets for70 runs whentime wascalled, and the match was declared adraw.

NEW SOUTH WALES.(Received December13,1.35a.m.)

Sydney, Monday.IhereturncricketmatchbetweenShaw

and Lilywhite'steamandaSydney eleven,resulted in a win for the former. TheSydney team's second innings closedfor165, towardswhich Moses contributed68.The visitors lostno wickets for39 runs intheir second innings, when play wasstopped. ■

Telegraphic.(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) <

Auckland,Monday.Mr George Leitch produced"Human

Nature" to-night. The piece was abril-liant success. The scenerysurpassesany-thingseenhereas yet. Thecompanyareallthatcouldbe desired. Over300Volun-teers takepart in theperformance,as wellas the garrison and artillerybands. MrGeorge Leitch has scored another greatsuccessin thispiece,equaltothe"HarborLights," whichhas been enormous. TheVolunteers andbands of Auckland werepresented with magnificent trophies byMr Leitch,.as he has done in each citywhere "Human Nature" has been pro-duced.

IPEK UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION.]■ Auckland,Monday.

It is reported that an effort is to bemadebyMrJ, B, Smith to givepracticalproof of the auriferous character of thesoilatWaitoa. A waterengine hasbeenpurchased,and plant is to be placed onthe1000acres of Mr Smith's farmincon-nection with a patent gold extractorwhichisnow being completed at Fraser'sfactory.

EllenFrancesBrownpleaded guilty toperjury at the Supreme Court to-day,and was sentenced to five years' penalservitude.

Tauranga, Monday.At a meeting of the Prospecting As-

sociation to-day the prospectors reportedhaving found coal over a considerablearea,andit was decided to ask the Gov-ernment to send one of the geologicalstaff from Wellington to report on thefield.

Wellington, Monday.Two young children, the son .and

daughterof aconstableatMartinborough,werepoisoned this morning and nowliedangerously ill. Itis supposedthat thechildren were poisoned through eatingwild flowers on the roadside, arsenichavingrecently beenplacedon thestreetstokilltheweeds.

A writ claiming £1000 damages wasto-day served on the proprietors of theEveningPost at thesuitof John Martin,late landlord of the City Hotel,for analleged libel contained in comments bythePost on the evidence adducedat theinqueston thelateMrsMartin.

Dunedin,Monday."An inquest was held to-day on the

bodyofPeter Orr Smellies, of the Burn-sideSmeltingWorks, whowasfounddeadon the railway line near Caversham onSaturday night. The evidence threwlittleornolighton the mannerin whichhemet his death. It is presumed thathe felloff the trainandthatsome of thowheelspassedoverhim,as his chest wascrashed. Anopen verdict was returned.Deceased leavesa wifeandfour children.

A search party was out ba SaturdayandSunday trying to recover thebodiesof CaptainHayward,his son, andyoungWilson, drownedthrough thewreck oftheBessie. It appears that the two youngHaywards ana young Wilson, who arecabinetmakers,only went tor a trip andto assist to work thecraft. The Bessiewastrying towork out toseaafterbeingat anchor, when she missedstays.. Theanchors werelet go,buttho chain fouled.A seadrovethe vesselon a rockand shecapsized. Captain Hayward was neverseenafterwards. The two HaywardsandWilson were thrown on the rocks, butwereafterwards washedoff.

SOUTH PACIFIC OIL WELL.Gisborne, Monday.

Great excitement prevailedon receiptof thenews thatthere wasanoverflowof25ft of oil from the South Pacifus Com-pany's well. The pipe is 4Jin in dia-meter, and the volume of_ oil is thesize of the pipe. The intelligence sentshares up, and there are 'none nowpur-chasablein the local market. On Wed-nesday last tlie fulldepth of the bore was1321ft, with 1205ftof 4§in piping. FromWednesday until Friday work was at astandstill. On the latterdaysteam wasgot up, andMr Weaver, the manager,proceeded to measure the depth of thewell. When the tools had reached thesurface they were'again sent down,andthena stream of oil phot up 25 feethighinto theair. Immediatelytheoilignited.Mr Weaver, who was at the mouth ofthe wellat the time, made a rapid flightfrom the spot. The fire took place at10.30,and burneduntil 4.30. Itis calcu-latedthat £100 willrepair tho damage bythe fire. _ An opinion is expressed thaithe ignition wascaused by arush of gasin the direction of the boiler-house,and

that the gas eoniing in contact with thefurnace caused tê oil, which camesimultaneously from the month of thepipe, toignite,asa sudden flash appearedto pass from the furnace to themouth ofthe pipe. Frank Weaver had a narrowescape from injury. The burning oil inits descent set fire to the back of hiswaistcoat, burning it and his shirt. MrWeaver does not expect oil to flow foranyconsiderable lengthof timeout of the4iin pipe. The weight of liquid in thepipe is over four tons,and it is notex-pected,that such a volumewill be con-tinuously raised to thesurfaceby the gnsalone. He intends, as soon as the firstflow shall cease, to insert a 2in tubewithin the 4Jin pipe. To thebottomofthis 2in pipe an india-rubber packerscrews on, and the pressure of the gasinside expands,the rubber to the fullextent of the4Jinpipe. By this meansMr Weaveranticipates that therewillbea steady flow of oil for a.considerableperiod. '

Wellington Gossip.[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

[BY TELEGRAPH.]Wellington;Monday.

EXPECEDEXCITINGSCENES.We are promised someexcitingdiscus-

sions and one or two .all-night sittingsover the estimates and loan proposals.The NavalDefence Bill,which proposesto commit the whole colony to about£10,000 a year for 10 years for defencepurposes, willalso be sharply criticised,butmembersare alreadyexhibitingsignsof adesireof departurefromtheir legisla-tive duties, bo that it is quite probablethat several important measures willbeallowedtoslipthroughatthelastmoment,as isusually the case at the closeof thesession.

THE EX-PEEMIER AND THE AGENT-GENERAL.

Considerablesurprise was causedhereto-dayby thepublicationof a letter fromthe Agent-General to MrHarry,Bell, hisson,inWellington,relatingtoSirRobertStout's alleged letter to SirDillonBellontheresultof thelategeneralelections Itmaybe remembered that while the elec-tions were proceeding a telegram fromLondon waspublished by thePress Asso-ciation,statingthattheAgent-Generalhadreceived a letter from the Premier SirRobertStout,inwhichthelatter expresseda belief that the Government would bedefeated. Upon this Sir Robert StoutcommunicatedthefollowingstatementtoIthe Press Association for publication:"Sir RobertStout denies the truthof the

telegram,andstates that henever wroteto the Agent- General officially ton thesubject. He sentSirDillonBellaprivateletter informinghim of theeventsof thesession,and of theappeal to thecountry,when he told him it was impossible topredict what wouldhappen. Both sideswereconfidentof success,*butthe Govern-ment would be defeated if the peoplelistened to the abuse of the OppositionPress." This wason the30th ofAugust.On the same day Sir Julius Yogel, whowasat Christchurch,caused the'followingmemorandum" to be published there:—"Sir Julius Yogel has receiveda com-munication from Sir Robert Stout, andthe probability is that' the'cablegramabout theGovernment beingbeatenrefersto a remark to that effect in a letterwrittenabout the time that thevote ofwant of confidence was'being decided,and that the reference, was .to thatvote and not to the general elections.It is quite possible that Sir F. D. Bellafter the vote was carried mayhavesaidthat thePremierwrote that be expectedthe Opposition would have a majoritywhenthe vote was taken." On the 10thSeptember Mr H. D. Bell wrote to hisfather informing him,of the Ministers'allegationsand explanations,ata'd he hasnow receivedfromSirDillonBell andhaspublished a. letterdatedthe21st of Octo-ber, in whichSirDillon positively denieshavingever received any sacb letter asthat which Sir Robert Stout and SirJulius Yogelalleged to have.been writtentohim. "Sir Robert Stout's memory"tbeAgent-Generalsays, "musthavegoneastray whenhe sent that communique tothe papers. Inever hadany letter fromhim saying that hjs Governmentwouldbe defeatedif the people listened to theabuseofthe Opposition/Press.-: Nothingcouldhave beenmore innocent than thevery -few references he evermade'to theelection in his private lettersto me,andneither he nor Sir Julius Yogelsaidaningenerous wordto me of Major Atkin-sonor.the Opposition.",

SIB BOBERTSTOUT'S MEMOBV.ThePressrefers te thismatter to-night

at somelength,andsumsupas follows:—"SirRobertStout isnevertiredof tellinghis political opponents that 'they haveabadmemory, meaning that theyarein-consistentor that they do not speak tbetruth, but what are we to say for...hismemory? There is a proverb that acertainclass ofpeopleshouldhaveagoodmemory,and we have seldom.met witha case where that.proverb had moretrenchant application. The . Agent-General, shows conclusively that thereis'not asyllableof truth in either of thelate Ministers' deliberatelypreparedandpublished statements, for -the telegramwhich' jjave rise to all the fuss was apurely fictitious one, the resultof a meremisconceptioninthefirst,instance, andavery impudent fabrication afterwards.We shallbe curious to see whetherSir.Robert Stout and Sir Jnlius Yogelwillnow take,any steps to explaintheir ex-planations."

THE HONOKARfUM QUESTION.Itis currently rumored that the Hon.

Dr.Pollen has sent in his resignation totheGovernoras amemberof theLegisla-tiveCouncilinconsequenceofhis dissatis-faction over the honorarinm question.Another reportis thatDr.Pollen willcon-tinueamember oftheCounciltill theendof the session,but that he is determinednot to takehisseat nextyear.

Parliamentary.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

lenge'.votes of.this descriptio.nûlias jfch'is.was a questiofl«f,public policyihewasnot deposedto interfere!. ', ."i

Tho word "the" in lieu of the word"all"

wasinserted.MrG.K,Richardson then moved thatthe wholeclause providingfor abolishingthe Land .Boards be struck out. Hewould then make someproposal to theHouse astopayment of fees to membersof Land Boards.

The-clause was struck out on thevoices, and the Land Boards werere-tained.- -■ >' jj a #

The remaining clauses werepassedwith verbal 'amendments. Anew clause'"was under consideration at the 530 ad-journment.

Monday, December 12.The Housemet at2.30 p.m.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.Major Atkinsonsaidit wasproposedto

deliver thePublic Works Statement thateveningathalf-past 7 o'clock. He wouldintroducetheLoanBillnext day, and bethought it wquld be a convenientcourseto take thesecondreadingof thatbill thesame evening, so that the discussiononthe Public Works Statement could betakenatthe same time. ',

SCHOOL AGE.Mr Turnbull moved the adjournment

of the House to drawattention"to whathe considered a most important matter.By an Order-in-Council,recently issuedunder theEducation Act,it wasprovidedthatafter theIstof Januarynextitshouldnotbelawfulfor teachersinpublicschoolsto have children in those schools undersix years of age, or whohadpassed thesixthstandard, and that after the IstofAprilnextnocapitationwouldbepaidbytheState for schoolchildren: He wishedto say this was a mostserious blow to tbeprivileges of the House, and protested,against such regulations being issuedwhile the question was under the con-siderationofParliament.

Major Atkinson said there was nointerference with the privileges of theHouse inthematter. Itwas consideredadvisable to give due

'notice to school

teachersof the policyproposedtobepur-sued by theGovernmentinthat direction,butif theHouse' didnot giveeffect to itthere would beplenty of timetorescindthe regulations. Thetimebeingsoshortit was merelydesired to give notice toteachers, and if the House refused toassent to the Government's proposalssomeotheractionwouldhave to be taken.

Considerable discussion ensued, in thethe courseof which the.Premiersaid that,a full opportunity wouldbe afforded fordiscussing the wholematter. TheGovern-ment had no intention to close countryschoolsby their regulations.

Sir GeorgeGrey gavenoticeto moveinCommittee of Supply that the Govern-ment should not naveadvised the Gov-ernorto issue a proclamation deprivingalargenumber of children of the privi-lege of education which the existinglawgavethem.

MrFitzherberfc askedwhethertheGov-ernment would lay on the table theopinion of the Crown law officers withrespect to issuing thoseregulations?— MrFisher saidthatthat wouldbe amost im-proper thing todo.

Mr Turnbnll gave-notice of a ques-tionon thesubject. . -

The motionfor adjournment was thennegatived.THE LOAN BILL. yInreply to Mr E. Richardson,MajorAtkinson said he had no objection to

postponethe discussionon the LoanBilltillWednesdayif theHousedesired it.

LAND BILL.The Land Bill was further consideredincommittee.

Clause27, relating to the abolition ofLandBoards,elicited.a long discussion,severalmembersobjecting to thoseBoardsbeingabolished.

Mr Smith movedthat the words "arehereby abolished

"be struck out.

Mr Steward moved to strike out the-words "all LandBoards" and to insert" theLandBoards." „ ,._.

Another lengthydebatefollowed. Ulti-mately Mr Steward's amendment wascarriedby 36 to28. . , „

MrHobbssaidhe desired to challengethe votes of Messrs Beetham, Moat,Cowan, Uallaghan, M'Kenzie, and Kerr,as beingmembers ofWasteLandsBoards,andconsequentlypersonally interested inthematterunder discussion.

The Chairman said that as a generalrulo members were fullyentitled toch»l-

EVENING SITTING.TheHouseresumedat7.30. '.

NEW MEMBER.Mr J. C*Brown/ who was'elected forTuapekawhilehe'was in England, wasintroduced.by SirGeorgeGrey, and tooktheoathandhis seat.

OBDBRB OFTHE DAY. ;

On the.orders of the day'being pro-ceededwith, ' "

:-/ .;" ,:,.,MrMitchelson deliveredthe following .

PUBLIC WPBKS:STATEMENT. " .Mr Speaker,— ln the statement which .Iam about to■make thisevening1shallnot attempt, .in describing the variousworks, to eco into minute details, asI■find that' all essentialparticulars as re.sards theprogress of the constructionofthe railways.and other works are morecompletely given in the reports,-of thqengineers whichhavealreadybeen laidon.the tableof„ the House thanIcouldhopstogivethem in any.statement of rearon>able length. In the'case of the-severalrailwayswhichIshallhave to treatupon,therefore,Ishallmerely,endeavor tostaleasshortly aspossiblethepresentconditionof the-various'lines, the funds alreadyavailable and nowproposed;tobe;pr<mdedfor them, therate at whichwepropose toexpend these.funds, and ■the/condition "

into which- th'e'-several^railwayfcîll'pro- '.bably be 'when these funds ateexpended; " . - . '_= _:.:;.";■-"" '■ ■■. y■."

RAILWAYS JN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION'"

AND PROPOSED;, rNCLtTDIKO ADDI-TIONS. TO OPENEB^LWAra',, .i,;^ .

To,commence; therefore,With- therail*''-

ways, as; I. find '& usual- tocommence' with, thjjfr class'of work's.' Iiind that the total;:length: bfi.'railways :openedon the 31st-March-lastwasinthe '■NorthIsland 688.miles;amTintheSouthIsland1090milesi j' total,1722'iniles.

'On"-

--the 31st of October last,therewereopened-for traffic1734 miles"bf which 632 miles .werein theNorth,Island and1102 inthe'SouthIsland; J-There were;algd'at thatdate17(Tnulesof-railwayinconrse.ofcon-struction,jbf/ which 87 miles.wereiin:the'NorthIslandand89-in the SouthIsland. ■'

Thetotalexpenditure<onrailways,includ-j.ins cost,of provincial,lines and purchaseof district railways,up to' 81st"Marchlast,-was £14,082,711, ' and:thelabilitieson the31stMatch were £486,376 ;making-inall £14;669;087. f/- ; ,'■■«.;-.if.~";f>r^ ■'

HelensrfUerNpjthwaffls.:i'QV'therasl-wayfrom HelerisVille northwardsâci|n-'tract is inprogressfor. the forrriatibn'b'f 4miles.v arid:is.expected to Ih'e'

'finishedduringihepresentmonthJ*tJrUii'the line[ is completed toKaukapakapa,'a* distanceof seven'miles' fromHelenavTHeîii':.\Mllnot carrymuch traffic, and it"is """

t proposed toi complete it 'to^ 'tfiafc exteafe. as soonas practicable,but it .is ;notintended" to .put-*eir.tefminal station"[ atKaukapakapaaâ/branch fromHelens'' ville.until;fiirther,fextended. The funds; already pro)ride& jyjthVthe addition of\ £25,000 ;soty proposed,willcomplete theI railway.for, tramb;.far.Beven milesup to -1 Kaukapakapa, ..and. will, also enable .the* formation ,to be:extended for':ft"iurtherI distance of eight miles...;'.Thejafceof=ex-\ penditurb proposed is £10,000 for this

■ year;"arid. £27,ooo,, £2o,ppojind £17:7613 for the three foUo*ing.years; totalI'to8 endofMaosh,!lß9l,' £74;761:> >:(', .'-; ,;

AucklandytoPenroseDoubling.Line:—' For;the'-!Aucklaijd';.to"Peprose doubling° line'ari-'allocationâ^'raade-nrider.theLoan.Actof 1886,but as it-would havegone.onlyiashort;\vay towarda/.tbe com-pletionof whatwasrequirednoneof the'necessary-works,Jujse as. yetbeen.pur.,in" hand," and as,thejbalance, necessary.. to

? completethe'wqrkg^fcome £77,000Vcannot* conveniently;beprovidedout of thjemoney.~ now proposedWbe.borrowed.'itr.isîioli'» intended at present to takeany'further* steps in thematter.' '. .,,;,» '.. .'■ '.;.-J;j .;-^- :. ,-.? Grahamstown-TeAjoha.— On"thejGra-

hamstown^TeAroharailwaytherailsaren laid from 'Grahamstownt to Ki\ieranga,''aboutfivemiles, and the formationwith-out bridges' is complete between Kane-ranga and Hikutaia, about.eight miles,

■t and in .progress from, thence tornear-Ohinemuri,- about:six.miles?'1;Itia-ex-

S peered' that the' latter *eojtion will bec finished in'Julynext; -FrpmtOhirieniurl* to TeAroba, 13^.niilesi-'-'tne contractc survey is complete,"bat theVorks haves not yet yet beeri.firat in-band the totala length. "./.■"" ";'.-'"""■, ■ ",a Prom Grahamstown'to Te Aroha, 32a miles.— The:funds.already:provided willc complete the line.to QUineniuii;20miles'-■ fromGrabamstown, afidif is proposed to'c' put the remainder of tKe bridging and|platelayingstill requiredfor this -sectiondinhandthis year.:..The rate of expendi.n turepropos>dis for this year £10,000, anda for, the three .following years £15,000,c £10,000, >d £6921 respectively;total,a, £31,921., «",-"..- '.'"■ ,..P.utararu t^Kotorua.— OnthePutarurur- to Kotorua;.railway;aJcpntracii'has^lfeenII let ■ for.'- formation, 'p'latelaying, .and'■- stations from■Futararn to Ngatira,eight

mites.. The.works-areprogressinE satis-factorily,aiad are expected tobe finished

i. in Junenext;' atthe.Rotorna end./ Fiveo' miles'between Rotoruaand Ngongataha- havebeenset/aside for Maoripiece work,

," and'a"considerablei extent-of formation. has alreadybeen doneby thenativesina- satisfactory -manner. .The interveningi distance '.between Ng'atira,andNgohga--1 taha; about 19;miles,has been surveyed

for.contract,Imt the works'have not yetbeenput inhand. '..The totallength fromPutardrd:to Rotorua is 32 miles.. Thefunds alreadyprovided,with theadditionof £18,000 (including £9000 for rails)nowproposed to-be allocated, will completethe railway for traffic from Putaruru totheOkohinkisaddle,alengthof 18miles,thatbeingthe shortest distanceit caabeopened.with anyrealadvantage,and willalso enable communication to be estab-lished- by road from' that point toOhinemutn.'adistance of abbut 14 miles., .The rate of expenditure proposed,,ex-

t elusiveof the amount required for rails,i is £40;000 !for:this year, and £25,000,I £25,000, and £7377. for the following, years; total

'to' 'the endofMarch,1891,

1 £97;377.-..;r: ./"■.-"". :v-.. :■ '-.l North IslandTrunkRailway.— Coming, now to the North Island trnnk railway,Ifind with very.much:'regret that the.original estimate of this line'was' alto-

. gethermisleading,,theprobablecostorigi; nally indicated having been £1,360,000,' whereas the present estimate,'exclusive; of the probable,!,costs and charges of■ raisins the loan; andtheamountallocated; to the purchase' of native lands, is■ £2,085,000. If to this amount there is; added,1 say, £100;000 for- raising loans,

and also the £100i000 already, allocated: for native lands, it brinps-the total to£2,285,000, and .'.taking the £1,000,000already authorised from ' this shows£1,285,000 asi still required to be1 authorisedin order tocomplete the whole

"■ line from- Te'Awamutu'to Marton. Ifthe worksare togo on under tho alteredcircumstances now disclosed, then theproposals whichIhave shownon table C'attached to.this, statement, and -whichIshallpresently describe, would,,Ithink,besuitablefor adoptioninsofarasregardstheamount'of-mbjueywhichmightreason-ablybe expendeddnririgthe present andthreefoliowingyearsateachendofrailway.But before any further work-is under-takesIthinktheHouse should have anopportunity'of expressingitsopinion onthe new aspect which the matter hasassumed, andin anycaseIdo not pro-pose to put any new contracts in handuntilafternextsession. With regard tothe alternative ..route proposed for thisrailway,Ifind that theorfginal=estimatefor the'line from?-.StratfordJ to.TeAwa-mutuwas£l,o36,ooo, ana-atfirsFsight,therefore, this project might appear tohave a'great'advantageascompared wfohcompleting' tiie railway from Marton toTeAwamutu'7but exceptingthattheesti-materate per.Mile was much higher than

-that -.for. the central line we have noguarantee tthat this estimate is any merecorrect than.that:for the central route,and it would'therefore bepremature toexpressany"pinion'on the.subjectuntilatrustworthyestimateof this lineiscom-pleted.for comparison with the revisedestimatenow'made of the central line.Itwould, therefore,Ithink,be'desirablethata jmrveyshouldbemadeof theTar-anakiroute of amore accurate characterthanthose whichhayehithertbbeenmade,in order that' somethirig like

'a' correct

estimate may.be formed'of theprobablecost ofthe railwayin.thatdirection'/ Thecost ofthissurvey,wouldnotbe lost,evenif the railwayis not made,as theinfor-mationgainedcould be utilised inlocat-ing .a roadiwhich mnst be made in thefuture in:"the event of no railwaybeingmade. The best jioint t« diverge fromthemain trunk railwayin order toreachTaranakiwould beatapointnearMara-mata, aboutJ?miles from Te Awamntu,andthe cost -of. construction ofarailway,'complete;and for>traffic, fromTe Awamutu .itQ this point,including adue. proportion of the cost of raising theloan, "ana'.depar^meßtal.'ana' other ex-penditureof every,kind,,,is;,es<imated at£500,000. Thisvis inclusive of fabout£260,000, for "and liabilitiesalreadyincurred^ Thelonlydoubt, there-for*, as'regaMlffjthe probable cost of arailway,friini Te.Awaiuutu andTaranaki,isastothe cost ofthelink betweenMara-mata and Stratford,;or wherever mightbe the best Iplacei to join the exist-ing Tararißki ,railway. The presentestimateof the".connection, is £800,000, .-but as therearenot trustworthy data on

~ 'which such ;a'n;eßtira»k "can bebased i*%.

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pricesiHat, Clothing, and Mercery Department

well stooked with new novelties in Hats,Clothing, Ties, Shirts, Collars, Hosiery, andLittleBoys'Outfits ofeverydescription.

INSPECTION INVITED.New designs in BrusselsandTapestry Car.

pets,withRugstomatch,KensingtonSquares,Wool and Skin RugsandMats. Linoleums.Floorcloths, Hemp and China Mattings inplainandfancycolorings!!"

INSPECTIONINVITED.

GBNBBAL IMPORTERS SO

At Chester recently theexaminationinbankruptcy was heard of Mr Thomas €r.Dixon,Justiceof thePeace forFlintshire,and late owner of theNantHallestate,near Rhyl, and of a small estate inCheshire. At the close of the examina-tion the bankrupt said that in 1847 heheldcertain'shares in an agricultural in-surance company started in Edinburgh.It was eventually amalgamated with aLondon company, and he was stronglyadvised towithdrawfrom it. He did sobypaying thebalance due onhis shares.Twenty-threeyearsafterwardshereceivedanotice to appear in London to showcause,whyhe shouldnotbea contributory,and the upshot was that thecase wentinto court before tho chief clerk, whogave his 'decision againstMrDixon. He(the bankrupt) then went before theMaster of the Rolls,whodecidedin hisfavor. The other side then took thematterbeforethe lords justices of appeal,and their lordships, whileacknowledgingit to he the hardest case they hadevertried, said that in strict law they mustgive their decision against him. Thomatterbeing a very serious one nnd in-volving aconsiderable sum of moneyMrDixondecided to appealto the House ofLords, Theygaveadecision inhis favoron every point,with costs;and notwith-standing this final success the litigationhadcost him just £5000.

Christmas Presents.— Ruddock and Fryerhavereceivoddirect front themanufacturers,a large shipment of electroplated ware overy latest designs,which they are offeringat considerable discounts on usual prices.

—lAdvt.] 887

Tho 8.0.Poarl Cream, for the complexion,isharmless, andproduces a delicate bloom obeauty. The8.0.White Rose ToiletPowderis a luxury. White RoseCold Cream. WhiteRoso SaohetPowder. A large assortment ofperfumes andcosmetlqucs in stook. Bower-man and Owen, Hastings-street, Napier.—[Advt.] 18«

TEKrH Carefully Extracted, 2s 6a.All kinds of Stopping done. A. Eccloa.Chemist,Masonio Hotel Buildings,Napier.—[Advt.] 711

Eccles' Syrup of Red Gum or EucalyptusBalsamhasproveditself tobethebestremedyforcoughs,colds, asthma, andalldiseasesofthebreathingorgans. H.P. writes:— "

Ihaveno fear forasthma whenyourRedGumSyrupisat hand;onedose always givesme instantrelief,andwhenmy wife or childrencatch acolditalwayscuresthorn;sendme two largebottles by first train." Preparedonly by A.Eccles, Chemist, Hastings-street, Napier.—Advt.Messrs Rale and Glassford are supplying

Srst-classIceCreams. Loversofthis delight-fuldainty woulddo welltopay a visittotheirestablishment— [Advt.] 726

Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c, arequiokly cured by using Baxter's "LungPro-server." This old-established and favoritemedicinoisplensant tothepalate,and highlyextolled by members of the medical, legaland clericalprofessions, For testimonials scoadvt. Soldby all patentmodtoinu vendors.—Bowerman andOwen, agents for Napier—Advt 19Theoryisstill they comeandpatronleo the

CityHairdroßßing Saloon;andwhy?Becausethe proprietor is always using his best en-deavors tosustain its reputation as thelead-ingHairdresshigSaloon inHawke'sBay. Hohas now engaged the services of Mr wont-worthRallies, from one of the leadingshopsinDunedin,asassistanthairdrosser, and who,in ooniunotion -with Mr Niccol, will havechargeoftheHairdroßsing Saloon;theroforo,withtwosuoh first-class artists towaituponthem,patrons of this popular establishmentmay roly on reoolving every satisfaction.Hair-cutting, Shaving,and Shampooing withBayRhum. Hair dyedto anyshade. Ladies'privato room. Families waitedon at thoirownresidences. Wigs made and Hairworkofovorydescription done on the premisesatlowost possible prices. Fancy Dresses andWigs for hire; descriptionand prioelists onapplication. Toilet Requisites in greatvariety. The bestbrandß ofTobacco, cntand:nplug. Egyptian and variousotherkinds ofCigarettesInstook. Just received, a verychoico Cigar, theDe Vlllar Villar:thesearohighly recommended. A splendid seloctionof Briar and Meorsohaum Pipes, MusicalInstruments, and Fancy Goods.— N.Jacobs,Wholesale andRetail Tobacconist,City Hair-dressing Saloon,nextCriterion Hotel,Napier.-IADVT.] , 191

Baxters Lima Preserver has gainedgreatpopularity in this district as a speedyand offectual romedy in the treatment ofCoughs,Colds, Bronchitis,and other chestnnd throat complaints. Readadvt. and tryit— Boworman and Owen,agonts tor Napier.-{Advt.] 101

ECCLES' CORN PAINT quioklyromovosoithor hard or soft corns. Only a fowappli-cations necessary. Inbpttlos Is 6d, from A,Kcclos, Chemist Masonio Hotel Buildings.Napior 93

Answer This.— Did you ovor know anyperson to bo ill, without inaction of thostomach,Hvor,or kidneys, or did you ovorknow ono whowas wolt whenoither wasob-structed or inaotb'oIanddidyouover knowor hearofanyoastof tho kindthat Dr.Soulo'sAmorlcan Hop Bitters wouldnotoure? Askyourneighbor this samoquoßtion. -"Timos."

461

For all kinds of Saddlerygo to JamosMills,saddlor Emerson-street.— [Adat.] 95

SYNOPSISOF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.Mr W. Harkor will boII at tho Athemeum

hall on tho 22nd instant Mr Neil Heath'sMessrs Murray, Roberts and Co. insert a

list of agricultural machinery and Jturnipsoods wliiohtheyhave foreale.

LATEST FOR THE SEASON;

NEW DESIGNS INQHIRTS, SCAftFS, TIES, <bo.

SPLENDIDRANGETIKMEN'S, YOUTHS', &BOYS TWEEDSUITS

AT EXTRA LOW PRICES.

OUR MEASUR~E~DEPARTMENTHAS PROVED ADECIDEDSUCCESS.

We Guarantee tho Workmanship and aPERFECT FIT

GOOD ASSORTMENTTOURISTS' CAPS,

CRICKETING SHIRTS,TROUSERS, BELTS, &C, &C.

ITHEKAIAPOI OLOTHINO DEPOT.

DAVID PALMER AND CO.,HASTINGS-STREET, NAPIER. 351

SPECIAL NOTICE.ENCOURAGE COLONIAL INDUSTRY.

To hand forChristmas andNew Year, the

LAKUESTANDBEST-ASSOETEDSTOCK

OPBOYS', YOUTHS', AND MEN'SCLOTHING,

Which forValue,Variety,and ExcellenceofManufacture cannotbesurpassed in

theDistrict. ■

Also,MERCERY, HOSIERY, HATS, &C, &0,,.

InEndless Varieties.AnEarlyInßpeotion Solioited.

Agents tooWKRTHEIM'S CELEBRATED

HandandTreadleSEWING MACHINES,

FOR CASHIOR TIMEIPAYMENT.Napier Branch

—HASTINGS " STREET.

BON MARCHE.Ladies' Cambrio Morning; Wrappers, from

7s 6dLadies'CambrioSkirts, from2slid to7s6dLadies' Undcrolothing,inlarge variety,hand

andmachine made, splendidvalueLadies'Black SatinApronsLadies' Fancy Aprons, in large assortment,

someverypretty and choicegoodsLadies' CookingAprons,largesize, from Isfid

to4s6dLadies' Corsets, in all the leading makes^

including"The Fittania," "Izods"

"The Summor Corset." Tkelatteris speciallyadaptedfor warmclimates

Ladies' Mantles, in Spanish Lace, BradedCanvas Cloth, Broche,andOttomanSilk,some special novelties

Ladios" Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats andBonnets in all the newest and leadingshapes andstyles

BON MARCHE.TUST Opened, Splendid Lino intf Alfred Stripes,suitable for Boys'Wash-ing Suits, lOJd and lljdper yard. Splendidvalue inBrown Hollands, H&, s}d,6Jd, andupwards. i

968

NEW STOCK.

8-BUTTON LENGTH LADIES'SWEDE GLOVES, 2s lldjper pair.

V 839

NOTICE.

ALL Letters or other Communica-tions for insertionin theHerald should

be addressed to THEEDITOR.All instructions relative to ADVERTISE-MENTS, and Birth, Death, and Marriage

Notices should be forwarded to THEMANAGER.

WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S BOOTS ATCOST PRICE, '

As wearegivingupthisbranch altogether.

DRESSMAKING BY MISSCRAIG.Good Fit, Goad Style, Moderate Charges.

One trialsolicited.

S. G. RADFORD,GENERAL DRAPER ANDCLOTHIER.

Hastings-street. . 954

HENRY WILLIAMS & SONS,WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMON

GERS,Hastings-street, Napier 162

DAVIDSON, IRVINE & CO.,GENERAL IMPORTERS,

MERCHANTS.ANU

COMMISSION AGEZNTSStation-stbbet Napier 162

HASTINGS TIMBER, FIRE-WOOD, COAL YARDS, ANDPRODUCE STORES.

O|N HAND FOR SALE-Large AfHortment of Sawn Timber con- slating ofTotara PaltogsRemu House BlookßMatai PostsandStrainersWhitePine . Shingles

A Largo Stook]ofDOORS, SASHRS, MOULDINGS, SKIRT-INGS AND ARCHITRAVESCoa HayCharcoal StrawFirewood ChaffLime CornsacksBrioks PotatoesCement OatsFlax-tow Grass SoedMaize WheatEfcwlWheat DrainPlposJunotions Chimney TopsSuikTraps General Merchaudlso

Orders promptly exooutcdanddeliveredatany Railway Station, or inany part of theDistrict,atvery lowestcurrent rates.Aren't forBrooko's well-knownShoopDip.

B. L. KNIGHT176 General Merchant,Hastings

TAMAKI SAWMILL COMPANY,DANEVIRKE, HAWKE'S BAY.

THE Proprietors having secured5000 acres of the best Totara, Rimu,

Matai,and WhiteFine Timber in the NorthIsland, and conneoted with Steel Tram andLocomotive Engine with the main line ofrailwaytoNapier,thisCompanyarepreparedtosupplyon tno shortest notice to Shippers,Sawmlllora, RaUway, Timber Merchants,HarborBoards,BridgeContractors, Builders,andthegeneralpublic—LOGS PILESSLEEPERS .FENCING POSTS

STRAINERS,BRIDGE AND BUILDING TIMBER OF

ALL KINDS

SPECIAL "qToTATIONSF.0.8. AT NAPIER,

Or qnRailwayTrucks atTahoraite, onapplication to

THE MANAGER, DANEVIRKEOR

B. L. KNIGHT,177 Hastings.

PREMIER STEAM SAW ANDPLANING- MILLS.

H SMITH has much pleasure in" informinghis many friends and thepublioof Hawke's Bay that heisprepared tosupply wellout BuildingandBridge Timberat thaehortestnotice andatmoderate prices.

Note theAddress:HSEMIEK SAW AND PLAINING MILLS

Smith's Siding,via Makatoku.GEO M'VAY AGENT

171 Napier. ,

NOW PUBLISHED,

MAP OF THE BOROUGH OPNAPIER,Hawke's Bat, N.Z.,

Showing all Subdivisions and Roud Linesaooordtng toMrRochfort's Survey,1885.

Soale: Four chains toan inoh.Orders forwardedto

DINWIDDIE WALKER AND CO(LIMITED),

Publishers,Will receive prompt attention.

PRICE,7s Gd.MountedanCalico, withPollors, 12sBdMounted on Calico, with Rollers, and Var

nished 15s

HAVKLOCK AUENOY.

FROM and after this date Mr JWatson,GenoralStorekeeper,Ilavelockhasboonroappointod theDistrict ApentoftheHAWKE'S BAY HERALD

andmv.WEEKLY COURIER.

Subscribers will please call as usual at MrJ. Watson's for theirpapors.

NEW ZEALAND INSURANCECOMPANY.

(Established 1859.)Capital .. fiI,COO,OOOPaid-upandReserveFunds .. £125 000With UnlimitedLiabilityof Shareholders.

FlßE.— lnsurancesagainstLossbyFire aroeffectedby this Company upon everydescrip-tionofproperty ontho most favorablo termsMARINE.— Morchandißo, Freight, andHulls insured to andfrom nil parts of thoworld.,M T. J.BRASSEY.166 Manager forHawke's Bay.

TIVERPOOLANDLONDONANDJU GLOBEINSURANCE COMPANY.Established, 1830.

Unlimited LiabilityofShareholders— Paid-upCapital and AccumulatedRoaorvoFunds(1871)), £5,812,095.InsuranceagainstFireeffectedat tholowestRates. First-olas Brisks treatedvoryllborally

F. W. WILLIAMS &KETTLE.W Agents.

AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCEA ABSURANCE COMPANY,PbinoipalOffices— 77 Collins-streot West,Melbourne

FIRE ANDMARINE RISKSOievery description accepted by theunder-Signed atLOWEST RATES.163 DAVIDSON, IRVINE& CO.

STANDARD FIREANDMARINEINSURANCE CO. OF NEW

ZEALAND.CAPITAL £1,000,000

HeadOffice: Dunedin.Agents forHawke'sBay..ROBJOHNS & CO.168

25 OASES ANDOBALESOF

SUMMERGOODSNOW OPENED DP

AT]

SEARLE'SDRAPERY MART.

CHEAPER THANEVER!

INSPECTIONINVITED. NONEPRESSEDTO BUY.

SEETHEM, COMPARE. AND JUDGEFOR YOURSELVES.

DRESSMAKING FOR THE SEASON.

GOOD FIT,GOOD STYLE, AND LOWCHARGES AT

SBARLE'S DRAPERY MART,170

GREAT BARGAINS FORCHRISTMAS

AT

S.O.RADFORD'SLONDON HOUSE.

Ladies'4-buttouBlackKidGlovesIs 6dPrintsandPompadours2s Gd theDrossPinafore Muslin4tdyardBlack and Colored Cashmere Is Gd, doublewidthLadies' Jerseys 5slidLadies' TrimmedHats from3s GdLadies' Untrimmed Hata from 6dWhite EmbroideryIsGdperdozChineseMatting 8dand lOd peryardTapestry Carpetla 9dand Zs peryardDoorMats2s6dHearthrugs7s GdLaceCurtains3s6dand 3slidColoredTableoovers 5slidand 6s9dGrey Calico from 2sGdper dozOilcloth lOdandIs 3dperyardMen's SoftFeltHats 2s6dMen's TweedCaps Is lidMon'a White Shirts3s GdMen's TweedSuits from21sMen's Boots8sSdperpairMen'sSlippers 2sOdper pair

JOHNM'VAY,WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,,

HAS receivedex Tainui,Hurunui,Coptic, Invercargill, and other latearrivals,

VERY LARGE ADDITIONSTO HISSTOCK,Which he can safely claim to bo themost

extensiveinthe colony. '

Ladies' andGents' Saddlesingreat varietyRaceSaddles, averychoicelotHarnessofeverydescriptioninstockWhips ofeverydescription— anow stockjust

tohandfrom"

Ashford'a"

Horse Clothing,a largeassortmentEnglish MillBeltingof superior quality, over

2000 feetinstock.Repairs rocoivospeciallycaretul>ndjprompt

attention.Fricosare theverylowestconsistent with

fail- trading. ■' ,

john¥vay,HASTINGS-STREET,NAPIER

Andat Waipukubau.i. '164

R. JIAOTAH &COSGREAT

OOMBINATIONJPRIOE LIST.CHRISTMASAND NEW YEAR.

WEarenowshowingaMagnificentAssortment of Ladies' and GenOo

men's High Class Goods suitable for thepresentseason, for whichwe quotaspeciallylow prices during the present month. Newpatterns in French, English, and Germanmanufactures of splendid quality, all bymakersof highrepute.Wecall specialattention toourLadies' Walk-

ing Shoes. Thirty different- styles tochoosefrom. Prices from5s lidto30s

The largest stock in tho colonyof CoveandWest's Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes.Perfect fit. latest styles, and splendidwearing qualities are the prominentcharacteristics of this make of goads.Once wornalways worn. Prices from12a6dto3os

Pinet's Hand-sown Boots and Shoos. Newgoods

Otto Herz's GlaoeandGloveKidShoes,UsCdPollak'sGlace Kid?hoes. 8s Cd,10sfid, MsCd ■

Bostock's StoutCalf Kid Walking dhoes, 8s6d.1056dOtto Herz's and Pollack's Glove Kid Boots

andButtonBootsfrom17s 6dCovo and West's Hand-sewn Court Shoes,

10a6dCove andWest'sSewnBalmorals, 12s6dCoveand West's Gents'Balmorals, Us Sdto30sCoveand West's Oxford Walking Shoes,12s6dto2ssLadies'KidWalking Shoesfrom5s6dLadies' KidElastic-sideBoots from5s 6dLadies'CalfskinElastic-sides from 8s6dLadies'Calfskin Balmorals from 8s6dThousandsof Infants' Boots and Shoes from

Is6dLadieß' EveningShoesfrom636dMen's Bluchers from5s 6dMen's Strong Walking Boots, nailed, from10b6d

Please Note theAddress—IHEHAWKE'S BAY AND NAPIER

CASH BOOT MARKET,HASTINGS-STREET, NAPIER.

R. HANNAK & CO.,PROPRIETORS 925

THE RED LAMP," EMERSON-STREETREMINGTON'S

PKEPARATIONS AND SPECIALIMPORTS.India Currio Powdor (tho Currio of theColony),tins Is6dand2s 6d;Toothache Cure,

Is 6d Paris Exhibition Cold Cream, Is 6d:Rose Scented Toilet Powder, 1b; Cure forPiles 2s 6d; Vogotable Liver Pills, sugar-coated, 25 in box, Is (id:Quinino Wino (fullstrength), 2s;Balsamic CoughElixir,asmadeinBristol Infirmary, Is 6d and 2s 6d; Steeland Pennyroyal Pills, proper strongth forladies, freshmade as wanted, 2b 6dperbox;Worm Powders,noaperientwanted,paokotsIs; Infants'Mixture, for wind, griping, &c,Is 6d; Podophyllin Pills, special receipt. Isand 2s.

Just ArrivedbyDobic,GrapeSaline (asEno'sFruit Salt),NewCodLiverOil,almost tasteless.

By Kaikoura.LimoFruitCordial, Is6d and 2b Bd.ARTHUR REMINGTON,

DISPENSING CHEMIST AND DIRECTDRUG IMPORTER,1 Emeuson-street, Napier,FromMessrsJohn 801landCompany,Oxfordstreet,London, W "

HonorabloMontion,"Paris1867,for"Excellent Quality.K&Tonnn Years'Experience, 173"

ZEALANDIA"BOOTS.

THESE Celebrated Boots haveSTOOD the TEST for THIRTEENYEARS;thoy havo been sold throughouttho colony,andareto-dayMOREPOPULARTHAN EVER:in tho busy city or in" thesilent forest theirfame isknowntothousands.

THE SPLENDIDWEARAnd reputation of this brand have arisonfrom the fact that only First-olassMaterialsare used, and nonebut Good Workmen aroemployed intheirmanufacture

TESriMONIALSHavobeen received fromHundreds of Cus-tomers, certifying to tho Splendid Wear,ofthese Boots, and the Public are guaranteedagainßt loss frombad workmanship;,

A Boot withsuch a reputation naturallyleads to othergoods being*offered,'.purporting-to be

"Zealandia," but this is a registeredTrade Brand, and overypair is stamped ontho sole "ZealiAndia," and everyotherBootnotagenuine "Zkal/ANdia." ,'

THESE CELEBRATED BOOTSHavo had extraordinary success at thevarious Exhibitions. In Sydney and > Mel-bourne thoy obtained tho Highost ColonialAwards; at Christchurch and WellingtonExhibitions thoy obtained tho only GoldMedals,and have boonplaced first at lowShows and Exhibitions top nutnorous tomention; and at the recent INDIAN ANDCOLONIAL EXHIBITION they wcra Wo-nounccd theFINEST EXHIBITin thowholeExhibition. (SooSir JuliUß vonHaaat'slottorto Sir Julius Yogel.) And as this Was incompetitionagainst tho British Empire,it.issomethingtobe fairlyproud of.Letall thosewho wantStrong, Hard-wear-ing,Good-fittingBoots,buy a pair of "ZEA-LANDIAS," and they will novor use any

other.Sold by Storekeepers and Boot and ShooDealers throughoutNew Zealand, and manu-factured for thotrado by

LIGHTBAND, ALLAN & Co.,CHRISTCHURCH.

Sco that tho brand"

ZEALANDIA" igmarked on thesole.

Thonow"

PARAGON"BOOT patentedbyus. and tho INDESTRUCTABLE TOE arosplendid things:and wo also highly recom-mend "

Corrlckb Patent Boot Baok Fro-teotors.

LIGHTBAND ALLAN &00.173

SUMMER 1887.BLYTHE'S

DRAPERYIMPORTINGCOMPANYAnnounce the arrival andopeningupof themore important shipments for their Suramortrade,comprising—-

EsHalcione,4casesExB.S.Doric, 35casesandbalesEx s.s. Ar&wa,11cases andbalesEx s.s.Aorangi,7 casesandbalesExas.Balmoral Castle,19casesandbales

Consequentlyall departments willbe foundreplete with choice, new,fresh Goods, care-fully selected and marked off verycheap tomeet therequirementsofthepublic.

While maintaining our reputation for anhonest, sound, flrst-olass artiole, the pricesnow charged willbefound most acceptable,and compare favorably with those o£ anyothercontrainthooolony. ' '

THEJTAILORINoTdEPARTMENTFor made to measuresuits on the premiseshas provedagreatsuccess. Encouraged bythe liberal patronagebestowed upon it wehaveimportedanexcellentvarietyofTweeds,Coatings,andSuitings,andguarantee toturnoutworksecondtonone,atprices muchunder

prevailingratesforatlrst-classartiole.

THE MILLINERY~DEPARTMENTIsunder efficient,supervision,and the styletasto,and eleganceof ourproductions speak

for themselves,

THE DRESSMAKING DEPART-< MENTRemainsinMissTilly'scharge. The quan-tityofworkturnedoutduringthelast seasonis aguarantee for the excellence and good

taeteofjherproductions.

All',Goods marked in PlainFigures. CashPrices. No abatementBLYTHE'S DRAPERY IMPORTING

COMPANYSELL RETAIL AT WHOLESALE PRICES

FOR CASH. 160

NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS.

MRS SUTTON|Begs toinformher numerouscustomers that

Bhohasjüßt receivedherFIRST SHIPMENT OF SPRING AND

SUMMER NOVELTIES, .Comprising—

' "

dress materials of the newestpatterns andcolors.

Prints,CordedSateens,Plain,Crimpedandtottkdzbphyiib.

Inendlessvariety.

Ladies' and Children's Strawsof thelverynewest shapes.

Flowers, Aigrettes, Feathers ot thechoicest

A beautiful assortment of Ribbons andLaoos andotherNovelties toonumer-oustomention.

DRESSMAKING BY MISS AYLETT,Whoso

Fir and Style Cannot be Surpassed.

MUS SUTTON,EMERSON-STREET NAPIBR.

rihgiandQthomas/§\

I

iGREAT

CHRISTMASSHOW

OF

NOVELTIES.Imported Direct from the Most CELE

BRATED Manufacturers Known.

I.&R.MORLEY"SHOSIERY, TIES, BRACES, SHIRTS,

GLOVES, COLLARS, &C, &c.Shown here Seven Weeks' Later than in. . London.)

CHRISTEY'S HATS, in the latest!LondonShapesand Textures,inoluding HardandSoft Felt, Panama (real). Cricketing,'Boating,Landand Water,&o.

FRENCH HATS. Latest Parisian Shapes.

HILL'SHATSin GreatVariety.

AnydescriptionotHatmade toorder.Also,LADIES'RD3INGHVTS.

CLOTHINGOf Superior Quality, ready-made ormade to.measure, from choice designs in Homeand ColonialITweeas, Serges, and Fancy

Worsteds.

AnImmense Varietyo£ .LITTLE BOYS, BOYS', AND YOUTHS'CLOTHING,

EmbracingNewest Shapes andTextures fo»Summer Wear.

TENNIS AND CRICKETING SHIRTSMade toOrder. Material.shrank.

GENTLEMEN'S SUITS TO MEASURE,. SOs to 955.'

Fitguaranteed.

■PersonalSupbrintendenob. AllOrdersPunctuallyAttendedTo.

VALUE RIGHT.

CS» ■DCZ

PJNGIANDFpTHOMASi

785

SIDEY & BAIN,THE

CHEAPEST HARDWARE HOUSE,NAPD3R.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRON-MONGERS'Havereceived large shipments of GoneralIronmongerydirect from theManufacturers.The Goods beingbought well willIbe soldcheap.

Justlanded,ex "Crusader "—

IS OASES LAMPWAEE.Duplex,Silber,Eclipse, AnucapnicDietzsandBismarck Reading.LampsChandeliors,2, 3,and4-lightHallandLibraryLamps

The variety is extensive and the patternschoice, combined withremarkablo cheapnessinprico.LAMP GLOBES MOONS, AND CHIM-NEYSOF ALLDESCRIPTIONaSHEEP SBEARS.-Burgon and Ball's BBA

andHA.Ward and Payne's38ASand79AS.TURKEY STONES. \Special Quality andWASHITA STONES.|thlsM k t

° 3

Just eceived, ex Direct Steamers,Large andWell-assorted Stockof

FURNISHING IRONMONGERY.Bpecial Value in Fenders, Fireirons, CoalVases and Scoops, Bcdstoads, BrushwareandFurnishing Tinwaro.

OUTLKRY— Turners, Johnson's, and Beal'aIvory, Ivorine, and Bono Handled(through-tang and edge pin) Table andDessertKnives,SotainBuck,Stag,Cocoa,and White and BlackHandled. Carversbame Carvers, Round of Beef Cnrvorßbtools, "Victor" Sharpeners, FronchCooks Knives, Cooks'Forks,Sac.

POCKET-KNIVES—Best assortment andvalueinNapier.

ELECTRO-PLATED FORKS & SPOONS-Bole agents for tho "Thistle" brand. Auarantcoas to amount of allvocused intingandtime articles will woaraccom-panies oaonbox containing adozon.ELECTRO-PLATED WARE-Artistlc patternsmCruet Stands, Breakfast Crueta-BiscuitBoxes, Jamand Jelly Jars.ButterCoolers,CakeBaskets, and alargevarietyof articles toonumeroustodetail.GLASSILOWER VASES-New Styles.

tfi" Those furnishing should inspect ourstookboforo purchasing elsewhere.Large stocks hold of Building Materials,Brass Foundery, Carpontors' and Cabinetmakers' ToolbandStationRequirements.

SIDEY ~& BAINHavobeen appointed SoloAgents forHawko'sBayfor

THE "ZEALANDER" RANGE(ColonialMade),

3JT. 6w.,3bt., and 2ft.Dot. Sizes.REQUIRES NO SETTING.

"COLONIAL" COOKING RANGE,Sbt.6in and3ft.Sizes withBoilers;

SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BURNINGWOOD.Universalsatisfaction isexpressed by thosewhohave thesoRanges inuse.

THE "HAYWARD" HAND GRENADEFIRE EXTINGUISHER,Price, 50s per Dozen Case.

THE ALBO-OARBON LIGHT.ThisLight is now recognised as oneofthemost valuableinventions of theage. Itisinfact theveryperfection of gaslighting.All information supplied onapplication,

SIDEY "& BAINHave astaff of thoroughly competentworkmen,andundertakecontractsand lobbing nnd repairs as

Plumbers, Water and Gas Fitters, ElectrioandPullBellHangers,Tank Makersand TinwaroManufacturers.Largo stooksofPipe.Pumps,Rams,GasaliorsGas Fittings &o' jsg

" special &&verti&mstttf!.

WHY NOT USE GAS FORCOOKING?

TheCompanycanrefer toover

ONE HUNDREDHOUSEHOLDERS, " InNapier whouse Gas, andAnditis "

'cheaper, cleaner, more con-venient,Andrequires lessattention thanCoal.

I■

' '"' ""-'—

E-LETCHER'S PRIZEMEDALGAS COOK." INGSTOVESOn Sale, forCash,or onDeferred Payments,

extending,over 32 months. No extracharge by wayofinterest;no charge forFitting. Net price of Gas (asper regula-tion, Gs per1000 feet.- '

Show Room attheWorks, Sale-street.

NAPIER GAS COJIPANY, Limited.■ , . '

958

DR.PRESTONHAS EEMOVED to the HouselatelyoccupiedbyDr.Spencer on theMarineParade.

HOURS OF CONSULTATION. "AtHome: From 9 till 10 a,m., 2 till 3, andafter7 p.m.AtS&JSSSiPCm.

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cannotMtreli?doifi«slibeing evenapprox-j: jinalelyraecnrate^Jn" ;,cohnection with:

thisphase of-thesuojeol'ifcshouldalsobe-statedthat, tbe-expenditureand tlio lia-. biljties {with.'a..reasonable margin for!

.cpntingencieajonaccountbfworksalready'-undertaken -between Maramata andMartoniincladingisuryeys£6o,ooo, roads£40,000,native lands purchase £100,000,andadue proportion,of departmentalex-jperiditnreand costsandchargesof raisingthe loan,willamount towithinatrifleof

"£300,000, ami if anyfarther contractsare,let atthesouth etodof.thelinethisamountwillofcourse l)e increased. Having thusdealt'with tho subject generally,Iwillnow,proppedtostate thepresent conditionof-thelineana the rattfof.expenditureperannum which could>reasonablybe under-takenuponitif:decided tobecarriedon,

4 and also the\pointstq which that expen-diture would,probablycarry the railwayat each end by"the..end of the financialyear 1890-91.

'TrunkXine,North;End.— At thenorthend,the railway iscompleted and ready

for traffic fironv>TeÂwamutu to-Tikir'iti,a distance of s&£ miles; and from TeKuiti to Upper..Mokau Valley,a length!

■ of nine miles, a contract .for formation'and platelaying is in progress, and isexpected to be completed in December,. 1888.

'

FromtheUpper Mokau Valleyto" . the Poro'-0.-tarao _range,,11,miles, the'contract survey is completed,,but the

works'have not yet been' put in hand..Through the Poro-p,-tarao.saddle a con-tractof1}mileis inprogress, includingatunnelof ,53chains. The total length of

■ the contract'from Te Awamutu to the

end;of thetunnel is 45 miles. Southofthe tunnel.a survey has been,made for

1 about eight miles, whichis theextentofthe programmewhich Ihave' sketchedout. So far it is proposed that the lineshall be carried. lon steadily from TeKuiti tonearMaramatainthe OngarulieValley,about 55 miles from Te Awa-mutu, this beingnthe point at which alinecoulddiversetoTaranaki. The rateof expenditure'lndicated is £70,000 forthis year/V.«ia*f £75,000, . £75,000, Kand

U580.000 'for.-the three,' .followingyeays;fiftal to theendofMaroh, 1891, £300;000.

■ TrunkXine,SouthfEndÂtthe southend of therailwaythe section fromMar?ton.to Huntervule, 19 miles, is.nearlycompleted,andwill'beready for openingaboutChristmas. From.Hunterville, forabout25 milestoapoint'about5milesuptheHautapuValley, the contract eurveyiscompleted,and a.contract for about 8'imiles of.it' is prepared,;but.the works" have not yet'been' putinhand. The

contract surveyis-also in progress for afurther distance-6f'4o>du't:i9 miles to the'endofthe rough countryat Turangarereat thenorth headof theHautapuGorge,63 milesfromMarton, As in thecase ofthe -\vorks_atthenorthend'of theline, the.proposal indicatedin. table Cis tocarryon steadily from Marton for the fouryeark ending 31st March,,1891,by whichtime it is anticipated that the railwaywill have reached to Powhakara, nearthemouthof- the,rHantapu.-Valley,<adis-tance oft about"32.railes.:frp&jMartdn.;Thehrate -of >expenditure*-,suggested is£26,000' for' '.this.' year,:and £35,000,£40,000,.and £42,000 for the three follow-;ing years; total to the'end of1 March,'1891, £143,000. After carryingout these- proposals, at both ■■ the-north and south

.'xends\pf the line,it is estimatedthat therewill«be a balance 'of loari still,availablefor- further, works, to theextentof about£64i000.

' ■»■"-■"»*' ■-■■'■ ":-"'.■■Further Works and Surveys on Trunk

Line.-rrFnrther preliminarysurveyshavebeenmadefor therailway to the extentof 'about 12 miles at- various placesbetween' the AVainiarmo -Plain and the

" Upper.Wangariui rValley,""'and serviceroads.andtracks in connection with therailwayhave beec made-in,whole or inpartfrom HuritcrvilletoTurangarere, 24mile 3; UpperRangitikei toTurangarere,4miles;Pipiriki to- Okahune,25 miles;Mnrimotu to;Upper;- Wanganni Valley,50miles;and Te Koura to Waimiha,14miles.s'Ths Wanganui^ river, has -also.. been.cleared of 'snags'and'ptherwiseim-"' proved'fromWanganui to near Pipiriki,about 50 miles. The expenditureandliabilitieson theseroads and river worksupto 30thSeptember last'was £39,339.

Purchase of.Native Lands on TrunkLine.— Of the £100,000 allocated for thepurchase of native lands under the loanfortheNorthIslandtrunk-railway,about£70,300 was expendedlast year, leavingabout £29,700 for expenditure during thepresent%<year;; The; wqrk\doile mp to'30th':;N6vember last, consisted ■of ' the

■ purchase of 490,000, .acres at, a cost of■-"£54,100;' and' there is->- now, under

negotiation the ■'-' purchase1 of ..blocks■aggregating about"*'7soJOOO acres, onwhich* ;£33,000'" -has . already beenpaid. The lands purchased and under

..negotiation"are situated*mainly round- RnapehuandTongariro, withtheWanga-nui river;as, the"boundary, on the west.Xhe surveyed line of railway intersectsthepurchasedlandfor 45.-miles,-'and thatunder negotiation'.fdr,.anout 15 miles, or

,60 miles in all out.of the total of 216miles"between'Marton andTe Awamutu.

Napier-Palmerston.— The'Napier to

Falmerßton railway was.completed andopened for traffic to WoodviHe(97 milesfromNapierSpit)inMarchlast, andnowonly remains to be completed fromWpsdville to Palraerston, a distance ofabout15miles.Of thisdistance four milesintheManawatuGorgeis under contractfor -fprmation_and,bndges,exclusive ofthe tunnels!andis'expebtedtobe finishedinOctober,1888. FromWoodviHe tothe

.upper, endpf theGorge.,3miles, and,fromthelowerendOf theGorge toPahnerstori,8 miles, thecontract survey iscompleted,buttheworks have-not yet been put inhand.- To complete this very importantlinkinthe railwayBystem;of the colony' an -addition toithe' existing'funds is re-quired to the extent -of £120,000 (which

" includes' £22,000': for... jails), and thissuni is proposedto-be allocated toit ac-cordingly,and it-.is hoped that the workwill be completedby March, 1890. -Inorder toget it done by that timeit willbenecessary■to proceed at once -with thetunnel in the ManawalnGprge, and tolet acontractior thePohanginabridge assoon as practicable. .The rate of , ex-penditure.proposed,. exclusive of theamount required-for rails, is £40,000 forthis, year,and £50,000 and' £70,813 , re-spectively for the two following years;:total to theendofMarch, 1890,£160,813.

Wellington-Woodville.— The Welling-ton-Woodville railway is completed andopen for traffic fromWellingtontoManga-mature, adistanceof 82miles, andacorri-

< Bined'-road and railwaybridge has beenconstructed over,theManawatu river atAwapurua,nearWoodville.'FromManga-' mahqeto Eketahuna; a lengthof 6 miles,a:contraet'for platelayingisprogressingsatisfactorily,andisexpected to be com-

..'■pleted in1-August, 1888; -total distance-

fromWellingtonto Eketahflha88 miles,"■ fromEketahuna to Woodville 27 miles.

Thecontract survey is completed,but theworks, have not yet been put in hand.The total' length from. Wellington toWoodvilleis Jls miles. The balance oftheoldloanwillfinish theline to Eketa-huna, and complete some protectiveworkswhich are requisite at the Awa- ■

pumabridge. It is not proposed to pro-■::vide for anythingfurther atpresent. Therate of expenditure.proposed is £37,000for thisyear/and £24,421- for next year;totalto theend ofMarch, 1889, £61,421.In relation to the distance just stated

■ from Wellington-to Woodville by theRimutaka route, 115 miles, it may beinterestingto honorablememberstoknowalso the distance by the Palmerstonromto, whichis 105miles.

'■ ■' Blenheim-Awatere.—

On the Blenheim-Awatererailway the formation, withoutbridging,ismadefor 74J miles south of. Blenheim,and.acontract calledtheDash-woodcontract has "also been let for for-mation3$ milesfurther, andisprogressingslowly. Itis estimated that the workwillbe finishedinFebruary next. From' the endof theDashwood contract to theDashwood Pass, 2J miles, the contractsurvey is completed, but the works

■ have not yet been nut in< hand;total length from Blenheim,to Dash-wood Pass, 10J miles. A preliminary'(survey has been madefrom thePass toaconvenientstoppingplaceon thesouthernbank of the Awatere, 5$ miles further.This makes thetotaldistance from Blen-heimtoAwaiere'16 miles* To completethe line to Awatere would cost about£99,000, which is much more thancould

'be affordedfor itout of theloan nowpro-posed. It has therefore been decided torecommend an allocationof £9000 only,by means of which, inconjunction with !existing funds,it willbepossible tocom- ipletethe first five milesat theBlenheimend for,traffic, and to connect ifc with theAwaterebyadray road,andalso tobuildthe railway.bridge;'oyer the Awatere foruse in the meantime as a road bridge.This willbeagreatboon to the locality,as theriver is a very dangerous one tocross,and is theonlylargeriverremain-ing unbridged between Picton and theBluff. Therate of expenditureproposedfor thisyear is £7000; and tor the two fol-lowing years £15,000 and £18,675 re-spectively,makinginall £40,676.

Greymouth-Hokitika.— On the Hoki-tika toGreymouthrailway,at the Hoki-tika end, the line is finished and readyfor trafficfromHokitika tonear Arahura,4 miles, andbetween that point andtheKapitea creek, 7 miles. The formationiis.,partly made,, and the bridge over theArahura river is completed. At theGreymouth end the rails are laidfor limiles,and the formationis partly madefor a further distance of,74 miles to theTeremekauriver,anda contracthas been'"'

" letiforithe bridge-over the Teremekau.The totallength finished and under con-struction atthe twoends is thus 20 miles.This leaves a gap of4 rniicsbetween thoKapiteaand the Teremekau on whichnowork has been--done pending the finaldecision as to route, and it is intendedthat exhaustiveinquiriesshall lie made asto the bestrouteto adopt thrpughout thisdistance before"any works aloDg ifc areundertaken. The money already avail-able,with the 'additionof £2000 now pro-posed,to-beallocated for thepurpose offurther Tails,,will.finish this line withpermanent way complete for 9 miles a

the Greymoutb. end and 4 miles at theHokitika end, and will,also complete theformationfrom the fourth to the eleventhmile at the Hokitika end, and itis proposed to co on with the works tothat extent without delay. The rateofexpenditure proposed, exclusive of theamount requiredfor rails,is for thisyear£24,000, and for the next two years£20,000 'and £19,904, respectively, thetotalsumavailablefor the constructionoftheworks being£63,904.

Mount Somers.—

The Mount Somersrailwayis completed and openfor trafficfrom"finwaldtoMount Somers,a distance,of 23 miles,and from Mount Somers toSprinjjburn,a length of four miles'. Theworkis inprogress bytheunemployedofChristchurch. It is estimated that thislength'will be completed in May next.Totaldistance from Tinwald-to Spring-burn,27 miles. The funds provided forthis -work under the loan of 1886 arealreadyexhausted,but it is proposed toallocate £9000, including £2000 for rails,out of theloannowcontemplatedin orderto finish the line to Springmirn, which isa very convenientstoppingplace. If thisis authorised the whole workcanbe com-pleted by aboutthe end ot the presentfinancial year; The rateof expenditureproposed, exclusive of the araonnt re-quired for rails,is £7000 for this yearand£2027 for next year,the total sumavail-able for the construction of the worksasfromthe 31st ofMarch last,includingtheadditionalsum nowproposed tobe allo-cated,being £9027.

Livingstone Branch. —The Windsor-

Livingstone railway, from Windsor toTokaraki,12 miles, was completed andopenedfor traffic in August last. Itisnot intended to carry it any furtheratpresent. The sum of £1000 allocatedtoitunder the loan now proposedbeingmerely to provide for some additionalaccommodation requiredat thestations.

OtagoCentral.— On the OtagoCentralrailway therailsare laid fromtheChainHillstoBigMount AllenCreek,13miles,and the formation of tunnels is com-pletedfor a further distance of about20miles to theSuttonStream. Throughoutthis distance and also from BigMountAllen Creek to the Sutton, the masonryof,thebridgesis under contract andmak-ing satisfactory progress,and a contracthas also beenenteredinto for the super-structure of the bridges along 7milesofthe distance between Big Mount AllenCreekand theDeep Stream. It is esti-mated that the line -will be ready foropening to the Deep Stream (20 milesfrom the commencing point) about Sep-tember next. From the Sutton StreamtoMiddleniarch the distance is 7 miles,"and.'from Middlemarch to LakeHaweaabout143miles, and along the wholeofthis distance the contract survey is com-pleted,but no works have as yet beenput in hand. The totallength fromChainHills to Lake- Hawea.is 183 miles.The - balance of the loan of 1886being insufficient

'to complete this

.railway to tho first point to whichit could be opeued with any realadvantage,it is proposed to supplemeutthe funds already provided by a furthersum of £105,000, including £20,000 forrails, which it is estimated will enablethe railway to be completed for trafficfrom Chain Hill to Middlemarch, adistanceof 40 miles, andif our proposalsin this respect are authorised this workwill be carried out with all reasonabledispabch. The rate of expenditure pro-posedj exclusive of the amonnt requiredforrails,is for this year £70,000, and forthenext two years £60,000 and £40,974respectively;the totalamount availablefor the construction of the works, iu-clading the additionalsum now proposedtobe allocated,being £170,974.. Catlin's River.— The Catlin's riverrailway is completedand open for trafficfrom Balclutha to Romahapa. a distance,of eight miles, andfrom Romahapa tothe Aburiri flat, a length of about fivemiles. The formationis under construe-tion by the

"unemployed" fromDuuedin,

and is progressing satisfactorily. It isestimatedthat this length willbe finishedinMay orJunenext. From the Ahuririflat"over the* saddle and to" the Owakeflat,aboutsixmiles', the contract surveyis completed, but the works havenot yet ueen put in hand. The* moneyalready provided for this railway underthe loanof 1886 willfinish it fromRoma-hapa to the Ahuriri flat, and will alsocomplete the formation for two milesfurther. The.rate of expenditure pro-posed for this year is £12,000, and forthenext two years £15,000 and £10,398respectively, making in all £37,398,which was the total balance of theallo-cationof 1886 on the31stMarchlast.

Riversdale-Switzer, —On the Rivers-dale-Switzer railway the rails are laidfromRiversdale.to the Mataura river, adistance of elevenmiles,and the forma-tion, exclusiveof bridges, is constructedfor five miles further, find the contractsuivey is completed throughout Thetotallength from *Riversdale to Switzersis14 miles. The balance of the alloca-tion for this railway under the loanof1886 is onlysufficient to completeit withpermanentway,&c. from Riversdale toa pointon thenorthside of theMataurariver, adistance of threemiles, and todothe formation from thence to Switzers,elevenmilesfurther. Itwouldrequire afurther sum of £15,000 to complete italtogether,and thisamount the Govern-ment doesnot see its wayto provideoutof the loanatpresent proposed, as thereareso many morepromisingundertakingswhichalso require to be completed. Itis, therefore, merely proposed to go onwiththe expenditureof thefunds inhandfor this line so far as they will reach.The rateof expenditureproposed for thisyearis £3000, and,for thenext threeyears£5000, £5000, and £6646 respectively,whichmakesup the totalavailableat the31stMarch last, £19,646.

Seaward Bush.—

The Seaward Bushrailwayis completed and open for trafficfromAppleby to Waimatua, a distanceofabout fivemiles;and fromWaimatua toOteramika, about six.miles, thework isin progress,by the unemployed,and isexpected to be finished about theendofMarch next. From Oteramika to Wai-mahaka, 12 miles, the contract survey iscompleted, butno workß have been pubinband. The totallength from Applebyto Waimahaka is 23 miles. The balanceof tholoan of1886, together with £10,000(including £5000 for rails)proposed tobeallocated under the loan now contem-plated,willbesufficient to finish thelinefor traffic toOteramika, and if thealloca-tion proposed is approved the work canbecompletedby AprilorMay next. Therate or expenditure, exclusive of theamount required for rails, is £5000 forthis year, and £2508 for next year, thetotal funds for construction and works,including, the additional sum now pro-posedto"be allocated,being £7508.

Lumsden - Mararoa.—

The Lumsden-Mararoarailway is completedas far asitis contemplated to carry it at present,being open for traffic from Lumsden toMossburn, adistanceof 10J- miles.

i. Edendale-Fortrose.— The Edendale-?ortroserailway is completedandopenedtor traffic from Edendale to Wyndham,a'distance of four miles,and the formationis finished for 3J miles further. A con-tract has also been let for another twomiles, including a tunnelten chainslong.Thisbrings the line to the crossing of themainroad attilenbam homestead. Itisexpected that the tunnel works will bafinished by aboutthe endof March next.The total distance from Edendale toGlenhamis 9& miles; andfromGlenhamtotheWaimahaka valley,9miles further.The contract survey is completed,but noworks have as yet been put in hand.The money already providedunder theloanof 1886will complete this railwaytothe crossing of the main road at theGlenham homestead,already referred to,and it is nob proposed to carry it anyfurther at present. The rate of ex-penditure proposedis for this year £9000,and for next year £18,656, making in all£27,656, and it is hoped that the linewillbe completed to Glenham by aboutMarch, 1889.

ADDITIONS TO OPENED LINES.The expenditureonadditionstoopened

lines, which includes payment for amultitude of works such as additional'railway stations, additional goodshedsand enginesheds, additionalsidings, andadditionalrolling stock, has in the pastbeen a veryconsiderable itemof ourout-goings under thepublic works fund. Theamount thus expended in 1883-84 was£174,169 ;in 1884-85, £140.326 ;in1885---86, £00,962; andin1886-87, £79,761. Itwillthusbe seentheexpenditurehas beencontinuously decreasing, the fact being jthat the railways in many cases were

.very poorly equipped prior to 1883-84,while they are at present fairly wellequipped in every particular. Iantici-pate, therefore, that the expenditurewhichIhave provided for during" thepresentandthe nextthreefollowingyearson this classof works willbesufficient—namely, for the present year, £40,000;and for the threefollowingyears £39,000,£29,000, and £19,229 respectivelyj andIam in hopes that after the year 1890-91works of thischaracter willhave becomeso insignificant that theycan be madeacharge on revenue.

WORKING RAILWAYS.Coming now to working railways,Ifind'now that the receipts for the yearending 31st March last were £998 768and the expenditure £699,072, the' netprofit, being £299,696, or £2 6s per cent,on the outlay of £13,017,146 which thelines open for traffic had cost up to theendofMarch last. The ratesof profit onthedifferentsectionshavavariedfrom £510s 2d on the Greymouth section to lidon the Picton section. In consideringthisprofit it shouldbe borneinmindthatthe railways do a large amount of freework for' other departments,probably tothe extent of about' £35,000 per annum.The mileage open at the endof the yearwas 1722 miles, 114 miles having hueuopened orpurchased during theyear. Thetable*attachedtothereport of theGeneralMannger,whichhavealreadybeenlaidbe-fore theHouse, show in whatrespect thetraffic has lluctuated. It will lie seenthat''in merchandise, timber, and grainthereis a lcs3 tonnage,while live stock,

wool, andminerals have considerably in-creased. Hon. members will find it veryinstructing to study these tables,as thereis nobetter index to the businessof thecolony thau what we have disclosed inour railwayreturns. Tims inthe case ofthe farminginterest the tonnage of grainwas muchsmallerthan inpreviousyears,and indeed less than in any year since1879-80, while thetraffic in livestock andwoolhas largelyincreased. This showsclearly thatgreaterattentionisbeingpaidtosheepand cattle, and that the areaofcountry under grain has been reduced.Again, as regards the buildingtrade,thetimber tonnage on the railways has beenvery much less, which shows that thetradeduring the year endingMarchlastmusthave beenin a depressedstate.

During the year ending Marck lastalargeamountof additional rolling stock,which has been almost entirelybuiltinthe colony, has been supplied,and im-provements of various kinds ut stationsandon the various lines of railwayhavebeen carried out, wherebythe publicac-commodation has been increased, orworking facilitated. None of the engineswhich are being manufactured in thecolony have yet been completed, butdelivery of somdof themisexpectedabouttheendof theyear.

The resultof theworking of the linesdnring the present financial year up tothe period ending the 16th October isthattherevenue for the28 weeks of thisyear isnearly £20,000 in excess of thatfor the corresponding period last year,while theexpenditureis slightlyless. Inthe short timeIhavehad at my disposalIhave not beenable to examineclosely,into allmattera of detail,butreductionsin expenditureare beingmadewherever"Ihave seen them to be possible,and 1believe that still further economies canbe effected, even with the considerableaddition to our business which Icon-fidently look forward to,as.Iam assuredthat we may expect largely increasedgrain tonnage this season. It may bewpII to remind hon. members thateconomy can very often be effected byreducing conveniences which have teenpreviously enjoyed, but which are insomecases too liberalfor thesmall popu-lationand the business whichrequires tobe done. All such endeavors to econo-mise are, however, generally stoutlyresisted in the particulardistricts wherethe necessary economies are attempted tobe carriedout.

Under ordinary circumstances, there■would be many other matters which Ishouldproperlybe expected to dealwith,but as circumstances at present standIshallnot attempttoindicate in detailthedirectionsinwhichImay think that themanagement may be improved, therevenue increased, and the expenditurereduced, because the Government hasalreadysfcatedthatinitsopiniontheground-work of the system is defective,and thatit is essential for the proper administra-tion of this valuable property that com-missioners should be appointed who canact independently,and who willdealwiththe railways, and conduct their businessUnfetteredby political control. For this"purposeIhave prepared a bill which isnowbefore the House, andIbelievethatgreatas are thebenefits which the colonyhas already derived from its railwaysystem, much better results may be rea-sonably expected if the proposals nowbeforeParliamentareassentedto, Beforeleavingthisbranchofmysubject,however,Iwouldwish to repeat whathas alreadybeen said by my colleague,the ColonialTreasurer, namely, thatIhavenofault tofind with the officers of theRailwayDe-partment. While the groundworkof thesystem, however, involves continualchange and want of finality in anyprin-ciple of action, no good can comeout of it,butIexpect to learnthatunde^the commissioners the officers who have'served the colony faithfully for manyyearswill do much more useful work inthe future than the surrounding circum-stances have admittedof their doinginthepast.

ROADS,

The next subject thatIhave to treatupon is that of roads of all classes, andbefore going into the details of thissubject it may be interesting to hon.members that Ishould give them theresults of a return recently preparedshowing the lengthof roadsconstructedand improvedin thecolony generally outof the public works fund. Ifind themto be as follows:— Dray roads, NorthIsland, 3234 miles;Middle Island,1108;totaldrayroads,4342miles. Horse roads,NorthIsland,2452mites;MiddleIsland,1126; total horse roads, 3578 miles.Grand total of roads of all classes, 7920miles. Mostlyinconnection with theseroadworks, but insomecases as separateundertakings,a number of large bridgeshavealsobeenconstructed,not tomentionsmallerbridges and culverts which havebeen taken no specialaccount of, andIfind that thenumberof theselargebridgesis, inthe North Island, 611;thebridgeshaving a total length of 48,239ft, and inthe South Island, 154 bridges, having atotal length of 32,750ft .; total for bothIslands, 765 bridges,havinpa total lengthof 80,989ft.

On roads north of Auckland the ex-penditure for the year ending the.31stMarch last was £30,738, and from theend of March to the end of Septemberthere wasa further expenditureof £2957,leaving a balance then available out ofthe amounts provided for this class ofwork to the extent of only £913. 'Afurther allocation for this class of workwouldbe verydesirable,but the area ofcountry requiringdevelopmentis so great,and the counties requiring aid are sonumerous, thatnothing short of £50,000or £60,000 would be sufficient to attainany material benefit, and the Govern-ment has not seen its way to makingallocation toanything like thatextent.

The work undertaken by the Govern-mentunder the head of main roads con-sistsprincipally of themaintenanceof theroads from Oxford toRotorua;Taurangato East Cape;Tauranga to Napier viaTaupo;Nelson to Westport, Greymonth,andHokitika;HokitikatoChristchurch;audHaast Pass. The amountexpendedonthis class of works during the last fouryears has ranged from about £32,000to £22,000, and the amonnt proposed forthe present and tho next three yearsranges from about £19,000 to £5000, theintention being to gradually reduce thocharge for this class ofworks against thepublic works fund anduntilit disappearsaltogetherat the endof the fourth year,handing over such of the works as canreasonablybe sohandedover to the localbodies,andproviding for the others outof theconsolidated fund.

Underthehead of miscellaneous roadsandbridges anumberof new works havefrom time to time been undertaken,varying in extent during the last fouryears fromabout £61,000 toabout£40,000per annum,and wehave thought itneces-sary tomake provisionfor the completionofsuch of those worksas are incomplete,andalso to some extent for works of asimilarcharacterin thefuture. Itis pro-posed, however, that the expenditureshallbe graduallyreduced tor thepresentandthree followingyearsfrom £35,000 to£5000 per annum, and it is intended tostop such expenditure altogether at theend of thefourthyear.

GRANTS IN AID, SUBSIDIES, &C.Under this head Mr Mitchelson pro-

ceededtodealwith the questionof grantsunderthe Roads and Bridges Construc-tion Act, subsidies, &c. He remarkedthatunderthe Actnamednearly all pay-mentshadbeenmade, theonlyimportantwork uncompleted being the SVairoabridge, which was expected to be com-pleted at theendof March. Herecapitu-latedMajor Atkinson's explanationsintheFinancial Statement with regard tosubsidies, saying that only half theamounts paid la=t year will be paidforthecurrent year. Probablysimilar pro-visionwouldbe made for next yearout ofthe public works fund, but after thateithersubsidies mustceaseorbe providedout of revenue. During the past twoyearsconsiderable amounts had been ex-pended outof loan on moreor lessunpro-ductive works, to find work for thennemployed,' but in future only suchexpenditureon reproductive workswouldbe charged to loan. No relief worksexceptsuch as were absolutely unavoid-able would be undertaken, asMinistersbelieved that it was detrimental to theinterests of the men themselves to keepthem on relief works, which, after all,wasonlyanother name for charitableaid.He continued:— One of thegreatdifficul-ties in connection with the matter is togetthe men out of tho towns and intotho country,but thisdifficultymustbogotover, as it is out of the question thatwe can continue to providework withintowns, and wehave therefore determinedthat such further work as is providedshould be entirely in country districts,andof,ho far aspossible,an immediatelyreproductive chaiacter. On the class ofwork hitherto undertaken for providingworkfor the unemployed theexpenditurelast yearwas £16,629, and provision hasbeen made for further expenditure,ifrequisite,to the extent in all of about£30,000 for thepresent and three follow-ingyears.

ROAM TO OPEN Ul' CROWN LANDS,VILLAGE IETTLEMENTS,&C.

The importantworkof renderingCrownlands more accessible to settlement byclearing and formation of road-lines hasbeen and is being promoted extensivelythroughout thecolony. As willbe seenfrom theannual report of the Survey De-partment for the year 1886-87, theexpenditureon this classof work has beenconsiderable, having been about £84,000iv ISB3-S4;£49,000 in 1884-85 ;£62,000in 1885-86;and £57,000 in1886-87;andfor tlie present yeartheexpenditurewillhave to lie about £60,000. In the twofollowingyears', however,it isproposed toconsiderably diminish expenditure, theamount, jimposed for 1888-89 being£■15,000; and 1889-90 being £20,000r'.ibject to some slight modifications,which I shall refer to presentlyunder the bead of villago settle-ments, but it is not anticipated inhiiy case that the expenditureout of thepublic worksfundshould proceedbeyond

1889-90, asmycolleague tho Minister ofLands hopes that by that time he willhave sufficient revenue in the shape oflandfund to coverworks of.this characterwhich may require to be done. Forvillagesettlementstheexpenditureduringthe year ending 1886-87 on the basis ofthe vote of £5000 then granted for thisclass of undertakings was £1891, and ithasbeen found necessary tomakefurtherprovisionto theextentof £72,200 tocoverthe expenditureof £4032 betweenMarchandSeptember last and the liabilitiesof£68,118 existingat theendof September;Under this allocationit was anticipatedthat the expenditure would be £23,000this year,and £20,000, £20,000, and £9200respectively for the three following years;but Government has sincebeen given tounderstand that the liabilities as statedat the endof Septembermay possiblynotall accrue, and that consequently* some-thingless than the £42,5100 mayeventuallybe found to be sufficient.

Mr Mitchelson next referred to roadson goldfields, saying the expenditureduring the last four years had been£111,000, andit wasproposed to ask for£70,000 for the next three years,most ofthis beingrequired to meet existing en-gagements. On waterworks £40,000 hadbeenspent,butit wasproposed toexpendthis year aud next only £2000 tocom-plete certain works now in hand, as itwas considered that works of this kindshouldbeleft toprivateenterprise.NATIVE LAND, IMMIGRATION, TELE-

GRAPH EXTENSION,&C.On the purchase of native land, ex-

clusive of lands along the route of theNorth Island trunk railway, the expen-diture hadbeen£149,000. The proposedexpenditure for the next three years, tocomplete existing negotiations, was£16,000. Payments had been made onabout575,000 acres.

Statisticsof immigration and telegraphextension were next given, one of theWorks to be immediately undertakenbeinganadditional wirefrom Wellingtonto Auckland via Foxton, Woodville, andNapier,anda local wire from Foxton toWoodville. It was proposed to reducethe expenditure on telegraph extensionfrom £98,000 during thelastfour years to£41,000 during the next fonr years, andafter thatany further extension must heprovided for out of revenue. On publicbuildings during the last four years£45,0,000 had been spent, and out-standingliabilitiesamountedto £109,000.During thenexc four yearsit wasproposedto spend £212,410, of which £50,000wouldbe for schoolbuildings. The Wel-lington Post-office wouldbe re-builtoutof revenue, as that was a work whichMinisters did not consider should becharged to loan. On the question ofschoolbuildings MrMitchelsonexplainedthatthegrant was only for this year, theintention of the Government being thatafter the endof this financial yearprovi-sion should be made for tins class ofworks insomewayotherthan^by drawingon the Public Works fund. Itwasstatedthat the expenditureonharbordefenceshad been £318,827, and outstanding lia-bilities were £130,000. The expenditureon theRotorua sanitorium last yearwas£7814, and it would take £3500 to com-pleteworksinprogress,principally watersupply, treeplanting, andimprovementofbaths;it wasnot intended toundertakeany further works.

Mr Mitchelson then recapitulated theitemsof expenditureas statedabove,andnextproceededtosummarise asfollows:

—PROPOSALS FOR THEFUTURE.

The totalexpenditure proposed underthe public works fund for 1887-88 is£1,127,550; for 1888-89, £986,903; for1889-90, £577,677; a.nd for 1890-91,£248,994 ;giving an average throughoutthefouryearsofab0ut£735,281 perannum.While on the subject of thisexpenditureIshould explain thatit wasthe wish andintention of the Government,ifpossible,tohavedistributed the expenditure moreevenly over the four years, but it wasfound we had practically verylittlecon-trol over the expenditure during thecurrent year and part of next year,asthat isfixed to a very largeextentby ex-isting "engagements, and there was alsothe consideration that* if we spread theexpenditure on each one of the railwaysover the wholeperiodawork whichmightquite easily be completed in two yearswouldbe left unproductive for anotheryearor two, withoutanygreatgoodbeingattained. In the case of severalof therailways, therefore,Ihave put expendi-ture into the year 1889-90 whichIorigin-ally intendedtohavedhrowninto1890-91,with a view to getting such of the rail-wayscompletedbyMarch-, 1890, as couldthen reasonably be completed. Even asthe proposed expenditure stands, how-ever,it indicates a very considerable re-duction as compared with the expendi-ture of the previous years,, whichhas been for 1883-84, £1,409,588; for1884-5, £1,336,717 ;for 1885-6, £1,475,386 ;and for 1886-7, £1,333,484. As affectingthe proposed expenditure for the yearafter thisone, namely, for the year end-ing March, 18S9, whichIhave alreadystated will probably be larger than wewishedit to be, it should also be men-tioned that the amount required to beexpended that year will include about£80,000 for charges and expenses of rais-ins;the loans, as the North Islandtrunkrailway loan of £1,000,000 still requirestobe raised,aswellas£l, ooo,ooowhichwenowpropose to ask authority for, and itis estimated that the expenses for each£1,000,000 will be about £40,000. Aftergiving details of some ot the proposedappropriations,and an explanationof thetables attached to the' Statement, MrMitchelson deliveredthe following

CONCLUSION.Finally, sir,Iwpuld wishtostate that

in approaching this taskof dealing withthe public works expenditure of thecolony, the Government was convincedthat, however much the construction ofpublic worksmayhave tendedtodevelopethe country generally, and also to meetthe demands ot growing settlement,it was neverthelessevident that our rateof expenditurein the,pasthas beenmorethan the colony could well afford, andthat the time has come wben we mustmaterially curtail it. "With that objectin view weprepared the proposals whichIhavenow had thehonorof layingbeforethis House, andImay say that through-out thewhole of this allocationour objecthas been to do justice to all concerned,and to endeavor,wherepracticablewithinthe limits of the funds at our dispasal,1to avoidstoppingruthlessly any works onwhich the expenditure already incurredwould be altogether thrown, away, orwhich wouldyieldareasonablepercentageon their cost ifcompleted as hithertoin-tended. To the best of our belief theseobjectshavebeenattnined by the alloca-tion whichIhave described, and wenowtherefore lay it beforeParliamentinthefullconfidence thathon. memberswillaidus incarrying these proposals out intheinterestof thecolony as a whole at what-eversacrificeit maybe totheirindividualinterest. Taken as a whole, the chieffeaturein ourproposalsis to steadilyre-duceexpenditureunderloan,from,inroundnumbers, £1,100,000 per annum* forthis year, to £300,000 per annumfor the third from March next,and we believe that in this way theloan, expenditure may be graduallybrought to an end after March, 1891,without, on the one hand,increasingpurburdens overmuch, or on the otherhandputting too sudden a check on thepro-gress of colonialindustries. Iwould alsowish to say, sir, in- conclusion, thatthroughout the whole of the investigationnecessary to frametheproposalcalculatedto bring about this result, and which IconfessIhavefound to be a verydifficulttask, 1have received the most cordialassistance from all thechief officersof thedepartments over whichIhave thehonorto preside.

Mr Beeves(St. Albans) asked whetherthe Government did not intend to go onwith the Sumnerrailway ?

MrMitchelson said that the Govern-ment did not feel justified in going,onwith thatrailway, as it wasconsideredtobe anew line.

LAND DILL.The Laud Bill was further considered

in committee.Anew clause, providirig thata selector

of rural landon deferred payment undersection 114 of the LandAct may obtainanextension oflicense tor four years,wasagreedto, andalsoanew clause providingthata holder of bush lands on. deferredpaymentsunder section 114 of theLandAct should be exempt from the conditionsof residence therein contained sosoonaBhe has complied with the provisions forcultivation,&c.

MrBeetham moved a new clause thateach Land Board should consist of theCommissionerof CrownLandsaud offourother members, two to be nominatedbythe Governor and two tobe electedby theseveral County Councils in theland dis-tricts interested.

The Minister of Lauds intimatedthathe intended to move an amendment tostrikeout tho clause of the Act of.1885,exempting members of Parliament whoare members of Land Boards from dis-qualificationby accepting fees for servicesrendered.

Anamendment whichwas moved thateach Boardshould consist of three mem-bers was lost on the voices. A furtheramendment that the whole of the mem-bers of eachBoard be elected was agreedto.

The Minister of Lands moved thatthreemembers be electedby the CountyCouncils, which was agreed to on thevoices.

The Minister of Lands moved that afourth memberbe electedby theBoroughCouncils.

— Agreed toon the voices.Mr Jleetham's clause as amended was

then added to the bill.MrSeddon movedanew clause thatthe

expensesof themembers ofeach Boardingoingtoand from meetings Rhouldbe re-funded to them.

—Lost on the voices.

A now clause was addedproviding forthe paymentof theexpensesof membersof the Boards at ten shillings per day,except incases wherethe meinhersresidewithinthroemiles of theplaceofmeetiugi

Progress was thenreported.

CIVIL SERVICE BILL.The Minister of Justice moved the

second readingof theCivilServiceReformAct, 1886, Amendment Bill, .wliichhe said wassimply to enablethe Govern-ment to appoint' constables in outlyingdistrictsasclerksofResidentMagistrates'Courts.— -Agreed to.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIELS1HIGH SCHOOL BILL.

The Minister of Edncation moved thesecondreadingof theWellington CollegeandGirls'High School Bill.— Agreed to.

[Leftsitting.]

Sporting News.NOTES BY "FETLOCK."

This is the general entry night for theHawke'sBay Jockey Club's BoxingDaymeeting. Nominations and acceptancesfor the following events close with thesecretaryat10 p.m.attheCriterionHotel.Nominations:MaidenPlate,1soy;Two-year-old Plate, I.soy. Acceptances-Christmas Handicap, 2 soys; HandicapHurdles, 2 soys; Hastings Handicap, 4soys.

Mr George Cutts has taken charge oftheHon. \V.Robinson'shorsesExchange,Engagement, and Torrent, which wereunder the care of E. Cutts while hisbrother was inAustralia.

SextantandIsaac have gone to Auck-land to fulfil their engagement's at thesummermeetingof theAuckland RacingClub. Mr Stead has announced his in-tention of sendingMaxim up tocompetefor the GreatNorthernDerbyandweight-for-age races. With Nelson, Maxim,Sextant,andIsaac todo battle for themtheSouthIslandcontingent shouldcarryoffmost of theplums of the meeting,asthenorthernhorses are verymuch belowtheformof tho Canterbury cracks.

English papers bring informationof the death of the French horseDollar, sire of Rupee, who hasmade a name for herself as the damof Louis DOr, Florin, Spade Guiuea,Apropos, Silvermark, and Exchange.Dollar,- who was 28 years old at thetime of his death,was one of the mostsuccessful sires iv France, and he was asonof the Flying Dutchman, oneof thebest racehorsesof the century.

Wildrake, whowon the FreeHandicapatthe recent Jockey Club'sspring meet-ing, is a Victorian bred son of Argus,Scandal-Onid, andthe race under noticewashis first winin this colony.

Chic was boughtbyMessrs StephensonandHazlett,ofDunedin, for 225 guineasafter winning the Two-year-oldSellingRace at the D.J.C. meeting. As MrSteadonly paid35 guineas for the filly asa yearling andhas since won over £200in stakes with her, he has made agoodprofituponhis outlay.

Bard has been sold for £132 to MrJ..Lefevre, an Otago sportsman, and if notrun in first-class company, the plainchestnut, sonof IzaakWalton, will*morethan payhisway.

The Auckland mare Friendship, byReprieve— Nydia, was sold recentlywithallher engagements for 112 guineas. Asthemare is thoroughly sound, andone ofthebesthandicaphorses inAuckland,thebuyer has allthebestof thebargain.

Althoughthereisstillnearly sixmonthsto run before the Epsom Derby willbedecided, Friar's Balsam, thecrack Eng-lish two-year-old, is already backed atthelow priceof 5 to 2,in thousands.

Kilwarlin, the winnerof theSt.Leger,wonthe Challenge StakesatNewmarket.The Queen's Plate was won by Mr J.Hammond's Eurasian, while Reve dOrsecured the Newmarket Oaks, andEris-pord theNewmarketDerby.

At the Bendigo Jockey Club's springmeetingon November 23rdand24th, theSandhurst Cup, of 250 soys,onemileandaquarter and adistance,was wonbyMrJ. Pile's five-year-old Affluence, byWinterlake (imp.)— Success, who carried7st, and wasriddenbyCracknell. Lesbia,78tslb,wassecond,andKingof the West,9st 81b, third. There were nine otherrunners. Affluence won with a bit inhandby half alength. He alsoannexedtheLadies' Bracelet, of 70 soys,one mileand a quarter, carrying Bst. Rouge etNoir, 6st 81b, was second,and Verbena,7st 51b, 3rd. The Bendigo Handicap,of175soys,one mile and a distance, wenttoMr S. Nathan'sohmStraight Shot, byNewminster— Bull's Eye, 6yrs, 7st 91b,with Bonnie Chester, 7st, second, andLesbia, 7st 81b, third,eightothersfollow-ingthemhome. Affluence ishalf brotherto the two-year-old colt Venture, whowon acoupleof races at thelateV.R.C.spring meeting. It seems veryprobablethat the dam of Affluence will prove a"success

"at the stud.

LondonpapersstatethePesthSt.Legerof5000 florins, added toa sweepstakesof150 florins, 75 forfeit, distance 2800metres, 84 subs.:was wonby theImperialGraditzStud'sPimpernickel,byCharaant,brother to the Middlepark Apremont.This makes the thirdSt. Leger success ofPimpernickel,probably an unprecedentedperformance, he having wontheSt. LegerHandicap for three-year-olds, carryingtop weight,62J kilos, atBaden-Baden,aswell as the North German St.Leger atHanover.

At theParis autumnmeetingon Octo-ber 16th, the appropriately-namedPrixGladiateur, of 890 soys, with a work ofart,value400 soys,three milesandsevenfurlongs, was won by Upas, a sonof therecently defunct Dollar. Acheron, bythe same sire, won the HandicapLibre,of 459 soys. and four days latertook thePrixdelaForet at theChantilly meeting.

WAIPAWA COUNTY R.C. SUMMERMEETING.

January2, 1888.

The following nominations have beenreceivedfor the Waipawa CountyRacingClub'ssummermeeting:

—HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.

MrEriata'sbgBide-a-woe, syrsMr J.J.Bailley'sbrt?Echo,agedMrC.Arrow'sD g Chemist,agedMrE,Gilpin'abrg OnTrial, agedMr J. Munn'sbgvolcano,agedMr IT. Monteith5!brPremium,syra

W.C.R.C. HANDICAP.MrS.M'Greovy'schgFirefly,aptedMrA.Kuru'sbmKittyTotara, iyrsDr.Reed'sb g TheLaird,agedMr Melton'Bblk £ Serpentine. 3yrsMrW. ElHngham'BbmScylla.agedMrH.O. Caulton'sblkgExpelled,lyreMrJ. Munn'sbro■Waterfall,3yrsMr D.Johnatono'sbg Orwell, ageaMrH.Monteith's b gPremium,syrsMrW. Robinson'sbrhRifleman,6yraMrP.Ropiha'abgHauku,aged-

FLYING HANDICAP.MrH.Sebley'B bmNorah,syrsMr A.Kuru's bmKittyTotara,4yraMr Melton'sblk f Serpentine,3yrsMr W. Hapuku's ggButcher,6yrsMrW. EUinghanVß bmBoylla.agedMrH.O. Caulton's blkgExpelled, iytaMr J.Munn'abr c Waterfall, 3yrsMr D. Johnßtone'a b gOrwell, agedMr W.Robinson'sbgAbraham,aged

E. Gray,nSecretary.(

Correspondence.(TheEditor doesnotholdhimself responsible

foropinionsexpressedbycorrespondents.)

A CORRECTION.Sir,— As youhavealwaysshown me faircriticism in allmypublicactions,Iwishto call your attention to & paragraphwhichappearedin thismorning's issueofyour valuable paper,and whichIcon-sider reflected great discredit on thehospital committee. The paragraph towhichIallude, stated that a "gentlc-m&n" saw refreshments aud liquors ontables in several rooms in the hospital,and that thecommittee(after the concert)took their friends in there. Had the"gentleman" stopped at that therewouldnot have been much to complainabout, as 1have yet to learn that thereis anybye-law in thehospitalregulationsthat can prevent the committeesendingup refreshmentsattheirownexpenseandinviting their friends topartake of them.The Other portion of theparagraphIshalltreat with thecontempt itdeserves. Youcan inform the "gentleman" that the re-freshments werepaid for by MrSwan andmyself, andI,being the treasurer, it wasmy duty toremain at the hospitaluntilall themoney collected in the coxes wascounted, and to guard against any such"gentleman" as he who sent you theinformationhelping himselforhisfriendstoanything either at the expenseof thehospitalor the committee.—lam, &c,

H. P. Cohen,Honorary Treasurer to theNapier

Hospital.December12, 1887.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS EXHIBITION.The industrial exhibitionto be opened

in the GaietyTheatrethisevening,underthe auspicesoi the_unitedSunday schoolsof the province,willbefound very enter-taining by all who takeaninterest in therising generation. Tho promoters havebeen very energetic iv working up thearrangements, and have been rewardedby receiving 1060 exhibits of variouskinds. These have been sent in byrepresentatives of six classes, namely,teachers and old scholars;scholars 16yearsold audupwards;scholarsbetween12 and 16 years old;scholars under 12yearsof age; scholars and teachers irre-spective or age; and all-comers over 12yearsof age. With such varying classesof exhibits the entries are naturallydiversified, both in peneral descriptionandquality. Some of the work, for in-stance, doneby oldscholars and teachersreveals anythingbut the efforts of juven-ilityasthat wordis commonly interpreted,and some of the exhibits by un-mistakable youngsters require to belooked at with sympathetic pyes,but discounting this there is Btill agreatdealwellworthseeing^particularlyby theyoung, as the exhibitionis calcu-lated tobeofgreatservice to them. Toobserve,thoresultsof the,efforts of those

who haveexhibitediscertaintostimulatetho inventiveor constructive faculties ofthe youthful spectator, and to arouse aspiritof eirtulatkfn that otherwisemight

ihave nev.er .manifested itsejr. I"- in'

this respect that tM exhibition' i's likelyto'dp themost good,'and as ifi is the firstof it'skindeverheld inH'awk'e'B Bay1,wewemay expecttosee its fruits insucceed-ing ones that will contain the work offewer "old" scholarsanddisplay ahigherstandard inrespect to the efforte of theyoung. There are no catalogues, butjudging by the general character ofthe entries thoseby female scholars out-number thosesent in bymales, or if thisis not thecase someoftheboysmust havetaken to imitation of theif sisters. What-isunmistakably femaleworkisalsobetterin quality than that shown Vy bo*y.Sof about the same ago, but as thisis only a foretaste of what will.always distinguishthe exhibitors astheygrowolder— for arenot the ladiesalwaysbetterat anything in their line thanaregentlemen in theirs ?— theboys may be*let down lightly with the remark that,they have dene very wellindeed on thewhole. The promoters Are to be con-^gratulatsdupon theresultof their labors,which is bound to exercise an influencefor good more far-reaching in its effect-than can be now fully conceived, and inorder that this influence mayextend over,the widest possiDle area, parents andguardians should make a pointof seeingthat their youthful charges pay at least.,one visit to the exhibition. To oldstersof the right sort— those who feel pride "rather thanshame inavailingthemselves;of an opportunity to renew theiryouth—the suggestion that they should inspectthe exhibitswillnot benecessary,asthey,arecertainto go. Oldsters of thewrong

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sort should go also; not, if they can;

help, it, in a censorious spirit, but:with a Shakesnerian determination tosee

"good in all things." One featureof the exhibition deserves a special*word, and that is the section which, in-cludes artistic efforts with brush andpencil. Here may be seen freehand1drawings, paintings in oil and watercolors, crayon work,chalks,&c,allgoodof theirkind, andsomeof realexcellence.Themajority of thesehavebeen executedby pupils whohave hadthebenefitofMrCharles liaikes' tuition, and this gentle-manshould feel exceedinglyproudof themany testimonies to his skill as an artteacherfurnished by theexhibitsreferredto. He has been in this townonly aboutfouryears,but inthat time he has workedwonders in training those placed underhis care,and theresult asseen attheex:hibition proves that when he leavesNapier thedistrict will lose the services'of anableandsuccessful art teacher.; Thefollowing are the awards so far as thejudging has progressed:

—MAPPING. ■ '.

(Judges,Messrs Hilland Hamilton.)Special merit: Whetu -Roraana, Te

Aute. :Firsts:EmilyPrentice,Hnkurere:John.

Papi,Te Aute; Edward Scott, St. An-jdrew's, Waipukurau; Sidney Riddell,Trinity,Napier.

Seconds: Volkner Genzar, Te Aute;'JamesBarry,St.Andrew's, Waipukurau;GeorgeAnderson,same school.

WRITING.(Judges, Messrs Hill and Hamilton.)Specialmerit:EmilyPrentice,Hurkarere.Firsts:Fred Bliss, WoodvillePresby-

terian School;Mary Higeins, St. An-drews,Waipukurau.Seconds: Mildred Ryder, St. John's,

Napier; Olive Saunders, St Andrews,Spit.

Commended: Edith Howe, Trinity,Napier;Helena Paulsen, St, Paul's,Napier. «

WOODWORKING, MODELS, &C.(Judges, Messrs Newman, Spriggs, J.

Martin, and Niven.)Specials: William Oliver, St. Paul's,

Napier;EdwardForest,Trinity,Napier;Mauawaroa,Te Aute;RobertAshcroft,Trinity, Napier; Walter Dinwiddie, St.Paul's,Napier;Thomas Davies,Trinity,Napier.

Firsts: W. G. Faulknor, St. John's,Napier ;W.T.Prentice,Te Aute;R.D.Kelly,St.Paul's,Napier;James Plank,Ormondville Sunday

-school;William

Thomas, Free Methodist, 'Woodville;Alfred Cobb, Presbyterian, Hastings;W. Collison, St. Matthew's, Hastings;H.E. Granger, St. Paul's, Napier; vV.Coles, St. Matthew's Hastings;RenataPetera, Te Aute; Stanley Bell, St.Matthew's,Hastings;JamesWatson,St.Luke's, Havelock; S. M'Leod, St.Matthew's, Hastings; Hugh Miller, St.Paul's, Napier; Amy Powell, Trinity,Napier; Herbert White, St. John's,Napier; C. Williams, St. Matthew'sHastings;Francis Saunders,PortPresby-terianSchool;SamuelHull(aseven-year-'mechanic), OrmondvilleSundayschool.

Seconds: James Holt,, St. John's,Napier; JohnPaipa, Te Aute; PercyNeill, St, John's, Napier; WiremuWihapa, Te Aute;A. J. Faulknor, St.

-John's, Napier;Alfred Jadobie, Presby-terian, Hastings; George Kelly, St.Paul's, Napier; W. Collison, St. Mat-thew's, Hastings; KateneManeti, TeAute; S. Anderson, St. Matthew's,Hastings;JohnWalker, Trinity,Napier;Ernest Ellis, St. Paul's, Napier;Lottie-Stubbly, Presbyterian, Hastings; JohnHope,St.John's, Napier;0.-Nelson, St.Matthews, Hastings;FlorenceGeorge,St..Matthew's, Hastings.

Commended:W. Rainbow, St. Mat-thew's, Hastings;Cecil J. Webb, Or-mondvilleSunday school;RenataPetera,TeAute. .

THEATRE ROYAL.SCHOOL CONCERT.

There was an audience of upwards of1600 persons at the annual concert givenat the TheatreRoyal lasteveningby thepupils of the Napierdistrict school in aidof theirprize fund. The firstpart of theprogrammeconsisted of " action songs

"by 70 mites arranged tier upon tier onthe stage. Theysang anumberofschoolmelodies,accompanying the words withappropriate action, keeping excellenttime, and singing with great spirit andvivacity. The effect was exceedinglypretty and pleasing,and Miss Robottommust be heartily felicitated uponthe stateof efficiencyto whichshe has brought her ■

little charges. The audience testifiedtheir pleasure by breaking in with ap-plause between each number until thecurtain shut the little performers fromview. During the first interval theorchestra,ledbyMr Sorrell,playedsomeexcellentselections,and thenanoverturewhichushered in scene I. of Mr G. W.Stratton's operetta, "The Children'sQueen." The operettais onewellsuitedtochildren,and as Mr Sturrock andMrHodgsonhadcarefully trained theirtroupeit rendereda verygood account of itself.Unlikemost efforts of thekind themusicwas notfiat, and the chorus of 120 sangwith much power and effect. Some ofthe soloists evidently suffered fromcolds, and in the case of one younglady for whom an apology was made,but who struggled creditably thronghher part, the malady was very acute,The soloists weretheMisses F. Glendin-ning, C. Langley, M. Ryder, A. Wylie, "I. Crosse, A. Bennett, K. Isaacs, andMaster Langley. Of these, Miss Wylieas Laila undoubtedly bore off the palm.She lookedandsangher partexcellently,and was the recipient of numerousshowers of bouquets, which weregathered up by a host of small boyssenton for thepurpose. Miss Ryder asthe Fairy Queen also sang well,and re-ceived many floral tributes. The fairydances, and the scene on the first entryofthe fairies,andalso the danceof mountainchildren, were all very pretty and wellmanaged effects. The settingof the two'forest scenes in which the actionof theoperettatakes places_ was wellarranged,but it did seem a 'little strange tohearLailalamenting having lostherself, whena bridge andabridle track were visiblebehindher. Themoon wasalso "bushed,"and got lost about the same time asLaila, and obstinately refused to shineafterwards, to the great amusement ofthe audience. To-night theperformancewillbe repeated,anda full houso mayboconfidently anticipated.

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OHBISTMAS EXHIBITIpN. ?;jUSEFUL EXHIBITION OF NOVELTIES. "- \ ',

NEAi&xjlose ; :;■Profiting by the experience of many otfierChristmas Seasons have made' full prcpam-

itionsforthe ' ■■ ■

CHRISTMASEXHIBITIOKrSPECIAL DISPIaToFNOVELMESv

Nowbeingmade ontheTABLES. TABLES. TABLES;

PRESENTS Useful. Novel,and ElegantPRESENTS Suitabie for AdultsPRESENTS Suitable for YoungLadiesPRESENTB Suitable for Young GentlemenPRESENTS Suitable for GirlsPRESENTS Suitable for BoysPRESENTS Suitable for All-comersPRESENTS teady for despatchbrpost. "

Inspect theUSEFUL EXHIBITION OF NOVELaiES>- " Admittance Free.

NEAL&~CLOSE'SCHRISTMAS EXHIBITKEi-

t 899

FOB LEASE,WITHPURCHASING CLAUSE,INNO. 2

BUD-.WNG DISTRICT.

BUILDING SITES in Hastings-street, depth 105ft (more or less), in ;

Sectionstosuitpurchasers,forperiodsof14,21.28, 35,or 42years,withpurchasingciausoas atvaluation at terminationof Lease (I«s8 10 percent,reduction). Rontrangingfrom 32s6dto389 per foot, with10 per cent, increase everysevenyears. - . .For furtherparticularsapplyto . '

ROBERT HOLT.Napier,November14th,1887 ' 691

OFFICES TO LET.

SUITESof Offices tobeLet in theNEWHERALD CHAMBERS. Posses-

sioncanbegivenatonce. J.pply toDINWIDDIE, WALKER AND CO., Ld.,

HeraldOwice

jfaite^ ___' ;FOB SALE, Two Good Second-

handBilliard Tables,cheap,byAlcbok-For particulars apply W. H.Chittam, Wan-ganni. . . . " 872 .■

FOR SALE,,a^Firstrclas3 BuildingSite adjoining the stdres of Mr Sims;

storekeeper,and Mr Scorgie, butchor, being 'part of Napier Town Sections'192 and 193,havinga frontageof 33ft to Carlyle-street byadepth of82ftGin. ForpriceandtermsapplytoIS.Ashton,Marine-parade. 171,

FOB SALE

A VERY CONVENIENT Four> '■roomed Dwelling, 'with one rood ot

landattached thereto;commands goodview*Canbosoldoheap. ■

' 'i■Also,

Four-roomed House, Beach-road, section- .22x82}. Pricelow. Apply

IX BROOKING&ST. CLAIH.

FOR SALE, the ClydesdaleEntire '"ROB ROY.

"For fun particulars ot

pedigree,&c., apply to■ ,-

, ,BEN.B.JOHNSON,

231 _,_". " .,.; . Waipawa. . ■

FOB SALE,-

A CLYDESDALE ENTD3IE, pcrrfebUr quietinharness.A seven-eighths ShorthornBull, from a' goodmilkingstrain,4yraold,andveryquiet. ' .

200 FatWethers .--.,-APerthCut,imported,almostnew

CARTWRIGHT BROWN,709 ,; r' .Greenmeadows. '

FOR,SALE,IIron*Plough Cutting > "'.■-,Machine;32inches {'nearly new. Price

andfullparticulars willbo givenon applica-tion at the Herald Office. Dinwiddib,

' '-WiXKER akpCo..'Limited; ;

FOB SALE,

QAPE BARLEY SEED.240 F. W. WILLIAMS&KETTLE,

~. KAIKORA. f :"

SMALL FARMS FOR SALE ON EASY -. TERMS. . ■...

bobaciTbakerHas been instructed by John Dinwiddie

' . -Esq..tooffer for sale privately,in 13 allot- 'ments, ■ " .- .:

BLOCK 62, 500 Acres, one.of the ■

first selections out of thoHompwood .Estate. The property has been cultivatedand laid down in grass. The allotments

' , ;range inareafrom 10 acresto90acres. Tho "

■ .main roadfrom Kaikora toPatengatapassesthrough the centre of the block, distance,from therailway station11mile. '

■

Tho landis excellent inquality, consisting) .'.offlats and arablohills. Planscanbeseenat; .Mr Limbrick'a hotel, Kaikora. Terms,quartercash,balance at7 percent. " ... .

For furtherparticulars apply tothounder-signed,or toMrJohnDinwiddie,Napier.

HORACEBAKER,Surveyor andLandAgent,

167 Tennyßon-streek

H.L.DONNELLY'SLIST ';■ OF

QOEPIOE S A L ;E.10,000CrossbredEwesand Wethers -.'".''.20,000MerinoEwesand Wethers .'

The above shoep are inlots to suit par- . .chasersandareallages.

H.L. DONNELLY,391 TheWillows, Papakura.

FARMS AND STOOE ANDSTATIONSFOB SALE.

SM A,L L FARMS.OF

/*A TO KAA ACRES,foU OUUImprovedLanas.FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLDRUNS,

1200 TO 100,000 AOBBS

With2000to50,000Sheep,oneasyterms. * "

STORE ANDFAT STOCK.LongwoolandCrossbred WeddersiInlots to[jongwooland CrossbredEwes . > suitMerinoEwesandWedders J Buyers.

Lincoln,Leicester, RomneyMarsh,and ..Merino Rams.

Forparticulars applytoM.R. MILLER

302 StockandStationAgent. "

FOB PEIVATESALE ATOBISSOdE,

rpHE following RACING STOCK:B g, lyrs, by Otnpapa— Ada (dam of 'Owhaoko) ."■ ...Brg,2yrs,by Foulplay— Rangipo ;Blkc, 2yrs,byPisoatorious-BlaokBenBrg,2yrs,byFoulplay— My Trip

Also several others. . 'For furtherparticularsapplyto

F. D.LUCKIE,Hastings . :

Or G. P. DONNELLY,253 Criasoge.

TO MERCHANTS AND STORE-KEEPERS.

RIVERSLEA^POUND PACKET'HOPSFOR SALE. :

23b EACH CASE.Address:E.J. WHIBLEY,Hastings.

GREENMEADOWS BUILDINGESTATE.

DEFERRED PAYMENT SYSTEM

A PPLICANTSior Sites andResi-jCTL dencosonGreenmeadows BuildingEs-tate, on the Daferred Payment System,can 'obtain plans and all other infomUilion onapplicationto the undersigned at tho Agent'sOffice,opposite tho Chief Post-oflice.. Shake-speare-road.

TgojjjujR- COOPER.213 Agentand Arcnitect for theEstate.

MRP. A.HERMAN'S_SALES._ ;;

FOB SALE, A BARGAIN,

A TOBACCO MACHINE,ALMOST NEW. "« . . ''

Also,JUST TO HAND.

A consignmentof— ■ '■■

DiamondRingsBanglesLocketsGoldand Silver WatchesJewellery

"':"

VarietyofFancyGoodsE.P. ware,&c,&c,

SUITABLEFORCHRISTMASPRESENTS. . ',

NOW ON VD3W INROOMS. .P.A. HERMAN,

' .;971 Auctioneer. ,'-,.

BEN. B. JOHNSoFs SALES... ,'':'■'£MAKATOKU. ;;'" K

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1887. G5

BEN. B. JOHNSON ;,, ?t|WUI sellbV.PublioAucUonat Mr D.Smtt&V '?■?£Yards,Makatoku,on theabovedate— ";;"■:-?%{"ft HEAD MIXED CATTLE.K-Kj\f\J HacksandDraughtHorses

"' ''"<~p£gk

Further entries will be received.by.Mtp',l''i"MSmith,ortheAuctioneer.' . - ,j - ;:-.; '^/.fc.jS

Sale at12isd."p.ntV'v.''-'ft^Vjfs^ffS

■ piANP'A^>\sn;oi||^^^SMISS & MAY BROWNEi«cl^^H- Pnpils. .Quarterly or Monthly.Torifii^^^SinaloLessons.. ■■>

-.■ -■ ..:< 'K-~«j&j$m8B8£

■ ■ Address RoßObrao. Ckiote" toad,' wnea¥SS||iShAkweMS-road,/.... ..-;-,■■î^'M^S

%utiiomcw,O.B. HOADLEY & CO.'S SALES.

WOO L S ALE'second^f"season. ,

wednesday,december 28, 1887,At2p.m.

C. E.HOADLEY & CO. {Will hold their secondWool Sale on aboveIdate. Meantime we are receiving clips ,at

ourSpitStores— jHIDES, AND TALLOW

We willoonlhme6)sell asusual through-out theseason.

C.B.HOADLEtt & CO.

QOUNTRY ESTATES.0. B.HOADLEY AND 00.

Havehadplacedin their hands for PrivateSale two Beautiful Country Propertiea,within12milesof fcapier,suitablefor Gentle-mens1Residences, with Lawns, Orchards.OrnamentalGrounds,andPaddocks;Area ofone Property beiDg SO acres, the other 100acres.

For fullparticularsapply toC. B. HOADLEY & CO.

TO LET,ShopandDwelling latelyoccupiedby MrLevy,Tailor,Emerson-

StreOt"C. B. HOADLEY & CO.

FOBIMMEDIATE SALE,

THE HAWKE'S BAYNURSERY,the Propertyof Mr Sturm, whois re-

linquishingbusinessowing tooldage.The Nurseryconsists of 20 acreaof thobest

landin the Province, is well sheltered andfullystocked. Buildings,&c. Pricemoderate.

For fullparticularsapply toC. B.HOADLEY & CO.

THE CABLTON HOTEL andother Hastings properties in H. J.

Thompson's estateareplaced inourhandsbythemortgageefor sale, at low reserves. Forallparticularsapplvto^ &m

FOR SALE,

FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLDRUNS.

AlsoSeveralDesirableSMALL FARMS.

For fullparticularsapply toC. B. HOADLEY & CO.," , LandandEstate Agents.

0.B. HOADLEY ANDCO.'SLISTOF

QLHEEP FOR SALE.24,000Crossbred EwesandWethers30,000MerinoBwea andWethers

The aboveare all ages and arebooked inlotstosuitpurchasers.

C.B,HOADLEY & CO.,228 Stock Agents.

LYNDON AND SIDEY'S SALES.JAPANESE GOODS.

CHRISTMASAND~NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.AUCTION SALE.

TUESDAY,DECEMBER 13, 1887.At11o'clock.

WITHOUT RESERVE.

LYNDON~AND SDDEYHave reoeived a Consignment of

QQ CASES OF JAPANESEO& CURIOS AND ART PRODUC-TIONS,

Direct from Kiobo, Japan,whioh they will.offer forUnreservedSaleonthe above

date-Rich Embroidered Silk Screens and

Panels,Porcelains, Bronzes,Enamels,Lacquer Wares, Toys, Curios, TeaServioes, Large Hall Jars, Satin,Cushion Squares, Crape and SilkHandkerchiefs, Turkey Carpets and-Mats,Bamboo VerandahBlinds,withblooksand cords, GloveandHandker-chief Boxes,Work BoxesandWritingDeski,Tea Trays,Inlaid Tables. Um-brellas, " Sunshades, Fans, Lanterns,

. BambooWalking Sticks,Basketware,:Cabinets,CostumeFigures,PorcelainPunch-bowls,DishesandPlates, CardBoxes and Baskets. White and-Colored Matting, Hand

- paintedSoreens, Clothes Baskets, InlaidLacquered Trays,, Imari PorcelainPlaques,Umbrella Vasea, and otherUseful and Ornamental Goods toonumeroustomention.

Cataloguescanbe haduponapplication.

The Sale will commenceat No. 302 in theoatalogne.

WITHOUT RESERVE.LYNDON ANfl SIDEY,

81G' ' Auctioneers.

LAND SALE.TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 1887,

At2o'clock.

Under direotion of the Registrar of theSupreme,at Napier,and at the request oftheMortgagee.

LYNDONAND SIDBYHavereceivedinstructionsfrom theRegistrar

todisposeoftheundermentioned

PROPERTYOntheabovedate,WEST CLlVE.— SuburbanSection 21.in

part, together with all Buildingsthereon.

Terms at Sale.' ' : PAUL A. F.BIRCH,

,891 . RegistrarofSupreme Court."

TO LEASE,FOR 12 MONTHS, "

4 FAMILYBESIDESCE, oontain-XjL ing10rooms, furnishedwith,everycon-venience;situated on theHill commandtoKa view of the Bay; within five minuteswalk of the Post-office. Apply to

LYNDON AND SnXEY,§88 LandandEstate Agents.

HASTINGS.— To Let for summermonths, or longer period as maybe

arranged,invicinityofRacecourse,Hastings,House containingtwo Sitting-rooms, 5 Bed-rooms, Pantry. JOairy, &o. May be takenwithorwithoutFurniture. EightacresgoodPaddook,With Stabling,&c. Apply

LYNDON& SDDEY,Napier;or

F. D.LUCKIE,703 Hastings,

MONEY. MONEY.

£5000To AdvanceonFreehold Property,atCurrent

Rates-One sumof £1200One sumof £1000One sumof £800One sumof £750One sumof £750One sumof £350

Andôthersmallsums.LYNDON&SIDEY,

712 Agents.

LYNDON AND SIDEY,TAND AND ESTATE AGENTS,JU AUCTIONEERS.

1 VALUATORS'AND ARBITRATORS.MortgagesNegotiated onFreehold and other

Securities.BrokersunderLandTransfer Act,

AGEN.CIES:SouthBritish Firoand Marine Insurance

CompanyofNew ZealandColonial Mutual Life Assurance SocietyDixon Investment Company. Capital,

£100,000 / 229

MB WM. HABKEB'S SALES.

MB WM.HARKERsell by Auction,

THIS 1AY (TUESDAY)At11a.m.,

On thePremises,in thoBrick House,Carlyle-strcet, tho

FURNITURE AND EFFECTS> OfaFamily leavingNapier.

WM. HARKBR,"

962 Auctioneer.

MR W.HABKEBWillsellby auction,atthoAthenmum Hall,on

THURSDAY, 22nd DECEMBEB, 4

At11o'clock,

THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARYOF NEIL HEATH,Ebq.,

Who isleaving the.district.Comprising Works on Literature, Mathe-

matics, Classics, Modern Languages,Science, History, Education, Poetry,andFiction, tho whole constituting thefinest collection of Works ever offeredinHawke'sBay.

CataloguesreadyonThursday, lothinstant.Liberalterms tolargobuyers,

.WM.HARKER,973 Auctioneer. I

BERRY, DANIEL,& CO.'S SALES.

CITY AUCTION MART,Tennyson-street,Napier.

BEBRY, DANIeLTaNDPHILLIPSAUCTIONEERS,GENERALMERCHANTS,

AND COMMISSIONAGENTS,LAND, STOCK. SHARE, AND INSUR-

ANCE BROKERS. ,Agents.in Auokland,Gisborno,Wellington,

Christchurch, Dunedin,' Melbourne, andSydney.

All business transacted on BtrioUy confi-dentialprinciples,andat reasonablerates.

Regular WeoklyProduce and GeneralSalesconductedonourbehalfbyMr W.H.Duncan/ ■

Special attention given to interests ofFarmers. Produce of all kinds bought andsold athighestcurrentprices.All kinds of Sales and valuations under-taken. "■ 981

WALTER J. TABUTEATJ,LAND,

ESTATE, ANDFINANCIAL AGENT,Commission andHouse Agent,

SHAREBROKER,

OflJco; Tonnyson.-BtJ'QcU $8

!NEAL&CLOSE'S! 'CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION.

NEAL& CLOSE.tiiive.hacl many imitatorsin this particular" line, but oho visit of in-spection to the Exhibition willat oncecon-vince visitors that theyhave ftftlysustainedtheiroriginal reputation.

THE* |

'"■' CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION""-.' ",' " 'op

NOVBI/HDES, FANCY AND USEFUL, .. ARTICLES.'Suitable"for' allRecrements.

■ - Noveltiessuitable for ChifeteaNoveltiessuitable for Lovers

i■-Noveltiessuitable for Sisters'Noveltiessuitable forBrothersNovelties suitable forMothorsNoveltiessuitable forFathersNovelties suitable forFriendsNoveltiossuitable forEverybody'..Noveltiesatsuitableprices■. 'vjr ■"■_;

< CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION.

--NEAJL&CLOSE'S;

-,

_715

BETTER VALUE THAN EVER.

" '., CARTER & CO.-Great Sale' CARTER & CO.-Strawhats'CARTER & CO.— CostumesCARTER & CO.-Underclothing

, CARTER & CO.— Hosieryand GlovesCARTER & CO.-ClothingCARTER & CO.— BlanketsCARTER & CO.-CalicoesCARTER & CO.— Carpets'CARTER & CO.— Floorcloths"CARTER& CO.— BankruptSaleCARTER & CO.— Stockathalf-priceCARTER & CO.— Sale willsoonclose. CARTER &CO.-Shilling Table

■ .CARTER & CO.-RemnantTables, CARTER & CO.— Wonderful ValueCARTER & CO.— Cheap Tables

CARTER AND CO. INVITE. ",..- INSPECTION.

879

■■■"■:" Qmwmerite,&t.. EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS!'THE MOST POPULARENTERTAIN-" . MENT INNAPIER.

' HUNDREDS "CROWDED OUT!

OPERA.-ACTION~SONGS-OPERA.mHE A T R~E~ ROYAL.f. ;\T.UESDAY, DECEMBER ISTH.

DISTRICT SCHOOL PRIZE FUND.;" THE CHILDREN'S QUEEN."

Of all the pleasing and graceful per-formanccß placedbefore the publioby theDistrictSchoolPupilsthisisundoubtedly thegreatestsuccess.

ProgrammesinTheatre atperformance.Doors oponat7.30;commenceat 8p.m.Circle, 3a;Stalls, 2a;Pit, Is.

*981

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS INDUSTRIAL- EXHIBITION.rtAIEIY~T~a EA T R E.DECEMBER13th,14th,15th,16thand17th.'.Opening.Ceremony onTUESDAY EVEN-

ING,13thDecember,at7.30. ShortAddresseswillbe deliveredon thoWork of theExhibi-

Entertainmenteach evening, ofwhichpar-ticulars willbo advertisedfromtime totime.Admission,Is. Season tioket,3s each, tobehadfrommember:: of thecommittee 067

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS INDUSTRIALEXHIBITION.

CANTATA,"BASKET OF FLOWERS."

rp HE ATRi ROYAL.FRIDAY,THE 16th DECEMBER,1887.

Doors openat7.30;commenceat8o'clock."Dross Circle,2s;Floor, Is. 966

,f<JEfl»fltt& .'NAPIER HARBOR WORKS.

IRON POT GOODS SHED.

TENDERS for the above work,endorsed "Tender for Goods Shed,"

aridaddressed totheChairman of theNapierHarbor Board, will be received at theHarbor'BoardOfficesbynoon of TUESDAY,the20thinst.

' , "'' Plans and Specification to be seenat theHarborEngineer's Office.

JOHN GOODALL,981 ... EngineerNapiorHarborBoard.

.NAPIERHOSPITAL.riTENDERSaddressedto the Chair--I.' man Napier Hospital Trustees will be'received at the Hospital up to noon onTHURSDAY,,tho 16th December, for thefollowing supplies for the year 1888:—1,Groceries; 2,Meat; 3, BreadandFlour; 5,Coals;6, Crated Waters^ 7, Milk. Batter,Eggs,anaFowl;8,Drugs;9,Funerals.

K>rmß of tender andall information eonheobtainedat theOfficeoftheHouse Steward.

G. H.SWAN,910 . ■ Chairmanpro tern.

NAPIER HARBOR BOABD.CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY ANDDE-

LIVERY OF STORES.

HPENDERS will be received up toJL noon on TUESDAY, December 20th,

1887,for the SupplyandDeliveryoi ths un-dermentioned Storesduring;tho year endingDecember 31st,1888:—

Schedule A.Manilla Ropeup to6in per lbCoirRodeup toiinABhOars perfootWhite Lead (genuine) perlbRedLead (best) ,Hemitito »Peacock'sPaint ..„Turpentine .. ■■ per.gallRawLinseed OilBoiledLinseedOil , „CastorOil "> "

Kerosene » »CoalTar "- "" .. ..PitchOakum perlb

iCotton Waste » »'fable'sDynamite » »Coble's BlastingGelatine :. .. „ „3lastlngPowder (Colonial) .. .. ■„

BlastingPowder (English) , „Tuse per coilWireNails .. - perlb.EwbankNails „Spikes, from4intoBin >■GalvanizedSpikes S> «Chains,{in,Jin,andlin .. .. per owtL.H.Shovels ""

■" enonS.H. Shovels eachTuck'sPatentPacking '.. .. perlbInsertionPaoking » ">.OtagonSteel, from|into ljm.. .. „ »

Specifications to be seen at the HarborBoardOffice.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily ac-copted.

FRANCIS E.SAUNDERS,Secretary.

HarborBoard Office, Napior, "

12thDecambor,1887. 975

NAPIER HARBOR BOARD.CONTRACT FOR CARTING.

TENDERS will be received up tillnoon on TUESDAY, December 20th,

1887, for Carting required by the NapierHarbor Board during the year ending 31stDcoembor, 1888.

" Specifications to be aeon at the HarborBoardOffice.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily ac-cepted.

FRANCISE> SAUNDERS,Secretary.

Napior, December12th,1887. 876

LOST, on stairs a*, Theatre Boyal,last night, a Lady's Black Fur Capo.

Finder will obligeby leavingsameatOfflooofthisPaper or C.Palmer's Stnblea. 982

ajtettoft .COAL. COAL. COAL.

NEWC A sTI'E COAL,GREYMOUTH STEAMING, AND:BLACKSMITH COAL (Nuts).

' GREYMOUTITIIOUSEHOLDAtLowest CurrentRates.

> HYLAND AND SMITH,;

COAL MERCHANTS AND CARRIERS,97i . PortAhtjrihi.—, . i,

HAWKES BAY JOCKEY CLUB.BOXING DAY MEETING.

OWNERS are reminded that thefollowingEvonta olose with theunder-

signed at tho CriterionHotol, Napior, by10p.m.onTUESDAY,13thmat :—

NOMINATIONS.Maidkn Plate,1soyTwo-year-old Plate,1soy

ACCEPTANCES.Christmas Handicap,2soysHandicapHukdles, 2soyaHastingsJlandicav,isoya

F. D.LUCKIE,963 Secretary.

ALLPersons whohave anyClaimsagainst tho Estate of the late Robort

Franco are requested to sond particularsforthwith to thoundersigned.' '

FREDERICK TOWNSHEND,EDWARD BD3BY,

876 Executors of tboIntoRobert Franco.

MRS G. CHAINEY can be Con-Bultcd at her Rooms in tho MasonioHotol,botweonthohoursof2and.ip,m. 765

4 . -"

MASONIC HOTEL.The followingare the arrivals and de-

partures from the 6thDecember to 12thDecember:

—ARRIVALS.

Mr C. A. Flyger,MrJ.B. Poynter,MrW. K.CaiTiitliers,MrJ. Watson, Mr T.Elnian,Mr R. Haiven,Mr C. A. Loughnan, Mr F. 08. Louchnan, Mr T. C.Urquhart,Mr W. A. Waddell.MrG. W.Whitby, MrD.Matherson,Mr G. Bruce,Mr C. Moore, Mr W. G. Broad, Mr C.Wilson, Mr and MrsL. G. Reid, Mr C.H.Coles,Mr S. Smith.

DEPARTURES.Mr C. A, Flyger, Mr J. Staples, Mr

W. Hill, Mr and Mrs Smith, MrM. J.Gannon, Mr W. L.Wastney, Mr O. A.Loughnan, Mr F. OB Lauglmau,Mr AY.A. Waddell, Mr S. Smith, Mr J. B.Poynter.

Ittccttttflj-i,

VICTORIA LODGE, 1577, E.O.fpHE Regularllonthly MeetingofJL the above Lodgo will bo held in the

Masonic Hall, Munroe-Btroot,THIS (TUES-DAST) EVENING,13th instant, at7.30p.m.

VisitingBietliorn arc cordially invitod.By Orderof thoW.M.

H. C. A. WUNDRAM,P.M.,983 - Soerotary.

JUBILEE RELIEF FUND.

A MEETINGoFCommittee will boheld in tho Town TTiill on WEDNES-

DAYNEXT,14th inst.,nt 8o'clock p.m.Biisinesa— Sub-Committee'aHoport,Division

otPand*** WiHODGSON, /'965 Hon,Sec..

AN"IMPORTED"CLERGYMAN.r"^ :*.■*';"TheRev. E*Walpole Warren, whowas'V;.'iebently called from England to- -the;ri:~;bas:torship of Holy Trinity Church, of'-■' ':,"riaew Ybrki is, says'theDaily News cor--; ..^ respondent,-to be the subject,of.an,in-;, ;.* terestinglawßuit.' I-Thequestion lias been/"-'- .-'raised '^nether bis coraing'violates'the■ ;

;;Acti of Congress passed in ISBS, forbid-

~V' ding the importation and immigrationof-" ' foreigncrsvunder ;it contract -to,perform:"'- labor or service iv. that country. Mrf,."Warren .was. "imported" after the con-

tractwasmade inEngland,anii agentle-man \vho isanxious tp.brinß thelawinto

.'" contempt has asked the United States.DistrictAttorney.to bring a suit against

r-

Holy Trinity Church- to recover the!' ',-■■ penalty for the violation, which is

. lOOOdols.. The attorneyreplies thatafter■carefullyexamining the law he is com-. ■pelled to think thechurchliable,andthatIt ishis duty,tobringasuit. AKeuter'stelegram fromNewYork states thatthe' ''gentlemanwhowrote to the Attorney is- " thePresident of the St.Andrew'sSociety,-, ; who, ib is stated, felt aggrieved at themanner,in which the law was enforced

-against his countrymen, and thereforedesired n test case, hoping that theenforcement of the measure against MrWarren would leadtoitsabrogation, andbeing ) if the suit resulted iv the

" ■"" - impositionof a penaltyof lOOOdols, topay

tho sumhimself.

THE HAWKE'S BAY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1887.

PrintedandPjibUahe^:for DpnmwiakiAV'Ai^.Mi*«3?

mid.

■" .. v;-;'; : -. ,'r ■ -""v-yA^v-j-'f-.t".'.-- ■■"'.' ■."■"-"■"■ .-.-:"--. .. ">##;«#>p

to;JBOô^pMy-»-" vestmentSdbletir.'Pernlanent;ispreparedto make advances from«i62s and'upwardsuponmost favorabletenafcf Apply to; .' ■„, r^ROOPEBROOKINOsr ■

638 . _ -J:,\.\..,\ ,-■-, , Secretary,

TODAIRYPARiiiiEfei. t

DE LAVAL- 7SigpAitA."' "."'<,tors.; . v.;.-,,;ii ,'

■='■r;B.;BRISTBD,in.85a " ■ -'■■-.■.,.-# >.],.: LAgent,;Najlar.SAVE °|yF^^MÂiiA5E"

BLUNTS 'PATBN^^Q^'EÂND■ LKySR^fIRSSd [ '- -"■ ■ '

■'::- ''< T";»6&' '■'■"■' ■■■'' ''"■■" -■■

ENSILAGE. STA'^S, "

CHEAPEST, 'SIMPLEST,! AND'MOSTEFFICIENT., . .The pressure is^seU-acting'andcoAttiiiiouß,Crops maybesfecked'green andsttoonlent

inanyweataer.*- " -.f :■■: y.vt(f-r.>ixitx.{,,-,-,,BluntsPress.hasbeen.insuooessfulopora.

tion in England'siniie.lSßl.juid has reoelvodthehighestawardsforeioellenoeV

-,

Messrs Bogle And*Bimmorids;<of VulcanFoundry,.Napier,.are solemsiera-fgr, theNorthIsland,anaorderscanbe executedata'day'snotice.'* "■*' .- >-:, ;'*"* '^ ".-

Any infrlngomont1of Patentee'srightswill

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EXTEKBIVEPMafiSES OF MR J."■."'"; -;-HiffißON,"- :;;;l>';\"''- '

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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

BrENßtiwii.t4MS,:AKiD SONSLhave'.Must opened flp,' and -are now' 'Offeringfor Sale,anendlessvariety ofeleotro-pllted,WAiiE^

FromthebestEnglishand AmericanMakers,AT GREATIiyREDUCEpPRICES.Teaand^COffee Servloss (withor without" ,TraÂfternoon-TeaSeti ' ,Tv?Urns,3utterCoolers,-Mnw 1"'"'"

■'Candlesticks,'-Fish.Carvers.Toast RaokßEBBTStands. Asparagus-Tongs '.-■".j /-"

BlßOult ßoxes,gygarßasins,,Waiters ,Cruets,Caj(d Trays,CakeBaskets '.'--■'"'FruitDishes,PibkleCwtdrs, SaladBowls,

JellyDiaiuss,'&0.,Sx.

A^^J&PBCjnON'DrVITED.H^NRY^ÎLLtAMS AND SONS,. HAgyiNQ^REET.NApJer. g^-

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RUDDOCK & 'FRYERhare justopenedup,ex "Rome,"idirect from themanulaeturerß,a largeshipmentof1,2,3,1,and6-Light

CHAI^DELIERSBKiiCKETS,

In Antiaue and Modern Patterns,

BEST VALUES evesôflferedinHawke's fiay.' - InspectionInvited. ■

RUDDOCK AND PRYER,'."f NAPIER. -282

YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICiTED... ■, .", ..- ,-: ,Avxn,. ,:,„ ,CHOICE ANDVARIED ASSORTMENT

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w. BtrfefiT & co.-■■ ":'-;'AHATTBaRS, -...■".'",>

HOSIERS,ANDGENTLEMEN MBRCHRS,

Shirts . Satin and Silk DustCollars' Coats,./.,; "

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EfcAnis' ■ . UmoroliAdHosiery *' _ . ' Portmantoaux .

HATS AND CAPS OF EVERYDESCRIPTION

Made toOrder.

THENAPIER*HAT & CAP DEPOT,EMERSON-STREET. DM-■ -?t*'" " -

W.JJ. BEALE,HASTINaSrSTREET,NAPIER,, , ,./ Importerof

BEALEPATENT"AND WERTHEIMSWING MACHINES.The BoalePatent High;Arm Sawing Ma-chine haaall tbolatest improvements.

AUTOMATIC BOBBIN WINDER SEiF-THREADING HH.UTTLK,-

Allappliancesare taoludedwitheachMachine.Weunderta£e tokeeplitperfectorder, freaofohargo, for threeyears.,

, -INBTRUCTIONS FbEE..ONEASY TIMEPAYMENTS,ORCASH.

'. ■:^;,O|iisri 4..;:.: OffobitsBank ofNew Zbiland.Ml .-. ■ "; ",,,.",

SIDEY':& RAIN.. THE .:-,.. ;;.'- j.

CHEAPEST £ARDWARE HOUSE.■ " ■SEjEim;;;

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NEW SEEDS JUST ARRIVEDVEGETABLE SEEt)S-ExtonslveVarietyFLOWER SEEDS-AssortmentUneqaalled

Clovers,Turnips, Mangolds,' fedSeeds /olearedfrom the premises andNOTaixea.W^thnew:,,;, -,",

All Seeds Guaranteed fbbsh and testedDeterebagKing.-^; ',..,, ";„.,'■.'.,';'V,

The TradeandMarketGaraenersUMMUydealtwith.' -' ' " i

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WAIPUKURAU STiiM - -

SA^vranitiiS. .

■"■: "J-H.""!- ■"■.si "»!/ .'■.. Have ,onhand *'.L'A'-R;G-i!,;S'"^."6"c"it,

WELUOOTTIMIfei,. ..' ■- "Abo,'

mouldings; ARCHrrBAVK6,'sad

DRE66BD TIMBER ; ".' ' . ;

ORDERSPROMPTLY!.AND OARBFULMT'■■':" EXECUTED. V.-.'-t -.----

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ENSILAGE PRESS.BLUNTS PATENT SCIiEW AND

LEVKR PRESS.

FIRST PRIZE,Worcestershire AgriculturalSociety,1885. " !\ ".FIRSTPRIZE& SILVERMEDAL, RoyalAgriculturalSociety of Sweden, Stock-holm,1886.:

-GOLD MEDAL, Highland Agricultural So-. ciety,Dumfries,1886.BLUNTSPRESS1b the Cheapest,Simpieat,

andMostEffloient.. , The PricesOfferedbythe"

ENSILAGE SOCIETYAttheclose of last year were bothtakenby

gentlemenusing.BLUNTS PATENT.

Note,— This:'Press- is manufactured inNapier,'and Orders can be Executed at aday's notice

For farther informationapply toRs B. BRISTED,Napier,

752 AgentforNewZealand;

FISCHER'SPATENT TRIUMPH

HAND THRESHINGMACHINEWill Thresh from

GRASS SEEDS TO PEASWITH EQUALRESULTS.

ISEASY TO WORK AND SIMPLE INITS CONSTRUCTION.

T&E ABOVE MACHINEIsspecially invented forSettlers whocannot

afford tobuya largeone,'andisso con-structed thatincase ofdamage

ANY MAN CAN REPAIK IT WITHOUTTHE AIDOF ANENGINEER.

For circulars andpriceapply toF.FISCHER,' , Napier;

Or' a finsch,701 Norsewood,

. ENSILAGE, yFINSOHB'S.

PATENT OOMPRESSOBS £Jji^jjj ABB mt{H" -IHE BEST,

THE MOST SIMPLE, 21F^ themost durable. l^hnorsewood."

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I¥^1¥^ iWf B AT? INDUSTRIAL 6A2ETTB.■Ccnot llrftiC « #ll\ % < 'Thol)lendinsißentirely»MendedtonUVi JlU'/BVAr #A\ %by Sir. Nolson himself, .who U aULUL iTjllkjJr /A\ %'

TWtcrof greatexperience,»ndh««Jh^w^^w A VW(W /®\ hadaspecial trainingin theMt** INTHE jfc^^X '^ "This firm deservoa tha «up-IFBSa. t^\ «r 5^ Wl v '^° *r'"° *hey oSel 1»"^flPll \\B Im«WfiaJ \ m'' superior to anything weh«.|i# \JjrM yMnTSo^Â yetsegninthiaColony."

*, '*# TjÊSE^P^\ '.^kt"M'.i Nelson t«. a pro-'

V SJ^"M laT^FTpawEvr^xk *898ionsl■' .^tster and

\>^hough/^>^v^^^!^;\;PR\ CES

copied B /5-EBBBSQ%St ;f2/- 2/4-'

PUREBLENDED TEAS'AUCKUND ,WELUNGTON,CHRISTCHURCH,DIMEDINk

AGENTS EV33KYWHEREROBJOHNS & CO,,

AGENTS, NAPIEKj U

TO BUILDERS.

THEundersignedhaveonhand thefollowing Timbers in Totara, Rimu,

Matai,and White Pine :— 9 x 1Rusticated,6 x1T. and G., 9 x }T. andG. and8.,6xT.G.andß.;<tx2,4x3,BxZ,6x3. Thistim-ber having been stacked for twomonthsisready forbuildingpurposes.

We also wish todraw attention to tho factthatweareable toexecuteorders at therateof 78,000feetperweek, andtodeiivor-TimberintoTrucks atMatamatirTakapau,andMaka-toku, Any orders forwarded- to the under*sismed will receivepromptattention.Also, 3000Sacks of Charcoalfor Sale.

gVENSEN&MORTENSEN,41 Makatokn.

MAKATOKU SAWMILLS.

AS.CRAWFOKD having taken" over theaboveMills and Plantis pre-pared toexecuteorders for Totara andothertimbers on the shortest notice and moatfavorable terms.

T. and G. andRusticatedTimbers can besuppliedinanyquantities fromthemills.

AH orders addressed toA,J. Crawford,Makatoku,willreceivepromptattention.

128

DANEVIKKESTEAMSAWMILLS.

THE undersigned are prepared tosupply Contractors and others withTotara Timber, any sizes, at the shortestnotice

HENDERSONBROS. &WRATT.il Danevirke.

J. H. MASON,

CjIGNWRITER, GILDEB,PAINTER, AND GENERAL

DECORATOR.

OPPOSITEFAULKNOR'S BUILDINGBiHASTINGS-STREET. 135

[QUEEN'S CAFE.

DINING AND~SUPPER ROOMS,Emerson-street, Napier.

Theundersigned beg to inform thePublio ofHawke's Bay thattheQUEEN'S CAFE ISNOW OPEN.

Where Meals, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate,Pies,Grills (withOysterß),

I CAN BEPROCURED AT ALL HOURS.FRESHOYSTERS BYEVERYSTEAMER.

PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LADIES,With DressingRoom(FemaloAttendant.)

POLKINGHdRNE 65 LYS,1 Propbietobs. 397

TEAUTEREFRESHMENTROOMS.

JF.CRANE begs to inform the" travelling publio that the RailwayRefreshment Roon* at ToAnteStationhavebeen altered, enlarged,and thoroughly rono-novated. No expense has been spared inmeoting the wants of travellers by train,whose comfort and convenience is made aspecialstudybytheproprietor. For

LADY TRAVELLERSThe most comp ete arrangementsaremade.ThgLadic3' RefreshmentRoomis separated

Ifrom thoromaindorof theestablishment, hasLavatory,&0.,and visitors are waited uponbya female attendant.

Tea andCoffee always ready.Dnnedin Beer and best brands of Wines

and Spirits.J.F.CRANE,

681 Proprietor.

jtrttW.

THE PHARMACY

PRATTS COUGH LINOTUS-For Coughs,Colds,Bronchitis,&o.

CORNP.AINT-ACore.INDELIBLEMARKINGINK-RoliabloVASELINE COLD CREAM

—For the

Skin.CHILBLAIN LINIMENT-Immediate

Rolief.LOCOCK'S LOTION

—To promote the

growthof the Hah? and prevent itfallingout.

WELSMAN'SCELEBRATED BAKINGPOWDER.

J. S. WELSMAN,HASTINGS-STREET. 81

HAWKE'S SAY INLANDAGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTORY & DEiPOT

WAIPUKURAU.TOFARMERS, AGRICULTURISTS, AND SETTLERS GENERALLY.

riIHE GREATSUCCESS that lias hitherto attended ourefforts in supplyingaFirst-class Article at aFair Price, isnmini?n,1irn?.a(^,=h?^Bli,8I1w

allteeof theGonenessofourproductions;andhasinducedusstill further to study thovariousrequiremontaofournumerouscustomers. We havenow onhandand for sale Agricultural Implements of everydescription, suitable for thodistrict,andatprices r,nat Uofy Competition,of ourownmanufacture ' ' ' '■■'

■■*'.Wo wouldbegtocallSpecialAttentiontoourimportationofIMPROVEDPLOUGHS, Single,Double, andThree Furrow, Diso Harrows.Gram AndGrassSeedSowingMachines, &0.,&c,manufactured by

. P. AND D. DUNCAN! OF OHRISTCHURCH; . ;rm. " jo a?whiohbetter valuein those lines wereneverbeforeoffered to thePublicofHawkesBar.ThounvariedSuccess thathas attended.the Productsof this Firm of lateyears ranks them amongthe foremost Implement Makers Of thecolony. Being SoloAgento for thisFirm mHawke'aBay,Goodssent for throughus will be deliveredat anyRailway Station oheaper thanis

«.'■■" sent forDirect to thoFirm. ■■ . '■IfyonhavenotanUluatratedCatalogue alreadysendforone totheundersigned—

f A. JONES & SONS, WAIPUKURAU.ARE ALL GUARANTEED,. ,

Aredouervingofavisit fromthoseinwantof Vehicles, fromaWHEELBARROW toaBULLOCK DRAY,arid from aSPRING CART toaHANDSOMEoranArtistieaUy.nnishedBUGGY,your wantabanJjeßuppUed. These ' "^ «"*

OUR WHEELWRIGHT AND COAOHBUILDING DEPARTSCBNIS ,Andmade of theverybestMaterialandWorkmanship,Lightness, withSTRENGTHand DURABILITY.ibeIngourfSpectalltr,

OUR HORSE-SHOEING DEPARTMENT " . vBeinginthehandsof a MASTERIFARRDSR, Customers canrely uponhaving every careexercised towardsthe feetof their BteediandattheLOWESTPAYING PRICE. ,Wehave also, for thebenefitofourPatrons, addedtoourEstablishment ah

IRONMONGERY STORE, -Where Customers caniprocurealmosteveryRequisiterequiredon"aStation. All the Leading Lines kept in Stock. Galvanised CornwateaIronfromsftto10ft lengths,FencingWire, Staples,Barbs andBarbingTools, WireNails from Ufato61n,andSpike.Nails; '

SeamingTwtoesjaindingTwinespeoially forHornsby'sand Samuelson'BMachines,TarredTwine forThatching,MaohmeFittingsand Aprons,any maker:Pumps,force andlift,andPipessuitable forSheep-dips. -INSPECTION INVITED. : ■

OilsandPaints,all colors,andLubricatingOils for the finestMachinery,Turpentine aad Stookholm Tar.Lamp-black andRuddle.N.8.-TIMBERJACKS SuppliedandRepaired >n theshorteatnotice, likewiseALLSAWMILL[RKQUIRBMBNTS

ALEX. JONES & SONS,WAIPUKURAU. , _ .

#jjmurt §wijs\ Wool j&Rlejs. ■ ■",'■

WOOL BA.LE2S.~~~

S V N N O T BE OS.ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE CONSIGNMENTS.OF

WOOLFOR SALE IN MELBOURNE, OR SHIPMENT TO LONDON.

WE WILL BRING WOOL FROM ANY PORT IN NEW ZEALAND FOR2s. 6c3L

TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE PER BALE. INEVENT OF NON-SALE WILL SHIP TO LONDONFOR (|D)FIVE-EIGHTHS OF A PENNY PER LB^ WHICH MEANS NOTHING TO BE CHARGED BETWEEN NEW

ZEALAND AND LONDON, THEFIVE-EIGHTHS OF A PENNY FREIGHT COVERING ALL CHARGES.

WOOL AUCTIONS EVERY FRIDAY.HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, &c, THREE TIMES 'A WEEk.

GE/AIFJBOKBRS. ,' '

VENDORS' INSTRUCTIONS FAITHFULLY CARRITSD OUT.

LANGLEY AND NEWMAN,TENNYSON-STREET,

Have Received a Shipmentof

BORODINI'S CELEBRATED OVERSTRUNG TRICORD PIANOS,WHICH THEY ARE OFFERING AT VERY LOW PRICES.

VERYfI[SUPERIOR INSTRUMENTS.

LANGLEY AND NEWMAN HAVE REMOVED TO THEIRNEW-PREMISES IN TENNYSON-STREET. 143

REID AJtfD GRAY.THE NEW ZEALANDER TWINE BINDER.

Inasking ourfriends tobuy from NowZealand maKers, wewouidpoint out a few of thebenefits which would accrue through sodoing. Duplicateswouldbe easier got and generallyoheaper;and fromthe facilities at ourdlsuosal— viz.,our branches Inditferent parts of NewZealand— wecansupplyanypartsofmachinos fromanyofthesebranches atanhour's notice;other makers may,and do claim to beable to do this,butfarmors find to their oosfc andourexperience bears them out, thatitoannot bedonewith imported machines. We haveknown of cases where farmers with a broken down imported Binder havehad to waitaweok during the busiest part of harvoßt time before they got supplied. Had suchbeen amachineof ourmake, itwouldhavebeenatwork withina few hours.' "AUparts of machinesarenumboredand accuratelyduplicated,and wechallengecomparisonwiththebestimportedin thatrespect;andwhile askingfarmers topurchaseour Binder,womay statethat itisnowgenerally recognised that our machine is at least as good as tho best imported,and muchsuperior to many of themineveryrequisito'of aserviceable Binder. We appenda few ofthomanyTestimonials reoeivedfor ourBinder;but thebestTestimonial is the factthat lastyearno less than13were soldinonodistrict alone.

■ . TeRobe West,Waipa, August11,1887.TheReaperandBinderIbought fromyou last harvestmade verygoodwork onall sortsofground. Ioutsomo verysteep sidlings, theBinder sliding« footat once,andatthe sametime cuttingandbindinga veryneataheaf. ISAAC HODGSON._,_,_. - CentreBubh, Maroh27,1886.TheReaperandBinderIpurchased fromyou thisseasonhasgivenme entire satisfaction.Icutand tied140 acresin11days,and madea reallygood job. She tiedwell andloft a good

stubble,although someof the oropwasvory light,andotherparts of it worogood. Icon-sider your Binder quite equal to any of the imported machines, and mdoh lighterovDRAUGHT THAN SOME THAT WERE WORKING INTHE SAME PADDOCK WITH MB.ISOVOraltimes worked the same,team of three horses,the wholo day, althoughIhad aspare teambeside mo. Ihad no stoppage from time of. starting tillIfinished, andlam thoroughlysatisfied thatIhavoa really goodand serviceable machine, and onethatwill last mea goodmanyseasons. . * . ALEXANDER SHAND.

_, m . _. . _. , Wairuna,Clinton,October17,1887.The TwineBindorIbought from you lastharveat la allIcoulddesire. Icut250 acres ofcropswithher,andnot tho least thingwentwrong;she is easilypulled,and forgoingonsidlingsIhave seennothing toequalher. She is justasready to start worknow as whenIgother. Youcanmakeuseof this inany wayplease. JOHN MOFFATT., , Otama, Gore,October 8,1887.

We arepleased to state the Binder wopurohasedfrom you last season gave everysatis-faction. On sidings weconsider Bho is preferable toany othermake inthemarket, as far asouroxperieneegoes, wehaving worked somo of the principalmakers' machines. We outover 300acres andnodnobreakages,and nover.had any stoppages through anything goingwrong,89

s WALKERBROTHERS.

/ SUCCESSFUL TREATMENTFOR

CHEST & THROAT COMPLAINTS

1A Cheap, PleasantWß Fi.om BEY.C E8 Pm ofwi' AND qffltw'jm Wellington.

'■ Effectual Remedy Wm3si Y°ur lung preserver at-. i_r rs.v i w«u ntKltUti / fflfißgfigA °rded my wifo andchildren almosttl t VuHfrXffik immediate relief in Conghs andA' " —mmmmmmm i^— jllsfJßs\tl\ andmany to whomIhad theffa, .-r^. J,waffly'lpleasure of. recommending your

W£\ spoclnchave spoken of it as invalu-Spa KM iF'îHYiiiY\rT7\7Wß.ziSSimi Ale. Inonecase,whenevoryremedy0 Wlr.lfr^ timjmxcLllllllii —^tjUJwmflTl^M -rled waspowerless togiverelief (the

/ li\ WJv /KmNSlr'nl^St*ll PE?SL»i^S*«ffl >ough was so distressing) the first\ \Jf&!)Xl£&s,//i!\ I EL mX^SeS^S^Bi loseofyourElixirwasmoateffective._ffWiJ lga«w*-f& iiFpf%^*MMß [n another case (sore throat) a cure

ntfffl k/alJill i i i... j....l . i. Jlfflr'nT.lltanl >raa so soonbrought about that theMmWM

'CxoS/il*^~^^-lc^li#raßW PBo6^reßolved t0 taken°tnmg else

f^^^m^^^^^^^^^m^^ From Rev.W. B. Marten,

<2^^BnwfcßGJ* sEiGSI ihave vs°a y°ur lung pke-T\Hty&Ar\Wr"s&Bl SKRVBR for an affeotlon of thof|lflai«HßßS^?Vi) :L\ZJ^Q \!sffltjJlM throat, and doomit only jußt to in-

"BUntt WS 0Wmv^mi m >Bi S&SJform you that Ihave experiencedS^tvESE3R VBJlfl fmfl MM rreat bonoflt from its use. Ishallt HK-_ ******* * Ait <T* yw& WSk lortainly recommend its use to all'^Â^^^îûuuûûî^ûAî^/^J^ we&\ vhosufferinasimilar manner.;î^FOR COUCHS^flllji ■

; BfI<JNCHITIS, ASTHMA, 'flls FromDb. Ewart.rA552!SfT?HO°p IN? °°- UCR*liii I"""° £ Afithma« loiokiyonto| UIFFICuITY OF OfrE/VTHfNG, /s£& taskshort theparoxysm. InChronioßron-

Ait Affections qfthb Lvms W M is|Bronchi*,Trachea^ uÂ^%A fD,. p , „ Am, rag]1lovedby it. InAcute Bronchitis it!fi fffAltm£Ht 'TOT«ePae/kCHZS &iHQER Wm- Wa ' » lsobonofloial, and whilstittends

AND PUBIIC SI>EAX£B imlfit »WM° ohook inflammation it promotesj ■""■'" wrt/i/wr. <Hj3ffir3SKH xpoctsratioii,and thusrelieves tho

«* " . )fiEf^ jnßn iborious and dililcult breathing sonpe-IS6d,2e6d.4s 6d&Bs vßKKwSHb'oneral in thesoattacks. AsaCough''fflffi MM widicino for porsons.of all agos it iBI '

PBEPAREO ONLY HY' fimEflju XOoUent#

MetJICAt HALtjVIOTOBfASTftEEVjffI^^K^D BY ALL CHEMISTS ANDW.'f'l1,-,ill,-,illlm^f^ rSTOREKEEPERS

IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS.Purohasers aro roquOßted to see that each packet of LungPreserver offeredforsalo is

ao-slmile of thoabovodrawing,and thatthe words Baxter'sLungPreserver,"Curistchurohareblownon thobottle. .Further, that tho wrapper of ench packot of .>*l?rTss, 0 A, .At> 1"LUNG PRESERVER' /#£sisV /« c/3Qfi/JrTSBears llio Proprietors Trade Mark and Auto- fff lwi \» cZ-

—graph, along with tho lato Proprietor's Signaturo 'U IJJjI/j -^qj. Gfi Jo' Jt2TREFUSE ALL OTHERS AS COUNTER- 01^0^.iV^tC^pfrA

FEITS. '<l-i-** ■

"ÂOENT6 FOR NAriKB:— MKfIBRSBOWERMAN & OWEN, CHEMISTS. li

J. MILLSISRECEIVING SHORTLY

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ALLKINDS OF

g A D D fl( E R VWhioh,inaddition to the

WELL-KNOWN G.00D3 OF HISOWNMAKE,

Will enable him tooffer the

BEST SELECTION IN HIS TRADE65 Tojbe'foundinHawke.sBay.

SPECTACLES.IVfRSD.LEVI,Hastings-street.begsXTX tocall the attentionof thepublic ofHawke'sBay tothe largeand variedStockofSpectacles of all kinds and sights. RealPebbles, best OpticalandOrdinary Glasses,ingold,silver,' steel, and nickel frames, andPinceNez. Ridingandall sightstoConcaveand CataractGlasses. Jußt received for thesummer tradea large assortment of Smoked(neutraltint)and ColoredSpectacles,Folders,Goggles,and Dust Protectors, at allprices.The newPansodonoptic Speotacles,speoiallyrecommended for weak- eyes. Every caretakeninproperly fittingandtesting thesight.Allkindsofrepairs,new frames, pebbles andKlaasea fitted. Orders taken for 'Oculists'.Prescriptions, Poor people suited free ofonanre. 836 '

MRS D.LEVI has lately receivedex"Arawa

"anexcellent selection ofWALKING STICKS. Amongthe assortmentaresomomagnificentSilver-mountedMalaccaCanea and Ebony Sticks, very suitable forChristmas Presents. Hollies, Haze], Ash,SussexThorn,Orange,Olive, Laurel, CeylonVine,Rattan, African Oak, Malaccas, &c,&c, with knots, nickel heads and orooks.Also, aome very handsome Silver-mpuntodF.F.F. Wooden Pipes and TobacconistSundries. A large and varied Stock ofMusical Instruments, Banjos, Flutes, Pic-colos, Nickel, Brass and Wood Flageolets,Violins and Bows,Violin and BanjoStringsand Fittings, Concertinaß, Accordeons, andTutors. CutTobaccos,Cigars and Cigarettes,Egyptian Cigarettes.! 837

\->HOME till JEWEL-/^

UHENRY m£LLIMS"ANDS6NIf

IRONMONGERS.JustOpened anotherShipmentof the

FARFAMED

sJBWEL WASHER,THE BEST WASHING MACHINEEVER

INVENTED.ADay'sWashing doneinOne Hour.

HENRY WILLIAMS AND SONS.Sole Agents fobHawke's Bay. 936

TelephoneNo. 51.

BOGJ.E, SIMMONDS AND COVULCAN FOUNDRY

Hastings-street, Napieh.

SPECIALITIES— IronStrong-room.DoorsandSafe Cars.

STOCKED AND MADE TO ORDER-Saw-BonchRollersMoveable Collar VontilatorsOrnamentalGatesandFencingBrackets and Verandah Fringing (groat

variety)Wool Presses, Lawn Rollers, TrollyWheels,Saw Spindles,&c.

Twohorse-poworPortableEngineforSalo.From tho Ist July we will quote Cash

Prices,and our termswillboCASH AT THEWORKS.

Overdue Accounts willbo pued for withourfurthernotice.

BOGLE, SIMMONDS AND 00.

gUtctifl«W t

MURRAY,ROBERTS&CO.'SSALE.MURRAY, ROBERTS & 00.

Have reorivedinstructions to offor atBBECROFT'S YARDS, HASTINGS,

ONFRIDAY, 16th DECEMBER, 1887,

At 1.30 p.m.

A(i FAT "¥ ULLO CX S\MZV SFat Heifers

4Hacks,goodweightcarriers9 usefulHacksandHarnosß Horses.

Further entrieswill boreceivod till time ofBale.murray7roberts& co.J. R,Lanauze,

Auctioneer.

HORSE SALE.MURRAY,ROBERTS AND CO.

■ Will offer,atBeecroftfsRepository,Hastings,on

TUESDAY, 27th DECEMBER, 1887,: At 1.30p.m..

Onaccount of Mr William Broughton,Ngapeko,

1BROWN FILLY, 2yrs, Otupai-Blue ■

IBrownFilly,2yrs, Otupai— Repeka1BayFilly,2yrs,Otupai-Riria1Bay Colt. Zyrs, Otupai— Pacificmare1BrownFilly,2yr3,FoulPlay-KimiKai1Bay Colt, lyr,Piscatorious-KimlRai1Black Gelding,aged,by MayKing1BayFilly,2yrs,Hailstorm— Bosillla

Furtherparticulars in future advertisement.Entries will boreceived till timo of Sale.

MURRAY, ROBERTS & CO.1 J. R.Lanauzb,Auctioneer.

MURRAY,ROBERTS AND CO.Have been instructed by the Registrar, atNapier, of theSupremo Court of Now Zea-land, tooner forsoleonTHURSDAY, 12thJANUARY, 1888, "

AtthoCRITERIONHOTEL, NAPIER,

At2o'olock in theafternoon,At the requeßt of tho*Mortgagees, that

FREEHOLD PROPERTYknown as "INNISMORE." situatedabout nine miles from WaipukurauRailway Station, on the Porangahau.road, and consistingof1325 aores,beingSections 8, 17, 18, 22, 25, plan of theArlington Estate, with good House,Woolshed, outbuildings, &c, togetherwith the goodwill of 900 acresLease-hold, known as "Mungapoka," at alow rental;20 yearstorun.

PAUL A.F.BIRCH,Registrar Supreme Court.

OntheDayof Sole the Flock of Sheepde-pasturing on above Property will be Sold,consistingof between 5000and6000 CrossbredBwesand Wethers.

Further particulars of the property maybeobtainedfromSAINSBURY & LOGAN,NapierMURRAY, ROBERTS & CO."Napier; orA. D. CRAWFORD,on thoProperty.

Nrj & AUSTRALIAN LAND"£J» CO.'SFlock RamshavoaUbeensold.

RAMS.

MESSRS MURRAY, ROBERTSAND CO.havoreceivedparticularsofRams for private salo during tho comingseason from thefollowing well-knownflocks,

and as a ready solo is expected intendingpurchasers will greatly oblige by communi-cating their requirementsearly.

Mr J.B.Reid,of Messrs Reid,M'LeanandCo..Dunedin,will be glad toselect Kama ifdesired.Onaccountof John Reid,Esq.,of Elderslle,

Oamaru—2002-toothLincolnRams,at3gnlneaseach i200RomneyMarshRams,at3gulnoaseach

Onaccountof B.Mkjuove,Esq., of WindsorPark,Oamaru—Lincoln2-toethRams, at3 guineaseaoh

OnaccountofHon.MatthewHotMKS—Lincoln2-toothRams,at 3guineas eachRomney and Border Loicester, at 21guineas eaoh

Onaccount ofMessrs R.CampbellandSons,Limited—2502-loothMerinoRams (Gibson type)at3

guineaseachOn accountofMessrsA.A.andR.M'Masteb,

Toka-Kahi—200i-toothRams(Fishor typo),at2gulneas

each100 2-tooth Rams (Fisher type), at 24guineaseach

Onaccount of G,L. SIBB, Esq.—1002-tooth American MerinoRams, at £310seaoh

Onaccountof W. SHKiWAy, Esq.,Puketol—2002and4-tooth MerinoRams,bred fromMessrs W. Gibson and Sons'Merinos,

2guineas eachOnaccount ofT. Tanner, Esq.,Riverslea—

2-toothLincolnRams,at 3} guineaseachAlso,StudRams at variouspricesAll theabovof.o.b.nearestBlation.

Apply toMURRAY, ROBERTS & CO.,

NapierOr MESSRS REID,M'LEAN& CO.,

Dunedin.

FOR SALE.agricultural"machinery.

Howard'sHorse Hay RakesBamuclson's OmniumReapersSamueleon'sGem MowersOsborneReapersand BindersM'CormickReapersand BindersHold& Gray'sReapers andMowersReid and Gray's Ploughs andDisc Har-

rowsBendall'sChaff-cutters andCorn-crushers

turneTseeds.Yellow Aberdeen, Whitestdne, Devon

Greystone,Yellow Tankard,MammothPurpletopSWEDES. -Bangholm, Champion, andSklrvings.

MURRAY,ROBERTS & CO.,NapierandHastings.

OFFICES TO LET.

TWO single Offices, downstairs,areto let inournewbrickbuilding,Tonny-

son-Btreet Applyto :222 BANNER&LIDDLE.

NOTICE.

CYUR newbrick buildingbeingnow'completod we are prepared to receivogoodsof all descriptions for saleby auotion.Regularsales o( Furniture andProduce willbeneldondatestobeadvertised.223 BANNER& LIDDLE.

BANNERANDLIDDLEayeBeen appointedSoloAgents for Defries1PatentSafetyLamps,andhave just openedup O'Shipmont which are now on view attheir newbrick building,Tennyson-street.

DEFRIES1LAMPS are fast super-sedingallotherLampsinEngland.DEFRIES LAMPSwereusedforlightingtheEasternArcado at theInventionsExhibition; they were also usediatthe Edinburgh Exhibition, and theNew Zealand GTrernment have alsocontractedfor theiruse onsomeoftherailway stations ,DEFRIES' LAMPS give a better light

than any Lamps known, the No. 3Burner giving a light equal to 100candles ,DEFRIES'LAMPS aroabsolutely safe;if they upset thoy will go out;thoy

cannot explodeDEFRIES'LAMPS canbeuaedwithany

kind ofMineralOilDEFRIES LAMPS were awarded theonly Gold Modal for Lamps at theInternational Inventions Exhibition,London

DEFRIES' LAMPSemitno smell.A largo number ot Hanging,Bracket,nndTable Lamps now in Stock. Speoial termsmadewith thotrade

Inspection invited.BANNER& LIDDLE,

221 Solo Atrents.

BANNER AND LIDDLE'

HavoinStockand forSale— ]Pianos bydifforont maKorsSingleandDoubleIronBedsteadsEnglish and Colonial Furniture, PierGlasses,Feather Pillows, Carpotß, &o.Dofrios'Lamps,largeassortmentW.and A.Gilbey's wines and Spirits,andothor brandsCaustic Potaah in 7cwt, lcwt, and J-cwtdrums and 201btinsCausticSodain101btinsFencingWirennd StaplesPortland ComontChampion'sand Taylor's Whito and|Red

LeadRawandBoiledLinseedOil,ScrimMandcra' Oakand CopalVarnishPatentDryors, TurpontlnoTea, Tobacco. Sugar. Flour, Oats, Rice.OvalandPlaid vcataa,Korosono,Can-dles, Coffee and all descriptions QfGrocoriosNewFrench PatentFillers, filters through

asbestos and charcoal, which can beromoved, cleansod, and renowed.Quick, lean, and effective Vorychoap.Norton's Patent Door-spring, closes thedoorgently withoutbanking bymoans

of anaircylinder,and quietlyshutsit;savos possibility of breaking glassdoorsor crushingchildren's lingers.THOMAS' SHEEP DIP eradicates allvermin and improves thoconditionoftho wool

225 BANNER ANDLIDDLE.

BANNER AND LIDDLE^MERCHANTS, WOOL BROKERS SHIP-PING, FORWARDING, AND

GENERAL COMMISSIONAGENTS,AUCTIONEERS,&a,

NAPIERAND PORT AHURIRI.

REGULAR Auctions of Skins,Hides, Tallow, aro hold at thoir Port]

Ahuiri Stores onthosecondnnd fourth Wed-nesdayineachmonth.

Auctions of Wool hold monthlyduring thoseason.Owners of Wool ontorodfor those Balescan

declare their rosorvo prices, and if a sale isnot effected tho course is open to them ofBhipplngdiroot toLondon,thus obtaining thochoiceof twomarkets afcanominalexpense.

Wool received at our Port Store and con-signed to our caro for shipment only is for-warded with everydespatch and thobillsofladinghanded to thoowneror whosoovorhomayappointwithoutdolay.

Llboral cash advances made upon all thoabovoproduco whenontered forsalohere, orthroughouragents in cither LondonorNowYork.

AGENTS FOR-W.and A.Gilboy Winennd SpirltMorohant

The GroonbankAlkaliWorks CompanyAustralian M.P. Life Assurance Society.

UnionFiro and MarineInsurance Co. ofN.Z-NorwiohUnionFiroInsuranceSocloly.

Reutor's TelegramAgenoy.".'homas's SheepDip.

MR R. WELLWOOD'S SALES.QAMUELSON'S REAPER ANDk3 BINDER for Sale,quite new (notboenused); will be sold very Cheap; in porfeotorder. R. WELLWOOD,Auctioneer,Hastings.

JM)R SALE.SEASON 18ST-88.

14,000Crossbred Wethors. 12,000Crossbred Ewes' "

5,000 MerinosH,WELLWOOD,

fetock andStationAgent,*f .Hastings.

BKBD ANDEATING POTATOEB FORSALE.

R.WELLWOODHAS FOR SALE-

FLUKE, KIDNEY, AND OTHERSEEDPOTATOES.

Also,EATINGPOTATOES;.aIso,SEED OATS.

RegularFortnightlySalos ofStockoaevery'alternate Wednesday; also,atAuction'Room,Salo ofFurniture,Produco,&c.

Agent for tho Premier Sawmills, Smith'sBiding}Private Auction Salosarranged forin anypart of theProvince..E. WELLWOOD,

1 Auctioneer,Stockand Station Agent

Hastings,H.B.

STORE CATTLE FOR SALE,CTEERS from 2 to 4 years old.

B. WELLWOOD,Auctioneer.Hastings. .

FOB SALE, .4unbb;oken dkaught

HORSES.R. WELLWOOD, '"

Auctioneer;Hastings.

SMALL FARMS FOBSALS NEARHASTINGS.Q1 ACRES, "within li mile ofOA Hastings

'Aores,within14mile ofHastings24 Acres, within1Jmile ofHastings

Theaboveis first-class landand adjoins therailway. For termaapply to

R. WELLWOOD. :

Hastings.First-class Residential Sites in Market-

street. 113

CANTERBURY POTATOES FOBSALE.

AFEESHLot of CanterburyPota-toes(firstclass)jus arrived.

R. WBLIiWOOD.

CORN DRILL FOB SALE.

ANEW Corn DrillforSale Cheap(10ft 61n wide, with15 Coulters),fitted

withall thelatestimprovements.R. WELLWOOD, "

Auctioneer.

MR H.P.COHEN'S SALES.■'

REGULAR SATURDAY'S SALES'OF

FARM PRODUCE AND FURNITUBBV/2J.OODS intended for these'Sales\-n canbe Bent in atany time during theWeek. '

Advances when required made upon allGoods sentinforabsolute Sale.

Account Sales rendered immediately aftertheSales.

H.P. COHENHasonSaleo.;ChoicoLot|ot ':

Pi A N O ,SAndintends tojsellthemregardless

ofcost.1PianobyFrederioh Weber (Loiprio1Piano by Ollendorf (Stuttgart)2Pianos byHaako ,1Piano byM.Leltner (Dresden)

HP.COHEN is alsolprepared to" hold Sales anywhere!inTTown [orCountry as required.

rv

TO FARMERS, DAIRYMEN,MERCHANTS, ETO.

HP.COHENisnowpreparedto" receive allkinds ofFarm and DairyProduce, Merchandise, &c.,forsale byPublioAuction,and has great pleasure inintimat-ingthatho willholdhis first saleof Produce,&c, on SATURDAY, the 13th of Augußt,1887. .

Liberaladvances willbe (rivenon all goodsplaced forabsolute sale.

AccountSales and cashpaidover 24 hoursaftersale,

H P. COHEN,Auctioneer.

FINANCIAL.

HP.COHENis prepared to ad-" vancemoneyin largeor- small sumson Freehold or Personal Security. Sumsfrom£5 upto £500, tobe hadon the shortestpossible notice.

Billß Discounteddaily.Interest and repayments onamost liberal

scale.227 H. P. COHEN.

gwoftiwflanflfft. <$M?& jtotftti.BROOKING AND ST. OLAIR,

LAND, ESTATE, AND GENERAL COMMISStON AGENTS.

T ICENSED Land Brokers' underJui the Land Transfer Act.— All businessunder thisdepartmontreceivesourimmodiateattention,andis completedwithdespatch atverymoderatecharges.SnareBrokers.— Sharesboughtandsold ON

COMMISSIONONLY.HouseAgents.—Rents collected,and*everydescription of House Agenoy undertakenonreasonable terms. Properties of all descrip-tions can be submitted to intending purchasers upon application. Register,of de-sirable propertieskopt

Accountant's work of overy descriptionundertakenonmoderate terms. PartnershipAccounts adjusted. Valuations made,Andit workfaithfullyporfonned.

Agent for Publio Trustee. In'sUran'cß ofevery description undertaken nt lowestourrontrates.Financial Agents.—

Sums from $90 to£20,000 on hand for investment upon ap-proved security. Loans of ail descriptionsnegotiated.Offices: Opposite Postand Telograph'.Olßces,

Hastings-street,Napier. 244

%&W!.

rjtAKAPAU JOCKEY CLUB.RACEMEETING

To bo held in a Paddock kindly lent by SJohnston,Esq.,Oruawharo.on,THURSDAY. DECEMBER'29, 18*7.

President: S. Johnston, Esfl. Stewards:Mobsw J.A.Grant,E. white.H. White, R.Angus,H.A.Lambert,T. Hobson. Judge:MrJ. Worrall. Clerk o£ the Soales: Mr'J.Maudsley. Clerk of the Course:Mr Wm.O'Connor. Hnndioapper: MrA.T.Danvers.Btarter:Mr A.M'Cartney.

First Raco tostartat 12 o'clock.PROGRAMME.

1. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.of 40soys.Distance,2miles;over8flightsof hurdles3ft fiin high. Nomination, £1 ;accept-ance, £1.

% HACK HURDLERACE,of 10 bovb. Dis-tance, once round tho course: over i' flightsofhurdles3ft Cm high. Entranco,10s. Weight, lOst 71b. Winner of anyHack Hurdlo Raco nt time of entry tocarry 71bponalty.

3. MAIDENRACE, ot 25 soys. Distance, 1milo j weight-for-ago. Forallhorses thathave never won an advertisedrace ex-ceeding £20 at time of entry. En-trance, £1.

i. TAKAPAUHANDICAP,of 60soys. Dis-tance,2 miles. Secondhorse toreceive10bovb from tho stakes. Nomination, £1;acceptance,£2. . <

5. HACK RACE,of 10soys. Once roundthecourse;catch weights. Entrance,lOe.6. FLYING HANDICAP, of 25 soys. Dig.tanco, j of a mile, Nomination, 10s;acceptance,15s.7. WELTER HANDICAP,of 30 soys. Dis-tance, U milo. Minimum weight, lOst.Gontlomen riders. Nomination, IDs; accoptanco,&l.

RULESANDREGULATIONS.1. Tho Races tobo rununder theNow Zea-landMetropolitanClub's RulesofRacing.2. No five per cont. reduction fromstakes.3. The decision of the Stewards tobefinalinall ciibcb.i. AH protests to bo accompanied with a

deposit of £2, whichsum shall do forfeited totho RaceFundifnotsustained.

5. No Nomination or Acceptance willbe re-ceived on any pretonce whatever, unlcßSaccompanied by tho necessaryamount pay-able.

6. Hackshallmeananyhorsethathasneverstarted in aWcigbt-for-ngoor HandicapRaco,HackRacesexcepted.

DATES OF NOMINATIONS,ACCEPT-ANCES,&C.WEDNESDAY, Decombor7.— Nominationsforall Handicaps.WEDNESDAY, Doccmber 11. -Wolghte

will appoar.WEDNESDAY.Decombor2I.-Acceptanees

for all Handicaps: also, Entrancofor MaidenPlato,Hack Hurdlen, andHackFlat,All Nominations, Acceptances, &c, to be

addressed tothe Secretary, Takapau.W. ELLINGHAM,

767 v Hon. Soorotary1

N.Z. L.&M.A." COMPANY'S SAI LEg.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANDMSB CAN-' TILE AGENCY CO., LIMITED.." Capital,- £3,500,000. ReserveFund, £37 0,000.

Vy*HE COMPANY make3a<3v ances>3- onStations andStock, andon gl."owingclips of wool, on specially advant ageouaterms.. Receives Consignments of Wo ol andotherproduce forsales locally,orforahIpmonttoLondon orColonialmarkets.

Holds Auctions Sales of Wool, Sheqp-skins.Hides,Tallow,andotherproduc ie,atitaSpitStores, andof Stockat Beeoroft'aYards,Hastings periodically.■ Executes indents for British, Continen-tal, East Indian, and American Goods onmost favorable terms.Acts as Agentforabsentee piTOprMtors.

Has Most Complete Arranoements inLondon for thosale of Frozen.Meat, andmakes this branohof itsbusinessa speciality.

JOHN CRABJ.Acting:Agent..

■ The fortnightlysale of

WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, BtLDES,TALLOW AND FAT,

Will be heldonWEDNESDAY, 14th DECEMBEE,

At10.30a.m. |Allproduce for Saleon theaboved:ite must j

,boinour PuleRoom notlater than10a.m.onMonday,12th December, and should, bo con- jsigned i

"LOAN AND MERCANTILE SALEROOM, SPIT."

WOOL SALES.THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANDI

MERCANTILE AGENCY COM- IPANYi WUIholdthoSECOND OF THISSEASON'SSEMES

OF

Ty OO 1/ SALESAT THEIR SPIT SALB-ROOM

ONWEDNESDAY, 28thDECEMBER,

At10.30.Wool for these Salesis nowbeingreceived,

and shouldbodeliveredat ourSale-roomnotlater thanSaturday,21thDecember,anc1con-signedLOAN AND MERCANTILE SALE-ROOM,

SPIT.

TO LET OB FOB SALE,iÔTTAGE inHastings;Shop and\J BakeryInHavelock. Apply New Zea-land Loan andMercantile AgencyCo.,Napier.

FOB SALE,

TWO Teams of Working Bullocks,withDrayandGear. ApplyNewZea-

landLoan and Mercantile AgencyCo.

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANDMERCANTILE AGENCY .COM-PANY

HAVE FOR SALE.Consignmentsof

PRIME FEED OATS ANDOAMARUPOTATOES,

AtLowestCurrentRates, andinquantitiestosuitpurchasers.

REDUCTIONINPRICEOP'

HESLOP AND WELSMAN'STVTEW ZEALAND SHEEP DIP.

TESTIMONIALS.From T. J. Steele, Esq., Crieklowood,

.Walroa,BthSeptember,1886—"IharesohesitationInsaying thatIthink

theNew ZealandSheepDip IsthebestIhaveaverused."FromEwknCameron,Esq.,Toanga,Poverty

Bay. September,1886—"TheNow ZealandSheepDip is fully equal

ifnot superior toany DipInaveeverused."Puts up in i.5, and8gallondrums; price.

5s 6dpergallon. Forquantities todip 10.000sheepandupwardsadiscountof3dpergallonwillbeallowed.

Sole Agents Fob New Zeaud:—NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCAN-

TILE AGENCY COMPANY.

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANDMERCANTILE AGENCY COM-PANY, LIMITED.

CHEEP fOE SALE.

SEASON1887-1888.2, i,B-tooth and

-full-mouth Crossbred

Wethers■ 2, i,6-tooth and full-mouth Crossbred

Ewes2, i,6-tooth and full-mouth Half-bredWethers2, i,6-tooth and full-mouth Half-bredEwes

2. i. 6-tooth and full-mouth MerinosWethers

2, 4,B-toothand full-mouthMerinoEwesPure Linooln. Merino, Romney andLeicester Rams. ,

JOHN CRAIGActingAgent;

F.N.ROBINSON,StockSalesman and Auctioneer. 110

MELBOURNEJWOOL MARKET.SEASON1887-88.

AdtanceFon woolGRAIN, &c,

R.GOLDSBROUGH &CO. LIMITED(Inwhichareamalgamated the Australasian

AgencyBanking Corporation,Limited,andRt Golasbroueh andCo.).

WOOLBROKERS.Capital,£3,000,000.

HEAD OFBTCE--MELBOURNE,MAKELIBERALCASH ADVANCES

Onthe ensuingOLD? OFWOOL,And on STATION SECURITIES.

They hold AUCTION SALES of WOOLtwice each weekduring the Benson, and atfrequentintervalsduringthewinter months.

The chargesonWool offered for sale, butnot sold, are nominal, being only ONE'SHILLING PER BALE, whioh IncludesWarehousing andInsurance whilsthiStore.

Liberal advancesmadeatBankrates.BranchinSydney:No. 40,Hunter-street.BranohinLondon: 156and157, Leadonhall.

golSdsbrough'swool warehouseBourkeandWilliam Streets,Melbourne.-

CHEAP FREIGHTS.R. Goldsbrough and Co., limited, beg to

announce thatinordertofacilitate thotransitof Wool from NewZealandtothismarketfordisposal,theyhavemade arrangements withthe Union Steamship Company to receiveWoolat their Agencies at the followingportsinNewZealand,and to forward thesame totheir Warehouses in Melbourne at greatlyreducedpricesasunder:—

RATEPER BALE TOMELBOURNE.Greasy 6s, Washed6s.Or, at tho option of owners,by Through

Contracts withus,including Insurance to theextentof £15 perbale forGreasy, and£18 perbale for Washed during transit, and all-chargesfrom loaving port ofshipmentuntilarrival at our Warehouses, Melbourne,asfollows, viz.:—

RATE PER TON.£ 8. d. £ s. d.Napier,greasy 2 10 0 Washed 3 10 0

A reduction of Isper balq willbo made ondumpedwool.

Growers desirous of making uso of thisthrough rate are requested to send promptadvice andparticularsofshipment,either byletter or telegram, immediately on despatchofprcducc, toenablemarine insurances toboaffected.If(previously coveredintimationmust ,be

given tous.AgentsatNapier— M.R.Miller, whowllmakefulladvancesonconsignments.B. GOLDSBROUGH & CO., LIMITED.Melbourne.IstSeptember:1887.! 215

_J^ gfrrcrc "grtm'fi jMc^

HORACE BAEEB(Late Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of

CrownLands),S U R VEY 0R, „

LAND,ESTATE,&COMMISSIONAGENT, VALUATOR.EsOma'pupreparedfor the SubdivisionandSaleof Properties.LandTransfer andeveryothor description

of Surs-oystindertakon.MortgagesonFreeholdandothorSocurltlosnegotiated.Information suppliod concerning CrownLands inoveryDistrict in the Calony.Meetings of Crown LandBoardattended,ifrequired.Applicfitionß made for Selectors of CrownLands.Correopondoncoinvited.

Temporaryofflco:TBJNNYSON-BTREET, NAPIEH. 76

PROPERTIES FOB' SALEBY

H O R A.C E B A K E R,SurveyorandLand Agent.

RURALLANDS. jImprovedGraesFarms,andpartlyimproved

Bush Lands in the Woodvillo, Rumoroa,AaKurst, Palmerston,Halcombe, DanevlrkeOrmondville,|Pahiatua,Taranaki,Ashburtonand Strath-Taleri Districts.

DEFERREDPAYMENTLANDS.Licenses ol several good sections solected

under the 'Jrown Lands Deferred PaymentSyßtem.

riOWN AND SuioRBANLANDS.AtNapier,Hastings, Taradalo, Makntoku,Danevirke,WoodvilTe, Pahiatua,PalmerstonNorth,Inverearglll,and Gore.Particulars furnishedonapplication.Lists are being prepared and willbepub-

lished inJuly.Entries for the first Cataloguereceivedup

till July14th. 79

A. P A IL,(LateBovce &Fail. "

GENERAL COOPERS,WEST CLIVE.

Tallow Casks, Churns, Butter Tubs, ChecspVats,andallkindsof Work connected withthe Trade turned out with despatch andat the

LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. 131

ADVERTISING CHEATS !!!. "Ithas becomesocommon to bepiuanarticleiv anelegant,intejestiugstyle,"

Thenrun itinto some advertisement' that weavoid allBitch,'"Ami simply call attention to the

merits of Dr. fioule's American HopBitters in as plain,honest terms asposBible,"

Toinducepeople"To give them one trial, which s»

proves their value that they willneveruseanythingelse."

"The Remedybo favorablynoticed in allthopapers.

Religiousand secular, is"Having a large sale, and supplanting all, , othermedicine.,"There isnodenying thevirtues of the Hopplants, and tho proprietors of Dr. Soule's. American Hop Bitters have shown greatshrewdness and ability ....

"Incompoundingamedicine whose virtuesaresopalpabletoeveryone's observation,

DID SHE DIE?- "No!"She lingered and suffered along,

pining awayall the time for years,"' "Thedoctorsdoing her nogood;""And at; last was enred by this Dr.

Soule's AmericanHopBitters the paperssay somuchabout."

"Indeed! Indeed!". "Howthankful we should be forthatmedicine."

" .'

A DAUGHTER'S MISERY."Elevenyearsour daughter sufferedon

abedof misery,"From acomplication ofkidney, liver,

rheumatictroubleandNervous debility,"Under thecareofthebest physicians,

"Whogaveher diseasevarious names,"Bntnorelief,"Andnowshe is restoredtous ingood

health by as simple a remedy as Dr.Soule's American Hop Bitters, that wehadshunned for years,before using it."—The Parents.

FATHERIS GETTING WELL."My daughtersays: ■

"How,much.Vetter father is since he"usedDr. Soule'sAmerican HopB.itters.", "He is. getting well after his longsuffering' from a disease declared incur-able.""

And weare80 glad thathe used yourBitters."— A,Lady ofN.Y.

£3T. None genuine without a bunchofgreenhops on the white label,and Dr.

.Soul«« name blownin the bottle. Be-WAitß ofall the vilepoisonousstuffmadeto imitatethe above. '. 45*>' The prohibitionists of Virginia wantthe manufacture and sale of alcoholicbeveragesprohibitedbyStateandNationallaws.

Children starving todeath on accountof their inability todigest food,will finda most marvellous food and remedy inScott's.Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil" with HypoDuosphites.' Very palatableandeasily digested. Readthe followingtestimonial:

— "1haveprescribed'Scott'sEmulsion

'in cases of childrensuffering

. /from wasting and mal-nutrition,andcan: report mostfaovrabfj' of its good effect;it ha3been in each case taken mostreadily.— W. Perkins,M.R.C.S., Medi-cal Supt., Burleigh Hospital, Eng."Largeand small bottles atall Chemists,4s Gd and2s6d. 103

The prices at theMichaelmas sales oflivs stock in England have been lowerthan those of last year,and the figures" are the worst since 1850. The fact is(says Truth) that owners and tenantsofland have no money to invest in well-bredstock.

"JRongh on Rats" clears out Rats,■ Mice, Roaches, Flies, Ants, Bed-bugs,■Beetles,Insects, Skunks, Jack Rabbits,sparrows, Gophers. At chemists anddruggists 104In the parish registers of Stratford-on-

Avou, the librarian of the ShakespeareMnseu'm has found several names im-mortalised by the divine William.Among them are Sly and Hackett.

v Walter son of John "F.lewallin,was bap-tisedatCowlesin1558. .

"Rough on Corns."— Ask for Well's"Rough on Corus." Quick relief,com-plete, permanent cure. 'Corns, warts,minions. At1 chemistsand drnggists. 104

One_ hundred womenride tricycles inWashington. The smoothness of thestreets makes the workeasier than it isanywhere else, and the encouragement'givenby theirmale relativesin the cycleclubsstrengthens themto face thepublic.Mostof the womenhaveaspecialcostumein the nature of a riding habit with thetraincut off.HoJowaysOintmentandPills.— Female

Complaints.— On themothers ofEnglanddevolvesmuch and serious responsibilityin securing for their daughters robusthealth; frequently, alas 1 thoughtlesslysacrificed by culpable bashfulness at aparticular period of life, when all itn-.portantchangestakeplace in the femaleconstitution, upon the management ofwhich depends future misery or happi-ness. Holloway's'Pills, especially ifaidedwith " the Ointment, have thehap-piesteffectin establishing those fnotions,upon thedueperformance ofwhichhealth.'and evenlifeitself depends. Mother anddaughtermay safelyuse thesedeobstruent" remedies without consulting any one.Universally adopted.as the one grandremedy for female complaints thesePillsneverfail,neverweaken thesystem, andalwaysbring about the desiredresult.—Advt.l . lbs

A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.BEECHAM'S PILLS.

Are admitted by Thousands to bo worth aGuinea a Box for Bilious and Nervous. Disorders, such as wind and pain in thostomach, sick headache, giddiness, fullnessandswellingaftermeals,dizzinessanddrowsi-ncss, cold chills, flushings of heats, lossofappetite, shortness of breath, costivenosß,' scurvy,blotches ontho skin,disturbed sleepfrightfuldreams.andallnervousandtremblingsensations', &c. Thefirstdose willgivoreliefin twentyminutes. Thisisnoflction, fortheyhave done itin thousands of cases. Everysuffererisearnestly invited to try onebox oftheso Pills, and they willbe acknowledgedtoboWORTH A OTINEA A BOX.

l<or females otallages thesoPills sreinvalu-able,as a fewdo3csofthemwill carryoff allgrois Immours, open all obstructions, andbriirâbout all that is required. No femaleshouldbo without them. Thoro is no medi-cine lobo found toequalBEECHAM'SPILLSforremovingany obstruction or irregularityoftlinsystem. Iftakenaccordingto tho direc-tionsgiven with each box they will soonrcsi-jru femalesofnil nge3 tosound androbusthcnlth.

For a w«ak stomach, imparcd digestion,add .-ill disorders of tho liver, they act like"' -ilugic," and a few doses will bo found toworkwnfulnrsuponthomost importautorganainLi:c hmmtn mnclnno. Theystrengthen thewholemuMSulnr system, restore tho long-lostconiDl- xion. bring bock tho kcon edge ofappetite, and arouse into action wiln thoKO3EHUI) ot henlUl tho whole physicalenprjry of the liuinun frmnc.— Those aro"

li'AOTd"admitted bythousands,ombracingnil cliiHacs of society;and one of tho beatguarantees to thenervous a:id debilitatud is,BEKCIHAM'SPILLS'hnvo'tfio largestsaloofany patentmedicine in thoworldBEECHAM'SMAGICCOUGHPILLS

Asnremedy torUoughs>in general,onthma,difllcultyin breathing, shortness of breath,tightness and oppression of thechust,retch*'iDf,',ftc, theso Pills Btandunrivalled. Theyspeedilyremove thatsenseof oppressionanddifllcultyofbreathing whiohnightly doprivotho patient of rest. Let any person givoBufcciiiM'sCouguPills atrial,and thomostviolent coughwillina short time boremoved,

Caution.— The public ate requested tonotice ihatthewords"Beeoham's Pills, StHelens." are on the Government Stamp,affixed to each bos of the Pills. If not ontheyaroa forgery.

Preparedonlyand.soldwholesale andretailby tho Proprieter, T.Beecham, Chemißt, St.Helens,La casbire,Kngland,in boxes Is lidnd2s9d each. SoldByailDruggistsandPatentMedicine Dealers throughoutthe Colonies,

N.B.— Full directions aregiven witheachbox. 109

SEAWATER STEMMINGBATHS'

THEaboveBaths are now open tothe publio from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. The

(layssetapart forladies areMondays, Wed-nesdays, and Fridays, between thehoursof10a.m. and12, during which hours a whitoflagwillbehoistedand Mrs Bradfleldwillbeinattendance.

£ s. d.SeasonTicket(familynotexceed-

ingsix) 2 2 0Season Ticket (single) .. ..110Monthly Ticket(single) .. ..060Tho Baths and all appliances are keptscrupulously clean, there being a continualflow of salt water all day, thus completelychangingthewatereveryeighteenhours.AHotSalt WaterBathhasalso beenaddedto tho establishment, whioh willnodoubtbelargely vised by those suffering from rheu-matics, S-e.' HotFrußh Water and Shower Baths atallhours'

Opon for YoungLadies from 7 to9p.m. onMondays, Wednesdays, andFridays.339 THOMASBBADFIBLD Lessee.

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