TheAucklandStar.

VOL. XLVJ—NO. 15. AUCKLAND, N.Z.. MONDAY. JAOTARY 18, 1915. (10 PAGES.) PBICE-<ME PIMSYI

TABLE TALK..George Vfilliams was killed while outshooting at .Dunedin.

To-day, fe lihe 44.fch aimivsrssiry of theprodamaition of tine German Ensp&re.

Sixty bodies were found in the dining-loom of'the-Girls' College, Avezzano.

Tihe second poffl in connection *wifch tie"Jimedin. Ceabrail election is announcedforFebruary 3.

Burglars dynamited a safe at.Stratr -fordand stole cheques and cash totallingunder £100.

PHaiiSp Pearae, age&ZO, waß~drowned7•wihfle lnjuhing in Mie Hurfcfc river cub Tiren.-tihaim yeetexday.

The Union forces have occupied thaiGerman East African port of Swakop-mund, after trifling losses.

Anti-war demonstrations and breadriote are daily rendering the situation,more embarrassing for Austria.

A young man naihed Oogie ispoeed to svave committed suicide aX -Jackson's Head, MarLborough. ;. ..

Over 1200 settings and 1400 birds weresent out from thePoultryDepartment olthe Euakura State Farm last year.

Hemd Kopiri, a itarani of 55 yeaia, <vraadaomned yesterday anoraiingwiSebanningin *he WoApaioa.■rivtsr, etfoee in GA&home.

The wheat purchased -in Sydney bythe New Zealand Government will, boallowed to leave by the steamer Kaiapoi.

A man was aiiressftnl ■m QunsftshDrah"oil'Friday.. on a. obairge of -thawing deaertedoik of rtihe ?few Zwistsai (tr-oapeiipb atAlbamy. * - "• ""Ruby Bennett,, agedr 17, "laipockedover and dragged bya motwrci, Ga&arneon Saibuirday Her cojudatsoin. 6acriti-oal.

The corpses of thekilled,at Avezzanoare lying unattended:aod-putrefying,-.a»all available help is- -being devoted--torescue -work. - "-'■"•

Berlin. Hunts that for peace disciissioapurposes Count Berchtold was not con-sidered by 'the Emperor Trancis Joseph,to be strong enough.

The horrors of the Italian earthquakeincrease " In'fhe.Abruzzi district" alone""the"death-roirTsestimated'at-30.000; ■ • ■ _; • ■; • •■■"

W; Robinson, an €4derlj- maa, eoHiapsedinifihe efcreefc at■'SgsscaaiwaSm.-ia Saitax~:day aSternooii, aSd diesi ibe&fe a doctorcould"he summoned.'*" ' rrrzr.r:: .

A petition asking-for"scrutihg of'an'election count .of the votes"cast in theTaumarunui electorate~'ha"s'bee'ri lodgedby Mr. G. K-Wnsbnl'-r:"! :/:V""":.:

Lampelino" has" been' practacaHy annl-.hilated, and .CapqUa.is.a.smoking:heapof ruins. Of 'Ayezzanp's population onlythree per cent survive, ' .„;' J- f-~

The Canadians made a great bayonetcharge near Ypres and took trench aftertrench before they were brought:up'bytthe German-Artillery.".""..' . '"TT. ...

A fireibroteout in tte .residenceof Hir.H. G. Setlh-Sanitih, at Eemowra, on Sun-day ■evening, but it was siibdtied beforemu-cih damage was done. ;

The Countess Eesta and-ier five eonswere Tesciied alive from theruins of ierpalace at A-vezzano, after 'being buriedtwo days -and two- nights."Jjofd 'Roberts'- will:.provides for the

military;-cSiarir--ties of most of the -£Iob,OOO voted-tohim "after the.South African"war.:. ; ■Two negroes arid twornegresses .were.-!■hanged, and riddled, with buflets.-by anAtlantia City mob while:awaiting trialon a charge of having clubbed a-policeofficer. ' . - • • -■ ■- • --The -Gernrans dk-"the; quarries neigh-bouring' Sdisso'ns..-.are,keeping .men, .wo-: :men. ani ,'as.;.hostagee;,and-,'a.re.forcing women to go .to.Soissons forvisions/ ■ "•■' -*"•"- '■-■■'.":" '" /■-'■ ■ ■—:

'It is stated that, German officers haveadmittedVtoat had-Britain-put ■'β-millibnv- -men into the afield -aEltKeUJsfa^ii^o£--£fle..war it would'nowCbe-drawing.to.a..clpseon German\soUi !••.;..•!.: ■ 1 ■"-.'-■*!:!'.•."}.■

Gwendofes; Duncan, a vaitrng Bohodl-teaflher - fcorn Oamaru, a«»deffltaily sbob-herself da -00©' rifle,'m&i£L- •ait .1Edvefhead .yosterd-ay.,_.,.''u,.,.-,- ~..—«.-,.„..,; -. Anu3imeinideddecjairaiti!C!n;of feefJopriß-iing■pcH for EranMin. annminog svotes wots cast ior mp^i^enee,-and_3lso■tar T€lsci4t-i&»fc-n»- -pnoipoeaJ ■W3S-ea.mied.-~——_■ ..-.«,. ' ~~. .. -■the -River theLTistula, had to give way., before. the

_pressure of the Russians, and retreatedtowards their own frontier. ".','" ■" ~

Details of the. Turkish rout- at"Karaurgan show- tliat the-Russianstookover 5,000 prisoners, besides capturinglarge quantities of stores and cattle.-----Three-fourths ;of LiEiord -Kitchener,*army a-re- married- '-men;--deeJaree-MrHoratio •Bottbmley;;_-in'-Teproachingrthe -single men.-pf• Britain baclS^-wardness m volunteering for- tEe front.'

NasVs irink "from,,Patoerston . Norith.. .won ifehe oha/mipiottaM'p ; at " itibe 'bowling '.touiriia:ui!Sin.t",;.on." Saiturday.- and "tjse"painschampionship went- to -Green IsUund;(DoBedon)! The' playedto-day. .-- .-.::. "■ .'7-;." "I"."."" :~~~"~'The (Australians returned frpnv-New ~Guinea-received, a warm welocmiej~al.tsydney.- Au6tralia's_.newly-won__TCrri-tory is.described yerjbut unfit for wiite.j.nie.n. in-. the:-we(r;..season.- ' •' ~:..-.. —C"".,t.""!A man named- Scott; who received sixmonths' imprisonment ■ at" Seatfle'threatening the life of. Count yon. Bern?stoff (Germany's Ambassador at WashY _ington), pleaded that .he,, was. ine,reljbluffing. . .. ~..Tivto outbrealsof fire occurred at,W;KfflgtioiQ yestclrdiay, Peonage-being done to-.F. P. Smitih^s'.phcit-o-'etuviio;/in UpperWifflis Snreet, WCe- "Maiy GiTirjie•house inSjidney Street, jwej; eerioudydamaged.

(Largely as a • Tesult of- -the-congestion -of British overseas-trade, British imports,decreased from £328,000,000 to-£262,r,000,000 in five months ended December, "while exports deci;eaeed.from000 to £ 130,000.00ai: r .: --'-■-----

■tn a speechat the-eJational-GeograpM--cal Society of America, Sir 3>ou<yla3iMawson extolled the _achieyenient;;ofRear Admiral CharlesWilkes, the Ameri.- -can Antarctic who--was court-martialled on-the-charges of Tiis fellow,:expiorera.

The Turkish advance on Egypt isgenerating into somc.ihiiiir between com-edy and pathos. ■ lv_. w" 1 from behindby vwitli—--t'drying-. desertwells and awell:equiyr 'tAnjrlo-Egyptian-army in front,- the Sultan's -reluctantarmy isbetween the:thorns of a dilemma,the least dreadful of which" ibethe fear of Germany V"wrath." ~:

ofnext to Na-gel's; Dominion Road. Everybeautiful-hat now 7/11. Flowcraall 63.anjl/. Gloves,hosiery.-etcr.- reduced t<vdear.. .A rare ; opportunity .for inoiiejsaving people..:Open, .till 9.—(AdJ

SHIPPING.gTEAM gHIP

msV QOMPAN-Y OF

l—£—' \TEW rVEXLASD, T TD.Steamers will be despatched as under,

matter and other circumstances permit-tit;:-PStr-pEYMOI'TH (FROM ONEHUNGA).

I -'""'■ 4 P-m- Tr- --»>.J —xnJSTT&ttT it'HliM ONEHUNGA). |Koirfc-ii Monday. IStii January, 5 p.m.

':" WELLINGTON TO LYTTELTON.: Daily. Sunday escepted.: foLOGA~BAY AM) GISBORNE WHARF.; Carso Only.gosaniond Saturday. j:">rd January, noonrrfgnOßXE. NAPIKR. WELLINGTON,

LYTTELTON. AND DUXEDIN.•Tsrawera Tuesday, "20th Jan.. 2 p.m.

! »ilonon-ai Saturday. .SOth January, noon

' Cargoreceived until Hi a.m. sailing day.

' ■ SYDNEY (DIRKCXT ■•llannks Friday, --nil January (from

Wellington)•Maneno Monday. 2."»th Jan.. 5.30 p.m.

WELLINGTON TO HOBART ANDMELBOfHXE.

tfalooaa Saturday. 2?.rd Jannary

nJT (SUVA AND LEYFKA). TONGA(STKrALOFA. HAAPAI. AND VAVAU),SAMOA (APIA).

,±tns Monday. Stli February, 10 a.m.RAROTOXGA AND TAHITI.

•R.US. ilaitai Thursday, 4th February;(from 'Wellington)

ISTinni Tuesday. JKth January, 4 p.m.No passengers per Taviuni.

No Cargo received after 10 a.m.~BAROTONGaT~PAPEETE. AND SAN

FRANCISCO (from Wellington).(For All Canadian and American Points,

London. Liverpool. Glasgow. Europe.)•KJf.S. Maitai Thursday. 4th February

■'SUVA, HONOLULU. VICTORIA, A>DVANCOUVER. B.C.

T (For All Canadian and American Points,[ London, Liverpool. Glasgow, etc.)1 »RJI.S. Niagara..Tuesday. 26th Jan., noon

!• 'Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.fMaii Steamer. Special Rates.

j Cargo must be booked and alongside not1 less than TWO HOL'KS before"time of[ BiliDJ.I . ' Auckland Branch:

PALMEESTON BUILDINGS.

t J>OYAL CJERVICE.p9ls ™A SA-V FRANCISCO,! I—£L—l To

A LL- A MERICAN T>OINTS,

■DBITISH TSLES, AND /"^ONTINTENT.. Sailings as under, circumstancespermitting: —From Wellington.

HAETAI February 4KOANA March 4JIAEAMA April 1

I* Equipped with Wireless Telegraphy.For further information, apply to

UNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z., LTD.

OHAW, QAVILL AND A LBION \LIMITED.

THE LARGEST PASSENGER STEAMERSIX THE NEW ZEALAND TRADE.

SHE DIRECT LINE OK STEAMERS TOSOUTHAMPTON AND LONDON.

TIA MONTE VIDEO AND TENERIFFE.Sailings (circumstances permitting):—

"~ Tons. Com- Date PortSteamer Reg. mander. Depart- Depart.•I'oiinthic IX 231 Hart Veb. Well.•Taiaui... 0.937 Moffat Mar. „•lonic 12:2X1 Starck April „•Anwa... 10.000 Clayden May „•Attenic. Crossland J-une

Turin Screw. Fitted with WirelessTelegraphy.fCarrying a limited number of Saloon

passengers only.PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION

UNSURPASSED.Passages from London can be arrangedlere by Prepayment of Passage Money or

lj Gnarantee.L. D. NATHAN AND CO.. LTD..A. S. PATERSON AND CO., LTD.,

8j ... Agents.

— HTEALAND_

/CANADA.

C.A. BOYAL MAIL LINE.BOOKINGS TO ALL PARTS OF

AMERICA AND EUROPE.. SAILINGS FOR CANADA.: (Circumstances permitting.)From FromSteamer. Sydney. Auckland.

SIAGAKA Jan. 21 Jan. 26jtASURA .. Feb. IS Feb. 23

NEXT SAILING FOR SYDNEY!(Circumstances permitting.)

MAKTBA Stli February iNiagara, new, Triple screw, 13,500 tons;'• ilakura. twin screw. Equipped with wire-fas telegraphy. I"amphitts. Maps, etc.,nee. Apply UNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z.,LID., Managinz Agents.

P. AND O.gTEAM "V'AVIGATION /COMPANY.

Steamers for LONDON, calling atSydney, Melbourne, Adelaide,

[ feemantle. Colombo, aden, mar-SEILLES, GIBRALTAR, and PLYMOUTH.with liberty to call at BRINDISI, as under.Connecting at Port Said with the 20-knotsteamers ISIS aud OSIRIS for Brindisi:—

LeaveTons. Sydney.

HOOLTAN .„ 10,000 Jan. 23K. L. Haddock.MOLDAVIA ,_. 10,000 Feb. 6G. \Y. GordonEGYPT , S,OOO Feb. 20G. M. Moutford.fiIEDINA 12,500 March 3F. B. S. Notley.MONGOLIA ." 10.000 March 17. H. G. H.Lewelliu.; JMALWA „ 11,000 March 31

__A.Thompson.fCalling at Hobart.

RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY.—Single*o London, £47 «/ to £SS; Return, £75 18/*nd £132; available for two years. Tourists'tickets (India, China, and Japan). Speci-ilHoliday Tickets to Colombo available fortwo months. Return Fares from Sydney,!ill First SalooD, £29 Second Saloon; plus10 per cent. Passage money can be paidiae for passages from England. PassengersWiving in Sydney by nearest connecting•learner may proceed on board at once.

These steamers ate installed with wirelessWegraphy.For Freight or Passage, apply to

RUSSELL AND SOMERS,Customs Street West, Auckland.

V, AND A. MAIL LIKE TO MANILA,*J' CHINA AND JAPANiFROM AUSTRALIA.

LeaveTons. Sydney.

ALDKNHAM 4,000 Dec 194,500 Jan. 27

•Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.Saloon accommodation amidships. Large,f"l two-berth cabins, all on the upper

**■*, aud fitted with electric fans. Throughjwcfcs to Canada, the United States, and

For Freight and Passage, apply direct toEUSSELL AND SOMERS,

Cußtoes Street W^wt.

SHIPPING.

NORTHERN jgTEAMSHIPQOMPANY, J^TD.8 TIME TABLE.(Weather and other circumstancespermitting.)PROPOSED SAILINGS.Steamers. Date of Sailings.

FOU itUSSELL AND OPUA.Clansmau Every Monday. 6 p.m.•Cargo up to 4 p.m. i

FOR RUSSELL. OPCA, WHA?!GAROA.AND iIANGOXTJI."Clansman Every Wednesday, 4 p.m.No Cargo for Russell or Opua.

FOR TE KAO AND PARESGA.Aupouri Mondiiy. Ist February. _' p.m.

Aupouri Every Monday at 2 p.m.No Cargo received after 12 noon.

*Calls Whnngaroa and Maugonui.'Passengers Only.

FOR AWANUI.Apanui Monday. ISth Jan.. midnightFOR HOKUXGA.

Greyhound—Wednesday, 27th Jan., 5 p.m.tFOU WHANANAKI, TUTUKAKA.

fFOR MAHSDEN POINT. WHAXGAREIHEADS. PARFA BAY. MANGAPAI,

• AND LIMESTONE ISLAND.Chelmsford Monday, ISth Jan., 9 p.m.

Heads Cargo. Wednesdays onlr.Taurikura and Urquhart's Bay, Mondayonly. Taurikura Cargo landed Urquhart's.

FOX IVHAXGABBI.S.S. MANAIA.Leaves Auckland. Leaves Whangarel.

Mon., ]Sth. 10 p.m. Tues.. 13th. Tr. noon'Wed.. I'Oth, 10p.m. Tliurs., 21st. Tr. VZ noonFri.. 22nd, \0 p.m. Sat., 2Srd. Tr. 12 noonfFOR CANAAN-LANDING, TE PUKE,

ALA.TATA, AND *RANGITAIKI OUTLET•Cargo landed Thornton only.

See Tauranga Sailing.Ngapnhi Monday, Ist February

FOX WHANGAKEI (TOWN WHARF).S.S. KANIERI AND PAEROA.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Whangarel.Mon., ISth. 7.30 p.m.Mon.. ISth. 9 p.m. Tues.. 19th. 10p.m.Tues.. 19th. noon Wed., 20th. 11.30a.m.

FOU TAURANGA.Ngapuhi. .Every Monday and Thursday,

at 5.30 p.m.Calls at Mount Wharf with passengers

and Cargo.Cargo up to 1 p.m. sailing days, andSaturdays, and all day Wednesdays.Also sec Opotikl steamer sailing.~ for opotiki. '

Ngatfawn Monday. 25th January, noonVide Tauranga and Ohiwa. No Cargo for

Tauranßa.FOR OHIWA.

Ngatiawa Monday. 25th January, noonFOR WHAKATANE.

Tasman Thursday. 21st Jan., 7.30 a.m.FOR TAIRUA.

TVaiotahi Friday, 22nd January, 9 p.m.tFOR MERCURY BAY.

Tasman Monday. ISth Jan.. 0.30 p.m.tFOR KUAOTUNU.

Tasman Monday, ISth Jauunry, 9.30 p.m.tFOR WHa'xGAMATI

Walotahi Monday, Sth March. 5 p.m.fFOK I'OHT CHAItLES, KENNEDY

BAY, MERCI"RY ISLAND,WHANGAPOUA.

Paeroa Friday. 10th Feb.. 10 p.m.BARRIER.

Waiotahi Everr at midnightCargo received up to 12 noon.

FOR THAMES.S.S. WAKATERE.

Leaves Anckland. Leaves Thsmei,Tues., l!»th, 5.13 p.m. Tues.. lflth, 0 a.m.Wed., 20th, 6 p.m. Wed.. 20th. 10 a.m.

Thurs.. 21st. 11 a.m.Thurs., 21st, fi."o p.m. Fri., 22nd, 11.30a.m.Sat., 23rd. 7.15 a.m. Sat., 23rd. noon

FOR SHORTLAND.Wave Monday, ISth January, 5 p.m.FOR KEREPEEHI AND WAY PORTS.

Weka Monday, ISth, miduightFOR TAHUNA AND PATETONGA.

Wave Thursday, 2Sth Jan.. noontFOR PAEROA. KOPU, TUUUA. AND

TE AROIIA.S.S. WAIMAKIE AND TANIWHA.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Paeroa.Mon., lSth, midnight Mon., 18th. S) p.m.Tues., 10th, midnight Tups.. l!Uh. 0.30 p.m.Wed.. 20th. 2.30 p.m. Wed., 20th, 10 p.m.Thurs., 21st. 3 p.m. Thurs.. 21st. 11 a.m.

FOR COROMANDEL.S.S. DAPHNE.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Coromandel.•Tues.. 10th. S a.m.

Tues., Wth, r> p.m. Wed., 20th, 0 a.m.•Fri.. 22nd, 7.15 a.m. *Sat., 23rd, 5 a.m.

TCalls Cowes and Awaroa when required.•Calls at Waiheke.FOR WAIHEKE.

Tues., 19th. 8 a.m.Fri., 22nd. 7.25 a.m. Sat. 23rd. 5 a.m.Sat., 23rd, 2 p.m. Mon.,25tu, -".45 a.m.

For Cowes and Awaroa Bay also seeCoromandel, steamer calls when required.

FOR CABBAGE BAY. AMODEO BAY,S.S. DAPHNE.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Cabbage Bay.Wed.. 20th. midnight Thurs., 21st, 8 a.m.fFOR WAIWERA, JIAHUHAXGI HEADS.WAUKWOUTH AND OREWA (GUUT'S).

S.S. HAUITI.Leaves Auckland. Leaves Warkworth.

Tues., 19th, 8 a.m."Wed.. 20th, 4 p.m. Thurs., 21st, 9 a.m.Fri., 22nd. 7.20 a.m. Silt., 23rd, 10 a.m.

fFOK MA.NGAWAI. I'AKIRI. LEIGH,AND KAWAU ISLAND.

S.S. KAWAU.Leaves Auckland. Leaves Mangawai.

Tues.. IMb. 0.15 a.m.Fri.. 22nd. 2.30 p.m. Sat.. 23rd. 11.45 a.m.I Calls Algie's Bay when required.

•FOR LITTLE AND BIG OMAHA.TIPOINT, KAWAU ISLAND, ANDTAKATU. AND ALGIE'S BAY.

S.S. KAWAU.Leaves Auckland. Leaves Omaha-Wed., 20th, 11 a.m.

Thurs.. 21st. T.W., 10.30 a.m.Thurs.. 21st. Leigh. 12 noon

■ FOX WAlPfiiS.S. GAEL.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Walpu.Wed.. 20th. midnight Fri.. 22nd. 10.30a.m.fFOK MATAKANA AND MULLET POINT.

S.S. KOTITI.Leaves Auckland. Leaves Matakana.Sat., 23rd, 7.20 a.m. Thurs., 21st, 11 a.m.

Mon.. 25th. 1 p.m.

' S.S. KOTITI~tFor Puhoi. From Puhoi.Wed., 20th, 3 p.m. *Wed., 20th, 9.30 p.m.

•Via Matakaua.fFOR BROWN'S BAY, ARKLE'S

AND SILVERDALE.S.S. OREWA.

Leaves Auckland. Leaves Sllverdale.Mon., 18th, 4.30 p.m. Tues.. 19th, 8.30 a.m.Wed., 20th, 6 p.m. Thurs., 21st, 10a.m.

IFri., 22nd, 7.20 a.m. Fri., 22nd, 10.30 p.m.I To Arkle's and way ports only every1Saturday at 2 p.m. Oreiva does not workSllverdale Saturdays.

FROM ONEHUNGA.S.S. ELSIE AND WAIUKU.

■vFOR AWITU. POLLOK, TE TORA,WAIPIPI, AND WAIUKD.Leaves Onehunga. Leavas Walnku.

Moil., 18th, noonWed.. 20th. 10.20 a.m. Wed., 20th, 2 p.m.Fri., 22nd. 11.35 a.m. Fri., 22ud. 3 p.m.

Cargo for Waiufcu Town, 0.30 a.m.,Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and all dayTuesday and Thursday.

Cargo for Waiuku way ports, 9.30 a.m.,Monday nod Thursday.

FOR HOKIANGA. 'Klmu Every Thursday at 2 p.m. Tr. 1.13Cargo up to 4 p.m. previous day at Railway.

TOR KAWHIA AND WAITARA.Arapawa. .Tuesday, 20th, 11 a.m. Tr. 10.12

Cargo up to 4 p.m. at Railway previousday. ,

FOR RAGLAN AND KAWHIA.Eimu Monday, 25th Jan., 2 p.m. Tr. 1.13

Cargo at Railway up to 9 a.m.FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.

•Rarawa... Wednesday. 20th, 4 p.m. Tr. 2.10Rarawa Friday, 22nd, 4 p.m. Tr. 2.10

Cargo at Railway up to 9.30 a.in. sailingdays, and up to 11.30 a.m., Saturday.

fi'Oß WANGANUI AND OPUNAKi£.Arapawa Monday, 18th, 2 p.m. Tr. 1.13

Cargo at Railway, Friday, up to 4 p.m.

Cai£° t0 P orts marked f most be prepaid.Overtime charged from 4 to 4.30 p.m.

COMPANY'S OFFICE: QUAY STBEST,

SHIPPIKG.JJUDDART — J>ARKEK T INK.

FAVOURITE PASSENGER SERVICE.Circumstances permitting. Steamers willSail as under:—

FOR SYDNEY DIECT\•RIVEBINA. .Tuesday, lOtii January, noonFOR GISBORNE, NAPIER, WELLING-TON. lATTELTON, AND DUNEDIN.VICTORIA Tuesday, 19th Jan., 3 p.m.

Carpo received to Noon, sailing day.Lands Lyttelton cargo on return from

WESTKALI.4..Saturday, 23rd Jan., 2 p..mSYDNEY AND HOBAr£(FUOM WELLINGTON.)

PLIMAROA Friday. 29th JanuaryHOBART AND MELBOURNE.MA LYTTELTON, DUNEDIN, AND

BLUFF.fFROM WELLINGTON.)WIMMERA Saturday, 30th Jannary

•Carrying first, second, and third-classpassengers.AH fitted with Wireless TelegraphAll Tickets for Stop-over or Return

Coiutl!a'iy interenanSeal>le with the UnionOFFICE: 7, CUSTOMS STREET. D

X \ . ORIENT LINE OP ROYALMAIL STEAMERS.

FOU PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. VIAPBEMAXTLE. COLOMBO (transhippingfor all Eastern Ports), SUEZ, NAPLESTOULON, AND GIBRALTAR.Tons. From From FromSteamer. Iteg. Sydney. Melb'rnc. Adel'de.

Osterley 12.120 Feb. 13 Feb. 17 Feb. 11)Orsova.. 12.036 Mcr. 10 Men. 17 Mcli 19Oroutes 0.023 Apr. 7 Apr. 14 Apr. 10Oinrah 8.130 May S May 12 May 14All Twin Screw Steamers.Wireless Telegraphy.

FARES.—NEW ZEALAND to LONDON-SALOON—SingIe, £47 6/ to fBS; Return!£75 IS/ to £132. Saloon Return Tickets goodfor two years.THIRD CLASS.—Single, £19, £21. £23Return, £3li. £39 12/. £43 4/.UNION STEAM SHIP CO. OF N.Z., LTD.Agents in New Zealand.

Sailings:

WANTED TO SELL.

rtAMERA, Goerz Ansclmtz Folding PostCard, to Sell, in perfect order; cost£23; what offer';—For particulars apply toOff, Jervols Kd., Ponsonby. 52

"CV)UR Bargains— Piano, good order, tone!J- and appearance, £15; Bioscope, withLimellg-ht Outfit, £10; Bagatelle Board, 9ft,with balls and two cues. £2; Magic Lan-tern, 34 good slides. 25/.—Apply SO, NelsonI(St.

IFURNITURE wanted to Sell by Auction.Keen demand, hlch price. — Rlctiara

Arthur and Co., Elliott St., opp. OperaHouse.

"CASHING Boat. X i U i 5, full sails, etc..-1- 1C h.p. engine; all In first-class order;cash £225; or will accept terms.—ApplyAbbott. Ayr St.. I'arneU. !)j

GRAY Marine Ensine, 3-h.p.. In flrst-classorder, for Sale, cheap.—Apply 14,Lower Vincent St.JAM Jars, lib Sd dor... 21b lOd doz.: SucarBags, 1/3 doz.; Gunny Bags, 1/0 doz.—Newton Bottle Exchange, 120, Hobsou St.

-. 71NEW LINOLEUMS. In choice dwrtgnii.

1/7 square yard, cut to any length, atWalker aud Coaklcy"s Auction Rooms, HighS

OWNER, leaving, wishes Soil or Ex-change good Motor -Cur, lovely model,excellent order, also Section, Remuera, fullequity £575, for sound House or SecondMortgage.—Writel Opportunity, 881, StarOfllce. jc

RECORDS, double-sided. lOln., 2/; also.Gramophone and C Records, 30/.— W.

Newcombe. 856, Qnecn St. 53

PIANOS— We have several really goodsecond-hand Pianos for Sale cheap.—WALKEK AND COAKLEV, AuctioneersHigh Street. ■

-VTEW FURNITURE In Latest Designs.-L~ Splendid Selection at Walker andCcakley's Sale Rooms. High Street. S

ry.ANTED TO SELL.—Phone 3070. Look.» t save 00 per cent, on your next Suit.We have a large Assortment of Gent.'sTailor-made Mistits and Unclaimed OrderSuits, also Second-band Suits, odd Coats.Vests, Trousers, etc., in thorough cleanorder and repair. We are able to sell youa misftt suit from £2 10/, or a second-handsuit from £1 10/; hundreds to choose from.Any alteration required done by experttailors without further charge. Promptattention to country orders.—The London

Clothing Co., No. 4. Great North Road,near Ponsonby Reservoir. Business hours.9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m.; Saturday1 p.m. " D

FURNITURE in Oiled Rlmu andwhere, at Walker and Coakley's Auctionllaorns, Hijh Street. 8

CIDER, from finest New Zealand applet—'a refreshing beverage.JOHN REID AND CO.,

D Wholesale Merchants, 43. Fort SUwt.

rpHE LARGEST FURNITURE WARE--L HOUSE IN NEWTON.•pURNISH TTOMES AND

D° F WKhL;We have the Best Reputation in the City

FOB HIGH QUALITY ANDT OW pRICES.

INSPECTION INVITED.Note the Name—TT "DUTCHES.

191. 193, 195. KARANGAHAPE ROAD,Opposite Newton P.O. D

TVA'RGAINS IN XJNBBDEBSTEDpLEDGES

AT THETTOBSON TOAN AOV.

£5 10/—Heavy Gold Chain. Silver HuntingElgin Watch, nearly new, andPendant.

17/ft-Genfs Suit.£18 10/—Ring, set with 28 diamonds and

3 sapphires.5/6—Full-size Quilt.10/6—Army and Navy Binoculars.7/6—jSolid Gold Child's Chain Bangle.9/6—Boy-s Norfolk Suit.14/—First-cJass Mandoline.5/G—Goat and Vest.£G 5/—English Portable Double Action

Organ: nearly new.1-l/G—Heavy lSet Gold Wedding Ring.IG/G—Lady's Raincoat, new.15/6—Enslgnette Camera.0d—Heavy Woollen. Socks.£1 10/—GoldBracelet.2/C—Watch, in good going order.£1 8/6—Engagement ring, eet with. 1 dia-

mond and 2 garnets.4/—Gent's Silver-mounted Umbrella.14/6—Stylish Gent's Heavy Overcoat. I£1 17/6—Walnut Overmantel, bevelled 'plate, with shelves and brackets.0/6—1 Set of Carvers, in case.14/6—Tent and Fly.

Goods laid by on weekly payments.B«st Prices given for Furniture, Jewel-

lery, Cutlery, Boots, Firearms, Musical In.6trmnents, Old <3old and Silver, etc.Money advanced in sums from 1 / to £100.Tjr OBSO.N JOAN poy.

102, HOBSON STREET.Between Victoria and Wellesley StreetsTel. 4312. »- KISSIN, Pawnbroker.

WANTED KNOWN.

WANTED KNOWN—Easiest terms forFurniture on Time Payments can be

had at THE IDEAL FURNISHING ANDFINANCE CO., 5 and 6, Great North Boad,opposite Tirol! Tbentre. near Reservoir,Your House Furnished with Sideboard,Duchess Pair, Com. Chest, Bedsteads, WireStretchers, Linoleums, Carpet Runner, etc.We also negotiate small loans, from £& up-wards, on fHruiture, pianos, etc., withoutremoval. Easy repayment to suit clients,business strictly coundontial. Hours: 8a.m. Co 0 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m. Saturday,1 p.m. Phone 3453.WiAOTED, Light, Comfortable and r"

able Underwear for these hot days;

■Friend, cor. Qncen and Wclleeley sts. aVST ANTED KNOWN.» » EASIEST TERMS IN AUCKLAND.YOUR HOUSE FURNISHED WITHFIBST-CLASS FURNITURE on very ensyterms. Sideboards, Suites, Duchess Pairs,Combination Chests, Bedsteads, Linoleums,Carpets, etc., in treat variety. Call andsee ns, and we will arrange terms to suit

you.IMPERIAL IMPORTING COMPANY,

208, KAIJAJVGAHAPE ROAD.Note WHITE DOUBLE-FRONTED SHOP,Four Doors above Post Office.

WANTED Known—i. G. PEAT, Dyerand French. Cleaner, Terrace Bldgs.,Eden Terrace, one minute top Symonde St.Every description Dyeing, Cleaning, Press-lnS, Repairing; moderate charges; modernmethods; collects nnd delivers. Openevenings, 9 p.m. Phone 3151.

PRESERVING FRUIT THIS SEASON?Wide-mouthed Jars, 4/9, fi/6, and 8/(5dozen. Mason's Jars, n/9, 5/G,8/ dozen,atEEW'S STORES,

ql'eex st. and newton.

Rantedt>arlors.

dr. rayner.(queen and wellesley streets,

AndCORNER OF CUBA AND MANNERS

STREETS, WELLINGTON.Open Friday Evenings, 7 to 9.

ANTED, a light, dressy Panama Hat.Try the Worklngmau'e Friend; specialS/6, worth 10/.—Cor. Queen and Wellesleya

Tγ ANTED TT N O W N.

FUKXITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON KASY TEHMS.FURNITURE OX KASY TERMS.FUHNITUUE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TKRMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON KASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON KASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON KASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON KASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.1 FURNITURE ON EASY TKRMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TKRMS.FUK.MTI'HE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.FUHNITUKE ON EASY TERMS.FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS.

A /^J.ROSSMAN AND flO.. T TD.,HOUSE FURNISHERS.

111-113, KARANGAHAPE BOAD.AUCKLAND.

ry ANTED KNOWN.JUST OPENED.

SOMETHING QUITE NEW.T, H E "R! OO X XX AZA A RX •" Corner -0ALBERT AND WELLESLEY STREETS.

Book Bargains Extraordinary.Good Canvassing Lines. Inspection Invited.-• C

lAXTKIJ, Buyers of Holiday Shlrte iosco the eplcndld assortment of lllgu

Quality Shirts nt my famous low pricesThe Worklngman's Friend, cor. Queen aimWellesley Sts. jj.

ANTED J£ NOW N.

FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS ANDREAL FITTING ARTIFICIAL

TEETH,

Try

J. H. KIXVEAE

DENTAL SURGEON,

DARBY STREET, AUCKLAND. 0

T\T ANTED KNOWN.THE NEWTON CLEANING. DYEING

AND PRESSING CO. has the Most Up-to-dntc Methods of Cleaning and PressingGeut.'s Suits and Ladies' Costumes. Weare also Experts in Cleaning and CurlingFeathers. We collect your old garmentsEnd deliver them to you like new. Fursa speciality. Country Orders have our bestattention. Ring up 4337 and our Represen-tative will call. — 'J23, KARANGAHAPEROAD.

lANTED, Trousers that wear like wirenails. Try the Workingmans Friend,6/11, extra strong make.—Cor. Queen ana

Welleslcy A

mB E "D E D gHO f.N. L. SOLE, Manager.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FURNITUREMANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS.

Heart Rimu Comb. Chest and Washstand,complete, £2 17/6.

Comb. Chests, 18 x 12, B.G. Mirrors, £1 8/6.Kitcben Chairs from 2/ each.

Latest Designs in Oak, Rimu and Kauri.Call and Inspect our Large and Varied.

Stock.Note.—We are also prepared to Furnish

on Very Easy Terms at Low Prices.Shop Address:

189, KARANGAHAPE ROAD(Immediately opp. Newton P.0.)

Wholesale Factory; 47. Cobden Street. C

STYLES THAT PLEASETHIS EYE AND PRICESTHAT ARE LIGHT ONTHE POCKET."

L A D I E S,WHITEBOOTS

Smart new shape in Canvas, Poplin, Doe-skin, or Velvet Leather. Prices from 16/(tto 35/

L A D I EJ S,WHITESHOES

Nobby iStyfles In Canvas, Doeskin, -Poplinor Vedvet Leather. Prices 7/11, 8/11 to 25/-Complete range of Gent's White Footwearin stock. Including Tennis, Cricket and

Yachting Boots and Shoes.

T/-XLARK,Boot Emporium,

VICTORIA BTRIEET, AND TQRBBLAMPS, PONSONBY.

WANTED TO BUT.

ANYONE wishing to dispose of fewroomsgood, clean Furniture, with or withoutSinger Sewing Machine and Piano.—Write

Mutangl, QGI, Star'Office. p_A UCKLANDBRS' Attention Arrested by

xV. the Old, -Reliable, Second-hand Shop.Mrs. Martin, 312, Queen St. (opp. GreyStatue), Buys Every Description of «econd-baml Clothing, Jewellery, Base, etc.Couutry orders receive special attention.'Phoue 3308. DAUCKLAND'S L.BAJ3ING SECOND-HAND &UOP.—F. W. Fischer, 330,Queen Street, opposite Grey Statue,Buys and SeHa Every Description oi Gents',Ladies' aud Children's Superior Left-offClochine, Kubs, Travelling Trunks, Boots, ;Jewellery, etc. Country orders attended to.'■Phone 3021.BOY THAT FtTKNITTJ-RB you want at

Walker and Coakley's Auction Rooms,High St. SnOOTBOTS of 5 or 6-roomed superiorhome, wanted to Purchase as itstands, complete with sundries. —WriteBedrock. 062, Star Office. D

FURNISHINGS, complete, with piano,wanted for cash, for modern 6-roomed

residence.—Write Billings, »30, Star Ofllce.

HOUSEHOLD Furniture wanted In anyquantity, highest prices given, spot

cash.—l. Demies, 352, Karangahupe Rd. 516

HIGHEST Price and Spot Cash paid forSecondhand Furniture in any quan-

tity. Always keen demand. Consult atonce LOUIS LEWIS, Auctioneer, etc.,Victoria St. East. 'Phone 10~8. D

B Chest, in good order, wanted Imuiedi-atoly.—Write E, Leonards, 30, Plo-

ton St.. Ponsonby. 138T IG-HT 5-seater Car wanted (English pre-U ferred); must be In good order.—Kulleet particulars toCash, 905, Star OUlce.

RS. BOTTERILL Buys Ladles', Gent.'c,Children's Superior Mfastlt and Left-oirClothing; totters uttendwl to.—Elliott St_,

off Wellealey St. Phone 3485. 34

OIUiA-N, good, new or second-hand,wanted.—State price and particulars

to Organ, 8«7, Star Office. 80

OLD PIANOS (11) wanted for Wellington,condition no object; state lowest oasn

price.—Write Wellington, 18, c/o Star Office

OLD FALSE TEETH Bought, sound orbroken. Rest possible prices in NowZealand. Send any you have to J. DUN-STONE. Box 105!S, G.P.0., Auckland. Est.•J5 years. Buyer of all kinds of DentalWaste. pSHARK in a Fishing Boat wanted to .Buy.

Aclflrc--« apply Star Ofllce. 103

SEWING Machine, drophead, treadle, orbaud, wanted.—Stnte price and moketo Cash. O'JO. Star Office. 33

TYPEWRITER, good, second-hand,wanted.—Letters to G.W., Star Office.

A

WILL BUY. FOR CASHrpHE TjMJRNITURE OF TIOUSES,

GET OUR PRICE WHEN SELLING.

AND QOAKLEY,AUCTIONEERS, HIGH STREET.

APARTMENTS VACANT.A PARTMEXTS Vacant — ComfortableRoom, cult 2 friends or marriedcouple; convs.; 4mln from car.—lß, Lclgb-ton St., Kirtimoiid ltd. 541A RCADIA~II~Uppe~r Vincent St.—Single

-i*- and Double Rooms to Let; breakfastIf required; all conva.; moderate charge*;quiet and central. AT"CCaMiIODATION '"- for Gentlemen■£*■ Hoarders; single and double room;soft washing: good table.—The MissesUnderwood, 24, Church St.. Ponsouby,near Three Lamp.*. AT>ED-Slttlngn>oni. front, double, furn.,*-* gas and use coins.; also Single Room.■Merlin i louse. 11)Q, Hotison St.. City. ■'«TDOARD'Kcsldcncc—ltellne-, Home for■•-> few Gi'htlcmen. home irouiferts, sunnyrooms; washing and mending; l<) section.Glenwarden. Manukau ltd.. I'arneU. C

ED-SITTINGROOxT nicely furnished,nil couvs.. gas rlue; suit couple orfriends; Id swtlou.—85. Manukau Rd., Par-iipll. 103BACH, suitable for Ladles or Gentlemen,

right on Narrow Neck Beach; separatemeter water supply. Also, 2 partly furn.Rooms.—Write Bach, 003, Star Office. . 48

PRIVATE HOTEL,KjSYMONI>S ST.. and KHYBER PASS,

Is Open to ReceivePE-RMAN.ENTS AND TOURISTS.

Electric light throughout. Finest views inAuckland.

Inspection Invited.MISS GEE.

PURN. Double Bed-Slttlngroom. suit'm.c; h. and c. water.—Call after 5,

cvenJns.s. 41. Williamson Ay.. Popsonby. 77UUNISILED Room, and Boanl ottered

respectable ' Person in 'Return forLittle Help iv Mornings in ApartmentHouse.—Write 1.J., fITO, Star Office. 16

rpHE /pOWERS pRIVATE JJOTEL,0. PARK ROAD, Off Khyber Pass,

Near Domain Cricket Ground, AUCKLAND.The Ideal Modern Home forPermanents.

■Homely, Comfortable, Select.Newmarket, E-psom, Royal Oak, and One-

hunga trams all stop within 150 yards.Good Table. Tariff Low.

'Phone A39G. D

MA E I N O,YORK STREET, PABNELL.'Phone 80.

Exclusive and exceptional. InspectionInvited.

C MRS. STEVENSON. Proprietress.

EOO.MS (2), furn., use kitchen, all couvs.;1 suit m.c; cheap good tenant.—4l,

■Brown St., Pongonby. s^oROOMS, two, unfurn,, fill convs., to Let;

separate range, suit young M.C—sl,Milton Rd., Dominion Rd. 524

ROOMS (2), unfurnished, use of gas, Onto,nil convs., private entrance; Id section.(Apply 16, 'Scarboro' Terrace, Parneli.

ROOMS (2), un-furn., near Shefly B«ach;"harbour view; suit married couple;

1 child no objection.—Apply Star Office.si2

TJiOOM«, 2, front, laTge, -unfurn. (blinds•tw included), with use all convs., lniinfrom car.—Apply 8, Vermont St., Pon-sonby. ci

OOMS, two, large, to Let, with oFwithout Hammond, Star

Buildings, opp. Reservoir, Karangahape Rd.45

ROS S V I L L B,2, -EDEN CRESCENT,

Top of Shortland Street.SUITES OP APARTMENTS OR SINGLK

ROOMS.Breakfast if desired.

Every Modern Convenience.Quiet and Central. Harbour View.Two Minutes from Queen StreetPhone 1113. * c

THE CHIMBS.57, SYMONDS STREET.Vacancies for Permanents and Tourists.

'Phone 1144.C MRS. MARTIN, Proprietress.

ACANCIBS for Boarders.—Apply No'3, (Station St., Newmarket. 505WINDSOR, 13, Khyber Pass—Superior"

Accommodation, every comfort, bil-liard room, etc.—'Phone 3OGO. CW7MJDERMERB PRIVATE HOTEL.VV SCOTIA PLACE (3mlns. above TownHall), new and up-to-date house, 30 rooms,is now open lo receive VISITORS ANDPEHMANEXTS. Superior Accommodation.Phone and all modern convs.—Mrs Veale,Proprietress.

SITUATIONS WANTED.[New arrivals and others will find this

column a ready means of reachingemployers. Eighteen words. One Shining.]

jA NY Auckland merchant who is requiring+*■ the services of an ExperiencedTraveller, with soort references, kindly com-municate with Tubal Cain, SJ6, Star Office.33\ LL-ROUNO PRINTER, married, experi-■tV eneed Jobbing, news, stereotyping,

■oooktiiixHnp, seeks position country.—•Pica, Gordon awl Gotch Advertising Agency.

fIOOT TRADE.—Good Repairer desires•*-* Ciange, good hand sewer, pomps, etc.,•best of refs.—Write Abstainer, BSO. StarOffice. 2i>/"ÜBPE-XTEB seeks Work, any capacity,

quick and wiHing, will take on any-thing; excellent refs.—Write MJ., 572,■Star Office. 62

KESSMAKENO, good, done by experi-enced Dressmaker; good flt andstylish; terms, 6/ per day.—Write D.8.,980, Star Office.

"ryEBSSMAJvBR, thoroughly experienced■*-* in all classes, waii-ts Work t>y the Day,town or suburbs.—Write 'Reasonable, 884,Star Office. 13

LDERLY Person would look after work-ing Man's borne, no children, in returnfor comfortable home.—M., P.0., Newton.

TpNGAOBMENT wanted by Lady (27), re--" lined, smart, in picture theatre, shop,office, or restaurant; Rood appearance.—Write "Willing," 883, Star Office. UriAEDEIXBE, good, practical experience,VJ wants 1 or 2 Days a week.—Write H.,015, Star Office. 70LAI>Y, young, capable, wante light -fosi-tlon ns coiii_paiilon-tiefp in sjnanfamily; elderly couple preferred.—WriteZ., Richmond P.O. 03&MAN, young, handy, strong, wants work

In warehouse, small wages.—Clark'sRegistry, 15, Vulcan Lane. Phone 2778. 10

MANAGEMENT of small cattle farmwanted by an elderly married man; no

objection to milking a few cowe; easyhome the object.—Apply X.A.C., care ofPostmaster. Penrose. 510"POSITION as Pantrymald wanted, fully■*• experienced; references.—Write Extra,802. Star Office. 105■pAPERHANGING, Painting, Glazing and••- Scrlmming wanted by competentMan, moderate charges. — Lloyd, 18.Anglesea St.. Ponsonhy. 562SEWING wanted by the day.—Write F.S..>-J MO, Star Office. Bβ

ITTJATION in smull family wanted byCountry Girl, no washing.—Write D..1..018, Star Office. (51

SITUATION as Compdnlon-Help In smallfamily desired by thoroughly experi-enced and capable lady; town or country.—Write F.J., 877. Star Ofllce. 30 jWASHING and Cleaning wanted by the'Day.—Write A.8.. fUI. Star Omee. 20VIflAiSHING, Cleaning or Offices wanted;

' ' pprsoTjal refs.—Write E.8., next doorDr. Porters. New North Rα. 53

Tbow, domesticated, refined, will givejservices in exchange for quiet, com-

gcnial home.—'Address Reliable, SymonasSt. P.O. (

yOUNG Lady wants Work at Klngslan.l '-*- or Mornlngslde. good cook and house-keeper.—State particulars to Home, G.P.O.132

WANTED KNOWN.

WANTED KNOWN—Wonderful value inall lines of Trousers for the XmasHolidays:—The Workingman's Friend. 267,cor. Queen and Welleslcy Sts.

ANTED, a Straw Boater Hat, an excep.tlonal'and wonderful-line, 1/ and 1/tS-

The Worklngman's Friend, cor. Queen anaWelleslcy Sis. . . ■ .. AVC/ANTED, everyone who can appreciate** finality in Neckwear to visit the Work-Ingman's Friend. Quality and value there.Cor. Queen and Wellesley Sts. ' A

JAM JARS. Tie-over and Screw Tops, 2/e",3/, to 4/0 down. Jelly Jars, 2/ dozen.KEW'S STORES,QUEEN ST. AND NEWTON.

A GOOD APPEARANCE MEANSSUCCESS.

Have yon a good appearance? If not,send your Suit or Costume round to E. E.CROTHALL to be Cleaned, Repaired andPressed.

No work sent out unless thoroughlyexecuted. Tailor and Costumier, FrenchDry Cleaner and Dyer.

10. PRINCES STREET(Opp. Grand Hotel). 'PHONE 4i14

Country Orders Solicited. C

T\O NOT PUT CP M ?H SOFT

BUTTER WHEN THB ICEBERGCOOLER CAN BE HAD FROM

/"IEORGE piBEII,VICTORIA STREET!

PRICE3S. 2/6, 3/, 3/6, 4/».

rp on -n i g a t.COXIMENCIN-G AT. 6 O'CLOCK,

UNTIL 0.

WE WILL SELL ALL REMNANTS AT

HALF ]\XAKKED gALE pRICES.Be Eariy. A Limited Number Only.

ryALKEK AND TONES,(Ln,te Auckland Imi»rtmg Co.),

COKNEIt OF PONSONBY AND FRANKLINItOADS,PONSONBYS SHOPPING CJSNTKB.

Open until' 0 Every Evening exceptSaturday.

SALE CARNIVAL NOW O-K. A

DENTISTRY.

Teeth Out p.AINLESS,

•* .. Howey WalkerTiffin Corner

MISCELLANEOUS WANTEDS.

TjaEUIMiATISIM, Gout, Sciatica and Lum-bago are due to the presence of execes

TJrlc Acid in your system. iHow can youhope liniments and embrocations to cureyou? You must expel the Uric Acid -pofcnnfrom the blood, and RHEUMO will do it.Ml chemists end stores, 2/o'.and 4/6. 8S

TTtTHAT ABOUT THAT SUIT OR COS-VV TUME? Why discard it? We Dyeor Clean and Press Clothes by the latestAmerican Vacuum Methods. ClothingRenovated,, Dyed or Cleaned and Pressedand returned to you as new within 8 hours.If necessary. Ring up 'Phone 3807. Vanscollect and deliver.' Country orders receiveour best attention, and returned on shortestnotice. —EMPIIUS AND DYE-; ING CO.. Queeu oi, ioas. Town HaiD.

DOMESTICS WANTED./COMPANIONABLE Lady Help wanted.

for Coromandel, two or three months,small family.—Apply, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 20,St. George's Bay ltd., Parneli. 78 jp«OOK-GEN0BRAL wanted Immediately

for Te Kutti, famiJj- two adnlts, onechild; another maid kept; wages, £1.Nlcholls' Registry, His Majesty's Arcade.1 j

532

GENERAL, good, wanted, with rets.;good home.—3,-Kerr St., Devonport. :»

IRL, reliable, wanted about 13, general*housework, nice, easy place.—Box 304,i

/7J.ENERAL, experienced, wanted, good" wages, no washing or ironing, smallfamily, good borne.—"Hythe," Clifton Rd..Takapuna. 5

BNBRAL wanted: other help kept.Apply "Guy's ClinTe," 42, Wellesley St.'East, between 12 and 1. SOS

ENBRAL wanted for small privatefamily, no -washing, housemaid kept.—

iApply morning before 11, evening after <>,58, Symonds St. 034TTOUiSEKEBPER, working, 13/, for one 1-1-,- gentleman; copy references.—WriteJ.L., 805, Star Office. 507TTOUSEMAID wanted; also, Waitresses,Cooks, Cook-Generals, good places.Scotch Registry Office. New Plymouth. 15T ADY, young, wanted, as companion-help,•*-« comfortiible home, small family.—For;address apply Lismore Fruit Mart, Do-513"VTOTHErrs "Help, ci-nubble. wanted —Ap-■"- 1- ply 61. St. Mary's Rd.. Ponsonby. 528T>AXTRYMAID n-anted at once.— Wnlte-A head, opp. General Post Office. 75rp>iEFlXEr> Young Lady wanted for■M-v gentlemen's private boarding-house.Apply "Glenview," No. 2, Upper VincentSt.. this eveniug. C4'pRUSTWO-RTHY, Elderly Woman wantedf- for Whangarei. two in family, com-ifortable home; child no objection; 10/Write G.. 057, Star Office. 7(5•DELL'S REGISTRY, 22. City Chambers,JJ Corner Queen and Victoria Sts.—W.•Cooks, 30/ (Sood second); Laundress Wait-resses, Housemaids. Pantrymaid. Kitchen-niald, H.M.-Lanndress: C.-Generals, 23/;Hrtps, Nurse. Vacancies: Rotorua. Helens-ville, Dargavllle, Te Puke, Tauranga.Kawakawa, Ohaeawai, Whakatane, WaihiWairakei. Farm Hands, Milkers Rouse-about. Kitehenm.in (young), Boys (farm).Pantryman. Phone 1702./XARDINER'S Registry. 376. Queen St.—

Cook-Generals, Waitresses. YoungGirls, H.M.-Waitress, Milkers, Farm Hands.Phone 4470. S4NICHOLI/S REGISTRY, Upstairs, H.M.

Arcadp.—-Coots, £1, 2.V, town, COOKand Housemaid togetlier. Generals, LadyHelps, Baker. Kitchenman. 'Phone 2285.

n63JQ'ACXDEBS' REGISTRY, Auckland's*-> Oldest Officei Strand Arcade—Vacanciesfor 30 :Maids and Women, in good country■houses! wages. 20/, 17/6, some houses twotogether; Waitress. 25/; Housemaid. 20/;Women Cooks, 30/; Cook-Generals, 25/; 8Women, for station homes near Gisborne;<! Girls, for Rotorua, 25/: Kitchenmaids,17/0. 25/: Laundresses. 22/6; Kitchenman,20/; 2 Youths, for farms,. 20/, 15/.

PUPILS WANTED.

DRESSMAKING Classes held day andevening by experienced cutter; 1/ a j

lesson. Also, Patterns cut to any design Ifor country orders.—Mre. Malcolmson (lateof London). 105, Weliesley St. West.

MISS M. BEAVER, A.S.M. (medallist),can take limited number of Pupils,

Piano aud Theory, at their homes or other-wise, commencing. "February 1, moderateterms.—ls, Karangahape Rd.. or 7, Queen'sParade. Devonport. 10

OTOR Driving and Running Repairs.Individual- tuition by expert on

modern car.—City Motor School..-'34,Smeeton's Buildings.* "] ~" 'RS! TRENDALL. A.P.M., Medallist,Teacher', of Pianoforte and Theory.

Pupils.-.prepared ~for:.all - Practical andTheoretical .Exams. Terms . moderate.—24. Victoria Ay- Mt. Eden. ' .564•VTBWMARKBT School of Dressmaking.—■Pi Expert Tuition;"Lessons, 1/G; completedresses, lessons.—Over Premier, Cleaner,foot of Khyber Pass.; ■

CHOLARSIIIPTottered by Basteh's Com-merclal Trainmg College. See Educa-

tional Column.' ' CSTUTTERING AND STAMMERING.

MR. McDOUGALL is the only Specialistin New Zealand who has been perfectlysuccessful in curing quickly and perman-ently Stuttering and All Impediments ofSpeech. Mr. McDoiigaU'uses the methodtaught by Professor Wyllie, of EdinburghUniversity, the greatest authority on thecause and cure of Stuttering in GreatBritain.—Address 27, Khyber.Pass, Auck-land. Note.—First-class testimonials.

DRESSMAKING AND MILLINERYCLASSES.MRS. KING, who has London, Parisian

and Colonial Experience, will take CLASSESat her Rooms, 175, Symouds St....(opp. LyricTheatre). Cutting and Drafting Taught.Perfect cut and fitting patterns supplied.Private Classes for friends by arrangement.Hours: Morning, 10 to 12; Afternoon, 2 toC; Evening, 7 to 0. End of Id section.

ADIES AND CONFECTIONERS,—Bythe extreme courtesy of tte ELITEMEN'S OUTFITTING CO., 240, QUEENST., some of my pupils' work can be aeen

in their window.LOLLY MAKING AT HOME

Iβ an extraordinarily profitable industry,entirely neglected here.

£2 TO £8 A WEEK CAN BE MADE.Interview mc, 10.30 to 12.30, 2 to 5.30.

'Phone 1144.SUGAR EXPERT, Tt. CROAKER,4S, Brunswick Buildings., 172. Queen St.

-VTEW IMPERIALi> AND MILLINERY COLLEGE.Day and Evening Classes.

World-renowned Charts.24, HIS MAJESTY'S ARCADE (take urt).

2 Grand Prizes, 2 Gold Medate for sim-plicity and accuracy. 20 Lessons, m ]/.

Agente and Canvassers wanted; liberalcommission. ■ Apply to Inventor and Prin-cipal at the College. c-

HOUSES ASS LAND WANTED.or Bungalow, with garden,

yj wanted to Rent or Purchase.—Fullparticulars and terms to Anon, 075, StarOfßce. 6fWMFO-RTABLE G-ROOMED HOUSE

wanted to Purchase, at once; seaview preferable. Price must be right.Apply J. J. iIACKY,

Land Agent, Swanson Street.URNISHED House % or 6 rooms,

wanted in or near town.—Write L.L.,873, Star Office. 5*J

EW Acres and Cottage wanted. Northline; will give equity In city house aspart payment.—-Great Northern Agency, 5,H.M. Arcade. A

RAFTON or Mt. Eden.—7-roomea VUla,up to £000.—C. R. Williamson and Co..

S3, Queen St. °"OCSE, 5 or 6 Rooms, about Ist March,Ponsonby or Heme Bay preferred.—

Write House, 575, Star Ofßce. 39

HOUSE 6 or 7 rooms, couvs., wanted invicinity-of Newmarket by 4 adults.

Write 579. e/o Lumsden, Newmarket. 514OUSE, 6 rooms, wanted to Purchase,

near Id Section or'Devonport.—Statelowest cash price to Home. !M53, Star Office.

OU-SE, 6 rooms, any good part Kon-sonby, wanted for cash; section wltn,

room to bring in motor car neceeeary.Particulars to J. B. J., 843, Star.Office A

HED, lock-up, wanted to Rent, S or"near Devonport.—Write Shed, 870,Star Office. , 26■riIHiRE-E to 5-roomed Houses wanted any-c-1- where; good clients waiting,; al6oRooms. — Leach and Ford, PhoenixChambers. . ■

HOUSE. 0 rooms, wauted to Purchase,Ponsonby or_Grey Lynn; will give 1

Or 2 Quarter-acre Sections at Papakura,smin from railway statiou, aud Cash forbalance.—G. F. MELLARS AND CO., 09Queen St., Government Insurance Bldgs.

1 SITUATIONS VACANT.[Prepaid Advertisements not exceedingeighteen words, One Shilling; three

consecutive insertions, Two Shillings andSixpence.]A PPREATICE to Upholstering- wanted at-tX once.—Apply Johu S. Bell, 19i, Pon-sonby Kd. gg

T>UTCHER warned, for stock and generalS

TegPul-rrd "-°rfc-Te P°*° Mgt

"DOy, smart, wanted to learn the tailor-■*-* ing trade.—W. E. Martin, Karaaga-hape Rd. 521:"ROY, smart, obedient, wanted to learn■*-* the trade.—Jeffries and Finer, Sad-dlers. Caxton Bldgs.. Dqrham St. West. 66TDOOT TEA&E.—Wanted, Girl lor dean-■D and boxing dept.—Trenwitt. Bros.,WafcefieM St. 97"DOOT TRAlNS.—"'anted, a Smart Boy-D for the packing department.—'ApplyManager, New Zealand Boot -Co., 93 <yi.Federal St. 119CIIGARETTE - MAKER wanted (nana-

' made).—W. F. Jamieson, 93, yueenst. • aoCANVASSERS (Ladies) wanted, immedi-

ately.—SaMDy Studio, Watson's Build-ings, W-ellesley St. 4and Saddle Hand

wanted.—Apply Jfew Zealand SaddleryCo., Ltd., Hobsou St. 72CALER.K.—Wanted, Young lady, to keep' books for retail sliop; must be quickand accurate.—State full particulars toRetail, 001, Star Office. 124TfiKESSMAKIXG.—Wanted, a good SkirtJ-, Hand, 3or 4rears' experience.—ApplyMiss Robertson, 107, liairakau Rd., opp. St.Stephen's. Parnell. - 4

wanted, for shop, light duties; oneT just left school preferred.—Apply 179,Ponsonby Rd. 9GIRL, smart, wanted, must be good

saleswoman, for book stall. —Apply■Ferry Bookstall, Ferry Bldgs., between 10and I** a in 42

ARXESSHAKER. good general, wanted;'also Boy to learn trade.—Lediard,Kingsford. Market Entrance. Auckland. 81

IMPROVER wanted, motor car work.—Ford Garage, Gore St. 32T ADXDRY— Wanted, Pinery Ironers;■*•* also Girls for mangle room.—New Zea-,land Laundry Co-op., Ltd., Quay St. 7 |MAN wanted~to

_Seir~Pot Plants.—Apply

Star Office. . 55IL.KEBS, General Farm Hands, Handy

Man on Farm, wages 15/ to 30/.—Clark's Registry, Vulcan Lane. 71OTOR ES6IXEEE, flrst-class, vramefl;state wages and experience.—Apply

Engineer, 574, Star Office. 53XJiESPECTABLE Men to Canvass and■"• Sell Crumpets; 16/ week and foundand commission.—Apply 25, Hargreaves St.,Ponsonby. ]

SMALL Goods Man, experienced, wantedfor Pork Butcher; good • wages.—

Cresswell, Kew Plymonth. 44SADBSMAN-CANVASSBR, reliaWe man,

thorough knowledge of business, salaryand commission.---Apply, by letter only, |Whittaker and Co., Land Agents and Hotel!Brokers, Phoenix Chambers. 58

T>IIiLIA.RDS.

WANTED.AN EXPERIENCED MAN

To Take Charge ofFIRST-CLASS CITY BILLIARD ROOM,With knowledge of superintending tourna-ments and general good upkeep of tables

and room.References essential. Applications close

January 19. Address565 BILLIARDS. Box S4O, Auckland.

(V IRLS AND STRON<J LAD WANTED

FOR THE- CARDBOARD BOX-. • STAKING. ■Good Wages. to Suitaole Persons.

Apply, urgent,THE 'EMPIRE BOX MAKING CO.,

O'CONXELL STREET. 510

T ADI BOOKKEEPER KEQIMKUUFOR STORE,

Mangonul District.Apply

OS SARGOOD/ SON AND EWEN, LTD.

mABJAPUNA TRAMWAYS AND FBKKIJ- COMPAXr, LTD. .WANTED,

YOUTH FOR LOCOMOTIVE CLEAMiNU.

' Also,YOUTH FOR TICKET OFFICE, aged 17.

Apply MANAGER, Bayswater. t>3l

PROBATIONER MALE ATTENDANTSWANTED FOR AUCKLAND MEXTILHOSPITAL. Salary to commence, fSS per

annum, with Board, Washing, Lodging andUniform.—Apply, at once, at the MentalHospital-to the310 MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT.

PARTNERSHIPS.PARTNER wanted, £1,200, best Auction"eering Bueiness in Auckland; experi-ence not necessary.—Apply Auction, 958,Star Office. * IS

LOST AND FOUND.LOST, Bay Mare, blister on near stifle.•Reward, Haistead's Stables. 43LOST, a Gold Topaz Brooch, between

•Mt. Albert and Synionds St. Reward.Apply Star Office. .. . 1T OST, on Friday last, two small Punts,•" tied together.—Will finder please writeto_ABSB, Star Office. 2LijST, Dinghy Remuhau, off Birkdale

Wharf.—Reward on communicatingwith Mr. Sharp. Glenfield. 63LOST, Saturday night, in

Purse, containing money and receipts.'Reward. 'Lumsden, Newmarket. 502LOST, Sunday, between Newmarket andZoo, Gold Brooch, with ruby.—Reward,16, Melrose St, Newmarket. 501

LOST, from 10. Millais St., Grey Lynn,Black and White Spaniel, 5 months,

collar issued Devonport. Reward. 571LOST, in Onehunga, 41 Ten-pound Note,

numbers known.—Finder will be re-warded at Star Agency, Onehunga. 514

LOST, between 'Norman's Hill and Sy-monds St., Onehunga, Lady's Silver

/Watch.—Steward, Robins' Store, Onehunga.. 4]

LOST, Canvas Canoe, from Waiwera, last1Saturday night.—Finder please com-municate with Cook's Tourist Office, 62.Queen St. 17

OST, Saturday, between Grey Lynn and' Eden Terrace, Gold Pendant, photosinside; reward.— C. Smith, VictoriaAvenue, Eden- Terrace. 5LOST, Wednesday, between Princess

Theatre and Birkenhead, Gold Pendant•Brooch, set with pearls and turguotse.■Reward. Mrs John McPhail, Birkenhead.

15LOS.T, between Ponsonby and Town, or

King George Pictures, Saturday even-ing Small Gold Cameo Brooch, fancymounted; keepsoKe. 'Reward.—Apply StarOfllee. IS

LOST, from Pt. Chevalier Rd.. a WhiteBulldog, brindle spot over one eye;last seen at top of Grey St., City. Anyonedetaining same after this notice will beprosecuted.—.Reward, J. Mattson, PointCBeyalier. 51S"EtODND, Purse, containing Sum of-L Money.—Apply Mr. Ferguson, Smithana Caugney's, Ltd. •. -.'25

Second Edition.LATEST WAR NEWS. 'THE GAY GORDONS. t

iCHARGED THROUGH HAIL OF I

FIXE. 1LOSE HALF THEIR NUMBER. \

(Received 2.55 pjn.) £i

Sergeant-Major Hands, of the Gordon ■Highlanders, in a letter, narrates that cthe Gordons were ordered to storm some jtrenches loopholed and fitted with barbed jwire entanglements while the Royal Scots ]seized a wood nearby. a

After a hellish, fire from 270 British ijruns for forty-five minutes the Gordons ccharged •■tiirougii a hail k>{ machine-gunand rifle fire Men dropped in heaps,bnt the T&rtajis" kept on with theWoody struggle. They won the frontGerman trenches. v

When the Gordons mustered in a dip g■within 20 yards of the main German £- position it was,found that 55 per cent of jthe men had fallen. The corps then re- ftreated, carrying their wounded, but vField Marshal French and two generals cwho witnessed the charge said the Gor- v■ dons had made history, and accomplished smore than was expected. 1" iSergt.-Major Hands adds: "Dargai a•was a mere fleabite to this.', i

INTERNATIONAL SNOWBALL.i

JBTEW WAR GAME. cs~ (-Times and Sydney Sun Services.) tt

LONDON, January 8. *An English chaplain who is at Berlin awrites:— c

"I visited Doberitz on Christmas ;morning, and found the war prisoners tinterned there indulging in a lively tnational snowball match. r

"As soon as church was mentioned the vcrowd gathered and sang Christmas thymns, and partook of the Communion." f

f

UNREST IN CONSTANTINOPLE.OFFICIALS BEADY FOB FLIGHT °J

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) j

VANCOUVER, January S.A telegram from Sofia states that the ,

unrest in Constantinople has not sub- (sided. Locomotives are held constantly ttinder steam in the railway yards at ..Stamboul,ready for any contingencythat tmay require the sudden removal of the {Treasury and officials. t

Preparations are beings made for quar- atering the officials at Adrianople. •ANOTHER PNEUMONIA VICTIM

ODEATH OF A SHW ZEALAX'TJEB. '(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) i

WELLINGTON", this day.'-•" --Advice' has - "Beeii . xeeeived by

the Defence Department of the ,deattf 'of No-"' 6/125, Private jHenry Charles Kayfield, of theCanterbnry 'Infantry (Battalion, 'MainExpeditionary Force, in Egypt, on theloth inst. The cause of death was pneu-monia. Deceased's next of kin is MrsRavfield, of Merivale, Chiistehureh. 5- . •...., c

"■" —^—-—*~~—^~~—m~' \]

RAFT WASHED ASHORE.

MAY BE FEOM THE ENDEAVOTTR. l((By Telegraph—Press Association.)

INVERCARGILL, this day. 1A raft, washed ashore on the coast at ■ 'Bluff Hill"on Saturday appears to have ;

been in the water for a month. Itsdimensions are 10ft by Oft 3in. It hascrossbeams of Oregon timber and deck- '.of red pine, buoyancybeing obtainedby eighteen benzoline tins lashed under- Iueath. It is suggested that the raft may 'have come from the missing Endeavour.Wireless inquiries are being made withthe Macquaries. j E

The !&ideavour is the trawler owned' 'by the Commonwealth Government, '■which has been doing experimental work 'down by the Maquarrie Islands. She 'left trie Wands, and is now many weeks Joverdue. The Australian Government 'sent a steamer in searoh of the miseing 'vessel."but no trace Of her was found. *Very bad weather -was reported after Ithe Eneavour left for Australia. j 1

LATE TELEGRAMS. IeMAN'S THROAT CUT. ]

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) cTAIHAFIE, thk day. (

Thomas Johnson, an Englishman, aged r-3fl, employed on the station,ftas been. missing for a fortnight. A *search party found his body in the vici- jsnity fo Erewhon station yesterday. His |throat was and tnere was a razorin .his hand. r

BANKRUPTCY COURT.Vs

A meeting of tihe creditors of Edward dCrawford, commission agent, of Auck-1 rlamd. washeld this afternoon before Mr. 11A. V. Fraer, ciief clerk, who acted in ctheabsence of the Official Assignee. t

Bankrupt assessed 'has liabilities at t£379 5/6 and his assets as nil. In view vof the tact that Crawford was ait pre- cBent in hospital, as confirmed by the 'prindpal creditor, the meeting was ad- Ijourned until Tuesday, February 9th. v

COUNTRY NEWS.———*——

s- . , . .;. n* TE AHOHA. d

■ .... , — 3~-S-'meetli*gof'''tie committee of the 're vAropa Joctey Clnb was held on Friday tevening. Mr. 3. Rowe, of Onehunga, re-potted npon the progress made In the toulM-;S» ?* }°?J! m **** course -property, stat-Sf . /, liaMoa1iaMoa t0 «=e stand, also the rear

ooxee -would be ready for nalntlnc In ntteS I?1 " «" decJded t» J« the p"m !» aaa s<ibllcaa's JjootU yrirtleses by ancuon. c

DESPERATE BATTLES.

SIR JOHN FRENCH'S DISPATCH.

THRILLING CHAPTERS IN HISTORY.The dispatch of Field Marshal Sir Johndescribing the whole of the opera-tions from the time the British Army left

the trenches on the Aisne and took upnew positions in Northern France and inganders, is a stirring record of long andTα**3*?- fiSh«ng against formidableodds, which ended in definite success, al-though at a very heavy price.The dispatch is full of records ofactions, each of which, in a war of lessmagnitude, would have riveted attentionMd inspired admiration. The operatio-.iot bringing an army out of the centre ofa long battle-line and establishing itafresh op the flank was, as Sir JohnFrench says, very 'delicate," but it wasaccornphshed Bmoothly owi tQ thermrablei relations maintained with Gen-eral Joffre and che French General Staff.

THE FIGHTING AT YPRES.»rl A sueSt5veSti°n °f vital importance now.co,,tideration ." describing the 'situation m the middle of October "I 'Knew the enemy was by this time inthttW"stre"gt« on the Lvs. and •Iwk f- Co" d- Third- CavalrV.fro"?fh P?,Were holdinS a much'front than their numbers and strengthrnrSidfl- Taking these factsai°«e SS

rt?« W the First Corps in togTOgtbn the line, but this would have'1,, c «uutr>- north and east of Ypres ;a "d the \pres Canal open to a wide turn-and ?°yem!nt by 3rd Reserve Corps ■ILU r> °ne Lai,dwe »r Division which ,lkneii to be operating in that region. I int5 t? aWar° fat *«« enemy walbring- ,ealt \vf ,remf°™»» up from the

J T' d be °PPos^dCavnT n" b-V tWO or thre« French Itn T Div' slon8- some French Terri- ihe

,ahar

rnSKa"d theB^gian ann-V-"£Bell fight'ng !t had undergone the -wife,!,™*' Was in no condition towithstand, unsupported, such an attack; '.

cculd h « S°r sub3tantial resistance Icculd bo offered to this threatened turn-the AlUed flank m«*t beturned and the Channel ports laid bare ,to the enemy. I judged t]fat BUccessf

,"zrZrV^ kind wouid be six"he r, sL ''. dlSastrous thatirLil I on so extended a IPlained, were to capture and "; f

French troopsto UP Wilsses °* 'EKE.MY FRL-STRATED

which !ai- yhPfrean:sed the difficul* *^k

rt} of oftcers. non-commissioned officersand men. x mon«d ■beelVla«»B»ed to British soldiers;and ill =11 their splendid history there Ia no instance of their having answered :whiT5"/ ntly-tO the desperate callswh,,h jOf necessity were made upon I

THE INDIAN DIVISION. \+t,

V"?;h,.the and resource"* of ;the Indian troops Sir John French i≤h-ig'hly pleased. He writes:—'The La- 'Hore Division arrived in its concentration -area in rear of the Second Corps on Oe- ,tober 19and 20. I feavealready referred 'to the excellent work performed by the .battalions of this division which were ,supporting the cavalry. The remainder ,ol the division from October 25 onwardswere heavily engaged in asistinn- the 7thBrigade of tihe Second Corps in fighting 'round Xeuve CSiappelle. Another brigadebook over some ground previously holdby the Fienoh Ist Cavalry Corps, and :did excellent service. On October 2S •especially the 47th Sifchas and the 20tband 21st Companies of the 3rd Sappersand Miners, distinguished themselves bytheir gallant conduct in the atitack onXeuve Cbappelle, losing heavily in ]officers and men.

"After the arrival of the Meerut Di- ]vision at Corps Headquarters the IndianArmy Corps took over the Hue previous- 'ly held by -the Second Corps, which wasthen partially drawn back into reserve.The Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade andthe Jodhpur Lojieers joined them. Theline held by the Indian Corps has beensubjected to constant bombardment by ithe enemy's heavy artillery, followed upby infantry attacks. On two occasionstiese attacks were seveire. . . Since itheir arrival in this country, and theiroccupation of the line all-oted to them, jI have been much impressed by theinitiative and resource displayed "by theIndian troops- Some of the ruses theyhave employed to deceive the enemy havebeen attended with the best results, andhave doubtless kept superior forces infront of them at bay. The corps of .Indian Sappers and Jlniers have longenjoyed a tiiigh reputation for skill andresource. Without going into detail, 1can confidentJy assert that tihruug'botrt :their work in this campaign they have jfully justified that repudiation. The gen- iera! officercommanding the Indian Army 'Corp3 rescribes the conduct and bearing (of these troops in strange a-nd new sut- lroimdings to have been Jiighjy sarfcisfac- «tory, atid I am enabled, from my own •observation, to fully corroborate his ,statement." 'KAISER'S ORDERS TO GUARDS. !

'"About November 10, after several iunits of these corps had been completely ,shattered in futile attacks, a division of <the Prussian Guard, which had been 'operating in the neighbourhood of Arra=, Jwas moved up to this area with great tspeed and secrecy. Documents found on idead officers prove that the Guard had 'received the Emperor's special commands ,to break through and succeed where their icomrades of the line had failed. They jtook a leading part in the vigorous at- ;tacks made against the centre on Xo- (vember 11 and and 12; but, like their icomrades, were repulsed with enormous •loss. Throughout this trying period Sir .Douglas Haig, ably assisted by his di-visional and brigade commanders, 'held ■the line with marvellous tenacity and 'undaunted courage. Words fail mc to ,express the admiration I feel for their ;conduct, or my sense of the incalculable 'services they rendered. 1 venture to pre- {diet that their deeds during these (days of stress and trial will furnish tsome of the most brilliant chapters J■which will be found in the military hie- \tory of our time." j

THE FLYING CORPS. \'The work performed by the Royal <Plyy'mg Corps has continued to prove of '•the utmost value to their success of the i

operations. I do not consider it ad- (visable in this dispatch to go into anT 'detail as regards tne duties assigned to J

the corpe and *ho nature of their work, Ibut almost every day now methods for.employing them, both etrategically and |tactically, are discovered and put into ipractice. The development of their useand employment has indeed been quiteextraordinary, and I feel sure that noeffort should be spared to increase theirnumbersand perfect their equipment andefficiency."

CYCLISTS AND SIGNALLERS."I am anxious to briny under special

notice the splendid work which has beendone throughout the campaign by thecyclists of the Signal Corps. Carryingdispatches and messages at all hours ofthe day and night in every kind ofweather, and often traversing bad roads■blocked with transport, .they have beenconspicuously successful in maintainingan extraordinary degree of efficiency inthe service of communications. Manycasualties have occurred in their ranksbut no amount of difficulty or dangerhas ever checked Cue energy and ardourwhich Iras distinguished their corpsthroughout the operations.

"In the period covered by this dispatchTerritorial troops have been used for thefirst time in the army under my com-mand. The conduct and bearing of theseunits under fire, and the efficient mannerin which they carried out the variousduties assigned to them, have imbued mcwith the highest hope as to the value andhelp of Territorial troops generally.

SUPERIORITY OF ARTILLERY."I cannot speak too highly of the valu-

able services rendered by the Royal Artil-lery throughout the battle, lv spite ofthe fact that the enemy has brought upguns in support of his attacks of greatrange and shell power, ours have suc-ceeded throughout in preventing theenemy from establishing anything in thenature of an artillery superiority. Theskill, eourago, and energy displayed by,their commanders have been very marked.The General Officer Commanding ThirdCorps, who had special means of judging,makes mention of the splendid work per-formed by a number of voting artilleryouieers, who in the most gallant mannerpressed forward in the vicinity of thetiring line in order that their guns maybe able toshoot at the right targets at thelight moment. The Royal Engineerstiave, as usual, been indefatigable in theirefforts to assist the infantry in field for-tification and trench work. 1 deeplyregret the heavy casualties which we havesuffered; but the nature of the fightinglias been very desperate, and we have beenassailed by vastly superior numbers. Ihave every reason to know that through-out the course of the battle we haveplaced at least three times as many ofthe enemy hors de combat in dead,wounded, and prisoners."

The closing passages of Sir JohnFrenchs dispatch include a discussion ofthe general situation at that date.

LATE RACING.

TREXraiM TRAINING iMJTMS.

THE FINAL GALLOPS.(By Telegrapb.—iTess Association.)

WELLINIiTv)*, mis day.Tfae coursi* proper and tao new strar*ni.

anil a goou crowd turned'oat to witness weuual salk.ps.jjaJneu uiauy friends l»y ueauug fair Kitoa-uiuua by two leugtuia over ;l uil,r lv x.ii.Ofcier started wluj tuwa, i,ul μ-iubcu lvfc'aiiop, uud was Deatcn several icn^tus.iuui;;i> Is Jiow a tirm lurouiUc fur the \ tinMaistiul .Macdunala, Si. Umn, snd t,i.perauor went OUce ,round lv ' i;uiupuiiy,taKlui; iIU, ruuning tue la*u uille In 1.-J4.Jst. hlnm was two In frout o£-uarslial ilacaonalil, wliicU made up a lotof lout ground In the concluillug stages,with Emiierudor close up at the cud ot tuu

Faviova raij a mile. (Joidstream plcKeuher up at the nalf-iuile iwst and biougntuer home, l'avlova rumilng Uie Ulsiance in

I'pg was a couple ol lengths la front orChudlo at the evil of six lui.ougs, run lv

Kootball did tiro rounds at nice half pace,yere not asked to go" fast. ' °Ut'■Sinapls, uyrou aud Bertrada are duo toarrive to-day.Jem alone ran six furlongs In MS --5.blylug Start, Harlequin, UiKdstr-'ke anaWisebiitL diil ooey juicing. Autuninus wentabout a mile, tiut wis not asked to ro rast.butaui and Nones galloped on tlio newhalf-mile course, fiulshlnft lv that order.

Flower of the West got n break on faa-rikoff, and llulshed by Ui-rself over six rur-Ciciij, Marco Bello, and Gold Foil Hulsnedin that order on the new half-mile trackSea Pink and Black All did a couple ol

circuits.Honesty ran six furlongs In 1.19.Beldame ran six furlongs In 1.17. and didit well.Uerchau went well with Briar I'atrth.Arlington was a head In front i>f Kalialooat the end of live fmloncs Jn l 3Banksla rau lue last six ot seven furlong6in 1.22.Croesus was In front of Hlmeter ot

Che end of flvn furlongs In 1.4 2-SBelfiffo, Downnani. Chakwana and otnerswere out. Kooya aud others worked after

breakfast.

MEETINGS.J

AUCKLAND TyPOGHAPHICAL UNION.

The annual meeting of the AucklandTypographical Union look place on Satur-day evening in the Trades Hall. There wasa fair attendance, and Mr J. Buchanan(President) occupied the chair, until thecle'-tfoD of o/Hcer.s.

The report and balance-sheet showedthat, despite the dullness ot trnde mused,by the war, tbe union is in a flourishingcondition. The receipts for the past half-yearly period amounted to £lie 9/. This,added to the balance brought forward fromJune 30th (£369 1/8). gave a total on theincome side of £485 10/8. The expendituretotalled £108 10/3, leaving a balance to theunion's credit of £377 0/5, an Increase of£8 0/9 for the half-year. The amount paidin out-of-work and other allowances was£29. Seven members had joined the union,eight members bad left with tbe Expedi-tionary Forces, and others had left the 'trade or the district, leaving the member- ,ship at 241. Various subjects of Interestto the craft were dealt with In the reports,and congratulatory reference was made tothe success of Mr A. Walker, secretary of| (the Otago Typographical Union, In winningthe Parliamentary seat for Dunedia North: (also to the success of Mr W. T. Jennings.a former president of the union, in regain-ing the Taumarunul sent. Mr Walker for-warded a letter acknowledging tbe union's <congratulations, and Mr Jennings, whoattended the meeting for a short time,expressed his pleasure at receiving tbeunion's congratulations, and gnve a briefaddress. He was cordially applauded.

The report and balance-sheet wereadopted, and the election of officers and ,delegates for the current year then took

place, the results being as follows: Presi-dent, Mr F, Christmas; vice-president, MrJ. Graham; secretary, Mr F. A. Cleveland

and J. C. Chappell (both re-elected); generalboard members, Messrs H. W. Brookes andC. E. Llversldge (both re-elected); delegatesto Labour Day Committee, Messrs C. E.LJversidge. It. B. Calthorpe, and R. J.Simpson. Tbe secretary was elected as theunion's delegate to the conference of allied ■printing trades to be held In Wellington at iEaster. It was resolved that a suitable\souvenir be presented to the retiring presi-dent. Mr Buchanan, who bad occupied theposition for two yenrs.

A report was given in regard to the ques-tion of celebrating the union's jubilee, andthe arrangcnii'iits were left In the hands ofthe board. A circular from the Workers'Kduentional Association was also referred ito the board. J

BOWLING

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP.SECTION PLAY TO-DAY.

MATCHES ON NINE GREENS.The last stage of the Dominion champion

ship tournament was entered to-day, wheia ecart was made wtth the singles mutchesThere are 13« competitors, and play wasarranged to be carried out on nine greensin four sub-sections of four players eachFour rounds finds the sub-section, winner,aud then the four sub-section pJajoff for the section. The section winner*will meet in the last rounds for the Champioushipe to-morrow at Heinuera. -

Section play to-day was arranged aifollows;—

Section A.—Grey Lynn.Seetiou B.—Dominion Head.Section C.—Epsom.Seotlun D.—Ouehunga.Section K.-K«nm«a.Section F.—Auckland.Section G.—Oocky Nook.Section H.—Ponsnnby.Section I.—West E-nd.

SECTION A.

FIRST ROUND.Sub-sectlon A.

Fletcher (Orey Lynn) 17, r. Kuramei(Ponsouby) 13.

McLaren (Dunedin) 10, v. Morrison(Dunedlo) 14.

Sub-sectlon B.■Smellle (Green Island) 10, v. Duncan (weilliistom 14.

Cohen (Te Hiwl) 10, v. Balllnger (Wel-lington) 12.

Subsection C.Eagleton (Rocky Nook) 15, v. McDougall

(Mount Eden) H.Masson (Cartertonl 27, v. Laws (New-

town) 20.Sub-ecctlon D.

Gillies (Carlton) 22, v. Andrew (Waltaraj15.

Stokes (Ponsonby) 22, v. Borland (Chrl«t-church) 17.

SECOND ROUND.Sub-sectlon A.

McLaren v. Fletcher 14.Kunimer -2, v. Morrison 21.

Sub-section B.Duncan 20, v. Balllnger 13.Smellle 21, v. Cohen 20.

Sub-sectlon C.laws 20, v. McDougnll 18.Masson 18, v. Eugleiou 1".

Subsection D.Stokes 23. v. Gillies 14.Borland "-"i, v. Auilrew 14.

SECTION B.

! FIRST HOUND.Sub-scctlon A.

Keane (Walpawa) 21, r. Blair (Mt.Albert) S.

llarraway (Dunedin) 22, y. Howell(Epsom) 7.

Sub-section B.OliveT (Otakl) UO, v. Baxy (Wellington)

10.Horton (IlnstliiKs) beat W. Smltn (Gls-

borne) by dctuuit.Sub-sectlon C.

Gatlnnd (Onehuuga) 24, v. Davle (RockyXookJ 15.

Crowiey (Tnuranga) won by default fromllardle Nell (Auctlaudj.

Sub-section D.Munro (Thornilou) 18, v. Shearman

(Christi-hurtOij 14.ilunter (lukapunn) 21, v. Laurie

(Carlton) IT.SECOND ROUND.

Sub-scctlou A.Harraway 23, v. Kcauc 11.Blair 21, v. Howell 10.

Sub-sectlon B.W. Smith 2j, v. Oliver 17.Bary won by default.

Sub-sectlon C.Hardlc Nell IS, v. Gatland 14.Davis wou by default.

Subsection D.Munroe 20, v. Ilunter 10.Shearman 20, v. Laurie 14.

THIIiD UOUND.Sub-sectlou A.

Keane 24, v. Blair 18.Ilarrawny a bye.

Sub-section B.Bary won by detault.\V. Smith a bye.

Subsection C.Gatland 23, v. Uavla 17.Dr. liardlf .Neil v bye.

Pub-sectlon D.Shearman 20, v. Ilunter 18.Muuro a bye.

SECTION C.FIRST ROUND.

Sub-section A.Inglls (West End) 17. v. It. James (Wal-

pawu) 13.Wntkln (Epsom) 23, v. Johnson (Grey

Lynn) 10. . Sub-scctlon B.Satherley (Otakl 22, v. Hart 10.GrlUiths IS, v. Leslie 13.

Sub-scctlon C.Hughan 18. v. Gotland 15.Uuir (Newtowu) wins by default.A. D. Grap, win by default.

Sub-section D.J. Hill (Carltou) 22, v. Dr. Orchard

(Chrlatchurch) Iβ.Morrison (Dunedin) 19, v. E. J. Hill (To

Hlwl) 18.SECOND HOUND.

Sub-sectlon A.James. 20. v. Johnson t>.Watkln 20, t. lngi's 15.

Sub-section B.Hart 23, v. Leslie 13.Salherley 25, v. GrlUiths Iβ.

Sub-sectlon C.Iliighan IS, v. Grey 12.luuls won from Gatland by default.

Sub-sectlou D.Morrison 35. v. J. HID 15.E. J. Hill 20, v. Orchard 14.

SECTION D.FIRST ROUND.

Sub-sectlon A.Wilson (Ponsouby) 23, v. Miller (W»l-

PaGrenfolr (Wellington) 20, v. Webb (Wel-lington) 13-

Sub-sectlon B.G-JUesple (Hastings! 21, v. S. Smith

(Fltzroy) 17.Dudley (Remuera) 26, v Ferguson

(Otaki) 17.Sub-sectlon C.

Crowhurst (Auckland) 20, v. O'Sulllvan(Carlton) 11.

Itiuivsly (Onehunga) 22, v. narp (Carter-

,Sub-secUon D.Power (Te Kultl) 20, v. Orchard (Christ-

church). 10-Dlniiie (Ponsouby) 18, v. Brown (Palmer-

atou N.) 14.

SECOND HOUND.

SubjectionMiller 21, v. Webb 16.Wilson 18, v. Gxenfclt 14.

Sub-section B.Ferguson 10, v. Smith 15.Oiilespie 23, v. Dudley 17,

Sub-sectlon C.O'Snlllvan 23, v. Harp IS.Crowhuret 21!, v. Ramsey —.Orchard 11), V. Brown 13.Power 27. v. D!nnle 14.

THIUD ROUND.Grenfelt -8. r. Miller 11.Dudley Ti, v. Fergueon 18.O'lSulllvosi 20, v. llamsey 10.Orchard ID, v. Dlnnie 17.

SECTION E.

FIRST ROUND.Sub-section A.

M. Walker (Poneonby) 27, v. Dick (Wai-pawn) 19.Saxton (Dunedin) 21, v. Thompson (Wel-

lington) 17.Sub-section B.

Bailey (Remuera) 21, v. MeKegg (Otakl). MlKisbln (Hastings) 21, v. Bolton (Vic-toria) 18.Sub-section C.

1- stp?'% (Devonport) 19, v. Carter (Hlku-

«■ Kilgour (Cnrlton) 18, v. Hetnus (Auck-s. land) 10.13 Sub-section D.s Duff (Newtown) wine by default.j Veale (rousonby) wins by default.r, SE-COND "ROU-ND.y Sub-section A."8 Walker 23, v. Saxon 20.l- Thompson 20, v. Dick 10.

Sub-section B.IS Bailey 25, t. McKlbbln 19.

Bolton 21, v. MeKegg 15.Sub-eectlOU -C.

Kllgour 22, v. Steele 20.Hemus 20, v. Carter 14.

fiulKsectloa D.Bun, 22, v. Veale Iβ.Grainger and Taster >lefaulted.

section: f.

first 'rocnd.«üb-seetl»n A.

Casey (Ponsonby) 17, v. Douglas (Hamil-ton) 13.

Porteous (Wellington) won by defaultr from Smith.

Sub-section B.n Wooller (Remuera) 18, v. Gray (Kelbnrn)

Rankln (Mt. Eden) 25, v. Hatch( (Victoria) 18.

Sub-section C.!- Broughton (Devonport) 23, T. FliggTus

Osmond (Auckland) 18, t. Fookes(Carlton) 17.11 Sub-section B.

McDougall (Mt. 'Eden) 28, v. Matthew(Te Kultl) 10.Waddell (Phoenix) 10, v. Nash (Palmcr-ston North) 11.

i)SECOND ROUND.

Sub-section A.Porteous 22, v. Casey Iβ.Douglas won hy default.

Sub-section B.Wooller 23, v. Rankin 18.Gray 23, v. Hatch 14.

'Snfo-sectlon C.Osmond 21, v. Droughton Iβ.Hlgglns 25, v. Prince 1 fookes) 17.

Sub-section D.Matthew 21. v. Sasii 17.Waddell 23, v. McDougall 12.

SECTION G.

FIRST ROUND.Sub-section A.Gregory (Dunedin) 22, v. Parsons (Pon-

sonby) ID.Wyllle (Newtown) 24. v. Wyatt (Welling-ton) 15.;. Sub-sertlon B.

Buchanan (Circeu Island) 19, v. BalllngerI' (Wellington) 13.Sneddon (Victoria) 21, v. Cochrane Olt.Eden) 12..) Sub-section C.;- terton) 13.

Cutler (Carlton) 21, v. West (DominionRoad) H.y Stih-sectlon D.

Barnett (Chrlslcuurch) 21. v Julian (Te.a Kultl) 20.Scott (Rocky Nook) 21. v. Brackenrldco

(Newtownj IS.

:l SECOND ttOCND.c Snb-sectloa A.Wyllle 18, v. Gregory 7.

Parsons 23. v. Wyatt Iβ.Suh-sei-tlon B.

Sneddon 10, v. Buchanan It.Sub-section C.

Mclntyre 24. v. Cutler 10.West 15. v. Phllpotte 13.

Sub-scctlon D.Scott 18. v. Bnrnctt 15.Julian 21, v. Brackenrldgc 15.

THIRD HOUND.Sub-section A.

Parsons 10. v. Gregory IS.Sub-section B.

Biich.inau 13, U.iJllnger 17.Sub-section C.

Cutler 10. v. West 10.Sub-section D.

Julian 23. v. B&rnott 15.

SECTION H.

FIRST UOUN-D.Subjection A.

Wyatt (Dunedin) 21. v. l'aterson (Uun-edln) 13. |Klner (ronsonby) 20, t. Hutch Inson (Dun-1edin) IC.

Sub-section B.E. Jury (Karangahake) 17, v. Ure (Mount'UlQckwood (Grot*ii Isl&oil) 16 y IVccrililt '(Wauganiilj 15. :

Sub-sectlce C.Uimb (Carlton) 21, v. Wyllo (Newtowu)

!FlsJicr (CortCTton) 25, v. Uairey tuevon- Iport) 9.

Sub-section D.Johnson (Grey Lynn) 22, v. .UcAJienychSinoU(Talcri) 24, t- ,spiiicr * hnst-\

SECOND ROUND.1 Sub-sectlon A.

Patereon 21. v. Uutchlmon 13■Finer IU, v. Wyatt 17.Sub-section B.

Ure 21, v. Keeelng 10E. Jury 10, v. Blackwood 15.Sub-scctlon C.

Wylle 22, v. Harvey U.Fisher 10, v. Lamb 13.Sub-section D.

Splllcr 15. v. iMcAneny 11Carswell 22, v. Johnson 12.THIRD ROUND. ;

Sub-section A. \■Wyatt 18. v. Paterson 13.

Sub-section B.Blackwood 20, v. Ure 13.

Sub-section C.Wylle 26, v. Lamb 23.

Sub-sectlon D.Splller 17, v. Johnston 18.

SECTION I. iFIBST ROUND.Sub-section A.1 13

McLfiOd (Ponsonb y) 22. v. Nelll (Donedln)a (Wellington) 21, v. Everltt (Ota-huhu) .

Sub-section B. ■a McDonald (Green Island) 17, v W 4Smith (Glsborne) 10. '*!pl,U,t<>V6 (Kllrnu°'ahake> 20> T- WTilte (Mt.

SECOND ROUND.Sub-sectlon A.

•Mc-Leod 23. v. Still Iβ.Nelll 21, v. lEveritt 20.

Sub-sectlon B.Hilton 22, v. McDonald IS.Smith 10, v. Wlilte 18.

THITID ROUND.McLeod, a bye.Nelll 10, v. Still 11.

Sub-section B.iHttton, a bye.McDonald 23, v. Smith 20.

Among the guests at the Grana\Hotelwho arrived by the Riverina from 6yd- Jney arc Mcssre. Chas. Stodart, of Liver- tpool; X.. W. Baxter, of Colombo; Mr 'R. L. Benson, of Soutii Yarra, iMel- j■bourne; and Mr C. H. Crulckshank, of (New York. i

AMUSEMENTS."THE COUBT CARDS."

Mr. Edgar Warwick's Costume, MusicalComedy Company, "The Court Cards andtheir Joker," will make their first appear-ance at His Majesty's Theatre to-night intheir unique entertainment. The box planIs at Wlldinan and Arey's, and day salesat Cleal's.

PRINCESS THEATRE.

There can be no doubt that of all thepictures shown at the Princess Theatre■for the first time to-day that entitled 'TheIStepmothcr" is tihe most popular. Tiielange numbers of visitors to this popuLai•house of entertainment during all sessionsto-day have shown their appreciation olthe new series of films, and especiallythat which occupies the position at thehead of the programme. This is a power-ful dramatic subject, in wiblch is presentedsome tine cinematographic acting. TheL'cim,of,,next Importance is "The AmericanSioldler, a topical picture of great ex-cellence. The Warwick Topical ajso hasmany good scenes, mostly In connectionwith the great European war now raging.H«"%I.Y'o UTopJraetoers,

Uweho face "greatdangers every day in order to allow thosein other parts of the world to see whatIβ ffolng on at the front. Then followson the programme another dramaticpicture, "Korsettlng." which Is of a morepatnetlc nature. Xlie comics this weekare as good as usual. They are "ThatAwful Maid" a-tid "Spending It Quick " acomedy.

COMIC OPERA SEASON.The Auckland visit of the WilliamsonConilc Operu (.ompany came to an end on•Saturday night, when the final productionof -lolanthe" took place. The opera wasfavourably received by a large audienceencores being frequent and bouquetsprominent.

OPERA HOUSE.

nrtZVLP0,? new ProKramme to bePresented nt the Opera House to-niffht

flrst appearam-e to-night are Mr Phil SmithP^ncinalS I, C Wini<"*™. Ltd.. asBurl*

''omedlan. and Miss Jessie■?S't£l«£° Tn" her flrSt "PPearance in

a cyclist with a mjle-a-tnlnute act.

GLOBE THEATRE.

the km who m™-" " flcrce I|OD 0D

Ported by Is well sup-Eastern theatre of" th " *** from tne

TALACE THEATRE.

P^fLu^^^^^ere8'!?^ 1topical budKC;. showing views of Interestfrom various ports of the world and denl-ing with the Intest war happeninc* Thecomics are as strong as usual:

GRAND THEATRE.

aWhe °$Stirsßlig*S& "vSSKSSgwheu a roiuplctcly different series of pl£

μ^ii 1" ?" 1>>arts, of the world- and devotedclilell} to the latest news In connection'v jiii tue threat war now lv proirress Tiiepreeented lv two parts, "Express

UMeßßen'-story bliows bow an expressmessenger is Kheo cliarec of some jewels.wtuch crooks plau to steal. Clad In a tele-grapher's uniform, one crook bauds him aforseil order. lie learns bo»v he tins beenvictimised, and. remembering that he badseen the thief, accompnnled by a detective.

put to flight and Anally captured. TheIexploit ends bupplly tot the messengerwho meets his n-ward by gaining n wife.One of tiie most interesting nod InstructiveIllnis Is that entitled "CanadianResources."

!Another dramutlc film of considerable

!conties around a prlzeflghrcr who leaveshis home and sweetheart to win freshlaurels. He forgets his sweetheart whoultimately marries another man of theibunic profession. After a time she be--1comes 111. Her husband meets lv the ringher former lover, who. knowing they areill need of money and that his one-timesweetheart Is sick, allows his opponent todefeat hlui. An excellent comic. ••Jim JustLoves Smoking." shows the experiences ofa young man who annoys the mother of hissweetheart by persisting In smoking, despiteher objections to the habit. Another comicIs "Killing Horace."

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

An extremely powerful dramatic picture,"The Mills of the Gods," figures as theprincipal Item on the new bill submittedto patrons of the Queen's Theatre thismornlug. This dim was greeted this morn,lug, aud has been witnessed during the day,by large numbers of well-satisfied visitorsto the Queen's. The latest in war news Isshown In the war topical, which has beenaccorded deserving applause nt all sessions.Supplementary to these views are those ofthe effect of the declaration of war In Tur-key. This extraordinary film Is said to havebeen photographed only four weeks ago. Theincidents It contains are of a most Interest-ing nature, one being the Turkish troopsabout to proceed to Egypt, "here our boysare waiting In readiness for them, eagerfor a fight. A thrilling circus drama Ispresented under the title "I be Last Per-formance." The comic section of the blliis represented by "Cohen Saves the Flag,a really good lnugn-ralser.

IOTIIER PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS.

In the new programme at the ArcadiaTheatre to-day a drama called "Greed" Isplaced at the head of the bill.

"The Brute," which has hecn muchadTcrtlsed in connection with the newprogramme for the Lyric Theatre thisweek, lntrodiices a well known Americanactor In Mr Malcolm Williams. Anotherlof the pictures reveals the popular MaryPlekford in a charming characterisation.

"■Shadows of the Past," billed as the"absolute apex of realism," to be presentedat the King's Theatre to-nigh*, containsone Incident of a collision between acrowded express train and a motor oar.

The programme for the AlhambraTheatre for this week comprises a list ofattractive subjects for picture representa-tion. "The Counterfeiters," a comedy-drama, the war with Turkey, pictures ofthe Indian troops, and views of Paris arcIncluded with other items.

PIGEON RACING.

ONEHUNGA HOMING SOCIETY.The Onehunga Homing Society flew a

pigeon race from Hnntly on Saturday. Thefirst arrival was J. Hipwell's' rch Throstle,making a velocity of 120S yards per minute.K. May's mc Cock of the North. 124Syards, was second; K. May's b c Britannia.1240, third; S. May's dec Dotvuliam, 1203,fourth; aud N. Greenwood's rec FlyingFax. Mth.

MINING NEWS.THE SIT aTtTfM,ftRITET-

-1 BUSINESS DONE.

» AT TnE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY.s Walhi Grand Junction , 24/AT THE NOON CALL TO-DAY.

Waihi (40/), 40/Walhi Grand Junction .24/G "*c STANDARD STOCKS—c Sellers. Buyers.? Bank of New Zealand (old) — .. 199/0■' Bank of New Zealand (p.u.) 330/0 .. 315/0* National Bank _ .. 104/0* New Zealand Insurance — ~ 115/0* National Insurance ~ 47/ep South British Insurance... — 88/0' Tanpiri Coal 16/9 .. 15/6" Auckland Gas (p.u.) 29/0 .. 28/6■j Auckland Gas (cont.) 15/0 .. 14/3Northern Steamship (p.u.) 14/9 .. 13/tj'J Union Steam (ord.) oj/o* L.OB. Timber

_ " 20/6" Auckland Tramways (pref.) 21/0 .. 20/3'• Auckland Tramways (ord.) 21/9 .. 21/3, New Zealand Drag — .. 42/6' Takapuna Tram — . 9/0\ Walpa Collieries _ .. is/o0 MINING STOCKS—<j Sellers. Buyers.

" New Sylvia 0/7* .. O/r>1 Occidental Consolidated .... 0/o" .. 0/3" Waitangi Consolidated 0/81 -. 0/6iKomata Reefs 0/3 .. O/l*Talisman Consolidated .... — .. 27/3Waihl 40/3 ..39/9Walhi Grand Junction 24/0 .. 23/0

na SOUTHERN EXCHANGES.nf (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, this day.Stock Exchange sales to-day Included-Waihl, f2 (c).

LATE SHIPPING.s IMPORTS.I Per Wlrral, from Montreal—looo tonsgeneral cargo.

'• Per Riverina, from Sydney—2sß6 bags* bonedust, 168 bags fertilisers. 1200 bagssuperphosphate, 40 bags rape seed, 233 bagshomp seed. 500 bags peanuts. 667 bags flour.■f 800 bags rice, 184 cases sardines, 125 bales,* 142 reels paper. 1618 sleepers. 535 piecestimber, 482 packages sultanas, 129 eases,' 127 slabs mnrble. 483 packages tea, 374cases fruit. 837 cases soap. 160bass bottles.Transhipments ex Burrumbeet, Peregrine,Wyandra, and Wariida, from Common-wealth ports: Ophlr. Mooltan, Khyber,Atua, Annam, Messicano, Nordic. Grelfs-e wald. Hessen, Thuringen, from British aud

f Continental ports; Taiyuan, Tango Maru.- Coiolia, St. Albaus. from Eastern ports;* Sonoma, from San Francisco.

COMMERCIAL.~ ■

J BUTTER AND CHEESE.

» RECORD LONDON PRICES.

I (By Telegraph.—Press Association.), ELTHAM, this day.t Cable ndvleo has been received here from' Louilon that the Hawera Dairy Factory is, realising 130/ per cwt. for whey butter,and SO/ per cwt. lor cheese. These arerecord prices.

1 Bichard Arthur, and- Co.J Ibc kapCiit /their rooms ltf--EUio;tt Sire**• tuls alternoon sections on the property of■ Mr M. J. Ulaoehfleld, ou the West Coast,lj hours by motor from the city. 115 sec-; linns of vnrious areas were offered, and; the majority were disposed of at moderater prices. Sections of an acre In area, frontingJ the famous Motinara Beach, extending for, thirty miles, sold at prices ranging from,SO to £.». Many ot the sectious weret thickly i-orcred with native bush, while. others also had fresh water streams■ running through them.

The scow Combine, whioh capsized offthe Kelson Street wharf on Saturdaymorning, was righted 'last evening, andis being placed on a slip to-day for ever-haul. Her cargo of heavy machinery,which was emptied on to the mud, isbeing raised and placed aboard anotherjscow. The mainmast of the Combine

Jwas broken off near the deck by thecapsize, and the foremast, sails and rig-ging have suffered considerably.

Police Sub-Inspector \V. B. Mellveney,who succeeds Sub-Inspector Johnston ofthe Auckland station, transferred to Gis-borne. arrived from Wellington on Sat-urday, and took up his duties at thecentral station to-day.

Monster half-price millinery sale atthe Bon Marche, Newton. CommenceMonday, January 18. Every hat half-price. See the windows.—(Ad.)

COMING EVENTS.> (As published In tne "Auckland Star.")

' His Majesty's Theatre—"The CourtCards,"\ 8 p.m.: Opera House — Brennau-Fuller VaudevilleCompany, S p.m.

King's Theatre—Fuller's Pictures, 8 p.m.Newton Palace—Continuous Pictures.AUiambra Theatre—I'lctures, o p.m.King George Theatre—Continuous Pictures.Princess Theatre—Continuous Pictures.• Globe Theatre—Continuous Pictures.• Queen's Theatre—Coutlnuous Picture!.1 Grand Theatre—Continuous Pictures.1Lyric Theatre—Pictures, 8 p.m.

' West End Theatre—Pictures, 8 p.m.J Arcadia Theatre—Continuous Pictures.i ~~~^^~~~~~~~

t AUCTIONS, TO-MORROW.(See .page 6.)

; X Jones—Produce, etc, 11' E. Turner and Sons—Fruit, etc., 11Richard Arthur and Co.—Furniture, etc., 11f Walker and Coakley—Furniture, at Mart, II

THE AUCKLAND STA-rf. MONDAY, JAOTARY 18, 1915.2

' SITUATIONS VACANT.ADY Assistants (2), young, wanted, one

for fancy department, other showroom,temporary.—Apply David Jleikle, ValuHouse, cor. Queen and Wellesley iSts. 542

> DOMESTICS WANTED./"VEVERAL, capable, or Working House--IVX keeper wanted.—'Address at Starf Office. 86

!j TTOUSEMAID. experienced, smart, want-■i-*-*- cd.—"The Mansions," Whitaker Place.. Symonds St. 548TJEBSON. respectable, unencumbered, as'-t Housekeeper, wanted, take charge1gentleman's house; references hulispen-

-5sable.—Write .7.X., Sfis, Star Office. S3

f SITUATIONS WANTED.

POSITION wanted bp Girl, youns, neatsewer, as Improver to Dressmaking; Write No. 20, Station Rd., Itemuera. 5J9

EDUCATIONAL/">O>AiCH for first section ot law profes-

sional examination wanted.—Reply,stating terms and other particulars, toLex, G.P. Office, Auckland. SI

LOST AND FOUND.T.OST, old Silver Watch, valued se keerTv snke.—Reward, apply Warner Gibral-tar Crescent, Paruell. 63LOST, Friday or Saturday EveullTg7 GoldBracelet, set with stones; muchvalued; reward.—Mts. R. Mackay •><)I Upper Queen St., next to school. ~12

WANTED TO BUY. PERSONAL.

WINCHBST.BR Repeating or Single-shot TF Box left at S6, Nelson St. is notPea-rifle wan-ted, good order, ciieap.— ■*- claimed and expenses paid win be aidWrite Riae. 866, Star Office. 82 j WILL not be responsible tor tnT3H.P. 4-Cyele Motor Engine wanted to -1 Photos not claimed before FebriarvBoy, in perfect order.—Reply C. Banton, 14, 1915.—Love's Studio, Dnion Bank Biild-Blockhouse Bay, Avondale. 546 togs. 7U'■T AND AGENTS—PIease note mf Hoise

' WANTED TO SELL.

PUG Pups, purebred, wanted to Sell.— T aNiTaGEXTS—My 2 Houses—WaHWApply 48, Grey St., City. -L Rd. and Epsom Avenue iltEcenrpAJJKS (2), COOgals.. almost aew, for Sale: have been sol<l by G. SI. Klrk'caldy,' LiadJ- price, £6.—Write G.W., 19, Queen's Agent.—A. E. Bagnall. 22At., Mt. RoskiU. 87 to Land Agents.—My BusiieS— ~ inc, Karangabape ltd. is Withdrawnfrom Sale.—Mrs E. Young. 5431 TENDERS. -pERSON, kind, motherly wanted To-*- Adopt healthy boy. 2i veaw I'mw1 mUNDERS for Plumbing and Brick- tant- premium—Write S"w San si .!J- lajing.—Apply new job, Komaru St., Office "•■ aao- Sar

I off Orakel Rd- Remuera. 5« Young UdieT^slrTt^^aTn! ■ ■*- ance of Three Gentlemen with view! APARTMENTS VACAJTT. Mona,' 870, Sur

BBD-SITTINOROOM, large, front, com- D°^O ATα v rist.^a£fortably fttru.i use kitclieu; hot and rTfAp

SY°?§i?S 8.?,EHrfnnALII,A/SAC AJ-D.; shower batb.-No. 10, Selwyn St., Pon- DIARY' 191°" A" SutMllers'V- ,

i sonby, off top Hepburn St. 541 TfCZiEMA.—I guarantee a cure of ai'>• Boffi»s-wr «;ar «..cro4rn » teMStec^■house, city; 22/e to those wno engage ("^.EXTS, Unshrinkable eunimpr Tinder-'before end January: satisfaction guaran- **~* wear, keenest prices. •■Sincerity"teed.—Apply Star Office. Suits, 59/6; Alpaca Coats, 6/9.—BridgmanTI"E"^OXPOR-r-L7rg-e— 551- flDd BrMginail, °PP- Town Hall.-L,

SltUngroom to Let, or 2 Gentlemen TTAM'UKA FIaHERS! Please Note.—.Boarders to sliare same, close Cheltenham ■*-*- Sam Paul, Hairdresser, Quay St., opp.Beaoh.—2l. Cheltenham Rd. CO ferry Buildings, Sells the finest Fishin?

C. or Small Family wanted to Share Tackle Iα AncklamL 57• House, end of M section, Remuera.— CSUPBKFLUODS HAIRS.—By consulting

Advertiser, c/o Fire Station, Remuera. 545 o mc, they can be removed permanently,, without pain or after effects, by my new-DOOMS, two, unfurnished, separate method of Raido.—MADAiilE AMIE ->3*^r£iX*Lrple-2miDsldse %7 oit-^toasßaimass'Queen st -reet'-rrVWO Unfurnished Rooms to Let.- jAppiy TjiyERYBODY .SHOULD KXOW thatTEii between 6 and < p.m., to 13, kdwin Xh lSecurity instalment System is tnebt., Newton. easiest way to purchase high-class JewelleryT vfithout feeling the costs—Howard anaBirkett, Jewellers, First Floor, Security

APARTMENTS WANTED. BuUdiugs, Queen St. 'Phone A693. Opei, . till nine every evening this week. iT)BED-SITTIXGROOM, Lower Symonds pOE"T" and CheaoSt., or off, wanted by two young X 1 Garden Roller, go to WUson andladies in business; terms moderate; convs.. Kelly's Federal Stphone.—Write Refined, S3o, Star Office. 12 r. „, „.„ ■— . gi i.A jvDINK, a certain remedy for exces-AfAN. yonn& requires Board and Kesi- <J siTe perspiration, can be obtained from-UA dence, in or near \ lew Ud.—Write Mayfair Toilet Rooms, H.B. Building* 228Urgent. Klngsland P.O. jvjl .' Queen St (near Princess Theatre). 2)TJOOM Furn. wauted. gas ring, suitable TTOLDFAST Fly Papers, the best knowi.BTcheog

rbta->oaiSaf OfflVe " SeCtJ°D - remedy for destroying Typhoid Fe7erliacneior, htar utnce. ._,- and all otiiec disease germs. Don't be

ROOMS, 2. unfurnished, wanted, near without them. At all storekeepers, idGrafton or Parnell. rent (in advance) each. 4not to exceed 9/.-Addrees Genuine, 878 mEX.MS PLAYERS-Yonr Racquets tte-btar Office. Z6 ± strung and Repaired; best gut ueea;

Man, single, student, requires charges moderate-—A. Bruce, Tennis Hae--*- Board and Residence, central; terms quet Stringer, 94, Albert St. Phone 2617 Umoderate.—Write Kestal, 564, Star Office. __ ,„„-. „ : ; ~^~00 TTAPPY Housewives are always found_^ -*-1- among the users of Comet Shine. It isi unrivalled as a Furniture and Floor Polish.

HOUSES AXD LAND WANTED. 1pOSIET Shine. Wnat is it? It's theHOUSE, furnished, wanted at Takapuna V , Fill«st Furniture and Floor Polish

for one month.—Apply H.R., 868, Star obtainable. Tie greatest labour saver.Office. 7U Sold everywhere. C

TTOISE, T rooms, with convs., wanted, llPtt SSSfIS &±1 £SOO to £1000. Epsom. Mt. Eden, or Mr' Dewa°r Health <!Pec&lLt 3 Sr^'7

j j MACKY CJPECIAL Purchase—Ladies' llnslin andLand Agent. Swanson gUt S^^^Ll&^^^r,^."" opp. Town Hall. ■

£ROO AT 6 FER CEyT' 3 YEAES- T^ASY- - Pianos ■ (no deposit)/riiTrnrrn fIB cT vnnTr\rv Furniture (low deposit), Phonographs,GILT-EDGED FIRST MORTGAGE, Gramophones, Musical Instruments. Jewel-AUCKLAND CIII. loryi yasb carts, Sewing Machines, etc.-dient wants Unencumbered House.

TX7ILLIAJI A TTORXE,VV i\-. Jd T»LACK IVORY, the Best Boot Polish oaPhone AO6O. 4, VULCAX L.AXE. T* Market for Preserving the Leather! 1_ from Cracking; a beautiful polish. 2id per

tin- 5 tins 1/ ' '.USESCUMBESED HOUSE PROPERTY, _. T -' ■ 1PITY T my Business.—Apply Colllnsoa-I- Hook, Private Detective, Phoenls L'nam-

OWNEK WANTS BUILDING SECTIONS. bers, opp. P.O. 158, "nURAND'S REGULATING HLLS, 5/..' c-......- i-.iAny Equity. i-f box, post free: always reliable, par-i ■■•<" fectly Drns Store, 3,A TTORXE, Karangahape Rd., Auckland.

I Phone A960. 4, VULCAX LAKE. •'p' U-RXITCKB SAL- CE.

HOCSE WANTED URGENTLY. •■ To. De Sold._at.Fattoty at'Lowest«FactoryCash Prices.—R. W. COSSLETT, SS,

OWNER WILL GIVE UXEXCUMBERED Crjimmer Koad, Grey Ljran. Ptjoae 4250.> SECTION AS DEPOSIT. i. WATCHES OJf CBEDIT.i PRICE flO Buying a high-grade Diamond or Watch' is saving money, not spending it . TheWILUAM A g-OEXB. gf«S SS

Phone A960. 4,'vULCAX LASE. JeweUeK, Security BlOgs., QueenADAJIK ZAXUARAH, of India, Clalr-

««. voyante. may be consulted, 140, AluertTO LET. St., opp. Royal Albert Hall. 37! TJURXLEY T£RRACE.-Good House, 5 ffi Sa/Ve at, i iIS"S. ■• 510BEAUTIFUL Bunsaiow to Let, good ArAtR7nT . WP 7—————γ-tt—— -;

locality: .1 2/ti week; tenant take |)u4iivVoi f.t»VE- »-A,re yon interested?small quantity good furniture.—AU«lress at y-J Henry Victor, N.S.A., Lecturer. Dβ-I ,ct," nrtl,><. 40 monstrator, PsycUometric Reaoings Irom\ ■■ n HT- Articles. Advices Health, BusinessTT°H? i-* "JT^18' a V. ater 5%4 Abilities.—Address 10. PITT STREET.-»-»- Mt. Eden Rd.. opp. Suiltn s. Orocer. •*. tiours: 10-6 p.m. Season cloata* Jan. 20.

■' TTOUSE, 6 rooms, 42, Xorfolk St: rent DAnrfclin'rt-^1,* "' Smeet°n'S -prYPNOTISM.-The Art of Personal In-■:cLlana"A . "* -LL fluence. Tte Secret of SadesmansliiftHOUSE, 6 rooms, to Let, Mt. Eden, mode- Success. Health a.nd Happiness. Why not

rate rent.—Apply E. F. Vincent, King's I yourself possess this power? Free prcß-' jView Rd., Mt. Edeu. 74 ! pectus on application to MB AXDERSO.V'TTOUSE 4 rooms ana cony* Vapier St- ' LINDSAY, E Dept., "2nd Floor, Princess; -tl to Let: rent, 14/—Apply A. "Robertson". ' Theatre BuilalnSa, Queen St. Phone 4057. D: Eccles Avenue. Cook St. 24 QiUl'L, Clairvoyant, Psychonietrist, Psj-HOCSE. S rooms, convs.. No. G. Parua- chologist, M.0.D.L.—6. Severn St.

meut St., near bupreme Court.—par- Auckland.I ticulars next door below. 4S

HOUSE G rooms all convs to Let lar-e ATU" 3DRXS MACDONALD, .Magneticgrounds, 155, Grey St.; reliable tenant dealer, S Pierce BuUdtoge, comer

considerpd.-Apply ou Premises. 77 St. and Khyber Pass (nest Snea-— dent, upstairs). Scientific treatment forV-irihß ST.—To Let. 5-roomed House; Rneumatism, Paralysis, Catarrh, Uric Acid.-*■* rent, 12/6.—T. Lssher, 2S, H.M. Arcade and Xervous Complaims, Tonsllltls, Liver,I tiH Kidney, Bronchial, Bowel, and Bladder' "VTO- 1, Mannkau Rd., Parnell. to Let S Co™P''>tots, Blood Circulation, Muscles,rooms, every cony., harbour view, Evll 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7to 9 p.m.within penny section; rent 18/6.—G.8., S69J, Star Office. 66 'PAICE AY.—To Let, House. 5 rooms, "R xY™g L

bathroom and conveniences; 16/.—T. THE CURE FOBCssher. 2S, H.M. Arcade. 69 J] C Z E II A.pOIXT CHEVALIER—o Rooms, conveni- IT FORMS A PROTECTITE TRANS-x ences: rent. I.V: incominj tenant can parent VARNISH OVER THE PART,' 5154 «Serin"s° desired.—Telephone AXD QDICK.LY HEALS THE AFFECTED

STABLING, good, to" TZTAROLD QCHMIDTC. H. Gilliland, Coal and Firewood Mer- -tl Ochant, Victoria St. 536 (EDSOX AXD SCHMIDT),MLWYX ST.. off Hepburn St.—6-roomed 2GS- STREET, ADCKLAXD.O Dwelling: rent 18/6. B. Touns,37. Cleaves Buildings, High St. 85CJHOPS (2). AluTmbra-Theatre Bldgs: so:e EVE?y LADT T?J"fS&"* ffV^lO riffbr sell confectionery and driHks ana . f pPfa"nce, ki»»-ited to attend myfruit.—M. E. Ward, ■ Kind's Chambers speciai SALE of Ornamental HalfwortCommorcp SSt =.i commencing December.JSth. Switches, bestcommerce st. o-l quaUty hair> 3/6j 5/j -/6> IQ/. U3ual pricej..fTVWO Horse Stalls, water laid on: George 12/6 to 25/. Empire Puffs and Bolls, 1/-«• St., off Hill.—Apply W. M. each; usual, 3/6. Fringes, curly hair, fromEvans, Fruiterer. Lower Queen St. s'/ 5/ each. Transformations (complete head—. coverings), 42/ and 63/; usual. Si/ ana 100/., ' Hair Sets, 2/6 dozen; usual, 6d and 8d

PROPERTIES FOR SALE. g&, ™ft %Z tLTtI■BUILDIXG Section for Sale. 5 minutes and 1/. Many Other Bargains.—MlSS

from cars, Morulngside 50 x 150 hl"h HcELWAIX, uew address, 270, Queen SJ.and level, grand view? small deposit— iFdson's Buildings). CjApply Owner, 871, Star Office. '73 miffMlUlT Farm, 26 acres, river frontage"; ' "-1- handy Auckland.—Further parUculars, t»ERFECT TjEALIIapply 58, Cjpper Queen St. • J? XX

HOW TO GET AXD KEEP IT.~~""""^^^"~^— Send 3 Stamps for Special Issue •! FOB EXCHANGE -WALKER'S HEALTH JOURNAL.". . If you would rather die than be cured w

AWNEK with Equity, £450, In House Natural means, don't bother senciii*.>-' Khyber Pass Rd.. will Exchange n>vrATTR\ HEALTH INSTITUTE,Sssttzrtzssat c/o Eussii nf^Ws^^ls^fir «xrxxt 'Puone 0.00.

HORSES AJTD CATTLE POE SALE -pLECTRIC LIGHT BATHIJ

BLACK Horse for Sale, suit tradesman COLDS, CORPULEXCY. ETC.quiet and reliable; m.-clark 17' Bracing, soothing, stimulating, as desired.

Pentland Ay., Mt. Eden. ' 45 No breathing 01 vitiated air. Call aidcvpTT—rZ&STT-o~™ T^—z—; — obtain. £ull particulars of treatment.S H, t V ° G,°°w Ualry COWS' AUGUST IJUACKEBUSH,, w l n\n' iv™? a "" Uaniess -—APP«" Certificated Medical Electrician andW. Morris, Old Wmdsor Ud.. Avondale. 4U Masseur." Third Floor. Imperial Buildings, Queen

MOTOR CARS FOR SAULStreet (opp. Phoue 413LJ

r°» sale.

■ fse

mn°Dt^° aerr niS?8 TJACISG Bike Track Wheels STST

TTPxtr>TiTTin — -"■ sood order, cost £3: offer wanted.—tSα 9"r- 'wo-seater. Sood ;16 Apply Burr, Morningside Store.new, for'Sale.—Apply U C Fenton ■■■■■■ T7TMt. Eden Rα., 'phone 2M " " So />AST-IROX BALUSTItADE AND HANU"O RAIL for Sale;

suitable for tl front fence or verandah.DOGS FOR SALE. Call ~L, Hl.,u at Hardies old prlmesea,

r»I..iCK Cocker Spaniels.— I'ure-lired Pups W"' L ". ' uvrcmSOS.HwJn! Saie-APP»- Si. IU. Nl.on sL ft «" X" "LContractor.

rHE ATJCKLAKD STAR. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1915. 3TO LET.

AHKAX BAY. WaibeXe — ComfortablyFnrs.'shed Cottage a rooms fo Let,

irom February I.—Write F., 05S, StarOffice. tiS

BIKKENUKAU—4 rooms and c-onvg"close to wharf, lo . 0 rooms, ie/.—

Wallace and Mcrhall. Phoenix Cumber*.■ V2S

rtOTTA'GE. orchard and ganieu,\J Dpvoc-.x>Tt. cheap, otuins. tram.—WrHeHealth. !f>-f. St.ir i>rtice. Tj;(i-r., Oliphant St.. 15/; s-r.,

KJ City. IS : ti-r.. F.<ien Terrace, id sec15/; 4-r.. Wellington St.. 10/; otters, City!Apply •**'■ Alexandra -St. 2O

COTTAGE, - rooms, washhouse, coppertubs, p.w.c; Largo Cnfurn. Room;Singe Furs. Room, h.w. bath, kitchen. Idcar.— No. 1, Cobdon St.. near Newton P.O.___

00pOTTAUS. Seaside, —arrow- XecS Beachw Apply β-irtieet. and Cla.vtou, Keujueralid. Phone **a>. W1EPSOM, near Royal o :1k—S-a.re (irassFaiidock and s-rnomed Residence —J.i;. Culpan. tCi. Queen Si. ' lujEPSOM 3d Se<-tio!;—Gentleman's Resl-

denoe of 7 larse rooms, all modern iconvs.. canine, etc. —Apply to NMacKenzie anil Cα.. 79, Queen St.TTViCTOKV Premises to —LeE Small ■JC Brick BniMins. central, all convs.- low'rent to suitable tenant.—V2. Wyndhaiii St.

r>6•pURNISHKD Rooms t3). Doubie~~Bed'-X room. Sirtinsrooiu. Small Boom, withgas stove. Sums. Tram: rein, 13..—Ad-dress at Star Office. 21"TTHHtNISiIED Up-to-date Da-elli;; of 7XI rooms at Devonport (near StanleY Bay).Piano, all cony.. Vacant 12th Jan." Rent35/: 6 or 12 months.—SANDERS ANDBOND. 31. Shortland St.

G—RANGE mr~Mt7 Eden—"Trelnwnev"!modern House. :ill eonvs.. to let 22/B.Apply No. 2. -Tresillian." next, door.' 503/>RKE-N U.VK. close station.—ModernVI rS-r. every eotrv.. bath, ealifontp.w.c: level voW-anic section, garden; illHarris Kre-\ I'urhaiu St. k. z~HOUSE. 5-room-ed. and nice !Let: 2d section Dominion Rd.—lnquireTelephone 205.-J. M

c^TTOrSE. S rooms, all conveniences, 4 miu[ ;-LJ- from top Holtson St.. lOmin. [Xv carifrom G.P.0.. to Let; in Sood order.—Appl.v"236, top Hobson St. 24HOrsE. corufortabieTli rooms itT~GrevSt., lo Ivet. moderate rent—Apply .1.A!. Lennox opposite Herald Office IN

Queen St. ' "gHOUSE, 7 rooms. Whole or Half, to Let;eonvs., larire section, fruit trees.Bay. er

i7EKNE BAY.—To Let. 5-roomed House

and convs.. 15. City: 4-roomed Cot-tage, p.w.c. 9 .—G. Y. Garland and Co..2R. Shortland St. <)(;

to Let, t> good rooms, gas stove.batk. copper and tubs, patent w.c;near St. section.—Write X.. c oSymonds St. P.O. Kμ

HOUSE, good. 7 rooms, all conveniences.T> minutes from oar. to Let- niceplace; 16/.

THOMAS FINLAY.D A.M.F. Buildings.MONTA-GCE ST. and Corner of WestSt.—5-roomed Uotise. corner section,in sood order: rent. 13 B per week.—AppivJ. J. Craig, Ltd.. 100, Qneea St. i> SPONSOXBY RD.. best position— ModeruX rorner Brick Shop and D-welling. -withprivate entrance.—C. J. Owen, 7 ShortlanilSt. LoSPONSONBY ED.—Pine Large Shop, with

double plate glass window, also .">dwelling rooms, brick buiMins; large yard,tarred and sanded, with back cart" en-irance; rent. 25 per week.—Apply J. J.Craig. Ltd.. 100. Queen St_ " D, S

PON'SONBI—7 Kooms. 20/. FREE-MAX'S BAY—S Rooms. 20/. REMO-

EKA—6 Booms. 25/. DOMINION" EOAD—6 Rooms. 12/6; 5 Rooms, 15/. GBEYLynn—l Rooms, 15/; 5 Rooms, 15/. EL~LEHSLIE—G Kooms. 16/; 4 Kooms. 13/6OXEHUXGA—6 16/. XOKTH-COTE—O Itooms. 25,.—G. F. MELtARSAND CO., 99. Queen Street. GovernmentInsnrance Buildings.

ITT ST., No. 16—Shop. suitable~fo"ror hiuntlry. 5 dwelliog rooBm;

rent, -0/ per week.—Apply J J. Craig.Ltd.. 100. Qneen St. t>, S

HOP. with 4 living rooms, washhouso.and convs: sui: l>oot repairer: IS/B.—

.Apply Springs Buildings, Western Sxjriujrs.E<3EVEHiL FUIOiISHED Ht»L'SES to Let

good localities, reasonable rents; snortor long leases.—(',. F. ME.LX.AKS AND U)..£0. Queen. Street, Government insuranceBuildings.

ONSONBY KllAI) near Heplmrn Street— THREE BKirK HOUSES. No. 45,all modern conveniences; large yards,back entrances: now being thoroughly re-novated, papered, and painted throughout;sitnanon best part of I'onsonby: rent. ea<-n22/ti per T«;ek.—Apply J. J. Craig, Ltd..HiO. yueen St. (l> Si

USSEUL ST.. l'oasonl.y—0-ro<«ned Housewith every cony.: rent 20/.—l*. J.

Nerneny. Abbott Kd., Mt. Eiieu. Phone300S. 77— Comfortably furnishedi

House. 6 rooms, to Let,"h. and c. w..Porcelain hath, etc., gas stove, piano,organ- fine view: near car; only £2 2,, forterm.—TUUMAS XI.VI.AY. A.M.P. Rdgs. D

IX Ro'ouis'"aTiu r_all convs tn Let. 3uim(Jreenlaiie station.—Apply E. H.

Chnrche*. upji. Kllerslie Hotel. 100

SHOPS, new. corner Victoria and AlbertSts.. to Let: also Warehouse Flat,

coniii he divided to suit tenant.—Apjily56. Victoria. St.

1ft/ WEEKLY Principal—Splendid C-r.■*-*J/ ><?w Bungalow-; £30 deposit and£> per quurteT off principal; Grey Lynn.—3S. U.M. Arcade. 58

\fOUST STREET. Cit.v-llouse, 6 Rooms,JIT. BOSKIUU Burnley Terrace—C Rooms,

w.ishbriDse. conveniencps, Ifi/ week.EEMVEKA—Moderu House. 5 Rooms, hot

water, every possible ionv.. 20/ week.BIRKKNHKAD" Close Wharf—6 Rooms,

wa.-hhouse, etc.. 14/ week.

TOM HADFIELD AND SONS,MCTCAL LIFE BUILDINGS,

fri, QUEEN STREET.

•OA NOK.THCOTK ST.. Grey Lynn——"i House. 0 rooms and convs.: 15'6:handy i-ar.—Apply Kl. Rose Rd. 540

"pTRXISIIED HOUSE, REI'MERA; £2.

•1 KrUNISiIF.I) HOUSES, PONSONBT.1 FrRXISHED HOUSE, DOMINION

KOAIi: :C. .1 FT-RNISHEIi HOU-SE. MT. EDEN: 30/.1 UNFIKN HOrSK. I" SECTION;6 UNFUKN. HOI'SES. I'll SECTION"; IT'c rNKtItN. HOUSES, MT. EDEN; 22/«3.

HENRY CLAYTON AND CO..D cimcetop's BtiiWings.

TxBTOSrOBT.TO LET.

SUPERIOR MODERN RESIDENCE.S large rooms, besides large billiardroom

and every convenience.Low rent to approved tenant.

J. THOILNES.S3. Queen b?ieet.

rv L- E E N STREET.IJ OFFICES TO LET.r, ~.„,,.. «it ualed .-.ud in ;te Busiest Part.FINE SuiTE OV - OFFICES, ON THfli

' " ' FIIIST FLOOK.Four windows overlooking (Jueen Street.

Exceptionally well Usllted.Would suit any business. Would subdivide

lo suit Tenants.To be Let or Leased a: a Moderate Rental.

J. TIIOKNBS. 83, Queen Street.

mo L E 'i-CAMEKON" STREET, rOXSONBV-House.

6 rooms, large allotment, overlooking har-boirr l:<-r)t i: 1 per week.GLENFIELIi. near city—An Eicellent »■roomed about 2 acres orcnardin full uearijm Rent. £1 per week.

MORKIN STIiEET, ELLBKSLIE — >leeConcrete House, f> rooms, large allotment.Ren:. 21' per week.

C. AICKIN A-NTJ SON,No. 3. Customs Jstreet E>ast. '-^

9Q/ SIX KOOMS. NEWTON: IS/, 5«VRooms. Dominion Road; 20/. G Booms.Morninjrsirle; If.' f> Rooms, h. and c. water,Mt. Eden; 21/. Ponsonby, 6 Rooms; 27/6.10 Rooms Hobson Street; 15/, 5 Kooms,llonii:iSsi«Jr; Hobson Street. Shop and

Murulneside, Shop and Dwelling,only 2!.'l»; 13 . ti ltooms. Kiugslaud.

TI'LDEN AND SPIERS,86, yueen Street. MHS

TO LET.pU-R-NI'SIIED House. Mt. Eden, off Dorai-, niomt ° 7-r., telephone, all convs.;i? , , v '—A- O. Prankhatu, c/o GKronfeld. Ltd.. Customs St. ii

Hwinse, G rooms, hatbroom. generalt store, 1 acre-: good living for energeticIwaa; opposit? public school, on main, roatl:!no opposition.—Apply -jgty. (jueyn St. L's,QjFFieEe, well lighted ami well x&i.y . tilated. \u Hew's Chambers; most con-renjent; 12/e up.—Robert Rew, 15, Queen

gMALL Cottase to Let. suit single man".Apply -'2. St. Pauls St.. City. 10TTPPKK PITT ST.. near Karaugahape"„ l^i—6-roomed House- to Let.-ApplyR. W Uson. Kowhai St , off Onslow Kd.Kmg.oland. ggjrVfORKSHOP to Let. Durham St. W.->V Apply Wilso;. and Kelly, Ltd., Federal''■ DA

BOATS FOR SAI.E.ALPHA, launch, S6ft x 20 h.p., for Sale£4<3; new 34 Footer, £->73. -fjFooter, lOh.p. •■Standard," £250- 24~Footer"6 h.p.. £75; IS Footer, 3 h.p., JEM—PeterA. Smith, Ponsonby. 'Phone 2(392. A-|,-iLShX\G Boat for Sale: everpthing <om~J- plete; a bargain.—Address Star Office.

ll'jT AUNj-H. pft by eft, 7-h.p. engine. t<~r*-i Sale.-Apply No. 4, Princep St., GreyL-TD "- . ouTAIM'H, LMft. u-h.p. Zealnndin englueJ-* for Sale, any trial; £80.—Write Launch'!)7S. Star Ollice. ojLAUXI -lIKS.—IS.fI. £.V,; 1-Jft. £(W- 24rf' £113: -J.-ift. £35; 26ft, £1SO; 30ft £-:Vt-31ft. £300; aaft. £IKS.—A X Fisher'Phoenix Cbambers. ;-,jLAUNCH SEA QUEEN, 4S s 12 i 4ICdraught. 23-30 h.p. engine lar-e camnelectric light. Suitable passengers, excur-sions, towing. No reasonable offer refused-easy terms.—A. TAINE. 70 QueenSt. WiS/SW.VEK wants to Sell new ju-rt"completed: cannot afford to fix engine:■will saennce at cost.—Apply Stnr Office. S

PUBLIC NOTICES.

1NOW "READT, •■QN gALE EVERYWHERE.pRICE, QNE gHILLING.

gRETT-S ALMANAC

AND

DIART pOR 1915 i JTHE BUSINESS MAN'S COMPANIONTHE VISITOR'S GUII>K,EVERYONE'S BOOK OF REFERENCE,RELIABLE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY ' ICOMPLETE LOCAL DIKLCTOBySTOREHOUSE OF STATISTICS.'For many years THE AUCKLAND i

ALMANAC AND DIARY, issued by theBret'. Printing and Publishing Company, jhas been recognised as the Standard Annual jfor the District, and this popular publics- (tion not only maintains its position, but!is yearly growing in favour, as it is in Iusefulness. In addition to the usual iCalendar information, the following are a jfew of the features of this Almanac: INEW ZEALAND STATISTICAL SUMMARY, embracing PopnlauoiOOccupa-

tions of the People. Public Finance,Imports and Exports, Land SettlementKalinays. Forestry, Education, Postand Telegraph. Defence Forces,Friendly Societies. Mineral 'Wealth.,1Ctup]oviuCDt iiii*l AVajjos, t*t<*.

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.—Dei-c-rlptlve and Statistical, with Par-ticulars of Land Settlement, ;heGo.'dfields. Friendly Societies, Scenicand ltc_".i!tl". Itesort;*, etc*.

THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.—Statistics of lPopulation, luoustries, Trade, Shipping,

LIST OF SETTLEMENTS. —A Guide toHundreds of Settlements. North andSouth of the City, with Distances, c:c.

POSTAL AND TE-L-EGRAPLUC INFOR-MATION.

STAMP DUTIES, Etc.HARBOUR AND NAUTICAL INFORMA-

TION.SEED SOWING AND BREEDING

TABLES FOR FARMERS.TIIE IMPOUNDING ACT.HOW TO MAKE A WILL.INDEX MAPS OF CITY AND SUBURBS.

There are Sixteen of these Maps, con-stituting clear guides to every streetand roaiJ.

DIARY FOR THE YEAR.—A Blank Bookfor Daily Memoranda.

HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES.—Pages for t/ioFARM AND GARDEN NOTES for Each

Mouth of the Year.FRUITGROWERS' SPRAYING CALEN-

DAR.SPRAYING HINTS for the Amateur

Gardener.INTEREST AND DISCOUNT TABLES,

Etc.LOCAL DmECTORI'.TUE NEW LEGISLATION OF 1014.

COMPLETE!AUTHORITATIVE!

INDISPENSABLE!

TJjRETTS AUCKLAND A LMANACAND

piARY pon 1915PRICE. ONE SHILLING.

Postage, 3*d.OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. OR FROM

SHORTLAND STREET, AUCKLAND.THE BRETT PRINTING ANDPUBLISHING CO..

THE lIOUSEKEEPEK'-S Invaluable «ookof Itpfereiice. BKETTS ADMANAL',

Ml.-., is now available.

ESTEY ORGANS—None better made;over 390.000 sold since 184G.—Sole

agents, E. and F. Piano Agency. Ltd. l>TiX ~UoithTo/Office, BRETT'S ALMANACX AND DIARY is of Constant Uee.lesue for 1915 now available, 1/. At ellStationers. -Postage, 3id:FISH.— Smoked Schnapper. Our delicious

Smoked Schnapper, cured free fromblood.—Sanford's Fish Mart, Customs St.•Phone 638.

RIDGE PIXyERS ""•lelighted to nave agame" when the Premier Bridge Score

is osed. Price 1/.—From Stationers andthe Star Office.

MAKE YOUR OWN SODA WATER—Sparklet Syphons. 4« to 7/C each;

Bulbs. 1/6 and li/G box. These make a mostrefreshing drink.

BEW'S STORES,QCEEN STREET.

Near Tram, Ferry, and Tralu. A

FOR SALE.

rtTUNITURE. including piano, for Sale;all in excellent condition: owner leav-

ing Auckland.—24, r.ruinmer Rd. GreyLynn. 70

KITTENS, Blue Persian, prize (males) forSale. 3 months old. £3 3.—Write

Persian, i>3s. Star Office. 40LLT7LNERY CASE, handsome, 15ft long.

3ft deep, for Sale, cost £25: will- selllor £10. Also, Fittings.—Write Case.SS9, Star Office. «ATiEW 3* Screw-Cutting Lathe and Quan--iM tity of Tools for Sale, cteap.—'Seenany evening, 27, Tntanekal Kd., Grey Lynn

23DKKMJRO ■COLL.BRIES, LTD.. Shares

(500) for Sale, coal on market beforewinter. phenomenal prospects.—WriteFarmer. Uo'J. Star Office. t>VjriCKER Pram, for Sale, good, cleanVV condition, cheap.—E.P., Onslow Kd.,Epsom, cor. of The Drive. W

VEHICLES FOR SAI.E.

SULSI" (rubber tj-red). Horse, and Har-ness for Sale, jn dret-class order.—■ 11., 2<5, Star Office, or "nlione 2957[ (5 rings). !rtPCKLEVS FOR BARGAINS.—Pony-D Uig, ±14 10/, Harness li 10/; 12cwtCart. £13 10/; I'ourtland Wagon. J-shafter,nearly nen% £J7 10/; pood Hoomr tJi»moving seat. £17 10/; Gigs, from £12 HP/;Light Cart. £13 10/; Carts. C\gs. ami llar-' "?ss

\, et,'" cheap.—11. BUCKLEY, 4-.Wyndham Street. x>■ ]\J;*>Rl.ey;s sale and exchange.) ■L'-M- EsriiWlsueri LVi years Durham Si WWr.v light American Sulky, seats 2. with

Harness. £10, suit 11.2 pouy; light Wagon,suit orchardist or poultry farmer- compactJ-ton Cart, £i:? in/. Harness suit £4 10/;small Pony Sets Harness, £2 1"•, breast-plate only; new Oiig, seats 3. rubber tyres,leather back, up to date. £37 111,', bestlamps: Rail! Cart seats 4. H>/ to £4<>;Tax Cart, seats 4. £1S; Thorne Itoadster.seats. 4. £20. I)

GILMOUIt. JOLL AND WILLIAMS,Carriage and Motor Car Builders.

All Classes of Vehicles Built to Order onthe Shortest Notici;.

Motor Bodies of Every Descriptiondesigned and built both for Pleasure and

Commercial Purposes.

Address: NEWTON ROAD.•Phone 2103.

V LYNN AND C 0.,. Coach and Motor Car UulldcrsElliott Street. C

ALBION" Commercial Vehicles landingex s.a. Whakatiiue.—Harrison andGash, Motor Agents, Newmarket. C

MOTOR CARS FOR SALE.

DAIMLKR CAI:. r.-seater. in perfect order,for nest offer: also 2 lirst-class Motor

Cycles.—Piedmont Ix>nn Co.. 2311, Quern «• j

PAIOR CAM. siiiple-seater. Soo<l o-der-cheap for cash.FOUI> r.MI. nve-<o:ite7. overhiui>d. in'MATrm.i:>-S MOTOR HIKE, latest pat.

tern. us.-.l for three days only ,-ashprice. £SV>. This is a krea; "barsain.CADILLAC. 10-horsp. slugle-seator. hi good

order, at Cambridge, for i'l'i.•-AUBOTT CAB, fivp-seater, SO-borsr, regls-tcre,l as taxicar. Price, £-j:'.n cash.

W gorTEI! AXD /io..

KOKD AGENTS,CORK STREET. AUCKLAND.

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PIANOS FOB SALE.;.>A<;ns. Piaiio-Iron-fraiued Eusl.'sli Piano|—« n Imreatn.— Apply i-arly. IllcliardsoniPiano Agency. A.M.1,. lWgs.. yui'cn St. Ikl \|4?Ofi BMINSMKAD Piano, cost more t.hau iicr*-•wU doiriile; «irly purchiuter win k« :1

iKirgnln.—Ulchardson I'laiio Agency. A.M.I.:I'dgs.. Uueen St. _ «0 IPIANO BnrßaiD—rHipn. Collnrd for

_£4.-.. ilowest i-asu a»':il; Iron (r;inii-(l and

latest model-Apply Kli-bardmo IManolAgeli.y. A..M.T. 1:.1g>.. ij.i.-en St. 60IJIANOS, 2, rhoap wnntoil •>> Ruy, (or

i-ltents.—Address full particulars andprice to Itlchardson riano Agency, A.M.1,.Hdus.. Qui'cu Si. til

I>IANOK.-We hiTve several really KoodSecond-hand llanos for Sale, cheap.—

I Walker and Cunkley, Auctioneers, lUku1 St

ENGLISH AM> KKEXCII riA.Vo.s~TI?highest (juality and value. Kasy terms.iE. and V. l'lauo Agency, Ltd. S. (Joldicutt,

j Mauaeer. _I 4 LHS.ON I'IAXOS for tone, touch, dura-A- bUity auil value. Kasy terms.-Soleagents. K. au-1 F. Tinno Agency, 1.i.1. l>

John OHKNSTONE and Son TJIANOS.

All English."BRITISH" Pianos 1 SHEXST.OXK | 50gs.-BKITISH" TiaiK.s , SUK.NSTIINK , 50bS"BKITISH" i'iillios- I SIIKSSTUSK I .-.oj-«"BKITISU" I'laoiM| SHEXSTO.VK j OOirs"KUiriSH" I'iaiK's I SHKNSTUNK , TKigs"B11IT18U" l'btnuMI SHKNSTUNK I si>gs'•■BKITISH" J'iauos | SHE.V.STO.VB | Mas■UKtTISU" IMIIU..S I SUK.NSTD.NK .VJ-s'"BUITISH" l'iauoa | SHKNS">iM.; :*£.*••ISUITISH" I'iauos I SHEXSTO.VK I BOks'"BUITISH" l'iauua I SHE.VSTO.NE I sors'••UIHTISH" lManos 1 SHF.NSTONK 1 OOcs'•BKITISH- l'iauos | SHKNSTONK I "Jl-s"BlllTlSa- I'ianos | SHK.NHTUNE J Mgs.

For Value—ln Kvery Detail.■■BRITISH" Pianos 1SHKNSTONIi I .-iocsI "BKIl'ISH" Pianos / SHKNSTUNK j β^a'Compare It With l'iauos ut Higher Prices.

Agents--pICHARDSON JJIANO AQESCt,

A.M.P. Buildings, Queen Street.Open Thursday Evening till Nine p.m.

FREE GIFT—A handsome PIANO STOOLgiveu to buyers of I'ianos to the Stli.

FRENCH I'IANOS by KItAUD andrLKVEL. Two nidi crnde makersSole ageuts. E. anil F.P.A., Ltd. S. Coldl-

I'Utt, MaiiJiKcr.EAVKSTaKF AXti SONS. British flan..

Makers of repute since IS2;S.—Soleagents, K. and F.P.A.. Ltd. S. Coldlcutt.■Manager. D

BItOAUWOOD—A household mime withpiano users for 2110 years. —Sole agentsK. and F.1.A.. Ltd. S. fuldlcutt. Mtrr. l>/■VOI.LAHD AND COLLAKD, Pianosv> satisfy crlt'.i-al nnislclnns. F.stah.

! London 1700.—E. and F. l'iano Agency,ILtd., sole agents. \)

YV A~ CKKtiN AND I'll.-Low.prlcedW . l'i.iuos or great merit -Sole :ineuls.E. and K.P.A.. Ltd. S, Coldlcutt. .Mgr. HHk "KASTEXOME." the King ofl'layer l'iauos. Call and try this

marvellous instrument. — Sole agents, K.and F.1.A., Lid. I)

BICYCLES FOR SAX.E.

GBNT.S Cycle, 8.5.A.. 3-sped gear. 4months old. £7.—Write Whale, c/0

Mrs. PostJewaigut, Mauukau ltd., Avon-dale. i2U

MACHINERY FOR SALE.

MACHINKIty KOIt SALE.—2J. 51 midi:t-U.p. T.-iniiye Ken,. Knglnes: il-hp.

Pitt Oil Kngine. practically new, 3 Uy-wheels: 4-li.p- Hoiizinc Kiitriiip, imirlnp, withpropeMer. etc.. nearly new. very cheap:β-h.p. port.ilile larce Concrete Mixer: r.-h.p.Union Hoist, marine; Vertical and Hori-zontal Boilers of nil sizes: nil classes ofMachinery.—C. R. MASSEV. Engineer anilMachinery Exchange, Customs Street West.

FOR EXCHANGE.fpOWX Property wanted, in Exchange■*- Full-bearing Orchard.—CJiennells and iCo., 65, Queen St. 02TT^XCHAN'GE—Good General Store as-'-* goingconcern, with 4 Acres level landami buildings. Equity £900.—Great North-ern Agency, 5, H.M. Arcade. A

EXCHANGE /or few Acres and House,suburban—2 Good Houses, almost un- j

encumbered. Trice £720 and £850.—GreatNorthern Agency, 3, His Majesty"s Arcade.A

for Ponsonby House, and.v «yive some Cash—lo Acres, level l.md,Henderson. Price £500 (no mortgage;.—Great Northern Agency, 5, His Majesty'sArcade. A

XCJIAXGE for good Farm—lo rooms,1 acre: 7 rooms. 2i acres; 0 rooms. 100 x

MO; 9 rooms. Heme Bay. Equity, £2.900.

GOOD Farm wanted in exchange forBrick Shops, well let; also :il acres.ITice, ia.COO. No mortgage.—tireat Nor-tliern Agency. 7,, H.M. Arcade. B4>-| CA—SECTION, unencumbered, Avon-<--~-LU\J daU, ~lose ,„ stilt i,,ni co x KB,level, exchange for House up to £(,00; willPay £.-,(> cash. —BCTLEK BROS.. 12. CityChambers. r.

T>ROPERTY rvWSERS: T OOK!

SOI'ND First Mortgage for and.equity in house; total, £;..">C>O. Owner

wants iiiii'unuiilK'red farm or good Suburbangugra »f £I.4*X) and £!>oil, offering for K«..»ltown or 9ul)url>aii property. If you haveany let us know.

Fine little Suburban Farm. ISI ncres,Dwelling, etc lj miles station. Golusconcern. Price, £1.000. Equity. £1300.Will accept town property as part payment.Good living right away.

:i Sections and sound second mortgage for£300. Owner wautx good House, withlarge section.

l.'ij Acres, Manurewa. water frontage. 1}miles station. rrlee, £00 per acre. Only£3M mortgage. Town property wanted forpart or ivhole.

Any of the above suit you? If so see us.if not. call t.r write, and we will submit:"m" JAMES "'CHRISTIE,

7. SMEETON'S BULDINGS. C

GENUINE EXCHANGE.

|"tASH "DASIS.

\\7E have for Immediate disposal,** ;i snliiHy-lmlH DWELLING,

of <; rooms, ll'tteil up tliroiishniitwith mcMlern convenlonces, stand-ing on beautiful level section,which is tastefully laid out withpaths, vegetable and. flower Bar-dens. etc.. slttuited In the MountKosklll I)I«rrli-t. within n fewminutes «.f car. Absolutely I ticliedrnek price for this property IsJL'TOO. It Is nncncumbereil. Theowner Is desirous of acquiring aproperly of from 4 to 10 Acres K«°dIvcvol Land with small Cottaße,witiiin inlli-s Auckland, and closeto station.

If you have anything answering to thisdescription communicate Immediatelywith

TOM HADFIELD& SONS,MCTCAL LIFE BUILDINGS.

64, QUEEN S-TKEET-MWFS

TWO EXCHANGES-FOB UNENCUMBERED SECTIONSOK HOUSE.

riIHK OM'SKIt OK WELL-BUILT,-I HIiAKT OF KACKI lIVSUAUJWof o Rooms aud all couveuleucea atNEW LYNN, -luiln Irom Hallway StaHon. with KJnii Level SecMono, tiu xI.mi. C.nprmm-nt Mortcncc at only 4iper rent, rUU'K £«*>, will acceptan Unencumbered Ituildlnj; Section orSnuill House, near City, /or Ills UquJtyof tltiO. 13-itKjriMll-: 110LDKK OK A SECONDJ- Jl<>lfl"(;Ai;K '»f bearing Inter-est at v per cent for :t years, will Ex- jchuuge tor an Unencumbered Section.

Tor further particulars see at onceA. E. SMALLEY 11. J. VAltHXrv

Successors to

TYLDEN AND SPIERS,AUCKLAND. U

FINANCIAL. ETC.0 YOU WANT MONEY?—We haveI-trpc :iuil Suinll Sums to Lend on

Mortgage, .it very low rile of Interest.—ISwiuglon anil Baker, Estate AKents, corner'Vueen St. and Durham St. East.

ONEY to Lend~~on Security of flrst orsecond mortgages.—Wake and Ander-son, Solicitors. Wynilham St.

MO.VKY TO L~E.VIV~on Approved Freehol.lSecurllii's. In Sums of from £r>o up-

wards.—Apply Samuel Cochrane aiid Son,Ltd., Ain'llnnccrs. Qnopii Si.

MONEY TO LEND AT A MODERATEHATE OK INTEREST.

ApplyJACKSON AND RUSSELL,Solicitors, SharUand Street.

jyrONEY TO LEX!! OS MORTGAGE

FIRST-CLASS FREEHOLD SECCRITIEB.WILLIAM COLEMAN.Solicitor add .Votary Pul>lir. 42 and 44,

(juecn Street. Auckland.

T,- T T AKXEB AXD /^IO.,

FINANCIAL AGENTS,STOCK AM) SHAUEBROEEBB,

BANK BI'ILDINC.S. SWANSOX STREET,AUCKLAND.

Bankers: Bank oC New Zealand. <;

T> E M 0 V A I. NOTICE.CENTRAL ADVANCE AND

FINANCE CO.Have Kemoved from Wvndham Chambersto 16G nud 168, QUEEN STREET, First

Floor (Over West Knd Tailors).•Phone 2761.

Loans from £2 upon Note of Hand, LifeBills of Sale, Leases, Pianos and

furniture, - withoot re tiiovjii. liepay t»yeasy Instalments, from 1/ weekly. Call orsend stamped address. PROMPTNESSAND PRIVACY GUARANTEED. SpecialRates to Farmers.D F. XOKTII, Manager.

5 ■-\r O N E X TO LEND.

IDEAL LOAN AND FINANCE CO,5, Law Court Bulldiogs,

Ilißh Street.A. EMANUEL. Manager.

If you are seeking flaaneia! assistancethe chief consideration is MOnBKATKINTEREST, EASY KEFAIMENT ANDPAIR TREATMENT.

OUR MOTTO:"TO ASSIST AND NOT TO CRUSH -,

THE PUBLIC -ARE REQUESTED TONOTE THAT WE DO NOT MAKE ANYCHiKOE FOIt INSPECTION NoBUSINESS, NO CHAHGE.We advance money on furniture, pianos

se\vin K machines (without removal), deeds,or any other security. All negotiationsstrictly confidential. Office hours: 10 toi.yo, Saturday 10 to 1. 'Phone A777.

MOTOR CYCLES FOR SALE.

MOTOR-CYCLK and Side-oar, for Sale,ilieirp. oj 11.p., New Hmlson, in lirst-

duss order.—Apply .Star Office. IK}

LM f* 13U model! 3-spced, freeno reasonable offer refused.—Write CD.,,SOS, Star Offlee. %&

MESSRS NEVILLE. RICHARDSONAND CO..

AUCKLAND MACHINERY MART,VICTORIA QUADRANT.

'Phone 442(>.

Dear Sirs.—The Oil Engine and DynamoI bought from you are (riving satisfactionPlease send on the ShaftinK. Belting, andl'uUeys I selected.—Yours faithfully,

KITCHENER SMITH.P.S.—Send mc a new price list. C

HORSES AND CATTLEFOR SALE

HOUSE. Cart and Harness. In goodorder; thoroughly reliable; any trial

given: cheap.—Apply Beviue' Store ilor-Dinesidc. &44

eXvY Draught Horses (2), Broad-tyred Cart, and Harness, for Sale, at

Otatruhu. in good order.—James Miner,CllUTCll St. 20

PSTANDIXG Gelding, harness orsaddle. Phaeton, and Harness: will

sell separately.—Mrs Laurie, Mt. Eden ltd.Mj£nc_l92l. S7TTEIFERS. several, for Sale, milking andXI to calve.—tn Pook, Avondale n<).,lAvondale. 544

FOR LEASE.-}pr: ACRES tluort Land fr.r Lease, atLt» Northrote. toßftlier Willi 4-r. Cot-tage and all necessary farm buildings; rentreasonable.—Full particulars from theowner, C. B. Roper, College Rd., North-cote. 550

PROPERTIES FOR SALE.rpWO Level Sections, Pt. 84 x■L 130, for Sale; splendid location: 32/6 perloot; on motor oun route. —Oltoirn, B«otStore. 240, Hobson St. 7--5/•iTpr CASH dial, easy)—Mt. Eden—New°" • " heart kauri licsidence, c large mis ,p.w.c; lovely view; Jarge sec; close -ilcare.—Write Saerilice, 7iO, Stwr Office. 131rMU.V^TON—EXCELLENT LOCALITY—VX SOUND KAUKI RESIDENCE, 5Larse IJooms, ecullery, Kitclicu, LinenI're.ss, Porcelain Itatli, Califont, (jas Kange,Dresser; Yip-to-date Dralnase; AtUchedWasbhouse; all in tirst-<las» order; l,eve!Allotment. OXLV £770,' £W0 CASH.—MOOUE-.IONEiS BUOS., Hobsou Bldgs.,SliurUand St. C7o

■('IOO CAfIH. Price £42.->.—24 Acres,cjwlUlr y vouns srass. :\ fallow, nearlyall ploushable,' orchard, small House, handy

'suburban .station.—(ircat Northern Agency,5. lI.M. Arcade. ' A

SACIiES, fal.ow and tl-tree--. superiorNew Residence, h. and c, w.h.. c. and

t.; splendid view; long frontage; Henderson.Trice, £t»20; or will exchange for smallerarea.— J. E. HAYMAN. Kerry Bldgs. WES

GOOD Country General Store (PoetOffice combined), as „ going concern.

Price, jE::oo: or sell freehold 3 acres.—Great Northern Agency. !J, lI.M. Arcade. B

Xll,.—Best part Heme Bay.—N'lce" 9views. Price, £1.1)50; terms.—GreatNorthern Ageucy. 5, lI.M. Arcade. (B)jpSrt DKI'UKIt.—2O acres, corner sec-vt'v t|nn> fenced and In grass. Trice,£•277,; lialnncp r, per cent.—Great NorthernAgency. 5. H..M. Arcade. (B^O-l A CASH, Balance (J-M) at 5 per cent.o»AU CHOICE lUIILDING SECTION.■ BDENDALE. no stone, ojiite lerel; imisrrise in value. Bare opportunity. Ownerleaving Auckland.—J 11. MILLAR, 5,riinenix Chavulwrs, opp. New P.O. Ci>QA CAS7T, balance, £.*«), easy rent—0-.OV/ rt>.to-date r.r. Bungalow Villa, re-plete with all convs.; volcanic section, 30 x132; handy Dominion Rd. cars.— J. 11.Millar, ,j, I'huenlv Cuuuihcrs. npp. NewP.O. CMfST BE SOI.I) nritlNG .IANTATSY.lion-pver low the price, SEW HOfSE<>f (1 Itoouis. almost rtnished. plaster ceilings.califont,' sunny" verandnb. and poiid ''deepsection, non- being laid out nnd planted.

Apply on Premiees. first house on left,MAitsDEx avk.\i;e,

I)..mi! ii Koad.r> Minutes from Car Terminus.4?OA CASH— Takapuna. frontage to tram-=—OU Hue—Two L->vely Rulldlng Scc-tlons, each looft frontage by about 700ftdepth. Gnnd sub-division proposition.Balance. £670, ran remain. CM nnd seeplans.—G. I-'. MELLAKS AND CO., 99,Queen Street. Government InsuranceBuildings. cPUSA- PAICXELL—A flare Chance—X.OOU New itnngalow, 0 rqoms. porce-lain batli and basin, scullery, hot and coldwater, all convs.: everything finished inlatest style; section. 44 x HO; lovely waterviews; terms arranged. Don't delay.—G. !•'. MICI.LAitS AND CO Oil Queen StGovernment Insurance Buildings.

BUSINESSES FOR SALE.

itON'KKiTIIISKItY. Teas, etc., main>-' road: rent. -JO/; trade. £52 monthly;ahsoluto.lv gcuuinc; practically at valua-itlon, tl33.—Spain and Co., W3, Svmouds«t. 24rtOL'XTUY STOKE, doing good 'business, iv-y splendid prospect, position. 7 acres.Owner would take house exjuity ns deposit.tiiitiw and c<l., Hamilton. 3310HI"ITEltEIt and Confe.-il.mcr's Business■*■ for Sale, price £30; Mtook. llttlnss nndfixtures; pood reason for selling.—Particu-lars write "Sweets," 934, Star Office. o0■\TILK Hound, best in Auckland": Mlj-il :■J-L only £:srr,; k<.|u5 coucitru.—Writeowner. SfT. Star Office. noW-MAI.I. Bakery Business, in country, forSale, genuine l>arg:iln; easy lerms; goodopportunity young married man. —WriteBargain. 1170. Star om»-c. ;fj

UJ-TO-IMTK, Hell .Su.ckwl Kruit andConfectionery Hiisincs.s, £hh), ox uoreasonable cifTer refuse*!; reasons, HI healthWrite X.X.X.. !M.r >. Star Ollice. li>l(.'Or. -Quirk "sulc—will bur real sound<*»~*O buslnew., IVult. Vegetables amii'onfccilnnery; good turnover, reason seil-Ing.—Apply Htnr Office. ii:,

±"l Sft-**>aiu>in«ii«imse. ctit; nrooms, wnll established; piano,

telephone, etc.; cheap rent; always full:real l.arsalri: easy terms; early.—ButlerUrns.. 12. City Chambers, \4-'Fifl—COXI-'KCTIIi.Nt.uV. near Id ilcc-

Symonds St.; dwelling low rent';same hands t) years; £2 10/ dear protitwwkly; urgent sale.—BLTLKIt BltOS.. IU.rity Chnuihers. a

DEPOSIT -Boarding-house 13 r..beautiful harbour view

1; bal., .Cliv easyterms. —BI'TLEK Bi£OS.. City Cham-bers, cor. Queen and Victoria St«. A— STATIONBItt. Confectionery.iwl" good steady business, doing aboutl\2 weekly, double shop with dwelling;rent ur,/.—Great Northern Agency, .".. U.M.Arcade. A{•CE— FLOUKISHIN<; m-CKCTnnklng andl""» ,-*" l>rai>cry Business, thriving suburb,splendid connection; must sell owner Icnv-

-lug: biu-italn.— Apply •Irsrut.- NewtonPost Offlre. 8i?C—PROKIT WEEKLY. £R—Rewon for*»C 5kplMiik, owner solus m the front, l<-..,weekly covers pxpouspß; also, Sleeping Part-ner wanted for a business. £(> 10/ profitweekly: reasonable offer. — Write Genuine.SS7 Slar Office. 7

THREE GOOD THINGSis

HOTELS — HOTELS.4>OQ~A—CITY1 HOTEL, fine S-storeylxmOOv brick bull'llns rent £S. lease :ir»k7OCA years 0 months; takings £100.3J—OO\J Terms may be arranged with

£OAAA—SPLENDID HOTEL, near city,-WW lease 4 years (with option£.'O(\fU\ another 7 years); rvnt only £7»-WV week: takings, £90; stock at

valuation.•P-fKAA—CITY HOTEL, splendid posl-S,ldW tlon, lease about 2J years, andO-IKTVA rent only £S 8/ week; takingsdi,±.*J\J\J are £100 week; balance can be

arranged.DON'T FAIL To ENQITIUE ABOUT

THESE.WE HAVE A LARGE LIST OF GOOD

HOTELS.CALL ON THK LIVE HOTEL

BROKERS—

WHITTAKER AND CO.,riIOEMX CHAMBERS (Opp. P.0.),

QUEEN STREET. AUCKLAND.•Pbouc 3733.

C_ ,

BUSINESS FOR SALE.; TJRGENT.■pTUnNISHED A PAKTMENT TITOUSE,

AS A GOING CONCERN.Capable of bringing in close on £8 per

week.Each apartment having its own meter,

ens range, etc.SITUATED ON FREEHOLD SECTION,

With 99ft frontage,CLOSE TO BEACH, IN NICE PART OP

pONSONBY.The Owner wants to Sell, and is preparedto accept

£300 DBPOSITON WHOLE PROPERTY..

Splendid chance for person of emailmeans, as there is no trouble and uo skillrequired to run a business of this nature.

Apply—J. M. LENNOX,

128, QDEEN STREET, opp. Herald Office.530

DOGS FOB BAXJB.

BLA.CK Cocker Spaniel Pups, pure-bred,sire Brymler Prince, dam Zenda.H. A. Taylor, Cabinetuiaiter, Kden Terrace.

POtrXTRT FOB SALE.-I O TOUNG Laying Fowls, sood strain,

mostly White Leghorn*; 2/C each.— J.•Bqj-ce, Brighton Rd., Itemuera, bottom end.

PROPERTIES FOB SAUSLTTOnSE, 0 rooms, Grey Lynn, for Sale;■*-*- Government mortgage 4J per cent;delightful outlook.—Apply Traveller Box336. 17HOUSE 5 rooms and 3* Acres Land for

■ Sale or to Let,- Otahuhu, on banks ofTainaki Ist February, suitable for Poultryfarm.—John Brady. Otnlmhii. 3U

HOI'SR ■'rooms for Sale, near beach andtram. Sentinel Rd., Ponsonhy Water-

Klrle. all coi.vs.. everything modern, £1,100.Write Absentee. 821. Star Olßre. 41

T7K>U rrgent Sals—excellent Section,!J? first-class position, handy cars: level,no stone; suit Builder.—Write Section, 907.Star Office. 41;

OCSES (U) almost given away.—oneCheltenham Beach, 9 rooms, £795; an-

other Dominion Rd, £375; very easy terms.—Bargain, IHiB, Star Office.fiJN'IP—£130. Collate, two rooms, scullery

*° and Shed; naif-acre. 50 x 400; handysuburban trains; give terms.—Great Nor-thorn Agency, 5, lI.M. Arcade. Bjf'7?x DEPOSIT—I'onsouby, Arduiore ltd.

<=>"» • " House, C rooms, bathroom, r-a 11----font, and all convs.; large vegetable andflower gardens.—Butler Bros., 12, CityChambers. BnXiXAl'V XA — "Concord," TakapunnJ- Beach. 2d section —burnished Rooms,Indoor nnd Outdoor Camps.—Miss James. B4-*S2AA—IEHVOIS HD. (off)—Superior ti-*OW roomed House: porcelain bath,hot and cold, good papers, friezes, picturerails, etc. and every modern couv.—ButlerBros. 12. City C'liaririiere. B

FOU SALE—FREEHOLD PROPERTY,consisting of -JJ acres-, on which is good

ITlVBtc Hotel. 20 rooms, well furnished. 2.)permanent boarders, sbopn attached, situ-ated middle of rising town hi King Coun-try. I'resen-t rentals £4 10/ per week. ■Government valuation for buildings ajid J-acre. £2,300. Price for freehold cij at-res),'£3,000. £1,000 cash. Balance arranged.

WHITE AND WEBSTER,Government Insurance Buildings.

TWO BARGAINS—£SO Deposit—lsoAcres—A good block of unimproved

land, at a low price, and Uar.dj to Aack-lam. boutu; all practically level, no noxiousvreeds, and well watered. This is an ex-'■eirttlonal opportunity for a man withlliuiled cap'tal to se.-ure a home. £150Deposit—UK) Acres—l have Instructions tosell a Good Dairy Farm, with Residenceand outbuildings, upon which 30 cowsowner is laaviug for Australia, and willAccept nominal deposit from a good man.A. K. Dewar, 17, Union Buildings. I!

Pr ACUES AT Willi, between Manurewa«J and rapatoetoe, FOR .SALE OKLEASE. Was sold. but. having fallenthrough, Iβ now lor Sale again. GoodCottage. •* rooms. New fences and gates.Is full of feed. 10 mlmites, walk to eitherP.O. or station. Price Reduced to fGOO.Easy terms arranged.

SCIIOFIELD,B Manurewa.

RE-MUERA-G Rooms, all eonvs., rjmulinlsh inside, patent drainage con-

nected with sewer, GO x 165. quite newand up to date, close to Remuern station.XT", cash. Ba:. arranged, £700. —P. Taylorand Co., Furnishers, Newmarket. "Phone3317. U

NSL.OW HU.. Epsom.—Modern House.7 rooms, section 74 x 170; garden,fowlrun, etc. Equity £575; Exchange ft--".)Acres. suburban; l'apakura preferred.—Butler Bros., Agents. B

ROYAL TEUKACE—House. 0 rooms, acresection, tennis court, etc.: garden,fruit trees. Equity, £.100. Exchange forDairy Farm, North or South.—Butler Bros..Agents. B

tiANADA ST. (Dominion ltd. I—Bungalow,1 (1 rooms, section GO x 107. Equity,£325. Exchange for Building Section, anypart.—Butler Bros.. 12, City Chambers,cor. Queen and Victoria StK. B

GUEY LYNX -MacUelvic StT<--»»vl—V (close tram). Superior OroomedHouse and all fnodern convs.: groundsulccl.v laid out. Will Exchange for Sectionor few Acres. —Butler Bros., 12, CityChambers. B

rMT\ TVENT-I'RODUCIXG T>ROrERTYFOR SALE.

WILL TAKE GOOD 3IOTOR BOAT,SCITARLE TOR TOWIXG, AS PARTPAYMENT. BALANCE ON MORTGAGE.Write ntOPBKTV, 078, STAR OFFICE.

f*TYWi—Brick House. 7 rooms, cony., for="» • W Sale; inke Section as Deposit orMotor Car.—Write Motor Car, 014, Star

I Ollice. 100

IDEAL FRUIT AND POUI/TRY FARMFOtt EXCHANGE, liandy to Auckland,

22 Acres. Will Exchange for SuburbanCottage.

WALTER TAYLOR.B 27, Sbortinnd Street.

KfW TO 100 ACRES wanted, in Exchange•JVJ for Suburban l-roperty of 4J Acres,wlrh up-to-dnte Residence of 3 large rooms,dairy and all outbuildings lawns, hedges,etc.; AN lUEAL HOME. Price, £l,s3O-equity, iI.IXW. Owner wishes to dealimmediately.—Sole agents,

C*E°" TTAX6EX AND (~TO.,

£120 CASH.mt-~Te dcx-YEW AND •TfIAITHFULLY - BUILT

K-ROOMED TTTOCSE.

Very Pretty Papers nnd Friezes. PictureHails, Linenpresses, etc.

Hot and Cold "Water Throughout.Porcelain Bath and Hand Bogin.

EVERY POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE.

SECTlON.—Volcanic. Level, and well lailout.

REAL NICE nOME.

BALANCE, -PKQft 2°/ PRINCIPAL

AND INTEREST.100 Yards from Tram.

GEO; HATCHER,EDEN. TERRACE. C

DESIRABLE HOME ATAVONDALE.

O\/ ACRES LAND and House of 6O /'2 rooms, bath, scullery, pantry amiporch, gas. califont, verandahs (front, sideand back). Washhouse, c. and t., large,iron shed covering loose box, trapsheil andpacking or tool room. House has brickfoundation. Glass house, 70 feet long,now planted with tomatoes. Two acresof full bearing, weli assorted commercialfruits, principally apples; balance In grass.

This is a most desirable home for a maa1 who wants a little to do to keep his mindoccupied, and at the same time make aconsiderable profit out of the fruit.

Full particulars from

F. BLUCK AND SON,AVONDAL.B. q

WHANGAREI,-I c* MILKS by good motal road—2oo Acresiw of good volcanic land, practically all

flat, 11 paddocks, all in grass exceptinganiall clumps of shelter bush; school andP.O. adjoin. A splendidproperty for mixedfarming. Price only £17 per acre. NOMOHTGAGE. Own-er will exchange forlightly encumbered I'ity Property.

CAMBRIDGE,-i rr MILES—44S Acres rich volcanic land.■\- * 200 acres grass, 40 acres ready for:turnips, balance good mixed bush, 3 milesof7-wire fencing. Price £0 per acre; equity£2,230. Owner will exchange for CityProperty. 'W. H. DE LUEN AND CO.,

11, WILLIAMSON'S BUiLDINGS,SHOBTLAXD STREET. B

PROPERTIES FOR SALE.

OFFERS wanted for up-to-date BUJfGA-LOW of .j rooms, all the latest con-veniences, well situated, handy to trainand trams; owner must sell immediately.Get full particulars from the sole agents,

rj.EO. "ETANSEN AND r^O.,B Xβ. 9, PHOESIK CHAMBERS.

OWNER MUST SELL.TJOMINION TJOAD.

6-ROOMED HOUSE, with all convs.,situated near tram line; Irontage 76lints.

PRICE, £353."iyjm-NT -e^den.

f»-KOOMEI> HOUSE, with all conreni-Eden

CI-

CeSd

Blluateil near 2d Secti°n. MountI'IUCE, £GM."

QHELIIiNUAiI jDEACH.9-ROOMED HOUSE, with all conveni-ences. Insured for £500. SectionSort by 150ft.

PRICE, £79j.CT.»>-LEY "DAT. '2 HOUSES, on good sections, convenientto boat; well let. Price, £030 lor lot.

J. M. LENNOX,128, QUEEN STR'SET, opp. Herald Office.

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A GREAT CHANCE.£100 DEPOSIT £100 DEP(>SIT

pOR gALE OR -pXCHAXGE,260 A.CRES' pKEEHOLD,

HEAVY BUSH LAXD. LEVEL ANDUNDULATING, ALL I'LOUGIIAEL.E.

ABOUT 150 ACRES IN GRASS,BALANCE BUSH.

WELL FENCED. SUBDIVIDED.FOUR MILES FROM WHAXGAREI.

PUICE> £810/, rER ACRE-A GIFT.

DEVESON,14, STRAND ABCADE. C

IMPORTANT NOTICETO THOSE WISHING TO

PI'HCHASE AQEASIDE A LLOTMEM

AT THELOWEST PRICE AND EASIEST TERMS

EVER OFFERED:rpHE DALMORAL TESTATE

ADJOINING THETjTAMOUS. rUMrBELL "DEACH.

T'ae Finest Picnic Ground nearAuckland, and within walking dis-tance of the Takapuiia Trams.Every Section commands magnifi-cent Marine Views. The Bathing,Boating, uud Fishing is of the best.

T>ur WW, AT T»RICES FROM

QNE pOVXD pER "pOOTEASIEST TERMS EVER OFFERED:

£10 CASH

BALANCE AT 41 PER CENT.

PAUL HANSEN AND CO.64, QUEES STUEEJ-

« ■ cN.2. LOAN AND MERCANTILE

AGENCY CO., LTD.,AUCKLAND.

IF YOU WANT EITHERA FARM, A RESIDENCE, OK A SECTION,KING US UP, OH CALL A_\D HAVE ATALK WITH OUtt i'UOI'EUTY AUISNTS.

TELEPHONES 417 AND 1624.

"PRUIT, OTRAWBEKKY, AND

■pOULTIiV pSARMS.HAXDY TO CITY. EASY TERMS.

A RKLE'S BAY—T3 ACRES FREEHOLD,"0 acres good pasture, 5 acres undercultivation. 10 acres drained swamp, inrough feed, bal. scrub. Fenced and sub-divided Into fivepaddocks, new 7-wlre fenc-

ing. 81.-ILDINGS: Hoive 6 room*, (large;.-uid conveniences. Champion range, OUOffal.tank, iron barn nml leau-to, fowlliouses, etc.Situated 1J mile from wharf, school andP.0., anil 18 miles from olt.v. Price £IOOI>Terms, £G3O cash, or flso casli, balanceapproved city property. Inspection by onragent. . CIBSS)

TJAYSWATEK Id Section — Four Level■*-* Sections, at CI 5/ per foot. Certainlya bargain. Terms. Will take House, 5-0rooms, near to city, in exchange. (1693)T/'AHAKA ESTATE—The unsold Sections,-1-*- GO to 120 acres, are being eagerlysought after. .Secure yours before too late."PENROSE, Close to Station—Level Vol-■*- canlc .Sections. Low prices and veryeasy terms. Inspect with our agents fimopportunity. Gas and water close.T^LLEiR/SLlE—The Pick of this Locality■*-* on our books. Gas,'water, and loot-paths, fall on us for lull information.CSUN'XY NORTH AUCKLAND — 12G0*J Acres, 100 acres mixed grass. 500 acresfern. 400 acres bush, containing IOO.OOOttkauri, also large Quantity riniii and puriri-.-.() acres alluvial flats, balance hilly andundulating sandstone formation; sitb-divideinto Bwo 100-acre paiUloc'Us ami sevensmaller ones: old cottage, 5 rooms- cow-shed, etc.: good orchard: all well wateredtoy shingly creeks. Price, £2,000. Terms.fISO cash, liovernnient mortgage of £!50to be taken over. Balance. 3 years at 5*'Per cent. Title, Crown Grant. Five milesof sheepproof feuces; cream cart withintwo miles, and next year will pass thegate. Sole agents. (1S21)OKCTION 02. EDEXHOLM ESTATE*3 I-eary Road, Mount Eden, SO x 220, at£1 15/ per foot. A cheap sectiou. Terms.HOWItK. CLOSE TO TOWNSHIP.BUS, ETC.—Pretty Little Home ofo rooms, with veraudah on three sides.■Ijirge section, 11 acre, laid .out in gardenand lawns. Trice, £700. Terms, about£400 cash. tl9S:y

MANGERE—Three 6-roome<] Houses, onsections eaoh containing nearly threeAoxes; laid down in J3ew' gnissj front ""ir-:<lcns laid out; path an.d drive. Distance! from Mangere station, VI minutes. Weekly

trn iii fnro, —/; tiro insurn nee on eachhouse f7OO. First mortgage on each house£7*l. Prices. £1150, £1500, £1550. Terms.£150 deposit. (HIS2S)T7TDEX TERRACE—New Kauri BungalowIHi of 5 rooms. , washliouse, Uathrooiu,pan-

lawns. ' 3miiis. from 2d sectioii. Price,£000. Terms, £150 cash. (B18G3)EL.T.ERSLIE —To Let, New House, v

rooms; 17/C week.PUKBKOttE—A Good Spec. 3 AcresFirst-class Land; 3 frontages. £75 peracre.T\7AICKD RIVER—I3O Acres, at £8. Xo»> deposit money, 5 years at G per cent*

SECTIONS IN ALL TIIE SUBURBS.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILEAGENCY CO., LTD.,

* AUCKLAND.

PROPERTIES FOR SALE. PROPERTIES FOR ««tt

GILBERT, BOULTON, AND CO. -BA? .THE FARMERS' AGENTS, -' -' —w — .-.

Victor, Mi,Mns Machines, Mun.awnero JtSSfFSL rS10., oic. octagonal dlntagroom 2£iil and iar-e bas-ilar, o voomt', couvs., cowened; sale or window, folding duors between it and°dnuv-ext-liange. ojae, G rooms, convs.; exchange ingroom, lataru versndah- two plaster ceil-tem-n property or section. 4Jac. -1 rooms, jnSf.; pantry,"'seuUfcrJ,- 4;ewlnCToom uaconve.; exchange larger farm. 3ac, 3 rooms, bathroom with porcelain Uatn and oasin,<jonv<.; PxchQiige farm, 100 to loOac. llao, califout; p.-n-.e., wasUliouso wrtii couner ana>. rooms, convs.: sale £1130. easy terms, tiiha. Mf».e~ workshop "under Bou-e Doat-iac, 'j rooms, convs.; c«ile £115C», easy term* house and tmihing slied-, laree section so x47ac, j rooms, convs.; exchange aboat -Ua-- 214, nicely laia but in lawn wardens'atlfU^Uue

dro

Onot see what you want in Mot. beacS^fVo'nV^: 5J*. Xt"*come and see u<, and we shall have mucft harbour and the Waitakere Rin"-ec; I'ncepleasure in showing you more. £1730; mortgage, £«X); balance arranged!Money tv Lead. Houses Let. KeDts

CORNER AND ALBERT J»bIULLrS. D No. 12, COMMERCE STREET. C

SOME GOOD THINGS.TOl! THK NEW Yt'.Alt. Ollr pliant i- fill -~ilo= c T- * t>RFVT"PIfi nvi, vicTindi w nent i> .niies o.vv. from DunedlaEi"w,B^rBl?w 1

of 0'rO o™andUI t0ette; bathroom, with porcelain bath an.l bi F-Lrrn rf #t V" SfSZh ,basin, hot and cold water, oak panelled ~, tr P* r.n \f,in ('w ■fbfl freUoI'1eeflfnsns- nitenf .li-,1ii.,»,. i,.,m ~„.?

,ln " "° L'Ll ■>• r," Jlaill 1(O:UI. all flat, nrac-

3iOW station an.l Car—New U-roomod ££ £% "' *r?*o ° X

"ndnSbasin' Hot'Sα"*!''SHw," W°u,-(1 MoSup to date in every respect. .Splen.V:ii vol- °ha Jβ**™ Property in Ex"

wltU sood'"views. XTHE CHEAPESt ON FAIRS AND " PINCHESTHK MARKET AT £(,"(> (335/1249) -t***»*J X ALI^XI-CiO,

XrKA CASH—MOr.Vf ALBERT, Sain. COLWILL CHAMBERS,' SWAXSON" ST. Ba~O\J from Station and New Car Ter- "...'," .. ■'.'minus—Modern 5-roomcd Villa, pantry, sen!- ' ■ '—'lery; ftee! ceilings: detached washhouse. . _ .coni;?ercuor dn-'VT".V(,Iie uTi-TL"rI£--'" AN IDEAL' HOME • FOR

RETIRED': FAMILY.-L at I'd car stop. CM x 24.1, level and . „ . 'elevated, with magnificent sea views. Price rnATItAMJA.only £4 per foot. Terms can be arranjre<l. -1-■ o-j ACRES—THE GREATER PORTIOXi' HARRIS BROS of j\?mctr .nrr/mca; eivehState i^^T^5 G°RA^^

'i'liont- .-JSm. ACHES CBOPSr Divided into 5 paddocks;

SOUND FARMING \""iaef/LmbTot%onZs^i 3 no^.Propositions feSS^fSt^iSSrfuL-i™ Verandah. AH on solid brick foundations.

4fi MItES AUCKLAND OUTBL'ILDIXOS comprise Dairy, Orchard,OAA ACRES fVrst-CLASS laxd, or House, Store-room, H-bail Cowshed. Buggy--UU which 140 acres is drained Kam- sb<;U. stable. Roomy Hay-shea; and Fowlkatea swamp, balance mostly volcaulc. prac- ****• Th.c rropf"}' ,ls, Hounded, on twoticaUy all ploußhable. The swamp is Al>L, sldes b >" river. Ilie whole can be irrigatedIX G-RASS. and carries sreat feed. Kislns by fresh water. Fishing and boating canground ie about half pioughed, and in crop be enjoyed. The Housk- is most pleasantlyand gratfs Will carry now 50 COWS and situated, ai\d ov.erlo9Jca.the.Jiar.bqur. Thereother stock. NO "NOXIOCS WEEDS, is also a young .orchard,. ... -j

Only a lean-to on the property. There is PRICE OXLI" £Vitj6la ftood cowsheij, new. School, 1.0., quite ;—iclose.' Good roads. A good place, only T T TVfAr'lirVwants inspection. PRICE, £17 10/ P.KK •»• •• - Vx**~.*?- *»,; "'ACBE- TOBTH AUCKLAND.. AGEXT, SWAXSOX ' STEEEt"I 9AA ACRES GENUINE TW'O-SHKKI" j_J-—'W COOTItr, formation sandstone -*and papa. All has been bush. 500 acres T?TIJQTP •*C«o'~*T'ATWTVfelled, 400 acres grass. Has carried 800 llliO1-vL/ASB ' LiriiNUsheep, 60 heart cattle, and 16 horses. TWOGOOD HOUSES «of 5 rooms each. Sheep ■. .- . AT. ,yards, dips, sheds, etc. A PKOFITAULKFARM AT'TWICE THE PRICE ASK-JilJ. QTrTTkTVT* C~f ACO T>l>Ti ,CPRICE, £6 PER ACKE. £1000 cash. OiliL/tAIMU - CLiAbb JfKICE

STJBUKBAN. '■■■■••• : -'";PAPAKURA. close to station and school IX THE—21* ACRES, all in grass except X :^.A

, ..-.acre orchard and garden. Six paddocics. TpAMOTTS TX7iAIKATO.Will carry 14- cowe. this season. KKSI- ■*-' '* •IJENCE, 0 rooms, bathroom, scullery, wash- -. .. 1." . "house, man's room. PRICE, £2800. i'loow ■ •—-—CASH, balance 3 years at oVper cent. A ' •-•"■'----; >. V;-

---[NICE HOME, that will keep you and your RAft. ACRES, OAJI»R.«»GE--I*ISTKHrr.1family free of expense. • SUBURBAN OW of which SO acres -nee 1"JI-'AItES. . . acres oats, 30 acres' grass', 40 acres fallow,WA¥ irrO P Pft HITT TV 'balance open and buStt: ■ Xew ■7-roomeaO£ l/UAHLCi I, House and all necessary.outbuildings. . Thl3

\UCTIO\EERS Is tlle maklnSS -of an -nniiuestionaUlj- iiis'O-TITPH isTRPTT iTTOKT IVn Tk CkISS farffl, the SQll .being Of d" jICh.TOICttIUCHIGH STREET. AUCKLAND. D order rrice £13 per re unencumbered.~ "™ Owner would -sell -on-.easy terms, or con-

p- AA g~f ariit sider good town seenrities in eschaose.abIUV) tAon. .. Don't delay, in inspecting,.ttec, ,.,"DOARDIXGHOUSE,

LOWER SYMOXDS STREET. gAXDEBS . AXD "DOST>,First-class House, in best position, con- c -.<&> SHQBTLAAp.ST-RKiir.

tains 17 rooms; can accommodate 25 to 301guests; furnitureinsured fox- £700; long , ■ —■ ...

_... - i —«

This is a rare chance' to set into a First- ■ A"NTI QftTVT€!'claes House on easiest of terms. A good .. ■C*~L*** ~ s**":-;living assured. - ..--..

AXD.gTOCKT^-XICXIQXEEBS.SMITH AND HALCOMBE - the

QUEEX AXD SYVAXSOX STREETS. D ,-. ' , / T/l' ' .■''-""*.'.-■ SEVEN i^IJTES^ROM

A. O. OTTO AND CO., ,'..[ QM-"THE PROPERTY CLEARING HOUSE," A »"cEES fOCHA

4, WYSDHAM STREET. 4 A <® £-- £*6OUU'Phone />OXTAIXrXG.po.I3SE, IS rpqaip, all con-

\J reuienees, bathroom, gas laid on,stable, trapshert;"washhouse, dairy; 1 acreorchard, laid -"out in. ornamental

TJtXCHAXGE—We have 3J ACRES in tTees' etc. -Terms. £500 cash only to *-Ci REMUEEA, -MAIN ROAD, FRONT--- EOqnd, XEiin.,„ „;..;;,.AGE OVE-K 3UOJTT, handy to cars. OWNERWILL EXCHANGE HIS EQUITY OF £35U MANfi"RRFi vFOR MOTOR CAR. See us immediatelj". -WXnx* WJM.+MJ*...,« —(L.H.) o ACRES. ~jpi7Wf| " -f?-|AA CASH—XEWTOX—GOOD 0- ° .. , . S^Jr^W,'°r'-*-W ROOMED HOUSE, -n-ashhonse, ALL IX GRASS, three,paddocks. House,coppor, tubs, 2 ranges, new fence, all in 6- room's;" stables', cowshed!." 1* milegood order. Section 33 x 100. Balance f3SS from Mang«e-Bridge. Would/lefwell.arranged. : —' --^2rZ~— -"-- -•PifVO CASH—KEMCERA. close tram- _ '. ."^HOWiGK.-"--;-wh

NEWI BU.N<? 5rtrOOm ,*; .STREET^—I(...Apre 13bathroom, porcelain bath, hot and cola PerchesJ Price : ' ' ■miter, city drainage, 3 verandahs; section .-,.,.>,,;».,:. -~.-.

50 x 143. Balance, fTBO, as rent. (4127) ! AlSOyTOST OFF SALE STREET:—3 SecUona.WJE HATE GEXUIXE BUYER FOX O £45 per'section, or £120 the-lot. ThreeW PAUTLY-IMI'KOVED FAKM of 20 to minutes from Wilalf. '50 Acres. Must be close to sea, or prefer- ... — ... ~_,.,

ably to have sea Iroutage. Small cottage "DOARDIXGHOTTSE AXD /TiO^XESi-XS,would do. Send ns particulars. ■»-» • "''' I"-' .."■'XLS'". '— . £120. ;,..■;:-A. O. OTTO AND CO, j^JjraSSßggg

THE PROPERTY CLEARIN& "HOUSE, to tße Town "Hall", "CitjrT F-urniture included.4, WYXDHAiI STREET. | " "* "'?Rhone 2D30. . v •EASY TERMS. , (-_ I

r?~fV DEPOSIT — KLLEUSLIE, about ■ —"Smius. from Station—House of U ■„,- -,— ..,. _ , _, _ _r.fTA rooms; bathroom, sculleifc wash- WHY PAY RENT-?-otOv house, c. and t.. enamel bath; fowl.pKA house and run; sunny aspect. •£~n ™ BOLD HOMES ID XfflTß OWNcS",*}" DESIGN, under strict" plans and4? 50 DKrOSIT —KLLERSLIE — Sew tion, and thfr superrision ofour arcllitects.£'X 0venieuces.. Section of half acre. WE ACCEPT SMALITDEPOSITS, and

o~ft y^L°t^:eS!^ »"ive you wWch> payowi>V price ±750, balance weekly pay- tne balance, by easy monthly Instalments.r> Xrt inents, p. and i. ; Throngh our being enabled TO BCT ALIiX*.7S DEPOSIT — TAKAPCNA—House MATEKIAL IX LARGE QUANTITIES„!« Vf.? ro°mS- built ab°U

n -" }earS: AXD FOU SPOT CASH, w.e Can give you a*?7?r bathroom, pantry, scullery, Orion uroAfp. vnn r v«« «««3i <O range; washboiise. c. and t.; built LESi, MOMAr> re of heart of kauri. Section 50 x than you can obtain through the usual■.xlw laO, fenced with live hedge. Splen- channels. ■•• •■• »»« --p*7X '"d harbour view. Price £575, bal- .„,, ..,.,-, '<~., «.;i <

T?^?»l?5^?Se<l_-.tr»T-v-T< mm- '""E HAT* HUNDREDS. OF .DESIGNS£75 s

EO,I" M°fL pT EDEN,' S,

to show you, including many of the KEAI,V~2 SSJSfhTSSre r,Tvmoa>ifo

am; BUXpALbCr.TYPE.ew<O gas in every room. Fixed ward- ■ • > ""'r>7"? robes. Washhouso, copper aud WE HAVE ALREADT PLACED MANTiS< 1 O tubs. Venetian blinds. Section Bi PEOPLE IX THEIR OWN HOMES thatx -JOO, free from stone, best vol- have hitherto been burdened with, rent.cwlti canic soil. Total price, £700, Iwl- ... ...4*TZ. ance weekly payments. :•=*'"* I WHY XOT I/ET- TS TGIVE TOUCifK) DEPOSIT - TAKArc.XA-5 "

A HOME ' fc,J--±UU HoiISP Of c rooms, bay window A uu-ut •*"100 b:lthrc>»n'- •<raU«T, and wash- . ". —"TT, "••J"J r:; larSe SeCti°" ,!,! CALL AT OrR OFFICES FOR FULL£ioo particulars.at door- Total P'i'-e. £030. bal- —C*,-Lvl/ ancp to suit purchaser. (Cl3U!i| _i_ ,

_£175 $EZo**l7**Zl™r£VZ£ HOME.C'ITK house, c. and t. Section 33 x 100. "RTTTTTI'CTJe T'T»TTk*110 Total price, only £465, balance UUlljL>.Jc«lCpv4jTD.£175 WCcUy Pa-vments of £1- n (Authorised"Capital;:'£23O,^S

MAKE KXOVVNjrOUn WANTS. &,19'SaHI^^^UING.100, QUEEN STREETJ AUCKLAXD. , ' ".'. "^H0XE.,,4260. ',.""-.\\i Q

SHIPPING.Sunset: Tnfs evening, 7.10.Sunrise: Tivmorrow.morning, 4-53----:Moon: First Quarter, January 23, 5.2 p.m.

HIGH WATER.9.2 a-m. 0.-ip.m.

-Aurkland_.-Tuesdav, 9.4S a.m. 1U.9 a.m.Onehungi. _Tuesday, ]Z-oia.m. I.is p.m.ManukauH..Tuesday, — 12.18p.m.Kair>ara_J-I_JTnesday, 12.47a.m. J-S p-81.

Tidal Constants, to be added to or sub-tracted from high wi«ra at Auckland:—minus 5 £oLnntes, Thames plus20 minutes, Tauranjra minus 13 minutes,Russell plus 13 minutes, toroniandel pinsio mirmtee.

The tide at Auckland rises 10.7 misevening, and 10.1ft and 10.5ft toniorrwvm-oruing and altemwjn. l>atuinlevel, Sft €in above Auckland Dock sill.

ARRIVALS.SATCBDAT.

VEHAKATUXE. β-s., 5154. Squires, a:S-=O p.iru, from Tokoirara Bay.—New Zea-land Snipping Co., apents.

AIAXAAA, e.s., at 6.40 p.m., fromWbanpaiei. l"assensers: Misses Anwi,BeazJes, Miller, Morgan, Dixon, becker iai.lleare, Durrert. '\Vri°:ht. Stehr, i'eters,Bncwra. 'Haxdwiek. Mitchell. .Morcan, Mii-chell. Wellsford. Babe c>. Tatteisell, Srott,Steeai-t, Wrigm, Anderson. -Hill, Conn..Leailiart, Town. Wight, llesdstnes Sk-ilers.Kerr, Lewes. Slaner. Stewart, Uregson.Muter,. Hill, Buner, Town. Midgeley, Bar-row, Deerer. Xaxea. Smfrii, iM*M>onara.Qsboroe, Stokes, Mm-pbx. Messrs. Jooes.,"Wright, Seltas. May, Knodes, Vickemian.■Watson, Stewart Kissting. Friend, Phiieox.Dyvr, -KeHy. Leveqnirxe.' Stevrarr. Wnite..lamieSon. Simpson, Hedley. Btitcber. JacK-soh. Peters, Baker. Vlaxieen anilfenflit Cutis, S-oss. Sa.im. Wood, Smito.Diever, L-eatherhy. -AtoKenzie. Miller,Baker, -Miller, -Swain, Turnpr, Kingston,IEssen, Clarke. Hojvell, McCallnm. StoKes.Griflfrhs, Brewer, .Murphy, Till and w>eieerage.

ITBSTERrjAT.FfiCTOELA, s.s., zm, Croft, at 1.13 p.m..fromsoatieni ports. I'asseas:er*<: MesdaraesJacobs, Gibt>B and l>oy. Cotton, furze."Anderson and infaur, Cant, Wielaen. ana

■ boy.'-aiarett ;tnd twrcohiidren. Lucas, \.ir-lej.. BJoomaeSd. Cooper. Manning MissesHendenfon (2), Kempttionie. Mapp,' Cotton,FnnSe. ronnjr. ilnrrar, K»roniau. Sinclair.-Mortea. Moore. Pa-rne. Wilkinson Capr,SteTen3pn, Bnxron. Xetll. I.Mffell, l>awson.Philpon,- Finis, Kent. Kowm-oarj «ndsi-Denvers, Sands. Galiowaj". \ireoent. MessrsHottdn, Jacobs. Kemptnornc, Jilafkenzie.Kitter. Williams, ■Annadale, Cnapman.Mnrrajr. Esnlkner, Ser.nUpbuj-j-, Rlcnaros<in.WleJaert. liKmji (3;. Poole, Jl<?CaJJnm.'Cotton (2). Hazleton,'«roYer."WarnLH-k. "Wallace, Olde. WUKin---«on. <KriUi. VSarlej-. �''ooper. I'orter. I'liil-f)ort. Johnston, Finis. ..Tufciwai KloroLiddell, Colo. Flarell.—Huddart-l'arkV

ajrents. ' -T.waMX, S.S., at 7.10 p.m., from wnata.tane.naS^^3, S*S'* St S-53 Pm'" frOm Whana_

CHEtiMSPORP,. s.s., ar 1 p.m., from-ilercncy Bay. .~/^^ ss > «t 4.40 a m., from rortCharles.

THIS DAY.ho^JFOVm' **' at 910 a-m-' Ir"m Boa-RIVEEUNA, s.s.. 4755. Easson. at J2.X3• S-Tdn Fassensersi-FTrs^Wives O'JBnen. Weir. ©. Maltby. Brain(p. Qnlll. of St. Joseph (4). Mes-dames Tnlfr. OWeiil. I'niison.Croetford, May -and child, Morris, Smithand child, .©odd.- Dixon. Mamelin. UossMiles. TVeir, Tborne. Siacpherson and Uchildren. Brain. Parkes and infant Watson,3Sessrs.-O-Dwyer. "'O'Shaushnessy Bui-klns-.ham. Pbilsoo. .-Morris. McDonald. MarrtuSmith, Edle, Baxter, llassie, <.'niickshank.Dodd, TJiion, Layland. Ross, Lowe. Weir.Milts. Dlckason Rriese. Potter. Thorne.Dnffr, CTiirnside. Coleman. HeminKwny.McKone. .tVoodcoct, Dr. May..Dr. J. Webb.Rev. BrMcKiernan. Rev. J. Costriloe. Rev..T. O"Flynn. Tier. 3. 'Maxily, Rev. B BensonRer. F. Stnbbs. F.R.O.S. Second saloon—Mioses Dwyer, Willis.Adams. Du-yer. Law-sor.. Purchase. SmitQ. Mesdames Thomasand child. Chapman and child. Andrews,

■Messrs. BarafieJd, Ball. Waygood, Fearer.<*ollison. Hiipjrilis. Ryan, Campion. SweeneyTflllison. Hnpcins. Ryan. Campiou.Sweeney. Kilmister, Coot Hogs, Chapman.Peterson. Walker. Totman. Uridpe. Pur-<iase. Taylor. Wright. Barford, Williams.CrXullLvan. Broea?. aia 40 steerage.—Hud-dart-ParkerCo. agents.

WIERAL, s.sv. 4307, D. Jones, at 12.30a.m., Jtrojn-Montreal. Tia Australian ports.—N.Z. Shipping Co.. agents.

~-. » DEPARTCKES. :SATURDAI".

MOX<SWJ.I. s-R, -3433,- Carson, at 4.1U■n.m_ for eonthfirn ports. ,

ROSAMOND, S.S., 721, Stewart, for Uia-boffie.- SQDAL&. S.S- 3BS, Jones, for Eaet coastBays and Gisborne.

TEETTERDAT.MAKARINI. 10,174, Hollis. at 6-5

a.m., for Gisborne.KAXIERI. s.s., 213. Johnson, at S P-n»-,

" fsr Whangaret."THIS DAY.

>«"GATIAWA, s.s., at S.lO a.m., for Opo-tiki. *^'". BADETN'-T'CrWBtL. ?.?„ at 12.15 am. for■■Whangarei.

ALCMN'A, schooner, at No. 2 jettyEURASIA, ship, in stream.IRIS, cs.. in streamMOURA. sjk.. in-KtreniH ....SAVTA, In' stream— ""RAKAXOA, s.s., at breastworkItIVERIKA, at Queen's wharfssENORITA, barqaenane. In. streamSOUTHE3X CEOSS( is stream -tALUN'E,' s.^. v at X<>...2 jetty.TAVItXI." S.S., at King's trharfVICTORIA, s.s., at Queen's TvharfWHAKATAXE, S.S., at Kind's wharfYSABEL, barquentine, in stream

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.ALTTHXA,' schooner, for San Francisco:

January 22MAHEJIO, s.s., for Sydney; January 25MAKXJRA. R. M.3., for Sydney; Feb. 8SUKCEA. R-M.s_ for Vancouver; Feb. 23MO.VOWAL s-s., for Soatb: January 30. NIAGARA, H.M.S.. XorVanconrer: Jan. 30E.IVERIXA, s-s., for Sydney; January inSOCTHER.V CROSS, for Norfolk

Island: April 9TARAWERA. E.S.. lor South: January 26TAVIUXI, for Eastern Pacific; Jan. 19WIRBAL, Jor Souths JannarvVICTORIA, s.s., for South; January 19

The Commonwealth and DominionMiTniro. from New York, 'whifh \ras tohave left Brisbane for Aoe&lana on Satur-day. Is due late to-morrow or on Wed-

nesday... The Rakanoa. which is undergoing over-haul. will not lear-e for Napier till aboutthe end of the weet. . •

The Maoriland Steamship Company'seteamer Bnnerdale is dJie to-morrow even-Snp, from*£yttelion ti-itn produce. Sheafter-wards loads timber for Australia.

The tjnion collier Karma left Newcastlefor AurJrfcmd direct with coal at 'J p.m. onThursday last, and is due Here on Thurs-day next.

Tie Mocowai, wWch left Auckland onSaturday afternoon for Southern i>orts, jsdue at Dunedin on. Thursday.

The Mulrnrini (C. and D. Line) whicharrived from London, ria Australian ports,last Wednesday, sailed early yesterdayninrnlng for Glsborne,- Napter, and Welling-ton, luring- discharged nearly -JOOO tons »Tsrfneral cargo.

The Union Company's steamer Kowhaiarrived at Onehnnga this.. morning fromGreymonth and Wellington," with, generalcargo. Her departure for Westport and.Greymottth. ias t>een postponed till If) a.m.jo-morrow.

The Sew Zealand 4»hli>ping Company's■Waimste will commence ler homewardloading at Wellington on Wednesday. SheIs due here about January 30, to eompler<>.iind leaves for iiondoa Irom tiis port aboutFebruary 2.

The steamer Kottispont, under charter tothe New Zealand Shipping Company, Is ex-pected at Wanganni from Brisbane to-mor-row, for homeward loadings. She is notcoming TO Auckland, as was previously ar-ranged, but,. after loading at southernports, will leave Wellington about .Feb-ruary 2. • Imports.

Per Victoria, from Southern ports:—:;ussbags cihaff, 2543 sacks «tts, -255 sacks malt,642 sacks wiieaiV 436" sacks seed, 10 eacfc*liarlev 10* sacks oatmeal, 170 sacks bran,422 sacks and 590 bags Hoar, 92 cases l>is-enits and confectionery, -too cases tea, »->

"ewes matches, 70 cases so«r>.

VICTORIA FROM SOUTH.The JHuddart-Parker steamer Victoria,

arrived from Dunedin, via way ports, earlyyesterday afternoon, bringing passongevsjind JUKI tons <.f carpo. She sails on tuerptiirn trip at ;> p.m. to-morrow, is dueat Bnnodin on Sunday -next. No call "willbp made at I.yttcrcon this trip, owing to anecessary rielsiy caused by the celebrationof Anniversary Day at Wellington on Fri-day,

WUAKATAXE LOADIXC.The Now Zealand Shipping Company'ssteamor Wh:ikatan« arrived on Saturdnv

from Tokouj.-irij Bay. to continue her home-ward loading, and berthed at the King'swharf. Phi- takes in a quantity of butterand inrai. and loavps prohahlv on Wednes-day for Wplliiijrron. vloariztg finallyfor louden some time next week.

RITKBJXA FROM PrX>.\EJT.The Huddart-I'arker str-ampr Kiw>rtna

arrived Iroui eytluvy *=\\oruy tarter noon to-day with 140 passengers and tons olr;ir?o for Aucklaiul, iind berthed nt theijnoon's wharf. The Kivcrina sails on tnc;TPinm trip at noon to-morrow. She metwith fine weathor on lbe trip across, Woicnwas made in schrdiilo rime.

WIRRAL FRI)M MONTREtAL.The rtrcampr \Virral. untipr charter to to**

New Zealand Stlipplng Co., arrived fromMontreal, via Australian ports, at l'-iwto-day. and Ix-rthol at the yneen's■wharf, east side. The Wlrral. which, hasHXIO tons of sfiipral merchandise tn pinout here, loft ■Montreal on Oi-trtber 2.>, anarailed-at Durban ou Decpmbor :!. Melbournenecemlwr Sft, and Sydney January 2. SUPleft Sydney /or Auckland on Wednesday

*.ttirp tri-p was -niado in gootlwp.ither. and was am uneventful one. TneWirral leaves for the throe main southernport* latfr in the neck to discharge tnerest of her cargo, and later reloads forLondon.

PORT OF ONEKOTTGA.

ARRIVALS.YESTERDAY.

R-A.RAWA, s.s.. fn»m N.-n- Vlymoutli.Passpnpers: Mistw Mrnzics (2», ifoultou.Bnrtlett. Buckle CJ). Byrne. Harding (Si.iMcwlame-9 LMeuzi,-s. Messrs. old. Hooker.Brewer, Steele. Neale. Kudd. 'lYinks, riper.Hill. Kaelie. ;t;](l six stpera-e

ItIMV. .-.5., from Ilokiaiipi.THIS DAI".

KOIVH.U, s.s., 702, from WeUlnston.—Unk.u Cv". agenti.

DEPAIirUKES.THIS I>AV.

KARAWA. s.s.. for New rivmouth.Ki-MI". s.s.. for ltaslan and Kawhla.AKAI'AWA, *.*., "f..r Wanzaoul anaOpunabf.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.Kaipara Heads. January I".—Sailed, at

S-13 p.m.: Kini. s.s.. for lirey-mouth.<;icnh>rne. January 17.—Arrlvwl, at 4p.m.: iiouomii. s.s.. from Am-kland.Clistmrm-. .lannarj- IS.—Arrived, at O a.m •Rosamond. >-.s.. from Auckland; nt 6.a0a.m.: Makarini, s.s.. from Anckliind.Wellin.irtoii. .laimary IN.—Arrived, at 6a.m.: Anlsarry. *.*.. "from Auckland.Welliu£.mi. January is.—Arrlv-pu, at 4.:n

p.m.: Waiwera. s.s.. from Napier. Sailed.Nt 4.:s> p.m.: Koirhal. s.s.. for i>nehunca- at11 p.m« l'nknki. s.s., f<>r Auckland; at \\rap.m.. Wnltemata. s.s.. for ilelbourne.January IT.—Arrived, ar 2.15 p.m.: \\vs-tvali-a. s.>.. from lumedln and 1-yttPHon:ar 2.3 ip.m.. K. s.s.. from Aix-k----laud: at L'.4:"> p.m., ■Minerk-, «,s., from New-castle.

New Plymouth. January IS.—Arrived, atr>.SO a.m.: Karawa, s.s,, from Onehunga.

Dunedin. January 17.—Arrived, at 1 p.m.:Paloona. s.s.. from Lyttelton; at 4 p.m..Delphic, s.s.. from Lyttelton.

OVERSEA SHIPPING.Newcastle. January 17.—Sailed: Iytndstoi.

barquentine. for New Zealand.

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COOKE'S is a Haven of Restfulnessthese swelterinp days, and the ICECREAM STXLIAES and FRCIT SALADSattract thousands every week.

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TheAcuklandStar:WITHWHICHAREINCORPORATEDTheEarningRems,MorningRems,and

TheEcho.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1915.

A GREAT TRAGEDY.

For the cause that lacht tusislanee,For the tarong that needs rcsiattmoe,.For the future •in the distance,And the good that tee-can do.

So completely liaa the war absorbedIpublic interest throughout the worldthat very little attention, compara-tively speaking, appears to bo givenjust now to tlio terrible calamity whichhas just devastated a portion of Cen-tral Italy. A seismio disturbance ex-tending across the peninsula betweenRome and the Adriatic, and southwardfor nearly 200 miles, lias laid wastelarge portions of tho area that itaffected. and lias completely demolishedJmany towns and villa-res; and th» de-struction has been accompanied by aterribly heavy loss of life. Accordingto t)io latest reports, the victims ofthis disaster are more numerous eventhan those swept away by the Meseinaearthquake six years ago; and as thatawful catastrophe was responsible fornearly SO,OOO lives, we may gain fromtills fact alone some idea of tile scopeand magnitude of tho calamity thathas just fallen upon Italy. It ie need-less and useless to dilate upon the grtie-jsomo details go copiously supplied in'our cable me&sagca. It is only too easyto conceive the honors of such a scene,when the faith of man in the firmnessand stability of tho ground beneaththeir feet is set at nought, and "tho(frame, and huge Joimdations of theearth", shake like a leaf in tho wind.A great earthquake is the most terrify-jing of all tho convulsions of Nature,bomnse it leaver no way of escapefor its victims; ■and in the,'We of euchan appalling cataclysm the utmost thatany human being can do is to bow tothe inevitable, and to extend all possiblesympathy and aid to the suffering sur-vivors.

It may perhaps sound futile even todiscos the possible cause* of these greatorgies of destruction in which the forcesof Nature eecm to revel with mich pro-found contempt for the purposes andaspirations of mankind; but Science hasdevoted a great deal of time andtrouble to their discussion. The mostobvious explanation of earthquakes inItaly would eeem to be that they are ofvolcanic origin; but in the greatmajority of casea it in probable thatthin view ie erroneous. The manysigns <of volcanic activity visible in Italyand Sicily, and such evenle as the hie-,toric eruptions of Vesuvius wouldnaturally predispose most people to at-

i tribute this earthquake to similarcauses. But experts in seismology con-sider 'Uiat even in Italy the weight ofevidence, suggests that foleanic action isresponsible for only a email proportion'of ca.rt3iqua.kcs, chiefly those of a trivialcharacter, and that tho most formidabledisturbances are "tectonic in origin thatis they are due to changes of level, sub-sidence, and Toadjustment in the subter-ranean strata. Without entering rash?7into a "technical controversy in whichonly scientists can cla-im to epeak withautbority.nve may point out that theImost seriousanddestructive earthquakesin all pa-rte of the world are not caused,generallyspeaking,by volcanicexplosions."An earthquake." says a distinguishedgeologist, "always means a yielding tostress, whatever may.Jiave been thesource of this stress." Now, it is a well-known fact that tho mass of the earthis being constantly subjected to varyingstrains, by transfers of maicrinl from

portion of ite surface to another.The process of denudation—that is, thestripping away of part of the earth'ssurface by weathering—and the deposi-tion of this "detritus" in plains andvalleys or on the bed of 'the sea, mustIinevitably clTcct snob, changes in level,producing in *he lapse of an indefiniteseries <rt yeare, pressure that may be-como practically irresistible. Earth-quakes are always likely to recur in.regions subject to - such changes asthese; hence coastal strips lying at thefoot of lofty mountains are especiaMyexposed to eeismic dangcre. The Pacificcoast of America is an instance—as wit-ness tho terrible San Prancisco earth-quake; and Italy, with its coastalplains composed of the alluvial depositfrom thft eteep sides of theAlps and theApennines, is another case, in point Itis almost certain ifchat so widespread adisturbance as tihat which !has just de-vastated the 'Abruzzi country is due tosuch geologic changes; and thoughScience cannot yet venture to hold outhopes of a remedy or defence againstearthquakes, moro accurate study oftheir causes may yet enable us to readthe warnings that earth tremors neverfail to give of these impending disasters,and Urns to escape while yet there istime.

THE NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM.A special message from Wellington in

our Saturday's issue drew attention toa very important change in the admin-istration of our railways that is now*9 .b.q ..carried oitt at the four chiefcentres. With the desire to improve thoworking of the railways as a commercialconcern, Mr. lliley has decided, to ap-point an assistant district trafficmanager as well as a commercial agentat Auckland, Wellington, Chrietchurch,and ThmeAm. T\\e object of these ap-pojntmente ie on the one hand to facili-tate the rapid and effective handling ofgoods, and on the other to encourage(ho gTowth of railway tra/lic iby bring-ing new districts, new indnetrics, newsources 0/ revenue within the scope ofthe Department's operations. Of course,these important additions to the rail-way staff at the four chief centreswill cnabje +he local authorities todo a great deal more than they havedone hitherto io organise and expeditethe local traffic; in fact, the necessaryeffect of thftsp new "appointments willhe to chock the growing tendency to-,ward centralising railway business inthe hands of the chief departmentalofficiate at ■Wellington. This change, inour opinion, will prove highly bendficial.For it is a matter of common knowledgethat strictly centralised control of anypublic department militates against itsefficiency; and everybody who <hae pTac-tical experience of commercial mattersin Auckland iias had good reason tocomplain of the waste of time involvedin constant reference to headquartersat Wellington, and the difliculty of ad-justing the working of the railwayshere to local neede. In this respect MrJiiley'e proposals appear to us to de-serve general commendation andapproval, and we have no doubtthat when they are carriedinto effect, these innovations willbo thoroughly appreciated by the.commercial public.

WAR INCIDENTS.It may be worth while to point out

to our readers that tho incident atSoiseons of which the Germans axemaking & great deal was a relativelytrivialmatter, and that it can have nopossible effect upon the course of thecampaign. What happened apparently■n-.-is th»:—The flermans had massedlarge bodies of troop* near Soieeons,whero they lvave tried several timesalready to break the lino of the Allied.They attacked the French position northof the Aiene in strong force, and at thecritical moment the river, which was inheavy flood, carried away come of theipontoon bridges. It would haveheen defiance of all tlie rulesof warfare for the French tofight with a flooded rivor behind them,and they discreetly retired to the couthsido of the stream, leaving the positionthey had held, alonjj with Ramo of theartillery and the wounded they couldnot remove, in the bands of the Ger-mans. Apparently this comparativelytrifling success, due io entirely acciden-tal causes, hae raised the spirits of thoGermans prodigiously, nnd they arc nowcomparing the fight evb Soissone to thegreat victory of Gravelotte, one of theirmost glorious triumphs in 1870. Toappreciate the absurdity of this, it isonly necessary to remember thatBowline's defeat at Gravelotte cut himoff from the other French armies, drovehim back upon Mctz, and ultimately led

■i ■ .i *up to U'c disastrous capitulation whicheeaknl the doom of France.>_N*aturally,the Germans would like to believe thatSoissons marks the turning.point of thewar, and the collapse of the Allies beforetheir attoick. Bub there is no indicationthat tho Blight reverse the French havesuffered will lead to any practical eonse-qiienees whatever except to supply alittle badly -needed material for thoGerman newspapers for use in encour-aging the German peopfe.

Another little incident that seems torequire a certain amount of explanationis the capture of some bridgee near St.JUJihlol. Tim s-trong'ly fontiifted townstands on the Mcuec, lv the gap betweenithc two great fortresses of Verdun andToul. Early in October the Genr.*nseeized two forts commanding St. Mihioland attempted to o.roee the river. ThoAllies, however, held the gap strongly,and the Germans were compelled to de-sist; but they have clung desperately tothis position ever since. The importanceof St. Mihiel to them is twofold. In thefiret place, as we have said, it commandsthe gap between Toul and Verdun, nndit would, therefore, be indtepensaWc to■their success if they should becomestrong enough to break through theeaete.rn frontier o{ France at thie pointJntcr on. But there is another reasonthat renders it necessary for them tohold St. Mihiel as long as possible. Afew miles «a»li of St. Mihiel is Thiau-eourt, tohe terminus of the great militaryrailway that runs westward from Motztoward the French frontier. ThroughMet7. this line connects with the main(Senman railway system, and it is bythis rout* that the German armieswould be pour«\ into the Toul-Verdungap if the chance came to tuni theline of the Allies by a movement ontheir right flank. The Germans musthold St. Mihiel a« an outwork of Metzitself, and ac long ac (they can, theymust cling tenaciously to it, co as tokeep an "open door" for their longcontemplated flank attack upon Francefrom the eastern frontier. These facteshould explain why there hae been bomuch obstinate fighting round St. Mihiel.But the news cabled to-day suggeststhat the Alliee have scored a definitesuccess in this quarter. For one of theobjeote ithe Germans had in 'view intrying to invest Verdun was to preventtho French from using that great for-troee as a flanking Itaec against tlieGerman communications if they shouldattempt to "rueh the gap"; and if, asour cable niessago states, the bridgesover the Meuee north of St. Mihiel arenow in the hands of the Alliee, it willbe impossible for the Germane to makeany effective uec of tbeir position nearSt. Mihiel, even if they continue to clingobstinately to this advance poet throughwhich they onco hoped to pierce theFrtnch .frontier.

Tho following is Mr. D. C. Bates'■weather forecast for24 hours from 0 a.m.this day: "Indications arc for westerly■winds, strong togale, and veering by westto south. The weather appears likely tobe cloudy and unsettled, -with rain folilowing. Barometer unsteadj-. Tidesgood. Sea rough swell.,,

A minor outbreak of iire occurred inthe 13-roonW dwelling occupied by Mr.l>. Seth-Smith, in Victoria Avenue,Renweno, last evening. Tlie Eemncrabrigade succeeded in restricting the fireto the dining room, where damage wasdone to the walls to the extent of five orsix pounds. The building is insured in■the New Zealand Office for £2000, andthe furniture in the same office for£500.

A yacht ran aground off the Chelseabeacon on Saturday afternoon, when a■launching party to Pine Island noticedthe plight of the vesscJ and at once wentto tihe Tciscuo. A Tope thrown from theyacht was caught by the crew of thelaunch and an attempt was made tomake it fast. The launch wae travellingat full speed, and in running out, therope caught the hand of a young ladybelonging to the party, with the resultthat she was dragged into the water.Herbrother made an attempt to preventher going overboard, but the next mo-ment, ho, too, -was struggling in theIwater. The water was not deep, and'both managed to reach the vaclit, whereit wae found that the young lady's handhad been liad'ly 'hurt, tho little fingerbeing dislocated and broken in twoplaces. Meanwhile, tho launch fond alsogone aground, and it was not till aftersome considerable-time that the otherscould be taken on board again. Thelaunch was at last got into clear waterand made for the wharf, leavingthe yacht in her original position.

In the course of a trip through theNorth Auckland portion of his diocese,Hishop Cloary, of Auckland, has inci-dentally been making records in the"roadless North." Jle has been doingthe trip this time per motor car, a 30----h.p. Cadillac being his means of progres-sion, and has apparently penetrated be-yond the region of police '"trape" andother such small motor worries, for thefollowing wire from Houhora was re-ceived from him on Saturday at hisAuckland garage:—'"Did alleged impos-sible trip to Ilouhora in quick time to-day entirely on own power. First motorseen in Waiharaara and Houhora." Thetownships mentioned, where the Bishophas been astonishing the natives, arcabout 200 inHes north ->f Auckland, inthe gum country at the back of RusselL"Wild pig hunting" is mentioned in thegnide books as the chief characteristicof. Houhora. while, according to thesame authority, the fame of~Waihararais laconically summed up in "roads bad."

It in pretty weM known toy CountyGcnmo&s '«iw> have natives to deal witih■that it is like drawingMood from a stoneto extiruct rates from it.he Maori, ru'traCounty Council is one of >the unfortunatelocal bodies in thtut respec;. At its lartmwting, the jiamc of one Mawi wasim*r*t.wied as being a debtor to the ex-tcciit of oner £100. '""Wiry," interjected aooiuiaMar, "itiui Maoni has just gone in■for a valuable motor-car." "Yes." re-jfiiml ulie chainniun; "its a caution!These fcMowfc cam buy motor-oars, but icojukk' pay rates to "t>he Council to assetin ro.i Jtmde jo)"pt <Jiejy_-iMirs travel."

Inquiries are being made concerninga girl of 10 years, who is missing fromtho Door of Hope. The girl was beforea magistrate on Saturday on a chargeof having stolen some money at a housewhere she was employed as a domestic,and was remanded for a week to enableinquiries to be made concerning herrelatives. She was in the meantimeordered to be kept at the .Door of Hope.She is a stout-built, fair-complesioncdgirl, with dark brown hair and blueeyes, and was wearing a blue costumewhen she went away from the Home,but left her hat behind. At times shewears gold-rimmed glaeses.

Mr. B. J. Dolaji. solicitor, of Napier.and formerly of Masterton, made aplucky rosvnie of a drowning mam α-tJiaipjor. He was walking afauic tiheMarine Parade, whm <he heard shoutsfrom a man rcaimod F. Brown, who hadJ>eeji washed out to sen. through tJiebrraleers. and was in imminent peril. Mir.Dalun, afit<e.r giving* the alarm tt» severaljxmsons ndo7i>; .the -beach. pUiiEred in. and.after a severe struggle succeeded infbminginp Brown okxae to <t.he shore, whereitiro <i>wo wore helped out, in a.v e.vlwustcdcondition,by otihw swimmers.

Mr. O. T. J. Alpcrs, the well knownChristehurcli lawyer, who 'hue taken nprominent part in the patriotic and re-cruiting campaign, writes to tho Ohrist-churoh newspapers as follows:—"With-out being an alarmisrt, one may pointout thsit the coming winter is likely *t>bring with it a considerable amount ofunemployment. Several large firme feartliafc they hay be obliged to shortenhand*. Many 1 know have determined,should the contingency ariee, to give pre-ferentf* to married men over single andto men with famiHes over men withoutfamilies. Tin's is a course which every-one will ftprovc as just and reasonable.It is ulso a course which young menand single men might with advantageponder over and accept as a useful hint.Doing their duty to their country underarms will prove a more profitable, and,one hopes, even a more pleasant ex-perieneo than wearing their boots outon the pavementsof Christchurch in look-ing for jobs thatmay notbe procurable."

A venerable native named Te Warn,whose death in the Rotorua country isreported by telegram, was a man ofuncommon parts, with a record of sonicnote. He was the chief of a small tribeliving sit the base of Horohoro Moun-tain, a singular table-topped '•jiics.t"which rises from the plainsbetween Ro-torua and the Waikato River, and whenthe rebel leader To Konti appeared intlie district ho joined him and beeanfethe chief strategist of the Hauhuu warparties. From native accounts it eeemsthat Te Waru was a MaoriDe Wet inhie way, particularly skilful in ehoosiugcountry in which ail the chances in anengagement favoured Ins side, and int>he event of defeat. It was he wholed the Hauhsws in a bush fight in 1870at Tapaipn, on the highest plateau be-tween Rotorua and the Waikato Plains,■with OoloncA McDonnell's force of friend-ly natives. His particular aversion waethe Kupapa, ne a Maori who joined theGovernment aide for the. sake of ttie payand the opportunity of paying off oldscores wae tolled. "I never killed awhite man," T« Waru used to say, "butonly those Maoris who were, in armsttgainst us." The old man in (his peace-ful days was celebrated as a tatoK>ingartist, and he was often to be seen onhis travole from village to village inthe Botorua and Bay of Plenty districtswith a black leather bag containing, t»hoinstruments of,his profession slung over'his shoulders, joggingalong on hisT ponylike some easy-going country doctor ofthe old school. Ho was a type of Maorithat will not be reproduced in Now Zea-land.

Two children were admitted to the|hospital on evening sufferingifrom the effects of accidents. Gordon jBarclay, aged 7, living at Hobsonvillo,was climbing a fence when he fell heav-,ily, fracturing his right arm. EsmaTurner, a girl of six, living at Mount'Albert, fell from a swing, injuring one!elbow. A third case, that of a boynamed Charles Hoffman, was admittedyesterday. Hoffman, who lives at Pros-pect Terrace, Pons6nby, was camping atKohimarama, and while climbing afence fell and dislocated a shoulder.I At a time like the present, when it iswed to provide as much work as pos-sible, Hi is satisfactory to note that theI Waitemata County Council is inviting)tenders for a number of road works. IOne is grading Scroggy HiH on. theII Titirangi-WaikumeteRoad. This will bea gain particularly to motorists goingto the Ranges. Mountain Road, Hen-derson, is to be formed for a distanceof 75 chains, and work is also to be doneon Brabant Road, Waitakere. All thesetend to make access to the ridges easier.Other works contemplated arc, forma-tion of Smythc's deviation, Forest HillRoad, Henderson, approaches to SegrineBridge, Oratia, grading Shaw's Hill,metalling 25 chains of Wainui Road,and widening 20 chains of Quinn's Road,Waiatarua.

A rather curious accident happened atthe llobson Street baths on Saturdayafternoon. .Some of the bathers weremaking use of the chute,and one youth,after sliding down, did not get awayquickly enough, with the result thatthe head of the next bather etruek himon the back. Beyond a few bruisesneither of the young men suffered muchinjury.

A lady visitor from GiSDorne statesthat affairs are very bad in PovertyBay,owing to the long spell of dry weather.Quite a droughtwas being experienced, itbeing quite four months since there wasany rain. The country is completelyparched, and it was quite restful to hereyes to see the fine pastures, oats, wheatand turnip crops along the line betweenFeilding and Turakina. She said thatthere is not a blade of pn"een grass to beseen in the Gisborne district, and thefarmers were obliged to rush their stockalong to the freezing works, owing to thescarcity of feed. Water was becomingvery scarce, and while subsidiary creekshad completely dried up. the river hadnow been reduced to a mere trickle. Theoutlook was decidedly bad, and a numberof people had left with the intention ofnot returning until bountiful rains hadfallen.

Tlie Parnell fire brigade was called outto two incipient fires during the week-end. The first occurred on Saturday'night, when a small quantity of clothingin a storeroom belonging to Mr. \V. L.Wilson, Manukau Road, was found to bealight. The flames were put out beforeany damage was done to the room. Thebrigade was called outagain last night toa house in Manukau Road, but its ser-vices were not required, as the troubleconsisted simply in a rubber gas tubegiving way and the gas igniting. Some-one turned off the gas before the brigadearrived, and no damage was done.

On Friday last Mr. A. E. Harding, asrepresenting the Xorthern Wairoa pas-toral community, telegraphed the Prime:Minister protesiins against the Govern-I anr. question of a remis-'MMi'orthfc sefrteheetfiSaWd upon F. E. X.Gaudin. Rt. Hon. VV. F. Massey repliedus follows: -The matter is one which be-longs entirely to the Imperial Govern-ment and is not under the New ZealandGovernment's control. It is at presentunder the consideration of the Imperialauthorities and I have no more to dowith the matter than you."

The dry scasou is affecting the watersupply at Gisborne. Evidently the posi-tion is becoming acute, as the Councilhas decided to ask householders to con-serve the supply as much as possible.It was agreed that the present positionwarranted cutting off all connectionsoutside the borough, including suppliesto water troughs and bowling greens,ft was also decided that salt water in-stead of fresh must be used for thestreets.

A motor 'bus driver, returned to Lon-don, gives a thrilling account of life atthe front, rushing up supplies and am-munition to Mr. Thomas Atkins. • Hesaid it was "worth it" for the excite-ment, and he would go back fornothing."Talk about driving a "bus here inLondon with your time schedules aridthe police!"' Out there was the place,the chauffeur's El Dorado. "There justain't no speed limit. You keep bustingfull speed ahead with your engine andstanding on the throttle. And the offi-cers, banging on like death, yell at you

up and let her rip. 'You ain'tin the 'Ackney Road now, 1 they shouts.Oh. it's topping!" One foresees plainlythat after tlie war. tho beaten trackalong the Hackney Road will be sheerpurgatorial ennui for some chauffeurs.

After occupying the position o£ chair-man of the Wellington College Board ofGovernors for a number of years, Mr. A.de B. Brandon has resigned. In a lettertendering bis resignation Mr. Brandon|said that the effect of the Education Act ,of 1014 was to transform tho Board ofGovernors into a mere creature of theMinister. The board accepted the resig-nation with regret, and elected the Hon.J. 0. W. Aitken, M.L.C., to the positionof chairman.

Two detectives arrested a man inChristchurch on a charge of desertingfrom the New Zealand troopship Athenicat Albany. The man is said to havewalked 300 miles, between Albauy andFremantle, and then to have gone on toSydney and worked his passage to Lyt-teltou. He wus sent to Wellington lastnight, to be placed in the detention camp.

Lieutenant J.D. McComish, of the No.1 Company of Railway Engineers, has

been appointed to a lieutenancy in thoExpeditionary Force, and left at the endof last week for Trentham to take uphis new duties. Lieut. McComish wasa member of the clerical staff at thoNewmarket railway station.

A Christchurch paper remarks: "As aplain matter of demonstrable fact thereis more potential wealth buried away inthe great stretch of country betweenAuckland and Doubtless Bay than thereis in any similar stretch of country inany other part of the Dominion, not ex-cepting the fruitful plains of Canterburyand Otago."

There were 270 male and nine femaleprisoners in Mount Eden gaol at the endof last week, including 15 prisonersawaiting trial, nnd 260 hard labourprisoners. During the wjeek 24 prisonerswere received and 3S discharged.

Mr. C!.. 11. Kings ford is acting deputy-organist and choirmaster at St. 'Mat-thew's Church, Auckland, during Mr. J.■11. Philpott's absence.

Daily motor trips to Tilirangi and Mt. jAtkinson, leaving Ilenning's motor depot'2.30 p.m. each day. Return fare, 5/.Reserve seats, 'plume 547.—(Ad.)

I Some interesting observations Tegard-iing the tourist traffic in New Zealand,jand more especially in the Aucklanddistrict were made to a "Star " reporter;thig morning by the local Tourist Officer,Mr. C. Wallniitt, It was naturally ex-Ipected, he stateA", that the war wouldhave a disastrous effect upon the traffic,and that the season would tie distin-guished by 'but few vieitors. As iar astravellers' from Europe are concerned,this lias been true in a very large de-gree, andbut a minimum of the numberhave come to New Zealand. The con-tingent of American visitors usual forthis time of the year hiis also been

greatly decreased, partly a s a result of iU\ms expected opening "of tVvc Panama|/.E.Yposition. and partJv because of thewar. In spite of all this, liofferer, thebusiness done at the local tourist officealready shows an increase over that of asimilarperiod last season. Further thanthis, the prospects for the remainder ofthe season, extending until the end ofApril, are particularly bright. Mr Wall-mit pointed out that the thousands ofAmerican tourists who usually journeyto Europe will be now prevented fromdoing so by the war. and we may,therefore expect a fair proportion tocome to New Zealand. Australians, too,who ordinarily make a pilgrimage tothe Old World, will probably be divertedto the Dominion. The close of the sea-

son, .he concluded, would probably showa distinct all-round improvement uponlaefc year.

Applications are invited by the St.John's College Trust for three scholar-ships of £70 each on the Marsh founda-tion, one of £09 on the Maria Blackettfoundation, and another of £G0 on theLady Margaret and Whytehead founda-tions. The qualifications of candidatesmay be tested, if thought necessary, bymeans of a special examination. Candi-dates for the scholarship on the Marshfoundation must beprepared to undertaketheological studies as a preparation forholy orders. In all cases the scholar-ships will be awarded for a period of oneyear, but if a satisfactory report upon(any candidate's work is made by thewarden the scholarship may be renewedfor a further term of one or two years.In the case of a graduate who is readingfor university honours, or who is study-ing theology, the scholarship entitles ascholar to an even longer period. Theconditions for the scholarships prescribethat candidates must have passed thematriculation examination at some recog-nised university. In awarding thescholarships consideration will be givento the scholastic attainments of thecandidate.

.iA young lady. Miss Gwendoline Dun-can, met with a shooting accident whileon a picnicking excursion at Rivenheadyesterday. Several members of the partyhad been having shots with a pea-rifle,which ultimately came into the hands of'Miss (Duncan. While holding the riflemuzzle downwards, towards her foot sheaccidentally preesed the trigger, and thecharge entered her foot just oelow theankle. She was admitted to the hos-pital last evening. Her foot was ex-amined under the"X rays this morning,the bullet being located, and extracted.Miss Duncan is a school teacher fromOamaTU. and is at present on a visit tofriends at Rocky Nook.

Referring to the recent eairthquake inPoverty Buy, a Gisbame paper says:—"The oM saying, Tihe ways of Providencearc MJf=cnita-b3e,' is bowi out ai Whangia-

>a*uV m&pF6ps*&eit, oE''Hte: aceommoda-*km hons<S 'lost his reservoir, bat a Jifctletower down towards ifche iwa<n!i a newspring of the purest water .has sprung up.and is forced about two feet above3 theground. The ground 5e much torn andshaibtered for about two unites abouit theCape."

The 'harvesting, of the pea crops in var-ious rpairte of the Mariborough districtihfls disposed of the fact .that the ydeld*his year vtiM mot 'be one-ihailf. or, as inmany oases, ©acifchird of 'the average tc-•fcuirnfi. Leguminous crops on aireae re-pently affected by the floodhavebenefited'from nbedr inundation where .the watertreced'eri qujck&y, but in some cases tinecommercial value of ibbe plants has beenoomsaderatoly reduced.

The first imparfeuit date in New Zea-Qand Roman Oatfcholic .history is 1535.when New Zealand 'was Ladudied in ifahemewly-fomied Vicarkte Apostolic ofWestern Oceamacx (says the "Tablet").On Janmry 13, 1838. "the first Mass wassaid by Bikhop Pcunpafllier ait Hokiansa.in the house of Mr. Poynton, an Irishsebtter.

At the Magistrate's Court in Whan-garei to-day. William and SamuelBeehre were charged with forging anduttering a cheque for £(i 14/, payableto W. Johnson, and signed by M. Alder-man. He was remanded to" annear at■Feilding on the 26th met. Bail wasfixed—self £200, and one surety of£200.

This season's crop oE apricots in tibeThames du'striot is a 'large one. ajxigrow-ers .have had no difficulty dn securing amarket, though jtriixs realised have notperhaps been as high as Uiiiail, own.n<n- to.the Jarge offering of ithis clsue of fruit.

The share regieter of the HikuranmCoal Company win be closed from the23rd to the 26th of January, both daysIinclusive, for the purpose of pavino- aninterim divident of five per cent" forthe half-year.There wiU probably be six Labour can-didates for 6eaite on the Wefflingttm OitvOousncil at rthe coming onuiiaipaj elec-|frians.

THE INTERNED WJSMAR.CONSIGNEES WANT CARGO.

A meeting of consignees qf cargo byton hT°T- SteTCT W'ismar ™» «"?-for this atternoon at the Chamberof Commerce It will be rememberedMm* early ln the war, the Wtenarinterned in Java waters. A great pro-portion of the cargo is superphosphates,but there wre also other general lines otgoods, including and other srfp-phee. The object of the consignees is totry «nt get delivery of their butrt is understood tL-nt the requiresan average bond to be given by consi-nees before handing over tHe goodß. TheSjdney Chamber of Commerc! ~Tt«te tothe preeident o£ the Auckland Chamber(Mr. B. upon the question oftaking umted action with reference tointerned at Java. Orders have beenmade by the court in one eaSlfa* ™terned American steamer—to delivercargo wifcW bond or payment, Asomewhat Bimilardecaum siven

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THE POLITICAL SITUATION.THE DOUBTFUL SEATS.

COALITTOX TALK AGADf. ;! (By Telegaph.—Special to "Stat.") ;"

WELLINGTON, this day.The iseue of writ for a fresh'election for the Dunedin Centralseat does not debar Mr. Munro(the labour candidate) from, peti-

ibtanfmig 'the Supreme Cour.t to reverse tindeedsio-n of .the magfetra-te, mhaoh" <fe-:.prived /him of a number of votes thatI'-wouM. ibave givenhim a miajarity. It ii'nwt kmrwin here vimit arrangement Jiii,Munro's friends 'have made wjtih. ll*.! t'if the Labour candidate is morally, aiwell as fega'lry, fr-ee to appeal! to i&eiCourt will be strongly advised to adojtthat course.

The legal gentlemen differ as to the.probability of such an appeal succeedinghigh, a-u'tihioa-jtiies holding daaanetrieaJiy ■ -opposite opinions; but laymen, who readfclie LegMa.ture Act, and ft»he judgment iathe case of Ffeher j-ad Atkinson as it ap-jpeaTS in. ibhe Jaw xepoiite,wili wander whya WTiodeToai 'fche ftunt of aing officer, -whioh no one pretends affectedIthe result of (the election, ahonid odanpdMir. Mumro >to go through (the wiwJa ■cartly ibueine® again.

In regard to itihe subjeot of a. petitionagainst Mr. Pajx's retorn for Bier, <bhe |Iquestion tlie Oppossbi-on had ta> decidesI.ivas iriether or mot it .wouM reap anyadvantage ifn going to (the poSi a secondtime with 'the pnobability ot Mr. Barrbeing, eligible for ire-dectioin, and ap-pairentJy the leaders of flic panty ithonght 'it wiser net to send good money aStera- doubtM sea-t.

The position is said to be different iwitjithe Ba-y of Isiands and tiie Nortiheni-Maoriseats. In the former constituencyitihere were so maitty ftigrainit irregulari-.ties that >the Coumt would probably orderanother election, and Mr. Reed> .wibo all- §readyia a minority jrepresaatative, wouldbe in grave danger of suffering tftie fateIwhichso oventook him Cast monuh.The Korthern Maori distriob contains aiarge majority of Liberal voters triio areco displeased by Mar. H-anaxe's refusal todeclare ihis party colours that they ared-titerm'ined io take (tihe Jaw in-to-£har'own 'hamdE, amd Qodge a petition for »fresh ledeotion ait (bhejr own expgase ii Inone of theother eaadidatee takeaction.

The talk of a coalition between theRe-formers and *he liberafe fcas sMnewhaisubsided sdnoe iUws petitions and rumoursof petitdctcs have ituxned popular specala-tiOTi tin another direction,, but, in eonrer-eitioTi fwith a reporter ifco-day, a Reform .niember of .the House of Representativesdecliaired .that suah a proposal >wae in Us -air, and was ireceiving itilie qualified aj-prova'l of many imemajers of his party. 'Sir Josep'Ji Ward, who returned from"Auckland yestctrday morning, refuse•posifeivtily to be drawncsn thesubject, butthis Iriends say itihat a coalitEon woald hi■the very Oast ithihg he wofuW. (think oi-at Che present moment, and ibi owflattefcude certainly does aiot "fchiu-.:he has aaiyrthdug of 'i&K kind hi iaj £

PETITION IN* TAUMAKUMH. |ALLEGED EXCESSIVE AKD DUAL

YOTIXG. ; •(By Telegraph. Association.'). :WELLINGTON, tins day. ,

Mr. C._K. Wilson, Reform candidatefor Taumarunui seat, has lodged k peti-:.ltion, asking for scrutiny by an. dec-Idon court. It is alleged ttiaai a-.]aigerauntber of voting papers irero deposrtedin the bailiot-boxtJiaji ithere weire•recorded on >the Toll, aiso that' 'there-;'were eases of d«al voting.

POLICE COURT-(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, &M.),

FOR BUTTING IN.Robert Beazley, a stalwart young

Maori of 22 years, admitted that oi»_:Saturday night he assaulted LeonardLee.

Senior Sergeant Kutledge stated thatabout ten o'clock on Saturday nightBeazley and -a mate -went into AlbertPaVk and came across Lee and a friendsitting under a tree talking to two girls.;Beazley and- his mate jostled the other

Jtwo young nien, and eventually the lat-jter and the girls started to go away-.:when Beazley and the other caughthold'of the girls, and Lee and his friendpushed them avray. Beazley then 3knocked. Lee down and kicked frim |I "I'm sorry, but I'm sureI never kickedI

Ithe man,', said Beazley.J He was fined 20/ and 12/ costs, inI default' three days' imprisonment.i A MAKTTR OF SATS.

Paul Feltrin (IS), a young French-man, who arrived at Auckland on the

! R.M.S. 2siagara as a stowaway fromHonolulu and had been a week in cus-'tody on remand, came up for sentencefor stowing away.

He stated that, he had been severalyears in California, where he followed ■the business of a hat-maker.

His Worship remarked that as theprisoner had spent a week in gaol, hewould now be convicted, and ordered tocome up for sentence, with a conditionthat when he obtained work he shouldpay the shipping- company £12 10/, Ms |fare on the boat. -A WOMAN ADRIFT.

Jessie Minns," a middle-aged woman,who seemed to be in ill-health,'wascharged with vagrancy.

Senior Sergeant Rutledge stated thaton Thursday the woman escaped fromtheKnox Home whereshe was apatient,suffering from asthma, and she wasfound some days later wandering aboutCrummer Road, in a very weak state..She -was the -woman who had gainedsome notoriety in connection with theGrand Hotel fire several years ago. ■Endeavours had been made- to find aHome for her, but tbe CostleyHome,andCharitable Aid Board authorities wereunwilling to have anything to do withher because she made herself a nuisanceby refusing to submit to discipline.

The only thing the woman said incourt was that she ran away from theHome because they were cruel to her,and she wanted to go to a brother.

The Senior Sergeant stated that thebrother was married and had a largefamily to keep. .

The woman was remanded for a week,the police meantime to make inquirieswith a view to finding some place wherethe woman might find sanctuary.

MISCELLANEOUS.Ernest Adams (49), a farmer from

Waipipi. was committed to the SupremeCourt for trial on several charges ofincest.

MatthewBradley (75). who stated thathe was a Maori war veteran, was con-victed and discharged for a second of-fence, a relative offering io look afterthe old man and get him into a Horn*

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GIVE AND TAKEIN THE SIECE BATTLEHOT FIGHT AT SOISSONS

FRENCH OUTNUMBERED.

CANADIANS' GALLANT CHARGE

SENDS GERMANS ON THE RUN

Details of the severe fighting north of Soissons show thatthe French suffered very heavily in attempting- to gain posses-sion of a spur. They flung themselves gallantly on the Germanranks, but a regrouping of the German forces resulted in theattackers being outflanked and outnumbered.

The fact that some of the companies only mustered tenmen when the roll was called shows the terrible punishmentthe French must have suffered.

There was a German attempt to cross the Aisne at Missy,but this was frustrated owing to the superiority of the Frenchartillery.

A g-allant charge with the bayonet to the cry "ForCanada and Old England" is the first feat of arms performedby colonial soldiers on a European battlefield. Trench aftertrench was cleared-, and the Germans broke and ran before thefierce rush of the Canadians. It was only the German artil-lery that brought this dashing charge of the Canadians to anend, but before that occurred the plucky colonials had gained amile of ground.

News from the eastern battlefield states that the Germansholding some fords on the Skrawa, a tributary of the Vistula,were unable toresist the relentless Eussian pressure, and werecompelled to retire northward towards their own frontier.

Further particulars of the smashing defeat the Russiansinflicted on theTurks at Karaugan tell that in the pursuit over5,000 prisoners fell into Russian hands, and the capturesincluded 14 guns, enormous supplies, and 10,000 head of cattle.. Apart from the fighting round Soissons the Allies arekeeping up the pressure on the western battlefield, and a Pariscommuniquereports progress at Lombaertzyde, on the Belgiancoast, near Nieuport, and also east of Rheims.

ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT PROGRESS.ADVANCE IN SPITE OF STORMY WEATHER.

(Received 11.5 a.m.)LONDON. January 17.

A Paris communique states that the Allies have prpgressed 200 mi-tresin the Lombaertzyde district in Belgium, and advanced in the Beau Sejourdistrict, east of Rheims, despite the stormy weather. Continued progress isreported westward of Orbey.

More territory to the west of Ypres has been inundated. The Belgiansare able to evacuate their positions, thus enabling many men to be sentBouthwards.

HOW THE FRENCH FORCES FELL BACK.

OUTNUMBERED AND OUTFLANKED BY ENEMY.

DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO TAKE A SPUR.

PARIS, January 16.Further details of the action round .Soissons show that the French made

& resolute advance along the Bethune Road. They reached a farm wherethey encountered a German division. The French repulsed sharp attacks, andflung themselves with desperate courage against the lower slopes of a spur,until counter-attacks forced them to fall back to Crouy, three miles fromSoissons. Meanwhile the French attempted to scale the eastern ridges of thePerriere Plateau,but were thrown back by a withering fire from the Germans.

The fighting for the spur was resumed on Wednesday, when 200 Germans■were killed and many taken prisoners. The Germans regrouped their forcesand debouched from the Chivres Valley, outnumbering and outflanking theFrench.

RUSH ON GERMAN LINES RESULTS IN SLAUGHTER.

During the fighting one regiment crossed the river and rushed on to theGerman lines. Fierce fighting continued for hours. The French were finallycompelled to retreat. Only ten in each company answered the roll-call.

Other regiments supporting renewed the attack, but lost heavily.

ENEMT'S ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER TOUTED.The flooding of the Aisne destroyed a bridge at Missy, preventing the

Bending of reinforcements. The bridge was hastily reconstructed, enabling'the French to retreat.

The Germans occupy villages on the right bank of the Aisne, but areunable to cross the river, French artillery sweeping the plain of Venizol.French artillery drove back a German force trying to cross the river at Missy.

The Germans violently bombarded Soissons on Thursday. Fires brokeout in all parts of the town. The tower and portico of the cathedral werecompletely destroyed. Shells killed many children.

GERMANS CLAIM A SECOND GRAVELOTTE.

SEBII-OFFICIAX FRENCH DENIAL.

PARIS, January IC.

In reply to a German official wireless message declaring that, the Germansuccess at Soissons is comparable with the Prussian victory at Gnivelotte, in

the war of 1870-1871, and that 5,000 French were killed and 5,200 taken

prisoners, it is semiofficially announced that the French forces consisted of

three brigades, and their retirement was not molested.

OSTEND REDUCED TO HORSEFLESH.HEAVY FORTIFICATIONS ON THE COAST.

CONVICTS COLLECTING THE GERMAN DEAD.

(Received 1.5 p.m.) tAMSTERDAM, January 17. j,

A Dutch correspondent at Ostend states that 6,000 out of 45.000 inhabi- atants remain in thecity. Horseflesh is theonly meat available, and,they have (but little bread. The Germans plundered the stores and cleared them of beer fand wine. 'There are 04 heavy guns on the dunes, and 13,000 Germans are guardingthe boulevards at Mariakerkc, on the coast south of Ostend, where there are (powerful fortifications. I

The Germans are forcing the Belgians to dig trenches, and threaten the (people with starvation in the event of refusal.

Twelve thousand German convicts, who have arrived at Ostend, are carry-ing the dead from the Yser line and taking the floating corpses from the fcanals. The corpses are being buried outside Ostend.

CANADIANS TAKE TRENCH AFTER TRENCH.GERMAN RANKS BREAK AND RUN.

BEFORE CRT OF "FOR CANADA AND OLD ENGLAND."

PARIS, .January 16.A German force, in mass, moved against the North iStaffordshirc Regi-

ment, near Ypres, but became bogged in mud and were an easy mark for tlioBritish riflemen. The enemy retired with heavy losses, and essayed an attackfurther to the north. They met with a withering lire from the Britishtrenches.

Then a Canadian regiment, shouting, "For Canada and Old England,"made a bayonet charge. The Germans broke and fled. Trench after trenchwas captured by the Canadians, until German artillery checked the pursuit.The ground gained extended over a mile.

LIVELY ENGAGEMENT AT BLANGY.ALLIES RETAKE CAPTURED FOUNDRY.

WELLINGTON, this day.The High Commissioner cables under date London, January 17. S.."> p.m.:—Paris reports that the Allies continue to make progress at Nieuport, near'

Lombacrtzyde, where they have advanced 200 yards. The artillery obligedthe Germans to evacuate their trenches on the Great Dune.

At Blangy, near Arras, there was a lively engagement. The Hermans tooka foundry, but the Allies immediately retook it after an energetic counter-attack, and are still in possession..

At Perthes and at Beau Sejour progress has been continued, despitoa violent gale.

In the Vosges progress has been made west of Orbey.

TURKISH DEBACLE AT KARAURGAN.ENORMOUS CAPTURES BY THE RUSSIANS.

RUSSIANS SINK MANY TRANSPORTS.

PETROURAD, January 10.An olTicial report referring to the fighting near Karaurgan states that in

addition to the destruction of the 52nd Turkish Regiment, the Russianspursued and defeated the foe.

Upwards of 5.000 prisoners, }i guns, enormous supplies, and 10,000 headof cattle were captured.

Advices from Sebastopol state that the Russian Black Sea fleet hae sunkeighty sailing vessels transporting Turkish troops to Anatolia.

ENEMY FALL BACK IN NORTHERN POLAND.UNDER PRESSURE OF RUSSIAN FORCES.

I'ETROGRAD, January 16.An official report states that the enemy, whowere expelled fromSierpc, in

the north of Poland, occupied fords on the River Skrawn, 40 miles cast ofThorn. They were unable to maintain this position, and have fallen back to

the north under pressure. The fighting has been uneventful elsewhere.

THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.SWAKOFMUND INVADED.

AMNESTY TO COERCED REBELS.

PRETORIA, January 10.It is officially reported that the South

African Union forces have occupiedSwakopmund, on the coast of GermanSouth-west Africa, a short distancenorth of Waifish Bay. ,

Two British soldiers were killed and tione wounded. i

The Government has ordered thosemembers of the Defence Force who re- cluctantly took part in the recent rebel- slion to be reJeased, conditionally "P°utheir good behaviour, but Parliament .will decide the question of granting par- (dons and 'the legal consequences of ]wrongful action. iThe order for release applies to a large ,proportion of the force involved in ,Colonel Maritz's rebellion. The Courtof Inquiry found that there was eoinepalliation for "those whom Maritz hadcoerced.

Those vv-ho deliberately tox>k part inthe rebellion will be court-martialled.

REVERSE IN EAST AFRICA.

THE GERMAN ACCOUNT.

BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY. (

(Received 8.30 a.m.) 'AMSTERDAM, January 17. jThe Governor of German East Africa

has reported that two British warshipsand twelve transports, on the 2nd ofNovember, demanded the unconditionalsurrender of the German territory atTanga. The ships landed in the vicinityone 'fcuropean and four Indian regiments,totalling 8,000 men. The defendersnumbered 2,000. After a three days'battle the British were repulsed withsevere losses and retreated to the north-ward.

DEAR BRISBANE.(Received 10.50 a.m.)

BRISBANE, this day.The Control of Trade Board has in-

creased the price of beef by ljd p*ppound all round.

WAR FEVER DYING.

BERLIN IK MOURNING.

FADING BELIEFS.

(Times and Sydney Sun Serrlces.)

LONDON", January IC.A citizen of a neutral country who has

returned from Berlin says that whilstthere he constantly met people mourningfor wounded soldiers.

The citizens attend the theatres andcafes as usual, but dancing is prohibited,and the dancing scaloons arc closed.

Belief in the infallibilityof the GermanArmy is waning, and it is stated thatGerman officers have admitted that ifBritain had put a million men into thefield at the commencement of the war itwould now have been drawing to a finishon German territory.

GERMAN PRIZE CREWIN EX-BRITISH SHIP.

(Received 10.41 a.m.)

WASHINGTON, January 17.The State Department has ordered a

collier manned by a German prize crewto leave Porto Rico, in the' West Indies,or else submit to internment.There is a British cruiser waiting out-

side, and the Germans will probablydecide to be interned. The collier wasformerly the British ship Farn, of 4,300tons, which was captured by the Karls-ruhe in Octobe*.

PRUSSIAN HANDIWORK.SHEIXIIfG HISTORIC FANES.

SLAUGHTERING INNOCENTS.

PARIS, January 17.The Germans violently bomb.irded

Soisßous on Thursday. . Fires broke outin aJI parts of the town. The towerand portico of the cathedral were com-pletely destroyed. Shells killed manychildren.

Tlie Germans arc keeping men. womenand children in the neighbouringqirarriesa* noetagas, and are forcing the waipciito go to Soiaaana for provieion».

FERTILE NEW GUINEA.AUSTRALIA'S SPOILS.

1BACK TO THE FADERLAND.

GERMAN CIVILIANS DEPART. ]

SYDNEY, January 17. ]Colonel Holmes, witli the balance of ;the first New Guinea Expeditionary

Force, which has recently beon replaced, 'has returned to Sydney. Colonel Holmesand the men received a warm welcome, jColonel Holmes speaks highly of the pro- <ductiveness of New Guine-, but he says ■it is not a white mans country in thewet season.

It is stated by Colonel Holmes that Jonly the fringe of the German islands !has boon explored. Very little ie known !of the interior which is inhabited bycannibal savages. Most of the cocoa-nut plantations are in their infancy.'.Their present value is great, but in afew years it will be enormous.

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VANISHING GERMAN FLAG.PACIFIC ISLANDS TAKEN.

PEACEFUL SURRENDER.

(Received 10.5 a.m.)

SYDNEY, this day.Further particulars regarding the cap-

ture cf Bougainville, the largest of theSolomons, formerly owned by Germany,Ishow that it was carried out withoutfighting by troops from Rabaul. llerrDollin-fer, tho chief Gorman official, hear-ing of the fall of Rabaul, disarmed thenative police. On November 10th theAdmiralty (iroup was nlso occupied.

The postal authorities notify thatwireless communication has been estab-lished with Nauru.

One hundred and one ex-Civil oflicialsin the German Pacific possessions havesailed by the steamer Sonoma for S;inFrancisco under the terras of the capitu-lation. A militia guard, with fixedbayonets, and a big friendly crowdwatched their embarkation.

Dr. Mabcr. late Administrator of (lor-man New Guinea, before his departure,paid a tribute to the friendly treatmentreceived in Australia. Ho said he wassorry to leave his English friends. Hewould not know whether to remain inAmerica or proceed to the Katlierlnmluntil he gnt into touch with the GermanGovernment. He described the Austra-lian women as the most charming ho had!over mot. They were so fresh, piquant, jindependent, and yet so maidenly. Words,failed to express his admiration for them.

AUSTRALASIAN CARGOES

J ON GERMAN VESSELS

tririON HIGH COURT DECISION.

(Received 10.50 a.m.)

SYDNEY, tin's day.Advices from Capetown state that the

Full Court of the Union lias given thedecision that nil claims respecting thecarjio of the steamers lVirkenfels. Uammand Apolla must be proved beforeApril lath, and accompanied by thenecessary documents.

MUST BE COMPELLED.REPROACH ON SINGLE MEN.

(Times and Srdnej- Sun Services.)

LON'DOX. January 10. 'Mr. Horatio Bottomlcy. in addressinga recruiting meeting, said that he wouldnot lipsitato to rourt-martial everyonefound taking advantage of the country'strouble to line their pockets with gold atthe expense of the soldiers. Three-fourths of Lord Kitchener's army, lie said,were married men, and unless the singlemen enlisted more freely they would soonbe compelled todo so.

THE SHIPPING SHORTAGE.ITS EFECT ON TRADE.

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.)

LONDON, January 16.The secretary of the Liverpool Ship-owners' Association, reporting on the

congestion of the British overseas trade,states that the imports for the fivemonths from Augustto December totalled£262,515,278, as compared with £328,644,----354 in the same period of 1913. The ex-ports totalled £130,367,7734, as against£221,241,400 the previous year. Thetonnage bringing the imports decreasedby 29 per cent.

AUSTRIA'S DARK DAYS.BERCHTOLD'S RESIGNATION.

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.)

LONDOX, January 16.The impression in Berlin is that

Emperor Francis Joseph required astronger man than Count Berchtold whenpeace is to be discussed.

Tlie Berlin newspaper "Lokal Anziegcr"says that Count Berchtold's resignationwas due to tension' with Count Trsza, theHungarian Premier, who is the real direc-tor of the foreign policy of the DualMonarchy.

ANTI-WAR RIOTS.

ROME, January 17.News telegraphed from the Austrian

frontier shows that the situation is dailybecoming dangerous. Food is selling atfamine prices, and discontent is general.Anti-war demonstrations have been heldin all the large centtes.

The rioters constructed barricades inseveral towns. There were conflicts withthe police, and many arrests were made.

LESSONS LEARNT IN BLUFF.THREAT AGAINST BERNSTORFF

NEW YORK, January IC.A man named Edwin Scott has been

sentenced to six months' imprisonmentat Seattle for threatening to take the

1 life of Count yon BerntstorlT, the Germant Amlwesador at Washington,r Scott admitted writing letters ad-■ dressed to Connt yon BernstoriT, but he

' pleaded that he was merely blufling.Mr. \V. J. Bryan, Secretary of State,

1 directed the proceedings to be taken.9 It is understood that many threateningl letter* have been received at the tier-

INCIDENTS OFTHE WAR.IN AND OFF THE FIRING UHE.

LONDON, January 16. 'Nothing Doing.An official message from Vienna

states that there is nothing to reportin the Carpathians. Increasing froeiis impeding operations.Practical Loyalty.

Manitoban wheat-groweis are eachgiving an acre's produce for the needsof the Kmpire.From Berlin. r

A German communique states: "We 1repulsed atacke r.orth-west of Arras, ]ma<le a counter-attack, captured two itrcnclifs. and made prisoners of the de- cfenders. The French have evacuated afarm at La Boisellc.', =Hartlcpool's Victims. [

Further deaths have oeourred at (liartlcpool, as a result of injuries susstaincd during the recent raid by .Ger- \man warships, raising the total number ,to 113.The Dyeing Bill.

Sir Albert Spicur, a well-known free- *trader, speoni«u a resolution adoptedat a meeting of the London Chamber 'of Commerce, urging the establishment 1of aniline dye factories in Great Britainby tlic guarantee of an adequate tariff .protection for at least ten yeaw after Jthe termination of the war. T'.ie recom- jlnciulation was made on non-party lines ias a matter of vital national importance. 'A Place of Honour. i

The French have offered Belgium aplace of honour in the French Hall attlie San Francisco Exhibition. , (The Spy Swarm.

The police at Dunkirk have arrested j10n persons and forced 2,300 strangersI 'to leave the town owing to the prcva- Ilenee of spies, who don French andBritish uniforms.The Top of the Morning;.

The London "Daily Chronicle's" corrc-upondeKt at Calais sta.tcs that nineaviators ilropprd bombs on the railwayand Wracks at Ostend, inflicting Con-siderable (laiEijc. j'Headed for Home. 1

'J'ho British naval officers interned in ,Holland have been transferred to theBoilcgravcti fortress beenu.se seven ott'icm escaped from the camp. Five wererc-rcipt-.ired .-ml two reached Kngland. iThe ollirers had l>e?n previously relieved i•of their pnrole. ;jSick of it.j An ollicin! mcosaje from GermanyIIs-tatcs t'.iat the Minister of l-'inance,llerr Kiihn, has resigned on account ofilll.ealth.Some of the Crop. I

A flotilla of Swedish torpodo-boatsus clearing away the German minoau'liicli called shipping between Stock-holm and Gothland to be suspended forseveral days. Over a hundred mince'have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast.Soldiers at Knocke, Heyst. and Zec-brugge are busily engaged in explodingthem,Tho Spell ot Progress.

The ■'Times," in a leader on "Thegrowth of a jirent people." saya thatwhen Germany threw down the gauntletto Russia she brought the Russiannation for over under the spell of Frencha.nd English progress.

GERMANY'S FEINT.THE TERRIBLE TURK.

jWILL HE ADVANCE ON EGTPT ?

LONDON, January 16.The Cairo correspondent of the "DailyXe\v=" states that the projected Turkishadvance on Egypt cannot be deferredbe\ond the middle of February. Afterthen the water eupplies of the desertwill be dried up.

The Turks have collected 13,000 camelsin Syria, many being intended for thetransport of artillery. Three-fourths of;the army consists of picked TurkishItroops. There is much discontent amongthe Arab contingent and desertions arenumerous. The real power in the armyis vested in Colonel yon Kreesencteiu.

ITHE AUSTRIAN RETREAT.A VERITABLE DEBACLE.

' ENEMY ABANDONS GUNS.

■Crimes Sydney Sun Service.)- LONDON, January 15.! A correspondent with the Servians,

describing the Austrian retreat fromSuvobar in its early stages, says he was>impressed by the fact that the enemyI'had 'buried their heavy guns and markedthe spot by wooden crosses, like fallenwarriors. They removed the breech-blocks of the siege guns. Later the re-treat became a debacle. The Austriansonly thought was to get beyond rangeof our guns. They abandoned every-thing—cannon, maxims, ammunition,

t and -wagons intact. Thousands of riflesi were thrown away on the roadside, andi the wounded were left to their fate.

NEWSPAPER PROSECUTED.1

PUBLISHED MILITARYDISPOSITIONS.

(Received 10.50 a.m.)

l PERTH, this day.

' The proprietors of the "Daily News"'' newspaper have been summoned by the• Defence Department for .publishing on

* December 15th certain military disposi-tions of that date. The papers of the

1 third edition were seized by tlie censor.

THREE MONTHS IN CELLARSWITH HAVOC OVERHEAD.

(Times and Syilui-y Sun Services.)

i LONDON, January IG.

' People from- Crony, north of Soisaons,c who are arriving in Paris, state that1 they lived in cellars during three months

of "fighting. Only one house is .standing• in the town. They were fed at night-timea by soldiers.They witnessed a terrific combat during, the last few days, and had the mortifica-

i. j tion of seeing their countrymen forced toj retire, though only a few hundred yards,> before greatly-augmented forces of the

•naagr.

GERMANS BLACKMAIL THEIRPRISONERS.

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER.ARRESTED AS A SPY IN

BRUSSELS.

STRIPPED AND SEARCHED. p,!i

BOY FIXED £200 FOR LAUGHIXG fAT WAR NEWS. ■

Further light on the Germans' black-mailing methods is thrown by Mr. PhilipDollow, an American photographer, whohas just reached London after beingunder arrest for nine days at Brusselson suspicion of being an English spy.

"All went well until 1 got to Brus-sels," he told a '-Daily Chronicle" re-presentative. "At Bruges and Ghentthe Germans treated mc with everycourtesy on knowing that I wasan American, and, indeed, I lunched andtook automobile rides with some of theofficers.

"I reached Brussels on the evening ofXovcmber 11, and the next morning ob-tained from the American Consul an in-troduction to the German militaryauthorities with a view to getting aperniitt for taking photographs. Armedwith this, I went to the former BelgianGovernment buildings in the Rue de laLoi. now the German headquarters. Ii waited for hours in a long queue, andi finally was sent to another building,I then was told that the permit I wanted

was only issued at the office of theGeneral Staff in Berlin.

"I therefore decided to return to Ant-werp and Holland the way I had come,and went to the office to get a pass-Then my trouble began. I handed overmy passport on demand, and to my sur-

j prise \vos presently confronted with onejof the German secret police, whomarched mc into another room betweentwo soldiers with fixed bayonets andtook down my ■statement through aninterpreter.

"While 1 was being questioned othermen entered tho room, and, not knowinging that 1 understood German, one ofthem said, 'We know these ''Americans."

I The American Embassies all over Europeare issuing passports to Englishmen to

I act as spies.'ORDERED TO BE SHOT.

"Then I was taken to another room,stripped, and searched. Jn one cf mypockets they found a card bearing the

iname of an English newspaper, given mcby an acquaintance on the Flushing boat.At once they s.-.id, 'Ah, here is the Eng-I lish journalist to whom you send infor-mation.' and when they found an Eng-lish sovereign in another pocket theywore convinced. 'You are Englishcause you have English gold in your

J pocket., they said, ignoring the fact thatI also had* Belgian and Dutch money,if nationality were to be judged bycoinage. However, they showed theirappreciation of English gold by takinglit from mc. and giving mc a twenty-mark note instead.

"At 7-ix o'clock that night, after aday with nothing to eat, 1 was takento 0, Rue de la J-roi, and put into aroom on the fifth floor with nine otherprisoners. There 1 asked the sentry toget mo something to cat. As soon as

■ he heard mc speak Englieti he crossedi j the room, shook someone who was

sleeping on the floor, and said, 'Wake up,i Englnnder; here's another Englander."

"I found him to be a man named Dun-staii Hall, who had been arrested by aGerman picket while he was driving amotor car near Ghent- He claimed to

be an American, but had no passport,only an English motor-driver's license.I "At four o'clock the morning after Jiis

(' arrest he wasawakened and told that he

' was to be shot at once. He went outiii his shirt and trousers,saying he didn'twant a coat to be shot in. However,, when they got to the firing party heI, still insisted that he was an American,

I born in the United States, and so he•! was spared and brought to Brussels.; There he was tried four times, on a.

charge of being α-n English spy, andi finally it was decided to eend him to:'Germany till the end of the war. Asf! a matter of fact, he was sent there theiiday I was released.! SOUP IN LEMONADE BOTTLE.: '"He certainly showed himself fearless.

One day a fellow prisoner, to whom a

" bottle of wine had been smuggled in,invited us to have a drink. Hall raisedthe cup of wine and said, "Here's to Eng-land's King!" There was a German eol-dier in the room, but, though Tie seemedto understand, and looked a littlesharply, he said nothing.

"VVe were all iv one big room, withstraw mattresses. Coffee and breadwere brought bo us in the morning, butthe chief meal of the day was one bigbasin of soup for ten of us, with no> spoons or plates. We tried to tackle

i: this by filling an empty lemonade-bottle} iwith the soup and trying to drink it inr j turn. But in a few minutes the soupi' got too cold and thick to.pour, and wei were baffled. Finally, I got a special. permit to have meals sent in from the- Casino, and it cost mc 2/6 for each meals of scraps that had been left by the offi-j cers.

"Most of the prisoners had been ar-, rested on false charges, or no charges at jj all. merely for blackmailing purposes,!1and were released as soon as they'had:

paid a big fine. One of my fellow-pri-jsoners was Baron op Dorb, a Brussels!spirit merchant. When the Germansentered the town they ordered him togive up all the spirits he had. He re-fused, was arrested, a.nd only releasedon paying 80.000 marks (£4,000). Soonafterwards he was again asked to giveup all his stock of spirits. He again re-fused, was again arrested, and has nowbeen sent to Germany.

'There was also a boy of fifteen, whowas heard to laugh when reading theG-erman official war news. He was atonce arrested, and his father had ta pay

c 5,000 francs ( £200) to release him.ii ~*"One day 1 was taken to St. Gilles- Prison to be photographed and measuredc and have my finger-prints taken. It is". an amazing sig'lit there. All the pri-

soners seem to wear hnods, with twoholes for the eyes, so that their' faces

> cannot be seen. On "the way back tothe room in the Rue de la Loi 1 sawthirty-six of the new German thirty-eight centimetreguns, and was told theywere to be used at Calais to fire onDover.

"Last Thursday evening I w.rs helpingHall to wash and pack his few things,

i, for he had just been ordered off to Ger-t many, when I was called downstairs, ands' there found the American Consul. Heg! told mc he had called every day to de-e mand my release, and finally had re-

fused to le«ve 'the building that day un-g less [ joined him.

'"Finally, after two days, I got mvo passports and cameras back, and limd'ci> my way through the ruins that onceo were Belgium to Antwerp, and theuce

to niching for England."

THE REINFORCEMENTS.FOURTH DRAFT COMPUTED.'

FIFTH DETACHMENT EXROLLTXG.

In addition 'tio the names .putiKehedon Friday, the ifGilowicg men have nowP-iesed the medical examriraaiti'oiii, amd.have -leßt for Trentiiiam to eoanpttete thefourth Tcinforcemerpt draft:— 'Craswell, K. W. Quane. R. A. 'Crowliurat, V. K. Reid, L. H. llDuffy, W. lloberts, R. '1Inman, F. L. Silveira, J. H. c

Lowther, A. E. Speight, R. 3. ,Mcl'artlana. E. H. L Thompson, J. A. 1Mc(Jre«or, F. H. Walsh, X. X. 1Mackay, H. S. Whiston, J. M. ]Mtiyne, H. H. Williams. G. G. ~Miller, I. Wilson, P. A.Xbe fiSth draft of rednforcememtß, ,«iEoh

ar-e irequired to be in. TVenbhaan in thesecond week of Fehnaury, are mow being (flmroltol. To-<!ay over forty men signed-•the necessary papers, and to-morrow ■tile .first imediioad dnspaction -for itbis d«taeh.- Jment wfil 'be 'lurid. <

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OUR MAORI SOLDIERS

AND TEE FOOD THEY EAT. 'iTHEIR IXFIXITE CAPACITY. *

That there would be no danger of theMaori soldier starving should the ser- ."vice eommisariat fail is the opinion, held 'by those well qualified to speak with 'authority after close observation of theMaoris now in training at AvondaJe. It 'would appear that the modern 'Maorihas inherited, almost unimpaired, the•genius for practical foraging which, was :one of the vital qualifications of liisforefathers in the strenuous strugglefor existence. The soldiers in the mak- 'ing at the Avondale Camp thave, there- :fore, a flying start in one of the essen- <tials of successful soldiering, and what-ever of foodstuff there may be in thevicinity of the battlefields of Europe, or 'Aeia, or Africa, will not long escape the!instinctive skill of these natural pros- 'pectors to fossiok it out.

Theyhave scoured the country in the'neighbourhood of the camp at Avon-dale, and won eels hy the score from!places where tile whiteman, in ihis ignor-ance, never dreamed there was anyedible wealth at all. "When, at the holi-day time, they prepared a festival atwhich to entertain their friends, foragersreturned to the camp cooks with boughsladen with strings of eels they had takenby hand from neighbouring creeks andswamps. To lend variety to the feastthey secured great bundles of '" puha,"whieli some white- people know as" native cabbage," from beds recognis-able only by the initiated. The 'Maori isnot uninterested in food, and when liecan doco well strictlywithin the bounds|of thelaw of trespass be may be trustedto look after himself with some successon foreignsoil, whereproperty rights aretemporarily in abeyance.

The ability of the sturdy Maori re-cruits to assimilate comestibles is asource of wonder that is tinged withadmiration. The constant replenishment iof the'camp cantocn is a practical tri-jbute to their infinite capacity. Their ab-sorption of nutriment is practised as ahobby, to be in&ulsred at every pos-sible opportunity. The canteen turnoverprovides interesting data for the alchem-ist who would study the .transmutationOf edible delicacies into warlike boneand sinew.

At ramp they get through from fiftyto a hundred dozen of cordials daily.

' jSeventy-fiveper cent of this is the juven-ile]ile nectar known as raspberry, theblush--1 rn<r colour of which is doubtless respon--1 sible, in a large measure, for its popu-larity. The frequent requests for prold-' top-Ailia.s hop-beer (or, 'as one of. them

' put it. feelingly, "alas, bop beer") in-: jdicates. perhaps, tbe spread of pakeha

' civHisation. Gin.srer-beer ie referred to: affectionately a? "milk" or "cordite."Tinned fish is apparently irresistible

•to our Maori soldiers. Toheroas leadin popularity, and kuti' are also in the

' first flight. " I[" "What's kutir' asked the ignorant|visitor.; ,"Mussels," said, the canteen-man —

" tinned."'•Didn't know they were ever armour-• plated,"' confessed the vieitor.» "Xeitlu-r di:l we"," said the canteen-

I man. "But these fellows did, so we■ hunted around and got them."

"They're all right too," proffered theIowner of a set of gleaming, teeth, as ,■a gustatory glow came into a pair of|

shining eyes that had never been tingedi with dyspeptic green.1 Herrings in tomato sauce are, it wouldiseem, regarded a3 ambrosia, while to-; mato sauce in the bottle is an am->brosial nectar to be imbibed as a cor-)dial. Cakes and pies go the way ot: other soldierly nutriment, in large quan--1tities, while seventy dozen eggs in an) hour and a-half is a record- as a sale.2 The camp rations are admittedly1generous and sufficient, iv their way.; but the canteen is a pleasure resort,1 and is patronised as such. Supper is- an institution, not a meal. Here is onewarriors effort at half-past eight—two- bottles of raspberry, a 6d cake, a tin

tj of sardines, and a big lobster. This is,a typical instance, and yet everyone isi up, merry and bright, for physical drill- at half-past sis in the morning. The3 canteen is open from 6 a,m. till 9 p.m.,3 except during parades, and it nevero lacks customers. "Yellow" cigarettes,- which may almost be regarded as food,:1 are in great demand, but there is aiia increasing tendency to cultivate thec pipe. A big tradeis also done in various- other ni<-k-nacks of camp life, the rushv on chamois leathers and brasso bsing

siiniilicant of soldierly pride in bright0 buttons and clean equipment. In thec early days of the camp several hundredt letter-cards a day were purchased, but)' other opportunities for making fare-

wells have caused this demand to falls away considerably.1 The Avondale canteen is run by Messrs3 Hutchinson Bros, on the same"lines as- were tl>e canteens at Epsom, Takapuna,

t>I and Otalmfcn. tiie whole of the profitss going into a regimental fund for future»j disbursement amon<r the men by thek-1officers as trustees. Mr. StanleyHutchin--son is in charge, and Mr. Johnson, anl'; (ex-Imperial soldier, with Indian and1.('liiii-jse service, is his assistant.! .

M-cnvbciß of 't.ho Xew Zealand Farmers'1 Ulrica in Auckland provance. 'have sub-b scribad freely 'to various district funds-i for ,the irdKe-f of the Belgians, and a nimi-. ber (have i-feitdroreaiiranstoaSpeoi'aiUnio'n.IFiind. Tlve position of ifchca as as fol-.j-lows:—BrCTwmlly a'ckmwfedged, £72!)v' l-t/4; Ka-ipara -l4its, £44 10/3; Harua,'c £43 14/; Taupird, £29 5/; Pomgakaiwa,c £ltf 15/; Hauiuld Mains (per Mr. A. J.c jAndrews),£13 15/6;E.Ci., Te Kuita, £2;{H. A. Luranan, £1 1/,:Total, £880 15/1.

THE MILITARY SPIRIT.

MOST PRONOUNCED DTAUCKLAND.

MAJOR LUSK'S VIEWS OXEECRUITIXG.

"One .reason why the Auc-klaard pro-vince is able to provide xeerujfe at doablethe irate cf any other pnovmce -j?•because?wne mol'jieiry spirit has bee.fcan'ded-down*fy Sue generation that saw so muchactive service in the ALaoe Vims.? Theforegoing .remark <wae nude *by .the pro-VTOtiiial president of liihe New Zes&AFarmers' Union (Major D. B. Lusk},■when speaking to a "Star" reporter tihaemiornang about thesteps which the unionis taking in connection irhi tte forar.a-tioin of irdfle d'irbs to-asast in *he defenceof the country. ' . V' ' ■

"When I approached General Godleyin connection with the tnaitter," addedtli* Major, "ie expjessedfiieopinion.-tihutour movementmight act as a check onrecruiting. I assured iham, however, itihaitsuch fa notproving to he .the caee; that,in faot, out Yeomaiary Corps is acting asa nunleiry for ■puupases of recruiting;"Major Lusk -went on to point out;,shatajoet men living' in country ifeiaitifi,-Tvh-:>■were tvuKng to share in (the-defence ■ ofthe country, preferred to join a mountedorgamnsaitaan.own Jacrseis. That was v&ty itbe countrymovement -mas proving tobe pOpuianV:

It -svSl be remembered ,iiha6 a.year ago (the union initeated wiat wascabled iihe Fairmers' •Union Mounted Con-Eibaibdl'airy (.of Yeomanry). Tins objectwas "fchie preservaitaion of iUkht righfe aid•the maanifcenance of Jaw amd order."When stike was. broke wit the ProvincialExecutive itiaought *hait t&h& cwgaiifetioamigiliit effieotiveiy be merged w£q~ theCountry Rifle Caaib.anovejnesat, and.thatwas the reason, for approaching nffig T)e-•fenee autboiitjes. As-the,n*Sril!fei6i'SJ.iEs-fatibary airamjemeatß'ithe .4Me <rf thy or-gaaisation ihae now been, altered ifco theNew- Zealand Fanners' Unioa (Ancklaind)Momrted RifleCSub, <mithithe mwfefeo "Godand Our Rights." In ithe ata*ed- objectsadditional provision ihas been ■ made ■ fardefence .of.couitfcry. -• '- —-~ ■

Instead of unfler tlse coiArdi'of■the ProvmioiaiExecutive of the union, tiheinoviEmenit is now subject to jttie Erection,of €re Defence Department, aa«wugh..tiheanion's orgamisartiioii is fulily straaed - of.RegEmmtail staffs oamno± 'be: ireqagaisedoflioiaiDy, trot there is'Dcitßaig" to "preverat*be vajTrous clubs carrying out manoeuv-res coSeetivdy. In itiiis ~ way ■ titer■wH form into regimente on xmofficia.l oc-casJons. Among ithe piwttewes is' t<beioaiorvring:—"Xh£s compe or 3«epcda±ioii.-oiEmounted rifleiEen «m only Weaßed intoactive, sarniee by direction and under theoontntjl of itihe Goveimment.*' .-'. "' _--^

There are already ialf,a. dozen-trotopesn the Upper amd Lower Waifcito, Jlireeon the East ■C'ptet,. ;,!jjid-Kicjg-:-Counfrp, Ea-wihari, andTotfcer" cen-itrbo. Numierous members ihaye- ■ enlfistedfor service en more aiyfive spiere3,ra.tS-Itcs MajorLusk's opinMai:*hatmaiy.othersv,-a be wffing to respond to tnbVrooun.try's coil;' "We <aimdt.a«. go to ihs■front." ihe said, "bat we must .all realise■that it is theduty of every man to; '"doesxatSSßogin the Empire's ihpnV. ofne'rd.Two things w.HclJstdir.mea~<m..;to acHvc*iservwe oire previoßs mt!!!sta.ry: expoSanceand iniheritance of the 'malitarv epOrll; ofVkus forefatiers.- - $£; "-i - ■One, ctber matter to• by3J«ajor;L«3k. Jt isliiea..*a."jaie-..T ~adapted by titie Miaratex '.otlarsing- •lie;EspaiiitionaxyTbrce|,;;i:e:; theiarJl6ca'ticJi'cF-qaoa:3S:-.t6a taas of poptfiaCon. 'Esperionee ' hrzAaiiree =ih'avm that Aucldand mas able toprovide reoruite "itwifoe ac fast as Soctiiliiamd provinces,- >vriitJi • the resuit tlia>tshortages in *he (latteriad fre'qwmtlT to -be made up by dmiflis *lie Nontb.He was pleased fe mate am aanomieement'to the jeffeet •tiiait,ihiisipraotsc&•mas-,varied. — J . fii .. .CI Aβ a vetexaai xif'the Maori wars Maj-arLusk is veil qualified .to speak on surfiqutiaSons, Bad lie believes that, s«bjspt"tbthepassung'ofmedieia tets£jie- firstmento applly ehould be .taken." TJie way ie■puts it .is thss-TTr-'-Aia oth«r . thiiigsI:be=ngequail, the men who arft.mioet.prompt'ah■their response'are fiterme nwJwratelikdv|*o make the best soldiers."I .===s=3=2—=

AMERICAN AND FOREIGN

".: -.'.V'-\..J.' "' iRegaralesS" of•tire'; fact ''tiat?.Uiglit

submarines-of-the. latest .type~are~actu-' ally being'Tjuilt--at"-t£e- San. >raiici3c'oUnion ■. Ironworks, President- -WoodrowWitoou thai expressed 'the- opinion,through a statement"issued by SecretaryiBryan, that the building, of. submarinesforany of the belligerents of the_presentwar would be contrary to the -spirit ofthe neutrality "of the-United States.

The statement containedan announce-ment thatifche .Bethlehem Steel-Corpor.'i-trair, of which Mr." C9iaTre's-"it SehniaTi'is ..' president, and which' .owns" the-' Fore. River Shipbuilding Company, hajd..de-:-. ferred to the views of the Presidentyand, did not intend to deliver any ' snb-• marines to the belligerents during the

i present war. "No mention was made ofi the contracts for submarines reportedi to be in process of filling at- the UnionI Iron Works in San Francisco, sinei'like[ Bethlehem Company controls the San. Francisco concern, any-work being done

there would come under ■'tie Steel King's' Tuling. •' • - — ."■:■-The question of whether.it fe legal'for

American firms to build submarines! fpr .<I shipment in parts-has not-been decidedin the present case, the voluntary witli-

( drawiil of the BethlehemSteel'Cofpor.i-----t tion from any intention to buiW themhaving left the matter stiH open. Higii

J1 -officials of the American Government"% tihink, however, that if the ease went

' to the courts they could pi%ve that thebuilding of any of'partsfor a submarine. _was i:% to

wurship.-'W'hieh-is express-' ly prohibited-by neutrality statutes o£the United States. * ' " '' Secretary Bryan said Ihe felt sure-'tliats the President's declaration, would deter• American shipbuilders from sending

! parts of submarinee to Canada for ship-- iment, ?.,, had been reported.!j In the. face" of..all'.7ttus the'Sai'.Fvaji-■I cisco shipyard is atvfever .i heat building the eight submarines. ItI seems certain the vessels ore not intend-

ed as additions to the United Statesnavy. . The chief director"of the ship-yard would not deny the submarines, were not for Great Britain.. .Mr. Schwab liae:agaid'returned to' America, 'haying.stayedvpnly five days'j in London where lie signed up a* large

_jnumber of contracte to supply the Eng-I 1lish Government; with, war supplies., i^q^ite'trira^^i^tvluitsVand. Beautiful flowers and millinery; accessories -atr tKe-gfeat'TijiK-price'^niil-.. linery sale at the BonJMarehe, Newtoa.

THE AUCKLAND STAR. MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 1915 5

EARTHQUAKE RUIN.

ITALY IN MOURNING.

MESSINA LOSSES SURPASSEI

A DREADFUL DEATH-ROIX.

TIRE ADDS TO HOLOCAUST.

(Br Cable.—Tress Association.—Popyright

ROME. January ](!.Further details of tin- loss of life n= iresult of tho recent earthquake show tlui

the disaster, in repird to the pereentapof people killed, surpasses tho cartliquakwhich occurred at Messina in 1908. wheiover 70.000 lives were lost.Only 2 or :! per pent of ihc peopl

escaped from Avezznnn. -while 30 pccent survived at .Messina. The violenctof the shock was unprecedented.The' latest estimates -rive the nnnibeiof dead in tlip A&nizzi district as 30.000

including 14.000 in the AvezzanodistrictA carter was pasing .10 yards from £house 30fihigh in one of the towns,wheithe house_ ivas litenillv hurled njrainsihim. burying driver, horse, and cart.

Avezzano was jrround to powder us b\a gigantic ihaehiue. The corpses of tinkilled are putrefying, as ihe whole attention of those rendering assistance is dovoted to the wounded under the ruins.-The rescuers at tho outset were so fewthat they could not do more than markthe spots where voices were heard. \Ylierhelp was forthcoming the voices in manycases, were sile.nt.

" Two girls, who were lyinjr protectedunder a piano railed for' lu>!p for tweda*. They could not be rescued, andthey -were slowly asphyxiated by thednst. Theywere also nearly frozen.; Fires broke out at several points, andsome people were undoubtedly burnedalive.- *>ixty bodies were found in the diningroom of the ?rirl>' college at Avezzano.

The Countess Resta and her five son?■were rescued alive at Avezzano. TheCount clnng to the ruins of the palace.spurned proffered condolences. andworked tenaciously for two days andnights in order to extricate his family.

It is estimated that in the Paternodistrict 600 lost their lives.

Lampelino. which lias been practicallyannihilated, and Capella. are smokingieaps of tuins.-A- hundred, people were, buried in a

rhnrth' "at Custilliri during a funeralservice.

-The rescuers ;at Pora found the bodiesof-seven ntins-nnd a-priests who had beenkilled at the altar in E cliun-h diiriug aCranmunion service. Altogether TOObodies have"heeri':fee<sVerpo' dfSora.

' Seven-eighths of the population ofMassadalbe. and the majority of theCerchio!=. were kilted, a large numberlieiiu; buried alive.

-At Subiaco much dama<re was done tothe churches, including- the KenedictineAbbey, one of Vhe earliestnionastic insti-tutions in Western Europe.

GEYSERS IK CEMETERY.

FvOME, January IT.The relief "work in connection with thf

earthquake -continiK-s under the mostdangerous conditions.

"There are #reat crevasses in the ceme-tery at Soroa_ from which Jarje quan-tities of boiling water are. thrown tip.

I TEXT XN ATTSTRAX,IA.

r. Z. ' .SYDNEY. January ]G.

seismographs at Sydney and Mel-bourne .disclosed slight-^^arth.. tremors,corresponding with, tbe time of theItalian earthquake.

SOLDIERS AND FULL FARES." COMPLAIN! TO THE MINISTER.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

' HAMILTON, thie day.In regard £o complaints-that members

of the lixpeditianaryForce encamped atTrentham have to pay.full railway fares■whea on a few days' leave, the matterhas-been brought under the notice of the3linister or I>efenee by .Mr. R. F. Bol-lard, member for Raglan. The Ministerhas promised to look into the complaintUid see if something can be done.

IMPORTED FLOUR.ETDIsEY PURCHASE RELEASED.

(By Telegraph.—Press Jixaoaunon-,i

"WELLINGTON", this day.The Premier states that it neems

likely arrangemi/its will be ruadn bywhich the wheat purchased by the Gov-ernment in Sydney and now loaded onthe steamer Kaipoi will be allowed toleave Australia. The Oovernment istaking the necessary steps to supplyflour to those districts where none isavailable. In order to supply such de-mands the Government has placed anorder for 300 tons with v. northern firm.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.YOUNG MAN" SHOT DEAD.

:l

j<By Telegraph.—Press Association.) '.; . BLENHEIiI. this day. 1'A young man named Co'gle was found a

at Jackson's. Head yesterday wit-h the "tap of bis head blown off, and a shot 'gijn his body, pointing to suicide. a

FIRE AT PAEROA.

■ (By Telegrcrph.—Press -isecxlatio-n.)

PAEROA. this day.A live-roomed house, owned by Mrs.

Moriarty, and occupied by Mr. G. John-son, train examiner, wae totajlv de-stroyed 'by fire at four o'clock on Sunday rjmorning. The origin of the firo is un- <;uknown. Mr. Johnson escaped in night "mattire. Xothing was saved. The furni- j>jture was insured for £100 in ibe Phoe- onnii office. It is not known if the housev£& insured.

CABLEGRAMS.(By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright)

THE WHEAT SHORTAGE.STTPPtY FOR TASMANIA.

(Received 10.50 a.m.)

SYDXEY. this day.Tlic New South Wales Government hns

undertaken to supply 10.000 bushels ofwheat per month to" the (ioveniment ofTasmania, where a severe shortage exists.

ATTORNET-GENERAI HOPEFUL

] THE KAIAPOrS SHIPMENT.

jp MKLBOfRXE. this day.■11 1 lie 1-Yderal ("iovernuient has receivedjui ursfiit ropiest from .Mr Mnswy thatle no ohstaclc he placwl in the way of the■r sliipmoilt uf wheat by tlio Ka'iapoi to•c NVw Zealand. Mr \V. Huphcs is con-

forrinir with the New South Wales (Jov-■r ernnient. ami i~ hopeful of overcoming), the i'\istiii<r dillieultie-i.

THE AMERICAN WAY.'* ITEGBOES LYNCHED.

\ NEW YOHK. January 10.A nioli at Atlanta. Ueorgia. broke into

,_ the gaol and captured two negroes andtwo negresses. who were charged withclubbing a police officer.

j_ The four prisoners were hung from atree and their bodies were riddled with" bullets.

EARL ROBERTS' ESTATE.MILITARY CHARITIES BENEFIT

LONDON. January 16.The will of the late Earl Roberts]

shows that his estate i≤ worth .€77,304.1The whole, with the exception of be- jquests to servants, is bequeathed toCountess Roberts and the twodaughters.

The will provides for the contingentreversion to military charities of thogreater portion of the sum of £100.000.which was voted by Parliament to Lord \Roberts after the South African war.

WILKES DEFENDED.? TRIBUTE FROM MAWSON.

1 "WASHINGTON. January 10.:.Tn a speech at a meeting of the Na-, tional (ico{jrapbical Society, Sir Douglas

1 Mawson defended the achievement oft Rear-Admiral Charles WHkes, thoj American Antarctic explorer of 1840,

who was court-martialled in regard toj allegations preferred against him by his, fellow explorers.I Sir Uouglas Mawson asserted that

with few exceptions AVilkes correctlyj showed the Antarctic coastline on thej maps prepared by him. The mistakes

that he made were due to mirages.

HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA..' (Received 10..10 a.m.) <

I SYDNEY, this day. ITlie lieat wave is affectinfi the whole)'- of the States. Saturday was the hottest a- recorded day since February 17 of last ,

year. \

SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT.i; AUCKLANDER AT WHITE 4

HOUSE. ■ '1

AMERICANS FOR THE ALLIES. |During a recent visit to the Tnited ]

States, a. well known New Zealander. in cthe person of the Rev. t". Stubbs. was 1,----srranted an interview with President Wil-Lsrm. at tlw requeet of the Secretary of rState (Mr. W. .1. Bryan). Mr. Stubbs ltreturned by tile Riverina this morning (from Sydney, lie informed n reporter |)5 of the "Star" that fie was strongly im-j t

t pr?s=<.'d by both the United Ktates' preai-i \5 and the Secretary of State in their tdesire to maintain peace. %- ''I told Mr. Wilson of tlie jraad feeling t

" which c.\ists in the Australasian <;o]on- jie~,'' said Mr. Stubbs, "towards America a

"j a.nd towards him and \iis «dmhnstra.tion. «j II<; was pleased to learn of tAiis, and t! seemed to especially appreciate the good- dwill of New Zealand." rAfter speml-iiijr four months in theUnited State-, Mr. Stubbs went to theHawaiian Islands, an American depen-dency., for three months. Both there andin the States be found that, apart fromthe Oerman population, the feeling },.-?eenied to !k* almost tmaTiinious on the

1 side of the Allies. "I encountered veryfew dissentients, indeed." 'Mr. Stubbs also remarked that while j|in Canada lie enrounteml tremondoua Jenthusiasm on behaif of the Motherland *and the Knrpire. (

A SAFE DYNAMITED.. iBURGLARS SECURE CONTENTS. a

fio

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) r! n

STRATFORD, tnis day.Some time between Saturday night 0and Sunday morninp the prexnisc3 of R. i(

Hannah aJid Company were entered, andthe t,afe was rtmioved to the yard at the ,Irack. where it was ekilfully dynamited,and the contents abstracted. The bur- pftlary was discovered by Mr. Landers(nwnawer) yesterday afternoon. Choques

and cash totalling something under jCIOOwere removed. So far there is no clue 'to the perpetrators. Cl

IT

MOTOR GARAGE BURNED.• l,

(By Teleerapb.- Press Association.) '.A

INYERCARGTLL, this dny. .A motor-car and frarajK- owned by Mr. „,

D. \V. McKay were destroyed by lire on mSaturday night. Mr. McKay struck a ~nmatch, and a shoot of llamo burst out. ,iMThe insuranei-s are: On the ear £!{.50 mid Jj,on the building £150. y

STORIES OF BATTLE.I) IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED.

Sergeant R. Duffy. Ride Brigade, nowhome mi tspeokill 'leave, ti'lle die fallow-itng:—

T3ipro 'ivero 'two men in Mi;, Clunenorawlvo 'had been cliunv siiu-e bheair lx>y)h\>od.

Tth'py tod ilipted tofreittveir. and licon in 1don't k-noiv how 'many stira.pes jund .<icru.pt;stde by side.

In 'tilie lifiihitJnvr •around Ypres one njjjhitone of it.liCTii jroit. bit in ia ha.nl bayoimt

1R fight. The regiment Own! to retiurn 'to thu1f tTenvbr*. ten-ins, ifliP -wound-fid to takejf tlic-ir chance for ifhf 'time l>ein*» tniit ing -'lie li»tit«>r oold.

'lilie woiiri'il«l nrain'j! «hum co-upM sujliiof liim lyinjr in the iv>:uhva.y witll 'tihe■p:lilli>r of desm'i in ih.H face, and 'his tcvtshchsiWurimi «ith *l«* itcn-iblc t-old.

"My ti'od. .lock." .lie exolu.iinoil, "ipihai you.'. He said lie would Htay byhim tiM tihc monu'njr.. The wmincUxl man wouldn't Qiear of it,

(t but his i'\mnt meant to have his own way.a.nd die jjot Jγ,

Nexrt. inoTainor we liad a look fiir ti'ivc" m™. «.n,l we found it'h™i &hle by ?ide—both <l«id. They Jisd cropt tofrcitJicr

wundrr tJirar jrrTr.itcr»ai:i> to keeji8 but dmtil found tiliwm all tiw si.nic

Tilu-rc was in t:lu* Ches-lniv Rpffimmt aw<i!l-vinm-Jleil \oui'.,» <-!u:vp »il|.|> h-a.l

itlisgrace on 'his fannMv nml 'had"'cited -t.i "it awiiv from lijie polliep. Inone nf out lijrh:~ lip \v.is morta.Mvwoumfotl «Bter .\ iprriblo 'tu-slc vr'nhthroe big Oomianis.

o He asked mc to hike ithfs niffßapc toil ii i f:i:t-her. -w-hose mnw he aive in con-fa fidmoc:-

---' I'ni very sorry for 'Wie trouble I'vea piven him tin-.l poor nwrtJiw. but I hope!i (ilipy will foTjet the jr.iKt beea.use I did

try n> make pood as a sddmr, -and everyti-me I went intoaofaioti 1 tftiou<tlit fhait I 'would do my ba-it to ataiie for the pastIby playing a mans part for Old England.',il> Tiicn he dieJ. iIYOUNG SOLDIER'S SACRIFICE.

3 Sergeant W. Loftus. MJdd>-e.\- Refri-'•imenrt. now ait .home on s;m-vil Ip-.ivc. tellsJ*jtrie folilowing:— i0 There was ■one vrrj- sad case that raane3 under niv notice. A yemmp ful of the

Dublin Fusilion; jrot hit. -.uid 'lay for a* tome among a pilr- of German wounded.■ He found ftot ti'ifre was •» (icmxin

* olon-p who w-.is in of Weoilim; xk>1 d«ntli. The bswjdflfp tile Fusilier hud to\i?c for (hi* ovvai wound was the only onea\~iilabac.

Mir sliffhttst be jlanded it over for t!IP flirnnn. wilioee Jil>Iw«s saved by the npplioa.tion in time of; Wia't a.nitr-cptii- bandage.

I'nfonnuixtrfly that art of s<Slf-ea<Tnfico. tiM> yoiuig Fuie'iHcr his life, for be< developed blooi.l poison m<; hhef wound not bdn<i bandiogixl at once, and Ij W.U biiriTd a few days il-.iter.

■\\lien the German who had profited by> Wtflt lad's ?.veTitii>e 'h<-.ird of <t he cried3 like a biby. an,d for a w'lnh- fhej- liatl to |

]>irt him under niatrnmt for fear liet ?iHoitl,l .take chte own life.Mad lie known ««<Tillce the vnunji> Fu-il'uT w-as nwkiiT*: on Jus bdialf he

? -ivouM not ilrivo eoui-en;ed <to ft.. GOOD BAVARIAN CATHOLICS."Ifri hard Work ive are gobtina now

' (wrJtos Private P. Costigon, Uoyal Du\>-l>n Furfl-ieins, to iliis mother at C«l«k)ii,county Tyrone), but Miere'K nt-ver n iiiur-mur from -.mv nian Woß'ohy oi >tiLe naano.IvVinjr an the trenches to lire

(skin U jiri?t dike working in t!ie ficJds in'■ Jmidwinter, and you «vi luuifrsimid t&tait' anpn who have fctd exppiience on fche Kin<l; are better able to stand this ttuui menlifloupht itp in "tine 'town*. Out olßcmskiton- thai, annl Uliej- ore al-miys askingcor men. with farm pjeperiewee to tnaai livetrenches. There was a terribly sul ibliniig■happened hpre t)ie other day. Two 7ii<uiof outk .bad got wi>rri«l l>eca\fce Mieyitevvr hnd a. cliajice of a ilmns, and sothej- went out to a iitklr place in thewood to pray by tihemsfllves. The (krr- Iimi-nii eitevnUd riiplßn.2 tlie wo-0.1 at tJiart :t.rme. ami a sli-Fill droppcvl riydit Inside jtJjcm. One was kiMcd. anj the othur M I;o seriou-ly woundfd fclioit he will neverIbe pood fcir anv't-liin? *n iltfe ivonM. We.'canjglvt a couple of tho day t>e- (I fore jai=>t. 'Hiey e.tjrtfd tulkinj; nitili us 'Iami were '.youth- eurprwed find lilwit Umost of ue were pood Cntholice. like , 1ithomueilvo;. 7'liey coi»!d.Ti"t undertJUwd rCα tholri,* fiahting one another. «nd saidItlhe-t tihey 'kid been it&ld tha-t tbv British iItroops were at] Protcs,tai«s ojkl thoI ■jFrwmh aitiheiets. Thpy knew 'Hi.i.t ItWi 11were out., but h.id been *o<ld tAm.t 'fhey would not fijfht. Kmnrvrow -t.hny itlimk t.hpy 'have j npainp*. us ''Ibecause we have fought s-o hird }i:agaitii»t 'tihe.ni in itihis war instead of jtdt.c iover to their side, as 'tihey thought we <-would, just to spj(e Kneland. They tdon't know Jioiv mimli itlhe I!rirk'h Anni'v {relies, on the Irishmen." ' I 1

l<FOUGHT THREE GERMANS cWITH A PICK.

Eighteen wounded and invalided Hn- '■'tish soldiers are being nursed in Baskyn's !EHall, a fine old mansion at .Marple.

A private in the West. Kent Kejrimentlost his company in the. darkness, andstrayed to a /arm. and meeting three Ifigures, whom he took to bo French orBelgian soldiers, he asked for a match.:iComing closer to the men he discovered :ithey were Germans, who had also <stray-cd from their lines. \j He -was unarmed. He drove his list at 1I the first German, and with his left hand |.'jpTasped at the rille of a second man. ;The man fired, and. as it turned out iafU-r, shot one of the West Kent nun's >fingers oir. His feet hit something, and 'on picking it up, he found it was a -pick, or some other agricultural imple- *ment. i

"It -n-as Providence that placed it 1there," he said, 'for I into the three ■•of them and accounted for them before I t-left. As 1 was going 1 found ray linger ihad gone, and I had to walk ten miles 'before 1 go to the British lines." li"When the Germans are driven trom M

Celg-ium," fia,id another of the men, "they 'would leave ibehiml them a. plague. °Thousands of German dead are 'buried lbeneath a thin layer of earth, and they ,could see miles of little mounds, tlirougdwhich protruded limbs of dead bodies." "" THE HORRORS OF HELL."

An officer of tike 4tli BattaJiion King'sLiverpool Kegimenut eaye:—"l aan writingin iJtJt rou know I im inraljded home. IAfteT a resit I -will rotum to tlhe front, tjIf. is butebery out there ilmritrma'te 1marfaTO—and a jnaai'.s Hife. <-oirate far tnaujjhit. Poor follows a.re k-Mileci anilnnoimetl every niaroitp of tlic day. f ncan.not, describe to you ohc 'horrors of a<!re.l of 'this war; but every man in the flirinir 'I'ine is a. froro. ;md iiix» people of 2Knffland who are sti'il ilivinp 'n comfort hnil luxury rthoulil itry and tml'bc aill ithe opoor frl.!o\v., arc eiific-'ms in tilie tirenehce. aday ■and nijjht. How I Pitoa.ped \dea't'n. uiv liod onJy knows. H is a serrrlHv aaiJ t/hc silulighter is tor- «■rifk." b

SAVING THE GUNS.Driver Oeorge Tooke. of -the X.X.A.,

WTitee:r-"We arc having a lot of snow.\Ve have to eat our food in the open.AYe cannot sit down, as everything iswet. It's not half lively. 1 can tell toil

IV When we have a few minutes to spare.. we tie a lump of nig up lor a footballnnd kick that about, but it does not

g last long. In the battle of we lostI a lot ot men. ibut thn Germnus got aj smack in the eye. They 'ost thousandsB • . I have been very Jucky.as my centre

driver and wheel driver have been killed.,j I may tell you my heart nearly stopped,I as I was expecting my turn next. When~ you tii-e your mates lying dead it ltmkos(, your hlood run cold, hut, all tho same,~ T am not downhearted yet. While there

is life there is hope. You will have seent a fine piece of work done by our battery.p The work of the battery w;i« saving theiiguns at . A (ierman airship Hew

over the top of our buttery wihere ivnH were iv action, and lie dropped a signal,v and the (lennans <jol the rango of us.

Then the sliells started coming over.,% dropping all round us and amongst us., our chaps were dropping down dead, andsome of (hem were wounded. Two guns:> got put out of action. We got orders- to limbor up the tnins. Wo <-amo up ;>tr full speed, and 1 think we were mart.. Anyway, we got there and ihrought thenrtillcry to safety, r said 'good-bye" to

i all and mvx'lf, a> I thought it was my1Jlast. Thank (Jod. 1 escaped unhurt. l\vo1 gunners On the gun and the driver behindi mc got killed as we were coining out• of action. Hut I may teJl you we laid

i been, giving tliem some stL'k. After we jgot away they lire.l hundreds of shots,) thinking we were still there. If we had• stayed there we would all have beenkilled."

j '• OUR MAGNIFICENT BOYS."Lieutenant T. ('. Storey, R.A.M.C., in a:■ letter to his father, says:—"l have never; I been «o physically exhausted belore. l ',

'i have heard of men going to sleep on 'I their horses, hut did not believe it. I'heInight I left the trenches 1 dropped onmy horse's neck and slept solidly tor jabout half a mile. I have just comeback:from a perfectly hellish spot, and havebeen very, very lucky to have a wholeskin. I had my own little headquarters|at the end of the village-, or rather a tewIhotiec* -frith a street about 150 yardslong. The 'Oerboye' were bombarding ■and blowing to fragments tho other end '.of the hamlet. Three Tnubns werehover-All the time, as one heard the scream ot•-h<> approaching shell, one could not helpI wondering vaguely whether it was ,

[coming our way. It was very curious,that one did not f.-cl afraid. Thorp was ]only a sort of curiosity ac to where theinext sheli was going to land. We arehaving bitterly cold weather, with a tlUnI layer of snow on the ground. It freezes,nurd every night. It is marvellous howvdl our soldiers stick to it in spite otsili tiic hardships. They are niagnilicentboyc. and don't 'grouse.' Travelling i<(I very hard for the horses just at present,nnd we have great difficulty in keepingthe poor animals on their legs.'1

A PITIFUX DEATH SCENE.CorpoT.i.l I". MuirolnuM, ]st!i Hus«ir>=.

vrritft, u> ibis tt-tfc a< Wai ton:-"We were'l»eihju<t some ihayricks niiou

oiw o( i-lic (;<>rm:in alu-iln burst da-o Iryami driit -.wo of our ciha;xs o» through!ilm> ankle, and tihe athej, a corporal, hud jofven hojft. in liim. one in nat'h breast, Isuuithor <«ano out of ta* side, anoUiorout t>f his hack, aaid two in <h* left arms'ha/t fore(( ft an-ay from 'Jiis nhmtUifT. Anotikvr aiv.l 1 wtMTt«l ito dre.ss him, a4>4got «aitirra.ted wJUi Uowl. The poor jfclllow -.m* in tornWe agony, ami ire had<x J4vh t.i get ti\p bmdu"« on Iwm. Wojia-L flniriliixl <lr<-»vsiiig Jilm when Jie ool-fctp'cd. aiid in n low minirtcs :hp was jh-.td— jMit nil pain and trouble. We dug npru-ve for him si ml buried tliim dow t«whore h<- wa« hit. 1 dirndl nevoT forgcit :tlra/t Siimla^-. It was a tovelv dnv. andI is w<. kiifil tin-.r<- h\- h'm Mtle" I thought

\winit a oontrnM. f •tivoujrlrt of you oiljat home, and tilie position I mat; in."

j A LUCKY RUNNER.PrirjCe J.ijnes t'altigiiaji. Ist. Baibtnlion ]

CihcL-hiiT- Hryimont. write*ito his liKj'.Cirq-, .at Birkmrfitiad. M,r>. OjSkijjlinji hasanother .'on in tlie N'araJ Husorvp, mid ■,four bTot!u-rK in the Army. The former ]

"We went into the firing hne nt mid-n igf.it, and wiion e.i<j?Tod it.ho (trenches jIpilot and EiiieM were flying all arotnul us. 4jbivt there was not a flinuh on the part of sour anen. Wo Jmd on4y been iii about a \iof an 'hour uli.cn founte«n of our j<i-racn were ktlled. I Xcii you straight itJilook my norves aniay, bint it snon samer!back. When we Jiaii to advance on nil topen tifld on ito tihe (ierman linen we losl ftwrmiv-eijrhit ibctajjo wounded, nnd we juet i'pot to oover when we w«re. sholled out /

!by (iornuß artnll«ry. Wo liad Ui fly for \Iour lire*. Wihile we nxsre running nsergeant was rihot dead justneMt to me— (so I nras; 'iiavo Iweji running faster tJiun ';<hM't hu.'let travdledi or 1 ©liouikl Iravo igot it.- ;

itTHE MEETING. if

Lottfr from Trooper .1. Hoji.2, 17thl-ancr:,-, to his mol'hnr <i/t ir.-Lmrwtra.d: —"TJlie. other day cmo of oirr boys meta Cennaii who had worked in London, in-.1 sLii<3t.t>r"rt olliw. and had tried to outout out bo_y wi'Oh ihis best girl, whoivork<d in tho *:imc oflice. Wcisii't hepirvuvr-J wMi ithc mentrn,"r. I nerer paw

1.my man {ro ait nmachor with prraitcr ■air.d he wasn't morn tihan a. minute

■v,. swiifEng tJhat Cfonman 'to a countryIwhc.rfl he won't ihiaio iniuvi "Twuice of 1taking an imtorc:-it d.v hngiKSii ginlis.TluTc's sL-arcrly a day pafiftds ithtvt you«lion't ruin iniU> a. C>«TJnail itliat picmiebody '1djogroiiscw ta.s .been employed inKagkiii'd at seme time. Tlhev'iv .npji.nlv.ill ' on eocnrt work. a.iul we 'fancy Clisit 'aark<k nuiMy spirs «i.nd are iprensedforward b«rauuu« of tlieir know)<Mlg«. of :'!

upcecli und wajt*. We nire ro j',of tiiuint now iLlm.t wiheneve.r a 'man 'says ilk, irecagraistse some (lenrniii orotJier I Jw<,ai!l cii'il out, 'JyCt's lin'ish diini,' <uid ihe j

gote ta-jM«I at by every oave of us. I | 'expect ''.ihe finne cinplioyiiig (l-einmans in | 'V.nglmvd will Jtavo a tot of vacancies ito liil'l uftrr the waT, nnd it woulki.n'it 'be hjailif "a l»d plan if "tflioy wore made to inke 'tome yf up on." 'p

BENT HIS BAYONET.I-ivnce-Coroporal Winpenny, of tho «Royal Berks, in a letter from the front, f

to a friend at Wokingham, describes 1how his company was cent to take a Vbridge. s"We had only about two miles to go, a

and excitement ran high, especially jamong the younger liande. Xot a funky vfeelina, but the sort you feel when you cget a prize-packet. As we neared the cbridge the moon shone on the helmets sof 1,400 German infantry. Then we got aat it. There was a clean bayonet charge.We got that bridge. I never got n 0scratch, only bent my bayonet. We got I cclean through the enemy, who lo=tI nba<Jly." " t

TOMMY AS SAMARITAN.•i PirivalLe. .T. Da.rtlciv, of itho Supply*• Cohinin, a. member of Our Lsidy'e YoungU Men's vSoOMsty, I'Men-.pluco, Yauxhialli-a Koad, Liverpool, 'to Oiis liriendeI- W:<JIX>:—0 "I Hiave seen pomie awful Rights—womenIIand crtijklreii .tramping wking Uie roadu,t 'b-omcleee and etajving. 1 wais dsitmiledt 'In po to « certain place, and coming back1 fcli'rce days aftnrw.Tda I ciiine aerofs as 'woanan and t'lureo ohiWaxm tflinjfiaift .ho:klc *>'. flier skin!i« nml one in liw a.rms,!. arnl w<»(. I ptive 3ier my rations~ an»t my wiater-pro'of elieet, and 1 cut Uhc

?i sliepit—wliidh Hti.s my own 'property—imto, 'tliTfip pa,rtK. ajid 1 nuclo ahavxik f<«- tilve', oli'Hdiren. '\'ho woina.n wied. It was tini> 'ilWifuil siiijlvt to *oo 'her tr'l. upon 'tilie rotixli «il.h lwr -burden. It is terrihle to. t'lu. Qiouses blown ito bits by the. (!or-:• ura.UH,H)bej|'lß. hirt '|,hey are goVting Rome-r 'tihinjj in r<iUu-ji for it tihsit -will quietent) t.liran. I wtt.n't to trill y.ou it.hnt I was int a bcauiit.ifuil chuirnh, jit-.t like oirr own inbuikliu"; it Avas uiiagnilicamt."

WHY GERMANY MUST FAIL.I THE FORCED AT WORK.

M. Henri Rorgwrn nxil justifies Jvis■ plii'Aaswjili.y by a tTiiini;>liant> luo-isaipe na to llhe iswue of Uve war,' pub-' li*ilied in -tih'P. "K.ijr.i.r(i'' (Vovcnibcr -1). off>' which .Uic "VVesLminster" jrivo< tJiis itra.ns1 iation: —; "'l'he is-isuo of t'lie conflict is nojt d<>ubt--1 fuMformmy wiitt wuceunib. MateriaJi a.iul mora.l fo.ri>e. e.vcrytiling wliidh is i9ii«-, tdijduig Jior. wvU in .the end foil Ihor. Be-l cause she is living on provision made,

because she is exhausting that provision,ajwl luiis no means of renewing it.

"Of hoi- materia'! resourt'es. -.nil liasbeen fccild. Silo ;ha> mioney, but her orcditfa.ilH, and no one <-a,n see whe.re «.lie is tobarrow. Jlhe ireeeila nitrn*ea for her ex-{i!oi'ives. fue.l fox Jier viators, food for .lu-risixty-fivp miillicni peo|>le; for -.iiH tltis the

1 luu, mad<i proviftioife*; but iflve day willcame, whcji lier frran'j.ries vtoll be emptyand her reservoirs dry; how will she re-, ItU Urc-m!I "War «ft -ilie is practising it entails afrijjhtfiij con.~iuinptii.in of men. Yet cvnnhere rpcuponitiun 'is quite impossible; iirojakl is coming to hc:r from oii'Uide be-joaune an en't<.-.rprioe lawic4tcd for the im-position ai Herman rule, of Gcxmaii

■ •culture., and of (Jerniiui prolurts is omly■of inteTfr.t a,ml \\Z\ be of intent'! towhait U Genntin. Such .in Ilie w t iWiti-Jilof Oorniany fu.-p So iloe AviLli n Framtwio is fli.iiiit'.uii'.iiuj her orwlit, and w4io*cIxrPt-. aj-e o\H-n\. who procures viutihals andtinimiuicm-i an r.'.ie w-amto itilw-m, who rein-

[ fame her armies wkh al!l tiliaL Jier .\llicsj biTaiij her. :ind w*ho. her raim" i±^

the cause of humanity, is nblc to count'on erer more UJkl more iiulivc t-"ym]*uUiyfrom the civlswil wuild.

"But if tJiis U 'the case wjth itlie nu»-tcrial furoo wiikiiJi ny wliat caji bo%.iid of uh<> moral force whikdl we do not«cc. but. n-hii-h if of grearter consequence,

I truisanu'h «k it o-iii, ito a cejtavn e.vtcnt,make good Uie want of m'.i'U>ri.vl f xrce.I and without which m.itcxiul force. «worth liotlcilff? Tlie nvorud encryj- ofnatiane, like thait of mdividuaJs, i» oiii'v;>ii>'ljrn'Cri i>y :im i;lt-.vl hijphex am-.J HtToii^«m.rii'tim they are. 'to vrhiAx tlioy oling liniriywlien lihey feel •their ooxir.igc growingWalk.

••\Vl«at is tit? ;.<leAl of ;.he Gornrany ol•to-djy!, The tiTiie Ims {γ-ju, when Jitr

iplulosophera pnodaimnl the HiriofttWHtyI <if riy'iit, the ftuprrano disnV.y oi >tihe pnr-Iaon, uUp obiigaitian tm mititotu* 'to riiipertlone a;no.tJicr. fU-niv.my by

PrussLi hart east Lit froai iicT £.ho~e noble'i/cjri, idttici uilijtli, iitameover tar tho mantpart Hhe roivivoil from the l-Ynnce of the

Vijrh'toenth cuntiin- tjiid of itihe Revrfwtion..She hti.s formed for i!re.m-<lf a new sou/, orr.uiluM- she b.xs aocejiUrd w:.th docility t.hai iivliM-li Ilii.-ns.i.rck fiia:-i ht-r.

"To tha.t sta'trtsmain i> atitribuiteil ■the If.vmons Kiying "Mlpht is Tight.' Buit, in 'hint. Ui.4riri.rek never u-cl >!, for ho iummost (!.nri'finl to d">tanrui«ih riyht from <niijfht; in his view, was Mniply <willut tin, want**, wfhtit om-bodied by -Uii, wmqueror xn tCie lew whichhe imposes on t.ho conqnere<l. A whuleV.iua is eumnied up fn tlmi. ffermainy nrfthe pri-stnvt it-'ine knows jh> ojli'ier. ilersis the tuil't of brute force. And an #Jiobdlieres '!fii«' «■(rorn?c«t, slie ii* rn-tirrilv ahaiorbed in M'lf-adoraition.

"Her ciiei-sy comes from her pride, llrrmorail forco in only the ootilldeiice wiiidi 'hrr nuiiipi-ksfl force in her. Aiwl !Ui'i-s me.uiri thin!, in tlla* a*\so s!ie 'in livi:njr on i!t-rr tpmutok: s:lie his <no 'means of rivnii'atj. Rrai bpfore Kiuj- vIxnd JEid beyiin Uln blockade <•( iher 'jidto b'.id blockaded iborsel: moraJly \r\ lI(isolating ■hen;nlf frojn c\e.rv idenll eapnU'o cof revitaJiMrng iier. 'I "We we lior. then, wiat'inp «t c.n.-o vfbm&h her strnnctli and hr-r courage. Bin 'tho energy of our r.o!diors ia drawn from 'eomoblthip wWoh does not waste, from mi cidflail of juetHMi and Überrj*. Time ,Kii> no :1jri'ip on «*. To force swUine<l only by flite owni hnitality we :wo n forte Avrhirh looks oiptwlc it*ri]f and tibove lit- rs.rllf .to a pi-incipie of life lauid rcn-ovnit'ion. lWhile llhe one is brinj praduai'Jly con- vsumieiL H'liP at.her is bn!ii» coniimiklv re- 'newed. The •cuie ,U ulToa-dy giving away. a

itflie oUiw rcniiiiins unshaken. Have aio'fear, oirr ;oroe will ki'W thaixe." '

A MASQUERADOR.

IX FEMALE ATTIRE "' )i

At bhc Adelaide Police Court. Liluteny CCampbell, who stopped into the dork ,"fashionably dressed in fennale attire, wag !'ohnrgwl «-Jtli having unlawfully worn :feiimlo clothing ami fnl.se )<m.W at Ado-laide on January 11. n

Vlw police deposed to having rpcii aax-eused on several occasionsattractively adressed in female attire. They suspected °that iic was a moequorader, and nr- iranged to bow! him out. An ivtteniptto tear oIT Campbell's wig was partially jsuccessful, mid feho man esenped. Later „constables met Uampbell, mid invitedMm 0in conip to the wfltollhouse tobnscarelied fby a female eeiardlw>r. Accused said. c"Don't be silly. I sun a man. 1 onjy did 0tlris for a joke. I had n l>et on tliat f „could go past all the policemen in the Jjstraits without them knowing." VVhon piirreett'd «,tid cautioned, accused said, "I S|■have had some fim with some of the 0;hra.cls of Adelaide. One took mc to psupper, and another took mc to the;rTheatre Hoynl." ,1,

Mr. Onioii, for tlip aocusod. «nid ;liis vclient would plead guilty. It was aa.foolish pna.uk on the part of a young nman. It was the outcome of a bet lie a.luul made that he could go about the astreets of Adelaide for two months as p,«i woman and not bo noticed bj, the dpolice. His two months were, -nearly up inwhen he was arrested. Accused hid e<commenced his career in a lawyer's office, jinand had later gone on to the variety: nistage. He was of respectable parentage, {tland deeply regretted 'his foolish act. pi

The magistrate said that similar freaks siof Hie kind might be followed byserious st

conßcr|\iences. To show the Court's dis- s>approval of the act, accused would belined £2, with 16/ coat*.

TERRITORIALS IN EGYPT.

I- AYe arrived here (Khartoum) on Mon-Iβ day, October 5, aftor a voyage of nearly

a inontli, three weekg of which were.n spent on board the Grantully Castle,s, writes Privnte ./. RHey, of the Man-d Chester Territorials. At Alexandra wek parted with the rest of the ships, aati only our boat had to go further on tod PoTt i>udaii. We had a few hours's, leave at Alexandria to stretch our legs,« and I spent n very interestingafternoonc looking round. AYe had a nice passage0 down the Suez Canal and the Red Seac until wo came to Fort Sudan, where wen disembarked. The regiment we aTe re-el lieving were waiting at Port .Sudan.c AYe got a right royal reception from

"• them, and have never seen men ro over-

'- joyed, same of them having been fita-ii tioned abroad for seven years, five of

11I which have lieen spent in various partsiiof ■Egypt.

The barracks here are splendidly eitu-atod on Uie Blue Nile, there being plenty'<( trees around for shade and to relieve

'• the eye from the glare of the sand.'lucre are dozens of wash and showerbaths, -and we can use. tJie.se as often jas we like, beside* which 1 believe there. in a portion of the Nile allotted us for

1 swimming. The rooms are on the bunga-low system, fitted all through with olec-

i trie lights and fans. The fans are well( needed to keep the rooms cool, us the

heat in the shade varies from 105degto 115 de<r. There are swarms of in-

j sects attracted to the lights when theyare switched on, and they pester us forhours even after lights are switched, out, making sleep impossible. There are

' dozens of different kinds of small Hies,

' besides locusts, and a kind of flying. beetle twice the size of an ordinaryone, which is the worst of all, but

j which is not considered dangerous. Thenthere. « the scorpion,a sting from which. causes death in twenty-four hours if, not attended to immediately, hut for-

j tunatelv this in-ect ih very rare, us aleo. arc mosquitoes, this effect being broughtabout by the very good sanitary condi-tions prevailing at the barracks and inits vicinity., There i» a. mineral water factory,

( where all the minerals told in the can-teen are made, and there is also a, maga-zine, which at the present time is work-

! ing full strength, a good number of. our men having been attached there to, assist iv the work, of course on extra, pay on account of the dangerous natnro,of the job. There are natives here who

' for five piastres (1/OJ) a week fromeach man iv the room, do all the wash-, ing of tine, scrub the tables and floors,. tind make the room tidy in all respects.There are lots of donkey boys at the' gates, and for half a piastre did) -we. can ride into Khartoum. The tramsrun on wheels, but are driven by mules,and are built on the style of the I-riehjaunting car. holding about sixteen per-sons each.

It is very interesting to watch thenative women washing clothes in theNile. They soak them well in the water,

i and then scrub them well with bothf hands and feet, afterwards using the

rocks as a kind of extra scrubber, andtho cleanliness of thcni when finished i*• surprising.

The meals are very good, taking allmatters into consideration. We get a

i cup oi tea or eotVee with a few sniailbiscuits ut .">..'!o a.m., broad, jam or her-rings or other kind of preserved foodfor breakfast; a good etcw for dinner;and bread and tea and some kind oftinned fruit for tea. We rise at 5 a.m.,• and have two horns' goodt\r\U from Cto S a.m. The drilling is then finishedfor the day. but we are by no mean*at leisure, as there is an inspection hythe colonel of beds nnd equipment at 10a.m., followed at 11 a.m., by an inspec-tion of ritlen and bayonets, nnd woe he-tide the mnn with dirty belongings, asWe are under strict military law, andthe least offence is punished promptly.On all parades the tunic is not worn,on account of the heat.

CORRESPONDENCE.TOWN AND COUNTRY.

(To the Editor.-, i£ir,—Thorp appears to bo a good <lea!

of misconception among the town dwell-its as to the profitable nature of farm- jing, which probably accounts for some ofthe discontent among the w.ige-earncrs,who conipaTf their presumably unfor- <tunate position with that of the — in Itheir opinion—wealthy farmers. No 'doubt there are many of the latter very <well off owing to superior ability, orvery often to favourable circumstances. (But undoubtedly a large p-roporlion olthe men on the land are heavily in debt, jor they are otherwise struggling againstauveree conditions. Consequently thesepcopln have to use strict self-denial,which the ordinary worker cannotreailse. Generally the only risks the lat- ctor have to confront arc illlicalth, or the (want of steady employment. But in the 'towns they have plenty of companions savailable, amusements of every kind, thebest medical aid, thebest food" and cloth. 1ing at comparatively low prices. In tfact, all the Accessories considered to bo ..]a necessity in every well ordered com- tmunity nro at their doors. AVhercns Jthe farmer invests his capital in theland, and becomes subject to risks and janxieties which tests his etamina and ,intelligence. \ cry few possess sufficient fcapital to buy the freeholds, and stock,without borrowing. 'Many prefer Stateleaseholds with secure tenure, because 1they then have practically all their cash *to build houses, buy agricultural implc- *menU. seed, horses, sheep, and cattle, <and, with good management, good soil, 1and good fortune, many men have the »opportunity to Tjecome wealthy. But tthere are mnny dangers to encounter, (besides ill-health, such as, unfavourableseasons, unexpected low prices for pro- ~duce, diseaees in stock or crops, etc. Tho \wage-earners luivp a great advantage nover their employers in those respects, jfor wages must be paid. There is no ,j,escape for employers, whether fortunate j,or unfortunate, and the wage-earners vgenerally view either position with in- idifference unices self-interest is affected. 0Perhaps the old adage about circum-stances altering cases applies more for- ,eiblv to farming land than to any other ]profession, inoi' especially to settlers Iin tho bush districts where many peopleliave to undergo a form of penal servi- 1ttule with liard labour, no restrictionsas to hour* of work, for an indefiniteinumber of years. In many instances.also, without the good provisions which ~a jrenerou3 eommunitv provides for the .Pennine penal servitor. The town ?dwellers do not realise the position ofmany men and women who liave the.coiirneo and eiierirv to make their'homesin the outlvins fliitriots. Viewins the Zmnny tempting inducements of living in ?the fcovne, it would seem to he a wise J,provision of providence, which enables !"such large numbers of people to faceso many difficulties and harships beforesu«e?« can bo assured.—T am, etc.,

■WILLIAiM R. KEAY.Ilerckino. «

MR SNOWDEN IN AMERICA.

»• REPORTERS "BLIXD/,cs, Mir. Philip Sreowden, tho British. M.P.,i- mhorn-ng recently in K.Z., describes in thec "Guffltetijain Oomimio'nwcailibh" a very na-si ipdieasaaiit experience he. ihad with am0 AjneraJaji newspaper. The incident oc-i' cunredait Portland. Oregon, VM.A., wherei, a newspapeir reporter tacked Mr. Snwvdenn for Jus views on 'the n&r. The reporter,c who had caused him a great deail ofa trouble, was a "youth who has not gotc beyond itihe etege of 'tiltinkling that good!-reiporting must necessarily he *he stuffi. wihiieh wiWil make shivere run down one'sn back."

"My prosane dieoourrlee. on European- diplomacy," says Mr. Sn'owden, "was evi-f ideinbl}- 'not till? thing .he wa.ntad. Jlys wife quite wcrfdentaSly 'bought a copy ofthe evunriiig paper in ilie street on ' .the.-α-ftcnnooin of the day on which the iirtoT-y view liad taken iplliuie, and some-thing ofc Mic amful «j}ioek she experienced jnav be- limiacnniedi when I mention tihait in iarger tyipo on tjipc fromt page appeared <fchefifi

1 worde:—c " 'Bnition M.P. ndvi.aeß British eoflddensr toshoot their officers.'

" ''Rpilow this iheadiimg. in wliait purported. t*> bo <a statement by mc. were words 'to, the effei-'t that I would like to see theT sdldiers turn round and shoot their ofli-\ cere amd bning ■Oμ ivar ito u.n «nd. I wns. shiiply (labbeiwastetl when I saw *he re-

port. There was not, of course, a ehiaxlow■ of foujidiation for *h<; etaiteiment. I Jiad

never eaiid one womd of tihe kind. 'Hiescmtiimi«n.te were utterly ai>lw>nrent to mc., "We O't once gat intio communication' wptih tbe editor of the paper, and, af-tea-

i seeing the reporter, he admitted that a, serious blunder had beeji made. The, heading amid ebxtemont taker, out off tibe'report on the eubsequent editions, and. on aa aseurance from the editor thai ctihe, false report would r»ot be <drcul'aited fur-; ther, nor talegTapihed to any Preee. agency, I ilot the nraitter rest, os I was( n«aviaig Pombland tihat evening, and I

kmiow eoim-ethang of tihe difficulty of get-•tiing any legal) redxees in an "American

! court."Mr. Snowden descnibes how .that report• nus TOMivcd a fortTiigiht flait«r m a New

i York ncwspj'per, in the form of a speajaji teilegrom from Portland. lie at once re-, turned to Port'Ta.nd, L2OO mites distant,i saw the British Consul, and then w>ent toi ccc theeditor.1 After a gxiod deal of troubje Mr. Snovc-■ don gat Mc iroportor to go wrUh him to. ithe Britiali ConeuL and ibhore. adds Mr.• iSnowden, "he signed a eworn declaTatton

■ tihijit the.istiiitcmenite niUtnibirtcd to mc liad; nev«r been made by mc. and tjliat >tihaitt psiT't of Wio interview was incorrect." I' "When I appeared at the Coneuilaite1>with Uic reporter in onstody,"' Mr. Snow- iden conaludcs, "the Consul !iad a mildlit 'of surprise, and Ite aftorwards assured ■'■ moithuiit I was the first niaai who 'had ever ',

! -nieceed«l in getting any ea'tisfatfWon, from flin American norepaper. I ami incdriited .to agree mHh. ham, after irrv cx-' penieaice."

PERSONAL.3ir. FVed Thome returned to Auckland

by "the Rdvexin-a to-day after a 'holidayvtjsit to Australia.

The Hon. D. R. Hall. Attorney-Gen-eral, and Minister for Justice for NewSouth Wnlee, Jeft for Wellington lastnight.

Mr. C. A. Piper, Traffic Superintendentof the Xortb Island Railways, arrived inAuckland yesterday by the express, andis staying at "Cargon."'

Mr. C. .'. Nathan has, in response toa deputation of business men, consentedto 'become a candidate for the mayoraltyof Palmerston North.

Mr. Robert Hutton is gazetted an in-spector under the Garden Diseases Act.

Mr. G. C. Fache, Commissioner of thePensions Department is at present inAuckland.

Mr. Russell H. Hartley has been ap-pointed electrical tramways engineer tothe New Plymouth Borough Council.

Mr. W. A. Veitch, M.P. for Wanganui,is at present in Auckland, staying at"Cargen."

Advice has been received of the deathof Mr. William Warrand Cerlilc, at onetime a sheep farmer in New Zealand.

IThe deceased wrote a number of bookson economic subjects.

Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder, ofthe Salvation Army, propose holdingmeetings at Rotorua, Tauranga, Waihi,Paeroa, Thames and Hamilton duringtheir visit to Auckland district. I.

Mrs. Ellen Middlebrook, relict of the.'late John Middlebrook. died et the resi-dence of her daughter at Arkle'a Bay i•on Friday, at the advanced age of ninty- ;five years. Deceased came from York- ishire.

Sir. G. M. O'Rorke. Dr. W. C. W. Mc- 'Dowell, Pvofeseors H. W. Segar, Hon. 'J. A Tole. Mr. H. A. Gordon, and Mr '■J. W. Tibbs. are tho Auckland membtreto attend tho eossion of the UniversitySenate in Christchureh. !Mr. and Mrs. J. Wicl&ert, who were ;

in Berlin shortly before the outbreak ofwar, returned to Auckland by the Vie- !toria yesterday, after a ten-month tour, j

Tlio Key. B. Jlelvi&nuinand Tour •ezlow '■priests were among the passengers whoI,arrived by .tlio Rivemno. fnomi Sydney tihis I"afitemioon. They eamo from various partsof Australia, ami are bound for Rotorua, .■liavhig vnvt fortuitously an the trip»wro~3 the Tasman. Oaher of■tlve partj' ano tibe Revs. J. Co«tettoe. J.O'Flynn, J. Manly, emd R. Bemeon.

Mr Geo. 11. Chernside, a well-knownspontsma.n of A'icitorta. airr,iv«ithe. Rn-wina He ieivcs to-morrow for Rotorua to p.vrtiuipato *in n. flahing ibiaßd&y. Mr. OhdnnsideMβ frequently 'been in New ZmJand, andhas at vajious itiimos gen-ftrously donated1vatuable <Iwr to Wie New Z«n!iand Tourist 'Dcpiiirtmvnt and the N"e»- Zeailaiwl fiov- le-rnment.1 TJie Rev. F. Sfcubbs. F.KG.Z.. nmved by 'hhe Rii\ie.TOKi from Sydinsy this jA decade ago Mn-. Stubbs was a. Prosbv- I■tnnian munfaiter at Rotorua. Init he ralin- *quiisih-eid >tihe ohanige Sot lienlth roaeone, ' 'and ilias s:m<?e rtinavciMed' extaiHi\x4y in jIramus piirts cfMic world. R is ' four jlycKu-s einioe He was itost in New Zealand.' ?At tJio itiimo of :t:lie Indiam Ditrbax Mr. JStubbs was acting a<s spociaJ correspon- Ident in India tor *he "Auckland Sbar." sHe was revommcinded by the Imdiian Gov-ernmienit ifor lilic Durbar Med'aO:, which he 1■d'uJy reeoived. A further and more re- pcont ihonour has been hie election as a IFellow of iUie Royal Googiuphicail Society, cMr. Stubhs intends remaining 'for eonve fthnfi at Roborua before eefcting ou-t oil Ifurt'h«a- travels.—————— .4

IBWolfe's Schnapps has cleansing action Ien the kidneys and bladder.—(Ad.). I

FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.CBy Telegraph.—Press Association.)

A BOY DROWNED.c WELLINGTON. Sunday.

A drowning accident occurred on gat-i urday afternoon in the Hutt River, the'■ victim being Philip Pearse. 20 years ofc age, whose parents reside at Trenfcham.i The deceased and a boy companion■. named Archibald .John Craig went toi bathe in the river at Trenttvain at aboutfc 3.30 p.m. After they had been in the1 water for some time. Pearse got out off hie depth. Craig went to his assistance,s but had to lot Pearse go in order to

save himeelf.l After going ashore the lad returned to- the stream to make another attempt tor rescue 3iis comra-de. Tin's time liesecuredf Pearse and brought him ashore, but thej Jatter was apparently dead. An alarm- Wsis given and several people from thef neighbourhood made, an effort to restore? life by artificial respiration. MedicaJ; aid was subsequently available, but all» efforts to restore animation proved un-

succeseful.

GIRL SERIOUSLY INJURED.

> GISBORKE, Pui>dar.A serious motor car accident emirred

about eleven o'ek/ck on Saturday nijrht5 at Taruheru, a few chains beyond the

western boundary of the borough.

' Aβ the passengers were alighting froma 'bus a motor car came; along and

! collided with Mies Ruby Dennett, a girl■ of about 17 years of -age. The unfor-i tunate girl was dragged some distance" under tihe car, which swerved into tbe

' fence. Medical aid was summoned and'■ Jlie3 Dennett was removed to a private

' hospital.I She is in a precarious condition and it! is feared that she has sustained serious• internal injuries.I ,

A BOY KILLED.(By Telegraph.—Press Asociation.)

STRATFORD, this day.Francis Sedilon McCullouzh. aged sis

years, son of Mr. W. F. MeCullough, waskilled yesterday by a milk car*" drivenby his brother, overturning on top ofhim ion the Eaet Road.

YOUNG MAN KILLED.DUXEDIX, this day.

George Wtllkum*, while out shooting■with two ■'brottcerß yesterday, -was shotin the abdomen, end expired atooet im-mediately. The accident ooeunred ■throughdecmsed's gun expiladimg ■wliile he ivasgebfcmg over a sifcone fence. He was the

|ecra of Mr. H. G. WiSßams, maniagiingidireotor of the Otago Brurfi Compainy..who is ait present in tafc>ng'ipatrt in tSie Dtmiiniioni bowlicg tourna-jmant.

A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.FEILDIXG, itihjs day.

A douMc fatality is reported fromRon-gotea. Two aid men, matesemployed astraibtoters, had been drinking heavily atcamp. Robert Patterson died praeiatatHyin delirium tremene, and ibismate, a mannairaert Emanueil Wihite, whowent to Eorn-ntotea to report the occurrence to thepolice, droppeddead. A doctor said bothdeaths were caused by heart failure.

i

A MAORI BROWNED.

GISBORXE, Sunday.A Mffiort named Henri Kapiri, aged

about 55 years, was drowned in the Wai-paoa River, near Waerengaahika, aboutnine miloe from Gisborne, whilst bathingthis morning.

AUCKLAND SWIMMING CENTRE.

The Auckland Swimming Centre intendsto send representatives to the New ZealandChampionship Meeting, to be held atXapler, and ill order to raise moucy for thispurpose will hold a big swimming carnivalat the Albert Street baths ou Wednesdnjweek, January 27. at 7.45 p.m. An attrac-tive programme has been drawn up. Itincludes riGyds Maiden Handicap, oO.vfls and100yds Open Handicaps. 3Cyds XoveltyRace, diving competition. 108yds DualItelay nace (ladies and gentlemen), 144ydsRelny Race (4 men a-.slde) open to teamsfrombusiness firms nii.tl public departments,and ladies- test race 100yds. EntrlJs closewith the" hou. sec. nv. Morton, Jan.), 7.Durham Street West, on Friday next at 9p.m.

The discovery _that for veal's past he jhad had a hidden"danger spot in his woodand coal yard was made this morningby Mr M. O'Brien, coal merchant, ofHoneon Street. As he was walking acrossthe yard he felt the ground give slightlyunSer-foot, but paid no attention to theincident, and sonic time later, as lie re-•turned to the place, he found that theground had given way altogether, dis-closing a beautifully bricked well someloft or 20ft in depth. For years MrO'Brien had Iwen using thp yard withoutbeing aware of the presence* of the well.jand had frequently driven his teams overit. Prior to his occupany of the premisesthey had been in use as a timber yard,so that the well is probably a relic ofAuckland's early days. In "probing thewell with a pole, Mr O'Brien pushed thepole through a crust at the bottom of theshaft into what was apparently a stilllower cavity which he could not "bottom"with the pole.

I — ■= .

THE AUCKLAJSD STAR, MONDAY, JAOTABY 18, 1915.6

alWolfe'a Schnapps iras <3eansing action pra»£»* tedncgs aad bla-dder.—iAd.), <1B

AUCTIONS.

gHOKT NOTICE QALE.

gHOBT -JTOTICE QALE.I

J\OCIS "LEWIS AT Q.HEY JJSXS. ,Xo. 7. SURREY STREET (near Reservoir) •Cars Stop at Street ,JANUARY 20th, AT 12-30 O'CLOCK, jFavoured with instructions from Mr IIHoultham (who has bought a farm) ' the J«iuievsicnp<l will sell ''rpHE ALMOST XEW FCRNISHINGS 'tag sr?'S.K,fiffilS ■

Suite in Rlmu of Modern b«f4 S-t Be? •steads Comb. Cbests. Washatands TSuSjWare. Carpets. Good Linoleum a"b ChainTables. Good Bedding. 81-inkeU r-i,i.i»- '*.. etc-. KITCHEN" AXD OmroF,Kit Tahle. Chnirs. WringerTools. Garden Tools. Perambulator ™ol%)Gas and Potts, Irons. Pots PanV ■China Utensils, 1 T«lWnB >X£f&S, '1 Aviary and Birds, and ho«f re««?.iHousehold Sundries. Generalriease Note—THESE FTTRVTRwrvve 'NO RESERVES.

O. .x. HADEIT. Auctioneer. 5 'titvlish model bats and roady-to-wcar*, ('»

all half-price at tlio Ron Mareho half- d<price millinery sale commencing Mon- Cγday. Wonderful value.—(Ad.) rii

, AUCTION SALES.AT -J-| O'CLOCK.

f JONES, AUCTIONEBB.VICTOBIA AND LORXE STREETS,

Will Hold an Auction Sale at VICTORIAASO LORNE STREETS,

* mO-MDRIIOW, rpuESDAY.. JjViRJ/ A*TJ> DAIRY PRODUCE.j pOt'LTRY—ffell Pens.

TpRCIT— All Kinds. SUNDRIES.

J. J°NES-AUCTIONEER AND GK., IN MERCHANTVICTORIA A.YD LORNE STREETS*P. D. JONES. Auctioneer. j

JJICHAIUB AND pO.rTTO-MOBROW, AT 11 O'CLOCK.

IN OCR ROOMS. ELLIOTT STREET,rpilE /-IOMPLETE "pURNISHIXGSOF JJOOAIS,

FROM P.EML'ERA.PIANO. HANDSOME SIDEBOARDI'ANAP. DIN. CHAIRS, COUCHiHS'EASY CHAIRS. RATTAN WA-ftE WHAT,'0(0X8. CARPETS. LINOLEUMS! CCPID(OVERMANTEL MIKROK, PICTCRE*GLASSWARE. FENDERS, BUNDS Etc'■Etc.. MASSIVE BRASS FOOT BED"STEAD. S.I. BErtSTBAD. WTRE lIAT-TRESSE'S, KAPOK BEDDING, COMBCtfESTS. CHESTS OF DRAWERSWARDROBES. WASHSTANDS. DRESS'TABLES. MIRRORS. Etc., Etc.. k"TABLES. DRESSER. SAFES. WRINGER*SAUCEPANS, AND KITCHEN UTENSILS-

Also,CX PAIRS OF LADIES' BOOTS ANDOt> SHOES.

"PICHARD A KTHTja AND /-<O.AUCTIONEE-RS. 175

J W JO!fBS. AUCTIONEER;GREY STREET, OPP. TOWN HALL,

WUI Sell by Auction,mo-MORROW, at h a.m.,

DAIRY PRODUCE. FARM PRODUCE.-FRUIT, GRAIN, SUNDRIES. .:„

J.W.J. J. W. JOXBS

AUCTIONEER.GREY STREET, OPP. TOWN HALIi,

jAXD QOAKLEY.rpO-MOHROW, AT -j-| O'CLOCK,.

AT OUR ROOMS, HIGH STREET,UNDER DISTRAINT FOB BENT.By order HENRY WILDING, Esq.

Jf<UR>'ITURE AND TQFFECTS.Also on Account of

BAILIFF S.M. COtJRT,gINGER gEWING JJ^ACHIXE,Cabinet, practically new, cost £19.

Also on Account of OwnerQFFICE -pURNITURE, "pTC.r

Inciudins"DIMU OFFICE TABLE (4 drawers), *

tAJfo, -QUANTITY BUILDERS IBONMOS-<GEKY... And immediately afterwards,

fpHE QOMPLETE "pURXISHISGS_OF

TW ° JJOCSES.Inclnding

SJCPERIOR MIRKOR-BACK SIDE- I-T, ??£liD-2 DlninS Tables, Table Cover,i-P. SADD.LEBA'G SUITE. OUed Rlmu Bookcase (glass front). 8-Day Marble Clock, Pic- .tures, Carpet Square. Occ. Tabie ChairsBookshelf, Oval Table. Dinner Serrit*,Beateu Copper Kerb and Irons B.M. Feu- -der. SCI,. HALL STAND, Carpet Runner,Wicker Chairs, Chiffonier, Overmantel,Bamboo. Cosy Corner Settee. Bamboo HallStand, 7-p. Tapestry Suite, 2 Conches, Etc -3-V. BEDROOM SUITE, practically new.Toilet Ware, O.R. Wood Bedstead,Wire Woves. Kapok Bedding, 3 BeflrOODlChests and W-.is>hstands. Chest ot Drawers,Combination Pairs. Duchess Pairs, G double .B.M. Bedsteads. Single Bedsteads, quan-tity of Bedding. Washstands. Dressing -Tables. Child"s Cot. Commode, Etc.n KITCHEN TABLES. Dresser, Crockery,*J Cooking Utensils. 12 Chairs, Gas Ring,G.I. Tub, Washiug Machine, Copper Boiler,Leather Trunk. •! Lawn, Mowers. Wheel- 'barrow. 3 Gent.'s Bicycles, Barbets' Chairs,Copper Urn, Push Chair, Etc.

Also,

GEXT'S SADDLE, cost £6 10/ (prac-tically new).

TERMS CASH. NO RESERVE.

VIfALKER AND /~IOAKLET.

AUCTIONEERS, HIGH STREET. 12

TX7ALKES AND

AT THE RESIDENCE,

28, GRAFTO-V ~R OAD-(Near Bowling Green).-v"ext, -jo noon.

Favonred tvith Instructions from 'tt» '■owner, who is giving up housekeeping,

rpilE pOMPLETE "piCRNISHINGS OfgEVEN JJOOMS AND piAXO,

Ineludins—

pTAXDSOME SIDEBOARD. Large Mi!"*-*■ ror : Walnnt Overmantel, SINGEBDROPHEA'D SEWING MACHINE, T Drs.;i-pc SADDLEBAG SUITE Hvy. DiningTable, Velvet Pile Cover. Music Canter- ibury. Occ. Tables, Very Choice Picture*,Silver and E.P. Ware. Mohair Floor Rnjs,B.M. Fender. HVY. LINOLEUMS. HallRunner, Mirror, Island Curios, Hall Car-tains.

BEDROOMS— Heavy B.M. Bedstead,(inlaid with mother of pearl) pood .Combination Pair, Toilet Ware Beet Wire-wove and Kapok Beddins, Blankets,Quilts. Sheets. et,\. 2 Single B.M. Bed-steads, Bedroom Pair. Curtains andPoles, Carpet Square. Conih. Beds. Stretch-,ers. Comb. Chests. Sets of Ware. DncUeesPair. Dble. B.M. Bedstead. Bedding. Hvy. .Linoe., Floor Rugs, Bedroom Chairs, Linen ■.-Blinds. , V-

KITCHEN—Ls. Table. Col. Couch,Fender, Meat Safe. Cooking Utcnsltof'.Crockery, Wringer, Coir Mats, etc.

And at 1 oVlock sharp—

VERT FINE PIANO, by -BOHM." Tall Iis a high-grade instrument aud practi-

cally new. , jS

AND

AUCTIONEERS, HIGH STREET. 11

TTT'EDNESDAY, TANUARY OQAT 11 O'CLOCK.

B"" OF CHIEF BAlLlft",TRATE'S CUL'BX.

Xf. j DOMINION riCTUBK«■»" -.iIiATRES CO. LTDJJOBT. Q QAKR AND gOXHave received instructions to Sell. W,

Auerinu on Wednesday, 20tb January. *l11 o'clock, by order of the Chief Baiaff. .■ Magistrate's CourtSA SHARES DOMINION PICTUBtIdU THEATISES CO.. LTD.,- PAID Ul"

A BIG TASK.

HOW TO FACE IT. i\IT

!i>(By GERALD L. PEACOCK.E.) ! itIsj

■With regard to the war thank Heaven bire are all of us optimists, at least with oregard to ultimate victory, and the linal a.overthrow of brute-force as a " eivilie- bing-' influence. Jt is /good that those £

■who are lighting on the side of the free-dom of humanity, inspired by the justice vof their cause, should be stout-hearted :!and Belt-reliant. At the 'atue time it is iiimportant to the successful achievement aof our mission that we should thoroughly k<realise ihe serious nature of the task nEngland has undertaken in conjunctionwith her .-vllir-. Thai mission is to do- nliver, once for ail. the world from evil, aas in the Lord'- Prayer we pray to God nto deliver us in the spiritual sense. a-"While we fortify ouivelves in the faiththat "Truth is mightyand will prevail," 7■we must not forget that evil which has vfoeen allowed to prow ami wax stron" nin the hearts and minds of a powerful 1,nation i* also imsrhty and may prevail afor a time; unless Truth's nfmies are Inor only brave, but vigilant, and ready vto give to the uttermost what is needed 1.of them in blnod and treasure, in life rand happiness, to cn-ure the triumph fof Right. a

And when T speak of Truths armies c1 do not merely mean the ranks of dour heroic soldiers, now in the front of l■the battle. They have done, are doini:Irand will do their duly to the death!; ?JLet England, let the Empire do their i!duty to them and to all those they hold 'dear, not oni.v now in the enthusiasm Cand heat of ;he conflict, but hereafter,when the blowing of the trumpet* and ■ sthe thunder of the guns is over, and Ule| 'lorrors and glories of this stupendousie;war have j»ass.ed into the cold records | sof history. In the sunshine of a purified I'and secure peace, let us ever remember rthe self-devotion of all those who trisked, and those who gave their lives I 1to win that peace!

But behind our soldiers in "France <and Belgium, behind our sailors keepingwatch and ward in the North Sea stands ithe Nation—all classes of the nation :throu-rhont Britain's wide Dominion?. tAnd unless that nation, from workingnavvy to peer of the realm, realises t-hcJengta and breadth and depth of the ,proposition w e are up against, the aveng- ,ing arm of England will be the leJ= |strong, her sword of justice will be ,blunted, and the inhuman miseries of ',this war may be indefinitely prolonged.To underrate difficulties not help us 1to overcome them. To refuse to lookat hard facts will never get rid of them.In a life and death struggle not to putforth one"s full strength is to court, dis-aster. Tlie high courage which, becauseof the conscious power and firm will toconquer all obstacles, make* light of agigantic undertaking is. -without doubt.a vaJuable national asset in such a con-flict as the present war. But to ensuresuccess it is. nevertheless, most import-ant that we should be under no illusionas to the true dimensions of the task■we have taken in hand. Amongst otherthings we must take into account theenormous power of the German fightingmachine, in respect of it<s overwhelmingnumbers of trained men: Ceraianr'sJong, and careful preparation for this•war ofaggression, and the technical per-fection of her organisation, and her mili-tary equipment. As a striking exampleof the latter one may point to theenormously effective new siege puns atthe command of the Germany army, andnow employed for the tim-e in ;hehistory oi war. (Military experts ack-nowledge that this new weapon has beena stupendous surprise in its effects uponfortified positions. To pretend other-wise, a recent authority has re-marked, is simply foolish, and" he point?to the fall of Antwerp as the *"remark-able achievement" of these giant guns,and says it provides us with a salutarylesson—not to underrate the foe.

We need not discuss the strategic im-portance of the fall of Antwerp. We■were assured, after the event, that fromthat point of view, it did not muchmatter. HoTvevcr that may be. the pointis that nobody expected the capture inso short a time of this great fortress."regarded by military opinion till theeve of its fall to be the strongest forti-fied position in Europe," writes MrAustin Harrison in the '' English Re-view."' ] merely bring forward the factof the effective, work of this monster■weapon as a revelation in milit-ary eci-ence, and therefore one of the factorsthat must be taken into account in thefuture stages of this conflict. It is alsoa proof that we must be prepared forunforeseen developments in the conductof the war.

The wrj:<=r jbove quoted mvp:—The Allied Armies are fighting the mo-itpowerful enemy that ever took the fieldof baffle, a nation trarae-d for wa.r. who3>ave tfaoush; ou: the prccer.'t eon*e-'i to±h« minut"=t deta-M. a people who will godown fight-ing."' The clear realisation ofthr -jtuatlon will uevcT daunt our spirit?.tivT weaJcen our dc rrmination 'to fom-

pleiely subdue k> dangerous an enfmy ofsbe of tree nations before■ne lay dora the sword. Eati'jpr i.t rhoulds-pur us en tr> put forth all our strengthof will, mind, and body, to preva.il overthe for.—- of tb3 ev'i! spVit. tin: h.iisentered \r.'.a and poisoned the hearts andnriris of a whole people.

Geruixny's hatred of Eng-land. Ion? and carefully nursr.l by thePros-iamined rubers of the roimtiry, .mdby the manufacturer? of G-ecnian publicopi-mon in Press, pulpit, and university is.moreover, a serious moral factor to bereckoned with in taking into correct a-r----count wha<". our Empire ihas to face in thePercent w.ir. G-erai?.:n eiivy, haitred, andmalice aiainst England h.a» become no3ess than a n-aticna'l Insanity, led by aLtimaric- in-chief in the per-on of theKaiser. Xo one who h3is read the rabidBUtpour,nj* of the leading German papexsdcrini rV*b~t fe-.v months oa.n doubt thisotjierwi.-e irecj-ediKe fact. The ferocity of

Anjrlophobii has naturally matti-aested ct''rtf with m-CTe-ased virulenceeince ;!ie war bejran, because of tJie fataJeffect upom the &erraan pliry of u.:rgrps-sion and plundrir caused by Enitland's

i:i th-p .ami. But althouahthe ra;rp w prev'er—the snapping and Uμ?

foaniiims at the mouth of *i!ie rilw! dog.as 5t were—:-. ..< only :i repulsive symp-tom of the orjraul disease-. For ye.irsemtellig-ra; EnarKeh oUserven? of (Jonrauifeeling towards England, men who 'had

in Germany, and were fairaHrar iWthG<3rman oontemponary Ihouglit aiid]jtorature. have publcehpd waniiiire tofthcdr coiJiitnincT] of the dwtense aodvenomous awti-EnsLfih -p'a'.t in theoffida], :6e m-Jita.rv-, and the commercialranks of life in the Fatherland. But£a*:r representaitioa.; -oi an importanttruth—obvious to any opai-ryed ondopen-minded person—fell for the. uiostI»rt upon deaf ears in certain Englishcircles. Along -.vitih the 'latf* I.ord Rob-erts the writers, were tneeied cut and de-eded a≤ Jjngtte jujd German gcaje-xnong--

•rs.-, Influen.tjal periodicals stioh ag "The ("Cuttion." oth<?r\«ise am intelligemt libe.rai.trgni. bratide<l the idea of Germanyhc,ng instigated by a permanent livingTsubred. of Britaiin as fooHsh ajvd wickednauseate. Thpj- never tired of attri-l>u:inp. n= tr:ie motive of aiH suvh warn-mgs. a .Jnu.goiet'ic desire to create a -waitspirit balwee.n peaceable and fniendij' jT.vtion.-. Proba.My. they in«Tiua.ted, the s!'i; r.raiamfirvt fi.rme were ait the boittoiu f31" rn<n-: of it. The notJon of cultured f»>nd intellectual 0-ermany beinu iac.tua.ted Xby a mill pa&.ucm >of envious hatred of ,Englind was grotesque, and so fortli. ;

"Tlvp liaitred I.he Germarrts Iveao: towards 1us." writes Mr. Austin HaT.ri&on. "« no ,lrtilicwl prodiut capaWe of adjustment .ihrotiyh tsie soothing influences of timeand pcpsuarion; it is a (racial philo-sophy of life. Aβ such Tt .has become,noit only A policy, btvt a atational doctrine. J. . .Merely the cult of greed. Uie Ge>r-iiv.iin hatre\l is in every sense an ignoble *attitude, the law of the juaigle. T.lvat it is 'aimed prinoipaily at us is due 'itn our maritime position '—itihe priw of Gewnam ambition." TThis is the sober judgment of a Avriter 'who knows Germany well, and is under 'no illusion as to the effects of her iivtel- |lectual culture upon her feeling towardsq nut.ion \vliosp intervention on bohfllf oi

Beljiiuin and France '"has thwarted thewhole German military design. *' Thislong-cherished German hatred, which somany vrell-meaning sentimentalista re-fused to believe in, is a real hard fact,and it will be intensified tenfold by thecertain outcome of the war. namely, thedestruction of German tnilitary domina-tion in Europe. It is necessary tobear inmind this truth, so that we may ade-quately recognise the necessity for untir-ing efforts and invincible determinationin the conduct of our military and navaloperations.

I readily adroit that, apnrt from theself-devotion and the unconquerable spiritof our race, and the patriotic nrdour ofour allies, we have many great advant-ages in the present struggle. In materialresources, of men and money, the ulti-mate strength of the Allies is far greaterthan that of the enemy. Time, therefore,rights upon our side. Each year's pro-longation of the conflict will sap theGerman strength with a cumulative forceout of all proportion to the effect of thestrain upon England. France and Russia.For all that, to shorten the war, althoughit is infinitely" more important to the Ger-mans, is none the less an importantobject to us. Not only in our individualnational interests, but for the sake 0/ thewhole civilised world of humanity, it is amoral duty to do all in our power tobrinj this awful conflict to a close withas little delay as possible. To do this wemust view all the conditions we have tocontend with from a practical standpoint.We must leave no material fact out of thepicture. The long and thorough prepara-tion of the enemy for his premeditatedonslaught upon the rest of Europe; hisinsatiable pride and undeniable courage;his utterly unscrupulous methods; hiscruel vindicliveness: his passionatehatred of England ; his desperate positionin tlie caw of defeat—all these elementsof the situation must be calmly but fullyrealised to enable us to accomplish ourgreat mission well and efficiently. Thereis. and will be. need of cheerful and en-during self-sa*'rilice from everybody inevery part of the Empire. We do notwant fainthearted pessimism, but wemust avoid, which is muchmore natural totheBritish temperament, easygoingoptim-ism. For us it is a fight for nationalexistence as free and self-respectingpeople For the world it is a fight for' deliverance from the. continual menaceof a ruthless Power, possessed by thedemoniac conviction that on this earthbrute force is King and that the onlyRight is Might.

I noticed some time back somebodyquoting with seeming consternation thePremier's opinion that the financial costof the war to New Zealand would beInearer four than two millions, the orig-inal rough estimate. Suppose it were tenmillions, what of it? Who can set down interms of money the bitter cost to thewhole British nation of defeat by theGermans? To live the thralls of such aPower as that of Prussianised Germanyis unthinkable for English men andwomen. Complete annihilation would beinfinitely preferable to such a fate. Thenecessary monetary cost. then, of over-coming this monster of evil, this modern'resurrection of the "dragon of theIprime." is absolutely not worth a thoughtcompared with the immeasurable cost toihumanity of the victory" of barbarism,tyranny and wronjr. Equally we shoulddeprecate futile talk and too much dwell-ing upon the. immense loss of life and thematerial sufferings caused by the war.TViese are inevitable, the price of the suc-cessful defence of freedom and eternaljustice. Let those whose crimes of dis-eased ambition have inflicted these stu-pendous calamities upon mankind tremblein the day of judgment to come. Tho.«owho are waginc war with all their mightagainst the armies of unrighteousness touphold the best and highest ideals ofhuman development are not responsiblefor the rivers of blood and tears thatmust flow before the worldcan lie cleansedof this great German iniquity. Everyman of v.« who volunteers to take hispart in this great fight is a warriorsaint, whether he lives or dies, becausehe is offering his life for the sake ofothers, for the triumph of Right and forthe ultimate happiness and peace of theworld. The great thing (o bear in mindis the true magnitude of the tnsk setbefore us. and whatever has to be doneto successfully accomplish our mission todo it with all our might.

FIRES IN WELLINGTON.

(By Telegraob—Press /=so':atlor..)

WELLINGTON, Sunday.Two fires occurred in the city at an

early hour this morning. The first wasat £aa a.m.. when the brigade received:>call to a two-storeyed building in UppeiWillis Street, occupied by James Hopwell' the owner, who had the' lower floor, ant

F. 1". Smith, who carried on a photo■ f»riipher"s business on the upper floor. Thi

Fire originated upstairs, and did considerable damage before it could be extin

1 guished. the studio being practicalh1 burnt out. Smith had an insurance polic\

■ for £ir»o in the Phoenix Office.At 5.30 a.m. a milkman named Parkei• discovered a fire in a two-storeyed dwell

i in« in Sydney Street, and by his promp1 action iii rousing the inmates probabh1prevented fatal results. The house \va:1 occupied by .Mrs. .Mary Carr, and tin1 outbreak occurred in a bedroom in whiel) two young men. Patrick Soutar and Con! rad Armstrong were sleeping. The fir; hod a strong hold when it was discovered1and it was not befoie the building \VBt seriously damaged that the brigade eoulit check it. The contents of four bedroomsi valued at about £100, were destroyed, ant the building suffered damage to thliextent oi approximately £100. Th~ whole of the furniture in the lower par

was saved, but was affected very much b;1. water.

CAPTURING ENEMIES' TRADE.

WHAT BRITAIN IS DOING.

The commercial intelligence uranch ofthe Board of Trade, London, has enteredinto a vigorous campaign to assist andsupplement the efforts of British manu-facturers and traders to take advan-tage of the opportunity created by thewar with Germany to establish them- aselves in foreign and colonial markets Tin branches which have hitherto been Clargely in the hands ot German. Aus- °trian or .Hungarian firms. Mr. A. J. nDenniston, secretary of the Auckland r>Chamber of Commerce, "who represents 4Ithe Hoard of Trade in Auckland. 13 freceiving regularly by mail printed bul- X

letins on special groups of trades. Thesegive lists of articles regarding which in- lfjuiries have been received. The Hoard Jis also arranging to hold an exhibition J.of samples and catalogues of articles,which have hitherto been imported in Jthe main from the manufacturers in jGermany and Austria. tI A circular letter to Mr. Denniston *points out the great importance of :British manufacturers keopin" theirworte Roing, so that the evils of uncm- fploymcnt should, as far as possible, be ~avoided during the war. >

Each bulletin is headed. "Competition ',with Germany and Austria-Hungary." tThe latest bulletin states that inquiries 'had been received for the names of ,manufacturers of toys in Great Britain. '<To show how thoroughly the work of 'capturing the enemies trade has been jundertaken, this bulletin gives a list ofmanufacturers in linpland of all dolls. 1games, and other toys, together with 'the addresses and the particular class ,of article made. A similar list is given -■in another bulletin of manufacturers offancy goods, etc. This list is a most jcomprehensive one. ranging from adver- 1tisinj; novelties and aluminium goods to 'attache cases, bag 3 and basketwork. ,Vet another bulletin shows the articles imade by British firm* in china, earthen- 'ware, and the glass trade. All thesebulletins are filed at the Chamber o! 1Commerce for reference by business peo-pie here who may desire to get goods ifrom Great Britain which were formerly ]supplied by firms in countries now atwar with the Empire. '

AQUATICS.

ROWING.

ST. GEORGE'S CLUB.

RACE FOR THE PRINCE TAIRS.Tair oar rrf.ils W rrophiw presented hvMr. J. s. I'rlnce were eouimenced a work 'ago at the St. CioorßCS uuuthouw Owing Ito rough wntrr lot(-i-ferlne with rewlns.only a fen- heals wore rowel on the drst |

flay, rho resr npro r.med off ilurlni; ihe Iweek, ami resulted as follows:—Keevp and Murpliy won from O. Scolt |

ami regden hv tn-o lcujrnw.Siutoii aud \Vllos noil from Prpwolt and I

Mrlk.well !,v i.w .mil a-half lcugtbs.IMrk.-rii.s and Taylor rtnvti] n Ul-ad hrativlih liouldln-,' anil Blnncy. Sulisiiiuonilv II'lrkerlUß and Taylor won Pasllv. II', earns and Mayo iron from <r v.AhjiPr ;iuil Tlifinjp.''.n tir tim :ind nlinlfloiiirth<. " .<\izeus and Mayne won from Roscjo and IGreen, by threp loni?tbs.Itcpvo and Murphy wnn from IMrkprin" i

and Taylnr. by thr.H:-.iuarlprN of a li-ujttb. |Keeve and Mnrphv wvn from -Bnttpn andO'l-Offblcn, easily.Wntou and \Vll(>< won from Cozous and ;

Mayne. by one lt-nirth.I In the ilnal. Sinton and U'llps <We;itr<l1Roeve and Murphy by several lenetlisUocves (bowv was unforrunnte In l>elnarather Indisposed, otherwise the final wouldhave prorlrlpd a keen raw. Thp row. how-ever, could not t«. postponed as Mr :Murphy, who Is the chilis treasurer hasbeen transferred tv the Hans of Sen- Ze.'i- 'land, at Hamilton. The club «-!li miss Hie 'Keen as mn*-Lard, both In the. boat and Inhi.- official capacity.

POWER BOAT ASSOCIATION.

I HAiT. Til AWARO.x ray

Tlio Xew Zealnn.J rower Root Associationheld :\ i-rulsiue ru'.'e to Awaroa Bay on Sat-urday afternoon for the red. white. .m<l blueclasses. The blue class was raced fol-i Iniveil h,v the re.i ami the white liasst-K i-c.in-blneil. The ftiursc was fri.to Ibe cml of theIKlnes wharf, th.- Martins point, kef-pineoutside Hean Rork ami the blaik buoy, offBrowns Hay. flnlshin; off the Awuruawharf. Starllnc was pood lv .all rases bin jthat of Secret. In the blue class, which 'left the startlnc post a quarter of an hournfter her allotted time. All started In the!blue class, but in the red anil white classes 'tile Kirlto. Ohnii. and Pastime did not take ipart. The water In the harbour was fairlyIcalm, but further ou: In the Rulf thei launches met with a rather rhoppy sea.

The bine class was won by Sister Dora(A. H. Bentleyl. handicap 4.0. with thelimit boat, Kotahl cC. Goldsbroi, handicap27.12, In second plttre.

In the red itnd whlre classes Roma (J. P.Howdeni. handicap 56.16, was first, andI Scrlpps rE. Le Royi. the scratch boat.

! second.YACHTING.

1 DEYOXPORT YACHT CLUB.rI RAOE TO MA.HCRANGI HEADS.

"' The DeTonport Yacht Club field a rrnls-i■ jIns rare on Snturdny nfrernoon for Classes'f A and B. The course was from the starting-, line, off the cnhle pteamer Iris, to Maori.'Bay Whnncaparoa, finishing off the shore.1 The'result of the rare Is ns follows:—t A Class. —Arikl. srr. finishing time, sn- 10m: lornncl. 2m, 5h 41m 23?: Irtn, 14m.

nh ">«ni riTs; Mnrnnir!. 19m. "in s!>m "is:' Ngatlra. 2Sm. eh 10m 3Os: Kotlri. 28m. Gh34p. On porreotofl tlmos lornnsl "Pas

first Arikl and Mnrnnpl third.B C'lnss —Speerlwell. flnlshlns time. Hh

14m 325; Walrllcl. Gh Ifim 545; Daisy. Ch28m 2Ss. On rorrpctpd times Speedwellwas first.

RICHMOND CRUIPIXC. CLUB.

4 rrtilslng rare for Classes I. and 11.wbs hel<l I"- the above club on Pntnrdny

nfternoon from the Poosonby whnrf tothp Wiiiie Heads.

The result is ns follows:.—I First Class—Sunbeam. Hnlshlnf- time fill« 5m 4Os corrected time 5h 5m 40s: Oraatere*.h Rm'4fis nh Rm IBs: Ptnrlo-k. fih 10m sfisIIr£ am Sβ": Pn'lie. r,h 12m 4Os. r.h 12m 10s:r Vnrnna fill 13m r,h Rm rids: Blue Streak.lih 14m'°0s .r)h 12in 20s: Ranee, "ill Hm iri?.J "S fim lf?=: folleen. M> 14m .Ids r.h 12m SOs:J Man™ r.h ITm 455. r.h 12m -ir.s: Emeraiil.'" :,h 'T.m r.h 21m. On oorrerteil time, Run-e i."nm was first, Ranee sei-ond. and Omatcrc- Clew.-Momu. anteblnj time, r.h1- Qimies corrected tlmo r.h Kirn 40s; Ncairii.v n, S4m' aM«i: Rnhirl. r.h S7m. r.h 31-n:■ IvWD?Bh 37m 10s. rm 32m 40s: Der-lma. r.hJ 87m An r,h aim 15s. On corrected time

Rnhirl was llrst, Dccima second, anil Mc.walr third. ___„„1. -—

\ proposal to «ig-a<?c an experienced>' .cbooateT" for t'l,, Hamilton liastnrS carnival was discussed by the Hamiltonh Beautifying Society on Thursday night,

an offer having been received from Mr.

■c John Hopkins to organise the carnival. for £ioo. A sppciuJ meeting will bo,s heU on Tuesday to further consider (.he

d matter. Expression was. also #iven tos the o-piniun by several inemt>?rs, thatid some systematic method of advortisingie tJ)" town cs a tourist resort should beie adopted. An illustrated booklet settingrt forth the attractions of the place, waeiy generally favoured, but this mutter vrae

•iso held over iai future diecueeioa.

RACING NEWS.

XORTHERN' WATROA RACES.

GLOY WINS THE CUP.

(By to the "Star.")

DARGAVILLJ3. Saturday.The Northern Walroa Raring Club'sannual meeting at. Awnklno course wasvery successful. Fine wenther prevailed,

(-onsiderahle Improvements have been made ■, course. Hud, If properly cared for In Jthe future, and. when necessary, per-manent .structure* are completed, it shouldprovide niir of th.> most important meet-ings in ihe Ni.rtli. This year miv theiotalisntor In uso for tlie tirst time, am]for Hie seven races on the pmjrrnmine thesum of £i;,+i.-f 10/ was put through themachine.

In the -North Peninsula Handicap. Regainled from Ihe start, closely followed bySelection. Coming into the straight.Selection .lrew nway, and won haudlly byiieili-ly two lengths.

AVhen the harrier lifted for the MaidenPlate, Cnsurreudcr went to the front, withlokatoka and Nlldah close in attendanceAt mvo furlongs Nlldnh took command, nndeventually won by three lengths. Myrtlebeating Vusurrenrier on the post for secondhonours. This was a good betting race,Midfll] winding up favourite.start effected. Yla'illnoy was in the fead,followed liy Bully and Mntnknnn. In thatclosed up. and Bully dropped back. ' In "thestraight Gloy and Mataknnn challengedVladlnoy. and. arter an Interesting finish,the former got the verdict tiy a neck, whiletwo lengths separated second and third.

A field fit ten saddled up for theSettlers' Handicap. They were soon strungout, with Vladlnoy and Princess Illldn Inthe van. hi th<> straight Vladluny drewaway on the outside, and won ii goodrare by two lengths.

The dispatch in the Flying Handicap wasan uneven one. and found Ktvlup Kentliorright out In front. He maintained his leadto halfway up ihe Klrnlgut. when bo waRpassed by Selection, which eventually wuUsomewhat easily liy over a leugth.

TUero was a lot of trouble at the ;i<istfor the Awnklno Stakes. Delnvallte nullDolly Cleineut.-i l>elng the principaloffenders. When the start was lit lastthe Jump oft*. Nlldah coming up from therear in the straight, and set ling home bya length from Princess Hilda, whichfinished very fnsi.

In the Farewell Handicap. Flying Fea-ther got v good six lengths' break, aridIt lookevl :is if the race was all over.M.ttakana. however, gradually lessened thegap. and won by a length, while MasterHilda, which also had mafic up a lot ofground, scored second place. He-tor <;irlpulled up with a foadly-Mralned frontfetlock.

Details arc: —NORTH PENINSULA HANDICAP.

One mile.Selection. 7.in (Morrlsl 1rtegalu. S.i iCnmiucli -Muster IteS cl. 7 :t iMcDorltt) a I

Also started: Mllllccat.Won by two leugths. Time. 14S '2-r..

Selection was favouriteMAIDEN PLATE. Plx furlongs.

'Nildah, 5.13 iWarncri 1Myrtle. 7.7 rConwayi 'Jfnsurrcßdcr. 7.S fltossi .'!

Also started. r>«>lly Elements. Theresa.Mis,. Kegel, ltmlhin Tokutoka. Petroleum.

Won p:u<li; Time. I.IV. NUdau wasi favourite.NORTHERS WAIROA riT. One mile

ami n-ruarter.ICloy. 0.4 iMcMlllani 1I Vlndinoy. S.it H'oiurupsti 2I Matakana. 7.1 iMorrUi II

I Also started. Bully. A good race. Wonby a ueck. Time. '2\~. CSloy was

! favouriteSKTTI.Kns, HANDICAP. Five furlongs.

I Vladlnoy. '.i.i:i nVmquestl 1' Itoselierry. 8.2 iMcKevitu 2J'rliia'ss nildn. 5..,K'tiinvay) :tI Also started: Keguin. Bully. Dolly C\a-' ments. Vladlo. Delaviillte. Itixlhlll. Cataulai Won by two length". Vliulluuy wasI favourite

FLYING HANDICAP. Slj furlong*.Selection. S.U iMcMHlnni 1Flying Penlber. 7.4 iMcIH-vltti J: Muster Hilda. 7.0 ii'utiwuyi "

AUo started: Hector Girl and MlUlecnt.Won by a length. Time. 1.18 :!-3. Selec-

tion tvan favourite.AWAKIXO STAKES. Four furlongs.

I Nlldah. 8.7 iWarnpr) 1I I'rliiccss Hilda. 7.C I Morris) :.'1Delavallte. 7.1 il.'haplini 3

Also started: Koseberry. Dolly Clements,Soultstone, and Catania.

Won by a length. Time, ."/.I*--. Mldanwus a hot favourite.FAREWELL HANDICAP. Seven furlongs.Matakana. 7.7 (Morris) 1Flying Feather. T-β iMcDivltti iMaster Hilda. 7.7 ii'onwuyl II

Also started: Hector Girl and I'neur-render.

Won by n good length. Time 1.31 2-.VMatakanii wnt. favourite.

COMMERCIAL.THE WHEAT MARKET.

Ij FIRMER IN ENGLAND.

1 j CHICAGO EXCITED.

1(By CeMc.—Prws Association.—Copyright.)

' LONDON. .Tanuor.c Iβ.The wheat market Is very firm andt quieter. The qriantlty of wheat and flour

afloat for thr ITnltrd Kingdom la 2.303.000' quarters: Continent. -_'.270.000 quarters;Atlantic shipments. 818,000 ijtinxtpre;Pacific. 4."i.of>ti quarters; total for Europe,1.120.000 quarters; India, 31.0)10 qnnrterß.

An American niesßnjre states thnt theChicopo wheni mnrket Jp excited, nnd manyMar "options" have lirnught 112 u> 143cents nearly «-. per bushel: Mrturltlere,ÜBi cents: Jnly- 1251 to 127} cents.

■ : LONDON MARKETS.1 <|By Cable—n-ess Association.—Copyright.)

i LONDON. January l<s.Frozen Merit. — Sheep: Canterbury,: medium.. -"Jd: NortTi Island, best, r> 7-Ifiil.

I Australian: Ewes, f>d. South American:3 Sheep. Hpht. none offering. Beef, chilled.forequarters riSd. hindquarters Td. Rabbitsare flrni Other meats are unchanged.

{ Metals.—Copper: Spnt. £00 2/6 to £007/C- Ihree months. £00 5/ to £60 10/.Tin- Forward. £145 to £145 10/. I/cad:£18 10/ to £18 11/3. The Imports toiallcf]•X) 55,, tons, of whloh Australian amountedto' 5.060 tons, and the exports were 5.278tons Spelter: £20 12/0 .to £2!) 17/6. 811-

---■ ver- 233d. QulfKSllver: £235.r Butter.—Danish. 153/ to IiKS/ per ret.Cheese.—The Rosconimon's Australian

cheese, which wtis landed at Llrcrpool, sold„ at frrnn 70/ to 78/.jute.—Januarj--February shlr/ments, £1Si IS/.. Hemp.—Jnnnary-Marcli shipments. £20

Cotton —May-.Tnne shipments, 4.<T(ild.Sen. Dcpciuhor-Jnnuary

I.' shipments. £2."! 12/«.i- J Rnhlier.—l'ara, -V"3; plantation. 2/2;c smoked. 2/3J.!l ~*^

li Crops are anything but promising ir0 Uie Oamaru distript. A visitor froirII JCorth Otago states that stock is being

turned into wheat and oat paddocks, nndthat the wheat crops generally arc sc

j stunted in growth that it is doubtfu'

~ whether much of it will be long cnougl:n to V)ind when cut. Potato crops nrc1 notimibly absent. A drive of 50 milci

.' through what is usually a potato-pTonincnrea disclosed but two paddocks of potatoes, and these only covered about, fin

* ncre.-*. In previous years hundreds o:c ncrcß of potatoes would have been visible0 The failure of last year's potato cro]•' disheartened growers, and few farmer;S planted beyond domestic requirements,c Good potato wops, however, are said t<8 bo growing in Southland this season* Nevertheless, the general opinion is thaj« potatoes will be scarce and dear nex

winter,.

BOWLING.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT.

PALMERSTON WINS BANNER.

TE HIWI RUNNEKS-Ur.si

PAIRS GO TO GREEN ISLAND. „,'Pc

The final of the champion fours, to decile *Jwhich club should lave the honour of Hold- „ing the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling £.'Association's championship banner for liilft, aj•was witnessed on Saturday by a largo ~.and Interested assemblage of bowling enttiu- nsiasts. The green was In excellent orocr,aiid the weather conditions good, save that 1(

Mew over the "hedge. The competing teams rtwere:— yPalnierston North.—N. LI. Nash, Dlxon, f,

Tasker, J A. Na*h (skip). nTβ lllwl.—liasklvllle, Fowler, Frost. i(11111 (skip).Kitty was rolled up about 2.45 p.m. Ny aNash, and the opening head was unlmpros- tjslve, lylug nil over the green when tne \,

skips faced it. Hill lodged a bcautllul bowl „ivljlch .Nash cut out with nice precision, ijHill's second was timbered, and the head i,went to Palmerc*ton for a single.. dVac secmid Jicad was also lying verx aragged with the shot to Te Kiwi when thejTo Hlwl, 1. I'nluierston, X. 41 The third was a long head, and kilty my afour feet away, when the skips had a"ouier Stry. Xo alteration, l'almeistoti, 2. Te i.liini, 1. 1,

Kotb teams bogau to Bnd a better Iilength in the next end. Tasker ount liowua sweet one, and a toucher, resiing kitty, hfrost's ntteuipt to supplant his tluiher fat!- >lus- The l'lilmoratoii skip stopped short, hand Hill failed to alter the head with Ilia IDrst. Nash jtot a ivlck with liis second »and eitnod to score three, bui Hill scattered slli« wuuil and dlli-bed the jack, Xash eeor- <•ins "UP. I'alnierston .'!. Tc Hlwl 1. C

In the fifth bead Tasker put in a prettybowl, when Frost, wltli a uleely-Judsed flImlfiiiy iijui uu.i tying Pilot. NashV Ur.-t dwood went fast and thin, and Hill's at- (lump* ti> add fell short. Nasb rannarrow by a fraction, ami Hill, with bis tsecond, just missed putting In another °couulur: Tβ Hlwl J, Pa.uierelon 3. I"

N. 11. Nash placed two good ones, but CFowler, with his first, buiuped oiit theopposing wood, and lay. IH.von made a•1quod attempt 'o recover the count, but "Kin.-eU hill) on the wjrong cnecK. uud Iβ 'Jllivi still Jay. J. A. Nash, with Ills tlrst, Ia tirm one, trailed, tbe Jack away from tue *enemy ami lay, and Mil's bowl gnt tnlxed \lv umber '1Jic last bowls left the head 'unaltered. Pa.merstou i, Te Hiwl l>, with 1six beads goue.

The seventh head was iving anyhow, twitb Te lllwi in scoring place, when ITusker naming wide got a lucky wick, tand kissed Ullty. Hill sent down a eweei nliowl. whluh ibaiised the aspei t. and Nash. <ilolnj: no pood, the swrc renu: Tc llJwi (4, 1 aliueraton I.

Most »t Uic timber was lying In front.when the skips went up li.r the clg-bthtliOf. Hill got a lucky wlr.k, and lay suot. i.Vish tried a running shot, but had too fmu<h (.Teen. Next time be had too little,and Te Uiwi udded two more to theirscore: Te Hlwl 0, I'ulmerstou 4

Krost burut the next bead, when Tal-mcrston were lying two. and a mediumlength was taken for the replay. UasUl-vllle placed oui* Just behind the Jack,and all the remaining wouil ran merrytill Dixon. \rlth his second, found secondplan-, a f«.ot short of the Jack. Froetrpsteil his opponeut, and Taskej- foundthe sanio but a ihlu greeu. ltllfsrirst was lorn. and Nashs ran too wide.His second (ry \va? n good one, but justmissed Uie scoring bowl, and the cardread: Te lllwl 7, Palmerftton 4.

The tenth head went to Te Hlwi for vslncle. and lv the next end Dlxou trailedkitty to a nest of his own timber. Kowlercut one out, and l-'rost, with his flirt,burnt the head. The new end went toNasli for a single. ralmorston .'.. Telllwl s.: ralmtrston were lying four on a spreadhead when Front kpiU up a saver, whichstopped lv scoring place. Sash's first bowlfalutiMl mi ihu Journey, nnd HJII run anee hit merry. Xaeli'g pccontl ollpticilthrough a. forest of timber, niul ran stronc.unit 11111 left tliinjrs as tbev w-ere Telli«l (I, Piiiaierston ."., wltu twelve head*! tone. II nison. who was j.layinc a coo.l. rollablo■ game, found a scoring spot through a porton the hack hiind when To lllwl wore lying

three. Frost, who had been fortunate withwicK-i. £ot another, eind the headbut Hill, with his first, bumped the tluibpraway, and gave away the shot. Nash badtwo plucky attempts to dislodge an oppos-. Ing bowl, and with his second succeeded,scoring four, and muting the game nlue all.Tc Hlwi were lying two when Nash withhis second, foun.l the Jack with a well-judged shot, inn kitty roiled over to n TeHiwl bowl, and Hill, with n sweet lengthand Erec-n. put In a counter. Te Hlwl 11,I'ulrnerßton I),Nub got two out of the fifteenth head.: briiiglnc the score again even, eleven all.; 11. N, Nash plnced a pair of beauties, onebeing .1 toucher, and Basklvllle made mai-lers awkward for his own side by putliiißa blocker well In front, lilxou added tothe Palnierston nest with Ills llrst and putIn another block with his next. Krost. whowas playing the gtime of Ills team, drerehud and tme. scattering tbe head andburning It.

The next head was Tp Hlwi's for one. Telllwl 1-. ralinerstou 11, with five heads to IPiny.

In Ihe next head BasklrlMe placed a bowlwithin a foot of kitty. Nash followed withone that rested shot, and Basklvllle foundthe Jack, lying shot witb a toucher.Tasker made a good try with his first toturn over his own bowl on to kitty, buttbougb his green was perfect, he was rather

) Ing "place. Hill. ' wlt.li his llrst. ditchedkitty, and lay In scoring plnoe. Nash triedto bans It over the string, but missed, nnd

I the scorn read: Te Hiwl 1.1. Palmerston 11.1 Another dead head was added to the list) on the eighteenth end, and upon the re-

piev addo*l ttaroo to bis s**orp. t-h*>• gamo being Palnicrston 14, To Iliwl 13,

' with three heads to go.Nash played n beautiful shot with his» last bowl on the next head, trailing Hio• jack away from the opposition for three,

i Hill, with a flno draw. Just failed to get, among them, am] the score was Palmer-ston 17, Tc niwl 13, with two beads toplay.

The twentieth head was lying Iwo tothe <r«lit of Te Hlwl. wiien Tilxon humpedone out and lay In second place. Taskerfollowed his Wnnmnte. with a toucher.. which trailed kitty away and lay. Frostsent down a good one, but Palmerston stilllny shot, and Tasker put In a blocker,which received Frosfs second. N*sh put, in another counter, ami HUl's first was. wide and heavy. Nash failed with his

■ attempt to block, but Hill again Tan wideand heavy, the score reading Palmerston

5 10, Te Hlwl in. with liut one head to go.This meant that the Wellington Club

\ needed six to tie ami seven to win—ana.lmost impossible proposition. Nosh added'■I another point to his total In the last head,

j the game thus ending Palmerston North1 20. Te Il'.wl 13.. DOMINION ROAD IN THIRD TLACE.

The game between tile Dominion Roadteam skipped by Molr and the Karanga-

i bake four skipped by Jury, for thirdi honours in the Champion Fours match.

was won by the former, the score being5 Moir 22, Jury 120.

0 THE BANNER PRESENTED. .After the moten the president (Mr. M.

j Caseyi presented the hnndsoine banner—attift by the ladies of the Dunedln Centre—; to the' skip of the winning team, amidhearty cheers by the onlookers for bothwluuers nnd runners-up. Mr. Nash, thewinning skip, in the course of nckuowledi;-meuts, remarked that he had three timesnow teen in a final for banner winners, hutn bnd not previously been successful. Hen also mentioned that the present was histwenty-first appearance, lv bowling tour-

d nan,ou,Si-o PRESENTATION TO MR. BIITDEX.

'' A number of very nice things were saidIi nlioiit the way Mr. A, M. Brydeii. Dominionc secretary, had managed the tournament,

and Mr. Casey, on behalf of the green care-s takers, presented the popular official withg ii silver salver to mark fheir appreciationj. of the great courtesy he had always shown

them. MemInn was also mnde that the0 explicit nature of -Mr. Rryden's Instructionsif rendered the work of the c.iretflkers plea-f snnt and easy.„ Mr. Uryden suitably acknowledged the

token of appreciation, and bad also to reply3 to n number of flattering comments madea. by visitors.o Mr Casey also Jianded to Mr M. Bamett., of Chrlstehnrch, and vice-president of the: Dominion Association, a silver rose bowl,lt won by Mm Barnett as nominee of the:t South Island team wiich defeated the

North.

Mr Barnett returned thanks on bebiltof (be visitors to the Aucklanders for theirhospitality, and expressed the hope thatthey would have an equally eood timewhen they rlfited Ohrlstehurch next yearfor the I'JIC tournament.

GREEN ISLAND WINS PAIRS.

A LONG LEAD.Tbe Bnal game for the pairs ehamplon-

shlp was opened on a good length bead,and even play gave -the Green Islandmen a lead of one for a start. At thesecond liead Green Island lay two whenthe skips went down, but Melndoe reducedthis to an advantage for Otabuhu untilSmellle with a well Judged 'wick lay shotwith hie second last. Melndoe. however,after falling with his third, drew splendidlywith his last, and won the bead. Otahuliu

At the third head, a short one, GreenIsland lay one up when tbe sklpg crossedover, and Smellle, who was drawing well,drew dead to the Jack and lay shot afterMf-Indoc had gained the lead. Mclndoefailed to alter the position, and Smellleplaying ebort, got the head hy one. Greenleland 2. Otahuhu 2.

The fourth head went to Mclndoe, andat the fifth Melvor drew draw with Illsthird, and this was still the shot when theleads had finished. Mclndoe got anotherwith his second and again with his third,lying four "p. Siuellie however, got nbeautiful draw with bis third and outdown three of tbe lead, the head finishingagainst him. Otnhuhu 4, Green island li.

The sixth head, a long one, gave another4. MclndOC got the Phot with hie fourthat the seventh head, ana two bowle eachSmellle got In with Ills third, ami revWeeathe position. MolnOoe failed to draw withhis last, and cave his opponent two. GreenIsland 5. Otahuhu 4.

McDonald drew splendidly in the seventhhenil. and had a couple to tbe good, butMelvor replaced one of, them, and the eklpshail n delicate situation to play to. Mc-Imloe lay shot with his first, but misjudgedwith his" serond and Save Oreen Island theshot. With his last be drove on tEe off-chiineo but mlased. leaving the game-Oreeu Island (5. Melvor 4.oiimr point, but with two pulnts at eanbof the t»rtli nnil eleventh Rendu. Otahuhudrew ahead, the game standing—Otahuhu 8,Oreon Island 7.

(•■'pen Island scored the blesest scope upto Hint point at tho twelfth head, Slclndoecnrryliiß the kitty wliou his opponen waeIvlnc three, nnd (oeliiit the head for five.—Green Island \S. Otnhuhu S.Smellle got another at the thirteenth witha beautiful draw with his fecund last bowl,nnil with yet another slnsle at the four-teenth stood sli pplnt.s to the good. GreenInland H. Oinbuliu 0. At tbe Ufteenfb andsixteenth Green Island scored four andthree more respectively. Smellie and Mc-fionald playlns very steadily.—Green Is-lilliit 21. Otn'itihu 8.

The seventeenth and eighteenth went toOtnhuhii point each time, but Gr«enIsland took threent the nineteenth, puttingthe game beyond reasonable donltt. Witha two and ft three In the Inst two henflsOtahuhu brought up five more, and thegame ended:—(irecn Island 24

Otahuhu ir>Hhniiin li'dtie and Gamble) YJ. In the gamefor third place In the Pairs Championship.

CLUB BOWLING.

AUCKLAND GREEK.

ORDINARY DRAW.S. Rnssltev, X. Coldlrutt. MeCrea, I'rime

—23. v. Evcrslclßb. McLaren. JohnCarlaw,Itussell—l.YAsbton, Turner. Crowburst, Atkln—22, r.Ryrle. Hush. Kewlng. Robertson—ll3.

Colonel Robert*. Campbell, Lambert.Pparson—2C, v. John Cook. #huir, Thoniae.Wilson—l3. >

Elliot. 11. Buttle. ,M. McLean, (.1. A.Buttle—22. v. S. Coldlcutt. Fletcher, JamesCarlmr. James—l9.

..Newbpglii. Smith, Arnold. .Morgan—W, r.Stewart, l'urby. Ball, Muston—2l.

Clnrkp. Mi-Menemy, MeMaeter, Blan-charfl—22. v. iJuuk, Wocxßmm, Toao,Hemus—lit.

J. D. Roberts, Bookless. Uaneie. Menmo—14, v. J. L. ll.ijrnall, Shepherd, Donald,I'lummer—l7.

.f'lgffott. Styak—23, T. Noble. Tndehope—1".j PRESIDENTS FOCRS.

■ J I.ovell. Barclay. Davidson. Ladlejr—a>. t.jLlnlrr. Jngllf, J-nrker, G. Mackay—lβ.CLUB PAIRS (Handicap).

Littler. Memus 23. v. I'ox. I'lummcr -"v.iMcl.iirpn. Meunle 3Tt, t. Burbueh, A. K.

Markay 24.Uovell and Roberteon 20, v. TadeUope, A., M. Myers 21.

CHAiMPIOXSHIP.

' Blanchard 25. 2T>, t. Crow 14, S.JUBILEE CUP (Handicap ein#ps).

McLaren 22. v. Robertson 10: l'lke 21. V., Cox IS; Afbton 17. v. Dr. IngHs 10.EXHIBITION Cirp (Handicap Singicei.

! Woodham 24. v. Hemus 19.

': WAITEMATA GREEK.> _____\ CLUB CHAMPIONBHM".

Kirßt Uound.—W. \V. Luke 20. t. .1 K.1 ealt Iβ: F. \V. Pitt 1«. v. E. .Murphy Ht

G. 11. 1..T0D 18. v. K. W. Taylor 12.] I PAIRS HANDICAP.; FlrM Kound.J X. Henth (sub.). A. Campbell (2) 20. t.J B. A. Meek. J. Allen 24 122 beads).

CX.DB FOCttS.1 Klnnalrd. Moiildon. McPUall. Lute— SOt. Bxley. O'licaty. Oray. Sim—lβ.r Rennlson. Ca«4e. Elstnn, Glover—2l. v

,j Smith. Salt. Daniel. F»lth—IG.1 Clark. Lyon. Murphy. Welllngd—2l. rI Gny, Taylor. Fltt. Fltupatrlck—l7.

t TAKAPUNA GREEK.

!. CLUB FOURS.Klngeford, Forrest (sub.). Kswllnsons Hooper—2l, t. Page, Cowan, Hanna, Uorrli," -10.i CLUB PAIRS.

Rawlinson, reen 27, v. McGregor, Braitn0 w-alto 14.

« MOUNT EDEN GREEK.d•F ORDIXART DRAW.'t Hooker, iMonk. Tntterßall. C C. Baker-II 1.1. T. B. Robertson, Brown, King, lludsoi•■ -18.1 J. Robertson. Hutchison. .ToihTison. Trnveis —14. v. Rlcli, McNnb, Dickey—a>.•* Wteeman. Dixon. l!lp,!>lrm\ Snrmni)—2l? v. Poßtlca. MePheriwn. Garland. Cre—l4.

Nairn. \V. Holland. Jones. Burns—3l, vh McDonald. 11. Fergo'son, W. P. Baker, Coin —24----rt Creepln, Gray, Wagstaff, Grlfflthe—2.", r(" Bridge. Reyburn, Woolley. Miller—l6.h CLUB PAIRS.

Grant, fintenby 10. v. Mncller, McUrego(H. Walton sub.) IS.

a. ELLERSLIE GREEK.(1

l. ORDINARY DRAW.8 Hedditch. J. FerEUSon, Noton—20, t. AFerguson, McKlnney. Peek—ls.Hewson, Smith. Wilkinson—2l, v. SteTens

Laud. Green—l3.I. Hill. iMacklow. P.nrns—24, v. Haslama Shannon, McNclll—lfi.- 'Ileuson. Crook. Shearman—'M. v. -Morejd Bartleti. Somerfleld—12.11 CM7B CHAMPIOXSSHII'.,c Stevens 22. v. Green Iβ; Macklow 10.i;, Wilkineon 13; Laud 2S. v. W. It. Smith l:,t 'Hewson '24. v. MoKlnney 1«: A. D'ergasoc 24. v. McNelli 18.

r- HAWHITI GREEK.

ORDINART DRAW.irt Stonham. Wooller. Taylor. McKluley—l'

'" t. Ross. Burcuer. Pnterson. Lonp—2,">.

'• lices. Wtlkle. Roberts. McGresor—3", \*■ Mains. Pase, Townlev, Ptonex—9.:n

CRICKET.THE SIXTH BOTCH).

CEXTURIES TO HORSPOOL ANDMacCORMICK.

A BIG PARTNERSHIP.

Tbe sixth round of the Auckland CricketAssociation championships was commencedon Saturday afternoon, in fine weather andwith good wickets.

At Victoria Park Ponsonby disratese-lEden B for 100 runs, and knocked up 133/or the loss of one wicket, so they appearto have the same well in band.1 Grafton occupied the wickets all theafternoon at Eden Park, knocking up thebig score of 306 for the loss ot only sixwickets, E. Horspool and E. MacCormickputting up the score of 250 for the firstwicket partnership, a record for club cric-ket in Auckland. Horspool made 122, andE. MacCormlck 12!) hot out.

The game on the Domain between Par-nell and Waitemata was one of poor scor-ing, Parnell being dismissed for 140, whileWaitemata have lost eight wickets for 6!).

At the North Shore, Eden A met thehome team, and, batting first, knocked up212, the last wleket partnership betweenBurton and Rountree putting on 72. Atthe call of time North Shore had 37 ontbe board for tbe loss of two wickets.Details are:—

EDEX B V. POXSONBY.Eden B.—First inninßS, 100 (Robinson

11. Blair 25, Danreil 26, Somerville 10,extras 12>.

Dowlinjr: Snedden Ove wickets for 43,McMath three for 38, Mason two for 7.Pousonby.—First innings, 133 for onewicket (C. A. Snedden -Ji), Brinsden notout 09, Taylor not out 24, extras 11).

PARNELL V. WAITEMATA.Parnell.—First Innings, 14C (Anthony 33,

Breese :to, Bevlns 14. Doble 21KBowling: O. Moller five for 43, Youngthree for40. Ternpertoii one for32.

Waitemata.—First Innings. 69 for eightwickets (K. Moller not out 29, Temperton11, extras 11).

GRAFTON V. UNIVERSITY.Grafton.—First innings. 397 for six

wickets (E. Horepool 122. MaeCormlck notout 120, Sloman 20, Martin 17, Baker 47,extras 57i.

Bowilng: Player took three wickets for78 runs, Mulfran one for 108. Taylorone for 51, .Tacobsen none for 24, FisherGraham none for 21.

EDES A V. SOUTH SHORE.Eden A.—First innings. 212 (Cummlngs20. Taylor 1".. Brooke-Smith 24. Hemus 20,

Helghway 17. Burton not out 34. Rountree51. extras UKBowling: Ilowden took three wickets for42 runs. Coleman none for 20. Stewart nonefor 42. Howie two for 01, Rankin four for30. Dacre none for f).

North Shore.—First innings, 37 for twowickets (Prime 15. Dacre not out 16, Far-quharson not out 1).

SECOND GRADE.

POXSONBY A V. PONSONBY B.Ponsonby A.—First innings, 120. Bowling:

Flynn one Tor 21, Spiers one for 19, Kava-nagh none for 10. Atkinson three for 10,Glenteter two for 10. Pearce one for 8.

Ponsonby B.—First innings. SS for fourwickets.EDEX A V. rAUNELL.

Eden A.—First innings, 28. . Bowllnz:Hunt took seven wickets for 10, and Martinthree for 10.Parnell.—First innings. 100. Bowling:Fletcher four for 3tt. Greenwood two for

krteii.—.Second innings, 35 Tor threewickets.UNIVERSITY V. GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

University.—First Innings, 104. Bowling:Uyburn five for 10. McArthur one for 12,W. Oarrard two for 15.

Grammar School.—First innings, 47.Bowling: Senior th.-cc for 21, Winks threefor 19.

I'nlversitr.—Second Innings, SO tor twowickets.

GRAFTON V. NORTH SHORE.Orafton.—First innings. 132. Bowling:

Becontl Innings. 20 for one wicket.North Shore.—First Innings. 94. Bonding

Rutherford seven for 36, Yates one for 11.Jack two tor 2.

THIRD GRADE.

PARNRLL V. GRAMMAR SCHOOL.Grammar School.—First Innings, 69.Pnrnell.—First inniugs, 197 for seven

wickets.

NORTH SHORE V. SACRED HEART.Sncred Heart.—First Innings, 09.North Shore.—First innings, 27.

FOURTH GRADE.

rOSSONBY B V. NORTH SHORE.Ponsonby.—First innings. 118.North Shore.—First Innings,, 51. Second

lfinlnge, 60 for five, wickets.

WAITEMATA V. PONSOXBY A.Waitemata.—First innings, 170.Poiisonb.v.—First inninss, 28.

SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION*

A GRADE.RAILWAY V. BROTHERHOOD.

Railway.—First innings. 105.Brotherhood.—First innings, 140.

TRAMWAYS V. RAILWAY B.Tramwaj-s.—First innings, declared dosed

six for 16«.Railway.—First innings, six for 79.

DBTIDS' ASSOCIATION.

AUCKLAND V. POXSONBY.Ponsonby.—First Innings, 57. Second inn-

ings, n6 for four wickets.Auckland.—First Innings, 112 for two

wickets.Auckland won on the first innings.

CHURCHES' ASSOOATIOX.SENIOR GBADE.

ST. PETER'S V. CROYDON'.St. Peter"s.—First innings, 130.CroydoD.—First innings, 77 for fire

wickets.

JUNIOR GBADE.KISGSLAND JUBILEE V. ST LUKE'S.

St. Luke's.—First innings, 25. Secondinnings. 70 (Tlimuas 31, Tizard 13). Bowl-ing for Kinßslnnd: A. Kent took sevenwickets for 20 runs. R. Cunningham ninefor 43, Onspuricu one for 4.

Jubilee.—First innings. 11G forHix wickets (A. Kent 30 not out. Oasparioh22. Cunningham 22, Hill 18). Bowling forSt. Luke's: Wilson took flre wickets for4U runs. Tlzaril one for 59.

Kingsland Jubilee won by an innings,fnnr wickets and 21 runs^—a three-pointwin.

ARAWA V. ALL- SAINTS'.All Saints'.—First innings, 42.Arawa.—First innings, 12" for eight

Arawa won by an innings and 31 nins.EXCELSIOR V. ST. STEPHEN'S.

Excelsior.—First innings, 117.St. Stephen's.—First innings, 106.

BERBSFORD V. ST. JOHN'S.Beresford.—First innings, 83.St. John's.—First Innings, C".A two-point win. lor Bereslord.

SENIOR CADET MATCH.

4TII COMPANT V. 26TH COMPANY.4th.—First innings, 41. Second innings55.26th.—First innings, 85. Second innings,

,T. McDowell 17.4th Company won by 78 runs.

MATCHES.(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

■U'ELLIXOTOX. Sunday.

Jr,i for two n-icketx iipainst Central, n-hnxe•Irs! Innlntn Imrl realised IST. For Xorth.HUldlcstoii uisnic 1211.,nuil Bray Ins in,t■ut. Enrt A inu'le 444 in the ttrst inninss:g:lill>t Olil lioys. who liave uiiiUp '«•< f.,l'.lirw wi.-kPts. lor East. Gibl.ps inai!<- S.-.IMullips s«. n.irnett '.)?. not out, nuil X:l> ■r>3. l-'nr i ild llnvs. Beechej has tunde i::not oiii. I'etoiip batted aU the aftern'<io:iugaiiiKt L'niveraity. making 300 for the lossoC three wi<kets (.Gate 100. Brice Ki.Cordon 70 noi out). The third wicket ft'Iat cull of lime.

DTJNEDD?.. Sunday--Tile cricket mulches to-day resulted a<follows:—l'nrisliriwk B. 120 (Given tm,;;Sir wk-kets fur :B runs, and Oiljsnu tot.-for :«j|, v. luiiicdin. SS (Ramsden took sixwickets for 40 runs, tind Nelson four fur

30). Oningi'. 118 (Casey took eight wit-ki-tsfor 41 ruuiil. v. Opoho. 121 (Ingram :!7,.Colts, 225 (Crawford S2), y. Albion. «(Crawford took lire wickets for 2S mils,and (jalland lire for 40). St. Kilda, I.'{7. v.Carisbrook A. 8S (Bannerman :i4). JHarveytook eight wickets for 43 runs.

7THE AUCKLAND STAR. MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 1915.

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WAR STORIESTHE AIR SCOUL

(By F. BRITTEN AUSTIN.)

A large level meadow bit squarely intothe edge of the woodland. The centreof the space, enclosed on three sides bytrees as by a wall, was an empty >tretcHof turf, browned by much traffic aud Ut-tered with the scr.nps of piper which arethe inevitable deposit of" any congrega-tion ofhuman beings. The left-hand side

■was occupied by a neat row of slnte-grevmotor-lorries. The rigUt showed anequally neat army of tents andsheds, over ivliieh hung a faintfilm of wood smoke. At regu-lar intervale along the third side aseries of placard- was affixed to the tree-Jtrunks, each exhibiting a conspicuousnumber like stands at a cattle show. ln<" jstands, however, were vacant. In front jof the sheds on the right stood a little|group of men in khaki, and near them \two men in Miirt and trousers were busy |at a portable forge, whence issued t-he

film of smoke. The liammer-strokes otthese men were visible and evidently de-livered with force, yet. curiously enougn. jat a little distance they appeared to fall !in silence. A vast noise That cam? from 1beyond the wood swallowed all othersounds. The drowsy air of the hot noontrembled with concussions so rapid thatthey merged into one deep-thro.itert.deafening roar. The field was the aero-plane depot of the arnty. The roar wasthe roar of the battle which that army•was fighting.

Despite the apparent nenrae-? of thestrife, there was little of military spec-tacle about the depot. At the corner otthe wood a squadron of dismountedtroopers stood by their horses. A littlefarther back, along "the rough.laiie whichled into the field, a gun mounted on amotor-lorry stuck its nose perpedicularlyinto the air. Three or four men sat onthe lorryin easy attitudes, and one stoodup. glasses to his eyes, scanning the bluesky. The grcrtip of khaki-clad men paidno more attention to them than they didjto the battle din which swelled over the■woodland. They were absorbed in con-templation of the curious-lookingbnsh Tvhieh stood a few yards in front ofthem.

A closer look at that bush revealedthat it was artificial. Il was, in tact, alargish shed whose wall-; and roof were jcomposed of green boughs. Men wereIbusy within it. and a shaft of sunlightthat penetrated the leaves fell in a patenof gold upon some yellow fabric. Theobject thus illuminated was the wing ota small, single-seater monoplane.

A litt'e apart from the other membersof the group a slightly-built yotinsr le'-lo\r. garbed for the ascent, stood in—earaest-«olloqtt¥ wftii a tall, lean st-atl

~ officeiv -Behind "JnemntheJothiers con-versed in,"tbne3 just load enough to beI'eard in the incessant riiir. They werediscussing thedisaster of the dawn.

The iblofr of the- enemy had been ter-Ttble. Tne army had oeen smitten in its.eyes. It was now only aVblind giant striK-1ing at an adversary whose vision wasunimpaired. The entire air-squadronof the force, rising from its harbourageat the break of day, had been suddenlyassailed by a superior fleet that droppedout of the clouds upon them. YVateliers■iron oelow had-seen short lightnine-flashes stabbing the grey mist, hadheard a sharp outbreak of firing, hadseen phantom aeroplanes rising, circling,swooping, colliding in the thin cloud,had seen the machines one after an-other trnnble and dive, lapped by flames,in a sickening rush to earth. Not theirealone now jay. crumpled and contortedmasses of scrap-iron, over the countrv-eide. but of theirs Jione had escaped.Tlie enemy held command of the air.

iTlip.Tear of thejr'l)4ttlfc:lin£ was a pic-"ture tbart iris scoirts could" report uponat leisure. "What lay at the rear of his?Xone knew, but t"ne vehemence of hisfire told that he was pressing !iis advan-tage. The presentiment oi defeat layheavy on the little group as they dis-puted on the blame to be allotted forthe catastrophe.

The staff-officer tugged impatiently atIns little grey rhoust-iche. HU teethchamped at a bit cf grass that was nolonger there. In his anxiety he had notnoticed that it had fallen from hismSuth.

"I wish those chaps would be quick,"lie said. "The general t; most anxiousio have that flank cleared up."

'"They a.re being quick, sir." replied theaviator, with a'smile.

His keen, thoughtful face showed thathe was not indifferent to the urgencyof the situation, but his calm mouthtold of nerves that nothing could shake.Within that green bower lay the onelope of the army—its lightest andswiftest monoplane, in landingthe day before, now being repaired asfast as skilled hando couid do the work.

"You quite understand, don't you?',eaid the staff-officer, repeating himselffor the tenth time. "The general thinksthat a movement is in progress againstour right flank. A screen is extendingtijeFe Which he cannot penetrate. Ifthey are moving a large furce round ushecan detach the -Sixth Division to holdthem, and with a massed attack he'llcrumple up their left centre, which theymust have weakened. He'll repeat Sala-manca, that's what he said. I don'tknow wJiat happened at Salamanca,,, heconcluded, irritably; "but anyway, hedarenit move a man till he's sure. I wishyour~chaps would get finished. He lookedup into the air above him with a circlingglance. "How many have they pot now?"

''Four, I make it," replied the avia-tor. t?quab!y. "They had ten yesterday.Five were smashed up this morning. (J-ne

got winged an hour a.go.':At that moment a dirty and perspir-

ing man came out of t-he boner and,approaching them, saluted.

"Ready, sir,', he said.'"Right: get her out; then."' said the

aviator. "No—wnit!"' His gaze hadgone up to the sky. "There he comesagain.''

""Can-found it!" said the staff-officer,at*ring upwards also.

High in the air an aeroplane was.coming towards them, parallel with

; their own bnttifline-. In the swollen• roar ot the conflict, thY hum—of its en-" gine was inaudJEle. It seemed to drift

onward leisurely enough. sinkingslightly .is it approached, but well above-effective gunfire; tiny -white dote ofsmoke that sprang into the air below itwere a proof of that. Slowiy, as thoughmaking a careful examination, it passedoverhead. Suddenly it turned and drop-, ff° Stlll ,rnver. coming back towardsSomething T,iff awakened suspi-

~ <1,^Cr*|?IC,4tWleh..bßcinrie apparent.r: J** aeroplane,:;;.now rapidly enlarging itself •■in his*" ftr h mesm«ked. Anxiety■ J°r ttat Preaoue machine under theleaves paralysed him.

The aviator had turned to look at thegun on the motor-lorry. The groupabout it sat in quiet expectation. Itsmuzzle moved gently, came a little outof t!)p perpendicular. The aviator lookedup again at the machine drifting over-head. He heard a sudden heavy detona-tion on his left, and almost simulta-neously he saw a bright flash appear inthe dark body of the aeroplane. Themaohine lurched, toppled, dived, and,falling rapidly, turned bottom up in theair. A couple of dark figures fell outand raced it in its rush to the ground.A long minute later it struck the centreof the tield. Flames burst out of ashapeless wreck. Tlie aviator did notheed it. He ran towards the bower.

"Quick!" he cried. "C.ct ncr out!"'Torn down by twenty pairs of eager jhands, the bower fell apart. The little

monoplane was run out. and lay like adragon-fly resting lightly on tlie earth.

The aviator -climbed into his seat be-tween the wings, sent a glance from the'compass to tlie map held open in its

Jframe, saw that the message-bags wereready to his hand, and tested the strapIof the field-glasses hanging from his

I neck with a sharp tug.j He was ready. In front of him[two soldier mechanics stood holdingthe long blades of the tractorscrew. Over there beyond thejwood, the uproar of the battle mount?.!i in violent paroxysms, each of whichjsurpassed its predecessor. The tat:! staff-officer approached and held out hishand.

"'Good l.ye—and sood luck." ie sail."And frr Heaven's sake. let us knowwhat's happening on that flank." Don'twait to git back—drop the message." lielooked at his watch. "It's now "twelve.If we -lon't know something within all jhour it's all over with our chance. Canyou mar.ice it?"

"I'll try sir.', =aid the aviator, check-ing the hour with a gl-.mce at h;, ownclock.

The staff-officer turned an anxious ipair of eyes upward tor a swift look intothe sky. seemed about to make a re-mark, and then obviously refrained."Good luck!" was all he could trusthimself to cay.

The aviator smiled and nodded cheer-fully. T'len he ejaculated a sharp orj.»rto the .Mechanic*. They flung the bladesof the tractor into revolution. The uia-eJiine. emitting a series of ritlelike re-ports, commenced to run across the lie!d.The tractor became a blur.

The woodland appeared to riMh to-waids him, and then suddenly droppedaway in a diagonal underneath. Hiseyes on the dial of the barograph, the

javiator warped the machine round andI set the planes to an acute angle ot ele-vation. Confident in the power of hisengine, he mounted steeply ill a spiral.The record on the dial rose with everysecond—a hundred feet—two hundred-four hundred. In two and a hulfminutes he had risen one thousand feet.He cast a swift iook below him. Hewas still over the field, had a glimpseof a group of tiny figures clustered infront of the sliede. The rim of the hori-zon came up. the earth fell into a greatconcavity. It was like looking downinto a vast bowl containing wood-* andfields and flattered hills. From thebowl clouds of yellow-grey dust aroselike smoke, and out of the dust came amultiplicity of heavy crashes that de-tached themselves from a background ofunceasing datter mingled with one longrolling, thunderous roar.

It was but a hasty ulance the aviatorthrew below him. Still mounting, hise3'eis searched the blue air on, a levelwith himself, above him. Tlie enemy's

i three machines—where were they? l-'aroff to his left a dark s-peek hung in the■?ky. He watched it intently as h'.s

'imachine climbed. It was a bi-plane. Itappeared to be drifting away from him,

' engaged in a reconnaissance of theirleft flank, lie decided. At any rate, asyet they seemed not to have pi rceivedhim. The others were not visible. Heshot a glance at the barograph—threethousand feet. He had been ''limbingfor five and a halt minute?. Almost, immediately he saw a trail of smokeascending with incredible velocity in

' the air a little below him to his right.The trail finished abruptly in a vividflash, a burst of white smoke, and aviolent detonation. The monoplanerocked from side io side in the suddendisturbance of the air. but continued

; to olimb. A second later a similar traili ended in an explosion at a levelwith him

' on his left. He saw a gash appear• suddenly in the fabric of one of hisI planets and the needle of the barograph

switch back fifty feet with a jerk. Then

' the altitude record mounted again'< steadily—three thousand two hundred

and fifty—three thousand five hundred: —four thousand. The noise of the

battle diminished as he rose, dropping: to a point where it was all but ob-

scured by the roar of his own engine,i Below him the smoke trails leaped up

at him and burst viciously in vain.( Four thousand five hundred feet—he1 glanced at the hostile biplane to his

' left and saw that it hung larger in the■ sky. Even in the moment for which lie.• watched it, it dilated. It was approach-

' ing at top speed. He was discovered,f pursued. Instantly he turned off to his, right and raced across the battle-field, in t.he direction of the threatening hos-; tile flank. Aβ he did so he perceived

' another aeroplane rising from thoenemy's lines. It climbed swiftly inbold swoops and then shot off towardshim on a great upward slant. Two!—. where was the third? He failed to dis-cover it, and held on his course.

His direction was at an angle across• the battle-field, which took him towards■ the enemy's left flank rather than toiI their own right. As he pped over itII lie looked down upon a broad, miles-longi belt of yellow-grey dust that rose

' raggedH- into the air and was spottedwith an innumerable multitude of whitepnfTs thatrenewed themselves as fast as: they were dissipated. In many placesthese puffs congregated thickly, and, asthey broke, linked themselves withothers until they floated like little nar-row clouds in the air below him. As helooked down into the great concavityof the earth he seemed to be over someenormous smoking fissure in a craterwhose circumference was the horizon.The rumble and roar which aecendedfrom it assisted the illusion. Tiny

' sparks of flame darted and flickeredin the fumes of that inferno, andhere and there flashed a number of glit-tering points, the reflection of the sunfrom advancing bayonets. To distinguishmen was impossible, but io occasionalrifts in tlie dust curtain he could makeout ibro-wn patches of varying size, and,over to his left on the enemy's side,similar though darker patches.

He could permit himself no sustainedscrutiny of the scene below him, for tnemanagement of the ma-chine began toclaim all his attention. .Even at thatheight above the battle, the air on that

i windless day, shaken and riven by tneunceasing concussions of the maseed, artillery of-two armies, was full of ua'w6.

i The needle of the barograph Uickered,• oscillating violently in leaps to and tro.> The monoplane, tilted dangerously, nowon one side, now on the other, in eddies

of the tortured atmosphere, slid down-■ ivaTd dizzily ere it could be brought up ]

to climb a bank of air. It needed strongarms at the controls, a quick brain and;serves of perfect tone to keep .her uponthe appointedcourse- Glancing back, tlieaviator sa.w that the flight of the nearer• of the two hostile machines, the one

i which had risen from the enemy's linesand was now approaching him on his left,. was similarly erratic.

An overpowering heat, as from a vastopen furnace, arose from the battlefield,below. It was the heat from thousandsof explosions, renewed incessantly andsustained over many hours. Stilling

jgusts blew on to the aviator's face, car-rying with them a peculiar smell of burn-ing cloth. With these .ousts the roar ofthe battle seemed to leap up to him. Theair was oppressive, despite the speed at Iwhich he clove it. highly charged witnelectricity, heavy with the menace of =>storm. Yet no cloud broke the. mono-tony of the iblue sky. The machine,racing onward, was now crossing thebattle lince of the enemy's left flank.

Suddenly lie heard a faint rattle be-hind him. The hostile aeroplane, realis-ing that it had failed to hea-d him ort,was firing furiously. He felt the machineshiver under a quick succession of hardraps. Instinctively, he pressed upon mcaccelerator, and, with a- touch on thewarping lever, the machine shot for-ward and upward at terrific speed. Theraps ceased. He turned his head andsaw his enemy rapidly diminish ill sizebehind him; saw that the other aero-plane, the one he had seen first, hadfallen far in the rear. A confident smilecame on the tight lips of the aviator.He could outpace them both-

He was now above the enemy's lettHank—a little to the right of the spotthat the Oommander-in-Oiief had desig-nated as the objective of his possibleattack. The scout switched off his engineami commenced to drop along a slanttowards the centre of the enemy's poeiticn. With the sudden silencing of his

' emrino the roar of the battle came upat him in a crash and stayed there. Heglanced at the time—twelve-thirteen—■and gave himself a. limit of two minutesin which to reconnoitre. Kor tnemoment he ignored hi* adversaries in theiair. As he gazed down through thetransparent panel between his feet, hisglasses to his eyes, the ground that slidaway from under him appeared to besubjected to a constantly increasing. magnification. Fields, houses, roadsgrew momentarily more distinct. With-

i out taking his gaze from the scene below, him. the aviator checked the drop of hismachine and drove forward. Quickly Instrained eye took in the details of thr-

i i ground, the position and approximate.I numbers of the men that he saw massed•Jin dark patches here and there. Over a

Jlong stroU-h of the position the enemy's'■line was obviously thinner. The country■ j■behind it was enipty of troops. Tn«' jgeneral's intuition was correct. The!! enemy had weakened his left centrei Point number one was settled. Now■ .whathad lie done with the troops he had■ withdrawn?1 .As the aviator turned his machine to' reconnoitre in the now direction, he was:! surprised to ccc thehostile aeroplane t>*.'! tween him and his objective. AbsorbedI j in his scrutiny of the ground, he had all'I but forgotten it. it was slightly higherfjthan himself and about half a mile die-• tant. He could not carry out his recon-

nahssanco without coming into a. fatalf proximity to it** machine gun, and ne9 could not return directly over the battle

' lines without passing between t.'ie5 crossed fires of this and the otherr machine now drawing close. Even as tne-i reaJisation of his position flashed on3(him, a narrowslit appeared in one of MsI 1planes. Th<? nearer of his foes was a!---->ready firing.r j Quicker than thought he turned andgraced off into the country behind tlie

ibattle. A plan, the only one with a pos-isible chance of success, '.iad sprung into

*' his mind. He had no intention of failingji in this all-important mission of his. But

jfirst he must get out of the range otthat deadly machine gun. He dared notrise across it at barely half a mile range.

J' At full speed he raced away, inclining- hiemachine downwards. The hostile aero-( plane followed, depressing .her coursei likewise, to ,jei him into the zone of (iret or to force him to the ground. Thej scout's speedometer registered 100 milesj an hour. Beneath his feet he had glimpsesr of trees and houses and fields HittingJpast in a stream where salient features, prolonged themselves into long blurred„ lines. They looked oddly large after theI altitude at which he had been eontem-j plating them. He threw a pance over~ his shoulder at his pursuers. Thep nearer was now rather more than amile away. The other had apparently~ given up the chase. The clock stood at, twelve-sixteen and a-half. Jn-le-ss thantwo minutes he had distanced his ad-versary by nearly a mile. He had there-fore a superiority in speeu or aboutI twenty-five miles per hour. He did not• consciously deduce this result Hisc trained mind, working with incomput-able swittness under the stimulant ofJ imminent danger, gave him the result' like an intuition. His plan presented= itselt to him completely formed \tthis distance he could risk the dan^er-- zone of the machine-gun for the few1J moments he would be in it. He swerved°( his machine upward and climbed steeplyI 1 In a minute the other aeroplane was» I level with him, beneath him. The scoutrose along a slant, slowing down his- engine until hia pace was almost exactlyequal to that of the machine belows Both rose steadily.s The battle-din ceased altogether be--0hind him. He flew in the seeming silence; of the roar of his own engine and the„ deeper bass of the other engine justc audible, below. He 'bent forward overX his map and picked out his approximatec position. Then he noted a village some3 twenty miles in rear of the battle and3 drew an imapnnary line from it sotith-g westward to the enemy's left flank. That, village was to serve as turning-point.. He should reach it, he calculated atc twelve-twenty-nine. The barograph in-dicated three thousand feet, and stillc rising.r Twelve-twenty-seven—the scout bent| his eyes to the ground. A couple of' minutes later a handful of white cot-tages flitted past as ho looked down be-' tween his feet. His enemy could nott be seen. The body of the monoplanehid him as he flew 'below and slightly

in rear, but the roar of his engine,1 lorider than the scout's own, couH just1 be heard.1 Now was the time. The scout turned! off abruptly at a tangent along the line■ he had marked out for himself, and> drove, his engine at its fastest. The

speedometer-needle oscillated over a hun--1 dred and one miles an hour. He eaJcu-. lated that he had approximately twenty, miles to go ere he reached the patch of. country he wished to explore. He should. reach the commencement of the enemy's, left flank at twelve-forty-one, and bej able to spend six minutes in flying over

five miles of ground, and then have a-' couple of minutes. in hand. To the

' trained intellect behind his keen eyes' six minutes was amply sufficient. Havingrun along the left flank, it wae simpli-

-1 city itself to tutu to the right and glide

(down into his own lines. There seemedInothing to stop him. The pursuingImachine was being quickly left behind.I Tdie slow biplane now farolFto hie right■could not possibly arrive in time. Thesky in front was clear of any menace.

Again he began to draw close to thegreat belt of dust-cloud which stretchediar to his right, and again the din ofbattle began to overpower the roar ofhis engine. Directly ahead was a darkmass of woodland. It was thence thatthe enemy's screen around the right(lank of the scout's army commenced.He swerved slightly to the left, behindit. The hour was a second or two overtwelve-forty.

Below him was a network of coimtryroads, and from four strands of that net-work, which ran in an approximatelyparallel direction, concident with his ownI course, arose long, dense clouds of dust.It was the dust of marching columns.The scout shot a glance back at his pur-suer, assured himself that it was fiveor six miles in rear, and slowed down2iis engine as he entered upon a long,gradual descent over the route of thosemarching columns.

For mile after mile on those four roadsthe dust cloud continued. The scoutcheeked off the distances by villnges onhis map. Adding the length of the fourclouds together, he estimated that abouttwenty miles of road was occupied bythe marching force. It was a whole armycorps, then, that was endeavouring toturn their Hank. In the open fields be-tween the roads he could distinguishsmall bodies of cavalry advancing in thesame direction. The mass on the roadswas certainly infantry, broken here andthere by long columns of artillery. Thelow, dense clouds of dust kicked up bythe tramp of thousands of feet were cutinto short sections where the guns andwagons of the batteries rolled onward,

a rough calculation of those inter-sected clouds he decided that four bri-gades of artillery were on the march.He had descended now to two thousandfeet, nnd he kept at that height as horoared over the plodding columns. He-hind him his pursuer had lessened thedistance between them, and was gettingdangerously close. The biplane on hi*right was also approaching. Neverthe-less, the scout held on his way com-fortably. There was nothing to preventhim carrying out his

He was already well beyond the pro-longation of his own army's line of battlewhen he reached the head of the march-ing- infantry. Contrary to his expecta-tion, however, they were not wheelingto the right. They continued straighton, marching away from the battle, itseemed. The scout was puzzled for amoment. He searched the ground infront of him for more troops. It wasapparently empty. Then, from a fold:n the landscape considerably ahead, h<1uiv another, smaller, dust-cloud arise.At his highest speed he raced towardsit, overtook it in less than a minute.Below him a cavalry brigade, accom-panied by two batteries of horse artil-lery, was trotting sharply forward. Whatwa.s their objective? He scanned tliecountry in front of them intently. Some"three miles ahead of the cavalry was awooded hill. He picked it out on the.map; saw instantly that it commandedthe main avenue of retreat of his ownsrmy. The enemy* plan was clear. Hewould occupy it with the cavalry nndthe two battories until the infantry gotup. The threatened army, then attackedin flank and rear, would tind its retreatcut off. If the scout's commander wa.saiming to repeat Salamanca, the enemywas endeavouring to repeat .lackson'.j. march at Chancellorsvillc. The dangerwas pressing. The scout reckoned thatwithin half an hour the hostile cavalrywould be in possession of that hill. Inan hour the infantry would begin tocome up in support. Where was theSixth Division that he had been told

' would check the Hank movement of theenemy? Ho searched for it, saw a. brownmass about two miles from the wooded

■ hill. Its cavalry might get there in ai quarter of an hour by a rapid dasli. He

had then a quarter of an hour to rte-> liver his mcssnsje and get thedivision .«et;in motion. The hour was twelve-forty-, eight.: He wheeled towards his own lino and, commenr-ed a downward glide at a gentle

angle. Then, taking his hands from thei controls, he rapidly wrote down a clear,

concise statement of the case in his re-, port-book. Even if he did not reachi earth, his message might. He glanced' up to see that his indefatigable pursuer

was now swooping down to exit him off

' Moments were precious. He ripped out

' the page, thrust it into the weighted' miessage-bng, nnd tied it up. Then he1 started his engine again, aiming for the1 brown mass of the Sixth Division.! Something made him look to his left.- He was startled to see a large biplane- rushing up at him from the direction of; the wooded hill. It had evidently de-i scended to effect some repairs, and had," lain hidden far behind his own line. Het recognised it at once. It was b\- far thel swiftest and most powerful machine pos-• sessed by either army. On his present- course a few seconds would bring himi within range of its machine-gun. To hist right the other machine was rapidly? growing larger. In front the slow bi-. plane had sailed over the. battle-lines,f and was heading straight for him. The£ three machines were converging on him.[ The scout saw that he would either bet forced away from the battle or de-. stroyed, his message undelivered in. either case.I He swerved his machine and climbed.If only he could get above the Sixth. Division for an instant he would throwover the message-bag, chancing its beingpicked up. To do this it was necessaryto get higher. On his present ora lowerlevel he would be riddled with machine-gun bullets. His adversaries on eitherhand rose also, but he got the lead of

! them.As they rose in circles he watched for

his opportunity when both should boturned from him. The moment came.: He seized it and dived, with his engine, running at full speed. The earth rushedupwards, its features enlarged themselvesas though they swelled to burst. The, brown mass of the Sixth Division spaceditself out into battalions, squadrons,. below him, in front. They were exactly. underneath. He flung out the meesage-'bag with something like a. prayer in hisheart. On either hand his adversaries, were swooping down upon him. He

■ thought he heard the rattle of theirmachine-guns, but in the roar of his ownengine he could not be sure.

Down and still down the threei machines rushed. Suddenly he noticed

the slow biplane in front—on an evenlower level than himself. It was very, close. He saw the pale dot-of the faceof the man behind the gun. If heswerved he would 'be under its fire in a

! moment. If lie kept oti his course hemust crash into it. His decision was in-stant. He held on. One thought domi-nated him as he dWed straight at it.Had hie message been picked up? Ifnot He saw the gleaming backs ofthe outstretched planes almost underhim. He set his teeth for the impact.A second more—the wide stretch of yel-low canvas suddenly jerked to the leftand crumpled up in a. blinding' flash. Hehad not touched. Hβ swerved to theright with nil his force in the tiniestfraction of a second and shot past some-thing that fell, flaming. A shell trombelow had hit the 'biplane almost at themoment of collision.

1 He had a confused cense of othershells exploding in tlie air. A batterybelow was seizing ite chance to get theenemy's aircraft in a cluster, regardlessof the danger to him. He continued hisnull downward, feeling' rather thanknowing that the other two machineswere in close pursuit. If he could, onlybe certain that his message had beenpicked up!

He Hung a glance back over hisshoulder. The powerful biplane that hadrisen from behind the wooded hill wasclose upon him. Why did they not fire?He felt himself a target; \vm surprisednot to ccc the gash of bullets on hi=machine. The explanation Hashed onhim. The gun had jammed. The Ui-pUne came at him as though it wereitself a projectile. Its crew bad des-perately resolved to ram him, to sacri-lice themselves rather than to allow himto bring his precious information to theground. They were almost upon him.He swerved and dodged. The biplaneshot past.

Immediately lie saw the other machineclose upon him—saw a. spurt of tire fromthe muzzle of its gun. He dived. Abelt of trees rushed up at him, fearfullycloee. Their dark foliage seemed tobreak into puffs of black smoke over hoeyes. He swerved instinctively, and sawa meadow burst through tho dark smoke.fly skyward in a miot of blood. With alast desperate effort he banked. Hishands slid from the controls—everythingswam. He was vaguely conscious of aheavy impact from- underneath

Something was burning his throat—heopened his eyes, gazed into a man's faceclose to bis. Consciousness came b:ickin a rush. He pushed away the brandy-tV.\sk that was being prorsed ngainst liisteeth and struggled to his feet. Strongarms supported him. Several men Mercround him, looking at him. He w«sclose to a road, and along that road bethought he saw batteries of artillerygalloping at full speed. He was notcertain of their reality. They passe;!!ike phantoms in his vision, wavering upand down He wanted to do some-thing—to ask something—what was it?He all but tixexl the elusive thought—and lost it. His hands felt for the dupli-cate report-bonk in his pocket—hie de-sire was connected with that. The re-port-book had gone. Then a fragmentof bis intangible preoccupation floated,visible as it were, in hU brain. Heclutched at it.

"What—what guns are those?" heasked, thickly.

"Divisional artillery—Sixth Division,"came the reply. ",\]l right, we gotyour mwssage."

The M-out put his band to hi* browand then, dropping it, stared nt itstupidly. It was red.

"All right," .said the voice. "You'rehit—but not seriously. Lie down."

The scout collected all his facultiesin an attempt to bring out one moretnoucht from the obscurity which filledbis br.iin.

■•What—what time—now?" he asked."Just one o'clock." The voice ap-

peared to recede to an enormous dis-tance, although he felt the speaker'sface to bio. "They're in time—don't worry. Lie down. The ambu-lances are coming in a minute or two."

The scout stood, obstinately."The—the other—machines?""Bagged 'em both. You came down

beautifully—like a kite." The voicesounded from worlds away.

The aviator put his hand to bis head"111 time!" He breathed tlie wordis

rather than spoke them. They camelike the sigh of a man utterly spent.

The man who had been supporting himturned round with a jump and focuesedhis binoculars on the wooded hill. Acrowd of white puffs was breaking out inthp air above it.

The scout, left unattended, swayedwith stretched out like a Wind

man. The field whirled round and rounnsuddenly with a fearful rapidity andthen rushed up and struck him.The man with the binoculars ignoredhis prone body.

"TTeat 'em on the post!" he shouted.in joyoiM excitement. "By Heaven!"Heat 'em on the post!"

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OPTICIANS.A Tody had licen Tested nod ritte<]

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PUBLIC NOTICES.

Photographic & Literary Competitions for 1915With a view to obtainingthemost attractive matter possible for Next Year's Issue,and at the same time encouragingLiterary and Artistic ability, the ProprietorsofBrett's Christmas Annualhave resolved to offer anumberof valuableFrizes for thebest Photographs, Talesand Sketches sent in by Competitors, as under:—

Photographic Competitions.COMPETITION No. I.—Best Landscape. Bush Scans, or Picture *f Farm or Country Lift(with or without figures). Ist Prize. £4; 2nd Prizs. £2; 3t.l Prize. £1.COMPETITION No. 2.—Study of Child Life; or. Animal Ufa. wild or domesticated (with orwithout Human Figures).—lst Prize, £4; 2nd Prizs, £2; 3rd Prize, £1.

RULES AND CONDITIONS.AH the Competitions are Open to Professionals and Amateurs alike. There is no entrance fee.Competitors muet only submit their own booa-flde work, which has not been previously

published or enterf . for any other competition.Photographs of any siz(» or style may be entered; but Half-plates or Full-plates, printed

en ordinary P.O.P. paper, are preferred. These should, if possible, be sent in flat and im-

iietitlon, written in pencil on the back of. each print. Address, "Photographic Comuetitions "Brett's Christmas Annual, Auckland. !The Com petitions will close on 20th Harch, 1915, and the results will be annc-jneed aasoon thereafter an possible.The Proprietors of Brett's Christmas Annual will be entitled to uee any of the Photographssent in, not awarded a prize, ori payment to the Competitor of a sum of 5/- per print. All

prints will be returned if not accepted.The decision of the Editor of Brett's Christmas Annual shall be final.The sending in of Prints by a Competitor shall be equivalent to an undertaking that saidCompetitor is willing to abide by these conditions.

Literary Competitions.I.—BEST NEW ZEALAND STORY, not exceeding 3.000 words. Ist Prize. £8: 2nd Prize.£2 10/-.2.—BEST SKETCH OF TRAVEL OR HOLIDAY ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND, suitable

for belno illustrated: not exceeding 2.000 words. Ist Prize. £5: 2nd Prize, £2 10/-.RULES AND CONDITIONS.

Stories may be cither Tragic, Comic, Domestic or Romantic. The essential points areThey must be original, not previously published or entered in any other competition, and theymust rrlate to life in New Zealand.

Sketches of Travel and Holiday Adventure in New Zealand may be either Descriptive orNarrative, or both combined, and may be Serious or Humorous. They must be original, and■ot previously published or entered in uny other competition.

Stories and Sketches must be sent in, addressed to "Literary Competition, Brett's Christ-mat Annual, Auckland," not later than the 20th Harclf, ISIS. The results of the Competitionswill be announced as soon thereafter as possible.

The Copyright of ill Stories so purchased, as well as oi the Prize Stories, shall rest ivthe proprietors of Brett's Christmas Annual.

The Proprietors of Brett's Christmas Annual shall be entitled to publish any of the Storiesor Sketches sent in, on paying for the same at the rate of £. 1 per story or sketch. All MSS.not accepted will be returned.

All Competitive Tales or Sketches must be plainly written or typed, on one aide of thepaper only, and must be. accompanied by the full name and address of the author

The decision of the Editor of Brett'i Chrlitmas Annual shall in every case be final.By the mere act of sending in Tales or Sketches addressed to the Competitions Editor.Competitors will be understood to have agreed to the foregoing conditions.

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WHOLESALE PRICES.Tte average man wisnes to save moneyon his clothes. He recognises that fo 5/ ija long price for one suit, and he U anxiousto get it for less. But he does not wan;

to lose the difference in quality—to appearin a suit which looks inferior.Many tailoriug firms recognised that therewas good business to be done, bat they d:4not grasp the ideas underlying the littieparagraph which this article i'ueytook expensive premises, made a splash, audinevitably had to reduce quality or 'raiseprices. They reduced quality, their cus-tomers vanished, and the problem was stdl

unsolved.Some few years ago a few practical menof tniferent vision set out to take theaverage man out of his dilemma Theystudied the problem, they made arraive-meuts with Home and colonial mills furregular supplies of the latest materials andopened in Christchnrch, Wellington and

Auckland. Quietly the business grew bythe recommendation of its pleasad clients,until it put the crown on its achievementsby securing the nrst prize and gold medalat Auckland lixliibitiou. Tile Crown C.oth-ing Company is the linn which has aoivedthe problem of how to dress as well at

TucUed away between two other big ware-houses in Elliott Street, just behind StrandArcade, you will see the well-dressed bhowwindows of the nrm. Step inside and thefirst surprise i9yours. A long, lofty siiow-room with the air of a West End Locdoatailoring establishment, fitted with fixturescontaining beautiful suitings—West of Eng-land worsteds, and the best from Home anlcolonial mills in every seasonable weightand stylish pattern. Our models are samplesof suits, marked with the net cash price.Examine oue of these suits and it will beseen that the linings are good, and thetlnish throughout is thorough in every par-ticular. Gather a handful of the frontof the coat, release It, and the good qualityhair cloth support springs ba»k into "place,showing that the suit will keep its shape tc'he end.

At the further end of the great show-room are the customers' fitting rooms Eachhas a sliding door, which when shut dis-plays the sign "Engaged." Inside each aretwo full-length mirrors. Before a customeris allowed to take away a suit, it must meethis approval. The mirrors show him thefront and back view—no one needs to tellhim whether the suit fits or not- He knowsfor himself. From the 40 sites in .stockauy man may be fitted at once.Should there be any sligln. iliffprence it wilibe promptly altered on the premises withoutany additional charge, and the suit isexactly the same as if It had been speciallymade and tried on. Where customers desirea suit specially niade the extra charge isslight, because the basic principle remainsthe same.

That is a plain statement or whj- theCrown Clothing Company can provide suit*equal to tailor-made in every respect, butat wholesale price. They buy in immecasquantities for the trade of the three largestcities in New Zealand. They do not lavishmoney on main street premises, and everyman employed is a worker. They trade forcash only, sell direct to the public, andmake no bad debts. This is war andja man must save where he can do so with-out losing quality. Once men see that at•last they can secure at wholesale price asuit which the most experienced observercould not tell from tailor-made, there isno need to do much unring. It took time toprove that it could be done, but now it is anadmitted fact. Young office men who. mostdress well on a small salary furnish a largeportion of the trade, but scores of businessmen in a large way come regularly to "TieCrown" for their suits. Ask them nowto pay S -5/ for a business suit, and theywould thmk It a joke. The address—wewill repeat it agam so that yon. can'tmistake it—Crown Clothing Company,Elliott Street, just through tie "Strand"Arcade, Auckland.

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HOW RUSSIANS VIEW THEWAR.

THE KAISER AT THE "ZOO."(Special caWe to New York "Herald.,,)How the Russian peasant views the

■war, and his quaint views on the ulti-mate fate of the Kaiser, Wilhelm 11.,are narrated by a Russian landed pro-prietor, writing from the eastern shoresol Lake Ladoga, not far from Petro-grad.

Ivan Ivanoviteh. he says, takes every-thing philosophically, whether it be "atad harvest or a devastating war. Theone comes of God, the other of the am-bitions of mon. but he vieivs them withthe same resignation, and opposes tothem his overpowering sense of duty.

Ivan is a simple soul. There is some-thing elemental in his temperament—inthe fortitude with which he bears illsthat are unknown to the people of theWest. On the shores of the stormy La-doga, now calm in the autumn sun,"soonto be clad in its winter skin of ice, thevillage pea-ant views the shock of battlewith equanimity. The legions of theKaiser threaten his peace in vain. Hetrusts in God and strives to do the right.He will defend his country to the lastgasp. The German War Lord knew notwhat forces he was arousing when hepushed Austria forward to attack thelittle Slav State to the southwest, andtried for the second time to overawe hispowerful Eastern neighbour.

The Russian peasants are all certainthat this war will be long and difficult,and they are prepared to face calamityand victory with equal composure, bear-ing every misfortune with Slavonic cool-ness, and calmly waiting for the gloriousend. For Ivan feels in his inmost heartthat the only finale suited to the mightyoverture which is being played on landand sea is a triumphant victory peal thatwill ring through the ages. The onlymatter that would shock the vast massof the Russian population would be afizzling out—a premature end—of thewar.

EXI>ECT LONG STRUGGLE.They say. "We know the enemy is

strong, and that he must be etuck againand again- The newspapers are pleasedwhen we have a so-called victory—when•ne take 20,000 prisoners. But 'what kthis among 5.000.000 toes? Six per thou-sand. What nonsense!"' Ivan is think-ing just now of Russia's 120,000,000people.

As a rule, the Russian peasants arenot superstitious. But theyare perhapspvercredulous where religion is con-cerned.

Thus said a moujik: -A holy man saidthat the war would last twenty months.There will be eight big defeats of theallied armies and forty disastrous de- |feats of the Austro-Germans. The beast |from the depths of the sea tvill try toIdevastate our shores, but will be hurledIhack forever." This is Ivan's pic-turesque method of describing the Ger-man navy.

AJI are indignant at the Germanmethods of warfare—the killing, the in-sulting and violating that go on amidpeaceful populations, the firing of artil-lery and quick-firing guns under theprotection of the Red Cross, and thecruelty to the wounded. All the storiesthat they hear may not be true, butthese Russian peasants believe them.

It is- perhaps more than strange, asshowing the great advance made in thedirection of religious tolerance in Russi»of recent years, that the injuries donebyGerman invaders to the Jewish rabblehave produced in the Russian peasantryfeelings of indignation and a desire forrevenge. This is a holy war, and fromtheCzar downwardit will be waged withtrue Slavonic stubbornness and heroism.

Curious statements are made in theremote villages concerning the terms ofpeace, and they are worthy of record, asthey represent the views of peasants,■who form the vast majority of the sub-jects of the Czar.

KAISER AS AN EXHIBIT.With regard to the Kaiser, "the King

of England will demand of the combinedPowers," say the peasants, "that theyshall give up to him William, William'sfamily, his Ministers and general staff,and they will all be exhibited in the zoo-logical gardens in large cages for theinspection of the public."

cage," they say. "will con-tain an apartment for his wardrobe, andhe will be compelled to change his uni-form every half hour for the amusementof the people- The entrance fee will beone rouble, and ten Toubles will becharged for the privilege of poking Wil-liam with a stick."

This is Ivan's simple view of the re-tribution which is to come upon theKaiser for hi3unprovoked attack uponthe world's peace.

As for the Germans, they are all tobe transported to Siberia, between therivers Yenisei and Lena. "They wereeager to extend their dominions," saysIvan. "Let them have their wish,•n-hile we will take their comparativelyEma.ll country."

The German factories, workshops,towns and villages will be divided amongEussia, France, Great Britain and Bel-gium. Austria will fall to Russia, Ser-Tia, Roumania and Italy. Her Slavonicprovinces wili be converted into theUnited Slavonic States of Europe, underthe permanent presidency of the Czar.

Ivan goes further. To cover the ex-penses of the war. he says a progressiveincome tax must be instituted in everypart of Russia and the newly establishedUnited Slavonic States. •

THE AUCKLAND STAB, MONDAY. JANUARY 1& 191& 9

IF .NOT, WHY XOT?■ An amusin' anecdote is told of LordCardigan, «ho fought in the CrimeanWar, when a coalition of England,France, Turkey, and Sardinia foughtRussia. Cardio-an was a choleric oldgeneral, whose bursts of temper were aconstant dread of all his subordinatesin the Army.

It once happened that provision forthe troops ran very short; in fact, theArmy almost faced" famine. One morn-ing," when the General appeared lor!fareakfa=t. the cook came before him,and said, in a troubled tone, "Pardon mc,your lordjliin. I have set the table in thedininn tent as usual, but there isn't anybread!"

"Ko bread!" roared the General. «Nydidn't you huv some';"

"There isn't"any to be had; the storesare all run out," replied the cook.

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rr"l su'As' in Hams Tweed Sizes 3to 7. Usually 14/11, 15/6, and Medium Grey shades. Sizes American shoulders, vent in coat,effect, medium Grey Mixture. J7/6 JB/6 ' 3to 7. Hymo Uncrushable Facings, andSIZM 3tO 7, ... New Reduced to 9/11, 10/6. " »/6 pair. Cuff-bottom trousers.

*5/" 12/6, 13/6. 7e -e/----„-,«. w.TOrer CTTTT-β tA JCT ipAnPTH IWTW-β DOUBLE KNEE DENIMS. Also in NAyY SERGE, goodMENS WASHING SUITS. (A J CL. MENS a special make, very much stronger quality. ..

A nice assortment in the popular an7S than the ordinary denims; in Blue TO/-. 75/-, and 79/6.Tropical Suiting, assorted Fa vn and Grey Sizfs 3to 7 EUra a "d " h'te, and Plam and MEN'S HAND-SEWN SUITS, inmedium Grey shades. These are £J£ -wee 3 to,. Extra Bpccial striped Grey. New Zealand and English Tweedethree-garment suits; they are cool 7/11 nalr *^6 palr* in variollß shades. All stylishlyand comfortable for summer wear, .. • r> i r t «* ». • r,, „,j

cut and well made, having realand irreat value ark -'' lo fit very Also ln Blue and Gold> Ooz smart appearance. A good selec-b ' stout men. Denim. tion.21/-, 25/-, and 29/6. 8/11 pair. 4/11 pair. 65/s 67/6, 69/6, 72/6.I TXTI JOHNCOURT LtdlSS.

MONUMENTAL MASONS. DAIRY PRODUCE.

MONUMENTAL SCULPTORS. 11l Vj 1 I\ C dITQ WL U 1I \' ARE OUR

S:r::r watchwordsWAISiBi". IN THE PRODUCTION OF OUR

WHITE FOR CATALOG WORLD-FAMOUSDENTISTRY.

AMERICAN DENTAL li I I I—<" IJ*PARLORS. *— A X *—* X ■

WMYSUFFERPAIN? , .whlJe harinir your teeth filled when Xj «-1 fj I I f< *^^^^^^^^^.DR. KAYNER can flll Uio most *#.i, .Z WiteenßiUvo. without Lho fclight««t p»in M X W \GA.or inconvenience to you, by lining

-■~.,, — JT VftnDr. Clarke wonderful Appemtuii. ,- [__: / X ■which deadens all nerves beyond f/Z. ±X ■ W >A>#\ ' DD AXI O ' # /*! I W> t\ \the .lightest .ease of feeling. f£W/A I 1VVZA feS Y\ IXV4LJX / \Dr. Clark, of New York. h»8 B ivcn 1 I ■ A* WlinilWW M \lho taut 25 years of hi.i life entirely to II II If l^3l ' f LJ V 1the study of how to drill and till teeth I «fc*f II ■■ V I I J WW IwiLbout that awful nervu-ra'-kiliK puin 1 111 I I I *** I S~\ ■ 4 ■ ■ A aI PN I JL A A &m Iwhich -o often umkee cowards of ue l"l I 111 I I ~i\ I li IJ I\/I IWI AM Pi I N Iall and causes us to delay our vIMt to ITaV I 111 I /*SI W V«/IVI IVI MINL/ I A N A Ithe Dentist until the tooth Is almost IJr \UM I f*J*l \ A\ t? A Mbeyond repair. VI "sJ*£>l \ * Cjl §l i yon have a tooth that reqnirffi fill- VJ 1 THE \ i*V X MIng. come and try this wonderful f£Srs°

r' WORLD'S >^>g^^/^AMERICAN DENTAL

parlors, DCCT MARbfPTQcorner WelJesley & Queen Streets. §aJ | IWlf\W\ W\ Eβ I \f|H0UB8: 9 UU 6 dally,Friday 7 till9

Sat. a till l.OPEN FRIDAY EVENING.1 J NEW ZEALAND DAIRY ASSOCIATION,

MANDARIN LAtnXDHT GI/AZE flTei ■ i I IMITFI)beautiful Ivory Gloss to Starched [ Ulifll 1 CU(

Goods, eurpaeslni; the Brlghtneas of Chinei*___ •s^JZSas»'a?SB?blSa Wholesale Depot, Wellesley Street.

MEN'S AND BOYS' CIAJTHTSG. BOOTS AND SHOES.

\ WEW ZBALaHD~I IVIoidS, Broad Toes.

Wgaßm A REAL SALE Footwear *" L ZZ32?[cifflmiHGFACToaa

t Now Procccdii\g * lailliail / Footweikr .IVERY ARTICLE GENUINELY REDUCED IN PRICE MAIDS4 Special Real Sale Lines. 5 .:.KHJSSL'SSL ISSSsIv?o5

5 •"' 13/e illPerfect Fitting. HATS. £ I I T*6 ojr J>n®6S, ZlO 5 13/6, 14/6USUALLY 49/6. NOW 39/6. USUALLY 12/6 NOW 6/6 rateilt DerDy ShO6S, 2 tO 5 .... 13/6————— _

Tan Kid Derby Bals, 2 to 5 .-..: 14/6men's shirts men's boots. Glace Derby Bals., 2 to 5 .... 14/680 Doz. good quality Cotton GLACE KID BALS, welted Tan Kid, extra high leg, Button

Neglige Shirts. soles. AH sizes. Boots, 2 to 5 15/6I USUALLY 6/0. NOW 8/11. USUALLY 22/8. WOW 19/0. GlaCB Klti. BSiIS., 6XtVSL high idgS, 2tO 5 i5/Qv jj en • • at> r\ a. a *'It'e the Variety that Tell».*»Hundreds of Bargains in All Departments.

See Windows. fflk I fS7 f/?N.Z. Clothing Factory, Jl.dfS^ri^^Th& Outfitters and Boot Specialists, ,__ _ _. "• *.«»,• .

Queen St. and Karangahape Rd., AUCKLAND. ,97 *mn street- or 120 Karangahape Road.

SPECIAL PURCHASEOver a Mile ofSilk Ribbons

Striped Silk Ribbons and Plain Moire* wThe very newest colourings and most charming ■ f mcombination of stripes. This season's pro* B /duction of French and Swiss Mills. Fall ■millinery width, sin., 6in. and 7in. per yard.

A Quarter=mile ofFloral Velvet Ribbons

Beautiful soft colourings on grounds ofvieux rose, royal, gold, cinnamon, tangerine,

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peacock, grey, saxe, cardinal, reseda, fawn > y tand brown. Width 2in. Extremely usefulfor trimming ready-to-wear hats,, making the ..." ~.,jQ'r.','.. '"' . ..„ '7smart belts which are so fashionable, for —collar trimming, cushions and many other p6f y^rd^uses which will suggest themselves to ladies. . '.'..". ....

See Window Display ]This was a Special Purcbase, and in accordance with our fixed policy, the benefit :is being passed on to our customers. Ladies will at once recognise that theyare being offered WONDERFUL VALUE, and we hope they will accept oar

invitation to make an early inspection.

xmith8/auoheiiWholesale and Family Drapers, fTIDL

QUEEN'STREET.Good value all the year round. Auckland's Fashion Centre.

J Hundreds ordainty jLggE6 — ' ft *W ««*V*» JL,

T <ch?i nlnifQ4>Q V TONIC, ■/--.m /M"xSnS. vT-i^- ft Is a <toinbin«tioir-«f Pnospbonra. <iV» l A Quinine, Sux Vomica, -Jron, Kola.U «� RDIntTDVVT't * Manganese, and other Nerve andfi /ul I VXfcr!?SM/A 0* OnAlfJltlErJDl O X Brain phdsphorton isjK fill*.- ' ■ -1L BOt ord* » 0,1 tonic. Imt it is

S |Wl "OID l/%9}£. S It .ctmlly matter new N^qm* 1 ' ft Flaifl and Bniln Matter by supply- ]TT BAm I t iCfcX W ing-the-Blood wßfcieraeeWc litre-■8 VS4 fNrl*Wh January ie essentially Blouse W ST^to?'T,Srista ?SSE/f\ , /»% lA"° iOf mont'l- One a -day is not one J\ reitoring ' tbe" fiillest 'ud mtet*ir w I »/?. »'W '"» too many. These showing are so ■ Tlgorone conditlon»-«frobnatfte«lth.X " simply yet prettily made, launder- o of body *nd mmdi .~_ _....„.,i

Jf\ ■ " ing is no trouble. They're in all JL. -Jtt J»eiJW»t_.*ft«*a^e3WfltTT . sizes, and too cheap for words— W well' "" *finftlsi*Ui '":''"""if 4fi3k*P Jk* * vJ/ " It builds vp lw>lt2MM&etrcM£thX TV < if?' KIMONA MESSING COWNS 9 with eTeT aose-

ili Coo *irT, and becoming to <t"j> A 4/6 Bottle contains c* Doees.X 1 everj-one. In delicate shades and g* Ae/6 Bottle contains 12&Doees.8, r™7vA*. TH charming Japanese designs. Sky, ?\ Packwl securely and posted my

Mame, Grey, etc.-6/6. <& ■ wll«* lot 6d,extra, fcom --" K'Jri nPrSSSwW J Embroidered Kimone Dressing S A CPPICC?f. J-^J/Jl'A'u tlMifTOr '* Gowns—7/11 each. A "• t W U L» J. O

5 V xiMolUtet LAWESSTRIPEBPtWTBIOOimS W qvsbh st^adckiakb.6 I*' El'flHb „ .<Wi* Eta i'*iB.ToJfc> AU I lIV I Going like nuie-pina. Roomy Tγ Braaches t 1 HOBSON'B!IL-«e4

" I'] 'li IAWIS' BAIMTY BLOBAI nBE T ■ - =afc

W / /ffiiHlil We've praised the designs and lh> ' . VXTBS,I WKttw\. quality of theseso often, we won't U : :—.-.. -~x ..■. <~

JL if WMin % repeat it, but just you see, them S. _________|____|^^^_

* I for .vonrself- Only 8/11- TT

JL lf*S&tlt TBE NEW PATENT "Qntt-fIX" ft If T -|' Ift A boon to the natty -woman. Q I I I MI J* fl"A* ;<>fc - . Immediate adjustment, no tying ZJX I fl I I I f ■X itir"Sta required, no knots at back or (/ I I.■ I B I Ij\ Warn under chin. You recognise the I II In 1 ■\fr advantage, don't you? But <i.A J■ 1 ■ '111S —% unless you see one and try it on, U iHHIHHHHHHWfeHMHMIJL Jfa Jft you can't realise how simple and ft jp SXSTX' OK DBESS IS SOILED,\K / \ effective the "Qnick-Fix Veil" *jf> HAVE IT r>BI CIJBAKED- *9 /I! II \ really is. Four colours—Bhrck. V ■ ■'.- . - -;■ :t

V( (1 "iffiW S' Sa" PUrple"2/6 4 POWER'S M WORKS.I J£2m?\ SMALI GIRLS' COIORES POHIN 1 SST*O HTiil / I IROCES. U 'PHone IT4I. Vans CoUecfeJ]! 111]' Have you anylittle girls sto 9 ft WORKS: EPSOM. ....; fMoBe 4385.

W / ' ' years old? They'd look sweet in9 'til l"i _. m one these Frocks. There are v « I ■(I f/I / 111 I three sizes—21, 24, and 27 inches. ft | J j I '" ■

W 1/I / LjLJ Colours: Reseda, Sky, and Dark "TT ■» H . B 1A 111 Skj' Suitable for Holiday, « ■■'«. ■ IV 1 ■ '••■'•"

JL /1 / v M School, and, in fact, everywear. /fv IH HeU' Lj tio Very Special Prices—2/11, 3/3, T^, T lem ■t,a S7 and 3/6 each. 5 II ■

We Pay Postage on Country} Orders. q - ■'

ft Aim Q Hr Cneap-W •-•• |f Drainage and SanitaryrWork.

THE AUCKLAND STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1915.10

MARRIAGES.O.ITHQOW—EVERSON.—On April S. 1014,

at the residence of the bride's parents,by the Rev. J. Olpliert. James Russell.se<oud son <.f Sir. Lithgow. late of <"aiu-t>-j£>!.:n:r. Scotl.ind. tn Irene (Nvlliei. eldestdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everson. AucK-Y.ivA.

aiOUGAN—BUAUND.—On December 2r.th.ISI4, at Si: James- Church. WellingtonStreet, by the Rev. R. L. Walker. XI A.,•Xaines Yonn?. second son ot Mr. 1.Morgan. Slum! Bay Road Devonport. toMary Ellen iNdliei. eldest daughter ofMr. and Mrs. J. Brauu.l. Graham StreetAuckland.

DEATHS.nr>KlN._On January IS. at herdaughter's residence, 132. Richmondtoad. Mary Elizabeth, the beloved wife

of J. J. IK.skiu. of 133a. Hobstin "Street(acd bte of the A.A. Spiritualists., aftera short illness.

Private iutermeut.TKOKIHRN.—On January 17. 1010. at his

late residence. East Tamaki. WilliamBalentinc Ralph, dearly loved husbandof Fanny Thorburn. iv his thirty-nijtj car.

The funeral will leave the aboveaddress; for the Flat Bush Wesicyaup.m. Friends p!ease accept this inti-mation.

m aEMOBIAM.BAXTER. —In loving remembrance of ourdearly-beloved sen Albert Kitchener, who

departed this life on January IS, 1911.Gone, but not forgotten.

Inserted by his lovins father andmother.

IKVlN:E.—Sacred to the memory of ourbeloved only son and orother, JohnMartin, accidentally drowned in Auck-land Harbour JancaTy J7. 1914.Affection for the dead is the memory

of the heart.May his sonl rest In peace.

Inserted by iis ioving parents andsister.

lE.VIXE.—In. Jovinc: memory_of my dearJrusband, John Martin. accidentallydrowned in. Auckland Harbour January17, 1914.A loTins: and kind husband and father.

May t>is sonl rest in peace.Inserted toy 3ns lories wife and

children.

jJONES.—In -memory of Mr William Jones,who died at Royal Terrace, ilt. Albert,

tWe cannot clasp your hand, dear friend.Your face we cannot see; -Snt let this -littie t->k«n -tell ■We still remember th.cc.

Inserted by ilr and Mrs Fleming andfamily.

iIAKSHAt-tu—In lovins memory of ourdear mother, Alice who died January 17,ISOS.•So can tell, no word can say.How much, we miss ter aay by day:&> jood and fcind while on this earth.

JWe miss her most who knew her worth.Inserted by her loving husband and

family.

•lIOIR.—In loving memory of Robert Scott.i>e!oved hos-band of Ellen Moir. who de-parted this life Jannary IS, 2913.

This is the day of remembrance to us all,This is the day that is sad to recall;Onrr those who have lost one are able to

tellThe strain of the heart at not saying

faxewelLInserted t>? his loving wife and family.

yOTTOX.—In lovins memory of my dear<I-a«i. svho died on January IS. 1912: aged71yesrs.

Sleep on. d«rr dad. yonr life is past.yif love for you to the end will last.

by. his loving daughter Emmie.PERCHARD.—In Jovin? memory or Jessie

Laura, beloved daughter of the lateCharles John Perchard. who died onJanca-y 17. 1911.

She passed away so calm and quiet,With such a peaceful brow.

That none conld tell what pain she hadBut those who know it now.

She i? gone, but not forgotten:She was always kind and true.

Never nmrcnnred in her sufTerinffS.Stili we know what she went through.

The oae I loved so well:How much I sadly miss her,

The fairest flowers are first to fall,The sweetest first to fade:

The fondest, dearest, best of allWithin the grave is laid. . .

Inserted by her lorinff motherlandbrothers.

PERCHARD. —In Joying memory of mydear and -only eister, Jessie Laura, whop"is?ed nway from earth on. January 17.laU; of the late CharlesPerciarri.

There is-a link death cannot sever;Sweet remembrance lasts for ever.rnsertes "by L. ana R. AVangh, Kimihla,

Waikato.

TYLCOAT.—In sad and. loTlnj* memory ofCharlie <Peter). wht> departed this life OαJanuary IS, .1000.

With patience great he bore his painThat suffered him to die:

"W« conid not "wish, frim back nirain,Bnt we'll meet him by-and-bye.

Ins3rted by his lovins moQier, sisterand brothers. .

MAIL NOTICE.MaHs vrffl close at tUe Auckland Post

Office as under:—THIS DAY.

For Tauranga. Te Puke, Maketn, endPapamoa, per NgapTTfti, at 4.15 p.m.

Eor Russell, Kawakawa, Ohaeawai, Kohu-kohu. and Rawene, etc., per Clansman, at4.30 p.m.

For Waikopua, per Mrcerva. at 4.45 p.m.Kor TThirisnga. Gum Town, Kuaotunu, and

Tairnn, per Waiotanl, at 7.45 p.m.For TVhangarei "Beads, Marsden Point,

Waipn, iParna Bay, Onerahi, Whangarei,Kamo, Kauri. Tmmrangi, Xjrungurn,Hukerenui, Xowal, WTiaJiapara, anaBlawakawa, etc., per ilanaia, at 7.45 p.m.

For Turua, per Waimarie, at 7.45 p.m.For Awamrl and. Kaitala, per Apanui, at

7.45 p.m.

TUESDAY, January 19.For Whonsarei, ICamo, Kauri. Hiknrangi,

XgnEgnnL Hirberenni, ToTvai, Wnakn-para, Eossell, Kawakawa, and OHerahi,etc., pcx Kaoieri, at 10.45 a.m.

jfjpr Riverina, as follows:—ITar Aiistralin-n States and New Cale-aßorUn, at lfi-45 a.~m.

For Cnina, Straits Settlements, andIslands, at 10.45 a.m.

For Cape Colony, Natal, and other-South. African States, at 10.45 a.m.

Money orders at 4 p.m., Monday, 18th.Begistered letters at 9.45 a.m.

ffor Gisbarne and Tokomaru Bay, perVictoria, at 1.45 pjn.

Sot Co<)k Jahjuds, Tahiti, and PenrhynTafarwi, per Tavinni, at 2.45 p.m.

Hooey arflers at 1-45 p.m.Jbr Coromandel and Whitianga, per

Daphne, at 3.45 p.m.S?or"Mazaetal;per-Hirere, at 3.45 p.m.For Thames, per Wakatere, at 4 p.m.JSor Tnrna, per Tanlwia, at 7.4Dp^n.

"- •TRAD! SESVICE.

Walla Close as under:—Jlargaville ana Northern Walroa Ports—

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, andSatnxduy, at: 7-20 α-m.Pugarille and Te Kopuru only—Mondayand Thursday, at 3.45 p.m.

m-iitrt and TjHamatea County—Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at7.20 a.m.

©ffices North, of Helensville and RodneyConnty Wednesday. Friday,and Saturday, at Jf1.50 a.m., Tucsda"y

and Thursday, at 7JM a.m.Kalpara Lines (as far north a≤ Ilelensville*

—Dally, 6 a-m. and 3.45 p in 'CtValtato District—Dally, o.:jo a m and3.30 p.m.tSValkato, King Country. Thames (Tairua nWednesdays), and Rorurua Distr elsDully, 8.45 a.m. uistr.us-iEtntoma—Dally, v.15 a.m. and 7 i~> n mBay_-°« Plenty District (°la ito^oTua)Dally, 8.45-a.m '"'"ma)-

TO-DAY'S WEATHER REPORT.ALL OBSERVATIONS are taken at 9 a.m.

Ther.Station. Wind. Wea- Baro- in

Cape Maria SI O 30.04 04Russell

_SWI B 30.00 GT.

Hokiamja Head 3 Var. C 30.17 70Manukau Heads. Sfb C 29.00 COAuckland SWI O 20.99 (v>East Cape Wfb Z 2n.70 (i(JGisborne SWI l> 20.80 (!STaupo Wmg Be 2U.80 60Napier Wfl.r I? 2!l.(!5 88Wanganui Wfb BC 21.51 6TiNew Plymouth.. WNWI O 2'.t.S!» (52Cape Farewell.. SWmg c 3>.SS IMCape Palllser.... NWg V. 29.02 CβWellington NNWfb BC 2!USj 64Cape Campbell.. Ng c 1i).43 UjCape Fouhviud. SI C 2U.SO 5SChristchurch NWfb o 29.52 ttiDunedin

t SWb OR 3».SS r>l)WSWfb C 20.45 53

ESTIMATED AS:—B. BlueCiouds, passing ciouds; D,t, Foggy; CJ, Gloomy, dark weather; H,« '" J-,L»shtuing; M. Misty; O,the whole sky covered with thick clouds-hf,n aSSi

H S Bhowers: Q- Squally; R, Rainicontinued rain; T, Thunder; S, Snow- Uiifi, '.,tireatenl°S appearance; Z, HazyH*. Heavy frost.WIND FORCE (indicated by letters) :—C, Calm; L, Light; Br, Breeze; KB, Fresh>reeze; MG. Moderate Gale; G, Whole oraeavy gaie; W. Gale of eiueutlonal severity.

PTTBUC NOTICES.OK CHANGE OF NAME.

We. ALBERT CHRISTIAN lIENKYCOLE, heretofore called aud known by thename of Albert Christiau lleury Kolbergof Auckland, in the Provincial 'District ofAuckland, in New Zealand. Hairdresserand LILY ANN COLE, wife of the saidAlbert Christian Henry Cole, heretoforecalled and known by the name of Lily■Ann Kollierg, hereby give public noticethat on the Thirteeu Day of January. OneThousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen, weformally and absolutely renounced, re-linquished, and abandoned mc use of oursaid surname of "Kolberg.-, aud thenassumed and adopted and determinedthenceforth on all occasions whatsoever touse and subscribe the name of "Cole■instead of the said name of "Kolberg";and we give further notice that l.v a DeedPoll dated the Thirteenth Day of JanuaryOne Thousand Nine Hundred' and Fifteen,duly executed and attested and enrolledin the Supreme Court of New Zealand.Northern District, we formally and abso-lutely renoum-ed ami abandoned the saidsurname of "Kolberg," ami dei-lared thatwe had assumed and adopted and Intendedthenceforth upon all occasions whatsoeverto use and subscribe the name of "Cole*,instead of "Kolberg." and so as to be atall times thereafter called, known, anddescribed by the name of "Cole" ex-clusively.

Dated at AucHand this Thirteenth Dayof January. One Thousand Nine Hundredand Fifteen.

A. C. H. COLE.L. A. COLE(Late A. C. H. Kolbcrg and L. A. Kolbergl.

Witness to the Signatures of AlbertChristian Henri Cole and Lily Ann Cole,

GEOFFREY W. MULGAN,•330 Solicitor. Auckland.rrtt) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND-L OTHERS.

The Hon. Chas. Algernon Parsons. C.8.,is desirous of having his Inventions relatingro DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY.subject matter of Letters Patents of NewZealand, numbered respectively 17046 aud26334. brought into actual manufacture aniluse in this Dominion, and with this end inview invites application from those whoare prepared to acquire the patents oflicenses under tuem.

Communications should be addressed toBALDWIN AND RAYWARD. PatentAttorneys at Wellington, or any of theirbranch offices. 512TTN CLAIMED PROPERTY.

Whereas by Section SO of the PublicTrust Office Act. IPOS (Part III.), it isenacted that the Public Trustee shall pub-lish in the "New- Zealand Gazette" and ivsome newspaper circulating,in the district inwhich the property is situated a noticeof his intention to exercise the powersconferred on him by virtue of Part 111.of the said Act:

Now this is to notify that the Public.Trustee is about to exercise in respect tothe Estate of Thomas Lukes Webb,formerly of Avondale, near Auckland,Market Gardener, but now of parts un-known, the powers conferred on him underSection S7 of the said Act, excepting thepowers contained in Clause C thereof, byan Order of the- Supreme Court of NewZealand, made at Wellington on the 15thday of December. 1914.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day ofDecember, 1914.

FRED. FITCHETT,501 Public Trustee.

COPPER SiIIEPLiTES.FOR SHOPS, OFFICES, HOUSES.ABTISTIC AND EVERLASTING.

■PANELS FOR FURNITURE, ETC.SHOWCARDS AND CALICO SIGNS.ILLUMINATED ADDRESSES tfrom 10/).

TXTILLOTT, 466. QUEEN STREETYY (Near Tabernacle).Ring 1184 for Samples. MFS

mO TCE pnEAM -yENDORS.Don't run the risk of a prosecution by not

fulfilling the requirements of the HealthDepartment. They require not less than10 per ceut of Milk Fat in the form ofCream in your Ice Cream. WE SUPPLYREAL CREAM WHOLESALE.

Send your address or ring up 'phone A852,end we'll attend to your business.THE FARMERS CO.-OP. MILK SUPPLY

CO., LTD. Head Office, Newmarket.

rpHE RAFTON TDOOKKOOU.

LENDING LIBRARY.La test Fiction .Added "Weetly.

SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, POSTCAUDS.

Hoars of Closing: Monday, Tuesday.Thursday, b p.m.; Wednesday, o.ifu;Friday, 9.15.

OUEEN'S BUILDINGS, KHYBER PASS.c

mHE ■DUSXI.NG /-QUESTION

THE ONLY SATISFACTORY ANSWER,

YyAIPA pOAL.QOAL.

Sole Agents—

C. AICKIN AND SON,Auckland.

Telephones 873 and .TSOG.

A LUMINIUM PRESERVING PANS, 10/6,11 11/«i, 13/6. and 10/6. Copper Pans,

iu/6 l'7« and 1-1/3: Brass, 8/11 to 21/.Kuws storks.

yUBEN ST. AND NEWTON.

Q P R I N G CLEANING.

Offices. Private Houses, Churches, Banks,Public Buildings" Ck-aued and Disinfected,Houses washed dowu, paintwork cleaned.,Vacuum Cleaning of all di-scripiioiis.

INTERNATIONAL CLEANING CO..MARKET LANE, WELLIiSLEY STREET.I"hone 3328.

t> CDD 0C X AND po,STOCK AND SIIAREBUOKERS,LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS,

HOBSON BUILDINGS (Ground Floor),Telephone S7"i. Mortgages Arranged.

CJTRISG KITB. 3d to 3/0 each; Picnic�O Baskets, 1/G. IV. 2/6, and 3/; TinBillies, Provisions. Call on the way to the_Beach.

XJEW'S STORES,1^_lL« -NEAR..THE FERRY TEES.

TENDERS.

CHANCE FOR SOMEONE—Tenders willbe received for Contents of the whole

of Confectionery Store; no reasonable offerrefused; good stand; must be sold by the25th January; owner jroing to Taranaki.—For address write Sharp, 935, Star Office. 23TACKSON AND BARTLEY. Architects.O 321. Victoria Arcade. —Removal audAlterations to Residence, Jit. Albert.Tenders close Noon. .Tanuar.v 2.". 131

ssuTned estate oj? jounrichard smith, furnisheranucablnetmakeh, dahuaville.

the above estate will be received by' taeundersigned till noon on WEDNESDAY,:>7rn January. StocU Sheets may Di- seenon the premises, and each tenderer will bedeemed to tender with a full knowledge orsame. Highest or any tender not neces-sarily accepted. Cas'i deposit of 10 percent required with each tender.

A. E. WARNOI'K,Trustee.

Union Buildings. Customs Street,Auckland, 13th January, 1015. Xli

rp 0 BTTTIjDERS.removing: and altering motorshed at ponsonbyTENDERS for above will be received atmy office up to U p.m. on WEDNESDAY:20th January.

W. A. HOLMAN. F.X.Z.1.A..Architect.000, Victoria Arcade.

QOBDEN BRIDGE—RECONSTRUCTION.Tenders will i,e received at thus Officeuntil .Noon of MONDAY. 22nd February,lor Reconstruction (New Superstructure! ofthe I'OBDEN BRIDGE. AT HttEYSIOITIIDrawings. Specifications and Conditions

of Contract may be seen at the PublicWorks Offices. Auckland. WellingtonChristchurch. (Jreymouth. and Dunedln.The lowest orany tender not necessarilyaccepted.R. W. HOLMES.

Englneer-in-Chlef.Public Works Office.

Wellington. 14th January. IMS. ,V)S

ALTERATIOXSAy

TORE

rorRTHOrSE,Public Works OfficeWhangarei. 14th January. l!».->.

Tenders will be received at tills Officeuntil Noon of tile !)th Fehruirv lull forADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS' TOTHE COURTHOUSE AT WIIANGARKI.1 lans etc. may be seen at the PublicWorks Offices at Auckland and Whangarei.The lowest or any teuder not necessarilyaccepted.

JOHN WOOD.5"6 Resident Engineer.

PUBLIC SERVICE STORES TENDERBOARD.srrrLY and delivery of stores.

Wellington. I.lth January. 1015.Tenders will l.c received at the" OQU-e ofthe Chairman. Government Printing Office,not later than f> p.m. oa WEDNESDAYthe loth February, 191f>, for the Supplyand Delivery ot the undermentionedMaterial:—

1000 POLES. IRONKARK. 20ft. Tin by"in bottom to 51n by r>tn top.200 HAMPERS. Post Office." style -TV

X*) HAMPERS. Post Office style "S."1000 POLES, SILVER PINE," Round.ISft.1000 POLES, SILVER PINE, Round,20ft. And144 SATCr.ELS, Leather.

Particulars and Conditions of Tenderingmar l.c obtained at tlie OmVe of theController of Stores. Post and TelegraphDepartment. Wellington-, the District. Store-keeper, Post and Telegraph Department,rhristchurch; or the Telegraph Engineersat Auckland and Dnnedln. where samplesof the Hampers and Satchels may lie seen.

J. MACKAY.Mβ Chairman.

"V"EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF

VARNISH.Railway Department. Head Office.

Wellington. 13th January, 10ir>.Written Tenders will l.c received at this

Office up to Norm of MONDAY. Ist March.1915. for the Supply and Delivery of 3.900Gallons Varnish for the New" ZealandRailways at Auckland. Wellinston, Lyttel-ton. and Dunedln or Port Chalmers.

Conditions of Contract. Specification, andForms of Tender to be obtained nt theRallwav Storekeepers' Offices. Newmarket.Addlng'ton and Hillside, and the Comp-troller of Stores' Office, Railway Buildings,Wellington.

Tenders to be addressed to the GeneralManager. New Zealand Railways. Welling-ton, and to be marked outside "Tender forVarnish."

tug lowest or noy tender will not neces-sarily be accepted, and telegraphic tenderswill not be entertained.

By Order.E. IT. HILEY,

yO4 General Manager, N.Z. Railways.TyAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

TENDERS.

Tenders will be received up to Noon onTHURSDAY, January 28 next, for the fol-

No. 30D.—Titirangi - Waikumete Road —Grading Scroggv Hill.No. 36G.—Mountain Road. Henderson—7.l

chains new formation.No. 367.—Brabant Road. Waltnkere—SO

chains new formation.No. 368.—Forest Hill Road, Henderson-

Formation of SmytbesDeviation.

No. 369. —Segrine Bridge Approaches,Oratla — Grading Shaw'sDill.

No. 370.—Wainui Road. at Wainui—Metalling 23 chains.

No. 371 —Qulnn's Hoad. Wulatania—Widening 1"O chains.

Plans Qnrl specifications at County OfDcoon and after "JSth Inst., and No. 370 atParakakau P.O.

outside of envelope.No tender will be considered unless

accompanied by deposit.GERALD A. JACKSON,

527 County Engineer.

CORPORATION NOTICES.

piTY OF AUCKLAND.

NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.

During the continued spell of dry weatherwater cnnsumers are requested to assist Inconserving the supply and preventing wasteof water In every possible wsv.

Householders with garden hose suppliesare particularly urged to restrict the water-ing of their gardens to the lowest possiblelimit, to enable the supply being avaiable aslong as possible, otherwise a heavy con-sumption will necessitate the supply forsuch purposes being discontinued forth-with.

HENRY W. WILSON,Town Clerk.

January 15. 1915. 540

COMPANY NOTICES.

THE HIKCRANfiI COAL COMPANY,LIMITED.

The Share Register of the above Companywill be Closed from SATURDAY, i'trilinst. 1o TUESDAY, '-tJtu inst.. both daysinclusive. preparatory to payment ofDividend.

By Order of the Board of Directors.11. aiL.FIL.t,AX.

Secretary.Auckland. January 18, 191.". 515

PROFESSIONAL NOTICES.

MX J. G. H. MACKAY

DENTAL SURGEON,lias Removed to

ELLISON CHAMBERS, QUEEN STREET(Opp. Wyndlioin Street).

i Telephone OCft 61

AMUSEMENTS.

DON'T sit at 'home and eudeavour tosolvefor yourself the Question of the BestTheatre or Picture Entertainment.

It Isu't a Question of Comparison At All.THE ALHAMURATHE ALHAMBRAT II E A \jH A MB U AT HE ALHAM.UIU

STANDS OUT ALOXJS.The Record Attendauce Last Week isAnother Instance of the l'opulnrlty ot

THE ALHAMIiItiA IMCTUHIiS.TO-NHJHT — AT S — TO-NIUUTTO-NIGHT — AT S — TO-NIGHTTO-NIGHT — AT 8 — TO-.NIUHTWe Present Another Complete Change.

Read It:THE COUNTERFEITERS A Comedy.THE OOITXTEKFEITKKS Drama, inTHE COCNTBRI'-EITERS Two Acts.

Featurinjj Florence Lawrence audMatt Moore.

By BULLY BOY CARTOONSLancelot 'BULLY BOY CARTOON«Speed. ■ BULLY BOY CARTOONS

No Sleep for the lluu—News from Berliu—"The Kaiser Suffers from Sleeplessness"—The Slecpiug Draught—Bully Boy lTe-scriptlon.

Distraction — "I Will Some UniformsTry On"—The War Council—Not a Wink!PAULS, FUUM THE EIFFEL TOWKit.PARIS, FRO.M THE J3IFFEL TOWER.

Dellßhtful Scenic.WAR WITH TIRKEY The First SeriesWAR WITH TURKEY of Pictures fromWAR WITH TURKEY the Eastern Thea-WVVIt WITH TLMtKEY tre of War.

THE C O U XTKS S.T H X <' O U N T K& S.THE C O U N T BSS.

A'Dramniic rhoto-IMay of Great lower.THE WAR MAP yuile the LatestTHK WAR MAI, illTHE WAR .MAP War News.A BEACH ROiMANCE.—Comeily.

WITH THE INDIAN & lUUTUSH TUOOrsWITH THE INDIAN & BRITISH TKOIH'SWITH THE INDIAN & IRTISH TllOOl'S

Interesting to n Degree.This is without doubt rhe Greatxvt Pro-

gramme yet Presented in Auckland.NOTE THE PRICKS:

P.C., 1.,: All Stall*. Cd: R.-serves, 1/B:Children, half-price to nil parts. Box Planat M. E. Mouatls. Stationer. ShortlanUStreet.; aft.-r (i ring Tlu-atre.

Rl'D J'KTKHSKN, Manager.

BUILDING.

RED HAND" BRAND TAINTS AREBRITISH.And for Economy and Durability theWorld. 11.M. Battleship New "Zealand I*Coated Throughout with "Red Hand"

Brajid Taints, also 11.51.c5. Iris.

For Roof Work Insist upon "Red Hand"Brand, and Refuse Cheaper Imitations.

A

rpHE ONEUTJNC.A SAWMILLING COJ- LIMITED.PRINCES STREET, ONEHUXGA.

KAURI, RIMU, TOTARA, MAITAI,JOINERY AND MOULDINGS.Telephone No. 30.

JTAA AflA FEET OF SEASONED RIMUi»W,UVU yuotatlons on application.

rniiE cteel rto.,LJMIITED.

(Successors to Maeaey Bros., Ltd.).STRUCTURAL, STEEL AND BRIDGE

H'OUK OK ALL KI.VDS.ENGINE AND (JENERAL FORGTNGS

BOLTS. 12TC.

SALE STRKKT. FREEMAN'S BIT.Telephone 1217.

BED II.LSD" BRAND BRITISH ANTI-COKROSIVE I'AIXTO ARE TJIEBEST KOK ALL PURPOSES.

Unequalled for Durability and CoveringCapacity.

Absolutely the Best Root Taint lathe World.

To be liad In All Colours from LeadingHardware Merchants. A

TiriLSO.VS "STAR" BRAND PORT-»» LAND CEMENT AND IIfDRAULICL.IME.—First In the Held in AustralasiaFirst In QUALITY ever elncc. Offlcc. 20,Shortland Street.

KINO or Call on W. BattcrsbyTsS CollegeHill, for good Sanitary Drainage,

Tarring and Sanding. Patent Closets fixedThorn- 'J204.

FLORISTS.

MISS CARNKY. Florist, Newton, Irishesto notify that her Business will boOpen Every Evening until 0 o'clock. Open

Fridays and Saturdays until 10..T0 p.m.Wedding Bouquets a Speciality. FuneralEmblems to order at shortest notice. LargoCollection of Cut Flowers. 'Phone 2913.

TVUEATHS. CUT FLOWERS. ETC.'» FRANK WHITEHEAD.Opposite G.P.O. Thone 2203.

MISS LLOYD (late Webster,!) Iβ chars*

TOURIST RESORTS.

TTOT SPRINGS. lIELENSVILLE. — The-*-*- place for a good Holiday. "SPRING6IDE," nearest house to baths, recentlyenlarged; tariff 3/ day, 30/ week. 'Phoue 8.Mrs. Eddleston. Proprietress.

MISCEIZ. ANEOt)S.MU-S IXALiE-TAYtiOR. late 'Mies Knond,

City Chambers. Costumier and Dressmaker, has started Business, 470, yueenSt.. <>pp. T.ibvrnufli-. 4U

CAN VOL" B. Anderson gunr-antces to Teach you; fee, £1 1/.TepJd Baths. Tutw.. Wed.. Sat., 0 a m.. 0P- m- 527

BRKTT-S AUCKLAND ALMANAC ANDDIJIBT, 1014. Published on Monday.

"SjEULUJe Styles Soft Collars for■I* these hot Rummer daju. The latest Inthese comfy collars In Wbltp, Cream, anilTussore, in Cotton or Siili, nre right litre.Prices, lod and 1/. See window.—Tutt's"The Men's Wear Specialist." Symonds St.

BRICKLAYERS.—Our Overalls tlie~l>estlv the market. Will pay you to have

them. W. 11. Clarke. New-market ■ A

BRIDGE PLAVKUS '•deTiiTlHed to have a"same" when the Premier Bridge Score

Is used. Price 1/.—From Stationers anathe Star Office.

Best Quality, Cheap — liapuKa,■*■ Kloundere, Schnapper, Taupo Trout.Stanford's Fish Mart, opp. Customhouse.Phone 6.->S.■VTEW ZEALAND D AIKY ASSOCIA--1-1 TIO.VS BUTTER VAN delivers Butterin City aud Suburhe Dally."VTE TV ZEALAND DA litV ASSUCIA--l-> TIO.VS IIUTTBE VAN delivers ButterIn City hi, J Sulmrho Dally.TJRIDUE PLAYEHS "delighted to have a■*-* game" nhen the Premier Bridge ScoreIs used. Price 1/.—From Stationers anathe Star Office.rpilE Housekeeper's Invaluable Book of-»- Reference. BRETT'S ALMANAC, 1915,is now available.

HIS MASflTrs VOICE tJIUMIT-PUONES.—Imitated by thousands,equalled by none.—lS. and F. Piauo Agency,'Ltd., Agpnts. U■VTKW ZEALAND UaTrv ASSOCU-TIO.WS BLTTKR VAX dellrors Butterin City and Sub-.irbs Dally.

ATS o7 Distinction are thr ones thatbear a Tult's Stamp. Just arrived -inew line of <:iilp Straws, light and comand very llko n I'annma. Price (J/tt—Tutts, "My Hatter." Symonds St.

HOL'tiEHOLDETtS. — "see that yoiTrlirocel- supplies you with New Zealand

Dairy Association's Butter.•TIMIE Bowlers' Rendezvous." WhiteJ- Flannel Trousers, S/« to l'.)/G- Blazers22/<i; Sun Hats, -J/(» to (!/(i; smart Shirts,the ideal for coolness these hot (lays, 2/11to 13/0. All the Bowler's Wearing Apparelkept In stock. —Tntt's, "The Bowler's Out-fitter." Syinoiifls St.WCiir.iKN SPOONS, Dost quality, well»> hhupi'd. for Jam stirring, Hd, 4d. «rt,nnd Sd each. I'erfo. Plates, to preventburning. 1/.1 each.

REW'S STORES,QUEEN ST. Oppo. Post Office.

AMUSEMENTS.

QUEBX'ST H E A T It E.V* THE .MOST PALATIAL ANDMOST POPULAIt PHOTO -PICTURESPALACE IN THE DOMINION.

ANOTHER NOTABLE PROGRAMME.TO-DAY AND TO-XIGBT,MENU:

THE MILLS OF THE GODS. .1000ft of In-TKK MILLS OF THEGODS, tense Real-THE Mll.lsOK THEGOI>S. ism, and oneTHE MILLSOFTHE GODS, of the mostTHE MILLS OF THE GODS, beautiful pic-THEiMI.LLSOFTH'EGODS. ture creationsTHE MILLS OF THE GODS, ever conceived"Though the THE MILLSOF TH.E GODS.Mills of God THE MILLS OF THE GODS.

ixriud slowly, THE MILLS OF THE GODS,yet the y THE MILLS OF TH'K GODS,■grind exceed- THE MILLS OF THE GODS.1 n g small; THE MILLS OP THE GODS.Though with patience He stand TIIiE

x waiting, with exactness MILLS OFgriiMls He all" THE GODS.

THE VFJRY LATEiST WAR TOPICAL.W A R I N T U R. X E Y.

This Extraordinary Picture was only Photo-graphed Four Weeks Ago.

YOU WILL ■SEiE IT TO-DAY'Reproduced with Startling Verisimilitude.

THE LAST PERFORMANCE.THE LAST I»KKFO'K.MA>''CH,

A. Thrilling Circus Drama, that willAbsolutely Astonish.

The Funniest Comedy Picture-DramaEver Presented.CnilE N BAY X S TII B FLA G.

COHEN SAVES TII X FLAG.A PROGRAMME TO CONJURE WITH.

J. V. MACMAHON, Manager,The Dominiou Picture Theatre Co., Ltd.

" YK/" HERE TO-NIGHT?"IT'S NOT "WHBIUS TO GO." BUT

WHEN TO GO—TO THE

PRINCFvSS.RINC.ESS.iUNDENIABLY THE PREMIER PICTURE

THEATRE IN THE WHOLEOF AUSTRALASIA.

A. COLOSSAL PROGRAMME.

TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT.From .11 a.m. till 10.30 p.m.

WHAT'S THE USE OF WORRYING?GO ONLY TO THE PRINCESS'S.A Glorious Dramatic Conception,

THE STEPMOTHER.THE STEPMOTHER.

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.THE AMERICAN SOLDIER,

A Oreat Sellg Toplrnl.SPENDING IT QUICK.

One of the Funniest A.B. Comedies EverProdurn],

WARWICK WAR TOPICAL.The Very Latest from the K'-at of War.FORGETTING. Imperial Drama.FORfHETTIXG. "The World forgetting,FCUMJETTINO. by the World forgot."

"THAT AWFI'I, MAID,"A Srrpam,

A Delightful Ailjuu.-t tn a. DelightfulEntertainment.

THE PKEIN.ESS PRINCESS'SORCHESTRA.

We Never Raise Our Prices.Tile Dominiou Picture Theatres Company.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

CHEAP SCHOOL BOOKSAt

THE BOOK EXCHANGE.14, Victoria Street East.

Parents can effect a considerable saving bypurchasing SeconU-hautl Copies.

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXTBOOKSBOUGHT Oil EXCHANGED. c

WEAR A DIAMOND while you pay forit. You will uevCT fi-cl the cost. TheSecurity Instalment System makes X easy.

Howard and Blrkett, Jewellers, FirstFloor, Security Buildings. Queen Street.'Phone AGU3. Opeu till U p.m. everyFriday. M

QVANFORD'S "ETISH ATAHKET,

Our Fish are Cleaned, Cured, nn<l SmoUednuOcr the Supervision of our Expert Staff.and Cleanliness Is our I'asswolnl. We naveno shops In Auckland, and sell direct tothe puMlc from our Market. CUSTOMSSTREET, opp. Custom-lionse. 'Phoue GoS.

A

•XJTMA.S Q. IVT S.

PALMS,FERNS.POT PLANTS,HANGING BASKETS,Etc., Etc.

A RTHUB YATBS AND r"tO.. J TD.,

LOWER ALBERT STREET.

A

mani wh a qoap,rpANIWUA OOA P,

OjD PER BAH; 0 BARS FOR 4/6.QHIIISTMAS p^Ay.a,

GUARANTEED PERFECT QUALITY,FULL WEIGHT;

NOT MARKED WEIGHT.10D PER LB.

r\AVIN rVTALLACE AND OONS,

OTAHUUC. A

TMPORTANT TO HOUSEWIVES.

Why Buy Fish I'tu-ooked when you canget it already Cooked at the same price at

CLEGU'S.thus siiVlnc money, time and labour?

All Fish guaranteed direct lroui our ownboats, and snioked on the premises.

Uabblta, Oysters, etc.See our Hygienic Cooking Range.

Only Address— T. CLEGU.Yorkshire Fish Murt. Newton.

•vt-ew" zeXlaxd da iky assulia-'JN TlON'ti IJUTTER VAN delivers llutterIn City and Suburb* Daily.

H" AY B you SEEN THELITTLE BACON SHOP?

Right Opposite The Marble Arch,lIOBSON STREET.

MHFA G. PICKMERE (late A. E. Tattley,

•"■• Ltd.), Railway Coalyards, Newmarket.For Sale, delivered in City and Suburbs—Coal, Coke, Firewood, Cement, etc. Cart-ing done. Phone 457. C

GOING FOR A HOLIDAY? Dress Ham-pers, l/(i, 2/, 2/<5. 3/0, to 5/ each.Hamper Straps, all lengths, with handles

complete. 1/ to 3/.EEW'S STORKS.

QUEEN ST. Last Tort of Call.

BEST RED RUBBER KINGS for Fruit.lai'B, 4d ami t!d dozen. Paper Coverstor Jam Jars. L'd Packet. Wooden Spoons,3d, 4d, Gel, nn<l Sil each.T»EYVS STORKS,A -" QUEEN ST. AND NEWTON.

BRIDGE PLAYERS "dellgiited to have agame" when the Premier Bridge Score

is used. Price 1/.—From Stationers anathe Star Oflice.

OUSEIIOLDERS. — Sco Timt yourGrocer supplies you with New Zealand

Dairy Association's ltntter.RHKSE PLAYERS "deUnhted to have a

game" when the Premier- HrlilKc Scoreis used. Price 1/.—From Stationers anuthe Star Olllce.~\ BSOLUTELV Choicest Creamery UutterIX for the table all the year round.—New Zealand Dairy Association.

IS MASTER'S VOICE IiHAJIu"riIOXES. The World's Standard.—

E. and F. Plauo Agency, Ltd. S. Coldicult,iMa linger.

-VTEW ZEALAND DAIRY ASSOCIA-i> TION'S BTJTTE-R VAN delivers ButterIn Cits, and Suburbs Daily.

AMUSEMENTS.

The Home of Big Stars.THE KING'S FULLER'STHE KING'S . PICTURES.

rr\O--\TIGHT AT QOur New Programme Headed by

SHADOWS OF THE PAST VltocraphSHADOWS OF THE PAST Company's■SHADOWS OF THE PAST Masterpiece,■SHADOWS' OF THE PAST jn FourSHADOWS OF THE PAST MassiveSHADOWS OF THE PAST Parts.

This wonderful drama develops alongsplendidly vigorous lines, and cul-minates in a STARTLING COL-LISION between au express train andnn uutomobile. So vivid is the spec-tacle, that it is hard to believe your

own eyes.PATnE'S WAR SPECIAL. More latestPATHE'S WAR SPECIAL. happeningsPATIIE'S WAR SPECIAL. from thePATIIE'S WAR SPECIAL. battle front.ACROSS THE CHASM. Thrilling IndianACROSS THE CHASM. Melodrama.

■ryAit rrni'H rpxTKKET.The First Series from the Eastern Theatre

of War.nARD CIDER. Another KeystoneHARD CIDER. Burst of Joy.MODERN PHYSICAL CULTURE.GnumontOH! YOU KIDS A.B. ComedyHUNTING ABSURDITY Mystical

KING'S ORCHESTRAL BAND.D.C. I/, Stalls Gd, Children half-price.

Alsoat EMPIRE THEATRE, Dominion Rd.

PALACE THEATRE,NEWTON Penny SectionCONTINUOUS PICTURES.

THE SUBSTITUTE 3 ReelTHE SUBSTITUTE A.R. StarTHE SimSTITCCE Drama.

A Vivid Drama of Hazardous LKe in theWest of America.

A GAME OF CARDS.A GAME OF CARDS.

Vltogrnnh Star Feature.the rorxTUY <;iul.THE COUNTRY GIRL.

One of those Dramas that appeal to nil.THE MISSING BRIDE Flue KeystoneTHE MISSING BRIDE Comedy.

TOPICAL BUDGET,Shon-Ing the Most Recent Happenings.Adults, c<l; Children, 3d.

ri LOBE PI C T U It E S.ROMANCE OF THE SAWDUST Kl>u.

<".reat Lion Encounter.

'DENTISTRY.(A Card.)

G. S. GREs HA M-SURGEON DENTIST,NEWTON, OPPOSITE RESERVOIR.

Phone A3OS. C

£10 FOU XEW TDEAS-Painless Dentistry—Gentler method.

Howcy WalkerTJffln Corner.

£10 lor best phrase or cooplet—lo words.Closes March.

•VTY QWN gECRET AND

TTXK.NOWN T>ROCESS.

■C\OU TUE pAINLESS "pXTRACTIONOF mEETH.

THIS PREPARATION IS NOT KNOWNTO ANY DENTIST BUT MYSELF.

IT IS MADE FRESH FOR EVERYPATIENT, THERE-FORE THERE IS NO

DETERIORATION.HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS HAVEBEEN GIVEN BY LEADING DOCTORS

OF THIS CITY.

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY X0AGENTS FORTHIS MARVELLOUS ANAESTHETIC 1*

ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

ABSCESSED TEETH ARE PAINLESSLIEXTRACTED.

ALL EXTRACTIONS FREE WHEN SETSARE MADE.

ALL GOLD. AMALGAM, PORCELAIN ORCEMENT FILLINGS EXECUTED

PAINLESSLi.

SPECIALISTS IN GOLD CROWNS, GOLDINLAYS, AND GOLD CROWN AND

BRIDGE WORK.

Only Address—TWO DOORS BELOW SMEETON'S

(Over Wright's;.Open Dally, also Each Evening and Satur-

day Afternoon.

TJENTIST Q jyjUNROE Jj^MANUEL,

DOMINION CHAMBERS,M, QUEEN" STREET, AUCKLAND.

FOB A JjTEW YyORDSIt comes as n boon ami boats eoealn,liowey Wnlkor's "Xuinzoi" numbs all pnln.

CompoUtlon for Hie best phrase or coupletcloses lv March.

Prize, £10 cash. Entrance Free.

Howey WnlUerTiffin Corner.

LEGAL NOTICES.

-KTAPIER AND gMITH.nARUISTERS AND SOLICITORS,

A.M.P. BUILDINGS.QUEEN STKEET, AUCKLAND.

MONET TO LEND ON LAND AND STOCKAt Low Interest.

T» E M O V A L NOTICE.

MX- G. M. N-EWTOX-BALUUSTUn AND SOLICITOR,

Has Removed toHERALD BUILDINGS

(First Floor),X - 140. UUEEX STIIF.ET.

AMUSEMENTS.rpilE T YRIC (Direction:J-HE Hayward's Picturesi Ltd.

COMPLETE CHANGE TO-NIGHT!COMPLETE CHANGE TO-NIGHT!Another Gigantic All-New Series, fresh

from the Leading Studios of the World,including:—MiALCOLM WILLIAMS(the CeJc-brated American Actorj

In"THE BRUT E."" T II E B X U T E.," T 1J X B l: v T K."" THE B X U T E."•• T H E B U U T E."" THE 15 X U T E."

! " T II E B X U T E."" T II E BRUT X"; " T IIE BRUT E."' "THE BRUTE."lA Powerful Drama of a strong man'striumph over a woman's pride.A VITAL DUAiMA OF TO-DAY!: Also,

"LITTLE" MARY PICKFORD."LITTLE" MARY PICKFORD."LITTLE" MARY PICKFURD."LITTLE" MARY PICKFORD.

In another triumph, entitled the"SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE WAIF ""SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE WAIF"Latest War PicturesAT 8.

Ills Majesty'sTROOPS IN EGYPTTROOPS IN" EGYPT'TROOPS IN EGYPT• Interesting Military Items from the Land

[ of the Pyramids.THE BATTLE ROUND THE YSER.THE BATTLE ROUND THE YSER.THE BATTLE ROUND THE YSER.

The Topical Film Co.'s War Correspon-dents have sent us a -very fine seriesIndeed, full of the doings of our forces, and- Including a picture of a Belgian Armoured

Train in Action!GAUMONT WAR GRAPHIC—TopicaI.

Many Other Splendid Items.Prices as Usual. Itook by Phone.

Also WEST TTND theatre. Atat the * * EST PONSONBY. 8.

rj. L O B E t> I C T U R ES.*-" L O B i: J- J r T V R E S.

THEATRE DE LUXESENSE OF DIRECTIONLoads .voti to the GLOBE. Birds follow the"line <if migration" with unfiiillng precision,so, too. the picture lovers are flying to theGLOITE hy "sense of direction."Another Startling FeatureRaMA-WE OP THE SAWDUST KING.ROMANCE OF THE SAWDUST KINGA thrilling story of Circus Life. Actuatedijy a spirit of revenge, a rejected suitorliberates a fierce Hon. which attacks I'olly.a circus artiete. Assistance is at hand, andn terrible baitle ensues. Tills great produc-tion rivals the most turlllins scenes hereto-fore seen in an animal feature\yAR yyUTII rjIURKEY.

Tlie First Series of Pictures from tfleEastern theatre of warThe Declaration of War. Moslem Recruit-ing Commences. The Moslem War DaDce.Kxhortlng the Wild Populace. A lledouiuMaiden in a Wild Sword Dance. The Mos-lems Attack Russian Pilgrims. CamelsI arrylug Stones and Sand to Close the Suez!/'";'• >. V*° 'ruhklK h Boy Scouts' Parade.Turkish Troops about to Proceed u> Kcypt.Wb.it Will Happen When They Meet

OUR BOYSTRAIN OF INCIDENTSFeaturing John Bunny and Flora Finch!THE COLONEL'S ADOITEDDAUGHTER.

THE BLAST FUUXAOE (Educational).Adults, Cd: Children. 3d.————— - _HARBOUR BOARD NOTICES.

HARBOUR BOARD.NOTICE TO MARINERS.

PIPELINE TO FREEMAN'S BATRECLAMATION. jJanuary IS, 1015.

Xotfce I, hereby given that the pipelineconnecting Suction Dredge No. 1 with Free-man s Bay Reclamation Is now being car-ried above water for Its whole length.

Vessels requiring to pass the pipelinemust do so by the channel to the eastwardof the Suction Dredge.By order.

11. B. BURNETT,**-***- Secretary.

AQUATICS.

A CCKLAXD SWIMMING CENTRE■"• GRAND CARNIVALWEDNESDAY JAN. 'Si, AT 7 4?, PM.ALBERT STREET BATHS.In aid of fund to send team to Champion-ship Meeting at Napier.

30yds Maiden. 50yds Open and HWyds OpenHandicaps. Ladles' Test 100yds, DivingCompetition, KCyds Novelty Rrace, lOSydsDual Relay Race, 1-Hyds Relay (4 mena-slile) opeu to teams from business firmsand public departments. Polo Match (Oue-hunga v. Ponsoubyi Entries, 1/ each, closeat "The N.Z. Sun" Office. 7. Durham StreetWest, on FRIDAY nexr January 22, at 0p.m. Ladies'. Test frce-*diving 6d.37 W. MORTON. Jun.. Hon. Sec.

EDUCATIONAL.UCKLAND DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL

FOlt GIRLS.SCHOOL REOPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

1-Jth, 1013.(Boarders return Thursday, February 11th.1913.J

During the holidays Prospectus may beobtained from the Hon. Treasurer (H. GII--fillan. Esq.. Victoria Arcade) Entries madeby letter during the holidays should beaddressed to the Head Mistress, and -willbe dealt with in order of date on her returnfrom her holiday.

The Head Mistress will be at home toparents on Thursday, February 4th, 1913,from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 530

WE imike Electrical Engineers of ourStudeuts. Come along any Tuesday

Evening aud see our Classes "at Work.IIOWKH'S AUCKLAND SCHOOL FORENGINEERS. Tyrone Buildings. CustomsStreet E.r Auckland. l'lione 1731. P.O.Box 50.

TTASTEN'S rtOMMERCIAL mUAIM^fUpOLLEGE,

IMPERIAL BLDUS., Opp. Sinoeton's.rhoae 2742.

SPECIAL INTERVIEWS.—The Principalhas set aside a week. ISth to 23rd January,during which she will be pleased to seeparents ami others desirous of startingtheir boys and girls in commercial or pro-fessional life: our experience i≤ at the dis-posal of all Interested, whether the youngpeople are prospective students or not.DO NOT take your children away from

school too soonDO NOT give them the wrong kind ot

educationDO NOT start them !u unsuitable employ-

mentUEOrENING DATE:

Day Classes 25th Januaryt Night Classes Ist Febrnary

TERM PItOM DATE OF ENTlti:Shorthand. Typewriting. BookkeepingCommercial Correspondence, Routine, etc.

Our Method ThoroughnessOur Aim A High Standard

MISS C.*S. V. lUSTBX, "a.'x!ss.A.A.MISS A. H. G. BASTEX, A.P.A. (N.Z.), pIIESBVTEKIAN AOLLEGE

FOIt YOUNG LADIES.(Formerly Miss Bew's M. EdenCollegiate School.)

Principal:MISS ISOBEL 3. MACDONALD, M.A.

The FIRST TERM will commence on16th Febrnary.Hoarders may return on February lothor 15tb.The Principal will be "At Homo" toparents nnd I'upils from 9th to 12th, from12 to 3 p.m.I'rospet'tiiscs may be obtained after the21st inst., on application to the Secretary,

7. Empire Buildings, Swausou Street or :>tthe College. Dc

MUSICAL TUITION.q>HE MISSES BERESFORD, CertificatedJ- Teachers Piano, Violin, MandolinSinging and Theory. Music eupplied forDauces, "At Homes," etc. All latest Danc-ing Taught, private or classes.—"Arn-cliire." 106. Svinouds Street. Phone ASSI.

AMUSEMENTS., Q P E R A TT O U S E.Direction: Fuller Brennan, Ltd.

MATINEES WEDNESDAY ANDSATURDAY.

VAUDEVILLE'S PALATIAL DOMICILE.WHERE THE BIG SHOWS ARE.

THE LARGEST AMUSEMENT ENTER-PRISE SOUTH OF THE LINE.

ANOTHER LARGE AGGBEOATIOX OPNEW STAR - IMPORTED ARTISTSWILL MAKE THEIR INITIAL BOW

AT ft — npO-NIGHT — A T QT. O — J-O-XIGHT — -"-T °«SHARPSHOOTING COMPETITIONS.

SIIARI'SHOOTIXG COMPETITIONS.Being an Extra, AddeA Attraction.

One of the Most Superb Vaudeville BillsEver Presented in New Zealand.

A SWEET, WHOLESOME PERFORM-ANCE.

A WHIRLWIND OF LAUGHTERAND SONG.FTjLLER-BRENXAN'S VAUDEVILLE,

For the Business Man, Ured with thefatigue of the day; for the Growing■Maid, who desires pure enjoyment and-wholesome fun; for the Wife, harrassedby the worries of household duties.

FULLER BRENXANlSHUGE VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT,COMPRISING 20 STAB ARTISTS.

Special Starring Engagement.First Appearance of

pHIL OMITH,Late Principal Comedian of J. C.

Williamson, Ltd.,And

JESSIE BARL.EE;Her First Appearance in Australasia, in aMusical Comedy Trifle

Direct from America. Exclusive Engage-ment. First Appearance ofJJDDY j^ARTIN,

America's Fnmous Eccentric Dancer.Direct from America. First Appearance of

Mll' QARLETON' fHASE,The Fashion Plate of Vaudeville.Assisted by MR. GENE HAWKES,

At the Piano.First New Zealand Appearance of

T)ANGAR,j THE SENSATIONAL CYCLIST.In his Mil-?-n-minute Act on the Cycle-: riromp. A real thriller.

Last Week of the Famous Rifle-Shots,CLINTON AND BEATRICECLINTON AXD BEATRICE- CLINTON AND

Who lies to tender their compliments tolocal sharpshooters, and toannounce thatthey have arraneed for aSIIAnpSHOOTINR COMPETITION.SHARPSHOOTING COMPETITION.Members of the Expeditionary Force andof Rifle Clubs are especially invited to

COMPETITION COMMENCES TO-NIGHTSIX COMPETITORS NIGHTLYFINAL FRIDAY NIGHT.-.All Rifles nnd Ammunition Supplied by

Clinton and Beatrir*HANDSOME PRIZISSG. MELROSE. THE- 3 STARSJOHN EARL..The Hatedlan. Watch the HatsBob — DRISCOLL — AlfAnstralla-= Pni»n«t Patter ComediansTHE 2 FRANKLINS.Brilliant Comedy Sketch DuoPrWs: no. „„,, ns 2/. stMl". 1/R;Family Circle. I/: Reserves, 2/6. Robert-son s Sliislc Depot to 6 p.m., thereafterTheatre, 'Phone IoOS.

ARCADIA THRATRE■£*- KARANOA RAPE ROADCONTINUOUS.•Showing To-day and To-night.

In Three "GREED" ThrillingParts. "GREED,, Sensational,"G-REED"

With a Pathetic Story.Serge and Mary are forced to earn their

bread as travelling: performers."CREED."

Bee the Great Stniccle with a Hnsre Snake."GREED.-, "(TREED." "GREED."

"A ROBUST ROMEO."A Riotous Keystone Comedy. Fatty Gets

Into No End of Trouble.TOPICAL BUDGET.

•MAX AFFINITY (Comedy).Many Others.

Stails. 3d; Dress CIWJe, 6d.

GLOBE PICTURES.ROMANCE OF THE SAWDUST RINU.

■Fly tor your lives—the Lions are (Jot!

ASEHIXGA LYCEUM.TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT.

DAVIT) COPPEUFTELn Charles Dickens,COPPKRFTET.n Great Work.

DAVID COPPERFiIELD ALiterary Treat.DAVID COPPERFIELD A Picture Feast.DAVID COPPERFIELD 7000ft long.

Fine Augmented Orchestra.Same Price. Same Time.

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O-L O B E PICTURES.ROMANCE OF TOE SAWDUST KI.NU.Sensational Wild Anieal Escape.

••nrUPPERARY, TIPPERARY." nnd-L other Patriotic Records.—Walker's

Phonerles. 340. Queen Street, opp. GreyStatue. We mall to any address. C_BRIDGE PLAYERS "delisrhted to have a

Kame" when the Premier Bridge ScoreIs used. Price 1/.—Prom Stationers anathe Star Office.

MEETINGS.AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY, LTD.

Notice is hereby given that the AnunalMooting of the Shareholders of this com-pany will be held in the Registered Officeof the Company. 26, Wyndham Street,Auckland, on MONDAY, the Ist day orFebruary nest, at 12o'clock noon, to receivethe Annual Report and Statements orAccount, to declare a Dividend for thehalf-year ended December 31st, and toElect Two Directors and Two Auditors inthe place of those who retire at such meet-ing, hut who are eligible for re-election,and for any other business that may bebrought before the meeting, of which Onenotice has been given.

The Transfer Books will be Closed rroniTUESDAY, the 19ch inst., to omjnuai,the_let February, both, daye inclusive.

I>ated this 18th day of January, 1015.By order of the Board.

TOM. P. STEWART,530 Secretary.

CJPIUIT.L'ALLST CHTJROH, PITT ST.—*3 TUESDAY, S o'clock.HEN.RY VICTOR'S FINAL, 'MEETING.

Psychic 'Readings from the Voice. Clair-voyance. Wonderful Limelight Views orSpirit Life. Written questions answered.•Come. Admission, 1/. 7(j

BOROUGH NOTICES.

THOROUGH OP .NEWMARKET.DISTRICT ELECTORS,ROLL.

The Roll for 1915 is now in course of pre-paration. All residents who are Britishsubjects, and have resided iv New Zealandfor 12 months, and In this Borough duringthe three months last passed are eligible forenrolment on making application, and canobtain forms for the same at this office.All claims must he made on or beforeFebruary 15th, 1015.

L. BUISSON,Town Clerk.

Council Office, Broadway,Newmarket. 320

JJOROUGII XEWMATiKET.10 PER CENT ADDITIONAL, ONUNPAID BATES.

Notice Is hereby given that, in pursuanceof 'Sei-tiou 28 of the Rating AmendmentAct. 1010. an Additional Charse of 10 percent will be added to all Unpaid Ratesafter 31st day of January, 1015.L. BUISSONTown Clerk.Newmarket, January 18th, 1913. 500 \

JJOrougii of newmarket:valuationlist. 1915-1916.

Take notice the Valuation List for theSoroush of Xewinarket for the year 19l".1910 is now Open for Inspection at thePh0err0eUto

Ua?u eebe

Bler?dW?y -« AU °^tk>nSCourt (Stipendiary -Magistrate's CotrtT^Uor before the 10th day of February, 1915Address to the Assessment Court and -icopy of every such objection must beVfrat the Town Clerk's Office not less than 10Idays before the next sitting of the said

'Dated this 15th day of January, 1915.L. BUISSON.523 TownCierk.

AMUSEMENTS. \

~PfIS npHEATHH,AUCKLAND.

Direction Edgar Warwick

Commencing

rjTO-XIGHT CMONDAY), JANUARY IS,WHEN EDGAR WARWICK WILL

PresentHIS FAMOUS COSTUME COMEDY

COMPANY,DIRECT FROM LONDON,

rj\HE QOURX QARDSfpiHE r>OURT /~>ARDSmHE QOURT r^ARDS

AND

fpHEIR TOKEH. •THE BRIGHTEST OF COSTUME MUSI-

CAL COMEDY COMPANIES.

EIGHT ARTISTS OP ENGLISHREPUTATION.

A STRONG HAND—Queen of Hearts Miss Maude Fane.Queen of Diamonds Mias Renee Mande.Queen of Clubs Miss Winifred Mitchell.Knave of Clubs Mr. Sydney ManneringKnave of Spades Mr. Geo. Graystone.King of Clubs Mr. Geo. Titehener.King of Spades Mr. Albert Keats.Joker Mr. Edgar Warwick.

POPULAR PRICES: 3/, 2/, 1/.

Bos Plans Now Open at Wildman andArey s. Day Sales at Cleal's, oppositeBank of New Zealand.

rp O W N JJ ALL,COMMENCING SATURDAY, JAX. 23.

J. AND N. TAITPresent

J>ETEK. TVAWSON,

pETEIt "TiAWSON,T>ETEE "TJAWSON,J>ETER. T^AWSON,

THE WORLD-FAMODS BARITONE,Assisted by a Specially-selected Company

of English Artists, including - "MISS /ANNETTA GEORGE SopranoOf the London and Provincial ConcertsMISS GRACE NEWMAN ViolinisteMISS CARLIEN JURS.v- Pianist!The Box Plans for the Three Concertswill lie on view at Wildman. and Arey'eon WEDNESDAY NEXT.

SPECIAL NOTICE.—By special arrange-jnent. Members of the Bohemian Orches-tra may obtain Special Concession Ticketsfrom the Secretary, care E. and F. PianoCo.Reserved Seats, 4/uUnreserved, 3/ and 2/.-Broadwood Piano Used.

PUJAND Hishest fTIHEATRE.OfProgramme. . fJTHEATRE.*-*RAND Bight Up To Date. J-HEATRE.

KOUND ri\HE rXLOCK TUCTURES.OUND J-HE JtICTURES.

Kalem's Masterpiece Dramatic Production,EXPRESS MESSENGER Magnificent sub-EXPRESS MESSENGER jeet that willEXPRESS MESSEXGER. Astonnd yon byEXPRESS MESSENGER the Wealth ot'EXPRESS MESSENGER its DramaticF.XTBESS MESSEXGER Power.

WAR TOPICAL BUDGET.WAR TOPICAL BUDGET.

Battle of Dixmude — English Troops InEgypt—Fighting Around Xieuport

and Yser Canal./GREATER MOTIVE Fascinating story.GREATER MOTIVE beautifully told byGREATER MOTIVE the Vitagraph Co. (MORE KEYSTONES. MORE KEYSTONES

Everyone Enjoys Keystones.KILLING HORACE.KILLING HORACE.KILLING HORACE.

Prices: 6d, Children 3d: during eveningseats reserved in Balcony, 1/; 9d ticket.first-class seat and dainty Tea, served inFoyer.

LOBE PICTURES.ROMANCE OF THE SAWDUST KlNtx.

Fight With Fierce Lion.

RESTAURANTS ANDTEA ROOMS

TBNCHEONS,

fpEA, ETC.,

NOW SERVED AT

•p V A N S*

COVENT GARDEN FRUIT SHOP -(Next Thames Hotel).

FRUIT SALADS NO EQTJAL. /TRY ONE.

A

-pKIOR'S S a'ILL J^EADINIi.BEST -\J MEALS IN THE CiXX. 'QTKASD A ECADE.

MOTOR CAR TRIPS.QIGHT-SEEING TRIPS DAILY,10 FROM G.P.O,Morning, 10 a.m.. 2-Hours- Round Trip. 2/6.Afternoon, 2.30 p.m., 3-Honrs' Bonnd Trip,

3/6.TUESDAY MORNING—A 3-Honrs, Round

Trip through Auckland's BeautifulSuburbs and Parks.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON—Visit to KnowHome, via Tamaki West, PanmureBridge, and Cornwall Park.

For further particulars and booking seats'phone 1553.,

JOHN W. ANDREW,Proprietor Chase Charabanc.

TITIRANGI Motor Car Trip. 5/ return.Leave G.P.O. 2.30 daily. Book seats.

Phone 2157.— W. B. Snook.

COUNTY NOTICE.

jVTANUKAU COUXTT COUNCIL.FINAL RATE NOTICE.

On and after the 30th JANUARY, the 10per cent penalty on all Unpaid Kates willbe strictly enforced, as per circular sentwith the "Rate Notices, and proceedingstaken for their recovery.perty in the Manukau County are ra'doubt

I whether Rates are owing on the properties'owned or occupied by them, and who havenot received Demand Notices, they are re-quested to call at the Council Office, 34.City Chambers, corner of Queen and Vic-toria Streets. Auckland, or write, as a greatnumber of Demand Notes have been re-turned by the Post Office as unclaimed, andthe Council have no wish to add expense to

ALEX. BELL,Clerk.

Auckland, 15th January, 1315. 306

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MONDAY, JANUARY IS, 1815.