TheAucklandStar.yOL. XXXIX.—NO. 276. AUOKUAJSTD, N.Z., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908 02 PAGES.) PKICE-OISE PENNTI

TABLE TALK.Elections over.Heavy No-license vote.Big Government majority.Minister of Lands defeated.Two vacancies in the Cabinet now.Keduction carried in Auckland city.Xo-lieense gained several electorates.Four hotels are to be closed in Eden.The King and Queen of Sweden are on,

a visit to England.Bishop Lenihan participated in the

Pope's Jubilee mass.A score of second ballots are neces-sary, three in Auckland electorates.Mr John Redmond has inaugurated anew Home Rule campaign in England.Closing of hotels in electorates which,have carried No-license takes place next

June.The Emperor of China had promised

his people a constitution just before hisdeath.

Two women were thrown over a cliff inEngland for refusing to give money totwo ruffians.

The British Admiralty does not in-tend to alter the present shipbuildingprogramme.

The time limit under the compensationclause of the Licensing Bill has been ex-tended to 21 years.

The Church of England Association ofNew South Wales has made a fierce at-tack upon ritualism.

A serious run on the Peking bankshas followed the deaths of the Emperorand Dowager Empress.

Frauds on the American Customs to-talling £"50,000 are alleged against theAmerican Sugar Trust.

Germany paid £ 10,000 to the "CenturyMagazine" for the suppression of the in-terview with theKaiser.

The English Amateur Athletic Associa-tion has issued a crushingreply to Ameri-can allegations of unfairness.

Substantial concessions have beengranted the Sydney tramway employees,following on their recent strike.

A crisis is feared in Germany if theKaiser refuses the Reichstag's desire thathe should bridle his tongtie a little morein future.

So great was the interest taken inthe posting of the results that a crowdof over fifteen thousand watched the"Star" sheet until midnight.

SHIPPING.i TTNION STEAM SHIP COM-I j—v—l U PANT OF NEWi cBIc ZEALAND, LIMITED.'.'■- 'T?1

I |- ■-* TIME TABLE.

I fjvettlier and other circumstances permit-

T7IROM QNEHL'NGA.Passenger.

Bteimer ' Date of Sailing Train.1 FOB NEW PLYMOUTH ONLY.1 RitSpnn2...Fri., 2nth Nov., 3 p.m 2.10H Cargo at Railway till 11 a.m.

FOE NEW PLYMOUTH ANDWELLINGTON.

rntoiti Wei, 23th Nov.. 3 p.m.. ..2.1C50 ckrbo it Railway till 11. a.m.6 rZitU ir Nelson comini North.: laij 23rd Nov. 2 p.m...1.10

Cargo at Railway till 11 a.m.I " T7IEOM A UCKLAND.

•f mii-a Tuesday, 24th Nov., 4 p.m.1 MaKf "cargo "rec-eived after 11 a.m.1 FOX WESTPOKT DIRECT.I WailJO ri Thursday, 10th Nov.. 4 p.m.

' No cargo received after :: p.m.-! rOS. BLUFF. OAMARC, AND TIMARU.1 *VU LIMESTONE ISLAND AND§ WELLINGTON.I ff!m2ta Friday. 2uth Nov., 6 p.m.1 ; So cargo received after 4 p.m.

FOR TOLAGO BAY AND GISBOBNBI WHARF.i t.nan Saturday, '.21st Nov., noonI «""^-0 cargo received after 11 a.m.; FOE SI'DXEI.

•rokoia Monday, 23rd Nov., 5.30 p.m.I No cargo received after 3 p.m.

FOX FIJI (SUVA A.NL) LEVUKA).vlTua Wednesday, 25th Nov., 12 noon

So cargo received after 10 a.m.; Connecting at Suva with R.M.S. Makura,for Vancouver.

I FOE FEIENTJLY ISLATJDS, SAMOA.FJJI, AND SYDNEY.

■ fliuSnalofa, Haapai, Vavua, Apia, Levuka,Snva.)I jna Tuesday, Sth Dec, 10 a.m.

No cargo on sailing day.(No cargo for Fiji.)

i Tofna .~ Four weeks laterRABOTONGA AND TAHITI.

Uanaponri Tuesday, 24th Nor., 13 hoodCargo received till 10 a.m.

TjIEOM ryELLINGTON.FOX SYDNEY.; jiarama Friday, 20th. November

< VIA SOUTHERN I'ORTS AND HOBAIIT.FOR MELBOLTRKE.

Jlaieno Thursday, 19th November! WEST COAST SODNDS CRUISSK.Si WAIKAKE leaves Duneaia oa orI (boat 16th January. 1909.1

Eckete available for stop-over or returnj ly Hnddart, Parker, and Co. ProprietaryI BOBmers.

Cargo must be booked and alongside yes-I itiß (ouiess otherwise stated) not less thanI jwo HOIIJiS before adrertised time or9 iezTiog.

AUCKLAND BRAJSTCB:PAX.SIEESTON BUILX>IN"GS.

f ~~~Z ' TYRIESt EOYAX. MAlli

FOB i'LIiIODTH AND LONDON, VIAFREMANTLE, COLOMBO (transhipplnsfor all Indian PortsJ, SUKZ, MJUISKI.L--LES, AND GIBKALTAR.

Xooe From From FromSteamer. Reg. Sydney. Mel'brne. Ad 1 de.

•OUXOXA bOUO Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 19•OPHlli 6814 Nov. 2S Dec 1 Dec 3OKDBA „ 5371 Dec, 12 Dec. 15 Dec 17•OM.RAH . 8282 Dec 26 Dec 29 Dec aPEOTAVA,. 5350 Jan. 9; Jan. 12 Jan. 14

•■Twin screw.FAKES: .NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON:SALOON: Single £47 6/ to £88- Return

£75 18/ to JiliC; Return Tickets good lorVko years.THIRD-CLASS: £18, £20, £22.Passages, Auckland-Sydney, are Includedin Fares, and passengers ariiviug in Syd-ney by nearest connecting &j.eamer may scm board at once, if Orient Liner in port.Passages from above .Ports may be pre-jaid. THrouga Bookless to New lork.iIMON STEAM SHUP CO. OF NisiW_ ZEALAXD, LTD.. Agents in K.zf

QAKADIAJi — A DSTKAI.IAN T LNB

TOA MERICA AKD X^UROPE.

■£-■ Steamers Leave as fbUows:From From

Tons reg. Sydney. Suva.80TD - NoF- 23 " Kov- 3«S^"*1 450° " Uec 21 .. Dec. 29

•MAKDRA.... 8075 .. Feb. 15 „ Feb. 22AOHANGI 4500 .. Men. 15 „ Mcii. 23.« H^4- 6500 •• April 12 ..AprUl9

8075 .. May 10 .. May 17•Twin Screw Steamer.

Passengers may Join either at Sydney orbora. If joining at Suva they leave Auck-land 23th November, and every 28 daysUNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z., LTD.Managing Agents.

mHE TYSER LINE,Jaiysn X LIMITED.DIRECT STEAM SERVICE

Between theUNITED STATES OF.

AMERICA AND AUSTRALASIA.FIRST-CLASS CARGO STEAMERS

Taking Cargo forMELBOURNE, SYDNEY, AUCKLAND..WELLINGTON, CANTERBURY

AND OTAGO.The Company's nest dispatches will be:—

B.S. STAR OF AUSTRALIA, about 7taNovember.B.S. IKDRADEVI, about 19tk December.ll2!.eh,

:NHW Zealand of American?f^c are specify invited to iu-tTsnnn \AgenUi in the United State«

Mrt ,PPOlt the 'n'SEK LINE STEAMERS,W

lo eommnnit-ate with the Company'sPIiNTH ■£ny epreSeaUuiTes' MESSRS*y.M.H, EDIE, AND CO. Produce Xx-?ew

hYork; M^rs, TYSER AND! ffiHt/n-u^"011"8™"11' London, or Mes-Sctfit EX, BOBEIiXON. A L-0.,

RICHARD TODD,_ Colonial Superintendent, Napier.

L_ rpUK TYSER L.IKLI,x limited.MONTHLY DISPATCH°F FHUST-CLASS CAKUOsteamers.

! to london direct.Tons DueSteamer Burden Commander. Auck.- About10.000 A.U. Kemp Nov. 2;iatar of England 0,000 C.T. Hilder Dec. 1

ajar of s. Z'laud 10.000 E.D. Bet-k Dec. 21I aomoana 10.000 X. Linklater Jan. 7J ™ of Australia 10.000 F. Kearney Jan. 12aerehana 10.000 I',. Lidstone —iadraderi 10.000 UolUugsworth —jS""? lu.ooo J. Firth —'\n

, s Bay -• • S.UOO D. Mcyueen —in.TT ania 10.000 J.C. Felgate —todraleirui lo,oi»> T. Trotter —R,lwarn 10,000 H. Uollis —«ar of Scotland 10,'JOO J. M. Hart —lnS»°i- Irelajld °-000 GriUiths —"MragnlU S.OOO W.H. Wilkes —

•Twin screw.-.p above steamers are all built speci-rX to* the New Zealand trade, titledwith refrigerating machinery of the mostmodern type, in charge of competent en-Sjneers, aild are noted for tue exception-J"y satisfactory condition in which their"Men meat cargoes are being delivered.-j\he Con>Pany i 5 prepared to carry Wool■™. iroduce of every description, at Low-et Current Kates of Freight.-Eor all particulars, apply to

VHSATHER, ROBERTO x, & CO.,Agents, Auckland,

SHIPPING.fc^JJ-5. GTEAMSHIP

QOMPANY, TIJIITED.TIME .TABLE.

PROPOSED SAILINGS.{Weather and other circumstancespermitting.)!

Steamer. Date of Sailing.FOR RUSSELL AND OPDA.Clansman Every Monday, at 7 p.m.FOR RUSSELL, OPUA, WHANGAROA.

AND MANGOXUI.J^?^?man Wednesday. 18th Nov., 5 p.m.AWAXL-I. HODIIORA, WiIHA-

• a * AND MANf.ONUI.Apannl Every Monday, at. 2 p.m.No cargo for Whangaroa and Mangonui.

_. FOE PARKNGA.Chelmsford Tuesday, 24th Nov., 9 a.m."So cargo for Tauranga.. FOR TAURANGA.Anpouri Thuisday, l.'ith Nov., 5 p.m.

AuPouri Monday, 23rd Nov., 5 p.m.jSOR. CANAAN LANDING AND TE

PUKE.Monday and Thursday.fFOR MATATA.Every Thursday.tFOR MEECUKY BAT.Waiotahi Fridny. 20th Nov., 5 p.m.

naiotahi Monday 23rd Nov 5 pm.KUAOTUNU.Waiotahi Monday, 23rd Nov., 5 p.m.„ -FOR TAIRUA.

Waiotahi Friday, 20th Nov., 5 p.m.tFOR WHANGAMATA.Waiotahi Monday, 23rd Nov., 5 p.m.

tFOR GREAT BARRIER.Waiotahi Wednesday, lSth Nov., 10 p.m.fFOR TrTTTTR AX A ANDWHANGARURU, HELENA BAY.Paeroa Tuesday, 15th Dec, 1 p.m.

FOR PARUA BAY.Wednesday and Friday.Passengers for Wliangarei Heads Wednes-day and Friday.Cargo Monday Ouly.

tFOR MAXGAPAI.Monday "ud M'eduesday.

TO WHANGAREI.Ngnpuhi..Wednesday, ISth Nov., 9.30 p.m.Ngapubi Friday, 20th Nov., 9.30 p.m.Ngaprfhi Monday, 23rc! Nov., 9.30 p.m.Coach for Waipu meets steamer on arrival.

FROM WHANGAREI.Ngapnhi Tiiurs., IVxb Nov. Tγ. 2 p.m.Ngapnhi Sat. 21st Nov. Tγ 9 a.m.NgapuM Tues., 24tk Nov. Tγ. 9 a.m.FOR WHANGAREI (TOWN WHARF).Kanierl Thursday, 19th Nov., 3 p.m.Kanieri Sunday, 22nd Nov., 6 p.m.1 FOR WHAKATANE.Tasman Monday. 23rd Nov., 4 p.m.FOR OPOTIKI AND OHIWA.Ngatiawa Monday, 23rd Nov., 3 p.m.tFOR WHANGAFOUA. PORT CHARLES.Waiotahi Monday, 30th Nov., 6 p.m.

FOR THAMES, HIKUTAIA, ANDRIVER DISTRICTS.

LEAVES AUCKLAND.Wakatere. .Thursday, 19th Nov. 9.45 a.m.Wakatere Friday, 20th,'10.30 a.m.Wakatere. Saturday, 21st, 11.30 am.

LEAVES THAMES.Watatere Wednesday, IStb, 2.15 p.m.Wakatere Thursday, 19th Nov., 3 p.m.Wakatere Friday, 20th, 4 p.m.Wakatere Saturday, 21st 4.45 p.m.

Round Trip Tickets, combining Steamerend Railway, are issued at Company'eHead Office, for Thames, Rotorua, andHangatUii.

tFOB PAEROA, KOPU, TTJKDA, ANDTE AROHA.Landing Passengers for Thames at Kopn.

LEAVES AUCKLAND.Tanrwba Wednesday. ISth, 7 p.m.Waimarie Thursday, 19th Nov., 7.30 p.m.

Taniwha...-. .Friday, 20th,. 8.30 p.m..Waimarie Sunday, 22nd. 10.30 p.m.Tanrwha. _. Monday, 23rd, 11 p.m.

LEAVES PAEROA.(Calling at Kopu two-ana-a-nalf boars later.)Waimarie Wednesday, ISth. 2 p.m.Tanrwha ...Thursday, 19th Nov. 3 p.m.Waimarie Friday, 20th, 4.15 p.m.Tanrwha ..Saturday, 21st, 5 p.m.Waimarie Monday, 23rd, 6 p.m.

FOR COEOMASDEL.LEAVES AUCKLAND.Daphne Thursday, 19th, 10 a.m.

Friday, 20th, 12 noonDaphne .....Monday, 23rd Nov., 2 p.m.•Daphne "l'nesday, 24th, 1 p.m.Daphne ...„„-.„Thursday, 26th, 4 p.m.•Daphne Friday, 27th, 2 p.m.

LEAVES COROMANDEL.Daphne „.Friday, 20th, 6 a.m.�Daphne Satuiday, 21st, 6 a.m.Daphne._.„. Tuesday, 24th Nov., 6 a.m.•Daphne——Wednesday, 25th, 7.30 a.m.Daphne.— Friday; 27th, 7 a.m.•Daphne Saturday, 28th, 7.30 a.m.

•Callfi at Waiheke and Ruthe's Island.

FOE CABBAGE BAT.KATI KATI leaves CotomandeL

OREWA.tFOB WAIWERA, MAHURANGI HEADS,

AND WARKWORTH.S.S. MANGAPAPA AND KAPANDI.

Leaves Auckland: Leaves Warkworth:. Thure., 19th, 3 a.m.Thurs., 19th, midnight Fri., 20th, 4 p.m.Sat-, 21st, noon Mon., 23rd, 5.30 a.m.Hon., 23rd, 1 p.m. Tiics., 24th, 6.30

S.S. KAWAU.+FOR MANGA WAi, PAKIRI, LITTLE

OMAHA, AND KAWAU ISLAND.Leaves Auckland: Leaves Mangawai:Fri., 20th, 7 a.m. Sat., 21st, 5 a.m.Mon., 23rd, 10 a.m. Tuee., 24th, 6.30 a.m.FOR KAWAU ISLAND AND WAIWERA.I

OREWA — Saturday, 21st Nov., '£p.m.. leaving Hunan, via Walwera, onMonday Morning early.

tFOR LITTLE AND BIG OMAHA.KAWAU ISLAND, AND TAKATU.

Leaves Auckland: Leaves Omaha:Thurs., 19th, T.W., 3 p.m.

Thure., 19th, L.0., 4.30 p.m.Taes., 24th, midnight

Wed., 25th, T.W., 7 a.m.Wed., 25th, L.0., 8.30 a.m.

S.S. KOTITI.•j-FOR MATAKANA AND MULLET1 POINT.

Leaves Auckland: Leaves Matakana:Mon., 23rd, 11 a.m. Tues., 24th, 6 a.m.For Puhoi: From Puhol:

Thurs., 19th, 2 p.m.Wed., 25th, 1 p.m. Thurs., 26th, 6.30 a.m.

S.S. GAEL.tFOR WAIPU AND MAUNGA.TUROTO.

Leaves Auckland: Leaves Waipu:. Thurs., 19th, 2.30 p.m.Sat, 21st, S a.m. Mon., 5 a.m.Tues., 24th 11 p.m. Thurs., 26th, 7.30 a.m.tFOR BROWNS BAY, ARKLK'S BAY,1 AND WADE.

Leaves Auckland: Leaves Wade:Thurs., 19th, 2.30 p.m.Fri., 20th, 12 noon Sat., 21st, 4.30 a.m.Mon., 23rd, 2 p.m. Tues., 24th, 6.30 a.m.

FROM ONEUUNGA.S.S. WEKA AND ELSIE.

-=-FOR AWIiITU, POLLOK, TE TORA,1 WAIPIPI, AND WAIUKU.Leave Onehunga: Leave Waiuku:Thurs., 19lh, 3 p.m. Thurs., 19th, 6.30 a.m.Fri., 20th, 4 p.m. Kri., 2oth, 7.30 a-ui.•Sat., 2Lst, 9 a.in.. Heads, etc.

Sat., 21st, 8.30 a.m.Mon., 23rd, C a.m. Mon., 23rd, 10 a.m.

tFOH HOKIANGA.Claymore. .Thurs., 19th Nov., 3 p.m. Tr. 2.10Cargo at Railway up to 4 p.m. Wednesday.FOR RAGLAN, KAWIHA, & WAITAKA.Waitaugi. .Thurs., 19th Nov., 9 a.m. Tr. 8.20

No caigo for Itaglan and Jiawhia.Goods at Railway up lo noon Wednesday.

FOR RAGLAN AND KAWHIA.Claymore..Mon., 23rd Nov., 2 p.m. Tr. 1.10fUir"o received at railway up to 9.i.0 a.m.

jfGR OPUNAKE AND WANGA.NUI.Himu Tuesday, 24th Nov., 9 a.m.

C"r-o at Railway up to uoon Monday.Rarawa..Thurs., 19th Nov., 3 p.m. Tr. 2.10Rarawa..Sun.. 22nd Nov., 3.30 p.m. Tr. 2.30

•Cargo received up to 11 a.m.. at RaiiwajTuesday aud Thursday and Saturday.

N.B. — No cargo will be received afterhalf-pact four p.m., or after noon on Sat-urdays, or withic ONE HOUR of advertisedtime or any Steamer's Departure.

Cargo to ports marked t must be prepaid.Company's Office, QUAY-ST.

SHIPPING.JJ UDDAEI-pAKKEET INKFAVOTJRITE PASSENGER SERVICE.Circumstances permiuiife. Steamers will

Sail as under:—FROM AUCKLAND.

FOR SYDNEY.WIMMERA...Monday I Nov. 30 I 5.30 p.m.VICTORIA Monday | Dec. 14 | 5.30 p.m.FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER. WELLING-TON, LYTTELTON. AND DUNEDIN.VICTORIA Tuesday I Dec 1I 2 p.m.WIMMERA Tuesday |Dec. 15 [ 2 p.m.

FROM WELLINGTON.FOR SYDNEY.

qX,IMABOA Friday | Nov. 27FOR MELBOURNE.VIA THE SOUTH AND 11OBART.

DLIMAROA Thursday [ Dec. 10Cargo must be alongside not less thanTWO nOURS before advertised sailing

time.All Tickets for Stop-over or Return mu-

tually exchangeable with the Union Com-pany.L. D. NATHAN AND CO., LTD.,

Agent3.

E- gUMMER TTOLIDAX

Q9S pEDISB

TO THEyy EST rXOAST QOUNDS.

AN IDE-AL VACATION.

S.S. wAIKAKE

LEAVES DUNEDIN ON OR ABOUT

16th J 16"™-For Full Particulars Apply to

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

THE P. A-NU O. C°-STKAMERS FOR LONDON, calling atFKEMANTLK., COLOMBO, ADEN, MAR-SEILLES, GIBRALTAR, and PLYMOUTHwith liberty to call at lirindlsi. as under:—

Leave LeaveSteamer. Tons. Sydney. Melbourne.C HINA 7.912 Nov! T. Nov. 10MOLDAVIA 10,000 Nov. 21 Nov 24HIMALAYA 6,89S Dec. 5. Dec. 8MONGOLIA 10,000 Dtc. la Dec. 22

1909INDIA 8,000 Jan. 2 Jan. 5VICTORIA 6,500 Jan. 16 Jan. 19

RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY—Singleto London; £47 6/ to £88, Return £75 18/and £132; available for two years. Tourists'Tickets (.India, China, and Japau), SpecialHoliday Tickets to Colombo, available fortwo months. Return Fares from Sydney,£41, First-; 29 Second, plus 10 per cent.Passage money can be paid here forpassages from England. Passengers arriv-ing in Sydney by nearest connecting steamermay proceed oa board at once.„ For freight or passage, apply direct toRLSSELL AND SOM.ERS, Customs-st.West,

TP AND A. MAIL, LINE TO MANILA,-L'« CHINA, AND JAPAN, FROMAUSTRALIA. Leave SydneyEASTERN, 358G tons Sept 26Monthly thereafter.

Saloon accommodation amidships. Large,cool, two-berth cabins, all on the upperdeck, and fitted with electric fans. Thronshbookings to Canada, the United States, andKurope.

For freight or passage, apply direct toRUSSELL AND SOiUiftS,Customs.st. West.

Asia *■• "J*. " sFEDERAL. — HODLDER — SHIRE LIKE.

Under Couuuct with the New ZealandGovernment.

DIRECT SERVICE TO WEST COASTUNITED KINGDOM PORTS.

S.S. RIPPINGHAM GRANGE, to sail fromWellington 16th November

S.S. DEVON, loading in Auckland about20th November, to sail 24th. December.

FOR AVONMOUTU, LIVERPOOL, MAN-CHESTER, AND GLASGOW.

Taking Wool, Skins, General and Refrig-erated Cargo, at Lowest Current Rates ofFreight, to be followed by other Flrat-

claes Steamers at Regular Intervals.EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOB

FIRST AND THIRD-CLASS PASSEN-GERS.

SALOON FARE. £42.STEERAGE. £16. £18, £20.

Passengers forwarded to Pwrt of Depar-ture FREE.Fitted throughout with Electric Light.Surgeon and Stewardess Carried.Warrante for Passages from the United

Kingdom can be obtained at this end uyprepayment of passage money.

For freight and passage, apply toARTHUR H. NATHAN. LTD.,

Agent*.Customs-st. East. Auckland.

iNIFFON V™™6ggfOaV J^AISHATO

CHTNA AND JAPAN,VIA AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG.

Sailings:Leave Arrive Arr.

Steamer. Com- Sydney Hong- Yoko-mandcr. Wed. kong. hama

Kumano Maru W. ScottHunter Sep. 9 Sep.2B Oct 8

Yawata Maru Honuna Dec. 29 Jan. 18 Jan. 28Nikko Maru Swain Jan. 27 Feb. in Feb. 25REDUCED RATES FROAI AUCKLAND.

For all information, apply toHENDERSON & MACFARLANB,

Agents, Fort-st.. Auckland.

LOST AND FOUND.X / RiEWARD.—Lost, Pink and Grey Par-*Ji rot, from 8, Picton-st., I'onsonby. 44

OST, from~lidy McGill's, Norman's HIIITPus Dog, with Onehunga collar; nnderrewarded.

LOST, last night, in Queen or Highstreets. Brown >Fut Necklet.—Reward,

41, Grey-st. 28

LOST, Key of Bramali Lock; finder r<?warde<l. —A».hur U. Cranwell, Den-

tist, 255, Queen-st. 29-LOST, a Cocker Spaniel 1-up (dog); any-one detai-ning after this noLic-e will beprosecuted.—Reward, 85, Cook-st, City. 45LOST, ilontiay night, vicinity Poole's

mooting. Ont.'s Overcoat. —10/ rewardat Cordis and Kirkham's, Bootmakers, St.Mary's-rd. 7

LOST, between Domain and Sussex-st,Newton, Gold Brooch, fox and horse-

shoo, set on hunting crop; reward.—ApplyStar Office. 113

LOST, Diamond anu v[mi itu-ug, BetweenPorter's Avenun anld Queen-street, or

in tram. Mrs. Browning, sth housePorter's Avenue. 84T O.ST.-betwoe~Birkenhead and Cathill,on Friday night, a Blue Tweed Rub-ber Riding Coat; finder rewarded.—ApplyUorton, Blacksmith, Birkenhead. 21XfOUND, on Colleso Hill. I":iir of Spec-■*- tacles.—Apply lIS, Nelson-st. 57

FOUNb7-Lad'y's Fur, at StTTlelier's Uaj',Monday, 9th.—Apply Star Office. 13

SHARLAND'S TOMATO SAUCE is hon-estly what its name implies—a TomatoSauce. It is of delicious flavour, and stimu-lates the most jaded appetite. Every bottie contains the substance of many toma-toes. Sold in reputed pint and quart bot-tles at all stores.

not treat the Boys to a Suit to» • measure for a very little more thana ready-made Suit? Dalton's is the place,276, Queen-street.

MANURE.—Dse IIY. Reliable,J- Turnip Manure for best results. —ARTHUR I'ATE? VND CO., Seed Mer-chants.

PEBSOHAL.rpHOMAS SMITH, late N.S.W. Police;•*• last heard of Nelson-st 1902.—Anyinformation to Sister, P.O. Box 413. 40

VXfOULD MR G. TAYLOR, recently a• * passenger by the s.s. Victoria toAuckland communicate with, the underelgn-ed concerning luggage. — Mrs G. Taylor,Kamata Reefs, Thames.

ATRIMONIAL.—Tradesman, Ssj te?totalism, wishes correspond with, re-

fined widow, view to above; confidential.—Adciress U.M., 471, Star Office. 75T~)E. LONG, of London.—Advice and Metji-■*-' cine, 5/. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.—20, Swanson-st."M'L'R'SE BO YD, Midwife, 107. CollegeHill, receives Ladies' during tlielrAccouchement, or attends them at theirown homes. 42

EEP IT DARK. — Clarke's Hair Dyerestores Youthful Colour to Black orBrown Hair, Post Free, 1/6 — Clarke,Chemist. 11C, Victoria-stBRING IT TO LIG-HT — "NOAH-S

DOVE" OrNTMENT. Cures Eczema.Ringworm, and kindred Skin Diseaseswhere others fall. Of Chemists and Stores.

RANGE Lily has effected some Marvel-loas cures lately. Call or send for

testimonials—Dewar, 11 and 12, Strand-Ar-cudc.

ADAME VOILA, Clairvoyant and Crystul Seer—l29, Hobson-sL, opp. St. Mat-thew's Church. Hours: 2 till S; Saturday,::

till 5. Ladies only.

SIBYL, Clairvoyant and Psychometrist.No. G, Severn-st, Khyber Pass-rd.

Hours: 2 till S p.m.; Saturday, a till i> p.m.

DISEASE ami its Causes being MentaTMaterial "remedies" only relieve tem-

porarily. Consult Mr. Henry. Psycho-Phy-sician, 63, Queen-st. No drugs.

MILLINERY .wanted;1/ two-hoar lesson; open 10.30 to 3.30,

or Wednesday evenings, 7 to o.—-Mrs. S. B.Tanner, 7, King's Chambers, 63, Queen-st. 1

RS. FOLLAS, Practical Midwife, Cray-croft-st., Devonport, has Vacancies

for ladies during accouchement; every con-venience; very private. Terms moderate.

17V3R INLHGE STION and Kindred ConTplaints, try Partington's Whole Wheat-

meal Biscuits; retail and wholesale at Vic-toria Klour Mills and Steam Biscuit Fac-tory, Symonds-st., opp. Cemetery Bridge-rd. Telephone 2K>2.

ILIJNISU.Y — Ladies, before buyingyour Summer Hats, please inspect our

Great Stock of Millinery — loot) TrimmedHats always in .stock to choose from.—The"BON MARCUS," 133 and 146, Newton.Cheapest and Best in Town./"IARBOT SEED.—Kates' Selected Whitev> Belgian Is the best fleld Carrot forheavy crops, and quality.

SYLVIA WAX CANDLE Is most pleasantto use.

DaOW JUDGES give First Place to

OPOTIKI BUTTER.HE ORDER OF MERlT.—"Footballer"

Brand Clothing lirst everywhere—others also started. Sold only by the manu-facturer, Dalton. 276, Queen-st.

LEVEL PIANOS, Horizontal and Up-right.—Sole Agents, English and

Foreign Piano Ageucy, Ltd.—S.'Coidicutt,Manager.

OR tlie next Two Weeks we Intend tomake some great sacrifices in our Mer-

cery and Boys' Clothing Departments.—276,Queeu-st.

____141Y.LVIA WAX CANDLE burns well.

YLVIA WAX CAJSDLE Is the Best oathe market.

L'R NEW DEPARTMENT.—Boys' Cloth-ing to Measure, at the right price.—

Dalton'H. 270, Queen-st.Jb' you are fond of TOMATO SAUCE withSHARLAND'S. Jt. is Pure, Wholesome,Genuine, and wiil suit your palate. Madefrom lure Ripe Tomatoes and the verybest spices. If your storekeeper has none,ask him to procure it for you. If you onceuse it you will always want it. Sold inreputed pint ani Quart bottles »t all stores.

YLVIA WAX CANDLE gives an Excea~-tiopally Good Llght-

IfUSH — FISH — FISH — Finest Quality,Lowest Prices at Sanford's Fisli Mar-

ket, opposite Custom House, Retail. 'Phone605..

STEY ORGANS LEAD THE WORLD.—Parlour, Church, and School; £10 up-

wards. — E. and F. Piano Agency, Ltd.,S. Coldicntt, Manager.U THAW'S. STRAWS—SOU Coming For-K3 ward—Boaters, Straws, in lj, 2, 24 ivbrims; from 4/0. Brazilian, Tuscan, andPanamas.—Tntfs, Symonds-st.JJYLVIA WαX CANDLE gives a veryO steady llsht.

CODLLN MOTH DESTROYER.—Swift'sArsenate of Lead, lib, 21b, 31b, 101b.201b, and oOlb packages, from ARTHUR

YAIES AND CO.. Seed Merchants.

ELLIOTT, City Chambers, Is not a Doctor.He is a Herbalist, and he cures Rheu-matism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Ezcema, Psori-asis, Acne U'imples on Face), Ulcers Chest

and Stomach Troubles, etc.Consultations Free. Hours: 10 to 1, 3to 5

daily; Saturday, 10 to 1; Evenings, 7.30 to0, Tuesday and Saturday. — J. A. ELLIOTT,City Chambers. Corner Victoria andsts., Auckland. . ,(Patronised by Every Vice-Regal Family

In Australasia.)

MISS McELWAIN, Specialist in Face andScalp Massage, Manicure, Hairdressing

Shampooing, ets.. Permanent Removal ofSuperfluous Hair. Choice Assortment ofToilet I'reparations, also Ornamental Hair-work ot every description in stock or madeto order. Fancy Costumes and Wigs furSale and Hire. Sole Agent for Milos SkinFood. Established 15 years. ConsultationsFree. Correspondence Invited.—'.sH, Queen-st., Auckland.

/-IOLD TRILLINGS.TTOWEY ryAZ-KER.

EASY TERMS ARRANGED.

MR. TRAFFORD, Masseur, nas pleasurein informing the Public that the new

Turkish Baths and Electro-massage Insti-tute are now open, and in full workingorder. Electric heating for the hot rooms.Shampooing by skilled attendants; TurkishBath, 3/6; Klectric Baths, with friction,7/6;. Hot Bath, 1/. Galvanism, Faradlsm,etc., under medical direction. Ladies' anuGentlemen's Dressing Rooms luxuriouslyequipped. Inspection cordially InvitedPhone 1247. — American Buildings, Welles-ley-st. West.

MILLINKEY — To Ladies that maketheir own Hate, we beg to inform thenithat we keep the best selection of CRaNO-I.INES, BRAIDS, & STRAW PLAITS In the

Dominion. Straw Plaits in all Colours, 1/and l/<; per dozen; Crinoline Plaits, in allcolours, 1/0 to 3/11 per dozen; CiinollneBraids, in all colours, 2/6 perfloz.; Wire Shapes In all styles, 1/6 eacii.

THE "BON MARCUE,"133 & 146, Karangahape-rd., Newton.

Auckland.

GREEN, BLUE" re DyyiLLIAMS AND /"1 KEEN,THE COLOURMEN,AT THE BLUE SHOP, TOP GREY-STis the Cheapest Place for PAPERHANG-

ING, PICTURE FRAMING, MOULDINGSGlass and Painters' Requisites. Estimatessupplied for all Classes of Sign writingPainting, and Decorative Work. Glaziifc'and Paperhangiug. All orders to these Dt*partments promptly executed. Telenhoue54S

READ THIS, and it will be RED.Shampooing. HairManicuring. Physician14TISS -JOHNSTON IRVINE, Student ofXTX Mrs. Adair, London, RESTORESTHIN, FALLING. LUSTRELESS. ANDGREY HAIR. The Latest American andmost up-to-date method of ComplexionTreatment. Hair Tonics and Skin Foodsfrom the prescription of an Eminent Phy-sician.—2o, H.M. ARCADE (take Elevator"'Phone 1964.

WANTED.

TPANTED "T"', J£ NOW *-

QTOP! AND CONSIDER

Where yon are going to purchase your

CPBING AND OUMMER T^OOT-

T^EAE.It is always to your advantage tomake your purchases where you canget the LARGEST VARIETY,

especially when Uie values areopr FEB CENT LOWER THAN

ELSEWHERE.

YOU V\7TLL gAVE jyj"ONETBY VISITING

TITILLER'S TgOOI TJALACE,

-yiCTORIA-ST.

We have Just opened tip

pry CASES

NEW STYLES IN

T ADIES', pENTS.', AND

/CHILDREN'S T>OOTS AND

CJHOES.

AQ CASES ENGLISH MANUFACTURE.

Q CASES AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.Theee are now Marked at ourFAMOUS LOW CASH PRICE&

;LADIES' TAN BOOTS AND SHOES aregoing to be tlie rage this Season, Wehave 42 vanieiles to select from. Thelargest ana best selection in Auckland.

Ladies' Tan Shoes, 8/11, 10/, 10/9, 11/b,12/6, 13/ti, 14/6, and 15/11 pair

Ladles' Tan Boots, 12/6, 13/G, 14/G, 15/0,and 10/6 pair

TENNIS BOOTS AND SnOES.Ladies' Tennie Shoes, 2/6, 2/11, 3/11 pairGents.' Tennie Shoes, 2/11, 8/11, 4/11 pairGents.' Teuuis Boots, 4/11, 5/U, aud 5/11

pair

HIGH-CLASS AMERICAN GOODS.Ladles' High-class American Boots, 12/6.

13/6, 14/0, 10/6, 17/G, 20/ pairLadles' High-class American Shoee, 12/6

to 21/ pair

CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES —Lovely Selection, from 2/ to 8/11 pair

JJOOT pALACE,102 AND IO4,

■yiCTORIA-ST., A UCKLAND.

BOARD AND RESIDENCE.

GOOD Board and Residence for youngman; bntli. piano; no children; term;

moderate.—Apply 220. Ponsonby-rd. 104"VTOUTH SHORK.—"Good Accommodation-L' for few Bonrders in private family;double or single rooms; terms moderate.—Apply Star OtHce. 72

AKLEIGH, UPPER SYMOXDS-ST.—Private Board and Residence, for Ladiesand Gentlemen; Id section; opp. Buch-anan's, Confectioner. Terms moderate.'Phone 1720.—Mrs. M. 1,. Gray,rpo LE'i\ 2 Lu rge UaCnrnislied ~ Front-*- Rooms, with use of conveniences; neiirCheltenham Beach —Apply Star Oflicp. 33

O LKT for few months, 2 FurnishedRooms, near seaside: hoard optional.--

Apply to Mr Kelso, Smectons Queen-st. 12rpo LKT, in private family, host part-L Grafton-rd., Furnished Double Bed-nwm; use of all conveniences.—AddressStar Office.

O LET\ Comfortable Furnished Room,suit one or two respectable men; close

P.O. and trams; nice locality. — Apply"Star" Office. 121mo LET Comfortably-furuisbed Bed-Sit-J- ting Room (front) to respectable mar-ried couple, tradesman preferred. — 62.Anglesea-et.. near llepbnru-st. 120

ACANCIKS tor 2 or a boarders; doubleand single rooms; Id section.-The

Bungalow, Upper Symondsst., oppositeEast-st. 5,-j

■VACANCIES for 3 Gent*., select, l.'f.b.» bedroom, use b.r. sittingroom, goodpiano, attendance; 6/6; board optional; Idsection.—s4, Wellington-st. oANTE-Di Few Boarders; comfortable

home; tramway men preferred.—29,Scntinel-rd. 3S

ANTED, a young Lady, to share Roomwith another; aJso, 2 Gentlemen, to

share Room.—Apply 25. l'Jtt-st. 2IrSTANTKD, 1 or 2 Hoarders, fr» privateVγ family; one minute from car; termsmoderate.—Apply 22, Collingwood-st., Pon-sonby. 32

W"ANTED. 2 Furnished Rooms, use eoiT-veniences; Devouport preferred.—Ap-

ply, stating terms, to " Netta," 4!HI, StarOffice. 19

WANTED by young lady, comfortableBoard and Residence; reuneil private

family, in city.—Reply, stating terms, toComfort, 453, Star Office. 22"V7"OUNG lady, at business during day, de-J- sires Board ar.d Residence hi private

family. Newton or Vicinity preferred; stateterms.—B.A.S.. Newton P.O.

TT-ING'S pRIVATE TTOTEL,

UPPER QUEEN-ST.. AUCKLAND.A/Tlt Q- TJSHER, PROPRIETOR.

This Hotel is very private, central, andconvenient, surrounded by large and wel.laid-out grounds, and in the healthiest partof the city. Tennis Court and Gymnasium.

Telephone 2236.

DON'T BE GULLED. Don't buy BOXESbut a WELL-MADE SUIT, anil then ir

you want a box, pay 1/ for it, not 10/ more,because an ordinary Snit is put lv a box.IN FACT—BUY THE "FOOTBALLER-BRAND Clothing, and you are safe.—AtDaltoQ's 276, Queen M.

WANTED.WANTED, a quiet, ' reliable, Harness

Horse; must be cheap. Horse,478, Star Office. 8WANTED,-Home for Baby, nine months

old: terms moderate.—Apply Mrs Shee-ran. 3, Surrey-st.. off Rlchmond-rd. 38ANTED to Sell, 10 or 12 gallons Milkdaily. State price and where to de-

Hver.—Address Milk, 576, Star Office. 4

WANTED, Men and Women to know, £2Deposit, 5/ weekly, will purchase £12Bicycles.—B. Reynolds and Co., Newton.

WAJS"TEir~to_

Purchaser-Ilouseholdniture and Effects; any quantity or

quality for cash.—D.E.F.. 200, Star Office.

WANTED to Sell, a Fishing Boat, 38 x 10,with 12 h.p.: or. Half Share In thesame. Cheap.—Apply Y.G., 486, Star Office.!13

ANTED for Cash, Up-to-date Cottage (5or C rooms), and conveniences; Devon-port preferred. — Reply " Moderate," 566,

Star Office. 15

WANTED to Sell Mt. Albert, near school.New, Well-built House. 6 rooms and

offices; easy terms.—W. Haslett, near St.Luke's Church. 68Tfc ANTED.—Turn It into money by sending» » to the oldest, largest, and most centralAuction Rooms in the city.—Ccchrane's,Ltd., 139. Queen-st.YYANTED to Buy, Household Furniture'» and Effects, at once, in any quantity;highest cash price given.—Apply Imme-diate, 353. Star Office.

\YANTKD to Sell, Novelty Line, suitable» » for selling at shows, etc. Exceptionr

ally cheap for cash. 200 per cent profit—■Apply Profit, 570, Star Go

WANTED, at once, House, 5 rooms, or 4unfurnished Rooms, with all conveni-

ences; must be near cars; no children.—Apply No. 1, Pompallier-terrace, Ponsonbv.23

"rpHROW physic to the dogs" is a course-•- that might wisely bu pursued byRheumatic subjects, who injure themselvesby takiug nostrums which profess to re-lieve every kind of ill. The only method ofCure for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout, andSciatica, is to clear the blood of uric acid,and ttUBUMO has cured thousands of suf-ferers. All Chemists and Stores, 2/6 and4/UALL VOTE FOR KIA ORA MINERAL

WATERS. The best on the market.Phone 2090.-j A / BONUS for 3 or 4-roomed Cottage;-LI// would purchase part or whole offurniture at reasonable price.—Purchase

■17!>, Star Offlfe. 14

WBUNCS given for 4 or 5-roomed Cot-tagp; near tram; any suburb.—Bonus, 47:j. Star Office. 15

rif X N T E D KNOWN.TTOME OF jyrODERN T^ENTISTRY.

A MERICAN

T\ENTAL "pARLORS,QUEEN AND WELLESLEY STS.

Tγ ANTED KNOWN.

You can have jour teeth ex-tracted WITHOUT PAIN at

lIOWEY WALK'ER'.S.The system is simple, safe,

NO PAIN, successful, aud scientific. Alittle stuff is put en yourgums, tben in a moment yourtooth is out—quickly, neatly,completely, and PAINLESSLY;

TTOWEY YYALKER.(ROOMS AT CORNER OPPOSITE D.S.C.)

Tγ ANTED KNOWN.

ALL KINDS OF FOOTWEAR,At tbe

m pUBK DOOT •pMPORIUM.

JUST OPENED UP SOME VERYCHOICE LINES IN LADIES, TAM

SHOES,At

9/11, 11/6, 12/6, 13/9, 14/6, 16/6, IS/6, 19/6.A VERT NEAT LINE OP GLACE KID

1-BAR SHOES, AT 9/11.LADIES, LACE SHOES, from 9/11 to 18/6.

m T>OOT TpMPORIUM

TK2&B LAMPS, PONSONBX.

Tγ ANTED KNOWN.TENNIS SHOES.TENNIS SHOES.TENNIS SHOES.

Just Opened a Large Assortment of TennisShoes for Ladles and Gentlemen, Tan,

White, and Black."DRITISU AND A MERICAN OUOfi

QTOIIES,

OPPOSITE PUBLIC LIRRARY.TAN WALKING SHOES FOR LADIES.See Our Windows at once for the New

Goods.

SQUARE TOE SHOES FOR LADIESAND CHILDREN.

A Large Variety to Hand.SPECIAL SHOW OF LADIES' WALKING

SHOES,At

10/610/610/6

Sole Agent for the Celebrated "GOEEASIE" Boots for Men.JAMES ADAMS AND CO.,

"DRITiaU AND A MJiIiICAJS QIIOECTOHES,

OPPOSITE PUBLIC LIBRABY.

Tγ ANTED T2["NOWNAROUND TnE WORLD YOU CAN GO,

AND YOU WILL NOT FIND BETTERDENTISTRY THAN WE DO.

We do not claim to be the only Dentistsand to do better work than our fellow prac-titioners, but weknow our work is good.We axe pleasing thousands of people every

year withPAINLESS EXTRACTIONS.

Good Fitting Artificial Teeth GuaranteedKilling and Crown and bridge Work.

MAKE US YOUR DENTIST.And then rest assured that your teeth arereceiving the best care at a fair and reason-

able charge.

THERE ISN'T ANY EXPERIMENT BU-REAU CONDUCTED HERE.Every Branch of our Busiuess is conducted

by expert Dentists.Troublesome Teeth may be fixed by us that

you fOl get you have them.

WE ARE SKILLED IN OUR PROFESSIONUSE THE BEST MATERIALS, AND

CHARGE THE LOWEST FEES.

J H. KINNEAU, D^jstQUEEN AND DARBY-STS.

WANTED.WANTED, a General or Girl to Assist.—A. W. Page. Klngsland.

ANTED. Plain Sewing by the Day.Boardlnghouses preferred.—Apply 12,

Beresford-st. 31 jANTED.—Young Man, with smart turn-out, wants Engagement with business

firm.—Urgent. 492. Star Office. 35WANTED, by Man used house, garden,

poultry work, comfortable home inexchange work.—P.. 565, Star Office. 11TX7ANTED. a reliable Nurse-girl for two» * children; also, competent Dressmaker,for week or more.—Apply Star Office.TT7ANTED, by cap. young woman, goodgentlemen: or take charge.—Address Rita,Symonds-st. P.O. 39T3OOT TRADE. — Wanted, first-class■*-* Benchman for light work; also. Boysfor benchroom.—G. A. Coles and Co., Ka-pai Boot Factory.

COAT and Vest Hands wanted at once.—Adams and Bunker, Tailors, 262,Queen-st. 53

and Lens Wanted, together orv separate; whole plate; portable; mo-dern make. Trial required.—Address Lens,467, Star Office. 57thoroughly experienced, nTquires Jobbing Work or Permanency;

work of any sort in same line taken on.—Address Experience, 48S, Star Office. v"VfICHOLLS" Registry wants Companion-•A-i help, country, 12; Man cook station30/; Generals ir>/, is/, £1; Housemaid15/. — 162, Top Symonds-st. Phone 2268.TTIAILOR wanted, 22/0, sac; steady work-*- to good man.—E. 8.-iumnn. lv

mAILORING. — Wanted, a first-class-L Trousers and Vest Hand; highest wages;constant work. —Lees Bros., EngiTs-u Tailor-ing Rooms, Iligh-st.; 'phone 2320. 73

OLL'NTARY Organist desires Sundayduties.—Address Pedals, 489, Star Of-flce. 14

ANTED,PROBATIONER NURSE FOR WHANGA-

REI HOSPITAL.

Apply, with references, to theMATRON, WHANGAREI.

A N T E D,GOOD GENERAL

(No Washing).

Apply MRS. T. G. BROWN, Cremorne-st.,off Argyle-st, Ponsonby. 43

ipO PASTRY BAKERS.

WANTED, a SECOND HAND; must beable to take charge in foreman's absence.Duties will include assisting forcmaji Ingeneral work of bakehouse. To a eompe-,tent mnn, £2 15/ or over per week will bepaid. Only competent men need apply.

SUBURBAN BAKERY. Star Office. 21

A N T E D,

rpWO "pURST-CLASS T>EEPI

SLAUGHTERMEN, AND (~VNEA LL-ROUND QLAUGIITERAIA-N.

CONSTANT WORK.

APPLY—

X? AND Tγ "CTELLABY, J TD.,

SHORTLAND-ST. ' 55

"EXPERIENCED "HOTEL TRAVELLERWanted by a

LEADING WHOLESALE MERCHANTIn one of the Chief Cities of the Dominion,

A SMART AND CAPABLE MIDDLE-AGED MARRIED MAN,AS TOWN TRAVELLER.

Must be strictly sober, and Good PusherSalary to suitable man, £250 and ex-penses.

Apply (giving full particulars and enclosingcopies of testimonials and a recent photo-graph) to " Hotel Traveller." Office of thisPaper. (Applications strictly confidential).

imAIHOPO MEDICAL CLUB (Registered)

Applications will be received un till 15thDECEMBER NEXT, from dulj--o.ualinedMedical Men for the Position of ResidentPractitioner for the above. All particularsto be obtained from the Secretary-,

THOMAS B. TAAFFE, Pukenui North.

RHEUMO enres—not merely relieve—Rheumatism. Gout. Lumbago, Sciatica,because It expels all uric acid from thesystem. Patent cure-alls may give tem-

porary relief, but there can toe no perma-nent cure until the poisonous matter inthe blood has been eradicated. Hundredshave testified to benefit received. AllChemists and Stores. 2/6 and 4/G.

WANTED ABOUT END D-ECEMBER,MODERN FURNISHED HOUSE,About S to 9 Rooms.

Healthy Situation, and good sanitaryequipment. 6 to 12 months. Good tenantPALETIIORPE.Property Agent, 13, VICTORIA ARCADE.TVT ANTED TO LET.TT BEACH-ROAD, DEVONPORT.

Near North Head, Well-FurnishedHOUSE OF EIGHT ROOMS.

Will Let for term 3 months or more.For Address, apply—

E. PORTER AND CO.,Ironmongers, Newton.

rpHOSE LEAVING AUCKLAND OR GIV-J- ING UP HOUSEKEEPINGShould patronise

QMITH AND TTALCOMBE,THE RELIABLE AUCTIONEERS,

Who make a speciality ofCLEARING SALES AT PRIVATE

RESIDENCES.Also,

PROPERTY SALES.Address: VICTORIA-STREET EAST.

YY A N T B D.All Cooks to Use

HUDSON'S BALLOON BRANDBAKING POWDER.

Aud Insure success.

: \%T \NT E D T£ NOW N.1 >* That the -**-SALES DEPARTMENT of STOTT ANDHOARE will lv future be conducted at■23, SWANSON-ST.SOLE AGENTS

THE UNDERWOODVISIBLE TYPEWRITER

The Perfect VISIBLE WRIT-ING MACHINE.

COPYING DEPARTMENT, AUTHORS'MSS, Specifications, REPORTS, Circulars,Balance Sheets. Notices, at LOWESTRATES. ENVELOPES AND WRAPPERSADDRESSED.

REPAIRS to all makes of Typewriters.ALL KINDS of TYPEWRITER SUPPLIESIN STOCK. INSTRUCTION in Shorthand.Typewriting, and Bookkeeping and Hand-writing. — STOTT & HOARE. 23, Swan-eon-Bt. Phones: Sales, 1400; College 1190.

E. LEWIS-PURBRICK, A.1.A.V.,Manager.

WANTED.WANTED, a good Glazier.—Apply Hill

and Plummer. Ltd. 25ANTED, Washing and Cleaning by the

day.—Apply Star Office. 38WANTED, good, steady Barman.—Apply

by letter. Box 162, G.P.O.ANTED, Waitress; also, Night Cook.—Cafe Cecil, Lowex Queen-st. 26

WANTED n first-class Vest Hand.—Ap-ply 11. Wright. 65, Queen-st. 67

WANTED, au experienced Housemaid.—Apply Glenalvon, with references.

WANTED, 1 smart BrusJ Hand.—Applyto W. Clark, 19, Khybej Pass-rd. 11

BTXnANTETJ, Boys and Girls, age 14 years.» » —Apply Roberts, Factory, Stanley-st.117

WANTED, a smart Boy, good wages.—Apply S. G. Lee, Tinsmith, ChanceJT-

45WANTED, good Cook-General; wages, 16/;

no washing.—Apply S.T., 061, StarOffice.

ANTED, one or two strong Youths t-n----saw mill, Ngaruawania. — F, Coul-

thard. 20WANTED, a Floorman; none but a first-

class man need apply.—J, Page, Al-bert-st. 19

ANTED. Girl, to assist -with Uouse-work.—Apply E. Y. Carban, 336,

Queen-st. 25ANTED, Boy for smith shop.—Gilmour,

Joll, and Williams. Coachbuilders,Symonds-st. 11GTC7ANTED, 2 Leader Boys; wages, 15/» » per week.—Apply to J. J. Craig Ltd..Breakwater-rd. ' 32

WANTED"~i strong Lna~~about 107~forbakehouse.—Apply 16, Wellington-st.

Bingley, Baker. 73ANTED, a" good Kitchenman for threeweeks; start Monday.—Address Romeo.

466, Star Office. 53

WANTED, young Person, do Plain Cook-ing; every evening free-—Address N.8.,oSO, Star Office. 3WANTED, Young Girl or Woman to as-

sist plain cooking.—Cambridge House.Lower Vlucent-st. r,UVX7ANTED, young Lady as Apprentice.—� ' Hayward and Co., the Ladies' Em-

porium, Queen-st. 4S

TX/A NTELS 2 good QuarrymenT to cut»» kerbs and pitchers.—Apply Irvine'sQuarry, Avondale. 39WANTED, reliable Boot Repairer, at» » once good job for tidy man.—W. C.Soar, Karangahupe-rd.

ANTED, a General; easy place; nowashing.—Mrs. Oolemau, 23, Pompal-

lier-terrace, Ponsoirriy. 30ANTED, for a small farm near town, a

Youug Man, one who can milk pre-ferred;—Apply_Star_Office. 56VVTANTIiD at once, smart Youug Woman

Richmond-avenue, Grey Lynn. 17WANTED, respectable Young Man to

drive baker's cart; reference required.,—Apply Vnion Bakery, Parnell.WANTED, 2 good Trousers Hands

(breeches makers preferred); constant.—Apply J. J-dckman, Hamilton.Y\/ANTED, a Young Woman for house-'» work; good wages.—J. C. Lalng, I'lum-

l>er. Great North-rd., Grey Lynn. 102ANTBD, 2 strong Lads to strike hi the

smith's shop; good wages.—Apply J.UIII, Coaehbuilder, Karangahape-rd.WANTED, good General; wages 17/; no

washing.—Apply Mrs. PayUel. cornerCleveland and Balfour roads, 'Parnell. 27WANTED,"' young Girl, to assist "with

housework; sleep at home.—"Nukua-lofa Villa," Jervois-rd., near Shelly Beach-rd., Ponsonby. 6

ANTED, Youth, for General Work;must have knowledge of billiards.—

Apply Chief Steward, Oom. Tray. Club,H.M. Arcade. _2AWANTED, thoroughly experienced Cook

General; small family; good wages.—Mrs Louisson Manukau-ril. (next but oneBlind Institute). Parnell. 43-TJI7ANTED, Gardener, one or two days a» » week; none but competent man needapply.—Heply, stating wages expected, toGardener, 401, Star Office. 20iVS/ANTED, by young lady (certificated),»V Pupils for Piano, Violin, and Singing;homes visited. Terms: £15/ quarter.—Ad-dress "Diploma," 55, Star Office.\T7ANTED, Saddler, for country district;' » must be good repairer; one with know-

ledge of boot repairs preferred.—Apply J.Wiseman and Sous, Ltd., Albert-st. 41

ANTED, good General; no children;liberal wages and holidays.—Apply,

morning or evening, Mrs Trevithiek, TheBungalow, Penoarrotv-avenne, Mt_ Eden. 56

WANTED,For a fortnight, a competent Seams-tress, to make children's clothes, 'blouses,etc., 4/ per day.—Apply to Mrs. G., BoxStill, G.P.O. 4

ANTED, by Lady, ivith splendid all-rouud education, light Position; re-

muneration sufficient keep self and childof six; secretarial work preferred; good cer-Uncati's and references.—Address A.A., 457,Star Office. 10TTITAN'i'ED—Working men, now Is yourVV opportunity to buy Shirts, llats. Socks,at Shrimski's, the Working Man's Friend.His Sale begins to-morrow.

ANTED Known —That we deliver Tau-piri, Westpott, Newcastle, and all

Coais; also. Firewood to any part of theCity or Suburbs at lowest rates.—WIN-STONE, LTD., Coal Merchants and Car-riers, Queen-st., Custouis-st., Symonds-st.,and Mt. Eden.

ANTED! the man who wants CheapClothing to go straight to Shrlniskl,

the Working Man's Friend. Sale beginsto-morrow.

ANTED Known—That if you want tobe an angel

TTTiAN TED—Working men's wives, don'tVVi miss Shrimski's Sale. Bargains In allHues of Men's Wear.—Cor. Queen and Wei-lesley streets.

ANTED—SOO Persons to leave theirmeasure for a nrst-class Sijit; choicestpatterns, best make.—Little Tailor Shop,v'ictoria-st.

riTANTED-Working Man's Friend for»»• Clothing. Sale uegins to-morrow, cor.Queen and Wellesiey streets. Prices uu-beard of.

TT7I ANTED KNOW N—'VV KAPOK AND FLAX MATTRESSESa Speciality. Auckland prices, and a largeselection.

H. PRIME, Furnisher, ONEHDNGA.WANTED, working men to remember

Shriinskl always sells on small prolitsand quick returns. Sale begins to-morrow,cor. yueen and Wellesley streets.

WANTED,Everyone to have the Best andSave Money on

VENETIAN BLINDS.EDEN TERRACE,

Two Dooi-s Below Masonic Hall.

TUCKER T>ROS., Venetian Blind MakersX> and Wire Workers,Telephone 1667.

WANTED KXPff N.THAT 1 REMOVE FURNITURE

In Covered Vans, Lorries, or Spriug CartsAT VE.UY LOW KATES.

On Sale, Drain Pipes, Posts, Tar, etc.A. E. TATTLEY,

Coal Merchant, Carrier, etc., Newmarket,l'liouu 107.

VXJANTED. every working man In town to' » attend SUrituskl's Great Clearing Sale.

—Corner Queen and Wellesley streets."VXTOr"! AJNTfyEU DEAD YET, BILL?"» » "Naw, not mueji, lam t. Ad a bito" luck. SOME BLIME BLOKE guv mc .1sireler 'bout a h'atoinizer treatment of theAnglo-America. Anti-Septic Remedies Co.They lets yer try the stuff for XOTUISKAND WITHOUT SENDING ANY C\Sh'TOO! Bet yer life BILL was ON it'BILL'S got savvy 'nuff to try ANYTHINKON THE NIXEY. FIXED ME UP, GOODOH. 1 gets no cough, do asthma, no bron-chitis, nor nothink now. NEVER LOST V•DAY'S WORK SINOE I HAD IT. SAMMYME OLE FKEN' SAM, that bark of yours'11 pnt YOU in YOUR little ALLOTMENTyet! YOU write and get a sirrlcr tellingyou all about it, to Box 354, P.0." 7

MISCEULANEWS.

LIPP PIANOS.—SoIe Agents, English anaForeign Piano Agency, Ltd., 191 Queen-st., near Theatre, S. Coldicutt, Manager.QTRAWBERRHSS, Strawberries, Straw-•o berries. Strawberries fresh, dally fromgarden. All kinds Fruit, retail or whole-sale prices.—SauXord's Fish Market; 'phonet>sß.SEWING MACHINES called for, Cleaned

aud Adjusted and Delivered. Moderatecharges.—J. Wilson Gate Singer Co.), 5,Market Entrance.ALF FOOD.—Use Reliable Brand.—

ARTHUR KATES AND CO.; Seed Mer-chants.

XLVIA WAX CANDLE! Is sure to pleaseyou.

AT Daltou's you can get Clothing directfrom bis own workrooms. No onecomes between you and the maker of

"Footballer" Brand and 278,Queen-st.f? AISD F. PIANO AGENCY, LID—■»-*• Most Varied Stock, Best Value, andTerms. —S. Coldtcutt, Manager, nearTheatre. "BSOLUTELY CheapestCreamery Butter

for the table-all the year round. —.New. Zealand Dairy Association, Ltd.

OYLVIA WAS CANDLE Looks WelL

IQOKUHUMS, MAIZE, Hungarian andW Japanese Millets for present sowing.—ARTHUR VAXES AND CO., Seed ller-eaants.

UiSltE DALTON COMES IN.—DaltonBuys direct from Manufacturers large

quantities of raw material, and manufac-tures it into Garments of the very best qua-lity, and then sells direct to the public,and saves all intermediate profits.—27o andU7B, Queen-st.

PBIZE Winner. Always First.OPOTIKI BUTTER.

AND F. PIANO AGENCY, LTD., are• showing the Finest Stock of Pianosand Organs in N.Z. Compare our PriceLists.rpiiii Brand New Zealand Dairy Associa--*- tlon, Limited, is guaranteed of theFinest Quality of Table Butter.

IA OKA MINERAL WATERS—A good.Drink at the right price.

VSrAVEULEY HOTEL.—Just next doorT » you will find everything Photographic;

dark room; free lessons dally.—N'.Z. PhotoUoods, <jueen-st., Auckland.

WHAT one should remember when buy-ing Clothing is to Buy the Best and

Cheapest, at Dalton's 27G, vjueen-st.uiLUA WAX CANDLE is most pleasant�J to use.pLEVEL PIANOS, Horizontal and Up-

right — Sole Agents, English andForeign Piano Agency, Ltd.—S. Coldicutt,Manager.

EW ZEALAND DAIRY ASSOCIA-TION'S, LIMITED, BUTIEH VAN

delivers Butter iv City and Suburbs daily.UK SELECTED WUITE BELGIANFIELD CARROT is grown on our Buck-

land Seed Farm.— ARTHUR YATES ANl>CO., Seed Merchants.

SYLVIA WAX CANDLE gives a verysteady light.

r-97 -1 A/—NEW PLA.NOS, iron frame,3JsJi 1W cueck action.—E. and F.Piano Agency, Ltd., 131, Queeu-st. S.Coldicutt. Manager.

HEY LYNN ELECTORS.—Your best in-terests served by taking up Photo-graphy. Most instructive and interestingpastime.—N.Z. Photo Goods, vest HallwayStation, Queeu-st.

OUSEHOU>EKS, see that your Grocersupplies you with New Zealand DairyAssociation's, Limited, Butter.

HIKTS AND FANCY SUMMERVESTS~We take a lot of beating in these twolines, and would ask you to drop In wheupassing and inspect the new arrivals.—

Tutt's, SymoD(ls-st"OIAXOS, Horizontal and Upright, Broad--»- wood, Blutnner, Erard, Pleyel, LippEavestaff, Allisou.—E. and F. Piano AgencyLtd. *

OSE, HOSE. HOSE—Something for theBoys—Big Line of Boys' School Stock-ings just opened up, plain and fancy top-goir, etc.—Tutt's, Symouds-stTTOUSEIIOLDEKS, see that your Grocer■*-L supplies you with New Zea'snd DairyAssociations iLimited) IJutter.miLL SATURDAY ONLY—Big Job Line~ ot,7 les- usual Price x' and 1/e. toclear3 for 1/; out they go. Also, Special Linein Boys' Norfolk Suits.—At Tutt's 'TheHatter," Symonds-st. '"yOTK ror the hoys best welfare, that is» a real interest in life. Photography isan edncutlou ;inU a pleasure.—See X.Z1 uoto Uoods, next Railway Station, gueeu-

£9.7 "t O/~XE'W I'IANOS, iron frame.j_w/ check action.—E. and F.Piano Agency, Ltd., 191 Queen-st S.Coldicutt, Manager.

ILSOX'S "STAK" BRAND PORTLANDCEMEXT AND HYDRAULIC LIME.Only One Quality—The Best.WILSON'S TORTLAND CEMENT CO,

LTD.. Auckland.rpHE Public, BEST JCDCiES, place First,

OPOTIKI BUTTER.VLVIA WAX CANDLE la the Best onthe market.

SYDNEY TRAM SERVICE.

REPORT OF INQUIRY BOARD.

CONCESSIONS TO THE MEN.

(By Cable.—rress Association.—Copyright.)

SYDNEY, November IT.The Tramway Boardappointed asa re-

stilt <>f the ]a.te strike, to inquire intothe relations between the Tramway Com-missioners and employees, presented itsaward to-day.

(mc of the men's chief grievances wasthe opionag esystem. The award pro-vides that no conductor shall be punishedfor the irregular issue of a ticket on theuncorroborated evidence of a special offi-cer, or be punished for failing to collecta fare or to issue a ticket in exchange fora fare, on the information of a specialofficer, unless his attention is called tothe irregularity at the time. When thecharges are made against them, the menare to bo notified, allowed to examinereports, and call evidence on their ownbehalf.

Thr ;i\vard provides for an all-round in-ere-.i>r of sixpence per day in wages, andmake- it number of other modificationsto the men's advantage.

Thf President of the Board, in deliver-ing the award, said it had not been shownthat the irritation of the men at theespionage system had any reasonablebn-i-. ~r was <,f >IK li a character- as tojustify its discontinuance.

Another of the grievance? was the eye-gight tcst -. The Board declared thatthe-,, were not unnecessarily harsh, andthat it would be unsafe to allow menunable to comply therewith to drivetram.- in the streets.

On the question of the guilt or inno-cence of Conductor Crouelier, over whomthe -uike was precipitated, the Boardwas equally divided over the matter, andit had been left to the casting vote, of thepresident, and he had come" to the oon-cbi.-ion that (Voucher's guilt was estab-lished beyond all reasonable doubt.

The award gives the union substantialconcessions, which it is believed the Com-missioners wilj acept loyally, having pre-viously appealed to the union to do thesame.

PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.: AUGMENTING SALARIES.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

DUXEDIX. Tuesday.At the Presbyterian Assembly to-day

the Hpv. A. V. (.;. Chandler was received,into the Chur-eh.

The Augmentation Fund Committee re-comnjonded that the object of the fundbe to augment the stipends of the morepoorly-paid nrinisters of the northern sec-tion of the Church, and that the Churchaim at raising such a, sum as shall securethe stipend of £225. exclusive of manseor house allowance. The report was re-ceived, and the regulations are to besent to the presbyteries, deacons' courts,and management committees for theirconsideration.

It was recoiumended that a fund beestablished for women workers, bothhome and foreign, who become incapaci-tated, the capital to be at least £1000,the proposed annuity to be £30 with abonus of £1 for every year of service,the maximum annuity to be £60. Thereport was sent to the presbyteries, etc.,for consideration, to report at next As-semhly.

MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

OAMARU, Tuesday.A daughter of the late Mr Ja,mes Ma-

caulcv. of Oorg-etown, had her skullfractured this evening by the collisionof a motor-car v.itli a telegraph post.She wa> taken to the hospital, and isin a critical state.

AMUSEMENTS.

HLS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.In spite of the gTeat public interest

shown in the general election, therewas a very fair attendance at His Maj-esty V Theatre, where the new pro-gramme provided by the Maskelyne andDevant Company was presented for thesecond time. Arrangements were madefor throwing the results of the electionson tlie screen, fo that the audience waskept posted a* to what was going on inthe outside world. The entertainmentBill be repealed again this evening.

THE KILTIES.

"Notwithstanding the fact that it wasthe night of the electrons, there was alarge audience at the Opera House lastevening to hear the famous Scottish-Canadian Band. The performance wasa delightful one. and those present weregreatly delighted with it. judgingby theway they listened., and called the execut-ants back later ea<;h contribution. Wag-nerV famous overture to '"Tannhauser"received a splendid interpretation; theopening "Pilgrims' Chorus" was givenjn a grave and majestic manner, and thedifficult insistent figure of semiquaverswhich follows was specially well playedby the clarinets, the Venusburg musicwas given with derision and emphasis.a bright and jubilant rendering wassecured of the"Hymn to Venus." and thefollowing symphonic developments wereperformed with splendid precision, ex-cellent shadings and phrasing, and thestrident passagesof quavers in theclosingpages were given with purity of intona-tion by the clarinets, and the bassesbrought out their beautiful chorus themein tones ofrare excellence, and a brilliantclimax was reached at the close by allof the executants. Godfrey's selectionsfrom Gounod's opera-s were specially wellpiayed -.of exceptional merit were thesolos of Messrs. \V. D. Connin (trumpet).Culley (clarinet), and F. VViegel (saxa-phono). while the wood-wind band whenperforming in harmony have a delightfulexhibition of theirpowers. The instru-mentalists also gavecapital renderings ofBa!fe"s selections from the"The Bohem-ian Girl" and Wienawski's "Valse deConcert.,' Pipe-Major .Tohnstone con-tributed a bag-pipe solo, and the Clan.Tohnstone Troupe greatly pleased withtheir dances. To-night another changeof programme is announced, when theband will play selections from well-known operas and other pieces.

Mr. J. Petford returned to Aucklandon Sunday by the s.s. Wimmera/ afteran absence of over nine months touringthrough England, Italy, France, Switzer-land and Australia.' Mrs. Petford wasalso a passenger by the same steamerfrom Sydney.

COUNTRY NEWS.

RUSSELL.

One of" the most successful entertain-ments held here for a long time, was givenby Miss Clendou and a company of enthu-siastic assistants ou Friday last in. the1 üblic Hall, for thepurpose of raising fundsto continue, and if possible complete, thf-restoration of the historic old church. Theprogramme was as follows:—Overture."Loveland," Orchestra; chorns, "OnlyTired." Children (encored): "The Found"-'">g." Mr Darby and Chorns: song. "The-Carnival," Mr E. Florence; -'The Toy Duet."Misses Clendon and Cook: clarionetsolo. Captain V. A. Young: "Well Proceedto Search for Ada,, Mr Darby and chorus(encored); song. "If Those Lips Could Onlytpeak." Miss Vera l'ooie: pianoforte duet.Misses Stepheuson; sons. •'Gretehen."HHL-' JO' TSillia.ms. 'encored): "Over the(encored): piano solo. Miss Gwladys Stephen

I son; "Love: .Love!" Miss Clendou and< liorus; clarionet solo. Captain Young (en-cored): song. "Down the Vale." Mr E.Mohuicp; song "May Be," Mrs S. Williams:I "< Inn chin Chinaman" lencoredi. Mr Darby; and Chorus. The actions of the children,;Urcssot! as angels, and their sweet singing.

' evidenced the great patience and skill ofi tncise who prepared this beautiful tableau.j Tin* Japanese dresses and dancing of theI >P-?,7,IS were u»us lially successful. Miss .To.I Williams- song. "Uretcuen/ was a notable!SueceSK in dressing, dancing, and singing.; Miss Clendon. Mr Darby, and the manyjx-rhers who gave such valuable nnd effec-! Tlve assistance fire to he heartily congratu-! latcd on iheir well deserved success TheIchurch repair fund is increased by a sum ofQVPt fo. There was a very full house. TheRussell ladies liatl provided a more thanample supply of refreshments, which werehanded round after the concert, and dur-ing the dancing which followed :inrl con-cluded a very pleasant entertainment.

On Saturday evening, in the samp hall.the A en. Archdeacon Walsh, of Waimatcgave a lecture on "Travelling on the foil-, tinent Fifty Years Ag...' illustrated bydrawings on the blackboard. There was ajlarge ai.dien.-e. Miss Clendon. CaptainI ioiiug. ami other friends gave some onjoy-jjllilfi musical items, and the lecturer wasI i»>tli amusing and entertaining. Afier thesinging ~f the "Marseillaise," led by theMv-nirer. and a short speech by the ch-iir-ma». The Key. H. C Boier. the soiree enrte,,by all present singing "Cod Save the King."A good collection was made for the Bishop< "wie memorial fund.The Archdeacon of Waimate was thepreacher ~, |~,t h mon,lng and evening eer-vicc in Christ Church cm SunrlarThe dry weather has come "upon us tosuch an extent that we are nlreadv feelin-anxious for some refreshing rain."

RAGLAN.The puilint- lv the contested elections ofeoniK-jliors for the Wainsaro. i-irougia.Onewhero. and Waiugnro ridings of Raglan' omity look place ~n Wednesday last Theresults are as follows.-Whaiugaro: £ Wat-lons ~4 (~. A. Edmonds 41. l'irongia: .1.KcUly l>l, l>. Bruce 18. Onewhero: Craw-rord l«». Hammond S». Waiufraro: H. B.l<. Henitc !>.-,. H. a. Graham -J-t Messrs.Edmonds. Reilly. Crawford, anil Hewittwere members of the previous council. Thefollowing were returned unopposed:--Ivarori, Mr. Baukart; Te Akau Mr. Co-bourn; Whangape, Mr. Aunandalc Puke-

iniro. Mr. .McKinnon.The Te Mara lawn tennis court wasopened on Monday last. There was a

good attendance, many visitors journeyingin from liaglau and surrounding districts.Many good games were played. Afternoontea. under the management of a ladies' com-mittee, was tastefully laid out.

WHANGAREI.

Considerable local interest centres roundtin- promised productions at the TheatreRoyal by the 'Whaugarei Thespian Societyon Thursday next, more especially thatthe talent is purely local and amateur.Since its inception some months ago, thesociety has been enthusiastically taken up,and met with hearty support.

Captain Brown. Chief Instructor for theNorth of Mounted Hifle Corps, is at pre-sent in Wnnnirorei. and will probably holdan officers' instruction class.

Mr Iligginsuu, of the Hora Hora school,has been the recipient of two pieces ofsilver plate, which has been subscribed for,and presented to him by "old girl scholars"as a mark of appreciation and esteem.

In connection with tin- forthcoming car-nival, a general committee meeting washeld in the Oddfellows' Hall on the 13thinst. In view of the expected influx andproposed sanitation accommodation re-quired, it was decided to approach theHorough Council as to what steps they anti-cipated pursuing. An offer from a localtradesman to hire blankets for use with thetents promised by the Premier, at 2/ each,was accepted. Insurance up to £300 underemployers' liability, for four days of thecarnival, at the rate of £1 per <t'iit. wasdecided on. The question of insuring underpublic risk was postponed, pending theFinance Committee's report at the nextmeeting. The report of the Night Enter-tainment Committee was adopted, compris-ing a reception by the Mayor of the bandsat Kensington Park on the day of the mili-tary sports. A fancy dress maypole com-petition will be held on December 30th forschool children in squads of 14. A fancyposter parade on December 30th, and a.greasy pole competition same date. Tujr-of-war competitions for public school boyswill also take pla<*e. In the axemen's com-petitions the necessary arrangements forblocks, etc.. were put in hand.

A fire, which broke out in the pantryof the residence of Mr. .las. Marshall causeddunia.ee amounting to about £.10. which iscovered by insurance.

TUAKAU.

A confprt promoted 111 ai<l of the fundsof the English Church, was held in theLiterary Hall on Thursday evening. De-spite the unfavourable weather, there wasa ;roml attendance. Son.srs were renderedby Miss Seanlan, Miss Mather. Miss Dstvev,Miss llyde. Miss riftgott. Miss Murray,.intl Mr. Hunter, -duets by Miss Taylor andMr. Hunter, and Miss Davey and Miss l'ig-gurt, and recitations by Mr. Uerel. TheGlee l"luli. under Miss Murray, gave severalvery enjoyable items, and a desi-riptfvescena. "fJipsy Life," was priven by a bandof yonns ladies specially trained by Mrs.Hunter. The overtures were played by MissTaylor and Miss Hyde. Afte.r the concert,refreshments were dispensed by the com-mittee of ladies who, assisted hy Mr GeorgeHunter, promoted the concert.

Tlip -Oestereichisho Wochenschrift." incommenting on Professor Bartholdt'sarticle in the "Basler Xachrichten" on theunlucky number thirteen, says: "WeJews know nothing of these supersti-tions, and. as far as we know, there isnothing about them in our literature."•Tacob Ehrlich supplements this by say-ing in the same paper: "I feel sure thatthe thirteen hard luck belief rame origin-ally from the fact that tTie crucifixiontook place on the thirteenth day of themonth of Nissan. The number thir-teen is surely not a bad one for us.The Holy Writ tells of the thirteenattributes of the Most High, and wehave thirteen feast days in each year.Our great arch-enemy. Hainan, washanded on the 13th of Abas. The 13thbirthday of our eons is a day of joy.ibecause on that day the child becomesa member of the religious com-munity. The dream of Joseph was ofthirteen, the sun, the moon, and elevenstars, and Jacob had thirteen children."

Several reasons (says the '-Ikdam."the leading Turkish journal) exist forthe friendliness towards England re-cently manifested by the Ottomanpeople. In the first place. England hasalways been the centre of European lib-erty, and the British Constitution isthe mother of the Constitutions of theworld; and it is, therefore, natural thata people which has won its right tothe honour of freedom, should displayfriendliness towards the free Englishpeople. In the second place, from thetime of the Great Elehi and our reformsto the days of Sir Henry Layard andMidhat Pasha. England proved herselfa true friend to political progress andcommercial reform in the Ottoman Em-pire. True, we failed to profit by herfriendship, but we have not forgottenthe attempts made to aid us or the me-mories of old days.

rHE AUCKLAND STAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908.2POBUC NOTICES.

SUSTSEER IS COMING ON. so are KiaOra Mineral Waters. Obtainable every-

where. Thoae 2390.

A. B, HEBBOLD'ARCHITECT,

10r. NATIONAX, CHAMBERS.SWANSON-ST., AUCKLAND.

Phone 2510.Financial Assistance Givea II Required.

rpEETH rpHAT SUIT "VTOU.

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TjurcrioaKßiE and Son,FEDERAL-ST..ENGINEERS.

IRON" AXD BRASS FOSCXDEBS, etc.HAIVE ON HA>TD (NEWJ—

1 Portable JPile-driring or Cargo Winch2 Double Cjilinder Deck Winches

I i Gae or Oil Engine. 6 8.H.P., will workwith Gssoliuc. or Kerosene, or ordin-ary Gat.

Hydraulic. Lift Gear, for any load up toa or 3 tons.

Guest and Chrime's make of Water Meters,from 4in downwards, made, repaired,and tested at our Works.

SECOND-HAND—7 horse Portable for Sale, by Hornsby,

good condition.1 3 h.p. Crossley Gas Engine.

5TITERIT, LIKE CREAM, MUST

poiiE mo mHE rpor.THAT'S WHY.

I-pEACOCK "VTATURED "TJUXEDIN"DOTTLED A LE AND S^TODT

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I Low rental. Closiig up shop, suitable forI lady. Guaranteed successful business.£Ofl(\—BAKKin:--Bakery in first-class—J\r\f order. Spl-°aiid established traae.,Full particulars here.I 4? f*fi(\—GENERAL STORE—Very old-I established concern. Turnover

£3300 per year. Solid and profitable busi-ness.r> .£AA—CARRYING BUSINESS—Carry-3*-±\J\J jug and Expn.-ss Business, also.Coal and Firewood. A genuine business.Certified bata-iee sheet.(4 A prn—BO4JUJINGHOVSE — House. 17oittt/vl room,-* splendidly furnished, very

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'•THE POrUL-All BUSINESS SELLER,"ISB QUiSKN-SU AUCKLAND.

'l'tounc 1742.Well and fnffouctbly known throughout!tills Province as a Careful, Reliable, and

Successful BuiOuess Seller.Patronised by leading wLolesale houses.

Lxt mc kiow your requirements.

PRO HONO P ÜBLIC O.FURTHIiII REDUCTIONS.

Owlns l 0 rße Gigantic Success of mysysteiu of selling ixcac for dish, and Abol-ishing the Credit System, I am now in aposition to supply the very J?rime3t olAleac at Bedrock Prices, ily these meansfamilies can save at least iso per cent bypurchasing direct from

m TOASTiER,FONSONBVS LIVE AHD POPULAR

BUTCHER..NOTK 'IKE I'KESIiNX REDUCTIONS:Sirloin Beef, from 4id per lb; Chuck HiUs

per lv; other Uibs, from liid per lvUnmp bceiLk id, Fillet Steak Sil, lieef Steak

4d, Minced tfieuk 3d, Sausage Meat 3dCorn Uouna 4d pci- lb, Corn Ruli froiu nil

per lb, Bone Brisket 2d per lbLarge Ox Tongues, fruin 1/UChops 4d and ad. Tripe 4dLegs Mutton 4d, Shoulders Sid, Loins 4d,

Forequarters 2idIS FACT, EVERYTHING REDUCED.

COME RIGHT ALONG, ANI> SEE FORYOUIUSELVES.

The Quality Alone is Worth Inspection.EAT MJTIiING BUT GOOD SOUND AND

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ENGLAND AND CO.,LANDSCAPE GARDENERS and

CONTRACTORS.RICHMOND-HD., PUXSOXBY, are nowquoting prices for Tar and Sanding, and allbranches of Concrete Work. Best work,reasonable prices.

OYLVIA WAX CANDLE XitlL

A.NTITACTCKED under the most Sani-tory Conditions, from the best Toma-

toes the country can supply, and with thebest appliances, there Is little wonder thatSHARLAND'S TOMATO SAUCE Bhould bethe best sauce on the market. In everythingthat is valuable In a sauce it Is far aheadof all its competitors. Get a bottle fromyour grocer. It is sold In reputed pints andquarts.

"YJ-ODERN -pYEGLASSES,LIGHT, COMFORTABLE, AND

ATTRACTIVE.

MODERN METHODS OF TESTING ANDFITTING.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

A Q. -gARTLETT'S.OPTICIAN AND JEWELLER,

222, QUEEX-ST.

E. J. F-ENN-ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND CON-

TRACTOR,

Has opened New Offices, FOET-ST., end

is prepared to carry out Electrical Con-

tracts of any magnitude.

UALITY tells every time. The qualityof SHAULANDS TOMATO SAUCE Is

forcing up the sales all the time. It ismade from the very best Tomatoes thatmoney can buy, sound and ripe, and rich

lin flavour. There is pleasure and satisfac-tion in using it with either fish or meat.If you have uot yet tried It, ask yourgrocer to send you a bottle. It is sold Idreputed oluts and ouarts.

HE KOOK BARGAIN SHOP.FOR BOOKS OF EVER"?

DESCRIPTION TRYTHE HOOK EXCHANGE.

School Books, Technical Books, PictureBooks, Prizes, Dictionaries. Bibles, PrayerBooks, etc., etc.CHEAPEST IN AUCKLAND. We Exchangeyour Old Books for otl*?rs that you maywant. Postage Stamps an . Music Purchased.

Note Add-.ess:THE BOOK EXCHANGE, Next CentralHotel.

FOB SALE.

FOR SALE, splendid Black Jersey Cow.fall milk, &.—C. Warren, EUerslie. 1

"CV>R SALE, New Piano; never used,•*■ Cost.£6o, take £4l».—Apply "Urgent,"545, Star Office. 16"P'OR SALE, Lease of Section on Dilworth■*- Estate, Roniuera; low rent.—AddressPrincipal, 261, Star Office. 18

SALE, qufet Family Cow, right at-*- profit, second calf.—Apply Townley, cr.Grey and Victoria sts., Onehunga.

SALE, a four-roomed kauri-built-»- House, large set-tkm, water and gas,Brightoii-rd., Remuera.—Apply Star Office.

3XpOR SALE, (rrooms! Uouse, nearly new,-*- with convunienege; stands on cornersection.—Apply Newmarket PhonographStore.

■pOX SALE, Wood Steamer, SU x IS x 7ft;-•- coppered; C.S.C. engines; speed Siknots. f2200 in New Zealand.—A. Talue,79, yueen-st. S2T^6a

_'SALE. First-class Toned Piano, ini■*- excellent condition; owner leaving

Auckland: po reasonable offer refused.—Address at Star Office. 40(Jr~SALE, Library of 100 Books; £20

worth for £5; a splendid Chest andDrawers of Up-to-date Carpenters' Tools,£15, £50 worth tools.—Apply P.0., North-cote. 33IJV)R SALE, Two BeautifurSample PiTuTos,

(ebony and . rosewood); just receivedfrom Manufacturers, and guaranteed. Price" landed cost." A Bargain.—Apply 27, CityChambers. l(i

£/t1 X—SICE HOUSE, 5 rooms; bath.,c*^'*-*- t' and all conveniences; bandycars. Bargain. Cash, £163.—Drought andPayne, next Bank New Zealand.TJOUNTREE & CO., Real Estate Agents,-*-t> Hobsou Buildings, Sborthuid-street,City.—2U3 Acres; ring-fenced; :j subdivisions.All In grass; quantity totara; i mile fromstation and township. Fences sheep andcattle proof. Good sheds and outbuildings.Sold cheap; owner anxious to Quit.

J-JEVONPORT—Nice House, 6 rooms, £450.■*-S New House, G rooms, splendidly finish-ed £675. Terms.—Drought and Payne,next Bank New Zealand.4? s}(\ WlLL SECU RE New 6-roomed°*'wv-' House. near Cheltenham Beach,Devouport; all conveniences, balance ar-ranged on good terms. Price £750.—HIPKINS AND MADILL, Exehange-laue,oppo. Fort-st. (No. 307)i? /JKA—MILTON-RD.—4-roomed Resi-c, *"":' dence; scullery, bathroom, fixedtubs, etc.; lofty and ;;ood-sijsed rooms:section, 50 x 04.—t.'EO. SAYEItS, PropertyAuctioneer, Durham-st. East.\.'O X/ PE-It FOOT-FINE BUILDINGcwt> <J/ SITE—The Drive. Epsom, 2mips, from cars—Level, 110 x 244 x 2^6.—liam-st. East.i.4 /jOiT—ijeSlLencej burnley-teu-CW"O" RACE, MT. ROSKILL -<i Rooms;bath, tiled hearths, grates. el<-.; Venetianbliuds; 3 verandahs. A tirst-class property.—GdJO. SAYEIIS, Property Auctioneer,Durham-st. East.

CASH—PONSON BY — 7-roomedo-<t>OU Residence, in good position; allpossible conveniences; In first-class order.Cheap.—GEO. SAVERS, l'roperty Auc-tioueer. Durham-st. East.4-' J-P»n ~" WAIKUMI-rPK -- (Very Easy

Terms)-Residence, c> largerooms, and conveniences; 2 acres, fruitIrees; cowshed, etc. Very cheap.—OEO.SAVIORS, Property Auctioneer Durhara-st.East.

4? A KA—DEVONPOUT—New 5-roomedVilla; every convenience: 50 x

100 section. Terms.— A. J. 1,. Aickin, Mel-rose Supply Store, Devouportrs/ATE E I'KONTAGE. PONSONBY—Sub-» » itil-utial and comfortable family Resi-dence, 9 rooms, bak-ouy, etc.; 70ft frontage;view of all wharf aud harbour. Cheap at1 £950.HALLANTYNE AND CO., 123, Queen-st.IT'S NICE SUISURU, ELLERSLIEI

PRETTY 11OMK, srs., convs., shed,summerhouse. and TWO ACRES ot lovelyland; near station. £000.

PALETUORPE, Troperty Agent,13, Victoria A trade. (4C5)

rpO COMMBRCIAL TRAVELLIUIS.-1- FOR IMMEDIATE SALE—CUBAI".A LARGE SEA BAG,ABSOLUTELY NEW.

Apply Star Otlice. 12Telephone 2X\.

(1 E O. TT A T C H E R,

LAND AGBNT AND BUILDEH,JUNCTION OV EDEN TEKIIACE AND

MOUNT KOSKILI^RD.r*KAA — BURNLEY TERRACE, MT.cW«_»W ROSKILL. — Neat Villa Resi-dence; pick of the district: every possibleconvenience; close to trams; volcanic sec-tion of 40 x 120. This place is furnishedthroughout. A bargain. Easy terms.iA/ PER FT.—MT. EDEN.—A good*"/ Volcanic Bnilding Section of SO xlo'ift. A bargain. Close to trams. Do notmiss this.

A—MT. ROSKILL.,—A well-bnllt*""" House of t» rooms; pantry, bath-room, scullery; washbouse, copper, tubs;nice lance volcanic section: I minute's walkfrom 2ii section. Easy terms.£-«AA—EDKN TERRACE.—A real nicec&UUU C-roomed House; pantry, bath-room, scullery; wasbhouse, copper, tubs;good elevated section; close to trams; newlypainted and papered. Easy terms.jT*?/fi PER FOOT—MT. ROSKILL.—AO-*/XJ beautiful Building Lot of 50 x130ft; soil volcanic; near trams, and level.

I have Properties for Sale in all localities,and on terms to suit any purchaser.

GEO. HATCHER.Land Agent and Valuer, Eden Terrace.

TO LET.

TO BE LET, from January Ist, large o-roomed House nt lvpsom.— Apply Star.

TO LET. 7-roomed House, one large room;suit tailor, dressmaker, or smallfactory.—J. Davies, Onslow-rd., Mt Ros-

kill. 030 LKT, large Shop in Symonds-st., lute-

ly occupied by Pike and Co.; new fit-tings for sale cheap.—Apply Buchanan,next door.rpO LET, β-roomed House, Greenwood-st.;-I- copper, fixed tubs; bath, gas; £I.— Ap-ply sth House ou right, Greenwood-st., |F.den Terrace. 6tSrpO LET, large Allotment, with buildings-L thereon, next St. George's Hall, andlately occupied by Newton .Meat Co. —Ap-ply E. W. Morrison. 22, Day-St., Newton.~> LET, an Allotment naving 44 feet 1frontage to College Hill and 109 feetto Scotlaud-sL, adjoining the Gas Company'sPremises; all fenced, and suitable tor aCoal and Firewood Yard.—For particularsapply to Manager, Star Office.

HOUSE of 7 large rooms and bathroom,within Smins Queen-sl.—Apply No. 6,Charkitte-tcrrace, off Cook-st., above Glad-ding's Store; rent 25/. 46\[EW 6-roomed House, close tram, IS/6.—-L~ Apply U. Reimers, 143, yueen-st., or E.W. Savage, Relmer's-avenue, Kingslaad. 60rp O L E T,

WELL LIGHTED AND CENTRALOFFICES AND SAMPLE ROOMS,

In Hall of Commerce, High-street.Low Rentals.

Apply—W. AND G. ELLIOTT,

Bank of New Zealand Buildings. Queen-st.iT". O L li X.

NEW BRICK SHOP.Fine Plate Glass Windows; Good LivingAccommodation. Splendid Opening for any

Business. Rent reasonable.

Apply— ,SNEDDEN AND McLEOD, Drapers andMilliners, Cor. Khyber Pass and Grafton-rd.mo let.QYMONDS-STREET.—Furnished House, 0£j rooms and conveniences, for3 months;rent, £2 10/ per week.

REMUERA.—Furnished House, 0 roomsand offices; 1* acre, stables, etc. £S :

week.G. B. OSMOND,

155), Queen-street (i:ext National Bank). <FOR LEASE. 1

mc l b a s c. JFACTORY PREMISES, at present occupied ]by Messrs Macky, Logan, CaldweJ.,, and Co.. 1corner Victoria and Graham streets. Will Jbe subdivided to suit tenants. Everything ivaccordance with Factory Act requirements.

Apply *J. THOKNES, 83, Queen-it.

FOB SALE.TJV3R SALE, New and Second-hand Ye--•- hides of every description, at LowestPrices. — D. Flynn and Co., Coachbuilders,Elliott-st."3'7'TK—NEW BKICK HOUSE, 6ami I 11> hot and cold water, and all con-veniences, 2 sections, 50ft each. Terms.—HIPKINS AND MADILL, Exchange-lane,oppo. Fort-st. (No. 3*>6)"MICE Level Building Site for Sale, cheap,■A-* GO s 130, Paice's-avenue, Smins. offDominion-rd. car. —Apply E. E. Leaning, 21,Wakefield-sireet. 21T>OUNTR.EE & CO., Beat Estate•" Hobson Buildings, Shortland-street,City.—Ptuit Rnsiness iv one of the best bor-oughs adjoining the City. Exceptionallycheap. Doing a largo business. Good rea-sons for selling.T>APATOITOI—SpIeudid Farm of 93-1- acres first-class laud; 50 acres oats, 10wheat, 0 potatoes; House, 7 rooms, andbuildings. £33 10/ acre.—Drought and£u£ne;_ne3ct_Bank of New Zealand.POrxTRBE & CO., lieu 1 Esta to Agents"J-*, Uobsou Buildings, Shortlaml-street.<-ity—6G7 Acre3at Matakaua: All plough-able and laid down iv glass; nrst-diiss Pu-nri aud Kahikatea flats. Fenced and sub-divided into S paddocks. Adjoiniug pro-perty sold for £23 per Acre. Trice £G 10/.Per acre.XX7& have some nice Houses in Devonport,Epsom. Itemuera. ami I'onsonby forsale. Bargains.—Drought and I'aync, nextBank New Zealand.

£ft^fi—'liNEMOA-KD., iIUCHMOND—cVUUV Residence, r> rooms, and all pos-sible conveniences; Rood drainage- 45 XIjCK a really nice property. Good position.—GEO. SAVERS, I'roperty Auctioucer Dur-ham-st. East.4? 9fTf) WILL PUT YOU~TN RIVERSIDE"ow-*eJV FUUIT AND I'OULTRY FARM,full bearing; good returns; easy distanceAuckland. Balance money easy tjcrmy.No agents.—Address Orchardist, 470, StarOffice. ' 64

mOM TTADFIELD AND CONS,LAND, ESTATE. AND GENERALCOMMISSION AGENTS60, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND.

T£LECTORSVX/E solicit your confidence; enroil yonr-

' » self a Client of the undersigned. Se-c-cm for yourself a good freehold. Becomeyour own landlord. Our platform—Astraight deal. Your interests are ours.Civility. Advertising free. No sale, no pay.

T>ONKONBY.

JP4_QA—DOUGLAS-ST.—Good House, 7c*"''*<-7v/ rooms; bathroom, scullery, wash-house, with conveniences, all attached;wardrobes and cupboards built In; h. andc. water; lurge allot. Everything In first-class order. A good investment

TTEXDEKSJON.

X>OAA—REAL GOOD HOUSE, r> rooms;cVOW with barn, stable, wash-bouse.4 fowlliouses; -li acres level land, fenced, ivvines, orchard, "and grass: with 150 fowlsone cow, and furniture; title, L.1.1,., at £34/ per annum: 5 minutes from station Thisis a real bargain.\ViANTKD. AN OFFER—26 Acres Laud;

* » :5 Kores orchard, balance grass; smallCottage: stable, cow-shed, horse, cart, har-ness farm implements, and tools; 1 milefrom station aud school. We must sell.

TMRKENHEAD AND "Vj- OUT11CUTE.X> Of?n—HOUSE, 4 rooms and scullery;c*"'-'"" good sbed: Orlou range, gas andwater; allot.. 55 x 250, laid out 100 grapevines, 3i> assorted fruit trees: splendid hedge

little place.r-f»7K— MAIN-RD.- First-class House, 0cWUtO iarge r0(,mB; i-jft stud; scullery,pantry; detached wash-house; gas and allcouveniences; material and workmanshipthe very best; allot., 50 x 180, beautifullylaid out in lawn, [lowers, fruit trees; fowlrun; live hedge all round. Everything ivsplendid condition. 10 minutes from wharf.A LLOTMENTS—From £50 to £4uo. Small■**- Deposits.

Fruit Farms a SpecialityrpOM TTADFIELD AND ' QONS,

UOUSE, LAND, ANT) COMMISSIONAGENTS.

65, QUEEN-STItEET il.elow pmeeton's). !Rents «Jollectcd. Mortgages Arranged, j

rpHOS. -p pAUILT,,LAND AND ESTATE AGENT,93 QUE-ENST. (Opp. Fort-st.)

HAS FOR SALE-

IEXCELLENT DAIRY FARM,v OTOKOHANGA.4>"M PER ACHE, near Main Trunk LineC" J—*- — 5.50 acres. Freehold; 500 acresheavy swamp land of lirst-i'inss quality,balance low hills: all plotighalilc and welldrained: ir>n acres under cultivation andcrops; all fenced, !> paddocks. Modern Dwel-ling of H rooms, etc. Stable and cowshed.Two and n half uillw from store, postoffice, and creamery. Terms, one-third' c.ish.A RATONGA ESTATE, Near Rcmuera■£*■ Station—Three Desirable ResidenceSites, no by l'.lSft each. Good view audposition. Low prices.

PJ.REKN LANK, Near Station- New Villaof t» rooms, all modern convenience,

*Allotment lite by 2J)sft. l'rice, £800. Terms!TnPSOM, MARKET-RD. — First-class■*-* Building Site, 70 by 105ft. All fenced£4 lv/ per foot.

GRAND PARK ESTATE, GREEN LANE.Near Station—Magnificent VulcanicBuilding Sites. !«) by lusft each. I'rices,from 35y per foot.

"prSOJr. near cars.—Villa of 8 rooms;bathroom, scullery, washhousc. roppertubs; all modern eonvenrences; stable, liiig-

t'y shed; over two acres uf laud iv lawn,gardeu, orchard, etc. l'rice, iIUOO.TTUMIv-STKEKT, AKCII IIILL.-Well-»•■«• built House of a rarge rooms; bath-room, pantry, scullery; washhouse, copperand tubs; asphalt paths; allotment 48 by100ft; high position. Price, £575.4*4-10/ rEX ACUE WAIKATOcw3: -*-v// Very Desirable Sheep(arm, 1000 acres, freehold; 300 acresdrained flax swamp: -'00 acres under culti-vation ;2M acres grass; balance rough feed-fenced and subdivided; Cottage of 4 largerooms; also. Cottage of 2 rooms- cowshed(I-, balls), stable, loft, etc.; i mile fromcreamery, 1.0., and school, S miles fromstalion. Easy terms If required.-DRICHTO.VRD., REMUERA—Villa of 0■U rooms; allotment 50 by 150 ft Price.£675. Terms. ' 'THOS. F. CA.HILL,Alliance Buildings. Queen-st., opp. Fort-st.

"POR rpilE -piRST rpiME QPFSRED.PIRST-CLASS J)AIRY JjIARMS IN

YEW TySTRICT.PRICES, FROM TO £~ PEK AORE

MOST OF THIS LAND CAPABLE OFCARRYING A COW TO EVERY 2 * ACRESSend tm our Specially Printed Renorf

to offer are situated. c c

A FEW EXAMPI-ES-nnce luidulating, ISO acres iv rich Enjrliahgrasses; fenced and subdivided into 10paddocks; necessary buildings one mi cfrom creamery, P.0.. and Churchi>4. "If)/ PER ACRE—A FINE PRO-- I'ERTY OF 480 ACKFSroads on two sides; adjoining cr'ein cry'P.0.. and school, etc.; 100 acres r'ch kali'kalea 11-jts. all fenced, and -Jslj -icVesforr

S subdfvOisfonb""diDSS' Admirabli'

all fenced; ]35 acres grassed which winter'ed U0 working bullocks; let for £5.1 n ,r 'innum, tenancy terminable at any timeWe would urge those who intend to Pur-chase Farms for either Grazing Or Dairvfi.»to visit this District before investing else-where. They will be convinced that theProperties we can now offer will jn a rervfew years be Saleable for Double theMoney. ,

C. AICKIN AXD SON-S.AI. ARCADE. ;

FOB SALE."vrOLCANIC Building Sections, close

'■ »»j Klngsland and Mount Roskill trams;gas and water.—Apply H. Reimers, LegalChambers. Queen-st.TJOUNTREE-& CO., Real Estate Agents,■t-v Hohson Buildings, Shortland-street,City.—llotel in liny of Plenty. To be soldcheap. Good paying house with store andtelephone attached. Within a stone's throwfrom the wharf. This is well worth atten-tion.rpO those about to Marry.—Your house fur--»• nished, cash or time payment Cheapestin the town. Try W. L. Rogers, Karanga-hape-road.

"TJEVON'POKT.—Nice House, 5 rooms aud-1-, all ;-onvs.: fIOO deposit, balance £180;another, li rooms. £100 deposit, bal. £400Drought aud Payne, next Bank New Zea-land./IHOIC-E ORCHARD PROPERTY FOR

SALE—Close to City. A real moneymaker.—For further particulars, applyIIIPKINS AND MADILL, Exchauge-laue,oppo. Fort-st. (No. 474dJ

E'lilfST SELL 2 Sections at Ellerslie,near station, fine position; Soft front-age. 30/ or offer. EllersHe will boomdirectly. (1077)HALLANTYNE AND CO., 123, Queen-st.

MEAN-YOU TO~~liUY~~ihls~~at" £SSOIGrey Lynn—Beautifully finished Villa, 5

rooms aud every modern idea. 1 only adver-tise Bargains now. ' (1160)BALLANTINE AND CO., 123, Queen-st.p KSA -MT. ALBERT.-Very Neat ITO--owt»OV perty. House U rooms, scullery,washhousc; volcanic section, 132 s 140. 301

T. B. CLAY,12, His Majesty's Arcade.

(_•.>AA--BLOCKHoCse"BAY~-House, 3=w '~',-'" rooms and 4 acre. A delightfnl

place to spend the summer months. 17T. B. CLAY,

12, His Majesty's Arcade.■£' MT- ALP.EUT. —"New Villa, 6

*""" rooms, bathroom, gas and water.Stone foundations; volcanic section. 297

T. B. CLAY,12. His Majesty's Arcade.

K'Vfi IJE«1 JE« FOOT—MT. UOSKILL.-Sec-"-</ V» tiou 50 x 127. Close to cur line.

T. K. CLAY,12, His Majesty's Arcade.4/ OX A—GItEEN LANE. — Residence 7--~<J*J*J rooms, every convenience; sectionabout 'J9 i 102.

T. B. CLAY,12. His Majesty's Arcade.

*" -House of 6 rooms,stable, etc. Suit expressman.

0.8., 384T. R CLAY,12. His Majesty's Arcade.

jJAUDLERY BUSINESS, in risin" sub->•-> urbs; ingoing, ouly £60; easy rent.—■I- A. James, U3, yueeu-st. 7SV ACRE-34S Acres, close

-*—'' v to Auckland, 100 acres bush,balance good grass. House, li rooms, dairy,cow shed, etc.: II mile creamery, nchool,etc. Or would exchange- for Hotel.—HIPKINH AND MADILL, ExchaiißC-lane,oppo. Fort-st. (No. 38Sb)

REMUERAS BEST OFFER—MODERN-VILLA, t> rooms, 3 bays, nuish andlaste; all convs.; land, liC x ->50 tor.;waterside, Ilcniuera-rd. £475.

I'ALEffUORPE, lU> Victoria Arcade.fin I'BK ACRE—I42O Acres',-'Waikato,

]ix>o acres grass, balance li-tree;House, sheep yards,etc.; 4 miles railwaystation. Or owner would exchange for CityProperty. -IIII'KINS AND MADILL, Kschange lane, oppo. Fort-st. (No. 412bj

AU U E A T BARGAIN.IN KOI'KY NOOK.

i-OQA FOR House of 5 rooms. \n first-flags order; allotment, 33 x 128ft,

Vulcaulc soil; close to train; owner leavingAuckland, and must se'.; tills mouth.

C. J. OWEN.I'nion Bank Buildings, Queen-street,

Sole Aife;,r.

r>Kfk CASH—A "WONDER" FOU AWORKER:! -Cosy Cottage, all

conveniences; bath, w.-house, elc.; concretepaths. Bulance, £300, easy.—I'ALE-TIIORPE, l'roperty Ageut, 13. VictoriaArcade.

IT7(OU SALE, ST. GEORG-E'S BAY-RD.,PARNELL—

A VERY DESIItAUI.E FREEHOLDPROPERTY,

I l-'lrst-class position; HosHlence of 6 rooms,I let at £1 per week, ana grounds having!frontage to St. Georges Uay-rd. of U6ft

L>y a depth of 210ft. Laud Transfer Title,l'rice £850. Terms. A Cheap Troperty.

THOS. F. C AHILL,-■-.M.-1.1.. on>. Fort-st.

4?O-| A-M"k7 WORKEU!! Tins IS FORcJ-,tJJ- 1, YOU;:—Compact Home 5 rooms;wash-house, etc.; everything nice; near 2(JIrani; u;*sy terms.11. U. PAXETHORPE,rropcrty Agent, 13, Victoria Arcade.■p> o B s a "&■*- FDRNITORE.

TO THOSE ABOUT TO MARRY.Being a practical man, Direct Importer,and Manufacturer, enables mc to ''furnishyour house throughout cheapest Iα town.Cash o; time payment.W. L. ROGERS- "*

FUR-NISniNG WAREHOUSE, Ponsonbyand Karangahape Roads.

P o « s. a l iEBAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY

BUSINESS.Excellent staud, situated in one of Auck-land's best Suburbs. No opposition. Plan:aud goodwill £000. Stock at valuation.Turnover £200 a month. Satisfactory rea-sous for selling. — Address BAKERY, 10,"Star" Office.

*po THOSE ABOUT TO MARRY.I will build you a House, and Let at rea-sonable runts, in Centre of Puiisonhy. fur-nish it throughout, cash or time paymentsCheapest in town.Try the Manufacturer and Direct Importer\Y. L. ROGERSFURNISHING WAREHOUSE,

Karangahape and Ponsonliy roads.

-VTORTHCOTE—POPULAR NORTHCOTE-1-' 5 minutes from wharf.WELL BUILT 5-ROOMED HOUSE. £370.J. E. lIAYMAN, :i doors below "Herald"Office.

IN TIM-; ASrii-GNED ESTATE OF JOHN"WYATT, OR ARANGI, FARMER.For Sale, as a going concern—A SPLFN-DID DAIRY FARM, situated at Arangacontaining 375 acres 3 roods 7 perches'more or less, being Section 3. Block X'Survey District of Walpoua. The propertyis held under lease In perpetuity, and the

reutal is low. There is a mortgage of £494IS/9 on the property to the GovernmentAdvances to Settlers' Superintendent.AIso,THE STOCK on the above land consist-ing of about 50 dairy cattle, 2 horsesspring cart, harness, ploughs, harrows', also'Separator, cooler, and other dairy utensils 'Full particulars can be obtained ou appli-cation to

W. W. BRUCE,Assignee.

Swansou-st.

A TJARGAIN.

£SHO~AVO-NDALE (c,ose to RailwayowOtJV Station)—OOTTAUK of 7 rooms-wash-house, workshop, milking-shed amiother outbuildings; land, j-acre. nicely laidout in llower and kitchen garden eoodsoil orchard, asphalt yard. Cosy 'homo£230 can remain for long term "at 5 Dei-cent if required. Exceptional chance for aworking man. Apply—

-jyj-ORTIMER -piAIRS,PROPERTY AGO3NT, IIOBSON BLDGS.,

SIIORTLAND-ST.

gAM. HIT E AND p0 .,LAND AND ESTATE AGENTSNEXT B.N.Z.

4?i.?in-NICE NEW UOUSE, 5 rooms;bath, scullery, wash-house cop'per, etc. busy terms. Close to id section_GUEY LYN»—Keal Good House,c~O&\J 4 rooms; only built one yearverandah back aud frout. 'LSUMJIEK-ST. (Close to Ponsouby-rd )—© 2 good High Building Lots. £4 ft.

A VONDALE (Close to Station)—Nice■£*■ Homestead and i-acre strawberry andkitchen gardeu. £305.

We bave Buyers for Small Farms 5 to50 mew; nandy tostatiou or to town.

FOR SALE.

GREY LYNN, Rose-rd., Villa, 6 rooms, allconveniences, good position; hot water;

40 x 115. £550.—'E. Page, Rose-rd. 11V'EW HOkD.SE, 6 rooms, GlUies' Avenue,-" Epsom; large section (Perpetual Lease),two minutes from tram.—Apply 27, CityChambers. lgO 70ft—DX VONPOUT—Nice House, 6d"'•"" rooms and conveniences; £100deposit, balance arranged. Also, new B-roomed House, on Cheltenham Beach.—Forprice and fuller particulars, apply W. J.Short, Vauxhall-rd., Devonport. 92

AIHDRESSING AND TOBACCONISTBusiness for Sale, nice connection, es-

tablished two years; good living accommo-dation; price very low. — Apply "Star"Office. 119

PLE"NDID mm, 1360 acres, 400 acresgood swamp, 160 acres bush, balanceundulating; house and buildings; cheap.—Inquire Drought aud Payne, next BankNew Zealand.

g I.S I AND -p A S T,SHORTLAND-ST. (OPP G.P.0.)..

mHE TJICK OF A UCK.LAND.RAFTON-ROAD-

O-JAAA—COMFORTABLE HOME of 0living rooms; bath, pautry,scullery, wash-house, etc.;every modem con.; magni-ficent views; large section.Easy terms arranged.

"pDEN fpEKBACE.X? 1AA—GOOD SUBSTANTIAL 6-<Jw-LVV ROOMED HOUSE; gas and

water; wash-house, withfixed copper and tubs; bath-room; gas stove and range;2 Register grates, etc.; largesection, ilowcrs aud fruittrees. Price. £500."DISiIUEiiA.

Ift/ WEEK—NEW, SUBSTANTIALHOUSE, 5 rooms; bathroom,scullery, pantry; wash-house,copper aud tubs; steel ceil-ings; gas and water; tiled

a. hearths and over range;standing high, with beauti-ful view; large section.

Price, £595. Small depo«it.T>AiiNliLU

•P QKfI—SOUND 4-ROOMED COTTAGE;large wash-house and store-room; bath; range; p.w.c;every con.; cart entrance;grand view of harbour.Price. £350.TJONSONBY.

AN IDEAL DWELLING.f.-|AA I'OU A BEAUTIFUL 7-ROOMEDcwJAA/ HOUSE, puptry, gas and

water, washhouse, copper andtubs; every modern conveni-ence. House thoroughly up-to-date. Price, £750. Largesection. 2mins. from car andlieuc-li.

■pDEN mERRACE.-P ~~ COMFORTABLE COTTAGE ofomttjy) 4 living rooms, kitchen, pan-

try, detached washhouee andbath, workshop, trap shed,liouble gates and drive forconveyance; tarred paths andyard, fowl run and house;garden and fruit trees; veryl;irgt_" jsertion; 2 minutes fromcar! This is really sacrifice.Terms arianged.

■prsoM.IN SELECT LOCALITY.

■PI 000 "" KEW 7-ROOMED HOUSE,bathroom, scullery, pantry, h.aud c. water; tiled hearthsaud grates; verandah side,front, aud back; '■', bays; gasEhrougiiouc; fowlhour«e andrun; everything in fiist-classorder; lawn back and front;one minute from tram; Sec-tion CS x 225ft; terms ar-• ranged.

"

M T. EDEN."

— BEAUTIFUU-Y - FINISHED»OW NEW 6-ROOMED HOUSE,

pautry, scullery, bathroom, h.aud c. water; Anaglpta ceil-ings; plaster centres; tiledgrates and hearths; gas fires,linen press, etc., etc.; up-to-date houEe; bay windows be-tween verandahs; drive andlarge double gates; splendidview, on high ground; cannotbe built out: 2 minutes tram;Section m x 14Sft. Terms ar-ranged.

DARNELL.WELL WORTH INSPECTION.

■P/fKO — NEW 6-ROOMED HOUSE,°^ :tt',-' washhouse, detached, withhied copper and tubs; veran-dah back and front; p.w.c;very convenience; magnificentview of harbour; good Sec-tion; 4 minutes from 2d cars;easy terms arranged

Jg A S T AND g i S T,BHOBTLAND-ST. (Oppo. G.P.0.).

J fJTBOBNES' pBOPBBTIES.UOB SjALE.

JTIGHLY TJECOMMENDED.£Q70_OKF NEWTON-ROAD.— Neatcwi-f•\j verandah Cottage, 5 rooms, scul-lery; detached washhouse, c. and t.; gasami water; iron roof; all in good order andcondition; allot., 36ft by lOoft,

OFFER WANTED.—Owner must realise.Neut Verandah Cottage, six

rooms, pantry, gas, aud water,range, washhouse, coper and tubs;!Freehold Allotment, 40 by 112ft., standsIhigh, nice view; few minutes from City. 5755

Xr 1Aft—Old-established Country Bakeryd~-LV' v' and Boarding-house Business,large weekly turnover, stables, bakehouse,and everything to carry on successful busi- :ness. No opposition. 6200 :"TJOMBAY—£3 10/ per Acre. Farm 178•*■■» acres. House 4 rooms, and all Farm ■Outbuildings; 00 Acres ploughed in grass, 'well watered; close to creamery, school andVAJ- 6198

£*-t7O~'Off Newton-road. Neat Veraa- '°"v * v dah Cottage, 5 rooms and --.cul-lery, washiiousc, c. and t. Allot 36 by lOutt. ,«196 .

QHURCH-ST., "TJEVONPOKT.£filK~SBW UOUSE. 6 rooms; bath, "O* ,JJ-'-' pantry, and scullery; gas andwater; tiled hearths; wash-house copperaud tubs; patent w.c; aJlot., 40 by 120 •ft. Well recrommended. (6184)

VyATERSIDE, "OONSONBY. '<• Onn—CHOICE, well-built House 7owiJUU rooms; bath, fixed tubs andcopper* overv niodom convonicncc * "11lo 4-ment ll«t by 14.':rt. (617UJ ]

jyjOUNT JJOSKILL.-Pfi^O-COMPACT Residence, 5 rooms-o»v»-JV p._ Si anfl bntn. 3 fireplaces- <nice entrance hall; washhonse, fixed tubaand copper; well drained: stable; fowl run-allot., 50ft by 150ft. tGI6S) 'TTINGSLAND.4?IQP; CASH — Nearly New House, « 1"•»-*-••/«/ rooms; iroti roof; hath; gas andwater; washhouse, c. and t.; allot 40 liv130 ft, in garden, lawn, etc. Balance £200can remain at 5i per cent. (6172) ' (

T rpBOBIS'BS, PROPERTY°' ■■*- AUCTIONEER.S3, QULBN-S'i'.

■*-'2nO CA?U —A Good Dairy Farm S5 r*rr acres, first-class land, part rich tdrained swamp; large 0-roomed House iinrtoutbuildings. Price, £1200. Easy terns£11 l'l)R A ACRES-A Good t, D!liry l-arm; 6-roomed DwelUnc-!house; j,ood outbuildings; near creamery sstation, school, etc. Easy terms 1H. DELL A*ND SON' POKEKOHE.

FOB SALE.

Cγ R a8bonDi£-|AKA — PONSONBY.—House of 7c*^-*-v",

-' rooms and offices; verandahon 2 sides; J-acre, laid out in peach orchard,etc.; secluded position. (141)"VTT. EDEN.—New well-built House, 6«**■ rooms, pantry, bathroom, scullery; cup-boards and liven presses; diningroom, 23 x13; sittiugroom, 16 x 13; workshop, 30 x 18;steel ceilings; tiled hearths and grates;allot., 65 x IS6; all volcanic soil; splendidview. Price £825. (124)MT. ROSKlLL.—Residence of 7 very

large rooms and conveniences; stable,trap shed, cowshed, carriage entrance;grounds laid out in croquet lawn, etc.Price, £850. (123)PONSONBY.—Close to cars.—7-roomedHoused diningroom, 22 x IS; allot., 45x 116. l'ri*. £520 cash. (245)ir' -PONSONBY.—New House, 6dwt»e»\J rooms and conveniences; hot andcold water; verandah back and front. (236)TfPSOM.—6 Rooms; well finished; bath-

room; washbouse; hot and cold wa-ter; trap shed, etc., i-acre of land. Price,

PONSONBY.— Close to cars. Residence, 8rooms, bathroom, wjishhouse; work-shop; dart room; allot., 100 x 112, laid out

in tennis lawn, etc. Price,' £1000. (101)MT' KI>EN-—New House, con-

cW ' taining 6 rooms and all modernconveniences; hot and eoid water; large al-lot. Terms, £123 cash; balance quarterlypayments. (113)MT. EDEN—New well-bnilt House of 6

large rooms, diningroom 'Jβ x 13;octagon tower; all modern conveniences,workshop, etc.; plaster and steel ceilingsthroughout; hot and cold water. Alotment65 x 186. Volcanic soil. Price £S2o. Termscan be arranged.

G. B. Oso s M°* d.150, QUEEX-STREET

(Next Bank of Xew Zeiijand).

ORAKEI-RD., REMTJERA—Sections, withSOft frontage, and very large depths;

£4 per foot.

TVEMTJERA — Particularly Well-built-*-* Uouse of (5 rooms. The rooms are-all large and fitted thronghout with allconveniences. Section. 66 x 136. Splendidposition and one of the cheapest houses inthis locality. £900.

KEMTJERA—First-class 6-roomed House;section, 174 x 132; good view. Price,

£650.

PARNELL—Large 2-storeyed House of 9rooms and conveniences; sood view;

section 66 x 100. Price £1300.

R EMUERA, top of Green Lane—First-class S-ioomed House and all con-

veniences; section 132 x 132, nicely plant-ed; good situation.

TJEMUERA—6-roomed House, bathroom,-XV scullery, pantry, washhouse, copperand tubs, gas and water; section 43 x 120;|lmin from Newmarket. Price £750.

NELSON-3T. — 4-roonied House, scul-lery, bath, wash, tub, sink, etc.; Orion

range; price £260.

TTNION-ST. — 4-roomed House, scullery,*-' and woodshed; Orb range; price £2UJ.

ST. HELLERS UAY.—Charming Villa of7 rooms, bathroom icalifontj, and all

conveniences, built 2 years ag,o, regardlessof expense. The timber is the oest obtain-able, roofed with tae best Marseilles tiles,outbuilding 14 x 24, match lined. Allot. 6lix 150. Nicely laid out, close to beach1..T.T. Fuller particulars on application. 'pOUXKIi CARL3*>N GOHE-RD. ANDCLAREMONI-ST.—2-storeyed Houseo£ 8 rooms. Sizes of rooms, 15 x 12 v x12,13* 7, 9xo, J5xX2,15x1%12x12and 12 x 12; bathroom, scullery, linenpress, pantry, balcony, and verandah. Wash-house. Good drainage. Section 94 x loo-laid out in tennis lawn aud garden Price'£IXSO. 'T. MANDENO jACß^°w,

Auctioneers and Estate AgenthCUSTQMS-BT. fi. *

-piLLERSLIE.ppODSE, 4 rooms and all conveniences,

opposite Railway Station, and next toNew lost Oflice. House in first-class order.Section 66 x 136ft. Price £500. A Bargain.

■pU'SOM.HILL ESTATE, Claude-rd.—

New and Modern House, with everyconvenience, 7 rooms, kitchen, scullery,pantry, bathroom, p.w.c, gas and water,outbuildings, wushbonee, woodshed, andman's room, hothouse and vinery, nearlyone acre beautifully laid out and planted;house stands high, with, beautiful view;price £2000. Inspection recommended.

APPLYj AND J jyWBBAJ,

22, SHOBTLAND-ST.

jy£UFFAT AND paLAND AND ESTATE AGENTS ANDVALUERS.

13. EXCHANGE-LAJCE.TfjPSOM, near Barns.—Two nice sections of-»-• Ground, only 47/6 per foot, each 66 x132. Inspection invited.

X?4.XA—DEVONPOKT.—S-Boomed Housed":tt>T-' with all modern cony., washhouse,ifixed copper aud tuts, nice view. Land 40i 160; ownar leaving. Inspection invited.EPSOM—£1250.—6-Roomed House and allcony.; stable and buggy house- fowl-run, with about 4 acres of first-class Landin cultivation. Close to tram. This uro-perty is a Gift. v i£4.9P;— MT- ALBERT—2O Acres of Goodci":rwt/ Laud, partly fenced, and within20 minutes of Train. Suitable for pig andpoultry farm.

£575~nohkt

hicoIce —Hoase- 6 room»i** ano all modern cony., near boatOwner must sell.

-011131 LYNN.-6-Roomed House,cWt»IW n-lth al, the ,atcst conve:lience3 . ,verandah front and back; good view. Easyterms can be arranged.

J? ° b g a r. c.

BURNLEY-TERHACE, oft Dominion-rd — IVery Choice Villa, splendidly built andtastefully finished; 0 rooms, bathroomscullery, pantry, tiled heaithe, fixed •wardrobe aud linen chest; Section 46EPSOM "— Grand Building site in iCuureh-rd., i-acre; 100ft to Church-rd. by 2tJsft deep; also 12ft to Merry- 'vale-avenue; £325; cash £50; bal. *UCRUMMEK-RD. - Residence of 8 roomsand conveniences, at Corner I'ollen-st ■■™ X x "5; room for another HousexoUO.PAR-NELL — Nice 6-roomed House StGeorge's Bay-rd, pantry, scullery" andbathroom; Sec. 45 x SO; £550KAUAKA-ST., off Upper Queen-st. — Cot- "tage of 5 rooms, detached washhouse .with copper and tube; Sec. 33 x 50---£520. ' (GLASGOW-TERRACE. — Villa Residence, :i rooms, bathroom and scullery; wash-house, with copper and tubs; buggy "shed; Sec. 40 x 110; £050 'QOOKK AND T>UDDLE, J

76, VICTORIA ARCADE :

£100 CASH "STILL SECURE NEW 6- .3i>_LUU ROOMED VILLA, on large yot Jcame section. Close tram. Easy terms for! )balance.£100 CASn will secure New 5-roomed\illa at Devonport; all modern improve-ments. Nice section.£20 CASH will secure 4-roomed House :

and scullery, close to Victoria Park, City. JBalance weekly payments.C. R. WILLIAMSON AND CO.,Ilobson. Buildings, FOBT-SX.

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6 'Phone 2350. *■I fining' Que wi^^Foa5 JU-ARKET GARDEN poß' ~ m

U± Acres. lOmin. walk SALE »t «i

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ePS. inAntn°S g^- L— *S»rfHOUSES FOB SAT » 010-Uffl> STANLEY BAY-New Hosf-o, T» and offices. £850 ot T toon.8 pONSONBY-House of 6 'JP*- m:■r offices. Handy to can.^jfj

-PJPSOM—New House of T Upe,.*o^- Close to Jan^T^sk°b c k t

; HOUSE AND LAND 'J VICTORIA ARCADE, FOBX-STBEET.

£50 depoSitLbalanc;Ha

Os,'S4t..rqomS-ow-LVVU rooms and convenience-cLJhouse and stable; 3 Acres Tofi'SEasy terms arranged. 'U4, 4>1900~AVONDALE-RoAi>. AvnvI owJ.-UU DALE.-6J Acm t'> perior soil. 1 acre orchard, 1 acre inbalance market garden; also, ffl-IeSSSif desired. """•

let for 0/ per week. »ment. 'r> O I'ER ACRE—WAIUKTJ.-Se«t cmm.XtJ ory and school; 8/ acra; »U pS1 able; u-roomed House; large bam; m „»bales; stable, fowlhouse, etc.; or will'sichange for city property.

} f O PES ACRE—W-HANGARBI-»*-,cwOFarm; level land; good soil; 5 oUnfrom township. Must be sold toclose ». £4.7^—EPSOM.—7-roomed Honse with3«tt I U conveniences; allot., about 4-acit£50 deposit, balance as rent. .. A LLOTMENTS for Sale In all snborba; -n_ from 35/ per foot upwards.

£ 150_GLASGOW LEASE.-2 loa,a-JU" Remuera; rental £12 15/ per an.num.

V 4.90— PONSONBY. —Nice β-rocido^^t*JV' House; new iron toot; good m>den. fowl run. etc. ' " ~J. E. HAYMAN, 143, QDEEXtBT.

G. M. KWSCAtDI,riOBSON BUILDING, FOBT-ST.

P CKfk—PONSONBY—House, g torna,dm*\MJ\J bathroom, pantry, detachedwjsthouse, fixed copped and tubs, t«BS otkeach, fancy archway In halj; Jgrdea, gnalawn, concrete paths; sec. 40 x USft; tenniterms. -' " wESTATE—House, Scvt7vvf rooms, bathroom, 'pantry, ecnJ.lery, h. and c. water over bath ap\} sink;gas; garden, asphalt paths; sec' 50 x Uolt;easy terms; £240 required. • • jijj)X>C7K—MT.. EDEN—Three .era r}ch-d*O 11> est -roicanlc Land, ploajhjble;small new house, bathroom, pantry, scul-lery, porchway at back, lam detocbclworkshop, washhonse, stattee; near. trim.\VVs '(DO)-P1 4KO — MT- ALBiERT % H<>u»e, S°*'-s-^:t-'

,-' rooms, all modern cpnffßl?iicejj

11 acre richest volcanic soil, free ftonstone. ."'" (96)Jp ftfifl—PONSONBY—Honse, 6\ Wops,&*\J\J\J scullery, washiopee, tnlii, top-per; verandah In front; section 40 x J2oft;3-stall stable; terms. (.95)fiAOPL—DETONPORT—HOUM, 4 Ijonu,

scullery, bathroom,- wnebhoiac,stable, fowlbouse; section 40 z 200ft. («)SECTIONS in Mt. Albert, Mt Eden, UU*3 Roskill, Kingsland, Remuera, Hlenlie.FARM, 436 acres, all in grass, i mile from

creamery; 7-roomed house, 8-b«ll cow-shed, 3-etail stable and loose box; allnecessary outbuildings; drained swampland. £11 per acre. tVJ

TAKE fp A X A.F U S «FOB SALE—

TARGE OSCTIOMSiADJOINING THE LAKB BEACH,

HAURAKI-BD.One minute from the Electric Tnmwiy tt

be constructed by the New Comptir,EASY TERMa

Apply—W. J. NAFIEB,

SoUcitor. Victoria Arcade,

"CpOB OALE,

■VTBW COTTAGE AND FREEHOID onhigh ground, near station, AvpeWe.

£360.

DWELLING HOUSE and Freehold, Grey-St.; £430. ■ .

SUPERIOR 10-rocmed House, °rtWl&-ings, and large Freehold, euitanje i«

a medical gentleman.

HOUSE and Corner Section in- Free-man's Bay.

WANTED, for a Cash Buyer, 8 VW>V of about 150 acres, at Papatoetoe, otIn that vicinity.

TWO WELL-BUILT HOUSES and »b*tan acre of volcanic hind, at Domini*

(Mount RoskillJ Road; £1200.

AND "DAKBBi

LAND AGENTS.

mojney lomm - _ONEY — iou can borrow money P»First'aud Second Mortgages,*>*»*»•«

other approved security iroui U. K. Wiwausuu atid Co.. Fort-SL. next O.r.U- —~l \O YOU WANT MONEY V — WeD Large "ud Small Sums to Lend oaMortgage, at Very Low ltate of Interest-Evhi"U)U and Buker. Estate Agenbi.

Uellcsley-st., oppo. i'nblic Library._

MONEY TO LLND ou approved k'"?"™Securities iv sums oi. ironi £oO

warus.-Apply W. S. Cochrane, Uioceiwonicc, 4u, anortlaud-st.

UNKY LENT ou Prom. Notes, or Boii*Society's Shares, ou Life Ins. WW»

31 Wellesley-st., oppo-TrUNET~tTTTE|D-15N~

_MOKTGAGB

SItST-CLASS FREEHOLD SECURITIES--1 W. COLE.MAN, .Solicitor mid Notary Public, 100. Queenjl.

L; have Trust Moneys to Lend at ISKates of Interest on Mortgage SecurltJ-

T)AUK AND JgLOMKIIiLD.SOLICITOUS. VICTORIA ARCAD^ONEY TO LEND AT A MODBUATT

RATE OF INTEREST.Apply

JACKSON AND RUSSELL.SOLICITORS, SHOBTLAJ»-»

DEATHS.COX.—On November 18, a± his Tesidence.burrey-st.. Grey Lynn. Joseph Simpson,

dearly beloved husband of Hamuli JaneCox: aged 72 years.The funeral will leave late residence

for Waitumete Cemetery on Friday at2 p.m.—Friends please accept this in-timation.

IN MEMORIAM.ROGERS.—In loving memory of EdwardRogers, who died at Devonport, Novem-ber 18th. 1908.Not noTv, but in the coming years—

It may be in the better land—We'll read the meaning of our tears.

And there, some tirje, we'll \inderstand.God knows the way. He holds the key,

He guides us with unerring hand;Somp time with tearless eyes we'll see:Yes, there, iip there, we'll understand.My God. My Father, whilst I strayFur from my home, on life's rough way,Oh, teach mc from my heart to say,

"Thy will be done."Inserted by his loving wife and child-

ren.

SHAREMARKET.BUSINESS DONE—Karangahake 1/4Titfrna Keefs 6dTalisman Consolidated 43/Waihl Grand Junction. .32/9, 33/, 33/3, 33/6,33/9Kaori Timber (p.a.) , 32/6

SOUTHERNNEWS.(By Telegraph.—Press Association.}

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

NELSON", Monday. ;A six-roomed house at Waingaro, own

ed an doccupied by Mr William Barlow,was destroyed by" fire yesterday. Thebuilding was;insured in the Queenslandoffice for £ 200, but thecontents were un-.inscured.

SUDDEN DEATH.CHBISTCHUE.CH, this day.

A fisherman named F. T. Griffin, aged57, was taken ill suddenly at NewBrighton last evening, and died shortlyafterwards. He was seized with retchingin a neighbour's house. An inquest willbe opened at 2.30 this afternoon.

LATE SHIPPING.

Giebome, November 18.—Sailed at 11a-m.: Monowai. s.s., for Auckland. Passen-gers: Misses Smith, Armstrong, MesdamesFaulkner, Beets. Laugdon. Messrs Rowp.Johnston, Laidlaw, Marshall, Whittaker,Richards. Patterson. Williams, Lyford,Church, Crawford, Gordon Groves, Bruce,Calder, Smith, Ottoway. Miller, McDonald,Croker, Ford. Chitty, Smith, Barry, AdamsRitchie, Martin, nnd Charney.

LATE RACING.TAKAPUN'A J.C. SPRING MEETING.Ixichbnhie was scratched for the St.

Andrew's Handicap at the Takapuna J.C.Spring Meeting at noon on Monday last.It has been decided to«charge bookmakers

£12 10/ per diemfor the privilege of bettingat the Club's spring meeting.

ATHLETICS AMONG THE BLIND.

HOW THEY PLAY FOOTBALL ANDINDULGE IN OTHER GAMES.

There is a strange fascination aboutwatching blind people doing any manualwork. The accuracy and skill with whichthey perform tasks which one would

I think quite beyond them, by reason of! their infirmity, are remarkable. Here inAuckland, at the Jubilee Institute forthe Blind, we have had several verybright scholars, such as Ernest Chitty,8.A., and the boy Doric Algie, who re-

Icently reported, on a specially construct-ed machine, in a combination of Brailleand shorthand, a speech made by thePremier, Sir Joseph Ward, at the open-ing of the Industrial Exhibition.

The amusements of the blind are neces-sarily much fewer than those of theirmore fortunate fellow-mortals, but stillthey are wonderfully cheerful, andmanage to get a lot of fun out of life.Football is perhaps the last thing onewould expect young folks bereft oitheir eight to be playing, but even thiais a fact in America, the KentuckyInstitution for the Blind having a teammade up entirely of blind pupils of thatschool. Doubtless this football team isnot the most astonishing achievement ofblind education, writes Stanley Johnson,in the "Metropolitan," but it is anachievement in a new direction, and itpoints out in a fresh and unexpectedway the extraordinary results whichhave come from Dr. Howe's pioneerschool for the blind, conceived in Bostonin 1829.

Many instructors of the blind havefelt for sonic years that bodily exercise,spontaneous play, sheer phj'sieal self-reliance, were features of training sadlyneglected. For this reason gymnasiumswere built find outdoor playgrounds pro-vided in several institutions. But it re-mained for the Kentucky school to goa step further. Three years ago a foot-ball team was started" there. The ex-periment, when it became known, wasviewed with amazement. But Mr. Hun-toon, the superintendent of the school,went persistently ahead. Hours werespent in daily drill, but even so thefirst season did not find the team inshape to meet other elevens. For onething, the team had; to be picked withquite as much if not more regard formental ability than physical strength,and as some of the players were com-paratively frail and very light, it re-quired long training to put them in con-dition. The second season, however,found the team entering into activecompetition. They played nine games,won one, tied three, and lost the rest.Last autumn, their third season, theteam made a still better showing.

How these blind boys play, on equalfooting with seeing boys, a game whichrequires as much speed, agility, physicalcourage, and, one may add, alertness ofeye, must always, perhaps, pass thecomprehension of the normal man. Thecentre, guards, and tackles of the Ken-tucky team last fall were totally blind.Three of the back field had what isknown as "'light perception," but onrainy or cloudy days it availed themlittle. It was a special rule in all theirgames that the goal kicking should beabolished, and that their opponentshould cry "Pass" when the ball wasput in play. Otherwise they played thegame without fear or favour, and neitherasked nor needed sympathy.

A dozen questions liave probably oc-curred to the reader. How do "theyknow who has the ball? They do know;they are absolutely certain; they alwaystackle the right man. They themselvessay they know it because the feet o\the man who is carrying the ball strikethe ground with a shorter, sharper,more intense blow than the feet of thinterferers; and they dive unerringly forthat sound. Certain seeing players havethe knack of telling what opponent isgoing to carry the ball before the playbegins byathe way he plants his feet.It does seem incredible, then, thatblindplayers can locate him by the soundof his running. How they"get underthe ball on the kick-off and on puntsis another question. As a matter offact, they are not successful in gettingunder kicks. With the exception ofcertain of the back field, who have par-tial sight—and they only on very brightdays—they make no effort to catch theball. They wait till it strikes theground, and then spring for it guidedby the faint swish the pigskin makes asit goes through the air. A football isone of the most perverse of all inani-mate objects when it bounds, owing toits shape, a.nd it would seem as if theseeing plavcrshadan immense advantagein capturing it. Yet that faint swishis to the blind boys almost what eye-sight is to their opponents, and thoughthey doubtless dread a punting game,their record does not show that it hasspelled disaster for them.

The boys of the Kentucky institutionhave a track team as well as a footballeleven, and two or three nines, also.Their track team meets seeing teams andhas known the taste of victory. Butit is hardly so remarkable that a blindboy should put the shot or run downa lane between cords or make a goodstanding jump. The pole vault, hurdlesand running jumps are eliminated. Thatblind boys should play baseball seemsstrange enough, however; and as a mat-ter of fact their game is so modifiedthat contests with seeing teams are out:of the question. But the shouting ofthe players, the cries of the captains andcoaches, the excitement of the game,proclaim it a very real sport. And tocultivate genuine sport among the pupilsis now recognised as an important workif blind education. Not only is its

effect on the minds of the pupils salu-tary, teaching them reliance, the re-straint of temper, fair play, cheerfulness,but their bodies are greatly improved.One year of physical training in theKentucky school showed a gain in totalstrength among the boys, according to\)r. Sargent's system of measurement, of

183 per cent. And among the girls thegain was even more marked, 42 per cent.Their gain in leg strength was 75 percent, which seems to indicate that theblindgirls are especially in need of bodilyexercise. The superintendent of theKentucky institution is thoroughly con-vinced that the time will come when thegymnasium and the athletic field will beessential parts of the equipment of everyschol for the blind. Dr. Howe, yearsago, enunciated the philosophy of thework he had begun.

'"Better a bruise or a bumpthan not make their own wayabout," he said of the blind."If an ordinary child falls overan object he is encouraged to jump upand try again. The blind child should l>etreated in the same way. The other chil-dren may wander abroad to gather cour-age and strength by facing dangers andovercoming difficulties, but this dear pet,wlio has the sorest need of all to betrained to hardy self-reliance, whoshould become strong of limb and sup-ple in joint, he must be wrapped in flan-nel and kept in the rocking chair togrow pale and flabby and awkward and

timid, because his motber loved him aotwisely but too well."

Surely the athletic field is not a placewhere any boy is likely to grow "paleand flabby and awkward and timid."Even more than in the education of thenormal child, they have their mission, inthe training of the blind.

The blind man with his tin dipper,blue goggles and piteous appeal on apastboard card hung around his neck,has so long been .the symbol of mendacitythat it would doubtless astonish manypeople if they should count up the actualnumber of blind beggars they meet, evenincluding the impostors. The percentageis now absurdly small.

The manual arts and music claim acoccupants, perhaps, and quite natur-ally, a majority of the blind. Besidesan organ and an orchestra composed ofstudents, the Perkins Institution of Bos-ton contains over 80 pianos, and as a re-sult of the instruction there all thepiano 3in the Boston schools are tunedby blind musicians, who even make ajidrepair the defective parts. Music is anart that depends not at all*an the eyefor its enjoyment and less than most onthe eye for its creation. Most musicianscan play their instruments with theireyes shut. Scores are easily printed forthe blind in Braille, just as books are.It is hardly surprising, then, that thePerkins Institute orchestra has receivedhigh praise from the judicious, or thatthe graduates of the New York Institu-tion should pass 'the examinations of theAmerican College of Musicians withcredit. Last year, out of a class of 18,seven received honours, and the restpassed with (lying colours.

What is more remarkable, is theachievement of Joseph Bartlett of Bos-ton, a blin-d boy who entered DartmouthCollege last fall not only without condi-tions, but with honour marks; or ofMiss Elizabeth ii. Mills, of Buffalo, apupil of the New York State School forthe Blind at Batavia, who by meansof the shorthand machine has become astenographer, passing t/he Regents' exam-ination in both the 50 and 100 per min-ute tests, and apparently opening up anow field of occupation for her class; orof CVeorjre Mills, a graduate of the Per-kins Institute, who is now a successfultelegrapher, and has constructed a newinduction coil.

Checrfulne-ss seems to be one of there-mlits of blind education. There is ablind man's club in New York City nowwhich numbers 40 or 50 members, allof them engaged in self-supporting in-dustry, chietly the manufacture of fur-rlture. They meet every other Mon-day, to play cards, chess a-nd checker*?,*.fH stories, listen to music, and hearthe news of their world. It is one oft.'te most cheerful gatherings Imaginable.One of their delights is to tell stories onthemselves. The other day a member re-("jilled the remark of a Boston womanwho viewed with indignation a party ofstudents from the Perkins Institutewi'king down the street of an evening."The idea," she cried, "of allowing themout alone in the street after dark!" An-other member, with a little touch ofphilosophy, told his fellows that he hadl*-en blind only seven months, but wasalready earning his own living, andfinding content. "You see." he saidI they all use tbe verb 'to see') "itshardfor n blind man to be a bad man. Allthat's left for him is to be useful!"

THE NOISES OF A CITY.

■Jn Londn>n there are hundreds ofqniet streets where you can get restand sleep at all times, but in New York,in nearly every 6treet, there is a tram-line, and each tram-car is equipped witha big gong which the driver clangsincessantly, remarks a writer in a Londonpaper, comparing the noises in the twocities. In some streets there is anunderground railway, then a tram-lineon the surface, and an elevated railwayoverhead, each having its distinct note.There is the tremor of the undergroundtraffic, the clanging and clatter of thetram-car, and the rush and roar of theelevated train.

Being surrounded by water, with agreat deal of shipping, there ie an in-cessant shrieking and bellowing of steamsirens on the tugs in the New Yorkrivers. I may mention that Chicago Ujust as badly off as New York in thisrespect. I once visited that city with anEnglish friend, and stayed at the Aud-,itorium Hotel. The next morning hesaid : "I firmly believe all the horrorsthat I read about in ' The Jungle.' Iwas kept awake all night by the bellow-ing of those poor animalsbeing slaughter-ed in the stockyards. They must havevery inhuman slaughtering methods."His horror gave place to indignationwhen. I explained to him that thebellowing came from the numerous steamtugs in the Chicago River.

So terrific has been the noise in NewYork that some time ago Mrs. JuliaBurnett Rice started an anti-noisecrusade. She has succeeded in having alaw passed forbidding steam-tugs makingunnecessary noises although thenuisancestill 'continues. The New York authoritieshave also passed laws prohibiting allnoises, including those made by tramsand motor-cars, near hospitals. Largesignboards are now set up in the hospitaldistricts bearing the words, " Hospitalzone ; be qm'et under penalty of thelaw."

PROHIBITION AND EVOLUTION.

Evolution XT3S much annoyed by Pro-hibition.

"The trouble ■with you," said Evolu-tion, testily, "is that you seek to abolishtemptation."

"C-ertainly," replied Prohibition, in anairy manner. "Why not?"

"Why not!" repeated Evolution. "Be-cause I need it in my business, that'swhy not. If you abolish temptation, orwater it down to weak man's capacityof resistance, how am I to developstrongmen, I should like to know?"

"Well, we can't have so much inaughti-nes.3. It's getting awful," saiu Prohibi-tion.

"Fudge!" sneered Evolution. "Whatis naughtiness to mc? I'd rather ninehundred and ninety-nine men fall undertemptation than not have temptation athand for the thousandth man to risesuperior to. It's the thousandth manI'm interested in, the man in virtue ofwhom the race gets forward!"

But Prohibition had the votes, andEvolution, no longer a fad oi the firstmagnitude, had to submit.—RamseyBenson.

LOVE V. RICHES.

Jack: "I have a chance to marry apoor girl whom I love, or a rich womanwhom I do not love. What would youadvise?"

George: "Love is the salt of life, myfriend. Without it all else is naught.Love—pure love—makes poverty wealth,pain a joy, earth a heaven."

Jack: "Enough; I will marry the poorgirl whom I love."

George: "Bravely spoken! By the way,would you—er—mind introducing mc tothe rich woman whom youdo not loveT"

STRANGE CAUSE OF FIRE.INTERESTING EXAMPLES.

(By Marvin Danaj

In all the varied list ot curious ceases offires, perhaps the moet absurd was thesource at & eonitagration that occurred inWorcestershire, England, In 1900. Tbe Wor-cester insurance company decided to changeits fire engine from a horse drawn vehicle toone operated by a motor. The work wasnot quite completed when tbe company re-ceived warning of a fire which had brokenout on a farm at nearby Kempsey village.However, the engine was In sufficient run-ning order to be sent on forthwith underthe action of the newly installed motor.

Unhappily, the engine's funnel bad notbeen' protected by a spark protector. As aresult, the trail of the snorting mechanismwhs embellished with a gorgeous train ofxparks. Therein lay tbe cause of trouble.In a lane, the fire engine met a wagonloaded with straw, which It promptly seton flre. Unheeding, it hnrrled on its way,and In its course presently ignited somestacks which bordered on the road. It stillposhed on relentlessly, however, and cameto a standstill only when tbe water tubeof the motor burst. It was still some hun-dreds of yards from Its destination, amithere It remained ingtortously helplesswhile the fire at the farm burned itselfout.

COSTLY JAR OF THE SUBWAY.The Tuppenny Tube, London's subway,

once set fire to a bouse in a manner so ex-traordinary as tomerit attention. In a mansion, beneath which rans the subterraneanrailway, one of tbe bedroom nrepteces wnslifted with a blower,—a sheet of iron insidethe grate whit?h pan be raised or loweredto regulate the «'-aft. The blower restedon a series of iron notches. One afternoon,a servant kindled a fire in the grate, andwhen it was well alight raised the blower,so that the coal woold burn but slowly; andso left it while she went downstairs.

Presently, down in the clay beneath thefoundations of the house, a train rushedalong. Thevibrations from its passing weresufficient to ]ar the blower from the notcheson which the servant had left it. It drop-ped down. The draft Increased: the flreraged madly. The flames were enough toset the chimney on flre; burning soot setthe water tank on tbe roof alight; andthere resulted a considerable conflagration.

COMBUSTIBLE BIRDS' NESTS.In a few cases, the causes of flre have

been traced to birds' nests. On one occa-sion the dried Brasses and feathers thatmade tbe home of sparrows in a gutter wereignited by a spark falling from the chimneyIof the house, and the house was set onflre.

Another instance was where the nest ofowls in a hollow tree near a railway waslighted by sparks from a locomotive. Theflre smonldered for n time within th« hol-low trunk; then suddenly the whole treeburet into flames. Soon it fell, and com-municated its blaze to adjacent sheds. Onlythe activity of the flre company saved theprincipal Duliamgs o? the farm from de-struction.

RATS LIKE MATCHES.The Insurance companies have little fenr

of mice: bnt they know the rats as danger-ous enemies. Given the combination of ralsand matches, a flre is sure to result. Micehave some discretion: rats have none.

The insurance companies instituted nseries of tests with ratß and mice in largecages. The mice avoided the dangeronsends of all matches offered them. Therats, on the contrary, chewed every varietyof match indiscriminately throughout. Safe-ty matches were the only ones to escapeignition by the mischievous rodents.

A CAT AS A TORCH.Readers of the dally papers hare seen

within a year mibre than one account offires caused by cats. Recently, a kittenplaying with a gas tube, innocently set anapartment blazing in New York.

A cat in Ireland, startled from sleep bythe sudden barking of a dog, jumped on thetable; overturned the lamp; was drenchedwith blaring oil; leaped throngh a windowin agonised flight; ran amuck, a living torch,in the farm yard; set flre to half a dozenstacks before it could be killed. The result-ing conflagration was disastrous.

SHEEP AS FIRE SETTERS.In IDO2, Australia suffered from a long

drought. When the country was thisparched, a flock of sheep were being drivenalong the road at Casterton, Victoria, whenthey trod on a box of matches which hadbeen dropped there. The tinderlike grasswas ignited, and a great bnsh firesprang up,which caused a loss of many thousands ofpounds to the reMdents.

A DANGEROUS KITE.In 1903 the report came from Vienna of a

flre set by a kite. This was a militarykite, carrying a photographic outfit, whichwas sent up from the arsenal for experi-mental purpoees. The sudden failure of thewind caused the kite to fall across theoverhead wires of a trolley line, and thewooden roof ot a house. The wire string oftbe kite mused a short circuit, and the roofwas set blazing.

A HOODOO APARTMENT.Countless fires have been set by the care-less throwing away of lighted cigar andcigarette ends; but the most curious occur-red in a London apartment, which chancedto be co situated that twice the haphazardtoss of cigarette stubs from a passing omni-bus top carried them through an open win-dow, and the place was set on flre.

INFLAMMABLE COLLARS.The perils of the inflammable celluloid aregenerally known. Every little while thewearer of celluloid collars suffers burning'

for his temerity.In Paris a man and a woman, carrying awreath to lay on' the grave' of a loved one,

were on their way to the cemetery, when,without au Instant's warning, they wereIn the midst of flames. A spark from the,man's cigar had ignited tbe wreath of cel-luloid flowers. The two were seriously In-jured.

THE BOY NEEDBD INSULATING.In Akron. Ohio, in 1803, a boy employed

nbout a factory was pouring kerosene froma cnn. when his elbow chanced to come incontact with an electric bell. For somereason the current shot through his arm,and a spark from his finger lighted the oil!At that, he dropped the can, an explosionfollowed, and the factory was in flames.

CHEMICALS IN THE STREET.Recently, in New York, carboys of acidfell from a dray and were smashed on thepavement. The released liquids mingled

and the chemical result of their union wasa flame wmen flooded the street. Thethrongs of shoppers fled in terror. Waterwas powerless against the blaze; but lucki-ly eand was at hand, and with this thefiremen mastered the situation.

WHY HE ATTRACTED.

An Auckland broker, who had tbe re-putation of using strong language oh thegolf links, started out on a sunnyautumn afternoon to play nine holes.Looking back after he had driven off,he saw a great crowd following. Thereyoung men and old, good players andbad, all trailing close behind with looksof interest and expectation. ..The broker paused and turned. Hesmiled politely and nervously.

"Really, gentlemen," he said, "this isvery flattering. I hope' i\ am in goodform this afternoon. I trust I shallplay well enough to reward all thiskindly interest." ,

"Oh, it isn't that," replied an elderlyla-wyer -etb. r» chuckle. came outto lista**

THE FALL OF MAN.(by frederic arthur wolf.)

survivingdeatbl-hefyisg dropsfrom terrifying heights.

world's record is one thou-sand two hundred feet, and

is held by a woman.It was cabled a few days ago that during the Gordon Bennett Balloon Racean accident happened. Mr. Forbes andMajor Hersey fell a distance of fouror five thousand feet, when the balloonopened out like a parachute, and the

pair escaped scathless. Major Hersey,interviewed, said the incident "showedbow safe ballooning really is." Thisarticle gives details of other marvellousescapes from falls. It is from "TheScrap Book."—Ed.

How far can a man fall and live totell about it? That all depends, for•there are authentic instances on recordof men haying been instantly killed byfalling from a chair, that is, about 18inches. On the other hand, many per-sons have passed through such mishapswithout damage except to their dignity;and, furthermore, it is on record that ayoung woman fell one thousand twohundred feet down a mountainside, andlived to tell of it.

Ciiris Haddell fell a distance of eightjfeet at the Cornell Iron Works, in NewYork, in 1894, and died from the effectsof the accident two hours later. Panic-stricken inmates of burning buildings are

! sometimes killed instantly by jumpingfrom the second-story windows—abouttwenty feet. Those who jump fromthird-atory windows are generally killed,while those who jump or fall from fourth-story windows, or any greater height,are doomed to almost certain death.Their bones are 'broken and their bodiescruelly torn and bruised, but they aremercifully spared any suffering) for sucha death is usually instantaneous.In view of these facts, it would seemthat a fall from any height whatever in-volves great risk, and that an unob-structed tumble from a height of morethan twenty feet is pretty certain to befatal, unJess the victim has the raregood fortune to alight in a soft snow-drift or a feather bed, as did little DoraBell, aged three years, of No. 243 BroomeStreet, New York, who, on July 2, 1906,tried to climb up the fire-escape ladderfrom her Ufth floor home. She lost herhold on the ladderand fell. On her waypast the fourth floor fire-escape balconyshe snatched a pillow bhat was hangingthere, and contrived to alighton it whenshe struck the pavement, so that she es-caped with some minor bruises.

It was a clothes line that saved thelife of two-and-a-half-year-old Holt Mc-Kcnzic when he fell last spring from thefourth-story window of his parents' homein Bank Street, Xew York City. Holthad climbed into a window while hismother's back was turned and m wavingjoyously ather when she turned to him,he lost his balance and pitched down-wards to the court-yard below. Bat atthesecond-story he struck a taut clothesline, bounded like a rubber ball, and thenlanded on the pavement. He was stun-ned amd badly shaken, but otherwise un-injured.

The. escape of George Briarty, whofell thirty-four feet while at work onthe Grand Central Station in 1903, with-out any pillows or anything efce softertlian .-steel beams,and cement; floors tobreak the force of hi 3fall, may there-fore be regarded as something remark-able. Briarty, an expert structural iron-worker, was foreman of a gang of iron-workers who put up the great tower ofthe Metropolitan Life Building on Modi-son Spuare.

Briarty was walking along a beam onthe second floor of the Grand CentralStation when he missed hie footing. It

i takes only a fraction more than a secondto fall thirty-four feet, yet Briarty foundtime to think that he was in danger andthat he had bebter do something to savehimself. He threw out his right arm*in an effort to get hold of the beamfrom which he bad slipped. The sleeveeof his coat, shirt, and undershirt and thepalm of his heavy buckskin glove weretorn off and the inside of his hand waslacerated.

"The next thing I knew," said Briarty,"I was staggering around <m my handsand knees in the basement. Then I gotto my feetand reeled about for a minutelike a drunken man. By the time theboys came down after mc I was steadyenough to go to work again. But inhalf an hour I was so sick I had to gohome. The doctor found that I had threeribs 'broken."

Briarty's escape was outdone byGeorge Puget, one of his fellow workmenon febe Young Men's Christian Associa-tion Building in Buffalo in 1890. Pugetwas walking on some loose boards onthe fourth floor when, in some incom-prehensible manner that neither he noranyone else was ever able to figure out,he went down an opening so small thatit did not seem possible a man's bodycould pass through it.

Being confronted with a condition ra-ther than a theory, however, Pugetthrew up his hands as he started andcaught the end of a dangling rope. Thisdid not check his fall, but it served toaim him so that he went bolt uprightand true as an arrow through four tiersof beams in the extremely small spacementioned, without touching one of them,jthus escaping lacerations and bruises. Helanded in the cellar sixty feet below.

Without a word being uttered, theiron-workers hurried down to recover the

Ibody of their comrade, for theyknew onlytoowell what a fall of sixty feet meant.To their boundless amazement when theyreached the cellar tbey could findno body,nor even a blood-stain, yet no one elsehad reached the spot before them. It wasuncanny, and no wonder that noneof the startled iron-workers cared to bethe last man out of that hole.

Some of the men, happening to walkaround into the courtyard, saw the com-panion they had expected to find a man-gled corpse. He did not appear to bemangled very hiuch, and he certainlydid not look like a corpse, for he wassitting on a pile of brick, gazing ruefullyat the fragments of a pipe ■ he held inhis hand. When spoken to, he held outthe broken pipe and exclaimed:

"Look at that! And I paid a dollarfor it only last night."

Although lie was a trifle incoherentand a little unsteac'y on his feet, Pugetwas for going right back to work untilhe found that he had barked one of hisshins in his sixty-foot drop, whereuponhe concluded to knock off and get somesticking-plaster.

Five feet were added to Puget's recordby Jack Sz.ndford, an iron worker whofell irom a building in Brooklyn in 1904.When the horrified workmen who werestanding near where he alighted recover-ed their self-possession sufficiently to ad-vance toward him, .Sandfond got up un-assisted, and, with a grin, exclaimed:

"You can't kill Jack yet."To prove it, he went directly back to

the place from which he had fallen andresumed bis work as if nothing had hap-pened. He did not lose a day until the

job was completed. Although he had had!an unobstructed fall of sixty-five feet he!'escaped absolutely -unscathed.This escape would seem very much like

a miracle if it were not greatly outdoneby even more remarkable ones. For in-stance, while Harry Fleager was standingan a beam on the Williamsburg bridgewhile it -was under construction one ofthe big booms broke under the weight ofa load directly over his head. A tackle-block swung around and struck Fleageron the back of the head, knocking himoff the beam.

Down" he went on to a pile of brickfeet below. Thirty feet above

the brick pile he struck a timber eightinches wide and four inches thick,"andsnapped it off, though apparently withoutchecking the force of his fall materially.He was picked up unconscious and hur-ried to a hospital

It seemed almost unbelievable, but thedoctors had to admit at last that ifthere were any broken bones they couldnot find them. It required a week inthe hospital to heal Fleager's bruisesenough to enable him to return to work.Then he went back to his old job on thebridge. Only a short time before "Chick"Chandler fell near that same spot from aLeight of a hundred and ten feet ,whichwas only thirteen feet more than Fleagerfell, buthe was instantly killed.

Still higher in the crescendo scale ofmarvellous escapes was the fall of JerryLewis half a century ago. It happenedwhile the Erie Railroad was building.On the western slope of the range ofmountains between the Delaware andSusquehanna rivers was a chasm in thesolid rock, two hundred and fifty feetwide and a hundred and eighty-four feetdeep, which was spanned by the CascadeBridge, a structure famous in its day.Jerry made a misstep on the false workone day, and the next instant he washurtling through the air in a perfectlyunobstructed fall to the rocks, a hundredand twelve feetbelow.

It was a difficult scramble from theedge of the chasm down to the bottom,and long befora his horrified companionscould get down to him, Jerry was sittingup and calling loudly for whisky. Beingsupplied at the earliest possible mo-ment, Jerry took two or three liberalpulls, and was assisted to the surface.After sitting around on bridge timbersfor an hour or so he went to workagain. Seven years later, while work-ing on a bridge across the Susquehanna,Jerry again fell to the ground, this timea distance of fifteen feet, and was in-stantly killed.

A number of persons saw CharlesSummerfield, an iron-worker, take aninvoluntary plunge off. the Williams-burg Bridge, December 21, 1904. A slipon an icy plank started Summerfieldtoward the East River, one hundred andthirty-five feet below. He turnede twosomersaults, then doubled up his kneesand, clasping his arms around them,ducked his head, thus making himselfinto a balL He struck the water on hisside. Coming quickly to the surface, hestruck out strongly, and kept himselfafloat until the tug Fortuna could pickhim up. Then he collapsed. 'The only ill effects Summerfield expe-rienced were from his icy bath. He hadoiico been an acrobat in a circus, andhis evolutions in the air were madevoluntarily in an effort to save himself;for gymnasts soon learn the art of fall-ing so as to minimise the danger. Thisconsists in doubling up into a ball andhardening the muscles.

VAII these petty tumbles pale into insig-nificance when compared with the mirac-ulous.'escapes, frohi' the Quebec;, Bridge,the greatest structure of the kind everattempted, when it collapsed into theSt. Lawrence River, August 28, 1907.Death reaped a generous harvest on thatfateful August afternoon, yet not allthe men who went down with, the bridgewere killed.

Up to the time of the catastrophe,however, every man, with a single ex-cvption, who fell from any part of tbebridge, whether over the rocks or overthe water, met instant death. Fourmen at different times had gone' downon the rocks from the deck level, a.fallof one hundred and fifty feet.

Joseph Ward, the fiftn man, plungedfrom the outer end of the span into themiddle of the channel. He never wasseen from the instant the waters closedover him after that awful dive of onehundred and seventy feet, although thelife-guard, sitting in his boat near thespot where he struck, strained his eyesfor many minutes for a glimpse of him.

Yet when the bridge went down, BillHaley and Big Jess Nance were, awayup on the monster gauntry travellermore than three hundred feet above thewater, practically double thp. distanceWard fell. They" were pitched out intospace and darted down into the riverw"lll a terrific splash. Both camequickly to the surface and swam ashore.Big Jess Nance crawled out and walkedto his boarding-house, absolutely unhurt.Haley, though had) to have a little helpto get home and was obliged to stay>.n the house a few days.

Oscar Roberge was at work on theextreme top of the traveller, more thanfour hundred feet above the water,when the bridge fell. Like* Nance andHaley he was tossed ont into space fora clear and unobstructed fall.

A body dropped.from rest, and fallingfreely, will move over a space of 16.1feet in the frrst second. At the end ofthat time it will have acquired a velocityof 32.2 feet per second, so that in thenext second it will fall through a spaceof 48.3 feet, and at the end of thatperiod will have acquired a velocity of64.4 feet per second, and so on in thesame ratio.

It took five seconds for Roberge tofall the distance of four hundred andfive feet. When he struck the waterhe was moving at the rate of one hun-drtd and sixty one fe« a second, or ahundred and nine miles an hour, whichis faster than any train has ever yetsucceeded in travelling. Under the cir-cumstances it is nowonder that his jawand one leg were broken; but it seemsvery wonderful, indeed, that he shouldfcirve been rescued and ultimately re-cover from such an extraordinary ex-perience.

Still, if choice in the matter werepossible, any man would take hischances on a four-hundred-foot plungeinto the water in preference to a dropof half that distance on the rocks. Atthe instant Roberg was taking his thrill-ing flight into the St. Lawrence, twobrothers were demonstrating that theI'roj. on the rocks was not necessarilyfatal. J

Eugene Lajeunesse was on the anchor-arm when the bridge went down. Hewas tossed just clear of the wreckage,andafter a fall of one hundred and seventyfeet, he wentcrashing on to the mercilessrocks. His only injury was a brokencollar-bone. His brother Joseph wasworking fifty feet above him at the in-stant of the crash. His drop,of two hun-dred and twenty feejfc also ended amongthe rocks. Result—one of the bones ofhisleft leg.below the knep was fractured.

In order to surpass these astoundingrecords it is necessary to leave all struc-tures built by human hands and take tothe mountains. It is true that a number

of aeronauts haveimrvived frightful fallsbut they, were not unobstructed. For in-stance, liagnar Wikander, "commercialattache of theSwedish legation at BuenosAyres, fell with a balloon ■from an alti-tude of one mile a few years ago, butthe balloon, though collapsed, still retain-ed enough buoyancy to retard his descentsufficiently to land him on. the groundwithout great injury.The only recorded case of a human be-ing having an unobstructed fall o? a mileor more was that of a nameless Hinducarrier employed by the ill-fated moun-tain-climber, Mummery, Jn -'imbing theHimalayas.

The nature of' the country may beunderstood from the fact that the gorgeof the Indus is not more than ten milesin horizontal distance from the summit ofNangaParbat, a peak having an altitudeof 26,630 feet, yet thebottom ofthegorgeis but three thousand feetabove the levelof the sea. The walls of the gorge risesheer six thousand feet. Near the topof this frightful chasm winds a narrow,dangerous trail._While passing along this trail the car-rier missed his footing and shot down-ward. According to the rules for findingthe velocity of a fallmcr body, the carrierreached thebottom of tlie gorge in nine-teen seconds, at the end of which timehe was movingat therate of seven milesa minute. His fate, which can be left tothe imagination, was n0 more horriblethan would be that o{ an aeronaut whohftd the misfortune to fall clear of hisballoon from an altitude, of five or sixthousand feet.

Mountain climbers expect danger, andthey are rarely disappointed. In the six-teen years from 1890 tp 1906, five hun-dred and eighty-four climberswere killedby falls in the Alps alone.

One of the most spectacular falls evermade by any man who lived to tell aboutit was achieved by E..A. Fitzgerald, thenoted mountain-climber, in the New Zea-land Alps sixyears ago. YetFitzgerald'sexperience is interesting for its gruesomepossibilities' rather than for the actualdistance fallen. The shock of the acci-dent would have been quite enough tokill most men.

Accompanied by the famous Swiss guideMat Zurbriggen, Fitzgerald was clamber-ingaround the corner of an ice-field on aprecipice six thousand feethigh, when hiefoot slipped and he shot down. He wasroped to Zurbriggen, who was provi-dentially on his'guards When he sawFitzgerald going,-the giant guide bracedhimself and. held on .for b#th their lives.

Fitzgerald was brought up with a jerkafter going some twenty feet. The pointfrom which he had slipped oveftiung the irest of. the .wall slightly, and he -foundhimself dangling helpless in the air, hang-ing by a single strand of rope, the othertwo strands having been cut by the jagg-ed rocks. By almost superhuman, exer-tions- Zurbriggen contrived, to pull hieemployed up'where he could help himseliback to safety. •:Oddly enough, the world's record for afall in which the victim survived is'heldby a young woman. On"March l,'l!J08,Miss Eleanor Greene,1daughter of MajorFrank Greene', left the hotel oaMount Wilson, in California, to take %walk alone on- the dangerous "Rjin" trail.At a spot known as "The &nbb.*r sheslipped and shot over the edge of a preci-pice. She first struck oh. a, shelving rockone hundred feet below. Fortunately,there waß a snow-drift on tibe rock deepenough to break her fall, though it didnot stop her descent.

At this point she lest consciousness, sothe particulars of her thrilling journeyto .the.pointwSeTe' she was picke4,'up,one thousand "two hundred 'feiet..below.The Knob, whence she started on iieeflight, will never be known.

She was supposed to be dying; but aweek later she was out of danger, and ina short time was vpt and,around, nonethe worse tor her experience.

No explanation can'be given of theseextraordinary escapee from death. By,all the dictates of reason and experience,every one of the cases mentioned shouldhave resulted fatally.

How far one" can _fall~aP4- jet survive .

seems to depend entirely upon the yigklance and resourcefulness of one's guar-dian angel. ' ~

COMMERCIAL.AUSTRALIAN MABKETS. '(By Cable.—Press Association.—COpyrfgntJ

CReccbted ».m.>. . ISYDNEY, this'day.

"Wheat, 4/4: flour, £9 10/; oats, Algerian.2/10 to 2/11; New Zealand A: grade gartons,

■1/11; barley. Cape, 4/4' to 4/6; maize, 4/S;bran, £3; pollard, £6; potatoes,- Tasmanlans£9, local, new, to £12; onions, Victorian, to£10; butter, 106/; bacon, B'jd.

MELBOURNE," this' 'day.Wheat, 4/1; flour. £8 13/; bats, Algerian.

2/6 to 2/7; barley, Cape, 3/6 to 4/,- RngUsfc4/6; maize, 4/2; bran, V; pollard, 1/2.

ADELAIDE, this day.Wheat, 4/1; flour, £8 51;bran and poliarO,

V. ■LOAN AND 'MERCANTILE AGENCX

COMPANY'S BSBPORT.

Horses: At the Durham Yards on Eriflarhorses were yarded In usualnumbers. Heavydraughts sold at from £22 10/ to £32; medi-

um.<ki., £10 15/ to£27; backs and light har-ness horses £5 5/ to £17 15/; weeds, £2 15/to £& ">/.

At Pukekone on Wednesday we aad onedf the largest yardings ever held there, offer-ing 1260 head. Owing no doubt to the lonsspell ot dry weattter cattle declined in pricefrom the previous month. Dairy cows soldat from £3 15/ to £S; heifers £3 2/6 to £li10/; eniptr cows. £2 V to £3 .'V; two to

steers, £2 2/ to £5 2/6; grown.do., £5 5/ to £6 11)/; calves, 17/ to £1 6/;yearling steers, £2 2/ to £2 IS/. .Beef.soldat Newmarket rates.

At the Newmarket Yards on Tnesday dairyand store stock were yarded- in full numbers,and sold at late rates. Dairy cows sold atfrom £4 10/ to £6; empty cows, £2 2/ to£3.0/; calves, 10/ to £1 17/. Beef wasyarded in average quantities, and sold atscarcely last week's rates. Oxen sold -to-23/per 1001b., and cows IS/ to 20/ per 1001-bs.Steers sold at from £6 10/ to £10 17/6; cows£4 5/ to £7 10/.

Sheep were yarded at the NewmarketYards on Tuesday in average quantities, andsold at late rates. In ■wool wethers realisedfrom 17/6 to £1 2/0; ewes, 16/9 to £1; shornwethers 14/9 to 19/; shorn ewes. 13/9 to 17/6.Lambs were In full supply, and sold well :itfrom 10/6 to 17/0 for well fatted; othersorts 9/ to 10/3.

Pigs.—Porkers realised 17/6 to £1 11/:weaners, 8/G to 12/; baconers, £2 7/ to £3 2.Wheat.—'Stocks are exceedingly light and

firm at 0/ to 5/1.MaJze.—The market is cleared, stocks be-

ingworth nominally 4/0 ex store. •Oats axe worth.2/5 to 2/5Aex store. Saleshave eased considerably. .' '.'."„

Butter.—Choice separator realises IOJd.First grade registered is worth 10d. to IOJd.;second grade, 9Jd. to 9sd. First grade un-registered is worth OJd.; second-,quality, 9d;pastry, Bd." Fnn-gns Is -worth 4*6.

A beautiful, young girl and her motherwere discussing the eternal marriagequestion.

"Well, there's Charles Adams," mur-mured the mother, thoughtfully, aftera long pause. . . ... "Charles ..Adamsl"..sneered..the -girl."He is qldr he is ugly, ho is mean,, hais a cowerd, Charles Adams! Why, hohas nothing in the world to recommendhim except his wealth,,, . - ...

"You forget his heart dlseaiej" saiathe mother, aofE^r.

THE AFCELAND STAB. WEI>NESI>f£T, NOVEMBER 18. 1908

STANDARD STOCKS—Sellers. Bayers.

Baak of New- Zealand 165/0 ,. 161/0National Bank 102/0 .. 101/0Kew Zealand Insurance.... 72/0 .. 70/0National Insurance 2S/O .. 27/9South British Insurance 47/0 .. 45/6standard Insurance ... — .. 23/6N.Z. and River Plate 32/6 .. 31/9HUcurangi Coal 14/6 .. 13/6Northern Coal (10/ p.u.) 12/6 .. 12/0Taupiri Coal 18/0 .. 17/6Wes,tport Coal 136/0 .. 132/6Westnort Stockton 10/0 .. 9/6Auckland Gas 290/0 28.V0Auckland Gas (new) 20/0 .. 10/0Northern Steamship (cont.) 7/6 .. —Devonport Steam Ferry 32/0 .. —Kauri Timber (p.u.) 32/» .. 32/0Kanri Timber (cont.) 15/2 .. l-'./lL.-O'B. Timber — .. 22/6l'arker-Lamb 26/0 .. —Auckland Tramways (ord.) 21/6 .. —D.S.C.. Limited ..« 3/10.. 3/4New Zealand Cement (new) 21/0 .. 20/0New Zealand Cement 29/6 . . 28/6New Zealand Paper Mills.. 23/6 .. —Tonson Gariick Co., Ltd... 1S/0 .. 17/0Wiseman and Sons (ord.).. 13/6 .. —"Wilson Cement (pret.) 37/6 .. 36/6Wilson. Cement *ord.) 37/0 .. 36/0MINING STOCKS—

Sellers. Buyers.Bonanza (cont.) 0/2J .. —Dixon's Consolidated 0/4 .. —Halcyon 0/~> .. —Kuranui 0/6 .. 0/-.SKtiranm-Caledouian 0/11 .. 0/6May Queen 2/6 .. -73May Queen Intended 0/8 .. —N-ew Monowai 0/8 .. 0/aNew Sylvia l/!> .. 1/6Old Alburuia 1/1 .. 0/!)

'Saxon 1/6 .. 1/4Southern Queen 0/3 .. —Victoria «/« • • 0/5}Waiotahi U'S .. 2/0Waitaugi 2/6 .. 2/0Watchman 0/2, .. —Mt. Zoehan (cont.) 0/2 .. —Blackwater 26/0 .. 25/0Consolidated Goldnelds 14/2 .. i:t/HProgress Mines 11/0 .. 9/6Oolden l*ah 0/2J .. —llauraki Freehold 0/7 .. —'Old Hauraki Mines 1/2 ..0/11*Tangiaro (p.u.) 1/2 .. —Tokatea 0/3 .. 0/1JBrilliant Block (cont.) 0/4 .. —Brilliant Block (cont.) 0/3 .. —Champion (p.u.) £>A> .. —Champion (cont.) D/H .. 4/7Crown 4/r. .. 4/2Golden Belt (p.u.) 1/3 .. —Golden Belt (cont.) 0/4 .. —l>oldeu Cross *'/4 .. 0/3Karangahnkp 1/6 . - 1/8Komata Reefs 1/2 .. 1/0NeavesvUle <>/*i .. —New Waitekauri 0/H . ■ 0/2Phoenis (cont.) 0/10 .. 0/8Ready Bullion (cont.) 0/4 .. 0/1Rising Sun <>/« - - —Silver Hills 0/2 .. 0/1Tairua Broken Hills 2/4 .. 2/0Tairua Dawn 0/7 .. 0/4Tainia Consols 0/H .. —Tairua Triumph 0/8 .. 0/4Tairua Conqueror (cont.) 0/6 .. —Tairua Leads 0/4 .. —Tairua Monarch <>/4 •■ 0/31Tairua Reefs 0/7 .. 0/6Tairua Extended 0/8 .. 0/;,Talisman Consolidated 43/3 .. 42/!)Waihi 18V0 ..181/OWaihi Beach 0/3 .. 0/2Waihl Consolidated 2/0 .. 1/8Waibi Extended 3/3 .. 3/1Waihi Grand Junction 34/0 .. 33/»Ldinigan's Antimony 1/3 .. —

.. WAJTTED.(Continued from Page L)

GeneraL—Apply P.O.W%itt____ 2?

-—-nFFpf) a <=mart Vonng Lad to assist$?£ Se'tttchen.-C.C.C'.. High-st. S4._i--==n Honsekeeper! two in family,'W&T, W Pl»^-Appl y Star Office.

I-ady Help.-WmS Beattie, rbotographer. Shortland^-'isTTPrFlT ,-- competent numbers.—Ap-

Dumber. 40, High-

_--—rSFTSn a stronsr Boy.—Gee and Pot-; Coacbbuilders. Lome and Rutland-

Home for baby boy; De-W Tonportnerms.-.M. Sanderson, Star

Office.- -an ttirl for shop.W*SJC H. Dryland. Boston Bakery.

\ewton. —-Sell, a Winter Pram: equalWonfw: Priced l-V-Apply E.S., PostDevonport1 [

Symouds-si. 51URht Trap, seat 4. for

W pursuits; Horse, and Hnr-nesfc-V Albert-st. «'—rrETFt) £or afp» weeks. Lady Help or

to assist; one lady.-Ad-at Star Offi-r. «J

—rvTBD- Plmnl>er: also, aStop Boy.—John 'Prtfor(i- Flnm-her and

Albert-stI__1__ [?

jrrfvrajn a Smart Lad. with knowledge•W' o£ tte grocery tnrie.—D. Goldie, brev«}

StaSTED--^Smart Improver for the Dress-- APP'y immediately. MrsHtams,.4. LiTerpooi-street. 88HtANTED. Good General, for country.W wage 12/.—Apply Mrs. Johnsoc, Corn-wall Park-avenue. Epsom. •"*—TvTED a-zood General. 2 in family:%%es IS/ per week.-Apply Mrs. Berk.geeoott-aTOiiK, Kingslami. <j^fSISTED, Washing, next week, by re-Vl epectable. capable ywinpr womanMarie)—M-. Newton Post Office. 47mAXTBD, a Message Boy. also Girl UVV attend workroom telephone.—Apply J.

Moyes. Tailor, Victoria-stivyt East. 63AKTED, Boy lor the trade.—Apply.

after 5 o'clock, to Leon Randell.Plumber, Aitken-terrace.m r.len more. 73

W~ANTED Dy a competent and thorough-1t domesticated person. Position as

HousfSreper; town or country.—H.G.Y..^Star Office; »-vxTAXn,ED. two large Unfurnished Front\\ Rooms, use of kitchen and convenl-uces, on or very near Ponsonby-rosd.—Ap-ply Star Office. 2?W~i—iyfED to Buy, Left-off Clothing,

Boots, Jewellery, and Household Ef-fects; letters attended to.—Mrs. Noonan.Sα 179. H6bsoD-st. 48

A2\TED, by Married Couple, with boy,half of partly furnished House, or

Email furnished Cottaye; rent moderate.—iiiips Refined,_4W. Star Office. JSWASTED,- by Lady. Daughter, and Boy.

Board ami Lodging from December 21:piano, bath; >'ortacote, North Shore, orsiirwlere near seashore: terms moderate:permaneat, If comfortable.—A.Z., P.0., Mt.Eden.'. . ™WANTED immediately, experienced

Housemaid, Rotorua, 15/; 3 House-maids, suburbs, cook, and no washing, gen-tlemen's houses, 16/. 20/; Generals, 15/, 20/;L. Helps. Wanting Situations, WomenCooks, aotelsrKousekeepers waiting situa-tions.—Slts Arthur. Strand. 72TTrANTBD.—Mrs. Lockley, H.M. Arcade,VV . established qver -JO years, wants urg-ently; "Waitress, 17/6: Pantrymaid. 15/. to-gether, near TVaihi; Housemaids, Hamilton,Whangarei. also Kitcbenmuid, 12/. town.17/6; Laundress. 20/; Pantry-girl. 15/. andSecond Cook, both Taumarnnui; Waitresses,20/ and 25/, Gisborne: Women Cooks, Mar-ried Conples, station, farm, hotel; Teamster.4 horses, "Waikato;Farm Hand; Experiencedforter, 25/; useful lion, milk etc., 25/, sta-tioa; 2 Milkers, 25/ each, together, etc., etc.TX7ANTED to Rent! Richmond, good" ' House, 6 rooms; about 16/ per week. —T.B. Clay. 12 His Majesty's Arcade. 81

rra.VTED -innnediatelr, good Gen. Ser-ET* rantpr/tiiOToußnly domesticated Lady■Help; good wages; easy place. MissesMule, tyeeroona, Jubilee-avenue, DevonJ*"! &;TTTANTED at once, a smart Improver and" -Apprentice.—Apply Miss G. Oliver.orer Mrs Beunefs, Milliner, Newton.WANTED, a Working .len-eUer.—H R."; ;Mwtißson, Eartridge's BuUdings.HTASTED to Sen, Sew House, 7 rooms;" .officej bathroom, pantry seulleT'verinaais, etc.; steel ceilings; all the latestMwenienees: section, nearly j-aere. ele-W« position; splendid vien-.—J'or fartherPWicnlare apply M. Bnrrett, last house onKit Oonbern-rd., Remuera.(TIL LADISCH.—Wanted PurchaseEP?al 8 miles; accommodation for 35 pas-KDSra; draught 22 inches.—T. Henderson,Mm» Buildings. 74ySu>E'S CUTTER, having 5 years'ita. ?£ in first-class house,oeares Situation, town or country —Ad-toss Practical, 111, Star Ofßee.

FOR SAKE... (Continned from Page 2JybR SALE, well bred Mare.—Apply RAdamson, Sussex-st., Eden Terrace. 22JTOR SALE, 2 Cows, to calvlTlifabout~afloteL second calf.—Apply Avoadale

J SAI/Ji, mat-class Horse. Saddle, andBridle; also. 1 Jersey Heifer, pure-bred.tjPPj? F. South. SJH)R SALE, B.F. Gig, seat 3, £13: 4-tonK. sprii'e Cart, best build, £12: Harness,Cart, seat 4, £15.-Morleys> D^J,o^.^^-—Close to Devonport Wnarf,<m.» stl"roomed Houses; every conveni-S,. T?rand-ah back and front. - 15,i2>w>es_Arcade, Queen-street. 8BP™EST IW -THE"A VENUE - gel bath .h

D HoOms aDd Equipment, enam-bl etc. e?c!*r V im<i COld Water, Pan'

«oopS, cheap—Applyfcnuth and Halcombe. Victorii-sU

■lfefo^lCh7ap -eSt Proper Offer-iilot/80 r»?Td -H °USe ilarse ™oms),»EVi?lm"'utPS from fwT--?^_FortS^MSON &C- HObS°9"1S>^SO~^,,ASRES in grass, close tofcffilF ™-s

e'WoU°^uiArs

(• ■ -.■' ■——* j*

£••(10 r, close to ferry; fine harbour view.»D^°Wjr^med Villa- allotmentHobson Buildings, FOKT-ST.'' 90

:rromeo°mcd~Vma'- I«W »«-l^^^ul~-^dA,,ot-

I V.- R, AND po.,I >^^BSOX BLDQS., FORT-ST. S9

I SD

GREYHOUNDM7?' ReCeiTeS AU.!unSAROA, TOTARA NORTH HOF

;^SW AND THURSDAY-■■OX(S laSSfge api),y on board.

.• .'-VI LarS° received after 4pm. HASTSB, Agent.

ELECTORAL.

TO THE TfiLECTORS OF /-"UTY

/"-IENTRAU

To those Ejectors who did mc the hon-

iour of supporting my candidature, I desireto return my sincere thanks.

I wirfi also to return nay thanks to my

Committee and others who worked sostrenuously for mc during the recent con-test.

ALFRED KIDD.

A TJCKLAND CENTRAL.

TO THE ELECTORS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—

Please allow mc to tender myextreme thanks for the magnificent posi-tion in which yon have placed mc, asyour representative in the next New Zea-land Parliament, and you may rest assur-ed that I will do my utmost, not only tofurther the interest* of Auckland, but ofthe Dominion generally.

Very faithfully youre,ALBERT EDWARD GLOVER.

1A UCKI/AND CITI EAST.

TO THE ELECTORS.

I thank you most sincerely for the re-newal of yonr confidence in mc as your

representative in Parliament.TO Ml" COMMITTEE AXD FRIENDS.

I thank you most sincerely for the great

work voluntarily done by yon in the re-

cent election, and for the loyal and un-selfish eupport you have always given mc.

fred.'e.'baume.

MEETING'S. * i

NOTICE is hereby given that A GEN-ERAL MEETING of the Society will

be held at St. James' Hall, Wellington-st.,Auckland, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER:£.th. 190S. AT 7.30 V.M., when APPRO-PRIATIONS, as under, will be allotted:—first Group: l*3sth and 236th, iAppropriations: By Sale £400 0 0Second Group: 185th and 196th

Appropriations: By Ballot . . £400 0 0Third Group: 185th and 186th.

Appropriations: By Ballot .. £400 0 0Fourth Group: 137th and 138th

Appropriations: By Sale £400 0 0Fifth Group: 137th and 138th

Appropriations: By Ballot .. £400 0 0Sixth Group: 134th and 125thAppropriations: By Sale .... £400 0 0Eighth Group: 53rd and 54th.

Appropriations: By Sale £400 0 0Thirteenth Group: 19th and 20th"

Appropriations: By Ballot .. £400 0 0IFourteenth Group: 18th & 19th,J Appropriations: By Ballot .. £400 0 0'Sixteenth Group: let nnd 2nd

Appropriations: By Ballot .. £400 0 0

Total £4000 0 0

TJXDIiR RULE 96, Members desiring tobe "FINANCIAL" for the above Appro-priations, must pay all Subscriptions, etc.,due, before S p.m. on MONDAY, November:23rd, 1908. Moneys received on Tuesday, 24thiinst., or on Wednesday, the dayof tiie Meeting, will be TOO LATE to beentered up in time for the Appropriations.

GROUP 16. — To participate in theabove ballot,* MemDers must make theirpayments to November 23rd, inclusive.

LtHOUl' 17. — Entrance Fees are nowdue. If not paid First Pay-day for snb-ficriptions November 30th. when the Pass-books will be ready for issuing to mem-bers.

lly order of the Board.J. C. GBIERSON.

Secretary.

TO LET.(Continued from Page 2.)

TOLET, Rocky Nook, House, 5 rooms;main road: 11/6.—T. B. Clay, 12, I/isMajesty's Arcade. go

TO--LET, Park<ivenue, 7-roomed House,every convenience, stable and buggy-

house.—Apply 30, S«Lfield View-rd. 37

TO L/BT, 7-rooraed House. 1 large roomsuited for tailor or factory, in Upper

Queen-st.—Apply J. iDavies, Onslow-rd.,Mt. RoskHl. . 23rpO LET, Epsom, 7 Rooms; low rent to-*- good tenant; can lease if required.—Ernest Colson, 31, Shortland-st., nearly op-posite Star Office. 58TjSAKAI'UNA—To Let, Furnished House.'- 1- 6 rooms and bathroom: close to beachnnd 'bus.—Address "Violet," 475, Star Of-fice.

CITY—Shop nnd 8 rooms, Albert-st. ■ verycentral position; 27/6.

DEVONPORT—7-roomed Villa: bath pat.w.c; lovely harbour view; 18/.EPSOM—6-roomed House; just off tram-line. 16/.FURNISHED HOUSE, in Symonds-st;

50/ weekly.

C. R. WIL,LIAMSON AND QO.,HOBSON BLDGS., FORT-ST. S7

FNOX HALL, PARNBLLvGRAND CONCERT.

THURSDAY, 19th NOV., AT 8 P.M.

PART I.1. Song Miss Campbell2. Instrumental Trio Miss Ross, Messrs

Lester and Ross3. Song Miss Blanche Garlind4. Song, "The Lighthouse Keeper"

Mr W. J. Munro5. Recitation, "The Obstructive Hat"

Miss Eileen Cottrell6. Song Mr L. Mincher

part n.Grand Performance in full dress by St.

Lnke'e Minstrel Club. Songs, Choruses, andJokes.

Admission, 1/.P. HAitBLXN, Hon. Sec.

LOST AND FOUND. ITOST, piint and gtey Parrot.—'Reward, 31,■*-• Lawrence-street, Ponson'by.LOST. Gent's Open-faced Gold7 Watch

Reward. — William Stowers, Baileyand Sons. Customs-st.T OST. between Queen and Symonds-sts.,*-* Lady's Fur, Tuesday night; rewardNo. 12, Day-st., Newton. fioLOST, yesterday, Salmon and White Par-rot.—Reward on returning to J. W.Spence, Manukau-rd., Parnell. 85T~OST,'-BntTy-s Gold Banßle. 3 blue BtonesI-" and "J pearls, in Ponsonby car.—Rewardat. No. 60, Brown-st.. Ponsonby. 71

OST, 4th JnsL, near Hepburn-st.. GoldBrooch, with greenstone heart.—Re-

ward at Percy's Store, Ponsonby-rd. 52LOST, on Monday afternoon, between

Qiifleo-st. and Mountain-rd.. Gold IfcirRrooch, with pearl in centre.—Reward StarOffice. 73

OST, St. Mary's-rd.and Sweetland's. smiiilheart Brooch (Mizpah); much valued as

keepsake.—Kindly return to Sweetland Lol-lie Shop.

OST. last night, between Herald Office.Cook and Vincent sts., Gold Brooch,

set with diamonds and rubies.—Reward.72, Vincent-st. 48

"mHE LAND TAX AND INCOME TAX-L ACT, 1008."

LAND TAX PAYABLE. ;

Land nnd Income Tax Office.Wellington, 12th Nov., 190S.

By Order in Council, made and issuedby His Excellency the Governor in Coun-cil on the 22nd day of October. 1908, un-der the authority of the above Act, it wasdetermined that the respective duties byway of Land Tax, and of further graduatedLand TaS, leviable under the said Act,should be paid in one sum on MONDAY,tbe 30tb day of November, 1008, at theOffice of the Commissioner of Taxes, Go-vernment Buildings. Wellington; and. inaccordance with such Order in Council, 1hereby give notice that the said dutieswill be payable accordingly.

P. HEYES,Commissioner of Taxes.

"M'OTlCE.—Auckland Painters Union.—-*•' To whom It may concern. ConntryEmployers and Employees are hereby noti-fied that they are now working under theAnckland Painters' Provincial Award, whichcame into force on November 9th, and theywill be liable for any breaches of the saidaward from the date thereof. By order.

T. y, DTEB. Secretary.

SHIPPING.Moon's Age: Xcw Moon, November 2EL0.23 a.m.Sunsi-t: This evening, 6.39.Sunrise: To-morrow morning, 4.32.

nic;n water.This evening, 2.33;-to-morrow

Ucrliacta: Tivmonwr morning, 6.42; to-cwrriiw evening. 7.7.

Maniik.m Heads: To-morrow morning.Kainar:i Heads: To-morrow mornin-G.4i; to-morrow evening, 7.12.

ARRIVALS.YESTEKI>AY.

Xcapnhl, P.S.. r. W. Cummings fromTvn-mirarei; Ptisspnjrprs: Mr. and MrsRobertson anrT child, llr. and Mrs Barnes.•'.ml two children. Misses Oriffitlis. Wriffht,Chaieabours. Zaharta, lledlund, McKeuzie,Messrs. raltni-r. Greonshule, Watts Demp-sev. Wriczleswnrtn. Minrfleton, Foot A.fra-stronv-. iliit.-hinson. Rennie. Cheater theRt-v. .links, aud lfi steerage.—Northern Co..

Wniotahi, S.S.. r. Hopkins, from Sfrr-cury Hay and way ports. I'asspnsers:Misses Haiinan. Cameron. Mesdames -Shet-land. Crisp, Cameron, Tucker. Messrs;. Crisp.W. Hamilton, and three Aiistriuns,—Xor-tlip™ Co.. acents.

Kanieri. s.s.. T. Meyers, from Whanca-rei.—Northern -Co. agentsBarton-rowell,. s.s., v. Petersen, fromWbancrarei.—Northern Coal Company,agents. ■ • ...._..

THIS DAT. zCJsDsman. s.s.. 4S. McL-eoa. from Russell.rasspugers: Mesdauies Oullejv Harman and

three children. Miss Neill, Hales,Jlarman, rullp-y. CrM-rhe. C. 'W. Lewis,Clarke, lieti-alfe. BiomfieW (2), Kendon,lloumree. Her, A. J. Seamer.—NorthernCo.. agents.

DEPARTURES.YESTERDAY.

Kanieri. s.s.. T. Meyers, for Whanga-rel.Nsatiawa. .s.s.. p A. Stein, for Tau-ransa. Ohiwa, aud Opotiti.. Ulecelg-, s.s., F. Jouas, for Whangurei.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.EAST COAST.

Wednesday — Manapouri arrives fromEastern Pacific; Waipori sails for West-port at 5 D.m.

Thursday — Monowai arrives from South-ern ports.Friday: VTanaka sails for the Bluff Oam-

aiu, and Timaru, at G pjn.Saturday: ilouowal sails for Southern

WEST COAST.Friday: Takapuna arrives from Welling-ton and Sew Plymouth, and sails for NewPlymouth oniy ut 3 p.m. ti.lo p.m. train*.

NORTHERN S.S. CO/S MOVEMENTS.To-day — Clansman leaves for Russell,Ounxi.. at 5..p.m.;

\\aiotalii leaves for the Great Harrier(round trip) at 10 p.m.; Ngirpuhi leaves forAVhangarei at y.3u p.m.; jianieri arrives

from -Wliangaxei. midnight.Thursday: Waiotaii arrives from the<3reai iiarrier, late; -Kgapuhi arrives from

about II p.nu; Aupouri leavesfor Tauruiiga at 5 p.m.; Claymore leavesOuehuiiga ior Uokiaujja at 3 p.m. (train2.10 p.m.); Waitajigi leaves Onehunga forRaglan, 'Knwhia, and Waitara at » n.in.-(Uiiiu 6-.20 a<iu.>; Racawai arrives from »\v.l'lynioutu about S a.m., and leaves for the

port at o p.tn. (train 2LIO ■pjn..).*Friday-. Waiotahi leaves for Mercury Bay

iind Tuirua at 5 p.m.; JSgupuhi leaves for:"\\ at 0.3 Up ni

Saturday: Clansman' arrives from Mango-nui, Whanguma iind Russell about tS-30a.m:; Apatiui arrives from llouhora, Wai-iuittira, -aad Aivanui. .about U.30 a.m.;Kanieri arrives from Whaugarei about 3a.m.": 'Ngaxia.wa arrives from OpotiM about

-■a p.m.; Tasnian arrives- from Whakaianeabout 'J. DJa.

Saturday: WaibtaM arrives from WWti-

'auga iliill Xilirua' about 7 p.m.; Ngapuili-arrives from Whangarei about 4.30 pjn.;<Jlaymore arrives at Onehunga from. Hokl-

late; Kairawa arrives at Onehungafrc.in New Plymouth about 8.30 a:m_; Wai-tauLi arrives at Onehutrga from Eaglan andKanhia, eveniug; aiTiyes.froinXaurauga about ii .a.m.

Sunday: Rarawa "leaves Onehunga. forNew Pfymouth. at 3-30 p.m. (train. 2.3dp.m-i; Kanieri leaves -for Whangarei ate.oO p.m. .

EXPECTED .ASRITALS.Alice, schooner, from Maiden Island; due

Eruprtza, barque, from Surprise Island;due early in December

Caracciulu, snip, iroiu-Ataiseilles, via \\~el-.lingtoii, sailed June 27; sighted July 30 iniar.. 11 degrees mirU.s. and long. deg.west

Daidoreh, from afew lork, via llel-bourua and Sydney; to sail, October 14;-CLt Dtiil 20

Devoii, s.s., from Liverpool, via Melbourneand Sydney;" sailed September Mth; a£Sydney Nov. iti

Gowjuiuurn 5.5.,-trom Kew.lork, via Aus-tralia; sailed Sept. 25; due about >Joy.

Miiiiiro, s.s., from Loadon, via Australia;sailed September 21; at Melbourne, Nov.tiLh; iiue about Nov. 24'

Kai, baique, from Antwerp; sailed October10.

Morayshire, s.s., fromLiverpool; sailed Oct.17; Uue Dee. 10

Otaki, s.s., from Liverpool; to eail Novem-ber oU; due January 13

Star of Australia, s.s., fr"m New York, via.■ Australia: to sail Nov. 7Euu- of New Zealand, s.s., from London,

via Australia; sailed October 20Y.etido, s.s., from San, Francisco, sailedOctober 23; due

Star of England, s.s., from New York, viaAustralia, sailed September 26th; dueeariy in December.

Hashuna, s.s., from New^. York; to sailDecember ltith.

Cornwall, s.s., _fronj Liverpool; to sail Nov-ember 14th.

Matatua, s.s., from London; sailed October• Uth, due about Norember lfth. .Tonioana, s.s., from London via Australia;

lo -nil November 3rd.Ap.-irLma, s.s,, from Calcutta. Singapore andJava; due middle of December

aianapoui'i, S.S., fiom the• Society-:andCook islands: due

Pakeha. s.s., rroui Liverpool; sailed October81; due December 25.Mamika, s.s., from Sydney; due Sunday.Nerehaua. s.s., from London, via Australia;

sailing, November 20.Cape Breton, s.s., from New York, via Aus-tralia ; sailing Noveuiber 20th. '

VESSELS IN' PORT.■Annapclis, U.S. Gunboat, in streamKaipara, s.s., in dockKfllkoura, s.s.; in stream.AldebaruD, barque, at Chelsea-; . .Southern Cross, uarquentine,. la stream.Whaugape, s.s.. in streamIris, 11.M.c.5., in stream,lien of liuthven, «s.s., :it Queen-st. wharfWaipori, s.s., at Ilobsuu-street Wharf.Kia Ora. s.s., at railway wharf.Southern Cross, 5.5., at -Queen-street wharf.James Craig, barque, at llobson-streetwharf. - - -Hinemoa, s.s., at Queen-street wharf,Koromiko, s.s., at Chelsea.Kotii lit'ud. barqiieniiue, in stream.Vvaiapc, a.s.s., in stream.

PROJECTED DEPAETUEES.FOU LONDON—

Kia Ora, s.s., via the South loadingMil: .-Yij.\i:y_

Mokoia, s.s-, Monday " ■ .l-UU iiASTLUN PACIFIC--

Kavua, s.s., November 25th.

The s.e. Yoddo is now hourly-expectedto arrive from San Francisco "PecteuThe s s. Manapouri i≤ expected to arrivefrom the Eastern Pacific Islands this ev£i-The Fs. Korcmikowiil- be floated intoCailupe Dock for pumtmg.oa Friday afteruoon.llie 5.5. Monowai left GisDorne at 1030a.m. to-day, and should reach Ancklmt'■> a.ii. t-o-uiorro-w. vThe s.s. Squali, due from East Coastpons to-morrow, is expected to brin" 40ubales wool for transhipment' to the= kj.,

Ora for Loudou.The s-s. TCir.i —left Westpart at 4 amto-day for Ouehuuga, with coal. After

cliarciug.. she. proceeds. «). Xew.. Pllinonthand Greymouth.The Alice atriT.ed at Nine on

the "iSth October, and left for Maidenjsjand with, labourers on the.2ndXoveoiberShe wished to be reported-nil well. ■The s.s. \Y*anaku-;~ witii produce fromIthe Soutlv, lett Gisbciue at uoonand should arrive here abont 4 o'clock thisafternoon. She has been Sxed to loadnroduce at the Bluff on ;Vorember 27. Oani-t,ru on tne:25tH, and Tiraaru on tiie30th, forjjjjpjer GisbOTue, ana Auclda.nd,

The s.s., Bremen, which was due at Syd-ney from Bremen yesterday, Mas theTowing "passengers for Auckland": Mr. and"Mrs. J. C. Spedding. Mr. and Mrs. W. T.Hetherington, Miss Colbeck. Lientenant andMrs. Steer family, Messrs A. B Don-ald and family, R. Hotite; W. Hetherins-'ton, R. Colbeek, D. Bluranardt. B. Kumz,L. Ellehder.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPATITCBES.THIS DAT.

Rotoiti. s.s.. Aldwell. for New Plymouthand Wellington. Passengers: "MissesBrewer, O.Sullivan, Mesdames T. E. King.Buchanan, Ronson. Messrs. C: B. Warden.W. L. Wallace. A. Barnes, Woblf. Deeley,T. E. King. Wilkinson. W. H. J-acombs,Heineman, Longuet, and 12 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.Cape Maria Van Diemen. November IS.—The s.s. Sterling, from Auckland to Kat-para, passed south at 6 a.m. to-day.Gisborne. November 17.—Sailed' at "noon:

Sqiiali, s.s.. Wanalca. s.s., f or Auckland.Xew Plj-niouth, November IS.—Arrived, -at3.30 a.m.: Ruruwa, s.s., from Onehunga;at ii.Bi> a.m., Hosamond, s.s., from Onehunga

Tauransa. November IS.—Arrived, at 2a.m.: Xaatlawfl, s.s.. from AucklandEast C:ipo, November IS.—The s.s. Squall,from (iisliorno to Auckland, passed northat 10 a.m. to-day.

Wc-Hint'ton. November 17.—Arrived, at 11p.m.: Powerful. Challenger, and Pegasus,jlI.M. warships, from Melbourne. NovemberIS.—Arrived, at 7 -a.m.: Waikare, s.s., fromSydney; at 7.20 a.m., Maheno, s.s. fromSydney.

TheAucklandStar:WITHWHICHAREINCORPORATEDTheEveningNews,MorningNewsandTheEcho.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908.

THE ELECTIONS.

r*r the nin tAat i*cu* uHiMm,

Mr the iemg tht nuit niittomfor the (utwn to the dUtanea.An* the good that »»can do.

So far as the results of the polls areavailable, the elections appear to haveresulted as was anticipated, in a victoryfor Liberalism all along the line. Therewill be a certain amount of alterationin the personnel of Parliament, whenlit reassembles; but the Liberal party in1909 will probably muster quite asstrongly in the Lower House as in 1908.The actual position is, of course, tosome extent obscured by the necessityfor appealing to the second ballot inover 20 electorates. But, so far, itseems that in 70 electorates 48 Govern-ment members have headed the polls,while 24 Oppositionists and 4 Independ-ents are leading in the otherconstituencies. However, as theSecond Ballot will be called up-on to decide the issue in a largenumber of caseSj we must be content atpresent to point out that Governmenthas apparently gained two or three seatsand has lost four or five of the over-whelming majority they had in the lastParliament. In the Auckland constitu-encies the representatives of politicalparties remain just as they were before.Wedo not understand by what process ofjinference Mr. Massey has arrived at hisconclusion that the tide of public opinionhas turned against the Government. Asthe numerical strength of the two partiesafter the Second Ballots have been heldwill remain, inall probability, very muchwhat it was before, it seems to us thatthe country has declared in the most un-mistakable and convincing fashion thatit is satisfied, not only with Liberalism,but iwith the administration of the WardGovernment, and with the efforts thatit has so consistently and effectively putforth to secure the public welfare.

As regards the constitution of theparties, next session will reveal a goodmany changes in the rank and file oneither side of the House. From theGovernment point of view, much themost loss is the defeat of Mr.McNab, the Minister for Lands. Mr.McNab's rejection may be explained asdue partly to the unpopularity of thenew dairy regulations among the smallfarmers, and partly to the agita-tion against the Meikle grant. But thefact remains that the defeat of Mr.McNab leaves a gap in the party andin the Cabinet that will be hard to fill.New Zealand can ill spare such capableand conscientious administrators, andit is to be hoped that Mr. McNab's re-tirement from the political arena willbe only temporary. In Auckland itselfwe regret the defeat of Mr. Kidd, whose.services to the city, more especially inregard to the Drainage Bill, should notlightly be forgotten. Eleven Governmentmembers did not seek re-election,and, in addition, the Liberals havelost Mr. Symes in Stratfond,Mr. A. L. D. Fraser in Napier, Mr.Hornsby in Wairarapa, Mr. Wood inPalmerston North, Mr. Izard in Welling-ton North, Mr. Tanner in Avon, Mr.Major in Patea, Mr. C. M. Gray inChristchurch North, Mr. Stevens inManawatu, and Mr. Dillon in Hawke'sBay. The disappearance of Messrs. Tan-ner, Fraser, Hornsby, and Major moreespecially, will make a considerable dif-ference to the party in the way of Par-liamentary experience. On the otherhand Mr. Glover, the new member forAuckland Central, and Mr V.igor Brownof Napier, are very useful recruits, whilethe victories of Mr. Stallworthy in Kai-para, and Mr. Reid, in Bay of Islands,has strengthened the party in two doubt-ful electorates.

We have already pointed out that ourestimate of the strength of the rivalparties is only provisional, and the finaldecisionis still to be given by the SecondBallot. While reviewing this phase ofthe election contests, -we may take thisopportunity of referring to the hardshipto •which a considerable number of can-didates are liable to be subjected by thelaw as it now stands. In several instan-ces, the Second Ballot "will be invokedthough the candidate who heads the listhas polled a large majority over hisnearest rival. Thus in Gisborne Mr Car-roll has a majority of 1401.over Mr Dar-,ton, in Wanganui Mr Hogan has a ma-jority of 1164 over llr Hutchison,in Wellington North, Mr Herdman hasa majority of 1009 over Mr Bolton. Itseems to us that in view of such largemajorities, it would be well to fix alimit, within which the second ballotshould become operative. While thebill was going through the House, aclause was proposed limiting the use ofthe second ballot to cases in which the"plurality" of the leading- candidatewas less than 500; but this clause wasstruck out in the Upper House. Con-sidering the amount of time, trouble,and expense already entailed on all can-didates in scattered country districts,such as Gisborne, it seems to us thatit would be well to confine the appli-cation of the second ballot by statutorylimitation to cases in which there isa relatively narrow margin of differencebetween the rival candidates, due con-sideration being given to the votingstrengths of the various parties in thedistrict.

We have still to notice the most re-matUaUe ieatuie ol the eVection.—the

success of the No-license party in theircontest with "the trade." The actualresults of the licensing poll are still insome ease's dubious, because of incom-plete returns, and the doubt that hasapparently existed in certain quartersas to how the results of the licensingpoll should be interpreted. But it seemsclear that "No-license" has made a veryconsiderable advance throughout thecountry; and there is no doubt aboutthe excitement and interest that cen-tred round the No-license poll. Thedistricts that had already "gone dry"—Grey Lynn, Oamaru, Clutha, Ashburton,InvercargiH, Mataura—have re-affirmedtheir determination to do with-out licensed houses; and in addi-tion, Eden and Ohinemuri, the presentindications are that Masterton and theHutt electorates have been addedto the "No-license" list, while in Parnellthe vote is so close that a recount hasbeen found necesary. Moreover, Reductionhas been carried in Auckland and Dunedincities,, in Parnell, Port Chalmers, and inManukau, Marsden, and Taieri districts.The fight has been very keen in ourown end of the island, and the positionof Waitemata and several other elec-torates is still doubtful. But we maysay with certainty that the number of"dry" districts in the Dominion hasincreased, and v that reduction hasbeen carired in several more.Our own views on this question we havejalready expressed, with sufficient forceand clearness; and we will only addthat, making all due allowance for thehonesty and public spirit of the Xo-license party, we regard it i% a seriousdanger to the interests of the countrythat all the political problems of theday should be subordinated to this onequestion, and that such intensity offeeling should be displayed over what isat best a very dubious experiment.

The following is Capt. Edwin's wea-ther forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m.this day:_"Easterly. Strong winds togale. Ram probable; glass rise"In another column the Auckland Co-operative Terminating Building Soci-ety a advertisement of this month's

meeting for appropriations appears, no-tifying members that there will be adistribution of £4,000 by ballot andsale at St. James's Hall on Wednesday25th inst., at 7.30 p.mThe sum of £3,200,000. wrapped in•prize packets," was distributed recentlyto the guests of Mr. and Mrs. WilliamSinger of Pittsburg. Jhe occasion wasthe golden wedding of the aged couple,

r ■}.. * fortunate guests were theirchildren Mr. William Henry Singer, j*n•Steel W ; Mrs. William Rosr, Proc;*;f * Philadelphia architectand Mjss Marguerite Singer, who lives^thome and devotes h€r j? > I\£ at

adaan Government. The steel , tot

hundred and twenty-five miles and it vthe intention of the Canadian Govern-ment to mcrease this distance. TownsTnscuvpepidd,rection about foi 3T£

100.) elevenof which were at sfrewsbury)and the 534 cases of injury compare fav-ourably with the average for the pastthirty years—namely, twenty-two deathsnnd 072 injuries. The Board of Tradereport issued last month puts the figuresthus:—"ln 1907 one person was killed in70,000,000 journeys. In 1907 oneperson was injured in 2,300,000 journeys."The risk is really less, as the figures donot include the journeys of season-ticketholders.

The advent of flying machines drivenby petrol motors at an extremely highvelocity has provedi that bearings andaxles subjected to at least 3000 revolu-tions per minute are heated so quicklythat the necessity has arisenfor some metal which will standthe strain and velocity without wear-ing orheating. This has now been foundin the metal titanium, of which rutile isthe purest ore. Rutile has hitherto beenconsidered of littleor nocommercialvalue.Deposits have been found near Queens-land, however, occurring with wolframand tin, and which is a titanium dioxide,containing from 70 to 08 per cent ottitanic acid, chiefly depending upon thequantity of iron present. Pure rutilecontains 98 per cent of titanic acid and 2per cent of iron.

Mr Hesketh Bell, Governor of Uganda,organised a Marathon race for theKing's birthday. The Uganda men fre-quently run twenty-five miles pullingrickshaws without a stop. The coursewas to be to Entebbe from Kampala andthe finish at the Industrial Exhibition.

Henry Edwards, 51, tailor, whopleaded guilty to stealing a horse, and'*as found guilty of assaulting a police-man, who caught him leading the horse,was sentenced at the Middlesex Sessionsin September to six months' hard lab-our for the assault and seven years'penal servitude for the horse-stealing.Edwards came from Australia in March,and it was shown from his finger-printrecords that while there he had hadfour years' penal servitude for forgery,three years' for horse stealing,seven years' for burglary andtheft from a place of worship,and seven years for stealing and re-ceiving. Altogether, the prisoner hadserved twenty-eight years' penal servi-tude, and he was described by the In-spector-General of Australia as a verydangerous and cunning criminal.j Serious anti-German riots occurred atLaibach, the capital of Carniola, Aus-tria, on September 18. A mob wreckedthe German Tonhalle and the Germanschools, and damaged the casino.Towards midnight the military werecalled out, and gradually dispersed therioters. Stones were freely thrown uponthe soldiers, police, and gendarmes fromthe windows of Slovene houses. Orderwas not restored until early morning,several battalions of infantry beingobliged to bivouac in the streets andsquares. The riots broke out again onSunday, September 20, when the crowd;pelted the soldiers. The troops at lastI fired a volley, killing two persons andwounding four. Two persons were also,injuted by aabie cuts.

THE CHINESE MURDERCHARGE.

LOUIE. VUG BEFORE THE SUPREMECOURT.

A QUARREL AND ITS FATAIi BBQUKO

The little Chinaman Louie Tug,otherwise known as Bhue Hock, wasthis morning arraigned before his HonorMr Justice Edwards and twelve jurymenon a charge of having on or about Aug-ust 8 last, at Mt. Roskill, murdered afellow-countryman named Fong MongChee. The accused was defended byMr A. C. Hanlo-n, of Dunedin, instruc-ted by Mr A. E. Skelton.

In his opening remarks, Mr Tole, K.C.,briefly outlined the facts of the case,which will still be fresh in the publicmind. How a schoolboy, on his wayhome, saw throughthe open door of theshanty occupied by Yhe prieoner andFang Mong Chee, or Ah Yang\ as he,was better known in the neighborhood,the two men being partners in a marketgarden, the body of Hie latter man lyingon the floor in a pool of blood. Theboy ran away, and when his fatherarrived in the evening, told him of whathe had seen. The father then pro-ceeded to the Chinaman's house, whichwas not far away, and found the dyingFong lying on his bed, wilh a gunshotwound m the abdomen, the gun, whichhad evidently inflicted it, lying on thefloor, while about the bedroom and din-ingroom were evidences of a severestruggle. He notified the police, whoarrived on the scene with Dr Parkeeabout ten minutes to nine. Fong MongChee expired at the hospital on August8, but, before dying, he made a state-n\snt before n, magistrate, contintftdMr Tole. In it he stated that on themorning of the sth he and the prisonerhad quarrelled, and that in the after-noon, upon him asking the prisoner toaddress some envelopes, which werefound lying cm a table in the dining-room by the the police, the quarrel ofthe morning was reopened, high wordswere followed by a struggle, in whichhe, Fong, got the other man on thefloor. The prisoner got away from himand snatched up a gun which they keptfor shooting small birds, whereupon he(Mong) picked up a knife. Anotherstruggle ensued, ending in the prieonergetting possession of the knife, and hethen turned the muzzle of the gun onhim (Fong). anil shot him in the abdo-men, immediately running away. LouieVug is next heard of at Epsom, wenton the Crown Prosecutor, arriving atthe house of some fellow-countrymen,and telling them that he and his matehad had a row. and that Fong had at-tempted to stab him,, the knife beingcaught by him, and breaking in hishand. He said something about anintention to lay an information againstFong for assault. He then proceededto Panmure, and told a similar tale tosome Chinamen there, but never a wordat either place about any gun havingentered into the matter. If the jury,having carefully considered the circum-stances, submitted Mr Tole, came tothe conclusion that the prisoner haddeliberately and wilfully shot the de-ceased, then it was murder. If, how-ever, they came to the conclusion that'the'- jjrtsdtfeY'was, tfnder some 'apprehen-sion at the time, and fired the gun with-out any malicious intent to kill, then itwould be for them to bring in a verdictof manslaughter.

Robert John Salmon, the ten-year-oldboy who first discovered the woundedFong Mong Chee, repeated 'his evidencegiven in the lower court, describing howon his way home from school on theafternoon of August 5 he looked inthrough the open door of the shanty oc-cupied by the deceased and the accused,and saw the deceased lying on his backon the floor near the living room door,with blood plentifully spattered on thefloor about him. It was a little after 3o'clock in the afternoon, and he ranstraight home, frightened, without touch-ing the deceased or anything about him,andwhen bis father arrived home in theevening he told him.

Robert Salmon, the father of the fore-going witness, related how the boy toldhim about 7 o'clock in the evening whathe had seen at the Chinamen's shanty,and his own consequent investigation.When he arrived, the deceased Chinamanwas lying on a bed opposite the bed-room door, while blood was on the floorof <both bed and dining-rooms, and somebloodstained clothing also lay on thefloor. Going over to the wounded man,who Avas conscious, he inquired what hadhappened and Fong replied that he had•been shot, a wound in theabdomen bear-ing him out. In the dining-room were in-dications of a severe struggle havingtaken place, and ig the bedroom the win-dow furtains were nulled down andbloodstained, while ueross a pool ofblood near the door was lying a gunHe saw nothing of any knife about

At this point Mr Tole produced thebroken blade and haft of a cheap but-cher's knife, -which the witness, himselfa slaughterman, considered might havebeen broken by a man having the bladetwisted in his hand, another holding thehandle, the broken blade ehowinjj evi-dence of having been flawed.

Dr. Parkes, who examined the woundedman and afterwards assisted at the postmortem examination, expressed the opin-ion that the wound could not have beenself-inflicted. It -was almost horizontal,very slightly upwards to the right.

To Mr Hanlon: His reason for considering that the wound was not self-inflict-ed was because it would have requiredan unusually long arm to reach the trig-ger so as to inflict a wound with the di-rection he had indicated. He admittedthat it might have been possible to dis-charge the gun without touching thetrigger with the finger, but there was noindication of any contrivance for dis-charging it having been used.

Detective Cox gave evidence as tohaving gone out to. the shanty of theprisoner and deceased, in company withthe doctor, Detective MacMahon, andConstable Morris. The envelopes re-ferred to by the dying Chinaman wereon a table, and spotted with blood;while the gun, a muzzle-loading weapon,was in blood on the bedroom floor,near the door.

Dr Inglis, who operated on the de-ceased at the hospital, expressed theopinion that the muzzle of the gun hadbeen within a foot of the body whenthe shot was fired, and in his opinionwas not self-inflicted. Dr CasementAickin, house surgeon at the •hospital,was also of opinion that the woundwas not self-inflicted.

Evidence was given by Detective Mac-Mahon, and then Fong Cheong, a gar-dener employed by Quong Sang, ThreeKings, told of the coming of the priso-ner in a state of great excitement anddishevelment, and carrying in one handthe broken blade of a knife, which hesaid had been used by Fong Mong tostab Wm. He spoke of laying an infor-mation, and witness advised him to seethe boss, Quong Sang. The deceased-was a cousta ol bis, the -witness, a*dI

was a very quiet men. So also wasthe accused. They were both very-quiet men.

Quong Sang stated that the prisonercame over to him in the garden. Itwas a little after two o'clock in theafternoon. Witness asked him. whatwas the matter, Louie's hat being off.Louie replied "I have nearly lost mylife. . My partner tried to etab mcwith his knife, efcowiri* the WoJrtnblade). After dinner Feng- asked mcto address some envelopes,.and I, ad-dreesed two, whereupon Fong said thatthe handwriting on the second was notthe same as on the first. We then had astruggle, and Foiig knocked mc downand picked up a knife. We then hada.big struggle, and! managed to breakthe blade. After that we both got up,and I edged away to the door andescaped." Sang then washed the Woodwhich was on Louie Tug's face, and hewent away, saying that he would go. toPanmure, and (explain the cirwlmetancesto Pong's relations, and then inform thepolice. ■", .rtTo MrHanlon: When he washed theaccused's face, he noticed there werered marks on the akin, but he couldnbt say whether they were scratchesor cuts, or what they were. The de-ceased was a bigger and apparently amuch stronger man than the prisoner.

(Proceeding.)

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.. THE ELEC7TED CANDIDATES.

The following is the full Met of candi-dates composing the new House of Repre-sentativee, together with the names Ofcandidates who go to second ballots::—

AUCKLAND.BAY OF ISLANDS:

Vernon Reed MMARSDEN:

*F. Mander OKAIPARA:

•J. Stallworthy MWAITEMATA:

L. R. Phillipps O-W.J.Napier.... M

AUCKLAND EAST:•F. B. Baume M

AUCKLAND CENTRAL:A. £. Glover IL

AUCKLAND WEST:•C. H. Poole ;.. it

GREY LYNN:*Hon. O. Fowlda M

EDEN:•J. Bollard , O

PARNELL:•F. Lawry H

MANUKAU:•F. W. Lang O

FRANKLIN :•W. F. Massey O

THAMES:*Hon. J. McGowan M

OHINEMURI:•H. Poland , H.F. Haseiaen ._._. 0

WATKATO:•H. J. GreensUde M

TAURANGA:•W. H. Hemes ....; 0 .

BAY OF PLENTY:W. D. S. MacDonald MJ. Gow O

GISBORNE:•Hon. J. Carroll MG. Darton lab

HAWKED BAY.HAWKED BAY:

Sir W. R. Russell O~•A. Dfllon ..i....* M

NAPIER:J. V. Brown * M

TARANAKJ, WANGAKUI, ANDWEST COAST.

TAUMAKUNUI:*W. T. Jennings M

STRATFORD :J. B. Hine „ o

TARANAKI:•H. J.H.Okey O

EGMONT:B. Dive oG. P. Wake M

PATEA:G. V. Pearce ..... O

WANGANUI:•J. T. Hog»n ji

G. Hutchison oRANGITIKEI:

•A. E. Eemington . t J|OROUA: ,

D. H. Guthrie OMANAWATU:

E. Newman o•J. Stevens .' jj

PALMERSTON:D. Buiek o•W. T. Wood M

WAIPAWA:•C. HaU M

PAHIATUA:•R. B. Roes MJ.C. Cooper o

WELLINGTON.MASTERTON:

•A. W. Hogg HWAIRARAVA:

W. C. Buchanan OUTAKI:

•W.H.Field MHUTT:

•T. M. Wilford MWELLINGTON NORTH:

A. L. Herdman' OF. G. Bolton M

WELLINGTON CENTRAL:*F. M. B. Fisher I

WELLINGTON EAST:A. R. Atkinson . .*. OD. McLaren Lab

WELLINGTON SOUTHt•W. H. P. Barber ....' MR. A. Wright O

WELLINGTON SUBURBS:J. P. Luke MJ. B. Fitzgerald M

NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH.KELSON:

V. Graham JfH. Atmore IL ,

MOTUEKA: ,•R. M'Kemrie ifBULLER:•J. Colvin *.il

GREY:*Hbn. A. R. Guinnew , »

WESTLAND:"T. E. Y. Beddbn j|

WAIRAU:J. Duncan e > ?

CANTEfiBUHT.HCRTJNTJI: :.

G. Forbes w L0. F, Clothier ..'.'.'£> o t

KAIAPOI:•D. Buddo w jjL,

CHRISTCHURCH NORTH: * -T. E. Taylor c jCHRISTCHURCH EAST: **'•T. H. Davey MCHRISTCHURCH SOUTH-

•H. G. EU .u*liRICCARTON:

•O. Witty -£ikAVON: •G. W. Russell_

•W. W. Tanner .;*„,* JLYTTELTON:

•G. Laurenson t «ELLESifERE:

•R. H.Rhodes%( tf

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SELWYN: **■■*C. A. C. Hardy .......... pV 1ASHBURTON:*F. R. Flatman , "^D. Jones ■«;; i.'i. ;•'-<>■/""'' "TIMARU:J. A. Craigie .; jrW.G. Campbell , ti ©\/

GERALDINE:T. Button , «W.Jeffries "I Q\y

OTAGO. : i'v.fV/AITAKi:

•Sir W. J. Steward jjOAMARU:

•Hon. T. Y. Duncan j£CHALMERS:

•E. G. Allen ~...,"jjDUNEDIN NORTH: ' *•A. R. Barclay ..4i :'._||f J

G. M. Thomson i....... «DUNEDIN WEST: / i•Hon. J. A. MilUr j|DUNEDIN CENTRAL!

•J. F. Arnold ->i... 3£DUNEDIN SOUTH: • i [

•T. K. Sidey ........i.,... ,vTAIERI:

*T. Mackenzie ..I. jfBRUCE:

•J. Allen i.i..« 0-TUAPEKA: '';' \

V. A. Macpheraon .....,,.». H'.'WR. Scott r-.»....... 6J^CLUTHA: f • ;.' V." L-

•A. S. Malcolm .....i..,..i {•>'s'■*&■■■soirteLAND. a

WAKATIPU: ' -r ;> /MATAURA: '- M^

G. F. Anderson ...i....,r,t ■WALLACE:•J. C. Thomson Mt': .

INVERCARGiLL:V. A. Haaaa -M

AWABUA: - :•Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward JI

•Representative" in last Parliaaest, ~ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

BOY'S STRANGE ACT.BECAUSE OF A WOODENLEG.(B/ Telegraph.—Press AssedattM.)

DUNEDIN. this day.Wilfred Coates, a lad aged nineteen,

residing at KJorth East Valley, thothimself m the stomach on Ocean Beachearly this morning. He has a woodenleg, and gives this as the reason. Hj»condition ia critical. '

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr r! W. Dyer, SJI)

A youth named Norman Glover pitt-ed guilty, through Mr. Hackett, to •charge of using offensive language, iadresisting the police, and was mulctedin a penalty of £5 10/ in fine and costi

A STOIJEH BHXB.T.Henry Boyeon, while "Buffering» reeo*

cry," so far forgot himself as to steal.*shirt from the shop of Mr Geo. FowMlThe value of the shirt was only 2/0, butBoyson's past record -was an uewholeeojijfone; in fact, Boyson appears to !«,»■•bued with a desire to misdistingoisa■■,*••tween "meura and tuum." The. gexpressed deep penitence, and. Vtggj&ma prohibition order. Hβ waif jee»t,: <•■■Mt. Eden for three months. ■}.■!;• ■

a BCAFFOu>nro iraosi.The laws of New Zealand provide that

no matt may erelt a scaffolding ***•*!•ing 16 feet in heightwithout notifjmf •* 7inspector of scaffolding in such- dietneU•where inspectors are appointed; Mβ*,thew John Bennett failed to notify th«inspector concerning a structure in Hiflk" •street, but explained that it tila per*inadvertence. He wai fined £2 aad VCOStS. __ ■■':']

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baa cone to.press.

J. POSTLESrnAILOK,

VICTORIA-ST. EAST,Opp. D.S.C.Is showing

QCMMER aCITINGS,IN THE NEWEST DESIGNS OF

FABRIC AND TATTEttN.

FIT AND STYLE THE CORRECT THING.

"CHAMPION"MUSCLE EAISEK

STILL VICTORIOUS.(Always wait till the numbers are up.)

J* T7VERT JNSTANCBOUR CLdENTS

■piRST.... %

TO THE ONES THATTAST

WE STRONGLT RECOMJTEND

"STANDARD"SOOTHER

(1.E., OATMEAL GRUEL MEAL ANDBOLTED OATS.)

H. L. POS&ENNISKIEMERCHANT TAILOR,

Begs to announce the arrival of tile FirstShipment ol

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TION.Note Address: t^HOUTLAND-BT.,

Corner Arcade.

rxTHEN you use Tomato Bauce yon Tan:»» a brand that is reliable, you want a' sauce that whets your appetite, and givesyou a relish for your food. The brand thatwill do this is SHAKLAND'S TOMATOSAUCE. When you once have til's yonwon't trouble other makes. It is 4 saucethat gives satisfaction all the time. SoldIn reputed pint aud quart bottles at allstores

a A D D L E 3.Settlers and Stockmen should haveSaddles that are made with good solid

leather, hand-sewn, by expert workmen.These are the Saddles that stand plentyof bard wear. If your present saddle hasnot satisfied you, give your next order toJ. MACKES-.

45, Albert-st.

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Station Yard.HOUSEHOLD COAL (bagged), 19/, Auck-

land Station Yard.Cartage Extra.

T -pERRIDAY, FORT-ST.

"X7<OOTBALLEn-' BRAND CLOTHING.—■L The only Shop in New Zealand wheremen.are employed to make ready-made Gar-ments Is Dalton's, 276 and 278, Queeu-st.

"P •'B gIMPS°N AND po.,LTD., MT. EDEN (In* Liquidation).

Notice is hereby given that the nnder-signel has been duly appointed Liquidatorin the above estate. Any persons haVlngclaims on the estate are requested to for-ward them to the Liquidator, and all out-Standing accounts due to rthe firm must bepaid to the undersigned without delay.

C. HUDSON,,Accountant, 28, Shortlend-et.

18th November, 1908.

rpHE REPRESENTATIVEFOR

THE AUCKLAND STAB

THE WEEKLY GRAPHIC ANDNEW ZEALAND MAIL

AND

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERis

B. B. BBET^--1134, FLEET-STREET (Sew Zealand Pres

Agency), LONDON, E.C.\ t,Ovei "TUe Stanaat4" Offices.)

THE WRITING ONTHE WALL.

CITIZENS! MEN AND WOMEN!

We oaicbt to feel pr*md of tlio

grand flght we hare pnt np, with-

out the Malateaee and In spite of

the opposition of the Frew of thla

City, in the noble canae of Hu-

manity and Liberty.

The Pre«a atate* it waa due to

the woman's vote. IKent Are

yon not good and true Citliena,and

the pride of yonr homes? (the social

club).

Remember, Men and Women, the

Licensing Bench will be called

upon to give effect to yonr will

which, under our Grand Liberal

Laws, i> not "Coercion."

The Press remarkedi "The Town

was like a Sunday, owing to the

Public Houses beins; closed', and no

places to go to."

CITIZENS 1What a slur. The inference ia that

the Public House Bar i> the only

place ofretirement and enjoyment.

May we ask, For whom!

The "Moral Agent " for sly-grog

selling, which ia a crime, ia Gaol

and Confiscation ofProperty.

Watch closely the actions of a

LIQUOR MONOPOLY,

which has now receired 3 years'

notice to unit, and which will, dur-

ing that period, conduct its pecu-

liar trade in thia City under the

mandate of 3035 ElecV»ra, and

against the expressed will of

70 253 °* our *ellow citixens.

All reforms hare an uphill fight.

KINDLY NOTE THIS.

—The Band of Business Men. I

The Crown Lands Department «fr gnoiince the sale of land by public atte,tion in various townships. See advfc

Chronic coughs are best treated-Of:Steams' Wine, which, by etrcßfthetftfthe system, enables it to throw tineoff. It does more good than cod Uwoil, and tastes as good at fine old pert-—Advt. ■ :. r-JFor special value in shirte, light °*derwear, collars and tieg, go to -Raw, Ibrook and Bridgman's, opposite tWTown Hall site.—(Ad.)

Just Opened: Bathing suite(

youths', and men's summer underwent.Special value at Rushbrook and Bwman's. Just above the Grey SUttfcv—(Ad.) ;-'i

Nursea,aprons ior hoapita\ o* ?j*j*^naming; regulation shape, 2/0.-«Bnl*■and Caughey, Ltd.—(Ad.}

CABLEGRAMSv

rrelßß ASSOCIATION.—COrTEIGHT.J

KAISER AND CHANCELLOR.

A lENGTHX INTERVIEW.

GRAVE CRISIS FEARED

f"; (Received 9 aan.)

BERLIN', November 17.The Kaiser to-day had an audience

«itfi' Prince yon Buelow, the German"hancellor, at Potsdam, the interview

an hour and threequarters.There is keen anxiety lest the Kaiser"s

possible refusal to yield to the Reich-itarr'3 views should drive yon Buelowinto retirement, and precipitate a crisis,itereis intense feeling in all parts of thejjmpire.

THE PRICE OF SILENCE

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BERXiIN, November 17.~S It is reported in Berlin that Germanypaid £10,000 to the proprietors of the 'BCentury Magazine" for the suppressionSf the interview with the Kaiser whichthat magazine intended to publish.•fThe German Government negotiated 'jiredij with the publishers.

CHINA'S DEAD RULERS.:- . BOTH DIED ALONE.

AFRAID OF THEIR SACREBNESS

.• (Eeceived 8.20 ajn.)

LONDON, November 17. iThe Emperor of China and the Dow-

ager Empreas each died alone, their (Bearest relative, the Emperor's uncle, 'fearing to approach the death chamber '<nring to the sacredness of their persons. *'"Chinese in London and also in British ''Columbia are in mourning, and theirrihopshave been closed for threedays.

BRITAIN'S NAVAL PROGRAMMENO ESCREASE MAB£. j

J- (Received 5.30 a.m.) °t LONDON, November 17.Mr. Asqmth,replying to Mr. J.B. Lens-

dale, said that the Admiralty saw nonecessity for altering the naval ship-building programme sanctioned, for thecnrrent finawia] year, so the Governmentjrouldadhere to it..

HALDANE'S TERRIERS.. A NEW DEFABTMEBT. d

A > (Received S.'3O a.m.) 7:■_- , LONDON, November 17. aMr. B. B. Haldane, Secretary for War,

innonnces the creation of a new depart-Dfint; underLord Lucas, to look after theterritorial forces.

THE PAPAL JUBILEE.BISHOP LENIHAN PARTICI-

PATES.

(Received 8.20 a,m.)

LONDON, November 17.l)r. Lenlhan,Eomau Catholic Bishop of

■lincldaad, participated in the Pope'sJubilee Mass.

BRITISH FAIR PLAY.REPLY TO THE AMERICANS.

(Received 8.30 a.m.)

LONDOX, November 17.Owing to persistent misrepresentationm America respecting the fairness of the.. YjXnpic contests, the English Amateur;. Athletic Association has issued a crush-. Pg reply.

X ' ■ I

THROWNOVER A CLIFF.<+ .. (Received 5.30 a.m.)

■x\ LONDON, November 17..Mrs, Lloyd, wife ot an official of the, Itoblin Post Oißce, and her niece were■-.™gng near the top of a cliff near, £Wtb.when two men demanded money'S i !?• °n bein" refusc<i they threw■ Tfe. CS Orer the cliff' killing Mrs.i%a ana injuring her niece so swerely"wshe is now dying.-•.;;; i>

EDUCATIONCOMPROMISE.<■ ;';,. (Received 5.30 ajn.)

H " LONDON, November 17

■■SS. Bill compromiseapprehension in Gorenunent quar-

INDIAN TERRORISTS.m -—-'■;.■•;; (Received 8.30 a.m.)

-^XwoCAtClmA' November 17.■JbSt^w, have been arrested at.*edtSe^Keh;rWhOmtheybe-m y -

A COURT SENSATION..": - (Received 9 ajn.)

: B BERLIN, November 17.'"WL?*?™' a Berlin merchant, whoby Court at

W. v 5? "waied a Jaw-.ftert' Shot cletk of the

SACERDOTAL DESPOTISM.IN THE CHXTBCH OF ENGLAND.

A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT.

(Received 9.7 a.m.)

SYDNEY, this day.The annual meeting of the Church of

England Association has been opened.The report declared that every effort hadteen made to uphold the principles ofthe Reformation and to counteractpernicious ritualistic teaching. Bishopswere blamed for the introduction of falsedoctrines and ritualistic practices, whichhad taken such a firm foothold in theChurch. The Episcopal bench in Englandhad been filled with Romanising Bishopswho permitted the introduction of medi-eval superstion and sacramental idola-taries. The aim of the Society was toresist.the spread of the system of sacer-dotal despotism which threatened to un-dermine the fundamental doctrines ofChristianity, restore the Macs and theConfessional and the blasphemous doc-trine ofTransubstantiation. It was a sadrecord and a startling fact that 3000clergy were, wearing illegal vestments.Dim religious light and gaudy ostenta-tious colours and vestments allured mento ritualism. The position was intoler-able, and called for drastic action.

The President attacked the Bishop ofStepney (Dr. Lang), who was intendingto visit Anstralia, for extreme ritualisuT.His appointment to the See of Yorkwould no doubt cause consternation inEngland as it did here. It was hard thatthe. Archbishopric should have such aRitualist forced on it.

LICENSING BILL.TIME LIMIT EXTENDED.

TO TWENTY-ONE TEAKS.

LONDON, November 17.In the House of Commons yesterday:urther consideration was given to the

JeensingBill, attention being confined to:lause 3, -which provided that at the ter-nination of the period of 14 years invhich licenses are +o be reduced by one-hird compensation for loss'of on-licenses(licenses for liquor consumed on the pre-mises) shall cease.At the report stage it was moved, onlehalf of the Government, that the time

imit of compensation for loss of licenseie extended by another seven years.Replying to Mr. Balfoux's spirited pro-est against the confiscatory policy, Mr.Jerbert Samuel (Dnder-Secretary for thelome Office) declared that 14 years' timeimit was just, while 21 years was gener-us.

The discussion'has now concluded.

MR. FISHER'S CABLEGRAM.AUTHENTICITY DENIED.

(Received 9.30 ajn.)

MELBOURNE, this day.Mr Fisber, the new Federal Premier,enies the statement of Thorn, a Christ-hurch Socialist, that he cabled to 2few

lealand, urging the workers to vote sol-ily for Labour. He did not think heras called upon to interfere in theifiairs of a friendly State.

HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.(Received 8.30 a.m.)

LONDON, November 17.Mr John Redmond, the Nationalist

iader, -who has just returned from arusade in America, has commenced aimpaipn in the provinces.

FREE EDUCATION.(Received 9.35 a.m.)

HOBART. this day.I The /Council by a largo majoritypassed a bill in favour of free education.

A ROYAL VISIT.(Received 8.20 a.m.)

IX)NDON, November 17.The whole Channel fleet saluted the

Kinfj and Queen of Sweden on theirIarrival at Spithead.

The Prince of Wales met the Royalparty and escorted them to WindsorCastle, where King Edward and QueenAlexandra met them.

THE BALKAN SITUATION.MONTENEGRIN ACTIVITY.

LOKDON, November 17.Private telegrams from Belgrade

state that some Montenegrin bands haveentered Herzegovina (the province'lately annexed by Austria), though thepremature advent of winter will preventformidable operations.

A BRITISH CRUISE.TO THE PACIFIC ISiLAiTDS,

LONDON, November 17.Replying in the House of Commons to

Earl Winterton (Conservative memberfor the Horsham division of Sussex), Mr.McKenna (First Lord of the Admiralty)stated that it was not intended to send alarge fleet to Australia next year, thoughit was probable that some ships wouldbe detailed to visit the Pacific Islands.

FRAUDS ON THE CUSTOMS.AMERICAN SUGAR TRUST.

NEW YORK, November 17.The American Government is suing the

Sugar Trust to recover £725,000 forarrears of duties on shipments of sugar.

Charges of gigantic frauds by means offalse weights are made against the trust.

PORT ELIZABETH FLOODED.CAPETOWN, November 17.

A terrific thunderstorm caused theEurkens River to rise with startling'rapi-dity, flooding Port Elizabeth.

'Hie damage done is estimated at a-(juarter of a million. Several persons■were drowned,

REFORM IN CHINA.DYING EMPEROR'S DECREE.

A CONSTITUTION PROMISED.

PEKIN, November 17.The late Emperor's valedictory decree

urged the diligent execution of reforms inorder to be prepared to inaugurate a Con-stitution in nine years' time.

The Empress-Dowager's valedictory de-cree also refers favourably to constitu-tionalreform.

It is officially announced that theChinese Government scout the suggestionof foul play, either as far as the deathof the Empress Dowager or the Emperoris concerned.

Owing to the admirable precautions ofthe reformer Yuan-Shai-Kai,.no disordershave occurred. He advocated the selec-tion of a new Emperor.

(Received 9 a.m.)

PEKIN, November 17.There is a eerious run on the PekinBanks, otherwise all is quiet.

Prince Chun has taken firm action tomaintain order. He has, introduced intothe Palace many reform's, nas abolishedthe eunuchs, and resolved on modern■methods of transacting public business.

The Emperor Pu-yi's education will beon modern lines.

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

AN ISLAND MURDER.

(Received 10.45 a.m.)

SYDNEY, this day.News has been received of the murder

of a French planter named Louis Punetat Ambryn Island. Punet was workingon his estate, when a band of nativessurrounded, and shot him from cover.

HE IS AN ENGLISHMAN.

(Received 10.45 a\m.)MELBOURNE, this day.

Dγ Maloney called the attention ofthe House to a letter he received from <a man named Massey, a third-class pas- isenger by the steamer Bremen, who had 1been refused <a landing at Adelaide, iMassey declares that he is an Knglish- 1man, of English parentage, bound to |New Zealand. The Minister for Ex- <ternal Affairs promised to investigate. i— ,

MINISTERS RE-ELECTED.(Received 9.30 a.m.)

MELBOUKXK this day.The State Ministers who had to go up

for re-election, have all been re-elected.

FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.MELBOURNE, November 17.

Both House of the Federal Parliamentheld a few minutes' setting this after-noon, and adjourned tUI niAVo, 25tlv wlier.Mr. Fisher is to announce his policy.

AMERICAN TENNIS TEAM.MELBOURNE, November 17.

In the championship doubles at thelawn tennis tournament, the Americans,Beala Wright and F. B. Alexander, de-feated Parker and Barnard B—6, 6—o7—9, 6—4.

In the Singles Wilding beat Parker6—4, 6—l. 6—4.

MINISTERS' MOVEMENTS.HON. G. FOWLDS LEAVES FOR

WELLINGTON.The Hon. Oco. Fowlds, Jlinister for

Education, left for Wellington this af-ternoon by the s.s. Rotoiti. to attenda meeting of the Cabinet. ' The Minis-ter was to have officially opened thenew buildings of the Waikato Hospitalto-morrow, but urjrent Government busi-ness necessitated his immediate depar-ture for Wellington.

PERSONAL.Mr. Newing has joined the Hinemoa

at Auckland as third officer.The Rev. G. D. Wilson was a passen- jger for Napier by the Winrmera last I

evening.Colonel Knight, commandant of the

Salvation Army, leaves Wellington lorAuckland to-day.

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, AnglicanMissioner of Sydney, left on his returnby theVictoria last evening.

Mr. Bell, lessee of Sunday Island (theKermadecs), was a pa&scnger to Auck-land by the Hinemoa yesterday. It isunderstood that Air. Bell has decided togive up his holding in. the KermadecGronp.

Capt. W. F. Xorbury, of the s.s. Rar-ava, has oeen laid up for some timepast, but his man; friends will be pleasedto hear that he has successfully under-gone an operation. Captain Stephenso.iis still relieving Captain Norbury on theRarawa.

Mr C. J. McKenzie, formerly assistantengineer on the northern section of theNorth Island Main Trunk line, hasbeen placed in charge of the PublicWorks Department's lemaining opera-tions on the railway. Mr Furkett has as-sumed his nesv position as district engi-neer in Dunedin, and Mr J. H. Lewis, for-merly in charge of the Canterbury end ofthe Midland railway, is now resident en-gineer at Grevmoutn.

The local option returns from Paka- |toa Island, "The Isle of Inebriates,"were awaited last night at Onehungawith keen interest, but. owing to thewater being rough, the boat could notget across with them. The resultsto hand show that thirty votes werecast for continuance, nine for reduction,and twelve for No-license.. Lieut. H. T. C. Knox (late R.N.),organising lecturer of the Nayy League,will lecture on "The British Xavy andForeign Warships" this evening to thegirls of the Grammar School, and to-morrow, November 19, to the boys of theschool. Lieut. Knox leaves Auckland onthe 20th, and will visit many southerncentres, where he will deliver addressesprior to leaving for England by theArawa.

Mr. Ward Baker held an auction saleof three properties to-day, there beinga good attendance. A cottage propertyin Arch Hill was disposed of for £200,the other two • offered beingpassed in.

ELECTION RESULTS.HEAVY LIBERAL MAJORITY.

SCENES IN THE STREETS.

Yesterday's elections, as anticipated,provided many keen and interesting con-tests throughout the Dominion, and al-though the present Government returnsto power with an overwhelming majority,the seventeenth Parliament of New Zea-land nevertheless contains many changesin its personnel. In the Auckland Pro-vince there are few alterations, the de-feat of Jlr Alfred Kidd for City Centralbeing the only instance in which a ait-ting member failed to secure return.Owing to the retirement of Messrs Alisonand Houston, Waitemata and Bay ofIslands each elected new representatives,while Bay of Plenty, in consequence ofthe redistribution of seats and Mr Her- \rics' candidature for Tauranga, wascalled upon to elect a new member. An-other reason for many of thj apparentchanges throughout the Dominion is thefact that eleven members of the last Par-liament did not seek re-election, whilethe creation of the new seats in theNorth Island, and obliteration of othersin the South Island, necessarily involvedconsiderable changes.

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.Twenty-three new representatives will

take their scats in the next Parliament,twelve of which are Oppositionists, eightMinisterialists, two Independents, andsne Independent Oppositionist. Thelecond ballotwill be necessary in twcnty-iffo electorates, the latest indications be-ng that the Hon. Jas. Carroll has failedx> secure a majority ot the valid voteswiled. In the Auckland Province, Wai-emata, Gisborne, and Bay of Plenty willled to hold second elections. In thease of the two former, the second ballot

will be held on Tuesday next, while theBay of Plenty comes within the scheduleof those electorates where a fourteendays' interval between the first and sec-ond ballot takes place.

THE LICENSING POLL.As manifested throughout the election

campaign, the interest in the licensingpoll wac intense, and the results indi-cate in a very marked manner the keen- jness of the fight. The Ponsonby votewas very solid in favour of no-license,but the three city seats—Central, West,and East—are lumped together in con-nectfon with the lochl option vote, andthe result is that reduction was carriedin Auckland Cit}'. Kden carried no-li-cense, Grey Lynn voted heavily againstrestoration, and Parn'ell and Mauukaucarried reduction. In Auckland Citythere are 56 hotels, and of this numberit is possible to close as many as 14, andnot less than three. In Kden there arefour hotels which will be closed.

AWAITING THE POLL RESULTS.OUTSIDE THE "STAR" OFFICE.

A feature of yesterday's polling wasthe quiet orderliness which prevailed Jeverywhere, despite the intense inter-1est, and in some cases strong partisanfeeling. The afternoon was observed asa half holiday, all the business placesclosing, while the hotels were closedfrom noon until 7 p.m. In the eveningthe crowds commenced to assemble inQueen-street, necessitating a stoppageof the tram-car service. Outside theFort-street entrance of the "Star"office one of the biggest election crowdson record assembled, and between nino,and eleven o'clock a dense throng filledFort-street, and the whole length ofCommerce-street, extending back over]Customs-street, and almost reaching theRailway-station. At a few; minutespast seven o'clock, when the first re-sults were posted, the crowd numberedsome hundreds, and at 10 o'clock it hadincreased to an enormous exttent, a.modest computation placing the vastassemblage at about 15,000. Both thelocal and the Dominion results wereflashed on to the huge screen, and asthe position of parties and candidateswere made known, lioarse roars of ap- jproval arose from thousands ofc>throatsJand the cheering could be heard in allparts of the city. Cinematographicviews were also shown on the big screenoutside the "Star" Office, and the. man-ner in which these were worked, andthe alacrity with which the returnswere flashed on to the screen, reflectedthe greatest credit upon the operator,Mr. Cooper. The Devonport BrassBand also played a number of selections,and the interest displayed in the pro-ceedings may be gauged from the factthat at midnight a crowd of some 1.500still stood in the street below the office,watching the posting of the final re-turns.

AT THE "STAK" OFFICE.The Hon. George Fowlds received an

ovation when he appeared at a windowin the "istar" Office to speak to the as-sembled thousands. He thanked themheartily for the enthusiasm with whichthey had received the news of his victory.He felt proud of the electors of GreyLynn, and he did not think it was ego-tism to say that the Dominion of New-Zealand would be proud of them, fortheir return of him was really a recog-nition of the privileges thepeople enjoyedunder the Government then in power.(Cheers.) He felt sure that the verdictof the people of the Dominion -would bejust as heartily in favour of the Govern-ment as the electors of Grey Lynn hadbeen in favour of himself. (Cheers.)

Mr Poole was another of the successfulcandidates who returned thanks from the"Star" Office. He thanked the electorsmost heartily for the second evidence oftheir confidence in C. H.Poolc. (Cheers.)The fight had been a strenuous one andwilling, and he was all the more gratefulto the electors for their approval of himas their representative in Parliament.When a man was called upon to serve inthe public eye, hia faults -were particularlynianifest, and the speaker's faults hadbeen made out to be pretty numerous.(Laughter.) He thanked the electors forgiving him the chance of showing hisanxiety and willingness to serve theAuckland people and the Dominion. Hethanked them once more, and trustedthat the future would be filled with suc-cess for them and everybody in the Do-minion. (Cheer* *i

TWENTY-TWO SECOND BALLOTS.I ivir ijiover, aaoressmg the crowd fromthe "Star" Office,after the announcementof the result at City Central, thankedthe electors sincerely from the innermost

1recesses of a grateful heart for the greathonour they had bestowed upon him. Itclearly pointed out that for the firsttime, as far as he was aware, the work-ers of Auckland had shown a unitedfront, and put their united efforts to-wards securing a great majority fortheir chosen candidate. (Cheers.) Hewould endeavour to exercise his abilitiesto the best of his power in the interestsof the mass of people in the Dominion,•and more especially the people of Auck-land. It was said by his opponents be-fore tho contest, "The greater the ma-jority, the sweeter the victory." Afterthe fight, he could only use their ownwords, and say, "The greater the ma-jority, the sweeter the victory." (Cheers.)ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TOTALS.

SPEECHES BY CANDIDATES.

' ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS.CITY CENTRAL.

Glover (G.) 3871*Jvidd (G.) J4BBKosser (L.) 610

Majority for Glover, 2383.There was a singular lack of oxcite-

inont at each of the City Central boothswhen the result of the ballot was an-nounced. Here and there a few strag-glers hung about the booths, but themajority of citizens were quite satis-fied to remain in the city, knowing fullwell that in a very few seconds afterthe figures were known, they would bein possession of all the facts. To thegreat crowd in the city, however, theresult came as one of the surprises ofthe evening. The scrutiny of the rollsin City Central will commence to-day,and will probably finish to-morrow af-ternoon. About 225 sailors' and absen-tee votes have to be included, but thisIcannot affect the result.

Thr voting at the different booths was asFollows: —Glover. Kldd. Rosser.

Fr-clpral Hall J!Y{7 or>2 255Sγ. James' n.nii .... l.mo iViO sooSt. Grorj;e"s Hall .. 2io 1.>4 ~i\Sailors" Mission Hall 331) DC 54tor.-Us 3871 14SS 610Informal votes, 131.

CITY EAST.

When the. returns for Auckland Eastwere totalled last night, the' result wasa majority for Mr Baume of 1084, thevoting being:—*¥. E. Baume 3333\V. Richardson 2249

J. N. Harle 375Informal 78

Majority for Bauine, 10S4.Very few ejectors awaited/ about the

various booths to hear the individualresults, voters evidently preferring torepair for information to the limelightjscreens outside of the newspaper offices.Outside of the Drill Hall and of St.Benedict's Hall, the two big pollingplaces of the electorate, a half-dozen orso of those curiously inclined for de-tails were collected "when the return-ing officer at each place announced theresult of the polling there, but all en-thusiasm was reserved for the lanternslide announcement down the street.

Details of the polling;arc as follow:—

iI I I« 2 B

nrlll Hall 775 ~4C7 111St. rSenedirfs Hnll 1271 928 141Gr.ifton Football Clubroom 211 176 2*lKplphnny Schoolroom .. 2SO 330 42King Edward's Hall MO 224 31Old Age Pensions Office 277 124 Uβ

Totals 3333 2243 375Informal votes, 7S.Voting at last election: Baume (G.) 2518-Riirnford (O-), N3G3; Richardson (I.), 112S;

The total number of electors on theroll was 8377, of which number 6035recorded their votes. There -were be-sides 30 absentee voters' permits issued,14 of the number being utilised. Inthe ]005 elections, there were 0882 vot-ers on the roll, including 54 absentees,and 43 seamen, and of these 5499 voted!

CITY WEST.*C. iff. Poole (G.) 4023

**R. Thompson (I.) 2641Informal 42

3lajority for Poole, 1382.When the result of the poll was de-

clared at the Ponsonby Hall a veryconsiderable crowd had gathered and the(successful candidate was loudly cheered.In response to vociferous demands fora speech, Mr Poole thanked the elec-tors, for their renewed confidence andexpressed the hope that the next three-years would show glorious results forthe provincial district of Auckland andthe Dominion as a whole. He wasfully conscious of the great responsi-bility devolving upon him, and thankedthem all heartily for placing him oncemore at the top of the poll. (Cheers.)Later in the evening, when the completereturns were known, Mr Poole addres-sed the huge crowd which had assem-bled at the back of the "Star" Office.

The details of the voting are as follows:—

s iL aoB p

•onsonby Hall 17D0 1351Sayfleld School 314 315llchmond Itoad School 241 118'ranklln-rd. P.M. School .. 655 280>ueen's Hall 375 339•t. .loan's Mctli. School 342 150It. Stephen's Prcsby. School 306 ID7

Totals 4023 2011Infonn*l, 42 (lncocplete).Majority for Mr. Poole, 3382.At the last election tlie voting was:'. H. Poole, 2534; C "V Parr, 20»4; and T.. Masefleld, 1590. : ' �"■»*-

FARNELL.*F. Lawry (G.) 3340

•*E. G. B. Moss (I.) 3131Majority for Lawry, 209.

The contest for Parnell resulted inthe return of the sitting member, MrP. Lawry, who had a majority of 209votes over his opponent Mr E. G. B.Moss. The returns from the variousbooths were announced at the Oddfel-lows' Hall at intervals after the polls hadclosed, but it was not until after 9.30p.m. that the final returns were shownto a remarkably enthusiastic crowd.The arrangements, which were in thehands of Mr H. B. Massey, returningofficer, were admirably carried out, andthe public were excellently providedwith information as to the progress ofthe count. The total number of elec-tors on the roll was 9591 (including 19seamen and 75 absent voters), and ofthese 6471 recorded their votes. MrLawry secured 3340 votes, and Mr Moss3131.

The following ate the details of the vot-ing:—Lawry. Moss.Oddfellows' Hall, Parnell ... 1168 803

St. Stephen's School, Glad-stone-road J25 378Newmarket Hall SGi 507Remirera-road .Board Office .. 208 285

St. Mark's Hall, Remuera .. 200 372The Gables. Remuera 7."» noTomakl West 27 52St. Heller's Bay 4S 37Panmure Hall 120 54Bllerslie Parish Hall 273 115Dnffin's Shop, Green-lane .... 54 57Wapiti nail. Epsom 26 86Epsnm HaH 47 78Costltfy Home 03 28

Totals 3340 3131The informal votes were not obtainablelast night.Last election: Lawry «2) 2582. McLean

I (O) 2460, Shcra (O) 272, Morgan (I) 60,Chambers (I) 38.After the vesnft had been declared,

Mr Lawry addressed the gathering fromthe hall, referring again to the excel-lent relations existing throughout thecontest between his opponent and him-self. (Three cheers were then given forMr Moss.) Continuing, the speaker re-marked that he was sure he would re-ceive the support of both his own andMr Moss' friends. He himself was surethat thero would never be the slightestdifference as far as he was concerned.He felt it was incumbent on him tolive up to the position in which he hadbeen placed that night. (Cheers.)

Mr Moss (who was also greeted withchecks) tha-nkod his heaters for themanner in which they had decided theelection. If they wanted him in threeyears' time, they could have him. Atany rate, he wouldgive them the chance.

Hearty cheers wore given for bothMessrs. Lawry and Moss, the first-.namedgentloman being carried away on theshoulders of his supporters.

GREY LYNN.G. Fowlds (G.) 4001

0. Nicholson (L) 3143J. U. Browne (Lab.) 56

Majority for Mr Fowlds, 858.A laTge crowd waited outside the

Grey Lynn College to hear the results ofthe poll When Mr W. R. Holmes an-nounced the final results there was pro-longed cheering.

The Hon. George Fowlds thanked theI electors for returning him by such a sub-stantial majority. He wished to especial-ly thank those who had worked so ener-getically on-his behalf. In conclusion. Mi

IFowlds proposed a hearty vote of thanksto- the returning officer and his staff forthe highly satisfactory manner in whichthey had performed their arduous duties.(Applause.)! Mr Oliver Nicholson was also receivedwith load cheering. He thanked thosewho had supported him, and expressedregret that the strenuous efforts of thosejwho had worked for his return had notIbeen crownedwith success. He congratu-lated the Hon. George Fowlds upon hisIsuccess—(applause)—and said he accept-ed the vote of the electors as an indica-tion that their member stillretained theirconfidence. He was pleased that the con-test that day had been characterised bythe best feelings on both sides—(ap-

expressed the hope thatnow the election was over, any littlebitterness that might have occurredwould soon be forgotten. (Applause.)He had pleasure in seconding, the motionof thanks to the returning officer andhis staff. (Applause.) Mr Nicholsonthen called for three cheers for MrFowlds, which were heartily given.

Mr Fowlds put the vote of thanksto the returning officer, and then, at hisrequest, hearty cheers urere given forMr Nicholson.

Mr Browne also returned thanks, andintimated tb.it lie -would again contestthe seat at next election.

The detailsof theTvttng-arc ac foHowe:—■•

I I \firer r,ynn Col. (principal) 6SI 402 3Newton West School ■. 774 630 11Masonic Hall. Eden Ter. eu» 683 ISFire Brigade Bt»tton, Do-

minion-road 355 33$ •>Mt. AJbert School, Kings-

land 238 184 2P.M. Chnreh, Rlchmond-

road 179 148 0Yv«sU?yau Methodist Church,Great North-road 206 101 "Richmond Hall 2»l 234 4P.M. School, Eden Terrace 691 338 14

Totals 4001 3143 561Informal votes, 96.Majority lor Mr. Fowlds, SSB.The voting at the last election (in 1905)was as follows: Mr. G. Fowlds (G) 2801,Mr. J. Farrell (0) 2601: majority lor Mr.Fowlds 230. Total on coll €690.

EDEN.Throughout the Eden Elecoratc keen

interest -was displayed, but the licensingproblem overshadowed the return, of acandidate, as • evidenced by the factthat No-license was carried. The elec-tion of Mr. Bollard was looked uponas a foregone conclusion, and the sit-ting member was returned with athumping majority. Neither candidateput in an appearance at the principalpolling booth last night, and little en-thusiasm followed the declaration of thepoll. Mr. B. Gilmer acted as returningofficer, and Mr. P. Fraser as deputy"returning officer.

J. Bollard (O.) 4053J. W. Shackelford (G.) 2107Informal 70The following are the details of the vot-ing :—

80l- Shaekel-lard- ford.

Fenton's Store, Mt. Eden.. 508 254Valley-road Hall 678 458St. Alban's Hall. Mt. Boskill 318 195Mt. Koflklll lid. Bd. Office.. 36 22Epsom School 309 118Maaukaii Water SupplyBoard Shed, Epsom 231 77Barlow's Shop, Epsom-road 317 108St. Barnabas' Hall 188 103St. tnke's Parish Hall, Mt.Albert 275 159

Point Chevalier School .. 212 119Avondale Public Hall .... 483 201St. Andrew's Hall, Avon-

dale South 59 20Brooklyn School 7 1New Lynn School 115 64Eitiranei School 17 6

Walkumete School ....... 113 42Henderson School ...._...... 187 63Henderson'Point'School ..22 14Swansen School ........ 64 21Mrs. Zelgler's store, Tanpakl 23 7BUlington's Store, Waitakerei 6 12Mr. King's House, Wat-

tekerel 35 29

Totals 4253 2107Last election: Bollard (A.), 4091; Frencb(I), 1331.

MANUKAU.•F. W. Lang (O) 3033

A. A. Creamer (G) 1649J. B. Morton (G) 1146A crowd of several thousands congre-

gated at theOnehunga Post Office duringthe receipt of the results. Great enthusi-asm was evinced in the polling, but theexcitement of the enthusiasts at no timeran riot, and matters were orderly frombeginning to end. It had been expectedthat the polling would be a record forthe electorate, and such proved to be thecase. A very hea-yy vote in favour ofno-license was anticipated, and on thewhole there,was considerably greater in-terest taken in the local option poll thanin the other issue. The small returnsbegan to come in shortly after seveno'clock, and in every instance for sometime they showed heavy majorities forMr Lang and for no-license. As the re-sults poured in, the total in favour ofno-license increased, and when the Fores-ters' Hall booth showed a majority forno-license of over 300 votes, it was takenfor granted that the hotels were to beclosed. However, the latest informationindicates reduction. Before the crowdhad dispersed Messrs Morton andCreamer addressed the electors, thank-ing them for the support accorded them.

BAY OF ISLANDS.

THEHON. G.FOWLDSINTER-VIEWED.

GOVERNMENT'S SATISFACTORYPOSITION.

OPPOSITION GAINS NOTHING."The Opposition lias gained absolutelynothing," declared the Hon. Geo. Fowlds,when interviewed this morning, "and,with the exeption of the Hon. Mr Mc-

Nab's defeat, I think the Governmenthas every reason to feel extremely wellsatisfiedwith the result of the elections."The Minister for Education points outthat the Government has in two in-stances lost supporters (in Messrs. Al-fred Kidd and A. L. D. Fraser), whohave been replaced by Government can-didates. Three seats were won by Op-positionists -which were previously heldby Government supporters, namely*Stratford, Patea, and Wairarapa; butthe Government, on the other hand haswon the Taieri seat, which was repre-sented in the last Parliament by an Op-positionist Thus the Opposition has again of two only, and against this, inMr Fowlds' opinion, the two new seatsin the North Island will be won by the

Government candidates, Mr McDonaldappearing to have \the best chance forBay of Plenty, and Mr Wake for Eg-mont. Even, however, should the Go-vernment fail to 'win . the latter, theposition would be made even by the re-tirement of Mr C. Lewis, who sat on theOpposition benches in the last Parlia-ment as representative for Courtenay.and whoseelectorate has since been wipedout by the Representation Commission-ers. "So it is evident," added the Minis-ter, "that the Opposition cannot claimto have secured any possible gain. Evenif the Opposition candidate should winthe Waitemata seat at the second bal-lot, there would be- no gain, since theelectorate was represented by an Oppo-sitionist before." *Referring to the- possibilities of therespective candidates -who-go to a sec-ond ballot, the Hon. Mr Fowlds con-siders that the Hon. Jas. Carroll i3quite safe for Gisborne, and that MrHogan will again be returned for Wan-ganui. Whoever wins in Nelson, theresult will be the same, inasmuch, asboth candidates are Government sup-porters Mr Wood is only 49 votesbehind m ■ the Palmerston North elec-torate, and the Minister thinks heshould have a very good chance of com-ing out on top at the second ballot.Mr Bolton, with. 1300 Government votesto draw on, should.win, the WellingtonNorth seat, -while.. Mr Barber cannothave much difficulty in. securing a vic-tory in Wellington. Sonth. Both thecandidates left to .fight out the .Welling-■ton suburbs sea.t. .are-. Ministerialists;while, even if ifc. Atkinson, retains theWellington East, seat, it.will be no gainto the Opposition, since.it .was.held bya member of that,pa,rty .in the lastParliament. Mr. .jjpss,. fpr..Pahiatna,cannot fail to vein, . with. .500 . Govern-ment votes to drawn on; .while Mr Tan-ner ought to win. the Avon seat, though.'in any case the. candidate beading the,poB sf the first,ballot,. Mr Rassell, can-not by any means be palled, an Opposi-tionist. The Geraldine, Timaru,. andAehbttTton seats, the Minister regardsas being sure to return. Governmentsupporters; while Mr Barclay, with alead of 230, and 533 Government votesto draw on, must win for.DunedinNorth. Mr MePherson, with 1200 Go-vernment votes, should easily win Tua-peka. and Mr Wllon, shojuld' have no dif-ficulty m' retaining Hawke's Bay, witß

Government votes to call on. MrStevßns the Minister considers to havea good chance for Manawatu, and MrForbes he looks on as a certainty forHurraiui.

"That the Opposition can either claimor expect any gain is beyond comprehen-sion," said the Hon. Mr. Fowlds. "Like-wise, it is ridiculous to suggest tha/ithere is any indication of a freeholdvictory, because the three Governmentsupporters who have been defeated areall staunch freeholders. The true sig-nificance of the Hon. Mr McNab'a de-feat lies in the strength of the hostilitytowards the Government which willbe found all over Southland, becauseof its action in placing the sum of£5000 upon the estimates as compensa-tion to Meiklc."

SPEECH BY THE PREMIER. ,(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, this day.Sir Joseph Ward, speaking/from the

"Times" balcony, said the result of theelection so far -was exceedingly satisfac-tory. He regretted' that one of his col-leagues, an able man, -who had done hisduty fearlessly, had fallen in the fightHe was confident the reverse was onlytemporary, and that the future wouldfind Mr McXab- playing an importantpart in the history of the country. (Ap-plause.) This was the first general elec-tion it hadbeen his privilege to fight asleader of the party, and the resultsmust be regarded by himself and his col-leagues as exceedingly satisfactory, al-though they had lost a few of theirmen. Probably no government had evergone to the country under greater diffi-culties in some respects. It had to berecollected that a sectionof the commun-ity was, not unnaturally, anxious tocreate a new party. This weakened theLiberal forces, and those opposed tothem, realising the presence of a split,tried to take advantage of it. He wasconfident that the second ballot resultawonld enable the Government to carryon progressive development of the coun-try in the interests pf the people.

THE SECOND BALLOT.

The Chief Electoral Officer states thatby present appearances twenty-two sec-,ond ballots will be required, in the fol-lowing electorates:—Wellington South,East, North, and Suburbs, JhinedinNorth, Ashburton, Palmerston, Wanga-nui, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Geraldine,Ohinemuri, Timaru, Egmont, Tuapeka,Pahiatua, Giaborne, Hurunui, Bay of*.Plenty, Avon, Waitemata, Nelson. • Ail *these take place on Tuesday, except the |!Bay of Plenty; but in one or two eases,such as Jfelson and Gisborne, the nenes-sity for another ballot may disappearwhen absent votes a,re all received. '

COMING EVENTS.Aβ published to the *Aneklan<i Star."

MEETINGS TO.-NIGH*.His Majesty's Theatre -: Masfcelyne and

Devant's. Mysteries, .9.. ;■£■'-• ■Opera House1— The Kilties Band, SForesters' ttUl; DeTOnpdrt — Concert »na

Farce, S' •■'--■• - •'- ■:_,, .AUCTIOKS TO-MQIIBOW.

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j 5^Onehnnga S.A. Barracks . 3S» 420 343:Onehunga Forestcre' IIoll 42t 338 323 'ATcimore- &i 3 1!Alfrlston 54 7 14Awaroa 20 1 0Brookby IS) 8 5Clevedon 03 3ft 16Covrce 15 2 5iT>ruTJ 63 38 14 iHarp of Erin 51 7 21 ■Howick 140 33 50Pakatoa Islarxl 30 32 9:Mangere J 140 27 7!Manure Bridge 116 34 25Manurpwa 80 10 7!Marartal 27 10 0Mt. RostiH 121 6« 47Otahuhu 430 352 6!)Penrose 77 38 33Ponul 1<> 1 1'Papakura 21!> 78 53Tap:itoet<ie 162 30 6•Pakuranpa ftS 23 2<!Tmnati Rast 114 IS 20'Ttrranira Creek 60 21 61Wevtnouib Iβ r> 8!•Woodside 35 17 7 |

Voting at last ejection: Klrkhfide 3007,Stewart 2344- By-election: Lang 2514, Bal-lard 1266.

FRA2*KL,rN.*W. F. Massey (D.) 2879J. W.'McLarin (G.) 1688Details of the voting are:—Massey. McLarin.

Woodleigh , 11 12Pukekohe 302 265Pukekohe East 35 30Waipa Bridge .... 32 3Glenmurray 38 13Waimai 24 6rOhiuewaj ... 45 20AwhituCentral..... 30 • 15Puni ...... SO 27Waiau 12 ' 27Buck-land 67 47Wairamarama >_. 18 0Patumaho« 140 c>4Ararimu 28 22Clevedou ..«„.. 27 30Pukekawa ........ 40 10Mercer 86 76Orua Bay 6 26Karaka . . .,, 23 20Pokeno «... 79 22P°nga WM>. 12 4Te Akatea ...... 26 7Kimihia Siding .... 17 HTuakau 154 91Drury 4,3 29Papanvta .. -.„., 34 3Kaiawa . 25 9Otsuia ; H9 40Paparimu .*�...... 22Onewhero 108 39Maungatawhiri ... 55 5Wairangi 63 10Wai«ku 257 130Waingaro 36 4Bombay „„ 124 46Waipipi ..., 43 34Ramarama 60 61Hnnua ... ■. 24 24Whangamarino ... .17 5Union Col., Mercer 18 10

Taniwha ......... 21 12Churchill „., 25 5Waahi .... „ 31 13Whangarata ..... 36 21Ranginini 48 . 49Packington ..^.... 29 35Kohekohe «.....» 29 30Otau ...„ 13 8Miranda « 4 9Matahura 15 17Matahura No. 2... 20 6Pukemiro 9 6Pollok 34 . 17Ness Valley 20 " 4Manukau Heads .. 2 25Matahura Flaxmill 14 8Kimihia 15 " 12Waikato Heads ... 7 11

last election: Massey (O), 3120;McCardle (G), 2165.

V. H. Reed (G.) 2290J. C. Johnson (O.) 1964Details of the polling are as follows:

Johnson. Reed.Whangaroa 22 i<1Pakia 21 12Hukerenui 50 4jjOruru 47 30Knwabawn 81 163Whangae H- 5Opua ..: 49 13Falrbnrns 27 36Whakapara ...40 30Runpekapeka 7 11Watpapakauri 31 23 IKalmaumau 22 5Riponui 12 13Totara North 59, 37Jordan 18 3Ohaewai 36 18Paranul Iβ OWaipapa -. 6 2Pnrenga 8 13Titokl 2S 17Kaeo '.. 4S «8nkaihan Sβ 3fiMnnconTii 55 AftMnncatete 7 27Waimnte 2rt 57Kalkohe 34 5BTMikPpoto ■..It 2TlnmaTnma t\ ItAMiiiim 11 ISKohnkohu fiS 154nnata 3 i<?R«iwpni» *4 R7Paksrnkft *(? SI»TW«TH.!, ?S IStr-tttnla 7<i 94TnVoktirl 0 •?

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Last election: Houston (Q), 16T2; John-son (O), 1202; Wtke (I), 802.

MARSDEN.•Marnier <0.) .: 24 12J. Harrison (G.) 1676M. SouJe (Li) .-. 425

Several returns to come; cannot affectresultDetails are as follow:—

Mandcr. Harrison.SonleP°n>tl 33 31 3Hnanil It 5 0Ngunguru 32 14 3Otaika 26 36 oWhangarel Heads ..30 33 ' o■Mareretu 22 15 •>Whareora 0 6 5Wellsford 34 36 6Whangarel 6G0 583 78Rnakaia 28 ">8 7Pafelrl 33 "8 0Knatangata West ..22 19 jWaipu North 34 22 4Hakarn 30 ]2 0Mangawai 114 19 17Mancapai 72 21 6Ksmrlhohore 33 ia 2Walpn Central .... 134 106 5MaiiHjrakeramea 67 <>6 9Waikiekle 5!) "eHikuransi 11.5 78 15JManucatapere 31 01 nOnerahl 22 40 kTanrfhua No. 2 11 (5 XLr :::::::::: g: .« »Mata s 3 SK.ii-waka 33 - o ■ ■,Waipn North 34 4Walpu Cove 2 2a 5Llmpstone Island .. 15 ' 10 15A few returns to come. '

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KAIPARA.•J. Stall worthy (G.) . 94m"A. E. Hardii (O.) H'/.-":: ISFive small returns to come.

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Details of the voting are as follows:—Babylou . ""due. SUllwortby.

.■;;;;; 48 "Tangaihe .3 2Jlangowahine 40 c.,Tatarariki 7 „Tangiterorla 31 ,L™* 33Hoa»»Ka 20 41l"aparoa 85 -7Rehla .'.' •>•> "JoTangitlki .' 4 gfKaukapakapa 82 lf)RTaupaW 16 15Batley 23 IgWelsford 23 31Parkhurst 41 14Te liana 8 20Kaiwaka 14 3Blckerstaffe 8 9Scarrotts 13 21Okahu ,,...,,.,... 21 *><>Okahn, No. 2 • 20 14Pekapekarau .....'. 14 0Te Koplim .... . 07 204Aoroa 74 50Dargarllle 243 349Naumai 23 noRuawai 44 25Maroplu 41 29Mapuna ..„ 26 9Raupo 32 - 22Onetea 44 25Tokatoka 23 36Arapohue : 6T '' 46Kirikopunl 17 15Kedhill :.. 16 31Kal-lwl 5 29Hukatere - 6 28Woodhlll 34 24Matakohe 20 13Walmaukn 39 20Port Albert 59 62Kaipaxa Flats 59 13Matakohe 37 • 70Wairere 19 " 19Heleneville 209 251Awakino 14 17Tangihua 18 1Ararua 52 10South Head 11 20Whakaplraji 22 13Mangakura 15 5Tauhoa 25 22Hoteo North 2S 3

aoett>ittlIfelsircBq

Last election: Stattworthy (G), 2172,Harding" (O), 2163.

": THAMES. - *■■"' '•McGowan (G) 2875Deeble (I.) 854Mason (S.) 2»1Isitt (P.) r 120Details of the polling are as follows:—

■ 1 i tI ' I I 1Courthouse, Thames .. 588 115 84 15Coromnndel 367 77 1 5Puketui 37 13 18 —Tapu 43 12 2 2Parawal 61 32 Iβ 10Hlkutaia 53 23Matatoki 40 12 4Kopn 42 35 3 4Turua 40 2 7 1Neavesvllle 13 24 7 1Port Charles 15 — — —Mercury Bay 138 57 — 3Waiomo ..'.■ 12 15 — 2Kauaeranga 37 S — 1Kuaotunu 53 26 — —Wilson's Bay 6 17 — —Tererenga 6 4 — —Owera 1 7 3 —Central Hall, Thames . 48!) 114 69 35Parawai 178 61 17 14Tarartr ' 178 61 17 13Driving Creek 92 14 — 2Gumtown 43 19 7 2Whangapoua 9 6 1 —Tokatea 15 2 — —Hikual 83 8 5 2Omahu .. 36 14 — 1Talma ..-. 63 17 2 1Cabbage Bay 42 17 — 1Moehau 22 — — —Block 27 188 60 23 10

Last election: McGowan (G), 2525; Flem-ing (O), 1296.

OfflNEMURL•H. Poland (a) 2125

••P. H. Haselden (0.) 12S0R. F. Way (S.) . 709J. Foster (G.) 269H. T. Armstrong (L.) 267There are two small returns to come.

Details of polling are:—ii= 541 9

I I I I IWalhi 825 629 405 227 208Waitekanri 53 30 2 2 2Macknytown f.2 12 30 1 —Komnta North 10 22 2 — 1Nethcrton. 13 25 — 2 —Karangahake .... 287 55 154 14 ]0Waikino 230 240 55 4 31Mangaiti 34 21 2 1 -Waitawheta 14 6 — — 10Elstow 4 18 — — —Kerepeehi 7 3 2 1 1Last election: Poland (G), 2224; Moss (O),1S73; Devey (P), 19.

GISBORNE.�Hon. Jasl Carroll (G) 3437

G. E. Darton (I.) ...'. 2036W. L. Clayton (0) 1439

'Majority for Carroll ....... 1401A second ballot is necessary.

HAWSE'S BAY.•Sir W. Russell (0.) 1652*A. Dillon (G) 1513H. I. Simeon (G) 1067A. E. Jull (GJ , 743G. S. Clapham (G) , 652T. J. Thompson (G) .., 169• Majority for Knssell ...... 139Gae small return to come.Second ballot necessary.Last election: Dillon (G), 3138; Bus-

ell (O), 2095.

NAPIER.J. Vigor Brown (G.) 3760

_A. L. D. Fraser (G.) .., 2750Majority for Brown, 1010.

Last election: Fraser (G.), 3076; Las-jUes (I.), 1G07; MoGrath (G.), 949., iElection Biesnlte continned on

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ELECTION RESULTS.(Continued from page 5.)

The followinrr are the results of thepolling in the various electoratesthroughout the colony so far as' theytare been received: —

WAITEMATA.L. R. Phillipps (O) 2917

•*W. J. Xapier (G) 2052H. W. Wilding (G) 293T. Wake (I) 669Following are tie details of tiie Toting:—

TAUMARU3TOL•W. T. Jennings (G) 3017

"VV. T. Bowater (O) 1216

Majority for Jennings .... ISOI

STRATFORD.J. B. Hine (0) 2421

tW. Syrnes (G) 1658. fi. JL"King (I) 573

Majority for Hine 763TARATsAKT.

*H. J. H. Okey (O) 2826W. G. Malone (G) 1546C. BeUringer 549

Majority for Okey 12S0By-election. May 14, 1907: Okey (0),

1991; Doekrill (G). 1627; Malone (I),1010.

EG2IOXT.B. Dive (0.) 1602G. P. Wake (G.) 1409C,. A. Wilkinson (O.) 1004D. T.: Ashtmry (G.) 673

Second. Ballot,last ejection:..Jeniings (G > SSB2l-

BAY OF PLENTY.W. D. S, Maedonald (G.) « 2367J. B. Gow (O.) 1937D. Lundon (I.) 897Three small returns to come; second

ballot assured.Results of the polßng are as follows:—

PATEA.G. O. Pearce (O) 2610

•C. E. Major (G) ..„ 2350Majority for Pearce 260

One small return has to come, whichcannot affect the result.

Last election: Symes (G), 2552; Hine(0), 2409; Wake (I), 492.

WANGANTJI.*J. T. Hogan (G.) 3014

�*G. Hutchison (O.) ._ 1850G. Mackay (G.) ; . . 1691One small return to come. Second bal-

lot necessary.Last election: Hogan (G.) 2533; Willis

(G.), 1609; Bassett (O.), 1071; Heselden(O.), 737; Gatenby (I.), 338.

RANGITiKEI.*A. E! Remington (G), with a few re-

turns to come, leads by over 100"votes.■ Last election: Remington (<J), 3416;Sommerville (0), 1706.

OROUA.D. H. Guthrie (0) 2207O. C. Pleasants (G) 1369R. E. Hornblow , .... 885

Five small returns to cotne. Secondballot almost a certainty.

Last election: Lethbridge (O), 2177;Pleasants (G), 1191; Hornblow (1), 1045.

MANAWATU.E. Newman (O) 2100

-J. Stevens (G) 1794F. W. Fra-nkland (G) .... 322O. Gardiner (I) 241Three small returns to,come, which

cannot save second ballot.Last election: Stevens (Q), 2404; Vile

(O), 2045; Gardiner (I), 233.

PALMERSTON NORTH.**D. Buick (0) 2675•W. F. Wood (G) 2626W. Wilverton (I) 123

Majority for Buick ......_ 49Second ballot necessary.Last election: Wood (G), 3563; Pirani

(0). 3083.

PAHIATUA.•R. B. Ross (G.) 1761J. C. Cooper (O.) 1215

•*W. H. Hawkins (I.) 1127Majority for Ross 546

Second ballot necessary.Last election: Ross (G.), 2300; Hawk-

ins (O.), 2094; Buchanan (I.), 142.i

OiAKL•W. H. Field (G) 2011

B. D. Brown (O)' 1928Majority for Field, 83.

Last election: Field (G),2716; Brown(I), 1322.

WELLINGTON NORTH."A. L. Herdman (0) 3363

F. S. Bolton (G) 2354•C.H. Izard (G) 2324H. Bodley 157

Majority for Herdman .... 1009Second ballot necessary.Last election: Izard (G), 3283; Duthie

(O), 2794; Macfarlane (I), 290.

WELLINGTON CENTRAL.•F. M. B. Fisher (I) 2622

"Hon. T. W. Hislop (I) 2470Majority for Fisher „ 152

Last election: Fisher (I), 3142; OTle-gan (I), 2690; Cooper (LL), 423.

WEUjINGTON EAST.**A. R. Atkinson (O) 2400

D. McLaren (L) 1741•*W. McLean (G) 1300

G. Winder (I) 1071Majority fop Atkinson .... 659

Second ballot necessary.Last election: Aitken (O), 2595; Mc-

(G), 2576; McLaren (LL), 763.WELLINGTON SOUTH.

*W. H. P. Barber- (G.) 2588R. A. Alright {O.) 2340C. H. Chapman (L.) 688W. Forbes (I.) . 451R. Hogg (S.) » 236J. M. Murrell 89J. A. Jehnston 12

Majority for Barber 248Second ballot necessary.

WELLINGTON SUBURBS.J. P. Luke (G.) =?iB2J. E. Fitzgerald (G.) 1903R. B. Williams- (O.) 1257F. T. Mooje (I.) 646W. T. Young ('L.) GO7J. W. Braithwaite (G.) 43

Majority for Luke _~ 279Bccond ballot necessary.

WASWjitAPA.»*W. C. Bnchanaa (O:) 2650*J. T. M. Hornsby (G.) 2466

Majority for Buchanan .... IS4

Last election: Hornsby (G), 2510; Bu-chanan (O).

MASTERTON. *•A. W. Hogg (G) „ w 3291J. Hunter (0) . 2079

Majority for H0gg..........1212Last election: Hogg (G), 3055;

Cooper (I), 2196, 1979; Phillips (I), 63.

null.•T. M. Wilford (G) 3707R. W. Shortt (I). 2842

Majority for Wilford 865Last election: Wilford (G), 3452;

Yerex (O), 1540; Loudon (I), 957.NELSON.

*J. Graham (G.) 2871H. Atmore (G.) 2658W. J. Moffatt (I) 294Two small returns to come, but a se-

cond ballot will be required.

MOTOEKA.•R. McKenzie (G.) -.... 1121F. W. Smith (O.) 569

Incomplete.Last election: McKenzie (G.) a 3069;

Isitt (I.), 336; O'Kelly (I.), 198.

BULLER.M- Cohin (G) 3165F. F. Munro (G) 2183V. T. McNamara (P) 145

Majority for Colvin 982Last election: Colvin (G), 3912; Isitt

(I), 1114.GREY.

"Bon. A. R, Guinness (G) .... 3329Jas. Kerr (G) 2276

iMajority for Guinness .... 1053Last election: Guinness (G) 3080,

Petrie (G) 2703.

WESTLAJSD.T. E. Y. Seddan (G) 2811H. L Mitchell (G) 2683

Seventy permits to came in.Last election; Seddon, (G.), 3420;Cowin (I.), 240.

WAXRAU.J. Duncan (O) 2844R. Macartney («!) 2621

iMajority for Duncan 223Last election: Mills (G), 3088; Dun-

can (O), 2111; Turner (IP), 24.HUKUNUL

G. W. Forbes (G) 20270. F. Clothier (0) 1389G. D.- Greenwood (IL) 523G. T. Pulley (G) 286

- Majority for Forbes, 638. Asecond bal-lot will be necessary.

Last election: Rutherford (G), 2149;Clothier (0), 963; Pulley (G), 307.

TAIERL*T. Mackenzie (G) .... 5558J. T. Johnston (L) 2054

Majority for Mackenzie .i 504Last election: Reid' (0), 2320; Mar-

shall (G), 1785.

CHRISTCHURCH NORTH.*T. E. Taylor (I.) 4333•#C. M. Gray (G) 2700R. J. Ecroyd (S.) „ 356

Majority for Taylor ...... 1633Last election: Gray (I.), 4074; Taylor

(I.), 3010.

CHRISTCHURCHEAST.*T. H. Davey (G.)...'. 3570

J. McCombs 1851F. R. Cooke (S) 454C. C- Boxshall (O) 385

Majority for Davey 1725Last election: Davey (G), 2625; Too-

good (I), 2060; Collins (G), 1532;Cooke (I), 91.

CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH.*H. G. Ell (G) ' 3480J. Thorn (S) .' , „, 2221C. Allison 1026

Majority for Ell ............ 1258Last election: Ell (G), 3689; Wmny

(O), 1178; Thorn (LL3, IJO7 3 Hadfield(I), 364.

RICCARTON.•G. Witty '.....' 3687G. Sheat (0.) 2073

Majority for Witty 1614Two returns to come.Last election: Witty (G), 2294;

Caverhill (O), 1054; Russell (G), 679;Efford (LL), 103.

' AVON, 1G. W. Russell (I.) 2186

*W. W. Tanner (G.) 2162J. Jamieson (O.) 1322D. G.Sullivan 670W. R. Smith (G.) 219Majority for Russell, 24.Second ballot necessary.Last election: Tanner (G.), 2294; Brunt

(O.), 1569; Clarkson (1), 1541; Havnes(LL.), 101.

LYTTELTON.*G. Laurenson (G) 3647H. T. Thacker (Oj 2776

Majority for Laurenson .. 871Last election: Laurenson (G). 2515;

Radcliffe (G), 1393; Rnssell (O), 967;Webb (0), 399.

ELLESMERE.•R. H. Rhodes (0) 2734G. Rennie (G) 1842F. Roweli (L) 92

■Ma(jiority for Rhodes .... 892Last- election: Rhodes (O), 1810-

Xtennie (G), 1527; Shaw (G), 338.

SELWYN.*C. A. C. Hardy (O> 2558J. Ivess (G) ;. 2109

•Marjority for Hardy ....... 447Last election: Hardy (O), 2215; Ivess

(G), 1893.

XAT. 4POT*D. Buddo elected (figures not given).Last election: Buddo (G), 2068;

iMoore (O), 2043.

ASHBUBTON.*F. R. Flatman (G) .:. 2393W. Noeworthy (O) ; 1336D. Jones (I) **-.*..., 1302J. R, Gobbe (L)

_3997

••W. S. Maslin (0.) 276A second ballot is necessary, probsUy

between 'Messrs Flatman and Jones, butthere are about 70 absent voters' permitsto come in, and these may affect the re-sult so far as Messrs Nosworthy andJones are concerned.

Last election: McLachlan (G.), 2518;Btudholme (O.), 2274; Scaly (G.), 402.

TTMARTJ.J. Craigie (G) 2573W. D. Campbell (O) 2457G. T. Koller (PL) 1265J. Mahoney (G) 1123

Majority for Craigie 116Second ballot necessary.Last election: Hall-Jones (G) 3541,

RoHeston (O) 2478.GERALDINE.

T. Buxton (G) 1683W. Jeffries (O) 1627W. H. Williams (G) 781A dozen returns to come.Last election: Flatman (G) 2-715, Jef-

WAITAKI.•Sir W. J. Steward (G) 2473F. H. Smith 2189J. Harris ~ 156

Last election: Steward (G), 2628;Dash (I), 922; Haslin (0), 379; Walker(G), 259; Nichol, 248.

WAKATIPU.•W. Fraser (O) 1939A. Martin (G) 1109Eighteen returns to come.Last election: Fraser (O) 2383, Gil-

fedder (G) 1960.

DUNEDIN NORTH.•A. R. Barclay (G) 3254G. M. Thomson (O) 3027J. Green (GJ 533

Majority for Barclay 223Second ballot necessary.Last election: Barclay (G), 3345; Bed-

ford (I), 2831.

DUNEDIN WEST.*Hon. J. A. Millar (G) 4725J. W. Munro (L) 2317

Majority for Millar 2408DUNEDIN CENTRAL.

•J. F. Arnold(G) 3993J. McDonald (G) 2525

Majority for Arnold 1468

DUNEDIN SOUTH.•T. K. Sidey (G) 4239R. R. Douglas (L) 2349W. Fleming (G) 578

Majority for Sidey 1890Last election: Arnold (G), 3313;

Stewart (0), 2533.

MATAURA.G.J.Anderson (O) 2460

*Hon. R. McNab (G) 2080One small return out.Last election: MeNab (G), 2791; Mac-

Gibbon (O), 2356.

TUAPEKA.*J. A. Macpherson (G) 1544R. Scott (O) 1441Dr. W. A. Chappie (G) 1298

Majority for Macpherson .... 103Second ballot necessary.Last election: Bennefc (G), 2538; Gilki-

son (O), 1561.By-election, June 5, 1907: Chappie (I),

1075; Horn (G), 1045; Scott (O), 846".

BRUCE.•J.Allen (O) 2785J. Mosley (G) 1438A. W. Tyndall (G) 644

Majority for Allen „ 1347Last election: Allen (O), 2275; Mason

(G). 1840.

AWAfiUA.•Sir J. G. Ward (G.) 3022W. A. Morris (IL) 871A. Snowball 591One or two small returns to come.Last election: Ward (G), 3586; Wood-

north, 738.

OAMARU.•Hon. T. Y. Duncan (G) . 2724J. Mitchell (G) 2102

Majority for Duncan, 602.Last election.- Duncan (G), 3400;

Mitchell (G), 1391; McKenzie, 159.WALLACE.

•J. C. Thomson (G) 2951D. Macpherson (G) 1632B. Ward (I) 38

Majority for Thomson.... 1319Last election: Thomson (1), 2512;

Macpherson (G), 2051.

CLUTHA.•A.S.Malcolm (O.) 2319F. W. Isitt (P.) 518

Majority for Malcolm 1801Last election: Malcolm (O.)-, 2035;

Stewart (G.), 1763; Roy (I.), 261.CHALMERS.

*JE. G. Allen (G) 2552E. H. Clark 2449W. Barr (S) 101

Majority for Allen 103Last election: Allen (G), 3455; Pryor

(O), 2018; Gibb (I) 3 261.

STATE OF THE PARTIES.With twenty-two of the seats still un-

certain owing to the necessity of hold-ing a second ballot, it is impossible tosay what the strength of the partieswill be, though it is evident that theWard Government will still have a pow-erful majority in the House. Of thesixty-six .seats decided, 36 are held bysupporters of the Government, sixteenby followers of Mr. Massey, and twoby Independents (Messrs. F. M. B.Fisher and T. Taylor).

SURPRISES IN WELLINGTON.THE SECOND BALLOTS.

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.Wellington tipsters were faced with

many surprises when the ballot-box fig-ures were revealed to them this even-ing, the defeat of Messrs. McLeanand Winder in the Wellington East elec-torate, and Mr McLaren's position asrunner-up to Mr Atkinson in the gamecontest, upaet all ? aUcule.ti.one. Mi:

McLaren's position proves that Labourhas made. a substantial advance sincethe events of three years ago. Hissupporters are confident that when theissue is fought oat between him and.MrAtkinson in the second ballot, hewill take pride of place. It will bea big fight with the odds in Mr Atkin-son's favour. Wellington- Centralfurnished the most exciting struggle ofthe local elections. Mr Hislop wasgiven a strong labour vote, while themercantile classes accorded him verysubstantial support. The youngerelectors, however, stood by thef' oldmember, and, as events proved, carriedthe day against the combinations work-ing on behalf of Mr Hislop. The major-ity in Mr Fisher's favour was scarcelyas large as many expected to see. InWellington North, Mr Herdman wasgenerally expected to lead on the firstballot, with Mr Izard a good second.When the numbers were hoisted, it wasfonnd that the Opposition candidate hadput a big margin between himself andMr Bolton. The numbers polled by theGovernment candidates indicate that MrBolton will depose .Mr Herdman, in therun-off; but there ie. a probability ofmany of Mr Izard's supporters trans-ferring their allegiance to the Opposi-tion nominee. That being so, it is rea-sonable to suppose that Mr Herdmanwill be the representative of the consti-tuency in the next Parliament. TheWellington suburbe contest resulted, aswas generally expected, in favour of MrLuke, who, however, has to again meetMr Fitzgerald in the second ballot. TheGovernment vote in this quarter wnsheavy, and Opposition and Labour werefound to be to leeward when the count-ing process was accomplished. Mr Fitz-grerald's supporters are of opinion thattheir candidate's defeat in the first bal-lot will be easily wiped off in the com-ing contest, and sufficient votes trans-ferred to their side from the supportersof Messrs. Williams and Moore to givehim a victory. Nobody ever expectedto see Mr Barber so hard pushed byMr Wright, as the former was expectedto secure a four figures majority. TheNo-license party is strong vn this elec-torate, and that probably explains whyMr Wright polled so well. The secondballot issue is uncertain, but it is clearthat Mr Barber will have to fight hardto retain his seat. The majority givento Mr Shortt in the Hutt electoratewas below expectations.

The defeat of Mr McNab for Mataurawas a staggerer to the enormous crowdscongregated outside the newspapersoffices, where the returns were posted.Surprise was also expressed at the bigreverse suffered by Mr Kidd and thedefeat of Messrs. Major and Hornsby.

THE RETURNS IX DUNEDIN.

POLITICS OVERSHADOWED.

(By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.)

DUNEDIN, this day.The principal centres of interest were

outside the newspaper offices, beforewhich people began to gather a littleafter 7 o'clock, and by 8 p.m. the en-tire streets in the vicinity were blockedby good tempered crowds. The firstreturn to come through was the Tai-eri, followed h.s early as 25 minutespast 7 by the Mataura return, the de-feat of the Hon. R. McXab creatingsome surprise, and serving as a pegwhereon to hang predictions of defeatfor the Government. The return ofthe Hon. J. A. Millar, by a two to onemajority, was received with generalcheering, as was also that of Mr. Ar-nold. About 8.30 both these gentlemenappeared on the "Star" office staging,and were greeted with considerable en-thusiasm. Mr. Millar thanked the as-semblage for the confidence given tohim and the Government, and believedthey would have no cause to regret re-turning his party to power. A littlelater Mr. MacDonald (Mayor of Dun-edin, whom Mr. Arnold defeated) alsocame/ forward, as did also Mr. Munro,the defeated opponent of Mr. Millar,both speaking very cheerily, and promis-ing to fight again. There was a fair de-monstration of applause when Sir Jo-seph Ward's return was announced,but surprise, not unmixed by amuse-ment, was evident when the returnsshowed that Mr. Barclay would haveto undergo the ordeal of a second bal-lot, he having supported the measure inParliament, but condemned it before hisconstituents. Should the interest bemaintained, the general feeling is thatMr. Thomson, after his splendid show-ing, may ultimately win. Mr. Sidey'svictory was also popular, as, too, wereMr. James Allen's and Mr. Massey's,but here, as throughout the contest,popular interest was centred in the No-license poll. The figures, which, rightup to the final announcement, indicat-ed a possible victory for No-license inDunedin, were excitedly watched. Thesuccess of reduction,, however, createdno enthusiasm, this being regarded asno solution of the drink problem. Thesuccess of No-license throughout theSouth was received as an answer to theexceptional and irritating tactics adopt-,ed by the trade representatives.Throughout the lengthy wait on theposting of returns, remarkably little en-thusiasm was displayed as to the politi-cal results. The drink question aloneexcited a demonstration of keen inter-est. Considering the bitterness of feel-ing during the Licensing campaign onLocal Option, the crowd were remark-ably calm. The cheering was always infavour of No-license.

WEATHER BY WIRELESS.

The annual report of tne British Me-teorological Committee, which was issuedlast month clearly indicates the splendidsuccess that has attended its weatherforecast and storm-warning branches.

The summary of results of weatherfciiecaste for last year show the follow-ing percentages:—

Complete success 52Partial success 40Partial failure 7Complete failure 1

The observations upon -which the me-teorological experts act are taken fromali parts. It is of interest to note thatliii Majesty's ships have supplied re-ports by wireless telegraphy. The fol-lowing are the statistics:—

Total messages for the year.. 146Greatest number of messages

it. one da--- 0.Kites and balloons havo assisted in thework of preparing forecasts. Ascents ofkitos— with an average height of 3,500f«:t—number 113. On live occasionskit«M which bore recording instrumentsfailed to come to land, andabaut a mileof connecting wire was lost. The re-port says that the general life of a kiteis from twenty to thirty ascents.

Twcntj registering biuioons have beensent up. Fifteen of them were after-wards found, but in one case the record-ing instruments had been abstracted bythe finder..These balloons weigh 8 oz. eacn, ani

attain the average height of 48,500 feat.

NEW MEMBERS.The following are biographical notices

of some of the successful candidates andthose included in second ballots:—

MR. VERNON BEE©. VMr. Vernon Herbert Reed is a native of

Auckland, and was born In 1871. He waseducated in Victoria College, Jersey, Dul-wich College, London, and the University,Melbourne. For some years he resided inEngland, and then took up « position onthe literary staff of the "Sydney MorningHerald." In 1803 Mr. Beed returned toNew Zealand, and settled In the Bay ofIslands, where he began Ms legal studies.In 1899 he was admitted as a solicitor, andia 1904 as a barrister. He has practisedhis profession in the Bay of Islands eversince. Mr. Reed has taken a keen interestIn all public and political matters affect-ing the Bay of Islands, and has been close-ly identified with all local bodice. Asclerk and treasurer to the County Council,a .member of the Ka-wakawa DomainBoard,and in his connection with various otherinstitutions, Mr. Reed has done much tomake himself popular in the Northern con-stituency. He Is a eon of the bate Mr. G.M. Beed, a well-known Auckland journalist,nii-d is established as a legal practitionerin both Kawakawa and Mangonni, havingsucceeded Ms brother, Mr. J. R. Reed, now.practising In Auckland.

MB. L. B. PHILLIPPS.

Mr. Leonard R. Phdllippa is a man offorceful character and dt?M<>d opinions.He is the flfth son of Mr. J. ailUpps, andIβ a native of Auckland, having been born atMt. Albert 37 years ago. He has been en-gaged in farming pursuits since the days ofhts early boyhood. Until the Farmers'Union opened a branch at Ilelensville, Mr.Phillipps kept aloof from public affairs,although always a student of politics. Fromthe 'time of his taking an active part inFarmers' Union matters, however, he hasfigured rather prominently in the eye ofthe public, first as president of the Helens-vHle branch, and then as the Auckland pro-vincial president of .the union. An ardentfreeholder, Mr. I'MUippe was oue of thosewho toot an active part In the propagandain the North against the _passing of theLand Bill of 1006. He led the .inti-l/and Billcampaign organised by the Fai-meres' Union,and 'addressed many meetings in variousparts of the province a.t the time when theproposals were before the country. Recent-■ly Mr. Philldprps spent ten mouths' abroad,travelling over both North and SouthAmerica, besides visiting England andEurope, and only returned in time to prose-cute Ills candidature for the Waitemataseat.

MR. W. J. NAPIER.Mr. W. J. Napier is not new to political

life, having been previously elected to theHouse of Representatives in 1880. Afterstudying for the bar, Mr. Napier was ad-mitted to the practise of the legal profes-sion In 18S3. His success at the bar hasbeen considerable, his flrst great criminalcase beiug the defence ofPerm 1n the OreatBarrier murder trial. Subsequently he de-fended Sheaha n, charged with the triplemurder in Ireland of ihis mother, brother,and sister. He also appeared as advocate Inthe St. Louis trunk murder case, for whichWalter Maxwell, the English solicitor, afterseveral appeals to the United States Courts,was executed. His success will be remem-bered In the Great Samonn land case, whichlasted seven years, aud was three timesbefore the Privy Council. As a citizen ofAuckland, Mr. Napier has for the lastquarter of a century taken a prominentInterest In matters affecting the publicwe-lftire. For 16 years he .has been a Go-vernment representative on the HarbourBoard, and foas served two terms as chair-man. He was 'largely instrumental in hav-ing .the Freeman's Bay reclamation, nowIknowu as Victoria I'ark. allocated as aIrecreation reserve. In 18U0 he was electedat the head of the poll as representative ofthe City of Auckland in the .New Zealand1Parliament, and while in the House,amongst other things, played a prominen-tpart in securing increased appropriationsfor the Main Itaink railway. In 1900 Mr;Napier visited England; and was veWii-" 1celved there by public bodies and notabili-ties, his speech, hi reply to the toast "AUnited lEmpire," at the great TrafalgarDay celebrations in London, being givenconsiderable prominence by the EucUshPress.

MX. A. E. GLOVER.Mr. Albert Edward Glover, though anEnglishman by birth, has long bien acltizeu of Auckland, having arrived with?^,par1nts in the suiP w»liam Miles inJμ * �

ennS years ot ase Mr- GJoverdecided to strike out for himself and wasattracted to the Thames at the time whenthe goldflelds were opened. He was oneof the pioneers of the 1867 rush and securedoue of the first miners- rights issued by

the Government Commissioner. Mr Glovernext figured as an interpreter in the Magis-trates' Courts, and, taking up his residenceat Coromandel, also devoted some attentionto the coastal trade. In the early 70's hemarried, and decided to take up his resi-dence in Auckland, where he has lived eversince. During the interim Mr. Glover hasbeen identified very largely with the Islandtrade, the fact that his wife is the niece ofone of the chieftainesses of Rartrtonga giv-ing him a special opening in that direction.As the result of many years' work, Mr.Glover has now built up a large wholesalefruit trade with the Cook and FriendlyIslands, in the public life of AucklandMr. Glover has figured prominently duringthe last 20 years, and for 1C years he hasbeen identified with the municipal life of thecity, first representing the South Ward,nnd then, since the abolition of the wardsystem, being regularly returned as a cityrepresentative with large majorities alwaysto his credit. As a member of the HarbourBoard, Mr. Glover bos also done goodservice, while in political matters he hasalways figured prominent as a member otthe Liberal and Labour Federation

MR W. D. S. MacDONALD.Mr W. D. S. MacDonnld is well knownthroughout the Gisborne district as a ster-ling a successful sheep farmer, atnau of push and progresslveness. An Aus-tralian by birth, the son of a Glppslandcattle rancher, Mr MacDonald has earnedhis living "off his own bat" since 12 yearsof age. At droving, overlanding, and swag-

glng, he did his share in his early man-hood. Born at Mt. Meningwort, a westerndistrict of Victoria, in 1862, Mr MacDonaldcame to New Zealand in 1882, and hasresided an the East Coast practically eversince. Starting as an overseer on Ngatapastation, near Gisborne, he was subsequent-ly appointed manager by the Bank of NewZealand for several properties, holdingthese until they were sold. For thirteenyears he resided at Tokomaru Bay, wherehe also carried ou a large and successfutrading business, since acquired by theTokomaru Trading Co. In public life MrMacDonald has held a host of offices,rangingfrom school committees and clubs. He hastaken an active part in the Farmers' Unionmovement, occupying the vice-presidency ofthe Poverty Bay Provincial Executive. Inlocal government affairs he has likewisedone good service on both the Waiapu andCook County Councils, together with theHospital and Charitable Aid Boards. MrMncDonald resides oa his valuable propertyat Whakarau, in the Motu district.

MR. JAS..B. GOW.•Mr. Jas. Burton Gow, though a 'Scotch-

man, has been a resident of New Zealandsince his early boyhood. • He is a son ofthe Rev. J. Gow, and was born in 1562.Arriving in the Dominion at a very earlyage, lie was educated at Dunedin. For 18■months he held a position in the Govern-1mont service, but resigned in order thathe might fallow up farming as an occupa-tion. In 1876 he took up a farm of 400acres at Opotiki. lie also became possessedof a property of 1200 acres at Waltohal,and lids association with farming pursuitsmet with considerable success. As a mem-ber of the Wliakatane and Opotiki CountyCouncils, Mr. Gow did a great d«jil iv thointerest of these districts, while as chair-man of the Opotiki Dairy Company, he didmuch to win the confidence of those follow-ing the dairying business in Opotiki andWhakatane. The new representative forBay of Plenty is also a strong teetotaller.

MR. McXAB'S COXQUEROU.cessful in obtaining tbe Mataura seat in

Mr. J. J. Anderson, who has been sue-the Opposition interest, was born in Ben-digo (Victoria) in ISCO, and so is 4S yearsof age. His parents, when he was of theearly age of three years, were attractedby the "gold fever," and they immigratedto the Dominion diggings in ISG3 After aprimary school education. Mr. Andersonwas apprenticed to the printing trade, andfollowed it in Oamaru, Chrietchurch, Dnn-edin, and Gore, where he has been eversince. It was eighteen years ago that M.r.Anderson tamed his airrß-ttoa to jonru».V"»ni

proper, taking an interest in the "Mataure'Ensign/, of which he eventually becamepart proprietor, and when-both Gore papersamalgamated he became a partner in thecombined management. Although /Mr.Anderson has always taken a keen interestin politics, this is his first attempt to gainParliamentary honours. In August Mr.Anderson successfully opposed Mr. W. O.Marsh for the East Southland ward vacancy.on the Southland Rducntlon Board, obtain-ing a victory by 167 votes to 147.

MONTE CARLO.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBUNGHOUSE.

CASINO'S WONDERFUL BUN OFSUCCESS.

SOME OP ITS SBCBBTS UNVEH.ED.

There has been no "breaking the bankat Monte Carlo" this season. The "bank"has got nearly all the money In sight, andthe Casino's profits this season willamountto 3,000,000 francs more than In any pre-vious year.

The famous gambling palace of the worldhas for the first time since the Casino wasopened in 1877 passed through a seasonwithout a player making a eeneattonal win-ning. In fact, the biggest winning of theyear was £5600., AH the famous old-timerawere there daring the season. Includingyonng Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, whowon 800,000 francs laet year.

A big ItusHiun syndicate sent a crackplayer down from St. Petersburg with 250,----000 francs and a private secretary to keepan account of his winnings. He, too, fella victim to the bank's big ran of luck.

The chief source of profit at the Casinohas been from the thousands of small pun-ters rather than from the big players.

Americans have been much in evidence at> Monte Carlo this season, among tbem the''Bradley Martins, Reginald Vanderbilt,Anthony Drexel, and other wellknown menof means.

BIG CBOP OF SUICIDES.The fact that the bank has been making

all the winnings this season has causedmore suicides than usual. There hare beenhalf a hnndred of these unfortunates, the

>most sensational being that of JnUns Kar-dos, a yonng Hungarian artist from Buda-pest. He shot himself at a roulette tablein the Casino, in full view of a crowd ofgamblers. He had lost all his money at thetables, and the Casino management offeredhim 200 dollars if he would leave the place.This he refused to do, and borrowed 400dollars from a Hungarian nobleman. Withthis he decided to try his luck for the lasttime at roulette. Seated between twowomen, one the daughterof a wellknownAmerican doctor, and the other a Frenchwoman, he lost coup after coup. When thelast gold piece went he drew a revolver andshot himself. The American woman Jump-ed up with a horrified cry, and the French-woman, across whose lap the body bad fal-len, fainted away. An hour later the rou-lette game was going on as usual.

HOW THE CASINO WIN'S.And how do they play roulette at Monte

Carlo, and what is the secret of theCasino's big success this season? Rouletteon its face is a fair game. Between twolong "tableaux," or tables, is the roulettewheel—a horizontally revolving, hollow in-verted cone, with thirty-seven compart-ments around the outer edge. An ivory

I>all Is sent whirling in a groove around thewheel. One of the compartments is ifai-bered 0. The others are numbered tA>\ 1to 38. The ball, after certain rcvoliMons,drops into one of these compartments. Ifit drops-unto 0, the wheel takes all thestakes that have been deposited upon thevarious numbers. If it drops into compart-ment No. 10, for instance, the player who

!has staked any given sum on No. 10 re-ceives from the bank thirty-six times thisamount, and the stakes of all the otherplayers are confiscated by the bank.

In .previous years a good many fortuneshave been won by reason of the inexplic-able sequence in which certain numbersinvariably turn up. The habitue of MonteCarlo knows well that after the ball hasfallen on zero one or other of two numberswill usually gain—either 27 or 9. In conse-quence, he stakes a gold louis en plein on27, witha couple of louis on the first dozen,and, strangely enough, one or other of thenumbers will win about six times out often. Again, if 32 comes up, one of the num-bers from 31 to 36 is almost certain tofollow. Why this should be so no one hasever been able to discover. The numbersare distributed over the wheel inco uneven a manner that fraudon the part of the croupier wholaunches the ball is rendered absolu-tely impossible; in addition to which itmust be remembered that the wheel alwaystravels in a direction opposite to the ball.Yet, even with these precautions, thereare certain numbers on the wheel whichare almost invariably followed by others,and it seems as though in such instancesFate has set herself largely against thebank and in favour of the player.

The Casino administration have spentmuch time and thought upon trying to solvethe problem, for they well know that foryears the professional roulette players havefollowed various systems, and for that mat-ter every one plays a system at MonteCarlo.

Just prior to the opening of the seasonthe Casino mangement put new wheels inplace, and these new wheels have wonenormously "for the house" throughout thepresent season.

How Is it? 'Tis simplicity itself. On the]four sidesof thewheel arc fonr little metal-lic cones, known In the siang of the gameas "mule's ears." The "man at the wheel"in spinning the ball, aims to strike a differ-ent "mule's ear"—one of the four, thusdiverting the ball from its natural course.But the system player long ago managed toovercome the four little cones, and in-timeno matter which of the four "mule's ears"caught the circling ball and diverted it thesystems won with surprising regularity.

On the new wheels installed this seasonthey had placed eight "mule's eara" insteadof four—instead of four corners of thecircle there were eight; and months paesedbefore some of the players discovered thedifference between the old wheels and thenew. So this season all the old systemstook wings, all the previous calculations ofthe professionals were for naught, and theCasino has won amazingly and largely in-creased its profits.

However, the Casino has always playedahead of the game, hence the profit of amillion sterling annually. No matter howmuch money the players win at MonteCarlo, "it all comes back."

WHAT THE CASINO COSTS.The lease of the gambling privilege

secured from the Prince of Monaco expiresin 1913, and there will be only five yearsmore of Monte Carlo under the presentregime. The Casino company is kno*n asthe Sea Bathing Company and Strangers'Club of Monaco. There is not another sea-bathing company in the world which makesa profit of a trifle over a million sterlingper annum. You couldn't get a bath onthe card of admission if you demanded it.

The Casino administration employs morethan two thousand people. Each of thegamblingtables makes a profit of £500 perday. There- are one hundred and twentycroupiers employed »t -j»e %U>!e>. They «repaid CIO • nJtmtj), tn xa tlietr food.

Some of them are inspector*, who receiveI£20 to £40 a month. Then there is a littlearmy of guards patrolling- the buildings, aswell as gardeners, attendants, firemen,upholsterers, and others. The director-general, who controls this vaat Institution,is pafd £4000 per year. The buildings andthe Casino are said to have cost a million,and a Palaceof Floe Arts has been erectedout of the bank winnings. There is In theCasino, besides extensive reading and writ-ing rooms, a magnificent theatre, which iskept up at enormous-coat; alao a permanentorchestra of a hundred first-dass instru-mentalists, engaged all the year round, andduring the season the most celebratedartists are engaged.regardless of expense.As much as £200 has been paid to one ofthese performers for a single night. Allthis is absolutely free. And, strangest ofall strange things at Monte Carlo, you can-not boy a drink of anything stronger thanlemonade In this great gambling palace.

NO ONE BREAKS THE BANK.Another fact! No one ever broke the bank

at 'Monte Carlo. The Impression has pre-vailed that If the bank loses a certain sumof money on a particular day it closes Itsdoors till the next morning. This Is untrue.The bank never cloaee between 12 noon andtl at night, no matter how much may belost. tB? eong abbot breaking the bank atMonte Carlo Iβ reeponstble for a good dealof misapprehension. Bach table starts Inthe morning with a certain sum of money,and when that Is exhausted tbe play isstopped only until a fresh supply Isbrought from the strong rooms.

No one has ever caused the Casino toclose a table for more than a couple ofminutes. The actual reserve at the bankready for immediate use is a million ofmoney, and the company is fully preparedfor any and every emergency that mayariee. Financially this bathing corporationte as solid as Standard Oil.

WOMEN'S REALM.CARE FOR THE BROOM.

Screw into the endof tbe handle of thebroom a screw with ring on end, such asis found on the back of pictures to fastenthe wire through,then keep hung up on anail. This not only will preserve theshape of the broom, but keep it clean aswell; or take two large, empty spoolsand nail them in some convenient placejust far enough apart to let the broomhandle in. Turn tbe brush up and youhave a fine, inexpensive receptacle.

HOW DO YOU LAUGH?

Have you developed a chromaticlaugh? The chromatic, or melodious,laugh, according to the latest advices,is to be the laugh of the future, andshould be diligently encouraged by allthose who have the welfare of the raceat heart.

The. whole question of pleasing andunpleasing laughter is merely one ofvoice production, and a rigorous cam-paign of proper voice production is be-ing advocated by educational authoritiesat present. Commenting upon the harshnerve-tearing sounds that do duty forlaughter with 90 percent, of town-dwel-ling people thelower classes particularly,an eminent authority expressed hisopinion.that proper voice training in theschools would produce a race of musicalvoiced men and women.

There is no doubt that voices andlaughter have degenerated, and it maybe attributed greatly to modern sur-roundings. The voice of the street arah,more particularly the girl, is terrible.The cause of this can easily be foundin tbe tremendous noise of the streets.The children spend much of their time inthe streets, and are forced to shout inorder to make themselves heard. The re-sult is a race of harsh-voiced people, andthe harsh voice means a harsh laugh.

THE INFLUENCE OF HOME LIFE.An eminent doctor in London states

that 70 per cent of the girlswho come tohim are ill because they do not get on athome, and awriter in a leading woman'spapersays that nobody can disagree withhim who knows anything of English fam-il life. It seems to be the hick of inter-est and want of occupationin these girls'lives that makes them first morbidly mis-erable and sensitive, and then really ill,for many girls are driven into anaemiaby listlessnes3 and boredom. With comuch crying out to be done, it seems avery dreadful thing that mothers .shouldbring up their daughters in such a waythat they are not only useless to thenation, but are driven to boredom and ill-health by lack of cane and) wholesomeoccupation.

HOW TO KEEP FLOWERS FRESH. The question of keeping flowers freshfor any length of time is one that puzzlesevery girl. Here are a few suggestionsthat were tried by a girl and workedquite well. Of course a great deal de-pends on how fresh the flowers arewhen they arereceived. This is particu-larly £rue at a time of the year whenthe florists are very busy, as then inorder to fill all their orders they aren' i, as careful as they might be as tothe freshness of the flowers they deliver.

Long-stemmed flowers, such as roses,or carnations, can be kept quite easilyfor a week by cutting off a bit of thestem each day and by changing the wa-ter daily.

If they become wilted from the heatthey should be sprinkleuwith cold waterand put in the refrigerator or a coldroom over night. A little salt added tothe water will also help to keep themfresh. Roses or carnations treated inthis way, should last nearly a week, andoften do last longer.

Violets are a harder proposition, asthey often look well for a long time, butthe odour of stale violets makes it im-possible to wear them after a day or two.A good way to keep them, however, isto geta large box and put in a great dealof silk paper; then put the violets inthisboxand sprinkle thoroughly, particu-larly the stems. Cover themwell with thesilk paper and put them in the top ofthe icebox, or, if it is winter, line thebottom and sides of the box withcotton batting and put the boxoutside the window. The cotton has justenough warmth to keep the flowers fromfreezing and the silk paper keeps in themoisture. It is better, if possible, to tipthe box so that the water runs downto the stems, as otherwise the flowersare apt to get water soaked.Sweet peas, orchids, gardenias andlilies of the valley can allbe kept in thissame way. A gardenia will last a longt«rr.e if the flower is not touched, but assoon as it is touched it turns brown. Agirl sent some flowers packed in this wayto a friend who was ill and they arrivedat the end of five days quite"as freshas when they had started. Nothing inthe1world is nicer or sweeter than freshflowers,and nothing is much worse thanetale ones; but girls who want to keepflrwers fresh will find the above rulesfcod once fco follow.

whoub scnarcE of packdiq,The problem of how to peck perplex**many girls. Pretty summer frocks hn*often been ruined by careless foldingand even washing gowns have annulfrom a trunk only fit foranother visit tethe laundry."The great mistake girls make is t*imagine that by packing elothea looaal*they will not crush," Bays an expertM*.ker. "A good deal of my time is take*up ifa teaching ladies, maids how to pads,and I find the tendency is always to laythe frocks in gently, allowing a greatdeal of space for each."At the end of the journey the box )iin the most terrible state of confusion,and the dainty gowns are crushed out cl•11 eembfance to their original beauty"The first thing to do is to tack losstapes at each corner of your box, a*that they can be tied across when tWbox is lull. '"Everything of a heavy nature, eachas books, or boots and shoes, rrnet b*wrapped up in newspaper, and fittedinto the bottom of the tiox, as if yeawere arranging a picture puzzle."It is an excellent plan to roll under,clothing and fine blouses. They do notcrash nearly so easily,' and take up f«,leas room. - : ~;"It is a good idea to makea large en-velope pocket on the inside of the lid ofyour box by tin-tacking a piece of linenacross. Gloves, ribbons, handkerchief*. •<"and ties can then be packed there.."Skirts should he spread out oa th« :';bed and folded with tissue paper be* *"'■'

tween each fold. In this way they cms ■"'-'■be wrapped up into quite a small space, t'-~-.;"Do not stuff out the sleeves of coita.iendMouses, as isgenerallyThey take up far too much room, andcrush other garments. It is always atteasy matter to iron out sleeves. ; f s"When packing hats, pin or sew theat v;to the tray of your box.- , t • '[.■■

'The following hints are for the girl'who has been invited to spenda fortnight?' 'with her friends. She can afford her fare*but not the extra expense of cabs andporters, so she decides to take one ofthe convenient pilgrim baskets ac heronly piece of luggage. If she is carefulshe can get quite a lot of pretty gar. =ments into it. ' ;. ". .'.. -,

"Piret of all, I advise her to.take « ifine black voile skirt for evening; wear.It can be rolledup so as only,to occupya-few inches of space. The black under-skirt to wear with it ehe can wear when - ■travelling with her everyday ekirt and-coat."It is an easy matter to fit.in threenet evening blouses, each blouse of Vdifferent colour. These net blouses roll,up and emerge without a crease. ■ -" •"She must wear her best hat for trav7v , 1ellmg, and buy a soft panama for.every"day, which rolls up tightly and fits intoa corner of her basket. If she included !Vseveral pretty c6loured ribbons, her

everyday hat may appear under variousdisguises. Her best coat and skirt mustbe packed, with a neat blouae to wear ■with them.

"It is even possible to include seve- ''ral linen skirts -within the small spaceof a pilgrim basket, if they are Tolled, ■■''■and not folded. This idea of 'clothes is not a new one. Our great->grandmothers always rolled their pieces }'v'\of silk and brocade to keep them fromcreasing." ~ ; s.!

J* •' :■ isPKESERVES AWb PICKLES. i ii

In view of the near approach 'pickle making seasoii, thrifty New 2efr. 'land housewives wili'no doubt welcome ;- ■';tbe following standard recipes:—Cabbage Pickled-Four white cabv ':',_ ,

l-ages, equal quantities of green toma- / j"toes and cucumbers, a green pepper, ■.four ears of green corn, all chopped fineand mixed well. Scald thoroughly inU >Cspiced vinegar. Strain all vingar out |'1of this. One small box of mustard, onehalf-pound of butter beaten well te- ..gether.' One ounce of white mustard ■■ ~iseed, salt, black pepper and horse rad- "":sh to taste, two cups sugar. Mix well -together. Add cold vinegar to cover.Ready for use in'week. ' ""'...-,

Mixed pickle.—Make a brine by die- 7: isolving one-half pint of salt in wateti --tnough to cover the pickles. -Into this ■-.' ..-..biine place- two cauliflowers, and onequart small onions and four green pep- -pers (cut up). Let this stand overnight. In the morning scald all in the \brine and add ons quart small pickled 'cucumbers and remove from the brine F.md place in jars. Take six tablespoonsof musiard, two tablespoons of currypowder, three tablespoons of flour, onecup of sugar. Mix with vinegar and■add this mixture and let it boil ten'minutes. Pour over the pickles.

Mustard Pickle. — One quart ofcauliflower, one quart of large onions,' *' y*one bunch of celery, two cucumbers, one •qaart green tomatoes. Chop or cutcoarsely, then add four quarts of wateri..one pint of salt. Stand twenty-fourhours, then drain.

Dressing.—One cup flour, five, table-: I ,«

r.poons of mustard, one tablespoon of . ;■,tumeric, two cups of sugar, two quarts ~;vinegar, turn this over the pickles andcook slowly until soft.

Green Tomato Pickle.—Slice one peck *'tomatoes and one dozen onions verythin, and sprinkle with salt and let re-main twenty-four hours. Drain welL _._Add two ounces white mustard seed,- - 'spme of black pepper, one-half ouncecloves, one ounce allspice, one pound t■;

brown sugar, one ounce ginger, one box;mustard, two tablespoons celery seed.";Mix and cover with vinegar and boilgently until transparent.

Piccalilli.—Chop peck green tomatoes,sprinkle over large cup saX, let standover night. Drain off water, mix withthem cix green peppers, six onions, six; ■Weight celery stalks, all chopped fine, addtwo pounds sugar, two tablespoonsground mustard, four of black mustard .seed, one and one-half of white mustardseed, one tablespoon each of pepper core,whole cloves, ground cinnamon andone-half of ground pepper. Cover with'vinegar, and simmer two hours.

Cucumber Pickles.—To one gallon vine- 1gar add one cup salt, two large spoonfulscelery seed, one of white mustard seed,handful whole cloves and allspice. Scald <all together and pour over cucumbersafter having been washed and wiped dry.Very easy to do and suTe to keep.

Green Tomato Soy.—One peck greentomatoes, one quart of onions. Slice bothand sprinkle a small cup of salt overthem, and let it stand over night. Drainin the morning. Add one-quarter poundof mustard seed, three-quarters poundpackage ofmixed mustard seed, one-quar-ter pound chopped green peppers. Boilone and one-half hours covered withvinegar. Before taking from fehe fire addtwo pounds of sugar. Stir well, and boila few minutes.

Chili Sauce.—Twelve ripe tomatoes.Chop two green peppers and two onions, .:and boil the three together with one andone-half cups of vinegar one tablespoonsalt. Cook about two hours.

■ .-. *Influenza can be prevented and cured,Iby WOLFE'S SCHNAFPB.

THE 'ATJCKL&OfD STAR. WEISNESD'SY, tfOVEMBEfI 18. 1908.6

o> t>

S. ti ? PSfcresters' U, Devon-

nort_ --— S92 8S1 62 162

AtarM 3 14 1 0Aibanv -.. 20 37 2 Iβ'•irkiteJe 43 48 5 7i.'-rfconhead 156 239 42 133i.agham's Creek 2 -J3 0 07 vairv Flat 22 39 2 aP-esb School D'port.. 154 182 8 36

U5 227 8 36UreertniSie 2 17 0 2Hotroirrflle .- 20 33 7 13Huhoe f> 10 3 5Kaipara. Elats - -.- 19 0 1Kumen 39 29 0 8Long: Bay 11 2S 2 4Te Kapa. Mah'ngi E. .. 3 IS 0 2Mabnnmgl W '.'• S 0 0MayfieM 26 2S 2 23Sorfncote ... 140 .T77 10 102Pnhoi 19 IMS 0 7RlvertKad 41 60 1 7Streandands 30 32 i~ 6Tatapraia 77 1S1 23 10Trvphem, Gt. Barrier 4 16 13 0Vf&de 41 51 3 8Walnni — 9 27 21 1"Waiwera 30 7 1 3■Tipper Waiwera „... 2 30 2 5"Waxirworth 02 174 7 58TWTisnpaparna . 10 13 7 2Seamen's Rights .... 4 0 0 1Mullet Point 5 22 0 3Nanaki

_15 24 3 4

OHwi . 1 6 10 0Otapn _-_ 0 14 1 0Orerille „.„.._._ 0 0 5 0Owena .... ~. 12 0 0Port Fitsmy 11 9 e o"Whaueapara 0 2 3 0

: Totals 2032 2917 293 669•'. The-retnrns involve a second ballot.

WATKATQ.*H. J. Greenslade (G) ........ 332Sj\Den Bell (0) , 2834

•Following are the-results of the pol-ling ai -the various booths:—Greenslade. Bell.

Tanpiri .... 51 85Obaupo ,mmm 145 120Hamilton East .._.»,..., 285 117Hamilton ...__. 752 486Mangapiko --...„_„_ 5.. 73Eureka ., 34 13Baglan 1-29 57KlhJkihi „„ ..... 94 80Koromatua 13 22Hairtni r ... 18 54Claudelands - ,- - .. 80 84Hospital _... . 25 40Te Uku , 19 18Tamahere 29 75OFrankton --- . 177 102"Waitetona .. 32 45Tauwbare . 20 32Thik-nhia. - -. ;.',- ,■; , __j\ j 26 31Whatawhata 5S 44Te 3Iata 59 52iRototuna .... , 32 48Te Rapa 18 59Piikekura 29 70Kgaruawahia ....;... 210 107Te Awamutu ;.; 173 ■ 210Hukanui 27 55IPuliikarainea 5 39Hauiapu - - « 25 55IJo.to-o-rangi 13 20Pironsria 50 61Xev.'stead 22 31Jlatangi 38 39HuntjV 421 116Haranepe .., 35 10TLaramu 18 26Horotiu 38 19Pukerimu 21 59Te Rore 9 42Ma-ngawara 9 39Paterangi laj 58

Last election: Greenslade (G), 3457:Lang (0).. ?379-

TAUEANGA.•W. H. Herries (0.) 3251J. A. Young (GO 2658

forMr. Herries,593.Details of the polling are as follow:—

Herries. Young.Tanransa 330 313KatikaU 121 13Te I'una 23 14Sanatorium 14 20Maotu y»Paparnoa .......'. 10 oMaunsatantari 41 oI'pper Hall. Te I'una.. 30 ICashmere's Samnill lo 7Mnnawaru C2 2S"Waihou 121 51Cambridse West I" 63 S9Steele--* Mill 3 14Cambridge 492 303Karapiro 42 20Otumoeiai 44 10Nsatira 2 11ttrrortown 69 2SArahiwi 13 13I'aonsaroa 34 30W'aitoa 7S 41Shaftesbnrr 20 1Tc- Aroha West 6S 4Makptu 2S 12I'ongakawa 45 31Te Puna Point 20 10Te Poke 197 84Hautapu 50 30Kaima 3 12Pntarnru 37 60Oordon IS 21Athenree 11 3"Waicrroncomai 33 23Mafamata 159 94Himiera 54 1!)I.ichnt-ld 12 12AoDzatote 31 5Waharoa 27 38To Whetu 25 11Walton 19 18Tirau 67 45Parawera 35 10Okoroire 33 STe Aroha 237 l^Tatitari 6 1KiwitaM 24 3Pokiirn 5 ISTamaki Sawmill 4 1

Gow. Lundou. Macdonald.Tanpo 23 6 25Waiotapn 11 16 8Murupara 10 10 3Atiomtiri 1 3 10Oraanui 6' 9 2Te Teko 10 1 16Waioeka 30 1 28Wigan 28 1 25Motu , 26 6 63Hatahanea 2 0 9Tuparoa 49 45 25Waipiro Bay ... 56 5 53Te Puia Springs 12 1 14Otnra S 0 0Mangato 7 0 15Mokai 17 40 17Waimana 40 6 13Wheturan 5 1 32Okitn 24 7 41Wbakatane .... 83 17 42Mamakn 44 24 79Taneatua 75 15 61Rangataike .... 4 0 4Okito 24 7 41Whitirau 5 1 32Toaroa 12 0 26Ohiwa „. 15 0 10Rotorua 275 308 161Matata „. 14 3 35Matawa .. S 1 24Wltafcarau . 9 1 24Otarere 7 7 4Ormond 66 5 160Te Kaua 2 0 r>Raokokofe ;{ 1 8Wharehopae .2 O 15Kahntura 11 o" 5Te Araroa 23 7 51Wbangara 30 3 25Tokoiuain Bay 26 15 61Te Karaka 12 0 26Port Awanui .. 41 9 21ltinngia 17 0 8■Vfhangaparoa 8 4 3Willow Crossing 2S 1 32Arero r> 6 12Opotiki 194 5 240

Last Election: Herries (0), 3251; Foster(G), 3040.

LOCAL OPTION POLL.GREAT NO-LICENSE VOTE.DEDUCTION IN AUCKLAND CITY.

FIVE CONSTITUENCIES "CO DRY."

EDEN AND OHINEMURI INCLUDED.Uβ greatest interest was taken in the-nit of the local option poll in thetteiland district, and it is safe to statetijttie results have been somewhat

%n ™any iastano*B- it "» asmfiteerident"before the election that thejfo&jßise question was obscuring poli-fjcSjbak it is certain that comparativelyfarpeople! calculated upon such a big in-case'in the. temperance vote. Therei»ipparentfy been an increase in manypiits oflhe Dominion. Bruce appears tole;only one Tote off No-license this time.gx years < ago that electorate carriedjio-Bense,but it was upset by a decisiond theftity CounciL Then last electionjtuceWas 17off the required three-fifthsjjijprity,Asjrbnrton and GreyLym havejpthVoted.-against the restoration of li-gßKf, tadin the latter district the ma-jsetf-was '71per cent., whereas it would-fflly1require QQ per cent, to have carried

-As faras Auckland West ispaunied, the vote is 64.6 per cent, forKfrllcense, but this is neutralised by theTOtes east in the two other electorates.Iforeturns are.not yet complete, but itis pretty ireu certain that a dozen elec-torates.:irPl;' be No-license in variousUrts of the Dominion, while reductionm arried in .two of the large centres,Auckland and Dunedin.

The effect of the licensing vote will notbe felt. until after the new committeesire electednext March, when the import-tit pojnta pi "what number of hotels,and which- particular houses shall beefaed in: the electorates where reductionlas been agreed to, will come up forQISCUSEIOII* ■' ■■»■

The position of a brewery situated intny district in whichNo-license is carriedB somewhatpeculiar. The manufactureof liquor can stillbg.proceeded with, andit an to supplied to other districts,butdelivery irithin-the' district which hasetrriedNo-license is against the law.

Tie.deeißon.for Xo-Ucense at EdenSoses .iStels," naniely\' the hbfises atHenderson,,AvondaJe, Epsom and theRnetioi ";

It also, means that no booth "will heepened for the sale of alcoholic liquorit race meetings at Avondale.: The returns are still incomplete, hutts fur as can be ascertained at thepresent time, tlie position is as fol-lows:—'";..... .'Nfrlicense:. Thames, Geraldine, Eden,Ohinenmri, Masterton, Hutt, ' Oamaru,Qutlia, Ashburton, Grey Lynn, Inver-

Mataura, -while at BruceItairtobe a recount.

Auckland City, Dunedin,frnieD, Marsden, Port Chalmers (?),edpossibly Manukau.

Continuance is carried in the rest oftteelectorates.

> PAENELL.The-Rirnell poll was one of the closest

it ngari-to the licensing is3ue, andarongbput this morning much excite-•et'prevailed amongst both parties con-««d m to whether the electorate hadWMd no-license. The actual results as■BgMds tife point will not be known un- jw the exact number of valid votes cast* Wertained. The returning officers"arnmx a thorough recount this after-

to determine the exact proportion«,tltt9e valid votes, and it is expected•Mf-flu'swill be completed to-morrow,wretaming, officer (Mr H. B. Massey)!**i that the issue should beMac known about Monday. It

considered likely that No-license™"M carried. Eeduction is, of course,«ned by'a large majority.

REPRESENTATIVE AUCKLANDOPINIONS.

TRE TRADE POINT OF VIEW.

■ to one of the leading mem-««r of the Trade, a representative ofAuckland Star" was informed, that™f «% had access to the absolute

it woukl be impossible to ac-the position; "but/, he

""»H Sgiere cannot be much doubt thatcity is concerned, redue-

wflM been carried owing to the large••"wr of.moderate drinkers who ab-™ting. Imay add that ow-Z ccaPathy of certain sections of

fc£** considered that there -was.£*"*gw.«soiar as Auckland City waswe were ™>*Mc to make a;*"»P»ry stand against the splendid■gg**"* which has been workingfor the past three years get-§£!?&«* this contest. There are.»**«*«« that have contributedr»Ms I?k"* the moderate drinkers&S,* 6tanccs vote ™th the p-itttiifl y,< Jn "* occasion. Xeok'ng*ht mfmv ■'*k quite dear t0 mc thi»t

tfcmed the 'ProhibitionMvVt *iy any means in 8Ucl» a ma-

fflay assume. Take, forwhere I undersUnd

ibeen In spite'¥SS.%lhe trade eai-

the licensed|-■xEtffPV'&irefused to reduce the1","-?'"* of to 3d. The,<«oaS(

Mttat numbers of votesre e,,t in favour o!' «** for « « Othenvise mi?ht ha™! *»t 1° nhs"ance- The "S«y thingf}lrtller is that the! knrsn* that dnr-ht v e-rears the h°tels of this

#■«* t£«te? S wa fey the fact

**• i» aJSS J,.,".'*1"5 there is no•«* %S«? *n •ndoreenent

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N.Z. ALLIANCE PRESIDENT.

Interviewed by a representative of the"Auckland Star," Mr Wesley Spragg,president of the N.Z. Alliance, said:

"I have not yet had time to realisethe results of yesterday's local optionpolling, but on the face of the report tohand it ia clear that not only have theno-license people secured an overwhelm-ing moral victory throughout the colony,'but they have substantial practical re-sults as well, and especially in theAuck-land district. Grey Lynn has achieveda double distinction in its vote of 71per cent, against restoration of license,and because, rightly or wrongly, it hasbeen understood that Mr Fowlds vas be-ing opposed by the liquor interests.City West had a splendid vote of 641per oant. against license. No-license hasbeen carried in my own electorate' ofEden, and in Parnell and Ohinemuri,while it seems probable that it has alsobeen carried inManukau and perhaps inWaitemata. Reduction has been carriedin tne city and elsewhere, and the situa-tion is most encouraging from our pointof view. I, of course, agree that wewanted, more, but we have ample causeto be thankful for the actual results.The new factors which have contributedto our advance are the forward move-ment of the Anglican Church and its ap-preciation of the true character of thetraffic. The work done-by the "band of,business men" and the children's demon-stration of Saturday last produced mostexcellent results. To summarise, we areexceedingly gratified with and thankfulfor the outcome of the poll, but we arenot satisfied."

THE LICENSING POLL.. The Tesult of the local option pollchows * largely increased temperancevote. Details are ac follows;—

AUCKLAND CITY.Continuance 1?.,.'.V.W. .^STS.* "fyjSS'Reduction i)jM>Ko-licenae ■. 10,253

GREY LYifN.Kestoration ' 2034Non-Testoration 5046Majority against restoration, 3012.The foUowing figures were recorded atthe varioua polling booths:—

2254 3220 35."»No-license has not been carried, it is

doubtful if reduction has been carried,or if all the existing licenses are toremain. The returning officer has not

yet been apprised of the total numberof valid votes polled, but the resultshould, be available to-morrow. Itseems that' the ieiae between Continu-ance and Seduction hangs in the balance.

EDEN.Continnance 2192Reduction .... '4015No-Ucenee 4010

I The detailsof the toting«re ac follows:—

WAIKATO.Continuance 2791Reduction. 2460No-license ~... 3111The returns to come are not likely to

affect the result.'Details of the voting ere as follow:

WAITEMATA.Continuance ...A 2446Reduction 2940No-license ;... 8304The detailed polling was ac follows:—

i j ig I s! 1 3■©• « X

UeTonport, Forester*' flail Si(s OGB 1133DeTonport, PresbyterianSchoolroom .....;. 138 213 242Devonport, Methodist Kail,Stanley Bay J23 332 °T3Takapuna, Parish Hall 121 138 151Ahuroa, Bnnu' House 15 3 8Albany, Scboolbouse 53 ' Iβ 10Birkdale, Sehoolbouse 23 73 a,iBlrkenhead Mount ZionSchoi.l .................. 227 30e 331Brichom's Creek, Simpcon'sStore 0 10 17Dairy Flat, Scboolhonse 43 Iβ 3Greenhlthe, Scboblb'oiise 11 7 8Hobsonyille. Schoolhous*' .. 17 49 54Huhue, Scboolhouee 5 8 10Kaipani Fldts,' Kaiifnrly Hall 7 12 14Kumcu, Goodwin'e Store.. 40 18 22

Long Bay, Sehoolhouse..... 32 ft 5Mahoranel X., Tc Kflpi '8du)0lho«ea ............. t t »

Last election: Continuance, *2890; reduo-tlon, 2415; no-Ileenee, 3283. Licenses con-Untied.

GISBORNK.Continuance ". 3205Reduction 2647No-license 3675

Continuance was earned.EGMONT.

Continuance 1960Reduction 1162No-license 2088

~ Continuance carried.Last election: Continuance, 2314; re-

duction, 1313; no-license, 23D8.

KAIPARA.Continuance 2147Reduction 1877No-license 2222Lust election: Continuance, 2140; re-

duction, 1669; no-licence, £080. Licensescontinued.

TAUMARUNULContinuance 2388Reduction 1138No-license 2093

MARSDjsN.Continuance 1928Seduction '. 2110No-license 2513Reduction is carried.Last election: Continuance, 2208; re-

duction, 2136; no-license, 2792. Licensescontinued.

BAY OF PLENTY.Continuance 2867Reduction 1592No-license 2767Continuance carried.

TAKANAKLContinuance 2326Reduction 2078No-license * 2824Valid votes, 5207. Nothing carried.Last election: Continuance, 2430; re-

duction, 2033; no-licence, 2695.BAY OF ISLANDS.

Continuance 2929Reduction 1383No-license 1753Lut, election: Continuance, 1970; re-

duction, 940; ao-Ucenie, 1489. Lkeaseacontinued.

WANGANUI.-: .;.{By Tdi«rapn.-^l,W!M.Aii|mtiee.>-;

WELLINGTON, this day.The statement that no-license wae car-

ried in Wanganui, published in themorning papers, was .a: mistake. Thevalid votes were 6480, and nothing wascarried, so that the number of licenseswill continue as at present.

Continuance 2897Reduction ,2363No-license 3513Continuance is carried.Last election: Continuance, 3177; re-

duction, 2229; no-license, 3094.STRATFORD.

Continuance • 2130Reduction I«2No-license 2346One small return to come; cannot

affect result.WBSTLAND.

Continuance carried by a largemajority (figures not given).

Last election: Continoanee, 2033; re-duction, 1213; no-license, 1475.

,Continuance ....i... *, 1743Reduction .\.........»... 1311No-license ..I 3234Last election: Continuance, 1864; re-

duction, 1245; no-license, £556.WAIRARAPA.

Continuance 2274Reduction 1736No-license 2637Twosmall returns to come.Last election: Continuance, 2119; re-

duction, 1351f no-license, 2293.OTAKI-

Continuance 1800Reduction 1263No-license : 1964Last election: Continuance, 1859;*r-eduction, 1602; no-license, 2075.

MASTERTON.Continuance 2100Reduction 2443No-license 3252Thirty-four absent votes to come, butNo-license party consider they have

three-fifths of them.Last election: Continuance, 2144; re-

duction, 1981; no-license, 3050.

PALMERSTON NORTH.Continuance , 2783Reduction 1705No-license 2530Last election: Continuance, 3140; re-

duction, 2175; no-license, 3286.

WELLINGTON CITY,Continuance 7856Reduction 8347No-license .: , j>9B3The number of valid votes cast was18,124. Continuance was carried.Last election: Continuance, 8882; re-

duction, 7299; no-license, 8872.

HUTT.^^VContinuance ......... ,^4v... 2377Reduction 2842No-license 3585Last election: Continuance, 2521; re-daction, 2238; no-license, 32(56. *

PATEA.Continuance 2300Reduction j0.35Nb-license ....'.., 2538Last election: Continuance, 224*; re-duction, 1068; no-license, 3067.

WAIPAWA.Continuance 2175Reduction J9OBNo-license 2639Last election: Continuance, 2529; re-

duction, 2291; no-license, 3263.

NELSON.Continuance . 2709Reduction • 2624No-licence * 2901Continuance carried.Laet election: Continuance, 2836; re-

duction, 2342; no-license, 2400.OAMARTJ.

Against restoration 2847For restoration 1044Last election. Continuance, 1818; re-duction. 2715; no-license, 3142.

KAIAPOLContinuance 2385Reduction 2629No-license »...., 2971

CHALMERS.For continuance 2090Reduction 2602No-license 2987These figures are unofficial.Last election: Continuance, 2500; re-

duction, 2793; no-license, 3170.

LTJTTBLTON.Continuance 3949Reduction 2756No-license ; 3266Nothing carried.Last election: Continuance, 2832; re-duction, 1917; no-license, 2403.

REDUCTION IN DUNEDIN.ATTEMPT TO UPSET THE VOTE.

(By Telegraph—Frees Association.)

DUNEDIN, this day.The temperance party is consideringwhether the Duhedin poll cannot bevoided, on the ground of alleged offences

committed by the liquor party.DUNEDIN CITY.

Continuance 8557Reduction ....'. \q70aNo-license '.! 11^509The total number of votes recordedwas 20,278. Reduction was carried.Last election: Continuance, 9028; re-duction, 8516; no-license, 9078.

TUAPEKA.Continuance 1894Reduction 1373No-license 2129No proposal is carried.

RICOAiRTON.Continuance 2753Reduction 2230No-licehse 2897

OROUA.For continuance 1903Reduction 1300No-license 2051

', Last election: Continuance, 1807: re-duction, 1465; no-liecttav £634.

rV ? ■'■■■'■ ' Bvpijißt'rc l: "■■ :Gontihuenc* .....«..,.;.,..., JS32Redaction .......;......;. 4 . v 2030No-licence' i................ ;. . 2808Several small returns to conic in. ,'Lastelection: Continuance, 2619; re-

duction, 1973; no-liconee, 2403., RANGITIKELContinuance ..............i.i 2339No-licence ....;... ~*V..»i.». 1725Laet election: Continuance, 2271; re-

duction, 1489; no-license, 2600.

BRUCE AND CONTINUANCE.DUNEDIN, this day.

The "Star's" special at Milton saysthat the count gives a majority of onefor continuance, but eighty permits areyet to be counted. It is thought themajority of these will favour No-li-cense. '■"'.'- ''.',

BRUCE.Continuance ...» 1858Reduction

_2411

No-license ................... 2937No-license lost by one vote.Last election: Continuance, 1612; re-

duction, 2000j no-licence, 241».

WAKATIPU.Continuance 2304Reduction

_1262

No-license 1757One small return to come.Last election: Continuance, 2304; re-

duction, 1359; no-license, 1838.

WAITAKI.Continuance .... 2074Reduction 2081No-license 2698Continuance carried.Last election: Continuance, 2074; re-

duction, 1647; no-license, 2367.

NAPIER.Continuance 3376Reduction 2529No-license 2980Last election: Continuance, 3260; re-

duction, 1982; no-license, 2180.

HAWKE'S BAY.Continuance 3084Reduction 1493No-licence 2469Valid votes,SOOS.Last election: Continuance, 2425; re-

duction, 1973; no-license, 2673.ORUA.

Continuance v . 2089Reduction *•. 1387

GREY.Continuance 3074Reduction 1568No-licence 2347Last election: Continuance, 3059;

reduction, 1876; no-license, 2464.Three small returns to come.

AVON.Continuance 2942Reduction 2687No-license 3501Last election: Continuance, 2690;

reduction, 2230; no-license, 2699.:* RICCARTON.

Continuance 2920Reduction ..."2244No-license 2810Last election: Continuance, . 2284;

reduction, 1320; no-license, 1757.GERALDINE.

Continuance ..'. , 1468Reduction 1531No-license 1865Incomplete.Last election: Continuance, 2152;

reduction, 1573; no-license, 1952.

CHKISTCHURCH.Continuance 9714Reduction 8749No-license 10,138Continuance carried.Last election: Continuance, 10,641;

reduction, 7370; no-license, 8787.TAIERL

Contimianoe 1831Reduction ..._ 2383No-license ' 2689Two small returns to come.Last election: Continuance, 1718;

reduction, 2043; no-license, 2295.

ASHBURTON.For restoration 303JFor non-restoration . 263CNon-reetors>tioh carried, there nol

being the required three-fifths majorityto after the present state of affaire.

Last election: For restoration 2663for non-restorvtion 2458.

CLUTHA.Against restoration 1824For restoration

_9M

Last election: For restoration 1459for non-restoration 2536.

TIMAKU.Continuance 2&IIReduction 28«No-license 345iLaet election: Continuance 2689, re

Auction 2850, no-license 3186.

KAIAPOI.Continuance 238!Reduction 2621No-license 2971Last election: Continuance 1725, re

duetion 2056, no-license 2368.

AWARUA. «. For continuance 217fReduction 200!No-license 23ftLaet election: Continuance 1820, re

duetion 2135, no-license 2493.INVERCARGILL.

For restoration 2381No-licence 302)

Last election: Continuance 2573, reduetion 3409, no-license 3902.

MATAURA.Restoration 2001Against restoration 2524Last election: For restoration, 2048

fornon-restoration, 2905.. .. '

WAIRAU.Continuance. ' 249;Reduction 2631No-licence .:.... 2691Continoaace caxxied. -„ ILart election: Contirmanee, 2656; redue

tion, 1628; nO-licttttM, tr7«.

< -Continuant* is. carried by a large!majority. Th> figure* arenot available.:

BUILDING IN AUCKLAND.

During the part 12 months the pro-gress of] .title. Cstjv.i»f Auckland, viewedfrom «. cojnmercial And. industrialstandpoint,! 'has continued unabated,and not ; the least marked lineof advancements : has been in thedirection of ; building. For the poetyear the total"number of buildings eTect-ed in the city and suburban districtsliasbeen 976, tiew figures including dwell-ings, shop3, warehouses, and factories ofall descriptions. Amongst these struc-tures h»ye rbeen some exceptionally fineexample; of architecture, and of themost modem completeness, and one ortwo of the finest of the building* in thebusiness portion of the city have beenerected in thi* period. Epical of thisclass may: be mentioned the splendidblocks which have been raited, inQuern, Wyndham, Wellesley, Victoria,Albert, Cuetoms, and Quay streets, andfei Karaqgahape and Ponsoafby roads.Several -fin* blocks of shops bave also'been built in Pitt •nd-Hobson streets,and Ji-rrois, Khyber Pass, MAonksu, andthe Great North roads.

The folkwing table affords an ac-curate idea,of the increase in 'buildingsin the various portions of the city andsuburbs: Auckland City (excluding por-tions separately stated) 34, Karaoga-hape-road and Newton 12, Grafton-road,Symonds-street, and Khyber Pass 18,Ponsoiiby 96, Farnell borough 12, New-market borough 20, GreyLynn borough90, Sit. Eden borough 105, Arch HOIroad district' 11, Eden Terrace' road dis-trict 16, Mt. Albert rood district (in-cludingKingshmd and Mornmgaide) 142,Bemuera road, district 100, One-tree Hillroad district 47, Epsom road district 37,Mt. BpskHl! road dtstrict 10, ElteraKetown district 10, Onehnnga borough 54,Penrose and Panmure 12, Avondale 20,Otahuhu 30, Oevonport borough. 62,Takapuna 10, Northcote 18, Birkenhead10; total 976.

It should' <be remembered, however,ihat a very large number of buildingsfor Which permits have been issued arenow in course of erection, especially as.regards dwellings,' in7several of theeuburban districts. The streets of Pon-sonby, Grey:.Lynii, Mt Eden; Kingsland,Jtemnera, and'©evonport show ihe mostprogress just! now so far as buildingsunder construction are concerned, butseveral of the ether districts are ex-panding rapidly; :>t'

A story of '■ hrcbaod who wat beard of>fter a lapse of fourteen yean, was told atLambeth Police Court on Friday, whenMary A. Forster, of 8t llark's-road, wafcharged with'committing bismmy. It wasstated that the accused married Francis J.Forster In 1906 at Barnes, when her flrathashand, Frederick C. Falralt,- whom ehtmanied at Bethnal Green In 1888, wan stillalive. Fairall and- the accused, it wasstated, separated fourteen years ago, butthe woman was told that he had died in'New Zealand, whereas he . was recentlyfound living at Southland. The magistrateordered a remand, but said that after aReparation of over seven years, it wouldhave tiovbe shown that Mrs Forster had rea-eon tobeilevei?th»t her husband was.alive.,.TO-DAY'S WEATHER REPORT.

WEATHER BSTIMATBD Aβ: 8., Blockkr, be tbe «t«aoeptiere clear prheaTTiC, Clouds, paifting clouds; D., DrlssUngrain: F.,.Kof«y; G., Gloomy, dark weather;H..'HaUJ tT Ukhtattg; M.. Mlety; 0., Or-ereaat, the whole eky covered with thickclouds; P., Paaalng: ehqwers; Q., Squallj;8., Bain, coatinned rain;. T., Thnnder; 8.,Snow; V., Ugly, threetenlns appearance.

WIND; FORCB INDICATED BY LBT-TBB8; C, Calm; Light; 8r... Breeae;F.8., Freih brees'e; M.G., Moderate sale;G., Whole or bearjr (ale; W., Gale of ex-ceptional aererlty,

MOTE. — To correct barometer for de-ration *% Maenkau (alt. 900 feet), add .»;CambridckW«- 208 feet), add .2.

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£ §2 §3 *2 IEC * OI n SGrey Lynn Col. (principal) 252 825 -»3Newton West School 450 944 47Mt. Albert School, Kings-lana 138 270 24Dominion-road 172 503 29P.M. School, Eden Terrace 217 730 22Masonic Hall, Eden Ter. 466 830 47Richmond-rd. P.M. Chnrch 91 235 9Wesleyan Church, GreatNorth-road 115 363 21

Richmond Hail , 133 339 17Totals 2034 5046 229

Last election: Continuance 1041, reduc-tion 3300, no-license 3420. No-license car-ried.

PARNELL. jContinuance 2644Reduction 3394No-license 3634Reduction carried; no-license issue

doubtful.The following 'are the details of the tot-

ing:— * IJ I Ia *a ?o 3 9

2?dtJ?l°ZS', Hi'l 8T3 1OSS 1135St Stephen's School 147 320 32!)Newmarket Hall 674 707 773Remuera-road Board 125 330 342St. Mark's Hall 189 335 351The Gables, Bemuera .... 68 92 94TaHnakl West 33 35 45St. Heller'e Bay ......... 39 33 42Panmnre Hall 104 7e 70ElLerslie Hall 183 182 ' 193Green Lane 37 72 71Wapiti Hall 35 75 72Epeam Hall 48 70 73Costley Home 83 32 34

Totals 2638 3394 3624Last election: Continuance 2028, reduc-

tion 2160, no-license 2416. Licenses con-tinned.

MANUKAU.Continuance 1835Reduction 2685No-license 2866The returns are not yet complete, but

on the present showing reduction willprobably be carried.

1 .-..,I 1 15 « &o a k

Onehnnga Central 482 518 550Onehnnga Foresters" Hall .. 377 046 702Ardmore 20 44 43Alfriston 26 48 49Awaroa 18 4 5Brookby 6 24 20Cleredon 42 87 102Cowes 8 11 14Drnry 30 75 87Harp of Erin 43 75 .35Hovrlck 127 90 105Mangere 40 117 118Mangere Bridge 68 200 193Manurewa 36 52 57Maraetai 25 U 13Mount Roskill 80 130 ISOOtahuhu 345 466 502Pakatoa SO 9 12Papaknra .; 159 171 189Papatoetoe ■. 50 117 122Pakuranga 37 66 79Penrose 40 96 100Ponul 1 1 6Tamaki East 57 80 01Tnnranga 31 57 53Weyriiorith 20 4 9Woodside 20 23 20

U I Iit I 4-.Fen ton's Store, Mt. Eden.. 194 518 540Valle? Road Hall 298 787 813St. Alban'e Hall 126 366 316Epsom School 159 240 255ML Uoekill R.B. Office 22 31 34Manukau W.S. Board Shed 152 103 104Barlow's Shop, Epsom-rd. 17S 221 238St. Barnabas, Hall 73 200 207St. Luke's Parish Hall.... 154 269 270Point Chevalier School ... 115 302 208,Avondale Public Hall 281 386 403St. Andrew's Hall, Aron-

dale .. 27 54 5SBrooklyn School C 8 9New Lynn School 72 OT 102Tltlrangl School 11 12 10Waikumete School 'io as ToHenderson School 121 106 122Henderson Point School ..18 17 18Swanso'n School 43 1 3s>Mrs Zeigler's Store 15 15 15Billington's Store 8 8 0Mr King's House 43 16 20

Totals 2192 4015 4010Informal, 07.Three small returns hare yet to come In,

but they cannot affect the result.Total number of ralid votes, 6370.

■ No-llcense carried by 188 rotee.Last election: Continuance, 2290; reduc-

tion, 2837; no-llcense, 2907; redaction car-ried.

lit§ 5 II IIs » e5 a 55Claudelaads 181 238 286Frantton 11 12» 182Waltetuim 15 18 18Ngaruawahia ..... 128 132 187Te Awunutu .... 200 150 175Hospital Iβ 28 46Hnkannl 30 35 51Mangnplko 12 14 25Obaiipo 182 17 52Hamilton Bast 207 151 197Te tlku >. 17 12 20Te Kowhal 20 44 52Taupiri 73 56 5»Tauwhare 25 11 26Eureka 21 10 14Raglan 101 77 85Hairini 30 30 42Hamilton 5S5 541 671)Raknhla 21 33 58Whatawhata 70 20 31Te Mata 55 42 57Rototnna 34 31 45,Pnkeknra 31 86 87 ]Te ltapa 22 31 52

Last election: Continuance, 2001; redaction3016; no-Hccnse, 3692. Licensee contivrufd. |

oHiNEarom. iContinuance 2310Reduction 2509No-Iieeiiee 3638No-license carried by 77 over the

necessary majority.

v"~ i ■-': ' ■ . ■en a>Sβ Sa tj o•:-•■-■ s a\ «a ' S.i ?o « oo ss JβPaeroa 350 267 403Waitekaurl 45 30 61WalkJno 223 267 392Waltawfbeta 13 S 10Mansaltl 8 7 - 10Ketepeehl 16 6 9Mackaytowti 53 45 87Knrangnbake £8S 215 SOU

Figures for Karanpnhakc arr> not ATallable.Last election: Continuance.2006; reduction,1365; no-license, 2O20. Continuance carried. i

FRANKLIK.Continuance 1782Reduction

mmM 1809No-license **]* 2418

at??.*£$£:'-?* the Tenon8 P0, "0* *»**Con- Re- ''No-tlnuanee. ductlon. License. I

Ohlnewal 35 04 vkWalmal 8 11 inGlen Hurray 25 15 «Waipa Bridge « Jo IβWoodlelgh * 8 11 isAwhitu Central .... 3 37 41Punl 20 4« anBnckland 25 73 80Wairamarama . .10 •» e"Waiau 12 20 09Patnmahoe 102 04 104Ararimu e 21 21Clevedon 28 3* 31 IPukekawa 22 23 *TMercer 93 65 SβOrna Bay 4 9J> j> .Karaka 22 17 io'Pokeno 35 V 54 63■Ponga 5 10 12Te Akatea 20 7 ' 12Klmihla Siding 15 18 12Tcakau 74 160 160Dniry 15 40 57Pnkckobe East 13 53 40Paparata 14 32 23iKaiawa 15 4 6Otaua 40 SO 104Paparlmn 7 in 2»Onewbero 56 75 - • 05Maungatawhiri 23 i!l * 3SWaprenga 41 28 31Walnko 108 t 177Walngaro 10 � 14 20Bombay 40 107 125Walplpl 44 28 33Ramarnma 63 43 48Kunnn 23 24 20Wliangamariuo 3 17 17U. CoUleties,Mercer 7 7 21Taniwha 10 12 14ChurcWll 16 8 13Wanhi 25 Iβ 19Whangarata 21 29 36I Uanglrlri 1 74 20 36Packlngton 29 33 34Kohekohe 17 26 32Otau , v.. 15 6 5Miranda 4 0 9Matabdra 28 0 10Slatahura No. 2 13 11 10ipnkemtro 7 4 9Pollok 20 32 31Ness Valley 15 17 17JUanukati Heads 6 21 21Matahura Flaxmlll ..14 8 12Klmihla 15 9 12Walkato Heads .... 9 4 5Pakekobe 216 305 348

Last election: Continuance, 2498; reduc-tion, 2206; no-license, 2707. Licensee con-tinued.

Mahurangl W;, G. 8cott'«Honse .........;......:.. 8 4 4Ufayfleld, eehoolhoeee ...... 82 43 45Mallet, Point, AlRle'e Honae e 24 24Nanahu. Schoolhonen .37 7 8Northcote, Bar ViewHall 181 208 335Punpl, Town Hall...;.;..." 08 28 S»Blrerhead, Schoolhone*.... 71 37 35StreamlafidB. Schootbonse.. 0 53 54Wade, Public Hall .... 57 38 47Walnut, Bcboolbouse ...... 20 32 33Waiwera, Schoeihoqee ..... S3 6 9Waiwera Upper. Public Hall 27 1 12Warkworth, JBchoolhouee.. 108 204 2S5Whangaparoa, 8enoolbow» 11 ft 21Okiwi. Great Barrier. Coo-

per's Store .............. 8 7 0Okupu, Great Barrier, P.p. 8 7 4Oroville, Great Barrier,Carlson's Store 10' 3 1Owena. Great .Barrier, i

Pattlspn'e House ...... Iβ 7 8Port Fttsroy, Oreat Barrier,

P.O. 12 7 0Tryphena, Greet Barrier,Schoolhonse .... 1 31 81W&angapara, Great Barrier,

Schoolhouse 8 4 8244C 2049 3304

I«st election: Continuance, 2S43; reduc-tion, 2313; no-license, 3682. Licensee con-tinned.

Apparently WaitemaU b»e failed tocarry reductionby sixteen votes, and N6-lieense by 265 votes. This is not de-finite, however, the number of valid votesnot being unulabU t6-d*y. f} ff^\

THAMES. '' Pβ %Continuance ,. <J.V. 11797Reduction 1015No-license ?1»8Details are ■■ follow*:— v-«4?/^.rift "'I IW 1 I

Courthouse, names 98S 389 440Coromandel 147 178 221Paketnl 33 33 30T&pU 32 23 24Metatofci 20 29 35NeaveeviUe 31 Iβ 14Port. Charles 13 1 3Walomo Iβ ll 13Kaoaeranga 31 13 IβKuaotnnu 54 20 28Central Hall, Thaines 2(U 412 454Wilson's Bay 10 « 4Tererenga 3 7 8Parawa! 97 149 UBTariru 100 130 185DrJring Creek 48 52 81Guntown 42 Sβ 23Whaagapon* 3 11 12Tokatea 8 8 0Xopu 43 35 43Turnm 31- 27 2CHikaal 82 13 20Omahu Iβ 34 35Talma 53 31 33Hlkutala 54 24 30Cabbage Bay : 31 20 22Modhdu Iβ 5 4Block 27 125 140 152

Lost election: Continnance 1807, redac-tion 1746, no-llcenee 1941. Ucenees con-tinued.

TAURANGA.Continuance 2267Reduction 2242No-license 2726The voting at the rarhras booths wasas follows:—

$§115 ~ S2 9 s§ % "5p M Sβ

Taiirang* 2»o 32S BOOKafmai 10 1 4Te Puna Point .... n n 19OtumoeUl 31 14 21Walton H 22 22IHnuera 44 20 28Waihou 73 73 00Greerton 46 28 49Gordon 22 10 19TeArolja ...-.., 140. 232 264Atherireei ........... 4 9 11Cambridge STB 368 417Putaruru 43 47 52Hautapn ..i... 32 41 4HNgaUra■;..*«.»; 3 s> , oCashmore's \; 8 "7 13SbafteNbury „ B 17 17Te Puke 120 133 letWaiorongomai 23 29 35Uchfleld 11 10 12Mhketu 27 7 13Te Aroba West 15 3d SβManawaru 3d 43 . 58Arahlwl 18 7 8Steele's Mill 10 8 7Sanatorium 19 13 ISKatibaU 60 45 9\Karaplro 20 21 33Tlrau Oβ 32 43Aongatete 20 9 IβPaengarea 31 37 34Matamata HI 90 120Papamoa 12 7 SUpper Hall 14 17 23Cambridge West ..47 78 09Te Puna 9 10 SβKawa 8 21 25Haunftatautarl 23 10 20Kiwltahi 17 7 3Pokurn 12 5 11Tantarl 6 6 ■ • 6MorrlnsTille i 122 167 103Wabaroa 28 40 55Te Wheto ..: Iβ 13 20Parawefa 21 15 23Waotu 10 i e 7Tainakl Sawmill ..8 4 4kftlmal 10 •JS --» JOkoroire 44 Sonrobi 11 •Iβ 9Taaranga 160 176 204

LL OBSERVATIONS are''taken' at 9 a.m.

Station Wind Bar.Weather. InShade.

Cape Maria...... NEg K 30.10 65Bnasell.......... NEg GOP 30.10 65HokUngn Heads. NEiug O 30.18 64Manukau Heads.. NEBtr O 30.27 60Auckland. "... NNEmg OK 30.24 64Cambridge....... Efbr O 30.26 61Gleborue........ E light O 30.32 66Napier.:.....,... NE1 B 30.35 65Caetlepolnt...... NE1 B 30.28 60Egmont......... NEbr C 3tt24 63 ,New Plymouth.. El B 30.25 tHWelUo*too...L.. Nbr BC 30.24. 65Kalkonra........ BSE1 C 30.06 65Vtttport ....... NEbr II 30.16 58Lyttelton ..»•... NBi B 30:03 63Dnnedto.....?... NBI B 30.02 56Bluff i.L Calm O 30.00 SI

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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF PRISONLIFE.

(By LONG SENTENCE.)

VI.THE EDUCATED AND LITERARY

PRISONER.Fairly educated men are frequently

found in.the New Zealand prisons; clerksof all degrees from town and countycouncil, to the bookmaker's scribbler;doctors are not unknown. The latterusually stay for considerable periods forperforming what they will tell you werearts of charity, which all their brethrenpractise, only are not found out; almostinvariably, too. they are "put away"by some practitioner jealous of theirsuccess. Under the strictest confidence,,and because you are in prison and can-not repeat it to the outside world, they•will reveal to you stories of the naughti-ness of this one and that, that wouldmake thrir hair stand on end if theyheard them.

Then there is another class of edu-cated man, whose knowledge surprisesyou. until you get to know him. andfind it is a veneer picked up in gaol. Tofind anyone highly educated and intel-lectual is very rare, but such an one wa3Fred. Thomas.

Son of a wealthy Yorkshire parson,educated at Eton, where he was in theEleven, then to Oxford, through drink-ing habits, he failed to pass in law. andwas got rid of by his friends by beingshipped to New Zealand. He hadmeans, and the late Sir Patrick Buckleyendeavoured to help him; but it wasuseless. . When not drinking or in pri-son, he worked as a bush cook or fisher-man. At the time of which I write,he was undergoing a ten years' sentencefor forging a £9 10/- cheque at NewPlymouth, after having just walked from■Wellington. In Court he defended him-self ably, but ran against the judge, whoremembered it, and rubbed it in wheasentencing time arrived.

This brings up a conversation with ashrewd fellow, who had been severaltimes in prison. "How did I get on?"he said, on returning from trial. "Twoyears! It was a bit stiff for what Idid; but I wouldrather take three yearsfrom that judge (Sir R. Stout) than six. - months from old —■—, ■ ..It's the first

T time Pve.'had trial;-.it's the..first:'timell'JveTjeenttTiedwhen I've not. *.':bfeen;sne'ere3 at DyVtbe t?rp%ti prosecu-- -tor/and shouted at judge." Then

don't'knowtfi'e rules -of the -■ Goiurt; "we can't paylawyers; we are nervous and gained;we don't know how to ask questionswhen we-are shouted at and stopped,and we>gei perhaps say some-thing we shouldn't. No allowance 'ismade for. the fact .'that' we" are! being

; tried for. our liberty. There is the■ judge in his regular seat, and the Crown.prosecutor, playing in. Ms ,<jwn yard,

knows every move he makes. Whatshow has a bloke got;- even when• he'sinnocent? But this time I came outof Court feeling, though, he gave it mca bit stiff, that I'd been treated like

"a man-; and' a,s'if I'd like;tb/shake hariasjrith the jndge."

A good deal might be said about un-defendedprisoners, but to return to Fred,Thomas. He pot on badly with the offi-cials; he would openly disobey regula-tions, and do ■ the most foolish things.He had a penchant for all young fellows,

; wjiich,was misinterpreted, and .often g&thim into trouble. As each new fancycropped up, a will would be made in hisfavour, to be converted the followingweek in favour of someone else. Hewas highly imaginative, generous, and,as tender-hearted as a woman* Yet,■withal, the most pitiable sot imagin-able!—no other word will describehim. . At the expiration of his sentence,some £800 was awaiting him. Every, shilling was squandered in drink, in !afew unenviable weeks, when he wasworse than penniless. Eventually his. "passage back to England was paid. Ifalive, he will be formd in a lunaticasylum. * - ■

Whenhis emotions were deeply stirred,as w-hen he heard of the death of afriend, and again on hearing.of the lossof the Wairarapa, his thoughts pouredcut of him. in verse.

-■;■■ There are many still-Hvirtg—m NewZealand whohave cause to remember thewreck of -the Wairarapa, to whom,though it is many years since they were

L-Lr:. written. Fred Thomas.verses" descrip-tive of the wreck may be of interestThey were written in two nights. AfterS o'clock he was without a--light, whenlie -would walk about his cell jotting

_._do.wn bis thoughts on a prison slate-To prevent running one line into another

_in the dark, Tie had gimlet holes boredin the wooden frame of his slate from.top to bottom on either side, and twopegs, that-be moved on as he finisheda line. While composing, his mindTCOuld be on fire, ' "He would never re-construct, and usually declined either toalter or correct.

LOSS OF THE TVAIRAKAFA.

fWrecked on the Great Barrier, SundayNight, 24th October, 1594.)

Ere the last sad gleam of the dying day,Had darken'd into the night.

'The gathering mists closed round theirprey.

Shrouding the ship from sight!Into tile driving mist, - -Into tue darkness drear,:Whtle the billows uround ier hissed,

I>eath itself so near.Spnfniug the seething waves,

So soon to overwhelm,Around are the opening graves,

Death itself ai the helm,ilunning her fatal course.

Plunging ahead in the gloom.Like a soul pursued by cemortsc,

'Eushins to meet Its doom.

Koc a friendly star its warning gave.Not a sound save the ceaseless plash,

Of the billows bearing her ou to her grave,Not a sound, till a sick'ning crash

Aroused the sleepers from peaceful dreamsTo the sound of the brea&ers' roar,

S"o the swish of the waves, and the wom-en's screams.

And the loom of the rock-bound shore.Madly the waves leap on.

Eager to seize their prey,Each as it whirls along.

Bearing some life away.

Turning some joy into sadness.Bringing the tear to some eye,

Maiinj; some, in their madness.Eeady to "curse God and die."

Down there below, in the- cabin.A.stewardess, calm, .and brave,

Fastens round each a lifebelt.Ere swept to a watery grave.

With words of comfort and cheer,Eegardless of self or safety.

Though, conscious that Death is near.Simply bnt grandly heroic. "

Heedless of self to tfoe--Jnst.—Till a pitiless wave engulfed her.By Death Into Life she passed.

' - ■■ . Still <x>ma the waves with fuiy.Smashing the boats in their chocks.

Fearful leet some should escape,.> -.-, - -Being hhrled on those awful rocks.

■J^?8 and plunging,Driven by.terror, wild,Mstajmg some hapless swimmer,1 ■**"*«"&>« some te&less ciO*

Hark! Amid cries of anguish,Clear o'er the clamour and din.Solemnly sweet and triumphant,Riseth an evening hymn.

Salvation lassies are singing.At once both a hymn and a prayer,

They know, in the midst of danger,Their Father is erer near.

On. with fnry redoubled.On. with an angry roar.

The waves sweep o'er the vessel.Each bearing its prey to the shore.

Now, a strong roan struggles.Swept by in that hissing swirl.

Now, 'tis a mother and infant,Now 'tis a fragile girl.

There 'midst that awful clamour,Silent and stern and grand,

Bedight with a fearfnl glatnonr,liOoms out the rocky strand.

Only twelve feet from the vessel.Only twelve feet to the store.

Can nothing be done to save them,.Nothing, the billows roar.

AFTER.Out on the ocean floating.

A mother, her babe on her breast,ller arms folded loving round it.

Both of them now at rest.Ont on the ocean floating.

As if asleep on the waxes.The sea that in anger slew her,

A maiden lovingly laves.

There 'midst the tangled seaweed,Strewn on that sunlit shore.Sadly mourners are seekingThose who will speak no more.

Gently and tenderly lift them.Touch them with reverent hand,Bury them there, my brother,

There by that island strand.

Where the pohutnkawa.Will glow in its Xmas bloom,

There do we leave them, brother.At rest in their "silent tomb."

GOLDEN DAYS IN MANYLANDS.

(BX WINIFRED H. LEYS.)

EGYPT: I—CAIRO.(Concluded.)

The "song of the bakshish" is verywell known in Cairo, but I never heardit quite so varied by adjectives as fromthe lips of a hideous little dwarf out atthe tombs of the Mamelukes, which liesouth of the citadel, and are mostlyin a very ruinous and delapidated con-dition. Because the bakshish which mybrother threw to him as we enteredthe mosque did not equal his imneriousdemands, the urchin burst vf Mch apassionate rage as I have never seenequalled. He stamped and swore andspat at us, and the last I saw of himwas his clenched fists shaking wildlyafter our retiring figures.

Leaving the clamorous wharf behind,we passed through a tomb-mosque to aseries of rooms erected during the lastcentury as a mausoleum of the familyand the relations of Mohammed Ali,'who himself is buried in his mosque with-in the citadel. Here -was something newto our eyes—rooms full of flat marbleslabs about three feet or more in height,from the ends of which thin uprightslabs rose surmounted by a stone fez Ifthe tomb be that of a man, or by a stonerepresentation of a crown of flowers onlong flowing hair if the tomb be that ofa woman. Mostly the white marble isengraved with inscriptions in gold, let-tering; a few are more brilliantly col-oured; while the dark blue -tombof Ibrahim Pasha, who succeeded topower after Mohammed Ali, with its.mass of gold lettering cost many thou-sands of pounds, I fear to say how much.For the rest, the surrounding tombs ofthe Mameluke sultans, who held, swayin Egypt from 1240 to 1517, and,whosedescendants, the Mameluke beys, werewiped out in one treacherous act byMehemet Ali in 1811, are too ruinousto be of much interest. The cluster oftombs more to the east of thecity knownas thetombs of the Khalifs are in muchbetter condition. This term "tombs of theKhalifs" seems to be a misnomer, for inreality these also owe their origin tothe Mamehikes. When viewed fromWindmill Hill their numerous domes andminarets have all the appearance of alittle city outside the walls of Cairo,but it is a city of the dead.

Our interest in the great Museum ofGizeh was nnbounded on our return fromThebes. For, having seen the homes ofthose statues and broken columns, thosehundred and one bronze and metal orna-ments, and long rolls of papyrus andparchment writings, they seemed now topossess in our eyes a doubled reality.

After days spent rambling in theruinslof Thebes andKarnak, I felt an irresisti-|ble desire to go again to the museumiand look at the shrivelled and certainlyTepulsive mummies of Rameses I.and lll-and Seti I. They themselves date so manyIthousands of years ago and the story ofItheir lives and the greatness of theirjtemples and tombs is so much in the re-gion of the things about which seeing isscarcely believing, that any object, how-ever unreal and inhuman in appearance,that might be called their bodies, wouldcarry conviction wdth it. The Museum atCairo is one of the finest of the world;its enormous rooms and corridors show tosuch advantage the gigantic antiquitiesthey shelter. Nothing there is- huddled,nothing crowded.

And yet everyone must regret thatvandalism has made it impossible toleave, in their original positions in thetemples and tombs, the statues andornaments, and very bodies that evenheie must be carefully guarded. AtThebes and Abydos and Memphis theywere found; at Thebes and Abydos andMemphis they should be, but it wouldfeed an army to keep them there.

Cairo, surrounded though it is by somuch ancient greatness, is nonethe less to-day a very modernand up-to-date city. It was notcamels that bore us out to theI'yramids but the fast electric tramcar.Within, a stone's throw of those un-dateable monuments stands . a moistmodern and comfortable hotel. But thePyramids themselves look old enough,though their immense proportions fail1o impress. Since our earliest recol-lections we have known and talkedglibly of the Pyramids of Egypt, indeed,we have known them far too well, for,when one day we stand in the glaringsand beside them, they appear exactlyas we expected—and that, by the way,is disappointing, as one feel3 done outof a rightful sensation. Did I say"hat the Pyramids of Gizeh are disap-pointing? Well I retract the statement,fer as I dwell on the memory of thosegiant tombs I feel that my disappoint-ment was only momentary. Of thesix—for there are six, though one isinclined to forget the fact—three clustertogether quite near to the Sphinx. But

are so tiny in comparison withthe three large ones near by that theyare of little interest. Two of thesesmall pyramids are supposed to be thetombs of the daughters of Kheops.Kfceops could wel! afford to build acouple of tiny pyramids to the memoryof his daughters,, for he It was whoiraDt the Great Pyramid as his owntomb—that extraordinarY mass of

masonry which covers thirteen acresand whose summit is only twenty-ninefeet lower than the tall steeples ofCologne Cathedral. When one standsneaT to it this luge monument blocksout everything else; although the se-cond and third pyramids are great erec-tions, they dwindle to insignificancebeside this evidence of a king's prideand power. Vandalism has done muchto spoil the Pyramids of Gizeh. Poor,proud pyramids, they have been bur-rowed into, rent and torn, for theirplacid faces "were as dosed doors thattempted avaricious na-tures to delve insearch of the treasure they imaginedmust be hidden therein. Once all threewrre covered with highly prtished slab.?or atone, similar to tnose that coverthe top of the second pyramid. Bnttheir smooth, glistening almost goldensurfaces were a great temptationto En Nasir Hassan, and it issaid that he stripped the GreatPyramid of its outer incrustation andused it to bnild his mosque in Cairo. Itis a very lovely mosque, but were it themost beautiful mosque in all the -worldone could not help feeling that SultanHassan had done better to leave thismonument of the centuries alone andhave eought elsewhere for the stonewherewith to build his mosque. Perhapsthe only ones who do not regret thesacrilege to the pyramids are the Bed-ouins,who cluster on th» sand all aroundand by dint of unwearied pestering per-suade unwary visitors to ascend. Butfor the work of Sultan Hassan andother Arab rulers ascent of the GreatPyramid would have been impossible,for until they removed the outer slabsthe surface of its sloping sides musthave been as smooth as the unrippledsea. Now each pyramid presents a seriesof huge steps and we may ascend fromblock to block. Ascend is scarcely theword, rather we niay submit to beingdragged and pushed up until, after somehalf hour or more of this, in total ex-haustion we at last reach the summit.We might continue our investigations ofthe Great Pyramid by crawling insideto the very heart of it, but it is a dirty,tiresome, business, and there is little re-ward to be gained even when we havereached the chamber where lay the bodyof the king, long since carriedaway, good-ness knows where.I fully appreciate the fact, that by

ascending the Great Pyramid one getsa more comprehensive idea of the vastsweeping desert and of the positionof the various pyramids and of the hun-dreds of other tombs which surroundthem, but to be quite confidential, I nei-ther permitted myself to be dragged tothe summit nor to be pushed into theinterior of this giant tomb.

The Sphinx, which is quite near to tieGreat Pyramids, is a poor battered oldsoul. What merits the Mamelukes mayor may not have possessed as rulers, thefact that they are credited with themutilation of the Sphinx is enough toprejudice most of us against them. Butit has been stated that they used thisinoffensive monument of the long deadpast as a target, and were thus themeans of smashing the face of the monu-ment, older than the pyramids, So oldindeed, that even Egyptologists scarcelydare to hint at the year of its birth. Tothink that what was once a magnificentfigure of a god with a man's face and alion's body is to-day a confused, shape-less mass of stone, a featureless face at-tached to an unrecognisable body. Itlies in a deep hollow, and were it notcarefully excavated every now and thenit would soon hide its mutilated body be-neath the sand of the desert,where it has many tiroes lainalmost obscured from the • eyesof man for centuries. Yet In spite ofIts disfigurement it possesses much in-dividuality and life that evaded mybrother's usually successful camera; in-deed the real personality of the Sphinxha« evaded all the cameras that havebeen turned towards it, so that to ap-preciate the fascination of this greatgod of the desert one must go andstand in front of it and look up intoits battered face. Truth to tell if thebeggars and touts and sand divinerswould only leave one alone it is beforethe Sphinx that I would sit, not withinthe shadow of the great pyramids. But,goodness, how the wretches pesteredone—black buzzing blue-bottles thatthey are! Men with great camels thatheaved along like an unsafe switch-L.r.ck! Men that wanted to drag us up'Jo the top of the highest pyramid onthat blazingly hot day, or into thedirtyinterior of those noisome tombs! The«md diviner seated himself in' front ofmc, and scraped up the into a heapsaying, "Shall I tell madam's fortune;the sand of the great garden speakstrue?" I wasn't in a position to vouchfor the truthfulness of the sand, butimpostor was written on every featureof his face, so I waved him away, and

I turned back to look at the placid faceof the Sphinx who seemed to under-stand so well that only by stoical in-difference to Bedouins, sand-diviners,and the whole collection of guides andswindlers, is, life possible within thesnadow of the Pyramids.

But, if we are really anxious to comermder the influence of ancient Egypt,,we must not spend our mornings in theCairo bazaars and our afternoonsmingling with the gay throng thatCnves up and down the Shtrora road toand from the Khedive's summer palace.The. Shubra road, with its shady aca-cias and sycamores, is a fine driveejrough, and Cairo society may trulyboast of the smart carriages and hand-some horses which it displays there,bet the life is Parisian and scarcely insecordance with our anticipations ofthis ancient land. So it is better far tobid it farewell and go steaming up thesacred Nile to Abydoe and Thebes andeven to Philae.

Next Week :EGYPT.

11. From Cairo to Luxor by Rail. TheTemples of Thebes.

Special arrangements are being madeby the Wellington branch of the NavyLeague to entertain the Australasiansquadron during its stay in Wellington.On Friday a reception will be held atthe Town Hall, at which permission hasbeen given by the O.C.D. for garrisonofficers to wear uniform. On Thursdaynight the Admiral and his officers willbe entertained at .dinner by the membersof the Wellington Club. To-morrowthe boat crews of the Amokura willcompete for the Victory Shield, presen-ted by the lady members of the league,and Admiral Poore is to be asked topresent the shield to the winning crewson Friday night. His Excellency theGovernor will be present, and it is alsoexpected that Sir Josephand Lady Wardwill attend.

An old handcart man named CharlesMiller, residing at Moore-street, wasfound lying in Oistom-street yester-day by the police, with a severe cut overthe right eye and another beneath it.How he came by the hurt was not dis-covered, and after seeing him tempor-arily succoured, Sergeant Ramsay sentthe old man up to the hospital, whereseveral stitches -were put in.

ILLUSTRATED MISCELLANY

"CONQUERING" THE AIR.Rude Boreas: "Ha3 ha! A little oufT, and where are they all?"

—"London Opinion.,,

CHAMMESG FOR RESULTS.The annual University examination season is now in full swing.

DEMOCRACY AS A CONSERVA-TIVE FORCE.

(By R. fl. BAKEWELL, MJ).

I spent a few months in Cuba in theyear 1862, when slavery was the rule forIthe blacks, and the government even otthe whites was martial law. But slaveryunder Spanish law was a very differentthing from slavery in the English pos-sessions. There was not that aibsolutepower, extending even to the killing ofthe slave with impunty, which existed inour West Indian colonies. The slaves hadsome rights; they could not be forced toworkon Sundays and thegreat holy daysof the Church; and if they did work, as,of course, they had to do in crop time,they were paid for their labour the sameas "free labourers. Among other privi-leges they were allowed three dear daysat Christmas to seek out a new master,if they had any cause to be dissatisfiedwith their owner. That meant that ifthey could persuade any white man tobuy them, their owner was forced tosell them, not at the price he mightchoose to fix, but at a fair price fixed bya public officer appointed for the purpose.This was a great check on the crueltyor tyranny of slaveowners. Another wasthat no one could inflict more than 25lashes on a slave, and that while thepunishment was being inflicted, any'white person who was present could stop'it by holding up his hand and saying,"Basta" (it is enough). But the mosthumiliating regulation to an English-iman was that no native of the UnitedKingdom could inflict any corporal pun-ishment at all on slaves; if he wantedthem punished, he had to get a native ofthe colony or a Spaniard to do it! Thislaw, I was told, was enacted becausethe English, Irish and Scotch -were sobrutally cruel that the lives of theslaves would be endangered.

The privilege of changing our mastersis graciously conferred upon us in NewZealand once in three years. For one daywe are (comparatively) free. It is truethat the privilege is a very precariousone; it may be taken away by any Par-liament, and limited to once in five orseven years, or other limitations may beassigned which would greatly diminishour field of choice. At present, by aplayful and humorous provision, we areallowed to vote for educated, indepen-dent, intelligent and public-spirited men

when we can get them as candidates.But as the democracy hates such men,it takes care to provide other candi-dates of its own mental and moral cali-bre, for whom it votes and overwhelmsour feeble minority. This minority, too,has lost power by its short-sighted sel-fishness-when it had the power, and bysurrendering one by one- to all the de-mands of the democracy, until it lickedthe dust by giving franchise to women.After this, which gives an overwhelmingmajority to the uneducated classes, thereis nothing for us to do but to submit andawait with what patience we may thecatastrophe that will certainly ensue.

But just as Napoleno Ili. ,in theplenitude of his power, and supportedby the vote of nine-tenths of the Frenchelectors, thought it wise to have a fewopponents of his measures in the Repre-sentative Assembly, so our masters kind-ly (for their own purposes) allow us toelect a few members of the Opposition.Even these, however, must be men whoknow how to perform the kotow re-spectfully to the ruling po-wers, and whocarefully avoid in their speeches any-thing like the expression of strong opin-ions contrary to the feelings of the mob.For democracy is compounded of twoGreek words which mean the governmentof the multitude or the mob. Anyonewho studies "Hansard" will find fre-quent statements that such or scuh aproposal is in accordance with the spiritof democracy, or the reverse.

Now, it. is well to examine for a fewmomenta what ie the real meaning of ademocracy. We have it here as fullydeveloped as it well can be. Short of

giving the franchise to prisoners in gaol,to lunatics or to idiots, every adultmale or female is or may be registeredas a voter. And such facilities are givento those who are frequently absent fromtheir nominal residences that specialmodes of voting have been devised fortheir uee. Practically, you cannot gofarther than New Zealand does, in giv-ing the franchise to all adults. The thief,the wastrel, the dipsomaniac, the prosti-tute, have just the same rights and pirvi-leges as the best and most virtuous per-son in the community. If the registeredvoters were as thoroughly organisedas -they are, say, in the State of NewYork, there need not be a single opposi-tion member returned throughout thewhole of the Dominion.

But, as I have said, for their ownpurposes, our masters allow us to returna few Opposition members. Partly, Idare say, because it adds a little brisk-ness and brightness to the Parliamentaryproceedings which they would otherwiselack. Partly from the pleasure ourmasters derive from seeing the vainwrigglings and writhings which the Op-position undergo in their attempts toprevent the parsing of measures theythink injurious. It is like the pleasureboys have in seeing the agonies of acockchafer whose body they have piercedwith a pin. Then again, the Oppositionserve to point out weak or contradictoryclauses, which otherwise would only bediscovered by the Supreme Court orCourt of Appeal. Lastly, it serves as adisguise to the absolute despotism underwhich we really live, and persons inEurope who will read in a day or two thecables about our general election, and thereturn of a large majority of Minis-terialists, will take it fro mean that wehave exercised, in perfoct"freedom, theproudest privilege of the citizen of a freecountry. To use the picturesque langu-age of the Book of Common Prayer theywill "fondly imagine a vain thing."

The Democracy have felt their power,and exercise it as far as they considerprudent. At present, and for a fewyearri longer, perhaps as long as the pre-sent King reigns, they will not push theirprerogatives so far as to endanger theconnexion with the British crown. Eventhe wildest of Social Democrats knowsthat this country cannot, for many years,defend itself. It it were deprived of theprotection of the British Empire itwould, as the London "Times" bluntlytold us a few weeks ago, "be Japanesein a week!" But it is gradually butvteadily, -and "without haste, withoutpause," so interfering with every tradeand industry, with every enterprise inwhich Capital, under normal conditions,could profitably be employed, that eventhe national resources of the colony,great as they unquestionably are, willnot suffice to induce capitalists to riskthe total loss of their money by theharassing regulations, the everlasting in-spections, added to the insatiable de-mands of the so-calledworkers, for morewages and less work.

It we want an illustration, take theParapara mountain of haematite—thebest of all iron ores, producing the fineststeel, and also a valuable paint. In theCollingwood district of Nelson province,there stands this mountain of haema-tite; close to are coal and limestone—allthat is required for smelting- the ore,and all three mines are close to the sea.In Europe such v mine would yield goldrather than iron, but for more thanthirty years, to my personal knowledge,this enterprise has been dangled beforethe eyes of European capitalists, butthey will not swallow the bait. Andthey are quiet right. Such a businesswould require a large capital, a quarterof a million at least, and capitalists knowthat in order to compete successfullywith other smelting works, it must berun on .terms which the Labour partywould not accept. And if by skill andgood luck the enterprise paid a gooddividend and showed signs of being ableto repay the sums sunk in establishingit, there woald be an immediate demandfor higher wages.

But our masters do not wish largebusinesses to be estaMfeted success-fully; they know that in the UnitedStates such business concerns arereadilyconverted into despotisms more odiousand more injurious to the State thaneven anarchy itself. For the reign (ifwe may call it so) of anarchy is veryshort; whenever it has triumphed, asin the first French Revolution of therevolt of the Commune in Paris, itscareer has been cut short by drilledanddisciplined armed forces, and an awfulretribution has been exacted for theexcesses it committed during its briefspan of power.

Besides the English, or, I shouldrather say, the British national charac-ter, revolts from anarchy, it loves asettled, steady government. TheDemo-cracy wants to pull down every one toits own dead level, but it does not wantaltogether to destroy the right of hold-ing private property, and it wishes,rather, to cut off the heads of the pop-pies and bring the plants down to oneheight, than to uproot them.

Democracy hates culture, and refine-ment, and learning; it does not careabout science; it does not encourage re-search, and, as for discoveries and in-ventions, and improvements, the bulk ofthe people, when they have understoodwhat the inventor or discoverer wasaiming at, invariably in every age haveset themselves resolutely and obsti-nately to oppose it. They are really,when they have attained the object oftheir desires—plenty of good and nutri-tious food, comfortable houses, andclothing, short hours (if they must workat all) plenty of holidays, on full pay,and pocket-money for tobacco, beer, andamusements—when they get these, andI don't see why they should not getthem, don't want to be bothered withnew discoveries, or inventions, or socio-logical experiments. If the readerthinks this rather an ignoble ambitionfor a race with the history and tradi-tions of the English, let him look aroundat any largeassemblage of the uneducatedclasses—by the term "uneducated" Imean those who have only passedthrough the six standards of the Stateschools—and ask himself, what successhe would have if he tried to urge upontheir attention large and lofty ideals ofpublic virtue, unselfish devotion to theinterests of the country, and the spiritembodied in the motto of the legion ofHonour, which every Frenchman at leastprofesses to reverence—"Honneur Pat-rie—"Honour and our Native Land"—but Honour comes first.

Onehunga, Nov. 16, 1908.

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

CONDUCTED BY A BABMSTEK-A4?-LAW.

Letters of Inquiry will be answered everyWednesday in this column. As far as pos-sible they will be dealt with In the orderin which they are received, and replies willbe inserted with the least possible delay.

In order to derive the greatest advantagefrom this column, correspondents shouldgive full particulars of the facts uponwhich they desire advice. Whatever thedetails supplied, however, no responsibilitycan be accepted for errors. In whateverway arising, though every effort will bemade to insure accuracy. Answers arfbased absolutely on the information given,and, therefore. In all instances, can onlybe applied to the specific case dealt, with.

Every correspondent must enclose his orher real name and .tddreas., itioaeh'"ndts"6fcourse, for publication.

[Correspondents are reminded, that theiraddresses must appear on their letters ofinquiry, as well us their trne Daises. Totddress slraply "Auckland," Is,'not suffi-cient.]

INQUIRER writes: "Is it legal to publishfor circulation an extract from anynewspaper, without bearing the Imprintof the oe&ce where printed, and. If Itis not legal, is the person who distri-butes the pamphlet liable?"

[It is illegal to print or circulate anypaper without the name of the printer ap-pearing ou the same. The person distribut-ing is liable equally with- the printer.]

X.Y.Z. writes: "Iβ a man over 80 years ofage, and who has lived in the Dominion'over 30 years continually, and havingonly an annuity of £40 a year, withcash and goods altogether not exceeding£25 or £30, entitled to an old age pen-sion, and, if so, how mnch?"

[lie sbonid receive a pension of £20 perannum. J

ANXIOUS writes:—"ln buying a bouse bypaying a deposit down, and a fixed sumper month, with interest every threemonths, "is it necessary for a legalagreement to be drawn up between theparties, or are stamped receipts formonies paid from time to time suffic-ient? In the event ofa legal agreementbeing necessary, what wonld be thecost?"

[A proper agreement Is necessary, the re-ceipt alone being useless. The cost woulddepend upon the value of the property, andthe precise nature of the transaction.]

ENQUIRER writes:—"lf A agrees to pur-chase a property from B, transaction tobe completed when deeds, etc., areready, or, say, within 30 days, Is Itnecessary for A to pay B or hia agenta deposit to bind the deal?"

{No, but it is necessary to have a propermemorandum of the transaction in writingsigned by the parties.]

BILL writes:—"lf I enter a hotel, and Ina soher, respectful, and gentlemanlymanner, call for a glass of whisky orbeer, having the wherewithal to payfor same, is the landlord, by law, com-pelled to serve mc, or Is it within hisrights to refuse, and refusing. Is hebound to tender a reason for refusing?"

[A licensee wonld Infringe the conditionsof his license by refushig to serve.]

[E. McC.—.All you can do In such a caseIs to advertise change in the "N.Z.Gazette" ami In the local papers. Thename couM not be altered in the Regis-trar's books.]

IDRAlN.—Write to the man who con-structed tie-drain. TeH -him .youlntendat *heexpiration of seven days to bave the workdone at his cost unless he makes it rlahthimself before. If he does nothing, pro-ceed with the work and sue hhn for thecost.]

W.O. writes: "Some six weeks ago I madethe: acquaintance of a milkseiler. a-mlwe decided to taJre a 'business together.After several interviews with an agent,I psM a deposit on a place, and agreedto pay remainder In one month. Myprospective partner has seen some-thing he likes better, and declines togo further in the matter. I cannot takeit alone, and the agent threatens pro-ceeding for breach. CmM you pleaseadvise the best way out of this dlffi-cul-ty?"

[If the agreement was signed by theprospective partner as wellas by W.0., theformer alone will be responsible, thoughW.O. would probably be formally joined asa defendant in any action brought by thevendor. If the prospective partner was nota party to thfe agreement, W.O. alonewould be sued by the vendor, and he couldpursue his case against the prospectivepartner for- whatever da-mages he had beenpnt to in the matter. That is the legalaspect of the case. Perhaps the best way oatof the difficulty would be to see the part-ner, point out the folly of the course lie lataking, and induce bim to adhere to the'bargain made.]

[T.H.G.—No, yon «re not entitled tokeep open your shop on the statutory half-holiday.]

[ANXIOUS ONE should apply to themagistrate for a maintenance, older againsther husband. M the payments were not metebe conid then procure an attachment onler■SKlast tbe wmjrtee, Iα tkew*icJtortH«u*ta.]

TRADE & LABOURNOTES.

(Secretaries of the rariona Unions at*requested to forward conies of tbetr Unionengagements to "Industrial Tramp,"-Star" Office, and a list of Union Meet-ings win be furnished at. the bead of thiscolomn for each week.)

UNION MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.Thie Evening, Nov. 18 — Waterside Woftt-

ersThnrsday, Nov. 19 — Tramway Employees

(Special); StonemasonsFriday, Nov. 20 — Bricklayers; LabourersMonday, Nov. 23 — Cabmen; PaintersTuesday, Nov. 24 — Carpenters; EngineersWednesday, Not. 25 — Trades and La-

bour Council

All union matters are overshadowedby the elections.

The Federal Labour Premier, AndrewFisher, cabled urging all New Zea-land workers to vote solid for Labourcandidates.

During the laet week the DeakinGovernment has been defeated in theFederal House, and Mr. Fisher was sentfor and formed the secondLabour Minis-try. The first Labour Ministry wasformed by Mr. J. C. Watson; it had buta short life, but during its ephemeralcareer it elicited world-wide expressionsof approval at the way in which itconducted the business of governing theCommonwealth. Now we have anotherLabour Ministry in office, and composedof the strongest men in the Labourmovement in theisland continent,and alleyesare on them in the development andcarrying out of their policy. One of thestrongest members is the Hon. W. M.Hughes, the Attorney-General, and ofhim the following extract from theSydney "Worker" is of interest just now.—Labour members in British Parlia-ments receive considerable notice in acurrent publication, entitled "The NewSelf-Help," written by Ernest A. Bryant.Keir Hardie and John Burns are amongthose who are figuratively held aloft foradmiration. Then we read: "Anothernotable English-born Australian is theHon. W. M. Hughes, who was one of thedelegates by whom Australia was repre-sented at the Imperial Conference in1907. Ex-Minister for External Affairs inthe Commonwealth, he cari tell as thril-ling a story of adventures in the greatisland continent as ever -filled the pagesof a novel. Teaching, which he left Lon-don to undertake, did not pay, so bestruck up country ki search of moreremunerative employment. His experi-ences were terrible. For three days hewandered in the wilds searching fotfood. At last he found some shell-fish,and upon these he subsisted for ninedays. While crossing a. creek he stumbledinto a deep hole, and lost everything hepossessed in the world save the fewgarments in which he stood. It was ina position of absolute destitution andnear death from starvation that he atlast reeled into the hut. of a timber-cut-ter. Employment came at last as asheep-drover, and then the building of arailway enabled him to climb back tocivilisation and relative prosperity."

At the last election in West AustraliaLabour member Buzzacott defeated MinesMinister Gregory for Menzies. An ap-peal was immediately lodged. On Mon-dayChief Justice Parker found that ninepersons not qualified by residence withinthe. electorate voted, and as Mr. Buzza-««tti,w*e..ei«sctjed by seven votes,the elec-tion \vas void. Mr. Gregory will notstand for re-election for Menzies, which iswise on his part, for the Labour partyis now not likely to lose the seat.

Reports have been received at Rome,Italy, from Brazil to the effect that Ita-lian immigrants in that country are dis-satisfied with the treatment given them,saying the food is poor and-wages seldompaid.

A large number of unemployed made ademonstration in front of the City Coun-cil chambers at Glasgow, Scotland, onSeptember 10, demanding that work beprovided. The Council promised to doits best in the matter.

The sawmill operatives at Smyrna,whereboxes are made forfigs and raisins,are on .strike. Unless a settlement iseffected very soon, the trade in thosefruits will suffer considerably, as no ship-ments can be made unless the boxes areready.

Great enthusiasm is being shown inthe Saturday half-holiday movement inSydney. Over 2,000 people attended amass meeting in Sydney Town Hall re-cently. Shopkeepers, shophands, andthe public were all folly represented.The president of the Shopkeepers' Sat-urday Half-holiday Association movedfor a deputation to the Premier to in-troduce legislation on the subject. Herepresented 1,500 shopkeepers, employ-ing 10,000 employees.In consequence of the employers reduc-

ing their wages from 5/ per week to 3/,thestockingweavers at Wiinaer, in Rus-sia, have gone on strike. The strikecom-mittee havo been arrested but the solid-arity of the unionists is unshakeable.They declare that they will die ratherthan submit to a process of slow starva-tion to make profits for the masters.

During the recent Trade'Union Con-gress at Notingham, England, the Salva-tion Array came in for some sharp criti-cism. Sweating in the joinery works ofthe Army was one of the subjects dis-cussed. Mr. Cameron urgedl that Con-gress should express its strong condemna-tion of a system jvhicli tended to stillfurther reduce the standard of life. Agreat demonstration of 30,000 people inTrafalgar Square had demanded a publicinquiry, and he insisted that the questionshould)be raised on the floorof the Houseof Commons, General Booth and hisagents got hold of some of the finestmechanics who bad been unfortunate, andimposed conditions upon them which de-graded them for ever. The SalvationArmy officials were merely agents of thecapitalist class. He moved a strongly-worded resolution, branding the SalvationArmy as sweaters, whose fault was aggra-vated by their being disguised under thecloak of philanthropic wof\. Otherspeakers followed in a similar style, onedeclaring: " Delegates should not toleratea man like General Booth, who cadgesfood and clothes and then gives 2d. anhour for labour. He had the impudenceto say that this was a means of savingthe soul. He was undercutting the poorlaundry women in East London." Eventu-ally the subject'was left in the hands ofthe Parliamentary Committee.

Germany now leads the world in thenumber of organised trade unionists.

Referring to Eugene V. Debs, the So-cialist candidate for the presidency ofthe United States of America, the'Rev.John D. Long, of the Parkside Presby-terian Church, Brooklyn, said:—"Whatan amazing brave, loyal, intense per-sonality he is! If the white-hot flameof his soul were not divine, it wouldconsume him. And his great heart con-quers all. When Debs's hands closeon your own and his warm, magneticeyesmeet yours affectionately, and his rich,firm voice speaks your name with loving•warmth and cheer, there is nothing leftfor you but to surrender wholly withoutterms. Doubtless he is by far thebest-loved man in the Socialist and Lab-our movement in America.,,

CORRESPONDENCE.UNDERPAID BAKERS.

(To the itdltorjSir,—When I answered "Underpaid's"

letter I did so 'with a view of puttinghim upon a better footing. lam surethere is no reason why a man should al-ways remain a third hand. If he has theability and is a tradesman, he can easilyrise to second or even first hand. Somemasters pay £2 Is/ for second and £35/ to £a 10/ for a first hand. Theseamounts are paid at the present time.I believe *"Underpaid" will agree with mcwhen I say first-class bakers are veryscarce in Auckland. The men should un-dergo a test when they join the Union.It is not enough to ask, "Are you abaker?" Ofttimes that question is notasked. Lots could not tell you how manyloaves a sack of flour would turn out. Astranger comes toAuckland, pays his 5/,gets his name on the books, and is amemberof theBakers' Union. I know of acase wherea. man came up from the south,had put in four years as an apprentice,and yet this man could not roll a spongeroll, yet had gone through both branchesof the trade—'bread and smalls. Per-haps it was not his fault—in some bake-shops apprentices are never shown theway to make a turnover loaf, yet theyare turned out as bakers after fouryears. The trade wants lifting up, butto do so we must start with the appren-tices. I shall be only too pleased to

Iforward £ 1 1/ as a prize for best decor-ated cake or model, the work of appren-tices, jf the Union will tike the matterup. The generosity I spoke of is when Ihad proved to my boss that I was worthmore wages I got it, both here and else-■where. It would be impossible to point!outany generosity in the facts stated byI"Underpaid," which I am sorry tosay areonly too true. The Union had my heart-iest sympathy as soon as the facts werebrought under my notice. I condemned|them, both in andout of the Association,and on that point I am glad the menscored. I would ask "Underpaid" whyany firm is allowed to start two hoarsearlier than the award allows, and insuch cases are not the men a party tothis breach? I would advise the Union'to class the men as first and second.This would do away with underpay. Inconclusion, the reason I <wae not at theConciliationBoard was 'because I -wae noton that' committee. I congratulate themen on therise theygot.—l am, etc,

B. LANE.

THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.(To the Editor)

Sir,—In answer to "Tally Ho," for theinformation of those interested in tim-ber, I wish to state that I have over28 years of experiencein timberin forest,mill and building, and must say if wecan afford to let inferior tim-ber be sold here after ship-ment from America at 17s. 6d. per100 super, feet at the yards, millerswho have it on our own doorsteps andcannot compete should shut down, asthere must be something wrong with themanagement. "Tally Ho" goes veryminutely into costs from a renting pointof view. I will first take kauri. Thisin royalty for timber on the ground runsfrom 2s. to 3s. per hundred super, feet,with a margin for defects and deliveryof the same ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 100■sußff•*?s» ewMog at ..mill 3e. per 100feet, ma-kinga total of 12s. 6d. for thehighest price.- One-fourth of this is fitfor first-class flitches, \yhich you see onthe wharves any day tor shipment at19/6 on wharf prepaid. One-fourth iscalled first-class to builders of this city,and sold at 20s. If any complaint ismade they are told timber is gettingscarce and is small, etc. Then anotherfourth ie classed medium at 17/6. Theother fourth is job line, shaky heart and'second-class, from 7s. to 12s. 6d. Thenthere is rimu and totara, with a royaltyof from Is. to Is. 6d., at same costs asthe other only, and prices charged arein many cases the same—in some casesthey are Is. less, and large quantitiesare charged fabulous prices for cabinetwork, which makes, the price above theprice of kauri. This works out at some-thing over ss. per 100 super, feet dearprofit. This is at the lowest average.I consider Government are doing a verywise action in notputtingon importduty,considering the whole community aresuffering from the high prices chargedfor local timber, when the millers canpocket nearly one-third of the wholecost. And I think it'is high time thatthe Government put on a heavy exportduty, and allowed the millers a farlonger period to clear the timber off theCrown lands. Instead of two years,which is usually the case, it should be5 years, with a right to renew. It seemsas if we were anxious to get rid of allour timber as soon as possible. I am ofopinion that timberhas the greatestpartto do with the high rents. Six yearsago the timber for a £450 house couldhave been bought for about £110; butif "Tally Ho" bought for £90 it musthave been face cut orkahikatea, as kauriof medium class now would cost £140 to£150. Iron six years ago could bebought for 17s. 6d. per cwt, now 265.Wages six years ago amounted to £38.now £53. Bricks have risen from 35/----per thousand to 575. 0d.—I am, etc,

JACKER.

"FOOD AND DRUGS ACT."no the Editor.) ■

Sir,—Being probably the oldest stu-dent of tea and coffee in the city, per-haps a. few remarks re, the above Act,in so far as it relates to our trade,may not be out of place. The Order-in-Gouncil 10/2/08 states-. "Chicory andcoffee is any compound of chicory andcoffee, containing not less than SO percent, of coffee/ Chicory and coffee beingclassed as a food beverage, and not asa drug, I claim to_ treat it as such. Ihave said it many times publicly, andsay it now, that a mixture of one poundof fine coffee with two pounds of chicoryis a better food beverage, than twopounds of poor coffee, with one poundof chicory.

Allowing for argument sake that chi-cory in its earlier adoption was lookedup largely as an adulterant, I amhow going back 50 or more years—-thefact of the survival of its use- in mostcountries proves conclusively it is more.As well might it be said that sliced car-rots is an adulterant to horse food, andthat parsnips were infamous for vege-table use. Looked at squarely, I sup-pose it is a low estimate tq say thatfully four-fifths of the consumption to-day is "chicory and coffee," so it is non-sense to deny there must be some foodbeverage property accounting for thissignificant consumption and continuedpreference for the chicory and coffeemixture. Further, the legislature mustlong have been cognisant of this fact.or they would not have mised theduty on imported chicory to the samelevel as that" of coffee, but appear tohave been incapable of an equitableanalysis of the facts. 15 a coffee andchicory mixture may be said to beadulterated because it contains chicory,

then a chicory and coffee mbe said to becontains coffee, but as the «mS«£was formerly on coffee but i**ZJnainly on chicory, both alike taxed Wthe customs, there ceases to h?*Z,:7ration in the matter, unless tte <ror the chicory were adulterated. a»£eeemg the general consumer erfSbeverages has decided in favour of ckLcory and coffee in preference to eoffelwho has a right to determine howSor what proportion of chicory heindulge in, seeing neither ioo£ cUrtk.mg metals, or other merchandiselong of the same value. For instance!if wool falls one-half you neveTWof your coat being any cheaper.Now. if it be contended that becausethe one ingredient is so much cheanHwe have the right to limit the prZ,!tionate quantity of the cheaper*wtM«to prevent extortionate charges, Zthis case it cannot be contended ttaa deleterious ingredient is beine >nu!then, what about the practiceducing inferior material into the articlesef which our clothes are manufactured?If it is fair to compel grocers teabide by law limits in food beverage,surely equally, nay, more, neceesMyisit that cloth containing shoddy cottonand pure wool, all mixed, should also"be controlled by equally stringent regu-lations. Personally, I. never made anyfuss abont stating "this ie sold as cM-cory and coffee," but I Kke and will con-tend for even-handed legislation, ag he.tween different trades and sources ofrevenue, i.e., trade revenue.—l,am; etc,

F. WHECEHEmxCONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE."XJratitude,*, Witangarei,■ : expressessatisfaction at the treatment he receivedm the Auckland Hospital, where:he un-derwent an operation. The perfectcleanliness, the abundance of food, andthe kindness of nurses, areadmirable

WISE AND OTHERWISE.(By "010 SALX")''• S(

long before this appears in prnrtmany fateful issues will have .fceen de-cided, many grave matters, left -unde-cided, and possibly a few politicians leftunprovided—the benches in the. Housebeing infinitely better upholstered thanthe "Benches in thePark,, adds cogentlyto the clause last advanced. >, The factthat my comments will appeerWteri'ttieshouting and the tumult" has died;«ndwhen electoral returns are- looked for■with an eagerness which leaves■maTinwand moral reflections in the shade ofapplauding "palms," is distinctly,noten-couraging to a humble scribe who hasoccasionally a "steak", in-thei country,but more often a "chop.in town. Thatbeastly firewood is a nightmare! ""Revenons a nos moutons!" even ifone misses the " chops','—which,probably"wooden't do, any old, way -T..,iqd letmc enlist the sympathy of.. mypublic,when 1 assure its members of. the factthat it is certain these lines will ,f«H inso unpleasant places, or rather, so rare-ciprocal places, for. he who runs afternews of an electoral,leturn does not stopto read such stuff ,a.s this, that they willappeal to very, very,,few, ftJsVJiot in-spiring to any pejformer to "•beggarly array of empty boxes..? ;Jieao»..the&et»re! > ,■::. ;spi •' ' "ELECTION, NIGHT*;! , W^

There's a sound as of reioiclns.-As of frenzied people voicing"

Their admiration rapture and delijhfcAnd as tliie triennial outing, T vSomehow always ends In .snooting;What matter, win. or lose, dectloi

night? ' r'■ : V- .

We have finished the: elections:The results of our selection. ~Are announced piecemeal,? last «a the*came to hand.And why should we be dejected;When "it's juet what we expected! ,*No matter who may fall,. or,' who./mij;

stand. ' ',Yes! there's something quite heroic;In the style we take of stoic; ■'

Bat it's easy when yon only watch a fight.But 'mongst these who: sought tin

lam-els, '■-'.'Fought through bickerings snd quar-

rels, ._.-:.; ■There are heartaches on Election 'Might.

A man in the crowdlastnight confidedto mc, with a mournfulair, "that tie waedisgusted, he had not seen what yonmightcall aproper fightall night."No,"he said, " we shall never see the goodoldtimes again. Why, I remember »t aplace at home, called (Bally-something?the name is out ofmc) the morningafteran election a mate of mine »w his littlebey playing about the shebeen. *Phwatare ye doin', Pat?' says he. (Memorieshad awakened the brogue;) 'PkJrin' «?these marbles, father., 'Put them down,ye spalpeen, put them down; thim's notmarbles, them's eyes!'" there seems ex-cellent reason for some people never see-ing the good old times again; or,-infact, anything else. t '.',

At one of the polling booths, whichserves occasionally as a Sunday-School,the badge of the Christian Endeavour—a large "C." and"E," intertwined—occu-pied a conspicuous place. One man whoinquired the meaning of the symbol,wentaway becomingly shocked, when it was

!explained that a large brewing firmhadpresented the establishment with *piano, and that the outward and visiblesign of appreciation consisted- of thiscabalistic advertisement. • • ,

Here is another election story,and thistime a true one. A poll-clerk, new to thebusiness, and apparently more at:home ona race-course than when engagedm_cleri-cal work, was laboriously thumbing hisroll and marking off the names of elector*as they recorded their votes—when hedid not happen to miss them. After avery busy quarter of an hour, tie de-puty turned and inquired as to how hewas progressing. " Oh! all right, w»sthe nonchalant reply. "I'm only sevenor eight beliind." Naturally this w«smet with a remonstrance, and for a fewminutes pages flow and the pencil wasplied industriously; then came a whisperto the deputy returning officer: "It's allright, mate;" I've caught my field andpassed 'em. I'm leading now by three!

What a charming manner the Chinesehave in expressing themselves! Comp-

are our "Home for Incurables" withtheir "Palace of Peaceful Longevity.Why, in going to a place with "a namelike"that, a man would not be inclined toask for a return tickeWand if wouldbe no good if he did. Only an Emperor,perhaps, could afford to refuse so invitring an invitation; the average Celestiwwouldrush it. No! I forgot; that wouldbe undignified, they only "rush" thettcustomers—and his mourning relativeswould write in the style approved inAmerica—Affliction sore, long time he bore,

So to death's door we brought him.Inst at the door, he sighed. "Whafori ,I And then she »n*eli caught M*»-

THE fAUCKIiA3SrDSTAR. KCVBMBEB 18. 1908.,8

OUTDOOR SPORTS(BY ACTLEON.) '■ t

i

CRICKET.\ rttvand Ed«n A- elevene met on the

on Saturday afternoon. McCor-_.-Do**™ the toss> and 3ent Archer andr:Srt to the wickete. The pitch wasI order and favowed fast scoring,

batsmen opened out without**'ftl With hfe score at a dozen, Archer

T~% feU stumps scattered by a tricky

■ft a?ni*dt direction, and was

Harvte' in Partnership,

.^y to the while he aroused;"XfZreoation of the crowd of spec-

' lifting a sixer clean over the"J'S*n Stemson's score of 33 was

■'ffiS of good cricket, and he was1 to be given out leg before•; fSMills. Harvie notched a totalI JJ2dwis then caught fey Robinson,

BSJ& f*ve a good display of

' Elliott held. Heney wasI fi wfed for eight by the' 'Jctfa «<*et fallhlS *OT a total of 102

' hit up 19 before being stumped

"" -Lreat 14, went out very simply by''lotting "* "V ball to «iS icket'

" Bwefailed to score at all. Harvie was

I fc* through with six runs to his credit.lie fflSc" between the Eden colts

•ndSorth Shore looks at present to beS in favour of the former, and nothing•tort of * miracle can save the menfiorn aero* the water having theirSotos lowered for the firs-time «™season; The presence of A. E. Keif evi-aentfy had an inspiring effect on the

■-■■ colts *nd they dismissed their doughty

- iHponents for the comparatively small-total of 137 tuns, Belf bagging five for' Beach five for 80, both bowling. foelr Eden colts 87 on the

«kte for the loss of one wicket, R. W.-Xrdon being bowled by Bush, for a.: *dl played 38, the partnership betweenhim and Belf producing 73 runs, of which

-total'-the latter made 45, and was still

/ for the'day.:-Haddon was the highest scorer for

Korth Shore, gathering in 34 before he

«ts wettcaught hy Gordon off Relf. G.D«re compiled 28 not out, and batted

ifteely for his runs. He and Haddon•sere the-only batsmen to face Beachtnd Bdf with any confidence.

The fielding of Eden colts was fair.• Tie whole team are genuine triers, and"seven! good catches were brought off.- Tbey are" weak, however, in ground• ■ fielding and returning.i: %b Paraell-Ponsonby game is in an• interesting stage, the advantage if any-

' ' thinghemg with Parnell, who have four■wickets in: hand, and 34 runs to get to

? win. 'With the least bit of luck the' game may go to either side. Ponsonby"■•" Utted testfuia"gathered in 157 runs

he'fpre the last wicket was sent to theOf this total, Gavin and

Hemuu collected more than half, help-themselves to'4l apiece before they

iad to retire, the former being caughtandtte latter, run out. Gavin's score,,eoagng; after his successful effort atPomonby, is evidence that the Ponson-

■■■•■■•%-'ifeipper has early struck form, and''■ -'he should be very useful to his side

throughout the season. Hemus playedifce stylish cricket for his runs, and israpidly getting into his stride. Whenit nb top form, the Auckland rep. iseasily one of the best batsmen in theColony.:"'-T- Parnell made a good start, and 40was on the board before the first wick-

■ et fell, Wrightgetting 19, and Olliff 20..._ A rapid change, however, took place, and ',J Jackson, Hutchins, and Marcroft were

quickly disposed of, and a rot was in•:progress. Barry and Sale became as-,. -sddated, and the pair put on runs at

a great pace, and carried the score to- 124, before Barry was retired by Hobson- -for a useful 41, made when runs were ,..... tinted. Sale also gave a fine display i>\ and helped himself to 24, his wicket

being still intact when the bell rang ,.for cessation of play. The finish should ,-:; "prove very interesting.

SECOND GRADE..■-•.-. :-■- (: >-3he third seriee of matches for the ,. premiership were commenced last Satur- ,

■day. One game was completed during U„:., .the afternoon, Grafton defeating Parnell i,-: 3 by an innings and 100 odd runs. The ),,L .Batch between two A's, Eden and North ."": Shore, is in an interesting state, periiapa

in favour of the latter. 'Varsity haveCity well in hand, and Parnell have a

'■ dear lead of three-fqurths of a century „Eden B, -while Xorth Shore B 136 runs, -with seven wickets to ]

.■"-■"Ml; to equal Ponsonby's total. ■ ---•.? The most important match in the grade~ *ac between Eden A and North Shore A ;" lit Devonport. The latter batted first,

•■- endalthoughthey beganwell scoringover ;■ -ialf a century for the first wicket, were-•Uoiit at 12(5. m= OHller (49) rattled up his runs much .fcore quickly than Coleman. Cerruty

■aelped himself to a couple of dozen, and: ]A■' fcown's contribution was just one less.r:" Jy™«n and Clark secured most of thek ■ wickete, the latter capturing five for!- • Oj-ahd Freeman's three wicketa costing;?. fBToi. runs apiece..- -The Eden hatting hardly realised expec--L J»tiqns, and even taking.into considera-- "'J*011 that one. man was absent, should" *Te done much better than 90. Swner- |....'ell's 23 was the result of good cricket,!. -. • «nd Brown Tvas steady for 15. McNeill,

*l>o.is bowling finely this season, cap-.... tured five wickets for 27..'-".-. yorth. Shore commenced their second'

..• Bffiihgs, and when time was called had■< eae.wfcket down for 24.' had little difficulty -with Par--1 "5r ' tnd at the end of tne day's playmc as *" suck a decisive stage"Wt-Parnell decided to forego their four,-.- tenauung wickets to fall and give Graf-- : withe match.

J.Horspool,who contributed 72, is the"■•-rW*B**? of the Grafton batting, and,-..m cricket on Saturday was of the same..wee nature as characterised his pre-nons innings... Jack (52) also had a hit, and with: y norspool attained the century beforei ;r »£first wicket fell.- Abbott's slows -were very successful.; ; , W, assistpedby good fielding, he secured■ - M-wickets very cheaply.; •' Warnell failed with the"bat in the first

™»ttnge, and weie all out for 45. Ham-; jmscored 12 before being stumped. Wil-Sl»qnfckly B°* d(Ml*le figures, and£t£*-»tt«npt Tealised a baker's dozen.-"*'••fV JMled In the first innings, they

fared even worse in the next. Five wic-kets were down for one run, but Bennett(10) and Airey (15, not' out) managedto stop the rot,and when time was called29 runs were on the board for six wic-kets. Brierly was the most troublesomewith the ball, accounting for five wicketsin the first and three in the second inn-ings.

' At Eden Park Parnell A opened mi-idifferently against the Eden B attack,]and had it not been for Dow, Sale andIWilks, the total would have been verymuch less. The former top-scored with41, and was well set when Woods brokehis defence. Sale batted nicely for 21,and was again unfortunately run oue.Wilks redeemed his reputation of the lastmatch' by getting 23 not out.

The Eden bowling was of an even qual-ity, Wood, Grindrod and Smith securingmost of the wickets.

Eden's start was even more feeble than'their opponents', and at the fall of the:last wicket the score was just over 50.iThe majority of the batsmen found thebowling- of Schofield and Resteaux toogood for them. The former secured thefine average of five for 22, and Resteaux'sfour "wickets cost just a shade more.

Pernell's second venture was morehope-ful and at 6.15 p.m. they had scored 40for no wickets: Sale (28,not out) givingthe better display.

Robinson was in decent bowling formon Saturday. He ttundled seven overs,one of which was a maiden, and tookfour wickets at a cost of 24 runs, the

Ilast two wickets falling in one over.George Mills took two wickets for 26,Murdoch 2 for 32, and one for 51.

Eden seems to hold the game againstCity well within its hand. Playing in

■a dull and fading light, Cummings andElliott opened up Eden's account, andbetween them they knocked up a totaljof56 before stumps were drawn. TheI prospects of a win for Eden look fairlygood.

Grafton had the University eleven onla leather-hunting expedition on Satur-day, and a great exhibition of batting

jwas given by D. Hill. R. Mason, Rev.Reeve, and R. Sloman, the quartet be-tween them hitting up a total of 260.' Hill and E. Horspool opened Grafton's

1innings, but the latter went under to' Jacobsen, after notching a single. T>.■Hay joined Hill, but got as far as.theiunlucky 13, and then sent the ball into1Fisher's hands. Mason took up thepartnership, and some great sloggingresulted. Hill played careful, steadycricket, and his total of 51 included sixboundary hits; while Mason's GO con-tained nine fourers. The Rev. Reeve,early in his mnings, gave a chance,which was missed, but otherwise, his 70was a splendid exhibition. The bestdisplay of the day, however, was thatgiven by yjoung Sloman, who battedbrilliantly, and knocked up a faultless79, which included no less than elevenboundary drives, and one sixer. 6.P. Jones also gave a decent exhibition,and his score contained a couple of

I boundary hits and a sixer.Ponsonby journeyed across to the

Shore, and after a poor start, succeededin putting together 147 against NorthShore B. G. H. Plummer, who scored49, ?of-%is rttns- jtfefc -whetfthey -were wanted moat, and Haddockwas responsible for 31 before Wallace se-cured his ■wifcket. 'Maher bowled well for Shore, his fig-ures reading five for 54.

North Shore B made an excellent start,and at the end of the day's play hadamassed 111 runs with only three wio-

[ kets down.j Laird's 42 was a good performance, es-pecially coming after the bad luck inthe two previous matches.

'Oakden (41) also batted well,and withLaird gave Shore a substantial sjsart.

At Victoria Park, 'Varsity in theirmatch with City are in a winning posi-tion, and should have little trouble inregistering their first win of the season.Batting firet they amassed therespectabletotal of 222, which is the highest score sofar in junior cricket.

Wilks' 68 took advantage of the City'sindifferent fielding although his scoreincluded some fine strokes, he had al-most as many lives as a cat.

Speight's 36 was also a substantial ad-dition to the score. Budd, a left-hander,knockedup 27 not out, and made a goodstart in hie first attempt in the grade.Goulding contributed 25 before Smith se-cured his wicket.

The City bowling analysis sufferedthrough faulty fielding, Smith coming outwith the best figures. Robinson, Magee,and Lee all captured wickets.

City's battingwas very weak, and afterchasing the ball about for the best partof the afternoon, could only manage 40runs. With theexception of Magee (IS),none of the others reached double figures.

Femvick and Stewart did the bowlingfor the students, getting five and fourwickets respectively.

Bowling for Grafton 111. against City,Hcwson took eight wickets for 27 runs.

Parnell 111. rattled up 227 for eight■wickets against Eden B. Pierce, who ob-tainedthe century last week, collected 61.R. Williams (52) also showed good form•with the bat.

Jackson trundling for Shore 111. againstPonsbnby, captured four wickets for 7.

Karangahape C.C. and Ambury Eng-lish played a match on the Domain yes-terday, the scores being: X.C.C., 150(Thorne 51. Aikman 34, CosgriiT 15);Ambury and English, 7 wickets for 112(Greaves 39 not out, Coates 39, Nunner-ley 19). The game was drawn.

A cricket match was played on the Do-main yesterday, between teams fromMessrs A. Phillipps and Son and Impey,Ltd., against Messrs Hill and Plummer,Ltd.. the combined team winning by asmall majority of 3 runs.

For the winners Nairn played well for 24.Doughty 18. Hansen 13, and for Hill anilPlummer, Wilson 11. Plummer 18, Broune; 18. For the combined team Butler secured0 wickets. McElroy 5, Hansen 3, Doughty 3.and for the losers, Price 8, Plummer 8,Bronne 2 wickets.

AQUATICS.YACHTING.

The motor-boat Dixie, the Americanworld's champion, and holder of theBritish International Cup, accomplisheda speed of 32.82 nautical (37.74 statute)miles per hour for ten miles on theHudson River, in September. The runwas on the first ten miles of a 30 miles'trial, the first round of ten miles beingticked off in 18min. 17sec. The secondround was made in 27min. 38sec, thecaptain slowing the boat down perceptib-ly. The third round was done easily in22mln. Her average for the 30 mileswas 26.5G nautical, or 30.55 statute,miles. She was only at top speed on thefirst round of the course.

A model yacht club is being formed atPonsonby. A meeting will be held at W.Mathew'a residence, Dunedin-strcet, onThursday evening next. All desirous ofjoining the club are requested to at-

tend. An endeavour"is being made tohold the first race on Saturday after-noon "next. " ~ "' "'

The Sydney "Referee" of November 11states that owing chiefly to the vagariesof the weather, the annual contest forthe Beauchamp Cup resolved itself into. a.one-horse affair before the finieh. BothThelma and Petrel threw up the spongewhen in the vicinity of the Gap, andas Meteor was a non-starter, this onlyleft Awanui and Rawhiti to do battle,and the latter, after the return to port,retired. By virtue of his win on Satur-day, Mr. Saxon now has two successivewinning brackets for the Cup, which,under the conditions, must be won threetimes by a yacht owner. Mr. Brock-ton, was the only other competitor inSaturdays race that had a leg-in for thetrophy. Had Thelma stuck to the raceon Saturday, she certainly would havehad to be reckoned with in the strongwind. •The almost entire absence of windon Saturday last spoilt the initial racesof the season. The boats drifted prettywell all round the courses, and in nocase did they reach the finishing linebefore ten p.m.

CYCLING.The Rudge Clubs held a successful all-

day run to St. Helier's Bay on Sundaylast, 24 members being present. OnSaturday last an S-mile race was heldat Mangere for three cups, the- winnerbeing H. Maxted (3min.), J. Robinsonsecond, .and T. Miskell third. The clubpropose holding an 8-mile race on Wed-nesday, 25th November, for three medals.A race will also be held on Saturday,November 28, for a silver cup andmedals. An all-day run to Papakura willbe held on Sunday next, leaving Pitt-street corner at 9.30, and combiningwithOtahuhu Rudgc Club at Otahuhu. Allcyclists are cordially invited.

VOLUNTEER & DEFENCE NOTES

(By RIFLEMAN.)

Secretaries of nil volunteercorps through-out the Auckland district are invited tocontribute to this column. "Rifleman"will be glad to receive any item of spe-cial or general interest for publication, notmerely concerning town companies, butequally concerning the country corps. Itis desired in these notes to keep volunteersthroughout the province well informed Innews of volunteer interest, nnd it is onlyby the co-operation of country corps withthe editor that this cau be accomplishedsatisfactorily. News intended for publica-tion in the current week's Notes should bein this office by Tuesday at the latest.They should be signed by a responsible of-ficial, not for publication, but only as aguarantee of good faith.

A late General Order records the actingappointment of Capt. A. Bell as lleutenant-I colonel in the 2nd Regiment, A.M.K.

The second of the championship series ofmatches will be tired by members of theAkarana Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon.

It is notified for information of all con-cerned that officers on the Active List (Un-attached) are entitled to be paid for at-tendance at manoeuvre camps only.

On Saturday next the Victoria Rifles willcomplete their competition for the Prestonand Yeo trophy, and on the following Sat-urday the final competition for CaptainCox's trophy will be fired.

It is, notified for informntion that,four,days*''continuous viiaittiUgl%iM< >inAhde\iittesiwill be held during Easter week, 1909, atsuitable centres in each district, to beselected hereafter, in accordance with Cir-cular No. 45, by C.G.S., issued to officerscommanding districts on Kith October, 1906.

The Webster Bros.' Cup will be com-peted for by the "Hlue Battalion" ou Satur-day next. The team selected to representNo. 2 A.G.A. is as follows: —Lieut. E\ran,Sergt.-Major Hill, Sergt-Major Clark, Sergt.Morgan. Corp. Thompson, Corp. Maxwell,Bomb. Dixon. Gunner Isbister, GunnerPerston. and Bomb. Burrage. Emergencies:Bomb. Shepperd and Gunner Penk.

The following are the details of the tug-of-ivar and cock-fighting competitions whichtook place after the camp at Manurewahad been struck:—Tug-of-wnr-. Firstround—Gordons 1. beat Victorias n.. 2 to1; No. 1 Natives beat No. 3 Natives 11., 2to nil. Second round—No. 3 Natives I.beat Gordons 11.. 2 to nil; No. 1 Nativesbeat No. 2 Natives 1., 2 to 1; Victorias 1.beat No. 2 Natives 11., 2 to nil; Newtonsbeat Gordons i.. 2 to nil. Semi-finals—Newtous beat Victorias 1., 2 to 1; No. 3Natives I. beat No. 1 Natives, 2 to nil.Final—No. 3 Natives I. beat Newtons, 2 to 1.The pull between the No. 1 «and No. 2Natives was the best, lasting twentyminutes, both teams being completely ex-hausted after the contest. Cock-fighting:Gordons beat No. 1 Natives and Newtons;Victorias beat No. 2 Natives. Final—Gordons beat Victorias.

The members of the Akarana Rifle Clubfired the usual trophy matches on theirrange at Penrose on Saturday afternoon.There was a attendance. The windall afternoon was light, but very tricky,and marksmen were much puzzled by itsvagaries, and keeping on the bull's-eye wasvery difficult. Notwithstanding this theshooting was of a very high order. Thebest scores of the rtav wore compiled byMessrs A. (.'. Watson and M. Atkinson,each with f>s, the former being the winnerof Mr F. H. Combos' splendid trophy, tiredfor by members of the A I,lass. Mr S. Coul-son tilling third place with 03. In thp »Class. Mr S. Grant was an easy first, withSS. for Mr A. M. Myers' medul: Mr A. Pur-chase beiii!; spc-oin! with S2. The best indi-vidual range scores wore at 2CKI yarris, the34 of Mr S. Coulsoii at 500 yards, the 34of Mr G. T. Kretschmnr, and the 33 eachof Messrs A. 0. Watson and J. Potter; andat 600. yards, the 32 each of Messrs A. C.Watson, M. Atkinson, and A. I-atrick.

The following appeared in the "N.Z.Times" a little while ago:—ln reference tothe following General Order, a contem-porary suggested that there was some un-rest "in connection with the position ofColonel 11. F. Head, as "Director of Artil-lery." The order is, "The duties of theDirector of Ordnance will, in future, notinclude the training of garrison and fieldartillery volunteers. The training of theseservices will in future be included in theschedule of duties allotted to the Chief ofthe General Stftff. Our contemporary'sarticle persistently refers to Licut.-ColonelHead as "Director of Artillery" and suc-cessor of Major*Johnson, who, It is infer-red, was a success while the present "Direc-tor of Artillery" is not. Lieut.-Colonel Headhas never been Director of Artillery. He Isin no sense an instructor, and Is, in factnot in any way attached to the departmentof the Chief of the General Staff, underwhom all instructional officers serve.Went.-Colonel Head is "Director of Ord-nance," and belongs to the branch of theAdjutant-General and Quartermaster-Gene-ral. He has held this position since he wasdrafted from the Imperial service, and hisduties in no way clash with those of thechief instructor of garrison aiid field artil-lery (Captain G. S. "Richardson).

The Battery did some smart work at theManurewa camp The camp was an excel-lent one in all respects, and the work by allranks was excellent, but I want to speciallymention the Battery drivers. The Batterywere in action on the slopes of Manurewamountain on Saturday, fighting a rear-guardaction The game is to defeud the positiontill it becomes almost untenable, and thenadroitly leave by the back door. This theBattery did. and the back door was over thewestern spur of the mountain, which isvery steep, and covered with big rocks,covered with scrub. They had the detach-ments out with drag ropes tokeep the guns

■ right side up. so you may conclude what theroute was like. When they got ou to theflat a"t the back of the hill they did somereal tt.H.A. work to thp next opsitiou. If themany arm-chair critics of the Batterydrivers could have followed the wheeltracks on Sunday (which is doubtful), theywould have had their eyes opened, andwould admit that the Battery in Queen-street is very different to the same corpsin the field. The drivers, with their un-trained and often refractory mounts, comein fora great deal of adverse criticism fromignorant outsiders, but they need not worry.The men whose opinion is worth having

Iknow what they have to do, and don't fail1to appreciate it.

" The' members of the Akarana Rifle Clubput op the splendid score of 740 in theOverseas Match with the East Griqualand(S. Africa) Club. The result will not beknown till the score sheet is received fromSouth Africa.

The No. 1 A.G.A. had a very pleasantand. fraternal social in the gunroom at theDrill Hall on Friday night. There wereseveral oQcers from the other branches pre-sent, and Capt Knyvett presided. Thecompany had a strong "buck up" giventhem, in the shape of a huge poster re-cording the magnificent record of the Pe-tone Navals In shooting—they mean tomake an attempt to come as near it asthey can. Various toasts were proposedand honoured with enthusiasm, and the,concert programme was very entertaining.

The Raglan M.R. at Raglan on Saturdaylast held their annual match for the cappresented by Messrs Oilmonr Bros. Therewas a good muster, and the competitionwas very keen. Sergt. fait proved thewinner, with a total o£ 35 points, Sergt.Kendall being second, and Sergt. Goodwin Jthird. Sergt. Tait also won the handsomesold medal presented by the squadron's .hon. captain, Mr W. M. Bankart. Sergt.Kendall won the gold medal presented byMr 'McCarthy. Sergt.-Major Colemansupervised tee firing. In the evening asocial was held for the purpose of present-ing the prizes. About 50 attended.' MrBankart, hon. captain, taking the chair. !Capt. McCracten, O.C. of the Squadron,and Lieut. Burgess, of the Te Akau troop,being also present. The Chairman (MrBankart) presented the prizes won that ,day, and said it was very satisfactory tosee so many members of the squadron com-peting for.the cup. The officers hoped nextyear to have every member competing. He 'thought it desirable that a fund should be 'set aside, so that the squadron could berepresented at outside competitions. Hecongratulated the squadron in having ]an officer so energetic as Captain Mc- <Crackeu, who. by his never tiringenergy bad brought them into thesecond rank in the Walkato Regiment. MrBankart also complimented Capt. Burgesson forming the Te Akau troop of Maoris,and on bringing them up to such a pro-fleient stnte. Captain McCracken respondedon behalf of the Raglan Mounteds, and Jstated that the success of the squadron was ldue to the manner in which the officers iand men carried out their various duties.Mr Burgess responded on behalf of theTe Akau men. No. 2 Company, proposed by |Mr Bankart, and responded to by Private jHoieta. Mr Gibson proposed the health of fSergt-Major Coleman, and this officer inreply- stated that it was gratifying to seethe members of the squadron taking suchkeen Interest in their drill. The number of Jcompetitors taking part lv the day's shoot- Iing was better than any squadron's in the iWaikato, and the ecore put up on the <aggregate also was the best in the Wal-kato. Chaplain Honchen proposed the toastof the veterans, Mr Langley responding. ,The Chairman then presented a cup to jSergt. Cogswell for the best all round shot iin the company. Songs, etc., were oontri- jbuted at intervals by Chaplain Houcheu,Messrs Manson, Cox, E. Husband, and T.Corns, and the gathering concluded withthe National Anthem. )

THE BATTALION CUPS. 'The committee appointed for the purpose ,has decided to flre the Banfurly Cup com- ,petition the second Saturday to December. ,The conditions are that the competition isopen to teams of ten (of any rank), therunges are €00 yards, 500 yards, and 300yards, at head and shoulder targets, appear-ing for 30 seconds at each range. Twoteams to fire at a time, and when n com- ipetitor knocks over his target, the corres-ponding number of the other team will be iordered to fall out of the contest. Theteam having the fewest targets standingwill be the winners. It Is some eight years (since the cup was fired for. It was given (in WOO by Lady Ranfurly to the InfantryBattalion, and was wou by the Victoria ,nines. 1

It has also been decided to flre theBuchanan Cup competition in Februarynext. That Is a field firing competition forthe Infantry Battalion for 20 men a-side. 'It is hoped these competitions will be fired ;each year in the future. t

COLLEGE RIFLES' EXCURSION.The week-end cruise at the College Rifles

for King's birthday was most success-ful, in..e.yery., >y«yi>Ofi(l themembers of theaefa'e£ment"had a most enjoyable time.A start was made from the North Headon Saturday afternoon in a cutter, kindlylent Jby the O.C. Permanent Kqree, Thedesttniitlon was Kohlmnramiira,* the reSl- •i denee of Col. Holgatc, who had beeu goodenough to place a portion of his groundsat the disposal of the corps for the camp.Thanks to a favourable wind, no time waslost in the trip across the harbour, andshortly after arrival the tents were pitchedand a good tea served to all lrautls. Aftertea, some work was done with the lamps.Next morning it was decided to cruise asfar as the Tamaki, and the detachment lefttheir camp about teu o'clock. The party ,landed at a. good sandy beach inside the 'Tamaki Heads, and immediately partieswere detached round the surrounding hills'"flag-wagging." Dinner was \served 'inpicnic style, and when that was despatchedan impromptu game of hockey was in-dulged in, the implements of the gameconsisting of si block or wood and ti-tree!sticks. A most exciting. If not very scien- |tiflc, contest ensued. A start was made for jcamp about three o"clock, as a long pull ingninst a head wind was in front of the |party. Luck, however, favoured the Col- ilegians for the launch Imperial, owned byMr. F. W, Krookfleld, hove In sight, and :was good enough to tow the cutter right |up to the camp. More lamp work occupiedthe evening. Monday morning broke wet.but, despite this, a voyage was organisedto St. Heller's, where communication was !established between the camp and the jwharf. After dinner, a cricket''match was jheld between the different sections of thedetachment and about Tour o'clock a startwas made for Devonport, which was reach-ed In good time to enable the men to re-turn to town before dark. The undertakingwas an experiment, but proved so success,ful that it is the Intention of the CollegeRifles to arrange to hold several of suchexcursions during the summer, and it isthought that much benefit will result tothe corps by the experience gained In fleld-sigiialllng, in boating, and in camp routine.

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THE RACINGWORLD<By WHALEBONE.)""'"" ";i

HACINC FIXTURES.November'.2l — Otahehu Trotting ClubNot. 38, December 2—Takapuna J.C.Not. SO, I>tc I—FyUdtnr JC. Bprlng.Dec. 9, 10 — WoodTlUe J.C Summer ;Dec. 26 and 28—Taranaki J.C. CbrlstmU.Dec. 3G, 30, Jan. 1 and 2—Auckland 8.C.;

Summer. .■-...

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ANSWERS TO COBRESPONDBNTS.

Joe, Komata Beefe. — There were onlytwo starters in the Canterbury Cup of;. 1901 both being owned by the late MrG. G. Stead, MenschikoS beating SanKemo by a length.

The Otahuhu Trotting Club conclude theirSpring .Meeting on Saturday next.

Both Manaponri and Talepitcher failedto pass the Otahuhu Trotting Club's officialmeasurers.

Emir ran his last race in the MelbourneCup. His ownerintends to take him awayfrom the turf.

The- following footings are announced:Dunoon. colt to Walrlkl, and Daffodil, acolt to the came s'.re. -The Wellington bookmakers are endea-vouring to form a Tattersall's Club inconnection with the pony meetings.

The Soult colt Hyperion has gone Into S.Hodge's charge at EUerslle. Hyperionshows great promise, and wben a littlemore seasoned may be useful.

J. Sceate, the well-known Aucklandhorseman, is now located in the Hawke'aBay district, and the horeee Erl Kingand Golden Gate are now in his charge.

The carrying of JJo-license in the E<len dis-trict will prevent the Avondale Jockey Clubhaving a licensed booth on their course nextseason. This will be a serious loss to theclub.

Acceptances for all events on the openingday of the Takapuna Jockey Club's SpringMeeting close ultli the secretary (Mr It.Wynyard) on Friday next, the 30th met,at o p.m.

Tbc Soult filly, Kakama, was badly gal-loped ou during the running for the WelcomeStakes, on the opening day of the A.X.C.,mcetlne, and was unable to fulfil herremain-Ing engagements at tbe gathering.

The time, 2.7, hoisted toy . Bobrikoff inwinning tbe Stead Memorial Cup, is sot aNew Zealand record. Marguerite holding tbehonour with 2.6 3-5, which she registered Inthe Rangitikei Cup, two years agp.

While at the post for the Electric TrotHandicap at the Otahuhu' Trottlns Club'smeeting last Saturday, John Harold (whichwas strongly backed) reared and broke hissulky, and took no part in the race.

The stewards of the Avondale Jockey-Club mot on Monday afternoon to fur-ther consider the various incidents in con-nection with their recent Spring Meeting,but adjourned until the 20th Inst., withouttaking any evidence.

The railway takings for the MelbourneCup meeting amounted to £10,947, ane!32,850 persons were carried to and fromthe courer. Over 100 signalmen were sta-tioned alone the line between Spencer-street and Flemlnjrton.

The runner-up for the Sew Zealand Cup,Heorthen, only cost her present owner 15guineas. It is understood that R. J. Masonendeavoured to purchase the Phoebus Apollomare a fortnisM before the big race, buther owner declined to sell.

R. E Brown, the lightweight attached toJ. Twolitll's-rtnblp. had a monntIn'both theCanlfleld and Melbourne Cups. His ridingowners, and had lie stayed bcblnd, wouldnot hare wanted for mounts.

/It Is generally conceded that th» two-

year-olds that contested the WelcomeStakes at lUecarton wcrov ' I'ollectively.nbout the best lot that has ever been seenin that event, snys an exchnnpe. On theother hand, the three-year-olds competinglat the meeting could scarcely comparewith last eeaeon"s three-year-o'ds, Ronl-form. Elevation, Geld Crest, Bonny Glen,and Slgnor.

Continental exchanges sny that T». H.Hewitt, the well-known »w Zealandjockey now riding in England, has been en-caired to ride ac first jockey for I'rlnceHobenlohe-Oehrineen in Germany and Aus-trta-Hungtiry. Cnrslake, the Australian,who has ridden there In rerent years, hnfbeen engaged to ride next season for thenewly-formed stable of Count Paul Ester-hazy.

\ Snys a Sydney exebance: The inquiryheld by the V.R.C. committee, at theinstance of Mr !S*ettlefo!d, one of the own-ers, into the running of I'lnk 'Un in theMelbourne Stakes, ended In smoke. After; hearing the explanation of the jockey, V.Wllllame. and the statement of Mr Net-tlefold, the committee decided that nottanmcient facts had been placed beforethem on which action oonld be taken. Onewould think in a case like this that thecommittee wonld endeavonr to find outthe facts instead of waiting for them tobe placed before them.

I have received a communication signed"Sport." in which the writer strtMiuly at-tacks the bandlcupper of the TakapnnaJockey Cinb. 1 ilo not consider it fair-piny to publish anonymous letters whichattack an official's capabilities, but If mycorrespondent is to hnve hl< namenm! address published. I will endeavourto n.nil space for his views. Horseownern,however, wlio hnvo complaints againsthandicappers should ask for an explanation ;through the committee of the club forwhich the official is acting.

Tbe Auckland Trotting 01u!> nre ont withthe programme for their Summer Meeting,which Is fixed for December 28th and 31stand January nth. The programme is th*btjßt vet given by the Club, the added moneyfor the three days totalling £1085.|The principal event Ik the Auckland Trot- Iting Cup of 200sovs. while the Eden TrotIs endowed with liHsovs, and the GreatNorthern Trotting Handicap. Kpsnm Trot. ,Summer Cup, Class Trot, Dash Trot, As- isocintion Trot, President's Handicap, Ill^h-:class Trot, and Telegraph Trot are worth 'lOOsovs. Only one pony event is on thelist each day. but each is worth lOOsovs.so that the liliputians are well providedfor. Nominations for all events closewith the secretary (Mr C. F. Mark) on IDecember 11th. I

The famous English racehorse Velocitydied of a broken pelvis recently at Eger-ton House, Newmarket. It was his flretseason at the stud. He was bred by anIrish farmer and purchased l>y Mrs H. V.Jackson for a small sum. Afterwards sherefused £15,000 for him. Velocity ranwith little success until after a specialpreparation for tbs Cambridgeshire, hewon cleverly from Santry, landing a tre-mendous sum In bets for his connections.He gradually developed hie powers tilllie became the best horse In training. InJ9o(i he won the Wellington Handicap atSandown and the Doncaster Cup. In 10U7he won the Doncaster Cup again, dentingeuch grand stayers as The White Knight.Bridge of Canny, Uadiuni, Torpoint, andAguerldo. The same year he won theCity and Suburban.

Commenting on the race for the JockeyClub Handicap, at the recent C.J.C. SpringMeeting, a Southern writer says:—lt wasrather surprising to sportsmen who are fami-liar with bookmakers' methods In other coun-tries to find the fielders making their ownfavourite for the Jockey Club Handicap. Thetip so gratuitously given by the peneiHerswas followed by quite a number of SouthIsland punters, who rushed >In and took aprice whieli was regarded by the NortliIsland visitors as a niggardly one, consider-ing Bobrikoff's weight, and his failure in theSteward's, The C.J.C. handicapper was nottaking any risks with Bobrikoff, and al-lotted him every ounce of weigllt to whielilie was entitled on his public form. Despitethe tromendoiiß pace at which the race was•run, Bobrikoft pulled up remarkably fresh,and he would not have blown out a candle;and when the saddle waa taken- off It wassem that be had not turned a hair. '

- Auckland iiA&iMo'-^UB'i-"SUMMER MEETING.

Mr. G. More* has declared the following Iweights for 'the Auckland Cub ;RailwayHandicap;*and. Graftan _Hnr.il<iev' to berun at the Ancktanii Racing Club's snmmer Imeeting, which opens at EllereHe on Boi--1110 n«v

TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH.(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent)

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday.Of the two-year-olds seen out at Ricear-

ton last week, the pride of place must beawarded to-Mr. Bidwill's fine colt Provoca-tion. True,-be did not win a race, but hisperformance in the Welcome Stakes, iawhich he was burdened with a 101bpenalty,leaves no doubt as to bis merit. Unfortu-nately, be was sore after the race, and Mr.Bidwill did not like to take the risk ofstarting him again at the meeting. Provoca-tion is just the sort to furnish into an idealDerby candidate.

For some time prior to the C.J.C. meet-ing, Nautiform's track work was of a bril-liant order, and his victory in ttnfWelcoirieStakes came as no Kirprise to those whohad seen him gallop. He U a quality-looking colt, and gives every promise ofdeveloping into a high-class three-year-old.Unfortunately, he is possessed of an erraticdisposition, and gives a good deal oftrouble nt the post.

Elysiau has apparently been overdone,and did not race up to expectations. Inthe Welcome Stakes he registered a fairperformance, in getting third place toNautlform and Provocation, but after that

Despite his Interrupted preparation,Broadsword put up a line race in the Wel-come Stakes and there is no getting away

1from the fact that the son of • ClanranaMlis a particularly brilliant colt. There wasIa lot of merit in his Electric Plate victory,for, though putting up Illbs overweight,,he rnn four furlongs in 48 3-os, the -smartest:half-mile registered nt the meeting. Hisnext encounter with Provocation and Nau-next encounter with Provocation and >au-tiform should be most interesting, for atlast week's fixture he was susceptible to alot of improvement.

Another of Sir Geo. Clifford's representa-tives in Kilwinning can be relied on toshow to further advantage '.n the nearfuture, for he is not nearly wound up. Theson of Klicheran is a particularly nice colt,of medium size, and brimful of quality.

Of the other two-year-olds that racedApplegartb, Expansion, and Caspian shouldturn out well.

Amonpst the three-year-olds Husbandrman, as the winner of the Derby, claimsfirst attention. There was not a greatdeal of merit, however, in his victory, audhis showing in the Canterbury Cup wasdisappointing in the extreme. Heisonaliy, Ifancy Sir Cioo. Clifford was fortunate innot having the opposition of Arttllerie in'the Derby, as, taking a line through her-showing with- Bobrikoff in the SteadMemorial Cup, 1 feel confident she wouldhave beaten Husbandman. She is a greatgalloper, and can both go fast mid stay.Gold Lace Is a more than useful tUlyjand-one that will always show to. mos.r ad-vantage over short courses. St. Aidan andDiubolo both ran respectably, but neither, can be classed as exactly high-class. Armletnnd Flltaway showed possession of greatpace in their races, but both are deficientin stamina, the latter especially so. At anydistance up to a mile Master Soult is par-, ticularly brilliant, nnd his performances In; the Stewards' Handicap and Members'Handicap stamp him as perhaps the best

I of his age seen out at the meeting over•distances up to a mile.

Snip changed hands during the progressof the C.J.C. meeting, nnd will in future,

1 be trained at Uicearton by D. Moriaghan.Lyrist stood out as by far the best hurd-

-1 ler thut competed at Klccurton last week..■ He has improved considerably in his jump-

ing, ami possesses a fair amount ot;p.VCSi. 'Obligate, which created ii surprise bywinning the Seymour UnndlOup on the Instday of the C.J.C. mooting, was to havebeen sent home to Asbtmrt.ni on the morn-ing of the nice. Fortunately for hisowner no horsebox was available, andLewis decided on Riving the Obligado jrekl-ing n final run, and though least fancied byhis party, he landed n Rood stake.

It Is not often that C. Jenkins goesthrough a meeting without scoring one ormore wins, -but thmig>h he had a lot ofgood mounts at the OJ.C. fixture, he failedto attain winning honours.

Though represented by a serviceable teamat Ric-ea.rton, the lion. 3. D. Ormoiid onlymanaged to capture one race at the fixture.Zimmerman was very sore after his racein the Cup. while Day Beam. North Head,ami Pellicle all ran disappointingly.

rHabolo Is credited with haTing run thefirst mile and a-qnarter of the CanterburyCup course in 2.71, yet when up againstBobxikoff and Artillerle In the G. G. SteadMemorial Cup he had no chance withthat pair, and must have taken quite asecond longer than the winner In complet-ing the ten furlongs.

All Red was strong-ly supported for theFenclalton Handicap, the concluding eventat the C.J.C.' Meeting. Unfortunately hegot badly away, and had a rough passage,only for which he may have won.

Thanks principally to the fine perform-ance of Downfall and Bobrikoff, Mr. T. U.liowry headed the list of winning ownersat the C..T.C. Meeting, his cheque reachingthe respectable sum of £3105. Other goodwinners were: Sir Geo. Clifford £1840, W.Preston £890, A. Barclay £775, W. G. andG. L. Steatl £770, Trustees late Mrs.Coombe £705. G. F. Moore-£7OO, G. D.Greenwood £655, and J. S. Thajie £650.

At the saie of blood stock neiu at Tat-tersall's on Monday, a large number ofhorses were offered, but only a small por-tion reached the reserves placed on them.The principal sales effected wore: Paragon,by Pilgrim's Progress—Nelly lily, to It. J.Taylor, at 140gs; Fretty Nell, by Cast-aehorc—Nellie, to It. J. Taylor, at 75gs;Nellie Bly, by Cutotesow—Nellie, to Mx.Tairburn, at 30gs; Grand Slam, Tiy The■Possible—Scotia, to Mr. Oh. Gorton, at245g5; Court Beauty, by Royal Artillery—Tres Belle, to Mr. J. B. Reid, at 50ga;English Rose, by Merrie England—YellowRose, to G. Watson, at 20gs: and Liberator,by Freedom —Melba, to F. Holmes, flt 50gs.

Miss Gal, which changed ownership dur-ing the North Otago Meeting. •won a racefor her new owner at the Taieri Meeting.

4<i. Rnthven has purchased Red Horn andwill prepare her for future events.

T. Mclia.y, owner of St. Denis, broughtan action against the Ounedln Corporationfor compensation for the accidental deathof the gelding through a train accident.The amount sued for was £250. but theverdict obtained was for £05 and costs.

A. Ellis has taken up Stepenfeldt ■ againat. Wingatul, and the old gelding Is .appar-cutly sound after nla lengthj spell..

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Author of ""la Name Only," "Lefferffe DSemne," Tie iuttw »( BJMMndi,*"A Periteoe Trjet," etc

CHAPTER XXXV".THE JU.V WUO LOVED HER. s

For a moment Burgoyne stood as if £r.ir;i!v-ic] by thp open door of the dress-

suddenlysobered, all his senses jHim. riiiiriy alert, in view of this horror ,i ~ii had stokn upon them unawares.

i-r-ni ihe stage Ix'loiv yellowish trails jof smoke- were issuing OTCr the railing"I-: trie l.mding ;ind up the winding iron ,stairra-tf at ih.- end of the narrow pas-MKrrw.iy. A heap of inlianimable material ,on ih" prompt sirfr of the stage had ]caiurV.E lire—possibly caused by the spark

_from .-•■mo forbidden cignretio a=. thea\ >rki<v_- staff left the thcsur<>: the. blaze ,had crept alornr to the carpenter's room, iMirr.-uiing with incredible s\vittnes<. .Drawn up by the draught, the llameswere curling up the staircase f.s Bur- .govne rushed to the hi-ad of it; below ,was a riot of glare and sound—a deepen-ing, sullen roar. As he put his hand onthe staircase it felt abnost scorching tohis touch.

The smoke dirove him back, his faceHandled, and with a cold perspiration on]ii? brow. A man would be asphyxiatedbefore he was halfway down that, stair-case. A desperate, agonised cry brokefrom him. That staircase was the onlyway out of that death-trap. He rushedback along tht> passage. At the dressing-room door Celia was standing, a lookof stony horror on her face.

"What sha-U we do?" she cried, wildly."Oh. what shall we do?"'

He leaned over the railing looking des-perately down on to the stage, swept bythr waves of heat and smoke that wererolling into the auditorium; but the dropwas too gTeat. He dared not face it,with the imminent risk of a broken limbthat would leave him helpless in themidst of a ring of fire.

'•We're caught like rats in a trap!"Burgoyne screamed.

He rushed! past her into the room, and,seizing a chair, dashed it against the win-dow; one of the legs snapped off, and hecould hear it fall with a faint crashamong the shivered glass below. Moescape that way! The window overlook-ed a dark, deep, well-like courtyard. Heturned away with a shuddering groan.

He felt the moaning terrified girlclutching wildly at his arm.

"What can we do? There must besome way' Think—there must be some-thing we can do!" she cried.

In her terror she clung to him des-perately. Roughly he flung her oil.

'"There's only one way; we shall have'to make a dash for it by the stairs—there'sno other modeof escape! There'smore smoke than flame there yet. Fast-en a wet towel around your face, oryou'll be suffocated—and on't lose a mo-ment!" he cried.

No thought seemed to cross the man'smind about helping the distraught girlexcept by example: Burgoyne was halfbeside himself with fear. He had snatch-en up a small hand-towel, which he wassaturating with water. Celia stoodwatching Mm, dazed and half-fainting inthe stupefaction of horror that hadiallen on her and making no attempt todo anything at all.

"Are you jnad? Hurry — do as I amdoing, or you'll not escape!" the actorcried roughly, as his trembling fingersbegan to bind' the wet cloth over hisfa<p. Hurry! girl—for your life!"

The harsh command had its effect. Itseemed to rouse the girl from her numb-ing apathy; in feverish haste she soakeda towel and desperately began to fastenit across mouth and nostrils.

"Come!" cried Burgoyne.He made a mad dash for the door."You won't leave mc?" cried the girl

pitifully. ""Pray don't leave mc."But in his frenzy of terror, the man,

Minded to everything but the one in-stinct of self-preservation, struck off• brutally her t-linging hands that wouldhave impeded him, and rushed doyra thepassage. Celia'swayed and fell, relaps-ing into merciful unconsciousness. . IfBtrrgoyne heard the sound of the girl'sfall, he never paused nor' once lookedback, but raced desperately to the onefaat-t'losing gate of lifu left.. _3Jhe smoke wasr denser .now, aj»d the'" flames" were curling jip.the iron etair-iway: and for an instant his heart fail-ed him and he shrank'back before thatinferno through which -he' ninst pass;then in desperation he took his cow-ard's courage in his hands, and made aquick dash for it. Through the soles ofhis.jjoots he could feel the terrific heat;his/ clothes were -scorched and chaired,-hi/'iace and 'hands raw, as like a mad-man he 'plunged, "half-falling, down thestairway through the smoke, and flame—into.the ariris-af-two men rushing inthrough the swing-doors--from-the pass-age leading to the stage-entrance andthe street, who caught the "blinded,half-■sw-ooning man.

these -were Jim Cairuthers. and-theman whose duty it was to fasten up thetheatre for the night. -The latter, knowing that Burgoynevhad not yet left, had a lifctle time 'beforegone round the end of the road, fora. quiet drink after hours at the backdoor jof a public-house where .he wasa, frequent customer; Jim CarruthersTiad bpen waiting in the ailey where the-stage-door was situated, walking up anddown the pavement wondering whyCWia was so long. He had seen mostof the company leave the' theatre sometime ago, but he knew that Celia was-en tn the end of the piece, and that sheand Burgoyne were in consequence al-ways the last to leave.

Coming back from hi? "drink," theman had re-entered the theatre, to bestartled by the sight of the rapidlyspreading flame-s. He raced out into thedark alley, screaming out the news likeone suddenly bereft of reason: "Fire!_Tire:"

"*"~**St once Jim had rushed up to therunning man, a- sudden icy

horror gripping him as he heard theominous words.

"Miss l-'ajrlie hasn't left vet. ha? sho?Con; '" yo'ir fpd.«os. rua.n.'"' Jim cried,

tli'- sobbius nisrhf-watchinan top<.U-r him mil of the hysteria of panic.JTi iipaired the mnn bnck to the t'ueatrr.'"■••' I'j'jrsclf in hand! We're lvantcdhr■: ■'

A l>ystander mranwbile, who hadh'-'r-i i.'ie n-.vs. 4.t,rt> off to irive ther.;..r::i ar th<" iirp-alarin box: the twoir< n ru-li-d into ihr«atre in time tov. ":;•■;- escape.

! i>r an ia=unt the actor tooAisaCi U' =t>"ak. He. tnuld not =landiIv- iol'Bfd ;i nd Trhirnpered like a child." -Wfcrr-'s Mi?s Fairlie? Ha.s she left?1, -..- ':::••■;" demanded Jim uoarsely.I.i h:F cjff>jrf-ra.LP anxiety he seized Bur-go;.ue'= '-.liar and shook him. "Can'tyou s]>eak. cian?"» "i—l tton't know. I haven't seenher. I don't kaow." faltered Burgoyne,Cnaing-Ks-Aoice- at last. '-"How should'X knotrT*

Almost as the words were beingspoken Jim Carruthers heard a woman'smoaning cry rising faintly above thesullenroar of the flames.

"My God! Celia's up there!" brokefrom Jim in horror. His worst fearswere realised.

He made a sudden dart toward theiron stairs.

The attempt would have been sheermadnps-; the smoke would have as-phyxiated him long before he reachedthe top. ami the theatre man, divininghis intention, threw his arms aboutJim and held him back.

''Ijet rae go, you fool—let mc go!*'shouted Jim fiercely, struggling tothrow off the other's grasp. "There'sa womaji up there!"

"Flinging away your own life won'tsave hers!" cried the other man in ex-cited tones. '"If you want to save herthere's another way—if you've got thenerve! But you'll never reach her bythe stairs!"

"What way? Quick, man!"' criedJim breathlessly.

"The ladder up to the flics—with a>pring you can reach the rail of thedressing-room landing from it. Onlyyou couldn't get back that way with awoman," cried the theatre-hand. "But |there's a way to the roof. At the ve*sy ,far end of the passage, round the bend •—the last door, a door with glass pan-els; from that room there's a ladder tothe painting-room above."

•'But where's the ladder?"The man pointed across the stage—small wonder, perhaps, that he shrank

from going with Jim; the stage wasfilled with the deadly smoke, the redglare of the mounting flames played onthe bare walls. He snatched the towel jthat Burgoyne had used to shield hisface.

"Here, wear this!"Without loss of a moment the man

bound it round Jim's mouth, and nos-trils. Then, following the direction in-dicated, Jim Carruthers rushed acrossthe stage. There was an iron ladderclamped to the wall running up intothe flies. In a torture of suspense Jimclimbed it. the thought of Celia impris-oned up there by the ever-nearing sea•of flame acting as a goad to his desper-ate enterprise. He would save her, or"die with her!

The ladder led past the level of thedressing-room landing; the railing wa3several feet away. To reach it he hadto turn iris back to the ladder andspring—with the risk of a broken neckon the stage below if he failed to catchand grip the rail. But Jim did notfail; his hands grasped the top bar,then he drew himself up to the landing.

"Celia! Celia!" he cried.Near the door of the dressing-room

he saw with a rush of relief the slenderfigure lying. She was moaning faintly,but her eyes were closed, and she didnot open them at his cry; she wasscarcely eonsciou- Fortunately, shewas lying a yard or two on the fartherside of the open door of her dressing-room, through which the smoke wasbeing drawn into an •increasingly densecurrent by the draft of the smashedwindow. The wet towel was still acrossher face—had perhaps saved her frombeing suffocated where she lay.

He lifted her in his arms. I"Celia! It is I, Jim!" he cried

brokenly. "Thank God, I have foundyou; thank God!"

She opened her eyes and clung tohim, sobbing hysterically.

"Oh, Jim. Jim!" Then she broke outwildly; •'You'll save mc. won't you,Jim? I thought that my last hope"hadgone after he left mc here—when herefused to help mc!" she cried pitifully.

"After he left mc here!" The wordswere like a spark to powder in JimCarruther's brain. "When he refusedto help mc!" It was of Burgoyne thatthose pitiful words were an indirectaccusation, branding him as somethingless than a man—a coward who had losthis last spark of manhood in the faceof danger, and had thought only ofsaving himself—had left thi3 helplessgirl here to die! And this man, whohad bought safety at such a price, hadKed to him—had lied, and lie, Jim, hadnot known, so that he might have takenthe coward by the throat and chokedthe life out of him! A passionate furysuddenly scorched Jim Carruther's brainlike flame.

But there was no time for thesethoughts now; not a moment to lose.Quickly Jim carried the slight form ofhis love, with the wide, terror-hanntedeyes, in his arms along the passage; sheseemed but. a feather-weight to him inthis moment of danger. He found thedoor that the man had spoken of. Itwas locked, but he flung all his weightagainst it; the flimsy lock smashed andone of the glass panels shivered, andthe door flew back. It was a placewhere paieting materials were kept, andfrom it a ladder led up to the big paint-ing room that ran over the dressing-rooms, and there a window opened onIto a sloping, roof.

He flung open the window, and outfrom the deadly, misty heat uprisingfrom the hissing witches' cauldronseething below them in the heart of thetheatre Jim Carruthers lifted his preci-ous burden into the cool, pure night air.with the stars gleaming overhead in thedark sky. Safe!—Thank God she wassafe, his beloved! The relief that sweptover him was almost overwhelming.

Then with a sobbing, hysterical cryCelia suddenly flung her arms aroundhis neck and kissed him.

"Oh, Jim, Jim!**Tlis arms tightened round the girlishfigure with a thrill of infinite protect-ing tenderness.

CHAPTER XXXVI.EXIT BURGOYNE.

The cool night wind beat in theirfaces, exhilarating like champagne afterthe stifling heat and snioke from whichthey had fought their desperate wayout. Jim Cjrrulhers stood there on thelevel of the lower root upon whi<s> thewindow of the painting-room looked,holding the terrified, half-swooning girlclapped tight in his arms, soothing herfears for her with tender reassuringwords, as one soothes a frightened c.hild.-

The appparauoe of the two figuresdarkly silhouetted against the dimstarlit sky had been greeted by hoarsemurmur- and cheers from below. Ce-lia's shrinking eyes looked down overthe sheer edge a few feet away; belowthem the narrow alley by the stage-door was already filling as it by masicwith an excited crowd; the light, fromthe street-lamps fell on a rapidly spread-ing sea, of upturned faces. Then, shud-deringly, the girl turned her eyes awayfrom the dizzy height, and hid themagainst Jim's coat., with a littlejsoh.

"It's all right, little woman!" whis-pered Jim Carruthers, his arm tighten-ing about the girl's figure. "There'snothing to worry about now—nothingin the world, dear. listen! There'sthe fire-engine at last—can't you hearit? Listen!"

There had reached his ears a distantclatter and thunder of hoofs, and thehoarse shouts of the firemen, comingnearer. Then a sudden scattering of thecrowd, as the engine dashed up. Konetoo soon—for with every minute the po-sition of the man and the girl was be-coming more perilous; and, though Jimhad not let Celia have a hint of his ownfears, there had been the shadow otdeepening anxiety in his eyes.

None too soon! Below them theheart of the building was a furnace.Behind the cobwebbed windows theflames could be seen by the crowd inthe street leaping up insatiably, snap-ping red, ravenous jaws on everythingin their path. Xow and again, minglingwith the riot and roar of the fire, wouldbe heard a tinkling crash, as the panesof the windows, one after another,cracked and fell in a cascade of shiveredglass, under the scorching heat, and ared fury of outleaping flame wouldbreak through triumphantly, paintingits glare on the opposite walls and red-dening the eager, watching faces in thestreet.

They could feel the heat under theirfeet; already the smoke was pouringout of the window by which they hadmade their way, as mough the fire wasracing after its escaping prey, intenton trapping them yet. It was with in-tense relief that Jim Carruthers heardthe coming of the firemen, and saw aladder being reared up against the walls,where every window was like the mouthof a furnace.

Then a fireman's ' helmet appearedover the edge of the roof.

"Xow. little jrirl. one last effort ofcourage!" cried Jim. "and you'll be safeand sound in the street. Come!"

Down below a sudden silence seemedto hold the crowd in a waiting hush ofsuspense. Then, an excited storm ofcheers broke out resistlessly, and wo-men sobbed hysterically as the white-faced girl, foilowcd by Jim, reached theground in safety.

A way wa3 made for them throughthe crowd, and a cab was found, intowhich Jim Carruthers lifted the over-wrought, half-unconscious girl. As Jimwas on the point of following, a voicebroke on his ears—a rather staccato,nervous voice:

"Splendidly done, Mr. Carruthers!If I had not lost my head, and imagin-ed that Miss Ferrol had escaped, 1should have "

Jim turned abruptly. It was Bur-goyne, this coward who would have lefta helpless girl to perish while he thoughtonly of his own safety—Burgoyne, des-perately trying to cover up his unforgiv-able cowardice.

T3ow dare you show your race? Howdare you speak to mc?" broke out Jimpassionately, his hand instinctively half-raised to strike; and Burgoyne, with agray face, stepped quickly back. ButJim"= hand fell to his side. Such a cra-ven was not worth the blow. "I don'twant to advertise your unspeakablecowardice, or your lie to mc after yourown escape, that made it still moreshameless. You had better clear out atonce—l won't answer for myself if I seteyes on you again." ,

Jim turned on his heel and got intothe cab. It rattled away toward Celia'slodgings. There in the darkness of thecab he put his arms tight around thegirl, who was still trembling and sob-bing in the reaction of feeling followingthe supreme peril they had passedthrough. She nestled close to him, asthough even yet she could not whollyrealise that the danger was over, andthat she no longer had need of his pro-tecting care.

When the lodgings were reached andthey got on to the javement. they couldsee the cruel glow painting the sky likean angry sunset; the flames had brokenthrough the roof of the theatre.

"Oh. Jim, dear, if yjou hadn't come forme—if you handn't come!" Celia whis-'pered with a sobbing intake of breath,with her shrinking eyes riveted on thedeepening red glare.

But that was something that Jimcond not bear to think of.

He called to ask after Celia early onthe following morning, but it was nottill nearly noon that he was able to seeher. She looked white and ill, as shesmiled a greeting when he was showninto the room.

"I felt a irresistible impulsethis morn-ing to call and see Burgovne, to givehim a piece of my mind." Jim told herprescnth"; "a very unpleasant piece \tvwould hare born, too!" with a grimlaugh. "I found, however, he had left-by the first train—the wisest thing hecould do, too. under the circumstances!It has been whispered about, it seems,something of the part he played; thestage-hand who, with mc, saw him bolt:ing down the staircase, has been talking.Unfortunately.this fire is about the bestthing that could have happened to Bur-goyne, since the tour was an absolutefrost—for all hie scenery and propertieswere insured. Thus do the. wicked flour-ish as the green bay-tree!"

"That's the worst of it," said Celiasadly. "And all the poor people in thecompany who have lost their wardrobeand are thrown outof an engagement—"

"Characteristically, of course, Bur-goyne' left them all in tho lurch.*' Jimremarked dryly. "But I shouldn't botherabout tern. <"'is. Since pou're alive andwell, there's nothing else to troubleabout them, Cis. .Since you're alive andlittle head of yours ""But I do worry,"" she broke in indig-nantly. "Of conrse T worry! As MissLiewisham said, it isn't my bread andbutter; but it is to all the rest, and [don't know what on earth the poor soulswill do now. It's all very well to saydon't bother "

Jim laughed. Celia looked hard athim. puzzled; then:

"Oh. Jim, you don't mean—T believeyou've "she began, excitedly in-coherent.

He nodded gaily."Didn't I tell you that you needn't

vjocry. Vp?. iT've mannged toI nrranse —or. ra*her. thejiiiaror and T hare, for Vvc roped himin: and we're doing something to setflip oompmy on their legs a bit. I'velin-d a busy morning. I can tell .yon!tnU-rvfewv'd overy member of tiecompany—jolly good sort the whole lot

!of 'e:n are. ton. Tho Inw comedian nndjI are grrat pals, as I told yon. And Jlike Miss I.owishnm: I must say that,even at the risk of making you jealous,Cis.,"' he laughed.

Celia polmire-rl faintly."Wβ needn't go in for any details.

but—well, anyhow, the mayor and Iharo fixed up thinge for 'p.m. Why,what is the matter, little 'un?" Jim

jcried in consternation.For Celia had suddenly broken into

a flood of tears."Oh, Jim. how good you are!" The

tears trembled in her voice as in hereyes. She bent forward on a swiftimpulse and kissed him.

Then almost before she knew it,. shewas in his arms, held tight.

"Sweetheart," he cried, "what I havebeen hoping for so long—is it comingtrue, dear? Ah, but your eyes tell mc!"

She nodded happily, but for a momentshe could not speak. But her eyes toldhim; there, was a look in their sweet,brown depths, 3oft 'as velvet, he hadnever.seen.there before. Her eyes toldhim!

Presently she whispered:"Jim, dear—y»u'll be glad, I know—

I think I'm cured of what you usedto call my footligh-t craze. I heard some—some wholesome truths last nightthat shattered the glamour for mc."She was thinking of what Burgoyuehad said in his chagrin, after herrefusal of him.

"1 am jolly glad, of course, dear.Then you are content to forget allthose thoughts of a 'career'—contentjust to settle down to humdrum marriedlife, sweetheart, with a man who doesn'twant to share you with the stage, butwants you all to himself?"

She gave a little happy laught. Hewas holding her tight in his arms, closeto bis heart.

How beautiful a place this tired oldworld had become for both of them!How suddenly radiant with the dreamsthat love and youth weave, as his eyesmet hers—hers, that were touched withthe sweetness and mystery of thosedreams!

"Content? Oh. so much more thanjust content!" she whispered. I thinkI—[ have always eared for you—forI do care, Jim, far, far more than Ican ever tell you—but I didn't knowhow much until last night!"

She nestled in his arms, held closeto his heart!

(To be continued next Saturday.)

THE AUCKLAND STAR. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1908.10

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A QUEEN OF THE STAGE.By Fred M. AVKite.

CHAPTER XXII.A LAPSE OF MEMORY.

Samuel Weiss sat in the semi-darknessEiaring at his tormentor. To do himfustice he did not lack courage and wasrtady to try conclusion? with Ford, buthe could not tell how such a struggle•would end, and as a fact he had donethis man a grievous wrong. This latterconsideration did not count for much•Kith Weiss, yet it was not, without itsmoral effect." Weiss knew, too, thatPorci had been hunting for him overtwocontinents, and would slay him with-ont compunction but for the fear of de-

tection. Even this risk would not haveatterred Ford if he had been quite sureot a certain thing. Until this matterwas settled Weiss felt secure. But it

maddening to be detained here atthe mercy of Ford, when there were sovan? pressing reason? why he shouldfee at home.

"How much longer if this going on?"h< demanded, rising- to his feet.

••Were you speaking to mc?" Ford re-p'ieri. "Don't adopt that tone with mc,for f won't stand it. You will remainhere as long as I choose. I have severalquestions to ask. In the first place,wliere is my wife?"'

Weiss stood sullen and silent. Fordrepeated the question with an emphasisTriiich left him no alternative.

■'I don't know," he said.'■That's a lie," Ford said, without the

slightest feeling. "What is the use ofyour telling mc such a story? Peoplecall you clever and I suppose you mustIk. but even clever men make mistakes.Sow, Weiss, X will make a bargain wichyou. You are rich and prosperous andappear to have turned over a new leaf.Jlind. I only say "appear., I dare sayyou've made a good thing out of dia-monds aod have come to England tosettle down and, as the papers put it,take your proper place in Society. Be-iore long you'll have a fine mansion inDie country, be nmde a J.P. and get aseat in the' House. Fancy you a magis-trate., It makes mc laugh even to thinkof it. But you won't be the only rascalen the bench, lecturing poor wretches ontbtir shortcomings. 1 heard somethingof the sort from another quarter andhave come here to spoil jour little game,jly idea was to expose you first andshoot you afterwards. But I don't seewhat I shall gain by that, so am readyta strike a bargain with you. Tell mcwhore I can find my wife and child andI will not trouble you again."

Weiss shook his head doggedly.*'i don't know," he said. "I wish

to goodness I did, so that I could be ridof tou. I have not seen your wife forthree years. She was to nave come to aplace near Kimberley to get her share ofihe money that belonged to us, but she

•ntver turned up, and from that day tothii we have not met.,,

"You didn't look for her?"' Ford asked.Weiss was goaded into sudden fury. He

r>ated tobe cross-examined like this, andit, cut his self-esteem to find himself acere puppet in Ford's hands. Had heteen less furiifcj he might have beenjuoreguarded in his reply.

"So. I didn't," he said, "why should Ivorry! Tour wjfe was quite capable ofInking care of herself, and I had otherthings to think about."

"You are not speaking the truth,"'Ford retorted. "I am certain my wifecame to you and that you refused togive her anything. That was about thetime when it was reported I had beenkilled by natives in a row near Kim-berley. and you thought you'd heardthe last of mc. You had all the dia-monds in your possession, the whole ofa colossal fortune, and it struck you asan excellent idea to keep everythingtoyourself. If youcould onlyget awayTny wife could starve or die for allyou cared—a solitary item in the vastAfrican continent—and there would be>n end to her. lam not talking at arenture. J have been a heedless, creed-less,godlessblackguard, but I was foundpf my wife and she might have madea decent man of mc if she had only hadthe opportunity. She trusted herselfto mc; she khew -what I was, and mar-jieg mc. I ought not to have left heralone, but I saw my way to .making afortune in double-quick time, and thatis how the trouble came about."

!'Bow much longer are you going toteV Weiss asked, -with an affectationof heing bored.

'"I am in no hurry. Xobody knowsyou are in this den. Haven't I warnedyou that 1 could put you out of theway and walk out of the house unsus; iI«cted, and to-morrow all London would.be asking why Weiss had blown (hisWins out in a low publiehouse. I have .hardly a friend in England, and no one'bows lam here. But you needn'toe afraid. J have a better plan than'that. We will wait till the rfist isdear, and then I will go home with yousad talk matters over."

Thissuggestion found favour in Weiss'*yes; for he almost ventured to smile.

"Very well." he exclaimed, "it shallbe so. Then you will find that you'pave been quite mistaken. Ford, that Iam not the man you take mc for.""Ford did not care to dispute the point.He moved cautiously to the door, and'Mc Weiss remain till he came back.

Don't move,', he said fhreatpningly,don't play any of your tricks on mo.Md remember that the police may stillM watching the house. You ' don't*ant to fall into their hands."

With these significant words. FordWt the room. He was gone so lonjrWat Weiss became uneasy. H? couldneard a clock strike the'hour of one.and the whole world seemed to haveFovm suddenly still and silent. Butthe minutes crept on and on, until half

411 hour had passed, and there was yetIK> sitm of Ford. In the intense still-ness Weiss could hear the creakinctftiie floor boards: a mouse scratchingMaind the wainscot sounded loud tindtehnct. By and by he thonffht he no-WM someone breathing rrgularlv andraadllv. and had a queer creepy feelinsrWat he was not a]onp lh

,?toor] jn;Pa«nt and restless, until lie'could on-aare the solitude no lon-rer. and -rropedPjfav towards the door..g1? Sl>ht was not good, and ho feltln his pocket for his slnssp* but they

not there. Prnbal.ly ho hnd lrmtuiern m the confusion and would have° do as best he could without them.tfc

C.?UW dinil>' dis(,(,rn tho outline of™ door, and found himself presently■ a passage which, however, seemed«L «.to nowllere- H<> ™"W not Ais-w\. , stairs; an(! trie,l t0 recollect* ?W he had reached the spot where heaL Ddhlg- HU was; s** annoying, especially as he could

'Ww -^ar- vWav Without seeminX *°1 fiVl h ™th Ford- for he <?ould eas-«y fiave said that he imagined Ford hadI mai into the hands of the police.

Published by Special Arrangement.

Weiss gave a grunt of satisfactionas he found at length what he was look-ing for. A rickety flight of stairsturned abruptly to the right, and downthese Weiss picked his way cautiously,but he had hardly reached the secondstep before the whole crumpled underhis feet, and he fell heavily head first tothe floor below. He experienced a dullfeeling of pain, then a grinding, horriblejarring, from head to foot, and finallypassed into a state of unconsciousness.

How long he lay there he never knew.When he opened his eyes again it wasstill dark, though faint streaks of thecoming dawn were visible. He layin a small courtyard surrounded bydilapidated buildings. The place wassilent; the police had done their workthoroughly, and nobody was left in thehouse. Standing faint, dizzy, and con-fused, Weiss attempted to realise wherehe was. So far as he could tell, heshowed no outward mark of injury, nosign of blood, not even a bruise. Hecould even walk. and. to his surpriseand relief, felt little the worse for hisadventure. But what appalled him wasthat an extraordinary cloud had comeover his brain. He had no recollectionof or the day before, and themore 1..-, tried to recall the past, themore impenetrable did that veil become.Then suddenly he seemed dimly to un-derstand his peril, a profuse perspirationbroke out upon his face., and he tremb-led from head to foot. He knew hehad sustained a sever.? concussion, whichho feared had reduced his mind to a per-fect blank. What if he had lost hismemory? He fumbled for a pocket-book or card case, but could find nei-ther. He had removed them the nightbefore.

"I wonder who T am,"' "he muttered;"am I an honest man or a rogue? Andho-w did I get here?"

CHAPTER XXIIT,IN HIDING.

These questions Weiss repeated overand over again in the most helplessfashion. He sat down with his head be-tween his hands, trying to pzuzle it allout until his brain reeled, and he beganto have doubts as to his own sanity.It was jettingdaylight, and before longsomebody would turn up and ask himwhat he was doing there. The bestthing, lie concluded, was to go to thenearest police station and explain to theinspector what had happened. In an oddbori. of way Wetea was still debatingabout his identity and what sort of lifehe had led previously. He had a strangefeeling that he had a good deal to con-ceal, and would have to be very carefulwhat he said to the police. He had notthe least idea what his financial standingwu.s. but it was some consolation to knowthiit he was well-dressed and that hisiiren was of the finest and most ex-pensive quality. He ,had, too, a costlygold watch, but this conjured up a fleet-ingpicture of a dastardly crime in whichhe had played the part of the chiefactor. All this passed in a flash, but itrendered him uncomfort-alle.

Then by natural gradation he took towondering if he belonged to the criminalMasses. Had he been engaged in somenocturnal errand and met with an acci-dent? What would happen if he werearrested at the police station as anotorious criminal who was wanted bytho authorities.

"This is dreadful," Weiss groaned, "ifI could only get ;\ glimpse into the past!If 1 only knew my name! I must be avillain of the deepest dye. or my mindwould not be preoccupied with crime."

By and by he proceededdown a passageinto" the street. Weiss saw that he wasin a squalid neighbourhood, entirely un-familiar to him.. There -was nothing hereto give him a clue to his lost identity.He wandered on, restless and mserable,on the off-chance of finding somebody towhom he might explain his trouble. Butthe. few people about at that early hourdid not inspire confidence. It was tooi-nrly for the labourer and artisan to beon their way to work, and the casualwayfarers who drifted by were night-hawks of the worst possible type. Asl.c loitered, faint and confused, he wasunconscious that he was being closelyob-erved by two suspicious characterson the other side of the road. Possiblyhie watch-chain had attracted their at-tention, for they came across the streetand stood one on either side of him.

'•Anything wrong, guvnor?"Weiss made some vague reply, while

,)ne of the strangers relieved him of hiswatch and chain. They winked at oneanother exulting!y, for a man who hadpassed the night not. wisely but too wellwas an easy victim. But a policemanhove in sight and the two thievespromptly took to their heels. Thenthere was the sound of a whistle closeat hand, followed by another in the dii-tr.nce, and Weiss speedily found himselfih a police station making a feeble efforttr> account- for himself. The inspectorin charge gave up the case with a shrugof his shoulders.

"It's no use, Jones," he said to asubordinate, '"not for the present anyhowlie's been drinking, that's what's thematter with him. And if he hasn't beend: Inking, he's been lured into some night-hou-se and drugged."

The other constable nodded his heada≤ he looked at Weiss's white face andlacklustre eyes.

'"That's more like it," he. said approv-ingly. "It doesn't look like a case ofordinary drunk to mc. The best thingis to leave the gentleman to himself un-til he conies round. There's nothingon him to give us a clue to his name.His pocket's been picked of his -watchand chain, but wp'll probably have theseback before the day's out. We knowwhere the culprits are, and it can't belonpr before they're nabbed."

Weiss listened in a dlill.mechanical «nrtot way until it gradually dawned on himthat he was the subject of the conversa-tion. He made n valiant attempt to ex-plain who he wa>. but the endeavour washopvless. He did not like his surround-ings either, and he was anxious to getaway. His money was still intact, apiei-e of good fortune that consoled him.Perhaps his memory might return duringthe day. and in the meantime he wouldtake a'room at some small hotel and lielon' there until he was in a positi-on to re-turn home. With this idea uppermost inhis mind, he approached the inspector'sdesk.

'"I am sorry to <rive you all this trou-ble," he said, "but the fact is I have beenvery unfortunate. I found myself in .arow last night, and -when it was over Ihelped to take a man into a house closeby. I was foolish enough to drink somewhisky they offered mc, and almost in-stantly I knew it was drugged. I havebeen wandering about ever sinceandit isonlyduring thelast two or three minutes

that my mind is becoming clearer. 1think I am ail right now."

"What did I say?" observed the po-lice constable.

"Never \nirA that," the inspector re-plied. "I suppose, sir, you couldn't tellmc -whet* Viis happened. So! I wasafraid you would say that. You are astranger in these parts."

"Oh! quite," Weiss agreed. "I camedown to look up an old servant and' failedto find him. I took a wrong tamingto cross the river again, or I should havebeen back home hours ago."

"You have lost your watchand chain,"the in-spector suggested.

Weiss clapped his hand to his waist-coat with a cry of dismay.

"So I have," he muttered. "I supposeI have seen the last of that, and it "wasa valuable watch too."

The inspector explained that the rob-bery had been witnessed and the policehoped to recover the articles before long.Perhaps the gentleman would give themhis name and address so that they mightcommunicate with him later. This wasthe last thing Weiss desired. Even hadhe felt certain of his identity it mustnot be disclosed until he had carefullyconsidered whether it were discreet ornot to appear in a police court. He madea show of searching his pockets for acard.

"I shall be very glad to have my■watch," he said, "l>ut in the meantimeI must be going. My wife and familyTrill ihe wondering -what's become of mc.Perhaps you had better take my nameand address: Mr. Reuben Farr, of 116,Brampton Gardens, Blackheath. I shallbe pleased to hear from you, if you getany news about my watch."

With a fairly brisk step Weiss bustledout of the office, but he did not breathefreely -until he had put several streets;Detween Himself and the police station.He walked on for a long distance, stillkeeping to the river, until he reached adistrict which, though strange to him,was respectable. It was now nineo'clock. The shops were open, and the'bustle of London life was in full swing.He came presently to a public-house,where he found he could have a room.The deposit of a sovereign allayed allsuspicion on t-he score of the new cus-tomer's want of luggage. After makinga few purchases, he partook of a heartybreakfast, and then, cm the pica that hehad been travelling all night, retired tohie roam with instructions that he wasnot to be called till dinner-time.

Weiss slept soundly all day, and wokeup in the evening greatly refreshed, andfeeling himself again, except that thecloud had not lifted from his mind. Itwas still in the same blank condition,and, ponder as he might, he could notrecollect anything that happened beforehis accident. At first he. thought ofconsulting a doctor, but discarded theidea ultimately, Tesolving to lot it standfor a day or two. He dined as heartilyas he had breakfasted, and in the even-ing went to a theatre, wnere he saw aplay which in some way was familiarto him, though he had no recollectionof ever witnessing it before.

But four days passed, and Weiss stillfound himself in the same hopeless posi-tion. He was getting short of money,too. He passed bills on the walls offer-ing a reward for his own discovery, buttlioy conveyed nothing to him. On theevening of the fourth day. ae he wasentering the inn. a constable in plainclothes accosted him.

'Tou are Mr. Samuel Weiss," he saidquicEly.

nodded in thn most naturalvrav.

"Quite right," h? said, "I had noidea of it myself till you mentioned it.How did you come to find mc out?"

(To be continued daily.)

FASHION NOTES.NECK ORMAME2STS.

Among the. most striking noveltiesof the season are the neck ornaments,and though many of them are daintyan.l becoming, they are dangerous pit-falls for the unwary. The long, slender-necked woman can wear a high stockand toby-frill with the pleasant feelingthat it suits her; but not so with theshort-necked woman. The ruches sonvjch in vogue, both big and little, offerthe same difficulty, and the variousknots in lace, ribbon, lawn, and so on,which look so well when fixed by deftfingers, are apt to look untidy if puton haphazard and without knowledge.

COLOURED SHOES FOR THE RACES.Coloured shoes are among Ihe newest

novelties approved by the Society wo-man for race wear. Exquisite, designsin white, cream, palest grey, and dlelicatepastel colourings are now being prepared,together with hats, parasols, stockingsand wristbags to match the gown withwhich they will be worn. For this effectmodistes and bootmakers have estab-lished an alliance, and the bootmaker issupplied with a pattern of the trimmingon the hat so that lie may have a lengthof suede dyed to the required shade.

Attempts to introduce coloured foot-wear for town wear have met with butindifferent success.

At the races, however, the objectionsthat apply to the wearing of colouredshoes in town will be absent, and thefashion will, no doubt, have many pat-rons at the seaside resorts.

HATS OF MCE STRAW,Encircled with a hedge of lilies of thevalley and fresh green leaves, held inplace with a wreath of La France roses.

Most effective under the auspices of asunny day on the So-lent is white linentrimmed with pipings of green. Thesematerials were used to develop the dresssketched above, aided by a number ofvery 'beautiful green-enamelled buttons.

I remember no year so favourable to thebuttons in various formsas this, and con-fidently predict a remarkably large de-gree of patronage for buttons of everytype during the coming season.

A CHARMINGLY PRETTY GOWN.Made of white linen, piped with green,a" 4 ornamented with green-enamelled

buttons.Details concerning the white mnd sea- |

green linen frocks already briefly men-:tioned are as follows: The dress is mado,with a skirt folded over slightly to one 'side of the centre front, an excellent jopportunity for the display of buttons,Iand ha-s a little short jacket with a strip-'ed green and white vest, the whole(amply decorated with buttons that fasten|down folds of green linen. The knottedscarf is a black crepe de chine one, andthe vest is of tucked net.

BRUSSELS NET POPULAR.

Plain Brussels nets in white and cream !never were more popular, and it one!chance to have Pn hand several siik slips,they are about the most inexpensive of .the more elaborate summer frocks. Al-most anjr sort onf fancy lace is prettywith a pale-tinted net, but none morebo than the embroidered and fancy netedgings and insertions. A girlish one-piece frock of this description has a skirtwhich just escapes the ground all round ;and is attached to a hip yoke of finger- jwide embroidered net edging, fitted by jmeans of tiny tucks. Short gores of the jplain net are side-plaited into this yokeand bordered at the lower edge withsimilar lace, beneath which is set aSpanish flounce of two rows of wide,doubly-tucked net and lace bands entre ideux, finished with a broad hem. Theblouse, attachedlto the skirt by meansof two rows of embroidered net insertion,has a baby waist of net trellised withlace bands and a square yoke of babyIrish and embroidered net. Tbe puffedsleeves of the trcllised net terminate atthe elbows with three frillings of narrow jlace edging. \

In the long run embroidered nets aremore economical than the plain materials,as they require Jess trimming. Some ofthem are made with short lace yokessupporting gored net skirts, which areseparatedl from their deep flounces bynarrow lace bands like those formingthe attached lace girdle, the pointed,square or bib yoke, and trim the puifed,short sleeves.

A NOVELTY IN NEOKWEAR.

At last a neck-ruffle to suit everyone—a ruffle, moreover, which will give nfascinating finish .to the indoor gownand blouse as well as to the outdoortoilette. You can see at once just howand why, it is so becoming, the neckbeing first closely encircled by thatshapely band of wide black velvet ribbonbefore the two high and doubly-plcatccifrilling? of white tulle, arc permitted tounfold their soft fulness near the faor.the result being all that is most chicand charming. It is also obtainable inall Iblack or all white; while for an extrashilling or two it can be copied im satinribbon and tulle of any desired colourinf;to match different gowns. And as to thehat of the picture, that is another at-traction ; its black Tagel straw bearing alovely burden erf full-blown white rosesand fresh green leaves.

IRRITATION OF THE SKIN.Ever have any irritation of the skin?

There are many forms of it, any of thembad enough to tax your patience. Piles,a plague of the night; no rest for thesufferer from that complaint. Hivesdon't sound dangerous, but they causemuch misery to those unfortunateenough to be troubled by them. Ec-zema, too, the most torturing and ob-stinate of all skin diseases. But Doan'sOintment cures every skin trouble; nosuch ailment can resist its healing,soothing influence. Lots of people knowthis now.

Mrs. G. Prince, Hamilton, late ofUnion-street, Newmarket, Auckland,says:—"For about three months myhusband had an irritation on the leg.It caused him great inconvenience, andwas very trying. He used a numberof different remedies, but somehow theydid not seem to do him any good. Afriend advised him to try Doan's Oint-ment, and he got a pot at Pascoe'sPharmacy. I am very glad to teil youthat it proved most effective. He is de-lighted with his cure, and speaks infavour of JDoan's Ointment on everyoccasion." No need for you to sufferwith any form of skin trouble, forDoan's Ointment will relieve and cureyou; then get this wonderful remedyto-day, and don't go on suffering. Forsale by all chemists and storekeepers at3/- per box, or will be posted on receiptof price by Foster-McClellan Co., 76 Pitt-street, Sydney.

But, be sure, you £et DOAN'S,

THE AUCKLAND STAB. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908.11

MEDICAL.

Igrow op full of health and strength flwhen their little aihnents, which Hare always arising, are promptly Bchecked. Constipationis one of the Bcommonest of children's maladies, Band the cause of more complaints Bwhen neglected than anything else. BIf you have a child that is con- Bstipated at any time give a doseof BCalifornia Syrup of Figs and the Bcostiveness will be quickly over- Hcome. California SyTup of Rigs is Igentle in action,and its sweet taste Iof Figs is just what the children Blike. Try it yourself. Aslt for B

Nature's Pleasant Laxative,and look for the Trade Markwhich is printed in blue at theKo*e top of every package ofl]je genuine CaliforniaMark io Sjtup of Figs.

One of the mostvaluable foods knownto science. It give* thebody abundance ofnourishment, with com-plete or partial rest tothe digestive system,regulated as may beadvisable.

For infancy, illnessor advancing age.

Beugtr's Food is sold in tin*, ofChemists, dr'c, everywhere-

-1 ■#»' ■*» «» «» ■#» <» 4

■ —It Is safe to say—are now the ,' accepted remedy for all forms of'

biliousness, dyspepsia, nervousI depression,Sjtheevilconscquenccs[

that flow from the neglect of what, manypeople consider minorindis-i positions. Scientifically prepared!from the purest £) mosteKicacious

drugs, these pills rapidly get to1 work and in a remarkably short'space of time the effects

Show ThemseWesheadaches disappear—constipa-tion is removed—indigestion isrelieved—generalactivity isregain-ed, and the whole machinery ofthe body is restored to a steadyand natural course. If, therefore,you are made wretched by a dull,heavy feeling—if your food seemstasteless and uninviting—if yourpleasure inlife isinterruptedby anycondition of indifferent health,make use of this justly famousmedicine. You will renew yourvigour quickly and the bracingeffects of Beecham'S PILLS willshow themselves

3n the face.Soldeverywherein boxes, price lOid. (36pills)

Ml (56 piUa) A219 (168 piUs).

«l» «» mm *m «» mt ,

NO GURE-NO PAY!

Wioißtta HairFoodDoes not effecta permanent cute forBaldness, Dandruff, or any similarhaircomplaint, with from one to sixbottles, provided the hair roots arestill alive, you will be given ycurmoney back in full.

316Chemists, Stores, Hairdressers.

Wholesale Agente: GUUMLEY &COCK Commerre-et-

HAIRWAS GREY «k

Manr a woman whose hair "»i grey own thercAoration of it's natural colour to Miloi HairRestorer Lastrear 1500bottles o.' thiiwonderfulRotorer were told, every purchaier -»•» delightedwith resuln. Milps i> not a dye—il .-ot itickj—willnot wil (be skin norany fabric.

MiloiHairRestorer is sold under a guarantee ofsatisfaction. Price, 7/6a bottle, post free.MISS M. VcELWMN. toilet specialist.

254QUEEK ST.,AUCKLAND. N.Z. AGENT MILOS TOILET CO.

HEARNES■#*The Famous Remedy fov

Coughs, Bronchitis, Pneamonia,Pleurisy, Asthma & Consumption

Those who have taken this medicine are amazed at its wonderful influence. Sufferersfrom any form of BRONCHITIS, COUGH, CROUP, DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING, HOARSE-NESS, PAIN OR SORENESS IN THE CHEST experience delightful and rapid relief; andto those who are subject to COLDS ON THE CHEST it is invaluable, as it effects a COM-PLETE CURE. It is most comforting in allaying irritation in the throat and giving strengthto the voice, and it neither allows a Cough nor Asthma to become chronic nor Consumptionto develop. Consumption is not known where "Coughs " have been properly treated withthis medicine. No house should be without it, as, taken at the beginning, a dose isgenerally sufficient, and a COMPLETE CURE IS CERTAIN.

BRONCHITIS and PNEUMONIA PNEUMONIA and PLEURISY BBQNCHITIS and PLEURISY.HEARNE» BRONCHITIS CUB. CUBE * *—ltogS&?■SSi&lggJgll****After.th.r Treatment h.d Failed. Aft9r eth#r Tre»tm.nt„«„ Fa|l#<p AfbwOth«r ikMtawt had Failed.

Kγ. W. G. Hearne. Bear Sir,—From a strict KOH Mr. Hearne, Chemist, Gedong.of duty I feel that I should publish the following state- j pradenee M'Kee of Carr-street. South Geelone la Dear Sir,—Some month* ago. in Sydney, I suffered.Ssft ?*,*"* °-der» £*? "h?t %A

d° wh«eH view rf the of a"ersonmatog it quite dear ?«>= * «v«« *««k °* toa-Ma. and wJ confined t>•■wfuJ fact is evident that a life is in danger of being wb t treatment was successful in curing a serious and m 7 room for »bout a week, at the end of which time,{S v«irePM

myi hM' £*U av,ged« ?,' *" complicated case when the medicine, directions and treat- f«««S .somewhat better. I.got up and tried to transact

Shn^L^;Sur3nfs s.; .^2^ y

H.-^,,Sii^i&c sr-s: s^drt^^^St^'ssament was not successful in arrcstimj the progress of the hint «bY f?oni PneuSeTnU PleurW and » was frightful, and for four long weeks I was confined toillness. On Saturday the 21st October. 1906, he said "tZp;|c cf ihTpassiag of UrSeT Under «« doctor's ">* bed under the care of a well-known Sydnef^doctor.££ £ hW'f m :^h?B$r-U,"Y -r

MW*f TS Lmle «re?Sn!nt the child equally and the doctor •»? »" ««• time his medicine gave mc but tanporar*£?&,£,,£, For eight days and nights ste had been pronounced the case hopeless He told mc that the "Uel\,Jbe sndJady5ndJady/>f the (the Cwclmkl). whereprostrated by Cough. Pain and Fever and was lying £hud could not live- £t 8t j obtained from J. resided, told mc of a medicine—Hearne's Bronchitis15 'f H"t h," • H ■ wße \r"rper" Mr- W-G Hearne, Chemist, of Cfeetang. » bottle oi Cure—from Victoria, which had cured her of a bad at.evaded by a friend to obtain Hearne s Bronchitis Cure, Hearne's Bronchitis Cure, and save it to the child, ac- tact of bronchitis and pains in the chest, and begged

lion of" thUZ,

I.a?« C'rf? frf " TiT'V? iCongeS; cordin« to the directions which accompany each bottle <* "« » try it. I did so, and, in thanks and gratitude

M»rfirtaJ thhh E.;r«m™v" »rinhn»ci of of **• The child proved after the'second dose of to you, tell.you that .after the second bottle, my cough, Medicines which accompanies each bottle of the Bron- Hearne's Bronchiti* Cure. He con«nued to improve had ceased; but what is more astonishing, the pains fromchins Cure. I gave the medicine as directed, and there each day horn each dose o{ Hearne's Medicine alone and pleurisy entirely left mc, and in about a week I was able,S™ " .improvement from the first dose of Hearne's Within three days fretTfrom toe ™uzh° Pneu- to attend to my dutiei a« usual;—Vours faithfully. *

SSST 4m. Ofn?e.I"AHMt".^.e^^di*l:.a,?n^^^,^lerr^ner^WMd

Ainy

nP TrsoS Cur-rtrcet. Sou* Clone. F«b. ClOOt. ASTHMA A 17 YEARS CASE.asking for information about this grand medicine can —: • - - =rbe supplied by mc, or by any of my neighbours who have • PrevloiM Treatment Failed,witnessed its wonderful effects. It absolutely snatched CONSUMPTION. _ ■ _. ' _my child from an early grave.—Yours gratefully, Cured by Three Bottles*FoUf Station, Oeelong East. Feb. 5.

DI9OB^DINBR, Too 111 to Leave HieBe* Mf Mtx j Anderson, of Oak Park, CharlevlUe.- A Complete Curw. Quecnsladd; wrote:—" After suffering from a>thma forseventeen years, and having been under a great many

Mr W. 0. Hearne. different treatments without benefit. I was induced to tryDear Sir,—l am writing to tell yon abont Aβ wonder. Hearne's Medicine for Asthma. After taking three

A Sufferer 73 Years Of Ace. fu! cure your medicine has effected in my case. About bottles of this "«<?>"»« I qu»e got rid of the asthma,three years ago I began to cough. At first the cough *nd *mcc then, which was the beginning of 188^-rfifteen

Thoroughly Cured by Two BottlM ol was not severe, but it gradually got worse, and I became years have not had the slightest return of it.Hearnft Bronchitis Cure. very weak and troubled with night sweats, pain in my The medicine quite cured mc, and I have much pleasure

chest, and great Quantities of phlegm. On several oc- «n recommending it. I.'. .."■," .immediate Hellef-Errect Wonderful. casions there was blood in the expectorated matter. I Speaking in February, 19Q8, he Mates:—"'l am keepinghad been treated by a doctor who pronounced my case to we"- Never have the slightest return of the asthma."

Mr. Hearne. Sir,—l was very ill with Influenza be consumption, and various other treatments had been ■ •■nd Bronchitis. A friend of mine persuaded mc to try tried, but without benefit. It was at this stage that I- 'Hearne's Medicine cored'me of Asthma, from whichyour Bronchitis Cure. The first dose gave mc immc- heard of your Bronchitis Cure, and sent to you for ■ I had been suffering for twenty-five years, during whichdiate relief, and after taking the second bottle I am course of the medicine. When it arrived, I was too ill time I had used almost every patent medicine on thethoroughly cured. Its effect on mc has been most to leave my bed, but I commenced taking it at once, and market—including asthma inhalations-—without getting- awonderful. lam 73 years of age. I trust you will gradually improved. lam glad to say that the two cure. It was 8 years ago that the cure was effectedmake use of this statement by publishing it for the bene- lots of medicine you sent have effected a complete cure, by Hearne's Medicine, and I now feel stronger than Xfit of humanity generally. Yours most resoectfully, for which accept my very best thanks.—Yours gratefully. have felt for years—in fact. I feel splendid."

THOMAS R. TREZISE, J. BLAIR. C. WISEMAN,Reedy Creek, Victoria. Westminster Bridge-road, S.E., London. Meredith, Victoria.

BeWare Of linitSLtiOllS! The great success ofHEARNE'S Bronchitis Cure has induced a number ofunprincipled persons to make imitations, each calling his medicine"BronchitisCure," with the object of deceivingthe unsuspecting, and so gretting; a sale for an imitation which has none of the beneficial effects that HEARNE'SBronchitisCurehas. Consequently it has become necessarytodraw yourattentionto this fact, and to request youin your own interests to be particular to ask for HEARNE'S, and see that you get it.

HEARNE'S BRONCHITISCURE, Small Size, 26; Large Size, 4/6, Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, and by th*Proprietor, W. G. HEARNE, Chemist, Qeelongj, Victoria. Forwarded to any Address, when not obtainable locally.

NOTlCE—Hearne's Bronchitis Cure No. Iα does NOT contain any Morphia or any Opium whatever. It is equally beneficialfor the youngestchild and the most aged person.

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JET' AVCKLim' Coughs, Oolde Croup. ,

DEATHS.SII.VA.—On November 17. IDOS, ar tie Dis-

trict Hospital. David Frascr Silra, thedearly beloved son vt E. aud 51. Fraser;ajred'lW years.—X.l.l,.

The fnni-ral will leave his late Tesi-dence. WflUngton-st.. for WaiknmeteC'-meTiTy. "ii Friday at 2 p.m.—Friendspli-ase accept tbii intimation.

MAIL NOTICE.Tins DAY.

For Tuma. Pni'io.i. Wuihi. Te Aroha, andThames. p>.-r Taniwha. 5.45 p.m.

S'l.r M.irsden Point, I'arua Hay, WhancareiHeads. Waipu. iiangapai, Whaugarei,Kaui>>. llikuranci. Kauri,. Whakapara,

and Hukeri'iiui per Ngapnhl, 7.45 p.m.For i'ort l'i-.zr.y. Wuaucapai .1, Trypnena,

uk-jpu. Awauga, aud Okiwi, per Walo-tahi, T.4-"i p.m.

THURSDAY, 10th Nov., lOCS.For P.:\upo, Nanmai. Tnkatoka, Te Knpuru,

Aratapu. Aoroa, and Dargaville, per Traiu,i; a.m.

For K.iwfcin, per Waitnngi, 7.20 a.m.For Thames, per Wakntrre. N.30 a.m.For Corouiandel and Cabbage Bay, per

Daphne, .'•.-SJ n.iu.Fur nauenr-. Knaukohn. Otnapere, Opo-

ncni. anU Kontu. per Clnymore. 1.10 p.m.For Now Plymouth and Southern Ports,

also Naphr, per Raruwa, a.lv p.m.For Tasmania, via Bluff, per Rarawa, 1.10

p.m.For Whansrarei, Ram». Hikurangi. Kauri.

Whakapara anil llwkerenui. per Kanit'ri,1.45 p.m.

For Tannine. Te Puke, and Maketu, perAnpouri. 3.40 p.m.

For Gi»l»oniP pi-r Kia Ora. 3.45 p.m.l"or il'.hc.ura. YVaihopo, I'okenui, W.iihar- 1ara. Kaimaumau. Waipapakauri, Awanni, |

Wh'auparna, Totara N., per Greyhound,4.43 p.m.

For Turua, Paeroa, Waihi. Te Aroha,,Thames. Kalikati, and Tauranga, perWalmarlc, B.l"> i>. m.For Waiwcra, Tekapa, and Warkworfh, perKapanui, 7.4.J {uw.

TUESDAY. November 24.For Rarotonga, Tahiti, and Penrhyn Is-

Jand, per Manapouri, 10.45 a.m.TUESDAY. Dec. 8.

For Tonga, Samoa, Pago Pago, and Fiji,per Atua, at i>.4o a.m.

F. D. HOLDSWORTH,Chief Postmaster.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor*••The Brett Printing and PublishingCompany, Limited, ,, by Henry Brett, <*Lake Takapuna. Journalist, at the Oflfc*of tfce Company. SUortland-st.. AucKiuoue. W?»ifE£D>y SOVEMBEB. 18, 1908.

THE AUCKLAND STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 190&12

GOLD-MINING NOTICES.iTiHB HAY QUEEN GOLD MINING~L COJITANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE is Hereby Given that an Extra-ordinary General Meeting <>f the Members ofthe May Queen Gold Mining Company, Lim-ited, will be held at the Office of trie Com-pany, No. 2110, Victoria Arcade, Queen-street,Auckland, nu TUESDAY, the Ist day ofDecember, 1!K>8, at II o'clock in the forenoonwhen the subjoined resolutions, which, werepasted at the Extraordinary general meet-ing of the Company, held on the loth dayof November, IUOS, will be submitted for(confirmation as special resolutions:—

3_

THAT the license, mining property,privileges, ••plant, machinery, chat-tels and effects of the VanguardGold Mining Company, Litniteu(other than iis cash, book debts anduncalled capital) be purchased bythe May Queen Gold Mining Com-pany. Limited; the consideration tobe paid to the said Vanguard GoldMining Company, Limited, on suchpurchase to be 10,000 shares in theMay Queen Gobi Mining Company,Limited, credited as paid up totwo shillings and uinepence each.

2. THAT snch shares be allotted to theLiquidator of the Vanguard GoldJMining Company, Limited (in volun-<> tarj- liquidation), in trust for theShareholders in the last-named Com-pany.Dated this 16th day o£ November, 190S.By order of the Board.

J. W. NICHOL,Secretary.

B-—Proxies must be lodged at theRegistered Office of the Company not lessthan 4S hours before the time appointed forthe meeting.

BOSOUGH NOTICES.

JJOROUdI OF NEWMARKET.SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that at n Speciil.Meeting of the Newmarket Borough Coun-cil, held on riiIDAY, the 6th day ofNovember. I'ios, it was resolved, by way ofSpecial Order, that th© Newmarket Bor-ough Council do malic and enact By-laws,the object and purport of which are 'as fol-lows:—

J'art 1 contains general provisions, re-peals existing by-laws, interprets themeaning of words used in the by-laws, and flxes penalties for anybreach of the by-laws.

Tart 2 provides for brick area, and con-ditions under which buildings are tobe erected, repaired, or removed, andthe fees to be paid for same, pro-vides for the erection of stables,poultry houses, etc.. ;;nd also the dis-tance between buildings.

Part o provides for obstructions in, streets, bicycies. driving rattle, driv-ing vehicles, lulu-rius i" streets, spil-ling hi streets.

v Part 4 provides for the good rule andgovernment of the Borough, prohibitsthe discharge of nieanus and lire-works, the defacing of fences orbuildings with placards, assemblingin streets to the impediment of per-sons passing, the storage of explo-sives or dangerous goods, and to pro-vide for drainage and all work infcouni'CtlOQ therewith and thereto,removing manure and nuisances, andto provide provisions fur the preven-tion of fire, and fixes the rates forwater supply, ordinary and extra-ordinary, and regulates the use ofwater, provides for the licensing ofplumbers, and that only licensedplumbers shall do any work connectedwith, the water supply.

(Part Z> provides for the licensing, ofweighbridges and scale of fees to be, charged., Part G provides for buildings for publicmeetings, etc.

Part 7 provides for the licensing of bil-liard rooms and shooting galleries,etc.

iP.irt S provides for hawkers and pedlars.And notice is hereby griven that the said

resolution will be submitted at a SpecialMeeting of the Council to be held at tlieBorough Council Chambers. Newmarket,on MON.DAY, the 7th day of December,ISKVS, at S o'clock p.m.. for confirmation asa Special Order, at which meeting the dayof the coming into operation of the Bv-iawswill be fixed.

A copy of the proposed By-laws is de-posited at the Borough Council Chambers,ICewmaxket. and is open for the inspectionof the public during office hours.

Dated this 11th day of November, 190S.WiU HOGG,

Town Clerk.

ELECTORAL.

rrO THE ELECTORS OP MANUKAU.

""*" I desire to sincerely Thank you for the

■very, handsome support yon accorded mc

at the Polls yesterday. To those who

labound so assiduously in endeavouring toeeenre my return, I extend my especial

gratitude.

A. A. CREAMER.

TCP l>B N gLtCTUIUTE.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—-

I desire to heartily thank all those kindfriends who gave mc their support duringixh- r-rifut Election, aud espeelally thrjsev v:- so generously supi>orteiJ iue in eom-iuiUM- work during the raujpaigL. J fe.-.considerable satisfaction :!;:••! a lirs! effortBlioiild luivt given ii,i- a you- of aga-hisito strong an opponent uud •••/lubiuanou amitrust a future occasion will secure 'yoursupport for a. mOre successful issue.

JOHK w. SHACKELFORD.

-^CrCTTONS.9K

AT 12 NOON SHARP.

rpWO /CHOICE A LLOTMENTS,

ROSEBERY PARK ESTATE.

]\TE T ,TnoRNESInstructed by Thos. F. Cahill, Esq.. on be-

half of the owner, will Sell by Auction atthe Land Sale Rooms, 83, Queen-street,

SOUTH-ROAD, near Harp of-' Erin Hotel. Ellerslie, or Green-lane

Station—Two Fine Level Allotments, eachhaving 6(5 feet frontage to Great South-road, by IG3 feet, being Lots 4 and o of theRosebery Park Estate.

Owner has left the district and mustsell.

Full particulars of the Auctioneer.T fpHORNES 83, QUEEN-STREET.

VyED:: 'iSDAI, £>?rAT 12 NOON SHARP. *"

rt fTOUSES AND

\ LLOTTCENTS.

MX- j7YhoexesWill Sell by Auction at his Land Sale

Rooms, S3, Queen-street,T OT I—GRANGE-ROAD, close to Mt Eos--*-' kill-road—Grand Freehold Building Al-lotment, level, volcanic soil; 00 feet by 190feet, volcanic; fenced one side and back, andin grass. L.T. Title.LOT 2—PROSPE-CT-TERRACE, close to

Mt. I£oskiU-roa<l—Verandah Cottage of irooms, besides scullery and bathroom; de-tached wash-hou.se, witli copper, range; ironroof, etc.; Fine Freehold Allotment, 50ft by237ft. with cart entrance. L.T. Title.LOT 3—PROSPECT-TETRRACE. Dear Mt.

Iloskill-road—Neat Verandah Cottage, 4rooms, besides bathroom and scullery, baywindow, hall, range, gas and water, wash-house with copper and tubs; Fine FreeholdAllotment, 50ft by 230ft.

Full particulars of the Auctioneer.T rpHORNES, 83, QUEEN-ST.

TTTEDNESDAY, f)KAT 12 NOON SHARP.

r-ILARENCE-STREET, "DONSONBY.\j J;TV.TR. T mHORNES

Will Sell by Auction at his Land SaleRooms, S3, Queen-street,

CLARENCE-ST. (Opp. foot Cburch-st.).PONSONBY—NearIy New House. 6

rooms, scullery, and bathroom; iron roof;gas and water; wash-house, c. and t.; allot.40ft by 100ft; tarred and sanded yard audpaths.T rnHORNES, Auctioneer, S3, Qneen-st

ryEDNESDAY, -V-OVEMBEB i}KAT 12 NOON SHARP.

pROPERTT.

YrriTHOUT -DESERVE.

1\TR T T'HORNESWill Sell by Auction, at the Land Sale

Rooms, S3, Queen-street,C)A ANGLESEA-STREET—Residence of 6

rooms, besides bathroom, wash-house,

roof, gas. water, patent w.c; well drained;only 1 minute from electric tram. On Free-hold Allotment, 33ft by 100ft

Also,00 COLLINGWOOD-STREET, 1 minuteO'Jy from tram—House of 6 rooms, ironroof, city water; on Freehold Allotment, 35feet by 115 feet.

Both Houses will be sold WITHOUT RE-SERVE to wind up the Estate.

Cards to View from the Auctioneer,JmaOENES, 83, QUEEN-ST.. X

VyEDNESDAY, "KTOVEMBEB 9gAT 12 NOON SHARP.

TfPSOM, -W-EAT --yiLLA, Q "DOOMS.

TITR T rpHOBNESWill Sell by Auction at tUe Land Sale

Rooms. S3, Queen-street.EPSOM—NEAT VILLA RESIDENCE of 5

rooms, scullery, bathroom; situatedclose to Seddou Memorial and the electriccars; well built of good material; also sCottage at rear, one large room; fine levelFreehold Allotment, 68ft by 15!)ft of richvolcanic soil. The garden is stocked withchoice flowers and fruit trees in bearing.

Owing to ill-health of owner this Property isFOR ABSOLUTE SALE.

Cards to view of the Auctioneer,T rpHORNES, S3, QUEEN-ST.

TX7EDNESDAY, T\ECEMBER O

12 NOON SHARP,

'TTIGHLY TMPORTANT QALE.

TXfAIWERA TTOT SPRINGS "pSTATE

pj /COTTAGES. /Pr ALLOTMENTS.

TITR T rpHORNESINSTRUCTED BY THE WAIWERA

COMPANY,Will sell by auction at his Land Sale

Rooms, 83, Queen-street,

A PORTION OF THIS MAGNIFICENTESTATE,

EmbracingX COTTAGES, each standing on Freehold«-> Allotment. 50ft by KJOft; quitelevel, and close to Baths, Beach,

and Hotel.OCC CHOICF, ALLOTMENTS, ON THE—«-» BEACH.Kfk CHOICE ALLOTMENTS, ON THEOV MAIN ROAD.

All these Allotments are Freehold; theyare adjacent to the Celebrated WaiweraMedicinal Hot Springs and Baths close tothe Beach, Hotel, Post Office, Store, andWharf. This is the first time it has beenpossible to obtain freeholds in this choicelocality, suitable for the erection of Sea-side Homes or Summer Residences.

The Prices are Cheap, and the terms par-ticularly easy, viz.:—

10 per cent on fall of hammer.10 per cent in two months.13 13rd per cent in six months.

Balance for 3 years at 5J per centInterest from day of sale.

Lithographed Plans will be sent to anyaddress, or can be obtained at the Officeof the Auctioneer.

T mHORNES, S3, QUEEN-ST.

"FRIDAY, "TiEOEMBEK TAT 12 NOON SHARP.

"yALUABLE "DARNELL -pREEIIOLDSInstructed by the Society of Oddfellows.

MX J TIIORXEsWtll Sell by Auction, at the Land SaleRooms, S3. Queen-st,"DARNELL—LOT 1-That well-srtuatedJ- Hall known as the Oddfellows' Hall,standing oil Freehold Allotment havin"4Oft frontage to ilanukau-rd. by 100ft • builtof first...'lass timber: splendid floor, 63ft by3oft: stage, ladies' and gent.'s dressing-rooms, lavatories, lodgeroom. etc. At smallexpense could be converted into K-storeyfactory, wiLh about 5000ft of floor space.! LOT 2 (at rear of Lot ll—Dwelling of G1rooms, washhouse with fixed tubs aud bathand outbuildings; in good ordiT and oiu-dit;-;.n. On Freehold Allotment, with 40ftti> <;ilirultur-<-resct>u.t by looft.WILL BE OFFERED "FIRST IN ONE LOT

J J rpUOBNES, 83 QUEEN-ST.

AUCTIONS.-pRIDAT, T-JECEMBEE A

AT 12 NOON SHARP.

RAFTON "DRIDGE.OF gPLENDID

"DUILDING T AND.

Instructed by Messrs C. B. Williamson an«iCo., on behalf of the Trustee of Abra-ham's Estate,

MB J. tuob-nesWill Sell by Auction, at the Land Sale iRooms. S3, Queeu-st.,

TO GRAFTON BRIDGE —"YEARLY -pOUR \ CRES OF "J^AND.Containingseveral Splendid Building Sites,aud having nearly 4i»>ft of frontage toLlgar Place and Bridge-st. commandingmagnificent views of haibour, and beauti-ful fern valley.

LOT 1 contains la lr Op of land, with. 92ft frontage to Ligar l'lace, and 4uft toBridge-street., with lovely views.

LOT 2 contains Oa 3r 3Sp of land, and!has Otjft frontage to J-rigar l'lace and 171ft

LOT :i <-ontaius Oa 3r 35p of land, andhas Hoft frontage to Ligar Place, and 171

These 3 Lots, containing 3a Or 33p, willbe offered tirst in one lot; if not sold inone lot, will be sold sepaiately.

LOT 4, having 39ft "in to Ligar Placeand Kjft to Beaumont-st., corner lot, closeto Grafton-rd. with commanding viewsof harbour and fern valley.

NOTE. The beneficiaries being residentin England, desire the land realised, so theproperty will be

POSITIVELY SOLD.Plans of the property sent free to any

address, or can be obtained at the officeof the Auctioneer.

J fpJIORNES, 83, QUEEN-ST.Price.!EßYLYibe, SIIRDLU SHRDL SC

T7UUDAY, TTJECEM.BER A

AT 12 NO OS SHARP.

TITT. /CHOICE -yiLLATJESIDENCE AND Q.ROUNDS.

MR J THOBNES13 honoured by instructions from E.

MAIIONY, Esq. (who has removed toRemucra). to Sell by Auction, at theLand S-ale Rooms. S3, Queen-st.,

MT. EDEN—That partlcinany ChoiceVilla lii'sidenc-e in Ow-en's-rd.. consist-

ing of Drawing and Dining Rooms, r> Bed-rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, with Oalifont,Linen Closet, and Pantry; all on one floor,mith wide Entrance Hall and Passage allthrough; detached Washhouse, with Copperand Tubs, Concrete Floor; Bay Window inDrawingroom, with Venetian Blinds, Gas,Water. ' Electric Bells, and every moderjiconvenience. The whole is artisticallypapered aud painted, and In first-class con-dition. »

The outbuildings consist of Workshopand Storeroom, with Concrete floor; Stable,with 2 loose boxes; Coachhouse' and Loft.The Paths -are Concrete. ,

The Position of the Property is particu-larly favourable, being only a few minutes'walk from t-he electric trains at Mt. Edenor Epsom. Nestling at the foot of Mt.Eden, it is well sheltered, the ripws aremost extensive, and a private path leadsto Mt. E<len reserve.

The soil is rich volcanic, and is taste-fully laid out in tennis lawn, shrubbery,flower garden, and orchard, with choicefruits and ferns.

Cards to view, and all particulars of theAuctioneer,

J mHORNES, S3, QUEEN-SI.

TOUIS TEWIS AT QENTRAL TV/fAR?

TO-MORROW — THURSDAY — TO-MOR-ROW.

AT 11 o'clock.

T SELL EVERYTHING TO FURNISH*- WITH. .£2000 VALUE 0F KEW AND SEC-

OND-HAND FURNISH-INGS FOR AUCTION.

INSPECTION INVITED.

TOBIS J EWIS,

Gen. Auctioneer, House and BusinessSalesman, and Valuer.

T.OUIS T EWIS AT TJARAELL.AT - TUX BUNGALOW," (OFF ST.

STEPHENS-ROAD).BURROWS AVENUE (2nd on Loft from

ST. STEPHENS-ROAD, PARNKLL.\X7EDNESDAY-->V 25TH NOV.

— VyEDNESDAY.AT 11.30 O'CLOCK.

THE Undersigned has been favoured withinstructions from E. 11. LYONS, ESQ.(who is leaving for England), to Sell byAuction,THE HOUSEHOLD FUR.NISHINCS,

As Under:—CUP. WALNUT PIANO, by " Erharrtt"�-? (Stuttgart), good tone; very SuperiorPile Carpet, 13 x l^ft.; L.g. ChesterfieldLounge in choice Tapestry; Handsome IndianDrapes, Itattan and Oce. Chairs, choice ArtCurtains, Easy Chairs, Indian Tublc, Lg.Standard Floor Lamp, Floor Rugs, BrassFenders and Brasses, Coal Vase, BambooKscritoire. Cushions. Ornaments and Brle-a-Brae, Jardinieres,Pictures, L,s. RIMU SIDE-BOARD with 3 BEVEL MIRRORS, nicelyoarved anil -woll-fltted, 1 Bft. EXTENSIONDING. TABLE, G Canadian Ding. Chairs,Sofa, Lounges, DINNER WAGON, SideTable. 4 prs. Sup. Art Curtains, HeavyFLOOR FELTING (almost new), Pictures,Glass, China, Cutlery, E.P. Ware, Table-ware, Clocks, Ornaments, Brass Fendersetc., Lg. SHLEiiD I'ATTERN HALLSTAND, Carved Panels. Hall Table, Oce.Chairs, Side Tables, Three Mirrors, 1 Vel.X*llc Onrpct wi tlireorder, I'ortlorcs TMcturcsMats. Linoleums, etc.. 13ft. 6in.. 10ft. em.

BEDROOMS.—M. KAURI WARDROBE,with Front, PURIRI COMB. CHESTM. KAURI CUTEST, 3 Lg. Chests Drawers,Toilet Chost. Duch. Pairs, Toiletware,Lounge. Chairs and Tables, 2 D.I. B.M.BEDSTEADS, 8.1. Beds, W.W. Mattressesand Bedding, Blankets, Bed Linen. Chrpcts.Linoleums, Curtains, Rugs and Mats andBedroom Appointments.

Also.GEN. KITCHEN UTENSILS, Tables and

Chairs, Crockery and Glassware. Small I>s.Table. A.B. Chairs. Lino. Curtains, CookingUtensils, Meat Safe. Portable Copper. TubsWringer. Mangle, Tools .Corrugated Iron,Verandah Seat. 'Deck Chairs, and Gen.Ilouseholde Sundries, etc., etc.SALE, WEDNESDAY 25th NOV., at 11.30.Trams to St. Stephens-road, ParntH, 2nd

Turning -oe -flicht.r OCIS T EWIS,

Gen. Auctioneer, House and BusinessSalesman and Valuer.

~K[O. -I TTARDING-STREET,(OFF VICTORIA-STREET, WEST.)

mO-MORROW, mHURSDAY,1.30 P.M., SHARP.

w. g7~bassettHaving been instructed by the Owner, will

Sell, as above—CONTENTS OF FIVE ROOMS, comprising

Round, Kitchen aud Occ TABLES,I A.B. Chairs, Overmantel, Epergne, D.RI Clock. Heavy LINOLEUM, and Oilcloth,jChiffonier, Kit. Dresser, Crockery, sf> piecesIDINNER SET, Chairs. Lamp. Table Mangle,

IU-gal. Copper, Saucepans, Boiler, etc.. S.I.Bedsteads, Heavy It. D.I.R.M. BEDSTEAD,Wire Wove and Kapok Mattresses, Wash-stands, D. Tables, Toilet-ware. Mirrors 2Comb. CHESTS, Duchess PAIRS, and a hostor General Sundries. 40

AUCTIONS.CtAMUEL &. CJOK, T.TI>-

AT "VTO. OQ TTFPER TJN'ION-ST.OPPOSITE ST. JAMES, CHURCH.

TO-MORROW.THURSDAY. 19th NOV., 190S,

At 11 o'clock.The undersigned have received instruc-

tions to sell by public auction, the al-most

NEW FURNISHINGS OF 7-ROOMEDRESIDENCE.

PIANO, by Leading Makei, Ma6sive Side-board, cost £15 15/

Extension Dining Table, OvermantelLeather Suite, Linoleums, Dining ChairsPictures, Ornaments, Plates, Glassware3-piece Bedroom Suite, H.B.M. BedsteadMattresses and Beddiug, Duchees PairsComb. Chests, Marble Top DuchessS. and D. B.M. Bedsteads, LinoleumsToilet Sets, Hall Stand, Oil Paintings, Bed-

room Chairs, A.B. and Kitchen ChairsOcc. Tables, Cutlery, Enamel Ware, Kit-

THE "FURNITURE IS A FIRST-CLASSLOT.

AS IT WAS MADE TO ORDER,REGARDLESS OF EXPENSE.

QAMUEL /'■'pCURANE & ifiJON, T TD.

ALFRED n. JOKES, Auctioneer.

Tl/TONDAY, «>OONE O'CLOCK.

By order of E. Gerard, Esq., OfficialAssignee, the undersigned will sell attheir Rooms, City Market,

£5011 BOOK DEBTS,As per under, in Bankruptcy:—

LIST OF BOOK DEBTS TO BE SOLD.IN BANKRUPTCY.

£ s. d.Berry, J. 8., Tauranga , 120 1O 5Brown. G. W., Mercer 2S 15 0Carrington, J. H. Taumarunui.. 3 i> (iCochrane, J. A., OrongomairoaWalton Sβ 15 3Collier, Edward, Waihi

_14 10 7Gasper, Mate, Matakana Mil 3

Gossner, Paul, Huntly Jl 14 UHancock, James, Thames IX) .! 10Ilines. J. J., Herekino 15 !) vJones, J. L., Newmarket 33 !) 1Kitkwood, A. It., Ngaruawahia.. 14 2 SKob, \V. 11., Henderson ISO 12 4Lawrence, John. Hamilton 18 1Matthewman, Harold. Auckland 42 34 GMenzies, Kobert. St. Melier's Bay 2 17 0NUholls, A. J. Raurimu 76 0 0Sterling, John, Raurimu. ........ 4<W 13 7Vause. Robert. Onehmiga 31 2 6Wilford, Lewis, Taumarunui 40 Iβ 0

IN LIQUIDATION,Kakahi Co-op. Supply Coy 530 11 6Waihi Workers' 'Co-op. Society.. 3SS (5 3 1

PRIVATE ASSIGNMENTS.Aislabie, Allan, Waihi 0 7 11Boesen, Haus, lirongia U 3 :iBouzaid, Nazib, Otahuhu 41 O 5Clark, R. McK., Naumai 73 12 11Connolly, M. J., Manuuui aud

Raurimu 1,007 G 5Hansen, John, Ohinewai 144 2 4Hansou, C. X., Queeu-st.. Auckland !• 3 3Howie, James, Hikuraugi 02 10 3Johns, James, Edeu Terrace.... 33 1 7Liiue, D. G., Itawene 140 10' GMatthews, K. J.. Jcrvois-rd., Akd. 17 1« 7McGill, S. E., Waihi 147 5 3Osborue Bros., Ilikekohe 114 10 8Paulseu, J. P., Mangere „ IS 3 GPotter, W. 11., Queen-st., Auck. 40 2 0Samson, F. and T., Uotorua 541 2 10Sanderson, A. and Co., Auckland 17 4 0Sneddon, J. A., Symonds-st 63 5 9Tucker, Stephen, Hamilton OIS 3Weingott, C. C. Waihi 2 11 4Wilcos, John, Waihi 115 2 1

£5,011 8 7

NO RESERVES.Terms. Conditions of Sale, and Full Lists :

of Debtors in each testate., can be inspectedat the Office of the Auctioneers.

■OICHARD A RTIIUR & pO.TUOS. B. ARTHUR, Auctioneer.

UNDRR CONDUCT OF THE REGISTRAROF THE SUPREME COURT OF XEWZEALAND, AT AUCKLAND \T THEREQUEST OF GREEN AND COLIC-BROOK, LIMITED( THE MORTGA-GEES,

TITESSRS. T> V~RTHUR AND pO.,AUCTIONEERS,

Will Sell by Public Auction at their Mart,CITY MARKET, AUCKLAND, on WED-NESDAY, the 25th Day of November,1908, at 2.30 p.m.,\LL THAT THE RIGHTS AND IN--"XTISREST OF THOMAS JOHNSTONE,

OF HAMILTON, FAitMliß, in under,and by virtue of:—1. Anagreement for the Sale and Purchaseof Allotments 247, 247A. aud 245, Parishof Kirikiriroa, bearing date the 21st day of-September, l!»07, and made between Mrs.M. A. C. Nixon as vendor aud the saidThomas .lohnstone as purchaser and2. All Agreement affecting Allotments2*5, 240, and S)l, Parish of Kirikiriroa,bearing date the 21st day of February, 190Sand made between the said Thomas John-stone of the one part and oue FrederickMolesworth of the other part, and

3. An Agreement affecting Allotment 120of the Town of Hamilton East, bearing date(he 26th day of April, IDOtj, and made be-tween Emily Hope as Vendor and the saidThomas Johnstoue as purchaser.

Conditions of Sale and further particularsof the property can be obtained from theAuctioneers, or at the Oflices of MessieursWatts and Broadfoot, Solicitors. Hamilton.

TMroEIANT T AND QALE.

rpO TKVESTOriS AND

"IyrOUNT "pDEN.yyEDNESDATL, OKTU,

AT 12 NOON.

T TONES, AUCTIONEER.Having received instructions from Mr TJoughlu, will Sell by Auction at thaMart, Victoria and Lome-streets,TTIS WELL KNOWN PROPERTY,

Consisting of-y-OLCANIC T AND.

Having a frontage of 024ft to Main MountEden Road.EMINENTLY SUITABLE FOR SUB

DIVISION, WITH GREAT PROS-PECTIVE VALUE.

ONE OF TIIF. REMAINING OPPORTUNI-TIES TO ACyUIRE A FIRST-CLASSPROPERTY IN THIS RISING

AND POPULAR DISTRICT.7 MINUTES, WALK FROM MT. EDEN

TRAM TERMINUS.Property of this class'is N now almost unob-tainable in this progressive district, and

must increase in value.

TERMS:10 per cent Cash on fall of hammer.10 per cent in three months.

25 per cent in six mouths.Balance can remain on Mortgage for

three years.

Also,PUKEKOIIE EAST, close to Creamery-

Compact Farm of 13 acres, rich loamyland: U-roomed House, anil all conveniencesfor up-to-date Poultry ' Farm, incubatorhouse, fowl rune; piggeries; 2-stalledstable, trap-shed. Also, 2-roomed Cottage.This is a very desirable properly. 2 milesfiom station, J-mile from creamery, school;church on property. Terms: £350 can re-main on mortgage.

Also,-VTORTIT CREWE ESTATE. PAICES-x> AVENUE, KINGSLAND — Nice LevelAllotment, 51ft by 134. This is the onlyLot remaining unsold.

Also,BRIGHTON-RD., REMUERA — 2 VeryChoice Desirable Allotments, »Oft aud52ft frontage, by a depth of 340ft. Propertyin this neignbourhood is fast increasingin value, and is a 'sound investment.

THE PROPERTIES ARE ALL.FLACGBD.

AUCTIONS.

•pBIDAY, 9ATHAT 230 P.M.

TAND Q A L E .TkTESSRS. "pAST & J?^131

Have received instructions to offer for Saleby Auction, at their ltooms, Shortlaud-Btreet, opposite G.P.O.—

N0.1:AT A VONDALE.

The Property in the Estate of the lateNICHOLAS lIOROS, comprising 50a. 3r. 30p.together with the Improvements thereou.Comfortable House, 6 Rooms, and OtherBuildings. The Laud is conveniently situ-ated, about 14 miles from Avouclale RailwayStation, and has a frontage to the Eastlload, which connects the New Windsor andRichardson rds., and id admirably suitablefor a Dairy and Poultry Farm.

If uot sold in One, will be offered in TWOLots:—(1) 20 Acres Orchard, Dwelling House, etc.(2) 30a. 3r. 30 perches and Buildings thereon.

THE PROPERTY IS FOR ABSOLUTESALE TO CLOSE AN ESTATE.

NO. 2:TJELL'S-ROAD, TJESMUEIU.

Up-to-date new HOUSE, G rooms, all mod-ern couveuieuces, 3 Bay Windows; Balconies,stands high, and has v 'frontage of Utitt.,depth 2501t., back 80ft., aud there is a lovelyview. Splendidly situated aud handy toTrams and Hallway Station. A comfortableHome or a Good Investment, to theDemand by Tenants for this sort of Dwelling

TPAST AND pAST,Auctioneers.

■piJIDAY, -1 "JAT 2 P.M. SHARP.

gAMUEL -y-AJLE & ,QONS,(Per 11. E. Vaile, Auctioneer! will Sell byAuction, at their Land Sale Hooms, S7,

WITHOUT RESERVE.Undrr instructions from T. F. S. Tinne,Esq., to dually close up his NewZealaud Investments,

THE WELL-KNOWNYyAiROA gOUTH "pALLS.

rpnis UNIQUE PROPERTY comprisesJ- 614 acres of freehold land, partly im-proved: about 370 ACRES BUSH. Non-let at a small rental, bin immediate posses-sion can be given. School and churchadjoin; creamery, post and telephone officewithin quarter mile; railway station, i)miles; Auckland (air line). 23 miles. TUBFALLS, which are of exceptional beauty,have a clear drop of some Hioft. At thetop is an ideal site for a dam, with a hardrock formation. A short wall would im-pound hundreds of millions of gallons, giv-ing an immense reserve either for power orwater supply. The minimum flow of thestream is 10,000.000 gallons daily, but Inordinary weather it is many times greater.This is by far the largest natural poweranywhere near Auckland, and is most valu-able for use within any reasonable range.

WHETHER ASA ©PECULATION.A YXfBEK-END T>LEASURE TJESORTA N T.DEAL nOUNTRY TTOMK.

A COl'ttCE OF "pLECTRIC "DOWER.A DOt'IiCE OF ryATER gUPPLY.

OK EVEN MERELY AS A TfiARM.This Valuable Property is well worth

actiulrint'.Mr Tinnc"s Instructions are positive to

TJEiALISE ryITHOI'T TJESERVE,

TEHMS EASY. viz.. l-3rd Cnsh, balancein ."> years, at 5 per cent.

TTERE IS A T>ARC! AIN FOR

OOMEONE.

Photographs and full particulars fromOAMUEL -yAILE & £JONS,

UNDER CONDUCT OF THE REC.ISTRAUUP niE SUPREME COURT ATAUCKLAND. AT TIIK REQUEST OFTIIIC MOUTUACEK.

"pRIDAY, "TVECEMBER J^AT i r-TLOCK.m itasde.no tacksctt

Have received instructions to cell by publicauction, at their Rooms. Customs-tit.,Auckland, on the above date.

A LL THAT PIECE OF LAND, being*■»- Tart of Allotment 2!) of the Parishof lluntia (about 2 miles from PAI'AKUKAon the CLEVEDON-RD.), containing .S4acres :t roods 10 perches, and all buildingsthereou erected.

For further particulate and conditions ofsale apply In Messrs Uliphnnt and llatt-lev. Solicitors for the Mortgagee, or tothe Auctioneers.UNDER CONDUCT OF TIIK REGISTRAR

OF THE SUPREME COURT UK NEWBKALAND, AT AUCKLAND, AT THEREQUEST OV TIJF. MOKOACJKE.

'I 1 "\IANDENO TACKSON

(Per Georg(- P. Jackson), will Sell by Pub-lic Auction, at their Mart, situate ill Cus-toms-street .East, on MONDAY, the Sev-enth day of December, l'Jos, at 2 o'clock Inthe afternoon—ALL those Pieces nf Land containing by

admeasurement -T24 acres 1 rootl and 143/lOths perches, being parts of Allotments232, 233, 234, 2M5 and 2,'Sti, and Lots 7, S, 11.10 and 11, on a plan deposited in <he LandTransfer Office at Auckland, under No. :t73.1.being part of allotments 2H5 and 23(> of theParish of Kirikiriroa. whirl] lands are beingsold, under the powers contained in Pond ofMortgage Number 157.533 find Memorandumof Mortgage 21,874, from Thomas Johnstoucto Frank Clifton l.itehfiekl.

•Conditions of Sale and further particularsof the property can be obtained from theIAuctioneers, or nt the offices of MessieursRood and Bailey, 31, Shortland-strect, Auck-land.UNDER CONDUCT W TIIF. REGISTRAR

OF TIIF. RUPREXEH COURT AT AUCK-LAND, AT Tim REQUEST OF TIIF.MOIITOAGEE.

CABBAGE HAY, NEXT TO POST OFFICE

'T ]\fA:NDK-N'0 JACKSON(Per G. P. Jackson) will Sell by Public Auc-

tion, at their Auction Mart. Customs-streetEast. Auckland, on FRIDAY, the Fourthday of December, IUO.S. at 2.15 p.m.

A LL THAT PIF.CE O.F LAND containing■"• Eighteen and three-tenths perches,more or less, being part of a block of landsituated at Cablmgp Hay. called " T'manga-■wha," with the buildinic thereon erected.

LAND TRANSFER TITLE.

For Conditions of Sale apply to the. Auc-tioneers.

gALE OF TOWNSHIP LANDS.Notice is hereby given that the under-

mentioned lands will be offered for CASHby public auction, as follows:—ON SATURDAY, sth December. 100S, at

noon, at the Town Hall Ohakune —Rangntaua Township, r,:i lots upsetprices .£l7 to £02: Ohakune Town-ship. 15 lots, upset prices £20 to £(%>;Ninia Township, 4 lots, unset prices£2U to £45.

ON TUESDAY, Sth December, 100.S, atnoon, at BayHcy'e Billiard Room,Horoplto West — S2 lots in HoropitoWest Township, upset prices £30 to£07.

OX FRIDAY, 11th December IDOS. at noon,at the Town Hall. Taumarunui — 20Lots Kakahi Villa-re, upst prices £°7to £50: 44 lots in Uuhango Township,upset prices £1« to £42; and 28 lotsl'iriaka Township, upset prices £10 to£14.

ON !3th DECEMBER. VMS, at noon, atTown Hall. Ohakune — For lease for14 years by public auction. Reserve 7,Block 1., Ohakune Township upset au-uual rent £12.

Plans containing full particulars may beobtained shortly, at the principal PostOffices, and from the District Land Office,Wellington.

JAMES MACKENZIE., Commissioner o£ Crown Lands.

DRAPERY, CLOTHING, Etc

pUSHBEOOK AND TDBIDGMAN'S,

THE TOWN HALL OUTFITTERS.FOR

qUITS! qUITS!NEWEST STYLES.

PERFECT CUT AND FIT.SPECIAL VALUE.

SEE OUR Oi/ N.Z. TWEED SUITS.

SEE OUE rpROUSEES FOR WORKINGMEN,

AT 4/11, 5/11, 6/11, 7/11 PAIR,AND COMPARE VALUES.

T3USHBROOK AND TJRIDGMAN'S,Opposite the Town Hall Site,

QUEEN-ST., AUCKLAND.

OPEN TILL 0 P.M. SATURDAYS.

JJENDELL'S IQJ'ALB T IST

OFQ.ENTLEMEN'S TTNDERWEAR

AT THE CLEARANCE OF PIKE ANDCOS STOCK.

gINGLETS.Nat. Unshrinkable "Wol-„ Vove" 4/3, for 2/11Same brand 4/6> tor 3/3

Same brand_

5/3> tmO.h. Men s, same brand .... 4/n, for s/CtO.S. Men's, same brand .... Wll, for 4/6O.S. Men's, Silk and Wool ~ 7/G,' for 5/3O.S. Men's. Wool and Cotton 4/0 for 3/6••Ilelthenic" Net Singlets .. 4/0, for 2/11Panrella White Singlets .... 2/8, for 1/8Koslyii Nat. Unshrinkable .. 8/6, for 6/6Roslyn Fawn, All Wool .... 8/6, for 6/6Itoslyn Natural Wool .... 7/e, for 5/9Fine Nat., Cotton, India Gauze, Balbrigcanand Net Singlets, 1/4, 1/6, 1/0 f/li'—At, np. i « »Underpants to match, same price.

pANTS.Men's Natural "Wol-Vove" 4/6, for 3/3Men's Natural Unshrinkable 4/11, for 3/95/3, for 3/11, uu<l 3/11, for 2/11O.S. Men's Ilelthenic Net 4/6, for 3/3Nat. Dressed Cotton Pants . 2/3, for 1/0Men's Roslyu Unshrinkable . S/11, for 6/UMen's Itoslyn Unshrinkable . 6/o,' for 5/3O.S. Roslyn, Silk aud Wool 0/9, for 7/6O.S. Fine Roslyn o/0, for 6/1110/, for 7/G, aud 10/C, for 7/11Roslyn Marl Tweed Uuders 10/-, for 7/6O.S. ditto io/6, for 7/11Men's Fine Lambswool .._ 7/e, for 5/<j

EVERYTHING FOR MEN'S AND BOYS'WEAR AT

Q.ENUINE gALE pRICESDURING THE CLEARANCE OF PIKE'S

STOCK ATrpilE ]y[E*"S

TJOAD.

"DENDELL'S, T TD.

BOOTS AND SHOES.A OF p<UEAP.

JJOOTS QN.GENUINE REDUCTIONS ON ALL

BOOTS. SHOES. SLIPPERS.LADIES. GENT.'S. CHILDREN'S.ALL RELIABLE FOOTWEAR.

NO OLD STOCK.

ENGLISH AMERICAN. OWN MAKE.ARE BEING SOLD AT LESS THAN IT

COST TO MAKE THEM.We are noted for our Cheapness andQuality, but we intend to beat all our pastrecords this time, aud give our Customerssomething to congratulate themselves over.At

g T^ONALDSON'SBOOT EMPORIUM,

KHYBER PASS, NEWMARKET.

TJOWLERS. BOWLERS. BOWLEBS.

"gOWLERS. BOWLERS. BOWLEES.TJOWLERS. BOWLEBS. BOWLEBS.

BE UP. BE UP. BE UP.BE UP. BE UP. BE UP.BE UP. BE UP. BE UP.

GREAT VARIETY OF BOOTS ANDSHOES.

JUST OPENED.Alec,

CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF CRICKETAND TENNIS FOOTWEAR.■pERNANDEZ.

155, UPPEE gYMO*DS-ST.

mAYLOR'S for Ladies and Gents' Tan-*- Boots and Shoes; all latest shapes andshades.—Karangahapc-rd. and Queen-st.

INSURANCE.

£JEW 2EALAND JNJ3URANCEQOMPANY, T IMITED.

FIUE. MARINE, ACCIDENTGUARANTEE, PLATE-GLASSBURGLARY.

CAriTAL £1,500,000PAID-UP CAPITAL, RESERVE ANDRE-INSURANCE FUND

: CLAIMS MET WITH PROMPTITUDEAND LIBERALITY.Fire and Marine Branch:

G. N. PIERCE, ManagerAccident Branch: ' alaDßSer-H. A. MARRINER. Manager.

POtTr/TRY.

E GGS- gGGS- JMHIS.WANTED, HOUSEHOLDERS TO KNOW

that all EGGS supplied by the CO-OPERATIVE EGG CO. are graded by theGovernment guaranteed fresh and stampedOrder from your Grocer, and Ree thatievery Ess Is branded Co-oi- a

ELECTORAL.

rrfAITEMATA -pLECTOBATB.

g'EOOND TJALLOT.

ME W. J. NAPIEB ,BEGS TO RETURN HIS HEARTY

THANKS TO THOSE WHO VOTED

FOR HIM YESTERDAY.

■HE APPEAL3

TO Mill LIBERALS AND THOSE DE-

SIROUS OF THE CONTINUED PRO-

CRESS OF THE DOMINION TO RALLY

TO THE CAUSE AT THE

gECOND TJALLOT

OX

rpUESDAT "JJOV. nA

AND TO VOTE FOR HIM.

HE WILL DELIVER SEVERAL

;.' ADDRESSES. g,

I

YyAITEMATA ■gLECTORATE.

ME W. J. NAPIER

WILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS ASUNDER:—

THURSDAY. NOV. 13—NORTHCOTE: TARRY'S HALL, S p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 20—STANLEY BAY: MISSION HALL,

8 p.m.

SATURDAY. NOV. 21—BIRKENHEAD: ZION HILL SCHOOL-

roonr, 8 p.m.MONDAY, NOV. 23—

DEVONPORT: FORESTERS' HALL,8 p.m.

rpO THE LECTORS OF piRETT YNN

I desire most sincerely to thank you for

the handsome manner in which you have

re-elected/ mc as your representative inParliament.

GEO. FOWLDS.

Q.REY I/NN DIRECTORATE.

TO THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE,

Please accept my hearty Thanks foryeoman services rendered during the cam-paign that has just ended so satisfactorily.

GEO. FOWLDS.

rpO THE ELECTORS OF CITY WEST.

I desire to thank you most heartily forthe handsome manner in which you have re-elected mc as yoar Representative in Par-

I liament.C H. POOLE.

XTOUR friends will be delighted to get a-*- copy of the "Illustrated Guide to Anck-°btalnable at the "Star,, Office anaU Stationers. Prtco £/«

AMUSEMENTS./~V P E R A HOUSE.

Proprietors, John Fuller and Sons.Direction, T. J.rP. Power.A SUPREME SUCCESS ACHIEVED

ByrpHE T7-lI.TIES.J- HE JV1L,TIBs.

Last Night a Huge and Enthusiastic Audi'ence Vociferously and Ecstatically iAcclaimed

THEHE -**-ILTIES.Aβ

THE FINEST AND MOST SUPERB BANDEver Heard in Auckland,

AndrpHE piLAN JOHNSTOKE FTIROUPE-*-HE WOHSSTOSE -*-ROUPE

THE MOST SKILFUL COMBINATIONOF PIPERS AND DANCERS.

TO-NIGHT, at 8.AJJOTHER GRAND AND NEW PRO-

GRAMME,By

THEHE -KMLTIES.And

mHB ptLAN TOHNSTONE OIEOUPE-*- HE W OHNSTONE -*-BOUPE

FIRST MATIXEE:THIS AFTERNOON, at 2.30.

When Children will be admitted Half-priceto all parts of the House.

PRICES — 3/, 2/, and 1/.Early Doors, 7 to 7.30, Sixpence Extra.Early Door Tickets at Carter's.Box Flan at Wildmau and Arty's.

SPORTING.

mAKAPUNA JOCKEY fWAJB.

gPBIKG MATING. 190£■fl-ov. 28 AND DE<X 2.

ACCEPTANCES for ALL EVENTS.First Day's Racing, Close on FRIDAYNEXT, at 9 p.m. •

R. WYNYARD,Secretary.

PIANOS, ORGANS, Etc

PIANOS AND ORGANS exchanged forBetter Ones. — English and Foreign

Piano Agency, Ltd., S. Coldicutt, Manager.

■p I A US O BL

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE (Cash or Terma).the following SECOND-HAND BARGAINS.

Special Terms—s/ month upwards.John Broad wood and Sous £4 10/George Peachey £7Witton and Witton £14Itohmds and Sou £15Aucher Freree £15Haiis Kichter (iron frame) ~_£lß 10/Paling and Co £20George Russell — ....£22 10/Holllng (Iron frame) -p?T 10/Spencer (iron frame; —,_._.£35Arnold and Co. (iron frame) —... £35Small Organ , ewNew England Co. Organ ..„ . pit 14/Also—Several Bord Pianos, from £10 10/to £15 15/. Written guarantee with eachInstrument. One month only.

LEWIS B. EADY, Uverpool-et.,near Windmill.

PIANOS AND OBGANS. — World'sLeading Makers. Sale, Hire, or .Ex-

change. Call and Inspect. —F. Moore andCo., next Smeeton's.

RICES MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES—Eugiish and Foreign Piaoo Agency.Ltd. S. Coldicutt, Manager.

DENTISTRY.

A SPECIAL SIL-VER Filling Mate-rial of very supe-rior quality usedby Mr. HoweyWalker preservestha teeth forDON'T TURN BLACK, many, many years.These fillings re-tain a fine silveryetiine.THEY DON'T

TURN BLACK.The extra cost is

■very slight.Kot p» Infill,

TTOWEY ryALKBR,(NEXT "TIFIFIN.")

LDNCHEON AKD TEA BOOMS.

GENUINE AMERICAN ICE CREAM.Original and Only Manufacturers.STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.FRUIT SALADS.

MESSENGERS BROS., Tea and FruitLuncheon Room,

61. QUEENST.

EDUCATIONAL

A.L.C.M.(Cert. Trinity College, London),

PIANOFORTEPUPILS PREPARED FOR EXAMINATION

"TE PUROA," MARKET-RD., EEMDEEA.

CLASSESAT THIRD FLOOR.'

55, CITY CHAMBERS.Evening Classes: MONDAYS and FRIDAYS6.45 to 0 p.m.

E. YON FRANCIS.

HOUSE FURNISHINGS.S. S. CLARKE) (T. C. CLAxvJiii

QLARKE J£ROS,Successors to

yy TJAVEXPORT & CON,

PURXISHING ryAREHOUSE,Tg"ARANGAILAPE-BD.

THE FIRM IS NEW.THE TRICES AEE NEW.

FAMOUS FORFAMOUS FORFAMOUS FOR

fImSuI for CARPET SQ^hes.FAMOUS FORFAMOUS FOR T INOLEUMS.FAMOUS FOR -I^FAMOUS FORFAMOUS FOR "DEDSTEAOSFAMOUS FOR -DFAMOUS FORFAMOUS FOR TTIURNITURE.FAMOUS FOR -CFAMOUS FORFAMOUS FORTHE LOWEST TRICED ARTICLE ISNOT THE CHEAPEST.' WE

A l M

SUCCEED.

QLARKE "DROS.

SCALE-R-UNNING—Which should betrained flrst, the Fingers or the Mind?PeoDlo Jo <->« their heads.—

AMUSEMENTS.

Direction of Mr Henry Hayward.NIGHTLY AT 8. MAT. SAT AT 2JSV.ENTIRE CHANGE. T

ENTIRE CHANGE. "MASKELYNE AND "TkEVAKT-nASKELYNE AND D|"VfASKELI-NE AND TwisT-i■l-'J-ASKELYXE AND DiviSl '■VfYSTERIES. 14>A>'XS

■"M'STERIES."jlfYSTERIER-UJ-YSTERIES.

"EVERYTHING NEWFrom the Rise to the Fall of tho rn<*.rTHE SECOND GRAND PROGRAMME",'•Tl^^k^cSEtVvl,.McJ-TH

BE iSTIT^M^^The B ewiidering "losion of<?H-' OH! OH! OH! OH! OH>

MR OWEN CLARK,In a New Budget of Illusion!.AndMR BARCLAY GAMMONLondon's Laughing Philosopher in hl«:inimitable Mnsical Satires of"AN ORATORIO PERFORMANCE-And

"The Idiosyncracies of ContinentalPianiste."PRICES — 4/, 3/, 2/i and 1/.Children Half-price.Early Doors to Stalls and Gallery, Sβ

Plan at Wildman and Arey's.Day Sales at H.M. Cafe.

QOLEMAN'SpEOPLES -DIOSCOPE popg..

1 /—FAMILY PRICES-QD. 'SUBURBAN CIRCUIT—OPENING '"NIGHTS.OTAHUHU MONDAY. NOV 2tAVONDALK TUESDAY, NOV 241PONSONBY WEDNESDAY, NOV 2DKVONPORT......THURSDAY, NOV'NORTHCOTE FRIDAY, NOv' 5jON'EHUN'OA SATURDAY, NOV' -«LAND EVERY WEEK. *

Comic Singing Competition will be held iaPonsonby Hail EVERY WEDXESD4.YNIGHT (no entrance fee). Selection "b»vote of audience. 'Admission—Family Prices: Adults 1/,Children 6d, if accompanied by parents 3d.Complete Change 'Pictures and ArtistsEvery Week. 4^tI MATTHEWS PAKISH HAl7uHOBSON-ST.,(TO-MORROW (THURSDAY) EVENING,eight o'clock.Concert and 'Dramatic Entertainment,

"WITHERED LEAVES."Admission—Sixpence. 33

HALL, DEVONJPOECCONCERT AND FARCE,

"THE AREABELLE,"In aid of the Auckland Ladies' HockorAssociation.

WEDNESDAY, 18th. 1908.Doors open 7.30. Commence at 8 p.m.Admission — Front Seats2/; Back Seati

AGRICTH.TTTKAll SHOW. 'AUCKLAND A. AND P. ASSOCIATIOa,

ANNUAL SPRING SHOW,

ALEXANDRA PARE. 'fjLIVE- STOCK, FARM PRODUCEI MACHINERY, etc., etc. r

NOVEMBER 27th and 28th, J,Prize lists and entry forms port

on application -to ,■■■■*'.W. B. FORDYCE,

Acting Secretujb; -16, Ball of Commerce.Hlgh-st, Auckland.

HORTICULTTIRAI. SHOWS* 1rriHß cummer s"

Of the '. vAUCKLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYIn the CHORAL HALL oo

FRIDAY AND SATUBDAT.

TENDERS. ImENDERS wanted for Painting, Seriming,-«- and Papering new 5-roomed Honse>Uinemoa-road, Grey Lynn. UpAINTING, Papering, etc.,■*- good workman.—•Painter, 493 StarOffice. 4*yjOUSB EDEN TEEBACB,

Tenders will Close MONDAY. 33r«November, -at Noon.JOHN M. WALKER, j

Architect -His Majesty's Arcade.m O BUILDERS.'

Tenders required for Alterations and Ad-ditions to Premises of Messrs. Schneide-mann Bros., Tailors, Welllesley-st. Tender!close 26th inst., at 3 p.m.

T. B. JACOBSEN, Architect

mo BUILDERS AND OTHBBS.

Tenders win be received for purchase anaremoval of Old Shop and Dwelling (in goodstate of preservation).

A. WISEMAN, Architect, Fort-st

TENDERS will be received by the under,signed to Noon on MONDAY. 33rd No-

vember, 190S, for the ERECTION OFCOOKHOUSE for the Talrua Golden Hill*G.M. Co., Limited, at Tairua.

Plans and specifications at the Company tOffice, Hobson Buildings, Shortland-sUAuckland.The lowest or any tender not necessarily •accepted. WM. GRAY.

Secretary.Auckland, 12th November, 1008.

Public Works Office,Auckland, 16tli November, 1903.

TENDERS will be received at this Officeuntil Noon of TUESDAY, 15th Decem-

ber, 1908, for ERECTION Un Brick) of aPOLICE STATION at THAMES. Plans,etc., may be seen at Tost Offices, Thamesand Hamilton, and at this office. No ten-der necessarily accepted.

J. A. WILSON,District Engineer.

A UCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD.TENDERS FOR SUPPLY OF SIIIN'GLS.

Harbour BoarS Office,11th November, 1908.

Tenders will be received at this Officeuntil TUESDAY, the 24t!i day of Novem-ber, 190S, at noon, for Supply of Shingle.in terms of conditions and specification v>be seen at the Engineer's Office.

The lowest or auy tender not necessar-ily accepted.

Tenders to be endorsed, "Tenders fosSupply of Shingle."

By order of the Board.J. M. BRIGIiAM,

Secretary.