The Evening Star.

DUNEDIN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1889. PRICE ONE PENNY.NO. 8,038.

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.The women of England are indulgingin a battle-royal amongst themselvesconcerning the vexed question of theextension of the franchise to their sex;and the contest is being waged withconsiderable ability, and not a littlefeminine pugnacity. There is no "giveand take "in this encounter. It is allfair hitting, straight from theshoulder.There are those who deprecate the ad-mission of women into the politicalarena, and there are others who willnot be satisfied with anything less thanperfect equality with the masculineelement in all public affairs. As thesame question has been raised here andis likely to crop up again, a brief re-sume of the arguments on each sidemay not be without interest and in-struction.

The gauntlet was thrown down bythe opponents of women's suffrage inthe form of "A Women's Protest,"which appeared in the 'NineteenthCentury,' worded thus: " The under-signed protest strongly against the"proposed Extension of the Parlia-" mentary Franchise toWomen, which" they believe would be a measure dis-"tasteful to the great majority of the" women of the country, unnecessary," and mischievous, both to themselves" and to the State." This document isheadedbytheDowager Lady Stanley,ofAlderley, and Lady Frederick Caven-dish, and signed by 104 ladies of rankand social influence ; but who, withthe exception of Mrs Lynn Lyntokand Miss Emily Lawless, are chieflyknown as the wives of their husbands.In the "Appeal" which accom-panies the Protest, the argumentagainst granting women's suffrage isthus succinctly set forth:—" To men"belong the struggle of legislation" and debate inParliament; the hard" and exhausting labor implied in the"administration of the national re-" sources and powers; the conduct of"England's relations towards the"external world; the working of the"army and navy; all the heavy," laborious, fundamental industries of"the State, such as those of mines,"metals, and railways; the lead and"supervision of English oommerce, the"management of our vast English"finance, the service of that merchant" fleet upon which our food supply"depends. In all these spheres" women's direct participation is made" impossible, either by the disabilities"of the sex or by strong formations"of customs and habit, resting ulti-"mately upon physical difference,"against which it is useless to contend."They go on to admit that they areaffected " in some degree " by all thesenational activities, and that, therefore,they ought also "in some degree " tohave an influence in them all. Andthen, with charming ingenuousness,they say that they already possess thisinfluence —an influence which, theysay, is now beneficent largely becauseit is indirect—and they will have moreas the education of women advances,and therewith they are satisfied.With the efforts recently made to givewomen a more important share inaffairs where their interests and thoseof men are equally concerned, theydeclare themselves to be heartily insympathy. "As voters for or mem-"bers of school boards, boards of"guardians, and other important"public bodies women have now op-portunities for public usefulness" which must promote the growth of"character, and at the same time" strengthen among them the social" sense and habit. . . . The case"of the sick and the insane; the treat-"ment of the poor; the education of" children; in all these matters, and" others besides, they have made good"their claim to larger and more ex-" tended powers." But they modestlyaver that, when it comes to questions offoreign or colonial policy, or ofgrave constitutional change, women'snominal experience does not pro-vide them with such materials forsound judgment as are opento men. Further, they gracefullyacknowledge a "growing sensitiveness " to the claims of women, and therise of " a new spirit of justiceand sym-pathy among men." And, finally, theyexpress a conviction that "the pursuit" of a mere outward equality with men"is for women not only vain but"demoralising."

Such is the case against women's suf-frage as stated by its female opponents.A counterblast was issued withoutdelay in the columns of the 'Fort-nightly Review.' It was brieflyheaded thus :—r" The undersigned de-" sire to express their approval of the" proposed extension of the Parlia-" mentary franchise to women, which"they believe would be beneficial,"both to themselves and the State."This is a direct issue. Not to be out-done by their opponents, the fairsignatories also commenced their listwith a dowager peeress and a longarray of titled dames. In all, upwardsof 2,000 names, representing all gradesand classes of society, are attached tothis "declaration," as it is termed,commencing with the Dowager Mar-chioness of Huntley and endingwith Sarah Chapman, describedas forewoman, "on behalf of"780 members of the Matchmakers'"Union." It has also been signed"by 50 pit-brow women, 22 nail and" chainmakers, andupwardsof 100other"working women." Then there arethe signatures of 89 ladies—authorsand journalists; 97 "following aroor music as a profession "; a goodlynumber of "social and philanthropicworkers "

; 46 registered female medi-cal practitioners, and 87 sweet girlgraduates from Girton and elsewhere;

(Continued on page 4.)

•w&ivmvs.DOPTION —Wanted, a kind Motherly

Verson to Adopt a Baby Boy, 2 weeks"Puer," Stab Office._

r ANTED, a Nuwegirl, immediately. For.

address aj.ply Struthois and Scott,George atreet

AlLOKS.—"Wanted, Two first-claw Oat' I'" Hands. Apply Mr Fclcham (Brown,Ewing, and Co.'s).

'ANTED, a good General Servant. Ap-f ply between 6 and 9 o'clock p.m. at

Mrs' Arthur Barth, Otago Academy of Music,Elder street (Pitt street).

,«n; terms cash... r Apply, stating price, "J.J.," Star

Office. -

NTKD Known-Gavin Sanueman m

, y enlarged his Saloon and added anotr iChair; Patrons canrely on prompt attenti i

civility, ami street

WANTED Known—Lawn MowersRepairedand Knives Sharpened; Stationers

MachineKnives Ground; Keys Fitted to Locks.Schlaadt Bros., GreatKingjrtrcet__

ANTED Known—Wm. Hills, Staffordatreet, Guumaker and Locksmith,

AdjustsWTANTED Known-Steam Yacht WaiweraW has started running from Henley toTaferi Beach. Saturdays and Holidays.

FOK particulars of engagement other daysftpply to Railway Traffic Manager, Dune-

Uin, or ArMsjrK^g^Hejn]ey L_____

\trANTKD Known-lirundell and. Koaa,

W 16S George street, agents for Thsrp sPatent Gas-burners. Will save 20 per cent.upwards inRaa^JTele phone 525. .

Showers, etc,W fitted up. Beßt workmanshipguaranteed

Ht a moderate costTTTOTAVATAR Apparatus fitted up, Gas and

Water laid on; estimates given.

novar street.

„ Foochow Tea Company, 146 Georger-tr~!t. B. Washer, manager.i'IOLK Manufacturer of Marzapan, French

Nougat, and Italian Confections. J.Eomiuou, 153 George street.

(-NOFS7KK, Is; Tea, Is 2d; Baking Soaa, m

J lb; Jam, 4d; Tobacco, 4d; Herrings, faddon. Macfarlane, Hanovor street.

ISSBS THOMSON and Kelly have Ke-ii Bumed PrivateDressmaking, K. Brown s.

George street. A tiial solicited. Apprenticewanted.IfOHN GUlLMOTT,Hairdresser, 210Priuces*9 street south, has engaged an Assistant.Customers may rely onquick despatch.

RS BURGESS. Dressmaker, Frederick1 street (off George Htreet). Cuttingand

Fitting thoroughly Taught. Day and Evening

Classes. Terms moderate.

roa sals.

"H7OK SAL7, Second-hand PLaeton, Baker'sr Cait, Bicycle (43 inches), Single Buggy.

Mathews, coaohbuilder, King street.TmOR~S ATEriMge Brick Store ami ?ctioi\|j Clark street. Apply James A. Park and

Co.OK Sale, Chimney Sweeping macinne,

learly new ; veiy cheap. For particularsIr Reid. Beedsrr.au, Princes street.

P Boarding-house ; every convenience, anda fortune to suitable parson. John Keid andSons, Bond street, Dunedin.

TUKM For Sale (44 Acres) at Blueskin;? house attached; cheap; easy terms.

Pauli, 54 George street.CITONEWAKK Sanitary Pipes, Agricultural

Traps, spirit Bottles, Butter Jars, ChimneyPots, Flower Pots, Vases, etc. Lambert, Kensington Pottery Works.

710R SAL*, or TO LET for a Term,jgj thoroughly well-finished Two-Storeyed IRSSIDENCK, containing drawing room(IK x 15), dining room (15x15), four bedrooms(18x15. 15x15, 15x13, 9x13), kitchen(13 x 13), scullery, bathroom, storeroom, pantry,eto ; plastered throughout; every convenience;

flower and fruit garden; near University andBotanical Gardens, and cloae to tram-line.Half value can remain mortgage, 6jr per cent."K.," Box 206.

TJ7IOR SALE, 'Cheap-Large 3-roller Lever§? Mangle, Riding Habit, Colonial Ovens,

Fire-guard, Kettles, Boilers, Fenders, IronBedsteads, Wanzer Machine, Spurs, BoringMachine, Tools of all kinds, Tents, Cages,Stops, Furniture, Gum Boots. Macintoshes,Books, best New Pea-jackets (lis).

STONE, Dealer(Next Allan's, grocer, King street).

IHE TRUSTEES, EXKOUTORS, ANDB_ AGENOY COMPANY OF NEW

ZEALAND, LIMITED, Liverpool street, Dun-edin, have For Sale or To Let—Sections 16 and 17, Block IV.. Dunedin and

East Taieri District, containing 236 Acres,close to Silverstream. .

Section 10, Block VI., Dunedin and East TaienDistrict, containing 110 Acres.

Section 6, Township of Holyrood, Kaikorai,containing 0a lr 18.7p; also,

Sections 93 and 94, containing each one Acre.Part Sect on 10, Block VI, Dunedin.—Vacant

Section in Princes street south, next Queen 6

Arnw Hotel.Section 16, block XXXII, Dunedin, Queen

atreot north, containing i-aore; admirabletdte for gentleman's residence.

Section 5, Block 1., St. John'* "Wood, with TwoShops and Dwellings.

Section 6, block 1., St. John'sWood, with Four-roomed House.

Sections 51, 52, 53. 54, Carlton Extousion,Opoho, with Five and Six-roomed Housesthereor..

TO LET.Paddock in Kaikorai, opposite Roslyn Woollen

Mill*, containing about 39 Acres.Those large and substantial Premises in Craw-

ford street, facing Liverpool street, with largestorage accommodation. Very (suitable for amerchant's office or an insurance office. Posi-tion very prominent.

Offices in Liverpool street, specially adapted torlaw offices. . ~

Large Store and Offices in Princes street south,formerly occupied by British and New Zea-land Mortgage and Agency Company.

Also,„„„,,

.

That large WOOL and GRAIN STORE mSouth Princes street, at present occupiedby Messrs Keid, Maclean, and Co. Entryon lat November next. The storehas everyconvenience, including arailway siding.

WATCHMAKERS.

JUST LANDED(Ex S.S. Abawa),

CASES NEW GOODS,CONTAINING

LADIES' GOLD WATCHES,mAmnTT„aGENTS' SILVER WATCHES,

GOLD ALBERTS. BROOCHES, BANGLES,NECKLETB, AND RINGS.

Sterling Silver Alberts, Brooches, ButterKnives, Flasks, Match Boxes, Napkin Kings,

Sugar Basins, Smelling Bottles, SovereignPurses, and Teaspoons.

Electro Silver Plated Butters, Cruets, Crumb,Scoops. Egg Frames, Hot Water Jugs, Ink-" * ' DQr-ii:_- ir-:f« DW. Moot.

Dishes, Napkin Rings, PrizeCaps, Sugars, Toast Raoks,

and Teaspoons.POCKET ANEROIDS, FANS, Etc.

Inspection Invited.G. ANDIT YOUNG,

IMPOETKBS,..__,, .„_

PRACTICAL WATOHMAKEES ANDJEWELLERS,

88Princes street, Dunedin.Ako at Wellington, Tlmaro, and OMaaru

SO LEf.riHO LET, 4 roomed House, every convenience,X Arthur htreet. Apply Joshua Eccles,

grocer, Arthur street.mo LET, comfortable D'our-roomed House;JL range, outhouses. Apply Mrs Procter,

Maori rn.id, near Dryden's Store.ffno'iif.T, superior House and Store; largestI. store in Mornington. Apply Johns, auc-

tioneer.!0 LET, Furnished 9-roomed House and

Grounds, suburbs. Apply James A.Parkand Co.

TO LET, Furnished 6-roomed House atTaieri Mouth; euromer residence; rent

moderate. Apply J. Trezise, expressman.

TO LET, Four-roomed House (new). Apply"Brooklyn," Castle street north, near

Gardens.10 LET, a large, commodiouH Shop, with

jl Six Rooms attached, corner FrederickandLeitb streets. Apply CommercialHotel, Frede-rick street.

OFFIOKB TO LET.

TO LET, OFFICES AND CKLLARAGE,Crawford street, lately oocupied by Mr

W. L. Lees. ApplyMANAGER,

Star Office.

TEMDEEBUSNDKRS Invited until 16th October for

_L Erection of Verandah and Alterations toR. P. Botting's Premises, Kenbington. P. W.Laing, architect, s-t. Andrew street.

DRAPERY.SUMMER, 1889.

MANTLE DEPARTMENT.

lERBERT, HASNES, AND 00.direct particular attention to tho above

Department, in which will bo found theLATEST NOVELTIES OF THE REASON.

The following are a few of the Leading Lines,which arewell worthy of inspection:

Lace, Tambour, Gauze, and Brocatello SilkMantles

Black and F.wn JacketsRussian Direi-ifjircß and Reefer ShapesCravenette and Waterproof Tweed MantlesHoneycomb JerseysWhite Muslin, Gingham, and Pongee

BlousesPlush and Cashmere Evening MantlesDressing Gowns, Dust Cloaks, etc., etc.,

And other Choice Goods too numerous tocatalogue.

EARLY INSPECTION RESPECTFULLYSOLICITED.

DRESS DEPARTMENT.

Wo are now making our FIRST DISPLAYof SPRING DRESSES. 5 TYI.ISH NOVEL-TIES will bo tho order of the day. Rightlyconjecturing that the Exhibition will give animpetus to business "unknown formany years,'wo have imported ft class of goods of a mosttWsdwiflfttJ description, farsurpassing any of ourprovious efforts in this direction.

This Season will be a noteworthy one byreason of rhe magnificent choice in designs, andthe perfection arrived at in producing so manybeautiful colors.

We would impress upon our Customers thonecessity of making an early choice, as ourDressmakers are busy booking orders with aview to completion before the opening of theExhibition.

We append a few of the Leading Shades:MignonetteOuralLizard GreenSautorelleTwig GreenEmeraldLettucePutty ColorEgypte RedBoulanger RodRuntBricqueLuireGendarme Blue,

Terre OuitoTealMonßoreau ■RussetStarchGooseberry CreamCafe au LaitTawneyParrot GreyStarch•WiUow BWoParchmentPorcelaine

BPECIAL IMPORTATION.100 FRENCH MODEL ROBES

in the latest designs.

In view of the increasing demand for SILKS,our orders have been doubled, and we are inreceipt of the choicest assortment of SilkFabrics ever shown in Duncdin.

The following are some of the most Fashion-ablo Makes:Armuire Royalo

Brocaded Soic RoyaleStriped Damause Royale

Arabesque Poult de SoiePekinPeau de Soie

Ombra Striped MoireSurahs and Foulards

Plain and Printed Pongees and Corahs.

HERBERT, HAYNES, AND 00.

EDUCATIONAL.riSS TA.YLOR is prepared to receiveL Pupils for Pianoforte; terms reduced.

Wm. Taylor, wa'chmaker, 12 George street.TIOLIM AND PIANOFORTE STUDIO

V (above the Dresden Pianoforte Ware-house).-Mr EI'HRAIM PARKER (Teacher ofthoViolin) and Mr JOSEPH MOSS (Teacher ofthe Pianoforte and Singing) will reaeive Pupilsat the above address. Bands supplied torTheatrical Performances, Concerts arranged,andVocalists provided. Balls and EveningPar-Mea attended. Private address: Tho Laurels,Albany street.

BANJO AND GUITAR.R ALFRb'D G. BAKER receives Pupils

„__ at his Rooms. "Dagrnar College,"Moray place (next Choral Hall), on tho Five,Six, and Seven String Banjo and Guitar(improved method). How to play your own

' accompaniment taught in a few lessons). Hoursof attendance : 10 to 12 a.m., 2t04 pm. Even-ing Classes on Monday, Tuesday, and FridayNights from 7to 10. Class for Ladies starting.Address letters: A. G.BAKER, Forth streetnear Bridge.

GYMNASTICS for YOUNG LADIES andCHILDREN. Mrs F. FOX is pre-

pared to receive Pupils for the Pianoforte,French and German Languages, and Gym-

nastics. Mrs F. has been educated on theContinent, and been engaged in Teachingthere, for which she has high certificates. Shecan also give the addresses of former Pupils mthis colony for refeiences.

For termsapply at her Rosidence, corner orVictoria street and York place.

INSURANCE OOMPAMES.lUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Subscribed Capital ... L2,000,000.TotalInvested Funds ... L4.179.000.Total AnnualIncome ...

L850,0()0.TheUndersigned, having beenappointed

AGENTSof the above Company for Otago, are prepared

TO ISSUE POLICIESof Insurance against Fire at the Lowest

. Current Rates.NEILL AND 00.,;LIMITED.

COAL NOTICES.PEOPLE'S COAL. Consumers are

L requested to ask for the People's Coal.It is the brut and cheapest Joal from tho GreenIsland District.

E. G. ALLEN, Vogel street.

AMES GIBSON, Coal Merchant, Vogel<J street, Dunediu, has in Stock Coalbrook-

daki, Newcastle, Raitaugata, Shag Point,Walton Park, Freowan, aud Green IslandOoaL

Having the largest Staff In tho Bustneßß ourOrderei are delivered promptly.

A GovernmentGuarantee of the weight withoaoh load,

COALS! COALS!

WILLIAM WATSON, Coal Merchanthaving been in the above business for

the last twenty years, respectfully asks hisfriends to support bim. All kinds of Coal andFirewood delivered in any quantities at thelowest prices. Office: Octagon, near Atho-nfcum. Telephone No. 570.

WILLIAM WATSON, Coal Merchant.

TO THE INHABITANTS OF DUNEDINAND SUBURBS.

qHAG POINT COAL.

The Best and Most EconomicalHousehold Coal.

A TRIAL ONLY REQUIRED.PitiCKS:

By tho Truck of about Five Tons, at 2(k perton.

By the Single Ton and up to Five Tons, at 2lsper ton.

Orders addressed to Mr Eaton, Box 107, PostOffice, Dunedin, will have attention,

ROBERT OLENDINING lp lODrietoreJAMES EAZLETT f ttopnetore.

KAITANGATA RAILWAY AND COALCOMPANY, LIMITED.

KAITANGATA COAL.

THE PUBLIC are respectfully informedthat this Company have, after extensive

operations, touched their New Scam, and thatit can now be deliveredfrom all Coal Merchant?.

Thegeneral excellence of tho New Coal caubo vouched forby all tho Trade,who, as exports,have expressed to thoCompany their admirationof iti further suitability for Household Con-sumption, and can recommend it as the finestloca Coal in the market.

WALTON PARK COAL.

H"E COAL COMING

OUR DEEP DRIVE

NEVER BEEN SURPASSED.

Sold by all respectable Dealers.

"ONEY r .!O LEND on Freehold Securityfrom 6 per cent.SIEVWBIGHT AND JAMES,

Solicitors, High street.ONKY Toli"end""(LiOO up to L3.000) on

_Yjj. Freehold Security, at 7 per cent.; also,jveral Sums to Lend on BUIh of Sale at cur-

rent rates. Apply to Jas. Wliyte, Rattraystreet, Dunedin.

'OL'iKY TO LEND oa approved FreeholdSecurities,

STOUT AND MONDY, Solicitors,123 PrinoeH street, Dunedin.

TillE PERPETUAL TRUSTEES, KST ATE,«L AND AOENCY COMPANY OF NEW

JSKALAND, LIMITED, has Money to Lend onFreehold Security.

WALTER HISLOP, Manager.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

THE MERRY SWUNG TIME.THE MERRY SPRING TIME.

"\TEW SUMMER "BOOTS AND SHOE3.

Can you do without Boots?Unmistakeably comeß the chorus of No'a.

Then let us buy them all fromTHE CDNTINEHTAX. BOOT I>ErOT,

Next Brown, Ewiug, and Co., Princes street.

N.Z. AND SOUTH SEAS EXHIBITION.

THE UNDERSIGNED is a Caßh Purchaserof Poultry. J. WELLS, citrrer, Pro-

vincial Hotel, Dunedin.

S. FISH AND SON,House Decobatoks,

Paperhangebs, Glaziers, and Sign Waiters,Are now Selling a LARGE and VARIED

STOCK of FiRST CLASS PAPERHANG-INGS AT CONSIDERABLY REDUCED

PRICES.

[Established 1881.]

PRINCES STREET SOUTH.

HE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ANDFINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Head Office : Moray place, Dunedin.

Loans granted on Mortgage of Freehold orLeasehold Properties tor fixed periods, orrepayable by instalments.

Advances made against Bond Warrants, ShareSorip, etc. Bills Discounted.

Depositereceived at highest current rates.CurrentAccounts opened. Silo and Purchase

of Shares Negotiated, and all Financialand Agency Business undertaken.

A number of Properties For Sa'c.A. HERDMAN, Manager.

BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS!-TIS QUITE *™

Y\vE DO THE TRADE.IMON BROTHERS' largeand choice Stock

is unequalled iu the City for Quality andLow Prices.

, ,

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f Splendid vanuty of moßtcelebrated English and Con-tinental Makes. All im-

„.... , ported direct. Prices must

See Windows. . JMlvinoo . Ladies' Kid Bootsliee Windows. 1 {rom salld . Walking !-hoes

from 6h 9d; Gents' (sown)I Balmorals from 10s 6d;( Best hand - sewn Boots,

Made to Order. ■{ Shoes, and Fancy Slippers(to measure.f Our Famoasßeehive Bootsall made in our own fac-tories. Men's Stronc Hal-

„ ~.

„ , morals from 9s b"d; Water-■£he Snri va !°V 1 tights, l'2s 6d; Women'sThe Unrivalled. B£lmoraiß from 6s lid;

Mastics, 78 6d: Bojs' andGirls' makes a specialty.

VTest prices.Note Address—

SIMON BROTHERS,George stroet (near Octagon).

T. GEORGE JAM. —Once used, always> used. All Grocers.

OLFE'3 Schnapps is the most powerful,I T i wholesome, and successful restorative

of this age. Obtain Wolfe's.-J /J WORDS FOR ONE SHILLING.—J_o The charge for Wanteds, ToLetß, ForSales, etc., etc., is In for SixteenWords. SpaceAdvertisements are charged at therato of 4a perinch tho first insertion, and o* per inch subse-quent insertions. Standing Advertisements byspecial arrangement.

HCENIX Jams unrivalled Jfor purity andflavor j all grocers.

PUBLIO NO'HOBS.WE LIVE TO DIE AND DYE TO LIVE.

JK H 0 D E S,• DUNEDIN DYEWORKS,

116 George street, Dunedin,The only Practical Dyeing and Cleaning

Works in Otago. Every description of dyeingand cleaning done carefully and well.

'OHN GILLIES,f FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,

18 Geobge street, Dunedin,Has JustOponed out a fine New Lot of Frenchand Half-tester Bedsteads in black and gold;also, Carpet?, Ruga, Carpet Squares (withborders), Linoleums and Floorcloths (up to 12ftwide), Reversible Hood Perambulators, SpringMattresses and Bedding (new and sweet, madeat our Factory).

Furniture Supplied on Time Payment.Everybody invited to Call and See our large

Stockat 18 George Btrect.

mHE PREMIER IRONMONGERYJL COMPANY,

PBINCE3 STREET, DUNEDIN(Opponite the Bank of New Zealand).

OFFER Special Inducements to those aboutto Furnish in the Selection from theirN?w and Varied Stock of FURNISH-ING UvONMONGKRY.

LL THE LATEST NOVELTIES for theL Drawing Room, Library, Hall, Bedroom,

Bathroom, Kitchen, and Scullery.SPECIAL VALUES IN TRAVELLING

k5 TRUNKS, Bonnet Boxes, Brushwaro,Lampware, Cutlery, Spoons and Forlcß,Japanned and Tinned Goods, SaloonRifles and Cartridges.

IU ANGES, Register and Slow-combustion\j Tile Grate.i, Mantelpieces, Tile Hearths,

Fenders, Flreirons, Coal Boxes, FireScreens, American and Scotch CookingStoves, Copper Boilers, and FurnaceFrames.

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TEA AND COFFEESERVICES, Cruets, Cake Baskets,Butter Coolers, Marmalades, JellyDiehes, and Bronze Ornaments, suitablefor Presents.

r

7 ATKR - WHITE KBROSENE OIL,¥ y 150° test. Guaranteed the best In tho

market.|HE PREMIER IRONMONGERY

COMPANY,Princes Street, Dunedin

(Opposite the Bank of New Zealand).OHA3. B. BRAID, Manager.

OTAGO IRON, COPPER, BRASS, ANDLEAD WORKS.

Established 1802.A AND T. BURT,3L» Engineers and Ikonfoundeus,

PLUMBERS, BRASSFOUHDEKS, COPPER-SMITHS, GASFITTERS, BKLLHANGERS,

ANV)

ELECTRO-PLATEKS OF IRON, BRASS,AND COPPER GOODS.

Gas Stoves for Cooking, Heating, Boiling,and Ironing purposes ; also Bath

Heaters.Agents for the Pnlsometcr Pump Co., Engol-

bert'H Celebrated Cylinder and Machinery Oils.Stocks always onhand.

A. AND T. BURT.

MAORI BRAND.

OUR CEMENT is equal to the bettImported. Certificates of Tensile and

Quality given if r. quired.LIME.

Kest Burnt Milburn lime at Lowest Rates.Ciders promptly attended to.

Address—MlLßUßN LIME AND CEMENTCOMPANY, LIMITED,

Dunedin.FRANK OAKDEN, Manager.

FISHING TACKLE.

E have just received our Season's Sup-' ■ plies of

FISHING TACKLE,BOWLING GREEN BOWLS,LAWN TENNIS and CRICKET MA-

TERIALS,n great variety, from the Best English Makers.

Inspection invited.

ARTHUR BRISCOE AND CO.,Princes street, Dunediit.

f AT

NORTH DUNBDIN BOOT DEPOT,King street, cornor Union street.Remember, every Pair reduced.

MORE NEW LINES THIS WEEK.

TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.

ARNINGHAM AND 00., Maimfaotmicre> of the Patent Prize Range ZKALANPIA.

nosetting, and will burn any coal.Iron Fretwork for Verandahs in great variety.

VICTORIA FOUNDRY,George street (opposite Knox Church).

HE " ORION "COOKING RANGES, tot[ burning wood or ooal: fitted with high

ui irw pressure boilerß.' Requires nosetting.Iron Fretwork and GeneralOautWsga.

Repairs effected.

H. E. SIIAO KL 0 OK.South End Fonndiy, Crawford street

Duned'.n.

JOB PRINTING

THK EVENING STAR OFFICE Is now

prepared to Execute PRINTING of everydescription, in first-class style, at moderat;prices, and on very short notice.

Having a Large and Varied Assortment ofType, auitablo for all classes of work, andMachinery capable of turning it out morarapidly than most offices, Business Houses canroly upon their Orders, for large or (-mail

numbers, receiving prompt attention.

Estimates given for large ordera only

AKEN from my Shop last week, 2,0001b_

of the best Sausages in Town. Cole,Hanoverstreet,

AUNDKY Work wol) and cheaply done,and punctually returned in all weathers.

uart Curtains a. specialty. Mrs Olark'nLaundry, North-avt Valley. Established 1.875.

RS IZETT, Chrifitchurch, wishes to place*.»_«.

experienced young Lady in a Dunedinbar; photo sent.

OF all tonics, diuretics, and nervines,Wolfo's Schnapps is the safest and best.

Be gure you obtain Wolfe's.

PHG3NIX JanM guaranteed t«i givo unijversal satisfaction ; all grocers.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

MA I Z E N A.[Trade Makk.]

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

MESSRS DIJRYEA in the year 1856 in-vented and adopted the word or combination ofletters "MAlaiiNA" as a Thaims Mark.

MAIZENAHas roooived Highest Prize Medalß at Inter-

national Exhibitions at—Philadelphia, 1876 Havre, 1868Paris, 1867 Netherlands, 1869Paris, 1878 New South Wales, 1875London, 1862 Capo Town, 1877Hamburg, 1863 Brussels, 1876Cologne, 1865 London Annual, 1873Altona, 1869 Hatanzas, 1881,

And atAmerican Institute, Franklin Institute, 1874

1857Baltimore Institute PennsylvaniaTr.stitute,

1850Gouth Carolina Institute, IaTO.

Also, at Fairs of States and Counties, andIN EVERY INSTANCE WHERE IT HAS

RffiEN EXHIBITED.Note.—Purchasers should Insist on being

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The Best Oil in the Market.

NDREW LEBS,

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Established 1859.)

The VoryLatest Designs in

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Please Note the Address

ANDREW LEES.

48 GEORGE STUKET,

IPEIGHT AND 00. 'S. PRIZE BEER

T . K, West, Esq.,135 Euston road, London.

Dear Sir,—Being intimate with ore of thepriLcipal supervisors of excise here IBent him ftfew dozen of Messrs Speight and Oo.'b DunedlttBeer with the object of getting the opinion ofthe Excise Chemist on it; and lam glad tosayho has pronounced it one of the fineßt Beers hoever analysed, it having the high speoificgravityof 10.80clcg, the greatest amount, of spirit andthe least quantity of acid ho ever came across.

"WhenI toll you that every shipment of Beergoing out of the Clyde must be sampled by theexcise officers and then analysed by theirchemists, I consider this opinion is better thananything else I could say onit. At present theBeer is too flat to send to anyono not an expertin the trade; but as soon as it comes into con-dition Iwill haveit distributed.

Yours very truly,(Signed) ROBB, MOORE, AND CO.

(Per H. S. Moore).

A Correspondentwrites:— jPlease Bend tno some more of that SPEIGHT S

Ahc you are bottling. I am very particularboat tho beer I have, and hitherto have had a

down on "Colonial," preferring to pay thenighcr price for the bent brands of EnglishBottled Ale. I must confess, however, thatwhat you have sent me ploases me in every re-spect as well as any I have ever used. Perhapsthe great difference in price between 10sand14s a dozen has affected my judgment, but Ido not think so. At any rate, so long as youmaintain the quality at the samo dtandardyou should be able to supplant the importedarticle.

To John Barron, 29 RattrayBtreet.

RHEINGOLD CIGARS.

fTIHE following letter, which, among many

I 3- others, has recently been received, fullybears out the reputation claimed for tho abovecigars :

(;■ and Hotel, Dunedm,September 23,1889.

During my visits to the colonies I have fouxdit difficult to obtain good cigars at moderateprices. I have tried them at many prices, from(id up to Is 6deaoh, but without satisfaction.I did not think of trying below 6duntil a fewItHEINGOLDS were offered me, and aftersmoking them I was convinced they were very(rood cigars, and wondered I had not hit onthem before; but on learning their price Iunderstood why I could not get them in thobest hotels.

As an old smoker I can confidently assertthat they are better than any cigar for which Ihave paid 6d in the innumerable hotels I havestayed at in tho Australasian colonies.

Fbedebio Macoabe.Mr Maubice Joel,

Crawford street, Dunedin.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

WWOOD, of Stuart street, has takenv over the REFRESHMENT and

DINING ROOMS in Rattray street latelycarried onby Thos. Broadway.

Thiswell-known Establishment having beenRefurnished throughout, patrons can rely onhaving every comfort and convenience.

LUNCHEON FROM 12 TO S.N.B.—Grills, Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa,

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kept in stock, or made toorder on the shortestnotice. Guaranteedof the best quality.

CATERING.Balls, Wedding Parties, Dances, Picnics,

etc. Catered for in very best style.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

M'LBOD BROTHERS, LTD.,Manufaotubkbs of

SOAPS, CANDLES, LUBRICATING OILS,GLYCERINE, ESSENCES, AND

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AVING introduced New Names and■ Brands for Borne of our SOAPS and

CANDLES, we beg to diaw special attentionto onr best Soap,

"LAUNDRINE,"for wbioh we were awarded First Order of

Merit at the late Melbourne Inter-national Exhibition.

None but the very purest and best materialsbeing uoed in the manufacture of this quality,it does not injure the most delioate skin or

finest fabric, and will bo found most economicfor all ordinary household purposes, while inthe laundry it cannot be surpassed,

Our standard qualities, formerly known asTHREE CROWN, TWO CROWN, AND!HOUSEHOLD, will in future be designatedTHREE HEART, TWO HEART, ANDONE HEART, respectively.

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We have also much pleasure inannouncingthat we are now manufacturing very superiorPARAFFIN AND COMPOSITE CANDLES,which compare very favorably with the bestEnglisU and Foreign Brands.

The manufacture o TOILET SOAPS,ESSENCES, and PERFUMERY is under themanagement of practical exports, and therapidly increasing demand for these goods is aguarantee of their superiority,

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CROCKERY, GLASS, AND CHINA-WARE, OUILERY, Etc.

EVERYKIND of UPHOLSTERY DONEon the PREMISES.

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HIGH AND RATTBA? STREETS.

P. LAING,Manager,

E) HALLENSTEIN,Chairman ofDirectors

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PUBLIC NOTICES."ERBKRT, HAYNES, AMD CO.

Are now offering

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10 Dozen MEN'S RIBBED WORSTEDHALF-HOSE, Is 6d-splendid value.

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Lithographers, Printers, Bookbinders, andManufacturing Stationers.

FROZEN LAMBS.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRE-SENTS FOR HOME.

"" AM now Booking Orders for my AnnualShipments as above.

S. G. SMITH,City Butchery.

THE NEW TARIFFAND THE

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dozen reput id pint bottles. When the freisihtand s h':st of other charges are added, itamounts io a considerable item on each bottle.

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IHE PERPETUAL TRUSTEES, ESTATE,AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEWZEALAND, LIMITED.

Capital L 125.000.Directors■

The Hoa. W. H. Reynolds, M.L.O.W. Downie Stewart, Esq., M.H.R.ThomasMoodie, Eeq.Walter Hislop, Esq.

Managee:Walter Hislop.

This Company acts as Executor or Trusteeunder wills and settlements; as Attorney forabsentees or others; manages properties;negotiates loans; collects interest, rent, anddividends; and conducts all general agencybusiness.

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Notice. —Messrs Dodds, chemisfs, of PortChalmers and Akaroa (of thirty years' experi-ence), certify that this is the most effectualandspeedy cure known to them—quite a marvel-lous remedy.

Agents: Chemistsonly.Wholesale: P. Hayman and Co., Dunedin.

R MANTELL'S CELEBRATED COUGHW SYRUP,For Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis,

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Prepared and Sold onlybyWILKINSON AND CO.,

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[Established 1852.]

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TESTIMONIALS:Fkom DbEwabt.—"l am very much opposed

to patent medicines generally, and totally dis-countenance the Balaams, Oxymels, Elixirs,Syrups,andotheremanationsofunprincipled em-pirics ; but I regard your LUNG PRESERVERas a really good preparation, entirely free fromthose qualities which render most patent medi-cines dangerous, and possessed of those tonicand stimulating properties which render it atreasure to those who suffer from theexhausting effects of pulmonary disease andchest affections generally. In cases ofasthma, it quickly cuts Bhort the piroxysm.In chronic bronchitis or winter cough,it "s useful; the discharge of mucus is greatlyassisted, and the wheezii'g and difficulty ofbreathing are greatlyrelieved by it. In acutebronchitis it is also beneficial, and whits; ittends to cheok inflammation, it promotes expec-toration, and thus relieves the laborious anddifficult breathing so general in these attacks.As a CoughMedicine, ior persons of all ages, itis exoellent."

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Sold in bottles, Is fid, 2s 6d, 4a 6d, and 8seach, byall Patent Medicine Vendors,

Purchasers are requested to ask for Baxter'sLung Preserver. Each genuine bottle has thewords BAXTER'S LUNG PRESERVER,OHRISTCHURCH, blown on it. Refuse allothers as counterfeits.

Agent for Dunedin :

B. BAGLEY, Chemist.

SUFFERER from Nervous and WastingL Debility, Loss of Vigor, etc., was re-

stored to health in such aremarkable manner,after all else had failed, that he will, on re-coipt of a self-addressed, stamped envelope,send the mode of cure Free to all fellow-sufferers. Address "A Miner," G.P.0., Syd-ney.

lECRET3 OF LIFK AND HEALTH.-j Free by Tout, for Six (N.Z.) PennyStamps, a Medical Treatise by an eminentFrench Hospital Physician, thirty years aParisian Specialist now retired), showing suf-ferers how they m; .}cure themselvesof NervousDebility, Lost Manhood, etc., etc, with-out consulting a medical man. Address

Parisian," P.O. Box 766, Sydney. "Aboon to all desiring 'telf-cure.'"— 'MedicalReview.'

STHMA Cigarettes of Dr Kennedy Doug-L las, Edinburgh (late of Tapanui); the

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Deaths.

THIRD EOITIOH.fPUBLISHBD AT 5 P.M.]

TOWBRB.—On October 14, at Dunedin, WilliamArbuokle, ths beloved husband ol Elizibeth Towora ;aged 88 years. Deeply regretted.

Thomson.—On the 14th inst., at hh rcsider-oe, Con-stitution street, Port Chal>rer», Donald Thomson,alter a long and painful illness; aged 45 years.

Sales by Auction-To-morrow.James Simeon and Co.. »5 Mielr rooms, Dowllnff

(treot, at ii o'clock—Fre^old'property.James A. Park »2<5 Co., at their rooms, Mauße

street, at 12 o'clock—Canaries.

Amusements.-This Evening.

Princess'.) Thcstr*.—'Dora' and«l*9 Barrister.'St. Matthew's Schoolroom.—The 'Ransatira Min-

strels.

To Correspondents."W.H.M."—Thursday. At>ril 23, ISBO, to eighteen

Yean.', for burglary. Cn the same date he was sen-tenced to ten years' cumulative, for larceny, alter aprevious conviction for larceny.

The Evening StarTUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 1889.

The tolonial Governments have been adjjvised that the heir presumptive to the lianaof Porpandar, Iv&thiawar, in afeo'ut to makea tour of i'neso colonies.

At Vfte Educational Conference, to be held'i Ouncdin in January, the Auckland branchwill be represented by Messis Harrison,Scott, Stewart, and Newcombe.

JD.P. Bro. Moss to-day reaeived informa-tion that the Grand Lodge officers of theDruids intend to visit Dunedin officiallyabout the openingof the Exhibition.

Mr A. H. Ross, chairman of the OtagoHarbor Board, and Captain Macfarlane,harbor-master, proceeded down tho harborin the Plucky yesterday afternoon, and tooksoundings in tho direct channel. At theshallowest part they did not Snd vory muehdifference from the sounding 3 taken in March'lust bV the harbor-master, but there wasfeasiderableshoaling in other parts of thechannel and in the steamers' basin,

It is stated in ' Vanity Fair' that the latePrince Consort left upwards of L300,000 tofound an "Albert Family Fund," to makesuitable provision for his descendants whomay hereafter require it, other than 't,heHeir Apparent and such members oJ tih'eRoyal Family as may marry into foreignreigning houses. The Queen has added tothis fund so largely that it is now said tohave considerably more than doubled, andit still increases yearly. It ia not, how-ever, intended that it should be availableduring the present reign.

The railway employes at Christchnrehhave lately be*>*i taking steps to resist theenforcement of the Railway Employes' In-surance Bill, the provisions of which tLeyconsider unjust, and an infringement of thecommon liberty of employes in respect totheir earnings. What is most objected toby employes is the clause which gives powerto the Government to stop the amount ofcontributions from cash man's pay. Thecompulsory nature of the Bill as -a whole isalso strongly objected to. A committee oftwenty was appointed to arrange for apublic meeting at an early date.

A system of medical insurance among theindustrial poor has now been put in success-ful practice for eighteen months by theLondon Metropolitan Hospital in the Kings-land road. It enrols all those within a mileof its gates who are willing to pay a smallmonthly charge as clients of the hospital,and when they fall ill they at once receivethe full advantages which the institution canfurnish. The new principle works excel-lently well. During the short time that ithas been in operation 5,654 membershipbooks have been issued, representing morethan 11,000 lives, and those who thusbenefithave the consciousness of self-help, besideshelping the hospital.

A meeting of journeymen tailors was heldin the Oddfellows' Hall, Rattray Btreet, histnight, to consider the matter of reorganisingthe Dunedin Tailors' Union. The president(Mr Montgomery) was in the chair, andthere were about twenty other memberspresent. There are now about forty-five,members in the Union, and it is expectedthat this number will be considerably in-creased within a very short time. Thequestion of joining in the procession on theopening day of the Exhibition was favorablydiscussed, and delegates were appointed toconfer with the remainder of the tailors inthe City, and ascertain their views on thematter.

' Hands Across the Sea' is manifestlyincreasing in popularity, and but for themanagerial desire to give as many pieces aspossible from Mr Warner's repertoire duringhis Bomewhat brief stay here there can be nodoubt that it could be profitably kept on theboards for the better part of this week.Last night there was a capital attendance inall parts of the house, and Miss Warner,Mr Warner, and the other principals werefrequently called before the curtain. Meu-tion deserves to be made of the compactorchestra, under the leadership of Mr Rice,who last night played a medley of P'nglishnautical airs, which was deservedly ap-plauded. Fcr to-night' Dora' and the side-splitting farce of 'The Barrister' constitutethe bill.

With reference to the confessions of amurder in the Otepopo bush made by a manin London, the ' North Otago Times' says:—"Oamaru police have made inquiries, buthave failed to obtain any confirmation ofthe man's statement. It mighthave beenpossible, however, for two men employed iuthe Otepopo bush cutting timber fc> ceasework without occasioning any inquiry. Inthose days men came and went, and butlittle attention was paid to their move-ments ; and if such a crime was committed,both men must have been strangers, whosedisappearance occasioned no remark. Itmay be, however, that the practice of opiumeating has unhinged the man's mind, andthat he has confessed to a crime he nevorcommitted."

The monthly meetingof the Committee ofthe Athemcum and Mechanics' Institute lastnight was attended by Messrs J. G. Moody(chairman), J. R. Sinclair, J. A. Barr, J.S. Fitzgorald, J. H. Chapman, D. Reid(juu.), D. White, W. Bolt, E. E. Morrison,W. M'Adam, W. B. Harlow (hon. sec), andDr Colquhoun. Thanks were accorded toMr George Grant for the presentation ofthree books—one on Honolulu, another onthe Kermadec Islands, and the third on theTarawera eruption. The hon. secretaryreported that after several special meetingssatisfactory terms had been arranged uponwhich the premises lately occupied by MrHay were to be leased for seven years to MrEden George for photographic rooms. TheCommittee approved of what had been done,and appointed Mr Martin to supervise andto approve of the alterations to be made inthe building.

The oldest admiral of the English fleet isSir Provo WalHs, who is ninety-eight yearsold. It is eighty-five years—just the yearbefore Trafalgar—since he first went to sea !and it is seventy-six years and three monthssince he fought in that famous sea fightbetween the English Shannon and theYankee Chesapeake, off Boston—the latestfight between England and her Americanoffspring, and it may be the last. It ispleasant to think that this grand old seaman—a contemporary of Nelson—is still in fairhealth and strength. Admiral Wallis, bythe way, has never commanded a steamvessel. He is a survival from the age ofwood and canvas—the age the close of whichis symbolised in Turner's immortal Teme-raire. The captain of the Shannon havingbeen wounded, it fell to Lieut. Wallis tobriDg her, with her prize, the Chesapeake,to England. For this service Wallis wasraised to the rank of commander. Walliswas made a vice-admiral in 1857.

A writer in the *Pall Mall Gazette' says :

—"Hollow cheeks and wrinkles are veryawkward things. Ladies do their best toprevent their appearance. The clever onesseem to be able to ward off the wrinkles,but hollow cheeks completely baffle theirskill. A gentloman who lives at Islingtonisproviding ladies whose cheeks are hollowwith smallpads. These pads are attachedto natural or artificial teeth by means of tinygold springs. The price of a face pad is atrifle heavy, like everything else guaranteedto improve the personal appearance. Apair of pads costs something like L5. Themaker of the face pad said that gentlemen,as well as ladies, are wearing them. Onegentleman had never looked anything butcadaverous until he took to the pad. Nowhis cheeks are rounded like a cherub's,and be looks ten years younger. Thecurious thing about the faco pad is itsinflexibility. It is made of the samematerial as the case of a set of artificialteeth,

The monthly meeting of the Otago Bee-keepers' Association lant evening was vi'epattended. Ai». interesting patt.e? was .readon 'Transferring' bV T. w. Brickell.Afterwards a discussion tiiaued as to thebest roof, botfe'm !?i»fcrcla, etc.

Sentence of the Abbotts (convicted atCh'ris'tohurch of ill-treating a young girl)has been deferred till Monday next, as thegaol authorities reporte4 yesterday that thefemale prisoner was suffering from nervosaprostration to such an extent as tobe unabletoattend,

Mr Gl&dsbonis has addressed a letter tothe ChurckConßreßs now sitting in Englandon the subject of Sunday observance. Hestates that he attributes his long life and thegood health which he has enjoyed verylargely to the fact that it has buen a rule ofhis life to do no work whatever on Sunday.

A serious aeeifont occurred yesterdayafternoon to Mr William Borlase, lessee ofone of the Port Chalmers quarries. He wasengaged, with two other quarrymen, re-moving some large stones, when, withoutany warning, one fell, completely crushingliia ankle. The sufferer was removed to hisresidence at Sawyers Bay and attended toby Drs Drysdale and Cunningham, whoamputated the leg halfway between theankle and kn'e'e.

Td morrow night the City Council willprobably 'decide as to the advisability ofproviding the brigade with a steam fire-engine. It has been stated that, in conse-quence of the heightof the buildings latelyerected, the City Brigade would, in theevent of a fire breaking out in the top flat,be practically useless with the present ap-pliances, and the Otago Fire Underwriters'Association, in consequence, have asked theCouncil to take the matter into considera-tion.

Mr E. L. 0. Layard,, British Consul-General for Ntefr 'Caledonia, who is now inSydney ott sick leave, Intends to shortlyresign and proceed Home, In the course ofan. interview with a representative of the' Daily Telegraph,' Mr Layard gave some

information in regard to Frenchrule In New Caledonia and the NewHebrides. He is of opinion that Sir ArthurGordon's policy in the New Hebrides hasbeen a mistake, and had operated detri-mentally to the interests of Fiji. TheFrench convict settlement at New Caledoniais a frightful expense to the French nation.There are at present from 13,000 to 15,000men there, consisting of convicts, liberes,and recidivistes, 9,000being convicts. Theseare employed on public works. The sur-veillance is exceedingly strict, a large forceof soldiers being kept on the island. MrLayard considers the whole of the Frenchconvict system is a "grand mistake." Hesays that the best of feeling exists betweenthe French and the English officialsresidentin the islands.

The Mutual Improvement Society in con-nection with the Moray place* Congrega-tional Church closed their session lastevening with a musical and literary enter-tainment. There was a good attendance,the hall being comfortably filled. Mr_W.Coull, vice-president of the association,occupied the chair, and in the course of hisopening remarks congratulated the societyupon the success which had attended theirmeetings this session. In spite of the un-settled condition of the church, the roll ofthe association exceeded in number that ofthe previous year, a fact which was due tothe energetic manner in which the Com-mittee had worked. The following ladiesand gentlemen took part in the programme:—Misses Robinson, M. Brown, Sears, Jago,Christie, Thomson, Henderson, Rowlandson,Coote, E. Coote, and Ogilvie; MessrsScully, Eowker, A. E. Bone, Harris, andM'Gill. Two glees were sung by the choir,under the conduotorship of Mr Vallia. Avery successful entertainment was broughtto a close by the singing of the doxology.

The Port Chalmers Foresters' Hall waspacked last night, when Mr Brunton's Portsinging class and a portion of his Dunedinclass, forming a well-balanced choir of forty,repeated the rehearsal of sacred song givenin the Dunedin Garrison Hall on 23rd ult.The fir3t part of tho programme cousisted ofa curtailment of the service of song 'On theNorth Sea.' Solos by Messrs Drew andWalker, a duet by Messrs Wilson and Hally,and the choruses were well rendered. Theconnective readings were read by MrEunson. The second part consisted ofo,nthems, etc. Two male quartetsby MessrsScoones, Wilson, Hally, and Wood, and thesolo ' Waiting,' by M'ss Crawford, werevery well sung. Two solos, 'The crippleboy,' and, in response to an encore,'No one cares for me,' by Miss Elise Logie,were sung with special feeling, and herwords were heard very distinctly. MrArthur White, besides being an efficientaccompanist, played a selection in theinterval.

Dunedin Orchestral Society's fourth conceitin Girrion 11*11 on Thursday evening.

Theattention of members of Loyal Prince ofWill's Ledge, M.U.I 0.0.F,, is directed to anotice in this issue,

Meeting of the Otago Branch of the MasonicUnion in the Freemasons' Hall on Fridayevening. All master Masons a»c expected tobe present.

The cunvr.t number of the 'CentennialMagazine' conta: ns very readable article* on'Student life in Melbourne,' by J S. Robert-son; a review of Barton's (erstwhile editor oftho ' Otago Daily Times') ' History of NowSouth Wales,' by Mr Traill, M.P.; Mr J. 0.Wharton's criticism of thr e little known Aus-tralian poets; and Mr Hebblewhite's paper on'Artisan Scepticism and Empty Churches.'Theillußtrative portion of tho book is certainlyimproving, and this month there is an effectivefrontispiece by Mr Lucien Henry, a familiarname, whose pencil has produced a fancifulyetextremely graceful adaptation of the lyre birdto sculptural purposes.

The following are from ' LloydssWeekly' ofSeptember 18 and 25 :—M. Prior, who lived atEllesmere road, Sheffield, is inquired for by hissister, who thinks he may have gone to NewZealand.-George Scott and his wife, Rosan-nah, went from Ireland to Melbourne in 1853,and last wrote from Buninyong. in 1869, thatthey were going to New Zealand. Theirbrother and sister Beek newa.—George Chaplin(" John Chapman ") was a farmer at Aucklandforty yearsago. His niece would be glad ofany news.—William Jeffreys left Brighton,Sussex, in 1872 for New Zealand, in theCharlotte Gladstone. His mother begs fornews,—William John Tanner last wrote homefrom Helensvillo, Kaipara, August 28, 1887 ;

he then thought of going to Melbourne.

THE HANSOM DRIVERS ANDTHE CITY COUNCIL.

A number of the hansom drivers of theCity have addressed the following com-munication to the City Council:

We, the undersigned, beg respectfully toprotest against the remarks made by Coun-cillor Fish and other membersof the Councilat your last meeting, whilst the peti-tion re the removal of hansoms wasunder consideration ; and whilst wehave no objection to that petition beinggranted, we would point out that we havemany of us our all invested in our calling,and Buch charges against us must injure usin the eyes of the public. We are out in allweathers and at all hours to cater forthe public, and receive a great deal ofannoyance and abuse from letters andotherwise, which we attribute not somuch to our own conduct as to thosewho are allowed to congregate about thehansom stands; and we respectfully sub-mit that it would be much better for us andthe public also if you would place us in thecentre of Princes street, from High streetsouth. We feel satisfied that if we hadlaidour grievances before you years ago, itwould have been much better forus; and wewould also point out that the hansom standsin most towns are situate in the streetcentres. Hoping that you will grant a per-mit, say, forsix months, forus tostand on theaforesaid portion, then, if not fully satisfiedwith the change being a benefit, you couldrelegate us to our old quarters or elsewhere;but we certainly feel sure that if you grantthis permit you will eventually make it alegal stand.

Mamma: "Now, remember, Bertram,you musn't run too hard, or you'll perspireand spoil your Fauntleroy shiit. Bertie :

"Yes, dearest." Mamma: "And youmusn't wipe your nose on your Fauntleroysash, or mamma will have to whip you."Bertie: "No,dearest." Mamma: "Aboveall things, remember, under no circum-stances, take your hat off, because yourFauntleroy curls are sewed in thebrim."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.No doubt if a suggestion had been made,,

say five or ten years ago, that a lady shouldappear mounted on a bicycle in jthepublicstreets, it would have occasioned a shock,.amountingto little less than a disaster,, in allrespeotable circles. Vet that eventhas nowcome about, says the London correspondentof the 'Liverpool Mercury.' The lady'sbicycle has not made much headway inLondon, but in Coventry the other day Inotioed a lady riding a bicycle, and verycomely she looked. The machine is,, ofcourse, not the ordinary high»w»heeledclass, but an adapted form of the Safety,with backbone so bent that the pedalsmay be easily reached, and the dress of therider yet kept clear of the wheels or'theframework. She is seated directly over herwork, balanced in the same position as isthe male rider. The action is more grace-ful than that of the tricycle, and progressseems to be more easily made. There isalways of course a possibility of fallingover the side. Except for this one danger,the bicycle for ladies should be as safe amount for general purposes as the three-wheeler,

Volga ha 3 been scratched for theCaulfieldCup, and Centaur for the Melbourne Cup.

Bravo is still favourite for the CaulfieldCup at 100 to 16; Don Giovan is quotedat 100 to 8, The Charmer and Moorbank100 to 7, Scottish Chief and Meteor 100to 6.For the V.R.C. Derby 2 to 1 is laid onDreadnought, 6 to 1 against Singaporo,Richelieu, and Dunkeld.

Sultan has been an absentee from theRiccarton training ground since Thursday,and disquieting rumors are in circulationconcerning him. Dudu and Merrie Englandare reported to be in better condition thanthe other Canterbury representatives forthe New Zealand Cup.

Final acceptances for the Caulfield Cupare due this afternoon. The race is run onSaturday next.

Cuirassier is said to be very much amiss.Had he and Corunna trained on satisfac-torily their owners anticipated winningmore than one event at our Exhibition racemeeting.

Captain Russell, who recently joined theAtkinson Ministry, is president ot theHawke's Bay Jockey Club, an owner ofracehorses, and a true sport. Both he andthe Hon. E. Mitohelson will be present atthe Exhibition meeting-.

The fancy double for the C.J.C. meetingis Tirailleur for the Cup and Cynisca for theDerby, about which 100 to 8 has been ac-cepted. Tirailleur, fit and well, promisesto htart at a very short price for the NewZealand Cup.

The ' Australasian' ofSaturday last says:—"The principal feature of the week hasbeen the strong support awarded to Bravofor the Caulfield Cup, for which race he isnow first favorite at 100 to 14, which is thebest price on offer. Oakleigh conequeutlyhas receded to 100 to 3. The Charmer isanother genuinely-backed candidate, all themoney down to 100 to 8 having been taken.Dunkeld is firm at 100 to 7. The bettingon the Victorian Derby is almostsolely confined to Dreadnought. Forthe Melbourne Cup Carbine has givenplace to Singapore, who now rules as favoriteat 100 to 10. Anta'us well maintains hisposition, anything over 100 to 8 meetingwith ready acceptance. Benzon has beenbacked to win several thousands down to100 to 6, a price which is now difficult toobtain; and Melos and Tradition havefriends at 100 to 6."

It is stated that Dunkeld has been sold toMr W. Sayer.

The entries for the Melbourne Stakes,w.f.a., of one mile and a-quarter, on the firstday of the V.R.C. meeting, are: Silvcrton,Bravo, Sinecure, Rudolph, Abcrcorn, Singa-pore, Carbine, Scottish Chief, BeD/,on,Chicago, Don Giovan, Tradition, Loyalist,Newmaster, Melos, Cardigan, Manton,Antiuu?.''Augur" has the following:—"Mr Charles

Murray has favored me with a perusal of allthe correspondence relating to the purchaseof theNewZealandcoltMerrieEngland. Itisquite evident that he and Mr Brodribbhavebeen treated very sourvily. I cannot under-stand why there should have been a localbuyer so handy to give 1,000 guineas for thecolt, ' with all faults.' New Zealand racingmen are not, as a rule, over anxious to pur-chase 'unsound horses,' but in this casesomebody seems to have jumped at thechance. Before closing with the local pur-chasers, the executors of the late Mr Robin-son ought to have communicated with MrMurray, and then determined to send thecolt to auction, when, in all probability, this•unsound' colt would have realised 1,500guineas. The general opinion in Victoria insporting circles is that the local buyer whogave 1,000 guineas for Merrie England waaacting on behalf of a friend. It is a re-markable coincidence that while the mis-guided Victorian, in the full belief that heowned the colt, was freely backing MerrieEngland for the V.R.C. Derby, somebody inthe southern colony was just as freely back-ing him for the New Zealand Cup."

In Auckland the quotations on the NewZealand Cup are—loo to 33 Tirailleur, sto1 Merrie England, 6 to 1 Dudu, 8 to 1Sultan and Occident, 10 to 1 Recluse, 12 to1 Wolverine.

From yesterday's Ghristohurch * Star' wetake the following:—"Sultan slightlybruised one of his heels while exercising atRiccarton laßt week. The injury is notserious, and the horse will probably resumehis usual work to-morrow. Mr Gollan'shorses are expected to arrive from the Northto-morrow."

This is from the 'Weekly Press':—Anumber of Christchurch railway employe'srecently subscribed amongst themselves andpurchased a book in "Adam Bede's" sweepon the Hawkesbury Handicap, and sixtickets were lucky ones, a third horse beingamongst the number. The total prizesamount in all to L.3,000, which will be dis-tributed amongst some fifty to sixty hands.I have it on the very best authority thatover L2OO per week throughout the racingseason, and considerably more during thespring of the year, goes out of Christchurchalone for tickets in sweeps in Australia,

THE VICTORIAN EVENTS.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.][Per Press Association.]

MELBOURNE, October 15,(Received October 15,1889, at 11.30 a.m.)

Bravo's price for the Caulfield Cup is 100to 18, while Meteor has advanced to 100to 13.

Singapore is first favorite for the Mel-bourne Cup, being backed down to 100 to 14,which is now the best offer.

Moorbank is reported to have done awonderful gallop on Sunday morning, butthe stable has not yet made a move. Car-bine ran a mileand a-half at Flemington thismorning in 2min 46sec.

CORRESPONDENCE.(We do not hold oureelvco responsible tot Me

jpinlone expressed by oar correspondents.!

A SCHOOLBOY’S COMPLAINT.TO THE EDITOB,

Sir,—l have read in the Star the tele-grams about the school strikes, but I thinkit is hardly fair to complain about doing anykind of home work. There is, however, athing called an "exercise," which generallyforms by far the greater part of the homelessons, and which consists of a sum, whichwe work out on our slates, then copy into an"exercise "book, and hand in thelatter thefollowing morning. If this were done awaywith, there would be no more school strikes,and I, for one, would not grumble at doingthe rest of the home lessons.—l am, etc.,

A Scholar,Dunedin, October 13.

ST. KILDA MAYORALTY.TO THE EDITOB,

Sir,—I have just been informed thatsomeone isgoing round to obtain signaturesfrom ratepayers to ask Mr James Stenhouse(the present mayor of St. Kilda) to allowhimself to be again nominated for theoffice. I wouldkindly ask ratepayers notto pledge their votes, as new blood will bein the field.—l am, etc,

A Ratepayer.Dunedin, October 15.

TELEGRAPHICHOME AND FOREIGN.

[Bt Ki,boteio ,Telegraph—Oopvbiom. I[Special to Press Association.]THE CRETAN TROUBLE.

~ ATHENS, October 14,(Received October 15,1889, at noon.)

News from Crete states that the Turkishsoldiers engaged in repressing disturbanceswere much harassed by theconstant attacksof the insurgents, and suffered severalsevere repulses.

PERSONAL,LONDON, October 14.

Mr J. Chamberlain is on a visit to Egypt,

THE STRIKERS' RELIEF FUND.LONDON, October 14.

The accountant employed to audit MrBurns's accounts has certified that themoney has been honestly disbursed.

REORGANISING.LONDON, October 14.

The various trades unions will federatennder a renovated London Council.

SIR C. DILKE ON THE POLITICALOUTLOOK.

LONDON, October 14.Sir C. Dilke, speaking at Bradford, con-

demned the partition of Afghanistan. Heconsidered that Home Rule was a trivialquestion compared with the interests of thecolonial dependenciesof Great Britain.

KAISER AND CZAR.BERLIN, October 14.

The Czar has gone to Meckleuburg. Hetook a cordial leave of the Kaiser, and thetwo monarohs were markedly friendly intheir farewell greetings.

Prince Bismarck is reported to have saidthat he believed politics would not in anyway be affected by the meeting of the twoEmperors.

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AQUATIC.LONDON, October 14.

I Received October 16,1889, at 12.20 p.m.)The sculling match between Bubearand

Neil Matterson was Won by the latter;

MORE STRIKES.LONDON, Octobkk 14.

A strike has taken place amongst thetramway men at Cardiff because thepunchesused cause extra labor.

CHURCH AMALGAMATION.LONDON, October 14.

Tie Baptist Union have carried a resolu-tion in favor of the amalgamation of theParticular and General Baptists into onechurch.

A STRIKE ENDED.LONDON, October 14.

The demands of Bristol gasmen have beenconceded, and work was resumed.

STILL STRAINED RELATIONS.LONDON, October 14.

Despite official reports, it seems certainthat the relations between the Czar and theEmperor of Germany are not exceedinglycordial. The former was evidently offendedat the coolness of the populace towards him.

Private and authentic information statesthat when replying to the toast of his healththe Czar was barely civil. The Emperor ofGermany, while proposing the toast, spokein Russian,out of compliment tohisImperialguest, but the latter responded in French.

A POPULAR MEMBER.LONDON, October 14,

Mr C. A. V. Conybeare, M.P. for Cam-borne, who was sentenced to three months'imprisonment for aiding and abetting thePlan of Campaign, was released to-day.His constituents, to the number of ten thou-sand, celebrated the occasion with a greatovation.

A TABERNACLE BURNED DOWN.NEW YORK, October 14.

Rev. Mr Talmage's tabernacle has beenburned down.

TRYING TO "FIX" A JURY.NEW YORK. October 14.

Three members of the Clan-na-Gael havebeen arrested for offering men from l.OOOdolto 5,000d0l each in order to get themelectedon the jury in the Cronin murder case forthe purpose of acquitting the accused.

A FRENCH LOAN.PARIS, October 14.

It is rumored that a large French loan isabout to be issued for the purpose of con-solidating the floating debt.

WHAT RUSSIA WANTS.MOSCOW, October 14,

The 'Viedomosti,' in an article discussingthe European situation, says that Russia in-tended to occupy Varna and Bourgaa threeyears ago, and suggests that it Bhould do sonow.

INTERCOLONIAL.[tte Eukotrio Telegraph.—GopraiGHi.l

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FLOATED OFF.BRISBANE, October 15,

(Received October 15, 1889, at 1 p.m.)The Bteainer Taroba, which struck on a

rock last week north of Mackay, has beenfloated off.ATTACK ON SIR W. MACGREGOR,

BRISBANE, October 15.Two hundred and fifty Natives attacked

Sir W. Macgregor, Administrator of BritishNew Guinea, who, accompanied by aparty, was searching for some murderers.The assailants were beaten off with the lossof four killed and eleven wounded. Therewere no casualties on Sir W. Macgregot'sside.

THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.ADELAIDE, October 15,

The Legislative Council have rejected theproposal to increase the representation onthe Federal Council. This will probablynullify the resolutions passed by other colo-nies favoring an increase.

A BRICKMAKERS' STRIKE.ADELAIDE, October 15.

The brickmakers have Btruck for anincrease of wages.

INTERPROVINCIAL.[Pbb United Press Association. 1

NAPIER, October 15,In the Resident Magistrate's Court this

morning, in the case Morton v. the UnionSteam ShipCompany, judgmentwas given forplaintiff for L2O and costs (L 4 2s). Theclaim was for LSO for the loss of a port-manteau on the passage from Lyttelton toNapier.

WANGANUI, October 15.In Ashforth's case for misappropriation

of money a peculiar position has arisen. MrJellicoe, who haß been conducting the case,has not come up from Wellington, and hasnot yetsent any indictment, in consequenceofwhich it isprobable that the prisoner willhave to be discharged.

RAILWAY EMPLOYES'INSURANCE.

WELLINGTON, October 15.In reference to the telegram from Christ-

church respecting the Railway Employes'Insurance Bill, the Commissioners state thatthey do not intend to take steps to force iton; but employes will have ample oppor-tunity given them of expressing their viewson the subject before any final decision isarrived at about the scheme.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.[BV THLXGRA.PH—UOPYRIOHT.J

[Per Press Association, iMAJOR-GENERAL EDWARDS'S

REPORT.

MELBOURNE, October 15.(Reoeivcd Qotpber 16,1889, at 1.35 p.m.)

The report of Major-general Edwards onthe defences of Australia has been pub-lished. He considers that the Australiancolonies offer a rich and tempting prize to ahostile country, and sayH that if they had torely on their own resources as regardsdefence they would certainly be called uponto fight for their independence. Withoutcohesion of power and combination theirposition is one of great danger. He recom-mends the federation of the military forces,and to effect this New South Wales andVictoria should each furnish three brigades,and South Australia and Queensland oneeach. A lieutenant-general should be ap-pointed, whose duties would be to inspectthese brigades in time of peace, and to com-mand them should war break out. Thebrigades, he considers, should be stationedto protect the coast-line from Brisbane toAdelaide. He favors theadoptionof a systemof partially paid forces, provided that theconditions of service are as stringent asthose now in existence in Victoria. Hewould also give each of the colonies a forcesufficient for present requirements. Major-generalEdwards considers it most neceßßaryto have a uniform railway gauge, and thatno general defence should be undertakenunless distant points are connected by rail.Perth and Port Darwin, he says, offer amenace toAustraliaby reason of their isolatedpositions. The isolated position of Tasmaniawas even more dangerous, and in time ofwar it might be found necessary to sendtroops there to defend it. The numerousharbors of Tasmania offered every con-venience as coal depots for an enemy. Healso recommends auniform system of organi-sation of armament for common defence, theamalgamation of forces into frontier corps,the establishment of a federal militarycollege, the extension of rifle clubs, theestablishment of a federal small arm3factory, and a gun wharf and ordnancescore. In conclusion he says that, lookingat the present situation in Europe, the de-fences of the colonies should at once beplaced on a proper footing.

JUDGE RICHMOND AND THELEGISLATURE.WELLINGTON, October 15.

In the Supreme Court this morning JudgeRichmond commented on the withdrawal ofthe subsidy of Ll5O to the New Zealand lawreports. Apparently, he said, there was noone in the House at the time to point outthat the interpretation of the law was umatter of some importance to the country—-almost, in fact, as much as the knowledgeof the text of the law itself. He wassorry that none of the members of the pro-fession in Parliament had drawn attentionto this.

Mr Edwards remarked that the subsidywas struck out at the instance of the mem-bers of the Bar in the House.

His Honor Baid he believed that that wasso—junior members.

Mr H. D. Bell said an equivalent of thesubsidy was made up by an arrangementwith the Government as to printing the re-ports.

His Honor remarked that very little noticeseemed to be taken in the Legislature of thedecisions of Judges, and he was surprisedthat those who had to make the laws didnot take the trouble to become acquaintedwith the way in which existing Acts wereinterpreted.

LATEST FROM THE ISLANDSAUCKLAND, Octobek 15,

News from Tonga, per the Wainui, BaysthatH.M.S. Egeria has just discovered thesecond deepest soundings in the world out-Bide Vavau Island. The Egeria returns toAuckland next month, and will probablystart a survey of the new cable route fromFiji to Samoa, Honolulu, and Vancouver.

The Wainui, which arrived last nightfrom Tonga, brings a large quantity ofTongan Native exhibits for the Dunedin Ex-hibition, consisting of curios, produce, andphotoß.

THE GOVERNMENT INSUR-ANCE DEPARTMENT.

WELLINGTON, October 15,Mr D. M, Luckie has resigned the Com-

.nissionership of the Government InsuranceDepartment, in consequence of the increaseof work being too much for his failinghealth, Mr F. W. Franklyn is to combiuethe position of Commissioner with the super-vision of theactuarial work, and Mr Luckieis to be Assistant Commissioner, receivingthe same salary as now.

POLITICAL.WELLINGTON, October 15,

Captain Russell was sworn inas a memberof the Government this morning. Ministersheld a long Cabinet meeting, after which itwas expected that the reallotment of port-folios would be officially made known; butthe Premier, in reply to inquiries, said thathe could not make the allotment knowntill this evening. He leaves for Taranakitomorrow morning.

BACK FROM THE GRAVE.INVERCARGILL, October 15.

Aninmate of the Adelaide Lunatic Asylumnamed Louis N. Brennan has been identifiedas W. G. Geddos, who was reported ashaving been drowned, and on whose accountthe Australian Mutual Provident Societypaid L2.500. Geddes subsequently came toNew Zealand, and lived in Dunedin and In-vercargill, cutting a considerable dash insociety. He was in the Survey Departmentwhen the 10 per cent, reduction was made,and had two miniature photographs taken ofhimself headed "before" and "after," toillustrate the change made in his facial ex-pression by the loss of his screw. Two ofthe photographs lying in the 'SouthlandNews' Office have been sent to Australia,aud may assist to his complete identification.[He has been completely identified by hisrelatives.—Ed. E.S.]

The Latest Craze.- » -

Mr Edison, o! phonograph fame, is re-ported to be meditating a tower which willmount into space no less than 2,000ft. TheAmerican scheme, however, is still innubibus, but London is to be provided withan Eiffel Tower at once, and a syndicate ofEnglish business men has taken the matterinhand with characteristic British thorough-ness. The syndicate consists of seven gen-tlemen, mostly "railway kings," with SirEdward Watkin, the energetic author ofthe scheme for the Channel tunnel, as chair-man. A site has been secured, the capitalis practically subscribed, and the scheme isto be completed in two years. The London"Eiffel" is to be a purely domestic product,constructed of British steel, and by Britishlabor. The conception of an iron towerI,oooft high had its birth, it seems, in aBritish brain, that of Trevithick, thereal in-ventor of the locomotive engine, and M.Eiffel only pirated the great Cornishman'sconception. The now Eiffel, or ratherWatkin, Tower will therefore rise on whatmay be called native soil, when it lifts itsmajestic head above the fogs of London. Itib to include, of course, many improvementson the French pattern—amongst others, thelift is' to be run in one swift, straight, dizzyflight from floor to crown. To quote Sir E.Watkin: "Clients of mine intend to trywhat they can do in theerection of a towerof Scotch and English steel, to be higherthan the Eiffel, and to be constructed on theold English principle of cash for very muchless than a quarter of a million, at whichthe Eiffel Tower stands on capital accountto-day." This great enterprise is to beerected by a company with a capital of onlyL200.000. The Melbourne 'Telegraph'says editorially that the Victorian capitaloughtto have its Eiffel Tower.

EXHIBITION NOTES.Yesterday afternoon Bishop Moran, accom-

panied by Monsignor, Coleman, the ,Rev.Fathers Lynch and Neil, paid an officialvisit to the Exhibition, Dr Moran expressedhis astonishment at the immense, extent of ,the buildings, and .the admirable arrange- iment of the various courts, which, he says, ecompare most favorably with even the 1French Exposition Universelle of Paris, <which he visited on his way to New Zealand. <Bishop Moran tendered to the president the Jloan of the paintings and other art treasureshe haß brought out from Rome. He also ]expressed his entire concurrence with the jarrangements made by the Executive for the iopening oeremony, whichheremarked would |tend to foster a friendly and good feeling jamongst all denominations.

Mr Fletcher (superintendent of the Vic-torian Court) and Mr Soott (the officialrepresentative of the South AustralianGovernment) arrived in town to-day by theRotomahana.

South Australia will exhibit wines andwattle bark.

The Napier exhibits have been shippedfor Dunedin by the Southern Cross.

An esteemed correspondent suggests thathe Executive of the Exhibition shouldarrange a baby show on the lines of thatheld in Melbourne last week, which was apronounced success.

THE OPENING CEREMONY.By to-day's mail from Australia advice

was received that a largenumber of mem.bers of the Victorian Parliament, with theirwives, would come over here for the openingceremony. The following additional accept-ances were received :

VICTORIA.Hon. D. M. Davies, Commissioner of

Public Works, representing the Ministry.Members of the Legislative Assembly—

Hon. M. H. Davies (Speaker), Messrs A. J,Peacock, John Murray, Charles Young,Allan M'Lean, W. A. Trenwith, R. Richard-son, Thomas Hunt, J. W. Kirton, Major W.C. Smith, A. W. Craven, Hon. ThomasBent, W. J. S. Gordon, J. W. Taverner, A.Harris, F. C. Mason, Walter Madden,Richard Baker, J, M. Highett, A. R.Outtrim, Frank Stuart, W. J. Mountain,Hon. L. L. Smith, C. L. Forrest, J.Shackell, W. P. Webb, A. S. Bailes, D. C.Sterry, G. W. Hall, Joseph Harris, Hon.John Woods, W. Anderson, H. S. Parfitt,R. W. Best (also Mayor of Fitzroy), H. R.Williams, Thomas Smith, H. Foster, JosephFerguson, G. Graham, W. M. Clark.

Members of the Legislative Council—Hone. J. S. Butters, Frederick Brown, W.H. Roberts, J. H. Abbott, Dr N. Fitz-gerald.

The Mayor of Ballarat.The Consul-General for Belgium and the

Consul for Hawaii.TASMANIA,

Messrs Hamilton and H. H. Gill, M.P.s.SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Mr S. Solomon, M.L.A.

SHEEP RETURNS.By way of comparison, the Minister of

Lands has bad prepared a return showingthe number of sheep in the sheep districts ofthe colony at the end of May, 1888, and1889, also showing the increase during thelatter year. It is as follows

Of the total increase of 346,727 the NorthIsland is credited with 280,230, and theSouth Island 66,497.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.�

The following are summaries of thevarious reports which are to be presented atto-morrow night's meeting of the CityCouncil:

The Finance Committee report havingpassed for payment the following accounts:—Municipal (No. 1 account), L 287 Is lid;water (No. 2 account), L39 10s 3d; andgas (No. 3 account), LI.OOB 143 lid.

The Reserves Committee recommendthat a site in the Octagon be granted to theMacandrew Memorial Fund Committee forthe erection of a memorial, subject to theapproval by Council of the design and plans.The City surveyor has been instructed toact regarding the applications of MesdatnesM'Alister and Weymouth, the RoslynBoroughCouncil (for permission towiden thefootpath at the junction of the Littlebourneroad and theTown Belt), and Mr John Gillies.Instructions have also been given for thenotification of Mr Butler as ranger of theMuseum Reserve, and the forbidding ofgames of football or cricket on the reserve.The ranger has been instructed to preventthe destruction of trees on the Town Beltnear Pelichet Bay, and the assistance of thepolice has been requested with a view of stop-ping the continual destruction and theft oftrees and setting lire tobush on theTownBelt.The town clerk lias been instructed to actregarding the • Otago Daily Times's' adver-tising hoarding on the Corporation sectionin Princes street. The Excelßior CricketClub's application has been granted, whilethat of the Heriot Club has been declined.

The General Committee report havinggranted the bathkeeper's application for arake to be used in connection with theLogan Point Baths, which are in goodcondition. The Committee have had underconsideration the revised amendments ofthe City by-laws, with various furthersuggestions, and have ordered the same tobe printed and circulated amongst council-lors. Mr E. Admore'a tender for paintingfire brigade stations and alarm boxes hasbeen accepted.

The Public Works Committee recommendthat a reply be sent to the Resident Engi-neer, New Zealand Railways, stating thatthe Corporation's right of access by railwaysiding to the nightsoil depot on the Ander-son Bay road has not lapsed, and that, ifnecessary, the Committee be authorised tointerview the Chief Commissioner of Rail-ways upon the subject. The City surveyorhas been instructed to act with the chair-man regarding theapplication for loan of twogas lamps and posts forlightingtheentranceto the Exhibition, and alsorespecting theapplication of the Kaituna Bowling Club rediverting of water course on sections 13,14,and 15, Cattle Market Reserve. He hasalso been instructed to act himself respect-ing the footpath and kerbing at the breast-work of the Water of Leith, Castle street;the dressing of the footpathsat the MuseumReserve; the painting of the weighbridgeoffice at Stuart street; the application ofMr F. Anderson; and the employing of aman to overhaul and clean the Corporation'sengines, The applications of Messrs Smith,Chapman, Sinclair, and White, C. B.Rainton, W. Simmons, Eden George, andE. H. Ramsey have been granted; whilethose of Sir Robert Stout and Mr BernardGrey have been declined.

A legal Day from the EconomicPoint of View.

Those who oppose with so much zeal andso little logic the reduction in the hours oflabor by law, says the 'Labor Elector,'should calculate the coat of obtaining thedesired reform purely by trade union action—that is, by strikes. We recommend tothem a study of the following figures aboutlabor struggles in America, which we takefrom the 'North British Economist':—" Inthe six years ending ISB7 there were 3,000strikes, involving 22,300 establishments and1,323,000 employe's. In the same period2,200 establishments had lock-outs, and theseinvolved 160,000employes. Of the strikes,40 per cent, failed entirely; of thelook-outs,60 per cent, failed. Loss to the employee,L 12,000,000 sterling; losb to the employersestimated at nearly L7,000,000."

THE COURTS-TO-DAY.SUPREME COURT—IN CHAMBERS.(Before His Honor Mr Justice Williamß.)

, fie Mountain MAii> Gold Mining Com*pany, Limited.—Motion for order, dis-solving this company and as to disposal ofbooks. —On Mr Qosking's motion HisHonorordered the company to be dissolved anddocuments to be deposited in the ResidentMagistrate's Courtat Arrow.

Re Geoboe Watt, deceased.—Motion farletters of administration with will annexed,for reducing penalty by one-fourth, and fordispensiog with one surety (Mr John Mac-gregor).—Letters of administration to boissued to widow; penalty reduced by one-third, and one surety dispensed with.

A'e William Bulleid, deceased.—Lettersof administration were granted on MrWood's application,

Re, Akthuk Shabkey, deceased.—On MrWood's application probate was grantedherein.

SUPREME COURT.—CIVIL SITTINGS.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Williams.)WINMILT, V. GALLIB AND OTHERS.'—An

action to setaßide the will of the late JohnGallic Judgment having been given infavor of the plaintiff, the mattercame up forthe argument of the question of the grant-ing of letters of administration and thematter of costs.

Mr J. F. M, Fraser appeared for theplaintiff, and Mr F. R, Chapman for thedefendants.

Mr Fraaer said that he raised the ques-tion of the granting of administration, as itwere, under protest, and submitted that bythe pleadings the defendants were estoppedfrom denying the right of the plaintiff to agrant of probate. At the outset itbad beenagreed that the claim and counterclaimshould be heard together, and though thequestion of costs was reserved no suggestionwas made that the question of administra-tion should not follow the decision of thecase. The learned counsel referred tdaffidavits that had been filed show-ing tbe plaintiffs fitness for the posi-tion of administrator, and then sub-mitted that none of the defendants wereentitled toor fitted forthepositionof adminis-trator. Afterarguing the matter and citingauthorities, the learned counsel said he hadpresented to the Court as an administratorthe plaintiff, a man of perfectly reputablecharacter, fully competent, and preparedwith sureties, who was the only person inthe action who had asked for administra-tion, and who bad earned it by his diligencein prosecuting the action to recovery * Ac-cording to all the precedents he had beenable to discover and all the principles behad been able to apply, the plaintiff in thiscase was entitled to the sole administration.On the question of costs, the learned counselsubmitted that as far as the plaintiff HarryWinmill was concerned he was beyond allquestion entitled to the costs of and inci-dental to the proceedings out of the estate;and, further, that in no case where the pro-ceedings had taken the shape the presentproceedings had asaumed, and where theissues had been found as in this case, hadthe propounder of thewill got costs, buthadbeen condemned in costs; and such byweight of authority, he'submitted, would bethe course adopted in this case. These pro-positions were argued at length, and nume-rous authorities were cited.

Mr Chapman said that on the questionwho was to be administratoi he was willingnow to fall in with His Honor's suggestionthat some neutral person should be ap-pointed. But if the learned counsel on theother side did not fall in with that, then heclaimed that the other parties should Btandupon their right of claim to administration.The question, he submitted, was in no wayhampered by the particular issne of theclaim and counterclaim. He took it thatin granting probate in the absence of thewidow it was a question of next of kin.Taking the motion on legal grounds, itshould be borne in mind that Winmill hadplaced himself in a position of personalhostility to a. majority of the parties in-terested.

Mr Fraser said that in the face of thejudgmentof the Court it could not be seri-ously proposed to appoint the next of kinadministrator.

His Honor remarked that if one Bide suc-ceeded and gotadministration the probabili-ties were that the matter would not be atan end, and if the litigation were to be pro-longed the estate would be swallowed up byan administration suit. Having got to thepresent stage, he was decidedly of opinionthat it would be satisfactory if a bargaincould be struck out of Court. He did notsuppose that up to the present the partieshad approached each other. He shouldhave thoughtthat counsel, in the absence ofthe parties, would have had some prelimi-nary negotiation, to ascertain if anythingcould be done. It was hardly tobe expectedthat so far one side would have approachedthe other.

Mr Chapman: My learned friend heldstrong views on the subject, and so did I.

His Honor said that whichever side suc-ceeded in the present application he fearedthat an administration suit would be entailed.He should have thought that as Winmilland Mrs Ludford, who were in the sameboat, wanted a share in the same estatethey would have been willing to accept alump sum in preference to going into thequestion of complicated accounts and pro-tracted litigation. Gould not the partiessettle between themselves what amount theplaintiff and Mrs Ludford were entitled to?

Mr Chapmau : That might be discussedbetween my friend and his clients, andafterwards between my friend and our-selves ; and if nothing of that sort could beagreed on we might then discuss the furtherquestion of whether we could agree to amutual administrator.

His Honor: I should have thought thatsomething of that kind was worth discussing.The object ofplaintiff in trying to upset thewill was to get his share.

Mr Fraser: Yes, your Honor, as expedi-tiously and economically as possible.

His Honor: Then if he gets a settlementat once, and without further litigation, itmight be worth his while consideringwhether he would not accept what heconsiders himself entitled to.

Mr Fraser: Undoubtedly. The positionof administration—whether he be & memberof the family or an outside person—wouldnot be a happy one.

Mr Chapman: But ifan outside person hecould always secure his own happiness. Ifhe found himself badgered by the parties hecould come here.—(Laughter.)

Mr Fraser: I think myself that the sug-gestion made by your Honor for the sake ofthe estate shouldbe acted on, so as to pre-vent its being dissipated by law.

Mr Chapman: That is what we all desire.Mr Fraser: After your Honor's decided

1expression of opinion, I think that my client,as a perfectly reasonable man, will sayto me "I am quite satisfied with whateveryou advise." Personally I should be pre-pared to go to any reasonable length toprevent the estate being wasted.

His Honor: I should have thought thecase about ripe for settlement out ofCourt. The question of costs is, however,one that ought to be decided by me in orderto assist you. If you thought that therewas a probability of a compromise it wouldnotbe necessary to go into precise taxation.

Mr Fraser: We are very anxious to havedone with the case—we are sick and tired ofit. Having succeeded in establishing thejusticeof our case, we are satisfied. As to amutual administrator—

His Honor: Iwas suggesting a settlementof thewhole matter—inquiring whether yourclient and Mrs Ludford could not arrangewith the other side to accept a lump sumand avoid further litigation.

Mr Fraser: I anticipate opposition rightalong the line, your Honor.

Mr Chapman: From the outset I ac-ceded to your Honor's suggestion that itwas reasonable to appoint an outsideadministrator If we cannot agree to one,your Honor will have to select him. If MrWinmill's right is insisted on, of course weshall insist upon ours.

His Honor: I quite understand that.Mr Fraser: lam perfectly satisfied with

my position as claimant, but am anxious toavoid the estate being dissipated in law.

His Honor:, Which I am quite sure itwould be if an independent man wereappointed, unless some settlement is cometo in the way of next of kin. But thatis a matter for subsequent consideration.

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"George, dear, what kind of fruit isproduced by the electric light plant 1"" Electric currents, of course."

Patient (who had met with an accident):'«ls it a bad fracture, doctor?" Doctor (asurgical enthusiast): "Bad ? Why, it'sbeautiful, sir—beautiful! The bone isbroken in not less than threeplao b ',"

Friendship should be surrounded withceremonies and respect, and not crushedinto a corner. Friendship requires moretime than poor, busy men can usuallycommand.

Mendicant: "Please help a poor blindman?" Kind old lady: "Blind? Why,bless me,'yes! There's a penny for you."Mendicant: "Thank ye heartily, ma'am.I know'd the minit I see ye comin* ye was akind-hearted ole 'ooman."

The suggestion of His Honor to defer thematter with a view to a settlement out ofCourt was agreed on.

Mr Chapman then proceeded to argue thequestion of costs solely.RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Messrs M. Sullivan and W.Wright, J.P. s.)

1 Tablet' Printing Company v. E. H.Harper.—Claim, Ll7 18s, printing doneand goodssupplied.—Mr.Thornton appearedfor plaintiffs, for whom judgment was givenfor the amount claimed by default.

J. Stowart, v. B. Calverley.—Claim,Ll2 Is Bd, on a judgment summons.—Mr Bithgate appeared for plaintiff;Mr Stamper for defendant, who saidhe owned a sand-pit at the beach. Judg-ment was given against him some two yearsago, but he was unable to pay anything offthe debt—he was scarcely able to pay hisemployes. He could not state how manyloads of sand ho had sent away.—Evidenceas to the amount of sand forwarded bydefendant was given by Charles M'Carthy,station-master at Abbotsford, who said thatnearly 2,000 truck loads had been consigned.—Defendant was ordered to pay 10s permonth, in default fourteen days' imprison-ment. —Defendant: "Thank you, yourHonor.I'll pay LI per month."

CITY POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr G. Penwick and General Pulton,Justices.)

A DrsoKDKRLY House.— The case againstElizabeth Brackky, charged with being theoccupier of a disorderly house, was with-drawn on the application of the police,accused having left for Melbourne onThurs-day last.

Assaulting A Chinaman.—John Robert-son, Charles Seal, Percy Hogij, WilliamMorton, Francis Morris, and Henry Tomp-kins, lads whose ages apparently raDgodfrom about seventeen to fourteen, werecharged under section 3 of subsection 29of the Police Offences Act, 1&84, withbehaving in a. manner whereby a breachof the poace was ocqasioned. Mr Solomonappeared for Tompkins ; Mr Hanlon forfeho other accused'. Mr VV. Macgregor, whoprosecuted on behalf of the police, saidthat on the evening of Tuesday, theSth, a Chinaman named Ching Lum wasgoing along by the corner of Fredeiick streetand Athol place when he was hailed by amob of boys, of whom the accused were ring- ileaders., They chased him some distance ;down the street, shouting and throwing istohe3 at him, and wound up by Seal throw-ink a large Btone which hit the Chinamanon ithe head and cut one of the arteries. Com- iplaihant was assisted to the hospital, andwas still we»k from loss of blood. He \(Mr Macgregor) would ask theBench to deal 1with accused in sUOh a way as to teach them ithat they were not at liberty to Commitsuch i(*.n attack. It wan a serious affair, for the iChinaman had had a very narrow escape.As regarded Seal> there was another charge,laid by the Chinaman himself, of inflicting igrievous bodily harm. That case would icome before their Worships after the present ione.—Ching Lum, who appeared in Court iwith a bandaged head, and apparently in a istate of extreme nervousness, stated in the icourse of his examination that the accusedwere standing in the crowd of boys who 'threw the stones at him. Robertson and iSeal were the only boys he actually saw ■•throwing. In answer to the Bench com- ]plainant said that he also iecognised Morton |as being with the mob of boys.—George \Bowden, carter, recognised Robertson, Seal, iand Hogg as beiDg among the crowd that \"chevyed" theChinaman, flesawRobertson :and Seal throw stono3. One stono that Seal ithrew struck the Chinaman on the temple iand knocked him down. Stones wore also ithrown at witness. —Mr Hanlon asked 1whether witness went to the assistance of <the Chinaman.—Witness replied that he did 1not.—Mr Hanlon asked witness whether he iconsidered it a plucky thing to refrain from cassisting an unfortunate Celestial who was Jbeing assaulted by a myriad of boys.—The }Bench ruled that the question was not a eproper one to ask. Witness had apparently 8done his duty.—After Bowden's evidencewas nconcluded Mr Macgregor said that he twould like to getan explanation from witness das to why he did not interfere on the tChinaman's behalf.—Mr Hanlon objected, \

and the Bench held that the objection wa3 a afair one, Mr Hanlon's question having been tdisallowed.—Mr Macgregor said that he \

wished to show that witness had been sthreatened as to what would be done to him fii: he gave evidence in Court.—The Bench

said that if this was the case they wouldallow the witness to state what happened.The Court would not encourage the terror-ising of a witness.—Witness, in answer toMr Macgregor, said that as he was goinghome last night he was assailed with ashower of stones. It was dark, and hecould not say who threw them. The samenight Robertson and another lad met him,and Robertson said that if witness wentinto Court he (Robertson) would take carethat the gang would give him "a gooddoiDg." John Pearce, a lad, identifiedRobertson, Seal, Morton, and Morris asamong the lads who threw the stones. TheChinaman threw the first stone.—WilliamM'Donald and James Lloyd, two lads, alsogave evidence.—Dr Copland said that whenthe Chinaman was brought to the hospitalhe was suffering from a very deep wound inthe front of tho right ear. The wound wasan inch and a-half in length, and bled veryfreely. An artery was cut pa> tially across.This was more dangerous, for bleeding, thanif it had been cut completely through. ThoSufferer had left the hospital today, andthere was no need for him to return.—MrMacgregor intimated that that was the casefor the police.—Mr Solomon said it wouldhardly be maintained that there was anyevidence against Tompkins. The Benchagreed that this was so, and Tompkinsforthwith retired.—Mr Hanlon submittedthat there was no evidence againßt any ofthe other boys except Robertson and Seal,and as to these the only evidence which con-nected them with the offence was that ofBowden, who, according to one of thewitnesses, was not there at all. Further, itwas not fair to select these six boys toanswer a charge in which a large crowd wereconcerned.—Mr Macgregor reminded theBench that the charge was not of throwinga stone, but of being concerned in a breachof the peace.—After consultation with hisbrother Justices Mr Fenwick said : TheBench have come to the conclusion that theymust convict the whole of the accused ofbeing engaged in this disgraceful row. Withregard to Seal, his conduct was more repre-hensible than that of the others, and he willbe fined L2, in default fourteen days' impri-sonment. Robertson will be fined LI, orseven days', and each of the others ss, oraeven days'.—On the application of MrMacgregor costs (LI 16s) were ordered to bepaid in equal shares by accused.

Grievous Bodily Harm.— Charles Seal,convicted in the previous case, was thencharged with assaulting Ching Lum withintent to do grievous bodily harm. MrHanlon defended.—The witnesses were thesame as in the previous case,with theadditionof a boy named James Martin. After theevidence had been taken the Bench suggestedthat the charge should be altered to one ofcommon assault. This suggestion wasadopted; accused pleaded not guilty ; MrHanlon consented to the evidence alreadyled being accepted as the evidence inthe new case; and the Bench findingaccused guilty, he was fined Ll—halfof this amount to go to the Chinaman—indefault, seven days' imprisonment. Ac-cused was allowed one month in which topay the fine.—An application to have ac-cused bound over to keep the peace was notgranted.

Disorderly Conduct.— John Stephensonwas charged with behaving with intent toprovoke a breach of the peace, and a secondinformation charged him with assaultingConstable Ramsay while in the execution ofhis duty. Mr Solomon : I appear fordefendant and plead guilty tc both charges.I may be allowed to say that the defendantadmits having behaved himself improperlyon the occasion, and he can only say inreply that he is extremely sorry forwhathodid, and expresses repentance for havingmade an ass of himself. He had beenout dining, and misbehaved himself, Iadmit. It would be absurd to suppose thatin a small place like this we do not know allabout a case of this kind, and the greatestpunishment that could bo inflicted upon himhas been already inflicted, and no fine thatyour Worships could impose would be com-plained of; but you will agree, and the

police also, I have no doubt, that the humiU'ation attending upon the proceedings up todate far exceeds any monetary punish-ment that could be inflicted on defendant. I can only say that he isheartily ashamed of himself, and simplyplaces himself in your Worships' hands.—MrFenwick: Although accused has pleadedguilty, the Bench are not justified in inflict-ing anything liho a nominal penalty, forboth the charges are serious. On the firstchargeaccused will be fined L2, or fourteendays imprisonment, and on the other L 5 orone month. Costs will be allowed in eachcase.

Breaking into a Dwelling.—A ladnamed George Mossiler was charged withbreaking into the dwelling-house of JohnGraham, Walker street, on the 13th October,and stealing therefrom one pair of gold ear-rings, twenty-one cigars, a tin of cocoa, acomb, and a tin of aprbots, value L3.

Chief-detective Henderson asked for a re-mand until to-morrow. Accused had beenarrested only half an hour previously. Theproperty was found on him, and headmittedthat he broke into the place, so there wouldbe no hardship in granting the remand.—Remand granted.

A Survivor of Peterloo (1819).On the 16th August. 1819, 60,000 men,

women, and ohildron assembled on Peter-field, Manchester, to publicly give voice totheir discontent and misery, and to petitionthe Crown for universal suffrage and theabolition of the Corn Laws. The popularleaders—Henry Hunt, Dr Healey, SamuelBamford, and others—had taken the moststringent precautions to avoid the slightestappearance of menace. The people had beenadvised even to leave their sticks at home,and too processions which streamed iutoManchester from the adjacent towns on themorning of the 16th weie as defenceless asthey were peaceable. \\ hen, however, thochairman "Orator" Hunt commenced thoproceedings by enjoining the people tomaintain order, the Manchester yeomanry,acter , under the direction of certainmagistrates gathered in a neighboringhouse, dashed into the crowd and sabredmen, women, and children indiscriminately.IThe huaaara soon followed, aiding iu thework of butchery. Eleven persons werekilled upon tho Bpot, many were trampledupon and crushed, while more than GOOwere carried to the infirmary mangled andbleeding. There is now living one whostood upon the iield of Peterloo on thatawful day, and witnessed the ever-memor-able scene. A representative of the ' PallMall Gazette ' recently sought out Mr E. T.Craig, who has spent an exceptionally longand active life in promoting the socialwelfareof the people, notably in the direc-tion of co-operative production and distri-bution. Mr Croig at eighty-five years ofage is still active in his good work, althoughsome of bis physical faculties are beginningto fail. On the subject of Peterloo the fol-lowing is a resum6 of the conversation :

"Have you a distinct recollection of theincident, Mr Craig ?"—" My memory isperfectly clear upon the subject, and I maysay that nothing ever made so profound animpression on my mind as the events of thutday; I was at that time a lad of fifteen, and,attracted partly by curiosity, I went toPeterfield about noon on August 16, ISI9.The police and special constables formed adouble line up to the platform, apparentlywith a view to the protection of the speaker*.Hunt said a few preliminary words whenthe yeomanry were seen to be advancing intothe dense crowd. The people turnedroundin surprise, and began tocheer; but when itwas seen that the troopers were slashingrightand left with their sabres tho unarmedmultitude fled for their lives, accumulatingin dire confusion at the end of the field nearDeansgate. It was a horrible sight. I saw thebodies of deadand wounded men and womencarried from the field to the infirmary,bleeding profusely. The soldiers pursuedtho flying crowd into the side street*, andeven attacked the people at their own doors.I saw some fugitives who, in their fright,had leaped into the cellars in Windmillstreet, and were thero crushed by othersseeking to escape from the drunken yeo-manry. Yes," added Mr Craig, in answerto an inquiry on this point, "there is nodoubt they were drunk. In their mad furythey attacked the police; and it wasknown in Manchester at the time that thesoldiers had been 'treated' to large quan-tities of brandy in Pickford's while theywere awaitiDg their orderß. After the mas-sacre I saw Bome of the yeomanry in Moselystreet, carrying a flag and a Phrygian capwhich they had seized. The men were aspale as death."

" What was the effect of Peterloo on thepeople of Manchester?"—" Well, I may saythat it converted the town from Toryism toLiberalism, Up to that time Manchesterhad been remarkable for the petty andbigoted Toryism that prevailed ; men werepersecuted and annoyed if they ventured toexpress Liberal views. After Peterloo,however, inqairiea into the state of thepeople Were set on foot by a local com-mittee ; many of the operatives were foundto be in a starving condition, and effortswere made to alleviate their misery. Thenumerous educational institutions whichwere founded subsequently wero admittedlythe results of the reaction from thebrutaland repressive Toryism which wrought itswork at Peterloo."

"Did the outraged people make any re-prisals ?"—" Yes ; I saw with my own eyesa cotton factory set on fire. A lightedcandle was thrown into a basket of cotton.Just before the flames broko out a detach-ment of the Scots Greys galloped up, andthe people fled to Tinker's Fields. Forsome years the anniversary of Peterloowas commemorated on the spot by publicmeetings, at which appropriate songs weresung ; but after a time the practice wasabandoned. Upon me, however, as I toldyou before, the events of that day made alasting impression, and all through my life Ihave constantly endeavored to impress uponmy fellow-countrymen the lessons of thePeterloo massacre."

Summer and Flirtation inRussia.

With the earliest advent of summer thetide of travel from F.ussiau cities to thecountry assumes gigantic proportions; buteven in the nearest and most frequentedsummerresorts it would be futile to look forany kind of boarding-house. People beginhiring furnished and unfurnished houses—-called datchas— in such places as early asFebruary and Maroh, and as soon as Maysets in you see great car loads of furnitureand kitchen utensils slowly wending theirway along the streets of Moscow and St.Petersburg to their destinations. Eachfamily brings its own cook and a separateretinue of servants, often its horses and itscarriages—bringe, in fact, all the cares andannoyances of housekeeping. The ImperialFamily iB the first to set the example ofplain living, adherence to the popularRussian dress, and the observance of old-time customs. Taking in this their cuefrom the Czar's household, all grades ofsociety follow suit. The moat approvedstyle of feminine dress on the datcha issimply the Russian peasant woman's costume, while men don plain brown holland orpongee suits—the peasant dress being wornonly by men of pronounced Slavophiltendencies.

IDYLLIC FREEDOM.One very important feature of city life

which is invariably loft behind is the clan-nishness which prevails among the urbanpopulation while at home. In St. Peters-burg, families live in large apartment-houses, not caring even to know who theirnext-door neighbors are. In Moscow, again,families occupy separate houses, shuttingthemselves up from their neighbors, visitingonly among the set to which they belong byfamily connection or business affiliation.But the advent of summer brings a thoroughrevolution insocial intercourse. The datchasstand in such close proximity that neighborsare not long in striking up acquaintances.Though the elder people may showlittle inclination to form friendships amongstrangers, young people are frequentlythrown together, and in the course ofthe season many such wahlverwandschaft&are firmly cemented whichwould never havecome into existence under the separativetendencies of eity life. Youngpeople spendtheir days rowing on the lakes and rivers,playing oroquet, or tramping through woodsin search of mushrooms and wild berries;or else—in season—the men go outhunting,while the wives, eweathearts, and sisters

join them at midday, bringing over in a cartall the necessaries foran al fresco dinner, tobe spread in some dry Bhady spot withinreach of the marshy grounds where thegame-birds are found. In the evening,again, when that world-famed twilight setsin, which in Northern Russia, during thesummer months, extends almost from sun-set to dawn, the youDg people drifttogether once more;

PHILOSOPHICAL FLIRTATION.Of course flirtations are proceeding on

every side; There is not a girl who, at theend of the season, will not have found herspecial "affinity," Social life in Russia—-even in large centres ofpopulation—is caston such lines as constantly to throw the menand women together ; family men are in thehabit of bringing their unmarried friends totheir homes. Here social and businessquestions, as well as politics, all such topicsas are considered of interest to men alone,are freely discussed in the family circlemostly over the tea-table. The 'girls, aswell as the women, get to be thoroughlyversed and interested in the most serious oflife's problems, and, as occasion offers, turnout splendid helpmeets to men in all theirundertakings. No matter what social orpolitical question is brought uppermost bythe times', it is thoroughly discussed in thepresence of women, and the men's course isfrequently modified according to the women'ssuggestions. So, in their flirtations, then,the younger of the two kindred spirits themore they vie with each othor in stringingup their talk to the most serious topics;their idea is that love may make themwomanish and handicap their usefulness intheir chosen sphere of action,

LIBEKAL-MINDED YOUNG LADIES.As soon, however, as a couple of lovers

come to an understanding, thsy begin to layplans for a life's work in common. Thefuture does not appear to these enthusiastsin any other form than that of a wide Heldof duties toward their lower, oppressedbrethren. A Russian girl of liberal ten-dencies scorns the idea of being "supported 'by her husband. And, again, it would bodifficult to find young people in Russianowadays who would be willing to pledgetheir love to one another " for ever andever," as was the custom of sentimentallovers of former times. Their acknow-ledged ambition, however, is to be"honest " before anything else, andthey promise to deal fairly with eachother and not treat each other withrcchavffi sentiment when there is nothingelse to offer. When the ardor of love givesout they are prepared to remain true andfast friends. It is understood, nevertheless(according to an American critic of Russianmanners), that were a stronger unconquer-able passion to assert itself in either of thetwo for another, then the ethics of theyoung "Intelligencia "would command theunloved husband or wife to commit a.peculiar kind of ha7-ikari giving hisor her partner full liberty of choice.Though the Greek Church is stronglyset agaiast divorce, and there is noother than church marriage recognisedby Russian laws, there is a kind of prideamong liberal-minded young married peoplewhich impels them not to impose love andcompany on one who refuses toappreciate it.Not long since still stranger ideas werepopular among the educated Russian youngpeople. A few years ago it was by nomeans an uncommon thing for two youngenthusiasts to marry on a firm understand-ing never to assume towards one another therelations of husband and wife. This trans-action was called a "fictitious" marriage,and was generally resorted to to help aliberal-minded maiden who had not yetreached her legal majority to throw off thetutelage of unsympathetic parents or tutors,and to acquire the right to dispose of herestate or her money at her own will; sincein Russia a married woman—no matteHiowyoung and inexperienced—is perfectly inde-pendent of her husband in her propertyrights.

A Coffin Full of Opiun.Recent Singapore papers report an extra-

ordinary case of smuggling at Sourabaya, inJava. A Chinese passenger having died onboard a junk which wax anchored in theroadstead, the health officer of the portwent off and, after viewing the body, gavethe necessary permit for burial. The masterof the j'ink then camo on shore and ordereda large coffin of the usual Chinese kind.During the early hours of the morning thecrew with the coffin landed, and thefuneral procession passed along the streetsamid the burning of sacrificial papers, beat-ing of gongs, and the other customary de-monstrations of sorrow. One of the crewwalked in front carrying the burial permit.After the funeral party went back to thejunk, which immediately put to seo. In themiddle of the day some Natives fonnd anempty coffin in the road close by the Chinesecemetery, which not only smelt strongly ofopium but also had small particles of thedrug adhering to its sides. The Custom-house authorities found the maker of thecoffin, who identified it aB the one suppliedto the master of the junk, and the deadbody of the Chinaman was washed ashoresoon afterwards, so that it was clear that hehad been thrown overboard and the burialpermit used to smuggle on shore a largecoffin full of opium.

Extraordinary Death of anAcrobat.

Dr M'Donald, M.P., coroner for North-east Middlesex, held an inquiry at theMetropolitan Hospital, Kingsland road, intothe circumstances attending the death ofJames Webb, aged sixty-three, a streetacrobat and performer, who died of injuriesreceived in a singular manner. CharlesNorland, a sawyer, stated that he was outwith the deceased, assisting Webb in hisperformance. They pitched the ring inRotherfield street, and soon got a crowdround. After going through variousfeat?, the deceased said that if hecould collect a shilling he would go throughthe wonderful performance of having apaving stone broken on his chest. The moneybeing collected, the deceased placed himselfon the chairs, his head resting on one andhis feet on the other. He then asked if anyof the persons standinground would like tobreak the stone on his chest. A young mansaid he would break it, and a 101b sledgehammer was given him for that purpose.He stepped into the ring, and gave the stonethree blows, breaking it at the last one, butit slipped down to his stomach as it wasstruot on the corner. Deceased afc oncecomplained of pains in his stomach, and aftersitting fora short time he went home. Hedid not blame the man for the accident.Mr Herbert Williams, house surgeon, de-posed that he had made a post mortem ex-amination, and found the cause of deatli tobe peritonitis, the result of the blow. Thejury returned a verdict of "Accidentaldeath."

A Brigand Story.

An interesting brigand story is reportedfrom Monaatir, in Macedonia. About threemonths ago a party, consisting of fourGreek robbers from Oastoria, three womenin men's clothes, and a priest from themonastery of Tscherilow, arrived at Wlaho-Klissura, where, during the night, theybroke into the dwelling of a Servian namedFimon Kottanaoun. They bound him handand foot and took him to the house of aGreek priest, near the gendarmerie barracks.He wan kept there three months as ahoßtage. He was shut up in a cloßet-oup-board, with a bandage over his eyes, andcotton-wool stuffed in his ear. Eventuallythe Archimandrite Gregorius, of theTsche-rilow monastery, visited the Servian'smother, taking with him a letter from herson saying what had become of him, andadding that if a ransom of L1,500 were notpaid within ten days his ears would be cutoff. The poor woman handed L3OO to theArchimandrite, but the next day she re-ceived word that tho brigands wore notsatisfied. They tried to get away in thenightwith their prisoner, but the gardenerof a neighbouring house, taking them for

' ordinary thieves, fired upon them, which atonce brought several of the watchmen onduty to the rescue. A struegle ensued, inwhich two of the brigands were badlywounded and the rest compelled to takeflight, Their prisoner, who had hidden ina bush, escaped unhurt, and thus obtainedhis liberty. The Archimandrite and four ofthe brigands have since been arrested.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THEMINISTRY.

FOURTH EOfiflOH.POBUSHED AT 5.30 P.M

[Si'ECJIAL TO THE STAR.]

WELLINGTON, October 15, 5 p.m.

I am in a position tostate that theCabinetis hOV? constituted as follows:

Premier.—Sir if. Atkinson (who retainshis old portfolio, excepting Postmaster-General).

Native and Postal—Hon. E. Mitchelson. °

Education and Charitable Aid—Hon. T.W. Hialop.

Public Works and Mines—Hon. T. Fergue.Lands—Hon. G. P. RichardsoD.Colonial Secretary, Justice,and Defence-

CaptainRussell.Attornoy-Genoral—Sir F. Wlutaker.Without Portfolio—Hon. E. C. J. Stevens.

SHIPPINGHigh Water.

To-mobkow.—Taiaroa Heads: 6 42 a.m., 7 4p.m. Port Chalmers: 7.22 a.m., 744 p.m.Dunedin : 8.7 a.m., 8.29 p.m.

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Port Chahuera.ARRlVED.—October 15.

Potomahana, b.s., 865 tons, Carey, iromMelbourne via the Bluff. Passengers: Mes-dames Baker, Wardrop and child, Harper andchild, Messrs A. E. Kernot, Fletcher, Lewis,Scott, Rhodes, Bayley, Rodgers, Hobday, Saun-ders, Hatch, Major Burrows ; and thirteen inthe sleeragc.

SAILED.-October 15.Tekapo, ? s., 1,544 ton?, Anderson, for

Sydney via Oamaru. Passengers: For Oamaru—Mr Stephens. For Timaru—Mrs Webb,Misses Webb (2), Messrs Wilaon (2). For Syd-ney—Mi«s M'Oill; six stowage.

Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Neville, for Northernports. Passengers : For LyHelton —MrM'Kerrow. For Wellington —Mr Kofoed.Major Burrows, Mrs, Mise, aud Master Howard.For Nelson—Mr Bankin. For Auckland—MrsCleveland ; four in the steerage.

Kakanui, s.s., 59 tons, Best, for Invercargill.

Periodicals by the R.M.S. Ruapchu arecoming down by the Manapouri, due here to-morrow.

The Tekapo left the tongue wharf this morn-ing for Sydney via Oamaru and Cook S'rai 1;.

The Rotoraahana anived at fi.3o a.m. to day,and after easing steam off the Port to tran-ship mails, she steamed up to liunedin. Amougher cargo she brings 751 packages of goods forthe Fxhibition. Purser Munro reports leavingMelbourne at noon on tho 10th ii:st ; landedthe pilot off Williarr.stown at 1 p.m., andclearedPort PhillipHcadsat4.Bop m.; passed theSolanderH at 8 a.m. on the 14th ; and arrivedatthe Bluff at 0.15 p.m.; leaving there at o p.m.From Melbourne until the 13th experiencedstrong easterly winds with high cross seas ;

thence light airs and smooth sea to arrival.The brigantino Sybil blocked off her hatchc

this morning and made preparations for j-ailinfor Auckland.

Tho barquentine f'cean Ranger is expected tosail forKaipara to-morrowmorning.

MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

Tuesday. October 15.Oamaru.—Oliau arrived early from Lyttcl-

ton ; si-la to-night for Timaru.Ly'.telton. —Manapouii arrived 8 a.m. from

Wellington ; fails G p.m. for Port Chalmers.—Brunncr sails midnight for Timaru.

Wellington.— Dingadeo sailed \\m after-noon for Westport.

Nelson —Penguin arrived 10 a.m. from Wel-lington : sailed noon fur Picton.

Gubt mouth. —Rosamond sailed midnight forLyttelton.—Wareatea sailed this afternoon forNapier.

Wellington.—Southern Cress sails G p.m.for Napier.

Auckland.—Wainni arrived 7 p.m. Mondayfrom tfamoa. Australia sails 6 p.m. forGisborue.THE ALLEGED SHOALING OF VICTORIA

CHANNEL.Captain H. Anderson (marine buperintendent

of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company) hasforwarded the following letter to tho Chamberof Commerce:

"Re alleged shoaling of the Victoria channel,I can only iay that, after all that has beenwritten on the subject, I am as firm'y con-vinced as ever that the Victoria channel iasteidily shoaling up I have received my infor-mation all along from the harbor-master, athoroughly reliable man. whose word canalwnys be trusted. According to his reports tome the channel hai shoaled nearly 2ft bince thedredgir.g of it was stopped. In conclusion Iwould beg to point out that the only way toarrive at the truth in this matter is to get thosoundings at low water at the shoalest part ofthe channel—say, for thelast three years. Mystatement cannotbe falsified by a statement ofwhat ships have come up, or what ships havegone down, whether tides weroßood, or whethertides were poor, for that is nothing to the pur-pose. What lam responsible for reporting toyour Chamber is that the channel is steadilyshoaling up, a'd I know that tho evidence ofCaptain Macfar'anewill bear mo out in this tothe letter. I earnestly bog of your Chamberthat this matter may not bo allowed to rest, forthey should not be counted as friends to Dun-edinwho would put it off to a more convenientseason,"

INCIDENT AT SEA.

The steamer Edina, while sailing from Pi.rtar-lington to Melbourne, during a heavy pquall,heard acry for help. The nii?ht waspitch dark.Captain Forbes at once stopped tho steamer,and cruised aroutid; another crv was heardsome timo after, but nothing could bo seen.After cruising round for an hour, a vivid flashof lightning lit up the water, and discovered asmall dinsey,with two men in it paddling awaywith lining board J , which they had evidentlytorn from the dingey. Wrh considerable diffi-culty tho men were rescued and taken on board.It was then discovered that they were tho crowof the ketch Hazard, hound from Melbourneto Portarlington. About 6.15, during theheight of a squall, the ketch capsized.Fortunately the dingeywas hanging astern, andCaptain Beise and WillUm Pitcairn, a seaman,managed to scramble into it, but tho rornainingmember of the crew, a man known as Jim, whohad shipped from Melbourne, was drowned.With great difficulty the dingey waH cutadrift,but without oar*. Captain Beise, too, was in-jured, ono of his arm 3 being broken. The seasthreatened to swamp the dingey every minute,and tho two men tore the lining boards fromthe boat and used them as paddles. For morethan two hours they kept afloat, the dingeygradually settling down. They saw the lightsof tho Edina, and shouted, and were eventuallyrescued aB stated above. Captain Boise wasalmost unconscious when ho got on boardthrough the pain of his arm and fatigue.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

The R.M.S. Kaikoura left Capo Town onSunday last for New Zealand ports via Hobart,

Shipping Telegrams.

Wellington. October 11.—Manapouri, fortho South and Hobart.

Sydney, October 14,—Waihora and Jubilee,for Wellington.

COMMERCIAL.The amount of rcvenne oolleoted at the

Custom-house on gooda clcarod *o-rt»v forconsumption waft Customs, L 1.267 14s 9d ;

primage, L2B 5s 6d ; total, L 1.296 Os 3d.

MINING NOTHS,

Tho Victorian mining reports for the Junequarter show that the yield of goldamounted to]!)50'450z, or 17,7400z more thanwaß obtainedduring the previous quarter, and anincrease of5 6520z upon the return for the correspondingquarter of 1888. The average return fromthe quartz crushed waß 9dwt 19.32gi perton. In what may be termed the originalsection of the publication several interest-ing papers are given. Mr R. A. F.Murray discusses the subject of prospeot-ing for gold, and offerß some remarksas to the causes of tho deoreaße inthe yield. Ho holds the pessimistic viewthat our goldficlds are rapidly approachingexhaustion, but urges that the functionsof the Mining Department might advan-tageously be expended in thedirection of col-lating and supplying the best information ob-

*a»rv»ble by means of close scientific inquiryintooihei' Jiiififero'Mmatrices than those now known,ttferelat ohs fcetwtcn %\w existence of gold andi'vi p&eiflttqß'a observable Ift snnncction withthe assoUatc' 1.rcoKa, t&e.btot nSethodf! of mining,gold-swing appliance, ttetfm-ens, of ref»flJoryore?, and utilisation of w£st6 _ TheMining population of the colony for t'We q'tt'srtr-rwas 24,414, being an increase of sixty-seven tfflthe previous quarter; 11,892 quartz minerswore employed, and 12,522 in alluvial. Of fcbetotal 3,589 were Chinese, being a decrease ofthirty-six on the previous quarter. The totalValueof all machinery employed is estimated atu,ftiMW.

OTAGO STOCK EXCHANGE,to-day's quotations.

Banks.—Colonial, buyer 42s 3d, seller 42s 9J.National, buyer M», seller 86i Bd. New Zealand (oldlaaliel, buyer L 7 3s, eeller L 7 fls. Now Zealand (newiSsftn), btiyer L7j seller hi tfa.

Insurances. Colonial, buyer 6', nellcr Cs 31.National, buyer 131 3d, nfeller 18* (Id. Nt «• Zealand,buyer 1,3 5», eeller IJZ 7s (id. South British, DUyefSBs, Beller 37f. Standard, buyer JS?6dj seller 13s 9d.Union, ibuyer V53 (id, eeller 264.

SmmNtt.—New Zealand Shipping-, buyer LS 7a Gd,seller L 3 103. Union Steam, btiyer tl2iOa, eellerL12155. ■ ■ „ •

CoAfc.-Kaitangata, buyer Ll9 6a, sailer LIS ,10a.Walton Park, buyer 3a 6d, seller 4s. Weetporfc,'buyer 833, Beller (148

Mercantile.—Comrocrolol Property and Finance,'buyer 133,sollor 13s 6d. Dunedin Finance, Loan, andAgency, buyer 14s, seller 159. Dunedin C. .and S.Tramways, buyer 2s, seller 2a 6d. Milburn Lime andCement, buyer 265, seller 28s. Mosgiel Woollen Fac-tory, buyer 82b, seller 84s. Mornington Tramway,buyer 6s Gd, eeller 7s. National Mortgage andAgency, buyer lis, soller lis 3d. New Zealand Loanand Mercantile, buyer 67s 6d, seller 70b. New Zea-land Refriger-ttlng, buyer 60s, sellor 61b. New Zea-land Drug-, buyer 19s 3d, eeller 19a 6d. * OtagoDally Times,' buyer LS, seller L 8 2a 6d. RoßlynTramway, buyer 235, scl.er 295. Trustees and Execu-tor, buyer 24f G<i, seller 258.Oiaqo DiiKiioiNo Companies—Frankton Reach (7s61 paid up), buyer 59, seller 6s. Golden Bar (20s paidi:p), buyer 19a Gd, seller 20s. Golden Bar feontribut-ing), buyer 4h, eeller 4s 01. Kawarau Big Beach (7sOd paid up), buyer 53, seller 6s. Kiwarau Big Beach(con.'rituting), httyor 2s 6d, aollcr23fld. ShotovcrRiver (contributing), buyer la Bd, seller 1?UJ. Talis-man(15s paid up), buyer lis, seller 11" r<i. Talisman(aontributing), buyer 2s, seller 2sfld. UpperShotover,buyer 2s, seller2s 3d. Waipapi, buyer 4"s, seller 509.Wukatipu (78 6d paid up), buyer 5s Cd, seller 69.Wukatlpu (contributing), buyer 39, seller 39 3d.

SluicingCo.mpanirs.—FairMaid, Weptport (10s paidup), buyer 18a, eeller 18a Cd. Fair Maid, Westport(contributing), buyer 10s od, seller 10s 9i. UnitedIlcrcules (LI paid up), buyer 355, scllor 37s 6d.United Hercules (contributing), buyer 30a, seller3l« Gd.

Otago Quart/, Companies —Blue Slate, buyer 14q.selleraos. (2apaid up), buyer 2a 3d, seller 2a6<l. &003U9 (contributing), buyer 2s, seller 2a IdKurcka(loi paid up), buyer 4s, fe'lor 4s Cd. Eureka(contributing), buyer Is Oil, seller 2a. Gallant Tip,buyer 3s 0.1, sollcr 4a. Green's Reef, buyer 29 Od,seller 'in Od. Golden Gully, buyer lOd, seller Is.Mount Ilifrhlay (5s pnid up), buyer 3s 9d, seller 4s.Nenthorn Consolidated (2s paid up), buyer Is 9d,seller 2s. Nenthorn Consolidated (contributing),buyer Is 9d. seller 2«. Prospectors', buyer 99 6d,seller lOj. Victoria (2s paid up), buyer is, seller Is2d. Waitahuna (4s paid up), buyer 8s 3d, seller 3sCd. WMte's Reef, buyer 3* Od. sellers* Gil. Zea-landia, buyer iis, seller 3a 4d. Break-o'-Day, buyer2s, seller 2s Cd.

Rkrtton CoMpaniks. Beaconeflold, Weßtport,buyer Bs, seller 6s 61. Big River, buyor 3s fid,seller 33 fld. Fiery Cross Extonded, buyer 8a lOd,seller 9s 3d. Globs, buyer 21b Od. seller 22* Od. Home-ward Bound, buyer 6s fld, seller 6s fIJ. Inkerman,buyor 22s Od, seller 23s 3d. Just-in-Time, buyer 18Gd, seller Is 9d. Keepit-Dark, buyer 20s, seller 225.Kcap-it-VJarU No. 2, buyer 2s, 6eller 3a. Lycll CreekExtonded, Lycll, buyer Bd, poller lOd. Nil Dcsperan-ildm, buyer 2b Od, seller 3s. Progress, buyer 20j,Holler 21s. Scstia. buyer os, seller 7s fld. Sir FrancisDrake, buyer 2s Od,"seller 2s Od. South Hopeful,buyer 3s, seller 3s 3d. Supreme, buyer 2s 9d, seller3". United Alpine, Lycll, buyer 15s, seller 16s 6d.Wealth of Nations, buyer 5s 6d, sellor Cs. Welcomo(new), buyer 12s, seller 12s (id. Wcloorae (old), buyer17a, seller 17s.

A. Battleman, G. S. Brodriok, John DavieiA. Hordman, Walter Hislop, R. H. Leary andCo., Leslie A. Norman, C. S. Reeves, Johnlleid and Sons, E. 0.Reynolds, J. R. Scott.

MINING SHARE QUOrATIONS.The following were net prices quoted at tho

c'osiog of the Reeffcon Mining and Stock Ex-change on Monday night :

Buyprs.—B'jndieo Is Id, Electrio Liuht Is Od, FioryCross 8* 10d, Goldon Treasure BJ, Galhnt 2s lOd,Gloho 21s 61, Happy Valley 4d, H»rd to Find Is,Inglewood 2s, Darks 2*, Kesolution Is 3d, Nils 2a Od,Nationals 7(1, Reform 4d, Drakes 2s Gd. South Wealth2d. Triumph 4}d, Venus 9:1, Wealth of Nations ssOd.

SbMjHKS.—Alexandra Od, All Nations 2s 8;l, BigRiver 3s 9i, Gulden Hill 2d. Golden Lend Is 2d,Gallant 2s lOd, Globe 22j Cd, Homeward Os 9d, HapnyValley Cd, Guide 4!, Devonshire 91, Lord Edward 6d,Nils 3s, New Britannia fld, Pandora Is, Reform 7d,Scotia 7s Cd Venus Is Id.

THE LONDON MARKETS.

Tho New Zealand Loan and MercantileAgency Company have received the followingcablegram from their London office :—" FrozenMeat.—Mutton : Market quiet, Canterburyis worth 4i?J per Ih ; Wellington in wrtti 4j|dper lb. The beef market has a downward ten-dency. Tallow: Market quiet. Quotationsun hanged since last cablegram."

IBy Telegraph.]"Wellington, October 15.LyaaghtandCo.'s

Wellington agent received the following cableto-day:—"The market in rapidly advancing.To-day's price for 2(i-gauge 'Orb' galvanisedcorrugated iron is LIS f.o b. London."

Post Office Notice.Maila done at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin,

subject to any necessary alterations as under:—Local mails between Diuiedin and Oamaru,

also those for the Faseby line, will close at7.15 a.m., and be forwarded by the 7.45 a.m.twin.

For Northorn Ports, overlana daily, at 10.30A.m., at Chief Post Office. Lato letter?, guard's<M»n„ North expretw train, at 11 a.m. The PostOffice, Dnnedin North, will bo cleared at 10a.m.

Wednesday, October 16.For Northern Ports. —Pe!-Rototnahana,atl.so

p.m. Late letters, guard's van, Port train,at 2 30 p m.

Thursday, Octodku 17.For Southland, Australian Colonies (via

H«bart), India, China, Japan. Continent ofEurope, (Jnitod Kingdom, etc.—Per Manapouri,at 3 p.m.

Money orders (for Australian Colonies only),registered letters, and newspapers, nt 2 p.m.

r.ate letters, guard's van, Port Chalmerstrain, at 3.85 p.m.

DIRECT MAIL SERVICE.Wednesday, Octobeb 16.

The contract steamer lonic will leave Wel-lington for Plvmouth via Rio do Janeiro onThursday. October 17. Mails close hero aBunder:—

For United Kingdom and Foreign Countriesvia the TTnited Kingdom, etc., at 10 a.m. onWednesday, 16th.

Book packnta and newspapers at 9 a.m. onWednesday, 16 th.

The above mail will close at tho branchpost offi"e, Dunedin North, for letters at 9.30a.m., and newspapers at 5.30 a.m. on the 16th.At the South Dunedin office, for le)M;er3and newspapers at 5 a.m on the 16th, At thePort Chalmers office, at 8 a.m. on the 16'h.

Late letters, bearing anadditional singlo rataof postage ((id) as a late fee can b* posted inthe mail van attached to the North train,leaving Dunedin railway station at 11 a.m. onthe 16th.

(Signed) Edw. D. Butts,Chief Postmaster,

Chief Post Ofliei-,Dunedin, Ootober 15.

THE THROUGH TRAINS-PassengersThis Day.

From Ddnedin for the Fouth. Mr!A. D. B. White, Miss Alice Bieshop, Miss jRobinson, Miss M'Donald. Mr T. Eastwood, Mr iW. S. D. Trotter, Mr J. Piokenson.

From ttdc South for Dunedin. MissCampbell, Bishop Nevill, Mr L. D Nicol, MrE. S. Vernon, Miss A. Bain, Mr J. Thompson,Mrs Hgginson, Mr G. Akhurst. Mr J. Edwards, :Mr 0. Robertson, Mr W. T. Kirkpatrick.

PKOM Un.NKDIN FOR THK NORTH. For .

Ohristchurch: Mr R. J. Scott, Sir John Hall,Mr George H. Oatwav, Mr A. Stirling. For;Timaru: Mr G. E. Rhodes, Miss D. Jon«s, Mr 'J. H. Stanley. For Ashburton: Mr J. Mac-;donald. Mr H. Cameron, Mr P. Mason, Mr andMrs Friedlander, Mr A. O. Hardy, Mr J.M'Nair Clark.

Fkom the North for Dunedin.-Mr R.Blair, MrD. 0. Cameron, Mrs M'Gillivray, MrR. L. Martin.

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDiY. OCTOBER 15, 188$.

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS.�URGLAR • PROOF Window -fasteners.

_> Wanted, an Agent; fortune to a pushingrmn. Apply "Fastener," Stab Office.

ANTED Known-Plumbing. Gasfittingt » and BellhanguiK executed in first-class

style by experienced workmen. Repairs attended to with despatch. Anderson and Morrison, Duncdin.

WANTED (Wednesday), Housekeeper forcountry hotel. Apply, with references,

to Jas. Whyte, Rattray street.ANTED, Cooks (L4O), experienced

� » Housemaids. Ten General Servants(town, country), useful Girls, Person positionof trust. MurleyV.

TANTEDrTwcTgooI Tailors. Apply 6.' Bailey and Co., Octagon.

1 ANTED, a handy Girl, with reference.* t For address apply Robert Wilson,

grocer, George street,

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS"ANTED, LeßHons on American Organ;

' beginnef; lierma must be moderate.AddireßS "Musia" STaB Office.

WANTBDTo .Purchase, a Safety Rear-drivingBicycle. Address, stating price

*!<•! make. "Safety," BtaK Office.

WAITTED, by. Working jtippsekeeper igooaneedlewoman), Situation P* Pl*» of

lTii;*! small wages;' references'. Audress"A.Z.," &T.58 Office. _:_-_^^__

ANTED, Situation as Cookand" Bake* on~

Btation. AddreM"o.B.,"STAiiO#<!e,Dunedin.

ANTED, small Two-roomed Cottage, or. , large Unfurnished Boom, with fire-

place ; cerittel. "JU," Stab Offioe.' ANTED, strongEc-y for Parcels. Little

' Dust Pan; closes 63$

WANTUD. by well educated youug (iftitle-man, Situation as Correspondent or

Bookkeeper: quick at figures and thoroughknowledge of shorthand; highest references.Apply '"Phonos," Star Office.

WANTED, a good Machinist; also TwoCoat Makers, Apply Q. M. Wilkie,

164' George'street.WANTED, good Button-hole Maker; con-

stant work for a good hand. MrsWells, Albany street.

WANTED, at once, a good Girl, to assistin Housework. Claxt'on House, Lovter

01rgill street.'ANTED, a Dressmaker, for a few dayß;

» * terms moderate. Mrs Ohas. Matthews,top of steps, past Chofal Hall, Moray ffrxewest.

ANTKD Known—l am now booking./ Ordeis for Frozen Sheep and Lambs

for deliveiy at Homo in time for Christmas.W.Patrick, 200 Princes street.

'ANTKD, thoroughly experienced Bodicei t hands for Dressmaking. Apply at

once Manager D.1.0.ANTED, SauceBottles (any quantity);

• » highest price, cash. Sauce Factory,oppositeKnox Church, George street.

ANTED, a good Vest Hand; constant» » employment. J.and J. Arthur, tailors,

6, George street.ANTBD, Youth with knowledge of

» » Photographic Printing. Apply Ameri-mn PWn Hnmnanv Prinz-Af. strop*..

WANTED, Employment, Store or Office;understands bookkeeping, timber andfarming business; good references, "W.,"Star Office.

ANTED (immeHiatdy), first-class Bodyt f Hands, Skirt Hands, and Apprentices.

Mrs Marshall, Lower York place.ANTKD, by experienced Barmaid, Situa-

"V tion, town. "May," Star Office..ITANTED, competent Dressmaker for few�V days. Apply Mrs Lcnnon's Store, top

Manor place.ANTKD. a respectable Girl; about 14 or

* - 15 years o'd. Apply Mrs JamesCoombs, Montague road. Dalkeith, N.E. Valley.

"ANTKD, first class Hands ; also Impro-» t veis and Apprentices for the Mantle

Workroom. Apply Miss Stewart, (Brown,Ewing and Co.).

'ANTED, 50in Bicycle, in good condition;t t cheap. Apply "Ca hj, 1' care Walker

Bros,, plumber', etc., i?t. Andrew street.ANTED, a Nursegirl. Apply Mrs Car-

roll's Store, Mornington.'ANTED Known—Electro-plating of Old

, . Ware executed with despatch; knives,forks, spoon', cruets, trays, biscuit boxes, etc.Good workmanship guaranteed. Anderson andMorrison.

OOT Trade.—Wanted, Girl Machinists_s_* and Learners. Simon Bros., Georgestreet, near Octagon.

I«/0"RS BARRATT Wants Pastrycook Baker,*™ good Grill Hook (30a), good Kitchenman

(203), Washer-up, Barmaids."RS OHALMIW, L*bor Exchange, re-

*_,.* quires Six Young Ladiesas Waitresses (wages LI per week), Cooks,ITousemwls, General Servants (small families),experienced Nurse, Barmaids (town).

ROURKRS and Vent Hands wanted. J.l. A. Kiiby, tailor, Princes street.

r (PBNDERS Wanted for Painting and Paper-_K. hanging. W. Terry. Littlebourue.

JO LET, 5-roomed Brick Houses, South_B. Dunedin; every convenience, 6s. Lamer,

auctioneer, Rattray street.mO LET, Dairy Farm, 27 acres, 4-rooroed

§ Cottag3, near Dunedin, Apply Jas.Whyte, Rattray street.

"

&ROB Phr,p To Let in City; 8s weekly ;

Jl rplendid stand, facing tram-line. Address"_Shop, "£TAit Office.

X?ftdffc Will Buy Section 28, Allandale;-fte>Cs™" nearly A-acre. Apply "Land,"Star Office.

10R SALE, Covered Express, Travellers',«c Sample Trap, Spring-cart, Buggy,

Phaeton. eSr. Lamer, auctioneer, Rattraystreet.

lOR SALE, 1 Double-door Perry and Perry_». Safe, 3fc x 3ft x 2f* ; also. 1 Single-doorMilner Safe, 2ft 2in x 2tt 2in x 2ft Sin. KettleBros., comrmrcial brokers and agents, Bondstreet.

10 Jewellers, Wholosale Houses, Travellers,m. and Others —NewSilver Geneva Watches

For Pale; roust be sold; 2fls each if lot taken."Watches," Star Office.

BOYS' Clothing New, stylish, durable,cheap: most complete srock; Suits, 5s

to 40s. Clothing Factory, Octagon,>ATERSON AND BARR, General Iron-

.■_ mongery Importers, Princes street, nextjacobs's Gift Depot,

ESIHE to draw special attention to theirstock ofFamishing Ironmongery.

KNDERS and Fireironi. Coal Vases,jl Cutlery and Electroplated Spoons, Forks,etc. ; guaranteed.

>UY all your Kitchen Utensils from P. andi) 8., who give the best value far your

moneyk ANGES and Register Grates a specialty.1/ Come and inspect ourß before purchasing

elsewhere.AND 13 for Hammers, Chisels, Saws,and Tools of all descriptions.

> AND B, for Powder and Shot, a'soe Powder and Shot Fl&slts, Pea Kiflc

Cartridges, C. F. Cartridges.

GUNS—Breachand Muzzle, and all sorts ofSporting Ammunition. Patcrson andBarr,

Princes street.>(AISOFORTB Instruction Book for Tonic

■_' Sol-fa Pupils, 3s; posted, 3s 6d. Ohas.Bcl'S and Co.

IND"RSPKTL.—The'ChristmasGift'and' Kleinlieder'; tlw ' Alphabet' onsale.

CJias. Begg and Co.

INDIGESTION Cured by Dr Freeman sKpeoifie; a wonderful remedy. Ellisdon

and Co., afjer.tK, 30 Princes street.

CiUOICfiSelection of Dress Materials; lead-J inpr shades. Dressmaking under ex-

perienced management. Mrs Gill, Princesbtreet.

Opened, pplondid assortment ofLadies' Jackets and Mantles; leading

shapqs and newewt colors. Mrs Gill.rB are Cash Buyers of Wool, Sheepskins,

t r Rabbitskins, Horsehair, etc.. in anyquantity. Arthur M'Donalu and Co., Bondstreet.

TMOST Value in Cash is paid by thoChallenge Piano Depfit for Second-hand

Pianos.M.U.1.0.0.F.

Loyal Prince of Wales Lodge, Port Chalmers.

THE MEMBERS of the above Lodge arerequested to attend the Funeral of the

late Bro. Donald Thomson, leaving Constitutionstreetat 315 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, the 16thinst. The lodge room will be open at 2.20.

HENRY COLLETT, N.G.

WHITE DRESS MATERIALS.WHITE DRESS MATFRIALS.WHITE DRESS MATERIALS.

»ROWN, EWING, AND COhave just received, ex Rimutaka, five

caaeß lovely White Dreßs Textures, speciallyimported for the Exhibition choir, comprising—-

f3oo White Embroidered Robes, 8s 6d,To the 12s 6d, 15s, 18s, to 45s each

12 pieces White Nuc's "Veilinglames ~ I)iDC( , s wlljte Froncj, Cashmereof the 5 pieces White French Merino„„„,

~\ 10 pieces White Pongee SilksKXHIBI- g I)jeces White Si ,k Lußtr(Jß

tion 100 pieces White Lice StripoMuslins100 pieces White Lace CheckMuslinß

choir. ?5 pieceg v/hjte Nan isook Muslins

BROWN, EWING, AND CO.Have pleasure in directing the attention ofladies to tho above splendid lot of DressMaterials, all marked at theLowest Cash Prices

WHITE DRESS MATERIALS"WHITE DRESS MATERIALS.WHITE DRESS MATERIALS.

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS.OOOKHAM HOUSE,

I 140 Pr>n»cs street (opposite Post Office).f M'KAY (late roanapor City Boot Fa&ee)'• has much pleasure in announcing that

he has taken the above-named premises (latelyIrnown as the Continental Boot Dep6t), andintends opening on *

SATURDAY NEXT, 19th INST%withan entirelyNew and well-selected Stock of

LADIES', GENTS', AND CHILDREN'SBOOTS AND SHOES

of every descriptidft

THE IMPORTED STOCKincludes the Very Latest Produotions from ihttleading English aid Foreign Makers, and theColonial Goods have fcpen Specially Manu-

factured fof«'OOOKHA>: HOW3»"

from the Best Wearing Materials that «an beproduced. Onr Boots and Shoos will bi acknow-ledged by fill who inspect them to be .DecidedlySuperior in Quaftty, Neat in Style and Fitting,and Strictly Modbbate in Price.

EARLY INSPECTION INVITED.COOKHAM HOUSE,

140 Princes street (opposite Post OS&oe).

THE ROXBURGH AMALGAMATED)VMINING AND SLUIOING COMPANY, (

LIMITED.

THE time for Receiving Applications for iSHARES in the above Company will!Close on MONDAY, the 2tst inst. j

Allotment will be made ia the order ofapplication j

T°5NR SwJ5a Binkersiat *hß

ANDREW HAMILTON/ C™W

OARISBROOK LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

pnH SEASON will be Opened (weatherL permitting) on

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2nd NOV.,And not on 26th Octobe*, as pre-

viously announced.

AMUSEMENTSiRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager ... Mr Chas. Warner,Business Manager& Trea-

surer... ...

... Mr George Lee.THE GKEAT LONDON DRAMATIC STaF,

Mr CHARLES WARNER.Absolutely the GreatestActor ever seen in N.Z.A Revelation in N.Z. Amusements Unprece-

dented aed Phenomenal SuccessTO-NIGHT (Tuesday), October 15, and TO-

MORROW (Wednesday), Mr Cnar&s Wamerin Comedy. At a' quarter to 8 precisely, firsttime in N.Z., Lord Tennyson's Idyll, in two-acts, DORA, adapted by Mr Chas. Reade. Ifyou want to feel a better man or woman see• Dora.' Farmer Allen, Mr Chable»Wabneb ;

Dora. l>hi Grade Warner. To be followed byMeat i' Fenn and Glanville's most successfulFarcial Comedy, in three acts, THE BAR-RISTER, as performed for three consecutiveyears at i he Vaudeville Theatre, London. MrArthur Maxwell (The Barrister), Mr CHARLESWabnbe; Mrs Arthur Maxwell, Miss GraoieWarner, If you want to laugh as you neverlaughed before, see ' TheBarrister ' A screamin three acts. THURSDAY, October 17,Charles Reade's powerful adaptation ofL'Assommoir, DRINK, in which Mr CharlesWarner will appear in his original and marvel-lous creation, &<* played by him over 1,000times—Conpeau (a Plumber). Gervoise, MissGracieWarner.

Admission—DreßS Circle, 4s; Stalls, 2s 6d;Pit, 1«. Box plan at Dresden Piano Dep6t.Day Tickets at Jacobs's, tobacoonist. Doorsopen at 7; commence at 7.45 precisely.

The Stage Furnishings by Messrs SooullarandChisholm.

WM. HUGHES, Manager.

DUNEDIN ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY.

. IHE FOURTH CONCERT of the Season1 will bfi give", in the Garrison Hall on

THURSDAY EVENING, 17th inat., at 8o'clock.

Doors open at 7 30. No Reserved Seats.S. N. MUIR, Hon. Sec.

LL SAINTS' SCHOOLROOM.THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY,

THIS WEEK,At 7.30p.m.

KINDERSPIEL.* The Happy Family, or the Old Woman that

Lived in a Shoe.'50 Juvenile Performers. Costumes, Dances.

ONE SHILLING.

MEETINGS.FREEMASONRY.

GRAND LODGE FOR NEW ZEALAND.

A MEETING of the OTAGO BRANCH ofthe Masonic Union will be held at the

Freemason-' Hall, Dnnedin, onFRIDAY, 18thinet,, at 8 o'clockp.m , to receive the Report ofthesub-Ccmmittee appointed on July 15th, onthe motion of Bro. Sir Robert Stout.

All Master Masons of the three Constitutionsare cordially invited and expeoted tobe present.

SYDNEY JAMES, P.M.,Chairman.

BOARD AND RESIDENCE.OERAEJ. Superior Accommodation.

. Terms, etc., apply Mrs Hull, Moeraki.ORDON House, Moray place.—Boarding

vji" House for Gentlemen ; central positionfor Exhibition; superior accommodation; everycomfort.

JANTED, Board and Residence withvv a private family; terras moderate.

"Clericus," Star Office.D, by Gentleman, Board and

~ Lodgings, near town. Apply "8.C.R.,"P.O. Box 101, Dunedin.

SHIPPING.THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COM-

PANY'S LINE.R.M.S. RUAPEHU, FROM LONDON.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

PERIODICALS for this Port will arrivepers.b. MANAPOURI, from Wellington,

due TO-MORROW (Wednesday).THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING

COMPANY, LIMITED.-NION STEAMSHIP

U COMPANYOF NEW ZEALAND

(LIMITED).TIME TABLE.

OAMARU,-BEAUTIFUL STAR, e.e., onTuesdays and Fridays. Passengers fromDunedin Wharf, This Night(Tuesday), at10 p.m.

LYTTELTON, Wellington, Pioton, Nelson,Taranaki, and Manukau, PENGUIN.s.s., on Monday, 21th Ootober. Passen-prers from Dunedin wharf at 3 p.m. Cargoti'l noon.

AUCKLAND vi» Lyttelton, Wellington,Napier, and Gisborne.—BOTOMAHANA,on Wednesday, 16th Ootober. Passengersper 2.30 p.m. train.

MELBOURNK via Bluff and HobartMANAPOURI, s.e., on Thursday, 17thOotober. Fa'sengers p*r 3.35 p.m. train.

SYDNEY via Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier,Gisborne, and Auckland. —TE ANAU,s.s.. on Wednesday, 23rd October Pas-sengers from Dunedin Wharf at 2.30 p.m.

SYDNEY via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, andWellington—HAUßOTO,s.s., about23rdOotober.

FIJI from Auckland. ARAWATA, b.s.,about Sunday 13th October.

TONGA and Samoa.—WAINUI from Auck-land, on Wednesday, 23rd Ootober.Freight and Passengers booked through.

* Full particulars on application.TAHITI.—RICHMOND, s.s., about Friday,

Bth November.SPECIAL CARGO AND PASSENGER

SERVICEReduced Fares and Cargo Prices.

WESTPORT via Timaru, Akaroa, LytteltonWellington, aod Nelson. GRAFTON,8.8., on Friday, 18th October. Passengersfrom Dunedin Wharf at 6 p.m. Cargo till2 p.m.l

AUCKLAND, via Oamaru, Timaru, Napier,and Gisborne (taking cargo for Tauranga).-A STEAMER early.

GREYMOUTH (taking cargo for Hokitika) viaOamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Welling-ton.-BRUNNER, s.s., on Friday 18thOotober. Passengers from Dunedin Wharfat 10 p.m. Cargo till 3 p.m.

Omora : Corner of Vogel, Water, andCumberland streets.

AUCTIONS.

WEDNESDAY, 16th OCTOBER.At 2 o'clock.

FREEHOLD PROPERTY FOR SALE,Situated opposite Mr Glendining's resi-

dence, North-east Valley.

'AMES SAMSON AND 00.have received instructions from Mr Priotor

to sell byauction, at theirRooms,Section 28,block L, togetherwith dwellipg-

.house and outhouses thereon.This proper Jr commands a good position to

the Main road, and will be sold on easy terms.Also,

Fotrr-rooraed hoosaand outhouses, section7, Selwyn, near Mis North-east ValleyPublic School.

This house is at ptwent Jet to tgood tenant,and is in first-class vepah. Terms t.vy.

AndSections31, 32, and 33, all securely fVweot],

situated in Mechanic street, St. John'sWood.

WEDNESDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1889,At 2 o'clock,

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; PIANO, Etc.TAMES SAMSON AND 00.

to sell byauction, at their Rooms,Furniture and effects, including—

Walnut suite (tapestry covers), piano»(black-and-gold frame), overmantel,oil painting, marble clock, feader andifireirons, Brussels and tapestrycarpet?,,heart hiug, vases, walnut music canter-,bury and whatnot, double and singleiron and wood bedsteads, spring andflock mattresses, bedding,r.p. dachessedrawerswith glass, washstands, ware,dressing tables, looking glasses, towelrails, colonial sofa, portable boiler,perambulator, kitchen furniture, cookingutensils,

Etc., etc., etc.

TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY),16th OCTOBER,

At 12 o'clock.In Rooms, Mansestreet.

BREEDING AND SINGING CANARIES.Unsoldportwn of Mr Burgess's Stock.

■"AMES A. PARK AND 00.

THURSDAY, 17th OCTOBER,At 11 o'clock simp.

la the Panama afreet Auctfcn Rooms,Wellington.

On account of whom it may concern'.

WRECK OF THE BARQUE WILLIE'M'LAREN,

, TOGETHER WITH THECARGO OF 765 TONS NEWCASTLE

COALS.lEOKGE THOMAS AND CO.L . < . r j six. ;nn4..n>Un«a +~

Bell by public auction, -without the slightestreserve, and for the benefit of whom it mayconcern, on Thursday next,at 11 o'clock sharp,at Wellington,

The barque Willie M'Laren, 536 tonsregister, newly coppered and copper-fastened, as she now lies about twocables' length from the shore atWorser Bay, nearPilot Station.

To be followed byThe wholeof the cargo of Newcastle coalff,

consisting of 765 tons.The vessel 1b lying on a sandy bottom, with

10 feetof water over her deck, and onlyrequiresmoving about 100 yards tobragher deckabovewater. She is in first-class order and wellfound, having teen stripped and coppered lasfcmonth at Newcastle, and reclassed for three*yearsat an outlay of L 1,200. She has onboarda donkey boiler and winch, which cost L250two years ago, and most of her sailsand gearare new. Various portions of the gear arebeing saved now, such as sails, spars, ropes,etc., and will be included in sale of vessel.Bona fide purchasers will be given an oppor-tunity of inspecting the vessel on application tothe Auctioneers, as a steam tenderwill conveythem to Woraer Bay.

The Auctioneers will be glad to give furtherinformation to intending purchasers.

F. W. HAYBITTLE,Auctioneer.

THURSDAY, 17th OCTOBER,At 2 o'clock.

At Rooms, High street.Unreserved Sale of

SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Handsome upright grand rosewood piano byDower andSohn, walnut piano by Hepkin-son, harmoniumby 6. Woodsand Son, blackand gold cabinet set of 4 e,p. dish-covers(first quality), Austrian cane chairs, pairalabaster vases, corner whatnots, mahoganyround table, sewing machine, musical box,duohesse toilet tables and washstands, ironand wood bedsteads, palliasses, mattresseß,perambulator, kitchen table, chairs, 2kitchen dressers, lawn mower, garden seat,garden tools, stuffedbirds, etc., etc., etc

Also,Office tableand safe.

EC. REYNOLDS AND CO.• have received instructions to sell the

above byauction, at their Rooms, High street,on Thursday, 17th October, at 2 o'clock.

Now on view.

TUESDAY, 22nd OCTOBER, 1889,At 2 o'clock.

*HE PERPETUAL TRUSTEES, ESTATE,AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW

ZEALAND, LIMITED, havereceived instruc-tions to sellby public auction at their Rooms,Rattray street, on Tuesday, October 22nd, at 2o'clock,

All that parcel of land containing 1 rood(more or less), being section 58, blockXXV., Dunedin, together with the10-roomed house erected thereon.

This property has a frontage of 66 feet toGeorge street, and is do eto the trams. Capitalorchard and garden.

For particulars apply toTHE AUCTIONEERS.

TUESDAY, 22nd OCTOBER,At 2 o'clock.

By order of the Mortgagee.FREEHOLDS

(Adjoining Burnside Railway Station).

THE PERPETUALTRUSTEES, ESTATE,AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW

ZEALAND, LIMITED, have received instruotions to sell by publioauction, at their Room?,Rattray street, on Tuesday, the 22nd October,at 2 o clock,

Lot I.—All thatparcel of land, containing2 roods more or less, being allotmentnumbered 6, block V., on the plan oftownship of Burnside, together withthe 6-roomed house thereon—frontagetoMain South road,

Lot 2.—A1l thatparcel of land, containing2 roods more or less, beingallotmentnumbered 7, block V., township ofBurnside, having a frontage to MainSouth road.

Lot 3.—A1l that parcel of land,containing1 acre 3 roods and 36 poles more orless, being allotment numbered 10,block V., township of Burnside, withstable thereon.

The Auctioneers would recommend tbe aboveto manufacturers and others in want of a first-class building site closeto a railway station.

For further particulars apply toTHE AUCTIONEERS.

LOST AND FOUND.OUND, a Grey Overcoat, between Vaux-

' hall and Anderson's Bay. Owner can havethesame bypaying expenses and applying A,Walker's Bakery, Anderson's Bay.

STRAYED, from South Dunedia, Redandwhite Cow, at calving; reward. John

Connor, South Dunedin.OST, on Sunday nigr.t, a Brown Horce;

J short tail, white spot on off hind leg.Please return to Mr Titohener, blacksmith,Caversham. Reward given.

' OST, 29th September, Oargill toad. GoldJ Chain and Locket; reward. Return

Stewart Dawson and Co.

and a long list of Poor Law guardians,members of school boards, and about280 other 3 engaged in the work ofeducation. Strange to say, not-withstanding this imposing arrayof literary talent, the task of set-ting forth the case for the extensionof the franchise to women is committedto other, and apparently masculine,hands. The editor is careful to ex-plain that " the ladies who sign the'• declaration in favor of women's<; suffrage are responsible only for"that declaration, and not for the"article which precedes it." Thisarticle traverses all the allegations inthe "protest," replying categorically toeach. But the main argument is basedon tjie alleged <-tlucational titnesn ofwomen. « j{» it is u ,-ged, "personal fit-'* ness for the intelligent exercise of the*' franchise be the main consideration,"the women who would be enfranchised"cannot be held less fit to vote"than the chimney - sweeps and" laborers who vote already." . . .C: AH over the country, women,<: as employers of labor, enable"a number of men to possess votes ;t: while they, whose education and

■*' means of forming a judgment on"political questions may be presumed"to be superior to that of the men"they employ, are precluded from"voting." If the demand was for ex-tending the suffrage to female property-owners or householders, such an argu-ment might fitly be applied. But thedemand, by enthusiasts, is for theextension of the suffrage to all women,including the wives of the chimney-sweeps and laborers, and the " pit-browwomen" aforesaid. Employers oflabor ai*e comparatively few, and" those others " are many. It is self-evident that, by such a general exten-sion as isasked for the educated female,employers would find themselves in agreater minority than ever. Andalthough the argument is used it is re-pudiated in almost the next sentence,wherein it is alleged that the demandfor women's suffrage does not proceedfrom women of property who feelthemselves aggrieved by the denial ofthe Parliamentary vote ; and the ladieswho signed the * Nineteenth Century'Protest are taunted with having but'* fed on the roses and lain in the liliesof life."

Amongst other grievances which aredeclared to need the bestowal of women'ssuffrage for their removal are the non-recognition of a mother's legal rightover her children; the inequality ofthe divorce law; and of the law ofintestacy and the anomalies of theprobate duty, which fall entirely onthe woman. As to any disabilityarising from physical inability, thewriter contemptuously spurns thenotion. Did not Miss Nightingale

perform a great work in the Crimea ?

Yes, truly ; but it was exactly the kindof work that the signers of the protestdeclare women to be best fitted for.But most surprising is the admissionthat having a vote ornot having a votewill not affect women's influence," except in so far as it affects charac-ter."

Of a truth, this is " a very prettyquarrel as it stands." Of course, onlyu brief sketch of the attack and therejoinder is possible in the columns of a

newspaper. But the main points onboth sides have been fairly stated, andfor further and fuller information thereader is referred to the magazineswhence the information was derived.

OUR AUSTRALIAN LETTER.a

[From Our Melbourne Correspondent.]

Thursday, October 10.POLITICAL.

The Victorian Parliament has agreedupon anaddress to the Queen praying for anincrease in the number of members of theFederal Council from ten to twenty-three. Inbringing the matter before the Assembly,the Premier (Mr Gillies) explained that thebasis of representation would be two mem-bers for every colony of not less than100,000 inhabitants, four for every colonybetween 100,000 and 300,000, five foreverycolony between 300,000 and 700,000, andsix for every colony of more than 700,000people. He explained that the six repre-sentatives which Victoria would get by thenew arrangement would enable gentlemenoccupying high positions in the communitytobe selected apartfromtheGovernment, andthiswouldbe anadvantage, as hitherto thetwomembers of the Cabinet who had acted hadnot sufficient time at their disposal todevote much attention to federal affairs. Hoafterwards went on to deplore the want ofthe 'association of New South Wales in theFederal Council, and to express a hope thatthe new constitution would have the effectof breaking down the obstinacy of Sir HenryParkes and his followers, and that theoldest colony of Australasia would jointhe Council, giving a weight to its de-liberations which could not be hoped forunder present circumstances. The Leaderof the Opposition (Mr Munro) secondedthemotion for the address, and, with othermembers of the Opposition, joined in airingtheir aspirations for unity of feeling amongthe colonies. After the tariff debateE, inwhich the Government succumbed to thecry for protection against the other colonies,the views expressed fell on the ear a littleairangely. The Government, however, arenothing if not inconsistent, and it is some-thing to be thankful for that federal consi-derations have not been altogether sweptaway from the minds of our politicians inthe headlong ru3h to prevent a natural in-terchange of commodities between thecolonies.

The spirit in which the intercolonial pro-tective duties have been carried was rightlydescribed in the Legislative Council by MrJames Service, in speaking on the CustomsBill, as mean and unmanly. As he pointedout, the cheap labor of Europe might veryreasonably be guarded against; but it wasatotally different matter when the neighbor-ing colonies had to be considered, for thesame conditions in regard to production andmanufaotore prevailed in the one as in theother. Mr Service on the subject of Fede-ration is always satisfactory; but on thegeneral question of Freetrade vtram Protec-tion he seems to have fallen away fromgrace by forsaking to some extent hi 3 oldFreetrade principles. Mr Service hasbeen severely taken to task, and itis worth while giving exactly whathe had to say on the matter. *' Forhimself," remarked Mr Service, "he hadalways recognised for a good many yearsback that the protective system presenteditself in two distinct phases. The first wasthe political economist's point of view, andthe second that of a social point of view.Everyone knew that he had been aFreetrader, and theoretically, after thinkingout the problem, he had never been ableto come to the conclusion that the polioyof Freetrade was not the best means ofincreasing the wealth of the communityas a whole. In endeavoring to thinkthe matter out logically he had beenunable to convince himself that, asa whole, the principles of KichardCobden had proved themselves to bemore than had been contended for them,namely, thatthey had created an amount ofwealth in England that would nothave beencreated under the old protective system.But, looking at the question in the socialpoint of view—and he quite admitted that

this was the higher point of view—if itcould be shown that the protective dutieshad the effect of move fairly distributingthe wealth of the community, the argu-ment was one which could not beignored. He would go further thanthat* and say that suppose it to bo thecase that under Freetrade England were in-creasing her wealthj byL300,000,000 per annum, ftnd that amount ofmoney went into the pockets of a lirqi&iaclass, it would be better for the wholecouatry if she only increased her uationalwealth by one-half the tmount if it weremore equally distributed.

_

That was theconclusion ho toad been comma to for a seriesof years, and accounted for the feelinß thathe had in respect to the protective duties int>ur own colony. With him. Ihe statementthat he would be no party to the sweepingaway of duties Which had created manu-factures eo fcs to interfere with vested rightshad been no parrot cry. Whatever opinionsmight be held about protective duties,theoretically or practically, it must be ad-mitted that for many ycar3 there had beenmore prosperity under Protection in thecolony than previously. That was afact which could not be ignored. Asto whether all coi-.ltl come to the sameconclusion a3 to the causes of the pros-perity was another thing." The replywhich has been made to Mr Service ift theTress is, that if, under a Freetrade policywealth, goes into the pockxsts oi particularindividuals that process is intensified withProtection, ttte experience of Americahas been peifcted to as an evidence of thefact.

A Bill has been passed in the Ta3manianLegislative Assemblymaking itan indictableo[fence, punishable with a fine of LSO or sixmonths, against bank agents in countrydistrict!) who agaiust orders give extendedaccommodation to customers, and thenfalsify their periodical acceitefcb to concealsuch transactions from t'.i'e head office untilthe customer"'* account is again iu funds.This is Bald to be a common practice,although involving no fraudulent intent.

A STOCKBROKING SENSATION.The latest excitement in Melbourne has

been caused by an attempt tr "boom " thestock market in regard to shares In theRound Hill Silver Mining Company. Thiscompany has a mine on the Barrier Ranges,New South Wales, in which fairly goodprospects have been obtained, but there ha3been nothing to justify any great advanceiu the price of shares. After the Exchangecfc'ced last Friday, however, Mr W. F. Dix,a broker, ran the price up in a most ex-travagant manner, taking the shares at what-ever price ho could get them, st? that iuthe space of an hour rates expanded fromLll a share to Ll5O. Mr Dix, after dis-appearing for a few days, has turned up,and states that he was acting on behalf of asyndicate, who wished to create a "corner"in the market, as double the number ofshares in the company that exist have beensold in one way or another, and a number ofwealthy men had made sales withouthavingthescrip tocarryouttheircontracts. Accord-ing to Mr Dix, the scheme has failed owingto the syndicate getting frightened at the

prices he offered for the shares, and"leaving him in the lurch." Mr Dix hasrepresented that Mr Fitzgerald Moore, aleading broker, was acting on behalf of thosyndicate, but this Mr Moore denies. Theresult of Mr Dix's action has been to place alarge number of brokers in difficulties, as hecannot pay for the stock which he bought,and it has been raised by those who sold tohim at ruinous prices.

A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

A terrible domestic tragedy happened atNorth Melbourne last week, John Wells-ford, a middle-aged man, being stabbed todeath by a man named White. It appearsthat White left Melbourne last Decembsrfor tho United States for the purpose ofobtaining work, and while he was away hi 3wife kept a grocery store at North Mel-bourne-. vVellsford, the victim of thetragedy, had become very familiar with MrsWhite by the time her husband returnedfrom America, and in consequence Whiteremoved vith his wife from the neighbor-hood. G'imiug home one afternoon Whitefound Wollsford talking to his wife, ami onorcicring him to kavc the premises Wells-ford refused. Dssirous of presenting aquarrel, White led his wife into the house,aud \Vells>ford thereupon attempted to forcehis way in. In a struggle that ensuedWhite picked up a carving knife that waslvin* ou the table and buried it in Wells-ford's body, inflictinga fatal wound. Whitehas been found guilty of manslaughter by acoroner's jury.

A RASCALLY CLEKtiYMAN.Exceedingly unpleasant revelations have

been made concerning the conduct of theRev. G. R. F. Nobbs, an Anglican clergy-man who was the incumbent at a Brisbanesuburban church. He left the colony twomonths ago, ostensibly for the benefit of hishealth, but it has sinco been discovered thathe has carried out a number of barefacedswindles. Having a penchant for miningspeculation without the necessary funds forcarrying on operations, he not only borrowedmoney from such of his flock as could be in-duced to lend it, but in several cases suc-ceeded in getting ignorant persons to trusthim without knowing what they were doing.In one case property was transferred worthnearly L2,000; and in another case, wherethe victim is a woman, the property wasworth over LSOO. These cases have beenplaced in legal hands, but it is doubtfulwhether the persons victimised have anyremedy, as the tranfers, though madeignorautly, were quite regular, and havebeen properly registered, and Mr Nobbsraised considerable sums on the propertybefore leaving.

A DROUGIIT PROPHESIED.Mr Charles Egeson, the associate of the

Government astronomer of New SouthWales, and a well-known meteorologicalauthority, predicts that Australia will bevisited with a recurrence of the greatdrought of 1827-29. Basing his observa

j tions on the well tested assumption thatimportant climatic changes are regulated bycycles of thirty-three years, and the fact ofthe conditions of the past four monthshaving been very similar to those whichushered in the great drought of 1827-29,Mr Egeson is convinced that Australia is onthe eve of another disastrous drought. Hepredicts that Australia will have increasingrains until December, and then a severedrought, which may be expected to extendfrom the middle of 1890 to the middle of1893.

GENERAL.A grand national baby show was held

last week in theExhibition Building in Mel-bourne. No fewer than 2,600 babies wereoffered forexhibition by their fond parents,but on account of the limited accommodationonly 700 were accepted—namely, 350 girlsand 350 boys. There were twenty - sixentries of twins, and one entry of triplets.The show was conducted by Mr AlfredDampier, the tragedian, and proved an im-mense success.

On Saturday last a young girl namedAnnie Wise waskilled by a flash of lightningwhile walking with a young man at Ballarat.The latter, whose name is Otto Lang, wasalso much injured, and has not yet re-covered. He was found wandering aboutthe town in a dazed condition.

A sad boating accident occurred in Sydneyharbor on Monday. A small 22ft half-decked sailing boat called the Irene lsftWoolloomoolooBay with a party of twenty-one young people, including several girls.The boat was in charge of a young mannamed Herbert Croft, who thoroughlyunderstood how to sail the craft. When offBradley Head an exceptionally strong gustof wind caught the boat, and before the sailcould be eased off she capsized. Croft saysthat the accident was caused through themain-sheet becoming entangled among thelegs of those in the boat, and thus beingprevented from running free to ease off sail.Theaccidentwas witnessed by soveral partiesafloat in other craft, who soon bore down torescue the party, and succeeded in pickingup sixteen of those who had been in thecapsized boat. Of the five others nothingmore was seen, and at present they arerecorded as missing. One of those pickedup—Nellie Thompson, a young girl aboutfifteen—succumbed to the shock, all effortsto restore animation proving futile. Thenames of the others drowned are PollieFahey, Pollie Stewart, Ada Gilbert, KateThompson, and Horace Kippax. All thefemales were girls of from sixteen toeighteen ; Kippax being about twenty yearsold.

The annual report of the Education De-partment of Victoria shows that the number

of localities provided with school at the closeof last yt-ar was 2,077, &«<? th'o total numberof children enrolled faring the year 2&2,046,the avorige attendance being 128,055Tho returns from private schools show thetaumber of children carolled in theseinstitutions to be £7,013. The total expen-diture for the financial year ending the 30thof .Tune was L 787.560, including grants inaid of technical schools, exhibitions, andscholarships. The expenditure on primaryeducation alone was L 743.690. The expen-diture shows a net increase on the previousyear of L66,53&. Of this amount, L21.107represents the increase in payments totoachera in salaries and results, The costof instruction for each child, in teachers'salaries and results, books and requisites,cleaning, fuel, exhibitions, and scholarshipswas, for night and day sehttC'la combined, L46sC£d.

A cabmaft named James Crawford made adetermined attempt to murder his wife atAdelaide last week. Crawford and his wifewere married three years ago, but themarriage had been an unhappy one, andMrs Crawford soon loft her husband, goingto live with a femalo friend. Mrs Crawfordwas well-known on the streets of Adelaidebefore her marriage, and after leaving herhusband she resumed her old life. This soincensed Crawford that he went to thehouse his wife was staying in and fired fourshots at her, three ballets taking effect inthe back of the woman's head, and onepenetrating her lung. The victim is notexpected to recover.

KSCAVK FrOM TIIK GEELONG GAOL.The Geelong correspondent of the' Argus'

gives the following account of. an escape oftwo notorious criminals from Geelong Gaolon Ti'.ffday last: —" Great excitementwascaused to-day when it became known thattwo criminals of a moat dangerous characterhad succeeded by a desporate effort inescaping from Geelong Gaol, where theywere undergoing lengthy sentences. Thismorning whilst the chief warder, Dobbyn,was going on his rounds of inspection henoticed that Warder Cane, whose duty itwas ti patrol the corridor between the cellsou the ground floor of the eastern divisionof the prison duringthe night until relievedat seven o'clock in the morning, was missing.He at once suspected that something waswrong, as the absent warder, who has ful-filled duty at the Geelong Gaol for a greatnumber of years, was a very trustworthyofficer. After a little search Cane Wasdiscovered gagged and bound in the cookingroom, having been securely lashed to a largetable. As soon a3 he was released Canerelated the circumstances which had ledto his being placed in the position inwhich he had been found. As stated, howas on duty during the night iu thecorridor, in the cells adjoining which wereconfined some of the most ruffianly inmatesof the prison. He commenced at twelveo'clock, and it appeared as if the six hours'watch which he had to complete would passwithout any incident of note. About aquarter to two o'clock he heard one of theprisonersknock at the door of his cell, andon going to ascertain what was wantedfound that the noise proceeded from the cellof a man named Alexander Clarke, whoasked to be supplied with a drink of water.The warder, not thinking for a moment thatby this act he was going to facilitate theaccomplishment of a most daring scheme,complied with the prisoner's request. Heprocured the water andhanded it to Clarkethrough the small opening in the cell door.Unsuspectingany danger, he did not observethat whilstpassingthedrinktoClarkethedoorof the cell on the opposite side of the corridorhad been opened, and that a prisoner namedChristopher Farrell was stealthily approach-ing him from behind. Suddenly the alarmedxviirder was seized by the throat in a vice-like grasp, and to bis dismay ho saw thedoor of the cell occupied by Clarke open andit 3 occupant emerge to assist in overpower-ing him. He was unable to call out ormake the least alarm, as he was_ gaspingthrough the great pressure which his assail-ants kept on his throat. Farrell, alarmedle3t the sonfiling might be overheard, liftedup a large stone which he had secured insome mysterious manner, and in a suppressedtone said : "It is a case of life or death toup. If you speak another word wo will dashyour brains out." The warder says thatwhen ho made the threat Fan-ell appearedlivid with ruge and excitement, andhe is convinced that the ruffian was in sucha desperate mood that he would not havescrupled at murder in order to succeed inhis preconceived plan of escape. A largepiece of cloth was stuffed into the mouth ofthe now defenceless warder, and his handsand feet were tied. After the operation hadbeen completed, silently and effectively,they quietly deprived him of his boots audconveyed him to the cooking house, whereho was tied to a table with a pices of stoutcord. Before leaving this part of the prisonestablishment, the two prisoners providedthemselves with two dangerous weapons ina pair of sharp carving knives. After dis-posing of the warder, the desperadoes pro-ceeded through the open door of the gaolinto the front yard, and commenced tooperate on the Chubblock which fastened aside door leading into an outer enclosure.A brick wall has recently been erectedaround this enclosure, and the buildersare still at work on the ground, thescaffolding not having yet been removed.The fastening of the dividing door pppearedto have been negotiated with comparativeease, as the Chubb lock was found with aclean break. Theprisoners, having got overthis difficulty, found the remaining part oftheir hazardous ventureplain sailing. Theymounted the walls by means of the scaffold-ing, and dropped over into the streetbeyond, and as they had many hoursbefore daylight, made good their escape.The prisoners must, it is thought, have hadan outside accomplice to aid them, as itwould be impossible for them to get free inprison garb without being discovered. Theonly conjecture made as to the direction inwhich the escapedmen have made off is thatthey would probably make for the forestcountrynear Birregurra. Thewhole plan waswell arranged beforehand, as the criminalshad in some unaccountable manner pro-vided themselves with skeleton keys tounbolt their celllocks, and the strategy bywhich the warder was entrapped wasevidently preconceived. As soon as thediscovery was made in the morning MrPinninger, the governor of the gaol, wasmade acquainted with the fact, and heinstantly set out, well mounted and armed,to scour the country for the fugitives. Hedid not discover any trace of them, how-ever, ,and returned to acquaint the policeauthorities with the circumstances. Themounted police searched the most probablelocalities where the prison-breakers wouldbe likely to be in hiding, but without anysuccess. Both prisoners had bad records,Farrell, it will be remembered, beingthe man who some time since at-tempted to take the life of Detective-sergeant Nixon by shooting at him witha revolver. It U for this offence thathe is serving a sentence of twelve years'penal servitude, in addition to another sen-tence of two years for having housebreakingimplements in his possession. He is aboutsixty years of age, and commenced hiscriminal career as far back as 1852, when hewas sentenced to twelve years on the roads,three years of the sentence having beenspent in irons. Alexander Clarke is aboutthe same age as his fellow-criminal, and hiscareer dates back to 1853, when he was sen-tenced to ten years' imprisonment. He wasreceived into the Geelong Gaol with Farrelltowards the latter end of last year on asentence of fourteen yeara incurred ontwo charges of receiving. Their cellswere situated directly opposite eachother, and they must have arrangedthrough some system of signalling thedetails of thescheme which they carried outso effectually. Householders are somewhatapprehensive at the fact of such desperatevillains being at largo, particularly so asFarrell is known to be of such a dispositionthat he would stop at nothing in orderto retain his liberty. It appears thatthe practice of sending long-sentenced pri-soners to the Geelong Gaol is contrary torule, as criminals of this character are gene-rally confined in Pentridge. Warder Canehas been confined to his bed since themorning, owing to the shock to the systemand some injuries he sustained when at-tacked."

EXTENSIVE BABY FARMING.At Sydney the other day some shocking

circumstances were brought to light at theinquest on the body of an infant that hadbeen adopted by an alleged baby farmer, aMrs Bait, living at Woollaura. The police

reported that duringthe last twelve monthsMrs Batt had had charge of twelve infants,ten of whom had died, including Ethel MayArchibald, the subject of this inquest, andone haddied after the inquestwas opened. Onthe jury proceeding to view the bodies, theyfound one body lying on a pillow and look-ing little more than a shadow, another bodyequally emaciated was lying in a coffin, anda third infant on a bed in a corner of theroom, although still breathing, looked as ifon the point of death. Another ohild,eighteen months old, robust and hearty, wasplaying about the room, and this infant,whose condition was such a striking con-trast to that of the others, proved to be MrsBatt's own child. Mrs Batt stated at the in-quest that the infant named Archibald wasbroughttoher in July by a M rs Milford, whostated that she was the child's grandmother,and that shehad adopted itonpaymentofLlO.The other child, Amy Bressett, who hadjust died, was about a month old, and whenbrought to her a fortnight ago was weakand deformed. The mother of the latterinfant had p.-id her 10s per week. Themedical evidence showed that the infantArchibald was ill nourished, the intestinesbeing almost empty. Tho organs werehealthy, and there was nothing to show thecause of death. The inquests were ad-journed, •-

MUNICIPAL.. »-—r

Port Chalmers.—The fortnightly meet-ing of the Port Chalmers Borough Councilwas attended yesterday evening by theMayor (Mr E. G. Allen), Crs Murray, Mit-chell, M'Kenzie, Pedlow, Pullar, Watson,Schumacher, Read, Gardner, Perry. Anapology for non-attendance was receivedfrom Cr Innis.—Mr F. W. Platts, secretaryof the Rowing Club, wrote asking forwaterto be laid on to the new boatshed. Re-ferred to the Water Committee to report.The requests of Mesdames E. J. Sings, H.Watson, M. Brebner, E. Nichoh, E.Watson, M. Auchtertonie, Messrs P. Perry,H. Flynn, H. Albertson, J. Shanks, A.Boyd, J. Perriman, A. Geddison, and L.Shackesby, to have their names placedon theburgess roll, were granted.—The WorksCommittee reported that the inspector andstaff had been engaged during the past fort- jnight spreading rough metal at the corner Iof Bernicia and Magnetic streets, repair-ing the footpath at Island terrace, and re-pairing damage done to the embankment at iBelle Vue terrace; also filling in ruts onMacandrew road and altering the approachto Fire Brigade station. The usual streetcleaning and channels had been duly attendedto. A complaint had been received from MrColin Campbell to the effect that the stormwater from Scotia and Constitution streetshad been flowing through his property forsome time, and the Committee recommendedthat a hox drain 12 xlO be put in. TheCommittee recommended that Mr JohnDale's application to cross the footpath jin Grey street with an empty springcart be granted. The quantity ofbroken metal at the quarry was 115cubic yards. The report was adopted.—The Finance Committee reported that thestate of funds in the bank was:—Debit,general account, L702 Is 5d ; debit, wateraccount, L73 133 lid; total debit, L 77515s 4d. Building accounts, amounting toL49 13a, were also passed for payment.— jThe Reserves Committee reported that theyhad instructed the town clerk to receiveL2 2s from the executors of the lateJames Gallivan, being rent of ground fortwo years of part of Town Belt; alsoto remove the house within one monthfrom the date of notification. Tlie re-port was adopted.—On the motion of theMayok, seconded by Cr Mitchell, it wasresolved—" That the minute of September16, appointing Mr R. G. Anderson asbuilding surveyor, be rescinded." Mr R.G. AndersoD, the only applicant, wasappointed to the position.—Mr A. Leek wasappointed returning officer for the mayoralelection.-On the motion of Cr M'Kenzie,it waß resolved—" That the town clerk pre-pare a petition for signature, the same to beforwarded to the Governor, protestingrgainst the annexation of Mansford Town-ship." Seconded hy Cc Pekry.—CrMitchell moved and Cr Pullar seconded—"That the clerk write to the WaikouaitiCounty Council a?king to be furnished withthe boundaries of that part of Mansfordwishing to be annexed to the borough."Carried—Oa the motion of Cr Mitchell, itwas further resolved—" That the ReservesCommittee be requested to view the boun-daries of Mansford Town, the residents ofwhich desire to bo annexed, and report sameto a special meeting." Carried.

Sooth Dunedin.—Last night's meetingwas attended by Mr Sullivan (mayor) andGrs Marlow, Baker, M'Kay, Fiddes, Fisher,Hallum, Davie, and Osborne.—Mr C. D.Whitcombe, secretary of the RailwayReform League, notified the Council of theformation of the League, and invited theco-operation of the Council and burgesses inthe League's endeavor to obtain such recti-fication of the system of railway manage-ment as would more elFectually knit thecountry producing districts with the centresof industry and population, and both with theoutletsofirade. Received.—TheClerk of theCaversham Council wrote asking the SouthDunedin Council to fill up a hollowon Cargillroad. Inspectorto carry outwork at once.Mr J. Passmoro wrote asking the Council toplace a kerbing on the footpath in front ofhis property. Referred to the Works Com-mittee to act. —The Finance Committee re-commended that the LI,OOO in the bank onfixed deposit, and falling due on the 22ndinst., be redeposited for twelve months.Report adopted.—The Works Committee re-ported having instructed the inspector to laydown pipes on the boundary of Mr Downie'ssection. They recommended that sluicegates be placed at the mouth of the outletsof the several drain pipes, so as to enablethem to be flushed out; also, that CrMarlow be appointed chairman of the Com-mittee. Report adopted.—The ReservesCommittee recommended that the endow-ment, with a piece of land situate on theAnderson Bay road, be leased in four sepa-rate blocks for twenty-one years. Thereport was adopted, with the excep-tion of the recommendation to the Councilto 6x the upset price of the blocks.—The Water Committee reported that theyhad granted the Exhibition Commissionersa supply of water to the Grand PacificHotelat the rate of 6d per 1,000 gallons, meterrent free. Cr Fisher said he thought theWater Committee had overstepped theirfunctions. The matter of granting a watersupply for the Governor's residence belongedexclusively to .the St. Kilda Council, flowas of opinion that in justice to the rate-payers a fair price should be charged for thewater, and he would like to know on whatgrounds the Commissioners asked for a con-cession from South Duuedin—a boroughwhich was on the verge of bankruptcy. Hewould move—"That this Council grant per-mission to connectwith ourpipes, and that inhonor of the occasion we supply the Gover-nor's residence at cost price—viz., Is 6d perl,000gal." Cr M'Kay seconded. CrOsborne moved as an amendment that thereport be adopted. Cr Marlow seconded.After some discussion the amendment wasput and carried, only Crs liddes, Fisher,and M'Kay voting against it. After the re-port had been adopted Cr Fisher a3ked thathis protest might be entered against it.—The Mayor, in referring to a report of adiscussion at the last meetingof the Council,which appeared in the Evening Stab, con-tradicted a statement accredited to CrFisher that the borough was L2,000 be-yond its borrowing limit. He also ex-pressed surprise that the statementshould ,have appeared in print, as he did not re-member its having been made, and therewas no reporter of the paper publishing itpresent.—[The remarks in question weresupplied by Cr Fisher, and were publishedon his assurance that they had been de-livered by him in open Council.—Ed. E.S.]

A clergyman occupied a seat at a tabled'hute on board an ocean liner each dayopposite a very obese lady, who ate anenormous quantity of pastry, and whofrowned significantly every time the clergy-man took a draught of his daily portion ofale. One day she leaned across the festiveboard, and inquired loudly: "May I aßkyou, sir, why you drink that nasty stuff?""To the glory of God, madam," answeredthe cleric tranquilly. "Well," she snapped,helping herself to another jam tart, "Ishould think you would be an abstainer.""I am, madam." "An abstainer fromwhat, I should like to know," she observedsarcastically. "Madam,"replied the clergy-

uietly, "from pie."

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.Home and Foreign. {

In the pourse of a speeah at Bradford Sir iCharles Dilke said that the system adoptedin Australia ofpaying members of Parliamentwas a great success, and he supposed thatit would not be long before the system wasadopted by England.

It is expected that H.M.S. Marathon willreplace H.M.S; Calliope on the Australianstation.

Prince Dalkeroukoff has been expelledfrom Bulgaria for plotting the overthrow ofthe Government.

Chakir Pasha, who was recentlyappointedGovernor of Crete; has asked the Porte torecall him.

The correspondents of the London • DailyNews' and the ' Standard' have been ex-pelled from Servia owing to their commentson tho political situation there.

Mr Barns claims that therecent strike hasresulted in increasing the number of tradeunionists by over 100,000 in London alone;that workers at 160 tiades have gained 10per cent, increase of wages, and that 15 percent, reduction in the number of hoursworked has been obtained.

Australian.It is doubtful whether Lord Carrington

will be present at the opening of the NewZealand Exhibition, owing to the reassem-bling of the New South Wales Parliament inNovember. He will probably visit Dunedinlater on.

The body of one of the girls drowned inthe yachting accident was found floating inSydney Harbor. A number of sharks wereendeavoring to devour the body, and twoboats' crews who attempted to secure itwere driven off. Eventually the policelaunch, at great risk, recovered the body,and while it was being hauled on board ashark tore off one of the arms.

Important Decisions.Two very important cases of much in-

terest to the public at large havo recentlybeen decided by the English Court ofAppeal. One action was brought by thelepresentatives of a farmer against theAccident Insurance Company, to recover,under a policy which he had taken out,insuring him against "personal injurycaused by accidental and external violence,and occasioning his death within threemonths from tho date of the injury." Thepolicy contained an exception in the case ofdeath happening "by injuries received inthe exposure of the insured to obvious riskor injury." The jury found that in cross-ing from one side of a railway which ranthrough his own property to the other intho course of his farmwork, theinsured losthis life by_ incurring obvious risk, andadded that in their opinion it was an ordi-nary misadventure, and a verdict was givenfor the company. The plaintiffs appealed,and the appeal was dismissed.

The other case was brought against thesame company to recover under a similarpolicy, which contained the following pro-viso:—That the insurance should not extendto " death by suicide, whether felonious orotherwise, or to any injury caused by, orarising from, natural disease or weakness orexhaustion consequent upon disease, or byany medical >r surgical treatment or opera-tion rendered necessary by disease, or toany death arising from disease, althoughbucli death may have been accelerated byaccident, or to any death or injury causedby duelling or fighting or any other breachof the law on the part of the insured, or bypoison or intentional self-injury, or by waror invasion, civil or popular riot or assault,or to any death or injury happening whilethe insured is under the influence of intoxi-cating liquor, or in a state of insanity, tem-porary or otherwise, or occasioned to beinjured by his travelling by railway in adifferent carriage from those provided forthe conveyance of passengers, or by hisentering or leaving a carriage of a train inmotion, or attempting so to do. or other-wise by his action in violation of theby-laws of any railway company, or whilstriding races or steeplechases, or gene-rally by his voluntarily exposing him-self to any unnecessary danger or peril."The insured took poison in mistake formedicine, and died immediately. Thejury found for the company, . andthe plaintiffs appealed, holding that thepoison was taken by accident. The appealwas also dismissed. The Court was com-posed of the same Judges in both instances,and they were unanimous ; but in deliveringjudgment in the latter ease the Master ofthe Rolls felt compelled to express himselfvery strongly in regard to the character ofsome accident policies. Premising that hespoke for himself only, although one of hisbrother Judges concurred, he went on tosay that "he had a prejudice against thispolicy (the one insuring the person whodied from the accidental poisoning), and itwas an honest, right, and judicial prejudice.

I When he saw a policy whichordinary peopleI thought would insure them against accident,and when he saw that the policy was drawnin such terms that it would not insure themin almost every kind of accident, it was apolicynot to bepraised, and people shouldbewarned against insuring under policies inthat form. The policy was one th'wt mightdeceive persons of ordinary intelligence.They must, however, construe the policyaccording to the terms in it. The insuredmet his death by as pure an accident ascould be conceived. The company took theobjection that death was caused by poison.In that contention the company must suc-ceed. .

.. Though the poison was

taken by the merest accident, the exceptionin theproviso would apply."

The 'Economist,' commenting on theabove, says:—"Of course, in limiting therisks to be covered by their policies theaccident companies have no desire to takeany unfair advantage of thoseinsuring withthem. Their one object is to so restrict therisks undertaken that tbey may be able toinsure cheaply. But policies so limited,and hedged round with exceptions asmany of them are, really afford solittle protection that if people only knewexactly what they were paying for,they would never dream of insuring atall. Probably not one person out of ahundred who insures makes himself fullyaware of the character of the contract intowhich he is entering. The others do notstudy their policies, and note how numerousare theexceptions which effectually bar anyclaim. They have simply a vague andegregiously mistaken idea that they areprotected againstall pure accidents. Thatidea, however, will not continue to prevailif attention is directed to the matter by arecurrence of decisions such as those towhich we have referred, and the companieswould do well to take timely action and doaway with many of the exceptions by whichjthe value of their policies is at present sogrievously impaired."

An Ecclesiastical Difficulty.The election of Canon Smith as Bishop of

Sydney and Primate of Australia is disputedas illegal and invalid by the Bishops ofAdelaide, Brisbane, Riverina, Grafton, andArmidale, and Bathurst, with CanonSelwyn and Archdeacon Hales, the Vicars-General of Newcastle and Tasmania re-spectively. The counsel to whom the casewas submitted are Mr Salomons, Q.C., andMr C. J. Manning, and their opinion iswholly adverse to Canon Smith. Thefault which vitiates the election is dueto the action of the senior bishop, theBishop of Goulburn, who acted as "re-turning officer," and collected the votes ofthe whole episcopal bench. Two names—those of the Rev. H. C. G. Moule andof Canon Smith were submitted to thebishops for their choice, and a majorityvoted in favor of Mr Moule; but somesix intimated that, in case Mr Moule de-clined, they weve willing to vote for CanonSmith. The Bishop of Goulburn received acablegram from Mr Moule declining theoffered post, and on the strengthof this con-tingent and informal expression of opinionin favor of Canon Smith which he had re-ceived, the Bishop of Goulburn declaredCanon Smith "elected !

" As counsel putit:—" Having ascertained that Mr Mouledeclined the acceptance of the high office towhich he had been elected, the Bishop ofGoulburn proceeded, without attemptingagain to get the votes of the bishops in aformal manner, to officially report to the

Dean of Sydney the election of CanonSmith, apparently founding each reportupon information somehow or other ob-tained by him, that a majority had ex-pressed a wish for his election in caseMr Moulo declined. Even assuming thatthe bishops were not functi officio by theirformal election of Mr Moule, and that theyhad power to reopen the matter, the pro-ceedings adopted as above stated cannot,we consider, be looked upon as an ' election'within themeaning of this Ordinance. Anelection of which a considerable number ofthe voting body have no opportunity ofvoting, as in this case, cannot possibly beheld to be a good and valid election.""The election," counsel go on to say, " wascomplete when the voting-papers gave MrMoule a majority, and that the subsequenttransfer of votes to Dr Smith was illegal,and that his election is consequently void,"

Arsenic and Complexion.

A representative of the 'Pall Mall Gazette'toured the shops where ladies make them-selves beautiful recently, and the disclosuresmade by some of the proprietors are ratheramazing.

The first person seen was MrBraekenseick,who was mightily indignantwhen asked "Doyour cosmetics contain arsenic ?"—" Not aparticle, the' are made by the best men inParis, who wouldn't think of using such adrug.""But it isused ?"—" Yes, it is used; and

will give the faceamarble-likecomplexionforabout six months, when you begin to bufferfor it.""Mrs Langtry is reported to rub her face

with veal to improve her skin."—" Yes,I've heard that it's a good thiug for thecomplexion. But every woman has herown make-up, especially actresses. They'reoften jealous if another actress is bettermade up than themselves ; so they know agood deal of the secrets of making up."

At Piesse and Lubin's, in Bond street, themanager said that arsenic was often takenregularly in homoeopathic doses—generallythree times a day, after meals. "Does thehabit grow ?"—" Undoubtedly itgrows, tillwomen ruin their complexions and health.We make washes to suit the complexion,and don't supply them indiscriminately.But there is no arsenic or bismuth inthem.While arsenic makes the face pale, bismuthgenerally turns the face purple. Gaslightwill often bring on the latter result."

At another perfumer's our reporter askedat what age making up usually commencedamong women. "I am sorry to say," saidthe informant, "that it often begins when agirl begins to wear corsets. I have heardof some mothers who made their daughtersat tsvelve years of age wear corsets sleepingand waking. A woman who would do thatwould smear anything on her child's face.When ladies ask what they had better doto improve their complexions I generally saydo nothing, though it doesn't pay. Manywomen spend fortunes on their faces, andthen get themspoiled. The best rouges costabout L 3 or L 4 a pot.""I am frequently asked for arsenic pills,"

said Mdme Du Boyer, the beautifier of NewBond street, "and whether such and such alady's nice complexion doesn't come fromarsenic. I never use arsenic in my prepara-tions ; it is an idiosyncrasy, and suits someskins and not others. I have known a littlearsenic on a soreplace cause an eruption. Itis very dangerous to take, even in thesmallest doses."

Qmititiutd from firal, pwji..

Printed for the proprietor, at his registeredPrinting-house, the EVENING STAB OffioeBond street, by GilbkbtBuchanan, of GreatKing street, Dunedin, and published byJohn Geoegb Moody, ofBoslyn. Tuesday.October 15, 1889. '

THE EVENING STAB» TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1889.

Miss Plainum: "That horrid Mrs Buteactually has herphotographs for sale in thestationers' shops. I couldn't do such athing under any consideration." Her bitter-est friend : "You haven't the face to, haveyon, dear?"

G. M. MARSHALL.

WHENother systems of medicine fail to doyou good try Homajopathy. Recent

and chronic cases of Indigestion, Kkeumati^in,

LIVER Disorders", and Colds noon yield to ashort course of Homoeopathic treatment.

«>OOKS and everything needed at DnnedinJO Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Prinoes street.

WILLIAM TAYLOR,

OTIOE. William Taylor, PracticalI Watchmaker, Jeweller, etc., late of

Stuart Btreet weighbridge,r HILST Thanking his many Friends and

' Customers for their past Patronage,begs toannounce to them and tho

PUBLIC in general that he has taken moreCommodious Premises at Number

George street, where all Repairs en-„,„ trusted to him will still be executedwith that Neatness,

and Despatch that have earnedJ merited approval in the past, and at the

same exceptionally Moderate Charges.

APKRHANGINGS.—The

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J. JOHNSON.

RTIFICIAL LIMBS Made on the shortestnotice by

JOHNSON, 148 George street, Dnnedin.Crutches in stock,

XCELSIOR CORSKT.

WANTED KNOWN—That Mrs Johnsonis the only Maker of the Excelsior

Corset; best in the Colony.

CENTRAL RESTAURAMT.

BIG to intimate to the Public generallythat Ihave made considerable additions

i OOM. Prices as usual. All Meals, 6d ;

Beds, 9d, Everything cleanND Comfortable. Breakfast from 7 to

10 a.m.lENTRAL Restaurant,

ANSE street.

R4 A. LSHMANN, Proprietress.

J. G. GREEN.

BEFORE Buying Elsewhere see our Chil-dren's Sohool Boots; wear guaranteed,

prices reduced. J. G. Green, 37 George street.

BEFORE Buying Elsewhere inspect Stockof Walking Shoes; splendid variety,

lowestprices; seeWindows. 37 Georgestreet.CHEAPEST in Dnnedin. strong Bal-

V> morals, Boys' from 5s lid, Men's 9a 6d(good solid value); cheap line Men's, 7s lid. j

CHEAPEST in Dunedin.—Ladies' strongLeather Slippers, 2s lid; Prunellas

(hoolfl), 4h lid. J. G. Green, 37 George street

G. H. SMITH.MPORTANT NOTIOH—I beg to intimate

. to the General Public I have Bought thoEntire Stook of J. Ford and Co., grocers and pro-vision merchants, 121 Georgo street, and intend

CIARRYING on the business at the sameJ address, where I shall be pleased to see

myLL» Customers who will favor mo with

r their Oiders. Nothing but the bestbrandß of goods kept in stock.

N H. SMITH, family grocer and pro-vision merchant, 121 George street.

MESTON'S CITY DAIRY.

MESTON'S CITY DAIRY, 96 Georgestreet,supplies finest Butter daily, new-laid

Eggs, mild-cured Bacon, Poultry, fine-flavoredCHEESE, genuine Buttermilk, sweet Cream,

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PUBLIC NOTICES.JOHN GILLIES,

URNIBHING Undertaker, 18 George} street and 11 Great Kins street,CONDUCTS Adults' Funerals respectably,/ with Hearse and Attendance, from 70s

rtflilfMKWflkWM.M'.ir\J ing Carriages as required. I

THOMAS SIME, JEWS' LER.BEG to Notify the General Publio that I

have started Business atI Princes street (Upstairs), nest Ex-

change Court, and takeOrders in

JEWELLERYand Watchmaking, Repairingof Watches, Olooks, etc., at moderate

prices. Thoftiaa Sime.RUTHKKFORD AND CO.

UTHJiKFOKD AND CO. are still takln

r HOTOGRAPKS—Oabinete, 10a 6d;Cards, 5b tid.

ifcTOSITB Hank of New Zuuand, Princes" street.

O. A. BEBSSEY.KKSSEY'S for Birthday Cards-Opals,

> Raphael Tuok'a celebrated Cards.>RE3SEY'S for Birthday Cards —Hand-

painted Porcelain Cards.ORKSSEY'S for Birthday Cards—Caibons,

Photos and Hand-painted Satins."tRESSEY'S for Birthnav Cards—Hand

» Screens, Horseshoes, and Bannerets.»RESSEY'S for Birthday Catds Latest

Designs; new stock per mail. IORKSSKY'S for Booklets

I with Pen and Pencil.ORKSSEY'S for Scrap-books—Best value ml 3 town."ORESSEY'S for Photographic Albums—

Jfr New Lines just opened up.tRESSEY'S for Oleographs Splendid

Selection just to hand.RKSSEY'S for Oleographs—Windsor and

Balmoral, bwies Lakes, etc. IORKSSKY'S for Oleographs—Select Assort

ment of large size do. j'ORESSHY'S for Scraps—Large Stock, 6d

and Is packets. LI George street.HIMMEL BROTHERS

Princes street south, opposite theSpanish Restaurant, Repair

UCORDIONS, Conoertinaß (with steelft, tongues), American Organs, Hand

clreanß, Harmoniums, and Pianos tuned, IC4LARIONKTTES, Klutee. Fans, Spectacle

/ Frames, Pipes, Carving Forks, Jewellery,etc.:" also Clocks, Engagements taken forDanolng (English caucertina and piano).

MISCELLANEOUS.'ILLIAM WILSON (successor to K, O.

f y Harris), Nightman. Orders punctuallyattended to. St. Andrew street.

>HCENIX Jams daily increasing in favortake noother.

URSTON'd Washed and Fumigated_jr Woollen Flock; only maker in the

market. Inquire all furniture upholsterers.

ST. GEORGE"JAM."—SeIected Fruit andBest Sugar. All Grocers.

HOW PILLS ARE MADE.

THE custom of taking medicine in the formof pills dates far back in history. The

object is to enable us to swal!ow easily in a con-densed form disagreeable and nauseous, butvery useful, drugs. To what vast dimensionspill-taking has grown may be imagined whenwe say that iu Englandalone about 2,000,000,000(two thousand million) pills are consumedevery year. In early days piUs were madeslowly by hand, as the demand was compara-tively small. To-day they are produced withinfinitely greater rapidity by machines espe-cially contrived for the purpose, and withgreateraccuracy, too, in the proportions of thevarious ingredientsemployed.

No form of medication can be better than apill, provided only it is intelligently prepared.But right here occurs the difficulty. Easy asit may seem to make a pill, or a million ofthem, there arereally very fewpills thatcan behonestly commended for popular use. Most ofthem either undershootor overshoot themark.Ab everybody takes pills of some kind, it may

be well to mention what a good, safe, andreliable pill should be. Now, when one feelsdull and sleepy, and has more or lesß pain inthe head, sides, and back, he may be sure hisbowels are constipated and his liver sluggish.To remedy this unhappy state of things there isnothing like a good cathartic pill. It will actlike a charm by stimulating the liver into doingits duty, and ridding the digestiveorgans of theaccumulated ooisonous matter.

But the good pill does not gripe and pam us,neither doesit makeus sick and miserable fora few hours or a whole day. It acts on theentire glandular system at the same time, elsethe after-effects of the pill will be worse thanthe disease itself. The griping caused by mostpills is the result of irritating drugs whichtheyoontain. Suoh pills are harmful, and shouldneverbe used. They sometimes even producehemorrhoids. Without having any particulardesire to praise one pill above another, we maynevertheless name Mother Seigel's Pills, manu-factured by the well-known house of A. J.White, Limited, 85 Farringdon road, London,and now sold by all chemists and medicinevendors, as the only one we know ofthat actually possesses every desirablequality. They remove the pressure upon thebrain, correct the liver, and cause the bowelsto aot with ease and regularity. They nevergripe nor produce the slightest sickness of thestomach, or any other unpleasant feeling orBymptom. Neither do they induce furtherconstipation, as nearly all other pills do. Asa further and crowning merit. Mother Seigel'sPills are covered with a tastelessand harmlesscoating, which causes them toresemble pearh,thus rendering them as pleasant to the palateas they aro effective in curing disease. Ifyou have a severe cold and are threatenedwith a fever, with pains in the head, back, andlimbs, one or two doses will breakup the coldand prevent the fever. A coated tongue, witha brackish taste in the mouth, is caused by fonlmatter in the stomach. A dose of Seigel'sPills will effect a speedy cure. Oftontimespartially decayed food in the stomach andbowels produces sickness, nausea, etc. Cleansethe bowelswith a dose of theße Pills, and goodhealth will follow.

Unlike many kinds of Pills, they do notmake yon feel worse before you are better.They are, without doubt, thebest familyphysicever discovered. They remove all obstructionsto the natural funotions in either sex without

EALTH IS WEALTH.Try LUKE'S LIVER ANTIBILIOUS

PILLS; they are themostreliable in theworld.A single dose acts like magic, relieving Giddi-ness, Siok Headache, Nervousness, Languidness,Wind, or Disturbed Sleep; a single dose makesyou feel yourself again. To be obtained fromBARNARD ISAAC. Manufacturing and Phar-maceutical Chemist, 11 Rattray street, six doorsfrom Princes streGt; and Octagon Drug Hall,corner of George street.

STHMA Cigarettes.—Dr Kennedy Doug-las. Instantaneous'Relief.

HCBNIX Jams.—Ask your grocer for,andtake noother.'

IT. GEORGE JAM.—Ask for, and see that

WORDS FOR ONE SHILLING,-hj vr Thecharge for Wanteds, To Lets, For

Sales, etc., etc., is Is for Sixteen Words. SpaceAdvertisements are chargedat the rate of 4s perinch the first insertion, and 3s per inch subse-quent insertions. Standing [advertisements byspecial arrangement,

SHIPPING.mHENEWZKALAWi

"T?t\ ■*• SHIPPINGOOMPAJST S

ROYAL MAIL LINK OF STEAMERSUnder contractwithNew Zealand Government)rill be despatched with HerMajesty's Mails as

under forLONDON

Via Rio de Janeiro and Tenerlffe:Steamers. I Tons.lcomm.nder I Date

I 18S0Rbafwto.. 4188 FiDdlay Wellington Oou 81Kaikocsa 4474 Crutonley Wellington|sov. 28Towuriro 4103 BoneAorahoi ..! 4183 iSutoliffeBukhara 4174 Groenstreet

Dee. 281890

- Jan. 23

And henceforward every fourth Thursday.Second saloon Fares from 35 Guj.v*a*.Passengers sent to port of departure FREE.Warrants issued for passages from any part

of the Unitec! Kingdom to New Zealand o»approved guarantee for payment in the Colony.

For further particulars auplv toTHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COM-

PANY, LIMIIJSD,10 Crawford street, Dunedin.

HAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COM-> PANY (LIMITED),

(UnderPostal Contractwith the Government foithe conveyance of Her Majesty's Mails),

Will despatch theirROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON,

As under, callingatHlo de Janeiro, Tenerifle, and Plymouth:

i I ( Potto! ISteamers. Tons I Commander! Departure. Date.lonio .. 4768 Kidley Wellington Oct 17Tainul .. 6200 Barlow Nov. 14Doric .. 4753 Jennings Dec 13

1889.Araws ~ 6028 Stuart Jan. t-Coptic .. 4367 Burton - Feb. aAnd thenceforward every fourth Thursday.

The above Steamers are cf the highest olasaand speed, with saloons amidships. SecondClass and Steerage accommodation are verysuperior. The undersigned are empowered togrant passages from London or Glasgow to NewZealand, payment for which has been guaran-teed in the colony. Fir further particularsapply to the Agents in Dunedin:

NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCYCOMPANY, N.Z., LIMITED;

D ALGETY AND CO., Limitbd;MURRAY, ROBKRTS, AND CO.

ORTOBELLO BY RAILWAY ANDSTEAMER.

Daily Time-table, Trains and EDINA.Trains leave Dunedin 7.45, 12.10, 5.15.

EDINA leaveß Port Chalmers 8 30,1.0, 6.0.EDINA leaves Portobello 7-45, 10.45, 4.40.

Trainsleave Port for Dunedin 8.15,1L15, 5.15,On Saturdays only the EDINA will connect

with the train leaving Dunedin at 1.15 insteadof 12.10.

During the winter months the EDINA willleave Rosa Poiut (instead of Broad Bay jettyat 10.30 and 4.15; and run to Ross Point from7.45 and 12.10 trains.

Special trips on publicholidays always advertised in Stab two nights previously. Returntickets Dunedin to I'ortobello—2s Sd first class2s second class.

Hooper Inlet, Papanui Inlet, Otakau, WickliflBay, and Broad Bay.

CAMPBELL AND CRUST'SNEW ZEALAND EXPRESS

COMPANY,CARRIERS AND EXPRESS FORWARDERS

DUNEDIN, CHRISTOHURCH, INVEBGAEGILL, WELLINGTON.

Agents Everywhere.Parcels deliveredto any address:

; In towns served by Rail, from 6dupwards.) In towns served by Steamer, from Is upwards.

In GreatBritain and Ireland, lib Is, and Cdper lb additional.

Fuller rates onapplication,

FURNITURE REMOVING A SPECIALTYBy Road, Rail, or Steamer,

Removals undertaken in Town or Country.

Furniture carefully Packed, Forwarded, ardDelivered by our own Agents at any address

Estimates Given.

JPUBLIO NOTICES.

R JOHN P. ARMSTRONG

DENTIST,

May be Consulted at his Office,

112 PRINCES STREET

(Exactly opposite Cargill's Monument).

MR FRANK ARMSTRONG,

SURGEON DENTIST

(in conjunction with Mr J. P. Aemsteono),

has commenced the practice of his Profession,Mid may be consulted at the office lately occu-pied by Mr Salmond,

112 PRINOES STREET

(Exactly opposite Cargill'sMontment),

W. FAULKNER,i Cumberland Steeet,

Opposite Railway Station,Dunedin,Makes and Fixes IRON GRAVE RAILS, any

height, rtrength, orpattern;Also, WIRK GRWiS RAILINGS, from LI

upwards. Both can be fixed with or with-out Kerbing. Concrete and Stone

Kerbing suppliedatLowest Prices.Also, Wire Bordering. Porches, Flower Stands,Garden Seats, Wire Trellif-work for Vineriec,etc.. Wire Netting for Sheep, Pigs, etc. IronGates and Front Fencing, Iron Standards, atLondon Prices. Illustrated Catalogues and

Price List, onapplication, Post Free.IMPORTANT NOTICE.

WHITE DRESSES. WHITE DBEBSES.UST TO HAND a large shipment of*J WHITE DRESS MATERIALS in Silk,

Wool, Cotton, Muslin, and Boxed Bobes.These goods are very choice, and folly maintainthe reputation wehave made forTHE BEST VALUE,

THE GREATEST VARD2TY,THE MOST STYLISH GOODS.

WHITE DRESSES. WHITE DRESSES.WHITE DRESSES.

HERBERT, HAYNES, AND CO.OLFE S Schnapps taken occasionally iB

.... .J-.1..1.1. _« J_ : i *i_

and colds. Accept nothingbutWolfe's.Holloway's Pills.—Nervous debility.—No

part of the human machine requires morewatching than the nervous system—upon ithangs health and life itself. ThesePills are thebest regulators and strengthened of thenerves,and the safest general purifiers. Nausea,head-ache, giddiness, numbnee?, and mental apathyyield to them. They despatch in a summarymanner those distressing dyspeptic symptoms,stomachic pains, fullness at the pit of thestomach, abdominal distension, and overcomebothcapricious appetites and confined bowels—-the commonly accompanying signs of defectiveor deranged nervous power. Holloway's Pillsare particularly recommended to persons ofstudious and sedentary habits, who graduallysink into a nervousand debilitated state, unlesssome such restorative be occasionally taken.