Evening Post. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 46, 22 August 1895, Page 2

Evening Post. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

The oommenoement of the third month of the session has been celebrated by the introduotion of one of the moßt voluminous Bills Parliament has had before it for a long time. It is also, perhaps, the most important measure of its kind whioh baa been introduced sinoe the abolition of the Provinces. It proposes, in fact, to sweep away almost everything which has beon done in the way of provision for local government sinoe the Provinces were abolished, and to substitute an entirely new Byetem of administration and control of local affairs. The undertaking is one of gigantio proportions, and the new proposals are oertain to provoke muoh oritioism and comment. Time will bo required to form a just opinion of the merits or faults of the new system as outlined in the Bill. The summaries whioh have been published of its provisions furnish many points whioh we approve and many whiob, witbont further consideration, we Bhonld heßitato to approve, but we think the Government deserves every credit for the oourageous man nor in whioh it has approached the subject, as well as for the good judgment displayed in placing the important technical work of drafting the Bill in suoh competent basdß as those of Mr. T. F. Martin. That the Premier oan seriously entertain any hope of passing a measure so comprehensive in oharaotor this ; BBSBion, we cannot believe. It would occupy ; at least a couple of months for the House alone to discuss and consider it in detail. But even if the time were available, it would not be desirable to pass such a measure until the fullest opportunity hat been afforded for the consideration of its provisions by the various local bodies affected, and by the people whose interests they represent. We do not think Parliament would be justified in attempting to legislate on this question until such consideration has taken place, and we are not sure that any good purpose will be served by a disonssion in the House on the Bill generally until it comes back from the oountry annotated by the local bodies and the publio. Tho question is not one of a Party character. All sections of the House must be desirous of providing as efficient a Byatem of 10011 government aa posible, and when the proper time comes all will, we hope, unite to make the measure efficient and satisfactory. That the proposals oontained in tho Bill will prove universally acceptable is not to be expeoted. There will be much adverse criticism of details, a* well as difference of opinion on important questions of principle, but the Bill, as it stands, will afford a good framework and foundation to work upon in erecting a struoture of selfgovernment as nearly perfect as may be. For ourselves, we shall from time to time deal with the various proposals of the Bill without any Party bias, and with a single desire to aid in bringing abont the establishment of a just and satisfactory system of local government— a. matter upon whioh the prosperity of the colony and the welfare of its inhabitants very largely depends. The moat important point upon which the euooess or failure of any system must neoessarily rest _ is, of course, that of finanoe, and on this point the proposals of the Bill Btrike us at once as inequitable. Tho adoption of the capitation system of subsidies will givo the largest amount of publio money to the counties whioh least need it— to the thickly-popu-lated, rich districts in which all neoessary publio works have long ago been oonBtruoted, the sum required to mainttin them being a mere trifle oompared to the ratable wealth of the distriot— while on the other hand, the sparsely-settled counties, in whioh everything requires to be done, would reoeive scarcely any assistance from the Treasury, and would still have to come to Parliament for direct grants for roads, bridges, and other works of publio necessity or utility required to open up the country. No syßtem of local government will be satisfactory whioh does not provide for opening up the country in such oases without the intervention of Parliament. If ever a pure and honest administration of public affairs is to be attained Parliament must be relieved pf the degrading position, provocative of •vary Bpecies of political oorrnption, of having £t> 4°l° cat publio money for local works. In jUiis reapeot we think the proposals of the Local Government Bill"are defeotiro, and quite wrong jn principle. Their principle evidently is that to those Who have ■hall be given. We entirely sympathise with tbo Premier, the Minister of Education, and Mr. Bell, in their condemnation of the Divorce Bill now in oharge of Mr. M'Nab, and whiyh wo regret to say was read a! seoond time in the Houae last night by an enormous majority. Apart from the merits of the Bill, legislation on the subjeot of the marriage laws should not be permitted except on the initiation of the Government. The Bill itself is probably the most dangerous and unhallowed measure whioh ever oame before a British Legislature. To pass it will cover the New Zealand Parliament with shame arjd disgraoe It wi}l s#p the very foundations of society, and precipitate a social revolution probably little dreamed of by j£s authors. If every jealous wife is to be permitted to carry her ooraplaint to the Divorce Cpurt, the Judges will soon be busier untyipg the marriage knot than the clergymen and Registrar* will be in tying it. Before long the number of divorces will probably exceed the number ,0/ marriages, and with every dissolution of marriage on the chief ground provided for jg this J3jiU pnblio respect for the sanotity of marriage w£ll ba lessened. What respect for it are tie children of divorced parents -of whom the number wJUI goon be infinite— likely to hayef W?tlJ'l(?3S of TS . speot for their parent* will oome contempt for the institution to wbiob they owe, an existence olouded with roproioh at its' very outset. The measure should rightly be termed "A Bill to bring marriage into disrepute, destroy -domestic peace, and onpQuript) free lovo." The passing .of this iniquitous Bill will undoubtedly do much to discourage men from entering on matrimony, •nd encourage the formation of unions which, depending on mutual inclination, will bs almost as stable aa marriage onder the law, and whiflh may be contracted anjd dissolved with less formality and pnblioity. Women are making a. terrible mistake in asking for this alteration in the law. They will be the greatest sufferers under it. To them it will prove a ourse, not a blestine. If the Bill passes throngh Parliament it wUI have to be reserved for Her Majesty's assent, Bind we trnst that that assent will be refused to a measuia which is, we believe, witbont precedent in . any oiyjliied aommunlfcy.

Wo have already published two or ihree ! communications from men of tho Permanent Force who have been engaged in the Uriwers. expedition, and who have complained somewhat bitterly of tho hardships they were subjected to and the manner in which they bave been treated by the Government. The Auckland Star recently published a statement to the effect that Inspector Emerson, who was in command of the expedition, was "very much annoyed" at the etatementß in our oolumns, and gave his version of the facts'. According to the Inspector the expedition was a charming little pionio, and the men " had nothing to complajn abont." We are, of course, sorry to annoy Inspeotor Emerson in any way, but wo regret to Bay the weight of evidence is against him, and we are forced to a conviction that however pleasant tho Inspector's own experience may have been, tho men bad good ground for serious complaint, and have really been very soutvily treated by the Government. We are now in receipt of a communication from a member of the Force who we know can be depended on, and who would not be likely to exaggerate or complain without cause, in which not only are the former complaints endorsed and reiterated, but substantial facts are given in proof. Wo noed nob enier further -into the matter now, but the evidence to hand is sufficient to co:ivinco us that the men engaged in the expedition have been badly treated, wore subjected to unnecessary hardships, and might as well have been at home for any good they could have done had any serious disturbance arisen. The whole expedition seems to have boon ill-conceived and worse managed. On the fourth page wo print Parliamentary news, a summary of the Local Government Bill, some interesting faots about tho Chinese Vegetarians, a report of a meeting of tho Anti-Chinese League, and particulars of tho foundation-stone laying of St. Thomas' Church, Newtown. Mr. H. S. Fish, of Dunedin. considers the figures put forth by Mr. Duthie in relation to the financial position of the colony are so clear and convincing that anyone cm understand them. He thinks steps should be taken to place a copy of the paper in the hands of every Dunelin and suburban elector, and in a letter to the Otago Daily Times he offers to contribute to the ooat of so oiroulating it. The notice of motion.for » new trial of the <C hernia case was filed yesterday by Mr. Jellicoo. The Court of Appeal decs not sit until 14(h Ootober. The Chief Justioe has deolined a request that he should arrange for a special sitting to consider the case. Potts and Co., emigration agents, of Now-oastle-on-Tyne, advertise in tho latest oopy | of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle that on application to the Agent-General assisted passages to New Zealand may be obtained, either by the New Zealand Shipping Company's line or by the fchaw, Savill and Albion Company's vessels. Southern preßsmon reporting the proceedings of Parliament have reoeived an urgent request from tho Tolegraph Department to rigorously curtail their messages, as the Wheatstono automatio instruments in uso on the Cook Strait cables have broken down, and the Telograph Department hag run short of the necessary tapes and has had to cable to England for more, which cannot arrive before the end of next month. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court woro finished at 5 o'clock yesterday with the aoquittal of Josaph Jewett of tho oharge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Louie Smith, The session was one of the longest held for some years, absorbing two and a-half weeks. Earl of Wendover is Lord Carrington's new title. The Countess of Onslow's brother, Mr. Herbert Gardner, President of the Board of A grioulture in the lata Ministry, was mado a Peer by Lord Roscbery on retiring. Early settlers will hear with regret of the death of Mr. George Hart, which occurred at Christohuroh on Monday ; his age being 74. Mr. Hart arrived in Wellington on the 10th August, 1843, with his brother, the Hon. Robert Hart, M.L.C., who died in Wellington last September. He was a member of tbo first Wellington Provincial Council, and lived in this oity for Bomo yeara bbforo removing to the South The Frozen Meat Conference has been further adjourned until the sth proximo. A breach of promise oaso, Marion Little v. Henry Mitcholl, in which the damages were laid at £1100, was set down for hearing in tho Supremo Court to-day, but a settlement was arrived at out of Conrt. 'Mr. Jelliooe was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Qaiok for the defendant. The Eev. W. C. Waters, inoumbent of St. Peter's, returned to Wellington by' the Graf ton this morning from Nelson, Vf hero he has been on account of his health. The committee sot up in connection with tho movement to obtain the Mount Cook Gaol .Reserve for University purposes met again last evening, l>r. chappie in tho chair. Dr. Chappie and Mr. Allan Ward were given authority to appoint men to cauvasß lor the signatures to the petition of those persons who had not yet been waited upon. A married man who objected to his wife I hugging and kissing him, appeared at the Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge of having used bad language to his wife. His name was James W. Williams, and the evidence of his son disclosed that ths family would have beon quite happy if his mother wasn't always hngging his father. The defendant stated that, despite occasional interruptions to the family harmony, he and hiß wife were "as happy as the birds in the wood." The case finished with an amusing family squabble in the Court, from which Mr. Martin, S.M., observed ho gleaned more information as to tho facts of the case than from all the evidence. He ordered the husband to pay 10a weekly towards the Bupport of his wife. It is satisfactory to learn, on the authority of a telegram received from himself by Mr. Jack, head porter at the Wellington railway station, that the guard Turner, formerly of Wellington, who fell off the Rotorua train this week, is not seriously injured, and is progressing favourably. We have to acknowledge reoeipt of the annnal report of the Dunedin Chamber of Commeroe. John Reynolds, who had been remanded for a week for having assaulted his ohtldren while drunk, on the understanding that he was not to go near his family in the meantime, was arrested yesterday afternoon and brought before Mr Martin for a repetition of his former offence. Ho was remanded till this morning, and to-day further remanded to Saturday to allow him to get sureties for his good behaviour. Mr. Wilford appeared for Reynolds, and suggested that, although h!s~~olient objeoted to it, a prohibition order was what was required. Three first offenders were punished for drunkenness, .while for having been drunk and disorderly Edward Laydon was fined 103, or, in default, 48 houra' imprisonment ; and Charles King was fined 20s, in default to go to gaol for four days. A seaman from the Bingarooma, named Oliver Morris, charged with drunkenness and the breaking of a pane of glass, was remanded nntil the vessel could be communicated with. James O'Brien, on remand for drunkonnesß, was convicted and discharged, on the understanding that he should ship from Wellington by Monday. The Wellington Navals paraded at Mount Cook Barracks last evening, under Lieutenant - Commanding Campbell and Lieu, tenant Hume. The men were exercised at gun drill. This evening ths oompany is giving its " sooial " at Thomas' Hall in aid of the Garrison Band. A speoial meeting was held by the Salvation Army in the Skating Bink last night. An interesting address upon the sooial work carried out by the Army in the oolonies was given by Commissioner Coombs. Speoial roferenoo was made to the Prison Gate Brigade work, whioh the Army shortly intends to proseonte more completely in New Zealand. -Fully 79 per oent. of the prisoners who passed throngh the Home had, it wag stated, been permanently reclaimed. The Commissioner heralds the visit of General Booth, who, in company with Commissioner Pollard and other officers, will arrive in Wellington early in Ootober. The current issues of The Wellingtonian and The Wanganni Collegian, the organs of the Wellington and Wanganui sioondary sohoolß, are to hand. Both are unusually good numbers, containing matter of interest beyond the walls of the schools and the o'.d boys. The Australian Merrymakers had a good attendance at their performance in the Criterion Ihealre last night. All the leading performers were very favourably received, as also were the " living piotures " The programme will be repeated to-night. " The final meeting in oonneotion with the Wesleyan Home Mission was held last evening, in ths Taranaki-street Church, Mr. C. W. Beqbow in the chair. The balancesheet showed fhat the income from all sources had been £2353 7s 4d, and the expenditure £2590 8a Bd, leaving a defioienoy .of £237 Is 4d, as oompared with £300 last year. The Wellington Circuit raised £190— £30 16a by the Taranaki-street Churob, of whioh £50 was from 'the Sunday -aohool. The Eev. W. Morley, Organising Secretary, ■aid that at present a,mongtbe 45,000 natives there were two European and six native preaohers, besides native olass-leaders, looal preachers, Ac. In 66 villages sorvioe wa* oonduoted evory Sunday. The oost of the Maori Department was abont £870. As an example of successful Home Mission work, the Kiwitea distriot was mentioned. When work was oommenoed at Birmingham five years ago, the population was very soattered. Now three ohurohes had' been bnilfc — one at Birmingham, one at Apiti, and ono at Pemberton— and the average attondanoe at the three was between 500 and 600 each Sunday. The " Birthday League " had (for two years' existence) now 1500 members, who contributed to the fund last year the Bum of 470. The Bey. H . B. Bedstone oongratulated the Waaloyans on the excellent work they were doing. Anthems were sung by the ohoir, under Mr. B. B, Williams. Mr. Harland presided at the organ. The Superintendent of the Home for the Aged Needy, Adelaide-road, deßires to thank Mr. F. Herde, of Ellico-street, for a paroel ofnariodioals. ■H evening Thomas' Hall was artistioflljrdeoQ'rated for the annual ball of the Horotaunga Bitjea. ' Between 80 and 90 ooipleo were present, antj the gathering was most enjoyable. Among those present were His Kxoellenoy the Governor, Captain Clayton, A.U.C., Colonel Vox (Military Adviuer to the Government), Captain Coleman (Inspeotor of Mounted Infantry), and Sir Arthur Douglas (Under Seoretary for Defence), while the oity volunteer corps were represented by leading officers, Messrs. T.> Bowellt Son provided the supper, and Mr. E. J. Jung's spring band supplied oapital music. Corporaf Hufson and Privates F. Hogs, G. Lauoblan, sod T. W.. BJinn were the master of ceremonies; while the decorations hs,d been erected by a. committee consisting of Corporal Hation, Privates Grant, Slinn, and Bow. Mir. W, Naughton, as sooretary to" the general "oommittee, daserves oredit for the suOcesi whioh attended hit effort*.

In Chambers this morning, Mr. B. D. Bell applied on behalf of the plaintiffs in the ease of 'Ban, Johnston A Co. v. Oldbam, {or a commission to examine witnesses in Batavia. Mr. Hislop opposed the application, except upon terms, and finally, the Chief Justice granted it on oondition that the plaintiffs paid £1000 into Conrt to abide the result of the aotion. An inquest upon the body of a young woman named Emily Gutbrie, 27 years of ace, who died suddenly yesterday oveningin Vivian-atreet, is being held this afternoon. The patents of deceased rosido in Wellington. It appears that abont 530 the yonng woman, who had been living with Mrs. Paraloe for the last eight years, went to see a friend, at whoso house she had a fainting fit. She retnrned about two hou'S later, spoke a few words to Mib. Paraloo, and retired to her bedroom. About three-quar-tera of an hour later Mrs. Farsloe's son, a lad of 12 yearH, went to her room, and found her lying on the floor, dead. Dr. King, who was called at onoe, deolared life to be extinct. Tho snpposedoause of death is failnre of the heart's aotion, as the young woman had frequently complained of a pain in her heart. The Chief Justice has fixed a titling in Chambers for to morrow at 10 30 a.m. Miss Squire, who has been appointed Lady Superintendent of tho Auckland Hospital, is a resident of Wellington, not of Christehnroh, an ctated in yesterday's telegram. Slits Squire spent a couple of years in the Wellington Hospital, which Bhe left some ton years ago. Since then she has devoted herself to private nursing, but was for some time conneoted with the private hospital on GranVroad, and has also gone throngh a oourse of study in England. The oolleotion taken up at the laying of the foundation-stone of St. Thomas' Churoh yesterday amounted to .£25 17s lOd. Several email turns sent in later in the day brdnght the total up to £27. A Bitting of the Divorce Conrt has been fixed for Saturday morning to hear the case of Ferris v. Ferris, the hnsband's petition. Mr. K. Neill, formerly of Otago, has been sent to tako charge of the Newman School during tho absence of Mra. Nelson, the head teacher, on siolc leave. The Treasurer of the Boys' Institute aaknowlodgesreoeiptof the following subsoriotions .—Sir James Prendergast, £3 ; B. M. Molineaux, £1 Is; Jameson Bros. & Co., £1. Is ; Nemo, £1 ; shilling list, employes Bank of Now Zealand, 13a. --, The silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bigarlsford, of Molesworth-stroet, was oelebrated by a ball in Bodley's Hall last night. About 200 were present, and tho affair was in every respect a eucoeas. Platt's string band supplied the mußic. Only three out of the 20 unclaimed dogs offered for Bale at the Corporation Yards yesterday were purchased. The others will be drowned to-night, nnless claimed or sold. A case involving tho cost of « maro came botoro Mr. Martin, S.M., this morning. J. O. Halloran olaimed £10, the value of a mare, from James Galyin, of tho Lower Hntt, on whose ground it bad been pat to graze. The facts appeared to bo that the animal was reoeived apparently in a low oondition, and after being put ont to graze it disappeared. Some time later the body of either that horse or another was found dead at a place where the animals on the land went to drink. The plaintiff alleged nogleot on tho part of Galvin, and tho defendant contended that the horse's oondition was tho cause of its death. His Worship ultimately reserved judgment for a week, in order to allow Constable Crnioksbank to proceed to the epot to discover whether it was dangerous and likely to have oaused the Heath of the beast. Mr. Bolton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bunny for the defendant. Thero was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Forward Movement Literary Sooiety, held last night. Mrs. Fleming read an interesting paper upon "The Higher Education of Women," in whioh she emphasised tho idoa that womon have duties to perform as well as rights. The essay was oriticieed by Mrs. Evans, Dr. Toare, Messrs. fc'cbocli, A. Monro, and others. Noxt week a public loctnro will bo given by Mr. T. W. Kowo, M.A., on " 1 homas Carlylo." Councillor Anderson has received a requisition asking him to again offer himself for election to the City Council. In another column he advertis.es hiß willingness to do so. Judgment for tho following p'aintifFs by default was entered up in tho Magistrate's Court this morning:— Wellington City Corporation v. Mary Davidson, £1 2s 8d ; Commeroial Agency (Limited) v. W Cadwallador, £1 12 aOd j Bame v. Hin Wing Vee, £5 9s 8d j same v. Tinney & Bethel), £30 14s lid ; same v. T. Loader, £15 125 ; Hutt County Counoil v. Mrs. M. Lucas, 16a 8d ; John Duthio and Co. v. John Hnme, £7 19a Id ; Empire Loan Co. (Limited) v. L. L. Moore, £5 10s ; same v. A. N. Nail, £10 8a ; .same v. J F. Clinton, £13 10i ; Wm. Sievw right v. C. W. Keardon, £11 17s. Jndgment summonses .--Wellington Gas Company v. W. J. Newton, defendant ordered to pay £1 19 aBd forthwith or undergo three days' imprisonment ; Mary Jane Cross v. John Weston, £L 3a 6d, payment at the rate of 5» every fortnight. Meßsrs. Fanll & Roborts, boatbnildors, of Clyde-quay, have purohased the steamer Rowena Their present intention is to convert her into a sailing vessel or hulk. Mr. G. Moyes, traveller for the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland, is at present in town, soliciting subscriptions and donations. We are sorry to learn that, owing doubtless to the bad times, there has been a falling off in the publio support given to this deserving institution. Mr. P. S. M'Lean writes as follows to the Napier Telegraph :— By correspondencs just received by the Son Francisco mail, I am told that tho syndicate which floated the million and a-half Joan has still two-thirds of the amount on its hands. Thorn who understand the working of suoh transactions are aware that when a colonial loan is floated in tho London market, it is first of all taken ujj by a syndicate at prices as near the minimum as it can safely risk in tendering, and the loan is nnlooded by them from time to time at a profit. The fact that the syndicate still has two-thirds of the loan upon its hands very probably indicates that it took up the loan relying upon the statements of Mr. Ward as to the unpledged seonrities then in London, and as to tbo condition of affairs in the colony generally, and that since the tenders of the syndicate were accepted, tbo public, who generally take up such loans in small parcels, have discovered that Mr. Ward's views were not aooarate. : The London oorrespondent of the Christohnroh Press states that a very bad impression has boon produced in finanoial oiroles in London by the aotiou of the Now Zealand Government in seizing the Midland Railway while the dispute with the oompany was rub judice, and unless the matter is satisfactorily explained the credit of tho oolony will probably snffer. The Westport Coal Company proposes the erection of storage bins for coal at Granity Creek. This work will cost fully £3000, and is part of the scheme for developing the mine, whioh will be extonded as tho trade increases. A cablegram has just been received by the Dresden Piano Company intimating that the oompany has been appointed to the sole agenoy in New Zealand for Lipp & Sohne's famons pianos. Our readers are reminded of the lecture on " John Bunyan," to ba delivered by Mr. C. W. Benbow this evening in the Wesleyan Classroom, Taranaki-stroet. Admission will be free. The band of the Boys' Inatituto will assist at the performance of tho Eingaroo Mimtrels in the Opera Houso to-morrow evening, and will also play tho men of H.M.S. Bingarooma to ohnroh on Sunday. The Wellington Navala' " sooial," in aid of the fund for Bending tho Garrison Band to Timaru, takes plaoe at Thomas' Hall this evening. The band is to play from the top of Cuba-Btreet down to the hall. The deoorations in oonneotion with tho Heretannga Sides' bill are to remain intact The box plan for the Orohostral Society's oonoert, next Tuesday, was opened at the Dresden rooms at lOo'clook this morning, when there was a great rush for seata. Mendelssohn's Conoerto in G-minor will ba played by Mies Medley (with orchestral accompaniment) on the trard Grand Piano supplied by the Dresden Company. Miss Phoebe Parsons, who makes her debut on this occasion, will contribute two vocal items. The full programme will appear in Saturday's issue. A variety of Fnlk's beautiful photographs of celebrities, and sonia excellent prize-books by famous author*, inotuding popular works of Eobert Lonis Stevenson, ore announced as having been xecciTed by the D.I.C. fanoy depav:^:out. Sirs. Mueller, teacher of singing, notifies hex removal to No. 17, Mulp-avo-street. The manager of tho Manners-street Heat Mart advertises sausage, made twice daily. A gaslight display of meat is made every Friday night. George Coohrane, china and glass merchant, of the Original Bou Marcbe, Cuba-street, begins a monster sale to-morrow, to make room for the new goods received by tho Tainui. Ererr »rtiol» is to be oßeredat from 15 to 25 percent, cheaper than the marked prices. W. F. Shortfc will sell at his rooms, to morrow, a quantity of superior furniture and furnishings. He bas another consignment of pocket sjrens, or " Dereliue " whistles, on hand. Ueorgo Thomas ana Co. win sell to-morrow, fruit. A. G. Tamo and Co, will seU tomorrow, furniture, &c. At tho nonolusion of any great sale suoh as the one just closed at Te Aro House there is always left over a heterogeneons collection of odds and ends in every department In order that these may be disposed of before the opening of the 'new season, it has been resolved to institute a cheap remnant week at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. Tbibe remnants form as vartod an assortment as can be imagined. In the dress department there are many Bhort lengths of materials whioh offer a splendid opportunity for scenring a cheap and pretty child's dress. Tho prices at whioh these' short dress lengths are marked will bo quite the feature of the ohoap remnant week at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. In the carpet room, too, thore are ohanoes whioh should be eagerly seized. A number of length* of flooroloth and linoleum, suitable for covering various sized rooms, are marked it very low prices. Some of these are four yards wide and some two yards, and the prioes at whioh they are marked should ensure a visit during the oheap remnant \rtok at "the Wholesale Family Drapery Warohoijae/Te Ai(f House.— Advt. Without * doubt one of the most magnifioent displays of Eleotro-plate Goods ever shown in Wellington in being made this week by Messrs. Wilkins & Field. It comprises a complete sot of samples (amounting to several hundred pounds) from one of the best and largest manufacturers in Great Britain. Ai these goods have bsen purohased at a heavy discount off English prices, they will nowbesold at folly 33 per oent. below their intrinsic valge. Jnipeofcion ii cordially invited, and wo would reoopimend intending purchasers to call at an early date" go' as jx> secure the flrst selection. Sjse the display in tho window.— Aj>TT, ' - '