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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 138, 10 August 1881, Page 2

W MURRAY THOMSON, • AUCTIONEER, AND LAND AGENT. Manager Hawera District Land, Building, and Investment Society. Agent for National Insurance Company. Offices — Institute Buildings. F. McGUIRE, A UCTIONEER, LAND, COMMISSION XJL AND FINANCIAL AGENT, Hawera. MONEY TO LEND on Freehold Security. New Office — Regent street, near the Star Office. rpHE GENERAL ELECTION. Those who are not on the Electoral Roll can procure Registration Papers at the Star Office, free of charge. A Freehold Qualification, after it has been held for six months, or six months' residence in the district, entitles a naturalised or British subject to a vote, provided a claimant under the residential qualification has been for twelve months resident in the colony of New Zealand. The General Election is now fast approaching, and every person in the district should see that he is not disfranchised.

-TVTEW STOEY. The Proprietors of the STAR have much pleasure in announcing that a New Story, by the late Mr. Marcus Clarke, entitled, "THE MYSTERY OF MAJOR MOLINEUX," will be commenced in next SATURDAY'S SUPPLEMENT, which will be given away gratis to Subscribers. From our publishers in Melbourne we have received the following communication in reference to the latest and last producduction of this highly gifted Australian author : — " The ' Mystery of Major Molineux' is a strange and weird production, evidently found on a fact connected with the early history of Tasmania. As a psychological study it approaches in subtlety to some of the most successful efforts of the author of 'Adam Bede;' while for instancy of sustained interest and soul-thrilling excitement it is only surpassed by Edgar Allan Poe in • The Mystery of Marie Roget/ and • The Murders in the Rue Morgue.' "It is a somewhat remarkable narrative, and another instance of the fact that truth is stranger than fiction. There is a fascination about tho story and a horror. The author of 'The Raven' in his wildest flights, was not more absorbing. A vein of physiological and psycological interest runs through it; but the principal feature in the story is its weirdness and its ghastly seeming reality. There is nothing in the story to offend the most refined taste, while it appeals to that innate belief in the supernatural which clings to all of us in spite of our philosophy. We shudder while we read, but we read that we may shudder. "That the Story is based upon a fact does not detract from its interest, but rather lends an air of ' vraiseinblance' to a story which would otherwise be too appalling. It is an introspective study, a psychr - logical romance, a social drama — worthy of the author of ' His Natural Life.' " As only a limited number is printed, we cannot guarantee to supply our Supplement except to regular subscribers. Those who wish to read the Story should forward their names as subscribers to the Star with as little delay as possible. The rates of subscription to the Star are as follow : — In Advance. Credit. Yearly £1 0 0 £15 0 Half-yearly ... 010 0 013 0 Quarterly ... 0 6 0 0 6 6 New Subscribers can commence at any