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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5296, 16 March 1878, Page 2

THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. By Post or Coach, 6s. 6d.; Town delivery, 6s. quarterly. CONTENTS FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 16. PACK. Advertisements . . .. «« 1,2. 22,23,24 Select Poet a v—The Lost Rune .. .. •• 3 Odds and Ends .. .. .. *• •• 3 Ladies'Column—"What Kills Our Babies—Recipes .. .. .. .. .. •• • ♦ 3 The Novelist —Solomon Isaacs. Chapters XII. and XIII y 4 Our Illustration—Shakspere Memorial Building at Stratford .. .. fj The Sketcuer —Society in Russia •• 3 The Traveller- Expedition to New Guinea — . From Wellington to Hongkong by the Barquentine May •• •* 0 The Politician —Sir George Grey at Otago Sir George Grey’s Stumping Tour . . .. .. / La.w Intelligence —Supreme Court (in Banco) —Resident Magistrate's Court licensing Court—English Circuit Customs—The Whita- , ker Libel Case—Mr. Barton and the Bench and Bar of New Zealand.. ‘ . . •• *• 8 Telegraphic News » Shipping Intelligence 10 The Wellington Markets .. •• 11 Commercial News .. ... .. •• •• 11 Announcements—Births. Marriages,land Deaths 12 Leading Articles 1 12 Talk op the Week .. • • lj> Town News .. .. • • •• •• lu Welcome to the Rev. Gervase Smith—Fatal Accident .. ’ ' •• Wellington Choral Society in General News—The Young Australian Blondins—Otago Railways—The Mare that was Shod with Gold—A Clever Swindle—Russian Encroachments upon Chinese Territory .. 16 General News 17 I Correspondence—Small Farm Settlements .. 17 Intercolonial News—The Gulf Country of Northern Australia The Tasmanian Defences—The State of Fiji - The Latest from New Guinea •- jr News bv the Mail .. .. ■ In Sporting—Wanganui Races—Oamaru Races .. 20 Cricket -The Past v. Present Collegians .. 21 Farm and Garden—Wellington Horticultural Society—The Horse’s Foot and its Diseases.. 21 JJOW TO INCREASE YOUR BUTCHER'S BILL THE BEST TONIC IN CREATION. A FRIEND TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. TAKE A TEPID BATH & COLD SHOWER, At 7 a.m.. at PROFESSOR AUGUSTUS’S, Hairdresser, Lambton-qiiay, Wellington. MU. RAWSON, DENTIST, Boltou-street, Terraco next to Dr. Kemp’s. Mr. Rawson is at present on a visit to Wanganui. R. MOFFIT, Dentist, opposite Mr. Plimmcr’i Hotel. s E E THE STOCK of Men’s, Youths’, and Boys' Clothing, just received for the Holidays, at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY’S RETAIL BRANCH, LAMBTON-QUAY. NOVELTIES IN HATS NOVELTIES IN HOSIERY NOVELTIES IN SHIRTS NOVELTIES IN TIES AND SCARFS By every Mail Steamer. AGENTS For the celebrated “WERTHEIM” SEWING MACHINE. All persons desirous of seeing an Illustration of the wonderful improvements which modern science is making in machinery are invited to inspect the latest, and by far the best, Sewing Machine ever, introduced to the public. Wellington Branch : LAMBTON-QUAY, OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS’ HALL. J. FITZSIMONS, Manager. rjl KENNEDY MACDONALD AND CO.’S * NEXT MONTHLY LAND SALE Will be held in the EXCHANGE LAND MART, Grey and Featherston streets, ON MONDAY, IST APRIL, 1878, At 2.30 p.m. Particulars of Properties intended for this Sale should bo supplied as early as possible, in order to appear in the firm’s Monthly Sale List, whicli is distributed throughout the Provincial District of Wellington. The bankof Australasia Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835. Notice is hereby given that the half-yearly dividend of.£2 10s. a share, being at the rate of £l2 10s. per cent, per annum on the capital stock of the Corporation, declared by the Court of Directors payable in London on the 9th April, will be made available to shareholders on the colonial register on and after the same day. E. W. MORRAH, Inspector. Wellington, 15th March, 1878. u NION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. (Established 1837.) Paid-up Capital .. .. £1,250,000 Reserve Funds .. .. .. 450,000 NOTICE is hereby given that the Second Instalment of £ls per Share on the new Shares issued by this Bank, under resolutions passed at the Special General Meetings of the Proprietors, held in London on the 14th and 30th January, 1878, is due and payable at this office on the 15th day of April, and that all Shares are liable to forfeiture under the Bank’s Deed of Settlement, if the same be not punctually paid. (Signed) JOSEPH PALMER, Chief Officer, for New Zealand. Chief Officer's Department, Union Bankof Australia, Christchurch, ICth March, 1878. JgANK HOLIDAY, THE BANKS will be CLOSED on MONDAY, 13th MARCH, for St. Patrick’s Day.