Mr. Grant : Yes ; there's my missus. Mrs. Grant corroborated her husband's evidence. The whole lot of young Dukes were throwing stones. Several of them struck tho house. She heard the eldest girl caU her husband Man old —*," aut^ aais him if lie meant to strike her. By Mr, Duko : She gsw hor §on tHrash (&« pt ft!s 1& jpffls

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, IST?



\^Am- TR^OR GISBORNE AND !.. NAPIER A^AjJ^,^^^ The clipper schooner OPOTIKT, 40 tons, Captain TV. Harris, will leave for the above ports on or about THURSDAY next, 11th instant. For freight or passage apply to OWEN & GRAHAM, Agents. ' Readers who need a fashionable coat, Or fancy vest and trou.3ers, please to note. TT Li POSSEN ISK lE, In thanking his patrons and the general public for past favours, begs to intimate that he has SS. REMOVED REMOVED _» TO MORE CENTRAL PREMISES in, (First Shop in Shortland-street), AND HAS U3T OPENED A NEW AND CHOICE SELECTION OF TWEEDS. FANCY COATINGS AND VESTINGS, &c. fee too. ■W7.URH.ITURJE! FURNITURE I Ladies ani Qmilt-n^ti about to F.irnUh are respect fully requested to inspect the Large Stack of Dlt A iVTNa boom:, dinixq -room BEDROOM, AND GENERAL ROUSE HOLD FURNITURE, In our Nev: and Spacions Showroom. T. & R. COOKE, 07, QUEE.N BTBSBT AdtolninQ P.a-rik of Nrm Zealand CABLEGRAM. -♦»— ——— (SPECIAL LINE.) Berlin, this day. Allen meinen Freunden and Goennern -wTieriseht cinen vergnuegten Wcihnaehten und em glueckliches neue3 Jahr. BISMARK. I. ALEXANDER Heartily joins in the above, and begs to recom mend his Well and Large Assorted Stock OF GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, BY T. RUSSEL & SON RO'JTIERHAM BENSON DENT EHRIIARDT, and others With GUARANTEES from the Manufac turers, Besides his Own, for Two Years. THE JEWELLERY DEPARTMENT Is acknowledged by Connoisseurs one of the Finest Collection in New Zealand, and is replenished, by every Mail with the Latest Designs" from Home and the Continent. FOR THE COMING HOLIDAYS, I SHALL OFFER THE ABOVE GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES, To Effect a Clearance of Surplus Stock. I. Alexander, Jeweller to His Excellency the Governor, QUEEN-STREET, _ ,*.' AUC-LAND. <*-■". __._*_ ■...?,JJildFsr-N y/Pir ' ■ • '^XL T N BANKRUPTCY. In the matter of " The Debtora and Creditors Act, 137G," and in the Bankruptcy of ___LF«ED MoKENZIB NORMANBY, Of Auckla.id,, Tailor, a Debtor. 