, tliTOia>'h the country, and had seen the ot evil of badly-conducted bush-houses, Km impressed with the great necessity * * rpfusine to grant such licences without JtaSSUy of settl6rs petiti°nediu their '^Another Elector : You have stated that you would endeavour to change the present & of taxation under the Education Act. What form would you propose to substi \\ I usk said -he was in favour of a tax on the basis of property (Cheers.) Another Elector: Why did you only summon thirty persons for the Education rate at the Thames, and those all Mr. Darsaville's supporters. The Candidate said he never summoned any om» for that rate. (A Voice : " Your father did ") The Superintendent did, and he was quite right. If they were all sup porters of Mr. Dargavillo's it must have been because Mr. Pargavillo advised them not to mv it (Cheers, groans, and laughter.) Another Elector : How many guineas have you promised various societies '-con tin oenTOjwHW^oll f Superintendent ? Mr LOSK said be was happy to say he had never descended to anything so low. An Elector:, If y<™ ™*« returned would vou'bo in favour of allowing settlers who hive no wood on their own land to cut tim ber on Government land to build their houses LusK said that since lie had been Provincial Secretary several applications of that kind had been made, and not one had been refused. An Elector here asked how he expected, if the public schools were closed against the Bible, to teach children who their Creator Mr Lusk said he was favourable to. allow in^ religious teaching after school hours, but that certain hours must be set apart ex-, clusively for imparting secular instruction. An Elector: What have you said to the Slauditer-house at Newmarket ? Mr LTJSK : I haven't said anything to the slaughter-house at Newmarket. (Laughter). The Elector (coming forward) : Well, I say the slaughter-house is a disgrace to the Provincial Government. We have to slaughter beasts in their own dung. Mr Lusk said he knew it was not in a oood state, but they had been unable to obtain a site. Oneliad now been found and the work was proceeding. Mr B. E. Turner thought they had been long enough about it to build three or four slaughter-houses. In answer to other questions Mr. Lusk said he would be in favour of remitting the royalty on stone for the city from Mount Eden if the Council kept the road in perfect repair; also, f that ha would remove the Mount Eden toll-bar further from town if any other place could be shown where people could not get round it.. A deputation had, . however, waited on the Superintendent with that object, but had failed to point out a place that would meet the difficulty. A Thames miner, hoisted on the shoulders of his fellows, asked when they would get the Provincial waterworks at the Thames. Mr Lusit": You have got the, provincial water-works now. (Laughter,) ' ; ? Another miner asked why the Provincial Executive kept back the monoy due to the Kauaeranga Board until just before the elec tion ? Mr LtTSTC said they had not kept it back. The Board had received every shilling be longing to them. . . Another miner, (mounted shoulder high, said : Asa. Thames! man I should like to know how the Moanatairi tramway was let ? I am interested in ascertaining the particu lars of that little job. (Cheers.) Mr Lurk : Then you have come to the wjjong shop. I don't know anything about it. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Benjamin E. Turner, who had several "times e.ndeavoured to get a hearing, now asked,Mr. Lust why he was ashamed to recognise his old friend,. Mr. Turner (or something to that effect). Mr. Luse., said he was not ashamed of any one, but Mr. Turner was never any friend of his. (Laughter.) , Mr J. M. Dabgaville then came forward, and was received with cheers. He said he had very carefully prepared an oration for torday, but he had been so interested in listening to Mr Lusk's dying, speech that all Ids own oration had been obliterated from his memoiy. He would therefore, in view of the speaker who hail just finished, and the able speaker, Mr John Williamson, who was to follow, make a few remarks. He would not traverse Mr Lusk's statements, because he thought that gentleman was entitled to the very little sympathy he was likely to get. (Cheers, groans, and laughter.) He never iked to kick a man when he was down. He would not,. therefore, allude to the re marks made by Mr Lxisk with reference to himself, but would proceed to speak of his own policy. He would do so briefly because he had made known his views at the various meetings he had held at Auckland and else where during the past few months. Briefly his policy was as follows :—Up to the present time provincial affairs'had been mismanaged, and our representatives in the General Assembly and the Provincial Council kad not done their duty by the province. Our position now was a jest and a by-word amongst the other provinces of the colony. They had magnificent lands and large resources in coal, gold, iron, and petroleum which should have enabled them to take a leading position amongst the provinces ; but instead of holding that position they were lagging behind, and the province was bye word in the land. Its condition was such that it could not be worse. (A "Voice : Don't you think you'd better clear out ?) Would they consent to let things remain a3 they were. When means had to be provided for. a special purpose, as in the case of education; a most obnoxious tax had been resorted to. That they had been compelled to resort to this form of taxation proved that they had; been mis-governed. When the province had hundreds of, thousands of, pounds as revenue then should have been the time for provid ing for education. Then, instead of aponding the money in that way the Government had found more pleasant ways of spending it itt jobs.appoiniunenta, and contract* for the benefit of their iriends. He repeated that if it had not been for maladministration on the part of the Government of those days they would not how be driven into a corner. He would briefly state what his political opinions were. He was to be followed by Mr Williamson, and with regard to that gentleman ho had nothing to' say' against him except what was equally true of his proposer and seconder — he was past his prime. (Oh! oh!— Hear, hear—cheers, and great interruptions.) As to his honesty of purpose he believed no one could deny it. He (Mr Williamson) was an honest man, and if he had been as young as himself he (the speaker) thought it was pro bable the electors would not have listened to him in opposition. Activity and watchfulness were needed to see that the province was not sacrificed'to a few individuals who for, a long time had monopolised the adininistation of affairs. -He (the speaker) could say that he was then, had been yesterday, and would be to-morrow, independent of the Wyndaam street olique—(Name, name). It was they who had brought this province into its present state. They had had tho management for the la.gt fifteon years, and the provinqe bad. hi ' >■'■'■ r ■■■ i

been sacrificed. There were provinces in the South—Canterbury, Otago, for instance— where those gentlemen had no interest, and tha prosperity of those provinces was an evi dence of the baneful effects of their influence The time had come for them to awake and rouse themselves. They had now to decide whether they would have as Superintendent the man of their choice or the old identity. The chief resources of the province were its , land, gold, and coal. The Wyndham-street clique had absorbed the chief of those to the exclusion.ofilworking men. With reference to gold,,l;hey knew at the Thames and Coro mandelwhat influence had been exercised. They had in all cases aimed only tit their own advantage. The electors should put in a man thoroughly independent of such influences. Regarding railways they re membered how a meeting was convened as a blind in the Mechanics' Institute to advocate the Waikato railway. He maintained that the laud in this province should be opened up for the benefit of the people at large, and nob of a ft»w capitalists who had bought up large tracts of land. The policy of the Provincial Government in the past had been against the interests of the province. Settlers were imported into this country, and settled on the most barren tracts, and they had consequently written home advising their friends not to come to New Zealand as they could not make a living. He would go in for an entirely different policy. He believed in a scheme for the introduction into the colony of small work ing capitalists, who would settle and form good farms on the best land. They had excellent lands in the North ; but under the forty-acre system, under which hundreds of settlers had been induced to take up land, no improvement had taken place. The failure of the Public Works must be attributed to Mr T. B. Gillies, their late Superintendent. He would support any Government which would do justice to Auckland. They had paid to the Govern ment large revenues, for which they had received very little. This had been owing to the uniform organization in the South, to the divided state of the Auckland members, and to the work of Mr T. B. Gillies. Had he considered his duty more, and his own ambition less, they (the electors) would have been better off. With regard to* the Educa tion tax he looked upon it as being most un just. If he had been in Mr Lusk's position he would rather have sacrificd his billet as Provincial Secretary than have voted for the Education tax in its present form. That gentleman at his many meetings had not stated that he would retire from his poaition rather than vote tor the Educa tion tax. He had contradictod himself in some of his statements. He (Mr Dargaville) had little further to say except that he would go in for retrenchment in the in the provincial departments. They were spending more money than was required to be spent in keepingjup those departments more money in excess of requirement than was raised by the Education tax, or than it was likely to produce. He had no friends looking out for billets. Although he had madej many promises as as to what he would do in the way of depriving men of their billets, and thus reducing expenditure, ho had never made a promise that he Avould give a man a billet at the public expense. (Cheers.) That wasmoro than the candidate who had preceded him could say, for lie knew that candidate had made promises that he would give certain appointments to certain individuals. If that candidate fulfilled the promises he had made with reference to the billets ho was going to give hia friends the whole of the Provincial revenue would be absorbed and not a single shilling would be left. He (Mr D.) would not make such appointments, but would go in strenuously, and vigorously for reducing our present expenditure in order •that the incidence of taxation might rest more lightly on the community than it had hitherto done under Provincial administra tion, (cheers). Not only had promises been made by ■>. the candidate who had preceded him, but the Provincial Executive had connected themselves with a most unjust, and a most'corrupt proceeding in reference to the administration of public works. (Cheers). He would give an instance. There was..,a gentleman standing opposite to him wearing a white hat, who belonged to Waia pu (Mr. Onniston), who was now a con tractor under the Provincial' Government. (Cheers.) That gentleman was tlie most active . canvasser for Mr. Lusk in Auck land. He. was, the lowest tenderer for certain works between Mangapai and Waiapu. {JThe Waiapu people knew well the corruption in connection with that1 contract. When Mr. Ormiston began his work certain alterations in the specifications were made, and instead of making cuttings he was allowed tb make sidelinga. (Laughter.) In making thesidelings hecameupon some hardstuff, and he made an.appeal to Mr. Lusk for some con sideration on account of. .the hardness of, the country.- (Laughter.) The result, was that Mr Ormiston was one of Mr Lusk's most strenuous supporters and canvassers. The condition in which this province found itself now was owing to maladministration, log-rolling and corruption in the past, and if they were willing that that sort of thing should continue let them elect Mr Lusk as ttieir Superintendent. (Cheers.) He (Mr Dargaville) had nothing to look to in the way of pecuniary advantage from the Provincial Governments or the Superintendency. Those who knew him were aware of that fact. (Mr Ormiston asked: What are you going in for?) It, might not be known to such men that there was in human nature a feeling such as this : a desire to merit the good opinion of one's fellow-citizens. He had never taken any part in public affairs, and if there was a now more able, disinterested, and independentman to-come to the front to solicit their suffrages for the Superintendency - they would not have seen him there that day aa a candidate for that position. He was going in to alter the old state of things. He had seen their lands and their resources lying dormant. It had been a disgrace to them. If they had imported from Victoria, or even Otago, a few, thousand men who would havoi acted-in dependently, and not submitted to be down trodden things, it would have been better. They had been used in this province most infamously by tho Government in | days gone by. X Let them exercise .their/ franchise independently now they had •» vote by , ballot, regardless of any influence Wyndham-street could bring to bear upon them. Let them vote for the man whpm they bolieved would act' inde pendently, and for the best interest of the 'community. (Cheers.) He had been asked what about the Education Tax. To provide for education was the most important duty that could devoir© upon any legislature. When the provhice- had ample means in the past1, provision should have been, ~ made > for education; it . should not have been left until now. Let the capitalists and those who had made money out of the province in the past pay in proportion to their means for' education, and let the poor pay in proportion to their means. The promotion of education was a national undertaking, and if they neglected to foster/education! the injurious!"result would be felt by the property-holders. •They would have more criminals, more "loafer* than they'had at; Resent,, if thoy fostered education they, would :havei raorq skilled artisans, more industry, and

more prosperity generally. Let, therefore, bhe rich and the poor contribute in proportion to their means. He had been told that that was Mr Lusk's idea, but Mr Lusk had quoted portions of his speeches which he delivered in the Mechanics' Institute with re ference to local self-government and Municipal affairs. He challenged contra diction. The Provincial Executive had leglected important matters because ;hey found that any alteration would pro )ably lead to a diminution in their revenue. rheir object had been to increase their ■cvenue at any cost to the community gene rally so long as they had a little more patron ige to exercise. That had been shown in •eference to Newton and Mount Albert toll rate and the public slaughter-house. They cceiverl at present a thousand a year nun the slaughterhouse, and they expended ibout Cl 50. If the people knew the ibo.iuiiiii.ble ami .filthy maimer in which their icof ami mutton had been slaughtered they vonld rise up as one man in indignation and irotest against'tho rottenness of the system vliich allowed such a state of thiugs.to exist. fhe present hospital was a disgrace to any Oinmuility; The first d\ity of a Kuperin eiident who would not allow himself 0 be led by the nose and hood winked for party purposes would be o~ provide a suitable hospital for the iek and destitute.- They knew that the irosperity of the Thames goldfield had con ributed very largely to the prosperity of Luckland, and the Superintendent was to ilaine for not urging the General Govern nent to complete the Avater supply for the Chainos ■goldfield, as the prosperity of the ield'would languish considerably during the ummer for lack of sufficient Avater for the nachinery. The loss occasioned by the ■ecent lires was estimated at £150,000. vhich'would have beenlsuflicientjto provide i,n abundant supply of water for the city for ,he next twenty or thirty years. He had in ihe Municipal Council urged the necessity )f a Avater supply ; but he had been opposed )y such a class of people as Mr Alexander 31ack belonged to. They could not see that 1 plentiful supply of water would be a saving ;o tho taxpayers. The question of jobbery 10 doubt entered into this matter, but the 'ault rested with the people themselves, rhey allowed themselves to be influenced by ;hose representing capital —he meant tho Neip Zealand Herald— who had proposed 3hat a private company should undertake •he work. That private company meant ;he "Wyndham-street Company." The 3vil of such a By stem had been tclt in Dun 2din, and it was about to bo got rid of there. He would now proceed to answer the questions put to him. He was asked, Have you promised to spend £SOO in grot' on the day of election. The supporters of Mr Lusk have circulated that report. He had not promised anything of the kind. It was in a par Avith. ma.ny of the other false state^_ merits circulated in order to make his friends feel that his professions were not altogether true. ' The next question Avas important. If the Catholics (I presume that/ means the .Roman Catholics) objected AtySuld you be willing that they should bo exempted from payment of the Education rate ? He Avould insist upon every member of tho community contributing his proportion toAvarda a secular education. He was next asked : Are you in favour of limiting the number of hours in which public-houses shall-be kept open in the city ? He was in favour of limiting the hours during Avhich public-houaes should be kept open. The next question Avas: Arc you in favour of limiting the number of public-houses in the city ? He was ; it Avas far better that there should be a limited number of prosperous and avoll conducted houses in the city under strict supervision of the police than that_ there should ba an unlimited number of drinking bars -throughout the city. He was next 1 asked—Had you anything to do, directly or indirectly, with tho dodge to do Mr. Lusk out of his intsnded proposer and se conder to-day-—on your honour, as a man ? Well, on his honour, as a man, he knew' that something of the kind was going to be done. He Avas asked —Did you not promise that you would pay the Educa tion rate out of the saving of salaries.? Ho did not, but he promised to save as large a 3um out of the salaries of the Provincial de partments. The Education rate was likely to produce about £7000, and he proposed to 3ave about that amount from the present aost of Provincial departments. The Har bour Board would have, during the next two years, to administer upwards of £10,000, and yet the expenses of the Board were considerably under £1500 a-year. Was ,it not reasonable that the Provincial Government, stripped of its tine feathers and official paraphernalia,, could adminstered its ixfl'airs at a cost 'of six or seven thousand i-year. He Avas asked—Are you in favour af the Permissive Bill?;. He was inifavour; of giving the majority, such as the bill provided; the privilege of deciding Avhether or not they should have licensed houses in' their districts. He was asked—Provided you are elected, will you be prepared to »b in for the repeal of the present 6b aoxious Education rate ? He would strenu ously go fn for the repeal of the present Education. Act. It would be one of the first acts he would perform as, their Superintendent, which he coufidently ex pected to be—(laughter)—to send down to the Council a Bill to provide far the repeal of that Act, and to provide other means for education, He would use his utmost en deavour as Superintendent of the province and as a member of the General Assembly, which he hoped to be—(laughter)—to provide some scheme Avhereby the education of the children should be permanently provided for without resorting to such an obnoxious tax. He, did not approve of a law. that would oblige children to be taken out of their parent's houses and put" to school. Educa tion should be provided for the children of the* poorest. He was again asked : Did you request Mr Gillies to lease you large blocks of land in the Kaipara to cut timber only, and was refused ; hence you stand for Superintendent ? This statement had been circulated by Mr W. % Rees, and was a 'calumny and a falsehood of the lowest character. (Mr. Webster gave a history of the transaction, and showed how he and Mr. Webster, of Hokianga, had been outwitted, by the natives from Avhom they both purchased the same logs). . Mr, Ormis tonj asked him—" Do you consider bribery to be right in this election ?" That gentle man had not added the Avbrd "corruption" ; perhaps it would come'home to himself too much. It was not necessary for him to resort'to bribery, or to corrupt such persons as Mr. Ormiston in order •to gain this election. Mr. Ormiston, asked him — " Did you. give ■ a subscript^ of two, guineas ;to assist a jockey club, promises to give six guineas if elected Sup er . intendent ? During his canvass he had. con . trib'uted not only to jockey clubs, b ut to hospitals, schools, Mechanics' Institate ) an^ other institution of that kind, and as lo ng as Providence prospered him he should contu llie to do bo. (Cheers.) He had offered two guineas to a certain institution ih n e country, and, if elected, he.. promise^ to give ten guineas: As a , Private citizen he did not feel himself called Up O n to contribute ten guineas, but if h° were Super intendent of this, provinoe he woul^ con« .sibi*te tea gHinoas, (Qbeem) '" '

Some further questions having been put J and answered, Mr Steini said he wished to < ask Mr Dargaville a question about what he 1 had said as to Mr Williamson's age. Lord i Palmerston when Prime Minister of England 1 was 72 years old. Was he no good ? Was he too old? Mr Dargaville said he must admit that Lord Palmeiston was 1 a very great man. Mr Black asked J Mr Dargavillo if he did not put a < a certain advertisement into the paper 'with- J out the knowledge of the City Council. Mr * Dargaville said he certainly put the adver- i tisment in, but not without the consent of i •the Council. He had seen the necessity of 1 having a good and complete water supply, ] arsd he drew up that advertisement, and he i believed that if the work had been carried i out in pursuance with that advertisement a i great deal of the destruction by the late fires T might have been prevented. He would not i rest, if elected, Lilt the question of a water c supply had been settled. ( Mr A. Black wanted to know what Mr <■ Dargaville had done that lie should bo so S proud of this work. He (Air .Dargaville) had A (jailed them the " old identities." He (the 1 questioner) called Mr D, a new iniquity, c (Laughter.) 1 Mr Daruavtztve, in reply, urged the fact f of his having in his employment 150 men. j Although he had only been a short time in the colony, and Mr Black a very long time, j. he had a great deal more interest in the t province than Air I'Jack, Let them stick to 1 the old identities if they liked, but if they elected him he would go in tor advancing1 the 'interests of the province to the best of his ability. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr John Wii.u.v.mk<jx was then called for, and promptly came to front, where lie was well received, hi commencing his address ho said he always regarded the hustings as a great and noble institution. It brought the candidates and electors face to face. He had defended them when an attempt had been made to overthrow them. He had never yet in spite of a natural shrinking from publicity been ashamed to meet the electors at the hustings. He was glad to sec them there on that glorious day, especially so soon after the break-up of the Scission at Wellington. He was glad to meet old identities and new residents alike. He was glad the candidates them selves were brought face to face to face so that each might say what he thought of the others openly and in their presence, instead of making defamatory speeches • behind their backs, which they were not able to prove. He acquitted Mi' ( Dargaville of any slander of him, because he had said nothing but what he had intended as a compliment. But that gentleman had repeated an insult which he (the speaker) could not brook. He had said (not there but elsewhere) that he (Mr Williamson) was led by the nose by the Wyndham-street people. That he regarded as a deep insult. Mr. Dargaville had also said he was too old. He would tell them a story. He knew an old lady who had aonie "naughty daughters. When this old lady was told of the follies of these young ladies, she said " Oh, let them alone, they are young and foolish." (Laughter.) He thaught he would be able to.show at the end of the election that Mr Dargaville was young and foolish. With regard to the other competitor he would not be too severe on him. (A Voice — "Oh, give it to him.") But he had also said things behind his back which he had not ventured in his presence. He had also accused him of being too old He (the speaker) would undertake to do as much in canvassing and other work as Mr Luplc. (Cheers and cries of "well done old 'un.") He had just returned from a place whore he had heard a great deal said which was calculated to bring Auckland into a very low state. He had always beon tho defender of the province where defenders were few, and those few divided. (Hear, hear.) He had now heard a still more dole ful dirge from the Colonial Secretary. He was not now dealing with Mr Gillies, Ids successor in the Superintondenoy, but he was ready to say go in and do your best, and if the provinco is bettor off at the end of your four years I will be the first to acknowledge it. Mr Lusk had taken up the atfairs of the province, and he.only wished that he had tried his 'prentice hand on some other work. He was unfit to take charge of even a branch of the legis lature. He (Mr Lusk) had made proposals to him to retire in order that he, the parent of the Education tax—(groans)—might take his place. Mr Dargaville hud also come foward; and had prepared for him (Mr Williamson) certain beds of roses and banks of violets. He had been wanted to stand aside and lot " young friend" take his place, and impale himself on the • thorny bed of the Superin tendency (loud cheers). It was very kind of him, but he (the speaker) did not wish to, be so token care of. He wished to keep Mr Dargaville if possible from that thorny bed. But Mr Lusk had said he was not so fit to ride about the country as himself. Now; he felt con vinced that in the time of the ■ Waikato troubles no father would have refused to allow his son to go and defend the frontier line ; why did not Mr Lusk, if he was such a good rider, go and join the Otahnhu Cavalry? Why did he not, as his gallant relation had done, take command of a cavalry troop? (Cheers.) He would have made a very distinguished soldier he was quite sure. Mr. Lusk only gave the province two years of existence, and he had gallantly undertaken to guide its affairs not to their satisfaction but to the winding-up of the estate. He, wished to be the province's official liquidator. (Laughter.) From that fate, if Mr Dargaville would allow him, he meant to save him. The principles he held in 18G6 he held now, and came forward with the same desire to 'forward the interests of the, province. Those .interests he was now able to further as they were in a much better position, and'when the electors felt, as he was sure they would feel, the benefits of tho change 'they would acknowledge he was right. He could not see there had been much neglect. Mr Dargaville had asserted there had. mis-management, The fact was there had been no opportunity till quite lately of Auckland getting proper attention. Cir cumstauces had altered, and were now more favorable for the development of the policy of 3:370, a policy with which his own closely agreed. It consisted in the opening of the and for settlement; the overcoming of the native difficulty by keeping the natives employed1 in giving the country settlements an intelligent contented population who would live peaceably with the natives, while they weic among them, and in averting war. No opportunity had been afforded for carry ing I out that policy. -He begged his friends pardon (Mr 'Lusk), he had had that opportunity. In 1870 provision ■ was made for the introduction of immigrants, but the area of the.land for the purpose was then very limited. He charged Iris hon friend with not having applied for the provinces : money for purchasing the land. They had a fine country at their disposal; He had been "'through it, and knew of large tracts in a state of wildness. If a proper system of immigration were adop ted for.one; resident or one cottage now ex-

isting, they would soon have ten. ~' It was the business of the Superintendent to lay claim to a proper share of money for the purpose of land. If a native difficulty were to break out, the Southern provinoes would have' to bcav tho brunt of tlxo expense and they wove now beginning to see that t would be better ion thorn to assist Aw±«

land in the proper settlement of the native difficulty. The state of the Northern and 5 Southern provinces might bo illustrated by at story which he had heard. One old woman '( had invtiedanotherto tea, and saidshewould J provide the hot water if the other would bring the tea, the sugar, and milk. It had been by the mercy and forbearance of the House that in times past the province had obtained, what it had. Mr. Williamson > referred to the question of mail service, and said that but for MrVogel'a efforts Auckland would not have secured a- subsidy for the temporary connection with the Suez line by steamer from Auckland to Sydney. I He referred to the importance of immigra- fi tion in order to maintain Auckland'sinrluenco a in the Assembly, » gthe number of c representatives being fixed on the basis of a population. He referred at length to the a importance of immigration, and read a poeti- - cal invitation sent to the home people" by tho t) Canterbury Association, and said that the h cheery prospects held out were equally h applicable to Auckland. Mr Darga- Ji ville had been misinformed regarding tl his connection with the« Wyndham-street c clique. It was not true that lie had sold the v province for a mess of pottage. He then re- tl ferred to the rise of the New Zealand Com- ci pany and the good it had done the colony. m The Now Zealand, likernany other companies, il got tired of its operations, and they proposed b to sell out tho lands acquired from the Maoris si to the Home Government. They said the a New Zealand Government had got tho advan- tl tage of them, and the)' would pay so much of b their land revenue to buy out tho General & Government interest acquired. Tho land was & sold on tho understanding that an allowance h should be made for surveys and roads, and in ?.; tho Assembly it was ai'rang'ed that £'15,000 fi should be allowed to Auckland- In ISoO a f; grand borrowing scheme was proposed to v liquidate the New Zealand Company, giving p the middle island people their lands, on con- c diiion that the £45,000 should be paid to k Auckland, which was done. In addition to a tin's a further sum was given to assist in cmi- d gration. He voted for this, and when he did r> so he was as independent of Wyndham c street as Mr Dargaville now professed to be. p He felt such a statement as that he should be c led by the nose by anyone as an insult from Mr Dargaville. It was for the electors to say who should be chosen, independent of any newspapers or persons you have it in your power to say if he should be led or to lead him.. Tlmt Government was governed best by allowing tho people to chose for them selves. His views were—open up the country for settlement, bring out your relatives and people to overspread the country, that it may become the Britain of tho South. His friend had become the putative father of the Education law, but ho (Mr W.) did not like any featuro in that child's face. It was not very pretty when born, and the doctor put his thumb' upon it, whilst my friend stood by and allowed the disfigurement of the bairn, instead of saying " I love the child, and will go out into the cold, cold country rather than allow the disfigurement of the child by the doctor." As in many other matters Mr Lusk had misjudged the education question. Ho did not understand that tho people had not reached that state where they could bo coerced into anything-. He hoped the time to come when they would not need to bo coerced, but' would yield to what they believed to be a parental duty. He considered it to bo tho duty of the General Government to attend to the education of tho people. "When Mr Lusk said that nothing was done for education ho said what was not true and he knows it. There was not a block of land purchased from tho natives out of which a portion was not sot aside as an educational endowment. Those endowments arc now scattered out by the province, and it was those that were increasing in value, and would prevent tho tax collector from coming to their door. It was a most oppressive tax, because everyone was entitled to tho right of private judgment. Many felt that it was necessary for a child to bo educated in spiri tual matters. A child might be brought into a court of justice and be asked to swear on a bible and that child from the character of its education might not understand the act it was about to perform, nor even know that there was a God. above him. He believed that although they should have a proper amount of instruction in secu lar education they should not neglect to instil into children a knowledge of spiritual matters. Ho bolieved oducation might bo provided ior. Ho had a scheme which would effect that object. He thought that with the assistance of tho benevolent tho Provincial Council would bo able to provide what other provinces already enjoyed—a good system under which children would he educated not only in secular but in religious mtaters. Thp neglect of religious teaching in schools was, he fiimly bolieved, the chief cause of the growth of infidelity. His opinion was, and lie had stated so on his first election, that the time would come when Provincial institutions must cease and the colony become a united whole. But to talk of County Government now, when they had not sufficient population to attend to the duties devolving upon local boards was non sense, If his friend Mr. Dargaville became a member of the General Legislature he was convinced he would feel with him that it was still necessary that Auckland should be managed by a legislature composed of members havingf, Auckland interests at heort. He thought the principle of local boards might bo extended, but the people could not dispense with provincial institu tions. 'The city affairs were he believed in good hands, and the Harbour Board was likely to do a large amount of good, but the province at large still required' a Council to look after its interests. His friend might be desirous of becoming the official liquidator of the province, and to lay it low in the earth, but he took a more sanguine view of things, and if he were elected, (and he had good hope of bein elected), he would do his best to raise th .province out of tho lethargy in whic it seemed to have sunk. It rested with the sinew of the province by developing our valuable resources to cause its permanent advancement and prosperity. Mr Williamson concluded amid prolonged applau3o. The Returning Officer then»ealled for ■ a show of hands, with the' following result :—

i I He declared the show to be in favour of Mr I Williamson. i Messrs Lusk and Dargaville than de f manded a poll, and the Returning Officer 3 announced that the poll would take place on 1 the .6th November.. He said he wanted to v make an explanation which he wished re e ported. In his large experience of elee r tiona he found that persons sometimes d voted both in Auckland and New ton. The result was, that when he goi :- the papers and found that an elector hac > voted twice, he took out both papers, sc is that instead of doing the candidate a servic< ,y the elector "lost him his vote. He ala< ie read the eiause relating to personation re which, perhaps, s, person might commit ii id the heat of tho moment. Such an offeude 56 rendered himself; liable to a. fine with o it without irapraonmeafc fov a term *wb m k* ceediißgtwo yea^fi. . ~ ,

Ou tho motion of Mv Williamson, seconded by Mr Dargaville, a vote of thanks was aooonled to the Returning Officer, for whom also three cheers were given.' The meeting th*en separated.

FIRE IN HIGH STREET.

Naehow Escape tuom DEsmurcTJew or Fora •wn.oi.-G Blocks in the cbsthe oi' tw& city, rS-UIXDING THE POLICE ijAIIII.VCKS AND Sottotiix Cross Printing Office.

Last night we -Were on tho verge of another fearful calamity, and fctit for the vigilance of a member of the Police Force one half of the city must inevitably have been cortfested into aheap of smouldering ruins. The preJfiiises at the corner of Vulcan lane and High street —lately known as Oldham's store, and now in Hie occupation of Samuel Coouibos as a Cloth frig Factory—were discovered by constable to bo in imminent danger of destruction from a iiro left smoiildoTimj in the cellar. But for this timely discovery, me of the 0 expiring embers might have rolled OH to the iloor, which consists of highly in flat/ifAfjiMo. mud three inches deep, and in this way CftWtffruni cating with tho combustible scoria wails, the whole edifice would have been wrapped in flames, and tho doom of four of tho finest blocks in the city inevitably sealed. Then we should have had'a repetition of scenes enacted at tho late fire—men suffocated and left to their fate—and reporters rendered insensible by the " dense glare and heat and smoke," &c, tumbling down stairs. And then "of course it would have been a matter of surprise how the place could have oaught fire." How grateful should we bo for such an escape ! and for such watchful bobbies ! ! and for such faithful reporters ! ! ! Happy citizens are we who can lay our weary heads on our downy pillows—not merely in fancied security, but can sleep the sleep of conscious security— knowing that angelic bobbies are hovering around our street corners to watch against the devouring element, and that Southern Cross reporters are over on the alert to expose the carelessness or the villany that endanger the public security, and hold up to public censure or execration the thoughtless or intentional cause of evil. Bless God for bobbies and Southern Cross reporters. — [Advi]

In taking a glance what a good sewing machine ought to be it must be borne in mind that the same principle that guides us in the proper proportioning of a steam engine or any other piece of machinery applies equally to a sewing machine, which may be stated as follows : —Get the required motion as simply as possible, have as few moving parts as possible, have all bearings large enough to do the work without cutting up tho rubbing surfaces, and lastly, all the various parts must be so propor tioned as to be sufficient to perform the work and no more. There is per haps no class of machinery taken as a whole in which these most important principles are so often set aside as sewing machines, which perhaps arises from the necessity of avoiding the infringing of the almost countless patents. The successful' lock-stitch machines of the present day may bo divided into two classes—the shuttle and the rotatory hook-machines. There can be no doubt but that the shuttle-machine has j had its day, from the minvple fact that the same object can be attained quite as well with the rotatory hook-machine, and with so many less moving parts. For, while a- good shuttle-machine has twenty moving parts, the rotatory hook-machine has only eight, and all its movements are direct acting. The difference must be more apparent when we consider that in ordinary working the sewing does about 400 stiches per minute^ while perhaps only a tenth part of the power used in work ing the machine is expended .upon the actual sewing, the remaining nine-tenths being con sumed in driving the machinary. Enough has been said to illustrate the principle that ought to guide a purchaser. Any further particulars may be obtained at the agency of the Britannia sewing machine, the fitting shop, Vulcan lane, where the machines of other makers can be seen and the principles com pared.—[Advt.]

Coffee.—Brown, Barrett, &■ Co.'s Standard Coffee is both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett, & Co. s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coft'oe on account of purity arid distftictnoss of flavour. Note the brands, sold at almost every grocery establish ment in town and province.— FAjjvt.l "

• 'fira wnaeatQ stab, friday, octobbe 17, im.



Mr John Willliamson

... 1S9

Mr J. M. Dargaville...

... 143,

Mr.H. H. Lusk

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WANTED, an active Youth ; one accustomed to the Grocery trade preferred —Apply Blair and Laniburt. WANTEL> Tenders for Re-shing ing MilL—Apply Union Sasli and Door Company. WANTED, a manufacturing Sewing Machine, Thomas's make. No. 2 or 3. —Apply, stating price, to X.X., Stab office. WANTED, a Smith.—Apply at once to C. Hawkeswood's, Staffordshire Iron Works, Hobspn-streot. , -V1B! LOST, between Queeii-street, and the top q| Parnell, a Lady's Work Card Case.— The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at Mr Sharland's Crescent. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. NOTICE is hereby given that the Half-yearly Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, Queen street, on MONDAY, on MONDAY, the 17th day of November, 1873, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Business :—To receive the Report of the Directors for the half-year ending 31st August last; fix the time and place of holding general meetings ; and elect Directors. By order of the Board, a • ■ A. BOARDMAN, General Manager. October 14,1873. MEN'S' BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, HATS and CAPS. Elegaut and New Shapes in Drab, Shell, and Black Bell-toppers. Shirts, Ties, Scarfs, Collars and Hosiery. Trousers and Vest for 19s. Gd.—Magnificent Value. R. ■W. DYSON, 130 & 132, QUEEN-STREET (Opposite Somerville's Stables). TjEAPEES, MILLINBES, CLOTHIERS, & STOREKEEPERS, Are invited to INSPECT THE WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT Of the Undersigned, Where unusual advantages are offered for their sorting up. R, w7T)YSON» . T IMPORTER OF SOFT GOODS, ! '



FBESH BUTTER (finest), lOcl. per lb.; good, Stl per lb : ;,'oo;l Butter, 6il per lb.; prime Canterbury Jlams, 10(1 ])er lb.; best Canterbury Potatoes, 201bs. the shilling.- T. flay wood, Provision Store (next Catholic Church), Wynclhain-sireot. LOST, from the United States Dining-rooms, on the night of the fire, a BOX containing Jewellery and Gold Coin.—Any person eturning the same to Mrt C. Dundas, will be re yarded. jyTESSRS J. & J. SOPPET have aken an. Office «h Mr L. W. EATON'S Stores, jower Queen street. Octobfir 15. 1573, TIO LET, a Four-roomed Cottage ■*-^ nm\i conveniences in Cook-street ."West, near /man-afreet. ftXOTICE.—AII accounts against me J-' must bo sent in before the Ist November.— '. I[. Lewisson, opposite Union Bank. NOTICE TO SPECULATORS. O CLAUDE is ready to supply, at 3—J » moderate charges, any kind of Row Walking ticks1 of Hew Zealand Wood (especially hard-wood), * o send to the English market. E. Claude is the only nan who knows tUe way to cut and find the hard-wood! Job's* Walking-sticks in the proper shape. Some firms a Wellington are doing well in this kind of business. Price: Hard-wood, 4s Cd per dozen ; best Supplejack, 3 per dozen ; superior Lance-wood, Cs per dozen, tood Lance-wood Walk ing-sticks fetched in London hie G'ruinea each. Address: JS. CLAUDE, Davev strut, Back of We Pah Store, Grahamstown. r~^NN'S Celebrated Kifeproof Safes, Charcoal anil Coke Plates on Sale. E. & H. ISAACS. THE LATE FIRE. MR JOHN LEANING- begs to return his sincere thanks to those friends who tided him in removing his goods at the recent I'ire ; ilso intimates that he has resumed business at ris old premises, 71, Victoria street. TO CAEPENTEES AND OTHERS.—Wanted, a Smart Hand to Plane Lathes.—Venetian House, Shortlan<J-street. -LTksk WETAB/nAKI« 4SBW«j|tNv X? NELSON, PICTON, WEL-" MB^JBiaSp^ LINGTON, LYTTELTON, AND <iMafnSmm* poet chalmers. The N.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Wellington, M. Carey, Commander, from Onohunga, on MONDAY next, 20th inst.,-at 9 a.m. For freight or passage apply to COMBES & DALDY, Auckland; A. BARNES, Onehunga; Or. R. S. LEDGER. Grahamstown. B BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. HHHE Transfer Books of this-Bank X will be Closed from WEDNESDAY, the 15th. inst., till THURSDAY, the 22nd idem, both days inclusive. D. L. MURDOCH, Inspector. . Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, 7th October, 1873. —- — . A UCKLAND SAVINGS' BANK. xjL - established 1847. , President: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. VICE-PRESIDENT WILT-TAII RATTRAY, Esq. The Bank is optii daily from 12 to 1 o'clock, also on Saturday Evening},, from 7 to 9 o'clock. Any sum from la and upwards received, for which 5 per cent, interest is allowed. Every facility give» to depositors. E. CAMERON, Accountant. , _^ |f, " THE^TIMBER* FLOATING; ACT 1873." NOTICE is hereby given to all ; ■ Owners and Occupiers of Land on the Banks of the Waitekuri and Waingaroa Streams, at Wangapoa, in the Province of Auckland, that.an application has been this day made by Mr John Sanuster Mac faulane, under " The Timber Floating Act, 1873," for a License to use the said Streams by Floatinj? Timber therein ; and that I will hear any objections which may be made to the said application on »!FRI-" ' DAY, the 24th October, instant, at 11 o'clock fore-;' noon, at the Superintendent's Office, Auckland. Given under my hand, at Auckland, this , " sixteenth day of October, 1873. THOMAS B. GILLIES, ,: ! ' Superintendent. .; . "•"P1 *" J3 oOT S ! BOOTS !! ;, pLEA RI N a OUT V>^ AT SLAUGHTERING PRICES ! LAST F O a*T NIGHT. '/ '' On account of the bad state of the weather for the last month we are determined to give the working class a chance by a Extending our Sale '.-I' for One Eortnioiit Only ! s.A. Men's Best Watertights (own make), reduced to 12 0 Men's Best Bluchers, ditto ditto.. .. .. 811 Men's Best Balmorals, ditto .. .. ..12 0 Ladies' White Boots .. 4.6 Ladies'lCid Boots, from 4 6 Children's Leather Boots .. ~ .... 0 9 All other Boots equally Reduced. . » -.-. *.-■.': Be in Time a^d Secure Your Bargains! NO PUFF NO PUFF! £3TNote the Address— GARR ET T BR O S., DUBLIN HOUSE, W AICEPI ELB STHTEET, ' AUCKLAND. DIXON'S No. 1 GOLD MINING COM PANY (Registered). THE Half-yearly Meeting of Share ' I holders will be held at the Company's Office, Canada Buildings, Queen street, on MONDAY, Oct. 27,1873, at 2 o'clock p.m., for the purpose i t receiving Directors' Report and Balance-sheet. THOS. LEIGH WHITE, Manager. Auckland, October 17,1873. THANKS. TH.ANKS, THE undersigned begs to return* her sincere thanks to Mr Whitson and men and! all kind friends that assisted in removing Furniture and Stock during the lato Fire in Queen street. ELLEN RYRIE. TO-MORROW, ■ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. ; , At Three O'Clocic. THE Subscriber will sell by auction ' at the new Wharf, North Shore, ■, All the SURPLUS TIMBER, and OFFICE, re« ; raaining from tho Contract, georglTTi-bbin, Awttanew,