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The nomination of candidates for the repre 6 entation of Waitetnata which took place to day at the Devonport Hall was of the moat 'nteresling character. Much was antici ated but'the actual proceedings beggar des otion. It is probable that the proceed . g WO uld have been tame enough had ~ no t been for a hand-bill circulated i the most villainous and blackguard description, and of which Mr J. S. Macfarlane had the hardihood to ac knowledge the paternity. After issuing and acknowledging such a production, of course there was no shelter available for the author. Tt reflected in the most libellous language on ifr Rees,s one of the J candidates, who, it fonears, .at the recent meeting at the Mechanics', and throughout his whole candi date had never once referred disparagingly IT Mr Macfarlane. With such a document !f unjustifiable and unprovoked and brutal •lander it is needless to say that Mr Bees lad the whole meeting with him. He spoke to Mr Macfarlane in terms that made that Itleman wince as we have never seen man £ince before. Mr Macfarlane was-we had Ist said white with rage-but that the Sir was of that tallowy kind into which L e his complexion was capable of being Led by anguish, and agony, and horror. randishinehis umbrella like a maniac, he «nrang to his feet again and again and again, Sag out, " You're a liar, you re a liar, 55re a liar," while his tormentor in the jtecyof mischievous enjoyment, referred to &bang fed and clothed by Machattie, md the return rendered ; to the "spontaneous combustion " of his pre fflises to the Kaipara rails, the support of r Vogel and the thousand and one points ; contemporaneous history that seemed in ■eir recital to pierce to the very narrow of Mr J. S. Macfarlane, and excite faim to a state of agony, painful to_ look at, butsolndicrous in its manifestation, that instead of sympathy the whole meeting was oonvnlsed with laughter. As a manifestation of the influence which talent can exhibit m ' carrying a meeting along with a speaker and in Haying open an unfortunate man, we do not think we ever saw the equal of Mr Bees' mnipulation of Mr J. S. Macfarlane. He played with him as a cat with a monse. On &ree separate occasions Mr Macfarlane tried to fly from the building but was prevented, irid brought back and compelled to sit and tear the terrible skinning to which he was being subjected, but which he had entirely brought upon himself by one of the most scandalous, blackguard hand-bills that has tfed type in Auckland for many years. After' the proceedings of to-day |we think Ir J. S. Macfarlane should retire. He has Kit a ghost of a chance of success, and it is tly needlessly exposing him to a painful posi ion, from which, at his time of life, and in te altered circumstances, his friends and gwrdians should rescue him.

Waitemata Nomination.

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iination.]

Hr Sees presented himself next, and «§m by referring to Mr Macfarlane's jrwal of being concerned in the production fie handbill. After stigmatising in strong am the fact of a man so lowering himself lioattack a man in such an underhanded inner, Mr Eee3 went on to say that Mr Ksfarlane had alluded to the trouble and pense he had been at in getting the mber Floatage Bill passed. What was the pense to him when he charged it all to a it victim of his named Thomas Craig. (Im nse cheers and great sensation, Macfar i rising from his seat and advancing with umbrella raised in a threatening attitude.) UacfaTlane, as soon as he could make iself heard, shouted out that Mr Rees was iff. He should not remain and hear such 8 calumnies perpetrated. Die Returning Officer interfered, and ealed to Mr Ree3 to confine himself to wal topic 3. fr Rees objected to being dictated to as to topics. He had sat still while he was icked.

Hr Macfarlane (excitedly to Mr Kees) : Bare (a liar and a scoundrel. |f Keas : If you will wait I shall be able •ell you something more yet to cry out it.

lacfarlane: You are a liar, I say, and a tierer and a scoundrel.

te Returning Officer again interfered and eateued to stop the meeting, 'lr Reea : Not only has he done that but has kept the law courts alive with co3ts cb. he has charged to the same poor man. Jreat confasion, during which MrMacfar -1 again shook his umberella at Mr Rees, » breach of the peace was imminent). bßees, on resuming, alluded to Mr Mac- We's disappointed about Jnstice Johnstone amid most tremendous

itement. he Returning Officer liere again en ured to restore order. ?• Bees said lie liad sat still and heard *?■ vilijged, but it seemed Mr. J. S. jwlaue had not such patience. Mr. Wane had himself to thank for be tog the fight by introducing such a pardly production as that he held in j^i—a production which he was sur f*»jy printer should have been found Nugh to print. ' Atkin here jumped up, and amid great Uterand cheers made a rush at Mr j- From what could be gathered of that Oman's observations in the rcw, he ' r«| to be exclaiming against being order was again restored, Mr Eees k-ed—Mr Macfarlane's former friends the streets. These were Mac-

'Macfarkne—You are robbing him. i^. cs—Robbing Machattie? robbing ■^we! Macchattie, the man who was having his bed sold ■goer him paid his debts. ' (Cheers), Your a liar.

I'd rather be called a liar by 7& than his friend. I know when he ~ty one a liar nobody believes him. If "^me Ms friend I should be ashamed *>* any of you in. . the face. I

have noticed that all his friends go to the wall. , His enemies on the other hand seems to flourish. Robbing Macehattie, eh .'—the man who paid his debts, and is now ruined by him. I did not begin this battle, but if Mr. Macfarlane thinks he is going to have these little slaps to himself he is mistaken. He began, but I think somehow or other I shall have the last word. (Laughter and applause.) Mr. Macfarlane, during the last remarks, had made several attempts to slink out of the hall, but was prevented by some of his friends and by the loud expressions of dis approbation among the audience. He at length retired from the front row of benches where he had sat and retired to the middle of the hall, and took shelter undei- the wing of his friend, John Lamb, whose consoling ■words seemed to give him more patience under his severe castigation. As he retired Mr Rees continued : " There is your model statesman ; the man who con siders speeches all bunkum because he can't speak himself. He says you all know him. Yes, some of you do to your cost. His vic tims are plentiful in Auckland. He says he is a supporter of local industry. Yes, he is. Why in the fire that burnt his store down lost year everything was well insured. There were represented the Fiji Bank ing Company and the Fiji Cotton Com pany and a host of others, all of which were burnt up in the fire. So much for his local industry. Not one single person could point to his connection with Mr J. S. Mac farlane as having done him any good. Every one had been glad to sever that connection, and the Bank of New Zealand would only be too glad to gef. rid of him as others had been. Mr Bees went on to say that he must admit that his chief object in coming forward had been to prevent Macfarlane from going in. The other members in the House would scout his name if he went down to represent Auck land. Everyone said so, Willy Swanson said so, so did Reader Wood and Johnny Sheehan. If he (the speaker) owed money he was at any rate trying to pay it—not swindling other people to make them pay it. He should challenge any man to come for ward and say he had done them wrong. Mr. Macfarlane here became very excited, and was resorting to rhe umbrella when he was restrained by Mr. Lamb.

. Mr. Rees went on—They had three honest men to choose from ; three whom they might depend upon as likely to attend to the welfare and business of their constituents rather than their own. Let them choose one of them. Let them choose one who would do his best to introduce measures beneficial to the community. Here again they had three to choose from. It would not be painful to him to see Mr Yon der Heyde elected or Major Stoney; they were both honest men. Of course he wanted to go in himself, but if he was not [successful he trusted that one of them would be. It had been spread about that he did not mean to go to the poll. He begged to contradict that report. Having now spoken his mind about Mr Macfarlane he would proceed to what was the more legi timate subject of his speech—viz , his own political views. Mr Rees proceeded to give his views on education, which were stated by him the other evening with sufficient ex plicitness to render unnecessary our following his remarks on this occasion. Something had been said about the folly of continued opposition in the House. If they were robbed or attacked did they not resist ? did they not oppose. He maintained that oppo sition ought to continue till the province had obtained Vhat was due to her, (cheers). He did not advocate factious opposition, but good healthy standing out for what was their right. Some ministers liked to get men into Parliament like Macfarlane, men whom they could getj&do anything they desired. They could get such men easily enough, but thiy could not get rid of them so easily. They sometimes stick like burrs. He should like to see a new opposition party growing up—a colonial party, not a provincial party. (Hear, hear.) Something was wanted to stop the lengths to which the Government was going. There was a fresh little bit ol log-rolling now on the tapis m the Bill for the Conservation of Forests. I his was a measure which was specially detrimental to the interests of Auckland. It meant that Government wonld have it in its power to grant nice little timber tracts to their friends and supporters, to those who like that man (pointing to ,T. S Macfarlane) were content to ask properly for what they were entitled to, instead of insisting upon it as a right; to persons who ressetnbled a man who had not been sent to Mount Eden by Sir George Arney because forsooth there was'nt a prison for gentlemen t)n the subfect of incendiarism and burning places down that were well insured he could say much, but he would restrain himsel. Mr Leek here rose and. made a great demonstration, but was received with hisses, and had to subside. _ Mr Reea went on to refer to the questions of immigration and public works, and alluded to the standalous way in which these great schemes had been carried out He was scandalized to see so many people^ actually pleased at being trodden on The man chosen by them to represent them ought to S one who would fight foot to foot and hand tohandagainstthosewhowereoppressingthem. and who could bring some powers of debate to convince others and show that his opimons were rifht. He would not detain them much further? but he could not help again alluding to the handbill. He wondered what a nice list might be made out against Mr J. b. Macfarlane himself. But he did not incline to such cowardly stabbing in the dark He left thatto such cowardly men as Mr Macfarlane He should like to know in reference to the Kaipara Railway who it was who was security for the rails. (Cheers.) Why was it thf Government did not enforce, the penalties for non-fulfilment of the^ contract? If he got in he should be happy to make his condu?t as open as possible He feared football or cricket, because he d.d not thmk Sler&e^ntTo^l^ ft !S£ifc at any rate as Mr Macfarlane dB H? had Srd by-the-bye that tha* candidate had been endeavouring tc> learn In s^ of the influence of the poor slaves,

whom Macfarlane held bound to him in mocey matters, in spite of the influence of those institutions by whom Maefarlane has bound himself, he should continue to maintain the contest if only it was to keep such a man from getting in in spite of all obtacles he should persist in the struggle in spite of all the endeavours of those fellow-workers with Macfarlane and follows with him in his magnanimous purity and innocence of heart. (Koars of li.ugb.ter.) Mr Eees here again made a reference to the printing of the hand-bill which called up the ere of Mr Atkin who jumped on to the platform, and attempted to address the meeting. On someone attempting to pull him down, one of Mr. Atkih's sons flew to the rescue, but again the threatened storm was averted. Mr Bees asked what Mr Atkin was indignant at. He had merely said he supposed Mr. Atkin got well paid for doing the job. Mr Atkin admitted this amid some laugh ter.

Mi- Rees continued : He thought Mr Mae farlane and his friends would do better to keep quiet. They only made themselves look very foolish. (Laughter.) In spire rf the influence he repeated Avhich money could bring to bear against him, and he knew that influence was great. He should persist. He could not afford to spend much money fin the contest, but if he was returned he should persist in his demands for reform till the demands were acceded to and redress was obtained.

[At this juncture the Returning Officer's chair broke down with a crash, and that gentleman was only prevented by the plat from behind him, from, coming to the ground.]

Amid the laughter that ensued, Mr Rees remarked that it was like Macfarlane's can didature —it had broken down.

Ho trusted in conclusion that wherever his name would be found at the conclusion of the polling, Macfarlane's name would |be found at the bottom. (Cheers.) If hu could believe that any constituency, and particu larly the constituency of Waitemata, could return such a candidate he would at once throw up his nomination paper, and have nothing more to do with the contest. (At the close of Mr. Rees' speech, which occu pied two hours, he sat down amid tremendous cheering)

One or two questions asked were an swered by Mr. Rees. Major Stoney on rising was favorably re ceived. He said that after the eloquent speech of Mr Bees he felt at a disadvantage. He did not appear as a leading merchant in Auckland nor yet as a leader in Insurance Companies, Banking Companies and so forth, but as an honest settler who earned hid bread by the sweat of his brow. He referred to his conduct as a settler in the district and to his services as a soldier, and came to the political questions at present being agita ted. With reference to education he had strong objections to the household rjting and to direct taxation in any form. If, returned, he would take bis stand in demanding an equitable {distribution of the revenue, believing, notwithstanding what Mr Macfarlane stated, that a man who can stand on the boards of the House and plead the cause of truth and justice, will find followers. Major Stoney entered into details as to the injustice of the incidence of taxation showing that while every man, woman, and child in the Auckland province paid £5 per head per annum, there was paid back only 15s. It was the duty of every member to see that the taxation over the whole colony was equalised, and that this province got its fair return. With reference to the Native question, he held that the Native Department should be abolished, as it was the" cause of all our troubles, and spoke approvingly of Governor Ferguson's statement in his speech regarding the natives, " Leave them alone and treat them as ourselves." If honoured with a seat in the Assembly he would follow the same honourable and inde pendent course ■which he had pursued as a member of the Provincial Council. He re ferred to what he had done for the district, several roads having been undertaken, and mail services of the utmost value to the dis trict having been established mainly owing to the persistence with which he had advo cated them.

After a few questions from Mr Staines Major Stoney eat down amid applause.



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