THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

FOJfSCHBY ELECTOKATS.

Address toy Sir William Fox.

Bir William Pox met a num ber of the electors of this district in the Porisbnby Hall last evening for the pur pose of explaining his political opinions with a view to his candidature for the seat. The hall was well filled.

At eight o'clock, Sir "William Fox rose and said he was in an embarrassing position. He had been invited there to meet the electors, and'he was present in accordance with that invitation. He had expected that their Political Committee, or whatever they had, would have been present, and would have explained to him what form they expected the meeting to take. His idea was that he was there to answer questions that they might put to him rather than deliver an address. How ever, he would ask them to appoint a chair-, man, and they could at once proceed with the business of the evening. Mr D. F. Evans was nominated as Chair man, and after a brief conversation with Sir William Fox, he took the chair. In opening tho proceedings, he regretted that Sir William Fox had been placed in such an awkward predicament. Ho had been in vited there to explain his views, and had complied with the invitation. Those who had issued the invitation should have been present on the platform, and. should not have left Sir William, as it were, out in the cold. ■ . .

Sir William Fox said that the Chairman had stated his position exactly. Some of their politicians suggested to him that they would like to find another candidate in the field at Ponsonby, and asked him if he was prepared to take that position. He replied that he had no desire to present himself in that capacity unless he was asked to do so by a sufficient number of electors to show that this was something like a general wish. In addition to that lie was not at-that moment prepared to pa|< himself forward in the matter. He prescraried that he was pretty much in the same position as Mr Withy at his first meet ing. Mr Withy was not then a candidate, and he (Sir Win. Fox) was not one yet, but he was ready to explain to the electors his views on the present crisis of New Zealand. If his views represented the views of a large number of electors,then they should invite him to become a candidate. That was exactly his (tho speaker's) own position, If, after they had heard his opinions and subjected him to any amount of cross examination, they might do him the great honour to invite him to contest the seat for Ponsonby; he did not say that ho would do it, but he would give it his serious considera tion if a body of the electors were prepared to pledge themselves towards securing his success. He wished them to understand, however, that at that moment be was not a candidate for the electoral district of Ponsonby. The Present Crisis.

He fully recognised the difficulty of deal ing with the present crisis in the affairs of the colony of New Zealand at this moment. Mr W. Leys: Before proceeding, Sir William, will you tell us who invited you to be here (a voice : John Lamb, and laugh ter), because I think it is not honourable on their part that they are not here to pre sent you to the audience. Sir William Fox said he could not recollect all the names of the gentlemen, but men tioned one or two names.

The Chairman said that the electors had a perfect right to ask anybody to give them his political views, but he did not think they had any right to ask him who invited him or why he came. (Applause.) Sir Win. Fox,resuming, said he appeared before them as a colonist of New Zealand.

One of the audience here asked: Will you declare yourself as a. candidate ? If you will hot, how can we ask you questions? (Interruption.) Sir William said that he was not pre pared to declare himself a candidate. He had hoped that as an old colonist no; difficulties would be placed in the way of his address ing his fellow colonists. He fully recog nised the importance of the present crisis. The country was undoubtedly suffering from liard times, and what this really meant was that where we had formerly pounds or sovereigns in our pockets,we had now three penny bits. (Applause.) He believed that at : a^crisis. like this it. was the duty of every statesman to do all he could to bring about a better state of affairs, but he was unfor tunately not in a position to point out a remedy for the existing distress. He had read, during the past few days, speeches of some of the principal political statesmen, notably the speeches recently delivered by Sir George Grey and Major Atkinson, and he had come to the conclusion that they had not sufficiently investigated the cause of the hard times. He believed it was im possible to remove the effect before they as certained the cause, but once they had arrived at the cause they were in a position to consider the best method of removing it. He observed that Major Atkinson had likened New Zealand to a noble and grand ship that had got a heavy list caused by a rivet having become loose. He (Sir Win. Fox) 'believed it was the first duty of a statesman to ascertain what rivet it was thab caused the leak and why it' remained. The fact appeared to be that New Zealand was in this position—there was six feet of water in the well and the pumps were choked.- Any captain with common sense would not set the crew to bail out with a pannikin under such circum stances, but would find out where the leak was and stop it. (Applause.) This was a position which our -statesmen did not appear to fully appreciate, and none appeared to study the position closely enough >to find out exactly the cause of the hard times, and ascertain by what means they could be remedied by legislative action. I Causo of the Hard Times. He had an idea that he could put his1 finger on the leak. It was a very big one, and one which he fancied must be a very material cause of the hard times from which the country was suffering. It was the terribly low prices to which all the staple commodities of this colony had fallen in the course of the last few years. Our principal articles of export in this colony were corn, wool, gold, and %iber. He desired them to look briefly at ■ $he history of those articles of export during the past seven years, during which period the present state of paralysis had been creeping upon us. Seven years ago our export of wool amounted to three million per annum, and since then the value of our wool exports had fallen a whole million. ,As for corn, in 1883 we ex ported to England and the United States £1200,000 worth in the year. India entered into the market, and com went down so low that in a short time it did not pay to send it home. Gold was » thing which did not alter in value, but the outr put was greatly reduced Seven years ■Jgfi Th|^^cle S ; wool, com, goid,

and timber, were worth four or five millions a year less than they were seven years ago, and it seemed to himself impossible to look at these figures and fail to see that a very large proportion of the hardness of the times now prevalent must be attributable to the causes he had named. Of course they would ask, " How do you propose to remove them ?" and, unfortunately, he was not in a position to say. He knew of no way him self by which the condition of these articles of export could be altered in this country. The fact was that the prices of wool, corn, and timber were regulated by the demand for these articles that existed in tho great markets of the world. We. unfortunately, could not affect them. Prices were down now, and he feared that down they must remain until that great financial depres sion which now existed over the whole world had passed away. He would be very glad if any one could show the colony how the field for its commodities could be improved, because on this point he could not see his way very cleariy. He had found a similar state of things in America a year and a-half ago, and it was the same in both Germany and France, whether in free-trade or protection countries. Many of them, indeed, were much worse than New Zealand. He had no suggestion to make as to where the remedy lay, for he believed that the hard times would in due course pass away. At the present time the great nations of Europe were living in a state of preparation for a great war. Millions of men had been taken out of the labour market, to be placed in a, state of proficiency in view of war, vessels were laid up in large numbers in all tho great harbours, and many of the States were absolutely bankrupt and anxious for a war, in order that they might wipe out their enormous debts and start afresh with a clean sheet. There Avere one or two other causes,jand although he would not .allude to them at that moment, he would do so by-and-by if they wished. But in regard to the commodities he thought it was all the same, whether they were dealing with countries that were under free trade or protection duties. In America, France, and Germany the financial pressure was as hard as here, and nearly as hard in England as there. But our great statesmen had not given the attention to the subject that they should. They were looking for a leak, and he thought he had put his finger upon it. There was not one of our statesmen who had found a remedy from the great black cloud that was all over us. The Liquor Traffic. Another reason he would offer for the present state of things, and they must not mistake and think he was going to impose a temperance lecture on them, but this was a subject which they should look at from its financial aspect. Now, we had drunk last year no less than £2,300,000 worth of liquor. These figures were taken from carefully-compilea Government statistics. They should look carefully at this, that our public debt is about thirty - seven millions, and that £2,300,000 spent on liquor represented the annual interest on forty millions of money. It seemed to him that this was a leak, and that he had put his finger on a loose rfvet. (Cheers, and cries of " Give us politics and not teetotalism."') That was politics, and it was part of his policy to give the people the power of doing away with this. We had not the power to remove other causes of our difficulties, bub we could remove this one. Some people might say that the liquor traffic brought us in a noble revenue, and so it did. It brought in £500,000 a year. But that money did not stay with them. It passed into the Treasury, and the next day it passed out again to pay. for our gaols and asylums, and paupers, and police and magistrates. (A voice :■' Do you advise that for retrenchment?'*) Yes, he did. The figures were accurate, and half-a --million of revenue went to pay for the gaols and asylums which were filled by the traffic, and for other expenses consequent updn ib. This was a species of leak we could rivet up. He had only touched upon it because noneof ourstatesmen had touched upon it as a remedy for the present state of things. He had read admirable speeches by Sir George Grey, Major Atkinson, Messrs Rolleston, Bryce, and others, and not one of them had made the slightest allusion to this point. Retrenchment. It seemed to him when he was reading Major Atkinson's speech that day that the whole thing had resolved itself into the question whether Major Atkinson's or Sir Julius Vogel's policy had been the cause of the evil that had overtaken the colony. He did not believe that either one or the other was the cause, although it might have intensi fied the. evil. The colony was in this pre dicament. It was bleedintr at every pore, and already on the verge of bankruptcy, and yet the Government go on borrowing more and more, and sinking us more deeply in our difficulties. That was not the policy of a business man in private life, who, find ing himself in difficulties, would at once cut down his expense?. He considered that there was a difference between the two parties in this matter. One party did not see the necessity for retrenchment, until Sir Robert Stout went down to Dunedin and found that the cry for it had become a roar. If Sir Julius Vogel was blamed for his policy, he had no one else to thank but him self. He was an old colleague of the Colonial Treasurer's, and had a great re spect for him, but he had been warned when he came to the colony. When Sir Julius/took office, he wrote to him from Sydney, and told him it was not Major Atkinson's policy that was causing the de pression, nor would it be remedied by his, for they were suffering from the same thing in New South Wales and in, Queensland, and in fact all over the colonies. The effect of retrenchment on a proper basis would be to make us honest men, and to render un necessary the heavy additional' tax ation which Sir Robert Stout's Govern ment proposed to put on us. It was necessary that an end be put to their extravagant policy, and therefore he posed as a determined economist, and one who would go for retrenchment in every form. He believed we could retrench to the extent of from L 300,000 to L 500,000 in our annual expenditure. That would stop one of our leaks and make us honest men, and would restore our' Credit on the English Stock Exchange. Then we would get a firm footing, and would have no more of the perilous threat of increased taxation hanging over our heads and making every man jLn the community tremble. Free Trade v. Protection. He asked them to look at one or two of the remedies proposed. They were very important, and it was well that they should know how they were going to apply them. He must make one great confession to them, and he feared it would' not be palatable to them. One remedy that Was proposed and was accepted by many, al though not by all, was that we should have protective laws amounting almost to prohi bition on all things we could make our selves. He might tell them that he was an out-and-out free-trader. (Cheers and ex pressions of dissent.) He had studied the subject in his young days under Bright and Cobden, and had kept it before him ever since, and he had come to the conclusion that protection was a mistake. He had got so bigoted on the subject as this, that he lookecf upon free trade almost as much a law of Nature as gravitation' { and they knew that gravitation was a law of Nature , that could not be broken without bad consequences resulting. He next spoke of a man who said that? he was a free trader in England, but thabiin N, evy.. Zealand circumstances were entirely different, and he was unable to adhere to fche same principles. He might just as well have said that in Ens-land1 honesty was the

best policy, but that in this colony it was altogether different. A principle was a principle no matter where it was applied ; therefore, if he satisfied hi:nself that it would injure a State to bring in protection, he believed it, wherever he might be. What, he asked, was protec tion? It simply meant that he was to take their money to make his trade or that they were to take his money to make their trade to pay. That was the funda mental principle of protection, and they oould not look at it in any other way. The position was, for instance, that he could buy a pair of English-made boots for 15», and the protectionist said that he should pay 4s more, and purchase boots locally made. Another reason why he opposed protection wa.B because he was a great Pvadioal (laughter) — not a senseless Radical. Study, instruction, and experience had made him so, and he was convinced that there could be nothing more conducive to a class tax than protection. Sometimes it taxed a very large class for the benefit of a small one. His third reason was that he had never yet heard of any kind of protection which,by benefiting one man, did not injure another person alongside of him. Sir George Grey had given a very good instance of this recently. Ho stated that a few years ago a duty had been placed on foreign sugar, for the purpose of en couraging the manufacture of beet sugar within the colony. It was speedily found, however, that this would ruin the jam trade, and it had to be given up. (Laughter.) A similar case occurred in Massachusetts, where the people, were anxious to compete with England in tho manufacture of woollen goods. A heavy duty was accordingly put on English cloth, and the price of cloth went up amazingly. Everything went on well for a little while, but it was discovered that in order to make the scheme a success ib was necessary to have a supply of raw material, and they had come to New Zea land to the tune of L 500.000 a year. This did not suit the farmers in America, how ever, who objected to this cheap wool coming in and keeping the, market down. The matter was taken into the House of Congress at the instance of the American manufacturers, and they got a duty of six cents per lb placed on imported wool. The consequence was that wool went up in Massachusetts, the factories closed, and 2,000 employees were thrown out of work-. Consequently it was clearly impos sible to make one man's fortune without do ing an injury to somebody alongside of him. (Applause,)' He found that after 35 years of protection there were 300,000 manufac turing labourers out of employment in the United States, and that in Massachusetts there were between 20,000 and 40,000 un employed. That was the case when he passed through America a year and a-half ago, and he believed that since then things had become even worse. There was in America a very line body of men called the Knights of" Labour, and they actually sent a deputation across to England to ask why our English labourers were so much better paid than they were. The answer they got was because they had pro tection and we had free trade. The Americans had made gigantic efforts to become a great maritime nation, and at one time they were carrying no less than 80 per cent. Of the pro ducts oi their own country in American ships. Now America did not export more than 10 per cent, in her own bottoms, and he traced this retrograde movement to the imposition of a heavy duty on iron. The consequence was that they were unable to compete with English shipbuilders,who were under the system of free-trade. In fact, if there was any nation that had tried to cut its own throat by pro tection,-it was America. Bonuses to Industries. He was quite willing to give bonuses, and large bonuses too, to anyone who would successfully introduce new indus tries. He did not propose to give them money to throw away in experiments. Take, for instance, the manufacture of iron. If any man made the production of iron here a success, he did not think it would be too much to give him hundreds of thousands. (Cheers.) Then again, take salt. If anyone established an industry that would produce an article to compete with the salt imported from England, be would be satisfied, to give a good bonus there. Then again take the silk industry. If anyone established this industry successfully, he would be pre pared to give theni a L 20,000 bonus if they liked. It was a Bound principle, and did not infringe the principle of free trade in any way, to grant bonuses for the estab lishment of industries* Tho Land Question. And now they would pass on to the land question. It was said by some people that this question of the land was the cause of the whole of our troubles. ; One friend of his, in fact, said that they should take the land from those who have it and give it to those who have it hot, and that; they would thus remove the difficulties under which they laboured. He did not agree with them. He had very wide views on this question. 'He looked at the land question from the simplest point of view. He thought they should sell the land to the best cus tomer, and let the country get the money. But there were other questions with regard to the land which had a great social and moral aspect. He would place a limit on the acquisition of gigain&ic estates, and Would endeavour to meet the wishes of the people as much as possible. He would help men to buy a freehold, and thought that the freehold system was the best tenure there'was, {Cheers.) He would also be prepared tp give leaseholds or renewals of leaseholds. They could put it anyway they liked, bub they should get the people on the land. He had been the founder of a considerable number of small farms in New Zealand, and his opinion was that they should place the land within the reach of the people in every possible way. .As the land stood at present, it was compulsory that a man who took up land should go upon it and occupy it himself. (A voice: "And quite right> too.") He did not think so, and instanced a system that had prevailed in the South, where associations of about twenty men perhaps took up land, and those of the number who did not wish to go upon it then could employ substitutes to take their place.l?. This effected the object of having the land cultivated. (A voice: "Keep out land sharks.") Yes, he' would keep out land sharks, but this was a very difficult thing to do, because they could come in after the settlers had improved their land, and buy it back from them. He did not approve of Sir George Grey'& idea of giving the State power to buy everybody's land back from them. The principle might be a good one, but it required looking into, and the power was one that should be very care fully exercised. He did not believe in the nationalisation of the land, and asked what State was it that was going to acquire the land. Why, Sir Robert Stout and Sir. Julius Vogel to-day, and somebody else to morrow. Those who looked upon the occupation of the land as the only remedy for our troubles made a great mistake. Were we all to be tillers of land, with our splendid opportunities for com merce and manufactures ? Were we to be a set of potato-grubbers all oiii* lives ? God forbid. Our country was as large-as Great Britain, and we* might have"a commerce as largo as that of Great Britain yet. We should encourage our commerce, trade, and' manufacturers. What a fine thing'if we had more of those five thousand ton steamers running here, and what fine, nurseries they would prove for our boys. He ''had cppii the fathers in New Zealand asking what they would do with their boys. The mothers di<3 not ask what would they I • ( . ■.■■ id . ,v. .■■ '(] .:"":' . '

do with their girls, becftusetheygotmarried, But what opportunities for employment those large steamers gave our sons. Our career was a mixed one, and we were to be cosmopolitan regarding trade and commerce. The wide world was before us, and it was for us to go in and occupy it. (Avoice: -'The North Pole," and laugh ter.) Minor Questions. He had given his opinion on the leading topics that were agitating the colony, and they might like bo know something of the minor topics. They might ask what they were to do with their great burden of parliamentary expenditure, and what about the honorariums '! .He warned them that if they did not make a stand, they would never get the members to lower these honorariums. All the high salaries —from the Governor's downwards—should be cut down, and the Government expenses and that great printing establishment reduced. Altogether, Parliament cost the country L 40,000 per annum. Through some political parties, they got two of these little bills in one year, and they had to thank Sir Robert Stout for the second session this year. If he had chosen, he might have got fane Repre sentation Bill through a year ago. (Cheer?.) He had adopted an unconstitutional course in placing the Representation Bill on the table of the House, and nob making it a Ministerial measure, and he was also wrong in allowing three or four of his Ministers to vote against it. So far as the expenditure of Ministers went, he might say that he had been Premier three or four times, and the first time he had. only gob LSOO a year, and that was in a more critical time than we have had since. There were wars in the Waikabo and on the East and West Coasts, and notwithstanding all the work they had to do, they were satisfied with LSOO. And then they had no Hine moa to carry them about in, and no Minis terial residences. He did not see why the Premier should have more than the others ; but the Premier might have LI.OOO and the others LBOO. They should nob be paid more than that. He would not reduce members' honorarium lower than L 125. A man going to Wellington would nob spend more than L 5 per week. Education. A great deal hal been said about the cost of educating the people, but it did noo cost so much as was supposed. The direct taxation amounted to L306,00Q. , This simply represented the cost of a, glaas of beer a day for every man in j the country, and he who would not sacrifice that did not deserve to have his children educated. He believed they would be very much disappointed if they expected to get retrenchment on education. He was not in favour of the proposal to raise the minimum school age to seven years. Country schools were dependent very much upon the at tendance of children under those ages, and if these were debarred, there would not be enough to pay masters' salaries. We must not leave the people without education. I The speaker concluded his address amidst loud cheers. Replies to Questions. Sir William Fox then expressed his will ingness fco answer questions put to him. In reply to questions ne said he was decidedly in favour of the reduction of the number of members of the House. The present num ber did not only act badly in the House, but at the time of the elections. In the country districts, the elections generally turned on the log-rolling process, and a smart fellow who would promise anything could generally get in. There were some men who talked as many as nine hours. He would be in favour of reducing the honorarium of the Upper House. But they could not do it except by going to the Im perial Parliament. The best thing would be to make thing 3 pleasant for them, and let them die out in time. He would not revise the protective tariff in the direction of making it more protective than it is. He did not think he would, vote for either the Stout or Atkinson party. He thought a better party than either would come forward.. He could not say off-hand whether he would support the removal of 2s per hundred feet on timber. He did not know if there was a duty on timber. What we wanted was a better market in Aus tralia, where they imported timber from North America and the Baltic. He did not know of any industry that was now flourish ing that had been started with a bonus. (A voice: "Fish," and laughter.) A good many bonuses had been offered, and few of them claimed. He did not know that the Mosgiel factory was protected more than anything else. He was not aware that the MoHgiel factory collapsed under the bonus system,, and did not start again till a protective tariff was put on. He feared a great difficulty of an income tax here would be its collection; the machinery would be complex, and would nob work well. Why should they tax land only? The present tax covered all kinds of pro perty. Farming was a very struggling industry, and he feared a land tax would affect it prejudicially. Many interests, such as banks, would escape altogether under a land tax, although cney were caught by the property tax. He was not particular what the form of taxa tion was, so long as ib fell fairly. He did not know whether Major Atkinson left L 150,000 deficiency when he left the Treasury Benches, and could not tell whether he was the first to manu facture deficiency bills. He was in dependent of either party, and would vote for the party that were endeavouring to retrench. He would not vote for the policy of the present Government. He could not support Ballance's stringent protective policy. If it came to a test, he would vote to turn the present Government out. His experience was that tho Hall- Atkinson Government practised rigorous and even cruel retrenchment. He believed they could employ their rising population, if they had not a protective tariff, as they did in other free trade countries, by the develop ment of the industrial wealth of the coun try. Wo could not do away with the law of entail, because we have not got it. The borrowing for public works took place under the Ministry of which he was the lead. The first loan for the commence ment of public works was ten millions, and he left office before that money was spent. The country was with them, and he did not regret that step, which led to a revival of prosperity at a very bad time. The only lines that were made while he was in office were portions of the main trunk line. He always thought strongly of the political lines that were made subsequently. The question of renewal of leases of runs was a complicated one. There were portions of the colony of no use whatever except for sheep farming. He thought that where the land was useful for agricultural purposes, and small farmers could be located upon it, he would not support the renewal of the leases. But where the land was only suitable for pastoral pursuits, he thought it unwise to do anything that would damage the greatest of our sources of wealth, which gave us three millions a year from the ex port of wool. He did not think the salaries in the education department were excessive. He would cut down anything that was too high. The higher education did not involve an expenditure that could be retrenched much upon. He thought, however, that as much as L 40,000 or "L 50.000 might be retrenched in the total expenditure. He did, not think the railways of the colony had been well managed. Concerning Mr Vailc's proposal, he was inclined to give it a trial at a moderate cost in some part of the country. So far as the principle of giving grants of land for the construction of railways went, it had worked well so far as the Manawatu railway was concerned. That line was better constructed and more satisfactorily managed than the Government Ijme. alongside of it, and paid 5 per cent. He was in favour of " one man, one vot0.:)

In comparing Victoria and New South- Wales he stated that the former was a very peculiar country. Ib had enormous wealth in its gold mines, and much smaller terri tory than New South Wales. He denied that the prospects of Victoria were better, and said New South Wales was overhauling her fast. Any special tax on unimproved lauds should depend upon the quality of the land, but there were special cases where taxes could be . levied. He did not believe the Kaffirs Avould ever be brought here to act as shearers. It was not so easy to catch the Kaffirs, and Sir George Grey could tell them that. The large run-holders had no special tax on their land, but there was a tax on sheep. If the land was valuable for the reception of colonists he would nob be in favour of renewing their leases for runs. He considered the purchase by the Government of unprofitable railways an atrocious job. He was in favour of tak ing land from run-holders by paying a fail compensation. Tho eight hours' movement resolved itself into a question of political economy. Wages would be paid accord ing to the amount of work done. :He was in favour of woman's suffrage. Sir William proceeded to enter into a lengthy explanation of his claim against the colony which resulted in the payment of L 2,000 to him last veur. He said that after report ing wibii Sir Dillon Beli on the land claims on the West Coast, he was asked by the Government to cany out the recommendations of the report. He did no, and spent, about three years and a half in the most arduous work he ever per formed in the colony. He was asked to make a claim for his services, but said he would make a present of it to the colony. Subsequently, when in England, he re ceived advices of heavy losses in com panies and other matters in which lie was concerned, and then wrote to the Government asking if he might under these circumstances avail himselt of the remuneration he had previously refused. The matter occupied the attention of the Atkinson and Stout Governments, and the result was a vote of L 2,000, which was paid to him after last session. That was the whole claim he ever had against the Go vernment, and it was satisfied. Mr McKinstry moved a hearty vote of thanks to Sir William Fox for his instruc tive lecture.

Mr Joshua Robinson seconded the motion, and also thought a vote of thanks was due to Mr Gregory for his action in bringing Sir William forward. Mr Gregory explained his action, and after some discussion of a desultory nature relative to the arrangements for the meet ing, the motion was carried unanimously. Sir William Fox expressed his acknow ledgments; and the meeting concluded witn the usual thanks to the cliair.

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flection Notices. DONS ONBY ELECTION. MR PEACOCK Will Address the ELECTORS OF PONSONBY, THIS EVENING, THE 19TH IXST., IN THE PONSONBY HALL, At Eight o'Clock. thiden . electoral district. Mr. E. MITCHKLSON Trill address the Electors of Eden in Mr Wayte'a Mount Eden Hall on MONDAY, the 25th instant, at 8 p.m. 3 in the Mount Albert Hall, on WEDNESDAY; the 27th inst., at 8 p.m.; and in the Public Hall', Avondale, on FRIDAY, the 29th inst., at 8 p.m. mo THE* • ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen,— I have pleasure in offering myself as a Candidate for your electorate, and will, at an early date, do myself the hoaour of addressing you on political matters. EDWIN MITCHBLSON. Auckland* 80th June, 18S7. IFT~ D E ~jT Meeting of Mb CONNELL'S Working Com mittee in Waite's Hall, on July 20, at 7.80 p.m. Business of Importance. A Full Meeting requested, and Gentlemen desirous of joining the Committee are cordially invited to attend. J. AITKEN CONNELL, Candidate for Eden. mO THE YOUNG COLONIALS IN OR NEAR TO AUCKLAND. Iv connection with his purely colonial branch Of electoral work, Mr J. Aitkon Connoll hereby invites the support, aid. and co-operation of young colonial hands. Gentlemen willing: to act in connection with this branch of electoral work must have one or other of the following quali fications :— 1. They must have been accustomed to a, country life; 2. or, They must be members of football, cricket, lawn tennis, or other club for outdoor sport or amusement; ' • ■ 3. or. They must be, or have been, membersof the volunteer force of. the colony; L or. They must have been born in the colony Gentlemen inclined to accept this invitation are requested to communicate at once with Mr Win, T. Davies, Fort Street, next door (but nearer Queen Street) to G. Binney & Son's Auction Mart, who will enrol them; and if any traitor attempts to come among my young colonial supporters, I beg to say that from the bottom of my heart I pity him. As I have suffered not a little in the past through traitors, I make this move against them, and if they think they may disregard it—well, let 'em— that's all. J. AITKEN CONNELL. P.S.— The young colonial supporters will have nothing to do with the electoral work in the Eden district, which will be entirely managed by my working committee of Eden electors, but I have work to do for the colony which I cannot do unless the young colonial hands will aid and assist me. See my reply to requisition in Auckland Stab of 13th and 14th inst.—J. A. C. mO THE ELECTORS OF WAITE- M A T A. Gentlemen,—l beg to ofter myself for re election to represent you in the Generaj Assembly. I shall shortly do myself the honour of address ing you at some of the principal centres in the Electorate. July 7,1887. RD. MONK. mO THE ELECTORS OF FRANKLIN A SOUTH. gM^JOHN JENKINS will Address the Maunfcatawhiri Valley-TUESDAY, July 19, Public School Miranda-WEDNESBAY, July 20, Pubiio School ppkfflic vSfi y-THURSDAY-July H Pukelrohe Eaat-FRIDAY, July 22, Public School EACH EVENING AT 7.30,



Election Notices, vr EWTON ELECTORATE Mr EDWARD WITHY will addr*s3 the Electors in St Sepulchre's Schoolroom, Sy mond-street, THIS EVENING at 7.30 o^cloclc. T> EQUISITION TO SER WM. FOX TO DELIVER A POLITICAL ADDRESS. Sir WM. Fox,—We, the undersignfid Citizens of Auckland, respectfully request you to give a Public Address on the leading political questions of the clay. If you can acoedc to our desire we shall be happy to make arrangements for a Meeting at a time which will suit your con venience. [Signed by John Lamb and 162 others.] [KEPLY.] C\ ENTLEMEN—In reply to a requisition Signed bj' upwards of 162 Electors of the City of Auckland. I shall be happy to give an Address on the leading political questions of the day, at any time and place which you may arrange. WILLIAM FOX. To Messrs John Lamb, S. Vaile, F. G. Ewing ton and others. TN pursuance of the above a Public Meeting will be held at the City Hall, on WED NESDAY EVENING next, at half-past seven. Mr Upton will take the chair. mo THE ELECTORS OF AUCKLAND CITY NORTH. Gentlemen,— I have the honour to offer 'myself as a Candidate for your suffrages, und will take an early opportunity of placing my political programme before you. Very faithfully yours, SAMUEL VAILE. TO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. uentt.emen',-1 am a candidate for your suf frages at the next General Election. I pledge myself to do my best endeavours as follows : 1. Protect the industries of the colony. 2. Nationalise the land. I regard the Village Sett'ement Scheme as the thin end o£ the wedge to nationalise the land. 3. To impose a Land Tax, and, if required, an Income Tax, in lieu of a Property Tax. ■4. To keep our present education system intact, trimmed economically to produce the best results. 6. And one vote for one man. I am for measures and not for men. Yours truly, '■-'■■ HttNRY R. JURY. JJ\Q THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. Gextlemen,— I have the honour to offer myself as a candi d&te for your suffrages. I advocate Retrench^ ment, so that our Expenditure may not exceed our Revenue, fostering Local Industry, the Settlement of the People npon the Land, the Abolition of the Property Tax, and the sub stitution of a Land and Income Tax. 'I remain, Yours truly, ; A, G, LEE, Educational. MRS & MISS WILLIAMS'S Juvenile Dancing Class every Friday afternoon from'3.3o till s.—Tiff Willows, Wynyard-street. ANCING CLASS (ADULTS), THURSDAYS, Eight p.m. J. KELLY, Poxsonby Road, nearly opposite Franklin Rd [A CARD.) MR. J.. K•• E L L V,, TEACHER OF DANCING. JUVENILE AND ADULT CLASSES. ' Address— Ponsonby Road, nearly opposite Franklin Road MR F. B. WOODHAM, Tkacheb ok the PIANOFORTE AND HARMONIUM. Address: Care of Mk A. Eady, Auckland Music Warehouse, Queen-street. MR G. •OSW AL D gives Lessons in Elocution— Tw«lvqLes6ohs .. .. ..21s At pupil's residence .. • .. ... 30s. Entertainment^ given and attended. Allletters —Champtaloup & Goopeu, Queen-street. All fees payable in advance. Rnisucss Notices. MACINTOSHES, a Bargain.—At J. H. Dalton's, Tailor. Victoria-street East. EXPERIENCE teache3 that Wolfe's Jli Schnapps is more suited to the Colonies than either brandy or whisky. \\f ORSTED SUITS, with an extra Pair 7T of Trousers for nothing. £4.—At J. H. Djalton'e, Tailor, Victoria-street East. IF you wish to establish a name for your house, sell the bost brands—Wolfe's SCftNAPPS stands foremost. queen-street. iJOHN LYNCH Deaireg to inform his friends and the public, that he is proprietor of the above Hotel. Good accommodation for Travellers; first-class Luncheon Room, i Best Brands of Wines and Spirits. Hancock's Sparkling Ale always on draught. ... "A PPLES. APPLES. APPLES. 20,000 Strong Clean and Healthy Trees, one two, and three years old, at £3 If s, £1, and £4 ICs per 100 respectively, all worked on Northern Spy Stocks. Considerable reductions on larg 9 orders; Plums. Peaches, Pears, etc.; also.a iflne collection of Roses. E. LIPPIATT, Nurseryman, Otahuhu. & TILLS Milk Bread, Milk Bread, sweet and nutritious, and Farm House Home-made Bread, Milk Scones and Cakes delivered daily, and can be bad at the Burlington Victoria Arcade, and at Eden Terrace, or at the Bakery, Udy's Farm, Mount Eden. , Agents Wanted. T^TILLIAM "ERRING TON, M. InBT. G.E., M. Inst. M.E., CONSULTING- ENGINEER, AUCKLAND. ._ Established 1859.] GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILDERS, LORNE and RUTLAND Streets'. Coaches, Carriages, Waggonettes, Buggies, Pony Carriages, Carts, Drays, and every de scription of Vehicles-kept in stock, or built to order. The trade supplied. N.B—Traps lent to customers whilst repairs are being executed. y^ The American CORN BROOM CO. EXMOUTH STREET. TO TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS? PRESENTS FOR HOME. Very beautiful Inlaid Table-tops, Cabinets, Fancy Boxes, etc., all made from the pick of N.Z. rich Native Timbers. Other Collections carefully packed and shipped for Home. W. NORRIE, CAE ISI TWOKKE X, In New Zealand Timbers only, TOP OF SHORTLANDSTREKT. .



■■■• -. | ..Mftlify;,. "~^^s Agent, Queen Street 41*! M ONEY"roi^snsW-!! iisili M ONEY TO^i^Ss^! 185, Queen-street . too™nft An^A Q UEE*SL«2S^- AND "^**Jl DISCOUNT BAN^ioj^f HEAD OFFICE: Bfeb^ Ac E Kc IES Auckland, B^^^ MONEY advanced from W.J ' any amount required, to 9U ! t th!^ UDw««*ti) PERSONAL, FREEHOLD L E fc6^ Ml any TANGIBLE SECURITY , B SEH°^ way asfnay be «^Sd £KS^ MONTHLY, t*-QUARTSaSLS^ lowest current rattis, '"Wflfym ADVANCES made on PUESHdb, . removal; also.onallkindßotMEßomJ^t including BOND WARrJSt^JJ^W BILLS atcnrrea^ Interviews and communicattons mjiu I strictly confidential. _ ™°» Wllbe OFFICE HbPMl^BHngg^ Bank of KNGtANDNo^Tw"^^ T ONDON MORTOAG?SS^ JU - DISCOUNT BANir ' AN& 50, SHORTLAND - STREET a rr/«* ' (Opposite A. Olark and Sons' wlffiF 1 ... And Little ColU ns -st.,MeSgj 118* LOAN? are advanced f rom £^ m Advances made on Furniture wlSt-i. and all classes .CISSSSh?™*"II Loans granted upon Life Policle^r^L. ; Interests under 1^ Loans upon Deposit of Deeds. ••SepwuSL fi&sr Instalmenta. Advances on Life Policies. r MONEY LENT ON PROMISSORY NOTM_HQU^S£UfISSS#? BILLS DISCOUNTED DATTY M.P RT G AGES *SB ffOT^T-ft JOHN W. HAEDIE, Land, Commission, and Estatk Am™ 'HIGH-STKEkTtAwgg^"' "^QOfl^ LAND AND MONETARY AGENT, ' 24, SHORTLAND - STREET;:, (.Three dpors pa3tS?AR Office}. I am prepared to valuo land in AnokkJo! the Country for in ten ding pmhusera at most 1-easpnable terms; Alliand soldbym^inAmi, land I charge2J per cent/commission. I ani prepared in negotiate Sfor&iiges in mm from £25 to £15,000 Advances made on Colonial and EngliA lift :: ■ ■ •]:,; Policies. >lOi'Kj Having Acrents in all parts of Aratraliaiadit England, I can makoi Ad^nccs upon Wjlli in sums from £60t0£15,001 INDUSTRIAL &WD PRO?iH PERMANENT BUILDING." LA?f 15 ASD INVESTMENT SOCIETY OB"1 AUCKL4NO, • Repayments p o -ip.»v Total atik extending over • f^r *> geis. rep^ljj • 1 year .. .. 42 0.0. MM 01 2 years .. .. 1 010 KM i 3 years .. .. 011 7- 1J315 I 4 ye:irs .. ... Oil 8 121 6 J 5 years .. ... 010 0 180:01 6; years .. ;. 08 9 .13616 1 yiars .. .. 0 n,\i ■■: -i lit ,\-\ 8 years ; t .. 0,7 1 ■ -ItfJJ 10 years... .i- 0?6 .3 16M8 The Board has power ift-bascs^f Sicbas« Want of Employment to Suspend Payments. . Borrowers Share in .Profits? Part or whole of the advance m&y be rep at any. time. Interest ceases on the ponffl rertaiii. A luemterwho has obtained an advttuceisfc ibertv to sell his property atany timftinai pay oith is mortgage r, or inajr, if acsires, his property subject » the WWW? 9 Society. ' Corner of QUEEN STEBBT.Md VUWAN LANii, AuraaiSO. JOHN BANCROFT, . ... i : • , iia Manager. jOL OPERATIVE B1?ILUIN«. WVffii MENT -SOCIETY.- . OJTIOBJI47 QuBBST-ffTEW LOANS granted upon apprpwdj^tj Freehold or Leasehold ProPerti«fJSiS, f . £20 to £6,000. principal and »ft«f^™KS able in instalments at the §MgjteK Rates for repayment x>f each JIfIOJJOW^ Eepaymentsexteud^ . ' ftL^, ingover ' Per'W^ —• : ii^T JTf ■IJS: .: !■«■ Is UZlz:. Sit 1 i 6 years.. -Of? ™§j And in the same proportion for smlllef or larirci- iwns. Mn .,YOj DEPOSITS.-The Society ™»«*gs# deposit :-For 6 mouths. 5 per cent, now at 7 days' notice, 4 per cent. |>cv an^ , TPW 7EALAND MORTGAGE, LOtf- N AND DISCOUNT BANR o^rloSo* FIRST ANDSIiC6^DMOR^# ANY ATA A v*BW JN TAtM OT4 Bills DiscountedatCarre»tW»^ This Bank uill rficeire Df^S fte^ ing rates of interest:- Bp»<*: 12 months •• 'f " ?perM:t 6 months .. •• " fipßr^v