THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

! SIR GBO. GREY'S SECOND PUBLIC ADDRESS,

In the City Hall last night Sir Geo. Grey addressed a public meeting upon the poli tical questions of the hour, his address be" ing . supplementary to that given by him about j|fpr|ni|ht ago. By 7.45 .the stalls portion of the hall was quite full, and the dress circle seatg were .all taken up, the ladies, as usual, being predominant in that quarter of the house. The pit vvas about half-filled. Amongst those seated on the platform were Mr T. Thompson, M.H.R., Rev. Dv Rieu, Professor Thomas, Messrs J. W. Caii-,_F. Jeune, W. Duncan, H. Hamilton, H. Keeeing, Christopher Greenway, W. J. Napier, T.: Gee, Asher, H. Jury, jNiccol, T. Graham, John Lundon, ii. White, Evitt, l\ J. Benuett, H. J\ Edgar, W. R. Waddel, J. H. Upton, W ; J. Speight, ft. McDonald Scott, X L. Prime, A. Bell, Councillors Trenwith and Oairatt, Major Burns, and Messrs A. McArthur, T, B. Hill, J. L. Tole, STartelli, J. B. Graham, E. \V. Morrison, B. Cameron, G. Fraser, R. J. Duuc'an, and Sydney Taiwhanga. ; At 8 o'clock precisely Sit George Gray made his appearance, the audience at. the same time rising spontaneously to their feet and'cheering lustily. After Sir George had gat down and the cheering had subsided, Mr H. Hamilton moved that, in the absence of His.Worship the Mayor, who was detained at tne City Council meeting, their esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr George Fraser, should occupy the chair. Thi§ was seconded by Cr. Garratt and carried with acclamation. ■ Mr George Fraser then came forward, and, in taking the chair, said that when their worthy and esteemed friend Sir Ci'eorge Gr,ey addressed them a fortnight ago he spoke for over two hours, and then had found the time too short to lay all liis views before them. He would therefore that night address them upon some other points that were of vital importance to them in these critical times. He would not de tain them longer, but call upon Sir Geprgo Grey to commence his address. On rising to speak, Sir George was re ceived with loud cheers. He said it was with , great pleasure that he met them again that evening, because it was his intention •to explain to them in plain terms the steps lie thought we should take at the preseut important epoch to secure prosperity for pur wives, families, and children. Many peopleimaginjßd that politics was a verydiifi cult|science, but in point of fact it was what treated of every family in the country, because the science of politics was as much adapted to one as to a number of families, and must be easily understood if put in jplain and simple language. Here we had an enormous debt, which was the result of a number. of large loans. Some people imagined that if a, man were not ablo to name every successive loan which went to make up the aggregate of that debt, he was not able to devise any remedy for the difficulties .into which the country was thrown. But that was not so. Every olerk in the Treasury knew the one, but he did not understand the other. He proposed that night to expound a general plan to avert every difficulty which was the result of this great debt. They might ask him what authority he had for this. .Some people might say to them, '' Don't mind JSir George Grey ; he is not a practical man, and he is not a practical politician." Thank God, he did not know much about the politics of Governments getting up great companies, and raising large loans calculated to lead the country into difficulties. (Loud applause.) Thank God, he could say he had as much experience as aiy man living in the politics of governing young nations. He would leave this to all of them to de cide. Had he not once rescued New Zea land from a great difficulty, and did he not leave her a prosperous country, without debts and with money in the Treasury ? (A voice : Yes you did.) Did he not obtain for this country a constitution, part of which he had prepared with his own hands, and which was the freest that any com munity had ever enjoyed ? They mur-t not think that he boasted of having done all this by himself. Able men in other coun tries had assisted him, and were still great friends of his. On these grounds he be lieved he might be allowed to tell them what line of conduct they should pursue in the present emergency, a line of conduct that would redound to their credit and to the credit of New Zealand. Belief of Woat Coast Settlers. First, there was the outstanding question of lands; There were in parts of the colony a lai'ge number of Europeans who took leases of lands from the natives in times when the lands were believed to be of a - great deal more, value than now. These people subsequently found that they could- pot pay the rents -under these leases. Jfr was found'that; the natives and Europeans ~.Vere willing to come to a settlement. By a bill brought* in to achieve this end, it was enacted' that the Public Trustee might name as his assistant any assessor he chose, 1 who might be a stranger, and the consent of that man was to be taken as that,of all the natives interested. That was objected to, and at the end, of the session the House o£ Representatives passed a bill dealing with this matter: This bill provided for the appointment of three assessors, one of whom was to be , appointed. by the, Govern ment, and two by' the natives. It was also * provided" that"" their"decision should be submitted tg the Public who had the right o.f. veto, if lie thought the finding, was unfahi to either the native landlord or the Euro pean lessee. That bill was parsed by the Lower House. It was not brought _in till the'close; of the session, and the legislative 1 ; Council, when it went before that chamber, thought it would be better to defer, con sideration of- the" measure tillne.xt session. l The bill, thereforo, was nob passed by the Legislative Council. His own opinion was, Miabiha,t~ measure should become law, and it wouTd'carry peace and tranquillity to the minds of! many people. ■ "Belief of Crown Tenants. The next point was respecting the Crown tenants.- He thought he would bo certain next session to carry the bill dealing with the relief of these people, as the bill was so well: received last session. Its effect \va# to constitute a court comprising a judge and two assessors, who ghould meet occasionally ano hear any to the rents , paid by Crown tenants, 'and lix rents , ftdjustert to the circumstances of the day. .'Now, there was a necessity for that, because in times past it was almost impossible for a poor man to obtain Jand in small quantities. There was no system for such sections, and the system of deferred payments sprang up. Now what took place then ■?. - There was one cose that came before him in which. there were two hundred applicants for thirty irectibris.' :, ■? Thus,, there we're two Hundred people to bid : against each other, and the, competition was such, that, the land went beyond its value, arid rents were extorted that the tenants found it impos sible to, pay: The duty of the Court which was provided for in his bill was to take these into consideration, and grant such relief as would enable these settlers to carry on. their industries and-pay a fair rental. He trusted that those who had been his constituents." in City East, and those .-who v he hoped, would be his consti tuents in Auckland Central -(cheers); woflld assist him in getting that billmade ; law, to reheye their; fellow colphis'ts fromcharges that they could not meet. : :>>■', ■■■■--. .-', ; ,i ;, / '£ ?° *?** fche Ration of the eettlemejjfof theland. He was. hot able to that occasion, he gave the heading! of

tho bill that he had before the House for three years, but which the Hoii6e never had lan opportunity of discussing. Three years had he been sitting in the House, with the water nearly reaching to his thirsty lips, and on each occasion some unfriendly hand had dashed it away, and prevented him from giving his views to the House. Now, beginning at tho humblest point, and ascending upward,— and in attempting to put the matter in plain language, they must recall certain circumstances-to mind : years we had sent large sums of money from our pockets and money borrowed out of the colony to England to bring out immigrants. To do this, had cost large sums of mpney, and thesesams hud virtually been made presents of to those families. Some of those present doubtless came out under that system, or it might be that their parents had.' i In many cases bad selections wore made, and pro bably some of those i people were sent to the Lunatics Asylums, or were incapable of becoming good colonists, For a long time those sums were paid with out any remonstrance on the part of the public. But a time came when work was hard to get, and it was deemed hard that money should be takeu out of the pockets of the people to bring in others to compete with them. That system then ceased. JSpw, he thought, they "should have recourse to another system of immigration, and one nearly affectina: every homo in the country. It was one like that which he introduced some years ago to 'South Africa, and. which was acknowledged to be the most ooniplete system of immigration evor carried out in any co lony. If they chose to adopt this system, they had the power in tljeir own hands, and he called on everyone to help. Immigrants abounded in this country, and ho invited anyone who doubted what he said, to go to the public schools in every town and village in the colony, and see the children who came rushing out. . YVhatshoasked.'vyero wo to do with those children after they had left school '! Where were tho homes for them ? Wero their parents now and their ehil" dron fitting immigrants to go upon land, or were they not? Could we secure that advantage for them ? Ho said thut if we thought this we should take up that bill of his, which for three successive sessions had been lyinjv idly by on the table of tho House, and make it the law of New Zealand. We should then see — as was done in South Africa—every parent who chose to go upon a farm was allowed to' do so unless there was somo blemish or some cause which rendered it impossible to confer the benefit upon that man. The consequence was that men had the power of selecting farms — not in tlie waste wilderness, not at a great dis tance from cities, but in some spot adapted for tfae purpose, and supplied with such appliances as railroads, country roads, and an advancing civilisation round about them. (Applause.) And then, further, we should say this to them : You have parents v you havo friends in tho colony— that" is a guarantee to us of your probity in fulfilling transactions, and what tho State should do was to furnish them with the means of building their' houses, of obtaining ne cessary agricultural implements, and of being supplied with good rations for the first twelvemonths they spent upon their farmp. (Applause.) Give them a start in that way. Let it be said,, said in the case, he believed, of CafiVaria, that the true colonisation of the people, was not to place them distant from markets, not to pufthem in situations where they might perish, or by' taking up .land upon some tenure; but near the towns and (in a system whereby the tenure might be turned into freehold tlie moment tho cost to the State" was paid oft. All they would have to do would be to pay a perpetual rent of 5 per cent., perhaps something un der that—no increase at the end of 21 years —no obligations necessarily of residence for tho fivst three years-fettered by none of those obnoxious rules, which must, the heart and courage of a man and place him in an inferior position, But if they naked him why had men .chosen to submit to rules of. this kind—why free them from such things ? he answered that firstly if , they subjected men .tp rules of .that kind, giving them some small plot of land upon which they must almost forever would not go through all the conditions-if they did that.they did not raise a race of free men all equalinthe country. (Applause.) If they covered the country with small farmsMhe holders of; which wero subjected to conditions of the sort under notice, what an immense value they gave to the freeholds already in the possession of other men. It was a law to give an added value fco the property of those already rich by degrading those who had committed no crime but that of poverty. (Applause.) It was for these reasons that he wished to urge them .to consider their true position with a tenure of land like that. , What Freehold Means 'I That was the point. (Applause.) . They were not to think-that freehold did any harm. He told them that the other night. Formerly the land belonged* to" the sove reign or to some ;■ great .Jord, and those people who took land ; -under them were subject ,to various duties, it, might bo to take' part and fight in a cause with which they liad no sympathy—it might bej to do some other work for the landlord in various ways. The simple meaning of free-, hold was.that the holders were /free of all conditions —subject. to, none — and that clearly was 6o the advantage of &11. But with land granted on other terms the King could come, and say, perhaps to the holder '[)' Attend on such a day; and hold my horse while I mount j" or, perhaps, " Follow me with such and such whether you like it or not. Piender me service in some '■"' Allow my game to come upon your land find destroy it."" The meaning of freehold was thab; the owners escaped from obligations of that kind, and it did not interfere with them in the least. Now ho wanted to tell'them that what he pro posed to them was no hew thing. He pro posed this to , them—that first of all we should have the right of taking Government land and native land in the way he had spoken of, the natives agreeing' to allow their land to be sold—at least not to be sold, because it was really rented under the terms he spoke of. Let them have the same advantage as other, freeholders of -saying this ':' That if the State is pressed for land, it had a right to take what land it required for its citizens, • giving a fair and just compensation in every instance for such land. (Applause.) The owner could makehiß terms, getting a fair price for what he yielded, up. They would not be badly used in doing, that, because in point of fact there were numbers of persons, who would gladly get rid of land onsuch terms. It was. difficult,now for the land lord 'to inarch at the head of his tenantry to the poll and return whom he liked. It was! difficult now to discharge men for not voting as their landlord wished them. (Applause.) jSTo;one need know how they voted, A man was hot thought more of now for his broad acres. Men had changed their- opinions upon•• all such ■ subjects. Consequently : there was very little desire even at Home in the present day to possess great quantities of land.- Those who held much land would gladly part with a portion of what theyheld if. they could. dispose of it to advantage. iWell, now, under these circumstances they would see that there .would be ;iio . difficulty';' whatever in" ' acquiring ('; farms , for , . the ,pur- Eoses he spoke- of, because the tate., Jf .authorised to do:so,'couldi purchase by land bonds all the property that might be required, and their children, instead-of being sent to till sup gaps between great cities which now rendered pur" ranv"oa,ds, valueless and pur ''country ja'nds little worth, would swell a that could come inafc will to trade with cur

storekeepers in the towns, and thus Qreate trade and commerce throughoufc-the coun try. Now, the first man that he. could find to have taken up these vipws and to have put them in opera tion in England was He m 'y VH., and he, about the year 1487-8, or exactly the same period of time 4UO years ago, found that in the Isle of. Wight—which perhaps many of those present knew - a etate of things of which' he said :-—" The towns liavo been overthrown, 'and the villages destroyed, and. men have ceased to be plentiful, and sheep und cattle, are in abundance, and farmsteads have been pulled down, and men no longer abound." The King then pointed out that the result of thiswus that lie had no men there to hold that part of England which was_ its most vulnerable point—"against our ancient enemies of France," as he termed them, or from other parties coming from the. Conti nent. And, therefore, he applied to iKis Parliament, and Parliament, after reciting the above statement) of the King, added this : -" So that if hasty remedy' be not provided, that isle cannot be long kept and defended, bub lies open and ready to the. hands of tho King's enemies, which God forbid; for remedy whereof be it enacted and established." As a conse quence a> law was at once made—he would not trouble them with the details— by which no man in the-Isle of Wight should be possessed of more than one farm, and that farm must not bo of greater value than ten marks yearly.. Those who hold exten sive posseseioriK had to part with them in order that they might be cut up and divided ,so that men might multiply, and towns and villages be seen whero there was then no thing but sheep and cattle wandering about. (Applause.) And then the King went on 'at the end to say that ample compensation should be mac|o to every person who suffered wrong through the, taking of ihis property for the common good. And at his wish Parliament went and made a law of that kind. And it was a similar law that he (the , speaker), 400 years afterwards, asked the people of Jfew Zealand to make. (Applause.) Anyone there who had travelled from Christ-church to Dunedin and thence or. to Juvercurgill could bear witness whether there were not immense tracts oNund be wceu those citios upon which men and women, should live—upon which happy families might build up innumerable home-, steads, and an abundant popula tion be seen, and where' at present there was nothing but sheop and cattle to be perceived. (Loud applause.) Modo of Payment. There was only one other point in con nection with this, and that he-proposed to put as forcibly as he could, viz., that land taken fov this purpose should be paid for by land bonds. There must be some aged men, men,who hud passed middle life, who were here some 43 or 44 years ago, who would remember the steps which he took to restore the prosperity of this province, or rather of New Zealand, as it was then, although certain provinces, such as Canter bury and Otago,,had nottheu an existence. At thut Tie caused to bo issued deben tures which bore* 6 per cent, interest, which was low compared with the rate of;interest ruling at the time —the rate recognised by the Supreme . Court being 10 percent., whilst as high as 15 per cent, was given. Those debentures;were like bank 'notes, and were secured upon the revenue of tho State. They were quite different from those debentures which were in circulation, when he (Sir, George Grey) came here. They bore interest payable from six smpnths, and on the back wns en dorsed the-day upon which the ...last payment was made. They passed from hand to hand without theintervention of. any broker." , (Hear, hear.) Everybody in New Zealand could invest in them, and he believed the .people in other colonies would-do the same. -They wore better than any'oth'qr Governmenf'securifcies, '■. because they were really secured upon the land and guaranteed by the Government, arid they could be , 'issued for so 16w"a aum as L2O each. Thus there was no necessary borrowing of money in the traiv saotion. Nearly everybody who sold his land to the Government took its value in debentures in preference to ready money ; others who would not do so took ready money which could be found for thorn upon the sale of these land bonds. (Applause.) What was the .result? Io dealing . with, tliia, matter, 'one great mistake that Gladstone made in his Irish Land Bill was that ho made the Government sell these bonds and pay every body.in ready money. (Applause.)' Another thing he made a mistake in, viz., he bought the lands only for tenants in position, and left nothing , , to those evicted. This was how he (the speaker) accounted for the failure of tho bill. Hq would place it before them in this way. Suppose that five gentlemen hold a sum of L 20,000 to be divided amongst their families. If all put their mpney together, LIOO,OOO would have to bo.lodged in the banks, and they would get no interest for their money until they got anew investment. ! They would be com peting against one another; atfd investments would go up to a yreat value ; and on the other hand if they accepted payment in bonds, interest would be accruing from tho ' very moment the bonds were delivered; Now, what took place with the old U very nerval) t who had waved upalittlomoney against the time when she might be married, would invest in these bonds .and bo safe.' Jivery father of a family would select; bonds because the security would be better %han any other. All the Government would do would be to collect' in the form of rent the interest' due to the persons who, had sold theland, and pay that to them when they pajd Uio interest due upon the He thought nil would understand what ho meant, and he need not dwell upon it further: It appeared to liim that perhaps he had dwelt long enough upon that ques tion.-- , ■; ■■■ •■; ,: ; '• < ■.;>'< ■ t --_ ■ ■■■■ Mfinufaotnres and Farming;. 1 There was another important point which ho hod, intended to 'deal with afterwards, but he , would speak of' it 'how. Jf they could closely watch the countries of Europe ; tliey would find that there, now and again, entered into.,, their manufactures, great,distress and great, de pression, :whicn caused, large hands to be discharged. He had remarked this—that the.country wliich suffered least from such depression. Was France, and he thought that he had here the reason why this was so. The conclusion he had come to was this—the fa!ct Was that whilst 'France was held by a large number of email landed pro prietors, if depression took'place in'thpir nianu'faefcures,. young' jiersons, discharged from work in tho towns, went home to their farms in the' country, and put in their time there' imtil the depression ceased; undei , Huch a system as fchis they would obtain faring for, themselves and for their children,-' and would also raise up a great manufacturing cpnrmunity. He believed they would have done this- I —they would have made provision against their young people being driven to great ex tremities in tlie event of, nianufac ; tures being .closed, abroad. Then he' felt .stiro they would gladly return to iheji . New Zealand home, which, he- be lieved, was one of the greatest food pro iduCing countries of the world, instead:of idling in wretchedness in , the dens were only to be found in great cities. , (Ap plause. )... He thought they would jßee how these syeteiois would work in together, kr{d he hoped;that : »t fcliia present crisis the elec tors Would insist upon a pledge being given by those whom- they returned to ; Parlia- Tnenli" that such a land 'system as'that :of which* he-spoke should ; be established ii> New Zeiiland with the least .possible de lay. (Applause.) ,■-.,,, *, ~ ', ~ yeneloners , ', Settlemeiite. '• ■;, The next'thinghe would apeak of wmt (-.he p,e,ne.ipn v ers^settlepie"nte,iwhichaehe||qij l tpd out the, obherj night .was a magnificejit

foundation upon which to build upthe future ■liatioti. Hig idea was: that in this way Wβ should;raise up a class of settlements like Onehunga and Otahuhu (applause) in various parts of the colony, and he to ask them whether it was not desirable, as he held, that we should have recourse to pensioner settlements. They were cried down before, principally by people in : ,the South,—for what reason he could not exactly tell, unless" it was be causo this was opposed to their ideas of colonisation. Some said that land should nevor be sold at less tlian L 3 an acre, in order to keep the labourer in his proper position a.c a labourer for a certain number of years, and prevent him from getting a single acre of land except as, a tenant. And, further, they said that LI an acre should go to the maintanence of the Eng lish Church. (Laughter.) Was it right that such a thing as that should take place? (No.) That au industrious man 'desirous of getting land of his own cpijjd nob do so unless he paid LI per acre to the Church of England was pre posterous. (Applause.) Perhaps he might buy it from the'man who had. purchased it before,' but even then he would have to pay to him the amount of LI pel- acre on the yaliio of the land. He thought that all those persons objected greatly to this system, but it did not affect the pen sioners, foy those unlioly fellows nev.er paid a pound to the church for coming into the country. (Laughter and applause.) At all events, powerful people in England managed to put a stop to the pensioners' settlements,-and he asked what had they done? He believed they had given one Minister to the Government, several members to the, House of Assembly, and put men into almost every responsible position in this country. (Applause.) Should they shrink from en couraging men to come into the country who.would confer such benefits as had been conferred in the establishment of Onehunga and Otahuhu by taking up land of their own with the assistance of some little State aid? Let thorn again revert to the pensioners' settlements, and see if they would again raise up suoh an race of people as had been given to New Zealand in the past. What did he iind with regard to the position of the pensioners? Let him iirstof all tell them thatafc fche present moment there were 86,000 army pensiojiei'B wandering about at homo, whose incomes averujred from Is to 4s lid pel' day ; also 24,473 naval pensioners with in oomes averaging from Ll7 to LSO and LGO per annum. What was their condition? This was what was suid in the "Eastern Australian and South African Journal" — "How many of those who read about the unemployed are aware that a very large proportion of them consist of respectable men who have served their time in the army, and who, when they received their discharge, were too old to : learn ,a trade, or are out-rivalled in their efforts to take up the trade of which they knew something when they were enlisted? There ;are thousands upon thousands of these men ' knocking about the laud,' vainly seeking for work. They are, or at any rate a great many of them must be, the very men who, owing to their habits of punctuality, dispip line, and working in common, are suited for the colonist village life, in which these ; habits are primary virtues.' . He asked them whether they should aid these men. They would be desirable settlers, and if they assisted them they would benefit both these men and also them selves. They would also "Help the unem ployed in England by removing these com petitors in the n'eld of labour out of the Way. And what,jvould it r,eauire but land in some part in the interior of the country ? That was all that would be needed to assist those men who had served their country. Why which of them ? He had almost sajd '♦ to your shame." Which of them had raised their Voice against the handing over of 250,000 acre.s of land to a company of London stock-jobbers? ' (Applause.) Why had they sat patient under a wrong of that sort J It passed his comprehen nion. But, if they had allowed that to be done, then they might surely join him in getting these men out to the colony and settling them upon the land, always providing that the. English Government would : assist them out. (A voice: "We've got too many of that sort here now." Cries of "Hear! hear!") •Sir George Grey replied : "Oh, no! you must have more people if you want this system carried out. New Zealand can carry many millions, yet."., Sir George Grey then continued his speech : They would see that really in speaking of settlements that night he had first spoken about the settlement of themselves and their children, also of the pensioners ; and thirdly, he wished them; to understand that if they allowed settlements to be formed in that way they would have many people who were skilled in agriculture — people who possessed capital coming from Great Britain to these lands; people who would fertilise the land and expend their small incomes in the country. Thus they would gain skilled labour, ao that every portion of New Zealand would have the advantage. That was tho theory which he would recom mend with regard to land settlement, bub now thoy came to another point. How ■were the immigrants to utilise tho land if they had, no .mean's of. communication? (Applause. , ) '"'' , ■ How Were Our Railways Managed? ; There was, as they all "knew, a point beyond which the land was valueless, simply .because there was no means of comr mmiicatiou, or if there was, the rates were so excessive that it would not pay to re main (Applause.) Now he waa touching upon' a delicate subject—that of Communism ~ for. Communists were hated throughout the world. (Laughter.)'- In France.shortly after the war with Ger many,tiiey would remember that all Com munists Who were discovered were shot. But virtually wo were all Communists in these colonies. (Applause.) For the whole population of New Zealand,shared in,the railways. They ; were therefore all entitled to equal benefits. (Applause.) Many of the lines, perhaps, were •• made to benefit particular properties, or because some persons of influence wanted them. (Applause.) , But they were common pro perty now that they were constructed,' and all should benefit by them in -equal! ratio and proportion, and he enid that it Svap wrong to haye the various charges that were imposed—so much for such a distance, until the burden way intolerable and the land became valueless. If at the upper endof the Waikato they fastened on a truck filled with catfcle, what did it matter how far it was-drawn? Why, had they got trains ttliati must run at certain times, even if they had nothing in. tjhem, as was often the case ? Or perhaps they might have on cor two happy persons like hhneelF..w:ho > being members of the House of .Representatives, travelled freo ■of cost. T(Pr&longe-l.laughter.) What did they benefit by that, he sliould like to know? (Laughter). Was nqb such a system tend ing; towards the destruction of tho com merce and of the, ; agriculture / of the country? (Applause.) Why should they nob. have those trains -filled ■ with • pro duce ? His idea was that they, com munist shareholders in tho .great railway, had a right to see whether enormous charges of the kind now inado should continue,. or whether' some hopo should be given to people of using the railways for the benefit of ail,and thus/assisting in tlie settling of the land. (Applause.) He would say: as soon as possible approach one general charge. .Let. Ib cost little more to come from, the extremity of the country'than it does to travel from Otahuhu to Auckland. Let their trains bring something every time, as- they'would, for the people: would soon ljise them because it cost so little to carry goods from the spot'where they.were produced, to tlie ' cify. of Auckland. That was what he would like to see. Con sider what would' lie'the 5 result! Why, ■they would enrich, .their fellow-men

greatly. Land in distant parts .would shortly be considerably increased in value, and people would' be tempted to go out upon'the land, and the children would look forward to an agricultural lif© as a privi lege rather thaii as at present, when many were led to look upon it as a low occupation of life. Why, 43 years ago it was distinctly laid down in the schools then in existence that in dustrial occupations must be taught to the children that were being edu cated at those schools. (Cheers.) _ He and Bishop Selwyn had worked jointly with tho children at these schools for the purpose of giving them such instruc tion, and they were proved to do so. We should teach the children in our schools that an honest man should be proud co follow any duty placed before him . with regard to earning his livelihood on this earth. Therefore, he looked upon our railvay lines as one of the great means of. inducing persons to resort to this country, if they were properly used, and lie asked them to exact from their members the pteuge that they would endeavour to have the charges reduced so that tlie lines might be used honestly and advan tageously by every member of the com munity. (Mr Jeune: "Mr "Vailes (scheme.") What he had. to say about Mr Vaile's eeheme was this: Mr Vaile was a gentleman who had filled him with admiration for the determination and re solution with which he had followed out Ins plan. He had displayed great courage m

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Election Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN, Gkntlembn,— I have pleasure in offering myself as a Candidate for your electorate, and will, at an early date, do myself the honour of addressing ' you on political matters. EDWIN MITCHELSON. Auckland, 30th June, 1887. TO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. . ■ ,'. ' . MR J. AITKEN 1 CORNELL will have great pleasure in meeting any gentlemen who are favourable to his candidature, and who are willing to act as Members of his Central and Local Committees, and to work heartily for his rotiirn, in Wattes Hall, Mount Eden, on- FRIDAY, the Bth inst., at 7 o'clock p.m. Mr Connell expects the attendance of gentle men generally favourable to his candidature and who are willing, if thoroughly satisfied on any matters, upon which they may desire further information, to act upon his Coni i mitteea. . Leading eloctore in the outlying portion of tho district are specially requested to attend. Business of gr*at importance will be laid before the meeting, and Mr Connell will be pre pared to enter into tho fullest explanation of his political views to those friends who may be present. mO THE ELECTORS OF CITY WEST. FELT.OW WOItKING-MEX AND ELECTORS OF CiTY West,—Acting under the advice of my friends, I beg to retire from the contest in favour of J. M. Shera, Esq., who has announced himself as a candidate for your suffrages. i Yours obediently, CHARLES SAMUEL WRIGHT. .Ponsonby, July 7,1887. mO THE ELECTORS OF PONSONBY. Fellow Working Men—Electors of Ponsonby —I have to announce that I am a Candidate to represent your intercuts in tlie next Parliament. I will, at on early date, have the honour of ad dressing you on the political Questions of the day. Yours ohedicntly,' •'■ CHAS. SAML. WRIGHT. Ponsonby, July 7,1887. ■pONSONBY ELECTORATE. To my Friends, Eleotors of Ponsouby, signing tho Requisition. • ■''•'' Gentlemen,—l am deeply grateful to you for the honour you have conferred upon me and for your promises of support, but having already announced myself as a Candidate for the suff rages of Auokland West, and pledged myself to my many friends to go to tho Poll for that Con stituency, I must adhore to that decision. | Mr Wright being now a candidate for Pon sonby, I strongly recommend him to your most favourable consideration. Yours faithfully, . J,. M. SHERA. mo THE ELECTORS "OF PAIiNELL. Gentlemen,— - Opposed alike to the present Coalition and to handing over the country to the Rump of the old Continuous Ministry, to whose mis (Hjvornnient so muca of our trouble is due, I ask a renewal of tho trust you have for ten years .been pleased to place in me. A great issue is for Uie first time praotically beforoyou. I refer to the effective Protection of every suitable Home Industry. I am stroDgly in favour of this as a policy, and bolieve that it will also load to the re-construction of Parties necessary to rescue Parliament from the <;on fusion and weakness caused by tho profligate expenditure ef millions of borrowed money. Against thie expenditure and ; its attendant evils, you are all aware that I havo never ceased to fight. Onall other points my political opinions aro too well known to need recapitula tion. Whether I have in any way been unfaith ful to them or to your interests, it will be, gentlemen, for you now to aay. Yours faithfully, F. J. MOSS. mO THE ELECTORS OF PARNELL. Gentlemen,-As an opponent of tlie present Government, I have the honour to offei myself as a Candidate for your suffrages. I advocate a thorough retrenchment, so thatourexpenditurc may be brought well within our rovenne; the settlement of the people upon the land; the foster ing of local industries; the abolition of tho property lax; and the substitution of. n Land and Income Tax. Yours faithfully, SEYMOUR THORNS GEORGE. MR DAVID G OLDIE. Srn,-We, the undersigned Electors of. City West, appreciating your noble endeavours to secure Economical Management in our Local Bodies, of which you have been for years a trusted member, earnestly desire at thia im portant ci-isis in , our country's. hiatory that you should allow yourself to be placed in nomination as our representative for this elec torate, and we pledge ourselves to do all in our power by, our votes and influence to secure your return. . TO THE ELECTORS OF CITY WEST SIGN ING THE ABOVE REQUISITION. GEOTLEMEN.-ln reply to your numerously signed r P qu,Bition.-Recognising with you in the present juncture of public affairs che necessity for the adoption of a rigorous syetem thr e s"s. iaocc,ieto your r « ** ,t iv , ; Ypura truly, July 6th, 1887.. '.. /.-'. "' Dl G °kDIE.



Election Notices. mo THE ELECTORS OP MARSt)EN. Gentlemex,—l beg to announce myself as a Candidate for the Marsdon seat, at the forth, coming Election, and should I have:the honour to bo returned to Parliament as your represen tative, I pledge "myself! to oppose the present Government, and will do everything mi ray, power to stamp out VotceHsm and all its follow iflgot, cow option and extravagance, and will support a vigorous policy of retrenchment in every department of the Public Service. I will advocate the "abolition of the honorarium to Members of the Upper House, and to give local industries overs legitimate assistance, to foster and encourage thorn, and will uphold the principles of local self-government to the fullest extent. , , , I shall take an early opportunity to address the electors in the various centres as soon as : tjae elCcteral'lmUhtlarics are published. I am, Gentlemen, ~i"M ;, " :j..1l Yours faithfully, R.-THOMPSON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THT, DIS TRICT OJ? AUCKLAND NORTH. , j Gexti.kmen",— HajVing- been requested by a large number of the Electors of your District to become a Candidate for Election as a Member of the House of Representatives for it, I have | the honour to tender you my-, services in that. behalf,' and am prepared to contest the seat against all comers. In consequence o£ Sir Qeorge_Grey intending to hold a meeting at the City Hall on Thursday evening , next, and dlso because of the alterations in the bouridaricsof this Electorate; the meeting heretofore advertised to be h'elrl at. the Temper ance Hall on that day. is done itway with, and in lieu thereof I invite •the Electors.to meet me .at; Abbott's Opera H,oiiso on - FRIDAY, the Bth instant.'at 8 p.m., when I will lay niy political views before them,'' " ■ I have the' honour to be v ; Gentlemen,- ,.<•'','■■■. •*, ' 1 . Your most obedient servant,' , ; ... JAMES MAOKAY. Auckland, July 5,1887. ■ i /'.' - :■' ■ ' '- TO THE ELECTORS QF. ERANKLIX SOUTH. MR JOHN JENKINS will Address , the Electors at— :'■•; ; '-. . Papakura-SATURDAY. July 9, Hall V Drury'-MOSIDAY, July 11, Hall ■ Jlaketu-TUESDAY. July 12: School Arariinu—WEDNESDAY. July 13, School , Boinbay-THURSDAY. July l<, Hall Paparata—FßlDAY, July 15, School Poaeno HiII-SATUHUaY, July 16. School M.reer—MONDAY, July 13, Court House Maungatawhiri VaIIey—TUESDAY, July ■ 19, Public School . , . ' j! ,'.' ; Miranda-WEDNESDAY,. July 20, Public; School : . ■■■■■'•'■ ■• ' Pokeno Valley — THURSDAY. July 21, Public Hall ' i Pukekohe Jwat—FRIDAY, July 22, Public ■ * School , *. '.'-. ", ~ .>- 1 ' EACH EVENING AT 7.30 : ■! aj . "lyr'- ONST ER, MEET;I > T G; ... ~n ;. P».. •.' - ; ; WORK ING MEL ■■" 4j- OBOTT'S OPERA, HOUSE,! MONDAY EVENING, the 11th INST.;. ;i j At half-pastT o'clock; pftORS OPEN AT 7 O'CLOCK.. " _„! . J. AITKEN CONNELL,thc Candidate for; Eden, begs respectfully to invite, all-the "Work- j nK Men of Eden, and aH other Working Men,: to come and hear an Address on the under-, mentioned subjects on MONDAY EVENING; n.ej?t,. as above. ~' ~ ,/'', . , Vi r* : ;Aβ it is impossible for Mr Connell to deliver; the address with any comfort or profit W his ; audience itq say nothing about Iris own), 1 unless ' they are prepared to listen with quiet atten- ■ l;ion. iand, carefully to weigh and consider; (■he subjects as placed before them, 'the ad-j mission will be by ticket only. Each person obtaining a ticket will bo under-; stood to hare agreed to listen to the speaker, I quietly, with attention, and as far us possible, without bias prejudice. That is will keep his mißd open to conviction until the j • close of the address, .when Mr. Connelli? quite: prepared to be dealt with us the, .meeting shall; determine. ,• , ■■•• | Let the working men be in a good humotuyb'e ! just to the speaker, and we shall, I hope, gentle. ' men, have a pleasant ami profitable evening, y J.- AITKEN CONNELL, ■i-'-l ■) Candidate for Eden. , , N.B.—Electors of Eden are specially requested 3 to obtain red tickets ; all other; electors (being; working men), white tickets. . If any person .1 who is not a bona fide working man or an ] elector of Eden obtains a ! ticket ;• it -3 will be considered ,a ; distinct breach of faith on his part. An exception is made, as to being a bona fide working man, only in the casej ] of the c< 1 n electors, as the candidate feelaj { that be is not justified in excludingany.rncmber! of his expected constituency from any of his' meetings. No ladies will be-admitted , to, the meeting. ■'!'" : : 0 i \ Tickets may be obtained at tlie following . places,:.; . , . ■ -~-. •• ; . Messrs Upton and Co M Bookse'lers,'Queeu-st. "■ Mr A. Campbell, Stationer. Queen-street. ' ' 1 Mr A. Cucksey's Store,. Mpuo t Eden ;Roa"d. : :" Messrs Bros. Store, Mount P.oskill , Road and Bedell's Buildings/Eden Tot.' j race. '- i Mr R. H. Abbott's Drapery Establishment, ] ~Symonds-street •',' : ' ; ] t tic k c ifs~ fp k ";;; • PROGRAMME. 1 First - Introductory. 1.-7.30 to 7.45. Material for the Schemer, ■• or the influence of bias and prejudioe on politics and elections, with a few remarks upon the • funotions oftb,e will and of the judgment. j _Tho Address. ? 2.-7.45. Tie; Unemployed.—Where they come from—who, they are and; whatisto'be done with them?. In particular, what is not to " be done with them. This in Connection with I - ilie shaiu Village Settlement scheme of the Government. • ' ; " : . 3. The Present Rate of Wages in.the Colony —Can it be permanently maintained, j either by the Bills of visionaries or of any other body. The effect of attempting by any .Bills whatever tojnaintainit. K~'TJi'l "•.'fTl \j i. What ia the work of, us New Zealand j Colonists ? Why are wq here 1 Considered in connection with the subject of Duties;.' . , > I (If time, pennits.)~h. few aauttloßol words on electoral schemJng with., an illnatra- j tlon; . ..'- .' '■'. !' '" • •,'." ! -' . y,-, . ; .'. Business Jfoticei. :' AATMEALI OATMEAL! i! J/ust Landed, SCOTCimiDLOTHTAN OAT MEAL, in 71b and Ulb tins as used by H.R.H. > the Prince of Wales. To bo obtained ut , ; T. ROBERTSON'S. - .' Karnngapape Road; .'•Or. KELSO & HARD Y'S, ? Upper Symonds-street Xjrr IL LI A M ER R ING TO N, /., )M.lnst,C.E., M. lnst. H,E,,: rif|'v! CONSULTING ENGINEER, . ■* AY ' '- : ■""' : -'-.- c One Pound Splendid Tea and ■■ \P;Slx^Pounds Siiguv for half-a-crpiyn, :o at Row's Tea Store, Victoria-street. , ?: L



rate of intercst.^p ]v a f fc ... a -..^GSS COMPAQ i ; Brisbane " MONEY advanced from 2- ", L anjr amount required tosnit 1h k ' UDWards *> PERSONAL, FREES'Ife ' any lowest T " •ADVANCES,madeQnPUR>jTTrrDw - ■ removal; also.onaUkZfsoSSSfe including BOND VVARRANtS^"^^ BILLS DISCOUNTEDat ' stSSyS™^^ a™d from'£l^'^ Bills Discountisd A^osHßr ? ;^^; Loans upon Deposit of Deeds, f Repayments!* Easy .Instalments. /lueulso r rermsGratis. All Communications and iattA strictlyconfldenUal. . W  '■'■■- ; '■''■' -""■ mbH-STREK'f,: 'Auckland.- ' ■' ; ? ...LAiST? AND SiONETARY: AGENT,. [ 0■ i 24, .SHOBTLAND ■ STREET ~ " ' ' l! (Three doors past Stlr Office)."'; ; ;' * lam prepared to value land in Auckland at the Country for intending purchasers at most reakbnable'terMA byniein Auck land I charge 2$ per cent, commission. ' lam prepared,to negotiate. Mortgages;in siinjs fr6ui£2sto£i?,QoJS.':: || Having at command a large sum of money Icau i ■>:.- 7.auake advances on life Policies." : . i*:'-.*." Having Agents in all'pavts of Australia andiii ■' : England. I can make 'Advaricesupp'n'lVille. -~ ,jr". in suinsfrorn £50 to £Ip,QOU. : *-' - '■' :J '' - PERMANENT BUILDING, LAND AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF ikUCKIjANp. ■H|'.Al-Bi Oif REPAYMENT, REDUUED. J Repaynienteextend- Per Week feVfbfe'to " "~~£ b. d. "' £ s. dt'i -1 yearr a ;; i jf2 0 0 101 0 Oj 8 years'- ... . ,113 J5 8,. 6 rears W .. 010 0 130 00 ---;:'KTjeari>W ' .. ! 0711 ; ! l« v 9iT? IQyears.,. .-.; 0 6 3;' ;>■ 162 16 ■' And other Periods to suit Bonrowere/'.r 3 ' The Board has power in casesof Sickness 0J Want of Employment to SUSPEND' PAX MENTS.'""■■'■ - ■ *^ : " : W-V■"*;., BORROWERS SHARE IN PROFITS;- - r PART OR WHOLE OF. THE ADVANCE REPAID 'AT ANY -TIME. INTEREST CEASES ON THE ; PORTION; REPAID. A member who has obtained an advance is at iberty to sell his property- atany piiy ofthis'mortgage; or raay,ii ■hede3lres,Bel' his property subject tp_ the mortgage to tna Society., -t ••,;,'; :. ■-:;.-,... f. ;,--,■ T r^! , ; , Coriier of '(JUeW STREET and VULCA& LANE,' Auckland. .u.vr i •,■■•■'■.';■' : JOHN BANCROFT , , 1 .-.- \\ ■,;■■•'■,. ■- •' i ■\Mi»;nager f j ■A : A- OF>ERATIVE BUILDJNG& INVEST MENT SOCIETy. £7 . ; ; ' .:■'• ■ v ;j "'*' ./:'. s.OPFIOE: 147.'Ql7MN:8TRKBT... :y..fi LOANS granted upon approved Freohold or Leasehold Propertieß.ln,.suras,qt £20 io.&JW, principal and tofiWt fc*K«|gg; —"~— :^^_: '' ' £ β-ii i',:'H«;;*rdig"'" ■ lyear, U-... : 2.0:0; HIM .0:0 ; • Ulrl ■:: oi"I «|i 4 years Z.,;" ■0 W B',, ;|2l -■«:| , 6 years.. .. 0,8 ; 9 .. 'ff 0 rears ...; 06 3 162 16 S^ , And In the.same proporjion for smaller 11/.' fit v : ! or larger loans... .'*•;■.„ ■■:'<■ DEPOSITS.-T.he ; Society;receives monw on deposit •.-For 6 months. 5. per cent. Repayatye 7.days' notice, per Mfgk •« ■■.'• '.■::'-. ■\:-:\i.; .\IJ -:'- ']':'■• Secretary^ XT'EW ZEALAND MORTGAGE,XOAK, N AND BIBCOUN'fi BANK. FHiST SKCOND MORTGAGE, ANYAYA'IL^^S^tTKI^ WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALMNI3, . Orin any way to suit the Borrower. , Bills Dtecounted at : Current Kates. This Bank Will receive Deposits at the iff' ing rates of intorest:-; ig^t'*?^ 12 months ■.. ~, ;. Cnionths. .. •.--. •• finercentv pi : 'GpNG AND; CO, I. • TEA and CHINESE GOQDS. '. : PURE TEAS-ASPECIALTY. ; '• W..G. & Co. ara proparccl to suPP'r class article at lowest prices for casti. ■ ' Tivo Doors above Market