THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

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•avdiko the inclemency of the NT Sr^ht,alarge number of the Ponsonby attended in the Hall Mr Charles end Ms views upon political *#demotion of Mr R. Graham TT! Courtney was proposed as chair for the evening, but he declined 10811 •Mr Wright then asked 2 SSS to apP°^ a chairman eveial gentlemen were proposed, and at Siff. Leys accepted the position, J briefly introduced the speaker -U Wright came forward amidst ap- Jfr TTo said that he was one of P ua" Sewho thought that the power of tb o S e who »tt» » not mdls . mak' nbl ta member of the House P6^ Natives To those who regarded ofße presentat^ he feared he SSd himself; but he would would not com fa fc ln _ ? s0 &SBA^ He mi-ht *£* dependent epre Irishman who !°KnNw York, he was "agin the land Jilt" At the same time tliero GoVernffi P lers in the present Govern- WCT8 t whom he The Go moD Z must be given to under- RS*S axter how Stout they were, s&Sfi_aX! weighed in the Ballance Jt^rnA wanting Let them first consider He then «toril from the speech of Sir George Grey rifowthetotalindebtedness of the_colony. SSBbthe public debt was L37,555,f,03, £ffiS*e indebtedness L 57,503,315, itga PotalindebtednessofL9s,36lß6B which interest to the amount of _f 82M02 had to be annually paid. That meant about LlO per head all round, which Sed to the taxes, made about Ll2 to Ll4 Srheadperannum. Mr Fisher m speaking In the Honse, had pointed out that during the last five years the expenditure had exceeded the income to the amount of L 677 296 while the revenue had only in creased L 52,000. New Zealand enjoyed the unenviable position of being the most heavily taxed of all the Australian colonies excepting Queensland As a result of this New Zealand bonds were now quoted at low rates in the London market. By their last loan they lost L 50,000 owing to the loss of their reputation. Under such circumstances were they to con tinue their borrowing system? ("No, no i") He well remembered when the first million was borrowed, the present Judge Gillie* spoke strongly against the system. Now, L 37,500,000 had been borrowed, and not one-half of that sum had been ex pended It. reproductive works. Of coarse it was hard to prevent money from being diverted from the objects for vrhich it was borrowed. They had had a sample of that in Ponsonby alone. When they joined the city L 25,000 was allotted to the Ponsonby Ward. All went well until the Auckland Tramway Company started, and in order to assist them street levels had to be fixed, and the Council absolutely cut up good metalled roads at a cost of LI 1,000, and now the ward was LBS in debt. (Applause.) Let them make a compact that night to live no more borrowing. (Cheers.) How to it to be accomplished ? The first ques tion was the land, but he would leave that until the next meeting, when he tmld speak upon the settlement of the land and the income tax. What they wanted to do was to encourage their local industries. (Applause.) That might be done by a judicious revenue tariff. The depression was now becoming a very serious question. That could only be done by a revision of the tariff, so that local industries could be assisted. The great burning question of the day was retrenchment. (Applause.) Well, Sir JuUia Vogel, when speaking in the City Hall, had said that the retrenchment cry was a sham. Mr Wright then quoted at some length from Sir Julius Vogel's speech, in which he referred to retrenchment. Would they not consider it a bad policy to run into debt because other countries were doing so. Now, he held that they must re duce their expenditure. (Applause.) Mr Wright next quoted from "Brett's Almanac" to show the revenue of the various Australian colonies. W rhen New Zealand could boast of an excess over the expenditure cf L 300,000, then they mi°;ht afford to pay as high salaries as the other colonies, but not until then. With regard to the tariff, he had been supplied by Mr J. H. Field with a carefully compiled set of statistics of the revenue and expenditure under the Atkinson and also under the Stout-Vogel administrations. Under the former Go vernment for the three years the revenue had been L 10,340,009 and the expenditure 110,618,667, thus showing an excess of 1278,658. For the three years during which the Stout-Vogel Ministry had been in power the receipts had been L 10,947,767, and the expenditure LI 1,574,703, show ">__ an excess of L 626,936. In the CHI Service the Stout Ministry had increased the expenditure by L 7,275 during the three years in which they were in oflice. The matter of L 121,917 interest must be paid, because the engagements must be entered into. There was another item, Special Acts Legislature, which had cost h2/1,245, which was surely pretty consider able. Still, it was to be increased by L 56 — certainly not much, and yet it was too much. The Colonial Secretary's Depart ment showed an increase of L 22,263, but toe a reduction of L 32,425 was proposed. ■Uow was it that Sir Julius Vogel could reduce the Department this .ear, and not before? Was it merely because retrenchment was now the popular cry? lien there was the Colonial Treasurer's To& ent Ib sh°wed a reduction of oT\sua Wlt^a ProPosed further reduction tow ™i' Tha*' of Colirse» was satisfac h !__» TT 6 Post master-General and Collec- T n *.Customs and Stamps' Department «2P ?t inci'ease of L 176,256, with a pro ved of 147,771. There was another in- S^M* tho Colonial Treasurer was th? m reduce when retrenchment was *™«j. The Education Department showed In Slf for the Pl'esent year of L 173.871. in law T ™°exPenditure had been L 249,709, EK 307 -'045' in 1884 L 312,979, in 1885 jjggj m 1886 L 357,805, in 1887 l% I'So ?. d, next year ifc was to be *«Wm which would be another increase 2 ( 8om?S a total increase in this St v eDV^. the fchree years -1- the S3i°ed^ n,Btry had been in P^^r of that^in- , ere ifc was > ho considered, S3 If economy would stepin and 85ki??S_- *? reduce the expondi thatss V°mt out t0 the working men C£ P"eßent^ Btem was «nfa-> to the C i '"i They had no ri Sht, to be were w^, ch. Udren of PeoPle (Applaud w^ ble> Pay for them onlveS 5? th?«ght that they should 3ftS ?t ch? dren "P to a certain ■*onofflvl £° fc beyond ifc- Political S C°mpeJ them soon t0 Ten beyond the fourth ing ? en nowadays could «cl_«i wfinTh 61r ChUdren t0 remain at the 2 th^r w. nfc towards .hechlldren of those who ?*tee W,fc<T y for ib* (Applause.) k^lilZl D!P artment showed an •P-WdiSL-* tf T fchrcc years, and aot,^WtwhSlon^! L9 '008- He oouhi F-nw mm,ft they COuld afTord to dis *"" fchw Apartment, but ha felt

sure that a great reduction might be made, for last year alone it cost L 26,836. In the Mines Department an increase was shown of L 14,347, with a proposed re duction of L 3,710. Well, he must confess that he was not disposed to advocate much reduction in that direction, as they.had to look to their mines for the welfare and en richment of the country. (Applause.) The Public Works Department showed an in crease of L 216,644, with a proposed further increase of L 52,228. That was a department which he should wish to do away with entirely, as they werenot going to borrow any further money. He thought that the whole department might be swept away, and local architects, engineers, and surveyors could be engaged to carry out any public work. That alone would effect a very large reduction. Then there was the Defence Department, which showed last year a decrease of L 3,071 and a proposed increase of L 3.632 next year, in 1882 the expenditm*e for defence was 1,129,507, in '83 L 205.475, in '84 L 199.349, in 'S5 L 182.586, in '86 L 161.106, and in '87 L18'2,569. Well, he did not like to believe all they heard about the Volunteers, but at the same time he was of opinion that this expenditure might be greatly reduced. As they had to retrench it had better be in the Defence Department rather than in some more important one. He next came to the Public Building and Domains Depart ment, which appearedto be entirely new. In 1887 the expenditure under this department was L' 27,961, with a proposed increase of L 7,537 next year He thought that a reduction might be made in this de partment also. He would now deal with the important question of the revision of the tariff, so that local industries might be assisted. (Applause.) With regard to the revenue, he found that in ISS2 the returns from the Customs were L 1,470,107, and in 1887 L 1,285,765, and the increase proposed by the Government was estimated to return L 174.235. Here was the question of the revision of the tariff. He believed that there was no need of actual increase, but there was every need to remove taxation from necessaries, and replace them with tariff which was cal culated to assist local industries. The property tax he considered iniquitous. It should be abolished forthwith. No matter what a man brought into the coun try, he was immediately taxed for it. If their industries were to flourish, that tax must be removed. (Applause.) What they wanted *>vas a land and income tax — tax on unimproved land —so that a' man who had 1,000 acres of land lying idle should be taxed in ac cordance M*ith the improvements done by his neighbour who employed labour. (Ap plause.) He would favour an income tax on incomes above L2OO, or, if they liked, Ll5O per annum. The duties on wines and spirits, cigars and tobacco, he thought, were already too high to admit of any further increase. With regard to the future of the colony, he considered that it practically lay in the proper utilisa tion of the land. He would deal with that question at his next meeting. They might not all know that the land in Xew Zealand was very productive, but such was the case, and all ie wanted was people to settle upon it. As to himself, although a colonial born, he was not much known amongst them. He came forward now because he felt that he could do good for his fellow men. He did not pretend to be a good speaker, but he could tell them that he would take a good deal of rubbing out as a worker. If he was returned to Parliament they would find that he would work well in their interests. If they did him the honour to return him as their representative, he could assure them that he would not disgrace them. (Applause.) And if, after a short time, they found that he was nob the right man, then he would be prepared to resign at any time when called upon.- He thanked those present for having attended in such large numbers on such an unpropitious evening, and also for having accorded him such a patient hearing. He was now pre pared to answer questions. Mr Wright then resumed his seat amidst great ap plause. Questions.

In answer to questions Mr Wright said (1) That he thought that Mr Vaile's rail way reform scheme was worth a trial. He would be prepared to support the scheme. (2) He considered that it was unfair if the endowments for higher education were used for the purpose of educating the children of rich parents. (3) He was pre pared to support the Local Option Bill for the whole of the inhabitants of the district, male and female, to vote. But he thought some slight compensa tion should be paid to the publican. (4) If he was offered a good billet when at Wellington he would nob take it. He would have to give his present one up if elected. (5) He was not in favour of borrowing another L 10,000,000 and then letting the country go bankrupt. . They wouldrequire, of course, to complete the works already in progress. (6) He was not acquainted with the provisions of the Shop Hours Bill, and therefore could not speak upon it. (7) He was not in favour of more Chinese coming to the colony, and would therefore favour a poll tax upon Chinese. (8) He would favour Local Boards of Ap peal for Government servants who were suffering under a grievance. (9) If re turned to the House he would do away with the totalisator. It was the worst gambling machine ever introduced to the colony. (Applause.) He would endeavour to sup press gambling entirely. (10) He was not in .'favour of abolishing the J. P. 's. (11) He was prepared if elected to bring before the House the alleged abuses in con nection with the recent Ponsonby Rifles. (12) He was willing to expose and put a stop to all frauds. (13) He would favour the reduction of the honorarium to Ll5O in the present state of affairs. He thought that the number of members could be re duced. (14) He Wiis nob prepared to in crease the amount of the deposits paid under Government contracts. (15) He thought that at present the brewers exer cised too much control of the liquor traffic, but that might be regulated by the Local Option Bill. (16) He would support Sir George Grey in all his Liberal measm-es (applause), especially in the Law Practitioners Bill. (17) He thought that the present Bankruptcy Act was quite satisfactory. He believed that there was a loophole which might be used by the rogue, but he did not know how they could be reached. (18) He would favour giving scholarships to working men's children. (19) He was in favour of a bill to protect sub-contractors. (20) He was not in favour of either leasing or disposing of the railways of the colony. He would like to see them under a Board of Manage ment. (21) He was and always had been in favour of the Eight Hours Bill. (22) He would not join either Major Atkinson or Sir Julius Vogel. He would like to see them both sent out of the colony. (Applause.) Mr Hampton then proposed a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Wright. Mr Hart came forward amidst immense uproar to move an amendment. He said he did so because Mr Wright would debar his child from higher education. (Great uproar.) He then moved that this meeting accord a vote of thanks to Mr Wright for his address, but had no confidence in him as their representative. The amendment was received with loud hooting and hiss ing. The Chairman put the question to the meeting, when the vote of thanks and confidence was almost unanimously adopted. Three cheers were then given for Mr Wright. A vote of thanks was next accorded the Chairman on tho motion of Mr Wright, after which the meeting separated,

PARNELL.

Mr Seymour T. George Before the Electors.

Me Seymour Thorpe George, a candidate for the representation of Parnell in Parlia. ment, addressed a meeting of the electors at the Parnell Hall last evening at eight o'clock. There was a fair attendance con sidering the weather, which was most in clement. Mr J. Winks (Mayor of Parnell) was voted to the chair, and in introducing the candidate bespoke for him a patient h 3aring.

Mr George, who was well received, said that to a large extent history repeated itself. Let him carry their minds back three years, when he last had the honour of addressing them. A political crisis had just then taken place. Their member had left the party with which he had been working and voted for Major Atkinson. At the iequest of his friends he had then come out to oppose Mr Moss. Mr Moss had again left his party and voted for the Government, and he had again come out to oppose him. The ques tion between Mr Moss and himself princi pally was that he supported the Govern ment, while he (Mr George) was deadly op posed to them. The reason for his opposi tion to the Government was because it was the most extravagant Government they had ever had in the colony. Their whole policy had been to borrow themselves or pass Acts to let local bodies borrow; and alwavs,of course, to keep themselves on the benches. He proceeded to cite instances of the extravagance of the Government,notably in connection with the Government insurance Department,where enormous sums had been spent on unnecessary buildings—unneces sary, as the whole business of the Depart ment could be carried on in the post-offices of the colony. Another instance was Sir Julius Vogel's proposal regarding the Mid land Railway. Vogel said to the poor, " We will give you 50 acres on lease ;" but to friends at home, whom lie was jobbing for, he proposed to give enormous tracts of freehold. In connection with the West Coast coal harbours, power to borrow L 600,000 had been voted extravagantly. In 1878 or 1579, he forgot which, he saw a prospectus of a large land company, in which the names of Robert Stout and John Bal lance appeared as directors. In tho three years that the Government had been in office they had pledged the credit of the colony to tho extent of L 7,000,000, and if Vogel had had his way that would have been increased to L13,000,000,in this way—that he proposed a bill to give local bodies power to borrow LG,000,000, the colony guaranteeing the interest, which would have amounted to L 300,000 per annum. Proceeding further to criticise the actions of the Government, he alluded to the Mciggs proposal and the purchase of Stark's property, saying these were only some of liis reasons for disliking an ex travagant Government. Then they had increased the expenditure L 350,000 per annum. Of course, some of that was a natural increase, interest on loan, cost of railways, etc. ; but still, allowing for them, there had been a substantial increase. Another reason for his opposition to the Government was the way they had stuck to the benches. He mentioned the adverse vote of 1885, when Stout had gone to Dunedin and said to his constituents, "Luckily, before the reduc tion was carried, your contracts were let; the only place that suffered was Auckland." He hoped that Stout would be reminded of this when he came here. Alluding to pe culiarities of the Government's finance, he said that the Government boasted that they had saved LIIO.OOO, but that these savings were very peculiar, being a reduction on the amount of the previous year's vote. For instance, there were L 20.000 subsidies which should have been paid to local bodies. Proceeding to speak of retrench ment, he said that retrenchment was quite possible if they were prepared to make sacri fices. He had with him a copy of the Esti mates, and taking the top, could say that considerable reduction could be made in the salaries of Ministers, and afterwards, as departments were amalgamated, he also thought they could do with fewer Minis ters. He was nor for cutting down the salaries of judges, but thought they might be lessened in number. The LSOO addi tional given the Premier for the purposes of entertaining members might also be dis pensed with. The Governor's salary might be reduced by L 5,000, and then he would be better paid than the Governors were in the early days. A large reduction could be made in the education vote without impair ing the efficiency of the primary education system by raising the school age from 5 to 6 years. Secondary education should be self - supporting, except with regard to those who showed exceptional ability. The school for deaf nrntes, costing some L 3,000, was a very good thing, but still a luxury. In the education vote he found LB.OOO for teaching teachers. Why should they teach their teachers their profession ? They might as well expect the State to train their trades men. The grants to higher schools, L 2,700, should be unnecessary as these should be self-supporting. He believed that the Education Boai'ds should be abolished. They all knew that they wero merely made a stepping-stone to the House by ambitious members. These gentlemen dotted the country with unnecessary schools and teachers' residences, established school committees for each school, and so had at length a strong election committee. He thought in many of the up-country dis tricts the schools should have been conducted in a room of a settler's house, while in cases where the teachers were single they might be boarded. He believed in the honor arium, but he did not think a man could honestly cut down another's salary until he had cut down his own. His proposal, therefore, was that the honorarium should be reduced to Ll5O per annum—not per session —and made payable monthly, as was the case with the Civil ser vants. What were the members of the House but servants of the people? He thought the number of members might be reduced to 50, and thought when the next Parliament assembled they should pass an Act reducing the number of members of the succeeding Parliament. The number of Legislative Councillors might be reduced to 25, and it might be done by pledging the Government not to make any fresh calls to the Upper House for three years, at the end of which time the Legislative Councillors sli'.uld ballot out the number necessary to reduce the Council to 25. He thought the Council should be elected, and that there should be two constituencies, one the North and the other the South Island. If elective, the members shouldbepaid,but if nominated they should not. By halving the number of members they would save L 12,000 per annum. Hansard, which cost L 6,000, and was of no practical value whatever, as it was never read, cost L 6,000 per annum, and should also be abolished. Were this done, he was assured that the news papers would give them better reports every morning. Large savings might be effected in the Colonial Secretary's office,and in the printing of returns for members— which sometimes were never looked at. The publication of transactions of the New Zealand Institute cost LSOO, and should be borne by members of that body, and not by the country. The direct steam service subsidy cost L2o,ooo,and might very well be done away with. In fact, the two services now running divided it, and an other service had just been started, so with out any subsidy at all they would have an efficient service. The L 3.000 for coastal mail service and L 2.000 for Suez mail ser vice might also go. The Hinemoa, which had cost L6.QQQ lately for new boilers,might

be dispensed with. The Ministerial resi dences should also be sold,and the Govern ment gardens at Wellington,costingLl,ooo, should not beacharge on the coloiiialrevenue. The Defence department, costing LI SO,OOO, might be reduced, if the work in connection with the volunteers, now performed by a paid staff, was performed by the perman ent force. This would effect a substantial reduction, and wcnld bring the volunteers more in touch with the " standing army," which was a matter to be desired. In the samo way the School of Musketry might be provided with instructors and LI,OOO saved, wnile the permanent militia on the West Coast might receive land in lieu of pay. The Native Depart ment, costing L 17,000, they could very well do without, and the Waste Lands Boards, which seemed from the amounts charged for travelling expenses, to be only established to reward friends of the Government, were a source of useless ex pense. The State Forest Department, cost ing LIO.OOO, should be abolished, and power given to the local bodies to perform the functions of that Department. Theso savings totalled L 195,000, and yet with out reducing a single Civil Servant salary. He said the cry of protection was the red herring across the scent, and he pointed out that in the last Financial Statement Vogel admitted that the proposed increases in the tariff were for revenue purposes. Coming to speak of taxation, he said the property tax was the greatest bar to their local industries. He thought it should be abolished, and in its place an unimproved land tax and an income tax. In conclusion ho said that he would address the electors in other parts of the district before the election. (Cheers.)

In answer to questions Mr George said : (1) If returned he would vote against the Government.no matter who proposed it, and when the Government were defeated he would support a Government that would go in for retrenchment. He had been op posed to Major Atkinson ever since he had been in politics. (2) He was opposed to a State Bank of Issue. (3) He was in favour of a Board of Appeal to adjudicate on the grievances of railway officials. (4) He was in favour of local option, but with compen sation to the publican. (5) He was in favour of land settlement, and thought that Mr Ballance deserved every credit for the action he had taken during the time of distress ; but he objocted to the way it had been'done, and tho concealment by him of the fact that he had liabilities of L 70,000 on these settlements. He would go further than Mr Ballance, and give them freeholds and lend them money. (6) He believed that the proper means of meeting the requirements of the working men was by land settlement. (7) He would not favour giving special concessions in the tariff to English goods over foreign goods. (8) He was opposed to Bible-reading in schools.

Mr Pollard,moving a vote of thanks and confidence to Mr George, said that the objection made at last general election that Mr George was a stranger did not apply now, as ho had been resident amongst them for three years, had his capital invested here, and was a thorough Liberal in politics. For Mr Moss he had the highest respect personally, but he diiTerred with him in politics. (Cries of •• No" and " Yes.") Mr Paynes seconded the motion, and hoped that he would carry everything be fore him ab the forthcoming election. The vote was carried on the voices, there being, however, a few dessentients. Mr George returned thanks, and moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATUHDAY, JULY 23, 188?.

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Hotels |r(EORGE THOMPSON, i *-* PIER HOTEL, ALBERT STREEf. (Two minutes from Wharf or B.iilway fcntion) This new Hotel, having am fit central post i ~ni and magnificent view of th" Harbour, etc., fie* been refcently fitted and trmished with ever* convenience. The bedrooimarelarge, airy, an* with good outlook. Every accommodation fort Travellers and Boarders. Belt brands of Wind 1"' and Spirits. Hot and Cold Baths. Board and Lodging 20s »>ud 25s per week. Best Brands in Wines and Spirits. Close to water. Business Notices. 3 COKE, CHARCOAL. FIRE \j WOOD. ' Best Rata, Titree, and Puriri Firewood •' also, first-class Taupiri, Newcastle, and Kamo'Coala at Lowest Price for Cash. Furniture carefullj? Removed, and Goods delivered to all parts os the city and suburbs, at Lowest Rates.—Not* the Address : C. PIPER, opposite the PousonbT Reservoir, and corner of Newton an&Karanga hapo Roads. ' STILL'S Milk Bread, Milk Bread, 9 sweet and nutritious, and Farm Houso Home-made Bread, Milk Scones and Cakes delivered daily, and canoe bad atthe Burlington Victoria Arcade, and at Eden Terrace, or atthe Bakery, Udy's Farm, Mount Eden. Agents Wanted. . —— —"*y A PPLES. APPLES, -5,,-, APPLES.' 20,000 Strong Clean and Healthy Trees, .me 1 two, and three years old, at £3 IPs, £4, and&f 10s per 100 respectively, all worked on NorUv'Ti Spy Stocks. Considerable reductions on lo*^ c orders; Plums. Peaches, Pears, etc.; a150,., fine collection of Roses. A E. LIPPIATT, Nurseryman, Otahuhu. ~W O BURGLAR Y_| NO BANKRUPTCY! NO SALVAGE STOCK! C. F. KRETSCHMAR, In thanking his friends for the liberal support . of the last four years, since he has been in the retail business, announces in the meantime that he has OPENED ANOTHER SHOP, Next door to Messrs. B. Tonks and Co., 110 QUEEN STREET, Jj Where he will offer hi 3•' LARGE STOCK * OF -jm AN C V n O O D'.S, Mostly bought in the home market for cash, ata GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. ■'"vi if. A -» «-ir-i ■ *t 1 ; —a.j ''BYAPPOINT-^^^^^^^^^ MKWT TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. THAMES CARRIAGE* AND DRAY1 FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EAST AND HIGH-STREET. AUCKLAND. Telephone, 308. JAMES MACKIE, Coachbuilder, MANAGER. Builder of every description of Vehicles. Repairs in all'the branches of the trade faithfully executed. Vehicles Bought and Sold on Commission. Coachbuilders'Requisites in Stock. The Trade Supplied. Country Orders punctually attended to. Cash Customers liberally dealt with. FISHER & O o.i WHOLESALE SHIPPING- AND , FAMILY BUTCHERS, Established 1864. By Special Appointment to His Excellency, tha Governor, Sir W. F. Jervois; His Excellency Sir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Duka of Edinburgh; also, Kosha Butchers to>th<j Jews. QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, N.2L Families waited on in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSB§ to ORDER, Dealers in Game ;*;'•-• Home-cured Hams and Bacon Corned Beef in Large Quantity, Imports of Sausage Casings . ,' -. , The Trade Supplied; N.8.-Calves' Rennets. _ SS, Customers Supplied withiee., . , 13ICHMOND HOUSE J_\j PONSONBY ROAD, AUCKLAND.. W. COCHRAN, Sens., FAMILY BUTCHER. _____ O THE INHABITANTS OF OTAHUHU AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. C. FARNSWORTH Wishes to inform the above that he is carrying on the Undertaking Business, als<> Painting, Paperhanging, etc. Any orders entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. N.B.—Furniture carefully repaired. GRANDPAPA'S MAGIC SALVE Patented. Prepared by MRS VIALOUSE, Kyber Pass, . Is. 6d. PER TIN. A certain cure for all wounds, sores, sprains, corns, burns,scalds,bruisescarbuneles,boils and whitlows, also inflammation causedfrom bites oi misquitoes, sandflies, etc., etc., etc. A single trial will give satiifactory proof of its efficacy, Sold by Chemistß, For testimonials see hand-bills. ■ M~ ASEFIELD BROS.' STAR BRAND BLUE LABEL M ,U L L E T Can be had either direct^rom the .Factory, _ BATIaHii., xvAIirAKA, Or at the following Wholesale Merchants in Auckland:— J. BUCHANAN, • H. B. MORTON, T. H.HALL & CO., BROWN, BARRETT & CO. ORN MANURE.-Freezing Co.'s. £8, ■ of all merchants. ' ~;,; WE aro at a loss to know -why people should allow themselves to be impcuMd opon by imitations of Wou'j-'a schk ah-Si lili 'r ■■■_>*