THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

MR READER WOOD AT DEVONPORT.

Mr Reader Wood delivered his first ad dress in connection with the present politi cal contest before the electors of Waite mata at the Devonport Hall last evening. There was a large audience, all parts of the building being well filled.

Mr M. Niccol (Mayor of Devonport) was voted to the chair. . He said that to the majority of those present Mr Wood required no introduction, having previously _ been before the electors in a similar position to that which he now held. He was sure that they would listen attentively to whatever Mr Wood had to say. (Applause.) Mr Reader Wood then came forward, amidst applause. He expressed his thanks for tho kind reception that had been ac corded him, and then at once proceeded to discuss tho political situation. He said that the interest taken throughout the colony at the present time and the interest exhibited in previous years formed a re markable contrast. (Applause.) Informer years trade was good, and it was considered that this was the natural outcome of a colony with very fruitful resources, and that such a state of things would last for ever. But what a change had come over us ! Now it was useless to deny that we all felt the prevalent depression, evi dences of which could be seen on all hands. Yet, notwithstanding all this, Sir Robert Stout, the Premier of the colony, came up here and told us that there " was no depression ;" the Colonial Treasurer, Sir Julius Vogel, told his constituents that " the depression was all nonsense," and Mr Tole said to his constituents that " there had never been anything so serene or de lightful before." Perhaps they might say the same if they had very large salaries to draw and nicely-furnished houses to live in. (Applause.) It was this depression that was hanging over the whole colony, the causes of it, and the remedy for it, that would be the purport of his address that evening. (Applause.) Before speaking of these, however, he wished to touch upon another question, viz., the

Vote ot No-Confidence of the last session of Parliament. The Go vernment had brought down a budget, and there was a deficit. It was proposed to make up this deficit by increased taxation, but the House and the whole country rose, and said as one man, " This taxation shall not be." The Opposition satisfied them selves by proposing simply a vote of no confidence—a mere negation. Surely it was their business at the same time to have indicated some policy and plan which would havo been more satisfactory than that put forward by the Government. (Applause.) It was impossible for him (the speaker) to say why the Opposition had not done so. Probably their feeling was that they wore all "tarred with the same brush, or that they were strong enough to say the financial proposals of the Government were not satisfactory, but at the same time tliey were unable to show they were to be made satisfactory. The consequence was that all the candidates now before the country were left to declare their own platform. He contended that the country required from the Opposition something more than a mere negation (applause), and they were greatly at fault in not discharging their duty in this respect. Taxation. He now desired to say a few words about the taxation of the country. In England a very large revenue indeed was collected from the Customs, but the com modities upon which the taxes were raised were very few in number—not more than a dozen ; but in this country Customs duties were levied upon between 240 and 250 different article.-* 'lirpoint of fact every thing that we ate and drank and clothed ourselves with was taxed at from 15 per cent, to 200 per cent. Every writer upon Customs duties agreed that thoy formed an exceedingly bad tax to begin with, but they also agreed that the Customs provided the best possible tax to get money out of the pockets of the people, * because nobodj knew exactly what they really paid. Nobody saw the difference between the cost of the article and the price paid for it, and they submitted to enormous burdens in taxation. If these duties were collected from the consumer instead of from the im porter, and if instead of the present army of Customs officers they had an army of men in. blue cloth and brass buttons in every shop, they would have, for instance, to pay to that officer from 15 per cent, to 200 per cent, for the privilege of purchasing any "article. (Applause.) If they knew in this way how much they paid, he won dered if they would not rise en masse. and say it was a tyrannical system that we could not bear. (Applause.) ..Out of the pookets of the people of New Zealand the Government extracted one million and a-half per annum by Customs duties.

The Property Tax

he considered a monstrosity. (Applause.) Some people fancied the " big buga " paid that tax, but he fancied that the "little bugs" paid a great deal of it. He illus trated the case of a farmer employing a number of men, making a fair profit, and im proving his property. Suddenly there came down upon him the Property Tax Collector, and made him pay a tax for improvements. The consequence was that the farmer bo came disgusted and decided that he would continue to improve his property no more, but would jog along as best he could with, say, half his nands. The property tax, he believed, was answerable to a great extent for the large number of the unemployed. (Applause.) He would give them another instance of its effects. A gentleman of large fortune had a considerable piece of land, and improved it for his own pleasure. He employed a very large number of men and built houses for his workmen. Down came the tax-gatherer and made him pay foi these improvements. He got sick of this kind ef thing, and resolved to give up the whole thing. He got rid of Sis men, but his houses were left, and he teu'ld not get rid of them. Indeed, he was •eriously thinking of burning them down to save himself from taxation. (A voice: " After insuring them well.") They wore nob insured at all. And now, he asked, fhao Was done with all this money ? he income of this country (except the revenue and expenditure on account of Jiho railways) was, in round numbers, i'S,0()0,00(). One half of this sum, which was obtained from the taxpayers of New Zealand, was annually sent out of the country as far away as it could possi bly go, to pay the bondholders in London who had lent that enormous amount to the colony. He asked if it was possible for us to continue to send away so much money j annually, getting no return, without even tually coming to ruin. (Applause.) He did not believe it was possible. These two elements, the property tax and the sending away of so much money every year and getting no return, were sure to ulti mately result disastrously to the coun try. (Applause.) There was a coun try, at this moment the saddest under the sun, well situated, with a fertile soil, a clever and industrious popula tion, which should be rich and wealthy ; but upon that coiintry there was a spell, and it was the most miserable and wretched of all countries at the present time. The causes of that misery and wretchedness weire many, but there were two main causes. One went by the name of " landlordism,''' all the industryof the tenant being iaken away in the shape of rent. Beside* that, there was another | cause, the system of rack-rents -and short tenures., (Ap- : plause.) If a man attempted to im prove his holding in that country in the •lightest degree,the agents came da* A Upon |

him, and said, "More vent," just as our tax-gatherer came down upon us when we made our improvements and said, "More taxes." (Applause.) The result was that the hand of the labourer lay idle on his bosom, and he troubled his head about nothing. Now, if they put for j the landlord in Ireland our Loudon bond holder, and for the agent there they put the Property Tax Collector, they would have an unpleasant parallel between the present state of things in Ireland and what things may come to in New Zealand. He felt that if some steps were not taken to alter the incidence of the property tax, there was no hope for Now Zealand (applause), and he considered it the first duty of our representatives to have that tax repealed. (Applause.) The indebted ness of the colony was £33,372,000, on which the interest was £1,064,000, and if we went on in the future as we had done in the past we would soon be as bad as Ireland. Of the £..3,000,000, some 14 or 15 millions were expended on railways which paid 2 percent., whilst the taxpayers had to pay 4 per cent. For all the rest of the money we had borrowed we got not ope farthing. Any company that had done such a thing would have come to unutterable grief, ana that would have been the fate of the Go vernment of this colony if they had not ob tained increased assistance from the pockets of the people. (Applause.) These were solid facts, and they accounted for the depression from which the colony was suffering, and which would not be easily removed. Now he asked What Was to be Done? Were wo simply to grin and bear it, or were we to try our best to get out of our difficulties? In a work entitled "Past and Present," written by the late Thomas Carlyle, thero was given an account of a "once prosperous monastry, which, by the system of borrowing money, became hopelessly entangled, the whole distress arising simply through carelessness and neglect. An Abbot Hugo having met with an accident and died, an other (Abbot Sampson) was appointed in his stead. lie could not bear debt and deficit, and set himself about re pairing the dilapidated finances of that con vent, and he succeeded. There were two ways in which this was done, viz., by greater industry in earning income, and greater thrift in spending it. He recom mended the latter as a remedy for New Zealand's present distress. (Applause.) Ministers' Salaries. Mr Wood next made reference to the plans by Sir George Groy for settle ment of the native difficulty, and compared his duties with those of tho present Governor of New Zealand. Sir George Grey was paid £1,200 a yoar for reigning as well as go-; verning, and yet we paid the present Governor £7,500 for doing simply what his Ministers told him. (Applause.) Mr Wood also spoke of the members who formerly came from all parts of the oolony to Auckland with one object, to lay the foundations, deep and broad, of a Great Republic. (Applause.) AU their intelli gence was given to that object, and he had listened to their debates with rapture during tho few sessions of the Par liament held at Auokland. They placed that Parliament at the head of all colonial Parliaments; yet they got £1 a day and sat for fifty days and were satisfied, and the present gentlemen in office got four times as much. The question was—Wero they worth this? ("No," and applause.) He did not believe they were, and he asked, Why could they not do as had been done in the early days? He considered £100 per annum ample payment for all that any mem ber did during the session of Parliament. The present Speaker was a very excellent man, but he felt assured that Sir Maurice O'Rorke would not consider he was de preciating his abilities when he said that he was not a better speaker than Sir Charles Clifford or Sir David Munro, who only got £400 a year. Yet Sir -Maurice got £800. Sir Wm. Martin, perhaps the ablest Chief Justice we ever had. was only paid £1,000 a year, and now our Chief Justice got £1,700, and our puisne judges £1,500 each. Our ordinary revenue was three millions sterling, one half of which went out of the country to pay the foreign bondholders, and the other half went to pay for the administration of our affairs. We were only 600,000 people, and the statesman who could not, if he had his own way, manage with a million sterling such a number of ■ people- tlie population of an ordinary British town—ought to be whipped. But it would be hard for him to get his own way. The Civil servants had fenced themselves in with quite an array of Acts to protect their vested interests, and economy of adminis tration was a most difficult thing to achieve, Still there was a very sage proverb that said "Sains populi sitprtma lex," which might be freely translate.l as " Needs must when the devil drives " (laughter), and he was driving pretty sharply at present. (PtO newed laughter.) The .speaker concluded this phase of his subject by quoting Baron j Hubner's opinion upon New Zealand ex j travagance in " the big wooden building at Wellington."

Land S-ttlcmant.

Having now spoken of the necessity for greater thrift in expenditure, he came to the second cure for the depression— greater energy in earning, and he thought this would be best aohieved through the land. It was difficult to say which of the land settlement schemes that had been proposed would be most answer able. He liked Sir George Grey's bill on the whole, but he thought it more adapted for the South Island than for the North Island, and he fancied Sir Geo. ' Grey felt this himself. He did not approve of Mr Ballance's scheme, first, because it ! proposed to borrow for the purpose of pay ing the settlers to go upon the land; second, because he did not like the lease hold system; third, because the settlers were charged rents for lands that were worthless until human labour was put upon them; and fourth, because at the end of the lease, the land was to bo revalued, and art additional rental had then to be paid ih proportiori to the additional value given to it by the settler's labour. He would give the settlers the land at the outset, and have done with it. (Applause.) He liked bettor Captain Daveney's pensioner settlement scheme, Which he Was glad was exciting great attention at Home. But there was another plan better than all, and which Would work remarkably Well in the Northern part jof the colony. A good deal of our land was worthless until it was draiqed, subsoiled, and manured, J 'and he therefore, would adopt in re j spect of it the American system of giving I the land free to suitable settlers, but hedging lit round by protective restrictions to prevent it being sold or to be given as security fOr j borrowed money, or to be got hold of by the settlers' creditors. The homestead would thus remain in the man's family, and go down to his descendants. Railway Administration. Our railway administration stood also in need of drastic reform. If properly man aged, the railways should yield from 1 to 2 per cent, more than the 2 per cent, they yielded at present. In order to do so they should be managed upon commercial prin ciples, and not upon Government red-tape principles, as at present. (Applause.) It was really monstrous to see the anomalies which were constantly occurring, under the system of management now in vogue, to note how public interests were ignored, and how absurd were many of the charges for carriage of goods. There seemed to bo no effort made to win popular support or to attract public custom. Many of the charges were almost prohibitive. A friend had told him that he had travelled recently a long distance in a railway train with only one other passenger, and that one a mem ber of the House of Lords. (Laughter.)

The authorities seemed to think it wiser and more economical to run empty trains than to reduce the charges so as to popu larise travelling by rail. Mr Wood went on to describe how in South America the people had been induced to adopt the trains in preference to their* favourite mode of locomotion, on horse back, and lie remarked that a little of the same spirit would have to be exhibited in this colony if our railways were to subserve then* proper functions, and be made to pay adequately. Gold-mining. Another matter that demanded considera tion as a means of relieving the depression and promoting the prosperity of the country was the proper utilisation of the vast mineral wealth that lay locked up in the auriferous country between tho Thames and Coromandel. As a means to this desirable end, the extensive forests which existed m that portion of the North Island should be pierced by tracks—he would not go so far as to ask for roads-and these tracks would enable effective prospecting to be carried on. Then, too, the necessary scientific apparatus should be obtained for the lucrative treat ment of our refractory ores. Gold was -so finely disseminated through much of our quart*, that while by the fire test it would yield, from 1 to 4ozs per ton, by the stamper and the treatment of water it would produce absolutely no thing. Some of this quartz had been sent home and fetched as muoh as L4O per toti (a voice i " £43 ") at auction. Well, if it paid other people to give us £40 or £43 per ton for our quartz, it would pay us very much better to acquire for ourselves the apparatus whose treatment of it gave results justifying such a price. (Applause.) If these things were done, mining might again become as prosperous an industry as it was a few years back, when the Cale donian, the Golden Crown, and other rich mines were paying their wonderful divi dends. Conclusion. Summing up, he declared that if we were not to go from bad to worse instead of from bad to better, we should see to it that by retrenchment and greater economy our ex penses were brought well within our means, and that by judnioui. and well-timed efforts our resources were developed and turned tc. the best account. If we did this, the season of adversity would have been fraught with its benelit-. He did not intend to detain them longer that evening, for he would take an early opportunity of again ad dressing the Devonport electors. On that occasion lie would speak to them on the subject of what was called protection. But that night his voice was getting husky, and he foiind ha could nob go on with it. Ho had to thank them very much indeed for the patient attention they had, given him. They had, at tho outset, received him very cordially, and they had now paid him the greatest oompliment an audience could pay a speaker, viz., to give him tlieir patient and sustained attention. He thanked them for it. (Applause.) Que:, tions. Questions having been invited, Mr Harrow came forward and handed up a small niece of newspaper which he desired Mr Wood to read and answer the question contained in it. Mr Wood proceeded to read the cutting, and amidst great laughter turned its contents into ridicule. The'querist wished to argue the various Soints with the speaker, but the latter ismissed tho whole thing as a piece of folly. Mr Hodge : Are you in favour of the present system of education ? Mr Wood : That is a very broad question indeed. I think it costs too much, and its expense could well be reduced. In answer to other questions Mr Wood said, (1) He saw no harm in men settling property bn their wives. (2) Ho would favour the reduction of the members' honorarium to £100, or even to £50 or £60 if necessary. (8) He saw no advantage in reducing the number of members, for small Parliaments were likely to become mere cliques. (4) That it would be unwise to abolish the honorarium altogether, for then the House would become filled with wealthy men legislating in their own interests. (f>) That he would substitute an income tax for the property tax. (6) That he saw no difference between a land tax and a pro perty tax. Mr Harrow : Is it true, Mr Wood, that when you are in Wellington you do not sit up after 10 o'clock ? (Laughter.) Mr Wood : Do not believe all you are told. (Question.) I have frequently sat up all night at the Assembly, and gone home only in the mornings. Mr Hodge: Did you support the Hall Government in adding to the indebtedness of the colony? Mr Wood : Nohow did I add to the in debtedness of the colony in constructing railways at Chri-tchurch and other parts of the South Island. (A voice :" He means when you ratted, you know.") Mr Wood : Oh, that is a pretty story— (A voice i " It's true, though ) —but it was nothing at all. Let me tell you that after i the session when I changed my party, I. ex plained the circumstances and recoived a vote of confidence. In reply to further questions, .Mr Wood said that he would vote against plurality of voting. Mr Alfred Cox proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Wood for his address, and Mr Edwin Harrow seconded. Mr Gascoigne moved as ah amendment, and Mr William Bond sfioonded. a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Wood as the representative of Waitemata. A show of hands having been taken, the Chairman declared the amendment car ried. Mr* Wood briefly acknowledged the com plimentj and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman," which was duly accorded. As the assemblage dispersed sSmeone called for cheers for Mr Wood, and a few were given.

MR WITHY AT ST. GEORGE'S

Another large audionceatteuded last even ing at St. George's Hall for the purpose of further listening to Mr E, Withy's views Upon political matters.

Mr R. T. Warnook, Mayor of Newton, was voted to the chair.

Mr Withy on cohvng forward was re ceived with prolonged applause. He said it Svas six weeks since he had addressed his first meeting in that hall. Since then the Minister of Justice had entered into the field. WolLhe was not the man to retreat even under thosecircuhistances. (Applause.) lie proposed to speak to them that evening upon what was the principal point of the present crisis. This, he pointed out,was the result of having exceeded their income, Ik was not education—(Mr Jen kins : "It should be")—neither was it the question of Free Trade or Protection. (Cries of " Yes, yes !" " No, no !") Those were merely side issues The present Government had been beaten on their financial proposals. (Applause and dissen tient cries.) Sir Julius Vogel favoured more borrowing ; but that would only land them deeper in the mud. The present Government were inconsistent. They spoke about land nationalisation, and at the same time gave away 2,300,000 acres of land to a foreign company. (Applause.) Sir Julius Vogel was not what he considered a sound financier, (Cries of "No !No ! Yes ! Yes !") Well, then, how did they justify his taking £200,000 from the Sinking Fund? (Cheers.) The people should not be always lookirtg1 to the State to assist them. The people should live within their incomes, arid see about reducing members' honorariums. (Applause.) They must $lso send down good men. (Avojce :," You,

I suppose." Immense applause, and cries of" \Ve-lsend you down.'. They n must reduce the expenditure by fully t 3oft°. v,v ' They would require to go through all tne departments. He was distinctly opposed to freehold land tenure, for land values increased continually with tnac of population. It had now come to such a pass in Ireland that a judicial rent had to be fixed. They did not want to come to that pass in New Zealand. Al ready £2,000,000 went out of the colony annually as interest upon the land, tie considered the freehold system the greatest drawback to progression, and the cause ot povf-.rty. With regard to protection it was really a question of whether tbeywoudd in crease their present protective tariff. He had announced himself as a tree trader (applause and dissentient cries.) If they did not want him they need only vote against him. (A voice: "So we will.") Well, so they should if they liked, but surely they were not afraid to hear both sides of the question. (Applause.) He had been represented as a person who was interested in free trade. Well, he could set that right by simply stating that he was not a partner in any business, nor was he a director in any company, nor an agent. Neither had he any intention of going into any business here. Mr Withy then went into the ques tion of free trade and protection at some length, during which he was con tinually interrupted. Mr Withy.before sit ting down, said that he would refer to the electoral rolls. He was sorry to say that men were tampering with the electoral rolls. He considered that the men who did such things were traitors to democratic government. (Applause.) There was no doubt that this had been done in Newton. Why,even the Mayor's name had been removed from the roll. Would anyone suggest that the Mayor had left tho district ? He could not understand how it was that the Newton and City West rolls had been more tampered with than the others. (Applause.) Neither could he understand how it was that a large number of his sup porters had been left off the roll. (A voice : "So has Tole's.") Well, perhaps they had, but they had not heard any complaint from the Minister of Justice that any of his supporters had been left off the roll. (Ap plause and uproar.) Tho hon. gentleman had not at any rate made any public com plaint. It was stated that now there were some dead men on the roll, and it would be curious to notice what men would vote for those names. He would now come to the objections urged against himself. It was said that he was a new man. (A voice: "And a good one too.') Well, from the very first ho had told them that he had only been three years in the colony. (A voice : " You're none the worse for that.") It was also said that he had no stake in the country, but he thought that when a man had brought ten children into the colony ho had a tolerably good stake in the country. (Laughter). He intended to bring up those children in tho colony, although it was said that he would fly away again. He inti. -ded to stop in the colony and try to bring about a better state of things. (Ap plause.) He told them plainly that he would go straight against the present Government. (Applause and uproar.) They would not find him siding with land owners or monopolists. It was to these new lands that the eye 9of the old world were turned to see how democracy would succeed, and he could tell them that if they did away with the right of free discussion at public meetings they were striking a fatal blow at democracy. (Applause.) He could tell them that he would fight the election through to the last. It was quite possible that they would pass the Crown Slini3ter right through to further emolu ments. (Applause.) But it was also possible, on the other, hand, that he might be;' thrown either.to the right or the left — (applause) — just as sovereigns were in the mint when they were either too light or too heavy. If such were the result at Newton, then it would mean that the Minister of Justice had been weighed in the balance and found wanting. (Uproar and applause.) He might tell them that he was very indifferent nsto the result of the election. But still he meant to go right through with it, and make it impossible for anyone to say, whether he won or lost, that he did not beliave himself like a gentleman. (Great applause.) Questions*. In answer to questions Mr Withy said : (1) That ho would not favour the employ ment of prison labour to prospect the Thames goldfields. (2) He would uphold compulsory vaccination. (3) He had not any interest in the importation of the new machinery for the Ponsonby reservoir. (4) He considered that retrenchment could be made in the Education Department. (H) He had never said that a man's wages should be 5s a day. The men in his works in Eng land worked . 4 hours weekly, and some earned £6 a week. (6) He was not in favour of giving State aid to denominational education. (7) He would support any bill that would give a sub-contractor a lien upon the work done to guarantee payment. (8) He thought properly-arranged bonuses to local industries should prove successful. (9) He did resist the nine hours' movement in England for some time, as his firm had then taken out great contracts. He was an employer then, and looked after his own interest?. (10) He was not in favour of the introduction of the Contagious Diseases Act. (11) He did not believe in the intro duction of Kaffir labour. It was a mean aotion of the Premier of the colony to put that brand on free-traders. (12) He did not believe in naturalising Chinese. (Applause.) Mr Withy having answered all the questions, resumed his seat amidst groat applause. Mr T. McMaster moved a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Withy amidst great applause and uproar. Mr Jones seconded the motion and spoke at some length. A gentleman, who refused to give his name when asked by our representative, moved as an amendment a cordial vote of thanks to Mr Withy for his address. He said that he was in a position to state and prove that 174 names of supposed supporters of Mr Tole had been left off the roll.

Mr Alexander Wright seconded the amendment. By this time the larrikins at the back, who evidently were present not as representatives of any party* commenced the fuii. Bags of flour flew round with great impartiality, hitting both free traders ahd protectionists in all directions. The ques tioh was put to the meeting amidst great uproar, and the motion was adopted by a large majority. Three cheers were tben given for MY Withy, and three more for Mr Wai'tiock, and the meeting rapidly dispersed, as the principal fun was going on outside. Flour was thrown until the road looked as if a slight snowstorm had pass6d over. Excited disenssidns Wero held by knots of men, both parties being eager to deny complicity with the larrikin element.

THE AUCKLAND EVE«HN(i STAB. TUESDAY. AUGUST aa, .1887.

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Election Notices. *MTII MOSS'S COMMITTEE WILL MEET, AS USUAL, THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, At the Presbyterian School, Russell-street, Parnell, at half-past 7. ~yjT AIT E M A T A. E. MONK WILL ADDRTSS3 THE ELECTORS INT THE HENDERSON SOHOOL-ROPM THIS EVENING, AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK.',



-VT EWT 0 N ELEO 4* 10 ... Mr H.T. G ARRATT will address the Electors in the Schoolroom, Richmond Road, THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen, - I am a Candidate for thehonour of represent ing your district in the new Parliament, and will continue to address you at the various centres throughout the district. •■< •-■-j. The dates and places o^'tjaeot^n^will be duly advertised. | AIT KEN CONNELL. EDEN ELECTORATE. Mr J. AITKEN CONNELL will have much pleasure in meeting the Electors of Eden at— School-house, Waikomiti, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 21, at 7 o'clock. Public Hall. Mount Albert, on MONDAY EVENING, August 29. at 8 o'clock. School-house, Titirangi, on TUESDAY EVENING, August 3(1, at 7 o'clock. Public Hall. Swanson, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 31, at 7.3J o'clock. Meetings at other places will be duly advertised. TH. D EN ELECTORATE. Mr MITCHELSON will address the Electorsof Eden as follows :— In the School-house. THREE KINGS, on MONDAY EVENING, the 29th instant, at 8 o'clock. In the School-house. WAIKOMITI, on TUESDAY EVENING, the 30th inst., at 7 o'clock. In the School-house, TITIRANGI. on SATURDAY, the 3rd September, at 2.30 p.m. VJTTAITEMATA ELECTORATE. A Meeting of Mr Monk's Committee and Sup porters willbß held in the Devonport Council Chamber on WEDNESDAY Evening, August 24, at T.'.O. Mr Monk will be present. A full attendance is requested. C. HOOKER, Hon. Sec. to Committee. I-MTANUKAU ELECTORATE. MR. S. S. OSBORNE, Candidate for above Electorate, will address the Electors as undermentioned: Epsom Publio Hall—Wednesday, August 24th at 8 o'clock. mO THE ELECTORS OF WAITE MATA. Gentlemen,—l beg to ofter myself for re election to represent you in the General Assembly. I shall shortly do myself tho honour of address ing you at some of the principal centres in the Electorate. . RD. MONK. July 7.18.7. -J7.DEN ELECTORATE. MR J. AITKEN CONNELL Will have much Peasure in Meeting GENTLEMEN SUPPORTING HIS CANDIDATURE IN THE PUBLIC HALL, AVONDALE, ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST. 25ih, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. 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 honour of addressing you on political matters f_, .** EDWIN MITCHELSON. Auckland. 30th June. 18S7. mO THE ELECTORS OF AUCKLAND NORTH Gentlemen, I respectfully beg to offer myself for Re election to Represent your District in the House of Representatives. Yours faithfully, T. THOMPSON. Junel9,lßS7. Business Notice.. cf^MM_^^> >___«'''''' ■'""' V*" \ BY APPOINT- *r"-V "^-"-«%i^-> MKJfT * T „ HIS EXCEI.LEXCT the GOVERNOR. THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY FACTORY, VIQTOIUA-STREET EAST __■..>'l - i_.f> HIGH .STREEE..V AUCKLAND. Telephone 308. JAMES MACKIE, Coachbuildeb, MANAGER Builder of every description of Vehicles. Ropairsln all tho branches of the trade faithfully executed. Vehicles Bought and Sold on Commission. Ooachbuilders'Requisites in Stock. The Trade Supplied. Country Orders punctually attended to. Caßh Customers liberally dealt with. Cj TILLS Milk Bread, Milk Bread, yj * sweet and nutritious, aud Farm House Home-made Bread, Milk Scones and Cakes delivoreddaily.and canbe had atthe Burlington Victoria Arcade, and at Eden Terrace, or atthe Bakery, Udy's Farm, MouhtEden. Agents Wanted. J. J. SWINMRroX WOOD TURNER, Wyndha._-sT-.eet. Established 18iit>. A reduction of 25 per cont. on all oommon worfc Billiard Balls Exchanged. Special care given to Re-turning and Staining Pool Pius, Marbles, and Chalk Pockets. always on hand. POTATO MANURE.-Freezihg Co.'s, £810a. of all merchant! A GENUINE source of health—Wolfe's Schnapps. . .■._, ..•-*... Established 1859.1 GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILDERS LORNE and RUTLAND Streets. ' Coaches, Carriages, Waggonettes, Buggies Pony Carriages, Carts, Drays, and every de scription of Vehicles kopt in stock, or built to order. The trade -implied. N.B.—Traps lent to customers whilst repairs are being executed. 1%/f" O N. U M E NT S ITALIAN AND VERMONT MARBLES AND A-_EKDiv-_N GRANITE. HEAD STONES IN MARBLE AND STONE. Iron Tome Railing- at Moderate Prices Prices and J Jesighs sent post-free. Country ' orders carefully packed. TAIT BROTHERS, Monumental Works, fcorkier at Rutland and Lome streets (near Quech-street Junction)1 -Auckland.



Drapery, Clothing, &c. _SA rSPRING | P ia Dressmaking Competition. w. p~ogilvie Begs to announce that ho will eive a Prize of £2 10s to the lady who can mako tlie best Dress with the aid of Butterick's Patterns—fit, style, and finish to be considered. BUTTERICK'S In order to bring the Competition within the reach of the least experienced, no professional dressmakers will be allowed to enter, ahd tc prevent any but bona fide amateurs from doing so, the list will be open for the inspection and scrutiny of all competitors. CUT PAPER Ample time will be given in which to complete work. A competent.) udsre will make the award, when the amount will bo promptly paid. Nc entrance fee required. Intending competitors are requested to send tlieir names in early. Fuller particulars on application. PATTERNS. Note.—The Patterns are so easily used, and the information so clearly given, that a mistake cannot be made even by those unaccustomed tc using them. Wm. P. O GIL VIE, £2 10s I DRAPER, I £2 10a PRIZE I VICTORIA-ST. WEST. | PRIZE ~p KaEOJNORTH^s 3f3 f| In S XMPORTANT "Vr-OTICE. McMASTER, SHALDfeRS, and Co.'s GREAT CLEARING SALE OF DRAPERY will be continued two -_tft____9>iS_ longer, before Stocktaking. Fresh Bargains daily brought forward to replace"those* lalreaay being rapidly picked up. The low prices of some of our . clearing lines have fairly astonished j our customers. : Inspect our door and windows, and judge for your selves. Only two Weeks longer, from August 10. MCMASTER, SH ALDERS, & CO., Queen-street. ': ■ J ' l' • General Wear. ■ raM o si- '6uyiMnoj_- ?* pREAT TJARGAINS! AT THE BABYLINEN & LADIES' UNDERLINEN WAREHOUSE. . 700 Pairs Ladies' and Plain Silk Gldves, in Tan, Browns, NaVys, a d Greys, at Is; Worth Is 6d to 2s fid. I.OOu Dozen Metal Buttons, all sizes and colours, at 3d per Dozen; worth Is 6d to Ss Cd per Dozen. 600 Black Jet Buttons, 2d per Dozen: worth Is. 200 Dozen Assorted Frilhngs, at Id to Od per neck length : wort h 4_d to Is per neck length; beautiful and new goods. . . ' 60 Ladies' Crinolines, at 2S lid; worth <s 0d tol2sod. . ] .„,,/-.«• 200 Pairs Ladies' and Children's Beaded Cuffs, at 3d and 6d; worth Is to Is Gd per pair. 150 Children's Coloured Dresses, lined, from 2s Cd to 7s Cd; worth 53 Cd to 12s Cd. 55 Ladies' Reversible Waterproof Cloaks,os lid; w.orth 15s Cd. , „ r „ , „ 40 Children's Wool PeHissos and Walking Dresses, at 3s lid to Cs lid; worth 8s Gdto 12s Cd; bought a great job. , ■__ , 30 Girls' Wool Jackets, 3s Cd to 5b Cd; worthss Cd to 9s fid. ■ „ „ . . 36 Dozen Chi dren's Drawers, size, 1, 2, 3,4,,5, very cheap, per Pair, lid, Is, Is Id, is HI, and Is 3d. • . „ .__ The Largest and Cheapest Assortment of Baby linen and Ladies' Underlinen in An eld arid. Men's Blue and White, Black and White Ties, from 9d and Is. P. DAVISON, No. 9, JUNCTION QUEEN & GREYSTS. /GARDEN MANURE. Freezing Co.'s. \_JT In 2s Cd tins, of all merchants. THE Best Gift for Home friends is Brett's Auckland Almanac, containing* Pictorial Representation of Queen-street, lie scrip-ion of tho Provinoial District, New Guiao to Hot Lake. &c., &o.



MOpYTQLErD.ifcr--^ iutere3-.-.R. La t*uT_^eni^> , M°^»ift_t_l^S! *^»__^_3^S«^ a term of years-An^^Wthee^C and (!, Mcrcantiiecto Bltr*o»JfJSlS. MONEY 'TO-LEND-^^ Freehold Secnity ? ■«*& ]3SfSss_§ !p_3BNi; I WILLIAM COLEmSS^W W^* l^yucciS^^'raae/l^-A^ . ARCH. BUCHANAW r&lf&to _WJL 01l ojPositcßanlf^^tor, QJggj. J QUEENSLAND MORfcSfi^ ) _ t „ AND; a) * DISCOUNT BANKING COMPAK, DAKBr-S^EETtoftQaee^^^ , HEAD OFFICE: BHsba^ ! ACENOIES Auckla»Myan 6y>aa^ MONEY advanced, from £5 ftn _i any amount required, tosuitt^k any TANGIBLE SlKvSfo I*™^ way as may be arranged, eUheVw^S MONTHLY, or QUiSfigfJ'JgP lowest current rates. •"^wto-it^ ADVANCES made on FURNmtmt. removal; also, onaUkindsof M-_Rr-Hi*HN includingßOND WARRANT jjj^Wftt BILLS DlSCOUNTEDatouwcatrate,, \ s&Sa^T^^ f _Offioe Houas:~F^; OtlUotfolook. • Bank of England Notes r___.„.,^-- L oND%feffi^ 50, SHORTLAND-STREET' ATfr*r.U. (Opposite A. Clark and Sow' v.,«C. And Little Colliuß-st,, leftS LOANS are ADVANo^fromfioto^ Personal, >*^^NM_ Advances made on Furaitwe without».._ I and all classes of M%S WMW Loans granted upon Life Policies, teracia,.. Tnterests under Wil)_. S^lM,ul Bills Discounted at Curhrsxbajb. Loans upon Deposit of Deeds. lteDaym___'_. Easy Instalment*, Advances ou Liie Policies. MONEY LENT ON PKOLHSSOH? NOTES, HOUSES, FUBNMOH-tS BILLS DISCOUNTED DAILY. MORTGAGES' NEGOTIAIBd, JOHN W. HARDIE, Land, Commission, and Estatb Aaan, HIGH-STREET, Aucklasd. ' INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT PERMANENT BUH.DING, LAND AKD INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF AUOKMSD, Repayments p.-■»._*■ Total amoan. extending over r°l v,Beh- -^payalite. 1 year .. ... £2 0 0 £104 0 0 2 years .. .. 10 10 IUB 8!. 3 years .. .; 0 11 7 11315 0 4 years ... .. 011 8 121-6 8 -6 years .. .. 0 10 0 130 0 8 . 6 years .. ..- 08 9 13618 9 ' 7yars 0 711 IU 91 8 years .. .:' 0 I'i-'W&ii, lOyeara .. .. 06 3 1631. g „ The Board has power in cases of Slckqaa« Want of Employment to Suspend Ssfttm> Borrowers Share in Profits. Part or whole of the advance may be «$' at any time. Interest ceases on tho. wnw .repaid..,'. ■,• .: ■:. ;• m A member who has obtained an adVaiwe'ijit liberty to sell his property at any Ume.aHflto day off his mortgage; or may, if teaes** wi hjs property subject to' the mortgage to tm Corrie'r of QUEEN-STREET and VULOAN LANE, Auckland. '.■ . ;«Lr_. w_<__» JOHN BANORpjjTfMjgggi. AU CKLAND '• TE&MANESTf' OPERATIVE BUILDING & INTO* MENT SOCIETY. ObTTIOBS I*7 QUEfflr-STBBW. LOANS granted upon approve. rtOTJtfjjf «j Freehold or Leasehold 'MP-^.^""" £20 to £8,000. principal and •?»«« ™s«ffl ■ £ s.d_~ " A _\ lyear -'. ~ 2 0,0, WM Jt years _. .. I 010 }$L| J 8 years- ,„ 0U 7 •■■Uiii * years. .. OU 8 Jglj , 6 years" .. 08 9 W.»! I 8 years- ... 0. 7 1 ffiJJ 10 years.. .. 08 3 v J__i!L_- And to the same proportion for __U-5* or larger loans. T-.TCPOSITS.-Tbe Society receives .wag* dcS *-For6months, 5 per cent; rem* Secretarj^ T^¥Fu^~^f^ ri^ LAND AND MONETARY AGENT 24, SHOR-LAND-STBBE- ; (Thi-ee door past Star Offl** I am prepared to 7ah_e land in Auea»«J« v\ ills iii sums from £50to£I5.«to^—. ALAND MORTGAGE,^' I. .Tv AVAILABLE SECUi" BUlsDls^untedatCnrrentßafe. Thisßank will receive Depo^at the ing rates of interest:- g percent Bl2montlis •• •' ~ 7 per 6??" G mouths .. •; , Onerce**, 3rn.?'-. A-ii MOBTGAU-ft *WA* I_-S™<"' ro-- XfT-x ro A^"^f r __-_l---->-^ OLROYD AND_'^g|S^ GENERAL WOD^ y<jLC .A. A^ert-street, AuoU^oPP^^^ BILLIAkDBALLg^^