THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

The Hon. j. A Tole' and the

Electors of Eden

Last night the Hon. J. A. Tole (Minister of Justice) addressed his constituents of Eden in St. Sepulchre's Schoolroom, Symonds-sfc. The 'building was opened before seven -O'clock,-bub-it filled very slowly until half past seven, when the people arrived more , quickly. Ere the proceedings commenced the schoolroom was crowded to excess. Shortly after half-pasts seven, Mr Tole made his appearance upon the platform, and was received with loud cheers mingled with some hissing. Amongst those seated on tho platform were Major Morrow, Major Lusk, Messrs P. Gleeaon, T. Faulder, J. W. Can , , F. Law'ry, F. O. Ewington, F. Hastings,! H. ,Udy, John Lundon, W. Duncan, D. Hun ter, W. Dinnison, K. Carbines, H. Waite, .R; Stevensou, A. Heather, and Vincent E. Rice. . . The Hon. J. A. Tole came forward amidst] applause,and said that as that was a publics meeting he wished those present to choode their own chairman. The audience at once commenced to cry out, " Whitcombe !" "Udy!"and "Ewing ton !" As the last name was most fro- ! queatly repeated, that gentleman took the chair.

Mr Ewington said he did not anticipate tho honour of presiding at that meeting. It yvtxa an important meeting, as they were, about to be addressed by a Minister of the Crown, whose opinions upon the present crisis should be carefully listened to. He would ask that a fair and impartial hearing should be accorded to the Hon. 'Mv Tole. It had been tho custom of late to interrupt at these meetings, but he hoped that they should not be troubled that way that evpn-i ing. He would not detain them longer,but call upon the lion J. A. Tole to address them." Mr Tole came forward amidst consider able applause, many of the audience cheer ing enthusiastically. As an evidence that there were some oppositionists present, liisaes could be heard notwithstanding the applause. Mr Tole then opened his address. He said that it would be remembered that Oiaul was divided into three parts, and this was the position of the Eden constituency. A portion had gone to City Central, which he believed would be represented by his old .leader, Sir George Grey (applause), another portion had gone to what was called Eden jproper, and another very important portion bad gone to form a new district called New ton. He alluded to Eden Terrace. This being so,he had deemed it right, before con testing another seat, to thank the electors of Eden, for tho long confidence which they . had placed in him. (Applause.) He had endeavoured as far as possible to conserve their interests for the whole period dwingj which his'constituents had been pleased to repose thoir conlidence in him. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Though ho regretted ~ that many of his old friends had gone toi these other districts, ho, was consoled by the thought that in those districts thore were some of the most enlightened, and, high-minded constituents in the colony of New Zealand. (Applause.) He would have addressed them before that evening—after tho session of 1886—but hia duties as a Minister prevented him for a considerable, time from coming to visit them. It was a popular idea that a Minister ot the Crown, . judging from the way in whioh Ministers are spoken of in times of economy and elec tioneering, had just to draw his salary. Just as the duties of ministers of religion, were supposed to end on Sunday evening with the closing of the .service, so it wag concluded that the work of a Minister of the Crown ended when Parliament was over. 'This, however, was justthe time when tho i'-eal economical'administration of the coun try commenced. (Applause.) The office of a Minister for the Cvown was no sine cure, he could assure .thetn; it involved a '"'» great and a great amount of physical work. No one Minister of the Crown worked less than 15 or 16 hoiii'S during a seseion and not less than .10 hours | in the.recess. (Mr Jeu'ne : "Ten hours a week or a day ?") Ten hours per day. He made these remarks to do away with an impression which was liable to take hold of the minds of the people in times of political excitement. He would also give them another reason — a personal one. He had had an "unfortunate accident, bavins broken his ankle. The consequence was that he was confined .to his room for eight weeks. During this time he triod to carry on his administrative duties, but he was still prevented from addressing his con- j stituents at the end of the session of 1886. He was reluctant at this stage of his address, to bestow any praise upon the present administration, but the audience would admit that the Ministry had worked boldly an:l earnestly in carrying; through tho Bill. (Ajjplause.) Though ti had caused gome inconvenience, and had Scattered his constituents to the four winds wf heaven, the Government cared nob for Individual interests, but pushed on this bill and enabled the commissioners to ca.rve out ■.the country according to directions. It would have been much easier to have added one or two members where the population had increased, but tho Government said the bill must pass, first upon tho basis of population, and.secondly .'that the country should be distributed or carried out by automatic commission. This had been done, arid the Government did not. shrink from performing their duty. The Opposition, of course, had tried td heap some odium upon the Government for not rushing that bill through, but he could assure them that a representation bill was a very delicate thing to deal with, osjpecjally In a dying Parliament. ( (Applause.) There was a good deal of humanity amongst inem bers,and though they owed, and had. a. great allegiance to the Government which they had. been supporting, when i& came toques? tibiis:'of life alii!'death they usually thought more of themselves than of the Government, and were looking out for the interests ■of their own constituents. -The difficulties were consequently much harder than they would have been under other circumstances. The Opposition would have liked to force upon the Government and upon the intelligence of the country that the Government had kept back this bill and did not want it passed.: The real fact, he believed, was that the Opposition did not want the bill passed. (Applauso and dissent.) At all events, the bill was got through most successfully. > ■ ; Jtetrosi>ectlve.

His address would be more of a valedic tory character than retrospective. . It was impossible to talk upon all the Which they woiild like to heav discussed. He had allotted to himself to speak Upon three topics'; Ist, to i-eview, as rdpidly as Bewible, the changes in ; ix>litics and local manim, since 1876. Starting from that time When lie made his , maiden ■peech at Newmarket, he would proceed to review the work of the laet session, and then touch upon Borne questions of personal interest. In IM6 the constituency of from Tamaki to the Whau portage, a dis tance of 15 miles, and since that time the .' "district ha.d become largely populated So as to form another electoral district. In 1886 the constitutional position of the people was that they had what were" knbwn.as \ ■; quinquennial Pai'liianientSi It was found that men who had such a long tenure. :of office sometimes lost their pledges and their allegiance to the views expressed before- their fconstituEnt3.- (Applause.) At: the -time of which he/ bp'oke |thb >9 nl y qualification for-a voter was a pro- P?Vty qualiedatioii, so; that the* Svhole tepreseiitatign-of the people was placed in I. of*thewfealthy. That liad been 0 Mmewhat modifiedby the 'luhitof th~e oro-'

perty predominance in One way or Another. Tlien,too,theE salaries of lion, 'members were liable to reduction, for every session they were liable to be discussed. His own views on this subject Were that unless they ac knowledged the principle, of the payment of members they would not lay the founda tions of a free people. Within theshorb period of eleven years they had advanced to this stage — they had triennial parliaments, ana almost manhood suffrage The Govern ment had affirmed the principle of paying members, and endeavoured to prevent in trigue or political trickery by the sacrific ing principle to give any temporary victory over an opponent by boldly affirming , and laying down principles which were the foun dation of a free nation. In this matter he wasatonewithSirGeorgoGrey. (Applause.) He (Sir Geo. Grey) enunciated fchoae prin ciples in 187b', and fought on with a set' of men who made sacrifices side by Bide with him till 1879 or 188!), who'll sortie of themea-, suves they advocated were carried, notably : triennial parliaments and the extension of the'franchise. (Hear, hear.) He was him self following Sir'Geprjje Grey for 8 or 9 years. Hβ ne vet/liked to;ta)k about him self. He never exaggerated his merits, he could assure'them, but he simply told them' that when the people hada number of men of the stamp of the members to whom heliad referred they had a set .of men who would sacrifice their own ease and bo unsparing of efl'orfc in order to ensure the progress and prosperity of the colony. (Applause.) Now, many of his colleagues had helped in that way. . They hiid fought for those principles. But who were the men who opposed them ?i The men who luid done so were, the men who, knowing tliab tho people would force them on, reluctantly cmne to the conclusion : that resistance'was ljopeless.and said, "Get rid of them ; cart thorn out of the, way." This was the expression offered by some men not now in the House-but allied With tho executive portion of that party which was now inflaming the minds of the people against the present Government. And ho said that those men did not deserve to re ceive that attention which they were trying under a false cry to obtain from the people. No ;it was by men laying down principles—such as those for whioh lie bad fought for years—principles true to the popular instincts, and by following them out—thab they could hope to obtain suc cess, prosperity, and contentment; for this country. Governments might, go in and Governments might go out of office, but these principles might always be adhered to. The electors should not be caught by claptrapon thequostion of retrenchment. It was used for a purpose. He would give them his own views on retrenchment by-and-bye'. And he declared that notwithstunduig the fact ihnt the present administration was called a coalition , administration, he .be lieved it was the most democratic Govern ment that had over ruled in this Colin try. (Applause.) He had. only to mention tne name of Sir Robert Stdut-(A voice: " And Vogel; " another voice:'" Don't forget Vogel,'" and laughter.) The mere men tion of tho name of Sir Robert Stout was sufficient toshow that it wad regarded as aj convertible term with ultra-Radicali.sra,and,' Mr Ballance was jnstJ the same. (Applause.) Of course, they had Ids own career • before thorn and tho rocasureswhich ho had brought forward—measures which starnrM him either as a Liberal or Radical, as they' pleased. Oiie groat change.had taken, place since he''had first asked them for their' suffrages. That was to say, we had goti tin Education Act.' It was passed"lit'the end of 1877. (Applause), He would-have to speak about it by-aiul-bye.Ho would merely say that this was not the time to amend that Act. (Ke'newed applause) It was one of the greatest changes thftbhad taken place in the legislation of tho country, and one of I the greatest factors of an enlightened de-: inocracy (hear, hear, and a voice "And the sooner it is changed , tho better"), be-, cause it was a safeguard against tyranny. Under ifc everyone would become educated to apolitical principles, and the '"people , would thusbe able .to •jxercise the franchise intelligently for the future welfare pE the country "m which they lived. There had been many other minor, measures passed of politieiijl , importance, and involving the status of tjlie people, hut, he would point! .bite-as hehad already - thab all these things bad been obtained by laying down some noble ideal. And it. was * for the people <tb'.maintain these-, principles, by enforcing them upon -thoir repre-, seutatives, fol' , there' was nothing , : trufcr thai) that as the • peqple .. were, Vso their representatives would be. There wae no doubt of that. ( They could see it in the various constituencies, anct he was iure they had seen it in the past in the constitu ency of Eden. j(Hoar, hear.) But what was the principle now laid down ? They had tho declaration 1 miule that the Government must be put out. What did that mean ? It meant simply that somebody! else must go in., To his 1 mindj that was riot a principle. (Laughter, .unci a voice : " fSTbu've been too long in.") Th3,t was a statement which had been put forward as- a principle, and by which the electors of Marsden were being gulled. (Applause.)' Such a state of things was simply a game of oricket— a set of men bowling steadily at the middle stump in order to bowl out one set of men and place in another set. '.He felt sure that sucli a thing would not find favour with the electors of Eden. i"

Local Changes.

Now, there were "many I changes of a local nature which had taken place in • > the' constituency. In 1876 they had no I railway from one end of the district to fche other. Now they liad a rail way fvom Newmarket to HeJenaville, and so on. At that time they had no railway work- BlfdpS at Newriiarkeb. (ApplaUse.JU'He took credit to himself for having secured the location of those workshops at New market. In 1879; when Mr Macandvew whose death, as a .friend and a patriot, he, and they too, no doubt, equally deplored—• wa^,.Minister of ,Public Works,- (the speaker) secured. site of the present workshops, and without any fee prepared a deed himself in order to secure the property to the Crown. The proposal t^lociite , fche workshops at Newmarket jjrovoked a groat contest in the. House, and efforts_Were made to remove them to Penrose or Papakura. He opposed those efforts," and through'the exertions of himself and his friends, the workshops were located where they how are. He had had no ideii of the magnitude of the settlement that had beeiij aaibwere, established, there in consequence, when lately ■he asked fora return of h6w lilahy persona were employed there. He t\m\ found th|tvt- the avians 6mplaye4 there numbered 103, . noiie of fchein,. ".'hi believed,•: exeepfc two 0>. , . three 'being em ployed in Auckland. The whole of .theft} lived either in Aucklarld or Newmarket; (A voice': "Where do* you live?") Of the full number 40 were married, men. Tho weekly wages of these people amdtiiited;to about £300, or nearly £15,000 a, year. (A voice : *f That is theway the money goes;" and liuigbter.) By seqtir'ipg'the locatidil of those workshops, , therefore, he had contributed to the disbursement of About £16,Q00 yfear in the.. distfiot.

A teevle w of Past liaboure.

He would now proceed to his second point -rth© work done in..: the session, of 1886, He would glance at some of the measures. He considered that'the country was to congratulated upon the nature of many of these measures. The tendency had been to give local government, and in doing.'thii much consolidatioft of other Acts had resulted. When" lie entered the 1 Hduse, the Counties Ajt was in operdtion. .That had been rej placed by fcho Municipal Corporations Act, which" hacl alone coissolidated 'abont other Acts. That alone was a great pointj as those who had to hunt through ;those 60 Acts w6uld knpw, More , iinpbl-tant still was, tl>e jissprahce to', localities, 'of .in creased means whereby colonisation functions. should' be,' "caniecl oh. properly. ' ,Nt '■ ki-ra .iioUfloOsso'i'&bA— Trent? WMIO i

That had been done by tha Loans to Local Bodies Act, prior -to its introduction the. Roads and Bridges Construction Act , had been in operation.-:' Under it money could be obtained jby repaying one-fourth, .he ibelieved. A 'Hβ found that Eden had received ribthieg tinder that Act. Well, the Roads and Bridges Act was repealed and replaced" by the Loans to Local , Bodies Act, 1886. He found that under the latter Act Moiliifc -Eden had obtained L 2.500 for water works purposes ; Eden Terrace L 6,000, also for waterworks ;■' Mount Albert L6,G00, and 1 Mount Roskill L 2,000. That showed how the Loans to Local Bodies Act had'satisiied the electors of Eden, ..tynder,,this,Act, the people, instead of paying- ,one fo'urth,, simply had .to pay interest upon, the" amount. borr6wed. .Surely they must admit that it was the wisest and most proper A cfc > that had been admitted by the members of the Opposi tion, oven by. Major Atkinson himself, and lie could tell them that he was not the kind of man to admit it unless he was con vinced. (Laughter.) There was also the Civil, Service Reform Act, ,whioh had been , jpassod at they instigatio/i of j'Sir Robert , Stouts. (Applause). They' 'all! knew that the country/b.axt in thei past been too.long governed by what were kmnvri'as'the governing families. "Under| the old. Syfateiti, when any member, of the Civil Service (lied or retired, he.was quietly replaced by others connected with the go verning families or by: political or religious friends. (A voice.: "Qr supporters.") This had gone On for years until at length fcho'OiVil Servico had assumed unwieldy proportions, in fadt, so unwieldy that ib was almost Impossible to reduce 'it. ;l But the Civil Service Rcfornißill provided thatall perioht> entering the Civil Serviofe must do sci.by moans" of a competitive examinutioti, and also, enter as' cadets, excepting of course in the case of experts, such us Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums, who must be doctors; Lawyers also required to pass in without goingthrough the competitiveexamiriations. It was by such means as these that the ser vice could be gradually reduced. For in stance, Mr Seed had just rebired from the position pi Chief Collector of Customs. His salary was previously £1,000 a. year. (A voice;' "What about hia pension?") He might tell them, then, that since his, Government had been in office they had abolished pensions entirely. (Ap plause.) They had not put in any new man at iioOO a year, but another hian had been moved up who had received £250. (Applause.). Another important act wag tlio North Island Trunk .Railway Apt. A railway was to be formed, and there was bo milch suspicion as to whether tho money would bo expended • for the purpose, for which it was borrowed that it;hfid. been deemed necessary to brrng•- in a bill guarantjqeing that none of/it shoiM be, diverted. A wise provision in that but \yks: that bHotild be' Invested in pur chasing native lands along tho line of the railway. By that fneans a regular re-, vwu,e could be obtain,**! voted to laying'down tramways' of branch lines to foed tliQ.main tfwk line. That they must admit' yvkb a wise provision. ■ Their Government had nothing to do with the Centralfoute ; bhatbelonged to thailast Government.- > ■Hβ did think thatjsince the main line wag qonsftructed they might per-; \iA[m with tho proceeds of the land so pur ; chased lay a, branch line to connect with Stratfoxd- What", they wanted the , main trunk line first, and,:.that /.was what he had thought at the • time; and iyeb," strange to say, there r ere some - of_ the Auckland members who tij&l see; tliafc, and Had consequently voted against it. They-Were told that: thetp^e- , sent Governmenfe was aweak butfor all thab they had proved strong enough to carry through that bill. . Another very important matter for Auoklarid was the 'Jfrisco Service, arid he Would ask them to send • down to Wellington men who were rib least. iihitiwVupon that point, for it was more than probable that at} at tempt might be made td overthrow that service, \vhicH', '' if successful, must prove a loss to this •'city; If they weriS united on'iio ofchoi - : poiiltj' he Wbuld ask them/to be tb,at matter. " ... ".' ! ■

The First Offender* Probation Act.

...Thenii ithey s hficl. the First; Offenders' Probation Act. He did not like balking much about himself andwhat he hstd dona, but in speaking aboub that Act he masb also refer to himself, for he 'it was who hact brought,', that !j,'&w, v forward. Hβ hoped that with fclie assistance of some Auckland constituency he would yet be able to carry'out some other things which he had in bis mind. (Applause.) If there had been nothing else to show fdr his past career, ho thought that bill alone would' ever afford hiiri satisfaction in. promoting it. They might not be "woll acquainted -with what really,was meant by the First Offenders Probation Act. It meant that any person who from misfor tune or by temptation had for once been led astray, might, instead of being sent to gaol, bo let out on probation upon certain conditions mentioned in the bill. (Ap plause. ) And it was the first bill of the kind in the Empire (applan.se), though they were closely tolloyrecUn the matter, by Queens land four months afterwards, he believed. Well, that bill had only been in operation for 9 months, arid already the result spoke volumes for it. ' Up to • the presentr time fclio ' total tittrhbe'r who had come under the Act was 66. Out of that number 24 had been disohargedf 35 were still,,on proba tion, three had been put into institutions', and only-four failed to &ctt properly during r their probation:.' ! Bu,!< /they were not allowed to go at liberty and pi*ey upon society. No? , 'they were simply put back into gaol, co that in nine months' 62 had complied witlr the provisions of the AOtt Looking at it from .'--'a financial poilit alone, see \Vhufc thdy had saved the coun try: : "They might .not' all 'know that it cost the country about H2,ooo'"per an- ■to •prosecu.tp.,,the priminals, for of course ,i(crime existed,it musk he and ''the criminals prosecuted. Then the crihiinalfl cost a largeamount for their main tenance, bub in thdlFit'st Oft'enders Proba tion A'6t there was a provision inserted that those coming under itsprovisionmighton the order of the judgetf. of the Supreme Courts, Resident Magistrates, and' Jqst:jc,es, bo ordered to defray the costs of thepro'secu? bions. Thia had already resulted in LloO being paid , into the public treasury by prisoners who had been dealt wifcH under the Act..> L 1,742 had also been saved* as the cost of inaintenanoe of 66 prison ers, In . morality, and as'"'a' : matter of economy, he claimed that the Act had,been ft. success. He mentioned this bebaiise ii 6 thought that they should all take into ac count the moral,welltbeing, of the,people; and he must congratulate the country upon such ' &"■ bill beihg passed. Amongst/other good features, the bill would haye 1 the ef fect) of, saving many persons from the Btigma iof crime; - Hβ had at first ex perienced some difficulty in getting Pro bation Officers. : , He" ha,d kept it out of fehe hands ofi fche; police, aa their duty ivas mbre ift the dJweCtion of the detection of crime.' Ke Had, for'the time being appointed the-ohief gaolers of the prisons as £ probation offloersj ■ and the work was doiie f6r nothing, and what was better,Mhey. Were, under his own de; •partment,-- while the police- -were not. There was a}so. another matter to wh.ioh he should like to draw attention. ; Tnat

was imprisQnmen.t; fpr, debt, | oThere was no doubt that many persons were sent to gaol virtually^bh ftCcMni) "df their poverty.; (Applause.) .'That h6 shtfuld give his at-j tention to if again i; elected. (Applause.) They were,-all;sinners, and - if all their delinquencies! were }aid before the public they would fall, and often wish to h& received, -l?a,ck- .ijito rthe, 5 midst pi their fellows again and given another chance. He had ' noticed !' in t Auckland with if>f>r\T»3\J huhvy ..-. •>.••■■;.. Uo'ai<!t>Y odloT '

great pleasure the wdrk at present leitig done by ..a number of well-disposed men'and wemien, He referred to the labours of those connected with ' the Salvaijion Army. (Ap plause.) He alluded to the Prison Gate Brigade, which he was. assured, performed a great and rio-ble work: (Applause.) ' V.

Last Session,

[ He would now pass on to the last session. Perhaps the inosb important announcement mqde during tliafc period was that the colony of New Zealand would be made a separate naval station, having to itself a portion of the Australion squadron, This was a matter of great commercial to this colony, and especially to Auckland. Ministers considered that the head-quarters of,, at least two vessels should be at this port.; (Applause.) It was pointed out that hitherto less attention had been paid to New Zealand by the Imperial war vessels than by those of foreign nations (Hear,, hear), and that whilst the colony would maintain the various branches of the defence force ! in a; state of efficiency, it looked to'the Imperial Government for the aid proposed forimval defence, and that Ministers i'elt unable to dispense with the condition that New Zoaland should become thehead-'quarlfersot' a portionof M time of p6a.ee. The i'es"ult >v.as. that shortly afterwards thoAgent-Genera,l willed (hat the' 'exceptional position of New Zea land had been recognised, and. that two ships were granted to her. - (Hear, hear.) He. felt iff due' to. Sir Julius Vo#el. to say with reference to this matter that no member of the.. Ministry was ever so persistent in extorting , these . for them. Sir Julius . Vogel had always -, had tho; interests or the South Pacific at heart, and had done much towards es .tablihihing a riiagnificanf trade, and one of the greatest sucdesses■•w&in Aohievcd' by man. (A voice: "He's a Jew.") The importance of that which h6 had spoken with respect to naval defence - was consider able, for all our shipping would be protected, arid a naval etatioh would be established, he believed, in .Auckland; (A voice : " What about the cost ?"), Tho imports of, Austra lasia amounted to forty-six mUlions.the New Zealand shipping to 600 ships, represent ing 106,000 tons, with crews numbering 5,000 men, and the value of imports and ex ports amounted , to thirteen millions of money. This was the reason why we should have these two ships of war. (Applause. ) Mr Tole also pointed out that the presenbe of these vessels in New Zealand waters would bavo the effect of reducing premiums on marine riskg. That ' would be 700, men -, in these two ships, and they would require provi sions and coal, which Would como to a con siderable amount. ...

The Representation Bill.

Last session there was passed the Repre sentation Bill, of which' ho had spoken, and thete hid been a want-of-con'Mence' riipfcwn ';— for a session could not go off well without a norCOnMence motion ; (laughter); and the session was also nptable | for the opposition tcf, the .Government prouasalß, an 4 the opposition sli'owii to fchei Village Settlement* Scheme. They might think, by the way, that the Govern ment were defeated by an' Overwhelming, majority, bub what wore the facts? There, were 42 toted for the' Opposition iltid §8 for the Government, but there were three whom the Government should have had' with them, but did riot. Oiie was in 'England. '(A voice : " Was it Stark f and laughter.) X thought you -had all; got over the Stark madne,Sß. (A voice: | ('We cannot aeb over jobbery.".)■■■ The gentleman to whom he referred was Mr BrSwn, and there wore also Mi* Hai -pex; who had resigned his seat during the ses- sibh, and a iiaori member who forgot his? pledge to his ( constituents., . MeJnb'ere Of the "'Opposition wh.6 could talk, Maori, got... round him like bees, ami the consequence Ayas that he voted forthe Opposition. (Laughter.) TfoeOpf-; position of course claimed it as a most in-; telligent.vote, bufc the Government thought it hard that votes should be given in. that SyayV Taking these three votes, the Op-: position were left with 39 and the Govern ment , with 41 supporters. (A voice: "But it dicln'b'come off") No, unfortunately, it didn't come off. (Laughter.)' But for ths rest of the session, when the \fyc&n,cy .bad been filled, and . the pajtiea tf e) ; e absolutely, a tie. ' One voter of; no-confidence was enough for a: session, however, and the matter was al lowed to remain, thus foiN the rost/iof. the! term, the■ Government being as strbngas the Opposition. (A voice : " Biit Tve got my eyo on . Vogel," and laughter.) What wore the Government proposals? That the expenditure should be most econ omical, and that our revenue should be made to meet our expenditure. (Applause). Probably they were not award that the Customs revenue had fallen some £200,000 since 1883. The yearj before Major Atkinson , left office he had L 206,000 more coming in from the Customs than the present Government, haji when they took ofliccl Duties on .spirits had fallen L 70.000, the beer duty LIOO,OOO. (Applause.) The revenue thus diminished had to be made up. The niehti proposed various alteration's in the Customs (a voice; "Pub it .'on tea "), chiefly for revenue purposes, and haying in view at the same tune the foster ing oi local industries of the colony, They accordingly put on such duties as would fa vour and"protect the industries of thecoiin try (applausej.ahdtheyvilso thoughUhat the property.tax should be re-adjusted and that all' l property, and especially large properties, should , be made !jto' bear their just share of taxation. „ Ko sooner was this known than the Government proposals were considered unsatisfactory, und!then ,there arose a huge; cry for re trenchment, or "out your coaii accord ing to your oloth. I ' , (Applauae.) All those ,'slrgumerits were used. '; But the real fact was that this tax had been placed. upon property, and property in the House, as well as in the country, was possessed of very.great influence. There were 6,000 of these Avealfchy proiperty^owner^' in ' the country. They immediately sei the tele graph wires to work for the purpo&e of bring ing influence to bear to have the Govern ment turned but—for that Government, they declared, must be killed. And this waeitiie crucial point now. , The Go vernment must be killed; because they wished to make property bear a fair share of the taxation j seeing that ife was- pro perty; which liad : benefited by" the ex penditure of. qyi , bori'pwed riiilliohs, ■ ■ Tljis 'threatened taxation hastened and intensi tied the cvy, of retrenchment;, The House XV'oUld liot' allow the' Government to £o 0 the. tavifi'-; nor would, they, consider what articles of local industry might\fairly be jirbteited'; they moved an amendnient upon the.bill at once. They simply said, to tb« Governments " Your 'tariff' proposals are unsatisfactory, find we must have re fcrenchinent,?. , and by means oHhe public prihts which were inflaming the people against the Government those big men who were so adverse to taxation were getting security for themselves by raising that cry. whole "question; wjas whether these gentlemen should bear their-fair share of taxation.— whether the 22,000 people who were, enjoying the benefit 6f the exemption of the property tax, from . property less than LSOO in value, should ■ .have that exemption swept away, and every man be made to pay, or whether these 6,000 gentlemen who had pro perties worth" more than LSOO should bear their fair share of: taxation. We. had not yet bpen able to get a land and income tax, aihd,. •"yfhat the Government had >york for ever, since it, took officer;-tilhey. also said that machinery should be exempt from the property tax,' an f*);;,y e t.: .it -/was the , very ■ gentle men, who :■■. wanted , to put , on in creased iduties.i on tea and: sugar •■BO.ag|tcj tax the people'still further-rit was

they who voted against these exemptfiQus. They also opposed a progressive land., tax upon the uniinprdved-valUe, and accompan ying that v with' an '411061116' tax. (Cheers, and a voice, '] Connell'symare is overboard.") Those were'\the. gentlemen who talked of retrenchment;'and he sup posed upon them devolved the responsi bility of the electioneering panic we were now labouring i>nderj and which would cost the couhtvy L30,0(J0-!an expenditure that was absolutely unnecessary. Parliament could have gone on till next year and, taken the dissolution', and the general elec tions in the ordinary course. (Loud laughter.) They inighblaugh'if they liked, for the money had to come out of their pockets, and if Parliament had waited two or three months longer this expense would have been avoided. - ; "

Ttae'Klaa'of Members Required

The men who were to be sent down to represent us looked as if they were to go pledged to no particular principle.; We were allowing them to call them selved "independentmembers," but there were no such members. There were only two lobbies in the House one for the" ayes " and one for the " noes, and our members must march into either one pr other of these lobbies or, else-walk out of the, House.. (Applau#. : )'; Hp .warned thenvto beware of these men. :It was much better to trust in party men fighting upon party lines, (A voice: "They don't actup to them.") Then call tliem to account. He kiiew'-if their constituents were as in telligent and acute as his weVe, they would soon find",themselves called to account. ' . and : , applause.) l'erhaps they were not so intelligent, perhaps the difference lay in the Eden electors' great intelligence, 'or in his vast integi-ity. (Loud laughter.) He had always endeavoured to keep the stiicteSt conscionshess of bis duty, to liiS consti-

tuents!.

Village Settlement.

Now, regarding village settlement, we had heard so much about it that he would be doingan injustice to his colleague, Mr Ballance, if he.did not speak in the highest terms of praise bf.what Sir Julius Vogel, in the Financial Statement, had called. Mr Ballance's "organising enthusiasm"' on the subject. Any man who could boast of placing 10,000 people on the , land in a year ought to be a- proud man. ("Hear, hear"), 'and deserved the sym pathy of every, true'colonist in tbi3 country, and not abuse. (Applause.) He knew that certain men were charged with using this Village Settlement scheme "for electioneer ing purposes. He could not believe it. On tho contrary, he believed that they'had been actuated by a pure, unselfish desire to relieve the congestion of. population , in the towns by getting a thrifty and energetic class of people settled in the country. ' (A voice: 'HTou can't sttifE us.") He Under stood the say "You can't stop it." (Another voice: " Oh, he's talking French,") > ,-fo il T~L ,H •■■ '■ ■'■ - ; ,- ;

Retrenchment.

With regard to retrenchment; no doubt that was a' verjr proper, priiicipl?, tb. enjoin. | Tlfe ; Government had: been cnarge'd with extravagance by; men yhojvere inotgeefor five years,' and" who" left it in 1884— the colony had a population 40,000 less than it was' now— and themselves showed iib; sign .whatever 'ol taking the question" of ecorioniy, ; into, consideration. In 1881 Major Atkinson said that a vigorous retrenchment had been in itiated. •. He, was'io ofece,then..' In, Mr Svfanson, then member for Newton, said, when the ■ Estimates Were brought doWii, " I haye been 12 years in this House, and I baye neveiv-aeen .any. reduction. ; in these Estimates"' unites the Hoiisi* told- the Government tcv take them back and reduce them,by L70,000:6r LSOJQOO." 'Some-oae , 3aid,'' Th,en move .that." Mr Swanson, in his ./<ih&ractevisti6" way,* replied, " I will, movs it," and acccadingly got up and; moved that the Estimates should' be taken, back and red\iced by L 50.000. What did; Major Atkiuspn; say ? He said;that they could nob be cut and if they had to be cut down, then fche House had better put someone else in .to do it. And this was the gentleman who declju'e'd that the Go vernment musst retrench, and put off taxa tion until 'it had>» reduced expenditure. Why did he not do so himself, after his promise of vigorous retrenchment in 1881, instead of having to! be told two yeairs after wards, by one of his own supportei'Sjto take the Estimates and get a fe'duc fcion in them ? They were not taken back, and no reduction was made. In 1884 this' gentleman who would not reduce, and-who now preached economy, left the present Government.a deficit of. £150,000. Let them compare the appropriations for 1883 ---84, when Major Atkinson and his party were in office, with those brought down by the .present Government . for 18S6-87. In 1883 and 18S4, when they left office, the expenditure had been L 2,187,591. In ■ 1886 and 1887, while the present Gdvernment had been in, the expenditure had been L2,060j,'i185, thus, showing an absolute re duction; of L 127,108. (Applause.) ■Hβ thought that; considering all things, that was not at all a bad reduction to have made in about one year. The. expenditure of the late Government llftd. also dt that time increased the Esti-' mates of the previous year, by Li 54,060, and yei these.were.the.men who ..wished to turn out the .present, Government on the re tvenchnient cry—the " veiy men who wanted to go bi)ck : to power on such a cry. He asked them if, in the face of all'these things, they could have any faith inWch men. (Applauao and cries of 'Yes, yes !" ,'No! n0.! ,, ., ; '.}',',:'.J\, '■:_ ,';.■. i.';■':';'%] How the . Koduptions V/ore Made.

He would now detail how some of the departments were reduced. In; the first place, the cost of the Legislature was re duced by LI.OOO, Colonial Secretary's De partment, L 27 s oo.oj Treasury and revenue, L 51,7 00, Educa bion, 159,000,' Native Office, L 5,000, Mines LI 1,000. ■. Let them remember fcliat tlieseVerea,ll wellautheriticatedfigures. Railways L 13,000, Defence Department 1.8,500, Land. L2oo,''Crown Lands and Survpy Department .15,200, and: Public Buildings , X 5,00O 7 making a gross, re duction for one year, of L 132,000/ (Ap plause.) He must say that any, man nob politically, biassed , must admit j> that that was a very Mr reduction. (Applause.) In his own department he had reduced as follows:—Justice Department: In 1879 that department was set down at L 142.000. In 1833-84, when Major Atkinson left office,thc whole department cost L1,207,77'2, and the estimates which lie had him self brought down in 1887 showed L 110,170 (applause) t ,or a decrease from the time he took office o£ L 10,60- (Applause.) ( Avoice : ", \\'hab was spent last year V") Well, he believed it was about £116,000. The number ot officers had also been: de creased by 13,.although the population had been increasing at the rate of 15,000 a-year. (A yoico : " What about Judge Gillies?") Well, While Judge Gillies 'was:ill Eng land he was receiving half-pay, , and he, for one, was sorry that he could not allow him full pay.- .(A voice :■ "You had better put us all on half-pay," and laugh ter.)

The, Railways,

With regard to the management of the railways, he might state that he. had asked his colleague for particulars' re garding the railways. He. found' ■ that in 1884, when the present Ministry took office, the. Railway Department was so overmanned that although they had' since that, time constructed 300-miles of 'lines, whidh added 53 more stations to be looked after—in which they conducted the business of 136 post-offices with no extra pay—they had'-'been able to perform the 'extra work .wtyh the ' same. staff, excepting the addition of . two clerks, who were experts, And received Ll2O per annum

ContinmdonPagt S.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAK, FRIDAY JULY 15 1,881

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Buisuess Notices. FISHER &' - G O.i WHOLESALE SHIPPING AND. FAMILY "BUTCHERS ~ , :. Es'rAßijsHkD 1864. By Special Appointment to His Kxcellency the Governor, sir W. F. Jervois: His Excellency Sir James Ferguson ; and H.R.H. the Duke d£ Edinburgh; also, Kosha Butchers to the e QUEEN-STKEET, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Families waited on in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to OBDER. Dealers in Gamo Home-cured Hams and Bacon ■ Corned Beef in Large Quantity. Imports of Sausage Casings ■ „ .. , The Trade Supplied N.B.—Calves' Kennets. . ea. Customers Supplied with Ice. .-BY-APPOINT- MENT TO HIS EXCELIiBNCY THK GOVERNOIi. mHAMES ■ CARRIAGE AND DRAY X FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET BASJL , ;•■ . V (ie, -on Alrt)' I .•••"■"■ : - ; ; -' ■; • • maH-sTiußpav • ■; <•: ■ ■ ("a v c k l" a:'n; i>. -■■ ■-. M . Telephone, 308. .JAMES MAOkIE, Goaohbcildeb, . MANAGER. Builder of every-description of Vehicles. " Repairs in all.the branches of the trade faithfully executed. . . Vehicles Eought and Commission. Coachbuilders , Requisites in Stock. The Trade Supplied. Country Orders'punctually attended to. Cash Customers liberally dealt with. A PPLES. ' APPLES. APPLES. • iiO.OOO Strong Clean and Healthy Trees t one ' two, and three years old, at £3 IPs, £l,and £i lCs per 100 respectively, all worked on Northern Spy Stocks, .Considerable reductions on larg e orders; Pluuis. Peaches, Pears, otc; also, a finecollection of Roses. LI p pIATT( "T r . Nurseryman,Otahuhu. : STILL'S Milk Bread, Milk Bread, • sweet and' nutritious, and Farm House Hfome-made; Bread, Milk Scones and Cakes delivereddaily.and canbe had at the Burlington Victoria Arcade, andatSden Terrace, or at the Bakery, Udy's Farm.Mount Eden. - ■-■■• Agents Wanted. . ; AVTILL.IAM ERRING TON,; ai. Inst. C.K., Inst. M.E., CONS ULT ING ENGIN EB R, • ; i':■ j-" ' AUCKLAND. . ' . pi r o v r= S'"tT,''.. Li Me. GROUND LIMB • ' ' FOB SiLlil!: . , ..-. S OUT It GAT E'S UtAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND -." .■.■:'••'• ROCHE IJMB, In any for Concrete Paths, Floor, Cellars, fee., 1 (next to stone flagging is vii • rivalled for durability-and hard-setting ■qualitkJa). for tanks and other wet ;' , ( w6rk it i& a ilrst;Class materiaL,-~■; B KB AN E* 'SOL E ; AGENT , r ;-i.. CUSTOMS-STRKKT. -- - i feeub ,v r.'.o ■:.'. .wood;, ' ■ -- r •. j Bestßata, Titree, and Puriri Firewood,; also, first-class Tau,piri< Newcastle, and Eariio-Coal,; atLowest Pricefpr Cash. Furniture carefiillyj Removed, and Goods delivered to all.' parts .'Af j the city and suburbs, g,t Loweet Rates.—Note -\ the-Addreds : O. PIPER; opposite the Pouspnby Resevvoir, and corner of Newton and hapeßoads. ■..- •'" '.',' " : '■'" .- t ; . ? ESTABLISHED, 1859.1 : .■'■A,f GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILDER&, ; LORNE AND RUTLAND STKEfijTe. ; .; Coaches,, Carriages, Waggonettes, Buggies,: Pony Carriefres, Carts, Drays, and every de- , scripticfn ot Vehicles kept ia stock, or built to' order.. The trade supplied !•;..•. , - \ N.B.—Traps lien t to customers whilst repairs I are being executed. : ~ ■ - TV , "-. ■ W ' ;P'V E .- 'N,;| : WATCHMAKER 1 AND JEWELLER,.; i ,-,,-:•: 1,-,-ji., 'i -QUEEk-STREET,". \ „ : , : ;-. | : j Has now convenience for making and repair-! ing of Jewellery and for : the repairs of every i description of Watches, Chrbriom'eters, &c, &c,, ; ! and to further increase his repairing and inanu-i facturinpf department, lie is disposing of the; remainder of his PIANOS at and under cost. Persons having old gold jewellery can have it' made up into new and fashionable articles to order, and all the better classi of watches and chronometers receive his personal supervision. Rotherhams*Genuine EnglishLever-siu stoeS. THE A.M E R IC-£N CQRN BROOM CO? EXMOUTH STREET. < To travellerTand tourists. PRESENTS FOR HOME. ..Very beautiful Inlaid Tablb-tops, Cabinets, Fancy Boxes, etc., all made from tbe.pick of N.Z. rich Native Timbers. Other carefully packed and shipped for- Home. '"•' W. NORKIE, Cabinet wobkeb, In New Zealand Timbers only, i TOP OF SHORTLAND-STREET. mHE AUCKLAND COFFEE-HOUSE: : / COMPANY.-'''''-.'.:, '■■ ;". r ; KARANGAHAPE ROAD. J, THE ABOVE COMPANY <] Have taken Premises in/,:■." , v pK.PuRqHAs'sSpLKNDipBtpoK of Buildings ~ ,' . ' Karangahape Road,',.:.' Wh'-.re they have opened their No. 1 Branchy and are now prepared to supply Refresh- •, meats at the following prices:— ■ .: x c :\ Tea, small cup, Id, large do, 2d Bnns, Id each Collee „■ ~ Id, 7, 2d Scones, Id „ Cocoa „ id, „ ad Tarts, , Id ■;,- Lemonade, lid per bottle Koll &But- - « Ginger Beov,"lJα' „ '/ ter.ld GinKerAle,lJd „ Bread & Butter.ld SbdeWateiMJd HanvSand- Hop Beer, ljd „ ' ] "*' wiches, 2d ,; Milk, id per glass . Beefdo.,;2d; „>; 1/'; ; . . Pork Pies.Sd" • : ; ". " TEA, COl'FJi'fi, & dOCOA,2i perpiiiU ; Open daily from half-pastsix a.m. until ten p.m. • J, Jv ■ SWINNERTON, WOOD TURNER, WYNDHAM-STHEBT. ; Established 1866. ./ ~ . A reduction of 25 per cent, on all comnlOn WOrki ~, . Billiard Balls Exchanged., - Special care given to Re-turning and Staining , . . Pool Pins, Marbles, and Chalk Pockets, v fdvf&ys on hand. JC; ,: PELHAM, "Ladder, Step, 'and • Barrow Maker, Carpenter, Joiner, antt Shop and Office Fitter, Albert-street, neat■ the Firebell. Every description of Ladders, btep3. Barrows, Clothes Boxes, TravoUing Chests, and Clothes Horses, in Stock. . .■... ... ;_ ■;«.. Baltic Pine Poles, f iom 22 to 55 feet lonff, suit able for Bbat Spars ana F.ag Poles, on wle. . N.B.—Ladders, Steps. Bm-rows, Jacks, and Floor Cramps on Hire. . ■ - ■.. ; "' .. iW"OTICE OF REMOVAL Vf O OLF HART, SPRING MATTRESS MANUFACTURER. '■ ; ' ■'<■■: Places of Business are- _ HoBSON-STRBET (opposite Devonshire House; and corner of Albert and -.:. ii ,v,; . VICTOKIA-STKBETS. :. 1.'.0 ■ ,j



'"■■■■■'■'i_ ■ "--Money. IVJ -behold ScdnrfSr /-■?r^§ ; DISCOUNT BANkWcoMP^ HEAD OFFICE: Bw ß ban, " | MONEYadvanW from-£5 .J, ' V ! any amount required tomftri,'!^?lWst»--1 auy TANGIBLE way as may be -arranged, /eWerffc , *- MONTHLY, or QUARTERNS 1 * lowest current rates. • ■■ >. c - !t 1 ADVANCES maae on FUEmfUBF-WE*' including BOND WARRANT - BILLS DlSCOUNTEnatcurreßtrateg, str^ZS^^ 00118 Office Hours ■ From 10 tjUs|^J. : Bank of England Notes * TONDON MORTGAGE LOS'V Ju > v- ■ ■ discount banket:; , , a w 50, « (Opposite A: Clark and SonsVwaiS^ Ana Little Collins- S t., Melbourne *' - LOANS'are advancep.from' £lo to £5 m ''. ■ ; ' 'Upon ! ■ !?,* '™ Weekly, 8 Advance? made on - and all classes otiferohandSS Loane granted upon Life Policies. LSiS Interests under Wills es,Ki BILISiDISeOONXED " ' Loans upon Deposit of Deeds.. EeAaymiHul , ..._ Kasr Instalhiente._ ™|" Advanced on' Life. Policies. MONEY LENT ON PROMISSffII? . NOTES, HOU^,FOp.NITI^p ; ■'■ BILLS DISCOUNTED DATrv i' ! ; MOKT G AGESjK EGOTI A iED ( i JOHN W. HARDIE, '' f ----- Land,- Commission, am> Estate Ai-tw P HIGH-STREkT, AuSd " H ARTHUR r< o Ji E $ LAND- AND MONETARY- AWJJ& ---24, SHOSTLAND - 'STREET (Three doors past Stab Office). .:..,., . , . ' ' ■^■i-.'it'.'i' I am prepared to value land in Auokiwij •the . Country'for intending purchaser. , at ntrf reasonable terms.- AlllandsoMbymuinAst* :j land $,charge.2s commission. ; '■ I am prepared to: negotiate Mortgages, in joii I.: v. ~ : . from £25 to £15,00i-v'-v>S; ; n '. Advances made on Colpnial Policies, . ~SsjsH : Having Agents in all: parts' .of ; England, Ican make; Advances oiponßlJ HI : . in sums horn £50 to £15,00(1 •f l - M .: TNDUSTRIAL- .AND i A -PERaiANENT BUliit)iNG. ; ] INVESTMENT SOCIIiTY , OF AUCKLAV , ,, ;; ' ■ :.''", Repayments ' p ™ pp u Tola] umft if extending over i§eW rycar .. .. .£2 0 0 mi gj> $[■ 2 years .... ... 1,010 ' ' Hl'M. II S years .; ; '.:' OU 7- " UMfI'HJ i yenrs „ .. . Oil : 8f '.."lSlt-W §f{ 5 years .. ■• .. -O 10^0 *"ISO ft t> |||i 6 years ... .. ~ 0 89 . 135.15:. ,W ; ; 7-yc-ars .. .. 07 11 'IU.'S.J Hfo :";:. .8 years .. ■.. 07 l 1 UTI3 Jα Hg lOjfiays... ... J 6.3 Wjj.l The Board lias power in. cases Pt%?l|S , ffl| ; Want of Employment to Suspend Payiaera. | • Borrowers Share in Profits. •'• Wβ 1 Part or whole of the advance may te;»|ii>l§|| lat any titoe. Interest ceases on the P orteE L^" Aiuember who has obtainedatradvMs|'fl|iß ' . iberfr tosell'his*property" atany"timw«l|H ,paybtthis mortgage; or■may, : his property subject to the mortgage M"|im ; Socioty. ,• ■. ■ ' |[]| • Cornet Of QUBJSN STREET Bnrt|i|l ~ , LANE, AuoKiiANDi L H '•• ;■'■ /■:;•:■ ' •■■ , - JOHN ; BAN'OROFTr' pi i 1 ,,! ; ■■-.Maiw', m& A UCKLAND. PERMmS;™ J\ OPERATIVE BUILUINGi:&:MI|S| MENT SOCIETY. \ ■ '|fe ; T Ofpic c : U 7 .Qoee-V-STKBE^J^IH "LOANSgranted nppn approved 'f cr Se , Freehold or Leasehold fl Prppert)Bß.iq:« WM CI £20 to £6,C00, priacipal a n d.wtere§t,beiWfflefflffi > able in instalments at ithe f o" o 'rf%Siffl| Rates for repayment of- each *lw-P9f|ggJM , Kepay^^ndT^giggp r years';:. , ' .. ■, 0;.ll'- L - .•. 6 years.. , -.: 0 8 9; '.vhTWIIB , 8 fears,. .. 0.7 .1.. ; 10,year3 .... ~ : ; 0.,6. ■> ■.: J " And'in.the.snmo'prop6i ; tion"totißi^-jBHj ■ •*-*'" , ■HiGH-S'iWEtfT. ■ .-:'H (Next to Atkin'a Printing W|i GRANTS LOANS, fa.1.0-,^^K PEBSON-ALWuBg^JI FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD fa f U "-M FIRST AND SKCOND MOBOT^-β ;■ B iUsPiscbuntedatCurreatß»te*yffl ( This Bank will receive Depositsattta|e J ing rates of interest :-■■ Bper«sß a 12 months ... ■• "'/J tffmSm r 6 months ..■ „ ,•• ■• j ps rf Rfl 1! pureteaFaTpec^J^ W . G . & Co.arepT: f f o^; ;l;j class article at lowest_pntes lot c n Two.Doow above