THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

THE NEWTON ELECTORATE.

Hon. J. A. Tole Before the

Electors.

Jlon. J. A. Tole addressed the electors Of JNewton in St. Sepulchre's Schoolroom last evening. There was a crowded attendance. iH«6srs Hastings and R. Stevenson were nominated as Chairman, and the former gentleman assumed the position. . The Chairman requested the audience to ■jgive Mr Tole a patient hearing. r Mr Tole, who was received with cheers, Said he presented himself before them on this occasion as a candidate for their suf frages in Parliament. He was not new to : most of them, and especially to those in the ;£den Terrace district, and that was why he had chosen to open his candi jdature at Sepulchre's School-room. He pad addressed them repeatedly since ! J876, and on the occasion of each elec tion they were pleased to decide in his lavour by large majorities. On those occa sions his opponents were old settlers who had been associated with the ear.ly progress pi the colony, and were nofc by any means .persons who had just arrived from the old i.icountry. They had already chosen him four times, and he would ask them when tine appeal to the ballot was made to elect him a fifth time. He had been their member thirteen years, and through his whole career had been associated with the most Liberal men of the country, such as Sir George Grey and Sir Robert Stout, in promoting liberal measures for the welfare of the people. The Statute Book would show that many of these laws had been drafted by his own hands. He had assisted to promote the settlement of the people on the land, and to encourage local industries. The speaker proceeded to refer to the candidature of Mr Withy, who, he said, claimed that they should elect him because :he was first in the field. He denied that 'this fact gave Mr Withy prior claims to I their consideration. Mr Withy was a man '•of amiable bearing, and possessed of many ['Christian qualities. (Cheers.) He did not /know if those cheers meant that there were :many of Mr Withy'ssupporterspresent. (Re newed cheers.) He gave credit to Mr Withy j for his good qualities, but hejlacked charity. ["He believed Mr Withy would make a good [member if he stopped with us long enough. [(Applause.) Since Mr Withy had com j-tnenced his candidature he had dis jplayed the wisdom of modifying his views (Considerably, and in fact had been trimming [ considerably. He should remember that by i trimming too closely to the wind he might the boat. If Mr Withy reflected jibe must come to the conclusion that he i (Mr Tole) had the best right to that dis- Ttrict. (Cries of " Question.') That was the 'question* whether he (the speaker) had not the best right to the seat, seeing that /lie had been in the colony all his life 3 and had his all here. In this ■'matter of the contest, Mr Withy was a protectionist, although in commerce he was a free trader. And in that connection he would proceed to the question of protec tion. He warned his hearers against the pamphlets which had been distributed Broadcast amongst them. They were the i pamphlets of the Cobden Club, organised , for the dissemination of free trade prin : ciples. The motto of the Club was an ex- I oellent one, and was ' • Free Trade, Peace, ;.and Goodwill Amongst Nations." England [was the only free trade country, and if she i had a fleet that would command the com merce of the world, we might have uni j versal free trade. But we had not got it I yet, and therefore we must look to our ; selves. Th* loss of population was of little lconsequence to England, but of great con [aequence to us, and if we did Snot conserve our population, we I would lose not only our artisan class, but ■■the fruits of their labour and the cost of them here. The logical conclusion of this was that each country should adopt the principles that best suited itself, lit was Baid that fee; progress of the.United. States was not vdxs to protection i buj; he would put it in another way. Had protec tion kept back America ? (Cries of '' No.") The speaker referred to the rapid progress of America in population, and asserted that it had railways more than equal to the whole of Europe. Its wealth was more than two hundred millions greater than that of Great Britain. It was the greatest agricultural, mining, and manufacturing country in the world. Its iron trade Jiad overhauled that of Great Britain, 'and it was positively stated that in' three 'more years United States would lead the world in the steel trade. They were told that the price of steel rails was greater in the tJnited States than in England, but, as a matter of fact, rails were quoted at £5 12s in America, and £5 alongside the ship's side at Liverpool. Canada had purchased large quantities of rails from the United States, in preference to getting them from Eng land. The progress of the woollen trade was equally great, and they had the fact that Clark, the Paisley thread manu-' facturers, had threatened to withdraw their ' hands from Great Britain, and remove their [ factories to United States. It was^tatedthat; [ the cost of living was greater in America I than in Great Britain, but he read extracts I from quotations published in the Auckland j jStab to show that the people in the States, t provided themselves with greater comforts, Tand their requirements of living were t greater, and they lived better. Then again, i their wages were much higher. The same, ; quotation contended further that the pur "■ chasing power of a dollar was greater in the; United States than in England. Mr Tole 'proceeded to refer to the depression that existed in Canada ten years ago, which re sulted in the adoption of protection duties. Now, there were thirty-three millions of money invested in the industries of that country, and 250,000 hands were employed, and it was on a similar basis that the Go vernment to which he belonged proposed to prepare a tariff for the protection of in dustries. Such a 'tariff was submitted two •years ago, but was rejected by the House, and he regretted now that the Government did not resign on that occasion. But they ./were in an awkward position. The House was exhausted by the difficulties that had stood in the way of forming a Cabinet, and the very members who now voted to put them out of office urged them at that time to remain in office. Mr Tole then proceeded with a comparison between the position and I trade of Victoria and New South Wales.

iHe held that there was a greater enter i prising spirit in Victoria, and they were im i bued with strong natural life, while the New South Walespeople were dozing. But the . Jtfew South miles people were now rousing f themselves, and the question was being \ considered whether free trade was the ; better policy after all. Looking at our own \ colony, Jie denied that it was bankrupt, S but there had been over-trading and want 'of thrift. We had one of the most/ wonder | ful countries on the face of the globe, but i what was the use of it unless we conserved | our population, and sought to build up the ['industries that were natural to the !■' bountry ? We were educating 100,000 I children every year, and what was fto become of them. (A voice: "We will send ' them to Victoria.") Yes, that was all they ' could do. Since the foundation of the colony ,we had been sustained by the manufacturing - industries of other countries, and our aggre \ gate imports had exceeded the exports by \ twenty millions of money. It was the duty .' of the Government to lay down a policy tha]b would enable us to develop these, industries, and,ret»4n pur jwpulation. By natural in dustries he meant those relating to timber, coal, wool, leather, fruit, fish, etc. He [ VQuld not favour the protection «f exotic j industries. Taking the kauri gum for • instance, we exported vast quantities annually, while we imported varnish close

to the value of LH,OOO every year. When he read Mr Withy's free trade sophistries, he wondered if that gentleman thought he was arguing the destruction of our natural industries. Dip he know that it was only a few years ago that our industries began to take a realistic shape ? Nearly six millions of money were involved in machinery and buildings connected with the industries of the country, and 25,500 hands were employed, arid one-sixth of thfi population were dependent on these. In Auckland alone there were 503 industries. We were second in the colony, and w$ should be first; and the effect of opening our. ports would be to ruin these industries. It was all very well for gentlemen who had become wealthy in another country by the sweat of other men's brows, and without paying those men overtime for their extra work, to come here and endea vour to force down our throats their nasty free trade nostrums of half a century ago. He doubted if Mr Withy had seen our In dustrial Exhibition in Bell Brothers store. Thousands of people were out of work and were starving, and we were told that we must open our ports to let goods manufac tured in other countries come in free, so that people could live cheaper. Free trade was the importers' question, and the protection question was the question for the people of this colony. Mr Withy told them that he had placed his son at one of our industries, but they should remember that he had put his son to the timber trade, which was the most heavily protected industry in the country. Why did he not put his son to a free-trade industry ? (Cheers.) Mr Withy had proposed to give them bonuses in ex change for protection. Bonuses were a certain kind of protection of the worst form, for once there was given birth to an indus try by the assistance of a bonus it required to be protected. (Applause.) People would pawn everything they had to get a bonus, and one out of every ten probably would be able to obtain it. What Avas to keep the one successful man in his industry ? If it was not protected it would languish and die, for we could not for ever go on giving bonuses, and the consequence was that in the long run both time and capital were wasted. (Applause.) He would say " give a bonus if you like, but you must continue the industry once it is established." (Applause.) He thought lie had said Sufficient to show that ho was jn earnest, that we should not only encourage, but protect our industries, and give birth to the industries which we have not to bring raw material into the country to start. (Applause.) It had been said that out of seven millions of the im ports of this country four millions could be produced by ourselves —(cheers) — and he said that we should do all in our power to bring about an improved state of things in this direction. This was, however, only one part of our national policy, which would tend to clear away the present gene ral depression. The first thing we must do was to keep the bone and sinew and the in ventive genius in the colony. We must settle the lands—(applause)—and distribute! the population over the country. He hadi been astonished to find so much interest taken in the Village Settlement scheme, even in Newton. (Applause.) He found that out of Gl people who hnd taken up land under the scheme, 50 were now in occupation of their land. (Applause.) We must, of course, have capable and economi cal government, and economical habits amongst the people. No Government could economise unless the people were willing to co-operate, and assist them by .being con siderate in their demands for expenditure. (Applause.) It was most difficult to satisfy all the demands made upon the Govern ment, and as an instance in point he stated that the applications made to himself for employment since his arrival in Auck land, had been perfectly astound ing. (Laughter.) New Zealand was richly endowed by nature, and the responsibilities and power of deciding what shall be the destination of this country was entirely in the hands of the people. (Applause.) New Zealand was now in a critical position, and it was their duty to selects as their representatives the most liberal and honest men to guide the affairs 'of the country. (Cheers.) They were first told that free trade and protection was the first, main, and burning question, and now it was " retrenchment. We should econo mise in every possible way as far as our individual efforts were concerned, and as far as the Government was concerned they had endeavoured to econo mise as far as possible. Since the Govern ment had been in office they had economised to the extent of £127,000, excluding the necessary increases in expenditure. In his Own department he had saved the country some £10,000. He had reduced the number of resident magistrates by nearly one fourth —from -43 to- 33. (Applause.) Any vacancy .caused in the Magistracy by death or any other cause had been left unfilled, although every possible influence had been brought to bear upon him towaids making fresh appointments. (Applause.) We were asking in Auckland for another Supreme Court judge, and at the same time he ob served that one of the candidates in Parnell had said we should drop off one or more judges. In his own department the staff of officers had been reduced by no less than 30 men. (Applause). Another important factor in retrenchment was the Civil Service Reform Act which Sir Robert Stout had passed, which did away with all bonuses in the future, and all retiring allowances which took a percentage off salaries to be handed to the recipients when they left the service (Applause.) It also made all applicants for employment come through the same gate by passing a competitive examination. (Ap plause). Returning to the Village Settlement. Scheme, Mr Tole said he believed that in a large measure its suc cess was due to the efforts of a gentleman on the platform. (Applause.) That gentle man had received a good deal of abuse from fiome of our public men, and that abuse he considered was most unfair. Mr Lundon had done a service to the country and to posterity. (Applause.) He had told them what reductions in expenditure the Govern ment had made, and now stated that next year they expected to make a further sav ing of LIOO.OOO, (Applause.) A gentle man who had entered into the present con test with him had represented him (Mr Tole) as having said that if the present Go vernment were turned out there would be chaos. What he said was, "Unless they sent down men who would take one side or the other they would have confusion in Koliticß." (Cries of "Yes" and "No.") [r Withy in his first speech declared him self a perfectly independent man, but he subsequently qualified this remark by saying tnat he was independent in pocket. (Laughter and applause.) That was hardly what he meant whenhefirstspoke. He meant that he would be absolutely independent of his constituents when he first spoke. (Inter ruption and cries of "Yes" and "No.") He said this : " I shall not be a delegate ; I shall exercise my own opinions," and "he would belong to no party." If he would not belongto any party what was he going to do ? Was he going to be a leader himself ? (Laughter.) The electors should know what side Mr Withy was going to take— whether he was prepared to follow Sir George Grey, or Major Atkinson, Hall, or Ormond. (A voice: "Or Vogel," and laughter.) They should know where their representative was going (applause), to which side of the House, and they should not allow any man to class him self as an independent member. (Applause and dissent.) He never knew an " inde pendent " man to come to any good in poil tical life. (A voice : " The new party.") They had heard a lot about nevf parties. They had a new party and a mid dle party, & Young New Zealand party, and an old^arby:—(kughter)^and it was these old parties that they wanted to keep out ojf the House. (Applause.) At this critical

time he believed that every candi date should be perfectly clear about where he is and where he is going to. His friend Mr Withy was nou at all certain in his views. First of all he was a thorough free-trader, he would have no tinkering with the tariff, and now he was a " bonus" man. Then he said that he would not reduce the present tariff, and this he (Mr Tole) presumed meant that at the earliest possible moment he would reduca it. (Dissent and applause.) Mr Withy always started vvith his theory of free trade, then he was in favour of giving bonuses, and then stated that he was not prepared to reduce the tariff at present. What did he mean 1 (A voice : " What he days.") He was deceiving them (in terruption), and was plainly "trimming." He believed Mr Withy was a very estimable gentleman (Hear, hear), and felt sure that the friends of. that gentleman, who were present in very large numbers, would not land fault with him (the speaker) for dis cussing the theories he (Mr Withy) had made his own. (Applause.) Mr Withy talked apout retrenchment, but he gave no certain sound as to what he would reduce in the education expenditure. He merely told them that he would not send his child to school at less than eight years of age, and that he would go down to Wellington and see before coming to any decision on this and other points. (Applause and dis sent.) Let him put his finger upon the points, and then they could argue with him. He was simply " trim ming " for catch votes. (Interruption.) If Mr Withy was a free trader let him say so. As a matter of fact, he (Mr Tole) was a protectionist, and Mr Withy was a free trader. (Cries of "No" and "Yes.") Then there was the land question. Had Mr Withy been consistent aboub that? Had he not stated that he would not touch land in New Zealand even with a long stick? (Laughter.) Did he mean that he would not have a stake in the country, or that he|had not sufficient confidence to buy any land in it ? He had not sufficient confidence to touch land in New Zea land, but he had sufficient confidenoe to try and get their votes. (Applause.) He (Mr Tole) thought, he hoped and ha lieved, that Mr Withy was very much mis taken. Mr Withy had not said he would support the Village Settlement Scheme. The fact was that Mr Withy was a very clever man (applause), a capable man, and a man of sound sense, but he was . capable of learning a great deal. Let him stay a little longer amongst us, and then go to some other constituency—not Newton — (laughter), which would be more congenial to his industry, and offer himself as their representative. Mr Withy told them in the first instance that an income tax was looked upon with great disfavour in Eng land, and he feared it would be looked upon very much in the same way in this coun try. They should have a man who would argue with heart and soul in any matter he takes up. (Applause.) All this time Mr Withy had been very much educated ; in fact, the electors had convinced him more than he had convinced them. (Laughter.) Again Mr Withy was un certain on the Eight Hours Bill. He had told him that there was no measure that he had voted so much against in England as that bill. (A voice: "He gave his reasons.") Every man had reasons ; even those who committed all the crimes of the criminal calendar had reasons to give for their action. (.Laughter.) Mr Withy did not know sufficient of the coun try, he had not proper sympathy with and did not know the requirements of the people. (Applause and dissent.) He was simply feeling his way and would make a useful citizen, but he must wait a little bit longer before becoming their representative in Parliament. (Applause and dissent.) A great part of our national policy depended upon the mining industry. During the last ten years three million pounds worth of gold had been taken out of the earth here, and he believed the ground had hardly been scratched. He thought we should give all possible aid in the development of the mining industry (applause), and in this con nection he desired to pay a tribute of re spect to Mr Larnach for the great impetus he had given it. We could not give too mucli encouragement to our agricultural industries, and the utilising of our railway system. The railways, although managed as economically as possible, could be still further improved. We must retain our . industries, which we could not do if we ad hered to old free trade notions. Mr Withy (laughter and interruption) ought to settle here and put that stick of his into the land. (Laughter.) He ought to stop here and share in its development. We did not want men who had just come along here, but men of business capacity, having some stake in the country. (Applause.) Mr Withy had stated incorrectly that the present Govern ment simply held on to office because of their salaries. As for himself, he was just as independent as Mr Withy, and it was absurd to say that Sir R. Stout, Mr Larnach, or Mr Buckley held office for the sake of emoluments. (A voice: "Mr Ballance"), and Mr Ballance was a man of property. The country was to be saved by electing experienced men, possessed of determination, and without class distinctions. (Applause.) Taxation should be fairly adjusted, the land should be peopled, our manufactures present and future should be absolutely protected. There should be a wise and economical administration, and we must have hope and not despair. (Applause.) When this was accomplished we would have a nation that would not betray the faith we had in it. jHe desired to thank the audience for the patient hearing they had given to his remarks.. (Applause.) Questions. Questions were then invited and answered as follows:—(1) He would like to amend the Bankruptcy Law by amending it off the statute book. (2) He was not aware of any proposal to make the Symonds -street <,Cemetery private property. (3) Some years ago Sir Robert Stout had proposed that we should have an elective (governor, and he had made a speech in support of the same. (4) He ap proved of a great deal in Sir Geo. Grey's Land Bill, and that amalgamated with Mr Ballance's Bill it i would prove of great value to the country. (5) lie had nothing to do with the sale of Stark's property. (6) He was in favour of a bill fixing interest for money-lenders. (7) Justice^ of the Peace were nominated by himself, sub mitted to the Ministers, and ap pointed by the Governor. He was entirely in favour of the people ejecting Justices of the Peace. (8) He had not seen any bill proposing to lease the frontage of the Roman Catholic cemetery, and therefore could not express any opinion about it. (9) He was in' favour of Sir George Grey's Law Practitioners Bill. (10) He believed in the principle of appeal against decisions of Licensing Committees. (11) It was true that the Eden Ten-ace Road Board received LI,OOO last week, which was an advance on a loan of L 3,000. (12) Sir George Grey and Mr Moss he considered to be party men. (1.3) He had instructed the gaoler at Mount Eden that he should not enter into competi tion with any person in work by which he was endeavouring to make a livelihood. (14) Ifc was represented to him the other day that the Arch Hill Road Board had not received the balance of their subsidy •to which they were entitled under the Act. He telegraphed to Wel lington, and the result was that the Road Board got it. (15) Ministers wei'e now re ceiving LIOO less than they were entitled to under the Act: If Parliament de cided that they should receive less, it would be for Ministers to decide whether they should continue to hold office. Civil servants were receiving their full salaries, bub Ministers were only drawing the reduced amount. (16) It was not his duty to enter into a debate with a free trader present, He gave his views

plainly, and they could be accepted or rejected. J (17) The tariff was never discussed at all; the fault was found that the financial proposals of the Government were on the whole unsatisfactory. (18) He did not think protection a fallacy, but one of the chief things that would save the country. (19) He did not join the Ministry to follow Sir Julius Vogel, but Sir Robert Stout. (20) He would try to put this country in as pros perous a condition as America ever was, as far as his ability went. (21) He did not believe Sir Julius Vogel put his hands in any contractors' money. (22) It might be possible to reduce the Governor's " allowances," now fixed by Act at L 2,500. The salary runs with the present term of office. (23) The number of Ministers could not be re duced to effect any saving in expenditure. (24) He did not object to the abolition of Ministerial residences, (25) He proposed to get rid of the Legislative Council alto gether. (26) He voted for the reduction of the number of members of Parliament to seventy-one, but believed that the reduction to fifty-one would have an in jurious effect. (27) Publicans who had ex pended a large amount of money were en titled to some consideration in the event of their licenses being taken from them. (28) He thought members would be willing to concede to a reduction in their honorarium. (29) He did not believe that 900 of the un employed in New South Wales went over from Victoria. •

Mr Faulder moved that a vote of thanks and confidence be accorded to the Hon. Mr Tole, and further, "That this meeting pledges itself to return him as a representa tive of the Newton electorate."

The motion was duly seconded. Mr Whitcombe moved, " That this meet ing accords a vote of thanks to Mr Tole for his address, but has no confidence in the present Government." The mover at tempted to make a speech on " Free Trade versus Protection," but was met with up roar, notwithstanding appeals made for quietness by the Chairman and Mr Tole. The resolutions wei'e submitted to the meeting, and the motion was carried by a large majority amidst loud cheering. Mr Tole returned thanks, and in doing so made some very severe remarks respect ing Mr Whitcombe, whom he charged with dogging his steps because \*of disappoint ment concerning an appointment he had been refused. Mr Tole proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried, and brought the meeting to a close.

Smith and Caughey are selling a wonder fully cheap line of Men's Waterproof Coats, Sewn Seams and Ventilated. Sale price, 39s 6d.— [Advt.]

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, TUESDAY, JULY 26 1887.

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Election Noli; es. AUCKLAND WEST. MR J. M. SHERA Respectfully invites THE ELECTORS OF AUCKLAND WEST To meet him in . ST. JAMES'S HALL, WELLINGTON-ST., (Wednesday) EVENING, At Eight o'Clock. TO 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. June 19,1887. ■ ■JDIRANKLIN NORTH. MR F. LA WRY Will Address the Electors of Franklin North on WEDNESDAY, the 27th, PANMURE HALL; THURSDAY, the 28th, ELLERSLIE SCHOOL; FRIDAY, the 29th, HO WICK, ODDFELLOWS' HALL; At 7.30 p.m. mO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. Gentlemen,— Having received a numerously-signed and representative requisition desiring me to stand, as a candidate for your district, I have much pleasure in accepting the invitation. I am., Yours truly, EDWD. WITHY. E. W. can be seen by any Elector at his Committee Room, St. George's Hall, Great North Road, on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7to 7.30 p.m. mO TEE ELECTORS OF WAITE MATA. Gentlemen,—l beg to offer myself for re election to represent you in the Genera Assembly. Q I shall shortly do myself the honour of address ing you at some o£ the principal centres in the Electorate. RD. MONK. July7,lßS7. TO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. Gentlemen,—lam a candidate for your suf frages at the next General Election. I pledge myself to do my best endeavours as follows :— 1. Protect the industries of the colony. 2. Nationalise the land. I regard the Village Settlement Scheme as the thin end of the wedge to nationalise the land. 3. To impose a Land Tax, and, if required, an Income Tax, in lieu of a Property Tax. L To keep our present education system intact, trimmed economically to produce the best results. 6. And one vote for one man. I am for measures and not for men. Yours truly, HifiNRY R. JURY. TfIDEN ELECTORAL DISTRICT^ Mr. E. MITCHELSON will address the Electors of Eden in the Mount Albert Halj on WEDNESDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock; in the Public Hall, Avondale, on FRIDAY, the 29th inst,, at 8 p.m. T"~O 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. EDWIN MITCHET.PiOV. . Auckland, 30tlj June, 188 T.



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Received from » ■. ...«...on account of "The Civil Service Supply Association of New Zealand, Limited," the sum of ~..p 0und5.... shillings, being a deposit of ten shillings per share on shares in the said Association. For the Union Bank of Australia* £ : : .■- . • [Copt.] CIVIL SERVICE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED, OF LONDON. Dr X Trading Account fob Half Year ending 31st, December, 1886. Or. £ s. d. . £ s. d. £'s. d. As. d. To Stock, 30th June, Sales— JBS6— Grocery, etc. ... 416,953 i 0 Grocery, etc. .. 114,683 6 6 Hosiery, etc. .. 177,266 1(5 6 Hosiery, etc. .. 6G,(J02 8 5 Boots, etc. .. 57,808 19 9 Boots, etc. .. 29,675 19 10 Fancy Goods, etc. 231,03115 11 Fancy Goods, etc. 79,418 9 4 China and Glass 22,916 0 11 China and Glass 13,824 13 6 — 906,578 17 1 ; ——: 304,204 17 7 Stock, 31st Decem- Pcrchases— ber, 1886-^ Grocery, etc. .. 262,68114 2 Grocery, etc. .. 112,996 11 9 Hosiery, etc. .. 157.047 12 7 Hosiery, etc. .. 68,212 5 2 Boots, etc. .. 49,804 7 4 Boots, etc. .. 29,905 1111 Fancy Goods, etc. 201,012 13 0 Fancy Goods, etc. 78,198 7 5 China and Glass 18,300 18 2 China and Glas3 13,396 5 3 '. _ 785,907 5 3 302,709 1 6 Balance, being Gross Profit .. 116,175 15 9 £1,209,287 18 7 £1,209,287 18 7 QIVIL SERVICE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED. New Zealand Producers and Manufacturers desiring an outlet for their Products in quantity are requested to communicate with GEORGE WHITE, Manager, 87, Queen-street, Auckland. rjIVIL SERVICE SI :".'X ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED. Bakers in the various Districts and Suburbs of Auckland who may wish to Supply the Members of the Association are requested to communicate in writing with the under signed, stating their lowest price for Bread of the best quality. The Bread supplied will be analysed from time to time to test the quality. GEORGE WHITE, Manager, ■ 87, Queen-ebreet), Auckland.



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