•>-■ — r ""~ :r T r_T V i-nnk the chair." H r «ai S X? fi and half a dozen yards o were aimed with pro- the little man to retire. c:^ c: i'lb a monster onion dcs- A* 8 f and fell along ceMM£S? with 4 loud thud, and side #° K£r reigned surname for i ndeS Eventually the hilarity of somewhat, and the l o ]l was proinpuy , c j am nofc as Mr ConneU • <$" ' ' these hoots . I peeled to be hooted for * 11 yqU , iome very disagreeable things, * ]] ™P° nSe prepared for it (derisive Gentlemen, it jsmy business to to you and to New Zealand, do Wy ,T y HhU (Laughter, and a shower In let, f Sir Oeorge ol ?*Klve fhimsdf-but he could not Grey wereiiere <a wor kin S man slightest hesitation in IW ? uW whi I have to say, about him. say" , ? a ,irl "Three cheers for Sir (I4 err ¥ 10 Well ,f not lisj . ell Georgebi;eJ-; ktQ ' t - lie and to<1 i i if- nil in the newspapers tp- rea ?Lai.in) 'The reason is this, BMJroy Jnfi, absolutely impossible to * e °i e t a Government without order ? "the fiist fundamental law of Wim 'm\ gentlemen, ■ look at even this MM* if our venerable chairman ■MpM-'-'iul this meeting is mere Itisatiiingthat 4f«h«rt of fun in him enjoys (la it is another thing, m ?*«',' (]isorder irifo ftoi ■ (W«) and, lentleinen, I tell the v Itolntcly impossible to have order *™ p l — l there 1 Sdl members upon whom you can gfi SSence? It i-s absolutely then ; bnt there are two parties fftf'to voice '.'Oh, cheese it" and o: Jfe aod tries to put out the ?^woS le v 2 it J2S..r '(Krolonsed interruption.) to George Grey Urged to Ketire. Well ; gentlemen, I tell you this fi-pm my feS qiartow as an old colonial" hand that fi Imenfof disorder enters the next Par- S£, (Treuiendpus uproar, hootmg S. miss: " Go and have .a bath.") , I ?ii mVe vQUtbe chance of another shout hp h fS been so. SKmS») Nor, gentlemen, I say ?£ir George Grey is a man for Zmpinally I entertain a very high 3' I recognise, l,w eoility, sshoulil.be ashamed -to ehuul be ore S like yon, .who love Sjr (jMrae Grey Sen), sndtry *° fc TO d "f e K ni - (A •'° , ?-' Si (jo, Ib SMD- , ) f bis eS»rvfc<» to England and to th» colony. (A ypice J " MP/e palaver. .) I K wikm liim ; as. a man who fo far my 3«£ • (Three cheers for Sir C eorge Grtrrl ' -Now, gentlemen, Sir . George GfWseatpd so deeply in the aictions'of .the people of Auckland, ttoFl'do "not-, believe it is in flilftoirf any. livijjff man to keep biihoat'ofParliamejit. (Cheei-s.) I have buVto'poJncoiit thai; tlje only way of doing EoislOrSir Oeorgp Grey tp keephimsell oui of ;! FaHiameiit. (Determined hooting aridrojaniiiK.) ' Th.ere Ls no other way and im Br .George Grey .will read tins pirt ; 6f '4fi speech very carefully. [The uprar iFp'noSv so .continuous and the dis crrfer si> geiieral that Mr"Cohheli kept near the reijorjers' table in order to be re pcn-trf/l "''Tise'-oiily words that can have ; ' tHe&effect'' I indicate must be pten'BySif George Grey himself. No mir&tf mine will do it. .Only bis own vwiy ■[' : 'Hea'r;T'hear, : ' and' a voice, "Don'ti yqu r insh yoii jnighfc "fsfjfi them," aadfpiewed dii)T),' He will have to look. tohia'prnjepuntry and the difficulties we are'ktad theri ;f if he is patriotic enough Ifrnd-'jajj I cannot, follow, and they rfnojTfoliflw me/ and therefore I will im'putratrend tb the disorder in the H6qsg,v pi|d. I won'i, -go into Par liinpi: :!Rerisiye laughter and loud gn»P3,)iijlOw pake that appeal to his ptSafem,. and if hp jpyes the, colony—and tfecjn Mho .doubt of that—he' will: d.p thk - ,- (Bprijfti 1 . j.; .■Notwithstanding the mag -4«hs«iteer;he h&s had, he will gain pur grjMWa Tjheo tseeing 1 ,our .difficulties ■ k ;will, ilife i so ) old colofliaJ; Hay, ">l eefteinly noljgo into the ,nC^sM^ Bl&Bt.; 1 ';'; •:. .'.. '.. ; .'..-'. ■::":',. ::/";; ;; : 4,; : |tOTS!dy,-,Scane. . \ ■■ -, An. ktenWs uproar followed, during which the Chiii'BWj ■yuinly appealed for i order. Mr : Si«a:tt,a the■ .tongoc.tal fn'tist, took: up hii "statibniitesideMr Connell, begau toigesticalaie. A shower of set 111/ aid amidst ib -a long strip of canvas, which I !dilinguisned the. artist in hair. Stetii, extricated himself j: and liijgaHantly tlirew;fcHe sacking towards Mr Connell, who flails behind huny The seat covers began again to epina down from tbe'dj'ess circle, aim to find their way to the stage.; The floor of tho platform ,was thickly littered over with, iplay bilk, and. the:. storm still continued. vJlost of-: the..audience were oa their feet, i and, the! reporters, Chab' mu, and speaker were: hemmed in by a: dense> crowd >i on the stage standing apparently tier upon tier. Mr Gpnnell ad vacedtothe'fodtlights and began to gea- wildly,,but so deafening was the Iwbel of. voices that, he could not be heard Jstance of two or. three - .feet: off. ■twee cheers for Sir George Grey broke out ™we«srepeated. '' ' • • f>;! ,■ ' : pc Chairman again rose tQ his feet, &\\d drew down upon himself missiles from all qua%s of the house. A heavy discharge oi cloth cleared;the table jqf bojbtle antttutablor,jjid jtrewed them in broken feon the yell of triumph followed,; an d t y R : scene/ became still wore i« disgracefully: rowdy. A • noise :fu *>' chaire as heal;id frQin t]if > 01 tt« Bta((e, and those who.hadkept their «*w until this poimt now rose in alalia apd jDMefor *lie-doors, while the more turbu «ntspirits pressed;to• the.point of disturb ?}WPv. It jjrpyed tq! have arisen through Mr u?ape cif the City Hall) knock ugapwij a hoodlum.- After a I p. o ",indesevibable' uproar, and' frantic »Ppeals for "Ordep" came.' • ■ .: -/ ' V*e Giraaa Finale. iJ^W ,^ W£ lieardto cay "Let's con- We tTOlness like men, I am prepared S ?r ®i questions." This'brought back, again,- and in'V few S * H&W Wfls S9 orovdea that the gj..c<?«ld get room: to move n aßked: ' fWill .Vou •ekS « ■ the/same as the British '■•:■■ "Tt maintain , that diiS^W 1 ? natiware athorough «» foot "of ;W men ' put under ■ iSif theb3ack men -" (Applause.). the speaker.; A man 4htSS l aickl Y covered «KM# « B ® W could be

were 'backing him up ■ spoke volumes. The uproar now increased to such an extent I that i\ v Abbott and his assistant, Mr Torn Heape, came to thd front*of the platform to tiy and Qlpse fch? meethig. J\lr Graham and Mr Connell had a con sultation for a few minutes, during which time the audience kept up a.constant fire of paper balls and chair 'covers. Alter sonic time order was sufficiently re stored for Mr Oaham to ask : " Do you think us per day ' sufficient for working 1 Mr Connell replied : " Tliere is not a man in New Zealand who has paid a bettor rate of warns tW» 1 )' avc dp 1 ,?;" He attempted to speak furtlier, but received sucli showers of balls that he said " Now 1 have done with you ; 1 can't stand it any more." He then resinned his seat amidst still greater U Mr Graham then interrupted to say a few words, but Mr Abbott interfered. Mr Council said : '' Ipaidforthisestablish nieut, and if the man speaks and the audi ence listens quietly, .you've no right to in-

terfere." •Mi- Graham then shouted out, "J pro pose a vofcepf fchankH and no confidence in '\lr J. Aitl»en Connell." Kot above a dozen people heard the words, as the uproar was simply indescribable. As the Chairman had left, 1 Mr Connell put the 'motion to the meeting, when the audience carried it with loud applause, ■'Mr" Connell thought that, this was a-i vote "of thanks and' confidence, and expressed his conviction that the audience wore of a similar opinion. As the uproar had beepme unbearable the gas was lowered in order to intimate that the fun was over. Sergeants Pratt and McMahqn also appeared upon the stage, and accelerated the exit of some of tho poli ticians, and at a; few minutes before ten o'clock the audience left tho building, thus concluding one of the most disgracefully rowdy meetings ever held in Auckland.

NEWTON ELECTION.

MR E. WITHY'S ADDRESS.

Thf.he >vas a crowded attendance at the meeting of electors held in tit. (ieorgq's Hall last evening for the purpose of listen ing to the political views of Mr B. Wit.hy, ope of the candidates for the Newton seat. The platform was occupied by a number of prominent resiuCnts'of the district. Mr R. T. Wai-nock was voteci to the chair, on the motion of MVTCowe. The .Chairman proceeded to open the meeting, but discovered that he was liofc' provided with a newspaper from which to read tlie advertisement convening the mect jng. Ho appealed to the audience for a copy of the Star, and one was producer], arid the customary formality complied with. The Chairman then pnid that as they had assem bled to hear the political views of Mr Wjthy, and not any remarks fropi hiinselfjie would not detain Vhfjm, but would at once call on the gentleman in question to deliver an address? : ' Mr Withy rose ■ apiidsb, cheers. He thought, that; at the outset, of this meet ing lie should refer to. the -smaller meeting held.'recently in the Ex celsior Hnll.'•' A few gentlemen who hail heard thatlfc was nob unlikely that he wou]d come forward as a candidate asked hiivi to meet them there, and address a num ber of tlio.se who they thought might be favourable to'his candidature. He went, there, and having explained his views to them, they were good enough to, pats a pretty iniannnoijs vQte of confidence in him. He thought, and some of them also thought, that! imfcil the boundaries were fixed, they could, nob take that as the cri terion of 4119 feeling of the electors. Siifa sequentlyj,'.they him what he in tended to do, and He'said he could not tell them' until he knew the feeling of the electors. Then: soroe ■ gentlemen took upojj ' themselves,-, bo prepare a re quisitfon, wliich iyas presented to him aii' Saturday-last. He considered ,bhat as he was • '"almost unknown in Auckland, he might take that as a fair e.2fpressipn\ pf the, views of the electors. Jte, questipried the gentlemen who waited uponhim as to their wishes, and suggested td them' r that he should call a meeting of the ■ electors and explain his political views an<l ppjnipriq to them, and if they consented to accept him as their repre sentative he would stdnd. The deputation were, however, desirous that he should at once give them an answer in the affirmative, and heevenfcually did so. Hewas at some dis advantage from the fectj that he had pot been long in the colony/ Hβ had only been put here about two years and a half, and had rjofc been prominently, before the public.bub Jie had pq doubt that before hig ; series pf m ee>tu?P 3 had concliicfecj )ie would be better known to, y>6lll. It was necessary that he should refei'to the prevlQUß meeting held, and he would endeavour to speak more clearly and at'greafce>;;length on one point that bad been put before them, and that was thai ~.; . ~ , , Ho was a Very Independent Mali. He believed that one gentleman said after he left the , roointhat 'evening that :his independence ' was independence of the packet.' . If that bfl4-> any reference to his style of ljving, those who were ac quainted with him knew how far it was from Iris' desire to live ■ostentatiously. ' By being independent, it must not be under stood that when" he'-"gW to Wellington he was to break all his promises and disregard' the pledges'he had given. He did tlofc consider that was indepen dence,and in fneb he would characterise it by a much shorter word,' did he mean by being independent thafchp wduld beafreelance. He hadacontempt for free lances, who were usually men who boasted thafc they did not ally.themselves with any party, and did not actin concert with others. Such men were of Jitfcle use in our workaday world. For hie part, he was pre pared to associate with those whose views most nearly coincided with his own, and work in poncerb with theinfor the general good. Nor did hP mean by an independent man one who would bg likely to lose sight of the interests- of hig; when they were • likely'to conflict with his own ov those of his friends.-' There was one point m which he wftg prepared to speak positively, and that was that there was no banker, no lawyer, -.b» land-owner, agent or mortgagee who'could in any way put his gflger on him and divert him from the., .cpuvse, which hp considered to be the right one. (Cheers.) He did net wish bhem bo bhink him .-egotistical,- but he tp bhue fully explain whab henieaht by being independent. And now to pmceed to other matters, ;• . ■ ■ ;;.,. ( ...,:., If 0 CoEfldeaee to tbo Government It was quite clear to him that Mnce he had been in the colony ho had not had any kin.d of confidence in thel present Go yernraent. (Cheers.) Not only, had their adcoinisbration been wasbeful and exbvava gant, but they had displayed aw ßn t of back bone in regard to the measures they had brought forward. Thoy had nob shown any regard for. the usage pursued in.England, the Government stood or fel] by the more importanb measures t}iw intro duced. There was no .princjpj c o f thab kind with present Min^ry, ' He was npf; prepared to ple'ee/, himself ab present to apy leader,, for jfc ap peared from the preas that the country was IP doubt whiph was the be§t ingn,' Thore fpN? h? was nob_ prepared t,ogiiy; that he would support Sir Geo. Grey, p O p u i av mm though-he was, ov Major Atkinson oV Sir Roberti • fftpi-sb, By'so ; doin*T might' tiatoh soj?Je votes,- ( Hβ g( ?, , dt TV f"1 dedde • f( ??'.htmeelf which of the leaders was to

their confidence. (Cheers.) And now lie would explain why ho had come for ward to contest this seat. Two months ago, he had no intention of doing so, and such a thing had hardly crossed bis mind. But the thought gradually forced itself on him that a crisis was approaching, and that public opinion in the colony was gradually forming itself on stronger lines than over before. He suggested to one man and another about town that they should come forward and offer themselves to the electors, but they did not appear disposed to do so. Then it occurred to him, why should he ask others to go to Wellington when he himself had fewer ties to keep him away than they '! and hence he had decided to stand. Living Within Moons. He would now endeavour to explain to them why he thought his principles were suited to the present circumstances of the "colony. One of his principles through life was to live within his income (cheers), and he never bought; anything to cat or wear that he had nob the money to pay for at once. Jn business, a certain amount of credit was necessary to a business man, because i,t was generally some time before he could pell what he bought; .buh.it appeared to him thai; many went beyond what was necessary in obtain ing- credit;. He remembered that when he came to the colony, he was told by a pro minent business man, that there was three times more ereditgivenherethanin England, j-f that were so, the effect must be bad. Such a man would be occasionally compelled to realise in order to obtain money, and he could never buy in the cheapest market. Now, it wus a long time before he under stood the difference between capital and revenue, and a great many people did not understand it yet. A great deal of money that was represented as capital should have gone as revenue. It was not capital.but merely replacement. Then,' there were many people who forgot that there was. such a thing as depreciation, but it was necessary to make a clear chaVge against revenue before reckoning it as protib in order to make provision for depree.lfl.tjon. Borrowed Money and Sinking Fund. And now he had a word to say with regard to borrowed money. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and knew what it was to tight his way upward. He had gone into partner ship in a large business, and knew what it was to have to pay. one per oent. on senior partner's capital. He waH clearly of opinion that nil borrowed money .should bo paid constantly, peri odically and systematically, on some thing like building society principles. Tfe did not find that to be blip policy of the present Colonial Treasurer, and did not approve of his notion in taking a qunitor of a million which had been act apart as a fund to make future provision for repay meiit of loans and putting it into revenue. And, now, in his next point he was afraid he would tread on the corns of some of those present. He was consistently opposed to gambling, which he considered to be the essence of selfishness, mid which led to no e?)d of sharp and dishonourable practices, and this vice was apparently.not absent at Wellington. (Laughter.) Another reason why ho thought hi; ought to como forward wus that, lie had reasonable time and lefsuro to attend to the work required of him as their representative in the House. Representative or Dole.ate? And now there was another point that he wished to touch upon, und that \yas the dif ference between a representative and a dele gate. Each branch of any society might 'formulate a policy to guide a deldfrate whom they might send to represent them at a conference of (the society, and might give him definite instructions how to for ward their viewg. But he might find that these principles would not go down, and he could write or telegraph to those by. whom he had been sent, asking them what ho was to do. That man was a delegate. Bui; & representative was one sent to do the best he could, with certain points well defined, and if changes took place and ■ other ques tions arose, he wa,s their representative to do what seemed to him best for the general good, and, in a "word, to not'on hia own responsibility. Now, he was pi'epared tio go to Wellington as their representative, but not as then- delegate. The only way in which a constituency expressed its will was at the ballot box, and ;i constituonpy did not go to the ballot box every six months to decide what principles should guide their representative. Beyond slating wljiib his views were and what he was prepared to support, he could not agree to bind himself in any sense to go as a delegate. There were many societies in Auckland which would like to get candidates to agree to their platforms, bub for. his part he would .nob come forward as a delegate or representative of any society. Jt sepnied tp him necessary to lay this distinction down clearly. ' Retrenchment. The question of retrenchment was the thing before .the electors to-day. Olg&ri.Yj he submitted, we are epgnfljng' j more than our iricomp, and jn fact spend lug more in comparison 'with our iiicbmo than we have any idea of; Retrenchment miisti be attended to, and;that at.once, and ha thought that a beginning should be madts I with the representatives themselves. Hβ did hot think that wealth should bp ajjy i qualification fpr repregpntatipn, apd neither should a ljt'tile jop fn yjew fir- an eyotqofh'co be .one. . He thought jfc suijicigpb that men.} n bers should be allowed tho expenses which they were really out of pocket. While he objected to the payment of a salary, hia idea was this, that something like HI per d&y ???d railway fare to and fro should be sufficient: (Cnews.) if lie intentjed to spend more than £1 per day in Wellington, he thought he would be extravagant. (A voice.: " How about your family at homeY") Then there was the Government House and stfrrpiindjng jt; j n A^pUJ;,n ( l, He thought theseshould be done away with,and did nob think it was any duty of the State to provide such residences, and if the elec tors were willing to do away with the one in question, bheir members wpr,lf] bp strength pnjsdfcp. ejidearouy'tpdp away'ivi'tliother items of useless expenditure. Then thero was the Governor's salary. Hβ dul not know if they could touch that of the present Governor, bub .he believed that £5,000 a year and extras 1 was ample. He believed ' In ti ledaefe} of thp Ministers of jblje Crpwn. and in the salaries paid to them,and ifeftp peared to him that the tenacity with which the present Government had stuck' to office was largely due to the snug allowances they had. , ( . The Borrowing Policy. With regard to borrowing, lie thought it should be stopped as soon as possible, nomfi people sajd wp should bprrpw another two millions and then etop, rfhd others thought we should cpase : borrowing as soon as the loans at present'authorised, were raised. It was not'easy to put it dgfj, nitely, but he thought we' should cease to bpriW as soon as possible.' It was nob alone tjie interest Miat we had to pay. Many people did not understand their business position fill! dead slack times overtook them*, and t>his was especially the case with people who paid for their goods with bills. , When there; was no money coming in and trade was bad, they onpld not nieefc their bills, and thus it was with the colony. Many people were afraid to stop borrowing, because they feared that the revenue had not been charged with till the Hems which should have been charged, against it, and if had npt, borrowed, money to fall bock" upon, we would have to 'face more drastic retrenchment than we had ever thought of. ; ' Education and Civil Service, He was strongly in favour of our present free, secular; and compulsovy system of education (ch.efii-B), but believed, in an ex. tension on the present system of wholav

ships. He believed thab sharp boys and girls should have every chance through winning scholarships of getting the best education possible. So far a.-s lie could pee at present, he was not in fa vourof abolish ing the present Boards of Education, which was the only system of local control we had from the central administration at Welling ton. He thought, however, thababettersystom of electing school committees might be de vi.sed, and that a complete revision of the whole expenditure of the boards was neces sary. As regarded tho Civil Service.public works stall', and expenditure on defence, he might say that for the last few weeks lie had acted on the Committee of the Political. Reform Association, and they had threshed out many things, and this had proved a useful education for them. So far as lie could see, he agreed with most of the decisions arrived at," and they would see thab on one point he wenb further, that was, relative to the remuneration. He thought I tho Upper House would be much better if elected than if nominated. (Cheers.) The Political Reform Association believed that a reduction of LSOO.OOO in the revenue 'was feasible, and it was very likely that this was the case. (Cheen.) Bub they must bear in mind what lie said, that lie would not go as a delegate or special representative from limb or any other as sociation. Expenditure on Mquox. Talking of retrenchment, there was one item that was the most hopeful of all pos sible forms of retrenchment. IJe fomid that ii) oui , expenditure there was one item alone of over two millions a year .on intoxi cating liquors. He had at home an old printed in the early English style, and in it was the following passage— " Whereforo do ye spend your labour in that which is not bread, and that which satisfyeth not." Now, he believed that ex penditure came under this heading,'and Jt appeared absurd that wo should require an expenditure of two millions on strong drink lo pour down our throats every year. (Cheers.) Taxation. The next item he wished to refer to was taxation, and there were some burning questions with regard to taxation. His own opinion was that the new House would require to devote nil its energies during the whole of next session to retrenchment. It was easy to put down L30G,000 as the po*. sible saving, but to enable that to be ef fected there would require to bea great deal of wrangling and controversy. It was quite fail for them to ask him upon what lines he was going with regard to the reduction of taxation. So far as the Customs tariff was concerned, ho would be at insite with many of them. Ho would oppose any increase of the Customs tai'in". (Cheers). Froo Trado v. Protection. Many people wero of opinion, and people whoso opinions were worth having, that a free fader could nob be a patriot. Now, his idea was that a patriot was one who spent his timo in trying to find out what was for his country's good, and en deavouring to oii'ocb that good. He was quite willing to grant to every protectionist that which he asked for himself, namely, to bo allowed to hold his own views and be a patriot. He believed in the payment of a bonus to manufacturers for the first pro duction of a certain quantity of the goods which they intended to manufacture. Many protectionists did not belie'vo that this went half far enough, but it was as far as he could reasonably go. The system of grant ing bonuses would effect thift. When a new iiiQusfcry wft* started, there were generally numerous e.\-pcnsesincurred and exp&riments to be made before the tiisfr product can be turned put successfully, These difficulties often broke tho buck of the project before, the industry could get fairly to work. Now, a bonus would enable the manufac* turur to overcome those dUncultjes to an extent. He had been in business himself, and could sppfjik VV.4fcH experience. Now, he ■would ask thoifl to look at what liapponed jn connection with the attempt to establish ironworks hope, reported in the daUyjHtpers. After' making aboiit thirty iema of iron, tho furnace appeared to have broken down. It -\vas the opinion of some that they should i)ut up two smaller furnacGs at a cost of L3OO each. Now, such a bonus as lie had suggested would be an incentive td tho promoter, l ) of this industry to ffO on and overcome the difficulties 'that were inherent at blip outset of every new ii:nterprise. He thought this wasaperfectljfiegitimatc way i» which to spend coloniajl funds, but to spend large sums atmually in protection ■vaa vory unsound, Frep Tradoira and "Pforjnnqn. Now, some might .say that fiee traders had no sympathy with manufacturers and with tho men who worked for them, {t was not so with him, Ho had plenty of sympathy for them, and ho did not'put it 0,0 uieni/Unental grounds at all. When he waa a lad, he served his apprenticeship and worked in a shipyard whefd iron ships were built, and ono of.the r&lios (bat he still kept was the can jp, w-l'loh, he used to carry the ooß'ee for- his dinner, (Cheers.) At that Hme there waa np eight hours system, and ho had fp work very long hours com pared to those that now prevail, Con sequently, he L sympathised' \y\i\\ shorter hours. Another thing tfcji* served to show his feelings on, \\)\& subject was that he had apprenticed his son at a local sawmill. He did not work genteel hours, but served at the joiner's bench day in. and day out. FuoouraKlsig tho Iron Industry. Then again, he could tell them that when he first came out to Auckland he took shares to the. extent of IJOO in ( the new ironworks. He ttfld. the Chairman when lie djd gf) that- ho did nob consider this a specu lation, and that he would tkob put it down amongst his assets. He g'jive. the WOO as a subscription toward? Zealaud's prosperity. (Ch^rs,) Arjd he had also told the pliajrinaii of the company a mouth ago, that if there was any chance of vesws citating the industry he would jjo In again. (Cheers.) That was before, he had any idea that ho would |$ a candidate. Protec- Were, to his mind, selfish* be cause they only wanted I prcrtooi.ion for their own country, ftju) wanted to have tho pprtw of other countries open to them. The poet Cowper had said many sensible things, andj amongst them, he said : " As plenty is "the" robe, trade is the golden gird re of the, rob*.." His opinion was that thj glflbe wsß rqbed with plenty, and that free trade was the golden girdje round the robe. Protection was seMieh, because it refused tradip in neigh bourly way. Was not protection, here a selfish pry ? (« No," and J« Yes,") Well; they were hot likely to decide tho question fcherp. Ho; only asked the question, was not protection nere a question of Town" versus Country? ("No," and " Y0.9,") Well, he thought it was. The town folks wanted to get benefits afc the expense of the country fflKfk, The t question here woji the reverse to wljat ib was in ■England. . . The first step .towards free trade in England was tho (breaking down of corn lawHj, which Were in! the interests of the landlords against the people. Farmers awnnlngly. said the effect would be to de stroy agriculture in Englftiid if tliey 'vyere to let corn} come in free. What they wanted was! they might get large profits, fi'dm which they could pay the landlords high vents, and. the landlords therefore supported the land laws. Those laws wofo so oppressive on the poor that they nearly led to revolt. Now, here wejiad plenty of food, and,: wanted to send it ftway, anjd while we. >vajji.tje.d. to get pro tection for cjur manufactures we were really seeking afc. th' 3 .expense oithe agricultural population. . , ~.', ■■ ; ' 'j , A Cane In Point, ; ' He illustytitec} his rafianip »by : a case., in point ! A iirm in England built ft steamer, whioh oftmdd nbout 2,000 tons, 1 and when ,they weria furnjehing het'.tlie owner get $ freight to bring corn from America, Then

he set. to work to see if he could find any goods to carry across. He found that the Americans did not want iron, and would not take ib if ib were sent out. Thep came coal, bub he found but that'if he went in for coal lie would have to pay higher dues bhan if he carried ballast. Then tlicrc would be the cost of taking out the coal and cleaning the ship, and ib was evidenb when every thingwasconsidered thatitwould nob pay to take coal. Then they got 400 tons of ballast, and filled up their water ballast, afid instructions were given that when they were on the way, if the sea wero smooth, they were to take out the ballast and put it overboard, so thatthey could go straight into dpek at New York. Now, he had gone still further into the matter, and had found that while iron rails were £7 per ton in England, they were i-14 in America, and other things were ii) proportion. Farmers did not live on the Atlantic sea-bourd, but had to send their cargo by rail, and then pay to pub it into the s|iip. And when he considered the matter he saw this, that the farmer could only get in England the market price for his corn. At his instance the steamer wenb across to get the corn. He had to load the wheat in the railway trucks. These trucks were partly built of iron, and were drawn by locomotives of iron', the rails were of iron, and iron was used to a great extent in different ways. Now, the farmer got less for his grain than he should, owing tc the increased freight through the steamer being empty and , other effects of a heavy protec tive tariff. (Npt at all.) Well, the farmer had to pay larger freight in a steamer that came out empby, and that re duced the farmer's income. Now, what about the farmer's expenditure? He re commended a perusal of the " Western Farmer of America " on this point, and said he saw from it that all agricultural imple ments cost the farmer more than if the iron was not protected. (Cheers.) Thus the cost to the farmer was more. tp raise his corn. Protection had raised the cost of living, and in many respects the farmer had his candle burnt at both ends. He had increased cost, and less profits, be cause of protection. He would like to hear this refuted. Ib was obvious thab if a ni'an made less and spenb more, the produc tion of wealth must be slower. He gave an instance of this, and held thab the produc tion of wealth was slower in a' protected country than where the trade was free. He failed to see where protection increased the remuneration or reduced "the hours of labour.

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NEW ZEALAND FROZEN MEAT AN'l> STORAGE COMPANY, Ltd. lleadOi-fjct.: Railway \Vft ARP , auch^ajtd. \\ OHKS AT WAITAHA. P.O. Box, 113. ~ r " 'I'ulephouu. No. 10G. j l)o. Acid Works, m Do. Butter Department, 278. JOSEPH BANKS, Managing Director. W, BβaMISII A. MORRISON, Secretary PRESERVED , MEATS. This Company begs to direct public attention to its various, Manufactures of Preserved Meats. The reputation of our "PEACH BRAND is now thoroughly, established, and our palos have renohed proportions which we may safely say no other Colonial nicat-preservingcstnblish incnt is able to approach. Our Goods imj now to bo foukiv hi aix THK TIKST MAKIiKTS OF TUB WOKLU, The liißli-clauß quality o? meat that we are in a position to command enable* us lo pack H n article which at all times tcivt-s ua the pre- Tereii over American incuts. Thi is admitted by tho Admiralty and loadin merchants. Wo mny mention that the whole of our pre parations aroniunufacturod on the most modern nnd approved principles, undec which the use ot Acide in avoided. SALT BEEFand PORK Packed in Kegs, Baurbls and Tierces. Special attention is drawn to this line, which we aro nuking a. fcricctAi/rY, and whicli-with ow facilities atifl the eeld air prooeee—we are able to oureln mild picklo, tho necessity oC cut tlflK lg einall pjecea bping oljviatci), tJUAIiITY. CURE, ANP FRBEDOM FROM LAltd K UOXE GUARAN'TKK]). AtWATS \ T ("I TjT f< ALWAYS ON iIAMW. j■<. JL v> JCJ I (OK.HAND. COLD "STORAGE For Butter, Menf, atid l*pultrynt Usual Rates. GENERAL MERCHANDISE AT liQVyjfiST RAim . D>iring the Season Cold Storage for' Game is offered at tho following Special rates:—Phea sants or Ducks, Is per brace; Teal, Plover. Quail, etc., 6d per braco; Hares, Is each; for any period riot exceeding one month. ijQ TN consequence ot fnierior (JQ •N JL ■;''■•' •■ft ( ' UpJ Butter having been put up JD gr in imitation of and sold as our Jj-FJ *aM " Shell" Brand, to the injury of L ' Qj oui" reputation and trade, \ye M lmvo arranged tliab in future HH O qvery half-pound pat leaving Hj our eftablishmentj gbalj bear the [^ words ' ' 25 0 FREEZING COMPANY © pH on the margin surrounding the fai M **, "Shell." To ensure obtaining £N yu a really choice article, and to \*m avoid disappointment, look for r™3 the words " Freezing Company' , LS ft in addition to the" Shell" brand. £v Should anything supplied as our Butter fail to giye satisfaction, send Post Card to Glanville and- Elia'btt, Managers of Department,, and a messenger will be sent to investigate. Delivered: through the town daily, or at Depart ment; Premises, Railway Wharf. TIMBER STATIONS, COUNTRY STORES, " AlfD SHIPPING? SUPPLIED witli™ . Butter in KegSi Tins, or in •• '' • fresh Pats in Boxes. $LANVILLE~~ZiT> ELLYETT, Managers of Department. GO TO B A T M to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. COLD, AND SHOWKR BATHS, Victoria-sthkkt East. Charge-ONE SHILLING. Open all week days from. 6", a.jn.ito 9'p.m' aiidj SUiKfDAY MORNINGS* from B tiiflO a.m. The Bath rooms are all private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &c. Seleot Bath-roonis (private) for ladies ovory day, at all hours, witht'umalo attendance, o.noShilling.and Sixpence. Vleaeobote tho Address—Victoria street East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next tho Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart, Auckland. Ntß.—Barber in attendance. PUBLIC NOTICE.—WiId Rabbits ami Haveg, wholesale and retail, skinned «id cleaned, at B. McDonald's. City JUarioh #oU losley street entrance. Skins BovigUt, '



FOR QJfg MONTH ! FOR ONE MONTH I FOft ONE MONTH! Smith & Oaughey's ' . . USUAL WINTER CLEARANCE SALE PRIOR TO STQCK TAKING, WILL BKGIN OX MONDAY, JULY 11, 1887. Reductions from their well-known Low Cash Prices in every Department, and will vary : ",' FROM "Ji TO 4-0 percent. According to character and class of Goods. S. & C. ARE WELL-KNOWN TO BE THE LARGEST RETAIL IMPORTERS OF SILKS General Drapery and Clothixu in Auckland, ? And Stocks must be reduced to make room for immense Shipments of new Spring Goods soon to arrive. SMITH & CATJGHEY, WHOLESALE and FAMILY DRAPERS QPE*?Jf STREET, AUCKLAND, Business Notices, Business Notices. -+—s - j : —m— i —. — '. , „ t i..;,"'»'' :: ;.:! *.', , .... ,■ ' R'I:,C,H MO.N D HpUSB, .:■•.■ :.,-■-., - ■ • '"---:•• FAMILY BUTQipR, P AP BB HANG INGS. BOOTS AND SHOEsT * SON . PPOTS AND SHOES.. ' HAVE RECEIVED. EX LATE ARRIVALS, BOOTS AND SHOE^* IS5— __.__ 55,000 ROLLS OP PAPERHANGISGS, >V, 'WAI lQ > _ ,' ' CONSISXIKGOF '*> Hiring opened extensive premises in Queen ■NTTHV PATTffPWC Bficet, has determined to close tkio prenjiees in _ _ .. „. . t> jr> T » ~ Kaningahape Road, and to enable nun to do bo For Drawinß. Dimpg. Bed- Booms, Hall and will hold*. Stauraso, Buitable for the Mansion wiunwa* ■ or Cottage. GREAT GLEARANOE SALE. BEAUTIFuTHisiGNS F° R MONTH ONLY, AND.PS.ST ojjjSRED IN u uijng w , hip h the H. 916-I'ACKAGES-916 clcwod. _____ . -. 5C R I M S A N I) H E S S;I A N S ! „ See onr Price Lisct below and compare with PLATE ANP SHEET GLASS. WHITE m 7 L]Ul>. OILS. TURPS. VARNISHES. Children's Part Lace Boots, ?ize 7 t08,356d ' ANU ALt TRADE aUiNUWKd. Children's Leather Lace Boote. 7 and 8,3s lid 1 _' Ghjldren'sLtiathw Lace Boots, 10 to 12, to lid W. PIIILL IP P S &! l aidßVkidEla?McSWe8 > 'l t and'2,2s6d B5 and 97 '-Otrpinj qtheipt Ladies' Dancing Shoes, from 2s €d Ja ,4*° ?/• «DEEN-STHEi.r, Ladies' Morocco Elastic Sides, from 5s Ud- : ——; ■ ■.. lii: Ikciies , Kid ElastienSides, from 5s lid 1 ' .—... , • —1 .». ■.. • ■ .r'r-r ',■..,"■'.— Men's Lace Balmorals, from 6s lid \ I Meu's Kip ElastlpFjidea, pegged, from 8s Hd \ ' TT CI T? Mtui s Bluchers, nailed, good, from, 5s lid \ U O Hi All other articles at equaUy low prices. \I ' IjUl} Jii J J h,( )N This bßin » a etenuine Bona Fide Sale, no \ \ j±*y KJJ - A X^J ■*££¥ * reasonable offer will be refused. V BLENDS Op Note TnE ApDEES3 . Hb_\ \ -.. .. W W A : . m \-pTTT^T< T ■■ WAIJ : b 5 \Jγ U JLjb Jii.. KAE.AKGAHAPE BOAD, " \ J '"NEXT BARLE & MONTQONGERrS. ' at \ : ' .'.'.'. '.- ._..„.,.--. .... ; \TO A S v I/lOV STOP! ATO I \ (t T ° 0 k v 5r / \ II ins *"J / V ffl| CHEAP CASH SALE •■ /• ;>Big,\|p WINTER BRA^MRY; every article WILL Bii . A Tr ' , \ GKEATLY BBJSU6ED, :. it Auckland. . \ .. j 0 !il - km SE. COVER S, p bALK UkM Sf|f , GAITERS.. ■ ' '" " " : , j <-<^^^ebp E ooip W. p f ;OQ3dOTjB^ t **jarmQ l aprons. , yigtqma rmm, ..;;/•■ ;i CUSTOMS, SHIPPING, AIifDqENEEAt WIW> !r^^»% : *aaii COMMISSION AGENT: ' t^W^g^S^&^US^- BROKEP> and/ fi PUBLIC stMEasf. ' '-^ *»•*■•