NEWTON ELECTORATE.

Withy at B^oadKoad

• WITH* addr'e-secl the electors of & Jm Primitive Methodist School- Road, on Friday evening. T' SS 150 per3OUS Pr6Se ' Thf! r Siington presided. Mr,T L,o w_s received with ap * Wl5 y tha n-cehe had addressed the plans'. Hall last Monday, M**l .ten a new feature introduced *«c 5S Section through the retire into from Eden and his cancu menfc Mr Tole had said dature & **2_t t in effect, that if the afchi% rTov mien., were not returned present W» ld have c haos; he to P° ff____d.noe in the present Govern. had- n0 SSad since he arrived in the B ent,andne^er i - no rf s ,. per . «°* . n-*'* -fit Government were not returned ieatDgrltD» proceeded to give his felBH-M tenia opposed to the Govern; reasons 101 ° d tinan cing, and because ment, via. "- fth <_*oloz_i__.l Treasurer ! * k JTSi B country through a they f fnnml debauchV and as. a remedy sorboffoancuii t Personally ; all he this occasion .vas that incle- WOU ?.,-mbers seemed to be regarded S..a that he would be independ *^finfluence that would divert him jSSSS&n to the interests of his Sts. As an illustration of this he co*f o reference to the aberration in the "& of theSnet Uranus, which was orfa ♦ ,1 hvNeptune,' and said that no j him away from the course he &%?Tch^,):Hethenbfie% £5 bis .Masons for COlttng forward, his _Sted methods of retrenchineub, ffasimilarstrain td that adopted, at S'addressatSfc. George's Hall, coming to speak of free trade and protection he SJthatit was thrown at him sometimes S be Had come here with English •Il nri that point. But ho did Jnd squarely at the matter, with due con-iderstion of then* requirements as a youn* colony. He was not an importer Ld knew little ot them, and was not -n.akin_: in their interests. Protec £ meant that they paid LlO. for mi Ll2O worth of goq'ds landed n the wharf, and therefore had 1-20 less to spend on anything else. He B-cralci give them the following illustra .ion of how import duties act :—Take book Say 600,000 inhabitants, each wear ins one pair amiually. Say 300,000 are imported* and 300,000 made here. The duty was imposed in order to bring up the mice of those imported to that of the local Inanufacture. The wholo 600,000 pairs of boots were then made, say 20 per cent, dearerthan the price of free imports. But the revenue was only collected upon 300,(KK. imported pairs *of boots, or upon only one-half of the quantity which had been raised in price to the consumer. As far _s revenue was concerned it only yielded 50 pfir cent, of extra cost entailed on the consumers; and as far as the other oO iier cent, was concerned the people's pur chasing power in other directions was cur tailed »that extent. He preferred grantii*^* a bonus to a new industry instead of giving it protection, because with a bounty peoplo would not start an industry that could not be earned on without a continual allowance. He affirmed that protection would increase the cost of living and of carry ing on their business und work. Many thought that under protection competition would bring local productions down to tha cost of the imported article; he, however, deuied this. He ajyain al luded to the American iron trade a hi evidence of the fallacies of protection. .Things in New Zealand were nearly twice as dear as in England, and if they further 'increased.the tariff the cost of living would te immense. Ib would be no advantage if protection raised the amount of wages if the oost.of living was increased. Wages were measured not bj their amount,bub by their purchasing power. If New Zealand refused to receive goods from England but wished to export to that country, it would be like sending everything up hQI aud receiving nothing back. ihe Star had a leader on Wednesday in rhichi. criticised very fairly his speech at fie St. George's Hall. The Stab ■aid it thought that the farmers would gain byprotectioathroughthe increased consump tion of the labourers. Hefelb Dretty satisfied that il would not counterbalance the cost of living, and if it did not do that there would be no gain. The savings of the country would be less under pro tection, and if they said the country would be. more prosperous with pro tection* they were very sanguine. The Stak said that he had been careful to seta the h_.n trade for his illustration, and pointed out that if farmers had nothing to oo with the production of iron. In reply to this he had to _ay that he took the iron trade because he was best acquainted *|t_ it. The iron trade was a general levy on the whole population of America, awl was no more standing on its feet to-day than it was 20 years ago. He contended that bounties would not fail, 88 here his bounty as a premium would Wlfl in. His idea was that protection worked blindly, and bonuses worked* with open eyes. At ono of his meetings ■* was as ked if he had studied the question of free trade .and protection, « regarded New South Wales and victoria, and he would read them {« Mowing extract from a book called *ree Trade v. Fair Trade " by Sir T. H. '««»; r .., 3rd edition, page ISI : " The »».<_ ■/'ictoria and New South Wales is particularly interesting because the two monies are in many respects similarly wuftted; whilst the One (Victoria) has em oraced protection, the other (New South ___f* remained steadfast to free-trade. i„ lia, ve Progressed,but New South Wales So h y far the S l' eater progress of the of. 1 V aPPeai' 3 on comparing the progress vriiK .«__° ,colonie 3 for the decade ending n*4< ' _hat the -following arc the general 2, Population in Victoria has' in ___n_f Bpercent *> in New gouth Wales emiof .° nfc-' excess °* immigrants over Snn.k.v Sr m Victoria, stationary, in New _»«i , increased from 4000 to 19,000 ; CI o{rateable property in Victoria fffito1! 6* 1 h less than one half, in New Cu_L S,lthas now moi'e than doubled ; M r<r SI e';! nue in Victoria,stationary; in klf i i • ales increased by nearly one t-riffm J 8 *lthaless Population and low With - . y aS eKtA-ta that of Victoria. i,2rt!a^ e T -POlHdation ipid high tariff; I*>rt£ S v-Uth WaJes W Per cent. ; c?- Lv^Victoria increased 28 por cent., SE'PM Vale9'J4porc*ont. Since lJ:= s t ha™ pursued a similar course. S& ata _le(Xa XXV* intheappen ■WoS S} h(i Population, public debt, «S .oiome3 from 183 to 1883, CL ™ tk Victorian Year K«»'sS. i?? h Jt will be seen that m,SSLr-^f' the free trade colony, ■* 1880 7 n o, S .! m IJOlts from 14 millions mm vi\ frttoia in 1883, while pro ißlPorS W ,°r, a has only increased its C^T }% raUlions to \Ti millions. ■Wfrm i-? w South Wales have in ■ailHons S *J& m} l}} 0™ « ]««' to 20 °«*di_._ 8W» w,"lst Victoria has in »illio ts uporfcs fr°m 16 millions to 10 - ai. '?. me time* This table Creasedl ifi ■ New Sonth Wales has k*__eth,. exportß in those fchree y°ai-s all „.ail.. of other Australian tionist, A •'*'hlch a-*e far .more protee- HisarenJr e,XlJOrts which 0UI* fair f^rt.beiK vlarly a»xio«Sabout, and feli«iatamnV. 0 dlsaPPointment to them to amon S a number of British socie

ties starting on similar or equal terms, the one which has constantly admitted free im ports has actually increased its exports far more than those which have en deavoured to promote their produc tion and their power of export by protective dut.es, thus giving an excel lent illustration of the free trade maxim- Leave the imports free, and the exports will take care of themselves." Coming to the question of land tenure, he corrected a statement that had appeared that he was pleased with the land tenure of England. He was decidedly opposed to it, and while at home had been a member of an advanced land society, and had incurred the dislike of the Tories by bringing up lecturers to the town. He approved of a modification of the land tenure up to the limit of the land nationalisation, but he was not going to bring it up as an election cry„ as at present _be believed it beyond the range of practical politics. He then proceeded to state his news on other matters— Vaile's railway scheme which he approved of ; looal option which he also approved of. Regarding the franchise he did not believe in plurality of votes except a local election, and in conclu sion thanked them for the patient sympatic etic hearing they had accorded him. (Ap^ plause.) _ Replying to questions, he said—(l) Re garding the education question, he'thought a saving might be effected by not sending the children to school until thoy were seven. (2) He was opposed to the denominational system of education. He had been a candi date for the first School Board in his native town after the passing of the Act in IS7I, and had fought strenuously for the mini mum of religious instruction. (3) He did not favour the granting of compensation for taking away a publican's license, as a license was only a privilege for 12 months, and it had boen held clearly in the English law courts that as such it carried no com pensation with it. (4) He was in favour of largely reducing the number of members of Parliament, 50 members for the House of Representative', and 30 for the Legislative Council. (-1) He thought the placing of num bers on the ballot paper was a safeguard against personation. (5) Tho imme diate effect of putting on a pro tective tariff would no doubt be to employ some of the iron workers now idle, bub the ultimate result would be in jurious. (6) He did not think they would be able to touch the taxation for several years, but when they could he would first substitute the income and land tax for the property tax. (7) He would nob be in favour of ejecting Justices of the Peace, though he knew there was a good deal of abuse in the appointment of justices. (8) He had been a member of a shipbuilding firm in England, during the great nine hours strike, and he had done all in his power to resist that strike. He, however, favoured short hours and and good wages, and did not think that the issue was between capital and labour, but between these two classes and non-producing land owners. (9) He favoured the Perpetual Leasing System more than Sir George (Jrey's Land Scheme, though ho confessed he knew bub little of the latter. (10) He would not forego his opinion on Free Trade for tlie purpose of acting with the rest of the North Island members.

Mr Donald proposed a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Withy as their represen tative, and asked those present to vote for him, because he was a straightforward, out spoken man. (Cheers). An amendment was moved for a vote of thanks only. The motion was carried by a large majority, only a few voting lor the amendment.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr Withy distributed a number of free trade pamphlets.

"THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REBFL LION."

lecture By Major Dane.

Major Dane lectured on Friday to a crow ded assemblage, in the Opera House, upon The Great Naval Battles of the American Civil War. The effect of it was to confirm and deepen the very favouranle impression which this most accomplished lecturer has produced upon the popular mind, and, now that his singularly great merits are fully known, it is to be hoped that he will be prevailed upqn to deli, or an extended course of lectures in Auckland, should he decide upon doing so, we feel quite assured that he will command a successful run of public patronage. <• Major Dane began his lecture by stat ing that when the great American Rebellion broke out, the little Union, army was stationed—part in Utah, and part upon the Rio Grande in Texas, while the few re maining hulks of the lleet rode in Indian waters. But the militia came to the as sistance of the amy. Despite the absence of a fleet, Lincoln issued a declaration — derisively termed his " paper blockade " — announcing that all the ports, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, were closed to tho whole world. But fleets arose as if by magic—how or where none seemed to know —and, so speedily, that there were soon abundant means to defend the whole coast line. .With graphic aninuteness and power Major Dane described the engagement in which the Confederate ironclad Merrimac, on the Sth March, 1862, in Chesapeake Bay, fought five Federal cruisers, sinking two or threo of them. He held his audience en thralled whilo he described the painful effect of the news upon President Lincoln and his colleagues. Jn his extremity the President knew not what to do, but by one of those strange coincidences which turn the stream of history in critical moments, Ericson's strange naval inven tion, the Monitor, had just gone on her trial trip. By the night of the Sth March she readied Chesapeake Bay, in ignorance of tho momentous events transpiring there. When the Confederates saw the Monitor, they contemptuously termed her "a Yankee cheese b-jx mounted in a cart." In most picturesque language, the lecturer then vividlyportrayecTtheaction that followed, in which the Monitor completely discomfited theMerrimac.savedthe Union, and delivered the Republic. The lecturer gave another illustration of his splendid descriptive powers by depicting the storming and cap ture of New Orleans by Admiral Farragut, an exploit in which.the lecturer himself took part on tho Federal side. In a subse quent action he was taken prisoner and held by the Confederates for 11 months. Upon his release in 1864, he rejoined Farra gut then at Mobile Bay, his position as a member of the Signal Corps involving his service with the fleet. It was Fjmgut-_ intention to capture Mobile at all hazards, as it was the last great feeding-place of the Confederates, and failure meant the final disruption of the Union. In magnificent style IMajor Dane pain tod the critical con dition of the Federal cause—the people of the large cities clamouring for the close of the war at the expense of letting the South go, the women vehemently opposed to the despatch of any more of their relatives, to the field, and Congress unwilling for party reasons, to pass a Bill for raising 500,000 additional men, until James" A. Garfield changed their minds by an impassioned appeal to their patriotism. The lecturer closed with a sketch of the success of the Mobile Bay ex ploit, in which the Confederate Admiral Buchanan died covered with glory after gallantly engaging with his single steam ram the entire 14 frigates and three rams of the Federal fleet. It was a very able lecture despite'a tendenoy to exaggeration of language, and notwithstanding the strongly partisan spirit-which ran through it. Asa combatant on the Federal side Major Dane's pronounced partisan fueling, of course, is excusable. °'

' THE" AUCKLAND EVENING STAK, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1887.

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a. Business Kotices. ; CONTINUANCE OF SALE. i - .."'. •'. ••' '- We beg to notify to our friends and the public that as we have CLOSED our old premises, and REMOVED the Stock to 180 & 182, QUEEN STKEET. THE SALE WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ■ ■ ■■ "" i m - -■■ ■ I n___ A Large Accumulation of Remnants of all description will be CLEARED OUT REGARDLESS OF COST. t ■ . ■ - - _ ■ ■-■ i i • - WILSON, WILLIAMS & M CCULLAGH NWW ZEALAND HOUSE. 180 & 182, QUEEN STKEET.



I ■_ — — - — I . U&\ W. WATTS 38 • N.^yy^Ov Having pui chased a largo Eankrupt Stock of Boota /•*/y\> j/ ea\^ /■)>. and Shoes at a Big Discount for cash, 'v'i'l/ T/q IGIRL^X^K month y^/MEB'S Lace and Elastic, \ <9f_K ONLY A<& A 4s lld , I sizes 7t09.3s 6d ; X /Y/f//K „ A(>^> A Mma Batooralßs 11 d; j Girls' Kid Button Boots, N. \_ ACs<jAMoa'3 Blu,ihcr» (nailed), I 7to 13, at 3s Gd ; \w\ Ay A 5s 1 Id; I Girls' Prunella Elastic Sides X W i/ Gonte 'Cloth Top Looe 9s 6d. I all sizes at 2s 11 Id : " X/ X A Q°tlK Ela*tio Sfdo Boots (Gol° •*______ __~,,,_... «X^«'.SCfill^ .«: Strong Lace Boots, 7t09, 3s lld ;/X X^/XX Men's Strong Watertight* lOsGd: Girls' Light Luce at 4s lid; XsO > A CZ+- X Gouts' Good Shooting Boots Ladies' Evening Shoes /Y)M /^ >v ' _*OX_ 10s 9d» 3s lid; SK^S^A T \_ Gontß' Patent Dancing Ladies' Kid Boots at/^>A such prices\: X^K 3 "J. 8S 6d " 5s lid. /^/as must ensure aVWA « °° LaC° ' n_. mmv A\°A s-:cedr clea™ce- X^/Wv 9s 6d' One mOnTH / ess s \ /f)\ nyr HnilTU A^JY AM G°OC|S Wi" be \ lf"\ T ft Aclx^s' Marked in Plain Figures. \^%VV H i A\ /This being a Genuine Sale, oAfer. a rare opportunity O/V y*\ "*k\ -S to those requiring Good and (.heap Boots. \^ J^6-\\. A _P_M WATTS, 265, Queen StNft* |



«tXM___M___________-_--____--M-K^Ma__-__-__«3-E___^ Educational. B^^MCT^^ consumption CURABLE ! j. kelly. " ]\/m n nr rONftT_FVF Ponsonby Road, nearly opposite Franklin Rd ItJLXV U. JL ■ V_. Ull *U JAJ-J V _____ IZ___T ON CONSUMPTION Mr. j. KELLY, AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. TEACHER OF DANCING. Showing that; direful disease to bo curable in all its stages ; with obser vat-Qae (to JU Addrt-t AND ADULT CLASSES' ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC." Ponsonby Itoad, nearly opposite Franklin Road ■ From the " Christian Herald," March 31, 1886. MR F. B. ..' OOD II A.M, MR G. T. CONGRBVE'B TRKATMKNT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHER Tkachei. ok the ma v. . CMBT DIBB/__-ffl . . . PIANOFORTE AND HARMONIUM. ««Continues to be ___ue n great blessing to sufferers, far and wide, in every part of tho Address: Care of Ml. A. Lady, Auckland kingdom." Music Warehouse, Queon-street. b t « Th ' o wor i cl wo oc _ rse lveß owe him a debt of grati. ft*.-.. Ro. long since we placed ~ " ~ a young lady undoi hit, c-.ro, who has recovered her health, w\ we need only point to tho MR, G. OSWALD cases (Mr Congreve id publishing one ever week), many of wtich had been given up aa gives Lessons in Elocution— past all hope." __ Twelve Lessons 21s v There can be no doubt that for Consumption and ofb__r Chest Complaints, Mr Con g&gfifiSS3S and attended. A_ile.t°er S grave is a spsciali-t of the first order, -Champtaloui'& Cooper, Queen-street. otherdiecovery in medical science from which the consumptive patient w^; -other so muol- All fees payable in advance. hope aa from his." —— — " The one noND_vi__. and thibtt-three cases which are recorded in Mr Congreve s ._ *_r tt -r tti. t, rnnpni. book are a most convincing testimony; but what have been long a marvel are the cases judxu li x_ l- uu r v in. q{ curQ whioh j^ been pu bliehed for several years past in the weekly journals (our own ***. Anyone cutting out this Coupon and included), one every week." (Tho readpr is referred to the " Christian World,' " Chris taking it to tian Age," *' Christian Globe," &c, &c). 0° The author (Mr Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Peckbaro, London), has been urgently T. E. CARTER'S entreated to make his treatment known in all fche British Colonies, The price of the Book is- SIXPENCE, OR SEVENPENCB, POST FREE. 'M Picture Frame and Mosioai. , PH Instrument Depot, Published by UPTON AND CO., ATJOJvMftI-. 88, VICTORIA-STREET, AUCKLAND, Anil lmy 1 .> ordered through any Bookse/Her am Will be given for Is one of his ___-.——--——— *- P iSl^llf WE ARE THE CHEAPEST f- •* Post free to any part of New Zealand fmusuaMW" experience in tlie best workshops-over two vo -V**^ years in New Zeal and—and promises good work- «r_Jr * -tpt a T^T/ft A TIT A Tl.Tr. .Pfk'/V __ _rX manship at moderate charges, ftft /« {/? j_% l\l I **ir _L__ S"T_ /» §•* _N f_LB 1/_ II Also, having bought a portion of the stook A*-rW^-1 . i^.l^l VJ>_T__:A___-__!, AA ■ JUL */,!&. JJF - and plant of tho late John Hearst, Will bo fflni. ' __:___?_____ _-. -_-_ '<__-_ . '__._-,' assaaS^ of the CUBtom^sof CORNER w MSX'STV , :



Business Notices. Smith cf Caughey^Jmyorters ci 1/ress Fabrics, cjc. I The Depressed Times the D. I. C. ARE OFFERING SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR ONE MONTH ONLY •25 Blankets at 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s lid, all reduced f __\ H 20 per cent. £ || HH Calicoes, Sheetings, and Flannels greatly reduced gH Men's Tweed Suits, IGd 9d to 255, HALF- H*3 O PRICE. . Men's Shirts, Is lid, worth 2s lid, very good EL Dress Materials, 4|d 3 s|d, 6|d, 7-kl, worth *^| °8 double K^. kj Girls' Ulsters HALF-PRICE, only a few left tgj gj ft£ Ladies' Ulsters from 5s 6d to 21s \ Mackin- "__ ffl E3 toshes 5s lid 2 r* ft Wfi HH rrM Gents' Lavender Gloves, Is., worth 4s lid f: y__\ j*"". jH Cretonnes and Shirtings greatly reduced HH JJ^ HH Youths' Clothing in all sizes very low, some lines _-*-} i^, pm^ half-price I****" te- M P*** Boys' Overcoats from 10s 6d w Hq a 4 cases Men's Coloured Mole Trousers, 5s 6d, i\f O SPECIAL '(*_ AND » H Heavy Discounts in all Departments. SS' HH ONE CASE OF MEN'S WATERPROOF COATS, SEWN SEAMS FROM 30s. A GREAT BARGAIN. JOHN SCOTT PROPRIETOR, CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN ST.



GIVING UPI GIVING UP! GIVING UP.! GREAT CLEARING SALE OF THE STOCK OF cr.. GK.B:_=■-,ow-isr as ao. GENERAL DRAPERS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. THE WHOLE STOCK f% m^f\f\f\ THE WHOLE STOCK VALUE SO %J W W \J VALUE MUST BE CLEARED OUT IN A FEW WEEKS. ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS TpINORMOUS REDUCTIONS In Manchester and "Woollen Goods. In Millinery and Mantles ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS . XpNORMOUS REDUCTIONS In Dress Goods and Costumes. In Clothing and Hats. This large Stock is quito new and must be cleared out in a few weeks at a very great sacrifice. Come early to the Great Clearing Out Sale of the Stock of J. G. BROWN & CO.



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