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Evening Star, Issue 11099, 27 November 1899, Page 3

am - of the OTAGO PRO LETIC LEAGUE has, on a«cou3 favorable weather last Saturday, J»i PONED till NEXT SATURDAY. J 2nd. First Race at 2 o'clock. , The SHEFFIELD HANDICAP hu Reopened. Additional entries for this can now be received. Entrance fee, U3s.W. NEIL MACLEOD, Hon. Sec. ELECTION NOTICES. I3T OPPOSITION NUTS. HE OPPOSITION CANDIDATES, through their Secretary, having invited Ladies to crack nuts, we take the liberty of doing so for them. In the Table submitted it is slated that 7s 6d a week out of a wage of 45s is paid as duty. Let us see. What duty is paid on Rent, Meat, Bread, Milk, Vegetables, Firing, and Sundries? NOTHING AT ALL, and these items amount to 25/ ODT OF THE 45/. Groceries come to 10s 6d, and as the total revenue collected on all Grocery ut-.ed in working men's homes last year amounted to £330,000, and as the population at the 31st December, 1898, was 783,000 souls, tlie amount

of duty per head collected was 8/«, or on the 10s 6d worth of Groceries mentioned, the ENORMOUS SUM of 2d. WE NOW WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE OTHER 7 SHILLINGS AND FOURPENCE COMES FROM. PLEASE EXPLAIN. The Tariff wc now work under is practically SIR HARRY ATKINSON'S, the late Leader of the Opposition Party, and was passed in 1888, when close on £300,000 per annum of Customs duties were added, whilst, the LIBERAL GOVERNMENT REDUCED the duty on TEA from 6d pee lb to 4d, and relieved taxation ON THIS ITEM ALONE of close on £40,000 PER ANNUM. NEXT, PLEASE! ; ~.*">"'? • !\j. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CAVERSHAM. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GK EN that, Mr ARTHUR MORRISON, of Jonrphine street, Cavershn.ni, Settler, has this day been duly Nominated as a Candidate for Election as a Member of i he House of Representatives for the above fjlectoral District. Dated this 27th day of November, 1899. THOMAS R. DODDS, Returning Officer. PR J. MACGREGOR, ex-M.L.C, invites L the ELECTORS of Dunedin to Meet him at the GARRISON HALL TO-MOROW (TUESDAY) EVENING, November 28, at 7.30. when he will give an account of his stewardship as a member of the Legislative Council and address them on Leading Political Questions r- the day. Ladies are specially invited. DUNEDIN CITY ELECTION. ■R C. R. CHAPMAN will ADDRESS . MEETINGS as under:-' MISSION HALL, RUSSELL STREET.— THIS (Mondavi EVENING. SCHOOLHOUSE, "BROADACRES.—TUESDAY, 28th inst. Chairman, Duncan Macgregor, Esq. MISSION HALL, Walker street.—FßlDAY, December Ist. Ladies cordially invited to all Meetings. Mr C. R. CHAPMAN'S COMMITTEES meet as under: MONDAY, 27th—Ladies' Committee at Mrs C. R. Chapman's house, Georgo street. TUESDAY, 28th—N.E. Valley, at Rooms, Main road. WEDNESDAY, 29th - Central Committee Rooms. Dowling street. Full attendance requested. All Meetings at 8 o'clock. WAIKOUAITI ELECTORATE. MR JOHN WHITE will ADDRESS the ELECTORS as under: SANDYMOUNT.-School. MONDAY, 27th inst. WAITA'JT.—Good Templars' Hall, TUESDAY 28th inst. PORTOBELLO. School, WEDNESDAY 29th inst. PURAKANUI.-School, THURSDAY, 30th inst. WAlKOUAlTl.—Mechanics' Institute, FRIDAY, December Ist. SEACLIFF.-School, SATURDAY, December 2nd. Other Centres to follow.

Each Evening at 8 o'clock. LADIES ARE SPECIALLY INVITED. WAIKOUAITI ELECTION. MR E. G. ALLEN will be happy to Meet . (he Electors as under: WAIKOUAITI Mechanics' Institute, 27th inst, PORTOBELLO—Schoolhouse, 28th inst. HIGHCLIFF-Drill Hall, 29th inst. SEACLlPF—Schoolbouse, 30th inst. EVANSDALE—Schoolhouse, December 1. All at 8 p.m. Other centres to follow. Ladies specially invited. TAIBRI ELECTION. "R W. CARNCROSS will address the Elec- - tors THIS (Monday) EVENING in the Volunteer Hall, Green Island. On TUESDAY EVENING, at Leith Valley. On WEDNESDAY EVENING, at Wakari. CAVERSHAM ELECTORATE. I SHALL be pjeased to Meet .the Electors L of the District at the CAVBBSHAM HALL TO-NIGHT, 8 o'clock; ST. CLAIR GYMNASIUM TUESDAY, 28th, 8 o'clock. W. H. WARKEN. MORNINGTON MAYORAL ELECTION. \ MEETING OF JAMES ANNAND'S \ COMMITTEE and FRIENDS wUI be held in the small Hall behind the Presbyterian Church on MONDAY, 27th, at 8 o'clock p.m., to make final HTMfemmfci for Wednesday.