THE GENERAL ELECTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14377, 21 November 1908, Page 5

THE GENERAL ELECTION

SECOND BALLOT CAMPAIGN. NORTH. ' • MR A. R. BARCLAY. There was it very good attendance of electors in tho George Street Gymnasium last evening, when Mr A. li. Barclay continued hi« campaign for the suffrages of the olee-', tors of Dunedin North, this being necesear; through tiie operation of, the Second Ballot Act. Mr J. M'Donald (Mayor of jh© City) occupied- the chair, and' briefly introduced the speaker, mentioning that Im (Mr Barclay's) appcarsnce there that evening was due to the operation of tho Sccor.d Ballot Act, a measure in introducing which the Government perhaps had the idea that in its operation it would turn against ils opponents, whereas, as a matter of fact, the sword was apparently to turn upon itself. Ho thought, however, Mr liar-clay, as o.io who had worked'for the good of tho community for a number of years, still merited tho confidence of tho electors. : Mr Barclay, who was received a-ith applause, said he desired to refer to some matters which were, he believed, being discussed in the constituency, and which he was greatly astonished to find were subjects of very considerable MISREPRESENTATION. Ho had been greatly surprised to find thai there had been a rumour going round the .-constituency tliit as far as he was concerned ho was not tho person whom the Government desired to see returned for the electorate. lie found that the previous evening at his meeting his opponent had; said that Mr .Barclay was not the nominee of tho Government. Now, it must occur to those present to ask themselves who, then, was the nominee of tho Government? —(Applause.) Would the Government allow a seat in Dunedin to go without a candidate representing its interests? Was it reasonable to expect it? Certainly not. Was Mr Green the Government candidate? —(laughter.) Ho slid no, and need not ask them if Mr Thomson was, and the only person left was himself—(Applause.) He had never heard of the rumour until quite lately, and had had no suspicion that anything of the kind was going about, for the reason that ho had never had any quarrel with tho Administration. He had criticised statements made in the House, but so far as the administration of *io Government was concerned he had never had any quarrel with it. He had attended by ifiviiation every Government caucus held in Wellington, and was present at the very last one held in Sir Joseph Ward's hou=e after Parliament had been prorogued and before all the members 'had left for their homes, and everything in. connection with the affairs of tho party was discussed at that caucus. Did that look as if he had Quarrelled with the Administration, or did it look as if lie was regarded as a Government candidate?—(Applause.) Mr Barclay tiien read telegrams from tho Hon. W Hall-Joiies, the Hon, G. Fowlds, the Hon. K. .u'Aab, and tho Hon. J. A. Millar to SilOW how ho was regarded, and said ho trusted that those present would clearly understand from the evidence ho had submitted lliat hero was absoluely no truth in the rumour Jlhat he was not the Government eandidato for that district. Ho was.—(Loud applause.) When the gentleman standing against him publicly said he could safely say that Mr. Barclay was not the bovcrnmejifc nominee ho was making a statement which was absolutely incorrect. —(Applause.) Ho wanted to buy a word or two about ANOTHER MATTER , which they thought\ they had got rid of three or four years ago in the same eonstiluenev, but it seemed to have cronmki up again. There were persons going round making statements to his detriment. He was taking stops to get evidence-as to what these persons were saying and who wero saying :t, J,ic was collecting evidence, and as soon as the election was over he was going to deal with these people.—(Loud thi£„ tvi Tl 60 '" 5 publicl )' expose thein. What had happened was. this:-Thev wero going round, and when they failed tp hnd _6umcient argument against him in connection, with his political work arid his political life thoy fell back on attacks upon liis prjvate character. Some of £,em Wore merely amusing They wero telling the people—especially women-that |m, was a drunkard and Jo look at : his noso niihf vi n n' t .he got drunk every 5,' , e , n *' 105 ' Ea :ti . Jl ° was ■ the most' awful gambler ever Known. \Yhv 'ho 3lß .W%®Wed, .in, all his life. Then thev b . f o a.t their candidate: what a wee, clean man ho v«fl.-(La.ughtcr.) Ho Pledged those present his solemn word of honour that those statements made wero false,-slanderous, and lying—(applause).— and .they wero priding themselves upon bemg so suporior to others, They reminded him of the Pharisee who thanked God ho Was not as other men, and it seemed to him they deserved the rebuko which tho Pharisee of old got. Then sonic of the canvassing dodges wero amu'sing. The latest was that someone went round-probably a nice young lady-and said, Vote for our man," aikl tho person addressed replied., "Jiut Mr Barclav has done pretty well." Th« someone then said. But you put Mr Thomson in and tho Government will put Mr Barclay into tho Legislative Council.", Ho could say from porsonal knowledge that there was not. the slightest possible chance of anything., of the sort happening. 1-I C trusted there would be no necessity for it,—(Applause.) Another; thing that 'was being said was that Mr Thomson was a no-license candidate, and was supported by the Nolicense party, and that if the person addressed was a no-liceiiiSo advocate theymust support Mr Thomson. He (Mr Barclay) wished to siiy, and ho had the authority of a loading man of ihc No.liee;iso party for saying it, that that was not'true—that as fir as the _No-licenso party was concerned it wa>> taking no part in the election of . candidates.—(Loud applause.) One of the steady _ supporters of tho No-license party had said it was not taking any part in the election of candidates, and so far as ho <ould judge that was the absolute truth. If tho party had done so, look what would havo happened in the electorate. There was a majority of 1600 for no-license, and tno mdn that party was backing would have been far away from the others. But it was lie (Mr Barclay) who had been at the top of tho poll, not Mr Thomson, lie wanted thein_ to understand that the no-licetwo question did not enter into this" contcst. There was another question! and that had been raised in connection with tho SECOND BALLOT BILL. It was said that ho had disapproved c-f the Second Ballot Bill, and yet, had voted lor it. Til at, was not a fair wav of putting it and was not correct. The Second Ballot liill was intended to remove tho evil that existed when out of a largo number of candidates one man was relurncd and only got a fourth or a fifth of the tola! votes, and wont to Parliament representing only a fourth or a fifth of the people in the district. Obviously that was not a proper state of affairs, and should be remedied in sonic wn.y. Anyone who went to Parliament should at least, if possible, represent a majority of the people in the district which ho reprcs?nted. That was flic principle of the bill, and it was that that ne approved, and for which lie voted, but the details of the bill and how it was to bo carried out, he had said, did not appear to him likely to lead to the result hoped for, notwithstanding that it was the best idea which the Government could at tho time put forward. They said they had considered the matter very carefully, and it was tho best idea they eouid put forward to overcome the difficulty. Under the circumstances he was willing to give the bill a ohance. He proceeded tp quote from Hansard what, he bad said, and asked if that was not a perfectly fair position to take up.—(Applause.) The Administration had, be believed, thought that by this hill the evil might be cured and removed, and ho had said it might bo, but lie doubted it very much. He was, however, willing to give it a chance, and yet it was said bo had voted for a bill of wliieh he disapproved.—(Applause.) He quoted the instanco of Hawko's Bay, with its five Liberal candidates, and asked if it was fair to allow a man to so to Parliament, under such circumstances'. It was not. the proper way to arrive at the two feeling in a distr'Ct OPPOSITION v. LIBERALISM.

So far as that constituency was concerned, it wag a fight between the principles aclvorated by the Liberal Government- ami thos<3 lieid l)v the Opposition parly. This party had, as they all knew, for many years past opposed and ohstvueted and endeavoured to prevent the passage of nearly every measure of reform that had been placed upon the Statute Book. ■ They could loolc at any great measure passed (luring the last 15 years. Taking, for example, as a typical caso the Old-age Pensions R»M. t.licy found that when tlist bill was before the House the Opposition obstructed- it so greatly and so fiercely that it bccame- a- common sight to see (iovernmcnt supporters going to the Hou;e with their blanlwts prepared to spend the night there. All manner of arguments from a financial point of view had bcon urgfd in opposition ; but the bill had, notwithstanding this, been pssscd, and toflay be need not ask t.liem how that measure had worked out, and how it was regarded txom one. end to the other of the Dpiniflioli.

—(Applause,)' The working of Iho bill had undoubtedly been watched with interest iu other parts of the world, and had beyond 'question.been the basis of the recent provision of a similar character passed in England. Yet the Opposition bad denounced that measure and opposed it in every possiblo way; and thoy wero now asked to support a candidate .who was allied with such a party, and whose endeavour was to help to remove an Administration Which had in tho pasl year? done so much for the ■ relief of tho people as a whole. THE OPPOSITION AND FINANCE. The Opposition party—no one eould deny it—was very largely identified with the financial people of this Dominion and what were sometimes described' as the " big people." Undoubtedly these large landowners and people of I'hat class were tho real idols of the Oppo-ition, and io them the party paid most deference, and whose interests they wero the most anxious to (piisorvo.—lApplause,) Mr Barclay, by way of illustration of tho party's attitude alluded to the great struggle which Sir John M'Konzie experienced when as Minister he first, endeavoured to piss tho bill authorising the Government to lake largo estates from the owners at an cqnit-. ab'.o and reasonable price and divide them np amongst those who desired to have -a. little picce of land lo malm n home for theniwlvcs! • On that occasion the Opposition fought the bill, struggled against it, Rilled it confiscation and roKbory and all. soils of names in llicir effort for their" | worthy friends the squatters. ' Eventually ' they wcre defeated, and 'Iho act was passed,, with the re«ult that to-day there was not an unprejudiced person who would say that the net was not one that liad produced ', some of t.hc greatest, blessings derived from : any measure in this country. Yer they were now asked to eupport a t:e.rty which opposed a meac-urciof tlwt kind, and to return a person holding those principles' as their representative. Ho was greatly mistaken if the people of this city wero found lo endorse tire views held by the Opposition in .regard to. these matters. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF LAND. The Opposition, Mr Barclay said, hated the idea of tho Government owning, tho : land and letting it out to the people. T.hey said "No," The Government at present hail something like' 18,01)0,000 acres of hnd, which it jet cut, and for which it got rent • amounting to about £516,050 a year. That [ land increased in value from time to time, and the State obtained the benefit of the increase in what was called the unimproved value. In 1902 the unimproved value of ■ the land in Now Zealand was about i £94,000,000, while in 1907 it had''increased 1 to £149,682,000. That was to say, the' 1 value : of the land without counting any improvements had increased by not less than nearly ■ £55,000,000 in five years. Of that £55,000,000 tho &iate, so far as its lnnds wc.ro coni cerned, got its share. The State lands were let at a modest rental jo the people who required them. There were many ecttlers who had done' extraordinarily .well but of their sections .rented from tho Crown,, but yet tile State, as th>'e Went oh, would receive the benefit of the increase in valuo of these lands due to the presence of the increased population encouraged by the expenditure of money on public works, i-'ailways, roads, bridges, etc., which wcre not the result purely of tho efforts of the settler or tenant. But the Opposition people said,' "No, that is wrong! You sliould sell every inch of Government land, or at least sell whatever is asked for. Soil the freehold at onoo to those who ask for it at a price, and have done with it altogether." That meant, said Mr Barclay, that so far as this Dominion was concerned, an absolutely ruinous bargain.-(" Hear, hear.") : It was very well to talk about putting a tax uponthis land afterwards. But they found if they proposed in tho House to. touch in the slightest degree the pecuniary interests of the land owners the Opposition roso up in arms as one man. , They could not increase tho land tax without a long, bitter, and aprimonious fight from'tho Opposition, whioh party comprised the class which had embraced the notorious g.ridiro'h sysloin in voguo in Canterbury. Ho ventured to say that in bis opinion it would be a'disastrous tiling for this country to-day to support the Opposition, policy: The views held by that party in regard to the land question undoubtedly were not the views held by the majoritv of the peopio in this city. The Land Bili of last year Was only a half-way house, nevertheless it was fought most fiercely by tho Opposition. Under that bill soino 9,000,000 acres wore sot apart a.s endowments for old-age penhospitals, c aritablc aid,' etc. Tho OpiKtfificn, if it had its way, would rcpeiil that act to-morrow, would take away tho endowment clauses, would place tho land in the market to sell to anyone' who came along, and would part with the birthright of tho country for a mess of pottage. THE OPPOSITION AND LABOUR. : Touching upon this subject, Mr Barclay said that nearly all the measures to give .any relief to. the workers were opposed by t}ii3_ band of men. Tho Shops and Shop Assistants Act, the weekly half-holiday, the Mining Act which provided, for tho bank-to-bank clause, and all' the measures of . that kind relating to tho amelioration cf the working classes wero, as a rule, fiercely opposed by t-lie Opposition. This showed what the views and principles of ,the party were, and when it candidate '-,(ood in the Opposition interests, they should clearly understand that it was one of this kind of people that they wcre asked lo support. Then, again, the Opposition party was practically a FREE'IiUDE PARTY. Tho sympathies and inclinations of the bulk of the party were in the direction of Ereolrade, though lliey might say ■ they recognised that a certain amount of projection and Customs dutie"s was necessary for ruvonuo purposes. It was not safe in a city like fhis to add otto to a band holding such principles, bc«iusc if t there was ono thing of imporlatl'ee lo this city it was ils manufacturing industries., Tlicx wero not increasing at so rapid a rate as llicir northern friends, abut. Dunedin aiid Olago still stood at the read of, the industrial world in Now Zealand. Under these circunisUinces it was not safe to allow a person who not thoroughly sound on local industries, and who was not prepared to go to reasonable lengths in helping and eueouru.ging them, if necossary by duty, lo go to Parliament as tlioir representative, Another matter to which',.the Opposition was opposed, .and which it would repeal to-morrow if it, had the chancc, was the system of ' CO-OPERATIVE WORKING. By 'this system men tmnlilo to earn a full 9s per day were not blocked from earning a living, but could instead-cam exactly wiuvt they were able to. It was a humane and good system, and lie was sure that under tiie co-operative system the work wa.s done absolutely cheaper than it wus done under tho old contracting system. 'A PUBLIC SERVICE BOAUD was a declared plank in the policy of tho Opposition. Mr Massoy had said that such should be adopted in Now Zealand. Such a board meant that the whole public service, net. tho railways alone, wa.s lo he put under' tho control of anno irresponsible persons, and' this board was to control every appointment, evory promotion, every transfer—in short,, tho whole machinery of the public service. Tho Government was to.al.'juro ils power and give up its duties. What was the Government for hut to control the departments and run the country? But tlicv wanted iho;Government to give up its power an-:! place it in the hands of a board which lie supposed could- not he removed but by act of Parliament. By putting the control entirely into tho hands of a board tho people hst control altogether, because tho, ka.rd would not lie under the control of Parliament, through which was expressed the voice of tho people. He "believed it io bp politically wise that they ought, never to consent to allow Ihe great State departments to be removed from tho control of the people themselves. This proposal, was an announced ;-lank of the Opposition, and his opponent openly proposed that Ihe railways should be jilaccd under commissioners in the same way as thoy were before. Those commissioners wero so unsatisfactory, aiid the system turned out sn badly, that with one accord the railways were almost snatched from their hands and again placed under the administrative control of the Government. He asked them whether the Government had not administered tho railways satisfactorily, and said he believed they had been so administered, and in a manner to serve tho best interests of tho people of the country. A proposition to establish a board of Railway Commissioners made tliom ask themselves should thoy return as their representative a gentleman who allied himself with such n party in politics, even though ho might he extremely nice, agreeable, and pleasant. Letthem take any other kind of act. He could mention dozens. Take, for insiance, the AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' ■ ACCOMMODATION ACT, which was very objectionable to the Opposition. It, was merely a bill to provide that there should be provided accommodation for (lie agriculture, 1 labourer in agricultural ' distrieis. Anything of lliat sort was ex- j ceedingly distasteful to those gentlemen of the Opposition. They were identified largely with tho country districts, and thoy would notice that there wero few men belonging tp tjxe PwKjgiisß raj'y returned l» ♦£;.

cities or large towns in Now Zealand, except. perhaps, Wellington, Ilcre they would not find a single man returned to swell tho Opposition ranks, and the reason was plain. The jxjople know it was not to their intorc.it, or a righi and proper tiling lo return I hem. If Dunedin North clic.se to return the solitary Opposition candidate ho would lie a. rani avis, and he (Mr Barclay) rather thought lie would find himself out of water among tho other representatives for the eurrounding districts. CONCLUSION'. Ho did not think t.llaf the politics of Ihb party would commend themselves at all to the people of the city, or, indeed, of most of the 'other cities throughout the Dominion, They had just finished the first portion of the electron, and he (the speaker) hud been at iho head of the poll, and the Opposition candidate in a minority of 223, Inn as another candidate had got some 500 votes a second ballot had bccome .necessary, lie thought this Seer.urt Ballot Bill would disappear from the Sta'pte Book before very long.—(Laughter.) There had Ijccii nominally two Government candidates standing cn tho list, and if the. other had not been standing it was reasonable to suppo::o that he (Mr Barclay) would have h:d a majority of at, least 500 0r.600 -voles.— (Applause.) fr'o that, morally speaking, the Boat \v.as his (Mr Barclay's), but he had keen robbed of it in tho meantime. He had for some .years past been before the public, and had endeavoured to act in a straightforward-ami coiwistent manner. He said nothing whatever about any capacity or ability which, ho might possibly have for politics,' but lie'would say that he had been attentive and careful, and had endeavoured to give attention to oil and every one o£ his constituents who needed, help, assistance, or care' on any way.—(Loud applause.) Mitch had bcori said' of i:h® gcod works performed aiid Iho ;, r ood rccord of the gentleman, standing against him. _ He did not wish to depreciate tho praise which properly and rightly Iwcn bestowed upon that gentleman, but lie thought, as f arj,as opportunities permitted, lie bad, at sonic sacrifice, and without consulting his • personal interests, assisted, helped, and cncouragcd, where lie could, all who needed help a.nd encouragement.—(Loud applause.) It might be said that he had not always done so in, a very public manner, but lie believed there was a, considerable number' of persons i,n the city who conliV testify to tho truth of what ho was faying.—(Applause.) He would say that lie had achieved some position in the political world, and that what he said was listened to, and attracted attention not only from the constituency ho represented, but from other parts cf New Zealand. He would go eo far as to say that should it happen that ho was not returned there would bo men in other parts of Now Zealand who would deeply regret the fact. If he went baclc to Parliament, and he'would gj back, ho would represent Liberal views and Liberal ideas. Possibly.some might be considered advanced, and if they were advanced lie had never advocated any news in the name of Socialism cr anything eke that were not of a safe, sound, arxl equitable character.—(Loud applause.) Ho had neve* professed anything that, wjulfl result' in confiscation or robbery to any private individual of anything ho possessed or owned. —(Applause.) He was afraid they were caught napping a little on the last occasion —("hear, hear v ") —:but there was a, wonderful change now.—(Applause.) There was no napping now. They were all alive; very much alive (wide awake), very wide awake. With their knowledge of him personally and of his and, political record he did not believe the people of Dunedin North would let liim go,-("Hear, hear," and loud applause.; A number of questions having been answered, Mr R. E. Douglas moved-" That this meeting express its unabated confidence in Mr Barclay:as tho most capable candidate tor fulfilling the responsibilities falling upon the .representative of Dunedin .North in Parliament, and thank him for his address." Speaking, to the motion, Mr Douglas said, that , there was a r umo ur | -being spread round that the Churches in I if m!^ ricfc wcre giving a block vote 'for Mr Thomson. As a member of a Church in this constituency, he desired to give that rumour a flat denial. He agreed that they wanted a clean man to represent them, and Mr Barclay was that. He did not think the Opposition was politically clean, whatever it might bo.otherwise', . The motion was seconded by Mr Haelie, and earned unanimously, MR G. M, THOMSON! ' ' : Mr"G. ! M. Thomson addressed the elsetow of Dunedin North in the Woodhau".*! Paper Mills last night, the hall being crowded with an enthusiastic and appreciative audkiice, Mr Thomson, who -was greeted with hearty applause, apologised for not visiting Woodhaugh before, butsaid that be had been unable to arrange a meeting. The contest for Dunedin north was not a Question of politics. It bad narrowed' itself down to a matter of poisons. It was nonsenso to say that'it'was a . hctweei' Government and' Opposition.. The Government had already been returned to power with a good strong majority,' He was not a great patty man, and if "©turned he would be prepared to vote for every good measure that came before the House. But it was absolutely necessary that there should be a strong check on the Uoverninent legislation. Marlei's came before ,the House, and . members were so tied to the Government that they just voted as they , were led. A member should be free to vote as ho judged right. He approved of the Government?. Advances to Settlers Bill. It was absolutely ncccssury for the 1 greatest benefit to'the community that the working man should bo well paid for his labours. Kvery working mail was- justified in trying to get Yho highest wag<s he possibly could. Ho J.ohovc.'l in free education,' although he thongnt thai, perhaps wo did not appreciate this as much as wo might, He approved of Mr Millar's work in amending the Arbitration Hill, and thought his actions had been good and true. He thought that feoewlism was a dangerous doctrine,' and one that, should be opposed. There was too much Iwrrowing now, and to nationalise the land wc- would need to borrow a tremendous amount. Ho approved of an iiiercased tax on holdings that were too large, but said that to heavily tax small holdings to force their sale was rank robbery. He thought people should be encouraged to corns and settle on the land, but disapproved of the immigration of tradespeople Our own boys should got a chance. After Mr Thomson had replied to a number of questions, he. was accorded a hearty vote of I hanks on iho motion of Mr Clarke. CHALMERS. MR CLARK AI\AXDERSON'S BAY. Mr k H. Clark addressed a meeting of Cnalmcrs electors at Anderson's Bay last night. Mr 'J'. Pryor acted us chairman, and in introducing the candidate regretted that the other side had been throwing mud. Their side did not mean to throw any. Serious statements had been circulated as to Mr Clark's character. Tho people Pa.lmer.ston had heard this, and Mr Crisp had come down to speak on the realtor. Mr Crisp said that ihc people of Palmersi on lir.d hoard that day for the first time that some scandalous" statements wero being rumoured; concerning Mr Clark's character, and he had been sent -down to refute them. No one in Palmerston or in the neighbourhood had anything hut good to say concerning Mi Clark, and he was very well known and highly respected, Mr Clark, he might mention, was Mayor of the borough, captain of the Volunteers, and chairman of the School Committee, besides other positions of responsibility, and had he not been a man of high honour and integrity he would have been turned out of 'hose positions long ago. If there had been anything against Mr Clark's character the people of Palmerston would know of it. There was, however, not a whisper of anything of the sort, ami Mr Clark was highly respected in every corner of the district. - The Candidate, who was well received, said he stood before them with an unblemished character, and it seemed to him that when his opponents look to making such statements as to his character anil let bis polities so severely alone he had not much to fear from them. lie would remind them 'that iho more mud they tbrciv at a cabbage the belter it thrived, lie bad polled a majority of 152 votes out of 187 in his own district, and at Waikouaiti he had nolled a majority of 200 out of a toial of 280 votes. Fortunately they had discovered the identity of the gentleman who had made, such statements about him, and before they wero 24 hours older they would probably hear more about tile matter fr'oin Mr Crisp. Now lie had finished with this matter, and would pass to New Zealand as an AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY, and because New Zealand was an agricultural country it was their duty to educato up their members to the evident necessity that exisietl for the cutting up of largo estates. He would most enmhatically state that where there wero hundreds and thousands of acres of ground, all held by two or three gentlemen, it was their duty to bring about the partition of those estates for the benefit of the men who ,hy2£wed for work an.d for homes, but who

worn unable to gel either. . It only wanted the Government, to step in, and such men would bo enabled lo bring up families and to make homes for themselves. It was high time these large estates were cut up, and, if returned to Parliament, his first ditty would be to compel the Government to purchase thc-'.je estates _ for the purpose of subdivision. Why was it that, the North Island was going ahead? It had been proved that the North Island hail had thousands spent on the cutting up of these large estates, and why were ilwy 'not gelting the same treatment here in the Soulh Island? Take THE OTAIiO CENTRAL 11AII AY AY for example. ; Money had be?n allocated for its extension and'hod not, been spent. Why? That, win* a question they had the right to I have answered, and it was their duty to see why it was that meii with nothing.'against them were not given a chance lo work and make homes for themselves. On the subject of IMMIGRATION, he said the class of people wanted was that class that would sotllo on the land. New Zealand was an agricultural country, and had to depend wholly on its agricultural Dursuits to keep it up lo lis present standard. It should be the ambition of every man and woman lo lift the poorer class of the people up. The than with' money could look after himself, and whether he was returned, or not ho would stick to his principles and always, assist the poorer class of people.—(Applause.) With regard to the ■ ■■ ADVANCES TO SETTLERS' ACT, he contended that it was absolutely necessary -that the farmers should be placed on the best footing possible. Undev this act the Government, had lost not a single shilling. But owing to the tightness of the money market there was not sufficient money available for tho farmers. All the money at the disposal ■ of the Government in any one year had been ear-marked—it had all been applied for—and other farmers could not j.get' the money they required, Tho fesult' was that tlieso far-' more would have to go\into the open mavkot, and the money-lenders there would say, "We will make these people pay for this moicy," because they would 'know that ,the farmers wore not able to get monetary assistance from the Government, Tho Government should do all it coui-J, then, even if it had to find money, to give to ..the farmers the money that many of tlnjm very urgently needed. He was sure that no one wanted to go back to the position the farrhors iVere in 17 or 18 years ago. ; The country • should come to the assistance of the farmers with the advances to eettlers scheme, especially when it was known that nothing 'had been lost under that scheme in tlic past.' It had been said that he had misrepresented'tho ' DAIRY, REGULATIONS, ' | but ho had been doing nothing of the sort. : As corroboration of what he had said about those regulations tlioy saw tho position of the Hon. Mr M'Nab in the Mataura electorate to-day.—(Applause.) Why had the Regulations been held back? It was neceesttry > to. have clean dairies and l clean byres, tind the inspectors should s*!e that they were clean, but at the 6amc time the inspectors should have discretionary powers 10, say whether, in their opinion, they 'considered a dairy or a byro waaVin a cleanjtate.or not. Mr Clark pictured a dairji and a byre conducted under the- proposed regulations, with their .whitewashed walls, , conorctcd, asphalted, or paved floors,-air spaoe, and other conditions, and went on to say. that he believed the, suggested ;• by-laws formed one of the factors that made for tht defeat of the Minister who .had introduced them. The candida te went .on to. say that if he pledged himself to support s Government ho would consider himself bound to support the measures brought in by that Government. He declined to pledge himielf to any Government, or to any measure, but he proposed to carefully form iiis own opinions, and to manfully stick Jo them. When a man felt that ho was right in tho views he held, • and stuck • to those views, that man was bound to get on. .He had had the honour of proposing a .vote of thanks and confidence in the lut'o Sir John Mackenzie.before lie (the'speaker) was 21 yoais old* Tho late Mr Sfotldo'n had visited him three years ago;-and' . asked him to contest the fat in the Government interest. He had done so. It had been a gOod stand-up fight, in which he had clearly staled his opinions, and those opinions he held stilb. Let thenr mark, " If not returned thisHime lie would cojne again. next.,. : iime,--]Ap-' plause.) , : THE LABOUR TROUBLE. ; Everyone' know the wealth which this country possessed in this factor H labour, and ho.wonld say that the Labour 'trouble in New Zealand could not be settled by the Arbitration Coui't as' at. present constituted.., He:had stated his views on tliis question,,'and tho-'Otago-'Duily Times, in a leading article, had said that if his ideas were carried out the Arbitration Court iudgo, would be wiped out. ; He, however, had said no such thing." What' he had intended to convey was that/the 'other memborfl of' Lll o conM/should thorough technical-knowledge of the trade furnishing the dispute. • For example, supposing they were i going to havo a band coiitest. the first 'thing they; would think about would bo the appointment of a judge with a thorough knowledge. of music. They would insist on having a man who was a thorough musician., Let; them apply the same course of procedure to <ho formation of the Arbitration Court. The man who had to assist in settling a bakery dispute should have a thorough technical knowledge of the details; of the bakery business. As long as the Arbitration Court ivas not constructed on such a ; basis they would cOntinuo lo have the Labour difficulty. The more employers and men worked together the better tlio work tjie. dniployers coukl out of the men, and when the Arbitration Court was composed of men poeseseing a technical knowledge of the subjects in dispute. they would get fair play and the people would begin-to believe 'that they were living in a ,British country. It hail .been stated that it was impossible to breakup -. * ' MONOPOLIES. If a mail or a company wanted « certain price for an . article-such a prico thatothers.could not get that article-then this was, monopoly. Such should be niado punishable and the punishment, of course, would out- both ways. t Some years ago tho firo insurance companies had a monopoly, Since then the. Government na<l slenped in, resulting in a reduction of 3,3 1-3 per cent. Supposing £60,000 had been, paid la6t year by t-ho people of New Zealand for fire insurance, This meant that, had .Clio Government not stepped in and broken ihe monopoly, the people would this year haw paid £90.000 instead of £60,000.' If had been said that the State by its fire insurance _had lost £10,000 on the year's worl;, but if by losing £10,000 you oould gain £30,000, . it was iv very good transaction. If they could break up a monopoly and still pay good dividends, was i| not a good thing? And Vhould a man be called a Socialist for advocating this? He would emphatically state that it was their duty, to study the interests of tlie working man without injuring to any exten* the man of capital. A FAIR-RENT BILL. The candidate inquired, Was it fair to ask any working man to pay one and a-half day's ivagos for tho rent of his dwelling? If ho had to <lo so, how was, ho to live? Such a thing should not bo permitted, and what was wanted to meet this ease was a Fair Rent Bill. If Sir John M'Kenlie had been still alive a Fair Rent Bill would have been passed, and many persons would be deriving direct benefit from it at. the present moment, l'hey did not. want millionaires in this country, but what, they wanted was that every man who. had been a worker and thrifty might live the last, .few year,} of his lifo in comfort upon iiis little earnings. Under the existing order of tilings ibis would mean a mere existence, and a man must, spend his youth and manhood as a miser in order to ji.ssnro a comfortable little competence for his. declining years. There would be no need for miserliness if such a bill 41s bo Tiad mentioned was introduced. The owner of properly was entitled lo a fair rate of interest for tlu- use of that property, and no more. Why, then, were Ihey silting down quietly and allowing these people to extort money from them? The Government should see to it that the working man could- get his home for one day's pay, instead of, as at present, paying 12s and sometimes 15s a week for it. If the people would only take a decided stand the bill would pass, and tliev ivonld benefit both directly anil indirectly. He would say they were foolish if Ihey did not, take the - matter up and Icol; after their own interests. EDUCATION. The candidate said I hat New Zealand had undoubtedly the best educational system in the world, but that, was no reason v.hv it could not be improved.- Tho baekWoclt toaehors were not. getting fair play, or what they were justly earning. Was it fair to punish tho teachers, of tho backblocks for what, they were in no way responsible for? It was not their fault thatthere were not more children in the schools. Under the existing system the aiomeni tj;_e aUendaAce went down the

salary fell. Was iliat r a ir? Take Urn Shag Point School, wlion; ihn to,'ichor rcroivprt £180 a -year till the Allanton Company's co:il mine took fire and the families departed fioni the district. Then tim loaclicr Jest £40 a year, What would be the result in a few years? In 25 or 30 years the children would feel lite elfect. of what had not been done' for them at the present day. Tho leaching; profession was the main factor in enabling Ihe children to gain the 'foundation that, would in later days enable tliein lo carry on and govern this eonntry, and unless the tey?liors were paid heller salaries, in order thai. they might tal, J e u d°ep interest, in their work ami so give the children a sound education, tile people of 10-day were not doing I heir duty to a very deserving class of v.'orkerf!—(Applause.) O.rtainly the Government did something for Ihe teaching profession last session, hut what sort of .legislation wfis it that Ihey It was evidently hurriedly passed an-.l not sufficiently considered, with tlip result that it had a doublo meaning. It was legislation that had lo he remedied by a promise on the part of the Minister of Education; and such legislation, lie held, had not, been wellconsidered. And although the Government had done something for tho teachors more was required, and the first thing was that' there (should be an increase in salary to tho teachers who now received the comparatively low salaries. If returned, lie would do his utmost in- that direction, and so attend' to the welfare of Iho children.—(Applause.) He did not wish to speak against the lawyers, but he wished to say this: Some time'ago a. lawyer in Wellington advertised for MONEY FOR INVESTMENT. He received thousands of pounds, mainly from young men who had been, saving for years with a- view to settling down in life. The man embezzled the money. Of course, he got into trouble; but that didn't give the men back their money. What lie wanted to see what tlut legislation should be passed compelling every lawyer who took money for investment to Tiave his books audited every six months by a Government- auditor. No lawyer would ob).--:t to such a thing, unless it was one who would rob poor people of tbni- savings. If he should "have tho honour to represent Chalmers in Parliament he would do l|is utmost to get legislation to that effect passed. At- present any person might give this motioy to a; lawyer for investment, and he novcr knew whether ho would get it back or not,—(Applause.) Tho Of ago Daily Times had referred to him as a. Socialist because he had advocated such a'thins m a state doctor; ' AVell, what was tho position? As they all knew, if a farmer had a.n epidemic among his cattlo that was likely to carry them off, he could send to the Stock Department and get a veterinary surgeon, provided one was available, and it cost him nothing, cxcept, of course, the little extra taxation that was required to pay for the services of that officer. And if a farmer coukl get advice free for his- cow, why should not a poor man get mcdical advice for his wife at tho same price? There were times when a man required the best mcdical attendance for his wife. Mr Clark instanced a case in which a man in a country district lest his wife through lack of mcdical attendance, thus throwing the burden of looking after a family of young children on a girl of M years. He knew what it was to have a home from which tho mother had been taken away! and if- he was a Socialist because he advocated that simply by the payment of two or three guineas the Stat-e might have provided a doctor for that little girl's -mother lie would be a Socialist all his life.—(Applause.) ( Ho was also called a Socialist because ho had- advocated that the State should try to sell more of tho State coal. last year| the State mado a profit of about £8000 out of its collieries. Well, if the State could sell coal at 3s 6d less than the private mine-owner and still make a prbht of £8000, it seemed to him that it was only a matter of time when State collieries would supply the whole of New Zealand, and'while results like' the present were being obtained he would continue to support tho sale of coal by the State. " OLD-AGE PENSIONS. i Tho candidate, went on to say that someone had written to tlio paper saying that it was all very well for him to catch votes by an attempt at getting pensions for the old folks. He was not trying, and had never tried, to catch votes, but he would. give them an example. ThCre was an old man now living, at Port Chalmers, lie' had taken part in ' tho Maori,war, hut since lAjm,-JfiJ'''lje«n''CbmF«llcd by circumstance to go to Victoria. He had 'returned to New -Zealand, where he had reared a-family of nine. Now his children were away; his wife hod died Ik Was 73 years old, and just because 'ho had been four years away from tho colony he was not entitled to a pension. This was not fair. A magistrate should' have, the power to decide/whether this old man, who had nothing against him, should have the pension or 1 not. Just because ho (the candidate) Had advocated the exercise of such discretionary power, he had been'told ho was "pleading" for votes.Me could tell them that never once had lie asked anyone for his vote straight out. He possessed his own opinions, and intended to stick by theml If the people believed him to bo a proper person to represent them, they could vote for him, but he wished it to be, clearly understoocf that, he wanted no sentimental or sympathetic votes. If ho had ever pleaded for votes, ho had done so unconsciously. Let ovary man under the British flag ha-ve fair' play. ' ■ /' ' • IN CONCLUSION. he said lie hoped an opportunity . would be given on this occasion to a Now Zealand?!' to prove whether he could fittingly represent, an electorate in the Parliament of his country. It it. was proved that he could not do so, the electors could remove, him at the end of tho usual term. He lioped none of them, would allow themselves to be carried away by their feelings or by sympathy; he trusted they would ' vote according to their consciences, and if ho had the honour on Tuesday next to receivo tho major share of support he would do liis utmost to look after the interest of the Dominion generally and of the Chalmers electorate particularly.—(Applause.) QUESTIONS. In reply to questions, Mr Clark eaid ho would oppose' a.ny increase in the honorarium allowed' to members of Parliament. If (hey raised it too high the tendency, would be to make professional politicians, and he was sure the country did not -want that.—(Applause.) If reduction was oai'ried at the local option poll, the principle of reduction should apply to bottle licenses. Ho would vote for the repeal of tho Setond Ballot Act, although he was now getting the benefit of it. It was not a fair thing. If tlioy wore to recognise an absolute majority system at all, it should be an. absolute majority of the people on tho roll. If elected, he would visit all parts of the electorate, to ascertain the requirements of the people. , Mr E. Ilanley moved—"That this meeting accords a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Clark for his address, and expresses its confidence in him as a fit and proper person; to represent the. Chalmers elcc-orate in Parliament." i Mr J. Blaeklock seconded' tho motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr Clark, in returning thanks, requested his supporters to refrain from saying anything at all that might be construed into an attack upon his opponent ill this contest. If lie cotild not win the sent by fair means he did not wish to win it at all.— (Applause.) TUAI'EKA. (Fjiom Our Own Correspondent.) Ol'lllli, November 20. Mr Scott, the Opposition candidate for Tuapeka, had a good moeling ai: Lauder last night. He spent to-day at Ophir'aml Ida Valley, and will speak at Poolburn to-night. Mr Scoti has received many promises of support • that previously >vont to Dr Chappie, and is very hopeful of tho verdict in the final poll next Tuesday. • EGMONT. (Per United Press Association.) EL'I'HAM, November 20. The candidates loft- in tlio second ballot for ligmant, are working quietly, but have, shown no disposition to take the hustings again. Mr Wilkinson lias joined Mr Dive's committee, but it is a question of how many supporters he can take with him. It i-s supposed that Mr Wilkinson gained a proportion of tho votes on his no-license views, and these will probably go to Mr Wake now, as will also those of a number of Mr Astbury's supporters. WELLINGTON PROVINCE. VERY KEEN 1 INTEREST. (From Our Own CoßßjisrouDF.XT.) WELLINGTON, November 20. , Ihe excitement over the second ballots is becoming intense, and even the women arc infected with the political views. It is surprising what on interest they are now taking in the contest. Even those who never before took any interest in politics are now most eager lo learn all they can about the pros cons of the second

ballot and oilier political issues. In short, they are taking a most inlelligenl interest in Ihe situation, and arc very decided in their opinions, while at the same time acting calmly and deliberalely. v A rumour got about the city Ibis afterneon I bat .Mr Izard after all would' contest the second ■ ballot for Wellington North against Mr Ilcrdrnan, it being slated that, the wrong names had been placed at Ciie head of cerlain figures. Il appeared, however. that- tho rumour was unfounded. I here was something peculiar about, the filiialion, as may be surnu><l from the following fads. The Government lVintinsc llflice... it appears, >s-so rushed with I hat the Government had lo arrange with a local newspaper to print Ihe ballot papers for the second ballot in this constituency. In the middle of Ihe work word was suddenly received from an oflicial source to slop, the printing, and this pioßably gave Ttse lo the rumour. As stated, however, Ihe rumour turned out io he groundless, and the printing of the ballot papers was resumed. Mr Izard has now transferred his allegianco to Mr Bcllon, but large numbers of;his own supporters resent his action, and/hare declared in favour of Mr Ilcrdinan, The latter had a magnificent, meeting last night, "and this afternoon an, advertisement 'asking lady supporters to meet him resulted in a crowded and highly enthusiastic it was tho most enthusiasticwomen's political meeting ever held in Wellington. Mr ffcrdman said that whatever happened at the second ballot' he .would always, remember tlic enthusiasm of his last night's meeting and of this meeting of the women of Wellington North as the'brightest spots in his political career. Homo people profess to think that the battle on Tuesday will lie « close one, but even with the combination of the other t wo candidates and the united forces of ths Government arranged against- him, I con.ndentlv predict an easy win for Mr Herdman, WHO by his manly, etratshtforwardness and downright criticisms has won general l'Otipeet, • . ° . In the Wellington South electorate Mr "'ugiit, -tho Opposition candidate, is Steadily gaining ground, and there, is cvefv ' indication that Mr Barber, the Government candidate who had a luige majority at last election, will bo neaten on this occasion. Mr Barber is working hard, but wears a worried -look, and his address to M ; a - c s i aillo to ' da -y did not make a great impression. !■'WclJington East ths Governmenteanditato is dheady hors flo combat, .i and the oonlest is between tne Independent Labour' candwlato (Mr M'Laren) and Mr Atkinson, noil M a on tho first with n u 1 Independent, with Opposition ; leanings, but last inVht be wobbled-somewhat; and this iwant ot . backbone may hun She seat. Had he w ' as an oppositionist he liio| other second ballot is for tho I'S-aW ' Luk °. i - S oppos€d to Mr a tzgeiald, a young man lnthi'rto unknown ife ,11?d0 a , Sood opening. It is d tficult to say W h° will win. The result, n„ the v bal,ot sh ows that had a good' Opposition maii' corne out the seat would havo ken a certainty for Mr Massey 1 ■ fche °PP°sition«uiUKlates chances.are miproving, while on be other, hand, Mr Wood's prospccts havo not been improved, but rather the rcverso, fl*! /if 1 ' 1 ?-!° , ' n t' lo Manawatu Daily I ' 17103 , (the . Govern men fc organ in Palmorston. North); jn which there is a thinlyveiled suggestion that if Mr Buiek is-ri turned it may mean the loss of the dairy school at. I'almerston North. The articlo has aroused intense . indignation. Tho lalmersLon btandard, referring.to it, says: llio suggestion - is an insult to the personal honour of tho members of the Cabinet,; and as such must, lio condemned by every right-thinking member of tho Community, .whether he be Government, or Opposition. Finally, the site for. the school Jir,a been selected, tho necessary land beinci'given by tlio A. and P. Association. !he-bill has. passed -the''House to make tho position secure legally, and the election of Mr Buiek will'not affect tho erection of the sohool hero 'in .the; slightest." The "I|oirnnion, referring, to the same subject, says:—' it is an.insult'to Mr Buiek for its implication that he has not equally with MMVood 'the interests of the constituency>' an ncart, an' insult, to the Ciovornment for its suggestion' that Ministers twill, break their pledged word in revenge for the rejection of their candidate, r ,m insult to I'almcrston North for :7s insinuation. tha.t the advancement of the district depends upon the, electorate', pleasing tlio Government' by • tho return ; ,of. Mr \Vood, and, ah insult to the intelligence - of the. electors for its suggestion that thoy arc so simplo a.-i to believe that ,Mr Wood's return is the price that must lie,paid for an enterpr#.' that, has alroady been decided upon. The elcclors of Palmerstoni North know perfectly well that the diury school,has-been, promised by the Government," and (hat its establishment is quite independent of Mr Wood's return.". For the Manawatu seat Mr Newman, the Opposition candidate, is regarded as : a certainty.' - , Mr M.assey will i' deliver > an address at' Hastings .on Monday night in support--of Sir William Russell's candidature for Hatoke's Bay, . Tho Minister-has received numerous requests to deliver political addresses, but up ,fo tho present moment has not acceded to any of them. Three cases of plural voting nave been discovered in Wellington North, and proceedings will be taken. # Attempts' are being mado to minimise the Opposition successes at. the polls. The best comment upon the result, of the Otaki election, where Mr Byron Brown reduced, tho Government majority frOm over 1200 to 83, is that of Mr W.'-H. Field himself. Addressing the crowd at. Otaki on Tuesday night, according to tho Otaki Mail, he said ho liardlv liked to say that lie was dis-, appointed, but. lie must- sav the,results did not come up to his Mr Brown deserved hearty congratulations for his splendid, fight. ;■! Mr Brown had fought a hard contest in 1905, and had done splendidly at, this present campaign, and he (Mr i'icld) looked forward to tne next contest with trepidation. He . did not blame anyone for his. reduced majority, but hoped tiiat'duriiig the next, three years . ha would so serve them that lie would win back tho'confidence he had apparent!': lost. : Ho. stated candidly that ho felt' quite "flattened out." with the result, as h? had been led to believe that he-would win by two: to one. Probably it .was accounted for by the fact that the people voted against the Government, not the man. (Voices: " They did.") Tn the course of an explanation of mattens connecied with the Socond Ballot Act, Mr Herdman said last, night that persons who lied absent voters permits and who bad not used them last Tuesday bad the . right to use them next wcs 1 .; for the second ballots, CANTERBURY. (From OtAt Own Conitii'ro-w.tiT.) OHRISTCHUROH, November 20. ' Mr W. H. Williams, tho third candidate for the Geraldine seat, hits lissued an appeal to the 963 doctors/ who voted -for him to transfer their support to Mr Buxton, tho Government candidate. This will improve 'the latter's ehanee to a certain extent, but it is tolerably -certain that Mr Williams .cannot swing over his supporters in a block vote. The Temuka Leader, referring to the Ashbtirlon second Fallot, expresses the opinion that Mr Nqswqrthy has a very good ehanee of winning. ' With regard to Mr Flat-man, it savs, in effect, that if defeated ho would be appointed to the Legislative Council, and that, - therefore, he is "all right" whatever happens. Mr Ncsworthy, lire Opposition candidate for Ashburton, has .received the following telegram from Mr Mass'cy: —" Best wishes for your success in final. 1 bopo Oppositionists and all who have Ihe welfare of the country at .heart will drop minor differences and. unite for the purpo.-r. of placing you at, the head of tho poll." Mr Nosworthy replied Many thanks; Oppositionists rallying; absolute harmony; prospects more than bright." TIMARU. (Pes. United Press Association.) TIMARU, November 20. Last evening the Political Labour League, whose candidate (Mr Koller) was defeated at the first ballot, passed a resolution by 39 votes to 13 expressing the opinion that the interests of the Labour partv would bo best served by the election of Mr Craiigio (the Government candidate), and urging the Labour party to vote in iiis favour. A !'committee was appointed to act in conjunction with Mr Craigio's committee for the prosecution of the campaign. Mr Koller polled 1275.v0te5. ADDITIONAL NOTES. (Fbom Our Own Co in', k s roxDF.NT.) CHRISTOIiUIiCH, November 20. The Independent Labour party is taking credit for a sensational increase in its voting strength (says the Lyttclton Time.-), and some of its leaders talk as if the recent polls had justified the project to create a new and violently Socialistic organisation. Mr Thorn and his friends are hugging a delusion. The Socialistic vote in Christeliurch Sonlh was almost entirely personal in the sense that it was given to Mr Thorn in recognition of his labours on behalf ot unionism. Some of it, but a very small

proportion, would go to any Socialist camlj<lalc, but. if tlio militanii Sooialisfa eonsti-lul-ed any considerable fraction of tho comniuniiy wo should surely havo found the other local Socialist candidates polling more heavily. Wo, are convinced that; New Zea> land dee? not: want, an Independent Labour party, and that there will lx> no place in the Dominion lor such an organisation bo long as the Liberals,, who include in their ranks I lie groat majority of tho workers, keep a. towid progressive programmo be-; fore the country. , ■ " Kigltfep.il, yoare ago." eaid Mr G. >W. Russell, .speaking in tho Avon cleotorato last night, " I was a. candidate for tho Ileallieolo district,' and Mr 'lVrniei- was announced as a candidate for tho BOat a few days Ix-fore I cauie out. Mr R. H. Rhodes came onh_ tlie same time in tho ( onservafcive interest., I was determined t J ~ y o u¥ 1101 sto.rfc my political career by dividing tho Liberal vote, and I withdrew from the oontost. Mr I'ajinor was returned on that occasion, and hae hold tho scat ever since. -' I was, therefore, tho means of putting Mr Tanner into the position ho has occupied for 18 years. I am now an elector in tho Avon district, and I cannot see, cither in New Brighton or in Luiwood, any results for hie 18 years' representation of tho distract." Mr Ribsell proceetled to mention Iho requirements of the district, and suggested that'the ■ e f ™ should give him a. trial, and m whether at the end of three years ho cotiM, not show a good record of eotvico, LYTmTON. The official scrutiny of tho electoral poH for Lyttelton was completed at 10,30 turn, to-day. Tho - figures aro .as follow:— Uurenson, 3682; Dr Thackcr, 2769; informal, 51. . DUNEDIN NORTH. The recount and the coming to hand of absent voters' permits has enabled Mr D. Larnaoh, returning officer for. Dunedin iNorth, to announce the following returns: ■ ;V \\ - • • • 5282 ' »• -thomson ... ... ... 3064 Isaac Grcou 532 It is 'anticipated that absent/ voters' permits to the number of five or six will come to hand Ihi3 morning. Mr Larnach cxpects to mako the final declaration to-tlay, DUNEDIN CENTRAL. r, Mr ~H- ~M axwcll' returning officer ■ for Duncdin Central, states that the. date for tho returning of-the writs has been extended to the 26th inst. Somo 23 absent voters, permits and 14 seamen's votes have yet to como to hand, but the figures to. date are as follow: — J. IV Arnold .. .. . . .4043 J. M'Donald ... 2531, Informal 124. Majority for Mr Arnold, 1512, , / DUNEDIN SOOTH. < In Dunedin South absent votors' permits have come to nand as follow:—T. R SirW s(j, K. H. Douglas 11, W. i loniing 3. A few more may yet be received. * The totals to date arc:— T. lv. Sidcv ... iooq • K tt..Douglas s S ■W;.Fleming ... ... 531 DUNEDIN WEST. The final declaration for' Duncdin West will be made by the returning officer (tor -0. A. 'lipping) in is morning. Mr H. ( dark's icprescntativ'e will meet .electors at, Norch-iiaet Harbour Schoolhouse this evening. Mr Clark wil speak' at lavensbourne to-mght, and at Normanby \t F' l ?') an<l lolt Chalmers (8.30 n.m) 011 .Monday. , 11 An Association message, states that all tclpsrapn . oil,ccs will Ue'/ kept'' open on luesday mgnt, as 011 general election night.