AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 561, 3 November 1902, Page 2

AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

THE ELECTIONS, (Special tu TIMES.) AUCKLAND, Saturday. A number ol the candidates have already uclivered political addresses' and a good deal ol interest is nenig lanca both in me general election ami m Hie local option jioiL The addresses winen aie teing gnen ’by Airs narmson jl.cc •since her arrival m AuciUanu nave attracted crowded gatherings. i lie jjiohilution party are in hopes of recording heavy votes both .m the Thames and Utunemuri districts. THE BARE MAJORITY. In Uie course of his address to the electors last evening. Air J. H. Hannan said that he would vote to aoolisn the totalisator and prevent as lar as possible the gambling .spirit that is sapping the Lie out ol the colony ami

winch A causing ruin and disaster to many young livey as well its ruin and unhappiness in their homes. Hui.nl hoys should lie prohibited from smoking. lie would vote for the bare majority to govern in all cases, the liquor included, but if liquor was to no sold it was the business of the Government to see that people are not poisoned with bad liquor. The Auckland City Council considered it iiie business of the Council to investigate and sec that the people got sound meat, good milk, and butler ; what was the Government doing to prohibit the sale of had beer and bad liquor .' Nothing, they dare not do it; their masters, the brewers, would put them out of office. lie would vote against tied iiouses and to abolish Bellamy's. NATIVE LANDS.,

Mr F. Lawry addressed a large mooting of electors of Farnoll last evening. Speaking on the question .it the Native lands of the colony, be said that, the difficulty had been practically settled, thanks largely to the effort.; of the Hon. James Carroll, who had sell the machinery now nearing completion in motion, and in a very short while the large areas of fertile lands that had been lying idle in the hands of the Natives would lie thrown open for settlement by Europens under satisfactory conditions, the Natives, of course, being safeguarded. The new ■process under the Maori Councils would have tke effect of doing away with the costly, laborious, and long drawn-out system of dealing with Native lands that, had existed in the past and retarded jirogress and settlement. AN ACCIDENT.

An Austrian named Ivan Koicn while shooting at, Tairtia, Thamm unfortunately fell over some rocks when the gun went off and the charg entered the calf of his left leg- Th muscles were torn away, as well a tiro Mushy parts, while the bone wa badly sliatlered. He was brought C the Thames Hospital, and attended t by Dr Aubin, who found that the u. juries were of a severe nature, am the leg consequently had to be ampu tated alxive toe knee. Mr Mate Duze nich is getting up a subscripts amongst his countrymen for the ill fated man, in order to buy him 'ai artificial leg. ’FRISCO MAIL STEAMER. The cargo by the Ventura from Syd ney was a large and valuable one consisting of specie valued at£3UJ, 000, and large lines of liardwo id skins, and other colonial produce. A this port the steamer took on boar, for Pago Pago lines of meats, piu duce, etc., and for San Francisco f>s> bales flax, casks pelts, etc. A notable -shipment hy the Ventura wa: 30(1 carcases of frozen mutton, ship ped by the Auckland Freezing Com pany, and consigned to a firm at lion olulu. This is the first shipment o frozen meat ever made to Ilonolui-. from Auckland, and it is anticipated that it will .soon become a regular item or export by the steamers of tin mail line. A FAMOUS LECTURER. Colonel Bell, an American author and lecturer of repute, arrived by the Ventura from Sydney yesterday. H is his intention to deliver a series of popular lectures in this city and in other parts of the colony. " lie is a man of charming personality and great oratorical gifts. A world-wide traveller, he has studied men and manners for himself. For seven years he was the American Consul in Sydney, and in 1899 he was selected to represent New South Wales at the' International Commercial Congress, held in Philadelphia. He has a great desire to study New Zealand's social and political methods, BIBLE IN SCHOOLS,

A plebiscite on jlic question wbeth.-i the following scheme oi Bible-teaching In schools should be accepted was taken in Parnell Borough this week ‘—l. That. Government, schools lie opened daily with the Lord's Prayer. 2. That on certain days of the week simple lessons on selected portions of the Bible lie given hy teachers during school hour:—provided (a) that, these lessons shall be of a strictly undenominational character ; (b) that, teachers who conscientiously object to give these lessons shall not, be compelled to give them, and scholars whose parents have conscientious objections shall not, lie compelled to receive them. Tho result of the plebiscite is as follows Yes, 1,370 ; Modif&d " Yes,” 11 ; No, 127 ; refused to .vote, 56, j