WAIRARAPA ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2645, 12 July 1887, Page 2

WAIRARAPA ELECTION.

ME W. 0, BUCHANAN AT CARTERTON, -

The Public Hall was crowded to excess last evening, there being fully 700 persons present, when Mr VV. o,' Buchanan rose to address the electors of tho new Wairarapa District. The Mayor of Carterton (Mr R. Fairbrotlieij occupied tho chair, and in introducing the .Speaker, said that as Mr Buchanan >vas there to ask a con-

tinuance of their support, he hoped thoy would accord him a fair hearing, and as everyone had a voice in public matters, he trusted they would ask any questions that they might wish answered, at the close of the speech. Mr W. C. Buchanan, who was received with prolonged applause, said he had no fear but that he would receive a quiet and impartial hearing, as ho was proud to say that ho had always had this compliment paid to him by his Carterton audience on the many occasions when he had appeared before them, CONGRATULATIONS, He had to congratulate the Carterton people on their town being declared a Borough, as it showed tho progress they were making. Pie had been a settler among them for fourteen years, and well remembered his first visit to tho district twenty-ono years ago, when he was afraid of tho trees falling on him as he rode along tho road. It gave him great pleasure to note the great improvements in tho whole surroundings, and especially the present dimensions of the town. ■ (Uheers.) He had also to congratulate them upon having such an admirable gentleman as their first mayor—one who had lived a great many years among them, and ; whom he hoped might. livo long to. .enjoy their.confide'nce. (.Cheers.) He must'congratulate them on the change

) in fclid electorates, as it gave theni Gladstone aucl the East Coast, which ! ho considered should have been added to their district a long time ago, as - tb6 ! interests of these places were allied to the South district, and he considered ■ that under tho new division there was not a more'happily bonatibiited district in. ; Ne.w Zealand than the Wairarapa i one. 'i (.Cheers,).' '.• ~. 'Wevquestion of the day. , When he appeared before them a few ' weeks lierstrttud- his iateutipn.pf. . contesting the seat against .all-comers,', and lie was there. to fulfil that pledge.- .. But he r rpust tell them he was there before his time, ibr instead of. finishing' the worlc of the'year in. one; session, Parliament had declared that it had lid confidence in the Government and: was on the eve of a dissolution demanded by the Government. This entailed an extra expense which would have to be. borne by the ratepayers- of the.colony a ; no small consideration afr- the'present timo, when every settler had all he could do to make bothends meet.' }U would ask on what grounds the GoverJiuieut had been beaten and had been granted a dissolution, in order that the electors of the colony, might exercise the right of endorsing the action of their representatives on the one hand or , the conduct of the Governinent on tho other 1 Was it on the qiicstion of Freetrade v Protection? 'Not-at all! The real question was. whether ..taxes were to l)e heaped upon a struggling country beyond what settlers wero able to bear,' or whether tjte extravagance and wasteful expenditure which had been going on so long was to be stopped. He would endeavor to lay the position of affairs before them, "and indicate what he believed should be the general direction by which they could remedy the state of affairs. He contended that the Representation Bill should have been passed last session, a result that the Opposition tried hard to attain, but they had to witness the spectacle of two Ministers voting against their own measure and killing it. Had they carried it then, these elec-

tions would have been over 'in about 40 days, instead of which they would take 135 days. As ""Sir Julius Vogel said at Christchurch, they "had not the Opposition to credit with the passing of the Bill, it was only right that the Government should take ail the blame in the matter, Ho had to congratulate flle.North IslawKwith tho gain of three members in the -late'.redistribution, and was very sorry that the nfimber of members had not been reduced,' They had been unable lo carry this

■ through;'although the ■ Premier had agreed to accept tlio' reduction. He would, if returned, 'use his best endeavors to ha'ye if again brought, before the House as he' considered no country was so overmembere'd as New Zealand. (Cheers). .-, . THE :'GOVEItNMENT. When Sir Julius Yogel brought down his financial statement he told the House, that the actual receipts were uhort-or.* tho estimates' by' .£192,000, but that saving in expenditure amounting to nearly £IOO,OOO had reduced tlie'actual dafioency to £92,000. This he considered to be a barefaced and misleading statement foe the real deficiency was £325,000 as the the statement, showed as follows : deficiency as mentioned, £192;493; sinking fund, £104,749; deflciencyi'aud fund, £28,000, and if they added 'stamps, customs, and railway deficiencies they would find that the real deficiency, for the year was nearly £100,000,' Against this they boast'of saving to the amount of £129,000, viz, Kailways,£Gs,ooo;Education, ; eri,Bß6; Interest, (over calculation) £11,005; Local Bodies, £26,000. Rut this was no,tthe whole story, the, thing was a gross mistatement, .for -there was no saving on the Railways. This department he was sorry to say was carried on just as extravagantly as formerly, There was no saving on the Education vote, and the Local Bodies saving was money owing to these Bodies. He considered the present deficiency had arisen despite the seizure by the Government during their three years of office of nearly a million pounds from the sinking fund. They bad added enormously'to the Stamp dutios, and cast a large portion of 'the Hospitals arid Charitable Aid on the ratepayers. The effect of this was severely f elt in South Wairarapa, as they were called Upon to send away £SOO .to Wellington," without receiving any benefit in return.

In-the face of tho large deficiency the Government proposed to meet the position by retrenchment. They said they had out down the estimates by £150,000. butthis was a sham, as bis as their previous year's saving. Their programme showed the following among the items of retrenchment;— Supplementary Estimates, .£40,000; Properly Tax collectors, £20,000; Subsidies. $20,000; Boilers (Hinemoaj £6,000; Census, £11,000; Civil Sorvants, £20,000, He made an analysis of all these items, pointing out that the whole of them were gross misstatements, He contended that it was impossible to think about retrenchment, when Sir Julius Yogel, speaking at Auckland, is reported to have said that it wa3 all sham and humbug, and as this had not beon contradicted, it must be taken to be the truth, Then again Sir Bobert Stout and Mr Ballance had said that the taxation was no heavier at tho present timo than it was in 1870, and that the country could easily stand more taxation, and it appeared they were doing their best to put tho weight on. If, as the Government stated, that the deficiency was £92,000 and the saving £150,000, the country, instead of being asked for increased taxation, would be having a reduction to the extent of about £58,000. He would ask, " Was the oountry going to submit to this 1" If they would da as he intended to—start at tho top of ths tree, and go down to the bottom—they might effect genuine retrenchment. (Cheers,) When the Government brought down their financial statement they told the country, "It would certainly have been impossible for any Government to frame them with a greater rogard to economy, or a more lively sense of the grand old maxim, 'Economy is in itself an income;' "and yet, before two. months-had elapsed, the Premier told his constituents 'at

,I)unedin jhat the Cabinet bad seen ■their, way to ■>,& further s&viug' .of ;^£iOO,OOO. Why/ he | asked, did they .. npLthitik. of; this saving before they ;weredriven to;it by the Parliament, and vwh^v^bad tboy not/ included it'w, the/ financial /statement' 1 •Ho thpUglitr comment on this'was needless! : ""'7;-V. : .v;:v ..;-' r ' - /; - .; rTheicquntry hadjbeen told that" thegreat guestioh. :^fpreJt.^atf^;Freetr^dle, yetm Protection,were; going 'on ' the Under the proposals of-the i : Ministry/' , sago, tapioca, m^teeiae;,.; candles,-and other kindred articles) had' been subjected to ejcttsi duties to. the "extent 0f'425,000 per an'jitim'.'•'..'■'Other articles, such as toys, fancy {[pods, cutlery, clocks,, watches,'musical/Instruments, calico, cottpn holiands &c,liad been taxed extra, and were among the articles from-which tlie/spvei'r.ment expected "\\ to:.raise Jl'lo,ooo, and they; called protectiy^;tariff..' It waVtrue there 'we're a' number of items that wre protective butitwas ridiculous .to call;it : .a -jprp\ Vtective.tanfiF,'Snd if that was.vyiat ; the' Government called a -protective .tariff,< : he wouldiike'to; know what constituted aii.uiiprotective'one,; His/opinion was; that the tariff should be, thrown out root and branch; ;/:(Chpers),/ : They had ataiiff now largely.■..prd.tectivo, many items having; aHiigh : rate upon them. Though he had alwaysjbeen a freetrader by conviction, and' was/one still, he was yet agreeable/to have the tariff arranged so as to/foster local industries. (Cbeerß.) What ho meant', by that was, that the local tradesmen could get their raw material for making, up, as low as possible, arid that- would

beithekind of arniugementbewould support when the'proper time ; camet Ho would show, as an example', how a protective- policy affected''Victoria in one article of manufacture, viz., tho soap and candle trade.' In 1886 thei'e were 416 meii;employed at these works, which turned out over fjvo million poitnda of candles. There was imported during the same period one million

pounds ut 2d per pound duty,, making £BOOO. Allowing about half : thoso men to bo can'dleoiakerS, it wa3 only fuii' to assume that the colony paid £4,000 per annum to Uioae men for protection. He contended that by thiß system the price of manufactures.were brought up to-a very, hjsjh rate, and hons'.'liold expenses were increased-ill every way by. a protective policy. Ho quoted' from Mr Hayter'a Victorian

•Statistician, showing that in 1873.the population of Victoria wa5.772,000 and New South Wales •' In the present year the population was about equal, showing that, the freetrade country had outstripped lier protectionist neighbor by about 200,000* jmd yet people said the freetrado colouy was going back. In Victoria about 4| per cent were engaged; in manufactures, and in New South_ Wales there were 3f per cent in the same occupation, showing that, there was not such a.

great difference ill the progress, of the two colonies. -He alluded to- the grea! losses ofsheep, cattle, aud horses in New South. Wales by drought, the total in about three years being thirteen millions, sufficient to ruin any. country. New South Wales too, being mainly a pastoral country the downfall of the price of Wool had made itself severely felt. Victoria produced gold in 1885 amounting to £3,000,000, while New South Wales only yieldedJ4oo,ooo. They had also to remember that Melbourne was from ' its: geographical position the (metropolis of a, continent, The importance of which was verified from its increase, of population, for while tho city increased from 1881 to 1885 by 138,000, the country districts ouly increased by 99,000. He alluded to the low rate of wages prevalent/in Victoria, which were not to be com-

pared with the high ratp paid in New Zealand, and instanced the state of the labor market there, by the fact that the railway people when they required men, at 5s a day got on an average ten applicants for every situation. He consideVed workmen tborewere greatly underpaid compared with New Zealanders, and lie was very prood to know it—(Cheers). Mr Bunny was reported to have said at Greytown "He mightsayin starting (hat ho wasa Freetrader—ho would not say one thing and mean another to catch votes. He could

not see why the majority should be taxed to put the profits into tho pockets of a few producers," : Mr' Bunny proposed to take off the duty on tea and sugar, which alone produced £160,000 per annum, and with other necessaries of life, and things that could not be produced in the Colony, viz, Spirits, rice, kerosine, wine, and galvanised iron, the duty amounted to £580,000 per! annum. , He did not think Mr Bunny could ever imagine the possibility of taking off these duties in the present

state of, the finances of the Colony. He (Mr Buchanan) would be quite as-willing as any man to take off-the duties, but as ho did not come beforo them to give them fair words as a candidate for the House, but only to put things in their true light, be could not see how it could, under present circumstances be taken off, (Cheers.) He would endeavor to tax the luxuries by which those paid who were able, and would avoid a3 much as possible increasing the taxes on the necessaries of life. RETRENCHMENT. As retrenchment was the key note—the war cry of the country—he would commence at the top of the tree and reduce the. next Governor's salary. (Cheers.) He would also reduce the number of Ministers and their salaries. (Cheers,) Would sell the Ministerial residences and give them allowances for lodgings, <fcc., the same as in other jountries. (Cheers.) He would reduce the salaries of the highly paid officials who work only three months in

the year, and take off. the fees of £IOO each paid to the Chairman of Committees, an innovation introduced by the present Government. He would reduce the number of members, and lower the honorarium of tho Upper I{buseto£7s and the members of the House of Representatives to £l5O. (Cheers.) Free passes, unless when specially required, should be abolished,' 1 as he-considered that the use of them by some members amounted to a scandal, and that it was highly im-

id | proper thst,. business men should ; haWi of to compete with some members !y same line,who. used .their pasP^iii;' y travellingabout. (Cheergi) Hff.wiptlld V abolish political patronage in )- Service, and put the dervice : Uflrjer'the ? control of a Board, as he-Mriidieied is that' merit, should;bo ■'. public service 'a3 "in /prlyate; ibasiitesab ■: ;' (Qheera,)-.v/ThVJJ^tivfr;'Departiirent e ; /should:; w abolished, • and- ; the/|Jflfejice e department: • aut.; Uown;;OyV •■.; it- ,(Cbeers.') V-He.'iulnutw it expert in tEe ititler■;branch| ; but -had '-. ,: come. .to/tbe conclusion .irpii) jie..^nanf.'; / inventions; thaVwerp.beingmadji,that i the> Kew defences'woutdljfi .ft ' e few.years.become uselefs t . He. considered the best/ . defence to be that ; Londonconference. . ... :: ",",.". \ :^':':; ■'■'■'■ "'' RAII^A YS v;' ; :'; : '-'r ' : ij- ; He would advocate a reforrh/in"this . should be pJae«d uiidor a Board af/nilar 3 to that pf Victoria, which in ■'- B yious to ite transfer to the: ' .. paid£2.l.Bsper^eutonthoc6s^ ' B -' months :aftei, •they had; dpleueitl : 223 : ;miles.-;.of■' .additional; ;H'a'es' r ..:earned 1 £283,621 tqore raoney,l\yith oniyiepOl ■ B >ddsonal expenditure/ / Yyithin Jbreo t [yearstlieypaid^iutei-eßt atth&Vraie of f on the/ cost', .lowered the : |charges'representing -£100,000,'" and | 'paid;.-. £61,000./Jnto;';.tbp.';copßolit dated' revenue, arid this: yea| their ( \pr6JSt /Hewouja* kvo- ,. cate that bsfore any now lines [ were .. constructed an estimate of thejr-proba- .•■ Jjle income should be made, and unless ~' it was found' to be satisfactory, ntt; ,-. bbrmwing should take vplacdior themf j construction.' (Cheers.):: Heiiiluded tof j the extravagancies in the'department, and specially referred to; the -jsheep ; yards-at tke-Greytpwii railway-station, . which he considered a disgrace, and tho ," worst be ever-saw. Ifj returned he i would support a reform on : . Victorian principle'and .endeavor itp'see it ; : carried out. (Cheers;) •'• ■• .'.•■.-;; : '■' ' : - EDUCATION- , ■".. ,: He bad ub doubt tbat'extipaganco had cropt'into this department, notably down South,' where in of Provincialism: large reserves' haWeen made for educational purposes/which enabled 1 them to build and; equip splendid scholastic :: establishments. He thought that these' feservea.'should be'made : colonial ones-now, especially as in ■ the North Island f%- : could not got sufficient to erect the Pieces-. * sary buildings, for■■'■■'• their= -''priniaiyC schools; fCheers.) Birßoba't spoakiug of 'secondary. education recently' said it was not thericb.maii's. children who were receiving the honeiit, as anyone- going •to >. school could see that it was■ the.children of people who would not be 'able |o pay font,.;that were receiving education tliero. He (Mr Buchanan).would be glad if it was; true, but ■ if it -was' not, it should be, altered forthe benefit of the colony at large, audi if Returned, he;would go'' 'into thequestioniif it was foQnid desirable. (Cheers).not.in favor of cutting off the tion'at the.fourtli standarij'oi' raising .'the schoolage to seven.year Spas coun,tiy v districts;would be feygreatest'' suifererß';|Bi;tbey. could not lieep up tbe:mimm\r& of scholars -unless the Resent; (system was adhered to, (Chee'rai),. -He comparei-ifo coat of was greatlyiii favor of.:Ne'w'Zealand, and said if the colony'was.; going in [for -tho'struggle-of; life,'-.'.the. nest ". weapon to fight] with, was ..education, j (Cheers). Ho advocated keeping np the present standard, and .-would .his best endoavours:to see.r\-that the rf education system/romaine'd intaet. : ■ (Cheers;) /•;■ ~: - : _-: . UND;;--:' '"-^ During Ms career in the House he had supported liberal; land legislation, and looked upon the .settlement of tho people upon the land as a.most important question. He bad-assisted Mr Eolleston and Mr Ballance,: arid would continue, to .support;?moitt&a for the benefit of the colony at Ske. The present Government were maMg.,.■';. a crusade against the freehold system, .'■. and be strongly opposed any attack on freehold tenure. (Cheers.)' He con-

side'red a deal of harm had- been low to thecountrybytheir action, especially as other countries were '-fighting to induce settlers to go among them. Instances had come notice where men had gone away from New Zealand,owingto the restrictions on land, and he specially mentioned thq case of a young man who to on the ove of settling in the. colony, but was -W ordered to withdraw :with"his capital • f of £SOOO, owing to the present • Govemmont proposals..., In Christchurch a commission ■ agent received notice from his principals in England to withdraw, all monies belonging to them as-soon as they became due, from the-same cause. He asked them would they not oppose: the actions of the Government, who . ; ,; were working against thethe colony by driving desirable-jftfeis .. to other countries. (Ohoers.j'A ''

His Political Platform. ~; He might inform them that be was not a supporter of the present Government (Laughter). It was not possible to get retrenchment as long as Sir Julius Vogel was'at the .head of the Treasury, and he hoped' the- present election would result in, his exclusion from office. (Loud Cheering). If returned he should not. ; Jpown pledged to any leader, It difnqt matter whim whether it was Stout, Major Atkinson, or any other,-for if they did not follow oufuthe platform ho hadlaid down he: would not support them (Cheers.) He referred -them to his past conduct in the House, and asked them to let him use his own discretion in future. If they were to ask ' him who was the maii .who ought to come forward as a leader he should say it was John Bryce (continuous oheer* ing) H e(Mr Buchanan) might have"ftj[. lowed Major Atkinson, and mightjip bo ; again, but in his eyes lie had Wfrnr weakness. He considered ' \ a want of backbone in him, the same ' as Sir Robert; Stout was now showing Before tho country. What the colony wanted was ay steady jnan, with the interests of the settlers-at heart and he considered that that man was to he found m Joteßryce,'.aßd although h?'

called upon as a leader* fc|%fn"e.p66ple could trust themselves Wmffi any Government of whom ho was (Cheers) His platform was Mrenchnient, earnest and thorough, . through all branches of the public services. .Railway reform by leaving the .; control, to a non-political Board. .;. ...}rlaiittaibanceo£ the Eduo'ation'System.- : So that"•all "• v .il{is^?^mgh v i ;..;"B(ittßgbn'tbq.laMwitli eitber''fre6- ■ .._-,llold:brleaselold terms.!( Cheers). -; .• > ' : ; ; ;- . ; '' ;'BORROWiNB; : ;;/. .-;• " .■\";"f.li& could 'further emphasize'upon '•'; dp it, as during '"''•. |he n ]£Bt three months- therailways had £.'g§e back £6OOOO, and .the,' Customs showed a 'falling ..off...' If. Elected ho would put his foot down and crush the extravagance that bad brought the country to its present pass. (Cheers) .. - Ho considered the reckless borrowing . '/' of -the past 'had led the colony to ' , its present position. Tho question was.must they go on borrowing as in nthe past ? He thought it-was idle' to s»Bhutth'oireyes to the faot that tho C- country could go on without boraw- ["■ ,ing. They must borrow-, but on a •.', different system. There were works /',that required finishing, such as rail- "' "ways, schools, public buildings, I'', "bridges, kt, which -must 1 o done, but it should be shown that they'were ':' .required for the interest of the Colony / bc'ioro any ; borrowing should take place for, them, and he considered, '.'.."with' a falling revenue, that it was ; . necessary to watch it with a sharp eye. ...(Cheers.) . Mil BUNNY. •.;.' ■ Mr Bunny had given thorn his :.•. opinions from time to timo oh all the : important questions, and he would •■-... quote from a few of his speeches to ...show what opinions ho held. At . Cartorton, Bth July,, 1884--" He would knock duties.entirely off.neces- -.,- sarics of life—-tea, sugar and clothing, v free.of duty, and raise necessary revenuo from income' and property." it Thoradon olection, April 1884, in . reply to Mr Hall—"Would prefer a . property and incomo tax to a land tax, Laeonsidering it the fairest possible, it only taxed, a man for what against class taxation.". Fifth July, .:.. 1887—" He would have a land and - income tax of a progressive charac- : ter." At Greytowu, Nov, 21,1884- :• \ ','. He might, say in starting that ho was .' a-Freetrader, -he would not say one - thing and mean another, to catch '• .votes.- He could not see. why the ■ ': majority should, bo taxed to put the '•': .profits into, the. pockets .of; a. few pro:f ducers." ■ Carterton, July 5, 1887— £'. ." Would . be prepared to support a •': moderate protection for local .;• industries.", Thorndon, April 1886,' ■ "The Nationalisation.. ..of the ". land-mot his entire approval Ho .would like to see not another acre of ■land sold. November 22,1881—" He thought thero was. too much'money • spent on education, and. that up to tho ■ "fourthstandard was highonough for «ersons to learn to do their work. July , 1884—''.Would cut down teacher's • " salaries/'. July 5, 1887—" Some .'" -people .said, 'knock off the.fifth and . sixth standards.' What' would.be the .': result?. In 1881 election, abjured the ': Atkinson- party and-all their works. April, 1884—" Was a supporter 6f tho Atkiiison. Government. At'.last -election, 1884—Tinned round on the y, Atkinson party,- and.went for Vogel, ■July 1887—Turned round, qn everybody, (During.-the recital of Mr 'Bunny's various opinions the audience ."■. was kept in a continual state,of merri-.' '- mentr Whenever Mr.Bunny's views ■■:■ met the popular taste-they were heartily cheered,: but when an. opposito opinion was quoted by Mr Buchanan, the opposition remained very quiet and did not even join in the laughter). PERSONAL. It had been said that ho had voted against the extension of polling hours • ' It was true in one sense, and not true ( .Ja another. He. had said in the House !pßat it was right to extend the hours ▼ in-country districts, and ho had voted against • cities and boroughs being included in it. In Committee it was ■jointed out how impracticable it would be for. Town and country districts . having. different polling hours, and . instanced that if Gladstone poll closed at 6 o'clock,- and Carterton at 7 o'clock, the declaration of the poll at tho • former place might have the effect " "of influencing the result of tho.Carter"ton poll, especially if tho declaration : proved contrary to the expectations . of any of the candidates. , The statement that he tried to keep the working men from voting was untrue, it ." ; was in fact quite the reverse, for the. working men of Carterton and South • Wairarapa had always given him a '. large majority. (Cheers.) Although class and .party crios were raised during the election, ho would ask -.' them to remember that he had been working fourteen years amongst them, and he was satisfied that the working •: man would treat him as he deserved. -Wheers.) He desired to conceal nothing/but wanted them to know his opinions. He believed in the Property Tax, by which property up to £SOO ■ wis. exempt, but ho would go further than this by proposing that on • properties valued at from J?S0,000 and upwards, there should be no exemption. ' He considered that the present Government did a deal towards retarding the progress ofthecolony by driving eapital from the colony, and increasing ' tho number of tho unemployed. Capitalists deplored the action of the Government in placing obstacles in the way of bringing their millions to the eolony. He said if there was class taxation in the colony, capitalists would go where there was more freedom in-the land management, and it • was their duty to encourage settlement • • as much as possible In conclusion he said if he' had the honor of being returned no of his would be . wanting to further the interests of the •:, district;and colony withoutregardto ■jM&mt. Mr Buchanan resumed his "m amid loud and continuous cheer- ' -'/' .QPEMIONS, Replying to questions h? said ho 'mt < not in favor of disturbing the present •System of Maori voting... Was not pre-* oared to support the same encouragement . to all local industries, unless it was found to b» judicious for healthy competition,

He considered that if. a man went.upon a leasehold, ho Bhould bo able to ni'ako it_ a freehold whenever he could afford it. .(Cheers.) Was in favov of. disposing of one of the Government steamers, Favored the property tax us against the Land and Incomo tax, as a land tax of Id in tho £ would only yield £100,01)0, but the Property Tax netted L 300.000 per annum. Would be glad to see an Income Tax introduced. Could see no parallel between'Opvernmentandprivateborrowing :pne';vras' 'bo Mowing. on ■ {forks', fthct the other was Wowing for,-really • necessary . works,. by' free agent?, •: "Would prober to see the Putotoi' district 'opiefted* by roads and bridges-.'rather- than see the _ Railway curled through the bush or over the Q6rs?ei' ; 'Wo,3 in favor of a Land Tax, as it was apart of tho Property Tax scheme, .but not ajland -Tax, pure and simple. Np matter'what a man investedhismoney in, it should bo made to pay towards the protection of it. Would do his best to assist in developing the export of dairy produce by the ships carrying frozen meat. Was in favor of giving all part 3 of the Land Act, 188 ft, a fair support. Wrb not in favor of giving Sir Julius Vosjel a pension if he should now retire from public se;yice, With regard to a statement in the Daht charging tho Observer with levying blackmail, lie would return the same answer as ho did whon tho question was asked in tho street, viz, that he was not going to take up tho cudgels for the Observer or Daily if thoy chose to fall out, and if tho Observer had charged tho Daily with tho same thing, he would return tho same anßwer. Mr Burton Boys, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr Buchauan, promised that:if public interest warranted him in calling a mooting to discuss political affairs ho would do so, and he hoped tho day would conio when he would stand before them as a candidate seeking their suffrages. (Cheers,) Mr Price seconded the proposition, which was carried* unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded n most successful meeting, though somowhat noisy during the timo of asking questions,