Referring to the Greenfield Estate in his address at Clarks Flat on Saturday evening Mr Bennet said he understood tbe Government valuers had been over tbe Greenfield Estate and their valuation of tbe property intended to be taken by th*> Government pretty well agreed with tbe demand of Mr Smith. He was glad to know tbat such was the case largely because he did not wish to ace anything tbat could be construed into an injustice done to Mr Smith, wbo was a good settler and very popular in the district. At the same time he wished it to be understood that he placed the welfare of the people, he meant the young men and women of the distriot and the country, before' any individual intereeta and he should, as be bad done during bis time in Parliament, advocate those interests and insist upon justice being done to them no matter what happened. It should not be imagined tbat tbe ques tion of throwing open Greenfield JSetate had passed his memory or had been neglected by him. i)n the oontrary, he was pleased to assure them tbat uot only would 7000 acres of the estate be thrown open but the whole property itself, be believed, would in a very short time be at the disposal of the Government for the benefit of the people. He believed in the very near future not only that Greenfield but that the Clyde rale pro perty and all the large pcoperties throughout Otago would be acquired by the Government and thrown open for settlement. Mr Bennet's allusions to the settlement of the people on he land was loudly applauded and it was made clearly evident, as he expressed it, " the young people ot the dietriot wanted the encouragement which a home on the land gives before they deoided for •better or worse,'"

Mr Bennet's meeting at Waipori on Monday evening was beyond question enthusiastic and sympathetic but at tiroes lively. The liveliness, however, was entirely confined to a single indi vidual who was manifestly not quite in harmony with the doctrines of prohibi tion. Before the candidate bad pro* ceeded far with his speech be corn* menoed to fire off a set of stock ques tions. Sis strong point seemed to be something in connection, with a large sum of money which he insisted either the Prince of Wales (Sir J. G. 