A very largely attended meeting of the Committee was held in the Choral Hall on Saturday evening. In the unavoidable absence of the president (the Rev. C. H. Bradbury), Mr Wra, Wardrop was voted to the chair.
Correspondence was received from the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, the Prohibition League, the Minister of Justice (stating that the complaint made by this Committee re justices of the peace ac Bal clutha would receive his consideration), Mr J. A. Millar, M.H.R. (in answer to the ques tions submitted by the Committee re the liquor traffic), Mr Joseph Hatton (withdraw ing his candidature for Caversham), and the Men's Institute (intimating the appointment of Miss Christie as delegate in place of Mr A. H. Burton, resigned). Messrs Hatton and Taverner having with drawn from the Caversham election, it was resolved that Messrs Wardrop, M'lndoe, and Thorn be appointed to interview candi dates for Caversham and obtain their views on the temperance question. The selection of candidates to represent the party iu the City of Dunediu and Wai kouaiti was then taken, and resulted as fol lows :

CTJT OF DUNKDIN. Mr William Earnshaw Mr William Hutchison Mr F. M. Lester. WAIK.OUAITI.
Mr Andrew Thomson was unanimously elected. The selection of a candidate for Caver sham was left over until Saturday week.
The Hon. E. Mitchelson will return to Auckland on Wednesday, and will then state definitely whether he will be a candi date for any seat in the next Parliament. His candidature is still mentioned in connection with the citv seat.
Mr Theo. Cooper has been urged by a large number of Eden and Parnell electors to become a candidate for one of those seats, but he has decided that he will not oppose the candidates who have already been an nounced.
