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way out of the difficulty, such a course would not have been urged by me. The very fact of my appealing to the people is a sufficient refutation of the charge of attempting to exorcise arbitrary power; in fact, it is to protect the people against an attemjit at arbitrary dictation by the majority of the Provincial Council, that I have been induced to make that appeal. What are the actual circumstances of the case 1 The Council assembled on the bth of May for the despatch of busin ss. The Executive Govern ment was prepared at once to submit for consideration the Estimates fur the year, also various important questions bearing upon the interests of the Province in addition to those referred to in my opening address The 19 th May arrived without any prospect of business being proceeded with, in the meantime the interests of Ihe country were being neglected, and a large daily expenditure was being incurred for no practical purpose. Under these circumstances I submit that there was no course open but to .prorogue and apply for a dissolution. It is said that history frequently repeats itself. It is a remarkable coincidence that the present political situation is precisely similar to that which existed some sixteen or seventeen years ago, when the then Superintendent; stood forth so manfully as the guardian of the public interests and the rights of the people, which at that time, as now, Were being sacrificed at the shrine of faction in the Provincial Council. Although I had resolved never again to drag the Superintendeney through the mire of a contested election, yet, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, I should have ■been glad had it been possible to have met you face to face prior to the polling day. It is physically impossible, however, to go the round of the Province before the 18th instant, and to visit particular localities only, is apt to cause offence. Moreover, important official engagements make it ex ceedingly inconvenient to be absent from -Dunedin. As it is, my views and opinions are, I believe, sufficiently well known to enable you to decide as to whether or not I am the most suitable candidate for your suffrages without any personal canvass on my part. Fully relying upon the sound judgment of the Electors, I am quite content to leave the result in your hands. Y ours faithfully, JAMES MACANDREW. ELECTION OF SUPERIN TENDENT. To the Electors of the outlying Districts of the Dunstau District. |~jWING to the short time that has been allowed before the polling for the Superintendeney, I am prevented from visiting you personally. I find much poison had been laid down, and wherever I have had an opportunity of applying the antidote, it has proved thoroughly effectual. Fellow Electors, believe me, the LAND QUESTION lies at the root of the present crisis in affairs, although it is attempted to keep that fact in the back ground. I ask you to consider well, —Who are Mr. Macandrew’s Supporters—Oapitalists'and Speculators '? Who are my principal Opponents—Runholders 1 Remember the battles I have fought ON YOUR BEHALF in getting land opened for settlement, and rally round me on the 18th day of June, the clay of the Poll. JOHN L. GILLIES. June 12. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE DUNSTAN. Gentlemen ; f OFFER myself for rc-clcctiou to i the Provincial Council, and confidently refer you to my past services as a guarantee for the future. I am, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, THOS. L. SHEPHERD. MUNICIPALITY OF CLYDE. CITIZENS’ ROLL, 1873-1. RATEPAYERS are reminded of the necessity for their making immediate payment of all rates for the current year 1573. Failing payment on or before the 14th of June inst.-, all ratepayers then in default will, as by law required, be excluded trom the Citizens’ Roll. Persons who have recently acquired a qualification for admission to the Roll, by the purchase or i - ental of property, arc requested to intimate else fact to me forthwith. RICHARD POOLE. Town Cleik. June 13. 1873.