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Evening Star, Issue 3995, 14 December 1875, Page 3

ELECTION NOTICES, 110 THE ELECTORS OF THE CIL'Y OF DC NED I N. GENTLEMEN’, - I beg to announce that I am a candidate o ,l u ' at the ensuing election for this City. . I take an early opportunity of addressing you upon the vaiions questions which the next Pailiament m;.y bt expected to deal with. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JAMES MACASSEY. Dnnediu, December 13, 1873, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN. Gentlemen,— i teg most respectfully to intimate that I am a candidate for your suffrages at the approaching election for'this City. lam mainly induced to make this announcement from the apparent reluctance of gentlemen, probably much more able to represent you efficiently than I am, in seeking your suffrages. The time between now and the date of election is so short that it is impossible any candidate can address many meetings of the electors. I therefore consider it advisable to give through the medium of the Press a short resume of my views on the vaiious questions of importance now agitating the public mind Firstly. I may say that I am in favor of the Abolition of Provincial institutions as they have existed in the past.

In their place I would advocate the separation of the two islands by the creation of each into a separate Colony, Failing the attainment of this I would support a thorough sutem of local self-government by the creation of Hoad Boards and Municipalities, with a central or governing board for each Provincial district to look after and perforin the main arterial works of the Provinces, such as main roads, bridges, etc., and also the allocation of the Provincial land fund and the determination of the pastoral lands and leases of the Province. I am in favor of a thorough revision of the fiscal pokey of the Colony, by the remission of a number of our Customs duties, and the creation in lieu thereof, as a means of raising revenue, of a property and land tax, believing, as I do, that property has never paid its fair share of taxation. This is a question of the greatest importance to the bulk of the electors, and one I regret to say which appears to be forgotten or ignored by most of the candidates seeking your suffrages. I am in favor of an extension of the franchise by the establishment of manhood suffrage after twelve months’ residence to all who can read and write, I am in favor of the abolition of the present Waste Lands Board and the vesting of their functions in the Central Board referred to above. I shall vigorously support a reform of the Upper House by making that body elective and subject to the will of the people, providing, of course, a small property qualification for voters. I am in favor of the subdivision of the pastoral holdings at the terminations of the present leases into smaller runs, reserving the right of acquiring such portions of them from time to time as may be necessary for the purposes of hoini jtrh settlement. I am in favor of the payment of members, believing this to be the only means of preventing the representation of the Colony falling into the hands solely of the wealthy classes. Gentlemen, these are my views, which, if elected, I will vigorously maintain. If you deem them worthy of support you will give me your votes; if not, I shall, I trust, bow to your decision with befitting humility. In conclusion, gentlemen, I may state that I am not a rich man, and cannot therefore expend much money in seeking my return. I merely mention this, that if you do not receive from me the usual visits of electioneering agents, canvassers, etc., you will not think that I value your support the less, but attribute it to the true cause. I am, Gentlemen, \ours faithfully, H. S. FISH, .Tux.

TO THE ELECTORS OF DUNEDIN. GENTLEMEN, —Having indicated my political views thrcuglx the medium of the Press, I shall shortly appoint time and place to meet yon, when I shall explain them more fully. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. HOOPER. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CIIY OF DUNEDIN. GENTLEMEN, — I beg to announce that I am a Candid ite for your suffrages as Representative to the General Assembly. I shall take every opportunity which the limited i time at disposal before the polling-day will < permit of addressing you in different parts of the City. Notice of my meetings will appear in to morrow’s papers. I am, Gentlemen, Yours respectfully, J. P. ARMSTRONG. iy|R ARMSTRONG’S Committee are requested to meet in the Committee Rooms, Temperance Hall, This Evening, at 7.30. JOHN WILSON, Sec. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ROSLYN DISTRICT. i | AVING been requested by a large number of you to offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the Genera Assembly I have decennineed upon doing so. I shall shortly address yon, and give you my views on the question of the future government of this country. I may, however, now state that I am opposed to Centralism in any form, and will give my support to that party which will carry out the policy indicated in the address lately issued by his Honor the Superintendent.

Yours respectfully, C. W. FLUX MAN. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ROSLYN. TO THE ELECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT OF ROSLYN, G ENTLEMEN,—I beg to intimate to you that it is my intention to offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the new Parliament about to be elected, I shall without delay invite you to meet me in various parts of the district, when I will lay before you my views on the proposed Constitutional changes, and other matters 'affecting your interests. In the meantime it may not be out of place for me to respectfully suggest that you should demand of your future representative a plain, clear, and unmistakeablo statement of the course he will take in dealing with the important questions that will have to bo decided during the first session of the General A ssembly. I therefore beg that you will exercise this right to its fullest extent as far as I am concerned, and if L fail to meet your views reject me without hesitation. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, HENRY DRIVER. Maori Hill, IHh December, 1873,