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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 34, 8 September 1887, Page 3

1 fino the electors IM Mm* JL AWATU. I■> GENTi,EMEN,-i-Thpngh my political opinions are: pretty well" known to 'the ■electors of Manawatu, i r : thmk it^Vas well to publish a concise stateraentof my vjews .on... the principal.. p^pin^s of .poliicy.now exercising . tfae" nainds of the;electors. ; ; ? :::::.-' • .'l. il am -still, as= in. my .^lection; f addfie6g of"lßß4jßtrdn^ly of opinion ihat our Railways would be better managed by a noni-polSifcical Boardr The present GbVferiimeAt: has ajkayfc pYomi&?d; Mb «lian^e>; Uttt isaref^lly effepting" it. ', >-^ | am in ifavpr of liberalising puf land laws so /that: settlers can j when teelectin^ take theis^choixte. of any iof . our present systems instaftd of ha-llow-itig the pick of the land to ■lie^to-: (im^ble only tinder the i>ai ; ticular system in favor with the Ministry of the ,d a y • Improvement, should .be qompulspKy,, but jiot .residence. ;]' 8; iStern Retrenchment before any ! 'additional taxation is my motto/ The . honorarium of the Loitfer House 'shf^uldyhow i ever., r be first, in order p strengthen 'the hands of iis mtiribcrsl indealing~,with the general question, [ "■■< , 4: 1 am ft Freetrader frbm' priiici-' pie, and also, from believing that the i more nearly we can Vap.prpafch to direct j taxation' the less- Governmehtal J ex- ' ibravagance wiU bd "submitted to by ! the electors,.. , .' "..I . ;,. :;,..,;; 6. I think that only i^iose Railways , which show a fair prospect of re'tumr^ ing: at least 2: per cent.. on the capital cost should ber breceeded with under; present «ire"unistan<Jds. ; All Railways! of this class/cpuld, I believe, be cprapleted tpr a iiiillibn' and a. .fcalf. „ ; .. 6« My opinions : on the ' edudation question have not altered since my first Candidature, Ithink that the; Univeriities and Sfecondary. fiehpols should be self-supporting ; that the proceeds of aU reserves' should ; be-iapplied to reduce the cost of primary education; that it would be unwise to raise the icbool age: as lending to. close small Country schools, and- that, ii absoJutelx necessary /for financial { reasons, fees should be paid for the fifth an<d sixth standards. Schplarships should 1 also be offered in milcn'greater iumbers to enable" clever children of poor parents .to reap, the ( benefits of higher education . At ' present higher education is absolutely unattainable by the children of those, parents in the rural districts who cannot afford to. bbard'-their- children in' the %oWSsj where the higher schools 1 are usuallysituated. I will more fully explain my views at the various centres before polling day, giving dve r notice of each; meeting.. • , , > > i • Yours Faithfully, •"" 1 s d, h; macasthur.. TO THE ELEOTOES OF THE FOXTON CONSTITUENCY. 1 G-entmemen,— 'ln case there are any Electors in the now gar,t,of the cohstituency who may uot b© acquainted with my .poUticalT views, I subscribe them in a succinct form :— 1 1st. I- am against the present Govern* ment< - 2nd. I wish to see a Government in ppwer who will' spend the' money from the public chest as they would that from tieir Jnivate^ purse. 3rd. I am a firm believer that forge retrenchment can and ought to take place before any fresh taxation is placed on the vpeople. ■'■■:'■■ ■'■I-". ■■■' -\:-':--i. •.-.• •••.":•«_! 4th< I am m favor of reduction in Le"g- [ islative expenditure; ■.■■l. ■■'■ ; -i ; ; oth^ ; The Education vote should be' cut ■; down with due regard to the keeping | open of the Country schools. i , 6th. Higher Education should pc, self-, , 'supporting-; the i Revenue Set apitrt for High- Schools should be either handed over to PrimaiTT Education or ifbr the proper establishment of schbl&rfiliips. ; ; ' ; |7th. I am in favor of our Bailwaya being managed . , by -one r non-political ,!Bbard, which might ilsb' be* consfatuted a Board of Works to recommend to Parliament the 1 necessary ■ works' -for ; the oeW completion of our Railway System. ;Bth. Security 6f the tenure of land I look upofl as absolutely necessary for the successful settlement of the country, 9th., I. therefore prefer Freehold to any ; other ientire, a ; nd have no sympathy with Biich humbug ak the Nationalization of thislAnd. ;10th. I am hot in favor of raising -the Customs Tariff unless- for revenue purposes, :■■/.<. :.:'■'...) Is '■'. 1..':.' 1 . ■ J ■Your Obedient Servant,^ . ■ ! JAMES G. WILSON, ; H A I R DRES S BE/ HAS again commenced business as above m the Saloon next to- Uellve's Empire Hotel. Tobacco, pipes, cigars, &c,, in great variety. Billiard room presided oVfer fey an experienced niarkex*.