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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2326, 20 October 1908, Page 1

MR. CARROLL’S ' CAMPAIGN. - ; . C<UPPORTERS of the HON. MR. y!3 CARROLL’S Candidature are hereby notified that the old County Council Offices .in Lowe Street are being utilised as his Committee Rooms and will no open daily from 9 a.in. till o p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. . J. C. PARKER, Chairman of Committee. GISBORNE ELECTORATE. W. LISSANT CLAYTON, o WILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS As follows: — PATUTAHI HALL, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), October 20tli. TE ARAI (Schoolhouse), WEDNESDAY, October 21st. PPOSITION Each evening at 8 p.m. THE ELECTORS OF GISBORNE. Ladies and gentlemen,— "Having been honored by the request of a large number of Electors to offer myself as a Candidate for the House of Representatives, I have decided to'accede to their wishes. Although I shall- 5 * take an early nmortunity of laying my views before pon, it is desirable that you should [lave some indication of their nature. I am in favor of—(a) RESTORING to PARLIAMENT control of the public finances by restriction ol the powers of the Ministry in public expenditure. (b) GRANTS VOTED bv Parliament BEING EXPENDED upon specific works and not diverted at will of a Minster. (c) The continuance of tlic present system of ELECTION to LOCAL BODIES by RATEPAYERS and BURGESSES. (cl) Encouragement of LAND SETTLEMENT upon the OPTIONAL PLAN with provisions for preventing the aggregation of large holdings. (e) ABOLITION of POLITICAL 'PATRONAGE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for all, and tlic - establishment of a CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. (f) TARIFF. REFORM by reduc : tion of duties on necessaries of ■life. (g) NATIVES being placed on the same footing as Europeans for REPRESENTATION, TAXATION, and LAND. TRANSACTIONS with proper safeguards. From which you will infer that I am in OPPOSITION to the present Administration. I have the honor to be, Ladies and Gentlemen-, Your obedient servant, W. LISSANT CLAYTON, G ISBORNE pLECTORATE. GEO. E. DARTON, Standing in LIBERAL and NO-LICENSE INTERESTS, Electors as 17 ILL Address the rV under:— !\TUTAHI— MONDAY, Oct. 26th. 'AERENGA-A H IKA TUESDAY, October 27th. - AT A W H E R O— WEDNESDAY, October 28th. „ i ARAI— THURSDAY, October 29. AKA URI —FRIDAY, October 30th.. and JIS rjTHEATRE. MONDAY, November 2nd.n Chair taken 8 p.m. JgAY OF “p JgLECTORATE. LENTY MR. J. B. GOW, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE, ILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS .< v At MOTU on OCTOBER 23rcl.' . RA KA U R OA, on OCTOBER 24th. WAIHUKA (at Railway. Camp), OCTOBER 26th.. TE KARAKA, OCTOBER 31st. WHATATUTU, NOVEMBER 2nd. * WAIKOHU, NOVEMBER 3rd. ORMOND, NOVEMBER 4th. WAI MATA, NOVEMBER 5tU. .