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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 689, 18 June 1870, Page 2 (Supplement)

m O THE B L E CTOEB OF ' :: " ■'■"■•'■ ■ WESTLAND NORTH. ■ ■ . ■ • ■■. . ■-. ; . " '■'. ■i* ■ ' J . : ' • ' ' ■■:' GENTLEMEN— I beg to offer myself as a candidate for tte honor of representing you In the General Assembly.. ... .. • ; % : Ji I apologise to yotf for thai obndng'fohMrd '-'■■■■ '■■•■■■'■ ' ■.":''"'■ '■>■ ■•-'■' T y " without invitation, having full confidaßOO ■:!•'■•..•:•■ ■ V • - ...■•■•' ■ ''. .-:• •■ :'t ■ thatonr long acquaintance wUlbeoonndeted by you a suflicient excoM for n^ dispeniing with enstomary formalities. ; . . . - „ Should you do me the honor to return me as your representative, T should go to ' tiio House as an independent member, aiot pledged to support the Government, but disposed to do so, unless a closer study otpublio affairs should lead to the conviction that >it would be very clearly for the benefit of tjie Colony that tb!e present Mini^errs^ should give place to others. . .' The Maori question is at present of pahi^ mount importance, and the management^of Native affairs by the present Defence Minister appears to me to be more juditJoius and successful than that of any of hia prediecessors. With regard to the relations of the Colony with the United Kingdom; and with ■;■■ :■■;;. .: ..j;;i .-• '„ i .;:i-y?i the Auatrahan Colonies, it may *W that, while strongly opposing any measure caloalated to tend to the alienation of the Colony ironi the Mother Country, I should think it advisable to keep always in' view the' po)«i---bility of a separation, taking place, and io prepare for it by consolidatitig amd cmtakHßing the .powers and resource* Vat present dispersed among the Provinces in one strong national New Zealand Government. ' - I should advocate the abolition of tte existing .Provincial inatitutions, and »t t}>e same time provide for the extenqon^ot trae local self-government in matters of purejy local interest, by dividing the whole Colbiiy into small compact- districts with good : ' ' >: ■ '-• ..-£■■ ■ ■ '■■■ iJ'j natural boundaries, and allotting to each .district a certain fixed proportion .of the revenue derived from it, to be* administered by a local board constituted in lie most simple and inexpensive manner that could be devised. ! r ' . ' ? Upon the subject of free trade,- 1 confess to entertaining some doubts ias to whethre the generally received doctrines are universally applicable, and I am rather inclined to believe that there may.be *, period 1 during the growth of a young hatioorwhen protection to native industry; although economically disadvantageous, may be politically expedient ; but as to whether this is now the condition of this wuntry, my opinion if not yet<»mp?etely formed. :' '^ ? I shall endeavor to obtain the introdactkm of some measure to define clearly and dutinctly the respective righU of freeholder^ holders of agrictfltural and pastoral leases and licenses, and of miners' rights, witi regard to mining for gold and operations connected therewith. • . „' T ' I would gladly join the representatives qf other Gold fields in promoting some generiJ well-considered scheme-for the «noourag^ ment of the formation cf large water-raoei n localities where there migh^be satis&Krtory reasons for believing that the outlay womld be reproductive, . ; ] : " I shall endeavor to obtain increased repre« sentation for Westland Jforth, and general^ to bring prominently forward the fact that the vital existence of the Colony is atpresent chiefly dependent npon . its Gold Fields, and urge the Legislature to devote to* them the attention which they deserve and require. . ; ... ,<, I shall take an early opportunity, of meet* ing you, and making a fuller statement of my views upon these and other matters,,and of niy reasons them; and I can only assure you tha^ if you oonfer upon me the honor of representing your inqpocttnk : district, with which 1 have been connected almost from its first occuption, I .'shall tag deavor to do my duty to it, as I always'-hiw done, and shali feel much pri4e a^djpj^sw in representing the largest^,- w«^h»e«i .and . most populous constituency in New ZesiisdJ 1 am, Gentleman; ' ' s!{ / J ' , , , .. Your obedt. servant,, .^V',' ' T. A. SNEYD KYNNERSLEY: Nelson, June 1, 187^. 'V r \\-. ■!■■ - .•' ■■■■;■■ .f, »-.»■ •■•'■■ Printed at ThjcGrbt Riv»A*«qß Office Boundary st. t Greymoath. . • ■-. ." Saturday, Jttne [18, IBYOt