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Kumara Times, Issue 540, 20 June 1878, Page 3

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HOKITIKA DISTRICT. "• many influential and well-known electors of the district, I came forward to solicit your suffrages at the forthcoming election to fill the seat in the House of Representatives lately vacated by Mr Button. I am aware that there has been some objection raised to my candidature on the double ground of my'being new to politics and a stranger to your district. But if I have not the advantage of "experience, at least I am free from connection with the party which has so long ruled the Colony, and as a new political era dawns for New Zealand, it is perhaps not altogether disadvantageous that it should be to some extent .inaugurated by new men. If lam a stranger to your district, and you nevertheless, do me the honor to elect me, you place me under the greater obligation, and have a right therefore to expect me to be the more zealous and the more devoted to the duties you wish me to perform. My views upon the prominent political questions of the day I shall soon have an opportunity of explaining to you personally, but J. may state that I am a Liberal in politics. . . I hold that in this country which none of * us have inherited except to the extent we have inherited the rights of Britons, there are not, and should not, be allowed to be vested rights antagonistic to the interests of the people, such as exist in the Old Country. The land of New Zealand should be open to the people of New Zealand, and if in the past its distribution has not been judicious, it is the more incumbent on tie Government to take care that it is more fairly apportioned in the future. Therefore, I am in favor of a liberal land law, taking away nothing that he legally possesses from any man, butenabl- • ing the poor and the industrious to acquire it equally with the rich. ; I favor the extension of the principle of | the, sale of land on deferred payments, in I ; reasonable' blocks, and I hold that all! public land should be sold in such -moderate-sized parcels as to make it prac- j ticaUy impossible for speculators to absorb j it'in vast estates. I consider that all] dealing with land should be in broad day- j light and no hole and corner work per- i mitted, by which any man, however in- | fluential, can obtain any advantage over j the public. I Moreover, I feel strongly that the great ! burdens incurred by the Colony on Public ! Works, should, to a large extent, be born I by the properties which have acquired ! much additional value by their construe- . tion. Therefore I shali support the pro- i posals of the present Government to im- < pose a just and reasonable property tax, j estimated according"to classification; but; not burdening the improvements effected , by the industrious. I consider that every man not criminal ■ and British by birthright or naturalisa- ; tion, has a right to found a claim to the exercise of the franchise, upon the fact of his having crossed the ocean to make '■ this the country of his adoption, and still ' more so if he is a born New Zealander. The former class are men who have shown by the fact of their emigration that they are men of enterprise and spirit, and in the education ( the Colony has given, and will give, to the young, we have the best guarantee that they will wisely use the privileges we give them. The education of the rising generation becomes the more important when it is regarded* as the safeguard to the proper use of the electoral papers. Therefore, I consider, that the State should spare no effort to make the education of this Colony the very best possible, free and open to all. As all contribute to the funds from which its cost is defrayed, all have a right to share is advantages. I shall not add more at present, except that lam a firm supporter of the present Government, and shall do my utmost to retain them in office. I am, yours, &c, SEYMOUR THORNE GEORGE. Wellington, June 13, 1878. KUMARA HOSPITAL. TENDERS are invitel by tie Hospital Committee for the.: upply of the following articles for months commencing Ist July : Groceries Wines, Spiiits, Ale and Porter hreud Butcher Meat Milk Drugs. Tenders to be sent in to tho Secretary at his office opj>osite the Public Hall on or before TUESDAY, the 25th inst.' at 6 p.m. V WILLIAM NICHOLSON, Secretary Kunaara Hospital. FOR WmTERTwEAR AT W. KIRK-PATRICK'S-,' Four Bales " White and Coloured Blankets, Flannels, Mosgiel and Pit Plaidings, &c. FOR SALE. \NE of the most eligible SITES, / with commodious STORE, in Dillman's Town; suitable for any class of business. Now occupied, but immediate possession will be given. Apply to T. Tennant, Butcher, Dillman's Town, :