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Kumara Times, Issue 544, 25 June 1878, Page 3

ELECTORAL. ARAHTTRA RIDING. THE following CANDIDATES were NOMINATED to fill th« vacant <eeat in the Arahura Hidiusr, COUNTY COUNCIL OF WESTLANB. MATTHKW GRIFFITHS HtiNRY WILIIAN SANDLE. The POLLING places are as follows, and the POLLING will take place, on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of July proximo, commencing at 9 a.m., and • teiminuting at 6* o'clock p.m. >. Kinaiara . . Borough Chambers..: DiUman's Town Ryan'* Store Goklsborough . Court House Stafford. . . Do. Calßaghans. » Literary Institute Big Dam . . Do. A. F..P. ETHERIDGE, Returning Officer. Dated at Stafford, this 22nd day of tfnne, 1878. tSENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION. | TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HOKI-' TIKA DISTRICT, | GENTLEMEN —At the request of ! many influential and well-knowft J Sectors of the district, I came forward to j solicit your suffrages at the forthcomini •election to fill the seat in the House oi i Representatives lately vacated by Mr I am aware *h*t there hss been *ome •objection raised to my candidature on the •double gtttund of my being new to politics and » Stranger to your district. But if I have not tha advantage of experience, at least I am free from con&eotion with the party which has so long ruled the (Mony, aind as a aevr political era dawaa for Hew Zealand, it is perhaps not altogether dis<advantageous that it ahould be to some extent inaugurated by new meft. If lam a Stranger to yo*u'r district, and fOM. never- i theless> do me the honor to elect me, you j |>laco me under the greater obligation, and j have a right therefore to expect me to be j the more zealous and the more devoted to j the wish me to perform. j My view« upon the prominent political > •queßtjpns of the day I shall soon have an j . opportunity of explaining to you person- I »uy, but I may state that I am a Liberal j in politics. '"'' '• ■' j I hold that in this country which none of ' xia have inherited except to the extent we i have inherited the rights of Britons, there 1 »re not, and should not, he allowed to be j Vested rights antagonistic to the Interests j of the people, such as exist in the Old j Country. , The land, of New Zealand \ Should be open to the people of New Zealand, and if in the past its distribution j has not been judicious, it is the more in- , •cumbent on the 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, but enabling 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 . blocks, and I hold that all public land should be sold in such anoderate-sized parcels as to make it practically impossible for speculators to absorb it in vast estates. I consider that all dealing with land should be in broad daylight and no hole and corner Work permitted, by which any man, however influential, can obtain any advantage xsver the public. Moreover, I feel strongly that the great burdens incurred by the Colony on Public Works, should, to a large extent, be born by the properties which have acquired touch additional value by their construction. Therefore I shall support the pro* po als of the present Government to imposts . just and reasonable property tex, •estimtu d according to classification, but not burdei ng the improvements effected •by the. indi strious. I consider tn«.t every man not criminal and British by birthright or naturalisation, lias a right to found a claim to the of the franchise, uj.ba the fact of his having crossed the ocean to make tliis the country of his adoption, and still more so if he is a born New Zealauuui. The former class are then who have shown hy the fact of their emigration that they are men of enterprise and spirit, and iii *he 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 1 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. ;v: •. I shall not add more at present, except that lam a firm supporter of the present Government, and shy.ll do my utmost to retain them in office. lam, yours, &c., SEYMOUR THORNE GEORGE. Wellington, June 13, 1878. FOR WINTER WEAR, AT W. KIRKPATRICK'S, Four Bales White and Coloured Blankets, Flannels, Moggiel and Pit Plaidings, <fcc.