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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 189, 8 July 1884, Page 3

HALCOMBE&SHERWILL TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY, 9th JULY. AT THE SALE YARDS, ASHURST. TTALCOMBE & Will hold their next stock sale at the Ashurst Yards on Wednesday next, July 9. 8 tJ-year-old forward steers ■*«* j> » »> 10 2$ „ „ „ 100 fat wethers 60 ewes m lamb 50 „ „ „ Sale at 1 o'clock. TO THE ELECTORS OF RANGITIKEI. Gentlemen, — I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for the honour of representing you m the next Parliament, and should you again honour me with your confidence, I will use my best efforts- to practically and faithfully represent your interests and those of New Zealand generally. I have the honour to be, Yours obediently, JOHN STEVENS. MANAWATU ELECTION. To F. Y. JLkthbridge, Esq., G. M. Snelson," Esq., and the other Electors signing the requisition asking me to become a Candidate for the ■ Manawatu seat. Gentlemen-, — In response to yonr very flattering and gratifying request, I have great pleasure m consenting to be nominated as a Candidate for Manawatu at the coming election, I shall take an early opportunity of addressing the electors at the various centres, and explaining my political views m detail. In the meantime, I may state that -I am more m accord with the policy of. the Atkinson Ministry than with that of any of the numerous leaders of the other side of the present House, Though that Ministry has no doubt made mistakes,. I -believe the leading members of it have on the whole worked honestly according to their lights for the good of the Colony at large, and that especially they have tried to promote the prosperity of <ho country districts, by liberalising the land laws, and by their schemo for the construction of roads and bridges, the partial failure of which through want of funds is attributed to causes beyond the control of any Government. 1 cannot, however, agree with Mr Rolleston's projected scheme of perpetual leasing, or with what it is now the fashion to call " the nationalization of the land." Let the Crown lands be leased on the easiest terms compatible with due provision for survey and roadmaking, but, as*nnu*er theptesent Act, let a purchasing clause always bo granted after a fair proportion of improvement has been made by the leaseholder. The truest nationalization of the land, I hold, is to settle it with freeholders m moderately-sized blocks, trusting for revenue, to the development of the resources of the country caused by such settlement, rather than to' rents extracted by a Central Government from a State tenantvv I agree generally with the Native policy of the Atkinson Ministry, and especially so with Mr Bryce's proposal for the resumption of the preemptive right. T am m favour of Secular Euucation, and so long as the finances of the Colony warrant it, of free primary education, and m any case of free education up to the Fourth Standard. I should like to see our railways managed by a non-political Board, the members of which should only be removable m the same manner as Judges of the Supreme Court. Other and minor questions I will deal with ! when addressing the elector* face to face. If I have the honor to be elected, I can conscientiously say that I will endeavour to the best of my ability to represent the district as a whole without bias m favour of any particular part of it, while remembering at I the same time that a member is elected to watch over the interests of the Colony at large. Your Obedient Servant, P. H. MACARTHUR. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. Gentlemen, — I am again a candidate for the honour of representing youi interests m Parliament. Yours faithfully, JAMES G. WILSON.