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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 200, 21 July 1884, Page 3

STEVas^AJBQRTG-jy THUHSIMY, 24th JULY. : AT 'THEE AWAHURI SALE . YARDS. ' STEVENS & GORTON will sell as above — 10 prime beef , 1,1 4syear bullocks. . 10 fat cows v • 50fatwedders •> ; 160 forward wedders 1 50 stote ewfcfc ■■■ 40 cows ■ y 10 heirers 15 steer's , ( 5 3-year-old steers ! ' ', . . ,60 mixed yearlings, 150 assorted fruit; trees Sale at 1 o'clock. TO THE ELECTORS OF RANGITIkEI , Gentlemev,— I bdg to offer myself as a Gatldi- : date for the honour of representing ! you m the next Barliament, and should you again honour ,«ie with ( your confidence,; J will, use my besfi en^orts tp practically .and iaith.fuljy i represent your interests and those of New Zealand generally. I have' the'honouf to bfe, ! Yours obediently, .. - JOHN STEVENS. /■ ' ' i ■■■ '■■■.f'M V-.y ■■ •. ■ .-. . ..■. . i '.■■'•.>•.',•.•■ . M"'" :JI.'STJEVENS will address- the . \ electors. .of.Rangitikei at the: undermentioned places :—. UPPER TIJTAENUI) Monday, 21st July. • i In .each instance the meeting will begin at T.SO p;m. ; MANAWATU • ELECTION To ¥> 'V . iiKTHBRH)G», . Es<|., G. M. i • Snelson; Esq., and 1 the ; either Elec r - to»'.s signing thb, requisition iisking me io become ,a Candidate for the "Ajanaw.at^^eatv^ . „ , .-.,,•' GENTnEifEN,-U- ' > i ■■■■-. In response to your very flattering and gratifying. request, I have great pleasureiri consenting to benoniin .ted as a Candidate for Manawatu at' -the coming election! ' ' ' ' I shall lake an early opportunity of addressing the electors at the various centres, and explaining 1 my political views frY detail. v ln the^meimti'me, I may state that I am more m accord with* -the "polic/ of ' the ! ' Atkinson Ministry .than.with.tha?" of any of th/e humerous Jeaders of the bthef ■'fciu'e 6f the present. s House. l|hough that Ministry has no doubt, made mistakes. I believe "the leading members of it have on the; whole worked honestly according t<v their lights for iHy good,- of>th#*C!olony; airlarge, a«d that- especially they have tried to promote the "prosperity" of ihe country distiicts,"by / ilrbenvHsing.iibe land la.wsi, ! andby their scheme for.tlie cpiistruc- ; tion of roads and^bridge^, the partial failure of whicn, ( ihrough want of . funds is attributed to causes beyond i the controLof any Government. ; t Icannot^ liowever, agree with M r \ Kjolk'stoijt's scheme of -perj petual. leasing,. pr with., what it. is now : the ftwhion.to call ■" the natioEalization |of the land." TieF'tlilfOrown lands be i leased bp th'^easiest ter&s compatible jwith due p^bvis?on for sufevey/ahd j roa^making^but, as.jirider^the present i Aqfo letf^a'ipi|-rchasing clause alwiiy.s,bc granted .after a fair mqportipn of im. 'prqvomenb, ..has been, ,,m.ajde ,tb.e leaseholder. tion of the land r J, hold, is to settle it with,, freeholder m. ? modei'atel y-sized i blocks', 1 tr-usting ifor revenric to the jdovelopment of the resources of the couhfcVy < caused <hy \i\ct\ •sfettlenientj Tathei 1 than to rents extracted by a Central -Government from' a" State jtenantrv . ._ ! I agree* generally with the Native policy of the A tkiusoh Ministry, and especial! y-sb* with Mr Bryce's proposal (for the resumption of the preemptive vi«fht. j ...„ . ; lam m tavoup ot Secular EiuicaUon, and long as the finances v of the Colony warrant 'it, of free primary educations . f aud..in any. ..cape,., of, free educivLion up io the Fourth Standard. I should^ likft tb see: our railways managed by a non-political Board, the members of which should only be removable m. the same » manner as J udges of the .Supreme- Court. Othor and minor questions I will' deal with when addressing the electors lace to ;;:;■' ■ • ;'. <-.\r, : If I have the honor to be elected, j | can conscientiously- 'Bay- --that 1 will (hidtfliVtiuii loi the liost of m viability. tjo represent thu -''district a^ a whole without bias m favour of any particular part'bf'it, While remetn!>ering at' tho same lime thai a member is elected to wa^ch over the interests of the Colony at large..,, , | Ypuj" QWdient Survanf, D. H. MACAKTHUR.