THE MANCHESTER RIDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 6, 13 November 1878, Page 2

THE MANCHESTER RIDING.

50 T«K EDITOB, Sir, — T liave just been reading inyour valuable p»p«*r the rwnarks of" your corft'spen-dent ** Observer " on thd-t-lfction of a member for- the Manehes^ ter liiding, and quite agree with him m. what he says with regard to two partiea. mentioned for election. What thasettlers want i« a man who has tho interests of the coantry at laiyothoroughly at lieart, and »ot one who. is biassed hv the opinion of oertui-4. individuals. Such a man oan only b» found m one who employs a larj»»iiinounV of labor on his own aeuonnti. and who has. a prominent part to play not onJy m the present, but also m tho. future of this district ; and bosid**s, onowho fares for no party considerations,.. : but looks ouly foe the bettering of eveny individ-ual cojnveeted. wttli the distrirfc for \iS»ieh he is olerted mem-btT ' for. What " Observer " says m r.'gard. o£t f \h> Couporatiou using a certain ainounfe of co^rt'ion on some of tho settlers, is, X believe* as fai*»s my own knowledge, i* concerned, perfectly wrreet. What w tijusfc da is to use vulgar parlance X take tike bull bj the horns, and hare ». man of our-'ovcu ltkiii« to represent v«, or si-nd; m o»'r hoft-aroeptftiKvi.f an ob?>j.Ttionabb party By the insertion of ■i-his m your -vrtluablo paper you , wvli very much oblige.. Trusting you_will exc-use.the tcQuble I am giyit g-r-I ?ui v &c.i -'■ ■' --' ••"-.-. •-.■' \ : i_, ,'■ ■". ■