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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 69, 27 August 1879, Page 3

mO THE ELECTOItS Ui' 1 MAIN A X WATU. ! Gentlemen— I have already announced my intention of becoming a candidate for the honor of representing you m the General Assembly, and as the dissolution of the present Parliament is vow a certainty, I hasten to place before you briefly an expression of my views. Jam m favor of such an extension of the suffrage as will give a vote to every man who has given a guarantee of his intention to make thjs Colony his home, and I am an advocate of Triennial Parliaments, but I object to the distribution of representation on a purely population basis, unless the towns are more heavily handicaped than they are under the proposals of the present Government' v With our general revenue, so rapidly increasing as.it^s proved to: do, I am of opinion that a^n energetic and economical administratiojß should, make both ends meet, .but j| iuj>th^r ; taxation is inevitable it should t«,ke the fornvof nn income and properly tax/ gether opposed ia the land, tax, as be ing an unfair burthen on one class of property, specially injurious to the farming interest, and tending to keep capital out of the country. The remission of the duties on grain and timber I regard, as a grave mistake, and as a serious blow to those two most important industries of the Colony w.hi.ch employ the largest amount of labor m proportion to the value of their products. The gradual extension of the Public Works Scheme,, by means. o£ further loans carefully expended m the deve-. lopment of our great natural resources, is to my mind essential to the prosperity t of the Colony. 1 shall strenuously advocate the immediate commencement' and vigorous prosecutionjof the West Goast Pail way simultaneously from Wellington and ' Palmerston. I shall also u/ge that the Otamahapaa Block be made accessible through the Kiwitea settlement '•; and,, with regard to all lands which may be now or hereafter m the hands . of the •Government for sale, I shall earnestly > endeavor to establish the principle that 1 they be opened by roads before sale, and ' that a large proportion be disposed of on the deferred payment system. ! I can appeaj wjtoh. confidence to my • career during a. re.side.nee of 25, years among you as a sufficient guarantee, that if you. do me the honor tq. select me as y^oujc thje. pow.er placed m my hands irill be actively and unselfishly exerted^ fpr, the furtherance of. all. such measurea as will tend_to the general prosperity qf,the Qolony, and the substantial progress of that important section of it m which I, m common with you all, am more immediately concerned. I have the honor, to b,e, r Gentlemen, Your obedient servant,. A. FOLLETT HALQOMBE. P.S- — I propose to meet, t\e electors at STONEY CREEK SOHOOLHOUSE on WEDNESDAY, 27th ingt, at 7.30. TO. THE ELECTOESOK MANAWATU. (^ ENTLEMEN— I beg to offer my self for re-election for the representa- , tion of the Electoral District of Manawatu. Upon the poHtical questions of the day I shall take an early opportunity of addressing you at each of the cen"tres of population m the County. Meantime, I may mention that I will vote for an Extension of the Suffiage t for Triennial Parliaments, for the Abolition of the L.^nd Tax and its replacement by a Property or Income Tax. I shall press forward the immediate,, construction, of. •die railway, from Manawatu. tp v Wellington, and with, regard to where it. shall connect with the present line, I_ shall advpeate that the route chosen be the^ one. that wjlL-be most benefici alto the Colony generally, taking intp. cp,nsi.4eration ecpnp, my land revenue, and settlement. 1. haie the, hqnpr tq \e, T ; Gentlemen,^ Xoun obedient servant,^ WALTEPw W. JOHNSTON.