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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 71, 3 September 1879, Page 3

HjlO THE ELECiOatS vi? idAiNA i VVAltf. Gentlemek — I have already announced my intention of becoming a caudidate for the honor of representing ,) uu m tke General Assembij, and as tue "dissolution of the prcoeut Pai'iiauie^t is now a ceitaiuty, I liasteu to place before you brietiy an expression ot my views. I am m favor of such an extonsioh of the suffrage as will give a vole to every man who has given a guarantee of his intention to make this Colony his home, and I am an advocate of Triennial Parliaments, but I object to the distribution of representation on ft purely population basis, uuiess the towns are niore heavily handkaped than they are undejf tho proposals oi the present Government. *" With our general revenue, so rapidly ' increasing as jt.is pioved to do, 1 am of opinion that an energetic and economical administration should make both , ends meet, bjjf if turther taxation is. inevitable it should take the form of an income and property tax. lam altogether opposed to the land tax as be lug an muair burthen on ony class ot property, specially injurious to the farming interest, and tending to keep capital out of the country. Ihe remission of the duties on gram and Umber 1 rogard a as a grave rniisfake;; aad as a_* serious blow to those two most important industries ot the Colony which employ the largest amount of labor m .proportion to the value ot their products. i The gradual extension of the Public , Works Scheme, by means of further loans carefully expended m the development ot our gieat natural lesources, is to my mind essential to the prosperity ot the Uolony. 1 l'shalljstrenuously advocate the immediate commencement, and vigorous prosecution of the West Coast Railway simultaneously from Wellington and Palmers ton. li shall also ufge tiiat the Otauiahapaa Block be made accessible tnrougu tiie Jviwitea settlement ; and, with legard to alliauds vtJUicli may be ■iiowior hereafter m the hands .ot the ' Government tor sale, I snail, earnestly endeavor to establish the pnuciple thai they be opened by .roads boiore sale, and oka I a large propoition be disposed ct on tUe cleiu.red payment system. I can appeal with confidence to my career auiing a lesidence ox zb jeais among you as a sulhcient guarantee, that H }uu do me tne honor to select | me as repi<.suiiiutu\., Cue power , * placed m my hau^s aiil ue aeiiveij uuu uuseihbkly exelied lor tnu lui'unoi uuce oi^aU sucii measures tis wui tend to tiie ' • general prospciity ol the Lolonj, anu ! the substantial piogitss ot Iliac luipor- I i taut section oi it m w hich 1, iv coin- , mun wnn yOu Ltl, am nioie lniniediatL-u concerntu. i I have the lipnor^ to be, Gendfinien^ , Your obedient servant, A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE. TO THE ELECTORS 01MANAWATU.. rs ENTLEME_N— I beg to offer myscutor re-election for the representation o£ the Electoral Diatiict of Manawatu. Upon the. political questions of the day I shall take an , early opportunity of addressing you at each of the centres of'iiopulation m the County. , Meantime, I may mention that I will vote for an Extension of the buliia^c for Triennial Parliaments, for tne Abolition of the Land Tax and its replacement by a Property or Income Tax. I shall press forward the immediate construction of the railway from Manawatu to Wellington, and with ' regard to'where it shall connect with tlw present line, I shall advocate that the route chosen be the one that will be most beneficial to the Colony genetallj taking into consideration econo my, land revenue, and settlement. < I have the honor to be, ■* • Gentlemen,^ ' , Younobedient servant, . 'WALTER W._JOHi\ SIGN. . POE^ SALE., A WELL-i'LMbHED FIVE tJL l»UUiiJil> Jb.ObMi,~Tutlt" LTai uwu and Ohed. iLtniis vus/i. "" "" * Ajjply to MRS. F. HAINES.