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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 13, 16 January 1871, Page 4

TO THE ELECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND! — ~z**l ■* BROTHER TJ\ LECTORS —As the Election JUj of Members for the General Assembly will shortly take place, I beg to lay - before you a series of questions toflje putto those gentlemen who may be desirous ot' looking after your interests in the House of Representatives. Most of these questions are selected from a number carefully drawn up by a Committee of intelli- -, gent men in England, who had made themselves well acquainted with the laws of their country. 1. — Will you bind yourself to accept from no Minister place, promise, or favor of whatever description, or to look for such ? 2. — Will you oppose every measure for the increase of Customs, and use your best endeavours to lessen or abolish them, and will you seek to establish taxation on the scale of property ? ' 3. — Do you bind yourself f to resist by every means every vote of nioney in^ffredy(sr to he incurred for purposes thatrfreiiot strictly lawful, or strictly necc^a^Tf f 4.— Do you hold trojirfrtafof a Member of the ■\ House of Represimtatiyes to consist in protecting the pockpts, morals, trade, rights, and liberties of his Constituents and the country against Ministers, or in having opinions upon abstract subjects ? 5. — Do you conceive the business ojL^>Minis^^Bfc| to be the eniorcing of :ti ; ei^^^that . exi«H| or the mciking of new *jlkjof^ : 6. — Do you hold the dutu^of a Member to consist in the c-nqin^Tinto grievances with a view to their r^nress, or in uniting himself to a party ? : 7. — Do you hold that a Member requires any qualifications, such as the knowledge of Constitutional Law, and of the transactions in which the Government involves the country ? And are you possessetLof that knowledge ? J^oP^ 8. — Can' you declare, oiyj^|ar honor as a gentle man, that you wjjl^cm every occasion, with- • out tear or favdr^pursue every doubtful case to its issue, and enforce reparation when wrong has been done ? 9. — Will you do all you can to enforce the attendance of every member in his place whilst business is being carried on ? 10. — Will you, on the proposal of newmeasures, convene your constituted?, submit such measures to them, and be guided by their decision thereon in any vote which you give ? 11. — Will you resist any and every attempt to tamper with trial by j ury, either by accepting the verdict of the majority, or by abolishing the grand jury. 12. — Will you try every means to exclude placemen from the House of Representatives ? 13. — Will you hold the Minister to be the person whom you are sent neither to support nor oppose, because of his opinions, but to supervise and to control in regard his acts ? 14. — Will you hold yourself to be commissioned to represent, not the opinions of any class, but the grievances and wants of your constituents ; and, as a j uryman, bound in your conscience to give a true verdict in all matters submitted to you ? 15. — Do you hold the functions of a Minister to consist in the introduction of speculative measures of legislation, or in the administration of the Colony ? And will you resist every legislative proposal emanating from the Government, on the grounds that it is a falsification of their duties, and consequently a normal obstruction of public business ? 16. — Will you strenuously exert yourself to get the nefarious" Pension Act abolished ? 2126 AN ELECTOR THE NELSON EVENING MALL, published every Evening. Price One Penny. SCALE OF ADVERTISEMENTS :— First Insertion. Three lines of space and under ... Is. Six lines 2s. Nine lines 3s. For every additional line above niae ... 2d. For more than one Insertion. Three lines, 3s. 6d. j,er week 10s. per month Six lines 7s. Od. „ 20s. „ Nine Lines 10s. Od. „ 30s. „ For longer advertisements, reduced rates. Advertisers are requested to specify the number of insertions on their Advertisements, or th^yjwill be continued and charged until countermanded. Persons desirous of discontinuing their advertisements must send in a written order to the . office, before 10 o'clock a.m. on the day of publication. LIST OF AGENTS. Waimea Road — — Mrs. W. Marris^,^ Wakapuaka — — Mr. T. Gilbert / . /^^p^, Stoke — — ■ — Mr. J. T. Smith. Richmond — — Mr. W. Galbraith. ' Hope — — — Mr. W. Jessop. Bridge Hotel — — Mr. S. C Silcock. Spring Grove — — Mr. W. Botterell. Wakefield — — Mr. E. Hooper. — — Mr. W. Pattersor. Foxhill — — Mr. J. Wagsfcaff „ — — — Mr. J. Gaukrodger Foxhill and Upper Lyell Mr. J. Grove. Tadrnor — — — Mr. Phillips. Wangapeka — — Mr. 11. Barraclough Baton — — — Mr. R. Sutcliffe. Waimea West & Appleby Mr. L. Dron. Waimea West — — • Mr. P. Spanger. Upper Moutere — Mr. C. H. Benseman Motueka — — ♦— r< Buchholz. „ — — f Mr. J. Myers Motueka and Riwaka ■ Messrs J. Clarke &Co Waitapu — — i— Mr. J. ReiJly. Takaka , — — ! Mr. A. DAteote „ — — — Mr. G. Tayltfr^Collingwood — — ; Mr. W. C. Riley. Westport — — '>— Mr. T*sAjnslow. Dunediu — — Mr. T. R. Wheeler. Sydney and Melbourne . . I Mj^rs. Gordon and London ... — Gtoteh.