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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 15, 18 January 1871, Page 4

■ TO THE ELECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND. BROTHER "T1 LECTORS —As the Election _lli of Members for the General Assembly will shortly take place, I beg to lay before you a series of questions to be put to those gentlemen wlio may be desirous of looking after your interests, in the House of Representatives. Most of theso' questions nre selected from a number carefully drawn up by a Committee of intelligent men in England, who bad made themselves well acquainted with the lawn of their country. 1. — Wiil you bind yourself'~to accept from no Itfiiiister place, promise, nr favor of whatever description, or to look for sucK '■ 2. — WiU you oppose every niewsAe for the increase of Customs, and use^sbur best enl deavours to lessen or abolish them, and will : you seek to establish taxation on the scale of property ? 3. — Do y-ju bind yflursejLtP. resist .by every means every vote ofxnoney incurred or to t be-incurred for purposes^Vrrfrarc^not btrietly „,„. ., lawful, or strietly- necessary-?-.. „„..,.. ___ "4.— Do you hold th.e duties of a Member of the House of Represen tatives to consist in protecting the poekpts, morals, trade, rights, A and liberties of .bis constituents and the country against Ministers, or in having opinions upon abstract subjects ? 5. — Do you conceive the business of a Minister "\ to be the "t'tUoreing of the Jaws that exist, or the making of new ones ? 6. — Do you hold the duties of a Member, to consist in thc jgKm'iry into grievance? wjth a «« view to their redress, or in uniting "himself to «i 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 possessed of that knowledge.? A B.— Can you declare, on your-nonor oa a gentle man, tliat you will, on every uceasion, without tear or favor, pursue every doubtful case to its issue, and enforce reparation when wrong has been dono ? 0. — Will you do all you can to enforce the attendance of every member in his place whilst business is being carried on ? 10. — WiU you, on the proposal of new measures, convene your constitutent?, submit such measures to tliem, and be guided by their decision thereon in any vote which you give ? 11. — Will you resist any ar.d every attempt to tamper with trial by jury, either by accepting the verdict of tlie majority, or by abolishing the grap.d jury. 12. — Wiil you try every means to exclude placemen from the House of Representatives ? 13. — Wiil 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 andf wants of your constituents ; and, as a juryman, bound in your conscience to give«a true verdict ih all matters submitted to you ? . 15. — Do you hold the functions of a Minister to consist iu the introduction of speculative measures of legislation,';or in the administration of the Colony ? And w^lt you resist every legislative proposal emanating from the Government, on thf grounds that it is a falsification cf their dtpije?, and consequently a normal obstructiap^ift public business ? 16. — Will you strenuously ekert yourself to get tiie nefarious Pension Act abolished ? #126 Jan elector rjpHE NELSON EVENHjG- MAIL, published JL every Evening. Prica One Penny. SCALE OF ADVERTISEMENTS :- First Insertion. _. Three lines of space and under ... la. Six lines 2a. Ninelines... ... 3s. For every additional line above niae ... 2d. For more than one Insertion. Three lines, 3s. 6d. j,er week 108. per month Sixlines 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 they- will 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. - — 0 — y ' LIST OF AGENTS. Waimea Road — — Mrs. W. Marris. Wakapuaka — — Mr. T. Gilbert. Stoke — — — Mr. J. T. Smith. Richmond — — Mr. W. Galbraith. Hope — — — Mr. W. Jessop. Bridge Hotel— — Mr. S. B. Silcock. Spring Grove — — Mr. W. Botterell. f Wakefield — — Mr. E. Hooper. f „ — — Mr. W. Patterson. Foxhill — — Mr. J. Wngstaff „ — — — Mr. J. Gaukrodger Foxhill and Upper Lyell Mr. J. Grove. Tadmor — — — « Jr - Phillips. Wangapeka — — Mr. H. Barraclough ■ -■Baton — — — Mr. R. Sutcliffe. Waimea West & Appleby Mr. L. Dron. I Waimea West — — Mr. P. Spanger. J i UpperMoutere — Mr. 0. H. Benseman , Motueka —" — — Mr. S. Buchholz. " — — Mr. J. Myers Motueka and Riwaka Messrs J. Clarke & Co Waitapu — — — Mr. J. Reilly. Takaka — — Mr. A. Dodson. — — — Mr. G. Taylor. % ColHngwood — — Mr. W. C. Riley, <-*, Westport — — — Mr. T. Anslow. , Dunedin — — Mr. T. E. Wheeler. , : Sydney and Melbourne . . I Messrs. Gordon and 'London ■- ... •— j Gotch.