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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 93, 18 April 1872, Page 3

NOTICE. NELSON CITY RIFLES. ALL FINES DUE for NON-ATTENDANCE at GOVERNMENT INSPECTION PAHADES must be PAID to the Secretary, on or before TUESDAY, the 23rd inst. W. JH. McCABE, 825 Lieut. City Rifles. TO BE SOLD OB LET. THAT CONVENIENT SEVRN-ROOMED HOUSE iu Ng-vtitama-street, at present occupied by A. S. Atkinson, Esq. It is in thorough repair, and is pleasantly situited in about half-an Acre of Garden, commanding a fine view of the Bay. Will be Let to a good Tenant, at a very low rent, or Sold for about half it's cost, a Portion of the Purchase Money remaining on Mortgage, at 8£ per cent. Possession can be given by end of the month. JFor further particulars, apply to .790 A. W. SCAIFE. TO THE ELECTORS OE THE CITY OF NELSON. Gentlemen — I have the honor to offer myself as a candidate for the seat vacated by JMr. Lightband, lately one of the members for this city in the JHouse of Representatives. During the nine years I hare lived amongst you I have, in the course of my ordinary avocations, freely declared the opinions I entertain, and the principles upon which I act It does not, therefore, appear necessary to enter here on a lengthy explanation of my political views, especially as I shall have an opportunity of meeting you and discussing the main points of that Policy which at present attracts the earnest attention of all thinking men who, like myself, have made New Zealand a home for themselves and for their children. I may, however, briefly indicate the line of conduct which, should I have the honor to represent you. I shall consider it my duty to pursue. My political creed, then, may be stated in two words — Peace and Pbogkess. Believing that these two great elements of national happiness are the leading principles of the policy of the present Ministry,* I shall (if returned) give that policy a fair and reasonable, but at the same time a discriminating and independent support. The calamitous conflicts with the Natives for years banished peace and prevented the possibility of progress. These conflicts necessitated a lavish expenditure which, for a long period, had to be continued, without any return that could benefit either ourselves or those who come after ns; while the feeling of insecurity to life and property which the war created paralysed that immigration of men and capital which form the life blood of a new country. I pass over the bloodshed produced by mismanagement, of which we all still entertain painful recollections. By the wiser course of conciliation, the present Ministry have established peace, and,with the consent of the Colony, his expressed in the will of the Colony's representatives, hare set on foot a policy of progress, under which money borrowed instead of being squandered in worse than useless wars, shall be applied to Public Works intended to further the intercommunication of the people, to improve settled districts, to open and settle new country, and to give an impetus to our natural productions by cheaply bringing them to a market. If I am elected, it will be my steadfast endeavor to aid in securing the carrying- out of these Works under a system which shall provide value for the money expended ; and it sbould be the duty of all representatives narrowly to examine and criticise the course pursued by ministers as, year hy year, the works now begun are extended by means of the annual sanction of the House of Representatives. As forming an integral portion of the General JRailway Policy of the Government, T have steadily supported the construction of the Line from Nelson to Foxhill. Were it necessary, I might point to special efforts in that direction made at times when the success of the project was endangered through the laxity of some j whose earnest efforts, it was naturally expected, be exerted iu the way of urging on its speedy completion. I am an advocate of Direct Taxation, as not only being just in itself, but specially, as furnishing the means of reaching absentees, whose property and profits are protected by the Government of the country, for which we settlers pay, while the absentee draws an untaxed income from the labor and productions of the Colony. I shall, therefore, give a ready support to any well-con-sidered measure for establishing a Property and Income Tax. On the question of Education, theory points to a purely denominational or a strictly secular system . In the divided state of opinion in the couDtry. I should be prepared to consent to such compromises as would produce a general scheme j of education for the Colony as nearly as possible ] like that which now obtains in Nelson, making a few improvements and modifications in the details of the latter syßtem where these may be found desirable. Economical Administration is a necessity to New Zealand, and, while justice demands that all workers in the public service should be fairly j paid, I should insist on its being shown that the pay is also fairly earned. Respecting the Provinces, in the absence of any superior method of Local Self Government, lam in favor of a modified Provincial system, by which the number of Provinces shall be reduced, their average cost lessened, and their real usefulness increased. On these and other topics I shall have the pleasure of addressing you on an early day. Though I have not yet had an opportunity of forwarding your interests in Parliament, I may be permitted to claim that I am not a wholly untried representative of public opinion, and, if yon consider that, in my capacity of journalist and otherwise, I have evinced an honest, energetic, and fearless determination to 6tand by what I deem correct principles and ihe Bights of the People, I may venture to hope that I can inspire you with a confidence that I shall not desert these if placed by your suffrages in a position to exercise a direct voice in the Legislature of the Colony, Respectfullj soliciting your support, I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, D. M. LOCEIE. Nelson, 18th April, 1872. 84S