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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4585, 30 November 1875, Page 3

Electoral Notices (0 THE ELECTORS FOR THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. Gentlemen, —I have the honor to inform you that it is my intention to offer myself for re-election as one of your Representatives in the General Assembly. My views on the more important questions of the day are known to most of you. I shall, however, ask you to give me an opportunity of addressing you before the day of nomination. In the meantime, it may be sufficient for me to say, that I thoroughly approve of the abolition of the Provincial form of Government, and that X am of opinion there should be but one Parliament, and one system of legislation for the whole Colony. I have the honor to he, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, EDWARD PEARCE. Wellington, Nov. 24, 1875. T 10 THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OE WELLINGTON. Gentlemen, —I beg respectfully to inform yon that it is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the honor of representing the City of Wellington in the House of Representatives. In the year 1871 yon. were good enough to elect me as one of your members, and I have occupied that proud position for a period of five years ; you have therefore had abundant opportunity of judging whether I merit a renewal of your confidence. I need scarcely remind you that in the session of 1.874 I voted against the Resolution introduced by the Government, affirming the desirability of abolishing the Provinces in the North Island, and that during the past session I opposed the Rill brought in for abolishing Provincial Institutions in both Islands. Knowing this, you will naturally expect me to indicate the course I shall pursue in the event of being returned as one of your Representatives. I have given the subject my careful consideration, and feel convinced that it would be useless attempting to re-establish the old form of Provincial Government, and I am also aware that a large number of the electors in this city are of opinion that it would not be expedient. They believe that a better system of local self-government can be conferred on the inhabitants of towns, suburban districts, and outlying settlements. I shall therefore, if elected, deem it my duty to endeavor to give effect to the wishes of my constituents, and assist, to the best of my ability, in passing laws which will carry out to the fullest extent the principle of local self-government. Holding these views, it is hardly necessary to assure you that I will strenuously resist all attempts that may be made to disunite the Colony, or to divide it into four Provinces, and cannot help expressing my surprise and regret that such ideas should have been put forward by men who claim to be regarded as sincere Provincialists. ■ X was elected as a supporter of the present Government, and except on the single question :>£ abolishing the provinces, have always been me of their adherents. I have faith in the Public Works scheme, because carrying it out involves the construction of railroads, making ordinary roads and opening up the country for settlement and occupation. And I believe ;hat by maintaining peace between the two races inhabiting New Zealand, the progress md advancement of the Colony will be best promoted. When the writs are issued it will afford me great pleasure to come before you, and express at greater length my views on the various subjects which will engage the attention of the new Parliament, and at the same time give you an opportunity of asking any questions you may wish me to answer. I remain Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, GEORGE HUNTER. Wellington, November 24, 1875. T O THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. Gentlemen, — At the request of several friends, I venture to offer myself to you as a candidate for the representation of the City of Wellington in the next Parliament. I regret that Provincial Abolition, affecting as it did local Representative Institutions, -was not first submitted to the free consideration of the people themselves at this general election. Changing circumstances require an entire change in Provincial Institutions. Provincial legislation should cease, and Provinces, as political-States, should no longer exist. .1 believe, however, that for some time it will be advisable that administrative Bodies with more extended local functions than those of Municipal Councils and Road Boards should be elected for suitable districts or counties. I am strongly opposed to the project of Four Provinces, or, in other terms, to Insular Separation with a so-called Federal Union. I prefer one Legislature and one united Colony, and throughout it localised self-administration of local affairs. It is scarcely necessary for me to state my general approval of the policy of Public Works and Immigration. I lament, however, the absence of an important element of success, namely, the connection of the Immigrants with the settlement of the land. I trust that this serious defect may still, to some extent, be remedied. The purchase, by the Crown, of Native Lands for settlement, and the progress of railways and roads, should be prosecuted with vigor to the utmost extent of our means. Our Financial position is the most important question. The Colony suffers from unequal, improvident, and flurried Finance. A thorough reorganisation is imperatively demanded Change in the incidence of taxation, reduction of expenditure, its more effective control by the House of Representatives, and frugal administration, are essential to the credit and the welfare of the Colony. I am favorable to the introduction of the elective principle in the constitution of the Legislative Council. The Representation Act of last Session is very unfair to the City of Wellington. For the last five years this City has had one representative less than it had previously, and during that time it has almost doubled its population. The inferior claims of other districts to additional representation were admitted last Session, and common justice required the restoration of this City to its former position in the representative scale. I shall be ready, at any convenient time, to state in more detail ray political views. I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. GISBORNE. Wellington, Nov. 24, 1875.