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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4602, 20 December 1875, Page 3

Electoral Notices " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WELLINGTON COUNTRY DISTRICT. Gentlemen, I beg to offer myself to represent you again in the House of Repreentatives. Questions of vital importance to the future welfare of the colony must be discussed and determined in the ensuing Parliament, particularly with reference to the administoation of local affairs, the financial position of the colony, and taxation. 1 will take an early opportunity of meeting and explaining fully to you my views on these and other subjects. In the meantime, allow me to remain, Gentlemen, Your very faithful servant, A. de B. BRANDON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WAIBARAPA. Gentlemen,—Having had the honor to re- j present you for the last eleven years in the Parliament of New Zealand, I again place my ' services at your disposal should you think fit to re-elect me, While not thinking it necessary within the limits of an address to axpress my views upon all the important questions to be discussed during the next session of the General Assembly, yet I think it right to state my opinion upon the proposed constitutional changes now before the country. In reality, alterations in the forms of Government are not of such great importance as many people imagine. The success of all Governments entirely depend upon good administration, and without this no form of Government can be of advantage to the people; therefore, as in the late session the abolition of the Provincial form of Government was decided by a large majority, and as the electors generally seem to approve of such decision, I shall be prepared if reelected to give my assistance in framing such measures as will give to the people the best form of Local Self-Government, with large powers and means to carry on the important duties which will then devolve upon them, but in order to furnish such means the manner of raising our revenue will have to be considerably altered, and property will have to contribute its fair share towards the taxation of the country, whilst the necessaries of life must be relieved from the high Customs duties now charged upon them. I also inform you that I will be no party to any scheme which might tend to bring about the disunion of the colony. As soon as the writs are issued, I shall hold meetings in the several centres of population, when I shall be prepared to express my opinions upon the various matters whicll will have to be dealt with by the Parliament about to be elected. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, HENRY BUNNY. Eernside, Wairarapa, November 30, 1875. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE HUTT. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. GENTLEMEN,—I have the honor to intimate to you, emboldened by numerous promises of support, I am a candidate for the representation of your district in the new Parliament about to be elected. I shall take the opportunity of holding public meetings in various parts of the district, during the time open to me, previous to the polling day, and will have much pleasure in laying before you my views on all public questions of importance. Meantime, I need only indicate that I have long been an advocate, both in the Provincial Council of Wellington and elsewhere, for the abolition of provincial institutions ; and that I could have gone cordially along with the last Parliament, if it had even made shorter work of them than it did. But these institutions are now all but at an end, and I should strenuously oppose their resuscitation, whether in the shape of two or four, or any larger or smaller number of provinces. Their day is passed. The country requires, and I hope the electors Mill insist upon obtaining, complete colonial union, with one Legislature only. The laws will be best administered by the people in their respective localities. The condition of the public finances demands careful study, so as not only to permit the large public "works now in course of construction to be satisfactorily finished, but also with a view to a more equitable incidence of taxation. Important questions arising out of the constitutional reform which has been inaugurated, together with those others that the exigencies of a new country are continually suggesting, will have to be dealt with during the next General Assembly, and seem to make it necessary that public men should state clearly and unmistakeably the course they would be prepared to adopt ; and you will only exercise a wise discretion in causing those soliciting your suffrages to do so. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WILLTAM HUTCHISON. Wellington, December 18. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEL- . LINGTON COUNTRY DISTRICT. Gentlemen, —I offer you my services to represent you in the Parliament about to be elected, and I solicit your support. Fii-e years ago, when I was personally known to but very few amongst you, I was induced to contest the seat with the sitting member, and although I was then unsuccessful, the support which was accorded me, and the encouragement and kindness which I experienced in all parts of the district, incline me to believe that now, when I am better known both personally and publicly, my candidature will prove acceptable to a majority of my fellow electors. When I last addressed you, I expressed a strong conviction that one Government and one Legislature would be quite competent to provide for the peace, order, and good government of the colony. I urged that the existing form of Provincial Government should be abolished, and that the management and administration of matters of purely local concern should be placed in the hands of Municipal or Shire Councils, endowed witli necessary means and well defined powers. These views were not then generally popular, but I have the satisfaction of knowing that they are now entertained by a large majority of the electors of the Colony. I hope to see them effectually carried out by the new Parliament, and trust that I may be enabled to have a part in the task of framing new institutions, calculated to fully develop the true principles of local selfgovernment, and so promote the well-being of the Colony. Believing that the people should be consulted before any radical constitutional changes were made, I, during the late session, strenuously opposed tho proposal that an expiring Parliament should legislate definitely on the? subject. With the form iu which the Abolition Bill became law, I, however, cordially agree, and I need scarcely say that I should to the utmost oppose any attempt to prolong the existence of the present Provinces as political entities, or to revive Provincialism iu any shape or way. The proposal to create two Provinces in each Island I regard as especially dangerous. The practical effect would be insular separation, and the whole scheme is altogether opposed to Colonial interests. No plan of Constitutional reform will be complete which does not provide for an alteration in the Constitution of the Legislative Council, so as to bring that body more into accord with the spirit of Representative Government. I think, also, that the financial condition of the colony demands the earnest attention of tho people, and that economical reform in the administration of colonial finance is imperatively required,'ns well as a revision of the incidence of taxation, so that the revenue may be raised more equitably as well as be admintored more prudently. On those and other subjects of interest at [ the present time, I shall take an early opportunity of addressing you fully and personally. I have the honor to remain, • Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, E. T. GILLON.