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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4988, 19 March 1877, Page 3

Government Notices 'ARORI-MAKA'RA HIGHWAY BOARD DISTRICT. NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Assessment Court for the above District advertised for the 27th day of MARCH instant, will be adjourned until FRIDAY, the 30th day of MARCH instant. Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March, 1877. Eb. BAKER, Clerk of the Court. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, 7th March, 1877., lENDERS are invited for SUPPLYING the Government Offices in Wellington with FIREWOOD for the year ending 31st MARCH, 1878. General conditions and specifications may be seen at the office of the Colonial Architect, Wellington. j Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside "Tender for Firewood," will be received at the office of the undersigned up to NOON of MONDAY, the 19th day of MARCH, 1877. ; The lowest or any tender will not necessarily beaccepted. W. H. CLAYTON, ■ Colonial Architect. Public Works Office, i Wellington, 7th March, 1877. ENDERS are invited for SUPPLYING GOAL for the year ending 31st March, 1878. ■ General conditions and specifications may be seen at the office*! of the Colonial Architect, Wellington. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for Coal," will be received at the office of the Undersigned up to NOON of MONDAY, the 19th day of MARCH, 1877. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect's Branch,) Wellington, March 16, 1877. TENDERS are invited for Painting Externally the House of Representatives, Legislative Council Chamber, &c, &c. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the office of the Colonial Architect, Wellington. , Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for Painting Parliamentary Buildings," will be received at the office of the undersigned up to noon of SATURDAY, the 24tti day of MARCH, 1«77. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. Electoral Notices IN pursuance of " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870,-' 1 1, • James Coutts Crawford, Fsquire, Returning Officer for the District' of City of Wellington, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ bearing date the 15th day of March, 1877, under the Public Seal of the colony,' an Election will be held for the retnrn of a qualified person to' se'rve' as Member of the Houße of Representatives for the said Electoral District; and that the Nomination of candidates will take place at the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wellington, at TWELVE o'clock- 1 af NOON on the 24th day of_MARCH, 1877 ; and that the Poll (if necessary) will be tak'en on the TWENTY-SEVENTH day of. MARCH, 1877. JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Returning Officer. J The following are Polling Places for the Electoral District of City of Wellington : Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wellington. The Market-place of Messrs. Bethune and Hunter. JAMES C. CRAWFORD, I Returning Officer. | ~10 THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. GENTLEMEN.—In offering myself as a candidate for the vacancy in the representation of the city, I do so in the conviction that my political opinions are very much in unison with those of a majority of the electoral body. I am very strongly in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the Public Works policy, in so far as the completion of unfinished lines of useful railway and other reproductive undertakings is concerned. I regard it as a public loss that railway lines, such as that from Wellington to Masterton, should not have been pushed on more expeditiously in the past. ' The group of Local Government Acts which ;became law in 1876 are tsaentially s»und in principle. . They preserve the true tradition of British liberty ; but having been factiously opposed in their progress, and ultimately passed in haste, the Acts themselves require lamendent in detail. Their consideration and improvement should form an important item of parliamentary business next session. To derive the full benefit which an extension of Public Works and the of Local Government is capable of conferring jupon the country, our land laws require further ; revision, so that settlement by an industrious jpopnlation may easily be effected without burdensome conditions. A general system of free primary education, whereby the children of the colony can be taught useful knowledge, without reference to religious,dogma, ought to be one of the earliest measures brought before Parliament, a measure I Bhould have much satisfaction in supporting. I am an earnest advocate of economy, and retrenchment in Government expenditure, wherever these can be applied without detiii ment to the public service. Knowing that the members of the Government are administering the affairs of the country satisfactorily ; believing, moreover, that they are fully aware of the requirements of the colony, and will be prepared at the proper time, to submit to the Legislature such measures as may be necessary to meet their requirements,—l have no hesitation iu stating that the present Government should have my firm support. It seems almost unnecessary for me to add that any proposals likely to militate against the permanent establishment of the city of Wellington as the seat of. Government for a united colony, would encounter ray most strenuous opposition; while everything tending to advance its interests might reckon, with equal certainty, on my hearty support. And I can see no reason to anticipate the least likelihood of divided counsels amongst those who are actuated by similar views on these pointß. Respectfully soliciting your suffrages, I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM HUTCHISON. March 5.