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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5740, 22 August 1879, Page 4

Electoral Notices TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. GENTLEMEN, —I beg respectfullly to inform you that it is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the honor of again representing the City of Wellington in the House of Representatives. Indisposition prevents ray writing at any length; but it is my intention to issue a second address in the course of a few days, in which my views on the large questions at present agitating the public mind will be fully discussed. I will also make arrangements for calling my friends together and for convening public meetings in various parts of the city, in order that opportunities may be afforded of explaining my conduct during the past, and of indicating the course of action I shall pursue in the future in the event of your doing me the honor of re-electing me. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, GEORGE HUNTER. Willis-street, l£th August, 1879. TO THE ELECTORS OF WAIRARAPA. Gentlemen, —I again offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. I have now had the honor of representing you in Parliament for nearly three years, during which period I have, I believe, never lost an opportunity of furthering your interests, and have always endeavored to procure for your important district a fair share of the funds available for expenditure on Public Works. My previously formed opinions relating to Sir George Grey have lately been thoroughly endorsed by large majorities of both branches of the Legislature. The maladministration of the present Government has seriously affected the progress and well being of the colony. The question of the settlement of a population on the waste lands has not yet, in my opinion, received the attention its importance demands. A liberal extension of a deferred payment system is, I consider, the best method to encourage the settlement of an industrial population. The present circumstances of the colony do not warrant the continuation of Free Immigration, but I am prepared to support a liberal system of Nominated Immigration. A Property and Income Tax would, I believe, be the fairest means of equalising the burden of taxation, so as to ensure that all classes of the community should bear a just share of the burdens of the colony. The repeal of the import duty on Timber and Grain was a grave error. In some districts of the colony the effect has been most disastrous. Electoral Reform, with a view to the extension of the franchise, would meet with my hearty support. Fencing and Drainage are subjects of great importance to this district. Further legislation on these questions has become a necessity. Important modifications in the system of County government are urgently needed, and many difficulties in connection with this subject must shortly engage the attention of the Legislature. It is especially necessary that local bodies should be relieved from the responsibility of constructing and maintaining the main arterial lines of road in sparsely settled districts throughout the colony. The Rabbit' Nuisance Act also will r require careful amendment by the new Parliament. The system of personal government that has been established in the Native Department is eminently unsatisfactory. I believe that the time has arrived when the Natives should be treated as reasonable beings, and not in an exceptional and unjust manner. While the colony, as at present, is able to borrow on favorable terms, I am convinced that it is a judicious policy to raise loans for expenditure on reproductive works. I shall endeavor to meet you as soon as possible in the various centres of population. I shall then have the honor of addressing you more fully on all matters of local and general import 1 have the honor to be. Gentlemen, ' Yours faithfully, GEORGE BEETHAM.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WELLINGTON COUNTRY DISTRICT. Gentlemen, —I beg to inform you that at the request of many among you I am a candidate for the high honor of representing your constituency in the Parliament about to be elected. The large majority which was declared against the present Government on the amendment ts the Address was, I believe, a true indication of public opinion throughout the colony as to the way in which the affairs of the colony have been mismanaged by the Government. Though some of the measures of reform indicated in his Excellency’s Address will meet with my support if I am returned by you, still I could not be a supporter of the present Ministry. The Parliament about to be summoned will have many grave questions to legislate upon. I think that the electoral districts of the colony must be revised, and constituencies more equally distributed ; and I also think that so large and important a constituency as yours should have a second member, or that the constituency should be sub-divided. I believe that a strong feeling is arising throughout the country for triennial Parliaments. I should not oppose a measure for effectuating that object. The financial condition of the colony requires the most careful consideration. Every effort ought to be made to retrench the present large expenditure, and I should always be found voting on the side of economy. An income tax is, I think, inevitable, but I should oppose taxing incomes below a fixed amount. The present land tax is very oppressive and unequal, and in my opinion should be abolished altogether. I think that the Education Act requires amendment, so as to give larger powers to the local committees, and should support a measure tor that purpose. I am anxious, as far as possible, to avoid reference to the native difficulty, as I think this should not be made a hustings question. Any Government that may be in power should be supported in a course of firm and open treatment of the natives, and it is essential that law and order should be maintained. If elected, I shall devote my especial care to the interests of the district. You have been so long neglected in the matter of the railway to the West Coast that I tear many of you can scarcely believe in the possibility of that most necessary work being really begun and pushed on. I beg to assure you that I shall not passively submit on your behalf to the injustice which, though keenly felt, has never been properly urged on the House. In conclusion, I beg to remind you that I am not a stranger to your district, where I resided for many years, and that my interests are in all respects identical with your own. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, CHARLES B. IZARD.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WELLINGTON COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Gentlemen, —I once more offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the House of Representatives, and will take an early opportunity of addressing you. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, A. de B. BRANDON. rjiO THOMAS MASON, ESQ. August 12, 1879. SIK, —We, the undersigned Electors of the Hutt District, request that you will again offer yourself as a candidate for the coming election for a member of the House of Representatives. In complying with this we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to get you returned. (Signed) R. PROUSE. (And 36 electors.) Gentlemen, —In compliance with your wishes, I have pleasure in again offering myself as a candidate for your representation. Whilst acknowledging the necessity for an extension of the franchise, a redistribution of seats, and triennial Parliaments, I can place no confidence in the present Ministry. I would advocate greater economy in expenditure, progress in public works, and generally such measures as will tend to promote the prosperity of the Colony. Yours faithfully, THOMAS MASON. Taita, August 15, 1879,