The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1877.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 201, 14 March 1877, Page 2

The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1877.

In many parts of the Colony is the attention of people being called to the necessity for registering claims to vote. "With the end of this month the opportunity for so doing passes away for at least another year. There is, therefore, no time to lose. All persons qualified, but who have not gone through the form of registering, and.all new-comers to the district, should at once obtain forms, which may ho had Iroe of cost, fill them in, and forward them to New Ifiyrnonth. The importance of selecting the best attainable representatives should be so much a matter ot concern to all infelPg 'at persons as to require no reminder from us of the importance of the

necessary stops being token to enable every qualified person to aid in the selection. Tiio Abolition of Provinces, and the bringing into operation, of now governing machinery, has made most people painfully alive to the necessity of taking a more active part in the selection of representatives, it is beginning to be seen who it is that is paying the lion’s share of taxation. Those who have benchtted most by the A ogel pobev. pay least towards the enormous debt with which the Colony is now weighted. Alterations arc required. The band question is looming np, and will soon have to be grappled with in no ball-hearted fashion. The Education question, winch session after session is d derred for another year, also requires settlement; as well as the thousand and one matters of detail in connection with the new form of government brought into operation this year. It is impossible to enumerate the many matters of local and colonial importance which demand the closest attention of the wisest Councillors the Colony can furnish. The next few years Parliamentary work will make or mar the future prospects of tliis Colony. AVe have immense faith the resources of the Colony, and in the intelligence and energy of its people. Caro only is required to tide it over its time of trial. Men of character, as well as of ability, are needed as representatives. To secure such men must be the aim of all who wish the Colony to prosper. Each electoral district can do its share to secure men of the right sort. Each elector can aid. It is, however, necessary to take the preliminary step of securing the right to vote. That can only be done by registering. It is not necessary to be at much trouble to secure the right to vote. Printed forms may be obtained, which, when filled in, only require to be signed by sonic elector in the district, and forwarded to the Pegistration Officer, New Plymouth. All who have not yet registered themselves, should do so at once.