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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 101, 1 November 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. JN pursuance of “ The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870,” I, Henry Colin Balneavis, Esq., Principal Returning Officer for the Electoral District of the Province of Auckland, do hereby give notice by virtue of a writ, bearing date the 3rd day of October, 1873, issued under the Public Seal of the Colony, an Election will be held for the return of one qualified person to serve as a Superintendent for the said Electoral District, at the Court House, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 6th day of November next, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. H. C. BALNEAVIS, Principal Returning Officer. T. M. BRYANT, Deputy-Returning Officer, Turanganui. THE SUPERINTENDENCY ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF POVERTY BAY. 1 ENTLEMEN, —The unfinished state of the track from Opotiki to Gisborne, prevented my visiting your district when I was on the East Coast recently, and as the date fixed for the elec-, tion is some ten days earlier than I had expected, I regret that I shall not now be able to meet you face to face until after the election. The wants of your splendid district have received so little attention at the hands of this Provincial Government heretofore, that it may well seem to many of you a matter of little moment who becomes Superintendent, but, I beg to assure you that, if I have the honor to succeed in the present contest, your district shall receive at my hands the consideration that, its resources merit. I think for instance, that your Superintendent should exert himself to see that either the Provincial or General Government do what can be reasonably done to stimulate the development and working of the Petroleum Springs, and also to see that the magnificent lands in your district are settled with immigrants of the proper stamp. I shall, if elected, insist upon economising Provincial Funds so as to be able to devote larger sums to the construction of roads and bridges in the remote districts. Indeed, I shall give every possible aid to Road Boards, as I consider that they are tho most usefid institutions we have, and that the funds placed at their disposal have nearly always been judiciously and economically expended. I am opposed to the present Education Tax. When Provincial institutions can be abolished throughout the whole colony, I shall advocate such a policy ; but, seeing that certain more wealthy provinces in the south are for the present strongly in favor of Provincialism, and that those provinces are represented by a majority of Members in the General Assembly, I fear we may not yet hope to succeed in any attempt to rid ourselves of these cumbrous and expensive forms of Government ; therefore it behoves us in Auckland to do the best we can with the means at our disposal until the colony becomes ripe for the desired change. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. M. DARGAVILLE.