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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 63, 25 October 1864, Page 4

Election Notices, i ation of his run into Hundreds, he ceases to have any legal interest^ it. , „ , r With regard to railways, it is certain that, ere long, there will be a line connecting this Province with Nelson. It would be judicious for the General. Government to initiate such a line, making first 'those, portions most urgently required, "and gradually extending operations. until the whole was completed. In contemplation of such a-scheme being adopted, I should be in favor of handing over* to the General Government the Bluff and Invercargill 'Railway, the Province receiving the sums expended on its construction. ' " _ The whole telegraph system should -also bo in the hands of the General Government, "and that portion of it already completed, viz. — the line between Invercargill and the Bluff — should be afc once handed over, the Province, as in the case of the railway, being reimbursed for its outlay. The present Education Ordinance is'most unjust in its working. The assessment is altogether on* wrong basis, and individual cases of 1 hardship under it are common. ' The means of educating his children should bo placed within the reach of every man ; but I believe that the necessary funds for ; a general system of tuition should be appor* tioned from the ordinary revenue. The Roads Ordinance is defective in "its provisions. It appears to me that the 'Government should, as at present, make and maintain trunk lines of road, and that bye-roads should be made and maintained by the settlers in the district* through which they pass, but roads merely leading to private estates should be made only by the parties directly^ ; interested. The present state of the East Road* retards the settlement and development of your district, but in consequence of an empty exchequer there is little hope of speedy improvement. I would, however, at the earliest opportunity bring the subject under the notiqe of the Council, and be prepared to see justice done. .. .. I am not opposed te the theory of assisted immigration, but under the present circumstances of the Province, I should be unwilling to see any public funds appropriated to such an object. I should, if. elected, endeavor.to; keep the Proi'incial expenditure within the Provincial income. No Province should in future be allowed to borrow <n its own security. The power of contracting a ebt should be confined to the General Govern* .ient, which should borrow, and distribute to the 'rovinces according to the requirements of each, -nd the security which each was in a position to )ffer. It is necessary that the Provincial Council should jossess control over the, Superintendent in his expenditure of Provincial moneys. The Council ■an place an efficient check on his actions by resolution, to the effect that they will recognise no unauthorised expenditure, thereby making the Superintendent personally responsible. Thanking you for the honor you have done me, I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 57-to MATTHEW HOLMES. Business Directory. - JOHN WEBB~ ~^ /COMMISSION & GENERAL BUSINESS \J AGENT, R I T E B T O If v 54-tc Agent for the Sottthi<and Timbs. JOHN MUNRO, pOOZSELLIR AND COMMERCIAL D STATIONER, Dee-street, Invercargill. 1-te PHOTOGRAPHY. p BOSS, (Late PJtotograpTier to Her Majesty,) PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS, Abcadb, Tay-stkbbt, 14-te T. J. WHITE, pENERAL MERCHANT, COMMISSIOK UT AGENT, &c.,1 DEE-STREET. 1-t* J. KINGS LAND, ' r EATHER & GRINDERY WAREHOUSE, lj Tay-Stbeet, Invebcaboili,. 4S-te WHITTINGTTAM BROs!] ' rMPORTERS, WHOLESALE GROCEBS, I WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS, THavelock-stbeet, RIVER T O N. QUEENSTOWTT, LAKE WAIATIPU, 12 Pbikces-steeet, DUNEDIN. D U N S T A if. BOND-STBEBT," MELBOURNE. [ahd SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1-t* P. MOELLER AND CO., nRAPEES AND OUTFITTERS, U MELBOURNE HOUSE, Opposite tub Royal Hotbl. 1-te DAVID WEBSTER, Dee-stbebt (opposite Southland Club), OAINTER, ! PAPERtHANGER, GLAZIER, L and Importer of Every Article iriths Trad*. 1-te ~~~^ McDonald & co., vmaddlers and harness makers, " dee-street, invercargill, n.z., N^ext to Messrs. Carey and Gilles' Horse Bazaar. Established 1859. 1 te I. BROAD, rn-ATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Tat-stbeet, INVERCARGILL. 40-te DALRYMPLE AND BLACEXOCK, IT7HOLESALE .STOREKEEPERS, VV Impobtebs, & Bonded WABEnousßißir, DEE-STREET, 1-te ' lIfTESCAEUIII.' J. W. A. MAECHANT, , ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR. jOl. Esk-stbebt. 89-t« 0* N. CAMPBELL, V a CCOUNTANTai«> AVERAGE ADJUSTER, A. Beayen's Build ings, TAY-STREET.: , l-t«