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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 65, 29 October 1864, Page 4

*. ■ ; ■j** 'ii *^*^^' W ', , jgJULLJiIi Election Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF INVERCARGILL GENTLEMEN,— In answering, the Sixty-three electors who recently honored me with a requisition to come forward a 9 a candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council, I gave a very brief explanation of my views on the most prominent questions of the day. It seems desirable, however, that I should express myself more fully both to them and the whole constituency of Inver- j cargill. ..... ! Chief amongst the causes which tend to the prosperity of a young province, isfacility for bona fide settlement on the waste land. lam entirely opposed to selling it in large blocks of" thousands of acres " to any speculator who may choose so to j invest his money. Free selection and deferred i payments appear calculated to effect the objects •We should have in view, and would give j to the settler of small means an opportunity for securing by his industry a home for himself and family. The New Land Act wfll be a serious drawback to immigration, and any legitimate action which may be taken by the Provincial Council in order to obtain its repeal, would meet with my cordial support. A proportion of the proceeds ofthe land sales should be set apart for immigration" purposes generally, and I would assist persons of small means to settle in Southland, without reference to the part of Great Britain to which they belong. I look on the present "Education Ordinance" as nearly worthless for doing the work required of it, and contend that it is inflicting a great injury on the Province, by the preposterous assessments which have been made under it. I would vote for a measure setting apart, for educational purposes, a sum from the ordinary revenue. The Roads' Ordinance does not answer satisfactorily, and I would vote for its repeal. I consider that the main trunk roads should be made and maintained by the Provincial Government, and the bye-roads by District Road Boards, having power to levy rates to be subsidised by Government. With reference to the Town Board, I am of opinion that it is a good and useful institution, but that it requires remodeling. I would support a bill for that purpose, assimilating the constitution of the Board to the Municipal Councils, which have been so effective in Australia and elsewhere. I should be altogether opposed to municipal affairs being placed in the hands of the Provincial Government. I will not pledge myself to vote for any particular person as Superintendent, but will wait until I know who are the candidates ; but should certainly vote for the one whom I considered best fitted to fill the office and promote the interests of the Province. In conclusion, I beg again to thank the Electors who have invited me to come forward as a Candidate, and I pledge myself if elected, to fulfil the duties of your representative in a conscientious manner, sparing no pains to advance the interests of Invercargill and of Southland generally. On questions of public works which may be brought under the consideration of the Pro-rincial Council I should give my vote independently; but pn matters in which I might be personally interested I should be silent. My conduct as a member would be constantly before you ; and, should you at any time feel dissatisfied, I would resign my trust on receiving ft •requisition to that effect from two-thirds of my supporter** I am, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, te J. R. DAVIES. TO SAMUEL HODGKINSON, ESQ. WE, the undersigned Electors for the town of RIVERTON, respectfully request that you will allow "yourself to be put in nomination as a CANDIDATE for the REPRESENTATION of this DISTRICT, and we pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to secure your return. | Riverton, sth Oct, 1864. I W. H. NURSE. J. P. TAYLOR. HENRY BROCK. JOHN CAMPBELL. ALFRED CASSILS. ALFRED CLULLE. JOHN CRERAR. JAMES DODDS. F. H. GEISOW. E. GILLOW. R. GREENSLADE. H. HIRST. D. S. LAWLOR. JAMES M'DONALD. JOHN PATTERSON. JOSEPH ROBINSON. GEORGE ROWLE3. HENRY WILKS. HENRY BEECET. , BENJAMIN BAILEY. JAMES TR. STUCK. THOS. A. H. PAY. L. M'GILLIEVRAY. WILLIAM CRISP. WALTER BASSTIAN. W. C. SCULLY. JAMES PANKHURST. T. H. ESCOTT. CHARLES HUMPHREYS. THOS BROWN. DUGALD MTHEE. JAMES IRELAND. EDWARD WILSON. J. C. M'KAY. g-7 JOHN MITCHELL. To W. H. NURSE, Esq., and the other Electors signing the requisition. GEKTLEMEN, — I have to acknowledge and thank you for the honor you have done me in asking me to allow myself to be put in nomination aB one of your Representatives in the Provincial Council, and in reply have to say that 1 will with pleasure comply with your requisition. I am, Gentlemen, . You» obedient serrant,