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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 66, 31 October 1864, Page 4

'■ Election Notices. long, there will be a line connecting this Province with Nelson. Itwonld De 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,.' l. -should.. be.. in. favor of handing over to the General Government the Bluff and Invercargill Railway, the Province receiving the sunis expended on its construction. The whole telegraph system should also be in , the s hands of the General Government, and that | portion of it already completed, viz. — the line | between Invercargill and the Bluff — should be at \ once handed over, the Province, as in the case of | the railway, being rehnbiirsed for its outlay. The present Education Ordinance is most unjust in its working. The assessment is altogether on a wrong basis, and individual cases of hardship under it are common. The means of educating | his children should be placed within the reach of | every man ; but I believe that the necessary funds for i a general system of tuition should be apportioned from the ordinary revenue. The Roads Ordinance is defective in its provisions. It appears to me that the Gf-overnment 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 districts 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 notice of the Council, and be prepared to see justice done. I am not opposed to 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 Provincial expenditure within the Provincial income. No Province should in future be allowed to borrow on its own security. The power of contracting a debt should be confined to the General Government, which should borrow, and distribute to the Provinces according to the requirements of each, and the security which each was in a position to offer. It is necessary that the Provincial Council should possess control over the Superintendent in Ins expenditure of Provincial moneys. The Council can 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, Grentleruen, Your obedient servant, 57-to MATTHEW HOLMES. ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CAMPBELLTOWN. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," I, Horace Siminonds, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Campbelltown, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an ELECTION will be held for the return of a qualified person to serve as a MEMBER of the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL for the said Electoral District, and that the NOMINATION of CANDIDATES will take place at the Co urt- House, Campbelltown, on Monday, the seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four ; and that the Poll (if necessary) will take place on Tuesday, the eighth day of NoVEMBEB, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfour. Dated this twenty-eighth day of October, onethousand eight hundred and sixty-four. HORACE SIMMONDS, Returning Officer. Tbe following is the Polling Place for the Electoral District of Campbelltown : — COURT-HOUSE, CAMFBEJir/TOWK. HORACE SIMMONDS, 65-68 Returning Officer. ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," I, John Hare, Retm-ning Officer for the Electoral District of Invercargill, do hereby give notice, that by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the eleventh day of October, 1864, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an ELECTION will be held for the return of Four qualified Persons to serve as MEMBERS of the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL for the said Electoral District ; and that the NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES will take place at the Court Housb, Inveroaeg-ill, on THURSDAY, the seventeenth day of November, 1864, at noon, and that the poll (if necessary) will be taken on Friday, the eighteenth day of November, 1864. Dated this 28th day of October, 1864. JOHN HARE, Returning Cfncer. The following is the polling place for the Electoral District of Invercargill : — Polling Place. THE COURT HOUSE, luvercargill. JOHN HARE, Returning Officer. Dated the 28th clay of October, 1864. 65-tc ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WAIKIVI. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," I, Duncan . M'Arthur, Retiu-ning Officer for the Electoral District of Waikivi, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the eleventh day of Ootober, 1864, issued under the hand of His Excolloncy tho Governor of Now Zealand, an ELECTION will be held for the return of ono qualified person to serve as MEMBER Of tllO PROVINCIAL COUNCIL for tho eaid Electoral Distriot, and thati tho NOMItfATIOIf! of CANDIDATES will take place ftt tho Hocth