TIMARU ELECTION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2084, 12 August 1890, Page 3

TIMARU ELECTION.

* Mr K G. K rr on last Friday evening ; nddressed the electors of Timarn. Mr , Jonas being in the chair. After referring toitbe death of the Ute Mr Turnbull, he proceeded to discuss land tax versus property tni, and favor the former. He ?' tax land as if it was under a rotation of crops, but would do nothing ' tb boret it up or cut up large estates. Ho ' considered the present Government had . -orop'efe'y failed io their land policy. He -• was neither a freetrader nor a prolectionJ B t He favored free secular education, w WBS 5n favor a gral,t *° private • r schools, and be favored Ira'tesuntons. He .< for shout half an hour, and received a very ind=flf->renl hearing. At the end of bis speech he answered a large number of onestions, and a Mr Graham accused him ■■ having said at the hustings that the late Mr Tumbril was returned by the sfiOin af Timarn, and he lived for several years on his honorarium. A vote of thanks was carried. ' Mr W. Hall Jones read an address lo .. Timarn electors in the Aasemblv . Rooms on Saturday evening He condemned the proporty tax, and advocated in hs stead a progressive land and income I r The land should be tssed on its W ;!rrroved value, the improvements being untsxed. He was a freetrader Ka.ding the large estates he would . v scheme that, would ensure a lareer population being settled on them, in-lhie regard he thought Mr Twemey’ B compulsory leasing plan worth

consideration though he would prefer that settlers should be able to acquire the freehold. He thought trades onions would be the means of doing a great deni of good, and expressed himself in favor of the Eight Honrs Bill, forseeing that the hours of labor would be prevertly shortened. He was io favor of the present system of education, bnt would support the Private Schools Bill now before „the House. He thought the Legislative Council and Hospital Boards should bo elective by the people, and was io favor of the Swiss system of a permanent executive for each Parliament instead of our present system of Government by Party,—A host of questions were put to the candidate, and these haying been replied to or put on one ride as trivial, Mr Jones was accorded a vote of thanks.

THE NOMINATIONS. The nomination of candidates for the vacancy in the repreßentaiion of Timaru took place yesterday at the Tinuru Courthouse. There was a large attendance. Mr David Stuart proposed and Mr George Stumbles seconded Mr E. Q. Kerr as a candidate.

Mr J. J. Grand! proposed and Mr Matthews seconded Mr W. H»U-Jones, Mr Thomas Laogdon proposed and Mr Ha'kness seconded Mr W. F. Aplin. A show of bands was taken, with the result that 25 were held up for Mr Jones, 20 for Mr Aplin, and 18 for Mr Kerr. A poll was demanded and each of the three candidates addressed the meeting, but made mere formal speeches. There were then loud cries for Mr Tierney, who on that morning had by advertisement in the Herald retired from contest. Mr Twomey declined to come forward, but wan hustled on to the hustings and held there. Mr Twomey then spoke for about ten minutes, and stated that he had come forward because he was asked to come. He retired because he had not the slightest desire to enter Parliament, and ho wished them fully to understand that in doing so he favored no one of the candidates, and he would not try to influence one vote. If he had selfish ends in view the encouragement he had received was more than enough to induce hint to contest the seat, in fact even up to the very boar of nomination deputations bad been waiting on him asking him even then to be nominated, but he had declined. Ho came to them recommended by the Liberal leader ; they did not think that sufficient, but were splitting up into sections, and be declined, under :ho circumstances, to be the cause of splitting votes. He could assure them that none of the emdidates felt so happy as he did, and if they were ambitious to go to Parliament to sit there until 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning, be was not. The proceedings, which were very orderly, then came to a close.

The poll will be taken nt-xt Monday.