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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2071, 24 August 1875, Page 3

~At the meeting of the electors of Nelson to consider the question of Abolition, the following* telegram from Mr D. M. Luckie, M.H.K. for Nelson City, to the Mayor, was read :—" I regret I cannot ,ftttejad,y,o\jr meeting. In accordance with the opinions I expressed in Nelson last year, and which were concurred in by the large meeting then addressed, I have pledged myself-in favor of the abolition measures brought in, by. the Government. I consider them 1 beneficial to the colony at large, and certainly advantageous to the City of Nelsdh^and:to ipbs,t of the provinces. In,some'"details the. measures may require amending in Gommittee, but, on the general, principals, I agree, and I also- fkvoV-the passing of the :JiUs; this session. The very faqt .that the sta.unchegt of proyinciilißti'an4;tho:s9 Who desire a severaricfe^pif' the colony' advocate delay as -th'estr'biig ground-of .opposition to the . ■ j .^^litietforfli imere'ly I'':t6' id,efeat:,ifc. ,is a '*■'■ ieasoa for -'' -W '''supporters * pressing it thjough.^Anotfieti reason, is that j do beKe^e a n¥w ;I]?arliament,would give • such good terms as the Bill-offers. Again, if provincialism were abolished, the Parliament could address itself tothe question of a readjustment of taxation, which • oughtHo be'made the watchword of the coming elections. I shall be glad to have my hands strengthened by the meeting, "foi-wuio^yoii'Will' please read this telegram, and also furnish it to the press." The Qualiffcation of Electors BjU pro, -"^idesTtliaf iri'adclition to the qualification Possessed by., persons entitling thorn to '- ,vpte heretofore, the following qualification ' shall entUle.ipeople to vote :—Every male person ,pf twenty-one years of age, if natural torn or naturalised subject, and if he had resided in New Zealand twelve

calender months before the last day on which objections to claims to vote may be made, and resided in one electoral district during twelve months, may, if he is duly registered, vote for members, of such district: This qualification is to be in addition to tho substitution of existing qualifications except the miners' franchise, but no person is to vote in one district for more than one. qualification. Sections i, 6, 8, and 42^ of the Constitution Act, and other existing enactments oh voting and elections are to apply. The MirierH' Bepresentation Acts are all repealed, as this Act comes into force, but this right of voting is preserved until the new rolls are prepared and in operation. This is not to be construed to give holders of miners' rights or business licences right tpjvotein any district where he is registered for any Other. The Qualification Aci? is not to apply to Natives during- the | continuance of the Maori Eepresentation Acts. ...