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Govfrnment being thrown open for free selection on the deferred payment system, and at ft premium price of 20s per acre. JMot one small block of land at a time, but areas sufficient to meet the requirements of all. The area allowed one person to be litnitcd, and the condition of residence to be attached. I believe the question of suitable land laws for this colony to be the measure of the future, and with the re-distribution of the burdens of taxation, one which must bo seriously taken into consideration by the legislature, and that at an early date. The course to bo pursued by the Government for dealing with the natives for their lands is a subject of great impor-f tance, and, while it is quite necessary that the natives should receive a fair price for their possessions, it is, at the same time, desirable that the colony should be the j purchaser; and that large tracts of country should not fail into the hands of land speculators, from whom, in the course of time, the colonists would be compelled to purchase, probably at exorbitant rates, or to lease at heavy rentals. That facilities should bo given to men to acquire freeholds is a. subject upon which all are agreed, and assuming that purchasers might expect more liberal terms from the Government than from private holders, it is wise that the Government should be the purchaser from the natives in the first place. Such being the case, the object of the administration in my opinion should be the speedy acquisition of all the waste lands of the Colony, and, being acquired, surveyed, and cut up, the 1 nd should be thrown open upon favorable terms to men willing to occupy, and in time to purchase under a system of deferred payments. The revenue derived from the sale of such lands would reimburse the Gorernment for the first cost, and besides might furnish the means j of opening up the country by roads, and probably defray to some extent the j cost of the branch lines of railways, i which will require construction after the ! main or trunk lines are formed from the loans raised for that purpose upon the credit of the whole colony. It is scarcely necessary for me to refer to the .question of Education, as for years I have been an advocate of the present secular, free, and compulsory system, and if elected will strongly resist any attempt to alter an Act which has been found to place within the reach of every child in the colony the means of getting a good liberal education, and which has since its introduction bestowed such blessings upon the youth of New Zealand. The claims of this electorate to a fair proportion of public works, the early completion of the Thames and Waikato Railway, the construction of a line to the East Coast, the acquisition of the freehold of the goldfield, the claims of the local governing bodies to continued monetary assistance from the Government, the amendment of the County and Municipal Corporations Act, the throwing open of the Upper Thames lands for selection, the question of aiding our timber and other industries, and a number of other matters, all bearing upon the best interests of this electorate, are objects that would receive my attention should I have the honor to be returned as your representative. I shall, at an early date, address you at the various centres of population, and at greater length make known my opinions upon such subjects as are of interest to tliis constituency. WM. McCULLOUGH.

/COLONEL ERASER'S MEETING is VJ POSTPONED until the issue of writ for Thames. Day of meeting will be duly notified. Public Notifications IMPERIAL PENSIONS. TMPERIAL PENSIONS will bo paid afc I the Custom House TO - MORROW MORNING, the 4tli of October, at 10 o'clock. E. F. Tizakd, Collector. Custom House f Thames, 2nd October, 1879. 1102 Notices NOTICE. ALL those who aro suffering from having falcon too much of tho " Grey Mixture" tho following prescription will bo found to BCfe magically in reetoriog them to their usual health again:— loz Canterbury "Bacon 30z3 Taranaki Butter 3ozs Dunedin Oatmeal Well mixed and rubbed in before going to bed. See Testimonials from the Press of every town in Now Zealand. Sole Agent for tho Thames will bo hero shortly. I MRS. CURTIS, MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER, "TTTISHES to inform tho LADIES of tho Thames that she Has Commonest Business i Next Doob to Mr Cocks', Furnishing Warehouse, MARY STREET, SHORTLA.ND, - And having had a long practical experience, PROFESSES A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF EVERY JJEANOH OF THE DRESSMAKING BUSINESS. Both Fit and Styik Gitauanteed. 1092 T?NCOURAGE THAMES INDUSVJ TRIES.—See the splendid Kaiapoi Tweeds at Wisemak's, £5 per Suit. Splendid Value in Fancy Coatings. T7INTERTAINMENT3, CONCERTS, &c, JIU Bhould always he announced in THE uTAR if their promoters wiah to achiove success. • „