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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2662, 1 August 1887, Page 3

TO THE ELECTORS OF WAIHARAPA NORTH. n ENTLEMENr~ AS tho present Pnrliiunent will booh cease to exist, l.havo the honor to again otter myself as youi\representative. •.: '; 1 shall .ijpfte to be able to.' meet yoii shortly;' t; che'.vatiouajcentrea -of the. dis ; trict. .•'.' •''.', '• V , _. lam, gentlemen, .. .. •• 'Your ohvuiont servant, ', 2GIB. ~ ", - GEORGE BEETHAM, • TO THE ELECTORS. \ENTLEMEN,-I beg to Inform you that it is my intention to contest the representation of WOODVILLE at the ■approaching general election, and that I shall take an early opportunity of addresß- ■ ing the electors in the various centres of I the district. I am, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, 2015 W. W. McCARDLE. WOODYILLE ELECTION. '"■ Napier, 18th July, 1887. 1 To Messrs— . ; G. B. Bradford Josiah Lynn J. H. Montcith W.J. Graham John Harris Henry Smith James Allardice R (J. rihugar Wißicite E. O.Olsen U. D. Hamilton J. W. Carliio James Wall Duncan Guy Henry Ellison, And 202 other Electors of tho. Woodvillo District. nENTLEMFnV,I sincerely thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me, by asking.me to allow myself to bo nominated at the approaching General Election to represent you in Parliament. hi reply, I have to state that I will contest tho election against all comers, and if elected I would support a Government introducing measures to the following effect : Jlconomy and retrenchment in every branch of tho Civil Service, and the amalgamation of Offices. Tho reduction of tho houorarium, and ot the number of members of both HoilflCK, The completion of the railway to Palmorston, and the construction of the lino to Auckland, and tho extension oftho line from Eketahura' to Pahiatua. The opening up of Crown lauds, and tho acquisition of Nativo Lands for settlement The.cessation of borrowing except for the works mentioned, until the finances of tho colony havo been placed on a sound footing. Tho amendment of the Laud Act, by tho repeal of tho Perpetual Leasing system, and by giving greater facilities for selectors to take up Deferred Payment Lands. The repeal of Property Tax and the introduction of a Land and Income Tax. The amendment of the Education Reserves Act to enable the Government to use the revenue from tho Reserves for Secondary Education for the purpose of Primary Education. Ttte reform of the present system of railway management. 1. shall address tho Eloctors at all the centres of settlement throughout the district on dates to be advertised, when you will hnd mo supporting true Liberal measures, and that my knowledge of the district enables mo to form reliable opinions on the subject of your local requirement!). I am, Gentlemen. Your Obedient Servant, HORACE BAKJ3R, MASTERTON ELECTION, TO THE ELECTORS. HAVING announced my candidature at the approaching election I have the pleasure to submit for your consideration the political platform which, if returned, will command my carneflt support;— 1. Encouragement to Colonial Industries so that labor aiid capital within tho Colony may be fully and prosperously employed,' and labor and Capital froi without, attracted to tho Colony, 2. The.substitution of a progressive land tax, from which moderate areas will be exempted, for the present property tax in order that; land monopoly may be rendered unprofitable, and tho improvement of property encouraged. 3; The maintenance, in a state of thorough efficiency, of'the present system of primary education/; 4. The continuance of tho existing liberal land laws, and the expansion of the special and village settlomentßyßtoms, S.Thoatoppag'oas far as practicable and judicious, of tho system of borrowing. (1. Abolition oftho Upper Houße. 1. Decentralisation ; tiie restoration of the proper functions of local Government so that log rolling in the' Legislature may _ disappear, and the duties of the Public Works Department may be distributed among the settlors and localities concerned. 8. A system of vigorous retrenchment under which ornate but useless branches of tho civil service will receive skilful attention.and state pensions shall gradually cease. . • I shall have much pleasure in entering more fully into details at tho various public meeting which it is my intention to address; 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant,. . A. W. HOGG. I. Maaterton, July 9th, Ml. . : 264 MASTERTON ELECTION MR. A, W.HOGG TIT ILL address tho electors as under— OP A KI MONDAY, August 1. • DREYERTON-Schoolhouse,WED- ' NESDAY, August 3. TAUERU-THURSDAY, August TINUI-Town Hall, SATURDAY, Augusts AT EACH PLACE AT 8 p.m. 2656