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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2663, 2 August 1887, Page 3

TO. THEkELEOSORS, OF WAI- .' RARAPffIRfe pMTLEMP T ; •■ -i 'AS tho present. Parliament will aoori ceaseHo exist, iliaveithe honor to again offer' myself as-your-iepresentytive. ■ 'TBhallihopeto'.Be'able,^o t meet yott ,she% t"th(.vyaHt)i«''{ehtres:rf tho dig' irici! . ■:•' '/"..„'■ ...■■". . lam; gentlemen, ;'■' Xollr obedient servant. 2CIB -GEORGE BEETHAM.-'' TO THE ELECTORS. n ENTLEMN.-I bog to inform you r l ' • • that it, is my intention to contest the representation of WOODVILLE at the approaching general election, and that 1 shall take an early opportunity of addressing the electors in the various centres of the district, I am, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, 2016 W, W. McOARDLE. WOODVILLE ELHCTIQN. I Napier, 18th July, 1887. ToMkssrs— "-, G. B. Bradford Josiah Lynn J. H. Mouteilh W. J. Graham John Harris Henry Smith James Allnrdice F. U. dhugar W. Bieno E. 0, Olsen G, D. Hamilton J, W; Curlilo Jaiiics Wall Duncan Guy Henry Ellison, And 202 other Elector* of (he Wood, ville District. pENTI,EMEV- ; I sincerely thank you for tho honor you have conferred upon me, by asking mo to allow myself to be nominated 'at the approaching General Election to represent you in Parliament. Iu reply, I havo to state that I will contest the cklion against all comers, and if elected I would support ; a Government introducing measures to tlio following effect:—' ■ Economy and .retrenchment in every tiranch 0 f the Civil Service, and (be 'amalgamation of Offices. The reduction of tho honorarium, and ol the number of members of both Houses, The coiL'pleliorj of tho railway to Palmerston, and the.construction of : the lino to Auckland, and tho extension of'-bo line from Eketubnra to PalliaUia. The opening tip of Grown, lauds, and the acquisition of-.Native Lands for settlement Tho cessation of boi rowing except for the works mentionod, until the finances, of .the colony have been placed on a sound footing. '-- The amendment of the Land Act,'- ; by the repeal of the Perpetual Leasing, system, and hy giving greafor facilities for selectors to take up Deferred Pay. went Lands, The repeal of Property Tax and the introduction of a Land and .Income Tax. The amendment of the Education Reservea Act to enable the Government to use the revenue from tho Reserves for Secondary Education for the " purpose of Primary Education. Tbe reform of the present system of railway management. I shall address the Eloctora at all the centres .of settlement throughout the district ondatcstobe advertised, when you will find tne supporting true Liberal measures, and that my knowledge of tbe district enables me to form reliable opinions on tho subject of your local requirements. I -am, Gentlemen. Your Obedient Servant, HORACE RAKER.

MASTBRTON 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 earnest support:— I Encouragement to Colonial Industries so that labor and capital 'within the Colony may be fully and prosperously employed, aud labor and Capital frotu without attracted to the Colony. 2. The substitution of a progressive land tax, from which modorato areas will be exempted, for the present property tax in order that land monopoly may bo rendered unprofitable, and the improvement of property oncouraged, • 3. The maintenance, in. a state of thorough efficiency, of tho presont system of primary education. '•, ■ 4. The continuance of the osisting liberal land laws, and the expansion of tho special and village settlouieiitsyatems, 5. The stoppage as far as practicable and judicious, of the systom of borrow- (>. Abolition of the Upper House.'. 7. Decentralisation ; the restoration of the proper functions of local Government so that logrolling in tho Legislature may disappear, and the duties of the Public Works Department may be distributed among the settlers and localities concerned. • . 8. A system of vigorous retrenchment under which ornate but. useless branches o( tho civil service will recjivo skilful attention and state pensions shall gradually cease. I Bhall have much pleasure in entering more fully-into details at the various public meeting which it is my intention to address. ■ . „ I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, • . A.-W/HOGG, Masterton, July 9th, 1887. 264 MASTERTON ELECTION MR. A. W. HOGG; YT7ILL address the electors as undor— DRE\EItTQ^-SchooIhou6e,WED-NESDAY, August 3. ' ' " TAUERU-THURSDAY, August 4. • ' - TINUI-Town Hall, SATURDAY, August 6. AT EACH PLACE AT 8 rjt. 2656