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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2665, 4 August 1887, Page 3

,TOTHEELEOJOBB^P-^i- • _ . , . :'!■ .•,.,:: /ttENTLEMEN-"*" '"".. '-/'^ .. _■•; AS the pfesekParliataenfc'.will'floo' cease to exist, I havathq honor;t6 agati gtter myself as. v ye.:'" 1-' f' : v:J. shall - : foy injet^yqf shfat'tiy.. t thbVftrioUs :'t)}'6. ; dis 'tnpt, : ; ■;■■ :'■•'. '•''•'•'/.• ; T'"i\'• V fi'-r'r'. lam,gentlemen,' "''■•'■'• '' ''': ':.'•. 2618- . • •GEORGE B'fiETHAM. TO THE ELECTORS, . ; n : ENTLE^IEN, r I beg to.uifora you that, it is my intention to contest therepresentation of WOODVILLE-at'the approaching gmieral election, and that,'l shall take an early opportunity of addressing the electors in tho various centres of the^district; I am, Gentlemen, • : •■■: Yonr Obedient Servant, 2C15 W. w, McOARDLB;= • WOODVILLIS ELECTION. • Napier, 18th July, 1887. To Messus—(i. B. Bradford [ Josiah Lynn Henry Ellison, And 202 other Electors of tho ■ Wood, .villo District. '>;'• ; . ,, . ~ ;> I sincerely thank, .you .''for' ■ the' honor you have Conferred, upon me, by asking mo to alio'* myself to. bo rio'nii'-' nated at' the approaching General. Election to represent you, in; JVlia?.ment; - : '- . ""' " ''...• ;.■'•; : In reply, I lm.v r q to ; stato that -;I----will contest tho election against all comers, and if elected I would support a Government introducing' 1 pleasures to tho following effect:—' Economy and retrenchment iu <?vory,. branch of tho Civil Service, and tbc amalgamation of Offices. The reduction of the and of the number of members of both Houses. " ■:■. ~■•'•■' •.'?■ ■•' •'.: The completion of tbe railway to Palnierston, and the construction of the Hue to Auokland, and the extension 'of the line from Eketabuna to tua. ~•• • ' The opening up of Grown lauds, and the ■ acquisition of Native Lands- for j settlement' ■ Tho cessation of borrowing oscept for; the "works mentioned, uktil • tjtie finances of the colony have beeu'plaoed ona sound footing. The amendment of the Land, Act, by the repeal of the Perpetual Loasing system, and by giving greater facilities for aelfictors to take up Deferred Payment Lands. 1 •• The repeal of Property Tax and the introduction *of a Land and Income TliX - : .-: ; ; ' "..,,,'■• The ameridtaent of tho Eduction., Kesefves AcV to enable''the Governmentto use'tlie revenue from,tho Reserves for Secondary Education for the purpose of Primary Education. Tfle reform of the presiint system of railway management. •• I shall-address, tbe Eloctora at all tho centres of settlement throughout tbe district ondatestobe.advertised, when'you will find me supporting true Liberal measures, and that'my knowledge of the district enables me to form reliable opinions on the subject of your local requirements, I am, Gentlemen, • ' - Your Obedient Servant, ''■": HORACE BAKER?

..; MABTEPON ELECTION. ': -TO THE ELECTORS, I AVING announced my candidature at the approaching election I-have the pleasure to submit for your consideration the politic platform''which, if re-.-turned,".will command niy earnest-'auJK port;-';'"''...: " :,:x.;.;i : >■■'■. ; •l;' 1 Encouragement to Colonial r Indtia*" -tries bo that labor and capital within the Colony'-may -be-fully and -proßpbroiisly employed, and -labor and. Capital froja without attracted,to (he Colony," 2, Tho substitution of_ a progressive, land.'tax, from whichmoderate areas 'will: 'be ekompteij, for" the preapnt-prope.rjty tax in order that, land ''luouopoiy may be and the improve-mentof-'property encouraged, in* apatite'. bVthorough .efficiency, of the pi(^en?jy'Btem ; of primpify education,. ;■?.{■ }. : . '4'.'' The continuance; of:;tho existing liberal land laws,: and ,tha expaßsion or the Bpeciai.a'nd village Bettlemunt syatoms. fi..Tho stoppage as'far as practicable and judicious, of the system of borrowing. - .... (j, Abolition of the Upper Houbo, 7. Decentralisation ; the restoration of tlie proper functions of local Government so that log rolling in'; the Legislature-' may. disappear, and the duties of; the Public Works Department m'aj be -distributed among tlie settlers alfti|localitiis, concerned. ■•■ : -'{": $P:' P 8. A aystom of vigorous issbnchmenft; under which ornate of tho civil service wiH]''re'oolvo 'skilfuT attontion and state nonsmtis j&jilf gradually coase. - 's&s ' '■ jO I shall have much' pleasure 'in cntcrkw' . (..11.. ;..i.'- j., 1 -!. ,Tv MR. A.lh«l TtTILL address the electors as under-r . TAUERU - THURSDAY, ~W 4. "■ ' ■■• ! TINUI-Town Hall, SATURDAY! August C. „•; ; AT EACH PLACE AT 8 p.m. 3666