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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 233, 6 November 1873, Page 3

npilK SUPEJiINTENDEXCY ELECTION. ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OP AUCKLAND.

Gkmxbmxs, — It appears to me that it lias now become desirable that the control of Auckland ProwJisial ullairs should be transferred to the hands ol other* thun those bj whom the Province has been governed during Die past. With splendid resources in hand, coul, gold, iron, and other minerals ; with a elimdte< unsurpassed by any in the world ; and with a sturdy and industrious population of from 60,000 to 70,000 people, who pay some £300,000 per annum in ta\e« in one shape or another for purposes of good go\crnment, public works, ie, it is saddening to find that we, as a Province, arc not only making little or uo advance towards permanent prosperity, but that in many points we aro actually ictrograding. I attribute this state of things to misgovernment, the illjudged expenditure of public money, und extr.nagance in the past, which have entailed upon the community grie\ouH burdens in the form of public debts for which interest and sinking funds have now to be provided by oppressive tariff duties and other forum of taxation. So for has this state of things already gone that at the present moment the Provincial authorities of Auckland are at their wits' end, and find it exceedingly difficult and embarrassing to provide adequate means even for such an nnportant object as education. This Province is placed at a further disadvantage by reason of the manner it has been dealt with by tl«e General Go\ eminent in the expenditure of the large loans which were negotiated on the eiedit of the it hole Colony for the purposes of Immigration and Public Works. Although wo m Auckland are chargeable with the repay went of about one-fourth part of these loans, and although we contribute in about that proportion toward* providing interest and sinking funds thereon, yet, owing to want of united action i by our Superintendent and representatives, only a very small portion of the borrowed money has been employed ! for our benefit. Our Provincial revenue for the ensuing year will probably be under £50,000, and out of this sum wo havo to maintain our police, gaols, hospitals, lunatic asylums, sick and destituto, harbours, ke, which cost some £33,000 per annum. After paying tho provincial salaries and departmental expenses on the present scale, little or nothing will therefore remain for aid to road boards, lor bridges, ferries, tramways at the goldiields, Le, and in view of this state of things I bclie\c it is our first duty to reduce these Provincial salaries and departmental expenses to an amount proportionate to our altered means. Our next d'lty is to require at the hands of our rcprescntatnes that they unite in demanding from the Assembly and the Government that justice shall no longer be denied to this Province in the matter of the expenditure of the money borrowed upon our credit conjointly with that of the rest of the Colony. I desire to become Superintendent of the Province that I may be able to give practical effect to the above views, and that there may be some combined effort made to bring about » different state of things that more vitality may be imparted to our iudustries, such as mining, agricultural pursuits, trade and commerce, and manufactures. If, however, you arc content to go on as of yore, and elect a politician of the old Auckland school, I think you will find, when too late, that additional burdensome taxation must speedily be resorted to. You will also probably find that the old system of denominational education will be in* troduced into this Prouncc, a system so often used as an instrument of fa\ounti«m to one party and of oppression t« another ; a system so productive of sectarian jealousies and bickerings that it has been abandoned by more advanced I communities in favour of a national secular educational system. Should yon restore the old regime to power you will also find that the control of the Police will soon be transferred to the Provincial authorities to be used as it ua* before, for party or political purposes. During this Election contest I hme been treated with unfairness by a portion of the Auckland Press, but, as many of you are aware, the persons whom these papers represent are interested in re-introducing ami continuing the state of things which has led the Province into its present position. By the abuse of politic il power nnd patronage in tltc past they themachc* have been unable to prosper, while the Prownce has so languished that it cau hardly be in a worse position, nnd it now rests with you electors to say by your votes whether you will entrust your affairs for another period of four years to the old hands, or whether you will gi\c me your confidence and support, that I jusy, with the aid of a well-chosen Prouncial Council, be enabled to inaugurate a change towards a better and hoalthicr era. If you do me the honor to elect me, I will apply myself diligently and strenuously to effect retrenchment in Provircial salaries and other departmental expense* ; to obtain justice for the Province at the hands of tho General Government, and to proTide permanently for the means necessary to carry out a system of education without resorting to any such obnoxious and unjust measure as the present Education Tax. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. M. DARGAVILLE.

NGARUAWAHIA STEAM FLOUR MILL. riIHE Undersigutd begs to notify that he will take over the above Mill on Ist November, when he hopes to receive the support hitherto given to his predecessors. WHOLESALE PItICES CURRENT I Delivered anj where in t'le mer, freight p»nt, (or mt j cash. No credit given. £ » J , Superfine aiiK-dressed flour, "Jraiiil, "NKM," No. 1, per ton 0f '2,000 lbs .. KS «"» 0 Ngaruawahia, No. 2, per ton o' 2ooo lb^. .. 10 0 0 Wheat Me*l „ „ . Hi « 0 Sharps, per lOOlbs . ... 0 H 0 Bran, pt>r bushel, 20lbi ... .016 Wbe.it Meal lor pig feed . ...<>«> 0 Maize . .070 Oats none in stock. ; NOTH.— Sacks Is ;. r »0lb. and lOlllb. ba^-s, Cd.Jeaeh e\tr» Purchasers taking .r>0(). r >0() lbs of Flour arc charged the .ibo\e wholesale prices ; under that quantity, the retail pneu1s per lOOlbs extra This refers to Flour only. i Gristing, including smutting, silk dressing, and Ireight | per steamer, irom ;inj p. ace on the mcr lo Mill uiiuJlaek at a 9t\ per bushel. \»*aste, lb per bushel i C. U. 1( I N T ;

Kauri Timber. ORDEKS executed piouiptly for Cash. A cargo e\pocfccd to arrive shortly. Apply to j. k. McDonald, Commission A gout. Hamilton, ltttli October, 1873.

The Waikato Highway Boards Agency. PRINCIPAL OFFICV, HAMILTON. RATES aud Dobts Collected, Asiesumeut Kolla Prepared, Board Meetings Atteuded, Tradeimeu's Accounts Posted upon Ueiu>onable Team. KDWAHD CLAHKK, A^ciiC.

WANTED,— A Pair of Saw jit* to Break Down Lojjs. ApiilvJAMis f> Gniuo:< &. Cv , Atuim Haw Mills, Waikato Ucads.