ELECTION MEETING AT HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 240, 22 November 1873, Page 2

ELECTION MEETING AT HAMILTON.

1 K 'X^ — iiBSSM KWi %id jJfrrii met the *\co or* nt the Hamilton I ill last night, n purjun-jee to nn advertisement which ippeare i in tno Waikato Time*. Captain Beero in the chair Mr Knox and that he regretted that Mr R)c)i« w« not )r«j>nt v TW fact syas he had bfen wot kirn; hard the whole >i tii* #9ek, Ind wii really not able to carry out hit into. - ,ions ol meeting them that evening. Mr Chfko w.ibed to know who wu to atuwer qnwlions >n b»ha fof Mr Roche >Ur Kno* v in r?!>lr, t «id that they hud bettefr hiar the lidrcst before dfc dincj About que^ions. The following *ldre<n wa* then read :— *O HK KIKOTOTWOf HAMttIOX. GBJTTI.KMBV,—- 1 mtu* ajtulotp** lor not being heretoiitf!«t, as business compels me to be in Tt» A vamulu tin* >vt»niiv.». You are ulready Aware I have offered myself a« a Mndidite for ««»at in Mia P,\>?ino!i{ o'ounnl. I «dl no v •tatemy ticws s-t concisely 89 possible. I shall ilo all thm >iM in mv power for the benefit of the Waikato, not confin >n<» myself ro any one district,. I will do wliat Ici i tor the njnd board* to ennblo the locil boards to pu on &n ai'svuge rate, n* they kn >w their own wiint* an i requirements best. \Uo that tho tjrorernmpntinko over tlie trunk roa U, to thnt th<» loofti b-jarJs may be able to deal with Ihe bje-roai*. With regard t6 the radway, I w:ll do all in my potf t to f>«T* it tfa r'ghfc t'uvti^h the ucntre of fid Dtlti, «> a* to lw<\eflt em>y d\%trk:t tihko. Amther question of import nice is tii*» education rat-. AJtiioiiih I d<> not «pp*ovf of t!<e p cs nt mo !o of tnxntion. if it civ.not be modified, I vrotiU nrrets to it »oonerth'»n it should drop through. lam % ttnunch Mipp<>rt«r of educatiou. I think every man ought to ba educated ; it raises the working mm not only in \m twn estnnntion, but tliat of his fellovrmon. I would nlso try, if |Hx>ibl , though I di> not kno-v vr tether it come* within the power of th*> Provsneisi Qovernsnent or not, • hit it, to advocate iho opening of & roul between the W»nknto and lite Tha>nea. If it were only n bridle track it would be a commence* hient. I must also 3»y I wa^ notaw«w> of bfonnin? a candid ite until tiie diy before t e nomiiintion, when several gentlemen requested me to offer niy-8--lf. I have now jiifpn you >i short statement of my vie»ve. If \<m like to To f e for me, 1 will do^t'ie bejf I can. Kxer o<«e rour own ju lament ; put >n the men be*t calculated to adranee thi interests of the W ttk uo. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient wrT*nt, IIO.N-QKRPOai) XiOOHK Mr Byron felt. *nrp tint Mr R>ehe »onl 1 onlr hare bern tco ula 1t * luve been pivaenr hud lie been able ; but he knew tint ho whs in the middle the w'u>Je of the post week { he hnd rsrlden from 'l'<j Awdmtitu to-di*r. (In honied \.\\nt th"T «ou!d receive the addrees, ns it «ould bo gi»in»j the man fnir play H<i proposed that the speech be accepted' Mr Webber seconded this proposition, and Mr H*mtmind supported it. Mr Knot »aid that he ppevad before them to solicit their votes. If eiuctei b^ wunld cary oiifc all bo mi\ in its integrity He trmte I they wo ill mve ilrßyrmon impartial hearin . As regarded bis views on the Highway* Ac^s. We had » lot of Acts, the whole of which were a disgrace t<> the couutrv ; in fact, they were simply unwork* aMo He thought thit absentees should he dealt wirh mvorely ; that it was nnfpir that L bey •hould receive the benefit of tho industry r»f tbe lejjitlna'itft »ct f J«r He was of opi-iinn that; tho 'Government; should iLA;eand Leepin repair the m^in road* ia the .U»b>io% laivuij^the ratw l^viel ny fcse rot'l boards to ba spent on the hy-roid* He STongly advocated tbe cxrrynij^of the railway th cm>jh the centre of the Delta, j ivn! thought thftr. wb«n the btidi<e at Pfgaruawihia ha I bean construt'K it wouti be only fair to Tlimilton th<t the. uonatruatuia of nneove"* the river near I 1I 1 it tmvt 8> p iM be commenced. Tncr.> was nnothisr qii "Btion win l» de-mu l^the earnest at en »on <>f the (30. veinment, he allnded to the elevhij; of the \Y\iipi river of tnags an I unktnj; it thoroughly liavi^alile. It was sim.p\y a dis^nca that Alexandra »hn»ld have to send to H imilron for supplies during several tnon'.hs of the ye*r. Tib W*ip* rua 1 should al»'» ** 'ipeua I ; if ivj w . *t Geuenl Goveininent expense, at Provincial Government. Sonic people sii'l it w.-ih iintieoesstry, principally ltecausu it would lessen tho value of property in Rome pirts of the district : tint \j would benefit the whole distria, and increiie the valne o poperbv thronwli wh eh itpuaet. He »vai tv f.nvor of ednciton at any expense. The meth'xl of lt»r inwf ra'os tinder pr^seut Act wai ijad. lie did rmt see why the poor rnnn ahonM pay *m much urn the reh But *»«n *«vith tbi« obj-ction the present Act vw a greit l>'«^ing FI- (111 not *>■ 1 'ft* in a ie.iom riHtiomil svs f om ; b it hourlil tlie miti md t<y-tein much pn-lernble. He woul.l minor <■«• the ostem introduced that was in existence in Ireland thnn that. tie people should be debarred fruni educating ibeirchil <lren »n account q( c.'W'HjientKHM icruptes. He wonlil siron j;ly ndT«<'ate that the land that whs about to be purchased bv the Goner d Government, as an estate f >r the »r.mnce, »hould ntn >t be allowed to pnas into the hum!* of a few «pecn!i»tor». Fie tkoii^lit. thut indiice-nenU ibonld b<^ offered by ROTernment for peoplo to settle on and improre it. He attributed fche. want of prtiire** in s-vne p-irtion-* of the district t«i the faft that m-ntnf the Inirl had been lockel tip bv ippciilnfora Ho hnd giren them an idea of whnt he v^ould d<> if elected He hoped I her would pat in the best man. If the^ tHoiuht Mr R-alie b«* f , he thought they ought to vot** for him, il t! c t)oii|ht tliat he (Mr Knot) aa« the he-f man. they *houl i vote f.tr him. If elected he woul Ino hn • anrthtm; to rlo with chqui'S. The eomuiij .«e^sion of the Proymct&l Counpil wa-f likely to be a mo^t eriticnl one. Me Bvr<>n sai i thnt he was not nware that ho woull be rfquented to uddrcM them that evening ; but M* X .01 hud wmrteou*ly rf quested him to do so, and he wai mo 4 happy to eom;>ly with thnt reque*t. It w»a erirtenlly the unprr*sion of soiue of the elector* that NgaHriiawalii* wis ! c I to imt , in fcyro of if* own member* to the neglect of the upper part of the Walk a! o At he was the tirst to address the electors on the hustings, bis speech bid, at any rate, tbe men: of originality. He did not wish to Ims 1 thought ankifid. but when <>« the huttiug* the other day Mr Knox kmlly tw>k hun nnd^r his wing He now leives me out in the uold like a hospital foundling; but nevertheless I will mike it warn* to-nmrrow. [Want of time prevents us publishing the re«t of Mr B> rons speech 3 A ? >te of eonrt lence in Mr Byron and Mr Roche was oiored by Mr Morris, and earned.