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Evening Post, Volume XII, Issue 126, 25 November 1875, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY, LIMITED. SPECIAL NOTICE. RETURN Tickets at Single Fares will be i-i issued at all the Company's Offices from the 15th December next, to the 31st January, 1876, to all ports where the steamers calL These Tickets will be available until the 15th February, 1876, after which date they will not be 'recognised. t R. S. LEDGER, Manager. 25th November, 1875.

NEW COLONIAL INDUSTRY. MESSRS CUTLER & MOORE, the only bona fide Pianoforte and Harmonium Makers in the colony. Organ-Harmoniums, with reeds and pipes, to order, from £20 to £200. Pianos renovated throughout. Organ Pedals added to chamber organs, pianoß, or harmoniums. Estimates given for, the enlargement, removal, or erection of church organs. Mr Cutler's GRADUATING KNEE SWELL, for the perfect production of crescendos and diminuendos, can be added to harmoniums of any size. Tuning, &c. WILLIS AND MANNERS-STREETS. HERE WE ARE AGAIN. NOW in Stock, and to arrive per Border Chief, 10,000 feet of high pressure Indiarubber Hose, to be sold at an enormous reduction, all sizes ; cut to any length to suit purchasers. Also, two cases of directors, unions, &c. The above hose is guaranteed to stand the pressure. J. E. HAVES, Plumber and Gasfitter, Lambton Quay, Opposite the Odd Fellows' Hall. Water laid on.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. * f^t ENTLEMEN— I beg respectfully to inform T you that it is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the honor of representing the City of Wellington in the House of Represent tatives In the year 1871 you were good enough to elect mo as one of your members, and lliave occupied that proud position for a period of five years ; you have therefore had abundant opportunity of judging whether I merit a renewal of your confidence I need scarcely remind you that in the ses* sion of 1874 I voted against the Resolution introduced by the Government, affirming the desirability of abolishing the Provinces in the North Island, and that during the past session I opposed the Bill brought m for abolishing Provincial Institutions in both Islands. Knowing this, you will naturally expect me to indicate the course I shall pursue in the event of being returned as one of your Representatives. I nave given the subject my careful consideration, and feel convinced that it would be useless attempting to re-establish the old form of Provincial Government, and I am also aware that a large number of the electors in this city are of opinion that it would not be expedient. They believe that a better system of local selfgovernment can be conferred on the inhabitants of towns, suburban districts, and outlying settlements. I shall therefore, if elected, deem it my duty to endeavor to give effect to the wishes of my constituents, and assist, to the best of my ability, in passing laws which will carry out to the fullest extent the principle of local self-government. Holding these views ; it is hardly necessary to assure you that I wdl strenuously resist au attempts that may be made to disunite the Colony, or trfdivide it into four Provinces, and cannot help expressing my surprise and regret that such ideas should have been put forward by men who claim to be regarded as sincere Provincialists. I was elected as a supporter of the present Government, and except on the single question of abolishing the provinces, have always been one of their adherents. I have faith in the Public Works scheme, because carrying it out involves the construction of railroads, making ordinary roads and opening up the country for settlement and occupation. And I believe that by maintaining peace between the two races inhabiting New Zealand, the progress and advancement of the Colony will be best promoted. When the writs are issued it will alibrd me great pleasure to come before you, and express at greater length my views on the various subjects which will engage the attention of the new Parliament, and at the same time give you an opportunity of risking any questions you may wish me to answer. I remain Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, GEORGE HUNTER. Wellington, 24th November, 1875. TO THE ELECTORS FOR THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. fi ENTLEMEN— I have the honor to inform \IM you that it is my intention to offer myself for re-election as one of your Representatives in the General Assembly. My views on the more important questions of the day are known to most of you. I shall, however, ask you to give me an opportunity of addressing you before the day of nomination, [n the meantine, it may be sufficient for me to say, that I thoroughly approve of the abolition of the Provincial form of Govi-rnment, and that I am of opinion there should be but one Parliament, and one system of legislation for the whole Colony. I have the honor tb be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, EDWARD PEARCE. Wellington, 24th November, 1875. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE C£TY OF WELLINGTON. GENTLEMEN— At the request of several friends, I venture, to offer myself to you as a candidate for the representation of the City of Wellington in the next Parliament. I regret that Provincial Abolition, attecting as it did local Representative Institutions, was not first submitted to the free consideration of the people themselves at this general election. Changing circumstances require an entire change in Provincial Institutions. . Provincial legislation should' cease, and Province^ aw political States, should no longer exist. I believe, however, that for some time it will be advisable that administrative bodies with mom extended local functions than those of Municipal Councils and Road Boards, should be elected for suitable districts or counties. I am strongly opposed to the project of Four Provinces, or, in other terms, to Insular Separation with a so-called Federal Union. I prefer one Legislature and one united Colony, and throughout it localised self-administration of local affairs. It is scarcely necessary for me to state my general approval of the policy of Public Works and Immigration. I lament, however, the absence of an Important element of success, namely, the connection of the Immigrants with the settlement of the land. I trust that this serious defect may still, to some extent, be remedied. The purchase, by the Crown, of Native Lands for settlement, and the progress of railways and ¦ roads, should be prosecuted with vigor to the utmost extent of our means. Our Financial position is the most important question. The Colony suffers from unequal, improvident, and flurried Finance. A thorough reorganisation is imperatively demanded. Change in the incidence of taxation, reduction of expenditure, its more effective control by the Hpuse of Representatives, and frugal administration, are essential to the credit and the welfare of the* Colony. I am favorabfe to the introduction of the elective principle in the constitution of the Legislative Council. The Representation Act of last Session is very unfair to the City of Wellington. For the last five years this City has had one repre- • sentative less than it had previously; and during that time it has almost doubled its population. The inferior claims of other districts to additional representation was admitted last Session, and common justice required the restoration of this City, to its former position in the representative scale. I shall be ready, at any convenient time, to state in more detail my political views. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. GISBORNE. Wellington, 24tii November, 1875. .