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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 94, 19 October 1881, Page 4

A R T UNION.! 200 Members at 53 Each. Part of the proceeds to be devoted to the ORGAN FUND, Of it. James's Church, Lower Hutt. First Prize. — Very Handsome Screen, made by Mrs. Stilling, valued £10 Second Prize.— Pair Oleographs, handsome gilt frames, valued ... £10 £50 Prizes on view and Tickets obtainable at .ROBERT HOLLIDAY AND CO., Stationers, Lambton Quay, Wellington. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TE ARO DISTRICT. /"i ENTLEMEN— In response to numerous V7T inquiries I intend to solicit your support at the coming election for the House of ivepresontativea, and in order to save time I come directly before you professing my opinions. I am not the nominee of any bank, or any firm, or any person. We are at a crisis in the history of the colony, and a momentous issue is committed to the decision of tho electorates. Four subjects force themselves into prominence, namely, Taxation, Land, Immigration, and Local Industries. For tho existing unequal Bystem of indirect taxation I would gradually substitute : — 1. A Land Tax in a graduated or progressive form, but modified in favor of productive holdings of moderate extent. 2. A tax on incomes exceeding a minimum, to be fixed by Act. 3. A small export duty on wool. I concider tho Property Tax unjust, inexpedient, discouraging to capital, and absolutely fatal to the rise of local indnFtries — the prime want of Wellington. I disapprove the system of free pauper immigration, but would hold out inducements to the influx of Bmall capitalist farmers. In' Teased productive occupation of our lands is absolutely essential to the continued solvency of the colony ; and without thia increase the North Island is now politically at the mercy of the youth. 'Iho ultimate is3ue of existing taxation, if continued, must Ye the disappearance of the middle cla=B — a calamity political, economic, and Bocial. I approve the present system of primary education, but the Act requires modification, and is too expensively administered. I disapprove special taxation of our Civil Sorvants. I shall take an early opportunity of personally explaining my principles. J. H. SHAW. Ist October, 1981. TO THE ELECTORS OF TE ARO. /~i ENTLEMtfN,— Ibeg to inform you that I am a candidate for tho honour of representing you in Parliament, and I shall on an early occasion fully explain to you my political opinions. Tho large and influential requisition lately presented to me encournges me to solicit your support with some degrea of onfidence, and if elected I shall do my utmost to prove worthy of so great a trust. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, CHAS. J. JOHNSTON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THORNDON ELECTORAL DISTRICT. /GENTLEMEN— I have the honor to 'Or inform you that I shall be a candidate for the representation of your district at the coming election, end in soliciting your suffrages, I trust that my past acts as a public man justify me in asking your support and the continuance of the confidence bo generoußly reposed in me during the time I have represented the City of Wellington. In the event of your placing mo in the position to which I aspire, you may rely on my every effort beicg devoted to the advancement of your interests and the progress and prosperity of this city, with which I have been all my life identified I am, Gentlemen, Your 3 faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 24th September. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. f^i ENTLEMEN,— The new Representation \JT Act having now received the Governor's a33ent, I shall shortly be compelled to hand back to you the trust you have confided to my keeping for the past two yoars. While I much regret the voico of Parliament has decided that the unity of the city constiuencies is to be disturbed, I yet hope to b:selected to serve tho electoral district of Thorndon in tho next Asscmb.y, and, in the event of my election, I shall none the less devote my energies, as hitherto, to the advancement of the city as a whole. No words that I can ueo would give adequate expression to my feelings of gratitude ior the consideration I have invariably experienced at your hands, and I shall ever entertain a warm recollection of the confidence reposed in me during the time I have had the honour of representing you. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 24th September, 1881. TO THti ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. f^i ENTLEMEN— At the request of my friends I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the seat in the new Parliament as tho representative for the Hutt electorate. At an early date I propose to state my views on the great questions of the day. My endeavonr will be in the future, as it has been in the past, to promote the welfare and progress of the colony in general, and of the electorate in particular. Yours faithfully, THOMAS MASON. Taita, 23rd Sept., 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. ENTLEMEN — I have the honor to vJT solicit your suffrages as a candidate for the seat in Parliament at your disposal. I trust shortly to have the pleasure of meeting you in various parts of tho District, when I will explain the political opinions that I entertain, and sketch out before you tho course of action that I intend to pursue if returned aa your representative. I am, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, HKNRY JACKSON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. S~^ ENTLEMEN,— I am a Candidate for the \J( honor of representing your district in Parliament, and hope to have your support at the election. I purpose visiting the chief centres in your district, to declare my views on political matters, at an early date. Yours obediently, A. K. NEWMAN. Hawkeatone-atreet, Wellington. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. /GENTLEMEN.— Some yeara ago I had vTT the honor to contest tho iJanawatu seat with tho present Postniaster-Goneral, and, although defeated, I obtained a substantial majority of votes in the settlements now included within the new Electoral District of Foxton. On thanking my supporters for this expression of confidence, I promised to offer myself again on some f nture occasion, lhe approaching General Election affords me that opportunity, and I have now to announoe myself a candidate for the honor of representing your district in the new Parliament. It is my intention, before the election, to visit the various centres of population for the purpose of explaining to you fully my viewß on the leading questions of the day ; and, in the event of my being returned, it will be my earnest aim at all times to prove mj self deserving of tho confidence and support which I now so iuit. I am, Gentlemen, Yonra faithfully, WALTER L. BULLER. Wellington, 2oth Sept., 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OP THE FOXTON DISTRICT. f^i ENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the request of a large number among you, I beg to announce that I am again a candidate for your votes. I entertain the same opinion as on the last occasion, when I received from you so much support. I propose to visit personally every part of the district. CHARLES B. IZARD. 26th September, 1851. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FoXTON DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN— At the request of numerous electors, I venture to offer myself as a candidate for the Foxton seat in the new farliament. I shall have the honor of stating my political views to the electors at meetings, to be held on early dates, of which due notice will be given. 1 I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WM. FRANCE.