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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 95, 20 October 1881, Page 4

< A R T UNION. 200 Members at 5s Each. Part of the proceeds to be devoted to the ORGAN FUND, Of St. Jamea'a Church, Lower Hutt. FIRST Prize. — Very Handsome {¦"Teen, made by ifra. Stilling, valued ... ... ... £41) Second Pbize.— Pair Oleographs, handsome gilt frames, valued ... .£lO £50 Prizes on view and Tickets obtainable at HOBERT HOLLIDAY AND CO., Stationers, Lambton Quay, Wellington . TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TE ARO DISTRICT. |^< ENTLEMEN— In response to numerous \IW inquiries I intend to solicit your support at the coming election for the House of X epresentativea^ 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 the electorates. Four subjects force themselves into prominence, namely, Taxation, Land, Immigration, and Local Industrie?. For th 9 existing unequal sy3tem 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 consider the Property Tax unjust, inexpedient, discouraging to capital, and absolutely fatal to the rise of local industries — the prime want of Wellington. I disapprove the system of free pauper immigration, but would hold out inducements to the influx of small capitalist farmers. In-.-reassd productive occupation of our lands is absolutely essential to the continued solvency of the colony ; and without this increase the North Island is now politically at the mercy of the South. The ultimate issue of existing taxation, if continned, must Ye the disappearance of the middle class — a calamity political, economic, and social. 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 Servants. I shall take an early opportunity of personally explaining my principles. J. H. SHAW. Ist October, 1381. TO THE ELECTORS OF TE ARO. /^JENTLEMKN,— Ibeg to inform you that I am a candidate for the honour of representing you in Parliament, and I shall on an early occasion fully explain to you my political opinions. The large and influential requisition lately presented to me encourages me to solicit your support with some degree of confidence, and if elected I shall do my utmost to prove worthy of so great a trust. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfnlly, CHAS. J. JOHNSTON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THORNDON ELECTORAL DISTRICT. f^ ENTLEMEN— I have the honor to \IW inform you that I shall be a candidate for the representation of your district at the coming election, and in aolic ting your suffrages, 1 trust that my past acts as a public man justify me in asking your support and the continuance of the confidence co generously reposed in me during the time I have represented the City of Wellington. in the event of your placing m» in the position to which I aspire, you may rely on my every effort bei'g 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, Yours faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 24th September. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. /""I ENTLEMEN,— The new Representation VUT Act having now received the Governor's assent, I shall shortly be compelled to hand back to you the trust you have confided to my keeping for the past two years. While I much regret the voice of Parliament has decided that the unity of the city constiaencies is to be disturbed, I yet hope to b^ selected to serve the electoral district of Thorndon in the next and, in the event of my eleotion, I bhall none the less devote my energies, as hitherto, to the advancement of the city aa a whole. No words that I can use wouH give adequate expression to my feelings of gratitude tor the consideration I have invariably ex. perienced at your hands, and I shall ever entertain a, warm recollection of the confidence reposed in me during the timo I have had the honour of representing you. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 24th September, 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. fi ENTLEMEN— At the request of my friends I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the seat in the new Parliament a3 the representative for the Hutt electorate. At an early date I propose to state my views on the great questions of the day. My endeavour will be in the future, a3 it ha 3 been in the past, to promote the welfare and progress of the colony in general, and of the electorate in particular. Yours faithfullr, THOMAS MASON. Taita, 23rd Sept., 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. fi ENTLEMEN — I have the honor to VjT solicit your suffrages as a candidate for the teat in Parliament at your disposal. I trust shortly to have the pleasure of meeting you in various parts of the District, when I will explain tho political opinions that I entertain, and Bketch out betora you the course ot action that I intend to pursue if returned as your representative. I am, Gentlemen, Youra very faithfully, HbNRY JACKSON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. f^ ENTLEMEN,— I am a Candidate for the VX honor of representing your district in Parliament, and hope to have yonr 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. Hawkestone-streof, Wellington. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN.— Some years ago I had the honor to contest the Aianawatu seat with the present Postmaster-General, and, although defeated, I obtained a substantial majority of votes in the settlements now incluaed within the new Electoral District of Foxton. On thanking my supporters for this expression of confidence, I promised to offer myself again on some future occasion. 'Ihe approaching General Election affords me that opportunity, a>jd I have now to announce myself a candidate for the honor of representing your district in the new Parliament. It is my intention, before the eleefcien, to visit the various cantros of population for the purpose of explaining to you fully my view 3on the leading 1 questions of tho day ; and. in the event of my being returned, it will be my earnest aim at all times to prove injself deserving of the confidence and support which I now so icit. 1 am, Gentlemen, Youra faithfully, WALTER L. BULLER. Wellington, 2tsth Sept., 1831. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. GENTLKMEN",-In compliance with the request of a large number among you, I beg to announce that I am again a candidate for your votea. 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, 1831. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FuXTON DISTRICT. f^i ENTLEMEN —At the request of VX numerous electors, I venture to offer myself as a Candidate for the Foxton seat in the now Parliami nc. I shall have the honor of stating my political views to tho electors at meetings, to be held on early dates, of which due notice will be given I haTe the honor to be, Gentlemen, Yonr obedient servant, v WM. FRANCE.