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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 97, 22 October 1881, Page 4

ART UNION. 200 Members at 5s Each. Part of the proceeds to be devoted to the ORGAN FUND, Of St. Jameß's Church, Lower Hntt. First Prize. — Very Handsome Screen, made by Mrs. btilling, valued £40 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. /"N ENTLEMEN— In response to numerous \^ inquiries I intend to solicit your support at the coming election for the House of Representatives, and in order to 6ave time I come direct'y before you professing my opinions. I am not tho 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 syßtem 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 tho 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. Increased productive occupation of our land a is absolutely essential to the continued solvency ot the colony ; and without thia increase the North Island is now politically at the mercy of the South. The ultimate issue of existing taxation, if continued, must te 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, 1881. TO THE ELKCTORS OF TE ARO. /"N ENTLEMEN,— I beg 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 largo and influential requisition lately presented to mo 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 faithfully, CHAS. J. JOHNSTON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THORNDON ELECTORAL DISTRICT. fH ENTLEMEN— I have tho honor to \X inform you that I shall be a candidate for the representation of your district at tho coming election, nnd in soliciting your suffrages, I trust that my past act 3as a public man justify mo in asking your Bupport and the continuance of the confidence so generously reposed in me during tho timo I have represented the City of Wellington. In the event of your placing me in the position to which I aspire, you may rely on my every effort being devoted to the advancement of your interests and the progress and prosperity of thia 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. f^i ENTLEMEN,— The new Representation \J( Act having now received the Governor's assent, I shall shortly bo 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 constiuencioa ia to be disturbed, I yet hope to bn selected to serve tho electoral district of Thorndon in the next Assembly, 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 use 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 mo 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. fH ENTLEMEN— At the request of my friends I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the seat in tho new Parliament as the representative for the Hutt electorate. At an early date I propoao to state my views on the great questions of the day. My endoavoar will be in the future, as ifc 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. f^i ENTLEMEN — I have the honor to KM solicit your suffrages as a candidate for the seat in Parliament at your disposal. I trust shortly to havo tho pleasure of meeting you in various parts of tbe District, when I will explain the political opinions that I entertain, and sketch out before you the oourse of action that I intend to puraue if retnrned as your representative. I am, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, HKNRY JACKSON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. /"N ENTLEMEN,— Iam a Candidate for the KM honor of representing your district in Parliament, and hope to have your Bupporfc 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-street, Wellington. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. f^i ENTLEMEN.— Some yeara ago I had KM the honor to contest the Manawatu seat with the present Postmaster-General, and, although defeated, I obtained a substantial majority of votes in tho Bettloment3 now included within the new Electoral District of Foxton. On thanking my supporters for this expreasion of confidence, I promised to offer myself again on some future occasion, 'ihe approaching General Election affords me that opportunity, and 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 election, to visit the various centres of population for the purpose of explaining to you fully my views on the leading questions of tho day ; and, in the event of my being returned, it will be my earnest aim at all times to prove myself deserving of the confidence and support which I now solicit. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, WALTER L. BULLER. Wellington, 26th Sept., 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. r^i ENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the requeat 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 j received from you co much support. I pro- | pose to visit personally every part of the district. CHARLES B. IZARD. 26th September, 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN— At tbe request of numerous electors, I venture to offer myself as a candidate for the Foxton seat in the new Parliament. I Bhall have the honor of stating my political views to the electors at meetings, to bo held on early dateß, of which due notice will be given. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WM, FRANCE.