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Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1903, Page 2

i^^ BOUNO THE PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED rHIIllCft-K i« nothiiiff ho uiiivmsally comJ. mimed us NI'XSON. MOATM A CO.'S KKFRK.SHING- TKA, which, being Puro and Hijfh-urndo, onu hp H,vnnk with ndvauta^o nt all limos. PERTH DYEWORKS. A ROBERTSON, Dyer nnd Olonnor • (from Pnllar's, Dyors to tho Into Qucon, Perth, Scotland), notihesthut ho hns opened n brnnch in Nowtown. Goods Iqft thoro will rocoivo promiit attention. Branches— Colombo-slreot, Chriaiciiurch ; and Trttfnlgar-strcot, Nelson. Telephones 918. ' "nenvtownTioensing distriot. ' licensing committee elections TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NEWTOWN LICENSING DISTRICT. LADIES AND OKNTLEMJJN— Wo boyerally do ourselves tho honour df soHotting jour volua in Bupporb of our candidature for election to .hciiU on tho Licensing Bench for tlio Nowlown dlfclnct. Wo uro independent candidates, and not Early nominees ; and do not, on tho ono uud, ttaud 'plodgod to givo paramount consideration t'> tho interests of Iho " trado," nor, on tho ofhor (wad, uro wo diycipluJ of dostruclion, uiiniug with preconceived notions at iho annihilation of pmdogcii bestowed on tho community by law. Il is a principlo, happily rocognisod cm essential to our hborty and wull-bcing, that r.ll persons on whom anything in tho form of judicial responsibility may bo conferred, should hayo minds froo from ex(,i-orao pnrltttanahip in inspect of the issues on which they may, from timo to timo, bo called on lo deoido ; lent Iho tnoriU* of tlto en.-os; remitted to thoir judgment bo obscured by, and bocomo a bccrjfioo to pnrliawi soal. In olhor words, it ia v solf-ovidciit truth thnt frcodom fro-m strong bias in respect of any dobatabh) qmißtioii % iii>co«Hi;ry lo tcomo sound and impartial judgment ou it. ' Htvving oxprcnacd our.sclvc9 thus, it is not nccesepry llutt wo comment ' on tlio oxtromo viowa for and a^gaiimt tho "Liquor quoalion," which havo boon propounded on nmiiy ocensiona and in numerous placoH If honoured by being oloclod to Iho positions wo soi'k, wo aha.il strenuously endeavour to justify tlio conlldcnco of tlu clrctors. By way of briefly defining certain of our vi«>w«, in respect of which tho o|oclor.4 will probnblv dosiro to be satisfiod, wo havo to fitato that wo would insist on — M Strict complinnco with tho lnw. (b) No incroaso in Iho existing number «f licensor. (0) No nllcration in Iho positions of licensed houses— that is to Bay, transform from ono parl of Uio district to anothor part of it will not bo approved. (d) Gonornlly, tho rights of tho public being fully rocof»iiihod and protected, with rquitabfo conSidorntion heinpr oxlondod lo owners and licoiiFoO3 of hotol "property. Wo hnvo tho honour to ho, Ltu?io« nnd Gentlemen, Your obedient wrynnts, A. H. FUr.LFORD, AUf. PERIUN. 11. 11. IIAYWARD, M. It. M'CARTnY •I^MRS R. PATTERSON. nU'IT LICKNMNG COMAUxTEE ELECTION. REFORM TICKET. TO THE ELECTORS. LADIES nnd GENTLEMEN-Wo wish to intimate that wo aro Candidates for tho pop i I ion of Licensing Committee -for tho Hull District. Wo aro, yours rospoctfully— S. V. BURRIDGE, Potono. J. P. DALTON, Upper Hutt. B. LYNNKBKRG, Kuiwnrra. 0. STRAND,, Lowor Hutt. J. WAKBHAM, Wainui. ' TO TIIE ELECTORS OF WELLINGTON LICENSING DISTRICT. ,T ADIES AND GENTLEMEN-I havo ! JL- tho lvonour to announoo mysolf as an indopondont candidate I owo allegiance to neither Prohibitionist* nor Liquor Party. I am outtroly unbiased and free lo do my duly according to Iho requirements of tho law aud jny own coiißciunco. Every elector enq with pprfoct confldonco rocora thoir voto in my favour, and if oleoted I plodgo myself to act in a judicial, impartial, and foarlau mannor. Elootora, I nppoul to you. You can roly on mo. Yours truly, V. JENSEN. LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTION. TO THI3 ELECTORS OP %HE NEWTOWN ELECTORAL AJSU LICENSING DISTRIOT. IAffIES AND GENTLEMEN— A« tho J timo for tho triennial oloction of a Liconxiii({ Coininitloo la close at hand, tho mnttnr calls for thu piompt and surious atlonlion of tho Eloolors. Tho frionds of "The Liquor Trudo" hftvo succeeded in upsolting tho oloar vordjol of thu pooplo coiißtiliitionally rondorcd at tho rnoont Local Option Poll, nnd so under tho prosont circumstances trio RJcotora limvo to elect a Liran&hig Committeo on tho nssumpl'ion Hint liocnscH may bo legally granted: nnd tho uuertion for tho Electors to decido ia whether uomincca of "Tho Liquor Trude' 1 or the representatives of tho pooplo nro to control tho administration of tho lnw. Wa havo Iho honour to gtnnd for tho scrviqo of tho people in ordor to secure nn honost nud impartial administration of tho law, and wo confidently uppoal toyou to pluco us, by your voice, in a position lo do so in your namo and on your behalf. Wo nro pledged to no other plntform. Wo iitnnd for no other party than tho people — our follow-oloctors — wnoao representatives wo shall cntocin il an honour lo becomo, mid whosio paramount inloroeta wo nro resolved to defend. Wo are, Ladios and Gonllemon, Faithfully in your service, GEORGE BOND EDWARD COLLTK. ROmORT M'KKNZIE. ALEX. J. RAND. JAMES REID.