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Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3043, 17 May 1878, Page 3

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Election Notice. fIEEY VALLEY ELECTION. VT TO THE ELECTORS OF THE GREY VALLEY DISTRICT. Gentlemen-, — ■ 1 have the honor i«o offer myself as a Candidate for the Representation of the Grey Valley iv the General Assembly. As the approaching session is likely to be of more than usual importance, owing to the Constitutional reforms which the present Government have undertaken to introduce, it is necessary that the views of any Candidate should, upon these and other questions, be explicity stated. I may, therefore, announce that I come forward in the interests of that Liberal Party, which acknowledges Sir George Grey as its leader, and whose object it is to so reform the legislation and the administration that equal rights, equal privileges, and a fair and equitable distribution of the taxation of the Colony, may be conferred upon the inhabitants of New Zealand. To this end the extension of the Franchise, po that every adult male may exercise a* vote after a limited residence in the Colony ; the re-adjustment of the Representation so that all parts of the Colony may be properly represented; shorter Parliaments ; and a definite plan for the payment of members, will largely contribute, and measures to their effect will have my support. Whilst I doubt that the financial circumI stances of the Colony, and the demands for the continuance of Public Works, will for some considerable time permit any reduction in the ordinary taxation, I should ass.st in any measure which whilst on the one hand relieving the taxation of the working classes, would make landed property contribute its fair share to the burdens of the Colony. The efforts of Sir George Grey to procure the passage of a Land Law which will make the possession of land as easy to the working class£B for the purpose of settlement, as to the rich capitalists for the purpose of speculation, would have my hearty support. . Upon the subject of Education, whilst I should oppose any disturbance of the National and unsecbarian character of the State schools, it cannot be overlooked that there is a large minority of our fellow-subjects who entertain strong religious convictions which, except in special cases, prevent their availing themselves of th : se schools, and as they contribute an equal share of the general taxation of the Colony, it is my opinion, that to ensure the peace, order, and good Government of this Colony, some reasonable concession should be made in their behalf, and I, for one, would Eupport such a compromise as this :— Say, for instance, that where a Catholic school of sufficient importance numerically, and which, upon State in.spection, reaches the average of efficiency, the managers of such school shall receive a sum per head of the children pro rata to tlie average cost of each child in the