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Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3046, 21 May 1878, Page 3

— . Drapery. I NEW WINTER j DRAPERY. i i & Announce that they are, THIS DAY, OPENING 57 PACKAGES NEW SEASONABLE GOODS, COMPRISING— MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING Newest Shapes in MEN'S and BOYS' HATS GENERAL DEAPERY, and a Large Variety of MEN'S, LADIES', and CHILDREN'S BOOTS Also, the LATEST FASHIONS in— DRESS FABRICS SILKS LADIES' and CHILDREN'S JACKETS j I LADIES' & CHILDREN'S STRAW & FELT HATS 'SILKTIES LINEN and LACE SETTS, RIBBCNS FANCY DRESS BUTTONS FRINGES and TRIMMINGS One Gase FRENCH MILLIN3SB.Y BONNETS, Very Choice & Fashionable Styles. i , ==================_===_______. • i ■'"'■ '- : ' ■■ This VALUABLE SHIPMENT in addition to our former Latfge Importations, previously announced, makes our Stock unusually well-assorted in all departments, and, as all pur Shipments to hand this Season have opened out most satisfactorily, the goods being of a superior class, well bought, and Market! at Exceedingly LOW Prices, we have much pleasure in INVITING INSPECTION. Invoices tp hand, dated January 25th, of a FURTHER IMPORTANT SHIPMENT PROM LONDON, per s.s. "Durham," due i.\otice of which will be given on arrival. j =? BMITH & BARKLEY, j MAWHERA QUAY & MACKAY STREET.

Election Notice. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE GREY VALLEY DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN, In offering myself as your representative for the Grey Valley District in the General Assembly, I will, as shortly as possible lay my views before yo>i on the principal important measures which are likely to be brouKht before Parliament during the coming session. EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE AND ELECTORAL X.ISTRICT3. I am in accord with Sir George Grey and ; his party on tbis most important subject. I j believe that every man who contributes to ; the revenue of the Colony should have a : voice in its distribution, and therefore would \ support Sir George Grey in his proposal for j Manhood Suffrage. The present Electoral j Disfcriefc of the Grey Valley should have 1 three members. One for Greymouth and ; south to the. Teremakau j one tor the Grey, i Valley proper ; ana one for the lnangahua . District. This would be a fair distribution, { and oue that the importance of the districts \ deserves. j PUBLIC WORKS AND FURTHER BORROWING. It is impossible at this stage that New Zealand can stand still in the prosecution of its great Public Works. I would be strongly in favor of large borrowing powers being given to the Government for this purpose. Several lines of railway on the other side of the island want completing in order to make them a financial success ; and, more important even than that, is the construction 'of a rail v ay line to connect the East witb the West Coast of the Middle Island. This matter requires constant and unreuiitting energy on the part of your representatives. That this work would be a paying o'ae there can be no doubt. The construction of the line from Greymouth to connect with the Canterbury line offers no engineering difficulties whatever. Surveys have already been made which prove that if this great work was completed there would be a new era of prosperity in Etore for This part of New Zealand. Your coal mines could supply the whole of the Middle Island railways, as well as the Urge centres of population. A magnificent count y for settlement would be opened up ; our splendid forests would be come a mine of wealth ; settlement would rapidly spread, and, in ; fact, we should soon become a part of New Zealand, which we can hardly call ourselves at present. But, whilst urging on this great work, the port of Greymouth musfc as well be attended tb. We are aware thab all thafc is required to make Greymonth one of the most flourishing towns in New Zealand is an outlet for its produce, and that can be attained by the railway and harbor improvements. I would advocate that the Government either subsidise a tug boat, or have one of their ownforthe purpose of towing in and out free of charge. I look upon it as a Colonial work. County Councilsl think should be subsidised to the full amount of maintenance of main roads in addition to ordinary subsidy, and I would in for all rivers on mam linea being bridged. In this matter I have already taken an active part. FISCAL. I would support a land and property tax and ' considerably reduced duties on the necessaries of life, so as fco relieve the burden at present on the working olass in the Colony, This, I believe, can be done if land and property are made to contributa their fair share, and nothing more^to the revenue of the Colony. Ifc is absurd to say that at present it does so. The vast expenditure for public works, to which the working man