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Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3047, 22 May 1878, Page 3

Drapery. NEW WINTER DRAPERY. SMITH & BARKLEY 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 DRAPERY, 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 LADIES' & CHILDREN'S STRAW & FELT HATS SILK TIES LINEN and LACE SETTS, RIBBCNS FANCY DRESS BUTTONS FRINGES and TRIMMINGS One Case FRENCH MILLINERY BONNETS, Very Choice & Fashionable Styles. This VALUABLE SHIPMENT in addition to our former Large Importations, previously announced, makes our Stock unusually well-assorted in all departments, and, as all our Shipments to hand this Season, have opened out most satisfactorily, the goods being of a superior class, -well bought, and Marked at Exceedingly LOW Prices, we have much pleasure in INVITING INSPECTION. «g" Invoices to hand, dated January 25th, of a FURTHER IMPORTANT SHIPMENT FROM LONDON, per s.s. " Durham," due notice of which will he given on arrival. SMITH & BARKLEY, MAWHERA QUAY & MACKAY STUEET.

Election Notice. £ i TO THE ELECTORS OF 'CHE GREY * VALLEY DISTRICT. j GENTLEMEN, ] In offering myself as your representative 1 for the Grey Valley District in the General ] Assembly, I will, as shortly as possible lay ] my views before you on the principal im- '. portant measures which are likely to be brouKht before Parliament during the coming session. EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE AND ELECTORAL I.ISTJBICT3. I am in accord with Sir George Grey and his party on tbis most important subject. I believe that every man who contributes to the revenue of tne Colony should have a voice in its distribution, and therefore would support Sir George Grey in his proposal for Manhood Suffrage. The present Electoral District of the Grey Valley should have three members. One for Greymouth and south to the Teremakau ; one tor the Grey Valley proper ; and one for the luangahua District. This would be a fair distribution, and one that the importance of the districts deserves. PUBLIC WORKS AND PtTRTHER 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 ia order to make them a financial. success ; and, more important even than that, is the construction of a railway line to connect the East with the West Coast of the Middle Island. This matter requires constant and unremitting energy on the part of your representatives. That this work would be a paying one 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 alreany been made which prove that if thiß gn :afc work was completed there would be anew era of prosperity in store for this part of New Zealand. Your coal mines could sup ply the whole of the Middle Island railways , as well as the Urge centres of population. A magnificent count y for settlement wouJ d be opened up ; our splendid forests woulf [be come a mine of wealth ; settlement t could 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, lib c port of Greymouth must as well be atten ded to. We are aware that all that is rpqt dred to make Greymouth one of the most fbj' arishing towns in New Zealand ia an outlet txt c its produce, and that can be attained by the railway and harbor improvements. I • we uld advocate that the Government eithei .- st) bsidise a tug boat, or have one of their ow nfo rthe purpose of towing in and out free <jf d large. I look upon it as a Colonial work. County Councils I think should be su bsidia ed to the full amount of maintenance of. main roads in addition to ordinary subsidy, aDd I would go in for all rivers on mam lin es beine; bridged. In this matter I have already taken an active part. FISCAI, I would support a land and. prope. rty tax and considerably reduced duties c n the necessaries of life, so as to relieve th c burden at present on the working claBS in the Colony. This, I believe, can be done i t land and property are made to contribute their fair share, and nothing more, to tbe xtn 'enne of the Colony. Ifc is absurd to say t.-i at at present it does so. The vast expend iter c for public works, to which the working, man