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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11347, 16 April 1900, Page 8

; Electoral- . . Election, of a -member of house of REPRESENTATIVES. r !:■.T"V • r • • CITY OF AUCKLAND ELECTORATE. • ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. NOTICE OF POLLING DAY. . •;>' • P. : In pursuance of the Electoral Act, 1893, and Its Amendments, \' I JOHN KING, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of City : of Auckland, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ bearing data'the twelfth day "of April, 1900, under the hand of the Clerk of the Writs, an Election will he hold for the return of ONE (1) qualified person to, serve as a Member for the said District; and that, the latest day for receiving Nomination of Candidates will be WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of April, 1900; and that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken at the several Polling-places of the said District, on FRIDAY, the 27th day of April, instant. • i i ■ Every Man desirous of becoming a Candidate must bo Nominated by not less vluui Two Electors of the District by a, Nomination Paper as prescribed by Section ■ Seventy-fivo of the Electoral Act, 1893, r delivered to tho Returning Officer not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 18th day of April. 1900, at my Offico, Government Insurance Buildings, Queen-street, Auckland. The following are the Polling-places for tho Electoral District of City of Auckland, THE DRILL SHED (Principal)— Rutland . ■! r ST. JAMES'S HALL, Wellington-street. THE PONSONBY HALL, Jervois Road. ST. BENEDICT'S HALL, Gladstone-street. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Great North Road. CENTRAL MISSION HALL, Albert-street. NEWTON WEST PUBLIC SCHOOL, Archhill. "''"'v,.'. Nomination Papers can bo obtained on application. . ' . . '-. ' i JOHN KING, v .Returning Officer. Dated this 12tli day of April, 1900. THE QITY Jj LECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF. AUCKLAND CITY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.- ' The lamented death of Mr. Crowther, your late Member, having caused a Vacancy in tho Representation of the City, I have consented, at the urgent request of many friends, to offer myself as a Candidate for your suffrages. As I was the highest of the unsuccessful Candidates at the Poll in the recent General Elections, my friends consider that it is my duty to again enter the contest, especially as it was the first and only defeat that I have sustained in my public eii'reer in Auckland, embracing. a period, of 13 years. Having only a few weeks ago addressed you in every part of the Electorate on tho political questions of tho day, I do not now propose to occupy your time with a repetition of those addresses,. but I propose to say a few words through the medium of the Press. I havo remained a'faithful Liberal over since I entered politics—faithful to my party, and ever working for its best interests. Were that not so I would not now have the hearty support of the leaders of the Liberal Party, which fact speaks for itself. I have not only worked hard on behalf of my party, but I have worked hard in the • interests of Auckland. During the last Parliament in which I had the honour to represent you ' I was largely instrumental in getting some measure of justice to Auckland. '. The appropriation votes for this Province were increased by upwards of a quarter of a million, and there was a large expenditure on Public Works. I also piloted the Auckland Loan Bill through tho House without any cost' whatever to the city, whilst tho previous one cost £250 to get through. I did my best to secure the completion of tho North Island Trunk Line, and the various railway lines in different parts of the Province; the opening up of the lands for settlement in the King Country; the placing of the San Francisco Mail Service on a better footing, including a five or seven years' contract, with Auckland as the port of call. I was ono of the original promoters of technical education in Auckland, ' having been on the Council ever since it was inaugurated. I assisted Sir Maurice O'Rorke last session to get the annual voto for technical education in Auckland continued until Parliament passes tho Technical Education Bill.

If elected, I shall give a general support to the present Government, and continue to advocate the needs of this part of tho colony, especially with regard to tho 'Frisco Mail Service, the completion of the North Island Trunk Railway, Technical Education, and other important measures. -/1 shall again support the Old Age Pensions Scheme when it comes before Parliament for renewal. In respect to the Labour. measures, they will receive my most careful attention. Any measure that I am convinced will prove beneficial to the workers will have my hearty support. A reform in Local Government is necessary, and I shall support the Government in their efforts to secure such a desirable reform. The defence of the colony, and the encouragement of Volunteers are also matters that require immediate attention. The war in the Transvaal has brought prominently before us the necessity for seeing to our defences in case of any European complications. I consider that.the Volunteers have not been fairly treated in the past; they have always been at a great disadvantage, and that was the reason volunteering in. the colony sank to a very low ebb. / I will do my best to alter this by urging upon the Government tho necessity of devoting more money to the equipment and maintenance of tlio Volunteer Corps 1 throughout Now Zealand, giving encouragement to our Volunteers by improving their riflo ranges, giving ammunition at a greatly reduced rate, and doing away with the heavy expense which the Volunteers have now to bear in order to mako themselves efficient, ' : Unfortunately at present my business takes mo away from Auckland, and ,1 shall be unable to take such an active part in the Election as I could wish. I must -therefore place myself entirely in the hands, of the electors, and I shall be content to abide by their verdict. If those opposed to my candidature attempt to . take advantage of my absence by circulating false statements. concerning me, I shall take the first opportunity of placing myself right with th'a eleotors: but in the event of the information of any misstatements not, reaching me in time, I feel confident that you will treat such statements as they deserve, and tho t. yon will not overlook the services I have/ rendered to the City, and the fact that I havo lived for upwards of 40 years in Auckland (during the last 13 years of which I have hold,' important public positions), without anyovio being able to cast the shadow of reproach upon my' character. It has been stated by some of my political opponents that I do not give long speeches in Parliament, and that I do not speak often enough. I havo yet to learn that the most loquacious member is tho most useful or farseeing representative for . a constituency. My opinion is that there are already too many " long-winded" speakers in tho Ilonse, and that the progress of Parliamentary business is often retardod thereby. Indeed, 1 might confidently assort that if all tho members were conspicuous < for > their verbosity of speech, the business oftho country would be almost entirely blocked. But I can scarcely blame members indulging in the art of "padding" itheir speeches, if, as in my case, it is considered a crime by some electors that lam not a great talker. Whenever I have spoken in Parliament I have endeavoured to confino myself to the subject under discussion, and not to wander away from it in order to make a long speech, and " show up well" in Hansard. Short and clear speeches are infinitely better to my mind than long ones, and I think that only the acknowledged, leaders of tho political parties should take up.the time of the-House with long orations. > >

In conclusion, I may nrco; that tho real test of a good representative in that of honesty of purpose, and I claim that I have been true. and honest to all tho pledges I gave my constituents prior to my election. No one has been able to charge mo with any dereliction of duty, or any broken pledge, and if the electors again -repose their trust in me i shall continue true to tho Liberal Party and to my Constituents. I have tho honour to bo, 1 Ladies and Gentlemen,' - Your most Obedient Sorvant, . . , J. J. HOLLAND. J. J. HOLLAND'S COMMITTEE ROOM.' DARBY-STREET, will be OPEN DAILY from 9.30 to 6 p.m., SATURDAY until 1 p.m., where Rolls may ,bo Inspected, and all informs tion obtained. ,'f /, i MR, J. J. HOLLAND IS ''THE NOMINEE OP , ; . (THE GOVERNMENT,