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Otago Daily Times, Issue 6149, 24 October 1881, Page 1

For Sals C»3h advertisements nndor tliia h«u\ noli oiceodlt fourteen words, will bo cowrim .-■;: -'FENCE. ST. HILDA.—SECTION near Tramway (high an dry), £85-cheap.—Bryant ami i-.»u.hs, .Mora P'ttco--"OOTHESAY.—Threo-roomed HOUSE, large SEC JLii TION, £110—bargain.—Bryant and jSvam agents.SOUTH DUNEDIN.—Four-roomed COTTAGE an SECTION (good repair), £200.—Bryant an Evans. BURNSIDE. — Two-acre SECTION, £250; goo' property.—Bryant and Evans, Moray place. PROPERTIES placed on our books, FOR SALES o TO LETS, froo of charge-Bryant and Evans Moray place. T7IOR SALE, SECTION in Morton, 20 minutes'wall Jj to Morton School or Seaeliff School; 16 minutes walk to Omimi Railway-station. Thirty-eight acres well-watered, fenced, and subdivided ; few acrea ti crop, the rest in English grass.—Apply on the1 pre mites, Malcolm M'Lcan. 17< QMALL, FARM in East Taiorl, for Sale or to Let 3 with immediate entry.—Reid and Duncans. 21c FOR SALE or LEASE, FARM of upwards of 81 acres, with substantial "nine-roomed dwelling house, outbuildings, &c, and large orchard. Onlj three miles from Town.—Campbell Bros., Atho" place. 7c EOR SALE, new Five-roomed HOUSE, with Three Sections, Simnydalo. Trice, £400.— Andrew Hogg, Albert Buildings. -lc COTTAGE, beautiful 'Fruit Garden, f-acro, cheap Terms.—lso Randall street, Muroington. 22c Election TTotices. TO THE ELECTORS OF DUNEDIN WEST. pi ENTLEMEN,— I do myself the \3T honour to solicit your suffrages at the ensuing General Election for Members of tho House of Representatives. 1 shall take an opportunity prior to tho Election ol meeting you for the purpose of explaining my views on the various points which may claim consideration. 1 am, Gontlcmcn, Your obedient servant, 7o THOMAS PICKTO TUG ELECTORS OF DUNEDIN CITY EAST. pi ENTLEMEN,—I have the honour to \JC inform you that it is my intention to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for tho Representation ol your District in tho General Assembly. So soon as the Writs are issued, 1 will take an early opportunity of addressing you on tho various questions of the clay. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, LOo I. ABRAHAM. DUNEDIN CITY EAST. TO THE ELECTORS. Pi ENTLEMEN,—I bog to offer you my services aa your REPRESENTATIVE in tho Assembly. As soon as possible I will lay boforo you the principles ou which I ask your suffrages. Yours truly, 140 J. UPTON DAVIS. DUNEDIN CITY EAST. NORTH-EAST VALLEY SOHOOI, MONDAY, October 2dth, 7.30 p.m. MR J. UPTON DAVIS will address Electors. Committeo will bo formed at close. DUNEDIN CITY EAST. ■jl/f" E, M. W. GREEN will bo happy to MEET and ADDRESS tho ELECTORS of the above electoral district on FRIDAY, October 21st, in the North Duaedln Drillshcd. Tho Chair will bo takon at 8 o'clock p m. TO MR JAMES SEATON. WE, the Ondersigiied, Electors of the I'eniiißUla District, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to bo Nominated for tho above District; and wo pledge ourselves to uso every effort to secure your return.—Wo are, dear Sir, G. M'Brido 'Georgo Eliott David Stirling John Martin William Sutclitf Robert Stout Georgo Ilutchiugs .. And 70 others. Gentlemen,-I have great pleasure in acceding to your request to allow myself to be Nominated for the Peninsula District, and will take an early opportunity of meeting you to state my opinions un the various subjects likely to occupy public attention.- I am, Gentlemen, yours truly, JAS. SEATON. TO THE ELECTORS Ol' ran ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF R O S L V N. /~N ENTLEMEN, —I have received a VT requisition signed by a number of Electors inviting me to become a candidate for tho honour oi being your Representative, and I have also received promises of support otherwise. I have no desiro to re-enter Parliament, and havo repeatedly stated, in answer to inquiries, that I had no intention to take any stcpß towards that end, feeling that I could not do so without;t>ome sacrifico ol personal convenience as well as prejudice to my private affairs. But there are circumstances in which a senso of duty ought to impel a man to go outside of his own business, and to give attention to public interests. Wo have arrived at an important crisis in tho history ot the Colony, and it behoves every citizen to consider carefully what policy he should support. This weighs with mo in inducing me, in consequence of tho invitation 1 havo received, to reconsider my decision. Two opposing policies aro found in every free country. The one is known as tho laissez-faire, or do-nothing policy; tho other as the policy of progress, for New Zealand to stand still means ruin. I thereforo adopt a policy ot progress. First: As regards our local affairs. I find that I entertain opinions diametrically opposed to those of my honourable opponent Captain Scott. Between him and me it is therefore not a personal contest, but one of principle. At his meeting at Roslyn ou October 13th he is reported to havo said (see Morning Herald and Star, October 13th):—" In regard to tho largo blocks of land that were used as pastoral runs, they should bo careful how they interfered with existing things, as tho wool interest was a largo one, and it would be unwise to upsot that and give unstablo tenure." This sentence explains why a well-known gentleman, for many years tlio esteemed local agent of the largest absentee squatting firm in the Colony, is the gallant captain's political godfather. Now lam opposed to tho runs—tho leases of which aro about to expire—being re-leased as thoy aro at present held, and I deny that either the production of tho country or its prosperity will be prejudicially affected by all the runs being subdivided and opened up for Bottlcincnt. On the contrary, our increased production and our common prosperity aro dependont on our valuable public estato being no longer locked up in the hands of a few absentee capitalists. It is almost incredible that about 2000 square milca of the interior of Otago, comprising some of tho Unost agricultural land, is occupied by a few shepherds on behalf of three absentee companies or firms. These are the "existing that the land belongs to tho people in this Colony, who havo its burdens to boir, and I am prepared to support a bill to prohibit' absentees becoming lessees. Swch a measure would be in accordance with the principles of our prosout land law. Second: Immediate steps should be taken to promote tho prosperous settlement ot tho interior by tho vigorous prosecution of the Otago Cc7itral railway. Third: A hearty support and encouragement should bo.given to promote direct steam communication with Europe. The future prosperity of Dunedin and its suburbs, as well as the whole of Otago, is closely bound up in the speedy and j.niclical carrying out ot these measures. If tliia be admitted, something remains to be done to secure their being carried into effect, and that is— there muat be decentralisation. It is felt on all hands that tho present system will not do. We cannot perity should bo the sport of log-rolling at Wellington. Wo are able to manage our own affairs, and should do so. I am prepared, therefore, to support enlarged powt'M ol local government, and tho limitation of the powers of the central authority as far as possible. This is tho only true way to check misexpenditure and parliamentary jobbery and corrup tion. With radical decentralisation many benefits will be experienced. A smaller number <jf mombera of Parliament will be required to transact the diminishec busincES at Wellington ; fewer Ministers will be ne ccssary; a pruning of our Government stall will b< practicable ; and tho services of the Legislative Coun oil may be dispensed with. A reduction of outlay ol at least £100,000 per annum will be the beneflcia result, while our local matters will bo better attendee to, and satisfaction more widely diffused. Every parl of tho Colony will be taught to practise tho virtue o self-reliance, as the boroughs are obliged to do. The absurdity ot Centralism in a country so situated ai New Zealand ili shown by tho fact that we have tw< distinct systems ol railways, which never can be made ore nimagcd from Wellington, the management dis severed from tho locality in which tho principal rail way interests aro placed. My opinions on i,oeial questions are well known. : advocate law reform in its fullest extent, the adminis tration ot the law affecting tho liquor traffic bein( under the control of the people, and encouragemtiiv to local industry in every way which may be found ex pedient. When formerly a member ot the House o Representatives I carried the Contractors' Debts Act for the protection of workmen. The Act does not gc far enough, hut I wa3 thankful to get in tho thin edgi of thp wedge, and am prepared to apply for anothe instalment, until the Act is as complete as the Ameri eaii law upon ibi subject. I hope to tr.ke tui early oppprtunily of explain int.' mv views more fully, and in tho hjoan time request you to tive no pledges. If the opinion I havo expressed are not yours-If my proposals ar in your eyes premature—then I cannot be your Keprc «untntive. I do not ask you to return me because 1 ai one o< yourselves, or on personal grounds. I am cor tent "to remain in private life, satisfied to leave t time to bring about, a development which no consei vatiam can ultimately check. It you concur v ith m views and desire to soe them prevail, then I sha have pleasure in being your exponent in I'avllarnoui and in doing my best to forward jour happiness an prosperity in overy way in my power . i have the honour to be, Gentlemen,. .. • ■- Your most obedient servant, . 220 JOHN BATHGATE.