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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1480, 18 November 1881, Page 1

Electoral Notices. To the Eleotors of the East Coast Electoral Distriot. f~l ENTLEMEN,— I beg to announce VU~ my intention of contesting the forthcoming Election. I do so from a feeling held by a large number of the electors iv common with myself, that t)»« personal interests of three of the candidates already in the field, are so identical with each other, of such magnitude, and, at the same time so thoroughly antagonistic to the best interests of the electorate, that this important constituency cannot be faithfully represented im Parliament by the return of any one of them. In a district like this, where, from the peculiar complication of the Native land laws, almost every man, except, indeed, the largest capitalist, is virtually excluded from acquiring land no matter how small the area desired, it cannot he to our individual interest, nor to thu interest of the Colony as a whole, to have it represented in Parliament by a large land speculator, or by one, whose pecuniary interests are bound up with an association of capitalists for acquiring iv a wholesale manner, large tracts uf country along the East Coast to bo locked up for years. The individual prosperity of the district, it is patont to us all, must depend on the wise legislation to be enacted for the simplification of the Native land laws. The conflicting interests at the present time existing here, are of a twofold character: There is the interest of ono section of the community — a section numerically insignificant, but financially powerful, to whose present advantage it is to retard whatever tends to promote settlement, or the opening our. of the country, until suoh time as they have secured complete title to the largo blocks of land now being purchased by them from the Native owners. Whatever contributes to the present; prosperity of the district, directly or indirectly, increases the cost of such lauds to the detriment of the persons now buying. The poorer the district, can be kept, the less money permitted to circulate in it, the less labour employed, the greater the necessity of the Natives to realize upon their lap «, aud greater the protit hereafter to be reaped by the earth-hungry speculators. But how different is it with the interests of the other section of the community, of which every working man in the district forms an unit. That section of the community, whose whole prosperity is bound up with the opening up of the country, with the development of its resources, and the location of the people on the land. For years the district has lonised with the hope that a law would be passed that would enable the people to acquire settled homes, free from all prospect of future litigation— a law thht would enable every Maori land-owner in the district to have his individual portion of land sub-divided, and hehd free from all tribal difficulties. Such a law, while bringing total extinction upon land speculators and land rings generally, if passed, would enable the mm of small means who has to rely on his manual labor, to compete in proportion to his savings, in acquiring a plot of land, as a home for himself and hit family. If you do me the honor to elect me, I would pledge myself to have a law passed that would remove the barrier that has so long stood in the way of persons of ordinary industry obtaining land in tbis district. I am altogether opposed to any return to the old form of Provincialism. lam opposed to the waste lands of the Crown iv this district being administered by Boards located cither in Auckland or Hawke's Bay. Upon the other public questions affecting this district and now engaging your attention, I will in due time avail myself of the privilege of making my views fully known. I am Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, 508 M. J. GANNON^ To the Electors of the East Coast Electoral District /^1 ENTLEMEN,— I have to announce to you that is my intention to offer myself for your suffrages at the ensuing General Elections. I shall take an early opportunity of acquainting you with my political views. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, SAMUEL LOCKE. Napier, 20th August, 1881. 221

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