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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1495, 7 December 1881, Page 3

Electoral TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EAST COAST. /~^ ENTLEMEN— Mine being the first yjT platform address at the present election, placed me in the position of mover of a resolution with » right of reply, which right I intend to exercise, and respectfully request you to meet me at McFarlane's Hall on THURSDAY, the Bth inst., at 7.30 p.m., when I propose reviewing the situation before goinjj to the poll. I am, Yours most faithfully, T. W, PORTER. Gisborne, ■ ■ sth Dec, 1881. ' l >< THE REASON WHY ALL HANDS SHOULD VOTE FOR PORTER. IST.— He is an old and tried servant of the Government, and more particularly of the people of the B-iy. 2nd. —He has no scissors to grind on his own account. 3rd.— He is the most independent man of the lot. 4th.— He won't sell his constituency for a mess of pottage. sth.— He won't join any Southern cliques to the injury of his own constituency. Gth. — He is an honest man. W. S. GREENE, Kaiariki. December sth. 797 ELECTORS, VOTE FOR LOCKE"OECAUSE he is a PRACTICAL -*- ' MAN, and his interests are bound up with yours. HE has no fads, nor land-leaguing tendencies ; he is unquestionably straightforward, and aa a business man has been successful in his own concerns, thereby proving that he is a man who will equally aa well attend to your interests. HE is a supporter of the Hall Ministry, the only Ministry which has honestly and consistently endeavored to effect reform, even at the expense of their popularity. Undoubtedly they will be returned with an increased majority, and it will therefore ill-become 113 to give them a slap in the face by returning an Opposition candidate, who, whatever may be his qualifications, is at enmity with the only Government which has, without solicitation on the part of our late representative, placed sums on the estimates for the opening up of our v district, and expressed • themselves (as will be seen by Uamard) in favor of the construction of a Breakwater at the Colonial expense, thus relieving property-owners of the rating which would have been inflicted on them had the Gisborne Harbor Bill been carried. HE holds out no promises other than those which he has tho ability and the willingness to fulfil, and from fiist to last he has conducted the electioneering campaign in an honorable way, giving a hearing to his opponents, and endeavoring to convince them by arguments based on reason, and not by the noise and clamor which invariably meet any person who has the hardihood to oppose the views of the Grey candidate. 80S FELLOW ELECTORS! ~TF you desire a Member to represent -*- you in the Assembly, who will support the present Ministry, and who will gain their support in return, do not throw your chances away by SPLITTING VOTES, And so allowing an avowed opponent to the Governmentjto slip in. By uniting your votes you will be -4 studying your own best interests. There are three candidates who are in'favor of Ministers and their measures ; by dividing your votes— some of them being given to one candidate, and some to another — you will certainly fail to return any one of them. Therefore, VOTE FOR THE STRONGEST MAN, One who, if returned, will be the most influential in the House, and who will not fail to show that he is as sincere and as honest in your services as he will be devoted to the true interests of the district. Therefore, TOTE for LOCKE VOTE STRAIGHT FOR LOCKE, AND SEND HIM TO THE TOP OF THE POLL. Don't allow a bitter opponent to Ministers TO SLIP IN THROUGH WANT OF UNION AMONG YOURSELVES. 808