THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Southland Times, Issue 3485, 22 August 1879, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

ZuhiX'ii oj Z:,-ZZ> 7 -; aw., YxTiiZ -;iuAZ : $ ; ' . MR HIRST, AT OR_iPTJ?;L.^y j ; f '■- Mr Henry .Hirst addressed ,t£ej electors i of at l^^Orepuki' : an'; Tuesday s^even-! 'iugy'Thefe'^^ was 1 -a~large-attendanee i ---Mr> Alfred Jolly pcijujpied, the phaiiv. r ln ;com-l Address, Jli-^irSt^bnied the 7 Current, repb^fhat^hey w&£; broughfr;for-i wardto split the votes in favor of Mr] -Cuthbertson, and clearly; showed that liej was ffhe^firstr; candidate >baZ- theifield^viHe: /|tat^ 7 tl]atTv3 r i*/a;s"ia^^:a^ )that some^Qf itlio/bills hrpugiit;;forw^pd;b ; y; othe .present ;Goy^rninentLmet^ vpf6vali-^--Ee??iewdng some;? pf^-thein, .he^ fi statbd^hat^ie^ was ; in 7 .f siybr^bf manhood; 3 Suff&gejy ffresidentiaiyqualifiCation- ;! 'tvUs 'in fiivbi: ; bf^tbe jTriennial fParliament f Biilf as wns^eh^ies-^bjald^ have^ -charCce tß;%e ■ pro^rly^^epr^ntedy-and: ri^iier-slcorigjrguuve^ in its" favor. ' ' 'He ' fev^eiveU ' the'^ln^ei pqueation, .at.,gre.at.4engtli, i v.and-h^ld^St-' -the^bill^-br&ghtJwwaVii by ibe^ present t&oVernment • did. ;,iiQ]Lv4gp.f ar; ; enough, aud; that, instead. of putting-^pplj-tax ; of . .^lo/ p^ ?^^,>^ ; the J!imniigration;.shQuld • be; ''stc^'ed'altogethe^^and^the^lO -per head; .vheimade avyeatlytax, and>made county; r-ievenue^ , ; Hg; held'/ fliat "theyjr^vere uridesirable Jcblonists; ■e'iadingi; if.pp.ssible, "all 'laws' taking their.- earnings awayAWththem^ -and therefore bontribating-nittlefOi' nothing Zip the revenuei He was'infavbr of thereduCr Hi'otiin'f he price 6f.'deferi-e-lpayraenj:'landto tQs, and'tb be ! retrosp^btiye. 1 ;' 1 SpeaMngon; :,tile v .- .expenditure' ; of : mohiM. : 'im > ' public works, roadsV faiid -"Bfe J clearly showed tliata very large ■ expenditure" had takeniplace in other localities. . Although the Wallace-County hkr, tiii-qugUthe member for Riverton, applied io'r lhtThey to erect bridges across the Jacobs River, it was -/denied, and : .this..all owing to the. half'heaitedness 'of the applicant; arid , yet £81,000 had -been .expended in "bridges alone, to the east of the" New River, or Oreti; ; atid' i also;nthat .although i ajlarge amount of money had been expended in goldfields, not one shilling had reached this . district, and be held that present members were much toblamfi fbr ; 'this. He. spoke in.^ favor of. increasing the borrowing powers" of ; counties, •_hbje'Bt- : -to !z the-' ratepayer .and public creditor; r and seeing that i-bad bo'aidsand cbuhtieß Stere doing the S9,me , work, tliajt'it would, be ,advantageous to do away witli"bne or the other of the : same bodies. ; "VYith ■ ref erence, .to the land tax, he stated, that if did" not . •: operated airly, was costly ,-and thought that a propel-tyi 'and; income,; tax -would fairly meet requirements.. He .was. in favor of the present loan, and^-should support its being expended, . oh undertaken works, to complete them 1 . : After ' replying to a great nuniber --.of many of which ..were a kind of cfoss-e'xaminatibn 'on the . , address j the meeting closed/ with tlianksto the chairman., V There is.; nbtthe slightest doubt felt at Orepuki' about Mr Hirst's return.'The: election is, regarded a? a.-gift to him, as with the exception bf a few, who are influenced by personal animosity, the residents of Orepuki will go in a plumper, in recognition of his services in' the ; County Council.' • Mr -Hirst visited, and recapitulated his address, to the electors' bf Round Hill last night',' at which places he was enthdsiasti- ' ..cally^ i-ec.eivecl, and a vote of confidence in him as their Representative Was unanimously carried., r .,.,. : ,j7 0// _ , rv: ,, ....