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CONSTITUTIONAL. REFORM ASSOCIATION. WE, the undersigned, believing the state of public affairs in this colony to be full of peril:— that the war at present existing will entail additional burdens on the people, alrendy taxed to the utmost limit.;*— that the present excessive taxation paralyses the best efEorts of the colonists, and prevents intending emigrants from coming to theee shores : and believing, also, that the Colonial Government nnd tbe General A fisembly, /as constituted, can neither legislate for, nor administer satisfactorily, the affairs of the colony — Hereby form ourgelve9 into AN ASSOCIATION, With tbe following objects in view . — To return Members to the House of Representatives ple^g.d to vote against war expenditure for the sub jugatiun of the nntive race. To collect and diffuse statistical information, and endeavour, by public meetings and all other lawful means, to induce the people of both Islands to petition her Majesty and the Imperial Parliament to revise tbe Constitution, and thereby obtain separate legislatures for the Northern, and Middle Isands, with a Federal Congress for the e-tablishment of a Customs Tariff; the maintenance of the puhlic credit by payment of interest and sinking fund on Colonial l.oanB; tbe management of the Marine Postal .--er vices; and pro--viding for and conducting external defence. W. Wilson, Mayor of Charles Treleaven Chrlßtehurch Wm. Manson G. Gould John Studholme, W. Montgomery, M.H.R. M.P C Robert Swan U. H. Rhodes, M.P.C. Walter Kennaway, W. Keeves, J. P. M P.O. James George Hawkes, Chas. S. Howell M.P.C. C. R. Wakiston, J.P. Joshua S. Williams, William B!> ck M.P. 05. Eilward ..ivh^rdsoa R.J. S. Harman, J.P. David Morrow W. H. Wynn Wil- R. M. Morten liaras, M.P.C. James W=o<i, saddler i A. Hornbrook, M.P.C. L. K. Nathan James S. Turnbull, W. J. Mills lohn D. Enys. J.P. O. C Aikman Courtney Nedwill, B. Petersen &Co M D. V.. Prebble L. Harper H. Montgomery W. G. Inraan J. Woodford Frank Pitt C. W. Turner T. Nottidge G. Simmons Forstcr F. Nixon J. G. huddenklau C.Clark Thos. Os' «.rn Alexander J. Walker Thos. Pye Chas. Kiver, jun. "David Nairn Thomas Fisher, M.D. E Mitchell H. P. Murray- Ayns- John H. Caton ley, M.P.C. Alex. Matthewa Wm. Norman A. Ayers ' H. H. Hennnh David Scott George W. H. Lee Henry A . Scott, J.P. "; W.H.Lane J.H.Bennett W. Sidney Smith W. Savage F. W. Delamain,M.P.C.H. C. vv est A. McLean W. Hislop J. C. H«Mmore C. Fredh. Beeby T. H. Wigley, J.P., TL S. Krown • 7 and M.P.C. Nelson E. H. Maude M. Sandstein R. U alton [P.Laurie John Gn ffl ths * ilobert Sutherland Jno. Morgan W. L. Hawkins «. T. Chis> all Thos. Harrison Fred W. Tbiel |T. Wallace & Co, W Hall Frederick Hobbs H. F. P«.ore William Hobbs J. W. Oram JW. H. Hobbs Alfred Simpson Edwin Oatway Richard Robinson Henry Nicholls Fred. Lane Wm. Storer Hym>in Marks Col ton Fowler Henry Saw tell Jeremiah Newsome Joseph Bai'ey John Pempsey R. Hrnns'ien John G. Wood Robt. K < Vusbic John Parkinson A. J. Stevens Thomas Hay ward Alfred ('shorn J. C. F. Lawrence Thos. Kent W. Brice Stepkeu Harper Thos. Pavitt Wm. I.egt'ott FMw. P vitfe J. W H*-de . ; George Rutherford ThoH. I. Joynt G. McWilliams Thos. Grantham G. Coates & Co John C. Angus C. Hearing C 1577 Q HEEP-SHBARS ON SALE. O A large stock of all tbe favourite brands ef Robert Sorby's and John horb-. '«. 1342 WM. NEEVE. TO LET. TO BE LET, 50 to 60 A'RFS Firstclass Swamp Land, suitable for dairy farmers, situated near Wilson's Bridge, on the River Heathcote. Term* very moderate. Anply to MILES & CO.. . 141 Hereford street.

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 152, 6 November 1868, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 152, 6 November 1868, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 152, 6 November 1868, Page 1

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