OPPOSITION CANDIDATES.
TO THE BDITOB OF TIIB STAB. " Slß,— l hope the working men of Cantor- ; bury "will not be gulled by the opponent can- ; ■dtdates to vote for them, for what good did; the Atkinson Ministry do? Did they not aay that the Colony wanted " political rest ". just at the timo when we wanted energetic ; men to look after the welfare of their constituents ? And now because Sir George Grey ' has manfully stood up for the working classes and brought out a policy that his opponents never" dreamed of or intended to bring forward they lay that the land should not bo taxed, i .ana that the removal of the tax on tea andi sugar was not felt aB a relief by the working: classes. < I can safely say that I have found a benefit by the reduction of the tax on tea' *nd Btfgar in my family. Fellow working -men, let us rally round tho true Liberal: •tause, for — ' ; " Yellow is the colour of the cornfields. Yellow is the gold that we spend. Yellow was the old Liberal colour And the Liberals are the working men's friends." A WORKING MAN. Knightstown, August 29, 1879.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3553, 30 August 1879, Page 3
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196OPPOSITION CANDIDATES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 3553, 30 August 1879, Page 3
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