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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 238, 14 August 1879, Page 3

JOHN JACKSON ACCOUNTANT, &g, Will foel favored to receive commission from Tradesmen and others to make ut Books or monthly accounts, Terms Very Lihek.u, Communications may he left a/ Mr Watt ! fe, Bookseller. 22 rjlO THE ELECTORS OF WAIRABAI'A Gentlemen— I again' present myself before you as ! candidate for your suffrages. I have now had the honor of J rcprcnentinj you in Parliament for nearly three years, during which period I have, I belio'/e, nevei lost an opportunity of conserving your inte' rests, and have always endeavored to procure for your important district a fair share ol the funds available for expenditure on Public Works. My previously foraed opinions relating tc Sir George Grey ara now' thoroughly endorsed by largo majorities of both branches of the Legislature. The maladministration of the present Government in nearly all branches of the public service has seriously affected the progress and well-being of the Colony. The question of the settlement of a population on our Waste Lands has not as yet, in my opinion, received f;hc attention' its importance demands. A liberal extension of a defeired payment system is, I consider, the best method to encourage the settlement of an industrial population, The present circumstances of the colony do not warrant a continuation of Free Immigration, but I am prepared to support a liberal system of Nomination. A Property and Income Tax would, I be lieve, be the fairest system that could be adopted to ensure that all classes of the community should bear a just share of the burdens of the Colony. The repeal of the import duty on Timber and Grain was a grave error. In tome districts of the colony the effect has been most disastrous. An Electoral Bill similar in character to that withdrawn by the Government during the session of 1878, would meet with my eordi.\l support. Fencing and Drainage are subjects of great importance to this district. Further legislation on these cuestions ha; become a necessity. The Counties Act will require many important amendments. The Rabbit Nuisance Act also will require careful amendment by tlio new Parliament. The systom of personal Government that lias been established in the Native Department is eminently unsatisfactory, I believe that the time iias arrived when the Natives should be treated as reasonable beings, and not in an exceptional and unjust maimer, While the colony, as at present, is able to borrow on favorable terms, I am convinced that it is a judicious policy to laise loans for expenditure on reproductive works. I shall endeavor to meet you as soon as possible in the various centres of population. 1 shall then have the honor to address you more fully on all matters of local and general import, I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, 225 GEORGE BEETimi.

no THE ELECTORS OF THE L WyffltAllAPA. Gentlemen— A Government which lias been declared by an overwhelming majority in Parliament to be guilty of tli? "grossest maladministration," has appealed to the people against this verdict, In my opinion, it ought to he thoroughly endorsed by a refusal to re-elect those who voted on the Government side. The two members for this district 011 this, as on nearly all previous occasions, gave opposite votes, therefore, if there is anything like political consistency, it isimpossib'lo that both can aeain jointly represent yen. This being the case, I offer you my services, and, if elected, I shall do my best to assist to place, and support in office, a Ministry which, instead of being content with enuncia- . tion of great principles, and making reckless promises, will give practical effect to the measures, which, in my opinion, ought at once to be adopted, in order to avert both a Native War, and a serious financial catastrophe. I altogether deny the right of the present Ministry to monopolise the name of '• Liberals." It seems to me absurd to say that we must submit to their maladministration, because their principles are right, when there is nothing to prevent our securing the advantages of the latter, without the evils of the former. These principles arc held by most thinking men in the colony as it has been long seen that the progress of events has prepared the way for their adoption, and therefore I am quite prepared to support in the main, the measures indicated in the Governor speech, but they must be given effect to by more competent men than those who have so muddled the Laud Tax, that after the enormous expense already incurred in attempting to collect it, there is every reason to believe that it will have to be abandoned, and an Income and Property Tax substituted. wan^s °' >' IC country are, in my retrenchment, a satisfactory solution difficulty, with a view to the qreedy occupation of lands now so unprofitably held by them, Settlement on Crown lands of the large proportion of our population, now dependent solely on public expenditure, Encouragement of the immigration of persons with sufficient capital to settle 011 land, and of capital in any way which will tend to devolop the resources of the colony. Concurrently with this some better provision must be made than mere local rating for connecting tie outlying districts with the railway lines and for the formation and maintenance of roads through unsettled districts, and the Counties instead of being expected as at pre* sent to " make kicks without straw" must be placed 111 a position to fulfil the obligations thrown on them. In conclusion I will only say that 1 have now been long enough before you in various capacities to enable you to form an opinion as to how far I am qualified for the honorable position in which I ask you to place me. I trust every elector will recognise the importance of tne contest, and will not therefore fail to record his vote. I-hope soon to address you at a series of meetings when I will more fully explain my views. * 1 I am, .Gentlemen, Yours respectfully, _ ' C. I'HAItAZYN. Longwood, August 12th, 1879, ' 2°G