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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 229, 28 October 1873, Page 3

nnKE SUPERIN TENDENCY ELECTION, ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND

Gfn"tlv.m>\,— lt appe.i,^ ro in»' that it ba« now beoome desirable that the control of Auckland Provincial utfairs should be transferred to the hands of others than those by whom the Province baa been pirerned dining the p<Ht With splendid resources m hand, coal, gold, iron, and oilier minerals ; \>ith a el'matt* unsurpassed by any in the world ; and with a sturdy and industrious population of from 00,000 to 70,000 people, who pay some £300,000 per annum in taxes in one sbapo or another for purposes of good government, public works, &.c , it is saddening to find that we, aa a Pronnce, are not only making little or no advance towards permanent prosperity, but that in many points wo are actually retrograding. I attribute this state of things to misgovcrnment, the illjudged expenditure of public money, and eitra-v aganee in the past, which hare entailed upon the community grievous burdens in the form of public debts, for which interest and sinking funds havo now to be provided by oppres»ive tanlf duties and other forms of taxation So for has this state of things already gone that at the present moment the Provincial authorities of Auckland are at their wits' end, and find it exceedingly difficult and embarrassing to provide adequate mean 9 even for buch au important object as education. This Province is placed at a further disadvantage by reason of the manner it lias been dealt w ith by the General Government in the expenditure of the largo loans which were negotiated on the credit of the wholo Colony for the purposes of Immigration and Public Works. Although wo in Auckland are chargeable with the repayment of about one-fourth part of these loan, and although we contribute in about that proportion towards providing interest and sinking funds thereon, yet, owing to want of united action by our Superintendent irid representatives, only a very small portion of the borrowed money has been employed for our benefit. Our Provincial revenue for the ensuing year will probably bo under £50,000, and out of this sum we have to maintain our police, gaols, hospitals, lunatic asylums, sick and destitute, harbours, &c., which cost some £33,000 per annum. After paving tue provincial salaries and departmental expenses on tho present scale, little or nothing will therefore remain for aid to road boards, for bridges, ferries, tramways at the goldfields, <Le , and in view of this stale of things I believe it is our first duty to reduce these Provincial salaries and departmental expenjes to an amount proportionate to our altered means. Our next duty is to require at tho hands of our representatives that they unite in demanding from the Assembly and the Government that justice shall no longer be denied to this Province in the matter of the expenditure of the mouev borrowed upon our credit conjointly with that of the rest of the Colony. I desire to become Superintendent of the Province that I may bo able to give practical effect to the above wens, and that there may be some combined effort made to bring about a different state of things that more vitality may be imparted to our iudustries, such as mining, agricultural pursuits, trade and commerce, aud manufactures. If, however, you are content to go on as of yore, and elect a politician of the old Auckland school, I think you will find, when too late, that additional burdensome taxation must speedily be resorted to. You will also probably find that the old system of denominational education will be in« troduced into this Province, a system so often used as on instrument of favouritism to one party and of oppression to another ; a systom so productive of sectarian jealousies and bickerings that it has been abandoned by more advanced communities in favour of a national secular educational system. Should yon restore the old regime to power you will also find that the control of the Police will soon be transferred to the Provincial authorities to bo used as it was before, for party or political purposes. During this Election contest I have been treated with unfairness by a portion of the Auckland Press, but, at many of you are aware, the persons whom these papors represent are interested in re-introducing and continuing the state of things which has lod the Province into its present position. By the abuse of political power and patronage in the past they themselves have beeri unable to prosper, while the Province has so languished that it can hardly be in a worse position, and it now rests with you electors to say by your votes whether you will entrust your affairs for another period of four years to the old hands, or whether you will givo me your confidence and support, that I may, \wth the aid of a well-chosen Provincial Council, be enabled to inaugurate a change towards a better and healthier era. If you do me the honor to elect me, I will apply myself diligently and strenuously to effect retrenchment in Provincial salaries and other departmental expenses ; to obtain jubtice for the Province at the hands of the General Government, and to provide permanently for the means necessary to carry out n system of education without resorting to any such obnoxious and unjuit measure as the prosent Education Tax. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. M. DARGAVILLE.

SIRE HORSE. The Imported Clydesdale Entire, CAMP IE THE THIRD, will Serve a limited number of Mares this season. He will, during this week, be at Hamilton on Wodnesday afternoon ; Ohaupo, on Thursday ; Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, on Friday, returning to his owner's place on Saturday. He will do this trip only once this season. Terms • Single Mares, £4 10s ; Two or more, the property of one person, £4 each. R. KIRKWOOD. October 27, 1873.

For Sale -| OTONS FIRST-CLASS EATING POTATOES 1 Also, Maize, Bran, and Flour. Apply to j. k. McDonald, Commission Agent. Hamilton, 14th July, 1873. Kauri Timber. /\RDERS executed promptly for Cash. A cargo expected to arrive shortly. Apply to j. k. McDonald, Commission Agent. Hamilton, 16th October, 1873.

Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers. THE usual six days training will commence on Saturday the Ist No\ ember. All membeis of the Corps will parade at 10 a m of the above date at Cnmbridce jami;s urNcnuN, (\iptain.

The Waikato Highway Boards Agency. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, HAMILTON. T> A TEN and Debts Collected, Asec-sment Rolls ProXL paroil, Board Meetings Attended, Tradesmen's Accounts Posted upon Reasonable Terms. EDWARD CLARKE, Agenc. SHEARERS Wanted, at tho Moanavale Station, second week in November. ', EDMUND B. WALKER. I October 17, 187* 1 XVT ANTED, by a Married Ladj , Furnished Sitting and , T » Bedroom ; atao Board and Attendance. Hamilton or Cambridge ; latter preferred Apply, btnting term", to G. H , Pwt Oflue, Ciii.ibndjje.