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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 231, 1 November 1873, Page 3

milE SUPERINTENDENCY ELECTION. 1 ELECTORS OP THE PROVINCE OP AUCKLAND.

Ghktlkmbn, — It appears to mo (but it hao now become- do* •irable that the control of Auckland PraTUunni nlfkirs sboiild bo transferred to the hands of other* than tho-* by whom tlie Province has been govcrsiod during the pnat With splendid resources in hand, coo), gold, iron, and other minerals ; with a dinmle unsurpassed by any in the world ; nnd with a sturdy nnd industrious population of from 60,000 to 70,000 people, who pay tome £300,000 per annum in taxes in one shape or another for purposes of good government, public work*, Ac , it 19 saddening to find that we, as a Province, are not only making little or no advance towards permanent prosperity, but that in mnny points we are actually retrograding. I attributo this state of things to misgovernment, the illjudged expenditure of public money, and extravagance in tho past, which ha^e entailed upon the community grievous burdens 111 the form oi public debt*, for which interest and sinking funds have now to be provided by oppressive tariff 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 arc at their wits' end, and find it exceedingly difficult and embarrassing to provide adequate means even for such an important object as education. This Province is placed at a further disadvantage by reason of the manner it hns been dealt with by the General Go\ eminent in the expenditure of the largo loans which were negotiated on the credit of the whole Colony for the purposes of Immigration aud Public Works. Although we in Auckland aro chargeable with the repayment of about one-fourth part of these loans, and although we contribute in about that proportion towards providing interest and sinking funds thereon, jet, owing to want of united action by our Superintendent and representatives, only a very small portion of the borrowed money has been employed for our benefit. Our Provincial revenue for the entiling year will probably be under £50,000, and out of this sum we havo to maintain our police, gaols, hospitals, lunatic asylums, sick and destitute, harbours, ke , which cost some £33,000 per annum. After paying the provincial salaries and departmental oxpen»es on the present scale, little or nothing will therofore remain for aid to road boards, for bridges, ferries, tramwayt at the goldfields, &c, and in view of this state of thing* I belie\e it is our first duty to reduce these Provincial salaries nnd departmental expemes to an amount proportionate to our altered means. Our next duty is to require at the hands of our representatives that they unite in demauding from the Assembly and the Government that justice thall no longer be denied to this Province in the matter of the expenditure of the money borrowed upon our credit conjointly with that of the rest of tho Colon} . I desire to become Superintendent of the Province thnt I may be able to give practical effect to the üboveticws, and that there may bo some combined effort made to bring about a different state of thing* that more vitality may be imparted to our industries, such a* mining, agricultural pursuits, trade and commerce, nnd 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 retorted to. You will al»o probably find that the old system of denominational education will be introduced into this Province, a sy*tem so often used a* an initrument of favouritism to one party and of oppression to another ; a system *o 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 jou will also find that tho control of the Police will soon b« transferred to the Provincial authorities to be used as it was before, for party or political purposes. During thit Election contest I have been treated with unfairness by a portion of tho Auckland Press, but, as many of you are aware, the persons whom these papers represent are interested in re-introducing and continuing the itnte of things which has led the Province- into its present position. By tho abuse of political power and patronago in tho past they themselves hare been unable to prosper, while the Province has so languished that it can hardly be in a worse position, aud it now rests with you electors to say by your votes whether you will cutrust your affairs jbr another period of four years to the old hand*, or whether you will givo me jour confidence and support, that I may, with the aid of a well-chosen Provincial Council, bo 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 Provircial salaries and other departmental expenses ; ta obtain justice for tho Province at tho hands of the General Government, and to provide permanently for the means necessary to carry out a systomof education without resorting to any such obnoxious aud unjust measure as the present Education Tax. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. M. DARGAVILLE.

NGARUAWAHIA STEAM FLOUR MILL. npHE Undersigned begs to notify that he will take over the above Mill on Ist November, when he hopes to receive the support hitherto given to his predecessors. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT Delivered am where in (lie rher, freight [met, lor n<t cash. No credit given. Superfine smc-dressed How, *>i uul, "Nl-W," No. 1, per ton of 2,000 lbs . . . IH ,» 0 Ngaruawahia, No. 2, per ton o f 2000 lbs. .. 16 0 0 Wheat Meal „ „ . n; 0 0 Sharps-, per lOOlbs ... . . . .. 0 S 0 Bran, per bushel, 201b* ... .. o 1 6 Whc.it Meal for pig feed „ 0 9 0 Mo*™ •• • ... ..070 Oats none 111 stock. No'u:.— S.icks Ir. ; ,V)]b nnd IdOlh. h.igx, (xl.Jencli o\tr» Pmehasers taking .UN) Iba of Floui aic ch.ugcd tho abo\e wholesale prices ; under that quantity, the itstail puceIs per lOOlbs e\ti.i Tins leleis to Flour only. Grating, including shutting, silk dresting, and freight per steamer, from any p.ace on tho m er to Mill anu Back at s9d per bushel. Vatfe, lb per bushel U. \\. H C X I 1I 1

Kauri Timber. /"kRDEUS executed promptly for Cash. A cargo expected to arrive shortly. Apply to j. k. McDonald, Commission Agent. Himilton, 16th October, 187.1 The Waikato Highway Boards Agency. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, HAMILTON. RATES aud Debts Collected, Assessment Rolls Prepared, B<>ard Meetings Attended, Tradesmen's Accounts Posted 141011 Keasonable Teiuis. EDWARD CLARKE, Agent. WANTED,— A. Pair ofLSawyora to Break Down Logs. Annly jJUmxh 5. -Guidon & Co., Atnuu Saw Mills, Waikato Heads. 1