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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1248, 21 March 1883, Page 2

UOtTSE . OF .REPRESENTATIVES. To the Electors of Inauqahtxa. p< BNTLEMEN,— I thank your heartily V.T for the honor you have done me in ask : ng me, a stranger to you, except by repntatkr., to become a candidate for election for your I accept the handsome requisition you have sent me as an indication that you deaire as your representative in Parliament a Colonial politician of broad views and long experience, and on that understanding I have much pleasure in acceding to your request. After the compliment you have paid me I think I ought to lose no time in making your acquaintance personally. I propose, therefore, to visit you in the course oi the next few days, and to spend some time among you, in order that you may know what aort of a man I am, and I may know as much as possible about your part of the Colony, your interests, .and sentiments with regard to public, affaire. _ i --*^rOnaEraPreßsy6trat aUttßncenTres of population, I will keep what I have to say about politics until I meet you face to face. I am, Gentlemen, . , Faithfully yours, Edward Wakefield HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE EIECTOHS OF THE InANGAHUA Electoral District f*i ENTLEMEN,— At the reqw»t <rf \JC very mjuiy old friend* among you I tare now to- declare myself a candidate for your vacant seat. A few days will, 1 trust, bring us face to face, and it will be then my business fully to enunciate my political views, and the line of conduct which, as your representative, I would propose to adopt. M janwhilg, the following are brief indications of my opinion on various questions intimately affecting your interests. on public works : — • I think no railway system for the South Island is complete-without a connection being established between tho great trunk line and the West Coast. In any case railway communication with Christchurch must be made as early as possible an accomplished fact. A considerable portion of the Four Million ' oaa ought to be permanently allocated to the construction of this lino, and the short Greymouth line pushed on vigorously up the valley. . A good coach road, well bridged and graded, oetween P^efton, Ahaura, and the Canterbury Plains is urgently required, and ought to be completed within the next twelve months ; so, too, a road from the Big Grey to Charleston The harbor works at both Greymouth and Westportshould of course be steadily prosecuted, .and the sucoess that has attended the initiatory -work at both places f ully warrants the expenditure required' in the future. As to education, the present Act has its minor defects, but on the broad question of secular education I am of opinion it adopts the only logical and practical meth. id of State interference in educational matters. In finance I believe we have r.t present as Colonial Treasurer the ablest man available, but I am not in favor of Government Insurance against poverty. It is an Utcpian scheme, which, 'f ever carried ant, would press most heavily on tho industrious. The system of administering justice in the Colony requires a radical reform. I hope to Lave an opportunity of detailing to you the changes which for many years have appeared to me necessary. If you do me the honor of selecting me as your representative I shall enter the House as an indopendant member, inclined to give a general support to the present Government, but perfectly free to vote and act as I may consider beat and wisest in your interest and that of the Colony at lai^e. One thing you may feel sure of, that you will find no one who has a more affectionate and lively concern for the wellbeing of the dbtrict and the people in it than myself . s I have the- honor to be,' Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Ed-warp Shaw. Wellington, March 19th, 1883. G. C. BOWMAN, AUCTIONEER, Qharebboker, Mining, and General Commission Agent, REEFTON.