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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1253, 2 April 1883, Page 2

EOUSE OF KEPKESENTATIVES. To the Electors of Ixanjuhua. GENT EMEN,— I thank your heartily for the honor you have done me in asking me, a sf ranger to you, except by reputation, to become a candidate for. election for your District. I accept the handsome requisition you have sent jiie as an indication' that you desire aa your representative in Parliament a Colonial- politician of brdiid 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 of the next few days, and to spend some time among you, in order that you may know what sort 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 affairs. , As I shall address you at all,the centres of population, I will keep what' I have to say about politics until I meet you face to face. I am, Gentlemen, , . j Faithfully yours, Edward Wakefield. HOUSE OF BEPKE TENTATIVE S To the Electors of the liTangahua Electoral District. f] ENTLEMEN,— At the request of \jC very many old friends among you I have 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. Meanwhile, 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 iB complete without a connection being established between the great trunk line and the. West Coast In any case railway communication with dhnatchuTch must be made as early, as possible, an accomplished fact. A considerable portion of the Four Million loan ought to be permanently allocated to the construction of this line, and the Bhort .Greymouth line pushed on vigorously up the valley. A good coach road, well bridged and graded, between Reefton, Ahaura, and the Canterbury Plains is urgently required, and ought to be completed within the next twelve months ; so, too, a road from the IJig Grey to Charleston The harbor works at both Greymouth .and Westport should of course'be steadily prosecuted, and the success that has attended .the initiatory work at" both- -places fully warrants the , expenditure required in the future. As to education",- the present Act has its min<)r o^ (he'brwwj question, Jpf ? B«sul^r ,e4uca#bnjy£ areFjof opinion 'ft adopts -the only 'logical • anq* practical method of State interference in educatioriafmatters. In finance I believe we have; atr present as Colonial Treasure? the ablest man available, but I am not^in favor of Government Insurance .against poverty; : It is an ! Utopian scheme/which 1 , if ever carried out, would press most heavily on the industrious. The system of administering justice in the Colony requires a radical reform. I hope to have an opportunity,' of detailing to" -.you the .changes which for many years have appeared to me necessary. Jf you do me the honor of selecting me as your representative I, shall enter the House an independent member, inclined to give a general support to the present Government, but perfectly free .to vote and act as I may consider best and wisest in your interest and that of ,the Colony at large. One thing.you may feel sure of,, that you will find no one who has a more affectionate and livefy concern for the wellbeing of "the district and the people in it than myself. •"•',■•. I have the. honor to be, - Gentlemen, "■• Your obedient servant, , ' -Edwari) Shaw.Wellington, March JLQth, IBB3. ..■•■■• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES," ELECTION NOTICE, 11/18. E. WAKEFIELD will ADDRESS the ELECTORS during the present week as follow^ : — BLACK'S POINT, TUESDAY, APRE, 3rd, at 8 p.m. AHAURA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4th at^p.m! ORWELL^CREEK,: • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4th, atßp.m. NELSON CREEK, THURSDAY, APRIL sth, at 7p.nv NO TOWN, FRIDAY, APRIL 6th, at 7 p.m. TOTARA FLAT, SATURDAY, APRIL 7th, at 8 p.m. GRANVILLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 7iH,at 5.80 p.m.