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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1265, 30 April 1883, Page 2

OUSE OF^KEPKESENTATIVES. TO THB EIBCTOES OK InANGAHTTA. ri ENT r. EMEN, —I thank your heartily vX for the honor you have done me in asking me, a stranger to you, except by reputation, to become a candidate for election for your District. I accept the handsome requisition you have sent me aa an indication that you desire 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 y,isit you, in, the .course ofthe 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 pay 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 ■ I am, Gentlemen, Faithfully yours, JSdwabd Wakefield. HOUSE OF BEPRESENf ATIVEB Tb THB ELECTORS OF THE lITAITQAHOA EjtfOTOBAL DIBIEICT. fi ENTLEMEN,— At the request of, VT 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, ajs 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 is complete without a connection being established between the 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 Loan ought to be permanently allocated to the construction of this lino, and the short. Gfreymouth 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 ; bo, too, a road from the Big Grey, to Charleston The harbor works at both Greymouth and Weatport 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. : Aa 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 method of State interference in educational matters. In finance I' believe we have at present as Colonial Treasure? the ablest man available, but I am not jn favor of Government Insurance against poverty. It is an Utopian scheme, which, if ever carried .put, would press most heavfly 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. If you. do me the honor of selecting me as your representative I shall enter the House as an independent member, inclined to give a | general support to the present Government, but perfectly free to vote and aot as I may consider best and wisest in your interest and that of the Colony^ at. .Urge. . One thing you may feel sure of, that you will ond no one who has a more affectionate and lively concern for the wellbeing of the district and the people in it than myself. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, * ■ Tour obedient servant, EowAßn Shaw. Wellington, March 19th, 1883. 0. 0. BOWMABT, AUCTIONEER* gHAREBBOKER, MINING, AND General Commission Agent, REEFTON.