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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 173, 16 November 1881, Page 1

TO THE ELECTORS OF MAJiA- | WATU DISTRICT. GEx\ 7 TLEMEN— I have the honor to again offer mysel f as a Candidate for the Representation of your District. I beg, therefore, thr.l you will continue to extend to me th confidence which you have so generous! accorded to mo during so raauy years. I have the houor to be. Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, WALTER W. JOHNSTONE Wellington, 7th October, 1881. ' TO THE ELECTORS OF THii RANGITIKEI ELECTOR AI, DISTRICT FOR THE GENE RAL ASSEMBLY. I pENTLEME>7,-l heg fo annoum VX myself as an imlvneudrtit c.-uiri.la 1 -;- asjiiring to the honor of representing yen in Par'i.'iimnt unn-ammelled by a»y p.irt-. tics, and therefore, if honored" with \<;u confidence, free to express an mibiass 1 opiuioa up .11 all qu.stioti ■ affecting yo;u interests. lam opposed to Provincialism and strongly in f.ivor of ioc.i self-^ovcr :- meat with extended power--, an ! hold th;;the admiiiistrifii>u <>t' w; 15 ,!c l.iu.ltt of i ] < Crown sliould be left in the h;t:.d-; o such, 1oj:i1 bodies; that mala mads should .., constructed through all hloiks of 1;i:m ii:-e\iously to being otfered for salt-; an lhat endowtuctits slumid be »ivuj Irosithe Lund Fund for the ;:urp sc of assist ing in the? const: utioa of bye-rouL-. The purcha e of Xytive land's should I .< carried out with more expedition than :i present, and they should- he placed in the market as soon after their ni-^uisition impossible (a system which has not hithtrlo obtained), as uj.on (his depends the pro j rWiible setlement and opening of th*_ country. In order to est.ihli.sii juaceai 1 telntiims het wi.-( r. Europeansand Native, 1 it i.s desirable fluii the Native title should i bo e.xtiiigui.-bcd over all Native lauds, and their titU-s individiu'ize ' Oxcepting reserves si.iiicient for '.he r usi=), the cost of which should be a fi;st charge upon buch lands, I am of ■>; irii vi that the present system of eduction is too- expensive, And unjust to the couutry settlers, who are pi acticuli; debarred from deriving any benefit from Colleges and High Schools situated in the large Centres of population, and i-hat j primary si cular education only should be providid at ihe expense of the State ; that grea'n- power should be given local committee*, and endowments made to denominational sc'-.ools under special justifiable circumstances. I hold that the tariff chargeable on aU ' colonial products cariied by rail which j are intended tor export should lie considerably less than the ordinary rai'uay charges, thereby offering greater inducements to agricultnr.il pursuits, the timlor trade and other colonial industries. I approve of the system of aiding nominated immigrants, such as ;>giculturists and small capitalists ; hut I entirely object to the free influx- of Chiner-e, which the present small po'tb-tu^ practically allows. Those people might introduce such diseases as would be mo<-t disastrous, and in many o'lu-r ways they • would be an undesirable adjjinct to the population of this colony; In order to further facilitate trade and commerce, I approve of establishing direct steam communication between New Zea- ! ind and Great Britain. by subsidising an i-fficitnt Hue of steamers*. Tbe temperance cause will always -have my sympathy, but not as a total abstainer, for I hold that if a person cannot control his own desires he is unlikely to exercise an impartial judgment upon this and other important public questions;I pmpose visiting- all parts of the Electorate, and publicly expressing my views. Should you do me tbe honor to elect me, I shall pteefge myself to honestly and faithfully serve you. I have the honor to be, Genilemeiv Your ohctYient servant, JOHN STEVENS. wTIITTED~YN~CrwI* that' - E. ALLINGHAM HAS just received a large consignment of BOOTS and SHOE? of superior quality, which ha is prepared to sell at 'prices to suit the times BOOTS and SHOES of every description inane to order. E, ALLINGHAM, TITT, Si^Vi.V.V. PahyristL.u >:.»-t h.