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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 175, 23 November 1881, Page 1

rpo THE ELECTORS OF MANAWATU DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN— I have the honor to again offer myself as a Candidate for the Representation of your District. I beg, therefore, that you will continue to extend to me tha confidence which you have so generously acconledjo me during so many years. I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, WALTER W. JOHNSTONEv Wellington, 7th October, 1881. TO ~THE ELECTORS OF TTTji RANGITIKEI ELECTORAL , DISTRICT FOR THE GENE- , EAL ASSEMBLY. ' GENTLEMEX,— T beg- to announce myself as an independent candidate, aspiring to the honor of representing you j m Parliament untrammelled' by any party j tics, and therefore, if honored with your confidence, free to express an unbiassed opinion 1 up. id all question* affecting your interests. lamopposid to Provincialism, and s^ongly m favor of loca' self-govern-ment with extended power-, an ! hold that the administration of waste lands of the Crown should be left m the binds of snch local bodies; that maiu roads should.be ; constructed through all blocks of- land previously to being offered for sale ; and that endowments should be given from the Land Fund for the purp se of assisting m the conshu.tiou of bye-rouK The pui-cha c of Native lands should be i carried out with more expcdi:ion than at present, and they should be placed m the market as soon after thuir acquisition as possible (a system which has not hitherto obtained), as upon this depends the profitable settlement and: opening of the country. In order to establish peacoa'ole relations between Europeans and Natives, it is desirable that the Naiiveti-le should { be extinguished over all Native lands,. ; and their titles individualize ! (excepting | reserves sufficient for their use),. the cost of- which should be a first charge upon, such lands, i am of opinion that the pmsent system, 'of education is too expensive, and unjiistvi to.the country settlers, who arc pi ac'ueuHy j debarred from deriving any benefit from , Colleges and High Schools situated io the | s large centres of population, aud that primary, secular education only should be provided at the expense of the State ;.that greater power should be given local committees', and endowments made to denominational schools under, special j nstifiable circumstances.. I hold that the tariff chargeable on all I colonial products carried by rail which are intended tor export should* be cous;- -- derably less than the ordinary, rai way charges, thereby offering greater induce- ■ meuts to agricultural pursuits, the timber trade and other colouial industries. I approve of the system of aiding nominated immigrants, such as agriculturists and small capitalists; but 1. entirely object to the free influx of Chinese, which the present small poll-tax practically allows. Those people might introduce such diseases as would bu most disastrous, and m many other ways they 'would beau undesirable adjunct to the population of this colony.. In order to further facilitate trade and -. eommeuee, lappsove of establishing direct steam, communication between New Zealnnd and Great Britain by subsidising an efficient line of steamers. The 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 o ther important pubic questions. I puipose visiting all parts of the Electorate, and publicly expressing my views. Should you do me the honor to elect me, I shall pledge myself to honestly and faithfully serve you. I have the honor to be,. Gentlemen, Your obedient servant;. JIOEIX STEVEJN 1 & . WANT E~inr IN OW iN that R. ALLINGHAM HAS lust received a large consign- ! nient of BOOTS and SHOW | i >£ superior quality, which he is prejjared to sell at prices to suit the times I3OOTS and SHOES of every des. cription made to order. R. ALLINGHAM, : The Sqttabe, Palmerston Nor til.. ; •