Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 36, 22 March 1871, Page 2

ELECTION .NOTICES. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TAIERI. TN pursuance of " t The Regulation'of ElecJ- tions Act, 1870," I, James Fulton, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Taieri, do hereby give nptice that, by virtue of a Writ bearing date the 7th day of February, 1871, under the Public Seal of the Colony, an ELECTION will be held for the return of THREE members in the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL of Otago, for the said District ; and that the Nomination of Candidates will take place at the Courthouse, West Taieri, at noon on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1871 ; and that the Poll, if necessary, will be taken on Monday the 27th day of March, 1871. JAMES FULTON, Returning Officer. The following are Polling-places for the Electoral District of Taieri : — The Courthouse, West Taieri The Schoolhouse, East Taieri The Schoolhouse, North Taieri The Schoolhouse, Obakia The Schoolhouse, Maungatua. JAMES FULTON, Returning Officer. West Taieri, March Ist, 1871TAIERI ELECTION. 13th March, 1871. To DONALD REID, ESQ. SIR_ We, the undersigned Electors of the Taieri District, beg respectfully to request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as a Candidate to represent this district in the Provincial Council. And we pledge ourselves, if you comply with our request, to vote for you, and to use our best endeavor to securo your election. We are, Sir, Yours most respectfully Andrew Todd William Snow N. J. B. M'Gregor Robert Somerville Robert Charteris H. F. Blatch j. M. Williamson Frederick L. Jeffcoat John B. Blair And 2GO others. 4T\ ENTLEMEN— I have much pleasure in complying with your request. Should you again elect me as one of your representatives, I will, as I have always done In tlio past, devote my bcob cfFwrta to the advancement of the social and material interests of the district, aud will support all measures which have for their object the development of the resources of the Province, and the promotion of its prosperity on a sound and permanent basis, irrespective of the men by whom these measures may bo proposed. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, DONALD REID. Salisbury, North Taieri, March 13fch, 1871. TO MR JAMES SHAND. SIR — We. the undersigned Electors of the Taieri District, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as one of the Members for the Provincial Council to represent this District. In the event of your complying with this request, we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to secure your return. We are. Yours, &c., William Snow J. W. Joseph T. JB. Blatch J ames Christie James Bcwley James Reid John Sinclair An d GO others To Messrs SNOW, BLATCH, BEWLEY, NIMMO, SIM, J. REID, and the other Gentlemen signing the Requisition f*\ ENTLEMEN— In reply to the very flattering requisition sent to me from .the West Taieri Electors, and in answer to Requisitions forwarded to me from East and North Taieri, I consider it to be my duty to place myself in your hands. It certainly is very satisfactory to me that the confidence which existed in my own part of the District still seems to remain between us. I shall take the liberty of addressing the Electors in the various Districts before and after the day of nomination, of which notice will be given. I know there are differences of opinion between myself and the electors, but I do not wish to be returned to the Provincial Council if the views which I hold, and which I will state frankly and fearlessly to you, and if returned advocate in the Council, are not satisfactory to the Taieri Electors. I shall therefore, until you hear me, consider the Requisition not binding on yourpaH^ I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES SHAND.