TO THE ELECTORS OF THE AVON DISTRICT. pEN TL EM E N,— A proclamation "-T having been issued by the Governor for th dissolution of the Provincial Council of Can terbtuy, a fresh election is necessary. 1 therefore tender t<> you 111/ services, aud without any reference to the pa- L ; if I can render you any assistance in promoting the welfare of your district and the Province in a future Council, you may, if I am elected, depend upon the assiduity of your former representative, 1 JOHN SHANO. 20th March, ISG2. TO THE ELECTORS OK THE AVON DISTRICT. Q.ENTLEMEN,— Asyou will shortly v-* have again an opportunity of selecting members to represent your district in the Provincial Conned, I beg to tender v.m my services, anil to assure you that I will, in the eveut of your re-electing mc, endeavour to discharge f.ueh duties as may devolve upou mc, with diligence and impartiality. 1 have the honor to be Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, CHARLES BOWEN. Milford, March.'Hst, 18(52. TO TMK ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF AKAROA. shall be glad, if I you desire my services, again to represent you in the Provincial Council. I greatly regret that I shall find it quite impossible to wait upon you iv person to solicit your votes, as I am unable at present to leave my farm. I shall continue to the best of my ability to support your local interests in every way consistently with the general interests of the province. You will, however, I am sure pardon mc for saying, because I feel it to be true, that my ability to obtain further votes from the Council for your district will mainly depend upon the way in which you will have met the resolution of the Council last year, by which the expenditure of the sums voted for Akaroa was placed mainly in your own hands. If, instead of frittering those votes away on small works and bye-roads, yoji expend them in opening up the main access fo the Pemnsula, I am under the impression there will be no difficulty in obtaining further and sufficient supplies for that work. In the General Government of the Province I shall continue to advocate that prudent and economical administration of the public monies which is of so much the greater importance when the temptation to extravagance, is so great. The appropriation last session of £50,000 of the current income of the province to the Railway, and the lesseuiug of the public debt to that amount,, was a very important step in the right direction. It is a couiirniation of the policy first proposed by myself, and rejected by the Government, four years ago. 1 shall advocate a pursuance of the same policy, and I entertain no doubt but that in such case the Railway will bo completed without burdening the public resources beyond what they can bear, and you, iv common with the rest of the province, will reap the benefits of so great an increase to the national wealth as the possession of that work will occasion. I have reason to believe that the arrangements made by the Government in pursuance of the votes of the Council respecting the calling in of steamers at Akavon are satisfactory to you ;. but I shall be happy to be informed of your views and wishes on this aud every other matter of local importance so long as I shall have the honor to represent you. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD TO THE ELECTOR < OE THE LINCOLN DISTRICT. /~1 ENTLEMhN, — Having been revsT quested by several influential electors to become a candidate in the forthcoming election, I beg to solicit your suffrages for the purpose of returning mc as one of your representatives iv the Provincial Council. If elected, I will advocate, as far as my voice and vote can do so, not only that a proper amount be expended as heretofore in public works, but that a fair outlay he made to benefit outlying districts. For the want of a small vote of public money, I have fceen the progress of large districts held in check, and as all cannot enjoy the luxury of living on a maiu road, I deem it to be unjust to deny assistance to those beyond its limits. I have no past political course to which I can refer; but after my long residence amongst you, I trust it will not be necessary for mc to do more than implicitly to assure you that, should I have tho honor of being elected, L will give due attention to the interests of your district, and honestly and independently endeavor to jiromote the general advancement of the province. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, CHARLES CLARK. HalsweU Road, March 25, 18C2. TO THE~ELECTORS"OF THE LINCOLN DISTRICT. (~1 ENTLEMEN,—I bejr leave to offer myself as a Candidate for the honor of representing you in the Provincial Council. Should you return mc, you may rest assured, that my best exertions shall be U3ed (as heretofore) to further your interests. I remain Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. R TOSSWILL-.
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Press, Volume II, Issue 50, 26 April 1862, Page 9
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