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Press, Volume IX, Issue 1095, 12 May 1866, Page 5

Election Notices. TO \V. C. VVALKKR, ESQ. SIR\— We, t)>e Undersigned, Electors of tho -s. Ashburton District, request that you will allow yourself to bo put in Nomination for this District at tho ensuing Klection for tho Provincial Council, and we will use our best exertions to secure your return. John McLean W S Peter C Hurst Charles II Greenstreot William Turton John McLean A McLean Jnincs D Rogers Forster F Nixon Francis Pitt Kermodo and Co. Michael S Campbell E M Templer John Stnee Joseph Hill !TO JOHN McLEAN, ESQ., AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN SIGNING THE REQUISITION. Gentlemen, — I shall be most happy to accept the honor of being put in nomination for your district at the ensuing election for tho Provincial Council; and, if returned, I shall use my best endeavors to further the interests oi the district and of the province in general. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient eervant, W. C. Waxkeb. March 11,1866. 3-12 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HEATHCOTE DISTRICT. /~1 ENTLEMEN,—I have tho honor to offer VU" myself as a Candidate to Represent your District nt the coming election in the.Provincial Council. I have resided amongst you for eoino years, and am personally known to many of you. Possibly uiy political opinions may not be on that ground I may bo allowed to state briefly. lam of opinion that centralization and an undue creation of departments, and as a necessary consequence an opening for place-seekers exists far beyond tho requirements of an efficient administration of the Government of the Province, and this has tended in a great mensure to bring about tho present financial difficulties. I should if elected support any well devised measure calculated to develope tho resources of the province, and am of opinion that nothing will effect this short of a judicious extension Oi railways and good roads. I am also in favor of a system of promoting a sound education, consistent with the existent requirements. I should be prepared to support any measure to conserve the landed estate of the province, especially with a view of modifying the present system of granting pre-emptive rights. I think that the present system of Road .Board administration is very defective, especially in the outlying districts; and I cannot see the justice of the farmer's industry being taxed, and the owners of unimproved lands and the runholding community being exempt or nearly so from local taxation. My motto would bo Economy, retrenchment, and no special class legislation. The farming and other interests being vested, and to my mind paramount, should be as faithfully represented as the sheep and commercial interests. If you think mc competent to represent you in the Provincial Council, I am willing to place my services at your disposal; and will hold myself in readiness to meet you at any time more fully to explain my views. I am, your obedient servant, John Jbbsox. Fountain Villa, Lincoln road, February 15,1866. 2-17 TO THOMAS SMITH DUNCAN, ESQ. WJK THE UNDERSIGNED ELEC* * v TORS, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to bo put in Nomination as one of the Representatives of the Avon District in the Provincial Council at the approaching election* ;.. 1 William Morgan Thomas Tombe C C Aikman William Bowler Henry Mataon J 8 Williams James- 1 ET Kferr ' B "Walton Spencer A Percival ~ J T Peacock George Wm Nelder W B Bray ; James Frame . J W Shackle ton W D Barnard John Dillbway i James Hair James H Fyeh i John Flashbourn, Thomas J Jcynt Andrea Maher John Shand Henry Jackson Joseph L Withnall Samuel Bradley B F Stanley , W N Higgins Thoe Wm Maude "E~E Stewart J Ladbrooke; J H Bennett AM Thomson S B Stiffe James Flint P W Delamaine William Pitt R M Morton George Oram . George l> Lockhart Joseph Fantham Douglas Graham Thos Hetherington Seymour HSaunders GB Baker Chas Lucas George Miller ; . WMatthewe A A Fantham G Webster Joeeph Fantham, jun TO WILLIAM MORGAN, Esq., AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE SIGNED THE REQUISITION. j Gbntmmbn, —I beg to thank you for the honor you have conferred on mc by requesting mc to become a candidate for a Beat for the Avon District in the next Provincial Council; and in answer thereto, have to state that I have much pleaeure in acceding to your request, and if elected, either for that district, or if subdivided, for the Papanui districts I shall, as formrrly as one of your members, do my utmost for the interests of the district I represent. I have the honor to be, Your obedient eervant, Thos. *'S. Duncah. Cbristehurcb, Feb. 14,1866. 2-15 TO F. J. GABRIOK, ESQ. DEAESIB,— We,theFndewigned,Electors of the City of Ohrbtcburch, request that you will allow yourself to be put in Nomi* nation for a seat in the Provincial Council for this City aC the ensuing Election, believing that, although you have not long resided among us, yet your stake in the province, and an intimate knowledge of colonial politics, eminently fit you for a seat as one of our representatives. W. Wilson, B. Symington, And 130 other electors. TO WILLIAM WILSON, ESQ., AlfD THE GENTLEMEN SIGNING THE BEQUISITION. Gektlesies, —I beg to thank you for the expression of your confidence in requesting mc to represent you for the City of Chrigtchurch at the approaching Election of members for the Provincial Council; and in placing my services at your disposal, promise that if elected, I will use my best efforts in support of every measure calculated to promote the interests of the City and of the Province in general. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, F. J. GaSBICK. Christchurch, February 10,1866. 8-1 MB. TBAVEBS'S COMMITTEE. MB. TBAVEBS'S COMMIT FEE BOOMS are Open every Day, from twelve to three o'clock, at Colombo House* oi Gloucester and Colombo street*. PXBCTYAK JftEABCOB* ; 446 Secretory.