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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 76, 28 September 1881, Page 4

Wellington, 16th September, 1881. EDWARD STAFFORD, Esq. SIR^ — We, the undersigned, electors of the Te Aro Electoral District of the City of Wellington, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated aa a candidate in the forthcoming election for the Parliament of New Zealand, and in the event of your acceding to our request, we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to secure your return. We have the honor to be Your most obedient servants, M. Quin G. V. Shannon John Plimmer Win. Mitchell E. Seager A. Barlow W. Barnard R. P. Collinß Jamea Mitchell Geo. Leslie R. B. Haybittle Geo. Dixon J. Fitchett S. Luke, sen. R. Hannah S. Luke, jun. A. H. Hislop J. D. Sconlar W. J. Staff H. Quee Jamea Lockie W. H. Jonea E. W. Petherick C. A. Flyger John Smith, jun. And 156 others. To the Electors signing the above Requisition — Gentlemen — I have received your requisition, and beg to thank you for the honor, while assenting to it. I feel that you are placing in me very great confidence. You may feel assured that whatever energy or ability 1 possess I will uso for the benefit of this city, and of the colony as a whole. So soon as the Representation Bill becomes law, I will publish an address, in which will be expressed the views I entertain upon the leading political questions of the day. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully. E. STAFFORD. TO THE ELECTORS OF TE ARO DISTRICT, WELLINGTON. fi ENTLEMEN,— In compliance with a numerously signed requisition, which has just been handed to me, I have the honor to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages at the forthcoming general election. I will take early opportunities for addressing you upon the more important questions which will come b°fore Parliament during its next session. My professional engagements prevent my making a personal canvass, but I trust that my inability to do this will not weigh with you in your choice of a representative. Should you do me the honor to elect me, I will endeavour to justify your choice. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WM. THOS. LOCKE TRAVERS. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. fi ENTLEMRN,— The new Representation VX Act having now received the Governor's assent, I shall shortly be compelled to hand back to you the trust you have confided to my keeping for the past two years. While I much regret the voice of Parliament has decided that the unity of the city constiuencies ia to be disturbed, I yet hope to b^ selected to serve the electoral district of Thorndon in the next Assembly, and, in the event of my election, I shall none the less devote my energies, aa hitherto, to the advancement of the city as a whole. No words that I can use would give adequate expression to my feelings of gratitude tor the consideration I have invariably experienced at your hands, and I shall ever entertain a warm recollection of the confidence repos«d in me during the time I have had the honour of representing you. I am, Gentlemen, Youra faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 21th September, 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THORNDO X ELECTORAL DISTRICT /"^ ENTLEMEN— I have the honor to vJJ" inform you that I shall be a candidate for the representation of your district at the coining election, und in solic ting your suffrages, I trust that my past acts as a public man justify me in asking your support and the continuance of the confidence bo generously reposed in me during the time I have represented the City of Wellington. in the event of your placing mo in the position to which I aspire, you may rely on my every effort beirg devoted to the advancement of your interests and the progress and prosperity of- this city, with which I have been all my life identified. I am, Gentlemen, Youra faithfully, W. H. LEVIN. Wellington, 24th September. TO THIS ELECTORS OF THE HUTT. /GENTLEMEN— At tho request of my friends I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the peat in the new Parliament aa tho representative for the Hutt electorate. At an early date I propose to state my views on the great questions of the day. My endeavour will be in the future, as it has been in the past, to promote the welfare and progress of the colony in general, and of the electorate in {.-articular. Youra faithfully, THOMAS MASON. Taita, 23rd Sept., 1881. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. /"^ ENTLEMEN,— I am a Candidate for the V7T honor of representing your district in Parliament, and hope to have your support at the election. I purpose visiting the chief centres in your district, to declare my views on political matters, at an early date. Yours obediently, A. K. NEWMAN. Hawkestone-street, Wellington. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FOXTON DISTRICT. fi ENTLEMEN.— Some years ago I had \JT the honor to contest tho Manawatu seat with the present Postmaster-General, and, although defeated, I obtained a substantial majority of votes in the settlements now included within the new Electoral District of Foxton. On thanking my supporters for this expression of confidence, I promised to offer myself again on some future occasion. The approaching General Election affords me that opportunity, ar.d I have now to announce myself a candidate for the honor of representing your district in the new Parliament. It is my intention, boforo the election, to visit the various centres of population for the purpose of explaining to you fully my views on the leading qucstiona ot the day ; and. in the event ot' my being returned, it will be my earneEt aim at all times to prove myself deserving of the confidence and support which I now Boicit. I am. Gentlemen, Youra faithfully, WALTER, L. BULLER. Wellington, 23th Sept., 1831. TO THE ELECTORS OP THE FOXTON DISTRICT. GENTL''MEN,-In compliance with the request of a large numbar among you, I beg to announce that I am again a candidate for your votes. I cutertain the same opinion as on the last occasion, when I received from jou so much support. I propose to visit personally every pait of the district. I CHARLES B. IZARD. 26th September, 1831. GL. JENNESS, I • Jeweller, CHRONOMETER & WATCH MAKER, Willis-street, Wellington. — — ! G.L. J. has now on hand a fine assortmen j of all the Newest Lines of Jewellery in Gold and Silver. Al&o, a fine Etock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES at the following pricea : — Silver Hunting English Lever Watches, with two years' guarantee, from £4 53 Silver Hunting Waltham Watches from £1 Silver Hunting Congress Lever Watches from £3 Silver, open face, with crystal glass, from £2 ; Ladies' Gold open-face Watches from £2 10a, &c. Goodß securely picked and sent to any part of New Zealand. G. L. JENNESS, Willis-street, Wellington. QEAMEN'S REGISTRY OFFICE Licensed by New Zealand Government) Officers or men requir'ng employment can record their names at m i office. OHAS. H. ELLABY, Onst-niii Nonßft Quay.