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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 133, 23 July 1853, Page 10

To theEleotors of the Towa of Christchurch. Gentlemen, I HAVE the honour to offer myself as a candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council of Canterbury. Having been long known to most of you both in my public capacity and private character, I look with some confidence for your interest and suppoit, and should I be elected one of your Representatives, I pledge myself to exert my utmost for the advancement and prosperity of this part of the colony of New Zealand, with which I have been so long and intimately connected. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, Thomas Cass. Christchurch, July 20, 1853. To the Electors of the Town of Christchurch. Gentlemen, HAVING in accordance with a requisition presented to me some weeks ago, signified my intention of offering myself as a Candidate for the honour of representing you in the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, I again beg to solicit your votes, and to assure you that, should you elect me to that office, I shall constantly endeavour to advance the material and political interests of the Colony. I am, Gentleman, Your obedient servant, Samuel Bealy. Christchnreh. July 19, 1853. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, T beg to offer myself as a Candidate for ■*- a seat in the Provincial Council. In the event of my election, I should endeavour, to the best of my ability, to promote the welfare of all classes in the set- ■■ tlement, while I should wish to represent the Pastoral Interest with which I am more immediately connected. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, M. J. Bukke. ] Halswell Station, 11th July, 1853. j To the Electors of Akaroa- ! Gentlemen, T BEG to offer myself as a Candidate for -*- the honour of representing you in the Provincial Council. Should you honour me with your confidence, I pledge myself, on all occasions, to use my utmost endeavours to further the interests of Akaroa, and to obtain for it that position of importance in the Province, which its intrinsic excellencies and capabilities naturally lead the inhabitants of Akaroa to expect for it. To that end, I shall in the first place, as soon as the Provincial Council shall obtain the power of dealing with the land questions of the Province, lay before the* Council those claims which have so long harassed you, interrupted the harmony of your society, and impeded the interests, not of Akaroa alone, but of the whole of Banks' Peninsula, and shall endeavour to procure such an adjustment of the various conflicting claims, as shall be, as far as possible, just, equitable, and satisfactory to all parties concerned. I shall further strive to bring about a more perfect communication between Akaroa and the rest of the Province both by land and by sea, as well as to establish a more regular and more frequent transmission of mail>. In short, I shall, as far as in me lies, in every matter and on all occasions so act as a Representative should act, who has at heart the interests of so important a district and so intelligent a constituency. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient bumble servant, Augustus G. Percival. AUaroa, July 19,1853.