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

To the Electors of the Town of Christchurch, Gentlemen, I BEG to offer myself as a Candidate for a Seat in the Provincial Council. In the event of my being elected I shall use my best endeavours to make the measure cf Self Government, which has been bestowed upon us, conduce to the well being of all classes of my fellow Colonists. My efforts will be particularly directed towards obtaining from the General Assembly an extensive delegation of the powers entrusted to it by the Imperial Parliament, including especially the control of the waste Lands of the Province, and the disposal of its Public Revenue. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant John Hall. To the Electors of the Town of Christchurch. Gentlemen, HAVING received promises of support from several of your number if I came forward at the ensuing Elections, I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for the honor of representing you in the first Provincial Council of Canterbury. When the time shall arrive for a personal canvass I shall be most happy to meet and explain my views to you, and I trust that if I am elected I shall never give my friends any reason to regret it. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, James Stuart Wortley. Christchurch, July 22. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, IN compliance with the requisition with ! which you have honored me, I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council, and need only assure you that, in the event of my election, I should at all times seek to promote your interests and to secure the welfare and prosperity of all Classes in the Settlement. I am, Gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, Charles E. Prichard. Christchurch, July 6th, 1853. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, THE time having arrived when you will shortly be called on to exercise your Electoral rights under the Constitution conferred upon you by the Crown and British Parliament, I beg again to announce my intention of offering myself as a Candidate for the honour of being one of your Representatives in the General Assembly of New Zealand. • Ido not think it necessary here to enter into any lengthened exposition of my policy and principles. Briefly, I may say, my policy will be to advance by every legitimate means the prosperity and well-being of the Colony in general and of this Province in particular, and my principles, the fearless and independent support of all such measures as I may think most likely to conduce to those ends. Should you do me the honour to elect me, I can venture to assure you of my entire devotion to your interests, with which my own have been from the first foundation of this Settlement, and still are, identified, and that I will, to the best of my ability, endeavour faithfully to discharge the duties of your representative in the Parliament of New Zealand. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, William: Guise Brittan. Christchurc-h, July 15.