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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 135, 6 August 1853, Page 5

To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, X Respectfully request the favour of your -■- support as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council. Should you elect me as one of your representatives, I would use my best exertionsto promote the interests of all classes of my fellow Colonists, by the faithful and independent discharge of the trust confided to me. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Charles Bowekt. July 27, 1553. 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, Cbtaeles E. Pkichard. Christchurch, July 6th, 1853. To the Electors of the Country District of Christchurch. Gentlemen, X beg leave to present myself before you -*- as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council. In the event of my being elected my best efforts will be directed to the promotion of your interests, and to those of the Province generally. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, John Hall. Christchurch, 26th July, 1553. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, X HAVE the honour to solicit your suffra- -*- ges for a Seat in the General Assembly of New Zealand. From the numerous promises of support I have received, I feel less diffident in coming forward than I should otherwise have done, though my sense of the responsibilities involved in the honour of representing the Province of Canterbury in the first Parliament of New Zealand is, I can assure you, seriously felt by me. Without entering at lsngth upon my political views, I will unreservedly state that should T be fortunate enough to secure a majority of your votes, my efforts shall be principally directed—lst, to the decentralization of Government as far as it may be possible ; 2nd, to the transfer of the powers over the Waste Lands from the General A ssembly into the hands of the Provincial Councils; and 3rd, to the enforcement of the most rigid economy in the public expenditure, as far as it can possibly introduced, consistently with the real practical efficiency of each department. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant. James Sttjaet Woetley. Christchurch, July 27, ISSS.