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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 320, 24 November 1855, Page 4

To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen,-— ABOUT five months have now elapsed since I first addressed you soliciting your votes for the seat rendered vacant in the General assembly by the resignation of the Honorab'e .lames Stuart Wortley. His Excellency the Governor has, however, since then dissolved that body. I would therefoie renew my address hy soliciting your suffrages for a seat in the General Assembly. In my former address I stated that at a future opportunity I hoped to give you every satisfactory assurance. I have accordingly met yon hy appointment al different places in the District upon five various occasions, and have availed, myself of those opportunities of fully explaining to you my views and sentiments upon the several political questions coming within the legislative action of the General Assembly. It is therefore quite unnecessary for me again to enter into and enlarge upon those subjects. I would, however, take this opportunity of informing such of tbe electors as I have not hitherto personally waited upon, ihat it is my intention to do so, if possible, before the day of election. Neither can I permit this opportunity to pass without informing such of the electors as have already done me the hon.-r to pledge themselves to support me, that my return is certain if they fail not to be at ihe poll early on Thursday, the 20th day of December. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, DINGLEY ASKHAM BIIITTIN. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, — You are called upon, by His Excellency tbe Governor, to elect iwo representatives to the General Assembly. At the earnest request of a large number of tbe electors of this district, I am induced to offer myself to your notice, as a candidate for one of ihe vacant seats. The attention which I have given to my duties, as one of yonr representatives in the Provincial Council, Ims afforded you such an outline of my political principles, that it is unne-ces<-ary for me to address you at any length upon the subject. The present position of colonial affairs is one of great consequence to tbe Provinces, and,, as questions of serious importance will doubtless be immediately brought under the notice of the Assembly,it is es-ential that yonr election should fall upon those who possess active business habits and practical experience. Should I have the honor to be elected, I shall be as anxious as ever to promote and watch over your interests. The most prominent questions which are now agitating the public mind, are those which have reference to the adjustment of the Provincial Revenues ; the removal of the seat of Government fiom Auckland io a more convenient and more central spot; the delegation to ihe Provinces of the management of their own Waste Lands; the establishment of Provincial Courts of Justice, &c. &c, to these, and indeed to all oilier topics which concern the welfare of the Province, I shall devote my earnest atteniion, and I shall study, by a firm adherence to public principle and hy a faithful anil independent discharge of the trust committed to me, to win your future confidence and approval. ll have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, John Ollivieb, Morton Farm, Lower Lincoln Road. TO JOHN HALL, Esq., j.p., m.p.c. Sir, —We, the undersigned, request you to allow youiself to he put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of the Christchurch Country District in the General Assembly of New Zealand. We are not unconscious of the sacrifice of your private interests and convenience which doing so may occasion you, but we trust that that objection may not he an insuperable one. The stake you have in this Province, and your consequent interest in its progress and prosperity, the activity and ability you have shown in its politics, convince us that in confiding to you the representation of Canterbury in the General Assembly, we could not place it in better hands. 1 Should,you kindly accede to this request wa