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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 514, 7 October 1857, Page 5

FOR SALE. BY private contract, a few acres of bush adjoining- Hoon Hay. Apply to j. LONGDEN. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ASHLEY DISTRICT, f\ ENTLEMEN,—The time is now apVIT preaching when you will be called upon to elect one member to serve in the Provincial Council. I beg to solicit your suffrages at the ensuing election. I have hitherto abstained from addressing you, in the hope that some person more able to attend to your interests, and, perhaps, more fully possessing your confidence, would present himself to your notice, but as yet I am not aware of any other candidate being in the field. I have, therefore, at the request of several friends, felt it my duty to ask your support. Should you do me the honor to elect me, I shall endeavour faithfully to discharge the duties of your representative. I beg to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, THOMAS HIGGINS. ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT. MR. BRITTAN'S Committee beg to thank the electors who have promised Mr. Brittan their support at the ensuing election of Superintendent, and to assure them that the number of promises already made warrants the fullest confidence in the certainty of his return. They have thought it proper (during Mr. Brittan's temporary absence) to make this statement, that the Electors may not be misled by the representations to the contrary which are so industriously circulated. RICHARD WESTENRA, Chairman. Central Committee Room, White Hart Hotel, Oct. 5,1857 TO STOREKEEPERS, SETTLERS, AND OTHERS. THE undersigned, having established themselves in Sydney as Commission Merchants for some time, beg to, inform the inhabitants of Nelson and Surrounding districts that they are prepared to execute business in the Sale of Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, Grain and other produce, or in the furnishing of goods from the Sydney markets, giving intimations of prices current from time to time as may be requested or necessary. j. & d. McDonald, Sussex Street North, Sydney, N. S. Wales. TO MR. CHARLES WELLINGTON ... BISHOP.

SIR,-:— The Provincial Council having been dissolved, we shall shortly be called upon to elect new members : Therefore, we, the undersigned electors of the town of Christchureh, feeling that the time has arrived when the commercial interests of this province should be more amply represented, and having the fullest confidence in your integrity and ability, request that you will allow yourself to be placed in nomination as a candidate for the representation of this town in the Provincial Council. Should you accede to our request, we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to secure your election. George Gould D. Clarkson Grosvenor Miles Edward Recce Joseph Longden H. Lowther David Lewis John Dilloway J. F. Ballard M. L. Joyce John Pierce John Anderson Joseph Dann Bun-ell Parkerson Moses Cryer John F. Smart j Thos. Wilson W. Wilson j R. Thomson Wm. Thomson i C. W. Wyatt H. E. Alporfc ! John Moore W. Stringer J J. R. Griffith J. Betts Benjamin Wyatt J. Bilton William Sears A. Whincop. Noah Edgar Gentlemen, —Permit me to thank you for I the flattering manner in which you invite me to place myself in nomination as a candidate for a seat in the representation of this town in the Provincial Council, and, in reply, to state that j I am willing to stand and give my best services j in promoting the general good of Canterbury, ; and of this town in particular. j I am, Gentlemen, j Your very obedient servant, j C. W. BISHOP. I To Mr. George Gould and the other gentlemen j signing the Requisition. j Market Place, Christchureh, i September 30th, 1857. j TO THE ELECTORS OF THE j TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. /^i ENTLEMEN, —By the foregoing \JC you will have seen that I have been requested by some of my brother electors to offer myself as a candidate for the representation of this town in the next Provincial Council, and that I have consented to do so. I have therefore now to ask for your interests and votes; assuring j'ou that, if you carry my election, I shall fulfil my promise and use my best endeavours to promote the interests of this town and that of the province generally. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, C. W. BISHOP. Christchureh, Oct. oth, 1857.