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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 621, 20 October 1858, Page 2

PUBLIC NOTICE. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY TO WIT : AVON DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of William Sefton Moorhouse, Esq., Superintendent of the said Province, bearing date the I6th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, hath been directed to mo, Thomas Rowley, Esq., as Returning Officer for the Avon District, in the said Province, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by and from the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, one person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the Avon District, in place of Richard Woodford, Esq., resigned. Now, therefore. I, the said Thomas Rowley, Returning Officer for the Avon District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Avon District will be holden at Gregg's Barn, Riccarton.in the Avon District, on Friday the loth day of October uext, at noon, for the purpose of nominating one person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the Avon District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Saturday the 16th day of October next, at the School-House at Papanui, and Gregg's Barn, Riccarton. The voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock, a.m., of the said day, and to close at four o'clock p.m. of the same day. THOMAS ROWLEY, Returning Officer. Avon District, Sept. 30th, 1553. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE AVON DISTRICT. • f*i ENTLEMEN,~Had I received a^ vDT timely intimation of the vacancy which has jast occurred in the Avon Electoral District, in consequence of Mr. Wood ford's resignation of his seat in the Provincial Council, I should have offered myself to your notice as his successor. As I now find there are already two candidates in the field, and that a majority of your votes are pledged, I shall not on the present occasion solicit your suffrages; but whenever an opportunity may again present itself, I shall venture to obtrude myself upon your notice, and I trust that a residence of six years in the settlement, combined with a personal and practical acquaintance "with its agricultural and pastoral interests will acquit me of any undue presumption in seeking the honor of becoming one of your representatives. I am, gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, THOMAS ROWLEY. | Middleton, Sept. 14,1858. TQ THE ELECTORS OF THE PORT VICTORIA DISTRICT. /^1 ENTLEMEN, —a vacancy having oc\JC eurred in the representation of your district in the Provincial Council, by the retirement of Mr. Sprot, I beg to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, THOMAS H. POTTS. Governor's Bay, Oct. 5,1858. NOTICE. APnblic Meeting of the Stoekowners of this province is invited at the Town Hall, Christehurch, on SATURDAY, 16th October, at Noon, for the purpose o& selecting for recommendation to the Provincial Government, a person duly qualified for the office of Inspector of Sheep, in the room of Sir Wm. Congreve, Bart., resigned. By order of bis honor the Superintendent, J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christehurch, Sept. 13, 1858. TO THE STOCKOWNERS OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. i^i ENTLEMEN,—At the request and vX on the promised support of more than one influential stockowner in this province, I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the office of Inspector of Sheep, now rendered vacant by the resignation of Sir W. Congreve. To many of you in the south I am known as having experience in Australia, as well as New Zealand, in all relating to the management of sheep. To sach as I am unknown to, I may mention that for years I was in the neighbourhood of flocks, in Australia, infected with the disease called ' scab,' and may well be supposed able to detect it. I have but to add that should you support my application to his Honor the Superintendent for the vacant office, in the event of my being elected.it shall be my anxious care to do all that is required of one holding that responsible situation. I am, jour obedient servant, WM. DU MOULIN. ] Raukapaka, Sept. 30,1868. j npiHE undersigned are Purchasers of JL WHEAT and OATS. Cash on delivery at the Ferry Wharf. JOHN C. AIKMAN. FRED. LE CREN. Ferry Wharf, July 1.