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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1633, 10 March 1866, Page 4

Election Notices. TO WILLIAM* MONTGOMERY, Esq. WE, the undersigned respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as one of the Representatives of the Heathcote District at the approaching elections of members of the Provincial Council. We are led to make this request, knowing that you are interested in the Heathcote District, and that, from your intimate acquaintance with its requirements (as well as those of the province at large), you are eminently fitted to become its representative in the Council. J D Macpherson C Cuff George Buckley FHM Walker John Anderson Robert Sutherland C C Aikman A Balcke W K M'Lean Wm Day R Brunsden H Smith Thomas Bruce F Jenkins George Duncan R T Stanley P Laurie Edward Reece W Wilson Henry D Mytton T Pavitt James Gilbert T B Thompkius J S Williams James Grant Thomas S Duncan Thos Green George Fletcher J W D Bamford W Ross Edwin Burnell Isaac Luck j S Johnson John M'Harg John H Caton H W Packer Joseph Bailey E C J Stevens Alfred Silk M R Ashwin George Gould James T Fisher Wm Reeves H S Brown Wilhelm Schmidt F A Bishop C H Lunt E B Bishop Henry Sawtell Wm Bowler Chas M Ollivier Geo H Tribe Thomas Wm Maude RJ S Harman Walter John Carew Thomas Tombs E W Tippetts C F Todhunter J W S Coward To J. D. Macpherson, Esq., and the gentlemen who have signed the Requisition : — I BEG o thank you very sincerely for the gratifying requisition presented to me, signed by gentlemen of such influence ; and, in accordance with your wish, I will offer myself as a candidate for the representation of the Heathcote District at the approaching election of members for the Provincial Council. I am in favour of the prosecution of public ■works in the province to the utmost limit that our. finances will warrant; but such public works, in my opinion, should be undertaken only where there is a probability, amounting almost to a certainty, that they will be remunerative, or where imperatively called for to develope the resources of the province ; and I consider the utmost care should at all times be taken to guard against the possibility of a financial difficulty. I am in favour of liberal grants for educational purposes, believing that sound education tends to promote order and self-reliance in a community, assists in the development of the energies and resources of a people, and conduces in an eminent degree towards making men good citizens. I am entirely opposed to any change in our Land Regulations, believing them to be admirably adapted to promote the settlement of an industrious population in the province; and I feel convinced that any change lowering the price of land would so unsettle the value . ~ ~. _ i,_ _i j; i. li._ IJ

of all securities, that disastrous results would surely follow. The clause conferring preemptive rights may require to be modified, so as more clearly to express its meaning, but I am opposed to any departure from the spirit of the present Land Eegulations. I am in favour of a considerable grant to provide free passages for female immigrants of first-class character, suitable to the wants of the province. Gentlemen, such are my views on the most prominent questions of the day. I promise, if I have the honour to be elected, to give earnest attention to my public duties. I will endeavour to do all in my power to secure a just distribution of the public money to all parts of the province ; and as one of the representatives of your district, knowing its wants and requirements, it will be my peculiar duty to see that it has a fair share. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 311 W. MONTGOMERY. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SELWYN DISTRICT. GENTLEMEN,— I have received a requisition from many of the influential electors of your district asking me to allow myself to be nominated, at the forthcoming general election, as a candidate to represent you in the Provincia!|Gfeincil, and I have much pleasure in cffltiilving with their reThe fact that m J§|IHPP ODa I interest so much depends on ffifrgißeral prosperity of the district will probably be considered sufficient guarantee that I will carefully watch over all matters affecting our common welfare, and as I intend soon to be a resident among you, I shall be able to make myself further acquainted with your requirements; and, should you return me as your member, to advocate them to the best of ability, provided they with the general prospe4J|^^^Hpprovince. With my the gentlemen who signed the requisition, I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 766 EDWD. JOLLIE. ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF AMURI. IN PURSUANCE of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Regulation of Elections Act. 1858," I, HUGH McILRAITH Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Amuri, do hereby give notice, that by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, 1866, issued under the hand of his Honor the Superintendent of Nelson, an ELECTION will be held for the return of a qualified person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Electoral District, and that the NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at St. Leonard's Woolshed, 'on MONDAY, the Nineteenth day of March 1866, and that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken on TUESDAY, the Twentieth day of Seventh day of March, 1866. . HUGH McILRAITH, Returning Officer. places are Polling Places for the Electoral District of Amuri :— Polling Place St. Leonards—The Woolshed. HUGH McILRAITH. Returning Officer. Dated this Serenth day of March, 1866. 800