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Southland Times, Issue 1720, 28 March 1873, Page 2

W. WOOD, ESQ , INVEUCAKGILL. SIR,— We, the undersigned electors of lnvercargill, hereby request your consent to be nominated as a candidate for the seat in the House of Representatives rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr W. H. Calder. We do so in the belief that, while supporting the policy of Public Works and Im migration, you recognise the importance of placing the administration of that policy on a sounder footing than it has yet attained. Should you accept this invitation, we pledge ourselres to use our best endeavors to secure your return. (Here follow the signatures.) To Messrs Macdonald, Hunter, M'Nab, White- . ford, Fredric, Blacklock, Hare, Smyth, and the other gentlemen signing the requisition. /GENTLEMEN,— Having carefully considered \JT your requisition, I feel it my duty to accede to your wishes. I an an earnest advocate of the Public Works and Immigration policy, believing that, if ably and judiciously carried out to its coaapletioa, it must be attended by impor- , tant and lasting benefits to New Zealand as a colony. Yet lam strongly of opinion that the results will be far otherwise if conducted as it has been hitherto. Should you do me the honor to elect me as your representative, I will, therefore, feel it my duty to ally myself with others with a view to removing the administration from the hands of those who have so long been entrusted with it, and, as yet, succeeded only in proving that they are totally unfitted for the performance of duties in connection with matters so vitally affecting the ' destinies of this colony. Other -"— questions will also require the careful attention of your representative. Of these, education, steam postal communication, the vigorous prosecution" of railway works, especially in this Island, are among the most important. ""If being my intention to invite jou tcfmeet me previpur to the day of nomination, I of entering fully on '■iu -*s£& *$$ ;^*ejyiubjepts. . . 'I'ji- &•" & than! ybu ; for tbis renewed mark of s» your confldeßoe, and remain, Gentlemen, W' ; u:H crioiioK JYourobeihent servant, ■ ' WII/LIAM WOOD.