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Southland Times, Issue 4156, 25 October 1881, Page 4

Election Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE , * AWAKUA DISTRICT. . Gentlemen,— To set at rest doubts which have been expressed on the subject, I beg to state that 1 am a candidate for your representation in the General Assembly. After the date of the elections is fixed I shall address meetings in the several centres of population, and thus afford you an opportunity of judging whether my political opinions are i uch as to merit your confidence and support. Meantime my sincere thanks are given to the numerous friends oh whose requisition I have ( sntered the field. i I am, Gentlemen, I Your most obedient servant jse27 JAMES P. JOYCE. |O E Q U 1 8 I T I O M. TO DAVID SMYTH, Esq. 1 Sir, — We, the undersigned electors in the iAwarua listrict, beg that you will allow (yourself to be nominated as a candidate for a peat in the House of Representatives for the |Awarua District, and we pledge you our utmost support to gain your return: — 1 James Henderson James Munro Proctor Nicholson J. F. Dundas P.odney S. Pasley C.C.Stevens ; John Drake Solomon Shepherd C. J. Warden James Wilson Robert Craig J. H. Dawson A. W. Dawson Thomas Barclay John G. Brown Benjamin Edwards James Crombie A. Darling George Frisken John Oughton James Ferguson Archibald McCallum ■William Asher John Brook Francis Jack R. Me 111 wrick Ales. Steel John McPherson And one hundred and twenty-six other electors. REPLY. To Messrs Henderson, Munro, Nicholson, and the other one hundred and fiftyone electors who have signed the Requisition. Gentlemen, — I am duly favored with your requisition, and, after careful consideration, I consent to allow myself to be nominated as a candidate for the Awarua electorate. It is peculiarly gratifying to me to receive such a signal mark of confidence from so many electors, the great bulk of whom have known me for upwards of half a gener- ! ation, and all of whom have a cousiderable i stake in the colony, and are deeply interested ■in its prosperity and welfare. The great respect I entertain for the many old settlers . whose names appear on the requisition, overcame all my scruples and reluctance to give my consent." I am deeply sensible of your confidence, and I sincerely trust that my conduct and my actions may be such as to retain your esteem, whether or not I be elected as your representative. In due time I will take the necessary steps iv order to place before you my political views, which are Liberal, but not Radical. In the meantime, Gentlemen, 1 beg to remain, Your obedient servant, DAVID SMYTH. 21st September, 1881 523 INVERCARGILL ELECTION. REQUISITIONS. TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. SIR, — We, the undersigned electors of the Town of Invercargill, hereby request you to allow yourself to be placed in nomination as a candidate for the representation of the Invercargill District in the General Assembly, and in the event of your acceding to this request we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return. [Signed by Messrs C. Donelas, G. Ott, Wm. Craig, Robert Millar, K. Gray, J. Whiteford, and 183 other electors.] TO HENRY FJILDWICK, Esq. S~ I&, — Finding by the Representation Bill just passed that we are placed in the Jnvercargill Electoral District, we are induced to fix upon a candidate who will be acceptable to the Liberal interest, and in the selection your past services are considered as Laving been coutiuoive noß4>nly to the welfare of your late constituency, but to the commonwealth of the colony, and in the absence of anyone more eligible, we have determined to request you to become a candidate for the Electoral District of Invercargill, and we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return. [Signed by Messrs J. Blomfield, W. Ridland, J. Garmson, and 69 other electors. ' North Invercargill, Sept. 8, 1881. TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. SIR, — Being thoroughly satisfied with your actions when representing the Town of Invercargill in the House <af Representatives, we, the uudersigned electors, residing iv the Borough of East Invercargill, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated for the enlarged District of Invercargill at the comirig General Election. In the event of your complying, we promise to use our utmost endeavors to secure your return. We are, Sir, Yours respectfully, [Signed by Messrs James Smith, W. Timpany, H. Gilbertson, and 27 other electors.] TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. SIR,— We, the undersigned Electors, residing in tie Borough of Avenal, having every confidence from your past services in the General Assembly as to your fitness to represent us in the Parliament shortly to be ejected, respectfully request you to allow yourself to be put in nomination for the District of Invercargill. Should you do so we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to secure your return. We are, Sir, Yours respectfully, [Signed by Messrs R. Cleave, R. Dunlop, A. Cheyue, and 25 other electors.] TO HENRY FELDWJCK, Esq. IR, -We, the undersigned electors, residO ing in the Town of Gladstone and Electoral District of Invercargill, being fully satisfied with your actions in a late Parliament, respectfully request that you will allow i yourself to be nominated for the representation of the district in the House of Representatives at the ensuing general election. Should ypu see your way to do so, we promise to do all in our power to secure your return. We are, Sir, Yours respectfully, [Signed by Messrs Jas. Jamieeon, John MelviUj, H. McLean, and 26 other electors.] TO THE ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT j :, OF INVERCARGILL. Gentlemen, — IT is with -great pleasure that I acknowledge receipt of the foregoing requisitions. I do so with a deep appreciation of the expressions of confidence they convey, these being all the more gratifying, inasmuch as four of them come from residents of the suburban townships, who were not directly interested in my previous actions in Parliament, they being at that time electors in the old Mataura district. In reply to your invitations I have the honor to state that I will seek your suffrag s at the forthcoming general election, and will take opportunities of addressing you in the various centres, as soon as possible after the dissolution of the present Parliament, and the issue of the writs for the new one. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, -OQ2O HENRY FBLDWICK, v