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Southland Times, Issue 4186, 29 November 1881, Page 1

Election NoticesTO THE ELECTORS OF WAL LACE. Gentlemen, — I have to thank you for the various requisitions which have been addressed, to me from different parts of the district, asking me to contest the seat for Wallace as your representative in the General Assembly, and I have much pleasure in announcing that I intend to accept your invitation, and to place my best services at your disposal. 1 shall take an early opportunity of making my views more fully known to you through the columns of the press, ani thereafter of meeting you personally in the various centres. Meantime, I shall only say that, if elected, 1 shall prove myself to be an independent member, working without fear or favor for. the general good of the whole district — considering as I do that class legislation is not only unjust, but dishonorable. 1 am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 0c25 JOHN C. ELLIS. TJ E Q U I S I T I O 11. TO CUTHBERT COWAN, Esq. We, the undersigned electors, request you to allow yourself to be nominated to represent the Hokonui Electoral District in the General Assembly, and we pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to secure your return. We are yours obediently, William Daniel J. B. Sutton Thomas Black Alfred Beaven Alex Hamilton A. Blakie C. D. Moore Donald Cameron Arthur Gerrard 1 hos. Mo William And other 84 gentlemen To Messrs William Daniel, J. B. Sutton, and the other gentlemen signing the requisition — Gentlemen,— It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge receipt of yonr requisition, asking me to allow myself to be nominated to represent the Hokonui electoral district in tbe General Assembly, and in acceding to your request, to assure you that my best services are at your disposal. I will take an early opportunity of meeting the electors at the various centres of the electoral district to explain to them my views on matters political. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, ocl3 CUTHBERT COWAN INVERCARGILL ELECTION. REQUISITIONS. TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. Slfi, — Finding by the Representation Bill just passed that we are placed in the Invercargill 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 conducive not only to the welfare of your late constituency, but to the commonwealth of' the colony, and in the absence of anyone more eligible, we have determinel to request you to become a candidate for the Electoral District of Invercargi'l, and we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return, [Signed by Messrs J. Blomfield, W. Bidland, J. Garmson, and 69 other electors. North Invercargill, Sept. 8, 1881. 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. Douglas, G. Ott, Wm. Craig, Robert Millar, K. Gray, J. Whiteford, and 183 other electors.] TO HENRY FELDWICK, Ebq. SIR, — Being thoroughly satisfied with your actions when representing the Town of Invercargill in the House ©f Representatives, we, the undersigned electors, residing in the Borough of East Invercargill, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated for the enlarged District of Invercargill at the coming 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 Messr3 James Smith, W. Timpany, H. Gilbertson, and 27 other electors.] TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. SIR, — We, the undersigned Electors, residing in tLe 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 cur power to secure your return. We are, Sir, Yours respectf ully, [Signed by Messrs R. Cleave, B. Dunlop, A. Cheyne, and 25 other electors.] TO HENRY FELDWICK, Esq. SIR, We, the undersigned electors, residing 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 yourself to be nominated for the representation of the district in the House of Representatives at the ensuing general election. Should you see your way to do so, we promise to do all in our power to secure your teturn. We are, Sir, Yours respectfully, PSigned by Messrs Jaa. Jamieson, John Melvin, H. McLean, and 26 other electors.] TO THE ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT 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 beingi 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 tne honor to state that I will seek your suffrages at the forthcoming general election, and will take opportunities of addressing you in the ivarious centres, as 6oon 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, oetO HENRY FKLDWICS.