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Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 28, 9 February 1853, Page 4

TO WILLIAM lIALSE. Esq. SIR,— We, the undersigned ..inhabitants of New Plymouth, being of opinion that you are, by ability, position, knowledge of t lie native character, and intimate acquaintance with the affairs of this Settlement from its establishment, well qualified to fill the important post of Superintendent of this Province, request that you will permit us to nominate you as a Candidate for that office. Henry King, J.P. T, K. Skinner G. Cutfield, J.P. P. F. Hoskin T. W. Richardson W. C. King Robert Greenwood P. Wilson, J.P. Thomas Good C. Homeyer George Bnyley George St. George John L. Newman T. Wayth Gudgeon .1. Y. Lloyd, J.P. Samuel Vickf is John S. de Mole Frederick Norris Edw. L. Humphries Richard Wood J. C. Sharland Octa. Carrington Wm. Lakeman C. A. Beardsworth New Plymouth, Dec. 20, 1852. Gentlemen, I have had the honour of receiving your address, asking that I would permit you to nominate me as a Candidate tor the office of Superintendent of the Province of New Plymouth. ' The requisition, so influentially signed, and proceeding fiom gentlemen to whose opinions I feel it my duty to bow, leaves me no alternative but to comply with your wishes, conveyed in terms so flattering to myself. I have accordingly prepared an Address to the Electors of the Province, announcing myself as a Candidate for their suffrages. I have, &c. (Signed) W. HALSE. To Captnin King, R.N., and the other Gentlemen signing the requisition. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. Gi ENTLEMEN,— A requisition having I* been addressed to me by a number of gentlemen of this district, to the effect that I would consent to be put in nomination for the Superintendeni&hip of the Province of New Plymouth, I have now the honour of announcing myself to you as a Candidate for that office. In so doing, it is not necessary that I say many words of myself. I am a colonist of 1841, and have resided in New "Plymouth from that period to the present time. During some considerab'e pa 1 ! of the interval, I have been engaged in offices of public and private trust and renponsibil ty. Yet, although these considerations may not improperly be regarded ns in come oVgn c wai ranting a Candidate in applying for your suffrages, still I should not liuve urg<-d them uron the present occasion but for the solicitation of the gentlemen whose n^mps are appended to the requisition, and whom I know lo be actuated in this matter less by private feelings towards myself than by consideration for the community at large. The duties of a Superintendent must, I am aware, necessarily be various and arduous ; and this will be more especially the case in a Province situated as New Plymouth is, which has hitherto been without a local head of affairs, rendering necessary a reference of every question of importance to a distance for decision. The utmost care will be necessary in maintaining a cordial co-operation between the Provincial Council and the Central Government ; and in doing this the Superintendent must act with impartially as well to the people who have elected him, as to' the Government of which he becomes an officer. To obtain distinction nt the hands of the people may well be deemed an object of the highest ambition, and more particularly so on this the first exercise by the inhabitants of Now Zealand of their political rights. It is as a settler— as one of yourselves—that I a«k this mark of your* confidence. Should you consider me deserving of it, my aim shall be so to fulfil the duties that would devolve upon me under the New Constitution, as to contribute, in the largest possible degree, lo the well being of the Province in whoso welfare I am so deeply interested ; and thus I would fain hope that the periodical Wissolmion of the Provincial Council may not necessarily disturb a relation between us, created in good will and mutual esteem. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, W. HALSE. 1 December 20, 1852,