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Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 31, 2 March 1853, Page 4

i TO WILLIAM IIALSE, Esa. SIR,— We, the undersigned inhabitants of New Plymouth, being of opinion ' that you are, by ability, position, know- ' ledge of the native, character, and intimate acquaintance wi*h the affairs of this Settlement from its establishment, well qualified to fill the important post of Superintendent of this Provinc-, request that you will permit us to nominate you as a Candidate for that rfiice. 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 j » John L. Newman T. Wayth Gudgeon r J. Y. Lloyd, J.P. Samuel Vickns J John S. de Mole ' Frederick Norris 1 Edw. L. Humphries Richard Wood '■ J. C. Shtlrtand Octa. Carrington ' Wm- Lnkeman C. A. Beardsworth New Plymouth, Dec. 20, 1852. ! Gentlemen, i ! I hnve had the honour of receiving your flddrc?, asking that I would permit > you to nominate me as a Candidate for the ( office of J-uperntendent of the Province of New Plymouth. The requisition, so influenliilly signed, and proceeding from gentlemen to whose opinio'is 1 feel it my duty to bow, leaves me no alternative but to comply with your wishes, conveyed in terms so flaitering to myself. I have aecnrdingly prepared an Address to the Electors of the Province,! I announcing myself as a Candidate for their I suffrages. I have, &c. (Signnl) W. HALSE. To Captain K>n?, R.N., »nd the other Gentlemen signing the requisition. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. GENTLEMEN, -A requisition hnving been aJdresed to me by a number of g.«ntletnen oftliis district, to the eiFect that I would consent to be put in nomination for tho Superintendentship of the Pr vince of N<w Plymouth, I have now the honour of announcing tnyselt to you as a C-mdidaie for tlnii office. In so doing 1 , it is not necessary that I 'say many words of myself.' I dm a colonist of 1841, nnd h»ve resided in New Plymouth from that peiiod to tlie^resent time. During some considerable pa t of tlie interval, I have heen engaged in offices of public and private trust nnd responsibil ty. Yet, although these co isidemtions may not improperly be rej»ar<lud as in >ome dfgrie wmranting a Candidat-! in upplying for your snfFrages, sti'l I should not have urged them v on the pres nt occasion but for the solicitation of tlie peutlemen whose tumps are nppendid to the requisition, and whom I know lo be actuated in tliH matter less by private feelings to« anls myself than by consideration lor the cmmuniiy at large. The uuties of a Superintendent must, I nm aware, necsssarily be various and arduous; and this will be more espec'ully 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 ot importance to n 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 impartiality a* wpII to the peopln who have ' elected him/as to ihe Government of which he becomes an officer. To obtain distinction at the hands of the people may well be deemed an object of the highest ambition, and more particularly so on'th's the first exercise by the inhabitants of New Zealand of their political rig'its. It is as a settler— as one of yourselves—that I a^k this mnrk tf your coifidence. Should you consider medeserving 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 tbe well being of the Province in whose welfare I am so deeply interested ; and thus I would fain hope that the periodical dissolution of the Provincial Council may not necessarily disturb a relation between us, created in good will and mutual esteem. I have the honour Jo subscribe myself, Gentlemen, ' Your faithful servant, December 20, 1852,