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Taranaki Herald, Volume 1, Issue 33, 16 March 1853, Page 4

TO WILLIAM IIALSE.Esa. SIR, — We, the undersigned inhabitants of New Plymouth, being of opinion that you are, by ability, position, knowledge of the 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 effice. Henry King, J.P. T, K. Skinner G. Cutfield, J.P. P. F. Hoakin T. W. Richardson W. C. King Robert Greenwood P. Wilson, J,P. Thomns Good C. Homeyer George Rayley George St. George John L. Newman T. Wayth Givlgeon J, Y. Lloyd, J.P. Samuel Vickers John S. de Mole Frederick Norris Edw. L. Humphries . Richard Wood J. C. Shnrland 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 bs a Candidate lor the office of Superintendent of the Piovince •of New Plymouth. The requisition, so influenliallv signed, and proceeding from 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 Captain King, R.N., and the other Gentlemen signing ths requisition.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. rf~l ENTLEMEN,— A requisition having \Jf been aJdres^ed to me by a number of gentlemen oftliis district, to the effect that I would consent to be put in nominntion for the Supprintendenlship of the Pr vince of New Plymouth, I have now the honour of announcing myself to you as ' a Cindidatc for that office. I In so doing 1 , it is not necessary that I say many words of myself. I am a colonist of 1841, nnd have resided in New Plv-' mouth from thnt period to tho present time. During some considerable pa-t of ihe interval, I have l>een engaged in office* of public and private trust nnd respousibil ty. Yet, although these considerations may not improp>rly be regarded ns in some degree wauanting a Candidate in applying for your suffrages, still I should not li<ive urged them unon the pres°nt occasion but for the solicitation of the gentlemen whose nrimps are appended to the requisition, and whom I know to be actuated in thii matter lrss by private feelings towards myself than by consideration for the community nt Inrge. The duties of a Sup-rintendent must, I am aware, ii^c-ssarily be various and arduous; nnd this will be more eipeci-illy the case in a Province .situated as New Plymouth is, which ha 9 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 he necessary in mnntnining a cordial co-operation between the Provincial Council and the Central Government ; and in doing this the Superintendent must act with impartiality as well to the people who have elected him, as to the Government of which he becomes an officer. To obtain distinction at the hand« of the people may well be deemed an object of the highest ambition, and morepniticularly so on this the first exercise by the inhabitants of New Zealand of their political rights. It is as a settler— ns 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 ihe duties that would devolve upon me under the New Constitution, as to contribute, in the largest possib'e degree, to the well heing of the Province in whose welfare I am so deeply interested ; and thus I would fain hope that the periodical .iissolution 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. Dccsmber 29, 1952,