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West Coast Times, Issue 97, 9 January 1866, Page 4

$BErEltfie3>Q£S. ; . ; .: :fsp „ OF THB . PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. *. ' * •• 1 I /lENTLEM^N.'-'Si^co I had thi hdhor to rccoivo •* 'requisition inviting mo to ; B^n^ f/or qfJSco, of , . . , ... f j other gcntlomon have offered thomselvoS as ' Tto if .*«? . «>•' ' '-it , . i,T , •r in candidates ; and, as some of tho friends of those gentlemen t> are t app.arbntly dotov- , nincd to misunderstand mo, itis^ccps- C] sary that, though an old publio. aoxvant, I should hasten to publish in plain-terms my opinions upon matters of intorest to ' the Province. •r " ' . ' ■ Of course I ahould desirp to see a careful and steady prosecution of Railways, < Hathdr^ Work's' 'aiid ottier Public Works, ~ »nd should earnestly -endeavor ta avoid , financial embarrassment of the.Province. ' I trust that, if elected, I shall bo on. W •bled by the Provincial Council to deal an with the claims of^imaru.'of "Westland, S S iK|d(indded.of>ftU t tho^utlyu(ig districts Jbf vi the Province, in sucha spirit of liberality as H will tend to remove those difficulties and fi e Wsunderstandings which at presont Btl •Xist. ■" ' : ■" |M :p* Gentlemen, I shall not either Jdirectly „,' or indirectly interfere With i any of tho h l •lections of members of the Provincial aM Council. ' ■'„., . . , 'to "T\Ai^declaration should be sufficiently *h< indicative of my desire that the public should have tho protection and advantago of a Council jcom.pos.ed of ,entirely indo- 78! pendent men, ~ I shall not promise that I will not en. deavour to influence tho Council, because I deem< it ib hv Jtho duty of a Superintendent, by fair and constitutional means, to inspire the Council with confidence 'in his Adminis. (ration. It would be to mo a matter of gte»t anxiety that my Executive Coun'oil should bo composed of the best men in the country ; they would .always bo treated by me with frankness and coriij I irtii tire my opinions on the subject of Separation P Although this is not a provincial question, I am not unprepared to express my opinion upon it. Xiii,K iii, i .". • ; • . f f Gentlemen, I assure you I very much v disliko tho sound of the word, and should 064 regard the (Separation Of tho two islands 7^ I shall, however, be willing tO'liston to « - ' and respect the rational opinions of men ' , pf all parties, reserving my final judgment ■"■ ui^JeVpry^atoi ha^ be'eh tftkph to oi*j hauit'thd "questioni Believe mo, that nothing ehort o£ tho most urgont nocos. •ii^rbuldk ifidiico mo to affirm the wiidom . of Separation. *&&• fmi »- , •• v . ■•• , . . f $)s( jteliaht pojicy.,K|tß aU my sym. path^^Whgcduld^emore consonaht . with my views and wishes, than that the «>^|l3rfhottj4, jjrfy , ; upon itself ih, •HWflfc'" "j,k^. V . di ■ .!•♦, 'L *.*■).. ..V. • j . . »' wnmmen, I trust I have spoken out PWISl < »4CyAU.4pmetfte,honortoelec.i — . niil l^lul Urn foi with aU my heart, if,. [ X shlll sltlll in tfoi^ft'ltfss eialie'd* "tf^ition •udeavor to be uieful. k# o^orttinities 6f fully b^piaining m^o^ihions occur bofpt^tho pleptioh. , ne^ ItwiU b«>my bUiifless, if ftdssibleV to see 1 — ' •rtry,ole«t<*< la the nicAnwhilelrc ( .»*6. ..... ' >u\-;u \- ; -• '. (,ai „. • G«utlenwnj ' - »•«■»/ i 313 • Pro^tietortl ■ ■ .Hit', i - j, J, ''jittf, 0, BU»K« ft CO.; have on >.~ -«Bac«n ■./«.» - „/. Cindlefl com*.-" -■ ■ ■• '' - '*v - MoUf (varidus brandy) - . ' V Hites ! ' ' ' ' " • fii $brT'> •■■••■■■ gjujar ■' ' ■ " N ©PI '■fmtf-st^f' ■• i <h» {PUio mmtf »fj|ot). 173 pri