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West Coast Times, Issue 321, 3 October 1866, Page 3

, Election Notice. TO" THE ELECTORS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, ' HOKITIKA. r\ ENTLEMEN,— I feel it njy duty, as a candidate for the Municipal Council, to address a few words to you on the "subject of the approaching election. My long residence amongst you, my interest in the town, and my connection with the late Improvement Committee, will, I think, justify me in claiming your votes on my behalf. lam personally known to most of the electors, and, I think I need scarcely say, that if elected to the honor of occupying a seat in the Council, I shall Support such measures as will tend to secure the welfare and prosperity of Hokitika. Many , reforms and improvements, which it would be out of place, in me to mention in detail, are, we all know, urgently needed, and to carry them into effect, is, I hold, the primary duty incumbent upon the first Municipal Council. " « There is one point which has been "mooted, and upon which I would state~my opinion. While regretiing that such a small proportion of influential men have a voice in the election of the first Council, I cannot agree with Mn. Shaw's suggestion, that the successful candidates 9hould pledge themselves to resign (when the ratepayers' roll hds been compiled). - Be•cause I do not think that the evil sought to be avoided by the proposed resignation would be so great a3 that consequent upon the waste of time in going through forms and routine, especially at such an important time of the year as the present. I am, nevertheless, quite willing to resign, provided the majority are of Mr 'Shaw's opinion. \ I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, , James R/ Anderson. Revell street, Hokitika, October!, 1866. " 4572 MUNICIPAL ELECTION, TO THE ELECTORS of HOKITIKA, Gentlemen — I BEG most respectfully to inform you that, -in deference to the expressed desire of a large number of my fellowtownsmen, I have become a candidate for the honor of being one of your representatives in the newly established Municipal Council. I very much regret to observe the franchise, as at present interpreted, will, if rigidly carried out, restrict the number of voters within a very narrow limit, and that the great bulk of future rate-payers will be deprived of any 7 voice in the present election ; and therefore I would respectfully suggest that a distinct pledge . should be required from each candidate that, immediately on the ,iiate-payers\ Roll being completed, he should resign his seat, so that there shall be a new election, which should based on the fullest expression of public choice, * - I am, Gentleman, Yours faithfully, William Shaw. September 29th, 1866. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. \ TO THE ELECTORS OF HOKITIKA. Gentlemen — I REGRET I shall not be able to jdevote the amount fit attehtion to. Municipal matters, that I feel I ought to do were I elected one of your Councillors, in consequence of the increase of my business engagements. I, am, therefore, reluctantly compelled to decline the honor of being a candidate for election. Thanking you for the honorable position in which you' placed me at the nomination. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours very trnly, -» E. Phosserj" Hokitika, October 2, 1866. - 4578 MUNICIPAL ELECTION. - TO THE' ELECTORS OF HOKITIKA. Gentlemen — HAVING been nominated a candidate for the new Municipal Council, I beg to inform you thaj; I intend going to the Poll, whero I hope to meet with a fair share of your support ; and, if elected, I promise to devote my time ,and the experience I have gained (for nearly five years as Honorary Secretary to Dunstan and Hokitika Improvement Committees) to your best interests in improving and steadily advancing this important town to that position which it is jnstly entitled to. I have the honor to be, ' „ Your obdt. servant, 4568 Thomas Munro.