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West Coast Times, Issue 606, 3 September 1867, Page 4

Election Notices. TO JAMES ALEX. BONAR, Esq. DEAR SLR,— We, the undersigned Electors of the District of Hokitika, beg to'request you to allow yourself to be placed in nomination for the vacant seat in the Provincial Council of Canterbury at the forthcoming election. We consider the official position of Goldfields Secretary which you have accepted in the Executive, imperatively demands your presence in the Provincial Council, and we feel confident that no good can arise from the new office unless the occupier of the same holds a seat in the latter. In the event of your acceding to our requisition, we pledge ourselves to use our best efforts to secure your return, not only on account of your official position, but more because of the high estimation in which you are held by us as a private citizen. We have the honor to be, Dear Sir, Your obedient servants, M. Cassius C. E. Button Walter S. Reid G. L. Hawkins G. W. Harvey J. Spence Alfred Gilles Frederick Greer William Shaw W. S. Lockharfc James Pizzey ITorsyth and Masters Whyte and Pirie James Holmes John Lewis Alfred Cleve Daniel H. Cleve J. W. Allen Robt. Hume Weir Bros, and Co. F. B. Wallen P. Solomon E.B.Edwards Thos. Pringle William Robinson Daniel Cullen J. Graves A. Plumridge Dunning Bros. Campbell and Linton James Fitzsimmons Andrew Orr John Stewart Tait Bros. W. Ramsay Robert Ecclesfield Thomas Ecclesfield John McQuilkin James Miller Joseph Churches John Hudson G. Alman Swanson and Eyrie A. Louttit John Hall William Finlay, pro J. H. James Chesney W. Fisher Andrew Mowat J. W. Humphrey J. P. Klein James J. Bartlett R. Campbell Donald Potter R. F. Luka J. R. Anderson Fitzherbert Dermott James C. Kellock Thomas Collins Thomas Kellock W. E. Johnstone Wm. Roberts John Dooley W. Moffat Wm. Gawne J. Cosgrave and Co J. F. Byrne and Co Basil Rout, junr. John M'Beath Arthur Walker Mulligan and Halligan Charles Bond G. W. Binney Hokitika, 28th August, 1867. TO M. CASSIUS, ESQ., AND THE OTHER ELECTORS SIGNING THE REQUISITION. Gentlemen, —In complying with your request, that I should allow myself to be placed in nomination for the vacant seat in the Provincial Council, I have to thank you for the honor you have done me. My principal reason for consenting to come forward at this time arises from my entire concurrence with the views expressed in your requisition, that any one holding the position of Secretary for the Gold elds should be a responsible member of the Executive, and have a seat in the Provincial Council. I may state with reference to the office I now hold, that it was not without careful thought that I accepted it, and in the belief that, in addition to the intimate connection I have had with all matters affecting the well-being of the district from its earliest formation, I would be better able to serve the public by occupying a position where, as head of the Government on the West Coast, I have the entire responsible control of all local matters. My opinions upon nearly all general matters are. so well-known to you that it is almost unnecessay to enter into details at this time, as I hope to take an early opportunity of meeting you personally. In conclusion, I can only say that my whole interests are bound up in Westland, and that it was from a sense of duty that I consented to enter on public life, and if elected to the honorable position of your representative in the Provincial Council, I shall devote my best energies towards carrying out all measures for the benefit of the district. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obdt. servant, 10048 Jai,A. Bonab, .