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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 141, 23 November 1877, Page 3

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ELECTION OF MAYOR. X ALEXANDER INNES JL McGREGOR, Returning Officer for the Borough of Akaroa, hereby give notice, that in conformity with the provisions of the " Municipal Corporations Act 1876" and the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876," the Annual Election of a Mayor for the Borough of Akaroa, under clauses 51 and 52 of the above first recited Act, will be held at the offices of the Council, Lavaud-street, Akaroa, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of November current. The Nomination of Candidates, which must be made in the manner provided in clause 11 of the second recited Act, will take place at the said Borough Council offices, at noon, on FRIDAY, the 23rd day of November, and the POLL (if necessary) will be taken at the said offices, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of November, 1877. Dated, Akaroa, November 13th, 1877. A. INNES McGREGOR, Returning Officer. Nomination Forms can be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk. TO THE BURGESSES OF AKAROA. ENTLEMEN,—I have respectVX fully to solicit your VOTES and INTERESTS at the forthcoming election for the office of Mayor of this Borough, for which office I am a candidate. I have now been a resident of Akaroa for thirty-seven years, and during the whole of my long residence here, have always taken a part in all public matters tending to advance the interests of the borough and district. My actions in public business have always been dictated by considerations for the public good, and not for personal .aggrandisement in any shape or form ; this, my actions in ' the late Provincial Council, on the original Works Committee, on the Road Board, and in tbe Borough Council, will abundantly show. If elected, I promise to give every attention to the duties of my office ; to act with thorough impartiality on all matters concerning the borough's weal; to do my utmost in furtherance of the business of the borough, and to, in every way that I possibly can, work for its ultimate good. I am, Gentlemen, Respectfully, &c, J. WAECKERLE. TO HENRY G. WATKINS, ESQ., AKAROA. DEAR SIR, —We, the undersigned Burgesses of the town of Akaroa, reepectfullyrequest that you will allow yourself to be nominated for the office of Mayor for this Borough. In the event of your doing so, we promise to do our best to secure your return. We are, dear sir, Yours, &c, HENRY WAGSTAFF, And other Burgesses. GENTLEMEN,— I shall have great pleasure in accepting your kind invitation, asking me to allow myself to be nominated to the office of Mayor of Akaroa, at the ensuing election. If elected, your interests shall receive my most careful attention. I haA'e the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant HENRY G. WATKINS. Akaroa, Nov. 14, 1877. HYMNS. ANCIENT and MODERN, from ls. SCHOOL SATCHELS, 2s. GARWOOD & CO. IMPORTANT NOTICE. rflhe undersigned would feel obliged by JL a SETTLEMENT of all OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS during the present month. G. BLACK. NOTICE. ALL persons found Cutting or Removing Wood or Grass-seeds off sections 16374 and 14848, Barry's Bay, after this date, will be prosecuted. T. S. JOHNSON, Robinson's Bay. Akaroa, Nov. 16, 1877. NOTICE. TO STOREKEEPERS AND OTHERS. I WILL not hold myself responsible for the payment of any goods obtained in my name after this date, except my written authority is given for the.same. JOSEPH LIBEAU,jum. Duvauchelle's Bay, Nov. 17, 1877. STRAYED, ABOUT three weeks since, from my land, Barry's Bay, Three STEERS, 2 three-year-old, and 1 four-year-old, all branded TSJ on off rump ; two strawberry colour, and one red and white. A reward of £1 per head will be given to anyone delivering the same to T: S.JOHNSON,