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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 241, 8 November 1878, Page 3

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

, AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ELECTION OF MAYOR. I JAMES FRASER ROBERTS, , Retnrning Officer for the Borough jof Akaroa, hereby give notice, that in I conformity with the provisions of " The j Municipal C<>rpoi\->iionr, Act, 1876," a.nd '"'i'l. . Regulation of Local Elections i Act. 1876," the ANNUAL ELECTION of a MAYOR for the Borough of Akaroa, under clauses 51 and 52 of the Act above first recited, will be held at the offices of the Borough Council, Akaroa, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th 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 22nd 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 27th day of November, 1878. Dated, Akaroa, November 4, 1878. JAMES F. ROBERTS, Returning Officer. Nomination Forms can be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk. TO C. W. BRIDGE, ESQ. SIR, —We, the undersigned Burgesses of the Borough of Akaroa, beg to request that you will allow yourself to be nominated for the office of Mayor at the ensuing election. In the event of your acceding to our request, we pledge ourselves to promote your election to the office in every possible way. Henry G. Watkins, Mayor J. Beecher G. A. Oborn Stephen Watkins J. H. Wood Gorham Lambert J. D. Davis George H. Wright F. T. Aiming Greacen J. Black Charles Alger W. Pcnlington F. Y. Stratton J. J. Kissel C. Gutberlet J. S. Annand J. West Chamberlain To Messrs H. G. Watkins, J. Beecher, J. H. Wood, and the seventeen other gentlemen signing the above requisition— GENTLEMEN,—I have much pleasure in acceding to your request to allow mj'self to be nominated for the office of Mayor of this Borough for the ensuing year. If elected, I trust you will find that the confidence with which you have honored me has not been misplaced. C. WYN. BRIDGE. TO THE BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OP AKAROA. r\ ENTLEMEN,—I have respectvJT fully to solicit your votes and support at the forthcoming election for the office of Mayor for this Borough, for which office I am a candidate. I trust that the interest I have taken in all matters appertaining to the welfare of this district, and also my conduct during my ten years' residence among you, will recommend me to your favorable consideration. If elected to fill that honorable position, it will be my endeavour to at all times further the business of the Borough, and otherwise act to the best of my ability for the general good of this town and its inhabitants. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WM. MEECH. AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ELECTION NOTICE. T JAMES FRASER ROBERTS, X , 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," an ELECTION will be held at the offices of the Akaroa Borough Council, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of November current, for the purpose of electing FOUR Councillors, in the room of Messrs James S. Annand, Henry Billens, Patrick O'Reilly, and John Sunckell, resigned, thereby causing 1 four extraordinary vacancies. The NOMINATION of Candidates, which must be made in the manner provided in the 11th clause of the second recited Act, will take place at the said Borough Council Offices, at noon, on FRID \Y, the 15th day of November, current, and a Poll (if necessary) will be taken at the said offices between the , hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., on Saturday, the 30th day of November, current. J JAMES F. ROBERTS, Returning Officer. Council Chambers, Akaroa, \ Nov. 4, 1878. Nomination Forms can be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk. NOTICE. HAVING completed the LOOSE BOXES at Mr Coop's Mills. the Thoroughbred Horse ST. LEONARDS Will Stand there from Thursday tc ' Friday morning during the remainder o: ! the season. Good Paddocking for mares at th( Mill. SAMUEV NUTT, Proprietor.