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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 37, 27 July 1870, Page 4

To the Ratepayers of tub Bridge Ward. GENTLEMEN, —As tho time is drawing nigh whou you shall ho called upon to elect a Councillor to represent your interests for tho ensuing Municipal Year, and as no person has as yet come forward who is connected either by property or country to solicit your suffrage, I respectfully recpiest your votes and interests on tho occasion. You all know my career in the Council for the past two years. Tho minutebook will bear testimony to my services. You will do well to inspect it, and compare tho relative merits of the other candidate and myself. Although living in another Ward, I hold a considerable amount of property in yours, and my motto is to faithfully represent the town and district of Cromwell. lam standing in opposition to a man who has neither property nor Nationality to recommend him. Ratepayers, you know I have never shrunk from giving an account of my stewardship in broad daylight. Look to our common interest. Let not prejudice or bigotry blind your eyes. “ If you sow the wind, remember you shall reap the whirlwind.” Elect a man who will try and have your rates expended in your town, and not wired away on law expenses, I am, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, PATRICK KELLY. To Mr WILLIAM SHANLY. SIR, —We, the undersigned Ratepayers of Kawarau Ward, respectfully request you will allow yourself to be nominated as Councillor for this Ward, in the room of Mr Kelly, who retires. We may state that, from your long residence, combined with your extensive business and knowledge of tho requirements of our adopted town, you will bring both perseverance and assiduity to bear upon your duties as a Councillor. We therefore pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to secure your return. —We are, Sir, Your obedient servants, G. W. Goodger Owen Pierce James Corse, M.D. Hamuel Box John E. Beattie J. A. Matthews R. F. Badger John Hurley David A. Jolly W. Reid Robertson Patrick Kelly Roger Donegan W. J. Barry W. Trudgen John Hayes W. Williams George Taylor Michael Sharkey William Rankin Frederic Edwards C. Thomas Charles Hedland Robert Kidd. r iffiii [REPLY.] To Messrs Goodger, Pierce, Dr Corse' ,°aS'S the other Gentlemen signing tho Requisition, GENTLEMEN, —In compliance With your flattering address requesting me to allow myself to be nominated as a Councillor for Kawarau Ward at the forthcoming election, I beg to state that 1 shall be most happy to oom_ ply with your request, and to add that should you elect me, I shall at all times nee my utmost endeavors to render all the assistance in my power to advance the welfare and best interests of Cromwell and district.—l am, Gentlemen^Your most obedient Servant, trills! WILLIAM BIIANLY|I‘ :i New Advertisements. WILL BE CLASSIFIED IN OUB NEXT. OF CROMWELL. Notice is hereby given that the nomination of two COUNCILLORS to represent Bridge Ward and Kawarau Ward respectively (in the room of Crs. Burres and Kelly, who retire by rotation), in the Municipal Council for the year 1870-71, will take place at the Council Chamber, Cromwell, THIS DAY, Wednesday, 27th July, 1870, at 12 o’clock noon. The nomination of two AUDITORS for tho Corporation will take place at the same time. Nominations must be made in accordance with Clause XXIV. of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” and must be lodged at the Council Chamber before noon on the day of nomination. In the event of more than one candidate being nominated for either or both Wards, tho polling will take place on MONDAY NEXT, the Ist day of August, 1870. The polling-place for Bridge Ward will be at the Council Chamber; and for Kawarau Ward, at Kidd’s Cromwell Hotel, GEO. JENOUR, Town Clerk's Office, Town Clerk. Cromwell, 26th July, 1370,