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Dunstan Times, Issue 221, 20 July 1866, Page 3

ADVERTISEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OE THE DtJXSTAN TJMES. Pin, —The nomination of Candidates for the Mayoralty having resulted in rnly twi gentlemen being proposed to fill that honorable and onerous position, it may no be out of plaoe to compare the merits of the two, more especially as on the choice of the Electors on the present occasion will depend the future prosperity of the Corporation. We have now before us a Gentleman who has been identical with, and has spent the principal part of his earnings in the Dis trict. almost since it has been known as a goldflc Id, and who has ever been ready to give employment to any poor man who may have required it. It has been said against this Gentleman, that being of foreign exiraction he is not so eligible for the office as a natural born Brirish subject; but, as in the neighbouring Colonies, and even in the Mothei Country, some of the most eminent men who have filled the office of Mayor, havt been simply naturalised subjects, this objection does not bold good As to the other Candidate, I think, that l upon the simple fact of his having stated,' .in seeing the requisition to Mr Feraud, that " there was not a respectab'e man's name attached to it," should be a cogent reason for his rejection without further urging upon the Burgesses, the remark that " he would tiot sacrifice his time to the detriment of his private business," and the fact that a amount of his time is spent elsewhere. In conclusion, I express the hope that Mr Ferauu'n requisitionists will mark their appreciation of his opponent's conduct by giving their votes, as originally promised, and thus show that sense of fair-play and justice inseparable fruiu a truly British suhject. I am, &o , CIVIS. Clyde, 19th Ju'y, 1866.