ELECTION NOTICES, TO THE ELECTORS OP THE CITY OF DUNEDIN. GENTLEMEN,— I beg to intimate that it is my intention to ask for a renewal of your coi fidence, and to solicit your suffrages in my support of your representatives at the ensuing election of Provincial Councillors. When you did me the honor of returning me on a previous occasion, I was not pledged in favor of any party, but I undertook to promote generally a wise and liberal administration of affairs, and I gave my support to the late Executive under Mr Reid, and assisted in the settlement of the vexed question of the waste lands. I have found that otherwise that Executive bad not the capacity for government, or foresight and breadth of view which were requisite tor the prosperity of the country, and I have, therefore, been desirous to see the reins in the hands of men who appeared to be more capable, from their enterprise and ability, of rendering efficient service in the onward progress of the" Province. The policy indicated in the opening Address of his Honor the Superintendent ‘at the recent session of the Provincial Council, fully justified my preference. That policy would have received my hearty aid, and I regret that upon arly pretext impediments should have been thrown in the way of its practical operation for a single day. In the event of my being returned the measures proposed will have my energetic support. There is no doubt that the burlesque of responsible government, which makes the Provincial Council a field of intrigue for personal ends, is very detrimental to the public interest. I shall willingly co-operate m any movement which shall have for its object a remedy for such an evil, and which may enable the business to be better and more expeditiously transacted. To secure a continuance of our present prosperity we must not be slow in extending our. railway system, in improving our roads, in deepening our harbor, in affording facilities for settlement, in encouraging local industries ; and if you again place me in the honored position of your representative these matters will command my earnest attention. A judicious expenditure of our means on reproductive works just now, will not only make employment abundant at present, but will be the host guarantee in the stimulated development of our large resources, that we need have no anxiety for the future. Owing to the exigencies of the public service, I may not have the opportunity of meeting with you personally before the election, but 1 rely with confidence that my numerous friends will exert themselves in my behalf, and that my absence will not be in any way prejudicial to my success. 1 have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, JOHN BATHGATE. 1 Dunedin, May, 1873. TO JOHN DAVIE, ESQ. Of Messrs M‘Landless, Hepburn, and Co. request you will allow yourself to be nominated as one of the Members in the Provincial Council; and in the event of your standing wo pledge ourselves to use all our influence to secure your election.
(Signed) Robert Wilson David Proudfoot Charles Nichols Alexander Burt David Baxter T. C. Matheson George Matthews H. C. M‘Cormick AT. Dunning Norman Wood Wm. Wright Robert Low, and 0. F. Reid And 353 others. To MESSRS ROBERT WILSON, CHAS. NICHOLS, DAVID BAXTER, GEORGE MATTHEWS, and the other gentlemen signing the requisition. GENTLI MEN,—I accede with pleasure to your request to allow myself to be nominated as one of the City members in the new Provincial Council. With reference to ray political views, I may state that I approve of a progressive policy : such a policy as shall tend to the speedy settlement of the country, and the development of its varied resources. To this end I advocate a judicious system of immigration, and the construction of railways, especially the Main Trunk Line. I will take an early opportunity of meeting the electors in the different districts of the City, and explaining the views I hold on various questions affecting the well-being of the City and Province. If I should have the honor to be returned as one of the Representatives of the City, no effort on my part shall be wanting to merit the trust reposed in me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN DAVIE. Dunedin, May 28. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN. GENTLEMEN— It is my intention to olfor myself as a Candidate to represent you in the next Provincial Council. I will take the earliest opportunity of addressing you- on the various subjects of public importance which are likely to engage the the new Council. Yours obediently, GIBSON K. TURTON. ELECTORAL. REVISION COURT.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Revising Officer will hold a Court for the Revision of the Lists of Voters for the Districts of Dunedin, 1 oslyn, and Caversham, on Friday, the 13th day of June next, at ten o’clock" in the forenoon, at the Resident Magistrate’s Courthouse, Dunedin, at which Court will be heard and determined all claims duly made to have names inserted in the said respective Lists of Voters, and all objections duly made to the names of persons being retained or placed on the Electoral Bolls of the said Districts. The names of persons whose Christian names or whose qualifications sVia.ll loe wholly omitted, where by law required to be specified in the said lists, or whose places of abode, or the nature or description of whose qualifications are insufficiently described for the purpose of being identified, will be expunged unless the matter so omitted or insufficiently described, be then supplied. The Revising Officer will also, at the said Court, make such corrections in the said Lists, and do all such other acts as are required of him by the “ Registration of Electors Act, I860.” Dated at Dunedin, this first day of May, 1873. WM. M. HODGKINS, Revising Officer. TO THE ELECTORS OF BLUESKIN DISTRICT. T INTEND to offer myself as a Candidate for your suffrages at the ensuing Election for Provincial Councillors, and will take an early opportunity of addressing you at the principal centos, of which due notice will be given. HENRY HOWORTH.
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Evening Star, Issue 3205, 29 May 1873, Page 3
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