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Evening Star, Issue 3492, 2 May 1874, Page 3

Late Advertisements. MR H. S. FISH, JUN. SIR,— We the undersigned Ratepayers of the City of Dunedin, request that you will allow yourself to be placed in nomination for the office of Mayor for the ensuing year. We believe that in the present position of affairs, particularly with regard to the supply of water to the City, it requires a man of experience and ability to preside over the City Council; and from the interest you have taken in City matters generally for years past, and particularly in the water question, we are of opinion that you are the most likely person to give effect to the views of the citizens. In the event of your compliance, we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return. We are, M. Moss, Jetty street G. Perritnan J. Bennet, Jetty st H. Goldsmid, Maclaggan street G. 0. Matheson W. A. Harper Isaacs and Marks Robert Donnelly Godfrey Jacobs Chas. Johnson Charles W. Flexman Jno. Taylor G. B. Hull John Guthrie Edward Towaey R. Macleod D. Lang Baird George Raker David Bacon John Cook Alexander Henderson Henry Clarke x Chas. Brown B. Jordan James Briggs Carl Steinhoff William Reid George Harris William Hay Thomas Nicholas George Brown Thos. H. Leary Isaac Benjamin E. D. Solomon David Wood Alfred Kimbell Joseph Moss Alex. Thomson John Shannon Daniel Gilchrist William Swan James Gore John Hislop D. Sampson B. J. Lowry George Horder Mark Wakem Thos. Thompson T. Burton Jacob Turnbull James Couston Arthur Tidey Joseph Drumm H. Ambridge William Shaw James Hawkins Frederick Williams Henry Clothier A. M‘Naughton Thomas Firnal William Clark Thomas Townsend F. Chaters W. Hobbs John Skene James M'George Jas. Morrison William Blackford, jun George W. Butcher John White Alex. Hardi Peter Forester James Godso D. Campbell James Heron E. G. Alsten J. L. Smith H. Renfrie F. Himmel James Pullen J. Eckhoff Richard Evans Joseph Hooper William Hildreth Henry Dorman Elisha Stokes James Cabb James Renton J. C. Kroon J. Bannatyne E. Bruce Wm. Duthie James Dreaver Thomas Collins Alfred Palmer. , Emanuel Solomon 1 George Humphrey Thos. B. Rogerson j Wm. Mudie 1 Robert Francis Alex. Macdonald j Thomas Bunting I Rodger Furlong Francis M'Grath William Mercer J. W. Cotton Richard Spence Alfred G. Price J. Cairncross Henry Walker John N. Merry Joseph D. Teague John Yeitch George Price William Martin John Outrell John Grant James Morcombe George Manson Edward Sheedy Patrick Sheedy B. H. G. Galland John M‘Leod Robert Fleming James Patterson Archd. M'Pherson jnr. J. Hayes Geo. Minilie Walter Davidson James Lindsay Jacob Fogel, Great King street Thomas Borland, Julius Hyman Peter Power *T John Drew Robert Wright Peter Mackenzie J. Seeger Dennis Reichenhach A, Myers F. W. Reichelt A. T. Dunning M. Schnack Vincenzo Almao E. B. Beaver, Scotland street S. Jacobs Frank Cotterell George Nicoll Andrew Lindsay F. A. Little D. M'Lellan John Bowers Edward Brown G. Elson E. Machin John Brown James W. Thomson John Turnbull W. Secular John Hamann James Kennedy John Gardner Benjamin Davis George E. Barton Henry Palmer Robert Bacon Howard Lear Thos. Thompson C. Bode G. I. Merrie Edmund O’Keefe H. Steinmetz Andrew Melville George R. West R. A. Raymond R. H. Hart Pat. Bourke J. Hyman Thomas Carroll John M. Jamieson A. V. Talbot Wm. Tanner Wm. Nees S. Doodeward John Fleming John Thomas Chas. Armstrong Michael Boland G. H. Gordon A. H. Telfer W. H. A. Sargent J. H. Snow, Club reserve M. E. Clow, Club reserve William Low James Henderson G. C. Chains L. M. Davis Henry C. Pike Matthew Taylor F. J. Feres H. Duckmanton Edmund Godso John Lewis William Patrick Archibald Hutton E. Hull James C. Elliott Joseph Davies R. H. Munro Thos. Dyer William Ogg Frederick Caley John Gird wood Donald Thomson Matthew Miller Reuben Hart James Lindsay Lewin Fort Keligher & O’Donnell Henry Vincent Moss W. Melville James Roebuck Gordon M‘Dowell John Stewart. James M‘Leod Nicolson Andrew Gains Thomas George G. C. Nicoll James Pryor James Cummings Wm. Carr Thomas White Batmaker Wilhelmian J. Litzenberger Michael Fleming Richard Murray W. Blackford Matthew Morton M. Sinclair N. W. Moyse Thomas Scurr Thomas Drennan Peter Cairns William Thomas G. Thorncroft Thomas Collie John Williams Robert Wicks William Jackson Thos, M. M'Kay C. O’Brien W. A. Statham B. Bellamy John Hardie John Anderson Thos. H. Johnson Peter Crawford F. Roberts T. Brenchley J. Hair And 63 others. GENTLEMEN, —It is with feelings of vary great gratification that I have received from you the above numerously signed requisiinasmuch as it indicates, that my past Eublic conduct, as regards municipal matters, as met with your approval, and that you are willing to confide in me for the future. I did not answer your requisition at the time it was presented, because ! desired to give the subject the consideration it deserved, and also to see whether I could, in justice to you and myself, accede to your request. After mature consideration, I have come to the conclusion to most respectfully decline the request you have so kindly made. My reasons for doing so are briefly as follows I hold that the Mayor of this City should be its magistrate in deed as well as in name, and that amongst the many other onerous duties he has to perform, the chief is that he should sit in the Police Court daily, and dispense (or help to do so) the administration of justice in criminal cases, and breaches of the City Bye-laws. To do this, and otherwise to attend to the duties of Mayor as they should be attended to, would take more time from my business avocations than I at the present feel justified in giving. It may also be doubted whether I should, having held the office so long, seek to oppose the Councillors now in the field, or others who may yet come forward. At any rate, I feel that my motives in doing so would very likely be misconstrued by many. The only reason that has induced me to think of accepting your requisition is the unsettled state of the water supply to the City. It is, however, probable that I may stand as Councillor for some Ward, and should I be returned it possible I may be able to assist the citizens in that capacity as well as if I were Mayor. Again, gentlemen, thanking you most sincerely for this mark of your regard, and I trusting I may long receive and deserve your confidence. lam, gentlemen, j Your obedient servant, ' H. S. FISH, to i