Election Notices pREYMOUTH ELECTORAL DISTRICT. I, William H. Revell, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Greymouth, do hereby declare that the following persons were duly nominated this day as candidates for the Council of the County of Westland, for the Electoral District of Greymouth, viz.: — WILLIAM MARSHALL COOPER EDWARD BURTON FOX MARTIN KENNEDY HENRY HERMAN LAHMAN WILLIAM STMPSON SMITH. And a Poll having been demanded on behalf of William Marshall Cooper and Edward Burton. Fox, I hereby give notice that the POLL will be taken on THURSDAY, the 12th day of DECEMBER instant, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Greymouth. The poll will commence at 9 o'clock a.m., and close at 4 p.m. The official declaration will be made at noon on Friday, the 13th December instant, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Grey, mouth. W. H. REVELL, Returning Officer. Greymouth, December 5, 1872. rpiO W. S. SMITH, Esq., GREYMOUTH. Greymouth, 15th Nov., 1872. We beg to request you will allow yourself to be nominated for a seat in the County Conncil of Westland, and we shall use our best endeavors to secure your return. We remain, Sir, lours, &c, E. Lapham J. H. A. Lyell E. Masters J. M'Millan C. L. Morice S. Roulston Gilbert King Thos. Joyce Kilgour and Perotti William Jones Kennedy Bros. James Middleton Daniel Sheedy C. Brockley D.Maclean JohnArnott Richard J. Tonks James Kerr W. Kilgour James Black Thompson, Smith, & D. Magoffin Barkley Edward Ancher George Glenn J,. Basch James Taylor F. C. Dupre J. W. Parkinson Louis Seebeck Thomas and M 'Beath Schlichting Bros. J. Manson and Co. Fairy Matson E. Ashton M. O'Brien W. J. Coates J. B. Roche Edmund Wickes J. Bulstrode Charles Holder R. De Costa Hamilton and Nichol James Jones G. W. Moss >Jenry Young D. Girdwood and Co. Robert Brown Charles Wookock P. Smith P. M. Gnffen Ch. C. Sommers James J. Smith John Steel Jas. Hamilton & Co. Cowlishaw & Plaisted Reid and Co. Tait Brothers Orr and Co. C. Broadbent John Cavanagh F. Booth Richd. Nancarrow A. M. Hunter James Kirton W. M'Millan and Co. Fred. W. Paul Greymouth. Nov. 18, 1872. Gentlemen,— l beg to acknowledge your requisition requesting me to allow myself to be nominated for a seat in the County Council of Westland. Personally I have no desire to seek for "legislative honor?," but if it is the opinion of tho electors of Greymouth that I possess the ability to represent them in a creditable manner, and with advantage to the town and district, I am willing to sacrifice my personal feelings in the matter, and devote -myself heartily to promote tho prosperity of the ■ district with which I have been so long 1 identified. - * I have the honor to be, ) Gentlemen, r Your obedient servant, W, S. SMITH,
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1359, 6 December 1872, Page 3
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