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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 6 November 1852, Page 11

Lyttelton, Nov. 1, 1852. Sin, —We, the Undersigned, satisfied that it would be for the interests of this Province that you should hold a seat in the House of Representatives in the General Assembly of New Zealand, request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as a Candidate for the Town of.Lyttelton, pledging ourselves to do our utmost to insure your return, in the event of your compliance with our wishes. J. E. Fitzgerald, Esq., j.p. (Signed by upwards of 50 electors.) I To the Electors of the Town of lyttelton. Lyttelton, Nov. 4th, 1852. Gentlemen, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Ist instant, requesting me to allow myself to be put in nomination as a Candidate to represent the Town of Lyttelton in the House of Representatives of New Zealand, and pledging yourselves to do your utmost to secure my return. • lam very deeply sensible of the honor you have done me in expressing a wish that I should become your.first Representative, and of the confidence which that wish evinces. You are well aware that the great inconvenience of leaving their homes for a considerable and indefinite period, in so early and unsettled a condition of the Colony, must deter most persoiis from the wish to become Candidates for the General Assembly. This observation is one which applies to myself at least as much as to any one; but, after mature consideration I have thought that having taken a prominent part in public affairs since the formation of the Settlement, it would be the neglect of a public duty if, from any private considerations, I were to decline an honorable task which I have been requested by so many of my fellow Colonists to undertake. Gentlemen, I thank you most cordially for the promise of your support, and to assure you that in the event of my return, of which the number of the Signatures of all classes attached to your requisition leaves little room for doubt, I shall endeavour to the best of my ability to promote the interests of the Town of Lyttelton and of the Canterbury Settlement. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, James Edward Fitzgerald. Capt. Simeon, and others, &c. Canterbury, Nov. 1, 1852. Sir, —We, the Undersigned, having implicit confidence in your integrity and ability, respectfully request that you willow yourself to be put in nomination for the District of Christchurch in the forthcoming General Council of New Zealand. • Your long experience in Colonial affairs, and practical knowledge of the important questions connected with Pastoral pursuits, point you out as.eminently qualified to represent our interests ; and, in the event of your complying with our wishes, we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to return you as our Representative. We have the honor to remain, Sir, Your obedient Servants, J. C. Watts Russell, D. M. Laurie, Chas. Simeon, r.u.- and a numerous body J. E. Fitzgerald, of electors. To M. P. Stoddart, Esq., j.p. Christehurch, Nov. 3,1552. Sir,—As the period is close at hand when we shall be called upon to elect Members to sit for thiSr Province in the General Assembly of New Zealand, we the undersigned respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination for the Town of Christchurch. P^H. J. Tancred, S. Gibbs, R.. J. S. Harman, G. Gould, J. Porter, &c. &c. To J. C. Watts Russell, Esq., j.p., Ham. To the Electors of the District of Christehurch. Gentlemen, HAVING received a Requisition numerously signed by my fellow Colonists, requesting that I will allow myself to be nominated at the approaching Elections as a Candidate for the honour of being one of your Representatives in the General Assembly of New Zealand, I beg in compliance with it to offer myself as a Candidate, and to solicit the favour of your support. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Yput' faithful and obedient servant, j -M-r t,, ' William Guise Brittan. Christchurch, November 3,1852. ]