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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 135, 6 August 1853, Page 5

To the Electors of the Town of Christchurch. Gentlemen, I REGRET that I am unavoidably compelled to absent myself at the time of the ensuing > election, but I hope that my absence may not lose me any of those supporters whose numerously signed requisition induced me to come foiward as a Candidate for the General Assembly. From my personal acquaintance with so many of the inhabitants of Christchurch, the constituency are aware of the deep interest wbich I take in the prosperity of this Settlement. Beyond this I will merely state that I think the three main points to be brought before tCafe first Assembly are the localization of Government, especially as regards the Land department • the definition of the power of Superintendents ; and an opposition to the claims of the New Zealand Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, J. C. Watts Russell. To the Electors of the Akaroa District. Gentlemen, "TTRGED by the apparent unwillingness of any one possessing a local interest to come forward, I offer myself as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council. I take this step with diffidence, and in the hope that it may incite a more competent person having a stake in the District to seek your suffrages. Should it however fail in this, I trust that zeal to promote your interests will outweigh my inefficiency. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Robert D'Oyley. To the Electors of Akaroa* Gentlemen, I BEG to offer myself as a Candidate for the honour of representing you in the Provincial Council. Should you honour me with your confidence, I pledge myself, on all occasions, to use my utmost endeavours to further the interests of Akaroa, and to obtain for it that position of importance in the Province, which its intrinsic excellencies and capabilities naturally lead the inhabitants of Akaroa to expect for it. To that end, I shall in the first place, as soon as the Provincial Council shall obtain the power of dealing with the land questions of the Province, lay before the Council those claims which have so long harassed you, interrupted the harmony of your society, and impeded the interests, not of Akaroa alone, but of the whole of Banks' Peninsula, and shall endeavour to procure such an adjustment of the various conflicting claims, as shall be, as far as possible, just, equitable, and satisfactory to all parties concerned. I shall further strive to bring about a more perfect communication between Akaroa and the rest of the Province both by land and by sea, as well as torestablish a more regular and more frequent transmission of mails. In short, I shall, as far as in me lies, in every matter and on all occasions so act as a Representative should act, who has at heart the interests of so important a district and so intelligent a- constituency. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servant, Augustus G. Perceval. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council. In the event of my election, I should enfieavour, to the best of my ability, to promote the welfare of all classes in the settlement, while I should wish to represent the Pastoral Interest with which I am more immediately connected. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, M. J. BuEKF. Halswell Station, 11th July, 1853.