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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 241, 21 February 1855, Page 2

To the Electors of the Town lof Christ. " church: ■ - G_NT_EMEN,— THE resignation of Mr. Cass as a Member of the Provincial Council having been publicly notified, I respectfully solicit the honor of filling the vacant seat. Should yoii do me the favor of electing me as one of your Representatives, I beg to assure you, that my best energies will be directed to arrive at a correct decision in reference to those important measures which must immediately be brought under the consideration of your Council, and in all cases J will endeavour to keep those prominently in view which I believe may best tend to the continued steady progress and commercial advancement of the Province. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient humbje servantj Charles B. Fooks. Chrigtchnreh, Feb. 14th, 1855. To the Electors of t?ie Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen,—-'.-I AM induced at the suggestion of several friends to offer myself as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council in consequence of the proposed enlargement of that body. I do so with much diffidence and with a perfect willingness to retire should any gentlemen of superior pretensions present themselves. If not, and if you should think proper to elect me, I can promise you that as 1 have no private interest to serve, I shall carry into the Council a perfect independence and a determination to support such measures, and such measures only, as I conscientiously believe will be for the benefit of our common country. I am, Gentlemen,. \ Your obedient servant. Daniel Inwood. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country ;.'.... District. -,':.. '.•Gentlemen,-,'.'' AT the request of several of your number, -£*-'• I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for the honor of representing you in the Provincial Council. :>; ;; "'.'■■'■ ";>-""."; .".- '•'"'.■' I liave come to this resolution after much hesitation, being, awarethat in comparison with many:others,'l.ca_:offer:but'.'few';claimsonyour suffrages. The urgent solicitations which have been made to me, however, and the offers of support which I have received, have overcome the reluctance I felt to the adoption of a course which I was at first inclined to consider presumptuous. '"'.'.''"'.'-.' Should you do me the honor to return me as one of your representatives, I shall give my unremitting attention to the duties devolving upon me, supporting to the utmost of my ability such measures as I conceive likely to;be conducive to the interests of the. colonists at large, and giving my unswerving opposition to those which appear to have an opposite tendency. I trust I shall be able before the day of election, to visit the greater part of the District for the purpose of giving such explanations as you may require, relative to my views on the more important subjects likely to come before the Council. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, * Wm. Thomson. :V Hemingford, Governor's Bay, \ 20th Feb., 1854. f To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gkntlkmkn,— TTIS Excellency the Officer Adminig- -*-■- tering the Government having sanctioned the Provincial Council Extension Ordinance, it will shortly become your duty to elect Four additional Members to. represent your interests. In deference to the request of several electors, I have the honor, to offer myself to your notice as a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council upon this occasion. In the brief limits of. an address you will not.expect me to. enter into a general explanation <»f my principles; but iff am considered worthy of booonrimr one of your representatives, I «-billf!-n .n'oiir, to the best of my ability, to prion, te v..or interests by a faithful and indepcii'ic.ii.l Hi-charge of ih»- trust you will confide to mc I should advocate the utmost economy in i! •.- public, expenditure consistent with the elfivieiicv of the several departments of the Provincial Government, to which I should