assure you ofour individual exertions to secure your return. (Signed) Henht Sewell. and 35 other electors. Sib, —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a requisition, signed by yourself and oilier electors of the Christchurch Country District, requesting me to allow myself to be put iv nomination for the representation of that district in the General Assembly. I thank you sincerely for this proof of your confidence. Finding that the General Assembly will not bt* convened before April next, and that I shall therefore be enabled, although at considerable personal inconvenience, to attend its sittings, J have much pleasure in complying with your request. .1 will take another opportunity of referring to the principal questions which will occupy the attention of the General Assembly, and will now only assure you thai if I am elected your representative, I will endeavour faithfully to discharge the duties of that responsible office. I leirt-fiin, Sir, Your obedient servant, .— John Hall. ■ 71'-Tl> Henry Sewell, Esq., &c, &c. TO J. E. FITZ GERALD, Esq., Sir, We, tbe undersigned electors of Lyttelton, fully appreciating the services rendered by you to the cause of good government in tbe late General Assembly, and feeling deeply the importance, in the present juncture, of a continuance of those services, beg that you will allow yourself to he again nominated as the representative for this town in the next General Assembly. [Here follow tbe signatures.] Christchurch, Nov. 6, 1855. Sir, —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a requisition signed by yourself and others of the electors of Lyttelton, requesting me to allow myself again to be put in nomination as the representative for Lyttelton in the next General Assembly. I was, as you are aware, very unwilling again to take any part in the public affairs of the colony generally ; both for private reasons and also because the business of the Provincial Government fully engages my time and attention. It has, however, been so strongly urged upon me by many of my friends that I may be of some use in advocating the claims of the Province in the adjustment of those important questions which will come under discussion in the next session of the General Assembly, that I can hardly refuse to comply with your request. I have the more pleasure in doing so, because I see the names of so many electors of different political views attached to the requisition that I may hope my election will not be contested : for I should be exceedingly reluctant during the time I hold the office of Superintendent of the Province again to be placed in a position which would bring me into collision with any portion of the community. If the electors of Lyttelton should do me the high honour of again constituting me their representative, I need not say thai I will do all in my power to promote (he interests, both of Lyttelton and of the Province. It will be impossible for me to canvass the electors personally, but I shall he happy to attend at any public meeting to explain my views upon any public question. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, James Edwabd Fitz Geeald. James Spowers, Esq., '- Sec, Sec To the Electors of the Town of Christchurch. Gkntlemen, T HAVE the honor to offer myself as a -*- candidate for your suffrages at the approaching election of a member to represent your interests in the General Assembly. Should you deem me worthy of your confidence, and elect me to fill this" important post. I pledge myself to faithfully and assiduously discharge its onerous duties, and to support such measures as may tend to the further advancement of this Province. I have the honor to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, John Seagkr Gundry. A.TBbnr-r, Oct, 31.1855.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 322, 1 December 1855, Page 5
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636Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 322, 1 December 1855, Page 5
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