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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 326, 15 December 1855, Page 4

To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. * Gentlemen, — A BOUT five months have now elapsed -£*- since I first addressed you soliciti g your votes for tkcscat rendered vacant in the General assembly by the resignation of the Honorab'e James Smart Wnrtley. His Excellency the Governor has, however, since then dissolved that body. I would therefore renew my address by soliciting your suffrages for a seat in the General Assembly. In my former address I stated that at a future opportunity I hoped to give you every satisfactory assurance. I have accordingly met you by appointment at different places in the District upon five various occasions, and have availed myself of those opportunities of fully explaining to you my views nnd sentiments upon the several political questions coming within * the legislative action of the General Assembly. It is therefore quite unnecessary for me again to enter into and enlarge upon those subjects. I would, however, take this opportunity of informing such of the electors as I have m^ hitherto personally waited upon, that it is. my intention to do so, if possible, before the day of election. Neither can I permit this opportunity to pass without informing such of the electors as have already done me the honor to pledge themselves to support me, that my return is certain if they fail not to be at the poll early on Thursday, the 20th day of December. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, DINGLET AsKHAM BrITTIN. To the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen,— You are called upon, by His Excellency the Governor, to elect two representatives to' the General Assembly. At the earnest request of a large number of the electors of this district, I am induced to offer myself to > our notice, as a candidate for one of the vacant seats. The attention which I have given to my duties, as one of your representatives in the Provincial Council, has afforded you such an outline of my political principles, that it is unnecessary for me to address you at any length upoQ the subject. The present position of colonial affairs is one of great consequence to the Provinces, and, as questions of serious importance will duubtles« be immediately brought under the notice o( the Assembly,it is essential that your election should fall upon those who possess active business habits and practical experience. Should I have the honor to be elected, I shall he as anxious as ever to promote and watch over your interests. The most prominent questions which are now agitating the public mind, are those which have reference to the adjustment of the Provincial Revenues ; the removal of the seat of Government fiom Auckland to a more convenient and more central spot; the delegation to the Provinces of the management of their own Waste Lands; the establishment of Provincial Courts of Justice, &c, &c, to these, and indeed to all other topics which concern the welfare of the Province, I shall devote my earnest attention, and I shall study, by a firm adherence to public principle and by a faithful and independent discharge of the trust committed to me, to win your future confidence and approval. d have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, John Ollivier. « Morton Farm, Lower Lincoln Roud. TO JOHN HALL, Esq., j.p., m.p.c Sir, —We, the undersigned, request you to allow youiself to. be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of the Christj church Country District in the General Assembly of New Zealand. We are not unconscious of the sacrifice of your private interests and convenience which doing so may occasion you, but we trust that that objection' may not be an insuperable one. The stake you have in this Province, and your consequent interest in its progress and prosperity, the activity and ability you have shown in its politics, convince us that in confiding to you the representation of Canterbury in the General Assembly, we could not place it in better hands. Should,you kindly accede to this request we