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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 519, 24 October 1857, Page 6

: . ■ - ■■,■• NOTICE.-, :*-..,..■;■.:-/„ PB.OVINCS J«**:"I<CAMt«BBiy»T^6iTWW.M-".'.' 5 !•■- TIMAOT , ■TTt'Hlil'RßASa Writ, underihtf JVa^df^ [ |Vf Thomas Gore Browne. Esquire^ Companion of the Most Honourable .Order, of; the Bath, Governor and Commander.-in-ehief>in■':'■•'.• and over the Colony of New Zealand/&cV&c.;i i bearing date the fourteenth day of July, in the': *« year; of our Lord one thousancl eight hundred :i ~'^ and fifty-seVen,!hath b^n r'd|r&:ted~" i tby > m'fe-Beli T^: field Officer^r for the District' of. Timaru^reguiripgand coin- ::;r manding me to caiise'to be elected byithe.votera duly qualified for that purpose, freely and-in. diflerently, and in inanner ; and form by-lawpre-r----scribed, a legally qualified person^ to serve "as a: 7 Member of the Provincial Council for the said:,,-' District of Timaru: Now; therefore I, the siiid ' : Belfield Woollcombe, do hereby, in pursuance of; the said recited writ, give .notice1 that' a public v meeting of the electors of the Timaru District,1 wjll be holden at the Resident Magistrals' Office,. Timaru, pn .Friday^ the, 6th day of;Ndvember next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Timaru District • , and, in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them} such polling shall take place on Monday, the 9fch day of, November next, at the following polling places, y)z., At Mr. Macdonald's station, at the residence of - ; Mr. John Hayhurst, and at the Office of the - Resident Magistrate, Timaru. , The voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock, a.m., of the said- 9th day of November, and to close at 4 o'clock, p m., of the same day. BELFIELD WOOLLCOMBE, Returning Officer. Government Offices, Christchurch, September Ist, 1857. NOTICE. PBOVINCE -OF CANTEBBTJBY TO WIT.' • AVON DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ, under the - hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Com- ' panion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief,in and over the Colony of., New Zealand, <fee, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand.eight hundred, and fiftyseven, hath been directed to me, Thomas Rowley, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the Avon District, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form bylaw prescribed, four legally qualified persons to serve as Members of the Provincial Council for the said Avon District. Now, therefore, I, the said Thomas Rowley, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Avon District will be held at Mr. Gregg's barn, Riccarton, on Thursday, the sth day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating four persons to serve as Members of the Provincial Council for the said Avon District ; and, in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Friday, the 6th day of November, at the following polling places, viz:— At the School Room, Papanui, and at Mr. Gregg's Barn, Riccarton. The voting to commence at any time after 9 o'Clock, a.m; of the said 6th day of November, and to close at 4 o'Clock, p.m. of ■ the same day. : THOMAS ROWLEY, Returning Officer. Government Offices, Christchurch. Sept. 28th, 1857. ~TO WILLIAm"BOWLEB, JUN., ESQ., : LYTTELTON. SIR, —We, the undersigned "Electors of Kaiapoi, feeling*, the necessity of being represented in the Provincial Council by a gentleman who has personal interest in the town and district, and who can devote the time "' necessary for the full discharge" of the duties attached to the office, and believing that .you possess all the qualifications necessary for pur representative, request that you--will-allow your- > self to be placed in nomination, feeling confident that we shall be able to secure your return. T. W. Hall, '- ; James Wylde, J. M. Fbaseb, I S. Beswick, I and other Electors;- ' Kaiapoi, 27th Ang., 1857. !; Lyttelton r October 12,-1857. • GENTLKMEN.^On my returns from Wellington, ; I have |the .honour >tb- acknowledge c .the receipt of the above requisition:;- and I beg to ; return you my.sincere thanks, rfortlie^aitering ; manner in which you have requested :me;,to, ' come forward as one,of iyour^representatiyes in the ensuing Provincial Council of ithis vince. v t „- -. ■.-. '^ .', „.!,._.. , .■ ' , ( As lam largely interesteo 4. in "tne proisrjefify of ypjjr; town? andvdistrict^otb. indiyictually and-- - ' indirecjfclyi.l shpuldJiaTC^ ' • ajccepted' your^invitation ha 3 I been;6n th 6 spot" '■'' at the .time.- .. i: . c ....',.- , / i,... „. I I I am'glad, however, r to J pbse^^tti||ryPirn>aW' J ; a's candidates l !E6r|e".g^ntlemeji; residents in the ■ place, who I feel'are ; mOT^Jßnt;i|;l^'';£tt' iypuir._suJ^ •s fragesfrom.long^^"residence;Jnd:;^caV'jeJC£eVSen'ce_ ■-• ' than myself, andil therefore most respectfully i decline coming forward.a4ihe,.preserit.tinje, .- - i - i^ I am,]Gentle^n," i Your indst bbedienii'servaViti-1 i WM, BOWLER, JIINiOR; To T.W; Hall, Eisq^.'and the"'other; geu^letti€n' i; j signing the requisition. ■