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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 523, 7 November 1857, Page 6

N 0 T ICE. PBOVIHCfc OF CANTEEBUBT TO WIT KAIAPOI DISTRICT WH^^f ASa Writ under the hand ot Thomas Gore Browne, Esq u iv e Companion^ the most honourable Order 5 the Bath, Governor and Commander-in.CliihF in and over thq colony of New Zealand & c &c, bearing date the Fourteenth day of j^l in. the year of our Lord One Thousand eS Hundred and Fifty-seven, hath been dirS to me, William Cockerill Beswick, Esaui™ ! Returning Officer for the District ofgfaS reqiunng and commanding me to cause to £ elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, two legally ouali tied persons to serve as members of the Pro" , vincial Council, for the said district of KainnnT Now,_ therefore,: I the said William CockS Beswick, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give^notice that a Public Meeting of the Electors of the Kaiapoi District, will fe holden at the Court House, Kaiapoi, on Friday the 6th day of November next, at noon for ti£ purpose of nominating two persons to serve as members of the Provincial Council for the said Kaiapoi 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 9th day of November next, at the Court House, Kaiapoi. The voting to commence at any time after 9 o'clock a.m., of the said 9th day of November and to close at 4 o'clock p.m. of the same day ' WILLIAM COCKERILL BESWICK, n .-o- v • • Retui-ning Officer. Court House, Kaiapoi, September 8, 1857. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE KAIAPOI AND RANGIORA DISTRICT. rTENTLEMEN, —At the request of V_J numerous Electors of your District I beg to offer myself as a candidate for your representation. Should you have sufficient confidence in me to return me as one of your members, I shall use my utmost" endeavours to promote the interests of your promising district. I am, Gentlemen, • Your obedient servant, CHARLES ROBERT BLAKISTON. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE KAIAPOI DISTRICT. THE requests of several of your number having* determined me to offer myself as a Candidate for the Provincial Council, I beg to solicit your votes. It being, my intention to take an early opportunity of stating my opinions to you, I will only add that; should I have the honour to be elected one of your representatives, no measures shall receive my countenance save those deemed by me most calculated to promote the welfare and prosperity of this province. GEORGE W. H. LEE Kaiapoi, Oct. 10, 1857. . TO THE ELECTORS OF THE KAIAPOI AND RANGIORA DISTRICT. f^ ENTLEMEN,—At the request of a large \JC number of the Electors of this District, I beg to offer myselr as a Candidate for your representation in the next Provincial Council. Should^ you do me the honour to elect me, I shall give my cordial support to every measure calculated to develop the resources and promote the interests of the province generally, and give my special attention to the claims of this important district. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, A. A. DOBBS. Kaiapoi,.3oth September, 1857. ELECTION OF LAY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE GENERAL SYNOD. npHE Bishop of Christchurch begs to JL. draw the attention of the Members of the Church of England in the Diocese of Christchurch, to the following resolutions agreed upon at the Conference of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, held at Auckland, June sth, 1857. " . • Every licensed Clergyman, with the Churchwardens in the district, or if there be no Churchwardens, then with two Laymen, elected by the Members of the Church in his district, shall be Revising Officers for the fol- ( lowing purposes, viz:— 1. To ascertain the names of all communicants within their district who may be willing to attend, if elected, as Representatives at the first general Synod. * 2. To forward; the names of any such persons, if they can be ascertained, to the Bishop of the Diocese, or any officer acting by his appointment. Number of Lay Representatives required for the Province of Canterbury:— Christchurch 1 Lyttelton 1 Country and Akaroa 1 Total -3 . , a The Rev. James Wilsomhaa been appointed by the Bishop to receive the names of those who may be willing, if elected, to serve as Representatives, and will forward the voting papers to the Revising Officers. Christchurch, Oct. 26th, 1857.