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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 616, 2 October 1858, Page 2

A MEETING of the Pheepfarmers of the Province of Canterbury will be held at the Royal Hotel, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER. 9th, it; 1 p.m. to take into consideration measures or preventing the further increase of the scah within the Province; and also to consider whether any alterations are required in order to increase the.efficiency of the present Scab Ordinance. JOHN STUDHOLME, GEORGE A. E. ROSS, G. W. HALL, R, CHAPMAN, R. L. HIGGINS, E. M. TEMPLAR, J. S. CAYERHILL, ALEXANDER LEAN, DAVID INNES, M. STUDHOLME, a. D. LOCKHART. KAIAPOI. ~~ FOR SALE, —A few sections of Land in the village of Keel, with good frontage to Sneyd Street, Adderley Terrace, and Ohoka Road. Price—£2s and £35 per acre. , Apply to MR. WYLDE,'' Kaiapoi. Sept. 18,1858. NOTICE. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY TO WIT. TOWN OF~ LYTTELTON DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ under* the hand of William Sefton v Moo'rhouse, Esquire, Superintendent of the above -province, bearing date the sixteenth day of Sept., in the Year, of our Lord One. Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-eight, Hath been directed to me, Robert Latter, Esq., as Returning Officer for the Town of I^-ttelton, 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 by law prescribed, one legally qualified person to serve as a member, of the Provincial Council for the Town of Lyttelfcon, in the room of Robert Waitt, resigned. Now, therefore, I, the said Robert Latter, Esquire, Returning Officer for the said Town of Lyttelton, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the said. Town of Lyttelton will be holden at the Town Hall, Lyttelton, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of October Next, at ISToon, foT the purpose of nominating one person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the said Town of Lyttelton, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Thursday, the 7th day of October next, at the Court House, at Lyttelton. The voting to commence at any time after 9 o'clock a.m., of the said 7th day of October, and to close at 4 o'clock p.m. of the same day. ROBERT LATTER,. 7 Returning Officer. Lyttelton, Sept. 21,1858. TO THE SHEEP-FARMERS OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. - - Y^l ENTLEMEN,—Sir W. Gongreve VJC having resigned, and •understanding that your recommendation of his successor will be approved by the Government, I beg to offer myself as a candidate for the appointment of Scab Inspector for the Province. I have decided not to solicit personally the favor of your j votes? I beg to assure you, that should you do niethe honor to recommend me for election, I shall be unremitting in my endeavour conscientiously to fulfil the important duties of "the office. I have the honor to be, gentlemen. Your obedient servant, P. B. BOULTON. Christchurch. Sept. 15, 1858. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE' AVON DISTRICT. r\ ENTLEMEN,—Had I received a AjT timely intimation of the vacancy which has just occurred in the Avon Electoral District, in consequence of Mr. Woodford's re- : signation of his seat in the Provincial Council, I should have offered myself to your notice as hi 3 successor. As I now find there are already two candidates in the field, and that a majority of your votes are pledged, I shall not on the present occasion solicit your suffrages ; but whenever an opportunity may again present itself, -I shall venture to obtrude myself upon your notice, and I "trust that a residence of six years in the settlement, combined with a personal and practical acquaintance with its agricultural and pastoral interests will acquit me of any undue presumption in swlting the honor of becoming one of your representatives. I am, gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, THOMAS ROWLEY. Middleton, Sept. 14, 1858. TO THE ELECTORS OF LYTTELTON. {^ENTLEMEN,— Mr. Waitt's resignavX tion offers me an opportunity of presenting myself as a candidate for the honor of becoming one of your representatives in tin; Council of this province. _ To urge the prosecution of public works now in progress with all possible vigor—to deter- . mine upon, the new works which may-be prudently undertaken, and wpon tho means by which .they may be best carried out in this and other districts—and generally to apply the increasing funds of the province, with judicious