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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 619, 13 October 1858, Page 7

| PUBLIC NOTICE. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY TO WIT : AVON DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of William Sefton Moorhouse, Esq M Superintendent of the said Province, bearing date the 16th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, hath been directed to me, Thomas Rowley, Esq., as Returning Officer for the Avon District, in-the said Province, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by and from the voters duby qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, one person >to' serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the Avon District, in place of Richard Woodford, Esq., resigned. Now, therefore, I, the said Thomas Rowley, Returning Officer for the Avon District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Avon District will be holden at Gregg's Barn, Riccarton, in the Avon District, on Friday the loth day of October next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating one person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the Avon District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall | take place on Saturday the 16th' day of October next, at the School-House at Papanui, and ; Gregg's Barn, Riccarton. ; The voting to commence at any time after ; nine o'clock, a.m., of the said day, and to close j at four o'clock p.m. of the same day. '; THOMAS ROWLEY, jj Returning Officer. Avon District, Sept. 30th, 1858. j TO THE ELECTORS OF THE I AVON DISTRICT. \ /~1 ENTLEMEN— Had I received a! vU" timely intimation of the vacancy which has just occurred in the Avon Electoral ', District, in consequence of Mr. Woodford's resignation of his seat in the Provincial Council, I should have offered myself to your notice as ; his 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 it- ; self, I shall venture to obtrude myself upon! your notice, and I trust that a residence of six ; years in the settlement, combined with a per-' sonal and practical acquaintance with its agricultural and pastoral interests will acquit me of any undue presumption in seeking the honor of: becoming one of your representatives. I am, gentlemen, I Your very obedient servant, i THOMAS ROWLEY. 1 Middleton, Sept. 14,1858. I TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PORT VICTORIA DISTRICT. /^tENTLEMEN,. I regret extremely VjT that I must give this somewhat sudden notice that I shall be unable to act as your representative in the present Provincial Council. The continued postponement of the sitting has put it out of my power, although most anxious to do so. I feared that so short a notice might hurry you as to the appointment of a successor, until I was made aware that a gentleman, in whom you may place every confidence, will place his services at your disposal. I am, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, MARK SPROT. Diamond Harbour, Oct. 1,1858. NOTICE. A Public Meeting of the Stockowners of ■£*- this province is invited at the Town Hall, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, 16th October, at Noon, for the purpose of selecting for recommendation to the Provincial Government, a person duly qualified for the office of Inspector of Sheep, in the room of Sir Wm. Congreve, Bart., resigned. "By order of his honor the Superintendent, J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Sept. 13, 1858. TO THE STOCKOWNERS OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. GENTLEMEN,— At the request and on the promised support of more than one influential stockowner in this province, I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for the office of Inspector of Sheep, now rendered vacant by the resignation of Sir W. Congreve. To many of you in the south I am known as having experience in Australia, as well as New Zealand, in all relating to the management of sheep. To such as I am unknown to, I may mention that for years I was in the ' neighbourhood of flocks, in Australia, infected with the disease called 'scab,' and may well be supposed able to detect it. ■ I have but to add that should you support my application to his Honor the Superintendent for the vacant office, in the event of mv bein<' elected, it shall be my anxious care to do all that is required of one holding that responsible situation. I am, your obedient servant, WM. DV MOULIN. Raukapaka, Sept. 30,1858.