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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 620, 16 October 1858, Page 2

PUBLIC NOTICE. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY TO WIT: ■ AVON DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of William Sefton Moorhouse, ' Esq., 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 duly 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 cf 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 15th day of October next, at noon, for the purpose of nomina-j ting 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 dayofOcto-j ber 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 at four o'clock p.m. of the same day. THOMAS ROWLEY, Returning Officer. Avon District, Sept. 30th, 1858. j TO THE ELECTORS OF THE AVON DISTRICT. If^ ENTLEMEN,—Had I received a vX 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 itself, I shall venture to obtrude myself upon your notice, and I trust that a residence of sis 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 seeking 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 THE PORT VICTORIA DISTRICT. /"I ENTLEMEN,—a vacancy having, ocvX curred in the representation of your district in the Provincial Council, by the retirement of Mr. Sprot, I beg to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, THOMAS H. POTTS. Governor's Bay, Oct. 5,1858. NOTICE. A Public Meeting of the Stockowners of -£*- this province is invited at tbe Town Hall, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, 16th OctoWr, at Noon, for the purpose of-=-selecting for recommendation to the Provincial Government, a person duly qualified for the office of Inspector iof Sheep^ in the room of Sir Wm. Congreve, | Bart., resigned. I By order of his honor the Superintendent, J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, I 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 any known as having experience in Australia, as well as New Zealand, in all relating to the management of sheep. To such as lam unknown to, I-may mention that for years i was in the neighbourhoods 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 my being 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. DU MOULINi Raukapaka, Sept. 30,1858. THE undersigned are Purchasers of WHEAT and OATS. Cash on delivery at the Ferry Wharf. JOHN C 7 AIKMAN. FRED. LE CREN. Ferry Wharf, July 1,