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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 106, 10 March 1871, Page 1 (Supplement)

Miscellaneous Advertisements. BEQTJISITI OH J. P. ARMSTRONG, ESQ. I the Elector* of the Dis- ) triefc of Mount Ida, being desirous that we should be represented in the Provincial Council by some gentleman of intelligence and honesty, and as only one gentleman is in the field at present, we, the undersigned, pledge ourselves to support you, should you honor us by allowing your name to be placed in Nomination as one of the Candidates for the District. Naseby, January 23rd, 1871. William Newman WilHam Hunter Thomas Grace J. Dillon D. M'Cambridge, surg«Oß George Alexander Robert Strong Samuel Hodgins James Anderaon David Stewart John Shannon John Pottinger Angus F. Campbell James M'Gillivray Thomas Pinder Wm. Parry William Shaw John Green John Campbell Johan Weienell Alexr. Forbes' David Sturtridge Michael Dinan Thomas Jackson John Dixon Patrick Bleach . Michael Brookes Edward Cunningham Patk. Bourke Michael Boland Michael O'Brien William Clarey Michael Fennessy James Thomson Bichard Francis W. J. Millar it. G. Bremner James Stewart G. Collefct Joseph Packman John Colhoun .Richard M'Kenna Robert Boss And numerous others.

\> Messrs. Newman, Hunter, Grace, Dillon and others signing the Requisition. T*l ENTLEMEN,—In reply to the .» Requisition with which I have been ./ored, I beg to declare myself a candidate for -> honor of representing you in the Provin--J. Council. J am not unknown to many of the miners ...-a and in the Australian Colonies, having -n in Victoria since the commencement of ft G-oldfields in 1851, and since 1861 I have , ; ded in New Zealand as my adopted home. Z have had an opportunity of visiting every -.id Gelds township in the Middle Island, and '...': mg myself acquainted with the wants of ,' inhabitants. Should you place such great confidence in .2 -< to return me to the Provincial Council -. y. ur representative, I will endeavor to do v l. »8t for the interest of the Province gene,;lv, and this District in particular. '..lofore stating my views on the political rj;.c> of the day, I may be permitted to say }-Jy, had I not been requested to come for:.zc- by an influential and numerously signed j,.)ition, I should not have offered myself : ■ jur suffrages. I can assure you that I ;.:::i forward, not from any private wish, but :;>ed by a conscientious desire to see the vS..dct and Province advance. If I know my .:; aeart, it has been this, and no selfish con- :• r ition, which lias induced me to place my.l >'J, your service. I can gain nothing by : vrning a member of the Provincial Council :. may, so far as I am personally concerned, vc something to lose. Therefore, I wish it he distinctly understood that it is not for - wite gain l" take this step, but because I have the political views which I hold would bZxs.ce the District and Province generally. To commence : should I have the honor to • -'resent this District I would not be an ob--ucuonist, whoever may be returned as ■ perintendent. I make no pretension to be r ier a speaker or an experienced politician; y-. I would apply myself to all questions be- • -'••- the House with diligence, and give an ■jiest and independent vote. r will first touch on PrQvincialiam, though, confess there is such a conglomeration of >vernments that it is difficult to tell where -.ends and the other begins. Provincial Vvernment has effected much good in the , -t but it hat. served its day, and to per"rra<- that system in its present form ',ui(f fce a curse rather than otherwise. It bv far too costly, and I would be disposed { support ft measure that would unite