r'^/^^^r^to&'lto^v;.,/^,/^.:;;.! . ■■»• ■' i. gt; Bathans, Nov. 30, 1874:* • To Mr. John Ewtng, ' ,' : ! St. Bathans.', . :: ' ■' Sie,— j >;'V;..^^ ; J:J''; ; ■;;£■': ■■■>■ /%E, the Undersigned; Electors in » V ,: the Mount "Ida District, being desirous of securing a Local Representative, and one thoroughly conversant with the re- - quirements of a Mining Community, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be Nominated as a Candidate to represent this District in the Provincial Council at the forthcoming election. Should you accede to our request we pledge ourselves to use every effort to secure your return. ;../ .....'.'..,'.,' ... ,; ■ We are, Sir, • Yours respectfully, John Davies T Murdoch ~ John Murdoch W Smart ; John Scott"'' ' James Fordham James Phillips Thomas Ro we John Sweeney E Sweeney Caleb Dongee Owen Owens William Williams Edwd Morgan John Teague William Pyle WM'Connochie Richard .Wheeler EB Campbell GeoPrescott James Tower's Alfred Hill Patrick Connor GPGilmore Patrick Kenny William Learmond Patrick M'Caffrey • John Ryan ; ; - Griffith Johns - St. Bathans, Dec. 2, 1874. To Messrs. W Pyle, W M'Connochie, R Wheeler, E de B Campbell, and ; v the other Gentlemen signing the reVquisition. # ? i- to your request to allow myself to be Nominated as a Candidate for the seat in the Provincial Council, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Oliver. ; When, although that gentleman is generally admitted to have been one of the best representatives the district has ever had, the feeling is still so strong that a local man should be returned, I can scarcely doubt the ..result..". '■:■.';■;:'...'.. .:',:.■ "." jAs a miner of long standing.! am well acquainted with the wants of the Mining. Community ; as a resident in the district for the last ten years lam as well acquainted with its capabilities and requirements ; , and, as oriehaving a considerable stake in its' welfare, I am bound (if returned) to look, to the best of,my ability,.after interests which are in all rejects identical with my own. f am, perhaps, not thoroughly independent i pfjclass influence, but my class is yours. ' j! have advertised in to-day's 'Chronicle' the dates on>which I shall address the electors in the various centres of population the. district. !, v. 'W;. (.-Y,:;..;, '.'.. \ Lam, ~:; ~ : -■ .;' ; ■''•■:■! h'-'''. • '.Gentlemen, ''; .•'.;"..' Your obdi servant,. ; !■•"•>:;:. v u : ; :':':; ; : ■-''.;. "'JOHN EWING.' .;■■ . MOUNT IDA ELECTION. '&. JOHN EWIJN G will Address ' L the Electors as under":— Serpentine—Tuesday, l Bth December, Ed- . monds' Hotel,' at 8 p.m. Sowburn—Wednesday, 9th December,' Mr ■ Scherp's, at-s'p.m. - ■ ' Hamilton—Wednesday, 9th December, Mrs Barber's Hotel, at 8.30 p.m. Hyde—Thursday, 10th December, Laverty's BiUiard-room,„at 8.30 p.m. J ' Naseby—Friday, 11th December, Masonic Hall (if disengaged), at'B.3o p.m. , . Lower Kyeburn—Monday, 14th December • . Morgan's Hotel, at 7.30"p.m. Upper Kyeburn—Monday,- 14th December, Mrs George's Hotel, at 9 p.m.Naseby—Saturday, 19th' December, Oddfellows' Hall (if Masonic Hall, engaged),. " at8.30.p.m. , -. " ' " : b h . , V PJROVLNCLA^:CO r p-NC][L *\\f* E > n^r^gis4 ;Jßesideii\;3 of :: TT; St. .Ba^ans,^^ &c. ,rare; of opinion rthat Mr" John Arm- : STRONcf has already earned;'ahddeserves; the' confidence ofthe [ Electorsi ,f of /District j: . We, therefore, ipledge, ourselves to iMote •; for him; ; andgiy,e him our ;most'hearty? support at the forthcoming' election. ' "'■ '• "\ .' '■''' v -/-: V : , Name Residence James Halley ... ... St. Bathan's " Robert Brown ' Welshman'* tt„ii,; Residence St. Bathan's Welshman's Gully. St. Bathans' George Purton , ... .;. "St. Bathans' ' Thomas Mulvey ... '..., . ' '•• ■' ' '>- • MichaelFahey _.. ;.. • ' '„• ' . : _i-;.. Patrick Hanrah an- ... ■'•■ Thomas Ha'nrahan- .. . " ■ . s Thomas Turner .'., ... Blackstone Hill Edward Douglass Welshman's Gully James Reilly .;. ... St. Bathans ■ Patrick Fitzpatrick .... John Halley 0 ... ~. Samuel Turner Edmund Purton ..-. ... Edward Kenny .... GH Smith ..- " David C A.ubrey ....;. James Smeaton John Coffey Con Quinlan ... ' James Leonard John Foley. ..... " « Michael Collins '" ' Nathan Peacock John Murphy •" Moses Hanrahan... ... " James Gilhooley ... . . , " Giles Talty ' ' ..,"-. . "■' Peter Tirney Patrick Talty ...',. ' Thomas O'Dowd [] Patrick'O'Hara " . David Dakers " • Patrick Mallon ::. ... Peter Mallon '. ..'..... ' " William'AirdPaterspn '. ,','" "''.-'; John Ryan ~, "... : St Bathans, Dec. 3/ 18J4.,; '.'.'.'..'. " e o aO'ee's, ■ ' VIA HYDE'AND MACRAES. ■••■ MR: LAVERTY'S COACH, in conjunction with .COBB AND GO'S, Line, will, on and after the 17th January, 1874, leavo Dunedißi' every Tuesday and Saturday at 7 a.m., arriving afc Naseby on Wednesday and Sundav mornings,; .leaving. Naseby for Dunedin every Thursday and Sunday at 9 a.tri. The /Coaches arrive at and depart from George's Victoria Hotel, where' pasoengers will be booked and parcels received. v ' ■ ' ;' ■ JOHN LAVERTY I "' ' ~_ I,M?OaTANT TO MINERS. i- • ' i , . I 10 'be Let or Leased—The wcllL ■ ■ known Mining Claim, Head and Tail Races, Tools, also, the Store, (holding Hotel Bush License) situated ut Clnrks Diggings and now in the possession of Mrs. Gogart.y. /.The above, may be let or leaned for any -length of time,'as mny bengrocd upon. J ''Foi* further p'articnlnrs n]-.ply to L. VV. Tir; L qr or M. BROOKiiS, Naseby.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 303, 18 December 1874, Page 4
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