Nefo Bto&ertteement& mo THOMAS JACKA, ESQ. Sib — A vacancy having occurred, on the death of A. C. Picard, Esq., in the representation of the district of 'Motueka in the Provincial Council, wo, the undersigned electors of the said district, are desirous of obtaining the services of a gentleman capable of supplying such vacancy, and therefore respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as our representative. Your general knowledge and straightforward and intelligent conduct induce us to believe that you will discharge your duty regardless of class or party, and your services will, we feel assured, be valuable not only to this district but to the settlement at large. Should you ' comply with our wishes, we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to secure your election. B. Macmahon William Lodder William Coppins Jos. Duncan William Harding John Duncan : Edwd. M'Nab Geo. Harwood John Staples James Wilkie William Mickle Wm. Auty Charles Parker John Noden Wm. Askew James Bradley Fred. Rose Wm. Douglas Wm. Beear Thomas Atkins W. Boyce Thomas Rowling James Bradley Richard Holyoak Thomas Poole David White Charles Green Benjamin Marshall Edward Fearon James Cooke Henry Jennings John Boyes Thomas Locke David Goodall. John Mackenzie To Messrs. B. Macmahon and the other Electors signing the above requisition. Gentlemen — In reply to your flattering requisition that I would represent you in the Provincial Council, I beg to say that I have great pleasure in complying with your wishes. The duties devolving upon a member of the Provincial Legislature appear to me to be so important, and calculated to affect so greatly the interests of the settlement, either for good or for evil, that I cannot but feel deeply sensible of the honour you would confer upon me. If I be elected, I will at all times use my best exertions to promote the progress and well-being of the settlement, and especially of this district ; and I hope that the result will be satisfactory to you, and prove that your confidence in me is'not misplaced. n,/ ' I have the honour to be, /^ / / Your moat obedient servant, ■ /f=~ \S Thomas Jacka. Itiwnka, 17th October, 1855. mo EDWARD D. SALISBURY, ESQ. We, the undersigned electors of the districts of Motueka and Massacre Bay, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as a Candidate for the representation of these districts in the General Assembly of New Zealand, and we pledge ourselves to give you (should you comply with our request) our support at the ensuing election, feeling satisfied that you will use your best endeavours to forward the interests of these districts and the colony at large. Edward Fearon James Macdonald Benj. S. Allen, sen. Samuel Penny Benj. S. Alien, jun. W. Washbourne Thos. H. Vyvyan Charles Thorpe George Harnes F. Windebank Benjamin Marshall Fred. Horneman William Thomas J. D. Greenwood William Beear F. D. Greenwood Alex. Franklin R. Taylor J. Hayne James Rose Benjamin Lovell James Robinson Thos. Atkins R. Mason W. Giblin H. G. Clarke J. Bradley, jun. Abel Greaves W. Whitehorn Isaac Haines J. Bradley, sen. J. Hogan W. Egginton H. Jennings John Gillett Edward Stanton W. Sherman John Boyes Walter Funnell Jean Francois Richard Funnell Richard Maund W. Chant W. Southerly Charles Beard H. Lund Jas. Deblois Robert B. Franklin W. Wildman Robert Pattie F. Jellicoe Henry Fry Richard Tennant Thomas Goodman George Harwood John Fowler John G. Knyvett Stephen Egginton. Motueka, October 9, 1855. To Edwabd Feabon, Esq., and the other Gentlemen signing the above requisition. Gentlemen — In reply to the above highly respectable and numerously signed requisition, allow me most sincerely .to thank you, and to express the gratification I feel at such a proof of your confidence towards me. In complying with the request that "I should be nominated as your representative for the General Assembly," I do so with diffidence, and a full conviction of the responsibilities devolving upon me, should I become your representative. Whilst comparatively a stranger amongst you, I feel you have .aright to expect some exposition of my sentiments on the various subjects about to be discussed, bo nearly affecting the interests and wellbeing of New Zealand at the present important epoch of her history. J3uch explanation I shall be happy to afford on the day of nomination ; at the same time I am glad to be able to say, that on many important points my opinions agree with those held by your late talented and respected representative, Mr. . Picard, especially on the subject of the " Native Lands Question," whose bilbos far as I now understand it) I am prepared to support, and even to bring forward as "his bill," should the opportunity be given me for doing so. In conclusion, I beg to state that, if elected, I will serve you faithfully, and that no exertions on my part shall be spared whjph, in my opinion, may conduce to the prosperity of New Zealand as a Christian colony ; whilst the local interests of our own rapidly-increasing district of Motueka shall ever command my especial care aniattention. _ Again thanking you for the hoHour conferred upon me, I beg to subscribe myself^Gentlemen, with every feeling of respect, " Jr ■5% Yaw 1 obedient servant, /i> _cl J E. D. Sambbubt. MotuekaTOctobcr 16, 1855. TTWGLISH-MADE FURNITURE, of the -Hi following description, is now being landed, ex ' Queen Margaret,' from London — 3 gentlemen' b wardrobes 3 chests drawers 4 camp tables 12 wash-stands (marble tops) 12 towel horses 6 dining tables (two leaves) 36 mahogany chairs (in morocco) 36 „ „ (in hair-cloth) 6 two-tier bedsteps, &c. 2 occasional tables 2 enclosed side-boards 2 mahogany camp tables 2 „ couches 5 „ couches (in morrocco) 2 „ sofas (in hair-cloth) * / 8 dozen white Swiss back chairs ",^ 8 „ rosewood chairs 3 „ common „ Gbobob Aikbit. Nelson Emporium, Oct. 23. THE ELECTORS of the WAIMEA DISTRICTS are requested to MEET at the Star and Garter, Richmond, on the evening of SATURDAY, the 27th October, at Six o'clock, to take steps for the election of fit persons to rcpj^sent~those important agricultural districts in the next General Assembly. / Richmond, October 20. \/
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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 602, 24 October 1855, Page 2
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1,010Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 602, 24 October 1855, Page 2
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