TO WILLIAM CONNELL, ESQ. SIR, —We the Undersigned Electors of the Suburbs of Auckland, feeling the iinporfcnce of having our interests represented in our Provincial Council, by men of independent principles and moderate views, request that you will permit yourself to be nominated as one of the Candidates for our District. Your long residence amongst us, your perfect acquaintance with our wants, and your known freedom from political prejudices, assure us of the value of your services. John Salmon S. Kemplhornc John Ilowlm W. Hughes John Kelly John Horn Andrew Rooney Edward Bull Alexander Whisker 11. Matson T. Johnson D. Pollen T. Waters Daniel Addis John Filt. July 4th, 1853. Auckland, slh July, 1853. Gentlemen, —I am much honoured by the desire expressed in your Requisition, that I should come forward as a Candidate to represent the Suburbs of Auckland in the Provincial Council. Influenced by an earnest desire to promote the interests of the Province, of which I have been so many years an inhabitant, I yield to your judgment as to my fitness for the responsible duties you are willing to devolve upon me, and I beg to assure you and your brother electors that I shall, if honoured by their suffrages, render the best services that my brief leisure and limited ability will permit in forwarding such measures as are calculated to secure the permanent welfare of this community. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, William Connell. To John Salmon, Esq., and the other Subscribers to the Requisition. TO J. A. GILFILLAN, ESQ. QIR,— We, the Undersigned Electors of LJ the Suburbs of Auckland, feeling the importance of having our interests represented in our Provincial Council, by men of ndependent principles, and moderate views, •cquest that you will permit yourself to be lominated as one of the Candidates for our district. Alexander Whisker ohn Salmon C Kemplhornc ). Pollen rV. Hughes ohn Horn I. Niccol Andrew Rooney Ldward Bull July, 4th 1853. 11. Matson T. Johnson T. Waters D. Addis John Filt John Howl in. Auckland, sth July, 1853. Gentlemen, —For the unmerited and unexpected honor you have done me, in inviting me to be put in Nomination, as one of the Representatives for the Suburbs of Auckland, in the Provincial Council, I beg to offer you my grateful acknowledgements. It would ill become me here to make any formal profession of the principles, which, in the event of my being elected, may guide my public conduct. Thus much however I may be allowed to say ; —that whatever measures may lend to the advancement of this Province, to the development of its resources, and the well being of its inhabitants, shall have my constant and cordial support. 1 have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant J. A. Gilfillan. To John Salmon, Esq., and the other Gentlemen signing the Requisition. TO JOHN WATSON BAIN, ESQ. SIR, —We, the Undersigned Electors of the Suburbs of Auckland, feeling the importance of having our interests represented in our Provincial Council by men of independent principles and moderate views, request that you will permit yourself to be nominated as one of the Candidates for our District. John Salmon S. Kemplhornc D. Pollen W. Hughes John Horn] Andrew Rooney Edward Bull ' John Howl in July, 4lk 1853. Alexander Whisker 11. Matson T.Johnson 11. Niccol T. Waters Daniel Addis John Fitt. 4 Auckland, slh July, 1853. Gentlemen,— l hawgliEhe honour to acknowledge receipt IfT*tyour requisition, and it affords me much pleasure to comply with your wishes to allow myself to be nominated as a Candidate for the Representation of the Suburban District in the Auckland Provincial Council. I am induced the more readily to assent to your request from the favourable opinion you entertain of the services i am likely to render, and while I thank you for the confidence you place in me I beg to assure you that if the honour of being returned one of your Representatives be conferred upon me you may rely upon my conscientiously and faithfully discharging to the best of my ability, the various important duties which would devolve upon me. Our interests and desires for the advancement and prosperity of our adopted Country are I believe identical, and to the furtherance of these in every way my best endeavours shall at all times be directed 1 have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, John Watson Bain. To the Gentlemen signing the ) Requisition. J
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 756, 13 July 1853, Page 4
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