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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 756, 13 July 1853, Page 2

TO MR. ROBERT MITCHELL. WE, the undersigned Electors of Hie City of Auckland, request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as one of the Representatives for the City, at the approaching Election for Provincial Councillors. Our long knowledge of your strict business habits, and indefatigable industry, in our opinion render you every way qualified to fulfil the duties thereof with credit to yourself, and great benefit to the community. John Finlay Thomas Douglas James Thos. Boylan John Smith George Simpkins Henry Russell Henry Day George McYay Henry Somerville John Rico* John Porter Peter Robertson Robert Lawric Wm. Hack-ford R. Shedda-n George Wright David Crosbie James McLarnon Joseph England Samuel Vailc David Snodgrass Daniel Coe A. McPheVson James Sims Alexander Wright Wm. Bacon Win. Britcher Robert Hunt B. Ward Robert Howie W. R. McKay D. Ferroris George Beeson John Kelly James Pollock James Carter James V. Marston Eugene Donovan Andrew Kelly J. R. Wilson Joseph Syms William Neal Charles Hopkins George Haskell George Hart David Russell David Young A. Oliver, jiwi. W. TaltcrsaU Robert Schultz S. H. Levy. Charles Sanderson Edwin Davy Waller Brodic Thomas Russell William Miller John Mclntyre Waller MeCaul Samuel Brown James George Abraham Kcesing Thomas Henderson Asher Asher William Rattray Aitcheson Oliver Andrew Hodge Richard Burras William Harkin Thomas L. Wallis John Makepeace Samuel J. Edmonds Palerick Harkin Peter Davis S. E. Hughes James McLeod John Andrew John Bishop James Carson David Archibald John Malcolm James Killor Peter Connor Finlay McMullan James Bond Benjamin Giltos Lachlan McLiver John Killey W. Currie Joseph Gulpin George Smith G. W. White W. Burns Peter McArthur William Campbell W. Wild Duncan Campbell A. Alison Edward Wall W. Millar Donald Sutherland J. B. Strange John Pickering Isaac Mi ley Joseph Low.

Auckland, 9lh July, 1855. Gentlemen, — Nothing was further from my intention than becoming a Candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council, and your numerously signed Requisition has taken me by surprise. Although my business will but ill afford the lime which must be devoted to the public duties you wish me to undertake, yet, having been requested by so large a body of Electors, I cannot do otherwise than tender my humble services; with a promise, should I be elected, that these shall be conscientiously devoted to the best interests of the Colony. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Robert Mitchell. To the Gentlemen who signed the Requisition. TO ALLAN O’NEILL, ESQ. SIR,— Your having been chosen by the Electors of the Northern Division as their representative in the late intended Provincial Council, has determined us to request you to allow yourself to bo put in nomination for the forthcoming General Representative Assembly, resting assured that you will use your best endeavours in that Assembly to promote the best interests of this Province. William Powditcii, '(Here follow' the other signatures.) July Blh, 1835. North Shore, July 12, 1855. Gentlemen,— I shall feel much pleasure in acceding to your request, and believing that I agree so entirely in opinion with the majority of the men of the Northern Division upon all the important public questions now at issue, that 1 can conscientiously support, with all the powers I possess, their Settlement in the manner which you so earnestly desire, should I have the honor to be chosen as one of your representatives. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Allan O’Neill. To Captain Powdilch and the Gentlemen signing the requisition. TO ALLAN O’NEILL, ESQ. QIR, —Your having been chosen to represent this Northern Division in the late intended Provincial Council, we beg leave to name you to fill the same position in the forthcoming Provincial Council, feeling assured that the Electors retain the same favorable opinion expressed towards you on the former occasion. W. Ladbrook. (Here follow the other Signatures.) North Shore, i2th July, 1855. Gentlemen, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Requisition wishing me again to offer myself as one of your Representatives for the Provincial Council. I feel highly honored by the confidence thus placed in me, ami, ’should I be elected, you may rest assured that T shall, by a straightforward and honest course (uninfluenced by private considerations) endeavour to promote the best interests of the Colony. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Allan O’Neill. To Mr. W. Ladbrook and the Gentlemen signing the requisition.