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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 758, 20 July 1853, Page 4

TO ANDREW O’BRIEN, ESQ. SIR,— It being manifestly of great importance to the interests of this City and Province, that the Provincial Council about to be elected should be composed of intelligent, upright, and independent men, we, the undersigned electors, respectfully request that you will permit yourself to be nominated as one of the Members for the City of Auckland. Your long residence in the District, and your acquaintance with the wants and wishes of the community, warrant us in entertaining a confident anticipation that, should you comply with our request, you will obtain a large amount of general support. John Salmon, David Graham, Thomas Somerville, Hugh Goolahan, A. W. Hansard, John M‘Dowell, John Williamson, James Simms, Edward Warded, Archd. Clark, W. Hughes, S. 11. Levy, James T. Boylan, David Sheehan, Joseph Fielding, Thos. Gibson, Patrick Dignan, John Kelly, Daniel Lynch, Allan O’Neill, Michael Hartnett, Robert Scott, Andrew Rooney, Patrick Donovan, Peter Robertson, John Henry, John Hoop, Francis White, Robert Thompson, James Halyday. Auckland, July 8, 1855. Gentlemen, —I had no idea of offering myself as a Candidate for public honors. Although one of the oldest colonists, I have always kept free of politics; but any diffidence in my capability which I might feel, your Requisition kindly helps to allay; and, in accepting your offer, I assure you, that, whether successful or not, I shall always remember with gratitude the favourable expression of feeling of so large and respectable a portion of my fellow citizens. I hate the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, Andrew O’Brien. To the Gentlemen signing the Requisition. TO WM. F, PORTER, ESQ. SIR, —We, the Undersigned electors of the Suburbs of Auckland, being sensible of the value of the services which your long experience in the Colony, and your acquaintance with its public affairs will enable you to render in the Council of this Province, request that you will permit yourself to be nominated as one of the Candidates for our district. Henry Matson, Thos. Johnson, James Bunt, Richard Newdick, W. Hughes, Andrew Rooney, 11. Niccol, John Redmond, Neill Malcolm, John Horn, Benjamin Turner, Gerard Sampson, D. Pollen, Wm. Tutty. Auckland, July 7th, 1855. Gentlemen, —I accept your invitation to become a Candidate for a scat in the Council of this Province, and will if elected exert myself to the utmost of my ability, to promote the interest thereof. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. F. Porter. To Henry Matson, Esq., and the 5 Gentlemen who have signed >• the Requisition. ) TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION. GENTLEMEN,- In compliance with the wishes of several Electors in your District, I beg to offer myself as a Candidate to represent your interests in the forthcoming Provincial Council. Should you think fit to elect me to that important trust, it shall be my earnest endeavour to do justice to all sects and parlies, and to promote the prosperity of the Province at large I am, Gentlemen, Y r our obedient servant, Joseph May. Puketapapa, July G, 1855. AGENCY AT SYDNEY. MR. JOHN BRIDGES (formerly of the Customs Department at this Port, and late of the Union Bank at Sydney), begs to inform the inhabitants of New Zealand, that he has established himself as a GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT at Sydney, and from his intimate acquaintance with the markets and men of business there, feels confident of giving satisfaction to those who may employ him, either in the sale of produce, purchase of goods, or any other description of agency he may be entrusted with. Refers to Captain Kelly and Mr. T. E. Taylor. Office at Messrs. R. Cowan and Co., George Street, Sydney. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS. SOLI) BY MR. WELLESLEY HUGHES Siiortland-street, Auckland. A Lady cured of Asthma after Twenty Years Suffering, by the use of Holloway's Pills. 'jp H E Wholesale Agent for the sale ol 1 Holloway’s Pills in New South Wales, alludes, in a letter to Professor Holloway, to several extraordinary cures of Asthma, effected in that Colony, by the vise of these invaluable Pills; and to one case in particular—that of a lady residing near a hill named Hie Razorback, who, after having for twenty years been afllcled with great difficulty of breathing, and unable, in consequence, to bear the slightest exertion, at last used this remedy, and is now, to use her own expression, able to run to the lop of that high hill. Extraordinary cure of liheumatic Fever by Holloways Pills , in Van Diemen's Land. Margaret M £ Connigan, nineteen years of age, residing at New Town, had been suffering from a violent rheumatic fever for upwards of two months, which had entirely deprived her of the use of her limbs. During this period she was under the care of three of the most eminent medical men in Hobart Town, and by them her case was considered hopeless. A friend prevailed upon her pare.its to try Holloway’s celebrated Pills, which they consented to do, and in an incredibly short space of time a perfect cure was effected. The particulars of this case are copied from the ‘ Jloban I Town Courier/