TO J. MACivV, AND J. DILWOIITII, ESQ US. j \X 7 E, ihe undersigned, Electors of the i ▼ * Southern Division, request that you ! will permit us to put you in nomination to j represent our interests in the forthcoming i Provincial Council of Auckland. Your long residence in the Colony, and I the important position you have achieved | by your own enterprise and industry, afford j the* best guarantee for your future exertions for the benefit of the Province, and consequent furtherance of our mutual prosperity. Thomas Crummer, W. S. Crauame, Joseph Greenwood. [Here follow the other Signatures.] Auckland, 1 Olh July, 1855. Gentlemen, —Were we to consult our per sonal convenience or private feelings we should decline; but a sense of public duly, and the manner in which it has been pressed upon us, makes us feel that we can no longer resist your invitation, and, if elected, wc shall be the advocates of every measure that will lend to advance our adopted country. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servants, James Macky, J. DILWORTII. To the Gentlemen signing the Requisition. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. GENTLEMEN, —At a public Meeting licit! at Olahuhu on the lllh instant, for the purpose of naming four persons as candidates for ibis division at the ensuing election, I was solicited to allow myself to be put in nomination as one of the four. I fell much gratified at being called upon to represent this important division, and in acceding to the request I have only to stale that should I bo returned, the Electors may depend upon my honest and unremitting advocacy of every measure that I believe conducive to our general interests. I have Hie honor tobbye y Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Wm. Bcceland. Koluira, July 15, 1855. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. (N ENTLEMEN,—Having been called upon at a Public Meeting of the Electors, which assembled at Olahuhu on ilic lllh instant, I respectfully beg leave to offer myself as one of your Representatives in the Provincial Council. In soliciting your suffrages I have no private interests to serve; and, in the event of my having a scat in Council, I would be disposed to give every measure that may be brought before that body due consideration, unbiassed by any parly spirit whatever. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, William Goodfkllow. Olara, 12th July, 1855. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. /^ENTLEMEN, — In soliciting your suf- * fragos as a Candidate for tin* Provincial Council, I trust I am influenced by motives equally averse to shrinking from public duty, as I am free from seeking self-prefer-ment; and should I, without personal canvass, become one of your representatives, I shall not only feel obliged for the honor conferred, but faithfully seek to discharge the duties connected with it. 1 beg to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Joseph Newman. Remncra, 21st July, 1855. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. ENTLEMEN, Having been proposed or as one of your Members in the ensuing Provincial Council, at a Public Meeting called at Olahuhu for the purpose of naming Candidates, 1 deem it my duly to express my grateful acquiescence in the proposal then made, and beg to offer myself as a Candidate for the honour of your suffrages. Should 1 bo returned as one of your Members, you may expect me to lake a zealous and active part to the best of my ability in furthering the interests of the Province. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant. William Innes Taylor. Tamaki, 12th July, 1855. TO MR. J. P. HOGAN. SIR, —Wc, the Undersigned Electors of the Southern District, 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 district. William MeCutchoon Richard Bryan James Goodwin Michael Kelly Cormick Egan James Warrener John Alin James Gildard Patrick Crew Patrick Kelly James Mooney Thomas Peguin James Dickey Denis Rowes Murlagh Madigan the for our Cornelius Sullivan Michael Foley Rodriek Flynn William Leedcr Patrick Mortimer Thomas Bradshaw Thomas Gallery William Diggings Edmund Dore Wiliam Filmor Thomas O’Brien Charles Moor William Cassey William Newbury James Walsh. Gentlemen, - You have requested me to allow myself to be put in nomination as a Candidate for the representation of your Division, by which mark of your confidence you have conferred a high honour on me.Should 1 be one of the succcsful Candidates, I shall, by my unremitting attention to your interests, endeavour to prove it has not been misplaced. New Zealand is now my adopted country ; her interests and mine are closely identified; and while my efforts are being put forth to advance your welfare, 1 know that my own also will be secured. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, P. J. HOGAN.
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 761, 30 July 1853, Page 4
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