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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 74, 18 November 1864, Page 8

Election Notices. ' TO THE ELECTORS • OF THE WAIHOPAI DISTRICT. (~\ ENTLEMEN, — Having been elected a Member of the Provincial Council for the important and populous district of "Waihopai at the first General Election in Southland, and now elected as one of your Representatives in the now Council, at a very critical period of our history, is a satisfactory expression of your appreciation of my political conduct for the tinic past', and of your confidence for the future. I most cordially thank you for the honor conferred. The responsibilities of the position are weighty. They- ehall have my earnest attention. I am, Gentlezneja, Tours faithfully, JAMES WILSON. ; > Invercargill, 17th November, 1864. ■ : ? TO THE ELECTORS OF INyEROARGILL r\ ENTLEMEN,-T-In answering the Sixty-three vJT electors who recently honored me with a requisition to come forward, as a candidate for a Seat in the Provincial -Council,. I gave a very brief explanation of my views on the most prominent questions' of. the : day. . It seems desirable, however, that I should express myself more, fully both to them and the whole constituency of Invercargill. . : Chief amongst the causes which tend to the prosperity of a young province, is facility for bond fide settlement on the waste land. lam entirely opposed to selling it in large blocks of" thousands of acres " to any speculator who may choose so to invest his money. Free selection and deferred payments appear, calculated to effect the objects we should have in view, and , would give to the settler of small means an opportunity for securing by his industry a home for himself and family. The New Land Act will be a serious drawback to immigration, and any legitimate action, which may be taken by the Provincial Council in order ,to obtain its repeal, would meet with my cordial support. A proportion of the proceeds of the land sales should be set apart for immigration purposes generally, and I would assist persons of small means to settle in Southland, without reference to the part of Great: .Britain to which they belong. I look on the present "Education Ordinance" as nearly worthless for doing the work required of it, and contend that -it is inflicting a great injury on the Province, by the preposterous assessments winch have been made under it. I would vote for a measure setting apart, for educational purposes, a sum from the ordinary revenue. The Roads' Ordinance does not answer satisfactorily, and I would vote for its repeal. I consider that the main trunk roads should be made and maintained by the Provincial Government, and the bye-roads .by District Road Boards, having power to levy rates to be subsidised by Grovemment. With reference to the Town Board, I am of opinion that it is a good and useful institution but that it requires remodeling. I would support a bill for that purpose, assimilating the constitution of the Board to the Municipal Councils, which have been so effective in Australia and elsewhere. I should be altogether opposed to municipal affairs being placed in the hands of the Provincial Government. I will not pledge myself to vote for any particular person as Superintendent, but will wait until I know who are the candidates ; but should certainly vote for the one whom I considered best fitted to fill the office and promote the interests of the Province. In conclusion, I beg again to thank the Electors who have invited me to come forward as a Candidate, and I pledge myself, if elected, to fulfil the duties of your representative in a conscientious manner, sparing no pains to advance the interests of Invercargill and of Southland generally. On questions of public woi-ks which may be brought under the consideration of the Provincial Council I should give my vote independently ,- but Oil matters in which I might be. personally interested I should be silent. My conduct as a member would be constantly before you ; and, should you at any time feel dissatisfied, I would resign my trust on receiving a requisition to that effect from two-thirds of my supporter I am, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, tc J. R- DAVIES. ELECTION KOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OP INVER-CABG-ILL. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," I, John Hare, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Invercargill, do hereby give notice, that by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the eleventh day of October, 1864, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an ELECTION will be held for the return of Four qualified Persons to serve as MEMBERS of the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL for the said Electoral District ; and that the NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES will take place at the CoTmi House, iNVEficAB&n/k, on THURSDAY, the seventeenth day of November, 1864, at noon, and that the poll (if necessary) will be taken on Friday, the eighteenth day of November, 1864. Dated this 28th day of October, 1864. JOHN HARE, Returning Officer. The following is the polling place for the Electoral District of Invercargill : — Polling- Place. THE COURT HOUSE, Invercargill. . ' JOHN HARE, Returning Officer. Dated the 28th day of October, 1864. 65-tc ~~ ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WAIAU. TN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the X General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," I, James Surman, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Waiau, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the eleventh day of October, 1864, issued under the liand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an ELECTION will bo held for the return of a Qualified Person to serve as a MEMBER of the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL for the said Electoral District, and that -the NOMINATION of CANDIDATES will take place at tho HOUSE of Mb. Ayi/MER, Run No. 166," on Thd-ksday, the seven' teenth day of Novehbeu, 1864 $ and that; tho poll (if necessary) will take place on Satubday, the nineteenth day of Novembeb, 1864. Dated this 81st day of October, 1864. JAMES SURMAN, Returning Officer, MM4HMMIM* f | Tlie following are the Polling Places for' the I Electoral Diutrict of Waiau t— * ••■ j Poking Places/ ' !TH3S HOUSE Off MR, AYLME», Run No. 168 1 and the goVSE ow -m jonir howb,j&Z/, UWB® SUBMAN, . burning osq<})?,