TO - THE ELECTORS OF BIVERTON IN _.. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. . j /^IENTLEMEN, —I notice" your address' to me "in the SovtUand-Nevas of March 19th,and hasten to thank you for it. Ybii are quite^right in supposing" that I have" too much respect for my constituents, and,:allow} me to add, for myself, to have any wish to represent them when t can no longer fairly do so. You recognise in my resignation a deference to your views on the .question of re-annexation to Otago, which -you appear to consider a vital one,and thank me'jfor/.pteferring your interest to my own. I can only say that, so^ long as I had the honor of serving you, I always thought your interests to T» my own, and therefore trust that, without any sacrifice on my part, my successor will serve' us both. 1 However much we may differ on this or other questions, and however strong my mm convictions-may be,-1 am-stfll perfectly content to abide by the verdict of the General Assembly, and, if fairly beaten, loyally to help in working it out. ..'^.^ . "' '1 ■■' ■ • ; I was sorry, Gentlemen,, to see that the^.mover of this address should have taken occasion to draw any comparison between our members of the Legislative Council and myself. ~He must evidently have misunderstood, or overlooked, our relative positions and responsibilities. ; Had I been in their place, unfettered bylocal obligations, as they were,; I should Most assuredly have voted very much as: they .did.-- ."::' :■■ ■•• = ■•) i.--i; '<• ■■:;: Instead of feeUng bound to declare the views of what I believe to be a majority of the. district whtiSrl- s«rve-draTßi-yet-tonvoxe against themrl should have striven to say what little I had to say in the interest of the Colony as a whole, and, in so doing, I still (though respectfully differing from jovtf most thoroughly believe that I should have but furthered your interests also. Reciprocating your kind wishes, -* I remain,' . .• .. . Gentlemen, . v. ■:-. r,■'■■ --.■-_ Yours truly, .^ ; BOJSALD HANBINSON. ■ TeAnau, April 2nd.
WANTED immediately Double Teams to cart '- gravel. "Apply to 1 J. Shearer^ '-' : A GIRLS' DSPABTMENT will be opened in connection with the Invercargill Grammar School on MONDAY, Jlth April. E^rjtarficulars see C&cular.. ; ; - > ;- h x ( -Ai MACDONALd" i TYR M'OLTJSE has removed to his former residenoe, Ghila-street, opposite the Hospital. ' N OTIC E. A MEETING of the creditors of "WiUiam JactJ\. son Edwards, of JSew Eiver Haudred, Fellmonger, will be held at the office of the undersigned, on MONDAY, the 11th April, 1870,. at ' A o'clock, p.m. . - :, FBEDx. W. WADE, SoUdtbr for the said . W. J. Edwards.
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Southland Times, Issue 1234, 8 April 1870, Page 2
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420Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Issue 1234, 8 April 1870, Page 2
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