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West Coast Times, Issue 231, 19 June 1866, Page 3

Election Notices. great responsibility that may, and most probably will, devolve upon tho first Council that will be selected to represent this long neglected and misgoverned district. Independent of the ordinary businoss of a Municipal Council, occasions may arise when it may be necessary for. that body, as the only recognised representative institution here, to embody the spirit and independence of the people who have cast their fortunes in this country, and manfully to insist upon a full measure of justice for them. I may hore mention, with regard to the late contest between Mr W. S. Moorhouse and myself for the representation of Westland in the General Assembly, that no one can bo better pleased at my defeat than I am myself, and that I sincerely rejoice at the return of my opponent, who, at tho time, was a stranger to most of us, but in whom I recognise an able and staunch advocate of our common interests, and through whom, with tho aid of a respectable and influential Council, Hokitika cannot fail to advance. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, William Shaw.' To Messrs Reeves and Co., Fisher Bros., Anderson and- Mowatt, Louttit, Reid, and Co., A. Boyle and Co., Hawkos and Strout and the other gentlemon who signed the requisition. Weld-street, Juno 18th.

REPRESENTATION of WESTLAND TO MESSRS T. L. BRIGHT, R. REEVES, EDMUND BARPP, M. CASSIUS. P ENTLEMEN,— We, the undersigned inhabitants of Westland,* respectfully request that you will allow yourselves to bo put in nomination for election, as. our Representatives in tho Provincial Council of Canterbury. Wo havo every confidence in your zeail and ability to faithfully guard our interests, and we pledge ourselves to use our est efforts to secure your election. We are, Gontlemen, Your obedient servants, . ' Jones, M'Glashan, & Co. P, W. Eicke. Henderson & Bonar. Mark Sprot, pro Wilson, Burnell, & Co Lloyd, Taggart, & Co. E. Prosser. Moir & Staite. Fisher Bros. WilhWShaw Hamett & Co. F. L. Clarke . A. Louisson & Co. H. Marks & Co. - A. L. Edgar. Thos. Munro & Co. Andrew Mowat. ' 0. W. Oakes. M'Landress, Hepburn, & Co. Charles Cameron. v ' Hoyt & Osborne. Ecclosfield Bros. , Spence Bros. & Co. James H. O'Loughlin. James Clark. Matthew Edgar. Charles Williams. Thos. Gibson. M'Beath & Co. , Campbell & Milburn. Edward Ings, J. Tyrrell & Co. Alwin Palm. J. P. Byrne & Co. J. R. Anderson; Watt&Palkner * J. H. Gibson. Hokitika, June 9, 1866. REPLIES. GENTLEMEN,— I have to acknow- ' or ledge your requisition addressed to mo jointly with Messrs. Reeves, Barff, and Cassius, and to thank you for tho expression of confidence it implies in my desiro to promote tho interests of Wostland by any personal services I can render it. The course adopted in this instance by the gftntlemen signing 'the requisition is an unusual one. Prom the explanations offered me*, however, I understand it to be their wish that Mr Reeves and myself should become candidates for tho town ot Hokitika, and that Mr. Cassius should be associated with Mr. Barff in the representation of the goldfields. I have ascertained from personal communication with these