Election Ifotica. .': i: ° city BLEcnioK' ■ •'■- ■"■■■ Dttnedin, let March, 1867. TO CH&HLES SMITH, ESQ., Qaecn street. SIS— We, the undersigned/Electors oi the City of Dnnedin, request that jou will allow yourself to be pat la nomination at one of oar Representatives in the Provincial | Council. : ■ i ■ Yoar well-known and generally appreciated ability aa Council Clerk for the las* fite yeara, *nd the active, part yoa bare taken In many oi our Public Institutions, induce ua to believe that your Intimate know ledge of Provincial affairs could bo turned to valuable account at this period of Otago** crisis. " Should yoa accede to onr reqoeit, -we pledge oar«elrca to u« every effort to eecuro your return. We are, Sir, &c., &a, W. MASON DAVID BAXTEB A. R. URE R, OLIVER B. S. DODS And fifty other signatures. (REPLY.) ! TO MESSRS W. MASON, DAVID BAXTEB, A. 11. UKE, B. OLIVER, R. 8. DODS, and the other Gentlemen signing the Requisition. /^ENTLEME.V—I feel honored by your V3T request, and (being deeply impressed with the urgent claims o£ the present crisi>) bavo bo befltalion In acceding to it. A» regards what may be termed General Politics, I am favorable to Sepnrasioo, Immigration (to tho extent of our cbility ct nstnntly to em ploy, and fairly to remunerate the labor imported); liailwnys, Abolition of ToJli, Residential and Registered Manhood Suf frage, and Vote by B«llot. As regards what (in contradistinction from the above) may bo regarded more in the light of Domestic politic?, lam favorable to a liberal provision, for Educational purpose*; tho Civil Service being ma< c thoroughly tfH cient, and being fairly p»id; Eight Iloura' L'lbor boing made a ligal "day" aa regards all Government Contracts, Works, &c. ; Early Closing Movement ; and to the estab lishment of Public Baths and Warh-housos on piinciplcs similar to those in operation at Oomo. I shall take an early opportunity of meet ing jou for the purpose of expressing my view* fully on the above and «.ttu-r subjects of special interest to youm-lvts and the in habitants of tho Province in general, I am, Gi-ntlemen, Your moat obedient servant, CHARLES SMITH. Queen street, Ist March, 1867.
