The Elections.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 12, 25 March 1867, Page 69

The Elections.

NAPIER DISTRICT. The nomination of Candidates for the representation of the Electoral District of Napier in the Provincial Council took place at noon on Wednesday, the 20th inst. The returning Officer having read the writ Mr'T. D.- Smith proposed Mr Donald 11‘Lean as a fie and proper person to represent the electors of the Napier district. Mr J. <3*. Kinross seconded tho nominaa tion. Mr John Slater proposed Mr James Alexander Smith. H? Mr James Swain seconded the nomination. Mr John Slater proposed Mi? Thomas Kennedy Newton. •i Mr A. C. Haynes seconded the nomination. Mr M. Mullaney proposed Mr Thomas Edwards. Mr John Pritchard seconded the nomition. . Mr John Begg proposed Mr James Meliss Stuart. Mr William Beagley seconded the nomination. Mr, Robert Brenton proposed Mr Frederick Sutton. Mr D. E. Lindsay seconded the nomination. . .. • Mr D. E. Lindsay proposed Mr Samuel Locke. Mr T. D. Smith seconded the nomination. Mr R‘. Williams proposed Mr Henry Charles Robjohns. Mr H. J. Cottereli seconded the nomination. Mr -Alexander Irvine proposed Mr Alexander Kennedy. -> . Mr A. C. Haymes seconded the nominati|on. . Mr .Thomas -Morrison proposed Mr John Buchanan. - Mr Robert Brenton seconded the nomination,..;. - a Mr Robert Brenton proposed Mi? William Maltby. . Mr. George Charlton seconded the nomination. Mr M f Lean, who was received with great applause, said that be came. forward as a candidate,' in fiiU coufidence ; of the friendship; of the "electors which he believed- he had .gained, during!■ the four years he had. .held, office - in- ; the* Province. Ho.fwould,. if continue,tolact'in hadiiithertdddnei. He had an objection to any pledges, as they were very seldom fulfilled, aud often:

made use of to ca tch votes. Themeasures 'he had 'initiated“4uriiig'~the’" time Ypf/hie t holding: office heiwrould j to. ; and if he received the fair ancL e/>rdiai x sup: •i* the !l eleStbrs, he would support the intsr,esis ;of.;the Pro- , viuce at large, as he jbelieved, thare;wa^ ' • of Topifn. 'pf'the.auptf Sort lie had received firqm the electors airing 'times *o£- trouble attd - danger, and; -. r . - though, he; : did, ,-ppt,,think jtbe ’/", be in .such, a, position again,’ ;fie * »* : hoped- that i, would he' ■ Mr Brentou.: .Are you in favor ofeX~ ,1;i J ‘ ' i;:// ;/ ;U’;ioMs am. favorable to. Jhp system f as at present carried on, bat- snot • to' any 'extension*.'' l ' / ‘ i- J ; rJ t- itMvr Ha.wesi;fsAre you .in» favor of .'/.• a Thistle Act ?.,,. u.. Mr.' M‘Leah.—l ’should suppont ore for; ;::/i;theiagriculturaldvstrictsr.jUu.H;:j <.;r- / , t. , Mi*.,lsew.tj>p said.that he had been in ‘ " the Council beforeh and on hia electioh had . ..i.said^that;he'meant tj folio w J ah indepen: dent cOjUrse. ,This promise lie had fulfilled. He admitted that his votes had been, prini olpally with the Government, but- they were so, when he, .approved . of. their measures. If he should be again elected it would give • 'him -pleasure, -as being a proof of. their satisfaction with, his {previous conduct.Mr, Birenton.— Would you support the boring of Artesian wells in the town ? ~: ,Mr. Newton.r^-'^'es*/ Mr. Hawes.—Are you in favour of a Thistle Act ? - - - • Mr. Newton.—-I will support any measure in that direction which I may con-" eider beneficial. . .Mr* Edwards said that there had.always been a great ,interest brought \to bear / against the town in the Council. He com sidered that when he occupied a seat there -he, had always done his duty, and spoken : r ;his.mind>freely,,and- had never studied his ,>own interest. If elected now, he should ..be proud of his .position,:aud of the confidence placed in hinl by the electors: - A - candidate had just said that the inte- . rests ,of the town and country, were identical but yet, had said .that,-he would I sup port.,a .Thistle... Act ifor the, agricultu: . ral : wluch were -close to the town, and. not for the pastoral districts. . The Government had brought forward an Act of-that mature last session, but it had . ; • t pot been.passed, .He would’ oppose buch a scheme if it should come again before the Couucil, but h 8 feared the runholding in--terest was sufficiently strong in the Coun- . cil to carry it, ; ; Mr. Charlton: Why did you then vote for a runholder afcPetane ? , - • , - - Mr Edwards: Because he was a freeholder. I consider a man with ,900 acres of freehold land to have a-stake in ithe country, and more likely to,, be independent than a man who leases land from :the natives. ,

Mr Locke said thafr-as a public man he was well known. He'had been in .the Council one session, /.hut the time he was there was so short -that the electors-would have very little opportunity of judging his actions. He would,-if elected, endeavour to act independently, and.do his duty. In answer to a question by Mr Hawes, he said he was not favorable to a Thistle ,_, r Act. ■ , j , Mr Sutton said that he was a fresh man in politics. ,He was as ; old. a settler as most ,of the Electors, and. as well acquainted with the local politics. He had been requested ,by ;rna*.ty of-.the electors to come foiward. He would vote for. Mr . M'Leanas, Superintendent. • > . M r .^ re , n l:o.u asked if he • would support or., initiate,, any, measure tp. reclaim.-, the land in the town covered by. stagnant r P9??4 s of; water,. which;/>yvquld, be very likely to cause a malaria in the town. t ..- M r Sutton said,that he, believed; .that it was out of the of- the Council to do lii answer to a question by an Elector i. • Sutton. said. heshould, . support: a scheme for a branch ppst-.office.in-.town to: ...M presided over,.by a post-office official.! Mr Kennedy said that he had been m the Council-for - the last ,four years,, and l had always acted to the best of- hia'.abi-

An Elector : Why did you vote againstan increase of members for the town ? ;■ Mr Kennedy: Because the gdh’eral feel-, ”<-ing of the electors was that ’they were sufficiently represented. ... ; ; - ‘Mr JM. -Stuart was then called for, .but not. appearing,. Mr Jchn.i E| e gg came ' forward,'as his'proposer.'* He said .that, i -^ r Stuart, in the ...Couucil, . had .proved- ‘ himself 'the most' independent member and altogether the .best of ' ’the 6f thie“towhV r ,, ,; ... Theshow of hands -was then taken, and declared to be in favor.of Messrs McLean, .Edwards, Stuart,rLqcke, and Malfcbyir. j A poll was then demanded and granted, -to takejglacp this dsiy. --- ' - j-

' - - - THE- POLLINO: ■* j The polling for the Electoral District, of the 1 flCown of took-place on ’ Tlrarsday, this, Hist instant. . • -j •j; .The Eeturning, having read the'writ, said tMt Mr. Maltby had withdrawn, and<that4he M‘Lean 134* ' -;;Suttoa .......,.>.BB “'Kennedy ....-.,95/ ...,.. rKewtoq * l4 *V ThcKe' ..'.‘.V.’., 82 , ’ . ;• '-Bucfiariah I '.'?.-66 e:;;. - 67' ‘ ‘ "> -.;c 1 -.--Edwsiras' *“• -, ' - • <*ri-He >. ithen;> (declared > Messrs. 1 Donald 1 ' MLcari, AJbxander Thomas: Kennedy - HewtPh, . .. . v*y*s. jj>o. uz >"•- i-t > J*- ;" 1 v*-"**

and Samuel Locke,..to ,he;duly electedmembersof i r f (f /Meskrs. . JCliMuji, L)pk'e,B.Vi.chanan j Edwards, jßrdnton i(in;>the.-name ofMr.Maltby)v:ani)Baohattan:'i(itf->the‘'ilitae' ! df Mr.'gSttuurtJ/iihahked^fchb l electd'rs/hija .the' pfd: ceedings terminated...with a vote of ffiMks'jio^tHei ::i i .’.V' i..'u: .; fPBOOUESa •&F THIT 'Hx.ECTioirs.^-Abbut over.'f Mqhafea has returned its:Old ) ber JwithbdC^opp&^ltidfi' ! pe iJ CSrlybn j L - Afridas Wo6d.--rYesterd&y was' -theV-iidrtnihatiion that foi 3 which; wilhJraeurn Mr-'OrthdU'd^ancf;Wai-roaJ^-IW>i tWVFhifmore, : w'hoi we believe;-ia fe-there -is- however,- 'Voter there,'' andfit 'ih/hotvefy probable'-'fhaf others/,.will"ovisife -it for-ithe -'purpose of voting.t iThe four take 'place as follows;: yduntry,, i Monddy nexf 25th ; 26th ; Waipukurau, h 0 ;-; /and Clive, Thursday,. 28th'; sq' that, in.'about' ayveek’s time,,the .whole, ofr.the-cle’cfcions for the New 'Provincial' Council 'will, be over.. •' ' v,! /' " :J.

Havelock Election-.— The nomination for the Havelock district’took *pli£ce ; at the School-hduse,- Havelock; on Th'OVdaj last. Tfte're Wefe tW. -^candiflatesrrrisir..:James Wood and Mr W: J. Birch. Mr 'W/bod was proposed by Mr Danvers, and seconded by Mr iteynoJds ; Mr BircHwaS proposed by Mr Bousfield, and seconded by Mr Richardson; "Both candidates- were questioned upon 'a Thistle Act. Mr’ Birch believed that any scheme that could : be devised for. the eradication of the thistle' would be impracticable; Mr Wood, on the contraiy, was satisfied that_ agricultural districts could be protected against/the thistle nuisance, without any- -undue or vexatious intex*ference with' the runholder. Theshowofhands was considerably lqjdr Wood’s favor. -'Yesterday, (Wednesday,) the poll was taken at the same-place,; and also at Mi*' M‘i'o:in’s woolshed/ Maraekakaho, resulting, in, a majority of one [vote in favor - of the first-named candidate.,! The numbers were as* follows ;:l 1

—We understand that- Mr Wood -will take' his seatas a thoroughly independent member, he' having 1 gone in 7 against ‘ a strong government influence.

Wood. Birch. Havelock ‘ 1 Maraekakaho.... 1 ' 9 8 Manor tvforWood.;. 1