SUBURBS ELECTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 204, 9 September 1879, Page 2

SUBURBS ELECTION.

The Returning Officer having declared Mr A. J. Richmond to be duly elected, that gentleman SRid it was his pleasing duty to return thanks for having been elected by the same constituency for the third time. It showed that they appreciated an old and tried servant who had endeavored to serve them honestly aud conscientiously, and had lost no opportunity of advancing their interests, and those of the Nelson district generally. It would be necessary for the Nelson members to be united in their efforts, and to work shoulder to shoulder to obtain justice for this part of the country, and he need not assure them that he would be found doing his share. He wished to express his gratification at the good-humored way in which the election had passed off, not an unpleasant word, so far as he knew, having been spoken throughout the contest. Mr Wastney felt proud of the position he occupied. After a fair and honest . contest he had been placed near the top of the poll, which he felt was something to be proud of, seeing that to many of the electors he was quite a new man. To those who had voted for him he desired to return his sincere thanks as well as to those who had thought it better that he should remain at home. He had not come forward of his own free will, but at the instigation of others who had told him that it was his duty to do so. He would have been better pleased had he received more support iv that portion of the district where he had lived so long, and where he had always done what he could to benefit his neighbours, but it was, he supposed, but another proof of the truth of the saying that no man is a prophet in his own country. Mr Stafford, as au unsuccessful candidate, wished to thank those who had voted for him, aud was glad to be able to say that in his own district he had polled a very large majority. He was sorry to say that in Nelson ■ome had acted towards him as no gentleman should towards another, having offered hi m their votes and then given them to another. He only hoped that they had the right man in the right place. A vote of thauks to the Returning Officer closed the proceedings.