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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1822, 17 December 1875, Page 2

A most extraordinary stato of things in i -elation to the manipulation of the electoral business of Mongonui and the Bay of Islands a; is reached our ears. We can hardly c Heve such a thing possible, yet the black m I white of it are before our eyes. In the rst place, the Resident Magistrate and the it ii noer of Assembly for the district are rot. hers. This may be only an accidental air c idence, but it is one that in some lys t ?srious way appears ro bear on this re lar t abe condition of affairs. Last year a Tgt > number of claims were sent in for irol '.b lent. In every case where these claims ere attested by a certain name, viz., that I tl ie • political opponent of the MG.A., ley were objected to by the It M. and etc raing Officer. This, of course, was lot" *'er accidental coincidence, but a rearfc able one, seeing that returning officers sew '[here do not object to new claims, but i]y to the dead and the departed on the old ills. The result, however, did not signify asn m eh as the Revising Officer not having iow: a up, all the names were thrown out, id c [aims wholly unr>bjected to, some 30 < >r so, have never been enrolled nor any itim a' "ion made to the claimants that their lain s are disallowed. In March last in due irne a. certain list of new claimants was sent n and no objection lodged an-ainstany one of them. A telegram to this pffeofc was received i /\iicl;land, and now lies before us. It was ■t>jd 'the clay after the closing of the time objections, and reads as follows:—"No ctio-ns to names on roll Monsonui and o j if Islands, sent in.—J. H. Git ken way, fa: t of the Court." Thcsenaraesthereforeare s ay k he new roll? Not a bit of it. A aelec31k er been madeand over a hundredlcft out. ill on t *'ns may can accident. We alionhas. '* charitably. But it is such a queer )f course 'na' WB don't like its appearance. vavs thini erna> kablo accident, or cluster of ookingont shall refer. The polling places Co another \ ie Government on the recomiccidents, wt «E- M. One of them i 3 fixed ire fixed by t, nere are f°lir electors there. mendation of t* c of the Carletons and the at Waitangi. rl n-law of the R. M. and the But it is the horn o miles from Rassell and Busbys, brothers-i j.Waimate— two other M G.A. It ia thrt I there is no polling eight or nine from 'here are 540 residents polling places. Ant grantees. They have place at Wonga Bay, * oil at Herd's Point: by census, and lOOlanfc wentybysea. And to come forty miles to t twenty miles by land and \ tion of five hunthere is no polling place at», red freeholders. and Obora where is a popuU ia forty or fifty dred with over another hund kable circumThese must go to poll at Krita er and again miles away. And it w a reman , re few or Sance tSt for the P,.M's broth . c distric t ß for his brother-in-law there w, coinciSmost none of the votes from thj 0 arreßfc recorded in election times. It Jfl . ot h er . dence this that is so striking; M i >h the

, pm t ; the B.M. » th(j moMy d far north. ' i * +v. o Thames, in the same T HB people of the Jhame^ uckland , have manner as the cita/ens » ( . » and resolved » °^ or , Tave elevated rejectißg their »" ay°r» Ifc wiU b e reintended it ib dafficult to«°^ lV to Auck . seems to haTmt_officiaUife l _____ HR , be given by^them^anjjatsider. ' We observe that Mr ■ W^ i dresses his constituents on Thj a«d*7 | next, tb« date being po* Jon^f » 0Q >j i«n co^^ue^6^ 9 M M r Wood's consticuentß 5 t^at day. I _ lt.. w*B..™-J inlonV by pronouncing I ve^eme.ntly gainst the the I o* thf- and who when brought to la^^^aStr^^^ a year asso^ o. sep the result of the P°P Qlar S£k -eSber aud coustitueuts there is ut"e aOkXr ~ a powerful ally to Sir 1 meeting'b®^ MlWns; ! silvery tones and

A rery narrow escape from a fatal accident occurred this morning. A number of little boys were playing upon the floating logs near the Union Sash and Door Company's manufactory, in Mechanic's Bay, when one of them, a little lad about 9 years of age, named William Seton fell into the water. His companions called out, and Mr Brett, who was passing on his way to town, ran down to the spot. He found the lad with his head under water and hauled him out. The poor little fellow was very much exhausted, and would undoubtedly, in a minute more, have been beyond human aid. The lad was despatched home to his parents.

The " Trial Fours " of the Auckland Rowing Club were rowed last evening, and resulted as follows :—Wonder : Messrs Tonks, R. B. Isaacs, A. Yates, W. Jones (stroke), A. Jones (cox.)—l. Manukau Maid. : Messrs E. Moss, W. Ratcliffe, R. M. Clarke, T. Henderson, jun. (stroke), M. Copeland (cox) —2. The race was rowed at five o'clock, the course being down the wharf, round the Magellan Cloud, back, and round the hulk Benjamin Heape, returning to the wharf. The start was affected by Mr D. Oxley. The winners soon Bhowed in front, and won easily. They are a promising lot of young oarsmen, but they must not forget that they had the best boat a long way for the contest.

As will be seen from another column Mr Swanson meets hin constituents on Tuesday evening next. The cordial relations that exist between representative and people in Newton certainly do not demand such meeting. Still it is but courteous and becoming. In Mr Swanson the electors of Newton have about the truest, faithfullest, watchman of the people's interests to be found in the General Assembly. And they know it.

Tn many instances where plaintiffs are called to appear at the Resident Magistrate's Court to prove their claims they have not been present until the question " allow this case to stand at the bottom of the list" has become as familiar as " Silence in the Court." Oa such a request being made this morning, His Worship said in all future cases, where plaintiffs were not in time, such cases would be struck out.

The Whau bazaar in the City Hall was well patronised yesterday, the sales amounting to £05 17s lid, as foliowb : By Mrs Deacon's stall, £6 14a ; Mrs Buchanan'sf £29 Is 3rl ; Mrs Hepburn's, £4 183 3d ; Mrs Lamb's, £13 9* ; refreshments, £7 Is sd. The stalls are still loaded with useful things. A promenade concert will be held to-night under the direction of Mrs Mitchell, when the attendance of visitors should he very large.

In the list of schools competing for the Provincial|Scholarshipß,'the Newton No 2 was misprinted Sfc. David's instead of the Newton Academy, conducted by Mr W. J. Edwards.

The half-yearly meeting; of the members of the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society was held in Sfc. Patrick's. Hall, Hobgonstreefc, on Wednesday evening, for the election of officers, etc., for the ensuing year. The report and balance-sheet were read and adopted, and the following officers elected for the ensuing half-year :—W. F. Clifton, president ; Thns. H. White, vicepresident ; Michael Connolly, secretary : James FJynn, treasurer ; Thomas J. Hickey, warden ; P. Flanaghan, guardian ; Thomas Connolly and J. Dampier, visitors ; auditors, Messrs J. A. Tole and T. F. Kelly ; Dr Bayntum, medical officer. A hearty vote of thanks wns accorded to the retiring officers for the efficient manner in which they had, during the past session, conducted the affaire of the society. A good balance was reported in favor of the branch, and several new members were initiated.

j\d extraorninary accident ocourrea ax the Whnu hotel last Tuesday, whereby a valuable horse belonging to Mr Gittos was ao severly id jured that it is not likely to recover. It seems that a cart of hay was being drawn into the hotel yard, when a spark from a fire in the yard caught the hay and set it'on fire. The blazing hay fell on the bnck of the horse and burnt him frightfully. In his struggles to get away he jnmped several obstacles outside the hotel, including a ditch and bank, dragging the cart after him. Mr Halstead the veterinary surgeon, went out to attend to the animal's injuries, but it is feared he will not recover. His value is stated at £40. By the efforts of two men named Brown and Mouldin, the flames were prevented from extending to the shed and hotel. To the Editor : Sir, —I am an elector of Waitemata and a plain man, not much lamed in politics, and I wants to know about Dr. Lee's thalliwag. Is'he (going to take it with him to Wellington ? I want to know, too, where do«s he. carry his tbaliwag, and what is it loike ? The people in our parts ire much troubled about it, and they want tno to find out what is the use of his thalli- . *ag, and if he will show us it on the ' hustings. I don't think he oughter go down to Wellington with that ere thing about him, nd we doesn't know, but may be it's some N fernal machine that'll blow up the Lords ii^ 1 Oommons Hike Guy Fawkes. Mr. any or > you can d!o anything. Will you Edi h^m show bis tballiwag?—lam, &c, matt .11. Out RK, Muddy Creek. PtTEh ? Editor : Sir,—l can hardly underTo th • (Object of '-• Batepayer " in seeking stand tbt • readers with ridiculous stateto mislead v cilky expenditure He stated ments anev , letter that " only £3,787 was in his firs* 'ng the past year on the streets. expended o^l ~ <c statement of accounts just I shewed b.y *Aver £6,000 appears to have published th^s o This is met by Borne ridicubeen expended. ut the Council's only legilou3 nonsense afoo means being the amount timate and reliable Mecfced at balance date, of current rate coi ast, five months since — oaly struck in June l « Ratepayer " mean to i gome £4,371- vo es> et( ,^ rece i ve( j are I S ay the various liceno Qr fche oceeda of not legitimate revenue lta]g for the the City Endowment rev £ th V ery object of forming a i? Tfc h J not legitimate and rehabK ■ the statement thattheta and , d{t .ceipts has been £\27'^' } ,830. Intak4 xpe c Ing into a r coount I tb. eJ al t a"ac ! t fa trly, consider should, if we desire to ac^ ba^lutel ne . the various works ; andMv ■ / and cessary amongstailswceß o, withsfcand . outlay, and it does not appe»^ tpar tment 3i ing the increase of ™r**™ pJ in the ftloTLS^tw^Sdin,? there mu,st increase m office work. J« the Hobson-street works, 1 nave n residents in that street also W 1,-Bgton-streets, ™™£££ te are beinS t K at these important lead*ng and placed their permanent Mr< ' Shaonelled. Ifc has, loD fi g>ee° a U ig them, an* noting ever was.done in iwjto 8 > there W encouraging the erect^ P^ this morning at the Monm T and a enterprising VJllage are c suade him to enter into lime .ii g hts, they up their las the inhabitants supplying the^me^n are said to require »"..•■ Bat jf O ne of: the sbo^uia illuminate them j ■ra^enrfey^ighJ do worse than to

Subscribers in Newmarket will procure copies of the Star each evening from Mr Grice's ~ We observe that Mr Rees, the candidate for City East in the cause of " Grey and Separation," will meet the electors of City East, at the Mechanics' on Wednesday evening next. We need not tell the people that it is not merely for the occasion that Rees sports the colours of the people. Mongonui,if not altogether looked upon as a watering place, or a place of amusements, decidedly has its peculiarities, and they are great at Court cases, and particularly dog cases. Just as I was leaving a case of this kind was coming on. A dog was destroyed for some unfortunate behaviour and an action is brought for £30 or £40, his value, as he was said to be able to take entire charge of the house night or day in the absence of the proprietor ; would carry out parcels, also letters and bring back answers. There was some talk of making him post-master just as he came to this untimely end. There were eight or ten witnesses on each side, and all the dogs in the place who witnessed the transaction are said to be subpcened. There appear to be more dog days at Monganui than in any other part of the island. In the course of a few poata we shall doubtless know the great results. — Correspondent.

We call attention to Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs' sale of English furniture, &c, on December 22.

A special boat will run this evening to the North Shore, leaving the wharf at 7.15, and arriving in. time for the concert. A return boat will leave for town after the concert.

Ladies desirous of exchanging music, pictures, books, phonographs, &c, &c, should consult the exchange columns of Saturday Night. Answers solicited to the prize riddle now published.—[ VDVT.] Entries for the various raoes on the Ist and 3rd January close to-night at the Auckland Hotel.

We learn from Messrs. Owen and Graham, agents for the mail line, that the steamship Colima will be thrown open to the public tomorrow morning. The steamship is a magnificent vessel, and well worthy of a visit. It will be seen by advertisement that the North Shore Ferry Company have obtained permission to call at the vessel during the day. t We are glad to notice that the Auckland Steam Packet Company has acceded to the desire for excursion trips on the East Coast, and tickets will be issued available from the present date up to the 18th January.