ELECTION NOTES

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4417, 10 July 1884, Page 3

ELECTION NOTES

r.M!Ni:u,.—Mr K. Fitzgerald, who may best be described us a modified edition of (Jarrard, lias been requisitioned, and consents to contest this seat. Mr S. T. George has called a meeting of supporters for Saturday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall.

Mr Seymour (ieorge will hold a meeting of his supporters at the Oddfellows' Hall, l-'aincll, on Saturday, and will address the elector.; in the famuli Hall vii Monday evening. NfcwmN.—Mi1 lJeLautour address.es a meetiiiL r of electors to-night in the Tonsonl.y Hall. Eiikn.— The supporters of Mr Tole meet this evening in the Eden Terrace Hall. B.vv ny lsi.ANiis.--Mr llobbs addressed the eleclors at. Kohukohu on Tuesday night and got a Vote of thanks and confidence.

UohNKY.—Mr Moat has delivered ad dresses at Port Albeit and Te lvopuru, re ceiving in last place a vote of thanks.

Tiik l'lrm.ii'AN.s' I'i.atkokm.—The following tiro the test questions of the Licensed

Victuallers' Association to all candidates lor seats in Parliament :—l, That, the electoral roll shall be the mil to bo used at the L-U'itioiK' fur liivn>in;; commissioners. 2,

That if I lie licencing; commissioners shall refuse the renewal uf any license on the ground that the house was not required, the owner shall bo entitled to fair compensation. :S. Any person feeling aggrieved at a decision of the licensing commissioners, shall have the right to appeal to a higher Court.

\\ Aii'A.—Mr Lake addressed the electors at Waitetuna Yalloy yesterday evening, when there was a good attendance, including a number of natives. He was questioned at foino length by natives as to whether he would support a Bill restoring to the Queen's natives fi certain piece of

land in Kaglan dist.net confiscated by Government. They had never joined in war, and therefore their land should not have been confiscated. Mr Lake

promised that if any injustieo had been ilone to tlio natives lie would support any measure which aimed at setting the matter right. A majority of thoso present pledged themselves to Mr Lake, and accorded him a unanimous vote of thanks and I'onliilenee. At Whatawhata last cvoning Mr Lake addressed a Itivge audience, and after an interesting address a vote of confidence was defeated by only one vote.

Thames.—Col. Frastr addressed a meeting of Thames electors last night, and roceived a vote of confidence. Ho acknowledged himself v supporter of Sir Geo. Grey, but feared tho day was distant when the latter would regain power. Ho expected tho present Government would bo oustoj from oliioo, and would coalesce with the Vogel party ; but ho would not promise support to any Government which would not attend to tho interests of tho Thames district. Fkanklin South. —At Mangatawhiri Valley on Monday evening Mr E. Hauiliu addressed the electors in tho school-house, and on tho motion of Mr Lyons, received .1 vote of confidence. At Pokeno Valley on Tuesday evening there was a largo attend ance in the public hall, and after Mr Hamliu had addressed the meeting for ovor an hour and a quartor, questions wore asked by Mr K. llobbs, Mr Kingston!, Mr Clarke, and Mr Shotlield. A unanimous vote ot thanks and confidence was passed in the candidate.

MarsDEN.—Our Wuipu correspondent telegraphs:—"Hon. Mr Mitchelson addressed one of the largest meetings over hold here last night. Ho spoke well, carrying tho meeting entirely with him from lirst to last, and was given a vote of confidence by acclamation and cheered on leaving. He regretted tho defeat of the Government at n tiino when two most important measures to New Zealand wero ready to be broHght before the House, viz., tho completion of the North Island trunk railway and Mr Bryco'a Land Bill, both of which were urgently needed by the country. Ho expressed as his opinion that

if the administration of affairs were to bo conducted by Sir Julius Vugel he would

involve tho country hopelossly in debt. Tho only reason given by the Opposition for their late acti< n was that the Government had been in oliico too long."