THE ELECTION".

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1848, 28 May 1885, Page 2

THE ELECTION".

Now that the contest is over, and time is allowed for reflection, it must be admitted that the contest has been one of unusual interest, and the result is strong evidence in support of our previous remarks that the time for a new departure had arrived. The old cry of local man had rung out, but has not pitevajled over other and independent opinions. Mr Sheehan's return to Parliament is of importance to the Colony, and many spberniinded men will admit it; The keenness of the contest will in no small measure weigh with Mr Sheehan himself in his appreciation of the claims of those who have voted in his favour. Unfortunately an analysis of the voting shows but too plainly that the Borough of Tauranga did its utmost to keep Mr Sheehan out. This is only natural, for this borough possesses antiquated ideas that are narrow enough to cripple their own best interests, but loud enough and quick enough are the possessors of these ideas to complain of official neglect, etc., etc. Mr Sheehan has now an opportunity of ghewthe people of Tauranga that he means to push their interests, and bring this constituency before the Colony, as one deserving of countenance notwithstanding the extraordinary pertinacity with which the leading lights of the Bay of Plenty have Btriven to keep Up an e#ete party, and bar th© entry to any man of wider views. Tauranga, as far as in her lay, did her utmost to perpetuate these old ideas and exclude Mr Sheehan, but wisdom has prevailed and it will not he long before the fruits of this Election will be seen-. As far as the Colony is concerned it Will he gfenei'aiiy felt that Mr Sheehan's advent to the House is a momentous fact, his presence will be felt as a debater, and hia vote will be sought by the Government. With Capt. Morris in the Upper House and the support of his old colleagues Mr Sheehan takes up the responsibilities of this his new constituency with a fair prospect of success and all that he needß is a clear statement from the local bodies of what is required within the district. Mr Sheehan goes in as a general supporter of the present Government and he will in all great measures framed for the advancement of the Colony as a whole vote with the present Ministry. The Government cannot seek more, and in return they cannot do less than hearken to the requests that must ere long come before them and do justice to the Bay of Plenty.

A scrutiny took place on Monday of the voting papers from all the polling places throughout the electorate and the result is that Mr Sheehan's majority over Mr Kelly in the recent eleotion is stated to be twelve. The official declaration of the poll will take place to-day at 11 o'clock at the principal polling place, Native Commissioners' Court, Tauranga. An informal meeting of the Borough Council took place on Tuesday afternoon in the Borough Chambers for the purpose of considering a programme to be submitted to Mr J. Sheehan M.H.R., for his guidance as to local requirements. At the R.M. Court on Tuesday before H. W. Brabant Esq R.M., the following cases were set down for hearing and dealt with as follows : — Robert Home v. Firth Wrigley, claim for £10 ; adjourned to 9th June ; J. L. Neighbour v. W. Spargo, olaim for £8 6 4 ; Judgment for £6 6 I, costs 11s., solicitor's fee £1 1 (Mr Moss for Plaintiff). George Gardiner v. John [Fielding, £875; judgi ment by default and costs £1 10s. ; Stone Bros. v. Andrew Wilson, £69 1 5 (F. Purvis for plaintiffs) ; judgment for full amount, costs, and solicitor's fees £3 3. The opening of Messrs Home & Reid's room in the Strand for the convenience of the public on Monday night last is a circumstance that should be hailed with gladness all round. Hitherto the Temperance Hall has been the one place and one only where any concourse of people could assemble and the consequence has been that a monopoly has arisen and the publio has had a minimum share of convenience at a xnaximnm charge. Now there is good hopa that arrangements will be entertained by Messrs Home & Reid to fit up the largo room over their plaoe of business and furnish it as a Public Hall. The j room is lofty and its acoustic properties good, and we have no doubt will be well patronised by the publio if the proprietors see their way to make the necessary arrangements for leats &o, . Professor Rice gave another of his surprising performances and entertainments on Monday evening. That of the Saturday previous awakened an interest in the people of Tauranga as evidenced by the attendance of Monday evening. Owing to the circumstance that the Temperance Hall was engaged by the Druids for a ball on. Monday evening an impromptu stage had to be erected and seats arranged in the large and lofty room above Messrs Home & Reid's store, and the entertainment proved a success. The Professor's powers as a mind reader wero again displayed in a remarkable manner, and by request he repeated some of his clever tricks as exposes of spiritualistic phenomena. The entertainment was varied by musical items in which Mrs Rice and Mr T. Williams took part. The Professor intimated that he would again perform on h?« return from the Coast. We acknowledge receipt of a pamphlet by Alfred Ginders, M.D., Resident Medical Officer at Rotorua, on the Thermal Springs Rotorua, New Zealand, published by authority. The pamphlet contains hints on cases likely to benefit by treatment at the Springs. A deputation consisting 1 of Messrs Louch, Bodell and Gray waited upon Mr J. Sheehan on Tuesday morning on behalf of the subscribers to the fund for Harbour dredging 1 . The whole subject was laid before Mr Sheehan and the points which were discussed with the Hon. Mr Ballance some time ago were again considered. Mr Sheehan undertook to telegragh at once to the Hon. Mr Larnach and hopes to have a reply to his representations before leaving town on Saturday. The gi»t of the matter being to obtain assistance from Government in the fo.m of a grant of money as a supplementary amount to that subscribed by the residents and business people of Tauranga. The amount subscribed is £500, this sum will bo doubled if the Government will on its part give the sum. of £2000 towards the required works. Stbasgb Instjebordihation. — Who has not experienced a sort of malady when all the faculties seem in rebellion, and labor is absolutely impossible ? It is a condition of nerves and stomach and brain that can only be cured by the use of that irresistible remedy. Hopßittere. Read

"Impromptu Speaking 1 " ■will be the programme at the "Mutual" this evening. Mr Sheehan despatched a great number of telegrams yesterday on behalf of many of the electors in reference to matters brought by them to his notice* The tendei-3 called for By the dounty Council must be sent in by noon this day. It is with sincere regret that. wo record the death of an . old settler Mr Robert Graham whose decease took place, at his resi^ dence in Auckland on Tuesday; Mr Graham was an old resident of upwards of 40 yeara i standing, and wa9 widely known throughout the colony. The report of his medical attendants had prepared his friends for his decease at an early date, At a meeting of the Educational Board last week (Dunedin) it was decided that in future the minimum allowance of apace in schools shall be 100 cubic feet for each child. r At Dunedin on 12nd May, Alexander Spiel's, a steerdgo passenger pers.Si iCaikoiira recovered JGtOO darilrtges against the Kew Zealand Shipping Company for injuries received by the falling on him of the steerage ladder which, it was allowed -was not proparly secured. The original claim was for £200. The Court of Appeal was engaged last Friday all day at Wellington hearing .arguments in the case Begina Vi Waring Taylor. The Attorney-General with Mr Jellicoe appeared for the Crown, Mr Shaw with Mr Kirk for the prisoner. Judgment reserved. The St. Joseph Cathedral, Dunedin, is to be opened in Pebruary next by Archbishop Morau and several other ecolesiastical dignitaries are likely to be present; The BiM.S. I?ohgariro, Captain Howard, from London via Teneriffe and Cape Town arrived at Port Chalmers on the 23rd inst. , at 3 p.m., bringing 171 passengers, 240 sacks of mails, and 2030 tons of cargo. The passengers enjoyed excellent health and every effort was made to amuse and entertain them during the voyage. The passage occupied 41 days 17 hours. , On Saturday afternoon iast tlie miscreant Te Kooti, accompanied by a numerous suite, arrived at, Rotbriia f rom Cambridge, on his way to MaitetUi THerij was considerable howling and excitemeut at the pah, but no breach of the peace was* committed, though it was not far from it on Sunday evening, when Te Kooti forcibly wanted to enter a certain hotel. However, Constable Abrahams with considerable tact } prevented this part of the programme; The notorious chief and ilia band ie^t af^ter breakfast on Monday morning, Te Kooti boing driven in a twohorse buggy. As a parting salute to the assembled crowd he put his thumb to his noso extending the dirty digits, turned up the white of his eyeballs, and cleverly exhibited about six inches of his tongue. The effect may be better imagined than described; Paper barometers were nrSt introduced from Paris, and can be mndo from aoaking the paper in a solution of chloride of cobalt. It then becomes a hydrosocopic. If it is now ejeposed to a cui'ront of air, it will change from blue to pink, according as the air becomes moist, regaining the blue as the moisture decreases. The Australians (writes the St. James' Gazette) havo already beaton ua often enough in the cricket-field, and they are now going to be 6ur rivals, though fortunately not our enemies) in a more serious game. They rather more than hold their own with us, too, in departments in which new countries are not generally supposed to excel. The Ireland Scholarship, still perhaps the blue ribbon among Oxford honors, has been awarded to Mr George Murray, an Australian undergraduate, who a few -Weeks ago also took the "Hertford." Mr Murray is a native of Sydney, and the son of the late Sir Terence Murray, who was at one time Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, and for the last 10 years of his life President of the Legislative Council. Mr Murray's success over the "best" men of his year at Oxford will oaußO much satisfaction in the Colony. The Paris correspondent of the London Observer writes: — "It is stated here in well-informed quarters that the following is the explanation of the circumstances which led to Count Herbert Bismarck'o visit to London, and to the oonsequent removal of the misunderstanding between England and Germany. About the time of the Russian advance on Afghan territory the German Chancellor received overtures from Busaia to the effect that if Germany would agree to favour Russia in her action in Afghanistan she would thereby be placed in a position to carry out her colonial policy without taking any account of English opposition. At Prince Bismarck's request these overtures were reduced to writing. Shortly afterwards Count Herbert was sent to London with instructions to show copies of the Russian despatch and of Prinoe Bismarok's reply, in whioh he declined the proposals in question. These disclosures opened the eyes of the English Government as to tliß designs of Russia, and convinced them of the good faith of Germany. The result was the establishment of a better state of feeling between London and Berlin, and the assumption of a hostile attitude in regard to Russia.