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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7700, 4 November 1890, Page 5

In response to a hugely eigeed reantal tton Mr <*, G. Stead has eoeaerited |a become a tandidate for the Avoii el&. feorfcte. Mr Stead hft3 frequsutly i be*a urged to offer himself for a Wjt it» w Hodae of Representatives, bat has nlthefW declined. Tha Avon electors are toMbe confftatalatei oa succeeding in perstwd* ing aim to come forward. Mr owed* 4« is well known, has decided viewe oa most public questions, and may be . ea> pected to state them vigorously and without reservarioi. If returned, aa 3#e treat wiH be the ase, he will the consideration ot the basjnfcse Hooee a clear practic&l mind and qualities much needed in that Assembly. Aa will bo seen from the advertisement eleewhere Ms Stead will address, the Avon electors at an early date. , : . , -. ; v (WUKB ASaOCIATION \ AUCKLAND, NoTemberJL The Hon. £. Miushclson is to the electors of Eden on Friday evening.,. Major Harris, a candidate fgr t|»e Franklin seat, addressed a meetWg Ibi electors at Pukekohe on Saturday. %* advocated retrenchment, the aboirtloa oi the property tax, and said he was oppowd to farther borrowing. Mβ received a vote of confidence. ,x At a meeting to-night at Bobeoa'f rooiM a largo Committee waa appointed to pro* cure the election of Sir G. Grey and other Liberal candidates, for the city a»d suburban seats. The Committee include* some of the leaders of the labor patfjr Sere, WELLINGTON, Novemtmmt At a largely -attended meeting of Bomau Catholics this evening, presided, over, by Dr Grace, it was unanimously resolved to support the candidature Mr •$» -ft Jeliicoe for Wellingtoa City. , , A GRBTTMOUTH, Noveolber S: Ie ie reported that Mr AneeU will, mth* draw from the Inaogahua contest; and 3m •iv Morris is likely to be asked to ataad instead. ■•■■■ ■ ■--■.•■ • ■• ■ •■ - •■ v>-a.:^

JiUNEDIN, Mr W. Hutchison, one of, the eand* dates standing in the laterests ot »h< labor party,, addressed, » full meattogjPl electors fco-ni&ht. and received a vote.xjl thanks aud coufldeace. Hβ defended Mr G. ■ Hutchison from the attack by Ml Allen, and declared that the that he had aoe revised the speech wka correct, as ha had only made conreetioae in proof. He advocated a further rarJoion of the fcariir. Sir Robert Sfcoufc, who pw>« sided, stated thafc tba lata Mr had been so with l|p,,W. Hutchison's services that he had a€fi#d his being called to tha Council, aM probably that would have b«en done bUC It hftdthea been decided to make nbmacv appointniante. < - -;