THE ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 126, 20 February 1908, Page 7

THE ELECTIONS.

OPPOSITION CANDIDATES. SELECTION FOR HOBTHERM SEATS. . A STRONG COMBINATION. .■ : (DT TEI.EGItAJ'II— Vlil'.SS .. ASSOCIATION.) . • Auckland, -February -19. •• • , ; Ppiitic;iV;'circles! in tho Dominion are. already.looking forward', with' keen interest to the' forthcomins; elections, 'and'"'naturally both ' the 'Government'' and' the Opposition parties r aro 1 preparing -in'-this country-'for-' the. battle. ■ Tho-Opposition party has ■ had its • organiser, Mr.iilartin,' travelling constantly in the dif-. ferent., electorates, and ,tho selection .of. candidate's has' now boon.announced.. 'In tho north the first electorate, Bay ofi : Islands, now. ropresented'by 'Sir. Houston, is uncertain,, but a'• pronouncement may bo' ex- . peoted in .a day or two.i .The' Marsden elec..torate. .will -.be contested. ;by 'the sitting member, Mr.' F. Mandcr. , ' 1 , , In lvaipara an. interesting contest may bo expected, as Mr. A. h. Uatamg,' ex-lndc : pendent morabeiy; who. was defeated at the last election by fx narrow majority, will take tho. field as a .pronounced Oppositionist. , '''AtVJlanukau,'. : Mr. F. W.. Lang, "who was " elected' at", a,' 'by-election, will again stand,. . Waitomata will bo contosted by the sitting i member, 1 Mr.. E., W. ; Alison, and. Mr. John ; Bollard, who;has' ? sg long represented Eden, -' will bo'the candidate for the-latter"electorate.. . .-In' Waikato the. Opposition will bring out , against Mr!; Grbenslade. .Captain .Ailed, Bell, . a well-known settler",' and acting-president of : tho; Auckland, Farmers'; Union Executive and ' chairman'.; of .-: the. Waikatej .Branch . of/' the Union. .. •. j\ .'- Ftahklin,,it. is-scarcely 'necessary' to say, will > sec. tho Opposition Leader, Mr. AVI F. Massey, going to the poll, if ho lms to face a contest. . ..' V.. , ...., , With reference to Thames, Ohinemuri, and ;G;isborrio electorates no statement lias as yet : but itho- Opposition ( .will- select ' .candidates, for; theso coats.; ~' ■ . Tauranga, one ■of the new, electorates, Will have Mr/ ; Hemes, how the old Bay. of: 'Plenty constituency,"as candidate, ; and "the Bay of;, Plenty,' will bo contested by ,'Mr.; James, Gbw,. a woll-knov.-n .rotideitt .if Opo'tikii" For Taumaruuui Mr. Bowater has been selected. ' : '' "! :.. . No pronouncement, has yet been made with referenco to the. City , and-tho two suburban electorates,, but a requisition,'is .being signed asking Mr.' 0. Nicholson, : Mayor, of Mount .• Eden,: t0.... contest the. . Grey., : Lynn : | seat against tho Hon. G. Fowlds. >. . >