THE ELECTIONS

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5709, 10 January 1876, Page 3

THE ELECTIONS

NOMINATIONS Tur no'iiin ilion of i.iiidida-tei for the iciJiObCiitiLuHi of Fi uiklia m the (.Jciier.il Assembly, a\ ill take place at noon to-<l<iv it the Public Hall, Otahuhu. Messi». J. Alav, \S r . (Joo(lMlo\\,H. II. Lusk, ILimlin, amlW. \Vooih\ai<l, ,«c the o:uululatcs. 'I'hc nomination of candidates for the cliTtoial district of \\ r aiteniata, will take place to-day at noon, at the Dcvonport Hall, Noith Shoio The candidates who ha\o annouiK'od tlu-msi-h os, being Messrs. . I p 1 -: Mai r.ul.iiic. tJ. Iluist, T. ICundei'bon, and Di I.ec Tin 1 nomination for Kodney takes jil.ico at noon to daj at the l'ublic Jlall, WaikMoitli The candidates are Messrs. W. I' Moat, \V. JI. Famall, J. Sheplieul, and J. .^liLfhan [Hv Ti:Li:(!r.APii.]

TAURANGA, Saturday. The Whakatane returns, not included m my lupoit of yesteid.iy, make Kead i'l,"), Moms '20(>, Kelly IS"), Maihi I). The 1 etui us fiom Wairo.i have not yet been leeeivcd. There is great excitement in town The n iti\ e eleetois who a\ ere not bought with iilthy liiLie, are divulgmij to d.iy the \\eaknes-, of their biethcin wlio ha\o been bought tliunigh tlie corrupt practices of one of the candidates Subset iptions aie being collected to prosecute guilty parties.

.SOUTHERN ELEC f IONS. id V EKTON, Saturday. Tlio complete returns for Riverton .11 e ,b follows:— Hodgkinson 171, Mackintosh 1.14, .Mcfiillivray, 105. The Provinoialists lui\e I1.ui 1 won four seats 111 Southland.

BULLEK (Xelsox West Covm) The complete letuins aie : Dr. Joseph Homy 43 ( .>; Mr. O'Connor 454. Only two nitminal votes were struck ofi on cither side. (•no ease of pcisonation has already boon made the subject of a criminal action. Tho puty is under arrest at Charleston. The heat of the Buller election may be gathered from the following extracts fioni tliu W export Time? of Tuesday last. Our contemporary says: — "The tactics of Ins opponents arc disreputable. Not only woif tin 1 posteis sent up to the Lyell announcing the dato of Dr. Henry's meeting .iw.iy, but the same trick has been pla\ ( d with newspapers sent from Westport bothfoi subscribersontheroadandattheLyell, and \\ e again shall feel obliged for infounatiun that m ill lead to the conviction of cui tain unsci upulous individuals who have not only toindown placanls containing Ur. lleni % v's election announcements, but who .tie also deliberately stealing from public-houses eveiy copj of the Wis/purt Times and tit or they can lay their hands on."

HUMONT. The complete polling was : — Hon. Mnjor Atkinson, 225 ; Mr. Ives, 7.">. GLADSTONE.

Vt the nomination for (ilartstone on TJ'iusliy, the show of hands wis : Turnlmll, I") ; 'l'ue-chcniciker, ') ; Biiii.e, 7 It is hki l\ to !>c a M-iy oxciLing conL->t. The polimg u lived foi the 20th.

UOLKRIDftK. I'ol'ui^ ■ W.ison, ( Ybolitiomsl), 1(58; Toss\\(U (iiipiKiitci ot (io\ eminent policy), 1G2 ; Dluctt (old inuni)cr :uul Abolitionist), 71 ; J< jili'-oa ( Vio\ mci.ilist), .">3.

WAU'AI. 'I'lie Bran Iltiuhl status that Mr. Ireland it. likely to retire from the Waitako contest, and thus Mr. Basting's 1 etui n may bo considered eei tain. WAIK'AJ V

The \i illiny .it ((lutu u*>t<>\\ n \\ i-> : .M.uului's !).'$; lii.idbh.iw, 87; ('upc, '• Ai Anow: JJradsluw, U-' ; M.uuk'is, X'.i ; ( 'upe, ;>0. ( )thcr lotunib not yet in

WAIMJ3A. The election lusultcd : Bailout, 88 ; Shepherd, 7- One othci small ntiuii to come in, will not affect the mult Xo intucat whatever was taken in the election, ami 11 othing like hiilf the eleetois \oted. MOETUUKA.

Hurstliouse, 128 ; Parker, S(i ; Dencker, 226; Other returns to come m, l)ut not likely to afiect the position MATAURA.

The Mataura election rcturnb now received give Wood, 262 ; Cuthbertsoii, 142. Two ittuins .110 not yet come in, but eaunot alter tlic usult. I'OKT Cir\LMKRS, S.itiuday.

Mi. Reynolds .uld rcH-,oil d meeting ot the ckc(ii-5 List night, when fully 400 were pi<'!siMit A'tu- Diucli ciilhu&ia&iu, the .iddiesi w.is milked by loud and tic(^ucut <i])pI.iu v L i . A Mile of conlidence Ava& tamtd l>y ati.1 wii.ilion 'i'he polli-ig takes placcon Miind.u There is ovci y piobalniity <n In-, icliuu 1)\ v. i.u o .- niajoiity.

The nomination ot i in hdatci foi the 10 piesuil.itioii i.f t!io B ly of I-'and, and M 111gonui dijtm t took pla.A on the 1th him; at the (Joint hoiuo, Unwell. Ah. -I \\ . Wii hams was pioposed I)_) Di Foul, and seconded by Ah. I' McAllisti'i. Mi. .John Lundon was pioposul l>y Mr Hone Mohi, and .seconded by Mi. linnii laiuhauga, Mi Taiwhanga stating, a j an ison loi suppoitin ; Mr. Lundon, th.it Ik \.,is a follower of Su George Gity, th it constant hiond ol lh< 1 '•oppiessed ' n vtivo lace. — -A \ oil e : Oh 1 oppiessed, aio yon ' — The s'ioi\ ol hand-, then taken was m tavoiu of Mi. \\ llh uns ; no Euiopean, and only a lew natives, deelanng in favour of Air. Lundon —Mr. -I. XV. Williams then addressed the elixioib, first the Euiopeans, then the Maoiis. Ho gave a rt">umr of his cour&o, ai a suppoitei of the Government, dining the late session, and reviewed the political situation. Hi' recapitulated what he had endeavoured to do, and succeeded in doing, for the distiiet. He referred to Mr. Lundoii as an old opponent whom he had the plcasme ot boatinij bcfoie, and whom he hoped to beat again, tie leferred to the shameful delay m replacing the Black Bridge on the main Noi th .Road, and stated that ho had t\\ u,e \m ltton to the Government on the subject, and that only la&t week ho had icceived a tulcgi am stating that specifications had been sent to Auckland, and that it would bo immediately proceeded with. Ho assuicd the electors that if they did him the honour to loturn him, he would, as heretofore, do his utmost foi their inteiests winch wore identical with his own, and that should they l etui n his opponent he fehould still do all hi' could foi the district, though tin n in a mote humble spheie —Mr. Waitfoid then asked Mr. Williams whether he would cndcavom to do away with the scandalous anomaly ol the "oppiessed "natives having the light to vote for both Euioptan and n itno nieinbi'is, while white \otcid could with reslncted qualification vote for E.iropein inuuhcis only ?— Mr. Williams replied that the s,uh|rct had been discussed in hid presence on boaid the steamer which took the membiis to Wellington, and thatSiiGeorge(Jrcy, who t'nilv l»ait m the discussion, had seen tin evil ot the existing laws, anil that he would gladly lollow Sir George in arranging mattcis on a moie equitable basis. Mr. Li'nuov then came foiwaid. Jle said, th it no European hand having l>eun hold up in his favour, ho would not address the Euiopeans, but would, with the assistant e of an incciptetci, confine his remarks to the natives Jle said : Mr. Williams has told you he is glad the telegraph lino is c>t.i!> lishodhue, and that he excited himself to get it for you. So am I glad, but I tell you it was not Mr. Williams who got it foi you. f toll you, if 1 had been in l'ailiamuit, I would have got the telegraph line extended for you to Wangaioa, Mangonui, and Ahipara before thirf. I tell you, v, hen you l etui n me, a» I know you will, I ahall look after the mt>;iests ot tin* native lace, and T tell you you an- not fauly lepiesented — you aie not f 111I3 treated. As to the abolition of the pio\ 111. i -., f will suppoit thein.i^ they aie The t^ucen gave you these proviiK es. so that you m.i\ have your niembei.s close to you, and ton it quently under youi control. The l'io\iiuial (iovernmenta have never done you anything but good, but the Gencial d'ovginment tonic away your member for Mangonui, the Geiu'ial Government gave yon the New '/a aland war, and the Gencial Government built the Mangcre Budge out of fuiwU \r>tid ioi other pui poses. I will go to youi kaingas and explain everything, and answer any

ip 1 \s to m h it Mi Williims s.iid about Si i (Jcoigc (in\v, 1 will Win wit onlj \\ hen I hear it from tin- lips el . s n (Icor^c (!iey, to whoso p:uty I bolom. 1 .Six iitiln es moio tlun pioin^cd ami seconded. They included om jn'esentwoitliy and populai mcnibfi, r l K.iteiu. 'I'lio othcis wtic. — Mitai, l'cno Tani, Hon Kaiaka T.vmiti, Ilniin Taiwhanga, Hoi to Tai, and Tunoti Puilnpi. — [Own concs])ondent 1