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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 182, 14 March 1867, Page 3

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I ; ovib ow correspondent. ) I ■*:.■;:^ : /; : .'-;~; : " ■'■- ' ; :'.':;'' March 2. H -The elections for tho Provincial Council H aVe now on, and are occasioning a good H deal; 'of speculation. There are seven H members to elect for the city, and 'as H luany for the different suburban districts ; Hin aU there are to be contests. With the H vujjjß::oi bringing out the various aspirants for honors, a public meeting was held in Council Hall on Thursday evening, at was a large attendance* Mr "Jre chair, and eight candidates and seconded. Several H| of ), these gentlemen addressed the meeting, H giving: large promises of what they would H, do when returned, and all of them anHj swered strings of ques^ns put by panics H' id the; audience. Co^derable amuseH /mant; was afforded .by^e well kno>yn Graham- fredcoat), who went in 4§&toijgly for native industries, and was ■^lifikby. the cry of "cats," alluding to a ■I famcraflf spec, he made- in exporting a I mimberbf these useful animals to Hoki- ■ tika?: In support of his ideas he produced I » sample of his own industry in the shape Mof } a drjed baracouta, which produced an I immense: sensation and smell, being H thrown about; from one- side of the room to tlie other. Shows of hands were afterwards" taken for. the candidates present, ftfter which the meeting terminated. Independent of those proposed at t^js^meet? iiigj there are several others in tfie field;. Our^ iiew Superin&ndent was entertained at a grand dinner last night in the large hall of the Provincial Buildings. Upwards of 150 were present, the dinner being provided by Mr Ware, of the South Australian Hotel. Mr Sibbald was in the chair^ arid after the ) usual loyal toasts, proposed the health of the guest, which was re^poiided to "by several rounds of hea^^hwra^'/'-^r-Miipandrew- replied in a long^ipe&chi in which; he likened his reftptiearMce on t;he political stage to a sort of Resurrection; and ; s^eaking of : public opinwn lie said it^had died with him, land wasi'D^y.'-'-iiQW^M^'-aliyci- again, and he hopedwitlv its ?as|istauce to initiate and carry «6h to a siicaessful issuepublio works of every kind. -^ heldl^t;Otago, with its vast and varied resourceSj. ought to take?a leading ; position, and, witK^he help of tlie electoirs that Tpositidn ''".•he; meant her; to take and keep. : A number of other Bpeeches were made^ songs sung, &c. ; ; but tHtr meeting^latterly became of a ; ratherS rowdy;^aracter, which ihterfered; with'repdrting. : v . . ■ .-■ 1 The Supreme Court met yesterday forj the dispatcli of criminal business. Thei calendar vis; again -very light; there being only :- ti p^rßoM:"::.c9minitted;.forv I 'fa^;;, Mr presided, and in his adttre^io Grand Jury took occa-: • sion ijp remark on; the value of statistics; as beam&9i''^ ' : and pointed out the evils : resulting from pne preserit sy stem^of prison disciple^ in^the total want of arrangement orcl^Bification,;«o::tliat the reformation of the<jnmihal a; total impossibility.; He also alluded^tp: this as being the last occasion: Wi whidi he would addressja Grand 'jM Qtagd, the state of, his •" health^be^^ven;as the reasouforthe changei';-:-:'':'.''^--^'- I.^1 .^ .'".- ■..-; '•'•'■' ■■- : v.' ■ ' . ■ A disebjy^y natf Iwen made by which the Miinicipalitieswill regain control, of the feeaand :leyied at ;the,Mayor a Couria.r^fci appears/ that the acttokmg them ia 1 instead of take place; pivit^andtfee General Gfovern--ment will^iratve'fe' refund. '_.. . „, H.M S^BnßfcShas *een visited by a large mi^m^^B^i/S^a^.^e.ynai:--the Golden ■Age' Jjeing. frequently crowded^ The • weather I has been remarkabli hot Axstl several daysr-^.N'W-vand blomng strongly; but since >yed.nesri day it has cooled^^ccfnsiaerably, aridjs now wore ■ag^^S^tt :^8 ;j '\ c^. n^ l?™---farmers havia rbeen yery:busy.liaking ; ad-; vantage of we^h^ I 1 l^ge breadth oljcropis: now: secure]L;-? ; *>• A covey of sixteen .pheasants w« "dia- ; \ iiv;a■■■•cp^rifi;bld^■■m^ : ■th6lni^|^t^^ ■"ieinity of' town- yesterday, ; ■ -^;'m'>