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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1690, 3 January 1874, Page 2

■' Mr. A. R.. Guivin'ess, as a candidate for the : representation,, of _ the ?ar ; pa ' district in the Piroyin/siaj' .Counpil,; j addressed 'a meeting of the electors' at Paro'a loflti night.' ' There was

a large attendance, Mi- T. Colton beiug ia the chair. After a lengthened address, a vote of confidence in Mr Guinness as a representative was moved by Mr J. Dowling, seconded by Mr H. Barnhill, and carried. The meeting then dispersed. We learn that there is a new candidate in the field for the representation of the Paroa district in the Provincial Council— Mr J. A. Campbell, a miner at Cariboo, who was one of the first prospectors of the Stony Lead Many inaccuracies and omissions are said to exist in the Greymouth roll, as prepared for yesterday's election. As an instance, the name of Mr James Middleton, one of the oldest residents in Greymouth, that is on the Grey Valley roll of 1873 4 was, by some strange accident omitted from the Province of Westland roll that was used at the elec-. tipn. What makes it more extraordinary is, ♦We are informed, Mr Middleton'a name appeared duly in the manuscript copy exhibited at the Court House. How the name came to be omitted afterwards, and the elector thereby disfranchised, is more than we can tell, and some^enquiry should certainly be made. The annual festival of the Greymouth school children was held in the Court Hcjuse Reserve on Thursday. Although there is little of a novel character to describe in the occurrences of the day, nevertheless, if hearty merriment&stiaiulated by no stronger spirits than those of childhood, be worth seeing, it was well worth the while of anybody to pay a visit to the Reserve on Thursday. The day's amusement commenced with a procession of the children belonging to the Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and Church of England schools, which together numbered 1 about 350. On arrival on the ground there were the usual games, in which a number of the teachers and others assisted, and all the children were as happy as bright weather, plenty cf sweet things, entire freedom, and jolity could make them. Food was, of coarse, provided in abundance, and mighty eauldrous of tea brewed upon the ground, supplied the needful potable. The sport was kept up till nearly dark, after which the children dispersed to their homes, The English mail via San Francisco leaves Greymouth on Thursday, the Bth inst., per overland coach. Mr Wright, chief agent for Government. Life Assurance for the Province of Caterbury, is now on. a visit to town to obtain proposals, after a very successful visit to Reef ton, Westport, aud Charleston. In addition to the acknowledgements of Christmas and New Year's presents which have already appeared, Mr Rugg, the Superintendent of the Grey River Hospital, has the pleasure of directing attention to the contributions which were generously forwarded to the Hospital for the entertainment of tbe patients on New Year's Day, which were found fully adequate to the requirements of the occasion, and elicited many expressions of gratitude for the sympathy and consideration shown. R. H. Rugg presided ou the occasion, the vice-chair being occupied by the Rev. "Mr Gilbert of Ross ; tho Rev. G. T. N. Watkins, of Greymoutb, kindly cave his assistance. The following is a list of the presetits :— H. Williams, leak c, 1 tin biscuits ; H. Newton, 1 parcel muscatels, 1 do almonds; J. Orr and Co, 1 parcel nuts ; T. Collins, 1 bag cherry plums; J. Middleton, 1 doz claret ; J. Waters, 2 gallons colonial wine ; J. Harvell and M'Kinney, pipes, tobacco, and cigars ; Mrs Whitmore, 4 bottles colonial wine, 1 bottle old torn ; Mrs Carroll, 2 bottles porter, 2 do colonial wine; Mrs Howie, 6 bottles porter ; J. Jones, 6 bottles porter, 6do port wine.; Ancher, 2, d0 stout, Ido old torn, 2do claret ; Mrs'Coates, 1 doz claret ; a Friend, 2 bottles calf's foot jelly ; Strike and Blackmorej 2 doz" lemonade, 2 doz ginger beer, 1 doz soda water ; G. W. Moss, 1 ham ; D. Girdwbod, 103 ; Mrs Morice, 203G. Perotti,. 6 bottles claret. The nominations of members of the Provincial Council will take place oh Monday next, aud the poll, where demanded, upon. Tuesday, the 13th. We have' heard the names of six candidates mentioned as likely to come forward for Greymouth, but none have yet publicly signified their intention of doing so. :.Tt is also uaderstoo-l that there will be .four nominations for the Paroa district. , "The election for the Superintendency has so entirely eclipsed these which are generally; held to be less important elections, that nothing has been said of them, and electors are in total darkuess as to the views of those wno purpose to come forward. Some degree -of enlightenment may perhaps La afforded in the course of the week, but it is certaiu that if there are many candidates they cannot all have the opportunity of rendering the electors thoroughly acquainted with their political opinions. This is certainly hard upon the electors, and. we: shall not be surpnsedif, beforetheCouncilexpires, some very unpleasant consequences, ensue ft'om the manner in which the first Provincial. elections 1 pi Westland have been rushed. The ' drawing for the monster sweep at the Albion Hotel, will take place this evening, • commencing at Bevea o'clock. It is absolutely necessary to, begin at this early hour in order to get through the large amount of work to be done. It is said that an>ong other "beneficial results" likely to arise from the new licensing regulations which are threatening to be enforced > oh the Grey Valley -and tnangahua Gold-fields after the new year, the owners of billiard and dancing saloons 'and theatres will be compelled to close them, and that consequently less creditable establishments will drive a roaring trade. There will appear to-day; in -Wellington the first number of the Educational Gazette, which is to be a monthly record of literary and scientific intelligence. We have received the first number cf the Province of Westlanl Ga-ctte, which contains only a notification from the Chief Commissioner that certain lands in the Totara ad Arahura districts are open for sale. The Nelson Provincial Council is summoned to meet in January 28th. Statements of the affairs of the Invincible and Golden HiU Gold-mining Company, Reef ton, are published in the Nelson Gazette of the 22ud. An accident happened to William Dowd at Addison's, on Friday evening last. In crossing a plank, placed as a footbridge across a race, his foot slipped and he fell into the raoe, breaking bis right arm and dislocating the elbow of the other arm. Some splendid quartz specimens have been again brought down to Westport from the Halcyon claim, Mpkihinui. Negotiations are pending for the immediate erection of j crushing machinery. The strong fresh in the Hokitika River on New Year's Day to some extent interfered with the : Kegatta, but, nevertheless, the Stewards succeeded in starting two of the races mentioned in the programme. The Amateur Scullers' Race had three , entries, Sabriua, Red Rose, and Shandy-gaff; The raf-e was- well-contested, and was won by the" Sabrina. The Four-oared Skiff Race had four entries— Ocean Chief, Louisa, and Annie. The last-named boat did not start. Shortly after starting, one, of the rowers, in the, Louisa broke *a thole-pin, iincLthe boat' was, inconsequence, but of the race, although it was : pulled ,. over the course in a very.game. manner" in' spite of the accident. The Qcean Chief ;caine' in a winner, by a distance. I:j lt. 'is, not yet decided when the other.eveh'ts are to "come off. Referring to. a late ; articla in ''Frager's Magazine, "♦proposing; |iji"e, .estabUshnient i«if a parliament } f or the .British, Empire) a writer

in the Canterbury Times has tUe following 1 observations on scratching : — " New Ztaland colonists know Well what log-rolling means ; better, perhaps, than the inhabitants of any other colony or country, for they have long been made to feel that their legislation has been conducted on a " scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" sort of system. The . Otason back , Jias ■, .been ; , -.frequently. : scratched in a siibstantial way by Auckland; and Otago, if it has not so frequently returned the compliment, has at least, like the traditional Duke of Argvle, erected effective rubbing posts. Canterbury has generally been the principal victim of these Bcratchings. which are by no means confined to the J'rovinces named. Onr representatives, as a rule, have thought themselves "much above that sort of thing"; havn, in fact, refused lo do in Rome as Rome does ; and the rovince has suffered." The modesty of the concluding remarks will doubtless commend itself to those who are acquainted with" colonial historj'. How a Province can suffer by playing the game of grab-all with never varying succ ss, requires explanation. We understand that Mr Hinchcliff, who during the last three years has been acting in the capacity of Warden's Clerk in the County of Westland, and who for eight years previous to that held the appointment of Clerk to the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Port Chalmers, has been re-app»inted to the latter office. A curious case has just been heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Wellington. It appears that a certain worthy, named B>nry M 'Caul, amused himself the other day by destroying a , trig-station* little imagining that , his proceedings iwere. being watched by the Hop. W. B.Rhodes a quarter of a mile off, through the medium of a powerful telescope. ; The result, was that M 'Caul was fined in the , substantial penalty of LSO, with the option of spending, a month in gaol, -...■ ■';.,-.- ... .• „ The Wellington Independent says: — "The building for the accommodation of the female electricians shortly- to- be attached to the staff of the telegraph office is fast approaching completion, and the army of feminine" cadets who have already offered their services- will shortly be wiring into the rudiments of their new profession." : ;: •I On the morning of the 26th .inst;-,- a?' the Rev. Bond and MrS. Ncedham were starting to drive from Waltham to-.Christchurch, one of the traces got over the shaft and caused the horse to bolt. After going a short distance, the Rev. G. Bond was thrown into a gorse hedge, fortunately without sustaining 1 any serious injuries. Mr Needham . endeavored to turn the horse into the main road, near Wilson's bridge, but having got the bit between its teeth ho was powerless, and it jumped over a hedge, throwing Mr Needham into a ditch, where he sustained several bruises on the head, but happily none were of a serious character. The horse cleared several hedges before it could be stopped, and it is needless to say the buggy was smashed to pieces. With regard to the late sole of race-horses, the Nelson Examiner says :— The horses sold by Mr Red wod to >ii Perkins, of the Occi- : dental Motel, Auckland, for L 2500, consist of Papa pa, Lurline, Kapapo, Batter, Terenga, Spritsail, Songstress, and Minamina, the latter a three-year-old filly by Ravenworth, out of Queen of the South. Mr Perkins may 1 be congratulated on possessing the bess lot of race horses ever .owned by one individual in the Southern Hemisphere, and with proper management he cannot fail to win,, as the phrase goes, ,a "hatful' of money" with them. The horses are engaged in ; :'all the great races of the year— in both Auckland meetings, in the Dunedin meeting in March, ana in the Canterbury autumn meeting in April. . M.r Redwood still possesses nine two-year-olds, engaged in the Champagae'Stakes, at; the , Christcnurch autumn, meeting ; a splendid lot of yearlings, about twfelve in mimber ; the ioals. of the present season ; thirteen, brood mares, and & fine, three-year-old colt, 1 Dead &>hot, by Ravenworth, Avith Hi Barbiere .-..and -Sir' Hercules' blood, on the side of his dam. . Waimea's colt -by, Ravenworth, this year, Mr Redwood considers themost promising animal ever bred this high-class matron. ■ ' ■ '■ '' -'- 3