REVISION OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1844, 3 July 1874, Page 2

REVISION OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL.

had any private conversation with him, or ever spoken to. him to my knowledge, except ou that day in the Revision Court in ■ the presence of the Revising Officer, arid in the morning when 1 informed him in the clerk's office, that the Revision Court would sic at 11 a.m. ""Sou have my authority to coßtradict those reports, and say that I never stated to -Mr-rßobbj or any other person, -.that^Sei> , t geant, M'Mynn, revised, t the rolF; or that either of you had done so, or asserted in any way, for that.purpose. ""^"^-"l-am^ &C.i *?-"■■ "■'•■ W/Hl »« .•--•: -■■■•.f'k!-f-';W;;-iH. Revell, 1 " ' "Registration Officer." .. •jAf ter ; , hearing ythat; letter they^woiild see that he was justified in accusing Robb Jof. telling! ?a deliberate Jie:with respect to him, and he would leave the meeting to judge the' rvalue: to be placed upon the/ rest of his statements. I „ • Mr B.'MAGfcIRE,' 'M.P.C., said he had been requested. by ; Mr Robb.to state that, he ! was' unable' to attend the meeting, as he was .engaged, on public business .elsewhere, arid that he should not be judged' jin'his^abaenpe.,,- „., „,,i r, f ,., ;i ■■ ii! ., ! _ v . ? . „. Mr M'B bath said he had given Mr Robb ,eyery,, opportunity of defending himself publicly, and had waited the •length! of time,' i thinking; that}fhe (Mr Robb) would move in the matter, but 'he evidently had ; ho intention to do so. ...Mr M._ Breslanb thought that , Mr Robb' should have -taken steps' to -cle^ar., himself before this. Me moreover thought, , it would be the ! business of Mr ! Harrison, the ; member ! for the : district:' jin the, 'Asßemblyji : t6> probe; -to-ithe' /bottom ..a matter of such importance as tampering with tlie 'electoral; roll I .' '■ In'folher place 3 ■the names, of : persons i who made the obt jections* were-jpiiblished , by the press as well as the names of those who supplied the information, on.. which., the objectors acted, and! JRifr Harrison, in the interests of his constituents^ should J h'ave seeh.to' the : 'tria'tter; «-;I : ' ! " *tiwV- ; '• Ji Mr-J6HN :; IjiViNGSTONE,:the other delegate, said that at the .Revision Court" Mr!; Revell;, said all the r objections were sustained except one, and. that Mr Revellj' 1 in^reply.toMr.Rp^bb refused, to say who supplied .the iriforlnation '"on wnichfheV as ; .objector; ' had Hdied. ! He ;l never saw Mr a ßev^ll : -Bpeaking't6 Mr 'Robb after the Court had closed, but" he saw the latter) ' speaking to Mr Harrison. • Later in ; the day Mr Robb told -him .that he had dis covered whx» „were,. t he:. informers, and mentioned tHe names', of Messrs Haisty.^ M'Beath,: M'Mynn, and Grpodall, aiod said that';'Mr^Harrisbn,/M. J HyR:^ was his in-, formant." Mr Robb nevei told himi.that r 'he'had an interview' with Mrfßevell. He f had 'heard from 1 other -sources that-he-said s'6.' ; " : :v; ;r "'' ; . ■■■ "'' '■ ■''■'■•■■ ; - The r Chairman here v stated, that Mr Robb fold him that Mr Revell informed him pyer ; a glass of wine,.^ while jin his (Mr .Revell's) own house, that' Haisty and M'Beath were the chief objectors. ! \\ i ;0 Mr Haisty here came forward and gave ' the statements of Mr Robb a 'distinct and extreriiely forcible denial. '; : .'- Mr Thomas Lane inqnired why Mr M'Beath did not; take action sooner, or why did he allow such;^length of time to elapse before he made 1 the; natter public ?, Mr MfBEATH said he stated before that" he accused Mr Robb > of slapdering him, and that he was waiting to give Mr Robb an opportunity; of clearing himself .j ; / A number of other speakers addressed the meeting, and after an expression of opinion 'that. Messrs Haisty and M'Beath were not to blame in ; the' matter! of -the; objections, the meeting was dissolved on passing a vote of tharika to the Chairman, r

A numerously attended meeting was held at No Town on Monday, to hear explanations from the delegates sent from that district to uphold the claims of several of the residents whose names were objected 1 to on trivial and frivolous grounds. Mr D. Ferris was, called to the chair. ..-...': : Mr.G.M'BEATH. said that it would be remembered a good; deal of excitement was caused; by the publication of the numerous objections made on the most frivolous pretences to the names of certain of the residents ; being placed iipon the electoral roll. Delegates were appointed to i attend the Revision '- Court and look after the interests of the district. A subscription was raised; to pay the expenses of these delegates/ and they went to perform the work required. One of these delegates (Mr Robb) said when he. came back, that certain persons had assisted Sergeani M'Mynn to revise the napes of" applicants and to make the objections complained of. Among the persons so charged,, he (the speaker) and Mr lEJaisty were accused of supplying the information which led, to the objections being made. He was there to give a public denial to the statement that he had. acted as informer, or that he had any part, directiy or indirectly^ in making tbe objections, and he could say asmuch for Mr Haisty. As such an- accusation was calculated tou injure them in their business, Mr jHaisty and himself had written to Mr Revell as follows : — i : "No Town; JuiielS. "Mrßevell. ' ■'•■". ■: ) V.. '^ . "Sir,— At the time the Revision Court' was sitting a deputation was appointed from here to attend it and try and 'get the names on the Roll that had been struck off it —they did so. : ; -; , •' On the return of one of the . deputation be reported that he had been told by Mr Jtevell in his private dwelling, over a glass of wine, Revell should aay— • You were right, Robb ; M'Mynn revised the Roll, and was assisted by M/Beath and Haisty.' Now, wish you to let us know if you' told Robb, or bad any conversation with him. "M'Beath and Haisty.". They had a reply which showed beyond a doubt that they were the victims of gross, false, ari^ slanderous misstatements. He (the Speaker) had challenged Mr Robb to come forward publicly and prove his charges, but he did not do so, and he ex;pected to meet Mr Robb there that evening to make good his words. So far from assisting to diminish the number of names. on the Electoral Roll he had used every means to increase the Roll, and had made twojoufrieys to Greymouth specially to put in claims of residents 'of^ the., dis-v, trict; Mr M'Beath then read to : the", meeting the following letter from 1 Mr •Revelry ■' ■'■■■■■■■•:-:'-'. : -> ■■ : - 1 . .. ! : -V Resident: Magistrate's Office, • ? ' " Greymouth. June 17, 18f4. "To Messrs Haisty and M'Beath, ;No Town. V Sirs— ln reply to your letter of the 14th instant, I have the honbr^ to inform you? .that the deputation from No Town appeared before the Revising Office, for several of the persons against whom : I bad lodged objections, and, with ono exception, those objections -were proved to have/ been correctly made, and were then amended upon the information furnished by the .deputation. Mr Robb then requested to be informed who was the person who gave the information, and caused so much trouble and expense by raising such frivolous objections. The Revising Officer informed him that the objections made, were made iv accordance with the Act, and had all been substantiated and amended; and that if theeleotors wished to save themselves expense and trouble, they should lodge new claims' when they changed, their place of abode, or removed to other localities. ■•■■-•" ':'- ■ "I am astonished that Mr ; -Robb Bbdulds have circulated, such false reports, as stated by you, for he is a^perfect-'stranger tome; ,has riover been in my private housed neither have' 1 ever been in Mb company, or