THE HOT LAKES CHRONICLE AND Tourists' Journal. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1896. THE BAY OF PLENTY ELECTORATE.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 194, 19 August 1896, Page 2

THE HOT LAKES CHRONICLE AND Tourists' Journal. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1896. THE BAY OF PLENTY ELECTORATE.

"We are in receipt from Mr W. Kelly of u map issued from the SurveyorGeneral's department showing the electoral districts of the North Island as proposed by the Representation Commissioners objections to which must be lodged by September 14th. The Bay of Plenty electorate appears to be the largest on the map extending from Motiti Island on the coa-t to Toknanu in the south and, according to a flippant critic, " taking in a hot water region which is calculated to give sinful politicians a wholesome fear of hell." We do not suppose, however, that this will deter candidates from seeking our suffrages when the time comes. The following aro the boundaries of the electorate as described in the Government Gazette:—Bay of Plenty comprises the Counties of Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatano, and East Taupo ; and the whole of Tiako County loss that portion of To Aroha Riding absorbed by Oliinemuri Electoral District; together with that portion of Cambridge Riding of Waikato County lying within Ilautapu Parish ; that portion of Pukekura Riding of Waipa County to the eastward of a lino running southwesterly from a point on the Waikato River about midway between the Narrows Bridge and the Borough of Cambridge; and that part of West Taupo County situated to the eastward of the Puniu and Okahukura Rivers. This district includes also the Boroughs ofTaurnugaaud Cambridge, aud Motiti Island.

TltE following " Lucubriction," or " Lubrication " as it might be more aptly called is the reply of the Te Aroha News to our recent remonstrance regarding "that £50,000." It falls upon us "like the benediction after prayer'":—" The Ifot Lakes Ciiiion-icle in noticing our remarks anent the allocation of that proposed £50,000 vote, deprecates the idea that they wanted the whole of it. He writes a nice little par., in which he says some nice things about To Aroha, and generally breathes a benediction over us. We congratulate our contemporary on his return to ' sweet, reasonableness.' and accept unquestionably his protestations of ' brotherly love and eoncord ' towards us. Judging from the tenor of his first notice we were not quite clear on this point, but as lie holds out the olive branch in an unmistakable manner, we are not going to bo outdone in magnanimity." Shake !