The Arrow Observer AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Friday, April 26, 1872.

Lake County Press, Issue 47, 26 April 1872, Page 2

The Arrow Observer AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Friday, April 26, 1872.

The election for the Lakes District in the Provincial Council has come and gone—this time without the bickerings, heartburnings and fracas which distinguished— or rather disgraced—the last election for the House of Representatives ; but nevertheless with an energy, earnestness and good-nature which we are happy to record—and we may add also with the success that has always attended the efforts of the electors of the Arrow district.

Although nominally one large district, with Queenstown for its capital, there is, in reality two natural divisions ~-the Queenstown and Arrow districts —consisting of the country surrounding and trading with the centres of Arrowtown and Queenstown ; and the demand of the Arrow electors to have a member of their own is a very just and reasonable one—thus having both towns locally represented in the Council. This implied contract was, we believe, endorsed by the leading men of both places ; but it soon became bruited abroad that our Queenstown friends would like two members for themselves if at all possible; aud no doubt now exists here that Messrs Hallenstein and Masders were told off for the position. Of course, under the present system of voting, no one can count on promises, but a well-directed organization can produce great effects, even with the ballot; and they had nearly succeeded in stultifying themselves by leaving * out in the cold" the gentleman who only a few weeks ago was returned by a majority of two to one for the Colonial Legislature. The close of the poll on Wednesday found Messrs Halxekstein and Manders struggling for second place, some fifty votes behind Mr Innes, who was at the head.

Probably with a surfeit of election matters lately, there was much apathy on this occasion all over the district; of thia we are certain, however—that at least one hundred ballot papers fewer than at last election were used at Arrowtown alone 5 one voter only put in an appearance from the Kawarau, and many of our agricultural friends did not stop their threshing and other labors.

Had the Arrow chosen to break faith with Queenstown, brought forward two candidates, and put on full voting steam, our Queenstown friends would certainly have found themselves in the position of the greedy dog and his shadow-«-think-ing to get two bones, he found himself without any at,all* We feel assured, however, that Mr Ins es will;"as; he stated at his meeting in the* Library Hall, "look upon the district as a whole, and accept the trust in its entirety." .'Hi Vv