A HAVELOCK PROPHET.
To i;ck Editor. In t-lic Marlborough Prow of August 2nd a letter .appeared signal “ W’sitohi,” who evidently assumes, without rhyme or reason, tii.it our H iveiuck candidate is only running in the forthcoming eh' ;tio:i to keep the third man out. “ Wahabi ” should have said to keep the see ml and third man out, for that is strictly his intention, because there is only room for one to occupy the “ lir.st place,” and his committee have long since engaged the box seat. Now, our candidate recognises no local distinctions in the Waimoa-Picton electorate, and during his re: •tat vi-;f. to Wuk.ipuaita, Nelson, and itieimund. ho received tlie right hand of fellowship extend "1 throughout tho district, combined with such valuable support, that he does not wonder at Waitohi” alloeatin, third place to his candidate when the contest terminates. I quite agree with “ Waitohi we should not send mtn into Pariiam at wh > have an axe to grind on n mi.nees of • Wouid-be :u mop i!i»ts, and that is whv the elector.: have detenu.no Ito return our mail to watch their hit.Toti, ViuhoUe th'dr requirements, an 1 l-.i-t out not lead, to keep out the Kaffirs. Rumour says tiut when Mr Seymour was a member a long time ago, when bo was a young man, he lio .i a tir-c-cia .< innings, £4OO for Chairman of C cum.ttoes. £>.):) or £OOO for honorarium, and £OOO as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough. Vou sec; it was only about £l-S a week, or something over £7O a month, and, of coiirs.-, tins -vn: ■■not 1 sucking tile lire-hl" xl of a young Colony ; tin- good ei i tim - . in fact alt i • • !. good j of the prop!", and who. let m : ask, out of 1 th- ipi tg.iug mm ip >ii: ts: Edm un.nv: I: :i Se3-m-ore.” W.iirau has no intention to bio ;k vote, i out it is quite true “ Charley .Mills ” was ? irought f irw.ird to split the v >tes. an I lie 1 ntends to, for our C icKatoo Pariiam air’s t lioturning Officer says on the polling day i die numbers will read like this—Mills, 15,407, I darkness 7,305, and Seymour lot). ■, deed-bye “ Wait-db.”—l am, &c. IJU.YEI.OC2. 1
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 192, 11 August 1887, Page 2
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371A HAVELOCK PROPHET. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 192, 11 August 1887, Page 2
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