THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 367, 20 June 1884, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

. .,- . . » , ■ The polling for the East Coast seat, gives a larg'e majority to the Government' 'candidate, ; Mr Locke, who will no doubt stand againi „t -'■ ■ ',-;.- „ , _, • . .:. -. ; • Mr! Robert Stout will be a candidate for one o| the Dunedin constituencies at the erisuing! elation. ..#* -JRitt probably coyest: Dunefhn West with Mr Dick. . • Th^ Hon. ■WlEdllestdn'wfll'sfand for' tlie Geraldin§ constituency at the election, not toi Avon again, Uv Leonard Harper will be a candidate for the Miuiater; .of Land's present seat. . - . r .. . Oiv,dit that Mr'Jaines M'Cosh Clark will onte^t Auckland City East. ' ■ .: v- ■ { Mi'M. W» Green and Mr J^ Fulton already iBMUffXbo their intention of standing. for their 'icayccuve constituencies of 1 'I)u'aediii 'East i andTaieri. Mr Gre^nV/wfll he': opposed by Mr Wathen, a inember bf_ th.e stafE of the Dunedin ' Evening Herald,' and it is rumored that Mr T. C.^Faraie,- 1 M.A'., ; Vieeipresident ot : the Trades; arid Labor. JCoiincil,;; will be put, I forward by that body for the same district in the Opposition interest. The nUme of • aptain Baldwin is? also, - jnentioned in connection with the. same seat, upon which alio Mr U B. Briwishaw hub an 'eve.' /

Mr M'Keczie, the present member, is >p>likely to be opposed for Moeraki. The Hon.* '/ . G\Jl'Lean, Messrs J. Arkle, C. Haynes, & P&/%. F. M. Fraser are probable candi\l. • Mr; Jfc-j J. S. Mackenzie,., of Kyeburn ; Statipn.wrll be a candidate, for the represen- | j tatio,u; of Mount Ida. : ; ' _ [Mr" Connolly has issued an address; fieek- " in g re-election for Picton. states that 1 -although hy^n imexpected-i-.combination a | vote-of~AVant-6f-contidp.nce has beeh pasted 1 ' Vft his confident belief is that the vote-doeg: J i. x^nr^trfc/the opinion of the dountry. • .w, ri'nrut; who was formerly B.M.- at j Jficton, has been asked to oppose Mr Connolly. " ' *-.•■-. M r Wilfreji; ?^dg,er -, ■_ barrister, pomes .forward f■ r" Staninore ; and " Mv ' Ga'rrick' ' (of Garrick and eowlishaw)^ for St. Albans. Mr Chrystall is spoken of for- Stanmore, and Mr G. E. Webb announces - himself for Lytteltont „, .... /Sir^Jujius^Vo&eUiias xeqiiisitibn/ ibm ] eigh^- districts. Probab/y he would not V ~Ashburton if the- ! present Election i tesulted iji his favor. A requisition is being ■ signed asking him to stand for Te Aio QVelling(on)^ ' i Among^manyi oCSer] 'dd^lp-,' i is the possibility of his r opposing (Mr Kolleston at Gemldine. I Mr C. jVlzjvrd,. solicitor, WeliingtQn, will l«e,a canddat'e fo'r iToi^on; "''■"• ■■ '• • •■' - 1 "It is re jorted in Wellington that Mf Joynt, ■; /the [well- cnown ChristcKutcS , barastferjlwill i be a cane idate for St. Albans. MessrsjWitMga^o;e, announced for tbe Wangiinui electorate ;and i 'Messrs* bryce, Morgan, and? ColorielJMacdonl nell for Waitotara. . ■■ It is fumored that Mr Shnmski will not . stand for Qanw i i^j3hquld.. J Mr Hislop conra . forward.! °It<i¥alsd said-th'at jhis^l&liy lib ■ eventtuatp. s ""A requisition asking Mr David to stand for, the' Dunstan-is j in course 7 ' ■of- -iig^aO • ture - j , ■'":•.!. r.i;: ;/ . y >i t .\.),i-Au '/ ' Some {leading members of the " Middle . pprty", ianticipate the new -elections will result ini the. return p£ several erstwhile pro- ' t minent Ipoliticians to tfee' HoudeV ' Mr €>V , : mond's ieturn for Napier seems, certain, as • 'does alsb that of Sir Julius Vogel for one of p the Wellington-. -e'lectbrateßi , ...The;; Mjddl© party believe there will be a great infusion of heiv bipod, The extreme Oppositions'^' . mournfully : declare : that parties' will come „, back again much as they are at present^ and that the; same disorganisation will be 'mani- ; fest ; w-hile the Ministerialists confidentially anticipate bemg ril able to face Parliament with a bpoa u^torikin^ Majority. / : Tiflie^iil \ how which party is light in its yi^ws.