THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 369, 27 June 1884, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

As time wears ou fresh candidates are announced, and the intentions of those gentlcmen'whose mines have beau lUfcii^bned in connection; w*t& the various seats become better known. For Holcoimi tboxe seems some probability of tho contest being carried on by two. combatants, .Messrs Oreou and Uowan, although there is still just; a possibility that Mr Gardiner, oil Uirclnjood; will come forward. Mr Bain's name 3ias been mentioned as a probable candid/Ate,; bnfc yesterday it was Creely rumored that Iris health would not permit him to undertake-an active canvass of the district, without which he i could scarcely hope to be returned.. Mr Geo. M'Leod never had' any. intention ofjstanidng, and the paragraph -in the luvercar^iU. papers, announcing his candidature was due to the . imaginative faoulties of the <jity [reporteTs. Mr Lunisd.cn, has determined ii^pon wooE in» tb'q Inv.eiwgiU constituency against I Messrs Feluw'icfc and Hatch ; and; Mr Brtl--1 dey has made no sign. Mr Gi^qa and Mr Oowan are both working, hard,, though as yet the latter is only "feeling ■ hisjj way; he Has not made, any. public avowal] of his intentions, but his admirers gener|lly are of opinion that' • the promises, of su.pnor.fc Jxe has

received would justify his candidature. For Mataura, a new aspirant is announced — Mr W. Morris, o£ Chatton. This geutleman isnot new to politics, having contested the Waikaia seat with Mr Eastings some years ago. He was then unsuccessful. Requisitions to Mr G. F. llichardson, of Oiklauds. are being numerously signed in the Wyndham district, and there seems a consensus of. opinion that the genial, proprietor of Oaklands will -again meet Captain Mackenzie.' Awarua isthe dis trict where there is most '■iinty as to tfiS" field. • Mr Joyce, now > i .<>r the district, has had it announoi.u that he will stand- again. Three other gimLlymcn are understood to bo. feeling,. in different quarters, the puke of the electors. ■'J'hOifl aril,. .Mr J., L. >).' Donald, '.Mr; . J. VVJ Mitchell, and Mr Chiistopliei 1 Basstian. Mr 'J'hos. Hodgkinson has announced that- "he will be a.carididutc.

'J'ui'iiinj; mow to distant parts, we find that ,Hji: Jiiliiw V<i<r':l has definitely, decided to \i.dn<\ foj» <iyni-'t4t('Mav<i)i North,, and has de-c]it)cd.all-w!.]jc:f r'j'ii/isitlons. Mr Pilliet op])tyi<s Mr Connolly for l'icton, and has gone :o:f,HH \Auirn. \i>: relies on iiis action iaconHi<i<:Ho[j , with, the riLifwhy fa;- hi« return, i Fh'uto* time since Mr .J. \V, TJioiu'.'im, the rnfjmber for Clhtha, ex-[ti'cH'-ic.'l Win intention of not standing again. 'I'he.fiiiopK; <ji'. Clinton- and. surrounding disiiict iii't! fjr'rpai-irig a rcfjuinition asking him | to rwoijsidw his decision, and promising him hearty support iti the event of his doing an. iJoj/h Mr James M'ponald and Mr 'filtiry M-ivkrO/av/i .annoubcod 'themselves fw candidatcn, for the tiruce seat;. It is probnMfi ti'i/iV'AIrW. Quin will contest the IJunstan H'.-at,