Mataura Ensign GORE, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1884. THE HOKONUI SEAT.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 370, 1 July 1884, Page 2

Mataura Ensign GORE, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1884. THE HOKONUI SEAT.

Otrfi readers will no doubt^ read wit\ some surprise the aiiuouncdment ia our advertising columns this looming that Mr Thomas Green ha^ withdrawn from the candidature fovl the Hokonui seat. As he himself sws pressure of Jbi^iii^s^ will 'prevent hjfn from devotin^fiiie 'iieoessary time^to tho contest and to fulfilling the duties of -parliajnejitar^^epre^eflitati^e if elected. Tbjsj

is to be regretted on many grounds, as Mr Geeen would have made an excellent representative and it is to be hoped \ that his services may be utilised at some future tiing when he shall have been freed from the trammels of busi-. ness and be at liberty to devote his large local experience to the service of the Hokonui electorate. Meanwhile Mr OoWAlsr remains the only openly avowed candidate for the vacant seat and will/ open the campaign this even|ng'afc Winton. In tho meantime) we t vce in a position to state that, a -'"foeinau worthy of his steel" will be forthcoming at the proper time and to recommend electors I not to hastily pledge themselves before they hear other viows and other reasons. If we understand the temper of the Hokouni electors aright they, will none, of a candidate who is not pro; pared to favor the purchase of the AY'drnea' Plains Railway and the renea.l of '■ the absurd Authorization Act 'of fast session which gave the company power ' to levy the imparUlolod ratenow attempted fco be enforced. Further, the present attitude of parties demands that no rod hot; partisan should be sent, to "Wellington." It' is high, time the interniinnblo bickerino- !.»o[;\voeu the .two sidr-i of the i louse, which ail.ci 1 nil 'havo no radical diff^renco ,)i : opinion excepu hh co the fituesß of the oceupar.ts of the Treasury Benchos, should' come to au end, and that Parliament whetbrr under the direction of A r rjniN.-;o^r ov VoaEL should proceed at once to the business of the country.