LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Press, Volume XXII, Issue 1299, 22 November 1881, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Chowdet) Out. — We are compelled to hold over a large amount of local news, also a lorn-' account of the doings of our Volunteers at, Pariliaka, under the heading of “Notes from t he Front,” that which will appear in Friday’s issue. < >nr Special Reporter has supplied us with a lengthy report of Mr Conolly’s meetings at Havelock and \Vakamarina districts, which will also appear on Frida' MAVortAi.rv.—Mr A. T. Thompson, being the only candidate nominated for the Mayoralty on Fii ay la»t, was delarni duly elected. CottNtv CotjKCib.—Two candidates are in the A Id to represent the Pieton Riding of the Marlborough County Council, Messrs A T. Thompson and J. O. Western. The election will take place today the polling-places being the Old .School House, Tim Marina, and the School House, Waitohi Valley. Mr Western has served in the Council for the last five years, anil will no ddhbt lie again eheled. . i

Facts.— Several of Mr Eyes’ prominent supporters have stated publicly that the working men would not read Mr Conolly’s speech, published by us on Wednesday last, as they would not understand it ! Perhaps do But we may inform oor friends that nearly every working nmi) in the district has read both speeches and drawn his own conclusion, and the general opinion is that there is no comparison between the speeches of the two candidates. If Mr Eyes and his supporters imagine the working men of 'his district are so ignorant, they are very much mistaken; and we can also stale with truth that the Maiijjiokougii Pukss depends mon and receives a large amount of Support from the working men. They understand Mr Conolly’s speech far more readily Mian they apprecia e Mm delivered by his opp< nent, which bristles w.th clap trap and empty promises. Several working men, who were present at the large public meet ing held some time since, at which Mr I. Williams, ex-Mavor, was presented with an illuminn'ed address by the Mayor and Borough Councillors, state that Mr Eves’ speech differs but little from the principal one made on that occasion. The working men are not gulled so easily as Mr Eyes and his su porters imagine, and will prove Lliia fact on the polling day, by electing Mr Conully ns their representative,

Trial of Hiuoki.—lliroki was brought up at the Police Court, New Plymouth yesterday morning, and charged with having murdered McLean. Two witnesses were examined, and the case was then adjourned till to-day. ' In France women are usually employed to manage the accounts in Bhops. ‘lt is’ says London Truth, ‘ antiquated nonsense lo suppose that a girl in an office where men are employed is a defenceless'iamb amidst a troupe of wolves.’ Morocco lias been suffering from a heat that is described as all but insupportable. It was so great that the fact of the Ramadan could not be kept, and in the last removal of the Sultan’s camp over 200 camels perished of the excessive heat.

Tub secret marriage of a young Canadian couple was recently disclosed to their fond parents after an existence of over years. Rifle Matches. —Several rifle matches were fired at; Pungarehu, between the different Volunteer companies. In a match with South Canterbury, Marlborough won with 163 points to sparein a match with tho Manchester Rifles, at three, four, and six hundred yards, six men a side, Marlborough made 300 points, and their opponents 271, thus wining both matches with plenty of goints to spare. In tho match against South ahterbury, Lieutenant Philpotts made a possible 20 at tho 400 yards range. In our last issue we neglected to mention that at an enquiry held on Tuesday last into the cause of the fire at the Clarendon Hotel, the jury returned a verdict that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated. Tub Richest Men.—Mr James W. Macltay is said to be worth £55,000.000 ; Rothschild comes next with £40,000,000. Mr Maekay is the owner of the richest eilver mine that has ever been discovered, and his yearly income is £2,750,000.

County Council. —Mr Douslin having retired from the contest for the Pelorus Riding in the County Council, Mr C. 11. Mills has been declared elected. —Express.

Tea Meeting.—lt is the intention of the memtiers of the Presbyterian Church to hold their annual tea meeting in the Assembly' Hnll on Wednesday, November 30th. In former years these gatherings have been very successful, and wo have no doubt the coming meeting will he equally successful. After tea a public meeting will be held, when addresses will he given by the Revs, W, MoAru G. Grant, T. F. Opie, S. Douglas, G. K. Stowell, and others. llavei.ock.— Tho Havelock Board of Works met on Monday, November 14th, Present— Messrs Smith (Chairman), Dorreen, Perry, Yarker, and Morison. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. A letter from the Treasurer "as read, informing the Board Shat the sum of £4l Gs (id had been placed to the credit of the Board in the Bank of New Zealand, Pieton. Resolved,—That Mr Davis do finish filling up the ruts on the Kahuna-road with the broken stones already on the side of the road, and any other ruts that may rtquire filling up are to 'ne’fllled wiili gravel. Resolved,—That day labor be employed to clear away the slip'on the Nelson road. Resolved,— That tenders be called, or paving the water table in front of the Post Office and Town Hull. The following accounts were presented and passed for payment : —Proprietors Marlborough Express, £1 2s 3d ; Dr Riley, £4 14s Gd ; Brownlee and Co, £8 15s 6d ; W. Pickering, £4 ; J. Davies, £8 13s Gd ; L. >1 Halpinc, £3 14s ; T. Brown, £7 10s Gd ; Eliza Davidson. £2 IDs. The Board then adjourned until the 28tl» inst.

Polling Booths. The following pollingplaces are gazetted for the Electoral District of Pieton : —The Court House, Pieton (principal) ; The Court House. Havelock ; Mr Morgan’s House. Deep Creek ; Mr Diamante’* Hut, Upper Forks, Wakamarina ; The School House, Canvas Town ; Mr Neumann’s Saw Mill, Kaitena Valley ; Mr Smart’s House, Rock Ferry ; Mr Bell’s House, North Bank of Wairau (known as Oddstone) ; Mr Mill’s Saw Mill, Crail Bay; The School House, Waitolii Valley ; The School House, Ton Marina ; Mr Gullery’s House, (1 he Portage) Keuepuru.

We clip the following from the Manawatu Standard : “ Are we, who in small matter* inquire anxiously into the character and conduct of persons in whom yvc place our confidence, to shut our eyes to tHo character and conduct of a persons in whom we place our confidence, to shut our eyes to the character and conduct “f a person to whom the wellbeing of fivu thousand persona is to be committed ? Ha gardener, a carpenter, or a cook requires a character to obtain a place, should not a candidate for the Parliament of New Zealand he expected to produce one ? Is a man to come forward and lay down certain political opinions and say to the electors you can do what you like with these, hut my private character and conduct are not to be loves'igated ? Of course a line must be drawn between public and private matters. It is not Tight to publicly discuss the private character of any settler who does not place himself before the public in a prominent posiiinii. Tbo moment, however, he does this, the instant he aspires to have a great public trust reposed in him, his personal fitness for tiie position h> seeks to occupy is a subject of proper and legitimate inquiry. If a man whose conduct and character will not hear investigation, conics forward fi>r such a position, the responsibility for any disoaraglog statements which may tic made about him rests with himself alone. By the very act of coming forward he challenges criticism ; lie in v:tes an expression of public opinion into his character and eon loot. It would he easy for any man possessing an average share of intelligence to ascertain the wants an 1 wishes of ti majority of the electors of any constituency, and pledge himseif to obtain them ; but it does not follow that such a man is capable of obtaining a single advantage to his constituents. If we send to Parliament a n an who will command the respect of the House, we shall get. in t ! e future as we have done in the past fnir eunsidcraiion for all our requirements. If on t lie ottier hand we semi to the House a brawler nr a windbag, Parliament will punish the constituency for returning such a man by leaving it out in the cold when it kn inks at its door for assistance.”

Outi Special .Edition. Mr A. Trollope gave some advice to colonials intno words, “dou’t blow.” Wo arc about to disregard this advice, and the reason for so doing miy be learned from the ful'owing It was thought that Mr Conolly’s speech to the electors would be a most important one, and we lr.d made arrangements for giving it as nearly verbatim as pr acticable. When the speech was delivered it proved to he all that was expected of it, but if also proved longer than was anticipated ;*but not dismayed, wo determined to give our readers the benefit. The report of the speech was in the hands of our compositors on Tuesday morning, and by Wednesday morning’s train the extra edition of the PuesS, eontaituning both Mr Conolly’s and Mr Eyes’ speeches, was in circulation The remarks made by Mr Conolly were so thoroughly approved of that orders continued to pour in for our paper, and by Thursday evening no less than three thousand copies were in circulation. Seeing that the number of our employes is limited, we claim the credit for issuing, in an unprecedented short time, the largest edition of any newspaper ever before published in Marlborough. Our thanks arc due to our reporter for fho able manner in which ho accomplished his p-u-t of the work, and we know that both speakers are satisfied with the manner in which their speeches appeared. That such “ a run ” was made on the paper, is evident that the electors were deeply interested, and we havo our reward in the knowledge that our labours, in issuing an extra edition of 3000 numbers, were appreeGtcd.