ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 593, 16 July 1853, Page 4

ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Yesterday, being the day appointed for the Nomination of candidates for the office of Superintendent, and this being the first election in this Province under our New Constitution, a large body of persons assembled on the occasion, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. Hustings had been erected in front of the Court House, and by twelve o'clock the respective candidates and their friends were at their post. The Sheriff, B. Walmsley,| Esq., who had been appointed Deputy Returning Officer, having read the writ, J. W. Saxton, Esq., was proposed by Mr. Travers and seconded by Mr. Collins ; F. Jollie, Esq. was proposed by Dr. Monro and seconded by Mr. Sclanders , and E. W. Stafford, Esq., was [proposed by Mr. Elliott and seconded by Mr. Nixon. After the candidates and their friends had addressed the meeting at some length (a full report of which we shall give next week), a show of hands was taken, which was given in favour of Mr. Stafford. A poll was then demanded on the part of the other candidates, and the election was declared to come off on Monday, the Ist of August next. The whole business, we are glad to say, was conducted with perfect good temper, and in a manner highly creditable to all parties.