THE GENERAL ELECTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9336, 20 October 1893, Page 4

THE GENERAL ELECTION

• MR. TRAVERB IN A NEW CHARACTER. [BY telegraph.— press ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. Mb. Tbavbbs addressed a , meeting in op. position to the Government public works policy and in support of the Railway Com. missioners, During his speech a man in. berjecled some jocular remarks, which caused a slight disturbance, ending by Air. Travers leaving the platform ana personally conducting the interrupter out of the Hall.

NELSON. Westport, Thursday. Mr. O'Conor, M.H.R., delivered a postsessional address to-night to a crowded meeting, many ladies being present. At the conclusion of his speech a motion of thanks and confidence was declared carried by two to one, an amendment of thanks only being declared lost. _ _ Mr. R. H. Reeves, a candidate for Inangahua, has visited the Charleston and southern districts, where he was received very favourably.

AGO. DifNEDltf, Thursday. Mr. H. S. Fish, M.K.R., addressed his constituents this evening. The City Hall was crowded, many being unable to gain admission. Probably 150 women were present. Mr. Fish reviewed the work of th« session, dealing with the various bills. Referring to the Labour measures, he said the Council had done right in rejecting them, save in the case of the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. This measure, he thought, might have been passed. Mr. Fish was subjected to a good deal of interruption, which apparently came from a small band of young men at the back of the hall. A vote of thanks and confidence was proposed and pub bv the chairman, who declared it carried, without asking for a show of hands against the motion. The main roll for the city comprises 14,497 names, and a very large number of applications are being received daily. The Caversham roll has 2931 names. A deputation of Port Chalmers electors waited on the Mayor of Dunedin, Mr. C. Haynos, and asked him to contest Port Chalmers seat. He asked for a few days to consider the matter.

In reference to a statement made by our Hamilton correspondent yesterday in a paragraph relating to the Waipa electorate, Mr. G. Peacocke writes :— I arrived in Hamilton from Napier overland on Tuesday last ab five minutes to two p.m., having driven over from Oxford that morning, and drove down to Frankton Junction and caught the ben minutes past two p.m. train for Auckland the same afternoon. I have been in town ever since." Mr. Monk addressed the electors ab Puhoi on Tuesday, the 17th instant. Although the evening was showery, there was a large gathering, more than ninety being present, among whom were over twenty ladies. Mr. R. Scrivcn was voted to the chair. Mr. Monk's address was listened to with great attention throughout, and at its close many questions were asked and answered. He said roads in the North must be made, and he was in favour of the railway being extended, but it must be done out of the increased revenue, and not out of borrowed money. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried at the close of the speech. __________________