THE COMING ELECTIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6439, 2 December 1881, Page 6

THE COMING ELECTIONS.

THE WRITS ISSUED,

The proclamation dissolving Parliament reeired the Governor’s signature, and was published in “Gazette” form, on Novembe 8, as follows :

“ PROCLAMATION

Dissolving the General Assembly.—Arthur Gordon, Governor: To the Legislative Councillors of the Colony of New Zealand, and the members elected to serve in the House of Representatives of the said colony, and to all whom it may concern—greeting ; Whereas I have thought fit to dissolve the General Assembly of New Zealand, which stands prorogued to the 24th day of November instant : Now know ye that I do for that end publish this proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said General Assembly accordingly ; and the Legislative Councillors, and the members elected to serve in the House of Representatives, are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said 24tii day of November instant. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Gross of the most distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Governor and Corumander-m-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the seal of the said colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this Bth day of November, in the year of mr Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightyone. John Hall. God save the Queen?”

The list of candidates—pronounced and probable—who will woo the suffrages of the people at the now near-impendin -i elections, begins to assume goodly dimensions. We give the names so far as yet announced, and will add to and correct the list as authentic information comes to hand ;

Auckland East.— Sir George Grey. Auckland West. — Dr. Wallis, Mr J. M. Dargaville. Auckland North. —Messrs Garrard and J. D. Monk Avon.— Hon. W. Rolleston.

Aw arua. —Messrs Bain, J. P. Joyce, D. Smyth, W. Stead, A. Kinross. Ashburton. —Mr E. G. Wright. Ashley. —Messrs W. F. Pearson, J. W. Ellen, M. Dixon, J. A. Cunningham, J. Guild. Akaroa. —Mr W. Montgomery. Bay of Islands. —Messrs J. Lundon, R. Hobbs. Bruce.— Messrs W. A. Murray, J. Rutherford, J. adarn. Bulled. -Mr John Munro. Coromandel.— Messrs J. Mackay, A. Brodie. Christchurch North.- —Messrs 3. P. Andrews, H. Thomson. Christchurch South.— Messrs J. Anderson, J. Holmes. Cheviot. —Messrs W. C. Fendall, A. Saunders, Mcllwraith. Caveksham.— Mr W, Barron. Coleridge. —Mr D. McMillan. Clutha. —Mr J. W. Thompson, Dr. J. G. Smith. Dunedin West. — Hon. T. Dick. Dunedin East. —Mr J. Barnes. Dunedin Central.— Messrs H. Bastings, R. Oliver. Dunedin South. — Messrs H. S. Fish, Larnach, C.M.G., Reeves. Dunstan. —Messrs Vincent Pyke, J. Herbert. East Coast. —Messrs G. Vesey Stewart, S. Locke, A. Macdonald, G. M. Gannon. Eden. —Messrs E. Hesketh, J. A. Tole. Egmont. —Hpn. Major Atkinson, Messrs G. Hutchison, and Woolcock. Franklin North.— Messrs W. F. Backhand, J. Jordan. Franklin South.— Messrs Hamlin, Crawford, O. McGee, F. Lowry. Foxton. —Dr. Buffer, Dr. A. K. Newman, Messrs C. B. Izard, W. France, J. G. Wilson, G. W. Russell. Geetyiouth.— Mr J. Petrie.

Geraldine. —Messis E. Wakefield, W. Postlethwaite, John Hayhurst. Gladstone. —Messrs J. H. Sutton and Fisher. Hdit. —Messrs T. Mason, H. Jackson. Hawke’s Bay - . — Mr F. Sutton, Capt. Russell. Hokitika.-— Me.-srs E. C. Reid, G. G. FitzGerald, Heathcote.— Mr J. T. Fisher, A. Hornbrook. Hokonui —Messrs Cowan, H. Driver.

Invercargill —Messrs A. Feldwiok, Geo. Lumsden. Inangaiiua. —Messrs Reeves, P. Brennan, T. S. Weston.

Komaba.—Messrs R, Seddon, Edmund Barff. Kaiapoi.—Messrs Isaac Wilson, J. H. Lee. Lyttelton.—Hon, E. Richardson, Messrs S. R. Webb, H. Allwright. Lincoln.—Mr H. W. Perryman. Manawatd.—Hon. W. W. Johnston. Marsden.—Captain Colbeck, Messrs Mitcholson and Alderton. Motueea.—Messrs R. Hursthouse, W. Gibbs. Mount Ida.—Messrs De Lautour, B. Gordon, >r • Bnce, B. Bromiley, Mataura. Captain Mackenzie, Messrs thanks, G. F. Richardson, J, T. Thomson. Alanukau.—Sir G. M. O’Rorke. Moekaei. —Messrs W. Murcott, J. McKenzie, 'V. H. \V illiame, Iselson.—Mr Levestam. New Plymouth.— Napier.—Mr J. Buchanan Newton.—Mr W. Swanson. Oamaku.—Mr Shrimski. Parnell.—Mr Moss. PiCTON.-Mr W. H. Eyes, J. P. Conolly. Port Chalmers.—Hon. J. Macandrew. Peninsula.—Messrs Mercer, J. W. Jago, Seaton, W. A. Wilson, G. T. Clarke, N. Maloney. Rodney.—Mr George, Mr Shepherd. Rangitikei.—Sir W. Fox, Mr J. Stevens. Roslyn.—Captain Scott, R. N. t Messrs J. Bathgate and J. A. Barr. St. Albans.—Messrs J. Evans Brown and J, L. Wilson, A. W. O’Neill. Stanmore.—Messrs H. Tooiner, W. Flesher, W. H. Pilliet, and Cowlishaw. Sydenham.—Messrs J.W. Treadwell, C. Clark, J. R. Andrew. Selwyn.—Hon. J. Hall. Thorndon.—Messrs W. H. Levin, T. Dwan. Te Aro.—Messrs J, H. Shaw, E. Stafford, Charles Johnston, W. E. Price.

Thames. —Dr. Kilgouc, Messrs Sheehan, Speight, McCulloch, Cadman, andßrodie. Taieri.—Messrs James Fulton, James Shand. Tuapeka.—Messrs J. C. Brown, H. Clayton. Timaru.—Mr R, Turnbull. Taranaki,— Tauranga.—Capt. Fraser, G. Vesey Stewart Waipawa.—Messrs J. D. Ormond, Sydney Johnston, W. C, Smith. Wanganui.—Messrs T. Bamber, J. Ballance. Wairarapa North.—Messrs G. Beetham, A. W. Renall. Wairarapa South.—-Messrs H. Bunny, Burton Boys, W. C. Buchanan. Wellington South.—Messrs W. Hutchison, C. Hendrey, P. Coffey, G. B. Edwards. Waimea.—Mr J. Sheppard. Wairau.—Messrs A. P. Seymour, H. Dodson, Joseph Ward. Wakanui.—Messrs. C. W, Purnell, J, Ivess J. C. Wason. Waimate.—Messrs J. Manchester and W. J.

Steward. Waitaki.—Messrs Sutherland and T. Duncan. Waikouaiti. —Hon. G. McLean. Wakatipu.—Messrs T. Fergus, A. O. Thompson, F. H. Danlells, Wallace. —Messrs H. Hirst, J. Mackintosh,

T. Daniel, J. C. Ellis, Cuttles. Waitemata. —Messrs R. G. Wood, W. J. Hurst. Waitotaea.—Mr Bryce. Waikato. —Mr J. B. Whyte. Waipa.—Mr F. A. Whitaker, Major W. Jackson, McMinn.