THE FOXTON ELECTION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6440, 3 December 1881, Page 3

THE FOXTON ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES, Sib, —We have iu the letter dated from Ohariu, which you nublish this morning, another phase of the well-worn election tactic —the scare. To defeat Dr. Buller, it is necessary to vote for Dr. Newman. Because Mr Izard has the advantage of Dr. Newman in years and experience, he is a sedimentary fossil, and should be rejected iu favor of ingenuous and robust youth. We, who really know the district, know better than your Ohariu correspondent. No block-vote at Karori or elsewhere wi-1 be given to Dr. Newman ; but the large majority of the electors on this side of the Paikakariki Hill will, we believe, give their votes to the man who has a large stake in their district, and whom they have known for years. It the election lay between Mr Izard and Dr. 'Newman, the former’s triumphant return would be already assured.—l am, &0,,

A Foston Eleptoh. Wellington, 2nd December, 1881.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMKBSIR, — We often hear people exclaim on laying down a newspaper, “ Oh 1 you cannot believe all that appears in the papers and, considering the reckless way in which some people contribute false information, we cannot wonder at such scepticism. As a case in point, I refer to the meetings of Dr. Duller at Tawa Flat and Porirua. At the former place there were eight persons present, and I do think it would be hard if a man like Dr. Duller could not gather in a district like Tawa Flat eight friendly-disposed persons. At the Porirua meeting I was present myself, and so far from the resolution of confidence being carried unanimously, the real facts are these : At the conclusion of Dr. Buller’s address, the Chairman, in a most extraordinary manner, asked the meeting three times to pass a vote of confidence, but the meeting, by its silence, objected ; then the Chairman expressed his belief that Dr. Duller was a “ good man,” and Mr Benson agreed with him ; the Chairman then put it to the meeting that a vote of confidence had been proposed and seconded, and as two hands in a meeting of over twenty persons were held up in favor, he (the Chairman) declared it carried unanimously. I trnst, Sir, in the interests' of fair play,' that you will deem this worthy of [insertion in your valuable paper, as I consider that misrepresentations are unworthy of a candidate for representative honors. There was no vote of confidence moved and seconded at Dr Bulier’s Porirua meeting.—l am, &o. Porirua. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sib, —The dogmatic way in which the other candidates are disposed of, the display of scientific knowledge, and the coaxing peroration all point to a candidate for the Foxton district as the author of the letter in your issue of this morning. It would be well for him to cease his backbiting, as it will do him no good ; in fact, if he relies upon such means to attain his election, he bad better at once retire, and make room for Wilson, the Foxton farmer, who owns land in the district and works it himself. —I am, &0., An Ex-supporter op Dr. Newman, Wellington, 2nd December, 1881.