THE NELSON ELECTION.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 22

THE NELSON ELECTION.

Nelson, April 3. There was considerable excitement over the election to-day, and a very large proportion of the electors on the roll recorded their voteß. The result is a victor for Mr Harknees, who received 659 votes, Mr John Sharp obtaining 480. After the result was made known there was a good deal of larrikinism. [Mr Harkness ia a native of Nelson, and 1b therefore another addition to the Young New Zealand Party. At the general election he contested the Picton seat as a follower of the Stout-Vogel Government, but in his election addresses he stated that as the present Government appeared desirous of giving Nelson its railway, he would support Sir H. Atkinson until a dissolution took place, when he hoped to v tee Sir E. Stout assume the position of leader of the Liberal party. Mr Harkness favours faoilitie* being given for the reading of the Bible in State schools, but is oppoted to the present system of secondary education. He is prepared to give the franchise to women over 21 years of age.] — The Duchess of Hamilton's example of establishing a butter business is to be followed by other landed proprietors. The experiment is to be tried on the Rutland arid Sutherland estates, and there is reason to believe that many more will follow.