DECLARATION OF THE POLL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5016, 23 July 1884, Page 2

DECLARATION OF THE POLL.

There was an immense amount of eacite- j menfc in town last night, consequent upon : the elections. This office was fairly be- i sieged for some hours ; and before ; the de- | mand for information could be i& some ' degree appeased, five editions of hhe Star had been published. The Canterbury changes, it will be noticed, are tjie substi- : tution of Mr D. Reese for Mr JSUiet, the Stanmor&inisrepresentative, th& ousting of ; the tartly talkative Wynn-Wil&uns by Mr J. L. Coster, whose triumph, -was a signal one ; and the rather unlookea for boil-over at Wakanui, where the oIJ member, Mr Ivess, has had to make w-iy for Mr John, Grigg, of Longbeach. A report wras; current last night thsb. Mr Rolleston.,. the- Sundowner from Avon, had beea rejected at Geraldw> in favour of. Mr Alfred Cox; and we beJdieve that in at least one? iiastance there "was a gurgling of chainjagne. The erroneous report was duetotteiactthat allthe-jjeturns were not in, and that the numbers telegraphed were therefore misleading. The return of Sir JuHus Yogel for Christchurch ' North was of such an einpl*atic character as must strengthen the hands of the pro- . bable new Ptomier, and stimulate him in the discharge of the arduous work await- . ing hinu In Dunedin, it will be noticed, all fout of the old members are out. The Hon T. Dick finds his occupation doubly 'gone, and the Roy M. "W. "Conscience" Oreon will have leisure for reflecting upon ■ the transitory ua,tuvo of things in this

earthly " epear," a«4 pferftaps fof nctminisj tertog comfort— -we had almost said ghastly comfort— to his reputed disciple, the Rev J. W. " Boanerges " Crewes, of this City*