INCIDENTS OF THE ELECTIONS.

West Coast Times, Issue 3217, 17 January 1876, Page 2

INCIDENTS OF THE ELECTIONS.

THK Vf A.NGANUI SLECJION . The New Zealand 'Times has the follow r ing remaps on^heVauiabur e&stiofc: ff e t 'fysu ! ltf"6f XUe r WWgMat 'election was of course a .foregone conclusion, but n none the less satisfactory. Mr Bryce.it w needless to sayV&rtbe'dld representative of the district, earned rally the slight majority which 'was sufficient ' w t6"mitk l 'tn« the distact 'recognised his services. The great majority for Sir Julius Yogel over the other candidates was, however, most significant. It showed jthat despite all the local influence at the command of some who were lower On the polf; the consti tuency was generously prepared jtp recognise that "he w"as 'tlnMnan whose policy has so much advanced the status and prospects q'f the Colony, and that by retujtaink' hiiri the constifuenpy did 'honor to itself aM himself. 'We anticipated nothing 1 less frOni the Wanganui electors than thai! "which they have done, but we none J the ' less recognise thaVihejr tave done what was expected of them: The evidence the Thames election shows that Sir Julius Yogel might, as he said af Auckland, have had the option of more than" dne constituency to represent. The tangible result of the Wanganui polling is that the constituency." is" represented by $he foremost man in the colony. THE TOTABA ELECTION.

The Ross Guardian tells the following anecdotes respecting - the recent Totara. election.: — torComiskey's .wtiipper in vra& considerably sold " &p Redmans " on, the polling day. 'He was instructing 'f Claris man, whose education seems, to have j&en neglected, how to vote, and' told' hinVio strike out tbTe bottom liame. ' While in the booth, Ihowever; the innocent forgot his instructions, and as»ked the poll clerk h«tf to vote. '"Who do you intend id vote for ?" said the clerk. " For Comiskey, tjJ be sure,"' was the reply. " Then - Btrike out the bottom name," said the clerk. The ballot paper having laeen placed in the jbfjgg the voter withdrew, and, having rejoined his friends, was interrogated as to how The had voted, when he replied, " I forgojt hqw to vote when 1 got into .the; booth, and asked ould Nielson how to vote for Comiskey.' 1 He told hie to 'strike out the bottom name, but 1 knew he was telling me wrong, s^ IJust- struck puf the top one." And so Mr Tribe" got one vote that it was ne^er intended' Tub should.— Tlie residents 4x Gillespie's did not relish a Returning Officer being sent trom Hokitika to take the votes there ; and whUe Dal. was enjoying a balmy' slee^ they' cufthe'c'ro'w.ji out of bid hat, and sewed -it oil again wrOrig side up, cut the buttons off his coat, vest, and unmentionables, tfnd otherwise made ducks and drakes of his limited wardrobe.