The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 253, 1 September 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1879.

To-day the candidates for the Wairarapa Electoral district will be nominated at Feathoi-ston. It is doubtful whether more than three will eome up to the scratch, as it is understood that Mr Carter's chance of being returned is so small that he lias decided not to swell the list of entries. The chances of the different candidates are now being generally discussed, and a tolerable unanimity prevails on the subject. It is admitted on all sides that Mr Beotham will head the poll by from a hundred to two hundred votes. The total number which will be recorded are estimated at from 1000 to 2000. The eighteen hundred odd voters on the roll, we may explain, are reduced to fourteen hundred by duplicate entries, triplicate entries, deaths'and absences, and if some nine hundred poll out of the fourteen hundred, there will be eighteen hundred votes to be divided between Messrs Beetham, Bunny, and Pharazyn. Of these eighteen hundred votes we think Mr Beetham will get nearly eight hundred, and the balance will be pretty equally divided between Messrs Bunny and Pharazyn, In Masterton, Carterton, Greytown and Featherston, Mr Bunny may be expected to poll a larger number of votes than his antagonist, but in no township may he be expected to have any very considerable majority, Mr Bunny will also have the advantage over MrPharazyn, both with the Scandinavian and the Maori voters. Mr Pharazyn, on the other hand, will beat Mr Bunny in the Lower Valley, at Gladstone, and in Wairarapa County East, While we expect Mr Pharazyn to have decidedly the best of it in all the country districts, the Scandinavian, Maori and township votes will strengthen Mr Bunny, The result of the poll is therefore uncertain. Both sides are sanguine of success, and as Bunny is the older campaigner of the two, it is supposed by many that the majority will be in his favor, Should Mr Pharazyn not be elected, his election at the next opportunity may be regarded as a certainty He has fought Mr Bunny through a series of elections, each time being beaten, but each time making a better score, till, on the present occasion, his chances may be said to equal Mr Bunny's. Were it not for the long connection with the district, which tells so greatly in Mr Bunny's favor, and very properly too, Mr Pharazyn would beat him by a large majority. He does de facto represent the district and its varied interests more than any other man connected with it, save and excepting Mr Beetham, and if he be not at once proclaimed Knight of the Shire lie is recognized as the fit and proper person for the position, and sooner or later, he must take it.

The nomination takes place to-day in Featherston, at noon, The candidates meet the electors at the School House, Waihenga, to-morrow. The consecration of the Thistle Lodge of free and accepted Masons will he celebrated at the Empire Hotel, to-morrow.

_ Messrs Beetliam and Bunny went on a visit to the Scandinavians at Mauriceville on Saturday last.

Members of the Phoenix Lodge, 1.0.6. T., are requested to meet on Tuesday evening to discuss business connected with the election. Messrs J. C. Boddington and A. R. Bunny have been- nominated to fill the office of Directors to the Masterton Building Society.

. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers parade to-morrow evening. Applications for the office of Borough Valuator for Masterton, close to-morrow, at 5 p.m. An offer of one shilling in the pound has been accepted by the. creditors of Mr F, Pelling, of Greytown. The Wellington papers speak highly of the Hudson Surprise troupe. This week, we shall have an opportunity in the Wairarapa of appreciating its excellence. The English Opera Company scored another success at the Town Hall, Masterton, on Saturday evening last. Yesterday, St. Patrick's Church was crowded by a large congregation, many of whom attended, to hear a mans rendered by the artistes connected with this Company. We understand that a second entertainment will be given at Greytown, on Wednesday evening next. A serious accident happened on Saturday to Dr Henry Spratt, of Greytown, It appears that while driving with some ladies to Featherston in a buggy after his sister's marriage, the seat, by some means got loose and tilted so tnat he lost his balance and fell out, breaking his arm. His father was in attendance shortly after the accident, and set the limb. Tho Soiree held at Greytown on Friday evening last, in aid of the hospital, was attended by about 60 couples, who spent a most enjoyable evening. . Mrs Burch, who with her usual kindness, got the affair up, deserves great credit for the way in which it was carried out. The Greytown Eifle Volunteers paraded for inspection on Saturday afternoon. There were not as many as usual present, but the Company went through their drill with commendable accuracy. They had some skirmishing drill after inspection in Mr O'Connor's paddock. The Hudson Surprise Party who visit the Yalley this week, number among them artists far above the average in their individual specialities. T. Hudson was formerly one of the proprietors of the United Status Minstrels and Charley Wallace, a member of the Chicago Minstrels. As instrumentalists we have Mißses Vina and Florri de Gay, the former a most accomplished violinist. Miss Burton lias a fine contralto voice, while Miss Millie Norton is an equally good soprano singer, and in the comic line there are Miss Ada Mavern, and Edward Glover.

Grace (whispering): "What lovely boots your partner's got." Mary (ditto): "Yes, unfortunetely he shines at the wrong end."