MASTERTON ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2714, 1 October 1887, Page 3

MASTERTON ELECTION.

1 oi^i6%MmimL' .'" '\TWofficial.ueclaration of ; :'the : poll ''" foe tlio. took place - ~'" at noon akifjo if§;sterton Couvk it <:'. assembled:... " \kWtf the,'resul.t,• ark&M-r? bV .von'. '; Stufmeriotb'ally declared -thepiHo': ' : be"BS;follgwE :~TotakumberrfTotfls ' ; -' : 'lßlsr^r : wiiiGli .niintovMt, "George received 77i,-M-r- '■' 319,: *" . intdriual and disallowcfl M, majority • f6rMrßoetbam.2'6B, ; ; 'Ss therefore ; "declaredMr.G, Beetirsm:duly; elected. M.r G', Beetharn, who -.was received ■ .'wthobeors,Baid.it''waS:Oue of .the: Rudest moments of bis .life-, to. find faself again elected as their reproseiir. [ye. He considered be had reason be doubly .proud, in teiug elected on : the present occasion as tho Mastortoir ; poll proved that there must have been] fully 800 working.monwho voted for' ■*' hiiiij.and.'tbc large uu.mber who polled '' ; throughout the electorate was ■a. full ; '■'"' ftbkhpwledgenient from all .clauses that '■';■'■ lie''wa3 a fit ami .proper person ■ to(Ciieers,) Ho was. ajso |P>tly pleased to find that the nativos gave him a fair niedo Of support, and ho should always continuo ■ io regard himself as their, represents. tivej as well .as tho representative of. 1 the white. people, and he should • . endeavor to do. In) very best for all ' 'classes in'this district, as well as for ' • tho 'Colony a3 a whole, (Cheers,) He *•' ' said ho' would not refer to tho past, as '•••'bo considered it best .to.bury,the hatchet; arid the present was 'a time •"•'■ for work, not. words. (Hear hear.) He -• '''-■ considered' that under the 'present ■ condition of.all'airs in the ... polony he had undertaken a.-grave ■'• : 'tesJ'onsibility.,i.n bocomiug their ropre- . gent'afive,'buthe- could;.assure ;thoni ';' • tbalhe would not shirk h.isi'du^'-but -' •• jrotUdgoaJcidwork.Jor theoouutry'egoodi -- ; 'Jlefelt that hqHvas the repfoseu'tatiye ■. ; ; 'of the l'6i's>lect6'rl} who had recorded : their votes. : ' Ho thanked -those, who. •'had 'placed hiui.m the honorable -position he found niinsejf -on'tup.poU,: ' and'also thaiiked r his ooininittpo -for- • ..'earnest' "and.. arduous.- ,; : effort.hiß|ehalf,is'' he considered ho owed his r'eturu-nioi'o to their hard ; work than to his own 1 merit.' (Loud .• eheMsly \ f '{M':- - ''■' ' .. • : r Mr flogg'said that tis ho was., the defeated candidate ho couldohly thank ■ tho'soß men who Had,.voted;for him jtnd : liew,as.pi'OD.d of the amount of K .support -he had rbcoived;... If : Mr *%. B.getli'im could bb'asfc '.of. -having' SQQ ■'IT (the'speaker)'lhtoW i>. r N.'to'W Uf *' i'Cpi'Oseuted' 503 aud-cohtidernigMr Beotnara ',.'[ v got tie Maori'block vote he was glad ;;•. to say he (Mr Hojjg) got a.majority of . :-:tne white -people in Masterton, which 'consisted of wqrkiilg men and bueineEs ''people. When'the influences that wei ; q.i ' Drought -to' bear 'duripg tho contest were'taken into consideration it would tie, found that he occupied a proud position' on the /poll, and .although the liberal party woro to' a great ■■•■•. - extent: split up, he was convinced that'if they would pull together, they wuld'turn their.defeat'" into victory at , another election "(Clieere).. ! . H e had ■,..•;■: hot pandered to Maories', or inadoany promiite during the contest, and was ''i pullp say W v was" now freer 1 faded.- Ho consiaeM'ihe' Liberal ■ party' had- gained a "deeidejl. victory \ / throughout New Zealand,' and expeo-

ted that tho result of tbo present ■election'would bo a great reform in the tariff and the administration of affairs in the colony, as members of Protective principles had beon elected in Otago by 2 to 1 over the Freetrade candidates, and by B to 1 in Canterbury. . In conclusion, lie stated that election .occur in lias. lie to come 'for^Jo^the-satoe principle!'and. /c'onte.3;t""ilie• : s^at,.and'/said -tbjtt : fr6nC,.:lifr Beetham ,he always !(hlVrWued,v\i?';. highest'• respect .^Hm r moved a Vote 'oTtiknka. to' IJetiirnihg Officer, .wliickps cWHeci'w'itli cheers, aud Mr •Ton-Sturmer havihgTacknowledged the .compliment, tho proceedings terrain'ated;.•''•"•...,.', ••■ -■ ■ .■ :.'■- Members of; tho" Mastertori • Opaki Jockey Cluh arc reminded of tho meeting to bo holi this evening at tho Club Hotel. \ Licenses for Trout fishint' for tho com ilia; Den ■on can be obtained in Mastortoti from'-'Mossrs W. EL Bentham and D. Mcintosh. .farmers arc referred to Messrs Raid and Gray'j now' advertisement on ihe froht page of to-day'a issue, in wliioli the •JBTiii' biinpf' proiYiinently before the public tlieiri Jiprovcd broadcast forco-foed grain, srswv'sbfl seed Bower, their Hewftmland Twine; Binder,' Graiu Drills; : pisi end Steel Zig-ZagHarrows..' .. •, Th'tf New' Zealand Times sa<-B—Coinci-dqntly .with the arrival' in England of the uevrs-of tho Government's downfall, a auddenand uotable riso'took place in the price of .New., Zealand stocks, which, according to tho latest telegrams, immediately went up 10s, and then remained firm at par, This is a very striking and interesting concidenco, if indeed it bo not a direct case of cause and effect.