ARRIVAL OF CHARLES EDWARD.
PROBABLE CANDIDATES FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN" COUKESPONDENT. ) Nelson, Monday, May IG. The Charles Edward arrived on Friday. Will not resume trade for three or four months. Donne and O'Conor are probable candidates for the Assembly. " Latest canard is that Matakitaki and Wangapeka are to be made poll-ing-places and that Kynnersley is going to stand. Qualifications doubted. Reply received from the AttorneyGeneral in re Franklyn. The result is a secret at present, but his opinion is believed to be that tho seat is vacant. Greymotjth, Monday, May 16. At a meeting ijigjd on Saturday, the petition to the General Government, for the appointment of a Commission to enquire into the expenditure of the County of Westland, was sent back to the Committee for revision. It is intended that the petition shall also take the form of a movement for the alteration of the existing boundary between Nelson and Westland.
Wellington, May 14
Tricker was released yesterday at 3 o'clock and at onco left by steamer for Wanganui en route for Rangitikei.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 659, 17 May 1870, Page 2
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181ARRIVAL OF CHARLES EDWARD. Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 659, 17 May 1870, Page 2
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