HAWKE'S BAY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1819, 20 January 1863, Page 3

HAWKE'S BAY.

We have dates from this place to the 17th lost.

Ifc appears that the recent election of Mr W. Colonso by the casting vote of the returning officer has beeu questioned by Mr Edwards, the candidate who polled an equal number of votes. The Herald says : — " Two objections have been raised to this return— the first, that the name of Mr Holder (who recorded a vote for Mr. Colenso) ia on the roll for Napier as Richard Holder, instead of Henry Richard; the second, that the name of Mr Anderson (who did likewise) appears on the roll after that gentleman had been objected to by the Registration Officer as having parted with the property upon which he qualified, and the objection been sustained by Mr Hart in the Revision Court. _ - ; - -'-, It is probable that the latter objection will prove . fatal to the election, and the Herald lust^ remarks ; — " It will be a species of wtributjye justice should Colenso lose his seat ti*cQU^o9 ; ; informality in the vote of one of those ;ySi^iD^t%^ upo_«whose devoted heads he heaped^wimuellf^; virulent abuse." . Hc)>7-7>

There have been some bush fires i of lately^MoK^j,/: have destroyed a considerable^ 7!aop^pt^^ of property. Mr Marshall at .th^lPoh^iig^; has lost no loss, than 10,000.77^68 ;)gp Mr Munro 20,000 feet of sawn timber ahdl^^lgg rimu rails: and Mr Proctor (in the 7P^Jbdaka)|f '&AyAs. quantity of split stuff as well as hiß; whio|^^jfe;a, H contents. The house', ,^jW-.^^Jp_fe^Al : together with fences, cape from foliage has been swept 'V^^^W^l^^Wm^ the situation ;wholly7'dettroy#^ haa beeitvisited,