The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 238, 18 November 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1873.

CoNTR-AUY to nuMcipition there is every probability of contested elections for tlie three seats at the disposal of the settleis in this district. For the Waikato, Mesms W. A Gr.iham and T. Farrell have come iorwaid; for tho \\ aipa, it will be seen by our advertising columns that three are in the held ; aud we belie.c that we are justified in stating lii it a foui th will l>e proposed and .seconded, also that a poll will be demanded on his behalf. oindidate, with the exception of Mr Farrell, has oxprefsed au opinion, and he ha«. avoided allusion to the question of all othoih that must, crop up •luring tbo next sitting of the Council, »nd if (.uiiuliy uacml.Lis vii Liut- to the interests of their

oonMitiiLii.i'ii.'^ will be decided. We uliudu to tlv restriction of the po\vcr-> of the exec.itne to deal •nith the lands Unit me now, and those that will shortly be, the property of ihe province. A>> no candidate has as yet expressed a political creed, and neither having before entered the political arena, we are quite incapable of oxpi easing any opinion as to their merits. ( This much we call upon every elec'or to do : be cureful ibat you do not vote for u man not pledged to prevent any l.wul passing from the hands of the Government except for legitimate occupation — legitimite occupation meaning i-esideuce and improvement.

Notice is given by the Postmaster in A-iekland, that mails for America, the United Kingdom, and Europe, will be despatched on Friday, the 2lst instant- Letteri must be posted m the Waikato in time for despatch by Thursday's conch. It is notified that in tho evoDt of opportunity offering, a supplementary mail will bo mado up. We advise all to avail themselves of tho certainty in place ol trusting to chanc* 1 , to Ret their letters home in reasonable tune. It in fortunate for Auckland that the San Francisco route it in the immediate future, otherwise much discontent could not fail to arise ; more particularly iv the country districts where a fixed date is of the utmost importance. It appears that the published returns of the polling for the Surienntendcncy at liokianga were somewhat incorlect. Mr Williamson had 48 votes instead of 47 as previously announced. The returns for Kaitaia have come in. For Mr A\ lllianuon, 13, Mr Lusk, 11, and Mr DargavilJe, 2 Thcuumbeis foi etch candidate at present aie — Williamson, 2938 ; Darganlle, 2431 ; and Lusk, ISUI ; leaving a majority of 507 iv f.ivor of Mr Williamson. — Cross. We .ire glad to relate that the example set by the residents on one side of the Waikato nt Ngaruawahia has had the effect of stirring into activity those living on the other. Last night a meeting was held of the members of the Rowing Club formed on the east side of the ri\ er. They have already a boat nearly finished nnd talk of commencing another directly the second bo.it of the opposition club is in the waterWo have sern their boat ; she is a good model, and will, if well manned, try what the crew and the boat on the other side are made of. We wero given to understand saja the Cross, and we published the fact on .Satunla} , that MeKsrs Lusk and Dargaville had asked for a scrutiny to beheld on the proceedings of the flection ; nnd as they had each resolved to send a scrutineer to represent them at such "scrutiny," we understood that the art ion to be taken was somewhat different from t'le s mple examination which, under the Act, it ii necessary for the principal Returning Officer to make prior to making a declaration of the poll. It appears, from what we learn fiom the gentlemen named, that they do not demand a scrutiny, but that the Returning Officer asked them whether tliev desired to have it ; because if they were agreeable to .iccept the returns as furnished to him by the different diputy returning officers, he would declare the numbers as llicy ftood. The tno candid ate*, as we arc informed, did not object to this examinition, and it \fas agreed that they bhould send persons to be present n hen it took place. It had previously been reported that Messrs Dargaville and Lusk were to demand a "scrutiny," and the way the matter was put was taken to mean that the demand had been made, whereas they merely consented to that " oomparison " tho different rolls used by the various deputies, an operation which is specially provided for, and is imperative before declaration, by Clause 56 of the Electious Act of 1870. A meeting of the Waikato Turf Club was held at Hamilton on Saturday. The following were elected a committee for the current year :— Messrs E. Cox, R. W. Hammond, J. II M. Carpenter, Robert Kirkwood, H. Byron, J. Runciman, and T. Farrell.