ELECTION ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1294, 1 July 1884, Page 2

ELECTION ITEMS.

) _ _ has intimated, his Inten-UjHk-ot offering himself for re-election j This step is taken at the a own friends, who felt he a he nßmy reference to the accusation k that 'election he has never adf constituents, “ while tboa roughly that (he silence maintained by me be to my political a injury, the men with whom cooperation placed a seal on my , lips in from me too, a quota j was to be comKfted to the miserable disagreements, and rivalries ’ that marked the IHbsition.” . Mr Sheehan definitely decided to oppose Mr for the Napiei f seat. I It is expected that iAs Tapsel will re * tire from the comesthe Easterz Maori district in favor o^Nrrol. Mr Sutton electors o' 0 Hawke’s Bay at TaradalAn Saturday night. He said nothing but indi ;r oated that he would support 9vv middl e party if formed. A vote wai l > passed. f Mr E. Shaw, late member folßpanga bus, is spoken of as a probable elHidat e for Te Aro. j Major Atkiuaon leaves overland fowei e Plymouth on his election trip. e dresses’-Ms constituents at Hawera w e Thursday. , ' a Charles Wesley has been brought foi il ward by the Maoris to oppose Tciaroa £c d the South Island Maori seat. d Mr O. J. Hodge is likely to be a candidal ' r for the Peninsula against Mr Larnacl ’■ Mr N. Y. A. Wales is asked to atan for Roslyn, and Mr James Gore, an e: Mayor, for Dunedin South. ’* Mr James Gardner, of Birchwood, hi ‘f withdrawn from the Wallace contest f< n private reasons. p The friends of Mr Finlay Murchisor e of Waikaia, are getting up a requisitio s to him to stand for Hokonui. a Mr Newman has withdrawn his eaud id: y tura for Auckland* City North. Th II Mayor, Mr Waddell, will contest th s seat if a strong requisition is presented t ® to him. : Mr Swanson, it is said, has decided ti [ stand for Auckland City East. * Tawhai will not contest the Northen ; Maori- Electoral District. Sydney Tai 1 whanga is a candidate, and Puka To Tai t a Northern chief. s r (BY TELEORiPH ) r Thames, To-day. Mr L. J.Bagnall, formerly a membe s of the Provincial Council, stande for th ’ Thames. ' Gisborne, To-day. j Mr James Whyte, a half-caste at Op( . tiH, is a candidate for the eastern Mao: electorate. Blenheim, To-day. Mr James Byrne, a well-known minin manager, who resided formerly in Pictor will be a candidate for that seat againa Messrs Oonolly and Eyes- The nomins I tion is fixed for the 16th.' 0 Wellington, To-day. > Mr 17. H. Pilliet denies that be wa * ever declared a candidate for Fioton, an that he consequently never withdrew. e Dunedin, To-day. _ r Mr Gore will not contest Dunedi South. 8 Mr Wales declines to contest Boayln.