ELECTION GOSSIP

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1607, 12 July 1887, Page 3

ELECTION GOSSIP

Makion, July 12. . . _Mr Arkwrlght Is a candidate for Kangitlkel. He has declared himself »n .opponent of the Government. Last night he received a vote of confidence by a smili majority! &&*•■• WsLLUvGIOIf, July 12. QMr Menteath, formerly the member for tnangahus, la a candidate for Te Aro. It li expeoted that Mf Peter Duggan 'will oppose Mr Stddon fo» Kumars. Up to the present there Is no one spoken •of m opposltlou to Mr Monk for vlWitsemata. . Mr HamHn fi opposed m Franklin South by Major Harris, and Meun Ktngiford and Jenkins. • It ii very probable that Mr Joseph Taylor, of Taylorville, -a coalmine owner, Sad a protege of Mr Guinness, the present member, will offer himself for the Grey electorate. A large number of candidates are mentloned aa coming forward for the Rodney aeat — Mr Moat, the late mtimbef, and Messrs Jaokson Palmer, 0. MoMurdo, J. Hudson, H. Jaokman, A, Oolbeck, and Kemp* - A requestlon 1b m course of signature to Mr A. Loughrey, of the firm of Holmes and Loughrey, to come forward as a candidate for Ltawood, aod it is understood that he is likely to do so. Mr Waksfield announces In reply to loc(turles from electors iv several districts In the colony that io consequence of his - private engagements he will be unable to •tand at the coming election. Mr J. B. Thacker, of Oksln'a Bay, a&nofenoea himself as a candidate for the Akaroa leat. Other candidates for the same seat are Mr-G. Armstrong and the Rev W, Barnett, of La Bon's Bay. Mr Barnett has expressed himself m /sympathy with the general polioy of Sir John Hal), bafc disavows any support of protectionist principles. MrE. G. Ken has decided not to contest the Gladstone seat, but will run for Timatu against Mr Richard Turnbull. The eoojtept is expeoted to be one of the keenest that has ever taken place m Tlmsru. It Is freely reported here that Mr W. Postlethwalte is coming forward for Gladstone, and that the real struggle will lie between him and. Mr Arthur Rhodes. So fsr Mr Steward is the only announced candidate for the Walmate seat.~ H. R. Jury, a candidate for Newton, employed m the Government Rillwsy Workshops, has been summarily dismissed for engaging m politics. The Trade and Labor Counoil, on Friday evening, adopted the following resolution :—" The Trades and Labor Council regret that the faot of any workman aspiring to benefit his fellow men should be the means of depriving him of his living, and that this Counoil wire to j the Public Works Minister, asking him to Icqulre into the summary dismissal of Mr H. R. Jury, as the Trades and Labor Couaoii consider that a. great injustice has feeen done him." Colonel Trimble, m his address to his constituents, said the education system • was expensive, but he would be no party to altering if« He was m favor of borrowing to finish works In hand, but subsidies to local bodies must oease. He would oppose Harbor Boards and other local bodies forcing the Government to take over their liabilities. The village settlements would prove a failure, and the men would drift back into town. He thought the Governor's salary might be reduced by "a thousand pounds, oat he doubted if the Home Government would sanction it, Ha considered Miniaters' salaries were not too high, and .that the Legislative Council should be elected by the House; . At Stratford a vote of popfid#pce m the candidate ?§i pasted,.