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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 123, 5 November 1873, Page 3

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Pl'.R AN G 1.0-A I' BTK AL I ANT LUEtLS TE i.EU U.V ITI AGENCY. Auckland Ye stcrday. Accklanb, ruescl.iv Even ing. The S tar has a scathing article relative to the death ot Cadcuheat. it says he was murdered by the launmga police, and demands an inquiry by the Minister of dust ice. Gro.»t sensaiiun caused. Mary Wild, servant to Air v iMrrnt Kicc, was found drowned at thelN on h Shore The act is supposed to be suicidal thiough love. 2 he Southern Cross leaves this afternoon. Dargaviiie addresses the electors at t he Thames to-night. -Everybody is on the tiptoe of expcctaton regarding Superintendency election. Opinion is much divided regarding the result. A meeting ot master butchers was held Inst evening. AH were unanimous for Dargavillo. WEiiiasTos, Tuesday Morning. The Wailm bridge was opened yesterday with great demonstration. At noon, the Superintendent, Provincial Secretary, and Mayor of Wellington drove across the bridge in* a carriage, followed by a cavalcade of 500 people on horseback. Bet ween 200 and 300 sat down to luncheon afterwards, the Mon Mr Waterhouse occupying the chair. The celebration was the greatest ever held in the district. A ball was given in the evening at Martin’s, Oturaia. Tlie City Council have fixed a property' rate of one shilling in the pound on the annual value. The New Mail Service. Tuesday Evening. Vogel received a telegram to day from Mr T. Russell, stating preliminary contracts are signed for both services. Mackrell is preparing full contracts. The contractors are good men—China merchants, with large steamboat experience. The temporary service will be about, II knots. It begins by the Macgregor, now in China, from Sydney; Tamar, now in China, from Sydney*; the Mongai, now building, from London to Dunedin, with immigrants—ia time to take the February mail to San Francisco. Brogden’s two tenders for the extension of the Napier Railways have been accepted to-day. The contracts amount to £9,409 and £26,8/I.*

The Th a raes Yes ter da j. (PEOil OUB OWIT COUBESPONJJEKT.) Geahakstowk, Tuesday Evening. W iliiarnson held crowded meeting at Academy of Music last night. lie spoke nearly two hours. He stated he would not interfere with existing schools or secular education, although in favour of religious teaching. Voles of thanks and confidence were carried almost unanimously. Dargavilie is down. Ho addresses the electors to-night. Lusk addresses them to-morrow night. The share market is dull. Caledonians declining; Elections absorbing all attention. (FROM a CO!!H , ’SPOS'DKST.) There will be a majority for Lusk at the Thames. The Education Bill carries the day. Protestant electors are frightened of Williamson and are deserting him.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM. Latest Snperintendency Intelligence (FROM OtTR SPECIAL CORRESPOKDS3ST.) Auckland, Tuesday Morning. The general impression is that there will be a hard struggle bet ween Dargavilie and Williamson. The former is considered the favourite. Tusk is out of the race. Lusk addressed the electors of Newton last evening. After considerable difficulty he obtained a hearing. At the close of the meeting, votes of thanks and confidence were proposed, and the former was carried by a lurge majority. Williamson met the electors of Newmarket last night. Only 35 were present, most of them were his supporters from town. A vote of confidence was carried. Williamson meets tho Thames electors this week. Mhe Cross and Herald have published the report of Dargav.ille’s meeting with the electors of Wangarei on Tuesday. Sir R. Douglas occupied the chair. A vote of confidence was carried against a vote of thanks by an overwhelming majority. The same result took place at Wuiroa and other Kaipara districts. Dargavilie has sent a challenge to Gillies, through the Star, offering to meet him this evening either at the Thames or Auckland, each speaker to be allowed to speak a certain time. Great interest is taken in this meeting, a; Dargavilie is considered to be a good match for Gillies. The whole of the Orange Lodges in Auckland have declared in favour of Dargavilie. Tho Good Templars are divided. At a meeting of the Orange Convention last night at the Thames, a division was taken as follows: —Dargavilie, 48; Lusk, 50; Williamson, 20. Telegrams from the Waikato district to tho Star this evening state that Dargavilie is verypopular and certain of a large majority. Dargavilie returned from Kaipara on Saturday evening. It is rumoured that £IOO has been forwarded by Lusk’s committee to Poverty Bay to influence the electors. Noon. Gillies has published a letter in tho papers in which he says he will be unable to meet Dargavilie this evening us he must go to Wungapoa. He says ho will write a letter to the papers, and asks Dargavilie to reply in tho same way. llhs is considered to be a great victory' for Dargavilie, and lias induced many waverers to decide in his favour. Williamson meets the electors twice every day prior to the election. The atmosphere is getting very warm.