DELEGATES ELECTION.

Dunstan Times, Issue 305, 28 February 1868, Page 2

DELEGATES ELECTION.

On Monday last the rolling for candidates to represent the variom districts as Delegates to the Mining Oonforcr.ee took p'ace at the various polliax phees. In the Dunstan District great excitement was caused, the friends and supporters of the three candida'es being most assiduous in their attention to qua ified voters, representing their respective favourites in the very lest possible light as being the most suitable to act onto important a ion as that of framing laws for tin regulation of the goldiiolds. Only on one oecas" n was there anything a vro»china lndtemper displ tyed, and that was towards the close of the poll at Cromwell. when, on the appearance of a party of Chinese, a desire wis expressed to pitch the. Celestials over the bridge, or to do them some other kindly (?) r.ct. From the interposition of one or two of the mora well-di spossd and less clevatid Christians, the heathens were allowed to depart in peace and go their way rejoicing. In every other respect thj proo39din*s were conducted in a uioit or lorry mariner. Tiie following was the state of the poll for the Dinstan District • M'Jntyrc. King. M'Arthur Cromwell 98 121 9 Clyde 20 0 32 Nevis ... 18 0 77 Totals 136 121 118 Mr. 0. 0. M'lntyrc was therefore duly elected. For the Teviot district the excitement at the polling-places was equally intense, and wis cirriel out with the same good feeling. The following is the state of the poll : 144 Forrest. 189 Hoyle. In consequence of the early date at which the Commission commence their duties (-Uh March) the various delegates will not have sufficient time to nire! their constituents, vl.irh is to be deplored, as, doubtless, both the clrctorr/and the elected would prefer to have had a programme of suggestions arranged.