MACE TOWN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 317, 22 May 1868, Page 3

MACE TOWN.

(FROM A COIIKESrOXDF.XT.) May 17th ISG3. Since my last correspondence nothing worthy of mention in mining matter? has oeeured, all parties being iu full working order but, the coming AVinter season must retard all out-door occupations; an! we have al" rsa-ly felt 'h- approach of Winter by a some whit heavy fall of snow and severe frosti fin hj however is quite usual among these mountain ranges. I a.n happy to say a movement is on foot to erect a building at this place for the pur- ])■ s i of a seh ml etc. and over £7O has been oollecled for that laudal lo object. The bail ling is to be of wood aid no doubt will a'd to the improvement oi the district, besides enabling the resident < to pass the winter eveni gs more plea .an ly, as they will now b; able to meet an 1 en joy the pleasures of society without being compelled to do so in houses where intoxicating liquors are sold. A public meeting was held on Saturday last to consider the disallowance of a polling booth to this place and avast amount of indignation was expressed. It is however well understood to be a political (bulge to virtually disfranchise the electors of both tin Cirdronaanl Mace Town as it is a well understood fact that a new man must bore t mod for Hampden, and if the polling ujoths at Cardrona and Mace Town can be done away with it will give the present member a chance of being again returned; but the action taken at the meeting mentioned will frustrate these schemes. It was resolvedt" petition the Superintendent to use his endeavours to cause Mace Town to be replaced on the li t of voting places, and a petition was there and then drawn up which received some 70 signatures. It was forwarded to Mr. Shepherd M. P. C. for presentation.. It is interesting to sift this " last little game of the nearly played out wind-bags'' and a short outline may interest your readers be it understood, that Mace Town and the Cardrona number about 70 electors or more at each place, and no Government building whereat a poll chold be taken in either township, still there are many suitable private residences. Now at Fraukton wdicre the votes are secure to a certain party, a newly appo'uted polling place is made of a farm house and n6t nearly or many electors residing there as at the places above mentioned; while at the same time Frankton is only four mile 3 from the principal polling booth at Queens town, Yet the Registration officer thinks fit to allow a polling place to Frankton and disallow one to Mace Town and Cardrona thereby compelling the electors of these two districts to walk over some twelve and twenty miles of mountainous country to register their votes at every election, thus, absolutely disfranchising soma one hundred and forty or so elestors and dobaring the people of these two important raining districts from having a voice in the Government of the country such conduct will bo duly remembered and no doubt receive its well merited reward. It is gratifying to report that the members of t!i3 various Protestant denominations at the Arrow are about to erect a suitable building for Divine AVorskip and several of the leading men have subscribed most liberally for ihat object.