The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1875.

Dunstan Times, Issue 714, 24 December 1875, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1875.

lienea'h the rule of men entirely just the pen is mightier than the sword.

The Electors of the Dunstan District at last know who are the Candidates for their suffrages, and by this time will have heard their views, and will have pretty well formed an idea as to which one shall become their representative. Nominally, there are two Candidates, namely, an o’d and tried friend, Mr Pyke, and Mr B. R Baird, the late M'ning Registrar at Cromwell. Of the one, without fear of contradiction, wceansay that h° represents the brains of t he District, and is, in every sense, qualified for the position he seeks; while, of the other, we can only say that his ability for the position, if he possesses any, has been re. markably well concealed during his election tour. In fact, Mr Baird admits that he is no politician, his time having been previously so much engaged in the conducting of his private affairs. Yet, at such a serious emergency as the pres nt, ho asks the people to return him as their representative By a singular coincidence both Can* didates hold precisely similar views, but as it is nut customary to entrust, important'work to unskil’ed hands, we apprehend that the older and better soldier will be chosen to represent the Dunstan in the new Parliament. Tins, however, is’ a matter

upon which the Electors are best able to judge for themselves. We shall not adopt the dictatorial style of our Cromwell contemporary in its last issue j wo merely wish to point out these are not the times, neither is this the occasion when the business of the Stats should be committed'to 'prentice hands. Oneremukwde ire tom k:— Mr Bairdand his supporters make much of his being a “ local" man. Certainly he is so, and Mr Pyke may le deemed the same. Ho resided amongst us for many years, and ho never wearied of striving to benefit the district, md we doubt if any name is more familiar to the people. as a Cromwell man, wo have no objection to Mr Baird, and we hope that others, like ourselves, arc liberal minded enough to set all local differences on one side in the desire to advance the collective interests of the district we have selected as our home ; we have surely grown old enough to view things from a platform sufficiently broad to acknowledge that die success of one portion of the district is dependant on the success of the other. Mr Baird is a new man to politics, while Mr Pyke is a veteran in the art, and in throwing in our influence in favor of the latter we do so in the conscientious belief that we are acting in the true interest of the Duustan District, and we hope to find him (Mr Pyke) at the head of the poll.