THE CARRICK RIDING.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1022, 18 November 1881, Page 3

THE CARRICK RIDING.

Mr Harvey’s (so ieitor) opinion on flic qites iotis raised as L tins Inga ity .of amalgamating the Ivawarau and Nevis Hidings.—Our c lUtemporary the Cromwell “ Argus” a week or so back published the opinion of Mr Haguitt mi the suite subject Tlio-e who are interested in the subject would do well to place the two opinions side by s’de. and compare them. The conclusion arrived at will be, we think, that is allowing- for the differences m ihe stating of flacase, that there is no material differ em-e in ihem, and that the act is strictly legal and within the powers ol the Council. The following is the opinion in extenso :—

It appears that the Vincent County Council, by a special order made in rhe year 18,8, did, in pursuance of rhe pnw r veste 1 in the said C oined by Section 33 ~f ■ the Counties A’t, 18:6. alter the number of riding, to inns; an.l Hy the Sam • special order did also direct, in pursuance of Sc - lion 61) of the said Act, that there shall lie one member for each rid n a I his state of tacts appear s to have continued unlil the month of S pt mi i. r, 1381. when at a special meeting, o nvonct in c nisi ler a notice of m iti >i, ‘Tint the number of rulings be reduc-d to eight, ai d that for this purpose the ridings of Xevis ami Kawarau be amalg onated limb r the name of Carrick Riding, and that the council order thereon it was v< solve I accordingly, and it was also re-olved t at one member of the Council be returned by and for each riding. J bis last portion of the resolution was added by way of amendment upon the suggestion that othonvi p there would be two members for tiro new ruling, and it is now contended that inasmuch as the original notice of motion was si err t as to i,n y busihess of altering the number of m -inhers, it was not competent for the i Council to deal with such a matter upon a j special meeting convened for the purpose of ■ altering tire-number of ridings only. 1 do not think that this is a va i 1 objection, as, in my opinion, the latter part of the resolution dealing with the question of the unrulier of members was totally uunecess ary, and is mere surplus rye. The original resolution of iSTS, fixing the number of ridings at nine and the number i>l members at one for each ri ling, has not liven revoked, but merely alterc r, ill purs nance of flection 78; and I am of opinion that, notwithstanding the alteration ot the number of ridings to eight instead of nine, the - number of members remained the same as before. -namely, one to each rilling, it was therfope not necessary to stale in the resolution' that which was already fixed and decided .by the former resolution.

_ 1 ticre is yet another ro.a-'on why tho oh .lection cannon, be : a valid objection lam opmiop th.it tilt: terms of *hc original notice if motion. “And that the Council order thpreon," are wide enon-li to let in the proposed ainendibeiit. and although 1 am of opinion it was totally unnecessary, yet it was certainly competent for the Council to adopt it. „ O. W. HARVEY. Dmiodin, Oct. 25, 1831.

RETIRING COUNTY COUNCILLORS

As to my mind “Sanerteig’s” portrait gallery of the Vincent County retiring councillors, which lately appeared iii ’the “ Cromwell Argus ” —Sauertuig I interpret into “Sourtyke,” as lie is throughout unnecessarily sour, even approaching bitterness —is at the best but a one sided view, allow mo, Mr Editor, to crave space for the views of “ Sadoo of the South."

Clutiia Hiding is represented by Mr I). A . Jo Iy, :t storekeeper ot' Cromwell, a man who 1 1 as always placed a proper value on pound , shil ings, and pence. Tim Ooiunil, »i ice Uie retirement ot Mr \V Fraser, has entru-t-d him with the hag. or (in modern i‘liras') made liLm I heir Treasurer, Mr ■lolly is oidy a Haunt speaker on rare occasions, and lias t lie goodsense not to inonopo-d-o the Council’s time in defending itM y ail vet se criticism on ids acts as Treasmer hit, impulsive like a petted child, lie without c mment throws -down his resignation aid his hag on the Council table. His duereliin and modern,tmn in yielding to the coaxing of his Inothef’Councillors t:> wit It draw his resignation! and again take up the hag, have caiue<l for him const hrahle iaspect ; and if it’•/ere not that Or Jolt, some'tines gets inro a fog about whether he wants a chair ins triad of a punt, or a punt instca I of a chair, l he Cuuneil has considerable reluctance in' refu-ing any of his requests. The term You’re another ”is nor app ied to Or .lolly ; his statements on mutteis of fact mo genera.ly believe I, lint in matters of debate lie is placed between two lire's. On the one side is thefrothy eloquence of his c. Jleaguo from the Landis, with whom ho would fain agree; on the other arc the some I, solid arguments of the Chairman, to wliv.di he generally yields, except on a late ocy-iu io ..when heattempted to set on the (Jhai mum because he wanted equity, and Jolly wanted law. Like throwing up the hag, iis final peevish remark, when he could not carry his point, “That he imped s ion to sac Vincent County blotted off the map of Flew Zealand,” shows a weakness not desirable in a represen alive. I'akun altogether, ’however, the Clntha may he proud of having Mr Jolly for their member, as he is invariably made actingL'h .irinan in the t hairniau’s alisenee,though this little prefers; ice has been the means of stimulating an anihitimi for the peiraanen r . billet, which an o ver-l.aliiiieed power in the northern d. vision could easily secure to him, and which has hlvnded and lease I his ju lginent in the matter of arranging a fair and equal representation.

Duxstan Ki‘i)l vg is represented by jMr B. Naylor, a sio . keeper in Clyde. Ho Übors under the nlihetiwi of being rather deaf, which places him at considerable disadvantage in the Council Chambers, in not being able to utilise lire intelligence of other intelligent members. lie has, therefore, to depend solely on bis own. Tuough this iotirmity has. been a great misfortune to him for years, it has not oeeo altogether so during Lis career as a councillor, as while debar cd from hearing the intelligence of the Council, he has been save a the infliction of listening to the great amount of bombast and twaddle which has for the last four years been thrust on the Council, chi. fly by the o piaoious member for the Lin lis ami for this alone he ought to be thankful iu his .afilicti ni. Mr Naylor has many excellent qualities, but he sometimes holds his tongue when a little explanation would give ids remarks a different color-, for instance, the other Gay ?c the Nevis llioingh.nl, he explained his renuuh about having a friend in me present member, but he had doubts about his successor, by recounting what is known to every one, viz., that the c-m----stituency in question contains few ambitious men, and it was thereioro to be again preyed upon by one or oilier of those arrogant and ■ presumptuous Cnnnwed town lamocidors. a body which has usurped the dictatorship of t.Ue northern ndi -gs, and who on a late occasion shut themselves up in their closet, and, without consulting a single elector, severed the union between the electoral distinct and the.county, an act which every sensible mm outside the circle condemns. Knowing ibis and th.-ir later threat of wiping out the county, it was time lie thought to check am hj men. They had an equal representation, according to the rates they pry without ilii.s riding We will therefore, he said, aoo ish it. It is unjust and alinnst libellous to say that .Mr Nay or’s deafness is feigned, though is is possib.e he may pick up some words better chan others. He, at least, eni snilf Cromwell in torcsts coming throu.h the Nevis, as far as he can hear the word (hyde.

Earnsclucgii Kidp'O is represented by Mr J. Mqcl.ooois, a iuiiier and miner in the riling. He is physically the most p iworful man in the Council, hut like most big men he is of a genial temper, and though often provoked beyond measure by the Uissentions that from tone to lime arose in the Council, be reported to no m ire forcible a-uument than words to uphold his side of the debate. He regularly attends tlm meetings of the Council, and assiduously attends to the basin, ss both for the b Unlit of his own riding and of the county gen .rd)y. f The success atteudhig his efforts lor the Oeahdic of rdie county as a whole -of which, from bis long residence, lie lias a thorough knowledge- is to a certain extent he measure of the man. Jc was he who cmtdbuted to the iniiiaion of Iho Alexandra Ini ige, so that the northern and other portions might have a den- road to the cons', and the comity a work of which they would always he pro d The Clyde bi-idce, which is of a more luc d na nr -, was accpii ed by ihcOoumi before bis day, and bis a.-iise <>l rig it le 1 him to assist to re-es-tab.ish after it was cairied away, especially as Hovel niii hi. had given them' iiiost of I' iV money to do so. Alike nature of justice and equably led him to move lately in the m itt-r of an equal representation. “ Sauert ig ’’ gets this gentleman and Mr Pyke so mixed u i>, tnat ip is dilheult to Had out wh cb is Mac or which is I'vke. Mae, he B.ivs, points, tlie way, and V. P. leads, and Mao supports V. P. while leading the way that .Mac is pointing out ; V. P is helpless in the hands of Mac, whose weak point is Ins supporting ami defending V. P. present or absent with the conscious air that he is all the time supporting and defending Mac, who had before compelled V. P. to do a certain thing, which Mac is trying to pay hack, and t hat V. P. discharges treacherous attacks upon defenceless constituencies through Mao —who is a straightf..rwad, truthful ma n. One is apt to net confused in this mixing process, but it is only a northern rt-.s-fi and need not be noticed. You will find the key to the whole in the last seven words, which fairly represents Cr MacGinnis, and more I need not add.

The preiis generally consider the manifesto of the Irish hand League as a direct incentive to civil war. The *• Times,” however, savs that there are hollowness and insincerity in its ring that amount to salt eo fesßt! 1 dohut. 'III:! “Tuapeka Times” lias changed lianos, the proprietor Mr Andrew Fcrgusson (who goes homo) bavin - sold out his nitere.-t to MessisT. iinjl It. Pilling. Messrs Pilling have respectively held the positions of foreman printer and book-keeper on the •‘Times” for several years, and will enter upon Ihoir new cnterpiiso with the host pishes ofa.ll wko are aequain'.ed with them.

VIVO ENT COUNTY ELECTIONS. The nomination of councillors took place on the 11th and 12th instants at the respective appointed places in the various ridings. The following ore the returns as officially supplied ns : - DUX ST AX HIDING. Vincent Pyke, unopposed. KAUNSCLEUGII HIDING. Michael J iseph M.,oOiiiiiis, unopposed. M.VTAKANUI HIDING. John Stomach, unopposed. MANUUKRIKTA hiding. John Pitches, Jno C. Chappie, and James Coirigal. CAHBICK RIDING. James Cowan, Duncan M Kellar. CLUTH.V RIDING. David Jolly, unopposed. IIAWKA RIDI'O. A. M'Phail, unopposed, HINDIS HIDING. Chailes Colulough, Jonu Dewar. the poll will he taken in the Garrick, Mannherikia and Lindis Hidings on the 22 ud instant.