NOMINATION FOR BELL WARD.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2043, 22 November 1869, Page 2

NOMINATION FOR BELL WARD.

The nomination of candidates for the repre eutation of Bell Ward in the Municipal Council, in the room of Mr John Simpson, resigned, took place in front of the Provincial Buildings at noon to-day. Very little interest appeared to be taken in the proceedings. His Worship the Mayor and the Town Clerk attended, and after the usual preliminaries, informed the fifty or sixty ratepayers present that Mr Benjamin Bagley had been nominated by Mr Edward Menlove, seconded by Mr Proctor ; and that Mr J bn Carroll, of the Hibernian Hotel, was nominated by Mr A. Peyman, and seconded by Mr W, Wood'and. Mr Bagley was not present. Mr CaPvROLI, after the nomination, said ho had come forward as a candidate at the instance of the ratepayers of Bell Ward, and if returned for the remainder of Mr Simpso i’s term, he should use his utmost effort for the good of the Ward, With regard to his course of conduct as a councillor, he intended to pursue a straightforward one. The sanitary improvement ot the Ward would have his special attention. It was a subject that required earned; consideration. Any complaint made by the ratepayers should bs promptly examined into. If elected, ho would make the interests of the ward his primary object, but his highest ambition was to please the ratepayers. In reply to questions, he said he would move for a return of’ the numhe-’of times each mimber had attended meetings of the Council, and in committees. He considered it would be Ips dqty to see, if the new gagworks were to be built, that the ; tenders should not exceed but be within the estiin to given by Mr Smith, and that local tenderer# should have fair play. One or two other questions were asked, of no importance, and the Mayor adjourned the proceedings to Friday, when the poll will be taken.

INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS. By the Phoebe, which arrived yesterday from Wellington, we have our usual files of exchange papers. The Auckland news is of the usual description, in so far as it relates to the goldfields, and in o her respects it is unimportant. The only real y new item is the following : —A gentleman residing at Ngaruawahia, when going over the ranges at Ngaruawhia, was struck with the similarity of some of the stone that he had seen at the Thames. Though no gold was visible, we learn that the result of the test is at the rate of 4iozs to the ton. A Wellington paper learns that matters in Auckland are not so brilli mt as is generally eupp sed. As might na'undly have been expected, the rush which set in to the goldfields has been overdone, and though these are undoubtedly very prolific, and increasing in their yie d, yet there are numerous blanks drawn in the lottery ; people of small means who have crowded to the Thames to make their fortunes find themselves disappointed, and many of them would be glad to return whence they came. Applicants for employment of all sort are numerous, and it would be well for those who are thinking of giving up a certainty here with the hoi e of finding something better there, to consider how very doubtful their prospects are. The Taranaki news is very encouraging. The settlers are rapidly regaining confidence, and are more going back to their farms both on the north and south of New Plymouth. The Bank assay of the specimens of quartz taken from the Ka take ranges shows a return of 2j ounces of superior quality of gold to the ton. The specimens were taken fri malarge boulder which had become detached from the reef, and was lying in a water-course at a considerable elevation, on the south side of the hil s looking towards Tata aimaka district. It is generally believed that the whole of the ranges are aurif rous. A sh pment of flax flanufactured in Taranaki, consisting of forty-five bales, has been made at Waitara in the Willie Winkie. The flax mills also on the south ef the Province are actively at work. A deputation of two natives of the Taranaki tribe—men who, it is said, had not previously held any communication with the pakeha since the commencement i f the war in IB6o—arrived in the town of New Plymouth With an invitati n to the settlers to go down to Wares and dress flax; to go down with them, they said, and deal with than for flax, as they did in the old times for wheat.— (In the good old times both the Taranaki and Ngatiruauui tribes were large growers of wheat.) This is very significant, for it must be remembered that it is only a few w. eks since the Ngatiporou under Capt. BLike killed some rebels in the neighborhood of Waihi, and some uneasiness was felt in consequence. This last act of the Taranakis shows that they are determined to maintain the position they have held throughout the late disturbances on the West Coast, and remain independent of the rebels who joined Tito Kow.iru. Tne steel woiks are busy completing a large number of orders for stampers for the Thames, and winch it is expected will be very superior to those already in use. Advertisements received too late for Classification.