THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 20 January 1871, Page 2

THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

Mr Macandrew meet the electors in the West laieri district, atOutrani, last evening. There were from 250 to 000 persons present ; Mr James Shaud, late M.P.C., in the chair. Mr Macandrew spoke for about two hours, and at the conclusion of his speech a motion was proposed to the effect, that he was the most fit and proper person to be Superintendent of Otago. Mr Micandrew suggested the impropriety of the passing any such resolution, as being at variance with the principles of the ballot, and lie would prefer that the electors should declare their opinions at the ballot box, by holding up their hands either for or against it, would be tantamount to open voting. The mover, however, insisted upon the resolution being put, on which an amendment was made to the effec L , that the electors should abstain from committing themselves until the other candidate had been heard. The chairman, a strong partisan of Mr ib-id said he thought the amendment was carried by a majority of three ; tho numbers, however, appeared to be greatly the other way, .and on his attention being called to the fact lie ejaculated “ Uh. what’s the odds,” and left the chair.

According to the Tttapeka Time.*, Mr Reid has overflowin'.! houses wherever he has been, ami at Weaiherstoue’s, Blue Spur, Waitaluma, ami Tuapeka he has had the usual vo'c of coufitleucc passed in his favor. From the report of his Lawrence meeting we learn that the unfortunate Brening Star again incurred Mr Reid’s displeasure, and that after some interruptions b,’ Mr M. Hay, M.P.C., who was told by the chairman lie should know better how to conduct lvms-lf, Mr Reid showed bow [the manner does not appear, however, in the report]—much more favorable the proposal of the Provincial tlovcrnmeet was for the goldfields than the proposal erabrac-d in Mr Vogel's scheme. Ho considered one million would not have been too much to have expended in developing the goldfields. With regard to the construction of public works, bo believed there was labor sufficient in the Province to construct them ; or if not, it could be very easily obtained without expending any money in the introduction .of it. Due of his chief objections l o the scheme was that it contained no provision f-T the settlement of the country. And I'C thought there aas a chance of theColony obtaining about three millions of the loan ; but the probability ■ f obtaining it was considerably lessened by sending Mr Vogel home to fLat it. Mr M. May mid Mr Rcul seemed to have agreed to differ, aid no very pleasant language passed between them ; for we find, on the former gentle nan asking whether it was true the Cove nmeut discharged SO or 100 men without a month’s notice, after giving them to understand.they would have employment for a considerable time. Mr Reid replied that, with regard to the statement made by Mr Hay, nothing could be more false but the mind that created it.