ELECTORAL NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 3995, 14 December 1875, Page 2

ELECTORAL NOTES.

The nomination for Bruce is fixed tor th« 23rd iD&t., and the pol! for January 6. Mr W A. Mosley has announced his can'll 'nture for the Clutha. Las', night a committee of thirty was formed Ito City hU FetUm ° f Mr J ’ P ‘ Armßtrol, g ,or I'he ‘ Wakatip Mail ’ says Captain Baldwin has been making inquiry as to his chances for the Lakes <eat.

«’ur Queenstown correspondent telegraphs that Mr H. J. G o pc, who is an abolitionist, is a candidate for the Lakes district. _ A meeting was held at' *amaru against Ocutn-iism. A private telegram says that 600 persona were present. Mr Moorhouse addressed the electors of Christchurch and was well , eccived. Mr Edward Jeuninghnm Wakefield addressed the electors of Cfuistchurch on Satur day night. He commenced by a somewhat amusing explanation of |, o w the Mayor and all the ex-Mayors had successively declined to preside at his meeting on the ground of business engagements, indisposition, or disinclination to a °tive part in politics, but said the true reason in most cases was becau-e he a poor man. U timatelv. a man named Treadwell, who has a somewhat unpleasant sobriquet among those who know him, took the chair Mi Wakefield, referring to the vote of censure pass> d upon him some time ago by his old constituents, said ~. e un t r first and tried aftei wards, lie denied ■ hat he had been interf* red with by the sergeant at-arma during last session, ns stated 10 the pubic telegrams, but admitted that he was excluded from Bellamy’s and th© library. He said the cause of it was duo to the <act that ho was taking strong doses of chlorodyne and giadu dly taking less alcoholic liquor, with a view of ultimately abstaining entirely. He also said he was readmitted to Bellamy’s and to the library a fortnight afttr. He condemned the disgraceful haste with which the Government were forcing on the elections in the middle of the holidays, and said the object was to quote Chmtchurch to the rest of the Colony as returning Abolitionists. ; e said Mr Andrews was not fit te represent Christchurch, as from his wane of experience and o l her requisites ho would be una’de to resist the wiles ot those who would endeavor to make him a party to jobs, a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.