TE KARAKA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 9 December 1905, Page 2

TE KARAKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

December 8. To Karaka is gradually sinking buck into its old groove. Tho flection is over, and 113 one seems much worried over the results. Excitement ran high on election nigbt, and great diss.tLfaotion was espresso! by the local residents at not being able to hear a single word about tho elec-

tion till aftor 10 o’clock. The Hon. Carroll’s victory was received with groat ch: cring, but wo could net share in tho oial op’ion excilomcat because the first osult made known hero was tho "final csult,” that is us far as is known. We got that about 11 o’clock. Wo are told

that tie Chief Postmaster refused to let tho results be made known. Wo don't know why, un’e3s it was that he was afraid a v’etory for " Carroll and Coutinuanco ” might cause a riot in Karalra. Many residents are annoyed at tho s'ow progress made with tho Library. Wo thought to have it opened before now, Oa Tuesday last Mr G. T. Seiton met wiih a nasty accident, being struck by a heap of foiling timber. Ho was bally shaken and bruised, and will col likely be bimsslf for some time. [The statement in regard to the Chiif Postmaster is not faff. Mr Renner and all the s'aff wont to great troublo in regard to supplying the returns, and kept at the tails nearly all night. Wbtro the linos wero so busy in the receiving of returns some little delay was unavoidable, end in the case of Te Karaka there was some little misunderstanding as tc the details sought for.—-Ed. Times ]