The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 23, 1906. WESTLAND SEAT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1791, 23 June 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 23, 1906. WESTLAND SEAT.

It now seems clear that there is to be a contest for the Westland scat, rendered vacant by the death of the late Premier. Mr Tom Seddon, who at first declared that lie would not neglect his law studies for politics, has been induced to change his mind, and the Mayor of Hokitika lias declared he will stand against all comers. These announcements , forcibly illustrate the position set out by us the other day, and unless Mr Seddon, junior, can contest the scat successfully on his own merits,

it is not wise for himself or the consti tueney that lie should seek the seat jus because the people happened to have bee so well represented by his honored fathei Mr Michel has it to his credit that ho ha

I served the people well in local eapaI cities, while Mr Scdilou, jum\, ean hardly I be deemed oilier than a novice at politics. However, his youth should be a great advantage to him. He should have that enthusiasm and hopefulness that is characteristic of youth. But it will be I tempered by the wisdom and counsel of I his mother—that lady who did so much I towards ensuring the success aohieved by I ths late Premier. Certainly the young man ought to be possessed of courage and I I ability ; that he is popular wherever he goes is beyond question. We take it that in the present tempo: of the people of I tbo Westland, the triumph of the oontest I is praoiioally a foregone oonclusion for I I young Seddon. Even then we hope that the result will be decided on merit alone, I and that tbo young man, if not able to I rise to the political height attained by his I father, be ab’o to prove that the con- I fidence shown in him will not react to tbe I disadvantage of Westland or the name of Seddon. I

The promises of Common, Sbeltoi end Co, Limited, will be closed for tbe annual balance and stooktekiog on Friday, tbe 29 th,

I Tenders close at 2 pm. to-day for the I right to take charge of horses in connro tion with the Gisborne Racing Club's Steeplechase meeting. At eleven this morniDg Messrs Bain Bros, will dispose of a consignment of piotnres on behalf of a northern client; glso tanks, furniture, etcThe Coo.k County C/nncil have received 2d vice that the Government have granted £IOOO for tbe Waikcbo bridge and £SOO for metalling on the ropd from Aroha I station to Haogaroa.

The military bail next Friday night is being anticipited with great pleasure. It will be the fifth annual ball ualer the auspices of the E ist Coast Mounted R.fies, and with Lieut. Evans again as seoretary it is safe to prediet a great suooess.

At St. Andrew’s Church tomorrow the subject of the morniog service will Le " A great Boik weighed iu the balance and not found wanting." The Bible olass for young men will be held n the Manse at 245 p.m In the evening the subject of lecture will be, 11 A golden bell and a pomegranate.” Strangers nod nonchursbgoore are cordially invited.

Tho Mokoid is titnoii toleavo for A.uoklund mid Sydney at five thin evoning. "Iu tho oarly duya of tho diggings at Hokitika,” eaid Police Sergeant O’Malloy to a roportor, “thoro wore no lobs than 108 hotels iu Hevell street, Hokitiku." Mr J. Hobs, of Toronto, has offerod to dovote £2O to obarity if six medioal men in tho town who oondomn vaooination will Bpend n night in a smallpox hospital.

A deceased rouidont of Cbristokurob, an ox-publican, brquoathod £I2OO to tho hoipitul and £IOOO earmaikod for tbe establishment of an inebriatos’ homo. Oil Monday evening Llic llev. J. Clark will give his famous lecture, “Nature’s Noblemen,” and on Tuesday evening there will be a public tea-meeting at Whim-ay's Hal), and later a public meeting in the Tabernacle, tho Mayor presiding. Pea rill.s in the baadß of youthful 11 Buffalo Bills,” are said to bo oausing great stock mortality at Waikouaiti, South Island. At a meeting of the Otago Farmors’ Union, a Mr Buckland stated that on Silver Peaks be bad lost 05 bead of oattlo, seven of wbioh be found to have been killed by poo - rifle bullets. Tbe remaining 26 bead bad completely disappeared, and no trnoo had Binoe been found of them.

The now Baptist' Tabernacle at Gisborne will be opened' to-morrow, when services will bo held morning, afternoon and evening, the preachers being the eloquent Rev. Joseph Clark of Auckland, and the able pastor, the Rev. D. Parry. There will b# special singing for the occasion. The morning service will be officially attended by tbc Mayor and members of liorough Council.

Tho services to bo hold in Holy Trinity Ohuroh to-morrow appear in our advtr- 1 tising columns. There will be tho usual celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning prayer and Litany will be said at 11 o’olook, and the vioar will oooupy the pulpit. At 7 o’olook there will be ohoral evensong conducted by the I clergy. Parishioners and townspeople are reminded that the preacher in the evening will be the Rov. P. H. Spencer, of Wanganui. Mr Spencer is the organising secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Sooiety. He has reoently returned from a long tour embracing England, Europe, and Amerioa, and is reoognised as an eloquent advooate of the great society he represents. The Gisborne auxiliary of the Bible Sooiety is one of the most active in the colony, and a most oordial invitation is issued to all members, friends, and parishioners generally to attend the service in Holy Trinity Ohurob. The churchwardens are arranging to have the seating accommodation in the ohuroh largely inoreased, and will endeavor to provide seats for all worshippers who may wish to hear tbe preaoher. The wardens also invito special surplus offerings, which will be banded over to the Bible Sooiety. The Rev. F. H. Spencer will give a lantern leoture in the Theatre Royal on Monday evening, as already announced in our oolumns.