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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 666, 26 April 1870, Page 2

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(FROM OXTE OWN CORRESPONDENT.) April 20. The writ for the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the District of Caversham, in place of Mr A. „ J. Burns, resigned, has been received. The writ is dated the 2n^inSt.pand'ln¥'*^ nomination is fixed for the*l9fchj the poll^/ if any, will take place on the 25th. There is likely to be a stiff battle for the seat, four candidates having declared their in- * tention to contest. Their names are: Messrs W. H. Cutten, J. Macindoe, j. Robertson, and J. Graham. It is between the first-named that the electors will have, any difficulty in making their choice, as ;; both are well known, and their political ••■ opinions have been long before the public. 5 Mr Robertson is an old settler at SandfTy r but is comparatively new to political life. Mr Graham is the notorious religious enthusiast, Who probably only goes in for' this in order to gratify his yanij^. , Both P ., Mr Macindoe and Mr Cutten have/delivered long addresses, to the electors* in' 'i elucidation of their political principles. From these Mr Macindoe seems to have expressed the more popular side in politics as understood in Otago. „ >|. ; •. ■ , i} \ ■.-.'■ An adjourned meeting of the Otago Institute was held on Tuesday evening, for the purpose'of affording Mr ßeal l an opportunity of reading his paper on "The ... disposition of. the alluvial deposits on the gold fields of 7 btagb." A long rambling; discussion took place afterwards oh the; subject, in which considerable difference' of opinion was manifested among the' savans. Some were inclined to think that most of the phenomena were due to glacial- : action, others to river and lake" action, , while others again thought both ice and witer had been jointly at work. As showing the advantages arising from the system of dredging which haa; now '"H been going on in the harbor for the past year or ao, on Thursday the s.s. Aiiedale -■*>:■ came up the bay and berthed alonside the Rattray street Jetty. She is the largest vessel thati has' ever been therei jf as : She ' measures 262 tons, and drew lift. 6in. The Hon. Mr Fox was a passenger, and there was a considerable turn out of people, including, his Honor the, Superintendent, who came down to' receive the Premier. „...,, The Hon. Mr Fox is expected to deliver an address on the state ,of Colonial..,politics, or some such subject, in the course of the ensuing week; A'requiaition to that effect is being got up for the purpose.; ■ ,'■:. 1 ; ' ■'■'■ '■ '.\ A large party of visitors from the North _ r arrived on the 'lsih>' per the s.ai 'Welling- '' ton— among them is Dr Haastf, the Canterbury Provincial Geologist; , The Christy: Minstrels were also passengers by the Wellington. They opened on the 16th>in .; the Princess Theatre. The ijiricashire BeUringers have been very successful— the hall being crowded nightly by enthu- -.• siastic audiences— though, I must say, ' very greedy ones; for, rnpt, content -with accepting the printed programme as the bill of fare ; they insist on; every apiece : ' being given twice. Everything was encored, and the performers were goodnatured enough to comply with the demand. Mr Hilton— "the comic singer attached to this troupe — has made a great hit with a new song, ) "The girl :oiA the .' period," which was received with, immense applause. The song is nothing,' but the make up is perfect, and .his style of .hitting off the follies of our feminines is very happy * Miss LiddleMs about '{he 1 finest vocalist we have had here for a good while, and she is i: quite'free from' thai appearance of effort which is so painful to see in some public singers, and which 1 ' mars the effect of their voices very much. The City Council had a long 1 discussion on the gas question at their meeting on Wednesday, but, as usualj it ended "in r little or nothing. A report is promised ■ from the Committee by next meeting, Good Friday was observed as a,ploae:.; holiday. " The day being fiie a great many people went out of town in various, di- .. rections. The Harbor Steam •Com i pany : ' ran an excursion steamer to Portrtbello, which took a large party to that beautiful', locality. No appearance of any railway works on*, the Harbor side yet. '" : • '.;'l Saturday and Sunday last^ turned ,out very wet,- but the rest of the week lias been fine, till this morning, when rain ;is again coming down smartly. ■• ■'■ '' '' ' : { ' ] ' ' ' • w :■■••; ?.-■•