THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1873.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1639, 5 November 1873, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1873.

While in Westland there is time enough for the electors to look around them and to select the most eligible men to the promised Provincial Council, and while there is in the case of the Nelson Snperintendency, even if time permitted, little chance of more than "Hobson's choice," it is time that to the north of the Grey the peculiar circumstances of bhe situation should be fully considered, and it is questionable if that is being done. It is true that in one Grey district, of which Ahaura is the official centre, there seems to be sufficient appreciation of the present position of matters, and a sufficient number of eligible candidates upon whose actions dependence may be placed when the time for action comes in the Council. But there can scarcely be said to be sign given by some of the other constituencies ; and what -i can. we say of Cobden? That district for the first time has the undivided privilege of returning a member, and to a Council which, will be otherwise increased in force and numbers. It should snrely be the endeavor of the district, experienced as it is in the evil results of Provincial neglect, to make up, by the qualities of the gentleman whom it elects, for defects in the qualities of the gentleman whom. *" disastrous chances" are likely to retain in the Superintendent's chair. The return of Mr Curtis as Superintendent is not only a possibility but a probability, and there are serious grounds, so long as he is opposed only as he is, for hoping that his return may be a certainty. What then ? With such a prospect, what course would it be prudent for Oobden or any other constituency to adopt? What course have earnest but disappointed well-wishers of the Province determined to, adopt ? They are, we are well assured, adopting the wise course of endeavoring to return to the Council men who will be no mere puppets in his hands, but who will, by intelligent co-operation, convert the process — who will compel him to carry out the desire which he professes to possess, that of forming a fresh Executive, and of including in that body some adequate representation of the Gold-fields. Such a course must recommend itself as the most expedient alternative under the circumstances, and it would be satisfactory to learn, by the result of the forthcoming election, that it has Cobden's sympathy. It is not the township which gives the ; district its name that is alone concerned, but the population extending to the Coalmine on the one hand, and to the Razorback on the other,- and within that area there are included many whose interests should inspire to make the ensuing election, not a farce, but a credit to themselves and {of substantial value to the Province as a whole.