LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 457, 28 February 1867, Page 2

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[Pek Submarine Inter-Provincial Telegraph.] Dunedin, Thursday, 10'35 a.m. Of 7277 votes in the Province, 1911 have voted for Macandrew and 1119 for Dick. In Dunedin Macandrew bad a majority of, 341, the numbers being* Macandrew 869, and Dick 528. In Port Chalmers Macandrew polled 134 to Dick’s 13. The returns from the gold-fields, and other country districts are not yet all in, but in those that have been received Macandrew had large majorities, except at Waikara, where he polled 10 to Dick’s 14. Macandrew’s election is considered certain, and there has been great excitement in town in consequence. His present majority is 7 92. The prospectus of a new daily paper has been issued. The capital to be £7500 in 3600 shares of £2 10s. each. The Governor has been enthusiastically received everywhere. He leaves for the country districts on Saturday. [We can scarcely understand how our correspondent calculates that out of 7277 voters in the Province, 1911 voted for Macandrew and 1,119 for Dick, ’ as the returns are not all in’ and the result of the poll has not been declared. We give the message as it reached us,—Ed. N. Z. A. Christchurch, Thursday, Noon. a dreadful murder has been committed on the West Coast Road, at the Black Rock Store. The name of the murdered man is not yet known. His head was smashed in with a tomahawk. The police have a clue to the murderer, |AUU (MV yu UiU

Dunedin, Feb. 21, 6‘26 p.m. The new dsilv nsuGr is crouioted by Mr Macandrew’s partyThe following are the returns to hand for the election for the Saperintendency :

Dupediu Macaudrew, C0Q Dick North East Valiev ~24 Anderson’s Bay 30 25 Mornington 9 1 Caversham 24 10 Waikara It 11 Green Island 33 21 West Taieri 3t 6 s North Taieri 23 18 I iKast 'i’aieri 24 6 ** Oatnaru 110 82 North Harbor 31 6 Tokoicairiro 100 31 Clyde 17 50 t Tuapeka 70 121 Waitaliuna 61 40 Blueskin 32 16 Port Chalmers 134 13 Palmerston 39 8 Waikouaiti 97 35 Inchclutba 11 8 Balclutha 19 25 VParepa 29 7 Thartangala I 5 Waihola 31 6 Portobello 18 28 Alexandra 57 7 Waipori 10 0 Otakia 18 3 Cromjvell 52 8 Teviot 60 2 South Clutha 13 9 Totals... 2121 1147