Hawke's Bay Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THURSDAY, 21ST MARCH, 1867. THE NOMINATION.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 463, 21 March 1867, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

THURSDAY, 21ST MARCH, 1867. THE NOMINATION.

“ Tullius addidne j urare in verba magislri."

Nomination* day for the Napier district has come and passed, and not* withstanding the apathy of which we have seen cause to complain, there certainly was a goodly muster of electors before the hustings—very considerably more than we expected to find there. There were not less than eleven candidates proposed, some of them being new hands, some the rejected of former elections, and others who have filled the office of M.P.C. on former occasions with more or less satisfaction to their constituencies. There w r as considerably less than the usual amount of chaffing and baiting of the candidates, though there were a few close {questions put, and seme smart rejoinders made : in fact, good humour seemed to be the predominating feature of the day; a show of hands exhibited a pretty fair average for each of the candidates, with perhaps one exception. A resume of particulars will be found in another part of this journal. To-day the poll will be taken between tbe hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., at which latter hour the declaration of the poll will be made by tbe Returning Officer.