THE COMING ELECTION.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 73, 5 February 1877, Page 2

THE COMING ELECTION.

i [TO THBEDITOBINASGAHTrjL TIMES.] Sia,— Trusting your kind iadnlgenee will u -loir me space in your raloablo columns, I will venture a few remaps on (lie subject of !!>e lcad'ng article of the Jwui^alma B'oraM of 27ih instant, wlieh scows hi ouVd is throw dusfc in the eyes of i\o public uy i-aWiag a Jo»bfc alioai tlie lolder^ of miser's xizkls be'n.cj able to Toie at the fo/tYicomiug election for Anvnio'.. P'dmg unless tliey bo resident ia tie . '.iling. Ilicre is no tnaa in Eccf.on who linows better tbau the Editor of the Herald that there is not the shadow of a doabfc that they ctm. We We his c.v; ejieoce at the Crushingtou election ! fi tnh in ox\T muuls. The Editor of the jHcml^can read KuglUh. TTe hare the u;iiious of the AttoraeyaGencral and CS.'lo)>i.'U Scorolmy ulre»dy before us that tip. fort'-coiamg election is to bo eon- | duified as a first election ; therefore the iyoting will be conducted under section 61 of the Counties Act, 1876,. which wholly and solely couttuus the piovlwous for first elections, as far as TOtio* goes. . Seetioa | 51, clauso 3* rends as follows— "Any legal holder of a miner's right which shall . Lay been is^ed within the electoral $&• j

tiict in which tlie riding or pave thereof is included not less thnn three months prior to the election." Everyone who knows anything of the geography of this part of the colony, knows that AntonYs Biding is contained in the electoral district of the Grey Valley ; therefore, any legal holder of a miner's right which shall have been issued within the electoral district of the Grey Valley not less than three months prior to the election shall be capable of and legally entitled to ?ote at the forthcoming election for Antonio's; As far as the Herald's " mere expression of opinion" goes, there will be very few who 1 will go to consult him about the de« suability or otherwise of persons voting who are justly entitled to vote, though outside of the Siding, as his opinions, as well as his actions, are already well-known to the majority of the electors throughout the county. As to the views of the Be* turning Officer for Antonio's on the subject, it matters very little, as the law is distinctly laid down for him, and he is endowed with ample education and ability not only to fully tinaenjand it, but also to \ carry it out in a fair and impartial mannor. The Herald pats Mr Hankin's ap> pojntnunfc dowtfehtirely^ owing to a class. j lie Editor of the Herald would have acted in a far more manly nnd siraij&tforward m«cnc? frere he to iuforni tkJ public vltut class lie means, and by what jndttvtf influenced to appoint Mir Hankin ; »&d, also, let the public know if the services of a more eligible man were*at the disposal of the Council at the time of making the appointment. As to the foggy remarks in the Herald about the "Local Elections Act," they ate not worthy of comment, as they are altogether foreign ,to 4 <Jie subject of first elections for a County. Trusting the importance of the subject under comment will be abundant excuse for trespassing so far on your space. I am, yours &c., Ah Eibctoh.