The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 544, 25 June 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1878.

The polling for the election of a men)l>er ot the Hone of Representatives for the E lokilika electoral district takes pi ioe to-morrow. * >ne of the three c*ndidiit.es nominated—Mr C Brown having retired from the contest, the electors hav- a 'fair issue before them, two candidates only remaining in the held. l ( 'or obvious n-.-tdons the IvUMARA. TIMKS has n,]' b:ikon !,he S:ilo ofuny |Mi-tic«il;tr candidate ; ail i.»-a?.we have done is to denounce the narrowminded clique which first commitfc-d the constituency to the undi-.mS.-d and

altogei \\t*y unprecedented proceedings in to the candidature, of Mr George, and the unfair means they have adopted to endeavour to destroy the chances of Mr FiizGeraid. And in d«>iag this we have done what any right-minded journal would do, and which several of the leading journals in the Colony have done, and in no measured terms either. It remains to he seen if this clique is to rule the electorate by thrusting its nominate down the throats of the constituency, or whether the ballot boxes will prove that the voters are not so subservient as they are expected in certain quarters to be. The electors have had the opportunity of hearing the views of the two candidates, and have no doubt made their own comparison, and it is for them fcomoirow to decide whether they shall lie represented by a mau of vast experience, especially in goldfields administration, conspicuous ability of, and with a complete knowledge, of the politics of the Colony ; or by a young gentlemtn who has riot yet made his debut in the political world, and whose knowledge of public affairs must be of the slightest, and who, from his printed address in our columns and all along, will be hut the representative of Sir George Grey and of no other persons in the world. This, some may say, is an advantage, but it must not be forgotten that Pir George Grey cannot always be Premier, and if the guiding principle which seems- to have' actuated the Hokitika clique—selfishness and a desire for loaves and fishes is to be carried out—it would Vie somewhat

unfortunate if a change of Ministry should occur with whom "my nephew" could have no influence whatever. In Mr FitzGer.dd the electors have a gentl-'iniit who will give Sir George Grey's Ministry a •' general support"—■ a t"rin vvliich does not suit the West Coast Tihus, a journal which, having no independence of its own, cannot contemplate the vast differ.uve between a member who would f.llow Sir G. Giv.y slavishly in everything, and one who, whilst approving the jiolicy of the Government as at present disclosed, is not bound to follow them, should some of their measures appear calculated to injure the Colony, or may be inimical to the interests of his constituents. We know certainly which of the two would be most respected and which would command the most " influence"—not only with "my uncle" but with tibe /House generally. And we hope the electors will show that they know and appreciate this also.

The election of a candidate tix'ifiH the seat vacated by Mr B.dton in the House of Representatives will take place tomorrow, and from the energy displayed by the canvassers of both candidates, a very keen and close contest may be expected. The poll will open at'9 a.m., and close at 4 p. m., at the Residont Magistrate Court House Kumara, and at Ryan 3 store Diilman's Town.

To prevent any misunderstanding arising to-morrow at the electioti, we'inay state that under the new Miners Act, miners rights no longer require the word renewed written on the face of them, they are simply ante-dated by the Receiver of Gold revenue. Any person presenting his miners right ante-dated for a sufficient periodwill be entitled to vote. The new road to Diilman's Town will be specially opened for traffic to-morrow. His Worship the Mayor and Mayoress being the first to travel over it to-day.

A meeting of Mr George's supporters will be held at Pearn's Buck's Head Hotel, this evening, at half-past eight o'clock.

Mr Fitz Gerald's Committee will meet at Blake's Empire Hotel, this evening, at 7.30 p.m. . The Hospital Committee have postponed their usual meeting this evening until Thursday next.' Mr Fitz Gerald will address the electors to-morrow, at the Theatre Royal, at halfpast ten, and at Diilman's Town at noon. There was a meeting of the Kumara Prospecting Association this afternoon, the full report of which is unavoidably held over.

Chessplayers are reminded that the entries for the tourney for three representatives for Kumara in the next match close this evening, at 10 o'clock, at the Literary Institute. The committee will meet at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening, and the players at 3. The Press Agency appears to possess a remarkable facility for making itself contemptible, not only on account of its subserviency to certain politic;),), influences, bat also became of the utter stupidity with which its atfairs are managed. Wuen we inform our readers that yesterday forenoon we received a telegram (for which we are called upon to pay) for the act.ial intelligence that was forwarded from tiiio pl-ic-i by the loc.il Press Agent on Sunday afternoon relative to the election mosthigs held on Saturday, they will tlioivmg juy understand the mystjrhus workings of the Wellington Pre.ss Agency. The following is the telegram referred to ; " Kumara, June 24. —Mr Georgj addressed the electors on Saturday night. A

y'..'■:■ • or' ...'..i);ti']!M;i.'e was carried. Mr V\t/.(JeiM! ' h.i-1 a- meeting at '.!.'.M.sboroiigh, where there was a unanimous vote in his favour."

There is every probability of the new Telegraph Office being shortly used for

the purpose for which it was erected. A reply to the following effect has been received by Mr S. T. George, who has communicated with the Government on the subject:—" The Inspector is now en route for the purpose of arranging the removal of the Telegraph department into the new buildings." This will be a matter of great public convenience, inasmuch as strangers are constantly misled by the fact that the words " Telegraph Office " appear on the new building, and on proceeding there, they are politely informed by the Postmaster that it in a small out-of-the-way shed, on the opposite side of the street. The Christchureh Press published the following flattering paragraph of the electors of Hokitika :—"The Timaru Herald holds that Sir George Grey was guilty of no breach of trust, but simply of a practical joke at the expense of Hokitika in suggesting his nephew as a representative. It may yet be hoped that the majority of the Hokitika electors will show on polling day that the Herald has overshot the mark in describing them as follows : A degraded constituency lie at the feet of the god of the day—the dispenser of present gifts—ready to lick his boots or do anything else that he pleases. They say—'Here are our suffrages. Take them. Give them to whom you choose. Where thou goest we will go. Thy memshall be our member, and thy vote our vote.' What was Sir George Grey to do 1 Was he to suggest some one who knew what was what, who had a mind of his own, who might possibly criticise his measures, or even support Mr Ballance ? No, decidedly not. That would have been a very tame way of dealing with such material. He could not suggest himself, because he already represents the Thames. So he did the next thing to it. He said, ' Here is my nephew. He was with me on the - Coast. It's all in the family. Elect him, and it will be just the same as if you elected me.' In a word, he knew the people he had to deal with. He assumed he had to deal with a constituency of beggars, corrupt and subservient to the core, to whom no insult would be offensive coming from the man in power ; and, quite logically and justifiably, he consulted riot their precious feel' ings, but only his own expediency in the course he took. We hope that the Hokitika electors will be consistent and thorough in their lick-spittle loyalty, and will return Mr George by a thumping majority. If they reject him they will Save themselves from political damnation, truly—but they will utterly spoil the best joke that has been essayed for many years."

A colored cabman in Melbourne was on a moonless night patiently waiting on a stand for a chance passenger. After a time one of the able-bodied guardians of tlie night passed by, peered into the cab, and then deliberately proceeded to take the horse out of the vehicle. Cabby looked on with patient curiosity, but at length broke out with, " What the deuce are you doing lls the horse mine or yours." The constable started in consternation, and then.explained, " I never see'dyour black face."

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