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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 305, 13 November 1883, Page 2

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!»; _ . ■ ' " (From our own Correspondent). < A little excitement was caused -on the Bth in6t., by th.; com'maliou of four candidates for thf ■:' ...f o<.unty Coum^'loL for tho : Oreti <■■■ -" r -v., "Messrs .Cowaii,.- P.lack, M.&-. ?.on 'a.? :'-: ";jj : on. I think, it "will '"be" an; ; closel ■ ...:">.ed election, as there seems to : i inten -■- i'< r iu>ral ana-ico thai, such jiart o£ the'ri...: •. •« Its equal share. At tho present time 1 thick our' local knight of the. ;Cleayeras the favorite.. .One. of the abote-; named gentlemen seeking the honor of a seat in the County Council was busy canvass-; ing on Sunday for votes. I think h£ might? -have found plenty, of days in - the— week or; looking after. votes without gping round the township on 1 a Sunday, soliciting the married women's and widows' votes. • 1 A settler, Mr Sheptori, of Longridge, who; had been in bad health for. the last eight or nine months, died on Sunday last. Mr Shep-i ton has resided in this district for the last two or three years, and was 1 highly respected by; everyone in the district. . . „; . Mr Joseph ."^Vafson, carter, of thiaftown, : met with a very serious accident on Sun .lay. evening. He was riding on horseback when the horse was startled and threw Watson <on his head, inflicting a very nasty scalp wound. Mr Watson received several other injuries about the body and a greatt shaking. There has b.een. a great dea.l af sickness, here lately, nearly everyone being laid up; with colds.