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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 380, 5 August 1884, Page 6

a—, TSS NEW^ 7^ • i aluau — . hvJ+\ :.7<a/ ahUq ■ WELLINGTON. '^Mr G; Fisker/'the me__.ber 'for Wellington Sof-th;;was not prepared for .the, churchj-.the bar, or, any ,pf the * learned !- : b*e wariikegprof efsions. • . The story, of his. -life, i^. a .story * f of courageous' apd' successful struggles' \"*xifeht along. the r iihe.' s *^bm ! ' [an -old family of^Edinbutgh printers,: thon'gh^f Srn •<by: accident,',' a$ Crab.bg iP.ut^it,; in Djtjgin in 1843, Mr Fisher began to interfere in.the active operations of life by " taking office " as warehouse boy noAk- London i prihting office at the age of- nine • years,' ! wh*»n»-'ihis father, left r for Australia, the year 1 -being 1852. The" family followed -'inrs:<lßß7jsAhe youthful George readily finding: Employment as readifig-boy on the ' Melbourne Age, '-^-an opportunity Which, in addition to:prodi!aing a lucrative * salary, was most *• -. valuable; s as providing 1 a means of education^' i ■■frhichiWas 'largely availed 1 of. Ml* Fisher .'served**! his time as -a cbmpositor-Tto Fergus^oin:. f and Moore of Melbourne,' and;: left :*-f6*._<New Zealand at the time of the exodus to lOtago in 1863. He worked at his tiade in "various parts of the Colony, and lastly at the vernment printingoffice in Wellington^ in the year 1870. Always of a s'tudio'bs'liiisposition,Mr Fisher took'to newspaper iwritlbg, mastered shorthand, and became a newspaper reporter ; perfected himself .ufficiehtly ( in this direction to obtain a position:! 6_.'~..the ' Hansard ' staff, and is nowin reality atethe top' of the tree ih two very distinguished and honorable professions. Having been several times requested to enter the City 1 Council, he at last entered- it without -reqi^est in 1877, when he thought that transaction', of a questionable nature were being carried on under the very eyes of the Council, withomt any effectual attempt being made to cheek them. -The waterworks investigation nnd its result sufficiently indicate the class 'of woik which' Mr Fisher not only undertook* -'but carried to a successful issue. Another Jwork of a more important character ' with; which his name, is indelibly- associated ''is* the Wainu'i-o**ihata water Scheme— v icheme of considerable riiagnitude, Whichi ,: will be of considerable benefit to Wellington and which has happily after many delays' 'hteeh pleted within 'hia' term of office.' "*JHevp has been bitterly - opposed ■ > and obstnictedi on mahy occasions, ; but adversity 'decidely r makes the' ihati* in Fisher's- <sa_K.v"fOß-^ he f Visibly bvertbp-'all trouble and ¥m*mbunts dih^ciilties: ! Tfie growing icoßfidenb^Jofi the people' in Mt Fisher's admihistf-itite powers is best ffeitified tb- :by the largely increased hu-aßer- 1 pbllfe'fi ; for him at 'every election, ih 1881^ for the .mayoralty*,: he pqll<_oV , 46o ; ilt ! 1882 the then u_fp:recendehted number bf 820 ; and in 1883 i the still greater '..umber of' 1 912 -^-figures which no mayor *ha*d! Wer reached: * Mr Fisher has", in the jphstj prbVed ! ' 'himself amah of*;.great c»pla-ity' Und- energy, and is* ■; an speaker. "/■■■ ' *"-', -. -. r ■:i '.*# i '„77. „-,""' " ! AUCKLAND. ' , :u " im Mr- J; Mi. , Dargaville,* member/., f0r. -City West,' satitfor the jiftme. seat' in :; (he v iagt^Parliament. He.wasopposed;thi(_ ; tinjej^y Mr iW-liian-'-Swanaony the former, member for Newton^ whb ihad announced his intention to r etira aft'ec sitting in Parliameijt continupusly f br-thirteen • years. , The latter was, v one of -the four .Auckland members :. who. dosferted from the iOpposition to the Hall Goye^mnent five years ago, and* secured them a .njfijbrity. This- told:against him in the, preserttjC.ohteßt. Hfe also delayed coming, out too', *l6pg W; being preisedinto the content by i; oJE the Ministry, i Mr Dargaville. -was/ formerly : manager of the Union Bank of Australia at Auckland. He contested the Sup.e?inte^ency {'Movcim years ago, and was defeated. ;,,jSe_af ter- • wards took part in the Provincial, Council in opposition to _*ir George Grey when ; " Superintendent, 1 and was' always, identifiedf with the opposite party until the imposition of the property tax, when he found . the* Grey party in. opposition to-.it.. He wai elected to the House last election as an independent Oppositionist, and . his; , Parliamentary . '.'career Was' chiefly distinguished by jhis^violent' attacks on Major Atkinson and ihe Bja^k of New Zealand. _ This .time he.w.as. supported by the Greyites, but declined . to pledge himself ,to blindly follow ; anyone as' leader. He r is returned' as an independent' 1 of th^ Opposition, and., is pledged'^to. Mland tax. He is' * good speaker, and is about. ftft^ years of agei * _. ■ ■ ' „ '* '•■•-, . >t «. _ Mr F. «T.* *™ oss was for many yeare Provincial Seci' , ' 3t * r y ' m ' tae OUgb'-'-BxcfcutiTe. He iwas oppo^ h 7 Sir -Julius i(thfn Mr) Yogel bh the of that . gentleman to , the Otagb, Provin'<aal Council. A ; After a struggle for three yeT*™ Mr l Mos_ ii whs defeated, and Sir Julius VpgeT ©atted an : Executive: Mr Mos_' s^ha^ue&lly emigrated to Fiji on the ru_h ..M Zealand,' and became s a cotton i^^ t rf:« bufc finding the climate unfavorable, to Auckland, and was engaged' ;^\^BTOic_al . accountant; afterwards as' secretary "to the > Board; of- Education, and in i;writ^ag r fpr the • Press. ;->He ; ; resigned his cngaigem^riiiv under ' the Board to , contest,. Parnell in ipk Grey interest 1 agbinst i __!r < 'R^a < der Wbod'si^ years ! ago. '. : * He : contested ■ tlie'; ; sa_he '-"seafciAfor the last Parliament, and was again .el^ctj^. by a large rtiajority. He always] ,act^4 v ,with the ' Opposition until, last whfen ;he de» r clined to vote dh'-^'the 0 wantA*»f-*coi__Ldence ( inotibh agaih-t the' Atkihsoh MinisH^. The ' Grey patty ,' were I greatly; !in<^hsedifishereat, I; and put up Mr • Se/^apur George , <SiLGeorge Grey/s nephew and. late member for Kodney) against him. 'The largeness of", hfs '-majority has '"caused 1 great 'siir-pHse,' it beingc-ekpiscted that the cbntest woiud> be ; , Jceen^jH^e^ ia a • fluent speaker, and .an^perienice^ politician. He is ,apout.sixt*y years 'of* agej s * t \^ \ :■*: ■■•■• -St^mm^i^ ■■ Mr Leonard H^pe^-wha-is/j^jgrst new . member the Avon cp^titueupy-rthas elected after | the sixteen yekrs' j *-_e.gS of King Wiiliain Rollestoii, adds Me***~ifibrei__ame to 1 odr long lisfc'of legal politiciraa.r ofigs prac- > tice is one;of the largest andjOjdest in Christ* „ church, ,the i firm being". jHarper,' .Harper, Sfaude, and Scott. 'Mr Hitpbr 'camfe to the colony wtth' his" f»ther;'theißishbiß<rf Chriatchurch and Primate of New Ze^l|md, nearly thirty ypars ago.; He.was.edttc^teo^at Eton apd Oxford j is, a strong capable ijjian both t>qdily . and mentally, ahd"a. flu en6l_hd ready, i^ hot kt^ordinariiy brilliantyi-jpAker ; is a' Togelitbyand/a ddcidadifac^ftiß^pji to the Hpuse,i_tjjyhichhe,has .sat^^oigcas member; _!or CJheyiot.. His7hoj^.e and "grounds at Ilam,,n^ 'BiccartbtiVa^oneo^-fe " lions " «f'the K n4t^_terhob'dl-'> bniut md al : -'-M_ F.rJpG-amck, anothe):.j-m,_ml!er of tha Ilegal prof esapn,J;he / ele^tp§ the ' St. Albana , ciJnstitupncy,; laas,^ been " long relident in Christchiirchj'and' bfe is ah' ex-m'emDer of the Prb^hciaUJCduucit His -fLim (((Garrick and Cowli-haw):i_,one , .o_: <ther{)padi^i]^ firms of 280li£itG?_., thiwe,^d.,;aot- iof farious public bodies, suc_i,.ag borbugh councilsj* drainage boards, .'etc. ' Hisag^ is : alk)ufttfty|five years, He'jis ! a ti plam;tKough' -fdfc_bl?_^p««fl_er. His |vote : will go against the'Atfeins^jJpinistry. ; c a „ s^jtin the^House for'tne,cbn^ktueucy of , Wakanui,/' "whfere --ra'^'ifels^V-Maten Mr Iyess (the former member), is ajßsn of about f6rt^-mne,ye__.*sof ; age^,« > i*j&a];^e of Devoa- • shire,iand ttie. largest in, Canterbury. His famous , Longbeach Estatb 'oonsists of soine'of the richest and' habst' 'fettle swamp ? land to-be found ih 'New Z&lanfl, and his i ploughihgj* reaping, :harvestujg ? - stock, and j hbrsetra&ingioppratteß^.are'.ct'.rri©^ oa upon a scale .which .for thto^' cbudt^r* is almost 1 gigantic.''' He is of .course a -large employer . of labor, a_id veiy popular ;in.itlie district, ' His activity as a! public man j^gg.jbeen conf: fined hithertotoi acting on. corner councils > andasamemberof.the'Dibce.an.^lynodi Mr Grig'g wai one of the ihbst 7 '@ciergetic promoters of memeat-fi'eeS-ingii-Qaustry, and {.when its first' shipment -waft* aeftt Home a year' ago his lambs, forj_tfd ..% ,%ge part of itiie cargo. He is a poor speaker, and wiU bi * supporter of i3ir Julius Vbgefli '{«

(< L rbiaang six ' months ' ho' Ma 1 '-|han about 7J®eQ|:Obohen-egg_ were' imported into the Ui-j-i&d States. - The 4 *Far___^Vßeview * sug. geststhai; if ; -people, brfd^ndj. Raised their owo i©l^ ; -h!ere would • l j&jVff t .need for such tußortations. ". , " r '_ . _' " '[7. ■ Alcollision has ; occurred^ offc Oape Finis .efre befcw'eem the vessels 'Gijon^and Laxhaau resnitwg.-iii WOblijes/befegJpj^^