THE NOMINATION.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 105, 17 February 1871, Page 3

THE NOMINATION.

i<ThtelnominAtwn v q,f Hoiwe of Hepresentatives toolc|)lace'at hustings erected outside «ithe . Court liouse, on Saturday last, the llthjiiist. Thfe atWi i^a^ce^#'£«l if veVy '*l i'i fri'ted, tlie re being not more than iifi.y persons present. " ■

The Kejurning Officer;, haying} the Writ for the election, called upon , the people 'prestii't to propose caiidi- , dates- , -.... ' / . „ •••/ AtYer a pause, the A Following gentle-; men were duly proposed and'seconded: Edward Tobias George—Proposed •** Ik \Vi 1 liam. IV,athan, Richards, secouded by William Ttedgold Kirbv. ~Tames k Macassey" Proposed, by , "William Nathair it'ifrhards, seconded/by Thomas Pindr. Tiiox£\s;Slater Pratt—Proposedby Jo'in 'Layerty, seconded" s by \Villiaui llunter. '■ * , - ' Henry - -CaAULEs Hertslet—Proposed byf lienry Woodhill, seconded by Michael. Brookes. . . David! 11 l*.nter t Mervy£—Proposed 1)V Collett, seconded by Henry Baconian.- " "7 \ ? ' J<)SEPir' Bremner—Proposed by Henry * C'harles Hertsiet, seconded by Andrew Costtdlo.

• The candidates being called upon by | • -the Returning Officer to t address the 1 electors; : v • . | Mr. G-eorge said that, rtl though - com- j . pletelv umuVare that he would be pro-,] ' pased, he w >uld nevertheless accept | t le iFoaiiiitition, and would, if elected, | u-<e highest efforts'to' advance the. iu- I - . of the dijvtrin-t. : j ; Mr. Pratt' remarkeduthat hi* views i upon the leading topics of the day wt;l-e ' already- before r the/.- elecfearsTtole'rably fully: • He was in favor of a hiost liberal land law, and--would .band himself to those, who would work to effect that, object'. Tie Upper House should be inade elective instead of nominee, as at. present. Should the millers do him the honor of'returning him they would have their interests advocated not only by the local paper but by his paper als(>. ; ' |Tj\ Reidis opinion AHat'lialf a" a million could be judiciously^expended on the G-iddHelds alone, he eli•s " tirely supported. Mr.. Pratt went oil " to saythat'bfVwas not in favor of forced in mi would m ake viii'eS?Ye r /by unlocking the lands; If elected, he would advocate tiie repeal of the 'Otago Hundreds : Uegula- . Act., cautioned the ' Rejectors agi^n'&.' ref ulni'ing |s v their represen tati ve IT" <;en t leman'~w;lso won 1 d : advoeate the s iiiteres!s of one class onlv. He considered gentlemen connected with the Press.4;heofittest persons to represent the people, for the reason -that, while'advocnting the interests of the people, thesyiwere benefitting themselves. "For? his own part, he \\voyJd throw profit totthevwind, and act conscientiously towards his constituents. Would support. - the establishing of Mining - ■- Mr. Hertslet said that the circumstances under which he came forward to aspire to the honor of represenri nv.- ■ Mount; lda-'Uistrict were peculiar He had been asked many months a^.) • if he were willing, should an election take place, to allow himself to be put Jn nomination'as a ...candidate, and his r ~ Wi '"ire[dy was that if better man came forward he would consent to do so. An election was now about to take phice, v frpUieffluxion of time, and yetno - man had, in his opinion, put in an-, appearance. The only gentleman named when he.first entered the ; field.- - was a squatter. Now,, much as he re-" , ■ ( ftpected that, a,nd theirunholders Be, didjaot th'inii tHat : -they were 5 fit persons to represent' a'-

mining, community. did riot believe;either -the squatting interest or .beHfeit and declared that in his opinjon 'nd-VikVihtVMer ' ? slio\il<?U' fsit gaining .constituency.. riot 'go' into the dayj as several gentlemen had ft)-follow j'hii^;"'liut would pledge l " him self, if I re-

rests, of "the ; Mbunt Ida District, ,.support. ni)'' ! particular' party. aWjpuld resign if f cqilcd.-,upon iso to do by 11is .supporters. v , :f ,nct : .occupy the electors-'j'U'st: n«w<;jinore particularly as h^ : fully I..ih.,thi e f 'e;Veill'ft £'. jip'oii the'• jj'rilicip'al subpoliti iiiterb^t."' : If,' after Shearing ,<him<;theyr another ] candi'd'atfe, Jtafc .them elect such 0 candidate. ; HfeilUid ? already : 'bad the honor "of. representingthe Manuhqrikia District for ft)tfr years, and felt that dur-. J iiig'that time he had done • his /duty' to his, ituents: 1; Mr. 1 Mervyn went on fo,"say that,''if. rel'urnecl, : he Would ad van ce ,as> far jis ; lav in; his poxyjer the •■prosperity of the Mount Ida jpistrict. If he to obtain the support of the miners, he should neither exp'ect or ' obtain much at the hands of the shoddy aristocracy the town.. (Mr. Millar I here asived 'the meaning of the 'word shoddy," and if the term. 'can-F)'; Mr. Mervyn : jf -wish to kno,W) the term is not lAmet-iifan,- but ' 'means half wool and; half cotton — .(Laughter). Ai'tei* answering some (r otheivvquestians, Mr. ilertslet-appeared to---represent Mr. J. R. Bremner, and after "iii- favorable terms of that gentleman, stated that had he been;aware that Mr. Bremnes was willing to be put in nomination he would not himself have coiiie'

forward. .' t ! H The, Keturning officer; then called for rt show .of hands, with the following result:—/ Hertslet ... ... 24 ; Macassey . ... Is Gourde ... . 17 Bremner •/... . ... 15 , Mervyn ... 6 Pratt ... ; ... - 4 A Poll having been demanded on behalf of Mr. Officer notified that the Pi>ll would take place on Thursday, the 16th instant, between the hours of nine a.m ami four p.m , and t'e Official Declaration of the Pull at the Court House, Naseby, at noon on the, following day.