DECLARED and RUMORED CANDIDATES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 250, 17 October 1873, Page 2

DECLARED and RUMORED CANDIDATES

! To the Editor ov the Nelson Evening Mate.. Sir, —l saw in this morning's Colonist, amongst others, the name of " Broad" as a declared or rumored candidate for the City in the Provincial Council. Ido not know anyone else of this name but myself here, and I therefore shall fcol obliged if you will allow mo to iuform the public through your columns that no one could have been more astonished than I was at such an announcement. I have no in- ■. tention at all of being a candidate, and/ the mere fact my being Returning Officer for the City would, apart from other reasons, render such a thing impoesible. laam,l aam, &c, LOWTHER BBOAD.

Th<3 Post considers that the law should step i2i to prevent betting on elections, and suggests that it would bo a3 well to add to the questions,-' which can now be asked of an elector before he votes such | an one ns this ; — H-we you made any bets which will ';o by the result, of this election, or have you any pecuniary interest in the return of any candidate ? If unable to answer this question satisfactorily, tho vote shouM not be received. The Neiocastle Chronicle of August, 28 says: — " A day or two ago we had the followiug acknowledgment from an inebriate just arrived from New Zealand: — 'It was a good job for me I was taken to the lock-up by the police sergeant for being drunk. I had £12 on me, and I atn sure, from the company I was in nt the time of my arrest, I would not have had a penny of it in the morning.' We are inclined to agree with him in this respect, and we wguM recommend him to bB more careful of himself in future, as he may nofc always find such protectors ready to come to his aid." A writer in thn G. B. Argus says.-—* Our Agent-General is a muff or something worae, there is small doubt, but there cannot be any deny! eg the fact that he has grave difficulties to overcome iu order to induce emigrants to corae to New Zealand. Here is one of startling magnitude: ■ — Six of the sioglo women who reached JMaryborotfg?:, in Queensland, a short time since obtained husbands within a dny or Jwo of thtir treading the soil of their adopted country. Such items of news must; work uon..!ers in favor of Queensland. What maiden would not rather fly to such a country than come to New Zealand, even though marrying men are far from scarce here ! The Government at Sydney, New South Wales, have published a pamphlet entitled "New South Wales, the Oldest, and Richest of the Australian Colonies," and caused thousands of copies fo be scattered broancasover Europe in order to stimulate emigraf, tion to their Bhore?. And it is rumored that the Brisbane Cabinet, intend sending forth a rival publication styled " Queensland, the Best Matrimonial Market in the World! Husbands and Homes for the Female Million!" By the way, tho immigrant will, ere long, begin to fancy itself a thing of vast importance, if the demand for it continues as at present. At a small town on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, the other day, four able-bodied white mec were seen in a field j playing croquet. It was the aublimest spectacle that an impoverished country ever beheld. — American Paper. For remainder of news see fourth page.