MR SHEPHARD AT BRIGTITWATER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue XVI, 7 November 1881, Page 3

MR SHEPHARD AT BRIGTITWATE R.

(Communicated.') Mr Shepbard addressed the electors at Brightwater on Saturday nitrht. thirty three persons Ving pre«ent. Mr W. Bell of Waimea West was in tba chair — Mr Shephard Esil he *houM be obliged to repeat the speech he had made at the Choral Hall, a»4 he feared thoje of his friends whom he saw present en that occasion would be wi-aried in hearing him go over the ground tv-ieo. lhsaid he could not see how this was to be avoided, and addressed the meeting 1 in much the same fenn3 that he had u?^d on the former ccc-ision. At tbe crmeluuion of hi? speech Mr She-phard s,id t h -a t he should hi happy to a n .swer ar>7 questions thit m gin be put to him v/ten ssvpral niitio! 1 e{UoHtir,n^ were put and a::sw< red ()!■. Li(jl;hii d riaing to addr: ss some q-ie:.-:iM:n !■■; him Mr Sbei>h--.rd snil ha w.ih very tiie.l >:w\ r.:-)c- • Mr Lighfbind if he ■vmiid fxcuse him sitiirij/ df^WD. " Ceria ; ri!y," n;p'ied Mr Ivgbibani, "I waa coing to ask you to do co." Mr Lighiband then made a very vigorous and determined attack on Mr Shnnhar'3, pressin«:him very bard indeed ahnct his nuking and breaking his pledge in rfcfi.-rar.ca to his promise that he would not support any Gavernmsnt of which Mr Macandrew was a member. Mr Shephard on this gpratig to hia feet and b?c«rr.e greatly excited, and greatly astonished the meeting by denying the whole thing, his dr-f'.ric^ being, as far a* I could understand, cjr:fia*:d to his blat^k denial acd the reading of extracts in rrcof of his determination to i-upyort sir G. Grey. Mr Lightband perßi'stsd iv bis attack, and the discussion becoming very hot, a body of Mr Shepbnrd'B sufportera from Foxhill and Wakefield here interposed and began s»amp ing on the floor, Ehouling cut '■ chair, chair s " pDd makiDg generally all the noise they

could. On order being somewhat restored Mr Shephard intimated that Mr Lightband should be quick, us he (Mr.S.) waMed to go by the Inte train.— Mr Jarues Robertson asked Mr Shephard how it was he had not met them before, and reproached him very severely with the fact that it was three years stiico he last tddressed thfn. Mr l y'K'phaui wa: understood to say that the re was no hall at Brightwater and "be thought thftt a meeting he held at Wakefield answereel tho purpose of calling them together at Spring Grove. Mr Andiii:ws asked ; Bid yon not tell an intimate friend of yoiis-3 that it was best for things to blow over a hit, and is not this the true explanation i.f your king silence ? Mr Sjn:ri!Ai;n denied the charge in to to. — Mr Andrews said, he could mention names. — Mr Shephard. said mentioning rames would not prove the charge. — Mr Andrews ■'poke to the charge, and said he could not believe Mr Shephard^ denial of it : whe-re-upcm Mr Shephahl became very much excited indeed, charged Mr Andrews with insulting him, and appealed to the meeting to protect him. A strange thing for a man who is fond of and so smart in insulting others, to be so very thin skinned himself. As he sat in his chair wrilinj? with vexation he looked finite an object to he pitied, if not something else. After order was restored a vote of confidence was carried by ton to three, the ten votiug for the resolution being mostly Foxhill and Wakefield people. — Mr Andrews protested against these electors coming down and swamping them.— Mr Shephard in moving a vote of thanks to the chair, said they had much to thank their chairman for in the satisfactory manner in which he had. presided, and complimented the electors present on the orderly and pleasant meeting they had had.