WANGANUI.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 16, 13 May 1871, Page 2

WANGANUI.

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) I have little or no news to send you from the district. Matters political have cooled down again since the contest for the Buperintenclency. Our local candidate is annoyed with the electors here for not supporting and voting for him more than they did; only half of those who signed the requisition to him having recorded their votes. From what I can hear, I think it is probable we shall hear something soon about the costs of the election: the Committee agree to pay £lO only, expenses actually incurred by them. The Hon. Mr Fox passed through Wanganui, en route for Patea ; he returned last Thursday to Marton. The local papers have published his speech at the meeting, relative to the Permissive Bill business. Matters social and domestic I have nothing to record. The bridge is progressing, all the iron work now being erected; a number of men and boys are employed scraping the i ron preparatory to painting. The Leonidas arrived this week with part of the hard wood, from New South Wales, for the approaches—there is every possibility of the contractor finishing it before the contract time (November next). The cattle trade still keeps up ; the Wallabi and St. Kilda both leftone yesterday, and the other to-day, loaded with cattle. Native news, I have none; everything is quiet. Considerable inconvenience is experienced on account of the absence of Mr Buller, the Resident Magistrate—the Justices who sit on the bench while he is away only dealing with simple cases; anything of importance stands over till his return, It is rumored here that Mr Buller goes to England in July to publish his book on Ornithology. He will be very much missed as a magistrate, as his decisions have always been clear, and given great satisfaction. The new court house is progressing satisfactorily, and will be an ornament to the Market-square.