PORT CHALMERS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 74, 25 December 1875, Page 3

PORT CHALMERS.

De COinhe!’ *2"). % After the receipt of tlio result of the Dunedin (‘lection at Tort Chalmers aavcral of the electors proceeded to procure signalmvs to a requisition asking the Hon Reynolds to s-aml for the district, Signatures arc being readily procured : 7t> persons signed m one Lour. \o servants ot the Cmmal or Proviimlal ( eiV' i nineiils were asked to Sllhs'rihe their names. Reynolds return is looked upon as eeltain. XI’AV }’CVM< A'Tll. December 2-5. Xominalions (dr Cr<y and lie!! Histrie! iouic pla-e to-day ; show of hands— Carrington, D> ; Cmim tt, (I. I teeemher 2-1. Major Atkinson addressed a crowded hist night, at Okato. Mr tjvnie proposed a vole of thanks only U- (in' address. Mr AM- Cayley moved n amendment of confidence on the nrieimd motion, hut the meeting would i i( , (V listen to il, and only two electors (~.1,1 up (heir hands in its favor. Mr Sviim in the course of his remarks mverelv criticised the conduct of Major .Atkinson towards the distihl. Mr Thomas Kelly t!m. late member was returned unopposed lor New Plymonth. Mr Major Atkinson’s committee are doing Louse to house canvass. The committee are determined to endeavour to seeiin 1 as respectable majority as possible. Croat interest is manifested in The contest. ami*: rlington. December 2 I. John Cihhons a staunch Abolitionist announces himself a candidate tor tne Thames. The ()tago has arrived at Hokitika. There is no later Hngiish news cable communication being still interrupted, Tbe Dido is under orders tor Home. The non-arrival of I be steamer Colima, has left the agents without any steamer 1o take the mails to California, and the (Government lias declined the offer of the Macgregor for the conveyance of the •Snails. The agents have advis d that in the event of the non-arrival of the Colima there will be no boat available this month. If. H. Hall has taken proceedings against Mr Dibits M.L.A. bar simpler in his speeches. There is a scarcity of labor in the (innTy districts of New South A\ ales. Deep interest was niauTcsLed-in election yesterday, but no drnnkeness or disorder took place. All the cabs in the city jk were engaged, by both committees. The polling at most of the booths was neck and neck with Pearce and Hunter. 'The total returns were .Pearce—nt>2. Hinder (HS, Travers ;')O2, Moody -I 2. CJIRbSTCIIUUCIf. To ■ 111 1 k■ r 23. A t the election more excitement was displayed at any previous election. Tim following is fh • polling 'or the city: Stevens, 10, V.) ; .Richardson, Ab optimise, t;C2 ; Andrews, ;'>;l2 ; Wakefield 2I I ; Treadwell, 22. The three hist are elected. IJolleston was returnoil for Avon dis Diet unop]iosed. DUNK I) IN. Deeenilmr. 23 J. (b Drown lias been returned mifor Tuapeka. r; I.’AIIAMSTOWX. December 23. A fatal cam of.scarlet fever occnrred Imre. 'Tbe Hoard of Health and resident medical nmn are talcing -steps to isolate patients should any fresh cast's recur, r. Two more cases of scarlet fever are reported to-day; one in the same house where the first occurred. Something like scare is felt every one is disinfecting.