THE ELECTIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 145, 31 May 1884, Page 2

THE ELECTIONS.

Sir George Grey is now in town, having arrived by the Te Anau. He will deliver a public address in McFarlane’s Hall on Wednesday night next, and not this evening as anticipated by us. He will probably proceed south by the boat on Friday next. Mr. Samuel Locke proceeded on his candidature yesterday afternoon, to the Wairoa. After having visited the whole of the adjoining districts he will go on to Tologa Bay. From there he will return to Gisborne delivering addresses at Waerenga-a-hika, Makaraka, Te Arai and other places, on his way. Sir Geo. Whitmore and Mr. J. Sheehan were both passengers by the Te Anau, south to-day. A private telegram received this afternoon states :—“ Gannon—Very strong at Frasertown, and getting strong at Clyde.” A correspondent of Labour writes :—“ I have only one or two words to say to my Gisborne readers about the East Coast election. Think out which of the candidates is the most likely to get for you what you want, and give him your votes. The election is a matter that concerns tlie electors alone, and no one who is not an elector should have aught to say. Harbours and railroads both mean taxation, and the incidence of taxation, under the present system, as Capt. Russell, of Napier, truly insists, always filtrates downwards, the poor carrying its burden. If you get a whistle, take care that you do not pay too dear for it. With party Labour has naught to do, but of parties all men know which gets and which is entitled to the labor vote. There are better things than progress in this world, and contentment is one of them.

The Napier papers refused or neglected to publish the summary of Sir George Grey’s speech sent them by the Press Association. It is just such a like thing as they would delight in, especially the morning daily, which for many years has been very petty in its conduct. It has, however, had much success as an advertising sheet, being about the only thing it has been good [qy.—Labour.