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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 234, 12 September 1884, Page 2

The result of the election will hardly be looked upon as a surprise to many. Two of the gentlemen returned have all along been looked upon as certainties, and the selection of the third was a matter which rested to a great extent with the candidates themselves. The knowing ones are considerably out of it, for which they have to thank themselves. When candidates take the trouble to instruct electors how to “plump” and show them other little wrinkles, they invariably upset the pot. We think the burgesses may congratulate themselves on the selection of three gentlemen who will serve their interests faithfully, and have no doubt Messrs. Graham, Lewis, and Wilson will do their best to justify the trust reposed in them. At the same time we think it was extremely cruel to leave a gentleman who has spent a pound a day on horse feed and served the ratepayers for eleven years, to his own detriment at the bottom of the list, only giving him 44 votes out of 1,035. It proves the truth of Sir George Grey’s words that gratitude is short lived.”