THE WAIIIOPAI ELECTLON.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 65, 19 June 1863, Page 2

THE WAIIIOPAI ELECTLON.

. KESULT OF THE POLL.

The polling took place yesterday at Mr. Copeland's house, Puni Bush, with tbe following result : —

Beavan ----- 37 Morton - - - - - 28 Macarthur - - - -22

We have to congratulate the electors on iheir choice. The result of this eleetid" proves that the narrow-minded policy pursued by the Government meets wUh general condemnation, and we would strongly recommend nominees of th a t clique in future to save themselves the trouble and expense of a contested flection.

Messrs Davis an( l Clarke, railway contractors of Melbourne, l^ve procured a large quantity of railway plant, which may be expected to arrive here shortly. A portion of it will probably be shipped in the ('• F. Lessing, wbjch vessel was on the berth for this port on the 10th inet. The Aldinga arrived at Bluff Harbor on Monday last. The Eu^ish mail bad not been telegraphed up to the tir>e of her sailing. The Aldinga passed fie Omeo in Hobson's Bay, and sighted the Gothenburg, on the morning of the 15th, off the Solandws. The Eliza Blanche, from Melbourne for this port, was also sighted. Th« Omeo was advertised to leave Melbourne on the 13th, and^l will probably bring down the mail. f The Dunstan News of the 10th says that yfash of some importance has taken place up the^tfanuherikia, about fifteen milea from BlackV an( j the prospects are said to be very good, f It is amusing to read ihe disgjjfrs in the Auckland papers na to whether^&ir George Grey or General Cameron is most^eiititled to receive praise for planning the ntta<>]fbn the Natives on the 4th. The SouUmr ji Cross goes in for General Cameron, amljjjje Neio ZoaJander, after " doing honor and justice to the distinguished (!) Governor " who has been " selected from all others" to (mis)manage the affairs of the colony, says : — " With this premise, we proceed to state that the attack on the Native stronghold at Tataramaika, on the 4th instant, was planned and decided on by Sir George Grey. His Excellency was conversant both with the country and the tribes that occupied it. The assassinations of thfl 4th of May sunk deep into his heart. His efforts to maintain peace had failed, and he took tbe determination to avenge the murders of the 4th May upon the 4th of June, hnving given positive intimation to the offending tribe that, unless the murderers were given up within a month, he would avenge the murders. The resolution was characteristic of the man ; and it was carried into effect with the same resolved a* d unshrinking spirit that marked all his decisions during the Native wars of 1845-6. It. is tho highest praise that can be awarded to General Cameron that he strenuously and brilliantly cooperated in Sir George Grey's measures." The case of the man Job Johnston, who has just stood his trial in Punedin for the Miller's Flat murder, and been aquitted, appears to have excited a large amount of sympathy there. A public meeting was held on Saturday evening last at which about 1 00 persons were present, and a committee appointed to collect subscriptions, in order to reimburse him for the expense he was put to in defending himself. i The New Zealander of the "sth inst., refering to the state of affairs in the north, say : — " Steadily, as it appears, but with a determination -which though silent is not j wanting in vigour, tho preparations for inflicting punishment upon the Taranakis and Ngatiranuis are being proceeded with ; and, if report speaks truly, an attack in force was to have been made upon their stronghold yesterday morning. The fact that these scoundrels had met -with the retribution which their crimp? m-rlt would, we believe, afford general satisfaction— a satisfaction by no means confined t.i the European populat ion, in this Province at least. The giving up of "Waitara appears to be accepted by our contemporaries at Tanmaki and Nelson as an accomplished fact, about which nothin more is necessary to be said than this, that, as theissne of the Waitara Proelaimation by the Governor was subsequent in point of time to tho murder of the soldiers at the Wairau stream, it was therefore a consequence of that act, and a manifestation of fear. The original question, whether or not we ever had a right to occupy that land, appears, by general consent, to be put out of sight. It is remarkable, as showing the diverse effects which the same circumstance will produce upon different minds, that the Taranakis, in a late appeal made to Waikato for help, take the lowest view of this act of the Governor, and that William Thompson should see — in the fact that Sir George Grey was not turned from his determination in reference to Waitara by the murders — ouly convincing evidence of the sincerity of the Governor's desire to do justice strictly. There are diff.T---i ent kiads of men in both race.?." The Argus, in speaking of the report of the Victorian Pleuro - pneumonia Commission, says: — "The symptoms are described at leugth, and, after showing how the disease was introduced and how it was spread over the county, the report goes on to say that it is generally on the decrease in. the herds already infected, and that it has in many cases disappeared entirely, especially in the herds first attacked. In only three instances, and. those among cattle recently infected, is th.e disease allowed to be on the increase." The agent who was appointed to make arrangements in Melbourne for direct steam communication, with this port, had not succeeded in his mission up to the time the Aldinga left Melbourne S. G. Henty, the owner of the Edina, and Messrs M'M'-ckan, Blackwood and Co., the owners of the Aldinga, Gothenburg, &c, have declined to run their vessels for tho subsidy offered, which is totally insufficient. The lattor firm, have, ho-sr-ever, made an offer to the Government, bat with what result we cannot say. The Ballarat Star of June Bth says . — " A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Evelyn Lockley, who is charged with embezzling moneys, the property of the National Bank at Carnghatn, cf which ho was the agent. He is described as an Englishman, about thirty-five years of as»e, five feet ten inches high, about twelve 6tor.e weight, fair complexion, long whiskers, and no moustache-. The offender is supposed to have gone to New Zealand, or overlaid to Adolaide."