NOMINATION OF MEMBERS FOR WAIMEA EAST.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 211, 28 October 1859, Page 2

NOMINATION OF MEMBERS FOR WAIMEA EAST.

The meeting advertised to take place for the nomination of a new member in place of Mr. J. Sharp, who had resigned, was lield last Tuesday at the School-house, Richmond, and the attendance was sufficiently numerous to fill that building. The following members of the Provincial Council were,present:—Messrs. Barnicoat, M'Rae, and Kelling. The Returning Officer having opened the proceedings by stating the matter, proceeded to read the writ, and then asked if any elector-was prepared to propose a new candidate. Mr. Harkness rose and said that it was. necessary in his opinion that the gentleman they elected ..should be one in whom every confidence could be placed, and they had that gentleman present—one who .had never failed, verbally or in: writing ; he ; had been the conductor, the editor, and manager of, j one of the most respectable newspapers in New Zealand j he had to doal} biqiself i Jijs impartjaljty had gained him the goocl opinion of all.; ij'rofn the separation of the Provinces he had lost his seat in the Provincial Council; and he would say, that if a more efficient government existed in this Province, there would have been no separation. The Wairau would still have been linked to our chain. He much doubted if that separation would be to the profit of either. They (the electors) now had an opportunity.of securing for themselves.an efficient representative. He felt that it was fortunate for himself th^t h§ had only to mention the name, and that was, Mr. Elljott. lie considered that would be sufficient, for that gentleman was Ifnown not only in his private, but. jn his public capacity; he was recognised both in the council and out of it.' A more free and able advocate could not he found; he had been always an independent member, he,had advocated his own principles, and had always shewn that bp had a mind of his own, and: capable of carrying put apy measure, Mr. Disher seconded the nomination of Mr. Elliott.' r.. ~ ."' "." . Mr,' Hcbbard said that he had a gentleman to propose, and one who he believed would do his duty. He was one of "the old settlers, and had gone through all the earlier privations of the settlement. He believed that ff chosen they would find their choice satisfactory.. He ! hoped that the gentleman he was about to nominate would supEort the present government, which he believed ad; been. defsi?ed from ap#ng they otherwise -would have done by the frivoloijp opposition which bad always )mn brought forwjifd. Bo«Mßid«Kid

that they required further s#p§**t; and, as a woiking man, wished to see the »eat filled by one able and willing to support the interests of working men;' and after making a few more remarks proposed Mr. J. P. Horn. ' _1 v »" Mr. Rowbotham seconded, this : motion, and. spoke as to the length of time during which h«< had known the candidate. v -. ■ ) The Retpbnijwo Officer then asking if any v elector had another name to propose, - ' r Mr. Butler said that he wpuld nominate one gentleman who had never yet had a. seat in the Provincial Council, and yet who had always shewn himself deeply interested in the public welfare, he - spoke of Mr. Batey, who, if elected, would, go un-, biassed either for the present government or against it; andhe would wish that gentleman returned, without .any pledge as to supporting any party. At: a meeting which had taken place the other evening, it was alluded to, that it should be asked of every candidate to give ajpledge to lower the pie-^ sent salaries of officials. He, however, would wish ; to leave it to Mr. Batey's own good judgment to act on his own opinion. He had himself held a seat in the Council, and referred to his past efforts in supporting' the first Superintendent. When he took his Beat he had done, so without giving any pledge. If such had been required he would have" declined standing. ' ■■ Mr. Lines seconded the nomination. 'r The Returninc* Officer :asked if any candidate proposed wished to address the meeting, when Mr. C. Elliott rose and said, that no.doubt his appearance amongst the electors upon this occasion ~ had taken many of them by surprise, and he would own that he was rather; surprised himself.. He . was one of those unfortunate. members; whjpfi^tKe^ iiriexpecteci division Ipf t^e'i^ro^inupft into, •twp^parts .*•>;. —a division Hvhich^he $$p6tMros&£ encourage,^ 'and had not only publjelyi" but, al?o privately opposed—"left in the lurch. :He'had had no idea of offering himself 83 a ciridid&tefor their suffrages.' He had heard that there were three gentlemen whose names had been proposed; yet he would con--fess that after the active,part which he had taken in public matters during past years, he had no desire to retire; he still wished to have a hand, in the pie; he did not wish to be left out of the council ; he had no wjsh to, provoke a contest. .Hii appearance that day was owing to his having been waited uponW some gentlemen who had requested him to allow himself to be nbminabd. : .He had given his assent with reluctance, but it was -upon, conditions. A number of persons were anxious to • support Mr. Batey, but he was informed thafe,Mr.^; B. was not desirous of pressing, his position; He would give this guarantee, that if Mr. Batey went; to the poll, he would not.' He had another opponent, Mr. Horn. (Mr. Batey now entering the-school-room, Mr. Elliott continued.) ; Thathesaw. Mr. Batey was present, arid lie,thought it might be that that was the first intimation he, Mr. 8..'; had received of his appearance as a candidate, and j regretted that he had not had an opportunity of; seeing him before to explain his own position. Mr. Hubbard had said that he wished to elect ft • supporter of the present Government; but he must say that, if elected himself, he should be one of '. their strongest opponents; apd the speaker pro--ceeded with much energy' to decry the measures of V our existing Executive, accusing them of depriving^ Nelson of population, injuring the' mai^tets, and preventing the value of property being doubled, which it would have been if the gold-field question had been treated by them in a proper manner. H» * also spoke as to.the great disadvantage ■which.lthf province labored uqder frqni the abgeiice pf^Mr,Gibbs, arid said that lie considered that the Govern-^ ment officials were receiving large.salaries for idle- .-" ness,"lie would himself dp his utmost to turn them put. "■■■ After these remarks Mr. Elliott entered, upon the local interests of Waimea East; he should, he said, if elected, constantly watch' them, but. he ; would never sacrifice any general advantage to the province for any one district; In his opinion the.. two were se intimately connected together, that one could not prosper without.the other; and-he ■ conceived thafc to study the general goqd was tha wiser and better course. After a few more sear ; tences he concluded in the usual manner. Mr. Butler asked the" candidate whether our : present. Provincial 'Govern merit liad; n6t exceeded the amount voted by the Gen^ral^ Government for opening up the gold-fields. 1 ;; ;'; ~ Mr. Elliott replied by saying that he believed, that the sum voted had not been wholly expanded, ' Mr. Sif4R? then aslfed if any other candidate was anxious to make any retijarksi and '" _ A Mr. Horn rose, and said that for some years , past he had been unused to public speaking, and he claimed the sympathy of the public on that ad' V count. It was but only the other night that he •• knew he might be called upon to represent the district. Two gentlemen, friends of his, had called . upon him, and had requested him to al|bw himself ; to be put in nomination. He had certainly complied immediately, and he would add that he was not insensible of the honor which attached to the position. At the same time he was not blind to the difficulties which such a position entailed; and whilst fully sensible upon both" points, he could only regret that not having ah opportunity of ex- , amining the State documents, he could only form; his opinion of puhlip inatterij from the njeagre J9> ' ports published in the newspapers. There wag one point which he would fearlessly assert, and/ that was, that for the last six years capital had .'. had had the sway—that which was the poor man's./ * capital had been set aside; They might, perhaps f during those six years have had some trivial ad/r vantage, but all the real good •of any effective measures proposed by the present Gdyernriienfc, . had been stultified by the opposition of Mr. Elliott. •• Hewould apeak of the working classes, and by such he wished it to be understood that he meant the small farmers. There had":been a Waste ; Lands Bill passed, which^ if in the hands of disinterested parties, would have: materially improved their position. They were' told that the Government would be perpetually obliged - to re-entec. upon, the land. This he considered as untrue in argument; it was false reasQfVr ~ in,g. Messrs Fel). and seyn)orir had sqld large quantities of land on easy '"terms,' arid he would ~ say, aak their opinion had they not, if not at once, still ultimately received the value for it? Dr. : Monro had no right to have made such a statement, Dr, Monro had also stated that it would be. an injury to the original settler, arid he argued that . they would have derived the greatest benefit from it had they been properly represented. There was one thing; which the Doctor had forgotten, and that was, that after a 19 years' emigration,>. new generation was springing>up; there were son* born to the settlers who, looked/ wpoir this land as, ; -therf home, they would be ready to'enter upon land if they had the opportunity. The parents had been the pioneers of the settlement,' and the jr children wpre capab]e of ft. Again, lws •wouia'say that labor was not represented "aHfaj: . Land Office, He was Wraself the jailer of 8 children, arid 5 of them boy*; arid only the day previous his eldest had left him to go to the Wairau, and ifeaven only knew where after, because his homestead could not furnish aim with occupation. He could, if the land were to be bought by payments deferred until such time as gave the occupier * prospect of realizing, have furnished that son with a pair of bullocks; he could have given him & year's , provision and have assisted him in other ways/jf'.. he could orily have found the land at Government prices,and riot necessarily pafd for within one month.:..-. If he went to the Land Office, and asked for a section, what was the answer ? > Why," pay the deposit, and the remainder in one month. . There were few amongst those who were really, developing the value of the soil that could put their hands in their pockets and do: this. In all other .bqajpe§s Jn/ Welsqn he believed that a.three months'bill wajs usual, and yet our' Land Office was more hardlhiih any tradesman. The present: was the Government of the woiking man; they already had had Afto' . Governments, and who was it but the working ;. classes who had returned Mr. Stafford? What did he do when returned ? Why, Hke Phset;on> he borrowed his father's chariot to run into the sun. He found a large revenue and he left us £9000 in .. debt. (BfereMr.H.Tepeatedaparody-oriJeannette \ and Jeannotj which he had publwheaat that timer) .When Mr. Stafford had: applied for leav? to go tj>^ • * Auckland, he was allowed tq go r but at. Jhj|t time he nev W that»iawyeiqT|(lfltdp4jpjLtr^

■Tcp into his position. Ho believed that a province was like a private individual, and should not go into debt, and he gave every credit to the present Superintendent for having avoided doing so, and y«t he had found the province in debt, and it could now. be said that there was a large sum in the provincial-chest. - The new province of Marlborough had been spoken of, ana if, as he believed, the proposers of the separation were going to use •very endeavor to open up the country and grant advantages to immigrants, why they would take •way from us the best part of pur population, lo speak allegorically, we had arrived at our last guinea; and many were waiting to leave for a more liberal province to go to. Mr. Elliot had congratulated the province on its prosperity during the first 6 years; but what was that prosperity ? Why, an advantage for the land, or, he would call them, ground- sharks. Siiice the Melbourne diggings had broken, out, what benefit would it be .to us unless we cultivated more assiduously our bread •tuffis ? He looked upon gold diggings as furnishing a ready market for such produce. To compare the Gold Fields of Nelson with those of Melbourne was absurd. The Melbourne diggings broke out at once, ours had been gradually developed. We . hare and had the time before us to prepare for their requirements. He only asked the opportunity of representing labor; he would not ntglect the interests of capital, but still he thought that the latter had been too much represented, and he only desired a position to enable him to see their two rights equalized. He could not conclude without expressing his astonishment at seeing Mr. Elliot there; and it recalled to his mind a passage in Lord Byron's " Vision: 'of Judgment," Where Satan broke his wing by carrying'Sputhey and the weight of hia'pdemat,'; Hft^dnßiflergll that-Asmodeus had picked rMr. EWji 1 u^^Wfnewhere in the Wairau, and after flying" with him some time had hia wing broken by the weight of the Examiners, and so suddenly dropped him in Waimea East. Some years ago, he had proposed Mr. Elliot; but at that time he had not turned shoeblack to Dr. Momro. Since that, he had not only polished th» shoes, but had risen to the position of valet, leaving the office of first polisher to his friend at Motueka. . Mr. Kemjng thought that Mr. Horn had made • mistake, and that the bill he had alluded to had been passed, and wished to know more about the £9000 debt. Mb. Horn, in reply, said he was open to correction; but he had always been given to understand that the province had been leit in debt that sum by the first Superintendent. . Some little discussion then took place with regard to the Waste Lands Act. TSLn. Batey was then asked if he should go to the poll, and said that he felt himself under a pledge to those who had proposed him to offer himself as a candidate. 'He would leave himself in the hands of the electors. MrELtiOTTclaimed permission to reply,although he was aware as he said that he was. out of order in doing so, he wished to remark upon one or two obssrvations which had fallen from Mr. Horn; and he aU,uded more particularly to the failure of Sir George Grey's cheap land system, which in effect only placed large tracts of country in the hand of the capitalist. Mr. E. then (having the ear of his audience) diverted into a long speech,, not in the least a reply, and. not being called to order, made a second address, in .which he completely coincided with the views expressed by this journal, that one half of the land now held would, if properly cultirated, produce larger; even treble returns than those now harvested. He then proceeded to explain his own views on sheep runs, which, as being uninteresting, we do not report. . MEETING AT STOKE. Atseveno'clockthesame evening,in consequence of a notice issued by Mr. Horn, about one-third of the electors of Suburban South assembled at the Turf Hotel, Stoke. Mr. J. Best being called to the chair, read the notice. He then proceeded to' open the meeting. He emphasized the subject as important, and referred to the length of. the sitting of the Council, which he described lias $ very. one-sided one ;he would call their attention "jEo the matter before them- He had known' Mr. Horn for many years, and looked, upon him as a fit and proper representative of the district.; Mr, Horn said that it was only his duty to volunteer a statement, and the first thing he had to say was, that it -was at the request of friends that he came forward. Mr. H. then reiterated the opinions which he had given at Richmond, and entered more largely upon the question of centralisation. He deprecated the want of care which was taken in the Provincial Council of the interests of the working man. That class, he considered, had no wish* to obtain for themselves more than their due; and thought that working men might almost be classed amongst gentlemen, when the highest office in the province was filled by one of their own class. They had had experience of how gentlemen (so-called) had conducted the Government. Here the speaker again referred to the Waste Lands Act, using the same arguments as at Richmond. He spoke of the views with which the laboring man Had left England, and referred to the disadvantages which he now here labors under, not being represented in the Land Office. The education here given fitted the children of aettlers to take a position. Nelson had always been an agricultural province until the Melbourne diggings broke out. Then arose land speculations, prices always being here upheld after a rise. It prevented the child of a farmer from taking land, as it was upheld in price like everything else. Mr. Horn then: spoke of the mineral wealth of the colony, arid considered that unless land were free from the land-sharks, it would not be developed. He hoped to see the. day when the land in the hands of speculators would be brought into the market," and very forcibly, advocated some system which would en.fib.le a working man to purohasjj |and a,t Government prices. He then referred to the description of Dr. Hoohstettflr as regards our gold-fields,-with a powerful appeal to all parents to give their children the means of advancement, concluded by reviewing at large the present position of Nelson, reverting to the separation of the Wairau, and speaking against the Compensation Bill. He looked forward to, better times for working man; he was himself a working man, and would say no more, than that his interest was mixed up with them, and 4f elected he would do his duty. All he wanted .was *he,«ght man in the right. . place, . and ; if; they thought trim so-, he. suoulAvbe .^ladj. to : have an optunity of proving^ himselfworthy of their gqnjv. dene?. ■ ';"..,. ' . ;■' ~>=. ;;•.. : §KsY£ral questiqns. as to, the-appointments, &c*, gsked of Mr..Horn, who responded, satisfactorily. :\" aaMr. Kbarns spoke in favor of the election of Mr. Horn, afid approved of the opinions he had given as to the policy necessary to be pursued. We hear that theposition of the votes at the close of the Poll yesterday, was as follqws j—a J. P. Horn ....;...,.,..,....,.. 36 ./......i................ 18 Majority for Horn ............ 18 FIFTH REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DUN MOUNTAIN COPPER MINING COMPANY. :• JJvov the occasion of handing to the. shareholders this Fifth Half-Yearly Report.: if the Company's transactions, your Directors beg reference to their kst statement, in January of this year, which explained how feeble were your Manager's expectations of discovering copper ore of any amount, and that he rather grounded his hopes of future success upon the large quantity of chromate .of iron which the mountain contains, the full extent and Talue of which, as well as the cost of bringing it to England, had yet to be ascertained.- _ __ Your Directors have received from Mr. Haiket, the Mining Engineer, monthly renorts of the 'workings up to 31st March last; and, they regret to say, that his opinion continues- unfavorable as regards thefiling; of copper jnV' workable quantitiST natwitiistanding the discovery; during the progrt» oif the chromeexploitfioM and the road-

making, of several veins of copper ore, one of considerable length, containing copper pyrites, but which, on being pursued, proved deficient in depth . and regularity. , ; " , If this opinion of your Mining: Engineer is to be accepted as correct, your directors submit, that to prosecute mining operations under such disadvantageous prospects, for copper only, would be useless; but, from the last advices, they learn that the quantity of chromate of iron in the mountain is practically inexhaustible, and, iv the opinion of geologists, the Dvii Mountain does contain copper, which might be discovered during the chrome workings. The following questions, therefore, remain to be solved, viz.:—the mercantile value of the chrome' ore in this country, and the cost of. iaising and bringing it here. Upon these points your directors are making anxious inquiries, as also upon the question of profitable working, as much depends upon the cost of transporting the ore from the mountain to the place of shipment. This would be considerably reduced by the formation of arail or tram road; but as the act obtained in the,colony has not yet received the Royal assent, and the expense of formation of the road has not been accurately ascertained, your Directors are not prepared to proceed with its immediate formation. ! . But they feel warranted in stating, that the result of the inquiries as to the demand for chroinate is satisfactory/ and there appears to be sufficient margin in the price offered, to justify them in recommending to the shareholders the further prosecution of the Dun Mountain operations, contingent upon the satisfactory solution of the questions of Railway Bill and transitOwing to the low rate, 'of interest obtained from the bankers, £10,000 .jiave been invested ;in East India Debentures, yielding 4 per cent, interest, and redeemable at par in 1864; this investment will, no doubt, meet your approval. By order of the Board, Fred. Saunders, Secretary. London, 18th July, 1859. The Gold Duty.—The Ariel which arrived here, last evening, will be immediately put on for Melbourne, thus affording to shippers the last opportunity of sending away gold dust just previous to the day fixed for imposing the duty, viz., next Tuesday, the first of November. Mr. Lane's Accident.—The accident that occurred to Mr. Lane, of Picton, which we reported a short time since, we are happy to hear is not so likely to prove fatal as was at first expected From the Wakatu Hotel the patient was subsequently removed to the Hospital, and on enquiring we were informed that he was out of danger and was recovering. Cattle Fair.—Wednesday next will he the Cattle Fair day at Richmond, and a good attendance is anticipated. We observe that Mr. G Aitken, auctioneer, has a numerous sale on hand of general Stock; Mr. N. Edwards also advertises some commissions for that occasion. This will afford a good opportunity for persons desirous of purchasing either stock or vehicles from a plentiful assortment. % Wesleyan Missionary Socikty;—On Monday evening last a meeting was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, Hardy-street, in connection with the above Society. After an excellent tea, the chair was taken by D. Rough, Esq. Mr. W. Jenkins read a very gratifying report of the position of the Society, shewing that above £70 have been collected during the year by this branch ; the gvoss receipts of the Society was stated at £130,000 for the same period, the following particulars are interesting:— " Central or principal stations, 509; chapels and other preaching places, 8936 ; ministers and assistant missionaries, 759; other paid agents—as catechists, interpreters, day school teachers, 1100; unpaid agents—as sabbath school teachers, 12,167; full and accredited church members, 128,165 ; on trial for membership, 10,624 ; scholars to day and sabbath schools, 117,190; printing establishments 8." The proceedings of the evening were interspersed by vocal music of an excellent description, and a vote of thanks was given to the members of the choir for their very able assistance, to the ladies who provided tea, and'- also to the chairman. We are desired to say'tlfaFtfte meeting was fully equal in number to any previous, but that in consequence -of the increased population since the former meeting a greater attendance was expected. About £21 was collected on this occasion. Death from Fire.—lt will be remembered that a little more than, a fortnight ago a female named Quayle was discovered in the fire place of her house in Collingwood-street by a neighbor, and was so desperately.burnt that the medical officers gave but little hopes of recovery. The opinion has unfortunately been confirmed, for after lingering since the 11th instant, death terminated her sufferings on the afternoon of Wednesday last. An inquest on the body will be held at the hospital at 10 o'clock this day. Capture of Black Fish.—Last week a school of these fish was observed inside the sandbank at Motueka, and a boat was speedily manued, and all sorts of weapons procured, to make an attack upon them. They had nearly escaped, but were successfully headed > aud checked, Dr. Allant acting as steers-* man, and the slaughter commenced, which lasted about an hour, when thirteen rewarded their efforts, which were sold at once, and realised £6. There were altogether ten employed, three commencing, and being gradually joined by others. The money was divided according to the number of fish each shared in. We regret to add that a somewhat serious. accident occurred to Mr. G. Harding, the son of Mr. Harding, innkeeper, of Motueka. In making a atab with a long knife, the handle being greasy, his hand slipped down the blade, which nearly .severed his thumb off, severing both radial and ulnar arteries, and dividing all the nerves. Dr. Allant, who was fortunately present, at once attended to the wound, which, though hot serious, will for a long time incapacitate the sufferer from using his hand, leaving the thumb paralysed for the future. Waimea West.—On Friday, the 21st instant, the opening of the new school kept by Mr. Moore, at Waimea West, Southern Division, was celebrated by a tea party for the children and their parents and friends who chose to attend. The schoolroom, which is commodious and delightfully situated, was tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers and shrubs, and the tables were neatly set out and abundantly supplied. At four o'clock the juveniles sat down to tea, which was prepared by Mrs. Morris a.nd Mrs. Moore, and the boys afterwards amused themselves with cricket. The seniors, numbering^aboutsixty; took tea at six, when Captain Blundell wasappointed to preside, who, after the refreshment, stated that Dr. Monro .was expected to oceppy the chair, and regretted that he, as well as Dr. Greenwood, were not present. The Chairman alluded to the progress which had been made in the buildings of the district, and the able inquner in which the extractor for thel&jh.Qql had completed the work at the contract price, aud expressed his thanks, in the name of the committe, for this service; to which Mr. Morris returned thanks. Afterwards, a vote of thanks was passed to Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Moo*ie, who had provided the repast so handsomely, and the rest of the evening was spent in songs, music, and dancing, until a late hour. Nothing occurred to disturb, the concord, and this was the most pleasant social gathering which has occurred in Waimea West for. a long time. The presence of ladies from Nelson added to the happiness of the meeting. Communicated. '■