NOMINATION OF OTHER CANDIDATES.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2508, 19 January 1877, Page 2

NOMINATION OF OTHER CANDIDATES.

The first nomination of candidates to fill the office of representatives of those who had paid wharf and harbor dues to the amount of not less than £2 during the previous year was held to-day in the Borough Council Chambers. There was a large'attendance, both of those qualified to vote and those who were not. His Worship the Mayor, the Re turning Officer, occupied the chair. „. .''

The Mayor in opening the proceedings said that as the meeting was aware they were assembled to elect three persons for the Harbor Board. The electors could only

be those who had paid wharf and harbor dues to an amount of not less than £2 during the previous year. The meeting ought to be of such persons as were qualified to vote, and it would be his duty to see that none but those duly qualified to rote did so, and he would osk the meeting to assist him in every way they could. A great deal, 113 said, as they could see by the Act, was left to his discretion, and he appealed to them to point out to him any person who, if the question cafiie to a show of hands, held up his hand without < being qualified to do so as an elector. He ' then read the section of the Act, pointing out those who had a right to vote, and explained that though it was necessary that the elector who voted was duly qualified, yet it was not necessary that the persons proposed should have the qualifications of electors. He then read the advertisement convening the meeting and called on those present to make nominations. Mr Ehrenfreid said it was the duty of all who voted to find out that those elected possessed both ability to carry out their duties, and also that their interests concurred with theirs. He had much pleasure in proposing Mr Bobert Grraiham, a gentleman who had both ability and energy, and who, he felt sure, would worthily fill the office. The Mayor asked Mr Ehrenfried if he had paid wharf and harbor dues to the amount of £2.

Mr Ehrenfried: " Yes and more." Mr McGregor seconded the nomination.

The same question was put to Mr McGregor, and answered in the affirmative.

Mr Eenshaw in a few words proposed Captain W. Souter. Mr Thomas seconded the nomination.

In reply to the same question asked by the Mayor as to whether Mr Thomas was on the list of electors, Mr Thomas said he was.

The Mayor : " I don't see your name there."

Mr Thomas: "It should be there for all that."

The Mayor: "On what grounds do you claim to vote ? "

Mr Thomas: ".For the William and Julia."

The Mayor then asked if all payments made on behalf of that boat had been made on behalf of himself.

Mr Thomas said the payments had been made on behalf of himself and Mr McCabe.

The Harbor Master corroborated this, and the name of Mr McLeod, captain of the vessel, was struck out and that of Mr Thomas inserted on the list.

Mr Jeffrey proposedMr W. Davies,and Mr D. Miller seconded the nomination. The same questions as in the previous cases were put to the proposer and seconder, and answered satisfactorily. Mr Ehrenfried nominated Mr, Alfred Price, a gentleman, he said, known and respected by all, and one whom, he felt sure, would do much for the Harbor Board if elected. . ■

Mr Pulleine seconded the nomination of Mr Price, whom he had known for a long time, and to whose merits he could testify. Mr McGowan said he had a gentleman to nominate, one whose interests were identical with theirs, who lived in their midst, and he certainly thought they couldn't do better than elect Mr J. M. Mennie. ; » * Mr J. E. Hansen seconded the motion. The Mayor read over the nominations, and said that as five gentlemen were named to fill three offices it would be his duty to call for a show of hands. Those qualified to vote then moved to the front of the room, and those not qualified to the back, and on the show of hands being taken there were for Souter 15, Price 14, Davies 12, Mennie 12, and Graham 8. The Mayor read out a section of the Act showing that if two candidates were equal it rested on him to give the castingvote, and he gave his in favor of .Mr Davies.

A poll was demanded by Mr Mennie (a candidate), and by Messrs Ehrenfried and McGregdr, electors, and the poll fixed to take place in the Borough Council Chambers, on Tuesday next, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. •