The Tuapeka Times.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 110, 17 March 1870, Page 4

The Tuapeka Times.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1870. "Measures, not Mm." It- seems that after all Mr. Jolm 1 Cargill left his resignation in the hands of tjie Government "before faking his departure for England. In this act. he did more than we gave him credit for. Nqw that the ejectors have an opportunity of placing another man in his seat, it will be well to refrain from any further comment upon a representative whose every vote was antagonistic to the wishes of his constituents. In Mr. Cargill the electors of Bruce county have been taught a wholesome lesson, which, we trust, will help them to make a better choice on this occasion. The writ for the election of a member has been issued, and will be found in another column. The nomination takes place at Tokomairiro on Monday next, and the election will take place, if one is required, on the following Monday. The printed roll for the Bruce district shows a total of about. electors, and of that number Tuapeka, Bkie^ Spur, Wetherstones, Waitahuna, and Waipori represent at least two-thirds of the whol,e. We may, therefore, premise that these two-thirds have the power invested in themselves, if they are united, of returning any gentleman they may decide upon a.s most likely %o represent their interests in the Assembly to the best advantage. In electing gentlemen to the important position of M.H.R, we would strongly advocate the advisability of electing none other than a member of the Provincial Council. Our reason for this is not far to seek, when we recall the votes : of Mr. Cargill and other Otago members of the House of Representatives — and not members of the Council — who were diametrically opposed to decisions of the Council. The, policy adopted, l?y the Provincial Executive on sojne very important questions wwars r entirely thwarted, and the recommendations of the Coudcil were set at nought. Up to the present time we have not heard of any other candidate being in the field than Mr. J. C. Brawn. Some rumours reached us that the electors of Tokomairiro intended bringing forward Mr. Cutten, he being anxious to hold some important position in the State ; but we have more faith in the good judgment of the Tokomairiro electors than to believe they- would give their support to a man who so. badly fulfilled his duties while he occupied the. position of Crown Lands Commissioner, No ; th,e Bruce district must return one of its own residents — one who is known in its midst : a man whose ideas are matured on all those questions identified with the progress of the colony : one who will not be satisfied with Hundreds Regulations Acts — in fact, who will approve of nothing less than a new and more liberal Land Law, based, if possible, upon the recent Victorian Act : a man who will give his influence towards the development of our Goldfields by the construction of reservoirs : in short, one who will assist in sweeping away every obstruction to settlement, and in preventing a similar exodus of population from our shores as is now, through a blind and illiberal Government, taking place in' the neighbouring colony of Queensland. We have no hesitation in saying that there is not a more popular representative of the Goldfields in the Council than Mr. J. C. Brown. He is known to be one of the most zealous workers — untiring in his energies to accomplish every work- having for its object- tha advancement of the Province. If he fails as a speaker, he succeeds as a worker ; and in the Assembly, no less than in the Council, there has been too little work and a great deal too much talk. We believe if Mr. Brown is returned he will prove himself worthy of the trust reposed j in him. Of this, at all events, we are certain: if he is not the best man, he .is, the best we can get.

The Rev. B. H. Granger, A. M., of All Saints' 'Dunedin, is announced to perform divine service in the Schoolhouse, Blue Spur, on Sunday morningjiext, and in the Lawrence Schoolhouse in the evening, as will be perceived by advertisement in. another column. Our Church, of ! England friends appear to be in clover just no,vv as regards, the visits paid to. them by their clergyman. We understand thfit the Rev. T. L. Stanley is expected the following Sunday, the 27th inst. ' The iron clipper ship Jessie. Readman, from I Glasgow^ one of Patrick Henderson and Co.'s ' line of Clyde packetß. arrived, off the Otago ■ Heads on the evening of the 10th inst. She brings a large quantity of general merchandise and 82 passengers. She left the tail of the Bank, Greenock, on the 17th December, so that her voyage occupied 84 days. There was one birth and one death on the passage — the latter was the daughter of Mr. Peters, who was lately employed as gardener in the Tuapeka Hospital garden.