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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 226, 1 December 1893, Page 7

Hone Heke, Poata Uruamo, Eparoima and Te Kapa, native candidates for the Northern Maori electoral district, were nominated on Wednesday. The poll is to be taken on Wednesday, December 20th, Now that the elections are all over we again remind the public that the names of all those who did not vote on Tuesday last will be struck off the Rolls. Fresh applications will have to be made by those desirous of having their names replaced. Port Albert went strongly for Mr R. Monk giving him 142 votes and Palmer only 14 ; seventy-two women voted. At Aratapu the ladies largely supported Mr James Trounson, and a Committee of them worked well in bringing their friends to the poll. Several Aratapu votes were cast at Dargaville and very few voters indeed failed to exercise their privilege. Mr Airey, Inspector of schools is announced to examine the schools of this district in standards during the coming week ; he is expected at the Aratapu school on Thursday iw.xt.

The Ruapehu left Wellington for London last week with a large cargo which in eluded 397 tons of butter and 85 tbns of cheese. This is the largest shipment of dairy produce ever taken by one steamer from New Zealand. An excursion to Tokatoka in connection with the Sunday School of All Saints Church, Aratapu, is announced for tomorrow. Children only will be provided with tea. strawberries and eream. but others can secure a trip down in the steamer by paying Is 6d.

The Auckland Board of Education received eight applications for the position of chief inspector of schools and appointed a committee to consider the same. The committee have reported that they ao not see their wav to recommend the appointment of any of the applicants. Mr S. Cooper held a very successful sale on Thursday at Mititai. There was a large attendance of buyers and everything offered, with the exception of a few horses, was disposed of at a fair price. Pome good fat cattle from the Kaipara aettlements soM readily ■ the sale altogether is described as the mo3t successful yet held in the district, We have not been supplied with a list of the prices realised. Sunday last was what is known as Temperance Sunday, and acting on the request of the Kauri Lodge of Good Templars Rev. Joseph Blight on the evening of that day preached a sermon having special reference to temperance, taking as his text the words—“ at the last ic biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.” Members of the Good Templar and Rechabite Orders were present in regalia.

The followiug is a question put to a candidate, at one of the'„recent political meetings, by a Village settler : ‘lam the holder of a section under the Village Settlement Scheme; I am unfortunate ; my land is all flat’; it is a flat, and I am another flat (the greater of the two), and being a mere couple of flats, I wish to ask will you assist me in getting a freehold so that I may get a good title and sell to another flat ? ’ The Aratapu Band of Hope held its regular meeting on Tuesnay evening last in the Aratapu Hall. The building was crowded in every seat and in the lobby. The ladies were again instrumental in providing an excellent programme and time occupied was profitably employed. Songs by lady friends, temperance items from the chair, recitations, pianoforte solos and dialogues by the children were all very pleasing, The dialogue “ Twelve months of the Year ” was specially pretty and reflected great credit on the twelve little girls as well as their teacher; •‘ Wanted a General Servant ” in which seven young ladies took part was also very creditable. The collection taken up during the meeting realised 10s 9d. Some lively election meetings have been held since our la»t issue but as the elections are now all over we withhold our reports of the speeches made. On Saturday Mr. James Trounson addressed the electors at Kai Iwi and at Dargaville. At the latter place he received a hearty reception and was accorded a vote of confidence by a large majority, from a meeting of nearly three hundred electors. On Monday he addressed a meeting of about 230 people at Aratapu and received a vote of thanks. He was here attacked by one or two questioners who evidently knew nothing of the character of the man before them, but the mud did not stick. Mr. Dargaville address ed about seventy persons at Aratapu at midday on Monday. He got off a nice little speech with considerable force but the meeting came to an abrupt conclusion after the first question. On Monday evening he addressed a large meeting at Dargaville. Mr James Harrison addressed meetings at Arapdhue and Tokatoka on Saturday, and at Tatarariki, Redhili, and Kopuru on Monday,