THE COUNTY ELECTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 26 February 1883, Page 2

THE COUNTY ELECTIONS.

• .'.'■■■... . U] On' Saturday last contests in several 'ft Ridings of both the Eastern and Western pi Counties were; deoided. Commencing tl with .the;fprraer>divißij6n thevmpat,inipor:« T tant contest was in the ; ; ii ■ 7';,! rj ; "; 5 T : Here' Messrs' Alexander' Stewart and Gander Gunderson were brought forward T by the Ms uricaville settlers to oppose the P old;,members'-: Messrs .MoGregor, .and J Chamberlain, The election was well worked up on both sides. On : Saturday: w morning Mr Dreyer was' final 'out with n Oockery'B, greys on bohalf of the oppoai-. 8 lion, but; Booh • the Mends;, ofMessrs t | McGrego,r ; findi'Ohamberlain' pin ,in. an; a appearance, and| from -about; 10 a.m.,'a e constant stream' of/.county;eleotors .were • j brought up to the poll at Messrs Bacon .&" Oo.V.premises,. wherei Mriß,; -Wilsone, the Returning Officer,, conducted the oleotion, From the firß the friends of Messrs McGregor and Chamberlain were oertain of returning their candidates, but they feared that the;; races and ti bad weather; .might prevent ; many g| of their-: supporters from polling. As it happened, the races were postponed, t ] and the'wßat})er plflaTed.Tjp, bo that 0 almost every man on 'whom they relied ri put in an appearance, and gave, them an gl overwhelming majority. By noon it was J] evident that the Manticeville.settlers were t ] out-voted; A couple .of hours later a n majority of fifty was fully evident, but it. r was not until the poll oloaed that it wa« discovered that the old. members were more than, a hundred-votes above their' a opponents/ The •following, were -the j returns j— . *'.••'■'• ■ 'j ( T. B. Chamber|ain ' 2§l "■••' 6 '. 237 ii D. McGregor' : 'XW- J 2H; ti A; Stewart .„• ' 57 P 90' h Gr'Guhdewop " V.V. 28 "■ 3f . 65 tl The returns of thß TaueWPolhrs | -W. f H. Beethara, 80j B, Meredith, jun., 16; * and J.'C,-Ferguson, 1?,: Tb> result of .! the Coast ballot box is unlilrejy to reverse this, and it may be assumed thai Messrs ■ Beethara and Meredith are returned, 1 .-'' ; dkmowK BipiNo, ' i /Sosrcely half the number of votes were polled at the election of a Councillor for « the. Greytown,.Biding, • Wairarapa'Weit 'j County,, as -was shown-by the result of * thepolljviz." ;, : 7; v '; '■7; v ti Mr Coleman Phillips... 'I m. ... 66 ' MrEDudding/ ; ... i;... ..,7.. 2? ", MrE.B.MaunaoU ... 6 J Informal ... ... '■' ... 2 Total ..; r ; ...;..>;; i..' 8~7 J ' Mr'Bhilligs pp (jeojarpfj elected, o The election of two Councillors idr the C»rterlon Biding of the (County tqok plaoe on Ejaturdijy, with' the following regult ;-r Williatn Booth , '■<',.;', .... ...'IBO Henry Braithwait'e-'.-..!• ... ..y- Q|S s Lewis Nix ... ... , u t. ... ,92 \ Informal .'•; ; .... ... : 5 v ; But little excitement rnarked.the.day g from any othor £jati)rday ut}til about three'' (] o'clock, wbpu t{je crowd began to con- j. gregate, and when Mr pollers declared v the result of the poll about one'hundred' j people were waiting outside, the Institute -* anxious to hear, the result. 7When this' t> was declared Mhßraithwaite, on behalf b of Mr' Booth, who' was' called away on gi business, returned thanks on behalf of the { ( successful candidates.''.They h'ad!now', he• t said, 80 volea of a majority to counter , act the letition ,for amalgamation, 1 , so' ll thaji question wa'B set at rest, . o iMr Ifix. thanljed thijse whp had .voted f( for him, also flfnse who had i}oO« tijey n had saved him much trouble. ' D 4 ■ .'