AUCKLAND, (From our own Correspondent)

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 436, 4 March 1875, Page 2

AUCKLAND, (From our own Correspondent)

We have entered' -upon ar^sgi of electioneering excitement which Jnds fair to be* sufficiently animated to gratify th'e^Mfcfct exacting election agent. In order to avoid tnyevils oi an election, it was suggested by the Igmo, ijhat Sir George Grey should be requested to allo'whimself to be nominated for the high provincial position left vacant by the death of Mr. Williamson. It was, of course, presumed that the request would emanate from the people, if they approved of the idea ; but it was n<jt so. Four schemers, upon no authority higher than their own, st eamed do to Kawau in the Lady Bowen, saw and conferred with Sir George, and promised without the consent of those most interested, that Messrs. Dargaville and O'Rorke would not oppose him should he consent to fill the position ; such however is not the case. Mr. Dargaville has announced his intention of contesting the election and I would not be surprised if others should | yet come into the field. The hasty action of those who waited upon Sir George is therefore likely to be productive of a hot contest. There are various ! surmises as to the suitability of the candi^'aies^ Sir George Grey has never been a popular man in' New Zealand or elsewhere ; and those who took part in the Maori war during his reign^in ihs Colony, seem not to be able to forget the calamities which often befel those who would invariably have j been more successful without his interference. In addition to his unpopularity, the British public do not appreciate any infringement of their prerogative, and the undue officiousness of those who waited upon Sir George, is rankling in their minds. If othey had been armed with credentials from the electors, matters no <!oulit would have been somc•u'hat d:f!Vieiii. The •!• etc. 1 wonld not Lave felt anrov^d pt what wri^ vuv arrr>^l tl V i n >V! fcroncp, lamJM; P.u ,<*,-> -vi I] c won] ] t,f < .n-c br. o retired ' frorr. the contest. (Jv ,-unos, o «y kY^.ws -w^ai m,ly _ | l.c the ic?ii}i vovr, I you'd iiot l-t } s^rjaj;sed ii i I Hirer, or four otLor c.i.jrirla'-t--. sLxikN^ojaae' into tiie j field. lam not in a position to tell \y on anything I of thr J'oluh's of the two oandidatcttfov a certainty! . but it may- be pvpsuiwd t]>at Mi\ v Dargaviiie has nofc chiinged hh poHcy duvTKpt $y& ]&sb fiftep« menfchs, aud if the aime mfiy hemifeof Sir Geoige, 'irx.v^ «^«i. .- —■ f.'.t 'tx — \a x.L.. —t -

ever, we have nob yet ,a fiingle line as tojiis intctf tions ; indeed we only know- from- the i&elf-elected' deputation that he is> willing to 1 immolate himself upon the altar of the- Pioviitce.-