ELECTION NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1876, 15 July 1884, Page 3

ELECTION NEWS.

Nomination of Candidates. [Lsi l'l LU.KU'H.— PKLS.S VWK'IMION.] iNVhiicvKciLb — At the nomination of candidates foi Auaiua, Messis J. P. Joyce (late mcinliet), A. Kinioss, A. L Maulonald, -). W. Mitchell, and T. HodtjKin>son Mcie pioposed. The show of hands \\ ab in fa\ our of Jo,\ cc. Tmutu.— At the uonmiation for Temuka, the show of handb was:— Mr Button, 00; Mr Cox, Gi; Mi Rolkstoii, 62; Mi Fiaiiks., 14. Palmi.hston'. — The nominations weie . Messrs McKen/ie, 55 ; Hnyncs, 22. Ru&M-.Lf.. — At the liny o\ I&lmuls nomination to-day, the show of hands was :—: — Hobbs, 26 ; Gannon, 3 : McKunzie, 3 Ni.w I'LVMor-nt. — iMcais Kelly, Smith, and Biown weic nominated today. For Taranaki, Messrs Tiimble, Barley, and Colt shy weie nominated. (tKiHokxi: —For the East Coast, Messrs Locke, Ree*. Poiter, and Gialiam, weie nominated. Mr Rceb' indictment against Mr Locke comes on for healing on Wednesday, and if Mi Locke is acquitted it is undeistood Messis Graham and Porter will letiie, leasing the contest to Messrs Locke and Ree&. Wellix(»ton*. — For Te Aro the follow ing weie nominated : —Messis C. J. Johnston, F, H. Fraser, O'Shea, Shaw, and J. H. Shaw. The &liow of hands was in favoiu of Mr Johnston. A poll was demanded. Wairakapa Noiitii. — Messis George Beetham, and VY. W. McArdle weie nominated. The show of hands was in fa\onrof Mr Beetham. A poll wad demanded, Hokitiica.— Messrs Beian, Clark and Fitzgeiald were nominated. The show of hands was in favour of Mr Fitzgerald. A poll was demanded. NhLhux. -The nominations for Motu eka weie Mes&rs J. Keir and Hurstliouse. The show of hands was in ta\our of the latter. A poll was demanded. Ditxedix, Monday. Nominations for Moeraki took place at Palmeiston, Mr John McKenzie and Mr Charles Halm were nominated. Ihe show of hands was in favour of Mr McKen/ie. For Waikouiiti, Messrs Jas. Green, J. C. Buckland, and Arkle were nominated.

Mr Tlpskix h.is wiitten of the projected new railway through Derbyshire : ,/~^~y Though I should be driven out of Brantwood by the trippers dancing on my lawn, and the smokeis sauntering in my garden, I could still sec up my rest where I could see tbe lamb leap and hear the windhover cry." By which it must be understood that Mr Ruskin does not object to BirminghMii excursionists coining to Biantwood, as long as he can get out of the way. Whether the trippers dance, or the dancers trip ; whether the smokers s unter, or the saunters smoke ; so long as lambs leap— that is to say until the en_d of June— Mr Ruskin would let the railway do its worst. — Globe. Tile mice plague is increasing alarmingly (says the Wimmera correspondent of the Melbourne Argus), and farmers have great difficulty in finding means by which the animal can be destroyed. Arsenic hasj been used, but it caused the ' mice to rush for the water, and the result " was that the water- tanks were found to *'\ be full of dead mice. The water was of course poisoned, and its use for domestic " 'purposes caused a good deal of sickness, the origin of which was not discovered for some time. Even after the tanks were completely covered up the mice continued to gain access to the , water, and careful observation revealed the fact that they had actually crawled down the ' roofs. -The seed which had been sown and acres^of land ,haa\been eaten up by the mice, and it is impossible . ,to estimate the loss that will be sustained ' r by the farmers. ,