CRICKET.
The Clntha « SW Preaa " reporfca fcnafc afc one of Mr jTohn M'Nell's meetings he started as an Oppositionist and finished as a Geverment supporter. Tbe nominations for tbe Tuapeka electorate olosed yesterday. Mr James Bennet waa nominated by Messrs Ben jamin Naylor (Clyde), Robert Wood (Beaumont), and William F t Smyth (Lawrence). Mr Robert GUkison was nominated by Messrs Ephraim Varcoe (Blue Spur) .And John Bulfin (Tuapeka* West).
The present Government, said Mr Bennet at Waipori, has been accused of piling up the debt of the colony at an unprecedented rate. Yet from 1871 to 1881 the pnblic debt grew from £8.900,999 to £29.695,111 - t from 1881 to 1891 from £29.695.111 to £38,844,914} and from )89l to 1901, from £38,844,914 to £49,591,245.
Mr Bennet, according to advertise ment, attended at Waitahuna last even ing to address a political meeting, but learning that Mr Allen was billed to address a meeting of electors in Waita huaa Gully he decided, being in Mr Allen's electorate, to abandon his in tended meeting. Little kindnesses of this sort help to moderate the asperities of politics and bring politicians into a better light. Mr Bennet is to be com plimented on his thougbtfulness.
