.competent men' jh tlie colony t make bur lawny : select.oiir nier i and wo believe tho present genera election' >vill return tboiu. It is mistake,.too, to suppose that riieir lik Messrs Bcetham and Buchanan ar not in touch' with the working mini do not-represent his interests,' andar not anxious to do all -it -their powc to promote hi 3 welfare. Both of ou coming representatives commence their careers as working BettlnrSj na could earn a Hvinj* to-morrow, if, tlw were put to it, ,by the.labour of tliei hands. But the working men in thi district, who for twelve or twent years prist have been most intimate!, jssooiiitsd with Messrs Beetlntrn' ari l Buchanan in all sorts of-relatiohshi in matters of business, arid in matter )f friendship, speak woll of thorn think well of them, and will vote fo ihem now as they have often done i: the past. Messrs' - Beotham tin Buchanan will owe their success a '.he poll to working lien's votes am 10 greater compliment can bo paid t km, Were the'working men againa ihem they would most utdoubtedf je defeated, but we know, and al jarties in the community know tha working men all ove- the.'distrio ire their avowed supporters, It' i ,his consideration, which has mad -lieir political opponents so anxiou ,o,ilood the rolls with ; hundreds o iwnggers and strangers 'whoat th icason of the year find tempbrar unploymeut - amongst us, :. But tli wto of the birds of passage; nuruorou bough it be, will not counteract .6 iffanip the ,vote o£ the .veeiden working men'. Never have, we fel Tcater confidence as to the result c i general election in promoting th lest interests of the colony and of th listrict than ou the present occasion The two great electorates of th IVauarapa will do their duty, and ii ettlers throughout Now Zealand. are qually loyal to its welfare we shall oon see good times for one and all \ this Britain of the South,

Notices regarding the meeting of Mr {j Beetham's committee appear to-day. 