spoken of, but the only one so far out is Mr Masters, who will take a lot of beating. Should Mr Guinness come forward, a keen contest will ensue, but the result will be immaterial, as both ran the Grey ticket In the Westland. district there are five candidates declared— Messrs Barff , Reid, Cummings, Dungan, and Seddon— Mr George, one of the old members, having de cided to stand for a northern constituency. Mr Barff greatly damaged his chance by turning against the Government, and I very much fear the House will see his face no more, albeit he will poll well. I believe Mr Reid, proprietor of the West Ooast Times and New Zealander, will be returned, and Mr Richard Seddon— a noisy energetic, well-meaning, headstrong, and good tempered ' ' working man's champion," will be Ms colleague. I scarcely think there will be any opposition to the Hon. Mr Gisborne's xe turn in the Totara district, this gentleman, since the letting of the Mihoenui Water Race having become once again the darling of the electors. I may here remark that my former notes re garding Mr Gisborne having, prior to the let ting of the water-race contract, but subsequent to hjs joining the Ministry — fallen in the esti mation of the electors, did not meet with much favour about Ross, at which hamlet a public meeting was held to contradict the assertion and telegraph same to the Otago Witness. As a correspondent should be reliable, I refer any ona who deems it of sufficient interest, to the report of the Ross Borough Council, as given by the West Coast Times, to prove the truth of my remarks.
