WEST MELBOURNE ELECTION

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 31, 4 March 1878, Page 2

WEST MELBOURNE ELECTION

The W0.4 Melbourne eleetionv says Iho Argue-did not tcrininnto without an outrago on. tho port of t!io rough element which lias como to tho front in- support of tho Government, nnd which is diligontly hounded on by tho Alinisterial press. Tho ruin ki'pt tho stroots tolombly omply and qniot during tho day, hut a cossation of tho downpour in tlie ovoninuj • favored n 1 n largo gathering of MJinifltarialsts- at tho announcement of tho poll. Fortunately Mt liVuncis was not present nt tho declnrntion, n.s the work of tho day. had'overcomo him, and his friends bad' induced him to'rotiro to Sunliury boforo tho result was known. But tho word was given to march to tho Argus ofllco, and shortly alter half-past sovon o'olook Collins«streot from- Swannonistrcot upwards was blookcd by &• orowd, which commenced to vigor* ously- booboo this journal, and to cheor the Governor, Sir Bryan o'Logblen,.and tho Ministry. Tho roughs woro not long contont with yells nnd exeorations, and stono throwing was commonood, Tho Inrgo lamp aboro tho vorandnh of' the ', building was smaslwd, and crash ofter crush announced that missiles had taken off'oot on tho offico windows* Tho sound 'caused by each shatter was greeted with' ,!-loud cheers by the Ministerials. Tho police »it Ibis jiincturo began. to appear upon tho scone, and thoy of thorn/ whilo standing in. front of tho ofliire, receivod sovoro blows from' pioco of bluostono. Ono of' their number, Constable WaUh, 1 hud a, nasty, fuoo wound, and had to be nssintod away, after boing attonded to at a neighboring chemist's. Our employes in tbo advertising department had {.tones continually falling into tho room in which they sit, but tl;om rumuined uncou> I

corned at their desks. As the police in* I crcasod in numbers the roughs grew less bold, nnd at about half -past oigh* they madn n morcment up tho street, to th c officrt of tho Daily Telegraphy whepo the former exhibit ton- of rodyism was- repeated. ' stono-throwing included, and it wan not until lato in (ho evening that the- •treets assumed' their u.<mul ordinary npponranec. — Tho snmo journal say*;— Several eiti^:?ns called at our oflfoe yesterday evening nnd left/ brickbats, pieces of road niet.il, and othor war material' with which thoy hail been pel'edby tho roiHfhs who congregated in (vMiim street yesterday to counter niiec tho Ministry. These genllom^n assure us that they comnuittod no oftVnce. Soaur cf them sooni to havo been r.J<saultod bocauso Wio eTpreaced dissent from stntoments mado by this pupcr at tho outdoor meeting m Collinsstreet ;. and ouo gentleman was savagely assaulted nnd pelted with a showor of clones because ho called for aohetjrfof Mr ffhinois as he was passing by.