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Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1357, 4 February 1884, Page 2

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Our tHtht^ffft are-apm to the rfiscwutfon a) all mailer* qfpi/bl/r interest, but tot ■ . 5 ari inyio watf identified with the vittot . qfou^'corf-ttpont^fntt. ;'■' . . . pHiEA^tffiftbpxc dELEskmAs. ; ] (To tHKEDrrpk, Inanoahua Times.) '*• Sntf-^-AWmglt local celebrities there •re few; it: any, »o worthy r<f;notice as John O. Heslop.' Although holding a multiplicity t>f appointments,, such as rate collector, dog tax collector, inspector of nuisances, valuator, returning officer, etc.,

etc., yet he can find time and money -tc attend t<> matters outside of his onerous official duties, by diligently preparing foi the maintenance in power of his party. To this end he .has spared no exertion, and has been busy in qualifying men nl his own political 4ta#ip to vote, by causing the issue of 110 "sinners' rights in th« s month of December, the majority oi which were issued on v 'ffie 31st of that '• month,, being the; latest date of inane thai - miners' rights would be available for vot- ; ing purposes tit ; the ensuing County Council election. "No wonder the Council scatters abundantly in Mb -'path' the golden crumbs of {political favors. So zoalnua is he in the fttuse and interest* of his benefactors that 95 per cent, of names on miners' rights issued are unmistakably traceable to one nationality, and the balance to supporters of the present Council. Would Mr Heslop inform the ratepayers who supplied . he necessary funds f»»f the I large number of rights token out in the I month of December, particularly on the ! last day of that month ? Did these men rush in from the fair corners of the earth on that particular day ; or did the energetic J. G. eslop go to each of them and coflect the money ? The whole affair .looks very sfcapicious to those who jaiay" not understand the financial Becret. — 1 anr, &c, Obsubvku Reefton, February Ist, 1884.