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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1433, 20 September 1872, Page 2

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No fewer than five candidates are in.' the field for the representation of the Esmont district in the House of Representatives, viz., Major Atkinson, Messrs Moorhouse, Curtis, W. Carrington, and Sytne. We (Evening Post) understand <liat Mr John White has forwarded today the following telegram:—"'Wellington, 9th Sept., 1872.—T0 the Editor Star, GreymoU'th. —Permit me to salute chose fervid enthusiasts whose burning zeal' found congenial employment in consigning my effigy to- the- flames; and to. express my regret that I was denied the gratification of being present in propria persona:. May the incense from, the burnt offering sweeten the sacrificial instincts of my annihilatois ; but. let me remind them Though I have been extinguished, yet there rise, A thousand beacons from the spark I bore.

—Johk White." It may he a* welt: to state that the anto-da-fe-ists. are not. Mr White's constituents. The Bay of Plenty Times says :—"ft cannot be said that Tauranga is without a local industry when one witnesses. the numerous handsome boats plying; In the hai bor, many, if not most, of which have been built here. Someof the Maori boats are really fine models, handsome in appearance and lit to encounter a tolerable sea. Persons living in the district do not require to go elsewhere for the purpose of procuring good boats, for they can be constructed within the harbor, under their own inspection, as well and cheaply they could in Auckland." The Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald, writing under date 7th inst, after stating that MrStafford's explanation of his native and, land policy was so entirely satisfactory to the natives that it secured the vote* of two of the Maori members,, who np till 'hen were in some degree uudocided owing to the decision which M'Lean had come to not to join any administration of which Mr Stafford was the head, goes on to sav, in this connection* that Karaitiana Takaraoana, after tne division, expressed himself in tn» strongest manner against the policy ot Mr M'Lean and Mr Ormond, specially in relation to the acquisition of land.. Should Mr Stafford, he said, orry out) his promises, he (Takamoana) answer for the peace of the East Coast district; and Wi Parata has given * similar undertaking for his districtThe prospect of a general peace, a»«

the opening up of the country by roads through native districts, appears to he much more probable imderMrStafford's administration than under that of Mr M'Lean. In this respect, thereforo, the change of Government is likely to be attended with the best possible results for the country. From Tauranga we have intelligence of a fatal accident by the capsizing of the cutter Sappho in the harbor on the 15th inst. Three members of the Armed Constabulary force were on board. Four boats at once put off and rescued Jie men, who were clinging to the keel of the cutter. One of the men, named Robert Laidley, when brought ashore, was quite insensible. Every'effort was made by Dr. Armitage to bring him to life, but in vain. He appeared to have got entangled in the sail. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of "accidentally drowned" returned.