POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2149, 23 November 1875, Page 2

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Besides Messrs Troup and.May, who have already issued statements embodying their political views, it has been rumored that the Eev. D. Bruce is

about to come forward as a candidate for .the Franklin district. How' much of tfuth there is likely to be in this rumor we leave our readers to say, not being fond of duck-eggs ourselves. Rumor has also taken Mr Rowe's name in vain, and pretty considerably in rain too, if what is asserted now be in any way correct; the rumor now is, in fact the New Zealand Herald is authorised to say, that Mr Rowe, if he stands at all, wilLstancl entirely independent of all, aud apart from Mr Mackay or any one else, and that there is no truth in the repdrt which has linked his name with that of Sir George Grey, or mentioned him as seeking advice from Dr. Pollen. There is, however, another rumor, which asserts that? Mr Howe in company with the leader of the Opposition will be a candidate for the East Coast district. Of course, as no one has definitely offered himself as a candidate for this district, rumor is rife with the names of many; some there are who say that Sir George Grey will come if asked, and others that if such is the case, the asking part of the business will soon be forthcoming. Mr R. Graham is spoken of as a likely starter, and per,haps also Mr Dargayille. ..with the names of Dr Kilgour and Mr Cadmari of Ooromandel, are all that we can select out of the many rumours prevalent; Of Mr O'Neill we have heard little lately, in fact no one candidate has come prominently forward, and of all these mentioned the field may actually be composed of but three or four. Runaour asserts

that Mr Gibbons will be one of these should Mr Mackay not stand, but it is but rumor after all. Mr Alfred Cox it is reported, comes forward for the Waikato district,. arid a requisition to Mr Roche to stand for the Waipa district is also being got up. Mr Joseph Ishqde*, absent in England, is spoke*¥fpff:foi| Napier, and rumor, by telegraph, iJpupleithe name of Mr Watt with that c^Mr: Pharazyn as-a candidate for Wang&riui. Mr Cuthbertson at Invercargill has addressed a meeting of electors (large and influential of course), and from the amendment which that meeting adopted xit seems "that the" support which Mr Cuthbertson afforded to the Abolition has found favor in the eyes of these.electors, at all events,,a .vote of want of confidence in him came to an untimely end, while thanks for his straightforward and manly conduct were "enthusiastically" accorded to him. [Since writing the above we have a requisition actually in print,-which when adequately signed is to be sent 5 to Sir George Grey asking him to do this district the honor of enunciating his provincial views as its representative*]